#jaylos art

[geejeewon]

“Just wanted one cute photo to myself!”

#sorryjay!

[toffyrats]

artblock is kicking my ass rn have some jaylos

[fredlikesbreakfast]

i hated how it originally turned out so i tweaked it.

[vndooms]

Do you still do Descendants fanart?

not very much, but coincidentally you sent this message while i was revisiting this old doodle. a bit like fate, so i’ll share it here now.

[thebluestbluewords]

I am in love with this art, it's so gorgeous! As an angst lover and a die hard believer that Jay falls hard and fast for his friends the second he has the beginnings of a crush, I am thinking SO hard about this concept.

I've read one variation on hanahaki that I absolutely loved and want to think about here, where instead of the disease happening because of unrequited feelings of love, it happens because the affected person won't acknowledge/say anything about their feelings. As much as I enjoy the angst potential of unrequited jaylos (and I do think this idea could still play out that way, just bear with me), I also really enjoy the variation where hanahaki disease doesn't require reciprocation or death. 

I'm thinking about Jay as the protector of the group. As the cool one, who's there for the others but doesn't have the first clue how to talk about his own feelings. Thinking back to the D2 "girl talk" scene, Jay is a great guy and a loyal friend, but he's not super....emotionally intelligent. It feels very true to how I'm reading his character for him to develop feelings, and then just never talk about them or mentally acknowledge them, because he doesn't have the time or brain space for feelings! He's busy! He's got swords to swing and classes to take and Chads to bother! 

And okay, maybe he's staying busy because he doesn't know how to deal with these feelings that keep popping up whenever he looks at Carlos and sees him happy, laughing, thriving now that they're off the isle, but whatever. He's a friend, and Jay has a lot of feelings about all of his friends. He's just a great friend kinda guy. 

(Jay does not have these feelings about all of his friends) 

And like, maybe his chest hurts a little more than it should, but that's fine. He's probably just tired. He'll sleep it off. 

(spoiler alert: he does not sleep it off) 

It's a surprise when the first flower petals start. Jay isn't expecting to start hacking out a lung after practice, and he really isn't expecting it when instead of a blob of gross chest mucus, he coughs up a handful of bright yellow flower petals. He's seen a lot of Weird Shit happen, but flowers coming out of his body isn't normal, and reeks of magic bullshittery, so he goes to the best magic person he knows, which is Mal. 

Mal is in the middle of a mental breakdown, because I'm imagining this set in a vague time slightly before the second movie, where she's always one bad day away from snapping and murdering everyone around her and then herself, but she's grateful for a magical distraction. A magical mystery to throw herself into is as good an excuse as any to get out of her ongoing obligations! 

Except...there's nothing about throwing up flowers in her mother's spellbook. 

There's nothing in the library either. There's a restricted collection of magical textbooks and histories in Fairy Godmother's office, but they don't have any way of breaking in there, and they're committed to the whole goodness thing now. No more breaking and entering, even if it is for research. They'll just order the books themselves, off the dark web! It's much more morally defensible to engage in the illegal magical objects trade than it is to break into a teacher's personal book collections. 

Unfortunately, the dark web isn't known for speedy shipping, and Jay's flower petals are starting to come up spotted with blood. He's pretty sure it's because they're tearing his throat on the way up, but the chest pain is a little scary, and he's sick and tired of waking up to the feeling of vines clogging his throat. (this is also where I would put a claustrophobia moment, if I was writing this for real and not just in bullet points). Jay's dad didn't exactly lock him in the closet as a kid, but Jay's been stuck in too many small, dark spaces  while hiding from villains who caught him stealing from them to be fond of the feeling. The flowers don't cut off his light, but they clog his throat, and when he moves too quickly he'd swear that he can feel them ripping free of his lungs. It feels like he's drowning on dry land, and if there's one thing Jay does have an irrational fear of, it's drowning. 

