#muse junko

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Here’s a ‘little’ headcanon for Junko under the cut. 

Junko is the personification of her own grudge and wrath, and it can easily be considered her life force. If somehow she lost the will to hold onto her grudge, she would cease to exist. The spirit’s heart is the most damaged by this. With the betrayal of her husband and the murder of her only son, her heart was shattered, and so was her soul. Left alone to wallow in her own negativity, not only was her mind corrupted with thoughts of revenge, but to glue together the broken pieces, she allowed it to take control of her very soul.

Around the time when she first met Hecatia, which wasn’t long after her transformation, she was practically an empty shell, only coming to life when fits of anger overtook her. Over the years (with some help from the hell goddess), she managed to not only control her violent outbursts, but also begin to show emotion again. She can express things like anger or sorrow very easily, but things joy or love became very foreign to her. Keeping on this track of thought, it also explains why she’s so guarded with her emotions as well. If someone tries to show kindness to her, she would seem stiff and cold, or if someone tried to make any advances towards her, she would instantly chide them for it. If you can get past this barrier she’s surrounded by, you’ll see she can be just as kind.

On the subject of happiness, it’s like a double-edged sword for her. While being happy makes her feel better, it also is slowly hurting her. Such things as friends, familial bonds, or even a relationship, as much as she needs and desires them, is essentially killing her. These things are all associated with love and joy, and being a recipient of these feelings is helping to heal her soul, but at the same time it’s pushing out the negative energy that’s fueling her.

Now taking a side-track for a moment, I want to point out Junko’s tails. They’re made of energy, yet we have no idea why they’re there.  These tails are actually a physical representation of her grudge, her life force. While they can be touched, they cannot actually be harmed; this links to her ‘temporary immortality’ as long as her grudge holds. They can be temporarily gained (like if she loses control of herself during an outburst or is in a battle), but just like a person’s life, they can be lost.

Pulling two-and-two together; if Junko is slowly losing her grip on her grudge and in a sense ‘killing herself’, it would show through her tails. Once all of the tails have diminished, it will signify that her negativity has been cleansed, and without it, her life finally comes to an end.

Here’s a small bonus too, atleast pertaining to my muse’s current ‘status’. Given her current relationship with Reisen (in one verse), and her growing familial bond with Hecatia and Clownpiece, she’s already lost 2 of her 7 tails, now leaving her with 5 left.

A funny thing about that number (which also somewhat inspired me to write this in the first place), is that in the 7 Deadly Sins, Wrath is usually placed in 5th on most listings. Wrath is related to anger and fury, so Junko’s essentially a living personification of her wrath, and therefore having 5 tails best represents her grudge.

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3, 5, 7, 9, 14 for Junko

Character Development Questions

3. Does your muse focus mainly on one long term goal or multiple short term ones? What do they think about the reachability of their goals and what are they?

While there are other goals on the side, the biggest thing to her is getting revenge on Chang`e and avenging her son. It doesn’t matter to her how long it’ll take or what she has to do, but she swore to heave and hell back that it would be done.

5. Does your muse have any irrational fears that hold them back in life? Do they come from experience (trauma) or is it, for instance, part of a belief system they have?

Any fears the spirit has is definitely trauma driven at this point. She has major trust issues as is. In the case of friendship, Junko can be very clingy but also very standoffish depending on her mood or mental state. If she ever gets into a serious relationship again, it’ll become much more apparent; abuse and abandonment playing a large part in it.Another big thing is children. As much as she longs to resume her role as a mother and despite knowing no one could replace her first-born son, she also fears the possibility of having another piece of her joy taken from her. While interacting with children doesn’t normally spark a reaction, she can only take it to a point before those memories creep up on her and cause her to lose her cool.Junko also fears of harming others and/or losing people. This gives another reason to why she doesn’t have many people to call close. Her mental stability and mood swings can easily send her into a rage, and during these moments she doesn’t have much control of herself. She’s prone to being very violent during these outbursts, whether it’s to others, objects, or even herself. It scares her at times to think that someone would try to help her, only to end up injured or even dead by her hands, and knowing she doesn’t have control doesn’t ease the pain. She’s already lost too much as is, and if something else she held dear in life got taken from her, no matter the circumstances, it would break her.

