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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
Cute. I've got some Laby fanfics on FanFiction.net. The link is in my signature if you want to check them out.
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Jareth and cookie needs to be in the same sentence more often.
I love the look on Sarah's face. And her hat. And her very shapely yummy legs.
This is so cute, I just have to read that fanfiction now.
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Wow. This is too cute! XD I love how she just held up her hand and shoved the cookie in his face and he's all "O_o; Em..wtf?" And I especially love how you recognized that his left eye appeared hazel. I thought I was the only one who noticed! <3
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Heehee, I had to fave this JUST because you got his hair exactly right.
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For real? 
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I just looked through your gallery after making that comment. The gradation on you hair is awesome. I love Ziggy Stardust hair.
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I think I sent a blank comment. sorry.
This a beautiful piece. The coloring is wonderful and the linework is fantastic, especailly for Sarah's legs. I love how your style is a bit Art Nouveau
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Do you have the link for this fic??
love the expresstion on Sarah's face and Jareth looks like he's going to fall backward like a piece of wood any second
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This is sooo adorable!!
And I know what you mean! Jareth's no saint, but he
does have a heart.
He loves her. He was crying when he sang "Within You."
I love this idea. And the fact that you made him pine for
the jam cookie. Haha
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With the way his hands are posed he's like
"for me?!?!"
I LOVE it! And the 
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very clean and clear, the colors are very well balanced, also the composition!
Very nice, the faces are quite well adjusted to the style and I must say we have in my country a cookie looking just like that and is called: "angel eyes".
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lol. I cannot describe how much i love this.
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I love it. Jareth's, like, "HOMG... Cookie..."
Nice job. I need to read this story, now. I can already tell it's going to change my outlook on the film. ^_^
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Oh no, it's never embarrassing to read Labyrinth fanfiction
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True. It's embarrassing to be caught reading Labyrinth fanfiction. ;D
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Ah, I feel your pain...I've given up on reading Labyrinth fan fics, due to painfully bad writing skills and poor character developement. However, I am definetly going to have to check this one out, since you gave it your seal of approval.
I really think this this picture is amusing. I love Sarah's expression. No longer is she the wide-eyed girl so easily duped into his devious ploys. I like that you shown her as an adult ready to give him a run for his money. I have no doubt that he will rise to the occasion once he gets over the initial shock. lol. The raspberry jam cookie is a delightfully delicious addition, very clever.
All in all a very well rendered piece, even when I saw the small thumbnail, I knew exactly who these characters were and it enticed me to take a closer look! Bravo, Bravo 
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Golly, well, if you've read all the good ones, you got to write your own!
Thank you! Yesss, I can imagine a heated game of Chase may follow their picnic...
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So so so so VERY GOOD, and so so so so VERY CUTE
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I love this soooooooo much!
And I've also bookmarked Kytten's fanfiction to read asap!
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Lol. This picture made my day.
It's true -- a lot of people make Jareth too evil, but conversely there are authors who make him too sweet and sensitive. Hard to find a good medium...
Anywho, great picture
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I also loved your 'dance with the devil' picture. Btw.
hope you have a nice day!
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This is true. But I'll take the sentimental mushery over the vicious jerk any day.
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Lollercopters.
Sarah is drawn amazingly well. For some reason, I really like how her nose is drawn.
My only crit: Jareth's face looks too big in comparison to his body. Or perhaps something is off about his body's proportions in comparison to his face?
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I have huge issues with how Jareth's face turned out, but for the life of me I couldn't seem to fix it. So, he stays lookin' bizarre. ;D
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But bizarre in a dashing, Goblin King way.
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*giggle* Okay, this? Hands-down, my favorite of your Labyrinth pieces, which is saying a lot. (Wallpaper on my computer and everything . . . so much love.)
I have a serious soft spot for any flavor of assertive Sarah. (I think it comes of me actually agreeing with the end of the movie, unlike a lot of Labyrinth fangirls.) Clearly I need to read the fic this was inspired by!
The picture is so brilliant, though. I am in love with their expressions, particularly Sarah's. (She looks so impish!) Her pose/anatomy is just fantastic too, and . . . have I ever mentioned that your coloring is generally to die for? So balanced, so warm, such lovely shading . . . Jareth's gloves could maybe use a subtle light-colored outline, but that's about the only crit I can think of.
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If you're looking at it seriously (which is hard because, come on), I don't see how anyone could disagree with the end of the flick. Like, she was rescuing her baby brother. I'd have murdered Jareth with my bare hands for my little sister, and there have been times when I think I'd have idly wished her away. If Toby hadn't been an issue, though, it'd be real tough to say no to that voice.
I'm a fan of assertive Sarah as well.
