#mentioned: the-composer

[catncore]

not a single thought between them / @the-composer

[strawberista]

"What, me? Pfft... All right. I'll tell you a little. The name's Sanae Hanekoma. Born March 4, blood type A. I'm a Pisces, and one hip café barista, mista. I'm a big gambler. My favorite word: "windfall." "Natto" gets my tummy rumbling. As for my physical dimensions. . ."

★ Disclaimer: Unlike many, I do not assign specific years to TWEWY or to my own Hanekoma and his universe. Personally I feel each game is simply a representation of the time in which it was created and do not attempt to use technology or similar context clues to determine the year. Therefore, such elements are based on whatever reads best at the time, and Hanekoma's zodiac is based on his personality. ★

⚅ — TLDR — ⚅

Sanae Hanekoma is an angel that watches over Shibuya as its acting Producer. He’s laid back and doesn’t often lose his cool, but he takes his job very seriously.

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⚀ General Information

Name

Nicknames

Age

Date of birth

Zodiac

Gender/Pronouns

Orientation

Race/Species

Hair/Eye Color

Height

Weight

Scars

Body Modification

Style

⚀ Personality

Positive Traits

Negative Traits

General Mood

Greatest Joy

Greatest Fear

Motto

General Description

⚀ Habits and Hobbies

Likes

Dislikes

Favorites

Spending Habits

Tics

Hobbies

⚀ Background

Childhood

Adolescence

Young Adulthood

Adulthood

Death and Afterlife

⚀ Abilities

Angel

Noise

Human

⚀ Relationships

Overview

Romance

Family

Important individuals

⚀ Canon Events

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⚀ Links

Headcanons

Musings

Desires

Aesthetics

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⚅ — General — ⚅

⚀ Name: Sanae Hanekoma

⚀ Nicknames: Mr. H, H-Man, Fuzzface, Coffee Man, Pops, Tito

⚀ Age: 152 (physically 36)

⚀ Date of Birth: March 4

⚀ Zodiac Signs: Pisces, Wood Horse

⚀ Gender/Pronouns: Male, He/him

⚀ Orientation: Panromantic Demisexual

⚀ Race/Species: Japanese Human-ascended Angel

⚀Hair/Eye Color: Black/Black

⚀ Height: 175 cm (5'9")

⚀ Weight: 120 lbs.

⚀ Scars/Marks/Etc: Hanekoma has very small, mostly unnoticeable scars over the majority of his body from regular bumps, scrapes, and accidents that occurred during his life. One feather on his wings is smaller than the others from where it had been pulled out many times over. He has a sizable scar on his leg from being shot by Apichisi.

⚀ Body Modifications: Hanekoma has a blue and red tribal tattoo wrapping around his upper left arm resembling his noise form. He also has regular ear piercings.

⚀ Style: Hanekoma visited a casino once and was so enamored by the uniforms there he decided to just start emulating the dress. But doing so properly was still a little too restrictive, so now he wears oversized shirts and doesn't button anything all the way. For shoes, he always wears sandals for maximum comfort. He's always got an expensive watch on his wrist, but these days he's taken to wearing earrings as well.

⚅ — Personality — ⚅

⚀ Positive Traits: Compassionate, loyal, creative, affectionate, brave, intelligent, open-minded

⚀ Negative Traits: Selfish, impulsive, impatient, stubborn, obsessive, greedy

⚀ General Mood: Relaxed, content

⚀ Greatest Joy: Creation, meeting people

⚀ Greatest Fear: Losing the city/his loved ones

⚀ Motto: "Enjoy every moment." and "The world ends with you."

⚀ General Description: Hanekoma has an easy-going personality and a generally happy disposition. It’s incredibly difficult to rile him up in any regard, and he will often simply let insulting or hurtful comments roll off of his back. He may come off as if he doesn’t take anything seriously, but in fact he is incredibly perceptive and analyzing. He has a tendency to take people under his wing, especially if he can see in them the potential for a lot of personal growth. This most often comes in the form of protecting players from shady dealings during the Reaper’s Game. He can sometimes have a parental attitude towards others, but he has no trouble at all with pushing people to their limits if it means they might reach a breakthrough in their character.

