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finally have a name for the tribe that rollan is a part of wooo! abeke's is next (i am struggling just a little)
#her *village* is okaihee but she's got a tribe too#it's just so large that they make up multiple villages in the area#i've decided there will be maybe three great tribes in nilo#one living in the northern savannahs (that's abeke's)#one living in the central mountain ranges#and one living in the southern jungles#maybe another tribe living near the evertree?#but lots of other tribes scattered around#those three would just be the largest ones#aaaah worldbuilding#text#spirit animals#spirit animals books#spirit animals series#path of the heroes#rollan#abeke
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am a little overwhelm 👍
#much dm planning and worldbuilding stuff#aaaah#ive barely got the outlines for the storyline down and they’re talking about starting next week 😭😭😭
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it hasn't even been a month andi haven't even finished the research/worldbuilding/general unfuckening and i want to poke at the idiots again. aaaah
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Hey it's me again! I'm glad that the message cheered you up and gave you the push to even sketch that section you were struggling with. That's awesome! :D
But yeah, never forget that the art you already share with us is gorgeous and there's no shame in focusing on what makes you happy and passionate.
Also, this might be bad advice lol but sometimes when you're stuck you can handwave stuff a bit and just move on to the part you care about. Nightow himself didn't care too much about worldbuilding and we still love that blessed mess called Trigun 😂
Just keep being awesome, me and all your followers will be cheering you on! 💙
PS: Tbh I'm very curious about Fluffy's character development, truly an MVP 😂
Aaaah, sorry I haven't replied afterwards, my life literally went upside down a few days after this! ;; <3
I absolutely POWERED through the difficult chapter a bit after receiving your asks and will be posting it to ptrn very soon! Storyboards for the next two chapters finished and about to sketch the pages properly. And honestly kept going back to your asks in my mind. Thank you so much for the supportive words! You helped me IMMENSELY. <3
Oh, gosh, tell me about the mess. Here I go, bothering the far side of the internet for the canon timeline and then stumble and fall over other stuff that was never explained (or I was too dumb to realize it hahah). So yeah. It is a mess and we work with the fact that it is! :D
Thank you so so so much! <3
Also sorry about Fluffy's character arc being so short-lived. I hope you liked how it ended, though! ;; <3
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DUDE I LOVE MERMAID AUS
MERMAID GO BRRRRRRRRRR
YESSSSSSS I ADORE MERMAID AU'S!!!!! They're so much fun I can't even-!!!!
I'm really excited to share the worldbuilding I've got for this AU with everyone, and I'm curious to see what scenarios or ideas you all think up and share! >v<
Once I get my blog a little more organized, I'll do a synopsis of the AU itself as well as some basic background information to set the stage. 0v0
Aaaah I can't wait!
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@dragetunge : ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Missa I dunno where to even begin. I love seeing your writing each and everytime. The life you give to your characters is just breath taking and I am so happy to be able to be able to write with you and your whole hoard of characters. I also loving reading your hcs and interactions with other people and the worldbuilding you do. Its just amazing <3
Aaaah, friend !! We may not have been writing together long, but I'm so excited for all of our threads. I love seeing the life you breath into Hiccup, the love you pour into him. I can't believe Hiccup is your OC, just incredible. uwu
send ✨ if you like my writing and feel free to tell me why !!
#❮ dragetunge / hiccup haddock ❯ ━━ ❝ you just gestured to all of me .#❮ missallanea / answered ❯ ━━ ❝ did that make sense ?#❮ missallanea / save ❯ ━━ ❝ keeping this for a rainy day .
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Mekakucity Actors Audio Commentary #7
Act 7 – Konoha no Sekai Jijou
Translation of the seventh audio commentary that comes with the DVD/Blu-ray of Mekakucity Actors. Raw version here. Please consider purchasing the original copies and feel free to message me about possible corrections. If there happens to be any issues with the link, please contact me on my main blog!
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Asumin: Hello to everyone listening to the audio commentary of “Mekakucity Actors Act 07 – Konoha no Sekai Jijou”! I’m the voice of Enomoto Takane. This time, I’ll be the host. My name is Asumi Kana. And...!
Suzuki: Eh, I’m the producer. Suzuki Kenta from Aniplex.
Ishikawa: Yes, and I’ll be the supervisor today. I’m Ishikawa from Aniplex. On this day, we hope to deliver Act 07, “Konoha no Sekai Jijou”. It’ll be a pleasure.
Asumin: I’ll be in your care~!
Suzuki: We’ll be in your care.
Asumin: What a rare combo.
Ishikawa: Sure is.
Suzuki: Yeah, right. It’s more than just “rare”. *laughs*
Ishikawa: No, no, no...
Asumin: *laughs*
Ishikawa: We’ve had this kind of episode before.
Suzuki: That’s right.
Asumin: Oh!
Ishikawa: Last time, for the sixth episode, we had Fujiwara Keiji-san together with us here.
Asumin: Ah! Eh? Keiji-kun?
Ishikawa: Ah, exactly, “Keiji-kun”.
Asumin: Eh~?
Ishikawa: Someone like me can’t call him “Keiji-kun”, though.
Asumin: *laughs*
Ishikawa: So, continuing from where we had stopped, we are once again doing it as a trio, this time with Asumi-san.
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: Yes.
Ishikawa: Last time, in Act 06, Fujiwara-san talked a little about you, Asumi-san.
Asumin: Yes.
Suzuki: Hmm.
Asumin: Hum, that’s right. We host your radio show and all.
Ishikawa: Thank you very much for it!
Suzuki: We owe you two a lot.
Asumin: So do we.
Ishikawa: You connect episodes six and seven very nicely.
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: Hm, indeed.
Ishikawa: Honestly!
Suzuki: Such a good progression.
Ishikawa: Exactly. A rather beautiful one.
Suzuki: If we’re to link the first and second halves of this series, as expected, it has to be from episode six.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Suzuki: Kenjirou included.
Asumin: Right.
Suzuki: It’s a very crucial episode indeed.
Ishikawa: A bit of a flashback arc, so to say.
Asumin: Yup, yup.
Suzuki: Hmm.
Ishikawa: Let’s see... last time, Asumi-san participated in the first episode, Act 01.
Asumin: Yes! That’s right.
Ishikawa: You were here as the voice of Ene.
Asumin: Yeah, I went from Ene to Takane.
Ishikawa: Right.
Asumin: For this time, that is.
Ishikawa: Yep.
Asumin: In the first time, the worldbuilding was pretty different. Actually, rather than the worldbuilding...
Suzuki: Hmmm...
Ishikawa: Well, you were digital before.
Asumin: Yeah! *laughs*
Suzuki: Exactly.
Asumin: There were changes in these episodes.
Ishikawa: That’s right...
Asumin: Well, this is actually her original self.
Ishikawa: True! Hum, it’s like, her process of turning into Ene.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: Hmm.
