#but yeah. Wow multiple characters under three hours :D

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Ah I forgot I made this last October. Patreon request for connverse family photo (with middle-aged Connie and Steven and adult kiddos) requested by Connversin!

Ebony and Sakura(?)'s faces (the two above Lion) didn't turn out the way that I wanted to look, but overall with my record, not bad for something I drew under three hours. lol

[kuiinncedes]

just the keys to paradise

jatp au - prologue - part 1/15? - 1834 words

relationships: blaine & sam & tina & artie

okkkk we're doing it 🤪 idk how regularly i will update this (omg ongoing fic??? who is she) but i do have like technically a ~few~ chapters i guess done,,, and i am working on the next so . we're gonna try this lol

anyway if it wasn't clear this is an au based on the most amazing tv show ever with only 9 episodes pls watch or rewatch it on netflix the emmy-award winning julie and the phantoms !!! 🤪

that being said if you haven't watched it what are you doing jk i think you can still read this and hopefully it makes sense 😂 feel free to ask me if there's anything that doesn't make sense lol :)

also fyi in case it influences your decision to read: this will be more focused on platonic relationships for a while but will almost certainly have main endgames klaine, quinntina, and samcedes 😋

prologue title and lyrics in this part from "now or never" from the jatp soundtrack

plot and some dialogue from julie and the phantoms so like credit to all those creators and writers 🤪

warnings for this part: car accident, major character deaths (both of these are not actually in writing/"on screen" just implied at the end (especially within the context of this being a jatp au) and nothing really described -- if you want/need more details feel free to ask me)

read on ao3 or under the cut :D

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1995

“Dudes, we fucking killed that !” Sam cheers when the smoke has cleared, going around and giving each of them something that could be called a high-five, just not to their hands. Tina laughs and cheers too as Sam excitedly taps her feet after she gets out from behind her kit, still elevated on the drum stage. Some of the workers applaud them from the audience space.

“Too bad we wasted that on the soundcheck,” Artie jokes, putting his guitar down and grabbing his water bottle. “That was the tightest we’ve ever played, yo!”

Tina grins and hops down from the drum platform. Sam slings an arm around her shoulders and she grabs his wrist. They’re both sweaty and too warm but she doesn’t mind having Sam’s heat pressed against her right side.

God, she thinks… that really was something else, even though it was just the soundcheck. She looks around at her bandmates’ faces -- shiny with sweat, red with exhilaration and exertion, bright with elation, eyes wide with excitement and --

Wow. They’re playing the Orpheum.

Blaine pats Artie on the back, jostling him enough to spill the water he’s trying to drink down the front of his shirt, but Artie just laughs -- he’s soaked with sweat anyway. They have spare clothes backstage just for this reason.

“Just wait until tonight, guys, when this place is packed with record execs,” Blaine says, looking out wonderingly into the empty (for now) audience. His grin widens almost imperceptibly, which is impressive considering how huge it already is.

“We’re gonna be legends!” the other three of them chorus, before Blaine can, and they laugh when he turns to them, affronted. “That’s my line!”

“It’s what you get for saying it ten times a day for the last month!” Tina teases. Blaine pushes her shoulder playfully, putting his hand within reach for Sam to grab. It’s a strange position considering Sam’s arm is still around Tina’s shoulders, but Tina adds her hand to their hold as Sam beckons Artie over from his side of the stage, barking out his name with joking anger.

Artie puts his water down and walks over to complete the group, placing his hand on top of Tina’s. “Tina, you were smokin’,” he says.

She rolls her eyes a little and grins back. “Pretty sure you’re just talking about the pyro. You guys were the ones on fire,” she says, pointing her drumsticks around at them.

“T, can you just own your awesomeness for once?” Blaine exclaims.

“Queen T!” Sam calls, pulling her closer into his side. She stumbles into him, laughing as the guys all start cheering it after Sam.

“Okay, okay! Thanks, guys, I got it!” she squeals, trying to get them to quiet down although -- they are in the Orpheum, where they’re playing later, it’s not like they have to be quiet -- while Sam leans his weight on her, causing them to stagger into the drum riser. Tina catches herself on it and Sam finally detaches from her and they’re still being loud and raucous and probably somewhat annoying to the staff, but she’s just laughing too hard to care.