I'm really glad you like this so much. I'm fond of Sarah's anatomy, too. I think it's very sexy for girls to have big hips and bottoms like that. Ha ha, yeah, I think I should have just stolen Jareth's gloves. They're just an affectation anyway!
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Oh, sure: I think most people would agree that she needed to save Toby. But even without Toby . . . I agree with her rejecting Jareth's offer, and I'm not sure how much agreement I'd meet with on that one. Probably it's me taking it slightly too seriously, still, but there it is.
Yes, precisely! I mean, she was a little snotty, but that was when she was 15. If you're going to write older!Sarah, I think some maturity is in line, as well as the strength she already obviously had.
*grin* Yes, I am fond of curves, there's no denying it.
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Actually, I agree with you. What he was offering was an illusion. She'd miss out on all the goodness of reality, all the sweetness and pain and majesty of normalcy. I think I would have turned him down, but I have a terrible weakness for a man in love.
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Well, I like to think they'd have a chance for something later, maybe, once she was older and able to conduct a romance on her own terms anyway.
Dear lord. You know, I haven't thought this much about Labyrinth in years.
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Considering how well-thought and well-spoken you are, sounds to MEEE like SOMEbody ought to get to writing a smidge of fanfic! :] You'd have an anticipatory audience in me, rarin' to go. What say you, baby?
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*laughs* Aw, see, the trouble is that the Labyrinth fanfic that lives in my head is a humongous epic! And I really don't have time for that, not with my other projects.
Maybe I'll dabble in some shorter stuff. It's certainly on my mind, now! But it'll have to wait a little, things at my new job are going to be super hectic for the next few weeks.
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I hear that. I hope things at your work steady out sooner rather than later, because I'm going to LOVE reading what you got. Please drop me a note when you've got something you can share with us.
Writing an epic is something I've never had the stamina for. I love short stories. They're the work of passionate, lazy bastards like me. 
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That would make an awesome fanfic. I haven't read too many Labyrinth fanfics, but I do like them. I need to find some that are funny as well... I love this picture! And you are right about him being the... good villain (?).
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oh jareth, you know you want it -- take the cookie!
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I hecka want to eat one of those jam cookies now! O__O! But my sister just ate the last one.. Guess it's time to go find a recipe!~
My only criticism would have to be that Sarah's head seems a bit large in proportion to her body, but other than that, the illustration is adorable.
I actually prefer drama/angst over fluff n' stuff when I read fanfiction haha~ But I do agree with you in that some authors really overdo the "evil" bit and leave you a bit put out at the near one-dimensional nature of their characterization of Jareth.
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Totally. Handling angst with style is tricky. Like cilantro in cooking. You gotta know.
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This is probably the far most cited "best" story, but my favourite Labyrinth fanfiction would still have to be "A Forfeit of Dreams" by KL Morgan (and believe me, I blaze through this stuff like Ferrero Rochers during finals season). Just the right amount of angst..but with a rather agreeable happy ending! The sequel...I wasn't too keen on that, partially because of its .00032% of ever being updated again.
I used to eat cilantro by the bunches when I was a child. Strange, seeing as everyone else in my family seems to detest it.
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If you like a character or movie, you generally shouldn't read any fanfiction about it. It's terrible and twisted, not to mention will ruin your view and love of that character for all time. Internet tip #309.
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Are you kidding? Fanfiction is the cure for the post-movie blues! Labyrinth practically laid out a mat for it.
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yeah, I sort of got the "zomg. a cookie? for meez?" feeling to this...but it was still absolutely adorable :3
...I'm having some issues with her left hand, but maybe it's just me. I love her legs/shoes though, so that makes up for it. good job! a silly/sweet/simple side trip in your series.
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i am a super Labyrinth freak, so this piece makes me laugh a lot.
i just sooo great. i swear, Jareth is one of those characters you can't help but love (even if he has no hands, lol...liked your note)
so what if he looks confused...its Jareth. and she is Sarah. i like it no matter what! its great!
i really want a jam cookie right now...*goes and buys knott's berry farm jam cookies*
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Cookie Jareth cookie cookie Jareth. XD
I love this, it's adorable. He really seems quite beside himself over a jam cookie! :3
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X3 Now to put "Jareth" and "panties" in the same picture. Or "Jareth" and "kitty"!
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This is a great pic! I'll definitely go and check out the one-shots, as it's always good to read decent Labyrinth fanfics. Have you read KL Morgan's "A Forfeit of Dreams"? The best Labyrinth fanfic I've read, if not one of the best fanfics I've read period. Definitely check out her story, too, as it's worth it.
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omygawd this is too cute.
I love her smirk. XD great job!
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