A brief about me because I find myself enjoying little bits of chats here and there about my favourite characters, shows, or other media, with the lovely humans on this deep comforting void.
(Something something about sometimes when you scream to the void, the echo comes back different).
Sasa/an adult who's at least five years older than developed-frontal-lobe age/she or her/SEA islander—occasionally move from one hyperfixation to another, but usually will not abandon old ones (they come like the ocean waves, and like the water there that rarely goes anywhere else, they'd return time to time).
On that note, my obsessions so far on the top of my head:
Shows (I am a huge sitcom enjoyer that I'd watch the ones I liked for more than three times, exchanging one with another over time):
New Girl
Community
Parks and Recreation
Friends
TBBT (less so now, after knowing some of the actors' views)
B99 (but i don't support the copaganda)
IASIP
Rick and Morty
Bojack Horseman
Gossip Girl
Scooby Doo (the Be Cool one, and others)
Gravity Falls
Interview with the Vampires
Some HBO masterpieces (until some fell off grace): Westworld, The White Lotus, GOT, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects, Succession
Old ones: PLL, TVD, Teen Wolf
Manga and anime (with my favourite characters):
Attack on Titan (Levi and Eren)
Detective Conan (Heiji, Shinichi, Ai)
Spy x Family (Anya and Damian)
One Piece (Buggy, Robin, Usopp, Mihawk)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (oh this is gonna be a long list but my current top is actually Dragona)
Gachiakuta (Riyo, Tamsy, Amo)
Frieren (well, Frieren)
Apothecary Diaries (Maomao and Shisui/Loulan)
Pokemon (fav mons: Rowlet, Clodsire, Deoxys)
My old ones were Naruto, Eyeshield 21, xxxHOLiC
Current ships that I am on board (they used to be called otps, i don't know if that means you can sort of guess my age):
Bughawk, Shuggy, Mishuggy (OP)
Gyjo/Diegyjo, Brumis, Gionara, Josuhan (JJBA)
Tamjin/Tamvus (Gachiakuta)
At a certain point in life, disliking a ship or hating one takes too much life energy that, in general, we don't have enough privilege to access, so I respect all others. Another thing, I agree that shipping does not always need to be romantic; platonic or toxic shipping is something I enjoy, too.
Other interests:
History, especially the history of medicine and food
Paintings (impressionism, post-impressionism) - mostly a casual museum-goer
Luxury fashion/haute couture (to visually consume
Crime mysteries (old Buzzfeed Unsolved and the Watcher enjoyer, huge fan of Agatha Christie)
Cooking shows or cooking channels
1930s-1960s movies with Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn - if i could choose favourite to represent my interests, it'd be "How to Steal a Million"
My political stance is that I wholeheartedly support peace and freedom from slavery, forced labour, and all kinds of other oppressions, including poverty - this also equates to supporting Palestinian freedom, the rights of all people to choose their own gender, sexuality, religion and other beliefs as long as they don't actively or passively harm others.
The ones I detest the most in this world are people (mostly men, unfortunately) who wield unaccountable power to oppress others, and so, that is why I don't enjoy fighting over fictional people when there are real powerful assholes out there in the world.
So, to all fellow people shouting into the void here, hope we can enjoy things peacefully in this trying time with each other. Please ask away or mention me whenever! 🤍
tidbits:
vocalfolds was inspired by the teaching to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, and nowadays i try to create platforms or means for those who cannot speak (less privileged to speak out), while constantly being humbled.
solo walking in Firenze while absorbing all the city could offer me was one of the highlights of my life, a memory forever treasured and will continue to pursue (as in i want to walk there again and to other cities in Italy)
i wrote fics on ao3
fictional tropes i like are found family or co-dependent friendships solving mysteries, so um, the scooby doo gang
This amounts to only Ms. Shiobana is cheating on her husband and Bruno is receptive to flirting from a pretty woman. (and be so fr she would not look a day over twenty-something). This would not be a serious thing. Like hookup at MOST.
Idea of giorno's mom being afraid of Giorno since he became blonde and started resembling the monster who raped her in Egypt (which also explains why she never loved Giorno, she half suspected he wasn't fully human)
Hmm … I like the idea that she became more scared of him (cause then that would stop herself from contacting Giorno).
Though, while it’s a huge possibility she was raped (after all, Dio’s a vampire) and then her loveless feeling towards Giorno became understandable, I hope for Giorno’s sake that she actually went willingly. That maybe one of the reasons Dio let her go was because this woman had the audacity to challenge him a bit or unnerve him by her will. That deep down she’s at least half as despicable and ambitious as Dio was (and he respect that).
Not sure why but I guess I felt a similar feeling that made Araki gave up on including Kira’s backstory in part 4.
On another note, let’s say she’s actually a decent woman and a victim of Dio, I’d of course, symphatise with her more. Giorno could sympathise with her, too, if he knew. (I think Giorno cope with rationalising—“oh she acted like this because of that, oh he’s saying that to me because of …”)
But her subsequent absent or negative reactions to Giorno because of what happened between her and Dio, no matter how understandable that were, I’d consider that as tragic, unfair and unfortunate. Cause she needed help, and Giorno only had her. All he had was her (up to a point).
She was able to choose another partner years later, but Giorno could not just choose a new mom. All he had was her.
Even if he’s half-human, that half of his human side came from hers. All he had was her.
(Which, now that I think about it, maybe was also what terrified her. This ‘creature’ depended on her and what she’d desired was independence and freedom, this ‘creature’ crying in the night was a manifestation of her robbed independence.)
