#I want to pick him up like how you pick up miis

[meownotgood]

don't talk to me or my son ever again

[juniperdugong]

Couple Costumes Maknae Line ver.

What you guys would wear as a couple on Halloween and how they react!! || 95s || 96s || 97s || Maknae line || A/N: I tried to make these examples as inclusive as possible, if you don't like that THEN GET OUT! Also, the characters or costumes I mention DO NOT correlate to the boys' personalities and this is all just for some silly Halloween fun! I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ART, all credit goes to their respective artists!

Seungkwan Sun & Moon/Doraemon

He's another one who thinks it's silly at first but puts up with it because it's you! Really, for such an extrovert who loves being a comedian, he tends to get embarrassed a bunch. But as it goes, he is willing to do anything for love—of course with his own "professional input."

He runs the show in terms of what y'all are picking. He needs it to be a good mix of funny but cute ALWAYS. I see a small argument as you guys go back and forth on what to wear and how it should look. But ultimately, if you really pushed for it... he would go with what you want because he's above fighting over costumes (sometimes)

He could settle for a simple sun and moon costume, he is after all the brightest sunshine boy to exist. But it's fairer to say that y'all would end up going with a childhood favorite comedic character and who better than Doraemon! He would adore this idea up and down and out! Of course, he's gonna be Doraemon and you're going to be Mii-chan or Noramyako... let's be real he wouldn't let you get the chance to steal the Doraemon spotlight from under him.

Vernon Sarah & Wirt/Adventure Time

Go with the flow all the way~ Which is to say he'd love to dress up with you and go with whatever ideas you have for him in terms of costume. He doesn't play into it as enthusiastically as others would but definitely is supportive through and through, constantly pushing you to challenge your ideas of what the costume should be. Very much the type to be like "What were you originally thinking?" if he notices you trying to tone it down - because despite what people may think he is very expressive, especially through fashion (as we know)

If he did give any sort of input or inspiration forward I definitely think he would be going for some sort of cartoon or comics, he's mentioned Hellboy before so I feel like that's a good route, I can also see X-men being a thing. But I'm a cartoon nerd at heart and OG carats know he used to rave about Adventure Time so I can definitely see him bring Simon & Betty to the table, maybe Marshal & Gary, perhaps a Fin & Flame Princess, or Jake & Lady. I'm a sucker for the idea of y'all as Wirt and Sarah from Over the Garden Wall though, like would die to see him in the vicinity of that show.

Dino Morticia & Gomez/Scream

He is 100% the type to vehemently refuse, but as soon as you give him even an ounce of that sulky attitude, he changes his tune and is in for whatever you want. Such a lover boy, honestly. It's getting on my nerves how fast I see him change his mind for you tbh. If you actually get mad I feel like he would go off the rails and in a frenzy get a bunch of costumes as revenge/malicious compliance? In short, he gets mad at you for being mad but does what you want anyway... Yeah.

He's so Gomez Addams coded, I'm sick! Also you guys as the power couple of the Addams family? Yes, puhhhlease!! It's insane how much y'all would rock that shit. Down and out winning the costume contest, for sure! But I also see him turning down the idea if he doesn't know the movie... In that case, I feel like even if he hasn't seen Scream he would be down to do Ghostface. Not only would you guys look hot but he doesn't have to wear different makeup and I feel like that's a win for him in his book.

A/N: A day late but it's better than nothing! The jjk fiends will have to wait till tmrw for the official end to the Halloween event with a Gojo fic lmao

Please Reblog and Comment if you enjoyed ! (They act as power-ups for me)

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[djarinova]

"Am I your lockscreen?"

jean kirstein x gn reader

content - modern au, fluff, jean calls reader pretty, jean gets embarrassed when you look at his phone words - 1k

"Do you seriously think you have better moves than me, Kirstein?"

Jean tilts his head, but keeps his eyes focused on the screen, not wanting to let your taunting get to him. 

The two of you had been engaged in a close battle of video games all afternoon, currently playing a 3 round game of tennis on the Wii to decide which one of you gets to choose the place you'll order food from for dinner. 

"Babe, just watch this serve and you'll be eating your words." He brings his arm back in preparation for his tennis serve. "Just like you'll be eating Chinese food for dinner!" 

Jean ends his sentence with a whoop, clearly already planning his victory as he prepares to undergo what he assumes will be his final few swings. 

The first swing is his serve, a nice and solid start in which he had you leaping to cover your end of the court. 

"You know if I win this set I win the entire match, right? It's match point, baby."

You scoff, trying your best to ignore him. 

His second swing has your heart beating frantically, and even though your eyes have been trained on his every move on screen, you still almost miss it—managing to save it by the skin of your teeth. 

"I love you baby, but there ain't no way I'm letting you win right now."

And he's right. His third swing is his most forceful yet, and you're pretty sure he almost let go off the Wii remote—thank god you told him to use the remote straps. 

You groan the second your Mii misses the tennis ball, but it's drowned out by Jean's incredibly loud, and giddy, cheering. 

"Wooooooo! Aw yeah, ah ye— did you see that, babe?—ah yeah, I'm a genius, I literally nailed that!—that was amazing." 

His cheering bleeds into something more along the lines of a song, and you can't help but laugh as you reach across the sofa to pick up Jean's phone, thinking that you may as well get the menu up and ready to browse while he finishes his gloating.

"Yeah yeah yeah, it's probably for the best anyway, you're such a sore loser—" 

Jean turns to look at you—ready to take all your teasing about how much of a bad loser he is, and how you let him win this game to save your poor ears from having to hear all his whining—when his eyes widen.

“Am I your lockscreen?” You ask, stunned.

ShitShitShit

Jean grimaces. 

Act dumb.

“What are you talking about? I… I don’t think I have a lockscreen at the moment.”

Not that dumb.

You smile, narrowing your eyes slightly in amusement as Jean’s mouth opens and closes. 

"And you're sure about that, huh?" 

"I think maybe Eren changed it the other day…" 

You stare at him, watching the cogs turning in his head. 

"I never change my lockscreen—I wouldn't even know how to—and if I did I'd only ever change it to something really good—not that you're not good—shit—I mean like, a good photo of the sky or a nice group shot or a pic of my dog—not that I think you're like my dog—you're really pretty—not that my dogs not pretty—it's a different type of pretty, you know? You wouldn't compare apples to oranges—no wait—that's not right…"

Jean looks to the ground as he trails off—not daring to meet your eyes. He could feel the tips of his ears burning. His face felt hot. His heart was racing wildly. 

God. That was a mess.

“Jean?”

He continues avoiding your eyes, willing the ground to open up and swallow him right where he stood.

“Jean?” You ask again, “Is this photo from my instagra—”

“You weren’t supposed to see that.” Jean says quickly. 

You look at him for a second—watching his chest rise and fall rapidly, and seeing how his hands are beginning to shake—and you take a step towards him. 

