ʳᵒᵗᵗᵉⁿ

VENI.⠀⠀(⠀there’s no LOVE here.⠀maybe it’s the boredom.⠀) VIDI.⠀⠀(⠀and that’s no apple, but a HEART⠀/⠀torn out of someone⠀/⠀in this myth gone suddenly aztec. ) VICI.⠀⠀(⠀this is how you learn prayer⠀,⠀the snake said.⠀) AMAVI.⠀⠀(⠀and in order to kill a monster, you have to say its name.⠀) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ── private & independent junko enoshima of dangan ronpa. established 1/15/16, revamped 12/23/17. As understood by Faye

[littlehookerofgaga]

Lady Gaga at Thierry Mugler Fashion Show in Paris

(2011)

[vilecrown-blog]

♡ childhood !

send  me  ♡  +  a  word,  and  I’ll  write  a  headcanon.      /      accepting !

 it  just  so  happens  that  Junko’s  childhood  is  smthn  I  really  enjoy  talking  and  thinking  about  so  here  we  go  !

 we  know  in  canon  that  junko  says  she  has  been  bored  and  dissatisfied  with  life  since  she  was  a  very  young  girl.  pair  this  with  the  nature  of  junko’s  talent  and  it’s  pretty  obvious  that  her  talent  is  something  that  she  was  born  with  innately  vs  something  that  was  cultivated  or  worked  on  over  a  long  period  of  time.  we  also  know  that  junko’s  talent  is  the  reason  that  she  was  driven  to  despair  in  the  first  place  :  she  wasn’t  born  evil.

 i  tend  to  imagine  that  junko  as  a  child,  while  maybe  a  little  problematic  and  tough  to  handle,  wasn’t  like…  actually  out  here  displaying  sociopathic  behaviour,  or  at  least  not  initially.  i  struggle  to  word  this  elegantly  but  like,  while  she  was  born  with  this  talent  and  it  always  had  an  impact  on  her  life,  when  she  was  younger  i  don’t  think  her  brain  necessarily…  was  capable  of  expressing  or  processing  her  intelligence  to  its  maximum  potential  because  she  was,  you  know,  a  kid.  she  was  precocious  and  insanely  smart  for  her  age,  but  her  propensity  for  spot  -  analyzing  didn’t  begin  to  show  its  effects  on  her  until  roughly  age  seven.  her  talent  in  particular  requires  a  sort  of  self  -  awareness,  and  an  awareness  of  the  world  around  you  and  how  it  functions  (  because  her  downfall  is,  of  course,  that  her  understanding  is  too  deep,  that  life  has  inherently  become  mundane  and  predictable  in  the  face  of  her  massive  intelligence  )  which  is  why  i  think  that  developmentally,  it  would  take  a  bit  of  time  to  really  warp  her  personality.  

 the  older  she  got,  the  more  intelligent  and  more  dissatisfied  she  became,  and  like  any  young  child  or  pre  -  teen,  she  sought  ways  to  rebel  or  break  the  monotony.  the  problem  is  that  by  that  time,  junko  had  learned  what  kind  of  misbehaviour  earned  her  punishment,  and  she  was  more  than  smart  enough  to  realize  that  manipulation  meant  she  got  what  she  wanted  at  no  consequence.  it  was  also  around  this  time  (  9  -  10  yrs  old  )  that  she  began  to  realize  that  the  feeling  of  despair  was  the  only  thing  that  really  made  her  feel  anything  at  all,  and  it  only  spiralled  out  of  control  from  there.

here’s  a  little  bonus  headcanon  :  for  junko  and  mukuro’s  eleventh  birthday,  they  were  gifted  a  long  -  haired  hamster,  with  the  goal  in  mind  of  instilling  a  little  responsibility.  the  girls  named  him  together,  and  the  hamster  lived  for  about  six  months  before  they  found  it  mangled  in  its  own  running  wheel.  their  parents  assumed  it  was  a  freak  accident.  

junko  genuinely  loved  that  hamster,  but  that  always  ends  up  being  the  problem.  :^)

[bevinget-archived-deactivated20]

Send me ♡ + a word, and I’ll write a headcanon.

