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Published: 2008-01-07 12:46:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 65453; Favourites: 1564; Downloads: 115
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Description I've been reading an embarrassing amount of Labyrinth fanfiction lately, and it's depressing how many authors make Jareth out to be this horrible, violent, cruel, generally unfeeling wretch who takes out his jilted aggression on poor grown-up Sarah.

The appeal of Jareth is the appeal of all good villains; yes, he's a bastard. He's manipulative and arrogant and abusive of his power, but he's also very clever, romantic, softspoken, and goodness, he does try.

My point is that I get tickled all to heck when I find an author who gives me exactly what I crave, and one of them is Kytten , whose short n' sweet one-shots are the antidote for every angst pie I've accidentally swallowed.

This is fan art for one of her stories, in which Sarah, after three years without a word from Jareth, says fuck it, packs a few things and goes back to the Underground. Jareth discovers her hanging out in the garden, waiting for him. The cookie was my idea. It is a raspberry jam cookie.

I have various issues with this, but the funniest are these: because Jareth's gloves are black, it kind of looks like he has no hands. And I meant for Jareth to be looking at Sarah, but since the cookie is directly between him and Sarah, he appears to be confused and beguiled by the jam cookie, and not the girl he's been pining for. I'm wondering how many more times I can put Jareth and cookie in the same sentence.

materials: ink and Letraset illustration marker on bristol, with just a hint of PS
music: KT Tunstall, "Stoppin' The Love"
Do not reproduce without my explicit permission.
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Comments: 295

Agatha-Macpie [2008-05-06 16:57:12 +0000 UTC]

I don't know the story and the character but I totally love your picture !
expressions and coloring are great ^^

nice job

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squishysart [2008-04-22 15:46:34 +0000 UTC]

lol love it..

glad someone makes her fall for him xx

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dani-carip [2008-04-20 05:40:14 +0000 UTC]

AB-so-LUTE-ly GOR-geous

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Garnet5288 [2008-04-01 14:36:57 +0000 UTC]

I love the look on his face! MMmmmm cookie...

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FireKat [2008-03-24 04:44:57 +0000 UTC]

What a great image.
I love those cookies.
Great piece!

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mcda [2008-03-18 12:08:07 +0000 UTC]

There is Labyrinth fanfic? SWEET! I"m there.

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Anais07 In reply to ??? [2008-03-16 02:00:33 +0000 UTC]

" Sarah, after three years without a word from Jareth, says fuck it, packs a few things and goes back to the Underground "
Ohh, poor Jareth..

Amazing art!

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menina-as-riscas In reply to ??? [2008-03-07 14:37:27 +0000 UTC]

this is lovely!

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piratechick24 [2008-03-04 19:13:18 +0000 UTC]

You should take a look at my stories. you might enjoy them. and if you do, feel free to draw out a scene from any of the thrirty-two chapters. I'm still not done. it is here, take a peep. and the illustrated cookie looks very tasty.

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Savay [2008-03-02 14:41:08 +0000 UTC]

Haha, very interesting concept.

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Youkai-no-Rei [2008-02-29 23:18:39 +0000 UTC]

I love it.

In my crazy way of thinking, I don't think Jareth would be all that horrible of a person after he got through his spoiled "I get everything my way" phase, turned about by Sarah, of course. I always thought it'd wind up as an adorable love/hate relationship with a bit of pouting.

>>

...But that's just me and I love fluff- and this picture, of course!

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Lady-Cobweb In reply to ??? [2008-02-29 20:04:22 +0000 UTC]

How wonderful is this?! Hahaha. I just love the expression on Sarah's face . . . she so knows he's gonna take the cookie. Hahaha, i love this.

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Catbanshee [2008-02-26 18:04:38 +0000 UTC]

Cookies rule the world. and I agree. the impression I always got from Jareth was summed up in his final statements. just like any man he does what he thinks she wants, but whatever he does he does wrong. (also he's an arrogant bastard. but he's a king. waddya exspect)

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Angel-or-Phantom In reply to ??? [2008-02-22 04:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Zomg. I love rasberry jam cookies!!! Awesome. I should don my Jareth getup and do an homage to the rasberry cookie picture.

