#think about taivan for a second

[vanpalmerenthusiast]

guys taissa turner is not butch…

[mirrored-muse]

could you make a part two of whatever she wants??? it’s so good and cute 🥹 maybe a part two where shauna has a wilderness date with reader without knowing is actually a date bc the girls in the camp make it happen so she gives then a break of being a bitch. all of that orchestrated by taivan

ᴋɪꜱꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ꜰɪꜱᴛ

��ᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ: 850

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ᴛᴀɪ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴀɴ ꜱᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴜᴘ. ꜱʜᴀᴜɴᴀ’ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ.

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: ꜱʜᴀᴜɴᴀ ꜱʜɪᴘᴍᴀɴ x ꜰᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴀ/ɴ: ᴏᴍɢ ɪ’ᴍ ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ꜱᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇQᴜᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ.

The twine incident doesn’t come up again.

Not out loud, anyway.

But Shauna keeps her distance a little less these days. You catch her watching you more often, arms crossed like she’s doing something important when all she’s really doing is standing there, chewing the inside of her cheek, and pretending not to care.

That’s just how she is—closed off, bristling with attitude. Mean as hell to everyone else, but just slightly less mean to you.

Which is why it’s suspicious as hell when Tai and Van approach you one morning, their matching grins stretching just a little too wide, and way too much fake innocence.

“You’re going out with Shauna today,” Tai announces, casually slinging an arm around your shoulder.

You blink, caught off guard. “What?”

Van nods like it’s obvious. “She needs help finding more firewood. Real far. Real serious business. Just you and her.”

You squint at them, suspicion rising. “Why me?”

Van doesn’t even bat an eye. “Because,” she says, dragging out the word, “we figured you could handle her. And maybe if she’s out there with you for a while, the rest of us can finally enjoy one single hour of peace without her glaring at everyone like we’re stealing from the rations.”

Tai leans in like she’s about to tell you a huge secret. “It’s kind of a date.”

You freeze, heart giving a little leap. “It’s not a date,” you say a little too quickly, but your pulse quickens, betraying you.

Van gives you that shit-eating grin. “Sure. It’s not. Definitely not. But you should wear your good flannel.”

You roll your eyes, clearly out of your depth. “I have one shirt.”

“Exactly,” Van says, “that’s the one.”

⸻

Shauna’s already at the edge of camp when you get there. Her arms are crossed tightly, her jaw clenched. She doesn’t say anything when you approach. Just turns and starts walking into the trees like you’re late and she’s annoyed about it.

You trail behind her, half amused, half nervous.

The woods are eerily quiet, save for your footsteps and the occasional snap of twigs beneath your boots. Shauna doesn’t speak until you’re far from camp. Really far. You’re starting to wonder if the whole “firewood” thing was some kind of joke.

“Find anything yet?” she mutters over her shoulder, her voice low and almost bored.

You shrug, trying to keep it light. “I think we’re supposed to be spending time together?”

Her eyes flick back to you, sharp and calculating. “What?”

You gesture vaguely to the trees around you. “This feels less like a chore, more like… hanging out?”

Shauna stops walking, her shoulders tensing. “Did Tai say something to you?” she asks, voice tight.

You shrug again, trying to stay cool. “Not much. Just that you needed help.”

Shauna’s eyes narrow, a flicker of understanding crossing her face. Something cold. Something sharp. “Unbelievable,” she mutters, spinning on her heel and continuing down the path. “I should’ve known. Of course, they’d set this up.”

“It’s not a big deal,” you offer, trying to smooth things over. “They just thought you could use a break.”

“I don’t need a break,” she snaps, voice low and biting. “I need people to stop treating me like I’m a fucking problem.”

You stay quiet, letting her cool off. You don’t push.

Then, after a few seconds, you say softly, “I don’t think you’re a problem.”

Shauna looks at you then, like she’s weighing you like she’s trying to see if there’s a catch in your words. When she doesn’t find one, her shoulders ease. Just a little. But enough that you notice.

“You’re the only one who doesn’t.”

It hangs in the air between you, thick and heavy. Then, to break the tension, you grin. “Well… if this is a date, you’re doing a pretty shitty job so far.”

Shauna freezes. Her head snaps to you, her eyes narrowing, the edge of something dangerous creeping into her gaze. “Oh, you’re brave all of a sudden.”

You lean in slightly, playful. “You gonna punish me for it?”

Shauna doesn’t answer right away. Instead, she steps closer, dangerously close, so close that you feel your back brush against the rough bark of the nearest tree. Her body doesn’t touch yours, but it feels like it does.

Her voice drops, low and controlled. “You think I’m scary?”

You don’t flinch. “Terrifying.”

“Yeah, you like it.”

You hold her gaze without backing down. “Maybe.”

There’s a shift in her, something unspoken flickering between you. Shauna stares at you like you’re a problem she doesn’t know how to solve. Then, slowly, she leans in, her lips brushing yours in a kiss that’s far softer than you expected. A quiet kiss that lingers just a few seconds longer than it should before she pulls back, leaving you breathless.

Her voice is rough when she speaks again. “This still isn’t a date.”

You smile at her, sweet but teasing. “Okay.”

Shauna takes a step back, just enough to give you space to breathe, but not enough to fully break the tension between you two.

[returnofeternity]

You know shauna is possessive af but when she sees you in her clothes? Her flannels, her shirts, you name it and that smugness just comes right out. Her girl strutting around in shauanas clothes for everyone to see. Girl is on cloud nine and still climbing.

sharing clothes in the wilderness is normal atp but i knowww she gets jealous and possessive when you wear one of the other girls shirts. she wakes up a little later than usual and comes out of the hut to see you feeding the animals in nat's fucking jacket? both of you better run. it's winter and you're cold and you're wearing fucking lottie's pants? first of all, you dont even know how she knows they're lottie's. second of all, she'd rather you be freezing than wear lottie's clothes? it's kinda hot. thinking of secretly dating like how taivan was and after a jealous breakdown from seeing you all giggly with gen, shauna decides that she doesn't wanna keep you a secret anymore. she wants everyone to know that you're hers, that only she gets to have you. and what better way to show that then to have you wear her clothes? doing things like offering you her flannel and kissing you on the cheek, looking around all smugly at the girls staring. coming up to you when you're chatting with another girl and telling you that you left your underwear in her hut.

thinking about in modern times how she'd love when you choose her shirt to wear after a shower. it just gets her going so much. she starts leaving her clothes in your drawer or putting them in front of yours in the closet so ur more likely to grab them first and it works every time. don't even get me started on you wearing her old yellowjackets jacket. it's like the only time she loves hearing the nickname Shipman. shauna who definitely wasn't looking at your ass while you bent down and caught a glimpse of your underwear--correction, her underwear. she just had to pounce on you right then and there.

[scarlethoodi]

If I could rewrite Yellowjackets in a way that allowed the statement “all 5 seasons were planned out” to hold up I simply wouldn’t start killing characters until late season 3/early season 4. The teen timeline can mostly stay the same but I’d rewrite season 1 to mainly focus on Tai’s campaign and the blackmail storyline. Shauna would still be the main character, we’d actually meet her because while Tai is campaigning people are trying to dig through her past and former teammates which leads reporters to Shauna. She stands out as a plain Jane SAH mom so the possibility of her being a Yellowjackets is an intriguing lead to follow. I think I’d keep the Jeff blackmail plot but there’d be a second one from a mystery person, so when Jeff admits to what he does to Shauna some of the things she accuses him of doesn’t ring a bell. I do like the idea of Callie being roped into her parents drama and learning about her mom’s history with the Yellowjackets.

Travis wouldn’t be dead in the adult timeline instead we would follow him to Lottie. All the blackmail and reporters will lead them all the Lottie and season 2 will still largely be at the wellness center but it’s there where the wilderness starts to call. If season 1 is an introduction to all the survivors then season 2 will bring them together. And with the teen timeline largely remaining the same we’ll be able to explore the parallels between the original team in the woods and their adult counterparts after time has forced them apart. I think this would benefit TaiVan the most because we could contrast the young love of their teens to the messy reunion they have, but this time around Van will have more character. With them all in the same space and not dead we would be able to confront some of the actions they took in the woods. Certain things would be hinted at before their reveal in the teen timeline, so they do get that tape but again it’s not attached to Lottie’s (unnecessary) death. As viewers we get to see the lasting impact of their time in the woods and exactly what haunts them. Only after this will the deaths start to feel earned and we can cut the wild goose chase searching for the killer out. If they’re on the run it’s from people digging to deep into their past and maybe from themselves each other.

Now this is just other things I wish were explored or done in the show

Lottie should’ve been Callie’s connection to the woods since Shauna wasn’t going to be answering her questions. I just overall think this current season just dropped the ball on any potential Callie development by removing Lottie so soon and just having her and Jeff doing nothing.

Certain secrets would have been revealed specifically Misty destroying the black box. Not that anything would come of it but if they’re forced to reconcile the reality of that DAT tape then let’s get messy. It’s all too little too late now anyways.

Bring back the reporters looking into them. I know it’s a small town so everyone knows but no one knows what happened in the woods and since it’s still probably the biggest event to every happen there, the truth would be a big deal.

Shauna can go insane but I want her to know her daughter is judging her and picking Lottie over her simply because it’d make for a good dynamic. They’ll make up because they do care about each other in their own shaky way, mother-daughter relationships and all that. Jeff is there when he needs to be or whatever.

Tai and Van don’t just get together after Tai’s wife gets hospitalized. She has to face that woman like an adult and apologize to her son instead of standing there like the first female deadbeat father. Then Tai and Van can come back to each other slowly and on equal footing.

Van will still have cancer and the death of others does heal her symptoms (we can have a little bit of supernatural as a treat) but she gets to have more agency over her life and illness.

Natalie and Travis will force them to defend their teen decisions to prolong their stay. Whether this is before or after they receive the tape is up to chance.

[nataliescatorccioapologist]

Starting a Yellowjackets tag!

I want to get my mind off of things so: If you want, answer any or all of the questions below and tag 10 people (or however many you want) who also might want to share! I would love to see what you guys have to say!

1. Are you team Rational or Supernatural?

2. Who is your favorite teen timeline character? Favorite adult timeline character?

3. What is your favorite needledrop?

4. What is your favorite ship?

5. What is your favorite episode?

6. Who do you want the Antler Queen to be?

7. What is your favorite scene in the entire series?

8. A theory or prediction you have about Season 3?

9. Which character do you relate to the most, and why?

10. What is the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of Yellowjackets?

Bonus:

11. What’s your most controversial Yellowjackets take?

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Here’s mine!

1. I am mostly Team Rational because I love the way this show depicts trauma but I also love seeing the supernatural side of things through the survivors’ eyes if that makes sense.

2. Natalie in the teen timeline because I love her compassion and softness underneath the front she puts on. Lottie in the adult timeline because I love her internal battle with herself and how afraid she is of her own mind. Misty is a close second in the adult timeline!

3. “Cornflake Girl” playing while Nat sees the mossy tree for the first time, Callie seeing the Adam Martin driver’s license in the barbecue, and Shauna eating Jackie’s ear. It just goes so perfectly with everything that’s going on (especially the elevated piano while Nat and Travis are scaling the mountain and the lyrics while Shauna takes the bite!)

4. LottieNat is my favorite ship I can’t help it Nat and Lottie are my favorite characters so having them together is a dream (TaiVan, JackieShauna, and TravNat are up there, too).

5. 1x09 “Doomcoming” is just amazing and captures everything I love about Yellowjackets. I love when they let the girls go batshit crazy, hoping we get more Doomcoming vibes in S3.

