#the hacketts

[queenofbaws]

i think we as a fandom don't put enough emphasis on the fact chris did in fact eat the whole fucking camp mascot. there are drawings of ian in the lodge. with angel wings. and a halo. and a pun. clearly the campers were AWARE of ian. clearly ian was a FIXTURE at the camp.

where are the throwaway lines about chris liking burgers but preferring lambchops, hmm???

where are the cheeky nods of him describing himself as sheepish?????

wheRE IS THE JUSTICE FOR IAN?!?!?!?!?!?! 😤

[sniffle-bird]

the quarry text post dumps because they make me giggle

[embraceyourdestiny]

Just realized how fucked up it is that Eliza puts blood on her face to find Silas because that can only be HIS blood. Which means she bleeds her own boy, just like the hackett’s bleed their infected. Something something exploitation from the ones that “love” you to protect themselves. Ma making Travis be a crooked cop to “keep the family safe”. The entire family putting all the stress on Chris to keep this camp running in dangerous circumstances, because I’m sure he worried about someone getting out and attacking children because they did attack civilians at points. Caleb and Kaylee forced to work at their family business as children despite at the least Kaylee wanting to run away. Hmm. Hmm.

[hickoryblossom]

The Quarry fantasy AU

(Okay, so it's loosely D&D based, as in I'm using classes, races, and alignments from D&D as well as a few tidbits of lore. But it's more so using that as a base for general fantasy than specifically D&D)

With that out of the way, I'm going to go character by character with some overview stuff at the end

Dylan lenivy

Half-Orc Bard/Artificer Neutral/Good

His dad is an orc, and his mom is a human. He grew up with his mother in a predominantly human village. So he doesn't have a lot of connection to his orc side, in fact you never met his father. He was treated like an outsider for most of his life. He's got a lot of insecurities ✨ (especially surrounding his appearance). Dylan has put a lot of work into being charismatic. Because people tend to have strong usually negative opinions just upon seeing him, and he does his best to counter those assumptions with his charming personality. All this along with his usual fear of social rejection and general want for people to like him.

He did an internship at a local academy, which is how he learned his artificing skills (ldk if that's the actual term). His mother taught him music. She taught him all he knows; she wanted him to follow in her footsteps and become a minstrel like her. But he's always been more proficient with tech, hence why he did the internship. (also I haven't decided what instrument he plays yet, maybe viola idk)

So Dylan, struggling to find work after the internship, ran into Jacob and Kaitlyn, who were looking to become adventurers, but the local guild requires at least three people to start an adventuring party, so they asked him if you'd be interested in adventuring with them. And Dylan bored and broke decides fuck it why not? And agrees. And so they went on quests together for a bit. But then they hit a trouble spot, they needed better equipment that they could not afford, and so wound up working at 'Hackett's Quarry summer camp for gifted young mages' to make enough money to get what they needed.

Kaitlyn Ka

Tiefling Ranger Neutral/Good

Kaitlyn, being a tiefling born to elf parents, was ostracized from a young age. When she was around maybe  10 years old (or at least that maturity level because elf lifespans are different) she met Jacob, and they became friends. Jacob also didn't get along super well with the other elves, so the two made an unlikely pair of little outcasts. Which eventually becomes a trio when they start adventuring with Dylan. She is incredibly capable, an excellent shot with a crossbow, and knows a whole lot about nature. She is also definitely the only reason Jacob hasn't gotten himself killed.

Jacob Custos

Elf Barbarain Chaotic/Good

Jacob, being the lovable himbo that he is he's quite the opposite of your typical elf. As well as I imagine he wasn't really able to tap into magic, which further isolated him from his peers. He wasn't bullied or anything, people just didn't exactly understand him, no one really took the time to get to know him, until Kaitlyn.

It was primarily Jacob's idea to become adventurers. Like, Kaitlyn was absolutely down for it, but it was definitely Jacob's idea.

Ryan Ezrahler

Half-Elf Druid Lawful/Good

Ryan lives with the human side of his family, his paternal grandparents, and half sister Sarah. He is very magically gifted. However, he didn't know how to control it when he was younger. So, his grandparents sent him to 'Hackett's Quarry summer camp for gifted young mages' so he could learn how to use his magic. Ryan has always been very connected to nature, so Mr H, who it's also a druid, took Ryan under his wing. So, like in canon, Chris is a father figure to Ryan. So he's working as a counselor because he cares a lot about the Hacketts, and the camp is like a second home to him, and he wants to help any other kids who are in the same situation he was in, terrified of the magic within them because they can't control it.