Ishikawa: That’s explained in episodes six and seven.
Suzuki: It’s all revealed;
Asumin: Yes... Eh, the fact that my character is above the one voiced by Nakahara Mai-san kinda makes me a little bit... excited. *laughs*
Suzuki: Aaaah...
Ishikawa: Right. But she’s somewhat of a senior.
Asumin: Yesss~!
Suzuki: Ah, in the Mekakushi-dan.
Asumin: Amongst them, she is.
Ishikawa: Yes.
Asumin: True...
Ishikawa: It’s surprising... hmm, “surprising” might not be the best way to put it, but...
Asumin: Emotionally speaking, well...
Ishikawa: No, no! Hum...
Suzuki/Asumin: *laugh*
Ishikawa: She has a surprisingly philosophical point of view.
Suzuki: Ayano is in a “big sister” kind of position.
Asumin: Yeah!
Suzuki: So she kinda seems like that. Older than she looks, I mean.
Ishikawa: Yup, yup, yup.
Suzuki: So there’s also that.
Asumin: Well, Ayano was doing her best in her own way being a big sister.
Suzuki: Yeeep. Indeed.
Asumin: It was cute of her.
Ishikawa: True. By the way, hum... when you came here last time, the recordings were not yet over.
Asumin: Yes! Aaah, were they? I see!
Suzuki: Aaah...
Ishikawa: If I’m not mistaken, I believe that’s when you participated in the commentary.
Asumin: Yes.
Ishikawa: It was just a week before the last episode aired, I guess.
Suzuki: Ooh...
Asumin: Ah!
Ishikawa: That’s about the time we did the first recording for these. But, well, it’s been a while since the recordings ended.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: Asking how it was would be too loose a question, but...
Asumin: Hmmm~! As expected, it felt rushed! *laughs*
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Ishikawa: Right...
Asumin: But in the last episode, when everyone, like... gathered up, finally all together, and faced the enemy, it was thrilling.
Ishikawa: It sure was. Hum, in the previous episode, Fujiwara-san also talked about this.
Asumin: I see!
Ishikawa: That the recordings of “Mekakucity Actors” are a bit unique.
Asumin: Yep!
Ishikawa: And depending on the episode, the people who participate in it change.
Asumin: Ah, true.
Ishikawa: The groups are scattered.
Asumin: Yup.
Ishikawa: We also asked him a bit about how the recordings felt like.
Asumin: Yes?
Ishikawa: As expected, Fujiwara-san was like, “The people who are there change all the time, so it was refreshing.”
Asumin: *laughs* Aah!
Suzuki: That’s right.
Ishikawa: His words.
Asumin: During the final parts, at long last, I met Togashi-san, Hibiya-kun’s voice, for the first time. We greeted each other like, “Nice to meet you~”. *giggles*
Suzuki: Aaah. Is that so?
Asumin: We didn’t see each other at all before then. Miraculously.
Suzuki: Indeed, there are characters who don’t ever meet.
Asumin: Exactly.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: Yeah, yeah. Which is why I was happy that they gathered up.
Suzuki: Right.
Ishikawa: Hmm! They’ve been there since forever, but it feels like they aren’t present.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: Hm, hm.
Ishikawa: It is what it is.
Asumin: The one that was there the longest was Ayano, I guess.
Ishikawa: Ah, perhaps.
Suzuki: She’s there for most episodes.
Asumin: Yep, yep!
Ishikawa: Well, if I’m not wrong, she’s the one who narrates the C parts.
Asumin: Yeah.
Ishikawa: Nakahara-san tells the story of the “picture book”.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Asumin: That’s right.
Ishikawa: So she had many appearances, in a way. But in contrast, Nakahara-san actually didn’t have many dialogues.
Asumin: Yes.
Ishikawa: Or exchanges with other characters.
Asumin: Aaah! True. It’s in this part that she finally...
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: Yes, that’s right.
Asumin: Well, this series was crafted in peculiar ways.
Suzuki: Exactly.
Ishikawa: It’s a multi-protagonist story.
Suzuki: Yeah. It’s a story based off songs, after all.
Asumin: Right! Each of them is a main character.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Suzuki: It’s not an omnibus where each episode corresponds to one song.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: But if you piece them all together, you have a linear story of twelve episodes.
Asumin: Yes.
Ishikawa: As expected, this was mentioned ever since the phases where we were holding meetings for the screenplay.
Suzuki: That’s right. Most likely, in Jin-san’s head, Kagerou Project itself is a story composed of each and every song involved.
Ishikawa: Precisely.
Suzuki: And as one would expect, that’s the foundation of it.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Suzuki: The novels were probably where he dug deeper into that.
Asumin: Hm, hm.
Ishikawa: Right.
Suzuki: And the manga was where he made it easier to understand by transforming it into art. So when the time to ask, “Then what form shall it take in the anime?” came around, this is how he structured it.
Ishikawa: Hm, hm, hm.
Asumin: Yep.
Suzuki: Therefore, he might have had this planned from the very beginning.
Ishikawa: That’s right. As you watch it, you have little discoveries, like “this one episode connects with that other episode”.
Asumin: Yep, yep!
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: It does happen.
Asumin: Really makes me want to watch all the episodes over again.
Ishikawa: Yeah, yeah.
Suzuki: True.
Asumin: Right?
Ishikawa: Indeed, as you say. In contraposition, the people who are listening to this are the ones who bought either the blu-rays or the DVDs
Suzuki: Yeah.
Ishikawa: So maybe they would also want to watch everything over again.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: If they do that, they’ll discover all sorts of things.
Suzuki: Right.
Asumin: True. Each of the mediums is different. Same for the manga and the novels.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes. Let’s see... I don’t know whether this term is right or not, but they’re like “routes”.
Asumin: Hmmm!
Suzuki: Yep, yep, yep.
Asumin: The anime is the anime.
Ishikawa: Yeah. There’s this kind of magic to it. So we hope that the people who have only watched the anime will read the novels and comics.
Asumin: Right!
Suzuki: Right.
Asumin: They’ll be able to see the many differences.
Ishikawa: And of course, that they acquire and listen to the original songs and Jin-san’s albums, so that they may be even more deeply involved with this work.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: And so, Takane collapses.
Asumin: Hmm!
Ishikawa: Before that, Kenjirou stands up.
Suzuki: Yeah...
Asumin: Right~? The world was so peaceful till just a moment ago, and yet...
Ishikawa: The worldview inverted.
Asumin: It’s such a plot twist.
Ishikawa: And I think this is the key point for Takane to become Ene.
Asumin: Yeeep!
Suzuki: Hmm.
Asumin: Right. This is where Ene is born.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: Ah, but character-wise, even after becoming “Ene”, Takane’s spirit stays intact.
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: It doesn’t change.
Ishikawa: Exactly.
