#or go with the safe choice of rui

[aroace-poly-show]

hmmmmmmmmmm

[arolesbianism]

Started a white 2 randomizer playthrough for so reasons and I just got so jumpscared by a random shiny gulpin so guess Haruka is a gulpin now

[nanamivnemesis]

WxS on a road trip headcanons:

•Driving Priority order:

-Nene

-rui

-tsukasa

-Emu

(Rui and tsukasa can be switched)

-emu is not usualy the one to drive, she’s definitely capable of it and has her license but the group is terrified she’s going to zone out and they will cruise into a ditch when she’s unmedicated. (I believe theirs is thoughts of war behind those big void eyes and therefore she’s the second most dangerous behind rui)

-Nene can drive and usually doesbut she much rather play games and nonverbaly observe conversation, if the others get to tired she’s fine with taking over for a bit, and when she’s down rui usually takes over for her

-Tsukasa can drive and is the third choice driver , boasts about being so good at driving(he failed his driving test twice) then procedes to miss the exit,twice. Rui has to read off the driving app.

-Rui is the second trusted driver of the group ,but his psychopathic ideas make others fear if he is going to stop his impulse of seeing how the airbags work.(hence why tsukasa goes before him) He’s overall good at keeping himself in check tho.

•Seating arrangements and behavior

-•passenger princess priority in accordance to driving priority:

-emu(literally princess I love her so much :D)

-Rui(reads driving instructions to tsukasa otherwise he will miss the exit again)

-Tsukasa (holds onto the celling handle thing the whole time)

-Nene(keeps an eye on emu) (if rui was with emu while driving the chances of their collective thoughts of war increase,nene prevents that)

•when in back row together:

-emu and tsukasa

- read off bill boards and tourism ads and then beg rui/nene to go see them. If rui is driving they are more likely to pull over. Nene will pull over if she decides it’s interesting enough and worth it.

-the WOAHHH!!! WHATS THAT OMG CAN WE GO or like making jokes about weird ass signs

-ba da ba ba ba when the McDonald’s sign

-emu and nene

- are usually playing games together on Nenes phone or switch.Emu loves to watch nene play rhythm games,animal crossing or stardew valley.

-nene listens to emu as she fixates of her favorite villagers and island decor.

-Nene will sometimes share her headphones with emu.

-when they try to get out of the car at stops, 500 different stuff animals they both own start to pour out the car.

-Rui and Nene

Idk if this is already canon but rui made a mini nene bot that is safely buckled in the middle seat. Rui sometimes brings out silly hats to put on it(emu made some of them)

-nene also plays splatoon when he’s in the back

-you can’t convince me rui isn’t playing fnaf or granny for shits and giggles, you cannot

-then nerds out of the stupid ways you can break these games

-emu and rui

Thoughts of war and things that are illegal to construct on stages, these 2 are a dangerous combination without any balance from nene or tsukasa

-elaborately contsructing pranks to pull on tsukasa

-otherwise they are nerding out over over silly shit and having a wholesome time

-if emu sees something cool rui is already on board with trying to convince whos driving to pull over to see the thing.

-Rui and tsukasa

-Rui ,if he decides to take a nap, will kick his daddy long legs on tsukasa lap and there is nothing tsukasa can do to stop him

-“Aw look at that cool car right there I wonder if it would survive the blast radius of a nuclear strike “”RUI WHAT-“

-Rui keep’s proposing increasingly worse and dangerous ideas for shows is tsukasa is like “WHAT” and dumbfounded

-scrolling together through TikTok to see those Reddit stories but they only look at the cool craft videos in the background and don’t care about the story

-tsukasa and nene

-(my apologies this duo I think about the least so my head-canons won’t be as good)

-insult battle where they keep trying to one up the other in more increasingly insane ways, (I think nene wins)

-she isn’t sharing her music or her games with him

-tsukasa sneezes so loud, nene records it so that whenever he annoys her or says something stupid she will play it on repeat

-“Omg look at that””rejected””I didn’t even say what it was yet-“

-if they both see/hear something weird af on the road or on a bill board they just 👀

-tsukasa will try to make jokes to make her smile and she will rate them critically (it’s all fun and games tho)

•Misc:

-nene has threatened to crash the car when the shits gotten to silly

-Emu keeps pulling out snacks from her pockets in unrealistic ways

-Rui brings bags of like candy rocks or candy dice and just eats the em infront of tsukasa and freaks him out at first but then he’s like WOAH and then they are both eating rocks.(don’t mention the chocolate crickets to tsukasa)

-rui has definitely shoplifted at gas stations with nene

-nene handles finding sleeping arrangements

-tsukasa got sick from a gas station hotdog once and he can’t handle takis

-underneath the stuff animals nene is rotting in, there are 17 crushed monster energies and coffee drink cans

-rui is looked to when there is car issues

-nene is basically keeping the other three on a leash at all times but she can’t keep them still and gets dragged along

-the amount of times tsukasa and emu have gotten lost in a gas station is impressive, sometimes rui moves the car while there inside to make them think they were left behind.

{Feel free to request headcannon ideas on my special interests! I’m not the most knowledgeable in other pjsk units tho!}

[kerizaret]

Met a friend today and she gave me the sekai card au challenge except the first time she chose cards she liked and second time it was totally randomly selected from a folder of cards by whichever she pointed at so here's the results bc why not share:

1)

Tsukasa is a ghost haunting a building where a circus of questionable morals used to perform at after dying while watching one of their performances that went awry. He's determined to put on a show that will clear the infamy this stage has and cause smiles there unlike the circus there did. He thinks this will be what finally frees him from the mortal realm and allow to pass on peacefully. Unfortunately for him, everyone steers clear from the haunted place so nobody ever watches his performances. Everyone is too scared of taking this place down as well, though, so he's trapped in there

That is until he stumbles upon Toya there, who ran away to here to avoid his father who forbids him from singing so thay he can focus on pursuing a career in classical music. He wanted to go to a place nobody was at to sing freely without worrying about what anyone says. Tsukasa and Toya end up bonding over love for performing and being unable to find an audience that would accept them, and end up doing shows together, with Toya's singing and Tsukasa performing. The stage ends up Toya's safe place where he can run away to to rest from the world around him, and Tsukasa finally has an audience – and a companion – for his shows

Rui is a travelling exorcist who's trying to gain more experience and help people out. He had to give up his love for shows in the name of duty after trying to put on performances with humans and ghosts alike that ended up with people getting hurt and him being scolded for associating himself with "evil". He ended up being trained to exorcise ghosts instead even when it felt wrong to him (and he always tries to resolve the conflict without exorcising if the ghost isnt too aggressive). He came across the town where Toya lived and heard the rumours about the old haunted circus and went to check it out

When he saw Tsukasa he at first misinterpreted his behaviour a lot and ended up taking his "invitation for a once-in-a-lifetime-show" as a threat and they ended up chasing each other (tsks trying not to be exorcised bc he found he does want to keep "living" and performing) until Rui was stopped by Toya coming and explaining the truth. Rui is met with the choice between duty as an exorcist – making tsukasa pass on – and the reignited dream he once longed for standing right in front of him. He ends up working on a show together with them in the end, and they manage to put it on a few times with other people from the town coming and seeing it and actually having fun and getting less scared of the place

They manage to clear the bad reputation this place has and actually get people to stop being scared of Tsukasa's ghost, and while Harumichi still doesn't exactly see Toya's choices for singing as the best he let him do what he wants. After finding out that realising Tsukasa's goal didn't make him disappear (to all of their relieves bc they ended up bonding and having fun) but instead simply freed him from being chained to the circus, they set off travelling and performing all over the country as a three for humans and ghosts alike WOOO

Bonus idea maybe they meet up with the tenmas to let tsks reconnect with his lost family and also put on a show for ruis exorcist trainers to show them his dream wasn't in vain or smth idk I won't do anything with this HAHAH

2) this was randomised AHDHSV I apologise for any character misinterpretation I do not know enaan as well yet hdhd

Ena is an artist with an ability to make her drawings come to life, inherited from her father — the thing is, it works only for works she is proud of and considers "worthy" of coming to life. Being a very critical person, as well as not being recognised as an artist by many people around her, she ends up with many failed works and very few moving pieces. It doesn't help that she sees her father's work always moving around the house and feeling discouraged by his constant criticism and comments on how to fix her art

She does, however, befriend and work with An, a local setective who found her skill very useful when they found out if she successfully draws a suspect of a crime or some missing person, the drawings are able to talk for the drawn person and reveal some key information allowing them to find them and solve the case. An admires Ena's art and ability a lot but secretly is jealous and feels useless because she thinks she's only successful in her solved cases thanks to Ena's help, and not her own skill

Meanwhile Nene is Ena's masterpiece who came to life — except Ena was so scared of showing the work to anyone because she was proud of it and considered it besutiful and didn't want anyone to criticise Nene and make her "die" that she hid her away, which in turn made Nene adopt her creator's mindset and became an extremely shy and unconfident person, constantly hiding away in her frame and never really coming out, feeling she's not worthy of being seen and even trying to become something more outside of the canvas

Until one day suddenly, Nene's painting disappears completely. Ena is absolutely devastated — and also in her doubts, feels completely unable to replicate such a masterpiece. With that she is unable to draw Nene again for An to get some pieces of information to help find the painting, making An have to rely only on herself. She takes the challenge and doesn't let herself fail and she DOES manage find Nene, who actually found the courage to come out of the frame and ran to try to find her creator too

It turned out Nene was stolen away by Ena's own Autoportrait that also came to life like Nene. Ena's Autoportrait was one she was deep down very proud of, but her father criticised it and other people as well when she put it on display, and ended up throwing it out as a "failure" despite still feeling like it was good. The portrait came to life because of ena's feelings but ended up jealous of Nene and the fact she was kept, and that the Autoportrait wasn't loved like that. So she stole Nene away too. In the end the Autoportrait just wanted Ena to love her just as Nene — in a way it was just Ena wanting to love herself and her art just because she likes it and not becsuse others do

Ena ends up taking the Autoportrait back to her studio and thanking An for finding both the portrait and Nene. In the end though Nene decides she wants to leave by herself as well and learn about other paintings' stories and maybe forge her own by travelling through art galleries, so Ena finds the courage to send the canvas out to the world to let Nene tour various museums and walk around there, while also earning Ena fame as a bonus. An ends up taking on more cases on her own to get better and not rely too much on Ena anymore and also let her have time to create for herself the enddd

[yuri-is-online]

oops now that you mention artificial insemination (in my smut haste i forgot that was an option) so that rui would be included... i love how that implies his cum isn't cursed / is safe to handle because i think it'd be HILARIOUS if it WAS... certified darkwick weapon: death by cursed cum

some context

lol I get that it would be like, a bio weapon stored somewhere, but the image of Ed just telling Rui to jack off in the general direction of the enemy is really funny. He'd be so humiliated. My thought process is that it seems to be that Rui's touch is what kills living things, and his cum isn't exactly... attached to him? Obviously he can't make a baby the normal way (he's dying mad about that) but he can still donate to the cause. "Lack of an earthly dick" is such a funny way to describe Zenji. My man's not dead his cock has just left this mortal plane 💀

As for those categories... you are correct but you are also sort of missing the potential for Darkwick to think of this as an opportunity to get a ghoul (or something equivalent to one) who is loyal only to them. Sure, Ed is a horrible choice for a baby daddy, but a sperm donor? If the institute could wrap a dhampir around their fingers they'd do it in a heartbeat. Same with Lyca, would combining werewolf DNA with the Kyklos's curse and your immunity to the mesmer matches make one that could remain sentient during the full moon? Taiga and Jin are their strongest ghouls... why shouldn't they use them? A strong child would have the best chance of taking away the curse, no?

I did write a little bit about that concept, where your child is taken away from you and raised as a test subject in the institute. She ends up breaking free as the world is ended by whatever great calamity Darkwick is supposed to be preventing. I could make her murderous, but my mind sort of went towards how 11 is in the first two seasons of Stranger Things. She doesn't really know anything about how she was created, she just knows she hates the institute and doesn't want to be there anymore. The drabble I wrote was about her hunting down the MC because she does understand that a mother is supposed to name you and she doesn't have one. She's angrier about that than anything else, sure she's learning now that humans have families and childhoods, but she's not human now is she? It's hard to let go of that thought when it was drilled into her head from the second she took her first breath.

[theink-stainedfolk]

Ink of Fate

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Chapter snippet: Negotiations in the Shadows

Huang Rui paced back and forth in his study, his footsteps light yet frantic across the wooden floor. The soft glow of candlelight illuminated the bookshelves lining the walls, but they brought no comfort. His thoughts swirled around the empty space where his safe used to be—now reduced to a gaping, jagged hole. He had been robbed, but it wasn’t the loss of money or trinkets that worried him. No, it was his manuscript. His life’s work.

“Who would steal a novel?” He muttered under his breath for the tenth time that evening. A novel! Of all things!

He rubbed his temples, frustration mounting. The publisher had insisted he report the crime to the authorities, but Huang Rui had little faith in them. The police didn’t have time for stolen manuscripts. After all, it was just ink on paper to them.

With a sigh, Huang Rui stopped pacing and collapsed into a plush armchair by the window. He leaned his head back, staring at the darkened ceiling. How had things spiraled so quickly? He was just a simple teacher, an aspiring writer—his only crime being his talent for words.

But words had power, far more than he had realized.

His publisher's voice rang in his ears: "If the police can't solve this, you have one option left—go to him. The King of Hell."

The thought of dealing with an underground gangster felt like throwing himself into a den of wolves, but what choice did he have? He needed the manuscript back before it fell into the wrong hands, or worse, before someone published it under their own name. He wouldn’t let years of work go to waste.

The King of Hell. The name alone sent a shiver down his spine. No one dared to speak of him openly, except in hushed whispers. He was said to be ruthless, a man who commanded power and fear in equal measure. Huang Rui couldn’t imagine what kind of brute he’d encounter.

A knock at the door interrupted his spiraling thoughts.

"It's time," his servant said, his eyes flickering with worry. "The carriage is ready, sir."

With a deep breath, Huang Rui stood, smoothing the front of his simple tunic. He wasn't dressed for intimidation; he wasn't sure he knew how to be intimidating. Instead, he prepared himself for the inevitable—an encounter with someone entirely out of his league.

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The journey to the underbelly of the city was long and winding. The further they traveled, the more the streets became a labyrinth of shadows and whispers. And then, they reached it—the infamous estate belonging to the King of Hell.

Shen Yi’s palace was nothing like what Huang Rui expected. Grand, yes, but not the dark fortress filled with terrifying brutes that he’d imagined. The architecture had an elegance to it, traditional with sweeping arches and intricate carvings. The doors opened without a sound, revealing a dim interior bathed in red and gold.

Two guards, almost spectral in their silence, led him to the inner chamber.

There, seated atop a low dais, was Shen Yi.

Huang Rui's breath caught in his throat. Shen Yi was not the beast of nightmares that the rumors painted him as. He was sharp, dangerously sharp, with an air of lethal grace. His long, black hair flowed down his back, catching the flicker of candlelight like threads of night. His crimson robe was adorned with intricate golden designs, and despite his relaxed posture, there was a tension in the air, like a coiled snake ready to strike.

But what stunned Huang Rui the most wasn’t the notorious gangster’s beauty. It was the quiet intensity of his gaze, dark eyes observing every move like a predator eyeing its prey.

Shen Yi smirked, his voice low and smooth. “So, you’ve come to me... the desperate author in need of a favor.” He gestured for Huang Rui to sit, his tone dripping with amusement.

Huang Rui swallowed hard and forced his feet to move. “I didn’t have much of a choice,” he admitted, trying to steady his voice. “My manuscript—”

“I know.” Shen Yi’s smirk widened. “Word travels fast. And I also know that your little masterpiece is quite... valuable. To some.” He leaned forward slightly, resting his chin on his hand. “But you wouldn’t be here if you thought this was just about a story, would you?”

Huang Rui frowned. “What are you getting at?”

Shen Yi chuckled darkly. “Your novel. It’s more than fiction. You wrote something that someone wanted silenced—or worse, used. And that means you’ve just become very interesting.”

Huang Rui stiffened. His stomach churned with unease. “I... I never intended—”

“Intentions mean nothing,” Shen Yi interrupted, his eyes narrowing. “It’s what you’ve already set in motion that matters.”

Huang Rui swallowed again, feeling small in the presence of such controlled power. Shen Yi’s calm demeanor unnerved him more than any threat could have. The King of Hell was a man who held all the cards, and worse, he enjoyed watching others squirm.

“So,” Shen Yi continued, “what will you offer me in return for my help? Money?” He raised a brow, clearly unimpressed by the idea. “No, I think I’ll take something more... entertaining.”

Huang Rui’s heart pounded. “What... what do you want?”

Shen Yi’s smile was slow and predatory. “You. Whenever I desire your company. No questions. No refusals.”

The room seemed to grow colder despite the heavy incense swirling through the air. Huang Rui’s mouth went dry. He hadn’t expected this. His gaze flickered to the floor, thoughts racing.

He could walk away—return to his quiet, predictable life. But what then? His manuscript would be gone forever, possibly twisted into something beyond his control. If Shen Yi was right, his work had power, and that meant he had no choice but to fight for it.

“I agree,” Huang Rui finally said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Shen Yi’s grin grew wider, showing just a hint of teeth. “Good.”

In that moment, Huang Rui realized something vital about Shen Yi. He was more than just a criminal lord. He was a man who understood the art of control—of binding others to him, not through force, but through subtle manipulation. And that was far more dangerous.

As Shen Yi stood, moving toward him with an almost catlike grace, Huang Rui felt the shift in power between them. The gangster’s presence was suffocating, yet strangely magnetic. He had the power to destroy or protect, and Huang Rui wasn’t sure which side of that blade he would end up on.

“Don’t worry,” Shen Yi whispered as he passed by, his fingers lightly brushing Huang Rui’s shoulder. “You’ll get your manuscript back. But your story... oh, your story has only just begun.”

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I need me a Shen Yi

[nogenderbee]

Hi! I just discovered your blog and I love it so much! I was wondering if you could do Rui, Tsukasa, Emu, Shizuku, and Minori with a reader that has a hard time showing emotion and expressing themself due to a rough childhood? You can think of it like a Mafuyu situation where she was forced to be perfect and therefore locked her true emotions away in order to please everybody. Thanks in advance!

Of course! I don't know if you meant that reader also hides their true self so I choosed that they don't! Feel free to tell me if you had something different in mind tho... And of course I hope you enjoy this! <3

Minori, Shizuku, Tsukasa, Emu, Rui with reader who hardly shows emotions

TagList: @bleachtheidiot @yulikesminori @qwnelisa @alicewinterway18 @kuzui5201314 @indi-has-fallen @vodka-glrl

⊱ Minori started or be worried when she first met you and when she noticed that you weren't fully able to express yourself... but of course she didn't wanted to come off as mean by asking you personal questions like that

⊱ but when you became close, it kinda had to be out sooner or later and when it is, you can only expect her to comfort you as well as she can

⊱ when she first heard about your back story, she was running in circles around her house gathering items like blanket, sweets, comfort books/shows/music just so she can give you them in hopes to make you feel better

"Ah! YN, don't worry! I got you blanket, your favorite snack, drink, movie, song, book, comfy pillow and ud you need something more just tell me! It'll be alright, I promise! You need to believe in better tomorrow!"

⊱ but of course, beside comforting she also wants to help you however she can!

⊱ she's most likely to get and show you around her interests and places she likes in hopes that something will move your heart a little bit

⊱ as for your rough childhood... she really wanted to just go and talk with your parents but she stopped herself, not wanting bad opinion...

⊱ but if it were to come back... she may not insult them or anything but she'll definitely try her best to help you somehow! Key word... try... she's a bit too soft for this...

⊱ Shizuku is very caring but also pretty blunt... but she does notice that you're not smiling very often...

⊱ so of course she decides to ask you about it and she's both soft and straightforward with her question to you

⊱ if you tell her, that's when she realizes she needs to help her partner and make you smile again! She doesn't know where to start tho so she'll ask you for any kind of clues you may have

"Maybe something that made you happy as a child? Or something that recently made you feel warm on your chest?"

⊱ and now it's up to you if you decide to tell her about reason for your difficulty to express yourself but if you do, she'll listen calmly and give you comforting back rubs

⊱ and now with all those clues you gave her, she'll do her best to help you out! She'll start from little and simple things but will move onto more extreme things or anything she thinks might make you feel something

⊱ as for how she feels about your parents after discovering what they did... she's a bit upset at them and she decides to give you all the comfort and support you could need herself!

⊱ Tsukasa often tried putting smile on your face so of course he noticed quite quickly that all his tries failed... but he decided to not give up and eventually will even ask you about it

⊱ when you tell him you have trouble showing emotions, he became frozen... and that's when he made it his goal to help you with it!

⊱ he started with all his favorite things, then his sister's, then his friends and late, he started even asking strangers! So it's safe to say he tried or suggested to try every activity he could think of

⊱ but if everything fails... he disagrees to give up and finally decides to have a talk with you about it, he didn't wanted to be presistant but he sees no other choice...

"Hey, YN... I don't want to force you to anything so you don't have to answer but... is there something that I'm missing? Is there something more behind your difficulty to express yourself?"

⊱ if you decide to tell him, he somehow gets you... and of course if you still live with your parents, he'll try to hangout with you as often as he can so you can take your mind off them and maybe that'll help?

⊱ there's also a chance he'll be less friendly to your parents... he won't be completely mean to them but he may be a bit more cold than he's to most people

⊱ Emu definitely noticed your lack of showing emotions almost immidietly, and when she greeted you with "Wonderhoy" she only was more sure of that

"Y/N! Wonderhoy!"

"Won...der...hoy?"

"Yes! But say it witch true smile, Y/N! C'mon!"

"Wonderhoy..."

"Eeek!! Just like Miss Asahina..."

⊱ yeah that situation scared her... but when you two eventually got close she was trying to make you smile but it always had this strange feeling to it

⊱ so of course when you got even closer, she tried and tried but eventually decided to talk with you and now it's up to you if you decide to tell her~

⊱ if you don't, she'll continue trying to make you laugh, smile or anything just like she did

⊱ if you do though, she'll immidietly try to comfort you by putting performacne using few of her plushies and acting with them

⊱ she also thinks of more creative ways to make you smile and if she got at least a small grin from you, she'll think of something related to just that thing to get even better reaction!

⊱ I know I'm repeating but he IS very observant! So he immidietly picked on the fact you have problems while expressing emotions, maybe not on full emotionless but it's always something!

⊱ now, he won't approach this topic himself so the only way he can know that for sure is by you telling him

⊱ and when you do tell him, he'll make sure to make a note about everything that made you show even a bit of emotions, be it positive or negative, it's always something!

⊱ and with those little notes, he'll try to think of something similar but to also cause bigger reaction from you

"Hey darling, would you mind coming here for a second? I think my newest invention is ready to be tested~ And it has to be tasted by no one else than you!"

⊱ as for what caused that... he'll listen if you decide to tell him but don't expect him to stay calm. He's absolutely pissed off at your parents for what they did to you

⊱ so if you still live with them, he'll tell you that he'll be happy to have you her whenever and for as long as you want. You don't even need to ask him for permission as his answer always will be positive!

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[dissonant-chord]

Kanade making friends with WxS

A random blurb of headcanons based on this post by @rockmoth

There’s a lot I could not get them out of my head

Kanade And Rui

Kanade and Rui hit it off right away.

Theyre both extremely active on those technical forums

They coincidentally answer each other’s questions on the forums

It also turns out they’re in the same Nightcord server so they started to just direct questions at one another in DMs.

They ended up finding out that they’ve got a mutual friend who happens to be Mizuki

Mizuki ofc plans for the three of them to hang out

They leave after 30 minutes like “have fun :D”

Rui shows Kanade all his robots

She may not understand it 100% but she understands it better than most

Rui commissions music for shows from Kanade

In return he builds her a custom roomba to vacuum for her

Kanade And Tsukasa

Kanade is Tsukasa’s wet cat of a friend

They also met from mutual friend Mizuki

BONUS HEADCANON: Mizuki and Tsukasa are sewing buddies

They’ve spoken a few times so they recognize one another when out and about

Most of their interaction comes from random encounters outside

Honami encourages Kanade to “get out more! go on a walk!”

She is not equipped for the outdoors

Tsukasa bumps into her like “YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE DYING DO YOU NEED SUNGLASSES? A COLD DRINK?”

And he will get them for her

He basically mothers her

She does not mind

She’s a Tenma now

Kanade And Nene

Nene and Kanade are video game buddies

Mizuki suggested N25 go to an arcade for some group bonding :)) 

Kanade encountered Nene playing a rhythm game

They’re both so shy around each other

But Nene encouraged Kanade to have a go

Kanade is pretty good

“And you’ve never played it in your life????”

Safe to say, Nene is impressed

Most of their friendship is over text

With the occasional arcade meetup and online video games

She also had Nene do the vocals for a song once :)) 

Kanade and Emu

Emu and Kanade is the natural side effect of being friends with the rest of WxS

“You all have a friend without me :(((?”

Kanade started coming to WxS shows so Emu ran up to her after a show like “New friend :D” 

It was not a choice

They don’t have too much in common but Emu texts her cat memes all the time

She probably also stops by her house with snacks

They’re snack buddies in the way of

Kanade doesn’t try new things much and Emu has so many snacks she needs Kanade to try

Also the mutual friendship with Mafuyu

They just want her to be happy yknow

[welp-back-on-my-bs]

Possible Tokyo Debunker Morgan ships because idk what the fuck would be best

Luca x Morgan:

- People pleaser couple

- forgin couple

- Luca trying to find a demon, while Morgan does their best to help with their own

Jin x Morgan:

- you know my fucking type. Jin is my fucking type. And I hate it lol

- not really public relationship unless it's like, REALLY grand (or Jin leaves his fucking room)

- cuddles and mental illness tm

- so much angst potential

Leo x Morgan x Sho:

- it kinda has to be a throuple? I kinda like that idea

- so many fucking bets.

- Alan. Please. Separate.

- fucking menaces to society

- sweet x bitter x spicy

Towa x Haru x Morgan:

- yeah, you can't exactly separate Towa and Haru, let's be honest

- you need to understand. They could get an anomaly farm together. It would be so cute.

- fluffyisr ship to ever fluff

- or yandere ship, because yes.

- Ren literally is their adopted son (he has no choice)

Taiga x Romeo x Morgan:

- monogamy isn't really a choice, it can be, but lets be honest here

- two cursed into forgetting shit and one who loves these two idiots and dosent know why

- they are the fucking Mafia, and you should be terrified.

- Romeo fucking complaining about everything while Taiga eats a like bird happily

- Romeo angrily reminds his loves of what they forgotten, Taiga just going "you're you M", and Morgan calmly reminding Taiga of the people he forgot

- high energy x low energy x no energy

Taiga x Morgan:

- Aceflux couple. Like. Taiga would literally be aceflux and maybe even the romantic version

- Taiga casually shooting people or causeing some sort of pain to people to find Morgan (they are forced out of shapeshifting when hurt) for whatever reason

- nap dates

- Romeo regretting every decision leading up to this

Romeo x Morgan:

- Morgan absolutely calls him Fico to tease him

- much more fucked up yandere shit

- he actually debates with himself whether or not he should slowly mold Morgan into his perfect partner. But he decides against it because it would erase what he fell for, instead he tries to bring out what they may have forgotten

- these two fucking spoil eachother, they love it

Haku x Morgan:

- cute little low key couple

- he out of everyone is one of the people who has seen them in their most normal state. No pretending, no masking, even in their base form

- has the most patience for what they go through and happily helps them when needed

- they, in turn, help him with his work and just let him vent whenever he needs

- they both see spirits

Subaru x Morgan:

- I heard we are gonna want to kill his dad, so that's fine. It's normal. He is a child actor, so we may want to already

- if Sho extends his food pallte, Morgan extends his sweets pallte. And he would do the same for them

- tea and cuddles

- hurt comfort kind of couple

Ed x Morgan:

- executive dysfunction

- cuddles and YouTube

- Morgan does also clean up (they feel bad for Rui)

- support from the side and support on the feild

Rui x Morgan:

- Rui absolutely feels bad that he can't give them the affection he wishes he could

- Morgan, has a number of workarounds for him

- stealing eachothers clothes and trading plushies are good for some of that physical affection

- Morgan would honestly feel very safe with him and would stay in Obscuary, trusting him and the boys there (their demons wouldn't be too protective there either)

Morgan x Yuri:

- insane psychologist x insane scientist. A match made in hell

- Morgan absolutely drags Yuri away from his work to give him five fucking minutes (more like an hour) off

- Mortcraken Psychologist, even though they are in Hotarubi

Morgan x Jiro x Yuri:

- so, we have insane x insane x what?

- breaks and self care are mandatory for them. Put in place by Morgan ofc and has the two switch off. Yuri also has made a schedule for Morgan to stick to with breaks scheduled and special interest time too

- they make eachother function better actually, it terrifies everyone else

[aroacewxs]

NOOO IT'S OKAY... RUINENE WILL DO TOO... i'd gladly hear you out on the rnn coded songs anyways ...

yayyyy okay!!! just saying a lot (almost all) of these are. very middle school rnn centric? but i think that's okay considering their time in middle school plays a huge chunk in their current dynamic today anyway ... bear with me and my illness (this turned out way too long i'm so so sorry oh my god)

the entire album "beyond, beyond, beyond" by the crane wives, specific songs are "black hole fantasy," "higher ground," "arcturus beaming," "time will change you," and "red clay" :)

okay i won't explain each and every song in detail but the entire narrative of the album focuses on someone who has given up all hope on life. they believe they've been cursed from the start. they've made their bed, now they have to sleep in it. there's no point in changing their story.

but then they find that small small sliver of hope! that beam of light! it's small, but it's something! something new and exciting!!!! and it's so scary, so exhilarating, but that makes them want to chase after it more and more. they learn to accept change, that at the end of the day, it's up to them to change. change begins with you and you alone. but you don't have to carry that burden by yourself. you can take it one step at a time, slow and steady :) i just think it represents rui and nene's story very well! i have a much longer analysis of black hole fantasy and rui here if you're interested in reading my brain stew /nf

"safe ship, harbored" by the crane wives

sigh ... another favourite of mine. all about how the singer feels like something has been holding them back from seeing the wonders life has to offer, and how they feel like their life is amounting to nothing as they remain stagnant, fixed at one point while everybody else seems to be moving forward and adapting just fine

All the places Honey, all the places I'll never get to see I'll always wonder what's across the tossing ocean The world I'm at Looks pretty flat to me

Where does your faith form Where does your faith form in me?

I am a safe ship, harbored A safe ship, harbored Losing all of my good years to the shallow water I ain't proud

longing by keeno

oughughhg keeno my beloved. so many of keeno's songs can be interpreted as rui or nene i feel ........ do they all focus on grief and heartbreak and regret and acceptance and moving on well Yes but that only proves my point

longing takes a very similar path in terms of lyrics as safe ship harbored! we're watching somebody who has never really understood the true joys of the world. they are isolated from everybody else, and no matter how hard they try, they can't reach everybody else. pretty reflective of rui and nene's struggle to connect with others growing up i think!!!!!!!

afraid by day6

sorry i have to rep one of my favourite korean rock bands here. anyway afraid by day6 and middle school ruinene where it's told from rui's pov ...

the whole song is about someone who feels like they are only hurting the person they love, that their darkness is only overshadowing the other's light ... they have no choice but to push them away but even when they push them away, they can't find it in them to completely let go :') they're both miserable, one is constantly pushing the other away and the other is trying to reach out but is met with nothing ... sobs

Sometimes when I see you next to me It seems like you're unhappy because of my greed The you who said the sky was beautiful Now only walking looking at the ground Feels like I'm looking at myself

yeah. interpret that as you will

for me by day6

this one is more present rui centric actually, but i think you can interpret it as each wxs member if you grasp at some straws. basically the singer of the song is looking into the mirror and they see their child self, but they don't. recognize them. that's not them. who are you, really? but they want to know more about that part of themselves, they want to carry that part wherever they go, they don't want to discard it. by learning to love that part of themselves, their inner child, they learn to love themself as a whole!

I wanna thank you For not stumbling even when it was hard For staying with me For carrying me forward Even if it's late I will start to love you I mean I will love me now

(ft. my shabby english tls lmfao...)

very reflective of bloomfes rui i feel ... the way his child self thought he was trying to forget him, to forget the loneliness ... how current rui didn't shun his child self, the way he embraced his anger, his sorrow, and promised him a place with him wherever he went for the rest of his life ,,, hheghgh ..........

love by wave to earth

i forgot about this song for a hot minute and how much i associate it with wxs :')) it's soo . aahh! the korean title is literally "through love/with love" and just. ugh. wxs, you see . is all about love!!!

Each person has their own desires Painted together When it becomes firm enough to stand on Then it becomes my world

la la la something about how wxs came together despite having such different dreams. something about how wxs is all about love. whatever man. who gaf

okay that's it for now holy shit im so sorry ri take your time reading this no rush no pressure. thanks for the ask !!!!!!!

[ellieellieoxenfree]

a thing that i genuinely fucking adore about kiseki and that i always have rotating rotisserie-style in my brain is how much trauma and abandonment informs the behaviors and beliefs of the core four. each of them was abandoned or hurt by a parental figure -- via death, via abuse, via addiction -- and the families and lives they built in the aftermath are informed by that specific pain. zong yi and chen yi are both very focused on their ambitions and staying the course and rushing into an accelerated adulthood while containing their emotions safely under wraps. but even then, zong yi is just focused on learning how to provide and be responsible because he has people who still unconditionally support and rely on him and he's thus able to be the most well-adjusted; chen yi doesn't know how to live a life without danger (to himself, to yiyun meng, to ai di) and has no real sense of safety or stability. he's always chasing that hero-worship model of adulthood because he doesn't know how to be his own style of leader and being the mirror image of chen dong yang is going to give him the closest approximation of a sense of safety. he relied on CDY growing up and he believes that mimicking his boss is going to soothe his own terror at living in a fundamentally unstable, out-of-control world.

ai di, of course, was born with emotional instability due to his mother's drug use, so he never had a chance. like chen yi, who was orphaned at an early age, he never had the sense of stability of even one loving caretaker, and CDY doesn't exactly give off the nurturing dad vibes. chen yi was forced into a caretaking role for a close-to-death feral little kid, and he had no one to model affection for him. he did the best he could, and he does succeed in being protection and safe haven for ai di, but he's never had a chance to process and navigate the emotional complexities of burgeoning adulthood and romance. (ai di is, in many ways, similar to macau from KP, i think -- starving for attention and affection that their broken older sibling figures can only give so much of. both vegas and chen yi try mightily to give them the chances they didn't get, but they were equally failed first.) so ai di has the advantage of having a slightly safer space to begin spreading out his messy emotions, but he doesn't know how to really express them in healthy ways (hence his self-destructive attention-seeking behavior).

