#i'm not tagging jojo :pain:

[pidayforpi]

[Extreme self-indulgent cartoon/anime infodump below]

(Confession: I watch the Japanese dub for DT17 as well (among other cartoons).

And one dumb thing I like to do with (especially) Japanese voice-acting is looking up what other characters the VA voices.

And on Monday, I did that with DT17's cast...compared with JoJo's cast.

→ Gladstone Gander = Tonio Trussardi (Tokuyoshi Kawashima 川島得愛) is cool

→ (Melon) Mickey = Donatello Versus (Takanori Hoshino 星野貴紀) is still cool

→ But Lena = Gwess (Momoko Taneichi 種市桃子) is really something

"Webby, Webby, Webby, Webbyyyyy~ ♪"

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(Additional infodump that is actually longer and more serious:

As you can see from the list above (yes, that's it, afaik), the DT17 dub cast don't really star much in JoJo. Actually, they don't really star much (majorly) in other anime as well. The only other VA with a famous role is Della's, who voices Nami from One Piece (yes).

I think the most famous VA in DT17 are those for The Three Caballeros: Donald, José and Panchito, who literally also voice three characters from Dragon Ball (Beerus, Frieza, Piccolo, respectively). And two of them are guest stars.

There are many reasons why this is the case: First of all, I'm only looking at voice-acting. Some of the dub VA are actually not VA by profession, but instead, say, live actors/stage actors/narrators etc. IIRC, the previous official Japanese voice of Mickey Mouse, who had voiced Mickey for almost 3 decades, isn't even an entertainer by profession.

Second, some of the VA are quite young, both in terms of age and career. That doesn't necessarily equate to fame, but there is a certain relation.

So. Why am I saying all of that? Because despite all those things, the dub is fire. It is above average at worst, absolutely amazing at best. Call me a weeb, but I have never seen a Japanese dub that is worse than the original voiceover.

HDL sound just as distinct, Webby sounds just as hyper, Fenton sounds just as adorable, Gyro sounds just as crazy misunderstood, LP sounds just as the himbo he is, Scrooge sounds just as...old (there is legit an "old people's way of talking" in spoken Japanese). And of course, Yamadera-sensei perfectly replicates the Donald Duck speech...but in Japanese. (Donald speaking "normally" is literally just Yamadera speaking normally as himself)

The same goes for other animation dubs as well, such as LotTC (the two Sheldgoose are so damn funny), GEAH (Sam is the MVP there with his amazing voice change), or RotTMNT (I legit watched the Japanese dub first). The VA themselves may not be famous, but they still do an excellent job that could be worthy of the fame.

Mad respect to that dedication and talent.

Oh, and if that isn't enough: They dub the goddamn songs as well. They sing them themselves, in Japanese, with Japanese lyrics that fit, sound good, and are accurate.

Remember the "Waddleduck" theme? Yeah, they dubbed that. The "It's a Date!" song? They dubbed that too. Donald's "Hear My Voice"? Yamadera sang it himself, both in normal voice and Donald Duck voice.

And all those silly, out-of-the-blue songs from LotTC? They dubbed them. All of them. Sheldgoose's song to the moai and lava geckos is my favourite.

[Attached with the Japanese version of that song. The only part they didn't dub over was the Spanish part, but otherwise I think it is very neat.]

(3-8-2023)

[miss-vanta-likes-to-write]

I'm not over Price's Widow, so I'm subjecting you all to it as well. Continuation to this right here

"Was he alone?" She asked quietly.

"No, we were with him till the end, ma'am." Kyle says softly as he sits next to her. He's turned fully facing her. He wants to cry himself but knows that won't do her any good.

She closes her eyes, her hand clutching onto his hat. Her tears kept falling silently, and she stopped her gut-wrenching, pain filled screams and cries only twenty minutes ago. Kyle can still hear them echoing in his thoughts. Such a mournful sound, it's going to stay with him more than the echoes of gun fire and bombs. Her hand, the one trying to self soothe by rubbing her stomach, is trembling.

Simon is still as statue. He won't come further into the cozy living room. He blames himself for Captain not coming home, and he doesn't feel like he has a right to be here trying to comfort his friend's widow. It doesn't matter if he's told it's not his fault and it doesn't matter that Mrs. Price insisted he could sit down in the living room with them.

JoJo has taken a liking to Soap, and the kid is completely oblivious to the life changing news that was just dropped. Little baby keeps pulling on his mohawk and babbling nonsensical words. It then dawns on all of them, really, that Mrs. Price is going to be raising Jojo and the new baby by herself. She's going to be alone during her pregnancy and suffering through grief and post-partum, a time when she's most vulnerable by herself.

None of them can have that.

Her voice cracks, "I'm glad you were all with him. I know you three were his boys. He talked about you so much, he loved you all so much. If there's anything you need, please let me know."

And the lump in Kyle's throat feels like it's closing up because of course Mrs. Price is a good woman, a doting wife, and cares for the three men who couldn't get their Captain - her husband - help in time. She's offering to look after his team during their time of grief, too, despite being thrown head first into a reality that was talked about but never thought to be a true possibility. He briefly wonders if John told her he'd be back before she could miss him. He knows the cup cakes on the kitchen counter with the pink and blue sprinkles were supposed to be his welcome home present. Captain John Price was supposed to be surprised with news of another baby. The man was robbed of this reality, and his wife left with just his hat and dog tags and the date that his body would be at the morgue.

"Thank you for stopping by." She moves to get up, but her hand is gently grabbed by Kyle's. "Yes?"

"Would you like us to stay for a while?" He asks. He's hoping she lets them stay, even if she only wants them on the front porch the second she becomes angry that they couldn't bring her husband back safely. He doesn't want to leave her alone with Jojo, alone to grieve by herself. They promised they'd take care of her, that promise is the only thing keeping all three of them steady.

So when Mrs. Price nods her head she looks at all of them. "Stay for as long as you need."

[n0vation]

Just a release. Nam-Gyu x Reader

ㄨSUMMARY: You managed to help him through his withdrawal with a new addiction hobby, of course he will reward you! ㄨ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗PAIRING: Nam-gyu x female!reader/ Smut/ Dark content ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ TAGS/WARNINGS: pathetic namgyu/ bit of misogyny/ noncon / dubcon / choking / creampie / corruption kink? A/N: still working on jojo asks, jujjika ask and jojo special but focusing squid game is making me too creative

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Hands gripping his hair, pulling his collar , toying with his clothes , he was almost making you feel bad. If it wasn't for how those hands coldly killed Se-mi night ago. Miserable, pathetic and obviously needy, he was begging at the guards to let him go back for only a second.

Desorientated, he got up after being roughed up by the guards to reach the bed close to yours. If it wasn't for Thanos, you would probably have taken the furthest bed and hate this man along the other, but the temporary feeling of safety and appreciation for Se-mi , got you in this situation.

The last two of the Thanos's group. The last two of the group that brought the game this far. The least two capable of going further alone.

Sat on her bed, you thought of the money and the next vote before you heard someone speaking behind you. Mumbles and slurs came to your ears as you recognised the voice of the addict.

His word had no longer meaning, forced to fit together to externalize his forced withdrawal.

Slowly falling into Morpheus's arms, your sore body finally relaxed with the light going off before you felt your breathing gets harder. In fact something was restraining your mouth and dragging you out of your sheets. Fighting off the hand, you were only pulled closer to the thick body ,walking with difficulty to a corner. You recognised the ring and the tattoo from the arm clawing at your head and all it did was double your worries.

"Stop it already." He mumbled, sighing heavily. Your movements only managed to disturb his weak balance while you tried to grab the metal from the bed you passed by.

"If it was Thanos, you wouldn't behave like that. You're all the same you women." He said with difficulty, with his throat tightening on the name. He used his second hand to awkwardly search to pass under your arms and bring you faster away.

The second his arm leave your body, you open your mouth before getting shoved into the wall with his hands clawing over your jaw.

