yknow, in a canon-divergence au where dio lives, i just... want giorno to get worse and worse the longer he is don. like, he definitely bit off more than he can chew, put himself in a position that he cannot escape from and has to maintain fronts for the sake of his men and his-

closer subordinates such as trish and mista, since they hold very idealized images of who he is. giornos always had issues with bein emotionally vulnerable (thats why hes so emotionally constipated and never talks about himself much beyond his dream lol), so he just continues-

like there's nothing wrong, while he is forced to steadily give up his own morals to keep his position of power, and by doing so he's giving up a major part of his identity as well. and i want him to continue down this path, where he just gets progressively more cruel and cold-

while being hyper aware of what it is that's happening. but he can't stop. and even when mista and trish voice their concerns, he doesnt let them in because how could he? he trusts them to get the job done and to be there when needed, but he doesn't /trust them/ with his own-

emotional baggage. ANYWAY my point is, i want giorno to sink deeper and deeper and, in the depths - he finds dio. well actually, dio finds /him/ instead. and unlike the others, giorno Cannot hide from him. for the first time in years, he is forced to be vulnerable.

what happens after that i honestly don't know lol, all i want is for giorno to have a breakdown and cry in dio's embrace, while dio gently rocks him back and forth and maybe sings a lullaby to him and giorno just. absolutely fucking loathes it. because he's smart enough to pick-

up on the kind of man dio is right away, but he just. cannot help himself.

this thread makes no sense because it is 12pm and ive been up all night but listen man, somewhere in this fuckin mess is the good shit