Joe Beaufort

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**Joseph Luc "Joe" Beaufort** (also known as **Glass Joe**) is the protagonist of *Ma Fille*.

## Bio

### His youth

Joe was born in Paris on September 18th, 1984 to Amélie Beaufort. He has an older sister, Gina. His father, Henri, walked out on the family when he found out about Amélie's second pregnancy.

As a child, he would frequently watch Doc Louis's boxing matches.

On March 17th, 1999, during his sophomore year of high school, he got the idea to become a boxer after his friend Colette Laurent told him he needed to toughen up.

### Early adulthood

After graduating high school and university, Joe moved into an apartment building and entered the World Video Boxing Association in 2007 at the age of twenty-three. His first fight was against Viktor Von Kaiser, and he lost the fight.

Sometime between his first match and the beginning of the story, he had a one-night stand with Heather Sanders.

### Katrina's early years

On November 9th, 2008, Joe was contacted by a hospital and informed that Heather had passed away, and wanted him to take custody of her baby daughter. After a DNA test confirmed paternity, he was granted full custody of Katrina Beaufort.

After bringing Katrina home to the apartment building, he decided to move, citing the apartment's small size and dismal upkeep as reasons. The two of them moved to the Beaufort Household.

In January 2009, once his paternity leave ran out, he went back to work and introduced Katrina to the WVBA, and to Von Kaiser and referee Pierce Adamson. Later that month, a friend of Heather's named Lizzie invited him to a memorial service for Heather, which he and Katrina attended.

On Father's Day 2009, he visited his mother and made cookies with her.

In late July 2009, he fought and lost his twentieth match against newcomer Dingo Bone, beginning their bitter rivalry.

In August 2010, when Gina got married, he gained a brother-in-law, Blaine Beaufort-Stevenson and a stepniece, Marie Beaufort-Stevenson.

In late 2013, he came out as gay after realizing he had romantic feelings for Von Kaiser.

In May 2015, after suffering an Anxiety Attack at work, Von Kaiser referred him to a mental health clinic, and he began meeting with a therapist, Dr. Abina.

On June 24th, 2016, he adopted the Stage Name of Glass Joe. That same evening, he fought his first match under that name, against Piston Hondo.

### Katrina's tween/teen years

In August 2016, he filed a restraining order against Heather's sister Laura after she attempted to kidnap Katrina. That evening, the two spent the night in hiding at Von Kaiser's place, where he confessed his feelings to Von Kaiser and the two became a couple.

On March 29th, 2017, he met his newborn nephew, Connor.

On May 16th, 2017, he attended Bear Hugger and Cy Camore's wedding.

On December 22nd, 2017, he fought a match against Mr. Sandman to get Katrina out of singing in a Christmas Concert with her bully. He dedicated this fight to a boy named Kaiden McCracken, whom he met about a week prior when he visited Katrina's school to try and discuss the situation with Linda Jennings and Sandra Chontos.

On March 30th, 2018, he finally met Henri.

In April 2018, he fought a match against Natsumi Kobayashi, who was substituting for her brother Piston Hondo.

In August 2018, he finally won a match in a fight against Bald Bull.

On September 18th, 2018, he celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday.

In November 2019, he and Louise Sanders were almost arrested when Laura filed a false kidnapping report against them. He was able to prove his innocence via his ID, Katrina's birth certificate, and a copy of the restraining order. A week later, he testified against her in court.

On January 1st, 2020, he asked Von Kaiser to marry him at a New Year's party. Von Kaiser accepted.

On August 15, 2020, he and Von Kaiser got married. Later that month, he and his family adopted Sofie-Miette.

In November 2020, he reconnected with Colette and Marcel Vernier and met their children, Marguerite and Yves Vernier.

On February 26th, 2021, he, his family, and the WVBA flew out to London for an international boxing tournament. During this trip, he had a match against Narcis Prince.

On November 4th, 2021, he found out that Katrina was being harassed at school and online by her former friend Claire Gwan. From this, he learned that Claire was making spousification claims against him. He and his family went to a school meeting with Katrina's teacher Amy Bowen about this issue.