Asumin: It’s just her attitude that changed a bit. *giggles*
Suzuki: *laughs*
Ishikawa: Oh, yeah. Asumi-san, when you’re performing Takane and Ene – well, they’re the same character but with different personalities, so to say.
Asumin: That’s right.
Ishikawa: So was there any difficulty or any point that you had to be careful of when performing them?
Asumin: Hmm... How should I put it? When it comes to thought process, I thought I should remain as Takane.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: And when Takane is suddenly at maximum tension, she’s Ene, I believe.
Suzuki: Hmmm.
Ishikawa: I see.
Asumin: And what else? Well, let’s see... As expected, I think her voice ought to sound like a mascot character. *laughs*
Suzuki: Aaah...
Ishikawa: *laughs*
Asumin: That’s what she’s like.
Ishikawa: Gotta be charismatic Ene, right?
Asumin: That’s right. That’s what I kept in mind.
Ishikawa: But indeed, Ene-chan is kinda... within this series, she’s an extremely catchy character.
Asumin: *laughs*
Ishikawa: Her tone is advertisement-like.
Asumin: *laughs harder*
Ishikawa: I don’t know if that’s how I should put it, but...
Suzuki: Hmmm...
Asumin: She’s loud, after all! *laughs*
Ishikawa: No, no, no! Not at all.
Suzuki: *laughs*
Asumin: It’s easy for everyone to spot her.
Ishikawa: She’s lovely. Very lovely.
Asumin: They made her movements really cute, which made me happy.
Ishikawa: Ah, this way of portraying her is excellent.
Suzuki: Right? Pretty good.
Asumin: Yeah~!
Ishikawa: And I think this was mentioned in the first commentary, but the monitor in Shintarou’s room is gigantic.
Asumin: *laughs* It is! Amazingly so.
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Ishikawa: But we were told that, thanks to this, Ene is able to move around with a sense of liveliness to her.
Asumin: Yeah.
Ishikawa: So, as expected... how can I put it? Be it inside a phone or a computer, being able to display her in this way or another in the anime enables us to explore the nature of “Ene” as a character even further.
Asumin: Right~? It feels like you can only do that in the anime.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: True. She’s a very catchy character.
Asumin: Yep, she is.
Ishikawa: And thanks to Ene being a catchy character, she’s in charge of many things, such as the narration of the anime’s CMs.
Asumin: Ah, yes! I did a lot of stuff.
Ishikawa: And also the concert at Shibuya Public Hall held on August 14th and 15th.
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: Hmmm.
Asumin: Right, right.
Ishikawa: Well, it was an event called “Make a Mekakucity”, where Jin-san was the focus – I mean, Jin-san and Mekakushi-dan.
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: And Ene-chan had a big part in it.
Suzuki: A big part!
Asumin: Yeaaah! I was surprised, like, “So that’s how it turned out”! Ah, I went to watch it, by the way.
Ishikawa: Thank you very much.
Asumin: No, no, no! Hum, how can I put it? I couldn’t see the whole thing.
Suzuki: Yes.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: So I had to *laughs* ask lots of questions in order to do the narration. Therefore, I was looking forward to how it’d be pieced together for the event.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: Ene... was singing and dancing, huh?
Ishikawa: She was.
Suzuki: Exactly.
Asumin: *laughs* Yeah!
Suzuki: She got to do whatever she wanted.
Ishikawa: Whatever she wanted!
Asumin: On top of that, the concert was supposed to look like the Mekakushi-dan set it up.
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: “Produced by”...
Suzuki/Ishikawa: ...“Mekakushi-dan”.
Asumin: Right?! *laughs* It was super fun. Never have I ever gotten to watch an event of an anime that I take part in as a main character from a completely impartial perspective like this one.
Suzuki: But of course!
Asumin: Yeah!
Ishikawa: You’d usually be on-stage rather than among the audience.
Suzuki: Indeed, indeed.
Asumin: Being there not as a participant was very new and fun to me.
Suzuki: Aaah, I see.
Ishikawa: Figures.
Asumin: I was able to see a series that I’m part of from the guest seats, like, “Ah! So this is how everyone enjoys anime events!”
Suzuki: Hearing you say that makes me happy.
Ishikawa: Attending an event must be such a rare opportunity.
Asumin: Yes, yes! It was incredible. The guests seemed to be having so much fun. And, as expected, there was a lot of young people!
Suzuki: Yeah, really.
Asumin: *laughs*
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: Must have been middle school students.
Suzuki: Feels fresh, doesn’t it?
Asumin: Yep, yep! It felt fresh and... what else? The music!
Suzuki: Hmmm.
Asumin: Like, this was a chance for me to listen to the songs once again after all of the anime ended.
Ishikawa: Yes.
Asumin: It made me so very happy.
Ishikawa: I see. Well, I myself was allowed to see a lot of things at the concert’s venue.
Asumin: Yes.
Ishikawa: When I saw the reactions of the guests, as expected, it seemed like something a little different from the usual anime events.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: Even so, I was most certainly able to feel the enthusiasm of “Mekakucity Actors” very keenly there.
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Asumin: Trueee...
Ishikawa: Even though there are so many songs, each of them has a different point to enjoy.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: Indeed.
Ishikawa: So I think it was a very valuable event.
Asumin: It was fun.
Ishikawa: For the producers, I guess there was a lot to do other than just making the live concert happen.
Suzuki: Yes, yes, yes.
Ishikawa: So looking at it from the producers’ position, I believe this was a remarkable occasion.
Suzuki: “Remarkable occasion”... But this series—well, it might not just be this one series. We produce all sorts of events, not only for this title, and Asumi-san participates in some of them.
Asumin: Yes, yes.
Ishikawa: I see.
Suzuki: But people are already into the series in the first place. Through it, they fall in love with the characters, and then eventually fall in love with the voice actors playing them. That’s how the flow goes.
Asumin: Yeah.
Suzuki: So when there comes the time to hold an event, we always have the actors and cast participate.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, that’s right.
Suzuki: And while there are people who like the actors themselves, there are also those who project the characters onto the actors. I think that’s also one way to enjoy yourself.
Asumin: Yup.
Suzuki: But this series wanted to lean more towards the characters themselves.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes.
Asumin: Yeah.
Suzuki: How can I put it? This might be a bit weird to say, but it truly feels like they’re in the real world.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes.
Suzuki: Like the Mekakushi-dan exists and they made this concert.
Ishikawa: True, the guests themselves can feel it in their own skin, so to say.
Suzuki: Exactly. It’s like Jin-san and the Mekakushi-dan are standing there, side by side.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Suzuki: And that’s kind of like a virtual reality.
Asumin: Yes.
Ishikawa: Right.
Suzuki: Like, “Wouldn’t it be fun if we could enact something like that?”
Ishikawa: Yup, yup.
Suzuki: That’s what Jin-san wondered at the beginning, when we were asking ourselves what to do for that event.
