#I’ll never get over them asking me to draw something for their personal jojo fan book I kind of cried back then they’re so awesome

[tariah23]

Omg….

I had not idea that kotteri’s works are finally being translated to English, I’m buying everything-

[dear-yandere]

—ask collection!

a collection of mostly very old chats and sweet asks that i never got around to answering! thanks for the patience and love!! 

beware, fairly long post... woops....

chat asks.

darling: Eu-jin is best boy. Change my mind.

vanya: i am physically incapable of fulfilling that request, how dare you do that to me... i’m biased since he’s my own oc, but i would die for my (very best) boy eu-jin... who can resist such a gentle yandere that loves you so whole-heartedly?

that reminds me! he’s actually based off of kuroyuki and gekkamaru from the otome nightshade, so if you want similar characters by any chance, do check them and the game out ♡

darling: I was watching the dub for Part 5 of JoJo's Bizarre adventure yesterday...Mista called himself Daddy and I like- sdfghjfgsdhnhnmj!! My heart can't take this--

vanya: WAIT HE DID???? i’m not even big on daddy kink and reading that made me go 😳 this is vital information to know... what episode was this??? for research purposes, of course. gotta perfect my yan! mista, after all~...

darling: for yandere songs, have you heard of the major to minor covers by chase holfelder :O? the way he delivers the lyrics in some songs (betty, all i want for christmas), added with the key changes to minor, is really fantastic, and gives a stalker-ish vibe imo! and he's a really good singer in general

vanya: i have!! a good chunk of them are actually on my personal yandere playlist, so i end up hearing them frequently when i’m writing!! i haven’t been keeping up with his uploads recently, so ‘betty’ is completely new to me and just, wow???????????? this man is an absolute god send for us “romantic” horror fans... ♡

this ask gave me such a lovely idea, though, darling: assigning yandere types/mbti based off each of chase’s minor key covers. i think i’ll do that just for you. ♡

darling @blossomiich​: I reread some of your old character interaction asks and saw the one with Jotaro hugging his Darling after a panic attack and the elephant seal plush reminded me of the iconic C H O N K Y ringed seal plushie that was kinda trending and I can totally imagine Jotaro having one of those >w< that's so adorable!

vanya: i honestly don’t remember that interaction, but then again i don’t remember most things hmghng so i looked it up and

j...just imagine star plat hogging it and not letting joot cuddle with it 🥺 the duality of man...thank you for this cute image...

darling: Umm, sorry for asking this. I'm just curious because of your bio language in your header. Are you Chinese too, perhaps?

vanya: no worries!! i’m mixed guyanese (indian, chinese, & possibly black and/or portuguese), but my family only celebrates (or rather, acknowledges?) our indian descent, since the majority of our family is predominantly east indian. 

my header is actually a quote from a danmei novel (and one of my all-time favorite fandoms), tiān guān cì fú (heaven’s official blessing)!

darling genki stan anon: Omg you're writing for free now, i didn't expect that one lol. It's a cute show innit? Not a nagi stan but I feel like nagisa has that kinda unsnapped personality that would make him peak delusional yandere material lolol like oikawa but less threatening and without his head being up his own ass 😂. Hope you're doing well!! -gsa

Gdjsjs im such a fool, i think my last ask said something about not thinking you'd write for free when i literally just pointed out kisumi on your sideblog LMAO my bad 😅 😂 also ill hold back on the gen chan requests because ive already asked so many in the past! Thank you though 🥺. Also feel free not to post this, it can just dip into my onesided chats with my lil flower 💐 so long as you receive them im fine 😌 -genki stan anon

vanya: nagisa isn’t my favorite (kisumi is), but gods if he wouldn’t make a great yandere. honestly, out of the iwatobi boys, nagi is probably the most unhinged. i wouldn’t peg him as delusional, at least not at first; i think he’s very lucid and knows exactly what he wants and how to manipulate people in order to get it!!! kisumi is fairly similar now that i think about it... i might... have a type...

please feel free to send in gen-chan requests whenever you want!!!! i’m kinda super asocial, so it’ll take me a while to answer, but i love getting asks from you since you’re so sweet and excitable!!! your little flower reads and cherishes them all!! 🥺

also darling genki stan anon: Sorry for spamming you with asks hdjkdks, u dont even need to reply im just kinda brain empty venting here whether you recieve them or not 😂 i just needed to confess that while yes i am #1 gen simp, and he is undoubtedly my fave oc of yours but that Ilya tentacle smut had me very much so highkey kinda 👀, had to re read the genki oral style drabble to bring my head back. He dont even need to worry about luca bc that man a thot. I think therin is a thot too but like lowkey, a classy thót -gsa

vanya: omg i’ve kept this one for forever mnmghngh i might’ve even answered at some other point, now that i think about it... but i just 🥺 gosh i hope i find my muse soon, because i really wanna write you a genki fic 🥺 hhhh

the ilya tentacle smut was so in character for that boy... i have no clue how to write monsters, much less tentacles, but i’d honestly do anything for him 🙏 kinky russian boy...

therin is definitely a classy thot, the kind that only bangs the finest concubines then turns around and slut shames you for banging the very same prostitutes gbfmngnfg rules don’t apply to him, in his kingdom...wish that were me tbh ✊😔

sweet asks.

darling one: i've read almost all of your dazai and chuuya fics and i love them so much!! your formatting is also super aesthetic just a question, i saw on your kofi that you also draw so i was wondering if you drew all the header arts?? bc they're all super pretty :) have a great day!

darling two: Just wanted to say love the writing and the way your format your posts is so aesthetically pleasing. One day I hope my posts looks half as good as yours because I legit can't get over how pretty and organized it looks.

vanya: omg thank you so much!!!! one of my bffs, yue, is to thank for the formatting and aesthetic choices, really! if you wanna see more of her aesthetic formats and posts, she actually runs a few blogs! you may know her as @milkscafe​, formally @milkaaton! i adore her and her aes choices so much 🥺

as for the headers, i don’t draw 99.98% of them! i have drawn a couple, but they’re so few and far in between since i almost never finish my art wips haha... my older posts are lacking proper credits because i’m an absolute idiot, but i’m slowly working my way backwards to credit them all where possible! they’re all indeed super pretty!!!

have a great day yourself, my love!!

darling: THEY’RE NOT BAD CONTENT, I LOVE THEM ALL

vanya: this was in response to a now-deleted lil blurb but i kept it in my inbox because i wanted to say i love u very much and seeing this ask each time i open my inbox makes my heart skip a beat ♡

darling: Listen I love your writing, you inspired me to start it myself! I've always loved to write, and read of course but your style and concepts just stick with me. If you where to write something besides Yandere content/fandom content and started your own series? I would read the shit, out of it. I'm always nervous to interact with my favorite writers because you know, I'm afraid of the impression I'd leave but I just wanted to say this anyway! 💞💞💞🔫😳

vanya: wowowow fgfnmgnfmngfg that’s such a high compliment my brain just gmfnbgmnf go boom fogjfngnfg and thank you for the interaction, us writers truly appreciate it no matter how awkward or nervous you think you may be / come off!!!

darling one: As a writer, your post struck a nerve with me. I don’t send feedback to writers I like nearly as much as I should (and certainly not as much as I’d like in return as a writer). So, as such, I’m going to start doing that when I can, starting with you.

You are an incredible writer. You were one of the first yandere writing blogs I found and you’re still one I check in on regularly to see what you have been working on. You can portray a sense of suspense and intrigue in a natural way that many other writers - published ones included - struggle with. You delve into the darkness without it feeling forced, and you have an amazing grasp on the psyches of the characters you write for (which is a quality I adore in writing and strive toward myself).

I’m not great at ending these things so I guess.. you keep doing you? Because the you is great and I appreciate it.

darling two:  hey. i'm here to tell you that from the bottom of my heart i love you and your writings. i really admire your writing skills. you inspire me. one of your posts once saved me from a nervous breakdown. thank you for everything you do. you're a wonderful person. good luck!

darling three: I wanted to tell you that thank you for writing such wonderful beautiful writings and that you take time to edit and write I hope you are taking care of yourself 💖❤

darling four: Thanks. I was having a hard time and deleted all my apps, but as soon as i opened my phone my first instinct was to look at your blog and i got my motivation back. Thanks (:

darling five: Hi ! I just wanted to say I really enjoy the stories you write and how they are detailed so well ! Stay safe and I hope you have a good day/night ! ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

vanya: ahhhh, these are very old asks mostly dating back to my “tumblr writing community is dying” post, and i’ve kept them this entire time because i’m just so starstruck. i have no clue how to reply to compliments, so i’m not sure what else to say besides that these asks made me very happy and got me through a few insecure moments!!! i’ve actually been feeling a little down about my writing recently, mostly because of lack of motivation / inspiration, so revisiting these really warmed my heart, so thank you truly ♡ i’m certainly keeping the originals in my inbox until the end of time!!

darling @monstrously-obsessed: psst, this local cryptic mom thing send all of their love for you 💕

vanya: your local herbo says she loves you very much momster 🥺 mwah

also, to the anon worried about my safety:

thank you so much for pointing that out!!! it hadn’t even crossed my mind when i made those ocs, so i appreciate your concern! i was contemplating revamping those two as is, so this is a great place to start! thank you again!!

