#hehehehehehe i am so literally obsessed with these old men hehehehehehehe

[calamaroo]

im gonna be honest I kinda headcanon and calico jack and ranger marsh are actually close in age, some people have kids way earlier in life, some people have kids later and etc

but what are your thoughts on how they'd interact? what if they spent like a few weeks together? what do you think they'd think about eachother and how'd they interact? just curious lol

-wisty

Ohohohohohohehehehehe!! Prepare for a yap >:}

To me, Jack and Marsh are both in their 50s (Marsh = very early 50s) ((Inkling and Natquik are the oldest of the Octodads group, at 60s and early 70s))

Marsh had Tweak early on in life with his wife, (in the south, society tends to want you to have kids as soon as you can/get married) but Jack, being a pirate and all, waited until he was more stable and ready to be a parent (his one nor irresponsible moment) ofc, stuff happened and he never got the chance to be a dad, but he still loved his son, Kwazii's father, the very few times he ever got to see him. He mostly only saw Kwazii's parents when they unfortunately passed, and he took Kwazii in for a couple of years before more shit hit the fan, and he had to run away. Kwazii became a street urchin after that until he joined a crew of his own, but that's a story for another day~

Anywho!!

Since I ship them very much, I think they'd adore hanging out together, but that applies to even platonic situations. They both have very fun personalities that I think would mesh well together, and they'd both obviously have plenty of stories to share. I also think they'd trauma dump on one another (this includes Natquik and Inkling in my poly ship of em all)

Jack has been through A LOT of shit, and Marsh has his own fair share of anxieties and worries with his job, being a dad, and losing a wife he never got to grieve over. Tweak was a kid when it happened, so ofc he wouldn't cry about it in front of her (and also, again, he's from the south. Men are hot wired not to show their emotions around there and to just get over it and marry someone new.) Marsh couldn't do that because he truly was head over heels for Tweak's mother --- which adds some cool layers to him and Jack's (and others, but mostly Jack) romantic relationship. They both had wives that they loved and then lost, so it'd be hard for them to come to terms with their feelings for one another.

They also spend/spent YEARS alone, and continue to be rather isolated (Natquik too, ESPECIALLY HIM, but this is about the others). Marsh less so because of the Octoagency thing, he's more open to collaboration --- while Jack really only ever does the whole teamwork thing with Kwazii and whoever his grandson decides to bring along.

ALSO (HEHEHE), both of them have a whole bunch of physical scars, very obvious ones for Jack (missing eye and leg) and I think they'd absolutely just sit for hours and ask "hey what's that one from?" "I got attacked by a sea serpent. What about that one?" "Oh, a 'gator."

I think they'd immediately see kindred spirits in one another apon the first meeting. They could tell just from looking at one another that they've lived a lot despite their years, and they'd both immediately have a mutual respect for one another thaaaatt ✨️would flower into a friendship OR romance✨️

God, I love them sm. I'm so normal about them (AAAAUUUGHHHGGHHHAAHHHH)