#it's a character study on teru over the course of mob psycho

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[ID: A drawing/fake polaroid photo of Teru from the Mob Psycho fanfic A Picture's Worth, holding up a peace sign and grinning in a selfie shot. He is wearing a gray sweatshirt with an unidentified logo on it and a gray beanie to hide his bald head, and his eyes are baggy. Behind him, boxes can be seen around the room, as well as various cleaning supplies and crumpled tissues. The image has a yellow to muted purple palette. At the bottom, the polaroid is captioned, "It isn't pretty, but that's ok." // "??/09/'12". End ID.]

A PICTURE'S WORTH // @teruthecreator

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Read the tag and out of curiosity, how would you pacing the broccoli arc for season 3?

lmao I'm sorry you probably weren’t asking me to go so hard on this but uhhh this is my favorite arc and I've got some opinions

Here’s how I’d love the arc to be paced

Episode 1: Youkai Hunting

-Chapter 93

-probably include and end with the Has It Begun? My Era? panels from Chapter 92

Episode 2: Future Prospects + Carried Away

-opening from chp 94 (the youkai getting pulled into the broccoli)

-Chapter 92

   --skip right over has it begun bc it was in ep1 and go straight into next scene

-Chapter 94

-end with dimple leaving after the “eat shit, dimple” smackdown I guess

Episode 3: The Psycho Helmet Cult Part 1(things start to get weird)

-Chapter 95

-if they wanted to, this would be the episode to add in a new scene with Tsubomi or remind the audience that takenaka was a character at one point

   --basically as just a bit of prep for the other two arcs

-either ends where vol13 ends (teru setting out for the broccoli) or ends where the teru fight cuts off (just after dimple reveal)    

   --I think ending with the dimple reveal is the way to go, plus this way there’s a fight scene in this episode and not two in the next one       

Episode 4: The Psycho Helmet Cult Part 2 (things go wrong fast)

-Chapter 96 and 5-6 parts of Chapter 97

-The quest to destroy the broccoli

-The teru v mob fight

-probably end just before or after dimple actually shows up

Episode 5: Dimple and Mob

-The rest of it   

   --@bones pls do go ham with the dimple v psycho helmet fight

Here’s how the episodes fit into your mp100 season patterns, which are Very Correct btw      

I big agree with you about having the youkai hunting as the first episode. It’s a super solid way to start the season. It’s also especially funny bc this chapter starts with a parody of the show’s usual introduction to psychics, replacing “psychics” with “youkai hunters”. It’s a good piece of mob growth+slice of life, at some point Amakusa wonders if the broccoli is attracting spirits that want to use its life energy or whatever (foreshadowing), plus inukawa (who plays a bigger role later in the season) is in it.   

For the second episodes, I would def say it’s just fun stuff for most of the ep, but I think another thing the second episodes do is that they end with something that sets up the third episode and is usually the start of a big chain of events. S1: join BIC, S2: reigen puts up the website, S3: dimple leaves      

Future Prospects is important to include here bc it’s an easy way to reintroduce mezato and the psycho helmet cult plot. It’s also some of Serizawa’s only screen time this arc and we can’t let it go to waste.  

Ep3 is still mostly a mob character study, bc a lot of the chapter is mob dealing with being (or suddenly not being) recognized as the psycho helmet cult leader + reacting to the spread of the cult’s influence in general.

Ep4 is the beginning of mob’s concrete The Broccoli Must Be Removed quest, which continues into Ep5      

Ep5 -Dimple was a friend r.i.p.

Side Note: I desperately want the omake adventures of Hoshino and Asahi to be referenced in some way. Maybe when the shiratori brothers show up they can have a “what are the other awakening kids up to rn?” 10 second bit.  

And now here’s the reason WHY I organized things the way I did, but it’s under a read more bc this post is already too long

So full disclosure: the reason I paced the broccoli arc the way I did is entirely bc it’s my favorite arc and I want them to take their time with it. It’s also an arc that requires a LOT of setup before getting to the payoff, so I’d like the arc to be more like 4-ish episodes instead of the 3-ish episodes you predicted. This isn’t an arc you can just kind of start. Part of why the separation arc worked as well as it did was because they were subtly setting it up all season with little comments here and there between reigen and mob. It wasn’t something that just happened one day. They had to lay the groundwork and build off of it, and this arc isn’t much different. 

