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Shuichi is gonna be a problem this chapter isn’t he? I feel it in my bones, the weird ones are always a problem in chapter 5
nooo of course not,,, why would you even think that,,,
#let's just say that. he's certainly there.#tiaolad#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#5: last ditch gamble; last ditch gambit#5.1#percy answers
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Don’t mind me rambling on to you about something that Isnt the intertwined arts of leadership and deception, I just think you’d have good insight on this:
I wholeheartedly believe if rantaro wasn’t killed off so early he would have been the antag, Like??? “Don’t worry! I’m not a bad guy!” Immediately after introducing himself.
I think if you have to say you’re not bad and justify that you’re not bad, you MIGHT BE BAD
Not to mention he’s the ultimate survivor and he survived we don’t know how many games. That shit would’ve came up and he would’ve caused a lot of problems, on purpose or not. What if he just?? Embraced that role and became a goddamn menace to everyone??
We quite literally do not know shit about his personality because he got killed off early. He could’ve been so horrible. Honestly he had so much potential to be the actual goddamn threat
Like?? Everyone would be so worried about Kokichi kinda fucking everything up. And then in comes rantaro. Who ACTUALLY fucks everything up and everyone is like “oh shit forgot about him uh oh”
not at all!! my ask box is always open for anything, not just tialod, though you will notice that my ability to answer in a timely matter isn't always very good (sorry about that!!)
ooo amami as the antag is a very interesting thought! You're right, he was definitely set up to be an antag and he would have made an interesting one, because there are so many possibilities with him and his situation.
A lot of it hinges on how much he actually remembers from the beginning, though. Since his message to himself mentions his talent and the fact he was in a previous killing game, and since that was in his Ultimate Lab that was only made available in Chapter 5, I do genuinely believe he had no idea about his talent or specific circumstance in the short span he was alive in canon. All he knew was he had a perk that nobody else had, and he probably connected some dots with that that made him act shifty as hell, but it could also be used to end the killing game. Things he mentioned that made it seem like he knew more - like the Ultimate Hunt - were just mentioned in the Survivor's Perk.
A lot of his advantage is based in one specific situation happening that didn't even work out in canon for him, and the concrete knowledge that the mastermind is in the academy. Admittedly, knowing there is a definite mastermind could definitely spur him into being a threat past Chapter 1, growing more desperate to find them and put an end to this, but I don't think his talent and association to the previous game could actually come into play until he discovered his lab in Chapter 5, which personally takes away a lot of the fun of Amami specifically as an antag.
For the sake of fun, though, let's say Amami remembers everything in terms of being the Ultimate Survivor and the previous killing game, but in a fuzzy enough way that it can coincide with the Flashback Lights - maybe he later assumes it took place during the Ultimate Hunt, and that he was recovered by the Gopher Project and got a new title for being the only one to actually escape the Hunt's clutches, whatever. He lies to the others about forgetting his talent because that's obviously not information you just freely give out. That would give him some fun possibilities in terms of motives for being a menace!
From the way I see his character in canon, I can't imagine he would actively enjoy causing problems. He gives the impression of a mediator to me, someone who prefers to keep things civil and work things out somewhat diplomatically - which probably comes from having so many sisters, to be fair. But he's also very cold when it comes to the topic of the killing game, collected and full of ominous warnings, and that would go tenfold if he actually remembered the previous killing game. He may not enjoy it, but he definitely would do it, if he thought it was for the best. It might be fun to lean into a whole 'I know best' mentality with him, actually, playing around with his big brother complex too, reflecting the more classmates lost to him losing his sisters, on top of the inevitable self-importance that comes with knowing more than anyone else.
Perhaps he thinks the mastermind of his first game is the same as this one. That would make him more eager to expose them, to end the game - to avenge his previous classmates. He can't remember who the previous mastermind was but he knows there was one. Perhaps he's willing to gamble as long as a majority survives. After all, anything is better than one, right? Or perhaps he has to prioritise ending the killing game because of his own paranoia - what if it continues and continues and continues? If they can make one killing game, two, what's stopping them from going on?
