cold hands, warm heart —;
► my mans has no soulmate so things are gonna be a bit rough for the staying warm and cuddling bit; he's also very bad at being cuddly, like 0/10 the worst, you'd probably get more affection from a cactus but goddamn do i want to try anyway
► i'd actually love to do some more blatant dealing with joel's shadow who hasn't made much of an appearance yet. and his shadow is basically like if your nicer, past-self constantly reminded you why you're such a garbage person now
► probably also gonna be hanging around his shadowlands house more given it's winter (his canonpoint when he arrived), it's december (it's been 20 years and that's 20 shitty christmases)
► joel would 100% fight krampus if he could so maybe a little unsuccessful krampus-hunting team-up???
► or if your character is maybe being haunted by krampus or your tethers are in danger of getting smashed, joel can gladly barge in with a sturdy plank of wood or a weapon to defend you

don't leaf me hangin —;
► joel won't actively choose to kiss anyone or anything under the mistletoe ... doesn't mean we can't concoct any reason or spark shenanigans for such a thing to happen tho 😌 (aka pull him in for a smooch!!! his beard's a little prickly but its shh fine)
► but also, he'll probably just ignore a mistletoe sprig and get pranked for 24 hours; as such i'm down to thread any horrible/hilarious prank that happens
► if your char is suffering from any prank let tired old dad come save you

general plans—;
► i'd also love to take on any new noticeboard missions, keep building those bonds, probably check on some people from last event, especially those who had been caught in jail with him
► joel will always be drinking copious amounts of coffee
► probably eying that guitar he saw in the marketplace some time back
► he can often be found hunting and gathering supplies for stock; having been used to always having certain items on him, he definitely hoards certain supplies like medicines, bandages, small sharp blades, that kind of thing
► inbox threads!
► his symptoms from the hanahaki infliction of last event will still continue into december with an increase in severity but nothing so gruesome and bloody as poor steve so that's another option to play around with