#jericlaude

[66sharkteeth]

Tomorrow's City of Blank episode is a HUGE one for the Jericlaude enjoyers... I've been waiting over 200 episodes for this one.

[hellothereandimsosorry]

pov your friend(?) is so in love with you (you might be in love with him also but the little guy in your head who gives you all your power who you have to share a body with is homophobic and thinks human emotion and attachment is stupid and weak) that he cuts of his own leg for you and suddenly you feel extremely guilty about how horribly you've treated him and so you go against the little homophobic guy in your head and decide to SLEEP WITH THE GUY WITH THE FRESHLY AMPUTATED LEG.

anyway i love that we got to see jericho give in to his human side. the "dont pretend you care/but i do care" jericlaude parallel is SO GOOD! i think because jericho was really defying his scion to get with claude, he probably indulged himself a bit more than he would if he and claude were actually able to be with each other and didnt have the scion cockblocking them. He and claude dont seem like cuddlers to me but because this is probably the only time they'd be able to be together, i think there was probably a little bit, really just claude curling up to jericho as he fell asleep (while jericho stayed awake, no scion whispering in his ear, with just a crushing sense of guilt)

real talk this was one of my favorite episodes so far, claude is my favorite character and i love love love how much deeper 66 has been going into his character recently its so good. cob brings me so much joy i love when my little guys are just miserable

[rinisasnaillle]

i drew jericlaude

🫶 (i’m on twit too i did not steal 💀💀)

[bouteilledechampagnesexy]

Rex and Bell might be cute but Claude and Jericho make me insane in a way you guys have no idea about. Imagine spending your whole life not caring about anyone. Everyone thinks you're a huge asshole for this, and thinks that because of it you will never be able to achieve anything, but you can’t do anything about it. You. Just. Don’t. Care.

And then you finally meet the one person who intrigues, fascinates, obsesses you. Who understands you to some extent. You barely have enough space in your heart for over one person, and here he is. And because you have never loved anyone, you have so much of yourself to give him. He asks you to give up your life for him and you don’t want to go back to a life where nothing matters, so you do it. For him. But it’s not enough. It never is.

You are smarter and richer than him, which makes you useful to him, and is the reason he keeps you around. But you are fully aware he doesn’t care, and especially not about you. He never did. He never will. He keeps insulting you, hurting you, abusing you, making you feel worthless, but you love him. You finally love someone, and you don’t know if you will ever love someone else, and you don’t want to take the risk of living a life where you don’t love anyone or anything. You don’t care about being wanted, you care about wanting, for once in your life. He threatens to throw you away, says you're no use to him, but you come back like a starving dog. You mutilate yourself to be of use for him, and he tries to keep you alive, and in order to do so he pretends to care, but you know he doesn’t. He never has, and he never will.

The night that you guys spend together he something that you have dreamed of ever since your rebirth and maybe even before then, and you know you should be happy about it, but the only thing is the dread of knowing what it cost you to make it happen, and the fact it will never happen again.

On the other side. Imagine growing up with this hatred inside of you. Everyone has always treated you horribly for the crime of being born. It is something you have no control over, you haven’t chosen to be like this. You were fored to be this way. They locked you up for years and then sent you away to a research lab because they think you are abnormal.

And here he is. This security guard. He cares about you, about how you are doing, how you feel. He's a human, and you don’t trust them, but he gives you every reason to at least trust him. You ask him something crazy, fully knowing he won’t do it, but he does. HE DOES. He cares enough to do it, and no has ever cared this much. No one has ever cared at all.

With everyone else, you have to put on this mask, this fake nice persona, but with him you realize you don’t need to. You can be yourself. He gets it. But deep down, you're ugly. There is this part of you, the inhuman part, who is so filled with anger and resentment towards any and all humans. You have this warm feeling in your chest when you're with him, when he proves you that he likes even the darkest parts of you, but your other half doesn’t like it, and you need it too much. You have to choose between what you need (power) and what you want (him), and it will be power a thousand times.

So you pretend that you don’t care, that he doesn’t matter to you, that everything he did doesn’t matter. You treat him like shit, lowkey hoping he will escape, that he'll run away for his own sake. You care for him, in an awful, twisted way, but you still do. You love him, you love him wrongly, disgustingly, but you do, and because you love him, you need him to leave. To escape you while he still can. Sometimes he'll do somrthing for you, and you'll say something mean, because you have no other choice but to, and you'll hope that this time's the charm, that he'll just *leave you to rot* like you spent your whole life doing.

But he loves you, and he won’t leave, and you don’t deserve it, and you love him, because how could you not, and some part of you selfishly hopes he will stay, but he can never know.

