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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 3 months ago
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Greetings from Tartosa, 1964 šŸŒŠšŸ§”
(I had to take the Darlings on a little vacation to try out the new amazing set by @surely-sims and @ice-creamforbreakfast . You can check it out here and here, although I promise you it is out of this world. Thank you for your amazing work as usual, queens).
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 10 months ago
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A GioJo baby would be absolutely gorgeous so this is my petition for you to bless this world with them in CAS at least šŸ™
Your wish is my command and also now my greatest regret...
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This is the the first child generated by them in CAS, no tweaking at all only skin details and a makeover as though she would be in her 20s in the 1950s.
Am I absolutely out of any sort of chill? Do I regret all my choices? Most definitely. So uh, please just have another photo of her in CAS before I lose my cool and go full photoshoot/AU/side plot madness...
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 10 months ago
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Saw my darling @swiftviolets doing this so I had to hop aboard the bandwagon with our Darlingtons. Alas, they barely fit so Violette will have to wait for next genā€™s height chart šŸ˜‰
(Anybody surprise you? šŸ‘€)
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 11 months ago
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jo in šŸ‘—!! i feel like she'd be so cool in like rockabilly style or something
šŸ‘—: OC in something from the 1950s
You are more than right on that front, Nonny. And please forgive me, I may have added a certain someone for us and our girl...
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Was all this just an excuse to play with @antiquatedplumbobs amazing diner and listen to the Grease soundtrack? You bet your ass it wasā€¦. šŸŽ¶šŸ«
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 9 months ago
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STATISTICAL Ā CHARACTER Ā PERSONALITY TEST. Ā  take Ā the Ā quiz Ā from Ā the Ā perspective Ā of Ā your Ā character, Ā then Ā select Ā 5 - 10 Ā results Ā from Ā the Ā complete Ā matches Ā list Ā that Ā you Ā feel Ā resonate Ā with Ā your Ā character Ā the Ā most (I selected the highest match and three more from the top ten)ā€¦
Zelda Darlington
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Cue your wide eyed protagonist with a tendency to ignore everything around her in favor of getting lost in her own mind. Bonus points for an added dash of innocence, preoccupation with love, and the seemingly unexplainable ability to charm everyone around her despite how utterly distracted by her own thoughts she always seems to be.
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Antoine Duplanchier
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Did someone order a too-moody-for his-own-good I can fix him love interest? Does he have a tragic backstory and a penchant for withholding his emotions until he explodes on those he loves most? But then he professes his loyalty with grand gestures and declarations of eternal love? Well do I have the story for youā€¦
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Josephine Duplanchier
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Does your wide eyed protagonist need a bitchy sidekick? Does she have a penchant for manipulating everyone around her but the audience can't help but love her anyway? One thing is for sure, someoneā€™s heart is getting broken, and sheā€™s going to make damn sure it isnā€™t her own.
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Giorgio Mistretta
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The internet has officially decreed that Giorgio is the fuck-boy love interest who's too attractive for his own good. Meanwhile his girlfriend bosses him around and he swears he doesnā€™t like it, even though itā€™s pretty obvious he does. He has a habit of making really stupid choices; but he did it all for love, right? Right?!
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(I was tagged by @citylighten -thanks boo!- and in turn tag @thebramblewood @elderberries-and-honey @antiquatedplumbobs and @surely-sims plus anyone else who wants to!)
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 5 months ago
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Now that we know a little more, clearly Gio is pretty ticked off with the situation - considering the feelings that he has about his and Joā€™s relationship already, combined with the guilt and likely irritation of her finding out about his lying, now also combined with her demanding part ownership of the ranch - he doesnā€™t have a lot of leg to stand on. He has to just, deal with it, because it IS all their livesā€™ on the line, and nothing heā€™s tried to do has worked. I voted for Zelda to be most pissed, but I think she and Antoine are really just sad for now, so Gio might run away with the title after all šŸ˜­
Oh HELLO my friend! I love that weā€™re still playing the game of ā€œWho Will Snap First!ā€ (Game show pending). Youā€™re hella right about one thing, as things shift and move, everybodyā€™s numbers start to kind of adjust donā€™t they? Cause ahem, yeah, Gio is ~not pleased~ at the moment, and like you said, he doesnā€™t even feel like he has the ā€œrightā€ to be angry (which is its own sort of compounding factor, isnā€™t it?).