“We’ve got an hour ‘til the show; I say we go celebrate before we become legends!” Blaine proclaims, jumping off the stage. The other three follow.

Tina starts, “Celebrate our last night of being -- ”

“Losers?” Artie interjects.

They’ve caught the attention of one of the Orpheum workers -- a woman with brown hair who’s wiping down the tables, smiling at them as Tina catches her eye. “There’s some nice restaurants around here,” she says with a wink. “You guys really killed it, by the way. But it seems like you know that.”

Blaine laughs, a little sheepishly. “Thanks. Uh, I’m Blaine,” he says. “This is -- ”

“Sam, hi!”

“Tina, how’s it going -- ”

“Artie, hey.”

Tina raises her eyebrows and stifles a laugh at Artie as he leans his sweaty arms onto the table that the woman just cleaned.

“We’re Sunset Curve!” Blaine says to complete their introduction.

“Tell your friends!” Sam calls, raising his voice and drawing the other workers’ attention to them. Tina elbows him lightly in the side.

“Nice to meet you,” the stranger says. “I’m Elle. So… what were you guys thinking for this -- what was it -- ‘celebration of your last night as losers’?”

“Well, we really can’t afford any nice places -- ” Sam starts.

“Oh, you know what? We should just go to Tip Top!” Blaine says, clapping his hands together. The others are quick to agree -- it’s the small, cheap diner where they spent the evening after their first “real” gig, and they’ve spent countless hours there since, annoying the staff and depleting their supply of plastic silverware. The employees there have learned to let them take what they legally can (and sometimes what they couldn’t), and the band is friendly with most of them. They haven’t been there in too long, having been working hard to get the Orpheum gig, and then writing and rehearsing like crazy once they got it.

Elle smiles as they excitedly and loudly recount stories of Tip Top to each other -- sentimental memories and the ridiculousness they got up to -- talking over each other and having multiple conversations at once.

“I guess you don’t need my recommendations?” she says lightly.

“Oh! Yeah, sorry, we’re good, thanks so much for offering,” Blaine answers, polite as ever.

“Have fun! Looking forward to seeing you guys perform again tonight.”

“Thank you!” the four of them exclaim as they make their way back to the exit. Tina yanks on the back of Artie’s shirt as he lingers at the table, a dumb look on his face that tells her he’s trying to flirt, or at least, his version of it.

“Tina!” Artie yelps and she laughs at the annoyed look on his face.

“You are not exempt from this last night of loser-dom celebration. You’re telling me you’d rather flirt with a girl than this?”

“Yes,” Artie grumbles. There’s no heat behind it, and Tina playfully pushes him sideways.

“Plus, we need you to drive.”

“You can drive!”

“Technically we all can drive!” Tina laughs at Artie’s horrified expression, probably at the prospect -- and memory -- of the one time Blaine drove them to a gig. “Just not your car!” she calls, jogging to catch up with Blaine and Sam, Artie running after her. “Your car is the fucking worst.”

“Don’t talk about her like that!”

“Blaine and Sam agree!”

That gets their attention and the two guys turn, Blaine asking, “What are we agreeing with?”

“I agree with Tina,” Sam says immediately. Tina nods gratefully at him.

“You don’t even know what we’re talking about!” Artie complains.

They’re at his beat-up car now and they pile in, Tina in the passenger seat laughing as Sam all but tackles Blaine into the backseat when he starts for the driver’s side, jostling her and Artie in the front. They continue shuffling around while Artie attempts to start the car, to many concerning -- but normal for his car -- noises.

“This thing is gonna go down and take us with it, Artie,” Tina mumbles teasingly, absentmindedly twirling a drumstick in her right hand. (She realizes too late that she probably should’ve left them at the Orpheum, but it’s not a big deal -- they’re not her favorite pair which are safe in their studio and she has extras backstage in case something happens to this pair while they’re out.)

The car finally starts with a rumble and Artie lets out a cheer. “We’re fine, T. Let’s go, y’all!”

