Just JoJo Thoughts and Questions: The Parallels Between La Squadra and Bruno’s Gang
This is definitely going to be a series. I can feel it in my stomach, but anyways. There’s this peculiar thought of mine spiraling around in my head, and it is driving me crazy. I could be overthinking it but hey, you guys be the judge of it.
These are going to be a combination of thoughts and headcanons tho tbh.
Alright I’m either crazy enough to notice these similarities between La Squadra and Bruno’s Gang, or AP English Literature and Lang infected my brain where I need to notice every detail and BS them to make it work.
Let’s start off with the obvious:
Prosciutto and Bruno. The ‘mom’s of the gang. Both have serious, yet caring personalities towards their group (well for Prosciutto it’s more focused on Pesci, but we don’t know how he treats the rest of his comrades, but it can be assumed that he cares and respects them as well, since I believe Prosciutto has said before that La Squadra does not abandon each other and stuff, idk my memory is foggy but he was giving that speech to Pesci on the train). Both of them had their stands on until they were freaking dead, Prosciutto got crushed by that train and he still had Grateful Dead on supporting Pesci until the end, and Bruno was dead for most of Part 5 and sacrificed himself trying to stop SCR.
Mista and Formaggio. Both have a laid back personality, but when it gets to the nitty gritty, they become serious. Both have stands that are seemingly... not that much. Honestly, if someone went up against Sex Pistols or Little Feet, I don’t think they could be taken seriously, heck even Formaggio gets made fun of for his stand, however it’s the people wielding those stands that should be considered dangerous. Formaggio is intelligent, figuring out how Narancia’s stand works and how it’s able to shoot at him even though Narancia can’t see him. Mista is just really damn good with a gun and paired with Sex Pistols, he’s a threat to be reckoned with (imagine if he had Emperor, he would be unstoppable).
Pesci and Narancia. Both are relatively young members. They tend to rely on the ‘moms’ for guidance. Narancia wanting Bruno to order him to get on the boat, and Pesci needing encouragement from Prosciutto because of his lack of his confidence, but both characters manage to grow and develop: Pesci after Prosciutto’s death and Narancia making that decision on his own to follow along Bruno and everyone else (except Fugo, and forever I will be bitter about it).
Ghiaccio and Fugo. Both of their stands are incredibly powerful with a fatal flaw: Purple Haze virus can’t last long in the sunlight and Fugo couldn’t really control his virus, and White Album has that opening at the back of the neck. Both characters have quite the temper anddddd idk, I can’t really come up with anything else.
Risotto and Abbachio. The goth dads. They may not have similarities on the surface level, but backstory level, yes. Both characters have important people that died in their backstories (with Risotto it was his cousin and Abaachio it was his partner) and it ended up spiraling them downwards into the arms of the mafia.
Illuso and Trish. I’m... pulling this one out of my ass, lmao. Both can consider these two to be the ‘odd ones out’ of their group. Illuso’s name differs from the rest of La Squadra with him not being named after a dish and Trish was originally a girl who was supposed to be delivered lamb to the slaughter to Diavolo and she just recently got her stand power and she’s just a n00b in general. Idk about this one guys. Lmao.
Melone and Giorno. I’m also pulling this one out of my ass. I sense these two being contrasts with each other stand-wise: Melone’s stand is destroying lives, while Giorno creates life, literally. But both characters approach things professionally and considerably distant, see Melone speaking to that woman on the train and Giorno in general, in public he’s rather distant and introverted and professional, but in private he seems more... expressive (see Giorno with the lighter in his room when he’s alone).
Anddd that’s it for Jojo thoughts today!