#i might link this to my verses page somewhere or put it on my pinned or smth so it's easily accessible but otherwise .

[sacredpit]

    nobody asked but here is the   official timeline   of kakyoin’s work with the speedwagon foundation .   mostly for my own reference ,   but it’s important to know where he’s at in each verse !!

1989-91 :   BASIC TRAINING .   kakyoin balances going to university full - time with his initiation into spw .   this era includes his orientation   &   a very basic introduction to the mechanisms of the special operations department ,   specifically   stand research ,   since this is his specialty .

1991-93 :   FIELD TRAINING .   with his certifications for lab   &   desk work mostly complete ,   kakyoin begins conditioning to be a field researcher   &   special operations agent ,   choosing to complete the program offered in   south korea .   much of what he endures during this time is   classified ,   but the bulk of it sees him furthering his potential with his stand   &   completing a series of missions   (   solo ,   partner ,   &   group   )   to get a feel for what field work actually entails ,   &   how dangerous it can be .   with a starting class of 105 ,   only 45 students complete the two year program .   kakyoin graduates with the highest rank .

1993-99 :   FIELD RESEARCHER   /   SPECIAL OPS AGENT .   in light of completing all his training ,   kakyoin begins his field career .   he maintains a home base in korea for two years ,   returning to japan in 1995 .   during this era ,   he travels the world extensively for work ,   taking on assignments varying in severity   &   duration ,   but regardless ,   he is away from home for months at a time ,   causing his mother great distress .   in late spring of 1999 ,   he requests to go to morioh to aid in the upcoming investigation .

1999 :   THE MORIOH SAGA .   kakyoin wishes to stay in morioh long - term ,   but as he rises in rank at spw ,   his list of responsibilities grow   &   he is needed for other tasks .   eventually ,   he manages to convince the current department head to allow him to stay full - time ,   finally able to dedicate all of his energy into helping jotaro ,   josuke ,   &   the others uncover the stand - wielding culprit behind the gruesome attacks threatening the women of the town .   he is instrumental in uncovering the secret behind yoshikage kira’s stand ,   as well as unveiling his identity .

2000-02 :   HEAD OF STAND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT .   for his outstanding work in morioh ,   as well as his indispensable contributions to the special ops division during his career thus far ,   kakyoin is promoted to department head .   this sees him doing less field work ;   only set out for major assignments or to assist where things have gone awry in the field .   he spends most of his time overseeing and assigning missions   &   handling domestic affairs ,   such as stand users being held in custody .   he also becomes responsible for all of the foundation’s information on   dio ,   &   virtually anything relating to him as more information   &   remnants come to light .   in 2002 ,   he spends several months in italy following up with the new passione headed by dio’s son ,   giorno giovanna .   in light of their ensuing bond ,   passione   &   spw’s special ops division form an unlikely alliance that is   the first of its kind . 

2002-09 :   DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS .   following his forging a bond between an organization led by one of   the most powerful known stand users   (   not to mention passione’s existence as a crime organization   ━━━━   forming such a relationship had been   no easy feat   ) ,   kakyoin is promoted once again to a leadership role over the entire special operations department .   at thirty - one years old at the time of his acceptance of the position ,   he is the youngest person at speedwagon in such a powerful role .   his responsibilities have increased tenfold ,   however ,   with infinitely more to oversee   &   weigh in on .   with young child at home ,   kakyoin begins to yearn to spend more time with him   &   his husband ,   but he’s also worked incredibly hard to get to this position   &   is incredibly passionate about his work .   he manages to maintain something of a balance for seven years ,   before ultimately electing to step down from his role in favor of taking a civilian job as a professor .   though sad to see him go ,   his colleagues understand his ambition to put his family first ,   &   his affiliation with the organization is everlasting ,   as well as the respect he has earned   throughout his career .

2011 :   EMERGING FROM RETIREMENT .   with his family   &   life falling apart at the orchestration of dio’s   last remaining lapdog ,   kakyoin makes the choice to temporarily return to his role at spw in order to assist jolyne   &   the others ,   &   to keep watch over jotaro ,   staying by his side as he works from the shadows to supply jolyne with resources   &   support .   his connections also allow him to bring   giorno giovanna   &   josuke higashikata   into the fight to turn the tides to their favor ,   snuffing out what seems to be the last of dio’s ideology for good   &   returning to their normal lives .   for now .  

