#the glasses ranpo wears in canon represent his willful distance from reality. so y'know. symbolism. if you care.

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*SHAKES YOU BY THE SHOULDERS* WHATS GOING ON WITH RANPO WHO IS HE NOW WHO WAS HE BEFORE im so curious now

just answered your previous ask. im on a roll!

So i have elaborate backstories for the mci kids here bc i'm so unreasonably hyperfixated on bsd that I must give every character something unique and tragic. Another thing that i'm not really gonna be doing is many location changes. Feddie Faber's Pizza Place is the same building as Fredbear's with a rebrand. The only location changes will by Circus Baby's/sister location and Pizza Sim restaurant.

anyways RANPO. Ranpo is 17 when he dies, the oldest of the kids by a looonng shot. He's an orphan at the nearby orphanage and comes to pizzeria to have some fun for himself. Earlier on, he had met Fukuzawa, the co-owner, and really admired him. Fukuzawa was also like the parent that Ranpo never had. But after Yosano's death, Fukuzawa leaves the town and the company behind. Ranpo definitely knew why he left, but still kept going back to Feddie's because he liked the ambience, the food, the games, the characters, and he wanted to see if Fukuzawa would ever return. Just for a moment. Secretly Ranpo had wanted to ask Fukuzawa and Yosano to adopt him, but after her death, that dream died.

So in 1985, Ranpo is 17, and he becomes friends with the Pizzeria's owner, Dazai, 15, who started hanging out here bc he didn't have anything else to do with his life. Dazai sort of admires Ranpo bc he's smart, and having older friends is cool by default. Also Ranpo is energetic and lively in a way that a severy depressed and grief stricken kid like Dazai would definitely latch onto.

During the Disappeared Kids Ordeal, Ranpo was actively trying to solve the case himself and figure out why a bunch of kids in the neighborhood were going missing, however a lot of his personal connection and admiration would prevent him from fully putting the pieces together and figure out the killer's identity until it was too late for him. When Mori caught wind of Ranpo's investigation, he did him in and put him in the Feddie Faber animatronic. Ranpo solved the mystery, but couldn't get it out to the public. He's also the very last kid to be killed during the incident.

here's his Ghost Form! During the day, and most of the night, he like the other kids stay in their animatronic form. But during some moments and in the Flipside, he has this ghost form! They get a costume that resembles the character they're possessing. Ranpo has a little cape action going, reminiscent of his canon design.

Ironically Freddy was Ranpo's favorite animatronic.

#anything to talk about LORE! #random thing to note but Fukuzawa is wearing the glasses the he would've given to ranpo in the canon world. #representing the innate tragedy of their lost relationship in this au. missed chances. #There's also the fact that he's unaware about the crimes mori is committing through their company. he still thinks mori is his friend #so they're his 'rose-tinted glasses' that he needs to eventually lose. which he will. #the glasses ranpo wears in canon represent his willful distance from reality. so y'know. symbolism. if you care. #doodles #ask #also Yes dazai wear's feddie's merch unironically.