#jude's wips

[artsydudejude]

BBB (big beautiful badger) incoming

[callmejud3]

Wip Game

thanks @seductive-snail for the tag <3

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

face to face (original work)

God Must Hate Me (regulu's version)

Welcom Cedric

...loved, alone and low (you never felt so...)

our flaws are wh wo really are

Could Have Been Me

3 against 1

I did all of this sober (don't you know i did it all for us)

Shadow of mine

Dear Bugs....

i just started writing again so yeaaaahhh...

npt : @definitelynotttheo @aithusarosekiller @espressopatronum454 @creaturre @artemislosthunter and anyone else <3

[lyyzismess]

HAPPY BELATED VALENTINE’S DAY

[mimistitchcraft]

honestly a little obsessed with my blackwork chemise project

[numbuh424]

I spent too much on his bday set so I need to draw him something. I am normal and can be trusted with the blood brush.

[aetherixart]

Working on a redraw of an old Jude piece from two years ago!

[2pastas3nlatam]

jane prentiss dessiiingggg

[maingh0st]

the main reason I like Taryn/the Ghost (despite the fact we get microscopic crumbs in the text) is that it’s thematically compelling for them as characters.

the best romances aren't just about ~vibes~ and ~spice~ but about two unique, fully realized characters becoming part of one another's lives. each character carries their lifetime's worth of formative experiences, beliefs about the world, goals, strengths, habits, wounds, coping mechanisms, preferences, etc—so inevitably there's conflict and change and (ideally) growth. this is why we love Jude/Cardan so much!

like, for just one example: Jude always resented the Folk, even as she admired and envied them. she talks about wanting to be better, to be worse, to excel beyond them and rule over them, and ultimately to conquer her fear of them. part of why Jurdan is so great (aside from being The Power Couple) is because falling in love with Cardan forces Jude to accept that sometimes, the Folk can be good and safe and worthy of her trust. in my interpretation, this arc culminates when Cardan is turned into a snake and Jude has to rely on others (Fand, Grima Mog, the Court of Shadows, etc.) rather than just her romantic partner. she does conquer her fear of the Folk—partially through her cunning and tenacity, yes, but also partially through learning to trust her heart and find those with whom she is safe.

but that's not a lesson Taryn needs to learn. she wants to fit in with the fae; she craves their approval. in tcp, Locke's whole shitty test is based on Taryn's ability to prove that, even though she's human, she can live like the fae. and in twk, while Jude is isolated, exhausted, and (rightfully) paranoid about being betrayed, Taryn is constantly surrounded by the Folk. she seems to find belonging among them, yet she almost loses herself in the process. from a story perspective, Locke isn't that interesting of a romantic partner because he only confirms what she seems to already believe: that to belong in faerie, she will have to change and abandon certain parts of herself (represented most starkly by her betraying her sister). she will have to learn to love differently and live by different rules. and she's quite good at it, as we see—but it makes her miserable. so Locke's murder is narratively important (beyond just being Very Fun) because it represents her rejection of the life he insisted she live.

but the Ghost (for as little as we know about him) is half-human and spent part of his life in the human world. I think there is so much potential for the most delicious narrative tension to arise from their dynamic. they both, for their own reasons, straddle both the human and the faerie worlds, yet fully belong to neither. both of them make choices they regret (killing Liriope / betraying Jude) and both of them are harmed as a result (the Ghost's true name being used / Locke being straight-up emotionally abusive). there's a lot of common ground there, but also potential for great conflict considering the very different lives they live.

after the events of tqon, I get the sense that they're both kind of... recalibrating. of course, the Ghost is still part of the Court of Shadows, but the monarchs he serves are very different than Dain, and he's also been freed from the abuse of his true name. and Taryn is a widow, pregnant, the daughter of an exiled general, the sister of the new mortal queen, and seemingly a bit of a phenomenon in the social scene of Elfhame. who are they, and what is their place in this world that isn't built for them? how do they find belonging without losing themselves? what does living a good and fulfilling life even look like for each of them? how do they adapt to their environment without crossing into the territory of self-betrayal? truly just so many questions that are so fun to chew on

[two-bees-poetry]

titles for my wip (a fun poll)

So, I haven't talked about my fiction at all on here! Fiction is what I started writing when I was maybe 10, and I fell in love with the early-20th-century mystery novel when I was 11 or 12. Fun fact about yours truly: I have more Agatha Christie novels than will fit on a single bookshelf.

I'm currently working on a mystery novel- with lesbians! Crucially. Because it's me. Here's the premise:

The year is 1948. Judith Mitchell (Jude) has made a modest life for herself in Boston. She's an artist, specializing in portraiture, and things are pretty good. She counts herself lucky when she's hired by the wealthy Armistead and Catharine Lord, who want portraits painted of themselves and their children, so she drives down to their estate in South Carolina, where she has been invited to stay. She's surprised, however, at the amount of hatred that many of the family members seem to feel for one another, and she's surprised when Armistead, one morning, turns up dead.

The prime suspect is 20-year-old Maggie Lord, Catharine's illegitimate daughter, whom Armistead despised. Jude is certain that Maggie could not have done it- Maggie seems to want to melt into the floor of every room she stands in, and Jude can't believe she'd have the guts. However, she's the town pariah, and with some of her own siblings leading the crusade against her, it seems like there's only one thing she and Jude can do to prove her innocence; find the real killer.

There we are! We've got post-war, Southern gothic lesbians (spoilers: they fall in love) recovering from family trauma while solving a mystery that was loosely inspired by Antigone (again, because it's me).

These are my ideas for a working title. They're all lifted from Antigone, but I can't remember for the life of me which translation I took them from.

Tell me what you think! Do you want to hear more about Jude and Maggie? I love them very much and I would love to introduce them to you (I also have drawings of them).

[pansyfemme]

[artsydudejude]

god said i'm his favorite lamb to slaughter and he didn't even know your name when i asked him about you :3

[jd-sparks]

Just a preview of a sketch of Cardan x Jude I started. I finally read Folk of the Air, and they took up so much of my headspace this past week, in a very good way. Gonna be really busy this week, so not sure when I'll be able to finish it or if there's even any interest. But I just had to put something on paper.

See larger image on my NSFW twitter: JoraSparks on twitter.

Disclaimer this series is not spicy, more fade to black/behind closed doors. This is fanart so I'm free to draw out scenes more explicit than they happened on page. 😄

[lyyzismess]

That scene in “the wicked king” 🫡

[d1gitalrabbit]

wondering if the cruel prince and arcane Fandom intersect....

[rkmaru]

Mr. Jazza preview. 👀

Having a hard time today and needed to draw as a distraction. Since Jude’s in the lead of that poll I thought I’d get a head start on him haha.

[passiunclepaltry]

jude perry the woman you are