i think avdol comes from a standuser family like the joestars essentially. like you know how stands are implied to be inheritable? it's like that for avdol's family particularly on avdol's father's side. as such avdol's father kinda expects his kids to jsut have stands. but until they do he doesnt pay attention to them. he's like kakyoin in that he thinks nonstandusers are beneath him. i dont think he's necessarily a cruel man but he def has issues with seeing how he fits with everyone else. he doesnt try to bond with anyone unless they prove theyre worth his attention first via having a stand (im still toying with whether i think avdol's mom has a stand outright but she can at least see stands)
anyway so avdol is born. then his sister is born
since avdol's dad is distant with them, avdol's grandma (on dad's side) essentially takes the role of the second parent. avdol loves her so much (as does his sister)
avdol unlocks magician's red when he got angry about something. probably his dad being gone again and avdol is pissed about it and when his grandma tries to calm him down he refuses and it explodes out of him via magician's red. i think the lines on his cheeks are burn scars cause he was crying while it was happening (first from anger then from fear) and the water boiled and burned into his skin cause of the flames. avdol's grandma soothes him and helps calm him down and shows him her stand. he's not evil, he jsut doesnt know how to use it. avdol still wonders if maybe he's an exception on the evilness thing (which is why he's so sympathetic re jotaro)
anyway
so avdol now has a stand and his dad takes great interest in him, esp cause it's so powerful. this makes his sister incredibly sad and jealous cause it used to be her and avdol against the world esp against their dad, and now he's abandoned her too. she eventually deflates and mourns and avdol feels bad but also his dad is rubbing off on him and he tells his sister "it's not your fault you just aren't as equal to him as me" and this ruins her. it makes her sotp trying. this is lethal cause then when her stand does try to seep in, her mind rejects it because she think it's not possible. thus she starts dying from stand sickness. avdol is frantic and goes on a journey of his own to try and find someone, anyone that could help her, cause his dad doesnt care enough to find someone (he's not uncaring that she's sick but he's like "she'll get better if she earns it" cause again, he has issues). btw that blatant disregard for her is what makes avdol question his dad's teachings
anyway so he gors on an adventure which is how he meets all the standusers he later knows in sdc. they can't really help him cause they dont care about saving a "weak little girl" but they like avdol and respect him and they refer him to the next stnaudser guy. this is shady business though and eventually leads to meeting enyaba in india. enyaba takes note of his potential and says "sure i'll help you look for a cure..."
while they search together, she names avdol's stand magician's fury. anyway so while theyre in india and searching around for something avdol doesnt even know exists, he meets and makes friends with nonstandusers. enyaba doesnt like this and eventually kills some of them to use as puppets for the dirty work. avdol doesnt find out about that right away he just knows suddenly some of his friends disappeared. his remaining friends tell him that enyaba is fucked but avdol is like nooo she can't be she said she was gonna help me cure my sister and they kinda look at each other like mohammed...
well. it turns out enyaba was not helping avdol but in fact was using him to help HER find a stand arrow. when they find it she's like hah! awesome. okay go home now and avodl is like wait what. she’s like oh come on you can’t have honestly expected me to be searching for a way to cure weakness right? so they have a fight and avdol almost dies. his friends save him though. they get him back to india and treat his wounds and avdol shows up just in time to be by his sister's bedside when she passes from stand sickness. avdol tried telling her it doesnt matter if she has a stand she's not lesser after all, standusers can be cruel and grimy and wormy just like anyone else, and that nonstandusers can be brave and heroic and kind, and it doesnt matter, it doesnt, it doesn't, but it's too late and she dies cause se had been listening to avdol’s dad’s rhetoric the whole time she was sick and it just. it was too little too late.
avdol never really recovers after that and it's part of why he puts on that polite, well-composed mask. he never wants to be presumptuous again, never wants to be the reason someone feels that way again, so he always hears people out and he always gives more chances than he maybe should
anyway his grandma renames his stand "magician's red" btw after the funeral when she sees avdol’s stand again (it used to be orange but it changed to red after his sister died cause red was her favorite color). she tells avdol now she’ll always be a part of his soul and he can fight with her strength still and avdol cries and cries and cries and she helps him. yeah
@oldtakakweek day 3: friends, night out/date night, anniversary
i think once the sdc got their heads on straight again after everything that happened, they’d meet up for a bonfire on the anniversary of dio and everything. also i think 2019 would be the first year that it’s just these four (iggy having passed in like 2015 and joseph having passed in 2018)
bonus:
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image id: four digital drawings featuring kakyoin noriaki, jotaro kujo, mohammed avdol, and jean pierre polnareff from jojo’s bizarre adventure as old men, had they all survived to make it to the point.
in the first image, it’ a polaroid style sketch colored in blue hues. in it, all four of the men sit away from the camera in front of a big bonfire, their arms around each other as they all lean on one another. from left to right, it’s: jotaro, kakyoin, avdol, and polnareff. kakyoin’s hair is long and tied into a bun, while avdol’s is let loose from his bantu knots, instead tied into a ponytail. avdol is wearing a poncho. written at the bottom of the photo is “january 16th, 2019: 30 years”
in the second image, it’s a sketch of polnareff and jotaro with their arms linked as they both chug beers. jotaro has an eyepatch on to cover his scar from pucci, while polnareff is sprouting a mustache and wearing a jacket. both are flushed from the alcohol
in the third image, avdol holds up a jar of chai as he says, “i brought chai.” kakyoin smiles, pleased, as he responds, “oh! thanks!”. at the top, it has been noted that they have been chosen as the designated drivers
in the fourth image, a drunk jotaro is curled up on kakyoin’s lap while kakyoin sits in his wheelchair, holding the man steady. polnareff is pointing drunkenly as he asks, “so are you two married or what?”. kakyoin looks with an amused expression, eyes lidded, as he responds with, “wouldn’t you like to know”
