RE: [RFC] Being You is Deculture
03-04-2018, 06:09 PM (This post was last modified: 03-04-2018, 06:11 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
03-04-2018, 06:09 PM (This post was last modified: 03-04-2018, 06:11 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
The next update is very soon in coming. Just wanted to do another letters segment for plot reasons.
In the meantime, though, I've had some insights into how Yuki is probably going to be developing...
Since there isn't much art out there for the original character that was the seed for Yuki Mihara, it's kind of hard to visualize her. So, I decided last night to find a character that closely matches her physique and coloration.
And then I found Akemi Homura.
Which makes perfect effin' sense.
Yuki has had her foundations rocked by recent experiences, forcing her to completely renovate herself in an effort to stay in the game. We see the beginnings of this in her grief-fueled, raging, screaming challenge to Dr. Clay. Later on in the story, she will run afoul of the political intrigues of the Amake-Clan, which shakes her up even more.
Afterwards she makes a resolution to become Garrick's 'Hidden Knife' - the one that quietly slips out when no one is looking, and eliminates or neutralizes a credible threat. In public, she will have Homura's cold mask of a face. But when it is only family (which includes the Masaki and Kamiki Clans), she becomes animated and gives off a beautiful smile - something that she feels that only her family is worthy of seeing.
But the real kicker is going to be when she shows up to her wedding like this:
![[Image: pVSjWJS.jpg]](https://imgur.com/pVSjWJS.jpg)
At the horrified gasps, she turns at the altar to make her declaration...
And then all eyes turn to Garrick, but they find no pity from him. His eyes say everything: You made her like this. Now, she is your nightmares given flesh. Deal with it.
The overall dynamic is going to be interesting, with Nanami being in overall charge of household affairs (and Garrick's final line of defense), Achika taking charge of the rank and file soldiers, leaving Minagi to take charge of the Body Guards. Yuki will occupy a very interesting niche: the Zeroth Line of Defense. She becomes something of a modern age Kunoichi (as well as the Clan's intelligence expert who is second in skill only to Funaho herself) and works to subvert plots against her Clan in any way she can.
Thoughts?
In the meantime, though, I've had some insights into how Yuki is probably going to be developing...
Quote:Sweet, deadly little Yuki. She will never allow you to feel a thing unless she wants you to. She twists the blade. He feels it.
Since there isn't much art out there for the original character that was the seed for Yuki Mihara, it's kind of hard to visualize her. So, I decided last night to find a character that closely matches her physique and coloration.
And then I found Akemi Homura.
Which makes perfect effin' sense.
Yuki has had her foundations rocked by recent experiences, forcing her to completely renovate herself in an effort to stay in the game. We see the beginnings of this in her grief-fueled, raging, screaming challenge to Dr. Clay. Later on in the story, she will run afoul of the political intrigues of the Amake-Clan, which shakes her up even more.
Afterwards she makes a resolution to become Garrick's 'Hidden Knife' - the one that quietly slips out when no one is looking, and eliminates or neutralizes a credible threat. In public, she will have Homura's cold mask of a face. But when it is only family (which includes the Masaki and Kamiki Clans), she becomes animated and gives off a beautiful smile - something that she feels that only her family is worthy of seeing.
But the real kicker is going to be when she shows up to her wedding like this:
At the horrified gasps, she turns at the altar to make her declaration...
Quote:"Know this. My name at the moment is Yuki Masaki Jyurai, adoptive daughter and former apprentice to Her Royal Majesty, Funaho Masaki Jyurai. I have already renounced my Earthly name of Mihara so I may learn at the foot of my new-found mother. And mother has taught me exceedingly well.
"I know of your petty intrigues. Attempting to dig your grubby fingers into our family and rip away power that you have no right to, let alone the capacity to properly wield.
"That ends today.
"Behold me! Witness me! The Black Bride of Garrick Grimm Jyurai! I forsake yet another name to take up his, and in his name I shall serve my husband. Already you know: I am an assassin and a murderer. Virtue? I have none for I gave it to my husband before anyone else could take it from me! Let this be a warning to all. Cross my Clan at your own peril, for if you do there will be no place for you to hide. No hole dark enough to keep you safe. For I am the shadows. I won't even need to find you. I will be there, waiting for that moment when you feel safest before I remove you from this mortal existence."
And then all eyes turn to Garrick, but they find no pity from him. His eyes say everything: You made her like this. Now, she is your nightmares given flesh. Deal with it.
The overall dynamic is going to be interesting, with Nanami being in overall charge of household affairs (and Garrick's final line of defense), Achika taking charge of the rank and file soldiers, leaving Minagi to take charge of the Body Guards. Yuki will occupy a very interesting niche: the Zeroth Line of Defense. She becomes something of a modern age Kunoichi (as well as the Clan's intelligence expert who is second in skill only to Funaho herself) and works to subvert plots against her Clan in any way she can.
Thoughts?