#what started off as easily my most LOATHED dynamic in Jojo’s has become what is probably my favorite

[starry-blue-echoes]

shout out to my man Steven Steel. Lucy was the Unsung Hero of SBR but her husband was genuinely the most unexpected MVP. Araki intentionally set up this guy to come off as skeevy and potentially disgusting as possible. What's he doing this race for? Why does he have such a young wife? There can be nothing good here. Then the facade is chipped piece by piece as you see these two genuinely care for each other so much, but it never leans into romantic. Lucy is willing to die a dozen times over all for his sake. But you can't help but want to know WHY. All they've shown so far is a trusting bond yeah, but it's not romantic, then what's all this devotion for? What has he done to deserve it? Then her backstory drops like a semitruck full of bricks. He never stopped protecting her, not back then, and not even now when he's full of bullet holes and Valentine's fury is mere moments away. Like it's such a suprisingly refreshing twist, I give full props to Araki for pulling it off.

EXACTLY

The second that reporter made a comment on Lucy’s age I was immediately terrified for how things were going to play out. It’s already been VERY well established at this point that Araki isn’t afraid to go into some dark shit, so my mind was bouncing around all sorts of awful possibilities from coercion to kidnapping to trafficking

And honestly, the more and more I grew attached to Lucy, the more and more worried I became for the situation. At the time when I was under the impression their love for each other was romantic, so her dedication to him wasn’t impressive, it was INCREDIBLY concerning

but then the explanation came. How Stephen saved her and why. And the whole time I was worried it was going to take a turn, that there was going to be some darker motive……. But there never was. Stephen simply wanted to use the influence and power he had to keep her safe and give her the best life he could. He told her he had no intention of touching her in any way, and he followed through on that. Hell, he explicitly told her that one day when she’s older and falls in love, he’ll happily divorce her so she can live her life with whoever that may be

And this reframed EVERYTHING about these two thus far. It was never a young girl in a marriage with a man far her senior, it was two best friends who looked out for and protected eachother. They were both willing to face the fires of hell to keep the other safe, and the fact that not ONCE does it ever comes off as romantic is really a testament to Araki’s skill as a writer

#what started off as easily my most LOATHED dynamic in Jojo’s has become what is probably my favorite #jjba #jojo's bizarre adventure #steel ball run #steel ball run spoilers #jjba lucy #lucy steel #jjba stephen #stephen steel #jjba funny valentine #funny valentine #sb speaks #sb answers #anon