#back when I used to go through the jjba tag a lot when I was super hardcore into it

[tariah23]

I gotta get up for work rn but the original tweet………….. they’ve got to be joking at this point because while they are correct in some instances, they must’ve chosen some of the worst examples imaginable… Also, Why is Shigeki in the same category as Joshu and Alessi knowing how they are… he was just a greedy, fat kid. The others were literal creeps.

[celeste-fitzgerald]

thou brought this upon thyself.

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Girl you're crazy lmao ily

7) How do you choose which POV to write from?

Oh damn that's a good question! I don't have a good answer to this one, I usually just think about whose eyes it would be more interesting to see through for each fic.

10) Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up

Uhhhh. I haven't been doing much writing lately. And the one fic I have been working on, "blinks" isn't in there (and neither is "blink"). So I went back to 2 other wips I haven't added to in a couple months and THOSE DON'T HAVE "BLINKS" EITHER. So I just searched "wink" instead so here's that one. (Unfortunately for you dear rufusrant you've already read what I have so far on this wip, but for everyone else, here's a teeny tiny snippet of the next chap of Learning How To Love You.)

Richard winked and inched toward the seat on George’s right. “Well?” 

11) Link your three favorite fics right now

Oh lord let's see. I'm interpreting "right now" as "currently on my mind," so these are ones that I've been reading and/or have been posted recently. for mutual benefit by thestartofnothing (fandom: JJBA; ship: jotakak) Not Lost In Translation by @007waffles007 (fandom: JJBA; ship: avpol) She Makes Me Smile by @007waffles007 (fandom: ELO; ship: mik/kelly)

12) how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?

Well as with any writer, I love feedback! Though after being in some tiny fandoms (or at least tiny from a fanfic perspective) I've gotten more used to not getting much feedback. All feedback is very very very appreciated of course, but feedback/support from 1 or 2 friends tends to make me very happy regardless of what other kudos/comments I get.

19) What is the most-used tag on your ao3?

To the surprise of literally no one, it is "fluff" (283 fics).

20) Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

Already answered!

23) Best writing advice for other writers?

Write what YOU want to see, regardless of whether you think other people will like it.

24) Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?

I honestly can't think of any?

25) What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?

I don't knowwwww!! I spent a while looking through my fics to see if any of them fit, but that just ended up being me going "oh I forgot I wrote that, that one was cute!" for 15 minutes haha. I think I'm fine with how things are tbh.

34) Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?

Man I don't know where I see myself in five weeks XD Mostly I just hope I'll still be posting fluffy oneshots on ao3 and sharing fic ideas with friends.

37) How do you choose where to end a chapter?

Not really a good way to answer this one, just where it feels right. But that's entirely dependent on the context of the fic.

43) Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?

😭I'm definitely more of an "I want everyone to be safe and happy" kinda girl. When I make the characters suffer it's usually very mild suffering. Though, fun(?) fact about me, when I daydream about my fandoms, the daydreams often get pretty angsty and rough. But those ideas usually remain as daydreams because it would be too hard to actually write them.

45) Do you want to break your readers‘ heart or make them laugh?

Laugh and smileeee.

46) How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)

Oh emotion-driven 100%.

53) How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?

Ooh, that really depends on my mood and how long I've been in the fandom for. When I get into a new fandom, I tend to read tons and tons of fics, then much later I'll actually start writing for it. And I tend to spend less time reading the longer I've been in a fandom. But every once in a while I get hit with an urge to spend all night reading fics.

56) What’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?

Oh boy let's see...I think I'm pretty good at giving readers warm fuzzy feelings? And I love when I'm able to do that.

59) Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? if not, would you tell anyone?

Yes. A small number of my in-person friends. Plus my parents and my sister. But I'm pretty sure my sister still thinks it's stupid lmao. My dad's great about it though. Oh and my gf!!

63) Something you hate to see in smut.

Huh, when I read this question, I thought "oh boy, I'm gonna have lots of things I hate." But now I'm...struggling to come up with any? There are certain things I like more than others, and things I need to be in a certain mood to read. I guess maybe just when the relationship feels unequal. Don't like that.

64) Something you love to see in smut.

When the characters laugh/joke around/etc. Just anything to show them being really comfy and genuine with each other in such an intimate moment.

74) You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?

I have posted a fic anonymously. Try to find it >:) (not you, rufusrant, you already know it's me.) Haha but in all seriousness, probably by me going "ahhhhh thank you" in every reply to every comment lmaooooo.

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[shizukateal]

I posted 12,277 times in 2021

132 posts created (1%)

12145 posts reblogged (99%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 92.0 posts.

I added 893 tags in 2021

#deltarune spoilers - 146 posts

#deltarune - 137 posts

#paranatural - 122 posts

#revolutionary girl utena - 102 posts

#infinity train - 76 posts

#homestuck - 74 posts

#wandavision - 72 posts

#magical girl fashion - 68 posts

#jjba liveblog - 55 posts

#spy x family - 41 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#if that thing so much as touched the skin of my stomach it would dissolve my flesh and come out cleanly through the other side of my torso

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

What are your thoughts on Godoka and Homucifer?

Homucifer looks better than Godoka.

I'm sorry, but Godoka is just... all she does is attach "more". A lot of fanart makes her look great, but lets not kid ourselves, people. That hairstyle isn't actually good, it's just "more" hair. Everytime I look at it I feel like I could just pull the extensions off and leave Madoka with her actual hair, but I get that they put it because the ponytails alone wouldn't go with the train. Still, Madoka does not have the body type for a boob window, hell, she can only pull off that skirt without her usual side ribbons when it puffs up. There was no reason to put pointy stilettoes under thigh-high socks when they could have just been thigh-high boots. On itself as a piece of fashion, yeah, the dress alone is great. I prefer trains when they don't look detachable from the main skirt, sure, but even I am not so nitpicky, especially with the galaxy insole. It's just that Madoka is not the right model for it, especially with all the other choices they made around it.

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55 notes • Posted 2021-08-11 23:22:37 GMT

#4

what do you think of the costumes in w.i.t.c.h (and by extension c.h.y.k.n)?

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56 notes • Posted 2021-07-16 03:34:29 GMT

#3

Deltarune Theory: Kris the Messianic LITERAL Zombie (w/ possible Gaster interference)

Boy, those endings, huh? Is Kris even really a human?

Well of course they are! At least to an extent. If they were suddenly, say, a werewolf that would be a pretty stupid plot twist. But I think it is not an unreasonable claim to say that one of Undertale's themes was how humanity could be monstrous. And wouldn't you know it, there's a specific type of monster that is always human shaped: a zombie!

Kris is disheveled, languid unless they're causing mischief, creepy, perpetually hungry... and can move (albeit jerkily) without a SOUL, at least for a while. It seems to me that that window of time is not too long. After all, if they could live without it, why would Kris choose to put us back inside and be submitted to our control? But that brought back a memory of a specific line in Undertale:

"What happens when something without a soul... gains the will to live?" -Entry 8

And right after that realization I remembered all of the weird focus on christian symbolism in the story. Kris was always to an extent a Jesus figure, albeit a very vague one: named like him, son of an idealized mother figure that didn't conceive him through sex, a chosen one/avatar channeling the will of the Higher Power (us) sent to guide others (ACTing)... all good but, you know, generic for the most part. So what if there was a more direct parallel? What if Kris died and came back from the dead? There's even a place that looks like a sepulture. One which Kris seems nervous about:

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77 notes • Posted 2021-09-23 02:14:15 GMT

#2

I’m gonna catch up to Jojo since the arc with Jolyne just got announced for an anime adaptation. I know nothing about her except for the fact that I would die for her if she asked me to.

Still can’t get over the fact that the villains in Battle Tendency dress in Mesopotamian fetish gear, though.

105 notes • Posted 2021-04-05 16:03:01 GMT

#1

The Holy Quintet: The BEST DRESSED Magical Girl Team EVER. Part 2: Characters made of symbols and shapes.

Part 1 here.

Mami Tomoe

Mami Tomoe’s outfit is a work of genius that really humbles me as an aspiring character designer. Watching the perfection in its simplicity only boggles my mind trying to reverse engineer the thought process behind it. Even if they already had decided on the huntress theme before they finished her, how did Ume Aoki came up with cutting the sleeves like that? Or with the perfect skirt shape that allows the corset to show all of her curves while puffing at just the right height to not make the hipline transition awkward and giving the shape of a flower? How long did it take her to find this particular color scheme? Did she immediately know where to put the purple to balance the outfit without feeling artificial? How did she realize that the stripes on the socks would add the ideal touch to the whole setup? Or the perfect way to turn the soulgem into a hair accessory? I would have gone the easy way and put it in the chest ribbon like the amateur I am! Did she have doubts about it while she was figuring out the exact design of the boots?!

This outfit does everything. It’s sexy without being unnecessarily tasteless, it’s girly and fancy but battle-ready, it even passes the silhouette test, it’s nuanced, almost realistic. Even Mami’s hairstyle, which in a lesser design would look too childish, is perfect for her. Mami’s whole theme is that she’s a little girl desperately trying to convince herself that she’s an adult. Her low drill-tails are doll-like, which is to say a little girl’s idea of what a fancy adult woman looks like. The side-swept bangs also give a youthful roundness to her face while being elegant, and the way the hat and hairpin complements the whole thing is just * cheff’s kiss *.

Kyouko Sakura

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Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

[honkytonkdyke]

i have been tagged by THREE people in this game so far, thank you so much for the tag: @hanamuri, @fullmetalscullyy, and @roseofbattles!! ily all so much 

How many works do you have on AO3?: 29 total! 6 MCU fics, 22 FMA fics, and 1 JJBA! 

What’s your total AO3 word count? 113,736! holy wow that’s a lot of words

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 

on the brink of discovery: this is a multi-chap about roy and riza trying (and failing) to hide their relationship after going back to work after the promised day. a team mustang/royai fic. 

to heal: this one is co-authored by @priscilla-dm. coincidentally, it’s another multi-chap fic that explores post-promised day roy, but this one explores his goal to heal riza once and for all, and also through his relationship with mei chang, he uncovers his xingese ancestry. this one is my longest fic on ao3, currently sitting at 6 chapters. 

free me tenderly: an ironstrange fic i wrote for the 2020 ironstrange bingo. it’s a 1920s au where stephen is a medical businessman who can’t practice medicine anymore because of an injury in the war, and after a business meeting with tony, his status in the company and his relationship with his father changes forever. 

a little bit of care: a royai hurt/comfort oneshot fic where riza has issues washing her hair after the promised day, and roy has to help her. 

dim lights, thick smoke: named after an old bluegrass song, this fic is about jean and roy and explores the effect lust ultimately had on havoc, before and after he realized she was a hommunculus. 

Do you reply to comments, why or why not? I do! Most of the time it takes me a while to get to them though, just because I read them and stare at them for a long time in disbelief before I can actually process it and respond. I love getting comments, they keep me going LOL

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending? probably warmth, my riza hawkeye character study about her relationship with her mother. i don’t write angsty endings a lot because my heart just can’t take it lmaoo

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending? probably on the brink of discovery, that fic is just pure team mustang shenanigans and i love the ending scene a lot. there’s a lot of joy in that fic, and it’s one of my favorites. i don’t write unhappy endings a lot though, so this was a hard choice. 

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? i’ve found in more recent years i can’t write explicit smut or full out smut, just small scenes that are more focused on the emotions behind the actions. i can hardly write sexually charged things anymore so i typically don’t write smut (i’m saying this as i’m actively trying to write a non-explicit fic about roy and riza rn LOLOL)

Have you ever had a fic stolen? thankfully not! 

Have you ever had a fic translated? i haven’t as of yet! 

Have you ever co-written a fic before? yes! previously mentioned to heal is written with my dear friend @priscilla-dm. 

What’s your all time favorite ship? that is EASILY riza and roy, aka royai 

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will? there are a lot of unfinished fics in my docs right now LOL so there’s no telling. i don’t have any solo fics that are actively unfinished on ao3 either at the moment.

What are your writing strengths? i think my dialogue is pretty strong, as well as my grammar and syntax. 

What are your writing weaknesses? anything in first person. i am so insecure about writing in first person that i RARELY do it, unless i’m actively trying to practice it. 

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? I’ve never written dialogue in another language, so I can’t say I have any actual thoughts. But if I do, I want the language to be accurate and properly used in whatever sentence it is being used in. 

What was the first fandom you wrote for? pokemon! i was the tender young age of 10 when i started writing fanfic LMAOO

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written? right now, borrowed time. it took a lot out of me to write but i genuinely am so proud of that fic. it means a lot to me :)

i’m tagging: @firewoodfigs, @klainelynch, and @megthemighty! and of course, anyone who wants to do it is more than welcome 

[cottoncandy-jester]

✨lay down now darling its time for a dream✨

Little Cucciolo (leone abbacchio x male reader)

Yay my first jjba story! There are many many more in the works and as always requests are open

Honestly Im a fan of writing reader as a literal dumb feral beast cause it reminds me of one of my ocs and they are fun so expect more fics with this type of reader

This story contains: pet play, anal sex, use of the word master, degrading, praise kink(if you squint), reader being a dumbass feral animal, dumbification

Cucciolo= puppy

"whose such a good boy? Whose such an obedient pet?"

" ah- me! Me me me master, it's me!"

Your excited squeals as you sat on your knees under the table made leone chuckle before running his hands through your hair. As he poked his fingers through the muzzle you wore he had to pull it back fast since you tried to bite him with your sharp teeth. Usually he would punish such actions but he allowed it since you were whining about food before you all got here.