7. What does your muse get out of relationships (be it friends, family or a significant other)? Do they find it energizing or exhausting to keep up with?

With the few relationships she does have, the biggest thing she gets from it is the healing of her heart. The patience and love from those close to her is slowly helping her to pick up the pieces and move on.While it’s a positive thing for many reasons, it also has a negative aspect on her. Opening herself up to others is leaving her vulnerable to being damaged again, and if something does happen to break her again, there’s no telling what could happen or if she could ever recover a second time.

9. What does your muse think of time/aging? Does getting older scare them? (Alternatively, for immortal muses: How does their immortality effect their relationships with mortals?)

Junko had become a literal embodiment of her own grudge, and as long as the target of her aggression and pain still exists and her duty undone, she will continue to exist in a state of semi-immortality.Age is really just a number to her, but as the years go by she does feel the effects like most do. The only thing that bugs her about getting older is the fact she doesn’t technically change, but those around her do. If someone close to her died of old age or something in relation to that, even though it’s a natural occurrence it would still hurt her in some way, and knowing that even if she was able to finally be at peace, there was no way she’d be able to see them again.

14. Do they take control or give control or do they believe in sharing power? What are their thoughts on control versus submission (either sexually or in relationships in general)? What do they think of authority?

In the case of battle, she’s willing to share power (in the case of her fight with Hecatia), but under no circumstances will she completely give her power away to another. Before her transformation she was a submissive sort or person, but what it got her was only temporary happiness before it was all ripped away. Living life under another’s rule and control is only asking for heartache, and it was then she realized the gravity of personal freedom. As for authority, it’s a bit iffy, though she has a negative view on it. Being that she used to be royalty, she was in a position to do things others couldn’t by default, but at the same time she was subjected to cruel orders by not only others of higher status, but even her own husband. While it’s good to have some sort of command chain in order, the abuse of power from authority is too frequent, and that caused her disdain for it.

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“&” Too Lazy to logout. From Reisen to Junko.

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Send “&” for a LOVING text.

[ text ] : My darling moon, I hope you’re having a good day at work. I know you don’t like being away from me for too long, but you’ll see me soon enough.[ text ] : I miss you quite a bit too, but when you come home we have the rest of the time to spend together.[ text ] : Just remember that I’m always around, and I love you.[ text ] : See you soon, dear.

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quartz (Waka and Junko )

Send me a crystal and i'll tell...Quartz: how my muse thinks other people see them

Waka doesn’t really know, mostly because not a lot of people actually get to see her, especially long enough to know about her.Based on her interactions with those she has a bond with, it’s easy to know that most see her as beautiful and graceful, but those are usually the words associated with her species. Truth be told she’s very self-conscious about her looks, and a big cause of this is because of that reason alone; she feels like she has to live up to those expectations, but what is the point when no one really sees?She also thinks that most people pity her. As someone who is so kind and friendly, to be confined to her ‘watery-prison’ and rarely have interactions seems like cruel punishment. This is one thing that she wished people wouldn’t think. Despite the obvious problem, she’s still happy with her life.

Junko, on the other hand, has a pretty good idea. They either fear or sympathize with her, the former she thinks is more prominent. While her appearance and personality may show a grief-filled, caring mother with a regal air about her, it’s hard to see that past knowing what has become of her; a spirit who can turn into a mindless, blood-thirsty beast when her emotions run high.Honestly she doesn’t care too much about how others view her image, save for those that she wants to see who she really is.

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This is what will become of her by the end of tonight’s ‘festivities’.

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“Who has a stick up their ass now?”