I was wondering if there are any rare happy ritsu moments in ur zombie au since hes always miserable I think,, like is he always miserable or is he happy/not miserable and feeling kinda good sometimes?
VWHDGDGD NO YEAH OFC HE'S HAPPY SOMETIMES im just horrible and enjoy putting him through misery
ive never been able to get a genuine smile to look right on his face in my art style either i think thats part of it. as ive said his face is just built to be mildly uncomfortable and bothered and i lean into it sm it's starting to get kinda funny
but yes ritsu is happy plenty! i think, canonically, he just seems like the type of person to me that tends to turn lemonade back into lemons. he's easy to scare and his first reaction to things is often Dread and Anxiety. he dwells on the negatives a lot and seems to be a "hope for the best, expect the worst," kinda guy, but there's a section in this post abt shigeo always loving the little things in life, and ritsu steadily learns throughout the journey on how to do that and how healing it can rly be. even if he had to grow up too fast during this whole thing and learn things a kid should never have to, the journey also gave him some good insight and lessons in other places! ritsu is smart, he figures it all out
in terms of little things here n there he's the happiest lil guy on the planet when he finds one of his favorite foods—swings his legs while he sits and munches on a kitkat bar like he's got absolutely nothin in the world to worry abt. sometimes mob does smth funny that he laughs at; for the longest time i've had this silly image in my head of mob accidentally knocking down a bucket from a store shelf and it lands on his head and he just kinda stands there and makes noises.when the noises continue out of pure curiosity about the weird echoey quality it's giving them ritsu cannot help but lose it
besides tiny things tho, when tome comes around ritsu in general is a lot happier, just cuz he has somebody to talk to that will actually respond in some way. they're sorta reluctant partners in crime at first (at least on ritsu's end) but over time and over bonding they grow to rly like each other's presence. they bicker constantly but it's almost always fond eventually, and they shove each other and playfight until mob gets antsy enough to get worked up about it. rly, tome is a godsend to ritsu's mental health—after months and months of being effectively alone with his thoughts, he finally has another person to converse with. a person His Age, too!
tome is rly good at knowing when ritsu is thinkin himself into oblivion and she's Also rly good at being the most annoying girl on the planet to yank him outta that and replace any misery with Oh My God Get Off Me You Freak. she doesn't even do this on purpose at first, but over time she learns how to tell when he's thinking too hard and, ofc, she's grown attached and she cares, so she's as obnoxious as possible to lighten the mood
when they find reigen n teru, ritsu gradually gets Much happier still. now that he knows they're safe and the gang is finally back together (and now that there's an Adult present and he can relax a lil and let himself be taken care of) his stress levels r exponentially lowered. having teru back is another instant lift to his mood—im always a big fan of teru and ritsu friendship, and i think adding tome to their dynamic simply makes it more chaotic. truly a trio of the 3 most normal teenagers in existence which will surely bring nothing but good (reigen sweats offscreen)
actually this makes me feel bad for forever torturing him im gonna go draw happy zau ritsus brb ,.,.ok imback <3
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sometimes replacing an emotion with a perhaps-equally-worse-but-for-different-reasons emotion works (even if its not healthy. we're not getting to healthy right now we're getting to what Works). today i was so pissed off about how the day was going and i felt so guilty for the kitties that i haven't been able to feed yet that day that after i cooked i just got into the car and drove to get cat supplies. and i didn't feel anxious as i usually did when i drove, and that is because i felt Angry instead. and it helped move things a lot
i understand how people fall prey to using anger as a motivator now. my mind was empty except for getting cat supplies and getting out.
at least i got to go to the bank today, so i'm able to make donations that i haven't been able to recently. head in hands. so, you know. silver linings
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Amahiro, Momoka
Next up we have our ore-sama, Amahiro Momoka (天博 百嘉). He’s a Nausithoe aurea, which unfortunately doesn’t have a common name but it’s a type of Crown Jellyfish in the order Coronatae.
His pronouns are He/They/It, and he is gender fluid :).
He’ll make his preferred pronouns known on whatever day he wants to, but when it comes down to it he doesn’t mind using any combination of them.
As always, Etymology, Fun facts, and Human form are listed below :)
Amahiro consists of the kanji 天 (ama) “heavens, sky” and 博 (hiro) “command, esteem”
Momoka consists of the kanji 百 (momo) “100″ and 嘉 (ka) “praise, auspicious”
He’s the student council president, as well as the youngest prince (it prefers using masculine terms for everything) in the royal family.
It’s only attending school because they want to know what it’s like for the “commoners”
The school forbids it from bringing an entourage of guards, so he only has two bodyguards disguised as students. It’s fine, the school is usually well-guarded anyway
All of his siblings are half siblings, with the exception of the crown princess.
He typically switches between boy, demigender, nonbinary, and agender on a daily basis. Very, very rarely will it experience demigirl days.
Depending on the day, it might go by “momo” because 100 is a very cool name ngl
I PROMISE I PROMISE I’M NOT MAKING ANOTHER SAKUYA PLEASE DO NOT COME AFTER ME /lh
ESPECIALLY YOU @iskeletoncloset
Human notes:
He is also slightly photosynthetic and has some freckles as well- though those are usually covered by makeup (they are very shy about it >w
They have thick underlashes(?). I think it makes them look pretty distinct :3
The crown is really just for show- no one made him put it on, but it needs everyone to know who the boss is
His family would’ve preferred it if they wore something from the royal family, but they really wanted to wear the gakuran. The best middle-ground was a frilly button-up and what I think is a cravat(?)
It binds!!!
short king
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