Asumin: Haaah...
Suzuki: This is the idea that Jin-san came up with.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes.
Asumin: Eeeh~?
Suzuki: I was thinking about that sort of thing too, so I thought it was extremely interesting.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: Hum, normal, we’d have Asumi-san participate in the event.
Ishikawa: Yes.
Asumin: Oooh...
Suzuki: Like, I think it’s totally possible that there’d be a part where she’d go, “I’m Asumi Kana, the voice of Ene!”
Ishikawa: It wouldn’t necessarily be a talk corner but you’d come up.
Asumin: If it’s something like that, we already have it in the usual scheme of things, right?
Suzuki: That’s right.
Ishikawa: Yes. We have the major and the normal stuff.
Suzuki: Yep, yep.
Asumin: But I do want to have more like these! *laughs*
Suzuki: Ah, really? Eeeh~!
Ishikawa: I see.
Asumin: Events that feature titles and their characters.
Suzuki: I think that’s quite a... difficult thing to do.
Asumin: Aaah...
Suzuki: It’s hard to make an event like that.
Ishikawa: Right.
Suzuki: This time, we had music involved.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: Exactly.
Suzuki: So we were able to do it through making music the focus and inserting all sorts of aspects of the anime into it.
Ishikawa: Yeah.
Asumin: Yup, yup.
Suzuki: But there are series that aren’t like this.
Ishikawa: Right.
Asumin: That’s right...
Suzuki: So, as expected, I believe it’s definitely better to have the cast participate in those cases.
Ishikawa: Yeah.
Asumin: Hm-hm!
Suzuki: This time was a challenge, so to say.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Suzuki: Thus, it turned out like this, but...
Ishikawa: So Jin was giving ideas already in the earliest meetings?
Suzuki: Precisely! It began from the basis that the Mekakushi-dan would be making the event, and from there, we’d go into the really minute details.
Ishikawa: I see.
Suzuki: Before reaching the peak, there were actually lots of setups.
Ishikawa: There were, yes.
Asumin: Yes! *giggles*
Suzuki: It’s as if the characters themselves were making preparations behind the scenes.
Ishikawa: Yes, that’s right.
Suzuki: And in the midst of that, since it’s the Mekakushi-dan, they make a few mistakes, as one would expect, so there’s sounds Mary dropping stuff, like, “BAM!”
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes. There were.
Asumin: *giggles*
Suzuki: Things like that.
Ishikawa: And there were big animals too.
Asumin: *laughs*
Suzuki: Ah, something like that! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seto-kun brings them over.
Ishikawa: Seto-kun...
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: These kinds of little jokes came from Jin-san.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: Yeeeaaah...
Suzuki: And as expected, for Jin-san, participating in the event mostly as one of the players must have been...
Asumin: He was so cool!
Suzuki: Yuuup, he was, wasn’t he?
Ishikawa: He sure was.
Asumin: It was my first time seeing it!
Ishikawa: His performance?
Asumin: Yes!
Suzuki: I see. I believe he hasn’t done that many live concerts.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: Aaah...!
Suzuki: So it’s also because of that.
Asumin: It was awesome. The people in the seats were calling to him in the same way they’d call to an idol, like, “Jin-saaan!” *laughs*
Suzuki: That’s right.
Ishikawa: “Jin-saaan!”
Asumin: Yeah! They also said, “Jin-san, you’re so cute!”
Suzuki/Asumin: *laugh*
Asumin: Many were saying he was cool, too, of course!
Suzuki: *laughs*
Asumin: But yeah, I thought, “They sure love him...”
Suzuki: Amazing. It was wonderful, wasn’t it?
Asumin: Maaan...
Suzuki: Those days. Everyone who went on-stage, too.
Ishikawa: That’s right. Those two days were incredible.
Asumin: They were! I ended up crying during Ayano’s song.
Suzuki: Oooh...
Ishikawa: The one sung by Okui-san?
Asumin: Yeeeah!
Suzuki: Okui Aki-san, right?
Ishikawa: Yes.
Asumin: I’m weak to that song. *laughs*
Ishikawa: “Ayano no Koufuku Riron” was amazing, wasn’t it?
Asumin: Right?!
Ishikawa: It enveloped the venue in a warm atmosphere.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Asumin: But there were other cast members attending, so all the while, we were thinking things like, “I don’t wanna get busted!” *laughs*
Suzuki/Ishikawa: *laugh*
Asumin: “I don’t wanna ruin this!”
Suzuki: Is that so?
Asumin: But, wow, it was such a fascinating event.
Ishikawa: That’s right. And watching it was amazing.
Asumin: Yeah...
Ishikawa: And you had to read a narration as Ene from before the show started.
Suzuki: Yup.
Asumin: Yes! Exactly.
Suzuki: Ene quite literally had a big role in this one.
Asumin: Yes.
Suzuki: She was something like an MC.
Ishikawa: Right.
Asumin: Yeah.
Suzuki: In a way, everyone had commonplace roles. But Ene had to talk a lot.
Asumin: Yes, I sure did.
Ishikawa: Ene-chan also sang a song at the event.
Suzuki: *laughs*
Asumin: She was super cute back there!
Ishikawa: She was.
Asumin: Right~?
Ishikawa: Dancing so flashily, too.
Asumin: But really, we could only make this kind of stage happen because it’s the Mekakushi-dan.
Suzuki: True.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Suzuki: By all means, I want to try and do this again if there’s ever another chance.
Asumin: Yep, yep!
Ishikawa: Indeed.
Suzuki: One more time, but in a different way.
Ishikawa: Well, the anime has finished broadcasting.
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: Then we had this two-day live concert.
Asumin: Yep!
Ishikawa: And there have been several events for Mekakucity Actors.
Asumin: Yes, yes.
Ishikawa: And Asumi-san had many opportunities to participate in them as Ene.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: Amidst all of that, was there any memorable occasion for you while working with “Mekakucity Actors”? Well, I do think the last event left a deep impression on you, since it’s the most recent one of these.
Asumin: That’s right~!
Ishikawa: But is there anything else? There were all sorts of events, such as the one in Sapporo.
Suzuki: Huuum... I see. The one held at Sapporo Station, right?
Ishikawa: Yes, the one at Sapporo Station.
Asumin: Aaah, that’s right! Ene was there!
Ishikawa: She was a government officer at the building for a day.
Asumin: She was!
Suzuki: She was taking care of the building.
Asumin: Yes, I did that. And, oh, yeah! I also went to Taiwan.
Suzuki: Right, Asumi-san went to Taiwan.
Ishikawa: Thank you so much for that!
Asumin: The Mekakushi-dan traveled there.
Suzuki: Unbelievable. “Mekakucity Actors” is extremely famous even in Taiwan!
Asumin: That’s right!
Ishikawa: True!
Asumin: The first thing that shocked me is that everyone is really paying attention to this series!
