★ Golden Wind Fan ★

I love all the designs incredibly much. Mista is extremely cunty with his y2k off the shoulder and stripey stockings. Abbaccio is very cunty in his miserable cop getup. Narancia’s absolutely fierce with the plastic labcoat, might’ve been my favorite design if Bruno didn’t have those garters and short shorts. Trish is very cute even if her outfit is plain (which makes sense in context), I like her attitude. Fugo looks very sweet and wholesome so much that he wouldn’t go in the vat right away (like regular Fugo). 

I only drew Bru and Gio because the composition popped into my head immediately, but also its because they are this image (they are both the big man).

For Giorno, I think he would write more elegantly, with some flourishes, but he’d also write quickly, and not have a super steady hand. He probably had neat handwriting as a child, and taught cursive in school. (this is back in 2001, less internet, so it was more emphasised, after all. You’d handwrite essays). We see that Giorno cares about a refined demeanor, and his insane fit, so if it were writing something important, he’d write a bit more deliberately, to match his elegance. But otherwise, he might write quickly and unconsciously with the flourishes to the point parts are illegible.

I feel Giorno is one of those people who rarely draw, but are just good at it. Maybe he’d doodle while bored in class, things he likes like critters and plants. 

For Bruno, I think his handwriting would be more choppy, no flourishes at all, but very legible and clear. He left school at like 12, he doesn’t care about fancy penmanship, it doesn’t matter if it’s pretty if it’s clear. He’d be writing things down for only practical reasons. 

Bruno doesn’t draw, not interested in it, and not his preferred form of leisure. But he’s probably had to do diagrams, again for practical reasons, so anything he’s drawn would be legible and serviceable. 

Doing this was HARD. Handwriting is so difficult to create from your head (I’m a pretty decent forger (𓁹‿ 𓁹) …if I have reference ). I had trouble doing what I’d imagined in my head, and not letting my own bleed through. I’m still not completely satisfied. Handwriting is such a personal thing that comes naturally, even more than art style. It has to look effortless. 

Giorno’s drawing was hard too. I wanted it to be good, but not like somebody who draws hours every day (like ME!) to the point it’s automatic and natural. I wanted it to seem like his skill was innate (UNLIKE me!) yet it’s clear he doesn’t do it a lot. 

I also wanted the style itself to seem like something Giorno would come up with. Also how Giorno sees Bruno. I turn off my brain and just draw as I always do, so I had to not lock in. I don’t use guidelines, but I put them for Giorno, because I think he’d use them. I restarted this twice. ALSO I had to make the digital look like pencil drawings cause these mfers did NOT have procreate in 2003. 

Bruno’s was a bit easier, I just tried to avoid having it look like a child’s drawing, but an adult who never draws. Like his lines wouldn’t be crazy sloppy.

blank template for those interested!

Bruno~

Ok so Bruno is dead. He is fated to die. That would put a damper on any romantic potential Bruno may have…

 Let's recap:

Luca, whose territory is the airport, is found dead.

Ugguhguh miserable Bruno is so hot I want him to beat me up. 

Fugo Tells him "You're about to be a capo, you're too good for that." But Bruno is like "Nah it's fine."

Mista is tasked with roughing up Mr. Rolling Stones (Scolippi).

When Mista starts crashing out in the car (typical MISTA), Bruno decides he needs to keep an eye on him, and the plan is for Fugo to interrogate Giorno.

So here it is, pretty straight-up. Bruno's fate if he doesn't meet Giorno.

But Mista destroys that stone, and his crash out actually results in Bruno saying “You know what, I don’t want to hear this. I’ll go beat up the teenage civilian.”

On further thought, the fact Bruno is bleeding from a hole in his chest, the same way he dies to King Crimsion. Maybe Bruno is fated to join Giorno and die in every scenario? In the instance Fugo confronts Giorno, Bruno joins him alone, and Narancia/Abbacchio live? Or would Bruno defect on his own, confronting Diavolo? (I find this hard to believe, especially with it happening in the “near future,” days or months. Giorno is the reason he even got close to Diavolo, having killed Polpo and making Bruno Capo, being assigned Trish, and her attempted murder via Diavolo being the reason he ultimately betrays him on his own.) I don’t think Bruno would rebel without Giorno’s influence, only acting independently due to Trish. Polpo was tasked to handle her initially, and he would have EASILY let her die. Much to consider…

So yes, Bruno is dead in every universe. It is fate (which is real within Joe).

