Loose Ramblings on Junkan and Character Writing/Authenticity
So recently there's been a series of interviews with Kodaka and some others about their work and idea process for Danganronpa 2x2. These were originally done at Anime Expo, but aren't coming out now to line up with anything so we're still using the same five promo images from last year (Please God gimme a new trailer). The interviews are about what you'd think for something like this, with little hints and snippets without giving anything away but are still interesting. The islands are getting new locations, probably new modes and mini-games for the new mode, we should play Rain Code before the new scenario, but what really got my view was this piece.
These words right here have given me full faith in 2x2's new scenario and shows me Kodaka and his team know what they're doing. More after the break.
I think it's very important to be out front on things like this, especially when writing for a game that's grown a large fanbase. Critique and criticism are taken in, but when you make a piece of art you're expecting to hear that from all forms of viewers and not just the fans. When you write, you need to write a story you want to make and not one that'll just make the fans happy.
Especially in a series like this where for the messages at the end to truly work, it has to actually be mean and cruel to the player so they can feel the despair but soldier on! We can complain about character development cut short and suddenly, but that's kinda the point. It's a killing game. You can say you don't want to kill and that you'll get out together as friends all you want, but the right person in the right moment needs just the right push and... bam, a body has been discovered.
Directly saying 'I know the characters better than the fans do' is so important because. Yeah! It's true! Kodaka knows these characters he created and wrote more than our gay little fanfic writings asses have, he's the guy that SHOULD know more. Are there character moments that suck and feel wrong? Yes. DR3 Side Despair. Who? IDK All of Em. But that confidence and knowing is what any writer should have. It's YOUR story, you know these characters!
So, how does this relate to Junkan and my own writing. Well, it's simple. I know I don't probably fully understand and know these characters on the level of the official source, but god I try my hardest to make them feel like themselves and be fully fleshed out.
The biggest different between DRIF:RR and DR cannon (you know aside from all the open transgender lesbians all wanting to smooch and get in bed with each other) is that I write Junko's feelings for Mikan being reciprocal. She's open in her love for Tsumiki, she loves her back! In DR proper it's like a real 'ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' on if Junko had feelings for Mikan. She was lewd to her in DR3 that's enough fuel and her viewing Mikan as iimportant means she's on the level of Matsuda to me. Slayhem prove me right.
I know these characters aren't my own and I'm making them do things that they'd never do in cannon, but I also write and treat them as actual characters. I write them to feel authentic like their game counter parts while also still writing them my way. I write the two and their relationships and feelings like fully fleshed characters, not just cut outs of their popular traits. I think they'd have a good relationship together so I write and explore it to show that!
As a fanfic writer, I know my writing of these characters is going to be influenced by wanting to see my favorite disaster despair women kissing and smooching and cuddling and getting naughty with it. I know they're not actually 1 to 1 with their game counter parts who I fell in love with. But, I still love these characters, and I want this story ot be an actual story, so I write them to the best of my ability while also doing my own thing.
When writing, I don't think you should strain to just be one to one with the source and still do your own thing but like, still write these characters like you know them. Make it feel like them at least to SOME degreee, right? I mean you're showing why you love the characters after all!
I'm excited for 2x2. There's a confidence to it that the feeling like it's going to be a cruel bastard, and that's what I love. Kodaka and team aren't making a game just to fuel our fantasies (though I do want a Junkan CG please please please), and are writing it as an actual new scenario and story. I do the same for my writing, treating this exploration of Junkan, trans woman Mikan, Mikane and more as an actual story, and I think it's the way to go, even when writing fanfic. Much like you should read and take from actual art and writing and movies to learn from and improve your own works. Anyways this has been going long enough... what to end on.
"Mikan, this random rambling has me bored as hell. Do you wanna have some intense, passionate, transgender lesbian sex?"
"Why yes, beloved! I'd love to make raw, intense, passionate love to you as a transgender lesbian myself! We should also be sure to involve our other girlfriend Akane in our hot, sweaty, long and driven transgender lesbian love making!"
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So I'm just going to be taking a break from writing, answering questions and posting fanfiction. I've been pretty burnt out and I have a lot of stuff going on in real life. Maybe I'll post something on March 19th, which is my birthday. But I'm tired. So taking a break.
I hope every one who finds this post is in good health and safe surroundings. I know that this year has been a stressful, painful, tumultuous time for most everyone. In comparison to the many systematic, social, medical, and economical tragedies and problems we each currently face, J.K. Rowling’s bigoted remarks are small and unimportant.
Nevertheless, her transphobia has shocked, pained, and caused millions of fans to reassess their attachment to Rowling’s work. Make no mistake, Rowling has made many problematic remarks in the past and this is not the first time she has hurt people, or harnessed the painful history and efforts of marginalized groups to strengthen her own narrative.
It’s just that when Rowling did this in the past, fans of her work managed to rebound by making the fan space and fan culture more inclusive, better developed, and more magical than Rowling managed to. This time, from what I have looked into, it seems that it is more challenging to reclaim these stories.
When J K Rowling made transphobic comments in June, I was eager to write fan fiction in the Harry Potter universe because I wanted to create the things within that world I had wanted to see. As a non binary writer, I was compelled to show other Harry Potter fans that belong under the trans* umbrella that I was willing to connect to them, as I am sure, many fan fic authors are.
As J K Rowling has doubled down on her bigotry in recent weeks I’ve had some of this confidence slapped out of me. I recognize that her viewpoints are likely coming from a place of fear, past trauma, and radicalization- but that does not excuse her actions, particularly after so many authors, institutions, and actors close to her chose to speak against her words. I was surprised to have it affect me so much, because I do not consider myself the biggest fan of Harry Potter or anything- but I just kept worrying about how trans fans were going to be affected by this.
So now I am conflicted- do I keep writing this story? I know that I’d been posting at the beginning of the month, and now have missed early September. I have most of the third chapter written, but I just started to question whether or not its really responsible to continue. I don’t know if I am helping or hurting.
I think for each fan, especially if you belong to the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, whether to forsake or reclaim Harry Potter is a decision each person must make for themselves. Do not tell trans* fans what to do.
That said- I’m writing this because I am asking for opinions- whether you’ve read this fic so far and have enjoyed it, or you’re within this fandom and are willing to give me your thoughts.
Thanks! xxx
Just telling everyone that I am going to be on a bit of a hiatus for a bit while I deal with a lot of issues in my personal life. While I am not sure when I am going to next on Tumblr or will post the next update to Mission: Rewind (or The Curse of Sekhmet), I will try to write whenever I can.
A lot has happened these past 24 hrs and I need to focus on all of that before anything else.
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Hiiiii I hope everyone who finds this little note is well <3
I am going to do my best to have the next chapter up around Halloween, since it takes place around then too and I thought that would be fun!
I am excited because I think the thicker plot of the story will start to become known in this new chapter.
I thought making this blog would be great for my friends that love to read my stories. I will be reblogging things that remind me about my characters and stories that I think fit and make it easier for people to visualize how I see my stories (: I’ve already started with ‘Dear Soldier’ since that’s the story I’m currently working on, but I will add stuff for my other stories as well soon enough, however I will not be posting my stories on here because I’m not going to take the risk of someone stealing my work
