#corpse of gold

[starry-blue-echoes]

so I just had

a REALLY fun idea

*slides together Son of Dio and Corpse of Gold* so what if Diavolo killed Giorno and Trish

like. Canon goes mostly the same, save for the fact Giorno's hair doesn't change color. He still gets Gold, still decides to overthrow the Boss, but this time :)

this time when Diavolo punches him through things don't go as well :)))

after all...... Giorno's a 15 year old kid and decently smaller than Bucciarati. And if he's dead and unable to heal Trish..... well, it's only natural she'd get killed as well

Gold Experience of course VERY much disagrees with this course of events and pours every single ounce of energy it can into bringing its User and his friend back. I'd imagine Trish wouldn't get too many physical differences, after all her hair is already pink and her eyes are green, but maybe she ends up getting Spice Girl's eye markings and starts loosing her pupils so it's just solid green?

but yeah, anyways now there are two freshly dead 15 year olds with a LOT of trauma, magic powers and one hell of a grudge

I'm not super sure how the AU goes from here (maybe they end up teaming up with Risotto or Polnareff?) but. God this is going to absolutely DESTROY Bucciarati when he finds out. That these two children were murdered in cold blood and he more or less delivered them to their killer on a silver platter

[strawberryvanillablast]

Somewhat based on a conversation that I have with @starry-blue-echoes with their Corpse of Gold AU Giorno and Star Swap Joseph.

It's a WIP but it will be done eventually!

Koichi: Giorno, whatcha got there?

Vento Innocente Giorno:

Vento Innocente Giorno: A gelato!

[zandraxofnebulon]

A dungeon meshi rpg-style video game adaptation wouldn't work unless it had extremely dedicated systems for cooking the monsters you slay. I'm talking the ability to cut apart the monster in any way you want, any part of the monster that could conceivably be edible can be cooked if you find the right way to do it, with every part having pre assigned ideal cooking methods to give the best flavor and nutrition. (The cutting apart and cooking would have actual physics and gameplay, no simple cooking animation/minigame.) The better you cook the food, the better your stats are for the next part of your journey.

The actual rpg combat could be fleshed out or barebones, but the meat (lol) of the experience HAS to be in the cooking. Maybe you start out only knowing a few very basic cooking methods and learn more as you go through the game (if you come back to earlier areas after getting far into the dungeon, you can cook parts of monsters you couldnt before, create new recipes, etc.)

Maybe there could be a whole bespoke system for keeping track of/labeling each recipe you make (breath of the wild style), with records on the nutritional values (the stat octagon) for each. The nutrition would generally be enhanced by how good the flavor is, with penalties if things are burnt/cooked incorrectly/etc.

Story wise, maybe you wouldnt play as laios' party during the events of dunmesh, but as a group of adventurers post-epilogue who're exploring a dungeon at king laios' behest, and, taking inspiration from his adventure, decide to survive by eating monsters. Maybe laios would gift them a copy of the Dungeon Gourmet Guide, with notes and corrections from senshi here and there. As the party progresses into the dungeon, they unlock more entries in the guide, adding their own notes as they go. Idk where the story would end up going but if ryoko kui is involved it would probably be pretty sick

[psstwantsomecheese]

*Looks at a gay couple*

So which one of you promises to return to the other with a fleet of ships

And which one of you gets inevitably betrayed because your childhood best friend feared their father more than they loved you

[vigilskeep]

the economy really has gone to pieces by inquisition times. wheres my babies the copper and silver pieces i miss them

on the one hand i understand the thought process that it’s stupid for the inquisitor to be dealing in change. on the other hand. the economy

[hrokkall]

Broken crown

[ilynpilled]

jaime through the eyes of other povs

[starry-blue-echoes]

so I was thinking and just.

*slides Corpse Of Gold and Echoes Act 4 closer together* :)

I just want these silly dead 15 year olds to meet and interact

because just. These two are in a position where despite how many differences there are between them, how they're not even the same "type" of Stand Ghost Thing, there are so many things that can only be understood by the two of them.

and honestly, when they both learn the details of the other's death and experiences afterward, they both think the other had it worse and beat themselves up for feeling awful.

Koichi thinks about how much he "overreacted," that he at least had people who cared about him. He had his friends to help him work through everything and at the very least he had a funeral. Giorno meanwhile sees Koichi's death as worse than his. That his death was completely out of his hands unlike Giorno's (coughselfblamecough), how his melding with his Stand hadn't been nearly as painless as Giorno's, that the boy had to spend months learning how to use his abilities from scratch

of course, both their assessments, while technically correct, are still very wrong. Both their situations were absolutely awful and neither one definitively had it worse. I can definitely see these two sitting down for a long talk filled with a lot of emotions and arguing, and when they finally come out of it they're both closer and much more protective of each other

and of course, the Bucci Gang are in for a T R E A T when they realize that the BOTH of them are dead children

[strawberryvanillablast]

Your protector, My guide.

Based on a conversation between @starry-blue-echoes and myself, combining Corpse of Gold with Vento Innocente! (Sorry if I got some things wrong :'D)

TW: Discussions of death, Mentions of Drugs and Overdosing

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Giorno opened his eyes to nothing but darkness.

Darkness? The last thing he remembered was going to sleep on that big comfy bed. He smiled. That bed was super fluffy and comfy. And now he was here with this darkness all around him.

