Daze

⟢ Illuso -

I genuinely do think this man is incredibly insecure to the point where he isolates himself, the entire point of his stand is an isolated reflection of the world that ONLY he has control of.

He masks his insecurity with that cocky overconfident dick façade but we see consistently in his arc that he is paranoid and freaks out when he's outsmarted by both Abbacchio and Giorno.

I think he is so scared of not being in control of how things play out or how people see him that it makes him terrified, usually leading him to think he's going to be either abandoned or distrusting other people's intentions.

This absolutely would show through his interaction with his team, I could be wrong (I've checked the episodes but if I've missed something and anyone cares please correct me!) that he's the only one we don't see interacting with the rest of the team (bar once with Ris.)

In the restaurant it's only Prosciutto, Pesci, Formaggio and Melone. In the church after Sorbet + Gelato's funeral we see him all the way in the back by himself as well and he is the first to leave.

The only time we see him with the team is when Sorlato are killed and he does not interact with anyone but Risotto and is usually in the back of every scene. It happens so often that it feels purposeful.

He puts on such a performance of being this confident, collected asshole that I think he's trying to make himself fall for his own act too because he hates who he is as a person so deeply and keeps isolating himself so that people can't get close enough to leave when they see those ugly parts of him.

Because in his eyes If he keeps his flaws so deeply buried then no one can use them to hurt him.

But he also shows himself to be incredibly cruel and capable of intense malice, wanting to torture and kill Bucci gang himself and being excitable and grinning while he's fighting... A lil weird of him but, he is an assassin after all. None of them are good people.

⟢ Pesci -

Okay so it is SO obvious that Pesci has a lot of insecurity and anxiety, which most likely stems from some kind of childhood trauma, as well as long periods of isolation to the point that he has a deep need to make a connection to someone.

Which is why he becomes so attached to Prosciutto, it would make sense that either he protected him in some way or saved him and took him in and that attachment formed instantly out of that kindness.

Which also makes sense for how he initially even became an assassin with such deep rooted passivity. And in turn made him so unhealthily attached to Prosciutto that his mind formed a deep bond that is not particularly reciprocated.

I do NOT believe him to be childlike, nor I do not think that he is regressing either.

I think that when he gets those high spikes of paranoia and insecurity it makes him feel like he did as a child and that it makes him react in similar ways that he would have in his childhood due to him never having a way to learn to react in other ways because his brain keeps connecting the two situations.

I heavily dislike the infantilisation of Pesci because it puts people with childhood trauma that react in similar ways under such negative stigma, all because a character is extremely anxious.

In the train fight we see that even when he's panicked he still is willing to do what needs to be done, even if it doesn't end in the way that he expects it to, becoming incredibly paranoid and stressed/apologising to de-escalate the situation after doing badly or messing up, which is a reaction usually found in child abuse victims.

The dependency that he has is obviously a very toxic relationship, not only being humiliated and degraded by Prosciutto and even some of the other members of the team pretty often and even being struck by Prosciutto but Pesci also accepts it because his entire being revolves around being good enough for someone that he looks up to so heavily.

And of course Prosciutto knows this, he chooses to keep Pesci around because not only does he have potential but he knows that he's easily controlled.

⟢ Ghiaccio -

Okay so I feel most people HC that Ghiaccio has autism, he shares a lot of traits with how he acts and more importantly reacts to stimuli. But as someone who isn't autistic I'm going to talk about his traits themselves rather than the entire spectrum.

To add onto this while I was looking up more about his anger I actually saw a few people bring up that he could have IED - Intermittent explosive disorder

Intermittent explosive disorder - recurrent episodes of impulsive, aggressive, and violent behaviour that is disproportionate to the triggering situation.

Which honestly? Makes a lot of sense, no I am not diagnosing him, but it is a very similar to how and also explains WHY he acts the way he does, and it is usually caused from internalising disorders like anxiety/depression.

He has obvious extreme anger issues, usually to very niche things, metaphors and language that we see but this most likely is a wide net of things, probably to things he has an interest in or doesn't understand, like metaphors and most likely to an extent, sarcasm and convoluted or stupid jokes because he takes things literally.

