Jojo's : A Bizarre Journey

Chapter 12: #12 - Average Teenage Experience



Now, I should probably begin with explanations right?

What are the secrets around George?

Well, let me begin by marking some things about this time.

First, It's 1880, things that are common place in the 21th century are not even a thing now.

There aren't planes or any complex machinery since we're around the time of the second industrial revolution.

This should be obvious but it's fine to get a reminder of it.

Second, Historical events that shaped the world haven't happened yet.

Maybe you guys haven't thought about it, but things like the russian revolution, chinese revolution, mexican revolution haven't happened yet.

But the next big thing is going to happen in 4-5 years.

The conference of Berlin which means, The distribution of Africa.

At this moment of time, Africa is still untouched by the imperialism, so it's basically ¨First come-first served¨.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland will have two main purposes there.

Get South Africa, for gold and diamond.

Egipt because of the Suez Canal.

The second is far more important because the kingdom was under an intense political pressure coming from the Conservative Party. Or something like that.

Anyways, with the distribution done UK would have the 2nd most colonies in Africa.

What do this colonies need for them to be able to operate?

Resources.

Who gets these resources managed and sent?

Some minister.

But who gets this resources and sells them to the kingdom?

The private companies and such.

Who owns the stocks of these companies?

A variety of people.

But most importantly, us.

The Joestars own a lot of shares in this companies.

Not enough to make big changes and get too much atention.

But enough to make a nice profit out of them.

The special point of these is that, even if the shares aren't big enough in one company, overall, you could say the Joestars have a foot in every company in britain.

Alright, To put it simply if you didn't understood.

The Joestars are investors from even before capitalism began.

Hell, you could say this family invented capitalism.

Imagine if someone had a saying in every big company that affects your country.

Trading and transportation? He's there.

Industry, Mining and Construction? He's there.

Private services? He. Is. There.

That's how big this legacy is.

And George, a middle aged man who has a direct hand in all of this procedures.

Wants to give me a chance at it?

Well, he would like me to inherit his position to be precise.

We're not in ancient times, so the "Family head" position isn't all that, but, if the family head has a hand in managing resources for entire colonies, then that's a big position.

If it has a hand in every distributor of services in the entire country. Then that's even a bigger position.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a prince or princess that's putting George on check right now.

All of this said, George would be taking one of his sons as a pupil of sorts, and he'd be teaching him the ins and outs of his job, that would be enough to proclaim said son is going to be the next family head.

And if his other son goes his merry way, not showing any interest in his father's affairs...

Then yeah, I would be the unofficial heir to the joestars.

Not that i would suddenly go Dio and hoard all of the inheritance.

Or that George would let me do that, actually, if accept his offer he might not give anything to me, saying "As a businessman, the only money you can trust is the one you have worked for" or something like that.

All in all, it's a really heavy position, with lots of responsabilities that im not sure i want.

Even so, i'm sure i will accept this.

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Laying in my bed i continue with my thoughts, putting my right hand over my forehead.

You might be asking why? Why do you want such a burden?.

Sure, it's a lot of big stuff that i can avoid in my way to become the strongest in the verse.

So why?

Well, it's not because i want the restrictions of the position or the authority, but because of...

How do i explain this...

I want to have a "Human arc" if you can say that.

I want to spend my human life not laying low and preparing for eventual threats.

When i become the ULF then sure, I will be much more mature and won't mind a peaceful and long life. 

But now? It feels a bit pointless.

Sure, i don't mind the occasional plan making session.

But sometimes i feel a bit helpless.

Because my life feels so vain!

Surrounded by fictional characters, planning for fictional threats, and stressing over something going wrong in the fictional plot.

There's a limit on how much stress my mind can take.

I have already mentioned this, but i still haven't come to peace with the fact that the people of here are "Real" people.

And i don't think that i will if i only spend my time around the characters i know from the show.

George, Jojo, Jack...

They were all persons from the main story.

Sure, Jack is basically unrecognizable from his canon part but still.

I think i need a connection.

Something that can convince me that this place is as real as any other.

I know about how some worlds may be fictional from the point of view of another.

Superboy and gwenpool stuff...

But still, I want not only to know it, I want to feel it.

I want to feel i that my actions have purpose, that i have free will, that i can change the stuff i like and act however i like.

I want to feel alive.

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I wipe my eyes with the same hand i had over my forehead.

Sheesh, i went a bit overboard there right?

I think that being in a teenager's body influenced me a little bit.

I'm around the age of existencial discovery right?

That would explain my intensity.

Still, my thoughts haven't changed.

I want to feel alive.

I will make peace with the fact im in this world at that point.

Huh, is this my ¨Heaven¨?

Dio said something like "Heaven is a state where someone knows their fate and accepts it" right?

So changing ¨fate¨ for ¨life¨(?) and ¨accepts it¨ for ¨makes peace with it¨, can i make it my idea of heaven?

It won't do anything to me, not physically of spiritually.

But it will be a nice goal, a realistic one now.

Yeahhh.

That settles it, my goal is to get to my heaven now.

Seems pretty exciting.


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