#(in the Animation mostly so that can't be helped but still......want her to be funky & weird & Dynamic always....)

[1moreff-creator]

Happy birthday to Min Jeung, the Ultimate Student!

As you may have noticed by my blog name and pfp, I relate to this girl more than what is probably considered healthy. I wanted to show appreciation by talking about her a bit in a half-baked character analysis, and explaining why I find her so amazing!

-Despite being the Ultimate Student, and by her own admission having dedicated her entire life to her talent, she isn't just a souless studying machine. She still makes time to participate in various school clubs and even has a procrastination problem. She is outright offended when Xander insinuates she must have no friends because of her talent. In this, she just like me fr.

-Despite excelling in academics, she has grown to dislike and resent the education system for the seemingly endless amount of information it forces its students to memorize without actually learning anything of value. In this, she just like me fr. Additionally, this fuels her surprisingly interesting dynamic with Xander, one which I may have to cover in another post. Wouldn't want you getting distracted from my post about the birthday girl with thoughts of the pretty British boy.

-Her studious nature has developed into an unrelenting curiosity for the most random shit you can imagine. One of her favorite pastimes is, after all, browsing W*******a articles. Because of this, her knowledge seems to know no rhyme or reason, as she is both perfectly capable of explaining the entire process of baking a cake down to the molecular level, while also not knowing anything about milk beyond how good it tastes. Yes, this is mostly based on that one joke, but in case you can't tell, there's not much info we have to analyse her character with and I'm also sort of projecting really hard. In this, she just like me fr.

-One of these peculiar curiosities are insects and other critters. She decorates cookies with centipedes, collects insects, and her character profile states she likes tarantulas (not an insect, but you know). I chose to believe this means she is a Ghost & Pals fan, and yes that's me projecting again. I, too, am obssessed with funky little animals, so in this, she just like me fr.

-She dislikes children. Based.

-She is kind and patient and maybe a little gay, helping Unnamed Classmate study for a test they are clearly not ready for. Although she can get exasperated by the other's laizzes faire approach to studying, she still puts up with it for her friend. In this, she just like me fr.

-She suffers from pretty bad impostor syndrome, not considering herself on the same level as other Ultimates because of the way she was accepted in. She seems comfortable hanging out with them, but deep down doesn't believe she deserves it. In this, she... isn't like me fr, thankfully. Dodged that trauma.

-Her impostor syndrome is only exacerbated by the fact she doesn't believe she was the highest scoring of the Ultimate Contest for Eminent Students, just the one that best fit the ideal of "Ultimate Student". She sees that as a badge of shame, as she considers herself neither the smartest nor the most knowledgeable from those who took the test. Especially if her secret is the one about poisoning the competition, as many believe. This highlights the needless competitiveness of the school system, where even the students doing well can sometimes feel insufficient or dissapointed if they are not the absolute top of their class, or they don't perform perfectly at every opportunity. ...she just like me fr-

-She feels uncertain of her future, as being the Ultimate Student does not seem to guarantee any kind of future success, nor does it help her narrow down what she wants to do in the future. This is a great representation of a common fear and worry of top students, who worry having so much of their life be defined by their excellence in academics will mean they won't know what to do with themselves once they stop studying. Well, I say it's common, but maybe it's just Min and I, because in this she just like me fr. I assure you, I am fine.

-She didn't mean to kill Xander. How tragic, for someone whose entire life was defined by the pressure to never make a mistake, to never fail and especially not fail that Contest for Eminent Students, who was promised a bright future if she only gave up her present and her past to a souless system that does not truly care about her; to have that future ripped out from her, just because of one mistake. She only wanted to save Teruko...

-Fukc Danganronap asdkanej I wil why did this happen why she was so great and smart and I loved her and fuak's sake why why why. She's the first killer death that hurt me the most, by far, and her hug with Teruko actually fucking destroyed me aaaaahhhh-

-I love DRDT so much, and thank it for being able to live up to its name and giving me the despair I crave. Although Min's death made me sad, it made me sad in the good way, and I thoroughly enjoyed her character as long as she lasted. She may be the best written first chapter death I've ever seen! :D

Now please let Veronika live past chapter 3-

Anyways, thanks for reading, and happy birthday to Min Jeung! I will go cry now.

Bonus: Here's just a few songs that remind me of her. You may not be able to tell, but I like Vocaloid.

