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hinalatte · 4 months

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Happy Birthday Eden Tobisa!

Turns out our favorite clock girly has her birthday on New Year's Eve! What a nice date for such a nice girl! Let's do a character analysis, fun facts, and songs!

-We know relatively little about Eden's backstory. The most notable thing we know about her life before the killing game, apart from her fascination with clocks, is what is revealed in her chapter 2 secret: "Ever since you kissed her, you were afraid your sexuality would ruin your friendships." Which is pretty straightforward; she's canonically a lesbian and is worried it would negatively affect her friendships.

-Literally the only other thing we know about her backstory is that she lived in Japan for a small period of time when she was younger, before moving back to the US. This was revealed in a Q&A.

(... You know, I made a deranged theory in my Mai post that maybe the girl that Eden kissed was actually Mai. It wasn't very serious, since it was just a silly way to try to explain what the hell Eden's quote in the Mai page could mean. But... we know Teruko was in Japan for a while when she was younger, and it's theorized she knew Mai before being separated from her at some point. Combined with Mai's name being seemingly Japanese, it could imply Mai also lived in Japan at some point. And if that's the case, it's possible she met Eden there? To be clear, that's still an insane possibility, but I do find it a funny possibility, which is why I'm sharing it)

-Apart from that, Eden's defining trait is her optimism and her trust in others. She sticks to Teruko's side even after she starts pushing everyone away in CH 1, and confesses to her that she believes "not caring about others is the worst way to live." She's importantly not naive, she does know their situation is horrible, but still she constantly searches for an exit and tries to build good friendships with the others.

-This includes baking with Min, Rose and Teruko in CH1, inviting Teruko and Arei to make clocks on CH2, etc. Basically, she's awesome and nice and mature.

-Also she loves clocks. Regular Ultimate stuff, she can apparently spend hours and hours working and losing track of time.

-Although for such an optimistic character, her secret quote is quite ominous. "You can't go back, no matter how hard you try." We have zero clue what this means at the moment, but at least it does fit the symbolism of time always moving forward.

-Meanwhile, her quote in the Mai page is "She kept calling the number, even though no one picked it up." This is even more incomprehensible! Eden, what in the world are you talking about?

-Alright, David MV. She doesn't have a color in Color Theory, but her numeral is XII (twelve). Go to 1:48:28 in this video for an explanation. God it's so convenient to have that lol.

Alright fun facts!

-As stated, her birthday (December 31st) lands on New Year's Eve. Maybe representing new beginnings or change, which certainly goes well with her character. How nice!

-Like most of the cast, she's American and right-handed.

-She's one of the only characters with dyed hair. Her hair was originally just brown.

-Her favorite color is daffodil yellow, because it's happy, and her least favorite color is blue, because it's "kind of a downer color." Areden shippers in shambles.

-Her favorite ice cream flavor is honeycomb. I didn't even know that existed but go off queen.

-She enjoys cute fashion, but also enjoys wearing androgynous style clothing.

-She likes food which is fun to make or prepare. How nice!

-She's biracial; her mother is black and her father is Japanese. This is why she spent a bit of time in Japan when she was younger.

-Her name in kanji is 飛佐【とび・さ】楽【いーでん】. Gonna leave any actual meaning as homework, but it's worth noting her name was anglicized. I think that would translate to "Iden", but her mother liked the name "Eden", so they went with that instead.

Finally, songs that remind me of her!

-Positive Parade by DECO*27

-Gone Fishing by Ghost & Pals (friendship!)

-Aura by Ghost & Pals

-In Iolite by Ghost & Pals

-Magnet by minato

-Those Who Carried On by Ghost & Pals

-I'm Glad You're Evil Too by PinocchioP

And Happy Birthday! And a happy new year! Well wishes to all you Tumblr peeps. Take care!

#I just found your blog! Your birthday character analyses are lovely!#Eden is a character who I think shines brightest in her relationships with other characters. We love literary foils #I really appreciate this compilation of known facts! Despite her being one of the most open characters in the cast we still don’t know much #I’d like to add that I think her Mai quote might be a reference to how Eden tries over and over to reach out to people #even if they reject her like teruko #implying Mai was also stubborn with her support #It also sounds sort of sad to me? Like her optimism is being rejected by the rest of the cast #But that’s just my two cents

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hinalatte · 7 months

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Today’s contribution to the drdt fandom

#danganronpa despair time #danganronpa: despair time #drdt #drdt meme #ace markey #levi fontana #I saw this meme and thought of Ace immediately

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hinalatte · 7 months

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Who told Xander to kill Teruko?

It seems like by far the most popular fan theory for who told Xander to “kill Teruko Tawaki” is that David did it, because he’s a manipulator and Xander trusted him. But I’ve got a countertheory to that theory, because I don’t really believe it.

Why? Mainly because Xander seems like he would’ve been very hard to motivate into murder. In his words, he “hates murderers”. I’m not sure even the great David Chiem could convince him to murder someone.

Who do I think could convince Xander to kill Teruko, then? That’s simple.

