Pre-reading thoughts on the CDDH novel Crazy Heartbreakers (we’re gonna call it CH to differentiate it from the manga)
Under the cut for spoilers.
Keep in mind this is just based on Vish’s tiny translation of the novel, but whatever assumptions and mistakes I’m saying in here would be purely mine. Once I get the novel, I’ll see if these thoughts would change.
So, CH established that Hol Horse is an orphan and his cowboy persona was taken from a Clint Eastwood character. I’m just guessing that, apart from the Emperor card dictating his fate as a father figure, I’d figure his background as an orphan emphasised the need for him to be protective, especially to children and teenagers, even if his cowboy care-free and unattached persona seemed to clash with that trait.
Not related, but I do have two headcanon backstory for an orphan Hol: (1) Hol came from an abusive household, his dad killed his mum, and he used Emperor to kill his dad as revenge, but no one suspected him murdering his dad, and (2) Hol was the long-lost son of Joseph, his name was most likely John Joestar, he was kidnapped at a very young age and over time he forgot who his family was except the name Hol(y) which he later adapt as his first name, hence he just assumed he was an orphan.
If one of these is even remotely in CH, I’m gonna freak out fr
Hol and Polnareff also had a conversation after Dio’s death, and it’s more than what my polhol heart could wished for ♥♥♥
Apparently after witnessing Kakyoin’s death, Hol most likely passed out from his still healing injuries, and the SPW found him and treated him. Oingo and Boingo were also under the SPW custody. At this point, I guess Hol kinda got smitten with SPW, but most likely not considering that he didn’t like being attached.
But gawd, his conversation with Polnareff is honestly bittersweet. They’re no longer the goofy enemies at that point, but instead were like old, long-lost friends. It’s just additionally painful when we know that Hol was almost considered to be a Crusader, and the pregnant pause Hol gave when Polnareff joked that he expected Hol to beg for his life and ask to be a comrade...
Sweet. But pretty painful.
I’ve seen fanarts and fanfics of Hol having unrequited love for Polnareff, and this bit in the CH novel just amplified it.
Tbh, I just want Hol to go and search for Polnareff after this, as I had headcanoned about it in post-Part 5, because Hol deserved to at least be friends with Polnareff. No human can live alone without a bro, after all.
I’m also kinda intrigued with Hol’s hesitation when Italy was mentioned. Most likely, its from Polnareff’s intimidating tone...but what if there’s something in Italy that Hol Horse knew about and he hesitated to share it with Polnareff? Maybe he knew about the arrows and its origins. Maybe he knew about Passione and who were in it. Maybe he had encountered the Italian mafia prior to being hired by Dio.
Who knows?
Well, that’s all I can speculate and assume. I’m still excited and heartbroken at the same time with the PolHol conversation in CH. I wished it was longer.
Also, Hol mentioned he had a girl in Japan and I really just cannot not assume it was Tomoko, which could possibly make Josuke his illegitimate son. Again this is just a stretched headcanon theory that I don’t usually share, but why not mention it now. It somewhat fits the CDDH and CH narrative after all.
Also also, it’s safe to assume that Hol can speak and have comprehension of Indonesian, Portuguese, Hindi/Bengali, Japanese and French.
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