#seacats

Umineko episode 1 doodle sheet

not because it was dependent on whether or not Lion Ushiromiya was a thing,

but because the real miracle would involve that AND the four kids of Mrs. Ushiromiya realizing their dad has no power over them anymore and that they can be who they want to be rather than who the shadow of a dead man wanted them to be

like. Krauss is a dork who has zero financial/business sense but is a big dreamer and wants to be a husband and dad that his wife and daughter can be proud of. Eva wants sooooo badly to not be crushed by the iron vise of Patriarchy and would probably unironically kill it as the actual head of the family (both relieving Krauss from the responsibility of being a Big Strong Patriarch Man for the other siblings and allowing Eva the chance to actually try and be the Big Strong Patriarchy Man and realizing it still sucks because something something capitalism). Rudolf needs to get his shit together and stop being sexually attracted to Duplicitous Women, i'm sorry idk how to help this man. Rosa...oughhhhhh she needs her own post, she's such a basket of problems, though not being scapegoated and bullied by her older siblings would probably help. as like, an appetizer. (the main course is "intensive therapy" and "a support system to let her get out from under the pressure of Being A Single Mother In Bubble-Era Japan". the soup is "teaching Rosa about autism and how it's okay and"—do you see what i mean. wholeass post just for Rosa.)

i suppose i'm a dreamer myself, and i do believe all four of Kinzo's children (*from Mrs. Ushiromiya) had the potential to be good people, good parents, and simply needed a way to find an out from their collective trauma that wasn't "...and then their house with almost everyone in it is fucking atomized by a literal boatload of WW2-era ordnance".

but also like. the problems of their family run SO deep, it legitimately goes over all of their heads because this shit arguably goes back to pre-Kanto Earthquake times with the old Ushiromiya family and their customs and Kinzo's "revival" only further exacerbates these issues. shit, Kinzo himself is a victim to a lot of these issues i bring up! he's also a terrifyingly massive victimizer in his own right and i only have the tiiiiniest shreds of mercy for him. after all, he only meets biche because he joined the imperial army in hopes of going out via Suicide By Allied Forces.