Sixteen, thirty-one, is nothing in comparison to infinity.
Motives and general Amami character analysis aside, I do think the idea of his dynamic with Ouma in this situation would be particularly interesting. Because yeah, everyone would definitely be more concerned about whatever overt off-the-walls bullshit Ouma is doing than mild, vaguely ominous but helpful Amami in the corner. It leaves Ouma to be a very convenient and easy scapegoat for anything Amami does, and Amami is smart enough not to make himself obvious about things. He doesn't want to draw the mastermind's attention any more than he does by simply existing in this killing game.
And it's strange, because while I can see Ouma playing along on the principle of it helping further along his own plans anyway, I also can't see him being very happy at being used as a pawn. He's very suspicious of Amami and his behaviour anyway, but being accused of things out of his own hands kind of pisses him off, because he expects things to go a certain way. Amami is sort of like an unknown variable to that. I could imagine a sort of implicit, passive aggressive rivalry going on between them.
The reveal that Amami is more involved in anything than the others thought would be very delicious though!! He can't hide all his actions, and the further the game goes, the more cold and serious he becomes, driven by the fear of being unable to end this game before he winds up the sole survivor again. It becomes obvious that he's pulling shit, and it's like uncovering a threat that was always laying dormant - suddenly the class is left scrambling to accept that Amami isn't nearly as innocent as they thought he was.
All that said, I would like to make an argument that Amami is already an antag, technically.
Amami is Akamatsu's antag.
They're very similar, and also very different. They both show an ability to lead and a level of determination, and both are trying to keep everyone happy and together - mediators. But Akamatsu is emotional, passionate, warm and hopeful with a tendency to lash out where Amami is cooler, calculative, composed, more focused. Akamatsu is flying by the seat of her pants while Amami has an actual plan, has experience.
Obviously, they were only alive for one chapter so it might just be because they had to squeeze all the character interactions in before they died, but it really does feel like, in Chapter 1, in Akamatsu's POV, Amami gets more of the spooky future antag focus. He gets the ominous quips, he gets the visible concern - at one point, Akamatsu mentions that something Amami had said really affected her, placing emphasis on it.
In contrast to how Ouma is treated in this chapter before the trial, Akamatsu seems to write off a lot of his behavioural quirks as being childish, or not taking things seriously. A lot of their conversations boil down to his whole liar-liar schtick, and from what I can remember, Akamatsu herself never really singles him out in commentary. He definitely still stirs shit, but mostly he's just annoying, and there isn't too much emphasis on it. It's not treated like a threat, really. Not in comparison with Amami.
Because to Akamatsu, Ouma can be written off as lying, as running his mouth, as playing around. Amami is serious, and he knows something.
Amami is Akamatsu's antagonist.
Plus, narratively, it makes a lot of sense to me if they got rid of a protag-antag pair in one trial. It's like wiping the slate clean and letting the new pair step into the spotlight.
We never see Amami through Saihara's eyes in canon. But we see him take Ouma seriously, and that's when he becomes a recognised threat.
Basically - yeah, I agree with you. Amami definitely could've been the antag if he survived, and now I'm really itching to write a one-shot.
It would be a fun AU, to explore a canon divergence where Saihara and Ouma die in the first trial instead, leaving Akamatsu as the protag and Amami as the antag. At first, nothing can ever be fully linked to him, it's all coincidences, until it can't be any more. And Akamatsu is frustrated because he knows things, it's so obvious, but it's confusing to talk to him because he acts so amiable about it. It feels wrong to get mad at him like that.
#sorry for the essay!! i started thinking about the concept for more than two seconds#and unravelled into brainrot#these are my thoughts but they're by no means right - just my interpretation of things!#percy answers
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the new chapter really does set the tone for the ones to come, huh. little scared of ouma and what he has in mind ngl. i'm a little curious tho, why is the new chapter not capitalized like the rest? :C
honestly? mostly to unsettle the readers >:) there's a preset pattern of the chapter titles being capitalized, so by stopping that, it adds an extra tiny sense of wrongness on top of. yknow. the obvious behavioural shift in ouma.
