Leon Kuwata is a complex character who is an interesting depiction of how the Ultimate system affects those living in the canon society and of how victims of inc*st can react to their abuse in complicated ways that might be hard to perceive at a first glance, and he serves to show the audience that people are complex and their morals and actions are not always easy to understand or fit into a strict sense of right VS wrong. He is also a chihuahua and a funny little guy. These can co-exist and they do.
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Leon isn’t really a playboy, he’s simply adopted that persona.
Because he’s tirelessly stalked and obsessively lusted after by Kanon his relationships don’t last very long. She’s said to have violent thoughts when she gets jealous but the fear of Leon hating her is what keeps her from acting on them.
However, I wouldn’t doubt that when Leon’s with someone, whoever he’s with also somewhat feels Kanon’s presence and this is no doubt intentional. Her presence only gets more and more oppressive as the days go on and Leon lets them go for their own sake more than anything else.
It’s scary that this hot-headed, optimistic boy is like legit suffering from sexual harassment, it’s swept under the rug by his rich family (or at least I would assume it was if it’s gotten so bad that Leon’s had to reject his own cousin over 3,000 times) and no one realizes he’s suffering this but him.
I know this is kind of dark but this is about a character from a game where kids have to kill each other just to escape into an apocalyptic world.
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on transmasc chihiro
before i start this, i’d like to preface this by saying that this post isn’t meant to be an attack against anyone. i’d also like to say that i myself am not transfem, so if it’s not my place to talk about this as a tme person please let me know!
tw for transmisogyny under the cut!
i’ve seen a lot of people portraying chihiro fujisaki as transmasc recently, and it is something that’s bothered me for quite some time. while in most cases i’ve seen it seems like the people who portray her that way do it with the intention to make her arc better and more trans-friendly, it doesn’t work because the transphobia perpetuated by chihiro’s portrayal in the game is specifically transmisogyny - an attack against trans WOMEN.
chihiro’s portrayal within the danganronpa games is FULL of transmisogynistic dogwhistles. the second chapter of trigger happy havoc portrays her as an insecure man who can be “fixed” by working out and becoming stronger. when her classmates find out about her assigned gender at birth, many of them act shocked and disgusted - ESPECIALLY the other girls, implying that they’re meant to feel in some way violated by this discovery.
the game also sends the message that she is required to disclose her assigned gender at birth to people. in danganronpa s, she says that she has to apologize to other people for her gender presentation. she even refers to herself as “deceiving” people with her feminine appearance - a HUGE transmisogynistic dogwhistle, usually meant to imply that trans women are sexual predators trying to take advantage of heterosexual men. someone’s assigned gender at birth is NOT ANYONE ELSES BUSINESS.
headcanoning chihiro as transmasculine rather than transfeminine does not account for the transfem coding within her character. even if the coding is overwhelmingly meant in a negative light, it does not mean it can just be ignored and swept under the rug. it’s much more productive to take that coding, acknowledging how the handling of it negatively affects trans women, and making edits to the plot that portray her as transfem in a positive light.
i have seen people claim that chihiro is transmasc coded, and transmasc people have said that they relate to chihiro’s insecurity and desire to be stronger. it’s fine to relate to her arc in a different context, but it needs to be recognized that this problem is not ABOUT transmasc people. all of the problems with her portrayal affect specifically transfem people, and it’s not our place as transmisogyny exempt people to make this about ourselves.
headcanoning chihiro as a trans man is NOT a real solution to the problem. it’s like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound - it’s an attempt to tackle the transphobia presented in the danganronpa franchise without having a full understanding of what the problem actually is.
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Hey people.
“Character’s trauma and mental illness are not excuse for their bad actions” and “We can’t look at character’s actions and properly analyze them without taking into account their trauma and mental ilness” are two statements that can and should co-exist.
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✧ — ⋆ 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 .
some ideas for first meeting prompts that may help break the ice between characters . feel free to amend contexts & roles where required ! violent & alcohol related prompts present .
