{Here's the full image. Real text conversations between April Fools and his best friend Shizuka Joestar.}
{By the by, it says 'snat queen' at the top. In reference to a conversation they had about Ratt, the Stand, in which they formulated the word "snats" or "sniper rats".}
{I ought to draw the Twins soon. If only obligations weren't in my way.}
{Well, until I draw them fully, here's them in the background of this image:
Nero and Laurie Bousfield, also known as the Bousfields, Bousfield twins, or simply The Twins, are two young Stand Users April has the misfortune of being housed with. They're around 11 years old, both orphans, and both suffer delusions despite their age - the things that having a Stand and a fucked-up backstory will do to your psyche, am I right? In any case, I don't know who the fuck's supposed to be taking care of these kids (April included), but they're not doing a very good job of it since April seems to be the one trying to control these two.
Nero, pictured on the left, and Laurie, pictured on the right, have an interest in causing trouble, horror movies, Disney, and scaring the absolute fuck out of April.
Nero's Stand is also pictured above, holding the broken toaster. Named 「Rotting Fantasyland」, it is a small humanoid Stand whose main ability is simply to cause any tech to malfunction; that is, to make any technological device function in any way it's not meant to be functioning; which in essence gives him great control over technology. Nero likes to use this ability just to mess with people, particularly if he can use it to scare someone - like turning the lights off to get closer to someone before the lights go back on, horror-movie style.
Nero himself is a very odd and somewhat antisocial boy. He ofttimes deludes himself, and seems to believe himself to be very powerful and dangerous. He finds entertainment in tormenting and scaring others, and is protective of but harsh towards his sister. Has a morbid interest in taking innocent things– such as children’s characters– and twisting them into something dubious. Tends to act condescending towards others, and if he ever feels disadvantaged or endangered, he will do everything to invert those feelings to emulate superiority and power. He believes himself to be possessed by demons or cursed—but not by 「Rotting Fantasyland」, which he knows is a Stand. Sometimes he carries small devices to use as improvised explosives or fire projectiles in an emergency situation.
Laurie is a bit odd, but less antisocial than her brother. Her delusions seem to manifest in mainly the form of paranoia, believing herself to be infested or possessed, and being somewhat neurotic as a result. She doesn’t know what it is, but she is absolutely convinced there is something inside of her, feeding off her life energy. Though outwardly calm, she tends to get rather jittery the longer she’s away from home. She often talks very casually about things that could go wrong or how the person she’s talking to could possibly kill her. She does not avoid people, however, and treats this dread and paranoia as an average everyday occurrence. Tends to do things even if they cause her more anxiety, but complains about pain quite easily—even if it’s nonexistent. Believes her brother to be as dangerous as he claims to be. Usually nicer to others than him, though.
Her Stand, not pictured, is (as of this moment) called 「Cracknight」. It has an ability in thematic contrast to 「Rotting Fantasyland」, it replaces organic bits with other organic constituents. This is typically done in the fashion of, for example, exchanging a leaf for a lung. A leaf doesn’t match the size of a lung, but when this is done, a lung crafted of leaves will replace the lung, which will be removed from the body in the process. Over time, assuming no further damage is done, the leaf-heart will begin to turn into what is functionally a real heart. This comes with a drawback: her fucking bones. Her health is shit and she constantly has to replace failing parts with other constituents using her Stand... and, given her paranoia, perhaps she replaces things when it's not exactly necessary.
ok so anyone who has read homestuck (or i guess just listens to the soundtrack, if those types of people exist) knows the song “harlequin,” it is a motif that is utilized throughout a number of songs in the earlier acts
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it’s a neat little melody.
according to the homestuck music wiki this song released initially august 2009.
in may 2009, the album “from rotting fantasylands” by nero’s day at disneyland came out. on the track “vengeance in cloudland,” you can hear this same melody play at around the 1:00 mark
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does anyone know if these songs are both paying homage to some older, circus-y tune? they both came out around the same time, and this isn’t a super well-known album so i wouldn’t assume it was stolen or anything. but it’s something that’s driven me crazy for years.
What yall know about Nero’s Day at Disneyland and Lauren Bousfield⁉️⁉️
(I’ve been a fan of her and her music for 6 yrs now her stuff is awesome pls listen to her music if you like glitchy breakcore and experimental shit 💕💕)