#basically : now you too can feel the general unnerve of ouma's classmates!#5.1#5: last ditch gamble; last ditch gambit#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#tiaolad#percy answers
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Chapter 5.1 : seven of spades is now out! Chapter 5 has officially begun and it can only go downhill from here :)
#5.1#tiaolad#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#5: last ditch gamble; last ditch gambit
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GOOD NEWS!! chapter 5.1 is mere sentences away from being complete, and will most likely be posted sometime tomorrow!!
and here's not one but TWO snippets because i couldn't decide between them. cheers <3
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#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#tiaolad#5.1#5: last ditch gamble; last ditch gambit
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Shuichi please stop being CREEPY AND WEIRD. I’m in emotional DISTRESS because Miu is a fucking BITCH-
it's a double whammy!!
(i would say he'll keep that in mind but that would be a lie. so)
#percy answers#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#tiaolad#4.10#4: funeral rites for the living
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Welcome back!!! :D
WHAT THE FUCK, ANON? YOU JUST HAD TO REQUEST IT, DIDN'T YOU. BUT THANK YOU.
THAT WAS GOOD.
Oh my god... yikes. And no, actually, that wasn't a pathetic way to to go out. I would be happy dying half as cool as that, what the hell. Be grateful.
I really do wonder how Saihara would have reacted to that. I mean,,, he was secretly the Ultimate Supreme Leader but he's DEAD NOW. Talk about a red herring, huh.
At least we have confirmation of how exactly Kiibo would have acted during his murder. Ngl that was kinda terrifying to see. Reflexes and strength are there so you're not going anywhere, suffocation is not exactly the best way to die (like at all), and apparently Kaede would have gotten those broken ribs anyway, even if he wasn't caught off guard. Painful as shit.
I did find it kinda funny when you said that Kiibo could alternately "die of heartbreak" afterwards... Kaede's just standing in the corner upon seeing the two bodies,,, "OH so you die cuz of HIM but not cuz of ME. I see how it is, bitch"
Now,,, what would've happened if Ouma answered the door, but still managed to escape,,,,, you really are all for the possible "what if" moments you can make with the story :)
this is long. my bad. i had Thoughts.
Thanks, I'm happy to be back!! And I'm so glad you liked that lil snippet >:)
saihara would've had some... thoughts, for sure, but ultimately wouldn't have been too shocked. it's still a killing game, and saihara's got a lot of theories running parallel and contradictary to each other, he's a little all over the place. ouma's death would just shift some of those
yeah, it's not fun, and that's kind of the point! iruma really needed someone to die, so she had to build in precautions like strength and reflexes to ensure that happened. suffocation was just the easiest method to implement with a killer who was undoubtedly heavier than their victim - plus no weapon to worry about!
I MEAN realistically kiibo would be equally distraught over the fact he had been forced to kill anyone and the trial would proceed as expected. that alternative is just for the kiibouma angst <3
ooo if ouma had escaped then it would get a lot more complicated. kiibo would be following him, so he'd try to hide somewhere, basically playing a game of keep away. the issue here is that if they ran into anyone else (most likely training trio in the courtyard) there's a possibility kiibo would switch targets. or maybe he'd be dissuaded from following, because that would mean there were witnesses? either way, the kill program would continue to be active until someone was successfully killed, so someone would have definitely died, no matter what. it's the matter of who.
there are loads of possibilities that could branch out of all the murder cases, honestly. they all rely on a level of circumstance that means things could have ended much differently if a single variable was changed
#percy answers#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#tiaolad#4: funeral rites for the living
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Hey there, this is the last anon who was asking about writing trials n stuff… the post won’t come up for me, 😅
I’m not sure if tumblr just threw the post into the void or if you deleted it or? I’m sorry if this is inconvenient or annoying-
No, no, don't worry about it! it's not annoying at all
that was a mistake on my part. I accidentally posted it while working on my response because I was having some issues uploading the images with it. I deleted it so I could finish it fully first instead of editing it, but I've posted it now!!
