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[dailysaeran]

My entry for #SaeranMochiWeddingDTIYS on IG by 4.seasons.of.mine! 💖

I could not for the life of me decide which Saeran to draw so naturally I drew 3 versions with GE, SE and VAE 😭 Can you spot the subtle differences between them, even in their expressions? 👀

I chose pink and hot pink peonies because they're a popular wedding flower and symbolize good luck, prosperity, deep appreciation and passion, and carnations (that I now realise are way too big but it's fine, they can bloom extra for a special day this time) for love and devotion! And some roses naturally, and of course lilies of the valley everywhere because it's him, can't be a Saeran wedding piece without lilies of the valley symbolizing return of happiness :3

[cabrocabron]

『 иσω ρℓαуιиg . . . . 』 

╰┈➤ 𖡎 ѕσfт fυzzу мαи - ℓємσи ∂ємσи 𖡎

[jetblxck]

my gender envy was through the roof making this. love these weirdos sm

[liptauer]

Have you gotten everything you ever wanted?

No. But once I got very close

[anonymous-existences]

@demonic0angel you're famous.

[natasha-in-space]

So I'm replaying Ray's After ending rn, and it got me thinking that what I adore so much about Rika as an antagonist is just how damn scary she can be. I always found those who cause harm with good intentions (at least in their point of view) much scarier than those who hurt you with pure intention on hurting you. I think the best example of it is this CG in particular:

Look at that. Such a loving, gentle expression on her face. Probably kissing his forehead. Because she loves him. Heck, without any context, this CG looks even sweet, if you think about it. And yet, all that is while Saeyoung is forcefully sedated on a powerful concoction of drugs even a trained agent like him can't do anything about (and Saeyoung WAS definitely trained to deal with this sort of thing, hence it's mentioned that this is a 'special' kind of drugs). He looks miserable. Bags under his eyes, his expression pained and troubled, even his hair is paler than usual. All that as a direct result of her actions. But she's utterly blind to it. What's scarier, is that she knowingly shuts off her understanding of what's really happening. She's not oblivious to it at all. She just chooses not to see it that way. Simply because she doesn't want to.

Rika is the type of antagonist that will cup your cheek into her warm hand with the most loving of smiles on her face, all while you are getting elixir poured down your throat. Even whispering to you that you're doing great, that the pain will soon pass, and that she can't wait to see you reach the happiness she knows you deserve. I won't be surprised if she even cried genuine tears of compassion during some ceremonies for her believers. All while being the sole reason behind their suffering.

And that's... God, that's terrifying to me. I love that about her.

Rika Kim, they could never make me hate you

[crybabysunflower]

My conflicting feelings for Saeran Choi

Saeran is the most popular choice in the mystic messenger fandom besides his twin brother and the mascot of the game Seven and I can see why he is so popular. He is relatable to many as a large portion of this fandom is neurodivergent and that tends to make life hard and are prone to get more traumatised in life and seeing someone as broken as he is getting a chance at life feels good. He is also quite a well written villain in the Original Story who keeps the player on their toes and adds much to the excitement in the game and he has one of the best designs in the game.

But for me personally, I havent had much interest towards him in almost five years of being in this fandom- although I did make a fanart of him once and I do love to ship him with my favourite guy Yoosung at times since I am quite a sucker for the grumpy x sunshine trope (except when its in the context of Yoosung's bad ending 3 since that ending canonically has non-con elements and most of the time works related to that ending often involves Saeran sexually assaulting Yoosung over and over). I have overall been quite ambivalent to his existence, solely focusing on Yoosung for the most part.

But my ambivalence eventually grew into dislike towards him because Mysme fans often tend to justify his abusive actions towards MC and the RFA members because he is mentally ill and has led a painful life- putting all the blame onto Rika for his actions. And while Rika did play a huge part in shaping Saeran into the person he is, by raising him to be a weapon, Saeran isnt a man with no autonomy, he has made the conscious decision to injure yoosung in his good/normal ending, to kidnap and torture yoosung in bad ending 3, to torture Jihyun, and other RFA members in several endings. I think taking away his agency and assuming that he himself isnt capable of malice without Rika's influence feels quite infantilising.

It also doesnt help the fact that other characters in the fandom such as Yoosung for instance get a ton of backlash for comparitively minor errors he made (especially given that he was not malicious and he has valid reasons behind his gripe with Jihyun) by the fandom while characters who have done worse actions- Saeran for instance get scot free and as previously mentioned are rather justified because his trauma is "worse" makes me loathe him even more. Not to mention the fact that in Yoosung route you have to actively discourage him to not see MC as a "replacement for Rika" and he eventually takes accountability for his actions and corrects himself long before the Good Ending. Whereas for Saeran you have to actually tolerate some of his abusive actions to reach the good ending which is the only place he eventually learns to get a hold on himself and reflect.

Perhaps Saeran is just easier to romanticise than Yoosung- Yoosung is alot more realistic and realism can get quite uncomfortable.

I am also a firm believer of the fact that if Saeran wasnt a man, he would have not been as well liked in the fandom. Some Saeran fans might argue with me saying that they "love the idea of a female Saeran Choi" but it is quite a common occurence in majority of fandom spaces where female characters get more scrutiny for their actions and people love to push the whole "traumatic past does not justify hurting others for them" rhetoric whilst its all crickets for equally awful male characters. And this happens in mystic messenger fandom as well.

