Specify “established relationship,” “established enemies,” “established tension,” etc. at the top of your ask if you want The Adjudicator to act familiar with the character. Otherwise, they’ll respond as they would in canon.
Personality: Highly focused on law and order. Formal. Aloof. Perfectionist.
Sexuality: Asexual, aromantic, dominant
Timeframe: After the fourth film. John has faked his death and returned. If you want to specify a different timeframe for your ask, that’s totally okay. It’s also totally okay to roleplay characters who are canonically dead.
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Main blog, The Whump Caretaker, with info about the author
“You’re innocent under the eyes of the blind jury; New York? Not much.” Jude tells the made man they’re representing in the following trial. This is their life— of defending, of prosecuting, of seeing order come from chaos.
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on a side note: this was one of my fav scenes to write. not spoilers but adjudicator is a lawyer and a court trial scene follows right after! ^^
I diagnosed Tumblr with a severe lack of screenshots of the Adjudicator from John Wick, so here are a few, because their outfits are too good not to share
Do you perhaps have Adjudicator headcanons⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️🙏🙏🙏🙏
I do!!! Thank you so much for asking 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
A lot of these are from my character sheet for them, but there are also a few new ones. Most of them relate to personality rather than specific events. Idk, I just like who Jude is!
ASPD and autistic. Very fascinated by punishment, in an analytic way. They're interested in its effects on the body, on social systems, and on power.
Jude strikes me as really confident and just enjoying life. They actually aren't super traumatized like the rest of the High Table. They had a supportive family (although they were a crime family), and it was their own choice to pursue a career with the Table. Their...ahem...unusually violent outlook is more nature and less nurture, and they happily own it.
If they are UNhappy, it's probably because things aren't going according to plan. Chaos is super stressful for them. Or if they think they've done something out-of-line themselves, that's upsetting to them (but that's rare).
If they do think they did something wrong, they're really good at apologies. They will genuinely try to make things right.
They're also generally just a curious person, willing to listen to someone talk about niche interests for hours because they enjoy learning new things. ...And curious about gossip and social dynamics, too.
And they're curious about how other people think and feel. That's what the "Empathy" tattoo on their neck is all about - they study others' emotions, partly out of curiosity, partly to benefit friendships, and partly to understand how best to hurt people! ^_^
They earned the respect of the former Adjudicator by helping solve a crime perpetrated by their best friend. They're loyal to friends...until they step out of line. After that, law and order comes first. This impartiality impressed the High Table.
They always had some animosity towards Winston, even before the events of the third film. Winston is just too willing to go against the rules to favor his own interests or people he likes. So they have a minor rivalry going on.
They read Sherlock Holmes and other mystery stories as a kid and became intrigued by detective work. They know lots of random forensics facts.
They listen to true crime podcasts.
They've definitely read Foucault.
They collect interlocking burr puzzles and sometimes play with them while thinking (google it if you aren't familiar, they look really cool).
They love the rain and love to be cozy.
Asexual domination and leather all the way!!! (Aroace of course)
@vindegramont can we talk about Osaka? Obviously you can do that and I’ll back you up but I just…you have a plan, right? There will be backlash from this. Wanted to get some idea of about where your head is at.
I do have a plan. The Table is just losing it’s grip and they appointed me with the privileges of Autem Imperator for a reason. The contract is signed by each and every member of the Table, their signatures are on that paper. I plan on exerting the brutality of the Table.
These underlings act with aggression? They should remember how the High Table was formed— through violence.
@vindegramont can we talk about Osaka? Obviously you can do that and I’ll back you up but I just…you have a plan, right? There will be backlash from this. Wanted to get some idea of about where your head is at.