[clumsydarknut]

The Spirit of the Hero - Chapter 6

My take on the AU by JoJo over at @linkeduniverse​ . I post this with a very happy birthday (though a day late on Tumblr) to my biggest fan @myssamyss​.

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               Wild’s mouth hung open as he gaped at Sky. Blood was spattered on his beige undershirt, glistening in the light of Warriors’ lantern, and droplets plunked against his bare feet, but the man didn’t seem to notice; neither did he notice the similar shocked expressions of the other men, clad in naught but sleepwear, that crowded into the room.

               Sky bent over and picked up Courage’s sword, handing it to him with a grimace. “Those rubies will need cleaning. I can help you with it later if you like.”

               Courage took the bloodied hilt, flinching at the drip that hit his pant leg, but didn’t move his gaze from Sky. “How did you…? You were asleep…?”

               Sky chuckled innocently and rubbed the back of his head. The motion seemed completely incompatible with the deadly precision they saw moments ago. It wasn’t helped by the crimson liquid he unconsciously smeared into his sandy brown hair.

               “I was asleep,” he confessed, looking to Wild, “right up until he had you on your feet. It shook the bed and woke me up.”

               “That’s quite some skill,” Light added. The shorter man sheathed his sword with a grin. “I’ve never seen someone move so fast, or so gracefully. I’m amazed you didn’t even nick Wild.”

               Wild barely registered what was being said. His gaze was glued to Sky’s hands as the man sat on the edge of his bed and carefully cleaned off the sparkling blade. He held it delicately, lovingly – more so than Wild had ever done with any weapon, even Mipha’s trident.

               Abruptly the hands stopped. Wild looked up to find Sky watching him in return, head tilted and eyes perplexed. He glanced to Light, who carried a similar look as he observed the others in the room. Courage watched nervously, slowly beginning to clean his own blade. Wild realized suddenly that it was not only him staring in awe, but the other five heroes as well. They met his eyes, carrying the same shock and recognition he felt himself.

               “Uh, everything okay?” Courage asked hesitantly. The room remained silent. Wild hardly noticed the creak of the bedframe as Sky shifted uncomfortably.

               “What is going on?” Light’s question carried more than a hint of frustration.

               Time swallowed, his voice barely a croak. “That blade… Where…?”

               “Where’d you find that?” Wind puzzled. So far Wild had only seen the lobster-shirted boy filled with youthful humor. Even when they had discussed their situation back in the woods, his attitude had held a cheerful, nonchalant air. His words now were void of any humor, his tone clipped and intense, though still rather fast.

               Sky looked between them, then looked down at his lap. Wild watched intently as the man ran a hand over the sparkling steel.

               “This sword…” He looked to Light and Courage. “This sword is the Blade of Evil’s Bane – the ultimate weapon, created specifically to be man’s most powerful tool against the darkness. And it looks like most of you recognize it.”

               Light and Courage glanced at each other, dumbfounded. Legend pushed his way past Twilight and Warriors to face Sky directly.

               “I saved the kingdom with that sword,” Legend said bluntly. “Why do you have it? Are you my descendant or the like?”

               Wild’s stomach churned. Descendant? He felt his hands turn sweaty. Do I have descendants? He met Sky’s eyes, the torchlight flickering in his pupils. Azure. Crystal clear azure. Like mine.

               “You’re not the only one to have wielded the sword,” Wind put in. Of the group, he seemed the most calm, once again proving Wild’s assumptions about his maturity quite wrong – or his assumptions about his innocence quite right. “None have you have been on the Great Sea, apparently, which means if any of us is going to be anyone’s descendant, it’s probably me. And I left it on the bottom of the ocean.”

               Sky opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by a loud crash from the floor above. The heroes jolted into high alert.

               “More bandits?” Courage hissed.

               “Oh Goddesses,” Warriors breathed, “We have a corpse in here.”

               “Wild’s hurt, too,” Wind pointed out. Wild put a hand to his neck, remembering the sliver of a cut the thief had nicked into his skin. He hadn’t realized how much it was bleeding. A steady but slow trickle wormed its way down his chest, running over the half-dried stains that plastered his front in gooey splotches. He elected to ignore the state of the floor and the cot.

               “We can’t stay the rest of the night,” Twilight said. He rushed to Wild and prompted him to lift his hand. “We’re a target now. I’ll help Wild. Wind, watch the hall. Keep the other guests away from here.”

               Wind nodded and disappeared through the doorframe, sword at the ready. Panicked voices and footsteps sounded from the neighboring rooms as doors were thrown open.

               “I’ll round up our things,” Legend added solemnly. As he left, he muttered under his breath, obviously not intending for Wild to hear. He picked out three words: Wild. Drunkards. Stupid.

               “Warriors,” Twilight called over his shoulder. The blonde man turned to him attentively. “Help Sky and Courage take care of the mess. Light, work on the swords. Do not leave a speck on that one.” Light nodded firmly, taking the shimmering blade from Sky reverently. “Time, you have bandages, right?”

               The man didn’t respond. Twilight turned away from examining Wild’s neck. “Time?”

               The oldest of them stood stone still, face completely unreadable. Wild couldn’t tell if he was even breathing.

               “Time.”

               He still didn’t move. Wild exchanged looks with Courage.

               “Link.”

               Time seemed to snap out of whatever trance he was in, shaking his head and exhaling deeply before clearing his throat. “Sorry, what?”

               “Bandages,” Twilight said again.

               “Right.” Time hesitated for a moment more, throwing a glance to where Light sat cleaning the blades, before vanishing into the hall.

               Wild couldn’t help but feel uneasy, watching as the others rushed around him. This had been his fault. The bandit didn’t go after Time’s armor. The bandit didn’t go after Legend’s rings. He went straight for Wild’s wallet. And even with the copious overpayment, the bedding and furnishings that would need replacing surely meant the innkeeper would not be pulling a profit.

               “You’re gonna need a new shirt,” Warriors grimaced at Sky. Sky looked down at himself in surprise. “That much blood isn’t going to come out, and you can’t wear your mail without it. I’ll see if I can steal one. Wash up while I do that.”

               “Steal one?” Wild started. The sudden motion in his jaw tugged at the wound on his neck, making him wince. “We already cost this innkeep a whole mattress.”

               “And gained him a whole lot of attention!” Twilight growled. Wild felt himself flinch as the man’s royal blue eyes met his with an icy stare. “I don’t know what kind of person you are or what kind of life you lived, but whenever the forces of evil found out where I was it was generally a really bad time for all involved. We need to move out. Now. Before we draw the eye of whatever thing brought us here. A stolen scrap of cotton is the least of this inn’s worries.”

               Wild fell silent again, clenching his jaw as Warriors dashed out of the room. He was quite glad when Time returned and took Twilight’s place, the latter moving to help Light with the swords. He wasn’t sure what it was, but something about the wolf-pelt boy ticked him off.

               Time finished the bandaging just as Legend burst back into the room, several packs slung over one shoulder and hefting their gear in his arms. He tossed Light his tunic and spread the rest on the bed before throwing on his own garb and strapping his sword on his back. Wild gave Time a grateful nod and rushed to join Sky at the room’s washbasin, hoping to get some of the sticky carnage off of his bare skin before their departure.

               “Heads up, Sky.” Warriors reappeared, tossing a cream-colored shirt to the slightly less-bloody hero, who caught it out of the air. “Is that everything, Legend?”

               “Should be,” the man replied, slipping on the last of his rings. “I grabbed a few blankets as well. Din knows we need them.”

               “So we’re all thieves then…” Wild muttered.

               “Hey it’s your fault we’re in this mess, Champion!” Legend spat.

               Wild grit his teeth and returned to his task. Rarely had arguing for himself led to any productive outcome, and this seemed to be one of those times. Even as the group gathered hastily and escaped into the dark of the night, he chose not to say any more. People don’t change their minds because of words. They don’t change their expectations or beliefs. It was better to stay quiet. Better to bear it in silence. To let people believe what they needed. He was practiced at that. And practiced at making his actions speak for themselves.

