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TW: abuse

Talking about everything Toya went through as a kid because I’m really tired of seeing people downplay it.

I should not have to make this at all but even after the First Concerto I’m still seeing people downplay what Harumichi did to Toya which is just…yes he’s not getting abused on screen like Mafuyu is and his dad isn’t manipulative like Mafumom but that still doesn’t make any of it ok? The reading comprehension in this fandom is really poor to say the least so here’s a post talking about what he went through.

The First Concerto reveals that Toya first touched the piano at 3. Does that seem normal to anyone? Ever since then his dad would forcibly isolate him and force him to play piano perfectly until he got it right. We only know one piece his dad would force him to perfect and that’s Fantasie Importu. You know. This.

And if forcing a toddler to play this isn’t bad enough if he messed up even once his dad would force him to do it all over again. FFS he wasn’t allowed to go to bed until he perfected it, that’s not normal for any kid. His dad explicitly ignored Toya telling him his fingers hurt as well and it caused him to break out into fevers and tendinitis. Even if his dad had the best intentions that’s still abuse plain and simple and there’s no excuse for it.

Another not so friendly reminder that Toya wasn’t allowed to go on trips or do anything that would even remotely be considered dangerous to his hands because his parents were paranoid about him not being able to become a pianist. He never got to experience anything normal kids got to because of his parents strict training and rules. All he’d ever get to do was sit in that one room being forced to play over and over again with no breaks for long hours which again isn’t ok. I’m so tired of seeing people downplay what he went through because “at least Harumichi isn’t Mafumom”.

I thankfully haven’t seen much of this after the First Concerto but I’ll still address it anyways: I really dislike the notion that Toya’s perfectly ok with everything now when he’s not? Disregarding how we see him break down because of it in the First Concerto he still has difficulty expressing himself and is still repressed emotionally. He’s very obviously healing yes but not everything is ok for him now, and it probably never will be because what he went through would fuck up anyone for life. I know that Harumichi only wanted the best for him and had one good moment during the First Concerto but that didn’t erase anything he did. In general can we please stop comparing him to Mafumom and trying to decide which one is worse? Because regardless of which one you say is worse it’ll feel like downplaying what the other went through.

That is all, I hope I don’t have to make this post again. Take a cute Toya on your way out.

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if you have more than one pet, maybe base this off the one you last interacted with!

- finn.

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@dreamcatcher-chatter hey

plural culture is dating other systems and setting up our alters

(for context my bf is a host and so am i, his headmate and one of mine like eachother so weve been trying to set them up a date hehe)

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i have not bought super duolingo. i am not buying super duolingo. i will not buy super duolingo. shut the fuck up

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leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

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we just need a L/n untrained of the twins ever!!

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blender 🎶

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The next Toya event has been leaked!

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Hear me out

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Congratulations to Mafuyu on winning the “character people want Toya to interact with the most” poll!

I’m actually curious as to what their interactions would actually be, maybe they can hang out and read books together while Niigo and VBS assassinate their parents.

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@dreamcatcher-chatter YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL ANSWER TO THIS 🎤

can a 4’10” pink haired anime girl and a 5’9” opera singing demon really fall in love

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Mizucat (they eat the frie :>)

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was bringing in crystals and water from the eclipse today and my christian sister saw me and asked what i was doing and i said “nothing” and she just squinted at me and went “i know what youre doing”

anyway happy moon day

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it is very funny to me that the witchcraft and pagan tags are trending today

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You died but Death gives you one last chance to return to the living. If you defeat her in a game, you live. The thing is - you decide what you're playing. What are you picking? /@i-send-you-random-asks

tic tac toe. it inevitably ends in a cats game, death lets me go because she doesnt really know how to handle that

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Just them

After reading the First Concerto I appreciate Tsukasa so much more, he really did save Toya from literal hell and was a supportive familial presence in Toya's life when his family was pressuring him. Also shout out to both Ena and Tsukasa for being the reasons why VBS exists, without them Akito and Toya would never have gone to Vivid Street.

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today marks the day of my one year of drawing these four, happy one year vivid bad squad !