⚅ — Habits and Hobbies — ⚅

⚀ Likes: Coffee, gambling, new experiences, meeting new people, long conversations, Shibuya, art in all forms

⚀ Dislikes: Close-mindedness, extended isolation, threats to the city, a lack of personal growth

⚀ Favorites: The colors red and black, jazz and hip hop music, Haruto Abe's house blend coffee, the word windfall, natto, money, poetry

⚀ Spending habits: Excessive spender, but very careful with his money. Gambling can sometimes be the exception, but these days he leaves his cards at home to limit his gambling.

⚀ Tics: Rubbing/holding the back of his neck, rolling a pair of dice in his hand, running his fingers through his hair, tugging his chin

⚀ Hobbies: Hanekoma seems to run a café as a primary business, but in fact this is a hobby of his. He also works as a multi-talented artist that dips his hands in almost every form of art from graffiti to music to fashion design. Hanekoma takes a deep pleasure from being an active source of growth and change in his city and does so primarily through his work as CAT. More recently, Hanekoma had learned how to tattoo, and had a tattoo parlor that he runs as a hobby as well. Appointments can be made by anyone, but the business is not advertised at all.

⚅ — Background — ⚅

⚀ Childhood: Hanekoma was born and raised in Shibuya by two loving and supportive parents. His family was always lower income, though, so they never had a glamorous or fruitful existence. During summers Hanekoma would go into the country where his grandparents lived. Death was introduced early in life with the passing of his grandfather, and he was taught to accept the natural course of life. As a student, he was charismatic and did well on his work, but he would skip out unnoticed when he thought he could get away with it. He never caused a lot of trouble, but he always bent the rules as much as possible.

⚀ Adolescence: Hanekoma was a stressed teenager, but he never showed it to those around him. He began to live to please his parents and teachers, but he yearned to experience life his own way as well. Both of his grandparents now passed, he no longer took summers in the country and instead spent his free time exploring and learning Shibuya in and out. He fell in love with the city, but he also instilled in himself a wanderlust.

⚀ Young Adulthood: As a young adult, Hanekoma began to fear the retaliation from his parents for not going into a university, and so he quickly moved away from home as soon as he could. He lived by himself and spent his days living a fairly closed in life until the day his mother called him to inform him his father was dying. He rushed home immediately, and finally he made amends with them just a few days before his father's passing, learning that he'd never had any reason to fear in the first place. He lived with his mother afterwards, but she passed mere months after his father. After this he began traveling with a gaggle of friends he'd made over the years, eager to fill the void his parents left behind. It was through this venue that he was introduced to casinos, and he became addicted to gambling. He visited a casino wherever he went and lost more and more money, until he couldn't afford to travel anymore. Still obsessed with gambling, he began spending his money in pachinko parlors and illegal gambling dens.

⚀ Adulthood: Hanekoma wasted away all of his money until he could no longer support himself, and he found himself on the streets and struggling just to exist. He spent many days in alleyways and abandoned buildings. Having worked up quite a debt, he often found himself being attacked and was always on the alert, though any time he could get money he usually found himself playing street craps with it or in some other gambling den. This carried on until one particular winter he nearly died from the elements alone and was approached by an old man offering shelter. As much as he wanted to refuse, he knew he didn't have that luxury and finally gave in. The man, named Haruto Abe, took him into his home and got Hanekoma back on his feet. Therapy, a job at his own café, training in learning how to support himself, and the love and support he hadn't seen since his parents. Hanekoma did pick himself back up and went on to open his own café, Wildkat, and slowly healed into a person that loved Shibuya once again.

⚀ Death and Afterlife: Hanekoma met his end at the hands of a man he used to borrow money from. In the end his old gambling habits caught up to him anyway. Hanekoma fought to the end, but his opponent was in possession of an illicit firearm and determined not to let him get away with his life this time. Hanekoma entered his Game a little bleary, but not without help. Abe, much to Hanekoma's surprise, was able to find him right after his registration into the Game and give him pointers, with the explanation that he had a sixth sense which allowed him to see into the UG. Hanekoma followed Abe's instructions expressly and was able to win his Game, allowing him to become a reaper (per Abe's suggestion). From there Hanekoma quickly rose in rank, casually raking in more and more souls. All the while Abe kept feeding him secrets about Composerhood and the Higher Plane and angels, priming him for the position of Producer. Once Hanekoma finally reached his ascension, he was offered the position of Producer in lieu of Composer and he took it. Abe disappeared directly after this and wouldn't be seen again for many years.