“Floor it, Artie!” Sam calls from the back. The car accelerates comically slowly even as Artie presumably “floors it,” but they’re going somewhere.

After a few minutes, Tina finds herself unconsciously humming her solo in the bridge of “Now or Never,” only noticing when Sam interjects suddenly with his “Tomorrow!” leaning between the front seats and slightly startling her. She laughs and continues with the words, “‘Cause we got all we need today! ”

“Today!” Artie echoes, miming his guitar playing with one hand on the steering wheel.

“Living on a feeling that’s been running through our veins!” Blaine sings loudly, joining Sam in crowding into the front of the car.

“We’re the revolution that’s been singing in the rain!” It’s Sam’s line, but they all belt it at the top of their lungs together.

“That’s my line!” Sam exclaims at the same time that Blaine cheers, “My favorite line!” Tina continues to clap the beat for the next part of the song, Artie hitting the steering wheel in rhythm with her. Her face hurts from smiling.

“Artie, dude, where’d you go?” Blaine asks suddenly. Tina looks around at their slowly darkening surroundings that are completely unfamiliar. Slight panic rises in her stomach but she swallows it down; she’s with her boys, they’re safe, just a little lost.

Sam bursts out in uproarious laughter as Artie complains, “You guys distracted me!”

“Told you I should’ve driven!” Blaine says. He leans forward again and Sam follows. Tina stays quiet, pressing herself against the door a little to make room; her boys aren’t that much better but she’s always been completely hopeless with navigation and directions.

“You would’ve gotten even more distracted from singing and veered us right into a fucking building,” Artie grumbles, but he obeys as Blaine directs him to turn left and chooses to ignore his comment.

“Safe driving, am I right, dudes?” Sam cackles as he returns to the backseat, and Tina can’t help but laugh with him. “We’re gonna miss our gig, that’s how we’ll be legends!”

“‘Sunset Curve Skips Orpheum Showcase For No Reason’?” Tina suggests, turning around in her seat to face Sam.

He points at her. “Exactly. Or, 'Sunset Curve Skips Orpheum Showcase Because They Don't Know How To Drive.' The end of a promising career,” he jokes somberly. “No one would ever book them again.”

They fall silent and only the mutters of Blaine and Artie fill the car, along with the loud engine.

“Still haven’t figured it out yet?” Sam groans loudly, laying on his back across the backseats as Blaine is leaning awkwardly out of his seat to help Artie navigate.

“Not like you’re helping!” Artie says.

“That’s the street!” Blaine exclaims, pointing ahead. “The next intersection.”

“Give it up for Mr. Blaine Anderson, everyone,” Artie drawls, speeding up the car a little bit. “Perhaps not able to drive, but navigator extraordinaire.”

“You chose the wrong career path, dude,” Sam says, propping himself up on one elbow to clap Blaine’s shoulder. “Like, songwriting?”

Blaine looks down at him, raising an eyebrow. “Songwriting?” He gestures for Sam to continue.

Sam shrugs, sitting up finally. “Just, you know, songwriting, bro…" His gaze suddenly shifts and fixes at a point beyond Tina. "What th-- that car Artie!”

Tina snaps her gaze away from Sam just in time to see him yank Blaine down into his seat and the set of blinding headlights through the car windows in her periphery.

---

as a final note, i'm not sure if it can be seen this way but i'm not trying to erase artie's disability or anything and i believe i'm not doing that; as you might be able to guess, the car accident at the end of this is what paralyzes him, like in glee canon but just several years later (in his life not in actual time). please let me know if any aspect of this is disrespectful or anything <3

[im-m-azing-art]

