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Antis DNI

Propaganda for both ships provided under the cut.

💪 Describe a theme or other element of the original source material that you feel is strengthened or reinforced by the presence of your ship.

One of the major themes of Ultra Despair Girls is the destructive weight of 'Talent'. People who are considered talented are exploited, hurt, abused, and destroyed by a system where only those who are 'special' succeed , and everyone else is nothing more than some drone.

Gifted Child Treatment x1000, combined with the legitimately horrible and abusive things people can do to try and force their children to be those special 'talented' . This is of course reflected in Hope's Peak, which is a criticism of both irl school and societal behavior, and in universe...a horrifying science experiment devouring children for it's own agenda. (The Izuru Kamukura Project and it's obsession with 'Hope' and superhuman talent).

Kotoko had been hurt more than most, like the rest of the Warriors of Hope, and treated horrifically by her mother from a young age. The Warriors of Hope are a product of the society Hope's Peak fostered, and you see constantly throughout how badly it effected each and every one of them. So they lash out against it, to try and bring it all down and take out the adults who've hurt them.

Meanwhile, Komaru (me :3) isn't talented. She's one of society's write offs. a 'thoroughly average' girl, who's personal desires, hobbies, and goals are all mocked throughout for being 'dull' 'average', 'normal'. Mocked for being scared of death, for liking manga or wanting to be an artist. She's not an adult, not yet, and not anyone Hope's Peak and Co see any worth or value in.

Someone who's brother was chosen at near random to 'ascend beyond' the '''average''' life society had given them. Who'd survived a deadly killing game. Who'd been placed (against his will) on a pedestal as an 'Ultimate Hope'.

Komaru feels lost and helpless in a world that considers her just another face. Kotoko is hurting and angry at a world that treated her with violence in the name of Talent.

When they find eachother, even on opposite sides of a conflict…Komaru feels an intense sympathy. In this ship, Komaru has heard everything that happened to Kotoko and her friends, and is horrified and desperate to help.

Kotoko especially, she feels a deep affection for, at first in a 'big sis Komaru' type way, with a growing romance from there. Komaru sees her as more than the talent horrible people foisted upon her, and Kotoko reminds Komaru that sometimes a little kindness and warmth is better than any label slapped on you from some stupid school or job.

Together, they find that middle ground between Hope and Despair. Talent isn't everything, and you are more than what exploitative bastards say you are. They're their own people, and they have love. affection for eachother, and with the Warriors of Hope, the Towa Trio (Toko, Komaru, Byakuya), and beyond.

here's the moodboard/icon for the playlist:

Not a huge fan of age gaps, especially with Kotoko, so have some headcanons where they're aged up!

Komasugi:

Once Kotoko has a successful career as an actress, (I'm thinking she becomes one of the ones that does monsters and creatures!) Nagito has a cameo in every one of her movies. Everyone thinks its a sweet thing, but no. Its completely an accident.

Kotoko isn't a huge fan of traditionally 'romantic' shit like pet names, but Nagito does it in such an over the top way it becomes the joke.

Kotoko gets Nagito in much better shape on complete accident, since she always wants to go out and do shit.

They exclusively subsist on takeout from the same 3 places and Teruteru's pity. Neither of them can cook for shit. They're nightmare customers. Its hell.

Kotoko is highkey jealous of his hair. Towashima

I like the idea of Dr3 Monaca x a Junko AI.

One of the things Monaca is suprised by is that Junko doesn't care about appearances AT ALL. Unlike her past s/os, its all about brain + personality.

The type to unironically call themselves couple goals, and not notice or care how self-absorbed this sounds.

A headcanon I feel really strongly about in general is that Mukuro spent way more time with the Warriors of Hope than Junko. I like to think that when Monaca learned this, she did a lot of mental gymnastics about how Junko was the good twin and every annoying thing Junko ever did was Mukuro. Junko memes the fuck out of this take.