#jack utdm

[acesandocs]

The gang indulges in some unrestrained summer fun!

This has been a wip for gosh knows how long, but I managed to get it done. It started with just Maire but then everyone got to join in.

The gang mostly belongs to @libras-interactives Lottie belongs to @maryannsstrawberry i belive. So sorry for misattributing her to Libra. Who has custody of Little Lottie I'm still unsure of tho.

Individual pngs below (theyre suposed to be transparent, but i guess tumblr can just decide not to do that sometimes. free website and all that), as well as art thoughts.

We’ll go from left to right

Jack: I feel like if Jack is going to the beach he need some protection from the sun. So along with a early 1920s style mens swimsuit, he’s also got a sun hat and a housecoat. I based it of a womans house coat as they look very light and breathable which probably helps with the heat while keeping him safe from sun. House coats were also generally not uncomon to wear on the beach. I also just like messing around with gender presentation in my art. I’m sure Marius approves.

Marius: Marius is sporting a mens bathing suit from the late 1920s. As he is very fashion forward I felt it fit him to wear something a bit more up to date. His fur pattern does make it look like he was wearing shorts and a t shirt and got sunburned lol. I based his fur on Eveline’s and the photos of the cat he was based on. Maybe a gradient would make it look a bit less silly idk. Feel free to weigh in if you have any ideas.

Eveline: I know Eveline prefers clothing from the late 1900-1910s more but I really loved how she looked with her hair up. I based her bathing suit on a 1920s version but added a few flairs to give it a bit more of a retro vibe for the time.

The Lotties: I gave Lottie a bathing suit with a belt and a cap. As per the laws of the Lackadaisy-verse her ears are tucked safely into her cap. No ear holes here. I wanted to give her a beach bag but I couldn't find any type of purse specifically for that so she’s got a shopping bag instead. I felt she needed somewhere to keep little Lottie's beach toys and sun screen, speaking of: She is wearing a very normal child's bathing suit. Not much to say on it. I focused more on her posing than her fashion.

Máire: the original name for this drawing when I was just planning on drawing her was bathing beauties… Anyway, she strikes me as someone who uses her time at the beach to relax and look good while doing it. Her swimsuit is based on something I saw on Pinterest. It had flowers painted on it which strikes me more as being ornamental. Shes also a pair of fashionable heals and a parasol.

And last but not least Malwina: Malvina’s bathing suit is technically from 1926, so maybe she is just way ahead of the trends. Her shoes are laced beach shoes. I feel like shed take the opertunity to enjoy the fresh air, and swim in the cooling water. Maybe check out some cute boys. I think shed enjoy having a day where she can just be a normal teenager.

Mc is probably around. Maybe off buying soda pops for everyone.

My main source for most of this was vintage dancer

[annlytical]

First actual art post- woo!

Messy traditional art as I try to finalize Aisling’s design-

[[Mobile camera quality sucks :’) ]]

Jack: I ain’t drinkin’ nothin’ called ‘Bloody Mary’

Aisling: Yeah. You first, Marius

Marius: What? Zat monstrosity?! No-

Máire: A knight on a white horse, quite romantic. A creative spirit, riding to you, or you to him.

Maria/Malwina: Oh! The knight of cups! How romantic ♡

Aisling: *Was thinking of the crazy, eccentric violinist*

Only the calico with short hair is my OC, who for now is names Aisling Mayfield, the others belong to an amazing interactive Lackadaisy fanfic called Under the Devil’s Moon created by @libras-interactives and the UTDM OCs designs I used the designs from @acesandocs

[missedditart]

I had some Under the devil's moon illustrations i wanted to finish during winter break, but I forgot my tablet pen back at school. So im resigned to the physical medium for now. Silly doodles be upon ye. Featuring my lackadaisy oc and by extent utdm mc, her name is Åse but usually goes by a nick name. She is also recycled heavily based on an old dnd oc.

Everyone else of course belongs to @libras-interactives.

Im figuring out how to draw Evelyn's hair as i go. Middle parts tend to mess me up for some reason. Dont look at Marius' heels, everytime i have to draw shoes from a weird angle i loose a year of my lifespan istg.

