Steely Dan

The most common image used to showcase Steely Dan.

Dan of Steel

Steely

Dan

SD

June 2nd, 2020 (When Ameriko watched the episodes)

July 28th, 2020 (Ship Day)

*"My name is Dan, Steely Dan...my Stand is suggested by the tarot card 'The Lovers,'"* - Steely Dan

Steely Dan is a minor antagonist from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders* and Ameriko's husband. His Stand is The Lovers, named after the tarot card of the same name.

## Appearance

Steely Dan has tan skin, sharp maroon eyes, and jet-black spiked hair. He wears a steel-colored gray shirt that has a black collar that shows off his chest and long sleeves (that seem to be detachable in the manga, but stays on firmly in the anime). He also wears a gold buckle belt that, combined with the gray shirt, forms an apron, hiding the top part of his black slacks. His heel shoes are brown, matching something he wears around his waist.

## Personality

In canon, Steely Dan is very arrogant, taunting, controlling, and sadistic, using his Stand on multiple people, effectively taking them hostage, just to get what he wants. He appears to love toying with people, enjoying them bending over to his will.

In fanon, Steely Dan seems to be flirty, dominant, and a bit possessive. He may also have a thing for tsunderes and costumes. In fanfiction, he is portrayed to be a bit dismissive of Ameriko's worries and sometimes questions her on her decisions, like when she offered to clean up a coffee stain on his shirt instead of just tossing it into the washing machine. In the end, he is still entertained by how far she goes sometimes.

To others, Steely Dan likes to show off everything, including his girlfriend. He loves the center of attention and can be dismissive of others' efforts in an effort to resume talking about him or anything related to him.

## Stand

"*The weakest is the most, the most, the most terrifying of them all!" - The Lovers (yes, it can talk)*

Steely Dan's Stand, shown in the anime (left) and manga (right).
 The Lovers' ability is to synchronize pain with its user once it crawls inside the victim's head. Whatever Steely Dan is struck with, the victim will feel it too, tenfold. For example, if Steely Dan cracked his knuckles, the victim would feel that sensation, and if Dan was hit with a broom, then the victim would also feel that, but the pain would be ten times worse. In addition, The Lovers can make weak clones of itself and other Stands. The size of The Lovers is very microscopic, around the size of the space between one's thumb and index finger. This allows for it to fly around without being noticed by other Stand users. Its range is impeccable and can separate from its Stand user for up to hundreds of kilometers away as long as it's inside a body.

## Origin

Steely Dan made his first appearance in the Discord server on June 15th when Ameriko posted a sprite of him from the JoJo fighting game *Heritage For The Future* and an image of him from the anime complaining of the choice of colors used for him in the game. He wasn't referred to by his name until June 18th, when he was mentioned as a character to write a fanfiction of alongside two other characters. Steely Dan wouldn't be mentioned again until July 4th during the first JoJo rant by Ameriko, where she complained about him being excluded from a SNES game but still appearing in the manual for it. As July 8th was all about posting 'cursed' content and memes from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, naturally he was included in it. After that date, Ameriko and JoJo constantly spoke about wanting Steely Dan's Stand to 'execute' them after witnessing all the cursed JJBA content. It was around this time that Ameriko started to mention the band Steely Dan on streams and named herself after some of their songs. The mentions of Steely Dan started to become frequent and his name would appear in games such as *Push the Button*, causing Lord to say and mispronounce his name, aggravating Ameriko. People would note Lord being unable to pronounce 'Steely' correctly, but this would only make Steely Dan be mentioned more and more. Not helping matters was Ameriko starting to post SD-centered memes (both the character and the band) in the Discord and forcing Lord to read and understand them in VC. All of this combined with the fact that she changed her profile picture to be of Steely Dan cultivated in a new ship being made and a new age of shipping and inside jokes.

Steely Dan is one of the most mentioned shipmates on the yacht, likely due to Ameriko's entertaining reactions and her always being active. There are countless jokes made of him by butchering his name and using that as Jackbox names in-game. Both 'Steely Dan' and 'Dan of Steel' fit into the Jackbox username limit perfectly, meaning there are many opportunities to reference him. Many yacht fanfics involve him in some way compared to other characters. As he is still a fictional character, one can also find many content of him on the Internet. Adding to this is the fact that his Stand is 'The Lovers,' making it easy to joke about love.

## Quotes

Canon:

*"My Stand The Lovers is weak...it can't even move a single strand of hair. Physically, it's the weakest Stand of all."*

*"Indeed! Good observation."*

*"Yes, that's fantastic! Where are you going to strike? Go for it! My face? My throat?"*

*"Take a look at this gold bracelet. Designs by luxury brands are nice...but sometimes you can find exquisite pieces in no-name stores like this one. I think any girl would be happy to get that, don't you?!"*

Fanon:

*"Well...I was gonna get mad at you for staining my shirt but I guess you did me a favor and cleaned the dishes. Thanks Ameriko."*

*"So, it seems, I mean, this pretty much is a date, is it not? Two people at a restaurant...it's a social event, so, a date!"*

*"You can't find it because it's microscopically small. My Stand is represented by The Lovers tarot card. Ah, doesn't it fit so well?"*

## Trivia

* Steely Dan is named after American jazz yacht rock band Steely Dan, which was also named after an item from a William S. Burroughs novel.
* He only appears for 2 episodes out of 48 in the anime adaptation of *Stardust Crusaders,* but has become a popular character and ensemble dark horse among The Cursed Yacht.