#tooru mutuski

[ipsen]

How about Quinx Squad and Haise in the Vtuber au???

you got it champ

(for the purposes of the invisible timeline in my brain, haise and kaneki are separate characters!)

haise:

leader of V’s second gen set of vtubers, The Quinxes, similar to how arima leads The Quinques (Squad 0)

the most popular of The Quinques that wasn't arima, so V decided to try and give him his own spinoff group to try and wring out some extra cash.

they have yet to have a good turnout.

haise still has other values though; he doubles as a TA for the quinxes, who are all college students at a V-run university. his reports on the place regarding them and the university itself are used by V to keep tabs on certain individuals.

his ignorance and earnestness are exploited, much to arima's disdain (but what can he do about it, right?), but it is simultaneously a thorn in V's side, as he shows mercy even to people who hurt him. a double-edged sword.

he doesn't watch eto's streams; the way she so easily advocates for violence against people she doesn't personally know unsettles him

mutsuki

similar backstory as canon, trying desperately to hide it

a member of V, in exchange for the truth about the death of his family not condemning him. was selected for the quinx project based on his demeanor and someone wanted to see what this new "representation" fad was all about.

he has the lowest viewership/subscribers of the quinxes, but he technically makes the bar in regards to numbers. plus, the other quinxes get along with him, and haise defends him to the death so he is allowed to stay

V has been trying to get him into their assassin department. he hasn't accepted or refused, but the bar for viewers is getting higher...

urie

art student with a minor in history

has a vtuber model, but he travels the most out of the quinxes and so becomes more of a vlogger instead. it's surprisingly popular, so V doesn't complain.

his dad died for one of V's underground wars. he swears vengeance on the mafia that got them killed. this is why V lets him travel around as much as they do; his revenge is easily manipulated.

does independent investigations in his spare time to try and locate his father's killer. reports any information he finds via anonymous tips to the police, which are then cross-referenced with V's agents

uses his share of sub money and dono's in order to fund trips.

saiko

candy-aesthetic vtuber as a side gig when not slacking off in college. she reviews anime and plays video games, and part of it goes into funding her sub for her main mmo.

she's in school on a scholarship because her mother forced her to go to "finally make something of herself". saiko's not very happy about it, but at least she gets free room and board away from all that.

she likes vtubing, but she doesn't actually have control of her share of the money; that goes to her mother.

raid shadow legends meme (ironic)

most popular of the quinxes for her energy and voice. it's gratifying but a little creepy to her.

shirazu

doesn't go to college, but hangs out in haise's office sometimes.

his sister's cancer treatment is funded by V, and though he's not exactly thrilled about being a vtuber, anything to help haru, right?

raid shadow legends meme (unironic)

he gets along with saiko and mutsuki, but his relationship with urie is rocky (mostly bc urie gets to travel the world, something shirazu is subconsciously jealous of as someone tethered to his sister)

posts pictures of his sick motorbike on social media

his personal account, which is super far removed from his vtuber one, has a gofundme for haru

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”what about the second gen quinxes” workin on it

Pretty high order! But I did it!! Thanks for the request!

(as usual, accepting more)

[menacingpolkamusic]

Tooru Mutuski is not "good" trans representation, per se. But he is unhinged trans representation, and I can appreciate that

[dreamofcentipedes]

So on a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a parallel of The Gourmet fight do you think Mutsuki and Aura v. Kaneki and Touka fight will be. I honestly expecting for there to be a parallel to Touka biting Kaneki. Whether for it to happen the same way or be reversed, still debating, but I predict it to happen

A 6, maybe? I’m not sure now’s really the time for a Gourmet Arc parallel, since that was back in the Rose Arc, but it’s not impossible. A more appropriate parallel would be to a Manager being captured, and I think that’s what’s going to happen next chapter. Because I believe Yoriko is alive and being kept somewhere by Mutsuki, my prediction is that Touka’s going to have to agree to go with Mutsuki in order to protect her.

[thefandomsurfer]

Urie, to his squad: Mutsuki and I are no longer friends.

