Entry for @/cheerkitty14 dtiys.
I've just learned that saimatsu week 2021 is over! It was on Twitter/Instagram (and AO3?) which is why we didn't know about it on Tumblr. It's really, really sad to have missed it... But there's a lot of things to reblog/retweet, that makes me really happy aaaah
(Image description: Digital art of two people (Kaede and Shuichi from the game Danganronpa V3) almost kissing. Theyβre pictured from behind, smiling and sketched from head to shoulder like in a portrait. On the left, Kaede is chubby, has blonde shoulder-length hair with music note-shaped pins, wears a white tank top and slightly leans into Shuichi whoβs on the right. Heβs thin, has short blue hair and is wearing a dark grey tee-shirt. The background is plain beige and the colors are light and warm. The lines are fuzzy on purpose and the paint is applied messily on purpose to make it look like a watercolor painting. End)
My entry for the @saimatsugiftexchange and my gift for @coasterstrudels
I was really honored to participate in this event, hope you will all like it.
my piece for the @saimatsugiftexchange for @adelarts
when you take your gf to a movie on a classical composer on the first date and you donβt understand at all but sheβs happy and thatβs all that matters
8k...!!
the chances that they would answer or even take me seriously or that they even received it are low but... at least I tried? (*waits forever*)
...I just realized that I posted the new drawing but I haven't posted the ship memes π¬
Everyone gave Kaede a hug today and went to the party, even the three loners (but then again itβs not like Kaito gave them much of a choice)
Happy birthday to my favorite character
I forgot to post that (β·βΏβ·)
Did you notice? Similarities between Rantaro Amami and Mukuro Ikusaba (in canon and theories)
Their characters have a lot of things in common and they went through similar things in their killing games (especially in chapter 1):
- Theyβre familiar with the concept of a killing game- theyβre not fazed by it and know what to expect. Thereβs an aura of mystery surrounding them. They also have insider knowledge (provided by the mastermind) about their killing games- Mukuroβs working with Junko and Rantaro has his survivor perk. And because of that, they both appear suspicious to the player/the other characters at one point: Mukuro when Kyoko believes sheβs the secret 16th student and mastermind, and Rantaro with his videos and his ultimate survivor lab. He was also afraid of being seen as suspicious because of his fake Ultimate Survivor talent and his survivor perk. But unlike Mukuro, heβs eventually confirmed to have been a good guy all along.
- They are the first to die and are killed by the mastermind. They donβt live past chapter 1 but have relevance long after their deaths: they come back into the plot from chapter 5 onwards. Solving the mystery behind their deaths becomes crucial and is the key to find out the mastermind in the final trial.
- The mastermind actively wanted them to die and planned to kill them since the beginning. Their murders were premeditated.
- They have some sort of relationship with the mastermind, and their murders seem personal. Junko and Mukuro are twins, and Junko killed her for despair- meaning she killed her because she loves her, as she says herself that she wants the people she cares about to feel despair. (She admits in chapter 6 that she threw the dr1 cast, her friends and classmates, into the killing game for that same reason.) So Mukuro gets the despair of being betrayed and killed by her own sister and Junko, well- gets the despair of killing her sister. Rantaro and Tsumugi may have met in DR 52 if you believe the chapter 6 trial revelations. His memories are gone but Tsumugi remembers running the previous killing games. Rantaroβs βrewardβ for surviving the game was literally to participate in the next one where he was given a survivor perk that allowed Tsumugi to predict his movements and his actions, and lead him right where she needed him to be. He basically survived just to die by the same mastermind in the end.
- Solving their murders also gives out a lot of lore and information about the nature of the killing games: a wicked plot from the despair sisters in dr1, and a series of broadcasted killing games by Tsumugi and Rantaro who has participated in two of these games in ndrv3.Β
Some other things, that arenβt killing game-related:
- Being the older sibling, deeply caring for their little sisters, but feeling like theyβre failing them and not living up to that role.
- They traveled to a lot of places, and theyβre used to running into dangerous things in their trips and heartbreaking experiences- Mukuro as the Ultimate Soldier and Rantaro as the Ultimate Adventurer and the disappearance of his sisters every time. His killing game experiences and Ultimate Hunt memories count too.
Mukuro and Rantaro have conversations about that in their UTDP routes (in ndrv3 bonus modes).check it out if you havenβt, itβs super interesting!
Until the new drawing comes out, I hope you won't mind some "low-effort, done in 1 hour" stuff.
I'm not really having a good time here and it kinda affects my motivation. It's difficult to put content out there when people dislike your ship and what you have to say. So you wonder if you're still doing what you want to do, knowing beforehand that: you won't make a lot of views or likes/ the haters may come at you, they're always interacting with things they dislike/ you don't really get support, positivity, or engagement (that isn't negative or lukewarm)
Still, I think we should all strive to do what we want to do because that's when we are the happiest with ourselves. Even if we don't really get validation.
I wanted to post
- more thoughts and analysis about fandom issues in defense of sai.matsu/Kaede/Shuichi. The way people react to it is really unsettling at most and confusing at best.
- something for Tuesday but I dropped the idea because I don't want people to think I'm self-centered haha
But for the moment, I'll post ship memes for sai.matsu, momo.haru and ten.miko. I may do some other ships too :3
Oh so it does exist! :D
They can be friends with @/dailysmilingmaki and @/dailysmilinghimiko now lol
cute cute and even cuter
keep your ponytails warm and off the ground
(happy belated birthday!)
Sometimes when youβre writing youβre wondering if everything should be explained or if you should keep certain things mysterious and ambiguous so the audience can draw their own conclusions
I have to make a choice NOW but both directions are equally good for the story I think ??? π
I think I'll keep it ambiguous this time so everyone can see whatever they want to see.
See you in a few hours then
Sometimes when you're writing you're wondering if everything should be explained or if you should keep certain things mysterious and ambiguous so the audience can draw their own conclusions
I have to make a choice NOW but both directions are equally good for the story I think ??? π