#I mean shinsai brain rot always going here

[locke-barmecide]

Ah finally my time has come.

I consider myself as somewhat of a shinsai expert if you will/j

Shuichi and Kiyo were really awkward when they first started dating.

Shuichi was the one to ask Kiyo out with Maki and Kaito’s support.

Kiyo had feelings for Shuichi but didn’t want to tell him because he’s got issues and didn’t want to ruin their friendship in case Shuichi didn’t return those feelings

For the first little while it was pretty awkward. The first time they held hands Shuichi initiated it. With anyone else Shuichi would not be the one to initiate anything but Kiyo while he’s very forward he also doesn’t pick up on little things like that so the idea of holding hands didn’t cross their mind.

Shuichi blushes more than Kiyo does but Shuichi likes making Kiyo blush. It makes him happy that he can make Kiyo have such a strong reaction.

Shuichi is more embarrassed by words than anything. Like nicknames or compliments just make him flustered. Kiyo will call him “wonderful detective” “my dearest Shu” “darling” “my world”

Kiyo on the other hand is flustered by physical contact and being called cute or anything like that. Sometimes Shuichi will kiss them on the cheek and Kiyo just self destructs. Also any gentle soft touches fhdhfhg. Sometimes Shuichi will hold their face and Kiyo will just melt.

Kiyo doesn’t listen to a lot of music but Shuichi is a dedicated emo and has many many playlists for many different feelings. He’ll sometimes convince Kiyo to listen to music with him.

Kiyo is more cuddly but has a hard time initiating cuddles. Thankfully if Shuichi is sitting at his desk working, Kiyo feels the need to stop him from overworking himself so he’ll sit on his lap and wrap themselves around him and nuzzle into him for a bit.

Neither of them can drive. Kiyo is too distracted and Shuichi is too anxious. They either walk everywhere or take the bus. Sometimes they’ll get a ride from Kaito.

They’re both in college so they are studying a lot of the time. They both have part time jobs thankfully. Shuichi works at the cafe with Kaede and Kiyo works at a library near their house. They both live together in a really small apartment but at least it’s cheap.

They both have terrible sleep schedules as they both stay up too late and Kiyo refuses to wake up late while Shuichi will sleep in too late.

As I’ve mentioned before they’re both in therapy. Kiyos is more constant and isn’t something that he’ll skip while Shuichi is a bit more flexible with his appointments.

Both of their therapy is covered by the danganronpa team for awhile because of the trauma it gave them.

During wintertime Kiyo takes only one IRL class a week because he can’t handle the aches of cold weather and travelling from work to home means he has to take the bus.

Shuichi takes a lot of online classes but he goes to irl classes 2-3 times a week.

Kiyos covered by a scholarship

Kiyo will sometimes bring Shuichi flowers randomly. Shuichi gets all flustered

Kiyo is pretty self conscious looks wise. He’ll sometimes get really down about the way he looks but Shuichi is pretty quick to try and cheer him up. Usually he’ll go off about how Kiyo said that all of humanity is beautiful and that includes them.

They have an AC in their room because Shuichi gets way too hot at night and Kiyo insisted that he should be comfortable. The deal is that Shu gets the AC and Kiyo will wrap their entire body around Shuichi like a snake.

Kiyo has a large collection of stuffed animals that he got from Shuichi. Since he didn’t get much of a childhood Shuichi wants to make them feel like it’s ok to enjoy things that you missed out on earlier in life. There’s no harm in having a few stuffies when you’re in your 20’s

Kiyo constantly buys Shuichi funny detective themed mugs and shirts.

Rantaro actually lives with them but really there’s just a bedroom with a bunch of his stuff in there. He just needed a place he can go in between his travels.

Once they finish college Kiyo and Shuichi plan to go travel for a while and see some different places.

Plus Kiyo is writing a couple of books on their studies of different cultures.

Shuichi can sometimes find odd jobs that require his detective work. He often works alongside Kyoko who he’s very happy to work with.

Shuichi has a ton of friends because of the game. He’s friends with almost everyone who they were with.

Kiyo on the other hand,,, gets along with a few. Tenko still kinda hates them and Himiko is better than before. She doesn’t know how to feel about them. Angie thinks he’s ok but she can be passive aggressive at times. He gets along with Rantaro the best though. The two are pretty good buddies

Also kokichi and rantaro hang out a lot when Rantaro is home so Kiyo gets to see him too

Kiyo is very overprotective of Shuichi especially in public. He can’t fight to save their life but he’s a scary thin long haired 6,2 anthropologist who wears extra tall boots. He looks intimidating.

Shuichi is occasionally protective of Kiyo and when he is it’s terrifying. He just has this stare. This frightening blank stare. Kiyo thinks it’s hot though lmao

Anybody got Shinsai headcanons they can spill because I am in desire 👀

[fae-fucker]

Zenith: Chapter 49-51

Chapter 49

So the queen of Adhira, Lira’s aunt, is, like, super disappointed with Lira and her shenanigans. Lira finally explains that while she loves her aunt, she doesn’t want to be her, aka refuses the role of planetary queen once more. I honestly have no idea what reasons Alara has for making Lira her heir, because Lira has evidently never shown any interest in politics. Why she won’t just make Lon her heir? He seems loyal and eager. Idk I guess feminism or something. Oh and we need a character conflict for Lira. Doy.

