◈ — The more I think about it, the faster I realize how healthy rchack is in comparison to regular chack.
Well, at least after waters are calm and they get together. Before that, r!Jack tends to minimize r!Chase a lot and send him to ‘play with the other kids’.
But seriously, r!Jack is pretty much an inventor himself, and curious like a toddler, interested in whatever new thing the modern world has to offer. And then, we have r!Chase who is also an inventor and a genius, like r!Jack.
Whenever r!Chase needs to/wants to work in a new project or idea he has, simply has to look for his dragon and say he wants to do ‘X’ thing.
“Oh? A doomsday device?” “A death ray that makes you suffer the most intense pain ever before killing you!” “The whole package...” “Conveniently compacted in one ray!” “Perfect! What do you need to start? Steel? Iron? Copper goes without saying...” “Titanium! To make it easier to move!” “And extra resistant!” “This is gonna be awesome Jack! AWESOME!”
Meanwhile, in regular chack, Chase seems to be, if not uninterested, still pretty indifferent to modern weapons and that kind of technology.
“Chase, I want to build a doomsday device.” “A what?” “Kinda like a death ray that makes people suffer a lot of pain before killing them.” “There's no need to do that, I will crush them all with my own hands.” “Well, yeah, I know you can but I want to build my thing, you know?” “I imagine so. What do you want to build your toy?”
Chase is the kind of person that likes to do his evil ways with his own hands, therefore Jack’s machines aren’t, well, what he needs.
In rchack their dynamic is different, more equal in a way, with both experimenting with projects, machines and magic while laughing hysterically because is just ‘so damn funny and evil’.
In chack, their dynamic is more calm, both do their things by their own side, Chase trains Jack and teaches him magic, and Jack... Well, he does his stuff on his own (at least is how is how is portrayed by many authors, including myself) without Chase being involved in those activities. Which is not bad or wrong, since both are different characters with their own personalities and hobbies.
The only big difference I can find in both ships, that makes me think rchack is a bit healthier, is the fact that r!Jack and r!Chase share an interest in common, a hobby, and both bond over it. Besides the fact that r!Jack tends to treat r!Chase more like an equal instead of someone inferior to him. He is curious enough to let r!Chase try whatever idea he wants to build, even if he himself has half a dozen of doomsday devices hidden somewhere in the mansion, because who knows? Maybe r!Chase can make something different or add a new thing this time.
I believe that the fact they are contemporary to times when a technological revolution played an important role in the lives of people gives rchack a better dynamic to play with.
Now, I love my chack. Is my very first ship in this fandom and I do love them, I’m not looking down to it, I just had this idea in my head that I wanted to share with you. While rchack has a more equal dynamic, the chack has the ‘opposites attract’ plot that I just love too hard.
And that’s all, thanks for coming to my ted talk!