BUT ALSO, we can see that he is TRYING to regulate himself before and though the anger, the sweating, the desperate rambling to explain WHY he is angry.

He does NOT have a good outlet for that anger in any way, breaking things and even hitting his own ice cocoon when he's on top of the the car, I'm not going to say it's a form of self harm but I don't think it necessarily isn't either.

I think that when he's so mad that he's choosing to hit something that can't break rather than something that can, and knowing that it's hurting him is a choice he makes intentionally. He isn't stupid. I think he might be using the pain as a way to try to ground himself.

He is incredibly intelligent, I'm not here to gush about how smart he was to make his own filtering system but it does show such high intelligence for not only his own stand but how it works scientifically, he is also incredibly quick on his feet even during those spikes of anger.

But I think he believes himself to be so unlikable and unstable as a person that he refuses to let people get close enough to have their own opinion of him other than the grating anger and outbursts.

It's why we also only ever see him in solo missions and also just alone in general, not only his stand is very Isolated and works better alone. (Other than the few times they're in the safehouse all together with the team, and the majority of the time he either isn't speaking or is angry.)

But because anyone that gets in the way of him is in danger of being in between him and his erratic, uncontrollable anger even outside of combat.

⟢ Melone -

Before I get into this I know some people are gonna assume I'm a prude or some BS so I'm going to say RN, I could NOT care less what kinks or fetishes this man could have, but the way people act like he's a complete freak for the little we even see of him annoys me to no end because they reduce him to nothing but a sex toy ALL because people refuse to actually look at a character through the bare minimum.

And I am SICK of it... I HATE mischaracterisation and I am sick of every Melone fic being "Yep he is a freak that's it." Like cool... He's just a one dimensional character to some of y'all I guess...

Yes he is capable of being a freak or enjoying sex but he is NOT just a toy for your own fantasies and I'm so over it lmao.

Okay so rant aside...

First things first, I have actually been thinking A LOT about babyface and I am actually about to get really into it, we are going to take his stand fully out of the equation for a second and I will bring it up later.

The 2 things Melone does that are "Freaky" are licking Anita, and staring at the woman's legs (and licking his lips.) I am not here to say he isn't a little weirdo because he kinda still is, but only for the second one. Bruno also licks Giorno as well to find out information. Just like Melone does, we see that it isn't just for his own pleasure or want.

He analyses her.

The second one is 100% him just being weird, but I stand by that Melone gets NO bitches, I think he doesn't actually want that affection nor that sexual gratification because he doesn't really care. The fantasies he has are exactly that, fantasies. IDK where y'all jumped to this conclusion that he's a grade A freak from what we see cos I am going to disprove that right now. :3

And also he was looking at her legs not her feet, why do people keep giving him a foot fetish??

OKAY SO I LITERALLY JUST FACT CHECKED MYSELF. Bro isn't even looking at her legs, he literally just looks her up and down once and y'all ran with the foot fetish thing for... Some reason LMAO. IDK I think y'all are just projecting...

But lets talk about BabyFace. It isn't about impregnation, especially as a kink or sexually in the slightest, and I will give my reasoning.

He consistently speaks about people as what he sees them as. Data. He barely recognises Anita as a person but as information, but on top of this he is still actively polite to her the majority of the time. Every single thing he speaks to her about is collecting information he needs. He licks her to analyse her because (my mom brought up this point and we rewatched his scenes like 10+ times LMAO) he is tasting her sweat to see how healthy she is.

When you are scared you sweat more, it's her adrenalin making her sweat and he licks her palm, where you sweat from... It would make sense a LOT that he can actually taste her genetic material, he gets her blood type just by licking her skin. (Most likely either a weird fixation or more likely, because of his stand.)

He is not getting any pleasure out of her hitting him either, he is excited that she's healthy/strong and was quick to anger. And on top of this when Babyface hits the window by her it is NOT a show of domination in any way. It's to scare her.

And now for y'all being like... But Star... You forgot the Kama Sutra, no I didn't lets get into it.