6. I want the Antler Queen to be Natalie because that would show a true descent for her in the Wilderness from being the most morally grounded one to the leader of the group at their most unhinged and primal. But honestly I think that Shauna might be the AQ after all…

7. I think the Jackie-eating scene is the best in the entire show. The “Climbing Up the Walls” song choice, the bacchanal feast flashes as a way of coping with the horror of what they’re doing, seeing them go fully feral for the first time, it’s such a well crafted scene.

8. I know this probably won’t happen but I’m just going to throw it out there that Cabin Daughter is alive and she will be revealed to have been Javi’s “friend”!

9. I relate to Shauna the most because I also admittedly have a bit of an obsessive/intense personality and I, too, internalize my emotions to a very unhealthy degree sometimes. I also grew up being in love with my childhood best friend who is very, very much like Jackie (and now we have been dating for 7 years!)

10. Mine is a mix of going to a Yellowjackets panel and sitting like 5 feet from the showrunners, doing everything in my power to score early screening tickets to Heretic and Companion, and pretending I was sick so I could go home early from work the day that the S3 trailer came out.

11. The male characters on this show get too much hate🫢 I like Travis, Jeff, Kevyn, and Walter (even though his introduction and storyline are rushed and forced). I don’t like them more than the female characters, but I like them nevertheless and appreciate their contributions to the plot.

No pressure tags! (I’m tagging 15 bc I feel like it) @before-it-felt-like-a-sin @baked-potatoes-rule @jackiesnats @deerest-deer @whodoesnataliehave @stilllsage @fairytwles @glitterfairy-21225 @lesbianforlottie @tr4vnat @lauraleetaylor @cassioo @natsboygirlfriend @soapyjackets @pinkkkkat @natgf123 +literally anyone else who wants to!

[hitmehardnsweet]

i think…perhaps…everyone as a viewer could perhaps have just assumed all of the girls went crazy and evil and loved eating their friends and shauna the most unreliable narrator of all time is telling the truth when she says they had fun. the point of the difference in the pit girl hunt from the pilot and from the s3 finale is to show us that that may not necessarily have been the truth.

the scene in the pilot is from the pov of an outsider. we have no clue who any of these girls are or what they have gone through up until this point. we just see a bunch of crazy and violent girls hunting someone down for sport. we understand what the concept of the show is and we just make the assumption of “crazy evil cannibal cult”. the stark difference in the s3 scene is meant to show us that most of these girls are really just trying to survive shauna’s tyrannical power trip.

that’s not to say that none of them have done horrible things to this point. they all watched and let javi die so that they could eat him. because they wanted to survive. taivan are trying to rig the card pull so that they don’t pull the queen. so they can survive. the girls didn’t need to eat ben but they might as well because they’ve eaten one of their own before and well shauna’s mean and scary so i might as well go along with it so she doesn’t kill me. etc etc. to survive.

“why don’t they just kill shauna they could easily gang up on her” because none of them want to kill anybody. they’re not crazy murderers who want to hurt and eat each other. in the same way travis didn’t just kill lottie himself, it’s easier to be a passive witness to the violence and murder. travis could talk himself out of the responsibility of her death if she fell in a pit of spikes. oopsie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

shauna, tai, and lottie are the only ones who actively want to stay in the wilderness when presented with the opportunity to go home. and not even necessarily bc they are the crazy violent ones who have enjoyed every second of the bad stuff they’ve done but bc they’re scared to go back home knowing they are Not Okay. all three of them are suffering deeply with mental health issues that the others don’t really understand and they don’t feel safe going back to a civilized society when they’ve been able to be themselves freely in their own little society that they’ve created and managed to end up thriving in. why do they need to go back to a scary place when this has become somewhat of a safe place for them?

is shauna enjoying herself a little too much sometimes? yeah absolutely. the antler queen title is going to her head even though it’s obvious none of the girls see her as their leader. and amongst other things, but that’s a whole different thing for another post about shauna. the yellowjackets were never a crazy, violent, cannibalistic cult. they’re all just scared and trying to survive in the only ways they have presented to them.

the adults are terrified of the world finding out what they did bc they know all of it was fucked up. not in a “we were evil and terrible” way but in a “no one should ever have to do that and it’s also quite illegal to murder and be an accessory to murder and eat another human” way.

shauna has quite a warped perception of what happened because she has gaslit herself into believing she had a larger and more important role to the team and she really didn’t. the unfortunate part about that is…she’s the main character (whether you like it or not) and she’s an incredibly unreliable narrator. but again, that’s for an entirely different post about shauna specifically.

it’s likely natalie can’t give a precise enough location, and the snowy weather is going to slow down a renewed search for them regardless…so there is probably a little bit of time for more of the girls to go absolutely batshit crazy but i just don’t really think that’s going to end up happening necessarily. shauna probably will but again that’s a whole other thing. maybe we just assumed traumatized cannibals were inherently bad people.

tldr: if you’re mad at the show’s “bad writing” you just don’t Get It. thanks for coming to my ted talk

[fawnyflower]

just for a little while

-> babyreg!lottie, cgs!taivan, cg!nat, involuntary reg, nonspeaking lottie, accidents, hurt/comfort but mostly comfort, wilderness teen tl, she/her for all characters

Word count: 1613

Van was chopping wood at the center of camp when she heard a sound. It sounded like a wail, tentative at first but quickly going up in pitch and desperation. Dropping her hatchet at once, Van rushed towards it, her busted sneakers kicking up summer dust in her wake.

At the edge of camp, barely twenty feet from her own hut, was Lottie, lying on the ground and clutching her leg, face crumpled in despair. She was sobbing, short, hiccuping breaths that Van was sure weren’t bringing enough oxygen to her lungs. Van immediately feared the worst — a broken bone, a vision, hell it could be a heart attack or something, what does she know — and her fears were only made worse by the growing dark patch she spotted at the crotch of Lottie’s pants. Oh, god, Lottie, she thought.

“Lottie!” Van called as she approached, getting no response.

