Jingly Menace x Knight

just a compilation of all of foolknight 🃏 ♞

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Some more jester sketches cause why not?

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When the knight wanted a token from his favorite jingly menace before the tournament for luck

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Also adding my OG Jingly Menace x Knight art cause I guess this is where I’m keeping them

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The knight likes to pretend that he finds the jester annoying and just tries to ignore him but he’s definitely secretly charmed by his antics

Not that you can tell beneath his helmet

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For the people wanting to know more about them here are a few character facts:

-When they first met the knight did not like the jester. He found him infuriatingly ridiculous and silly. He is still mostly convinced that the jesters flirting isn't serious and that he's just doing it to make fun of him. Alas the jesters persistence is wearing him down. (How can you not like a silly little guy?)

-If you've seen my OG colored jester art then you may already know this but the Jester has heterochromia

-The jester has never actually seen the knights face. At this point the knight keeps refusing to take off his helmet just to annoy him and the jester keeps trying different methods to get it off of him which culminated into a game of strip poker where the knight removed every other piece of armor but left the helmet on

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Couldn’t resist a quick sketch of the strip poker scene XD

The jester is losing his mind. He is both entirely frustrated for being thwarted but also into it

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This is entirely @chronicoddity ‘s fault for sending me the slutty costume picture and then I couldn’t resist 😂

Not portrayed but a second later the knight panics and rips down a tapestry from the wall to cover the jester up with. If it was anyone else the king might have been upset given that it was a very old one but he’s enjoying the drama.

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This addition is NOT for the jesters eyes so if you are him then leave now

Some knight sketch designs. I’ve had a pretty clear idea of what he looks like for a while now and finally wanted to do some for him. Also a few additional facts:

-The knight blames the jester for at least half of his gray hairs because of all the stress he puts him under. Fighting in battles is nothing compared to the stress of a jingly menace

-The jester likes to try and pick fights with guys bigger than him but then will do the “You can’t hit me! I’m just a silly little guy!” He is always delighted when the knight steps up to defend him and sometimes does it purposefully for just that

-The knight definitely has some type of Pavlovian response to bells. If he hears jingling he immediately perks up and starts looking for his favorite menace

-Also once the jester finally does get to see his face he definitely targets that scar on his mouth for kisses

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The Jingly Menace is being a menace

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Hey hi hello there. Big fan of your work. My partner and i made an au with our characters based on foolknight. :P Anyway. I am a Monty in the world, and i hear *you* have a Monty character!!! i would like to know more please if you are so willing <3/p Thank you for your time :3

Hi! Thanks so much!! Woohoo another Monty!

My Monty is the king of foolknights kingdom. His true name is Clairmonte but is affectionately called ‘Monty’ by his sister and friends. He became king tragically at the very young age of seventeen but has been doing his best. He’s fairly laid back and jovial and is always down to have a good time. Loves throwing parties. He’s bisexual/aromantic and to his advisors despair continues to refuse to take a wife but takes joy in matchmaking others and in particular is trying to get his knight and court jester to finally admit their feelings for each other (he is totally also ignoring his secret fear that if they do end up together that he will find himself abandoned and left behind because the world centers romance far more heavily than platonic relationships. Nope he’s not going to think about that. He just wants them to be happy :)). He generally means well but there is plenty of the world that he has been shielded from in his stone towers so in some regards he is oblivious to the cruel realities of those less fortunate and can come across as frivolous. He has a fascination with the cosmos and charts the stars in his free time. His best friend is Sir Augustine who for a while was the only person outside of his sister that he trusted after he saved his life. Sometimes he still has ptsd dreams where he is only able to be comforted by his knights presence. He adores his younger sister who he admittedly lets get away with far too much and he’s struggled trying to balance being an older brother but also essentially having to be a father figure after their parents death when she was very young. He’s big hearted with his own trust issues and I love him dearly ❤️

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Hi! I found your content a month or so ago and have been obsessed ever since! I love your characters and their dynamics so much!

Just out of curiosity, since we know Jester's real name now, how would he react to someone actually calling him by it?

Hi there! Thanks so much!!

If he's getting called that out of the blue he would initially freeze up and then grimace. His usual bright smile is gone and he's immediately telling them not to call him that.

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Hello there!

Im kinda new here so is there like a story you have written and based off of that you make more things(if it is then please could you show it to me?) or does the story progress by itself with the blog?

Hi there!! I am currently am in the process of trying to write a story but otherwise my blog is just me gushing about my characters and occassionally making art 😂

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How would the confrontation go down? Wpuld Jester react badly or be scared -- maybe both?

