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F4: New Beginnings

Arukir

Warnings: Creator chose not to add warnings
Fandom: Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991)
Main relationship: Quackerjack/Elmo Sputterspark
Main characters: Elmo Sputterspark Quackerjack (Disney)
Other characters: Liquidator (Disney) Reginald Bushroot Paddywhack (Disney) Mr. Banana Brain (Disney)
Other tags: Possession Consensual Possession Superheroes Alternate Universe Domestic Fluff Fluff Domestic Panic Attacks Team as Family Team Bonding Implied/Referenced Crossdressing Romance quackervolt - Freeform Dad!Liquidator Good!Paddywhack Quackerjack Doesn't Like People Seeing His Head Reginald Bushroot Has A Doctorate So does QJ! Though it doesn't come up... Not Beta Read No Betas We Fry Like Megavolt!
Language: English
Originally published: 20 Mar 2024 on AO3 · updated 21 Mar 2024
Stats: 6,429 words12 chapters 17 sparks0 comments0 bookmarks39 readsUpdated 21 Mar 2024

Summary

A series of non-chronological stories set in the same AU.

The F4 were neither heroes nor villains, but they still had powers. One day, they get blackmailed by a mysterious Boss into being superheroes on the weekends (and sometimes Friday nights). Not really about the hero stuff, mostly just fluff between the 4.

Featuring: Good Paddywhack! But still feeds on misery, so that's a hard balance for him.

Notes

Okay, this is long but important.

Civilian identities:
Elmo
Jack
Reginald or Doc
Bud

Hero Identities:
Megavolt
Quackerjack
Nightshade
Liquidator

Likky's got a psychological condition that causes him to stutter when he's not being all salesman-y.

Quackerjack is a lot calmer/less moodswingy, partially due to the influence of good!Paddywhack throughout his childhood. Oh, Quacky woke Paddywhack up as a child, and the Spirit grew fond of him and decided to become his secret guardian. He didn't manage to stay secret long.

Quacky and Megs were dating, but otherwise the F4 met after being blackmailed. They're still all learning about each other.

Bushroot's bisexual.
Liquidator's straight and married.
Quackerjack's gay.
Megavolt's clueless but in love with QJ.
Paddywhack's pan, and doesn't really understand mortal concepts of preference.

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Chapter 11: Where Do They Live?

Just a short description of where each of the F4 live.

Megs lives in an apartment building, but eventually discovers the abandoned lighthouse and takes it for his own, going between them. He moves most of his electronics and experiments to the lighthouse.

Bushroot lives in his greenhouse, but sorta 'owns' the surrounding forests as well.

Likky technically has a house, and goes there often to visit his wife and kids (I love the idea of dad!Liquidator), but spends most of his time just traveling through different waterways and pipes. He likes the openness and freedom of the ocean (has possibly had to deal with Neptunia, but I'm unsure if it would be good or bad interactions).

Quacky has enough money to buy pretty much any place he wants. He has a pullout bed in his office for overnight work, but mostly lives in an 'apartment' area above a partially-converted warehouse filled with his 'special' toys.

Paddywhack has his Jack-in-the-box Realm, as well wherever QJ's staying. After he's revealed, he sometimes spends time at the others' places (possibly bonds with Likky's kids?).

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QuackerWritesShit via AO3 on Chapter 12 · 2024-03-21

*Quackerjack voice* Leave him be he was born in a wet cardboard box all alone

Arukir Author via AO3 2024-07-03

😂😂😂