“Lottie?” Van crouched next to the girl and tapped her on the shoulder. Lottie just cried harder. “Lot, Lottie, what happened?”

Lottie gasped in between sobs and pointed at her knee before going right back to crying. Van was at a loss of what to do. “Help! Somebody, we need help!” she called in the direction of the other huts before turning her attention back to her friend.

“Lot, I’m going to pull up your pants to look at your knee, okay?” she said frantically, trying to remember her little first aid experience (everyone had gotten better with blood out of necessity, but she still felt like throwing up at the thought of it). Lottie just cried harder and leaned desperately towards Van, wrapping a shaking hand around her wrist.

“Okay, okay, shh,” Van soothed. “It’s just a little look, it’ll be alright.” Lottie looked at her with wide, panicked eyes, not unlike a deer’s. “You can hold my hand if you want to, c’mon.” Lottie perked up a little at that, promptly wrapping both her hands around Van’s free one in a vice grip. “There we go!” Van praised as she began tugging up Lottie’s tattered and patched-up leggings.

The sound of footsteps behind her made Van turn. The sight of Taissa rushing over greeted her and Van felt a burst of gratitude in her chest at the sight of her girlfriend.

“Sorry,” Tai puffed, “I came as fast as I could. What’s going on?”

“I don’t know. She’s crying and she hurt her leg and I think she peed herself and I don’t know what to do and-“

“Woah, shh, breathe,” Tai assured as she sat down beside the pair, “You’re not gonna be any help to her panicking like that.”

Van took a deep breath. “Thanks,” she sighed.

“Lottie, honey, can you tell us what happened?” Tai asked, ever-so-gently. Lottie squeezed Van’s hand tighter and shook her head. She was still crying.

“Okay, well, I’m gonna take a look at your leg, okay?”

Lottie shakily nodded. Taissa pulled up her pant leg to her knee, seeing only a couple of scratches and a little bit of blood. She tilted her head and tugged Van close so she was whispering in her ear, “her knee looks fine.”

“Okay, so what - what happened?” Van asked, struggling to keep her voice in check, still feeling frantic. “She’s clearly not okay.”

“I’ll check to make sure her kneecap isn’t dislocated, but I think she’s more upset than hurt.” Tai paused for a second. “I think she’s, like..feeling younger than usual.”

Oh, Van realized, oh, that makes a whole lot of sense. They’d all dealt with the plane crash in various ways — she and Tai often found they felt like little kids stuck in teenage bodies ever since, and she knew Nat had as well. In fact, sometimes, Nat seemed almost parental to Lottie, now that she thought about it. She’d often seen them huddled up together in Nat’s hut, even after all their fights, she’d just never thought about it too hard. The irrational tears, the wet pants…Van wondered if she had gone out looking for Nat and hadn’t been able to find her. Poor girl.

“Hi, Lot,” Van murmured, cradling the girl’s head to her chest. “Me and Tai think you might be feeling little. Is that right?”

Lottie’s eyes went wide in panic and Van felt her trying to struggle out of her arms. “Shh, no, honey, it’s okay,” Tai reassured her, stroking her hair, “We’re not gonna tell anyone or make fun of you. Me and Van get it, we promise.”

Lottie blinked owlishly up at Tai and relaxed back into Van’s hold. “So, you’re feelin’ small?” Van asked, trying to sound conversational. Shakily, tentatively, Lottie nodded her head. Van smiled at her.

“Thank you for telling us,” Tai hummed as she pressed a kiss to the top of Lottie’s head. “You’re so brave.”

“Were you looking for someone before you fell?” Van asked, tugging her pant leg back down after wiping off the blood and checking that her kneecap was still in place.

“Mm..” Lottie said, then seeming to realize she couldn’t get more words out, “Mm...” She kicked her foot in frustration, scowling.

“Do you have a mama? Is that who you were looking for?” Tai asked, to Lottie’s frantic nodding.

“Is your mama Nat?” Van pitched in. Lottie’s eyebrows furrowed in concentration, then she nodded once, decisively.

“Oh, honey, she’s out hunting right now,” Tai sighed. “Do you want to come hang out with me and Van for a bit, just until your mama gets back?”

This seemed to be entirely too much information for Lottie’s little brain, as she started wailing again, burying herself in Tai’s chest this time. Tai made eye contact with Van over her head, holding a sort of silent conversation with her. Van shrugged, a I don’t know but we can’t leave her like this gesture, and Tai nodded, so Van tapped Lottie on the shoulder.

“We’re gonna take care of you until your mama comes back, Lot,” Van told her, and Tai nodded in agreement. Lottie just sniffled but didn’t seem too opposed, so Tai and Van helped the younger girl stand up so that she was leaning on both of them.

“We’re gonna take you to our hut,” Taissa told her. “That’s right, bubby, one foot in front of the other, you got it.” Lottie walked forward on wobbly legs, occasionally pitching forward or backward but always caught by Tai. Van shot her girlfriend a thumbs up and an encouraging smile — she was so good at this. In fact, Van felt a little jealous - last she checked, Tai didn’t even really like Lottie, but she was a natural at taking care of her.

When they reached their hut, Van guided Lottie to sit down on the blankets on their floor while Tai rummaged through their stuff for something to replace her wet pants.

“Can you lie down, little one?” Van asked. “We’re gonna change your pants if that’s okay.”

Lottie keened and buried her face in the blankets at the second part of Van’s sentence, but she didn’t object, so Van made quick work of peeling off the soaked fabric. Lottie whined when the cold air hit her skin.

“Oh, I know, I know,” Van hummed, taking the new pairs of pants and panties from Tai. “You’re being so brave, though, Lot. Such a brave girl.” After wiping Lottie down with a cloth, she easily tugged the fresh clothes over Lottie’s legs, then patted her hips to let her know she could stand up. “All done!” Van exclaimed, not surprised in the least when Lottie immediately rearranged herself to be sitting in Van’s lap. Despite being a good bit taller than Van, she just about instantly made herself comfortable, oversized limbs falling off Van’s lap and her head tucked up where her shoulder met her neck. Van could see Tai’s endeared soft smile from where she was standing outside the hut, rinsing out Lottie’s clothes.