#i'm actually very glad you sent in an ask to check#i was worried you might miss the actual post because it wouldn't notify you since i'm not actually answering your ask#percy answers
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I am so glad you asked!! Because honestly, murder cases and class trials are some of the hardest bits for me to write, so I totally understand how difficult it is to approach at first. I'll do my best to explain my process, but basically a lot of it boils down to fully understanding every angle of the situation
Summary and Timeline
To start with, I always make a bullet point summary to refer to. For example, this is the one for the first case of TIAoLaD:
The information in the red square is my basic premise, the stuff I establish before brainstorming for the actual murder. Pretty standard stuff. I do think it is key to know your culprit's motive from the beginning, because it can help shape how the murder is carried out, and it doesn't always have to be related to Monokuma's (or your equivalent's) motives! Also, something I personally like to do is make sure to vary the cause of death between cases, mostly to keep it exciting. If everyone is getting stabbed, it feels more repetitive.
Following that, I have a summary of events. I start with where the victim was just before the murder and who they were with. This is helpful for having final witnesses and easy red herring suspects.
Then you want to get the victim vulnerable. Most often, this will be getting them alone, but it could include leaving food or drink alone to be tampered with or making them blind or disoriented by turning off the lights. You can have a combination, like the notes above - Chabashira leaves her alone, which is vulnerable already, and Yumeno leaves her tea unattended to allow for the poison attempt. The point is giving your culprit an opening.
Then, obviously, the murder itself - that's straightforward since the cause of death is already decided - and the aftermath. This will typically be some level of clean up, to hide their tracks, but you could easily have your culprit run immediately and leave behind a mess. If you want to do that, though, I'd say it's best as a first case thing, because that makes it the least complicated to figure out.
There will be some outliers, of course, like suicides and multiple murders (kind of) but generally, that format (pre-murder → opening → murder → aftermath) works well because it's easy to follow and add complexity to, and it breaks down the brainstorming process into four parts. It makes it seem less intimidating.
Now, if your culprit planned the murder, I'd really recommend making a note of their original plan, especially if it deviates from what actually happened. Partly because it could leave additional clues, partly because it will probably come up in the trial as a result, and mostly to have your bases covered. I find it's a lot more comfortable to write a trial when you know every little detail of what happened, even if the characters won't deduce it to that extent. See; a snippet of my notes for the third case of TIAoLaD:
Clues
Clues - or truth bullets - are a bitch to try and think up sometimes, I'll be honest. You want them to lead to the right culprit, and you want it to do that in an understandable way. But where to start?
Looking through my cases, I think they tend to fall into a few sections.
Murder Weapon (this is obvious but it's always essential, especially if it's a strange one. using the murder weapon as a clue can take multiple forms. you could find the weapon itself with blood or whatever else, you could find it missing from its usual spot and deduce it from there, OR use it to identify the culprit because it's a personal item)
The Body (injuries and wounds: lacerations, broken bones, bruises. the position it was found in, if it seems natural or staged post-mortem)
The Surroundings (blood stains or prints on the floor, any signs of the body having been moved. signs of a struggle: knocked over furniture or items, messy surroundings. things that are broken, ajar doors, missing things)
Alibis and Accounts (what it says on the tin. this is a good way of highlighting red herring suspects, and bringing up additional information that cannot be shown through physical clues, like planned meetings or behavioural differences. it is also a good way to ward immediate suspicion off your actual culprit by giving them an, albeit weak, alibi or an innocent sounding account)
Motive-Related (in relation to both the culprit's motive and monokuma's given motive, depending on if they are the same or not. this may include things left at the scene as a statement, or in an an attempt to frame someone else.)
2 + 3 are typically used to establish the timeline of events and what actually happened in regards to the murder itself, 4 can be used for narrowing the suspect list and establishing the pre-murder and aftermath, and 1 + 5 help pinpoint the culprit, depending on what the weapon was.
Of course, these are all just general, sweeping statements. Some clues don't fit into these categories, and there can be nuance to how they lead to a culprit, but you'll usually have a couple clues in each one.
A good thing to remember is that not all the clues have to be big, they just have to be there. Mention the bloodstains, mention the wrinkled clothes, mention anything you can think the culprit might have left behind. Every little thing that could act as evidence works.
