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PRE-CRASH!TRAVIS MARTINEZ — SFW ALPHABET

A/N: hii this is my first post so it’ll prob be shit, but it’s time someone fixes the lack of travis fics on tumblr </3

WARNINGS: switching between past and present tense, coach martinez, mentions of domestic abuse, mentions of child abuse, self-harm, mentions of death

a = affection (how affectionate are they? how do they show affection?)

he was hesitant to be affectionate at first. if you two weren’t close before you started dating, he was definitely awkward in the beginning of the relationship. if you were friends before dating, he’d probably be less awkward. he would still be nervous, but because he was worried about ruining your friendship. either way, it would take a while to get him to be affectionate.

he isn’t the making out type of affectionate, nor is he a fan of PDA. he probably holds your hand a lot, but that’s all the PDA you’ll get. when you’re alone, however, he is much more touchy.

b = best friend (what would they be like as a best friend? how would the friendship start?)

he would be the type of friend that’s bitchy, but he’s definitely not as on-edge with you. you. he feels like he can trust you, especially if you’ve been friends for a while. you were probably childhood friends, or became friends because of seeing each other soccer events that had both the girls’ soccer team and the boys’ soccer team.

c = cuddles (do they like to cuddle? how would they cuddle?)

travis doesn’t usually cuddle, except for when he’s exhausted. he’s usually tired, but it’s when he’s bumping into things and dozing off level exhausted that he’ll get more touchy with you.

he’s also clingy when he’s drunk or high.

he tries not to be so clingy when in the right state of mind, but when he’s exhausted or under influence, all those walls come tumbling down.

(probably because his father refuses to show affection with him or Javi, and rarely shows his wife any affection)

d = domestic (do they want to settle down? how are they at cooking and cleaning?)

travis wasn’t getting his hopes up when you started dating. he assumed it would be a casual relationship that wouldn’t last very long.

however, when you two started getting serious, he realized that he did want to settle down with you in the future, which led him to letting his guard down around you. he was worried about getting serious or settling down with you, because of his father. he didn’t want to turn into his dad, and didn’t want to make you a victim like his father did to his mother.

if you do settle down together, he probably wouldn’t want kids because he was worried he would become like his father, but if you want kids, he would trust you. i can see him being the dad to a little tomboy girl.

(made the kids optional bc i am def not having those little shits)

e = ending (if they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

he would never break up with you. not out of pity or fear, he just would never want to. if you two broke up, it was you. he would probably make it seem like you both agreed, but it’s just his protective walls going right back up.

f = fiancé (how do they feel about commitment? how quick would they want to get married?)

he is terrified of commitment, but would try, for you. he wants you two to be forever, and he doesn’t want to lose you. he would probably propose after a while. he doesn’t want to move too fast.

g = gentle (how gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

he’s the gentlest. he refuses to treat you like his father treated his mom. although you two might get into arguments fairly frequently, he is far from emotionally, verbally, or physically abusive.

h = hugs (do they like hugs? how often do they do it? what are their hugs like?)

travis was never a hugger until you started dating. he gives good hugs, although it would be awkward in the beginning of the relationship or friendship. if you’re upsetX he’s the type of person who will kiss the top of your head or your temple if you’re shorter than him.

i = i love you (how fast do they say the l-word?)

he would be the first to say it, but it might take a while. probably six to seven months tbh, although it definitely felt faster to you. i don’t think it’s a “__ fell first, __ fell harder” type of relationship. he fell first, and fell harder.

j = jealousy (how jealous do they get? what do they do when they’re jealous?)

travis is a jealous person. he trusts you deep down, but it wasn’t obvious for a while. he’s a bit insecure in the beginning, but it’s soon more that he’s worried about the guy trying something than you cheating.

k = kisses (what are their kisses like? where do they like to kiss you? where do they like to be kissed?)

surprisingly good kisser?? even if you’re his first kiss, he’s still a good kisser. he never even thought about having to kiss someone, it just came naturally to him.

he likes to kiss your forehead or temple. again, he wouldn’t do it for a little while, unless you were friends before. it’s a sign that he trusts you tbh.

he likes to be kissed anywhere as long as you’re the one kissing him. travis is fs head over heels for you.

l = little ones (how are they around children?)

he’s not bad around kids, just awkward. his father made him hate the idea of being a parent. the only kid who he’s very protective over is Javi because they’re trauma bonded.

m = morning (how are mornings spent with them?)

