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[mickules]

a reward well earned

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So how about that movie huh? There'll be plenty of opportunity to process all of THAT later, but for now I think a couple of hours under the basking lamp is more than deserved.

Tmnt is one of my absolute favourite series, ever since I used to watch old re-runs of the renamed '87 version 'teenage mutant HERO turtles' since the uk decided 'ninja' was too violent. And out of every version, right next to 2018, 2003 was my JAM, their terrible civvies never failed to impress

I'd give my front teeth for a new 'Turtles forever' starring the all the new boys

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #leonardo #michaelangelo #donatello #rafael #splinter #april o'neil #casey jones #lou jitsu #rottmnt #tmnt 2003 #i had rottmnt on loop whilst healing up in a fugue state #mickules #mick fnart #anyone who explores the xenobiology of bein' humanoid reptiles I'm kissing you on the forehead #rottmnt movie

[mickules]

I missed you too

The Parent Trap

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I ended up watching the original 1961 Parent Trap and LORD but there's a lot going on in that film. But ignoring the more . . . distressingly unhealthy 60s attitude toward marriage dynamics. . . The actual twin swap is such a good angle (and the effects genuinely hold up really well) I just wanted to capture the stress of trying to assimilate into a life so unlike your own, and that gut punch moment when they get to meet their missing parent for the first time.

And from there I just couldn't help imagine a future parent reconciliation, with a couple of siblings added into the mix . . .

Unlike in the film where they were right to have gotten divorced (and shoulda stayed super divorced)- Takaaki and Kiyoko's seperation was very much a symptom of Toranosuke's scandal and demanded by Kiyoko's father. So when they meet once again as a result of the Twin's shenanigans, the two of them could easily develop a genuine connection, now they're older, more experienced, and freed from the pressure of expectation. And I'm not immune to making every red eyed Dangan character an Ishimaru sibling

(Truth be told, this has been on my mind ever since @puckishpal 's just marvellous fic Changed, and I really wanted to get this out in time for @mini-mecha-cowboy 's Kiyotaka week prompts AU and Lookalike, but uuuh- I managed to miss that by just a few ;; )

#danganronpa #kiyotaka ishimaru #kiyondo ishida #takaaki ishimaru #kiyoko ishimaru #<-Taka's mum #(or would it be Kiyoko Ishida in the context here?) #taka is immune to takaaki jumpscares at this point #also I know peko is older but #parenttrap is so far removed from canon #and Peko and Maki as twins was too perfect #dr1 #parent trap #dangan/parenttrap #mickules #mick fnart #dangan-colourcomic-ranpan #dr1 spoilers

[mickules]

Sometimes burnt bridges can be rebuilt.

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Ace Attorney had it's 20th anniversary last year and combined with the long awaited translation of Dai Gyakuten Saiban/the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles I got all nostalgic.

THIS moment is my absolute favourite scene: Phoenix Wright, terrified of heights, running across a burning bridge above a canyon because he's far more scared of losing anyone else, that he'd do anything to stop it. And in what would become a recurring motif, when Phoenix is in desperate straits, Edgeworth puts everything on the line to build him back up.

The same way Phoenix saved him.

I love these games.

(longboy combined version under cut cos the quality gets nerfed)

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #gyatuken saiban #trials and tribulations #bridge to the turnabout #acrophobia #aa #aa3 #wrightworth #narumitsu #mick fnart #mickules #just missed narumitsu week #I've tried to draw this scene SO many times before #never could get it right

[mickules]

What ya think about that? (class78 - class77) ---

Taka consistently trending across social media and being completely oblivious to it is my favourite joke, it gets me every time.

Makoto told him, after losing rock-paper-scissors

I usually don't really dabble with V3, since their vibe doesn't quite hit the same for me as class 78's and 77's do, but it felt like a shame not to cap off the series with their styles.

Kokichi would hold the record for consecutive detention days. and it would drive Taka MAD

(all the static outfits are under the cut)

#danganronpa #drv3 #kiyotaka ishimaru #kiibo #shuichi saihara #miu iruma #kokichi oma #mondo owada #leon kuwata #dress up games #mickules #mick fnart #animated gif #don't worry about the bunny outfit #dr could have made bunny figurines of all the charas if they weren't COWARDS

[mickules]

The aftermath of Mondo's unauthorised Birthday party

VS

When processing Officer Takaaki Ishimaru walks in.