For the sake of the ask, let’s pretend his fate is different, Bruno lives. It is stated he is likely to become a capo soon, or at least at some point. He would stay miserable, pretty much living his life as usual. His soul would continue to die, and he would perform acts for the organization that goes against his morals. He doesn’t really seem keen to upset the status quo without outside influence. How he lives now is how he’s lived since 13, all he knows, which is relatively stable.

I assume he would just live out the rest of his life within Passione until he faces a natural or unnatural end. (Perhaps similarly to Pericolo. He is a nice man, team Bucciarati, and Bruno himself, seem to like him. But he ultimately says “I’ve served Passione all my life and they treated me well. So I will kill myself cause they told me to.” That’s probably what awaits Bucciarati one day.)

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Giorno~

More simple. He was locked in before and after meeting Bruno. He wants to be a gang-star and is pretty equipped and driven to achieve it. It may not happen in a week, but especially with GE, having more time to get used to using and understanding his ability, he would be pretty damn formidable. 

As we meet him, Giorno is living life quite happily, stealing from idiots (Koichi), buying gelato for children, killing a guy indirectly for hurting a frog. Ultimately, something similar may go down if he keeps killing guys, and he’ll find his way into some gang. Clearly in GW he pretty much drove a lot of the action, so he would do just fine rising in the ranks and becoming a gang-star.

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Onto possible romantic relationships, the original question.

Bruno~

Okay… under the assumption bruno doesn’t fucking DIE! 

As I’ve said, I hc Bruno has casual sex to blow off steam. He isn’t rude about it, but he isn’t emotionally vulnerable either. Maybe he will accidentally get someone pregnant and marry her because he is a catholic. Or maybe he would have a strategic mafia marriage. Or he would be DEAD!!! DEADDD!!! (even if he isn’t fated to die, it’s not like dying is unlikely in Passione. Could happen anytime.)

I don’t hate any Bruno x teammate ships except for one of them, but in my interpretation… I just don’t think Bruno sees them that way. The dynamic alone would make it unlikely, he'd feel weird pursuing them romantically, much less sexually. He cares very much about them, and wants to protect them, but he's known them as subordinates for years. (Even without my preferred ship, I’m not a huge romantic shipper in general, so I don’t tend to see romance unless it’s very apparent).

Giorno does fit into this role in my opinion. He’s only been there a few days, and even so, he is not properly Bruno’s subordinate? He did not join Passione to work under Bruno, he works under Bruno to join Passione. They entered a secret partnership, Bruno joined Giorno as his ally in order to take down Passione’s leadership. Bruno only had the power to recruit Giorno as a member of his team, which had to be approved by his capo. Why do some people not get this? They are not boss/employee!

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Giorno~

Following my interpretation here, Giorno at the beginning of the series is a very confident, self assured young man, who happens to keep others at arm’s length. He has tunnel vision for his gangstar dream. (Of course he is a goodguy who wants to protect civilians and improve the city). 

Anything that distracts from his dream is unnecessary. He would rise to power one way or another, and be a solitary and powerful person. After all, who can he trust more than himself? His will is the only thing that is important, the most righteous one. He has the risk of megalomanic/controlling/brutal tendencies, inherited from his father. At least we see prior that the mystery man and Joe DNA prevents him from being evil with it. Yet the ends would justify the means, and nobody would reign him in. I don’t think he would have any interest in even understanding romance, subconsciously seeing others as flawed, never trusting too deeply.

By meeting Bruno, he had found a partner and equal, realizing there is something better than being solitary. Bruno believed in him when he was nothing, I think otherwise, Giorno would rise to power very quickly, before having this dynamic. He would assume people getting close to him have ulterior motives, or are sucking up. Even after losing Bruno, the memory might ground him, help maintain his humanity.

I think a Giorno who never met Bruno would be different from Giorno having lost Bruno. He has loved and lost, and knows how it feels. It is unlikely, but maybe under the right circumstances with enough attachment/trust, he could consider someone romantically. But like most widowers, Bruno’s presence would loom over the relationship in an intense way. I don’t see it being entirely healthy.