Mutsuki: Urie, that is the *worst* way to tell people we’re dating!

[monzterzack]

anyways let me just say congratulations on your galaxy brain bc mutuski tooru is 100% a man and everyone who says otherwise is wrong

YES!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[i-collect-cute-insane-characters]

i know tumblr just didnt recommend me tooru mutuski hate

[soutasnotebook]

Mutsurie au in which urie randomly meets mutsuki on a night club shirazu forced him to attend. He was drinking alone and approaches him.just bc he lost shirazu.They attend the same college, urie studies art while mucchan studies japanese literature and they spend the night leaving the club and walking around talking and getting to know eavh other until the morning when urie goes home to a shirazu who is pretty sure urie didn't spend the night alone, but urie is just a sodt guy wanted to-

-Talk about art with someone, nonthelss shirazu was proud ;)

“Hey.” Urie glances down at the cute boy sipping a gin and tonic at the bar. He’s mad that Shirazu left him for a dance off against some curvy pigtailed girl, so he’s going to try his luck talking to a cute boy. “Gin and tonics are my favorite, too.”

“Hi.” The boy glances up. His features are delicate, his hair emerald green. Urie’s heart constricts. “You go to the college around here too, right?”

“Yes.” Urie frowns. “I’ve never seen you. I’m Urie Kuki, majoring in art.”

“Oooh.” Their eyes sparkle. “I’m M - Mutsuki Tooru, majoring in Japanese Literature.”

“Really? There’s a lot of amazing art based on Japanese literature.” Urie sits down besides Mutuski.

“Isn’t there? It’s inspiring.” Mutsuki sips his drink.

They talk for an hour, but Urie is having a hard time focusing. “Do you want to leave here? We can take a walk.”

Mutsuki nods eagerly. “I just came because my friend Saiko dragged me here.”

“My roommate dragged me.” Urie laughs.

They spend the night talking about literature and the arts, the nuances and differences between the two. Urie’s favorite artist (Dali). Mutsuki’s favorite type of literature (haiku). Their lack of family. Their dreams for the future. 

“Wait, is that the sunrise?” Mutsuki points ahead to where the sky is pale gray instead of black.

Urie squints. “Well fuck.”

“It’s okay. It was fun.” Mutsuki giggles, and Urie cherishes the sweet sound. 

“I can walk you home if you need to sleep.”

“Okay.” Mutsuki smiles again. They stop along the way at :Re cafe, where Urie orders them both coffees. 

When Urie finally enters his room with Shirazu, he finds his roommate awake, arms crosses, with a big grin on his face.

“What were you up to last night, without a word?” he teases.

“Talking.” Urie blushes as he places the coffee cup on a nightstand besides his bed. “With someone I met. About art mostly.”

“Nothing else?” Shirazu is stunned.

“Well, yeah?” Urie climbs into bed. “God, I’m tired.”

“You better date this person.” Shirazu points at him. “I’m proud of you, Urie Kuki, the man who leaves a nightclub to talk all night about art.”

[idekanymorewhy-blog]

my pet peeves include: -Suzuya Juuzou in girly clothing -Mutuski Tooru in girly clothing

[shinjii-remade]

lol when you read the tokyo ghoul wiki’s discussion on what pronouns to use for mutsuki and you end up really annoyed :^) i wasn’t expecting much but damn these people... don’t really know what they’re talking about. "mutsuki can acknowledge he has the body of a female which most trans can’t do therefore he’s a she” like ah yes, the trans cannot ever realize their body is physically a certain way, because mutuski knows he has tits and can admit it he is therefore not REALLY trans... “mutsuki was wringing his hands which is a sign he’s uncomfortable therefore he was lying when he told the ccg he wanted to live as a man” or maybe he was uncomfortable because understanding/acceptance of trans issues is even worse in japan? or that telling anyone that you’re basically trans is an uncomfortable and awkward discussion and he couldn’t have known their reactions?

