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Why David Jones Should 100% Sue Bromden Psychiatric Hospital
Okay so I've been brainrotted with S5 lately since I've been playing The Conspiracy out of order for fanfiction purposes and like I know this has been mentioned before but Jones has an amazing legal case against the crappy hospital Zoe was killed at. Let's go over everything they did that by itself would probably warrant a lawsuit, but altogether would legally annihilate them:
To any Jones stan who sees this please forgive me for what I have made
[Spoilers for S5 + Volume Warning]
(Uhhh so I wrote this a while ago based off of an idea for an alternate ending to S5 Case 52 where the player decides to accompany Jones as he walks home. Have fun reading it, I guess, I’m not that proud of it, but eh. I hope you enjoy!)
(SPOILERS FOR S5 CASE 52 AND TW FOR SEWERSLIDE IMPLICATIONS)
(Also, sorry if any of the canon characters are OOC-)
“A Tough Time Holding Up”
“…I don’t think you should have done that.”
Gloria’s whisper is the only thing keeping the tension in the car from going silent.
And stale.
“Done what?” I ask, my voice a low grumble.
“You know what I mean.” Gloria replies, not even raising her tone.
The silence I give as my response causes her to sigh as we stop at a red light. “Listen. I don’t like Leroux for a lot of reasons, killing Zoe being one of them…but breaking his nose wasn’t-!”
She runs a hand through her hair and groans. “You know what? Whatever. Leroux got sentenced, and his cowardly ass is going to rot in jail for a long time…Zoe’s finally at peace.”
She says the last part with some level of uncertainty. I don’t blame her at all.
There were too many unanswered questions to this case — Leroux’s motive, Zoe’s involvement with Dreamlife, et cetera, et cetera. Gloria and I had to find these explanations fast.
But first, we had to check up on Jones back at the station.
After we park the car in front of that oh-so-familiar blue building we see everyday, I practically barrel out and make a mad dash into the station to find Jones.
I can’t find him anywhere.
Shit, where is he?!
“Jones?” I ask, running over to his desk to see if he’s there.
He isn’t.
“Oh, are you looking for Jones?” Gabriel asks as he sips from a mug of coffee. I nod somewhat frantically in response.
“He’s in the bathroom right now.” He tells me. “I think he’ll be out pretty soon.”
“Ah, alrighty then. Thank you.”
I sit down at Jones’s desk and wait patiently for him to show up.
Sure enough, a couple minutes later, I hear a door open and close, and Jones walks in from around the corner.
Judging by his physical state alone, he looks better(?) than before - he’s calmer, albeit looking a bit exhausted, and it looks like he had splashed cold water on his face.
“Oh! Hey, Val.”
“Jones! Hey!” I reply as I get out of the chair, making sure to give him a warm and friendly smile. “How are you feeling?”
Jones just gives me some sort of dazed stare in response, and I just look at him right in the eyes, waiting for him to answer my question.
He does not answer my question and instead says, “...I heard you arrested Leroux…for murdering Zoe.”
I flinch at the mention of Leroux, and I nod. “Yup, we did…and I even broke his nose. For, y’know, good measure.” I make a fist with one hand and make a swinging motion to demonstrate, and Jones gives me a half-hearted chuckle.
We stand in silence for a couple of seconds somewhat awkwardly until Jones reaches past me and grabs his jacket from a chair. “...Well, I’d better get going.”
Going?
“Uh, wait, you’re going? If you don’t mind me asking, where, exactly?”
Jones flinches at my question. “Oh, uh…I’m just gonna go home and take a nap. I’m…exhausted.”
…Something about his words feels off to me, but I don’t know what.
“A. A nap?”
“...Yeah, what about it?”
He’s only glancing at me, but I can feel his eyes boring into my soul.
“...Oh, uh, nothing really.” I stammer out, feeling a bit embarrassed with myself.
“...Alrighty, then.” He frowns slightly in response.
“I’m going to take a rest.” Fernando tells me. “I’m…I’m just tired right now.”
Something in my gut is pulling me towards Jones, telling me to make sure nothing bad happens to him.
But how do I help?
I know fuck-all on what to do.
I’m internally panicking, mentally scrabbling around to try to find ideas.
Jones is saying goodbye to Gabriel and Gloria as I’m just standing by his desk like a complete goddamn fool.
“Take care.” Gloria tells Jones with a comforting smile.
“Stay safe, alright?” Gabriel says to Jones, putting his hand on Jones’s shoulder.
Jones flinches at Gabriel’s touch, looking at the floor as he mumbles, “I’ll take care of myself, don’t worry.”