               The heroes crept through the town at a hurried pace. They’d managed to leave the chaos of the inn before any had discovered their… incident, Wind doing a surprisingly good job at directing the pandemonium away from their rooms. He’d convinced the cleaning staff that something was lurking in the stables, and while the patrons scrambled to get a good look, the nine Links made their hasty escape. Now, Time led the way, holding a dimly lit lantern over the crinkled map in his hand.

               “This city is much too large for my liking,” Time grumbled, shaking the map flat to get a better look. “The south gate is easily a half-hour’s jog.”

               “That’s less than helpful,” Warriors groaned. “I don’t want to be anywhere near here when the innkeep finds… that.”

               A half hour? Wild had a thought jump into his head, and he jogged to catch up with Time.

               “Let me see.” His request was met with a raised eyebrow, but Time offered it to him, and they came to a stop.

               Wild’s eyes darted over the map intensely. Where they stood now was an offshoot from a larger road some three miles ahead to the northeast, sealed off from the other offshoots almost completely by the tightly-wedged buildings. The larger road led west to a square that split off to the south, winding down through the city and out into the countryside. Following the roads would be just as Time had concluded – at least a half-hour.

               “Well, Champion? Seen something the old man hasn’t?”

               He didn’t dignify that with a response. The most direct route by road was much too long a journey. As the crow flies, that distance was maybe fifteen minutes at most. Wild couldn’t fly anymore, but he could get pretty close.

               Handing back the map, he turned and examined the buildings. Any of those will do for me, but what about the others? He spotted a one-story shop of sorts, wedged between two taller buildings, with sturdy window frames and rather pronounced siding. That’ll work.

               “Follow me!” He called. He could feel the others exchanging looks of confusion behind him. He took a focusing breath and launched himself forward.

               His nimble footfalls turned into an upward push, landing him on the side of the building several feet up with a firm hold on the wood. The slivers weren’t pleasant, but the ease of the surface and the momentum he had built propelled him up the wall and onto the roof without so much as a stumble. Not that a stumble would’ve stopped him. He’d managed to climb crazier things in a much less graceful fashion, but what worked, worked.

               Wild had expected some of them to have difficulty climbing, but he hadn’t been expecting them to all be staring.

               “Well? Come on! It’ll be faster to cut over the houses.”

               He watched them pass around shrugs before they moved to join him.

               “Would you look at that, the man does have a brain,” Legend muttered. Wild was poised to kick him off the building the moment he came up.

               Sky was the first to follow, taking a good run and scrambling up over the edge with a helping hand from Wild. Time followed, being a little more subtle with his movements but still making quick work of the wall. Twilight – to Wild’s inner delight – tried to copy Time’s method, but immediately fell in the dirt. If they weren’t in such a hurry, Wild would’ve straight up cackled.

               “Climbing is a no for me,” Warriors sighed. He reached into his pack and pulled out a tool Wild could not imagine the use of. It seemed to have a handle, sort of like a lamp, but in the darkness, he could only make out that it was made entirely of metal, and definitely not a lamp. “Take a step back. My aim with this has never been great.” He raised the device and pointed it towards the roof.

               Before Wild could so much as duck, the gadget fired. A streak of shiny metal shot out of the apparatus, a chain clinking behind it as the point flew, wedging itself into the rim of the roofing. Warriors took a few steps closer to the building and clicked the device again. With terrifying speed, the chain retracted, pulling Warriors up and launching him just over the lip onto the shingles.

               “Dammit!” Twilight cursed from his spot in the dirt. “Why didn’t I think of that? I have something like that too.”

               “It’s okay,” Legend sang with a smirk, “Your tunic was getting clean anyway. It needed a good roll in the dust.”

               Twilight scowled but removed two similar devices from his pouch, these bearing large claws rather than a point. “Keep talking. I dare you.”

               Wild turned to Sky, puzzled, but saw him also pulling a pair of clawed contraptions from his pack. He turned to Time to ask, and saw he held one almost identical to Warriors’.

               “Agh does everyone have those? Everyone but me?” he groaned.

               “Looks like!” Wind called from below, brandishing his own. “Hookshots!”

               “A handy tool,” Legend grinned snarkily, also holding a hookshot. “It looks like pretty boy might have a brain too.”

               “That would’ve been so useful…” Wild murmured. All the times he had slipped in the rain. All the times his strength had given out. All the times Revali’s Gale hadn’t quite been enough. Damn, Hylia, where’s mine?

               “You and your fancy gadgets,” Courage chuckled suddenly.

               Legend turned to him, irritated. “What, jealous?”

               “Not at all,” Courage grinned. “I don’t need one. Can’t be jealous of something useless.”

               Wild’s indignation turned into a slight smirk, before dropping into an open-mouthed gape. With a step back and a moment’s breath, Courage leapt from the street and onto the roof in a single bound, shimmers of deep blue swirling at his feet.

               Legend’s raised eyebrows dropped into a scowl and he waved his hookshot angrily. “Now that’s just not fair!”

               “Not fair?” Courage laughed. “Is this a competition then?”

               “If it is…” Light began. Wild could make out his shadow fastening something to his headband. A moment later, Light vaulted onto the roof after Courage. Wild could see a large blue feather now tucked behind his ear. “I’m going to win!”

               Wild ducked out of the way as Legend’s hookshot whizzed past, thunking into the wood of the adjacent building. With another click, a blur of red hurtled past him, releasing the hook from its grip and soaring on momentum up into the sky. Silhouetted against the moon, Wild saw a large, feathery cape billowing over the man’s shoulders.

               “Bring it on, shorty!”

               Wild watched in awe – and somewhat in horror – as one by one the others flew over his head. At this rate, he’d be left behind. What had been a frantic escape only moments ago had turned into a game, and one he was losing. Did the others even know where they were going?

               He had to get in front. They’d surely get lost if he wasn’t. Surely. That was the only reason he needed to be in first.

               No, who was he kidding? He loved a good contest.

               As even Time left him behind on the roof, whisked away by his metallic miracle, Wild took a crouch, putting a hand to the shingles.

               “C’mon, Revali,” he murmured. “One more time. You love this stuff.”

               The familiar whirl didn’t come.

               “Alright, fine then,” he grumbled. He could practically hear Revali’s laughter from the other side, surely proud he’d slowed him down, but he opted to take being left behind to his advantage. He wasn’t sure if he was ready to show the others the Sheikah Slate’s abilities yet, so this was the perfect moment.

               Wild dropped onto the road behind the shop and set to searching. It wasn’t even a minute before he found what he was looking for. Propped up in the street was another advertisement plank, maybe three feet long and two feet wide, offering apples at half price. He grinned. With another jump and a kick he found himself back on the roof. In the distance he could see blurred figures hopping up and down over the rooftops. Figures that were about to lose.

               He pulled his slate off his belt and hefted it in one hand, adjusting the settings and putting himself in a good position. Then, in one fluid motion, he tossed the board a few feet in front of him and froze it.

               The Stasis Rune had honestly become one of his favorites over the years. Particularly handy for a variety of situations. Needed to stop a rock from crushing you? Click. About to get hit in the face with a club? Click. Wanted to cheat at sand seal racing? Click. Freezing things in a time bubble of yellow light, it was an incredibly useful bit of magic. Er, science. Whatever it actually was.

               He pulled the mangled sword from his back and began to hack at the floating market sign, using the slate to judge how much inertia he had put into it. As the pulse of the light began to quicken, he flattened to the roof and put a very precise poke into the frozen wood. Perfect. Grinning evilly, he jumped onto the board and gripped the front with one hand.

               Here I come, boys. 

               Courage leapt over another building, thanking the Goddesses he had the magic for this. The Jump spell wasn’t too costly, and he could usually make three or four skips this size before he had to cast it again. Absolutely worth it, though. He’d managed to keep up with the others, and had even taken the lead here and there. Admittedly, the pack was very close, and it was impossible to tell who would actually make the town line first, but he was pretty pleased with how he was faring.

               He took another jump to the next row of buildings, landing lightly on the roof as Warriors’ hookshot flew past him. Wind had developed this sort of hookshot-grappling hook technique, using the spring-loaded projectile to gain him some speed and his claw-fisted rope to maneuver more precisely through the air. Sky and Twilight were having a very intense duel, both wielding double clawshots, darting around the rooftops in a tense battle of who could get the best target first. Time, miraculously, was handily beating them both with only the one – Courage could only assume his aiming was faster and more precise.

               Another chimney passed under his feet, Light just behind him and Legend just ahead on his right. Light’s feather gave him more height than Legend’s cloak, much more similar to Courage’s own Jump spell, but Legend’s cloak gave him distance. He’d started using the cloak to glide and aim his hookshot, jolting him forward to the next roof with enough momentum to carry his next jump before he’d repeat the process. It was definitely giving Courage a run for his money, but he had one advantage; it didn’t take as much stamina to cast Jump.