Is it time for a Gio deep dive? Welp. Gather one gather round my darlings because you know I can never resistā€¦.
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Ted Talk with a Heathen! (Obviously under the cut because Iā€™m a madlad)
First and foremost let me say that for whatever else Jo may do or how she demanded it, she is damn right not to pay off a loan without some legal backing in return. Now does she know this? For sure. But does she also know that she did it to get under Gioā€™s skin in a way that nothing else could? Absolutely. Iā€™ve talked about it a little here, but Gioā€™s entire mindset is wrapped up in this farmhouse. It is his American dream. We also need to remember that he did what he said he never would in order to get the money to buy it, which is involve himself in his family bootlegging back in the 1920s. He even admitted to Antoine that after their one deal he tried to get out, but ā€œonce they get their teeth into you, once they know where you are, they donā€™t let you stop.ā€ So Gio saved up this money by going against his own moral code and then ran from it to a place he thought he could establish himself as a ā€œlegitimateā€ American.
And I know yall like to rag on him about ā€œmaking bad choices,ā€ and while thatā€™s partially true, Gio is just horribly, horribly unlucky. Buying land in the American West was incredibly fortuitous at one point in history, and itā€™s these stories that prompted Gio to do this at all. Heā€™s an example of how not only can we buy into propaganda with our money and our dreams, but how they intersect with historical circumstances in ways far beyond our control or predictions.
Now to add to this, Gio knows what Jo has just done. Sheā€™s essentially taken part of whatā€™s incredibly personal and precious to him as ā€œpaymentā€ for what he did to her: which was trying to control her into fitting neatly into his dream when she had told him no multiple times before. In doing so he took away what was most precious to her: control and autonomy over her own life. Itā€™s why heā€™s not really fighting her, and that deep seated Catholic guilt is simply telling him that this is retribution. But you can only write off someone elseā€™s actions as righteous for so long, canā€™t you? And to make matters worse, letā€™s not forgetā€¦.
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Gio is not stupid. He knows something is going on between Jo and Val. How much of him thinks itā€™s just flirtation? How much of it is genuine or is just Jo once again trying to ā€œget back at himā€? But heā€™s staying quiet about it for a reason, most likely the same reason heā€™s willing to roll over and let Jo take 1/4th ownership of his dream. Heā€™s motivated by guilt and ideas of righteous payback, yes, but heā€™s also taking a gamble that Jo is working through his betrayal in a way that he has to let her get through, and heā€™s attempting to let go of control to show her that he wonā€™t do it again.
Essentially, heā€™s overcompensating for his actions and using his own compliance as a sort of ā€œplayā€ in their game to keep the other person where they want them. Is this potentially more motivated by love and less problematic than him directly lying to her to get her to stay? Yā€™all can make the call on that, but now at the very least, heā€™s the one suffering for it rather than her.
Now with all that going on, how far is this man willing to bend? How intuitive is Jo to when sheā€™s pushed him too far and how much of her even gives a damn? Welp. Thereā€™s your questions on todayā€™s episode of 1930s: Arc Two! Who Will Snap First? with more info coming at you tomorrow! šŸ«”
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 20 days ago
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'Song tag - Couples Edition'! Rules: Simply pick one of your OC couples and choose the song that best represents their relationship. Then post the song on your Simblr with a screenshot of your couple. Post the lyrics too if you want, it's up to you! Send this ask to some of your mutuals who also have OCs, or tag them in your post! No obligation, just have fun if you decide to do it! šŸ’–
-@bleumanouchesims
AH! FRIEND! I kicked my feet and giggled a little when I got this, because I love a music vibe. Then I spiralled on the path of oh lord who am I gunna pick and I have so many songs and...
