I often think about the moments where Johnny and Gyro were camping, not fighting anyone, just chilling by the campfire. I'd like to know if you have any headcanon about it, since we barely seen those
no but seriously uhh.. well, we know they play cards, cook together obviously, make coffee, get mad at each other… id like to think they probably look back over notes johnny made or recount weird encounters they had to write them down.
gyro probably has like.. ONE book he brought instead of leaving it in arizona (once again that initial travel time from italy is lowkey crazy), so maybe he reads it a few times until johnny gets curious, then johnny spends time reading it, then they talk about that. and then on the road they start making references to the book because its the only piece of media they share. like “oh this is JUST like when-“ “says the man who’s only read ONE book, ever.” “the fuck, man, you just said diego was like the guy from chapter 10.”
johnny does try to write down a score for the cheese song.
gyro probably has a habit of cutting his nails whenever they get annoying (nobody mention part 4 rn), which johnny finds annoying, until gyros like come on please do it you’ll stop tearing at your fingers, and johnnys like no i dont do that, and then they both look at his hands and theres at least 5 fingers which are totally shredded, and he finally cuts his nails and finds it to be a lot harder to do so, or a lot less satisfying. and gyros like yeah buddy i told you so.
johnny teaches gyro how to give a horse a leg massage and the best places to brush them, and gyro teaches johnny how to give a human a massage, and they help each other with knots in their backs.
sometimes they caramelize sugar.
gyro is absolutely mental about trying to find souvenirs for his siblings and johnny tells him to wait for new york, because there will be shops in the city and there’ll be time after the race. instead, johnny draws little cards of some of the landmarks they pass and tells gyro he can use those instead.
johnny buys from the catalogue a little booklet of edible plants of america and seeks them out to give them different flavors while he cooks. they come up with insane nicknames for the horses that just build and build on each other with the most random inflections.
ok… thats all i can think of rn!! hopefully these have some substance to them! thanks for this fun ask!! here’s the epilogue to that comic above lol:
