#juno&jet

JACKET: So. Do you have a good reaspon for walking out in the desert? Besides your death-wish. JUNO: Besides my what? JACKET: It’s well-documented.

this is one of the first things jet ever says to juno which sets a wonderful precedent

JACKET: Good. Now please. Get in this dumpster. JUNO: What? JACKET: I’m afraid I must insist. JUNO: H-hey, put me down--

jet slam dunks (gently lifts) juno into an actual trash can. iconic

JACKET: In the interest of fairness I should tell you that if you have, I will be forced to crush your head with this dumpster lid. JUNO: How is that any fairer-- (SOUND: JACKET LIFTING DUMPSTER LID.)

jet doesn’t have time for your semantics, juno. yes you are being interrogated in a bin

(SOUND: JACKET’S FOOTSTEPS.) Hey! hey, where the hell are you going? JACKET: To ensure this area is secure. Now be silent. Dumpsters cannot speak in the Cerberus Province.

i deeply love this man’s sense of humour

JACKET: I am sure your screaming makes Buddy’s thinking much faster. JUNO: Oh, hey, was that sarcasm? Maybe the big guy’s got enough brain for a sense of humor after all. JACKET: I have always possessed a sense of humor, Juno. You are just not funny.

absolutely destroyed. honestly juno was such a bitch in this episode i’m amazed buddy wanted to work with him more

JUNO: (SURPRISED YELP) Where the hell did you come from?! JACKET: The door.

considering that we heard jet’s footsteps clearly enough in the streets earlier in the episode, i fully believe that jet deliberately quietened his footsteps so that he could jumpscare juno.

(SOUND: HE TAKES THE HELMET OFF AND TOSSES IT TO JACKET.) There. Happy now? JACKET: Not at all. I have grown fond of your presence in this hovercycle. I thought my tears would imply that. JUNO: Your what... Are you crying? JACKET: Everyone cries, Juno.

given his recent antics, i wholeheartedly believe he was fucking with juno here. i don’t know if i think he can cry on command and did it deliberately, or if he just got sand in his eye and decided to exploit it to fuck with juno, but either way, this man is fucking hilarious

JACKET: She is one of the most accomplished hackers on the Solar planets. One cannot repeatedly hack into Dark Matters’ systems without building a reputation in the Cerberus Province — and to do so and live to tell the tale is unheard of. It was near impossible for me to locate her; now that I have, Rita is a higher priority for our team than you are, Juno. JUNO: ...Wow. RITA: Wow!! JACKET: She will also be paid significantly more than you. JUNO: Okay, come on--

i don’t think jet lied about buddy telling him that rita was a higher priority than juno, but i do think he took this opportunity to deadpan bully juno with impunity

JET: I am a great fan of hers. RITA: Awwwwww!!!! JUNO: And what does that make me? JET: You are an amusing sidekick. JUNO: Goddamn it, you big lousy--!

juno as the third wheel to jet and rita’s weird dynamic duo is honestly such a great dynamic. i love them.

JET: (BIG ROAR) VESPA: Siquliak, don’t! JET: Oh. Hello. JUNO: Uh... hi, big guy. So... you’re not gonna brain us, then? JET: If it would help our current situation, I might. I thought you were the invader.

jet really said if not for the laws of this land i would have slaughtered you (if i felt like it would help)

(SOUND: JUNO FUMBLES IN A HURRY TO GRAB THE WRENCH. HE RUNS OVER TO JET AND HANDS IT OVER.) Jeez, you could’ve told me you were working on something important! Should I tell everybody to get their O2 masks on? Get in the Ruby? Run-- JET: We would not have suffocated, Juno. That was a joke. JUNO: A joke? Do I sound like I think it’s funny? JET: No, but it has amused me. Ha ha. You had a question?

mr. sikuliaq, will you marry me (platonically)?

JET: You are very mature for your age, Juno. I’ve always respected that about you. JUNO: I’m... what? You’re only like eight years older than me. JET: (LAUGHS) Juno, I am not thirty-two years old. JUNO: ...I’m forty. JET: Ah. (SOUND: HE KEEPS WALKING OUT. AMBIENCE FADES.) JUNO (NARRATOR): I’m two seconds away from starting a fight when I see that Jet’s smiling on his way out the door. Another joke, just for him. And I know for a fact that a year ago I would’ve missed it completely.

[id: two digital drawings of Jet, Rita, and Juno from The Penumbra Podcast as “how to talk with short people” memes. the first has “how to talk with short people” in black text at the top and two grey boxes, the left one captioned  “Yes ✓“ in green and the right one captioned “No X” in red . on the left, Rita and Jet stand at their full heights (4′8″ and 6′8″ respectively) talking normally. on the right, Jet bends his knees and stoops down to talk to Juno (5′4″). Jet smirks and Juno looks angry.

the second image has “how to talk with tall people” in black text at the top and two grey boxes, the left one captioned “No X” in red and the right one captioned “Yes ✓“ in green. on the left, Rita and Jet stand at their full heights talking normally. on the right, Jet stands at his full height while Rita sits on grumpy Juno’s shoulders with her arms spread out. because he is stooped down, their combined height is still shorter than Jet.

Rita is a very short fat black woman with medium-brown skin and hair that is dark at the roots with bright blue afro pigtails. she has freckles and a tooth gap in her front teeth, and is wearing dark blue lipstick, yellow-lensed pink glasses and a pink triangular earring. she is wearing yellow dungarees over a turquoise t-shirt, and has pink socks and blue mary-jane shoes.

Jet is a tall Indigenous man with light brown skin, dark brown eyes, and dark grey hair with a messy fringe and a short ponytail. he has pale veiny scarring on his face and a bit of stubble. he is wearing a brown leather jacket over a dark green shirt, black fingerless gloves, beige cargo pants, a belt with utility pockets attached, and green boots. he has many crisscrossing scars on his fingers.

Juno is a stocky, fat black lady with dark brown skin, bubblegum-pink hair in short locs, messy dark brown stubble, and several scars on his face and hands. his right eye has a purple eyepatch over it and his left is black. he is wearing a purple turtleneck, grey trousers, black boots, and a silver stud earring. /end id]

happy 1 year anniversary to this post (described below). i love this trio

this fic is really good. @blue-mood-blue i would like to sue for emotional damages

[id: digital art of Jet Sikuliaq and Juno Steel. Jet is in full profile with a serious expression, running to the viewer’s left, and his left hand is clasped tightly to Juno’s right, who runs slightly behind and is looking around and firing his blaster behind him, concentrating hard. lines of blaster fire crisscross the frame, narrowly missing them both, and the whole scene is washed red.

[id: screenshot from the transcript of ‘Juno Steel and the Time Gone By’. It reads:

JACKET: I’m sure your screaming makes Buddy’s thinking much faster.

JUNO: Oh, hey, was that sarcasm? Maybe the big guy’s got enough brain for a sense of humor after all.

JACKET: I have always possessed a sense of humor, Juno. You are just not funny.