#it's still better than d'arby's though

[whos-hotter-jjba]

Hottest JJBA Outfit Bracket - Round 1 Match 37

[aikoiya]

Hey it me your boi

While I seen Danny Phantom have crossover with shows with ghosts but I am wondering about what your thoughts about Danny Phantom crossover with JoJo bizarre adventure and the idea of Stand ( a manifestation of a fighting spirit that only stands user can see and fight) (also to make it simple that Danny don't have a stand).

Hey! How's it hangin'? Good to read from ya!

Anyway, it's actually interesting. Like, even though Stands are a manifestation of one's fighting spirit, I'm not sure if that'd qualify as being actual spirit-spirit. If it were, then I think they might be effective against, if not ghosts from the IR, then at least one's bound to earth. And even in the case of Stands not typically being effective against Danny, I think that certain ones would be. Obviously, anything able to actually affect the soul or mind like the d'Arby brothers. However, I'm not sure about things that would only affect the physical body.

In the case of it not being spiritual or mental in nature, especially in cases of things affecting the body, I can see a lot of Stands just not being very effective at all. Like, they might affect him, especially in human form, just not nearly as much as if Stands are portrayed in a spiritual nature. Especially if he goes intangible, which would probably reduce shit to zero.

And even if he can't affect the Stands themselves, he can still 100% affect the Stand Users.

Though, even in the case of mental stands like the devil baby & his clown reaper Stand, I can see Danny going either way. He could see it & other Stands just fine for some undiscernible reason.

However, depending on your hc of how Danny's sense works, you could make things interesting by having him be unable to see them, but have his sense be triggered by them.

Personally, in my hcs, he's descended from a Dhampir, which gives him a supernatural sense, which has sort of been enhanced by him becoming a ghost. However, that just my hc & you can do what you want with that information.

And in the case of them actually being spiritual, then you could feasibly argue that Danny is his own Stand.

Now, for things like Za Warudo, I think it could effect him, but would have diminishing returns much like with Jotaro. But rather than it being because he can control time too, it's more so because Za Warudo is more like knock-off time manipulation whereas Clockwork's is the grandmaster of time manipulation. Plus, the IR is just generally a place with time working weirdly, if at all & I think it's partially due to ectoplasm, which Danny has, in my hc, incorporated into every single cell in his body.

However! You wanna know what I do think would be very effective on Danny in different ways depending on how they're used?

Hamon. Because Hamon is based on IRL Qigong practices, which are spiritual in nature & likely use at least a bit of Reiki, which is super effective against ghosts & spirits.

Then again, that might just be my personal bias as someone who honestly enjoyed the first 3 books more than the ones that came after. I just generally liked how Hamon worked better & one of my favorite Stands is actually Purple Hermit because it feels like it synergizes well with Joseph's power & expands upon it in an interesting way.

Though, I actually do theorize that Giorno's Stand, Gold Experience, & possibly even Josuke's Stand, Crazy Diamond, to a degree, might be more effect on Danny because I theorize that their abilities might manifest a degree of Hamon that they could've inherited from their fathers.

Especially Giorno. It'd basically just make his Stand even more broke.

At the same time, I think that not just Danny's blood, but the ectoplasm of ghosts from the IR would be really freaking toxic af to both vampires & pillarmen, but in different ways.

Like, Danny's blood is like actual poison to them while pure ectoplasm from an IR ghost is like drinking acid. Only the ghosts of vampires or Vlad could consume it. Which, I hc Vlad as being half-Lugat, half-Ghost with a Strigoi ancestor. In my mind, he sort of revived himself with the force of his desire for something he pursued in life, which is how Lugats are created. No worries though, Lugats are actually considered living rather than part of the undead which is how they are still able to reproduce, thus bringing about Dhampirs.

But, yeah. Those are just my thoughts.

[tomboyjessie13]

A Bane Called "Hubris"

Part 1

Empty room - Speedwagon Foundation HQ, Washington DC 2011

Part 6!Medea: *Rubbing her head* ...Needless to say my Stand was NOT happy with this outcome and didn't talk to me for two days afterwords, they knew DIO was full of shit and I still surrendered to him anyway...I regret ever ignoring their warnings.

SPW Agent: *To themselves*-Dependency, fear of abandonment, feelings for captor...*To her* I don't wanna say it's "Stockholm Syndrome", but from your description, it almost sounds like you had it.

Part 6!Medea: *Tired sigh* I don't blame you for thinking that. I slowly but surely fell into a toxic relationship with DIO despite the terrible things he did to me and his peers... all because I felt loveless, on top of him saving my ass twice.

SPW Agent: Yeesh, even I wouldn't wish that on my enemies... Anyways, what happened after you got better? 

Part 6!Medea: Right, well, since I'm well enough to move again, I've spent the next day washing my tainted sheets and clothes and decontaminating the bathroom I've been using when I was sick, it's the least I could do for the guys who had to pull double duty during my down time. By the time night fell, I can feel my fever beginning to break fully, meaning that my flu has ended, as DIO predicted.

SPW Agent: Just like a regular flu.

DIO's Mansion and Cairo, Egypt May 9, 1988

(Voice-over)Part 6!Medea: Mmhmm, after which, I went back to my normal duties on the 7th day as I was feeling a lot better...health wise anyway. Doing the guys' laundry, tending the botanical garden, buying groceries, wrestling with Vanilla Ice, taking up a week's worth of cooking shifts since D'Arby took mines when I was sick, and getting my Stand to end the two-day silent treatment. It was all fairly normal, until what happened on the 8th day; the agents' pay day...

First Floor Front Hall, DIO's Mansion May 10, 1988

Some of the agents are hanging in the front hall after their meeting with DIO in the mansion's Prayer Room. Devo the Cursed, Rubber Soul, Captain Dragon, ZZ, Steely Dan, Cameo, N'Doul, Mariah, and Alessi are all in the room after that meeting.

ZZ: *Stretching* Mmmm~ Man, I thought it would never end.

Devo the Cursed: Oh shut it, you got you're money, did you?

Alessi: *Counting his money* Yeah he's right, we got paid and that's all that mattered. *Happy* And now we're going to be eating good tonight!

All: *Stoked* YEAH!

Medea: *Walks in with a water pail in hand, looking a lot healthier than before* Well well well, looks like payday's here again.

All: Hey Medea (Rubber Soul: What's up?)

Mariah: Hey Sweetie, glad to see you all better~

Steely Dan: *Smirks* Yeah look at you, you're alive! 

Medea: *Raising eyebrow* So you heard what happened, hm? *Watering plants*

Captain Dragon: Word travels quick whenever Lord DIO's arrow is brought up.

Cameo: Yeah the arrow's no joke, only half of us got our Stands from it alive.

N'Doul: *Frowns disappointingly* First the Warriors, then the flu, this May just isn't you're month, King.

Medea: *Shrugs* Tell me about it, but I'm all better now, guys. *Waters another plant* And the month is still young so I have plenty of time to take it back.

Rubber Soul: Hell yeah! ^o^

Medea: *Looks up and sees a potted plant hanging from the ceiling. She summons her Stand waters the hanged plant, everyone notices [Molly]'s new haircut*

ZZ: *Sees their hair* Hey, elephant in the room here, but what's with your Stand's hair?

Medea: *Looks at her Stand* I honestly don't know either, it's been happening ever since I got shot, it's probably just a Stand's equivalent of "canities subita" though.

Alessi: ....Caniti-wha? 

Medea: *Grabs the water pail* Canities subita; Marie Antoinette Syndrome. *Irritated* Good lord, read a book. *Waters another plant*

Alessi: *Rolls up a magazine* Yeah, well read this. *Smacks her rear with it*

Medea: *Startled* AHH! OoO

All but Mariah and N'Doul: *Cringe* Oooooooh 

Mariah: *Punches Alessi in the face* NGH! *Goes to Medea*

N'Doul: *Smacks Alessi with his cane* 

Medea: *Turns around, angry* Knock it off, ya gobshites, or I shall be forced to kick ALL your asses. *Turns back to the plants*

Alessi: *Fixing his glasses*....*Goes to the guys*

All but Mariah and N'Doul: *Huddles and whispers a few words*....*Quietly takes out their weapons and Stands*

N'Doul: *Felt something off* MEDEA, LOOK OU-

Medea: *Turns around and roundhouse kicks Devo in the face with her Stand* KIRU! *Kicks him to ZZ* KIRU! 

ZZ and Devo: AHHHH! *ZZ gets crushed* (ZZ: BLEGH!)

