vento aureo reread + meta notes.

[fataler]

ARC 1 | gold experience

► is this art (gloves specifically) a possible reference to this outfit? the collar def is prince-y
► any attention is good attention, even though those cops are literally calling him disgusting. also bribing cops - first two things we see giorno do are body horror-y and Crime
► giorno says 10 euros three times, but distracts koichi with small talk to confuse him and make him think he's lowered the price
► ladybugs & zippers . . . tres foreshadowing (although i think bruno's zippers are mostly silver, not gold?)
► SMUG PIECE OF SHIT
► overtly dio-esque framing, with face unseen and framed from below in position of power; strong callback
► "SPQR" = "Senatus Populusque Romanus" = "The Senate and People of Rome" refers to gov't of Roman Republic and is used as an emblem of roman municipality today. why does luca have this? is he connected to cosa nostra somehow? or rome at all? did he just steal a shovel from a city worker? otoh: there was also an american label called SPQR records.
► so rude, but also unwilling to let himself be played. no reason to ally himself with/ingratiate himself to luca, so he's just annoyed that he's being fucked with.
► the photograph. seriously, where did he get this? why is it signed?
► blease don't hurt his frog but also gold experience's self-protection is highlighted immediately - it's narratively and thematically important which is why it's presented up front. ge is self-protective because it's in giorno's nature to be self-protective as well. "all living things strive to survive."
► giorno's mom got remarried when he was 6, not 4; had that date wrong
► the dante e beatrice is a real b&b, the name coming of course from dante alighieri and bice di folco/beatrice portinari. unlikely that this is foreshadowing in any way because there's not really a central love story in vento, but interesting.
► "that's enough. i enjoy being alone, so go away." politer than jotaro and even josuke and seems more - stiff? anxious?
► this is just smarmy and so is this.
► source of dislike for repeating himself? silvie had ideas on this that idr
► you're a good person #1

ARC 2 | buccellati's coming

► why did it take spw until 2001 to figure out dio "constantly fucking" brando might have had a child? come on guys
► discontinuity here - jotaro mentions that giorno's stand only recently awoke, but he's clearly very young (7 max, or 8 but teensy) in the flashback when gold experience first shows up. so the hair color change, which was recent, has nothing to do with gold experience awaking.
► bruno deliberately acts erratic and loud to put giorno off-balance; giorno immediately appears uncomfortable with this (body language + silence), so bruno continues
► luca's dying. actually dead. body count (giorno): 1. body count (total): 1.
► anyone would be sweating if they suddenly had a hand full of eyeball, bruno . . .
► flashback: 1 | 2 | 3 4 5
► flashback notes: it says here his mom got married when he was 4, so i'll stick with that, because he LOOKS SO TINY IN THIS FLASHBACK + 4. also, giorno saved the gangster not out of moral duty but because the gangster reminded him of himself. giorno sought respect like what the gangster had given him/made others give him, but still hadn't experienced friendship or love, thus didn't seek it out. is it possible that in some sense giorno's assumption was "gangster respects me; others don't; only gangsters will respect me/not hurt me?"
► "i'll have to kill him", which isn't morally objectionable, just annoying to him. he also didn't show any guilt at hearing how badly luca was hurt.
► no, bruno's zippers ARE gold, so that was foreshadowing with the boot.
► "i've never once used gold experience's power to attack another human being. i only just discovered my abilities a few months ago." THEREFORE: gold experience has always been there, protecting giorno. however, when giorno became cognizant of his abilities, his power, his hair color changed (ie he became more dio-like). greater power = greater resemblance to padre.
► disgraziato can be condemnating or fond; ie, "you wretch!" or "you rascal!"
► why does giorno never use life shot again??? is it just too op?
► holy fuck this kid is crazy - b buccellati
► YOU SNOTTY LITTLE SHIT
► you're a good person #2