It may sometimes be easier to work backwards too, by figuring out what you need to show first. You need to show someone was in a certain place? An ajar door, or footprints, or disturbed dust, if you think your protag would be sharp enough to pick that up. You need to show the culprit was someone the victim trusted? Show less of a struggle, make the killing wound a strike from behind because the victim was willing to turn their back on the culprit. Sometimes the absence of evidence is a clue in itself, and can be used as such.
Trials
Okay, so, the beast itself. The class trials.
The biggest thing about writing trials is that they are, as you can imagine, very dialogue-heavy and rely heavily on exchange of information. Because of that, the most important thing is to make sure they have relatively good flow; keeping the switch between subjects of discussion as smooth as possible, making sure the train of thought is understandable to follow, stuff like that.
I know, that's way easier said than done.
Freewriting works very well because it helps you follow the logical assumptions your characters might have of certain questions until they reach a dead end, or the correct answer. One of the biggest obstacles with the trials I've faced, personally, is by knowing what actually happened, I struggle with finding assumptions to follow to dead ends. You don't want a trial to be too straightforward, because that makes it boring. For me, freewriting puts me more in the headspace of my characters, and helps me pad the trial with those dead ends, and it flows more smoothly because it follows my own train of thought.
The way I've found this works best is by focusing on the conversation and its topics as a stand-alone thing before actually writing the trials. I'm sure you can do this in a variety of ways, but personally, I like to freewrite it in a bunch of gibberish. See; my rambles for the beginning of the fourth trial:
The downside to freewriting is that it can get derailed easily, so you might want to make a list of conversation beats to hit first. Typically, it's easiest to make these possible suspects (like the one in bold above) but it can be certain pieces of evidence being brought up. It offers a framework for your freewriting to follow - sort of like filling the gaps between one suspect and the other.
After that, you can write the trial using your freewrite exercise as a basis to get the ball rolling!
I hope that makes sense?? This was a lot longer than I initially anticipated, and I feel like I got a bit incomprehensible at the end, but if you have any questions or need clarification, feel free to send another ask or a dm!
#it's really hard to articulate my processes because i don't usually share them with anyone#it all just bounces in my brain until it makes sense#percy answers#tiaolad#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#and hey if you ever need someone to talk to about killing game ideas and stuff i am always open#wink wink
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if you want to really cash in those angst points™️ you should write an alt scenario where ouma was in his dorm during chapter 4 “why” because i love to suffer
Ohohoho absolutely evil idea, anon, I love it!! honestly, there's several different ways that situation could have gone that would've ended with ouma dead, but here's a little spin at it:
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There was a knock at his door.
That wasn't particularly strange, even close to midnight as it was. He had gotten used to Kiibo knocking on his door at odd hours, so he assumed it was just him.
Ouma set his magazine to the side, hopping up so he didn't keep him waiting. He'd appreciate the company, anyway, and if Kiibo would want to hold hands again, well, it would be an added bonus.
Sure enough, when he unlocked his door, he was met with Kiibo and his small smile. Ouma raised an eyebrow, leaning casually against the doorframe like he wasn't happy to see him. "What's up, Kiiboy?"
"Ouma-kun," Kiibo greeted lightly, "could I come in, please?"
The request caught Ouma off guard, and he hesitated slightly. He had said, before, that he would let Kiibo into his dorm if he wanted to talk about something private, like DICE. He still meant it, but he did feel slightly apprehensive of actually letting him in, purely because of how much he valued his own privacy.
Kiibo added pressingly, after a few beats of silence, "I- I- I need to talk to you about something important."
And if the sentence itself wasn't enough to make Ouma cave, the concerning glitch in his voice and the pain that momentarily creased between Kiibo's brows was. Something was seriously wrong, then, because he had never heard him sound clipped like that, or look that pained.
