“ It ain’t comforting, to do something that matters. To jump in the middle of the fray, where everything is on fire, and nothing and no one is safe. You may not live through it. But if it still slips through your fingers, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing it didn’t go quietly. ” — old afterclaps ; hello from the hallowoods, episode 84
inspired by: THACKERY BINX from HOCUS POCUS. // with hints of: marius pontmercy from les mis, davey jacobs from newsies. orpheus from hadestown. grover underwood from the lightning thief/percy jackson.
as well as:
— the way nikignik talks about marolmar with such wistful nostalgia in certain episodes of Hello From The Hallowoods.
— the atmosphere that comes from reading poetry by candlelight.
— old books with well-worn spines and well-loved pages.
— crisp autumn nights when the moon is tinged an orange-yellow.
— the slow, intense anger taako directs towards lucretia in episode 67 of the adventure zone balance upon remembering lup.
thackery ezekiel binx. daniel sharman. july 16, 1667. cancer. librarian. hallow falls. demi/bisexual. laura palmer by bastille. the princess bride. homeschooled. melancholic. infj. somewhere between neutral & chaotic good. spent hundreds of years as a cat. ( 🐾 🖤😺 ).
i'm v bad at summarizing things efficiently so for the next few sections i'm just going to make some Key Bullet Points !! i'll try to keep it brief but i can always elaborate on things !!
present!!
thackery came to elias for one purpose: to stop the sanderson sisters from claiming more innocent lives. he has to, for emily's sake. except he doesn't exactly know where they are or how, precisely, to stop them. he's working on it, okay?
which brings us to bullet point two !! most part of the reason thackery decided to take a job as a librarian is that he can spend his extra time (perhaps even some time on the clock, when it's less busy) doing research. it isn't unusual to stumble across thackery with a pile of occult books scattered about him.
thackery is trying not to allow himself to get comfortable because he knows that it's important to stay on his guard but it is a little difficult not to fall into a reliable routine when you stay in one place long enough. on days when he's not working or otherwise in the library, thackery finds that he likes to be outside. sometimes wandering, sometimes reading, but always outside. he's not sure if his affinity for the outdoors is the feral feline in him or the farmboy.
he finds that he's a bit more nocturnal than the average fellow, which can be a bit inconvenient. especially in someone who hasn't had to have a set/proper sleep schedule for centuries. he does tend to get a bit drowsy mid-afternoon and it isn't unusual for him to take afternoon naps in the sun on his days off.
past!!
thackery's always been very family-oriented and he knows he owes that to the love and warm environment his parents raised him and his sister in.
growing up, he always helped his father with the farm work - tending to animals and crops alike. in his free time, thackery could be found climbing trees and reading books.
he was always book smart, reading whatever books he could find or borrow.
emily, his little sister, was always an important part of his life. she often tried to tag along with thackery when he'd wander off, much to his and his mother's dismay. his mother tried to give her tasks to keep her busy and thackery often tried to scold her for following after him but neither ever really discouraged her much. it didn't help that thackery would let her hang around with him for a bit before walking her back home.
after that fateful night in 1693, thackery still kept an eye on his parents from afar. the heavy weight of guilt and ache of sorrow that settled in his chest was nearly unbearable and it made the years pass ever so slowly.
although those feelings never really lessened, thackery focused his energy into planning. planning for how to keep the sanderson sisters' curse from coming to fruition. coming up with various situations and brainstorming ways to divert attention from the accursed candle.
unfortunately, one cannot plan for every situation and, much to his dismay, the candle was lit by an airheaded boy trying to impress a girl.
future!!
to assume that thackery will defeat the sandersons once and for all seems a bit much - especially if it would lead to his soul being free and him moving on. but i would like to see him forgive himself a bit. not fully - i know that's a lot to ask in a situation like this and i know he'll never Fully let go of that guilt unless emily herself communicates that she forgives him somehow but. he deserves to give himself a little break. to cut himself some slack sometimes and not be so hard on himself, y'know?
maybe some romance? it's not like he's Looking for that sort of thing and being demiromantic/sexual it's not a given for him nor is it something he really feels he needs but he is a man with a good heart and if it were to happen naturally at some point i think that would be nice for him. or maybe that's just the hopeless romantic in me gsjdhsjk
taken connections
n/a
wanted connections.
aside from the obvious Max, Dani, Allison, Sandersons -
friends - short, sweet, to the point! give this boy some friends pls. he doesn't open up easily but he's friendly.
book friends - listen i just think that thackery seems like the sort of fellow to start a sort of book club or something once he's settled into town a bit yknow? or maybe your muse & him just happen to bond over books. he is a librarian, after all! maybe your muse goes to him for intermittent book recs or smth.
unfortunate acquaintances - perhaps thackery has wronged your muse in some way (he does tend to have a sharp tongue when he feels it necessary) or maybe they just don’t like his vibes or vice versa? they tolerate each other but they’re also Bicker Buddies.
extrovert friend - someone ( or several someones!) who tries to get thackery out of his comfort zone a little. get him to have a little fun! drag him out from behind his stack of books and make him live a little !
okay this is all i have on this lil dude for now but !! if i Missed Anything or there's any Unanswered Questions or smth, feel free to let me know & i'll be happy to add/answer !!