Ishikawa: *laughs* Yes, yes.
Suzuki: Yeah, and you too, Asumi-san, are very popular there.
Ishikawa: Ah!
Suzuki: Yeah.
Ishikawa: Thank you so much.
Asumin: Man, I didn’t think they’d gather around me!
Suzuki: That sure was impressive.
Asumin: I was thinking I’d be glad if at least ten or so people came up to me, and yet...! *laughs*
Suzuki: And yet, as expected...! *laughs*
Ishikawa: As expected, everyone came up to you.
Asumin: Yeah, yeah! At first, I was surprised. I was asking the guests, “You know me??” *laughs*
Ishikawa: Eeeeh??
Suzuki: I bet you would.
Ishikawa: Indeed, indeed.
Suzuki: But on that day, there was a mini-event where people could have an autograph from Asumi-san if they bought any merchandize.
Ishikawa: Heeeh~?
Suzuki: Also, there was a talk show and live dubbing.
Ishikawa: That’s amazing!
Asumin: It sure was.
Suzuki: There was a limit of 125 goods, and apparently, they were gone in 5 minutes.
Ishikawa: Eeeh?!
Asumin: Yeeeaaah...
Suzuki: It seems a lot of people couldn’t buy anything.
Asumin: That’s right. To think this series is loved beyond the seas...
Ishikawa: Yeah!
Suzuki: Makes you so happy, huh?
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: I didn’t know it personally, so when I went abroad...
Ishikawa: Right, you have to go there yourself.
Asumin: Exactly!
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Asumin: When I saw it right before my eyes, it was such an enormous thing.
Ishikawa: Taiwan is pretty good, isn’t it?
Asumin: Yep, yep, yep!
Suzuki: It’s the same as the Japanese fans, really.
Ishikawa: Yes, yes, yes.
Asumin: Yeah!
Susuki: It really is, isn’t it?
Asumin: Their feelings of loving anime and loving fictional characters are truly the same as ours.
Suzuki: Seriously.
Ishikawa: It feels like looking at a mirror, doesn’t it?
Asumin: Yeaaah!
Suzuki: For real, for real.
Asumin: It’s so amazing that people from so many countries have one thing in common that they like, isn’t it?
Suzuki: It is.
Ishikawa: Sure is.
Asumin: This could lead to world peace! *laughs*
Suzuki: It really could.
Ishikawa: Indeed.
Asumin: Boy, I was really happy. Everyone was so good at Japanese.
Suzuki: Ah, they certainly were.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Suzuki: Lots of people came up to talk to Asumi-san.
Ishikawa: They sure wanted to have a chat with her.
Asumin: They talked to me in Japanese!
Ishikawa: Eeeh~?
Asumin: That’s right. So many of them said they studied Japanese because they like anime and video games.
Suzuki: Yup.
Ishikawa: That’s something to be grateful for. They love even the casts that take part in the series.
Asumin: Yeah...
Suzuki: There were also people who aspired to become voice actors in Japan, right?
Asumin: Right, right! There were! They told me they liked anime so much that they wanted to be seiyuu! *laughs*
Suzuki: Whoa...
Ishikawa: Amazing...!
Asumin: That was so powerful...
Ishikawa: Just breaking the language barrier is already so hard, and yet, they want to become... professionals in that area. I have no idea if that’s the right word for this.
Asumin: It is. And the passion of those people was really so...
Ishikawa: Isn’t it pretty difficult to do the correct intonations, for example?
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: I mean, talking and dubbing are two different things. You have to go beyond.
Ishikawa: There’s all sorts of difficulties to it.
Suzuki: And yet, there are people aiming for that.
Asumin: Riiight~? But y’know, when I felt their passion, I thought they could totally make it!
Suzuki: Yeah, for real.
Ishikawa: Seriously.
Suzuki: They’re really passionate.
Asumin: It truly made me happy.
Ishikawa: It’s wonderful how much people love this series.
Asumin: Yeees...
Ishikawa: It’s all because it’s “Mekakucity Actors”.
Suzuki: Really.
Asumin: That’s what makes me happiest. Isn’t that right~?
Ishikawa: Yeah. And while we were talking about that, we’ve arrived to the ending theme of episode 7.
Asumin: Yes!! *laughs*
Ishikawa: Now that we’re at the ending, episode 7’s commentary was the most... how should I put it?
Asumin: Yes?
Ishikawa: Should I say it was the most down-to-earth one until now?
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Ishikawa: The others were serious as well, but this was the one where we dug the deepest into all sorts of topics.
Suzuki: Ah, really?
Asumin: Aaah...!
Suzuki: Ah, I’m glad!
Asumin: Ah, out of all the audio commentaries?!
Suzuki: It’s all because Asumi-san came over!
Asumin: Eeeeeh?? Seriously?! *laughs*
Ishikawa: I think the last commentary was pretty fun too, but...
Asumin/Suzuki: *laugh*
Asumin: “Fun”?!
Suzuki: Keiji-san was here.
Asumin: I’m super curious now!
Suzuki: He had a big part in that.
Asumin/Suzuki: *laugh*
Asumin: No, but I’m honestly happy that I was able to co-star at something with Keiji-kun!
Suzuki/Ishikawa: *laugh*
Suzuki: Yeah, and he talked about that!
Asumin: Save from when we’re doing our radio show.
Ishikawa: It seems he was nervous about being called “Keiji-kun” during the recordings.
Asumin: *laughs* Is that so?
Suzuki: Yeah, and he was jealous.
Ishikawa: He was jealous.
Asumin: I see~!
Ishikawa: He talked about all of that.
Asumin: Heeeh~! But man, there’s a lot of Takane’s growth being depicted here.
Ishikawa: Yeah, in this episode.
Asumin: Her weaknesses and whatnot.
Ishikawa: It’s the story of her realizing her feelings and what happens after that.
Asumin: That’s right.
Suzuki: Yeah.
Ishikawa: From here on, the plot goes back to the present and keeps on gathering strength.
Suzuki: Precisely.
Ishikawa: The next one is episode 8, as in “Act 08”, right?
Asumin: Yes.
Suzuki: Hm.
Ishikawa: We hope everyone will look forward to it.
Suzuki: Yuuup.
Asumin/Ishikawa: Yes.
Ishikawa: That being said, here’s the C part, or the picture book part.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: We gradually learn who the “monster” of this narration is.
Suzuki: Yup, yup, yup.
Ishikawa: This is a point where the story is well-outlined.
Suzuki: Hmm.
Ishikawa: So it’s going to set itself in motion once again, and while we’re like, “I wonder what’s gonna happen in episode 8”, did you like episode 7, Asumi-san?
Asumin: Yes! It really... Hum, we might have not talked much about the plot itself— *laughs*
Suzuki: *laughs*
Ishikawa: No, no! No problem, no problem!
