Oh what the heck.

[ladybug_archive]

Like Crystal, I'm not tagging anyone. And you can ask about more than one character, within reason, of course. And unlike the previous meme, I don't care whether you ask about a character I've talked about a lot before, since I think most of these answers would be new for almost anyone.

Give me the name of a character, and I'll tell you:
1. Whether or not I like this character
2. What name(s) I call this character
3. What image-song I associate with this character
4. What color I associate with this character
5. What character I like to put this character with (romantic-ships and/or friendships)
6. What I would want to say to this character
7. What my plans would be for this character

Comments

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Joey Wheeler:

1. Whether or not I like this character - Yes, I do. Sometimes he frustrates me, but that's mainly because I see my own worst traits reflected in him. I like him better in the manga sometimes.
2. What name(s) I call this character - Joey. Occasionally, if I'm talking to someone who prefers the Japanese, I'll slip into saying Jou or Jounouchi.
3. What image-song I associate with this character - Blind Ambition I've somehow always thought of as being his song. And then of course, No Matter What for him and Yugi. If I've found any non-YGO songs for him, I can't think of them right now....
4. What color I associate with this character - Light-blue and white, like his Battle City shirt. And blond, like his hair.
5. What character I like to put this character with (romantic-ships and/or friendships) - I don't actively ship it much, but when I think of Joey ending up with someone, it's always Mai. Their interaction on the show is amazing. I seriously can't imagine that they won't hook up sometime in the future.

Platonically, his bond with Serenity is sweet, of course. I also love his friendships with Yugi and Tristan. And antagonistic feelings with him and Seto and him and Duke are interesting to explore.
6. What I would want to say to this character - "Hey Joey. How's it going?"
7. What my plans would be for this character - He's at least mentioned in my Indiana Jonesish YGO mystery. Being that Serenity is a principle character, Joey will probably appear in the flesh at some point.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Huh. I think I like him better in the anime, actually. He tends to curse a bluestreak in the manga, particularly in the pre-Duelist ones (I think after those, they censored out the bad words, which is good, but Keith has the foulest mouth of all. XD)... He probably does in the uncut anime, I suppose, but even so...XD;

LOL. Blind Ambition was the image song I chose for Newkirk. XD

**nods** Joey/Mai is one of the few ships I actually support.

Him showing up in the Indiana Jones-esque mystery will be fun. X3 **remembers in the Grand Prix arc that he was the one running from the fake boulder. LOL**

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, aside from the swearing. XD I usually don't think much about it, since it's censored in the majority of my volumes.

Yeah, I know. LOL.

Joey/Mai has so much canonical evidence!

LOL. I'd forgotten there was a fake boulder then. I don't think Joey will be involved in the mystery; probably just depicted in flashbacks or during telephone conversations. Unless I do some scenes of him freaking out after realizing Serenity went off with Duke and David after they had to flee.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

XD

The song really does fit both of them (and I often felt that Newkirk did remind me of Joey at times. X3).

Indeed!

XD LOL at him freaking out. I dunno... one of the things that makes me think twice about Duke/Serenity is that she would be going against her brother's wishes, and... I don't know if an argument between Joey and Serenity would be avoidable...

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL.

**nods.** That's true, but my response would be she can't be sheltered all her life and live under her family's thumbs. In the fic, Serenity explains it as knowing Duke truly is a good person (besides the fact that she's in love with him) and she hopes Joey will come to see that. I think it would be a pretty miserable existence for her if she never learned to spread her wings and make her own choices, even if they differ from her family's wishes.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Hmm... **nods** I honestly hadn't looked at it that way.

If Duke and Serenity ever get together in my fics, I think Mai might help Joey understand, since she really is a big sister figure to Serenity... ^^

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**nods.** I've actually started to feel pretty strongly about the pairing, partially because I really think Serenity would benefit the most from someone who doesn't shelter her. She needs to be able to get out of her comfort zone.

That would be good. >3