#also like i'm sensing their break up wasn't on the best terms 😭

[lucidrims]

status: open to mutuals and non-mutuals connection: m / f / nb muse: sim hyunki⁰² ( more info ) plot: taken from here

            " so, let me get this straight - you want me to go away on a weekend, a whole ass weekend with you and your family for your sister's wedding ? " hyunki laughs albeit sarcastically, " what's in it for me ? what am i actually getting from all of this ? and . . why couldn't you just come out and say we've been broken up for months now ? " leaning back on the chair of the cafe, waiting for the other party across them from the table to start explaining.

[aristaspark]

You're like, the greatest Kenlynn shipper I know. You have any idea of why do Darius love Brooklynn if they're not going to be canon? That kind of plot is very common and Kenlynn already break up. So why? I know Brooklynn didn't wanted their relationship to end, but I don't see how they will keep going... You said something like "Darius learning how to deal with rejection is a mature theme they would bring here". But Kenji learning to let go wouldn't be a mature theme too? Or Kenlynn realizing it can't work is also a mature theme...

Hello, well, first things first thanks for the compliment 😭 (?)

So to adress your point, me saying that Darius's arc being about dealing with rejection (and his guilt) makes for a compelling storyline doesn't mean that I think the same can't be said for Kenji and Brooklynn.

That's why I wasn't even mad when they introduced the storyline in season one, because it was believable that Darius could fall in love with her and it was very in character for Brooklynn to be obsessed with an investigation to the point where she neglected Kenji, it made sense and was simply very good writing. So, yeah, coming into season 2 I was sure they were going to take the "kenji/brooklynn both realize they could never work" route and shove dinostar down our throats to build them up, because looking at the story as a media with a fandom, that was what seemed more likely.

But then there was the promotional material in which Brooklynn only wrote to Kenji, which made me really doubt my conviction. And then season 2.

I think I already listed pretty much everything that suggested, at least to me, that the writers were going for Kenlynn, or AT LEAST that dinostar would remain platonic.

I wouldn't have been mad if they had made dinostar canon (still possible), it was kind of expected since they had Darius fall in love with her. But season 2 suggests it's not the direction they're heading towards (according to me at least) and honestly, I'm glad.

I'm happy because they really stepped up the writing and character conflicts since jwcc, and to me having Brooklynn reciprocate his feelings would be REALLY questionnable writing at best and straight up fanservice at worse.

In universe Brooklynn has been with Kenji for 6 years. They have being a couple for far longer than they have ever been friends. And it was Kenji who broke up. And you want me to believe she would fall for her a guy she has always seen as her best friend only a week after her break up? 😭 Mind you, a best friend she only visited because she was still obsessed with her investigation, not because she wanted to see him (proof she was like that with everyone, her relationship with Kenji wasn't the problem, it was her).

My take on Darius's arc was basically me trying to understand where they were taking his character, why they had introduced this storyline in the first place if it wasn't gonna go "anywhere" as everyone puts it.

But that's the point, we're so obsessed with shipping that we basically forget that it's not all that makes a story, and IT SHOULDN'T BE.

Darius having this arc wouldn't have been in vain even if he doesn't end up with Brooklynn. It gave him his entire arc in season 1, with him being filled with grief and guilt over her death, and it also gave him his conflict with Kenji. It made his character compelling, relatable, interesting. Like, shipping isn't all that matters, whether they end up together or not it's such a compelling story, so why would they refrain for telling it simply because of fandom culture? And to me it's just a testament of how better the writing has gotten since jwcc. The characters no longer have one dimensional relationships/conflicts with each other but have real conflicts/problematics. I'm not only speaking in terms of shipping, but also other storylines. Sammy not speaking to her family, her and yaz struggling with their long-distance relationship, Ben's paranoia, Kenji loosing two of the two most important people in his life back to back, having a death wish, Brooklynn loosing a limb, being cut from all the people she loves for months...

It's clear the writers are putting the characters in very uncomfortable situations, like, death wish and the loss of a limb, please ???

So why would Darius be any different? Why would they refrain from tackling the subject of unrequited love, of messy feelings and confusing friendship with love?

