Jotaro has internet access - oh fuck!

─ ⋆⋅♬⋅⋆ Always Remember: Take One Step Forward ⋆⋅♬⋅⋆ ─ ─ ⋆⋅[Fictive/Introject ☆ he/him ☆ more info in pinned post]⋅⋆ ─ ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ "Do not go gentle into that good night." ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

'Sup.

★ My name is Jotaro. I'm a fictive of Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. I'm part of (and sometimes leader of) an OSDD system.

☆ My pronouns are he/him. I'll update this if anything changes.

★ I match my physical age, so I'm 25+. I'm fucking old, man - I'm starting to feel like a fossil in these online spaces. I look like Stardust Crusaders Jotaro, though - not DiU Jotaro.

☆ I'm very disconnected from my source (always have been) and I am not aware of any source memories.

★ This is a personal blog to express myself independently of my system. I'm not linking our system's socials, but if you know about or find them, do not harass them with questions or stuff about me. I've made my own account for a reason.

☆ OSDD - Trans - AceArospec - CPTSD - Agnostic Christian

- - BOUNDARIES - -

★ General Etiquette

☆ Treat me like a random person you've just met on the bus: be respectful, mind my privacy + personal space, and remember that silence is golden if you've got nothing good to say. ⚠︎ Tone tags are not required, but can help avoid misunderstandings - especially with teasing or sarcasm. ✘ Do NOT treat this as a roleplay or in-character ask blog. If you want fandom content, there's plenty of proper places to find that (go support fan artists/writers). ⚠︎ I am an adult. Minors beware. If you would not feel safe becoming friends with a random 25+ year old man on the bus, then you should not be trying to become friends with me.

★ Interactions

☆ Asks: Open, but anon asks are turned off. ✘ No NSFW. ★ DMs: Friends and mutuals only. ☆ Nicknames: Ask first. ★ Flirting: No. ☆ Sourcemates/Doubles: ⚠︎ WARNING ⚠︎ - I've never met sourcemates/doubles before and have concerns about how I or my system will react. You can ask to interact, but please approach with caution and respect my boundaries if I decline (or ask to stop interacting). It's nothing personal against you, we just have C-PTSD and other stuff going on. (✘ Do not interact if you're looking for a romantic relationship.) ★ Self/Yume Shippers: For those who self/yumeship with Jotaro Kujo - as long as you do not view me or treat me as the character you ship (because I'm not that character), you are fine to interact. (✘ Do not interact if you're looking for a romantic relationship.) ☆ Other Systems/Plurals/Fictives/etc: Please read my "About Me" (below the cut) before interacting, and don't involve me in syscourse. I will be sharing my own thoughts/feelings on system life here (because this is a personal blog), so if that upsets you, just block me. We can disagree and still give each other space and respect.

★ DNI

✘ Incest Shippers ✘ Proshippers ✘ Radqueers ✘ People who are only here to argue/pick fights ✘ People who want to ship me specifically with others ...To cover anything I missed, I'll just put it simply: if I feel I need to, I will block you.

- - ABOUT ME - -

☆ I'm old fashioned - I was born in the 90s, my source was made in the 80s, and I never got into social media until I was an adult. I'm a pretty fast learner, but there's still a lot of internet culture and queer/plural lingo and tech things I don't understand, like: "how the fuck do I tumblr successfully"

★ My system's upbringing was very conservative and religious. I've been working hard to help myself and my system escape the close-mindedness and trauma created by that life, but I've still got a lot to learn and grow in. Please be patient with me, or block if you need to.

☆ Because I'm not very connected to my source, I've been focused on connecting myself to our system's existence and figuring out how to feel more comfortable as myself in this life. I've actually connected more to our system's physical life than any other individual system member. It's a surreal experience, being alive, and I consider it a privilege. 💜

★ There is so much about my condition (OSDD, fictive) and being plural (in general) that I still don't understand, but I'm learning as I go. That being said, I don't want internet strangers trying to diagnose me or telling me how to live my life. That's a job best suited for people who actually know me, like my therapist.

☆ I don't mind hearing others' thoughts or opinions (if they're polite about sharing them) - just remember that I'm a grown-ass man capable of forming his own opinions and that I'm allowed to have a perspective that differs from others. No two people see the same rainbow, after all.

★ Thanks for reading everything. Here's a croissant 🥐 and I hope you have a good day.