Asumin: But the fact that everyone accepts it is everything. Really, many of the stories in “Mekakushi” are kind of frustrating, aren’t they?
Suzuki: Hmmm...
Ishikawa: That’s right...
Asumin: When everyone gathers up, something is born.
Ishikawa: Yeah. The previous live concert, too, was something they all did together.
Suzuki: Indeed.
Asumin: Yep!
Ishikawa: They joined hands and made it happen.
Asumin: This story will develop further, so by all means, keep enjoying it. We will be in your care.
Ishikawa: Yes! Thank you very much.
Asumin: Yes, thank you very much!
Ishikawa: Suzuki-san, please give a message too, if that is okay.
Suzuki: A message?!
Asumin: *laughs*
Suzuki: “Keep watching from this point on too!”
Asumin/Suzuki: *laugh*
Suzuki: “Buy the DVD!”
Ishikawa: That’s very producer-like. But to be honest, it makes us very happy that this series is making its rounds out there.
Asumin: Yeah! Very happy!
Suzuki: Right. Keep looking forward to the continuations.
Ishikawa: That’s right.
Asumin: Yep!
Suzuki: And when you finish, go back to the beginning.
Asumin: Yeeep!
Ishikawa: Yeah, watch it over and over again.
Suzuki: Exactly. That’s about it.
Ishikawa: We think the most important thing is that people enjoy this series.
Asumin: Hmm!
Suzuki: Yes!
Ishikawa: Eh, the seventh episode ends here.
Asumin: Yes!
Ishikawa: Thank you very much.
Suzuki/Asumin: Thank you very much!
#kagepro#kagerou project#mekakucity actors#kagerou daze#konoha#ene#kokonose haruka#enomoto takane#asumi kana#suzuki kenta#audio commentary#my translation
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Hey i just wanna say i love your story!! even though it pains me a little to see daemon not married and madly in love in rhaenyra (they're an otp of the century. can daemon not have two wives in a future fic? pretty please?) i love love LOVE what you've created!! i love your worldbuilding, your inclusion of daeron, how creatively AND faithfully you've rewritten the driftmark throne room scene, like licherally i was at the edge of my seat. to see daemon so aware of hightower/maester agenda and the threat they pose to targaryens is delightful bc he probaby doesn't realize it fully in either canon. if only he did, maybe the dance would never happen then! also the fascination vaenora (as i call her in my mind) has with the dothraki reminds me of MY BELOVED DANY SO MUCH, I MISS HER EVERY DAY. its like i can read about an incarnation of dany, lmao. its so interesting to think how vaenora's children might affect the dance!! maybe it won't happen at all in your universe!! a sweet thought!! almost as sweet as vaenora herself!!
Aaaah, thank you so much! I do actually have a Daemyra x Reader fic in my masterlist, because I too love Daemyra (although the fic is pretty dark)! I'm so glad you're enjoying this fic series, it's been one big experiment - I've never actually written anything beyond one or two one-shots in the past.
Daemon is definitely more aware of the collusion between the Citadel and the Hightowers (which is really only a theory but still) in this fic. I do wonder if the Dance would have happened if the Targaryens cottoned onto this threat.
I MISS DANY TOOOOO. I hate the way her story ended, I like to pretend it didn't even happen. I won't say anything about the future of my series, lol, because I'm actually not sure how it'll go myself haha! I love the name Vaenora - I call her Lyaella in my head, but that's the beauty of a character without a name! I love seeing all the different versions of her out there.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm working on the next chapter now, and hopefully it'll be done soon!
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Hi hello just letting you know that your art is So Fucking Good im dying love the crystally aesthetic of neo and love the little bits of worldbuilding youve dropped keep it up youre killing it
;;__;; YO!! AAAAH!!! THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH! Im incredibly happy to hear!!! ;w; I absolutely love getting to do lore oriented pieces and am hoping Ill get some time to do more!!! Hearing that you enjoy em definitely ramps up my hype to do em too so I appreciate it a fuck ton!
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Please please give us more crumbs about error in code. I just finished the latest chapter and oh my god I am obsessed.
aaaah anon, I'm so happy you enjoy the fic, it's very dear to my heart! ❤️❤️💕oke, just for you here are some facts:
I've got 113k words (just finished chapter 10) and am not done yet. I expect this to be around 130k words long
when i say slow burn, i mean slow burn (they really need a long time to figure out their issues in this one. i might have given them too many, oops)
there are going to be three "arcs", the second one was really fun to write!
i did not intend for this to be this long. After my first 100k+ fic I swore to never do it again, but VegasPete apparently rewired my brain
The next chapter will have some more worldbuilding of the sunken district and it will also have a lot more relationship development!
#anon#ask#sdfsf this ask made me ridiculously happy#i still feel so 😍whenever i realise people are actually reading it!! and liking it!!! and some even analysing it!!!!!!!#my heart is so full
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Just finished bingeing one of your fics and all throughout I was enjoying myself immensely and realizing how much our tastes overlap and there is just. We are those two snakes eating each others tails, I think.
aaaah I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and I love your work so much! Your Satine metas are always a delight to read and think about, and I adored your "Anakin and the Jedi Babies" fic (which is a series now and I'm not caught up but I'll get to it hopefully eventually). I do think our tastes overlap a lot, and I always enjoy seeing what you do in a fic with worldbuilding and time travel and especially with Ahsoka.
Thank you!! <3 <3
#asks#phoenixyfriend#your writing sticks in my head for years its so good#and you always have such a delightful take on things
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💞💥💌
💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language
I already answered this one here! but the short answer is it's a three way tie between worldbuilding, technical stuff, and characters.
💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.
aaaah, let me poke around, hold on - AH! fill my mouth with kisses and nectar. ode to a mango pt. 1. I really loved this! I enjoy writing making food and sharing food as a way to express love and nothing hits like sharing some good ass fruit with someone you love, be that family or friends or lovers. it slaps. also I just. really enjoy writing riku and kairi's relationship. it deserves more airtime.
💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!
I have already answered this as well BUT I do have multiple WIPs in rotation so let's get it -
SO. I'm still working on completing the circle and writing the Soriku Woo Kairi fic. I want it to have like. children of the sea kind of vibes. and yes, I do mention events of kingdom hearts via kairi's arrival. no they aren't going to do shit about it. they aren't involved today.
I am ALSO thinking about repurposing a WIP I had that I thought was going to be part 4 of hyrule world tour but got scrapped for the work that is currently in its place. I'm delving into zelink and religious trauma again and it's gonna be a two-fer. hopefully. I don't wanna blab about it here 'cause this is already long enough lmao but if anyone wants to know I'm happy to talk about it....maybe that will excite me enough to actually get some words down.
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I love your work! Zack and cloud are a shipping I've literally had since senior school and seeing your stuff come up honestly makes me instantly happy and giddy!