+Abnormality Dancin' Girl by Guchiry

+Lost One's Weeping by Neru

+Aishite by Kikuo

+Entomologists by Ghost & Pals

+Star of the Show by Ghost & Pals

+Pathological Facade by Ghost & Pals

+Appetite of a People-Pleaser by, guess who, Ghost & Pals

+Marionette by KIRA

+Meltdown by iroha(sasaki)

And of course,

+Happy Birthday!

#drdt #danganronpa despair time #fanganronpa #min jeung #i swear i'm okay

[assortedvillainvault]

It's a bit of a random question, but I'm simply curious, how did you start falling in love with the Horned King/what's your origin story with him? Only if you want to share it of course^^ Feel free to also just generally gush or ramble about him!

(also btw I think it's awesome that we share him as an f/o now, I think subconsciously I already knew for a while that I'd fall for him eventually, it was just a matter of time he's just too gorgeous💕)

Ok this ask has given me the warm fuzzies for several weeks so thank you and I guess I should probably answer this now huh -

(also every time someone else pops up who f/o's him I'm Absolutely Delighted and am so glad I helped facilitate your decent into lich simpery)

I'll do IRL and self insert shenanigans, so IRL first:

- the first time I watched the black cauldron I'd be ...about 8 or 9?

- one thing you sincerely must understand about me is that I am, unapologetically, unequivocally, unexpectedly....a weenie.

- much as I adore the spooky and the strange, any film that veers into remotely scary territory, or horror in general, that shit scars me down to the cellular level.

- Power to everyone who can disengage/absorb that stuff healthily because I sure as fuck don't and doubt I ever will. Anyway.

- mum buys me the black cauldron and thinks nothing of it. It's Disney, right?

- anyway yeah uh suffice to say boy golly gee I'd never seen *that* many skeletons animated before. Think my little brother started crying at some point.

- but honestly, something about the films mad dichotomy of attempted cutesy fantasy with grim dark backdrop and off kilter humour enamoured me. And I found myself wanting *more* of the dark parts of the film.

- (still early the full cauldron born scenes were cut. So goddamn salty)

- the Horned King became a lynchpin of fascination, something about his eerie voice, his apathetic yet menacing mannerisms and his degraded appearance really drew me in. Esp his summoning and death scenes.

- I think I started drawing skeletons soon after and they're still the easiest thing for me to draw.

- over decade later when I was depressed as all fuck, I rewatched the film and found myself only really enjoying his scenes, in part because he was the only relatable villain to me at the time. (Eternally tired, quietly dramatic, quick to anger and dismissal. A smorgasbord of things to distract myself from feeling like I was actively decomposing too at the time. Brains are wild.)

- now I like to imagine quietly helping him get to a better place same as I've managed to do :) who needs therapy when you have imaginary lich time.

As for self insert funky times:

- rather than imagining myself in the dark ages, mostly because despite living in the UK my knowledge of that time period is just awful, I imagine a modern setting

- crucially tho the events of the film still happened exactly as shown.

- in this setting my s/I has moved to Wales and accidentally rediscovered the -broken- cauldron, and the remains of the castle. Time itself rusted the old thing and it cracked, letting HK's disheveled soul slip free.

- my S/I is an amateur ecologist, with interest in geology and paleontology and history. (So just me. Straight up me. I can't even pretend here) Once she figures out she's effectively haunted, HK's presence is akin to a field day.

- will she attempt to resurrect him properly? Eh who knows. Maybe. I'm a real fucking sucker for ghosts, esp partial possession or soul bonds.

- magic exists still in this setting, it's just mostly forgotten and thus dismissed. Of course my s/I has latent magic because of course, and I love the idea of HK teaching her as a pseudo bonding activity.

- love just watching HK be bamboozled and overwhelmed by the modern world too. Show this lich a toaster someone-

- very low stakes very chill, just two lonely fools trying to rebuild their 'lives' together. Probably the most weirdly cottage core of my selfships if I'm honest. With more dead things.

So yeah that's pretty much it! Thanks again for the lovely ask, and feel free to tag me in anything lich related 🥰

#thalassa responds #disney villains #the horned king #selfshipping shenanigans #not my first f/o but probably my most consistent!