[libras-interactives]

hi libra!! ari ladybugkisses here! the stars have aligned perfectly for me to finally sit down and catch up on UtDM, and i just wanted to say i loved ch2 soso much i've probably re-read the scene with Rocky 3 times since LMAO but. while Rocky's still my #1 somehow Jack really grew on me 😳 i already really liked him and the other OCs (MC's friendship with Marius and Jack is especially cute as hell to me) but -gestures vaguely- I DUNNO maybe all the trauma and guard dog mixed with nervous chihuahua trope got to me. he's now in poor little meow meow territory (i worry for his height difference with Ari though holy shit-) anyway!! i love this story and characters and your writing so much ♥️ i can't wait to see what you have in store for chapter 3 (except i totally can. please take care of yourself by taking your time and staying hydrated gdskgds) -🐞💋

omg hi!!! im so glad you got a chance to check out my madness haha. Im so curious what Background/Job you picked for Ari!

(I'm actually surprised Jack is as popular as he is, but maybe I shouldnt be?? I love shaking him like a chewtoy too...)

thank you for the kind words, hope ur day is goin well 😭🥺

[acesandocs]

Take Me Out to The Ball Game ♫

This ended up taking me way longer to finish than i expected. The uniform are based on the Chicago and st Louis uniforms from the time period, with Marius and Jack sporting the road versions. Source

I don't know if the uniforms had fem versions as well that looked like this but i thought it would be more visually interesting for them all to be a bit different individually.

Other than that i played around with Eveline's colors a bit. I thought it might be neat if her fur was a bit more muted than Marius' to reflect her current mental health.

characters belong to @libras-interactives

[acesandocs]

*slides this over the table to you and runs*

art thoughts below

Ive talked about these goobers before so some of ya’ll might already know I ship my oc Ace with Jack from Under The Devils Moon by @libras-interactives. Ace is generally a very physically affectation person. It comes very naturally to him, so anyone in a relationship with him should expect a lot of random hugs.I dont know if Jack can read but if he cant just imagine he's looking at the comics.

Based on this illustration by Al Parker

[acesandocs]

Thanks for the question @rudnitskaia! Ill answer this in parts if thats ok, starting with:

🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?

Ace doesn't have any set in stone love interests currently but there are a few people i can see him with.

He and Rocky get along well for one. They're definitely the most similar and Ace is genuinely taken in by his eccentricities instead of pushed away.

She would also probably fall head over heels for Serafine. He loves the kind of woman who can kick his ass. He also really admires how she's very un-apologetically herself.

Since finding out about Under The Devil's Moon, someone I think she would be cute with is Jack. Jack seems to have gone through a lot of similar trauma as her, and the dynamic of a short extrovert and a tall introvert is very fun to me. She's used to being an outcast, being ignored and best neither seen or heard, so she deals with it by making as much noise as possible to intentionally provoke a reaction out of people. Which seems to be very much the opposite of the way Jack deals. I think when she realizes Jack is just generally anxious and struggles with people being up in his face she tries to reign in those parts of her personality. She doesn't intentionally want to hurt someone who doesn't deserve it. So she makes an effort to show Jack that he can feel safe and relax around her. In my own little personal headcanon I like to think Ace helps him get closer to accepting himself whether he's an outcast or not.

That last one ended up being really rambly haha

Had the sketch for this lying around so i managed to finish it pretty quickly (and a little hastily) after i got the ask. So ye have This doodle of Ace and Jack probably stealing from some party and dancing with the fireflies.

Jack and Under The Devils Moon are made by @libras-interactives

[acesandocs]

What i think the utdm cast would do in Minecraft

Marius - starts every new game by locating and robbing the nearest village, pretends to be your Minecart gf so you'll give him your diamonds, makes everyone pride flags via banners, goal is to craft an entire netherite set of armor. skin = cute anime egirl 

Jack - usually does what his friends do and goes on a creeper killing spree if his house gets blown up, fixes up the villages Marius raids and builds them an iron golem. Gets really into the trading system cuz he likes to see the villagers level up. skin = Enderman 

Eveline - plays in creative or easy mode to relax. Likes making redstone and musicbox contraptions, and collecting all the jukebox disks, will let the game play in the background just to listen to the music, can't stop taming parrots. skin = something artistic, like a straight up detailed pixel drawing of a bird or flower 

Lottie and little L - they have a peaceful server where they built a farm and have a bunch of farm animals, have either a cutesy pink texture pack or a cottage core inspired one. skin = Pink princess and queen of hearts

Malwina - does Minecraft role-play, wasn't initially into building but started so she could make set pieces and environments for her rp’s, downloads mods with new decorations and custom blocks for her builds, helps little L and Lottie build cute houses inspired by Victorian architecture. = custom skin that's her sona 

