diff --git a/mrun/hook.go b/mrun/hook.go
index e1a6ee6..3bab3f8 100644
--- a/mrun/hook.go
+++ b/mrun/hook.go
@@ -3,158 +3,125 @@ package mrun
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mctx"
+	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mcmp"
 )
 
 // Hook describes a function which can be registered to trigger on an event via
 // the WithHook function.
 type Hook func(context.Context) error
 
-type ctxKey int
-
-const (
-	ctxKeyHookEls ctxKey = iota
-	ctxKeyNumHooks
-)
-
-type ctxKeyWrap struct {
-	key     ctxKey
-	userKey interface{}
+type hookKey struct {
+	key interface{}
 }
 
-// because we want Hooks to be called in the order created, taking into account
-// the creation of children and their hooks as well, we create a sequence of
-// elements which can either be a Hook or a child.
-type hookEl struct {
-	hook  Hook
-	child context.Context
-}
-
-func ctxKeys(userKey interface{}) (ctxKeyWrap, ctxKeyWrap) {
-	return ctxKeyWrap{
-			key:     ctxKeyHookEls,
-			userKey: userKey,
-		}, ctxKeyWrap{
-			key:     ctxKeyNumHooks,
-			userKey: userKey,
-		}
-}
-
-// getHookEls retrieves a copy of the []hookEl in the Context and possibly
-// appends more elements if more children have been added since that []hookEl
-// was created.
-//
-// this also returns the latest numHooks value for convenience.
-func getHookEls(ctx context.Context, userKey interface{}) ([]hookEl, int) {
-	hookElsKey, numHooksKey := ctxKeys(userKey)
-	lastNumHooks, _ := mctx.LocalValue(ctx, numHooksKey).(int)
-	lastHookEls, _ := mctx.LocalValue(ctx, hookElsKey).([]hookEl)
-	children := mctx.Children(ctx)
-
-	// plus 1 in case we wanna append something else outside this function
-	hookEls := make([]hookEl, len(lastHookEls), lastNumHooks+len(children)+1)
-	copy(hookEls, lastHookEls)
-
-	lastNumChildren := len(lastHookEls) - lastNumHooks
-	for _, child := range children[lastNumChildren:] {
-		hookEls = append(hookEls, hookEl{child: child})
-	}
-	return hookEls, lastNumHooks
-}
-
-// WithHook registers a Hook under a typed key. The Hook will be called when
+// AddHook registers a Hook under a typed key. The Hook will be called when
 // TriggerHooks is called with that same key. Multiple Hooks can be registered
 // for the same key, and will be called sequentially when triggered.
 //
 // Hooks will be called with whatever Context is passed into TriggerHooks.
-func WithHook(ctx context.Context, key interface{}, hook Hook) context.Context {
-	hookEls, numHooks := getHookEls(ctx, key)
-	hookEls = append(hookEls, hookEl{hook: hook})
-
-	hookElsKey, numHooksKey := ctxKeys(key)
-	ctx = mctx.WithLocalValue(ctx, hookElsKey, hookEls)
-	ctx = mctx.WithLocalValue(ctx, numHooksKey, numHooks+1)
-	return ctx
+func AddHook(cmp *mcmp.Component, key interface{}, hook Hook) {
+	mcmp.AddSeriesValue(cmp, hookKey{key}, hook)
 }
 