Another thing is that the vibe of this arc is one that will take some effort to establish. The slow, creeping influence of the psycho helmet cult is unsettling, and then suddenly getting caught up in the effects of the widespread brainwashing is even worse, but in order for those feelings to really come across we have to spend time with them. Slowly realizing that something is very wrong and then being horrified by it is something that, unsurprisingly, has to develop slowly. And by ‘slowly’ I mean spreading it across two episodes (3-4) instead of shoving it all into one. 

This arc, more so than most of the others, is driven by a complicated combination of emotions that can very easily be misunderstood if they aren’t displayed fully. I know this because when I was reading this arc for the first time I read through it too quickly, and had to start over because I didn’t pay enough attention to what was going on and confused myself. One of the only weaknesses, imo, that the anime has is that they have to cut stuff out. This is usually fine, but sometimes it can have a significant impact on the audience’s understanding of a character. It’s something that happened with ritsu’s arc. It wasn’t really That much different in the anime, but a few lines were cut here and a few shots were skipped there and the result is that ritsu’s fall is a bit harder to actually understand. At least for me, somehow the manga only has a few more lines and yet it makes ritsu’s character and his whole character Arc much clearer. 

I feel like something similar happened in the anime with dimple. There isn’t much aside from a few cut omakes and punching Suzuki in the face that’s significantly different, but a decent amount of time his lines get cut or altered a tiny bit over the course of the series and ultimately the result is that manga dimple is a slightly different, and slightly fuller, character than anime dimple. Idk fam I just watch people’s reactions and I worry that the fact that dimple actually has feelings that can potentially be hurt isn’t something the anime-onlies are prepped for. 

If the anime doesn’t take its time in this arc, and decides to cut some things here and there the way it has in the past, it runs the risk of 1. Being all around harder to follow, 2. Feeling out of character, and 3. Not hitting nearly as hard. Feeling out of character is the riskiest part of all this because mob and dimple ARE acting out of character. That’s the point! They both get carried away and they fight and they do and say things they shouldn’t and usually wouldn’t do, but if it isn’t clear that that’s what’s happening then their behavior can feel confusing or even disappointing. 

One more thing. I love mob psycho fight scenes. I really do think they’re some of the best I’ve seen, and there are a lot of fights in this arc I can’t wait to see animated. It can kinda become a problem though if emotional content screen time is sacrificed for action content screen time. Not to beat a dead horse (or cat in this case), but, uh, *cough* mogami. I’d rather they go ham with the animation in the confession arc and spend more time in this one on the other stuff. 

There’s just a fuck ton of shit that happens in this arc and fitting it all in before episode 6 without rushing anything is gonna be a process. It’s possible, but it’s really gonna take some planning.                

[mimikyufriend-moved]

Title: Still Developing

Fandom: Mob Psycho 100

Pairing: serirei

Words: 2618

After a year and a half, I finally went and wrote a fic to go with this post.

I’m not very experienced with creative writing but I had fun with this! I hope you guys like it and any constructive criticism would be appreciated :]

To clear up any confusion, Keiko is a character that shows up in the Reigen manga and Amane is just someone I made up.

“You have to see my kids!” Reigen exclaimed as he fwipped out a chain of photos from his wallet.

All the photos were clearly taken with a disposable camera: Mob wincing from the flash… Ritsu scowling and covering his face… Teru with a serious case of red-eye… an extremely blurry Shou… somehow the quality kept getting worse.

“Oh they’re all yours?” the client said, more exclamation than question. About ten middle schoolers, understandably, seemed like a lot.

“Well I just mentor some of them, although I do consider them all part of the family.” Reigen folded photos back into his wallet as he asked, “So now, which course are you interested in?”