I think that what I'm trying to say is that it's a mistake to look at jwct the same as jwcc/as a kids show cattering to the fans. They're clearly not writing storylines to please the fans, but want to tackle very real subjects, and treat their characters as real people and I respect them so much for that.

I'm gonna stop here because I feel like I'm repeating myself (which I totally am, I'm sure I already wrote that in my endless ramblings). Sorry if I got carried away 😂

And (because I feel like I need to say it) I could be TOTALLY wrong. I'm only making theories on my account, I don't know sh*t except from what's in the show, so it's totally possible dinostar will end up together making me look like a clown 😂

[rosypenguins]

Hi!!

I watched TMF 2 days ago because of edits I saw (and gacha phase didn't really left me after 5 years). Then I watched it again yesterday just for Drew & Jake interactions, wanted to see their rights and wrongs

I'm mostly on Drew's side even if he was the bully one, I mean it's understable that Jake wanted to be in the club and was afraid that he will lose his friends (and maybe get bullied by them) that he knew for 3 years. BUT I'm honestly mad at Jake that he didn't tell his best friend that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He also ignored the messages Drew was sending or even their group chat. If it comes to Drew: he didn't want to loose Jake and even if his actions weren't perfect (maybe toxic some ppl would say), he had good intetions. At least for Jake because he really thought they are using him (I kinda think Drew could have been in situation like this)

While watching their final fight, I felt like watching break up: Drew's broken voice especially on "freak" part, dull eyes, I mean everyone even disappeared after like it was only their moment. Drew lost the person he didn't want to loose, and he obv had a crush on him too. And then Jake after losing his friends, he is just thinking about club like the other ones were nothing. I know Jake misses them, even on stage he thought he saw these three. But why does he gave up on them so easily - I kinda understand him sometimes but I also don't

I saw your headcanon post and Drew begin biromantic is just perfect and I love it cause it fits him perfectly and also me too and it just made me love him even more and I totally agree and it is canon end of discussion

I kinda agree about Jake begin straight but he could also have been bi (that also has no idea about most of the orientations anyway) and not knowing this because he only accepts his girl crushes (boys are only "I was just embrassed" or "everyone like complements alr" I won't forget this mini small blush when Henry wanted to watch anime with you)

Even if their fight was messed up it wasn't that bad yet. I mean: Jake was in worse terms with the club after the audio because of what he said. But they made up and were even closer later. Some scenes *cough* break up *cough* made me ship Jake and Drew and even if Jake was kinda toxic, he didn't mean it and I really want him to try better and fight for their friendship

I love juffering and druffering but I also really hope that it won't separate these two permanently (Drew deserves better but I know Jake can be better, he just need to work on this)

*thinking if I forgot anything* Sorry it's a little long btw! I wanted to put my thoughts about these two so much

First: Yes, I loved the Drakeup but I can definetly agree that Jake seemed to move on too quickly. And I think it’s implied he’s trying to mask, but honestly I think this is just a flaw in the overall story-writing. As much as I love TMF, it definitely leans more towards telling than showing, and this problem is especially apparent with Jake. We’re told Jake cares about the Jomies, but we never see it. What we see is Jake running off to the Music Club, ghosting his friends, lying to them, and hiding the fact his best-friend’s girlfriend is cheating on him. So that’s probably why it felt so quick. And I wish we had more scenes of Jake with the Jomies, showing that he actually does care about them. I wish we had at least one other moment of him feeling upset about losing his friends. Hopefully this’ll be explored more in S2, and I’m praying we get more showing and less telling in the future.😭

Second, YESSS I’M SO GLAD U AGREE WITH MY DREW HEADCANON HIS BIROMANTIC VIBES ARE CRAZYYYY but also I totally understand what you mean about Jake. To be honest, I’ve seen so many different interpretations of Jake regarding both his sexuality and gender, and honestly all of it makes a lot of sense. That’s something I love about Jake’s character from a writing standpoint: there’s just so much room for interpretation. I may see him as a clueless straight guy, but I’ve seen people headcanon him as bi, transmasc or genderfluid. We’re all just having fun coming up with our own little ideas for him and personally I think that’s beautiful.