⚅ — Abilities — ⚅

⚀ Angel: As an angel, Hanekoma has the ability to see and interact with the RG, UG, and HP at any given time. He also has the ability to scan living humans, players in the Reaper’s Game, and reapers. He can jump from one universe to another. Hanekoma has knowledge of taboo noise and refinery. He will not use these abilities unless pushed to extremes, however. And finally, Hanekoma has the ability to imprint on both people and players. The most common way for him to do so is through his art and tattoo work.

⚀ Noise: Hanekoma has a noise in the form of Panthera Cantus, which act as two entities with separate abilities. Leo Cantus is fast and teleports away when hit directly. Tigris Cantus can create clones of herself and can only be hit through her shadow, not her actual body.

⚀ Human: Just through his physical body, Hanekoma has considerable skill in street fighting, and he often chooses to do most of his fighting through this method (genuine quarrels, as opposed to testing an individual, in which he would use his noise form).

⚅ — Relationships — ⚅

⚀ Overview: Hanekoma makes friends easily. That being said, he also tends to keep people at arm’s length without them really realizing it. He says very little about himself while working to get to know others on a deeply personal level, earning the trust of many despite keeping himself a secret. He enjoys being social and making new friends, and he understands the power personal bonds can have on society as a whole. He actively encourages friendship, but he will never seek to deepen a bond any further than that.

⚀ Romance: Romantic relationships are, for the foreseeable future, strictly non-canon for this blog. Hanekoma is in a romantic relationship with himself, literally, as far as his canon is concerned. However, non-canon ships are available to plot and write.

⚀ Family: Hanekoma has no biological children, but he has a few canon familial ships. The first is his Composer, Joshua (@kingsmedley), whom he treats like his son. The second is a young reaper named Joel (@mundanemiseries), whom teeters back and forth from being like a nephew to being like another son. There is also Sho Minamimoto (@the-grim-heaper), whom Hanekoma considers a child of his even if he has no solid, concrete evidence that Sho feels the same way.

⚀ Important Individuals: Haruto Abe (@falseapostle) is the man that took Hanekoma in and is an angel. Hanekoma treated him as a parent in his living life and as a mentor, but after his return they grew a closer, more romantic relationship. Now that they are separated, both physically and emotionally, Hanekoma has forgiven him but doesn't interact with him at all. Raizen (@fangedstories) is Hanekoma's warden angel, an angel that checks up on him and makes sure he isn't breaking angel law. Apichisi (@catncore) and Eanas (@dandybarista) are older angel counterparts from another universe. While interactions are largely non-canon, these two have played roles in significant canon events. Similarly, their Joshua (@the-composer) has also participated in some of these events. Hope (@hopeful-hugz) is a character that is entirely non-canon for Hanekoma, however is still important to some canon events. When speaking with other characters that have non-canon relationships and interactions with Hope, they may come up in conversation. Otherwise, Hanekoma's secondary therapy works much differently.

⚅ — Canon Events — ⚅

⚀ Hanekoma and Joshua have had multiple falling outs, the last of which resulted in Joshua going to therapy and learning how their codependency was making them both unhealthy. As a result, Joshua and Hanekoma almost never come into contact anymore, for the sake of earning independence from one another. To this day, however, Hanekoma has never been so close or so attached to any other person, and even now he will put Joshua over any other person in his life.

⚀ Hanekoma met Apichisi and Eanas while traveling and refused to take no for an answer when he tried getting in their business. The intention was to help, but the push resulted in an altercation with the universe's Joshua, which then resulted in a deeply traumatizing battle with Apichisi. Shortly after this he also exchanged words with Eanas which led to his being banned from the universe altogether. Over the time of his absence he healed, and he made amends with the universe, but he still occasionally has nightmares related to the fight with Apichisi. In this altercation Hanekoma was shot with an angelic bullet that disabled his ability to heal. This is where he received the scar on his leg, a mark where the bullet once was.