Madison Jura Character Sheet

It’s a lot so 

What does s/he do too much of? Be alone Too little of? Talk with people Most prized possession: Why? Silver Play musical instrument? Nope       Which one(s)?       How did s/he learn? Does character like animals? Dogs and cats but not much else Any pets? Robot cat ?? Likes music? Any really       What kind? Just nothing too loud TECHNICAL Owns a computer? Yes/No       If not, why not? Email address(es): madisonjura@gmail.com probably       If more than one, each used for...? "Handle": Jurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrah        Meaning to character: her last name with a lot of r’s Uses computer for business, pleasure, both? Play computer games? Yes       If yes, which game(s)? If yes, how many hours per day? Probably minecraft or any other sandbox games       If so, are they/it multiplayere game/s? Not usually Name used on each game & meaning to character? Cat_robots, cats.. robot.. List 4 online site(s) (URLs) visited daily?       1. Youtube       2. Twitter       3. Instagram       4. Various websites to buy materials UNCATEGORIZED Person character secretly admires: No one rlly Person character was most influenced by: Cole Most important person in character's life before story starts: her mom       Why? She was the only one there for her really

Character's Full Name: Madison Jura          Reason or meaning of name: Old self insert Nickname: Maddy or anything really         Reason for nickname: Maddy was an old nickname Birthdate: August 27 Astrological Sign: Virgo but she doesn’t believe that astrological stuff PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Age 12      How old does s/he appear? 14- usually 2 or three years older than she is Eye Color: light blue      Glasses or contacts? She has both if needed Hair color: darkish brown       Distinguishable hair feature (bald, receding hairline, etc.): she doesn’t care about how her hair looks usually so she’ll cut it in weird ways and just let it grow out again       Type of hair (coarse, fine, thick, etc?) thick Typical hairstyle: undercut or just however it gets cut Height: 4’7 ft Weight: 100 lbs.       Type of body/build: chubby Nationality: Ninjagian ? (Appears European) Skin tone: light Skin type: sometimes dry Shape of face: round Distinguishing Marks?       Scars? Miscalenious but usually has them covered Most predominant feature: eyes change color when using her powers       Resembles (famous or not): me.. Accent? none Is s/he healthy?  moderate                                                       If not, why not: she doesn’t go out much Physical disabilities: none Physical abilities (what is character good at? sports, etc.): she can run pretty fast for a short amount of time. Also had inventions that help her physical abilities. FAVORITES Color: Gray Music: Any Food: Pancakes Literature: Hot-to guides Expressions: Confused and :/ Book: anything non-fiction Quote: “Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.” Expletive(s) (swears): fuck Mode of transportation: her inventions (mainly silver) HABITS Smokes: No       What?       How often? Drinks: No       What?       How often? Worst bad habit? Blocking others off Quirks: If she does get close to someone she’ll do anything for them. Can invent a lot of things very quickly and can be very creative BACKGROUND Hometown: Ninjago City Type of childhood: Decent but lonely First memory: getting ice cream with her mom Most important childhood event that still affects him/her: Father leaving       Why? Not having a dad makes her jealous of others with good relations to their fathers and can sometimes be weary. This also left her with just one parent. With only one parent she was alone a lot and this made her pretty closed off Lower education: elementary school, left after to join the ninja Higher education: never went Booksmart or streetsmart? More so streetsmart but is good with electronics Religion and/or religious views and/or tendencies? Just the general First Spinjitsu Master thing Firsts: Job? Freelance electronics Kiss? No :( Sexual experience? NO >:( FAMILY Mother (name): Srene Jura        Relationship with her: it was decent Father (name): Marc Jero       Relationship with him: b a d and mostly non-existant Siblings: none       Birth order: none       Relationship with each: none Children of Siblings: none Extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.): If she does she never met them besides for her grandparents on her mothers side Close to family?  Yes/No CHILDREN Does character have child(ren)? No       How many? Are all children with the same partner?       If no, why not? If no, what is the custody arrangement? How does character relate to his/her child(ren)? Which child is character's favorite?       