Another aspect which makes me loathe Saeran is because I unfortunately see myself in him to an extent. As a person with BPD (which I believe Saeran and several other characters in Mystic Messenger have as well) I find myself heavily reasonating with his extreme fear of abandonment- sure I despise such people threatening to kill themself when they feel theyd be abandoned (which is another reason I despise Saeran) the thought itself feels like a death sentence,

reading his texts feels like someone is reading my own thoughts out in the open and thats where it gets conflicting. Despite how much I loathe him, I have a soft spot for him and I despise the notion that he can never live a happier life. I dont do well with defeatist rhetorics and so I perhaps might forever carry mixed feelings for Saeran

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Vintage Pulp - Super Science Stories (Mar1950)

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[blue-unifox]

Thought to experiment a bit! Top left model is Thando Hopa and I couldn't find the bottom right one's name unfortunately

[dailysaeran]

Maid VAE Saeran changing out of Ray's My Melody costume bc that was not him but Kuromi is<3 Based on the Sanrio collab chapter in the maid AU fic by @marshmallowprotection !!

[k4txlulzz]

[not a ship post.]

mystic messenger 707 after ending secret endings are better than whatever happens with the twins in another story . saeran is allowed to be human and not a perfect little baby boy who is hyper-dependent on mc(the girl who he met a few days ago) . he gets rehabilitated by his twin brother who is the one person who has and will always understand him most(they are a lot more similar and mirror each other more than some ppl think). people say this saeran doesn't have enough agency but truth is he was not in the right state to make decisions and in ray's route and after ending it's just mc doing it instead of saeyoung anyway. again, saeyoung is the person who knows whats best for him, not mc. additionally, seven goes through exact same mental struggles as his brother(example: suicidal tendencies + inferiority and guilt complexes) and its BECAUSE of the fact that he overcame them that he can reassure his brother properly. furthermore, saeran mirrors his twin's way of thinking when he basically asks himself "do i deserve this good ending?"

this route also has the most correct characterization of seven that, unlike another story stuff(ray AE especially lol), does not paint saeyoung as the aggressive bad boy twin . that whole thing with him being feral when it comes to protecting his brother and standing up to the agency + his dad + v is something i do love but it is, again, used to make him "the angry troublemaker one" . he gets tortured for two weeks straight for god's sake and saeran not only isnt allowed to have a proper reaction to it but sae just quickly recovers like nothing AND is "not nice" for not forgiving the dude who just did all that to him, apparently😭to give cheritz the benefit of the doubt, this maybe could be chalked up to seven thinking lowly of himself again but that's debatable

secret ending choi twins>>>>>>>>>

even though i love them being sweet in another story and i still think it is a very happy ending for twins, it isn't the right characterization

[vatavaran]

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Ranbir Kapoor for Filmfare Magazine 2016

[high-voltage-rat]

Okay so like. I am very much married to Ravyn's canon look with the scarf and paladin armour + helm combo. but their current in-game dragonlord drip kinda slaps, and something about the wings invokes a valkyrie to me- which makes some crispy parallels to her pre-reset mecha model that I really enjoy.

[anonymous-existences]

When you run a DCXDP @danny-nightingale Blog and it starts as an innocent little Danny who can't age and is in Gotham and allat stuff he goes to college and stuff yk the usual 'I'm healing' kind of progress then to... WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS NOW.

How did IT COME TO THIS.

H O W ? !

WE GOT. TRAUMA TRAUMA TRAUMA FLUFF(?) FLUFF. FOUND FAMILY.

Complicated FAMILY TROPES

Oh you think of this person(Lucifer) AS A FATHER FIGURE?! TOO BAD THEY DONT REALLY LIKE THAT.

TRAUMA

Then the sudden OMG. Romance.

Dead tired Romance aka TimxDanny

STRAINED FOUND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.

Danny adopting these kids

ANONS TORTURING YOUR BLOG WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE.

MORE TRAUMA, BAM BAM BAM.

Then. There's the extra mental Disorders aka AUTISM DANNY. Then there's DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER WHICH HE HAS TO PROCESS ALL THIS TRAUMA.

I can rant. I swear.

It's not even a bad kind of rant it's just a disbelief kind of wtf how do I process this all moment.

THEN SUDDENLY, JUST THIS AFTERNOON.

Like.

LIKE.

WHAT THE FU—

*dies*

[j3r3mi4h-r4y]

© 2024 Jeremiah Ray

A glimpse into me.

Jeremiah was born, though he questions this occurrence's validity as he doesn't remember it. He's not that annoying person in a theater who keeps asking who "that person" (the main character) is. Instead, Jeremiah is the person who enters 10 minutes late and pretends to know what's going on. This has led to many brilliant encounters and adventures in his life, which, as he insists, he meant to initiate. Because he is late, Jeremiah often mistakes the trailer for the main feature. During those intense 2-3 minutes, he expends all his energy at each high and low, every terror and joy. Due to his empathic nature, this leaves him thoroughly exhausted. Depleted, he excuses himself to get a snack and a drink. Jeremiah pays a painfully large sum for poison he'll regret consuming and returns to the theater. Now, the feature film has started. He tries to connect what he's watching with what he recalls from the trailer. For most, things wouldn't add up or make sense. For some reason, however, they always do for Jeremiah.

[lovemehardcoreangel]