The client took a moment to think, “I guess I’ll take the all-out course.”

“Ah, good choice!” Reigen smiled as he took the 12,000 yen. The client had indeed chosen the most expensive course, all according to plan.

 “Are you still telling clients we’re your kids?” Tome strode into the room, placing her school bag down on one of the sofas in the office, “That lady I just passed by seemed a little overly friendly.”

“Well I-”

“You know someone’s going to see right through you one day. They’ll wonder why a 29-year-old single man has adopted so many middle schoolers and you won’t have anything to say. You won’t be able to get out of that one. You’ll be revealed as some weirdo who hangs out with a bunch of teenagers.” She walked up to Reigen’s desk, placing her hands on top of it and stooping down to eye level. “And that’s why you should pretend to be married to Serizawa, it would clear up a lot of questions.”

Reigen stared, eyebrows raised, as Tome stood and put her hands on her hips, looking satisfied with herself. Ever since she’d started officially working at spirits and such, she’d been trying to make little “improvements” wherever she could. Tome also just liked to mess with Reigen. Waving his hand dismissively Reigen said, “That’s not necessary. And I’m pretty sure that would raise a lot more questions.”

Tome narrowed her eyes at him, still looking smug, “Uh huh, sure. Well you should at least use a better picture of me! I’m only half in frame in that one. If you're going to use me for profit, I should at least get a say in how."

“I’ll think about it if you- “

Creeeak, the door opened and in walked Serizawa. “Hey everyone,” he said with a warm smile. Suddenly Reigen’s heart was caught in his throat.

Tome smirked at Reigen as he gave her a look that said don’t you dare.

“H-hey Serizawa, it’s been a slow day so there’s not much to do. I think Tome needs help with her homework, though.” Reigen was hoping to distract her, but on second thought maybe it was risky to put the two of them together.

“Sure! I need to study for a quiz today, so we can help each other.”

“Only if Reigen helps me with my salt aim later!” Tome yelled as she and Serizawa found a space to sit and work.

Crisis averted? Reigen turned back to his laptop and continued “working” (browsing twitter). He started tapping his foot subconsciously as he kept glancing toward Serizawa and Tome every few minutes. At some point, Serizawa’s eyes met his and he smiled awkwardly as he started tapping his foot faster. Oh, that’s definitely audible. Serizawa didn’t seem to notice, though, and smiled back before continuing some math explanation he was giving Tome.

Serizawa was always willing to help wherever he could, it was… admirable. He said that Tome and he helped each other equally and that explaining concepts to each other helped them both. You could tell that he really cared about her and that he wanted to see her succeed.

It went on like this for a few hours until Tome suddenly got up and said, “Oh it’s almost time for my date with Keiko.”

“You ready for your first date?” Serizawa asked.

“I think so…” Tome wrung her hangs together.

“You’ll do great! I’m sure you and Keiko will have a good time together.” 

Reigen gave a thumbs up as he said, “How could you go wrong with my signature romance tips?”

“You just read a trashy magazine article to me.”

 “It’s the thought that counts, right?”

  “Alright, I’m gonna head out. See you guys tomorrow.”

“Wait, before you go,” Reigen got up and crossed over to Tome, placing his hands on her shoulders, “About the photos… you know I actually do care about you and everyone else right? I told that woman that I consider you all part of the family and I meant it. I know I’m not the most open person, but I just want you to know that I care about you and want the best for you.”

Tome rolled her eyes and brushed him off.  “Yeah okay dad,” she said sarcastically as she reached for the door.

She paused a moment, then turned around to envelope both Reigen and Serizawa in a hug. “Yeah I care about you guys too.”

Serizawa patted her head, “Good luck on your date, make sure to let us know how it goes.”

“Okay, I will.” She smiled and left.

Serizawa turned to Reigen, “Well that was sweet.”

“She’s certainly full of surprises.”

“Seems you’re full of surprises too.” Serizawa said, catching Reigen from the corner of his eye.

“Don’t give me that look,” Reigen chuckled, “It’s just that… I’ve messed up before with Mob and I… I want to be a better friend and mentor and… all that. You know?”