⚀ Hanekoma received an arm tattoo from Apichisi during one of his visits. He imprinted on the tattoo so Hanekoma now feels his presence at all times. Apichisi then taught him how to tattoo on others as well, effectively allowing him to take up the occupation in his own universe.

⚀ Apichisi taught Hanekoma how to preen his own feathers and preen the feathers of others. Before this point Hanekoma didn't touch them at all. To this day his wings are extremely sensitive because of this, but he does preen himself regularly now.

⚀ Hanekoma developed a crush on Eanas, and it helped to cause the events of the banning situation. Canonically, he has moved past this and now remains romantically involved with himself, but non-canon threads playing on this may still occasionally pop up.

⚀ Haruto Abe reappeared in Hanekoma's life, making the excuse that he'd been unable to visit beforehand. He began manipulating Hanekoma, making him believe that he was harmless and merely misinterpreted while threatening and mistreating everyone in Hanekoma's life. Abe continued this farce with the intention of isolating Hanekoma to the point of him returning to the Higher Plane for reconditioning. But the longer he stayed in Shibuya the more attached he became to Hanekoma's loved ones. In the end, he could no longer continue the ruse and chose to end it. Hoping to make Hanekoma hate him and earn his own exorcism, Abe ripped a feather from Hanekoma's wing. Joshua attempted to exorcise him, but only succeeded in cutting him off from the Higher Plane. Abe was transferred to Shinjuku of Apichisi and Eanas's universe. For a time after this, Hanekoma attempted to pull the feather any time it tried to come in, but eventually he allowed it to heal. Ever since this, this particular feather has always grown in shorter than the others of its like.

⚀ Hanekoma began going to therapy. ★ In compatible threads, Hanekoma attends therapy at Hope's medical facility STM, where therapists have multiversal licenses that allow them to work with angels. ★ In all other threads, Hanekoma attends therapy at a regular office, and he simply avoids talking about forbidden subjects, choosing to translate them into situations he can talk about legally (e.g. explaining the feather incident as pulling out a good chunk of his hair instead of a feather).

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⚀ Headcanons

⚀ Musings

⚀ Desires

⚀ Aesthetics

[deacomposer]

things hazuki does with joshua that he will not do for anyone else.

★. he will hold joshua's umbrella if it rains so joshua. if joshua didn't think to bring one, he will share his with him (if he has one). if he didn't have one, he'd make one for them to share. is he aware that the gesture is seen as romantic to share an umbrella? yeah. he prefers gestures to words but knows joshua's language isn't just action. he needs to hear things as well.

★. he stands on the side nearest the street so joshua can walk in the middle of the sidewalk. it's to protect him but also because he prefers to be closer to the street.

★. if joshua is calling him, he will speak first on the phone picking it up. usually asking a question about whatever joshua is doing because, yes, hes using second sight to watch him. if someone else calls him, he stays quiet and often time doesn't waste his breath talking. with joshua he will respond to things rather than just hanging up when he is done listening. he will also let joshua hang up first.

[frostgnawdraws]

failure and futility

for day 2 of campfire fest! prompt: third eye (and i guess could also count for explosion, or a lack thereof lol) @outerwilds-events

[catncore]

❝  you sound jealous. so nosy. why, do you wanna watch? if yer'a good boy, he might let you. angels are so good at watchin' after all. ❞

"owner? So you consider yourself yet another of his faithful dogs. How often does he throw you a bone?"

[margaretkart]

Book community doesn't mention the potential in Dionysus x Ariadne and it's a missed opportunity when it fits:

God x Mortal (turned immortal) Romance

Second Chance Love

Opposites Attract

Fate-Bound Lovers

Dionysus being the god of madness with his extensive symposiums, taking aback Ariadne until she sees the real him, being vulnerable , tender and open to her.

Him having a more dark side especially when he gets mad and the way he punishes and Ariadne still loving him despite everything.

Ariadne having abandonment issues due to Theseus leaving her, and trauma from her previous life in Crete, fearing if she's going to be the same as her parents and if she'll become a good parent to her kids. Dionysus of course comforting her every time.