Nobody dies on the isle, but if you drown, the spell will bring you back over and over, and it'll hurt every single time. 

Jay's the protector of the group. The loyal friend who looks out for everybody. But he can't look out for them if he can't breathe, and online shippers don't respond well to Mal's threats of violence and dragonfire on everything they love, so with a full bloody flower in hand, they break into Fairy Godmother's office. 

It's a tense break-in, but they're careful and quiet (one bloody flower coughing fit notwithstanding) and the information they need is coincidentally in the first book they find. (Mal uses a searching spell to find the topic, but she's got her magic under control, and it's fine. It's not like Fairy Godmother would put magical shields on her office that are set to trigger a silent alarm if she senses magic being cast around her collections....no. She'd never do that). 

Hanahaki. It's a magical disease, Mal reads out, that affects those who are in unrequited love. It's characterized by flowers in the lungs, and can be easily resolved by.....oh, okay, maybe she can just cast a localized fire spell to burn the flowers out? A little weed killer shot? They could make Jay laugh in the middle to make sure he aspirates it into his lungs. She's just spitballing here. 

Jay is not amused by these suggestions. He would wrestle her for the book and read it himself, but he can't fucking breathe right now, and the next flower that comes up is whole, and there's more blood than petal visible. 

Okay, Mal says. Okay. You just need to confess your feelings to the person you're in love with, and the flowers will die on their own once you acknowledge that you're in love. 

Ah, says Jay. Yeah. Okay. I'll just die then. 

(and then Carlos and Evie run in because hey, Fairy Godmother is on her way back, and she's moving pretty fast, and does anyone else hear an alarm??) 

They can't run fast enough. Before they're even out the door, Fairy Godmother is there, and her phone is BLARING the magical alert sound, and she's not exactly pleased to see four students ransacking her personal magical reference library, but oh, dear, that's a lot of blood-- 

Jay maybe, possibly can't breathe. And like. The lecture they're getting is cool and all, but he's just gonna cough until he passes out, if that's cool with everyone? Great. Perfect. 

He wakes up in the school nurse's quarters, because they didn't know where else to drag him. The nurse can't do shit, and the others are literally begging him to confess, but Jay Cannot Talk About This, not in front of everyone, and....look, he'll deal with it in the morning. Just one night to sleep it off and gather himself, and then he'll do it. Just. Give him space. 

The girls leave. Carlos can't abandon his roommate to a night alone in the nurse's office, so he's reluctant, and this is it, this is the moment. 

Jay literally has to tell him. 

Or else he's going to die. 

(and maybe it's unrequited, but the confession is the important part, and before Carlos can give him an answer, Jay starts coughing again, and the next flowers that come up are still bloody, but they're not bright and fresh anymore, and the stabbing pain of the vines in his lungs are already fading, and that's it, the answer doesn't matter, because the flowers are dead now and all that's left to do is pass the remaining plant matter and they can both get on with their lives and never talk about it again)

(but they maybe do talk about it again) 

Because maybe they don’t love each other the same way, but they’re still friends, and Jay’s still in love, and they have to make sure the flowers don’t come back— because they can’t come back. There’s no way he’d get the same disease twice. They can just be friends, and Jay can be in love, and it’ll be fine.

They’ll be fine.

(if I want to get REALLY angsty with this, the magical hanahaki is progressive, and the first time it only requires a confession, but if it comes back it requires the feelings to be required, and oh, it’s going to come back.)

One sided Jaylos lives in my head rent free 

[thebluestbluewords]

Blue’s Descendants Fic Rec Roundup: personal faves

this list is not all-inclusive, just some of the highlights that live in my brain absolutely rent-free after three years and a Lot of obsessively reading through everything in the ao3 tag.

The Lady Is A Vamp by objectlesson

Jaylos, 13k. 