Honestly you were more animal than person but that was okay, abacchio was the one to find you in an alley way eating rotten meat. At first he was going to leave you be but when you reached for him and let out those helpless little whines he couldn't help but take you home. With lots of training, care, and love you became the perfect pet you are now.

"is the puppy hungry? Hmm? If I take the muzzle off you can't bite anyone okay? Understand?"

The male's stern tone made you nod before you nuzzled your face against his thigh clearly wanting to get your face in-between his legs but Leone quickly stopped you before giving you a light glare.

"not that, not now..later if you are good you can have a taste"

Leone sighs as he unbuckled the muzzle and placed it on top the table only to put a plate of food onto the ground watching as you ate messily as if you were some starved beast.

Leone glanced down at you with a smile before focusing on calmly drinking a glass of wine, wrapped around his hand was a black leash attached to a black leather collar with a shiny purple heart tag with the words 'belongs to leone abbacchio' carved on it in black letters. You were his and everyone knew, hell the others would rarely touch you besides giving pets on your head or quick pats on your back

Well everyone besides giorno who had no fear of abbacchio's rules and would often praise and pet you whenever you were close enough, like right this moment when he reached under the table and softly snapped his fingers to gain your attention which worked.

Leone felt a faint tug on the leash so he looked down to check on you only to see you were on the other side of the table your body settled between giorno's legs as he seemed to be feeding you cake lovingly while softly giving you praises such as 'good boy' or even beckoning you to eat more.

"say ahh.. careful not to spill cream on you would hate to get you all messy"

Giorno's hushed dominant tone seemed to piss leone off but it only got worse when the male saw the blonde gently pull you up before slowly leaning down to lick cream off your cheek while glancing at your so called master.

Leone snapped and yanked the leash roughly seeing you fall back to the ground along with hearing a gagging sound from you before you looked at the source of the tug flinching at the sight of a very angry leone.

"come here, now"

It didn't take long before you were crawling under the table returning to leone's side and gripping his leg kissing it and his shoes as a way to apologize. The male glared down at you in disgust before simply scooping you into his arms before eying giorno he will deal with that asshole later.

Leone calmly walked into the bathroom before locking it and dropping you to the ground. He yanked your leash tightly as he pressed his heel against your bulge, he could feel how hard you were and just the sight of you like this drove him crazy.

"tell me slut, what the hell was that?"

"i-i wanted cake..you were busy so giorno offered to share"

Your soft voice was one he rarely heard since he was far more used to your random feral squeals and squeaks but it made him feel special since you only spoke to politely to him.

"when the Cucciolo needs something..who does he come to no matter what?"

Leone leaned down glaring at you as you kept your head down now sitting on your knees avoiding eye contact, you bit your bottom lip only to feel leone softly pull your lip from under your teeth

"speak, pet. Who do you go to when you want or need something?"

"m-master..I go straight to master and no one else"

Leone gripped your face with his hand now squishing your cheeks together and forcing eye contact, he wanted you to know that he was angry with you that what you did was wrong.

"then why would you even dare go to that bastard?! It's like you want to be punished"

After speaking leone pulled back before unhooking the leash from your collar and forcing you to stand. He glanced at the bathroom counters before giving a short whistle motioning you to bend over, a motion you are fairly familiar with.

It took you less than a second to bend over on the counter before you got to work on pulling down your pants only to feel leone roughly grab your arms and tie them behind your back using the leash as a rope.

"did I tell you to do that? You are just being so fucking bad today"

With an annoyed click of his tongue leone simply yanked your underwear and pants down in one swift yank. Your ass was already still red from the spanking you had gotten a few nights prior for biting leone and the sight made the male suck in a sharp breath

"spanking is far too good for you, no no a slutty boy like you deserve a punishment that will make you think twice about even being near that stupid bastard"

The Anger in leone's voice gave you shivers but then you heard a ripping noise and before you could question it you felt something shoved into your mouth. You recognized this fabric..it was your very own underwear

"now, here's what's gonna happen whore I'm going to finger this slutty little hole and see just how many times you cum just from that, is that understood?"

Once he saw you nod leone licked two of his fingers before he shoved them both in with zero warning, the feeling made your body twitch as you shuddered and squirmed lightly now feeling precum dribble down your cock as you waited for leone to move his fingers with a needy whine escaping you.

When leone did move he showed absolutely no mercy, his thick fingers shoved deep into your hole before he scared to do a scissor motion while pumping in and out deeply enjoying your insanely slutty squeals and moans.

"you slutty mutt, I bet you wanted this eh? You wanted to piss me off so I would punish you. You're always so eager for my fucking attention even if it means me ripping your hole open like this!"

His cold words ended with him adding a third finger inside if you now roughly pumping his fingers in and out spreading them as far as they would go. Your muffled who and feral bucking of your hips as you cummed only made leone hard but he needed more, he needed to feel you climax more. It was like an addiction watching your lewd face from the bathroom mirror the way your eyes rolled back as you slobbered all over the underwear in your mouth was enough to give him shivers.

His gluttony to make you cum went on for so long that you were already slurring your words and acting like a total idiot. Your body shook as your babbling was just you begging for his cock to rip you apart, the underwear dropped from your mouth but leone didn't seem to mind and actually adored your sobs and crazy babbling. leone finally gave into your sobbing pleas since he himself was so hard he thought his cock would rip his pants.

"alright slut, I hope you're ready"

As you heard him unzip his pants you were practially wiggling your ass from excitement as your brain was already dumb just from leone's fingers. As you felt leone untie your arms you couldn't help but squeal and whine

"master's cock! Ah! Gimme gimme gimme gimme! Need it need it! My slutty boy parts are tingling! Nghhh-"

Your high pitched squeals were silenced by leone slapping your ass before he pressed his cock against your eager asshole. He was going to give you a second to relax before he pushed in but he gasped when you slammed your ass back forcing him inside you.

"ooohh~ m-master's thick sweet cock is filling me I'm gonna ripppp~"

Leone gripped your hips with a low growl as he started to roughly thrust in and out of you.

"fuck- you're so fucking hot when you are stupid and horny like this so..damn..stupid all you can think about is cock"

His low growling in your ear seemed to only excite you more as your loud rabid moans filled the room. You were drooling with your eyes rolling back as you excitedly stroked your cock with one hand while your other pulling at your own nipples before you pressed your face against the counter getting drool all over it.

"faster! Faster! Faster! Harder! Harder! Break me break me break me!"

Your dumb squeals only got worse as leone did exactly as you screamed. You started to trail your tongue along the counter now not even speaking a proper language and just making random sounds.

"fuck- you are really going crazy there eh Cucciolo? Who owns you?! Who is the only one who can fuck you like this?! Speak!"

It was pure sadistic for leone to demand you to speak knowing you were already too brain fried to form proper words but hearing you squeal what sounded like his name over and over was enough for him.

When it came time for his climax leone digged his nails Into your hips as he slammed his hips harder before he heard a gasp coming from you, you knew exactly when he was going to cum and now came the point where your crazy begging for his cum started.

"need cum..! Insideeee! Dooo it inside! Fill fill fill fill!"

God leone loved how dumb you got cause of him. It was absolutely beautiful and was enough to make him slam his hips and fill your needy hole with his hot cum.

This action caused you to cum for what you think is the 5th time, your hips slammed into the counter as you cummed all on the floor and your body twitched and spasmed with the purest of bliss and euphoria before going totally limp.

Leone slowly pulled out and quickly held your waist so you didn't fall, he softly sat you on the found before pressing soft kisses onto youe face and sweetly, your eyes were drooped as your expression was zoned out, drool dribbled down your chin and you lightly swayed side to side.

He chuckled as he helped you get cleaned up and dressed before placing a soft kiss on your lips. He knew you more than you knew yourself so seeing you like this was nothing new though he did like to make sure you can somewhat talk.

"puppy, I love you"

"yummmmyy..cockkk~"

Yup.

He definitely overdid it.

leone calmly hooked your leash onto your collar before fixing his own clothes and scooping you into your arms feeling you nuzzle your face into his neck while still drooling so he softly rubbed your back now walking out the bathroom only see a line of people who urgently had to pee.

Leone simply smirked as he walked back to the table and calmly took a seat while you slowly took a nap cuddling into Leone while he petted your hair and planting sweet kisses onto your sleeping face.

"my sweet little Cucciolo, I love you more than life itself"

His sweet whispers into your ear earned him a sleepy coo as you felt into a slumber clinging to the man you love.

[wri0thesley]

many many anons under the cut bc i didn’t want anyone to feel like i was ignoring them and i wanted to respond to u all! warning for small text too, it was so long i wanted to make it look smaller fgbnjkgkjn

Anonymous asked: NAT... you can write WHATEVER you want! It's your blog, and I hope that rude anons can learn to respect that. I used to be on your blog just for jjba content too, so when you started getting into jjk I was indifferent but eventually you dragged me into jjk so hard!! I already like bnha, so seeing you write for it only made me happier! I hope that you continue to write whatever make YOU happy:) ❤and yes, longer fics certainly doesnt mean it's better, quality over quantity

ahh i’m happy that you are here for all three!! i always feel so accomplished when someone is like ‘your constant screaming made me think about jjk <3′. all three of the fandoms are fairly popular and i tag everything v carefully so i hope people who do use the filtering find that useful!!! 

Anonymous asked: Goodness gracious. People really be out there thinking they're entitled to dictating what kind of content you should be making

i think part of it might be that i do take requests so people feel like they have like . . . a certain right to certain kinds of my content? i take requests mostly bc they keep me motivated, i like making content for ppl who cant find what they want bc i’ve Been There, but maybe people think i am a pushover? idk i am just trying to have a good time!!!

Anonymous asked: Hi. I only started following you a few days ago but please ignore that rude anon. People are so fucking entitled towards writers it's insane. I recently had someone throw a fit for "spoiling" something in my fanfic, even though the fic was about a manga-exclusive character, so what did they expect?? Overall I've really enjoyed your writing so random assholes coming to guilt you is just a shitty thing that happens. Keep going with what you wanna do.

ah gosh anon i’m sorry about that :(. i’m always super careful tagging spoilers and stuff but like, if someone clicks on a fic about say, naoya or the steel ball run boys and is mad that i spoil something they havent found out yet . . . yeah thats on them fgbnkjgfkjn

Anonymous asked: That...that anon had the nerve to say "we". The fuck?! No no no anon, YOU'RE the only one talking and you're just talking for yourself, don't you dare try and lump us other anons/followers up with you to make yourself look like you're right. We love you nat and we appreciate you. It's your blog, you're allowed to write about whoever and whatever. This brain dead anon just needs to either go read someone else if they're that salty or write their own stuff if they're that impatient.

gosh i WISH some of my mad anons would just write their own stuff honestly. idk if this anon thought they were talking for everybody but i guess they expected anons to agree with them and not be mad at them. i appreciate u anon ;_;

Anonymous asked: Just want to say that ily and you’re one of the best jojo fanfic writers in my opinion 💗 I don’t think you’re half assing jojo fics and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you being multi fandom. A lot of jojo blogs have started posting about jjk so it’s not as if you’re the only one. I’m not sure why you get hate like this but I think it’s just because you’re one of the popular writers and that makes people bitter for whatever reason. Keep being you and posting about the things that make you happy 💕

honestly after so long writing for jojo - i’ve written well over 200 jojo reader insert fics - sometimes it feels like i’m retreading stuff, and that’s when i take a break bc i dont wanna half-ass stuff!!! i love all of my fellow jojo friends who are posting about jjk too, i appreciate them <3. 

Anonymous asked: Hey my dude, ur writing has really grown since the jojo days and its better and awesome seeing u become happier to branch off and write in different fandoms 🤌🤌 those stupid anons are just boring farts that couldnt be bothered making their own content 😤😤 is it possible to block them to ease ur mind?

hello anon!! i run a statcounter for IPs but it doesnt always work for ppl who access through the tumblr app, i don’t think; a lot of the anon hate i get i just use the ‘block’ option, but last night got to me because i’ve been getting that kind of writer a lot which is . . . a bad look for the jojo fandom who are, as a whole from the ones i’ve interacted with, lovely!!! <3

Anonymous asked: People often forget, the person behind art or writing, is just another regular fan. You deserve to be happy with what you create and we should be thankful you share your talent with us. You also have right to change your main interests, and it's very normal thing. Jojo is one of the MANY things that you write for and all you get from that is a like or share. Its not your job. It's your fun thing to do, in spare time. You haven't betrayed anybody. That person was just rude, selfish and bored.

i am just a person doing my best!!! anime fanfic is one of many interests i have and i already devote a lot of time to it honestly, i love when people tell me they’ve enjoyed something i made bc it makes it feel worthwhile but equally it gets to me a lot when people are rude because i am usually trying my hardest. 

Anonymous asked: Bro that jjba anon... the entitlement🤮 Fam, you write whatever you want to write😤 -Saturday

dfnjbkjnkgf i find most fic readers are NOT entitled at all and are just grateful but when they are . . . oof. 