it’s probably good the discussion is closed because i feel the need to correct all these people loL like i dont understand how stupid you can be. there’s currently nothing to indicate mutsuki no longer wants to “live as a man” like he said previously, and until either ishida or mutsuki elaborates on mutsuki’s personal feelings about his gender you can’t know for 100% sure. which i’m fine with. i will be super disappointed if ishida decides that mutsuki will go back to “living as a woman” or something, if only because there’s not much good trans representation in manga or any other media and i was super excited when mutsuki was introduced, but i’d be able to accept it and at least i’m not trying to use completely bullshit reasoning to say mutsuki is really a girl/cis and then acting like i’m 100% right and more intelligent or ~logical~ than the people that think mutsuki is a trans boy

[ipsen]

HELLO, may I ask 9, 12 and 22 for the ask game?

Picking all the hater questions, are we? LOL I'll bite, sure. Under the cut.

Which character had the worst use?

Eto. No bias, of course. Why did she get cut out of the story like that. That's so stupid. She's like, the second strongest character in the series and arguably the most important one (pot stirrer that she is; I doubt Arima would have become the OEK without her in the picture). And yet her fate is left a complete mystery for over 80 chapters. Like, we barely got to know her, and just as things got good, she just... dies.

The other character that gets overlooked is Amon. Apparently when Kaneki's character goes down the shitter, his parallel does too. It's unbelievable how he doesn't show up until like chapter 90 of re. So stupid and a waste. He was literally given the pieces to do something about the CCG with Sphinx and stuff and just nothing came out of that. He didn't even join Goat. What a waste.

And which changed for the worse?

Mutsuki. The latter half of re, to me, should have been about subverting tragedy, and after Kanae, one of Mutsuki's parallels, met a grisly end, I would think we'd have Mutsuki be treated better. This was also around the time when "Tokyo Ghoul makes another crazy character" was starting to get stale (we got Takizawa, Shikorae, Kaneki, Eto, etc etc) and samey. It wants to both be tragic and subvert tragic at the same time and the fact that it couldn't choose up until the literal ending will always irk me.

What's your opinion about the final?

It's alright. Not much else to say about it. I like Ichika; she's cute. Didn't like how it treated certain characters (Eto, Akira, and Amon being some of the bigger offenders) while characters like Goumasa Tokage got both text and half a page to themselves. I'm glad Kaneki's dick works I guess.

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Thanks for the ask!

[thefandomsurfer]

Touka: [CCG appears] Who's that?

Kaneki: They don't like me.

Touka: [The clowns appear] Who's that!?

Kaneki: They don't like me either.

Touka: [Mutsuki appears] Who's THAT!?

Kaneki: Let's just assume for the moment that everyone in here doesn't like me!

[thefandomsurfer]

*Having a sleepover*

Shirazu: Okay, Mutsuki, you’re up!

Mutsuki: Umm Alright never have I ever - kissed someone…

*Urie bursts through wall*

Urie: I can change that…!!

[soutasnotebook]

After rushima Mutsuki is worried he might be pregnant and turns to urie for help and comfort

Please be advised that this contains references to Mutsuki’s sexual assault, and his self-imposed victim-blaming. :( 

Mutsuki hasn’t bled this month.

He paces his room in the Chateau. No, he needs to escape this - everyone’s going to know he’s a girl. Everyone will grab him and use him, over and over and over.

He can’t have Torso’s kid.

He hasn’t been eating properly, either. What if it’s because he’s incubating a fucking ghoul baby?

Mutsuki doubles over to release a silent scream.

One thing will settle this, but he can’t - he’s a male. He can’t walk into a store to buy a test. He just can’t.

He sits at his laptop, printing out advice on homemade test after homemade test. Maybe not as reliable, but right now he doesn’t care.

His door flies open. The printouts fly every which way. Mutsuki yelps.

“Would you like to get curry?” Urie asks gruffly. Saiko wanted him to “help Mucchy,” so here he is. “Oh, sorry.”

He grabs the papers. “Here.”

Sugar Test vs. Toothpaste Test. 

Urie freezes. 

Mutsuki cries out. 