"Just.." He started hesitant. "Just a release" He begged his expression looking at you as if you were the only person capable of saving him. Theoretically, you were. Practically, you were the last shot of highness he could get from this pit of hell.

"You want alright? I'm in my right yea? Of course I can alright?" You felt like he was trying to persuade himself more than you. He ran a hand in his hair, the other holding you before pulling on his shirt as if he was choking.

"Women just need a lead. I will lead you" He roughly turned you , face to the wall before sliding an arm around your neck. He shushed you as he slid an huried hand to free you from your pants.

Divided between maintaining your weak breathing and holding your clothes, you felt your eyes getting blurry before pain in your lower belly brought you back to your harsh reality. You were at the mercy of a fucking junkie getting into your pants.

His thick cock found its way in a single fast thrust, pushing you against the wall at the same moment he bottomed you. You yelped and squirmed at his egoistical treatment. His second arm slid under your chest , securing you for his futur movement while he drowned your ears in stuttering apologies and justifications.

He pulled back resting his forehead on your shoulder before going in roughly again, arching your back at the feeling of the hit in your cervix.

His irregular thrusts then took a fast rhythm while his hands were constantly roaming over you. You felt the air knock off of your lungs at his sloppy assault on, you giving up on the idea of fighting in such an unfair combat.

By moment his incoherent speech was cut by heavy sighs and quiet moans, reminding you how he was getting off on your used self. You ended up paying attention to his words noticing his sentences fumbling between praising your behavior and mixed feeling toward your person.

"fuck i'm gonna get addicted to you instead" his head falling over your shoulder.

"I should fucking slaughter you on spot for .. for having such a choke hold on me" his hips hitting yours harder.

Then you felt his hands shake over your chest before delivering extra pound that costed him long heavy whimpers as Namgyu brought you closer almost in a loving embrace if it wasn't for the hand over your mouth and his body raping yours.

Miserable, pathetic, and ridiculous was all his poor tentative was making you think as he kept you in his arms while cumming. Anger helped you breathe before the reality stuck up in your throat: he had you defiled for his own good.

Legs not holding you fairly anymore and tears flooding your face brought Nam-Gyu back to earth. You witnessed his flushed face look at yours with concern as his grip on you got stronger.

"You felt that too ?" his voice filled with delusion, pressing his feelings over yours.

"You can just accept it, i'm not going to make you regret it" he mumbled while attempting to corrupt your melting brain. Was it working? You sure wouldn't regret relying on another addiction after ending up so low.

His determined hands flipped you over with ease before finding their way on your hips. You felt him adjusting your limp limbs around his waist. Manhandled in a fake lover embrace, you obeyed his orders and laid your arms over his shoulder while hoping for mercy. Your weeping expression crossed gaze with his stern look, his eyes squinting and aching for more. Almost you could almsot recognized his high eyes in those one.

His fingers forced your mouth open and pressed on your tongue to silence your pleas while he snuck up his fingers inside your dirtied panties. Twisted smile was drawn on his face as he earned reactions from you to his awkward movement on your lower.

His shaft pressed against your abused cunt pulling desperate sounds from you as Nam-gyu shushed you. Starting again his forbidden assault, circling over your numbness,kissing the tears off of you, moving you up and down with the strength of each shove, you were barely even feeling the pain of his intrusion as you started to recognize the familiar knots tightening in your guts.

He snickers, proud of the shakiness spreading in your legs as he pumped you faster and came along with you. He drove his cock some more, stuffing you with your mixed release before keeping you there and laying his head on your form before mumbling again.

Was that shame on his face? Apologize out of his mouth? Guilt in his words?

[forsaken-headcanons]

silly favorite song or musician hcs!! :3

(totally not just songs I like,, ehe,,)

Builderman: Weird Al's biggest fan, favorite song is probably Virus Alert

Telamon: Definitely listens to KMFDM, no further questions (I heart you not!!)

But Shed?: Gives Will Wood (and sometimes the tapeworms) vibes, so maybe Dr. sunshine is dead or main character

Elliot: Miss wanna die (JubyPhonic) or November Waltz (work at a Pizza Place) he gives nostalgia needy tbh, and Waltz music is likely a comfort genre

Toe time: Obvious Maretu fan, but also religious music, because of Spawn. Their favorite Maretu song would be Ashiteitanoni, and only because they relate to it. (+The song Two time for sillies :3)

Noob: 6arelyhuman and Asteria. Fav songs would be Pretty Scene girl and what you want, just fit the theme!!! (We <3 party noob :>)

007n7: Hard choice, but MSI, from when he was younger, during his hacking days. He probably also listens to Weezer because he's weird. Prescription and Island in the sun.

Guest1337: Anything classical, or reminding of Daisy. Favorite song is likely В последний раз (For the Last Time)

Chance: Roll or die and Unhealthy Obsession, gotta go gambling!!!!! 777

Dusekkar: That Handsome Devil, and some forms of Classical. Favorite may be 'The heart that goes to heaven, and the head that goes to hell.'

Taph: Mr. Kitty and some forms relating to heavy metal. Secret hc that while in hiding made covers of rock and other genres like that (Mb if wrong, I'm not big on names of genre stuffs)

Jane Doe: Not in game, but I don't care. She would relate to the song Bernadette, and also like Mr. Kitty. Her and John would have likely sang songs like Impacto and 'O sol e a Lua' with eachother pre-corruption.

Jason: Momma's boy. He probably doesn't remember much of pre-forsaken, or does a lot, I'm going with the version that Jason's drowning, then spree, then forsaken. Still, he probably reminisces about his mother if he did.

C00lkidd: Obviously 100% Jojo Siwa- He probably enjoys Vocaloid, so I'd say his favorite is Poppipo/Vegetable Juice, because :)

1x1x1x1: They seem like the type to enjoy 'Abnormality Dancin' girl' and songs like that, but also Will Wood and KMFDM, Telamon probably introduced them to that when they first attacked Robloxia (going with hunt 1x here) but also would probs like Odetari by themself.

John Doe: Mili, Kihow and Ghost & Pals if forsaken v. Pre corruption is same as Jane, and his favorites would obviously include Compass, Through Patches of Violet, Hero, Candle Queen, and probably Housewife radio.

Noli: Ohy gos im in pain but Noli would def like Odetari, 6arelyhuman and Maretu. Also gives Kikuo vibes. His favorite is definitely Angel Breaking. (Needy girl overdose)

Itrapped: Berdanette and Unhealthy Obsession. Likely also a fan of types of Classical and Waltzes. Probably has the whole Bridgerton and Sweeny Todd soundtrack saved if he had Spotify/youtube.

Azure: Pre-sacrafice would be a fan of religious music, like two time, but also Jack Stauber. His old favorite would be 'for the love of God/sweet religion.' (MSI) Forsaken Azure would like MSI still, but take on Kikuo and grunge music.

Ts all :3 (I think I got everyone lols)

° - Freezing Winters Anon

WEIRD AL MENTIONED!! WEIRD AL! Telamon listening to KMFDM is perfect. Amazing. And Shed listening to Will Wood? Real!! Absolutely.

holy lord that's a lot of tags.

[mirensiart]

new pinned 📌

BASIC INFO:

i'm miry ✨

she/her lesbian 🏳️‍🌈

i'm an adult (25+)

chilean 🇨🇱

I have diagnosed ADHD lmao

this is a strictly SFW art account (with some yapping in between)

My reblog only sideblog is @windwakering

i speak both english and spanish

i don't do art requests

please don't repost my art!

my kofi page

TAGS:

#miry's art (all my current art)

#miry's ask box (ask box replies)

#miry's wips (what i'm working on)

#miry's yapping (text posts)

#miry's old art (art from 2012 to 2019)

FANDOMS:

fire emblem (mainly sacred stones, awakening & engage)

xenoblade chronicles (mainly xenoblade chronicles 1 )

legend of zelda (mainly the wind waker and twilight princess)

linked universe (@/linkeduniverse comic by jojo!)

