Jack Merridew - Blog Posts

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hey- pst! Just dropped on by to say Jack and Peter (piggy) are the true ‘opposites attract’ pairing

Do I hate it? Yes

But I’m a man of honor. And this is true despite how my heart screams at the concept

Jack doesn’t deserve that boy. But they got that barely concealed ugliness about them that makes them amplifiers im sorry

They’re bitter and entitled and feel like they’re smarter and better than evb else for the stupidest reasons

“I should be chief bc I sing a C sharp n am leader of this dumbass choir”

meets

“I’ve read 15 books over summer and get straight As, so evb should listen to me”

and they argue very gayly abt it before teaming up

love this song and im making Jack love it 2

has nothing to do with logic or character introspec I’m just. I’ve demanded it

was talking shit abt someone ik irl n this fell outve my mouth n i had to stop n not be angry for a sec bc. Oh hello Jack. lmfao

Idk I can see him evolving his own cuss words bc he feels crap and ass is too kiddish after some years and that’s very fun for me bc I do that too

Sigh

It’s the 2% concentration of evil Irish in me

And no, not like Irish is evil, but my specific strand of dna born from my evil Irish grandmother

both Ralph n Jack being suppressors is so funny bc like. There are multiple elephants in the room guys cmon feed it a peanut or two

Esp if Ralph survives the stab and doesn’t get rescued bc like the elephant is ac a giant scar taking up ur lower stomach and they’ll still turn their heads off their shoulders before they address it straight. Mf u did this.?.

“So… have you finally been swayed by my awesome reasoning?”

“‘Reasoning’?”

and that’s as close as they get

Would Jack own a cyber truck? Jesus H Christ I horrify myself with these foul ponderments

they all survive au would just be the lotf boys being the most insufferable codependent queer middle school friend group you’ve ever seen and there’s beauty in that. (modern au ofc)

toxic asf, always arguing, lwk that weirdo friend group that only dates within themselves/latches onto that one friend in the entire group, and gets super bitchy abt anyone else being in their space

I’m making one of them gender non conforming with dyed hair. Not saying which tho that’s up for interpretation

giving Jack an extremely sad home life isn’t the worst thing in the world, and it has a level of interest and emotion I fw, I’m just a little bored with the whole:

Guy That Fucks Everything Is Ac Hurting Inside trope

I think it’s even more interesting to give him a moderately empty childhood, or even a mildly good one- I feel the the island is a part of self-expression and something missing in Jack personally, rather than a reprieve for trauma yk

Not shaming shitty father headcanons tho, I still eat em up lmfao, just throwing this into the sphere

lord of the flies au where they ac do accidentally summon a religious force that grants them like three wishes is so funny bc:

A) it’s a hundred n ten percent either Roger or Jack doing or at least leading some crazy shit for this to happen

and

B) genuinely think these fuckers would waste this opportunity n wish for the most inane things ever

“Omg Jack we can finally go home-“

“I want a gun maybe. Some sweets-“

“-JACK!”

“hmmmm… and a mansion.”

HELPPPPPPPP

thats so funny help me

is Jack’s being a redhead foreshadowing for his evilness? idk, take it up with my 8th grade book report, which violently states it is

honestly Jack popping hardcore painkillers for the next three decades and then just up and killing himself is perhaps the most riveting and sympathetic ending I have for him

Yes I love him dearly and yes I do want him to suffer the burn of a thousand and ten suns before rotting at his own hand

Jack baiting Ralph like he’s a moody cat and Jack’s the spineless indulging owner bribing him with a piece of expensive salami is soooooo funny bc he’s making the most outrageous requests with the held back exasperation of someone who knows they’re right- WHEN HES NOT

“Cmon. cmon stop being a damn patron saint and join my tribe alr. yes we killed two of your friends- how long are u going to be upset abt that?”

What a dick. My least favorite gay republican. GTFO

—> will be writing Jack centered fics

now that I’ve hard launched myself as a lord of the flies fanatic

how we feel abt American rewrite, pioneer, Oregon Trail au

Bc I feel strongly.

