Taagnus not as endgame but as meeting your high school sweetheart at the reunion and thinking about what could have been.
Like imagine them falling so completely and utterly in love during the stolen century that when they forget each other its a hole in their chests, raw and stinging when prodded so they leave it alone. Then they meet again and the hole is filled? Probably? I mean, it doesn't hurt quite so much and Magnus's heart glows when Taako makes him chicken soup and Taako's chest feels like it's full of something warm and heavy when he tucks under Magnus's arm to watch the stars but Merle...kind of makes them feel that way too so it must just be having friends for the first time in so long.
And then they remember. And it's like...you were my first love. I forgot you. But I didn't really. I loved someone else but I knew how to love them because of you. And I still love you. But...neither of us is the same person. Julia. Sazed. Raven's Roost. Glamor Springs. It's not even about the fact that Taako has Kravitz now. Its...I don't think I could love you the same way any more, even if I had the energy to try. I think too much has happened. I think too much of me has changed.
Like I just think that Magnus will never be ready to love someone like that again, after Julia. Not even Taako. And it's easier to let him be happy with Kravitz than to untangle this mess.
And I think Taako wants uncomplicated, for once in his life. I think he wants to start over, one last time, and for this time to last, instead of 100 years of wiping the slate clean every year.
And on top of all that, one of them is a human and the other is an elf!! It didn't matter when they died and came back every year, but it does now. It all matters now and--
I think they kiss. Once. I think they gain their memories back and they can't fucking help but squeeze each other tight and kiss each other like they're oxygen. I think they cling to each other, because they forgot, and now they remember and its so good to have you back, I missed you even though you were right there almost but not quite.
I think they kiss. And then they look at each other and realize that this part of their lives is behind them. I think they decide, I can love you, but not like this. I want my best friend back. I thought you'd be the only love I'd ever have but look, I found it again! It hurt to lose you,, but I found love without you. But you... I'll never have you again. So let me have you. As a friend. Different, not less.
Taagnus, not as endgame, but as a memory.
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a sprinkle of taagnus for you all
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I just think Taako and Magnus were two incredibly isolated and hurt people and when they met again they had that moment like when you first wake up next to someone you care about, right before you can process where you are and all you think is "oh! Hello you! you're here, I'm safe, hello" but neither could for the life of them figure out why they felt like they had the wind knocked out of them
And that's canon To Me
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your magnus is soft and warm. like mash potatoe
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and then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you
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a taakitz commission done recently for a friend on twitter
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For anyone out there with a shitty dad 2day :,)
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I love all the taz graduation boys but Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt just— he’s so terrible and I absolutely and utterly adore him.
twitter | instagram
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taz graduation is really good
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I do feel the need to point out the fact that Justin isn’t just fucking around.
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I can’t believe Griffin invented the archetype “Dapper Himbo” just for us
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