“Jean, would you please look at me?”

He doesn't.

“Baby, I’m serious,” you try not to smile at his stubbornness, “it's very, super, extremely important that you look at me right now.”

You step in front of your boyfriend, placing your hands on his cheeks and angling his head so he is forced to look at you.

“I’m not mad, Jean. I’m not upset or confused or embarrassed, or whatever it is that you think I'm feeling right now.” 

Jean furrows his eyebrows, but he doesn’t dare to interrupt. 

“I love it. A lot. And I can't believe I didn’t know—wait, is this what Eren was teasing you about the other day?”

Jean nods, and you're unable to stop the smile that lights up your face.

“Oh my god… you’re the sweetest guy ever.” 

You move your hands from his face, and instead settle your arms around his waist, pulling him ever so slightly closer to you.

“Why didn't you want me to know?”

“I don’t know… I think maybe I thought it was too soon…?” Jean says, his voice rising as he reaches the end of his sentence.

You shake your head.

“It’s not too soon, definitely not at all. I love it, okay?”

“Okay.” Jean smiles.

“Just promise me one thing—”

“Anything.”

“Next time you want a photo for your lockscreen, just ask me. I don’t want you to be forced to use the same photos that everybody gets to see. I want you to have something special.”

Jean feels his cheeks flare up with warmth at your words, but he nods his head.

Satisfied, you untangle your arms from around his waist and plop yourself down on the sofa, holding his phone out towards him.

Jean’s puzzled look causes you to let out a small giggle.

“Baby… You won, now come over here and order me some Chinese food.”

Jean grins, his cocky winner demeanour suddenly returning as he sits down next to you, flopping himself practically on top of you and slinking his arm around your shoulder.

“Give me that phone babe, it's time for the winner to choose the dinner.”

[tihgnari]

✮ bonus. we grew up (ღ)

wc: 571 / tw: none

you wanted to wipe the twinkle in kazuha's eyes as you laid out all your makeup supplies on the table. your pride just wouldn't let you succumb in any form of shape and size to this man, but you always end up giving in to his pretty red doe eyes.

always, and you hate it.

"aren't you so giddy," you comment, testing the eyeliner on the back of your hand.

"of course," he says, tilting his head and closing his eyes, anticipating your movements. "it's been years since you last did this. can't i be happy?"

you quickly work on his right eye, swiping a tiny, thin wing like you knew he liked it. just as you are about to start on his other eye, his hands settle on your hips, and you nearly mess up, heavily conscious of the heat you feel radiating off his hands that muddles your mind. you snap out of it when kazuha calls out your name, probably confused why he can't detect any movement from you. you shrug it off, claiming your eyeliner was getting patchy and was trying to fix it, before diving back to work again.

you slowly cup his cheek, fighting the slight tremble in your hand and the loud echoes of your fast heartbeat in your eardrums as you draw the other eye's wing. "you know i did miss you, yn. i mean… life's been real glamorous considering we're getting gigs left and right, out of town — sometimes in the city even — but i wake up some days wishing you were back in my room helping me write lyrics, and we'd be laughing our asses off while i give you a mini-concert."

you lick your lips, ignoring the pinpricks of needles in your heart as you finish his stage makeup. you offer him a sad smile, something he doesn't see. "well," you start putting everything back into your little pouch, back turned to him. "we grew up, kazu… we started having other priorities."

he laughed, but there wasn't any humor in it. "'we'?"

you pause, detecting unspoken feelings buried deep down within him. maybe if you'd been facing him, you would've seen his aloof mask slipping, and you would've seen the flash of hurt in his eyes before he swiftly changed topics like he always does.

"this is why i only trust my face with you, yn!" he checks himself out in the mirror. "good luck trying to get the ladies tonight, aether!" and he's out of his chair in a blink of an eye, walking towards the rest of his bandmates — you daresay you felt like he was trying to ignore looking at you or shutting off your presence because of his mini slip up earlier —

kazuha will never change, you realize. it's true, and it's been years since you last saw each other, and how he's been before is still the way he is now. you just yet to find out if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but at the back of your head, you just know you've already picked out an answer.

"i'll see you guys after you perform! break a leg!"

you were out of their waiting room and heading back to where you left ei and miko, who coincidentally also just realized you'd been gone too long. on your way back, your mind chants only one thing.

i can't like a boy who stayed in the past.

BAD BLOOD » previous : masterlist : next

a genshin impact band au w select characters

summary — you thought you'd be spending summer break helping at your mom's flower shop or attending kazuha's gigs, but the last thing you expect is to be caught in the crossfire of two band vocalists who hate each other's guts with a burning passion.

note — a peak into their backstory 🫨

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[luffyvace]

Late!! Dazai B Day hcs!! 😊

Yes IK I’m like literally almost 2 months late but I’m doing it ✨fashionably late✨

Dazai would become such a big baby 🤦‍♀️

he wants to sleep in late and wants breakfast in bed

the whole shabang 🙄

basically demands everything cuz he’s “the birthday boy☝️🤓”

and if you don’t get it for him your a bad s/o 😤✋

also demands cuddles all day long, which- I guess isn’t so bad 🤷‍♀️

I hope you didn’t plan anything, cuz he pretty lazy and doesn’t wanna work or even go out really

i mean maybe, only if you promise you have something super fun planned 🤩 and he’s gotta be interested in it too! ☝️😤

or your going to jail! For ruining his birthday D:

wouldn’t mind if you invited the Ada members over, actually asks you to do it at some point because his b day is too lonely without lots of friends and a party!! :D

all the sudden he has all this energy and wants to turn up LOL

so you guys put on some music, pour some drinks and have an unplanned party on the spot!!

although I’m sure Atsushi was planning one for him anyway <3

you’d best have brought him the most top tier gifts too!! >:( only the greatest stuff for the birthday king! 👑 (yes he deems “boy” too belittling now and wants to be called the birthday king now 😭⁉️)

gives you lots of kisses, back hugs and overall pda, - AND NO COMPLAINING!- cuz he’s the birthday king~ 😊

so if you don’t like it suck it up for a day butter cup!- Cuz he loves it! 💋

undoubtedly bothers Kunkida and asks him to do obnoxious, stupid things he knows he wouldn’t wanna do

and there’s no getting mad cuz he the birthday king!~ 😉

kunikida gets mad anyway and Dazai whines that he’s not supposed to get mad at him on his big dayyyy! D;

goes to you to tattle tale and you switch the topic by suggesting limbo! 🤩🤷‍♀️

To which Dazai immediately falls in love with this idea and demands everyone to play

in this order, is how everyone wins:

0 Dazai (he’s the birthday boy king ! )

1 Fukuzawa (the real winner)

2 Atsushi (tiger flexiblity)

3 Kyoka (super tiny)

4 Kenji (Second tiniest)

5 Tanizaki (would’ve done better but Mii-Chan aka the cat jump on him- LOL 😅😂)

6 Yosano (woman flexiblity)

7 Dazai’s ACTUAL placement-

7 Ranpo (would’ve done better but when he got “no” as an answer to “is the reward snacks” he gave up before even trying)

8 Kunikida (Dazai tickled him 🗿)

9 Naomi (has girl flexibility but wanted Tanizaki to win over her)

10 Kirako [office lady] (has girl flexibility but didn’t really try)

yippieeee Fukuzawa Dazai wins 😁🏅

for dinner you had spicy curry (either Kunikida or you made it)

And his cake was marble, I feel like he’d really like it

⚠️Suicide/death mention⚠️ (ofc it’s Dazai..)

at some point he asked you to commit double suicide with him, you can’t say no! It’s for his b day!! 😖😫 imagine dying on the day you came into the world!! With your lover! Isn’t that just romantic!~ 😍 hurry! Pick a painless way to die from this book of his before the day is over!! 😄 no? WHYYY?! 😩 *cue Dazai melting and turning into a hot mess on the floor*

by the end of the night your apartment is pretty messy and you and Dazai are cuddling up in bed, your head on his chest (or vise versa whatever you prefer <3) in solidarity silence

he demands you give the birthday king a goodnight kiss, and you do 💗

Short n sweet, but sometimes that’s how we prefer it, right?

-Brook🏴‍☠️

[epithetemporium]

reguarding the trixie mario kart post,

do you have thoughts for the other characters? like mains/ skill level/ play style that kinda thing

love ur posts sm :3

(Naww thank you <33)

Molly

she WILL hit you with that green shell

especially right before the finish line

in fact all that stored up anger makes her incredibly good at sniping people with items

Molly knows about a few shortcuts but doesn't really use them because she's too worried about ruining her race by failing them

mains Toadette (and Isabelle but technically she isn't really a Mario Kart character but I'll ignore it since she's in the game)

her favorite track is Maple Treeway

Phoenica

She's too nice to use the items

actually she doesn't even really RACE at all, because it's irresponsible to drive a vehicle at these speeds

Feenie tries to apply real world driving laws to Mario Kart

it does not go well

there are no laws in Baby Park, only chaos

She loves the Princess drivers the most and adores the Babies

Uses smart steering

ALWAYS picks Daisy Circuit because of the statues of Luigi and Daisy together (she thinks they're very adorable)

Trixie

as said, she mains Drybones

Trixie knows ALL the important game breaking things. Shortcuts, best item spots, what would theoretically be the best combo, you name it

I think they'd prefer the bikes over the karts

favorite tracks are Coconut Mall (the Mario Kart fandom will understand why), Mushroom Gorge and Boo Lake

has to intentionally play bad so people don't stop playing with her at all

if anyone has a perfect rating in all cups at all speeds it's Trixie

Rick

he's terrible

I don't think he has fully figured out how a race works, even though he was told multiple times

this man right here plays as a Mii racer, you can't change my mind

he likes playing together with Phoenica. They don't race, they just drive around the courses and look at the pretty scenery together

if he ever gets any speed item in the item roulette he will cause chaos

probably drives backwards and against walls as we're speaking

Giovanni

the way he plays makes you think he's really bad at hiding that he lets you win

.....oh wait no, he's actually worse than thought-

he's oddly competitive even though his skills aren't the best but will intentionally play even worse when he knows someone is having a bad day

mostly uses King Boo, Waluigi and Birdo

favorite tracks include: Excitebike Arena, 3DS Neo Bowser City, Waluigi Pinball and Choco Mountain

he also has terrible luck in this game

loses most of his good items to shocks or gets hit over and over again

Sylvie

oh PLEASE he's way too adult for childish games like these

if you invite him over he'll spend the entire day infront of this game, experiencing inhuman joy whenever he gets a top spot, but he'll never admit it

Lorelai

I feel like if anyone were to cheat in Mario Kart it would be her

I'm not even sure how but she probably finds a way

actually this game would be terrible for her she will get so frustrated over this

she sometimes uses tracks like the Rainbow Roads, Rosalina's Ice World and Sky-High Sundae as inspirations for her Dream Bubbles

most likely likes Rosalina and Daisy the most

Zora

she will make your life a living hell here

sometimes she doesn't even drive she just...waits at the line with items....ready to ruin your entire game

she could totally win if she wanted to but she'd have fun in just targeting some player

[eyesmadeofpearls]

Doom rant

Isabelle x doom guy is NOT canon. If you ship them fanonically, that's fine! But please stop taking one article you saw and running with it because its getting annoying for some of you non-doom fans to try and lecture me on what's "real".

First of all, Nintendo does not own the doom franchise. And second of all, Isabelle is three years old in human years. She's not going to drink jack Daniels she's literally a puppy, she's going to drink apple juice and cry when she gets a knee scrape. They're in two different universes and the picture of their marriage was uploaded to twitter by Bethesda, not the official doom account. Although Bethesda owns the rights, IT software still owns the game. The one where they hold hands is not official and is photoshopped. The official doom account on twitter tweeted things about it as a joke because new horizons and doom released on the same date making them friends. In fact, in smash bros doom guy is a costume for the mii gunner, he is not an actual playable character. If john Romero was still working on doom, i doubt he'd be okay with them getting "married". John Carmack himself said they're just friends. Not to mention that Isabelle is an anthropomorphic dog?? He wouldn't have cute tea parties with her and would probably try to kill her at first because she talks and she stands on two legs. If you've played the game then you know that animals can become corrupted and remnant souls. Also, despite his helmet being able to detect hell energy, we've already seen that some demons don't have any in them. He'd likely think she's either 1. a hallucination (doom 64, his hallucinations never went away) or 2. she's a zombified human in a football mascot costume. There is nothing in his universe that looks like her at all, and the whole point of his character is to be untrusting of literally everything. I mean for crying out loud he shut himself away from humanity for a time being when everything was temporarily over. If he ever dated anyone again, it would be a human. Also who's to say she wont just die? She doesn't have any special abilities, she's a dog with no weapons against demons. She wouldn't even be able to find him at first she'd be wandering around. And again, there are demons that look human enough but are truly vile. He wouldn't trust her for a long time. Besides, how would she even make a portal to his world if the only existing portal around is one to hell? He'd question if she's from hell herself.

He's a grown man who's been alive for eons without dating anyone. He can live a life alone and he literally chooses to be loyal to his wife and son, he doesn't need a plus one. He's always been loyal both to daisy and his wife. If he hasn't given up on daisy what makes you think he'd give up on his wife and kid? He even cut himself out of the picture he keeps on his desk in the newer game because he blames himself for their death. Its implied he was killing a demon boss for killing daisy while his wife and child were burning to death in a village during the first invasion. The khan maykr has unused lines where he mentions doom guys wife and child and doom guy picks up the picture, there was also supposed to be cut scenes about them but things were time sensitive. The picture being under his table is because he cant bare to look at them, not because he moved on. Its meant to be an easter egg and tear jerker, you're not supposed to look too hard into it.

