#gooseask

the short answer: yes

the more elaborate and honest answer:

i'm not sure if abbacchio's guilt would have left him in an everyone lives au. the reason abbacchio's character found forgiveness was because his ex-partner directly said to him in heaven that everything was alright. so i think abbacchio, alive and remaining on earth, wouldn’t have exactly reached an “all is well” state of mind as he did in heaven, since the words would never come in life from someone who is already dead. 

the damage that came from the past would remain imprinted on his life, very much like the lines left on the surface of a broken vase. he’ll learn to stay together, but one can only learn how to carry on and live with these marks. so, the bare essentials of Moody Blues, wouldn’t change: time is irrevocable, it doesnt feel or think or want. it simply is.

Now, since abbacchio wouldn't be haunted negatively in such a strong way as before, maybe his stand would have been able to touch on something more than just individual elements. Moody Blues could only register individual history. it could only replay what one person did at one point in time, and allowed Abbacchio to see it. because for Abbacchio, everything hinged in one's own personal mistakes and choices. everything else replayed as a background whisper, echo, or mere feeling, never exactly appearing physically.

After learning to accept that it was circumstancial and that what fault laid in his hands didn’t correlate to his partner’s death in the way he thought, i believe Moody Blues would be able to replay after-images of the surroundings:

We see that Moody Blues “learning” is low, with a C rank. but as we know, Stands are the reflection of the user’s soul and mental strength, so Moody Blues is pretty limited to what Abbacchio is currently experiencing/his mental fortitude. since he was haunted by his past, to the point that his stand manifested as a non-combative one despite Abbacchio being extremely capable in physical fights/had good physical constitution, once the heavy weight of guilt dissipated into something less harming than a penance cross, Moody Blues would no longer be jailed to these stats and would evolve together with Abbacchio’s own personal growth.

personally, I doubt Abbacchio’s stand would be able to foresee the future, since Stands have their own restrictions and there would have to be some sort of “compensation” for the wide range of abilities. time is not linear, but in Jojo universe the abilities follow a simple method of “go forth” or “go back”. these are counted as two different abilities. Moody Blues goes back, while King Crimson goes forth. however, due to Diavolo’s maquiavelic nature, such skip in time allowed him to manipulate what happened within certain lapse. Abbacchio, who lived by “never letting go”, registered past rather than modifying anything.

the “compensation” Diavolo paid for such strong ability was that it could only work on a specific amount of seconds. six to seven, and no more. for the increase of this condition, he would have had to be something inhuman/unearthly, like Dio, whose “World” grew because Dio broke his own limitations as human. that’s what makes stands charming haha, that they can be deadly, helpful, dangerous, etc. all depending on the user’s mindset.

now, back to Abbacchio, who is human, i think Moody Blues would have stayed able to rewind and show a larger view of the past rather than focus on one element, giving Abbacchio more insight of past events as a whole rather than the actions one performs in their lifetime.

if you watched or read dgm you would still get a crush on lavi ngl

THOUGH!! im glad that you see the good things about Lavi, welcome to the LoveLavi fanclub, our daily activities include crying about lavi, thinking about lavi, crying about lavi again, waiting for hoshino to bring him back, etc

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remember that scene in the hisoka vs chrollo match where chrollo stomped all over hisoka? that time i also thought the same thing. 

well, i can’t speak for the whole fandom bc i suppose we all chose to pair them together for different reasons so... i’ll just tell you my own reasons hoping that helps??

personally, i find their dynamic to be pretty interesting. we barely see them interacting in canon, which is truly a shame given how their personalities would allow them to have a good atmosphere for both of them.

truth, rohan is an overbearing person, as koichi mentions in the Sheer Attack arc, also pointing out how it’s the opposite to Jotaro’s own reserved, quiet being. 

even so, rohan is overbearing ONLY to koichi because he likes him, and he isn’t that way to anyone else who hasn’t caught his attention. in normal circumstances, he wouldn’t push further dialogue when it’s not necessary, and for a person like Jotaro who skips idle chatter and only speaks in pragmatic sentences, they could actually find a way to work out a good conversation.

there’s also the fact that rohan and jotaro would be able to work together as a team, given that rohan doesn’t precisely rely on anyone and jotaro isn’t the type who’d enjoy being dragged down by another person. the fact that they can work independently while at the same time considering the other’s strength and weaknesses (as we see in the Highway Star arc, rohan isn’t indifferent to other people on the same fight as him, as he saved Josuke without hesitation trusting that he’d find the user of this Stand and put an end to this).

they’re characters that are known for the high intellect and quick measurement of the situation they’re in, and they also use whatever method is necessary so they can get an upper hand in the battle. though in my opinion, Rohan is far more reckless than Jotaro, but that’s just an observation, even Jotaro would feel kind of weirded out at how far Rohan goes for taking the contrary of someone who thinks they’ve got the advantage against him lmao. extra af.

now, after pointing out these things, here comes the canon basis: 

rohan took the decision himself of investigating Kira after reimi requested him, regardless of whether the user was a stand user or not. he collected information and we also see him, in the RPS Kid arc, taking pictures of the people because of a theory he’d thought on his own (’we know that he took the identity of a middle aged man so if we narrow it to just that then we can properly investigate their backgrounds and find a lead’ or something along the lines) and this was key information in the pursuit of Kira, as the photograph he took of Kosaku showed Hayato recording him.