Jester would definitely panic a little. Augustine isn't being rude or even accusing but he's being insistent and pushing for answers about who Jester really is and about his past and Jester doesn't want to give them. The fool is wide eyed and if his face wasn't already painted white he would have gone a little pale. When he continues to refuse to give any answers Augustine steps closer, a warning in his voice "If you are a danger to his Majesty-"

"I would never do anything to endanger, Monty." Jester cuts in quickly, "But I-I can't tell you. Just let it go. Please."

Augustine isn't sure if it's the uncharacteristic pleading or the panicked look on his face but he lets it go and chooses to trust him. He gives a nod and steps away, but there is now an uncomfortable pit in his stomach. Jester clearly is afraid of something

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ALSO. how would Sir Augustine react... if he sees that Jester's blondness... is being... consumed... by his natural black hair... before knowing that Jester is a criminal on the run..../the truth about the Duke etc etc

I think he would be initially just be surprised because he wasn't suspecting it but it would also ignite some suspicions in him. Already Jester is rather cagey and vague or straight up lies about his past and now it's clear that he is purposefully changing his appearance. It paints a certain kind of picture about the man and what he might be hiding. By this point Augustine has grown to care about him but now he has to also seriously question who he really is and specifically if what he is hiding is dangerous to his king. It makes it very complicated for him and I think he would eventually just confront him about it

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Hey! :D I know western au exists for our favorite Jester and Sir Augustine (I feel like the only correct way to refer to him is with the Sir. Like, *tips hat* Sir.) but do you have any other aus of the two? If so, what are they? I'd love to hear about them.. and feel free to rant!

Hey!

There are two that I've more fleshed out a bit on here. Frankenfool was a Halloween Frankenstein AU with Augustine being the creature. It was just a bit for the spooky season that I had some fun with. Also I did one sketch for it :)

One prior to that was a Genderbent AU. Originally I posted about it joking that absolutely nothing changes except that they're women now. But then I realized that if I was being realistic to how my characters behave that the Duke would never have sent his daughter to become a knight because he holds to more old fashioned beliefs. So instead Augustine would have been sent off to become one of the veiled priestesses and Jester finds herself suddenly VERY interested in religion. I unfortunately don't have a sketch of that one as I got really busy at the time and didn't find time for it though I still kind of want to cause I think it could be fun.

I was also briefly thinking about a steampunk au but then got distracted and didn't get any further with it XD

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Okay did Augustiene hear about the servant who stabbed his father or is he very much out of the loop in terms of what's going at the Duke's house?

So the actual stabbing was kept under wraps from anyone outside of the household so that nobody gets the wrong idea and thinks that the Duke's security is weak or that one servant is enough to take him down. Obviously his own guards who are looking for Jester and those in his household know but everyone else just thinks that the Duke has been feeling a little ill which is why he is recovering at home and Caius is handling all of his social engagements and duties at court in his stead :)

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I've been scrolling and obsessing over Jester for half an hour can you rant about his life for me pleaaaaase

Oh I will HAPPILY rant about Jester. Though this is going to probably end up being far too long so to save anyone who doesn't want to have to scroll past my far too long post I'm going to hide the rest of it

The start of Jester's life was not unique in it's hardship. There are many with similar stories. Born Cyril Blythe in the slums to a mother who was barely more than a girl herself and no real idea of what to do with a child and a father who was long gone, he was destined for a difficult path. He was just one of many impoverished children and his relationship with the one parent he had was rocky. His mothers moods could swing wildly. Sometimes she was cold and distant like she blamed him for her hardships and others she was affectionate and warm, even crying and apologizing for their lot. Hunger and uncertainty were a common aspect of his early life, but he learned many lessons. Like how to be charming and how it could ease your way in life. "What an adorable boy!" women of the red light district his mother worked with would croon and pat his head as they gave him treats and and meals and sent him on his way. Or how to steal. His mother knew a few things about that. "Just climb through that window. You're small enough to fit. If you take the bag on the desk we'll go get a treat." And she kept her promise. Seeing his mom smile and pat his head was almost as good as the pastries they shared afterward. Most of the time he was left to his own devices, sometimes even left alone days at a time, and he ran the worn down streets with equally wild and barefoot children. With them he sharpened his skills- how to pick pocket and steal or charm people into getting what he wanted. There was more than once that he got caught and spent a night in the gaol but he just learned to be sneakier next time.