MY ZELDA AUS:

My zelink ocs original loz story (fondly nicknamed KEYCHAIN)

My linkles meet au aka THE LINKLEVERSE

Pain Sharing Curse Au (based on the Linked Universe Au) > this au has a comic too! You can read it HERE

SHIPS:

I'm very normal about these ships lmao (click on the links to see the fanart I've done for each ship!)

Ephraim/Innes (fire emblem sacred stones)

Eirika/Tana (fire emblem sacred stones)

Zelda/Ilia (zelda twilight princess)

Midna/Link (zelda twilight princess)

MidZeLink (zelda twilight princess)

Mòrag/Brighid (xenoblade chronicles 2)

Shulk/Reyn (xenoblade chronicles 1)

Diamant/Amber (fire emblem engage)

Ivy/Panette (fire emblem engage)

Alear/Alfred (fire emblem engage)

Thank you for visiting my page 🥰💖

[winterchestnut]

I'll write mine on the premise that I'm the favorite love interest and how I perceive the LaDS boys would interact with me.

ℝ𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕝

"Your Majesty looks a little pouty today," Rafayel says as he smiles at his phone screen; a reprieve from his life as a famous artist who shirks away from the crowd. He enjoys tete a tete because my voice soothes him. Pokes me repeatedly to get me agitated. Will actually listen when he sets me up to give him reminders.

Feels kindred somehow. "So you also had to grow up fast..." At first, he thought I was the "wannabe kuudere" of the love interests, and rolled his eyes every time my voicelines brushed him off. But as I had chosen him after learning more about him, he chose me after learning more about me. "That kind of responsibility isn't fair, is it..."

"You're an artist too? Coulda fooled me with your office boss vibes."

Spends money on the game to get my model the best outfits and R3 our memories together. Pays for memories on solo banners.

Hates how I love cats. "Get away from that monstrosity. You have how many?!"

𝕊𝕪𝕝𝕦𝕤

Fashionista. Paid for ALL the outfits. Will play in Glint Studio with me for hours, knowing that my voiceovers would be critiquing each of his choices. "Why the bright yellow? I despise this color. You know I like the grunge outfit." Smirks at his phone when my model gives him a grimace.

Only completed orbits for the outfits and accessories. Has decorated my room from top to bottom, left to right. "Only the best for you."

"You're the only one I have eyes for, Sweetie." Has time for one love interest, and subsequently, only plays the main story for my route.

Enjoys hearing my, "やれやれだぜ (yare yare da ze/Good grief), in combat when my game model protects him.

ℂ𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕓

Hamster... He treats me like a hamster (because short adults exist), likes to poke me on the homescreen. He hardly eats himself, but scrunches his nose when he asks me what to eat because I express food is just sustenance to survive. "I don't particularly like to eat, but steak is always a good option." Subsequently, uses the game as a motivation to take care of himself. "If I eat, then you'd better eat too," often uses quality time for lunch dates.

Combat Ready: Finishes Orbits or combat stages quickly because my game model expresses pain and HP loss in a stubborn way.

"Ungh. This isn't anything new."

"C'mon! Is that it?!"

"Hey now, lemme protect you."

NERDS: Always catches some anime or movie reference that my game model makes.

"Is that a JoJo('s Bizarre Adventure) ref?" :D

"Haha! Yea, we'llfind the One Piece together"

ONLY DRESSES ME IN CUTE OUTFITS.

"The panda onesie fits your face. ✨️💖"

𝕏𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕣

Absent player. He has the game on his phone but rarely plays, likes the cute events though. Only collects memories for the dates/audios. Likes hearing my voice because it helps him fall asleep. Boy gets so confused when I use profanity/curses in combat. "Well, fuck!" (Pronounced like hook/'hu̇k with an F)

"Oh, 😯 you're usually so calm."

Otherwise, he's not too serious about playing the game.

ℤ𝕒𝕪𝕟𝕖

The Saver, only has time for one love interest. Levels up all of my memory cards so his Orbits with me are fully completed. Focuses on the main story routes featuring me. Maybe will log in to grind for my solo banners.

Somehow always ties in Kitty Cards. "How did you do that? I was in the lead."

Doctors my game model but overworks himself at the hospital, "Caffeine and energy drinks should not be a major staple of your diet. If you were real, I'd advise you to get more than 3 hours of sleep."

Can afford to whale, but chooses not to.

I sincerely want to read other people's take on this because not everyone is a carbon copy/cookie cutter version of another. OC's welcome too, of course. So feel free to take the screenshot for yourself. Tag me if you do do it so I can see. Source

[pandas-pandemonium]

started reading jjba part 9, went to check the yandere tags only to find it's completely dried up :')

The new part 9 characters would be Great as yans, but they range from 15-19 which is uhhh not so great for romantic yans. Maybe platonic tho I guess...

Jodio would be Such a painful brat to deal with as a platonic yan lmao, and Dragona too with their stands.

Rohan is also back, but the latest yandere fic I found for him is almost a year old... Have we truly exhausted all the yandere possibilities for a yandere kishibe rohan??

Anyways, I'm opening my inbox to any yandere jjba fans out there who are still looking for content to pop in with brainrots on all the different JoJo characters

[we-love-morioh-cho]

Chapter 58 - Kaato's Return

I try to avoid long, speculating posts for my Jojolion liveblogging BUT Chapter 58 has my mind racing with ideas and I'm so excited for the Higashikata family drama that I need to get this out of my system. This single chapter has more character intrigue to me than other entire parts of Jojo, that's how much I love this stuff 😭

This post is really, really long and messy and probably more headcanon than actual analysis and will not be very polished. It'll likely age poorly and be very wrong but this is legit some of the most enjoyment and interest this franchise has ever given me. To avoid spamming the tags, I'm shoving a lot of ideas into this single post so I apologize in advance.

Kaato

One thing I've had spoiled about Kaato is that she isn't the main villain but that everyone wanted her to be. So I'm already really excited for her character but I'm not sure what to expect. Given how Jojo is written, I'm expecting there to be more to the child murder. Her intro referenced Jolyne a lot, soooo I'm thinking she was pressured by someone / set-up.

Maybe I'm just falling for her scheme like I did with Damo, but her grief and pain here feels genuine to me. If there is more to the murder, then this is a tragic situation for Kaato - she was separated from her children and has been iced out of her own family. There must be a reason she could never tell them the truth too, maybe she's still in danger?

This series tends to neglect mothers in the narrative so I'm enjoying their focus in Jojolion, plus there's some sort of parallel with Holy being established. I'm trying really hard not to stan her before knowing the full story in case it's absolutely fucked up but god is she iconique. I'll talk about her in passing in other character's sections, there's already A LOT to say and already she is a very high tier character to me.

Josuke and Kei

Poor Josuke man.....I was not expecting the hospital scene and it really got to me 💔 I'm so glad Jojo has been exploring it's protags' internal lives more in later parts, I would say since Jolyne it's felt more introspective and emotional. I'm glad poor Josuke is getting to have his grief explored and shown, it makes the storytelling so much more impactful to me at least. I must ask why Kei wasn't at the hospital, surely she must know of Holy's condition and should be involved too. Have her and Josuke even really spoken since early Jojolion? I need more of Kei as Holy's condition becomes more and more important.

What on Earth does Josuke feel seeing Kaato show up? We don't get an answer in this chapter BUT I am hoping him and Kaato will interact in the future and this will be brought up. There's just a lot of directions to go with this dynamic and I hope we get it explored. He was pretty passive during Kaato's scene, I kept hoping she would point him out and question his presence but fair enough. Also, it was interesting how him and Kei were the two outsiders during this scene - as their mother is dying, the mother of the Higashikata family appears and is clearly involved with Jobin who is also vying for the miracle cure that they need too. Crazy potential here with these characters.