But, I do believe its Jo week, so I think we should have a little moment for her. Especially in light of today's post, let's give this one to the babes GioxJo.
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I may not be here tomorrow But I'm close beside you today So lie to me a little Say you love me a lot And I'll be true to you in my way Love never goes on forever At least that's what wise men all say So smile when you kiss me Tomorrow you may cry But I'll be true to you in my way Yes, I'll be true to you in my way
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 10 months ago
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What kind of love are you? šŸ„€
(Saw the marvelous @igotsnothing do this and I couldnā€™t resist. So consider yourself tagged if you see this and wanna do the same darlings)ā€¦
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Love as a Threshold
Your love does not ask for much. Your love does not take. Your love is free, and unquestioned, and here for wherever needs it. When you fall in love, it is as gentle as a breath in the night. It is quiet, and it is effortless. It is tender. If your love was a house, it would readily welcome all who come through. If your love was a hearth, it would warm the hands of whoever stopped by, whether for a day, a month, a year, or forever. When you fall for someone, it is without strings, without conditions, without need. You love for the sake of loving, for the sake of caring for those who need it. You love with a giverā€™s heart and a giverā€™s hands and are made so much stronger for it. Being loved by you is to always feel at home. Your love may not always be well-received by those unprepared to linger, but it is unforgettable all the same.
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Love as the Dawn
Pastel, saccharine and hopeful, your love rises slow to greet the day. It tiptoes on doe feet and blossoms bit by bit, petal by petal. Love is new to you, isnā€™t it? A fresh discovery in a world you do not quite understand. Your love loves with bated breaths. Your love swoons and sighs and lingers under awnings. Your love romanticizes. Your love aches as tenderly as a bruise. Youā€™re swollen with desire and idealizations. The perfect kiss, the perfect touch, the perfect partner in life. Your love is wide-eyed and innocent, naive and pristine and oh, so very easily breakable. Being loved by you is to be loved by a child, by a lamb, wooly-eyed and helpless. Oh. I really hope it lasts.
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Love as a Force of Nature
Your love is like whiplash ā€“ā€“ it comes in with the rain, it blows the doors wide open. When you fall in love, it is sudden and hard and immense. It is powerful. It is earth-shaking and world-ending. Nature is a force, and that force can be destructive if you're not careful. See how the world is doused in gasoline and set on fire ā€“ā€“Ā your love consumes, your love takes, your love burns. You're hot and cold all at once, a hurricane and a wildfire bound together in skin, and when you're in love, it can feel like it's eating you alive from the inside out. When you love, it is with everything you have because it is everything you have. Be careful, darling, because not everyone survives the storm.
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Love as Religion
Devotion, that is the name of your love. Your love is an act of worship. Your love is like witnessing the birth of Venus, like seeing the sun come alive, or the stars fall. When you love, it is because you have found God in a lover. You have found the meaning of life itself in the heart of the one you adore. They are everything to you; they are your Maker, and you are their lamb, their flock, their first and holiest worshipper. When you fall in love, it is as a baptism. You are born anew, made a believer in the divinity of the one you love most. Being loved by you is an ascension; it is holy and golden. It is all-consuming, and all-faithful, loyal as the dog. You will never, ever bite back.
(Okay but thank you to the original author of this quiz because I love each and every one of these descriptors and could quite literally not have written them more perfectly for each one of them. As usual I gotta knowā€¦who you pickinā€™? šŸ‘€)
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 1 year ago
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Even a toxic love has its momentsā€¦. šŸŽ¶
(Alternatively titled: bonus half-clothed Gio for the stans šŸ˜™)
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 1 year ago
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I positively had to resurrect AU Giorgio to wish my simblr twin and generally amazing person @antiquatedplumbobs a very happy birthday. Of course that means gifting her with her very own Winter Wonderland, complete with her favorite sad boy amidst the snowy seaside ā˜ƒļøšŸ’™šŸ§£
Itā€™s also now officially canon that this is part of his eat, pray, love journey after Jo left him on that rooftop so go on yā€™all and help a man mend his broken heart.
