#juno darksiders

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hey i'm finally starting to post stuff to my AO3, starting with this side story about Juno and Death. I'd appreciate it if you gave it a read 🙏🏻

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Does Juno's story have an overall message or theme? Other than the romance plot?

Yes, though I admit I was unsure how to answer this for a while, especially without waxing poetic. Unfortunately, there will be wax.

Her story, as is currently planned out and in parts written, is about death and other kinds of loss. It's about learning to grieve in a healthy way. Juno experiences loss multiple times, from the start of the apocalypse all the way up to the early chapters of DS1.

She lost the Crowfather (albeit sort of temporarily) when he dies in the prologue of DS2.

She loses Death at the climax of DS2. The Crowfather also largely disappears after this point, meaning she is often without his counsel or support.

She makes some friends and allies she during her quest, post-DS2~early DS1. She loses some, though not all, and not all of them to dying. In some cases it's betrayal, and in others, it's due to her own actions.

It's intended to go into themes of survivor's guilt, unhealthy grieving habits, and ultimately how to handle and accept grief, to keep moving forward in spite of it.

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Where'd you come up with Juno's new facial markings?

I decided she needed some and then decided to wing it