[vilecrown-blog]

DID  YOU  THINK  you  could  get  rid  of  me ?    i’m  the  smoke  in  your  clothes  ,  the  ash  in  your  hair  .    you’ll  never  be  rid  of  me  ,  BUT  I’VE  ALREADY  FORGOTTEN  YOUR  NAME    !

[vilecrown-blog]

 listen  i  don’t  have  the  mind  for  a  Full  Comprehensive  Meta  rn  so  you’re  gonna  have  to  bear  with  me  and  my  mess  but  ,  a  thought  :  the  stark  visuals  of  duality  in  junko  and  monokuma’s  designs  aka  hope  and  despair  existing  in  conjunction.  this  is  obviously  a  theme  that’s  present  throughout  the  entire  series ,  except  we  never  get  to  hear  junko  talk  about  it !   you  always  hear  it  from,  most  prominently,  komaeda,  albeit  his  sentiment  is  a  reversal  of  junko’s ,  but  you  can  see  from  the  way  monokuma  was  designed  to  the  clothing  junko  wears  that  there  is  a  persistent  theme  of  light  and  dark  contrasting  against  each  other.  junko  totally  believes  that  in  order  for  despair  to  flourish  hope  must  always  exist ,  and  that  is  why  people  like  naegi  and  most  notably  komaeda  become  something  Other  to  her  through  their  strong  belief  in  hope :  they  become  her  other  half ,  her  contrast ,  her  means  of  EXISTENCE ,  and  that  is  why  she  forms  these  strong  unhealthy  attachments.  that’s  also  what’s  so  terrifying  about  her  manipulation  ;  she  is  more  than  willing  to  build  you  up  before  tearing  you  down.

[vilecrown-blog]

            ‘  hoshi  -  san ,  im  wearing  a  new  fragrance.  do  you  like  it ?  be  honest ,  but  be  kind .  pretty  girls  like  me  don’t  know  how  to  take  rejection .  ’  she  slips,  lithe  and  serpentine,  into  the  space  beside  him,  the  silky  tips  of  her  hair  brushing  his  cheek,  his  chin,  as  she  leans.  the  pink  of  her  lips  purse  and  then  curl,  equal  parts  girl  and  other,  something  nightmarish,  bleeding  wolf  -  grins  in  the  courtyard.  ‘  they’re  your  favourite,  right ?    lilacs ?  ’            /            @killertennis

[histerrier]

guess who’s back to ruin everything

[vilecrown-blog]

(  me,  awake  in  bed  in  the  middle  of  the  night,  pinching  the  bridge  of  my  nose  and  staring  into  the  darkness  )  part  of  me  doesnt  even  want  to  acknowledge  the  fact  that  despair,  for  junko,  is  tied  to  sexual  gratification,  because  she’s  already  fucking  disgusting  enough  and  it’s  not  like  she  needs  to  be  MORE  gross  but  logically  i  must  acknowledge  the  fact  that  normal  pleasure  is  extremely  pale  in  comparison  to  the  pleasure  she  gets  from  despair  so  yeah  it  only  logically  makes  sense  that  she  would,  also,  glean  sexual  pleasure  from  it,  but  that  doesn’t  mean  im  happy  about  it .

[vilecrown-blog]

            Today’s  rambly  meta  topic:  Junko  Enoshima  experiences  pain  and  sorrow  just  like  any  other  regular  human  being  ...  sort  of  !

            She’s  clearly  out  of  her  fucking  mind,  that  much  is  obvious.  The  way  her  emotions  work,  at  first  glance,  makes  her  seem  absolutely  callous  and  unpredictable,  deriving  pleasure  from  things  like  murdering  her  loved  ones  or  being  physically  harmed,  but  the  truth  is  she  doesn’t  !  At  least  not  primarily.  Her  emotions,  towards  others  she  cares  about  and  even  her  own  self,  are  in  fact  completely  intact,  and  I  dare  say  even  “ normal ”  by  most  standards.  She  cares,  deeply  and  frequently,  in  canon,  about  a  number  of  people.  The  problem  lies  within  her  secondary  reaction  to  her  own  suffering.  Think  of  it  this  way:

OO1.