The choice she makes isn't for his own pleasure, nor is it to be weird. It's once again analysing her choice to see something about her, personality or otherwise. Think like those little Inkblot tests. It's all data to him.

But also it's for the shock factor. Babyface's offspring thrives on negative and malevolent feelings to grow... That is the perfect way to rile them up and goad them into their anger, we can see he is not excited about it in anyway other than you guessed it... The data she gives.

Her not answering and panicking WAS the information that he needed, he did not need her to give a choice. It was all for scaring her and making her adrenalin spike. It was all just to Illicit that reaction

And for people that think the stand itself is weird and my point becomes invalid. I can explain that too. Because he is seeing these people as data. Information. Genetic material.

What is the living embodiment of all of a persons data?

A child.

And also!

In the train arc that was the first offspring that Baby face created, so either Melone has only just gotten his stand OR his experiments failed because he didn't have enough data for them to be successful.

But let's get on to how I think about his character as a whole, obviously I do not think he is just a freak, I think that he was a scientist.

He fixates on that people are nothing more than data, I think that he could and does have emotional attachments to people and his friends, he does show Sociopathic traits but he isn't a sociopath either, he shows lack of impulsiveness to not get Babyface to fight but does not really show remorse in any way either.

But he does show emotion, excitement and almost affection to the offspring.

I think that he does have little empathy but I don't think he is emotionless (As we see him reacting about Sorlato also.)

To him data is what make up people, and that is all that he sees them as. All that matters to him are the experiment and his theories being correct.

He's just a little fucking nerd <3

⟢ Prosciutto -

Okay so honestly Prosciutto is kinda difficult to work out because that I can really see he doesn't have many traits of mental illnesses in general. Yes he is insanely cruel and ruthless, and very uncaring about how many civilians die to finish the mission.

We see continuously that he does degrade Pesci but in the same breath wants to push him towards his potential, I don't think he's doing it out of complete cruelty in any way I think that he is trying to not only be strict but also lenient with him, in his own way. If it were anyone else I don't think he would be as polite nor as encouraging.

Which leads me to believe he was absolutely the one that saved and took Pesci in from whatever he went though.

But I also think this extremely cool, collected front is still just a façade, I don't think it's completely a lie, but I think he is way less of an overly strict asshole than he shows around his team, I think he feels more than he lets on.

Because he doesn't... actually one sec.

Okay I was going to say he shows no ASPD traits but I wanted to check myself and he actually does kinda show a few of those traits so lets get into it.

Lack of empathy and remorse, he does not SHOW any remorse nor empathy for the civilians that he kills/injures in the train, in his eyes it's a worthy sacrifice.

However he does have empathy for his own team which shows he isn't completely apathetic either. He also apologises and regrets that he calls Bruno unworthy of being Capo which proves that he is in some way willing to apologise and accept that he isn't right. What a king...

Need for stimulation/fearlessness, he puts his own life in danger for the mission and stays calm even when he is aging himself alongside the rest of the passengers, whether this is necessarily a need for thrill seeking we don't know.

But how he is as a character I don't really see that it is, even though he absolutely is fearless in most of the situations that he is placed into.

He does however follow orders to an intricate level which goes against ASPD as a whole, even if he dies all that matters to him is finishing the mission and killing Bucci Gang for Pesci to finish the job. No I do not think that he is either a Sociopath nor a Psychopath, but he does share some traits with ASPD as a whole.

In my opinion I think we get to see him as a base level and not as an depth as the other characters and I think that's intended, he wears that mask like his armour and keeps his feelings very deeply hidden.

⟢ Risotto -

Okay god... okay.

So obviously we see a lot of him being extremely methodical and calm in every single fight and scene that he is in. He never attacks or acts in impulse, it's always very well thought out before he ever makes a move, especially in the fight with Doppio. Because Doppio is being super passive and erratic and it makes Risotto wary to get in close with him.

Which is the correct choice that he makes, knowing that there is reason enough that he needs to keep his distance and exhaust him instead of fight or kill him outright.