Norisuke

Not to be a Kaato apologist already but I have some things to say about this man. I'm assuming that, if there is a deeper secret to the murder, he's unaware of it, but I really have to ask why Kaato wouldn't tell him?

I get that telling your two youngest kids that their mother was in jail for killing a child would be rough but GODDDDD he couldn't even tell them when they got older or at least keep his story straight? Also, evidently Jobin and Hato never told their siblings about their mother - how did that conversation go? Norisuke had to be the one to enforce that rule and I'm sure it was not an easy process.

Did Norisuke ever talk to his eldest children about their mother leaving? Because with how Hato phrases it, it seems like he brushed it all under the rug. And while it's obviously sad the two young ones never knew about her, imagine what the two eldest kids felt having known her then watching her be dragged away????? He never even showed the little ones a photo of her, that is insane and just next level to me. Was Kaato's crime not widely discussed in the town? How did neither Joshu or Daiya ever hear about it somehow?

This section originally spiraled into a HUGE theory / headcanon / speculation discussion on how the Kaato situation might've led to a divide in how the eldest siblings and youngest siblings were raised, but I'm gonna wait on that thought until I know more and give it it's own post in the future sometime.

Jobin

Jobin was a pure menace this chapter and I fucking loved it. He really let his convicted-murderer mother into his family's house, didn't inform anyone of her release, and shows up as soon as she leaves to casually drop that he orchestrated this whole thing. And then he rocked up like this -

I'm guessing he watched / listened to the whole ordeal from afar and just chose to watch the chaos? I have a lot of thoughts and theories about how Jobin views his younger siblings and this chapter doesn't help lol. Why did he do this? What did he gain from this? Absolute deranged menace behavior lmao

I'm now thinking that Jobin and Norisuke's issues with each other may have originated from Kaato. Jobin is clearly close with mommy dearest and seems to take her side over his dad's. I'm not.......the biggest fan of potentially blaming Kaato for Jobin's issues and I hope this isn't just an 'evil mother turns son against poor father' situation because I am not a fan of that trope.

Kaato briefly mentions that she's helped the family's success so I'm wondering if she is behind Jobin's philosophy of advancing the family's greatness beyond Norisuke's smaller ambitions. You know that other trope of women in patriarchal systems using their cunning and male relatives to exercise great power from the shadows, a la Agrippina and Nero? Yeah.

Anyway, him and Kaato are obvs scheming and I am so fucking keen and ready - Jobin has been a great antagonist so far and I am here for the fucked up mother-son team taking on Norisuke. The Higashikata family drama has hooked me from day one and I really enjoy the focus on their dynamics. Norisuke's final line this chapter is incomplete as he ponders something about Jobin, I love the mystery set-up with what could be going on. I adore how character-driven this story is and how personal the stakes are - I've ALWAYS wished the series explored the Joestar family more in-depth and, while it's obviously different, this part is making me veryyyyy happy with the Higashikatas. A++++ content for me and Jobin remains both compelling and really fucking funny.

Daiya

Not too much to say but this shit is so sad to me. Her entire life, Daiya's father and two eldest siblings never told her about her mother, to the point she seems surprised to even have one? Maybe this is just meant to be a joke about her being dumb / she's more surprised her mother is alive but still. Norisuke couldn't show her a photo, or give her closure or anything? A memento to think of her? Even a story so she could at least know something positive about her own mother who she surely must have wondered about before?!?! Norisuke is on thin fucking ice istg.

I could easily see Daiya latching onto Kaato moving forward and maybe even taking her side over Norisuke. Ofc she loves her dad but she's also a teenager finding out this critical bit of info has been hidden from her her entire life and is clearly so, so excited to have a mum 💔 Imagine how impactful it would be if Kaato managed to win over 2 of their 4 kids, the eldest and the youngest? I don't wanna get into speculating too much though.

Also - it was very sweet to me how Daiya was the one person who tried to approach Kaato and clearly wanted to help her up when Joshu tripped her. Regardless of Kaato's trustworthiness, I just thought that was very sweet of Daiya even if it maybe was naive 🥺

Joshu

Hate him and need to see him die rn. Kaato was completely justified and very based for attacking him and I hope she kills him with her bare hands. Literally the dinner table scene from Hereditary. What the fuck kind of parenting does Norisuke even do? Kaato's here for 5 minutes and puts Joshu in his place, while Norisuke just seems annoyed by him and has nothing to really say about him sexually assaulting Kaato in front of the entire family.

I don't want to imply that a strict mother would entirely fix Joshu's issues but holy shit, at least she would actually do something to discourage his behavior besides sighing and looking embarrassed. Is Joshu the way he is, in part, because Norisuke is a lousy dad who has implicit biases and an acceptance of his son's horrific behavior? Maybe. In an alternate world, could Kaato have whipped him into shape growing up and saved us all? I can dream.

Hato 👑

Fuck!!!!! I love Hato sm and am so so so happy she got a little spotlight this chapter 🥺. Initially this post was just gonna be about her because I'm in my Hato-obsession era so hard rn, but I had too much to say about everyone else. This will be a long section so I saved it for last but I will def return to some of these ideas when I've finished Jojolion.

From a writing standpoint, Hato is so valuable in this chapter. She fulfills a role that really no other character could and its cool to see - Hato is the only character who could realistically convey info to Josuke, and therefore the audience, about Kaato. The parents are too caught up arguing with each other and wouldn't want to tell the whole room about the murder. So who; a) knows about Kaato and her actions and b) has a good enough relationship with Josuke to convey this info to him? Hato. And what's cool is that Josuke knows this.

Josuke is perceptive enough to realize that Hato recognizes this woman and quietly asks her who she is. Despite how personal and emotionally-difficult this moment would've been for Hato, she opens up and tells him (and thus the audience) this family secret.

This next point is probably a bit more fanfic than analysis, but Hato would easily be the closest person to an ally Josuke has in the Higashikatas besides his complicated dynamic with Norisuke. It's really understated and maybe not even intentional, but Josuke and Hato logically should trust each other.

Jobin and Joshu just have an all-out antagonistic relationship with Josuke and have actively clashed with him multiple times. Josuke is on good terms with Daiya and Tsurugi, but not only did both begin by attacking Josuke, but they are both young and cannot always fulfill an equal role to Josuke because of this. Mitsuba and Kaato are currently unknowns, leaving Hato.

Unlike Norisuke, Hato has never antagonized Josuke. She has never gone after someone he cares about and, critically, is uninvolved in her family's shady stuff. She's not in the position to hide vital info from Josuke or scheme against him. All around, Hato seems pretty pleasant honestly and doesn't ever hurt others the way her siblings all seem to do - her eccentricities are harmless and Josuke doesn't judge her the way he judges other characters. In a house full of shady and bombastic people, I can see Josuke really appreciating Hato (Kei should really fulfill this role too).

In the Vitamin C arc, he specifically wants her permission before he kills Damo. Josuke can be ruthless at times, Damo is actively killing the family and it would be very justified for him to just kill the guy BUT he waits for Hato's approval. To me, that really says something - that he respects and likes Hato enough to go out of his way to consult her. Then, Hato and Josuke work together to defeat Damo, both using their stands to overcome Vitamin C. And Josuke's words on Damo being a threat and needing to be defeated helps Hato in her emotional journey - helps her reach the point where she fights back.

They're paired together a lot in this chapter and it's sweet seeing Josuke actually have a nice and healthy bond with someone in this goddamn family 😭 They really play off each other in a compelling and dynamic way, they're open to what the other says and they just generally seem to be on the same wavelength. I just see endless potential in them working together and getting along and maybe becoming like actual siblings and I hope we see more because I can see The Vision and I love them.