Alessi: *Tries to attack her with his axe, but gets blocked by [Molly]'s blades* GAH! HAH! NGH! *Tries using [Sethen]* [SETH-*gets dragged by his axe* -WHOA! *Hits the wall behind her* GAH!

Medea: *Squares up with Cameo*

Cameo: *Tries to smack her with his shovel* RAGH! HYAH! 

Medea: *Kicks his shovel out of his hand* KIRU! *Smacks his face with it* KIRU!

Cameo: *Gets hit and falls over* GAH!

Captain Dragon: *Tries to surprise her with [Dark Blue Moon]* 

Medea: *Smacks his face to* KIRU! 

Captian Dragon: *Falls over* AGH!

Rubber Soul: *Tries to grab her with [Yellow Temperance]*

Medea: *Her Stand kicks him "down there" from behind* KIRU!

Rubber Soul: *Lets out a high-pitched squeal of pain* Ahhhh! OoQ *Falls over, holding his lower regions*

Medea: *Panting as she looks at the downed Agents around her* Hah...hah...hah...*Sees that Steely Dan left standing, knife in hand and sweating bullets* Ok, gorgeous. Make your move. *She squares up with a shovel* Hiya! 

Steely Dan: *Stunned* OoO......*Tries to play it cool* He-hey, I got better things to do. ^_^; *Putting his knife away*

Medea: *Giving Cameo his shovel back* Mmhmm, that's what I thought.

Mariah: *Stoked* Ahhhh Meds! *Hugs her* That was fantastic!

Medea: *Surprised* It was?

N'Doul: *Holding his cane like a sonar, surprised* Yeah, I can't believe you took these guys out in one go.

Medea: I can't believe I took them out either... Lord DIO was right, I really needed to improve my offense and the arrow doubled it.

Devo the Cursed: *Sits up, allowing ZZ to crawl out* Damn right it did. *Spits blood* Tuh! You really pack a punch with that kick. *Smirks* I might have to watch my back in the future.

Medea: With your [Ebony Devil]? *Pulls him up* I should be the one watching mine. 

Cameo: *Rubbing his face* Owww...You weren't kidding when *stands up* you said you're going to kick our asses, King. Your Stand's just out there whipping us! 

Rubber Soul: *Struggles to get up, but impressed* No way, ngh, they're out there "flogging".

N'Doul: *Points at him* Oop! That's a good one! *smiles* They're [Flogging Molly]!

Medea: *Thinks about it* [Flogging Molly]. huh?...sounds intimidating...

[Molly]: *Thrilled* Kiruuu~

Medea: *To her Stand* You like it to?

[Flogging Molly]: *They flex their arms in approval* Kiru.

Medea: They like it. :-)

Captain Dragon: Let's hear it for [Flogging Molly]! :-D

The men: *Applauded* (ZZ: Yeah, [Flogging Molly])

Mariah: *Ulutating happily* ^o^

Medea: *Bashful* ^v^

Enyaba: *Walks in, waving her cane to move Agents out of the way, forcing them to leave* Alright, alright, break it up, what's all this about?

Mariah: Bye Meds~

Devo the Cursed: See ya.

N'Doul: Ma'a salama.

Medea: *Waves bye* Bye, guys, drive safely *To Enyaba* Nothing much, just showing off my newfound powers to our friends and got a nickname for it.

Enyaba: *Smiles* D'aww that's sweet. *Serious* Anyways, Lord DIO's free now and wants an audience with you in the Study Room.

[Flogging Molly]: *Growling* Kiruuuuuu...

Medea: Really? What does he want?

Enyaba: Don't ask me, ask him, *waving her cane at her* now get to it, stupid girl! 

Medea: *Starts going* Ok! Ok! I'm going! Yeesh! 

Study Room, DIO's Mansion

DIO was writing in his diary by his desk, a blanket covers his head to keep his head out of sunlight, the diary seems to Be titled: "How to obtain Heaven".

DIO: *Writing*.....*Hears knocking* Is that you, Medea? 

Medea: Yeah, it's me.

DIO: *Puts his diary away* Good, good, I need you for a minute.

Medea: *Enters* You wanted to see me, sir? *Sits down in front of him*

DIO: *Locks drawer and pockets his key* Of course, since you're all better now I wanted to give you an important task for me.

Medea: Is that right huh? That's the first time you've given me a job outside of housework without me having to fight over it.

DIO: You've agreed to give yourself to me, so it's the least I could do. *Leans over* At any rate, I wanted to make use of your newfound Toxikinesis in hopes that it could one day benefit us.

Medea: How so? From what I can tell: "Drunken Lullaby", *quickly* that's-the-name-I-gave-the-poison-by-the-way, *normal* is acidic as all hell, very corrosive shit and can melt through surfaces. I haven't tested it on people and plants yet, but I don't doubt that it wouldn't do the same.

DIO: That's what I wanted you to do, I want you to make a diluted poison.

Medea: .....*Confused* Huh? I thought you wanted a poison that could cause damage.

DIO: *Leans back* Oh but I do, but I also wanted a poison that *making hand gestures* can easily be digested and can be used for silent kills. 

Medea: *Shocked* SAY WHAT!? 

DIO: Your "Drunken Lullaby" is a very powerful toxin and I'm honestly quite impressed by it, but it's a little too acidic for what I had in mind, and I wanted to see if you can bring me a poison with a reduced acidity, but still corrosive enough to kill.

Medea: *Horrified* Are you insane!? You're not using my powers to kill people!

DIO: *Leans forward, frowning* Oh come now, woman, you KNEW the risks when you agreed to serve me like the others, it's too late to back out now. *Gently takes her hands by her fingers*

Medea: *Stunned by this* .....

DIO: *Whispers in her right ear* I gave you this power with my Arrow, now I want you to give me whatever you can make with that power in return. That's all I ask of you. *Leans back*

Medea: *Her face was blushing red from his deep voice in her ear*.....*Stuttering* Y-y-you're not going to abuse it to hell and back, are you?

DIO: Of course not, I'm not that irresponsible, I can use it whenever it's needed.

Medea: .....Ok...I accept the task.

DIO: *Smirks evilly* Good girl... *He lets her go and stands up* This Mansion has a tower that nobody uses except for storage, I'm giving you full permission to use it as your personal laboratory, I'll also have Eris send you her old chemistry set to experiment your poison with. 

Medea: ...*Lightly bows to him* Thank you, sir. I appreciate this kind gesture...

END OF PART 1 Previous part: "Now, let the Fun Begin!" — A Bane Called "Hubris"

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I apologize for the 12-day wait, the real world and the internet distracted me to hell and back, as well as some writer's block getting in the way. That being said, it's done now.

* The fight sequence between Medea and the agents is loosely inspired by the towel fight scene from the sitcom "Family Matters"

[tonberry-yoda]

I don't know it if ur alright with jojos angst, BUT here's a prompt I think abt a lot. Dio is seen as cruel and emotionless right? (Cuz he is) but let's say his S/O dies protecting him, and to out a cherry on top of the cake he had literally been treating his S/O terribly as of late due to being blinded by his mission to kill jotaro and for power.

If u can't tell I love angst.

okay, i know i dont usually write heavy angst, but this just feels right. like it's the perfect prompt, plus i wrote something super similar a long time ago and wanted to make it better! also, obsessed with the kitty photo. Thank you so much for the request @kindadolly and I really hope you enjoy!!! <3

Why? - DIO

Pairing - DIO x reader

Warnings - heavy angst, death, spoilers for part 3 of jjba

Word Count - 993

Notes - thank you so much for the request again! this one is really heavy, so if you arent comfortable with the warnings above, do not read this one. i quite like it though and it was definitely something else to write that's for sure. i definitely need to write some fluff later lmaoooo. enjoy and please stay hydrated everyone! <333

"DIO, dear!" You hummed, running into his room before throwing your arms around him. "We should go on a date." You smiled and sat on his lap. "We haven't done that in a while, huh? What do you say?"

You watched DIO closely, his bright blonde hair shimmering in the candlelight that lit up the dark room you were in. "No."

"No? What do you mean no?" You crossed your arms and jokingly pouted, hoping that he was just playing with you.

"I mean it. No." DIO grabbed you from underneath your shoulder and placed you on the ground, continuing whatever work he was doing at his desk.

"Are you kidding me?! After all I've done for you?! I've found more than half of the stands that work for you and you can't even get us a simple dinner out?!"

"You're overreacting now, pet."