But he also shows kindness and empathy to Doppio before he believes he's a stand user, not wanting to outright attack him and just politely asking him to show him the envelope. He is cautious but he isn't impulsive in any way.

I think this is the perfect moment to show his empathy alongside him staying the longest at Sorbet + Gelato's funeral because they were his team and he wanted to stay as long as he could.

I absolutely think that he promised he would avenge them there too, he may be extremely smart and careful with what he does and says but I think a LOT of people take this as a lack of care or empathy. But it's not that in the slightest.

He chooses not to go for Diavolo after Sorlato were killed because he knew that his team would die because of it. And he didn't want to lose the rest of them in the same way that he lost the others, so he chooses to come across as apathetic and give the order. For them.

But we also see that he has the capacity to be cruel, showing excitement to kill Doppio in his fight, which shows that he isn't just completely cold and emotionless as well, even if it's for a bad reason he was showing happiness.

But I think beneath all of that strong, collected and strict persona he shows to everyone, underneath is a man who has seen too much and been through so much and he can't bear the thought of losing more of his team. His friends. And then he does anyway.

I think he absolutely did not care about dying in that fight with Doppio so long as he took him with him. Even using Aerosmith to try to slaughter Doppio with him and also the choice to not return his iron to his body in hopes that Bucci Gang would catch him and finish what he couldn't.

I truly feel he is a very emotional person but he shoves it down so that he doesn't have to feel it in any capacity, at least not until he's alone. I don't think he would want to be seen as weak nor want to lose the persona that he hides behind.

⟢ Formaggio -

Okay so he is someone I'm not really great at I'm not going to lie, he kinda does just show his personality on his sleeve and I'm not sure how much I can really say about his character that isn't already obvious.

Ugh okay. So starting out strong with Formaggio putting his cat in a fucking wine bottle, incredibly cringe and cruel thing to do and I will never forgive him LMAO.

He is probably, other than the yano... The torture and murder. Probably the most normal personality wise, he is extremely laid back and just in general enjoying the banter between him and Narancia, well... It's mainly just him talking at Narancia lmao. But he's the only one of all of La Squadra (Except Risotto) that approaches his target directly and not even outright threateningly.

But he's cruel and sadistic and I think a lot of people overlook that a lot, they see him as just that kind of cocky, silly guy. But he is very outwardly cruel not only to Narancia but to animals too. The rats in the sewer, his cat, the spider. Because either he doesn't really have empathy for something he sees as lesser than himself or because he does genuinely enjoy to hurt other things. He had to get into this job one way or another.

I want to believe that he trapped his cat knowing someone would save it or it would save itself, however... I really don't think he did.

Not only that but getting it out would be terrible because the glass would break. So I think he put it in there with the expectation that he would just let it out when he gets home or that it would knock the bottle off and get itself hurt. Which both are insanely cruel... TO HIS OWN CAT.

I don't think he completely lacks empathy though, he shows disgust, hurt and shock after Sorbet and Gelato are killed, but also anger and annoyance to his own team for thinking that his stand is useless.

I feel the majority of the time he is a lot more relaxed and unbothered, I don't think he really gets the "Urge" to hurt something like Serial killers really get.

Yes he is a killer but he does show distain to gore a lot at the same time, I think his torture and cruelty is a reactionary thing, like his cat scratching him. Which OBVIOUSLY I am not condoning, but I don't think he just goes out to torture animals for funsies either, people though? Yeah he would.

He is NOT a good person and is absolutely capable of a lot more cruelty than a lot of the others are, I feel he is absolutely there for either missions like the one we saw with the car. Or for torture...

However because he still is empathetic and we see that he does in fact show a plethora of emotional responses, I think that all of those feelings and remorse that he pushes down or tries to ignore hurts him more than he lets on, most likely giving him a lot of insomnia or nightmares as a whole over the things that he does and continues to choose to do, especially in his anger.

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some junk about why I chose what I chose:

-"Best fight scenes" was hard because I think each part has a single fight scene that I really love. p8 was just what came to my mind first.