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

having grown up mostly disconnected from social media and internet trends, i have watched the popular internet sites devolve my attention span and get me chronically addicted in real time

i made my first proper social media account in 2018, and just 8 years later, realized i am now so fucking depressed and stressed constantly about getting and giving internet attention because that's how these fucking sites were designed - they want to nerf your mind so you live by their rules and feel like your life depends on using them

i used to not care about social media at all - i didn't care about watching videos or posting what i'm up to all the time - because it didn't matter

i could go for a walk outside and look at pretty plants, i could sit down and watch a long movie, i could go over and hang out at a friend's place, i could draw in my sketchbook, play a board game, hell - just sit in one place and let my imagination wander - and that would be enough to make me happy.

and now i get jittery when i haven't clicked on youtube in a while, i'm no longer interested in watching movies because they feel like too long a time commitment, i don't draw in my sketchbook because "i could make a way more refined drawing if i do it in digital and my sketches barely get likes compared to my digital art"

and only some of these things make me feel happy in a way that lasts. a lot of it doesn't. it's just a quick flicker of joy for a moment and then it's gone the second i scroll to the next shiny thing of interest

the big internet sites played me like a fucking fiddle and they're playing all of you too

the only way we're gonna break away from this vicious cycle of constantly seeking and granting attention to ever-shortening attention spans is to stop playing by their rules

install algorithm blockers (like unhook for youtube), set time limits on infinite doomscrolling apps (and all those mobile games that give just enough short bursts of happiness to hook your attention so you keep watching ads for them), make time to disconnect from your devices and go stare at some pretty plants, or clouds in the sky, or stars, or rocks, or water - get back in touch with the planet you live on

hell, if you can manage it, get rid of every non-essential app leeching your attention that is causing you more harm than good

it's going to take years for me to undo the damage the algorithms have done to my brain - to break out of the substance-use addiction i've developed for them - and i haven't been online nearly as long (or as early on in life) as others

so please

if you know these attention-shortening places are having a negative impact on you, do yourself a favor and start doing what you can to disconnect from them now

i used to think "i'm smart enough to not let social media consume my life - i'll never get obsessed or addicted"

:/

it's when you're not cautious or mindful about how they impact your mind that they can get you hooked.

don't wait to climb out of the sinkhole before you sink deeper.

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

i just want to be me

is that so wrong

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

I have this weird quirk where I think I'm funny and that people would find me hilarious if I put myself out there more

And then when I actually try putting myself out there, I end up saying the most mundane lukewarm shit and going "damn, I'm so serious - why did I ever think I had a sense of humor"

[fictive-culture]

Fictive culture is wanting to be treated like your source but also like a real person. Like if your source was a real person I guess?

This right here

I am character

I am not your blorbo or toy

I am him, and I am a person

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

thissss 100%

this is why i get so confused over how to conduct myself around other people - i want them to treat me as the character™ but also not as "a character" and i don't know how to accomplish that

[abbie-fictive-mindwave]

the weirdest part of being a fictive is becoming a complex 3 dimensional person

It sounds weird but that's the best way I could describe it. Maybe it's just nostalgia but when I first got to the system and when I was in blackout before that, it felt like I was much less complicated, I only really acted as I do in source, happy go lucky, innocent, everything you'd expect Abbie to be

But as time went on, I found that version of myself fading away as I became more real. And like, I'm still pretty cheerful and innocent but there's so much more to me now, and it feels weird, because I don't feel like I'm meant to be real

But I'm real anyway, and that's not going to change

[melodymonger]

Scrolling social media as a fictive is always such a risk. Half the time you get cool fanart, half the time you get trauma.

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

suggestive fanart triggers me and much of Jotaro fandom is horny shippers - so my risk percentage feels even higher than 50%

(╥﹏╥)

[dogboysora]

Ask Game: Fictionkin, Fictives, and Other Fiction-based Identities

this post is safe for folks with any fictional source and for endogenic systems! please don't reblog if your blog is not

🎨 How do you feel about fanart?

📝 How do you feel about fanfiction?

✅ What does the fandom usually get right?

❌ What does the fandom usually get wrong?

🗺️ What do you miss about your world?

💔 Who are you missing right now?

🚫 Is there anyone you hope to never see again?

🔀 How canon-divergent vs. canon-compliant are you?

⚧ What were your gender and orientation in your timeline; was your identity canon?

💗 What helps you feel closer to your source (in a positive way)?

🖊️ Do you use your name from your source?

👬 How do you feel about doubles?

⭐ Is your fiction-based identity spiritual, psychological, or something else?

🎙️ What's the biggest difference between you and your canon self?

💞 What's the biggest similarity between you and your canon self?

❓ Do you prefer when people are familiar or unfamiliar with your source when they meet you?

👍 What's your favorite thing about your source?

👎 What's your least favorite thing about your source?

💸 Do you own any merch of your source?