he either wakes up late or very early. rarely ever an in-between. if you stay the night, you’ll probably wake up to him asleep with his arms tight around your waist. clingy sleeper !!!

n = night (how are nights spent with them?)

won’t hesitate to stay up with you all night (not in that way, you filthy mind (well, not not in that way))

o = open (when would they start revealing things about themselves? do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

he’s very slow to open up, but his decision to open up is very fast. he just needs to fade into it. the more you open up, the more he opens up.

p = patience (how easily angered are they?)

a lot of people and a lot of things anger him. he’s very easily angered, but by you? never. you could never make him mad, he loves you too much to harbor any resentment for you.

q = quizzes (how much would they remember about you? do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

he remembers a lot about you. it’s pretty easy for him to remember things about you, but if there’s something he really wants to remember, he’ll write it down somewhere.x

r = remember (what is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

the morning after your first time together. you were in his bed, in one of his shirts. you were asleep, and he woke up early. it was still dark out, and smelled like rain. his father was out on a business trip (which was an obvious lie), and his mom and Javi staying with his aunt (also an obvious lie). he knew the reason his parents were both away was probably because of a serious fight, or legal issues, but you being there with him made him forget all about it.

s = security (how protective are they? how would they protect you? how would they like to be protected?)

he’s very protective of you. he won’t fight someone, he’s smarter than that. he’ll ruin someone. he can be a bit evil sometimes, but only when it comes to protecting you. if someone is a little too close to you, or is threatening you, he’ll frame them for something that will get them suspended or expelled. they won’t even know it was him, nobody will.

t = try (how much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

he knows it doesn’t take a lot to please you, but he tries hard anyway. he remembers anniversaries, and you two will probably stay at one of your houses all day, and skip school.

u = ugly (what would be some bad habits of theirs?)

how easily angered he gets. you two would probably argue about his anger issues and refusal to open up before you knew about his home life.

v = vanity (how concerned are they with their looks?)

he’s insecure, but doesn’t obsess over his looks publicly. he doesn’t tell anyone he’s insecure, he just keeps it bottled up.

w = whole (would they feel incomplete without you?)

definitely. if you left him, he probably would never be fully whole without you. you were his first love, and soulmate tbh. if you die, he’d probably just stop caring about anything for a while. it would take him until the winter of his freshman year of college to go back to normal, but he would never get over it.

he’d probably make some friends at his college. i feel like they’d be very open people, so he’d trust them enough. they would persuade him to party a lot, and he would resort to drinking and getting high to try and forget you. he would tell his friends about you. they would be the ones to tell him he doesn’t have to forget you, and he can live happily while still missing you. he got better after that. he would still drink and get high, but not as much.

(i got a bit carried away, might make a fic about it 😈)

x = xtra (a random headcanon for them.)

he has scars. he has sh scars on his wrists, and scars from his father. after opening up to you about it, he would try his best not to relapse. he’d move out the moment he turned eighteen. he loves his mother and brother, yes, but his father made his house insufferable. even after his father died, he would still never see that house as a place where he was welcome. his mother also isn’t amazing to him, but she’s only a bit emotionally and verbally abusive. she doesn’t realize it, and they would make up when he was an adult and started visiting his family on holidays again.

y = yuck (what are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

he hates a lot of things, but never you. there’s not a lot in specific that would piss him off.

z = zzz (what is a sleep habits of theirs?)

like i mentioned earlier, he either wakes up very early or very late. you help him sleep better, though.

hello yjtumblr who here fw yj rarepairs (specially travlot) ?!?!?!?!?!? So erm add me on disc (obrlee) to join me and oomfs server grins

basically that one scene in s1

To me the crux of the story in Yellowjackets will always be a reflection of how modern major societies continuously and systematically fail the most vulnerable.

Every character in this show is a victim one way or another.

Lottie was born into a privileged life but was othered by her own mental illness and constantly failed by a world that continuously silenced and isolated her rather than guiding or dealing with the issues she didn't understand how to address.

Natalie started with nothing. She is the reflection of many children in America who are born into families that do not have the physical, economic, or emotional resources to care for them.

Travis very clearly has some sort of anxiety disorder and has been shown to have a history of being bullied and even ridiculed by his own father. God forbid a young boy have any type of sensitivity. Beyond that, his character is a very deliberate example of a survivor of sexual assault- an issue that is never really addressed by the perpetrators.