-For my "favorite scene", I chose p3 because the one scene that prompted me to finally start watching JJBA was when Star Platinum catches the bullet Jotaro fired. I just thought that one frame was so hardcore.

-"Favorite anime adaptation" was also tough since I haven't finished reading all of the manga for each part. I haven't read all of p2 but I just love p2's anime and Bloody Stream so much.

-I love all the JoJos very dearly, but Jolyne and Jotaro especially :)

-"Underrated part" is kinda meh. Everyone has their own idea on what part is underrated- I bet there's someone out there who thinks p5 is underrated. I think I just chose p2 on a whim, but p1 is just as easily what I believe is an underrated jojo part.

-While I do think p1's cast is the weakest (random characters just get introduced and hardly help Jonathan out on his quest besides Will and Speedwagon), my "Favorite pose" is Jonathan's. It's iconic and part of what got me into the series when all I knew was the recognizable silhouettes of its characters.

-I was tempted to frankenstein p1 and p6 in the "favorite death scene". p1, p3, p5, p6, all made me tear up in that regard. But since it was just Jonathan's death in p1 that had an impact I changed it to p6.

General Backstory

Jesper lost his family the same year he would graduate high school. Later on, he learned that DIO and his machinations were responsible for it. Jesper then swore vengeance against him to avenge his family.

But at that point DIO was already long dead. So he settled for the next best thing - chasing anyone who willingly helped DIO in the past.

He traveled through the entire east coast of the USA, dealing with different thugs and crooks, trying to find and intel on Agents of DIO.

In early 2011 he finally got on the trope of an active agent - Johngalli A. who was spending his sentence in GDst Prison. After preparations, he got himself arrested on purpose, by messing with old graves, considering it the least harmful way to do so. He was planning to find the blind man and squeeze him for information, before putting him down.

He was assigned to share a cell together with Anasui, after his previous cellmate was finally released.

Before Foo Fighter's arc, while he was adjusting to prison life, Jesper noticed a Star Birthmark on Jolyne's shoulder. He assumed that she had to be related to DIO, so later on he set up an ambush to interrogate her.

Jolyne, thinking it's another person wanting to take revenge on her father through her, fought him. With Anasui's help they restrained Jesper and talked with him, clearing the misunderstanding.

Sharing the same enemy, Jesper offered his help to Jolyne. Having the assistance of an entire Stand Users group was something he couldn't pass, even if it was risky. Although Anasui objected, Jolyne let him join and some time later Jesper met the rest of the gang in the Ghost Room.

General Information

Jesper is focused and calculating, having a cold front. He rarely had a chance to be casual in the last few years, his mission forcing him to always be on high alert. Additionally Jesper is a noisy person, constantly wanting to know everything about anyone.

He is a skilled tailor, something his father taught him while Jesper worked in his tailoring shop. Although his father was forced to close shop shortly after Jesper enter his freshman year in highschool.  

His coat has plenty of small, almost invisible pockets or compartments.

Through the nature of his Stand, he always plans ahead of any potential encounters and doesn't like fighting without clear advantage, unless he is desperate or has to act fast. Which probably isn't that unique for a Stand User, but he focuses on that especially.

He loves to inquire about other peoples' Stands and learn about them. Partly because of his noisy nature, partly because he needs to find advantages against everyone, just in case.

Jesper finds his Stand extremely weak, especially compared to Stone Free or Diver Down, but would never admit it outloud. And he probably is too critical about his own capabilities.

In his free time he saws, knit, mess with electronics or read any magazines about technology, especially consoles or computers.

As a kid he often visited friends who had consoles, but never owned one himself. It was his dream for a while, before his family was taken away from him and revenge took priority.

He wears a quite expensive wig, with good enough quality that one could mistake it with real hair.

The symbol on his leggings is a simplified Playstation logo.

Relationships

Jolyne - At the beginning he treated her with begrudging respect, as she won the fight with him after all (although he would claim it's only because he didn't go for direct victory). After some time spent with her, Jesper becomes impressed by her principles and will. Also he finds her Stand fascinating, as it is somehow close to how his Stand works. He wasn't too eager to take risks unrelated to finding and killing Whitesnake, yet he relates to Jolyne's desire to save her father and helps her with that. Jesper is a big advocate for Jolyne to forgive Jotaro, as he himself misses his own father, before he died.