🌸 Do you feel comfortable in your fiction-based identity?

🌻 Who are you open with about your fiction-based identity?

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

🎨 How do you feel about fanart?

🎨 Fanart is awesome. Long as it's SFW.

📝 How do you feel about fanfiction?

📝 ...Too many damn shippers and erotica. I'm happy for the people who enjoy writing and reading it, but the sheer amount of it makes combing through fanfiction very uncomfortable for me. Platonic and fluffy familial stuff is nice though.

✅ What does the fandom usually get right?

✅ ...I'm the JoJo contrarian, man - I don't think Araki got most things right with this series. ...Caesar and Joseph being gay as fuck. That one I can agree with.

❌ What does the fandom usually get wrong?

❌ ...I'm just going to pick one thing. Jotaro being the ultimate romantic. ...Bitch, where - brother spends all of his screen time actively avoiding anyone with romantic interest in him and then gets a divorce - do you think he's secretly hiding expert-level rizz somewhere? (Polnareff had to coach him to flirt with High Priestess.) Nevermind, I thought about it, and despite being an acearospec who has actively avoided dating, I've apparently still rizzed people on accident. ...The extent of the consequences Joseph's actions had on his family. I'll go with that.

🗺️ What do you miss about your world?

🗺️ ...I just want my body, man. My body and my voice. And my height.

💔 Who are you missing right now?

💔 I don't really miss anyone, just because I was never very source connected - but I do wish my/my system's family could be as accepting as the fandom portrays the Joestars as being.

🚫 Is there anyone you hope to never see again?

🚫 Alessi, J. Geil, and Forever. While I'm hesitant to interact with sourcemates at the moment, I think I could get along with anyone willing to be friendly (even Pucci) - except these three.

🔀 How canon-divergent vs. canon-compliant are you?

🔀 I'd say I'm pretty canon-divergent, but I don't really know. Watching my source's anime was so irritating that I stopped after my season.

⚧ What were your gender and orientation in your timeline; was your identity canon?

⚧ Except for the trans part, everything lines up so far (male, acearo). Jotaro being acearo is not technically confirmed canon, but I mean...come on.

💗 What helps you feel closer to your source (in a positive way)?

💗 Getting to talk as me. Roleplaying as Jotaro. Reading or watching or looking at fan work that aligns with who I am. ...Memes even, heh.

🖊️ Do you use your name from your source?

🖊️ Yes. I've tried considering other names but none of them feel like they fit the way "Jotaro" does. (I am/body is Japanese-American, for those wondering.)

👬 How do you feel about doubles?

👬 I/my system grew up as a Sonic Archie Comics fan - I currently feel very comfortable with the idea of alternate/parallel selves.

⭐ Is your fiction-based identity spiritual, psychological, or something else?

⭐️ ...I...have no idea. I'd say psychological, but I am religious (agnostic), so I'd say there's probably a spiritual element to it as well. I think it's divine that I even exist.

🎙️ What's the biggest difference between you and your canon self?

🎙️ I try not to be an asshole (emphasis on "try" - I kinda let go of politeness for honesty on this questionnaire). ...I also try to be proactive (and polite) about establishing my boundaries when I realize they're being crossed. (Canon...poor sap.)

💞 What's the biggest similarity between you and your canon self?

💞 Our (inner) strength. Our passion. Our selflessness. ...Our unwillingness to give up.

❓ Do you prefer when people are familiar or unfamiliar with your source when they meet you?

❓ Unfamiliar. That's the biggest reason I never started this blog until recently. ...I like it when people just get to know me as a person without any major prior expectations.

👍 What's your favorite thing about your source?

👍 The art style and most of the fandom.

👎 What's your least favorite thing about your source?

👎 The writing and the other parts of the fandom.

💸 Do you own any merch of your source?

💸 Hell yeah - I own my hat and two of my jackets, plus other stuff. I just got a ring that's themed after me.

🌸 Do you feel comfortable in your fiction-based identity?

🌸 ...Yes and no. "Yes" in that I've accepted that I am a fictive and come to terms with how my identity plays a key role in helping our system. "No" in that I'm not sure how to healthily/functionally balance the line between reality and fiction as I figure out what being my authentic self means.

🌻 Who are you open with about your fiction-based identity?

🌻 ...Two or three friends know I'm a fictive, and that's about it. ...Getting people to accept my OSDD and transness is already a headache enough without having to drag fictive-ness into it.

