#i love iris it took me forever to board the love iri.s sa.gan train but

[brawlqueen]

big sister mizuki is so important to me and so fun to explore since she is so wary of people 'wanting' to care for her. it has to be a trap, right? iris is and always will in my canon be mizuki's big sister albeit a very childlike one , and her best friend. i never really get to write big sister mizuki even though she's arguably more mature than most of the cast even in the original game , though she does have her moments of showing she's 12 .

[redacted] is not her big sister , and even in the 'canon' i've removed her from (a.ini) , mizuki still was acting like a big sister even to her, constantly checking on her health and protecting her from battles because of her heart condition. it's also just . . . as wholesome and sweet as it is that mizuki looks out for everyone , bottles up her sadness and her envy for iris given how iris was born and given love ? mizuki never resents her. she's never spitefully jealous that she got hitomi as her mother . she says she 'kinda envies her' but i take the line as in a sense of wishing she had been born into love, had been given love, had known love.

and it's sad that she's so ancient and young even before twelve , so mature and so intelligent, so fierce and witty and cunning and sharp, but also the sweetest girl underneath. a real lion heart. iris has her moments of big sistering mizuki , but it's always so conditional on what route you're on in ai.tsf. this also applies to d.ate, and really anyone in the cast , which is why i tend to merge the growth / bond of mizuki and date from mizuki route into true / resolution route.

i just think it's kinda really tragic a twelve year old is arguably more mature than the loveable iris at eighteen, and i kind of am glad iris has so much innocence all spoilers considered , but also sad for mizuki because she never had a moment of that , and i think it's so crucial to her that iris keeps her smile, and that's why she's forever and always called, 'super ultra mega best friend forever' by mizuki.

#I MISS THE SIBLINGS . . . #also big sis mizuki :" ) she's so great at it ! #but uh at what cost geez #still her love for iris is a great example of her true nature. #besides some other charas they are each other's favorite person in many ways. #i love iris it took me forever to board the love iri.s sa.gan train but #here we are! #𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐒 *ೃ༄ and this line is your path & this cross is your heart. #verrrryyy slowly chipping at replies but getting even one done #and feeling somewhat happy with it bc i'm a perfectionist sometimes makes me so happy #thank you all for being so patient #i really appreciate you oaihgoewih #i'm not saying iris doesn't have struggles at all! #esp with all the spoilers #but the diff between her and mizuki is night and day it's wild #but i love it??? #i wanna see more big sister iris tho pls #i want an iris or an amame or kizzy to interact with #i need to talk about amame too bc she had a minor role in a.itsf but a HUGE role for mizuki as support :') #i love that mizuki calls her 'mame' in a.ini tho i'm v....torn between how they handled mame #granted uh #yeah! #haha