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♛ BASICS ♛ CHARACTER NAME ☆ Dio Brando STAND NAME ☆ The World SERIES ☆ Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders CANON POINT ☆ Post-Stardust Crusaders ♛ FIRST IMPRESSIONS ♛ VISUAL ☆ Dio appears to be a 20 year old Caucasian male, standing at 195cm/6'5" with blonde hair and golden eyes. This set of pictures (based on canon) should give you an idea of his physique. Dio is described as being a sensual beauty. (Don't believe me? Just ask Abdul.) Important distinguishing features about him include the three moles on his left ear lobe, sharp canines, a star-shaped birthmark on his left shoulder, and a scar that goes completely around his neck from where he's attached himself to Jonathan's body. FASHION ☆ In general, his fashion goal is to make himself a glorious display. Thus, when he's bothering to wear clothes (which he often does not wear much when he's in private as an FYI), they're usually tight-fitting and meant to accentuate his body with the exception of his neck scar, which he frequently covers. Dio is also no stranger to makeup. He draws wings sharp enough to kill a man, and will find a lipstick that complements the rest of his outfit. Dio's tastes run toward expensive. DEMEANOR ☆ Dio is horrendously charismatic. He picks up on what people need/want, and uses that to his advantage by projecting the image of warm serenity, and creating a promise (spoken or unspoken) that all their dreams are within reach if they simply follow him. That being said, his presence is so calming and inviting that terror can start to set in as well. It is rarely enough to scare anyone away, and those who don't know him by reputation would not immediately determine that he's a villain, but he has a commanding presence. AURAL ☆ Dio has an English VA, but I prefer to think of his voice as possessing qualities associated with his Japanese VA instead with a Received Pronunciation accent. Dio's voice is deep, smooth, and pleasant to the ears. When worked up, Dio's emotions cause his voice to be far less controlled and it can range anywhere from guttural snarling to (relatively) shrill yelling. OLFACTORY ☆ Musky earth scent (primarily sandalwood, cedar, amber, vetiver, gardenia, cinnamon, leather) with lingering scent of blood and wine. Although not decaying, some may be able to smell that he's dead. MENTAL ☆ While Dio is capable of mind control, he does not possess particular defenses himself. That does not mean he would not put up a hell of a fight if he noticed someone trying to invade his mind, of course. Anyone who manages to push past that resistance, however, will notice that Dio is very disconnected from the emotional places of his mind. They exist, but he keeps them under tight control. MEDICAL ☆ Dio possesses accelerated healing, thus is impervious to most forms of harm with the exception of direct exposure to sunlight or sunlight-based powers. He is a corpse, thus has no heartbeat, is colder to the touch, and is paler than most humans. MAGICAL ☆ Those able to detect the undead will be able to tell that Dio belongs to that category, if not outright identify him as a vampire. Characters who can detect disruptions in the flow of time may be able to detect when Dio has stopped time even if they were not consciously aware of it happening at the time. Likewise, those who are able to detect mind control might be able to sense traces of it when he implements those powers. Those who are psychically sensitive or possess similar powers to Stands will be more likely to see Dio's Stands. ABILITIES ☆ Dio is a vampire and Stand user. For succinct details on what that means, see here.

♛ IC PERMISSIONS ♛

PHYSICAL AFFECTION ☆ Dio enjoys touch when he initiates or invites it, and frequently uses touch as a means of manipulating others. He will be uncomfortable with physical contact where this is not the case. Dio may do mental gymnastics to soothe himself into thinking he did invite it so he can feel in control of the situation, or he may put up a barrier to end the possibility of further touch during that interaction. Your characters are likely to remain unharmed, but if that changes, I will have a conversation with you before anything can happen! ROMANCE ☆ Dio is notorious for his one-night stands with anyone who's available. For the sake of gameplay purposes, this will not automatically result in your character's death like it likely would in canon. That being said, Dio may sleep with whoever he fancies sleeping with in the moment, but it's next to impossible for him to develop romantic feelings towards another person. Dio's very out of touch with his emotions and highly paranoid about the intentions of others. That being said, it's not uncommon for people to develop strong feelings towards Dio and then he manipulates them as he sees fit. If any of this sounds like something you're interested in (including one-night stands or "friends" with benefits), let me know and we can work something out. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ☆ Fair warning: Dio is overpowered. He's likely going to win. That being said, contact me and we can work something out easily. I'm willing to be flexible and let your character give Dio a very bad day if it's within their ability/make Dio take it easy on your character as desired.