Anonymous asked: It's funny how people throw "we got you popular" and they think you start apologize and cry. Your writing and passion made you gain few numbers on a follow counter, nothing more. I think I'm too old for stuff like this, we are nothing more, but +1 on a number scale. You ow us nothing, we ow you nothing. Popular... Funny word. You just write for fun of it, fake scenarios about someone's manga characters. It's not that deep. Have fun and don't listen to people like this. I knew it's not that easy, but they are really not that important as they think they are.

extremely fun fact for people who think ‘popularity’ is important to me: i would 100% rather have 10 people who regularly comment, reblog my fics with tags and interact with me than 100 people who read my fic and either leave a like or simply move on. i think this is true for the VAST MAJORITY of writers tbh. i’m glad that people think i am a ‘popular’ blog (i am not in the grand scheme of things, one of my ex-best friends used to run a kpop reader insert blog with like 30,000 followers) bc it gives me an ego boost lmao, but i really just want people to read and enjoy the stuff i write!!! 

Anonymous asked: I followed you a while ago for jojo and when my friends started getting into jjk i was like...eh sounds like work...but now that I see you writing for it I feel really motivated to get into it!!! I really enjoy your writing and I want to be able to read the new stuff too!

ah anon i really hope you like it!!! it’s only one season rn if u wanna watch the anime and there isn’t too much of the manga to catch up on either but it is a lot of fun and it’s nice to be in a fandom that’s like, excited about a new chapter and new plot developments every week!

Anonymous asked: Pls dont reply if u dont want to! <3 I'm not sure if this will be of any help to you or not but this is the kind of thing that often helps me and is the only way I know to try comfort others so I wanted to give it a go~

Now im not gonna say 'dont feel bad pls' bc I know that's not really useful but what I do think is useful is just discussing why that anon and many others feel the need to respond that way. As someone who follows a lot of writing blogs myself and have done for a long time, i've seen my handful of favourite writers come and go for different reasons, lose motivation for a while, gain motivation for a while, go from multi to single fandom, or single fandom to multi. Often times as a reader it can be upsetting when things change but it's also important as a reader to understand that some things aren't in anyone's control, I can't control what my favourite writers become a fan of or lose interest of, I can't control things in their personal lives that may motivate or demotivate them to write, but what I can do is support them as long as they're active, and if they move on to do things i'm no longer interested in or i'm the one that changed interests, rather than being upset that they're evolving to do other things or that they're not evolving with me, I think it's important that I still feel thankful for the works that I enjoyed while we were still on the same page and this is how I personally deal with those negative feelings. I think the anons that lash out at you probably just dont know what to do with themselves, maybe they got attached to your works while you were still only a jjba blog and now that you're evolving they're upset, while I understand how they feel, they're going the completely wrong way about it. I've learned to take these things and turn them into something positive for myself or at least something bittersweet that I can move on from but the anons that lash out at you for whatever reason probably haven't learned this yet. Maybe it's because i've moved on and changed interests a lot myself that I know how these things go for both writers and readers but those anons maybe haven't experienced this as much so they dont know what to do with themselves other than complain that you've changed and throw insults at you in an attempt to get you to revert back. None of this is because of the quality of your writing like they want you to believe, it's literally just because you've evolved and while some of your old followers might not like the new content for no reason other than it not being their cup of tea, it's definitely not regressed at all. You are pumping out a lot of content right now but every single thing i've read has just been better than the last. Things that really stand out to me is how well you get characterisation down to a T and all of your dialogue is just on point and from the pov of a reader I think those things seem the hardest to get right so I am such a huge fan of your stuff at the moment and I can tell you're really putting so much thought and care into each and every fic no matter how fast you're producing it, I think the fact that you're also proud of what you're writing at the moment really shines through as well and I just adore the passion that radiates from every completed request as well as in the responses for the subsequent thirsts resulting from these works that appear in your ask box later (I know i've sent quite a few by now~)

Just to be clear i'm not defending those anons in any way, while I can understand what they might be feeling/why they're reacting in the way they are I still believe it's just so immature to be hateful online point blank. Even during a time where I still got upset with writers if they started doing something else I still never targeted that negativity directly to the writer and sending rude or hateful comments whether on anon or not never something i'd stooped low enough to do even when I still had an immature way of thinking, however, I hope that it might make it a little easier to brush them off if we try and understand what they're really upset about, and that they're just putting the blame for their negative feelings onto the wrong thing rather than coming to terms with change themselves.

hello anon!! i appreciate the long message. i do feel bad for people who have no interest in what i’m currently producing and i get that they feel upset about it; i’ve watched a lot of fellow jojo writers move on completely or just stop posting, honestly. this kind of thing is why i was so intense about asking people if it would be better if i made a separate blog but the resounding answer seemed to be ‘i’m just vibing with whatever happens and i’ll block tags as needed’. 

i often return to works by my favourite reader-insert writers who no longer write for the fandoms i like (and i read stuff bc it sounds interesting or i trust the person who writes it), but change can be difficult and i guess at this point i’ve - whether u like me or not lmao - been a fixture in jojo reader-insert tumblr for a While so it’s probably kind of jarring. 

anyway i really appreciate you and the nice words! <3 

Anonymous asked: hi nat! I just wanted to pop in and say that regardless of what fandom you write for, the love and care you pour into your writing and into interacting with followers who care about your work as well is really obvious. you're doing this for FREE and people should appreciate what you've given us so far, since ultimately this blog should be for you, whatever that means to you at any point in time. it's ok to jump fandoms! the important thing is that you feel good about what you're producing and that it makes you happy. everyone else is just a bonus - but, seeing you on my dash certainly makes me happy : ) I hope you feel better soon!

thank you anon! i’m feeling much better and happier today. birthdays are very difficult for me (i did not think i’d be alive at eighteen, much less 25!) so this event is definitely kind of a way for me to concentrate on something else, and i’m a little bit extra sensitive atm. i appreciate you so much, thank you for the kind words!!! <3

Anonymous asked: Hello! I just wanted to say, write what YOU want and make YOUR writings as long as you'd like. 💖 To the anon who is like "We mAdE yOu FaMoUs dOnt HalF asS iT" stfu, let people do what they wanna do. If you think they half do it, write something better and longer you asshat.

this is an open invitiation to that anon to send me a link to their writing blog and i’ll hype them up i promise <3 

Anonymous asked: nat i'm so so sorry about that ask please know that your older followers don't share the same opinion :( sometimes people forget about the living, breathing person behind the screen smh. you are not a machine. you absolutely should not restrict yourself to posting about one fandom forever. yes, we're first pulled in by your amazing content, but we stay for your wonderful personality and work ethic. please just keep being you, taking up projects you feel comfy with! <333 bless u

ahh thank u anon! unfortunately i actually am a writing robot, i’m sorry u had to find out this way. my jojo chip has been removed, please send it back so i can continue to not half-ass my jojo work. fgnjkbgjkfn thank you so much angel!!! i appreciate you ;_;.

Anonymous asked: i don’t think it’s fair for other people to say shit about what you choose to write about because on tumblr and other writing platforms, writers are constantly developing how they write and the fandoms that they write for. it’s not fair for someone to criticize that “you don’t care about jjba blah blah blah” because you can enjoy new shows/manga. and like you said you’ve grown so much!! proud of you nat and im glad that ive been able to read your works (sincerely other nat)

i am STILL waiting for you to come and fight me other nat fgnjkbnf. it’s nice to be enjoying different things! i am constantly learning new things and reading new works and making new friends and improving and i think that’s important. i do care about jjba - a lot! but i can care about other things too! <3 

Anonymous asked: I may not be one of your oldest followers, but i've been here for almost 3 years. Yes, i started following u for ur jojo content, but let me tell u, ur newfound motivation and enthusiam for other fandoms was honestly contagiuos for me. And i say this as a person who finds very difficult to move from one interest to another. Jojo is great, but so are other fandoms. Please don't let some faceless scum rob u that motivation. This is ur blog and u r always free to write whatever u want.

honestly, i have been there! i am autistic and i have special interests and watching other people move on to stuff i’m not vibing with has made me sad in the past, but i want people to be happy more than anything and sometimes that means new things and change! <3 

Anonymous asked: Hi Nat! I saw that rude anon message & I just wanted to pop in & say that they're wrong. You're not betraying anyone & you should write whatever it is you want to write. I followed you for jojo & I'm not familiar with the other fandoms that you write for, but personally it makes me SO happy to see you enjoying new things! It's always good to find joy wherever you can, so keep writing what you're interested in. There a lot of ppl who want to see you happy and healthy <3

honestly the idea of it being a GRAND BETRAYAL is so funny, i am just writing anime fanfic here and thriving!!! tysm anon! <3

Anonymous asked: Those anons can piss off! They have no right to judge how long or how short your writing is. If they want longer content write it their damn selves. I think your writing has improved wonderfully and I originally followed for Jojo and I'm enjoying all the content period. I don't even watch jujutsu ( not my cup of tea personally) but I love seeing the creativity and the interactions. You write what makes you happy Nat and that's on that! You don't owe anybody anything! I know how hard writing is and when your consuming new content it's hard to make content for something else. That doesn't mean you don't like it any more your just doing something different for a while. Love you and your content and I'm enjoying the love your putting into your content whether long or short. ♥♥💕 Sending love your way!

honestly my idea of ‘short content’ is still over 1k words, i’m not good at reeling myself in! i guess it’s bc they see like, 1.5k jojo fic versus 5k jjk fic but it’s not that i didn’t enjoy the first fic, just that the point and the story came a lot quicker and so did the natural end! thank you anon, i appreciate you ;_; 

Anonymous asked: Hello! Just wanted to let your know that I think your writing is awesome, and that you should write for whoever and for whatever you want to! You dont have to stay loyal to one fandom or anything, and your followers shouldn't expect that from you! It's not like they are paying you to write, you are doing this for free, and because you enjoy it and it makes you happy! If they dont like your stuff, they dont have to follow you, they can go to other blogs that cater to their taste, and they definitely don't need to be sending you such hurtful comments, and they dont get to make you feel sad about your writing! Just because they followed you during your earlier stages of writing, doesn't mean you owe them some type of loyalty or compensation! You can write literally whatever you want as long as it makes you happy! That's what your hobby and your blog are for! I hope you know that alot of your followers love your work and think that you are an amazing writer and are down to support the work that makes you happiest! 💖💖

ahh thank you so much anon!!! i am always so bowled over by how many people are nice to me when something like this happens, i am sending you my love <3

Anonymous asked: don’t listen to them!! we love you as a writer no matter what you write, because you’re a good person and a talented writer!! you shouldn’t have to change what you write to please a bitter person, and if they only want jjba, they can go to another blog instead of bringing you down. you’re doing amazing and they should be thankful you grace us with your talents!!

to be totally honest, if i was half-assing or not vibing with content i was making i just. wouldn’t post it. like you’d be able to TELL when i was half-assing stuff just to get words out (source: i have re-read my own nanowrimo works). there are lots of great jjba blogs who could do with more followers n interaction!!! i hope they do find them and i hope they’re nice to them :(. 

Anonymous asked: Please don’t pay attention to that anon. People only have that confidence when they have anon turned on. Them looking through your blog despite feeling that way is peak fan behavior and speaks to how addicting your writing is. Naturally, you can’t please everyone and there will be people who are irrational and feel entitled to tell you what to do or what to write no matter what. Trust me when I say they’re a small minority and are more likely probably passing viewers rather than regulars. I check your blog about three or more times a day because I love reading not just your fics but also your takes, banter with other anons, or even random updates. Brainrot posts? LOVE TO SEE IT!!! Desk update? AMAZING!!! With that being said, don’t feel pressured to continue pushing out content for others. Write what makes you happy! You’ve been writing for JJBA for 4 years and it’s completely normal + healthy to get into new media. I’m not sure if it would mean much, but your love for JJK has gotten me excited to start it too!!

anon i really hope you enjoy it!!! sometimes these anons remember stuff i’ve posted and said better than i do tbh, i am living in their heads rent free i guess! 

Anonymous asked: I've been following you for a couple of years and honestly it would always be a joy to see when you posted. Your writing has improved and I'm very happy you're enjoying yourself ! I know it hurts hearing and seeing stuff like that but I'm happy you're here. I'm honestly blessed everytime you post. Your writing is phenomenal. I love reading it even if its characters that I dont care for. You capture their essences so well and weave an amazing tale within the prompts and whatnot. You're amazing nat!

wehh thank you so much!!! re: the improvement, i really don’t feel like it has and then i re-read something i wrote when i first started and i’m like oh my god maybe it has. did i really write about jotaro acting like that. 

Anonymous asked: Hi Nat. I recently became a follower of yours and I'm really saddened to see you get hate. You seem like a genuinely sweet person with amazing talent! I'm a writer myself and, unfortunately, get the same kind of comments. And when you get those comments, it doesn't leave you feeling motivated. People need to understand that people can and will, at times, grow out of fandoms. (1 Not just that but you're doing all of this for free. Again, I'm sorry you got such a comment. But please know that I'm proud of how far you've come. I'm proud that you're living a life that makes you happy. And no matter what fandom you may find yourself in next, I will always enjoy your writing. Take care of yourself. (2 end

HELLO NEW FOLLOWER I LOVE YOU (i get a lot more a day now than i used to and i feel guilty about not being able to look through so many blogs but i do try and follow back other writers for my fandoms!! ;_;). i’m sorry you get the same kind of comments! i’m always just happy to see people i like enjoying new things, even if i have no interest in it (hello to all of my mutuals who write for hunter x hunter and haikyuu, not interested but i’m sure you’re having a great time and i support you!!!). 