[ BAR ] : for your muse to join mine at a bar
[ DINER ] : for your muse to join mine at a diner / restaurant
[ SAVE ] : for your muse to step in to save my muse in a fight
[ FAKE ] : for your muse to pretend to know my muse in public to save them from a difficult encounter
[ RUN ] : for your muse to grab my muse’s hand and tell them to run
[ STEAL ] : for your muse to try to steal from my muse ( pickpocketing , in their home etc – feel free to specify context ! )
[ STUDY ] : for your muse to join mine to study / read
[ PICNIC ] : for your muse to join mine on a picnic
[ FIRST DATE ] : for your muse to meet mine for a first date
[ BREAK IN ] : for our muses to break in somewhere together
[ ATTACK ] : for your muse to try to attack mine ( specify context ! )
[ DANCE ] : for your muse to invite mine to dance
[ PAY ] : for your muse to pay for my muse’s item(s) ( specify context ! )
[ TAXI ] : for our muses to share a taxi ride somewhere
[ CAR ] : for your muse to jump in my muse’s car and tell them to drive
[ LOCKED OUT ] : for your muse to be locked out of their apartment & to ask for help from mine
[ DIY ] : for your muse to ask mine for help with diy in their home
[ DARE ] : for your muse to approach mine on a dare
[ PATCH ] : for your muse to help mine with an injury
[ COMFORT ] : for your muse to comfort mine
[ SWIM ] : for your muse to throw mine into the sea / a river / pool ( specify ! )
[ RESTRAINED ] : for our muses to be tied up together
[ CRY ] : for your muse to find mine crying
[ KIDNAP ] : for your muse to kidnap mine
[ DRUNK ] : for your muse to look after mine while drunk
[ ZOMBIE ] : for our muses to be caught in a zombie attack together
[ TRAPPED ] : for our muses to be trapped somewhere together ( stuck in a storm ? kidnapped together ? dodgy lock on a door ? )
[ WARN ] : for your muse to warn mine of incoming danger
[ COFFEE SHOP ] : for your muse to join mine at a coffee shop / café
[ WORK ] : for your muse to help train mine on the first day of their job
[ ROOMMATES ] : for your muse to be my muse’s roommate ( feel free to specify whether in a college or a regular setting ! )
[ BOOKSHOP ] : for our muses to meet in a bookshop
[ EVENT ] : for our muses to meet at a charity event
[ FUNDRAISING ] : for our muses to team up to raise money for charity ( feel free to specify potential ideas ! )
[ COMPETITORS ] : for our muses to be rivals in a competition
[ KARAOKE ] : for our muses to sing karaoke together
[ MUTUAL FRIEND ] : for our muses to meet through a mutual friend
[ STOOD UP ] : for your muse to join mine on a date after noticing that they have been stood up
[ MISSION ] : for our muses to meet on a mission
[ UNDERCOVER ] : for your muse to approach mine while undercover
[ MUSUEM ] : for our muses to meet at a museum
[ ABANDONED ] : for our muses to meet in an abandoned building
[ STARGAZING ] : for our muses to meet while stargazing
[ ROOFTOP ] : for your muse to find mine on a rooftop
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first time meetings & icebreakers: volume ii
starter sentences for first time meetings!
feel free to change the tenses/pronouns/etc. as you like!
content warnings: smoking (mentioned), swearing
❝ wait, wait. you’re— the [name]!? sorry i’m kinda star struck. ❞
❝ you know [name]?! you’ve got to introduce me! ❞
❝ no! you can’t be the [name], you’re too nice! ❞
❝ there’s no way you’re [name]. they’re a total jerk! ❞
❝ wait. if you’re [name] then… who did i just talk to before? ❞
❝ i’m sorry, you have me mistaken for someone else. ❞
❝ who are you looking for? i’ll help you find them! ❞
❝ you lost? don’t worry, we’ll get you back on track. ❞
❝ excuse me, can you tell me where [location] is? ❞
❝ this is going to sound weird but, do we know each other? ❞
❝ i’m sorry, have we met somewhere before? ❞
❝ do you got a light? i mean a flashlight/torch, not a lighter. ❞
❝ can i bum a smoke? i can trade you gum and pocket lint. ❞
❝ fuck this party. here, i’ll give you a smoke for a real conversation. ❞
❝ what do i gotta do to get into a real brawl here?! ❞
❝ looks like you got stood up too. wanna hang? ❞
❝ you seem too nice to be here, who stood you up? ❞
❝ looks like you had a shitty night too, huh? ❞
❝ you look down. mind letting a stranger treat you to coffee/tea? ❞
❝ do you need a hand? ❞
❝ do you want some help with that? ❞
❝ could you take my picture? ❞
❝ could you open this for me? ❞
❝ usually i don’t hang out like this. how about you? ❞
❝ i’m sorry. i’m bad with introductions. can we skip this part? ❞
