#it but. considering gioia's fear and paranoia with the order partially stems from them branding her without informing her abt anything with

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breeze wiki coming out of left field and flipping the table on the gioiaverse 🤪🍻

#sriracha.txt #long post #finally installed the breezewiki extension so it yeeted my ass outta the fandom wiki #and over to the breeze one.. idk if the fandom wiki notes the different spots the prima guide contradicts the devs/artists/game itself but #something about reading about the contradictions on the breeze wiki made me go. hm. yeah. maybe i Will change my mind on this previously #load-bearing aspect of her lore... i think the era of devil-arm-from-birth nero has come to an end :] #it's kinda funny bc y'all remember when i was in SUCH distress over this last time and almost scrapped gioia entirely bc of it... how times #change a man <3 #Anyhow I think i'm more receptive to it this time because her character for the overarching fortuna arc evolved past Paranoid Mother #from very early on she ran a restaurant and that has always been part of her character but. idk Gioia the Restaurant Owner and Gioia the #Mother have always been two kind of separate entities for me until recently #to bring them back together i think it's crucial that gioia is able to be the former without being haunted by the latter.. if she's busy #working what is nero doing? who's looking after him? if he's being watched.. how does he Not run into any incident over the course of 19 #years in which somebody sees the devil arm? even if you live super cautiously i don't think is something that could realistically be #achieved. and it's easier if it's not something on the table at all. #so this is argument numero uno but argument numero DOS is soooo. rips the hair out. i only realized it as i was talking to my sister about #it but. considering gioia's fear and paranoia with the order partially stems from them branding her without informing her abt anything with #the intent purpose of putting her through a ritual that she Also Knew Nothing About until she was exposed to the consequences of directly #(thus becoming a firsthand witness to the secrecy and deceits of sanctus) and bearing that brand + all of its weight and implication #Forever.... i think it is almost more flavorful for nero to suddenly and unexpectedly gain the devil arm in the field.. gioia has a #Instantaneous Washing Machine experience bc on one hand there is the paralyzing fear that the order has done to your son what they forgot t #do to you and now he will be eaten away at from the inside out before dying some fucked up and evil death. and maybe you'll have to kill hi #yourself! agony! on the other hand (haha) you must remember his father was literally capable of becoming a full on demon so. maybe this is #just your son's way of expressing that same ability. crisis averted.. maybe? #i like to imagine it's a constant pingpong in her brain as she fillets fish lol </3 BUT it makes the end of 4 more potent in my head #because it's like... you thought your worst fear was the worst possible outcome for your son + something that always followed you whilst #raising him. something that grows heavier once he walks into the life you abandoned. BUT THEN..... the reality of what almost happened is #infinitely worse.. forget about your son being lost to the Blood Plague he was almost lost to the fucking eschatron lol! as were you....... #yikes! #i think she makes dante and co. a very nice pizza for their part in Avoiding That 😝