I know Jack and Maddie's relationship in canon is probably MEANT to be seen--depending on the episode--as a pretty bog-standard, 2000s-era "idiot big dad and exasperated, smart wife who puts up with him" trope.
BUT
my personal favorite interpretation is that BOTH are equally genius engineers who are also equally on the autistic spectrum, with a specific hyperfixation on ghosts and mad science.
The main difference is that Maddie has siblings and female social expectations, so she had to learn how to mask in ways that are seen as sociable and polite and attractive and "smart." When she does bumble major social cues (such as not recognizing Vlad's flirting until Danny points it out decades later, or humiliating her kids by showing up in a hazmat suit at school), it feels more "socially acceptable" from her.
She genuinely loves Jack because he could not care less about her being Feminine or Socially Acceptable. He just wants to shout with her about ghosts! So the nanosecond she's around him she can yank the mask off and go chasing spirits with a toaster turned into a machine gun.
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the story doesn't care that your heart got broken yesterday, or that you nicked your thumb while chopping the onions today. it doesn't care for the medals you received in 5th grade and it doesn't care for the raise that you keep trying for. the story just asks to be read, and you are its most beloved being for the fact of having read it.
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Going Home - Chapter 3 - Pg 67
(BEGINNING) - (NEXT)
Ft. @alphyraptor (first panel, right) and @mintyepic's (second panel, the two on the right) ocs!
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New two-page long spread is up!
Lookit her. All proudish of herself.
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oh angst, watch out guys here it comes
(this page was a bit later than usual but we have more pressing matters to discuss and I digress)
you know what the rain is already painting a depressing setting despite all the warm colours here. AND POOR JEKYLL HE LOOKS SO DEFEATED YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING IN THAT TINY "oh"
this is really bumming me out. moving on
Ohma fuuuck they're COMMUNICATING AGAIINN?!?!?? what a great LEAP and LOOK Lanyon is ADMITTING HE'S ALSO BEEN GIVING JEKYLL TROUBLE OPENING UP FINALLY AFTER FIFTEEN FUCKING YEARS and ah dang I really should stop the italics should i
they've come so far to think this whole conversation started with shoujo sparkles and cute chibi faces
Armour-Piercing Question 2: electric boogaloo
this time it's directed at Jekyll who admittedly has been sending Lanyon mixed signals all this time. JEKYLL STOP STOOP BEING DENSE THIS IS YOUR CHANCE GO ON GRAB IT GO TELL HIM TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT COME ONN ONE CHANCE TO TELL A TRUE STATEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS
...of course not. of course not. Once again he doesn't say shit and Lanyon gets the wrong message again. OF COURSE. *sigh*...time for breakup arc number two, after all that progress.
looking on the bright side... I now have a solid reference for the back view of Jekyll's impossible hair
(psst I really think the rain scene is after this)
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Simon slept in his assigned seat(s) last night and didnt disturb me between the hours of 1 and 7 am and I’m so relieved
Also I can officially and discreetly announce that I’m contributing to a new Elder Scrolls related project yay
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