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[ongreenergrasses]

joe!

idk if u just sent me this one, or if tumblr ate it and then it magically reappeared, but either way, thank you 🌹

How I feel about this character: dude i love him??? he’s just - light. like the character embodiment of light. i am actually jealous of his energy, which is a completely normal thing to feel towards a movie character yes i know

All the people I ship romantically with this character: well. if i was being facetious i would only direct you all to my AO3 and let u see for yourselves, but because i am willfully holding myself back i will simply state that CLEARLY Nicky is the man for him!!!

My nonromantic OTP for this character: i have actually thought about this a lot because quite honestly i think Joe is the glue of that group - every relationship that he has is clearly very powerful and also very unique, of course, and he has the vibe of just being sort of the lynchpin of their group, and the one who keeps them all together, and the person who is their heart and soul!!! as a result i am stuck but if i absolutely have to Joe’s relationship with Booker just s l i g h t l y edges out his relationship with Andy and now i’m second guessing myself

My unpopular opinion about this character: oh get ready, this also fits with the question below, BUT i don’t want any flashbacks to his past, and specifically how he and Nicky met, in 2 old 2 guard. i don’t want it!

a) it would be sad and awful! i am not an expert writer, but i don’t see how they would fit that in without having him or Nicky recount what is undoubtably a series of extremely traumatic experiences that neither of them would like to relive, or maybe can even remember, in that great of detail. they have gotten to a point where they can joke about it but i genuinely cannot fathom a way where they could get specifically detailed enough about their meeting for a flashback, even if they were just retelling it to Nile, without it having potentially devastating emotional consequences. i do not care if they are almost a thousand, they both killed each other multiple times, that is something out of a nightmare! i don’t want to see it, and i don’t want to see them recount it.

b) i am afraid they are going to do something horrifically egregiously bad in terms of costumes or setting or something because there have been…how shall we say…some problems when it comes to depictions of Joe, especially in the comics, and getting into the crusades is wading into some very fraught territory that frankly i do not trust Hollywood, aka the US military propaganda machine, to handle well.

also c) TOG is about Andy and Nile first and foremost. Nile is the hero of the story, and Andy takes the role of her world weary mentor. i am so excited to see where their characters go in 2o2g!! however, any sort of extended flashback to Joe’s (or any of the men’s) past would most likely be a narrative distraction, and personally I would like 2o2g to continue focusing on Nile’s journey in the same way TOG did.

One thing I wish would happen/had happene with this character in canon: something that i WOULD like to see happen in 2o2g is that scene where Joe’s wearing booty shorts and swims across a lake (?) to attack people with a sword. i simply Would Like To See It for science or something

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