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 8 months ago
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you know, it's kind of painful to see Jo's internal struggle. But what about Gio? Does he feel this her tension or is he really happy with the way things are?
Hello again my dearest and thank you for your question! You know I havenā€™t forgotten about my favorite sad boy, and Iā€™m glad to see you havenā€™t either. Time to grab a chair and get ready for todayā€™s Ted Talk with a Heathenā€¦
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Actually we gunna go under the cut cause yall I rambled to oblivion and beyond, who woulda guessed? šŸ¤£
As it stands, Gio is very happy with the way things are. Except heā€™s only able to do this by more or less ignoring Joā€™s feelings (because despite her best attempts to hide it, itā€™s still palpable to anyone who loves her), or writing it off as something else (which we see him do in the most recent post).
You see, Gio knows heā€™s at least partially responsible for Joā€™s unhappiness. He knows he lied to her and more or less manipulated her to get what he wanted even if heā€™s able to tell himself part of it was for everyoneā€™s safety/happiness. Itā€™s something that he struggled with during the early part of the decade, but now that sheā€™s seemingly adjusted and very purposefully trying to hide her true feelings, Gio has accepted his actions and embraced their new lives.
Because at least at this point in his life, Gio wants what he conceives to be the American Dream. He thinks itā€™s the key to happiness and success, and as weā€™ll see, is very deeply rooted in his own internal struggles and past. Part of this is embodied in his journey out West, the classic American idea that he can own land and ā€œmake itā€ simply through hard work and will. With over a year left on his loan maturation, Gio is happy with his position on his farm. Thanks to Zelda (which heā€™s very aware of and thankful to her), at least that aspect of his American dream has come true.
Now of course the secondary part of the ā€œclassicā€ American dream is that Gio wants a family. As discussed here, Gio is fine with not having children. Mostly for that reason, their current living situation works very well for him. Gio is gregarious and social, fond of having friends always nearby. Heā€™s living with his best friends and niece, all of whom he loves spending time with and satiates the need to be surrounded by family (since he may have issues with his own šŸ‘€).
But beyond that, Gio wants a wife. He wants what heā€™s been told is the core and central unit to living a fulfilling life and making all his dreams come true. He is also still naive enough to think that it will solve many of he and Joā€™s problems, because heā€™s absolutely convinced that life can be improved by the virtue of certain choices alone. And as Jo astutely realizes in the last post:
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Gio has seemingly gotten what heā€™s always wanted: his own land, a family, and the wife that eluded him so many times before. Heā€™s buried his guilt from what he did to get it, and his life is more or less stable. He thinks he has little to worry about, other than maybe the loan in a year or two, continuing to provide for his found family, and emotionally supporting Josephine so long as it doesnā€™t pop the bubble that heā€™s finally gotten what he wanted.
His American dream has seemingly come true. Only heā€™s sacrificed the women he loves to get it, and he hasnā€™t realized it yet.
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 8 months ago
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Ok so I read the post on your thoughts on Gio and the American Dream and I hate to say it ā€¦ as an immigrant, I understand him.
I also come from a culture where women tend to their male partner's needs and I don't believe he wants to turn Jo into a subservient wife. He fell in love with a lively, free, and wild Jo and loves that aspect of her.
At the end of the day she loves him too so why would she leave? I understand she doesn't like to be dependent of him but where else would she go? There are no parties or glamour, which was her whole thing, anymore. At least the farm offers stability in the economic crisis.
Point is, I understand Gio as an immigrant, but don't understand Jo as a woman.