(in the original 1993 version John Romero wanted to make a story but John carmack was rushing it because he wanted people to look at the game and be surprised by the coding and graphics. John carmack was the brains and john romero wanted story but the story was dropped.) It wasn't until doom eternal that Bethesda gave him a proper storyline while John Romero retired from working on the franchise. He then handed it over to john Carmack who decided with Microsoft that he would have a wife and son named Chloe and hunter. Daisy daisy still exists, it's just that your dead bunny isn't exactly a proper reason to go to hell and back (quite literally). Not to mention John Romero okayed this choice as well in an interview but i forget which one. In short you don't need to worry about the game being "different" or think that it ruins the game somehow. The whole "he's a virgin!!" thing was retconned 10 years ago bud. Consider how the bit might be fake because its only source is a potentially made up screenshot whose true source was never tracked down. I also wouldn't be surprised in John Romero added him having a wife and kid And to all the "maybe he's just john wick" commenters have you considered that the dog was a gift to john wick by his wife? Because there isn't a real reason to get that enraged over an animal unless its of course that. The plot has plot holes but i head canon that the bunny was his sons bunny and losing daisy was like losing apart of his son. I feel like wife and kid or not, daisy or not, he'd still fight because who wouldn't? Humans are dying, what else can you do?

The former humans pretend to be your own soldiers, why would he trust her?

[fisbybaconey]

Summary of Tomodachi Tower: 10 june - 20 june

10 JUNE: In continuation of previous post, I dont letting PizzaHead to date me since im taken, then im seeing VIGILANTE HAD CRUSH ON NOISETTE, thus im happily spam screenshot to the point THE GAME FUCKING CRASHED, AND I DONT EVEN GET THE FUCKING SCRREENSHOOT WHHAT THE FUC- Okay move on to the saved timeline, This time its failed and PizzaFace and Me officially broke up. However, Noise got feelings for Noisette and confesses with wedding ring, He succeed!

11 june: Peddito Calzone attempts to date the Noise twice, fails horribly to the point he's having depression and i need to send him to Germany :')

Vigilante meanwhile havin crush (AGAIN?) on Noisette, confesses, and also get Rekt, so i also send him to France. Look at this mf bruhh he's posing like that "Sparkle on!" Jerma meme

12 june: NOISECOUPLE WEDDING NOISECOUPLE WEDDING RAAAAHH, FINNALY THE FIRST COUPLE WHO ACTUALLY GOT MARRIED YAAAAS!!!!

(Wait why tf im standing beside my ex?)

Wow, PizzaHead. Right a day after my breakup, you decide to hit me now? yknow you could wait late right-

Were couples now and still havin healthy relationship (kinda plannin for marriage but were not ready yet-)

13 june: Snotty how the fuck-

yea, Peddito accepts and became Gayass couple. The End.

14 June: Somehow, Froisette suddenly and single-handedly summons her anime harem gurl wtf- anyway She picks Peppino wuuuuuuhhtt?

Vigilante, for TWO FUCKING TIMES YOU FALL FOR A GAL WHO'S ALREADY TAKEN, LIKE DUDE PEPPINA AND PIZZA GRANNY STILL SINGLE BRUHHH-

Snotty wants me hear his yapping abt how beautiful Peddito's voice is

15 june: NOISECOUPLE'S FIRST CHILD. HER NAME'S SARAH. THEY CHOOSE THAT NAME. IF YALL FUCKING COMPLAIN, LOOK AT ME IN EYES AND TELL ME HOW THE FUCK YOU CALL SARAH FUCKING UGLY-

17 June: oh look apparently The Noise is hotter than Peppino!

Peppino, i didnt remember we bake shortcake on frying pan-

Seeing how TomoTower Isand had lackin any Romance lately, I, Fisby Baconey had paired Peppina Spaghetti wiith Phil Pepperman-

Nevermind, they went "just friend" bruh...

18 june: Gustavo failed to rizzing up Granny /srs

Tomato topping, youre still a minor...also Maurice, even though Sausage's hair covers ur hand doesnt mean i couldnt see that raised sleeve of yours Murice, DO YOU STILL FUCKING LISTEN WHAT DID SNOTTY SAY? DO YOU WANNA COMMIT INCEST ON PEPPINO WTF-

20 june: Happy birthday snotty XD

Pepperman accidentally commits love triangle, reject both and causes Peppina crying her ass i neeadta give her vacation aaaa- also she goin to germany (wth its been 3 times im seein my mii goin to Germany wat-)

[hecatombi]

Here's my wishlist of threads and interactions! Just things I hope to eventually get, if you want to thread any of this with me sometime feel free to always slip into my dms about it! I will on and off write / add to this.

I hope these don't really feel super samey, but i apologize if they do!! ALSO, more AU's are always on the table, you can ask more detail about au ideas i have in mind. trust me, i go to INSANE depths for my wishlists. but. i do want to keep this list as general and accessible as possible in case any one of youse want to pick one to play around with.

GENERAL;

good omens or OFMD muses would be cool to interact with!!

More super hero muses interacting with my more powerful guys.

Miraculous ladybug portrals of any kind for randy / rex would be fun!!

RANDY:

MORE RC9GN MUSES!!!!!!! OF COURSE...

Action threads with any of my muses would be pretty fire actually but i'd love it with randy particularly

MORE NORISU NINE MEMBERS!! I would love to establish who becomes linked to a kaiju and who could take on more roles as a ninja! so far, the only established new member has been hachi of @standbowed!! i need 7 more, though. and 8 more spirits to go with every ninja!! dm me if interested :D

travelling through the remaining 8 lands of ninja legend would be sooo fucked but so fun.. twirls hair.... who wants an Adventure long termmmm...

identity reveal. superhero shenanigans. PLAY VIDEO GAMES WITH MA BOY! just hang out with him, it'd be nice.

CHAI:

chai and vash .. i do personally ship them but i'd never force another vash to ship it with me. even them interacting would be so fun though!!

chai moving to somewhere safer or people joining his resistance is always a fun time

honestly i just really want a ship with chai in general. who wants to smoochie the default mii

i have so many ideas for him living with others, trying to find work elsewhere, his status as a brand ambassador to the megacorp that vandelay is,

HACKING HIM. HE CAN BE HACKED. HOW FUCKED IT WOULD BE TO EXPLORE THIS!! YET HOW FUN

If your muse is a musician, specdifically a famous one, oh my god let chai fanboy over them!!!!!!!!

i have a million more ideas but i'll refrain from putting them LOL so many ideas.