Thanks Anon for the sad thought early in the morning 🥲
entertaining the idea that Mihawk harbour this type of fascination — an interest in drawings of human anatomy
and so, he’d ask to, initially, and as casual as he could, closely observe one of Buggy’s chopped hands, then gradually started checking all other parts …
and Buggy would be mesmerised by the depth of Mihawk’s attention and the glimmer of his intense eyes which borders on reverence (it’s as if his body and skin which he’s never been comfortable in, is being desired in ways he would never expect)
So, I saw a gorgeous fanart of Gyro with Abbacchio on another site, they’re just standing together like Italian fashion supermodels and I just … Yes, pleaseee, to Gyro in modern clothing, to Gyro wearing something like the gang in Vento Aureo. To Gyro with clothing that has boob chest window 🥺
Oh, you know what? What if he didn’t become an actual medical doctor but an actor playing as a medical doctor on soap opera, like Dr. Drake Ramoray in the Days of Our Lives 👀
Wouldn’t it be lovely if Shanks sent Buggy letters from time to time, vague enough to never reveal his own plan, and never expect Buggy to reply back. Buggy would just read it, his pride never allowing him to write back, but it comforted him to know his sworn (one-sided) nemesis is alive and well.
But we know that didn’t happen because Buggy’s knowledge of the fates of Rayleigh or Gaban or Crocus is: zero 😩
The explanation for “Diego, Gyro, and Johnny are spaghetti with different sauces.”
I wrote that when I was re-reading Catch the Rainbow arc and realised that these three were attuning themselves to be so good at reading each other, predicting the other's movements.
We know how good Gyro and Johny were to each other, but they were also quite linked with Diego. Gyro knew Diego's horseprints (could even differentiate Silver Bullet's poop). Diego memorised Johnny's. Diego and Johnny could immediately catch what techniques the other employed when racing. Gyro instinctively knew Diego's vindictive nature, and Johnny anticipated Diego doing dirty tricks.
Yet, the tragic thing was that they did not try to team up. Circumstances led Gyro and Johnny to never trust Diego, and vice versa.
One can argue that eventually Diego would want to obtain all parts, but who's to say he'd not bargain with Johnny? He seemed to be a negotiator for me.
Maybe he'd offer if they'd help him win the race or something; he'd give it. Frankly, their goals didn't clash that much. The money prize they could've split three ways, or even two ways if Johnny's focus was the corpse part. I'm sure there could be a compromise; it's not like Gyro or Johnny wanted to gain fame/power in the USA/UK. They would've defeated Valentine much sooner and with fewer casualties.
But I guess the trust was never there and was unlikely to ever be built that early on in the stage with the three of them, and that was sort of the tragedy.
There was that time when Johnny followed Diego's raptors, and Gyro complimented the raptors' tracking ability; the trust was not fully there then, but it showed all three of them acknowledged each other's strength. Honestly, had those moments happened early on, the fate could have been so different (but then it wouldn’t be fate if it changed, right?).
Araki is getting mellower with age. In earlier parts he would depict irredeemable parents, but lately he draws them being repenting. I bet you if he'd written part 5 now, Giorno's mom would get a scene where she regrets her actions (like part 7 and 8 and 9). Araki's become such a softie, more sentimental I old age! Ugh
Ohh … Maybe after Jotaro, too, technically being forgiven by Jolyne. But Jotaro and Joseph are the ones I forgive, well Jotaro more than Joseph (since his reasoning was because he wanted to protect).
Thank goodness there’s no redemption scene of Giorno’s mother. But I had something brewing on my drafts before this so I just posted it, on Giorno’s mother.
Sometimes it’s good that there are representatives of real shitty parents who’d never change up to the end (hence, my appreciation for the character Beatrice from Bojack Horseman). It’s good to know that not all parents are redeemable and the best way to do about that is moving on.
I guess Araki-sensei is mellowing, perhaps he’s also balancing. The thing about repenting parents, it’s still up to the kids to accept that or not. So, I guess there’s that 🤔.
do you think his mother liked him more, less, or still indifferent when he started to resemble dio?
do you think she approached him for money, now that he’s wealthy? do you think she ever said, “finally, you serve a purpose” and giorno had to persuade requiem to calm down?
personally i wish they never meet again, for giorno’s sake
would he think this far? maybe, maybe not
honestly, for giorno’s sake, i hope he never thinks about her again (but that’d be unrealistic, innit?)
one of the strangest head canons is that narancia is averse to kissing due to the wet sounds, in shipping fics
oh… that’s, hmm… it makes me discover the term/condition called misophonia 🥲
but yes i guess that’s a possibility, although we don’t know how averse he is to every liquid noises, in my head he’s more averse to dripping sound than anything else, though i can see that
i was thinking his experience with eye infection and hospitals in general is the main reason for disliking the sounds/being triggered by them — eye drops, IV drips
it must’ve been truly hellish during the fight with Squalo (other than the fact that nobody other than giorno, who’s actively being mangled by clash, recognised him being controlled) 🥲
but yeah, it’s not that explored/presented by Araki-sensei so, many possibilities to imagine
for day three of diego week, specifically the 'coffee' prompt! i don't do chibis often at all, but im quite happy with this lil guy :')) if there's enough interest i may turn him into a charm... lmk...
narancia disliked liquid noises (dripping, sliding etc). perhaps, in the quiet hospital room of his mom, he heard the IV drips while God stayed quiet and allowed his mom to leave him.
i assumed liquid noises include rain. it was raining when they buried his mother. it was also raining when diavolo got him.
and it was his (gio’s) blood dripping off the wall that alerted the others.
maybe, just like number four to mista, liquid sound is an omen to him.