Taissa was born into a middle-class privileged family and a great deal of pride and ambition that was likely learned or reinforced in some way. She also was a teenage, mixed race, lesbian in the 90's. She had every instinct and drive to succeed despite a world that was structured so that she couldn't.

Jackie was born into a privileged, suburban, white family- but she was still a teenage girl in the 90s with perceptions of who she was forced onto her.

Shauna was the stereotypical poster child of teen angst in modern America, but she also had a deep set insecurity and maladaptive issues that were never looked at or acknowledged.

All of these children undergo a tremendous amount of stress, loss, grief, pain, and both physical and emotional trauma that changes them forever. But then they return to a world that is indifferent to all of that. Their pain is spectacle. Something to be publicly agreed upon as a tragedy. But they don't ever receive the care they need from it. They are shuffled back into a world they no longer fit into and expected to return to their roles as proper, civilized, demure young women and gentleman.

The tragedy of Yellowjackets was never about the horrors of survival in the wilderness- the tragedy has always been that this is a very clear depiction of how society's indifference and persistent marginalization of those considered "other" can push people to the brink of destruction or their own humanity.

I can't decide whether it's funnier to think Travis was just taking a shot in the dark and hit the target with the sleepover make outs or if Jackie's genuinely whispering in his ear like "yeah. I mean I knew she was gay because we used to kiss like... all the time. Like, with tongue and everything. Can't believe she went for Melissa, though. Nat's right there. Oh, shit. Sorry Travis."

worlds bitchiest afterlife

Okay.. so I kinda just said fuck it to the original concept and did all of them (my bad Misty)

Van: Wait... Lottie, you're a lesbian right?

Lottie: Ya!

Van: But you told me you like Nat AND Travis?

Lottie: Yep!

Van: But... Travis is a dude?

Lottie: Oh... does she not know yet?

“you can’t ship travlottienat AND think lottie is a lesbian” what you fail to consider is that travis martinez is a trans girl actually

Reasons why all the yellowjackets are gay 

Shauna: became the butcher because she’s more butch than all the other butches 

Jackie: was gonna climb that girl like a tree in seattle 

Nat: sees someone with soulful deep brown eyes and keels over, does not matter the gender

Lottie: soulful deep brown eyed lesbian jesus

Laura Lee: homoerotically baptized lesbian jesus

Misty: became an alcoholic to honor her dead situationship

Van: calls sex bow chicka wow wow

Tai: eats dirt like she wants to eat pussy

Travis: had the sophie thatcher right in front of him and couldn’t get it up 

Mari: mindlessly follows whatever woman is in charge atm like she’ll die without a dominant woman around at all times

Ben: doesn’t want to touch mari. Like okay then, outta my way gayboy im boutta get it

Akilah: gay asf to have been a girl scout. What are you scouting, other girls?

Melissa: has worn the same molding loser lesbian snapback so frequently it went from bright pink to mental illness gray 

Gen: it was totally possible for travis to have taught her how to hunt but she just had to have the banging bisexual bottle blonde 

Brother I’d die in the crash or just kms I am not built to survive

How it feels to be mutuals with both people who would die for Travis and people who would kill Travis the first chance they get

Looking at their clothes there probably was a wolf hunt somewhere between season 2 and season 3. Also I wonder how did Akilah (I think it would be her since she stiched up Van after wolf attack) made them, like what she used as thread.

I have so many questions and theories what had happen between season 2 finale and season 3.

Images from tumblr and pinterest, credits to their owners

i saw a bunch of tweets about how travis is back on the shit list for trying to kill lottie and i thought to myself, “it’s yellowjackets, y’all.. grow up” 😅 but seriously?! you’re all pissed over attempted murder in a show like yellowjackets?? i mean, i love lottie too, but come on…….

and you truly can’t figure out why travis martinez would want revenge on lottie for inspiring shauna (and tai) to keep everyone in the wilderness??? let’s review, shall we? 🧐

his abusive father died violently in a plane crash and the corpse fell from a tree in front of him.

he was nearly killed by shauna and lottie and also kind of assaulted by some of the girls when they were all poisoned by misty. did he hold a grudge? no.

his little brother went missing for months during winter and travis searched for him until sort of going mad.

he mourned javi’s death once when nat showed him the bloody clothes.

then javi returned! but he was so traumatized by something out there that he had become selectively mute.

then javi drowned! so travis had to mourn javi again, for realsies. the shot of him cradling javi’s head while the predators watched on? HEARTBREAKING. he didn’t even get to say goodbye.

and, finally, he had to eat his own little brother’s corpse so that he wouldn’t die of starvation.

plus, he experienced all the General Trauma Stuff that everyone else felt too!! so yeah……… travis trying to kill lottie with a tiger pit? fair play, brother. i see you, man. i love you.