Focusing back on Hato, I desperately need to see more of what her childhood was like. What was her and Kaato's relationship? The only thing Kaato says to / about Hato is that she's "as beautiful as ever" and then a little quirk she had as a child. This doesn't give us a lot so I don't have a clear idea of their dynamic outside of wild headcanon. More importantly, Hato knows her mother well enough to anticipate her retaliation against Joshu. This makes me think that maybe Kaato was a stern mother who never took any disrespect and that she potentially had her stand even in Hato's childhood. There's so much potential here but it's too early to know anything.

While I know it likely stems from Araki not really intending for Hato to be a major character, from a Watsonian perspective it amazes me that Hato is as well-adjusted as she seems to be. The amount of disruption she faced as a child, losing her mother and then having her father give conflicting info is insane. Again, how did she rationalize all of this?

And then, worse of all, for her to have to look up her mother's crimes herself and find out about the murder herself - I am begging for a flashback to that event. Did she confront her father? Was Norisuke ever planning on breaking the news to her? Did she ever talk to Jobin about the crime?

I'm not gonna dwell on this too much, but this reveal makes the lack of Jobin + Hato moments so far really stand out. With their father having to raise the young ones and trying to brush everything under the rug, did the 2 eldest siblings ever confide in each other? It doesn't seem like it, their large age gap and Jobin's shadiness around Kaato gives me little hope Hato could find much solidarity with him but I might be wrong. I would love to have a scene of the 2 talking about this or really just interacting in a meaningful way.

This is much more fanfic-y and is my feminist lens coming in, but I can't help wondering if Hato took on a sort of 'motherly' role after Kaato's arrest. I'm not saying Norisuke like demanded she help raise her siblings buuuuuuuut I could see societal expectations and their family's situation causing Hato to take on this role regardless. Jobin was nearly an adult when Kaato left and seemed to go off and start his own family / pursue his own ambitions. He doesn't seem very close with his siblings and, with how much Norisuke has on his plate, I could see some responsibility and expectation falling onto Hato's shoulders. A maid could've helped but it is unfortunately a thing that eldest daughters in a family are burdened with these duties even when older sons are in the family. And with her mother gone and her male relatives set to run the family business, it just feels very likely. Would the eldest daughter even have a chance to run the business?

Hato is close with her younger siblings, she playfully teases Joshu and looks out for Daiya. While she has her own quirks, she is generally much more mature and responsible than most of her family. As the inheritor of the family curse and the business, a lot of focus would've been on Jobin growing up. Norisuke wanted to act like Kaato never existed and Jobin is distant, clearly knowing more. Hato would've been the primary female figure in both Daiya and Joshu's upbringings, she had to lie to them and keep the secret of Kaato for their entire lives. But she's not included in all the other secrets of her family, she's left out of a lot of subplots and the idea of her being involved in the business is never even suggested. Most likely, she'll remain a minor character, but god would I love for all of these intricacies to be explored. There's just sooooooo much juicy potential here, so much family drama and character arcs and social commentary and thematic stuff here and I know I'm overthinking this but idc I love Hato and her unique role in the story and this chapter has really opened my mind to a lot of ideas and possibilities.

Lastly, I just wanna point out Hato's current feelings towards Kaato and how she seems to be distancing herself from her mother. She seems distrusting and literally looks down on here in the panel above - please God give us some interactions between these two, I am so intrigued to see more of what Hato thinks about her. If there is more to the story of Kaato allegedly killing a kid, how will the family react if it comes to light? I hope we see lots more family drama and I am begging for more Hato focus especially, love her so much.

[menasors]

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

Based on the repost. It pushed me to be active I'm genuinly so curious

+ If you don't mind, could you draw him in like some traditional atire? Like, I've seen so much different Mikus in those national clothes and taught it would be cool to see something like that with breakdown (also I'm a little bit curious where you from👉👈😅 ),

OUU THIS IS MAKING ME SO HAPPY

5. Either Breakdown by Tom Petty or Freakin Out by Death? Caught in the Middle by Dio sometimes. It changes a lot lmao

6. Pretty much everything aside from him being a robot car man tbh. Got the pain and the mannerisms and the paranoia and all of it 😭

7. LOVE when his engine ability is used to show his anxiety with lights flickering or screens bugging out or something like that. Fucking awesome.

12. He likes decorating personal objects with stickers, pins, keychains, etc, but hides them from other people due to his fear of judgement

15. Breakdown/Skydive, though it's more platonic than romantic :] they're real cute in both scenarios, though

25. "Woah sensory issues just like me" (end of TFP episode Speed Metal). Not sure how to compare that to now. I go insane every time I see him lol.

1. Trying to keep this as short as possible, but I have a very hard time finding relatable characters. I'd have friends with lists of them with so many characters and I just had Pannacotta Fugo and I wasn't even hyperfixated on JoJos anymore. Then, as mentioned before, I saw my own sensory issues in Breakdown, and went down a tfwiki rabbit hole. He has so many interesting things, and he's so relatable in so many ways in so many continuities. 🧡🧡

Yesyes!!! I'll make it a separate post just for the length of this, but that sounds pretty fun :] I'll tag you when it's done!

[bengiyo]

Thai QL Favorites Tag Game

Tagged by @telomeke who has been a delight for years.

Credit also: this game was created by @thatgirl4815 as Thai BL Favorites Tag Game.

Thai BL only adds some interesting wrinkles for me.

Favorite Thai QL: I think it is and always will be I Told Sunset About You. I've been in queer cinema for a long time, and I really appreciate how ITSAY reaches beyond the confines of BL itself and becomes a huge marker for queer cinema. Also, this show healed the hole that Love of Siam (2007) left behind. I spent over ten years holding in that angst, assuring myself and others that our pain would be worth it. Even after six years of BL, starting with Love Sick the series, I didn't feel like I could put that down until the final moments of ITSAY.

Favorite Pairing: In Thailand? I think it's Khaotung and First because of how special their friendship feels and the work that they've done recently together. Long-term, it's probably OffGun because of how stable they are. They established a blueprint for how to be a professional pair and keep the fans at an effective distance.

Most underrated actor: Honestly? It's Boy Nattapon. We give all the GMMTV boys their due, and obviously Billkin and PP get their flowers. Still, Boy holds the entirety of Ghost Host, Ghost House together. I don't think Todd Techit could have done that without Boy's presence.

Favorite Character: How dare you narrow this down to one character? For now I'm going with Uncle Man in 21 Days Theory. He is visibly queer man who spends the show trying to support his nephew, and reads that boy for filth when he comes at him sideways. He also helps his sister take care of her son, and then focuses on his own relationship with their dad. It's hard to be a gay uncle sometimes, and I think he captures that perfectly in an incredibly sweet show.

Favorite Side Character: It's Saleng from Moonlight Chicken. Mark is always doing incredible work in supporting roles at GMMTV, and the loyalty and care he inspires in Jim and Li Ming really holds that show together. Saleng is that cousin who is kind of a fuck up that you're just so relieved finally gets it together. I am always captivated by the way Saleng moves and how many folks rely on him as a way to say when they need to say. Since people sometimes say MLC isn't QL, I'll also say... Cheep and Dej from My Ride. It's always gay uncles fo rme.

Favorite scene in a QL: The opening scene in Moonlight Chicken is really good. However, I think it is the breakfast scene with the uncles in episode 8 of My Ride. Focusing on the way long-term love requires a relationship to shift and that it requires maintenance was really special for me at the time and I regularly think about that scene.

Favorite line in a QL: "You never understand me. I'm hurt." -Oh-aew, I Told Sunset About You

Most Anticipated QL (& why): Only Friends. I just think Jojo deserves it, and I think it'll be fun for all of us.

Healthiest relationship in a QL: I think it's still Dean and Pharm from Until We Meet Again. They're very good at each other, and all of their drama was external.

Most toxic relationship in a QL: VegasPete is the obvious answer, but I think I want to highlight Farm and Bright from Together With Me.

Guilty pleasure series: Love in the Air. Not a fan of MAME, but this one snuck past and got me.