And finally, OMG IF ROSY LEAVES DREW AND JAKE SEPERATED I WILL RIOT. But thankfully, I highly doubt this’ll happen. With how much Rosy’s been hyping up Drew’s character, there is no way their fight won’t at least be acknowledged. And as much as I’m hoping for Drew redemption, I also wouldn’t mind if we got a Drew villain arc either. Either way I’m super hyped!

And I also feel like Drew’s characters been way too built up to just mot be explored. Like they don’t even need to make up. I just want them to acknowledge what happened and their friendship. If they were just done the rest of the series that’d be such a sour note to end on. I’m so fucking excited for season 2 I’m praying for Drew redemption but if Drew decides to have a villian arc I’m certainly not gonna complain. I’m just overall hyped lmao.

Never apologize for a long ask, I had such a fun time reading through! Thank you so much for sharing with me.

[imaginespazzi]

Nivi, just my two cents on how Stephanie (I'm just gonna go with the name for now - love it btw, she totally would name her after Steph - cause I don't wanna keep writing 'the kid' lmao) came to be:

Like totally agree with wanting P to step into a proper parent role, but in terms of Azzi either adopting or opting for a donor, I feel like that's obviously then a very conscious and purposeful decision on Azzi's part to have a kid. Which is totally fine ofc! But idk, I just feel like at that point in her life and career (what, she would have been 25/26? Based on the timeline you gave us), I just don’t see her making that decision already especially if she's gonna be a single parent? Again, not that she couldn't do it, it just feels like she wouldn't.

And I know one-night-stands kinda seem like a cop out or the easy way out of not having to introduce or have the other parent around but I don't think it would be that out of character? People have one night stands, and sometimes sex produces babies no matter how much protection you use ya know 😅. Also, yes I know that choosing to keep the baby is still a conscious decision to have a child but it's not like it was her intention to have a child going into it - am I making sense??

So I guess in that vain, adoption would make sense too, if it was certain circumstances that led to it, rather than her purposefully being like "ok I want to have a kid now and I wanna do it via adoption". Idek I'm sorry if I'm speaking total bullshit.

Again, just my thoughts! Totally ignore if you want!

Other thoughts:

Oooo ok so Stephanie and P have already met in previous games, yes ok I like this development haha. So much potential. I still stand by Tim being the instigator, like he'd go up to P to say hi whenever Azzi's team was playing P's and lil Steph would be hiding behind his leg. 😂 And one day (before P ends up on Azzi's team), P has like a lil toy ready to give to her at one of their games and Stephanie clings on to that toy from then on (despite Azzi's protests).

Hahah yeah I was thinking trade too - well I guess if we wanna be semi-realistic, it could just be that P requested a trade and you know whichever team she was on obvs had to seek the best value and Azzi's team just happened to be the ones to give it to them. And then I can just imagine when P gets the news about the trade going through and realises which team, she's like "oh fuck that's not what I meant" 😭

Also, those flashbacks to when they were together and the time they were apart are gonna hit, I already know (if you choose to incorporate them ofc). Oh my god, like when Azzi goes into labour (if we go the pregnancy route) and she's maybe wishing more than anything that P was there with her or just like moments where she's craving having another person to go through the journey of parenthood with and her subconscious always immediately thinks of P 🥲

And then on the flip side, everytime P comes across baby/kid stuff, she also prolly always ends up thinking of Azzi and lil Steph, even more so after she's met the kid.

I'm also assuming that similar to the UCLA fic, we're not having Azzi tear her ACL again and so they would have both declared for the 2025 draft? Were they already broken up by that point? Cause damn, that would have been a tense and heartbreaking draft night! Cause if they were broken up by then, their break up would potentially have happened in like the week or sum between the natty and draft night? So many possibilities.

I also just remembered that the Fudds have a dog named Curry - damn, Steph getting the dog AND child namesake. He deserves it, i reckon.