BABES! Weā€™ve got another oneā€¦
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(As in me being touched and having no other means to say how much I love yā€™all takes other than to give them a standing ovation in GIF form).
But you knowā€¦thereā€™s a whole lot to break down here, friend, especially about Jo. I think you know what that means! Under the cut we goā€¦.
First and foremost, I very much appreciate you saying you understand that aspect of Gio. I did in part write him as a commentary on the immigrant experience in America (filtered through his own personality/character of course), and so to know that is relatable means a lot to me. I donā€™t think itā€™s a spoiler to tell yā€™all his journey is far from over, and you can already see the cracks in his outlook beginning to form. Whenever Jo is depressed he says this quite vividly:
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Because you are very, very correct. This isnā€™t about molding Jo into some subservient housewife, or even eroding those exact qualities that he loves in her. This is about Gio attempting to square what heā€™s been taught/believes will bring his life happiness and meaning with his own experience and emotions. Itā€™s about the myth of the American dream and the perfect housewife and the very real struggle of those things existing as actual, lived realities.
Because at the root of it, Gio is amalgamating an understanding of his own family unit and what he knows he doesnā€™t want in this country. He has seen another methods of ā€œmaking itā€ in America, and so he thinks if only he can make the ā€œrightā€ choices, he can avoid that, and become the respected and happy man that he wants to be.
Now onto Jo, boy oh boy, Joā€¦.
I think one of the core misunderstandings here is that Jo wants stability. This is kind of the crux built into her desire for control and her never-ending failure to achieve it. She wants to control her surroundings, to make sure nothing and no one can hurt her, but she also wants to feel in a way that is hard to find in a stable, heavily domesticated life. On the flip side, despite whatever imaginary dream Gio has, heā€™s the same way. They both want a life filled with excitement and new experiences, new people and rushes of emotions. This is one of the ways they differ heavily from Antoine and Zelda.
Now on one level, this is simply the way Josephine is. Sheā€™s high energy, fun loving, and insatiable. But on a deeper level, this is tied into her experiences not only as a woman, but as a daughter. She has a brief moment of clarity in that last post where she realizes:
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Now I have chosen not to go too in-depth on Josephineā€™s trauma, but you can see her lay out the course of events here and also her deep hesitation to any of it here. Josephine is still only a teenager in that second post. Her mother not only told her things like that (ā€œthis is the weight that prejudice and expectation have placed upon usā€) but also ā€œwhat do you want to be then? Some glorified maid to a man?ā€ (Which, frankly, I can write another Ted Talk about the juxtaposition here, but I think ya'll can pull some threads).
So when you see Josephineā€™s struggle with control, this is heavily rooted in bodily autonomy. Now all things considered, Josephine has managed to make great strides toward reclaiming this and reasserting not only her sexuality, but also her sense of self in her body. Gio knows this. We see him recognize and respect it quite clearly in that last post. Heā€™s been part of that process for her, and that only adds another element of love, trust, and safety between them.
But on a fundamental level, neither Gio nor Josephine has made the connection between that trauma, her own personality, and why she hates her life now so much:
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Hereā€™s the issue right now: Josephine doesnā€™t feel like sheā€™s living her own life. We have seen how she would like to live in the 20s not just in the parties and glamour, but when she was managing bands. She wants to be fulfilled professionally, through helping people/places she believes in and bettering her own life by bettering theirs. Thatā€™s how she gets her joy, and thatā€™s what she would chose to do if given the chance.
And right now, she does not feel like she gets to chose. Youā€™re correct in that part of that is coming from the current economic situation. Again, she sees that herself here. She knows what demons are waiting outside her window, and how easily poverty can make them rearise. That only makes it worse. It doesnā€™t make the smell of bread (domestic security) any better or more comforting. It makes it bitter, because she didnā€™t chose it. She was backed into a corner by circumstance (and, as she can sense, by the choices men made for her without telling her), and now she feels like she canā€™t say no. Thatā€™s her ultimate trigger.