“I can understand that.”

“Yeah so… anyway, you have to go to class soon don’t you? How much more time you got?”

“You think you can get rid of me that easily? Well… you can actually, it is time for me to go.”

“Well dang. Good luck with that quiz today, I know you’ve got it.”

“Thanks.” Serizawa reached out to touch Reigen’s shoulder. Reigen instinctively went in for a handshake. Serizawa redirected his hand and they shook hands. “Okay, well… see you in a few hours.”

“See you!” Why did I go in for a handshake? What even was that?

 Serizawa stepped out into the day, taking in the fresh air and sunshine. It had been spring for a few weeks now, but it still felt so good to be done with winter. The world was in bloom again, and he felt like he was finally blooming with it.

He had grown a lot thanks to support from his new friends. Just a little over a year ago, this level of independence wouldn’t have felt remotely possible to him. He finally felt like he could be proud of the person he was becoming.

Serizawa started to hum, tapping his fingers on his bag as he walked. The tune wasn’t really based on anything, but it felt nice to make a pleasant sound. He was honestly feeling pretty nervous about the math quiz he’d have to take in class. Humming helped distract him from the urge to pull out his hair.

Lost in thought, mentally going over what he remembered from his notes, Serizawa made it to the train station before he knew it. He took a seat on his train and pulled out a chain of photos, similar to the one Reigen showed to clients.

Even if I don’t don’t do well, I can always do better next time. There are still people who love and support me. The photos we a nice reminder of what was real and important to him when he was feeling overwhelmed. It would’ve been easier to just keep pictures on his phone, but he found that keeping a tangible item was more helpful for him.

Feeling reassured, Serizawa put the photos away and pulled out his notes to go over again.

 Meanwhile, back at the office, Reigen paced around the room. Occasionally he would absentmindedly push a book into place, straighten out a picture on the wall. The place was already clean, but he needed something to do with his hands.

Eventually he plopped back down at his desk with a sigh. He ran his hands through his hair and took a deep breath before reaching into the bottom left drawer and pulling out a manila envelope. Inside were several smaller envelopes containing various pictures: some trips he'd been on, documentation of his transition, more pictures of the esper kids and Tome. He opened the last envelope.

Reigen actually really enjoyed photography, he just didn’t have a nice camera. He also thought it was a good idea to show clients the pictures with more "character." He thought he’d gotten pretty good at framing the shot just right and with his editing skills he could come up with some nice results if he wanted to.

Inside the envelope, among the Kageyama brothers, awakening lab kids, and everyone else were a few pictures of Serizawa. They were mostly candid shots: him studying, laughing at some joke, dozing off after a long day. There were also some pictures of him posing with the kids. He really did look like a dad, maybe Tome was onto something...

Reigen gently touched Serizawa's smile in the photo. Oh I'm really in it, huh. Tome can tell... Serizawa probably knows too. Maybe he just doesn't know how to let me down easy.

 "Hey that wasn't so hard, was it?" Amane, a friend of Serizawa's, asked him. Class had just ended.

"Guess I was nervous for nothing." The quiz had been much easier than expected.

"It may have been easy, but that's still a win in my book!" Amane said with a big smile and a thumbs up. Serizawa smiled back, then gathered up his stuff and joined her in walking to the train station. They walked in silence for a while, just enjoying each other’s company. Eventually Amane broke the silence. "You seem a lot less anxious this semester, what's your secret?"

"Well, uh, therapy. Also - this is going to sound silly but... I keep a bunch of pictures on me to... y'know... remind me of what's really important. It reminds me that the things that worry me are only temporary."

"That's great! Is that why you’re always taking pictures with your phone?"

"Yeah, I've really gotten into photography lately. I don't know if I'm any good, but I like to take pictures of my friends and birds and flowers and all kinds of stuff.”

At this point they had made it to the station and checked in before finding a place to wait for their train.

"I think having fun with it is the most important thing. Do you mind if I look?"

“That’s fine.” Serizawa said, pulling out his stack of pictures and handing them to Amane.