Also have you ever heard of a fic called too good to be true? It's a Zack/Cloud fic by Miko and it's honestly my favourite FFVII fic I've ever read. Keep up the amazing work!
Aaaah thank you so much! Glad to hear compliment from somebody who has loved them for so long! <3
Oh yeah! Actually, I stumbled upon it when I only had around three comics finished and was like "!!! WOW. I need to check this out! This is very up my alley!" However, I already had a lot of ideas about the boys on my mind and wanted to lay down my own personal approach to the Zack lives post-AC AU, since that fic is one as well.
So when I finally went back to read it, I found out that the plot focuses on Sephiroth's return and was a little bit let down? So I didn't even finish reading it. I really like Seph, but I don't like resurrecting villains over and over and over again. I prefer plots with new ideas. Which is kind of a thing I don't like about AC either. I like the world state it gives us and the potential - world post-meteor! People rebuilding! Yay! But also - everything just has to go back to Sephiroth in FFVII, because he's the character that sells it.
And now I remembered I forgot to mention It Rains Ashes on Golgotha by Harmony as one of my fave fics, because that one works marvels with post-AC world and plot. Yes, Zack is alive, but also there's a reason for it, it's different and the world reacts to it. That's some good fan-worldbuilding there! <3
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Youhou! Let's keep this short, it's time for a major update!
Merge
So uh a few months ago I wanted to try a little experiment and created a secondary blog, creative-stability. I didn't want to "pollute" my art blog (lulullia) with stuff like what I'm up to and what I find interesting, but it didn't really work.
Recently I figured I should just keep one blog for everything! Especially since I do not call myself an "illustrator" anymore. Drawing is not something I like enough for it to be a consistent side hobby, let alone a job! I'm a worldbuilder and a storyteller, art is just a way for me to bring the stuff in my head to the real world.
So I'll be moving the posts from creative-stability to lulullia, my main blog, and update/rearrange the whole thing, which brings me to...
Relaunch
So! It looks like I've finally found the right medication for my mood disorder, and hopefully it will keep working, so I decided to start blogging regularly about my progress in my projects. I just like sharing my stuff, but I always hesitated on doing it on my blog because at this stage there's not much visuals (currently worldbuilding), I felt like it wouldn't interest anyone, and I couldn't do it consistently because of my disorder.
But now I've been working so much since my mood got back to normal, I feel like I can really bring some value, even if it's just to entertain. My hope is to create an immersive world for sad and epic stories for incredible animated visual novels and games!
This will imply some housekeeping and updating on the blog itself. In the next few days I'll be working on the theme, pages (navigation, projects etc) and re-tagging existing posts to keep everything sorted.
And Next
Very frequent micro-updates on my current progress! Right now I'm in worldbuilder mode so it'll be that (more specifically, the cosmology of the world, and the planetary system which I'm simulating in Universe Sandbox but aaaah let's keep that for another time).
Also in case you signed up for the art: don't worry, there'll still be some of that too! I love pixel art and I still enjoy regular drawing from time to time. It'll just be a bit less frequent.
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Thanks for reading this far! Also recently I don't how it happened but I just got so many follows for my last drawing, that really really makes me so happy, and motivated to bring more content to you guys <3
Until next time (pretty soon),
~ Lulullia/Sigma
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2, 6, 14, and 15 for Star Wars favorites/least favorites.
2. pairing
Favourite: It has to be Obi-Wan and Satine, their sarcasm gives me so much life and I wish she hadn’t died aaaah
Least favourite: Rey and Kylo. My principle is ship and let ship but I do really wish they hadn’t put them together, Kylo had so much potential but his arc really fell flat for me at the end
6. planet
Favourite: I’m gonna have to go with three because I can’t possibly choose - Dathomir, because fog and witches?? Holy hell yes my favourite Halloween vibes, and it’s the home of my beloved Maul and Ventress for good measure. Also Utapau, but @inquisitorius-sin-bin ‘s version of it because how could I NOT adore a place with that much worldbuilding detail. And also Korriban because I am a SWTOR nerd at heart and I love my desert land even if the slugs are the most insufferable things in existence
Least favourite: I don’t think I have one, I love all of them too much 😂
14. fight
Favourite: Oh this is harddd, Star Wars fights are the best because they’re so emotionally charged and aaaaaah I can’t pick but at the moment it’s another tie between Obi-Wan and Anakin in ROTS (needs no explanation) and Luke vs the Dark Troopers because I genuinely don’t think a scene has ever made me more excited in my life
Least favourite: The first Vader/Obi-Wan fight in the Kenobi show. I know I know it was intentionally anticlimactic to build up to the later one and it worked beautifully but also oof
15. line of dialogue
Favourite: There are hundreds and it changes daily, they’re all too good to pick a singular favourite BUT “Hello there” is a classic and probably the one that I quote the most, so that. Although a lot of Quizzy’s dialogue is very high up there too I must say
Least favourite: “Somehow, Palpatine returned.”
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
#thanks for the ask!#also Andor is making imperial coruscant rapidly creep up my list of favourite planets#oh boy it never ends
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OK
SO i was texting a friend @lacewingballad that absolute fiend and we were talking about this fanfic we’ve been reading that’s amazing (highly recommend, read Survival is a Talent from ShanaStoryteller) but we got to talking about characterizations of Ginny (she’s amazing in siat, all the characters have depth and personality even if they’re side characters and you root for all of them and it’s so well done and the worldbuilding and everything) and ended up brainstorming a concept we REALLY want someone to write. if not we at least want to share it.
ok concept:
after the end of the whole chamber of secrets debacle in ginny’s first year the horcrux is gone, but because tom riddle was possessing her for so long she ends up with like a ghost/remnant of him constantly following her around and linked to her. he can’t actually touch things and she’s the only one that can see or hear him, and both of them hate it.
and like, okay, it sucks for pretty much all of ginny’s second year. the dementors just make things worse and she’s obviously traumatized by what happened but he just is constantly sarcastic and insulting in a vaguely endearing way and doesn’t give a shit about ginny near the beginning and has just decided that since he’s stuck like this he’s NOT going to mute himself and this thoughts. and ginny hates it for a long time but then starts to get used to it and realizes that yeah he possessed her but he’s harmless right now and kind of just wants attention instead of to be ignored even if he’s SO annoying in class
“really, he’s teaching it like THAT? there’s more to learn on a chocolate forg card. i can do it in half the time.”
“ginny ignore severus he’s being a twat. add some occamy eyes to your potion instead.”
“minerva FUCKING mcgonagall that bitch, you know she ruined my perfect record at hogwarts??? i would have been top of the class in everything every year but that scottish pile of basilisk dung always beat me in transfiguration.”
Ginny: just SHUT UP!