Now whether or not that loss of control is simply perceived, or should be offset by how ā€œluckyā€ she is to be in a stable position in such precarious economic times, we might all have different options on. Even more, Iā€™m sure each of us would answer differently for ourselves in that situation. I know I would. But for Josephine? Not only is this a life she will never find joy in, because even without her trauma, she is an ambitious, restless, and outgoing person with different goals for herself; but that added memory and pain makes her reaction to it all the more volatile.
Perhaps most importantly, Jo feels as though her life is being controlled again, whether by Gio, the reality of the world outside her window, or by her own guilt/love that makes her feel beholden to the people around her (just like it did to her mother). Because youā€™re right, she does love him. She wouldnā€™t leave because she doesnā€™t. If she leaves now, it would leave because she panicked, because she feels like sheā€™s lost all the autonomy she worked so hard to regain and sheā€™ll never feel the fulfillment she felt when she was successfully independent ever again. Thatā€™s the element I hope we can understand, even if itā€™s not what we would do.
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 10 months ago
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šŸ­šŸ’œšŸ¤šŸ©¶šŸ§ø for jo and gio >:) <3
Ya know, I thought I wasnā€™t gunna do any more of these but then I got this one and well, who can resist JoxJoe?
šŸ­ What's something they can never agree on (big or small)?
Ummmm, life? šŸ¤£
Like really in a grand scheme, Gio and Jo do not share a vision for the future. Itā€™s part of the reason they avoid talking about it so much, and what lies behind most of their fights. Both of them want to be the one to decide what the other does, and that idea of ā€œpowerā€ insofar as who gets to make the decisions and whoā€™s vision wins out is something that hangs over their heads at nearly all times. The crossroads of peace that they are currently at is because Jo has given herself over to his vision of the future, and much of their best times in New Orleans were because he was doing the same then too.
šŸ’œ How do they silently show love or affection towards the other?
I donā€™t think Gio and Jo are the type to spend much time in silence (oh what a difference to our other couple). They quite literally always have something to talk about or something to say, and are both usually full of energy and liveliness. Even in conversation I donā€™t think small smiles or looks would suffice, and theyā€™re both people who show their affection through touch.
For both of them, but Jo in particular, she will especially show her affection by staying in bed with him in the morning. Sheā€™s someone who wakes and immediately rises to her feet, so to stay there in quiet and just let herself be held is the ultimate display of her love.
šŸ¤ What is their favorite or most admired quality in the other?
So I think that while Jo and Gio have great difficulty agreeing on what they want to do with their lives together (ahem, see question one), they immensely enjoy the other person and want to be around them as much as possible. Both of them are very joie de vivre sort of people who enjoy living life to the fullest and have fun doing so together.
On a deeper level, Jo loves Gioā€™s infectious positivity and humor. Heā€™s a guy who dreams big, and has no trouble talking about all the things he envisions with an infectious sense of wonder and charm (itā€™s following through on those ideas and making the right choices in pursuing them that he lacks). Josephine herself is more action oriented, so that wondrous, dreaming side of him is very enchanting to her (and also why sheā€™s drawn to Zelda). She also loves how willing he is to talk about it. Emotional expression comes easily to Giorgio, and Jo admires him for it because she knows itā€™s a strength she lacks in herself.
Conversely, Gio admires how willing Josephine is to go after what she wants. She lets very little stop her, and does everything with optimism and vigor. Her optimism is particular is something he finds attractive, because even when sheā€™s knocked down sheā€™s able to stand upright and keep walking. Itā€™s why her depression really triggered his guilt, because he finally saw a side of her that he didnā€™t know existed. But this in turn only strengthened that admiration as he realized that when she does stand up and keep walking, she does it totally and with self determination.
šŸ©¶ Which one apologizes first? How do they apologize?
Like actually says ā€œIā€™m sorryā€, owns up to their mistakes and explains themselves? Gio. Only Gio. Josephine will not apologize (although sheā€™s ~kind of~ trying). A full apology is something she sees as a power grab, a moment of ā€œgiving yourself upā€ to that person and she simply will not do it. She hasā€¦other methods that she uses to show Gio sheā€™s sorry šŸ˜‚
šŸ§ø BONUS! Include one of your favorite moments between them!
Yā€™all ready for another montage? Cue the musicā€¦
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 11 months ago
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Did I get immensely distracted and do more picrew things? Possibly. So please have Whatā€™s in Their Bag? Modern Editionā€¦
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Josephine:
Always has mints because she definitely hasnā€™t been vaping due to stress and whoā€™s two cell phones seemingly never stop ringing. Still keeps a coin purse because it was her motherā€™s even though thereā€™s nothing in it and she thinks itā€™s old fashioned. Does she wear driving gloves because it makes her feel like a bad bitch? Absolutely.
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Giorgio:
Itā€™s giving 2010s hipster turned professional with a dash of metrosexual. Sure he carries a phone and a tablet but secretly has a thing for writing handwritten letters. Probably drives a Tesla and converted all his locks to electronic. He also definitely stopped to pick up that four leaf clover for luck when he thought no one was looking.
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Antoine:
Custom ordered that pen and notebook for writing song lyrics and definitely keeps all his money loose in his bag even though it constantly gets tangled in the three pairs of earphones he has in there. Bought that keychain for himself and Zelda very much unironically years ago. Zelda lost hers and doesnā€™t even remember when.
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Zelda:
Canā€™t find anything in her bag at any given time, especially since her scarf also serves as a blanket for sitting in the grass. Smaller bag is always full of loose shells and rocks she picks up and really needs to get a new phone but canā€™t seem to find the time. Only doesnā€™t have cigarettes because she steals them from Antoineā€™s bag when he isnā€™t looking, even though he keeps an extra pack for her. Will not get rid of her iPod for anything.
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 6 months ago
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I voted for Antoine pretty quickly, and then considered, well dang, Zelda could also very easily snap. I just read your response to lgl, and I finally stopped second-guessing my vote. Your question wasnā€™t ā€™who will snapā€™ itā€™s who FIRST? I think the pressure and the guilt will get to Antoine pretty fast, but Zelda I think will cling to the notion that things always work out, they always have and she loves Jo and Jo will come around, and everything will be okay, right?? Just as long and as hard as she can until sheā€™s too frantic to function.
Ohhhh Antoine pretty quickly? šŸ‘€ I mean youā€™re not wrong in that he succumbs to pressure and guilt rather quickly, or that Zelda can absolutely get too frantic to function. But honestly, I think we can untangle some treads with two questions: what is everyoneā€™s real pressure point, and what helps mitigate that? For Antoine and Zelda at least, you can see the latter at the end of that post. The answer is one another. Zelda cools his anger and guilt while he keeps her from spiraling. But Gio and Jo? Welp. Itā€™s a little harder to find what mitigates them, isnā€™t it?
Now the other question is real interesting to me, especially when you consider that theyā€™re all under the same financial pressure and guilt now (except swap out guilt for anger for Jo). So if we look at their past behavior, you can kind of draw some understanding of what really makes them snap - of doing something so rash or foolish it endangers or upends their whole lives.
For Antoine, its about protection. Specifically, protection of his wife or his sister (which gets real tricky when theyā€™re at odds, doesnā€™t it?). For Zelda, it centers around loss, and the detachment of self through grief. For Gio, itā€™s about need - more specifically the need to feel loved or needed and to have something that feels is his own. And finally for Jo, it centers around control. Now we can start spinning off theories on how these pressure points cook under the current situation, but since Jo is so much in the lead lemme ask yallā€¦
Does the reveal of the loan and everyoneā€™s lie make her more or less in control? Yes, sheā€™s angry. But anger isnā€™t all it takes to snap, especially if you have another way to channel it, is it?
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aheathen-conceivably Ā· 2 years ago
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