Fleetwood Max

* Organised
* Berserk

**Fleetwood Max** (フリートウッド・マックス Furiitowuuddo Makkusu) is the main antagonist of part 3, JoJazo, of the Alternate JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Max is the boss of the R.E.M. Foundation and is from 9 years in the future, 2027. He got sent back in time during an event in which he stopped everything that will ever and has ever been from imploding using his stand, Hell Freezes Over. He sends out various assassins in against the Josefa Alejo and her friends in hopes of stopping this event. Though seemingly noble, his intentions are far worse than previously assumed.

## Appearance

Max is a Caucasian male of slightly above-average height and about-average build. He's rarely seen without a lit cigarette in his hands, and yet he's just as seldom seen actually smoking it. At the beginning of the series, he's seen wearing a red tie but when he goes out to visit Josefa personally, he seems to switch to a mostly yellow tie with blue and white stripes. He dons that tie atop his partially striped. light blue shirt. Above he wears a very sophisticated, buttoned black jacket that has a large crimson alpha symbol (**A**) on the back. With this, he wears some casual blue jeans and black trousers. It's clear based on the stiffness at which he walks in them that these aren't his usual get-up, but he's instead wearing them to maintain a reputation.

However, when Max finally let's loose and goes "berserk", if you will, he shows his most comfortable self. He lets his previously tied-back, garnet red hair flow wild and free, as well as taking off his pitch-black sunglasses to reveal his striking, golden eyes - in which his left one has a scar going through and a mole beneath. He rips his jacket clean off, revealing his blue shirt (not accurately depicted in art) to actually have hundreds of tears and cuts in it, as well as star symbols going down either sleeve. There's a tear on his rear left shoulder, showing the Joestar family's birthmark. Finally, there's a very large crimson omega (**Ω**) symbol on the back of his shirt, in contrast to the previous alpha.

## Personality

Conceited, manipulative, power-hungry and deceptive, Max is the evil-corporation president package all in one. The most prominent of said traits shown is his manipulation. Having control over something or someone gives him a heavenly ecstasy that he simply can't achieve anywhere or anyway else. Getting his stand, Hell Freezes Over, was possibly one of the happiest moments of his life as he'd gained the ability to absolutely control anything he so pleased (to an extent), stronger than any of his sibling's could have hoped for in their stand's. This all only made him being pushed back through time even worse, as now he only had the usage of half of his stand's ability. Furthermore, his want for control grew far past just tricking people into doing things or even using unpaid favours on people, but instead full on brainwashing, as he did with his brother, Webster, over the course of many years. Practically turning him into his own little toy to play with. Objectively the most dastardly thing he has done, yet he feels justified in it as he felt he required it to satisfy his innate need for power and control.

Not naturally manifesting a stand like his siblings, Rhiannon Max, his mother, allowed him to inherit the R.E.M. Foundation when she felt she was too old to run it anymore, which only lead to the expansion of his need for control as well as his own arrogance. There is little in this world that actually frightens him as his ego has created a protective barrier in his mind that he believes can't be broken - which Josefa proves severely wrong. This is presented as a sort of hamartia, as his arrogance mixed with his want for control leads him to think he has absolute control over everyone unwaveringly (even without his stand for assistance), which is far from the truth of matter. His views being so blurred are what lead him to his eventual and inevitable defeat.

When actually doing his job or interacting with people, even in combat, Max is mostly able to keep a cool head. He can stay calm and collected while that flame for manipulative passion still rages inside of him, just begging to be presented to the world. To make up for the stress keeping up this act puts on his mind, he tries to smoke, but he simply resents cigarettes and can never bring himself to do it. When all of his current problems come to a point where they are far too much for him to handle, he looses his cool, turning into the equivalent of an incubus of manipulation (rather than lust). His language becomes far more informal, he smiles a lot more, shouts extremely loud when just speaking, and is willing to completely let loose on a foe just to prove that he is in control here. This isn't him growing a completely different persona, but instead just showing off what his true personality is like.

## Abilities

### Stand

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**Hell Freezes Over** is a scarily effective killing machine and, if it was in the right hands, the perfect team player. It's physical strength and, surprisingly, its speed outmatches even Mercy Mercy Me three too one, however, it does have a slightly lower durability.

This stand's primary ability is functionality manipulation. This means that Max can induce or cease a function that the target within a certain radius is able to accomplish. By function, we're refereeing to anything physical or chemical that the target can or is meant to do, and so, by using this stand, Max has limitless possible things he could do to hurt his foe. These can only be stopped or started again by Max. While Hell Freezes Over is pretty useful, he's limited to two stoppings at a time.

#### Mastery

Being pretty smart in his own right, Max is able to still be a formidable foe even without the use of his function ceasing ability (currently using one of it to protect all of time) and goes about defeating his adversaries in cunning ways. He uses his abilities to make stands like Paramore work in his favour, for example, or he even uses Hell Freezes Over to make Mercy Mercy Me release its damage sooner than wanted, usually just causing an inoffensive boom in the air.

### Personal

**Deception:** He has a firm belief that the best way to get someone to do what you desire is through deceiving them, a skill Max has heavily trained in. It's almost artistic to watch as Max crafts an elaborate lie, with almost zero inconsistencies through it what so ever. Though Hell Freezes Over over may come in handy during combat, his masterful handle on what's truth and what's not is truly his greatest ability.

## Chapters

* JJZ Chapter 4: "At The Mercy Of A Gasoline Dream"  (Appears in flashback(s))
* JJZ Chapter 7: "Hard Times, Part 2"  (Mentioned only)
* JJZ Chapter 8: "Hard Times, Part 3"  (Mentioned only)
* JJZ Chapter 14: "Heavy Love Affair"  (Appears in flashback(s))

## Gallery

Fleetwood MaxFleetwood Max gone berserkHis stand, Hell Freezes Over
## Trivia

* The concept art for Fleetwood Max's organised look was made using one of the many character creators on Picrew. Specifically, this one.The 'berserk' look was made using this Picrew.
* The name of Fleetwood Max's mother, Rhiannon Emma Max, is a reference to the Fleetwood Mac song, Rhiannon.
* The R.E.M. foundation's name does stem from both the band, R.E.M., and the acronymization of its founder's name, Rhiannon Emma Max, however, as pointed out by User ZZ's Wheel Of Fortune2, REM is also a stage of dreaming which coincidentally matches up with the Fleetwood Mac song, Dreams. I just think that's a cool coincidence.