"Call me that one more time." Your eyes went dark. This was getting old. "I'm not overreacting, DIO. You're too stuck up on taking down the Joestars and all that bullshit. I just wanted dinner. Maybe even a walk around Egypt. Is that too much to ask?"

DIO turned to you, his eyes almost glowing. "Yes. It is. Now leave me be, I'm busy."

You turned and walked out of the room, clearly upset. He had to be kidding, right? After all you've done and he treats you like that?! Who gave a rat's ass about some stupid 17 year old and his grandpa. Sure, you wanted to help DIO, but god this was getting old.

You found a nearby guest room and slammed yourself onto the bed, ignoring the dust flying off of the sheets. Who did that asshole think he was anyway?

You turned on your back and looked at the dark ceiling above you. You knew you were falling into a trap when he pulled you into his arms. When he told you he loved you. When his claw-like nails ran under your chin as he called you loving names. But to be honest, you really didn't care.

You knew what you were getting into. You knew what this would take. So why were you still so upset?

You were pulled out of your thoughts when you heard a light tap on your door.

You sat up, the dust around you looking almost like snow. "Come in."

The door slowly opened as Terence D'Arby peeked his head into your room. "Sorry if I'm interrupting anything, y/n."

"No, you're fine, Terence," you wiped your eyes that you just realized were filled with tears. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine. I just wanted to inform you that it looks like the Joestars are about to arrive at the castle."

"Really?" You stood up.

"No need to panic. I have already informed Lord DIO."

You nodded and stayed in your place. "Well do what you must, D'Arby."

"That I shall," he bowed at you and stood back up with a smile. "This should be fun."

You giggled and watched him leave the room. "It should, shouldn't it?"

---

You're breathing was getting heavier and heavier. You clearly didn't train yourself well enough for this battle. Kakyoin, Avdol, and Iggy were already dead and it looked like DIO had taken care of Joseph Joestar and Polnareff, so maybe you could just sit for a little while.

You didn't even know why you were fighting in the first place. Well, you did. DIO wanted your stand in the battle. It was strong, so he needed it. But maybe you'd be doing a way better job if your own boyfriend had trained you or even taught you how to better use your stand without becoming so exhausted.

You took a deep breath and sat down on a nearby bench. Your chest felt like it was about to explode. And it didn't help that Polnareff had nearly kicked the shit out of you back there before DIO showed up. You coughed up some blood. Shit.

You were becoming lightheaded.

Dammit.

DIO could handle himself, right?

You stood up, miraculously, to check on him and it wasn't looking so good. Sure, you believed that DIO could take down a literal 17 year old, no matter how strong, but that stupid stand, Star Platinum, that was going to be the real problem.

You didn't know why, but you ran out, your lungs weak and your hands covered in your own blood, and covered DIO right as Star Platinum was about to finish the job.

---

DIO only remembers seeing your body fall to the ground and the world going quiet. He quickly lashed out at Jotaro and stopped time.

Shit, shit, shit.

"Darling?" DIO unfroze time and knifes went flying at Jotaro, seemingly knocking him dead. "Darling please."

DIO laughed, thinking you were just joking. Hoping that you two could go on that date you asked him for. Dammit why did he have to treat you like shit those last two days?

"y/n, this isn't funny. y/n please."

You opened your almost lifeless eyes and placed your hand on DIO's cheek. "Come on babe-" you were interrupted by one last coughing fit, apologizing for the blood you got on DIO. "We all knew you were going to outlive me anyway." You smiled and ran your weak fingers through DIO's hair.

"I know," DIO's tear fell onto your cheek and he wiped it away quickly. "I just didn't want it to happen so soon."

"Well, I'll see you in hell, won't I?"

"After how I treated you? Probably."

"Don't feel bad. You were just busy. I just..." you giggled, though not meaning to. "I really wanted to go on that date." Both tears and blood were running down your face as DIO placed one last kiss onto your cold lips.

When he pulled away, you were gone.

Why did he have to treat you like that?

He was going to kill Jotaro for this one.

[nerianasims]

Billboard #1s 1988

Under the cut.

"So Emotional" -- Whitney Houston -- January 9, 1988

It's either a song about cheating or about being hung up on an ex. She's got a love of her own, but she's "so emotional" with this other guy, and keeps a picture of him by her bed. Um, does the other guy know this? Maybe she needs to have sex with the other guy so she stops being obsessed with the touch of the previous one. It's a dance song, and I like the beat, but it's painfully repetitive in the second half. Also, while I've known the chorus to this song very well since it came out, I thought it was a normal love song until I looked up the lyrics just now. Houston doesn't sing it like she's in any pain -- well, except I bet her throat hurt from the oversinging.

"Got My Mind Set on You" -- George Harrison -- January 16, 1988

Super repetitive lyrics. But the music's really fun, and I love what lyrics there are. I wish there weren't so few, though. "It's gonna take a whole lot of money" harks back to the many Beatles songs where they sang proudly about spending money on women they loved. Still, this is an example of how George was the best solo Beatle eventually. The video's cute, too, and obviously lampshades the idea of George Harrison doing backflips and dancing.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" -- Michael Jackson -- January 23, 1988

Michael Jackson was no Janelle Monáe. On so many levels. In this case, he wasn't anywhere near her artistic standard. This song does have the lyrics "Oh I'll be workin' from nine to five/ To buy you things to keep you by my side," but it sounds more like a Beatles rip-off than a tribute. I actually didn't remember this song at all, and the video is one of those annoying 80s ones that takes an entire minute to start the song. Then Jackson does a whole bunch of "woos" and "ows" and all that stuff he did that worked in moderation. But "moderation" was not what he was doing in 1988. In any way. He actually oversings in this. I turned it off halfway through. And immediately turned to Janelle Monáe's "The Way You Make Me Feel," which I adore.

"Need You Tonight" -- INXS -- January 30, 1988

This is one of my favorite songs. It's incredibly sexy, obviously. I didn't really notice it until I was around 15, and then I NOTICED it. As I got older, the song got better. The lines "You can care all you want/ Everybody does yeah that's okay" have meant so much to me ever since I started dating seriously. Because caring was not what you were supposed to do.

Anyway, this song is phenomenal and I love it.

"Could've Been" -- Tiffany -- February 6, 1988

This song was #1 for two weeks, and all the previous ones from 1988 have been one week. How? It's a heartbreak song that starts with the lyrics "The flowers you gave me/ Are just about to die," which is painfully on-the-nose. They'd probably work in a country song, but this is lite pop, not country. Tiffany occasionally seems to be trying to do some country stuff with her voice, which is smart. But that's not enough. It's not a terrible song, but it does nothing for me. I don't remember ever having heard it before.

"Seasons Change" -- Exposé  -- February 20, 1988

Speaking of songs I haven't heard before. I like this one though. The music's pretty interesting, especially the melody. The singing's excellent. And the music behind "seasons change/people change" sounds exactly like some of the music from Persona 4, so I wonder if Atlus' composer was influenced by it, unconsciously or not. It's just a couple notes, though. Lyrically, the song is about being in love now but realizing it might not last. It's good. I'm gonna look up more of their music.

"Father Figure" -- George Michael -- February 27, 1988

The music for this song is great, and George Michael as usual sings wonderfully. But um. There are some kinks that make me run screaming even when they're really mild. "I will be your father figure/ Put your tiny hand in mine" are two of them. So if you enjoy this song, I'm happy for you, it's musically lovely. I will be going to take a shower now.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" -- Rick Astley -- March 12, 1988

There was a time when I would have easily been able to have an opinion on this song. That time was long ago. It's hard to hear as a song now, rather than an internet meme. But I will not give up. (The video has almost 9 million views, sheesh.)

Okay so they're friends and now he wants a relationship. He says "You wouldn't get this from any other guy," which is a total jerkass line. Other than that, the lyrics are -- oh who am I kidding, I can't do this.

"Man in the Mirror" -- Michael Jackson -- March 26, 1988

I try to separate the art from the artist. That's in both positive and negative directions. If I love someone's art, that doesn't mean they're a good person. If I hate it, that doesn't mean they're a bad person.

This song, though -- "I'm starting with the man in the mirror/ I'm asking him to change his ways" -- uh yeah. Liar. And it's wedged in with all this "oh you should care about all the starving kids and homeless people" self-sanctification that Michael Jackson always protected himself with. This song disgusts me.

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" -- Billy Ocean -- April 9, 1988

Speaking of disgust. Yay street harassment!  I've never heard anything bad about Billy Ocean as a human being though. But I'm not listening to more than 5 seconds of this song. Gross.

