#v mm

[sapphireicecream]

“Trauma, Obsession, Conflict and Reunion” 🌙☀️

[vhe]

happy birthday V! congrats on finally being able to kiss your wife after 6 years <3

[mariyami5]

V in its Christmas DLC 🌲 Mystic Messenger

[marshmallowprotection]

meowmeowmeow I LOVE UR WORK SM!! could i request hcs of what itd be like to live with jihyun ^_^

In the past, he never bothered to make his home feel... lived-in... for the lack of a better word. He does opt for minimalism, that's not what he'll change about himself as he grows into a healthier person, but he does make a point of letting "clutter" build up. You know, keys off the hook, pens left in a cup instead of a drawer, dishes left drying on the rack overnight.

What once felt cold and abandoned is now a place he can enjoy proof that he is not only alive... but that he's happy to be.

It may not seem like a big change, but to the people who know him best, it is. After the first time Jumin comes over for a visit, he leaves with a smile on his face. He knows that Jihyun has never been fond of maximizing his space with trinkets he doesn't need, but a part of that choice came from how much time he spent at home. He spent most of his time traveling across the country, and even after he got into a relationship with Rika, he didn't slow down.

Sure, he spent his time looking for clues to protect the twins, but he never settled down. When you travel from place to place with no real intention of settling down, you don't think to build a home. You build a place where you can rest and take care of yourself, but your home isn't a space that reflects you. It reflects how little time you spend in your home. The fact that Jihyun's house has nothing hanging around it but his photographs and the bare minimum says a lot. You changed that in him.

He collects little trinkets, decorates his cacti, and lets his space feel like it belongs to the two of you instead of the dust bunnies. You have inspired him to live a life that lets him indulge in the little things that the younger him would've seen as tacky or gaudy. There's nothing wrong with whimsy, and now that he's embraced his dream to be a painter again, he can let color come back into his life. No more grey tones to taper down his dreams! I need to stress the cacti, though.

A lot of people don't know he cares for them. He's always had a vested interest in nature, but he was drawn to cacti rather than flowers. It explains a lot, but one of my favorite spaceship bubbles is him talking about buying accessories to put on them. So, if you're his MC, I hope you love having a season cactus! Every holiday, prepare for a new cheesy outfit because it makes Jihyun happy, and don't we all want that?

His poor work ethic doesn't go away overnight, unfortunately. He does spend a lot of time painting, and while it's nice to see him at large doing what he loves, you have to remind him he needs to come to bed some nights. He'll tell himself that he'll finish in a few minutes, and then it's two hours after the fact when he pulls himself out of the feedback loop. There's a reason he has a couch in his studio. It's not just there for his muse; it's so he can doze off whenever he's too tired to make it up the stairs to your bedroom.

Convince him to get a pull-out bed. You can both take a nap in there for a change!

Jihyun isn't much of a cook, but he can handle the basics. He prefers to make meals WITH you if he can help it because it helps him learn more about you. He didn't have to worry about taking care of himself until his father began to neglect him in private, and even though he's spent a long time trying to learn how to be independent, there are a lot of things he hasn't learned. He never knows where to start with all of that, though. The option of choice makes narrowing things down a lot harder.

He's open to new meals, new ideas, and new traditions! But his problem is knowing that there are so many wonderful things to choose from. Where do you start? That was the one thing he enjoyed about traveling across the world. People would extend new ideas to him, and he'd get the chance to experience those flavors firsthand without overthinking it. That's his problem; he overthinks things to the point he's forgotten it can be as simple as asking a question! It's charming to see him get flustered, but you can tell he wants to work on that. No more scattered thoughts!

Living together gets him that edge he's long desired. You help him streamline his thoughts so he doesn't get caught up in a loop. What would've taken him an hour to decide doesn't take him long at all these days.

