I know the fandom loves making Rui cry. Hell, I love making Rui more than anything. But I think we're also missing that Rui— never cries.
I think it adds onto the subhuman factor. After all, monsters don't get to have emotions, was there ever a story where a monster cried? Exactly.
I think it's also remarkable that the time we see Rui close to breaking into tears — Curtain Call — he does NOT cry. In fact, Asahi describes it as "a weird face". suits him quite well, doesn't it?
Rui doesn't know how to cry. He can scrunch his face but... He just doesn't know how to.
And then we arrive at Our Happy Ending and he's laughing and crying with all his friends, a messy pile of hugs and arms and warmth and utter desperation for the lost. And he cries, and there are little tears in the corners of his eyes when he leaves the Wonder Stage. He doesn't realize it at first, but when Nene sneers at him and Tsukasa gives him a tissue he suddenly does.
Maybe monsters can cry too.
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Big fish in his enrichment enclosure (+the doodles I did in my lecture that inspired it)
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DP Valentine's Core Exchange
For @murcielagatito! I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed drawing them!!!
Thanks to @valentines-core-exchange for hosting this event :D!!
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