Mutuals have been making rock band AUs and I want in but I have too many thoughts so I will dump them into a post LET'S GOOOOOO
Hinata, Junko, and Nobutoshi start in a garage band. Typical punk scene, very rough but great to mosh and sing and jam to. Junko was vocals, Nobu was the drummer, and Hinata was the bassist/guitarist. They finally got picked up and started to make waves, but Hinata was subject to being cut from the band due to the producer's preferences. Junko always pulled through HARD for them-- even to the point that Nobu and Hinata were cross-trained and swapped, because Nobutoshi had more stage appeal than Hinata.
Then Hinata and Junko were in a terrible crash, and Junko died. Hinata survives, but going on tour strains their body and mind, and they have multiple mental breakdowns (sometimes crashing out in public). Despite going through his own mourning and trauma (because Junko was his fianceΓ©), Nobutoshi does his best to support them and pick up the pieces. Their music dynamic changes drastically, where Hinata pours their soul into creating and writing while Nobutoshi ends up more involved with their record label. They continue to make music together-- it's raw, heavy, and PALPABLE with their loss. Hinata ends up taking up vocals in an attempt to 'connect' with Junko again, while Nobutoshi ends up mastering whatever instrument he can get his hands on.
In the background, their codependency becomes a vicious storm. They become romantically involved and soon, Nobutoshi begins making changes and decisions based on what he thinks is best for Hinata, curating their sound to be more palatable and appropriate for a mainstream audience. This pisses Hinata off. Their dynamic shifts from 'Oasis life partners' into 'Fleetwood Mac I-will-sing-about-your-heartbreak-with-Direct-Eye-Contact.'
Eventually, they break up for real-- in their personal life and in their stage world. Nobutoshi offers a narrative where he was doing his best to support a bandmate bent on self-destruction-- drugs, booze, misery, and stagnancy-- and that he wishes them the best. He retires from concert life, sometimes creating a hit single or two, but mostly he works with making instrumentals for other bands, writing their music and helping produce it.
Hinata continues making their commentary through their music in the independent/underground scene. Their image shifts hardcore into party music-- loud bassy things, hypercore/breakcore, very Charlie XCX/Rebecca Black. But they have an alter ego named AGURi for their heavier shit and wear a mask at performances so as to avoid being outed. That's where they vent their raw work-- Nicole Dollanganger-type content with scream vocals. If anyone were to make the connection between Hinata and AGURi, they would realize the connections of extreme gaslighting, sexual/emotional/financial abuse, and being unable to walk away from a bad situation.
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