Rohan doesn’t need anyone to tell him exactly what to do, he’s pretty smart and efficent when he puts his mind to it and that’s something Jotaro had to rely on during the investigation, because we know Rohan and him at one point exchanged information in the Kira case.

Plus, it was essential for Jotaro to investigate Rohan due to his connection with Reimi Sugimoto on the night of the murder, so it’s unavoidable that they had to interact at one point behind the scenes, which would lead to both Rohan and Jotaro to observe how the other does their job and their way of doing things.

Rohan is also a person that Jotaro can grow to respect, despite how eccentric and arrogant the mangaka may appear. The fact that Rohan would risk his life in order to prevent any unnecessary deaths at the hand of a murderer and to save someone he supposedly hates above all would be contradictory to the face he shows to the world, and that would deeply intrigue Jotaro. He values this kind of courage (courage, for him, is often translated in willpower/resolution just as we see in his fight against N’Doul, which i often use to describe how Jotaro CAN see the good in a person, no matter who they are and acknowledge a good warrior) in a person and it wouldn’t go unnoticed.

In the final arcs we see that Rohan and Jotaro were supposed to reunite to investigate the Kawajiri household in order to find something that could lead them to Kira, and the fact that Jotaro actually accepted Rohan’s invitation says a lot on its own because he wouldn’t waste his time on someone who he deemed as unreliable. He also wasn’t biased by the judgement Josuke provided about Rohan --- i mean, this is a probability because Josuke never shuts ups and at one point he sure as hell bitched about Rohan (i love josuke bc same).

Then, now in the final chapters, we see that Rohan talks directly to Jotaro, telling him to use his Stand to catch Kira. This proves that Rohan had knowledge of Jotaro’s stand abilities, which could either have been revealed by Koichi or by Jotaro himself in order to work well together should the time ever come. Jotaro doesn’t ignore Rohan’s words and says that he’s too far out of range for Star Platinum’s World to have any effect, so he desists of the idea. Again, Jotaro isn’t one to pay attention to anything anyone says if he deems it unimportant.

There are a lot of things about their characters that could actually work, but we never got the canon interaction we deserved so rifp all I could use to describe the potentially good dynamic between them is mostly interpretations of my own.

I also find that Jotaro wouldn’t annoy the shit out of Rohan and that’s already good enough, because Rohan is the type who kicks out people from his life or proximity once they reach too much. The fact that Jotaro doesn’t press on something or that he is quiet most part of the time and is actually very intelligent and observant would match very well with Rohan’s own life-style. They’re methodic and mental, not really bothering to seek trouble. It’s trouble that finds them for some reason and, in Rohan’s case, ghosts.

001.

Rohan was very close with his grandmother. 

From what we’ve been shown, Rohan had a bond with his grandmother, just as Araki shows us in the Louvre spin off. We are told that she’s an strict woman, that she sets rules on her Inn (very strict ones so to speak) and yet, when she’s talking with Rohan, there’s noticeable fondness and humor in the way they communicate. She even scolds Rohan for not paying attention to her gossip, which is sort of endearing on its own.

During Part 4, I can’t remember well if it was during the Highway Star arc or the I Am An Alien! one, but Rohan tells Josuke “Did your grandmother never teach you manners?!”, basically implying he grew up according to what he learned from her.

Going back to the Louvre spin off --- and this the scene that confirms his tight bond with her and also his grandfather ---, during the scene where everyone is being attacked by the ghosts of their past, the souls of those people who they hold dearest amongst everyone else, the phantoms that appear in front of Rohan are his grandparents. In the context of this battle, only the people that you genuinely loved would be used against you, and the fact that it was them who appeared before him basically says it all.

That also explains Rohan’s personality, as he acts older than what he actually is and is very strict when it comes to social etiquette (see, when he tells his editor in the Youkai spin off that arriving late is bad manners but arriving super early is too etc etc).

002.

Rohan is hard to keep up with, if you’re not used to think with dynamism.

In the canon conversations, characters are often seen sharing “useless trivia” or blabbing about irrelevant stuff that, sometimes, isn’t directly related to the events. Even when taking this into account, Rohan’s character tends to wander around the possibilities of a conversation or to voice out something that’s been weighing his mind, without worrying about whether it comes off as random or eccentric.

He’s fully aware that, in occassions, people will find this information of little use and no great importance, and it’s this part of the population Rohan tries to avoid. He is an observant person, so in many situations, he says strange stuff only to unsettle others or to see their reaction — to evaluate the human behaviour and add an ounce of new knowledge on the conduct of individuals. Rohan knows basics of psychology and anthropology, and these things he’s learned combine and fit perfectly with the perceptive brain he possesses.

Most of his interactions and interpretation of what he lived through the day are often used in his comic, giving his characters that brushstroke of realism that distinguishes his works.

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