VASH:

A non freaky interaction with knives who don't ship plan.tcest would be nice :'D younger vash interactions, dream interactions, fucked up pre death interactions.... anything. would be interesting to explore since we saw so little of them.

bUT ALSO anyone from trigun!! I don't really ship vash super easily personally, but there's like 5 versions of him imuse. i don't really do vashwood personally but i can see why it would appeal to some.

i think vash deserves to not be feared so a thread where he gets appreciation for something he did would be nice. since he gets it so little

someone he could confide in and help heal with given how much he bottles up ..

getting comfortable enough with a muse that he can show off his uncanny true plantlike form!!!! which is SO RARE for him!!!!!!

interactions with other powerful protagonists or people who challenge his morality strongly would be so epic to interact with. it would be so cool.

JOSEPH:

any interactions with fellow jjba muses! especially caesar, lisa lisa, suzi q, jonathan, dio, johnny, gyro!

would love a thread where he does magician stuff since he's canonically into street magic

any thread where he gets to pull a your next line is and stun your guy. idc the context i just think it'd be REALLY funny

oldseph threads would also be really fun to have if i can get enough peeps interested........

him learning how to make bubbles from caesar or like caesar if caesars dead atp. :D

TEACHING HAMON TO OTHER MUSES!!!!!!!!! ASK WHAT THIS WOULD ENTAIL IF YOU DONT KNOW

GARY:

Tbh more of him dancing and goofing off would be really fun

Adopting more kids always. he's such a good dad!!!!

Maybe someone who breaks his isolation sooner than Avocato did in season1 before everythang went to shit..?

i'd generally like to rewrite season 3 and beyond. like i love final space but i dont like the direction it went all that much personally.. <:/

help him get more comfortable with a new look, as i hc him to be more transfeminine nowadays! would be nice helping him get comfortable in his own skin.

ASH:

MORE SLASHERS. this is my only real note for now

well that and maybe more. like. medieval interactions.... since mine's a knight and all given AOD.

AIDEN:

HACKING INTO SOME BIG PLACE FOR A SECRET MISSION WOO YEA WOOWOO YEAH FIXER MOMENTS

be on a fixer mission with aiden. you can be co worker,hostage, or even his torturer. i dont care as long as its cool.

meeting more watchdogs muses in general though there.. doesnt seem to be many of those aside from myself

if anyone wants to deal with his edgy fuck ass be prepared for him to be relatively standoffish / prickly, but he can warm up to you if he has to be your work partner.

BEE:

she needs to make herself some PROPER FRANDS.

Intergalactic jobs on your muses planet!! that would be so fun!! Like imagine she gets a temp job working for your muse....

Terrible room mate anyone? :) give her more roomies cause i doubt there's another puppycat active atm..

bee also flexing her insane robot powers could be epic. rare, but epic. i dont know if she entirely processes how unusual that is though.. huh!

REX:

escaping providence would be nice.

thread where he's deprogrammed from the culty weird propaganda of providence

doing normal kjid things like hanging out at th epark, learning memes, playing video games, going to school stuff -- this is allt hings he's never been allowed to do!!

Drawing your muse and entering them into his JOURNALS... ohh the importance of those can NOT be understated.

curing your muse from turning into an EVO!

[touhoutivations]

dear miss himekaidou,

i unfortunately have not been employed. so, i’ve been working on a few journalist articles, mostly as practice for my skills in case i ever decide to go into the practice and im worried that the articles i’ve been making aren’t of high quality.

how do you manage? i know such insecurities might be common in a profession such as yours, so…. any advice?

yours, eientei’s favorite kon-consultant

"Trust me, to start off- a great journalist is one that already is thinking about the quality of their work and doesn't shut their brain off for ideas. So I think you're off to a good start! It's hard, because while it's a job- you aren't gonna like, be able to push for the great caste system revolution-  I mean hard-hitting journalism all of the time. Sometimes you're gonna get stuck with 'Pick your favourite wagashi and we'll tell you your personality!'" "Buuut, I think there's something to learn from each article you write- even if you scrap them, you need only look. For example, I- loathe as I am to say it- did do such pitiful writing as that article- but the person that requested it also offered a coupon for a senbei stand… 'Dorayaki lovers are hot headed and there's more to them that meets the eye- but they can get caught up in their own world, so they should try some senbei!' 'Senbei lovers go with the flow, but don't pursue their own wants, so they should buy some more senbei!' I'm kinda curious, if I ran that article a week later, would I get a different result? There's a buncha conclusions and thoughts you could ask about the journalism even in such a 'low-quality' article."  

"I've been talking with that outside world human, and everything down to 'memes' and 'tagging systems' can show different sides of a story and the intentions of an article. Liiiike, there was this one time this crazy village man, Yoshimoto- he started raving about 'how there was some chemical the yamawaro were putting to turn the frogs into youkai'- and some newbie that wanted a week off just handed him a typewriter for him to start his rantings. But then when I actually used my thoughtography to check that river…well, he wasn't wrong? Sorta. The frogs were having extra legs- but when I wanted to write about it, up top said 'It's already been covered'. But it hadn't been. Not properly." "So how could I word it? I mean, 'Yamawaro machinery production found to have linkage in extra limbage of amphibian population'- bo~ring! What about '3 ramblings of Yoshimoto- Number 3 is suprisingly true!' and I slap a couple memes on it? Would that draw eyes? Is Yoshimoto actually concerned, or was this coverage intentionally from a crazy old geezer to discredit a potential problem?"  

"These are like, the hard stuff that comes with our industry- especially if you don't get the freedom to go independent. But I know that by asking, you're off to a great start. You have to be asking questions, every time- how can I see this differently? How can I write this differently? How are -other- people writing stuff differently? What's language that's 'hip', what language is alienating? Seriously, can Aya stop using red circles and arrows in her articles like [Mii]Tube thumbnails?!"

"Not everything is gonna be a magnum opus, and not every wagashi listicle is gonna be the lynchpin into your socialist uprising theory deprogramming toolkit- and that's okay. As long as you put questioning and engagement- actual encouragement of media literacy- at the forefront of your own work and viewership, I think that's more work than a lot of other grifter sheeple are doing. There's more than meets a camera's eye, and as long as you keep collecting, I know you'll become someone that will paint a better landscape for Gensokyou- so get your brush, and crow all you want, mmkay?"

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Pulling the Plug.

Ok, seriously, what’s going on? Why are we going down here?

*Makoto and the others help Kuripa to gather everyone together, then the whole group, including Rantaro, Kibin and Mii-Yu, descend down under the Central Park Fountain. Toko carries Komaru on her back, as before.

Kuripa...Are you so desperate to kill that man that you won’t let the medics treat your injuries first?

Killing aside, I want to make sure this is over. And I want to show you the true gravity of the situation.

I can vouch for him. This is important.

What could be so important than you would sustain life threatening injuries just to...to...

T-To...!

Byakuya? What’s wro...

Uh...Uuuuh...!

Wha-Whaha...!?

Wha...!? Wha...

Kaede: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?