She looked them over while Serizawa watched nervously. “These are wonderful Serizawa!”

“You think so?”

“Definitely, and I see that picture of me turned out great,” she said, using her free hand to frame her face as if she were posing for a photo. This elicited a chuckle out of Serizawa. “Who are some of these other people? Who’s this kid with the bowl cut.”

“Oh that’s Shigeo, we call him Mob, though. He’s a good kid, we use to work together. He was one of my first real friends if you can believe it.”

“He sounds sweet. What about this sweaty guy?”

“Haha, that’s Reigen. He’s my friend but I also kind of work with him? He’s done a lot for me... I wouldn't even be here without him,” Serizawa absentmindedly touched his face. “He's a good man. He doesn't believe it sometimes, and he definitely isn't perfect, but he is - he is a good man."

"You really care about him, huh?"

"Of course! He's my friend, I just wish he could see the him that I see."

"I feel the same about my wife. The people we love never seem to see themselves the way we see them."

"Oh," Serizawa whispered to the ground, a slight bit of color tinging his cheeks. "Oh..."

 Hearing sounds near the door, Reigen quickly put away his pictures. He went to go open the door, but Serizawa came in before he could reach it.

“Hey,” Serizawa said, a nervous energy affecting his tone.”

“Hey! How’d that quiz go?”

“Oh, it was easy. I’m glad I put in extra time to study but I didn’t really need to.”

Something else is on his mind?

Bzzt Reigen’s phone buzzed in his pocket. “Tome texted in the groups chat.”

“I forgot to charge my phone, mind if I look?” Serizawa said as he came up behind Reigen’s shoulder.

“S-sure” Reigen said, repositioning his phone so they could both read off of it.

Tome: date went great :D I just walked Keiko home and I’ll tell you guys all about it tomorrow

Tome:ty for the advice! even if Reigen’s was bad :p

Reigen started typing.

Reigen: hey at least you knew what not to do from me

Reigen: glad it went well! can’t wait to hear about it

Reigen handed his phone over to Serizawa

Reigen: hey it’s seri :) I’m so happy for you! I knew you could do it d(OuO)b

“She’s growing up so fast, isn’t she?” Serizawa said as he handed Reigen’s phone back.

“She sure is.” Reigen turned and their eyes met, their faces mere inches apart. With a slight gasp he said “I think I’m in love with you.” The words had escaped his lips before he could think.

“What?”

“Nothing! What? I didn’t say anything.” Reigen looked away and tried to cover his face as if that would help. Oh god what have I gotten myself into?

Suddenly he felt a hand cup his chin as Serizawa turned Reigen’s face to look at him. Serizawa’s hands were so warm and soft and gentle. It took everything Reigen had to not melt into a puddle right there on the floor.

"You really feel that way?” Part of Reigen thought he heard a bit of hopefulness in Serizawa’s tone, but maybe that was just wishful thinking.

Reigen could barely hear over the pounding of his heart as he stammered out “Maybe? Well… yeah. B-but it’s ok if you don’t feel the same! I-”

“Oh,” Serizawa said quietly, “W-well I do feel the same. I, uh, kind of just realized I did in the last hour. I don’t really know how this is supposed to go… would it be ok if I…” and suddenly his face was very close Reigen’s.

Reigen had been staring in shock, scarcely breathing through this. Without thinking, he leaned in so hard he almost broke both of their noses.

“Aw jeez sorry ah… sh-shit.” Reigen tried to regain his composure. “I don’t really know how this goes either, but could we try that again?” He tried to smile confidently but the pain in his nose was making his eye twitch.

Serizawa smiled playfully as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. “Okay, but if this keeps up you might have to start paying my medical bills.” And he leaned in close again, a bit slower this time.

When their lips touched it felt like the world had stopped around them. Reigen felt Serizawa’s thumb rub against his cheek as he ran his hands through Serizawas hair. It felt so good, so right, so ethereal, so- and suddenly it was over.

