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as always Zerav puts it into the best words ever. I've been suggesting towards it in some of my ooc musings on Makoto for years and years, the fact that the thing keeping Makoto from being a genuinely dangerous person is how he has lines he'll try his hardest not to cross

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Caught covid a third time award

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#tbh he'd have some kind of weapon someone else on the team also has like how Takumi and Kyoshika both have katanas, to drive in him not being unique. the reason my mind went to katana is because in a lot of ways Takumi is Makoto 2.0 (plus swords are cool). Hajime would have a more distinctive weapon since he's got the whole Izuru thing going on!!! honestly I dig the idea of Hajime's weapon being able to change shape to suit the situation since Izuru has every talent. I saw that somewhere but I don't remember where

Been browsing some fandom spaces and the mistake people make when making Hundred Line AUs for Makoto is that what they give him is too distinctive, he'd have something basic like a katana. Makoto's whole thing is that he's the everyman. He doesn't get distinctive or over the top things. Take the normal sword and go fight for humanity mr normal

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The season's completely in swing. The birds are chirping, the skies are clear and free of worries, and--

Yeah, the heat is just as intense as it is every year. At least I don't have any summer homework.

Alright... Since there's nothing else to do, time to figure out a way to beat the heat!

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Reading Hundred Line is making me want to write Makoto's determination getting to the insane unhinged levels I know that it can get to + that I have fantasized about it getting to for years

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hello character who is desperate to be a good person; i want to play a game. in front of you is the one person you will never be able to save. you have the rest of your life to make peace with this. there are no defined repercussions if you fail, but we both know you're going to attempt to win regardless. your time starts now

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See one of the reasons why reading Takumi is so fun is because part of him takes from an aspect of Makoto that gets brought up early on in DR with Maizono: how he can dedicate himself to protecting and supporting someone (usually a love interest but not exclusively so) else. He finds genuine purpose in it. I think it's more than just "Makoto is a guy in his late teens who has a massive crush on someone he's admired from afar for years" even if it IS that in part, since there's a pattern of behavior in a similar vein with the School Mode endings

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Yeah? Yeah. This just confirms to me that Takumi is Kodaka's modern take on Makoto, because that's exactly Makoto's definition of hope

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I try to write Makoto as having an undercurrent of ferocity to him-- in a lot of ways he's completely unpredictable. Yes he's an incredibly personable kind and cute guy who can befriend and form deep relationships with practically anyone but he'll also struggle and fight back in any way he possibly can until the literal second he dies. He has incomparable strength of will, he's ruthless in a fight, and he uses every advantage he can precisely because he knows he's weak. Makoto's a pacifist but he's absolutely willing to fight if he has to, and in a pinch his fight/flight/freeze response usually goes to fight. Idk. He's confusing and even I think of him as unforeseeable when I write him

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smash that Like button like it's a youtube subscriber button if you'd like something from Makoto! Could be an ask or two, a small starter, just smthn

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Hundred Line is probably going to have a massive effect on how I write Makoto (and write in general) going forward, bc of how consistent Takumi's motivations are across different scenarios/actions. The example helps me push back against the "but would Makoto actually do this?" overthinker in the back of my head, doubly so bc they have very similar motivations/goals (saving everyone, avoiding all possible death, etc)

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I completed this blog's interest checker! Feel free to fill it out if you'd like, it'll give me ideas of how to break the ice/get the ball rolling, and reach out about writing better.

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characters that dont let themselves grieve!!! characters constantly dragging around the dead weight of each loss and each mistake!!! characters who will never forgive themselves no matter how much they are forgiven!!!

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" Seriously... Why do I keep thinking that this time, this vending machine will be different from the rest? "

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guy who wants to save everyone, guy who wants to avoid all death possible, guy who does not want to make any sacrifices, guy who is so unbelievably stressed at any given moment, guy who is simultaneously pacifistic and absolutely willing to throw hands