ze rui is the outlier in many ways -- he doesn't fit in zong yi's world, but he doesn't fit in chen yi's and ai di's, either. as ai di points out to him, he still fears death. he's got his feet wet in the mafia world, but he doesn't have the commitment. he's not as trapped there. he can slide more seamlessly, if awkwardly, into the real world (such as at zong yi's school; he's clumsy and it's played for laughs, but he's old enough and poised enough to keep the ruse semi-on the rails, whereas ai di's prickly, itchy energy makes it a lot harder for him to easily ingratiate). he has somewhere to go home to, both literally in the sense of his apartment, and more figuratively, in the sense of his vile family unit that wants to use him as a pawn for the business. he's more or less kept on ice as a second-best option, told he can be trotted out when he's useful, but slapped down at any moment where he might dare to outshine his brother. of all the four, he's the one in the most gilded cage. zong yi is in a prison of poverty; chen yi and ai di are trapped in a cycle of violence and death. they contain themselves into their own self-created, pre-determined paths. zong yi has no choice but to go to med school and become a family provider. he knows he'll be a workhorse forever. chen yi and ai di have the blackly comic life of wondering if they'll even both be alive on their next birthdays, and they alternately chafe at that and welcome it. ze rui has a financially advantageous future, if he'll continue being a loyal pet of the same people who ruthlessly crushed the independence and ambition and self-esteem out of him from childhood on.

it's just such a crunchy show with so much to really dig into and pick apart at the marrow. i'm fascinated with how everyone starts at a similar point (parental failures) and spirals out in vastly different ways. sometimes they parallel each other, sometimes they intersect, and sometimes they diverge into wildly different paths. there are so many rich veins to mine (and that's not even touching a lot of the traumas inflicted in canon, for fuck's sake) and it's so refreshing to see a show about trauma and healing that doesn't manage to disrespectfully screw over its characters in the eleventh hour.

[tinyinvadr]

I got bored waiting for my tire to be fixed and wrote a G/t Rui and Mizuki one-shot. The idea came from a conversation we were having in a Discord server I’m in.

TW: suicide attempt

Rui was invisible.

It was a defense mechanism that kept him hidden from society. All giants have this power. They learned to hide in plain sight, otherwise they’d risk being seen as monsters and chased away.

Not a sound is heard from their booming voices and thundering footsteps, and not a single sign of their existence is visible to humanity. It’s a lonely existence, but it keeps them safe.

Of course, there is one way for a giant to be seen by a human: if they touch a human. But it’s not worth the risk. There’s no way to tell how someone would react to such a massive being. So it’s best to remain in hiding.

But Rui was never one to follow the rules. Sure, he didn’t reveal himself to anyone, but he still liked to go out into town and observe the day-to-day lives of the humans. He found them to be rather fascinating little creatures, with such odd and unusual habits.

His favorite place to go was Kamiyama Junior High School. He’d sit himself down outside the building, and watch the students in the courtyard during their lunch break.

It amazed him to see so many people his own age together in one place, all such close friends and having fun together, and though he would never admit it to his family, he wondered what it would be like to spend time with them.

There was one student in particular that caught his attention, though. They never went out to the courtyard with the other kids, and instead spent their lunch breaks alone on the roof. It was hard to ignore, partially because they were right at eye level with Rui, but also because they always seemed so distraught.

Though he didn’t really know them, he felt for this student. Even among the giant community, Rui was considered a weirdo. No one understood his interest in humans, or his passion for inventing. He didn’t have anyone that he could truly call a friend, and seemingly, neither did this human. But he knew he couldn’t risk showing himself.

That is, until one day, when he had no choice.

He was sitting outside the school as he usually did, but when the human came out onto the roof, they were crying.

They wiped their tears on the sleeve of their school uniform, and ripped the cute bow out of their short, light pink hair.

“I… can’t take it anymore.” They said. “Why can’t everyone just leave me alone!?”

Rui watched in horror as they threw the bow down and walked dangerously close to the edge of the roof. Deep down, he knew what they were considering, but he didn’t want to admit it.

The human gazed down at the long drop below them, entranced by it. Rui placed his hand inches away from them, as if to try and stop them from going any further, but he knew they couldn’t see him. There was nothing he could do.

But as the human shut their eyes and started to take a step forward, the giant couldn’t just sit there and watch anymore, and he did the unthinkable.

Rui swiftly grabbed them, hearing a startled yelp from the tiny being in his hand. He looked at them in terror as he saw their eyes widen, it becoming apparent that he was visible to this human now.

Both of them were at a loss for words, and the tension was unbearable as neither of them were sure what to do.

Finally, Rui managed to speak up.

“I’m sorry, I couldn’t let you do that…”

The human continued to stare endlessly at him, each breath they took heavier than the last. They were visibly terrified, but also looked sort of awestruck.

“I’m going to put you down now. Please don’t try to jump again.”

Rui carefully set them back down on the roof, and they continued to look up at him in wonder.

“W-Why did you stop me?” They finally asked.

The giant sighed, his warm breath blowing through the human’s hair. “I did what anyone would do.”

The human glanced down at their feet, avoiding his gaze. “I doubt that.”

Rui startled them once again when he placed his hands on the edge of the roof. “No, don’t say that.”

He noticed how they jumped back in fear as he got closer, and moved his hands away, creating as much of a distance as he could while still remaining close enough to intervene again if necessary.

“I’m sorry… it’s just… I know what it’s like to feel alone. But this isn’t the answer. I think you know that already.”

The human sighed. “Yeah… but I just can’t stand the way they all treat me. Why is it anyone’s business what I like or how I dress? I don’t get it.”

Rui paused. Was there a chance that they might actually understand?

“People… they tend to be against the things they don’t understand. They get scared, but instead of giving you a chance and trying to get to know you, they automatically assume you’re the bad guy and push you away. It’s awful, but you just have to keep up hope that someday, you’ll find someone who likes you for who you really are.”

The human shed another tear, but this time, they had the slightest smile on their face. “Thank you.”

For the first time, they looked at Rui, unafraid. Then, they let out a chuckle.

“I guess I’m no better than anyone else. You really scared me when you just appeared out of thin air and grabbed me like that.”

Rui smiled. “It’s okay. Most humans are afraid of us. But the fact that you didn’t immediately run away proves that you’re a lot more open-minded than the people that other giants have encountered in the past. Oh… You won’t tell anyone about me, right?”

“Heh, of course not. Nobody’d believe me, anyway.”

With a nod, the giant stood up to his full height, the human looking on as he towered above them even more so than before.

“I should probably get going. It was nice to meet you…”

“Akiyama. Mizuki Akiyama.”

They suddenly ran towards the edge of the roof again, Rui getting closer in case he needed to catch them again, but they stopped before getting too close.

“Will I see you again?” They asked.

Rui was… surprised, to say the least. He didn’t know what would happen if he ever revealed himself, but he certainly didn’t expect any human to ever WANT to see him again.

“Of course.” He replied with a smile. “I come here every day.”

Mizuki laughed. “Good, ‘cause I have SO many questions. Oh, by the way, what’s your name?”

The giant laughed along. He wasn’t used to seeing the human happy, but he hoped to see more of it. “I’m Rui Kamishiro.”