Máire - would have to be convinced to start playing by a friend, like jack she just follows someone else’s lead but will eventually get really into enchanting and making potions cuz the sounds are very asmr. skin = something witchy 

Sylvester - wouldn't get into it on his own but his kids love it so he and his wife got it so they can play with them and participate in any Minecraft related conversations around the dinner table, they just wanna show that they care about their kids interests. skin = Steve (his kids eventually change his and his wife's skin to Morticia and Gomez Addams)

Flynn - makes a server just so he can abuse his admin powers and greef people, would never admit to anyone that he plays Minecraft. skin = creeper with a suit 

Cora - lore expert, makes YouTube theory videos, even plays the spin of games and tries to haphazardly fit them together into one universe. skin = Herobrine

The characters belong to @libras-interactives

[acesandocs]

Ok so I have a little theory/headcannon

Things we know about Rocky and Jack:

-Theyre both in their early 20s

-They both joined their respective criminal organizations about less than three years ago

-Before that we know rocky was traveling around doing odd jobs. We don’t know for sure when but we can surmise from context clues that Jack had something going on after presumably leaving home and before working under Flynn.

We know for sure that Jack had a run in with the law. I’d like to come back to that later but but for now one thing we also know is that Jack worked at a circus at some point.

Most likely as a sideshow act because of his unusual appearance, they probably also took advantage of his streangth as well to do work around the circus.

Who do we know that also worked at a circus at some point?

Rocky

I’m pretty sure there was a sideshow in the circus rocky worked at from the presence of some of preformers in the above picture.

And I think that they worked at the same circus.

I don’t know if they would have been friends, Jack is already not a super social individual and that could have been worse earlier in his life, but they could at least be acquainted. Before being an escape artist rocky was a roustabout, witch just means he did unskilled work like manual labor and carrying or moving things etc. As mentioned previously Jack is a strong boy so he probably helped out with those kinds of things as well. Meaning they could have have a few opportunities to chat or be around each other.

I can imagine Jack not talking much if at all and Rocky just rambling on about everything and nothing, with Jack just listening because hes to anxious to tell him to go away idk.

A bonus theory I have is that Jacks attempted death sentence happened after the circus or at least because of the ringleader at the circus. He says he regrets meeting the ringleader the most out of anyone in his life so there has to been a serious falling out or they might have done something terrible to Jack, maybe even getting him in enough trouble to land him a death sentence.

I’m really exited to see where the story goes but for now I really like this headcannon

Anyway putting all this together has me feeling a bit like this

Jack belongs to @libras-interactives

[annlytical]

FINALLY! AFTER 40 HOURS AND THREE POSE CHANGES:

Aisling’s Bio Pic!

My silly little cat who has emotional issues and philophobia🥰

Mobile has made it a little blurry, so hopefully if you click on it it’ll become clearer-

The illustration was based off of this Saturday Evening Post by Coles Phillips.

I spent way more time than I’d like to admit simply going through an archive and looking at his art, even after I found the one I would reference.

And I did swap the mirror for a bouquet of flowers that I spent way too long looking into the meanings off and also changed the back to a record.

Her dress in the illustration is almost a 1:1 of this one from the Met Museum archive, called Robe de Style made by Jeanne Lanvin.

Of course, it’s fancier than what Aisling would be able to afford, and I added a few flap layers that you can’t see in the illustration. But I’m a sucker for black clothes and I felt it contrasted nicely against her mostly white fur.

There’s not much to say about the portrait outfit. You can’t see most of it, but I’ve decided on a simple beige button up, with a green country bow tie, and long pleated navy skirt. You can kind of see it fully in the small photograph at the bottom.

I also, of course, had to add a small UTDM Easter Egg in it as well. Marius and Jack are the two faceless cats within the photograph underneath the illustration. It’s based off of the Save/Load screen where in the report it mentions how your PC is circled.

[libras-interactives]

what are the utdm gangs full names/aliases (for the ones who use those)?

Those who didnt change their names much -

Marius Beausoleil, Eveline Beausoleil (Eva Beau), Charlotte "Lottie" Langley, Slyvester Holst, Malwina Łaska

Other Cases -

Jack picked Paige because he saw it in a newspaper. He couldn't spell it right for months. Can't recall his original surname, he has vague memories of "Howard".