Anonymous asked: I'm sure you're getting a barrage of supportive messages now (at least I hope so) but I figured I'd add my voice, because I'm a longtime follower. Your writing is, and always has been, wonderful. I've been so happy to see you and Haz get to a place that works for you both. Idk if it's obvious for everyone, but you seem like you're emotionally in a pretty good place most of the time these days, and it makes me really happy to see that. I followed years ago for JJBA content, but I stayed because regardless of what content you put out, I find your wit delightful. And I'll stick around even if you move fandoms entirely, because whatever content or editorializing you produce is going to be worth reading, regardless of what it's for.

ahh, anon!! thank you for sticking around so long, sorry if you’re old enough to have been around the vore and jorts and spider rohan fiascos! <3 i am definitely a lot more stable than i have been and - barring the Pandemic Related Mental Health Issues - happier! i’m glad that it’s noticeable! <3

Anonymous asked: It actually makes me mad how entitled some people are. Nat, you're not a content creating machine and those who expect you to be are not worth wasting a thought on. Your love for something is not measured in word counts and for you to write every day without getting burned out in the slightest you really must have a burning passion and huge dedication to your craft. If others decide to send hate then allow me to send admiration because I can feel your love and hard work in each post you make!

i try and write every day bc it’s super good for my little ocd/autistic brain to have routines and distract itself, so i’m glad other people can enjoy them because that makes me motivated to carry on! like, i write for myself mostly bc the content i want i sometimes get find, but filling requests and writing for other people also leaves me with happy warm fuzzies too! i appreciate you!! <3 

Anonymous asked: If people only care about your writing for the jojo porn that’s on THEM, not you. Your writing was amazing when I followed about a year ago, and it’s only gotten better and will continue to get better! I think it really comes through when you enjoy what you’re writing and it adds a whole other layer of worth to it, because not only are you making free content but you LIKE that content and we can all gush about it together!!! More than just fans, I think you’ve created a community here and we don’t just stick around to read smut, I promise you that. -Reronon

i do miss having a discord community bc it was nice to talk to everyone in real time but it was hard work, i am glad that people feel like they can just come into my askbox and gush! i’m not very friendly in real life and people tend to think i am cold and stuck up so i work very hard to try and seem friendly and approachable online, which is much easier for me because i get to think and re-draft before i type! <3 

Anonymous asked: Hi Nat! I’m sure you’re getting a lot of messages like this right now but I just wanted to say for what it’s worth that, as a person who originally followed you for jjba content and hasn’t watched/read any of the other series you’re currently writing for, I’m honestly still along for the ride. This is your blog and you’re allowed to do what you want with it and put out what content you feel like writing. Sometimes??? People acquire new interests??????? Shocking! I know absolutely nothing about jjk or bnha but out of curiosity still read some of your posts about them and even though I might not Get It, I still enjoy them because I think you’re a very talented writer! Honestly, as long as you’re still writing, I’m still down to clown, and whenever you take breaks (which are important!) I’ll still be waiting for your return or supporting and respecting your decision to stay away longer. Don’t let the entitled assholes get you down. Utilize YOUR blog and YOUR space however YOU choose. Your talent and kindness speak for themselves. Love you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

anon i care about you and i am so appreciative of you and everyone for sending me such nice messages! i am running out of ways to say it but it’s true, it really does mean a lot to me ;_; <3

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I posted 2,164 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

you uh. wouldn't mind an angst request would you haha because I have had this one scenario stuck in my head where leon (probably resi 6 leon) has been drinking a lot more and has been neglecting his s/o and they finally call him out on his shit

anyway ooga booga they fight and decide it's best they give leon his space and take a break and maybe he finds them at a bar he goes to to get wasted to already find them drunk off their ass

Angst is absolutely one of my most favourite things to write and to read like damn I do be out here making myself CRY. So I definitely don't mind angst like hell yeah!

I was gonna end this was a happier note- but uh, I really love angst so I left it semi-open ended but also pretty sad I think. Also not really dialogue-heavy, more like... I write too much detail-heavy :,) Also this isn't edited, I spent days on this cause I was overthinking it and felt it was just not good so oof I'm sorry!

Length: 2k

Request: in the ask

Warnings: angst, drinking, lowkey it's alcoholism on Leon's part, being drunk

Leon x Reader - "I know."

How long had it been since you had held your boyfriend's hand? Since the two of you had really sat together and done something together, fully, completely, involved, and focused on one another. You didn't even remember, which was agonizing to think about.

You had been through so much with Leon. And you knew where his deepest thought lay, but you could never truly know. And it didn't help that over the years the two of you had together, he had started to become more distant. And instead of finding his comfort in your arms, he found it in some glass bottle.

At first, you didn't really protest much, you didn't say much about it. A drink every once in a while couldn't hurt. Yet, it wasn't every once in a while. It was more often than you'd have liked. And he was using it to forget. To focus on anything else but his life and his memories. Your soft words trying to talk to him didn't do much to stop him or dissuade him. He brushed you off more often than not. It tore you up from the inside out that you couldn't help him, that at some point a bottle was his chosen form of comfort over you.

The guilt mixed with sadness, and then with anger. And in the end, those feelings came together and created an explosion between the two of you one night.

Your throat was hoarse as you swallowed as much air as you could. You couldn't exactly remember what the argument stemmed from but you knew it had to be related to him drinking.

"Will you just listen to me?!" You shouted, the words coming out uneven as your throat begged you to stop, "put that shit down Leon, and look at me!"

The man sitting at the aisle in your kitchen put the flask he had down in front of him, but still had his hands on it. He turned his head to look at you, barely even moving at all, and his eyes were looking at you like he was unimpressed or annoyed.

"I'm listening."

You wanted to pull on your hair and scream because he wasn't. He wasn't listening, and he hadn't been, at least not for a while.

"No you aren't, you are not listening to a word I say, you never do!"

He scoffed, turning back to his drink and taking another sip.

"Where am I going on Friday?"

"What?" He looked at you incredulously, completely lost as your voice went from yelling at him to speaking relatively peacefully, but there was no peace in your voice.

"I said, where am I going on Friday, Leon," you repeated with clenched fists, "if you listen to me if you even bother to pay attention to me, you would know the answer. So where am I going on Friday?"

The silence was your answer, as you expected it to be, you just hadn't expected it to be so painful.

"I'm going to visit my family in the town over," your voice was low and tired, and you wanted to cry but you couldn't even find it in you to do that, "I told you that a thousand times Leon I..."

Biting your lip hard, you felt yourself break skin, and the metallic taste of blood invaded your taste buds. You were so angry at him moments before, angry enough you had been yelling. But suddenly you weren't angry anymore. You were just so sad; sad for yourself and sad for him. He wasn't going to listen to you, not right now, that much was clear.

"I've been busy Y/N-" whatever he said was wasted on deaf ears as you drowned them out unintentionally, your eyes trained on the flask he nursed.

For once, you knew you had to let it be. You had to give him space, and give yourself space.

"I'm sleeping in the guest room," you offered lamely after the long silence between the two of you after he had finished whatever he had said. Leon looked up at you, with a look of surprise, and confusion, "we both need space. From each other. I just... Don't stay up drinking all night."

"Y/N-" his words once again fell upon deaf ears, and his fingers just missed your arm as you turned and went upstairs to the room usually used by people like Claire, or Chris, sometimes Sherry.

When morning came, you had gotten up later than usual, Leon was already gone as he usually was early in the morning with his job and everything. Your heart felt heavier as you walked into the empty kitchen and noted the vodka bottle you two had been given as a gift was half empty. Something in you asked if it was all worth it; did it really do so much that he drank more than he should've? Did it take away the feelings of hopelessness, like the one you were currently stuck in?

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#4

Watching SDC and saw this photo of Joseph, Suzi and young Holly and bruh I just wish we could see a better version of it like damn

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#3

Matching icons for you and a friend :)

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#2

Leon's dead by daylight voice actor doing an audio clip of him doing Leon's injured noises and then saying "mommy," is something that lives inside my head rent fucking free.

299 notes • Posted 2021-08-28 07:39:33 GMT

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First Line Tag Game!!

I was tagged by @c-c-cherry

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line, then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

side note,,, i saw tyrian do this and was like,,, wait patiently panda someone he tagged will tag u next cause u have the same friends. and then!!! it happened!!

also i’m just gonna work off of what i have in my google docs,, so most of this isn’t posted probably. this is basically in the order i last opened the document

1) yet to be named umbrella academy fic, cause that’s this month’s hyperfixation -  Facing against the rapids of time, Five tries to keep hold of his siblings.

2) Who Are You When There Aren’t Any Walls -  They sit there in the sand, sopping wet and cold.

3) DCMK kaito gets magically turned into a raccoon and bothers conan until he helps him re-steal the gem that turned him into a raccoon fic -  There’s a raccoon in the museum and that raccoon is Kaito.

4) Accidental Kidnappings and Semi-purposeful Hostage Situations - The hallway is long, dark, and very metal.

5) Fic where momo relentlessly bothers zuko at his job in the tea shop in ba sing se -  Customer service is awful.

6) Fic where zuko is magically turned into a kid but he doesn’t know he’s not meant to be a kid and he’s very confused and hey the avatar and his friends seem nice maybe they can help him get home - Zuko doesn’t know how he got here.

7) How to Be Kind -  This is the last place that Ken wants to be.

8) Unnamed Natsume Yuujinchou fic that i remember being extremely excited about!! -  The trip had been Nishimura’s idea, as they often were.

9) Unnamed jjba fic - He deals with it quickly, efficiently.

10) Troubled Mind -  “Lights Out!”

11) Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi in the woods. it’s on my tumblr someplace in bits and pieces cause i wrote it impulsively when i had insomnia - The first time Nishimura meets Natori Shuuichi in the woods - like that’s a fucking normal place for a famous actor to be - it’s nearing sunset.

12) Haibara and Conan on the run together - It’s dark by the time they make it out of the woods. 

13) Underneath the Floorboards -  It’s cramped and dark – only the slightest hint of light shining through the gaps of the floorboards, just centimetres above him.

14) Giorno and Rohan are friends and it starts Family Drama dear god why did i never write more than like 200 words of this - When Rohan had said he was bringing a friend to the annual Joestar get-together (starting this year, because the family had finally grown big enough for Holly to insist on having everyone over at her house once a year) the only thought that had registered had been, ‘oh no, Rohan’s coming?’.

15) this was when i was deep in the kuroshitsuji hyperfixation and was obsessed with othello. i might actually pick this one up,,, it seems pretty interesting -  The dove flies off into the dark night, heading off to headquarters.

16) this is one of my oldest ideas!! i just have a doc of this fic that i wrote a lot of a few years back and i know one day i’ll return to the idea because it was Very Good and i have yet to let go of it -  Conan breathes in unsteadily, gun falling from his shaking hands.

17) Deep End, aka amuro and the mouris and conan found family fic - The day that Bourbon is outed as a rat is marked by explosion.

18) Giorno Giovanna, Pet Snake -  Sometimes in life, you find yourself a snake.

19) an attempt at writing bruno/rohan that just turned into rohan and giorno enemies to friends. the first paragraph was too good not to share the whole of it - It starts with spilled coffee and an over-entitled mangaka too used to feeling like the only God in the room. Giorno, someone who also often feels like the only God in the room, immediately feels intense loathing for him.

20) kuroshitsuji post music hall arc. edward, lizzy, and ciel bonding by overthrowing evil twin - It’s splashed all over the newspapers by morning.

Well,, one thing i’ve learnt is that i apparently am not a fan of starting on dialogue!! it was very nice to look through this and also it’s got me eyeing up some of my wips, which is generally a good thing.

I’m going to tag @midaakmulaag @idontonlytalkaboutdcmk and anyone else who wants to do this. I would tag more people but i’m pretty sure all the writers i know have probably been snatched up by other people who were tagged :P

[disastrousjest]

Confessions of 2020..

(tw: covid mention, mental health mention)

I wanted to post a little something that might put out some insight for my followers, friends, mutuals alike. With the recent battle I had with some personal blogs attacking me over some posts I made because of the images, regardless of the purpose of the post. I just wanted to let everyone aware of why that sent me over the edge and why I handled it the way I did. Please note: I will not be apologizing for what I said, I do feel as though those that tried to reach out to me did not realize the purpose of the post. And while I understand now I should just tag things like that differently, I will not be apologizing for stating the fact that this is a rp  blog and I do not appreciate personal blogs attacking me over something like that. That being said, I will not be bullied off tumblr or this account. Because I love JJBA and Joseph Joestar. So for future reference, if you don’t like my content, unfollow it. Don’t bother sending me nasty remarks because I do not have the time for those types of things.  But I wanted to open the doorway to some insight for you all who have been paying attention or who just might care to know why I came off so incredibly outraged by that little bit. Because to me it was just the topping of a whole bunch of bullshit as is 2020.  This whole shithole of a year began in March. I got promoted at work to salary. That’s 35k a year my friends and that’s a hell of an upgrade for someone who barely makes a living wage right now and came from a working poor family. I really thought my life was gonna turn around. For once my fiance and I wouldn’t have to struggle so hard and we could afford to do everything we talked about doing. Well guess what--2 weeks after the announcement of my promotion my work place shut down because of Covid-19. Nothing new, lots of people and places were shut down. So fine, it pushed back my transfer and such. That wasn’t a big deal.  Enter June 2020. We re-open and my manager calls me into his office to talk to him about said mentioned promotion. They are suspending it, means it could be pushed back until we could lift the restrictions. Understandably so, I would just have to keep my old position, an hourly one, until they were called back. Now the months pass, June becomes July and enter August.  I find out about a week before the company announces it at the start of August, the position I was promoted to has been eliminated indefinitely. There is a chance they could come back, but right now they have no idea when or if that’ll happen. Which means that whole part of my department no longer exists at my place of work. I mean it’s a good thing I had my hourly position to fall back into or I’d lost my job. But that salary raise? Gone. 

