#currently listening to Rats Died like a true dr fan and that inspired me to think abt this (as well as reading DM and TDP scripts)
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Thinking more abt DR1. The tragedy of the DR1 characters has a unique strength to me, precisely because we know that absent of Junko's Mutual Killing, they all eventually end up getting along pretty decently! Probably one of the most relevant examples for my muse is Makoto's relationship with Maizono-- in settings without the Mutual Killing such as Development Mode and Talent Development Plan, their interactions are nothing but friendly, supportive, and even sometimes a little intimate. It's not difficult to infer that during the single regular year at Hope's Peak, they got along just as well or were moving towards that. And all of that just makes what happens during the main game to the whole cast, not just Makoto and Maizono, even more of a bitter pill to swallow since along with their memories Junko stole even intangible things like relationships. Another example of this is Oowada and Fujisaki: that picture Monokuma (Junko) "dropped" really says it all...
#ooc ramblings.#currently listening to Rats Died like a true dr fan and that inspired me to think abt this (as well as reading DM and TDP scripts)#i think something i might start to lean into more with post-dr1 Makoto is that he is different from the Makoto that stepped into those door#the current Makoto woke up trapped and closed in and blocked at all sides and his immutable tenacity is what helped see him through#and even though he eventually got his memories back thanks to the Future Foundation I can't imagine that those memories are just#normal memories for him. the mutual killing TRULY traumatized him and from his (DR1/post-DR1 Makoto) perspective it was an#immediate progression from stepping into the school to waking up sitting in that godforsaken desk DR3 traps him back in in kibou-hen#i dunno if I'm explaining it well but play the video game SOMA to understand what I'm getting at. it's not the same as in that game#but the principle I'm thinking of is kind of similar...
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