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gangstering) wrote2016-08-29 10:35 pm
gangstering) wrote2016-08-29 10:35 pm
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Player Name: Daisy
Age: I was born in the 80s. I'm so old.
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Existing Characters: N/A
IC
Character Name: Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
Canon: Dangan Ronpa
Canon Point: At the end of the game, when the survivors have made their choice.
About:
Kuzuryuu is a character who undergoes a very drastic change in his personality and his personal morality fairly early on in his canon. To understand who he is completely though, it's important to talk about both sides of this transformation since, even if he does turn over a new leaf, the foundation of who he was does not go away.
When Kuzuryuu first appears, he is extremely antisocial and hostile. He makes no effort to mingle with any of his classmates and in fact actively tries to push them away if they are getting too close. With no explanation he is nasty and snarky, throwing around threats and insults without even stopping to consider them. He is literally the farthest thing in the world from being a team player.
Part of this is because for as long as he has been able to realize the magnitude of his family's legacy and power and his own position within that family, he has been intent to prove himself strong enough and worthy enough for it. More than that, he seems to be almost desperate to prove that he can possess that strength and achieve that worth all on his own, with no one's help. In his freetime events with Hinata he even talks about pushing aside his sister's reassurances about his abilities and strength -- though he later regrets not accepting her support. He is even extremely defensive about his physical size and appearance. Kuzuryuu lives his life like he has something to prove to everyone, friend and foe alike.
Kuzuryuu wants to stand on his own without relying on the Kuzuryuu name and family, but there is no escaping that name nevertheless. Later, after he turns over his new leaf, he admits that he has grown up among a great deal of violence, and almost seems a bit regretful. He realizes that for him it's expected for him to be used to death, but that it shouldn't be so for "normal" kids like the rest of his classmates. There's a self awareness in him that his world is not the same world as most anyone else lives in. The stakes are different. The rules are different. Everything is conflict and fighting. He talks about the weight of his family name and that it will likely mean that he will always be surrounded by death. Speaking about his parents, he says that his entire family settles things with violence, even his parents. But despite the fact that he admits that he almost died because of it, he also seems to have learned to cope with it.
So Kuzuryuu is very much the product of his upbringing and his family. He's used to life's problems being solved with violence before anything else. He's desperate to prove his own strength without the help of his family or (nearly) anyone else. Letting people in is a risk and a weakness, and he refuses to allow himself either. When he first arrives on the island, this is Kuzuryuu. (Though it is clear that he doesn't want to be as isolated as he makes himself, just "happening to be walking in the area" of a party that the other students are having that he outright refused to go to.) In a way, it's almost like he's hiding behind his stand-offish behavior and rudeness, pushing his classmates away in order to maintain the image that he thinks he has to maintain.
But Kuzuryuu changes.
Before discussing the person that Kuzuryuu becomes, there's no talking about Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu without mentioning Pekoyama. Pekoyama is Kuzuryuu's sword and shield. The Kuzuryuu family took her in at a young age, and she grew up beside Kuzuryuu as his own personal bodyguard of sorts. The two are inseparable, though they hide their connection when they find themselves on the island with their classmates.
Kuzuryuu's relationship with Pekoyama is complicated. Despite his staunch determination to need no one, to be enough on his own, he relies on Peko heavily. He just can't admit it. All their lives, she has considered herself little more than a tool for his use when necessary. Kuzuryuu has never wanted her to be anything more than a friend by his side, but he's too stubborn and willful to admit this to her or even to himself. Even so, Peko looks out for his best interest even above her own life. When Monobear reveals (through an overly complicated videogame) that Kuzuryuu's sister has been murdered, Kuzuryuu and Peko go looking for vengeance on Koizumi who they find out helped cover up her murder. In the end Kuzuryuu can't bring himself to kill her, even if that had been his plan. Peko murders Koizumi instead.
Kuzuryuu is not as ruthless as he would have people believe. Though he may be used to death (and it would seem has killed before, even if he doesn't necessarily remember), he is not able to be entirely cold-blooded. At the trial, the other students all discover that it was Peko who killed Koizumi and vote for her as the guilty party. But when Peko reveals herself as a servant and tool to Kuzuryuu, she sets it up so that if he agrees with her, he will go free from the island, leaving her and the rest of the students to be executed. But Kuzuryuu can't say that Peko, whom he's known his entire life, whom he loves like family, is just a tool. And he can't condemn the rest of his class to death, even if it would save his own life. There's a conscience in Kuzuryuu, especially when it comes to the people that he cares about.
This becomes more clear after Peko is executed. When Kuzuryuu returns to his classmates, he immediately begins to atone for what he's done. He's genuinely regretful. Instead of isolating himself and acting as though making friends would be beneath him, he slowly begins to open up. He makes an effort to greet his classmates, apologizes for what he's done, for his part in Koizumi's death. He even tries to commit seppuku to make amends. In a way, Peko's death has made him realize that in trying to be strong enough without anyone, he's made himself weaker, and made people he cares about suffer because of it. The guilt for his role in Peko's death is strong, and a huge motivator for him to become a better person, to not waste the life that she saved.