The genderqueer fic that absolutely wrecked me a few weeks ago when I ran across it for the first time. It’s got confused teenagers who don’t know how to sort out their feelings for each other, fashion descriptions that make me want to sell my soul to the writing gods, and a brilliant Jay POV that captures so much of what I like about teenage love stories. It’s a great fic that’s just long enough to get really invested in, and the eventual payoff of the get-together is great. 

(Note that the image links in this fic are broken, but the descriptions of the fashion are still great!) 

Redemancy by PorcelainAlice

Polyamory, Mal/Evie/Jay/Carlos/Ben and Jay/Doug, 11k, unfinished. (but I promise you it’s worth the read anyway) 

This fic has been living in my head rent-free since I first started reading, and even though it’s not a pairing I would usually go for, it’s one of the most interesting Auradon worldbuilding fics that I’ve read for this fandom. I love the deep dive into Doug as a character, and the ways that this fic delves into dwarf culture and how being part of that magical world makes Doug an outsider at Auradon Prep is absolutely brilliant. There’s a few really lovely scenes with giving food as a way of giving affection, but the fic also goes into food as a means of expressing culture, and it’s so well done that I would love this fic even if it were only those scenes. (But seriously, the whole fic is lovely and the worldbuilding is top tier, please read this and scream about it with me) 

Long Live, Havin’ Some Fun by WorkingChemistry

Mal & Evie & Jay & Carlos, 8k, unfinished. 

I’m always a slut for omegaverse, and this fic is one of my absolute favorites. It has all of the casual violence and terrified affection that I love from this fandom, and it hits basically all of my personal omageverse trope buttons with the scent marking, pack dynamics, and non-sexual relationships. The relationship between the core 4 is left somewhat ambiguous, but I think it reads super well as queerplatonic. Reading this fic inspired me to write uhhh like 200k of my own omegaverse fic, which in turn is why I started this blog, so this is TRULY the most influential of my personal Descendants fic rec roundup.

Dog-Eared Page by objectlesson

Jaylos, minor Benlos, 23k 

Mostly-canon, this fic hits a lot of the awkward teenage crush feelings that I adore in descendants fics. I came for the Ben/Carlos, but stayed because it’s such a well-written look at the Auradon Prep dating landscape. Also, hot. Fair warning that this one is quite NSFW, so if that’s not your jam maybe give this one a pass. 

you’ve left your ghost until tomorrow by paperclipbitch

Malvie, 5k. 

Halloween fic! There’s knives and petty rivalry that’s maybe not so petty after all, because sometimes your teenage rivalry with the princess whose mother got your mother exiled forever IS the most important thing in your lives, and there’s some really lovely details about Mal’s art that make the world feel so much more whole, and Evie is a badass as she always should be, and it’s a joy and a delight to reread this fic every year. 

while the getting is good by Walutahanga

Gen, 34k, unfinished. 

The VKs take a different route to escape their parents. The barrier breaks anyway. Mal has more magic than she can handle, Jay has magic too, and there’s a lot of really nice moments where we get a glimpse into the inner workings of the Auradon adults and how they manage the politics of the situation while trying to help. It’s a really great worldbuilding fic that delves into the logistics of running a mashed-up fairy tale kingdom that’s actually more like twelve smaller kingdoms in a trenchcoat, and there’s also some AMAZING good-guy coach moments that made me adore him even more. I’m a sucker for fics that show the adults trying to help, and this is one of the best. 

you find yourself down the hall again (the lights gone dim) by soldiersummonersaint

Jay & Coach, 3k 

I’ve already talked about how much I adore fic where the Auradon adults are really genuinely doing their best, and this is one of the PEAK good-guy Coach fics for me. It’s got some really evocative moments that make my heart ache for Jay, and it’s just a lovely fic overall. 

How To Love You Today by sparrowmoth

Jaylos, 2k. (I believe this one is archive-locked, so you’ll need an ao3 account to read)

Adorable werewolf!Carlos fic. The first fic set in this verse is one of my all-time faves, and this sequel is equally delightful. 