Anyhoo, Alara says that she’s been in contact with General Cortas and knows about his deal with the crew. She says she can instead offer Lira a position as a pilot for Adhira’s new starfleet. Which they apparently didn’t have before? She says they need a stronger presence “in the sky” if there’s another war, and like 1) that’s not the sky and 2) you mean to tell me that this entire planet of randos that do in fact train pilots judging by Lira’s existence ... doesn’t have a starfleet already?

Oh, but the ship Alara offers Lira is “the fastest model in the Mirabel galaxy”. The fastest model of ... what? Is it a frigate? A cruiser? A fighter? We don’t even get any made-up specs or even a general specialization, all we get is that it’s the fastest and coolest ship ever that everybody wants right now but it’s not even out on the market yet! Because that makes sense for the government that just admitted they had a minuscule starfleet to have. I would’ve accepted it if Alara tied the existence and offer of the ship back to her correspondence with General Cortas and the ship was a diplomatic gift from Arcardius, but it’s specifically mentioned to be Adhiran.

So ... these guys don’t have a meaningful “presence in the sky”, but they DO have the tech, the budget, and the marketing strategy to make the most wanted and advanced starship in the galaxy?

Oh, and this starship? Lira would pilot it as a commercial ship. So the queen wants to invest in a bigger starfleet ... except this one extra fancy ship she’s willing to throw away for regular trade? I mean I guess it makes sense if she doesn’t want to put Lira in danger but does want to sweeten the deal with a sick starship, but then I have to wonder why the previous info about the general and the lacking starfleet is even in here at all?

This whole situation is just doubt dot jpeg.

We find out that the offer only stands this once, and only if Lira immediately removes herself from her current mission and also leaves her crew to stay on Adhira. Apparently the super sexy cool new ship hasn’t even been built yet, it’s literally just a sketch, but Alara has set aside funds to start construction. But it’s also famous enough of a ship already that everyone wants it?

I’m no politician but the logistics of it all make my brain hurt. It’s just really ass-backwards, is what I’m saying. It really feels like Shinsay just wrote one word in front of the other without any consideration of the words that came before.

Oh and Lon is here also. I’m only saying this because he bites his lip and his blood is blue and I need you to remember this for future reference.

Lon and Alara tell Lira to pick them and ditch her friends because her friends are bad for her and tbh are they wrong? Are they though? Lira leaves to go mope about how uninteresting her character conflict is and finds Alfie and Dex.

Alfie sat beside him on the couch. The AI was oiling his gears while Dex oiled his insides with a bottle of Griss.

I had to read about Dex oiling his insides and now so do you.

Wait ... is Dex butt-chugging this Griss? Dex, you know that’s bad for you, bud?

Lira asks Dex if there was truly no way to save both Andi and his dad, to which Dex replies something appropriately dramatic that nobody would actually say out loud (something something tearing galaxies something), and Lira mopes out of that room as well in grim understanding of their symbolically similar situations before the chapter ends.

Chapter 50

We’re back with Andi. The girls are all “training” aka playfighting out in the open and inconveniencing the people around them while Andi angsts about how broken and sad and black her soul is and how everything is her fault including Valen’s and Lira’s pain and how much she just LOVES these WONDERFUL WOMEN she calls her crew and how HARD it was to open up to them after Kalee and Dex but now that she has she would never give them up for ANYTHING.

It goes on for literally pages and I’m not going to include it because 1) it’s pretty much a rehash of shit we already know and have seen her angst about and 2) the fact that Andi’s thoughts and character “development” is happening in her mind alone and the other girls are doing something else makes this feel really jarring and ironically disconnected. There’s nothing wrong with having emotional chapters where not much “plot” happens, but maybe have people actually, like, talk and interact with each other? Instead of just having one character think about how deep and damaged they are? Idk, just a thought.

Anyway, after several pages of pointless nonsense, Andi finally starts crying and tells the other girls that the new info from Dex and Valen’s whole deal has been taking a toll on her. She also apologizes to Lira, which, bonus points, and to the others for getting her into this. Unfortunately Lira undoes the apology and Andi’s attempt at taking responsibility and admitting to wrongdoing by saying she doesn’t need an apology and only needs to hear Andi complain so she can be the emotional sponge and fortune cookie advice dispenser of the group just like Shinsay always intended.

Now, to be fair, this section is honestly quite touching and I wish Shinsay had focused more on the friendship instead of ... well, literally everything else. Observe:

“I tried to kill [Dex]. What if I’d succeeded?”