He loves to enjoy quiet time together in the evening. Whether that means you're reading, watching a show, or working on your hobbies at the same time, that hour is important to him. It's how he's able to wind down before bed. He wants to end each day doing something he loves with you by his side, but it never has to be the same thing. It's about being alone together and relishing that time, the only way you know how. He ALWAYS makes tea, hot chocolate, etc, for these sessions of parallel play. You have matching mugs.

He's always been a morning person. He loves to watch the sunrise and sip coffee. You don't have to join him, but it would be nice if you gave it a chance now and again. The peace and quiet bring him a lot of joy.

You have a chore chart on the fridge, but in all honesty, it's more so a place you pass love notes to one another.

He prefers to dry laundry out on the clothes line now that he has time to simply... be at home. He always insists on doing that, so if you don't want to fold and dry the clothes, you can count on him. All you have to do is let him know when the washer's done.

And last but not least, after he's had time to work on his feelings about his mother, he introduces you to some recordings that were made of her performances. He plays them on special occasions, and generally whenever he wants to feel better. Classical music is one of his favorite things, mind you, but appreciating his mother's hard work is how he's unlearning the self-hatred he felt in the past. She wanted him to love life and to enjoy himself. He's allowed to look at her joy in life and know he's done the right thing by choosing his art.

[annbourbon]

Mystic Messenger Timeline (Explained)

I'll be obviously skipping a lot of stuff in between, but this is just to make things clear. It's not the way you're supposed to play, just the timeline.

⚠️ Contains Spoilers ⚠️

⚠️⚠️ Spoilers ahead ⚠️⚠️

⚠️⚠️ You've been warned ⚠️⚠️

First Rika Behind the Story (DLC)

Then I'll start counting as Year 1, the events that lead to the RFA and Mint Eye foundation.

Year 1:

V and Rika know each other

They meet Saeyoung

Saeyoung leaves

Rika kills the Twins's mom

Rika gets engaged to V

Mika and Rika (Mina) create 1st draft of Mint Eye

V buys the department

*on that note, seems that there are 4 cameras but Saeyoung only knows of one*

**This also implies that Saeran was abused as soon as V and Saeyoung took their eyes off of him since Rika used Saeran as model to defeat Saeyoung's skills as a hacker.

***What happens because neither Saeyoung nor V know anything about Saeran whenever they reunite for RFA parties and their engagement? Why no one asked anything?

Year 2:

Rika meets Jumin

RFA begins (yes, it was Mint Eye first, and the reason why the name was Magenta first. Mika?) June's Route in The Ssum, First Season. According to Jumin.

The Ssum Timeline

3. RFA 1st party is held

4 Jaehee joins RFA

5. Rika kills Sally

5. RFA 2nd party is held

6. According to V and Saeyoung this is where the hacker starts attacking the RFA (first time)

7. Jumin said he lost contact with V and Rika after the 2nd party.

There's a point where Jumin admits barely seeing Rika after the 2nd party. Meeting with her and V for the last time 3 months before her death. Yoosung Route. Day 9. Chat room 7AM called V's eyes.

According to several chats during Yoosung route, they barely paid attention to V being blinded. This of course included Zen, Yoosung, and Jumin (who is worried and suspects something but doesn't intervene despite V having severe corneal damage from external trauma)

8. Rika must have blind V at some point during these three months.

9. Saeyoung installed the Special System. AKA: The Bomb

10. "Rika commits suicide"

Plot holes: Where's Mika? Why they don't notice there's another person living there? It's not that easy to hide your presence 💀

But according to V, he knew about Mika. It's at least implied.

*At the same time, there's a line, I forgot where exactly, that says that both, Rika and V called off their engagement at some point. They don't say anything about coming back together after that. wtf!?*

Another Story

1 month after her death, prologue.