In August 2022, he fought a match against newcomer Aran Ryan. He lost, and was beaten so severely, he ended up concussed. When he recovered, Katrina told him she wanted to join the WVBA. He helped her get signed up, and later attended her first match. During the match, Aran became sick and threw up, having unknowingly consumed spoiled meat beforehand. Afterwards, Joe took him home and later visited him the next day to check up on him.

In September 2022, he attended a custody hearing between Laura and Bea Spurling.

On November 9th, 2022, he was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy after collapsing in pain after his ninety-ninth loss. When he came home, he decided that he wanted to make it to twenty years in the league and win one more time before retiring for good.

### *Shining and Sweet*

Near the end of November 2022, he and his family decided to welcome a second child into their lives.

On July 7th, 2023, he came down with Moondew's Curse, which caused his skin to go gray.

## Personality

Joe is soft and warmhearted. More than anything, he loves his daughter, and is very affectionate to her. His main love language is physical contact, which he demonstrates by his frequent hugs, kisses, and cuddles to Katrina.

He is shown to suffer from some sort of anxiety disorder, as a few chapters show him having panic episodes during stressful events. This is the main reason he began seeing a therapist.

He can be timid, and is shy about his body.

### Iron Bastille

In the alternate universe where Joe never took in Katrina, instead of the weak-but-confident Glass Joe, he became an aggressive brute known as Iron Bastille. Unlike Joe, Iron Bastille is selfish, and doesn't care about anyone else.

## Physical appearance

Joe has rosy-fair skin, red hair, and brown eyes.

## Appearances

### *Ma Fille*

Joe appears or is discussed in every chapter of *Ma Fille*.

#### As Iron Bastille

* If He Threw It All Away
* Iron Bastille vs Spitfire Moon

### *Shining and Sweet*

* Too Much
* Second Chance
* Poster Girl
* Surrogacy
* Take Back the Belt
* Last Fight
* Honour To Us All
* Mysterious Circumstances
* Jolly Roger
* Luck o' the Irish (mentioned only)
* Sis Boom Bah
* Flannel
* Bullying Blues
* Good Job, Son
* Prom Night (discussed)
* Baby Kicks (discussed)
* Out Back
* Fifteen Miles in the Sun
* The Kitten's Roar
* Sand In My Eyes
* Steamed Vegetables
* Day Off
* Do the Hustle
* Twisted Sister
* Bear the Load
* Tiger Quest
* Fire! Fire! Fire! (discussed)
* Down to the Sea (discussed)
* Talking to Dad
* Spring Into Action
* Ice Flow (discussed)
* Till the Tigers Come Home
* Bus Stop
* Happy Hour
* Mr. Vati
* Fight Like a Girl (no dialogue)
* Hit Him Where It Hurts
* Don the Mask (mentioned only)
* Lost Voice
* Welcome, Baby Beaufort
* Fly High, Feather
* Hypothermia
* Snow Day
* Babysitting
* Gut Punch
* Dancing in the Wind (mentioned only)
* Girls Night (alluded to)
* Jellicle Slurps for Jellicle Boys
* Smear Campaign
* Cough Up
* Glory Days (flashback only)

## Family members

### Family from birth

* Amélie Beaufort (mother)
* Gina Beaufort-Stevenson (older sister)

### Extended family

* Gabriel Beaufort (maternal uncle)
* Chloé Beaufort (cousin)
* Marie Beaufort-Stevenson (stepniece)
* Connor Beaufort-Stevenson (nephew)
* Adalaide Von Kaiser (stepniece)

### Current immediate family

* Viktor Von Kaiser (boyfriend; husband as of Wedding Bells)
* Katrina Beaufort (older daughter)
* Paige Beaufort-Kaiser (younger daughter)

### In-laws

* Blaine Beaufort-Stevenson (brother-in-law)
* Marian Stevenson (aunt-in-law)
* Sarah Stevenson (sister-in-law)
* Miles Von Kaiser (brother-in-law)
* Princess Hook (daughter-in-law)

### Honourary family

* Louise Sanders (honourary mother-in-law)
* Alexa Spurling (honourary niece)

### Disowned family

* Henri Ricard (father)
* Laura Sanders (sister-in-law)

## Trivia

* September 18th is the release date of the original NES *Punch-Out!!*.
* In high school, his nickname was Lulu, after his middle name, Luc.
* His online username is joebeaufort84.
* All of his dialogue is in French.