Rewind back to July. I get very very VERY sick. And have to test for covid-19 the first time. Only because I am so sick and have a roommate with asthma I have to quarantine myself for 14 days. So 14 days I am locked in my bedroom alone, sleeping alone after 3 years of being with someone in bed. My meals are being left at the door for me and the only room I am allowed to enter is the bathroom, but only after it has been sanitized. Only for my results to come back negative. And now... we enter September 2020. Two major things started in September. The first, our old, senior dog became very ill. Started losing weight, wasn’t eating, losing hair, etc. So we knew his time was coming soon enough. Mid-September, I wake up one morning while our dog is dying mind you, and I cannot move my body from the waist down. Every time I tried, I’m greeted with a shot of pain straight up my spine that feels something like a hot poker being stabbed right through my spinal cord. Very very painful. I end up bed-ridden for a day or two because I cannot move. So once the pain subsides, I go see a chiropractor. Shocking (not really) announcement that my sway back--to which I was diagnosed with 10 years prior from a bad car accident--has gotten worse. What does  that mean exactly? Well--my spine bends in like a S for those who don’t know, which means my lower back dips inward deeper inside my body and my tail bone curves out. Now along that dip there are 3 or 4 vertebrae that are especially messed up. The bones have become staggered out of place on top of one another, just from the muscles pulling the bones out of shape since my spine doesn’t flex the way it’s supposed to anymore. (And it hasn’t for years). The pain before this was tolerable, it would ache from time to time but never like this. Now I am crippled more or less.  Here’s what that means: my mobility became extremely limited. At first in the am when I woke up I couldn’t move from the waist down for the first hour or two after I woke up. Then when I was finally able to move, I had to use my forearms to literally drag my lower body upright (still painful). Once I was able to manage that, I had to gage how strong my legs were to support my weight. And at first walking wasn’t terrible, but as the treatments began--doctor appointments, spinal adjustments, and physical therapy--to correct my spinal issue, nerve damage became clear. So now on top of this horrible pain, I had to deal with weak legs. Because of nerve damage, my right leg especially became weak. On days my back would hurt especially bad, my right knee would collapse out from under me. Which meant falling to the ground and not being able to stand up or walk for sometime there after.  Now imagine dealing with not being able to support your own body, not being able to hardly walk and your dog dying at the same time. So while I”m trying not to focus on the fact that my mobility is limiting me on what I can and can’t do, my fiance is upset about this. Our dog (then weighed about 100 or more pounds) could no longer walk either. His back legs and hips were giving out as his health declined. I did not have the strength in my own legs to help carry him because his weight hurt me too much and would cause me to collapse. I had to watch my fiance struggle with this practically all by herself while I sat on the floor, only able to use my arms to help with what I could because my legs and back were too weak to do the work.  This carried on into October. Our dog passes away and that alone is hard for me. I still kind of wonder if I wasn’t so weak when he got sick if I could have helped prolong his life just a little longer. I couldn’t hardly look at him when he passed and I couldn’t look at anyone else. I was very angry that my legs and back had failed me. They had failed everyone. So yes, that weight still lingers over me. It was so bad that when it came time to take turns digging his grave, I struggled with the shovel. Because I couldn’t stand up or be bent over to move the dirt, I got on my hands and knees and I took that shovel in my hands and used my arms and shoulders to dig. I wasn’t going to continue to be useless because of my limited mobility. I felt I already let him down and everyone else by not being able to help take care of him while he was still alive and sick. This was the least I could do.  November comes. Things are calm now, for a while. Not bad. I finally get some braces to help with my back issues (which still continue). I keep on with my physical therapy, trying to heal and help my fiance through her mourning over the dog. My mobility slowly begins to improve, though the doctor informs me it will be a very slow process. Small steps he says. But he is still confident he can fix my spine without back surgery so I can walk again, like a regular person. The limit I am able to stand and walk increases with the help of my braces and I begin taking herbal supplements and drinking herbal teas to increase the rate of my recovery. It seems to be working better than over the counter medication. The rest of 2020 seems promising.  Here comes December. On the night my fiance and I decide to go out on a date to celebrate our 5 years together. I get a phone call from work. One of my co-workers tested positive for Covid-19 and I was exposed. I am now suspended from work without pay until my test results come back negative. A real mood killer for the night. It gets better, we get home and despite the dinner being pretty somber the rest of the night seems fine. We watch movies and spend time together, finish wrapping gifts for Christmas. Then we realize the cat is missing. He’s been missing all day and all night. Nobody has seen him.  Two days prior, I had taken my cat to the vet because he was sick. Again, weight loss, losing hair, etc. I was worried he may be sick. Well it’s cold outside and here it’s been snowing so it’s very cold. I set something of mine outside and a literbox for smell. And then a plate of food. ....that was almost 4 days ago. There’s been not a sign of him. I called the county shelter and they didn’t have him. My fiance suggests he was sick so... maybe he got out of the house and went somewhere to die. My gut tells me he’s not coming back. And my heart is breaking, again. Again. I am wondering if I did something wrong. If I would have kept a better eye on him, I knew he wasn’t  feeling right. I somehow feel like I let him down.  And  then I logged into tumblr and saw those comments. Those asks people were sending about the damn images I posted for the 12 days to Christmas. And they just kept coming. I deleted the other ones, I stopped replying to them and finally just deleted the post. The Christmas spirit had been sucked out of me. I feel as though the world has began to mock me for believing the year could get better back in November. I know one thing, the holiday won’t be as bright this year. Not for me. I hope everyone stays safe and has a good holiday. Maybe 2021 will be more promising, but I”m not banking on it. Not anymore. Thanks for reading.  I hope you all understand now why I have been so slow with my replies lately. As my mood goes up and down because I have been struggling with the weight of all this and depression, just trying to hang on from losing hope that for one I will be able to walk again normally and then just the loss of my animals... everything. I can’t write and I refuse to send bad quality responses and starters for you all. I hope this puts some insight  on why I was so horribly upset the other day.   So thank you to all my friends and everyone who has been so patient with me on all my blogs. Jotaro (dmgdstar) and Johnny (rotatingstar) and this one of course. I will be catching up to everything very soon. I’ve already made a good dent in them.  Your patience is always appreciated. 

[valor-selfships]

little villa in sicily - jjba sorlato babyfic

Ao3 Link -- Tag on my Blog (read the rest here!)

Summary: "Gelato..." Sorbet says. His voice hovers just above a whispering tone. "Oh my God. I could've lost both of you."

"And I could've lost you," Gelato says back. He's not a man to cry, never has been, but damn is he on the verge right now. His eyes burn, and he blinks to clear them. "Even -- even if they hadn't killed me, too, I could've lost you. And I swear, I swear to God I had no idea that I was -- that I might be --"

It's still hard for him to say it out loud.

After narrowly escaping their own deaths and finding out something shocking, Gelato and Sorbet do the only rational thing: they up and run off. Too bad Risotto Nero has incredibly strong paternal instincts, and Pesci can't keep a secret.

Notes: because there’s not enough sorlato in the world and i have yet to find a single fic of them with a baby, biological, adopted, or otherwise???? like officially, at least. there’s plenty of “team as family” but i haven’t seen any where they’re officially adopted soooo. have this. and yes, title is a play on “little house on the prairie.”

Wanna know more about this AU? Boom! Click this link.

There will be a mildly detailed birth scene later in the fic, so if that bothers you, feel free to not read.

I'm a trans guy myself! No hate comments.

Chapter One: Runaway (U & I)

Nearly eight months ago, Italy, 2000. Somewhere in an apartment.

It's amazing, terrifying, and exhilarating how a few words can completely change your entire life.

When Gelato calls Sorbet into the living room to talk with him, the topic presented is the last one he thought he'd be facing today. Or anytime in the near future. But here it is, right in front of them, impossible to run away from now.

"I'm pregnant."

For the first few seconds, Sorbet isn't sure he's heard his husband clearly. He rubs at his ears a little. "You -- huh? Say that again?"

There's obvious reluctance on Gelato's face, which is new for him. The two of them have built their reputation on being wild and unpredictable, never hesitating to jump into a situation, especially if there's cash at stake. But ever since they had that way too close call a little while ago... he hasn't been the same. But this? This is totally unexpected.

"I'm pregnant," Gelato sighs again. "It's yours."

"I know that, that'd be like telling me it's a human," Sorbet quips back. "I trust you. That's not -- that's not the problem." He pauses for a moment, letting everything sink in as his eyes grow wide. "My, God. Oh, my God. Do you -- how pregnant are you?"

"That's not how it's usually phrased, but I'll go with it," Gelato murmurs. "I'm not sure, exactly. My period should've come two weeks ago, and it didn't. And assuming I was pregnant for a whole month before that, could be six weeks." His voice trails off.

Both of them come to the same realization at the same time.

"Gelato..." Sorbet says. His voice hovers just above a whispering tone. "Oh my God. I could've lost both of you."

"And I could've lost you," Gelato says back. He's not a man to cry, never has been, but damn is he on the verge right now. His eyes burn, and he blinks to clear them. "Even -- even if they hadn't killed me, too, I could've lost you. And I swear, I swear to God I had no idea that I was -- that I might be --"

It's still hard for him to say it out loud. It feels like he's going to puke again, but Gelato forces the bile back down his throat. Not showing weakness, even in front of his husband, is instinctual by this point. Weakness and impulsivity is nearly what got the two of them killed. If it hadn't been for Risotto's near-inhuman gut sense of something being wrong, they wouldn't even be having this conversation. This is putting everything into a perspective neither of them ever wanted to look through, and it's uncomfortable, and raw, and the two of them both just want to run from it.

Run.

That gives Sorbet a thought. He folds his hands and laces his fingers together, resting his chin on his hands. It's not very often that he puts a lot of thought into his decisions, but he's gonna have to. Whatever future they're going to have together depends on it. And, more importantly, their baby depends on it.

"What if," Sorbet starts to say. "And hear me out here -- what if we just... disappeared, for a little while?"

Gelato lifts his face from his hands. He's been focusing all of his energy on trying not to cry, but he's on alert as soon as Sorbet's words register. "You mean, like. We just... get the fuck outta here?"

Sorbet nods. "Yeah. We could go anywhere, anywhere as long as it's not here. We could just go hide out in the middle of nowhere, out in the country somewhere. We won't tell anybody, if you want to, we could get up and go now. Fuck, drive around randomly to throw anyone off our trail and then get the fuck out of here." He lowers his voice a little. "Anywhere where you'll be safe."

"This isn't just about me," Gelato reminds him. "Don't expect me to be fine with you throwing your life away to keep mine safe. If we're gonna do this, it's gonna be for the both of us." He swallows. "Or, the three of us, I guess."

The idea of bringing a life into the world when his area of expertise lies in taking it still isn't settling in with him just yet, but hey. He's got a couple of months to get used to it, right?

"I --" Sorbet looks like he's going to protest for a moment, but he thinks about it, and decides otherwise, nodding slowly. "Alright. I'll work as hard to keep myself safe as I will to keep you safe." Getting up from the recliner he's been sitting in across from his husband, Sorbet settles down on the couch next to Gelato and takes one of his hands in his. "Whatever happens from here on out, we're gonna work through it together." He manages a tiny smile, coaxing one from Gelato in return.

"Yeah. You and me, just like it's always been." Gelato laces his fingers with Sorbet's, sniffling before giving a little laugh. "It'll be our adventure. The Great Escape!"

And what a wild adventure it would turn out to be, in the end. They leave that afternoon, taking little more than the clothes on their backs (not that they have much else) and what little money they have and setting off for nowhere.

Little did they know, the wheels were already turning to set into motion events that would affect them and their entire group for years to come.

[teffyjeffy]

(Most of) JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders but almost everybody are kids having fun at recess.

Want a random JoJo post out of nowhere? No? Okay well here you go anyway!

A lot of the time when I was watching JJBA I felt like I was watching a very dramatic retelling of what was actually two kids playfighting.

“My guy punches super fast!” “Oh yeah? Well my guy can stop Time!” “Oh yeah?! Well, mine can too! I just discovered it!” “WELL MINE CAN DROP A ROADROLLER ON YOU” “THATS CHEATING”

Anyway, the idea started to snowball, so please enjoy my masterpost of (most of) JJBA Part 3 where the Stardust Crusaders are a group of 9 year old rascals who met up one day during recess. This is just for fun ^_^ also these are all copied and pasted from discord so the structure is a little jumbled. Enjoy!

Oh, and Spoilers are ahead.

“I can punch super fast!”

“Well I can use cameras and TVs as crystal balls, but I need to break them!”

“Mine can shoot flames, ooo ooo and-and I can control them at will!”

“Mine has a sword that can stab anything”

“MINE HAS AN ATTACK THAT IS UNBLOCKABLE AND ITS AREA EFFECT IS THE WHOLE PLAYGROUND-“

“No Kakyoin that’s not how we play. Youre not allowed to have an invincible attack”

Kakyoin’s introduction:

“I have an invincible attack”

“That’s not how it works Kakyoin but you’re cool, so you can keep playing with us”

The insect stand “Tower of Gray” was when the group was bothered by a fly on the school bus and they got a little too rowdy in their attempts to kill it, which pissed off the elderly bus driver. Thus the kids agreed that he was responsible for bringing the fly onto the bus in the first place. They got detention.

