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bc while Johnny calling Gyro a spoiled brat, telling him that he just doesn't have that dog in him, and then immediately abandoning him in the middle of a lake is objectively hilarious; he's also goddamn right, and he knows this because he's lived it.

He's been that privileged brat who couldn't beat Diego on raw talent alone. It's part of the story of his career, and it was a massive point of contention in his already piss poor relationship with his father. He wanted it, sure (he smashed that second place trophy like a mf like button) but he didn't starve for it and Diego Brando isn't just another highly skilled, ambitious opponent.

The thing that makes Diego unbeatable is that his feral desire for success is as necessary to his existence as breathing. He comes from a place of nothing, so he is willing to give everything. He latches onto the goal and he does not let go. In this particular race we tend to see that tenacity manifest in just how often he keeps getting back up. He's prideful, but he's not entitled. He'll drop that pride and shamefully walk his horse all the way to the goal line, if it means a chance to continue.

Johnny didn't have that before his accident. His life and career was on such a comfortable trajectory of "good enough" that his growth as both a person and competitor was being actively hindered by it. It was only after he lost everything and dropped below zero that he learned how to quit hungering and start starving for success.

I often see people call Johnny selfish, and while I don't necessarily disagree, I do think that at this stage in the race he's operating under a completely different form of selfishness than what we saw from him in his younger years. He's wholly dialed in and focused on the goal, but this time he lacks the entitlement that was holding him back. Like Diego, he's been stripped down to a person who is willing to claw and bleed and sacrifice for what he wants, and he can see that Gyro is being held back by his lack of personal investment. He wants it, he's determined to get it, but he's not willing to live and die for it yet, and he's so set in doing things his own way alongside the values and traditions he was raised under, that he is not taking Johnny seriously as someone that he can and should also be learning from.

In the first stage Johnny stated the only way he'd be able to get Gyros attention was by beating him, and he takes that same sentiment here and dials it up to eleven to demonstrate the point he was trying to make in the middle of the lake. By swooping in and sniping the win (forget about HP for a sec) from both Diego and Gyro who are on some looney toons bullshit of dropping water weight and spitting rocks at each other, he effectively demands the attention and respect he deserves. And it works. Gyro almost immediately stops seeing Johnny as just a little buddy that he's mentoring out of convenience, and recognizes him as an equal partner who has just as much to offer him in terms of growth.

tangential addition about selfishness in sbr because i am cuh-raaaazzzyyyyyyyy. let me preface this by saying this is my half-formed takeaway (i need a reread before i really solidify my feelings) but i want to yammer anyway b/c its fun.

Look- I have a looooottttt of feelings (many of them negative) about how his disability is handled in SBR. I know it's a sign of the times, and I know that miraculous cures were sort of popular in the 2000s, but I still feel a type of way. Unfortunately, Johnny Joestar is also one of my favorite characters ever.

Johnny is, initially, willing to do anything for his idea of stability and normalcy (aka, the ability to walk). Johnny is willing to die for it, for zero. Johnny is self-serving and concerned chiefly with his own personal devices. Boom, done, fits the definition of selfish. But this selfishness is immaterial. There are no women to woo, no trophies, and there's money but it is markedly not what Johnny is after. You cheer for Johnny despite his shitty attitude because, yeah, you know how that feels. You know how it feels to want something so badly and not be able to get it- something important, something vital, something that was once a part of who you are. Do I wish Araki made it something other than walking? Yeah, I do. But this is what we got.

Even in learning to become more compassionate, Johnny remains selfish. He wants to walk, and he wants Gyro to be by his side. He is willing to sacrifice his everything to make sure Gyro stays by his side. Just because he saved Gyro's life doesn't make this a selfless act- he's still selfish.