“Hi, baby,” Van cooed softly, running a hand through her hair. Lottie, her thumb tucked in her mouth, squeezed Van tight. “Yeah, little one, I’ve gotcha. You’re okay, sweet girl.” Van began to rock back and forth gently, just enough to move Lottie with her. The girl’s eyes started to flutter closed with the soothing motion and she smiled around the thumb still in her mouth.

“You can sleep, sweetheart,” Tai murmured softly as she sat down behind Van and began to stroke Lottie’s hair. “We’ve got you.” To Van, she added, “Do you remember any kids' movies from back home?”

Van thought on it, wracking her brain. “Only The Princess Bride,” she confessed — her mom had never wanted to spend money on things like movies when Van was little.

“Do you wanna listen to Uncle Van tell you a story as you go to sleep, little one?” Tai asked, and Lottie nodded sleepily. Van grinned at Tai, the euphoria of the name ringing in her ears.

“I’ll do my best,” Van assured, moving to lie down against Tai as her back was starting to hurt. “You just lie with me and listen as long as you want, okay?”

Lottie nodded. If Van had to guess, she’d say the little would probably only be awake for about three more minutes, but she started anyway.

“Once upon a time…”

(Later, when Nat came back from hunting with a big buck in tow and asked where Lottie was, she was pointed towards Tai and Van’s hut, where her little girl was fast asleep in between the two, also snoring. She snuck in as quietly as she could and pressed a kiss to Lottie’s forehead. She’d thank them later.)

[rootsmachine]

I’m curious if you have any Yellowjackets fanfic writers you would recommend especially for taivan fics. I’ve already read every fic from you, novelconcepts and dollfaces and I’m picky enough about quality that going through the tag is often excruciating but I am so sad that the season is over and I just wanna read good fic 😭 I really love your fics btw 💗

HI!!! yes i DO sorry this has sat in my inbox for so long. the taivan tag is genuinely a form of psychological torture, happy to be of service.

ik you mentioned sam dollfaces but for anyone who hasn't read sam's stuff. go read it now!

first: charlotte @sapphicscience writes some great taivan, as well as great taishauna fic. i particularly love:

the wreck we've made of our house -> post s2 divorce time for tai

like our kiss is lost -> post rescue tai fic (of which there is NOT enough and charlotte does it so well)

i can see the future (it's a real dark place) & sequel -> van post rescue. she's not doing well, she's joining cults!

how long could we be a sad song? -> tai buys a house for van to die in. really good & honestly. i needed more van actually dying of cancer fic

with you it's what i need -> post season 2. in some parts of my mind this is still what happens.

everything radianttab writes is amazing too -- they have a number of unfinished works that they update pretty regularly, and it's always a special day for me personally when i see their updates. i'm loving of wolves and dreams and loud bark, deep bite & its sequel devour the days ahead

@owltrifecta's work is also really amazing. they're particularly extremely talented imo at writing dreams and unreality and body horror and i'm absolutely loving their s2/3 rewrite that they're currently publishing, connective tissue. other than that i particularly rec:

their 'van palmer cult acolyte' fic thaumatology is one of my all time favorites

nature can't amend its ways, tai character study

and some would scream, van character study

fire in my hands -> 'tai and van feed one another, before and after the crash'

carrion choir -> van Came Back Wrong

okay and Now just individual fics:

like a tell-tale corpse by werecats -> how did tai & van end up sleeping tied together?

let me put my lips to something (i'm starving darling) by interestobscura -> van werewolf fic. need i say more.

can you hold onto me by juiceboxpurgatory -> tai starts sleepwalking preseries

my head is filled with parasites by littledata -> tai and other tai and van threesome

what makes you think i'm the one / who'll be there when you're callin'? by lesbiyawn -> post-rescue van & tai falling apart and back together and apart and back together and apart

i can feel myself becoming (i can feel), someone only you could want by crosswordfriend & sequel -> tai and van get doom teen married

nothing gets me high also by crosswordfriend -> the second winter is bad!!

everything by mamaweeds

anyways. that was probably longer than needed and im DEFINITELY missing stuff but. please enjoy.

[lottiesboy]

movie night with mama tai and papa van !!

oh baby this is so soft :(( i love cg taivan so bad they make me want to curl up in a ball and cry :{ the scene of them watching tv on the couch couldn’t be ignored i had to make SOMETHING about it ^_^ okay 🩷 yay 🩷

sfw interaction only!

“you need your jammies on, don’t you?” van tickled your tummy before sitting you down on the bed to dress you. you were so excited because it was friday, which means movie night with mama and papa!! van had just gotten you out of the bath, grabbing your pajamas and some baby lotion.

he zipped up your footie pajamas after motioning you up. “what a cute little baby. you wanna go see mama downstairs?” he picked you up, chuckling at you kicking your legs eagerly.

van brought you down and you immediately smell and heard popcorn being made. taissa was on her phone and instantly perked up when she saw you. “aww, there’s my sweet baby.” she got you from van and put you in her lap. “were you good for papa taking a bath?” she bounced you.

you nodded, laying your head against her shoulder. the microwave beeped eventually and the popcorn stopped popping. “you want some juice, buddy?” van patted your knee. you nodded excitedly as he got up to grab the popcorn and fix you a cup of juice.

“papa’s got a surprise for you. it’s our movie for tonight.” taissa smiled, keeping you close. you always got a little clingy around a time like this, and she loves it. van came back with the popcorn and your juice, putting them on the coffee table.

