#john ppb

[my-endless-thoughts]

PICTURE PERFECT MIIS

[i-just-wanna-write-fanfic]

We ggot Kads and Ino so we gotta have Vince and Johnny boy, I don't make the rules, the prophecy must be complete.

Hahahah! Fair enough! And I love writing these!

NOTES/WARNINGS! Non-yan-characters written as yan! yandere behavior, duh. uhm uh idunno that stuff yeah Both images by @//PulmaHitaMikkie on Twitter hardly proofread TWO IN ONE!!! WHOOO!!! sorry this took so long I've been busy with other things and have been trying to do this in my freeer time

YAN!VINCENT X READER

Yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ⱼᵤₛₜ ₜₕₑ ₚₑᵣ𝒻ₑ𝒸ₜ ₘᵤₛₑ…

Vincent has always been secluded. He didn't think about having a lover, really only about how he'd keep the family line going when he didn't really think adopting would have that "Musical gene" going.

Meeting you did make him think about finding a lover, though. But not really about keeping the line going.

You were the only person that made him even consider love.

And he liked that.

He liked the flutter he felt in his chest when he spoke with you, when you were just a bit too close, when you took interest in his playing, or asked him to teach you.

He liked it...

too much.

He wanted to stay with you. He wanted you to stay with him. But he knew it wasn't very gentlemanly to be weird about it, so he did his best to tone down his feelings for you, at least until you two got together. That was the plan.

Now, like normal, we'll go two ways with this.

1: He's still in the game.

Him and John are the only two in the group that aren't aware of the game, so this makes finding things out about you a bit harder. He talked to Ashino about you and how he wished you two could be with each other, and Ashino helps him out.

Vincent can finally hear you better, and has done what he can to make you be with him more often by getting Ashino to set up more dates for him!

aka Ashino made more routes, and made more ways for you and Vincy to hang! aw! Thanks, Ash!

Ashino only did this so you wouldn't go on his date and if you did, you would hopefully leave him alone for a second.

2: You're both in the same plane of existence. (doesn't matter how.)

Being secluded, he didn't go out much. But when he did, he often saw you as you were new to Glory and wanted to look around.

He liked seeing you when he went out. You stood out from glory in his eyes, as he knew what it was like to be different since he was quite the sore thumb in town, and everyone was a bit... bright to him.

Seeing you made him go out more often, just seeing you and sometimes speaking with you made him interested. every time he saw and spoke with you, he only wanted to see you more, just to find out more.

After a while, he grew closer with you and started to fall for you.

And he fell HARD.

You were one of the only people that could touch him, or go in his house, and, dare I say, touch and mess with his piano?

The longer you stayed at his home, the better his day was, the better his week was, the better his year was.

He constantly thought about you and maybe having a family with you. He felt he could trust his body with you, and you wouldn't do anything to hurt or disrespect him.

Once you two got together, that's when he started to let you hug and touch him more, even if he was still so flustered by it, but it felt like a good fluster to him. A type of fluster he loved to feel.

He finally made that love song, and it was all about you. It had some vocal parts, yes, but its notes make him think about you so vividly he'd start to play a completely different song... so let's just say, he's made quite a few songs for you.

and he can't help it.

Yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ⱼᵤₛₜ ₜₕₑ ₚₑᵣ𝒻ₑ𝒸ₜ ₘᵤₛₑ…

YAN!JOHN/MAX X READER

i am NOT doing Max. that's just his name.

ᵗʰᵉʸ ₐ𝒸𝒸ₑₚₜ ᵧₒᵤ. ᵇᵘᵗ ᵢ ₙₑₑ𝒹 ᵧₒᵤ.

John knew Mama wanted him to find a mate soon, but he didn't know. He didn't really want to focus on love, and he put it on the back burner for so long, as he found that if he tried, he would most likely be dragged away from the bears he lives with, and if not careful, they could get hurt.

Now, let's go our 2 paths, shall we?

1: He's still part of the game.

He was glad to have some company in the forest! and while he found you a bit strange (And you found him odd as well), he felt a spark!

He loved talking with you and showing you the forest. He just wishes he could spend more time with you and find out more about you so you two could bond more.

