#her face is exclusively kaomoji

[whistle-draws]

Have a digital circus oc, on the house.

[more-than-a-princess]

@unladielike​ said:  [ tbh, i can see vivian and sonia actually meeting online at some point, especially since she’s very active on twitter and the anime subreddit. she, like sonia, also talks A LOT, so their conversations would be very lively and long. but she’ll go by the pseudonym, viiviitan, and her display icon would be a white haired anime girl, so sonia wouldn’t know what she looks like irl. she will, however, mention her name is vivian, use a lot of kaomojis, and nickname her ‘Sosie’ at some point ]

I thought it was easier to reply here, as the character count won’t matter.

But yes, I could definitely see this! Sonia is very much the type to provide detailed analyses and descriptions of various things in her conversations. And lucky for her, she has translation software on all of her devices: in her younger years, or during her first year or so in Japan, she often misplaced some words and phrases or simply used outdated terms. But spending more time speaking mostly, if not only, Japanese helped her phrase sentences better and use more accurate, or up to date, terminology. But where her digital writing was concerned? She had the help of translation software for that, something likely programmed for her and her family’s use, so she sounds much more fluent online than she initially does when speaking languages.

Of course, if Vivian and Sonia are corresponding in English online, she likely makes fewer mistakes. Some, but not many. This was always one of my quibbles with Sonia in the game: or at least, how she’s portrayed beyond what you see in canon. Because she’s a very bright and wise person (not ‘common sense,’ but book smart), I definitely believe she’d learn quickly from her language mistakes and not carry on with them in her older years. By the time she graduates Hope’s Peak, she’s making far fewer, if any, language errors. 

But back to online correspondence:

Sonia would have nothing royal, princessy, or even blonde haired anime girls in her profile. She’d probably have a creepy-cute icon, or some sort of horror anime icon or username, that she goes by online and, if we’re going by current anime trends, is probably thrilled by the debut of the Chainsaw Man anime and is recapping episodes weekly in Twitter discussions and Reddit threads. 

So it may be a bit jarring that the online user who’s so passionate about Junji Ito works, Chainsaw Man, and other similar creepy titles turns out to be this elegant, sweet, practically glowing European princess. I wonder if there would ever be a formal meetup of users from a particular forum, or Sonia’s first venture to an anime convention, or just asking casually in chat “Hi, I’m going to be in this city for work, what should I do there?” and then Vivian (or any muse really) starts volunteering ideas and meetups. 

Poor Sonia trying to navigate a convention though. She’d have to wear a disguise and not even cosplay necessarily (she wouldn’t want to appear in too many photos and get potentially found out!). She’d need a full mask to cover her face, or at least a wig, some contacts, and some casual and possibly shapeless clothing to hide her true identity.

All for the sake of raiding the vendor’s hall to get some exclusive merch. She’s nothing if not dedicated to her hobbies.