ARC 3 | meet the gangster behind the wall

► giorno: coquettish but intimidating stare
► so bruno agrees to pretend he couldn't find the person who killed luca - wicked dangerous! - but won't back giorno at this point if he's found out, which is fair.
► "for that honorable determination that you showed when you injured your own arm and for your dream, which is worth its weight in gold, i'll take my chances on you, giorno giovanna"
► passione deets. notable: hotels, ports, transport (or port transport? unsure), construction, funeral services, restaurants, gambling, drug trafficking. 756 members? seems high but who knows.
► "[polpo] could leave anytime he wanted. he could even have been found innocent." implies total control of courts as well as police
► the cops genuinely have machine guns. jesus.
► polpo has everything he needs, including weapons, in prison, so enormous sway. he's also a lot smarter and more observant than i remembered. except for the part where he eats his own fingers ig
► polpo: "what can u do" giorno: "STEAL"
► note giorno's expression when polpo gets too close
► GIORNO YOUR HAND IS ON FIRE?? jk is flower

ARC ☠ | entering the gang

► "can i do it tomorrow" u_u
► you don't need a passport to leave the city, koichi
► tiny janitor grandpa killed the flame :^(
► this janitor's attitude on luck is kind of mista-ish
► he doesn't get mad at the old guy tho
► he's genuinely upset for this sweet old janitor getting brainstabbed
► what will happen indeed . . . foreshadowing af
► "if he's someone who kills innocent bystanders . . . i have to defeat him!"
► "it'll take a bit to explain, but as you can see, i'm being attacked" why are you so CASUAL you WEIRDO
► and that's how koichi hirose became a cultist
► TAKE YOUR TIME AND ENJOY SUNBATHING (rihanna wink) why are your one liners so bad
► "i can't say i'm very devout" (dead eyes)
► polpo's dead of banana

ARC 5 | 5 + 1

► a helpful chart of gang stuff
► "normal, civilian styles of clothing" ok
► FUGO IS SO GOOD AND ENCOURAGING
► so much happening on this page but like mista just listing off types of cake. gold.
► this meek nonsense
► THIS FACE HE'S SO DONE

ARC 6 | find polpo's fortune!

► bruno helps some nonnas
► the fortune is about $35.5k which isn't that much???
► he doesn't even ask narancia to turn it off before wrecking his boom box jfc
► now it's 600 mill? = ~$5.4 million
► narancia has a bad day #1

ARC 7 | mystery of soft machine

► foog is really worried :[
► there go mista & fugo
► abbacchio stays calm and logical in a crisis; he & bruno communicate well under pressure
► giorno, noticing that abbacchio doesn't trust him and won't bring his stand out while giorno is there, allows himself to be captured so that abbacchio can solve the mystery with him out of earshot
► seriously giorno wtf
► abba like yep that's my dumb son
► my stand will trace everything, unrelentingly

ARC 8 | moody blues's retaliation

► during replay, moody blues "cannot attack or defend. it becomes completely defenseless and cannot be controlled by the user"
► nya nya like cats
► the moment you stab abbacchio, i take your life

ARC 9 | enter sex pistols

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ARC 10 | the location of the 600 million yen

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ARC 11 | operative buccellati: the boss's first assignment

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ARC 12 | narancia's aerosmith

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ARC 13 | the boss's second assignment: retrieve the key!

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ARC 1☠ | man in the mirror & purple haze

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ARC 15 | the train to florence

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ARC 16 | the grateful dead

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ARC 17 | baby face

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ARC 18 | towards venice!

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ARC 19 | santa lucia station: get the disc!

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ARC 20 | white album

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ARC 21 | the boss's last orders

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ARC 22 | bruno buccellati's youth

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ARC 23 | the mystery of king crimson

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ARC 2☠ | the g in guts

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ARC 25 | clash & talking head

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ARC 26 | no flightcode! headed for sardinia

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ARC 27 | notorious B.I.G.

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ARC 28 | spice girl

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ARC 29 | storm warning on sardinia island

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ARC 30 | my name is doppio

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ARC 31 | king crimson vs. metallica

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ARC 32 | beneath a sky seemingly about to fall

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ARC 33 | pronto! on the line

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ARC 3☠ | destination: rome! the colosseum

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ARC 35 | green day & oasis

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ARC 36 | they called him diavolo

► including "a brief flashback"

ARC 37 | before the arrow

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ARC 38 | the requiem plays quietly

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ARC 39 | diavolo rising

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ARC ☠0 | king of kings

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ARC ☠1 | gold experience requiem

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ARC ☠2 | sleeping slaves

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