Scenario:  Junko’s  sister  is  murdered  and  betrayed  by  her  own  hand. Primary  reaction:  Regret.  Sorrow.  Pain.  Mourning. Secondary  reaction,  a  response  to  the  primary:  Pleasure.  Joy.  Euphoria.  Excitement.

OO2.

Scenario:  Junko  is  gravely  wounded  /  bested  in  combat  /  otherwise  physically  harmed. Primary  reaction:  Pain.  Shock.  Fear.  Discomfort. Secondary  reaction:  More  pleasure.  More  joy.  More  euphoria.  More  excitement.

            If  Junko  wasn’t  capable  of  feeling  deeply  ─  if  she  really,  truly  was  incapable  of  caring,  whether  it  be  towards  others  or  her  own  self  ─  she  wouldn’t  derive  pleasure  from  self  -  harm  at  all,  and  therefore  wouldn’t  bother.  Her  own  humanity  is  the  perfect  breeding  ground  for  despair.  There  is  totally,  absolutely,  nothing  more  wretchedly  boring  than  inhumanity,  an  inability  to  feel  and  experience  despair  in  the  first  place.

            Despite  how  hard  this  bitch  tries  to  prove  otherwise,  she  really  is  human.  The  flaw  that  damns  her  is  that  her  brain  is  hard  -  wired  to  derive  extreme  pleasure  from  her  own  suffering  and  the  suffering  of  others,  and  so  she  is  doomed  to  forever  be  an  abhorrent  mess  of  contradictions.

[nevolition]

i was gonna render this more but i’m really actually digging how it’s looking

[letmedecay]

[vilecrown-blog]

❛ It wasn’t entirely a question, but I needed the answer. ❜

            ‘  needed  the  answer ?  are  you  being  cute  with  me ,  senpai ?  ’    she  clasps  a  champagne  strand  between  thumb  and  fore,  a  playful  twist  adrift  across  the  crease  her  lips ,  until ,  in  its  release ,  it  cascades  soft  against  her  cheek .    ‘  who’s  going  to  waste  time  giving  a  miserable  rat  like  you  all  the  answers ?  do  everyone  a  favour  ─  don’t  make  them  waste  their  breath.  ’    a  single  finger  draws  under  his  gaunt  chin ,  blood  ─  red  mother  of  pearl  a  shock  against  his  sallow  skin .  her  torso  pivots  at  the  dip  of  her  slender  belly ,  hips  hinged  like  a  switchblade ,  lips  curled  in  a  sweet ,  wolfish  grin.    ‘  you  make  me  think  of  ghosts ,  ’    she  whispers.    ‘  something  dead  that  almost  seems  alive .  something  dead  that  doesn’t  know  it’s  dead .  ’    there  is  nothing  to  see  here  that  does  not  repulse  her.  nothing  but  decay ,  a  miserable  gut  ─  rot .    ‘  i  love  that  about  you.  ’            /            @mispyres

[vaememes]

* sarah j. mass's book prompts.