Every time he saw you after you got lost, he felt rhythmic, and he liked it. He liked the known flow, but he also felt a sit-down and talk.

Yes, the game did break by him doing this and you not having your script to talk with.

Our man Ashino came up with a quick plan and did what he could patch the game back together with tape so he wouldn't fall through the giant hole in his living room.

Now you can talk with John through free speech!.... how lovely!

even if John made Ino almost piss himself.

2: you're both in the same plane of excistance

This grass eater(/loving) Is.. he doesn't know.

I mean you got lost, he has to help you buttt...

what's stopping him from picking you p?

Holds that urge in while he shows you around and eventually gets you out of the reserve.

He starts to leave the reserve more or tries to spend more time with you when you get lost after your first meeting. He takes a while to bring up the fact that Mama wants him to get a mate, but if you accept he's honestly surprised you just took up that offer so quick. But if not, he will be a bit butt-hurt.

Won't force it on you, but will try to strengthen the bond, and will forever leave you alone about it if you're Asexual or just not interested.

if you're just not interested...

He may leave the reserve to see you more.

If you stop going there altogether, he may get needy.

The next time you go, you're a bit stuck with him for a little bit, as he starts to beg for you to stay. It hurts him to act this way, but if he must, he will.

"Please..."

"ᵗʰᵉʸ ₐ𝒸𝒸ₑₚₜ ᵧₒᵤ. ᵇᵘᵗ ᵢ ₙₑₑ𝒹 ᵧₒᵤ.

[farshootingstar]

Sorry this took so long! Had the playlist itself ready for a good while, but hadn't gotten to the cover art.

Oh, boy. I thought I had things to explain before, but I went absolute clown mode on this one. I'm pretty glad I have things to say about this list, since John can feel a bit overlooked despite being just as interesting of a character as the rest. It's probably a mixture of him being the outdoorsy guy and his backstory, buuut...

Here's the John playlist for all the sunny sweethearts! Expect some bumps in the road, though. There's also some long songs in this one, including one I mentally wrestled over for a good while before even putting this list together (the opera one, in case anyone's curious).

Wellerman, covered by The Longest Johns, is my choice for the first song. John's listed favorite genres are sea shanties and celtic music, so it had to be one or the other. I guess it was sort of a good thing people lost their minds during the pandemic and returned to sea shanties (actually the pandemic was genuinely terrible, even if the shanties were fine). I think that this is the only a capella song in the playlists.

The second song is Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men. I wanted something kind of upbeat and I liked the theme of running from your past, for reasons. If you know, you know. Spoiler cut below for Picture Perfect Boyfriend's bonus word doc, as well as Picture Perfect Boyfriend REBOOT.

Bust Your Knee Caps by Pomplamoose is an option I was mentally eyeballing for a while for John's old identity, Max. That dude has major gangster vibes, so I had to put this in. He almost beats the player with brass knuckles, so I feel secure in this assessment.

Each and Every One is a song I decided to add in for the Glory version of Lily, someone that Max held a flame for. Needless to say, she couldn't bear how miserable things had become around him and I think this is a good song to reflect that. While Max did seem to have a soft spot for her, he doesn't seem adept at hiding his general nature and low opinion of other people around him.

This next song is like 12 minutes long and I can't believe I'm subjecting you guys to this. You have to understand, though: At heart, I'm old-school Final Fantasy garbage. So, yeah, we have a Distant Worlds concert recording of Opera "Maria and Draco" (from Final Fantasy VI). If there was a trimmed down version, maybe I could have gone for that. I chose this for the Lily, Eislied, and Max love triangle (who, in the song, would be Maria the mezzo-soprano, Draco the tenor, and Ralse the baritone, respectively). It seemed like Max would have taken losing a tad more gracefully (like Ralse respecting the results of the duel) if not for Lily's tragically young death, which leads us to...

Bitch Better Have My Money by Rihanna and I'd pretty self-explanitory, with how Max extorted Vincent's father. While Max had gotten worse to people after Lily left him, taking it out on everyone under him more and more, I get the feeling something well and truly snapped when she died. Maybe he could have learned to cope in time (not that it would be any consolation to the people he tormented), but I doubt he saw any value in self-improvement once Lily was gone. Really foolish, since his vile behavior was what pushed her away in the first place, but grief's not always rational.