-func triggerHooks(ctx context.Context, userKey interface{}, next func([]hookEl) (hookEl, []hookEl)) error {
-	hookEls, _ := getHookEls(ctx, userKey)
-	var hookEl hookEl
+func triggerHooks(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	cmp *mcmp.Component,
+	key interface{},
+	next func([]mcmp.SeriesElement) (mcmp.SeriesElement, []mcmp.SeriesElement),
+) error {
+	els := mcmp.GetSeriesElements(cmp, hookKey{key})
+	var el mcmp.SeriesElement
 	for {
-		if len(hookEls) == 0 {
+		if len(els) == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		hookEl, hookEls = next(hookEls)
-		if hookEl.child != nil {
-			if err := triggerHooks(hookEl.child, userKey, next); err != nil {
+		el, els = next(els)
+		if el.Child != nil {
+			if err := triggerHooks(ctx, el.Child, key, next); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-		} else if err := hookEl.hook(ctx); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		hook := el.Value.(Hook)
+		if err := hook(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TriggerHooks causes all Hooks registered with WithHook on the Context (and
-// its predecessors) under the given key to be called in the order they were
-// registered.
+// TriggerHooks causes all Hooks registered with AddHook on the Component under
+// the given key to be called in the order they were registered. The given
+// Context is passed into all Hooks being called.
 //
 // If any Hook returns an error no further Hooks will be called and that error
 // will be returned.
 //
-// If the Context has children (see the mctx package), and those children have
+// If the Component has children (see the mcmp package), and those children have
 // Hooks registered under this key, then their Hooks will be called in the
 // expected order. See package docs for an example.
-func TriggerHooks(ctx context.Context, key interface{}) error {
-	return triggerHooks(ctx, key, func(hookEls []hookEl) (hookEl, []hookEl) {
-		return hookEls[0], hookEls[1:]
-	})
+func TriggerHooks(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	cmp *mcmp.Component,
+	key interface{},
+) error {
+	next := func(els []mcmp.SeriesElement) (
+		mcmp.SeriesElement, []mcmp.SeriesElement,
+	) {
+		return els[0], els[1:]
+	}
+	return triggerHooks(ctx, cmp, key, next)
 }
 
 // TriggerHooksReverse is the same as TriggerHooks except that registered Hooks
 // are called in the reverse order in which they were registered.
-func TriggerHooksReverse(ctx context.Context, key interface{}) error {
-	return triggerHooks(ctx, key, func(hookEls []hookEl) (hookEl, []hookEl) {
-		last := len(hookEls) - 1
-		return hookEls[last], hookEls[:last]
-	})
+func TriggerHooksReverse(ctx context.Context, cmp *mcmp.Component, key interface{}) error {
+	next := func(els []mcmp.SeriesElement) (
+		mcmp.SeriesElement, []mcmp.SeriesElement,
+	) {
+		last := len(els) - 1
+		return els[last], els[:last]
+	}
+	return triggerHooks(ctx, cmp, key, next)
 }
 
 type builtinEvent int
 
 const (
-	start builtinEvent = iota
-	stop
+	initEvent builtinEvent = iota
+	shutdownEvent
 )
 
-// WithStartHook registers the given Hook to run when Start is called. This is a
-// special case of WithHook.
+// InitHook registers the given Hook to run when Init is called. This is a
+// special case of AddHook.
 //
-// As a convention Hooks running on the start event should block only as long as
+// As a convention Hooks running on the init event should block only as long as
 // it takes to ensure that whatever is running can do so successfully. For
 // short-lived tasks this isn't a problem, but long-lived tasks (e.g. a web
 // server) will want to use the Hook only to initialize, and spawn off a
 // go-routine to do their actual work. Long-lived tasks should set themselves up
-// to stop on the stop event (see WithStopHook).
-func WithStartHook(ctx context.Context, hook Hook) context.Context {
-	return WithHook(ctx, start, hook)
+// to shutdown on the shutdown event (see ShutdownHook).
+func InitHook(cmp *mcmp.Component, hook Hook) {
+	AddHook(cmp, initEvent, hook)
 }
 
-// Start runs all Hooks registered using WithStartHook. This is a special case
-// of TriggerHooks.
-func Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return TriggerHooks(ctx, start)
+// Init runs all Hooks registered using InitHook. This is a special case of
+// TriggerHooks.
+func Init(ctx context.Context, cmp *mcmp.Component) error {
+	return TriggerHooks(ctx, cmp, initEvent)
 }
 
-// WithStopHook registers the given Hook to run when Stop is called. This is a
-// special case of WithHook.
-func WithStopHook(ctx context.Context, hook Hook) context.Context {
-	return WithHook(ctx, stop, hook)
+// ShutdownHook registers the given Hook to run when Shutdown is called. This is
+// a special case of AddHook.
+//
+// See InitHook for more on the relationship between Init(Hook) and
+// Shutdown(Hook).
+func ShutdownHook(cmp *mcmp.Component, hook Hook) {
+	AddHook(cmp, shutdownEvent, hook)
 }
 