               Suddenly, a torrent of blue and black careened between him and Light, a shout of victorious laughter ringing back to them as it shot past Legend and into the distance. Red sparks trailed behind in the catastrophe’s wake, lighting up the city and highlighting the look of utter disbelief plastered on Legend’s face. The heroes came to a dead halt, and over the rooftop echoed one sentence:

               “Last one to Castle Town’s a Legend!”

[thestaffofgrayson]

1-100 for the unusual asks, you meme lord

Mmmmkay so I cant help being sassy but also wanna give a real answer so we gonna do this -> Anything in parenthesis is a real answer everything else is sass central station

1) Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora?  Im a dank soundcloud rapper check out my soundcloud at nobodycares540.soundcloud.fuck (I dont really use any of em tbh)

2) is your room messy or clean? *glances over* clean (m e s s y)

3) what color are your eyes? All 16 of em are different colors actually (blue)

4) do you like your name? why? No because its not Jojo (Yes!!! Love the name Perrin gonna be honest)

5) what is your relationship status? *sets status to its complicated* you could say im a bit of a player (deathly single)

6) describe your personality in 3 words or less? Im sorry who? (Described meme lord)

7) what color hair do you have? Minecraft Steve Brown (Ver Ver Pink)

8) what kind of car do you drive? color? No I run like sonic next question (nope fuck driving fuck boulder)

9) where do you shop? Uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh (For what Next question)

10) how would you describe your style? Goku Black cosplay (Goku Black cosplay)

11) favorite social media account? The one with the Z U C C (Tumblr fuck snapchat)

12) what size bed do you have?  Uuuummmmmmm my size OBVIOUSLY next questions (Dont know tbh queen maybe?)

13) any siblings? Little shit brother (thats not even a joke)

14) if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?  Why this world fuck you what about mars (uuuuhhhhhh no idea gonna be honest)

15) favorite snapchat filter? Oh man! Love this one altho its not well known what ya gotta do is hit the delete button and when it asks if youre sure say yes :D (they change so often I dont pay attention)

16) favorite makeup brand(s)? Whatever it is Genji uses as eyeliner (dooont wear makeup)

17) how many times a week do you shower? I get clean by rolling around in the snow so maybe like 3 times a year (depends usually once a day with exceptions)

18) favorite tv show? I dont watch tv I AM the tv (The Office or if its Anime then Jojos Bizarre Adventure)

19) shoe size? M Y   S I Z E (size 10)

20) how tall are you?  hOWs ThE wEaTHEr dOwnTHeRe (5′9 - 5′11 somewhere in there)

21) sandals or sneakers? Gadget Shoes (legit those are cool but sneakers)

22) do you go to the gym? I think theeessseeee muscles speak for themselves (nope but I do martial arts)

23) describe your dream date  Killing all mortals and achieving a state beyond that of a god (iiiii dont know I dont really see myself going on a date)

24) how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? Why do YOU wanna know (no really why tho)

25) what color socks are you wearing? Well I’m at home on the sofa playing sonic the hedgehog and typing up responses to an ask on tumblr that about 5 people are gonna see. That being said, Dragon Ball orange. (not wearing em but I have a fuzzy pair of polar bear socks my friend Ana sent me that I love!)

26) how many pillows do you sleep with? Wait what do you mean not everyone sleeps with 25 pillows are they mad? (One for my head, one on each side, smol pillow, pillow pet)

27) do you have a job? what do you do? I am assistant regional manager at a paper supply company named Dunder Mifflin. (Not currently but I’m gonna apply to Gamestop and Costco here soon)

28) how many friends do you have? Toooooooooooooo many I hate mortals (honestly I’m too lazy to try and count rn)

29) whats the worst thing you have ever done? Well I haven’t seen Mulan don’t call the cops (Iiiiiiii’m not sure I guess cheated on my Chinese final freshman year but hey I needed to pass that)

30) whats your favorite candle scent? V o i d  (I dont use candles that much and I shooouuulld)

31) 3 favorite boy names Jo[seph] Jo[estar], Jo[taro Ku]jo, Jo[nathan] Jo[estar]  (uuuuhhhh I like my name so it would be Perrin, Joji, Donovan)

32) 3 favorite girl names Jolyne Kujo there is no 2 and 3 (Jolyne yes I know but I actually really like the name, Perrin is also a girls name so, Milly)

33) favorite actor? Shrek from Shrek the musical (Robert Downey Jr and Chris pratt)

34) favorite actress? Taylor after she sasses me and acts like nothing happened (Millie Bobby Brown)

35) who is your celebrity crush? McCree (Matt Mercer)

36) favorite movie? UM IS THIS A QUESTION LIKE??? OBVIOUSLY THE SHREK AND BEE MOVIE CROSS OVER SHREK B: HONEY AND SWAMPS (I LOVED Black Panther and Thor Ragnarok but Secret Life of Walter Mitty’s stuck with me for a loooong time)

37) do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? I don’t read cuz I’m not a NERD (I mean actual books I don’t ask me about it another time but comics I sure do I love the Marvel Civil War storyline)

38) money or brains? They say Money can’t buy happiness but it can buy me more games! Eat that SUCKERS (Honestly brains because then you can be smart which can make you a lot of money. So many more benefits)

39) do you have a nickname? what is it? Perriushium, destroyer of life and bringer of the new age (Pey given to me by my brother when he was still a baby and couldn’t say my name)

40) how many times have you been to the hospital? Enough to be immune to every disease known to man NOW IM UNSTOPABLE MWAHAHA (none for any of my own conditions or injuries but for family stuff about twice)

41) top 10 favorite songs All Star, All Star, All Star, Chum Drum Bedrum, All Star, All Star, All Star, Never gonna give you up, All Star, All Star (Bloody Stream, Sono Chi no Sadame, Flying Battery Zone, Stardust Speedway, Stand Proud, Goku Black theme, Halo theme, The Apparition, Shovel Knight main theme, Hooked on a Feeling)

42) do you take any medications daily? I take a shot of cold hard whiskey when I get up (nope I dont have anything)

43) what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) The largest organ of my body I’ll tell ya that much (I honestly dont know?? Smooth and soft I guess?)

44) what is your biggest fear? The Communists lol jk Communism is the only way (I’m not so sure on this one gonna be honest I do fear something I just cant think of it at the moment)

45) how many kids do you want? I mean I’m a 16 year old teenager in high school with no job and no relationship that being said 5 (NONE EVER NOPE 0 KIDS)

46) whats your go to hair style? Super Saiyan 3 (Idk I just kinda comb it to the left)

47) what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) All Star. Wait fuck wrong quest- (Two floor medium sized house) 

48) who is your role model?  Uuuuuuuuhhhhhh (uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh)

49) what was the last compliment you received? A like on my post we did it guys we hit one like so I’m here making this 1 like special (I was told that everytime my friend see’s my dyed hair it absolutely makes his day :D) 

50) what was the last text you sent? Yeah that’ll be $5000 for the kill nice doing business with you (Maaaannny pictures of Genji Shimada)

51) how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? WHAT SANTA ISNT REAL????!!!!!?!?!?! (It kinda faded over the years my last strands of belief were gone by 12)

52) what is your dream car? Odie’s car from Garfield Kart (The Mach 5 from speed racer there’s a street legal car look it up)

53) opinion on smoking? Jotaro does it so I do it too (PSA: Smoking doesn’t make you cool or look cool you’re just killng your lungs. I won’t try and make you stop as long as you’re aware I don’t want you smoking around me and you understand the consequences)

54) do you go to college? After that SAT I meeeaaaaannnn McDonalds might be hiring (I’m still in High School but I want to)

55) what is your dream job? To stand in a corner for 8 hours with a lamp shade over my head and make a clicking sound every so often (I would like to be able to draw, animate, design and/or play games for a living. Achievement Hunter would be a fantastic job but I doubt that’s happening)

56) would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? I wanna live in a cloud In the sky and abduct people to harvest their DNA and make clones which I can fight to the death with (eh somewhere quiet and disconnected from people tbh)

57) do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? They fetch pretty high prices on eBay you’d be surprised (Nope I dont use them at all I bring my own and take my own)

58) do you have freckles? My face is a giant freckle little known fact (not really thank god I would look real bad with em)

59) do you smile for pictures? *leans in* I’m gonna let ya in on a secret kid. I wait until the photographer is just about to take the picture and then I hold a middle finger over my face to block the proper shot. Do it enough times then they’ll be payin YOU to get the picture done (I do but I only open my mouth slightly)

