Joy/reImagined

As she appears in *Inside Out reImagined*

### Personality

Self-important and a devious planner, all in the name of happiness and a bright future

### Allies

* Riley Andersen and her outside world allies

### It's complicated

* Her co-workers (keeps a good, if tense, relationship with them)

*“Joy was slowly getting anxious. She desperately wanted Riley to just… leap from the seat and run across the plane until she got to the airport, and then run across the airport until she got outside and greeted the open air of Shanghai, and then run across Shanghai until she got to her new home, and then run some more, just for good measure. To Joy, China was the biggest playground that Riley could get, with lots and lots of land to explore and more than a billion friends to make — quite literally.”*
―From Chapter 3: "Navigation through Language and Smoke"
In *Inside Out reImagined*, **Joy** is given a significant character makeover. Contrary to the canon demeanor of glee and excitement and overt disdain as seen in parodies, *reImagined* Joy harbors rather strong feelings about how Riley Andersen's mind should be run and is willing to enforce them to the best of her abilities.

## Appearance

*“Her long, flowing waves of blue hair [...] flow[ed] to her mid-back like a river of happiness.

[...] For her bedtime, Joy was dressed in a lime one-piece bathing suit, decorated with light blue, disparate bursts and very thin, intersecting black lines. Indeed, this was perfectly fine while she slept, as she wouldn’t want to get more things wet than necessary. However, at work, Joy was a commander, leading Riley to a bright and fulfilling future and helping the other emotions do the same, and couldn’t afford to look like a little girl about to go on summer vacation — not that the emotions really had a concept of summer vacation, the outside world notwithstanding.

Luckily, her usual work outfit was right there, on a hanger put up on a nail in one of the walls, in lime much like her bathing suit. It was an outfit well-suited for a military general; while the pants weren’t too different from ones a human would wear, the overcoat had lots of decorations, including pockets, buttons, shoulder pads and, most prominently, a badge on the right side of the chest. The badge looked rather simple: a blue bordure, encircling a black-on-white stylized smiley face. There weren’t really any shoes to go with it; Joy usually went to work barefoot, and preferred it that way. In addition, the bathing suit doubled as underwear, and taking it off in order to put something else on was unnecessary and even silly.”*
―From Chapter 1: "The Big Flight"
## Personality

*“And that’s why the most difficult part falls onto me. And yet, I do get tired — a lot! And that’s why I have you — you’re always someone I can talk to, and you will listen, and none of it will ever matter.”*
―Joy, to Sadness, in Chapter 4: "The New Apartment"
In *reImagined*, much attention is given to Joy's character. For the most part, she holds the same core values as her canon and parody counterparts; namely, that Riley should be happy, and find a reason for happiness if she can, at all times. However, it appears that over the years, this approach, especially when considering her coworkers, has tired her.

Joy's relationship with Sadness in *reImagined* is completely unique to the fic. Whereas either canon or parody Joy would mistreat Sadness for the sake of mistreatment, *reImagined* Joy sees that in the end, in a world of happiness, there's not really a place for her, and tries her best to find her a purpose different from operating the console. However, darker thoughts, such as getting rid of Sadness altogether, are seriously considered by Joy as well.