So like one thing I'm afraid of is for when the musical comes out and we (hopefully) get new fans, is fanon!Johnny. Like Johnny often infantilized in fanon which is annoying as fuck and I despise it, but a trend I see with these type of characters like that is that all of the sudden the fandom will be like 'omg why is this character being to woobified' which is good, but then they'll take it to the next extreme. Like in the ST, Will Byers is the sweet and sensitive character (he's also canonically gay) but in order not to fall into the 'feminine gay' stereotype, a lot of the fandom would make him hypermasculine (emphasis on him being muscular and broad, make him more sarcastic and done with everyone's bullshit, making him over-competent) which completely changes his character. Like seriously there's got to be some nuance here. Some middle ground maybe?
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↳ @praeteritus-memories , continued from here . 🍒
to no extent had kakyoin expected that so significant a tenderness would bloom in his chest upon making giorno’s acquaintance , especially since he’d come to italy for work . over a decade has passed since the momentous events of his egyptian escapade , & in that time , he has learned more about his true self than ever had been previously apparent ━━━━ become more of himself than ever he had been before . but one aspect of his being that has yet to fully emerge from its chrysalis is his reluctance to open himself up to others ; many pensive hours has he sat beside his inner child in healing silence , hoping to unravel , thread by thread , the tightly - wound shroud in which he’d enswathed himself for protection , as if hierophant’s tendrils had coiled ’round his too - soft body like an unbreakable cocoon .
perhaps that had been a necessary response to the corroding heartache of a childhood spent entirely alone . yet , he has managed to make a home for himself on the other side , now , & the white - knuckled grip he’s maintained on the latch to free his heart from its cage doesn’t serve him so well anymore . how ironic a tragedy that letting go is this difficult , but as a man that has survived the unfathomable , kakyoin is not so inclined to think of it as a mountain he cannot summit . even the slackening of one knuckle at a time is still progress .
even so , there was something he saw in giorno early on that rendered his heart’s immaculate camouflage futile , exposing the softness tucked beneath layers & layers of armor without so much as an honest effort . perhaps he saw himself in giorno , & perhaps that extended to him the ability to perceive the lonely child hiding at the core of the strong & straight - shouldered force of nature that brought an entire syndicate to its knees . how could he behold that & allow himself to become another person that abandons him ??
the embrace is as warm as the venetian summer , or maybe warmer still , & the loving width of kakyoin’s smile encapsulates a disposition just the same as his arms anchor tightly around giorno’s smaller frame . as much as he’s dreaded having to bid giorno farewell ( distance can be so cruel ; how unfortunate that the heart can leave pieces of itself all over the world ) , moments like this are precious enough to quell the sinking feeling in his abdomen , leaving a comforting reminder that not even eight thousand kilometers can make strangers of them in its wake .
“ i don’t just mean for practical things , ” he says , straightening his back just enough to look at the boy in his arms , “ though that’s important , of course . but for anything , even if you just need someone to talk to . ” a lavender gaze is devastatingly soft as it meets the blueish emeralds reflecting off of it in a deepening gradient , & in the back of his mind , kakyoin curses the throb in his chest & the pressure building behind his eyes . his husband would surely say he is being dramatic , & maybe he is , but his ever - growing affinity for the golden - haired boy cannot be helped .
“ i know that you’re a busy young man , but if you just want to talk about your day , or tell me about any cute boys in your life , ” his smile grows a little with that remark , the teasing glint to his eye twinkling like a sky full of stars , “ i’d be happy to listen . ”
the raising of a slender wrist & hierophant’s tugging back of a linen sleeve reveals the face of kakyoin’s watch , prompting a slight pout . oh , fuck it . sure , he’s eager to return home to his family ( this is the longest he’s been away since jouta was born ) , but giorno has become family , too . “ say , giogio ━━━━ it seems i don’t have to be at the airport for another few hours , ” he says , ruby - hued lashes fanning out between scarred lids as his eyes become smiling crescents . “ i think that gives us just enough time for one more adventure . i still haven’t gotten to try amarena gelato , & that’s just unfair . ”
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FINALLY GAVE MITCH THE CLEAN SHOULDER HE DESERVES
That's IN GAME without any editsghfhgf
God- it's not Perfect yet, need to fix his armpit but goddd
His old one for comparaison
Awh man- ghfh I'm EMO over this fucking FINALLY
It was so much easier than I thought 👁👄👁
It might not be much cause I always made sure to clean his shoulder up in VP and posts, so it won't change anything to anybody else but me gfhhgf
His custom shoulder has a wholass lore, this was my first ever garment edit mod, back in 2021!
I guess I never got back to fixing it out of... fear? memories of how much of a stroke it gave me back then 💀💀💀
Trip down memory lane under read more 🤠✋
LOOK AT THE TINYYY MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN hgfhhgizehughuezhugezuh gezhhugezhugez !!!
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