Cloud Nine Contrails - context post
So basically. Being mentally well as I am I have TWO JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fanparts thought up, and the first one is "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Cloud Nine Contrails". The part doesn't have its own JoJo but keeping the name instead of changing it was favoured in a poll I did.
Here's what you need to know for the setting!
Cloud Nine Contrails takes place primarily in (a fictionalised version of) the US city of Detroit, Michigan, and the surrounding Metro Detroit area. It starts in 2020, and might supposedly take place in an alternate version of the original timeline where things didn't go to shit nearly as badly as they did in canon Stone Ocean (not gonna elaborate for spoilers' sake, if you know you know).
The main reason for referring to it as a "fictionalised version of" the city of Detroit is mostly the presence of a decently-sized patch of forested area which does not exist in real-life Detroit (where the closest forested area is approximately an hour away according to my previous research). This forested area is more towards the middle between east and west Detroit, but isn't in the centre of the city. It's located behind a children's playground. 1
Also, in this timeline, COVID-19 did not become a pandemic, likely handled a lot more quickly and responsibly than it was IRL, so COVID doesn't really come into play even though the part takes place in 2020.
Detroit, the largest city in Michigan with a notoriously high crime rate; 2 while the average tourist might be fine, average crime isn't the only thing locals have to worry aboutâthe city is also home to two rival gangs, the Urban Deathgrinds and the Metro Poppers. It goes unspoken, but everyone knows the gangs hold influence over the area; and they're not just ordinary gangsâboth are Stand-based, making Detroit a hotbed for not just crime, but Stand activity.
Cloud Nine Contrails focuses on a very cutesy 17-year-old highschooler named Limbo Adkins, whose anxiety and good nature aren't exactly suitable traits for a gangster, however useful her Stand.
Cloud Nine Contrails was created as an independent thing but became heavily influenced by events that happened in RP, which led to the presence of an interesting area loosely termed as a 'dimensional hub', the setting of which was mainly and initially an abandoned city with one standing building known as the hotel, referred to as simply "the Skylands Hotel", where most interactions occurred. Dimensional hubs are essentially a place with a weak metaphysical barrier, allowing for any individuals from different locations, worlds, time periods and universes to all arrive there and interact with each other... intentionally, or by being scooped up by the universe (the RPer's whim) and dumped through the barrier.
In this dimensional hub, one major access point is 2002 Naples, meaning that Cloud Nine Contrails features significant overlap with characters from Vento Aureo, that is specifically to say Guido Mista, Giorno Giovanna and Pannacotta Fugo.
Certain characters are revived due to 'shenanigans' (some explained, some not) and any canon character + OC relationships (platonic or romantic) are a result of RP progression. According to the events of RP and general consensus from my friends who RP the Vento Aureo characters, Purple Haze Feedback is canon.
There are no other significant involved overlaps with other JoJo parts, only having a few occasional 'guest appearances' from characters from Diamond is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean; notably Ermès and Emporio from Stone Ocean as recurring non-vital appearances, as well as Josuke Higashikata and a teenaged Shizuka Joestar from Diamond is Unbreakable as similar non-vital appearances. These overlaps are connected to the events of the game Eyes of Heaven, supposedly.
And unless I'm forgetting something by final note; my friends made characters to go in my fanpart so I'll mark any of their characters appropriately as not my design (all art is still mine unless otherwise stated).
I did forget something! A content warning for the thing.
I'm not gonna list everything but like... just know this is a general warning for some mature/heavy themes at some parts of the story; nothing terribly graphic (hopefully), I doubt any of the violence will be beyond what's canon-typical, but like- if you're very sensitive I get it, I'd recommend you proceed with caution or just avoid this,
but for some main things I figure I should warn about: mentions or implications of general abuse (multiple kinds), S/A, possibly self-harm; also some direct portrayal of an ED (but there's also recovery/catharsis), some pretty harsh toxicity in regards to the aforementioned, overall general discrimination (racism, homophobia, etc.). I've got a pretty diverse cast who've faced some pretty harsh parts of society.
I'd say a good chunk of my characters here are minorities in some way or another, whether they're queer, trans, disabled, POC, non-Christian, or neurodivergent.
I write characters from a lot of different backgrounds with a lot of different life experiences; as a white, cis-passing, able-bodied American, it's safe to say I don't share a lot of those experiences and I suppose I don't know what it's like, but I try my hardest to portray things as respectfully as possible (especially with things that are frequently demonised, like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) and to create normal, compelling characters who have these experiences without it coming across forced or offensive. I've been told I've done well portraying characters like this, so hopefully I can keep up that trend... I also still need to get better at drawing hijab. (Characters with ADHD is just me projecting)
and if you have a problem with, like, half of my roster being queer then the best time to leave is now . if i see homophobes or racists here im gonna
1 this location may not be real but by the time I realised there aren't forests in Detroit the forest and playground had already become a major setting. In my defense, I didn't know that not every place in every northern US State had a fuckton of forests. I'm from PA. There's forests fuckin' everywhere here, I thought that was just normal and never bothered to check. My bad.
2 "Homicides in Detroit rose 5% in 2019 over the previous year, when there were 259 killings in the city, according to the police figures." - George Hunter from The Detroit News