*As soon as everyone reaches the bottom of the stairs, all eyes fall on the same thing. What appears to be a human is suspended in the air above them by pies and wires, some of which protrude from the body itself. The figure wears a medical oxygen mask in addition to this.

Is...Is that a person!?

It looks more like a CORPSE!

!!!?? Oh my god...

THAT’S KATAGIRI!

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*Everyome gasps in horror as Makoto comes to this conclusion, looking up at the corpse in shock.

Indeed it is. The man...or what’s left of him...before you, is none other than the mastermind we’ve all been combating from the start.

You’re kidding me! You’re telling me that really is Zen!?

He’s dying...! What happened to him!?

Scanning...There is no doubt. He appears to be suffering from Glioblastoma, AKA Brain Cancer. His symptoms have reached...Stage 7.

Stage 7!? There IS no stage 7!

Not before now there wasn’t. Simply because those who get to the “last stage” don’t survive long enough for the illness to get worse.

But Katagiri here has managed to keep himself alive for a long time, preventing the illness from taking his body. Hence all the pipes and machinery. AND why he hasn’t appeared in public for a long time.

...! You KNEW!

Huh!?

Kuripa! You KNEW the WHOLE TIME that he was like this, didn’t you!? The fact that you’re speaking with so much confidence proves it!

I’m more surprised none of you noticed the signs...But it’s true. I had a distinct feeling that was case, only for Rantaro to confirm it for me.

How long have you known?

Hm...Ever since Akeru stepped foot into Katagiri’s household, and encountered poor old Seishi Yodogawa inside.

That long!?

Wh-What gave it away?

It was mainly two things. First of all, do you remember what Seishi said to Akeru as soon as she walked through the door?

He mentioned that the house owner had dementia. At the time, we didn’t know what we know now, and we thought that the AI in the house was referring to Seishi.

Right...! But now we know the house belonged to Zen, and the real Seishi was the hologram!

Since Seishi kept referring to Akeru as Zen, then that means...! The one who REALLY had dementia...!

I did think it was odd. But I never suspected things would have turned out like this! I can’t believe I didn’t pick up on that...!

There was however, another thing that didn’t sit right with me.

What’s that?

Zen Katagiri is a malicious, selfish, egotistical and snide psychopath, who puts on a friendly front to put others beneath him. What’s more, he’s a retired hitman, who has no problem both taking AND torturing human lives.

Do you honestly think that someone like THAT would create the AETHER with the intention of benefitting all of humanity!? Pull the other one!

Of course...Of course!

The AETHER! It’s real purpose this whole time was to upload Katagiri himself to the cloud...!

Thereby making him immortal and CURING his illness!

Yeah. The bastard was out for himself the whole time...! But that doesn’t matter right now. I’ve shown you the truth of the situation. That’s all I wanted to do.

Now...Ms Naegi...I believe you wanted to convince me to spare this man, right? Well...I’m listening...

!!!?

Whatever discussion you want to have, you might want to hurry up. Looking at those screens, the upload is almost complete!

???: Indeed it is.

Who-!?

*All of a sudden, light once again casts down in front of the group, and a figure emerges from it.

Please. You don’t want to do this. If you can convince Kurafto to turn a blind eye, I beg you to do so!

You beg!? Hah! Don’t start pleading for mercy using my FATHER’S FACE!

Everyone you killed and tortured...Trying to murder us and trying to turn humanity into machines...! All of that was to save your own sorry life!?

You’re PATHETIC! How could you!?

This! Isn’t! About me! When the AETHER is finished, and with our minds in the cloud, humanity can endure any natural disaster! We can be safe, free, and happy forever!

YOU DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT HUMANITY!!

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R-Rantaro...!

*Rantaro’s face becomes unexpectedly LIVID, and he screams furiously at Katagiri. Angrier and more emotional than Shuichi and Kaede have ever seen before.

You are NOTHING more than a PSYCHOTIC BRAT with a GOD COMPLEX!

You’re a man who wants what you want and FUCK EVERYONE ELSE! Including your OWN BEST FRIEND!

Ngh...

*Despite knowing Rantaro cannot attack the hologram, Katagiri still recoils in fear. He turns towards Kyoko.

Ma’am, please. It’s not too late.

Don’t you see that this ERR0RM3SS4GE swine is the real antagonist! I beg you! Please, let my upload finish! Let me LIVE so I can continue my work! And I swear to you I will NEVER bother you again!

Kyoko. I get that you don’t trust me or my organization, and you have every right to be doubtful of us after my attitude. But you can’t believe a single thing this guy says. See that panel over there?

*Rantaro points to a large switch.

That panel is no doubt the life support system keeping Katagiri alive. If we deactivate it, this will all be over.

...And what if we decide to let Katagiri live?

...Well...He’d become an immortal, unstoppable AI...That’d be unfortunate, but...No matter what you decide, he can’t stop you, and I CHOOSE not to. Whatever your choices, they’re yours to make...

You know what? I’ll actually play along with this.

*Kuripa goes over to the switch.

Don’t!

Hey Boss. You heard Rantaro. All I gotta do is pull this switch, and Katagiri will die a quiet, bloodless death. And if I don’t, he’ll upload himself into the cloud and become a digital immortal.

Remember how I said that you were the only one I accept orders from? I MEANT that. So GO AHEAD.

Wh-Why are you asking ME!? Ah...

Kyoko...This is too much...! What do we do...!?

...What I think doesn’t matter here.

Kuripa is asking MAKOTO for the call. Katagiri’s fate...it’s on him now.

Kyoko!?

What do we do Makoto? Do we just...pull the plug?

We can’t do that right? It’d be an execution!

I disagree. In a way, we’re actually saving him by shutting him down.

What are you talking about!?

If a patient at a hospital is on life support with no sign of recovery, and the nurse is ordered to turn the life support off, does that make the nurse a murderer?

No! She’s just doing her job! WE’RE just doing our job!

I agree with Toko. Shutting Katagiri down may be the best act of mercy we can offer. It’s no different to what happened with Seishi.

Makoto...The upload! HURRY!

UAAGH!!!

...Fine...!

Kuripa...Deactivate him...!

Copy that Boss...

MAKOTO! After all this trouble, with you saying that you’ll talk Kurafto out of taking Katagiri’s life, now you’re ORDERING him too!?

BYAKUYA! This man is ALREADY DEAD!

...!?

No...! Wait! PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT THAT.

...

*Kuripa grabs the handle.

You can’t DO this to me! I’ve sacrificed far too much to get here! I DON’T WANT TO DIE!

...

*...and with that...he pulls the switch.

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*The hologram flickers until it vanishes, and the Future Foundation watch in contempt, as Katagiri’s body takes it’s last breath, suspended in the air by the pipes and wires...

//Zen Katagiri...has died...//

[autonomousxselves]

“Aigis, happy birthday.” Makoto gives a nervous smile as he hands her a plush cat wearing a red bow. It seemed silly, he wasn’t even sure if Aigis would care about a plushie, but when he saw it it reminded him of the cat they’d helped that old lady find. “I know it’s small, but I hope you like it.”

