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It's just a shame because that's a really cool concept in theory and the actual writing doesn't do any justice to that because he gets way less screen time than any other main villain.
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FirstAidKite posted:Yeah, Diavolo is basically just like In practice though he just this weird, incoherent goober who keeps yelling I WILL BE THE EMPEROR after icing the only really interesting thing about him (Doppio).
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Nov 28, 2018 17:17
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Funky Valentine posted:In practice though he just this weird, incoherent goober who keeps yelling I WILL BE THE EMPEROR after icing the only really interesting thing about him (Doppio). When you put it like that, it sounds like he's a prototype for Valentine, who had similarly high and bizarre ambitions, and a weird catchphrase, but was developed enough to be interesting on his own.
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Nov 28, 2018 18:34
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it is interesting that his stand perhaps most closely ties into the idea from Diamond is Unbreakable that your stand is based off your needs The dude wants to erase the past and his stand literally does that
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Nov 28, 2018 18:36
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:It's just a shame because that's a really cool concept in theory and the actual writing doesn't do any justice to that because he gets way less screen time than any other main villain. Ehhhh...he gets more than Dio SC (not really the same character as he was in PB), but it matters if you accept that Doppio counts as part of him too or not. I like Diavolo + Doppio but not just Diavolo as a villain, if that makes sense.
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Nov 28, 2018 19:58
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It's a shame that yeah, Doppio is hundreds of times more interesting and entertaining than Diavolo. The "phone calls" are gonna be so good in the anime, and the toy phone on the plane is one of my favourite sight gags in JoJo history.
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Nov 28, 2018 20:03
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I started reading Steel Ball Run, what's the deal with the string from the zombie horse?
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Nov 28, 2018 21:34
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Tokelau All Star posted:I started reading Steel Ball Run, what's the deal with the string from the zombie horse? Araki needed a healing stand and zombie thread was what he landed on
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Nov 28, 2018 21:37
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there's a very simple explanation for that, which is
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Tokelau All Star posted:I started reading Steel Ball Run, what's the deal with the string from the zombie horse? It's Italian Magic, just like the spin, don't worry about it.
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Nov 28, 2018 21:38
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you're all wrong it's string theory.
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Nov 28, 2018 21:58
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Tokelau All Star posted:I started reading Steel Ball Run, what's the deal with the string from the zombie horse?
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Nov 28, 2018 22:12
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Tokelau All Star posted:I started reading Steel Ball Run, what's the deal with the string from the zombie horse? Simple. The King of Italy sent a guy to America to make a horse-shaped mural out of string, so that Gyro could then find it and use it as sutures.
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Nov 28, 2018 22:44
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Nov 28, 2018 22:46
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Wasn't it put there by someone helping out Gyro or something. As for how it works, it makes slightly more sense than shoving Plankton in the wounds.
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Nov 28, 2018 22:49
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Momomo posted:Wasn't it put there by someone helping out Gyro or something. As for how it works, it makes slightly more sense than shoving Plankton in the wounds. the line is "someone has prepare a zombie horse for you down the road. Use it on your journey." which always made me question that there's more than one? but yeah i think it's just an arakism.
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Nov 28, 2018 23:03
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How old was Diavolo meant to be anyway? I never really thought about it but i assumed early 20s, however thinknig aobut it Trish is his daughter so that can't be right. So i guess 30s? But Doppio looks like a 14 year old so who knows.
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Nov 28, 2018 23:16
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Born in 1967, it's 2001 so 33 or 34
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Nov 28, 2018 23:20
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CJ posted:How old was Diavolo meant to be anyway? I never really thought about it but i assumed early 20s, however thinknig aobut it Trish is his daughter so that can't be right. So i guess 30s? But Doppio looks like a 14 year old so who knows. Doppio is the same as Diavolo but his half of the split personality doesn't age, so he's supposed to look about 15 to 17 years old. zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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And then later they just use regular thread so I assume it's like "use a bit of zombie horse to make any thread work" or whatever Also it is very important to remember that the king was Neapolitan!! Don't say Italian, dammit!! Funky Valentine posted:In practice though he just this weird, incoherent goober who keeps yelling I WILL BE THE EMPEROR after icing the only really interesting thing about him (Doppio). Yeah, that is basically the issue with him. Araki presented him exactly how Diavolo would want himself presented and, as a result, we end up with this mysterious hodgepodge of elements that contradict one another, with all 4 forms he shows up in being different (scraggly and robed, silhouetted, Doppio, and Diavolo), and as a result we never get a good read on him as anything other than a guy actively trying to erase his past. It's hard to care unless you begin to ignore him as a character entirely, which is basically what he wants. He doesn't want to be a character, he wants to be a force, so it works better to read him based on what his influence rather than on what he is as an actual person, but it's not nearly as satisfying since they still need to fight him and there's just not enough to Diavolo on his own to make him, in a vacuum, all that interesting, since all of the most interesting things about him tend to be things related to him in some way rather than being specifically regarding him.
