yours, danielle

𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖊 ⋆ 21y/o ⋆ she/her

𖤝 Diabolik lovers centric: Drabbles, hcs and character studies

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Of myths and legends

What a shame (she would've made such a lovely bride) | Shu

The endless performance of Mukami Kou

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Beneath the June heat, when they’re brought together again, Shu Sakamaki thinks of his engagement and what could have been

Preparations begin weeks in advance.

Windows thrown open, letting the heat in. Silver polished until it gleams beneath candlelight. Linen changed despite remaining untouched for most of the year.

The house remembers her long before she returns to it.

Shu supposes he does too.

He lies half asleep on the sofa near his bedroom window, one arm resting across his eyes, warm evening air stirring pale strands of hair across his face.

He remembers it in fragments now.

Grass stained green against the hem of her dress after she sat beside the lake for too long. Her hair tangled by the wind as she laughed at something neither of them would remember later. Long afternoons spent hidden away from noble guests and endless formal dinners neither of them cared enough to endure.

They used to exist beside each other so naturally.

Two creatures untouched by the world. No future waiting to swallow them whole.

Then came the ring.

A simple thing. Cold metal resting where warmth used to be. Approving smiles exchanged beneath soft candlelight. A future spoken of as though it were already certain, already theirs.

He remembers the silence afterward more than anything else. The way it settled between them without effort, lingering quietly.

How every summer afterward felt faintly unfamiliar, like returning to a place they once loved only to find it completely hollowed out.

Strangers wearing the faces of children who once knew each other too well.

And he wonders, not for the first time, if anything between them was ever theirs to define.

Somewhere downstairs, laughter rises briefly before fading again.

Shu closes his eyes.

What a shame.

Recently rewatched Troy (2004). Good movie, horrible adaptation but anyways, here are the Sakamaki brothers as characters in the Illiad/ Odyssey. Might do the Muakamkis later. Enjoy!

Shu Sakamaki as Odysseus

Shu and Odysseus share the exhaustion of men who have seen too much. Both are intelligent in a quiet, almost reluctant way. Less about action and more about observation. They rarely move impulsively and, instead, they read situations and respond only when necessary, as if every gesture carries weight that should not be wasted.

Odysseus is a man defined by distance, wandering for years not only across the sea, but away from the life he once had. Shaped by memory more than presence.

Shu carries the same quiet disconnection, constantly in between as if everything around him is slightly out of reach.

He does not chase life so much as drift through what remains of it.

Reiji Sakamakai as Agamemnon

Stiff af. Reiji and Agamemnon are both defined by leadership, whose authority is built on order and sacrifice. They are disciplined, calculated, and unwavering.

Agamemnon, as a king, leads by command, not inspiration. His decisions hold the Greek army together even as they fracture their trust.

Reiji carries that same need for control. He does not lead through emotion, but through systems, rules, and restraint, always remaining emotionally distant.

It's almost as if closeness itself would compromise the system he relies on.

Ayato Sakamaki as Diomedes

Was debating on him for a while but I can't find anyone more fitting for Ayato than Diomedes. Pure energy, direct, aggressive, and unrelenting when provoked. Diomedes is one of the few mortals in The Iliad who wounds even gods, not through strategy, but through sheer force and momentum.

Ayato carries that same intensity. He doesn’t hesitate, doesn’t overthink, and rarely stops once he commits. His sense of identity is tied to impact. If he is not dominating the moment, he feels displaced within it.

Kanato Sakamaki as Cassandra

My lord, he's always been the most complicated character for me to understand, but he reminds me a lot of Cassandra.

Cassandra is so deeply misunderstood. She sees things clearly, speaks clearly, and still ends up unheard.

Kanato is just the same. What he feels is intense and very real, but it doesn’t translate cleanly to others. His emotions are there, but they often come out distorted and just wrong.

It’s not that he doesn’t express himself. It’s that what he expresses never quite arrives the way he means it to.

Laito Sakamaki as Hermes

You'd think of Paris, wouldn't you? So did I, but Laito and Hermes are so much more alike. They are quick, perceptive, and socially intelligent in ways that make them difficult to pin down.

Hermes isn't bound to anything. He crosses boundaries, slips between roles and always move with ease.

Laito carries that same kind of ease. He doesn't engage with interaction as something stable, but as something shifting and performative, where tone and intention can change depending on the moment. He reads people easily, and just as easily adjusts himself within those dynamics.

Subaru Sakamaki as Ajax

Ajax, a warrior of overwhelming strength, pride, and a sense of honor that cannot, for the life of him, survive humiliation.

In the Iliad, he stands as one of the greatest fighters after Achilles, yet his downfall comes not from weakness, but from the collapse of his sense of worth when that honor is questioned.

Subaru carries the same kind of intensity. His strength is not in doubt, but it is emotionally uncontained. When it has nowhere to go, it turns inward and, like Ajax, what remains is pressure that cannot be processed in a stable way.