Short Skirt (Long Jacket) by Butyoucancallmemeg

multi, 13k. 

This fic is one of the best Evie characterizations I’ve ever read, full stop. Grifter!Evie is canon in my heart now, and the relationship with her mother is exquisite. I also love the emphasis on Jay and Evie as friends in this fic. They both know how to perform, how to flirt and make a good show of things and charm their audience, and it’s such a great read. The whole series is fabulous.

Like Riding A Bike by Glitter_Lisp

Harry/Uma, 2k 

Kidfic! I’m not always one for kids in fic, but this series consistently blows me away with how good the parent-child relationship between Harry and CJ is. The perfect level of precocious child and well-meaning protective parent. The series is focused more on the parent-child relationship than the Harry/Uma relationship, but it works so well. I love a hot pirate (or tattoo artist) parent who is so incredibly dedicated to keeping his kid as happy and healthy as possible even when other things are falling apart. Also, I would die for cool uncle Gil. 

[mushroomminded]

[danimalscrushcup]

buncha rowdy kidz

[jaylosplus]

💞

so my little sister showed me descendants the other day and I (don’t) regret it

[geejeewon]

Carlos in Jay’s jersey 🫡

[fredlikesbreakfast]

takukoto but they’re going as Jaylos for Halloween 😝 erm click for better quality

And jaylos going as takukoto for Halloween (I ran out of gas while drawing them but whatever)

[fuck-you-i-am-spiderman]

Carlos De Vil in a onesie || Commissioned by the fantastic @mynameisactuallyten  🥰

Carlos sits cross-legged on the floor, his angelic smile radiating like sunshine as he plays with every puppy around him. He’s clad in the fluffiest white onesie with floppy black dog ears on the hood and a pattern of bones and paw prints scattered in red and black along the body. Puppies of all shape, size and colour are flocking toward Carlos, who looks like an AK at Christmas time.

Evie snaps a picture, holding her hand to her chest and sighing dreamily. The sound catches Carlos’s attention and he looks up with a wide smile. It’s almost certain that if Carlos had a tail, it would be wagging in full force.

Jay drops down next to Carlos and tugs at one of the onesie ears, laughing at the blush spreading across Carlos’s cheeks. “This outfit is really something, Pup.” 

Carlos ducks his head, mindlessly stroking one of the many puppies perched in his lap. “Evie made it for me,” he says almost shyly. 

“And you look even better than I imagined!” Evie claps her hands, voice oozing with pride.

Mal leans forward to catch Carlos’s eye, flashing him a teasing smirk. “Yeah, I almost didn’t notice you in there with all the other puppies.”

Carlos rolls his eyes but can’t stop the smile from creeping back in. He shifts and tugs his hood higher on his head, smiling in full force when a ball of cream coloured fluff licks his hand. Carlos scoops the puppy into his arms, cradling him and giggling as the dog nuzzles into his arms.

[jaylosplus]

This is so beautiful.  Thank you.

I love how this turned out and I’m really excited to finally be able to share it, though keep in mind I haven’t coloured anything digitally in years, I don’t have a tablet (all the shading was done with a laptop mouse), and my lineart for this was done in pencil, so… it’s rough, but I tried to make that part of the aesthetic?

Anyway, not a perfect execution, but I got this idea in mind and I couldn’t let go of it. I like to imagine that the Core Four make a point of attending every Pride Parade that passes through Auradon. These two dance so hard throughout the day, Evie has to wait until they’re asleep to get a photo of Jay’s fabulous hair. ;)

To those of you who can’t be out and proud right now, I hope you find your freedom soon. Until then? Fiction is always a good door to escape through. <3

Please do not repost my art without permission. Thank you!

[blecbleh]

Jaylos except Jay is drowning Carlos in his hair 

[danimalscrushcup]

they’re here to beat your ass

[geejeewon]

happy late halloween! here’s jaylos dressed as mavis x johnny 🧡