Get Ready For A Heart Attack!!!

Akane, I know it wouldn't help saying that...you were brainwashed and you didn't know what you were doing nor could you stop. But...they probably know that it wasn't really you in control. At least, you wouldn't do that on normal circumstances.

Bwaaaaaahhh! *hic, hic* Bwaaaaahh!

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It's okay. Let it all out Akane, let it alllll out...

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*hic*......*hic*....*sniff*......

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Does it feel good? To finally let all that out? Not only your memory as a remnant, but the trauma and hardships you had to endure at such a young age?

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*sniff, sniff* A....A bit....?

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Good.

Now, it is important to remember that that wasn't really you.

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But...But it was me-

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Not it wasn't. That was only to brainwashed monster that Junko had infected to do her bidding just as the rest of your friends.

You've told me about yourself Akane. How you did everything in your power just to ensure the safety and protection of your younger siblings. How you tried to stop Monokuma all by yourself. And how you griefed when Nekomaru was taken from you...

That is you, Akane. A kind, selfless woman who will do anything to protect her friends and family.

While it can be said that you shouldn't do that all the time, as your life is just as precious...

But those traits are what define you as...you. The real you....and I'm sure your siblings know that as well.

The road ahead may be dangerous and filled with thorns, but I believe you can be up to the task. To try and live for their stake.

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........................*Akane wipes her face*

Yeah.....yeah I....think you're right....Thank Miss Miaya....

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You're welcome Akane.

Stone & Starline - Egg Boss designs

Fellas, is this canon?

Recently I bought game pass for pc and finally got to play Psychonauts 2. I’m still very far from the ending, but I’m really liking the game so far. The only bummer is that I feel like every character is either dismissive or completely rude towards the protagonist, which makes me not like very much any of the new characters. So I thought, “Raz surely deserved a better group of friends… What if I draw other psychic characters in Psychonauts style?” It was challenging trying to emulate the game style, I don’t know if I nailed it, but it was a great learning experience.

I'm thinking about that one post that went "Amnesia but you're haunted by your scars" post, talking about how wiping someone's memory in fiction doesn't completely erase the trauma they went through, and I just immediately look to DR2's cast and go "... Yeah."

I think Makoto was well meaning in wanting to wipe their memories of being remnants and putting them in an island paradise, but like. That's not therapy. That's not healing. That's only covering the scars on their hearts with an ill-fitted bandaid.

Even without the KG for that game, I think the Remnants would have like, sensations of fear they can't explain, sensations of trauma they can't address.

I don't think it's cruel to want to erase someone's painful memories... but I don't think that's a solution, either.

thank you horikoshi sensei.

Redraw of something I made a while back.

i find the dehumanization of makoto to be so fascinating especially when compared to the dehumanization of junko

bc they both get reduced to the ideal they represent (hope and despair) only that for junko it happens after her death, which is what happens to martyrs. she becomes this symbol of despair for which people like monaca and the remnants strive for, specifically after she dies. her death is what cements her as this symbol

but for makoto, it happens whilst he's alive. he has to deal with the weight of being a symbol of hope, the weight of a world that desperately needs healing from the tragedy. he has to do that! he isn't given junko's luxury of being dead. he's alive and has to deal with the pain it inflicts on his deteriorating mental state

LET HIM COOK

Idk how to draw sax…

BNHA x One Piece Crossover in that one scene during Enies Lobby Arc where I cried and crieddddd  😭 😭 😭