By far my funniest AU is my "Jack get's grabbed for the Innaugural Wards AU". (Dear Wormwood AU for short) Basically he gets press ganged into them, shortly after getting 'rescued' from the nine. It leads to many shenanigans.
Anyway the explanation for this particular art:
Jack really fucking hates Miss Militia.
This for a couple reasons. She didn't have the best grasp of English when they first met, so like... his usual method of 'rage baiting people until they hit first, fighting back, and then playing victim when called out' did not work. Because she did not get what he was saying. Also, she's stronger than him, so any attempts to instigate fights physically kinda... failed. Which annoys him on principle.
He's also jealous of her trigger event and history. She got blood and gore and glorious violence. He got years of isolation and slowly losing his marbles, followed by a cold realisation. He doesn't care that she lost her family, because that's like. a non issue to him. It's incredibly bizarre and born of incredibly warped priorities.
Bonus: Chev and MM start dating, and that just. Cinches the hatred. Jack actually gets along with Chev, with Chev kinda slotting him into a 'shithead younger sibling' role in his brain. Jack is completely unaware of that, and has a crush on him. He does not realise this, because his baseline for friendship is Harbinger, who he also had a massive crush on.
He is besties with Mouse Protector (yes i love irony), however that is an entirely different schema, because MP is a girl, so he doesn't get quite the same crossed wires. They are both instigators, and honestly MP's brand of 'causing problems on purpose' is pretty good for him. Ways to act out without resorting to maiming people.
Anyway this leads to MP and Jack both attempting to mess with Chev and MM on their dates, but MP actually getting kinda concerned because hey buddy uh. You seem genuinely mad about this.
Chev and MM are aware of these twos shenanigans. They ignore them, because they are not about to have their cute park date ruined by two annoying preteens.