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AyaBlue22 [2008-02-19 21:53:10 +0000 UTC]

All I can hear Jareth saying is, "Oooh, cookie!"

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briannechughes [2008-02-17 10:27:36 +0000 UTC]

this is gorgeous! love the idea and this style.. I must go watch it again ...

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Flutterby-Lullaby [2008-02-12 23:05:56 +0000 UTC]

I don't suppose goblin's bake very good jam cookies after all...hmm...

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gethsemane-butler [2008-02-11 20:18:51 +0000 UTC]

XD Who isn't intrigued by cookies?

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lily-fox In reply to gethsemane-butler [2008-02-11 21:51:47 +0000 UTC]

God, I know I am!

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gethsemane-butler In reply to lily-fox [2008-02-11 22:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Everyone is!

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SanelyChallenged [2008-02-10 18:11:23 +0000 UTC]

XD Oh my! This is lovely. And I'm so flattered.

Jareth beguiled and intrigued by a jam cookie. XD

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lily-fox In reply to SanelyChallenged [2008-02-10 21:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Awright! *^__^* I'm so glad. Your stories just hit my happy place, over and over. It hits the spot, like... Like my mom's chicken soup when I'm blue.

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ForeverFay [2008-02-05 02:46:15 +0000 UTC]

I feel like she should be saying" nay nay my child!You can olny have the cookie if you ask politely"but that's just me and mine...
~ace

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Savaial In reply to ??? [2008-02-04 20:28:51 +0000 UTC]

This is too cool. I'm sick of Sadistic!Jareth as well. I love your take on Kytten's work. Great job!

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bettiebloodshed In reply to ??? [2008-02-03 18:32:44 +0000 UTC]

I have the same problem with a lot of Labryinth fan fiction. I read one piece where he REALLY was pretty damn assholish to her--getting her pregnant under false pretenses, etc...and she never really forgives him, or says she loves him, but he forces her to live with him. And thats where the story ends. I dunno. My favorites are where he is exactly what you make him--he really does love her..most comes from a misplaced want to please her, to get her back.

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lily-fox In reply to bettiebloodshed [2008-02-03 19:38:57 +0000 UTC]

I think you and I read the same story. ;D That's the one that made me so angry I couldn't see straight. Just an exercise in cruelty. But it's just a story, after all.

made a really good point, that the movie was so open-ended that an "in-character" Jareth is impossible because his personality was so open to interpretation. That's part of why it's so great. It's a fanfiction paradise. I kind of like that he's whatever you want him to be.

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bettiebloodshed In reply to lily-fox [2008-02-04 21:26:41 +0000 UTC]

lol exactly! I'm glad it was the same story..I was just flabbergasted at the end. A good ending could have made up for the other things...but the ending just left me pissed.

And those type of characters are always my favorite..you can just expand them into something entirely more than the creator ever intended sometimes--in a good way.

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Werewolf-Archangel [2008-01-29 01:59:15 +0000 UTC]

lol that cookie looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.... then again all I've had to eat today were pinto beans seasoned with garlic salt and minced onions. Xp (Being poor sucks)

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sourslush In reply to ??? [2008-01-26 07:57:02 +0000 UTC]

I adore sarah's expression in this but you don't prehaps remember the title of the story to this piece do you?

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lily-fox In reply to sourslush [2008-01-26 10:07:55 +0000 UTC]

I don't, I'm sorry. But if you go to her FF.net account, I recommend trying a little of everything.

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sourslush In reply to lily-fox [2008-01-27 06:58:49 +0000 UTC]

Dang, ok thanks for trying i'll just have to read through everything not that I can say i won't mind it.

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SanelyChallenged In reply to sourslush [2008-02-10 18:14:10 +0000 UTC]

[link]

^.^

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sourslush In reply to SanelyChallenged [2008-03-10 04:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! I have been sifting through mountains of labythine fanfics for this(not that I'm complaining) , I feel silly for not being able to find it earlier but thank you again you wonderful person!!!!!