(lastly, If anyone sees this and decides they want to interact - just read my pinned post first, thanks 👍)

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

feeling a bit of FOMO again, not having much going on right now, i'm just at home, and feeling like life is passing me by - i could be traveling or experiencing brand new things if my situation was only a bit different -

and i'm trying to remember, this is actually very normal.

like, before the dawn of the internet and tons of information was easily accessible all at once, before we all started comparing ourselves to other people based on their online activity - people staying within or around the same area for most of their life is a very common experience across humanity. and since they didn't have access to the internet and awareness of all of the handful of people who do happen to be traveling right now (or the ability to glimpse at every other place in the world), they didn't feel like they were missing out on a constant basis.

i really need to get off the internet more, man. social media is so damn good at ruining my self-esteem.

[thoughtswithjotaro]

⭐️ so i just rescued my first ever baby ghasts from the nether and i'm internally blubbering and crying and aaaaaa ;u;

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

💫 The Comet Sanctuary Jukebox

Song ☆♫ So Beautiful Artist ☆♫ tv room Visuals ☆♫ TADC Fan Animatic by Boritoz109

👇 Today's Thought Blurb 👇

Depression and dissatisfaction with myself/ourself has been kicking my ass lately and this song keeps playing in my head to cheer me up.

I know I can be beautiful, and I know I am - but I want to believe it right now. I want to feel beautiful again. I just want to be beautiful and not constantly be questioning whether or not I actually am.

I know it's not that simple, since I share a mind and a life with others, but, man...once you know the joy of genuinely feeling and believing you're beautiful, you never want to leave it and always want to get back to that point.

I believe I can, and will, genuinely feel beautiful again. Probably as soon as I work out of this depression. But it sucks being in an emotional valley right now.

[mundane-plurality-is]

mundane ( median ) plurality is the shower shifts ..... half asleep , vibin' , and then we get that sudden blip. now i'm wondering : who are we for the meantime ? but then i end up simply ignoring it because i'm too tired to care right now , i can figure it out later .. zz

I don't know who I am, but it's nice to relax anyway

[fictive-culture]

fictive culture is looking at the role you have, looking at who you are as a fictive, and finding this series of events fucking hilarious

- bowser fictive turning into a religion holder

.

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

being a Jotaro Kujo fictive who has ended up being the main one doing therapy, handling system negotiations, and socializing will never not be funny to me

[weltenwellen]

To Be Alive Gregory Orr

[wanderingcometsanctuary]

it's amazing how much air humidity affects how temperature feels

80ºF humid summers feel worse than 90ºF dry summers because humidity makes sweat less effective, so you stay cloaked in the heat

similar logic for 70ºF humid winters vs 60ºF dry winters because now cold moisture hangs in the air and you're constantly moving through that shit - so you stay cloaked in the freezing wet

at least that's my experience

[thefloralmenace]

There's a lot of stuff that counts as dystopian about modern society, but one of the smaller yet insidious things I've noticed recently is the rise of companies whose entire marketing strategy is to convince you you're a burden to your friends and families.

I'm talking about that one dog watching/walking service that has a whole commercial implying that your family members secretly hate you for asking them to watch your dog to the point it counts as a modern social faux pas.

And there's this moving service commercial that I think someone else referenced in a big tweet that says something along the line of "Real adults don't ask their friends to help them move."

Like fuck that, man. You're supposed to want to watch your friends' pets, and you're supposed to want to help your friends move, and you're supposed to cook for people when they're sick, and you're supposed to show up to check on friends you haven't heard from in awhile, and you're supposed to remember your friend needs a large frying pan when you find one cheap at the thrift store and bring it to them.

One of the reasons the younger generations are so miserable and lonely is because the rise of technology and the concurrent pushing of this rhetoric that all effort is a major inconvenience, and asking someone to put in effort for you therefore makes you an inconvenience has conditioned them not to seek community.

And because they've never experienced it, they don't know that's what's missing. It's a vicious cycle because when you're depressed from lack of community, finding the energy to put in effort for other people is a lot harder than getting quick dopamine hits from scrolling on social media or watching Netflix. Then you encounter the further issue that our media glorifies romantic love to the exclusion of all else, so most of the young people I know who are lonely jump to "Well I just need a girlfriend/boyfriend/partner," and that sets up rough relationships because one person is expected to fill the void of a dozen or more friends and neighbors.

So please believe me: If you're lonely, try volunteering somewhere in the community. Try going to events around your interests. Try talking to local shop owners. Bake something and surprise a friend with it. Search for nearby clubs or intramural sports teams. There are companies literally capitalizing on subtlely encouraging you NOT to do these things. We've reached the point where helping your friend move is an anticapitalist act.

[resqectable]

“You have this one life. How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after people who don’t see you? Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud.”

— Beardsley Jones