Abigail Blyg

Human Cleric Lawful/Good

Abi is a very sweet church going girl who just wants to help where she can. She is training to become a cleric of the sun God. As part of the church's program, the clerics in training get paired up with the paladins in training. So, Abi was paired with Nick. The two have only known each other for about a year. They get along pretty well. An important part of their training requires them to serve their community. And what they chose to do for that was to work at ‘Hackett’s Quarry summer camp' to help the children learn to control their magic. (“It's rather important to help the youth”)

Also, everyone thinks Abi and Nick are together. They're not, Nick definitely likes Abi, but she's having a bit of a Bi crisis over Kaitlyn.

Nick Furcillo

Human Paladin Neutral/Good

Tbh, I don't have that much for Nick. (He's a character I really want to like more than I do, there's just so little for him and canon, and I'm not exactly sure what I want to do for the au) He, much like in canon, spends most of his time as a werewolf.

I think that might be more interesting and stuff because he's a holy knight (in training) of the sun god, and yet he's the first of them to fall to the moon curse. (idk I might add more later)

If you guys have any ideas, feel free to share.

Emma Mountebank

Siren Worlock Chaotic/Neutral

So Emma is a warlock, and I wanted to work in her being an influencer into part of this, that's where I got this idea. So her patron is essentially like her audience. It is a collective of multiple consciousnesses. She calls it chat; it manifests as this little floating wisp that follows her around. And she talks to it, but only she can understand it, only she can hear it. So she often gets weird looks when she's just having what appears to be a one-sided conversation with this little ball of light. So, because of their pact, a lot of Emma's decisions, including why she's here as a counselor in the first place, are driven by what would be most entertaining to her patron(s).

Laura Kearney

Elf Rogue Lawful/Neutral

Laura is not that different from canon. She's just a little more vengeful. Because not only is Max afflicted with werewolf curse but also because of that has completely lost connection to his goddess. And Laura true to form is fully ready to go kill people to fix that.

I am thinking, though, how she and Max met was that she got pretty beat up and nearly died, and he was the one who saved her (cause like healing magic because cleric) and the rest is history kind of moment. I think it's cute. Also, like because she's a rogue, she's always clung to the shadows, and no one's really noticed her until Max. ( I adore these two so much and I need their love story to be so, so, cheesy.) Anyway, Laura would kill thousands just for Max, and he would rewrite the stars just for her.

Max Brinly

Elf Cleric Lawful/Good

Max is a cleric to the moon goddess. (I haven't decided yet exactly what the situation is but I want to do something like Selune and Shar from D&D basically there's a deity for the light side of the moon as well as a deity for the dark side of the moon) Max's goddesses is of the light side of the Moon. His relationship with this goddess is so important to him. As a matter of fact, the reason they were traveling a night early was specifically because it was a full moon. Max figured it would have been the best time for them to travel because his goddess would guide them and keep them safe. Which is why it's so awful that he got infected. Also, because, as mentioned previously, the curse cuts off his connection to his goddess even when it's not the full moon. And this is devastating for him. (I hate to do this to Max cuz I love him so much, but it's also so interesting story-wise)

✨Overview time ✨

OK, so two big important pieces of information, one, Eliza, Silas, and the rest of Harum Scarum, are Drow (dark elves) and they left the Underdark to find a cure for Silas. And they started doing their travelling shows so they could make money, so they could meet their basic needs while they searched the lands for a cure. Two, the Hacketts are all humans, and very distrusting of other beings and magic. Fear of the unknown and all that. They've loosened up a bit on their feelings surrounding magic because Chris was magically gifted from a young age, though nobody knows why. Chris has spent a lot of his time honing his skills, learning, and understanding how his magic works. He's always wanted to help and to teach people, hence why he started the summer camp. That's his project, and the rest of his family doesn't really get involved. With the exception of his kids, of course. The whole story of how the Hackett family fell under the curse is essentially the same. Kaylee and Caleb tried to “rescue” Silas and got infected in the process. The fire still happened, all of that is the same.