He’s lying.
I don’t even have to look at him, and I know he’s lying.
I don’t know what he’s going through, but all I know is that I have to help him somehow.
But how?
I have no game plan, no nothing.
Jones is heading towards the exit carrying nothing with him, even leaving his jacket by his desk.
…Fuck it, we ball.
I make somewhat of a mad dash at him, grabbing his jacket along the way. “Jones! Wait up!”
“Hm?” Jones turns around to face me, looking more tired now. “What is it now?”
“…Can I walk you home?”
“…What?”
“I- I mean, if you want me to, of course- your home is kinda far away if I remember correctly, and you seem pretty tired right now-”
Jones blinks once. Then twice.
“I- uh- what I was trying to stay, I mean say- is that you could use some company???” I blubber out like a fool.
I immediately brace for incoming rejection.
You know what? If he wants to head home, then that’s alright. Maybe I’m worrying too much about him. I probably am kind of bothering him and distracting him from his own thoughts, after all-
“Sure.”
“W-what?”
Jones gives me a small smile. “Yeah, sure. I think I could use the company right now. So why not?”
“I-”
I almost fucking gape at him like he just told me I won the lottery.
“…Val? You alright?”
“I- uh- yes!” I exclaim with a smile, patting (unintentionally slapping) him on the back. “I’ll- I’ll go get my jacket-!”
“V-Val, you’re wearing your jacket-”
“Ah! Alright! I’ll go ask the Chief for permission to walk you home then!”
I scoot over to Chief Parker’s office and almost kick open the door.
“CHIEF.”
Chief Parker yelps with surprise as she almost drops her papers. “Ah!- Detective Perez, please do not scare me like that again-!”
“Sorry! I- uh- so Jones is going home, can I escort him?” I stammer out.
“…Perez, you have work to do-”
“I know, I know!” I exclaim. “But I’m genuinely worried about Jones, and- and I want to escort him home to keep him company and make sure he feels less alone…”
Chief Parker sighs as her eyes flick around the room. “Pere- Val, listen. I’ve known Jones for a while, and I’m genuinely sure that he’ll get through this…eventually, he just needs a bit of time. He’s…a strong individual…”
“Chief.”
“…and I’m sure that all he just needs is a bit of time to himself to recover mentally.”
“Chief. Chief. Chief.”
“I do understand your concerns, but right now, Jones needs some space alone to breathe, alright? Also, you have other work to do when it comes to investigating Leroux’s claims of Zoe’s telekinesis-”
“Chief!” I shout.
“What?! What is it?!” Chief Parker shouts back.
We’re in a bit of a silent standstill for a moment until I exhale.
“How long have you known Jones?”
“…3 years.” She responds, raising an eyebrow. “Where are you going with this?”
“Well, I’ve known Jones for 5 years, and even I don’t know everything about him.” I reply. “Just because he looks calm right now, it doesn’t mean that nothing’s going on for him. I do also believe he needs some time alone to process everything, but goddamnit, I am VERY sure that he needs comfort and support right now instead!”
A pause. I notice the Chief rubbing her fingers together repeatedly as she looks around for a moment.
“I’ll be fine.” Fernando tells me with an exhausted, slight upturned curve of his lips.
“Trust me.” I say. “I know something’s wrong. Just…PLEASE let me be there for him.”
“Val, I-”
I’m tearing up right now, but I don’t really care. I just need the Chief to understand what the hell I’m saying.
Fuck it. I even get down on my hands and knees and start begging.
“WHOA! Val, HOLD ON-!”
“PLEASE, Chief Parker. I’m worried for him. I just want him to be mentally okay, but I don’t want him to be alone…please, please, please, please, please…”
I look up for a moment at Chief Parker’s shocked expression. “Val, I’m not su-”
“CHIEF, I WILL LICK YOUR SHOE-”
“ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!” She exclaims, stepping back. “I will let you accompany Jones on his way home, and I’ll ask Gabriel to partner up with Gloria in the meantime.”
“OH, THANK THE GODS-” I almost sob with joy.
“Val, please calm down.”
“-Ah, alright. Sorry.” I get up from the floor and dust myself off. “Anyway, thank you so much, genuinely.”
“It’s no problem.” She replies with a tired smile.
I nod and bid my farewell as I leave her office.
To my dismay (but not surprise), Jones was not where I had last left him.
He was already across the street when I dashed outside like a maniac.
“There you are!” I exclaim, running over to catch up to him.
Jones flinches at the sound of my voice and flips around. “Oh! Val! Heyyyy!” He says nervously.
“I thought I was gonna walk you home! Why’d you leave me in the dust like that, man?”