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES

❛ We need hope, or else we cannot endure. ❜

❛ Don’t feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy. ❜

❛ Pity those who don’t feel anything at all. ❜

❛ You look … better than before. ❜

❛ Was that a compliment? ❜

❛ We need hope, or else we cannot endure. ❜

❛ Well, good-bye for now. ❜

❛ Do you ever stop being so serious and dull? ❜

❛ Do you ever stop being such a prick? ❜

❛ I would have been gentle with you, though.. ❜

❛ When you healed my arm…You didn’t need to bargain with me. ❜

❛ You could have demanded every single week of the year. ❜

❛ It wasn’t entirely a question, but I needed the answer. ❜

❛ You can leave if you’re just going to insult me. ❜

❛ I could imagine very easily how much I would hate him. ❜

❛ That damned bitch is running me ragged. ❜

❛ I didn’t want you to fight alone. Or die alone.. ❜

❛ I didn’t want to be remembered for standing on the sidelines. ❜

❛ So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn. ❜

❛ I’d long since stopped feeling sorry for myself about it. ❜

❛ I doubt you’ll be saying that when I take you to the Night Court. ❜

❛ You didn’t tell me this would happen. ❜

❛ You didn’t ask. So how am I to blame? ❜

❛ I’d want someone to hold my hand until the end. ❜

A COURT OF MIST AND FURY

❛ To the people who look at the stars and wish. ❜

❛ To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered. ❜

❛ I fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us. ❜

❛ I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. ❜

❛ I was a survivor, and I was strong. ❜

❛ I would not, could not be broken. Tamed. ❜

❛ There are good days and hard days for me—even now. ❜

❛ Don’t let the hard days win. ❜

❛ My mate. Death incarnate. Night triumphant. ❜

❛ No one was my master— but I might be master of everything. ❜

❛ There are different kinds of darkness. ❜

❛ It becomes what the bearer wishes it to be, needs it to be. ❜

❛ There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes. ❜

❛ I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. ❜

❛ I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what he’d done for me. ❜

❛ My mate who had waited for me against all hope, despite all odds. ❜

❛ I realized—I realized how badly I’d been treated before. ❜

❛ I rarely went outside at night—usually, I was so tired from hunting. ❜

❛ I didn’t particularly care for them, anyway. ❜

❛ I wonder if I was looking for this place—looking for you all. ❜

❛ I knew you could take care of yourself. ❜

❛ I would have torn apart the world to get you back.. ❜

❛ I’m thinking that I want you so badly I can’t concentrate. ❜

❛ Many atrocities, have been done in the name of the greater good. ❜

A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN

❛ Only you can decide what breaks you, Cursebreaker. Only you. ❜

❛ It’s a rare person to face who they are and not run from it - not be broken by it. ❜

❛ Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged. ❜

❛ I believe everything happens for a reason. ❜

❛ My own power would have consumed me long ago. ❜

❛ I believe that everything happened, exactly the way it had to…  ❜

❛ Night Triumphant- and the Stars Eternal. ❜

❛ What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength. ❜

❛ I will find you in the next world - the next life. And we will have that time. ❜

❛ You belong to all of us, and we belong to you. ❜

❛ When you erupt, girl, make sure it is felt across worlds. ❜

❛ We’re all a broken, in our own ways - In places no one might see. ❜

❛ A thousand years. ❜

❛ One life may change the world. ❜

❛ Kindness can thrive even amongst cruelty. ❜

❛ My goal was bigger than revenge. ❜

❛ My purpose greater than personal retribution. ❜

❛ Words had become as foreign and hard to reach as the stars.. ❜

❛ We don’t have the luxury of good ideas—only picking between the bad ones. ❜

❛ I didn’t know how long my sisters and I lay there together. ❜

❛ Because I can’t stay away. ❜

❛ Leave this world… a better place than how you found it. ❜

❛ I hadn’t realized I was a villain in your narrative. ❜

❛ I would clean my blades, and wash the blood from my skin. ❜

[vilecrown-blog]

            also  i  want  to  end  the  Does  Junko  Have  Pink  Or  Blonde  Hair  Discourse  by  saying  that  i  imagine  junko’s  hair  is  somewhere  in  between,  not  quite  a  natural  blonde  but  not  quite  dyed  -  pink  either,  something  warm  and  rosy .  think  rose  gold  ,  champagne .  strawberry  blonde  sounds  nice  in  theory ,  but  if  you  google  references  you’ll  find  that  it’s  too  red  and  often  too  dark ;  reference  here,  and  here .