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" -- Whitney Houston -- April 23, 1988

She's singing to a man she wants to get back together with after they decided they needed some "space." There's a lot of naivete in the song -- "And if somebody loves you/ Won't they always love you?" No. Even if they do still love you, that doesn't mean it will work. But maybe it will. I've never gotten back together with someone after a breakup, though I've been asked to many times (percentage-wise.) I've always had an allergy to it, both because my parents got back together after divorcing and should not have, and because I had a friend who broke up with her boyfriend and got back together with him at least 8 times in the space of a year and I had to keep hearing about it.

So this song doesn't really speak to me. But it's pretty good. Houston sings it well too, reigning in the oversinging until near the end.

"Wishing Well" -- Terence Trent D'Arby -- May 7, 1988

That's an awesome name. The writer of this song said he wrote it when he was half-asleep, which makes sense. "Butterfly tears", okay, just poetry, but you want to fall in love near a well of crocodile tears too? Doesn't that mean you're faking? I like the song though. It's sort of funk, but softer than full-on funk. I like the way D'Arby sings it. The whistling part (keyboard whistling) is very enjoyable. It's a fun song, and one I do remember from the time.

"Anything for You" -- Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine -- May 14, 1988

A pretty breakup song. But, of course, I have an issue. "I can pretend each time I see you/ That I don't care and I don't need you/ And though you'll never see me cryin'/ You know inside I feel like dying." Well that makes his life a lot easier, doesn't it. The whole song is about how she'll do anything to make him happy. Urgh. She needs to tell him to get out of her life so she can make a brand new start.

"One More Try" -- George Michael -- May 28, 1988

Yet another heartbreak song. It's not surprising that I remember so few songs from this year. I feel like I'm back in the 60s before The Beatles again. Though this year is musically better, I'm still bored. Anyway, in this one, the narrator doesn't want to try again, and he keeps addressing the person he doesn't want to try again with as "teacher," which is... a thing. The only time he seems willing to try again is the very last line, which is "Maybe just one more try."

It's slow, it's pretty enough, it would be unbearably boring if George Michael weren't such a good singer. I'm bored anyway. No wonder we ran screaming from anything smacking of this kind of thing in the early 90s. I feel stupid and contagious.

"Together Forever" -- Rick Astley -- June 18, 1988

He certainly had a brand, didn't he? The song title tells you everything you need to know about the lyrics. The song sounds a lot like "Never Gonna Give You Up," but much more boring. A massive drum machine intro can't carry this. I do recognize the chorus, but that's it. The song is fine, really. But that's it. It sounds like a lesser knockoff of "Never Gonna Give You Up."

"Foolish Beat" -- Debbie Gibson -- June 25, 1988

Heartbreak song. Sigh. There's a nice cheesy saxophone that I like, at least. She left him and she regrets it and thinks "I could never love again/ The way that I loved you." Nope, it's never the same. That doesn't mean it's worse. It's often better. I'm not listening to the whole thing, not even in case the sax comes back. The song's too dull.

"Dirty Diana" -- Michael Jackson -- July 2, 1988

It's about some groupie trying to seduce poor widdle helpless Michael. I don't remember ever hearing this song, and it's musically whiny too. Yuck. So much yuck.

"The Flame" -- Cheap Trick -- July 9, 1988

Heartbreak. Song. Again. "You were the first, you'll be the last" oh no they won't. I entirely approve of being honest about heartbreak, but this year is just crushing with the monotony of it. At least there's a beat to this one.

By the way, in the video, the lead singer's hair appears to be made of straw. Ah, the late 80s, when people thought cooking their hair was the way to go.

"Hold on to the Nights" -- Richard Marx -- July 23, 1988

A heartbreak song in disguise. He's in love with this woman but they can't be together. Are they cheating? I don't know. I don't care. It's so boring, words and music both. Even the piano is blah.

Speaking of late 80s hair, it looks like Richard Marx used an entire can of Aqua Velva on his in the video.

"Roll With It" -- Steve Winwood -- July 30, 1988

This was a #1 hit for four weeks, and I know why. It's not boring! Or depressing! It's got kind of an old-fashioned soul sound: Horns, groove, lyrics. When life is too much, roll with it baby. Not profound, but this is a really good song. One I've heard quite a lot, too, on purpose and everything.

Also, Steve Winwood's hair would work fine today. Coincidence?

"Monkey" -- George Michael -- August 27, 1988

This is actually kind of a heartbreak song, but not really. The one he loves has a "monkey" on their back and he wonders if they love it more than they love him. Addiction is my guess. It's a high-energy dance song, though -- it sounds a little angry, not sad at all. I find the melody sort of dull, but at least there's a beat. But I'm sorry, "Why can't you set your monkey free" is an absolutely hilarious lyric, and I can't take this song seriously in any way.

I think I had the hat George Michael's wearing in the video.

"Sweet Child O' Mine" -- Guns N' Roses -- September 10, 1988

Okay, yeah, sort of a heartbreak song, the relationship sounds like it's a mess with "where do we go now?" sung a zillion times. But it's so good. SO good. And it's rock. It's no wonder that it's one of the few songs that have stayed around from this list. It's not some kind of mass-produced pap without personality. Only Guns N'Roses could do this. Great song, I love it, and I love it more knowing what came before it. Man, Slash can play.

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" -- Bobby McFerrin -- September 24, 1988

Yeah, I'm guessing people were horribly sick of all the overproduced depression on the charts this year. A lot of music critics, and other critics, were really nasty about it because of the simplicity of its lyrics and its earworm-ness. And we made fun of the phrase plenty as young teens in the 90s. But now? I think it's pretty good. Philosophically, it's a mess, but the music isn't serious so I don't think we're supposed to take it seriously. And I like a-cappella. It was played way too much back in the day, though.

(Robin Williams is in the video, which made me tear up. Oof.)

"Love Bites" -- Def Leppard -- October 8, 1988

Technically about heartbreak I guess, but I feel like they're lampshading all the songs from this year which may as well have had the same title. Probably not intentionally. I can't take this song the tiniest bit seriously. It's rock, but not with a lot of personality. Any hair metal band from the time with interchangeable bleached blond frontmen could have done it.

I think this guy used an air fryer on his hair.

"Red Red Wine" -- UB40 -- October 15, 1988

One is supposed to hate this song, or was I don't hate it. I was a kid when it came out, the pop reggae appealed to me, and I still find it fun. Neil Diamond, the original singer, likes it. I certainly find it more interesting than anything with Neil Diamond singing on it.

"A Groovy Kind of Love" -- Phil Collins -- October 22, 1988

It's a cover of a 60s song. "Baby, you and me/ Got a groovy kind of love." This version is incredibly slow, and doesn't have any interesting drum work from Phil. It doesn't make me angry, but it doesn't make me anything. It's there. My brain wandered off and I started looking at stuff on the internet while trying to listen to it.

"Kokomo" -- The Beach Boys -- November 5, 1988

I loved this song as a kid and no one is prying it from me. It makes me happy when I feel down. I got the Cocktail soundtrack this is on for Christmas in my stocking 1988 -- me and seemingly every other kid, I think the tape was massively on sale. I loved the soundtrack, and I especially loved this song. I will never see the movie. I always felt that the song was a middle-aged man singing to his middle-aged wife ("pretty mama".) Which I thought was sweet. I figured that's what middle-aged people did, went off on vacations to tropical islands sometimes, even though my parents never did. I want to though.

"Wild, Wild West" -- The Escape Club -- November 12, 1988

"Heading for the nineties," hm? Well one of the lines is "give me, give me safe sex," and safe sex messaging being absolutely everywhere was an early to mid 90s thing. It's always funny to hear someone with an English accent sing about something extremely American. This song does sound like it's heading for the nineties musically, which is good. Only heading toward though. It's okay, but not very interesting. The music is repetitive. I got bored halfway though.

"Bad Medicine" -- Bon Jovi -- November 19, 1988

Your love is like "bad medicine" and he's addicted. Like a monkey on his back. What's with that phrase this year? I don't recognize this song. It's overproduced, it's shouty, there's too much going on, and it feels like it's trying too hard. Nope.

"Baby, I Love Your Way/ Freebird Medley" -- Will to Power -- December 3, 1988

I'm used to the 90s cover of "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain. And I don't think I'm being biased when I say the Big Mountain version is significantly better. The lead singer of this one, a woman, is way too breathy and mannered.

The "Freebird" portion is bad. Just plain bad. The man singing is also breathy and there's absolutely no oomph. Also a lite, bouncy pop song in which the woman is singing how much she loves the man and the man's like "no I gotta be free" is blech. It does not work.