Imagine the book already beginning with them married and it's about these two healing and breaking the cycle of abuse from their lives.

[fervent-adoration]

Alright everyone I can be normal about this guy for a minute give me a minute don't look at the tags I'm normal

[wantbytaemin]

jonghyun hasn’t been talked about this much since almost a decade ago.. what it does to me is indescribable

[whisps-fanblog]

whisp fanblog vs withersun fanblog fist fight who will win (maybe axe fight you choose)

fist fight and i lose horribly and its so bad that its seen as a mercy killing when retold as a story.... cc you win one billion percent and im letting it happen

[tropicalcontinental]

Vitri vs The Rot + bonus doodles of the other two

[catncore]

not the first time they've swapped clothes and wont be the last. these two are stupid. i love them dearly. / @the-composer

[catncore]

❝  well ain' that nice'a you. yer a real charity worker, boss. ❞ the idea of giving out UFO grabs wasn't terrible, but he himself was too stingy with his winnings ( even if he was picky ). he himself casually played FanGo with Shoka when she came through. it was proving to be fairly useful to get her to open up a bit. she brightened visably whenever it came to the game and he was happy to indulge that in her. it wasn't like the game was heavy on his phone, anyway.

While they walked, Hanekoma had his hands in his pockets and paid the narrow alleyway areas little to no mind. claustrophobic spaces like this were common in tokyo as a whole, and his own city was pretty much laid out the same, despite some stores being different. it made traveling a breeze, even if he had no idea where they were heading towards. part of him was considering tuning down just to make it easier to roam about more comfortably but the last thing he wanted was school enforcement to see him and think he was skipping classes.

❝  ahh, yeah thats fair. i mean, you could see how it goes. th' worst he could say was no. yer allowed t' miss him, i'd think. ❞ in reality, he didn't know the reason between the distance between them; but he was sure it was part of why the other hanekoma had such an interest in his own composer when he showed up. something to do with missing connections being found in different places. either way, it didn't bother him and he wasn't involved. his own composer knew what he was doing and so long as it didn't involve their city being back in another rough situation any time soon, he was keen to let joshua do what he wanted (within reason).

❝  i'll take th' rain over th' heat. s'been miserable lately. i walked outside th' other day and damn near soaked through my clothes because of th' mix of heat an' dry humidity. ❞

The other Hanekoma released a soft breath and followed along behind his mirror, quietly listening while he did take a moment to regain his composure. While his overall body language didn't change much, the hue left his cheeks and he tucked himself a little closer to Api, shoulder to shoulder. Grazing shoulders was quickly becoming his favorite form of affection, being a form of physical touch that didn't often result in someone feeling uncomfortable. He didn't break boundaries this way, and any discomfort that might come out of it anyway was easy to fix just by shifting his weight to the other foot.

"We got FanGo in ours," Hanekoma said. "Actually, I've been playing that a lot. I'm getting good at learning the days when it'll actually reward prizes and I'm collecting alla the monsters. Figured I could hand favorites out to the kids when they're feeling down."

He moved with Api through his streets, turning him down familiar shortcuts and alleys. Dangerous for the average RG citizen, but Hanekoma knew the routes blindfolded, and both of them were plenty capable of taking care of themselves. Claustrophobic alleyways and dingy backstreets were nothing for the two of them.

"The weather has been pretty insane lately, for everyone, I think. I'm praying it won't be the case, but somehow I'm convinced we're gonna have bad storms when Otsukimi goes down over here. But... I've been thinking about trying to see Joshua for it. I know I'm not supposed to, but... I just miss 'im so damn much. I'm about to the point where I can't stand it anymore. Even if I know it's for his own health, this distance is killing me."

[stormypip7]

been fiddling around with some biro pens, colouring pencils and whatnot. i told ye id be drawing this again, didn't i?

anyway this also kinda worked as just practice in general! still kinda messy but thats because im drawing in pens.