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BUZZFEED UNSOLVED: SUPERNATURAL SENTENCE STARTERS ( S2. )
❛ and the worst part is, i don’t even have my holy water! ❜
❛ you escaped the clutches of yet another demon. ❜
❛ there may very well be a hot dog vendor in chicago who is a bigfoot. ❜
❛ demons, you cowards! ❜
❛ this is like satan’s cement butt hole. ❜
❛ i think your douche meter is usually half mast but right now it’s about three quarters full. ❜
❛ i think a moon having a boner is about as realistic as ghosts. ❜
❛ well the only way to really provoke them is to provoke them! ❜
❛ i think the ground is cleaner than this couch. ❜
❛ holy shit, it’s a jacuzzi tub! ❜
❛ i stole them off a woman who died on the titanic! ❜
❛ no, no, no, you’re going to scare the ghosts away. ❜
❛ if i see people taller than me, i get concerned about them because i think they’re gonna die. . young. ❜
❛ jesus christ, do you always have to insult the ghosts at the place we’re at? ❜
❛ if george clooney was on the tonight show and you set him on fire, one of his feet would burn and the other one would probably still be planted there on the floor in a very nice shoe — clooney’s flammable. ❜
❛ i’ve always gotta’ think about stuff, y’know? like this mannequin in this tub, what’s he doing here? ❜
❛ hey demons, it’s me, ya’ boy. ❜
❛ it is a very old piece of footage, but so is die hard — still good. ❜
❛ so it was aliens? they showed up, gave ‘em ipads, gave ‘em a zune, built the pyramids, left, and that’s it? ❜
❛ stop telling the ghosts to follow me home. ❜
❛ oh so you’re going to make me sit in the shitty chair? ❜
❛ this guy has been inhaling too many cat shit fumes. ❜
❛ i took an improv comedy class once, ‘cause i’m a white guy. ❜
❛ i just got startled by a disco ball. ❜
❛ maybe this ghost just loves to blaze it. ❜
❛ just, to be fair, fuck christopher columbus. ❜
❛ i’m not doing this because i want to steal, i‘m doing this because i want to give the ghosts significant reason to haunt me. ❜
❛ hey ghouls! the boys are here. ❜
❛ i think everyone needs a hobby, and if you don’t have one, that’s when you’re probably gonna start killing people. ❜
❛ i wasn’t fat-shaming bigfoot! ❜
❛ this is what happens when people are passive aggressive full-time. ❜
❛ ghost 101: one, knock book off shelf. week two, hold a candlestick in the middle of a hallway. three…sheets. ❜
❛ it looks like one of the conjuring films. ❜
❛ anytime you get uneasy, that’s me! ❜
❛ if there were a town full of me in the puritan times, we’d have landed on the moon in 1790. ❜
❛ we’re just two guys sitting in a tub. ❜
❛ demons! you’re not trying hard enough — plunge us into darkness! ❜
❛ you gotta’ fuckin’ calm down, man. ❜
❛ why is it someone who chokes on a peanut doesn’t get a ghost? ❜
❛ i think it’s a little bit more fun to believe that humans are capable of some truly horrific things. ❜
❛ i’m exposing my cranium to you. ❜
❛ there’s a good chance tonight is the night you see me die on camera. ❜
❛ shadows do tend to follow you though, that’s how they work. ❜
❛ this is gonna get a little morbid, but who’s to say that a burning body doesn’t smell like barbecue? ❜
❛ i didn’t even get to do all the things on my bucket list. ❜
❛ i don’t wanna be a ghost hunter, this is all bullshit! ❜
❛ you keep tricking me into talking to them, you fuckin’ dickhead! ❜
❛ spooky, huh? ❜
❛ is it very european to — to burst into flames? ❜
❛ and i guess this is where we’re fuckin’ sleeping because we’re idiots. ❜
❛ ( wheeze ) ❜
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QUESTIONS FOR THE MUN !
What made you pick up the muse you have?
Is there anything you don’t like to write?
Is there anything you really enjoy writing?
How do you come up with your headcanons?
Do you write in silence or do you play music?
Do you plan your replies or wing them?
Do you enjoy shipping?
Do you not like shipping?
Is there another character you would like to write?
What’s your Alias/Name?
Age?
Birthday?
Favorite Color?
Favorite Song?
Last movie you watched?
Last show you watched?
Last song you listened to?
Favorite food?
Favorite season?
Do you have a squad on tumblr?
Do you have a tumblr best friend?
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//everyday I wake up and read things :/
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x I plead the fifth
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//ok I’m gonna talk abt this bc I see it everywhere. Leon’s relation to his talent. In my version of Leon, it’s personal to me.