60) how many pictures do you have on your phone? They’re all of people I’ve killed because they showed me a stale meme dont worry about it (960 exactly and they’re all either memes, fan-art, or my cute friends)

61) have you ever peed in the woods? Ew no I don’t go outdoors thanks (Yep once on a school field trip in which we hiked to the top of a mountain it was fun)

62) do you still watch cartoons? Well I mean SOME ONE spoiled my belief in Santa earlier so I’m a bit too old for that now. I have a boring desk job thanks LAZLO (I do spongebob is really funny to me still and I LOVE the original Teen Titans)

63) do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? McWendy’s next question (I dont eat either so)

64) Favorite dipping sauce? Drip dip dip I’m boutta rip please i want to die (I dont use dipping sauce either call me a heathen all you want)

65) what do you wear to bed? Well I take off the clothes I wore for the day, take off my earring, ring, necklace, eyes, hair, 3 layers of skin, and call it a night (Pajamas mostly and sometimes sweatpants)

66) have you ever won a spelling bee? *Obligatory Bee Movie Joke* (I’ve never even heard of a spelling bee in any of the schools I’ve been to)

67) what are your hobbies? Well I like to kill all mortals #ZamasuWasRight  (I enjoy martial arts, drawing, video games, game design, and walking around my house with nothing to do)

68) can you draw? UH BOI YOU DONT KNOW WHAT ART IS UNTIL YOUVE SEEN A SHITTY JOJO DRAWING OF MINE (I mean yeah but not well)

69) do you play an instrument? Electric Triangle (Actually, I play the Violin but not super well)

70) what was the last concert you saw? SORRY WHAT I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE CONCERT (I’ve never been to one that seems like the opposite of fun for me personally I hate hyper loud music, people, and crowds)

71) tea or coffee? Coftea next question (tea. I don’t drink caffeine if i can help it)

72) Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? I need my sugar sonic rings (Again, Don’t drink caffeine)

73) do you want to get married? I’m already getting married. MARRIED TO THE LIFE OF CRIME THAT IS UP TOP (I mean I would like to one day)

74) what is your crush’s first and last initial? My  Self (I don’t have anyone I’m crushing on)

75) are you going to change your last name when you get married? What’s crimes last name? Smigglesworth? (If my partners last name is something with an S cuz then I can be PJS)

76) what color looks best on you? You know the color mario turns when he uses the super star? T-that (Pink and Black)

77) do you miss anyone right now? PPFFFFFT NOOOOO WHATS A FEEL *CRIES* THOSE ARENT TEARS ITS JUST SWEAT IVE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS OKAY (I miss all my internet friends :(  *cries*)

78) do you sleep with your door open or closed? It is neither open nor closed it is in a hyper dimensional state between open and closed in which no mortal can enter or exit but also cannot be blocked from passage (clooossed because otherwise the cats are gonna kill my fish)

79) do you believe in ghosts? I mean how else would I make a long and successful career as a ghost buster (I do!)

80) what is your biggest pet peeve? My pet, Peeve! Biggest one I know! (depends on for what tbh the other day a guest speaker was talking to the class and this kid was playing music in his headphones really really loud and it pissed me off)

81) last person you called? Called what? Called them a nerd? A good bean? A meme? MAKE MORE SENSE YOU ******* **** *** ******** (Well according to my phone, the name listed is “Mom”)

82) favorite ice cream flavor? I’ll ice your cream if you’re not careful (Vanilla with chocolate syrup mixed together is hella everyone GO TRY IT)

83) regular oreos or golden oreos? The fuck is a golden oreo?? (No seriously, what the actual is a golden oreo)

84) chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? *mario invincible star song plays as I flash color and dash down rainbow road* I’ll have to think about it (rainboooowww!)

85) what shirt are you wearing? Well I…. You see… The thing is…. excuse me for one second (yeah I can’t think of sass to this one but my favorite shirt! Sonic mania that my friend Tasha bought for me and I love it!!!)

86) what is your phone background?  RYUJIN NO KEN WO KURAE!! “What do you think of this color? Is it not beautiful?” If you dont know those HOW DARE YOU LEARN THEM AND WE ARE WATCHING DRAGON BALL (Genji lock screen and Goku Black home screen)

87) are you outgoing or shy? Does THIS answer your question >:D (Outgoing when I want to be, but I’m antisocial so it’s like I CAN be outgoing and personable but it’s highly on my terms ya feel?)

88) do you like it when people play with your hair? My hair is a pride to my race the Saiyans hair is a sacred thing I will advise you not to touch it (YYYEEESSSS I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT BUT THAT HARDLY EVER HAPPENS)

89) do you like your neighbors?  …..the what? Never heard of it before is that a type of appliance? (I mean they’re chill we don’t interact a lot which I’m cool with)

90) do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? Nothin can cure this ugly face fest of spring 2018 (I use face wash when I shower which is typically right after school not sure why it matters but there ya go :V)

91) have you ever been high? “I’m high on LIFE maaaannn” -Incorrect Shaggy quotes (N o p e  never have don’t plan on it)

92) have you ever been drunk? shots ShotS SHOTS SHOTSSHOTSHOTS (nope but I will one day maybe in College years)

93) last thing you ate? The shattering realization that my friends will keep saying OWO to me every chance they get (Pancakes! asked for french toast but I loooove the breakfast food so no complaints)

94) favorite lyrics right now someBODY Once Told Me The World Is Gonna Roll Me… (The lyrics to Bloody Stream dude it’s a  g r e a t  op)

95) summer or winter? Sorry I’m on Mars weather its ZXAR right now (eeehhhh winter cuz then I have an excuse to be inside and it’s also the ski season)

96) day or night? I am the darkness. I am the night. I am BATMAN (Night honestly I’m a fan of the darkness)

97) dark, milk, or white chocolate? Plllleeeeaaase its like asking if you’re heart is pure of evil or not. Dark Chocolate is a sin (Milk chocolate is the best chocolate fight me on that)

98) favorite month? See, some may argue for their birthday months, christmas, new beginnings to the year, but I say there’s only ONE spooky time :3 (Altho I’m one of the fools that’s gonna have to go with March because it usually has my favorite kind of weather for where I live)

99) what is your zodiac sign  I refuse to go by Zodiac signs until Ted Cruz is proven to be the Zodiac Kill————–”OLD MEME ALERT THIS IS THE MEME POLICE”   “I AINT GOIN BACK TO JAIL”  (Cancer! I wear a necklace of my sign all the time fun fact for ya)

100) who was the last person you cried in front of?  Me after writing all these (Don’t know actually I try not to cry in front of people ever)

[jakganim]

it’s the last day of january i made it just in time to write my jojo journal entry lmaO

ANYWHO. so 2018 huh. we all know 2017 was a shitfest. and if it wasn’t for any of you then i’m honestly genuinely glad it wasn’t. because it sure fucking was for me :’)) i’m glad that’s over. honestly speaking 2018 did not start off great either. actually it sucked. like terribly. i will delve into that later but it’s not a fun subject, be warned. either way, i guess my feelings from 2017 were kind of leaking into 2018 and i just wasn’t surprised.

despite the bad news, i suppose there’s some good news too. despite the fact that shit really actually went and fucking hit the fucking fan, i feel oddly good about 2018. i feel like it’s just... my year. i have faith in myself and my life, my direction, even if i don’t know where it’s going yet. i’m usually that person that never makes new years resolutions. i knew i’d never actually stick to them so i was like lmao why feed into that bullshit and just end up feeling bad when i don’t fulfill them. well strangely enough, i made some really minor resolutions and have been sticking to them very well. and for the first time i feel like i can really stick to them. they’re things that seem little but are actually really big for someone like me who has trouble following through with what i say i’m going to do and sticking to routines. 

so i started with a skincare routine. sounds small and mundane but... those are the things i have trouble keeping the most. i stick to a skincare routine every morning and night now. it’s actually doing things for me. i’m amazed. being able to keep one routine made it easier to start new ones. everyday when i come home or when my parents come home, i hug them and kiss them hello. that’s... really different for me. and it’s big. i’m a huge family person but i’ve never been particularly affectionate or close or open with my parents. we’ve got our issues with each other, especially my mother and i. we clash a lot and last year i was starting to resent her which is never a good sign. but then shit happened and now here we are and i knew that they would never take the first step so i’m trying to do it instead. i can tell they’re happier. i am too. 

