Taako haircannon
Elf twins are just a little bit more magical than regular Elves. Most often, this comes out in the form of a physical trait. In the case of Lup and Taako, it’s their hair.
Lup has a little more control over it than Taako does, but when they’re not paying attention, their hair can tell you how stressed they are.
Relaxed and at ease, the twins have long, loose, flowing locks straight out of a shampoo commercial. The more agitated they are, the curlier it gets.
During the years of the mind-wipe, Taako’s hair sort of defaults to a wooly wave unless he’s very happy, but it has visibly tightened into ringlets and gone beyond that and into ‘fro’ territory during a few adventures.
And on at least one date with Kravitz, there was definitely a Farrah Fawcett vibe going on.
Taako remains aware of this ‘tell’ and tries to hide it with braids and the odd fancy hairstyle. Of course he tells Magnus and Merle nothing and lets them assume whatever they like.
And he never asks why the Director keeps staring at his hair after adventures and biting her lip.
From ep 2 of TAZ:BA
Is there anything animated from ep 1? I can’t find it.
Discussions and Discoveries - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
…I really aught to get some chalk dust for these slippery fingers of mine…
Taako and the Umbrastaff. And the people who catch the edges of it.
Lost Details - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
Most self-indulgent slippage of fingers yet. Adult-level shenanigans mentioned within the story.
And some puns.
One Day Out of Neverwinter - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
…darn these slippery fingers of mine.
THB on their first official adventure. Taako sees Merle’s butt.
Price of Admission - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
My fingers slipped. Again.
I don’t know why, but I keep writing these angsty Taako and Angus Bond minifics.
Drought Breaker - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
All ten of my fingers slipped again.
This time, it’s Taako’s process of making the Candlenights’ Elderflower Macaroons.
Challenge #01754-D293: Caught!
“I can explain! I swear!”
“Let’s hear it.”
“Aw hell. Just skip to the beating.” – Anon Guest
It was one of those situations. Stealth mission. Retrieve the Macguffin of Wherever, and do so in such a way that there are minimum fireworks, thank you, Taako. Taako automatically gave Madam Director his usual forged picture of innocence and Who Sweet Little Me routine.
She wasn’t fooled for an instant. Neither was the boy. Angus McDonald, world’s greatest boy detective.
And now, several failed dexterity throws later, it was a Scene. They had collectively set off every trap in the mansion. Most of which involved splashes of technicolour potions against the wall. Twenty dogs were trailing after Taako like loving little ducklings and they all wanted to lick him in the face. Several noisy and expensive things had shattered on the ground, and they had knocked down the library shelves like dominos. And, unfortunately, into a fireplace, so now the entire mansion was on fire.
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My fingers slipped
And I actually wrote and finished an entire Ango/Taako found family fic.
Boom.
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Completely Random TAZ:BA Thought #3
Taako listens patiently to Angus reading him the Caleb Cleveland series, because he’s usually cooking and doesn’t have time to read. He’s heard every book all the way through except one.
It’s called Caleb Cleveland and the Sinister Chef. And it’s based, very loosely, on the tragic event in Glamour Springs.
On the first reading, Angus got as far as the bodies in the fairgrounds before Taako had a full-on panic attack and actually drops and ruins the dish he’d been working on.
Angus realises why in seconds, and puts the book away. Hides it from Taako so that he should never find it. That book used to be his favourite because it was based on a real live unsolved murder. He never thought he’d be reading it to the chief suspect who still, despite everything, felt guilty about it all.
It’s years before Taako asks, “Did Caleb catch the chef? In your book?”
Angus lies for the first time in his life. “No. He deduces that someone else used the chef as a pawn in a complicated land grab ploy. And that’s the guy that Caleb gets, sir.”
His ruse isn’t discovered for centuries.