“You- you were actually serious about that-?”
“Yeah, of course!” I reply. “You’re one of my closest friends, man. I can’t just leave you alone.”
“Oh!” Jones looks pleasantly shocked. “I- thank you.”
“No problem.” I grin at him. “So…do we take public transportation to your home, or-?”
“…Nah, don’t feel like it tonight. I just feel like walking.”
“Ah, alright.”
“…”
“So, your home’s this way-?”
“N-no, no, Val, it’s that way. We’re literally going to Newmark right now, I live all the way in Fairview.”
“Ahh, shit, my bad.”
I have not seen anyone talking about the fact that Jones canonically goes/has gone to fetish clubs and seeing how the fandom on here is that does surprise me tbh
And then people baby him too, like, what 😭
Like him or not, that is a grown-ass man
Feel free to answer me on this
Keller Jonés
- 20 y/o Thai/Chinese woman
- An agent who was moved to Grimborough and stationed in PD
- Little air-headed
- Mastered in martial arts
- Crafting as a hobby
- Tech experts
- Mostly quiet when she hangouts with her friends
- Love mashed potatoes and vodka
- Help others without hesitation
- Workaholic
- Living with stepfather
- Happened to deal with her father a lot cause sometimes he’s a pervert
- Cooking for David Jones sometimes
(Sorry for the late answer SKAKDKSKSJSA-)
Val’s Thoughts:
“Keller! Real nice girl. Makes some killer (ba-dum tss) mashed potatoes when she gets the chance. Cooks for Jones a lot, too, because he can’t cook for shit-
Oh yeah, also had to deal with her dad once. Don’t know how someone like him could father a nice person like her.
Also, Keller, if you’re reading this, TAKE A FUCKING BREAK AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF-“
Head case - case 52 -rewrite
Spoilers below and tw for suicide attempt (yes that still happens)
The Angst God of the Criminal Case community, everyone.
Random Criminal Case What-Ifs I Came Up With Because Why Not
(I guess these count as fanfic ideas, but I won’t bother updating my last fanfic idea list because…eh, just don’t feel like it.)
(BTW, some ideas from my previous fanfic idea list are on here)
[SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS AND TW FOR DEATH]
- What if Emilio was murdered instead of Tony in “Up in Flames”?
- What if, for some contrived reason, Rupert randomly comes back to life during his funeral? (Inspired by comments on Rupert’s CC wiki page)
- What if Mortimer spied on Dreamlife instead of Rupert?
- What if, for another contrived reason, Arthur survives the events of “To Hell and Back” and the team was forced to fake his death to prevent the demons from hunting him down?
- What if Marcus found out that Rita was lying to him and had, in fact, not gone to join the army?
- What if Jones killed Tony?
- What if Duncan was one of the suspects of “The Final Countdown”?
- What if Anbu succeeded in kidnapping Elliot in “A Stab in The Dark”?
- What if Lars was the mole, not Angela?
- What if Tsukada Hiroshi killed Obaasan in “The Murder Games”?
- What if Rozetta was the last Ad Astran standing, not Joe?
- What if Lawson found out that “Eddie LeBold” was Diego?
- What if Chief King merely turned himself in?
- What if Amy was the traitor instead of Frank?
- What if Amy killed Nebet?
- What if Julian was the victim of “In the Dead of Night” and Freddy was the killer?
- What if the player was the victim of “To Kingdom Come”?
- What if Jones was your partner in “No Mercy For Old Men”?
- What if Ramirez arrived too late to save the day?
- What if Jones found out about Tess hypnotizing him?
- What if the victim of the case survived the attempt on their life?
(I know this list is was shorter than the fanfic ideas one, but hush-)
@alexlesuagz dtiys submission !!! Happy belated birthday 🎂🥳
I tried to just make it more of a red vintage type 🥲
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH AAAAAAA
@alexlesuagz finally posts the (Late) birthday DTIYS, wowee-
Congrats to all that voted on my poll! DTIYS has won!
I decided to do @skrunklynoodle ‘s Crimson Order! Jones AU x Dangerously Yours: Masquerade because I am in deep art block and needed ideas-
So, uh, yeah. 😃
Anyway, rules:
- Both traditional art and digital art are allowed!
- Coloring is appreciated, but not required!
- No tracing, stealing, or AI art allowed!
- There’s no winner or deadline to this! Take as much time as you need!
- You don’t have to do the whole comic — I just posted the whole thing to see who had the balls to take the challenge 🧍
- Unfortunately, you are not allowed to change, add, or remove any characters if you decide to draw, sorry </3
- Feel free to post on any other site, just please put in a note that this was a DTIYS-
- If you do decide to do this, then please either tag me in the finished art or use the tag #alexslatebirthdaydtiys!