Ermes - Common point for them is revenge over dead relatives and the fact they have been roughed up by streetlife. As Jesper is rather stiff, he is taken aback by Ermes's bluntness, but they quickly get comfortable with each other, sharing their experiences with siblings and other things. He also got very upset when Ermes went for Sports Maxx without informing anyone else. Mostly because it was a moronic move. And maybe because he sees in her too much of his younger sibling whom he couldn't help himself. Kiss impresses him and he likes to theorise what limits of her Stand are. He jokes that Ermes should check if she could split and snap back atoms with her ability, which she doesn't find funny at all.

Emporio - As a certified older sibling, Jesper quickly grew fond of Emporio and had a bit of a hard time to not be overprotective. But as he spent more time with him, he realised how competent this boy is and what wide knowledge he possesses. Emporio is sometimes able to out-book Jesper, in fields in which he himself considers knowledgeable. When they don't need to worry about enemy attacks, Jesper likes to visit Emporio in the Ghost Room and let him talk while he himself listens carefully. Jesper also brings Emporio books he borrows from the library or gadgets he can 'find' together with Anasui.

Foo Fighters - He didn't trust this plankton at the beginning, having a similar attitude as Anasui - that she is an untrustworthy animal at best, that just 'followed Jolyne home'. But he soon notices how dedicated she is, accepting F.F. as part of the team. Yet what bothers him is the fact how willing she is to sacrifice herself to Jolyne and her quest. He tries to teach her, usually together with Emporio and/or Jolyne, as F.F. soak new information like a sponge. Also he prods her in details how her Stand works and if she could, for example, grow new limbs permanently or some inhuman traits. 

Weather Report - Jesper doesn't trust him and actually is quite afraid of him. He cannot understand how someone with such, almost god-like Stand, would get his memory stolen in the first place, even if Whitesnake proved to be cunning. He thinks that Weather Report hides something, but as Emporio, Anasui and Jolyne vouch for him, Jesper doesn't inquire for now. Still, he tries to find as many details about Weather as he possibly can (which he does with any prisoner he considers as potential threat).

Anasui - As his cellmate, Jesper is forced to spend a lot of time with Anasui. And he didn't have a lot of nice things to say about him through their first days together. But when Anasui stoped being passive aggressive or only talking about Jolyne, he is surprisingly a decent person to have conversation with. They both share interest in electronics and technology, with Anasui taking things apart and Jesper trying putting them together. Also Jesper looks at Anasui like a puzzle he wants to solve and prods him with questions. He is also fascinated by his Stand, how powerful and upclose it is. Anasui also helps Jesper with understanding human anatomy and shares other things he has passing knowledge about (like Feng Shui).

Gwess - Jesper rarely had time to interact with her but he finds her weird and familiar for some reason. He also has pity for her. Jesper thinks her Stand would be rather helpful and brings up the topic of recruiting her to others. But as Jolyne is very adamant against that, the topic is usualy quickly dropped.

McQueen - Scratch that, if Jesper feels pity for anyone in this prison that he knows, is for this guy. McQueen isn't perfect for certain, but he is so messed up, it's hard for Jesper to not try to help this guy, especially as this janitor was manipulated by Whitesnake.

Johngalli A. - He read about him and was ready for the showdown, but when it turned out Whitesnake is a mastermind, Jesper shifted his focus from him on them. Although, if he had a chance, he would definitely try to put him down.

Whitesnake - Jesper's main goal turned to finding and killing whoever hides under this name. He doesn't care what excuses or pleads he will hear. At first it's not that personal, just Agent of DIO to kill. But after learning and witnessing the extent of Whitesnake evil, it becomes VERY personal, especially after his allies get hurt along the way. Jesper feels that ending Whitesnake is the mission that his existence leads him to, a some sort of climax. And with that, he will be able to forgive himself for not protecting his family and move on.