Also, some songs I was listening to earlier today that might or might not provide some inspo:

Someday we'll know by Mandy Moore (I was having my annual rewatch of A Walk To Remember and the "someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you" to the "someday you'll know that I was the one for you" made me think of this fic)

Cardigan by Taylor (mainly the bridge/last verse? Yk the one haha)

Strange by Celeste (this is what made me think of the potentially very angsty draft night after they've just broken up)

I miss you, I'm sorry by Gracie ("you said forever and I almost bought it")

Goodnight and go by Ariana (this is kinda for when they're starting to interact more again - like the "why'd you have to be so cute, it's impossible to ignore you" from Azzi's pov)

But like for real Nivi, you never have to incorporate any of my suggestions, this is just me spitballing and hopefully helping you even if it's just to help you decide "oh ok well we're definitely NOT doing THAT" 😂

-🙋‍♀️

Yeah I've been calling her Stephanie, Stephie for short, in my head so I'm pretty sure that's her name now...

My inbox is currently just ask after ask about how they want/think Stephanie came to be (I swear I really would like to reply to everyone but it's just a liiiiitttle bit exhausting) and I'm just very amused but as always, you and I are on the same wavelength. Like I know some people really want sperm donor/adoption (I love y'all I promise), I just can't really see her at that age and at that time of her career, purposefully trying for a child. I think it's different if she decided to keep the child after a ONS because well it's already there? Idk if that makes sense cause I don't know how to say it really but there's just a difference in my head about that?

WAIT I LOVE THAT AWWWW. But yeah Stephie and P have definitely interacted before and even if it's only a couple of times a year, I think they'd already just a little bit enamored, so when P becomes her coach, it doesn't take long for them to become wrapped around each other (spoiler?)

As we all know, I do love my flashback so trust bestie, there will be plenty, some angsty, some fluffy but a lot of flashbacks!

I actually am gonna keep Azzi's injuries in this one cause I want to keep all of the UConn lore similar to reality (yes this is me just wanting to add a cruise scene again...) so they'd actually go to the draft in different years and this may or may not (I'm not even tryna tease I actually haven't decided) play a little bit of a part in the break up (how? idk we'll find out)

LMAO Steph is also an honorary Fudd atp and will absolutely be meeting Stephie at some point in this fic

AH I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR SONGS REC!! Babes have you already made a playslist?? I think my main song for this fic might end up being Last Kiss by Taylor Swift (yes another Taylor Swift song I know) because "so I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep" just feels very apt for them.

I love your suggestions as always babes and I hope you have more <3

[ryuseibutgayer]

Hi, I seen your match up game and wanted to try it. (I seen your button and idk if I literally have to pay or not but if I do just ignore me, this is my first ask so I’m not quite familiar with this 😭)

Anyways~ My preferred fandoms are TR and Danganronpa, preferred gender is male, and I would prefer not to get match with Kisaki or TeruTeru

Traits - I'm a little bit goofy, I'm quiet/reserved (but once you get to know me I'm way less quiet/reserved), and l'm quite indecisive.

Toxic Traits - I'm quite uncommunicative, I can be inflexible at times, and I can be a bit of a people pleaser

Their Traits - They must be accepting and composed

Their Toxic Traits - I could look past jealousy and passive aggression

My focus in a relationship is building trust and being able to support each other

Preferred time of day - I like late night’s because I don’t have to worry about any responsibilities and I can relax

Oh yeah no, no worries about any of it! You don't have to pay and my blog is completely free, so if you ever have anything tapping away at your mind then don't be afraid to come by with an ask again :) also it's so nice to meet another danganronpa fan lmao

Late at night, there's nothing better to do than just come to terms that maybe it's OK to let him do this for you....he's used to taking care of everyone, and he loves you beyond just giving you a moment of mental peace. You both did a lot for a lot of other people, but the both of you needed more help for yourselves, and you know what? You were both just the right person to do that.