*everyone turns to stare at ginny*
Tom: oooooo Ginny’s in trroublllee
like, her 2nd year and a lot of her third are hard but she slowly gets better and more used to it, and he’s actually very helpful with the dementors and during the quidditch up attack. he’s all—”you’re my only link to the world without you I’ll disappear so you’re not allowed to die, even if you are incompetent. don’t be so selfish” and she slowly realizes that yeah he’s being a dick but he is scared of disappearing and he’s slowly growing on her like a parasitic mold.
Ginny keeps hexing walls because she tries to throw curses at him and they go right through and he gets so fed up he’s like, “NO, you’re stance is wrong. let me fix it.” and accidentally ends up teaching her a bunch of stuff.
and he also has opinions about people. like the amount of blackmail and judgement he has is astounding and he’s not afraid to call people about because this is sixth year tom, not yet voldemort, just a very salty teenage boy.
Tom, grudgingly impressed: “the goyle line is still going? do they look like the hapsburgs yet?
“it’s leviosA, not leviOsa. honestly ginny your classmates are idiots. has the collective intelligence of the wizarding world gone down since i was alive?
“aaaah, i remember crabbe and goyle. i think they were still following around malfoys in my day; i kind of wis hi had just poisoned them instead of cultivating them as minions. look at them. a mountain troll has more intelligence. i’d rather people marry mudbloods than those two, sweet merlin.”
around the middle of her third year she has to prepare for the yule ball but has no idea how to dance and he spends like three days insulting her, “what sort of pureblood witch doesn’t know how to dance? were you raised in a sty? were you too busy balancing out the idiocy in your entire household brought upon by all that red hair to learn basic manners?” until she finally challenges him to do better. he’s like FINE and just grabs her and spins her around and empty room and they’re spitting insults the whole time and purposely stepping on each other’s feet.
“what if someone sees?”
“you dancing by yourself? eh, so maybe you’ve had a drink”
“merlin to do this, i’ll need more than one.”
“madam rosmerta is very easily bribed if you want firewhisky”
and they finish dancing up and realize that they don’t hate each other so much anymore and don’t acknowledge it, it’s just awkward and quiet and they don’t talk about it but ginny’s a great dancer by the yule ball even if tom spends half of it running around the room collecting gossip and blackmail like a magpie and the other half insulting neville but being begrudgingly impressed by neville’s dancing skills. ginny originally spent all of second year learning occlumency on her own so that she could tune out and get rid of tom when necessary because she’s incredibly determined and scared after being possessed by the diary, but as time goes on she realizes that she doesn’t need to use occlumency against tom and stops, lets him teach her legilimency so that she can defend her mind as much as possible.
and ginny originally hates all the slurs but by her fifth year has just given up and has fully brought up the fact that her blood is purer than his. when he gets particularly annoying she starts pointing out all the people he hates who have purer blood than him and he can’t even run away because they’re linked. at this point even she has grown on tom, his insults have continued but gotten less pointed and he spends more time snarking at others and teaching her revenge spells “to corrupt her” even though they both know she’s not going to get very corrupted.
by her sixth year his retribution to her annoyances is to start pointing out classmates and asking to play fuck marry kill. he’s even done it with professors and on one memorable occasion when he was particularly salty, dumbledore. and while this is happening there is a war going, for the record. like, he’s showed her dark magic spells for reversing cruciatus exposure and acts as lookout for ginny and the DA during her sixth year and has such scathing insults for the Carrows ginny has burst into laughter in public. and tom helps her out as much as he can even when she yells at him that he’s stifling her and that she can take care of herself.
“but you’re so pathetic! and helpless! like a baby niffler!” and she scoffs and hexes the first bully she comes across with a vicious bat bogey hex and is like “helpless? me? bitch you’re a ghost.”
and even while the war is going on tom’s officially realized that he doesn’t want voldemort to win because then he’ll disappear and it sucks but he’s kind of invested in ginny now, she’s been there and she’s kind of what he wished a friend would have been when he was younger because everyone in slytherin either looked down on him for being a mudblood, was jealous of him for being smarter than all of them, or was scared of him. ginny has experienced the darkest parts of him and still refuses to be scared and flinch away, matches him word for word and snark for snark and he can appreciate it okay. so he starts feeding information about voldemort to ginny so she can share it with harry, who doesn’t really question where it comes from because ginny asks him to trust her and just says that she remembers some stuff from being possessed from tom as a first year. and it’s weird stuff too, like how tom lost his virginity, or tom helping to make lesson plans for the DA around grey borderline dark magic spells that can be used for healing and stuff.
harry, in the middle of the battle of the department of mysteries: “you’re scared tom. scared of what i can do to you. just like you were scared when lisa cromwell rejected your ask to the yule ball.”
*everyone else is confused*
voldemort, spitting and hissing. “whAAAtttt?? hOOOw??? tell me POTTER?? WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT NAME??????”
tom, sitting on the side with ginny. “it was very traumatizing for us. we learned to dance for her and i’m still bitter about it.”
and HERE’S THE THING. around her fourth year ginny found a book in the room of requirement that taught her how to get rid of his ghost. but. she doesn’t. and since she can’t keep secrets from him for long, she writes herself a note, hides the book, and obliviates the knowledge from her own mind. she doesn’t want to find out or think about why she has found the book again and obliviated herself again, another two times.
the war ends and tom is still there, even though all the horcruxes are gone. and ginny does end up with harry at the end (we debated luna for a while but decided on harry as the ultimate endgame) and it’s weird because they like each other, but they can also both acknowledge that tom is part of what links them. he understands what it is like to be possessed by tom, to be seduced by his whispers and how charismatic he could be. sometimes at night he whispers that he misses the horcrux because he’ll close his eyes and feel alone but he was never alone as a kid, he always had tom, even if he didn’t know it, in the back of his mind, no matter how dark the cupboard under the stairs got. they bond over it a lot.
one day, a few years after the end of the war, after both of them have graduated, ginny sits down and explains the whole tom remnant to him, about how he is there and following her around, and how she thinks that she can modify a spell meant to send him away to make him visible to the both of them, if he wants, instead of just her. and she explains what happened after the chamber and how he’s always been there and how tom is curious to actually be able to talk to his horcrux, someone like him but not really. and harry says yes and soon tom ends up as the third weird brother in the household, not in love with either of them, just an annoying houseguest that ginny and harry both begrudgingly enjoy snarking with. just a ghost.
and the thing is that harry gets tom. because harry understands how tom became a megalomaniacal dark lord because harry was also neglected and ignored and scared. the only difference is that he had ron and hermione to teach him how to love, and value friendship, and be a normal human, and tom had no one to teach him. hogwarts was his home, but emotionally, it wasn’t any better than the orphanage.
OK WOW. that was long. we were texting for like more than an hour mind you. but now we have this idea and neither of us have the time to write it but i’m nevertheless putting it out there in case anyone wants to expand upon it or just add to it, i’d love to hear people’s thoughts about this AU, little scenes and funny tidbits.
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