Máire's mother changed their surname from Mac Cárthaigh to McCarthy. Legally she's Mary McCarthy, but has always been called and gone by Máire.

Cecil Flynn was born as Cillian Fallon

"Krooks" is Kaspar. Cant recall his surname or if I gave him one 🤔

Ezra Knightly was born as Temperance Baker

Roxie is an alias, ofc. her birth name is Chemira Smith, to her horror. Unlike Ezra and Krooks, she's never mentioned her old name to anyone.

And ofc there's Little Lottie. There's no birth certificate and no memory, on her part or anyone else's, of a name.

[libras-interactives]

What is a habit your character has that others might find cute?

To all of the UtDM OCs you have (if possible also all types of MCs)

Marius - Smiling at people he passes by, and anyone he makes eye contact with. Esp if theyre scowling

Jack - Trying to bend and slouch to make himself smaller when he sits. Mixed results.

Eveline - Humming and singing to herself when she cooks or readies for bed

Lottie - Always wants to wear heels, regardless of weather. Keeps an extra hankerchief in her purse for Little Lottie.

Máire - Handles her things carefully and neatly. Cards, bedding, folding clothes, drinks, etc.

Malwina - Her ears and tail are extra fidgety when she's happy.

Slyvester - When he sits next to his wife, he's usually touching her in some way - knees touching, tails brushing, hand on a hand, etc. Doesn't realize he does this.

Little Lottie - Wringing things when she's nervous - it can look cute, even though she's distressed. And arranging things in neat rows when she plays. She has a little collection of marbles and small rocks she does this with.

Krooks - Clicking his tongue a lot, especially when giving finger guns. Also rolling his Rs for fun.

Ezra - When he's really cracking up, his laugh turns to a quiet wheezing.

Roxie - She has a cute face when she puts on make-up, if that counts. Then she goes back to smirking and scowling.

Flynn - Tough to say, but when he's restless or bored and too tired or irritated to bother keeping up the facade - like when he's with one of the working girls or MC - he has a habit of arranging things in a row. Pens, sugar cubes, coins, whatever's on hand. Just don't point it out.

Cora - Makes her coffee the exact same every day (black with 3 sugar), stirs it the same way (three times rapidly with a spoon), and sips it at clockwork intervals (1 sip per minute until cool, then 2 longer sips). If she makes someone else coffee, she drills them for the precise amount of sugar and milk. And makes it wrong on purpose if she hates them.

[libras-interactives]

I have two questions about the utdm gang, mostly just for fun. How would they dress in the modern age and what would their ideal day off look like?

Marius:

Dresses very well (when he can afford it...), clothes are always clean and hair always done even if his apartment is shit lol. In modern times he'd stand out bc he'd wear "old fashioned" 1920s dandy styles, or clothes "meant for women" like crop tops and cute shorts, and bright colors.

Ideal day off in both modern and 20's is going out to eat and dance with friends. You could convince him to stay in, but he'd still want to do something engaging and invite lots of people over. It's actually nice when he gets a boyfriend bc then hes out on dates all the time instead of bugging the far more introverted Jack and Eveline.

Jack:

Already has no sense of fashion lmao,,, doesnt change much in modern times. Jeans, work boots and a tanktop. Maybe a button down or flannel if he's gotta look nice. Denim overalls if he's gotta work, a baseball cap he got for free at a feed store to keep the sun outta his eyes. Owns more work clothes than "regular" clothes for sure, and knows how to mend them.

A day off where you actually got Jack to relax: walking in a nice nature reserve or forest with no people, or a friend or two. Maybe some fishin', and grilling said fish in the evening with some friends over a fire. Going to sleep actually at peace and content with himself. God bless.

Lottie:

Wears whatever's on trend at the time, albeit with her own spin. She can look good in basically anything, would def be one of those fashion insta girlies. An ideal day off would be a nice spa day followed by shopping or a night out with her best friends. They could be doing anything - restaurant, dancing, a horror movie marathon.

Eveline:

Likes thrifting (and antiqueing in general), and prefers to alter and sew her own clothes. She's very opinionated against fast fashion haha. She'd be the one buying handmade jewelry at festivals. An ideal day off would be some restful fucking sleep with no one interrupting her enjoying a quiet morning at a cafe, browsing an antique shop or little bookstore, and going home to cook something while listening to a podcast/radioshow. Marius can come over and bring his friends if they do the dishes afterward lol.