“Mutsuki?” Urie whispers.

Mutsuki trembles. He stares ahead, into nothing. He wants to break apart and die.

Urie places the papers on Mutsuki’s desk and, awkwardly, places a hand on Mutsuki’s shoulder. Suddenly, the demolition of Torso’s corpse seems too kind an end for that creature. “Are you sure?”

Mutsuki bursts into tears. He claps a hand over his mouth to cover his wails. 

“It’s not your fault. It’s not, Mutuski. Tooru.” Urie is shaking with horror. 

“Help me,” Mutsuki gasps. “Please.”

“I will!” Urie fights back tears. He’s always suspected, but, to know that Torso raped Mutsuki…He wishes he could light Saeki on fire. 

“It’s my fault, it’s my fault, please help me. I’m so evil. I want to die.” Mutsuki recalls his parents, his father, his lies, the cat… He’s as evil as they come. Someone like him is raped twice because he deserves it, right? 

“Stop it.” Urie shakes him. “It’s not your fault. I wish - I would have rather it been me, Mutsuki. I am going to help you. Now, have you taken a legitimate test?”

Mutsuki shakes his head.

“Okay.” Urie blushes. “I’ll buy you one. Can you hold on for 20 minutes?”

Mutsuki nods. 

Urie hugs him. It’s awkward and passionate and oh-so-Urie. Mutsuki’s heart rate slows.

When Urie returns, he sees that Mutsuki hasn’t moved. “I, uh, bought three. Just in case.”

Mutsuki has to laugh. “Of course you did.”

Urie smirks, pleased that Mucchan can joke right now. He hands him the bag. “Here. I’ll wait outside. And, uh - Mutsuki - if it’s positive, I will help you end it if you want.” 

Mutsuki nods, miserable again.

But when he emerges, his hands are shaking. “It’s - negative. All three.”

Urie gasps. “Tooru!” He holds out his hands. “I’ll hide the boxes.”

“Thank you.” Mutsuki smiles slightly. He feels embarrassed that Urie knows, and for nothing.

“Tooru. It isn’t your fault.”

“This is the second time I’ve been raped, Urie.” Mutsuki dissolves into more tears.

Urie feels cold. “Second?!”

“My - my dad.” Mutsuki shakes with memories. “There has to be something I did.”

“Not in the slightest.” Urie now wants to cheer on the ghouls who killed Mucchan’s family. Fuck this shit. “Fuck the patriarchy. Fuck the world. This isn’t your fault. It’s Torso’s and your Dad’s and maybe mine for not getting there sooner. Tooru, you deserve the world.”

Mutsuki shakes his head. “I can’t see it.”

“I can. Let me show you.” Urie smiles down at Mutsuki. His eyes are kind, smart, and sincere. He doesn’t want to prey on Mutsuki. 

Mutsuki feels safe with Urie. 

“Curry?” Urie offers his hand.

“I can’t eat!” Mutsuki blurts out. Kill me.

Urie blinks rapidly. Does misery never end for Mutsuki? “Okay. One problem at a time. Let me dispose of these - I’ll find Takeomi’s trash or something. Then I’ll be back and we’ll talk more.”

“I’m not abandoning you, not ever,” he adds.

And Mutsuki - he can’t help but believe Urie. 

[soutasnotebook]

mucchan got drunk and urie had give him a piggyback ride to his bed, then wouldn't fall asleep unless urie didnt cuddle with him :3

Awwwwwwww.

“Urie-san. U - Urie-shan.” Mutsuki slings his arms around Urie and spins in front of him. “Love me!”

“I do, Tooru.” Urie smiles. He’s a bit tipsy himself - okay, more than a bit. But Mutsuki probably won’t remember this in the morning.

“I can’t walk.” Mutsuki slumps over to rest his head on Urie’s chest.

“We’re almost to our door, Mucchan.”

“No!” Mutsuki tightens his grip on Urie’s shirt. “Love me! Don’t make me walk.”

Urie fights back a grin. “Okay, then.” He lifted Mustuki onto him piggyback style. 