#danganronpa #barbie mugshot meme #kiyotaka ishimaru #mondo owada #Leon threw the party - but left Taka to deal with the consequences #not only am I late #but I'm for sure not the first one to do this with the boys #I'm wrestling with being back at work after being off for so long I'm a little loopy #mickules #mick fnart

[mickules]

A half truth is a whole lie

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I am not the first, and I won't be the last, to make this crossover comparison but there's something incredibly appealing about it.

Reigen would be a NIGHTMARE client Trying to wring a single honest word from his mouth would be like pulling teeth The man himself is a contradiction.

but he'd have the most entertaining sprite animations

what can I say? mob psycho 100 season 3 has got me tight in its grip

#ace attorney #mob psycho 100 #phoenix wright #athena cykes #apollo justice #reigen arataka #this is somewhat of a drive by posting #I've been away for a spell - and I'm gone again for a few #lots of posts comin in december #ace attorney dual destinies #gyakuten saiban #mp100 #mickules #mick fnart #crossover fanart

[mickules]

Smooth like butter

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Just a quick one, originally just a warm up I was scrolling through reddit and a came across a DR1 inspired outfit repost (blo0dyx.exe on tiktok) and honestly the choices took me out

and with @mini-mecha-cowboy's Kiyotaka week prompt for today being ✨Fashion ✨

I couldn't NOT

#danganronpa #kiyotaka ishimaru #mondo owada #kiyotakaweek2023 #I've drawn taka in SO many outfits - what's one more #mini-mecha-cowboy #mickules #mick fnart #drthh

[mickules]

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Comparing Kiyotaka "approaches everything with whole ass 100% conviction and completely groundless confidence" Ishimaru with Mondo "I can't speak to people I fancy without yelling due to how nervous I am" Owada, I wonder which one of them might be more likely to take the initiative...

Clueless Taka, with his insulated upbringing, is a firm favourite of mine. But, obliviousness doesn't mean passivity, and Taka is nothing if not a force of nature.

Also, I can't help but feel... Unfiltered passion combined with zero experience and a hideously stubborn competitive streak? They'd be SO BAD at kissing.

Like "accidental concussion" levels of bad

Just "constantly headbutting the other in their enthusiasm" bad.

Well, Practice makes Perfect.

Happy Valentine's Day.

#danganronpa #mondo owada #kiyotaka ishimaru #valentine's day #dr1 #dr thh #happy hearts day if yous celebrate or if yous don't <3 #I do enjoy all the different dynamics of ishimondo #tho mondo calling taka 'babe' #personally sets off my “he would not say that!” reaction #tho I do get why folk might not wanna use kyoudai if they're dating #mickules #dangan-colourcomic-ranpan #mick fnart

[mickules]

Is there anything more uncanny than revisiting the source material after so long without looking at it?

My brother says I'm far to generous to their hairstyles.

(template: twitter@TAGASAING)

#danganronpa #kiyotaka ishimaru #mondo owada #honestly looking back at the og style now gives me whiplash #Taka's pincone head TT.TT #mondos JACKET #I will take any excuse not to show mondo's pompadour front on #the dangan style is a git to render #mickules #mick fnart

[mickules]

♪♫ “We are sorry to announce that the . . . SINGLE TRAIN . . .service has been cancelled due to . . .AWAITING A MEMBER OF TRAIN CREW. . . “ ♫♪ 

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Driver schedules are just lists of stations, instructions and times, so if you’ve been driving verrrrry similar shifts day in day out, a slight variation can easily trip you up. This is on top of the fact that there are multiple different stations and platforms that you might start from so a misreading might mean the difference of several MILES. Mobile phones have to be off during a shift (and that’s assuming you have signal) so phoning a missing staff member rarely gets you any results so unless you’re psychic and know exactly which one of the many different stations/platforms they might be at. . . you’re up a creek without a paddle.

HOWEVER, there is a contingency plan of sorts!

There are ‘standby’ shifts, where a driver just waits in the depot so that a cancellation can be avoided by having that driver step in instead during cases of sickness, lateness, disruption, and yes, if a driver is just standing at the wrong station like a berk.