“Wait, are you okay? Sorry I didn’t even a-”

Reigen laughed as he threw his arms around Serizawa’s neck. “I’m just fine,” he said as he pulled Serizawa close again.

[spoonie-ritsu]

Hey a friend and me also happen to have a Blood Psycho AU so can we get the deets on yours bc holy shit it looks amazing heck.

N I C E you have no idea how happy it makes me to see these two things I love also being loved by other people!!

I try to keep things organized and tag posts to make finding things a little easier. I tag posts with “bloodborne au” for this one, and I also use “AUs” for general au-related stuff. But this post holds the most info, it’s basically quick descriptions of some characters, things like weaponry, fighting style, character traits, etc.

AND because I’ve been playing lots of Dark Souls lately (not Bloodborne but I love the lore of both) I’ve got lots of ideas floating around, I will list some here!! (Under the cut because my nerdy ramblings can be long ;w; )

- I mentioned this in this lil oneshot thing, but Ritsu and Mob are new to Yharnam, they went there in search of a cure for Mob. They had heard of the healing blood they used and how even the deadliest of diseases could be cured. Mob had been sick since he was young, preventing him from living life to the fullest, and Ritsu was desperate to help his brother when everyone else had given up on him. Of course, this inevitably led to Mob becoming even more sick in the long run, but this time with a disease that tainted his blood and threatened to transform him into a beast. Naturally, Ritsu was outraged with the Healing Church and their lies. Ritsu joined the hunt for his brother, to search for a cure himself. Mob follows along as a healer, he doesn’t like fighting (though he could show mercy to suffering creatures if he had to)

- Speaking of Ritsu, he begins to fall into madness in his pursuit of the forbidden knowledge that the scholars of Byrgenwerth hid away. He really did believe that “knowledge is power”, and that he could save his brother by discovering the Truth. Of course, being human, he was doomed from the start, and never had any hope of being able to grasp the knowledge of the Great Ones (my poor son why am I so mean to him-)

- Ritsu and Takenaka don’t get along well at all for a while because of Ritsu’s studies. Takenaka has the equivalent of around 40-50 Insight, and he can see more of the Truth than Ritsu can. Ritsu envies him for it, and thinks he must be lucky to have such knowledge. Takenaka absolutely hates it, hates the Great Ones and hates the scholars that practically worship them, so anyone thinking he’s “blessed” for having so much Insight really get on his nerves.

- Shou is Touichirou’s son, who is king of the Vilebloods. Shou of course hates it all and the idea of immortality sounds really dumb so he ran away. Except now he’s in Yharnam during the hunt and there’s nobody around and he didn’t really have a plan of what to do next. So obviously he decided to make the best out of a bad situation and grabbed whatever he could and just went off killing things to relieve some stress and have a good ol time. Eventually he comes across the Squad, he attacks because everyone else is crazy, so they must be, too. But turns out they’re not, they’re pretty alright, he apologizes (kind of) and tags around with them.

- Teru has no idea that Shou is Touichirou’s son. He really finds the idea of being an immortal nobleman... Really Cool. His parents were pretty high up in the Healing Church so he was a spoiled rich kid but his parents were never around and he kind of hated them for it. He wanted to become a hunter literally just so he could stick it to his parents and prove he was worth something. And ironically, being the son of influential members of the church was exactly why he thought he should be worth something at all. Encountering Mob, with all his power and gentle optimism despite being a “nobody”, changed his mind. Still, when he learned about Vilebloods, those feelings of inadequacy came back. He feels like he always has something to prove, and is very competitive because of that. He and Shou will actually get into their own little fights over who gets to land the final blow on a powerful enemy. They’re... passive-aggressive rivals.

- I have decided. I have decided against better judgement that Dimple is, in fact, Patches the Spider. It’s just... weirdly fitting, what with the fact he feeds half-truths to Ritsu to trick him into doing things for his own interest. That doesn’t last long lol but Mob, being the merciful soul he is, spares that nasty spider boy on the condition he leaves Ritsu alone. Ritsu would kill him without hesitation anyways, so that’s an easy thing to agree to.