Five months later

*means 4 months after they break up their engagement? Assuming they did not break up before but because of Rika behavior blinding him. Which kind of solves the plot holes from Year 1 setting Mika on the apartment and V not fully knowing but suspecting, although it would be impossible or almost impossible without his eyes do something about it. Especially since his blindness is recent. If you need to understand a bit more about blindness watch my post on Rika killing Sally. It may be a dog, unlike V lol but it's still enough information to set up the rest of the story.

Anyways, let's go back to our timeline no?

Bad ending prologue #1 (Casual & Deep) and #2 (Another) are part of the same story and unlikely that it is set into an *alternative route* like some people like to say. Bad ending prologues even from Another Story seem to fit almost too perfectly when you think about it, but only if you agree to go with Unknown after rejecting him several times.

Because it would fit into the idea that the MC's were captured by the cult and discarded after a while (or put to work under Mint Eye. But also because according to the opening on the Casual and Deep, it would mean that Saeran's been watching you, so does Saeyoung.)

As I said before, the other MC's are either dead or anything but MIA (whatever that means for Mint Eye?) and this one, the brunette, is selected and it's the only one who survives and passed the whole trial. Not at first but it doesn't matter. This MC is not dead. The others are. You think "The others" are just the player with different image? I've got news for you, each one of this has a number~ check this post ^^

Either you become the assistant of Unknown with that bad ending which is an option available for every prologue or you enter Day 1 to Day 4 of Another Story and play throughout to reach:

Day 6 and Day 10 from Ray/Saeran Route which are part of the same ending. They're not a different ending. Both however lead to the Casual Route, Day 1 (after the prologue)

Which means, if you get the bad ending in the prologue of Casual/Deep you'll be going back to Mint Eye. Yes. It's not supposed to be your first rodeo there. And if you have a Bad Ending on Mint Eye, you're brainwashed andd set on Casual/Deep (You're supposed to be an spy, but who do you work for? Are you a victim or a villainess? that's another story 😜)

My theory?

*This is where I'm still stuck, so I'll be fixing major plots here and there and editing this same post over and over until I get it right. Please bear with me 😭*

Rika DLC > 1st party > Rika gets engaged > Saeyoung leaves > Rika kills Sally > Rika kills Saeran's mom > Rika starts torturing Saeran > Mint Eye begins > 2nd party > Hacker attack > Bomb is installed > Rika blinds V > Rika dies > Another Story (prologue) > Another Story (Day 1 to 4) > Another Story (Day 6 & 10, bad relationship both of them) obviously with what causes these bad endings > Casual Route (with bad endings included) > Deep Story (with bad endings included) > Secret Endings (except for V dying, we'll get there) > Another Story again but V route happens first (no happy or normal ending) and then something weird happens:

And this part if I'm being honest, I have no idea but I'm fixing it cause my theory is that

V and Saeran's route become so intertwined that is almost impossible to know what happened.

The bomb on Mint Eye? Saeran? Although it is suggesting in the bad endings that he died, we never saw that to happen.

V dying in the secret endings?

Saeran burn?

Seven does mention a couple of numbers, associated with the other MCs, somewhere in the game. Unfortunately I can't remember if it's on a call or a chat so I'm going back all over again because I was so shocked at the time I was unable to take a screenshot.

Truth to be said I can't fully find the order rn but! I will, I definitely will. I need time. I mean, more time. I've been working on this for 6 to 7 years now, I'm posting this because it's so big I can't keep it to myself and I'm freaking out here. So I'll be editing this in the future. As many of my other posts. Sorry lol

Ironically, Saeran's AE would be indeed the Final Ending.

Additional Note: Because of time travel, Mystic Messenger is a non linear story, which means you need to pick upon clues here and there to understand where the timeline goes. The other games have a similar issue but not as pronounced as this.

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

V (9th September)

Mystic Messenger

[thelazyhollow]

Probably one of my favourite title/home screens we’ve gotten!💕

They look so pretty and happy and ahhhhhh!!!!

[pastelsapphy]

Oh absolutely, but that's part of your charm. love a man who's a bit pathetic