for those of you who don’t know, jordan is not my legal name. but it’s going to be. i’ve been wanting to change my name for about 5 years now. i finally filed my name change petition and i’m excited for that. once everything is legally changed and all my documents are updated, i’ll start applying for jobs probably. with my name. my real name. jordan. what a feeling. i’ve never been more excited and proud. it’s like i’m finally me. like stepping out of my skinny jeans and just throwing on a pair of basketball shorts and getting comfy. i’m comfortable. i’ve never felt lighter. ironic considering the weight of a death in the family.

yikes that was a both a great and terrible transition. to whoever reads this, sorry. i just jumped right into it. welp, now’s the time to talk about that i guess. so yeah. in my last jojo journal entry, i mentioned my aunt, who’d had a stroke and was in the hospital. everything was really confusing at the time and we were all just holding our breaths, killing ourselves waiting for her to wake up. she was in nscu for almost a month. kept bleeding in the beginning, wouldn’t wake up, and they couldn’t perform any surgery on her. she was just laying there surviving off the many tubes they had in her. i visited her as much as i could. i stayed in what i like to call emotional limbo for that whole month just so i could keep it the fuck together. it was so hard to cry. i couldn’t cry. i teared up when i saw my cousin (her younger son) that first night i rushed to the hospital. watching his face crumble was what set me off but i couldn’t even cry then. it felt like i suffocated all through december.

she passed away within the first week of january. i wasn’t exactly surprised, and that could be a good or bad thing. idk. they’d moved her to pcu prior to that. essentially a hospice aka they were kind of just waiting for her to die. it was a saturday and i remember being at work when my cousin (another one, my extended family is very big lol) called me and told me to get to the hospital asap because she wouldn’t make it through the hour. but she sounded so confused, so unsure, that i too could not help but feel anxious. should i leave work early? should i not? i paced back and forth for a while, juggling answering phone calls and text messages from different cousins, all telling me the same thing but all being really vague about it. my boss didn’t even know my aunt was in the hospital for the past month. i didn’t know how to tell him. but eventually it got urgent. i asked him to let me leave. i know i could’ve just told him my aunt was in the hospital and was probably not going to make it. but i felt like saying it would make it happen so i didn’t, just told him i had a family emergency and needed to go. he tried to guilt me into staying by telling me we had a lot of reservations. i wanted to look him in the eye and tell him my aunt was dying and that i was fucking leaving whether he liked it or not. with those exact words. but i knew it would just make him feel bad and hurt myself in the process, so i didn’t. i left before i could snap at him.

i checked my phone as i got in the car and i was getting frantic messages from a close friend of mine. she sounded really distressed and bad things were happening. i had to sit back and breathe bcos i was scared for my aunt, scared for my friend, and it felt like i was getting hit by two trucks back to back and i wanted it to stop. but life goes on and i knew this too well and it seems these days the only thing i’m good at is dealing with high stress situations in the moment bcos i texted her back, though it felt off, like i wasn’t myself, like i couldn’t draw up any genuine emotions even though in my mind i knew i cared, so much, so deeply. but responding to her felt like grappling helplessly at loose sand, trying to keep it all in my grasp. in retrospect my brain was working double time to keep me in emotional limbo long enough to get through this situation. i had felt it bubble up for a second that moment i got in the car and checked my messages. my brain was like lmao fuck that, put that shit away.

so i picked up my mom cos she had no car atm and we went to the hospital together. my aunt was already gone when we got there. i had never seen my cousins and other extended family so gloom in my fucking life. they were all standing outside the room either looking like zombies or crying. my mother and i went in to say our goodbyes. my mom cried, unsurprisingly. i teared up for a second at that but once again, nothing happened. for a moment, i was jealous. after that, everything just felt like a haze. i spent a lot of time waving the tissue box at people whenever they needed it. i stared into the room from the hallway a lot. just looked at my aunt. tried to relay my thoughts to her. convey to her that she did well. she lived a good life. that i was proud of her. that i was sorry she had to stay in that hospital for so long. my cousins and i went down to the au bon pain in the lobby bcos they hadn’t eaten yet. we chatted like life was normal. it was a strange experience, yet everything made sense.

after that night, life went by in one crazy blur. i got sick like the next week which bled right into her wake and funeral. i had shit to do and places to go but everything just felt really unimportant. i remember sitting through a 4 hour meeting with my a cappella group’s e-board right before my illness went full out crazy on me. i was just starting to get sick at the time and i spent half the meeting staring at nothing and coughing into my elbow. it was hard to concentrate but i dragged my ass through it and left with a headache and bunch of responsibilities i didn’t feel like attending to. i finally cried after, well, everything. i wanted to tell my friend (the one mentioned earlier who sent me texts) what i was feeling, what i was thinking, and drawing everything back up from that night managed to push me over. it was some good shit. don’t ever let anyone tell you you’re weak for crying. crying is so good for you when you’re emotional. when you’re sad. i was letting go of a lot of things obviously. i needed that. 

and since then, i’ve been doing a lot better. for a while i thought about death a lot. it scared the shit out of me. still does. i, as a living person, am not actually capable of wrapping my head around the concept of death bcos... well, i’m alive. and that scared me more than anything. but after about a week, those thoughts faded. people once told me i handled these situations well but... i’d never actually had to handle “these situations.” not like this. not this close to home. they just came to that conclusion bcos of my personality. but now that i’m here, i’d like to at least try and believe that they’re right. i want to at least try and believe in my strength to overcome, to stay positive no matter what, to do better, to live happier. i have to. it’s my duty in this life. i need to fulfill nothing more than contentment. i want to one day leave this world knowing that i’ve lived. that i was happy no matter what happened. that i enjoyed this life. and hopefully in the process, offered something to the world. part of the reason i’m doing well is also due to the fact that my aunt really did live a pretty good life overall. she travelled a lot and loved to have fun. she had two lovely sons, one of whom got married last year. nobody at that funeral felt like she had any regrets (not that we’d ever REALLY know, but, the thought helps). she was happy. and so i want to be happy too. when the time comes that a funeral is held for me, i want people to think ah yes... jordan lived a goodass life. what a wholesome life. they were happy. i would want to inspire them to live better, just like my aunt inspired me to. and if in the future i have another life, i hope that person feels the same way, does better, lives more, with even more love, more care, and more sunshine coated smiles.

fin. 180131 | 11:27PM

[goldenshowerrequiem]

Ooh, I got tagged by @shsl-gangster to do a thing. Looks like it’s time to post something about myself rather than a JoJo meme for once.

Rules: Bold those statements that are true for you (but I’m probably gonna be all extra and add more info). Tag 9 people you’d like to know better. APPEARANCE I am 5′7″ or taller (damnit I’m like 5′6.5″) I wear glasses I have at least one tattoo (nope, that shit terrifies me) I have blond hair (dark blond now, used to be lighter) I have brown eyes (I don’t even know what colour my eyes are, sort of greenish-grey I guess?) I have short hair (eh, kinda average length for a dude) My abs are at least somewhat defined ( I wish, getting there tho. I can dream) I have or have had braces. PERSONALITY I love meeting people People tell me that I’m funny (sarcastically most of the time) Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me (it depends on the problem but I like to think I’ve been helpful on a number of occasions) I enjoy physical challenges (I held my breath for like 2 minutes once out of water, proudest achievement of my life) I enjoy mental challenges I’m playfully rude with people I know well (I’m far meaner to my friends than anyone else, but it’s a mutual thing) I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it There’s something I’d change about my personality (I’d love to not be lazy) ABILITY I can sing well I can play an instrument I can do over 30 push-ups without stopping (Had to check before answering this one) I’m a fast runner I can draw well (I really wish I could but I’m too lazy/busy to try at the moment) I have a good memory I’m good at doing math in my head (no clue if I’m better than average at this or not) I can’t hold my breath underwater for over a minute I have beaten at least 2 people on arm wrestling (I think so at least) I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch (I’m not exactly great at it but I enjoy cooking) I know how to throw a proper punch (I’d like to think so, but I’m sure a martial artist would tell me otherwise) 

HOBBIES I enjoy playing sports (only some sports tho, swimming being my favourite) I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else I’ve learned a new song in the past week I work out at least once a week I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months (ngl I hate running) I have drawn something in the past month I enjoy writing (kinda? I guess. I like writing a lot about my favourite series online but I’m more of a thinker and a talker than a writer) FANDOMS ARE MY #1 PASSION (idk for this one, but I definitely like getting involved in them) I do or have done martial arts (a long time ago)

EXPERIENCE I have had my first kiss (It’ll happen someday... hopefully) I have had alcohol (like twice) I have scored the winning goal in sports game (I mean I probably have at least once but I don’t remember) I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting (again, I probably have but I don’t remember) I have been at an overnight event I have been in a taxi (like once but It wasn’t even a proper taxi ride) I have been in the hospital or ER in the past years (general anaesthetic is fun) I have beaten a video game in one day (too many) I have visited another country (went to the Netherlands once, loved it) I have been to one of my favorite band’s concerts (don’t really have a favourite band) RELATIONSHIPS I’m in a relationship I have a crush on a celebrity I have a crush on someone I know I have been in at least 3 relationships I have never been in a relationship (I mean I was kinda in a relationship once but not really) I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them I get crushes easily I have had a crush on someone for over a year I have had feelings for a friend

