Apr 16, 2025
Not in my writing mood but made this drawing of a fanart of Raoul Whitfield's Jo Gar, his Filipino hardboiled detective solving crimes in American-era Manila. Should I further color it or should this stay as it is?
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Not in my writing mood but made this drawing of a fanart of Raoul Whitfield's Jo Gar, his Filipino hardboiled detective solving crimes in American-era Manila. Should I further color it or should this stay as it is?
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Jo Gar Series - Ramon Decolta Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jo Gar - Character, Sadi Ratan Additional Tags: Original Character(s), The Magician Murder, The Magician Murder AU, Abuse of Authority, not-quite accurate depiction of legal processes in pre-Revised Penal Code era, mixed opinions on American-era occupation, it's set during the American occupation of the Philippines (duh!), no beta we die like every murder victim of every Jo Gar story ever, sadi sounds more like a spurned lover fight me Summary:
“And you will be brought to trial for lying to me, a police officer!” Edilberto heard Lieutenant Ratan fiercely threaten Jo Gar. “‘Lying to me?’” he repeated the words mockingly as a greeting to the lieutenant. He closed the door behind him a little too strongly and raised a brow at the lieutenant. “Who the fuck do you think Jo Gar is, your wayward husband?”
When a chat about the case of the murdered magician goes ugly, one of Jo Gar's longtime acquaintances walks up into the scene and chooses figurative violence against the lieutenant of the Manila Police Station who thinks he is right in accusing an innocent man of a murder he may not commit. Or "The Magician Murder" AU in which someone puts Sadi Ratan in his place. Title from Taylor Swift's "Karma".
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October 1931 issue
cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer
~ Thomson Burtis, “Every Move a Picture”, part 1 of 2, ‘Dan Sloane, movie director, on location in TX for $3million production’, 1st of 6 appearances in BM
~ Tom Curry, “The Roper”, 22nd of 23 with Macnamara (Mac), NYPD 1st grade dick, 37th of 39 stories in BM
~ Roman Decolta, “Shooting Gallery”, Jo Gar, 16th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Hot Squat”, 38th of 73 Ed Jenkins, 55th of 99 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Death’s Not Enough”, 7th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 35 of 67 stories in BM
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Steel Arena”, ‘Alan Van Cleve, wealthy sportsman, man-about-town, 3rd (of 6) segment in The Skyline Murders series; printed as separate stories rather than conventional serial’; pub. as Killer’s Carnival (1932) under pseudonym of Temple Field’, 51st of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]
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Proud of Tag
Thank you @winterandwords for the tag!
Instructions: Post a snippet you’ve written that you’re pleased by/proud of and tag some friends.
This is from my Jo Gar fanfic as part of the Perfect 'Verse:
“That Miguel Chua is making our lives difficult!” Sadi Ratan uttered in exasperation. “Simply because he likes to make our lives difficult?” Jo Gar asked, expressionless, or at least he tried to sound to be. He had just finished smoking one of his favored local brown-papered cigarettes and was desperate for another. Another minute with Lieutenant Sadi Ratan and he would go mad. “Or that you didn’t like the fact that he didn’t cower at you like the other Chinese suspects we’d had before?”
Tagging: @bookish-karina, @satohqbanana, @avoidingcertaindoom, @thewriteflame + open tag to those who are interested.
Happy writing!
OC Questions Tag
Thank you, @thewriteflame for the tag!
Let us focus on the OC of my Perfect 'Verse, Miguel Chua y Hizon:
5 words to physically describe your OC:
Tan-skinned, dark-eyed, medium-height, smirking, and snarky.
Who inspired your OC?:
I do not have a singular source of inspiration for my OC, but he is the product of the questions in my mind like how would Jo Gar and Sadi Ratan would deal with someone with a victim-slash-survivor of Filipino and Chinese heritage (he is a Chinese mestizo, BTW). Someone who would rather gouge his eyes than deal with the likes of them for various reasons. Someone who defies the two men's way of thinking of his kind, someone who does not let them bully him.
