#bako

[bakuawarenessproject]

Happy Mother's Day to Baku's mama :')

[ringosnoop]

i think i'm finally starting to get kuromi's body shape down

[argentior]

Headshots of the apathy adoring guys.

Sketch ver

apathy adoring is a self-indulgent rewrite of redo of healer that is probably at least a little influenced by the way too many manhwa/manga with dubious relationships I've read. Which is to say for some reason I looked at Redo of Healer and thought "I can make a messed-up Josei story out of this" and ended up doing it. Still has dark themes though so like. Careful before you click.

Anyway. Notes on the guys as of Ch 11 and general apathy adoring notes/spoilerish recap if anyone cares to read that I suppose. Random summary stuff and fun facts.

The Boy | Keyaru

Protagonist of Redo of Healer. The premise of that thing is that this guy at 14 years old was abused physically and sexually for 2 years because his semen can raise the level cap of others. It be one of those magic with numbers and a limited slot of skills fantasy worlds. He goes back in time and carries out a long rape revenge seinen fantasy thing. I did not like that. I don't know why the fic got into my brain so much.

Still out for revenge in the fanfic. He ran away from Alban and managed to eat a couple more poisonous plants and fungi relative to canon before he was caught this time, so his immunity to drugs and poison kicked in sooner.

Was still caught, healed Kureha, allows himself to be abused for the revenge plan, that whole deal.

Interested in the maid because of previous timeline memories. Infatuated by the Maid/reader in this current timeline due to the chain of events that occurred that resulted in more interactions. (Came in later, she was assigned to clean him up, and it just went on and on)

A notable differences from the source material includes him playing along and "getting better" at healing publicly so he gets to stay out of the dungeon some days. I was getting tired of writing scenes in the dungeon.

Has introduced himself to the Maid/reader character. So she knows his name. She just refuses to acknowledge it.

The weirdest thing he's done in the story so far: used healing magic to kind of transform his hand into being like the Maid's wounded one and kissed it.

Main aim when writing him: Pitiful enough to make you help but there's something wrong with him that makes you regret it. Or maybe you're just being paranoid.

The Knight | Bako

Appears in the light novel/manga and is killed shortly after. Was used by Keyaru and his group because Bako was the "most sane of the knights" whatever that means. In the novel it was murder after his aid because he was involved in the attack on Keyaru's village and could have spread knowledge of Keyaru's party, in the manga it was because he attacked Keyaru's group in revenge for killing Renard. Renard had taken him in. He's vice captain of Princess Flare (first/main abuser of Keyaru)'s knights.

In the fic he's a coward who is aware of Renard's atrocities but is too attached to his father figure to really do anything about it.

Infatuated with the maid due to projecting. He is very aware of what the kingdom does to the boy in the dungeon but you know. Coward.

Savior Complex.

I hate his hair why are you so spiky.

Has no colored version in the manga. Was that insignificant. Chose blond hair for the "knight in shining armor pretty gold good and righteous" imagery and steel blue eyes and something dull and different from the red eyes of the other guys. Also. Similar to Renard.

Main aim when writing him: physically strong/imposing but kind of pathetic if you're not in a fight-or-flight headspace.

Yukito | Harris | The Rabbit

An oc I made to balance out the cast. What's a josei without 3 guys amirite haha

No but like sincerely. A character to balance out whatever freak stuff is happening with the other two. Also probably delves into the idea of free will and consent somewhat.

Is a rabbit demi-human (basically a rabbit boy). Escaped slave, gave his "true name" to the Maid/Reader after they met by chance, which by source material lore means that he is bound to her mind and heart, body and soul. She is Not Happy about this.

Has chopped his ears and tail off and is blending in as the "human" Harris surprisingly well. Being albino tends to answer the question of why he hides his face for most people.

Main aim when writing him: a decent, sweet person in unfortunate circumstances. Kind of the physical manifestation of the idea of running away, which even if possible the maid thinks of too much of a dream than actual choice.

Bonus

The Maid | The Reader

Low level low magic horrible stats. Instead of being a competent warrior like the other staff in the palace, she is just good at cleaning.

Very tired, very paranoid. Violent intrusive thoughts.

Wary of all the boys. No attraction to any of them lol.

But if pressed. And had to stick to any of them. It would be Yukito.

[theresapartysoonog]

WE ARE KUROMI'S FRIENDS!

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

Mina Ashiro, Mr. "my best companion is a giant cat/tiger that's partially kaiju" almost immediately being okay with his best friend also being a kaiju? Not a surprise.

[schematikart]

I don't remember this episode...

[maskymoo]

Sanrio Headcanons!

I got a lot of ideas in my head, so I will scream into the void! (Some of them are kinda shippy but I'll do it because I like to ship characters lol.)

Hello Kitty is mute and speaks through sign language. Her twin sister is selectively mute, and the same goes for her bf Dear Daniel.

All of them are just chilling together as a lil happy group.

Hello Kitty and her sis like to see if Dear Daniel can guess who is who when they dress the same. No matter how similar they act and look though, he always guesses right.

My Melody is the qpp of Sweet Piano, and gf of Kuromi.

My Melody and Baku are great buds. I like to think they like to hang out together through baking/cooking together!

Kuromi is a tough gal, but the moment she is with her gf, she just melts!

The same goes for Badtz-Maru with his bf Keroppi.

No one really knows even how Badtz-Maru and Keroppi became boyfriends in the first place.

Well... Pandaba and Hana-maru will be the only ones who truly know what happened on Badtz-Maru's side.

Keroleen and Pikki are dating because I say so (/j /lh).

Baku is the best party host. Everyone in the group can agree on that.

Kuromi doesn't like to admit it but she loves kids. She'll take Bako with her group and just daily outings in general. Baku doesn't mind this that much as long as Bako isn't in danger.

Bako will definitely grow up to be similar to Kuromi, though more calculating. Also, she would probably act similarly to Baku, so she'd be really sweet.

Small idea I probably won't build on, but just for fun, I'll put it here: Baku has a small crush on Sweet Piano. She doesn't feel anything for him though, but the two get along well!

[mimimarilynart]

Day 15 - Kuromi, Baku & Bako