'Oh, silly me,' He thought to himself, smiling. 'I must be dreaming!'

As he mulled over this thought, a sudden burst of light made him yell and shield his eyes. It was getting brighter before transforming into... something. Giorno lowered his arm to see that the light was changing into a person.

A person... that looked like him.

He had the same hair, the same clothes, and the same face. But there was a glow to him that he didn't see before. Giorno blinked before his curiosity won over and he stepped forward. His twin looked around in slight confusion before looking over to him.

For minutes on end, there were no words being said at first. Then, his twin smiled and slowly raised his hand, reaching towards him. Giorno tried to copy the other boy's movements before their hands touched.

Suddenly, Giorno could feel it. A certain connection, a friendly bond.

"Excuse me, mister," Giorno asked gently. "What's your name?" There was a feeling that he already knew, but he wanted to double-check. It was only polite, after all.

"My name," His twin replied. "Is Giorno."

"Hey, my name is Giorno too," Giorno happily replied. "Nice to meet you, other me!"

"Buono Giorno, mi amico," The other Giorno smiled. "It's nice to meet you too." His smile then turned into a small frown. "I see you have lost something, too."

"Mhmm. My memories," Giorno nodded before also frowning. "Wait a minute. Lost something too? Did you lose your memories like I did?"

"No," Gio (so that there wouldn't be any confusion) shook his head. "I didn't lose my memories. I lost my life. I died some time ago."

"Your life," Giorno gasped, hands over his mouth in shock. "Oh no! I'm so sorry!" He just learned about death and how painful it was from Mr Koichi. "Many apologies! I didn't mean..."

"No, it's fine," Gio waved, laughing. "It was inconsequential anyway. I died from an overdose. I didn't really have anyone to mourn for me..."

"Please don't say that," Giorno replied, eyes glistening with tears. His heart was breaking from hearing that. "There must be someone who would do so for you! A close friend? Family?"

"I wasn't really close with anyone, to be honest," Gio shrugged. "And it isn't something to worry or even think about, really."

"Please don't say such things," Giorno scolded mildly as he took the other boy's hands gently. Oh, they felt so cold. "You deserve caring! And lots of love!"

"You... certainly are different from the people I usually know." Gio blinked before giving a small smile.

"If you like," Giorno kindly asked. "Would it be alright if I mourned for you? You deserve to feel cared for even if it's a total stranger like me!"

"Thank you for that thought," Gio smiled. "But the thing is, you don't have to mourn for me. Because I'm sticking by your side, other me. I will be your guide for you and your companion through Italy."

"Oh, you will," Giorno asked with a wide smile. "That's wonderful!"

"But in return," Gio replied. "You will have to help me with something. Can you do that?"

"Of course," Giorno nodded without delay. "Please tell me! It's the least I can do for you!"

"I died from an overdose. And I feel like my death isn't the only one that plagues Italy right now. There are many other innocent lives in peril due to the ruthless gangs that run Italy. And I want to save the innocent people from those who wish it harm. Will you help me?"

"I'd do it even if you didn't ask me," Giorno nodded. "What are we waiting for! Let's get to work!"

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Giorno opened his eyes suddenly, looking to where Mr. Koichi awoke from sleep. He felt really guilty; he didn't mean to wake Mr. Koichi up like this. But he needed to tell him about his new goal now.

"Giorno," Mr. Koichi yawned sleepily. "Is everything okay...?" His eyes widened. "Giorno. Why're you glowing gold?"

Giorno looked down to see a bright gold glow on his person. He then saw Gio suddenly appear, giving a warm smile.

"Greetings," Gio greeted. "My name is Giorno Giovanna, but you may also call me Gold."

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

this post got me to go find a recording of devin's voicelines and god. they truly go so hard. the best part of them to me isn't even the long speech to godwyn/fia but the part AFTER when you actually interact with him. the fucking. audible smile in his voice when he says "hello! the rotten witch is dead :) " the way it borders on an almost delirious giggle. the whole thing is like, the va did such a good job selling the simultaneous grief and rage and disgust and vindictive joy it's sooo delicious to me. they could never make me hate you devin you will always be iconic in my heart

[lackeyhenchman]

"Sure, you can pick it up. In theory"

[heyholmesletsgo]

RIP Song Lan (Rest in Purple)

[lafcadiosadventures]

[mad-hunts]

thinking about the fact that barton is not only maddeningly unhinged but also casually unhinged as well... and this is exactly what i mean by that: just imagine you see barton doing his thing, committing medical malpractice and doing something highly immoral as well as illegal to a cadaver, and then he pulls off his surgical gown and all you see is he's wearing a t-shirt for the band queen. and then you learn that pretty much all he wears underneath his surgical gowns is band tees that he got from concerts back in the day or just bought because they're cool and whenever you ask him why, all he says is ' why not? they're one of my most prized possessions ' 💀 like UMMM this man cannot be real in the dc universe jsjsj like half of the time you can't even tell whether he's joking or being serious because some of the things that come out of his mouth are so unserious and he literally just got done with committing an atrocity in this instance

[vinsportgar]

forbidden existence

[annabelle--cane]

van helsing I get that you've got mysterious arcane knowledge to sift through but Maybe you shouldn't be keeping so many secrets from your patient about her own condition