(people have told me that I might be “aromantic” before, but idk. Most people on here probably know a lot more about that kind of stuff than I do)

MY LIFE I have at least one person I consider a best friend I live close to my school (HA, I wish) My parents are still together I have at least one sibling I lived in the United States (I’m a Brit) There’s snow right now where I live (not the Scottish kind of Brit) I have hung out with a friend in the past month I have a smartphone I have at least 15 CDs (don’t own any) I share my room with someone RANDOM SHIT I have breakdanced I know a person named Jamie (well this is oddly specific) I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce (sorry French people but I really struggle with your names (and language in general)) I have dyed my hair I’m listening to a song on repeat right now I have punched someone in the last week (not seriously tho) I know someone who has gone to jail I have broken a bone (I have lucked my way through life so far, hopefully this will continue to be the case) I know what I want to do with my life (at least for the next few years)  I have eaten a waffle today (I’d love to eat a waffle but I’m being tested for a wheat allergy at the moment and it’s hell) I speak at least 2 languages (I got a B in GCSE German, that’s about as close to speaking another language as I get) I have made a new friend in the past year (a bunch of ‘em)

This made me realise that I really haven’t said much about myself on this blog. I probably should. I’m 17 years old, male, straight, and I like JoJo (as you probably know), The Elder Scrolls (I’m a huge nerd for this one), Dragon Ball, Danganronpa, Pokemon, Halo, Mount and Blade and a bunch of other games/anime. Other than that, I’m into science (particularly microbiology, zoology and food science) and history (especially ancient history and Mesoamerican history). Not much more to say that I can think of. Feel free to message or ask me about anything.

Anyway, this is the part where I tag people. I won’t be able to tag 9, but I’ll tag a few. Don’t feel obliged to do it or anything. @diavolo-senpai (my first follower) @badlydrawnjojo2star (my favourite art blog, all of your art is super awesome and it really shows that you both love and understand best JoJo) @lupus-lunarem (my biggest fan, thanks for all the support!) @dayferismad @machacapigeon @shitty-yama (other rad people who I appreciate). Oh, and if you want a... cleaner version of this template, you should probably get it from @shsl-gangster . Thanks again for the tag!

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Taika Waititi explains the origins of his Oscar contender 'Jojo Rabbit,' why he ended up playing Hitler, and what it was like directing in costume

Taika Waititi spoke with Business Insider about his acclaimed Nazi satire, "Jojo Rabbit."

Waititi wrote and directed the movie, and also stars as an imaginary Adolf Hitler who the main character talks to.

Waititi said the first draft of the script was more dramatic and didn't include the Hitler character.

Almost five years after Waititi wrote the script, Fox Searchlight said it wanted to make the movie, as long as Waititi played the Hitler character, "which was lunacy to me," Waititi said.

The director eventually agreed and the result is a movie that is building Oscar buzz.

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

  Taika Waititi's eyes widen when he spots a couch in the room where his interview with Business Insider is set to take place. He goes straight for it and lies down, stretching across the entire piece of furniture. Moments later, he takes off his shoes to get even more comfortable.

Waititi will take relaxing moments when he can find them. His last few weeks have seen him pin-balling from Disney's huge fan event D23 in Los Angeles, to the Toronto International Film Festival, to the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and now back to LA.

But the actor-writer-director isn't complaining.

He's currently a hot commodity in every facet of his career. On the acting side, there's roles in anticipated projects like the Disney Plus series "The Mandalorian," the Ryan Reynolds comedy "Free Guy," and James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad." Waititi has also begun work writing "Thor: Love and Thunder" (coming out November 2021), the sequel to his successful first directing effort of a Marvel Cinematic Universe title, "Thor: Ragnarok." But what he's focused on most as he lies on the couch is his latest directing effort, "Jojo Rabbit" (in select theaters on Friday).  

Written, directed, and starring Waititi, the movie is a unique coming-of-age tale: Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) is a young boy living with his mother (Scarlett Johansson) in Germany at the height of the Nazi regime during World War II. Jojo wants nothing more than to grow up to be a loyal Nazi and even has an imaginary friend who is a Nazi: Adolf Hitler himself (played by Waititi).

But the boy's life is thrown for a loop when he learns that his mother has been letting a Jewish girl hide in their house. 

In typical Waititi fashion, the story is original, full of heart, hilarious at times, and showcases the talents of its actors (particularly Johansson). All that adds up to a movie that you will hear more about as we get deeper into award season (especially after the movie won the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which has led to Oscar gold for numerous past winners).

Business Insider spoke to Waititi about switching quickly from drama to dark comedy in the early drafts of writing "Jojo Rabbit," why he knew casting a major star to play Hitler was the wrong move, and what it was like to direct while in his Hitler costume.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.


Jason Guerrasio: The source material for "Jojo Rabbit" is Chelsea Winstanley's book, "Caging Skies," but did your time spent in Berlin painting during your 20s influence the story at all?

Taika Waititi: No. I stole some of my friends' names that I grew up with while living in Berlin and put them in. While I was in Berlin, I was living the life of an artist so it was very free. Germany was very vibrant and liberal. The club scene was incredible. I think I drew more on the World War II films that I'd seen and some comedies.

Guerrasio: Speaking of watching war movies, was "Empire of the Sun" one of them? Because in some ways I compare the journey of Christian Bale's Jim character with Jojo's. 

Waititi: I definitely watched it in the last few years. I would have watched it to specifically look for something. 

Guerrasio: Even John Malkovich's character in that movie has a similar father figure-like relationship that Sam Rockwell's Nazi commander character has with Jojo. 

Waititi: Yeah. You're right. So there's that. "Alive Doesn't Live Here Anymore," that was more for the mother relationship. Ellen Burstyn is the greatest single mother character that's ever been committed to screen. She's so good in that. Having a mother who raised me by herself I was really struck by watching that film. And having kids myself, I also just fully realized how hard their job was. And not to just keep a kid alive, but to shield them from bullying and prejudice and the darkness of the world. Trying to keep their lives bright and happy even when you're feeling like s--t. Not to take it out on them, trying to raise a good person. 

Guerrasio: Scarlett Johansson's character is a mother who really knows how to keep her interactions with her son not as toxic as everything around them. Is that a character trait your mother had?

Waititi: When I was growing up I felt it was pretty chill but obviously there are certain things, and again, being a father now, there are just things kids do that piss you off. [Laughs.] With Scarlett's character I thought a little of [Roberto] Benigni in "Life Is Beautiful," where he is distracting his son from what's really going on around them. He never loses it at all. There's the one moment with Scarlett in the living room where she just snaps and then remembers herself. But I really wanted people to fall in love with her. I wanted the audience to see her as really the only grounded force in the film. Everyone else is running around like headless chickens and all she's trying to do is keep the kid safe. 

Guerrasio: Did you get any rehearsal time with her? I would think with her schedule you only had her for a limited time.

Waititi: Yeah, we just talked. We talked a lot about it. 

Guerrasio: Did you feel that was enough?

Waititi: Unless you are searching for something, I'm not really sure you need much rehearsal. I felt the script was really in a place where I was really happy with it, and if there was anything we were searching for dialogue-wise, we could just talk about it and go off and try to execute those notes. And then there's also having amazing actors. With Sam and Scarlett, you don't really need to overthink it. I've learned that over the years, if you know someone is really good and they're smart and you have had those homework discussions earlier then most of your work is done. 

Guerrasio: Let's change it up and talk about Hitler.

Waititi: I've brought this on myself. 

Guerrasio: It sounds like early drafts of the script didn't have him in the story, right?

Waititi: The very first draft didn't have him, but then I started all over again. 

Guerrasio: What was the lightbulb moment?

Waititi: The book, I'll be straight up, is not a comedy. It's very much dramatic. And I was just about to do "What We Do in the Shadows," and I felt then that I was only interested in doing this if it's a different story from these World War II films. Knowing myself, I knew eventually I was going to put humor into it somewhere. When I rewrote it, I just started typing and it just kind of wrote itself. It only took me a couple of weeks. And I don't usually start at page one but I started and basically wrote all the way through. And the Adolf character came about and the script hasn't changed that much since. It's really hard to explain because the only time it's really happened to me is with this script.

Guerrasio: So in the rewrite that's when things get outlandish. 

