#you say shit like he didn't dive to save himself for injury he'll not risk it for the country

[myauditionfordrphil]

To all those people who are saying that we lost 2019 semis due to MSD should not get angry when it is said that MS won us 2011 finals ☠️

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

So uh 😳

This is the main thing I want to talk about:

Cream

As we all know, stands are manifestations of your soul. In my fanfic, I dive deeper into Vanilla's perspective on things. Cream is a void type stand. He swallows up everything in his path, he's empty inside, he's eternally hungry. But why is he hungry? What is he hungry for? In canon, it's not clear and never specified.

If I had to guess (and I most certainly did), Vanilla feels a deep void in his heart that he fills with Dio. He uses Dio to fill the void. In the OVA (the Japanese dub) Dio tells the Stardust Crusaders that Vanilla was an outcast in society. (My biggest guess is because he's queer and dealt with a shit ton of discrimination)

Vanilla was most likely never given a single shred of grace in his life. That's very apparent when in one particular scene, he says, "Anyone else would've instinctively saved himself over risking life and limb to come to the aid of an oblivious comrade." Which is untrue. The fact Vanilla said this means that he's never had mercy given to him until Dio. He thinks the world is filled with selfish people and he's so unbelievably lonely and empty inside. Vanilla is willing to go to great lengths just for a crumb of affection from Dio, something he'll never really get.

Vanilla is still a human being until he's turned into a vampire. He still has human thoughts and feelings. But being mistreated in society has caused him to not only feel empty and lonely, but he most likely sees himself as a monster. That's why Cream looks and acts like that. All his life he was told that he's a monster, so he became one. We all have demons... And Vanilla's demon is the very essence of his soul. Vanilla kept screaming into the void... But what he didn't count on was one day the void would scream back....

Okay anyway! ☺️ Let's talk about Vanilla's tattoo thing

So as you can see in the OVA (which is beautifully animated by the way) Vanilla, or... "Iced", has a tattoo of the shield symbol we also see on Cream's body

Hearts... Love... Something Vanilla hungers for badly.

You can see the tattoo on the anime version's shoulder too! (maybe the sleeves of his leotard are sheer or unfortunately it's just a little symbol on the fabric itself. I like to implement the tattoo on his shoulder in my art work when he's shirtless or wearing a sleeveless shirt)

However, the marking isn't present in the manga version

What does the heart symbol mean? Well, like I've mentioned before, it could be a manifestation of how badly Vanilla wants to be loved. The shield is also symbolic of how he's a protector, he's a guard, he would do anything to protect the one(s) he loves. And if that's the case, why would he make such an odd statement about people instinctively saving themselves instead of the ones they care about?

Look at this:

Vanilla is instinctively doing the protective arm thing for Dio. Look at how his menacing demeanor changes as well. Vanilla is literally doing the very thing he was insulting Avdol for doing. Risking his life and his limbs (literally) for Dio. If I had to guess (and overthink even harder than I already am), I would say Vanilla is even jealous that Avdol would do something like that for Polnareff. Vanilla was probably thinking in the back of his mind, "Why hasn't somebody ever done that for me?"

Funny enough, Vanilla blames Avdol for his injuries even though Polnareff was the one who was able to strike him. Vanilla is angry and envious of the very human relationship Avdol and Polnareff have. Vanilla is obsessed with Dio, Dio doesn't love nor care about Vanilla one bit. But in Vanilla's head, he probably thinks he can change Dio's mind by doing every little thing that's asked/commanded of him.

One more thing I almost forgot to mention. Look at Cream

Look at the top of his head. There's that shield heart symbol....

But in this and other instances (but I've reached my image limit)... His head is open?

It's a thing I didn't really notice until I watched SDC and the Vanilla Ice clips plenty of times. I'm actually not sure why, but... Watching his scenes more and more, it seems like it's a secondary "vacuuming" tool. Maybe it helps vacuum things into the void when Cream's mouth is closed. AND it's extra force when Cream's mouth is open and he's really pissed!

So that's yet another info dump and theory thingamajig about my beloved Vanilla 💜💙🫶 there will be more in the future and I'll reblog some of my other analyses every now and then too!

Hey.

You wanna hear some random facts and stuff I know about, speculate, hyperanalyze, and jump to conclusions about Vanilla Ice from the hit series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure© because I watch and rewatch scenes involving him over and over again and look at all of the concept art and revisit his wikis and know everything there is to know about that evil man except his blood type (YET)?