#in 2016 I played jumin route immediately after jaehee's

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People are too harsh on Jaehee route Jumin I fear... I hadn't actually played her route since 2017/18 so while I knew the gist of it I couldn't remember exactly how Jumin behaved in it, but judging by the absolute SLANDER I've seen of his character I expected him to be SO much worse omg

[stepswowdsen]

【MysMes】 Jumin Han & Unknown (Saeran Choi)

Doodles

Intro rambles

Some quick recent MM doodles I did recently! Since I keep forgetting to post here AHHH

2 of the screenshots are not mine (since I named my MysMes MC OC Miyeon) but I took my own screenshots for the MM: Christmas DLC - Unknown/Saeran Bad Ending ^^

Jumin and Saeran Ily!!!

It's pretty unfortunate that Tumblr priv blogs are so limited (followers can't like posts) but since these are pretty sketchy, I prefer keeping my doodle WIPs just for mutuals ^^

Secret Sen lore. I first met my friend Aya (@/slurpn00dles) and other friends in 2018 in a Mystic Messenger Discord server that I helped mod ^^ I first played MM back in 2016 (pretty soon after launch date).

Thoughts on Jumin and Unknown/Saeran

My fave was immediately Jumin. Weird cat… I missed your cat text bubbles Jumin!!! 🐈‍⬛💙💜

I was going through all the calls and chatroom logs I did back then. Trip down memory lane...

My faves are Jumin and Unknown/Saeran (OS), tied. Saeran's OS self and my rewrite AU version of him makes him tied with Jumin. My fave MM ships are Jumin/MC and Saeran/MC cuz I favour meow meow mfs. They bring such interesting tension to ships!

Jumin is the silly rich stoic aloof CEO type who obsesses over his cat. He's a cat dad who likes sewing. He's ace spec and funny with huge gap moe. I like his emotional maturity, speaking style, and his struggles with loneliness, solitude and emotional repression. He's genuinely likeable imo.

Unknown/Saeran (OS) is also my fave 🩷 I always love cool interesting antagonist charas with good designs. His design and personality have such c*nt. Love him. Doodle is based on this Unknown/Saeran x MC Welcome screen line~

Some thoughts

Mystic Messenger is a Korean romance visual novel (otome game) that released with 5 routes referred to as Original Story (OS).

Mystic Messenger released with routes for the RFA members and the Secret Endings (post-707 route). These 5 routes are referred to as Original Story (OS).

Casual Story: Zen, Yoosung, Jaehee

Deep Story: Jumin, 707

Cheritz wanted to cater to fans who wanted routes for Unknown/Saeran and V due to their popularity, so they created Another Story (AS).

When Ray Route first released in Another Story (AS), I wasn't satisfied, like imo it's the worst MM route by far. Like wtf. I never wanted the route with my fave to play out like that.

I think Another Story (AS) is a shitty AU (imo) that takes Saeran's character in REALLY poor writing directions.

Since I shipped Saeran x MC way before Another Story came out, I just thought it was gonna be like... Enemies to Lovers, but with a mysterious, ominous enemy.

Unknown was just better as a mysterious and ominous enemy in OS. But I still think Saeran's route could've been done MUCH better though.

Unknown/Saeran (OS) Route Rewrite AU

I started coming up with an Unknown/Saeran (OS) route rewrite AU where Miyeon (MC) accepts Unknown's invitation to come with him to Mint Eye. Miyeon infiltrates Mint Eye to find out more info about the hacker, Unknown, and the place called “Magenta,” the headquarters of Rika's organization, Mint Eye.

My AU plays out more like a crime drama. Miyeon is on a crime investigation mission! It takes place in the Original Story (OS) setting and has much better relationship development, and growth and healing for him.

MC’s name is Chae Miyeon (채미연/采美蓮)

Miyeon (미연/美蓮) means “beautiful lotus” 🪷💗

I chose the name myself since I wanted to pick a pretty name meaning. I thought it’d be cool if she had a name that matches the letters MC (or technically CM, in EA naming order)

I still need to draw her. I imagine her appearance is just like the default MM MC with long brown hair and gold eyes, but she has a big ribbon in the back.