Waititi: Yeah. The first version wasn't a comedy. 

  Guerrasio: That first draft was more true to the book?

Waititi: Yeah. I wrote the first draft with a friend of mine. It was brilliant but it just didn't feel like me. 

Guerrasio: And also you probably asked yourself, "Do you want to do a serious movie on this subject?"

Waititi: "Do I have to go to work and feel sad and angry all day." So I started again. I didn't even have this idea in my head of having this imaginary friend. I think I wanted to get rid of the father. I wanted to have this life in the house small and simple. Just the kid and the mother. In the book there's the kid, the mother, the grandmother, the father comes back and forth. There were just too many characters to try and do this. So I got rid of all of that and then just gave him a friend.

Guerrasio: How did you end up playing Hitler?

Waititi: It was never my intention. The furthest thing from my mind was me playing him. Then we shopped it around to a few agencies, not even specific actors, and asked, "What do you think of the script? Who do you think would work?" Back when we were getting this off the ground it was all about what actors are a box-office draw when it came to making period movies. So a lot of the investors said, "We need an A-lister to play Hitler." I could see why they would say that, but weirdly it's not like that anymore. 

Guerrasio: And if you cast a star, all I'm going to see in that role is that star.

Waititi: You're exactly right. So, let's come up with a name. Big movie star. 

Guerrasio: Um … Brad Pitt. 

Waititi: If it's the Brad Pitt Hitler movie that's all it's going to be known as. 

Guerrasio: It's true. 

Waititi: And he'll be the only thing on the poster and it will distract from the real heart of that story which are these kids. And I want to see a Brad Pitt anything movie but it would have taken away from what the story is trying to deliver. 

Guerrasio: So you have to take the role. 

Waititi: And it was [the movie's distributor] Fox Searchlight's decision.

Guerrasio: Really?

Waititi: After I finished shooting "Thor: Ragnarok" they came in and said they really loved the script. This is four or five years after I wrote it. They said they really want to make it but they said, "We're only interested if you play Hitler." Which was lunacy to me. 

Guerrasio: What was their pitch? Why?

Waititi: They made a good point which was that particular role is written a certain way and it needs to be handled by the person who invented that character. Part of it, like we said, is the celebrity distraction thing, but also because the way I wrote it, and because I knew how it needed to be played, it fell on me. And it actually made it easier to play because I didn't have to deal with someone else filtering what I was trying to do. They were right, looking back on it. If I worked with another actor maybe that person would have researched it too much or tried to do a more authentic version of Hitler and pulled away the buffoonery I was after.

Guerrasio: So what was it like on set directing in costume? 

Waititi: Yeah, it was horrible. 

Guerrasio: Did you address everyone on set the first day of shooting? "Sorry guys, it is what it is." 

Waititi: I did actually have to do that. I was just embarrassed on set. Having to be dressed like that and having to talk to people. Often I took off the mustache between set ups or put a hat on. Or I would take the jacket off. But still, you catch yourself in a reflection and you're reminded. For most people it's something like seeing themselves and going, "I forgot, I got a haircut yesterday." For me it was, "Ah, I forgot, I look like Hitler."

SEE ALSO: The Nazi satire "Jojo Rabbit" is a heartfelt coming-of-age comedy by the director of "Thor: Ragnarok" that feautures an amazing performance by Scarlett Johansson

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I was tagged by @sosuke-of-secondearth 

Rules: You must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people. - Maybe

THE LAST 1.Drink: Water 2.Phone call: My father I think 3.Text message: My friend Stephano  4.Song you listened to: Lydia by Highly Suspect 5.Time you cried: Few days ago, kitten passed away.

6.Dated someone twice: I did. What a horrible mistake that shit was. 7. Been Cheated on: More times than I’d like to admit. 8.Kissed someone and regretted it: I mean, yeah but that happens sometimes. 9.Lost someone special: Yeeeaaahhh 10.Been depressed: I have. 11.Gotten drunk and thrown up: I sneezed over 10 times while drinking once. Never been so dizzy in my life. So yeah.

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: Blue, black, red IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU… 15.Made new friends: I’ve tried to. I’m horrible at it though. :c 16.Fallen out of love: Nah, still quite happy with my squish. 17.Laughed until you cried: I have, makes my heart happier than my eyes wet. 18.Found out someone was talking about you: Ohhhh yeah. You’d be surprised what people say about you when they think you can’t hear. 19.Met someone who changed you: I had some really awesome classmates this year who helped me grow as a writer. :D 20.Found out who your true friends are: In a way.  21.Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Indeedly doo. 22.How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: Most of them. 23.Do you have any pets: I have two cute, fuzzy, dick bags. I love my cats. 24.Do you want to change your name: I honestly cannot stand my first name but I don’t know if I’d change it. 25.What did you do for your last birthday: Went to a local convention with my favorite nerds and then played Smash bros. <3 26.What time did you wake up: Today? Around 9-ish. I didn’t get out of bed til much later. 27.What were you doing at midnight last night: I was recording a game for my dudes. :D 28.Name something you cannot wait for: The AC to be fixed. Florida is too hot for this shit, man. 29.When was the last time you saw your mother: Alive? March 7th, 2012. Grave? March 7th, 2017. Don’t get sad my dudes. I had a great visit last time. Why be sad about it when you can remember all the good things? 30.What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: Become a better person. I’m a wreck yo. 31.What are you listening to right now: The sound of every fan in the house trying to battle the Florida weather. 32.Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I think so? 33.Something that is getting on your nerves: The heat. 34.Most visited website: Probably YouTube. 35.Elementary: I went to one. 36, High School: I also went to one of these. 37.College: Attending one of these 38.Hair color: Brown 39.Long or short hair: Long 40.Do you have a crush on someone: Yea, my boyfriend. 41.What do you like about yourself: I don’t really know. I make people laugh I guess. 42.Piercings: Currently I have none whatsoever. 43.Blood type: I should probably know this one, huh? 44.Nickname: Jess 45.Relationship status: I’m taken bacon, yo. 46.Zodiac sign: Virgo 47.Pronouns: She/her 48.Favorite tv show: Current favorite is Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure 49.Tattoos: Triforce on my left shoulder 50.Right or left hand: Right handed but I use both for drawing and painting. Kinda useful to be honest.

FIRST… 51.Surgery: EH.... 52.Piercing: I had my ears pierced when I was little but they closed ages ago. 54.Sport: I used to play an assload of soccer.  55.Vacation: Universal Studios in Orlando. Fun place. 56.Pair of trainers: Whut

MORE GENERAL… 57.Eating: I’d kill for some chocolate icecream right about now but nothing at the moment. 58.Drinking: Glass of water. Good shit, yo. 59.I’m about to: Probably gonna go play a videogame after this. 61.Waiting for: Final grades to come out. 62.Want: I currently wanna get my hands on the game PREY that just came out. 63.Get married: Eh, maybe someday. 64.Career: Pretty sure I still wanna be an artist. 65.Hugs or kisses: Hugs make me happiest. 66.Lips or eyes: Eyes, yoooo. 67.Shorter or taller: Either or, doesn’t really matter.  68.Older or younger: I prefer slightly older guys. 70.Nice arms or nice stomach?: I don’t really think that matters. 71.Sensitive or loud: Sensitive I suppose. 72.Hook up or relationship: Relationships are better for me.  73.Troublemaker or hesitant: I’m a troublemaker. It’s fun?

HAVE YOU EVER… 74.Kissed a stranger?: Not that I’m aware of.  75.Drank hard liquor?: You bet your ass I have.  76.Lost glasses contact/lenses?: Do you know how hard it is to find your glasses without your glasses?!  77.Turned someone down?: Yeeeaaaahhhh.  78.Sex on first date?: Nah 79.Broken someone’s heart?: It’s quite possible that I have. It’s so easy to break someone’s heart without knowing. 80.Had your heart broken?: More than once, that’s for sure. 81.Been arrested?: Why on earth would anyone need to know this? 82.Cried when someone died?: Yup, death makes me act strange. 83.Fallen for a friend?: Yuuuuup.  DO YOU BELIEVE IN… 84.Yourself?: I try to. Better to try than to always believe I’ll fail at everything I do.

85.Miracles?: Sometimes?

86.Love at first sight?: Depends I suppose. 

87.Santa Claus?: If I do will he bring me that game I want? 88.Kiss on the first date?: Depends on how well I clicked with said person. 89.Angels?: Sure, why not.

OTHER…. 90.Current best friend’s name: Bruh, you’re asking for a list I’m not into writing atm, yo. 91.Eye color: Brown 92. Favourite movie: Currently? Moana

As for tagging people. I’m not into that but feel free to do this if you want. c: