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[thelocalmuffin]

ghost trick for the fandom ask!

MASSIVE GT spoilers abound!

Favorite character: Sissel

Least Favorite character: Memry

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): N/A

Character I find most attractive: Jowd and Lynne

Character I would marry: I wouldn't marry any of them. Lynne would destroy my house one way or another.

Character I would be best friends with: Sissel

A random thought: I really liked this game took tropes I usually dislike and made them work. It was a brilliant experience.

An unpopular opinion: As much as I like Yomiel, I found him to be a little overhyped tbh . I'm sort of shocked how much the fandom is obsessed with this guy.

My canon OTP: N/A

Non-canon OTP: N/A

Most badass character: Missile

Pairing I am not a fan of: I don't really have like...a shipping lens for this franchise either. I hope that's not too weird.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I'm always going for the woman that got fridged, no matter how important it is to the plot -- Alma. I really wish we had more interactions with her to develop more of her character. Her death would have hit so much harder if we had more info on her.

Favourite friendship: Lynne and Sissel. I do also like Missile and Sissel's friendship.

[ryutarotakedown]

Haori for the ask!

[ask game link] MY GIRL MY GIRL MY GIRL MY GIRL MY GIRL THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ABOUT HER!!!!!!!!

How I feel about this character: um. see above. she is my favorite dgs girl ever and i love her so much and she deserves the entire world and also to rest once in a while. she is incredibly brave to the point of recklessness and she is incredibly responsible to the point of self loathing and she feels emotions so much all the time and i think she might actually be the least deliberately-repressed character in dgs which doesn’t say that much but still! every day i think about her in awe

— seriously, sixteen years old and you’ve helped make an entirely new poison and diagnosed its symptoms on sight and acted accordingly and also went into a beach hut to yell at a confirmed murderer. didn’t even do it because she hated her, did it because she wanted her goddamn poison back. who is doing it like haori murasame

All the people I ship romantically with this character: susato!!!!! and gina but i haven’t thought about ginahao as much as i should tbh. i think haori would take a shine to her immediately but actually fall for her the moment she sees gina scream at someone for susato’s or haori’s sake

My non-romantic OTP for this character: all? of them? yuujin and wilson are both super fascinating dynamics to explore with haori! but the one that actually takes up my entire frontal cortex is her and jezaille.

— they are both women in the same field but jezaille is lauded because she’s british whereas haori surely is not — i mean, that’s not actually said in canon but auchi disparagingly refers to her as a “tomboy” and susato mentions how incredible it is that she has a job in an all male university, i refuse to believe she didn’t have a fucking Time of it. and that in itself inspires jealousy, right, and then haori finds out she killed her mentor and she still has to work with her for Months??? i’d go insane! it’s a miracle haori didn’t actually murder her! like. here is my only chance to bond with someone who understands the exact position i am in, and then it turns out she hates me for almost the same petty reasons as the men in the laboratory. and also killed a guy. haori is so fucking alone it drives me up a wall

— also i wrote a ficlet in dante’s ronin au once where jezaille calls her susato’s attack dog

— also also, we do not have any information on whether she knew asougi or not but i like to think she did. just like as that guy who’s always around susato with the sword and the cringefail aura. maybe they had conversations while waiting for susato to come out of her tutoring sessions! maybe they knew each other!! do you think susato told her that he was dead after getting back to japan, or do you think she only found out after mamemomi accused mikotoba of covering it up at the end of 2-1?

My unpopular opinion about this character: tragically i dont think theres enough haori content for me to actually have unpopular opinions on her. but she performs so incredibly well under stress. i think shes one of the rare people for whom stress actually helps to narrow down her focus.

— also one thing i always laser in on when writing her is her unfailing emotional honesty which is deeply funny considering 2-1 happens because she decided to find out about the poison on her own rather than telling anyone; the self loathing slash impostor syndrome slash fear of failure and rejection overrules that bit of her i guess :pensive: she is fully in panic mode for so much of 2-1

— oh yeah Yeah The Self Loathing thats also something ive never seen in any haori fics yet! she has a whole bit about wanting susato to throw her to the ground in the recess halfway through the trial and it’s kind of a joke but also Not yknow. “i completely betrayed your trust” like. god. theres a perfectionist streak there i think or at least signs of a not super great self esteem!

— hey haori would you say that the two things you hate the most (about yourself) are poisoning and betrayal. haha. okay thats not actual character analysis but i couldnt resist the reference

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: i wish she came back in any form at all i wish susato mentioned her after 2-1 at all although i will say that 1) her being part of the defense in the end credits is like catnip to me and 2) it is my firm belief that susato deliberately avoids talking about her because she’s too afraid of her own feelings to even consider opening up to ryuu about her

— when will the haori murasame fancase of that trial at the end appear, by the way. i want them to get hosonaga a decently light sentence for theft and then he is immediately accused of murder right afterwards

— she also should have gotten to learn about wilson being awful. and also should have been the one to give susato jezaille’s case notes in 1-1 (i saw that hc in a susato roleswap au fic and i have completely integrated it into my belief system. as far as i am concerned she was that person. but a confirmation in 2-1 woulda been nice)

My OTP: [poking head out behind ao3 page and enough susahao fanart to drown a man] take a guess

My OT3: add gina in there baby!!! i dont have as solid ideas on the rest of the girlcule yet but gina is Necessary.

— i actually think haori would dislike both maria and nikolina upon first meeting, maria because of The Racism (she’d scream at her about believing in skull sizes) and nikolina because she does come off as pretty privileged and smug and aloof when you first meet her

— [insert five page rant about how we never see nikolina outside of her being afraid for her life and therefore have almost no idea what she was like in the troupe or among the crew but also she was probably afraid for her life while in the troupe as well so in a way we do have a pretty good idea of her behavior and also i think she uses aloofness as a shield]

— but Point Is they both remind her of jezaille too much for her to like them at first. but later! who knows?

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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT:

Though @thesomewhatliterateaxolotl is currently wanted for quite a few charges already, she will be writing a most heinous crime for the zine!

[troloyunu]

susato w shorter hair!! (modern au maybe?)

(ID in alt text made by @/thesomewhatliterateaxolotl thank you!!)

[thecloudedkokoro]

Happy Soseki Sunday!

Thank you @thesomewhatliterateaxolotl for the request!!

[blossominglovezine]

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Graphic is by @thesomewhatliterateaxolotl [ID: Digital flyer with a parchment texture. On the right is a faded side profile of Susato Mikotoba as she appears in the cover art of The Adventure of the Blossoming Attorney. Arched text on the top left reads, "a love letter's on it's way..." followed by horizontal text that reads "Emails Sent!" Below it is a digital sketch of a collection of items sitting on a shelf: old-fashioned stationery, an inkwell, and a doll holding a quill. Diagonal cursive text on the lower left reads, "Dear Susato, you looked so gallant and dashing in court today. How do you do it? When I fall under your intense gaze..." Beside it is a drawing of a pen and a glass inkwell. Text at the bottom reads: Check your email for your application result! Yours, Blossoming Love Zine. End ID]

[kabuwu]

Got tagged by @thelocalmuffin @kayfarafey and @thesomewhatliterateaxolotl !

Three ships: for some reason this is hard . For the sake of keeping this all for one fandom: klapollo, asoryuu and (incoming rarepair) skyemadhi . Bonus: my friends x their f/o(s) ^_^

First ship: cannot remember lol

Last song: splatoon soundtrack

Last movie: Megamind (I think)

Currently reading: technically the first Benedict's Secret Society book

Currently watching: mp100

Currently playing: Splatoon 3 (350+ hours now.. ^_^)

Currently consuming: nothing

Currently craving: rose milk tea .. but from a specific place lol

Tagging (if you want to) : @lordiavolo @weatherquest @your-favorite-cowboy @nowheremayor @gyakuten-kenji @jellophoid and literally any of my other mutuals consider yourselves tagged <3

[angomay]

@thesomewhatliterateaxolotl

my life hasnt known peace ever since i saw this tweet this morning

[thelocalmuffin]

trick or treat !

[blossominglovezine]

We would like to spotlight one of our writers! Though she is considered part of our promo team, @thesomewhatliterateaxolotl is going to be helping with our IDs to make the zine more accessible for everyone when it is published. We are very grateful to have her on our team!

[thelocalmuffin]

trucy for the ask game!

First impression: Cute magician assistant girl

Impression now: Cute magician assistant girl

Favorite moment: I don't really have one for her, if I'm entirely honest.

Idea for a story: I don't have any ideas for a story with Trucy.

Unpopular opinion: She seems to be everyone's favorite assistant whereas she's not mine. She's definitely not a bad character at all, though!

Favorite relationship: Her and Klavier's relationship is super adorable! I think they have a fun dynamic.

Favorite headcanon: She definitely is a little prankster. Though I'm sure that part is canon, her pranking everyone is something I'm sure she does.

Here's the meme! Send me a character.

[angomay]

@thesomewhatliterateaxolotl

day 28: made you smile ♡

(femslashfeb prompt list)

[ohtobeascruntycat]

azure and orchid !!!!

let's kill a politician... together... 💖💖💖💖

[thelocalmuffin]

20 for the ask game!

20. (How) has your work managed to surprise you last year? God, the sheer amount of just improvement has been ridiculous, especially in my artwork. I am really happy that things actually look as they're supposed to, stories are coming out well...stuff like that.

Creator Ask Meme

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@thesomewhatliterateaxolotl @ohtobeascruntycat

[thelocalmuffin]

huntress 12 & 15 for the ask game!

Ah Huntress! I love her.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? Her favorite colour was purple. Recently, it's become blue.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.) Actually, this is one of the rare cases I do ship canon. Huntress/Question is fantastic.