“look at this baby,” van pulled two vhs tapes from behind him, both being pee wee herman ones. you looked confused at the tapes which made your mama and papa laugh. “you wanna watch it baby? you might like it.”

you pointed to the only you were most interested in and van praised you, putting in the tape. “papaaa, juicy.” you asked van impatiently, gripping onto his white t shirt. “hang on, hang on. it’s right here, baby.” he gave you your sippy that was on the coffee table.

taissa chuckled when you immediately grabbed your cup with two hands, taking a big sip. “oh my gosh, you little juice junkie.” van sat back down on the couch, patting your head. the tape began to play, and pee wee and his friends started adventuring.

“man, this show is weird. a talking chair?” taissa ate her popcorn. “i never really watched it.” van replied, propping his head up on his hand. “you’re kidding. why do you have every episode on tape?”

“i have like, a million vhs’s, tai. i don’t even know what’s on half of them.” van replied and taissa chuckled. “well, i loved this show. every saturday morning at 9. and i think someone else likes it too.” taissa looked to you in the right side of her to see you clutching your blankie, completely engrossed in the show.

“aww, you like it, bubba?” van rubbed your leg. you nodded and cooed, pointing at the characters on screen. “yeah, that’s pee wee. isn’t he silly?” van tickled your foot, making you giggle.

the show was over eventually, and it was time for you to go to bed. “time for bed, kiddo.” van got up, turning off the tv. “pee wee.” you whined and buried your face into the couch, wanting to watch more.

“you can watch more pee wee tomorrow, sweetie. aren’t you sleepy?” taissa patted your bottom. you whined even more, making van put his hands on his hips. “oh, goodness. papa’s made a monster, huh?” taissa spoke in a baby voice and put you in her lap, making van roll his eyes playfully.

“papa will read you an extra story if you come to bed.” he bribed, making you perk up and make grabby hands for him to pick you up. he grabbed your sippy cup and your paci, throwing your blankie over his shoulder.

“say nini to mama.” van rocked you, smiling at your tired attempt at saying goodnight. “good night, my sleepy little baby.” she got up from the couch to kiss your cheek.

while van trekked upstairs, he could tell you were falling asleep by the second. he gave you a kiss on your other cheek, tucking you safely and softly into bed.

[vanpalmerenthusiast]

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE YJ SHIP???

TAIVAN TAIVAN TAIVAN

100% taivan girl for life i could talk about them for years. a ginger butch lesbian and a tall femme lesbian YES PLEASE they are so important to me

i also love jackieshauna, lottienat, lottielee, adult mistynat (very important that i specify mistynat in the adult timeline ONLY)

[mirrored-muse]

shauna request!! maybe taivan teasing shauna about crush on main and shauna tries to act tough and deny but then main comes and asks shauna for help with chores and breaks out the puppy eyes and shauna can’t say no? :)

ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛꜱ | ꜱ.ꜱ

ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ: 830

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴇᴇꜱ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ꜱʜᴀᴜɴᴀ’ꜱ ᴛᴏᴜɢʜ ɢᴜʏ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ʀᴇQᴜᴇꜱᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʜᴇʀ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: ꜱʜᴀᴜɴᴀ ꜱʜɪᴘᴍᴀɴ x ꜰᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴀ/ɴ: ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇQᴜᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ. ʟɪᴋᴇꜱ, ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʙʟᴏɢꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ.

It starts with Van’s voice, always a little too loud, too amused.

“Oh my God, you’re staring again.”

Shauna doesn’t look up from where she’s sharpening a knife, slow and methodical. “You want to lose a hand?”

Van only snorts. “Seriously, Tai- am I crazy or is this, like, day five of ‘Shauna glares at everyone but her’?”

Tai leans against the log beside Van, a twig between her fingers, watching Shauna with narrowed eyes and an annoying little smirk. “Nah. You’re right. I’ve seen more affection from a feral dog, but somehow Shauna always goes soft whenever she walks by.”

Shauna scoffs. “You both need hobbies.”

Van grins. “Maybe. Or maybe we just think it’s hilarious that Shauna ‘I-don’t-care-if-you-die’ Shipman turns into a whole different person when a certain girl shows up.”

“I don’t turn into anything.”

Tai raises a brow. “So if she came over here right now, asked you to help her haul firewood or something—”

“I’d tell her to go to hell,” Shauna snaps.

“Sure.” Van’s still smiling, like she knows something Shauna doesn’t. “Just like you did yesterday when she asked for help and you dropped everything and followed her into the woods like a sad little murder puppy.”

Shauna slams the blade down into the log with a dull thunk. “Keep talking.”

Van and Tai both laugh, and Shauna mutters something under her breath that sounds suspiciously like ‘fucking idiots’.

She doesn’t have a crush. She doesn’t do crushes. Not out here, not now. She doesn’t have time for that shit. There’s survival, there’s the group, and then, maybe, there’s you. The only one who doesn’t treat her like she’s one wrong look away from stabbing someone. The only one who talks to her like she’s still a person.

Which is probably why you get away with things no one else does.

Like now.

You appear at the edge of camp, holding a broken basket in your arms, cheeks flushed from whatever work you’ve been doing. You glance around, scanning faces, then lock onto hers.

She stiffens.

“Shauna,” you call softly, walking over.

Tai and Van immediately hush like predators sensing prey.

Shauna straightens but doesn’t move. “What?”

You stop in front of her, holding up the basket. “It snapped. I think I was trying to carry too much. I was gonna fix it, but I can’t find the twine anywhere.”

Shauna stares at you. “Okay?”

“I thought maybe you’d help me look?”

“I’m busy.”

You blink at her, then tilt your head, your bottom lip sticking out just a little. Puppy eyes. That soft, wide-eyed thing you do that makes her chest ache and her hands curl into fists.

“please?”

She glares at you.

Tai snorts.

Shauna doesn’t break eye contact with you, but her next words are aimed behind her. “Shut the fuck up, Tai.”

You blink again, waiting for an answer.

She sighs like the weight of the world is on her shoulders. “Fine. I’ll help.”