Why? Character's most favorite memory of his/her child(ren)? Character's least favorite memory of his/her child(ren)? Is relationship with children good? Is relatioinship with children important to character? OCCUPATION Where does character work? Nowhere specifically        How many years? Since she could build Relationship with co-workers? none Like his/her job? yeah       Why or why not? She likes building Dream job: she likes to have no specific job ATTITUDE Greatest fear: Having the one person she’s close to hate her Worst thing that could happen to him/her? Her jealousy could get her in some pretty deep stuff What single event would most throw character's life in complete turmoil? Powers disappearing Character is most at ease when: Everything is calm and she’s with the person she likes Most ill at ease when: too many people are around and everything is crazy Priorities: person she likes-herself-everyone else Philosophy: nothing specific How s/he feels about self: Sometimes over confident but her self-esteem can be easily shattered Past failure s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: stupid stuff she did while she was alone and past failures with inventing If granted one wish, what would it be? Being able to be close to multiple people       Why? She’s uncomfortable branching out Daredevil or cautious? More daredevil       Same when alone? A little more careful when around other, especially someone she likes. Biggest regret? Not trying to make friends with kids her age while she was still at school Biggest accomplishment: her inventions, mainly silver Minor accomplishments: performance enhancing electronics, being a semi-celebrity amongst a certain crowd of young inventors. Character's darkest secret: deep down she is really jealous of people close to people she likes that take up even a smidge of their attention       Does anyone else know? Not exactly              If yes, did character tell them?              If no, how did they find out? She is not the best at keeping up a nonchalant facade PERSONALITY Greatest source of strength in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not): creativty Greatest source of weakness in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not): jealousy Character's soft spot: the person she likes       Is this soft spot obvious to others?  Y e s       If not, how does character hide it? Biggest vulnerability: she’s not very skilled without her electronics. Which of the 7 deadly sins does character fight (or give into, willingly or not)? She tries not to but fails       (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride) Which of the 7 virtues does your character have (or fight against)?       (chastity, abstinence, liberality, diligence, patience, kindness, humility) TRAITS Optimist or pessimist? pessimist Introvert or extrovert? introvert Drives and motivations? Talents (hidden or not)? Building, drawing (mechanical), creativty, electronics know-how Extremely skilled at: building, electronics, drawing Extremely unskilled at: interacting with people. Good characteristics: creative, dedicated Character flaws: jealous, oblivious Mannerisms: fiddles with electronics or building materials, doodles a lot Peculiarities: her sense of humor is slightly specific and obscure and sometimes laughs at inappropriate things. SELF-PERCEPTION One word character would use to describe self: eh One paragraph description of how character would describe self: Good at building but makes up for that with being socially stupid. All around, eh What does character consider best physical characteristic? Her eyes, she likes them What does character consider worst physical characteristic? Her fat, it’s not much but it’s still there.       Are these realistic assessments? Sort of              If not, why not? Her weight is fine and she gets her eyes from her dad who she hates How CHARACTER thinks others perceive him/her? What four things would CHARACTER most like to change about self? (#1 most important, #2 second most important, etc.) Introverted-ness jealousy awkwardness More aware If change #1 was made, would character be as happy as s/he thinks? No       If not, why not? Everything on that list would need to be changed or it would probably just be worse INTERRELATION WITH OTHERS Is character divorced? Why? no       If yes, how many times? no Has character ever cheated on any signficant other? no How does character relate to others? Not very well How is s/he perceived by... Strangers? Very well Friends? Decent Wife/Husband/Lover? N/A Children N/A Co-workers? N/A Protagonist? Decently most times Antagonist? Sometimes with respect and sometimes not First impression character makes is: “Wow she is good at building”       What happens to change this perception? She has a terrible personality What do family/friends like most about character? Her abilities tbh What do family/friends like least about character? Her passive-agressiveness GOALS Immediate goal(s): build stuff Long range goal(s): she hasn’t decided yet ; her goals change a lot How does character plan to accomplish goal(s)? She thinks she’ll just figure it out How will other people around character be affected? It depends on what she decides to do PROBLEMS/CRISIS How character react in a crisis (calm/panic/etc.)? She’s fine under stress unless people are rushing her How does character face problems? She isolates herself or just doesn’t do anything       Kinds of problems character usually runs into: Enemies : her dad How does character react to NEW problems? She takes a minute to process it then usually tries to figure out something to do How does character react to change? The gets easily upset and grouchy

GENERAL Jewelry? no Other accessories? Drives a ... : MECHANICAL CAT DRAGON

Where does character live? Wherever the ninja are       With anyone?  Yes/No Where does character want to live? In the country but with a good wifi signal Spending habits (frugal, spendthrift, etc)? Oh god she’s terrible with money but she has a lot of it so it’s just terrible