And then when you think he's finally had enough, he finally left for good, got sick of your bullshit, gave up on you, like everybody else did, you realize he didn’t. Instead, he CUT OFF HIS FUCKING LEG for you. He is your knight, always has been, and will carry on with his duty, as long as he is able to, even if it kills him.

And that’s when you give up. You care, you care so much, and you are sick of pretending that you don’t, but you can’t tell him. But you still want him to know somehow, you want to make him happy, just once, just this once. You know there will be consequences, and indulging in this fantasy of yours you've had for so long will only make you ache and suffer more at the thought of not being able to have him longer, but you are human too, and you are weak, and he makes you weak. He always has, and he always will.

[will-teehee]

WHAT THE FUCK THIS FANFIC IS AMAZING REALLY AAAAAHHHHJFDNDKFNFJ

i cried a little

I'm excited to see the future updates !

Saw demand for CoB fanfics so I’m delivering. I know my target audience so first chapter is Claude angst, but I promise the next one will be wholesome

[66sharkteeth]

I KNOW Y'ALL GOT STUFF TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE so join me for a QNA to discuss it tonight in my IG stories! Find me there at 66sharkteeth!

[66sharkteeth]

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before! Was Jericho and Claude’s dynamic planned from the beginning, or have there been changes since the beginning of the series/their dynamic’s conception?

Claude's feelings have been there since the very early days but Jericho returning them is newer. I always liked the trope of the henchman obsessed/in love with the villain so that's kind of what Claude always was. But originally the joke was that Jericho didn't return them and would constantly tease Claude about his crush...which kind of still happened, but over time it turned into a way of him denying his feelings to keep his scion happy.

The more I wrote them, the more I realized there was just no way Jericho doesn't return Claude's feelings, especially the more we got into their backstory of how they met and helped each other (Claude originally had nothing to do with the lab). Giving Jericho something so human to crave against his scion's will also made for good conflict.

[66sharkteeth]

Does Claude actually love Jericho? Or is there some Stockholm syndrome stuff going on? And like the same for jericho

no, their love is very real, just very complicated. they both (usually) genuinely enjoy each others company and I think it's easy to forget that when the plot isn't making them be absolute bastards, their default dynamic is playful teasing and banter

I admit, maybe I haven't shown enough of their casual side? But like most unhealthy relationships, Claude didn't fall for this guy because he's a jerk to him 24/7. He sticks around because he's had good times with him and clings to the hope he can have more of those. And likewise for Jericho, tho obviously Claude hasn't been as bad to him.

Now, i DO think that Jericho didn't fall for Claude as fast. They probably had an even unhealthier dynamic in the beginning, when Jericho was very dependent on Claude. Even once he got a face, Jericho had almost 0 knowledge of the outside world, had to hide while he was developing, and had 0 money, so Claude was very much... basically kind of his sugar daddy LMAO. you can laugh, but that's basically what the arrangement was!! Jericho flat out wouldn't have survived without Claude in their early days so I think he played along with Claude's feelings for a while, but it's easy to start caring about someone whose been that big of a part of your life- Not to mention Claude was kind of the first person to ever...actually care about him and take care of him? Aside from Kallie.

But as I hope we've all gathered by now, Jericho's scion isn't really a fan of Jericho having those feelings, so it makes sure he keeps Claude at a distance. If Jericho was just a regular half blank, I still think they would have had an unhealthy relationship, especially in the beginning when Jericho was reliant on Claude, but I think Jericho would have ultimately treated him better in the end and they could have worked things out and ended up actually being good together.

(...which is basically how they end up in college AU)

[66sharkteeth]

jericlaude has inspired me to add more hardcore toxic yaoi into my stories, thank you for inspiring me to do so 💪✨️

yw, but be careful lol!! don't forget jericlaude ARE villains and their relationship is definitely not glorified in the context of the story. i encourage people to toxicify their yaoi all they want, but to do so with caution and awareness that it shouldn't be glorified.

[66sharkteeth]

Ik you’ve said Claude and Jericho wouldnt be big cuddlers but I feel like if Jericho was hurt or even just had a bad headache Claude would hold him if he had already done everything else for him and Jericho would just randomly lay on Claude like a cat whenever he gets really bored and they’d both complain but secretly not mind it

lol! tbh you can head canon whatever you want but tbh I still don't see them ever doing more than leaning on each other. Oh, and I do see Jericho being the type to put his arm over Claude's shoulder.

Less cuddly, but just on the subject of touch, I see him also absolutely teasing Claude about his height by like using his head as an arm rest and stuff. That's all entirely playful and not serious though to be clear lol

[66sharkteeth]

Number 13 on the ask list for Claude and Jericho? :3

13. How important are romantic relationships to your OC? Do they prefer casual sex, short flings, or long term relationships? Do they want to get married or are they content with what they have? Or do they have no interest in romance whatsoever?

