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Day 89

SURPRISE! Days 79 and 85 were secretly the same AU all along! And by that I mean- wait before I get into that. Time for a headsup.

So tomorrow is Day 90. And as you know I try to do something special for those, which of course can lead to my little ramble sessions to go on for much longer than normal. And while I won’t guarantee it, this is more than likely going to be the longest one of the whole project, more than likely even longer than Day 100 which will be the post marking the end of the project.

Just to give you an idea of what kind of scale we’re talking about here, Day 90 took me a total of 3 Months, starting its creation on May 8th, and finishing on August 1st.

Alright! Now that you’re tense and speculating what in the merciful name of all that’s good is gonna happen tomorrow, let’s start talking about TODAY's art!~

Anyway, so when I made Day 85 I was trying to really think of what I could even do with an AU where the entire basis is “Oh, they’re kids.” And that reminded me! I had the same issue with the Adult AU, even if that had a bit more ground to stand on with them being adoptive parents to the Warriors of Hope.

Then it hit me! Why not combine the two of them? And thus was born the Childhood Friends AU! Though you could also just call this The No Talent AU because hey, you remember during Danganronpa WLWeek when I drew Junkan for the Talentless prompt? That’s right! It was secretly a tease for this art! Now if only I drew something for them during their college days I could have fully planted the seeds for this whole pic in your collective minds. 

Anyway, core idea of this AU is the timeline is slightly shifted so Junko and Mikan (along with the whole of the DR Cast) are born slightly earlier, while the Warriors of Hope are born at the usual point they would have in the timeline, solely because this allows our two favorite lovebirds to adopt them. Hope’s Peak doesn’t exist, nor do the ultimate talents of course (Though obviously for some characters like Mikan they’re still partial to those talents. It’s just that they don’t reach the absurd levels of skill that they do in main canon). And finally, Junko and Mikan were positioned in such a way that the two were childhood friends. I feel like I worded that in a way far too complicated and excessive for something that was pretty damn obvious, but hey I like to ramble.

Anyway, I can’t remember but I think I said that with the Fantasy AU it was the only other AU aside from Vampire that I would want to make a proper Fanfic for. If I did say that, I was either wrong or lying, because eventually I wouldn’t mind telling some kind of story of this version of the characters. More than likely just from their child and highschool years, but I’m sure eventually I’d get more ideas for them in college and as adults. 

The obvious dynamic here is that Junko since becoming friends with Mikan has been protecting her from bullies and not realizing that Mikan is very desperately pining for her (Don’t worry! They get together before the end of Highschool!). Also Mukuro is there! She’s got a stick.

I’m envisioning that up till they were entering middle school Junko would call her Bandaid Girl, because as kids Mikan was the kid who always had Bandaids (both in terms of wearing them and just carrying some around on her person all the time).

And look! Mukuro is in fact there, and not just that but a shit ton of other characters! I think I was really starting to crack and lose self control at this point in the project. So I decided to also make this a mini story of Mukuro getting together with Sayaka and Ibuki! Who both generally go down the same path they normally would, though eventually Sayaka becomes an Idol Manager after a short career as a proper idol, and Ibuki of course is a semi-popular musician. Mukuro has acted as a bodyguard for both of them before and will continue to do so when asked. 

And of course, by the time they’re adults Junko and Mikan decide to adopt the Warriors of Hope, very legally, and they definitely didn’t hide any bodies (I don’t even know how much I’m joking about that here). Fun fact! I almost forgot to draw Masaru! Don’t ask me how that happened, I have no idea. I will admit when it comes to the Warriors of Hope and Junkan most of my interest is mostly in their dynamics with Kotoko and Monaca. Not to write off the other three, Jataro especially, but I just think that’s what hooks me more immediately. 

I really tried to load today’s piece with as much as I could, because even if I didn’t know how long it’d take, I knew for a fact that finishing Day 90 would take a very, very long time.

As always, Reblogs, Comments, and Little Notes in the Tags are appreciated!~ They always make my day!~

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Femslash February - Day 24 - Pre-Tragedy

Surprisingly, I can do angst! And I can do angst with the material of the actual series no less!

I feel like i went a bit overboard with this one, but hey, I think it turned out pretty well? Originally was just gonna be a photo of Junko and Mikan, but I thought this could make a nice opportunity to include my hyper specific polyship!~

For the second image it was originally supposed to just be burnt and tattered, but I thought the bloodstain would really sell the vibe.

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Danganronpa Femslash February: Music

Summary: Mukuro discusses Ibuki with Sayaka.

for @danggirlronpa's Femslash February event!

Rating: T.

AO3

“But you like her, don’t you?”