Jean Polnareff’s introduction:

“I have a sword that can pierce through anything!”

“Okay Jean, you can play with us, but you have to promise to stop pushing Avdol into the wood chips, he doesn’t like it.”

The stowaway girl is actually a 5 year old girl who wants to play with them and they hate it at first but they eventually warm up to her. The monkey with a ship stand was actually a retelling of the groups trip to the town’s public swimming pool. The boat was just an inflatable tube and the monkey was a chipmunk. And the original boat that blew up? That was the group’s original inflatable tube that got popped because the 5 year old wouldn’t stop gnawing at it

Later, the kids SOMEHOW convinced their parents to let them stay in the same hotel while the parents all hate business trips to go to. They “promised” not to pillow fight, then everyone except for Jean went to go get snacks while Jean went to explore the new room.  Unbeknownst to them, the previous guests of the room accidentally left their daughter’s doll behind. Jean HATES dolls. He accidentally stumbled upon Child’s Play when he was surfing channels way too late at night without his parents knowing. Fear turns into aggression and someone from the hotel staff goes to check on him. He finds Jean and realizes it’s the same kid who shot him with a water gun earlier. Jean is kicked out and the parents have to pick their kids up. Jotaro and everyone else weren’t happy. 

Rubber Soul is actually just that one bratty kid who thinks it’s sooooooooo funny to mimic other people while also making fun of the person they’re mimicking. It makes them feel “powerful.” Jotaro encounters Rubber Soul when the latter is mocking Kakyoin one day, while Jotaro is playing with the 5 year old; he then chases Rubber Soul all around the playground, and when he finally gets him, he busts his teeth in. They were only baby teeth though, they grew right back, which saved Jotaro from a brutal punishment. He was still forced to go without dessert for a month. He didn’t complain though because his mother was dealing with the flu at the time. He would give all his desserts to Kakyoin, which his how Jotaro discovered Kakyoin’s creepy habit of juggling maraschino cherries in his mouth.

J. Geil was somebody who used to play games with Jean’s sister. When she found out he sucked at party cake and teased him for having “Two left hands”, J pushes her into the mud and never plays with her again. Jean has held a grudge ever since.

Hol Horse is Geil’s “New friend” which pisses off Jean. Hol Horse, being a member of the wrong crowd, beats up Avdol and J. Geil just goes along with it. Jean is all “Avdol why are you even here, you had nothing to do with this!” And Kakyoin’s like “Should we call 911?” And Jean responds “Not yet, I need to beat up these guys first!” And Kakyoin calls 911 anyway.

The Mirror stand is just J. Geil going “Made you look” and punching your shoulder.

And Hol Horse’s stand is just a nerf gun. The reason it hurts is because he likes to get right up in your face before firing it. It’s ineffective if you’re too far away from him, because the dart bullet loses momentum and hits the ground harmlessly.

Jean eventually gets back at J. Geil by chasing him into the middle of a group of kids, then pointing up at nothing, shouting “Made you look,” and poking J. Geil in the eyes, which causes him to cry like a baby. And later, Jean is like “Oh yeah, I totally stabbed him with my sword!” when Jotaro asks him what happened.

Then Hol horse runs away because he realized J. Geil was a total loser.

The Empress stand was just Joseph’s retelling of his parents taking him to the doctor’s office so they could deal with a wart on his arm. He hated how boring the actual process was, so he pretended that he bested the wart in a game of wits and tore it asunder. Jotaro was grossed out. 

(Btw in this AU Joseph is only a grade older than Jotaro, instead of being his grandpappy)

Wheel of Fortune is just the result of a very nasty game of tag with a brat who wouldn’t leave the group alone.

Enya is the crazy cat lady at the end of the street whose house the kids were forced to pass one day when they missed the school bus.

Steely Dan is the snobby “Cool Kid” of the playground, and a sore loser when the kids don’t play the way he wants them to. So Jotaro gives him a black eye.

The Sun is a kid who likes to fry ants with a magnifying glass. But Joseph likes bugs, and seeing this made him cry. So Jotaro, Kakyoin and Avdol plot to destroy the magnifying glass, which they thought was really funny. But at that point, the magnifying glass had to be returned to the science lab, so the kid was spared. 

Or, in another interpretation:

“Hey guys, I wanna play! My guy’s power is that he’s literally the sun!!! ” 

Joseph: “Wow, that’s pretty powerful-“ 

J,K,&A: “YOUR POWER IS STUPID, GET LOST”

Death Thirteen was the result of the kids being forced to deal with a baby who was throwing a tantrum while they all waited to get on the giant slide at the County Fair. Kakyoin was especially pissed. 

I have nothing for the Judgement stand.

I don’t have anything for High Priestess either.

And Iggy is still a dog, but I’m getting rid of his tendency to fart because I just HATE IT

N’Doul isn’t blind, he wears glasses and can’t see shit without them. And he has a water pistol. And he hoards the playground’s sandbox.

Oingo and Boingo are a 6 year old and his 1 year old brother and they’re just the cutest little demon spawns.

Anubis is a dog that snatched Jean’s toy sword in its mouth, and the sword’s power to transfer souls was just Jean fearing that the dog had rabies. Jotaro rolled his eyes but convinced Joseph to help him buy a new toy sword to shut Jean up.

Mariah... I dunno man, I didn’t really care for her arc and it definitely doesn’t fit the “kids playground” scenario I’m going for.

ALESSI IS WRITTEN OUT COMPLETELY. HE IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE PLAYGROUND.

The D’Arby brothers are known for being the cheaters of the playground. So Jotaro scares the eldest brother in a game of Go Fish, and it messes D’Arby up so much that it triggers his Asthma and he he has an Asthma attack. 

Pet Shop went down as the day when Iggy had a fight with a seagull and got pecked the ever loving SHIT out of. Jotaro tells the story at every Christmas party.

The younger D’Arby battle happened on a day when he and Jotaro were playing video games together. They accused each other of cheating, which resulted in Jotaro insulting him for liking dolls before pummeling him and consequently getting kicked out of the house. Joseph gave him a high five though, so it was worth it.

Vanilla Ice was the toddler who didn’t bother to move out of the way if you got in his path while he was driving his toy mini jeep. But if you asked Jean or Avdol, they’ll tell you that the toddler deliberately puts people in his path to run them over. And the occasional dog.

And finally, DIO.

DIO was a kid who got transferred to Jotaro’s school after being expelled because the principal of DIO’s previous school couldn’t get him to leave two of the students alone, by the names of Johnathan and Erina. He was pen pals with Johnathan, but that was the only connection DIO bothered to maintain.

Jotaro thought DIO didn’t even deserve the title of “School Bully.” He thought DIO was just a weird freaking kid. Despite that, most of the kids were scared of him, Jotaro’s friends included.

DIO loved to utilize the classic “Time Out!” whenever he played with the kids, and if they didn’t abide to the time out, they got a knuckle sandwich.

Jotaro was the first kid in a long time to just say “Nope.”

That’s when he learned that DIO was a kid who liked to screech like a banshee when things didn’t go his way. As well as throw a whole bunch of pencils (seemingly from out of nowhere) at any person that he upset with.

The road roller in this AU is the closest thing to a lethal heavy weapon that you can get on the playground: a frickin BIKE. 

And DIO is like “TIME OUT SO I CAN SLAM THIS BIKE ON YOU” And Jotaro goes “Nope, your time out is cancelled because you’re a freak and also you tried to bite Joseph which was just gross, anyway-“ and he punched DIO in the leg, pushed him to the ground, and kicked woodchips in his face.

They both got expelled.

A few years later, on his way to middle school, Jotaro bumps into a kid named Josuke...

<============ TO BE CONTINUED

BONUS JJBA BATTLE TENDENCY

The Pillar Men are a reflection of the infamous day when three highschool bullies showed up to the playground. One of them beat a kid named Ceasar in a Rock Paper Scissors match; in responce, Joseph (who at the time was only 4) went apeshit. He kicked the first highschooler off of the carousel at the County Fair. Then he located the second highschooler, tied up his shoelaces, then lit them with a match. Finally, during the school’s annual science fair, he tracked down the third highschooler, who had just finished rigging a student’s baking soda volcano to blow up in his face. Joseph threw a bunch of rocks that he found outside at the highschooler, and then proceeded to lock him up in the school’s astral observatory. The first two highschoolers fled town after that, but rumor has it that the third one is still stuck in the abandoned observatory.

[caramelabbacchiato]

100 Themes Challenge - Day 1

Hello, everyone! My name is Strange. You can find out more about me here. I just recently created this blog to share my love of JJBA through screaming and crying in the tags of posts, and in my writing. What better way to start than to take on a huge challenge right of the bat, eh?

I was (and am) so nervous about doing this, so I decided to start off with my ultimate comfort character. It was an excellent choice. 

If you like what you read, I do take requests for a multitude of things! You can find my guidelines here. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your support! I hope to talk with you soon~

Now, without further ado...

Today’s theme: Introduction

Rating: G (for good good boy(s))

Nervous fingers shake their way through a long, red curl, twirling around the end and catching hold. Pulling it taut, a thought flickers through the mind of a quiet boy, body wracked with hidden tension.

This is a lot different than an RPG.

In one of his familiar games, he’d be presented with unchanging options, no matter how many times he had to revisit the situation. He’d pick the dialogue that earned him smiles and laughter, maybe even a friend or two. He’d then carry on with his simulated day, knowing that he made the right choice; how could he not? He knew this route backwards and forwards, enough that he could do it with his eyes closed and one hand tied behind his back.

But this isn’t a game. And no matter how many times he’s forced to replay the same scenario of being the new kid, he can never seem to get it right. This used to riddle him with anxiety and keep him up until all hours of the morning, wondering where he went wrong. Was he not interesting enough? Did he not smile the appropriate amount of times during friendly conversation? Was he simply unapproachable?

The answer, he would come to find, after a rinse and repeat of trial and error, was none of these things. First impressions and short term acquaintances weren’t his issue. The fact is that he simply wouldn’t let anyone in long enough to truly know him, and then they’d leave after feeling discouraged. He couldn’t blame them.

Old habits die hard.

He was used to being alone, comfortable with himself and the expected presence of his parents. By the time he realized he may want to branch out, he was already set in his ways. When he wasn’t at home, his own thoughts served as his best friend and most trusted confidante, his mind a time capsule for all of his daydreams. Sometimes, a full day could go by and he would only remember fragments of it, not able to discern reality from the world inside of him.

“...riaki?”

The end of a question breaks through the wall of insecurity and Violet eyes meet a patient gaze.

“Oh. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that.” His voice comes out shakier than he anticipated it would, heavy with apology; he just gets so lost in his head sometimes, he barely even registers anything going on around him. If his teacher notices, he doesn’t react, even as a few scattered students snicker from their desks. He simply acknowledges him with a nod and repeats himself.

“I was asking if you’d like to say anything to the class before we begin our lessons.”

His curl springs back into place as he lets it go in favor of nodding his head and turning towards his new classmates. “Nice to meet you. My name is Noriaki Kakyoin. I look forward to getting to know you all.” It’s simple, but it gets the job done.

The veil of anonymity is lifted and Noriaki lets out a sigh; the hardest part is over now. He looks into the sea of students sitting before him and notices an empty desk, towards the back, next to a group of boys. One of them has striking, silver hair, pulled up into an interesting style. He’s having a quiet, yet heated, conversation with the person sitting next to him, beautiful, dark skin radiant in the sunlight pouring through the window. Noriaki’s eyes travel from them to the boy seated next to the desk he’s sure he’ll claim as his own; he freezes once his gaze completes its journey.

An intense look set on an equally intense face stares right back at Noriaki from underneath the brim of a hat. It’s only a span of seconds that they hold each other’s eyes, but it feels like an eternity, and Noriaki can sense a blush start to creep its way across his cheeks. Before he can even begin to hope that his flustered state isn’t noticeable, the boy cracks a smile; it’s small, barely even there, but Noriaki notices right away. He turns away before his situation gets even worse.

The next few minutes are spent in a daze. Noriaki barely registers when his teacher instructs him to take his seat; feels like he’s floating on a cloud as he makes his way to the desk; can’t process that he’s already sat himself down until he goes to move again. But he can clearly feel a pair of eyes on the side of his head as he pushes his hair back, grounding himself enough to focus on more than just the racing of his mind and heart in sync.

Feeling brave, Noriaki looks up and, once again, makes eye contact with the boy so painfully close to him now. He can’t help but notice how attractive he is with his dark eyes and thick eyebrows, full lips turned down in a frown that looks more thoughtful than angry. Before he can think twice, Noriaki lets himself give a tentative smile, hoping that the quiver of his lips is noticeable only to himself. The other almost looks startled, before nodding his head in return.

They’re still looking at each other as the seconds pass by, a silence that should be uncomfortable, but really isn’t, settling between them. Noriaki thinks that this is how their short encounter will end until one of them gets the courage to steal another glance, but then his neighbor opens his mouth and speaks.

“The name’s Jotaro. Jojo, if you want.” His voice is deep, a lot deeper than Noriaki anticipated, but fitting; he feels just a little bit rocked to the core as his head ducks in understanding.

“Nice to meet you, Jojo,” he says, liking how it feels to say the other’s name. Jotaro’s eyes give way to a split-second softness that catches Noriaki by surprise, his smile growing in response.