"Look Away" -- Chicago -- December 10, 1988

This was Chicago's biggest single. The narrator's ex called him to tell him she's with someone new, and he pretends to be happy for her, but wants her to look away so she doesn't see the tears of a clown -- er, no, that's a better song. Same idea though.

A heartbreak song, but I don't mind it, because it's got some blood to it. It's not slow and there's a real beat. Also Peter Cetera wasn't with Chicago any more, so Bill Champlin's the lead singer here, and he's so much better than Cetera it's ridiculous. Champlin brings some guts to the song, he doesn't sing through his nose, and he sounds truly heartbroken. Worlds better than Cetera. So it's a good enough song, if you're in the mood for that kind of thing.

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" -- Poison -- December 24, 1988

I never minded this song before at all, but I am so sick of this kind of song at this point. Whine whine whine every cowboy sings a sad sad song. You're no Johnny Cash, dude. He said something wrong, he doesn't know what it was, they broke up and he still doesn't know why -- okay, who does this? Actually wait, I know one person who did this, and he keeps saying he has no idea why either of his wives broke up with him and I do because I was there and they told him they would break up with him if he didn't change. Over and over and over and over. And now he's like "poor me, I don't know why this happened. " He probably doesn't, either. He cannot admit fault.

Anyway, projections of my own personal trauma onto a hair metal band aside, the narrator’s ex is now with someone new and he thinks "I never meant that much to you." Maybe, maybe not. Cowboy, change your ways today.

BEST OF 1988 -- "Need You Tonight" by INXS and "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses. WORST OF 1988 -- "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean

[hjazysol]

Cassidy: Michael!

Michael: What's up Cass?

Cassidy: We've been given a request from a Spirit User to help apprehend a woman for their friend to press charges against her.

Michael: Well that sounds serious. Why don't you just ask sis to help you out?

Cassidy: But I... ...I wanted to do fun stuff with you today...

Michael: ... ... ...(Sighs, then smiles) Alright then who we strikin'?

Cassidy: So as I said. A request from a man in Egypt. Vanilla Ice. A follower of his has apparently been done wrong by a woman who is here in Brazil. Her name is Jennifer Michaels.

Michael: Alright. And we are to off her then?

Cassidy: We could but they'd rather go through the legal apparatus required.

Michael: And what's the main clients name?

Cassidy: They simply just go by Arctic.

Michael: Ok. Then we're obviously gonna need to track this women down. I'll use Beastie Boys to rework my phone to a tracker. I'll take the photo from the file then rework it into the phone. That way it can find a specific person.

Cassidy: Is that even possible?

Michael: With my Spirit yes.

Cassidy: Fair enough.

Michael: I have a question. If this Arctic guy is a Spirit user why can't he deal with her?

Cassidy: She has a daughter. Her Spirit's super strong apparently. Made the guy deaf. Now they use hearing aids.

Michael: You sure we shouldn't get sis then? Her Spirit would help out with this daughter of Jennifer's. Could tear her out from existence easy.

Cassidy: We aren't killing them remember?

Michael: Right. Where's this Vanilla dude then?

Cassidy: Oh he went back to Egypt now, his follower should be there aswell. And we're to send Jennifer right over there after we get her.

Michael: Alright then. Let's go.

Cassidy: Yes! Sis we're going out on a mission!

Kelly: Ok! You need my help?

Cassidy: We'll be fine!

Kelly: You sure you don't need a good look hug from big sis?

Michael: We'll live.

Kelly: Ok! Rake in the gold guys! Bye! Have fun!

_____

Bryce, in casts & bandages: Yo! Can someone scratch my nose?

Irving: No do it yourself.

Bryce: I would but ya'll broke me.

Ronan: Guess you need a hand then huh?

Bryce: You people are not funny.

Jona: Why did you try and steal from us? That's not cool you know.

Bryce: I have no reason to tell you guys anything that's for me & me only to care about.

Jacqueline: What if we punched you in the face again would you be willing to cooperate?

Bryce: Hey hey hey! Let's not go crazy! If you really must know I need money.

Irving: I doubt someone like you needs to worry about money.

Bryce: No I need a plane to Egypt!

Irving: Again you have money!

Bryce: I don't have any details to give them.

Irving: What like a passport.

Bryce: And even then I still have nothing like info on me.

Ronan: ... ...Why do you need a plane anyway?

Bryce: ... ... ...Back in America. I grew up in a poor family... ...I started the con artist gig. At a super young age man. Got lots of cash. Got my family a proper home. None of my brothers or even my parents were really educated. We never went to school. Then one day coming back from a gig. My family has been cast across the walls as some sick decoration. I hated it! It was shit! And unfair! I was on my way to Egypt to kill the man who was involved with the death of my familia! Daniel J. D'Arby. I planned on paying off the guys at the plane area. To let me go by.

Jona: You mean an airport?

Bryce: Yeah. After that I was gonna give up conning people for good. I would finally be at peace. But you guys had better plans.

Irving: A melancholy tale that is certain. But still either way it was your actions that lead to your families death was it not? So basically it's your fault.

Ronan: Irving!?!

Bryce: Your right...

Ronan: Huh?

Bryce: ... ...I'm a failure... ...

Irving: But that's ok you know. Even though you've made a mess of this life in the past you can always make a difference now in the present.

Bryce: I suppose you're right...

Ronan: Huh. He took that alot better than I expected.

Bryce: Hey how come he's stood on his own over there?

Jona: That's Alois and for your information "he" goes by "They."

Bryce: ... ... ...Since when is "They" a gender I thought you use they when referring to a group of people?

Jona: Well we call that being Non-Binary.

Bryce: (Cos(35)×22) Wait is it Maths?

Jona: No!

Bryce: Then what does it mean to be Non-Binary?

Ronan: Well if you're Non-Binary you prefer being referred to as they than he or she.

Bryce: So like if I said "It" would that count.

Irving: Err. No that's just rude.

Bryce: But isn't saying "They" just as bad?

Irving: Well no because it's alot more offensive like if you call them by "It" it's almost as though you're calling them abnormal.

Bryce: I see.... ....But what about their name? Alois from what I know is a German boy's name so as a Non-Binary wouldn't they prefer to change their name to something for both genders?

Ronan: Well that's not always necessary like that's up to them entirely.

Bryce: (Smiles) Hah! I learned something! Is this what school's like?!

Jona: Well yes but actually no.

Bryce: Shit.

A loud bang occurred from the ground gloor of the hotel.

Jacqueline: What the hell was that!?

Ronan: Did something explode?

They all went down to investigate leaving Bryce behind.

Michael: Cass! Did you really need to do that? You could've just opened the door instead of using Gangsta's Paradise.

Cassidy: Well that's just boring Michael! Learn to live a little!...Oh we have guests!

Michael: Huh?

Irving: What the hell do you think your doing!?

Cassidy: We're looking for someone so please don't mind us.

Irving, sees Gangsta's Paradise.

Irving: A Stand?

Cassidy: Huh?...Wait you can see this dude? Bro! I think these guys have Spirit fighters aswell!

Ronan: Spirit fighters? Does she mean a Stand?

Alois: ("Let's wreck them")

Cassidy: Oh you speak in signs? Well I'm sorry... ...Sir?

Michael: I thought they were a girl.

Cassidy: Meh. You will not be wrecking anyone! My Spirits are way stronger than any of yours I assume. And I don't even want trouble. Besides I only fear one other Spirit user and that's big Sis Kelly's Bad Habit. So I'll do the pleasure of introducing mine to you since this is only gonna go one way!

Alois: ("Ah shit here we go again")

Cassidy: My Spirit is Gangsta's Paradise! It uses the tubes on it's fingers to fire infinite bullets from it's-

Alois appeared infront of her and sent out a punch.

Cassidy: What?

Seconds before their fist made contact Michael appeared in front of Cassidy then blocked it with his arm braces.

Michael: Don't you dare interrupt my sister! The nerve!

Michael threw Alois over his shoulder then slammed them into the ground

Micheal: I tolerate a lot of things. But that really pissed me off.

Alois now just as outraged sent out Up In Flames to attack Michael.

Michael: Huh? (He jumped back)

Alois: ("I'll kill you!!!")

Up In Flames used the kinetic energy from Michael's jump to electrocute him.

Michael: GAH! What the hell is this? Electricity?