Xander could.

I’ve got a theory that Xander left a note for himself before his memories were wiped telling him to kill Teruko. When he stabs Teruko, he says “I need to trust in myself that this was worth it.” This could mean he needs to trust himself in trusting the person who told him to kill, but wouldn’t it be interesting if he meant he literally had to trust himself?

I just feel like it would really hard for anyone to convince Xander to kill Teruko. Xander, as the Ultimate Rebel, has to believe in his own resolve. If he was convinced at some point that Teruko needed to die, even if he forgot, wouldn’t he still believe his own past judgement?

A semi crack theory to accompany this is that pregame Xander put a message inside of his empty eye socket to smuggle it in. He might’ve seen it when he changes out his eyepatch in episode 3. This is based on no evidence, just my imagination.

But of course, that’s just a theory. A Despair Time theory. Thanks for reading. (Insert relevant meme)

#danganronpa despair time #danganronpa: despair time #drdt #xander matthews #drdt theory #I fully believe that I could be wrong #I believe in it for now though #it makes sense in my head

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hinalatte · 7 months

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drdttober day twelve - traditional clothing

#I love hanfu Hu! She’s gorgeous!

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hinalatte · 7 months

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Quick sketch for DRDTober Day 12: Traditional clothing! This one’s Whit in a changshan. He doesn’t seem to embrace his Chinese side very much in canon but pink shirts are pink shirts yk

#drdt #danganronpa: despair time #danganronpa despair time #whit young #drdtober

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hinalatte · 7 months

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David Chiem and Colors (and Xander)

So, the Chapter 2 Q&A dropped (semi) recently. There’s a ton of fun information in there, but I’m particularly focused on the reveal of David’s favorite and least favorite colors. Yellow (reason: inspiring), and gray (reason: depressing).

These are clearly in reference to his main color associations. His fake inspirational speaker persona is associated with yellow and his current “guilty as charged” persona is associated with gray. David’s opinions on these colors are likely stand-ins for his opinions on his personas.

So now, an important question: Why does he still like yellow?

It’s a commonly agreed upon analysis that David doesn’t like the performance he has to put on in order to be an inspirational speaker. It’s a role he’s forced to play, not one that he believes in personally. In the Chapter 2 trial he ditches that persona (and the yellow in his design) to act in a way that seems more liberating. It’s like his “true self”, or at least a bit truer of a self. But that’s gray David, and David doesn’t like gray. It’s “depressing”.

I think the colors represent how David feels about his own personality. I think that he wishes he could genuinely be like his inspirational speaker persona. If he was, he’d probably be happier. He secretly wishes he could believe in the things he says to inspire people.

But David doesn’t believe in personal growth. He thinks if someone can become better, they were already good. He probably sees himself as a lost cause under this philosophy. There’s no hope for him to be kind, genuine, or happy.

…And that’s where Xander comes in. Xander, in Chapter 1, is a person who is kind, genuine, and happy. He fights for what’s right. And he looks up to David as someone who inspired him to be who he is today. David sees him use that inspiration for good when he stands up for Nico. When Xander tells David he inspires him, David responds by saying Xander is inspiring as well. They’re each other’s role model.

We have no way of knowing right now how much of what David does in Chapter 1 is genuine, but the fixation on Xander in the Literature Girl Insane MV makes me think that David and Xander’s connection was genuine, at least a little bit. But I don’t think it’s just because Xander became his friend. I think it’s because Xander became his role model.

Xander, to David, represents who David wishes he could be. He was more than just a friend. He was David’s hope. A personification of the good David’s given the world, as well as the chance David has to change. If he becomes more like Xander, maybe he’ll live up to his inspirational speaker title. So they become friends and role models. It’s very sweet.

Then Xander tries to kill Teruko. And then he gets electrocuted and dies.

David vehemently defends Xander’s honor in the first trial. It’s not just because he liked Xander. If Xander was his role model of a good person, but he tried to kill someone, then there would be no hope left for David to be a good person either. David’s symbol of hope dies abruptly.

In Chapter 2, David says no one is truly capable of change. He (likely) lies about killing Arei to get himself and the entire case executed. He’s given up on improving or ever being happy. Because the person who gave him the hope that he could change is dead.

I know it’s a bit weird to go from David’s color preferences to “Xander is his hope”, but that’s what clicked into place for me when I read those fun facts. Xander’s eyes are also gray/yellow, like David’s, but unlike David they fluctuate with his emotions and not whatever persona he’s putting on.

Also, I’m obviously not an expert. I could be totally wrong. Either way, I’m excited to see what’s done with David’s character! Hello DRDT fandom.

#danganronpa despair time #drdt #danganronpa: despair time #david chiem #xander matthews #drdt theory #xanvid #kinda if you choose to see it that way #their postmortem dynamic is very interesting to me #also I should mention I don’t subscribe to the “david told xander to kill teruko” theory #mostly because I’m not sure even david could convince xander to murder someone #but that theory can wait for another time

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