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Sulley was having a great time thank you and he was very much enjoying whatever number drink was in his hand. He’d come here accompanied though and he was having a hard time finding his date in a see of people dressed their best. Blue blended right in. He probably looked silly walking through the sea of people and standing on his toes to see over them. He did end up stepping on someone’s foot. “Oh, sorry, dear. I didn’t see you there.”
with his back to the wall, thackery felt a bit more at ease. not that he fully expected anything truly unfortunate to happen but he did already have two mishaps under his belt and that was plenty. a brief sharp pain to his foot brought his gaze to the fellow in front of him. he offered a soft smile, shuffling his feet a bit closer to the wall behind him. "that's quite alright - no worries. it's a rather crowded room and i'm content with blending into the background at the moment." he said.
“watch the train, watch the train!” penelope scolded as she felt a tug on her dress from someone stepping on it. “clearly some people don’t know the difference between couture and h&m.”
thackery had been so caught up in the dazzle of everything that he'd found himself paying more attention to what was around him than what was in front of him. a stern, scolding tone brought his attention back, however, and he nearly tripped over himself as he attempted to right his wrong. "i'm so terribly sorry! i should have- i wasn't quite paying attention, everything's just so-" deep breaths, thackery. "uhm. i really am sorry. it isn't damaged, is it?" he asked, concern furrowing his brow. he really needed to be more careful. of all people, he should know not to let his guard down. this was already his second fashion-related incident of the night.
location: full moon ball, specific location up to player .
🎃 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ─────────── balls and galas were events jasper was used to. he had been raised in high society and was often the forefront of these extravaganzas. while he was raised to live on this pedestal it didn’t mean jasper enjoyed being at these gatherings. he certainly wasn’t a fan of them in this current moment but he had allowed himself to be a shut in for so long. at risk of something going horribly wrong, jasper went against his better judgement and came to the ball. the outfit he wore was already in his closet because of course jasper skellington would own something like this. it made him stand out a little too much when he was used to being in the shadows now. jasper, as per usual, was wildly uncomfortable. the space he tried to keep between himself and other was disrupted when the train of his outfit caught on someone else’s outfit. “ oh, ” the skeleton mumbled as he made eye contact with the other. “ i’m sorry. here allow me .. ” he added as he began to untangle his piece.
thackery had never been to a ball before. his social status - first as a farmboy, then as a cat - seemed a bit lacking for such a thing. and while he’d much rather stay home and settle in with a good book on any given evening, he also thought it might be of interest to get out of his comfort zone a little bit. a night of socializing might be nice every once in a while - maintaining friendships didn’t happen by distancing oneself, after all.
but despite knowing that there was an atmosphere of grandeur at such events, thackery hadn’t truly anticipated just how overwhelming all of it might be. between all of the gorgeous outfits and the beautiful people and the elegant music and glittering decorations, he had to wonder if perhaps this is how nick carraway might have felt upon attending one of gatsby’s parties for the first time.
it was the crowd that got to him, really. he’d tried to stay along the outskirts - it made it easier to get himself away if things felt a little too much. but he must’ve gotten a little too caught up in admiring everything around him and by the time he’d zoned back in enough to realize that he was in the thick of it, it was too late. in his haste to move out of the way of... well, most everyone, the lacing hooks on one of thackery’s boots got caught on someone else’s outfit. “oh - i’m terribly sorry, i-” he started, wide eyes falling on jasper, the victim of the offending boot. his shoulders relaxed upon recognizing a familiar face, the panic in his voice ebbing just a bit. “i’m sorry, truly. in my haste to depart from the crowd, it must’ve snagged...” he watched jasper untangle the fabric with a soft frown. “i do hope it didn’t tear your outfit at all.”
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thackery’s brows furrowed, head cocking slightly to one side. “what made you come to that conclusion, exactly?” he asked, genuinely curious. there were nuances to these things sometimes, after all, and perhaps knowing the fellow’s thought process would help determine the proper answer to his question.
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“you know when someone comes to you with an idea… and then later you feel like its something in one of those crazy movies?” he explained, confused with how he really got himself into this. “they were just really weird, man.”
thackery listened as the man explained himself, nodding his head. "mm. that is rather unsettling, i'm sure." he hummed. "i'm not sure it would constitute a cult initiation, though. from what i've read, those require a bit more from the person being initiated than simply lending an ear." he said, offering a soft smile. "i believe you're safe, my friend."