Hehe. Yeah, I think they both very casually date/hook-up with other people. I think something a lot of people are shocked to learn is Claude very much has a life outside of the Blan Corp gang (or used to, before he became a wanted criminal). The reason Claude doesn't really get huffy about seeing Jericho with other people (like in the club scene at the end of s1) is because he sees other people himself, though he makes it clear that it's nothing serious so he doesn't get a repeat of that one poor dude from his flashback episode.

Tinder isn't a thing in CoB universe ofc, but like if it was, or in like college AU, Claude's settings would probably be set to "something casual" and "hook ups" while Jericho's would just be "hook ups."

However, that does kinda change for each other. They're def never gonna be the kind to get married and adopt kids or something LMAO but in universes where Jericho doesn't have an evil entity in his head, like college AU, they do sort of "settle down" and accept this is the person they wanna spend the rest of their life with. It probably wouldn't be a traditional "settling down" but it would be happily living together and actually referring to each other as partners/boyfriends.

[hellothereandimsosorry]

i love city of blank im gonna post more

[66sharkteeth]

So out of all CoB couples, which would be the more "hanging out/date" type and who would be the more "hanging out/chilling at their house" type

not 100% sure i understand the question but i assume u mean like who would go out (like movie/restaurant) for a date or who would just stay home (make dinner/netflix and chill)?

going off that assumption and saying this is college AU or something where all the blank characters aren't in hiding or criminals. of the ships i've seen people like in CoB-

rex x bell: go out rex x lyss: go out rex x desmond: stay in rex x nia: go out claude x jericho: hm... they enjoy both. it depends on the occasion and kind of who made the plans

[3rdblah]

The only trope better than always being there is suddenly being there. Instead of cuddling often or always saying they love each other or being soft and cute they do other things. Things that don’t seem affectionate but are, unconventional love language that doesn’t need physical closeness or blatant vulnerability. And then all of a sudden they do need that. One of them goes through something horrible, and suddenly the only thing the other can think to do for them IS the conventional closeness, suddenly one of them WANTS the open affection and vulnerability they never needed before. On one hand it does help, but on the other hand why do they suddenly need this? How could something mess with them so much that now they suddenly need everything they’d never even thought to want? What could render them so helpless that everything they used to do to show their love is replaced by the opposite? And they still have the way they normally showed affection but suddenly it’s just not enough anymore. Suddenly there’s this damage that needs a bandage bigger than either of them ever thought they could need. How do either of them cope with the fact that this thing managed to change one of them so much? How do either of them cope with the way it changes their relationship?

[66sharkteeth]

Weekly thoughts ep 217-

I forgot to do these last week! But you know I HAD to talk about this week's episode. I know a ton of y'all are behind and this is a spoiler but if this doesn't motivate you to hurry up and catch up, idk what will.

Jericlaude canon! Kinda lol. For like 30 seconds. Relieved most of the creeps seem to be gone by now so nobody was too viscerally angry about two guys kissing on a webtoon like they were about LGBT stuff in earlier episodes. That's the kind of audience I don't mind losing lol.

Anyway, yeah, I've been waiting to draw this one for a while, tho probably not as long as one might think. I definitely only decided to give them a big kiss scene recently, as tbh Jericho returning Claude's feelings is a newer development as well. I think I've talked about it a little, but Jericho was never originally supposed to return Claude's feelings. But as his character developed, I thought it made great conflict for him and his scion- something that I see a lot of people noticed.

I did hate breaking the 180 rule so blatantly this episode, but it was so important that these panels focus on Jericho's human side. And I think breaking it so blatantly made that clear to a lot of people, because a lot seemed to pick up on it. One of those things where sometimes the curtains really are just blue, but in this case, it was a very intentional choice. Things as well like his blank hand not embracing Claude, and it only touching him when starting to fall back into the scion's mindset and turning into a claw.

I also absolutely didn't originally plan on having Bell in this scene, but plot kinda made it unavoidable so I'm glad everyone liked that one little awkward panel of her lol.

There was a lot of thought put into this episode, and it's definitely one of my favorites, so I'm glad people enjoyed it. I've said this before, but watching Claude go from hands down the most hated character, to one of the most popular has been one of the highlights of writing this story for me. His character development has been some of my favorite to write and I feel like it all culminated in this episode.

Next week is a bit of a mid-season finale! I wasn't originally planning on pausing there, but after that, we're entering kind of the end game arc of CoB! So I really wanted to take some time to hammer out the rest of the story and give it a proper ending.

[66sharkteeth]

Lady Gaga's Bad Romance came on the radio while I was out shopping today, and my first thought was "ah, jericlaude."

i'm ngl, every time a song about a toxic relationship rolls onto my spotify shuffle, it goes right on jericho and claude's playlists lol. that's basically all claude's playlist is