(it’s me, I was the berk)

Imagine causing your brother that kind of stress! Better take care to make sure it doesn’t happen again . . . 👀

#submas #ingo #emmet #elesa #nimbasa trio #Pokémon Black and White #pokémon #pokémon Arceus #just realised I'd not drawn them with their pokemon before #too hung up on the TRAINS #I can't help but insert them into every work story I have #mickules #sketch comic #mick fnart #this is just a sidebar I SWEAR

[mickules]

This is FINE

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There's more than one reason why he's known as the 'Demon Cop'

Look this is 100% self gratifying crack. Based on my own 100% genuine experience:

I have a large tattoo, across my chest, shoulder blades and back. So, I was fairly resigned to the fact I'd probably never get to go to a public bath whilst visiting my friend in Japan, fair enough. One day however, she says she'd found a bath that allowed tattoos, and not just tiny ones that could be hidden by a plaster. So I go, very excited, and end up round the back of an area with a lot of signs advertising SoapIands and LoveHoteIs. I explain in the shakiest Japanese to the lady manning the counter that I have a large tattoo and she waves me in nonplussed. Pretty much every man there is covered in tattoos. Whilst I was drying my hair, one of them tries to ask me something but my Japanese was no where near good enough to answer. When I get back my friend seemed a little worried and then confesses that she'd found out, after I'd left, that she'd sent me to a yakuza bathhouse.

I wish I was able to understand what that man was trying to say to me.

also, the bonus aftermath:

And this is how I choose to enter 2023

#danganronpa #mondo owada #ishimaru kiyotaka #daiya owada #takaaki ishimaru #hiroko hagakure #bath house #shirtless #bum #perfectly tasteful however #you cannot see it but Daiya is missing his leg - that's why he needs the support #Takaaki's tattoo loosely (please do correct me if wrong 👌) #white hann'ya mask - noble woman scorned and transformed into a demon by her vengence #yellow chrysanthemums - flower of the imperial house a symbol of perfection #sakura blossoms in water - the ebb and flow of life and impermanence #bonji of Fudo Myo-o - buddist figure meaning 'immovable one' #dangan-colourcomic-ranpan #mickules #mick fnart #eyestrain just in case

[mickules]

An alternate epilogue for A House Made of Cards

A Breach of Trust might be @phantomrose96 's best known mp100 fanfic, but A House Made of Cards is such a solid punch to the gut, I often find myself returning to it. The slowly mounting dread when you realise exactly what is being going on, just enough to haunt you, and your imagination supplies the rest.

But, I'm a baby, and because where the fic leaves off is agonising, I had to indulge in a little alternate post-script, exploring a different possibility.

The actual fic is not so kind . . .

#mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #shigeo kageyama #dimple #fanfic fanart #a house made of cards #phantomrose96 #I've never met an ambiguous ending that I couldn't biguate #I almost forgot to draw the cards smh #canon typical violence #blood tw #head injury tw #mick fnart #mp100 #mickules

[mickules]

Brothers in arms you won't have to fight your battles alone anymore

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Happy (belated) Pride! There's nothing quite like the feeling when you realise you've got an ally in someone, especially when you've spent so long walking on eggshells. Being able to share, listen and learn from one another, even though your experiences won't be identical, might not even be similar; But knowing that there's someone who on some level understands? It's a tonic for the soul.

so in that vein, here's a little prequel to last year's pride comic, and the infamous sauna scene no less! Out of everything that happens, Mondo being entirely extra and declaring he'll do the challenge with all his clothes is such a BONKERS moment, but it certainly makes for a good headcanon opportunity, and I wanted to show Trans!Mondo a little love for pride.

There's also no doubt in my mind that Taka absolutely lost that endurance battle

#danganronpa #pride #LGBTQIA+ #kiyotaka ishimaru #mondo owada #dr1 #trigger happy havoc #LGBT headcanons #gay #transgender #coming out #miscommunication (just in case) #oof missed pride month by just a touch #although most pride parades where I'm at are in July so counts #may/june ain't been great #comic #mickules #dangan-colourcomic-ranpan #(not part of my main non-despair au comics) #mick fnart

[mickules]

The (After) Life of the Party by @metamatronic Chapter 16: 2 Birds

the winner of my fanfic contest, where I asked for folks' fic recs and their fave scenes and picked one at random to draw

All credit to @metamatronic head over to their blog to check out their fics and wonderful art! They've got a bunch of extra ghost au interactions, as well as just tons of great stuff in general!

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“ Don’t ,” Mondo said. His voice sounded weak, and for once he didn’t care. “Please, Kyoudai, please. Just don’t go in.” 

For a moment, Taka hesitated. Mondo held his breath, watching as the prefect’s hand hovered over the doorknob. Then, mechanically, Taka leaned back and checked his watch.

“Right on time,” he said with a twinge of relief, before grabbing the knob and pushing his way into the room. Mondo’s feet felt like bricks, but he followed.

For a moment, it looked like Taka was alone. Taka huffed, checking his watch and straightening up. No amount of white hair or fake curse words could change his thoughts on punctuality, it seemed. Mondo let out a choked laugh. 

