I like the slight crush Miwa has on Maki in your AU. The moment the ship first came to my mind was the hug of protection they had in the Shinjunku battle in the domain before the big fire explosion, thought it was cute.
Thank you! I’m so glad ya like the ship as well! ^w^/
Honestly, I originally didn’t think too much about this ship in the beginning either.
I believe I was introduced to the ship by my mutuals. By @olasketches, @retrodynamics, or @majycka.
At the time, I thought it was cute but didn’t think too much of it. It actually wasn’t until I was thinking more about my pjsk+jjk AU.
(More under the cut)
Ya see, as I was brainstorming, Miwa initially was gonna attend at Miyamasuzaka but then later change it to Kamiyama. It’s mainly due to keeping the fact that in jjk Miwa be broke poor. Thus Kamiyama is a better fit due to Miya being generally for well off students.
Then I thought about how Miwa would need to work part time as well for financial reasons. And like so I decided to have her work at the Weekend Garage, since low key. That place needs more hands to help around lol
And it was also around the time I was also brainstorming Maki’s backstory more too. Thus the natural conclusion of them meeting each other and becoming friends.
And then my love for the ship just grew 10x stronger as i started to think more about the relationship and how surprising well they complement each other.
Like they are opposite in a lot of ways.
Maki’s more assertive vs Miwa’s more passivity.
Maki’s initial background being from a rich family vs Miwa’s poor background.
Maki’s coming from an abusive family vs Miwa’s more stable family.
But there is also some similarities too. Such as both of them view themselves negatively as lesser than, and both being older sisters as well.
So yeahhh. I like the ship now. They be neat lol.
Funny thing is that Maki in my AU actually sort of grew a crush towards Miwa first (I’ll explain in another post later for this one be long already lol). But suppressed it due to Miwa being in love with Muta at the time.
And now it’s Miwa (who grieved and moved on from Muta) developing a crush towards Maki. But didn’t think Maki shares the same feelings about her.
Oh de drama~
The pinning~ >:3c
Thank you again for your ask! I’m always down to talk about my pjsk+jjk AU~
Here’s some messy doodles of them as a thank you for reading this far down!