Most underrated series: You're My Sky. I feel like the kind of muted response this show got signaled something about the way tastes for prestige BL wasn't a thing, and maybe contributed to the death of Nadao Bangkok. I think this show is really excellent, and it bugs me that it has such a low rating from so many of us.

I think most folks have done this, so I won't tag. However, feel free to tag back if you want to do it!

[telomeke]

9 People You’d Like to Know More

Tagged by @lurkingshan here, @recentadultburnout here and @neuroticbookworm here. Thanks for tagging me guys! This game is such fun. 🥰

Last song: I've been playing Never (ไม่เคย) by 25 Hours more or less non-stop ever since I read @lurkingteapot's post linked here and was reminded about Bad Buddy Pat's favorite song in high school. It's a quiet threnody about coming to terms with loss, and absolutely heartbreaking because it distills in just a couple of verses the wrenching desolation that Pat must have gone through after Pran was sent away. If you've experienced grief before, this will sing to you too.

Tuneful, plaintive and painfully honest, this song also softly mourns the death of innocence the first time reality lands the crushing blow of grief in one's life:

I never knew how precious that significant someone was I never knew how precious those beautiful days were Never knew how good it was when we had each other Never knew how painful missing someone could be Never, never ever. We only miss our precious ones after they depart We only miss the beautiful days when they are gone We only miss the times when we had each other after they are no more Do you know just how much I miss you now? I shall never ever forget. ฉันไม่เคยรู้ คนที่สำคัญ นั้นมีค่าแค่ไหน ฉันไม่เคยรู้ วันที่สวยงาม นั้นมีค่าเท่าไร ไม่เคยรู้เวลาที่เรามีกัน นั้นดีเท่าไร ไม่เคยรู้ว่าความคิดถึงมันทรมานแค่ไหน ไม่เคย ไม่เคย ไม่เคย เราจะคิดถึง คนที่สำคัญ เมื่อต้องจากกันไป เราจะคิดถึง วันที่สวยงาม เมื่อเวลาผ่านไป จะคิดถึงเวลาที่เรามีกัน เมื่อเธอต้องไป และตอนนี้รู้ไหม ว่าฉันคิดถึงเธอมากแค่ไหน ไม่เคย ไม่เคย จะลืม

Currently watching: Heartstopper S2 (kind and gentle, I can't complain); Only Friends (charm, chaos and lots of sexy time courtesy of Neo Trai, Force Jiratchapong and Mark Pakin; messy messy messy and I'm all for it, but I hope Jojo gets political as well).

Next on my watchlist: Young Royals S2 (but dreading the potential heartbreak so I've been putting it off); 55:15 Never Too Late (started but didn't finish, so I want to get back on it).

Starting soon: I Feel You Linger in the Air (maybe).

Currently reading: Posts on Tumblr; news on Southeast Asian politics; language study exercises. Not much time for anything else!

Current obsession: Thai drama, language and culture. Also a couple of other languages.

Tagging (just a random 9): 😍

@lurkingteapot @indigostarfire @what-if-im-their-canon-event @wen-kexing-apologist @respectthepetty @visualtaehyun @non-binarypal7 @ranchthoughts @inventedfangirling

I'm late to this though, so apologies if you've already played! And also tagging anybody and everybody else who reads this, if you feel like it then do play along, even if you've not been tagged directly! Always fun to make new friends on Tumblr. 🥰

[dapperbasil]

Oh this is fun, got tagged in a get to know you better tag game by @crownedinmarigolds. Thanks for the tag, though I uh don't have a lot of people to tag (also the anxiety) so I'll just tag @prettycatgirlwinter.

3 Ships: Most of those are OCxOC so I had to dig a bit deep for an answer here that wasn't a crack ship.

Virion x Cherche (Fire Emblem Awakening), Sam x Sebastian (Stardew Valley), Rin x Hanayo (Love Live School Idol Project)

First ship: Jessie x James from pokemon. I thought they were cute.

Last song: Unknown Mother Goose by Wowaka

Last Film: Unfortunately, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Winter didn't believe us when we talked about the quality of those movies. So we watched them. And it was painful.

Currently Reading: I know I should read but I don't have the attention span for it. Last thing I read was Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run (though I never finished)

Currently Craving: Its late here so I'm not really hungry but maybe that salad I have in the fridge.

Favorite Color: Dark Purple :3

Relationship Status: Taken by my wonderful wife and our wonderful partner <3

Last Google Search: Winter wanted to know if there were kindred in Australia in the World of Darkness.

Current Obsessions: Vampire the Masquerade is one that isn't leaving any time soon. Been playing a lot of Vampire Survivors lately, and Stardew Valley. I'm also getting back into Neopets and dragging my partners down with me... haha.

[alias-sam]

Pierced by a Golden Soul

Chapter 6. Close Call

Platonic Jojo's x Reader

Summary: Fate is a bizarre concept with countless more bizarre implications. In life sometimes such extraordinary events happen that the only reasoning left must be fate. The tragedies that constantly befall the Joestar bloodline for example may be the unluckiest series of cards drawn in human history, or perhaps the work of a greater power. There is no way to tell for sure. Had Dio Brando or Jonathan Joestar moved slightly on a divergent path the world itself would be left very different. The fate or luck of the noble Joestar bloodline has led to destruction of evil likes of the Pillar Men and DIO. This story is of a similar caliber to that of the other Joestars (as I am sure you are familiar with them). This is a story of lost souls, compassion, hope, and above all fate.

Word Count: 2,356

(Crosspost from Wattpad, full fic is already posted there.)

You took a deep breath after reaching the Jones Family Bakery. The entry bell rang and as expected Senora Jones came running.

"Y/n? Oh, my goodness you had me worried!" Your mother ran up and hugged you tightly. "It's been hours! Where were you?"

An innate sense of guilt flooded your conscience. Even if it wasn't entirely your fault, you felt awful for worrying her.

"I got hung up by the teacher after detention. I'm sorry." You mentally kicked yourself for lying to your mother.

"But there wasn't any trouble, right?" Senora Jones broke her hug to look you in the eye.

"Uh- no trouble.... I'm going to go change out of my school clothes." You carefully slipped out of her grasp and headed up from the bakery to your room.

When you reached your bedroom, you dropped your backpack and kicked off your shoes. Your being stressed and tired from the current situation made your stand appear without your calling on it. "Oh- hi?" You stood in silence, waiting for it to do anything. "Do you need something?" The stand looked rather excited for some reason. It soundlessly hopped up and down and pointed at itself. "What has gotten into you?" The stand waltzed over to a corner of you room where you had draped your bakery apron. It adamantly pointed at your name tag. "Oh, right I did say I'd name you later huh? Guess you really don't want to wait." You tiredly flopped onto your bed. There weren't many clues as to what exactly the naming system was for stands. "Got any suggestions?" You glanced over to your stand, it was exploring your room, curiously examining random items, briefly picking them up and putting them back.

"Muda."

"Can you tell me what abilities you have?"

"Muda."

"Do you say anything other than that?"

"Muda."

"Okay..." You rubbed your temples. Your stand obviously had a mind of its own. "I promise I'll name you later. Right now... I'd better get ready for dinner." You picked yourself up off the bed and prepared to change out of your school clothes until a blue shine coming from your window sill caught your eye. You took a few steps closer only to find a small toy soldier looking into your room with a tiny pair of binoculars. The blue shine was an aura that surrounded the solider.

If there wasn't an aura, you would have never seen it. The camo pattern of its uniform coupled with its minuscule size made it almost invisible.

"Is someone messing with me?" You mumbled to yourself. "My room is on the second story; how did this get all the way up here?" You apprehensively stepped closer, keeping your stand activated. The toy soldier proceeded to MOVE. It nimbly drew a gun and shot a single tiny bullet directly at your chest. The bullet sailed through the glass of the window, shattering it completely. By pure instinct, and perhaps a bit of luck, your stand managed to move in front of you, making sure the bullet was blocked by its hand and didn't make it to your heart. Everything happened so fast you were mentally trying to catch up when a pain set into your hand. You looked down to find a small circular wound on your hand. There was an identical wound on the same hand as your stand. Your attention snapped back to the window, but the toy soldier was already gone.