“Then I guess I’ll see you around, Rui. Oh- I mean, Kamishiro, sorry.”

“Heheh, it’s alright, you can call me Rui if you want to. I don’t mind.”

Mizuki smirked. “Okay then, Rui. Then that means you can call me Mizuki.”

The giant chuckled. “I’ll remember that, Mizuki. See you tomorrow.”

With that, he walked away with pride in his step. He met a human and it actually went well. Not only that, it seemed like they wanted to be friends with him. It felt so wrong, but this was what he’d always wanted. Something impossible finally seemed possible. He’d just have to keep this on the down low. He didn’t want his family to worry about him. But this was so important. He finally made a connection with someone, and it felt amazing.

[seyaryminamoto]

I'll be in the minority here, but I'd be okay-ish with Rei and Renkai becoming a couple if its handled with care. This is unusual for me since I rarely go for big age gap relationships. Though, to me, its not the age gap itself, but what I call the Maturity Gap. There needs to be a balance of life experience, if that makes sense. There's 20 year olds who've lived through, seen and experienced as much if not more than some 40 year olds. But that's usually rare, so I rarely support age gap ships.

Hahaha, I understand that position, and I'll be honest, while I'm not a huuuuuge fan of age gaps, I wouldn't jump outright to condemn them every single time. Context definitely matters, I don't think every age gap involves grooming, particularly if we're talking about adults. People of different walks of life can absolutely come together to find common interests with someone who's much younger or much older than themselves, so it's not completely out of the question for me.

The maturity gap makes sense, of course. There's definitely some people who are older and do not have the maturity of their age, just as the opposite can be true, someone can be too young to be so wise... but in these cases, I honestly leave it to each person who's in those situations, (provided they're all adults (and always have been across their relationship) and aren't making their decisions under the wrong influences).

In Rei and Renkai's case, though, I don't really think it would be all that instinctive for them to become an item. In a sense, I suspect it might feel repetitive, too -- we already have Song and Rui Shi's romance, and let me tell you, getting those two to GET STARTED was not easy x'D they were supposed to plant the proper seeds for romance as early as the end of the first Pairs Tournament, but it just didn't feel right... so they just hugged and rejoiced in Rui Shi's confirmation that Myeung was alive and safe and sound. So I had no choice but to push Song as hard as I did in the second arc of Part 2 to make her act on her feelings, if for the wrong reasons, or else they would've just danced circles around each other FOREVER. So, if those two took LONGER than Sokka and Azula to get anything started? I guarantee Rei and Renkai would be that much worse x'D And as we've also seen a relationship that has similar dynamics to this one, I feel like it might not be all that interesting to explore another relationship between a commoner girl and the captain of Azula's guards.

Now, going a little further, in terms of speaking about the characters themselves... I don't think Renkai is someone who's really looking for love. Rei? Considering her background, she's looking for the stability of a family that really cares about her, and she absolutely has found that with Azula primarily, with Song and Renkai in second place. Renkai has definitely bonded with Rei and Song, but I think it's a pretty innocent bond. He wants Song to be happy and find her way to Rui Shi again, just as he wants that for Azula with Sokka... and he wants Rei to be happy, too, in the same sense. He doesn't really perceive her all that differently as he does the other two. I don't really think it would be easy for him to think of her as a potential romantic partner for himself. That's really not on his mind at all. In that sense, he's a bit like Mei Xun, both of them are just... not looking for love for themselves, at all. They're happy to support other people in their lives who want and are looking for it, but they're not exactly desperate to find it themselves.

As for Rei, I think she would need like... 5-7 years of calm and stability to finally start thinking if she wants romantic love. I really laughed while writing her first thorough conversation with Song, where she was so confused by the concept of having sex with someone she liked, and she outright asked "would I have to?" because she's just... not really seeing the appeal of the concept at all x'D so, until she finds the appeal and has stabilized sufficiently, I think she's going to focus on pursuing her academic interests, and basically making up for all the time she sacrificed/wasted due to both of her birth parents and the circumstances she was stuck in.

So... would it be possible for something to happen between those two once they're ready? Maybe, and she'd definitely be adult enough at that point where people shouldn't feel suuuuper uncomfortable with the concept, even if they aren't big on age gaps. But there's ALSO the possibility that she might meet other people and fall in love with someone else (who knows, maybe Renkai could, too!). Point is... it's not going to happen within the scope of the story x'D potential-wise, they could have a decent relationship, absolutely, but neither character, at this point in time, is looking for romantic love or needs it all that much, they're motivated much more powerfully by other things instead.

[prince-kasa-official]

[Tsukasa used to be seen back in the days. Before he began to feel the weight of the crown, they saw him. He was Tsukasa, the boy who loved theater. He was Tsukasa, the boy who loved his family. He was Tsukasa, the boy who fell in love before he knew what that kind of love was.]

[Nowadays, he’s seen less.]

…

[Tsukasa had decided to take a short walk around the forest. Part of it was so he could find fruit, but the other part of it was to get some time to himself.]

All I’ve been able to find are vegetables, but… hmph. No fruit here.

[Tsukasa pouts, leaning his back against a tree as he lets out a sigh. His search isn’t going so great. His luck isn’t going to help him, so he might as well get lost in his thoughts for a bit.]

Hm…

[… He’s gotten himself into quite a tricky situation, hasn’t he?]

[Tsukasa is sure it’ll all work itself out. He’s always been quite the optimist. If things go according to plan, Rui will be safe from the guild knights and he’ll be back home with Akito before he knows it. Everything could go back to normal. Everything could be just as it was before.]

[Tsukasa could go back to his family, to his people, to his grand life in the castle-]

[To not being seen.]

…

[No one sees him except his family. Not even Akito does anymore. At least, not as much as he did before. He should’ve seen this coming, but it was still agonizing. It was painful to hear him call Tsukasa “his highness” over and over and over again even when they’re alone. It’s stupid. It’s all stupid.]

[Once upon a time, Tsukasa fell in love. He is still in love. What was once a blissful feeling became just another pain to endure. The price that came with constant joy in his presence was a constant need for attention from the knight who stole his heart. It was an ugly feeling, the one that demands the knight’s eyes to always be on him. The more time passed, the uglier that feeling became.]

[And the worst part is even when he has his knight’s attention, even when his eyes are on him, somehow that’s still not enough. He’s seeing the prince, not Tsukasa. “your highness” this, “your highness” that, he had to practically force him to use his actual name most of the time and he wished he didn’t have to do that. He wished he did it more as a choice, he wished he wasn’t holding back, he wished he could relax, he wished he could see him he’s right there WHY CAN’T HE SEE HIM HE JUST WANTS TO BE SEEN HE JUST WANTS HIM TO LOOK AT HIM WHY WON’T HE LOOK HE SHOULD JUST STOP LOOKING AT THE CROWN AND LOOK AT HIM JUST LET HIM BE SEEN-]

[And as long as he’s not seen, these feelings of his will never come see the light. He is the prince, his knight would just go along with whatever he pleases. He’ll do it regardless of how he feels, and what a horrible fate to put him through. Tsukasa can’t be given love that is forced. It can’t be him who reveals his love, it has to be what Akito wants. He just wants Akito to truly want him like he does.]