[baphometed]

❝  i should say that it is a relief that has started. he's always been uniquely stubborn to change. ❞ he blames the higher plane for that. in his time dealing with them as one of their flock, he recalled instances where they tried to reinforce his behaviors and trained him into stagnation. if he so much as breathed wrong he'd been punished. it was something he had always been against; but with the choir at the time being primarily heads of affairs instead of someone musically inclined; it made it difficult to speak up. tagas, as he'd gone by at the time, was only allowed to vocally train him. he'd gone beyond that before he'd had to train eanas.

the rest of the songbirds growth was protected by the little spark he'd placed in him before he was conscious.

❝  don't hold it against him too much. without myself there, he had a unfortunate childhood. i wasn't able to be there as much as i liked and often my decisions were overuled. ❞ there was a touch of bitterness to it; but something the demon was holding back clearly. there was no need to get emotional about it. ❝  my interest is that he's happy with you and here, so hearing he's started taking his own roots and finding his own tastes separate from what they conditioned him to be is worth the sacrifices that were made. you have my continued gratitude. i'll be sure to show you more depth to it than words over dinner this weekend. ❞

he gives a slight polite bow in his thanks, offering the composer a warm smile. something that felt like a certain storytellers, but it's older. there's more experience to it. ❝  i'll see myself out and be on my way to see my fledglings. thank you for the conversation and updates, symphonist. ❞

before the composer could respond, the demon vanished as soon as he'd arrived; making a targeted appearance towards cat street where the café was. he'd always found it interesting how the two had agreed on coffee. he wonders which one of them started it, or if it was one of those things they had gravitated to together. the soul of hanekoma sanae was always a fickle thing, in his experience. they were still that being, just with different intense interests and overlap.

looking into the cafe, he saw that eanas had been behind the counter just as joshua had said. part of him wanted to sit and watch him in his own element. that would be easy but there was no reason not to approach. hed have plenty of time to watch up close and this wasn't a test. stepping into the cafe; he ducked in the doorway, his human glamour still a little too tall for japanese structures. he wonders if his little spark had a similar reaction. he'd have to ask later.

❝  hello, boy. ❞ his voice is low and earthy, just as it'd always been when addressing eanas. he knew that look on his fledglings face. he'd seen it often and recognized it exactly for what it was and it unsurprisingly was very amusing to him. ❝  keeping busy? ❞

❝ Such charisma. I bet you melt them like butter on a smooth spread. ❞ He’s certainly worked his charm on the symphonist and he isn’t easily won over. ❝ Of course. You may take me out this weekend. ❞ His mouth quirked at the questions. ❝ They’ve been well behaved. The songbird of the two of them has been going through a metamorphosis of sorts. He’s learning his own identity down here, combining that which he’s taken from the Higher Plane with everything he loves about the Lower Planes and making sense of all of it to create this perfect amalgam and I have to say I’m quite proud of his progress. ❞ The lift in his tone bespoke undeniable fondness. He truly was impressed with how his seraph has been exploring himself and how empowered he seemed to be with both Joshua and Eanas’ weigh-in. It’s been one of Joshua’s highlights as of late. ❝ He’s even got tattoos... heehee. ❞ He twirled a scarlet lock around a finger, admiring its vibrance.

❝ It would be a prime time for you of all people to talk to him. You’ve carved your own path and you’re so much better off for it. You may serve to inspire him. But you should swing by the cafe first and torment Eanas. We know he’d never admit it, but he’d probably be very fussy if you didn’t go to him first. ❞

The cafe sees all manner of person and creature every day, so much so that less and less do they see the unordinary, and less and less does Eanas pay attention. Sure, his senses are constantly honed, but he’s not on the edge of his seat waiting to see who the next patron is to roll in. This works against him, however, when very extraordinary people do arrive, and they catch him completely unaware. This is just one of those instances. Startled into paralysis behind the counter, Eanas gawks at the brawny figure crossing the threshold. 

❝ Master? ❞ Once the stunned state subsides, he’s left looking sheepish and slightly pink in the cheeks for such a dramatic reaction. The glasses are promptly removed and pocketed out of respect and to get a better look at his mentor who somehow always looked more attractive every time he saw him. Must be the whole demon thing.

[shmreduplication]

Lmao I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for Best original score Tony awards

It's been a combined award for the composer and lyricist, except in 1971 they split it into two

Except both went to the same person

Stephen Sondheim

for Company

[shiii-is-tired]

pianist vs his gf’s puppy