You frantically moved to the window, leaning out to peer down at the street below. A bright blue aura shone through the darkness. Standing on the street outside the bakery was a tall figure surrounded by what looked to be toy soldiers. He started walking away from the bakery but turned and looked at you. The piercing glair he fired at you was just as terrifying as the bullet from moments ago. When he saw you were completely fine his eyes narrowed. You were going to be a threat to his mission if you weren't scared off.

"That was a warning shot!" His voice boomed from the street. He then kept walking away.

Before you could wrap your head around what had happened the man on the street disappeared. You stood back from the window and examined the shiny shards of glass littering your carpet, wincing when you felt a few had cut your arms and legs.

You waited in anticipation for Senora Jones to come running. When she didn't barge in to question the raucous you realized she must have still been working in the bakery. You released a relieved breath; quietly thankful this little event went unnoticed by your mother.

An old t-shirt you had laying around was tossed over to you by your stand. Carefully, you placed the clothing over the glass and stepped away from the radius of the sharp mess.

It took you several minutes to fully process what just happened. Someone... attacked you. In your own home. Fear squeezed your lungs; it was like you couldn't breathe. The rush of adrenaline only made your chest tighter as your pulse quickly rose. A sinking feeling settled in the very lowest pit of your stomach. All you could feel in that moment was terror.

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"Hey! Y/n!" You were snapped from a distracted daze. "Ready for school?" Jaya watched you with concern. You looked dead tired. She noticed how you dragged yourself out of the bakery, and barely acknowledged her presence when the two of you started walking towards school. You had been quiet whenever she walked with you, but this was too quiet, even for you. The two of you made it all the way to the school gates and she was getting worried.

"Yeah. Ready as I'll ever be I guess." You said, trying to brush off Jaya's suspicious look.

"Well you look like a zombie." Jaya commented matter of factly.

"That's fair." You answered quietly, getting a good look at yourself in the window of a nearby shop.

"Did you sleep at all last night?" Jaya asked, trying to get a good look at your arms. You were wearing another long sleeve shirt today, but it was hot, it didn't make sense to her. Eventually, you absentmindedly moved some hair out of your face, unwittingly showing off your bandaged hand. Jaya's eyes widened and she stopped in her tracks.

"Oh...."

"What?" You also stopped, waiting for Jaya to explain.

"What in the world happened to your hand?" You quickly tried to hide your arm, but Jaya grabbed it to inspect.

"I.. uh... fell down the stairs."

"That's literally the worst excuse I've ever heard." Jaya gave you a disapproving look. You didn't stop her as she undid your poorly wrapped bandage. "This looks like someone pushed a thick nail through your palm! And are these...." Jaya pulled you closer for inspection. "Paper cuts?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Uhhh- m-maybe? It's not what you probably think! I promise." You sighed, lightly pulling your hand away.

"C'mon. I'm not letting this go this time." Jaya pulled a pen from her pocket, grabbed your uninjured hand to write down an apartment complex name and room number. "As soon as your detention is over meet me at my place. I'm bandaging you up properly myself."

"I'm not sure if-"

"I won't take no for an answer." Jaya said as she started heading to her classroom. You stood alone in the courtyard for a moment, dumbfounded by Jaya's forwardness. She was definitely an odd one. At this point you didn't feel uncomfortable around her. You just didn't know to what extent her spitfire personality went.

Your stupor was cut short when someone slammed into you from behind. You tripped forward, landing painfully on the asphalt. At first you were ready to give the person responsible an earful, but when you looked up from the ground you were met with the appearance of a panicked Timothy Buggles.

Tim was an average height and thin build with black hair that was always neatly styled or combed. He liked to wear sweater vests and business casual clothes; in fact, you never saw him in anything but khakis. Perhaps his style choices contributed to the hard time his peers gave him. Tim's large round glasses only made him look more like the stereotypical bullying target. As far as you knew he was an average student grade wise, with a demure nature. The two of you had interacted in the past, but Tim always evaded personal questions, opting to not share much about himself. It was hard to tell if that was an unconscious choice or if he just didn't like you for some reason.

"I-Im so sorry!" Tim frantically apologized, picking up the notebook he dropped and standing back up. He offered you a hand, one which you took.

"It's alright." You stood up and shook off the gravel that had stuck to your skin, meanwhile Tim had already started walking off. "What's got you in such a hurry?" Tim didn't stop to even hear your question. You picked up your pace to catch him.

"I'm headed to the music club, why do you ask?" He mumbled.

"Well, we do have that biology project. I was wondering if you'd be willing to come over to my house to work on it."

"I have a busy schedule the rest of this week."

"So you're free this weekend?" you asked.

"Y-yeah. I guess we can work then." Tim shrugged.

"Great. Guess Ill see you in class. Later." You gave Tim a friendly wave and made your way to first period. Tim watched carefully as you walked off. In his opinion you were...an odd one. Time and time again you would stand up for him, and he couldn't tell what your motivation was. Were you trying to look like some sort of hero? Were you looking for a reward? He had yet to understand why the horrible environment of your school, the rumors, the stories, the talking, hadn't snuffed out whatever strange warmth you had about you.

Tim brushed off his thoughts about you when he reached the music room. He reached for the handle, only to find the door was left ajar. Tim didn't think much of it and simply opened the door.

"Timmy!" Blake Greenmin greeted from his place sitting at the upright piano in the far corner of the room. He crossed his legs and leaned back against the closed lid. He gave Tim a wide smile.

"B-Blake!? W-what are you doing here?" Tim jumped, not expecting the sudden appearance.

"Nothin'. Just wanted to visit I guess." Blake watched Tim carefully as the timid boy was quickly inching his way back out the door. "I also wanted to have a talk with you."

"T-talk? Im not sure if-" Tim was cut off when the door roughly slammed closed behind him. There at the door stood...another Blake? "W-what the hell!?" Tim yelled in pure shock.

"Terrifying trick. Isn't it?" The duplicate at the door grinned.

Tim didn't know what to think when yet another Blake materialized out of thin air right in front of him. The third Blake sauntered over, and noiselessly snatched his notebook away. Tim helplessly watched as his book was handed over to the Blake sitting at the piano.

"I'd be happy to give this back... however there are a few things I need you to do for ME first."

Tim glanced around at his, now numerous, tormentors and reluctantly nodded.

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You found it incredibly odd when Tim didn't show up for Biology class, especially since you had seen him just a few hours ago. Blake was gone, but that wasn't a surprise given the ordeal that happened yesterday. You leaned back in your chair, frustrated. At this rate you were going to be doing this project all on your own.

"You're Y/n Jones, right?" You almost jumped out of your seat when a stranger put their hand on your shoulder. You turned around to look at who it was. You were pretty sure you hadn't seen him before.

"Yeah." You inspected the boy carefully. He wore a baggy dark green sweatshirt, there were dark circles under both of his eyes, and bandages littered his face. "Who the heck are you?"

"Everyone calls me Vita." He spoke slowly. His voice came out like an airy hiss. "We're project partners, right?" Something about the guy's demeanor was- for lack of a better term, unsettling.

"Yeah, we're in a group together. It's nice to finally meet you, Vita." You held out a hand for him to shake. His hand was freezing, you wanted to let go immediately, but his grip was way to tight. For once in your life, you understood the rumors surrounding another student. The way his unblinking stare remained fully trained on you, made your skin crawl. You exercised the thought he might actually be a vampire or something supernatural. After an awkward and long silence Vita let go of your hand.

"Are you alright?" Vita placed his hand back on your shoulder.

You weren't entirely comfortable with the action, but dumbly sat there contemplating what to say.

"uh..."

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Yes! Saved by the bell!

"Illseeyoulaterokaybye!" You shook off Vita's hand and quickly started making your way to the door.