TELEPATHY & MENTAL CONTACT ☆ Dio is going to react very poorly to this, and potentially violently, if it is done without his consent. If, however, your character warns him about this in advance and allows the first time to be of his own choosing, that should be fine. Just give me a heads up about how you intend to introduce him to this so we can do damage control if necessary. PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE ☆ Talk to me about it in advance, but I'm not opposed to people messing with Dio's head. DEBATE ☆ You're subjecting yourself to his monologues and self-aggrandizing, but you're free to argue and philosophize with him as much as you like. DEATH ☆ Dio is very goddamn hard to kill not just because he has so many powers that preserve his life, nor because he's a persistent kind of guy. There's just very little that he's weak against, and the only way to kill him is through total destruction of his body (particularly his head), which involves exposure to sunlight. Talk to me, and we can see if it's a legitimate possibility and/or if I'm interested in having it happen at the time. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS ☆ Anything that is a direct comparison toward his father (or could be construed as such) is going to get him angry. Likewise, any commentary that he is inferior will cause Dio to lose his temper and immediately try to prove himself otherwise. ANYTHING ELSE? ☆ If you don't see an answer here, don't hesitate to contact me. I'm pretty flexible and open to most ideas!

♛ OOC PERMISSIONS & INFO ♛

PLAYER ☆ Crystal PREFERRED PRONOUNS ☆ She/Her, They/Them TIMEZONE ☆ EST CONTACT ☆ maledictions or PM! You can send me pplurks whenever, but please contact me (or have it obvious on your plurk profile who you are) prior to adding me! AVAILABILITY ☆ Weekends are best. BACKTAGGING ☆ Perfectly fine! If I feel a thread is going on too long, I will contact you about it, but that's rarely the case. THREADJACKING ☆ If there's still interaction with my character, that's fine. However, if it's going to be more between your characters for a prolonged period of time and/or there's going to be a private interaction, I would appreciate it if you moved it elsewhere.

FOURTH WALLING & CANON PUNCTURE ☆ I would request that you give me a heads up prior to canon puncturing because Dio may have an extremely negative reaction depending on the information you reveal to him, but I don't mind canon puncturing when/where it's appropriate! If JJBA is something that exists in your character's universe, I leave it up to your discretion whether your character merely keeps that to themselves or you alter details of the canon subtly into like Juju's Weird Escapade, but please do not directly fourthwall Dio. ACTION VS. PROSE ☆ Realistically, I know there's no difference, but action tends to be my preference these days anyway. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS ☆ Anything involving rape/sexual assault/abuse, I require a prior conversation before they are introduced. In general, as long as you appropriately content warn for anything else that may be triggering, I am alright.

♛ OPT-OUT ♛

Dio's backstory contains subject matter such as child abuse & neglect (physical & emotional), alcoholism, and animal cruelty/death. Dio does not talk about these things directly since he tends to keep his history entirely to himself, but those topics can come up in narrative. I will always warn in the subject line. In addition to those potentially triggering materials, as a vampire, Dio's existence involves blood-drinking, body horror, and mind control. I will never have Dio drink a character's blood or use either of his mind control abilities without prior discussion, and I will always warn in subject lines for potential body horror. I also want to note that I would never use Dio's mind control to rob a character's consent for sex. I'm not interested in playing that, and it would be egregiously out of character for Dio. Finally, Dio has the ability to stop time, whereupon he is the only individual aware that time has frozen and he is able to move in it. I always ask permission prior to its application in a thread because of its potential to mess with a character's sense of reality and the fact it's one of those things that makes Dio extremely overpowered. I understand that any of the above topics or abilities may not be someone's bag. Just fill out the form below to opt-out with no questions asked unless there's a need for clarification. Please fill out the form below! All comments are screened! PLAYER NAME IN SUBJECT LINE <b>Character(s):</b> Name each of your characters. Please be sure to indicate any unique responses if necessary. For example, one of your characters has powers that would protect against X, but the other character does not. Otherwise, I will interpret your answers to be general and applied across the board for multiple characters! <b>Topics:</b> Let me know if any of the topics in Dio's history and/or the body horror are something you would like to avoid, or if I need to make special considerations before introducing them into a thread (e.g. contacting you beforehand rather than just putting a content warning in the subject line). If there are other topics not included here that you generally like people to be aware of, don't hesitate to list those out as well! <b>Blood:</b> This only applies to human characters. If you indicate that this is okay, this is also not a blanket for all-time, just whether or not you are open to Dio consuming your character's blood at any point. <b>Mind Control:</b> Dio has the power of hypnotism as well as the ability to inject his own cells directly into a character's brain to control them. The removal of the latter can result in death for the character if not done correctly. Like the above question, this is not a blanket for all-time approval if you say that you're alright with Dio using either of these abilities, but just indication of whether you are open to the possibility at all. <b>Time Stop:</b> Again, if you indicate that you're alright with Dio stopping time around your character, this is not a blanket for all-time approval. Just letting me know that you're open to the possibility. <b>Anything else?:</b> Anything else you would like to say or ask!

art by jinnseigame. code frankensteined from byob & shooped, stolen from fataler.