#<- its a whole saga atp

[o-i-w-u]

Guess what.

get out dawg jesus christ </3 (i blocked the anon lmfao)

"lets see how yall feel being scared of posting your art like you made our artists scared of posting theirs" sorry... what?

majority of these artists aren't even responsible for what they're accusing them of lmfao, like me for example. tf did i do? say "cousin solar" once? damn. impressive lmao.

[flock-from-the-void]

Where did Mirage of Spring come from?

Let's talk a bit about my inspiration behind this project!

1. Reincarnation Manhwas

I'm pretty sure I mentioned that one in the WIP intro. I love reincarnation manhwas, the historical ones, in which the MC is a super op martial artist and kicks everyone's ass. My favs are Return of the Blossoming Blade, Return of the Mad Demon, The Grand Mudang Saga, Murim RPG Simulation and Best Teacher Baek. Do all of them have very similar plots? Yeah.

They are what sparked the first Mirage of Spring ideas. I identified the key reasons why I like them: the reincarnation giving a character the knowledge of "the future", the difference between two timelines, the revenge arc, the op powers. You'll find all of that in Mirage of Spring but I can't tell you how and where, because spoilers.

2. Hanfu

I remember I got a question asking why Mirage of Spring is inspired by the late Warring States and the Western Han. Well, the answer is their clothing. Seriously. I am a hanfu nerd, I took a course about its history and I read countless articles atp, mostly about this period and earlier clothing. I won't go into the details but it is amazing to me what shapes, silhouettes, accessories they were able to make with limited resources and knowledge (it was ancient times after all). Additionally, I like to know where the stuff came from, and studying early hanfu (well, the hanfu from much earlier than the Warring States hah) allowed me to better understand later history.

You see me mention earlier than the Warring States history here a lot, so why did I not set it say, in the early Zhou dynasty? Well, the answer is simple: there's less resources about the culture, government structures etc. from that times. I simply chose the latest period I'm interested in to make stuff easier for myself lol.

3. Danmei

Pretty broad category, huh? Well, it comes from a fact that I'm academically (kinda, it sounds very serious lol) interested in the genre as a whole. Like, the history behind it, the reasons for its existence etc. This is why the story is a bl in the first place, otherwise it would have no romance at all.

There's also some specific novels which inspire and motivate me to write. Lately, Scum Villain Self-Saving System has been motivating me a lot. See, Mirage of Spring is a very self-indulgent story, similarly to SVSSS. The success of the novel gives me some hope that maybe there's at least a dozen of people who'd be interested in reading my novel.

4. Writing Block

How could it inspire a book, you ask? Well, I just thought that writing something self-indulgent would make me write more – and I was right! Not that I write a lot now, my executive dysfunction keeps dysfunctioning, but I feel much more excited about the project than the previous ones. Additionally, before Mirage of Spring I've been working on another universe for a very long time, and it started to make me tired. The spark was gone. I needed to remind myself that I actually enjoy writing, worldbuilding, creating characters etc.

That concludes our first yapping session! I hope you guys enjoyed that<3

Mirage of Spring taglist: @cruorons , @ashirisu , @annothersummerofsleep the taglist is always open! Just comment, ask or dm me!

[valleygirlmukuroikusaba]

feeling like im in the minority with how i percieve this particular character(mukuro) sighhhh

bc i been yapping a bunch with some other fans and like. while im not axed on sight for "mischaracterization"(mostly bc im hanging out with ex-fans) it is a lillll. a tad bitttt frustrating

bc atp its just like junko but what if she was normal and not a freak and her name happened to also be mukuro ikusaba. so non despair junko if you go the route that mukuro is meant to contrast junko. but like ive been kinda taking it as junko parallels mukuro since ive kinda made a bit of space in my head that makes it feel like the rest of thh was meant to compliment thh ch1

like something abt thh feels like most of the care and development was mostly focused on fleshing out ch1 and the rest seems like a afterthought. tho i cant put my finger on why it just really stands out to me

tho afterthought might be too harsh of a word hmmm

im not sure if im like outright ignoring who mukuro actually is in source. which uh tbf i have no fucking clue aside from the fanon emo interpretation that i cant actually even back up bc im missing required information and like . i feel like theres a chance that it could of been change of direction during conception bc im not even sure what the whole decision behind making junko(mukuro) the ultimate soldier is rlly abt? again this opinion could very much change the moment i watch the dr3 anime or smth. maybe future me might come across it and go wow i used to see mukuro like this

tho my au is still gonna focus on this ch1 mukuro concept and yeah i mean tbf im ignoring a good chunk of the canon lore here to make this work in a v3 like setting i think my version of mukuro changes nothing.? it might be jarring to danganronpa timeline lore truthers bc v3 doesnt really give a good conclusion to the HPA/FF saga but truth be told im not actually that much of a fan of that huge lore direction, bc while playing sdr2/udg and thinking back on it im just tryna like get things to fall in place a bit and then hit a brick wall and be like. wow danganronpa lore kinda bad ngl lol

anyways back to mukuro-junko and my au:

so generally uhm its v3 setting-like but its also abt the media from the outsider's view as well since like. theres legal accusations and disinformation and a bunch of like . idk modern au but also like its abt production in the end and i like the idea that mukuro(+leon) r like individual artists in comparison to big companies in the entertainment industry and i like that ill still have kinda freaky junko enoshima to like contrast that i think

well she's not particularly as artsy like junko but this au has it that she put in as much if not more than junko to keep up appearances bc she does go though with the junko disguise to the point the legal team gets them confused with how much forgery mukuro is capable of and i dont think junko nearly has enough time to focus on her sister while also running the entertainment company so mukuro has to make do with some parts of junko's plan on her own(and then she comes around to makoto and the others later)

like this junko is not nearly as fucked up as canon source junko but like symbolically i think its fine to have her in opposition to mukuro in terms of where i want to head with the story! man i wish i knew how to write a narrative like . this au eats at my brain eugh