Warm. That’s how Noriaki would describe this vulnerable moment; he almost wishes it would never end. But then the silver-haired boy sitting in front of him is turning around, a look of displeasure on his face.

“Oh, I see how it is, Jojo. You’re not going to introduce your new friend to your best friend?” The words are said with a playful edge to them, the hints of a smile at the ends of the other’s lips as Jotaro lets out a huff in reply. “In that case, I’ll do it myself. I’m Jean Pierre Polnareff. Friends call me Pol.”

Noriaki begins to answer, but before any words can come out, the boy sitting next to Jean turns in his seat and offers a stern look. “It would be wise if you paid attention to the lesson,” he says, voice smooth and firm. “If I remember correctly, you didn’t do very well on our last test, so you have no room for idle chit-chat.”

Jean’s face turns a shade of red as vibrant as his personality before his eyebrows furrow and he sticks his tongue out in defiance. “Whatever, Muhammad. What are you, my mom? I don’t need you telling me what to do.”

Muhammad simply shrugs his shoulders and turns his attention to Noriaki. “Don’t mind him. He’s a lot to handle on a good day, but he’s not a bad guy. Just try not to let him distract you too much.”

Noriaki can’t help but to laugh a little at that, even more amused when Jean lets out a loud sound of protest and then, “I am not a lot to handle!”

That’s enough to get everyone’s attention, the room going silent in an instant. Their teacher lets out a sigh, frustrated but not surprised by the interruption. No words need to be exchanged for Jean to mumble out an apology, and the lesson continues as it was.

None of them speak again for the rest of the class, but Noriaki can’t help but to keep on smiling. And whenever he chances a glance to the side, he notices that Jotaro is still barely containing a smile, too.

Maybe this time will be different.

The thought lingers with him for the rest of the day, filling him with a feeling he can’t quite describe, but can only hope will last.

[earthbovndmisfit]

i got tagged by @yarewagon​ Thank you so much for the tag, pal!!! :D

All Time Favorite Character: Speedbert Bobwagon, of course~

Favorite Jojo: I don’t have a specific one, but if I have to choose, then I’ll probably go with either Jonathan or Jotaro.

Favorite villain: Main villain? I’m torn between Kars and Kira, but I’ll probably go with Kars because I really like the whole Aztec stuff and I really like the Pillar Men. Kira is an awesome villain, too. he’s a disgusting guy in general, but I really enjoy the whole serial killer plot. I’ve always liked reading and learning about serial killers irl and their motives and reasons behind their horrible acts and so on (psychology was one of my fave subjects in school), so it was really cool to have some of that with the unique jjba touch added to it. As for minor villains? Hol Horse. I love that cockblocking dumbass cowboy.

Favorite stand: Design wise? Star Platinum (SDC’s, mainly, but I also like SP The World). Killer Queen also has a really nice design imo. Ability wise? Hmm... Heaven’s Door, maybe.

Favorite part: Phantom Blood, followed by Battle Tendency. As mentioned above, I really like the whole Aztec thing there is to both parts –which is one of the first things that really got me when i first watched Jojo–, not to mention that I enjoyed the vibe there is to both parts (PB, especially, with all the Victorian escenery and whatnot). And, of course: Speedwagon is there, the man that stole my heart and made me fall into Jojo hell uwu

Favorite thing about jojo: The fact that the bizarre shit just keeps coming. Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, something new comes to prove you wrong. The designs are pretty neat, too, and its also got amazing characters and lots of feels. I also love that jjba breaks a lot of the established rules for a shonen from it’s time (the late 80s), such as giving us big buff men in crop tops, badass cinnamon rolls with hearts of gold and hot abs of steel, a bunch of homosexual subtext and much much more.

Hug: My dear Robert, of course~ but that’s a given so I’m going to add Jonathan as well. Both of them have gone through some serious shit and deserve all the hugs and love. Besides, they both seem like they’d give killer hugs.

Get or give comfort to: Same as above for giving comfort to uu Add SDC Jotaro and Polnareff there too. As for getting comfort from, it’d be Robert~ It will always be him uwu

Move out or Live with: The Ogre Street gang: Speeb, Tattoo and Kenpo :D They seem like a really cool bunch to live with and I really feel we’d get along well.

Marry: Do you really have to ask??? Speedwagon, ofc. I’d marry the shit out of him in a heartbeat

Character you relate to the most: Probably Kakyouin, feeling like he didn’t fit with the rest of his peers, never being able to make real friends and just..not belonging?? All that shit is something I’ve always dealt with (still do), especially irl.

Did jojo make a better change in your life? How did it help? Was it a big change or a minor change? Oh definitely. I started watching it during a really rough time of my life. It was thanks to jjba (Speedbabe, mainly, since he’s the one that really made me want to continue watching back then xd) that I could finally take my mind away from all that stuff bothering me despite The Sad™ plaguing the series. It’s been helping lots as well in different ways ever since. It’s also helped me a lot to improve my art as well as my writing and roleplay skills, not to mention that it’s also helped me learn and understand stuff I had limited knowledge on before, as well as improving further both my English and Japanese skills as well.

Self Ship or OC ship with canon characters?: I’m not really into self shipping cause the conventional way most people do it tends to be/feel quite... selfish?? There’s also the fact that I honestly hate myself with a passion, so I don’t think I could ever write or draw myself seriously, but I do like the idea of spending time with my babe, Speebs~ Which is something i’ve been “able to do” for the longest time now since he became my muse almost as soon as i got into jojo and has been so ever since xd (those of you who know me from my rp blogs know the way my muses work and what I’m talking about here), or the fact that I sometimes dream about him and so on. As for OCxCanon shipping, I don’t actively do that, cause I suck at creating stuff from scratch, but I’m not opposed to it as long as the OC is believable and doesn’t fall into the Mary Sue/Gary Stu type, whether it is in fanfics or rps or whatever. I mean, my first rp muse on this site was a canon character and one of his main ships was with a friend’s OC. I rp/write for canon characters, but I don’t rule out shipping with OCs as long as their author/mun is respectful and there’s actual chemistry between the characters, really.

If you had a stand which one would you like to have, which one would you most likely get with you past and demeanor? I’d like to have Heaven’s Door, or maybe Crazy Diamond, or Harvest. The one I’d get, tho? Idk... the most useless one you can think of, probably x’d

Dream activity, with who, where and how long: Spending the rest of my life with my sweet Robert, I don’t care where (knowing him, probably travelling the world together), loving him and making him happy until the very end uwu

tagging.... errrr, y’all know i’m an anxious mess and can’t tag people unless they openly tell me they’d like me to tag them in this kind of stuff so, if you see this and want to give it a shot, consider yourself tagged >:D (and feel free to tag me back or not if you’d like? i won’t judge you either way so go ahead and take it, fam :D)

[hitodama89]

A meme stolen from @niuniente! I have always loved this meme format a lot:

Answer 11 Questions, Invent 11 Questions and tag people!

1. Your favorite vacation memory?

That’s a tricky one to start this with! Most of my vacations have been uhh more or less disastrous because my family just is Like That, but there have still been some great moments. One very cool was visiting Kolmården, a zoo in Sweden. There was this safari tour where you could basically drive through some animal enclosures and it was really incredible! Ostriches came to eat insects from the car windows, giraffes forced the cars to stop because they just felt like standing in the middle of the road aaaand there were some bears mating. =‘‘’D

2. Your favorite character and why?

Vegeta from DBZ. =D Obviously I have many faves, but this idiot has stuck with me for so long and I never seem to get tired of him. He is just a perfect combination of every major trope I love in characters: proud to a fault, can’t easily be classified as a good or bad guy (and goes back and froth both roles over and over again), gets beaten to ground every two seconds... All the good stuff!

3. What is the most precious item you own?

Hmm, I’m not sure! I really love one of my oldest plushies, a bird-like creature I named Vennu as a child. I got it from my mother’s mother who died when I was six years old. Other than that I really adore everything that was hand made for me by someone, be it an art piece or something practical, like these comically big potholders my mom has made.

4. In what kind of a house you’d want to live?

I honestly pretty much live in my dream house already: in a decent sized apartment close to the center of the city, top floor and in the corner of the apartment complex. I rent the place, but honestly I’ve never wanted to own an apartment unless something really extreme happened and I won in a lottery or something. I don’t want to be forever tied to a certain place, not physically nor financially! Like yeah, right now I’d never want to move away from here, but I want to be free to do so if the situation some day changes.

5. Compliment someone! Who do you compliment and why?

Well the potholders already made me think about my mom, and she is certainly someone who deserves every compliment in the world. No one is obviously perfect, but she has such an infinite amount of kindness to share that it’s really incredible. She is as close to being irl Moominmamma as any real person can! <3

6. Repeating this question, as it was really good; If you could be a fairy tale character, who would you be and what would you do differently to change the story?

A good and difficult question indeed! I would definitely be some pretty minor character haha - I’m not a protagonist type the slightest bit. Maybe someone who would face a situation where they had to choose between sticking to the status quo and doing something unconventional but undeniably right. Which one would I choose, then? I feel like my life hasn’t answered that question yet.

7. Do you support any charities or organizations doing good? If you can’t support, what would you like to support if you had resources for it?

My finances are extremely limited, so I only donate to two: Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto and APOPO. The first one is dedicated to protecting Finnish nature and the latter one is about training rats to be landmine sniffers in Africa. (I’m... Not actually sure where the name APOPO comes from though.)

8. The last trip you had?

I don’t even remember. =0 I don’t really do much traveling at all. But I’m planning on going to visit Ähtäri Zoo this summer! Now I’ve just gotta hope it actually happens hahah.

9. What is the song you most often listen in repeat?

I don’t really have songs I would often return to: I tend to listen something on repeat 24/7 for some time and then move on, only very occasionally returning to that same song (or album, or any sort of set of songs). Currently I’m having JJBA openings on repeat hahah.

10. What is a movie you never get bored with?

My favorite movie, Pan’s Labyrinth. It’s such a beautiful, bittersweet story directed by Guillermo del Toro. I basically never watch any random movies in movie theatre, but I don’t remember if this one was on some sort of discount or why I went to see it without knowing anything about it beforehand, but I fell in love instantly.

11. You’ll get 1000 euro / 1000 USD / a sum equivalent to 1000 euro in your currency. You can’t give it to anyone else, you can’t donate it, you can’t save it and you can’t use it on anyone else but yourself. What will you get for yourself with that money?

Wacon Cintiq. I’m in a desperate need of new drawing tablet and I’ve been thinking how cool it would be if I had one with an actual screen. But because 1) I have no idea how I would hadle the technical aspects of using one (I am the queen of tech problems) 2) I don’t know how durable it would be, as I would prefer it to last closer to 10 years with me and 3) it is expensive as all hell, I will more than likely just get a traditonal screenless one in the end. But if I had a situation like described in the question, I would definitely go for Cintiq!

MY QUESTIONS

What is your favorite Pokémon and why?

Did you follow the recent E3? If so, what game made you most excited?

Is there some childhood cartoon that you feel really shaped you in some way? What is it?

Name one food/dish you wish you could prepare perfectly.

What is a perfect outdoors temperature for you?

Do you feel like your horoscope is a good fit for you?

You can create a new “--- Awareness Day”; what will you choose to be the topic of it?

Which was more fun to you as a child, Christmas or your birthday? Why?

You learn to talk to animals, but only to one species. What species will you choose?

What is your favorite shirt like?

You can ask one question from the universe and get an absolute thruth about it as an answer; what will you ask?

I tag all of my followers who feel like doing this! <3

[liesonthefloordramatically]

TELL ME ABOUT WHY LINEAR TIME I S FAKE AND YOU CAN ONLY TRUST YOUR FISTS!!!!

Okay, listen, here’s a much longer and more heartfelt answer than you probably wanted BUT:

So a whole bunch of factors went into “linear time is fake; you can only trust your fists” but the ones related to linear time being fake:

I decided shortly after writing “Once all of this is over” that I wanted to write more about trauma in JJBA because…I don’t feel like I have to explain this (I’ll read anything as a trauma narrative if you let me)

but because I love weird superpower nonsense, I wanted to specifically write about the interactions of superpowers and trauma

this led to me coming up with one fic for every JoJo (I’ve managed to only write the ones for Joseph, Jotaro, and Jolyne [sort of], because I got so frickin’ sidetracked by how much I enjoyed writing Jotaro)

I had a moment where I was like “wow, Jotaro stopping time feels pretty similar to something that I do when I’m having a bad case of the good ol’ PTSD, where I will literally dissociate so hard that I just…stop.”  (It’s hard to describe, but imagine if you just froze in place for 20-60 seconds, including not breathing or blinking, but had no real awareness of it happening until you unfroze.)  I think I’ve also talked about this elsewhere, but the feeling of Time Becoming Weird is very much a PTSD Feel for me–the sense of foreshortened future or that the future doesn’t exist, that time is cyclical, that nothing happens linearly and the past is always omnipresent, etc.

So the only scene I had in mind when starting the fic (it was originally planned as a one-scene fic! what a naive child I was!) was Polnareff asking Jotaro about the timestop and time grinding to a halt for a moment–not because time was literally stopped but because Jotaro was experiencing a PTSD-related stutter through time

which, once I’d written that, I went, okay, but it feels like there’s more of a story to tell here about what it’s like to be someone for whom linear time Doesn’t Work–both because you can literally stop time and because you’re traumatized and your trauma has removed you from time.  So then I came up with the start of chapter two–time looping back on itself over and over.  (An aside: the way Jotaro experiences PTSD and the way I personally experience PTSD are very different, but there are a couple of nuggets in there that are similar to my experience, and the second paragraph of chapter 2 is absolutely one of them.)  And then I started adding more from there–I think the first scene in chapter 4, where Jotaro sees Polnareff in the hospital bed and the narrative immediately jumps back to a parallel scene with Kakyoin, was one of the next things I wrote.