“I love you, Kuki,” Mutsuki murmurs, tightening his grip on Urie’s shoulders.

“Don’t throw up on me, please.” Urie marches into the Chateau, up the stairs and into Mutsuki’s bedroom. “Here we are!”

He lays Mutuski on his bed, but Mutsuki shakes his head wildly. “Don’t leave me, Urie! Love me!”

“I do,” Urie protests with a laugh.

Mutsuki holds out his hands. “CUDDLESH.”

“Okay, I’ll just close the door, all right?”

“NO. Cuddle me now.”

Urie shrugs and slips into bed besides Mutsuki. Mutsuki immediately burrows his head in Urie’s chest and falls asleep.

Urie stays awake a while longer, stroking Mutsuki’s shiny hair. 

The next morning, Urie and Mutsuki find themselves nursing hangovers and dealing with Facebook fallout, after Saiko posted surreptitious pictures of their cuddlefest. 

[soutasnotebook]

hide rounded up those who wanted to help kaneki and they were all in a separate meeting room. In stumbles mutuski and Aura who iare late don't really know what is going on, they see touka and just intensely stare (cause they're like "wtf is she mocking us or just has mega lady balls") And touka is all like "are you finally gonna be joining us" (definitely mocking) and mutsuki flips out much to the confusion of everyone else (pls include multiple pov if you can) thanks!!!!!!!

“Ar you sure this is a good idea?” Urie mutters.

“I think it’s fantastic.” Saiko beams at Touka, who feels a strange fondness for this other blue-haired girl.

“I think it’s necessary,” mutters Serpent. Nishiki, he calls himself. 

The Gourmet giggles besides a goateed ghoul who calls himself Banjou. A short woman, Three Blades’ Miza, swats Tsukiyama on his shoulder. Higemaru looks at Akira and Amon with wonder, his heroes finally within reach. Hsaio and Hakatori exchange tentative smiles. Yomo Renji, still dazed, leans on Fueguchi HInami and former Aogiri executive Kirishima Ayato for support. Takizawa Seidou, Yasuhisa Kurona, and Urie sulk in their own respective corners. 

And Hide is charged with controlling these crazy messes. 

“Hi,” he croaks out, for once understanding Kaneki’s shyness.

The door bangs open. “We came as quick as we could!” 

Aura Shinsanpei hurries in, Mutsuki Tooru behind him.

Yomo groans. Not again. 

Mutsuki stares at Touka, who refuses to budge from her position besides Hide, at the head of the table. She won’t give him the satisfaction.

“Is this mockery of CCG? And everything we stand for?” Aura clenches his fist.

“So good of you to finally join us,” Touka says stiffly.

Mutsuki’s mouth opens and shuts without a word. He wanted to help Sensei. He came to help Sensei, not to see her. “She isn’t helping Sensei!”

He’s jealous of her. Urie tries to push the thought from his mind. No, Mutsuki can’t be.

“Mucchy, why would you say that? They’re married!” Saiko claps her hands. 

“I’ll beat your asses again,” Miza warns them.

“You did this! You made sensei into this!” screams Mutsuki.

“Furuta did, which means technically, your CCG did, on the bodies of a hundred little kids,” Akira snaps.

He looks hurt. 

“Look, this isn’t easy for me either, considering you razed my family,” says Tsukiyama. “But we all love Kaneki, and we all have to work together if we want to save him.”

“She took him,” whimpers Mutsuki, tears in his eyes.

Akira frowns. Mutsuki isn’t well. Maybe - maybe he didn’t turn on her as easily as she thought. 

“Mutsuki, this isn’t like you,” she says. Amon tightens his grip on her arm.

“Pah,” says Seidou. 

“Helpful,” Kurona shoots at him. He rolls his eyes.

“Mutsuki?” Akira stands and approaches him again.

Urie’s hands sweat. He should be the one comforting Mutsuki. Asking the hard questions. 

But because he’s Urie Yuki, he can’t do it in that order. “What the hell is going on?!”