#i just reaaally love the idea of director!kokichi managing a heathers musical

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Oh no I want to write another theater AU but for another fandom...

I’m gonna dump my ideas here in case I never get around to writing it, but oh my god I want to write it so bad just for one character.

(There’s supposed to be a read more cut but if it doesn’t show up on mobile... RIP mobile users, I’m so sorry tumblr is like this).

It’s danganronpa and I just really love the idea of director!Kokichi. I feel like he’s gonna be fun to write as a director - even more fun than Joshua (TWEWY) as director! I just really want to write director!Kokichi so bad.

So the background stuff: Hope’s Peak is a performing art school or something, and their annual musicals are a Big Deal™ like their shows get sold out so quickly because the student productions are just that Amazing™.

I guess this is because I’m really into Heathers right now, but it’s the 53rd annual student production and they’re doing Heathers! Junko as Heather Chandler is the dream. Sayaka is the Heather that usurps Junko when she dies. Sonia is Heather Yellow. Head cheerleader Sonia is a fun image. Also I can totally see her saying, “If I take a meat cleaver down the center of your skull, I’d have matching halves. That’s very important.”

Kaede as Veronica!! And Shuichi is a huuuuuge Heathers fanboy (the same way his pre-game self was a huge DR fanboy) and he wants to be JD but he’s too shy to audition until Kaede forces him (for his own sake). But he’s so shy!!! And Kokichi is frustrated with him because Shuichi has talent but he’s so self-conscious without his hat.

Kokichi’s conflicted during the callbacks too because, let’s face it, Komaeda gave the perfect audition when he performed Meant To Be Yours in his usual deranged self, but Shuichi obviously has more chemistry with Kaede, who is definitely gonna be Veronica. And he has the potential if he wasn’t so shy and anxious! But Kokichi makes them sing Seventeen together and it’s magic onstage. So Kokichi takes a gamble and gives him the part.

Anyway, back to director!Kokichi. Kokichi will like... make it his mission to make this the best musical ever, and if it means training Shuichi to perform without his hat and become a psycho killer onstage then so be it. They work together until Shuichi overcomes his anxiety enough to go to rehearsals without his hat lmao.

Kokichi’s gonna be such a demanding director. Imagine it’s tech week and he’s screaming like in Trial 4 because of the stress. Imagine him using his leadership skills in subtle ways! He can manage and manipulate the actors and the stage in his own trickster, beating-around-the-bush style like in the game.

He probably would have been a good actor but he’s so short and height matters in these things sometimes, so he funnels all his talent and eye for entertainment into directing instead. He has the flair for dramatics anyway, and he likes manipulating things from behind the scenes, so directing is an acceptable alternative.

His paranoia from the game manifests as him secretly being a perfectionist/control freak and how he’s very conscious about everything onstage. He has this whole thing about putting on masks and lies and the stage is basically an extension of himself and his creativity. 

He’s probably a Heathers fan too but he thinks the set is so minimalist and, let’s face it, the musical isn’t that impressive, so he’s gonna challenge himself to make Heathers better and add more spectacle and shit.

Ibuki will take over the music since Kaede has a role, and Heathers is more rock than classical anyway. Tsumugi, Rantaro, and Celeste are in the costumes department! Angie leads the props department. Miu and Chihiro are in lights and sounds. Hiyoko and Sayaka are in charge of choreography.

Kirumi is the stage manager because of course she is.

Idk who the other cast members are. Kaito maybe as one of the jocks? But does that mean Maki is Martha? Hmm not sure yet. I’ll think about this later.

Korekiyo is definitely gonna be that singer that sings that line in Beautiful about tying up a Heather and leaving her with the rats though,

Kaede and Shuichi rehearsing Dead Girl Walking is gonna be so awkward lmaooooo that will be fun. Also, I guess Shuichi as JD is basically his in-game self tapping into his pre-game self (or the way fandom depicts his pre-game self, anyway).

But seriously just... director!Kokichi. I just want to write director!Kokichi.