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location: violet's kitchen for: @invisiblegrlx

"you're running low on milk. and butter," jack called out as they heard the front door opening. they didn't move from their spot at the counter, resting their chin in their hand and focusing on telekinetically stirring the pot on the stove. "also, i hope you didn't get takeout on your way home. or make dinner plans." they paused, thinking that one over. "what am i saying? you never have dinner plans."

#CHATS // violet parr.

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"You have a point there. And if you're like Batman, you can go all out on the theming," they agree with a considering nod. Jack pulls themself up into a sitting position, shifting position to dangle their legs over the armrest. Sideways seems better than upside down to consider the merits of superhero naming conventions. "Could a guy like Superman really do that, though? He's got too much going on. It's not like there are animals with laser eyes. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Iron Man - they just pick a word and stick their gender on the end. But I don't think I could do that - Superperson is just clunky. Terrible branding."

"It's gotta be catchy, but easy to remember, easy to say." Fred was quick to answer, figuring if anyone knew what to tell them, it was him. He'd spent most of his life obsessing over superheroes, after all, insisting he could be one. Of course, thinking it over might help him come up with something more solid. "That's what they all have in common; Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine, Hawkeye..." He hesitated, mentally inspecting the list he was naming off, finding a common denominator in all four of the ones that came to mind. "You know, come to think of it, maybe just go with... an animal name, and base it around your powers. People eat it up, apparently."

#CHATS // fred frederickson. #is this jack innocently discussing superhero names or jack brainstorming their superhero name or ME brainstorming jack's superhero name #whos to say

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jack grinned, sitting up and shifting their position until they were sitting cross-legged and rightside up instead of upside down. "no, ice tiger sounds great!" they insisted, eyes all but lighting up. "catchy, intriguing - who knows what their deal is? ice? tigers? both, somehow? i'd read comics about them for sure."

Comic books were always a good read, especially for story time. Kids liked the action and the pictures. Plus if it was decided ahead of time, she could encourage them to come dressed up as superheroes! That was always fun. When she noticed someone reading a bunch, she decided to go over and see if they had one they liked the most. Definitely wasn't expecting to be beat to the punch when asking questions. "Oh! I feel like something short and simple is always good. That way it's easy to remember and catches on quick." Dani thought for a moment, "Like... Dark Star! Or um Ice Tiger! No those are bad."

#CHATS // dani desai.

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jack nodded as best they could in their current position. catchiness - definitely key to superhero names. "i think you need to be careful with any of those 'dark whatever' names. otherwise, you'll probably just have to change it when you leave your edgy phase," they reply. they pause in thought, dropping the comic in their hands onto their stomach. "unless you have shadow powers, i guess. or you're a supervillain. but a supervillain shouldn't really have to tell people they're dark, should they?"

The only thing in the world that would get Phil into the library on purpose was whenever he found a new bug. Not a new one to the scientific community, but new to him, and he'd been running into a few recently. It seemed like with the new people showing up in Evermore, new bugs joined them. But even with a years-long interest in the subject, Phil was still bound to get distracted, especially when comics started appearing on the table just out of reach. "Gotta be catchy. Not one of the names that you can make into dumb jokes like Dark Hawk...that's just begging for it."

#CHATS // phillip deville.

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jack parr is based on jack-jack from the incredibles. they are a 26-year-old superhuman and temp. they use they/them pronouns. they have the power of polymorphing, telekinesis, teleportation, laser-vision and self-duplication. they are portrayed by liv hewson.

BASICS.

full name: jack j. parr.

nicknames: jack-jack, jj.

age: twenty-six.

gender: non-binary.

pronouns: they/them.

sexuality: (vague hand-wavey gesture).

occupation: temp @ the chronicle.

date of birth: tba.

face claim: liv hewson.

parents: bob parr (father), helen parr (mother).

siblings: violet parr (older sister), dash parr (older brother).

powers: polymorphing, telekinesis, teleportation, laser-vision, self-duplication.

SUMMARY.

jack was last to the party that is the parr family and is therefore the perpetual baby of the family, for better or worse.

on the one hand, it gets annoying feeling like you have to catch up on everything that happened when you didn't exist - or were learning to walk and talk - and feeling like you're always going to be seen as a child who needs to be taken care of or managed.

on the other hand, they love the attention and being able to get away with things if they play it right. they had the waterworks down when they wanted to get someone in trouble (usually dash), at least until they got old enough for that to stop working.

their powers came a little late, but they made up for lost time with variety and quantity - though, luckily for their parents' sanity, the list was not as endless as it first seemed. more than anything, they were full of potential - bursting with it.

as they grew up, they grew into their powers and themself. the chaotic mess settled into something they could control, even though all that energy is still waiting under their skin.

they figured out the gender thing around the end of middle school. dash was the first to have any indication, mostly because he was jack's authority on "boy things". then violet (the authority on "girl things"). their parents were the last to know, mostly because they wanted to be able to explain it properly.

