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i have a sort of funny jack headcanon do u want it
okay so like. in my mind jack ends up in a career other than artist but is still selling art on the side like idk what the nyc equivalent would be but around where i live there’s a bunch of little country stores or small restaurants that display local artwork and sell it for the artists and Jack would have that kind of thing going on. he doesn’t sell a super significant amount but it’s art he’s proud of and he gets to know that it’s going to somebody who actually likes it and isn’t just collecting “up and coming” artists like pokemon cards. so he’s selling paintings for like. 200-900 bucks depending on the size, subject, how much he likes it, that kind of things. it’s like getting a bonus check when a painting sells, like he and davey will go on a fancier date than usual or buy something not strictly necessary for the apartment or whatever. usually when jack comes home having sold something, lets say he works at jacobi’s and has art there too, he’s all cheerful and spouting silly grandiose plans for the surprise five hundred bucks they have to burn so when he gets home one day and is like “hey uh. i sold a painting today.” and he’s acting all weird about it davey is like “what’s wrong isn’t that a good thing?”
and jack is like “yeah for sure. it’s great. the guy asked how much i wanted for one that didn’t have a price on it and i said seven hundred.”
and davey is like “that’s great! we can go on a date and add to the dishwasher fund!” and then jack holds out the check and it’s almost a million dollars and he’s like “i tried to tell the guy there’s no thousand after the seven hundred and he just took the painting and left” and that’s the story of jack’s big artistic break.