Suddenly, Kuzuryuu becomes a team player. He spends time with his classmates. He tries to help when he can, even volunteering to stay with Hinata and the other sick students when they come down with Despair Disease. In a way, he's trying to live a life worthy of Pekoyama's sacrifice.
Kuzuryuu also turns out to have a surprising amount of respect for rules and laws, especially given that he's the heir to a yakuza family. He gets very fussy about them driving when none of them have licenses, and seems very fixed on right and wrong at times.
It also becomes clear that Kuzuryuu has quite a few insecurities and is relatively self-aware of them after Peko's death. He knows that he turns away from help stubbornly even when it's offered by people that he loves. And there's regret in him for this. Kuzuryuu may try to pretend he's not, but he's quite emotional. Though he's quicker to anger and annoyance than any other reaction, he's been brought to tears by Peko's death and visibly moved by his regret in front of his other classmates after her execution.
After Peko's death, Kuzuryuu grows up fast. He still remains quick-tempered and insulting, but the effort that he makes to be a part of the group changes him. He even goes so far as to let people close, especially Hinata, though he seems to get along with most his classmates at least somewhat. There's no more sulking and skulking around parties that he's too cool to want to go to. Now he's learned to be part of a group, and it's done a lot to make him a stronger person.
There's a part of Kuzuryuu's life that he is only just now starting to be aware of, even if the memories aren't necessarily recovered. That is when he was part of SHSL despair and involved in the terrible acts that they committed. The Future Foundation has been trying to reprogram him and his classmates. There's not a lot known about the kind of person that Kuzuryuu was during that time, except that he was part of doing terrible, vicious, heartless things. But after the simulation, he is deeply affected by what happens to him on the island with his classmates. As one of the survivors, he overcomes the despair in himself, even if the choice is a hard one. He'll be dealing with the fallout from this revelation for quite a while.
Inventory: His clothes and his eye patch.
Feature Type: Kuzuryuu will have Jaguar features. He's from a high ranking yakuza family, so apex predator suits him. He'll have spotted ears -- just a little darker than his natural blond hair with dark black spots and a tail to match; these will be in place of his human ears. Sharp teeth and fairly subtly elongated canines. His eyes will basically look the same, since they're around the right color anyway.
What are your plans with this character? Kuzuryuu has some STUFF to work through from his current point in canon. Being in a peaceful place, far from the ruined and uncertain world he knows is waiting for him will be both a relief and make him feel quite guilty. He'll also work at making friends, since that is still something he's new at. Him being social is still a work in progress.
Sample:
Sample 1 from old game
Sample 2 from old game
Player Name: Daisy
Age: I was born in the 80s. I'm so old.
Preferred Contact: PM the character journal or
Existing Characters: N/A
IC
Character Name: Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
Canon: Dangan Ronpa
Canon Point: At the end of the game, when the survivors have made their choice.
About:
Kuzuryuu is a character who undergoes a very drastic change in his personality and his personal morality fairly early on in his canon. To understand who he is completely though, it's important to talk about both sides of this transformation since, even if he does turn over a new leaf, the foundation of who he was does not go away.
When Kuzuryuu first appears, he is extremely antisocial and hostile. He makes no effort to mingle with any of his classmates and in fact actively tries to push them away if they are getting too close. With no explanation he is nasty and snarky, throwing around threats and insults without even stopping to consider them. He is literally the farthest thing in the world from being a team player.
Part of this is because for as long as he has been able to realize the magnitude of his family's legacy and power and his own position within that family, he has been intent to prove himself strong enough and worthy enough for it. More than that, he seems to be almost desperate to prove that he can possess that strength and achieve that worth all on his own, with no one's help. In his freetime events with Hinata he even talks about pushing aside his sister's reassurances about his abilities and strength -- though he later regrets not accepting her support. He is even extremely defensive about his physical size and appearance. Kuzuryuu lives his life like he has something to prove to everyone, friend and foe alike.
Kuzuryuu wants to stand on his own without relying on the Kuzuryuu name and family, but there is no escaping that name nevertheless. Later, after he turns over his new leaf, he admits that he has grown up among a great deal of violence, and almost seems a bit regretful. He realizes that for him it's expected for him to be used to death, but that it shouldn't be so for "normal" kids like the rest of his classmates. There's a self awareness in him that his world is not the same world as most anyone else lives in. The stakes are different. The rules are different. Everything is conflict and fighting. He talks about the weight of his family name and that it will likely mean that he will always be surrounded by death. Speaking about his parents, he says that his entire family settles things with violence, even his parents. But despite the fact that he admits that he almost died because of it, he also seems to have learned to cope with it.
So Kuzuryuu is very much the product of his upbringing and his family. He's used to life's problems being solved with violence before anything else. He's desperate to prove his own strength without the help of his family or (nearly) anyone else. Letting people in is a risk and a weakness, and he refuses to allow himself either. When he first arrives on the island, this is Kuzuryuu. (Though it is clear that he doesn't want to be as isolated as he makes himself, just "happening to be walking in the area" of a party that the other students are having that he outright refused to go to.) In a way, it's almost like he's hiding behind his stand-offish behavior and rudeness, pushing his classmates away in order to maintain the image that he thinks he has to maintain.