[vilecrown-blog]

      ♡  for  a  starter ?  varying  length  ,  varying  timeline  ,  if  you’d  like  to  plot  something  out  with  me  first  feel  free  to  pop  into  my  dm’s 

[vilecrown-blog]

(  this  post  is  a  condensed  /  snipped  /  rewritten  version  of  some  of  the  information  i  found  here;  if  you  want,  give  the  entire  post  a  read,  bc  it’s  all  actually  v  interesting  !  )

            junko’s  family  name  is  江ノ島  (  e . no . shima .  )  this  translates  to  island  of  the  bay;  at  first  glance,  a  pretty  unassuming  meaning.  however,  there  is  in  fact  a  real  island  on  the  kanagawa  prefecture  that  shares  the  name  enoshima,  and  on  this  island  there  are  a  significant  amount  of  religious  shrines  dedicated  to  the  goddess  benzaiten.  banzaiten  was  said  to  have  pulled  enoshima  island  up  from  the  sea  herself,  and  is  known  as  the  goddess  of  everything  that  flows,  whether  that  be  time,  music,  water,  words,  knowledge,  etc.  anything  flowing  remains  under  her  jurisdiction.  there  are  heaps  of  parallels  between  junko  and  the  goddess  banzaiten,  the  largest  of  which  is  the  fact  that  junko’s  entire  being  encompasses  an  unwillingness  to  remain  stagnant.  boredom  is  junko’s  greatest  enemy,  and  as  such,  she  is  always  flowing.  her  actions  direct  the  flow  of  the  world  towards  despair,  and  guide  it  away  from  hope,  which  she  believes  will  cause  humanity  to  become  stagnant  and  boring.  her  personality  and  mannerisms  are  under  a  constant  shift,  masks  being  slipped  on  and  off  on  a  whim.  junko  enoshima  is  in  constant,  ever-changing  movement.  she  flows.  junko  enoshima  herself  is  blessed  by  the  goddess  benzaiten.

            junko’s  given  name  is  盾子  (  jun  .  ko  )  now,  子  means  child,  or  sign  of  the  rat.  that’s  actually  a  very  common  suffix  in  female  japanese  names,  so  its  relevance  is  less.  what’s  more  more  important  is  this  kanji,  盾,  which  normally  means  shield.  again,  unassuming,  its  meaning  even  evoking  thoughts  of  protectiveness,  or  a  passive  nature.  what  makes  it  relevant  is  the  fact  that  junko  is  in  fact  a  pretty  common  girls  name,  but  it  is  more  commonly  spelled  with  純  as  opposed  to  盾.  純  means  pure,  innnocent,  or  chaste.  this  switching  of  the  kanji  is  extremely  significant  to  junko  as  a  character,  and  her  title  of  ultimate  gyaru.  traditional  japanese  society  values  girls  who  were  all  those  things:  pure,  innocent,  and  chaste.  gyaru  came  in  as  a  early  90′s  fashion  trend  and  subverted  those  expectations,  ushering  in  a  generation  of  young  girls  that  were  loud,  flashy,  and  unafraid  of  their  own  sexuality.  junko,  as  a  person,  embodies  these  gyaru  traits,  and  in  denying  the  純  kanji  in  her  own  name,  she  is  further  embodying  the  gyaru  tradition  of  rejecting  purity.

            this  clearly  highlights  a  mistake  mukuro  made  while  masquerading  as  junko;  a  mistake  that  isn’t  readily  apparent  unless  you  understand  gyaru  culture  and  what  it  represents.  during  her  first  free  time  event,  mukuro  claims  that  her  chastity  is  important  to  her.  this  is  possibly  the  most  un  -  gyaru  ( and  un  -  juko )  thing  she  could  have  possibly  said,  and  once  you  understand  the  context  surrounding  it,  is  an  early  red  flag  that  she  might  not  be  who  she  claims  to  be.

[sadistic-suggestion-deactivated]

it’s tiring, isn’t it? being in control, making choices, thinking for yourself. it’s so, so tiring. let me do it instead. you’ll like it.