Alois: ("Yes. Up In Flames is entirely made of electricity & it uses kinetic energy to electrocute or burn")

Michael: Oh does it now? Heh! Then in that case...Beastie Boys Act 1!

Alois: ("What!? What could he possibly be planning with that Stand? It looks weak. Still I should stay on my guard")

Beastie Boys then went on to devour the electricity around their master, moving it to the side of him.

Alois: ("What!? They just moved the attack away!?")

Michael: That's right. Beastie Boys can destroy, rearrange or disassemble anything that is metal or that gives off an electrical current. So you said your Spirit is entirely made of electricity right?

Alois called back Up In Flames immediately.

Michael: Clever choice my friend. Cause let's say that Beastie Boys were to attack your Spirit. Well let's just say! You'd be dead before you could even scream. And let's be honest using fire here would danger everyone else.

Alois: ("Someone else take care of these guys")

Cassidy: Hey! No fair I didn't get to explain my Spirit!

Michael: Oh sorry you can go now.

Cassidy: Nah. It's fine they can figure it out. Gangsta's Paradise!

GP started to shoot at the others across the room. They all went to get to cover.

Gangsta's Paradise: Khekhekhekhekhekhe!!!

Jacqueline: Shit! It got my leg!

Ronan: Irving! Can't you just move past all these!?

Irving: While yes I could I wouldn't be able to guarantee I could avoid all of them. Look. That Stand's bullets come out a millisecond behind one another it'd be impossible to avoid everything. So what do we do?

Michael: Ok let's go get her!

Cassidy: Right! Gangsta's Paradise keep firing at them. Sorry about this but we can't have you guys preventing justice. Jennifer is to be turned in today! Bye bye!

Cassidy & Michael left.

Jacqueline: Wait...Jennifer!?

Ronan: Who's Jennifer?

Jacqueline: ... ...That's!...JENNIFER'S MY DAMN MOM!!! YOU FUCKER'S AIN'T EVEN DREAMING OF TOUCHING HER DAMNIT!!!

Jacqueline ran out from her cover.

Irving: WOAH ARE YOU CRAZY!?

Jacqueline: BEAT IT!

Beat It deflected all of the bullets sent it's way.

Michael: Woah.

Jacqueline: Hah! Gotcha! That neck thing must be it's weak point! Beat It punch it!

Beat It: KATE!

Beat It hit the Diamond on GP's neck piece. Beat It was sent flying across the room and so was Jacqueline.

Jacqueline: What the hell!? GAH! Go again!

Beat It went to attack again.

Cassidy: Sorry miss but it seems you've already lost.

The second Beat It made contact with Gangsta's Paradise Jacqueline began to turn into a card.

Jacqueline: What!? WHAT THE HELL!?

Cassidy picked up the card.

Cassidy: Let's see then your name is Jacqueline Michaels! So you're the Spirit user that Arctic spoke of. Don't worry I'll change you back once we're done here.

Ronan: Give her back you naive brat! The Night!

Ronan sent The Night forward to attack Cassidy.

Cassidy: Hmm?...Heh. Mr Blue Sky!

Ronan: What? Gah!

A large blue figure grabbed onto Ronan's finger. It bent it backwards til it eventually snapped it.

Ronan: Gah! The Night create an illusion!

Cassidy: I think I went too far bro.

Michael: Don't worry sis can fix him you know she always follows us even if we say we'll be fine. And besides we've got Mr Blue Sky. What could possibly happen?

Cassidy: Your right! Alright then it's time to knock you guys down for good! Go Mr Blue-

Michael suddenly fell to the floor

Cassidy: Michael!? ACK!

Cassidy also fell. Delta appeared in the doorway. He was the one who took them out from behind.

Delta: ("Well then it looks like that's sorted. Hello there I'm Delta Kancri! Coast Guard!")

Jacqueline reverted back to normal.

Jona: Oh thank you...(After all that and some guy just appears and takes them out? Those two should be more cautious)

Irving: That Stand. That was the Stand that killed that guy earlier. She was the user.

Jacqueline: You mean the blue one?

Ronan: That's not the biggest problem right now.

Jona: What do you mean?

Ronan: I think that. Well. I think that "Big sis" has arrived.

Kelly: Surprise! Hahahaha! Oh wow! You guys really did a number on those two huh? Hahah! It's hilarious!

Irving: Who is this?

Kelly: Man if only they'd brought me from the start right! This could've all been avoided! Hahaha! (Suddenly turns super serious) But it seems that some don't fear pain. Ready to learn what happens to those who mess with my family? I'm about to break every bone in your bodies.

@hopeaterart

@lyxine

[g0atmama]

so earlier I mentioned that if I remembered I’d make a thing about the info for my self insert, so. yeah here’s that. And about her stand. Cut for length because oof

In Phantom Blood, her name is Irene McDermott. She lives on a sizable goat farm and delivers milk to the Joestar manor weekly. Irene sees Dio as a major source of happiness in her life as their relationship grows because of the problems she has at home that she feels she can’t escape from. She’s the youngest of five but one of the only one of the kids that actually does any work.

Regarding the events of Phantom Blood, she’s at the manor the night Dio becomes a vampire and ends up getting a severe burn on the small of her back. That scar remains and is extremely visible even a hundred years later when she’s Michelle. She became a vampire bit long before Jonathan and Dio had their battle before Wang Chan removed his head.

Over the course of the next hundred years, she learned and adapted to her new powers at her own pace, which was slow. She was slow to learn and master each power before trying to master another. She wanted to be able to control them so she wouldn’t lose control and get killed by people finding out what she is. At one point, she couldn’t handle being Irene anymore. She decided she wanted to be someone else, someone unconnected from Irene. She became Michelle Brando, taking Dio’s last name despite the fact that they never actually got married. That didn’t really matter anymore anyway.

Come SDC, she’s only getting a stand a little before Star Platinum manifests in Jotaro. Her stand, though, is Mummer’s Dance. It’s a support stand with abilities that stem from altering the frequency of the infrasound it’s able to control. Primarily Michelle uses it to support those around her but given that it uses infrasound, it’s highly dangerous to everyone around her, whether they can hear or not.

Mummer’s Dance’s primary ability is to weaken or enhance the abilities of other stands, hence it being primarily a support stand. If Michelle is alone fasting a group, however, she might enhance the abilities of one stand, and use a secondary ability on it that causes it to obey but disobey the user, it does attack but not in the right direction, often hitting allies instead of foes. That ability is easily counteracted if you just figure out how to make your stand do the way you want it to. The final ability, technically speaking, would be just a blast of infrasound that’s loud and low enough to make your heart explode in your chest. But, given how dangerous that is, Mummer’s Dance is unable to get loud enough for that. It can get low enough so you might feel chest pain in a battle, but it can’t reach that volume. Because otherwise, this stand would be horribly OP.

Michelle has a lot of different timelines. I use these timelines to explore different personalities for her or just different outcomes for SDC. They are as follows, skipping the Canon timeline and the one that’s for my fan part.

- Fear and Comfort. Tbh I'm thinking of renaming this timeline, but basically what's different here is that she was not at the Joestar manor the night Dio turned into a vampire. She is still a vampire, but also she's terrified of him. She found comfort in Vanilla Ice, therefor Vanielle is the primary ship for this timeline.

- 8-Bit Heart. Something just made Michelle and DIO kind of ... drift apart. She's started growing fond of the butler, though. The ship for this timeline is Telle

- Alester Brando. Irene and Dio were married before everything went wrong. They had a son, whom this timeline is named after. He's become a vampire and his stand is called Black Gold. It's a purely defensive suit stand.

- Gio Mom. I often combine this timeline with the one above, but in this timeline, Giorno is Michelle's son. He was born a little earlier than he actually was, being about four when Dio died. His canon backstory is intact for this timeline, because he was kidnapped while Michelle took her hand off him to get plane tickets to Italy. This is really a Vento Aureo timeline for Michelle.

- Black Gold Experience. Take the two above timelines, combine them, and shove Michelle at the Speedwagon Foundation. Alester was in charge of protecting Giorno after their father's death and their mother being taken by the Foundation for the study into vampires. This timeline is used to explore their relationship and puts Alester into Vento Aureo and has his stand being used to protect Trish.

- The Moon Rises. Michelle achieves heaven in this timeline. Because Dio never actually cared about her, she was just a means to an end. A way to prevent Jonathan from hurting him, someone to be at his side. She let her emotions get the better of her and she attacked him. And killed him.

