The King Has Returned

buying him time

i am an artist

although, i haven't created anything in a few years.

i'm an artist, and yet, the only thing i do (CAN do) is pitifully observe

i am an observer, then.

i suppose it's hard to see myself as anything else, considering my singular hobby is perceiving stories.

i read, i watch, i play; i hear stories around me constantly. everything from the niche post to the highest grossing video game, or the strangers on the street to my family-- they all have a story i've seen. one that means something.

funny thing though, i can't read between the lines to save my life. as much as i observe and think about these things on a daily basis-

I never fully understand what it is that i see

maybe its a difference in interpretation between myself and my peers that makes me feel this way (i've always been a part of the crowd)

i'll dont think ill ever know why i don't get it. i cant understand anything, i've lived alone for too long. even before i was alone, i never understood them. I was too awkward. Too forward.

i dont think i'll care enough to know, though. it doesn't really matter to me. nothing ever does in the end.

maybe thats why i dont understand.

I have many complaints about Danganronpa (affectionate) but one of the biggest ones is that the students don't make nearly enough jokes about the situation. Put a bunch of teens in a mildly stressful situation, and in 5 minutes they'll come up with an inside joke about it.

Some ideas for what they could have been:

Referring to your classmates as random numbers after Leon. Everyone automatically knows who that is.

If someone tries to kill you at 3am, they legally can't do that. tell them to reschedule at a time where you're both awake.

Every Disney movie ever is in fact about Sonia.

Whoever can interrupt Nagito's monolouge with the best Nagito impression wins.

Togami uses money for things no sane person would use money for. The more impractical, the better.

Trying to get Genocide Jack into furry porn via Hifumi, so she might kill the mastermind for us.

Making up Ibuki Mioda songs about random topics. Ibuki likes some of the ideas so much she actually wrote them.

Since everything Kokichi says is a lie, anything you get him to say can no longer happen.

Coming up with fake motives for the mastermind that are incredibly stupid/downright ridiculous.

Every robot is Kiibo. How can you be sure it isn't?

One is a closet perv and the other gets no bitches. Good luck figuring out which one is which.

daphne's blessing 🌿

boyfriend asked what i was doing, told him i was editing a picture, boyfriend asked "is it something like house stretched out with the words 'menstrual blood' on it or some shit?", boyfriend was wrong, boyfriend was also onto something this goes hard

why knowing the unseen worked (and why i'm afraid mafu6 won't)

disclaimer: ena's father did traumatize her and his actions can't be justified. but the event doesn't try to justify them or act like he's had a complete change of heart since then

the fundamental nature of the abuse was different, so reconciliation is cathartic and beneficial for ena but not for mafuyu

ena's dad put her down, so what she needs is to be lifted up. mafuyu's mom wanted to control who she was, so what she needs is to break free (which she's already done)

the point of adding depth to shinei is making ena realize she's not talentless like she thought, that she's worthy of being an artist. what would be the point for mafuyu of having her mom suddenly show remorse?

ena's dad made her feel worthless because her self-worth was tied to her art. so to realize that she's actually been the most precious thing to him ever since she was born is rewarding for her. it's not about redeeming him

mafumom could say all kinds of nice things to her daughter in the next event and it wouldn't mean anything. she already calls her a "good girl" and stuff all the time. she's manipulative

shinei is not manipulative. he couldn't be even if he tried because the man is emotionally incompetent

that's why it's only through his art that he's able to convey his true feelings to his daughter, which is so fitting since art is the thing they share, or at least should share

mafumom has already had an arc, which was like the opposite of a redemption arc. mafuyu went from thinking of her as a good mom to realizing she was destroying her. to redeem her now would just be going backwards

by contrast, knowing the unseen is the first time we're really delving into shinei's character, and what we learn about him doesn't contradict anything from before

rephrased: mafuyu thought her mom truly loved her, but it turns out she only loved the idealized daughter in her head. ena thought her dad didn't care about her, but it turns out he loved her from the start

so yeah

does today being april 1 mean i can talk about the fact that senku woke up on gen’s birthday. and that their birthdays are the inverse of each other. because im so normal and not at all insane about that and they’re for sure not soulmates At All (lying)

im actually the grossest person to live poorly masquerading as a hygienic person