"Okay." Ouma sighed and then, because the word was far too soft, repeated himself with a more dramatic kick. "Okay!" He threw his arms up, turning around and wandering back inside his dorm, leaving the door unattended. He placed a hand on his hip, gesturing around the room with the other. "Come on in, make yourself at home-"
Ouma stiffened at the sudden click, whipping around to find Kiibo turning away from locking the door, and dread spread like ice through his veins. It felt like a line had just been crossed, with their escape route suddenly cut off, but that wasn't the cause for his dread. Locking the door behind him wasn't inherently unusual - plenty of people felt more secure locking doors before having important private conversations - and while Ouma didn't trust anyone here, Kiibo cut it far too close.
No, the cause of his dread was the fact that Kiibo didn't strike him as the type to lock doors, not without asking him, at least. Hell, Kiibo wasn't really the type to have strictly private conversations, period. Most of their meaningful talks had happened in the complete open, with their only veil of privacy being the late hours.
"Kiibo," Ouma said slowly, tone dipping to something careful and cautious, "what did you want to talk to me about?"
Kiibo didn't respond, only taking a few steps forward, and for once, Ouma found himself truly wary of him. He scanned his expression, trying to figure out what was going on as fear tried to claw at his throat. He had never been scared of anyone, let alone Kiibo.
He was still smiling, small and polite. It seemed off, though, lacking the exasperated fondness Ouma had gotten used to and looking more...
...Robotic.
There was a thin ring of blue around his irises that wasn't there before.
That wasn't Kiibo.
Not really, at least. Panic surged through his system as he realised there was some sort of foul play going on, and Ouma's gaze snapped to the locked door, suddenly aware of just how lethally unsafe this situation was.
His key was still in the lock, Kiibo hadn't taken it out. His escape route was still available and he knew how to be slippery.
Ouma didn't let the thing controlling Kiibo have time to realise that he noticed, leaping straight into action by pushing into a sprint and lunging past him, reaching to anchor himself on the handle.
He hadn't anticipated Kiibo's reaction time to be fast enough to grab him as he pushed past him, using strength Ouma damn well knew Kiibo didn't ordinarily have to throw him into the nearby wall. A cry burst from his lips as his head slammed against the plaster, darkness edging his vision as pain exploded across his skull and his body slumped.
He didn't have the chance to stabilise himself before he was grabbed by the front of his shirt and thrown again, this time onto the floor. At the very least, he had the presence of mind to twist his body to fall onto his side and cushion his head with his arms, wildly aware of the dampness growing in his hair.
"Kiibo!" Ouma shouted, voice strained as a firm hand forced him onto his back by his shoulder, squinting past the pain to see Kiibo hovering over him. "Snap out of it!"
His face was blank, showing no sign of recognition, but Ouma didn't give a shit. He reached up to grab one of his shoulders, pushing desperately as he propped himself up with his other elbow, ignoring the lightheadedness that washed over him.
All that earned him was hands around his throat, pressing him back down and cutting off his air with a wheezed gasp. Ouma thrashed, frantic as he tried to fight against the immovable wall of metal caging him in, even as his limbs grew heavier. In response, a weight fell onto his chest, agony lacing his ribcage as his jaw fell open in a soundless cry.
He could feel cracked bones. He could feel his heartbeat thrumming in the wound on his head. He could feel his lungs aching with a need for oxygen, his throat spasming as it tried to get it, to no avail. His thoughts were scrambling, crashing trains and loose threads leading to a cacophony that simply didn't want to die.
Terror ran through his nerves like a live wire, shifting to helplessly claw at the hands around his throat that showed no signs of letting up. Tears turned his eyes glassy, welling at the corners as full, proper darkness began to bleed into his swimming vision.
"K- Kii-" He choked out, everything a confusing blur. It wasn't Kiibo's fault, really. Ouma should have known better than to get close to anyone in a setting like this. Anything could be used against you, especially a robot that could be hijacked.
As his body grew numb from the excess of pain, an incomprehensible haze of regret and grief washed over him.
What a pathetic way to go out.
The world crumbled away.