But Kuzuryuu changes.
Before discussing the person that Kuzuryuu becomes, there's no talking about Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu without mentioning Pekoyama. Pekoyama is Kuzuryuu's sword and shield. The Kuzuryuu family took her in at a young age, and she grew up beside Kuzuryuu as his own personal bodyguard of sorts. The two are inseparable, though they hide their connection when they find themselves on the island with their classmates.
Kuzuryuu's relationship with Pekoyama is complicated. Despite his staunch determination to need no one, to be enough on his own, he relies on Peko heavily. He just can't admit it. All their lives, she has considered herself little more than a tool for his use when necessary. Kuzuryuu has never wanted her to be anything more than a friend by his side, but he's too stubborn and willful to admit this to her or even to himself. Even so, Peko looks out for his best interest even above her own life. When Monobear reveals (through an overly complicated videogame) that Kuzuryuu's sister has been murdered, Kuzuryuu and Peko go looking for vengeance on Koizumi who they find out helped cover up her murder. In the end Kuzuryuu can't bring himself to kill her, even if that had been his plan. Peko murders Koizumi instead.
Kuzuryuu is not as ruthless as he would have people believe. Though he may be used to death (and it would seem has killed before, even if he doesn't necessarily remember), he is not able to be entirely cold-blooded. At the trial, the other students all discover that it was Peko who killed Koizumi and vote for her as the guilty party. But when Peko reveals herself as a servant and tool to Kuzuryuu, she sets it up so that if he agrees with her, he will go free from the island, leaving her and the rest of the students to be executed. But Kuzuryuu can't say that Peko, whom he's known his entire life, whom he loves like family, is just a tool. And he can't condemn the rest of his class to death, even if it would save his own life. There's a conscience in Kuzuryuu, especially when it comes to the people that he cares about.
This becomes more clear after Peko is executed. When Kuzuryuu returns to his classmates, he immediately begins to atone for what he's done. He's genuinely regretful. Instead of isolating himself and acting as though making friends would be beneath him, he slowly begins to open up. He makes an effort to greet his classmates, apologizes for what he's done, for his part in Koizumi's death. He even tries to commit seppuku to make amends. In a way, Peko's death has made him realize that in trying to be strong enough without anyone, he's made himself weaker, and made people he cares about suffer because of it. The guilt for his role in Peko's death is strong, and a huge motivator for him to become a better person, to not waste the life that she saved.
Suddenly, Kuzuryuu becomes a team player. He spends time with his classmates. He tries to help when he can, even volunteering to stay with Hinata and the other sick students when they come down with Despair Disease. In a way, he's trying to live a life worthy of Pekoyama's sacrifice.
Kuzuryuu also turns out to have a surprising amount of respect for rules and laws, especially given that he's the heir to a yakuza family. He gets very fussy about them driving when none of them have licenses, and seems very fixed on right and wrong at times.
It also becomes clear that Kuzuryuu has quite a few insecurities and is relatively self-aware of them after Peko's death. He knows that he turns away from help stubbornly even when it's offered by people that he loves. And there's regret in him for this. Kuzuryuu may try to pretend he's not, but he's quite emotional. Though he's quicker to anger and annoyance than any other reaction, he's been brought to tears by Peko's death and visibly moved by his regret in front of his other classmates after her execution.
After Peko's death, Kuzuryuu grows up fast. He still remains quick-tempered and insulting, but the effort that he makes to be a part of the group changes him. He even goes so far as to let people close, especially Hinata, though he seems to get along with most his classmates at least somewhat. There's no more sulking and skulking around parties that he's too cool to want to go to. Now he's learned to be part of a group, and it's done a lot to make him a stronger person.
There's a part of Kuzuryuu's life that he is only just now starting to be aware of, even if the memories aren't necessarily recovered. That is when he was part of SHSL despair and involved in the terrible acts that they committed. The Future Foundation has been trying to reprogram him and his classmates. There's not a lot known about the kind of person that Kuzuryuu was during that time, except that he was part of doing terrible, vicious, heartless things. But after the simulation, he is deeply affected by what happens to him on the island with his classmates. As one of the survivors, he overcomes the despair in himself, even if the choice is a hard one. He'll be dealing with the fallout from this revelation for quite a while.
Inventory: His clothes and his eye patch.
Feature Type: Kuzuryuu will have Jaguar features. He's from a high ranking yakuza family, so apex predator suits him. He'll have spotted ears -- just a little darker than his natural blond hair with dark black spots and a tail to match; these will be in place of his human ears. Sharp teeth and fairly subtly elongated canines. His eyes will basically look the same, since they're around the right color anyway.
What are your plans with this character? Kuzuryuu has some STUFF to work through from his current point in canon. Being in a peaceful place, far from the ruined and uncertain world he knows is waiting for him will be both a relief and make him feel quite guilty. He'll also work at making friends, since that is still something he's new at. Him being social is still a work in progress.
Sample:
Sample 1 from old game
Sample 2 from old game