[shy-magpie]

RQG Discord

So hi,  I was mentioning something about the discord in my live blog of RQG 99,  and it occurred to me that I should probably mention that I am now on there.  I want to be the kind of person that makes civilized post with great insight about Discord Vs Tumblr, but mostly I want to yell that I love everyone in this bar. I have never used a discord before and (makes vague hand gestures at things like I just wrote the live blog for episode 99 the current episode is 131 but am posting this after my live blog of episode 77) you've seen what I'm like;  so it's going to be a while before I quit lurking and post.  I started at the beginning of the the RQG specific discord and am working my way towards the present. Why yes, that is a lot of scrolling every time I open the page,  but the pins help. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to join, even if I'm not posting it's good to hang around the fandom. Honestly between the show and the fandom my standards are so raised. I keep being surprised by things like how many people put their pronouns in their handle, and how no one makes a fuss about not using standard combos, then realizing that making room for people like me isn't too big of an ask. BTW I want to hug everyone of you using a name that "matches" your pronouns and still puts them in your handle. Especially since no one has put Name(gender) instead of Name(pronouns), the way you kids get name doesn’t equal gender doesn't equal pronouns, is giving me life. But on a lighter note, no one is being mean to the mods or throwing a fit when someone suggests that they should take a conversation to another board. No one is being a jerk to the cast or flipping out if someone criticizes their fav/defends their anti fav. We even have a Bertie or two fan who are up to date and the worst it's gotten is like "but... " "I know but we aren't going to change eachother's minds". Seeing this in action isn't why I love this forum, there are so many reasons to love this forum, but it is why I won't be going back to some of the hostile places I used to chalk up to "what the internet is like". Also I love every single one of this fandom, including you, lurker who is reading this without having posted a word anywhere. We have fan artists, authors,  someone is making a Sasha Barbie, I am pretty sure a couple of you invented new ways to be creative with RQG, and they are all rightly celebrated without anyone trying to compare them or tear someone down for not getting things exactly according to canon. I also love how the transcripts and closed captions started so organically with people stepping up to work together and people aren't getting snitty about what isn't done yet (you have no idea how tired I am of people volunteering their own time to do something for the fandom only to be effectively driven out by people demanding they produce perfectly at a rate you wouldn't get from a hired team). We have someone going through to mark every time they sleep and instead of hassle about that being an unusual way to relisten people are being grateful and combine it with an independent effort to figure out the timeline. I love everyone of you who linked to songs from Galavant or shared a D&D meme or made your own meme. I love those of you who share anything about setting yourself on fire or blowing yourself up with #Hamid, even though I'm not there yet. I love Bryn for giving his character a long name because whenever someone posts a fireball fail joke I can mutter "Hamid Saleh Haroun al Tahan, what did you do!?!" and it is so satisfying (even if I am pretty sure I know exactly what he is going to do). I love the people who ask about how obscure bits of history work in this verse, I love the people who ask for context to understand the question, and I especially love everyone who cheerfully explains and simplifies history so no one feels left out or embarrassed. I love everyone who is coming in late like me, and posts to say that they just met Azu and would die for her. I love everyone who is up to date, and instead of telling them to binge faster, simply replies by embracing their new fan friend and assuring them that we would all die for Azu, except we think it might make her sad. I love how gracious Helen is every time we post about Azu, even when she has to repeat herself, like on Azu coming from a town so small they don't have last names. I love Anil and all the mods, and the fandom for getting that without mods the discord wouldn't stay the wonderful place it is. I have a post somewhere about loving Bryn and Lydia so much it makes me kinder to myself so I trust you'll forgive me for not going on about how great they are on the discord as well. I don't just respect Alex's craft in the game, I love how we can post about him by name and he never gets insulted by us calling him evil, but still cheerfully swings by to answer questions. I love Ben, how he gets into Grizzop's thoughts and both the watsonian and doyalist reasons for what he does. (I am also looking forward to reading his posts during the time the episode with Zolf's return is recorded but in the buffer so fans won't know for weeks. My current bet is I won't be able to tell when the buffer starts because Ben is a healthier version of Zolf in terms of playing things so close to his chest you can forget he is playing). In short, I love everyone in the discord,   (probably everyone in the fandom) and thank you all with especial gratitude for those of you who encouraged me to join the discord. I hope you can forgive me for tossing this at my queue and running without too much editing; I am working on my shyness but you all need to know how great you are, so this was a compromise.