You smile, bright and warm, and for a second she forgets how pissed she was two minutes ago.

Van leans over, whispering to Tai, but still loud enough for Shauna to hear. “Aww, look she’s blushing!”

“One more word and I will stab you.”

But then you’re walking ahead of her toward the storage tent, basket still in your arms, and Shauna follows. Begrudgingly. Muttering under her breath.

—

Inside the tent, you crouch to dig through a crate, tossing aside old fabric and half-snapped sticks. Shauna watches you, arms crossed, pretending like she’s only there because she has to be.

You glance up. “You’re staring.”

“I’m making sure you don’t hurt yourself.”

You raise a brow. “Since when do you care?”

Her jaw clenches. “I don’t.”

You smirk, and Shauna wants to punch something.

You turn back to the crate. “Well, thanks for helping anyway.”

She doesn’t respond. Just steps forward and crouches beside you, grabbing another bin and rummaging through it with quick, sharp movements.

Your hand brushes hers once, and she freezes.

So do you.

She doesn’t move away and neither do you.

“Shauna?” you say, soft.

“What?”

You look at her again, eyes gentle. “I don’t think you’re as mean as you want people to think you are.”

That’s when she looks at you—really looks at you.

And fuck, she wishes you’d stop doing that. Talking to her like you see something in her that no one else does. It’s dangerous.

But it also makes her feel like there’s a part of her that’s still human.

And she can’t walk away from that.

“You don’t know anything about me,” she says, quiet but rough.

You reach out and nudge your pinkie against hers again. “I know enough.”

The space between you tightens. She doesn’t move. Neither do you.

Finally, she clears her throat, snatches a roll of twine, and thrusts it into your chest like it might burn her. “Here. Go fix your basket.”

You take it with a soft smile. “Thanks, Shauna.”

[bonejunky6669]

I was ABOUT to tell you that you had to watch the new episode only to see you already did!

it’s so good and Shauna and Melissa at the end genuinely had me shaking in joy. her making melissa do it was INSANE and such a cool scene, they really are making each other worse and I’m here for it. also Shauna looking all proud of her after and melissa being hesitant at first but smiling during it a little too enthusiastically, I love those sadistic freaks so badly

(also taivan backshots, that was great)

im so eager for the new eps i literally refresh paramount until they're available LMAO.

my heart was seriously beating out of my chest that end scene was perfect in every way. seriously, they're SO insane. i was gonna talk about Melissa not wanting to do it at first but literally smiling by the end. you can watch the way Shauna is actively corrupting her, and the both of them are aware of it and enjoy every second of it. Shauna is PROUD of Mel for maiming someone and Mel is going to get addicted to that feeling of praise. they both have a hunger for violence and are just going to keep feeding off of each other and pushing each other to the very worst things they're capable of. we know why Shauna is the way she is, but i really hope we get some more backstory and introspection for Mel.

coach Ben's screams of agony, the harsh light of the fire, the bloody hand holding, the dissonance from the rest of the group. truly an incredibly written and directed scene that perfectly conveys the path they are going on from this point forward, and just how different they are from how they started. i think it also shows how much love has been twisted spoiled by what they've experienced. even Tai and Van, who have a genuinely sweet and romantic relationship, literally have sex in order to get into the right headspace for killing a man (which, seems like Tai is doubting the guilt of). very similar to what they almost do to that random in the adult timeline.

its why the adult characters are incapable of showing affection in a normal way, or loving people without pushing them away. Shauna can't express love without violence, we see that with Adam. Misty kills her best friend (who she def is gay for), and despite Walter's flaws and suspicions, he does care for her and she almost can't stand that he does.

also SHAUNA TAKING MELISSA INTO HER HUT. SHOWTIME PLS RELEASE AN EXTENDED CUT PLS PLS PLS WHAT DID THEY GET UP TO IN THERE. AND IK THEY DIDNT WASH THEIR HANDS THEY WERE DEFINITELY LICKING THAT BLOOD OFF EACH OTHER

and Van's reaction kills me. once again someone seeing shaunahat and going wtf.

but yeah sadistic freak yuri is everything to me i want to mail the writers a letter telling them how much i love season 3 so far (despite the flaws like how slow the adult timeline is feeling...not terrible though, i enjoy it no matter what). I don't need drugs when a new yj episode is like a shot straight to my veins🙏

[returnofeternity]

More professor tai with wife van please 🙏

I’m thinking like waking up between them trying to find your clothes to leave, only to be dragged back to bed

waking up after fucking your professor and her wife for the first time, mind going a million miles a second and your heart pounding when you realize you're in between them and can't move. your head is resting on tai's naked chest, and van's spooning you from behind, her grip so hard that it's uncomfortable. she's a clingy thing.

as much as you want to stay in bed with them, you have another class today. so, you get up as carefully as you can, sliding down the bed scoot by scoot and watching tai's face to make sure she doesn't wake up. you manage to get out of bed safely and without waking them. now you just have to find your clothes, which is a bit of a struggle because there are articles of clothing all over.

thinking of tai picking you up mid hop into your shorts, and dragging you back in bed with them. van's awake now, she's got one eye open and mumbles a "mornin'" to you as she wraps her arm around your waist, basically keeping you trapped against her and tai. you whine and say that you have a class you have to be at, but tai just shushes you and tells you that she'll sort it out. whatever that means.

morning sex with them :D

tai holding you close against her chest, you hugging her side as you keep groaning about how you can't miss this class cuz the professor's an ass. van moves to spoon you again and places gentle kisses on your neck, reaching over to hold tai's upper arm as she situates herself comfortably. just letting them make you feel good again.... van reaching down to slide her strap between your folds, you getting goosebumps when her deep morning voice reverberates against your chest when she mentions how you're still wet. taissa who grips your chin and makes you kiss her while van humps her strap against your pussy until she eventually slides in 😵‍💫 tai who takes the opportunity to shove her tongue in your mouth after you moan.

taivan who make you breakfast after fucking you dumb again :D feeding you so sweetly and giving you an extra pancake to pamper you. thinkingggg of tai who leaves you and van alone to go shower and van who just can't help herself. again. van tells you how jealous she was every time tai would bring you up because she wanted a piece of you :(

just just just!!!!! something about knowing that both of them want you but taissa's flirting with you hardcore during class while her wife is back home....telling you that van doesn't have to know that she touched you or van doesn't have to know how good you suck her strap.