Lemme do a hard pivot. The True Man's World. Cool. A lot can be said about it, but at its core, the True Man's World is saying kill or be killed. The traditional gun-slinging duel does not just represent humanity's inherent struggle for power against one another, it is that very thing, very literally. Ringo thinks that the world would be better off if it went to this natural state. Ringo thinks this natural state is to eat or be eaten. Gyro and Ringo go at it again and again because Ringo needs Gyro to see. He needs Gyro to be hungry, and he needs Gyro to understand, because he can tell that Gyro isn't hungry. Ringo is also selfish for this. His insistence that Gyro molds himself into this worldview just because he sees it as the most just is selfish. It absolutely helps Gyro down the line, but that doesn't matter because the act is still selfish.

Diego Brando! My favorite little prick. He, too, is selfish! Yes, he fits the bill more neatly because he yearns for material goods. But why does he yearn for the material? Because he grew up dirt poor, and he watched his mother get beaten down and get back up for him. Diego knows damn well what it means to have absolutely nothing- just like OP said. To an extent, Diego shows how selfishness can drive you to that moral gray area, especially in addition to thinking he can rule Manhattan... Get the fuck out of my city, man.

Hot Pants? Selfish. Serving the Vatican is the most noble cause if you're Catholic (which, I am, don't come for me.) But the Vatican is what? Selfish! Hot Pants serves the Papacy out of guilt for her own self-perceived misdeeds. The Vatican is selfish because they want the power of Christ's corpse all for themselves, thus the holy mandate.

Gyro has been resistant to his own humanity. Let me finish! Gregorio's words struck him deeper than he realizes. To be selfish is to be human. Gyro's selfishness is very shallow. He's run off to America for this grand, noble cause because he is angry with his station in life. He is angry with his father. Gyro is foolish. Gyro masks his anger and yearning for Something Else with these noble intentions- similar to Diego in a way I'm having trouble wording right now.

Gyro does not want to admit that he's selfish. Of course, Marco is his priority and he is here, inevitably, for Marco. That is true- I'm not saying Gyro is that much of a dickhead. What I am saying is that there was a subconscious block in Gyro's head about that sentimentality. Gyro thinks his intentions are fully noble, and that he's reclaiming his sentimentality through this nobility, but that's just not the case. It's all shallow. Ringo and Johnny tell Gyro to be selfish. Acknowledge that you're also here for you. You are here because you want to be, because you're human. That's okay. Actually, that's good. Everyone is selfish! Everyone is eating so they don't get eaten! Humans are selfish. Compassion and sympathy and sentimentality make us selfish, because it makes us look out for ourselves and that's good.

Valentine is the result of a skewed, shallow world view about what it means to be virtuous and serve the greater good. Gyro and Johnny are so awfully, terribly human. That is what makes the difference.

Warnings: none.

Helping Johnny, Gyro, Diego Relax

Johnny Joestar:

Johnny would need this, he loves this. Feeling your strong hands rub his shoulders. His pretty head is already thrown back, biting his lip, containing a moan of relaxation. Johnny can't thank you enough for this massage, already drifting to sleep.

Relaxing with Johnny, expect him to be on your lap, he must be on your lap. That, and play with his hair. Johnny loves the little playful tugs, it feels so good to him. Will greatly appreciate it if you gently scratch his back, it's like an imitation of you scratching a bug bite.

There's a high chance Johnny will fall asleep whenever you help him relax, it fades all of his stress away, and just makes him so sleepy. However, if he feels you pull him off your lap for just a second, he'll wake up and hold you tighter.

Gyro Zeppeli:

Relaxation to Gyro...well, it's difficult to put a finger on it. Honestly Gyro would prefer if you two were naked. Not even in a sexual way, he just loves to feel your exposed body rub on him. He loves when your hands roam around his body, squeezing his tense areas.

Like Johnny, Gyro enjoys when you play with his hair. Warning though, tug at his locks, and he'll probably get hard. Gyro also refuses to fall asleep whenever you give him a massage, he wants to be awake for all of it. He'll even tease you about it afterwards, sending him back to his current state from how hard you chop at his back.

Gyro especially likes when you rub, and squeeze at his thighs. He's ticklish there, and might slap you, but that's the joy of it to him. If Gyro asks to return the favor, never, ever accept it. He will break your back thinking that chopping your back is the only way to massage you.