"Wait." Vita rummaged through his pocket. "This is my phone number." He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper, with a mess of numbers scratched on it in what you hoped was just red pen. "So you can contact me." You forced a smile and apprehensively took the paper.

..................................................

It was Wednesday, meaning there was just one more day of detention to serve. You walked into the same classroom as day before. When you walked in you weren't greeted by the same scowling teacher as yesterday. Instead, you found yourself once again face to face with Jotaro. He had his legs propped up on top of the teacher's desk while reading some random biology textbook.

"M-Mr. Kujo?!" You looked around, almost expecting this to be some weird joke. "What happened to the usual teacher?" You asked.

"I volunteered to take over watching your detention for today." Jotaro closed the textbook and sat it on the desk. "I figured since we couldn't talk yesterday, we could do it now." He motioned for you to take a seat.

"Okay." You hesitantly approached. "Something did happen last night I think you should know about."

[retlasute]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

THANK YOOOOUU @penny-lane-123 FOR TAGGING ME ❤️ and I'm sorry I'm late, I've had smoke coming out of my ears for three days

And I don't interact with many people here but I'll tag you @imalovelymoth because I'm curious and I'm just entrosando🫶

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? Currently 3, but I have another 2 works ready 

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? Nearly 300.000 words  

3. What fandoms do you write for? Only for hot jojo cowboys

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? Turbinio with 340 kudos, itrmw with 70 and Change Partners with 20 if I'm not mistaken 

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? YES I DO! I love interacting with readers and I always take the time to read their comments, it really motivates me to keep writing 

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? None have been finalized and I don't want to give spoilers, but itrmw probably won't have as ''good'' an ending as Turbinio 

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Again, I'm not the type to make truly happy endings, but the most optimistic will be Turbinio 

8. Do you get hate on fics? Surprisingly I've never gotten any hate on my fics ?? I've always been a person who gets in trouble easily and always seeing wonderful comments on my fics is something that disarms me and makes me😳😳😭😭❤️❤️ 

9. Do you write smut? WELL I TRY 😭😭 I'm the last romantic and what was supposed to be a 1500-word erotic scene becomes a complete book and I'm sure that must annoy some people who read looking for cock and get 14 paragraphs of pure internal conflict 

10. Do you write crossovers? No, writing for something silly like steel ball run already takes half my gray matter, a crossover would kill me 

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? YES, but it was at a time when I was still writing stories in portuguese. A son of a bitch stole all my poems and my first jotaro fic 

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Noo 

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yesss and it was in 2020 in a ficwriter community (I fought with everyone and was banned from there) 

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I would say gyjo but I'm too jealous so my favorite ship is Joseph x Caesar 

15. What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? I don't think I have something that I'll never finish because I work with random peaks of energy, last year Turbinio was nothing more than a 2000-word one-shot and now it's 65 chapters long 

16. What are your writing strengths? I honestly don't know, I can only answer what I like to do best, which in this case is to describe the appearance of the characters. I like to imagine a more realistic picture of how the characters would look after 116 days crossing deserts and frozen forests, whether they would be vain enough to shave, wash their hair or simply sleep properly. I think details like dark circles under the eyes, pallor, unshaven beards and patched clothes are things that I miss when I read the manga and see that they always look so flawless 

I also love describing specific pains like the tight knots of a suture cutting into the skin, how the salt from tears stings an abraded face and things like that 

17. What are your writing weaknesses? irregularity and laziness. It takes me two weeks to write a paragraph, and then on a random day I make a caipirinha shake and write 5000 words and publish it the same day because I'm too lazy to read and correct it 

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I usually keep only slang and sayings. As the protagonist of Turbinio is practically polyglot, I like to add details to her speech such as a certain slowness or brief pauses, as if she's trying to remember how the word is in english (I confess that this happens to me all the time, so I make her say the word in spanish out of laziness to look up the translation) 

In some of the first chapters I also used to make the answers she gave Diego simpler or vaguer because at the beginning she really struggled to understand that british accent 

19. First fandom you wrote for? Diabolik Lovers 💀💀 

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? IN THE RICH MAN'S WORLDDDD i love this fic because it's a project i started in 2019 and it was SO DETAILED and full of nuances  

now I'm writing a much simpler version but still full of details that I'm really enjoying writing, even though Turbinio has a special place in my heart and I particularly prefer a good old latina protagonist 

[beastofbrden]

i was tagged on this by the sweet @loving-and-dreaming i see you and love u back :)

Name(real or alias): Carolina

Age: 18

Country you live in: Italy

Fandoms: Marauders, Hozier, a bunch of rock bands (mostly Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and Pearl Jam), Taylor Swift

i quite like Harry Styles and Jeff Buckley too

Why are you on tumblr(writer or reader or both): Both!

Favorite thing about yourself: My ability to see the beauty in ordinary things and allowing every day life to be enjoyable. Physically, i would say my eyes.

Something you think you are known for: My intelligence (although I don't consider it that grand)

Who are you in a friend group(partier, mom, talkative, etc): A little bit of everything. I used to be a mom friend but that's a lot of emotional labor and I'm kinda letting that go a lil

Who do you love the most: My mom.

What brought you to tumblr in the first place: Fanfiction

Is there something you regret doing: I regret any pain I might have caused others, but as for myself... No. I think everything I've done makes me who I am today, so I make peace with it.

Top five songs: My all time favorites are Vienna by Billy Joel, Clair de Lune, And I Love Her by The Beatles, Dust in The Wind by Kansas and Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac.

Lately I've been listening to Margaret by Lana Del Rey, reckless driving and doomsday by Lizzy McAlpine, Too Little Too Late by JoJo (i've been going through a lot of nostalgia as you can see) and Hozier's new album

If you could go anywhere where would you go: My family's house in the countryside

What is your hobby: I do a little bit of everything: watercolor painting, reading, dancing, writing.... Lately I've been more into writing than anything else.

Any tv shoes you watching: House MD, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

What movie did you last watch: Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (peak cinema if you ask me)

Last thing you read(book, fanfic, etc): I'm slowly getting through Crime and Punishment

Last text message you got: Beautiful (I sent my mom a photo of my dog)

Last text message you sent: What are you wearing tomorrow? (to my friend)

Any pets: I have four dogs

[ao3feed-sambucky]

is it over now?

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2BG5wuS by lexi_rose21 There was once an idea. An idea to bring together two powerful forces that together could rebuild and reshape the world. No-one knew of the plan, no-one knew of the children that were sold, kidnapped and born into the program. Their faces would never be known, to everyone but their owners they were ghosts. Whispers began on the streets of a new project that had been created to wipe out the billionares of the world and readjust the world in the image of the past. The project had been successful for the first 16 years of it's life, making and moulding the perfect children. The perfect weapons. Alianova was a weapon. It was all she knew. She had fought to implement the project and then she had fought to get rid of it. She would have never imagined that she would have fallen in love again. Let alone for the man to be Steve Rogers. But that was after the pain. After the death and anguish that had torn her small family apart. Words: 525, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Multi Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Avengers Team Members (Marvel) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Avengers Team Members (Marvel) & Original Female Character(s), Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Domestic Avengers, Red Room (Marvel), Hydra (Marvel), Precious Peter Parker, Sam Wilson is a Gift, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson Friendship, Protective Sam Wilson, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Protective Tony Stark, Past Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Natasha Romanov Is Not A Robot, Not Canon Compliant, Not Canon Compliant with Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), No Thanos, ofc is a cutie pie, More OCs, i dont know what i'm doing, steve rogers deserves everything in this fic, steve rogers is actually 19 and i'll stand by that, ofc is 17 so it isnt a crime y'all, updates will not be regular sorry not sorry, ofc is not clued up on jojo with the bowbow, conan gray - Freeform, stay in school kids, emotional rollercoaster but just work with it, ofc is bucky and natashas kid, they didn't know about her read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2BG5wuS