❛ i should’ve expected as much , ❜ victoria chuckled . if there was anyone who might know of such things , it would probably be thackery . ❛ how come you know so much and have opinions on , well , everything ? ❜ a chuckle , ❛ sometimes i feel as though i'm speaking to someone who's seen more than any of us ever will … at least than i will , i suppose . ❜
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a light chuckle escaped thackery at her question, his shoulders raising in a shrug. "i believe i'm what they call an old soul." he admitted. exactly how old his soul was, he wasn't about to tell. not that he didn't feel he could trust victoria with such matters, simply that he felt his past was better left in the past. "i've seen my fair share and then some. but i'm sure you will, too, in time." and then, "i'm just... well-read, i suppose." hoping to shift the blame for his ways of thinking from his age to the fact that most days he could be found with his nose buried in a book.
“they’re sitting by the pillar,” serena hazarded another look, just to confirm they were still there. the figure she’d seen was just one person in the little bar they sat in, perhaps it was just a coincidence. but still …
“i’m…” she unfocused her eyes a little, just to be try and sense them. “i can’t really sense what they’re here for. maybe they don’t know themselves,” she guessed. “but they were definitely honing in on you.” turning her gaze back to thackery, she put a hand on his arm supportively. "what do you want to do?”
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the thought of someone he couldn't see honing in on him was, understandably, more than a bit disconcerting and thackery could feel the tug of panic as his fight or flight instinct kicked in. was it an overreaction? perhaps. but after everything he'd been through, thackery wasn't about to take any chances. his fingers tapped gently against the wooden table they were seated at. the gentle pressure of serena's hand on his arm was comforting, though, and helped to calm the anxiety welling up in his chest.
he gave a soft hum at serena's question before attempting casually glance in the direction of the pillar that she had mentioned to determine whether the person in question meant any ill will. the anxious feeling that had taken hold gave way to confusion upon seeing them, however, and his head tilted slightly to one side. careful not to stare, his gaze shifted back to the friend before him.
"i know them." he admitted, brows still slightly furrowed. "they're a frequent visitor at the library. i've helped them check books out before." his shoulders relaxed as the realization set in that for now, he was safe. "i'm not sure why they would be staring so intently but i don't believe they mean us any harm."
of course upon hearing don’t look, one’s instinct is to do just that while being anything but discreet. fortunately, thackery was able to catch himself - shoulders hunching a bit to keep himself from turning in the direction serena’s gaze was pointed. “who?” he asked, gaze flitting about and brows furrowed.
there was a plethora of reasons that someone might be looking at him or glancing in his general direction, but thackery would be lying if he said that he wasn’t a bit concerned by how comfortable he’d gotten in his life here in elias. the other shoe was bound to drop eventually, it was only a matter of when.
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she rolled her eyes with a goodnatured smile. “most people would think that was rude,” she pointed. “so thank you for not being most people, thackery,” belle chuckled. going on her tiptoes, she tried to peer through wall of books between them to see what he had in his arms. “seems different from your usual choice of reading … i swear, i used to find you with the oldest books known to humankind, and now that paperback looks brand new. trying something different this year?” she teased.
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thackery laughed softly at her thanks. “oh, you’re most welcome.” noticing her curious gaze still upon the books in his arms, he moved a bit closer to the shelves she was peering through. it would have probably been easier to join her in the next aisle over but that hadn’t occurred to him just yet. another laugh left him at her comment on his reading habits. “ah, well. i figured i must have missed out on some rather interesting modern literature while i was busy keeping my nose in those dusty old tomes.” he said, offering a smile. “what is it they say? new year, new me?”
👻 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ─────────── it was a last resort for freddy. the gang had been hitting dead ends with their findings. the phrase of when hand and body unite was a little too vague. thus, leading freddy to seek out the help of someone else who might have better understanding. traps and paranormal endeavours was his bread and butter. curses .. well, that was a new phenomenon. “ sacrificial curses or cursed towns ? i’m still figuring that one out myself. uh, got anything from 1666 ? ” he asked. a small smile appeared on freddy’s features at that. he could appreciate someone who also invested their time into these sort of books. the man had almost forgotten the rush he got when researching new mysteries. he had missed this even if the circumstances were less than ideal. “ yeah, that would be great. thank you. maybe we should just start from the beginning and go from there. ”
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thackery had sunk a good deal of his free time into reading every occult and occult-adjacent book the library could provide since coming to elias. and while he hadn't read every book the library had to offer, he'd certainly read enough to have helpful reading recommendations with regards to books about curses.
"1666? that is a rather old tome you're searching for, hm?" he asked, giving a thoughtful hum. "if we do have anything from that far back, it's most likely In Library Use Only." and then, "let's head towards the right aisles first and then we can narrow it down from there." he offered. it would be easier to figure out which books would be the most helpful when they're in front of them, after all.
“i do, actually.” thackery replied with a nod. “most actions seem to have consequences of some sort - good or bad. unfortunately, one never knows exactly how the past will affect the present until it’s too late.” time was a tricky subject, however, so there was always room for discussing other possibilities.
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thackery’s brows furrowed, head cocking slightly to one side. “what made you come to that conclusion, exactly?” he asked, genuinely curious. there were nuances to these things sometimes, after all, and perhaps knowing the fellow’s thought process would help determine the proper answer to his question.