Maybe Hifumi chickened out , Mondo thought. Maybe the plan fell apart, or Chihiro got through to him. Maybe, maybe, maybe.  

But the hairs on the back of his neck were standing up, and that unease in his stomach hadn’t settled. His eyes darted around the room, before catching the glint of glasses as a figure stepped out from behind the open door. 

Hifumi was wielding a large hammer as he shuffled over to Taka. As he lifted the mallet over his head, Mondo let out a snarl and went in for a tackle. 

As he phased through Hifumi, he heard the nasty crack behind him and felt his blood run cold. 

Mondo fell to his knees at Taka’s body. He paid no attention as Hifumi let out a small noise of disbelief before shuffling out of the room. He watch Taka’s eyes flutter— he was still alive, he realized, bile rising in his throat. 

“C’mon, somebody, anybody ,” he whispered, trying to will a witness to come through the door and help the man bleeding out on the floor. 

Taka groaned, trying to push himself up before collapsing. Mondo watched as his hair slowly darkened back to its natural color. Mondo reached out, before recoiling. He was terrified that he would actually make contact, that he’d somehow drag Taka into this ethereal hell he and his other classmates were living in.

“Don’t die, just hang on. Someone’ll come, someone’s gotta come,” Mondo said. There was so much blood. It was just like Chihiro, just like Dai—

Mondo shook his head, trying to violently shake the thoughts out. He couldn’t do this, not again, not now.

Taka murmured something and Mondo snapped to attention.

“It’s okay, Taka, you’ll be okay. Just hold on,” Mondo said.

“Mon…do…” Taka’s voice was quiet as his eyes slowly fell shut. Mondo stomach twisted. 

“No, no, no,” Mondo whispered frantically. Just as Mondo leaned in, something flew up with such force that it smacked his chin and sent him reeling backwards. 

Sitting up and rubbing his chin, he looked over. He froze.

Taka was sitting up, rubbing his head and frowning deeply. His eyes opened before locking with Mondo’s. He stared for a quiet moment before the tears started. 

“Mondo!” Taka shouted, tripping over his feet as he practically launched himself into Mondo’s arms. Taka buried his face in his shoulder, and he could feel his hands clutching onto the back of his jacket so tightly he thought it might rip. He was sobbing. 

Mondo, for a brief moment, let himself be selfish. He wrapped his arms around Taka and squeezed. He’d never wanted this to happen, not to Taka, but there was a small, terrible part of him that was so thankful to at least get one more conversation with him. God, he’d missed him.

“What happened?” Taka asked, finally pulling away. “H-How are you here? I saw you…die.” He choked on that last word. Mondo stared at him, mouth agape. 

“You, uh…You’re not…Um.” Mondo stuttered. Taka seemed to have noticed Mondo’s eyes flick briefly over his shoulder, and slowly turned. 

Taka screamed. 

#danganronpa #mondo oowada #kiyotaka ishimaru #hifumi yamada #metamatronic #the (after) life of the party #been loving all the character chemistry in the fic #and the perspective switch up is ace! #fanfic fanart #pink blood #canon typical violence #blood tw #violence tw #mickules #mick fnart #dangan-colourcomic-ranpan #dr1 #trigger happy havoc #death tw #murder tw

[mickules]

Dad energy

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I swear I had this sketched out back when mob psycho 100 announced its 3rd season. I'm looking forward to more of the sweatiest conman providing simultaneously the worst and best examples for a cabal of middle schoolers and developmentally arrested adults to follow.

However, I could not have predicted how this week would have gone. (and how it KEPT GOING)

I've never tried to finish a comic so fast. Congratulations to Mr Ultimate DiIf Twink Supreme

Sorry it wasn't the trifecta, though an admirable effort.

god this is going to make no sense in like a week, I'm not sure it makes sense now.

#mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #katsuya serizawa #twink supreme #APPARENTLY #I'm still on a lot of medication I'm so disoriented #mp100 #mickules #mick fnart #and the queen now too? god it's like a fever dream #shigeo kageyama #mob #ultimate dilf

[mickules]

You gotta do it bro, it's his BIRTHDAY

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Taka made the mistake of telling Mondo he could have 'anything he wanted' for his birthday;

Mondo made sure to collect.

(don't look to hard at that motorcycle I threw this together in a cave with a box of scraps)

#danganronpa #mondo owada #kiyotaka ishimaru #birthday #super quick one - just before I leave the country for a coupla weeks! #got some Q for you - keep an eye out #danganronpa thh #mondo oowada #mick fnart #mickules #it's still 9/6 here