Happy birthday Aigis!

Her eyes (very metaphorically) light up upon seeing the plush. It looks just like Mii-chan-san... Perhaps not exactly like her, with its different spot patterns, but somehow the sight still reminded her immediately of their little adventure.

Aigis had been telling them all again it was not the same as a birthday, but seeing how Makoto reacted about his own gift stops her from halting him. He spoke so...genuine. Less bold, almost meek about his gift. She is reminded that gift giving is a sign of care towards the recipient, the thought that he cared about her as she cares about him, enough for him to show he thinks of her... She smiles and picks up the little plushie with both hands, unable to take her eyes off it. The little bead eyes and shining fur... It was beautiful. She will put it in her room like the others do, though she also wants to have it with her every minute of the day now to show off and hold.

"I like it. I will always cherish this as I cherish you. Thank you, Makoto-wan."

[slimehatart]

Hello everyone!

Today's post will show you some of my earlier sketches where I tried planning out the meeting of a new addition to the party!

(original Tweet: "A couple of hand drawn doodles I wanted to draw digitally for the sake of doing a warm-up!

They are OCs of my story (that has had like six major arcs in my head now but none on paper lol). Click on the alt texts to learn more about them! Ah if you knew about them what I know....", August 20th, 2022)

So, as I told you last time, Liora leaves that prestigious guild, along with Victorine and Hertz (who would later be renamed to Sarim, so I'm going to call him that after this point). After some recollection, she is going to operate from Victorine's motel, trying to earn her own name with her own guild. It's just that... well, there are no members yet! There is Victorine who has no combat abilities at all, Liora who has avoided danger at all costs and Sarim who is trying to earn money in other, less harmful ways.

In the meantime, Miles, the Mii Brawler with the slime, joins the group. At this point of the story, I wasn't really sure how to let him join and at what point, but what I knew was that the first four members of the guild would be them. Someday, they find a letter in their mail. Some old guy from the other side of the town is asking all kinds of guilds for their support. His youngest daughter seems to have been possessed by a demon or something like that.

Liora, who thinks this seems like a pretty unserious mission, accepts in her desperation. She needs the money, after all. So she sends Miles to the old guy to get a first impression on the situation. There, he meets another guy who looks like a solitary adventurer. Turns out, the old guy didn't only send an invitation letter to Liora's guild, but put up a huuuge note on the community board hoping to get as much as help as possible to lift the curse on his daughter.

(Previously unreleased sketch of the old guy and his three daughters. July 23rd, 2021)

The old guy owns a medium sized pub or restaurant that he runs on a family business basis. He thinks his youngest daughter, who would serve the guests, caught a curse since and says she's getting more gruesome with each passing day. He claims it's been getting so bad his guests will not come visit anymore. His other daughters will happily bully the youngest sibling.

(original Tweet: "Daily practice piece. Feel like drawing (almost) daily makes my drawings look cleaner with each try, even if it's just sketches & flat colours.

I get a better grasp of how to draw my characters & the routine & drawing regularly makes my attempts & progress more efficient, I feel.", July 23rd, 2021)

However, the girl seems pretty fine, so the group is at a loss at first. After a day of spectating the girl and her family dynamic, Miles and the adventurer make their way back home. Liora comes to pick up Miles which is when she and the new guy are introduced, at last.

(Previously unreleased sketch of Liora and the new guy; Liora is dressed up as Rinoa Heartily from Final Fantasy VIII which was just a choice for the fun of it. July 23rd, 2021)

To be honest, I initially planned this mission as an opportunity to introduce the man who would be named Risebert to the main party. I was wondering how their paths might cross and I wanted to make sure that he, with is simp qualities, would make sense in a guild and missions setting, so having him attend the same mission as Miles made sense since the mission's objective was to lift a curse off a young maiden.

Clearly, I've drawn inspiration from the simp trope for Risebert's new reincarnation. He has been a reoccurring character ever since the earlier sketches. From originally being hedonistic he has changed to simp for a pretty long time. I have toned this quality down a bit because I think there's always a very thin line between funny and annoying / borderline harassing in the in-story universe such as seen with Sanji from One Piece. Don't get me wrong, Sanji is one of my favourite Strawhats, but the way his worst qualities are portrayed, especially after the time skip in Fishman Island, was very off-putting. It has become an even more prominent personality trait during that time because it was used as a running gag so frequently, but it has reached such heights that it started to affect the character in my opinion. Another great example for a flanderized simp character in such extent is Pokémon's Brock. I didn't want that for my character, to be honest.

In my newest iterations of the character, I plan Risebert to be significantly less simpy. There will be no or at least much less heart-eyes love jumps such as shown in the sketch above, and I want him to be more flirty and charming which I think is when Sanji, for example, is most brilliant at, too.

Also, besides the introduction of Risebert to the party, I wanted a simpler mission to kick-start the beginning of Liora's guild and establish the dynamics between guild members without having to concentrate on a complicated plot. I think I need to think up scenarios where single members are paired together to showcase their dynamics more. In my head, they're already chosen family to each other, but this is something only I know and find logical since I am the one who has been spending the last years with them and their evolution.

However, upon meeting Liora, Risebert seems to fall head over heels for her and takes an interest in the party. This goes so far that he will soon be a constant guest in Victorine's motel, too. The curse of the ugly sibling, however, turns out to be true in the end. It will be revealed that the girl does indeed have an aura of darkness around her which was a point in the story I brought up to introduce another key element in the story then - in the world of my story, people were originally going to be "cursed". By curse, I mean getting strange powers really, comparable to devil fruits, magic powers yada yada. It was a way to make sure the reader knew something was coming up with the curse thing, but I have dropped this concept in later stages of my planning.

There are still special powers involved, but they're implemented in another way. I still remember so clearly how Risebert was supposed to join the party in this arc, but I have other plans for him now! He also has his own motivations and goals and I think I will introduce him properly in another blog entry.

As always, it was very fun to cover yet another part of my story! I think as soon as I've caught up to the other Tweets and older art, I will try to create a timeline-post where I talk about the order of events that lead to what is going to be. But this is for another day. Thank you again for reading! I hope to be seeing you soon, again!

[just-absolutely-super]

Pokemon crack

Lan: Roll! Mega listens to you right?

Roll: Miii miss mii

Lan: can you get him to down his overprotectiveness? He's starting to pick and choose every trainer I can challenge, it's kinda messing things up for me

Roll: miiiiii

Mega: "don't drag Roll into this Lan! Also I am looking out for you!"

Lan: there's something called too much Mega

Roll: miiiii.....

Roll: Mega, we've talked about this...

Mega: But Roll I--

Roll: How is he supposed to grow as a trainer and a person if you keep him away from every trainer?

