#plus it has a really fun take on hinata as an ultimate analyst; i can enjoy that even though talentless hinata is | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

windcarvedlyre · 6 days

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Having Komaeda brainrot is wild because you can read 10 different meta posts and fanworks about him and get 12 different characterisations.

Some are wildly wrong and rely on misunderstandings of the surface-level plot of the game, taking other characters' reactions to him as fact. Some are good-faith attempts that are still off, but understandable if the person has a life outside of thinking about the character; he's intentionally hard to understand and the official translations of some lines and his sarcastic-sounding english voice make it worse.

And then you run into people that write theses and 500-chapter masterpieces displaying just as much brainrot as you, meticulously going through his various appearances, pruning them based on quality, and combining them into a glorious, convoluted map through his many contradictions. People you deeply respect the dedication and critical thought of.

And you still have a different view of him.

#NOT A VAGUE OR RUDE/DISRESPECTFUL; this is universal for me and i find it hilarious #and as i said he's written to be difficult to empathise with and understand *on purpose* + dr3's flanderisation doesn't help the situation #so i try to have humility about my takes on him even if i think i have hard evidence unless someone's put little/no effort in themself #either way- idk if i've ever read a meta post or fanfic that i *completely* agree with #especially fanfic; if i ever made a rec list i might have to preface it with 3 facets i think he has as a character and like...#note how much each leans into them #eg. i *adore* warm steel cold hands but would personally write him less passively + with much more postgame bitterness #and on the other end the sadly-abandoned Equivalence is one of my fave fics for NAILING that proactiveness + dangerousness + bitterness #without neglecting that he's human... though i'd still write him as more Unwell/less able to put on a calm face than they did #i should make a damn list just for personal uses at some point. currently loving Logically Lucky but it's a bit divergent intentionally #not in a way that feels OOC to me- it just gives komaeda ways to improve rapidly that he doesn't otherwise have #plus it has a really fun take on hinata as an ultimate analyst; i can enjoy that even though talentless hinata is #a big part of komahina's appeal to me + thematically important + an important catalyst for komaeda's potential growth imo #anyway GOD that is too many tags sorry LMAO #danganronpa #komaeda

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