the dandelion field

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#the dandelion speaks - in-depth text posts talking about things i want to delve deep into

#the dandelion responds - answering asks

#the dandelion exists - lighthearted random posts

#the dandelion sees - reblogs with no or low commentary from me

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I think kasa7 hits different because it's the difference between imagining and reliving

for both kasa3 and kasa6, tsukasa was imagining an abstract scenario. in kasa3, it was the feeling of being unable to reach a goal and catch up to someone's achievements. in kasa6, it was the despair of no one needing or wanting wandasho's shows, no one even daring to seek happiness.

they're heavy, yes, and the emotions that tsukasa delivers in his characters through these imagined scenarios are very much real. however, they are still relatively simple to leave behind. after all, for as real as the tears are, their causes are still fictional.

but kasa7 is different. he's not taking this abstract idea of being forgotten. he's not imagining a 'what if'. he is actively being led to relive something that he had already buried. being forgotten, wanting to not be alone, wanting to be unforgettable - this is very much real for him.

that's why it hurts more. that's why I think this is more impactful. because yes, this was still in the context of an acting role, but I don't think tsukasa's panic and general feeling of being crushed was a careful move to act in character. I think he was far beyond acting at that point.

I know that this fandom is like. project sekai complain stage and all (at least on tiktok, that is), but don't throw tomatoes at me when I say that I'm grateful that this is actually being addressed as a part of tsukasa's character. now, what I would like to see is how this affects wxs. how would it affect emu's wish to see her world, and especially her friends, smiling? how would it affect nene, who also has similar dreams of being a successful musical actress globally? how would it affect rui, who has to balance between being a professional director for the sake of putting on a good show, and a concerned friend that puts his friends above all?

ok lol this isn't discourse this isn't a hot take! this is just me saying that I like imagining the von karma household with some sort of nuance and overlapping layers!

I don't think I can imagine mvk as just. plain obvious evil. don't get me wrong - it does happen in real life (and I feel horrible about it. I really do). however, with the way fran seemed to genuinely love her papa (especially in the anime, though I know that is non-canon), I think there's more to it

I want to imagine that mvk is...unpredictable, and inconsistent. he would be the first to try to get to know fran and her interests (who else would have supported her path to prosecuting at thirteen, if mvk didn't support her using his connections?). but at the same time, he probably would also be the first to lash out at edgeworth and his 'weakness'. except that's in a weird gray area too, because I think mvk would support edgeworth being a prosecutor as well. he wouldn't withhold that as a "you don't deserve this". rather, he would guide (that's the closest word I could think of) him along that road.

I write this mainly for franziska, to be honest.

I'm imagining her position as an older sister figure (given that I am also an older sister to one younger brother). I'm imagining the conflict she would feel about mvk especially post 1-4 - on one hand lies the man who has supported her for her whole life with discussions and tools and everything she needed and wanted to achieve her dream, yet on the other hand lies the man who has brought her little brother down so many times, to the point of killing his biological father fifteen years ago and leaving him to feel guilty about it.

the potential in that! how can you simultaneously love two people who have been against each other for so long?

and this is far more speculative on my part, but I'd think there would be some sort of fear of the conditionality of being a von karma. do you really think mvk wouldn't bring out the "you should be thankful I took you in; I can just as easily kick you out" against edgeworth? and if he did, do you really think fran wouldn't be internally threatened by that? that if her little brother could be kicked out for being just short of perfection, then she could be as well?

like. franziska clearly has a cold exterior, but I genuinely believe she learned that out of the need to protect herself (and edgeworth, if only in her mind). mvk is where she gets the sharp words and on-the-spot rhetoric, both in the sense that he taught her (as a father, in loving moments) and that she had to adapt to the environment he created.

but maybe I'm overanalyzing this - after all, I do see some similarities between my own family and this reading of the von karmas, so this is skirting dangerously close to projection. however, at the same time, I do think it's important to realize that franziska isn't just a whip-happy prosecutor; she's a character of her own with a written past of her own.

unstable smp (I'll catch up to it I swear (entered the fandom in s2)), fav character flamefrags

ace attorney (it's been a while since I watched playthroughs tho. if you wish me to analyze something especially in second trilogy I will have to rewatch that), fav character miles edgeworth with the fey sisters on the podium

pjsk (allow me to at least watch all openings! so far I've only watched wxs because I genuinely just installed like. a few weeks ago), fav character rui but emu is UP THERE. I have fic ideas for her