- Have fun!
Okay uh
For that birthday DTIYS I wanted to do, so y’all want to try it with a “Crimson Order Jones x Dangerously Yours” comic WIP I was doing?
(Lowkey, please say yes-)
Hear me out here-
@skrunklynoodle ’s CO! Jones AU…
+ Dangerously Yours AU with the player as Catherine and Jones as Rudolf.
I was thinking maybe you could draw my oc player ? I've gotten some references for you ! I don't mind short or long ❤
And if you want color, here ! (Not the best at digital art 😔)
Take your time tho ! I love how you draw ❤️
I kinda screwed up on his hair, curly hair is kinda hard to draw for me-
Draw Jones!
One OG babygirl 😌
Criminal Case fanfic ideas (because IDK, I’m bored)
[Possible spoilers for all 8 seasons]
- {S5} Prequelfic where Amir realizes he’s gay and confides in Rupert about it.
- {S5} Rupert having an ace awakening (because yes, I headcanon him as ace) and being extremely confused about his feelings, so he confides in Amir about it. (No seggs, only tea, amirite)
- {S3} [TW: SA] Jack finally gaining the courage to tell Lars about Lavinia DeBrils SA’ing him.
- {S1} How Chad Whickman and Rose Cassidy first met (because goddamnit, they deserved better).
- {S1} AU where Chad managed to calm Joe Stern down, not die, and get the job.
- {S2} [TW: Abuse] A day in the life of Duncan Young, living with his mother and sister and having to deal with her emotional abuse.
- {S1} Adam Bentley talking with his foster brother at his grave.
- {S1} The aftermath of Julian Ramis’s arrest from the perspective of Julian’s parents.
- {S2} [TW: Homophobia] The end of Zack and Becky’s friendship.
- {S5} James Savage first meets Carter Hayes.
- {S4} How Timmy and Bridget Baker first became friends.
- {S5} [TW: Implied Sewerslide] Rene Narcisse’s words almost push Julian over the edge until the player and Gabriel show up.
- {S2} [TW: Murder] A young Yann Toussaint has an argument with his parents and storms off. That would end up being the biggest mistake of his life.
- {S5} Jones accidentally stumbles upon Zoe suddenly using telekinesis.
- {S2} [TW: Cults, PTSD, and Implied Abuse] Not even Russell is safe from flashbacks, and surprisingly, the one who helps him out of a PTSD-induced panic attack is Frank.
- {S4} The events of Vittorio Cappechi’s murder from Seamus’s point of view.
- {S6} One of Amy’s therapy sessions with Marina following Nebet’s betrayal.
- {S6} Sirius wonders why Orlando constantly ignores him, so he decides to ask. It doesn’t really go well.
- {S6} Sequelfic(?) where Tony meets the player during S1 and tries to recall why they seem so familiar.
- {S3} Baxter Fraser goes to therapy.
- {S3} AU where Obaasan (IDK how to spell it, sorry) is found dead and Tsukada Hiroshi is alive because he killed her.
- {S7} An apology note Dolores wrote to Gwen before her demise.
- {S7} Inspired by @katrinahood , a crackshipfic between James Savage and Sam Ellis.
- {S5} Crackshipfic between brunette bastard Louis Leroux and Joe Warren.
- {S8} Jones and the player bond and catch up after 3 years.
- {S8} Hugo Mercier giving love advice to Carrie.
- {S5} Jones copes with Tony Marconi’s death.
- {S8} Hugo and Jones bond over similar experiences.
- {S5} [TW: Sewerslide] Gabriel and Jones talk after Jones’s attempt.
- {S2} One of Jupiter’s letters to Russell, apologizing for being a shit dad.
- {S5} Jones, Zoe, Alex and Cathy have a double date.
- {S7} Larry Zarus goes on a car ride with his friend and business partner, Bernie. Next thing he knows, he’s waking up in a coffin. His own coffin.
- {S4} Charlie reveals that he can’t slow dance for the life of him. Maddie decides to teach him.
- {S2} [TW: Abuse] Frank confronts Miriam Young about her shit parenting.
- {S2} [TW: Abuse] Duncan confronts his mother about her shit parenting. It goes as well as you’d expect.
- {S2} [TW: Abuse and Death] The day the Young siblings’ father died was a hellish day indeed.
- {S5} [TW: Underage Drug Use] Julian and Vicki smoke weed together and have a chat about life.
- {S7} Dolores tries to figure out a way to apologize to Gwen.
