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arolesbianism · 4 months ago

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Thinking abt Joshua again. Amazing how all it takes for what was once one of my least favorite oni characters to become my third favorite is simply making shit up

#rat rambles #oni posting #tbf I Am extrapolating on what itty bitty characterisations we do have #but on the other hand hes also the only oni character I have like full backstory hcs for and a whole like story in my head for #so Im not beating the making shit up allegations </3 #and like I Know if we ever get more joshua stuff itll at best be more of what we already have and more likely ruin all my hcs #I just want him to be a messy person is that too much to ask #also to be clear the reason I didnt like him before is that hes. kind of a nothingburger in canon.#not that theres anything inherently wrong with him being just ellies bestie who is nice to everyone #but he felt a bit too innocent uwu bean to me and to an extent thats still kinda true #I have Bad history with those sorts of characters so generally Im just naturally prone to disliking them #but joshua actually does have some potential in what charcterisation we do get for him outside of just being nice #in particular hes in proximity to know abt some of the fucked up shit going on at gravitas and is a bit of a devils advocate #those traits combined make me really see a lot of potential in him to be a genuinely interesting character #and the more Ive thought abt him over time the more in love with his potential I became #especially in how he and ellie might compare to eachother during late stage gravitas #because I do believe hes generally a caring person that doesn't actually speak that much on his specific morals and boundaries #which leaves a very fun space to play around in of what if his morals. are kind of shifty. and maybe aligned closer to jackies a bit.#Im not interested in joshua as a straight up bad person but I like the idea of him being maybe a bit too willing to justify gravitas shit #kind of like a nails situation but if instead of getting that harsh reality shock they doubled down until it was too late to go back #not out of malice but out of a misguided trust and willingness to sweep things under the rug because of it #plus I just like letting joshua be a jackie lackey so he can fit in with ellie and nikola better #puts him in a jar and rattles him #I like the other two a lot too but theyre blond and ugly so :/#ellie has more of that unpleasant personality appeal to me while nikola has that great fall appeal #I do think I like ellie more tham nikola but thats mostly because shes a woman and as we all know Im a raging misandrist #(ignore that this post is about how much I love joshua)#in all reality its moreso that I simply find her funny plus find enjoyment in imagining her late stage gravitas #cause if nikola couldnt brave the calm before the storm I doubt she fared much better #he was pushed to his breaking point and jackie actually liked the guy at one point

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