[lottiematthewsdefender]

You have to choose one: LottieNat, JackNat,ShauNat,LottieLee, TaiVan, or JackieShauna?

LOTTIELEE I’m sorry but lottielee was like my first ship when I joined the fandom I love them so much and I think about them like everyday, Jackieshauna is a close second

[strawberryjackie]

Straight off the dome Yellowjackets S3 E3 thoughts (SPOILERS)

Sooo....what the fuck did I just watch???

Shauna's hallucination-ouch. Mega ouch. Her son screaming at her from the shore while she tries to swim toward him but can't, I can't even do this anymore just someone kill me.

Jackie's face was BEAT wow

Akilah :( my perfect princess don't let anything happen to her pls. Also when the llama started talking I almost screamed.

Van's vision is interesting, I definitely think she knows something about the fire, or maybe she will use the vision (and the fact that Ben just saved her life) as a reason to defend him from the fire-starting allegations

Not the cave diving. I was so stressed during that part that I can't even articulate it.

Mari and Ben are literally dumb and dumber they were making me cringe so hard and then laugh so hard and then almost cry. I get why Mari sucks but she made me so emosh when she talked about her cousin, and Ben was too. He doesn't deserve this, guys, bring him home. (I think maybe instead of dying, his fate is to stay in the wilderness forever, he's the one who seems to actively hate it.)

Two PERFECTLY REASONABLE adult Shauna crashouts this episode, if I were her I would have punched Lottie in the face (again) for giving Callie that necklace.

Lottie still shoplifts, amazing. Also teen her is still freaking me out! Stop trying to drug people against their will!

Teen Shauna is such a bitch but I love her utterly. I can tell she and Melissa are about to have the most toxic relationship of all time.

Adult TaiVan dynamic this episode...yikes. It's weird to see Tai be into all the weirdo wilderness stuff and Van is the one having doubts, but honestly, the fact that the roles were reversed in their teen years makes it more believable that Van wouldn't be immediately running for the hills. Also, the power of lesbian love literally killing a man to sustain itself is incredible.

Teen misty was so cute in this episode, she only had one line but she was so sweet with Mari. Also Nat and Travis had like ten seconds of screentime total but they both looked AMAZING. Travis, what conditioner are you using out here?

Mari is a bitch for telling everyone where Ben is.

Alright, see you next week for more disorganized rambling!

[miss3d-messages]

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 NEW TRAILER AND WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING IN IT!!

maybe I'm just crazy but which one of the girls was narrating the first bit??? is it shauna??? it sounds a bit like her, but could it possibly be a different character or just a side character we haven't gotten that much info on from the first and second season??

mari doing the pit girl run along with the panting afterwards has me... VERY scared... like she had a white dress on and everything there is absolutely no way that can mean anything good...

the chanting??? like the buzz chant in it from the first ep has me THINKING... as well as that the specfic characters doing it are: akilah, van, misty, and... 2 other girls which i err can NOT make out sorgy on that one.... all i know is they both have dark long hair. but this scene def makes me think they'll start splitting into groups of some kind.

as much as i don't.... love coach or anything, the scene where he's gazing at the wired noose is certainly worrying to say the least.

JACKIE GHOST!!!! i think we all..... very much knew she would be coming back with how the people on the yellowjackets panel answered the question of, "will jackie come back in season 3??" but nonetheless, still so excited and can't WAITTT to see her as a ghost...

NO EYED WOMAN AND TAIVAN!?!?! so happy we r getting more taissa backstory oh my godddd.... i KNOW the eye woman will be important to the story or the lore in some way this season. ok. mark my words i swear.... as for taivan; I do love them but.... im so so worried about how their relationship will go. Sure, its cute in the plane crash timeline, but it very much seems like it could get reallllyyy messy back in the adult timeline.

a new blackmail plot???? kinda nervous with how it'll go considering the last blackmail plot..... excited, since now we have all the survivors (hopefully....) going through it, so it'll certainly turn out far differently than before. Gonna be so mad if its ANOTHERR survivor i swear.....

MISTY INVESTIGATING... SOMEWHERE??? don't have enough context clues for this one, but, and this is just heh. a bit of a theory. but it looks eerily similar to the underground area lottie in the plane crash timeline keeps seeing.

"You're not in charge anymore." so... we can clearly see shauna isn't taking not becoming the antler queen great... however!!! we still aren't certain that nat is the antler queen. there are hopefully gonna be 5 seasons, after all.

MISTY STABBING SOMEONE HELLO!?!?!? from the clothes and the hair and overall the side features, I think it could be shauna. No other clues, but from misty burning the picture of everyone at the reunion to.... well. trying to possibly stab shauna, it could possibly be related to nat, considering just from christina's interview about misty she has said she is certainly taking it the hardest.

walter seeing.... something?? so far he's only really been associated with misty, and characters who are.... strictly associated and talk the most to one certain character in yellowjackets usually.... err. don't turn out the best, is all I'm saying!!!

we've been seeing a LOT of the girl with long blonde hair in the newest trailer that got introduced in season 2. One shot of shauna talking, with her in frame, and another with a knife against her throat. I definitely could see her playing a much bigger role in season 3.

shauna being pulled underwater?? Possibly more evidence that there IS an actual super natural force in the forest?? Or another hunt????

LASTLY.... who is that girl in the final scene???? Is the the blonde side character I talked abt 2 paragraphs ago??? Literally no other evidence on her so I have no clue whatsoever.

that is it ok baiiii :3