I have experienced this. I am apparently a good singer, and my father is a choir director. I was forced to be a part of music everyday for my entire childhood. I liked singing. It was fun and stimulating. But not the way I was being forced to do it. I decided that I hated singing, and that I wouldn’t do it again. I told everyone I hated singing. I committed to the bit. But the thing was, I didn’t actually hate it, I hated the way it was forced on me. I didn’t want to sing as a career/life choice. I liked doing it as a hobby, or even in front of people every now and then, but doing it all the time sucked the soul of it out of me. I say all of this to convey, that I know what it feels like to be boxed in like that. And it has influenced my feelings on this character.
When I played the game, I instantly recognized what Leon was saying/doing by telling everyone he hated baseball. He hates the responsibility, the way he’s forced into it, the way his feelings weren’t taken into consideration. But he does like it, objectively. But I don’t think he wants it to be his life. And that’s what everyone, especially Hope’s Peak, expects of him. They want him to focus on it the way all the other Ultimates focus on their talents. They sort of treat him as a tool, an ace in the hole, rather than person with wants and needs. And he definitely noticed that. I think it’s INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT to not erase Leon’s refusal to “play his part”, bc it’s a direct deconstruction of the trips every single other Ultimate falls into: dedicating their entire life to the one thing they’re good at. But what if you’re like me, and what you’re good at isn’t what you want? What if someone is like Leon, and their passion lies with something they’re not necessarily skilled at? I think it’s incredibly cruel to force someone to be something they don’t wish to be, just because you think they ought to be it.
The fandom largely treats Leon’s preference the same way the school does. “It’s just a phase”, “He doesn’t actually mean it, so ignore him”, etc. They completely ignore the lengths he went to in order to change his image. He says it was initially for a girl, and that’s true. But if he only meant it as far as that, why would he still be doing it? Why would he have stuck with such a drastic change even when she wasn’t even around anymore? And it wasn’t just an outward change—Leon demonstrates knowledge of his chosen genre, and music in general. And in the official DR:Reload art book, even Junko is impressed by the amount of music he has, organized by genre, band, and time. Knowing Leon, I don’t think he’d put that amount of effort into something he didn’t actually care about. He actually does love music. He is just also using it to try and tell people to just listen to him for once. He feels like the real him is neglected in favor of his talent, and it is. He just wants people to work with him, and he decide to act out in order to get their attention. I’m not saying Leon’s thought process and decisions are correct, or mature. But they make sense for his emotionally-driven character. I just feel like dismissing his problems with his talent, and the issues surrounding it, it cutting off a huge chunk of what makes Leon interesting. And having it end by him accepting what everyone was forcing into him, whether he secretly liked his talent or not, isn’t what I’d call a happy ending, because it ends with the legitimate concerns he had with locking himself into a box of his own abilities being thrown away. A true happy ending is with the people that truly love and care for him acknowledging his fears and concerns, and helping him in an uncertain period of his life he isn’t sure what he wants to do or where he wants to go. And when Leon, with the support he should have had from the beginning, decides to pursue his dream, with his talent or without it.
Idk, it’s late and I might not be making sense lol.
EDIT: sorry I didn’t say before jfgjfjj you can reblog this
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//me seeing other ppls opinions on Leon’s relationship w his talent/baseball: everyone has their own opinions but you are wrong and I’m the only one who’s right
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Hi if you’re white and trans and project a lot of gender stuff onto fictional characters good for you BUT I’d also like to ask you to sit back and reflect on what you’re doing if those characters are people of color.
If you’re white, then your perception of gender is very much influenced by race. so before you think trans POC (fictional or not) would have the same experiences in relation to their gender as you, a white person, pls think about how your whiteness is systematically influencing your interpretations. Its very likely that your favorite poc and their nonwhite cultures have different meanings applied to things like hair, clothes, makeup, etc. that you, a white person, should very much be aware of before you erase all that to only look at gender from a colonialized white western perspective
(This post was made by a trans poc)
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Wanna re-write our story? No problem!
Role-playing can become quite tedious at times. You have all the inspiration in the beginning & suddenly the muses have an established relationship and all we write is the same, or nearly the same stuff over and over. I don’t mind. But others might lose muse over it. They crave variety. If you ever want to just drop an already existing relationship, re-write a period or an entire story of our muses’ lives, feel that it would help your creativity— I’M OKAY WITH IT!
And if we wrote 5 different scenarios that were all born from 1 mutual plot we started a year ago- It’s different experiences. And that allows our muses to experience all kinds of emotions and grow. Maybe one story ended badly and it left you without any ambition to continue and yet you liked the general storyline but didn’t foretell it might end that bad. NO PROBLEM! We will simply re-write it. I am a-okay with it. We don’t have to stick to lame stories, threads that bore us…
…let’s re-write our story!
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