Needless to say, I very quickly realized that this fic was going to be way longer than the 2k I originally imagined it to be (wwwwwwwww), and I decided that since it was going to be longer, I could do some cool, fun, weird narrative stuff with it–specifically, in this case, doubling down on the narrative structure reflecting Jotaro’s experience of time.

(If you are reading carefully, you may notice that there are A LOT of scenes and narration mirroring each other in the two halves of the fic–this is very much intentional, as I sat down and actually physically charted out the whole fic once I had a draft done.  If I did it right, basically every narrative thread that comes up in the first two chapters is looped back to again in the last two chapters.)

and then, of course, re: only being able to trust your fists:

So I’ve already talked about Jotaro’s relationship to linear time (which I really should have tagged as a & relationship and yet I didn’t because even I’m not that nerdy) but the other big chunk of the fic is obviously Jotaro’s relationship to Star Platinum.

I obviously have my own weird niche interpretation of their relationship, which was heavily influenced by: Jotaro apparently not using the timestop for ten years (referenced in the first episode of DIU), Jotaro’s suspicion toward Star Platinum at the start of SDC, the MASSIVE ARROWS pointing to Stands being spirit possession (or, at least, Jotaro understanding them as spirit possession), etc.

but I also very much see Jotaro as someone who–especially after SDC–is unwilling to rely on anyone other than himself (and, by extension, unwilling to trust anything but his own body), so I imagined that fundamental distrust extending to his own Stand

and then the question became: how do you coexist with something that’s an inseparable part of you but that you also cannot trust?

This is probably pretty obvious, but I imagine Star Platinum being very similar to PTSD–both in the obvious “these superpowers look like PTSD” way (hypervigilance! linear time becoming fake!) but also in the sense that I think having PTSD can very much be like coexisting with this thing that is trying to help you (the point of PTSD is that it’s your brain trying to help you avoid being in the same situation again!) but that is actually messing up your life really badly because it came crashing into you when your life hadn’t been built with space to accommodate its presence.

So I really wanted to play with the idea of Star Platinum as this alien yet friendly presence–but friendly doesn’t necessarily mean good for you, and friendly doesn’t mean that you don’t resent its intrusion.  An invader is an invader, regardless of whether its intentions are good.

There are obviously very clear parallels in spirit possession narratives (where people struggle with the possessing spirit before eventually finding an equilibrium) and certain types of trauma narratives (where you have this horrible, toxic thing that you’re carrying around with you, and the only way you’re going to be able to go on is if you build space in your life to accommodate it and find a new equilibrium), so I leaned hard into that.

“you can only trust your fists” also refers specifically to the super somatic way Jotaro experiences PTSD–if you look at the way it’s described throughout the fic, it tends to be very visceral bodily sensations rather than feelings or emotions.  This is partially because I do genuinely think that’s how Jotaro would experience PTSD (I could write a whole essay on Jotaro’s relationship to his own body but consider example A: his plan in almost every situation is “get real close and then punch”), but also because I very, very rarely see PTSD written as a somatic experience rather than an emotional one.  And PTSD can be a somatic experience!  For some people, it’s something that you carry in your body, that affects the way you inhabit, move through, and engage with space.

I didn’t actually have a title for the fic for quite a while–it was “Jotaro fic 2″ in my GDocs for a long, long time (we’re talking months).  I saw something that said “academia is fake; you can only trust your fists” like…four years ago??? And immediately was like, “Oh, this is real and true,” and then just adapted that for various other situations.  I think “linear time is fake; you can only trust you fists” specifically was spawned in a conversation (with Rowan, possibly?), but it’s something that I started saying because it’s relatable nonsense, my favorite kind of nonsense.  And then there was a point at which I was explaining the fic to someone via keywords (I have keywords and key concepts for every fic I write, often before I have a story), and I jokingly said, “It’s basically ‘linear time is fake; you can only trust your fists.’”  And I thought that was so funny that I immediately changed my draft title to that, and then I stared at it too much and it just…stuck.

On one hand, I’m like…90% sure that there are people who have seen the title on AO3 and gone “oh definitely not this pile of hot nonsense” and skipped over it immediately, but on the other hand…no regrets.  

anyway, LINEAR TIME IS FAKE; YOU CAN ONLY TRUST YOUR FISTS

[duhragonball]

Vento Aureo Reread, JJBA Ch. 440-447

Last year, I watched/read the entirety of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure up to that date.   It went pretty well, except I had some difficulties with Part 5.  I read Vento Aureo in March 2017, and a proper translation wasn’t completed until several months later.   For the most part, I managed to follow the story, but I had a hard time enjoying it.   The fight scenes in JoJo really depend on a clear view of the art, combined with precise narration.   So a badly translated, low-resolution scan is going to make things tough. 

In hindsight, I suppose I could have just waited for the translators to finish, but I had no idea how long that would take, and I had quality scanlations of Parts 6, 7, and 8 ready to go.  I didn’t want to wait, and I didn’t want to skip around, and I wasn’t super worried about getting the best possible experience, since I figured the anime would air by the end of the year.  Then the anime didn’t air in the fall of 2017, so I decided I could take my time and come back to re-reading Part 5 when I was ready.  

And that brings us to today.    The anime is supposed to air in October, although no one knows exactly when, and I’m kind of looking forward to seeing a JoJo anime where I’ve read the comic version beforehand.    So I want to re-read the comic properly, in order to enhance that experience. 

I’ll be tagging these posts as spoilers, and putting the bulk of it behind a cut.  The first time around, I didn’t know what was going to happen, so I could only spoil what I’d read up to that point.   This time, be advised that I intend to discuss the story as a whole.  So if you haven’t finished Part 5 then you should probably steer clear.  

All right, enough preliminaries, let’s get on with it.

Part 5 opens in Naples, Italy in March of 2001.  Jotaro Kujo sent Koichi Hirose there on a special mission to track down Haruno Shiobana, a 15-year old boarding school student.  I struggled a lot with Part 5 because up to this point, I had been watching JJBA in anime form, and the switch to comic books was a difficult transition to make.   The pacing is just different, and I had hoped that Koichi and/or Jotaro would stick around for more of the story, much like Jotaro and Joseph Joestar became fixtures in Part 4.  Indeed, the early chapters of Part 5 make it seem like a direct continuation of Part 4.   It seems only natural that Jotaro would continue looking for Stand User activity in other parts of the world, just as he did in Morioh in 1999. 

But it’s a misdirection.   Koichi gets his luggage stolen almost as soon as he arrives, and this sets off a chain of events that makes Part 5 happen, but Koichi himself isn’t at the center of it, the way he was in Part 4.   From what I can tell, the main purpose of Jotaro and Koichi’s presence in the early chapters is simply to establish information about the new JoJo that none of the other characters would know.   Koichi overhears that the guy who stole his luggage is named “Giorno Giovanna”, and he’s a half-Japanese kid whose hair recently turned blonde.  Then he realizes that Giorno has a Stand, and he quickly deduces that “Giorno Giovanna” is an Italianization of “Haruno Shiobana”.

Something I didn’t pick up on the first time around is that Jotaro really didn’t know much about Giorno at all.   He was very secretive with Koichi, and I assumed this was because he was just being discreet, but now it seems clear that he didn’t tell Koichi about Giorno’s connection to Dio because he wasn’t sure about it himself.   The Speedwagon Foundation had discovered Giorno during some sort of “research”, which I assumed dealt with Dio’s activities in the 1980′s.   They probably discovered Dio’s involvement with Giorno’s mother, and the fact that she had a son shortly afterward, but nothing more definitive than that.  So Jotaro didn’t even know if Giorno had a Stand. 

Before, I thought this was kind of a sloppy mistake to make.   Wouldn’t it be safer to assume Giorno has a Stand, and to assume he’s hostile, if not an enemy?  Why didn’t Jotaro check the kid out for himself?  It makes more sense now.   He sent Koich instead, knowing that Koichi would have an easier time getting  close to another student.  He probably expected Koichi to sneak into the boarding school and get a tissue sample that way.  Jotaro himself probably wouldn’t have gotten involved until the results of the DNA test came back.  

As for Giorno himself, he could have told Jotaro and Koichi who his father is, except he probably doesn’t know anything else about the guy.   There’s a slow trickle of information about Giorno over the first three chapters.  Koichi starts with a photo and a name, but Giorno himself bears little resemblance to either, and Koichi has to eavesdrop on some airport security guards Giorno bribed to fill in the gaps.   It’s up to Jotaro to connect the dots by revealing Giorno is Dio’s son, which begs the question of whether Giorno would pick up his father’s legacy of cartoon supervillainy.  Then we get to this scene, where Giorno gets shaken down by the local gang enforcer for protection money, and he finds a photo of Dio in Giorno’s wallet. 

I never understood the point of Giorno having a photo of his bio-dad in his wallet, but I suspect that the ambiguity of it is purpose enough in itself.   It’s a clue to the reader that Giorno is at least aware of Dio as his father.  We never learn how Giorno feels about Dio, but he must feel something towards him, or he wouldn’t carry the picture around.   One might speculate that Giorno knows a great deal about Dio, and perhaps he sympathizes with his father’s evil goals.  One might also speculate that he keeps the photo because it’s all he really has, and with no role model in his life, he might turn to evil.  

That’s really what Giorno’s character arc is about, I think.  I was frustrated with him at first because he never seemed conflicted about anything; he just barrelled on through one obstacle after another on his way to his end goal.   But just because he never seemed to question or contemplate his fate doesn’t mean that there were no questions to be answered.    It’s ultimately up to the reader to observe Giorno and figure out what he’s all about.    Is he hero or villain?   That’s why Jotaro and Koichi show up early in the story, then bow out for good.   Their job is simply to put forth the question.   They can’t answer it for us, so there’s no reason for them to stay.   We can assume that after Part 5 ends, Jotaro might meet Giorno for himself, as enemies or friends or neither, but that meeting never happens in Part 5, because that would rob Giorno of his subjectivity.

For example, I’ve heard Giorno described as introverted, but I never really understood the reasoning behind this.   Turns out it’s in the manga, but I probably didn’t pick up on it because the translation I read before was so poorly worded.  Now, I can see it clearly.   Before Giorno defeats Luca, he explains that he detests repeating himself, since it’s a waste of time to say what’s already been said.   In this flashback to his childhood, Giorno learned not to cry when his mother would leave him because he knew there was no one to hear it.  I wouldn’t have picked up on this without the translator here using the word “useless”.   From an early age, Giorno learned not to bother with certain behaviors most people take for granted, because such behaviors are useless when you’re isolated from others.  He doesn’t cry because he doesn’t think anyone will care if he does.   He doesn’t like to chit-chat because he doesn’t think other people want to listen, and he doesn’t like to repeat himself because it means the other person definitely isn’t listening.

And of course, he’s comfortable being alone, as seen here.  Before, I thought this scene was just establishing Giorno was popular with the ladies, but when he sends them away, he makes it clear that he enjoys being alone. 

And this all stems back to this panel, where it’s established that Giorno tries to read people because of how he tried to make sense of his stepfather’s abuse.  So the pieces are all clear as day.   Giorno’s introverted, undoubtedly.

I also found it a lot easier to make sense of the Giorno/Bruno Bucellati encounter.   For one thing, the colorized pages make it a lot easier to tell one guy’s Stand from the other.    Bruno’s Sticky Fingers is blue, and Giorno’s Gold Experience is... well, gold.  The better scripting also makes it clear that their fight had to be to the death.   Bruno confronted Giorno to investigate the attack on Luca, because the gang they work for couldn’t let Luca’s death go unanswered.    Once it became clear that Giorno had a Stand, Bruno couldn’t let Giorno escape, and Giorno couldn’t let Bruno report to his boss, or he’d be hunted down for the rest of his life.   This adds a sense of relief to the moment when they become allies, since the only alternative is for one of them to die. 

During the fight, Bruno gets distracted when he notices needle marks on a boy’s arm, and that gives Giorno an opening to kill Bruno, only he doesn’t take it.    Instead, Giorno points out Bruno’s hesitation, and concludes that Bruno’s loyalty to his gang is at odds with the gang’s policy of selling drugs to children. 

I found this chilling when I read it today, because the way I remembered this scene, it was Giorno finding common ground with Bruno.   But it’s not, is it?  What he’s saying here isn’t necessarily his own opinion on drug use; he’s simply deducing what Bruno’s opinion is, and using Bruno’s reaction to see if he’s correct. 

This isn’t to say that Giorno doesn’t share Bruno’s sentiments on selling drugs to children.  I just find it interesting that Giorno isn’t actually commenting on the matter directly.   He’s talking like a politician, using Bruno’s cause to justify his own.  “Help me take over the gang, and I’ll stamp out selling drugs to kids.”   It may be part of Giorno’s agenda, but it may only be a small part, and he’s simply playing that up to get Bruno on his side.  Or he could simply be telling Bruno whatever he wants to hear.  Giorno may have never spared a moments’ thought on drug use until this moment.  You really can’t tell, at least not yet...