[unproduciblesmackdown]

actually all i did was become totally neutral on this lmao but w/e we have fun

#i mean i don't Actually think a character design meant to bop around constantly should have these extra elaborate details / silhouette inter #-ruptions but. in the magic of Drawing Shit you can do whatever you want. the ''you changed that design'' cops can't do anything about it #but it's truly a lil Too Cute lmao gotta keep it kinda funky & weird...my ass ''can't Not draw hair all fluffy & soft'' is not helping #spinel reappears & has me like [epcot ball vine voice] Spinel......... #the other person in that vine being [anything else going on in the episode...s..] #fuck me if i'm gonna draw her facets properly....or do anything else properly if it's too much of a hassle... #even accounting for my own Style i didnt Exaggerate her as much as i'd wanna...where's the [jesus shit she's a toon (within a toon)] energy #(in the Animation mostly so that can't be helped but still......want her to be funky & weird & Dynamic always....) #what do i mean i make a proper effort to draw something for the 1st time & i don't think it came out perfect!!! fucking disaster #pencil lines coz me Galaxy Braining (if u open a Physical Sketchbook u can simultaneously 'watch' the stream w/o having it in a tiny window) #i need a winston setup to accommodate my lack of ability to focus on One Thing At A Time...2 say nothing of my lack of ability2 focus Period #Can't Start A Task-itis kills me constantly...it honestly takes me all day to Not do something lmao. like oh i wanna draw X & Y simultaneous #ly but god knows i'll be lucky if either happens...And i'm a slow af artiste like. shit is *not* just getting done in an hr or two. or 3 or #will i take all of today to write Nothing or like a paragraph at most?? an exciting and constant question......Ugh #corned beef #bitches can't draw anything straight up and down. i'm bitches. i also have a hard time Writing with a tablet lmao

[princess-of-the-corner]

Okay so, an important thing to note about Toga that could tie into her redemption in the Quirk Switch AU: her first victim was a boy her age, who she attacked and fed off of when her literal blood thirst became unbearable.

If my theory that she was crushing on that boy is correct, then that might explain why she would later associate killing someone and drinking their blood to BECOME them with expressions of love.

As such, she could probably be protected by the insanity defense (assuming Japan has that), and then the issue mostly boils down to rehabilitation and undoing the damage her parents' attempts to make her "normal" had done.

Okay so like yes yes yes!

I've been meaning to talk about my plans for the Hero!Toga AU because it actually deviates to where she never joins the LOV(though I do also want to play with her joining and then leaving BUT for now!)

(Also the fact that I am eating red gushers while writing this is not lost on me lmao)

Anyway!

So yeah like in Canon her Quirk makes her crave blood even when not transforming with it. Special dietary needs and all that.

Her parents probably would have told her to surpress it anyway as that's probably why they wanted a professional to help her not do that in the first place.

So things go normal and she manages to surpress so much of herself to please her parents and be the perfect daughter they want. No talking about morbid interest. No drinking blood from even more acceptable things (if she has steak at dinner it has to be well done, not rare.)

Eventually she slips with that guy in her middle school. And it turns into a whole thing.

However. Her parents are wealthy and influential enough to cover it up. Mostly to save their own asses because how would it reflect on them if people found out their perfect little girl was like... That...

Toga is somewhat horrified at their methods of covering it up. Because they want to turn her into the innocent victim defending herself. Which 1.) She was def not the innocent party and 2.) Turning it around like that could ruin the boy's life which she doesn't want. She manages to be uncooperative enough to get the story as a mutual accident of sorts which. Isn't ideal because she feels guilty.

Because hey her parents are still mad at her for 'losing control' and all that.

She debates about running away. And it would be easy. But she doesn't.

Still. She wants to get away from her parents' control. Somewhere she can't hurt anyone. And if she does hurt them, then it can't be swept under the rug.

UA has dorms where she could live away from their rules. It has kids training to be Heroes, and actual pro Heroes on staff. People who could put a villain like her down if necessary.

Of course she doesn't want to slip up. And if she does manage to keep it together and become a hero, isn't that a bonus? Spite against her parents who always told her that her Quirk would only be useful as a villain?

So she does end up at UA. And she does keep herself in control for a while. Because she actually is getting more blood than usual as enough of the classmates were like "oh dope blood shapeshifting? Try me!" And generally let her use their blood when training with her Quirk since she doesn't need that much to turn into someone for a short period of time.

Eventually she does start craving more. And she fears what will happen. But she also sees that Quirks are accomodated here! Even if it's a littlw funky sometimes!

So she does get better diet accomodations in pulling a goddamn Twilight because animal blood does help! Adding it into her diet helps calm the bloodthirst rather than fuel it.