#Zen ryu

[natasha-in-space]

I apologize in advance.

[katriaarts]

youll never guess what i started a replay of

[starmksz]

Did you get mysterious messages?

[yoosung-ah]

Mystic Messenger - a perfectly sensical, grounded, and normal romance game - out of context

[biblicallyinaccurateangels]

[lillie-mysmeadventures]

Mysme 2025 valentines cg

[shizukais]

[shinylvschips]

AU: Zen as The Winter Soldier ⭐

I really like Zen and Bucky so I had fun drawing this lolol who turned Zen into a cold blood assassin? Mint Eye? Rika trying to destroy the RFA and it's members? Unknown? Here are some details I was thinking of!

🤍 In this AU Zen has slightly shorter hair for greater mission effectiveness.

🤍 He often recites lines from scripts of plays he worked on before being brainwashed, it's his brain's way of trying to remember who he was before, although Zen himself doesn't know it nor understand it.

🤍 It was Mint Eye the ones who kidnapped him and brainwashed him. Maybe to recruit more people or do the dirty work. He only recognizes Unknown and Rika.

🤍 He doesn't recognize anyone from the RFA, yet once he regained some of his memory and tried to escape, the one he remembered the most was MC through flashbacks.

Idk if I'll explore deeper this AU 👀✨ Should I make more MysMe characters in this universe? (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

[natasha-in-space]

It's a common sentiment among the fandom that Zen is like a protective older brother figure to them in other routes (and I am totally a part of that sentiment), but I genuinely can't help but think about it on a slightly deeper level. Like, Zen would get a certain level of catharsis out of a familial relationship with someone that gives him a chance to be the supportive, caring sibling figure he had to mourn over in his youth (and one he arguably still mourns on some level, hence his deeply personal grudge against Jumin that is really just him projecting his older brother's apathy onto Jumin). In a way, this is a chance for him to give something he's always wanted to someone else. And there is a great sense of closure that can be achieved in that. I think that growing close to you in that platonic way can help Zen out more than you would think at first glance.

His parents were consistently dismissive and unsupportive towards him. Like every child, he still yearns for their love and acceptance on his bad days, but it doesn't cause him too much pain.

Zen never had their approval in the first place, so it didn't pain him as much to lose something he never really had in the first place. He does want his parents to accept him at one point in the future, and he does leave a door open to them for that, but he is not going to change for them or try to fit into their suffocating standards to get this approval. He's content on his own.

His brother, though? That's a different story completely. It hurts so much more to have someone you've relied on and trusted suddenly withdraw the love and support you grew dependent on. To the best of our knowledge, his brother was the only person he was really close to on a genuine level. It's no wonder his brother's refusal to support him scarred him as much as it did. Unexpected betrayals hurt way more than expected ones.

Zen was not expecting his parents to provide him with any support, but he fully believed his brother would. No wonder he left once he had a falling out with him. There was nothing else holding him back in his home. Only misery and constant personal attacks.

So I do think playing the role of a caring older sibling he mourned deeply would be a great help to him, in my opinion. Maybe it'll even help him move past his old inner scars. Find a feeling of contentment that will replace the old ache in his heart.

I don't know. Older brother Zen just makes me emotional. He is protective of you because his own safety and discomfort were always dismissed, and he had to learn to fend for himself. He's a bit nosy with you because he knows how he used to hide things to avoid being talked down with, and he never wants you to feel so alone. He is very supportive of you because it's something he hasn't had before.

Lowkey feel like he would get all misty eyed if you were to lay your head on his shoulder and say that he's like a brother to you.

[nachosaturn]

They are just so pretty to look at. Always my favorite to romance.

Meme made by me. The template I borrowed.

[dailysaeran]

Actually you know what why not post this here too even though Tumblr isn't the best place for videos I feel 💀 You can find more silly videos I post on Tiktok and Instagram !

[nadaonastic]

something i thought of after putting the pieces together

[pincushy]

basically… I spent $200 on a mystic messenger hyperfixation! here’s the routes so you don’t have to do the same!!!

[sunskaiis]

happy birthday month yoosung ★

original:

[yoosung-ah]

RFA's Shades of 24/7 Despair: a mosaic

bonus:

[dollarstoreparadise]

bitches be like "nooo i don't have any family trauma" and then their favorite game is mystic messenger