ryu loves trinkets, anything sentimental and of emotional value! he collects those and jewelry - the former more difficult to seek out exactly, but everything he does have he cherishes

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ryu has several! he's usually in some state of politely smiling if he needs to. but if he likes you, if he's comfortable around you, then it opens up to become bright and bold and boyishly lopsided. if he doesn't cover his mouth when he laughs around you, that's how you know he loves you

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i very much think so!

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ive mentioned it before but i really liked the charm of subverting expectations! also horns + tail + nose was a rly good combo. i love writing his story and him being my labor of love creates a number of ongoing projects for me to work on! also idk look at him you tell me

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first one that came to mind i love lisa lisa i mean rose. nobody rly better in street fighter for ryu

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A screenshot featuring Ryuhiko (Raen Au Ra, he/him and she/her pronouns) in the center, featured in a gilded frame with two other Au Ra on either side. At the very left is the vessel of the Red Serpent (Au Ra with red scales and hair, she/her pronouns), wearing an expression of discontent as she braces her hand against the frame. Below her is the vessel of the White Serpent (Au Ra with pale scales and black hair, she/her pronouns), her back against the frame. She holds her hand out towards the frame, or perhaps to another; wherever she does, her gaze follows. To Ryuhiko's right is the vessel of the Black Serpent (Au Ra with black scales and white hair, he/him pronouns). His own gaze lingers downwards as he holds onto the frame, looking towards it or perhaps to another. Below him is the original vessel of the Blue Serpent (Au Ra with blue scales and pale hair, they/any pronouns). They hold their hand against the frame and smile towards the viewer, the audience, having turned away from Ryuhiko. Perching herself upon Ryuhiko's left hand is his mother in the form of the bluebird; in his right hand is his staff serving as catalyst for time magic. He stands in its shadow, discontent burrowing its way through his expression. The burden was once shared between them all, but now the mantle is his.

—orpheus cavern theater

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fuck forgot my #ryulore and #hanamilore . anyway i had more to say on their nature and how a lot of things for these two come in fours but im on my lunch break and super sleepy so [gestures vaguely] see my vision and know their differing temperaments make them not get along

ryu is somebody who loves very deeply and forms strong attachments, both clingy and reticent by nature. he will love someone enough to bend the universe itself for them and won't ever tell them about it unless they bring it up first. and he doesn't handle it very well

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ryu's learned formal ballroom dancing and sketches in his notes to accompany them, nothing too fancy. hanami has been taught how to sing and how to play the strings, namely the koto and taus. ryu's singing is alright but clearly unpolished and just for himself

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i can't even get past the tip of the iceberg. the entire culture of ryu's birthplace and the length of his family tree effectively. how everything coalesced to create him and how across different timelines he doesn't exist in most of them because he literally isn't supposed to exist. like

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i have particular rules for my characters and there are differences between canon + non-canon outfits for them. ive spoken at length about ryu's style before and try to reflect this in vanilla - tl;dr he wears bold colors, intricate clothes, and tends to prefer robes / skirts over pants

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ryu isn't a loud crier; usually his eyes widen then narrow before his brow pinches in and the waterworks come. he usually keeps quiet and tends to excuse himself if he can, but it's rare for him to cry to begin with. almost every instance he has involves his family

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ryu and hanami can barely have a conversation without it turning into a big blowup, probably understandably so. theyre so close to understanding each other but refuse to listen, so it usually ends up with hanami being hanami and ryu in tears. ( 🧵 )

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summoner for ryu! i love summoners and really wanted to make it work but decided he has more than enough going on as a time mage + geomancer. i gave summoner to some key figures in his story instead, namely his middle brother and 13th shard

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ryu is able to lift anything his weight or less, so up to 300 lbs / ponze or so!

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ryu's sliders are all maxed out! he's tall and has a long tail, and i wanted him to have some more defined muscle. i haven't changed them since i made him, my reasoning at the time was just that i thought him being tall and strong was really cute and a subversion of m au ra masculinity ig

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i hate saying nothing but my goal with ryu was to make somebody very far removed from myself! we have much different presentation and appearance and his life is pretty miserable 😭 he's my love letter to what i've grown up loving rather than anything i'd like to embody for myself!

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ryu's ancient is ananke, personification of inevitability and necessity. ryuhiko's life is ruled by the idea of fate and it does shackle him - i chose ananke over lachesis to better convey his perceived lack of agency and control

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ryuhiko is gnc transmasc and uses he/him and she/her pronouns interchangeably!

ananke was nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns exclusively!

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yes! ryuhiko was killed by the manifestation of the spirit he was supposed to inherit and was later resurrected with it and the other spirits making up his body. he's mostly okay aside from being functionally immortal and not really being the same person anymore bc hes like 8 ppl. lol!

#ryulore

yeah

#ryulore #ryuray

yes! fate and destiny are integral to ryu's entire character. it rules his life, and whether or not he's able to convince himself that he can defy it is the difference between his downfall and his growth!

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ryu's favorite is rose tea! he loves anything floral

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ryu's title is fortuneweaver! primarily healing though he can potentially be the worst dps

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yes! ryuhiko has his nipples and navel pierced. in modern aus where he's human, his ears are pierced as well: lobe, helix, and upper cartilage to simulate the look of his horn jewelry!

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sticky note at work to demonstrate but to me its the sharp eyes + aquiline nose + full lips that make ryu look like himself!

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ryuhiko was born in an undersea village somewhere in the southern glass ocean a bit closer to the ruby sea than thavnair. he doesn't remember anything about it from when he grew up and the expectations of succeeding his mother's place as head priestess drive his entire arc

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not much - i have a recurring joke that anything ryu seems to touch is just a few months after the wol is there. he's technically employed by the maelstrom and his adoptive mother's daughter is a scion, but that's really as far as he touches it directly! he's designed to not be uninvolved

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ryu is a master class in having good intentions but being so remarkably selfish and constantly putting himself and his own wants first. he's also cagey, refuses to open up to people and expects them to just read his mind, and think that he's always in the right !

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yeah i ❤️ retconning myself constantly thats why nienta (ryu's 13th shard) exists! a lot of the basics stay the same but a lot of things i flesh out and it ends up not making as much sense so i just keep fixing it. thats storytelling baybee

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