You don’t understand how horrifying Travis’s scenes in this episode were for me.

My thing with Travis is that I always thought that he survived the wilderness because he was so passive, he just goes along with what the girls do out of fear. He was seen as a victim of the girls. He wasn’t part of the group, he wasn’t one of them. I thought he was the most grounded along with Nat.

But this just threw all of that out of the window. If he wanted to take Lottie out he could’ve just grabbed a knife and gotten it over with. But no, he spent probably hours whittling each spike one by one, covering it up meticulously, and luring Lottie over to it. Repeating “I can’t.” to himself when he’s with her.

I expected his crash out to be just like an emotional outburst, but quietly making a brutal trap for someone who, for all we know, was his only friend for months. It’s something you wouldn’t expect from him, especially if you look at him in the beginning of the season. A wolf in sheep’s clothing, horrifying.

hey!! im starting a very chaotic pre crash and during crash yellowjackets roleplay discord server. the only roles taken are Shauna, Nat and Jackie!!! If you're interested in joining please interact with the post. It'll mainly revolve around groupchats ! 💞

Yellowjackets Roleplay

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Hey!! I'm starting a Yellowjackets roleplay server on discord and am recuriting new members.

This roleplay will follow the wilderness timeline. At this current moment we are only accepting canon characters. The server will revolve around a groupchat, let's just say they had phones lmao, but will also include multiple thread channels.

All characters but Natalie are free at the moment!

Please interact if interested and I will be in touch!!

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We hope to see you in the wilderness!

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HEAVY YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 EPISODE 9 SPOILERS BELOW

oh big van and baby van my heart :(

THE SINGLE TEAR

OH I FORGOT THIS WAS HAPPENING HI SHAUNA

oh yuck

NOT THE FLOWERBED

oh we back in the wilderness hey shauna

'little girl' oh why do i hate this man

YOU TELL HIM SHAUNA

'we survived' YEAH BARELY, BABE

taivan fight i can't do this 😭

tell 'em misty

OH MY GOD MELISSA MISTY TAIVAN MEETUP

OH MY GOD X MARKS THE SPOT

what is travis doing

OH MY GOD THATS THE PIT

travis is pit girl confirmed

i hope shauna gets to kill kodiak

thank god they're being reasonable here

well, reasonable-ish

OH THE FREEZER WAS MISTY

yk what, go off misty, you tell them queen

I AM GOING TO KISS LOTTIE

oh he's going to try and kill her i don't like him anymore. i mean, i understand his thinking, but that is my little cult leader, sooooo...

CALLIE AND JEFF MY LOVLIES

that is a helicopter

GET OUT OF HERE WALTER

misty and her fuckass watch im crying i love her

where is van off to

OH IS THIS AB THE PHONE

i was correct

oh yeah melissa didn't know ab adam😬

melissa havin a chat with the mother-in-law

shauna jealoussssss

oh they are fightinggg

OUCH

OH

oh she missed

JAVI MENTION IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025

WAS SHE STANDING ON THE TRAP

lottie is jesus walking on water ahh

FATHER DAUGHTER ACTIVITIES I LOVE JEFF AND CALLIE

a very sexy lady go jeff

i need to give him a hug😭

shauna missing melissa

hashtag don't trust kodiak

OH SHAUNA KNEW is it because of the hair? she got some kinda wierd connection now, huh

O SHE STABBED HIM hannah is a yellowjacket now

misty digging deeper go queen

I JUST HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT WALTER I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT

yes distract him go queen

WHAT DO YOU SEE MISTY

DID WALTER KILL HER AS SOME KINDA FUCKED UP WAY TO GET TO MISTY I BET HE DID

TAI NO

ooh dream sequence

ITS THE PHONE FROM THE TITLE SEQUENCE

tai and other tai fight omg

she just gonna cut the rope (i hope)

oh nat😭😭 NO I NEED TO HUG HER

snow

THE TRANSPONDER

NAT'S GONNA FIND OUT I BET YOU ANYTHING

SHIT

i knew she was just gonna cut the ropes

but you're not gonna kill her

and they hug and i cry

WOAH

HUH

NO NO NO MELISSA YOU FUCKASS HOE

NO TAI I CANT

what the FUCK

not the fucking plane

sobbing so hard i actually threw up

did not enjoy that

ill see you all next week

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 THOUGHTS (spoilers and it's a long one)