I haven't decided what happens that keeps the counselors stuck at camp during the night of the full moon. (But I will update once I’ve figured that out)

Also, there are definitely some gay shenanigans with Ryan and Dylan because, of course there are. I'm currently trying to figure out an equivalent to the radio hut scene.

Anyway, this is what I have so far. I will be posting art for this soon. Thanks for reading.

[durorholmes]

Hackett House aesthetic

[queenofbaws]

@unicornaffair

Is this anything

[polarolds]

Hackett's Quarry Forever! 🏕️

(a "what if laura and max just went to the goddamn harbinger motel" moment)

[sweet-shut-eye]

ive been playing the quarry again

[laurabenanti]

THE STUDIO 1.07 | Casting

[dorkszn]

just testing to see if the quarry fandom is alive. please like this if you see it.

[queenofbaws]

to be a fly on the fucking wall when chris hackett opens up the camp mailbag and finds letters addressed to laura kearney and max brinly, the two counselors he figured changed their minds last minute and just never bothered to show up.

you have to imagine there's a moment where he stops. frowns. tries to remember what cabin they're in (their names are familiar, he just can't place why or from where) until it hits him. then he checks the ledger in his drawer. sees the place where he scratched their names out. asks himself, of course, why anyone would be writing to them there at the camp, but mistakes happen, right? sure, mistakes happen. well-meaning relatives, probably, distant ones who didn't get the memo, it's no big deal...except when the next week rolls around and he picks up the next batch from the post office, there are two more letters addressed to them mixed in with the rest, and he has to wonder. he has to suspect...

only that's stupid. it's impossible. if something had happened, he'd know (wouldn't he?). yeah, he'd know. he'd know because bobby can't keep a secret, so if he'd seen anything, the whole county would've heard about it. and he'd know because jed already thinks he's a fuckup, so if he'd seen anything, he would've rubbed his nose in it. and he'd know because constance loves nothing more than starting a fight, so if she'd seen anything, her voice would still be echoing to this day, ringing to the tune of 'i told you so.' and he'd know because on the nights where things got too bad and too wild and too out of hand, him and caleb and kaylee woke up knowing the taste of blood and the weight of having done something bad, so if they'd done anything, there'd be some shadow of guilt. and he'd know because travis -

and you know that's when the pieces start to fall together. you know that's when it starts to make sense. the tourist car bobby mentioned scrapping, the one he's been keeping off the books at travis's request (he really can't keep a secret, can he?). the clothes missing from the kids' dressers back home, the ones that turned up missing when they packed their bags for camp (they were so confused, but figured they got lost in the wash). the food ma keeps catching him squirreling away ('like you think i'm blind, is that it? you think i don't SEE YOU taking it?!'). and you know he has a choice then, a choice he doesn't want to think too long on. he could call the parents. he could tell them their kids never showed up. he could tell them to start a search, to follow the roads they took, to ping their phones before it's too late.

or.

or.

he could put those letters in his safe room. he could pretend he never saw them. he could leave camp after dinner one night, promising the counselors he'll be back before lights-out, all smiles and pats on the back. he could follow his brother to the old station with his headlights off. he could get the jump on him. he could surprise him in the act. he could convince him to get rid of them. he could make the whole thing go away. what's the big deal, right? technically, they're already missing anyway.

to be a fly on that wall.

[dicentrasterisk]

Happy New Year!!

Cheers to another year of hyperfixating on The Quarry <3

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[embraceyourdestiny]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking every time I watch a new person play the quarry and Chris talks about Kaylee with so much love and certainty of her future and yet she’s the only one who for sure dies every time 😭💔

[m1lch3nk4tz3]

i thought it would be interesting if he were in a different police uniform. u know... awww

grumpy cat >:-(

who else likes he?

[wetsocksinbed]

the Arrival DLC is so funny because Hackett is like “hey Shepard I know you’ve been given all these insanely dangerous tasks so I’m just going to ask you to do a really easy, really simple one. I just need you to go grab someone. Routine op, in and out. Nothing dramatic.” And then you end up blowing up an entire goddamn solar system and killing billions of people

[stagbeetleboy]

Mutally assured is a achievement awarded for getting Laura and Travis to kill each other🏆