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hetslop visionary and fan of millennial gays | 18 | she/her

[keiple]

hi friends!! if any yttders are curious, i just put my first short keiple piece over on ao3 :)

it follows our beloathed mister shinogi as he refuses to admit he's scared of thunderstorms, and our beloved miss maple who is so, so dedicated to making him feel better !!

if u so choose to read it i hope you enjoy !! very much !! :) maymay @keiple outttttt

[valtsv]

i refused to stay buried because i love you why are you running

[valtsv]

babe it's me i'm just covered in dirt and blood because i had to claw my way up into the light and crawl on my hands and knees back home to you stop screaming

[keiple]

hi u have like mildly intrigued me. Can u tell me more about ur thoughts on keiple

hello person in the little asked box who is ahem "mildly intrigued" i would be so very glad to tell you more . :)

basically (for me) it all stems from the scene in which maple is , well, on her little robot death bed in the keiji pov sect of ch3. she tells him, qtaro, and mai to stay back . because she's scared she'll hurt them .

and keiji ignores this, he goes to her and he carries her to a comfortable place even though she's scared (and mind you he probably is too . he's seen the destruction she's caused . YOUVE (probably) seen the destruction she's caused (i assume you've played the game) so tell me you wouldnt be scared of her too. . u cant)

and then as he is doing this . she calls him Kind . and you think its just the dying words of some robot girl but when you consider keijis almost thematic at this point dehumanisation of himself - "a true piece of shit... burdened with [his] sin for life" - her words are this sort of juxtaposition to his entire frame of mind and i think itd be cool to see them rehabilitate together , with him taking care of her physically (cough cough "Maple... How can we fix you?") and her giving him words of reassurance ("... You're kind...")

also he says "Midori's an evil man... He's not a good fit for Maple." and i think that he is so very right and he should volunteer to take that place :) *you* are not an evil man , shinogi , and if it takes a mechanical angel girl to save you from thinking that you are one then so be it .

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HOORAY!!! CRASH COURSE IN THE KEIPLE . thank u for the ask !!

i am sick so rotting in bed and they have saved me from delirium . think about what they could do for the healthy .

[czesca]

characters who are so inauthentic. characters who only show what they want other people to see of them. characters who simply must have control over every part of themselves. do you even get it

[gallantblade]

characters who are inauthentic even to themselves. characters who cannot allow the mask to slip. characters who struggle to have an identity past what they project out to the world.