#Izzy and cubby would have like ‘birthmarks’ of where their scars were

[pixiedust-poppers]

I was reading a fic with the topic of grief and it made me think… you know I don’t think Jake would handle grief well at all, and hell he would probably make Peter and Neverland regret giving him all that power.

He has everything he could want; loyal friends, two ships, 3 damn powerful swords, a hideout, all the treasure a pirate could possibly want. Yet you can take all these material things and while he would be sad he will always either get these back in the end or he’d get something more powerful.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN'T REPLACE? People :).

So let’s say hypothetically Izzy and Cubby die. They die in battle, he would already be a bit in denial I think even if he watched them die right in front of him. Once the fight is over, Jake is a wreck because he wasn’t just imagining things. Now three things can happen

1) becomes a hermit for a while, it’s clear he is grieving, others try to comfort him but he is distant and cold. But he is up to something… as you can spot him on Neverland gathering things and such but he won’t tell you.

2) To make the grieving process faster, Neverland allows in two new kids, similar-ish to Izzy and Cubby, to for him play with and bond. Jake starts out normal enough until he starts to get really critical of their skills and talents comparing them to his mates. You see them out and about and it’s clear those kids aren’t enjoying his presence and he could care less about them too. Then suddenly they are no longer here and gets another set. A few months go by and that set is no longer here and a new one replaces them. One is tragic, twice feels odd and third can’t be a coincidence.Yet each time there’s a glee in Jake’s eye, he’s up to something and clearly these kids are just expendable in his eyes to whatever goal he’s working towards.

3) he learns to heal his grief, and starts being outgoing again and has a new crew that he goes on missions with and blah blah blah there’s no fun in a character growing from their grief 🤩🤩🤩.

Anyway option 1 and 2 lead to the same outcome, which is Jake managing to become even more powerful to the point where he can start the apocalypse and start neverland over (or force it to start over) because all a boy wants is to be with his friends in a simpler time, again. Even it takes killing and re-rising everyone to make sure no one but him and neverland remember what he did. After all he is the most powerful pirate here and he always gets what he wants doesn’t he?