Give me a song to define your OC:
Cassandra by Taylor Swift, which expresses his fears of not being believed by many (especially by Jo Gar and Sadi Ratan) and paying the ultimate price for trying to expose the truth about a family that actually committed crimes.
If I met your OC on the street, how would they greet me?:
If I bump with him on the street, he would be freaking out and go apologetic about me being hurt, like "Oh no! I'm so sorry! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" But he would be gentlemanly with me throughout our interactions and ensure that I am safe if I decide to leave.
Can your OC be your best friend? Why?:
If he is in the current state he is in the 'Verse, it is going to be difficult to get through his armor of sarcasm. But if he lets you in, you will see that underneath all the layers of snark, you will see that he cares about his family and friends, he has fears and insecurities, and that he does his best to keep himself above water. He is a sweet, smart, loyal guy bogged down by his personal baggage (and his secret mission) but tries not to show it to others due to his upbringing, training, and circumstances. Given the circumstances, it may take time, but yes, I can be besties with Miguel because I see his struggles and I go through such as well and we love to roast the two guys (because why the hell not? The feeling is mutual!)
1 adjective and 1 noun to describe your OC:
Mistrustful survivor
Soft-tagging: @avoidingcertaindoom, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @winterandwords, @laplumedemaureen, but this is also an open tag for those who want to participate in the game.
Happy Writing!
Heads Up Seven Up
Thank you @thewriteflame for the tag!
May I present thee another excerpt from my (still in progress) Jo Gar fanfic for the Perfect 'Verse:
“We have gotten ourselves a work, it seems,” Jo only responded as he draped the soiled coat on a coat rack while the young man removed his necktie and placed it beside him. “At least, it is what we have gotten ourselves into.” “Trouble, Señor Gar, that’s what we’ve gotten ourselves into,” Lieutenant Ratan fired back while Chua was unbuttoning his shirt. “This man is trouble personified.” “Thanks for the compliment, Sadi Satan,” he heard Miguel Chua mutter, wincing as he shrugged his shirt and leaving him with just the undershirt while ignoring the way the lieutenant reared back in shock. Then he stared at the lieutenant and breezily said, “Oh don’t worry, my family also thinks I am trouble, so you’re not the only one who thinks so.” Jo watched Lieutenant Ratan still in shocked daze as he took the shirt and hung it on the coat rack.
Tagging @winterandwords, @radiowrites, @bookish-karina, and @chauceryfairytales. This is also an open tag for those who want to participate in the tag game.
Happy writing!
Heads Up Seven Up
Thank you @winterandwords for the tag!
Time to switch gears from the usual, yes? Here is from my WIP (definitely still in progress) Jo Gar fanfic (I decided to add the last line because it is relevant):
Once out of the building and onto Escolta, Jo took a calesa that would take him inside of Binondo. While in the vehicle, he began formulating questions he would ask, search for streets to walk to ponder and investigate. Miguel Chua was being searched both by his boss and his family and it would have been difficult to find out who to tell any discovery first if he did accept both. But the choice was not difficult to make, for Adalberto Chua had the decency to show him how his brother looked like unlike his most recent boss. Jo Gar closed his eyes as the calesa wheels rattled to Calle Salazar, to the diner where the missing mestizo and his friend used to eat dinners, but he was not sleeping. His mind was awake. And he knew one thing: The game is on.
Tagging @avoidingcertaindoom, @laplumedemaureen, @radiowrites, and @kaylinalexanderbooks but this is also an open tag for those who want to participate.
Happy writing!
Last Line Tag
Thank you @chauceryfairytales for the tag!
From the Perfect 'Verse fanfic:
The lieutenant calmed down enough to answer, "Then we must work together. For Miguel Chua's sake. Then we go back to enmity once this is over." "I dare say we will, Lieutenant," Jo Gar responded as amicably as he could. Jo desperately hoped, Please let us go back where we have been since we met. Please, please, please, please...
Tagging: @bookish-karina, @avoidingcertaindoom, @winterandwords, @thewriteflame, @satohqbanana + open tag to those who want to join the tag game.
Happy writing!