Mega: There's so many shady people out there! You don't want Mayl around them either right?

Roll: No, but some trainers just have a certain style. There was this biker trainer who looked kind of mean but he had the most adorable togepi! Then he gave Mayl a package of fresh baked cookies and then went on his way

Mega: Oh...huh...

Roll: Tone it down, sweetie, now

Mega: ...Okay

Lan: I'm so glad Roll is here to whip Mega into shape

Mayl: It feels like I just witnessed a wife reprimanding her husband...

[ofstarsandskies]

7, 17, 21!

send a number for me to talk about one of the following topics! || @mathcs

7 -- DNI in Rules || 17 -- Fanon Interpretations || 21 -- Your Current RPC

OutOfCanonShips;;

Whew, after I got some of the negative out of my system, here's a version where it's all positivity bby. Thank you as well for enabling me.

21 -- Your Current RPC

I'm quite happy to say that my neck of the woods, including the Tales of RPC as a whole, has been a really positive experience! 99% of the folks I've interacted with have been an absolute joy for the close to 9 years I've been around on Tumblr. I remember when I was in a REALLY bad spot (like I was on the floor low) a good few years ago, I was sure everyone would abandon me cause I'll even admit I was an unpleasant bitter pill.

But you know what? I had folks who stuck around to support me. Heck, I had strangers from the circle reach out to try and support me through it. And by the end, I came out of it someone I'm proud of and hope those who're still in my corner feel the same. So to all of y'all following me, especially you golden oldies, I appreciate y'all for making this 2014 Tumblr Old Fart still love being here!

7 -- DNIs in Rules (Pt. 2)

After going off the last post, you might wonder: what do I think a good DNI looks like? My version is three things: clear, concise, and respectful.

I.E. say you're uncomfortable with RPing with live action properties (AKA YouTubes or IRL Actors), if your DNI says, "I won't RP with Characters/Face Claims with actors/real people"? Fair enough! There's no confusion, you're not demeaning those who do RP IRL people, it's all good. As long as you set the line and respect not everyone conforms to that line, I think your DNI's good to go!

17 -- Fanon Interpretations (Pt. 2)

For fun, allow me to share a fanon interpretation I read once that I found was a real "My world has changed and I am now an enlightened being".

There was a time I struggled with how to write post-Bad End Julius. I've always had a clear sense of how I wanted to do Ludger (that's the blog's premise and all) but when I picked up Julius, I was like a dog without a horse. However, when I remembered when I wrote with Mii/oncehymned who interpreted him as having since just given up to Ludger's whims, suddenly I was a prophet who received a divine vision.

From there, my version of Bad End Julius' character just all clicked. Because at this point, Julius got what he wanted: his little brother proves Julius is what matters and he can live as a normal man (however limited his time is). Thus yeah, I can absolutely see him finally accepting he's the follower and not the leader in their relationship. And given how much he wanted to direct the narrative? I think it'd bother him.

Mii, wherever you moved after your Julius blog, I owe my Bad End version to you. You were the genius of my time.

[crimsondestroyer]

Okay, so. This is... honestly, kind of a fair point to bring up? In Miitopia, they, uh, don't really clarify what the Reborn's deal is. Personally, I always read the scene as you giving the Dark Curse a name and face, as part of the story - that's not who they originally were, but since you've given them a new face, they can be a Mii again. The fact that the Great Sage explicitly says that you'll need to "give them a face" seems to support this. However, apparently some people read it as the Dark Curse having their old face restored, which is how it's described on the Miitopia wiki. Personally, I think it makes more sense to read it the first way, with the role you assign to the Reborn just being you giving a new name and face to the Dark Curse, but I guess I can see why someone might read it the other way. Honestly, the main point in favor of the Dark Curse being a distinct character is "vibes". Yeah, they turn into a Mii, but they were a separate, possessing entity for the overwhelming majority of the game's runtime, and they have, like, literally two appearances as the Reborn. Honestly, now that I think about it this way, in the context of how the Dark Curse is treated in regards to their Mii identity... I think it makes the most sense to count only the roles as distinct characters, and treat the default Miis as synonymous with their roles. To me, it feels like how most Pokemon protagonists have canon names, even though you technically can name them anything. Yes, the player character of Pokemon Red is named Red, canonically, even though you can give hm whatever name you want when you play as him. In a similar vein, yes, you can give the Dark Lord whatever name you like, and give him whatever face you like, but he's the same character either way. Turning the Dark Lord into Sans isn't going to make him act like Sans any more than naming your Pokemon player character Papyrus is going to turn you into a skeleton. The Dark Lord just looks like and has the name of whatever Mii character you assigned to him. The default Miis are the equivalent of "canon" Pokemon player character names, like Red, or Ethan, or Lucas. Hence, the Dark Lord and Stan would be the same person. You can just change Dark Lord Stan's name and appearance to whatever you want, if you wish. Admittedly, the fact that Mii characters are referred to as "actors" for the role they play kind of... muddies this, but beyond the game generally having a big of a "theater" aesthetic, the fact that they're called actors seems to be the sole way they're framed as such, and everything else in the story treats itself as though it's real. They are, for all intents and purposes, real people.

Also, not related to the content of the post, but there actually IS a default Mii for the Reborn. You can't choose to select the default option when giving the Dark Curse a face - it forces you to pick a Mii you have - but if you delete a Mii from your collection while a role is assigned to it, that character role goes back to the default (so, for example, deleting the Mii you have as the Dark Lord will turn him back into Stan). Doing this for the Dark Curse results in them turning into a male Mii named Mii, who is identical in appearance to the default Mii you get when you start creating a male Mii in Mii maker, and just like all the other default Miis in Miitopia, this is the only place in the game where this Mii appears.

This is also the only time the default starter Mii has appeared in an official Nintendo-published game in any official capacity, besides as, yknow, the default starter Mii in Mii Maker. Interesting.

Anyway, yeah, Miitopia is very weird when it comes to who does or doesn't count as a character, but I think it'd be most logical and consistent to count the roles themselves, with the default Miis being the "canon" names and appearances for those characters, since that lines up with how other games treat characters you can rename/customize (though none to the extent of Miitopia).

Question: Miitopia on the Switch has a selection of default Miis; one for almost every Mii role in the story, specially assigned to specific roles that fit the Mii in question. These default Miis are also consistently used as the faces of the characters in question in promotional art, even old promo art for the 3DS version. For example, the default Mii for the Dark Lord is named Stan, and all promotional art of the game (AFAIK) depicts the Dark Lord as Dark Lord Stan. Do these Miis count as characters? If so, do they count as the characters they play the roles of, or are they themselves characters (i.e. would "Stan" and "Dark Lord" be two separate characters, or would "Dark Lord Stan" be one single character)?

My general inclination is to count the characters, but not the roles they can take, which is to say that Stan and Dark Lord Stan are the same character, and the Dark Lord role is not a character in its own right. (Probably.)