Thorn King aka T.K.

NOTE: This was conceived and written before JUST DANCE 2025

PREMISE - Sara, Wanderlust, Brezziana, Mihaly, and Jack Rose have all been corrupted by Night Swan and serve as her Generals, working to spread the Swan Empire across all the Danceverse.

THEMES (this may be added to as more is written)

Dark!Just Dancers, magical corruption, brainwashing, angst, hurt/comfort, mind control

SHIPS (this may be added to as more is written)

Jacklust/Wanderrose

CONTENT WARNINGS (this will be added to as more is written)

emotional manipulation, codependency, dissociation, vague references to child abuse

HEADCANONS

OC PROFILES

Pat Quinn

Penelope "Nell" Quinn

FIC LIST

Day One [ tumblr ] - - - [ AO3 ]

Tainted Love [ tumblr ] - - - [ AO3 ]

Sign Me Up [ tumblr ] - - - [ AO3 ]

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Other things I've written (under the cut)

I'm currently trying to start a fic for a ship that started out as 'haha wouldn't they be a cute couple' and quickly became 'holy shit they would actually be incredibly cute and work so well together'

It's very basic but it definitely bridges the gap to the next major part of the story

While I can appreciate the amount of effort that went into writing and recording new song from scratch to sync up with an already completed map that got leaked months ago, and I can certainly acknowledge the clarity it offers on Night Swan/Leda Nox's origin, I still prefer the original.

Again I can admire the amount of effort that went in to this but I can't ignore the fingerprints of Sweet Dreams (are made of this) by the Eurythmics that are all over the map. They went to great lengths to recreate various parts of the original music video including the singer appearing in the background for the vocalisations, and even the final reveal is how the original music video ends. And while Leda's outfit does have some stark difference from Annie Lennox's iconic suit and orange hair, the style does align in a way that I've never thought to be merely coincidental

Annie Lennox's hair is short, it looks freshly shorn and is a vibrant orange that is a stark contrast to the black and white of her suit, as well as the clothes and muted tones of the rest of the music video. Similarly she wears a very formal suit, which Lennox said was on purpose to show she was 'as strong as any man' -> a sentiment I can definitely see Leda sharing during her descent. Leda's hair while not shorn is a stark contrast to what we see in Murder on the Dancefloor, and a vibrant all over pink that is hard to ignore where before it was merely a streak.

Then there's the song itself, written after a fight with her husband, Lennox has spoken out about how when she wrote the song she was feeling listless, and depressed as though she'd never achieve her dreams, even crediting the lyrics as referring to struggling to achieve your goals as everyone around you is caught up in their own 'sweet dreams' and will do what it takes to achieve them, even if it's at the cost of other's sake, or allowing yourself to be taken advantage of - which i honestly think may have been JD's original intent with the song but it was a bit too subtle so they wrote a new song to make it a little more noticeable.

Jack is actually a victim of night swan's who had his entire identity completely rewritten into Jack Rose and 1 (or more) of the just dancers knew him before and have to come to terms with the fact that he is Jack now and who he was is never coming back and Jack has to learn the truth of all that his "mother" is and all she took from him

Anyone who wants to give this a crack, you have my blessing

Bonus points for Jack having been dating any of the just dancers in his old life (1 or more)

Thanks so much! This is so helpful

Yeah I'm doing quite well, slowly melting in the increasing heat and regretting some literaray choices I've made for this book haha

Anybody got any fic recs for me?