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I don't mind Diavolo's shirt but i hate his stupid hair with spots on it.
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I love his hair and that Doppio receives Epitaph's future sight through the light coming through his bangs. It's so dumbFirstAidKite posted:Yeah, Diavolo is basically just like FirstAidKite posted:Yeah, that is basically the issue with him. Araki presented him exactly how Diavolo would want himself presented and, as a result, we end up with this mysterious hodgepodge of elements that contradict one another, with all 4 forms he shows up in being different (scraggly and robed, silhouetted, Doppio, and Diavolo), and as a result we never get a good read on him as anything other than a guy actively trying to erase his past. It's hard to care unless you begin to ignore him as a character entirely, which is basically what he wants. He doesn't want to be a character, he wants to be a force, so it works better to read him based on what his influence rather than on what he is as an actual person, but it's not nearly as satisfying since they still need to fight him and there's just not enough to Diavolo on his own to make him, in a vacuum, all that interesting, since all of the most interesting things about him tend to be things related to him in some way rather than being specifically regarding him. I know we've said this a million times, but boy this adaption is really going to give Part 5 the respect it deserves
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Nov 28, 2018 23:36
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Hopefully it makes the ending less poo poo because it soured me on JoJo so much that i skipped to part 7 for the reboot and i've still never read part 6.
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Nov 28, 2018 23:43
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I'm getting to the end of part 6 and some of the stand abilities are just ridiculous. loving snails.
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I'm really digging Steel Ball Run so far, I'm up to Diego turning into a raptor. I'm curious though as to what the reaction to it was like when it first came out. Personally, I found the first stage to be exhilarating. I'm amazed at how well the artwork conveys the breakneck speed of the race. So much so that I half wish it was all just about a straight up horse race.
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Nov 29, 2018 00:33
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Zerilan posted:I'm getting to the end of part 6 and some of the stand abilities are just ridiculous. loving snails. Not just snails, but a massive array of rainbows through which the light is causing hypnosis and hallucination on a massive scale, hypnosis that leads to people believing that they have become snails and that everything is becoming snails and that they are being eaten by snail-eating creatures
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Nov 29, 2018 00:41
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Just finished 6. poo poo escalated loving quickly.
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Nov 29, 2018 00:59
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CJ posted:Hopefully it makes the ending less poo poo because it soured me on JoJo so much that i skipped to part 7 for the reboot and i've still never read part 6. Considering part 5 has absolutely nothing to do with part 6 at all you pretty much skipped it for nothing
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Nov 29, 2018 01:24
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Zerilan posted:Just finished 6. poo poo escalated loving quickly. it veers into urban fantasy with how absolutely fantastical everyone's abilities are in the last arc
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Nov 29, 2018 01:36
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All of DIO's kids are pretty overpowered, but my personal favorites of Part 6 are "Jolyne Gets Run Over by the Miami Dolphins" and "Where the gently caress is Mickey".
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Nov 29, 2018 01:55
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my worldview changed forever when i realized that while annasui is freaking out about mickey, he's reading a guidebook for universal studios, not disney
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Nov 29, 2018 01:58
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somepartsareme posted:my worldview changed forever when i realized that while annasui is freaking out about mickey, he's reading a guidebook for universal studios, not disney I just looked this up and you're right, he is looking at Universal. I'm not sure what to do with this information.
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BaDandy posted:All of DIO's kids are pretty overpowered, but my personal favorites of Part 6 are "Jolyne Gets Run Over by the Miami Dolphins" and "Where the gently caress is Mickey". God, Anasui getting his rear end kicked by the collective Disney canon is so loving choice.
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Nov 29, 2018 02:09
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Momomo posted:Considering part 5 has absolutely nothing to do with part 6 at all you pretty much skipped it for nothing
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Momomo posted:I just looked this up and you're right, he is looking at Universal. I'm not sure what to do with this information. Expect My Mom fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Nov 29, 2018 |
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Nov 29, 2018 02:16
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somepartsareme posted:my worldview changed forever when i realized that while annasui is freaking out about mickey, he's reading a guidebook for universal studios, not disney This is the greatest revelation I've ever seen today. Thank you.
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Momomo posted:I just looked this up and you're right, he is looking at Universal. I'm not sure what to do with this information. He's an idiot who gets clowned on again and again
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Nov 29, 2018 03:14
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We may not have gotten Mickey, but at least we got Spider-Man's hand and Astro Boy.
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