canon: Labyrinth; looking for a dressing room or PSL buddy :D

[shinyglassballs]

My, my. Just champing at the bit, aren't you?

Eagerness is endearing in small doses but quite unattractive in excess.

Wouldn't want to make any poorly-thought out wishes, now would you?

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OH LOOK the AU baby is awake.

[princeofgoblins]

That's poorly disguised appreciation for attentiveness. I'd say you're far more at ease with the consideration of a place for yourself than you claim.

Amazing. Neat character! Jareth appreciates his hair <3

[shinyglassballs]

Perhaps. I couldn't blame the human for her enthusiasm, when I'm a cut above all the other louts she deals with.

Thank you!

[princeofgoblins]

Talking yourself up by insulting others; classic.

Honestly, it should be no trouble to find something to do with you. I'm sure you're aware of the saying, "The person who is bored is boring."

[shinyglassballs]

I'm not the one so eager to throw me into something - I have plenty to do without being pulled into one of these odd multiversal cesspools and cinches.

But you're right, the human is very dull and bored.

[princeofgoblins]

Such contempt for your human. From whence does that animosity spring?

And I'm sure you're just bustling with trying to rule over the kingdom. You're a font of boundless energy and enthusiasm for keeping everything running and sparkling.

[shinyglassballs]

[ooc: *cough* just to clarify - does my Jareth look like the right one for your boy? Would they know each other well or was Jareth estranged or dead or gone or old and demented or something from your canon? Or should we keep them in separate timelines? :x]

No special animosity. I regard her the way I do all humans. Or most humans, anyway.

My dear boy, it is very rude of you to make personal remarks. [His eyes flash and he grins.] What sort of animals raised you?

[princeofgoblins]

[ooc: Any way works well for me, though if you want them to be related, I'd be okay with it; I wrote Andy's father as dying/dead after Bowie's death as kind of a vent, but I'm 584% okay with retconning for the sake of being a snippy young prince.]

I was only raised by the most lovely human in all of the kingdoms and realms, and the most wild of beasts who deigns call himself King. [His own smirk reflects Jareth's. Oh, they can be at this all day.]

[shinyglassballs]

[ooc: I did a quick glance over some of your journal entries. We do probs have different ideas about timelines and boundaries of the Labyrinth but w/e. Wibbly-wobbly Nexus magic can make it all gel for now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Any good King must be at least partly beast. At least of this kingdom, or else one couldn't keep certain elements in line.

Don't worry. Keep at it, my lad, and you may find that part of yourself one day. Your teeth are already showing.

[Yes they could. Thank goodness they're alone - they must be intolerable together for other people.]

[princeofgoblins]

[ooc: If you wanna go into the ins and outs of that I'm always free to do so! I have some crazy expansive headcanons and world-building so if you want to play in my sandbox or yours, it's all good!]


[His smile goes toothy. Praise isn't a small gift from Jareth, he knows, and is often hidden under bluster and self-congratulatory pomp, but it means the world to him all the same. He tosses his hair and squares his shoulders, looking all the more like a preening crow.]

Beastliness is only one facet of a many-sided shining crystal, one which will gleam in time. I'm polishing the other portions first; nobody needs a rude guttersnipe, hm?

[Or, his mother often reminds him, one too much like his father. The reason for succession is growth, not more of the same.]

[shinyglassballs]

[ooc: Yessss! LOL let's chat and we can combine sandboxes, if you feeling like turning this into a PSL of some kind :D I've got a custom over here if you wanna talk some more.]

[Yup, Jareth is here for all of your emotionally-distant, praise-stingy Dad needs.]

Absolutely not. I've told you before that you disrespect our subjects at your peril, little prince. That's how mortals stumble in and don't come out - they fall prey to greed or pride or rudeness with creatures bigger and nastier than they are.

[princeofgoblins]

[Little?? Excuse you, dad, he's 20 years old. Hell, you've tried wooing people much younger than him. But the wrinkle of his nose is all Jareth gets out of that line of thought before his smile soothes it over.]

One must only play the mirror to the worse elements of our subjects, to bring them to glory or ruin. I understand. But I still find it foul to assume that just because they have overcome their flaws in the short term, that our lessons stick through til the end. Do you ever do any follow-up on these subjects of yours?

[shinyglassballs]

[Yes little. Your existence has been the blink of an eye, as far as he's concerned and he probably doesn't need to remind you of that again. And yeah, maybe don't think too hard about your father's proclivities, it can't end well.]

I rarely do. The ones who need the lessons have learned by now that if they step out of line with their flaws, they don't get a second chance with me.

And one needn't reflect those worse elements with every subject. It depends on the being. Some require the utmost tact and courtesy. [Which yes, before you comment, Jareth is actually capable of.]

[princeofgoblins]

[Tact and courtesy are absolutely in the realm of Jareth! Even Andivad knows it.]

And to which beings would you be showing that courtesy, were they to come unbidden to you?

[fantasyforgotten]

Perhaps you should be grateful.

[ He looks familiar. Why does he look familiar? ]

[shinyglassballs]

[Jareth raises an eyebrow. He's met a lot of Sarahs in these places, and no two were ever quite the same.

He takes a few steps toward her. Not tentative, because the Goblin King was never tentative, but to get a better look at her.]

My, my. You're right. You know all about not taking things for granted now, don't you?