- Deep Deep Blue. So you know how the coffin had two compartments? Yeah, that was intended for Irene and Dio to be in there together but not right on top of each other. Erina messed that up, so they were trapped in the bottom of the ocean together. Michelle decided to be called Michelle while they were under the water together so Dio doesn't forget as often.

- A Dance in Time. Stands are already a thing by the time Dio comes back. I alter it a little bit because I want to, shush. So Michelle already has Mummer's Dance and understands her stand's abilities a lot more by the time Dio arrives. She approaches him with the stand arrow pretty quickly after he's returned, and The World's time stop also lasts longer.

- Roleswap. This timeline is hard to explain but the basic thing is that Irene is now Dio and Dio is now Irene. Their backstories and roles in the story switch, as well as their stands later on. Specific details are changed a bit, like it's the Pendleton family not the Joestar family. This timeline is shared with my friends and their OCs too.

- These Chains. Irene's family moved back to the US when she was young, tearing her and Dio apart forever. A century later, her great great grandson is in service to Dio. Dio only realizes it when he sees that the man has the locket he gave Michelle 100 years ago.

Now that that's done, I guess the last thing to do is mention her ships.

Irene is shipped with Dio as Diorene

Michelle is shipped with Dio as Diochelle, Vanilla Ice as Vanielle, and Telence T. D'Arby as Telle.

Fun Facts

- I tend to refer to Dio as the sun to Michelle’s moon. I like giving him a sun motif and her a moon.

- Michelle and Dio have one more child, a daughter named Ariel Brando. Her stand is basically King Crimson but in reverse, she moves everything backwards in time and is the only one who remembers what happened.

- In the Gio Mom timeline, Michelle doesn’t really care about the rest of the team. Protecting Giorno is the most important thing to her because he’s the last piece of Dio she has. She is proud of her son either way.

- Mummer’s Dance is actually horrifying if you know what infrasound does. I didn’t even mention above the effects of it getting low enough to make your heart vibrate. It can cause hallucinations and make you feel scared for no reason. You wouldn’t even know what’s going on if you can’t hear it, which you usually can’t.

- Michelle is bi and has asked Dio to let her join in while he’s fucking other women. He’s let her.

- Michelle loves Dio above all else in most of the timelines unless otherwise stated. Even in The Moon Rises, she was in love with him. She just lost control of her anger and grief over dedicating over a century to someone who didn’t care about her.

- Black Gold’s ability is adaptability. It adapts to the last stand power to effect it and protects Alester, and anyone he’s touching, from that ability. It can’t protect from more than one ability at a time, and the protection only lasts for 30 seconds between uses of the enemy ability. Most of the time he’s holding Trish and Giorno nearby to protect them since he can’t leave Coco Jumbo’s room.

- Alester loves Trish like he loves Giorno. She reminds him of Giorno when he was young and didn’t understand why they couldn’t go get their mom.

I do have character forms for both Irene and Michelle if you’d like to read something that’s a little better sorted and actually talks about her in a more informative manner. These links go offsite.

Anyway, thanks for getting this far. (Irene’s backstory is based on my life but there are some liberties taken to sort of help it fit better within the series.)

[tomboyjessie13]

This is a continuation of this story: Link

A Bane Called "Hubris"

Prologue

Medea's room, DIO's Mansion May 4, 1988 - 11:39 AM

Medea was shot by the arrow that creates Stands to boost up [Molly]'s strength and abilities. Unfortunately, she wasn’t strong enough to withstand some of the side effects that came with it and ended up being sick with a nasty fever similar to the flu, resulting in her being bedridden with little to no energy.

She and DIO had a bit of a small discussion about her Stand's new power and what it means for Medea's mentality, causing the former to get angry at the Vampire and telling him to leave before resting again...This is what happened next.

Medea: *Goes back to sleep with an ice pack on her head, irritated at DIO's words* 

DIO: … Tch, so this is the thanks I get for being nice? You’re lucky that I even let you live, I killed people who had that kind of attitude towards me in the past, woman!

Medea: …………..

DIO: *Glares down at her sleeping body* ……………..

Medea: ………… Zzzzzzzzz.

DIO: ……………..

Medea: Zzzzzzzzz. *Moves head in her sleep*

DIO: ??? *Leans down and moves her hair with his sharp nails, exposing her neck to him* …… *Bites his bottom lip as he looks at it, pure and unsullied* …… *He licks his lips as he leans down onto her neck* …… *He opens his lips and sticks his tongue out inches away from her neck*

[Molly]: *Appears to grab his face* KIRU!

DIO: !?!?

[Molly]: *Pushes him off their user* KIRU KIRU!

DIO: NGH!…… Even after the piercing, you still have the nerve to talk back for her, hm?

[Molly]: *Glares at him* KIRU! *Points at the exit behind him, signaling him to leave*

DIO: …….. Let’s pretend this never happened. *He walks out the room*

[Molly]: *Watches him leave as they pat Medea’s head, protecting her as she sleeps once more*

DIO: *Walking back to his boudoir* ……..*Stops in the middle of the hall* …….. *Looks at his claws* She was so soft in her sleep… *Clenches his fist* and her neck looked so pure, untainted, and delectable… *Smirks* Maybe one day I could taste her blood...

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Empty room - Speedwagon Foundation HQ, Washington DC 2011

Part 6!Medea: ...Little did I know at the time; DIO tried to suck my blood in my sleep, completely unprovoked.

SPW Agent: *Horrified* That's...disturbing.

Part 6!Medea: IT IS! Thankfuly that my Stand was there to stop him... But not for long...*Face palms, distressed* Tch, but why didn't I listen to them? Why didn't I listen?

SPW Agent: *Pats her left hand* H-hey, calm down, I'm right here.

Part 6!Medea: *Calms down* Th-thanks... 

SPW Agent: ...Anyways, you were sick *motioning right hand* aaaaand?

Part 6!Medea: Yes, right, *deep breath*...I've spent the next few days bedridden with a flu, sore, tired, and weak, just the usual symptoms. On the 5th day though, I started to feel a lot better, not 100%, but well enough to eat and breath normally, as well as get out of bed.

SPW: Makes sense, for a healthy person; flus usually last for 5 to 7 days...

Medea’s room, DIO's Mansion May 7, 1988 - 7:58 PM

Medea: *In bed sick with a thermometer in her mouth, but looking a little better than before*

T. D'Arby: *Takes the thermometer from her, checking her temperature* 99 and a half. *Nodding* Terrific, your fever's breaking, but it's not normal yet, you still need to wear a mask when you leave the room.

Medea: Well at least my coughs have finally stopped, *Sniffs lightly* and the mucus is lightened up.

T. D'Arby: *Guards his face* Yeah well don't get some of that mucus on me...*Sniffing her* And you need to change into some clean PJ's, the ones your wearing stinks and covered in sick.

Medea: Well it's hard to change clothes when you're weak and in constant pain.

T. D'Arby: *Remembers* Oh yeah, you looked so miserable sitting up.

Medea: *Sits up no problem, feeling no pain* Mmm... Tadaaaa~ *Smiles widely* :-D

T. D'Arby: *Holding his laugh* Fufufufu. *Gets up to leave* Alright I'll leave you to yourself care, King.

Medea: K. *She sees him leave, afterwhich she gets up to grab her bathrobe, face mask, and personal toiletries, she can tell that some of her strength has returned.*

???: *A shadow loomed in the darkness as he sees her leave her bedroom, he then moves in with something in hand.*

20 minutes later 8:18 PM

Medea returns from the bathroom, wearing her bathrobe, face mask, and a towel on her head, feeling fresh and clean once again and can breathe a lot more now...sorta. 

Medea: *Puts away her toiletries and throws her smelly pajamas in the hamper as she sniffs the air* Oh geez, D'Arby's right, I can actually smell the sick in the air. *She opens the window to air out the room* Since I'm mostly better though, I might as well take care of it now, starting with my bedsheets. *She was just about to tear off said bed sheets when she stopped* Hm? *She saw a vibrant red rose on her bed. She picks it up; there was a letter attached to it* A letter?...*She reads it*

"Dear Medea,  I want to apologize for how I acted the other day while you weren't well. It wasn't fair of me to treat you so poorly over something you couldn't control. I hope we can start over and be friends again. Get well soon.

Sincerely, DIO"

Medea: ...*Looks at the rose, then looks at the letter*.....*She then puts the letter down just to pick up a book on flowers*

[Molly]: *Comes out* Kiru. *Reads the letter*.....

Medea: *Turns the pages* ...Rose colors...rose colors...rose colors...there it is.