my only notes for the intro: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

diva misty

that is other tai istg

oh she found her glasses thank goodness

i'm probably wrong, but i feel like i can't trust kodiak idk

realest question from van

i'm advocating for tai to become the leader tbh

HI JEFF AND CALLIE MY LOVELIES

go off jeff you tell them

OH MY GOD THERE WAS A FUNERAL AN A SUICIDE NOTE? this is a crazy level of dedication and i respect it, melissa of hat fame

oh shauna looks disappointedddddd

'none of that matters to me' oooh ok

oooh they found the boys

unfortunately (or fortunately idk), i'm inclined to agree with lottie here

shauna is going crazy she's so silly

OH I GET IT tai's looking for sacrifices on the ward

alright by supergrass as they bury a man is wild i love this show so much

they cannot wait to be free they are so cute

IT'S THE NO EYED MAN I SAW HIM

melissa's tiny smile

her hand be shaking af

'and she still loves you?' 'whos lying now?' DAMNNNNN MELISSA

i love jeff

oh you tell him, callie

literally just wanna boop callie's nose that is all i ask for

THEY GOT OASIS UP IN HERE

this is the father/daughter solidarity we love to see

oh akilah's smile i am SICK

we love a good hallucination

oh we're back at the plane

oh you tell the wilderness, baby

OH WUHWOH THAT IS OTHER TAI

they're all so happy i am SICK

oh lottie sweetheart

shauna too

AND TAI HOLY SHIT

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE TEEN TIMELINE FOR THIS EP ISN'T IT

oh callie's smile i'm dead i love her so so so much

go off melissa debunking all of shauna's things

OH SHIT

OH SHE'S INSANE

great episode guys, see you next week

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON THREE EPISODE SEVEN THOUGHTS (spoilers below)

oooh the hikers pov thats fun

they really love these frogs thats cute

i bet the phone will break

THE SYMBOL

somehow, van, i don't think you're going home

awww look at shauna's grin she's so cute

yk what, you tell them lottie

NO MELISSA OF HAT FAME

oh lottie lowkey a freak🤭🤭

ooooh the full tape

HUH???

o shit that's an obituary

hashtag feeling bad for jeff

cutie ass van with that cute ass little knife

oh yeah i forgot that misty didn't know about the tape

oh lawd they running

oh dear she broke away from him he will die

OH MY GOD IS IT HANNAH'S HAIR ON THE ANTLER QUEEN COSTUME??? idk why, but her hair looks a lot like the stuff on the costume

oh so it's her kid

'gentle and reasonable conversation' be so fr right now babe

yay adult timeline yellowjackets solidarity!!

NO I DIDN'T WANT COMFIRMATION THAT MELISSA OF HAT FAME ISN'T THE SURVIVOR i wanted her jeff and shauna to stand in a room together

go off tai

gotta agree with tai on this one, 'luck' isn't really a thing that happens to the yellowjackets

'i'm gonna call my mom' and then what if i cried myself to sleep

oh baby akhilah

and so they leave her with no weapon? misty, it's ok, i love you

shaunanat

'i know where there's first aid supplies' AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO CONVINCE SHAUNA I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT

WALTER THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME LIKE YOU I CANNOT LIE

wait what did he just say about shauna

OH SHIT VAN

oh he fell! bye bye hunter man

nvm ig

throwing up tears this is so sad if van dies so will i

oh shauna left them thats harsh

both her wives in hospitals after serious accidents does not bode well for tai

oh i love a good hallucination scene

oh other tai hi baby!

oh seeing melissa in pain is actually making me heavily sad

oh lottie my little blood dirt freak

oh callie and jeff are figuring things OUT

shauna my little scrunkle are you about to commit more crimes

OH SHIT SHE'S GOT A KNIFE

AMAZING EPISODE 9/10

finally done with my bedtime routine and y'all know what that means. GAYASS CANNIBAL TIME!!! (thoughts will be out once i'm done watching)

have not gotten around to watching the new episode yet, but rest assured that once my evening routine is done, i will be sitting my ass right down on my comfy little bed and the lesbians will have all my attention

just finished watching the new ep, and from the bottom of my heart i can confidently say: what the fuck.