- {S7} Arthur Darkwood never really enjoyed the small things in life, and he never noticed until he spent time with the Supernatural Hunters.
- {S5} Jones is lowkey kinda lonely, so Ramirez decides to set him up on a blind date to cheer him up. Unbeknownst to Ramirez, Jones’ blind date was one of his old college acquaintances — Zoe Kusama.
- {S6} The “Altered Present” Arc, but Lars is in it for some reason.
- {S7} Zander Stark and Danny Kwame were queerplatonic bros, change my mind— (I hc Zander as bisexual and Danny as omniromantic asexual)
- {S8} Cody reminisces on his failed relationship with Eleanora.
- {S8} Prequelfic where Jean-Phillipe slow dances with Marguerite.
- {S5} After skipping the trial of Rosamund Wilcox, Julian runs into Chelsea Bloom and they have a chat.
- {S7} Human AU where Arthur and Reggie decide to have some “brother bonding time”, so they go to a local art museum. Things don’t go well.
- {S4} Seamus makes eye contact with Giulietta at Mr. Alastor’s party.
- {S2} A series of noteworthy recorded conversations between Bobby Prince and his therapist over the span of a year.
- {S3} 5 times Jonah tries to smile and the first time Marina makes him smile.
- {S3} [TW: Kidnapping, Torture, and PTSD] Elliot claims that he’s moved on past the whole “Anbu Devanesan” thing. He has not.
- {S6} Serap and Roxelana’s love story, starting from their first meet.
- {S6} Noah Lowe gets some advice from Ian Devine about love and life and shit (also, Noah lives in this fanfic concept, because bro deserves better).
- {S7} AU where Rathimael lives, Arthur lives, and they live a peaceful life together in a small lakeside cottage on the outskirts of Michigan.
- {S2} “What happened to the Francis I loved and cared about deeply?!” “He’s dead, and I killed him a long time ago.”
- {S2} Bobby Prince’s last thoughts were about the idyllic life he would live with Amy via the virtual reality. (This was inspired by Bojack Horseman btw) (No I do not like Bobby Prince)
- {S5} [TW: Attempted Murder] AU where Zoe survives Louis’s attempt on her life.
- {S3} [TW: Implied Abuse] Michelle Zuria’s traumatic childhood at the hands of her nanny.
- {S5} [TW: Sewerslide] AU where Jones decides to go home after Leroux is arrested, and the player decides to accompany him. Possible alternate endings available.
- {S7} Fabien de la Mort chills out and asks Gwen for advice on how to properly swoon a certain someone (*cough*, Luke Fernandez, *cough cough*)
- {S7} [TW: Murder] Ruth Wu’s final moments were in utter agony. (Deserved tbh)
- {S4} [TW: Murder] Elias Willingham pays local pimp Kristopher Bauer for information about his missing daughter. Like many moments in the Criminal Case universe, things do not end well.
- {S7} AU where Arthur Darkwood survives the events of S7 and decides to join the Supernatural Hunters.
- {S2} Anjulie Cruz breaks up with Bobby and remembers all the red flags he showed while they were dating.
- {S1} AU for “The Rorscach Reaper” where Ramirez arrives just in time to arrest Tess — but too late to save the player.
- {S5} Canon divergence after Zoe’s arrest when Jones confronts Marconi and breaks down. Marconi talks him out of doing anything foolish and the two of them just talk while lying down on the grass.
- {S7} Arthur never really had a family (besides Reggie, but we don’t talk about Reggie) due to being a demon. One of the Supernatural Hunters (probably Hope Newman) makes an offhand comment about how he’s family to them. (Bro deserved better imo)
- {S5} [TW: Attempted Murder] AU where Nathan manages to regain consciousness just before Kit pulls out the snake.
- {S6} Series of transcripts from Marina’s therapy sessions with different Criminal Case characters, including Jack, Amy, Jones, Chief Arrow, and Arthur Darkwood.
- {S5} Prequelfic where Joe Warren meets his new college roommate, Louis Leroux.
- {S2} After the events of “Once Upon a Crime”, Frank decides to call his daughter to tell her what happened.
- {S5} [TW: Sewerslide] Either Alex, Grace, or Ramirez get the call about Jones’ attempt on his own life.
(I’m perfectly fine with y’all using these, just please ask first and credit me!)
“Yay, I’m finally done updating the fanfic ideas list!” *Proceeds to add more ideas afterwards*
“MOTHERFU-”
Yo
Give me some random Criminal Case characters and I’ll draw them in a doodle dump or smth (CC OCs included)
First, I just need to figure out how asks work-