Oak & Ash & Thorn is the transition between the absurdly cruel Max to the gentle protector John. That amnesia was practically like a spell on him. The Morning Dew is next and that one's some classic celtic music to chill or dance to.

Next up is Apple Green by Mother Earth because I have to inflict acid jazz upon everyone once again. I think it's safe to say that John wasn't some type of nature enjoyer in his previous life as Max, but that's behind him now. He definitely appreciates the beauty and color of the world around him now and I wanted to put this song in to reflect that.

The Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists is also pretty long, so I'm feeling kind of silly in retrospect for worrying about song length back in Ashton's playlist. Then again, both the opera song and this one are both story songs, so I find it a bit easier to justify their lengths. This is a special choice, in that there's a side story (the word doc I mentioned before) about Vincent first meeting John and realizing right away that this was Max with amnesia.

Autumn's Song is here to represent John's favorite season. The nostalgic nature of it can hint at those old memories simmering inside of him, something that he understandably fears.

I wouldn't blame you guys if you clowned the hell out of me for this next one, but I chose Rainbow Connection by Kermit, from The Muppet Movie. It's just such a simple and sweet song. I feel like it really fits in with John being a kind and romantic person, seeing beauty and mystery in life when he hadn't before. I imagine John's flights of fancy also probably irritate Ashino a bit, which is funny with him having a crush on Kadsey. Wildflower Jigs is another song in here for the good vibes. Who doesn't enjoy a good jig, right? It kind of makes me miss ren fairs, since I haven't been to any since the pandemic.

Blackbird/Yesterday is an interesting Beatles mashup that was made for the Cirque du Soleil show, Love, and I think the sentiments of both songs really fit with John in general. Yesterday, the song that the lyrics are from, is a classic about the pain of being left behind by an important woman while Blackbird, which the guitar is taken from, is a song that's a little more abstract (to a degree) but always feels to me like moving past the pain life can bring. Both of the songs Stardust (Vocal Version) by Hoagy Carmichael and Happy to Be Here by Wookiefoot are for John's recovered memories. I feel like a crooner song fits Max (or at least his old-timey gangster vibes, since it's hard for me to imagine Max actually enjoying any particular genre) more while something somewhat more contemporary fits John, at least in that John is the here and now. In general, John seems like a very "happy to be here" sort of guy, even if things can be tough.

Bonny Portmore by Loreena McKennitt and In the Woods Somewhere by Hozier are to reflect the danger to the woods that John has called home for a while and the animals he's resolved to protect. If it weren't for that and Vincent's troubles, I have a feeling that John would've willfully stayed in the dark about his past for longer. I was also wondering while listening to In the Woods Somewhere if John ever has small recollections of being murdered, though he didn't really have time to process what happened. This leads us into Hello My Old Heart by The Oh Hellos, where John finally admits aloud that he's Max. I like the theme of this song, that you can't grow if you hide your heart away.

Remember when I chose a song in Vincent's playlist to acknowledge the yandere ends? Here's round 2: electric-boogaloo with the song Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe. Harmonizing singing groups (like barbershop quartets and such) seem like something that John could really appreciate. Also, very convenient title, considering one of the consistent particular details between the yandere ends. Again, I have speculations about what that all means and those make me pretty pleased that this recording is also an ensemble sort of song instead of a solo. I think it's a solo when played live, but I'll admit that I've never seen these guys perform despite some overlap in convention visits.

Thus Always To Tyrants feels like a good song for acknowledging that Max is John's past, but it's not who he needs to be in every way despite reclaiming that identity. That's kind of a given, but I feel for him and his fear to never become such a horrendous person again. Now that I think about it, he and Ashton could make a support group. Maybe they could drag Ashino in early, too, to save us all some grief.

Closing things off with the classic John Denver song Take Me Home, Country Roads. While John has to fit into his old life to some extent, he's taking all that he's become with him and being a better person for it. That's another great ending that I hope can stick.