#MoriNo “Modern Kaidan Romance” would still be a good title even if Junna was working at a coffee shop instead of as an exorcist. It’s an anthology where Junna tells every customer a True Ghost Story for free with the drink (whether the customer asks or not lol)
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Me: what if everything in the world was going well enough by MY standards so *I* could put MY problems at the center of everything both literally and symbolically?
#MoriNo I never put my job hatred or anguish over society in my writing but I sure do saddle my characters with my own deep-seated insecurities as an individual ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
#MoriNo trying to convince myself there doesn’t need to be a prosecutor in the MKR Court TV trial…
#MoriNo also I listened to "Stardust Crusaders" too many times today and accidentally expanded on the Court TV chapters and had to compensate for making Takuto look cool by making Junna look cooler so MKR is really coming along nicely. Fatal Frame II remake adding a little flavor in there, good good
#MoriNo none of these ghosts are hot, I miss the Mikomori miko u_u Kurosawa Ose my beloved…
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Me: yeah it's totally unrealistic that the Kamonnaizoku can find jobs in modern times. Maybe cursing people, but the hits? Nah.
Japan: we have a problem with yami baito being advertised on Twitter and LINE groups.
Me: ... I think I'd rather this be unrealistic.
#MoriNo double checking that when Shingon Buddhism says "sokushin jobutsu" they're not directly jumping to "sokushinbutsu" and meaning you have to become a mummy to hit Buddhism in your lifetime.
I REALIZED I'M NOT CLEAR ON THIS...
#MoriNo reading my own writing as a bedtime story and the first chapter of MKR is pretty good actually
#MoriNo every time I learn something new about fox spirit lore in Japan, Fox Wedding gets another chapter. I've learned like fifteen different thing about fox spirit lore today.
This is what happens when I pay attention to Shigoro, oh my god.
#MoriNo listing all the things Junna has domain over when they reach kami rank (spoiler) and at first I was like “this is ridiculous, this is so many things” but then when you look at old pantheons, there are plenty of deities who have like dozens of things associated with them.
#MoriNo I think Nuǎn and Qing Yang could do a bomb-ass partner figure skating routine. You know... /despite it all/.
#MoriNo thinking of having Nuǎn commit some crimes between Ghosts Dream of Yomi and whatever I call the next part of MKR. Nuǎn is allowed to commit little a crime, as a treat.
(U think I'm joking but they drove and entire species of dragon to extinction.)
#MoriNo most diabolical thing about Shigoro is that he’s the one that says all the insulting shit Takuto repeats to Junna later, even tho Takuto takes credit by omission (Junna is aware of the dynamic tho).
Shigoro: Jun looks pretty in the right light!
Takuto: what light?
Shigoro: new moon 🌑
#MoriNo I wanted to write about these Idiots In Love and I grew both their family trees and those trees are full of drama and secrets… and Ukyō, left, is Junna’s distant cousin (neither of them know that tho). Subaru, right, has a bunch of siblings and they all got weird powers from the family kami.
#MoriNo I FINALLY have a character for this song that I can kill off tragically! PATHOS!!!
#MoriNo Junna is probably reluctant to associate too much with Buddhism because their closest contact would be King Enma and he's a bureaucrat and they don't respect him (okay they do respect him but he's kinda scary and Junna is the type to say "Damn The Man" a lot).
#MoriNo damn I haven't done Junna posting in days (not bothering to check if it's true). I got so wrapped up in the family shenanigans and bolt from the blue romance of their gay cousin I actually let them have a break for a hot minute...
#MoriNo I think my beef with my own writing is that I can't write any serious emotion without copping out at the end and veering into comedy. I desperately do NOT want to be doing this but I also desire to be the Funniest Guy In The Room at all times (even when I know I'm not).
#MoriNo wrote Real Ibuki Missing Hours to feel /the pathos/ but now I’m mad it’s not sad enough >:T oh well, first draft, what can u do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#MoriNo I may have preemptively posted something I was not satisfied with, but NOW I have like three more additional conflicts to add to it so who's the real winner here? The guy who's letting the cake fully bake this time. And cool properly before I put the frosting on.
#MoriNo Junna is really important to me because I’m inflicting things on them that I have generally only wanted to inflict on my sad boy/dog boy protags (Ziya and Jimmy respectively). Branching out gender-wise, or something.
#MoriNo I didn’t introduce Swordfishing and the OCs on here am I still allowed to make threads about these guys, feels weird
Did I even introduce the MKR cast or did I just start talking about them I don’t remember… I’m just pulling these guys up in the fishing net from the ocean of my mins
#MoriNo I need to remember that the supernatural world in MKR is barely understood and solutions to supernatural problems are often reached through trial and error (and because some supernatural entities can and will communicate).
#MoriNo Got back to where I'm supposed to be in MKR revision but I really wanna finish Swordfishing before break ends... probably not possible BUT maybe still pretty soon. I got attached to the MCs pretty fast lol...
#MoriNo ... are all shrines open on New Year's, it's funny to imagine Nana wanting to visit a bigger shrine but having to stay with Benihime kind of like having to give out candy when you want to go Trick-or-Treating lol
#MoriNo First Ibuki convinces Junna to move to her stupid family manor OUT IN THE COUNTRY in ANOTHER PREFECTURE and then she comes back as a vengeful ghost and tries to drag Junna to the lowest depths of hell!? OMG why can't she just like, leave?
#MoriNo Shigoro must hate Ibuki. Last year of high school, Takuto already graduated, Junna is messaging and visiting Ibuki all the time... worst year of his life. After the year his parents died of course.
"It was the worst year of my life, Jun! Well, after the year my parents died." 🦊
#MoriNo I already subconsciously knew this, but if MKR had a zombie apocalypse AU and Junna got bit, Shigoro still be dragging them around insisting everything was fiiiiine even after Junna started shuffling and trying to eat the flesh of the living.
(Thankfully Junna is immune to zombification 👍)
#MoriNo I wanted to try to do a short VN on Ren’py this break but then I realized… I’d need to do /art/. SO INSTEAD I added a couple of short snippets of things I’ve been wanting to do for fun/got ideas for (like looking at Junna from other people’s POV & more Itsumise Comment Sections).
