#arashi spring

Happy Halloween!

Spoilers for the game, obviously

Okay so first off, it’s not entirely clear on how people is Scarlet Nexus would see queer people so here’s my headcanons and logic behind them

So the country was founded by Karen Travers posing as Yakamo Sumeragi, and I headcanon him as being at least in love with Fubuki and Alice, and having been right on the verge of entering a polyamorous relationship with them before Alice got metamorphosed. So my base instinct to say that the country is very accepting of queer people because it was founded by Karen

But the basis of the country’s structure is their military of child soldiers, so I would imagine they want people to have as many children as possible so that they have more options for the military, and I could see the government discouraging same-sex relationships.

So the middle ground I’ve decided on is that being gay is fine and accepted, but you have to pay an extra tax if you’re in a gay marriage. That way they preserve “Yakamo’s” beliefs while also promoting having more children. Also richer families who care a lot about legacies and bloodlines don’t usually approve of their descendants being in gay relationships.

I don’t think Karen really cares about trans people enough to give them that same effort into protecting them but I don’t think the government cares enough to make it illegal or taxable. So being trans is legal but some people are weird about it so a lot of trans people stay in the closet about it. Similar to our world but not nearly as extreme.

Okay, actual character headcanon time

Yuito:

Genuine late-bloomer. Isn’t thinking at all about relationships at the moment. Thinks he’s still too young to have feels like that yet without realizing that most people his age have already started to figure out what they like and even potentially acting on it. Once the hormones finally hit, he’ll be Pan.

Kanane:

Very Demi. Only likes someone after knowing them for long enough that she can fully trust them and be herself around them. I haven’t decided if I think she’s attracted to men or not, but I definitely think she’d like women. So either Demi-Bi or Demi-Lesbian

Wataru and Haruka:

Bi and Trans. Their character bios say that they’re often mistaken as the other gender and I have taken that to mean they’re trans. They partially transitioned before they joined the OSF, but they aren’t able to take testosterone or estrogen while they’re taking anti-aging drugs, so they’ve had to stop for now. They’re also bi because I say so.

Their bio also says that they’re identical twins rather than fraternal twins, which could just be a translation error but it does imply that one of them is canonically trans. But since it’s the future, they maybe have new weird medical things that can happen, so my headcanon is they started in the womb as the same gender, but one of them had something weird happen that changed their gender part-way through, and no one knows which twin it was.

So when they each realized they were trans, they assumed it was them and that’s why they were trans. Then they found out the other twin was also trans, they were like “hang on a minute.” Their current theory is that their mom’s body somehow knew one of them was going to be the wrong gender and tried to fix it, but got the wrong twin so they both got the wrong gender.

Hanabi:

Bi but with a preference towards guys. Not much more to say about her

Kagero:

Bi but the moon was much harsher against queer people so he’s still overcoming some internalized homophobia, and still outwardly says he’s straight

Tsugumi:

Baby lesbian. She knows she likes girls but isn’t confident enough to pursue anyone yet. Wouldn’t be able to figure out if someone was flirting with her, she struggles to figure out feelings of friendship, feelings of romance are even harder for her. She and Hanabi once had an entire conversation about Yuito where Hanabi thought Tsugumi liked Yuito and Tsugumi thought Hanabi just wanted to be better friends with Yuito, before they realized that they were both totally off the mark.

Kyoka:

Lesbian. Dated men as part of her cover but felt nothing for any of them. Developed a crush on Wakana while spying on her.

Shiden:

Bi and baby Enby. He knew he was bi, but didn’t realize you could change your gender until Wataru and Haruka came out to the group. “Wow I didn’t know you could change your gender! Too bad you can’t have no gender, or something in between though.” “Uh, Shiden? You can do that too.” “REALLY?!” Right now he’s using he/they pronouns but there’s a good chance that somewhere down the line he’ll change them again

Luka:

Gay. Right now he’s too young physically to really feel attraction, but someday he’ll realize that his obsession with buff men isn’t just jealousy

Arashi:

Aroace. Doesn’t have any interest in any of it. Even when she’s older, that won’t change

Gemma:

Straight cis man, but a cool guy. Fully supports the rest of his team even if he’s a little behind on the terminology. Has definitely had sex with a couple of guys just to make sure and come to the conclusion that he’s definitely straight.

Nagi:

Straight but supportive. Has flirted with multiple lesbians and when he found out, he was like “okay cool, I’ll stop flirting, but we can still keep talking” and he just makes friends with the lesbians Steve Harrington style.

Naomi:

Straight. Not very knowledgeable about queer people because her parents have sheltered her, and want her to continue the family. When she learns about queer people, she’s completely supportive, and when she learns Kasane is queer she becomes the ultimate ally.

Seto:

This man is the ultimate example of “keep your work life and your private life separate.” Is he queer? You’ll never find out because that’s Private Life information and is not to be shared with a Work Life associate. Shiden doesn’t know. Wataru doesn’t know. Fubuki doesn’t know. There is not a single person in the OSF who knows what his sexuality is and he will keep it that way.

Fubuki:

They should get this girl to voice Kozakura She really nails that vibe of a "tired thirty year old woman stuck in the body of a teenager" thing

POV: The Scarlet Nexus characters in a nutshell coming from someone who has only played the story demo and hasn’t brought the full game. Probably extremely inaccurate but what y’all gonna do report me to the devs-

Kasane - Fuck y’all except my sister she’s coo- oh she’s dead and my parents disowned me okay fuck the whole fucking world

Yuito - BAKI!!!!! Oh shit my friends dead- 😭

Shiden - The flash but without the speed and grumpy tsundere as fuck

Arashi - the flash but without the electricity and also lazy behind the scenes

Arashi, sleep deprived and completely serious: over what period of time?

Kyoka:…

Scarlet Nexus doodles!!