#/cant even write an essay bc fanon

[dorkwingdad]

Wes and Kyle are the same person, split by a device similar to the Phantom Dreamcatcher, which is why they both go to such extremes, in this essay I will-

[exclamaquest]

I'm going to say right off the bat that I am not actually too heated about this, I just thought it might be interesting to talk about if you're willing. If this is getting on your nerves just say so and I will never ask you about your Tsumugi take again. After all we are in the end just strangers chatting about a game :) ( I am so sorry to flood your inbox but now I'm committed to this so. Ignore the others if you want to! Also this is old news but I couldn't send for a few days so here I go.)

I would like to point out that Tsumugi, in canon, shares similarities with Hifumi (fiction>reality & fandom active). They were both played off as just weebs, except for Tsumugi's masterminding. Canonically, Hifumi would be as likely to be a gross creepy fan as Tsumugi- but obviously, thats dumb as shit and he deserves better. The thing im having difficulty understanding is why you would disregard canon's nonsense when it concerns Hifumi, but emphasize that aspect in your perception of Tsumugi.

If the masterminding is what villifies her, I could bring up Junko again or point to the ambiguity of the mm role- between V3's convoluted 'none of it was real!' and your clear apathy towards strict canon (which i totally support), I do not see a reason you wouldnt apply similar logic to that you used on the other characters I mentioned to Tsumugi instead of writing her off as a gross fujoshi or whatever. Im not trying to make you like her, but it seems unfair to reduce her to the worst possible traits she could have when you have expanded on and humanized so many other dr characters. (ugh i had to split the last paragraph into 2. im so sorry about that)

response under the cut bc this sucker got LONGGGGG

first off no need to apologize! i love discussion & dialogue and you bring up some good points! it's true i haven't talked about her in a very positive light on my blog, and that i've reduced her publicly. i HAVE done a lot of thinking about her and i agree that like.. i haven't expressed it on my blog as much as i have in private GKDSKGDS and mainly that's because like...i just don't think she's interesting. yes, she's complicated like any other dr character but she just...doesn't interest me. like, hifumi interests me because of the fanon him vs the canon him and how they differ rather strikingly.

however for tsumugi like...i can't really see a disconnect other than some people making her Only Evil and Only Ever Evil when in reality she's...very much being hurt by danganronpa too and she doesn't really grasp the full consequences of her own actions bc of it being normalized etc in the world she grew up in + her fandom-y lens, and you're right, it's a LOT like how Hifumi sees things through his lens of his special interest but also. he had moments where you saw through that shit to his genuine self. tsumugi...doesn't get that.

which i understand is partially because of her whole ough im so plain schtick but also like. they do manage to make some background characters interesting! like rantaro! you don't learn a lot about him and he dies really quickly but he's still compelling and you WANT to learn more about him. tsumugi is just...painfully uninteresting.

and honestly? i think she was a shit mastermind choice. again i realize im a hypocrite coming from a standpoint of liking junko, but i really dont think she makes a good mastermind. which i know is part of the point of her being the mastermind in the first place, but much like a LOT of v3's overarching themes, it falls flat. it really feels there's no real compelling reason for her to enact this other than she likes danganronpa etc etc etc and that she's got Fandom Brainrot (like a lot of the fans). idk.

and on the junko point--even without me changing her for personal interest, junko was ALREADY an interesting character. That foundation is necessary. If i find tsumugi boring, i cant ever expand upon her because it will always be boring to me, yknow?

and like again like...i DO try to see her as a fleshed out human--and i have tried to flesh her out. she's just...still uninteresting to me. and im sorry if it seemed like i hadnt, i just dont really tend to talk in depth about the characters that i find uninteresting

to sum it up sorry if my jokes seemed like my genuine interpretation of her character /gen, i have thought about her at length and i really just kinda don't like her for a whole lot of reasons but also me being petty GKDSKGDS i do appreciate the essay tho it's given me some stuff 2 think about & feel free 2 talk to me at any time i love writing shit like this even when it takes an assload of time.

[midoriyasbones]

for the writer asks: 8, 11, 12, 14, 24, 25 or just those you want to answer if that's too many! i love your writing

oh hell yeah you bet im gonna answer them all

8. what time are you most productive?

whatever time im not supposed to be. like, if i need to write an essay, that’s when i get the urge to work on my stuff. i’ve gotten urges to write in the middle of tests and conversations. im rarely ever to find motivation to write at the appropriate times and it frustrates me. the thing is i can’t force myself to write either. i have to coax the stories out, not wrench them free. i honestly wish i could turn on and off my writing switch at any time, it would help a lot.

the only thing that does seem to really get me in the writing mood is thunder storms. god doi love thunderstorms. i write my best in storms. 

11. do you listen to music when writing?

yes but i cant just listen to ANY music. sometimes, i can listen to music with words and im a-okay, but other times i just can’t because it gets distracting. fortunately i do have a playlist of songs that i can always depend on for white noise. plus since they dont have lyrics they are better able to inspire me almost because i can imagine any scene i like. most of the songs on it are by C418, the composer for minecraft (b4 u slam me for it consider this: dont) and are super ambient and relaxing. there are some undertale songs (b4 u slam me for this as well consider again: dont) on their too because they tend to help me find a good tempo for action scenes!

here’s a link to the playlist!! 

12. favorite place to write?

anywhere i can listen to music and nobody is looking over my shoulder. also i can’t be in danger of people walking behind me. im terrified of people reading my stuff even though non of it is bad. 

14. easiest character to write

oh man, this is hard. im a stickler for writing as close to canon as possible so im constantly second guessing my fan fics, but if we’re going for fan fic chars definitely pidge. i relate a lot to pidge and i think they are disrespected a lot in fanon and are downgraded to a midget gremlin who’s only purpose is to help get the main chars together. they have a soft (ish) side to them in my opinion and i love bringing that out. i love their quirky personality mixed with that ‘hey dipshit’ attitude and just… i dont write enough pidge.

if you’re asking for an oc? lucivida. god, do i love lucivida. his bright, peppy soul is the reason i get up in the morning tbh and if you dont agree unfollow me immediately. his dialogue comes very easily to me okay. i love him…

24. favorite scene you’ve ever written

shoot man i have so many… but if i had to pick one it would be brave new world’s ‘oh my god guys keith and lance have been captured by the galra’ because the irony is so real and i think people who read that scene are ripping their own hairs out like ‘gUYS NO’ and here i am laughing my ass off bc i think it’s hilarious as FUCK.

25. favorite line you’ve ever written

again… i have so many it’s unreal. there’s “Me importa tres pepinos”, there’s “shut it prison break”, there’s “look, plant people”, there’s the classic “eat me hunk” line from ex defenders, there’s that lovely comparison of stars to freckles, there’s “put me in the sin tin”, there’s “if you think im not capable of forgoing sleep to get me a cup of tea you are wrong”, and there’s “Kumba-yam m’lord… kumba-yam…”. im sure i missed a few so if you have some Iconic™ jules lines pls send them in.

send me more questions from this prompt!!