Donner Party

… Simon

yall I rlly want to drop a fic abt Ralph’s introspection both during and after island bc there’s sm left to say and sm I can tweak and push and force into the forefront- most all, Ralph’s isolation

He’s friendly enough and probably has a history of being well liked. he can joke when he wants, and while he’s no genius, he’s no tool either

He’s had to have considered going buck wild just as the others did countless times

He’s had to have imagined it in dreams and mornings and meals spent picking at the flesh of fruit where the others tear apart pig with their teeth. Pig And Piggy

Because he sees a gleam in Jack’s eye that spells something knowing under all that wrath, and despite standing with Piggy he doesn’t even know his fucking name because he has that knack for social hierarchy and cruelty and he’d fit right in if he just allowed himself to

He had to have stared at the groups backs and know so so so intimately that he could saddle right on up and feel warm for the first time in a long time

diversity win!!

The Worst Person You Know Is Gay!

-modern au where Merridew pulls the gay card to shield from attempts at cancellation

-Ralph both stands with the angry mobs and with his cancelled husband

Scraping together enough coherence to over share abt my lotf au where Ralph finds a voice in either

A: a wise, serious older brother figure

or

B: a wise-cracking and numbskull peer

either way, both options are completely horrified at Ralph’s past and kind’ve beat chalance back into him

“Hm. That’s- not normal.”

or

“Ha! What The FuckTM.”

and it makes him like so angry because yeah. That wasn’t right, that wasn’t fair or justified or just ‘stir craziness’- that was fucking insane. and it wasn’t his fault. more than that, it was someone’s fault- it wasn’t a blameless, natural disaster or some sort’ve drunken mistake. it was cruel and it was unnecessary and it wasn’t his fault.

rule 63 lotf is cool bc sm sm sm sm social commentary. like the original alr had something to say abt gender and how the boys were molded by the war and their older male role models and how those ppl are involved in that war, but the ‘going animial’ must be so different from a female perspective, both bc of time period but also just the way the way girls care for each other interpersonally

like the boys shove out mean names and throw fucking rocks at each other, and maybe it’s meaner than usual but it’s still in the realm of normalcy

but could you imagine the betrayal Ralph feels with a Jack she could hug and fuss about and lean into without feeling deeply guilty abt it? A Jack she could be softer with, and a group she thought she could trust to foster community and care for one another- all that softness just to be hit with the same inevitable level of cruelty as canon?

Gah. Crushing.

love the casualness of post island jalph bc the history is so loaded and it just sits on the tail end of every pause of every conversations, like an old timely chaperone making sure nothing unseemly is afoot as two suitors court, and it’s so easy too

yeah, Ralph’s breath hitches when Merridew moves too fast or too suddenly, and his eyes get kind’ve buzzy when they enter the mess hall and Jack’s loaned a knife to cut up his breakfast, but they throw back airy insults like none of it even happened

sure, Ralph’s tone seems slightly sharper than strictly warranted, and Jack’s responding smugness reads more sadistic than good natured, but they still talk

They still hang out and sit where the other does and walks where the other’s going, so they must be close.

love jalph bc they completely bypassed the mandatory age minimum of mid thirties for toxic old man yaoi to commence and just skipped straight to the making eachother worse and war crimes at the prepubescent age of twelve

Mini jiggy dump some of these are older and one of them I made today 🐷❤🦊

Redraw from like last week coz amazing beautiful smart funny and talented moot @cannoneers let me 🥹🤙🤙(THE ORIGINAL IS THEIRS GO CHECK THEIR PAGEPLS!!)

You are

Indecisive like Ralph

Impulsive like Jack

Fat like Piggy

Weak like Simon

Sadistic like Roger

And lacking autonomy like Maurice

You are not my Lord of The Flies 💔🥀

Roger edged past the chief… sketch by ~bejKutyej

Saw this meme and instantly thought of them

Jack and Ralph posterss