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we make a pretty good ✨b-team✨ | dan + hela (untoward/odd foxes oc lore)

(in-universe) this is a photograph of dan and hela taken by james while on a silk milk tour in early 1979 (when he was briefly a drum tech for the band) the night before their second anniversary as a couple (and roughly eight years before they married); in 2025, james finds the old photograph while going through some stuff in the attic/drum room at his house and sends it to dan through the post and dan puts it in a slate frame and on top of hela's ashes on his mantelpiece.

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LOOKING UP FOR HEAVEN | Fluffy Comfort

Dan and Hela enjoy the quiet of their bedroom as the snow falls outside; Hela wants his comfort to stop her from overthinking and Dan obliges by laying beside her at the foot of their bed and indulging in her pretend "mural" on their ceiling. characters: dan woods + hela dafydd setting + timeline: dan & hela's home in manchester, england | january 1985 warnings: none other: n/a

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LITTLE MOUNTAIN TALKS | dan x hela ship vibes playlist

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BACK FROM THE DEAD

Art and Dan, who have been feeling a little burnt out with their respective workloads in their usual bands (Odd Foxes + Silk Milk), work on their first song for a collaboration project they'd mostly been working on in pieces while over the phone, birthing their collab side-project duo Exorcism. Collaboration Project Infancy; Songwriting Method; Father Friend + Son Friend Bonding. SETTING: in Odd Foxes' Broken Axel-Owned rehearsal space in Basildon, Essex, England | October 1986. CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Art & Dan. WARNING(S): none that i can think of OTHER: the song An Unwanted Manifestation's full lyrics

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PAPER SAINT | original character playlist | dan woods' vibes

1. breathe (in the air) • pink floyd | 2. hero • NEU! | 3. sound and vision • david bowie | 4. the patience of a saint • electronic | 5. new face in hell • the fall | 6. paper • talking heads | 7. half a person • the smiths | 8. the other side of the door • lights | 9. if only • hazel o'connor (breaking glass) | 10. god's gonna cut you down • johnny cash | 11. most of the time • status quo | 12. feelin' blue • creedence clearwater revival | 13. spiritual dark age • to kill a king | 14. behind the wheel • depeche mode | 15. passover • joy division | 16. clampdown • the clash | 17. hangin' on the telephone • blondie | 18. problems • (the) sex pistols | 19. smile • the story so far | 20. at home he's a tourist • gang of four | 21. more than you know • blink-182

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UNDERCOVER IN THE SHELTER

Dan makes his first return to Manchester in years without Hela for their daughter, Nancy's wedding, and meets up with their eldest son, Iwan, with whom he's sharing a hotel room for the big day; they get to talking about Dan and Hela's wedding day and find comfort in each other, despite their quiet grief. Father-Son Dynamics; Hurt-Comforty. SETTING: Somewhere in Manchester, England | September 2025. CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Dan & Iwan. WARNING(S): cw: grief OTHER: " A ninnau’n udo i’r lleuad drwmgwsg, law yn law ar ben y mynydd; dwi ‘di hen arfer i dy fwsg, wnai ddilyn o hyd at ddiwedd yr ynys, wnai ddilyn chdi hyd at ddiwedd y sêr, hydnod pan oll sydd ar ôl ohonat ‘di’r mêr a wnaeth adeiladu dy esgyrn" | translation: "howling to the heavy-sleeping moon, hand in hand atop the mountain; i'm used to your musk, i'll follow it to the end of the island, i'll follow you to the end of the stars, even when all that's left of you is the marrow that built your bones."

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oc band ep/album artwork | untoward verse | silk milk + wilderness

ghost - silk milk's first ep, featuring their popular single, ghost, released (in-universe) on february 11th 1977. featuring an image of dan woods - originally, the cover was handmade (in-universe) by dan's younger (half-)sister, alma, using a stamp carving and ink onto a regular piece of paper, then typing the band's name & ep's name with a typewriter, then copied using a roneo machine and folded up to hold the 6 inch disc. later releases, from 1980-onward, came with different artwork featuring artwork of dan's dog tennyson, also designed by alma woods. light & shadow - wilderness' first studio album, released (in-universe) on january 4th 1982. the artwork was made (in-universe) by abel's twin brother cain campbell using double exposure - one image being of abel and the other being of a pile of confetti stars - originally it didn't have any text on it at all and if it did, it was hand written onto to the sleeve, only copies made for cassette from 1983-onward and, later, CD ever had the album + band name on them.

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SUMMER; ACCEPT ALL DEPARTURES

Dan comes down to London for an extended stay at James' and the pair comfort each other over their recent losses. Dynamics testing (friendship); Vaguely angsty; Old Friends Comfort Each Other. SETTING: In James & Frank's house in Shoreditch, London, England | July 2023 CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Dan & James. WARNING(S): cw: grief