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TOKYO REVENGERS

Mitsuya Takashi couldn't help but notice how uncertain and tired you were when you first met- but that wasn't all he saw about you, of course. He saw someone else that probably needed a little bit more of support in their life, and your presence intrigued him enough to invest. Eventually, he was over the moon with glee as the profit flew in the moment of realization that hit him and made him realize he'd finally gotten to break past your quietness (which he didn't really mind in the first place, seeing as it gave him room to honestly put all of his thoughts out there for you). Mitsuya appreciates your sense of humor, since no one seems to be able to keep this gloomy world just a bit lighter in conversation. He doesn't mind that you don't express your thoughts much in communication or words or that you're indecisive, because this man has initiative and intuition. Like it or not, he's going to do the best for you and himself. Even if you're adamant about a decision you've made, he'll try his best to work things around from behind the scenes so it *hopefully* all works out for you, or he'll simply support what's coming. He won't accept it when you happen to wear yourself thin in the name of another person's satisfaction however, so please be open-minded when your protective and caring match will stick up for you and your well-being; whether it be against another person, or yourself. He's worked hard to get you to trust him. :)

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DANGANRONPA

Rantaro Amami, being the adventurous type, even if neither of you knew what to decide about something, Rantaro is the carefree man who will grab your hand and lead you head first into an uncalculated gut feeling and help you make the choices you need. You may...need to keep this ordinary man from making unordinarily instinctive decisions....but only now and then (hopefully you enjoy travel). Honestly, with you being the only quiet one within this horrid killing game, you were the only truly interesting person there. He really does enjoy taking care of others knowing that he won't have to worry for them once he gets the job done. Having taken care of little sisters when he was younger, he knows how to get quite a few things done, so chores are basically an expectation he has for himself that should bare no weight upon your overworked or stressed shoulders. He really won't go away once you show him the thumbs-up in the start of a close relationship, even if he doesn't quite understand how to get you out of your own mind or how to change it. He accepts that by loving you, he's put whatever's to come on himself, and he'll be very much accepting of the (few) decisions you're able to make. He can trust you really easily- it's just others he has a hard time with.

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[cqlfeels]

Apologies in advance for the theorising, but I have a question about Wei Wuxian/Ying. Before he defects from the Jiang sect, why do they allow him to wear red and black robes if he's been inducted into the main family and the other male disciples wear purple? (I noticed that Jiang Yanli doesn't wear purple very often. Doesn't she have a golden core? (And therefore cannot be part of the work the sect does, so they do not give her the robes?))

I understand, from a writer's point of view, this is done to single him out as the anti-hero protagonist, but wasn't he the head disciple one point? Surely, they would make him represent the sect by wearing purple? Or was it simply because when they picked WWX up from the streets, they tried to give them to Him and he refused? Or did Yu-furen (Madam Yu) refuse to give him the robes because WWX was just a street rat, and he didn't deserve them?

Design questions depend on specific adaptations. I'll assume you mean CQL, but let me know if I got it wrong.

I usually prefer to try and answer questions from Watsonian points of view, but I have yet to think of something that would make sense in-universe?

What I think happened with CQL is that most of the show takes place when WWX is on good(-ish) terms with Yunmeng Jiang, but the showrunners also wanted to have the iconic white!LWJ/black!WWX look, so it was easier to just... Have WWX wear black and red most of the time. But that's just a guess.

If I were coming up with designs, I'd do one of the following

Only the sect leader's family wears the colors of the sect. This would allow WWX to dress in other colors, but then so would background characters, so it's a moot point in terms of making the protagonist stand out

WWX wears the colors of Yunmeng Jiang, and changes to red and black when he breaks with the sect. I would even take it a step further and dress him as a head disciple, more like a background character than like a sect leader's son

As for JYL, the drama seems to imply she doesn't really cultivate due to vague health issues. But she does wear the colors of the sect! She just does it in pastel shades. That pink/lilac stands for purple probably isn't lost on you, but she also likes aquamarine, which stands for the teal we see JC and Yu furen wear. I'm not sure if the teal is supposed to bring to mind water or lotus leaves, but it's definitely meant to be part of the Yunmeng Jiang palette in CQL.

On that note, I know there's a Great post somewhere about the best designs for each part of the story (@layzeal it was by you, wasn't it?) but I can't seem to find it 😭