“Who, Mioda-san?”  Sayaka sets down her make-up brush and stares directly into her mirror, not at herself, but at Mukuro where she stands behind her.  The tabloids say she’s Sayaka’s bodyguard, which is true.  There’s no one better equipped for this job than Mukuro, who’d spent so long working for her more equally famous sister up until Enoshima-san’s retirement and abrupt disappearance from the limelight.

But that’s not why Mukuro works for Sayaka.

Sayaka meets Mukuro’s eyes in her reflection.  “Why does it matter if I like Mioda-san?”

Mukuro huffs and shuffles her feet.  “You like Mioda-san.”

“Well, sure!”  A bright smile – feigned, the smile she wears for her thousands of fans during concerts when all she can do is smile – crosses her lips.  “Mioda-san is a joy to work with, and she’s fun to be with.  All that energy!  I’m worn out after a concert, and she’s still everywhere, you know?”

“That’s not what I mean.”  Mukuro’s voice is gruff and raspy.  (Sayaka’s still not sure if it’s always been that way or if that’s a result of some altercation before they met.  As far as she knows, it’s always been this way.  But she’s never asked.)

Sayaka tilts her head to one side, that same fake smile playing about her lips.  “What do you mean?” she asks, as if she doesn’t already know.

Mukuro huffs again.  “You like her—”

“Yes, you’ve already—”

“—like you like me.”  Any normal person would look away when they say such things, not wanting to see their lover’s reaction when they’re accused of liking someone else, but Mukuro’s gaze is steady and unwavering as she holds Sayaka’s.  She doesn’t even have to say, Don’t say you don’t, because she’s not worried about it.  If anything, one brow raises as she states it – a fact, but that raise makes it a question, not of the truth of her statement, but of something else entirely.

Namely, what Sayaka is going to do about it, if anything, and perhaps why she hasn’t done anything already.

Sayaka sighs and leans back in her chair.  “I don’t like anyone the way I like you, Mukuro-chan.”

“Close enough.”

“Close enough,” Sayaka admits with a shrug.  “So?”  She makes as though to return to powdering her face, lifting the brush before letting it clatter back onto her vanity.

Mukuro continues to stare at her, although their eye contact has been broken – Sayaka can still see her reflection, and she can feel the weight of her gaze.  “She likes you, too.  In the same way.”

“I’m sure she does.”  Sayaka applies lipstick while Mukuro waits for a further response.  She smacks her lips together when she’s done and hums.  “But Mioda-san, unlike you, is the sort of person who can’t keep her mouth shut.”  She sets the lipstick to one side.  “Can you imagine?  She’d be on all of her socials, spreading the word about how she and Ultimate Idol Sayaka Maizono were together, and you know what that would do to my image?  To my fans?”

Mukuro doesn’t say anything.  She doesn’t need to.  She remembers well enough the death threats her sister received once she started officially dating – fans don’t want to see their idols as human beings, they want to see them as idols.  Perfection on stage, dancing and singing just for them.  Anything other than that shatters their pristine image.

If anyone knew that she and Sayaka were together, Mukuro’s job would get harder.  Sayaka’s fame would dovetail – and it would never recover, because that image, once shattered, is impossible to recover.

So instead of saying anything, Mukuro simply nods.  “Will you ever tell her?”

Sayaka shakes her head.  “No.  It wouldn’t do any good.”  Her smile softens, saddens, as it shifts from that fake one to something more real.  “In time, she’ll move on.  And I have you, you know?  We don’t need her.”

“No,” Mukuro says slowly.  “We don’t.”

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Danganronpa WLWeek 2024 - Day 2 - Trapped

I will never not be a silly bitch.

Anyway been awhile since I drew these three. Someday I may even draw more of them! This felt weirdly nostalgic to draw though, I feel like I don't draw these kinds of pics often enough tbh. Last time I did was one or two novembers ago?? Maybe. i really can't keep track of my memories

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Mukuro finally got a 10th Anniversary Dress which means I now have the perfect excuse to draw my hyper specific rarepair! Yay! i need to draw more danganronpa

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Sketched up a Mikuzuno Comic and than colored the sketch. Based on a funny conversation with a friend. They are being gay in Ibuki's low detail dorm :)

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Okay so the other night I had a weird dream that I could only interpret as Mukuro in Junko disguise talking too and being concerned for Ibuki. And I also ship Mukuro x Sayaka So my brain, incapable of multishipping, decided that all three of them should make out. Also I checked and I could only find like one other piece of this ship so once more I dive into rarepair hell. I already really like the idea of Ikuzono, so adding Ibuki in is a recipe for good brain chemicals. Also my friend came up with the shipname Mikuzono

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More Mikuzono because I've been in the zone of all time the past few weeks. I guess this is just gonna become a danganronpa account for an unknown period of time.

I really like this dynamic