"Red Red roses have a deep symbolism that is widely recognized. The Symbolism of Red Roses represents love, passion, and romance. The vibrant red color is associated with intense emotions and desire. Red roses are often given on special occasions such as anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, or to express deep affection towards someone."

Medea: *Shocked and blushing as she looks at the rose* Cac naofa! Is this what I think it is!? O///O

Molly: *Just as shocked* Kiru!?

Medea: *She continues reading*

"They convey a strong message of love and admiration, as well as expressing sincere apologies and make amends."

Medea: *Calms down*.....*Relived* Oh, hehehe, it can be used for apologies, *phews* what a relief. ^_^; *Closes book*...But still, he could've used a different color to get the point across without giving me a heart attack.

Molly: *Sneering, they can sense bullshit, especially after that confrontation three days ago* Kiru kiru...

Medea: *Looks at the rose again*.....On the other hand...*Shakes head* No way! *Smacks her head lightly* Get it out of your head, lass! *Puts the rose on her desk and proceeds to undress herself* This is the same guy who kept you from leaving Egypt and kills people for food or control! He's practically a worse version of Jaso-*She stops herself when she realized what she said*.....*She became sad*

[Molly]: *Covers their mouth in shock and sadness*

Medea: *Sniffs*.....I should get dressed. *Proceeds to quietly dry her hair*

2 hours later 10:22 PM

Medea spent the next few hours decontaminating her room before going to bed, she's laying down after replacing her tainted bed sheets and PJs with clean ones, the window is also opened to let in fresh night air and let out the smell of sick. But aside from still feeling ill, she couldn't relax due to the thoughts of her former love after accidentally reminded herself of him, as well as the rose DIO gave her.

Medea: .....*Sniffs*.....*She looks back on the rose that was sitting on her desk*.....*She stood up from her bed and walks to grab the rose off the desk*.....*she gently brushes her fingers in its petals*.....Is he awake?

[Molly]: *Summon themself* Kiru? *Sees Medea grabbing her mask and leaving the room, realizing what this meant* Kiru! *Blocks the door* Kiru kiru!

Medea: *Agitated* Out of my way! *Pushes through, leaving her Stand shocked and worried*

[Molly]: *Worried* Kiru Kiruuuu! *Gets dragged due to being a short-range Stand*

Third Floor Bedroom 10:24 PM

Medea: *Standing in front of DIO's room, nervous*.....*Knocks on the door*

DIO: *Inside* Yes? Who is it?

Medea: It's me, can I come in?

DIO: ...Are you wearing a mask?

Medea: Yes.

DIO: Then you may.

Medea: *She gently opens the door, she sees DIO laying at the head of his bed, reading a book with a glass of wine on his side table. She closes the door behind her before bowing to him*

DIO: Why the formalities, dear? I haven't seen you act like this in quite a long time.

Medea: *Straightens up* It has been a long time, hasn't it? *Walks to him, holding the rose he gave her*

DIO: I see you received my gift.

Medea: *Stops next to him and looks down at the rose* It's a lovely gift, sir... I also saw the letter attached to it and...You really didn't have to apologize to me.

DIO: *Raises eyebrow* Oh? Why's that?

Medea: Because I should be the one apologizing... for acting like a bitch to you the other day, you've mentioned my past relationship, and I got a little upset over it.

DIO: That's why I apologized first, I realized that I struck a nerve while you weren't feeling well.

Medea: I see.....*Points at an empty spot on the bed* You mind if I...?

DIO: *Motions the spot*

Medea: *She sits on the bed next to him, her back facing him*.....Lord DIO...Do you ever felt lonely?

DIO: ... When I was trapped in a coffin for a century, I did feel it for a while, yes... But now that I'm free, I got lovers and servants at my beck and call..... *Tilts head* Is there's something wrong, dear?

Medea: *Hangs head*.....It's just...I really don't have a lot of people to turn to...everyone working for you is either busy or crazy.

DIO: *Shrugs* Well yes, they are a wild bunch of busy bees, aren't they? ...Case in point, if you're looking for a shoulder to cry on, you can always come to me. *He sees her look back at him before she proceeds to turn her body around and lay her head on his shoulder*...I didn't mean it literally, but ok.

Medea: ..........Lord DIO.....I'm done running away.

DIO: *Looks down at her* Hm?

Medea: ...You're a cruel, sadistic monster who doesn't hesitate to squish people under your feet, but... at the same time you saved my life twice when I was in dire need of help. And apart from my Stand, I had no one to back me up, I was completely alone and defenseless...until you showed up.

DIO: *In his mind, surprised* No way, is this actually happening? *Outloud, calm* .....Yeah?

Medea: Each time I've been at death's door, you've always been there, allowing me to see another day...I owe you my life and gratitude for it...Besides, even if I did run away, I couldn't return home anyway because of US law now that I think about it, so there's no point in trying anymore. 

DIO:...So you're staying?

Medea: ...Sure...I'll be your loyal servant like the others...I wanted to make it work.

DIO: ...*Smirks evilly* That's what I wanted to hear. *He reaches over to another side of his bed*

Medea: *Almost falling over* Ah! *Looks over* Huh?

DIO: *He reaches inside his other side table to grab something*...*He turns back to Medea, holding her 1975 US passport he confiscated at the beginning of the year*

Medea: *Takes it* My passport?

DIO: As long as you remain by my side, you'll be given full privileges like the others, including being able to travel out of Egypt alone.

Medea: *Shocked*...*Hugs her passport tightly*...*Looks up to him, her eyes were now smiling* Thank you, Lord DIO...Thank you so much.

DIO: It's no trouble, dear. *Motioning his right hand* Now run along before Vanilla Ice sees you here, you know how jealous he gets when i'm with other people.

Medea: *Startled* Oh shit, you're right. *Gets off the bed* Again, thank you for this. *Runs out of the room*

DIO: Don't mention it.....*He listens closely for Medea to be as far away As possible*.....*He then hears silence*.....*Puts a bookmark in his book and stood from his bed, taking a few steps away before stopping*.....*Giggles* Fufufufu...*Chuckles* Hehehehehehehehe...*Full blown evil laughter* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *Calms down a bit* Hehehe...I did it! I won! I, DIO, finally broke that girl and got her to become my loyal servant! After months of stubbornness and defiance, she's now surrendered herself to me! Even better, she's starting to show affection for me! *Frowns* I still haven't tasted her blood yet, *smiles* but still, this turned out better than I expected! Hahahahahahahahaha!

Medea's room A minute later

Medea: *Runs into her room, holding her passport tightly, her face was blushing and in a state of shock when she removed her mask*.....I can't believe I just did that...*Looks down at her passport and rose*...But...at least I finally got my freedom back.

[Molly]: *Growl* Kiruuuuuu.....

Medea: *Looks up to see her Stand, glaring at her* ...Ok, I know what you're going to say: "Medea, how could you sell out like this?" That's the thing! I don't know what got into me, all of the sudden I wanted t-*gets karate chopped on the head* Ow! 

[Molly]: Kiru kiru kiru! Kiru kiru!

Medea: *Rubbing head* I KNOW that guy's an asshole! But I couldn't hel-*Gets karate chopped again* OW! Quit it! Ow! Ow! Hey! Ow! I'm sorry-

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Empty room - Speedwagon Foundation HQ, Washington DC 2011

Part 6!Medea: *Rubbing her head* ...Needless to say my Stand was NOT happy with this outcome and didn't talk to me for two days afterwords, they knew DIO was full of shit and I still surrendered to him anyway...I regret ever ignoring their warnings.

SPW Agent: *To themselves*-Dependency, fear of abandonment, feelings for captor...*To her* I don't wanna say it's "Stockholm Syndrome", but from your description, it almost sounds like you had it.

Part 6!Medea: *Tired sigh* I don't blame you for thinking that. I slowly but surely fell into a toxic relationship with DIO despite the terrible things he did to me and his peers... all because I felt loveless, on top of him saving my ass twice.

SPW Agent: Yeesh, even I wouldn't wish that on my enemies... Anyways, what happened after you got better? 

Part 6!Medea: Right, well, since I'm well enough to move again, I've spent the next day washing my tainted sheets and clothes and decontaminating the bathroom I've been using when I was sick, it's the least I could do for the guys who had to pull double duty during my down time. By the time night fell, I can feel my fever beginning to break fully, meaning that my flu has ended, as DIO predicted...

End of Prologue

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I apologize for taking so long with this, it was supposed to be done last week had it not been for distractions, IRL and online, that and I was writing another drabble ended up wanting to make this first. That being said, it's done now.