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I do think that, if ouma had died, they would have gotten through that trial anyway. saihara is a suspicious motherfucker but he's also considered weirdly reliable during the trials - it's not that his information is wrong so much as he constantly withholds it, so everyone would hear him out when he inevitably figured it out
alternatively, you could make it extra angsty by making kiibo so distraught over killing ouma that when he regained basic autonomy, he immediately blew an electrical fuse, essentially dying of heartbreak
#percy answers#4: funeral rites for the living#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#tiaolad#enjoy <3 pure unfiltered pain once again
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I know you're using the randomizer for your fic but I've been wondering if you took the first results, lucky ending up with Ouma as the protag or did you take the first results with the protag that would work out for you? (not judging here if the 2nd thing is the case, just curious; after all many of these characters don't really work that well as protags)
I got lucky! Technically. I vividly remember getting Saihara for my first try, and thinking that really defeated the whole purpose of randomizing it if I was gonna end up with the same protag as canon. Ouma was the first result I got after that, and he's the one I stuck with!!
That said, if I had gotten a different result, I would have probably workshopped the idea to the best of my ability. The fun and pain of writing with the randomizer is having to try and make things work out (for example; I had the Chapter 4 victim and killer sitting in my notes for ages with absolutely no clue how I was gonna pull THAT off)
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Man, you really wrote 'heartstrings in minor key' knowing what would happen later, huh.
I'm a huge fan of foreshadowing to the most emotionally devestating degree
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Haven't seen you in a while, are you okay?
Hey! Thanks for checking in, I do appreciate that <3
I'm okay. I've been going through a couple stressful periods with life stuff and health stuff and burnout so I just... haven't been able to write. It's also, ironically, gotten to a point where if I don't work on TIAoLaD for long enough, I get irrationally nervous to touch it again?? In turn, I avoid coming on here, because I don't have anything to show for the time I've been gone
Basically, shit's been going down, but I'm doing alright now!! I've finally gotten into writing again, and while I'm not very happy with my work atm, I'm choosing to push through it
So... I'm back! Whoo!!
#percy answers#i've actually been wanting to answer this ask for a few days now but i wanted to make more writing progress first#to feel secure in my return#so sorry for the wait for the reply!!#(also for the other asks in my inbox; i'll get to you guys#don't worry!)
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Finally polished up my Tumblr. Amo-Tech and using anon is no more!
I cannot BELIEVE the Training Trio is still alive. They're my Ultimate Brotp and whenever I randomize for fun, Harukawa and Momota always end up as blackends and Saihara in classic meow-meow fashion likes to be the mastermind a lot (... case in point, the most recent one. Shirogane was the sacrifice, and the surviving trio was Amami, the protag, Ouma, and Kiibo. Lmaoo get fucked tiaolad Ouma).
I feel like I just jinxed the hardest I've ever jinxed before but. Anyways vote Saihara as the culprit in the first 5 minutes of the trial for clear skin
Hey, you've evolved!!
No, yeah, it's a miracle that the entirety of the training trio are still kicking. That is statistically impropable this late in the game. They were really lucky with the randomizer! Is that luck gonna continue?? We'll see!
TIAoLaD Ouma screaming and frothing at the mouth at the possibility of a parallel universe where he and Kiibo both survive lmao that's still a fresh wound dude!!
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Me after reading the latest chapter: .-. *plays CHOKE by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME*
yeah that seems fitting
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Shuichi gives me the JEEBIES.
MISSION SUCCESS
#intended effect baby!!#he's a cryptid he's an asshole he's my awful little creacher#percy answers#tiaolad#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception
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Man, I like all the characters left (except maybe Saihara but he is meant to be disliked especially given it's Ouma's POV so) and I'm so anxious to find out which one of them is the mastermind like. Who's the biggest liar of them all ;__;
That's the question, isn't it?
I like writing all the characters sympathetically because, at the end of the day, they're teens that were thrown into an impossible situation, and in my mind, they are all people who try to be good but are also selfish and human. But I also like writing everyone sympathetically so that, no matter who the mastermind is, it'll have an emotional impact :)
On the bright side, we've still got a little bit to go before we have to face that so!! Don't worry about that too much yet
#percy answers#tiaolad#the intertwined arts of leadership and deception#4: funeral rites for the living
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