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eerieturnip [2008-01-25 17:52:03 +0000 UTC]

sound like a great fic-which i WILL be reading when i have time and this is a deliciously quirky picture

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KurataSana [2008-01-25 07:46:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I love your style! It suits the series so well! Really like the background story behind this, too. Sounds like a good fanfic to me. <3 I love when Jareth is portrayed properly as well. He was such a well written character.

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foreverstrange [2008-01-23 18:29:02 +0000 UTC]

I love the whole tone and texture of he picture.
It's warm and appealing to the eye.
I also love the clothes and expressions.
Fantastic.

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Hettar7 [2008-01-23 00:09:27 +0000 UTC]

so good! You make me want to start reading fanfiction again. The cookie is such a neat touch. who couldn't resist a jam cookie. Jareth does seem to be looking at that rather than at Sarah. I like the ragged sleeves, you did those very true to his outfit. I love tree trunks and branches, so that slim curvey tree in the backgroud is really nice. Sarah's smirk is so interesting. I really like her body. especially that right leg and ankle. I think that's my favorite part of this.

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GoldenfishClover [2008-01-20 18:57:01 +0000 UTC]

beautiful coloring!!!! Great skills with color and line

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candy-quackenbush In reply to ??? [2008-01-20 10:02:52 +0000 UTC]

absolutely adorable..and those raspberry chocolate cookies are delicious, especially with a cup of earl grey

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slapyouwithafish [2008-01-18 22:45:40 +0000 UTC]

poor jareth he was only deeply in love wif her

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jdrainville [2008-01-18 06:07:39 +0000 UTC]

I really like the way you've drawn Sarah. And weirdly enough I love the shoes she's wearing.

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to ??? [2008-01-17 19:50:49 +0000 UTC]

I have featured this fab work in my journal today. Hope that's ok.

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lily-fox In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-01-18 05:12:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh, thank you! You honor me time and again!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to lily-fox [2008-01-18 10:32:53 +0000 UTC]

I just couldn't NOT feature this...it is soooo fun! In the future I want to do a totally Henson/Labyrinth feature so I'm sure I'll be featuring your fab work again!

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CordeliaxShotxHim [2008-01-16 06:18:20 +0000 UTC]

Achk! You perfectly captured the sass that I always wanted to see between them both. I envision that as time has gone on, Jareth's been so caught up in his 'bad boy' attitude to make a real move. When actually, the 'tude is just a cover for his fear and the fact that he is immensely intimidated by Sarah. So - this definitely catches it perfectly for me.

!!!!

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Shahrezad1 [2008-01-15 22:54:53 +0000 UTC]

An enjoyable deviation, with an even more enjoyable artist comment. I'll be sure to check out your friend's one-shots, and in the meanwhile shall enjoy some jam cookies myself. A contribution of peanut butter cookies may also be in order.

(Lastly, the perspective is wonderful on this, and I can't keep saying how much I absolutely love the way Sarah is sitting, and the angle of her legs. Wonderful anatomy, truly.)

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lily-fox In reply to Shahrezad1 [2008-01-16 02:42:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! All the positive feedback on Sarah's figure tells me I should start drawing more chicks with curves!

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Shahrezad1 In reply to lily-fox [2008-01-18 00:16:18 +0000 UTC]

That would be excellent to see. I look forward to more of your work, especially with your beautiful art style. *smiles*

Also, since you seem to be a fan of light-hearted Jareth and Sarah (I did go and read some of those fics you recommended, and I have to admit that she's the Master of Oneshots. =^__^= ), you might be interested in a comic created by [link] .

The basic premise: Jareth and Eric (Phantom of the Opera) are roommates, and who could their neighbors across the hall be but Norrington (POTC) and Javert (Le Miserables). Chaos ensues. Especially when later, they're introduced to their downstairs neighbors: a young french opera singer, and a certain young woman with a love for jam cookies.

And then [link] 's addition, of the girls' POV.

(I'm such a sucker for the Labyrinth...TT.TT)

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lily-fox In reply to Shahrezad1 [2008-01-18 05:06:19 +0000 UTC]

I'm a fan of the Ashe's Roommates comic, and even fonder of Pika's compliment to it.

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bonanzagal In reply to ??? [2008-01-14 21:29:38 +0000 UTC]

cute! i just faved it

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