[But if the prince is seen and not Tsukasa, then what hope is there?]

[junior-high-rui-official]

// hi. not feeling good projecting onto him y'all know the drill. long angst ahead. tw sh scars mentioned/sh implied. dysphoria mentions too but thats part of the package I think

Rui stares up at the ceiling. He'd been staring, actually, for a long time now- it was late by now, he was sure, but he couldn't sleep. Maybe he was hoping to simply fade from existence altogether. It would be nice.

Ah-

His stomach growls. No tranquil disappearance for him, it seems, he had to go eat something.

He lifts the blanket he was lying under, forced to face what was beneath it.

...

To anyone else, this should really be nothing. But most of his clothes were dirty, leaving him with his last choice- and for good reason.

This shirt fit him a bit too well. Not only was it physically uncomfortable for that reason, but he couldn't bind safely until his rib injury healed fully- and, well, this was causing some issues. He'd just throw a jacket on, it was fine...

...these shorts were too short for his preference, but this seemed like less of an issue when he put them on.

Now, though, there was another problem with this garment at hand.

[... it's ridden up when I bent my legs under the blanket. And...]

He stares at his thighs, a stab of guilt forcing its way into his chest.

A cluster of thin scars, dull red, standing out in striking contrast to his pale skin.

He tries and fails to swallow the lump in his throat as he runs his fingers along them. He's seen his own scars a million times before, but...

...i wonder if these will ever fade.

He doesn't remember what this particular patch of skin used to look like, he realizes. While he's sure it was never anything special, some part of him longs to see it clear.

He longs for a lot of things in that way. For what used to be. Before he'd spiraled into this terrible depressive state - when did this even start? He wasn't always like this.

Will he always be like this? Had the scalpel-sharp steel on his thighs sealed his fate, permanently tied him to this despair?

Oh, he doesn't want to think about it anymore!

.

.

.

It's funny, how the brain works. How it treats self-abuse.

How illogical this all is.

He saw his scars. He felt guilty for creating them.

So, why, did he reach for his blade again?

[ssruis]

You should read wonder halloween anyways. wonder halloween is the event of all time & here is why:

> the black knight show they’re doing in the beginning is referenced again in a tsukasa2 card story. Over a year later.

> immediate foreshadowing of emu’s fight against her family’s new policies & how that’s going for her (badly) before it’s brought up again in SOAD

> carrying over emu being willing to set aside her own emotions and hide them so the people around her will 1) not worry 2) continue being happy, like we saw in the main story with her giving up on the wonder stage and later in SOAD when she tries to hide how she’s feeling

> tsukasa bulldozing over emu’s reservations about the show contest vs the reversal of this in WMS where he really wants to win the contest but is more than willing to throw away the chance to do what emu wants & refuses to let emu feel bad about this or change the plan.

> the wonder stage has spider web decorations but no spider decorations because tsukasa vetoed anything spider shaped

> tsukasa falling & getting hurt (funny) (unless you’re rui)

> despite all of his complaints about how crazy’s rui’s stunts are when he gets hurt during one tsukasa lets it go pretty much instantly

> Rui is actually the one to be the most torn up about tsukasa getting hurt to the point where he starts toning himself & his ideas down (subconsciously)

> this is made more insane when you remember that rui has, in the past, never once compromised on who he is or what he likes for other people, but he’s willing to do it now for people he’s only known for a few months

> which has a big pay off in curtain call when Rui realizes that he values wxs over achieving his life’s dream (in that he wants to stay with them more than he wants to make choices that would put him on the fast track for his goals).

> and it only took him 3 more event rotations to piece this together. This guy is allergic to analyzing himself and his behaviors.

> despite this event emphasizing that Rui is terrified of hurting others and takes every step to prevent this from happening many fans still think he’s some crazy & malicious guy. This is the third event in the game. Maybe we should gate keep Rui.

> in the same vein as that ^, this event explicitly confirms that tsukasa wants rui to suggest insane stunts. He gets mad that rui is holding back. *He* suggests fighting off the zombie robots and when Rui suggests changing the scene to be safer he suggests fighting off TEN zombie robots.

> “You’re a crazy person these stunts are insane!! I don’t want to die you madman!!!” (Rui starts pulling back and making boring safe decisions) “no danger? :( ? No risk taking for tsukasa? :( why isn’t he threatening me with challenging stunts :(“

> “the audience will love it if it seems dangerous” ok tsukasa.

> just a weird tendency of some fans to act like tsukasa has zero agency in this situation. This is what tsukasa wants this is enrichment for him this is like those border collies on the agility courses. If he didn’t feel like he survived a near death experience every week he’d start tearing up the furniture and pacing in circles.

> another fight between rui and tsukasa, but this time it’s very evident that tsukasa has learned from the main story when he apologizes for yelling and leaves to cool down. Kind of a neat reversal of the main story actually where this time Rui is the one who hasn’t realized something.

> the wxs sekai has to spoon feed rui’s own issues to him via simplified plushie conflict that reflects the current situation so he can realize what’s happening. King of zero self awareness.

> rui and nene lore….

> expands on rui’s childhood experiences with isolation

> expands on nene’s guilt over not being able to help Rui in middle school & how she’s determined to change things by nudging him in the right direction now, as well as giving him advice.

> more spelled out confirmation that a lot of Tsukasa’s anger in the main story came from him being mad at himself (not an excuse), and also showcasing that he’s a lot harder on himself than the whole “I’m so great I’m a future star etc etc” act would have you believe. He blames himself for falling and rui being upset.

> the wonder stage despite being old and run down has a perfectly functioning trap door that rui discovered

> rui also installed a big wall that rises out of the floor AND wind machines. & it is entirely possible that he did this in a single night. Less than a single night actually given that the conversation he had with nene + kaito takes place around sunset. Did he sleep at all. Was he even allowed to do this (probably not).

> this part of ch.7 which I think is like. Keystone moments for understanding the rks dynamic:

> as I have said before and will say again the thing about rui and tsukasa is that their whole relationship is built on trust. Despite having understandable reservations tsukasa trusts Rui and encourages his ideas. He refuses to accept anything less than Rui’s authentic self. And this is huge for Rui after spending so long being ostracized for being too much and having ideas that were viewed as too dangerous or crazy. This relationship, & the way it shifted from solely being “director and actor” to them being actual friends (imo tsukasa already viewed rui as a friend but rui needed longer to see it as a relationship that could exist outside of the context of shows), is a massive part of what made Rui open himself up to forming friendships in the future.

> this event does the same for nene in her 2* card story, with her realizing that emu wants to be around her and spend time with her. It is also a hysterical card story because it showcases one of nene kusanagi’s top ten stupidest and gayest moments. “Why does emu wanna spend time with me” you are so fucking dense. love and light.

> nene: I’m glad you’re having so much fun with tsukasa :)

Rui: well I’m glad you’re having so much fun with emu :)

Nene: I have no idea what you’re talking about. Shut The Up.

Whenever I remember that there are people who for realsies think tsukasa is in any danger with rui or that he is not doing exact what he wants to be doing I almost lose the idgaf war again but at this point I would just be posting the entire transcript to wonder halloween