And then he became entranced by the traveling performers coming through. He found them awe inspiring and even more than that the coins being tossed their way. If he had that kind of coin he would never be hungry again. It took a little wheedling but he managed to convince some of them to teach him a little of their skills and he naturally had a talent for it. He had a natural hypermobility and practice with balance and sleight of hand that he had honed via his thieving. And so he took the basics of what they had taught him and he practiced even long after they left the city. As he improved he began doing his own street performing to make extra coins. He was impressive enough that at eleven he caught the eye of one of the retainers of a noble house. It was consider a status symbol for a well off noble house to have their own personal entertainers to show off to guests and to assuage their own boredom. There was a clear talent in Cyril that the retainer could easily imagine being molded into greatness. He would serve well in his lords house and how pleased the Duke would be to have such a talent. So arrangements were made. Before he knew it his own mother sold him off to work in the Duke's household under a contract as an "indentured servant". Just like that he lost all of his freedom and was carted off to live in the nobles estate. That was how he learned his mothers greatest lesson- the only person you can trust is yourself.

He hated it. It was strict and harsh. He had to be up early to get to work and his time was split between assisting the other servants in chores and being trained to hone his performing skills before finally getting to crash into his bed exhausted only to do it all over again tomorrow. And if you stepped out of line in any regard they had no qualms about corporal punishment. And so he tried to escape his fate. Multiple times. A couple times he did get away only to be roughly dragged back and brutally disciplined. And each time added more and more time to his contract. In the interim of his escape attempts he lived there for years and when his skills became good enough he became one of the star performers of the Duke's household even as he loathed his time there. And then when he was twenty-four, after spending more than half his life there, he tried one final escape attempt and also stabbed the Duke on his way out. He knew that final act would seal his fate if he got caught. He tried to flee the city but quickly discovered that the Duke's men were faster and blocked off all gates leading out and more were patrolling the streets looking for him. He wasn't just a runaway now. He was a criminal who had attacked one of the nobility. With little else to do he hunkered down in the city and did his best not to be noticed. He dyed his dark hair to blonde and kept his gaze down so no one would notice his mismatch colored gaze. For the next couple of days each second was pure tension and he kept hoping that the Duke's men would eventually give up but they didn't seem to. He could tell from a distance that the guards at the gates were checking the face of every person who tried to exit. And worse there was a bounty on his head so it was only a matter of time before someone recognized him and turned him in. And then while skulking in a tavern wearing a stolen cloak he overheard a conversation that would change the rest of his life. The King was looking for a new court jester. Only a fool would go to the castle if they were in his position but oh a fool he could play. It was the one place no one would think to look for him and the king likely had far better things to concern himself with while running a country than one random criminal. He had likely not even heard about him. So. Making a decision that may be his worst idea yet he took himself to the castle to offer his services to the king.

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If you put Tomfoolery in a little suit of armor and/or jester costume I will give you my large intestine 🙏

Tomfoolery would obviously be a little jester! Though no need for a large intestine 😆

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I've been looking for this blog for TOO LONG

Lol well welcome to my blog! Glad you found it! 😆

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Hii

Love love love this universe that you have created. I think you already answer this question but I can't find it but will you be publishing a graphic novel or publishing a story about them?

Where can we find it?

Thanksss have a good one.

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Thanks so much! Currently I've been trying to write it out as a story so if I ever finish it and post it I'll def let you know!

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iiim back and I have art :3

please I beg ignore the face

OMG LOOK AT HER!! This is so good THANK YOU!! Lowkey obsessed now with the idea of Isolde and Monty having matching gold eyeliner. I love the little details with her braids and gold beads and the sheer fabric is such a nice touch!

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I can’t believe that my silly guys have so many people following them!! It honestly means so much!

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I apologise for the long ask I got excited

You're totally fine!! It's sweet!!

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hhhhhhhello

I can't remember if you ever drew isolde or not so I'm making fanart now you can't stop me

(when I can motivate enough to)

please do not judge my awful drawing skills I found a drawing of mine and went yup this is isolde in a dress now

Hii! I have drawn her once but I'm def curious to see your interpretation!! :3

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Is this kingdom progressive? Because we all know that historically, the medieval times weren't great for queer people. But in this universe, we have a Black king who ships his knight and court jester. It also seems like gay marriage is legal, considering your answer to that one ask about Augustine and Jester's wedding bands. I hope so! It's very healing to see AUs with accepting societies, even if they may not be historically accurate. Also, I just wanted to say that I adore your art and characters. I first saw Augustine and Jester on Pinterest but managed to find your Tumblr after some serious digging. Worth it!!

I would definitely consider it so! I'm def not going for historical accuracy and mostly just wanted to write/create something that was lighthearted and fun. In their society there are definitely some people who would disapprove of such things and there are more "old-fashioned" individuals that hold on to more homophobic or more misogynistic ideals but their society is becoming more progressive so queer couples and lady knights and such are becoming more of a norm.

And thank you so much!! ❤