“You didn’t,” Breck said. Her dark eyes met Andi’s pale ones as she spoke. “And now you know his side of the story, and he knows yours. You both did terrible things, broke promises, ruined a mutual trust. You can hold on to your anger, if you think that makes you strong.” She smiled a little then. “But brute strength isn’t everything, Andi. Trust me, I would know.”

Man, Breck is really wasted on this book, isn’t she? Or at least the concept of Breck. There isn’t much of her to waste in the first place, lbr.

Andi admits that if Valen tries to kill her when he wakes up, she’s not sure she’ll want to stop him. Um. Shinsay ... It’s time to close the laptop and go outside I think. You are not equipped to handle this.

The crew tells Andi that they can carry some of her burdens for her, which is very sweet, if only Andi showed the same thing in return. Right now all she’s done is mope around, think about how much she loves her crew because they’re just so supportive, and then unload her emotional baggage on them. To her credit, Andi seems hesitant and tells Lira she’s there for her too. Lira’s about to spill the blue beans when Alfie interrupts to tell them that Valen is awake. Lira says that whatever she was about to say isn’t important in what I assume is supposed to be dramatic irony? But watch this actually get forgotten and resolved without her input, making Lira some sort of prophet.

All in all, not the worst chapter, but definitely bloated.

Chapter 51

Andi is pacing back and forth and trying to hype herself up before the meeting with Valen. We find out that apparently, the entire planet of Adhira has no military, because they’re just SO peaceful? Yeahh ... no. The only way I’d accept that is if they had, like, some sort of mind-control abilities and networks of spies and agents in the governments of every other planet nation to prevent any conflict to turn on Adhira, which I doubt since they’re supposed to be the peaceful hippies of the story. It would be mad hardcore if that were the case, but alas, I fucking doubt it my dudes.

Besides, wasn’t Adhira in the war against Xen Ptera? Or did they sit it out but still celebrate the victory as if they helped? What’s going on there?

Also, it’s been four years since Andi last interacted with Valen, which I belive makes her 18-19? Meaning Dex was an older teen when he boned down mid-teens Andi. Ok ok ok ok.

Anyway, today is the day of Revalia, which the United Systems celebrate as it marks the end of the Cataclysm. Andi is not hyped. She’s also not hyped for the Intergalactic Peace Summit that’s happening.

[...] leaders from each of the four systems would be present to symbolize that peace still existed in the galaxy, and would continue to exist between the planets that made up the Unified Systems.

So ... Um. I know Shinsay probably think that “intergalactic” is a really cool sci-fi word and they’ve heard it used before so they had to put it here because it sounds science-y and official, but ... intergalactic means between galaxies. Not between star systems or planets. Given how the summit is defined, interplanetary would be more fitting because they’re all coming from different planets from different solar systems all within the same one galaxy. (Not entirely sure what fancy word would be used for multiple systems, but my point still stands.)

The secondhand embarrassment is strong in this one, y’all. Who edited this?

Gilly finds a Marketable Fuzzy Space Pet and convinces Andi to let her keep it, naming it Havoc. It’s impressive how not charmed I am.

Dex enters with Valen and Andi thinks about how different they are and how fucked-up Valen looks.

What horrors had he lived through?

Being thrown down a flight of stairs, for one. He was rotting at some point also. You know, from all the torture you know he went through for two years? Feels like you should probably know that. Oh, sorry, was that a Deep Rhetorical Question?

I should also mention that Alfie is getting on my nerves big time, which is frankly impressive on Shinsay’s part since I’ll eat up any naïve and emotionless robot character, gears and all, yet somehow they’ve written him to be obnoxious in their attempt at making him charmingly socially inept. I think the fact that I’m supposed to be finding him cute or funny is what’s making me really dislike him. Observe:

“I find the name quite fitting, Breck,” Lira added. “Every beast deserves a strong name.”

“Allow me to assist,” Alfie added, walking over on silent feet. “Havoc is defined, in the Great Universal Dictionary, as ‘great destruction or devastation. Ruinous damage.’”

[...]

Valen inclined his head at Alfie. “My deepest apologies that you’re programmed to work for my father.”

Alfie’s unblinking eyes stared at Valen. “I am detecting strong levels of distaste toward...”

“That’ll be enough, Alfie,” Dex interjected. “Why don’t you go check on the ship repairs? Memory could probably use some company.” 

At the sound of Memory’s name, Alfie’s posture straightened. “I find my gears are warming at an alarming rate. Excuse me.”

Is this supposed to be cute? Endearing? What is the point of Alfie in this story? Why is he here? It feels like his entire reason for existing is to be the silly comic relief and the stereotypical weird AI with no concept of normal interactions. I’m also hardcore weirded out by how horny he is for Memory. It’s making me genuinely uncomfortable for reasons I can’t explain.

Why do we need another comic relief guy? Dex, Gilly and Breck, and now the fucking Havoc (the weird shitty pet thing) all serve that purpose already. WHY DOES ALFIE EXIST?!

Anyway, Alfie leaves and Dex suggests that they all have an “adult conversation” (lol) and the chapter ends on Andi finally greeting Valen and it’s very dramatic.