diff --git a/plugins/typing-avatars/src/components/AvatarStack.tsx b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/components/AvatarStack.tsx
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index 0000000..443fe82
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+++ b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/components/AvatarStack.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { View, Image, StyleSheet } from "react-native";
+import { getTypingAvatarURL } from "../lib/avatarUrl";
+
+const SIZE = 20;
+const OVERLAP = 8;
+
+// No text label and no tap handler by design - purely decorative avatars replacing the
+// "X is typing..." text entirely. If a lot of people are typing, this wraps to a second
+// overlapping row rather than clipping or capping with a "+N" badge.
+export default function AvatarStack({ typingUserIds, guildId }: { typingUserIds: string[]; guildId: string | undefined }) {
+    if (!typingUserIds?.length) return null;
+
+    return (
+        <View style={st.row}>
+            {typingUserIds.map((userId, i) => {
+                const uri = getTypingAvatarURL(guildId, userId, SIZE);
+                if (!uri) return null;
+                return (
+                    <Image
+                        key={userId}
+                        source={{ uri }}
+                        style={[st.avatar, i > 0 ? st.overlap : null]}
+                    />
+                );
+            })}
+        </View>
+    );
+}
+
+const st = StyleSheet.create({
+    row: { flexDirection: "row", flexWrap: "wrap", alignItems: "center" },
+    avatar: { width: SIZE, height: SIZE, borderRadius: SIZE / 2 },
+    overlap: { marginLeft: -OVERLAP },
+});
diff --git a/plugins/typing-avatars/src/index.ts b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/index.ts
index f2d33c2..67ed0e0 100644
--- a/plugins/typing-avatars/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { logger } from "@vendetta";
 import { applyPatches } from "@shared/lib/patcher";
+import patchTypingIndicator from "./patches/typingIndicator";
 
 let unpatchAll: () => void = () => {};
 
 export default {
     onLoad: () => {
-        unpatchAll = applyPatches("TypingAvatars", logger, {});
+        unpatchAll = applyPatches("TypingAvatars", logger, {
+            "typing indicator avatars": patchTypingIndicator
+        });
     },
     onUnload: () => unpatchAll()
 };
diff --git a/plugins/typing-avatars/src/patches/typingIndicator.tsx b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/patches/typingIndicator.tsx
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index 0000000..799eb9f
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+++ b/plugins/typing-avatars/src/patches/typingIndicator.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { React } from "@vendetta/metro/common";
+import { findInReactTree } from "@vendetta/utils";
+import { registerTypeDetector, registerIntercept, patchCreateElement } from "@shared/lib/createElementIntercept";
+import AvatarStack from "../components/AvatarStack";
+
+// Mirrors role-color-everywhere/src/patches/typingWrapper.ts for the detection/wrapping part
+// (already proven live in this repo), but replaces the label's content with AvatarStack instead
+// of recoloring the existing per-user text nodes. This only needs props.typingUserIds directly,
+// so unlike the color-matching version it isn't affected by the "several people are typing..."
+// collapsed-string case.
+export default function patchTypingIndicator(): () => void {
+    const cleanups: (() => void)[] = [];
+    patchCreateElement(cleanups);
+
+    registerTypeDetector(
+        "typing-avatars-indicator",
+        (type) => typeof type === "function" ? type.name === "TypingIndicatorInner" : type?.type?.name === "TypingIndicatorInner",
+        (TypingIndicatorInner: any) => {
+            const inner = typeof TypingIndicatorInner === "function" ? TypingIndicatorInner : TypingIndicatorInner.type;
+
+            const PatchedTypingIndicatorInner = (props: any) => {
+                const ret = inner(props);
+
+                try {
+                    const label = findInReactTree(
+                        ret,
+                        (n: any) =>
+                            Array.isArray(n?.props?.children) &&
+                            n.props.children.some((c: any) => typeof c === "string" && c.includes("typing..."))
+                    );
+                    if (!label?.props) return ret;
+
+                    const typingUserIds: string[] = props?.typingUserIds ?? [];
+                    if (!typingUserIds.length) return ret;
+
+                    label.props.children = (
+                        <AvatarStack typingUserIds={typingUserIds} guildId={props?.channel?.guild_id} />
+                    );
+                } catch {
+                    // Leave the default "X is typing..." text alone.
+                }
+
+                return ret;
+            };
+
+            registerIntercept(TypingIndicatorInner, PatchedTypingIndicatorInner);
+        }
+    );
+
+    return () => cleanups.forEach((fn) => fn());
+}