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"If you can't love yourself, then how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?" - RuPaul

JJBI January - Day 3: "Silent and Stoic"

Yesterday, I watched Wicked and this particular quote (black text) made me think of Jotaro - we combined it with inspiration from this really cool Jotaro art by @jamisonrivv to make this piece

Holy was a kind and peaceful woman, but that didn't mean she was harmless.

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1. as a child, jotaro wanted a pet. his mom didn't allow him to get one as she was basically a single parent by this point - she didn't want to be caring for both a child and a pet all on her own

because of this, jotaro was secretly thrilled when the crusaders got iggy (despite iggy's initial treatment of the group) and enjoyed taking care of the dog during the group's downtime - he ended up becoming the person that iggy was the most calm around by the end of their journey

had iggy survived the adventure, jotaro and polnareff would have gotten into an argument over who was adopting the dog

the pain of losing iggy is why jotaro never owned any pets after egypt - much to the disappointment of jolyne who, as a child, wanted a pet

2. as a baby, jotaro was taken to the 1972 winter olympics in Sapporo by his parents - this was one of the only times the family of three ever attended a major event together

3. because of his mixed family, jotaro was raised practicing three religions: shinto, buddhism, and christianity - he himself is agnostic

4. jotaro hates the flavor of sweet on its own and always needs another flavor (tart, salty, etc.) to balance it out

5. jotaro's iconic hand emblem was a gift from a high school friend that he only knew for a single year - despite this, their friendship meant enough that jotaro continued to incorporate the emblem into his outfits for the rest of his life

pretty much no one else knows this friendship existed, as jotaro started keeping holy in the dark about his school life during this time. he has also never told the friend's real name to anyone else

6. winter used to be jotaro's favorite season - he later changed it to summer

7. jotaro was irritated by the hard rock and metal crazes of the '80s, preferring slower and less intense music

he remained a very faithful listener to his favorite '70s music until the end of his life, no matter how uncool or old-fashioned others found his taste

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15. Jotaro had never left Japan prior to the events of Stardust Crusaders - after the Egypt trip was over, traveling internationally constantly gave Jotaro anxiety, which later worsened into hodophobia (fear of travel)

Jotaro hunted for Stand Arrows on the American and Asian continents because they were the most familiar and felt safest to travel...but the hunt didn't last long -

Jotaro's hodophobia quickly grew so severe that he stopped traveling anywhere outside of North America or Japan (and by the time of Stone Ocean, he had stopped traveling to Japan too)

this is why he never went after Polnareff or Giorno himself

16. Kakyoin and Jotaro only roomed together once during the crusade, the day before the Yellow Temperance encounter - afterwards, Kakyoin always roomed with Polnareff, while Jotaro roomed with Joseph and Avdol

the teenagers got into a heated argument that night, creating a sore spot between them that was never fully reconciled (even though both tried to be amicable to each other from then on)

the next morning, Kakyoin went for a walk to give himself space from Jotaro, giving Rubber Soul the perfect opportunity to take his place

nobody but them knows what the argument was about

17. Jotaro fully intended to compensate the boy whose popsicle he took - unfortunately, the aftermath of the Rubber Soul fight caused panic in the area, forcing Jotaro to flee so he couldn't get arrested by the local authorities

18. Jotaro is oddly fireproof - somehow, he did not get a single burn after Wheel of Fortune set his entire body, from the inside out, on fire

The only evidence that Jotaro had been set on fire was his bullet wounds, which were apparently cauterized as they had stopped bleeding by the time he emerged from underground

19. Jotaro bears resemblance to Polnareff's sister, Chérie - primarily through his bright blue eyes, dark curly hair, and introverted nature

this is why Polnareff always remained fond of Jotaro throughout their trip, even though Jotaro was initially quite cold towards him and shrugged off his earlier attempts to be friendly

it was after learning of the resemblance that Jotaro became gentler to Polnareff and more receptive to his friendship - this then developed into a brotherly bond that would endure past the crusade

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21. despite eventually developing a friendship with every Crusader, Jotaro still kept the others from getting truly close to him (with the exception of Joseph and Iggy)

22. While Jotaro had gotten into serious fights before getting his Stand, the crusade to Egypt was his first time facing life-or-death stakes...

...and thanks to the natural attraction of Stand users to each other (plus the extensiveness of DIO's influence), this lifestyle of constantly fighting for survival would become Jotaro's normality for the rest of his canon life.