User:HudgynS
Hudgyn Sasdarl (ハジーン・サスダール, Hajīn Sasudāru) is a JoJo Wiki user. A close associate of fellow JoJo PS2 modder penguino, Hudgyn has been responsible for several mods and patches for GioGio's Bizarre Adventure,[2] and the two have released an English translation of the Phantom Blood PS2 game.[3][4]
Personality
When first introduced to a situation, Hudgyn prefers to remain quiet and adjust to his surroundings in peace before slowly increasing the magnitude of his contributions. However, this is a mere facade to avoid harm: the true Hudgyn Sasdarl is a hateful person who lives a life of vexation and hides his vileness beneath a teasing face. Once he becomes comfortable in a given scenario, he consistently takes a mocking attitude toward people and media, often pointing out what he sees as detrimental with a sneering "lmao." Hudgyn particularly enjoys mocking JoJolion, citing what he sees as its lack of focus or restraint, poor time management, abrupt shifts in characterization and detail, and inability to communicate its themes in an interesting manner. Though he is most pleased by his own jabs, he nonetheless supports others' petty insults to nearly the same degree.
Hudgyn's insistence on poking fun at problems leads him to constantly adjust and tamper with his own contributions, hastily correcting any mistakes he sees. Often, this leads to a bigger problem than the one he began with, which of course he then also attempts to tackle. The most notable example of this is his GioGio's Bizarre Adventure translation patch, which saw continuous updates of varying scale for over three years after its release. In the case of wiki articles, this habit often manifests as one large edit with an edit description followed by several minor edits with no edit description. This, ironically, is shown to have hindered his ability to deliver information on his first attempt, and he often requires multiple attempts or edits to convey what he means to convey. Hudgyn notably fears slipping into altered states of mind such as drunkenness and insanity, believing that losing control over his own mind will cause him to commit mistakes that he cannot rectify.
Hudgyn also actively chooses to believe in several theories that have been widely debunked by the scientific community. For instance, he believes that Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan takes place in the second continuity first seen in Steel Ball Run from Episode 2 onward, that Diavolo would have killed off Fugo regardless of his decision at the end of the first King Crimson battle, and that Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2 will not release a costume pack for All-Star Battle R that includes the additional costumes from Eyes of Heaven. Most damningly, Hudgyn does not believe in gravity.
Incredibly, Hudgyn has demonstrated the ability to enjoy media that caters to his tastes. Games such as GioGio's Bizarre Adventure and manga such as Phantom Blood and The Gorgeous Irene's various one-shots have earned his approval, despite various minor complaints with varying degrees of plausibility. While the reasoning behind Hudgyn's tastes are unknown, he generally seems to prefer works that "know what they want to convey" and refrain from "trying to be more than they are." In order, his favorite parts of the JoJo manga are Parts 5, 1, 3, 6, 4, 2, 9, 7, and 8 (presumably with a large gap between Parts 7 and 8); his favorite parts of the JoJo anime, in order, are 5, 6, 3, 2, 1, and 4, which should tell you all you need to know about his inability to distinguish true quality.
Strangely, Hudgyn chooses to associate himself with a fictional character named Hitagi Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari and its sequels. While his exact reasoning remains a mystery, it is worth noting that Senjougahara is initially characterized by her harsh tongue, brutal honesty, and insurmountable stubbornness and pride. Senjougahara also prominently displays growth as a human being as the series continues, something that Hudgyn seems clearly incapable of.
In other words, he is a typical resident of Ohio.
User Content
Hudgyn's sandbox page, consisting mostly of GioGio character movesets and previous blog posts, can be found here. In addition, Hudgyn uses a custom alternate Part 1 wiki theme inspired by the Phantom Blood PS2 game.
Things He Has Gotten His Grubby Mitts On
- Author's Notes.
- Almost everything related to the two PS2 games.
- The current JoJo's Venture/Heritage for the Future/PS1 Game page system.
- The Lives of Eccentrics.
- A few story arc pages, during that time surrounding chapters were being grouped into arcs.
- Most game OST pages.
- Quote transcriptions, primarily from Phantom Blood.
- Over Heaven chapter summaries.
- Indirectly responsible for the Vol template.
- Directly responsible for the templates it replaced.
- The PB/BT color used on this page and the page for the anime's first season.
- 77 Rings.
- Colored Pages.
- Some of Name Variants.
- Removed the "Your Miraculous Love" double-translation in the The Wonder of You story arc's title.
- Shueisha Comic Bunko, Omnibus Edition, Shueisha JUMP REMIX, and JOJO-D.
- Gorgeous Irene.
- Rohan au Louvre.
- Murdered the former largest page on the wiki.
- Various bunko afterwords.
- The Great Japanese Title Standardization Fiasco of 2022/2023.
- Chapter/Volume/Episode name redirects.
- Worked out the English OVA release timeline.
- A significant portion of Home Video Releases.
- Created the "Sticky Sidebar" gadget.
- Created that little template that auto-updates the Stone Ocean English publication page.
Potential Diabolical Plans
- De facto maintenance for the Stone Ocean English publication.
- Continue transcribing and slightly retranslating Shueisha Comic Bunko afterwords, possibly depending on the availability of clean scans for Steel Ball Run's afterwords.
- Read Fox Foxstar's JoJolion 'cope fic', Go Beyond JoJolion, currently being serialized on Archive of Our Own.
References
I really, truly, honestly can't believe Araki finally jumped the gun and put Rohan Kishibe in the second continuity, seemingly completely unaltered. I mean, there were hints: JoJolion featured references to Mutsu-kabe Hill and Poaching Seashore (oh, God, did it reference Poaching Seashore), and Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan referenced the wealthier Higashikata family and the Seiten Birdies, but it really did seem like one of those things where they were never going to collide. I believe Araki actually referred to TSKR as a "side-by-side world" with JoJolion once? Yeah, it was in JOJOVELLER. Still. My God. He's an absolute madman, Araki is. I mean, where do we even go from here? Was that the point of Radio Gaga, to firmly place Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan in the same world as Rock Humans and November Rain? Do we have to start questioning whether Millionaire Village exists near JoJolion's Morioh, or why the town changed its logo in Hot Summer Martha? Is Bakin going to show up? I mean, Bakin is a very good boy, so I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him again, but... I just don't know. I honestly don't have a clue. There are two Kishibe Rohans. Probably more. How do I handle this? Plus, we know from Millionaire Village that Araki doesn't worry himself about ages, so could Au Louvre fit into this somewhere? What about At a Confessional, was that caused by an unrelated incident? And those lookalikes of Josuke, Koichi, and Okuyasu, among other Part 4 characters? Do they exist in the Morioh of JoJolion? Who are they? I just... I don't know. Rohan Kishibe. In second continuity. What is Araki cooking? Is he cooking?