-// Stop runs all Hooks registered using WithStopHook in the reverse order in
+// Shutdown runs all Hooks registered using ShutdownHook in the reverse order in
 // which they were registered. This is a special case of TriggerHooks.
-func Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return TriggerHooksReverse(ctx, stop)
+func Shutdown(ctx context.Context, cmp *mcmp.Component) error {
+	return TriggerHooksReverse(ctx, cmp, shutdownEvent)
 }
diff --git a/mrun/hook_test.go b/mrun/hook_test.go
index d660fe5..8dfc77f 100644
--- a/mrun/hook_test.go
+++ b/mrun/hook_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	. "testing"
 
-	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mctx"
+	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mcmp"
 	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mtest/massert"
 )
 
@@ -17,34 +17,31 @@ func TestHooks(t *T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = WithHook(ctx, 0, mkHook(1))
-	ctx = WithHook(ctx, 0, mkHook(2))
+	cmp := new(mcmp.Component)
+	AddHook(cmp, 0, mkHook(1))
+	AddHook(cmp, 0, mkHook(2))
 
-	ctxA := mctx.NewChild(ctx, "a")
-	ctxA = WithHook(ctxA, 0, mkHook(3))
-	ctxA = WithHook(ctxA, 999, mkHook(999)) // different key
-	ctx = mctx.WithChild(ctx, ctxA)
+	cmpA := cmp.Child("a")
+	AddHook(cmpA, 0, mkHook(3))
+	AddHook(cmpA, 999, mkHook(999)) // different key
 
-	ctx = WithHook(ctx, 0, mkHook(4))
+	AddHook(cmp, 0, mkHook(4))
 
-	ctxB := mctx.NewChild(ctx, "b")
-	ctxB = WithHook(ctxB, 0, mkHook(5))
-	ctxB1 := mctx.NewChild(ctxB, "1")
-	ctxB1 = WithHook(ctxB1, 0, mkHook(6))
-	ctxB = mctx.WithChild(ctxB, ctxB1)
-	ctx = mctx.WithChild(ctx, ctxB)
+	cmpB := cmp.Child("b")
+	AddHook(cmpB, 0, mkHook(5))
+	cmpB1 := cmpB.Child("1")
+	AddHook(cmpB1, 0, mkHook(6))
 
-	ctx = WithHook(ctx, 0, mkHook(7))
+	AddHook(cmp, 0, mkHook(7))
 
 	massert.Require(t,
-		massert.Nil(TriggerHooks(ctx, 0)),
+		massert.Nil(TriggerHooks(context.Background(), cmp, 0)),
 		massert.Equal([]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, out),
 	)
 
 	out = nil
 	massert.Require(t,
-		massert.Nil(TriggerHooksReverse(ctx, 0)),
+		massert.Nil(TriggerHooksReverse(context.Background(), cmp, 0)),
 		massert.Equal([]int{7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1}, out),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/mrun/mrun.go b/mrun/mrun.go
index 1564b1c..10183c5 100644
--- a/mrun/mrun.go
+++ b/mrun/mrun.go
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-// Package mrun provides the ability to register callback hooks on contexts, as
-// well as some convenience functions which allow using a context as a
+// Package mrun provides the ability to register callback hooks on Components,
+// as well as some convenience functions which allow using a context as a
 // wait-group.
 //
 // Hooks
 //
-// Hooks are registered onto contexts and later called in bulk. mrun will take
+// Hooks are registered onto Components and later called in bulk. mrun will take
 // into account the order Hooks are registered, including Hooks within a
-// context's children (see mctx package), and execute them in the same order
+// Component's children (see mcmp package), and execute them in the same order
 // they were registered. For example:
 //
 //	newHook := func(i int) mrun.Hook {
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 //		}
 //	}
 //
-//	ctx := context.Background()
-//	ctx = mrun.WithStartHook(ctx, newHook(0))
+//	cmp := new(mcmp.Component)
+//	mrun.InitHook(cmp, newHook(0))
 //
-//	child := mctx.NewChild(ctx, "child")
-//	child = mrun.WithStartHook(child, newHook(1))
-//	ctx = mctx.WithChild(ctx, child)
+//	cmpChild := cmp.Child("child")
+//	mrun.InitHook(cmpChild, newHook(1))
 //
-//	ctx = mrun.WithStartHook(ctx, newHook(2))
-//	mrun.Start(ctx) // prints "0", "1", then "2"
+//	mrun.InitHook(cmp, newHook(2))
+//	mrun.Init(context.Background(), cmp) // prints "0", "1", then "2"
 //
 package mrun