Aug 10
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#where did I leave off in the modern au#right post JSDF stuff. Mkay so the infinite debate is which of a few routes to go down with Ukyo in particular#because there's the part of him that's generally very selfless and service-oriented but also there's the things he does just seem to enjoy#like personally I think he would really enjoy being something like a foley artist (we'll get to in later in the screenshots#but he just seemed to enjoy getting the sound effect for the “gunshot” just right so much that it stuck to me as a headcanon)#but would he pursue that? I'm not sure. Depends on the character arc we're going with. I know that regardless I think he would at least#continue to volunteer with some kind of humanitarian organization in his free time but I could definitely also see him pursuing something#more in that realm full time (he is the kind of character who likes to help people. Probably why he was in the JSDF in the first place)#and I think that'd be a very worthy cause; in a version of this where it's something he just got into on his own I could see him doing it#for a very long time. However I do specify “if he just got into it on his own” because I am also a big fan of a specific Ukyo character arc#which is most bluntly referred to as “growing a spine”. It's also a big part of why Kinrukyo is my top ship so stay with me on this#I gave the whole spiel on my thoughts on Ukyo as a pushover a while ago but the short version is; canonically he kinda is. More precisely#he doesn't seem to hold a particularly high opinion of himself even when he's in a position of leadership and tends to go along with things#without being honest about his own opinions. With the Empire of Might this was probably at least in part self-preservation#but my personal interpretation is that it's also a bit of an ingrained habit for whatever reason. By this interpretation#I don't think it would be a stretch to make it so in this AU one or both of his parents put a lot of pressure on him to take specific route#in life. Maybe it was on their suggestion that he went into the JSDF in the first place and when he left they pushed him into something els#that while generally a good cause was also very stressful on him. He still goes with it because it is a worthy cause#and because he wants to please his parents but the longer it goes on and maybe with extra pressure from his parents#it starts to weigh on him pretty heavily. The plus side is it would probably be through this that Ukyo starts to meet#several of the other characters but I'd like to do a bit of brainstorming on how that works before continuing#leave it in the notes if you have any ideas; otherwise I'll try to get a slightly more solid idea of what this organization is on my own#probably something that certain other characters are just volunteering at (some college programs give credit for that)#(and there's a fair few characters I'm just saying are in college at this point. Chrome and Senku included)#saionji ukyo#ukyo saionji#dr stone ukyo#dcst ukyo#ukyo dr stone#ukyo dcst