despite feeling there were some things they'd missed out on, they still know they belong in their family. and the older they got, the more they got right in the middle of things and ensured they wouldn't miss out on any more. they only got more confident as they got more comfortable with their powers and themself. they grew into someone who could light up the room, who could help people, and who would follow their big brother into trouble (it's not their fault if he's a bad influence).

then came evermore.

they might as well have always been here. it's the only home they remember. they kept their memories of their family - thank god - but the control over their powers took a hit and that was... well.

they've done their best to avoid their family finding out their power struggles. they aren't hiding it exactly... well, okay, they are but they try not to actively lie about it. they just keep thinking about the stories they've been told about the chaos they caused when they were little. they don't want their family to worry, and they don't want to be a problem. they're not a kid anymore, they don't need to be managed. they'll be fine. it's not like they're thrown into emotional turmoil too often, anyway, right? they'll figure it out.

TIDBITS.

they stopped going by jack-jack a while ago. or tried to. that's never really stopped their family, no matter how much they insist it sounds childish. (they don't actually mind, but they've gotta put up some protest.)

they listen to music when they're working if they can get away with it. it's a habit picked up from their auntie edna, and helps them focus. when they're practising their powers, they tend to listen to mozart.

they like watching old movies from the fifties and sixties.

they're a mediocre cook but make a killer mac and cheese.

they collect fashion magazines and fabric samples. if they have a free weekend and don't know what to do, they'll make a fashion mood board.

the smoke alarms at their place are all switched off. don't worry about it, though. it's fine. (if anything catches fire it'll be them and they'll be very aware of it without any loud beeping noises, thank you very much).

skater kid. can still do all the cool tricks. no, it is not cheating to use telekinesis to make yourself look cooler, shut up.

they shamelessly steal clothes from both their siblings' wardrobes. they are not subtle and they are not sorry. if anything, they are judgmental.

they like reading comics. partly just because they think they're cool, but partly out of an almost morbid fascination with what other people think the deal is with superheroes.

they have an eclectic collection of stuff left over from hobbies they started and then forgot about. yoga, origami, jewelry making, who knows what else. they'll circle back around to it all eventually.

they are more of an ambivert than most people would assume based on first impression - they are energetic and friendly, yeah, but sometimes they need to slow down and breathe before they explode. on their quiet days they curl up with a book or a project, sometimes wordlessly crashing on a friend's (or sibling's) couch if they don't want to be entirely alone.

they keep their hair short, but still long enough that they can ask violet to braid it. maybe they're too old for that now, but it helps them calm down and feel close to violet without making her talk to them.

they were homeschooled for a little bit during elementary school. it seemed like the safer option - both for jack and the other kids. and better safe than sorry seems best when your kid can burst into flames.

they tend to feel things with their whole body, especially now their control of their powers is messed up. if they let it, their feelings can become a self-perpetuating cycle; getting upset, their powers getting volatile, getting upset about their powers, and so on. bottling things up never works well for them, so they try not to.

it's not that jack wishes they were normal, exactly. they just wish, sometimes, that things were easier. that their powers were only ever exciting, rather than a responsibility. that the world could take care of itself for a little bit. it's almost a guilty pleasure, not having the weight of the world on their shoulders at evermore.

their powers - especially their polymorphing - work intuitively, which is both a blessing and a curse. relying on instincts and feelings is good when it turns your body to steel when someone tries to punch you. the real problems are in everyday life, when you don't want to burst into flames because you got excited or shoot laser beams when you glare at something. the trick they're trying to relearn is balancing instinct with caution and, you know, thinking. and making sure they don't let their powers build up so much that they explode.

#evermorehqsintro #ABOUT.

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location: evermore library. for: @evermorehqsstart / open

jack had ostensibly come to the library for personal research purposes. considering the personal problem they were researching was their own powers, the 'research' was mostly just flipping through comics and frowning thoughtfully. and gradually shifting in their comfy chair until they were upside down, legs dangling over the back of the chair and head hanging off the seat. "what makes a good superhero name, d'you think?" they asked idly as they noticed someone approach out of the corner of their eye. they flipped to the next page. "it probably helps if you've got a really specific power set, right? i think the more you've got going on, the more abstract you need to get with it."

#evermorehqsstart #god. i hate writing starters. anyway have at it gang

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And Jack Jack? He’s in excellent health.

#ABOUT. #ANIMATION.

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"She's gay, she's a jock, she's funny, and she's kind. Pretty immediately I felt a physical comfortability playing her. I was just a kid in a sandbox. There are tiny things — the mustache was a really good example — when I just felt real freedom with her. Even back when I didn't have a lot of information to go on about who this person was, it was like, 'No, I know who she is, and I'm going to have a lot of fun here.' Little touches like that were really important to me, to bring to her and to the show, that kind of physical, queer sensibility."   ━ Liv Hewson

#ABOUT. #MIRROR.