Little Lottie:

Buying clothing for LL is an Endeavor (tm) bc of her sensory sensitivities and the fact like, trying on clothes in Walmart or Old Navy would be an awful experience for her. Also, when she likes an outfit, she doesn't want to wear anything else. So when they find a favorite thing, Lottie buys like three or five of them in increasingly larger sizes so LL can still have that specific shirt or dress when she gets bigger. She'll wear her halloween costume for months if she loves it.

Little Lottie's ideal "day off" in modern is much the same as it would be in canon; she wants a warm, secure home with no sudden noises or women shouting or strange men coming and going. She'd want to have space to lay out her legos and books and stuffed animals, and not be bothered or interrupted, but not alone - she wants to look up and see Lottie or MC close by in case she needs them. And when she's done playing she wants to go to their side for a snack and juice and be read to.

(Playing outside would be fun too, but parks and zoos are overwhelming and have lots of people - so a big backyard with a sandbox would be like, perfect)

Slyvester:

Still dresses like he's in the 50's; he is not that old in the modern times, he's just stuffy and overly fastidious. At least he doesn't wear a hat and jacket all the time. Supposedly, there's photo evidence of him in a hawaiian shirt and sandals with socks in the myriads of family photo albums his wife keeps.

As for a day off - lord this man needs it - he has a list of places his wife Viviana wants to go, anywhere from museum exhibits to weird performative art installments to a tiny hole in the wall Greek place she heard about 4 years ago to the local Renfaire. In modern times it'd be much easier for her to get about with a wheelchair, so they can go out more. They're more restricted in the 1920s, but they try to make it work whenever Slyvester's off for a few days. Alas, big shocker, Flynn doesn't allow many of those.

Lightning bonus round Malwina is a normal happy teenager who likes going to ☆spooky☆ dead malls and doing tiktok dances with her friends and little sisters. Máire never left Ireland, is the reluctant mom-friend to her coworkers at the lesbian bar, and is v active in the Dublin punk & queer community. And is properly divorced LOL.

[libras-interactives]

Hey, I got a question about UTDM Will the Lackadaisy characters meet anyone from the La Lune or The Duchess? I just read your reply to the person asking if the characters will meet the MC's kid and thought of this

Theyll meet Marius and Jack (and probably Lottie), unlikely for anyone else bc the girls and Sylvester dont have a lot of free time, or a desire to spend that free time in another club.

The Duchess? Well ... kind of. 🤔 do Flynn and his guards count as the Duchess?

[libras-interactives]

who do you think the utdm cast would most get along with from the canon lackadaisy characters?? i know youve said some of them would interact later on, but im curious hehe

i love utdm btw, psyched to see the next updates :D

Marius - Rocky! Though Marius would be a terrible influence. Can't wait to write that. Nico too, ironically, thought they get off to a terrible start in Devil's Moon and now can't stand each other 😂

Jack - Hard to say ... ... ... ....

Lottie - Ivy is a bit too young for her to hang out with, so maybe the band! She'd love the Savoy siblings though. She'd be looking at Serafine like 👀 (Again, if they hadn't gotten off on such a bad start in Devil's Moon haha.)

Eveline - Er .... Well. Her and Mitzi have decent enough conversations ...? She and Wick might actually get on really well though, and Elsa, if they ever met... though that conversation would get dark after a while ...

Máire - Her and Zib can bitch at each other all day. And Lacy, though maybe in an AU, their lives are very different.

Malwina - I like to think, in a different AU or world, Malwina and Ivy would be friends :")

[libras-interactives]

of yours and your friends lackadaisy OCs which are your favorites other then Eve and Lottie?

LOL i mean Eve and Lottie are the top, I cant help it... i guess its no surprise that I adore Jack and Marius too. Thays why theyre major characters.

But non-UTDM wise, @juniperss also has an adorable baker Maeve who i rlly wanna draw. @cherryballistic's Lupita is an Adelita/soladera and i love her RARGH she inspired a lot of the Gunman stuff in UtDM. Ive learned a lot about @chucky-brontosaurus' Nazlı and @missedditart's Ace too :3 Oh and my partner made his cursed orange cat Catholic priest and another bestie has an Abyssinian actress im super fond of. Neither of em are on tumblr or in the fandom tho.

Ive mentioned my con artist Dolly Lee and nun Sister Marguerite, and my partner's priest is in there. They dont work well w/ UtDM so I dont rlly talk about them, tho I'll draw em sometimes. Id like to write them somehow, someday ^^