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For those who know; Danganronpa V3 has a concept in them that the fandom has dubbed "pre-game personalities". Basically in this idea, the world of V3 is obsessed with the show Danganronpa (which is a specialized death game, though many fics make it into a "no death IRL but still traumatized" kinda deal), with the contestants being individuals who audition for DR and if accepted, might have parts of them rewritten to make a more interesting character.
Now, if pre-game is real of not doesn't really matter to the actual theme of the game, but it is something that captured my imagination. Mainly cause all the characters in-game are shown in school uniforms, which could be another deflection of the part of Team Danganronpa, but it does end up implying that the contestants are allowed to be or are all teenagers. Which makes Danganronpa even more fucked & the same with their society.
Now the common fanon around the 4-ish characters that end up getting focus (Shuichi, Kokichi, Kaito & Kaede) are... fanon I'm not the most fond of TBH.
It's allowed to exist obviously. But to me, it discards that the pre-games seemed to be actually pretty similar to the in-games, just with a worldview contradicting the one we knew them to have & which made them want to join Danganronpa. I don't blame most people for not focusing on that idea (we only see audition tapes for Kaede, Kaito & Shuichi), but it does end up causing the pre-games to generally feel half-baked in fanfic.
My goal is to, at some point, create pre-games I'd be happy with. Pre-games who are still pretty similar to their in-games, just with a flipped worldview + a reason to join DR.
Now this requires a lot of character analysis, which I'm actually kinda bad at. But a step I think can help me is to just watch a couple let's plays of V3, but focusing more on specific characters. This would let me soak in more information, which would at least improve this skill. Kinda hampered by the fact I'm not actually finished with THH, UDG or 3 the anime (+ the fact I should re-consume Goodbye Despair), but nobody is rushing me.
Now, if pre-game is real of not doesn't really matter to the actual theme of the game, but it is something that captured my imagination. Mainly cause all the characters in-game are shown in school uniforms, which could be another deflection of the part of Team Danganronpa, but it does end up implying that the contestants are allowed to be or are all teenagers. Which makes Danganronpa even more fucked & the same with their society.
Now the common fanon around the 4-ish characters that end up getting focus (Shuichi, Kokichi, Kaito & Kaede) are... fanon I'm not the most fond of TBH.
It's allowed to exist obviously. But to me, it discards that the pre-games seemed to be actually pretty similar to the in-games, just with a worldview contradicting the one we knew them to have & which made them want to join Danganronpa. I don't blame most people for not focusing on that idea (we only see audition tapes for Kaede, Kaito & Shuichi), but it does end up causing the pre-games to generally feel half-baked in fanfic.
My goal is to, at some point, create pre-games I'd be happy with. Pre-games who are still pretty similar to their in-games, just with a flipped worldview + a reason to join DR.
Now this requires a lot of character analysis, which I'm actually kinda bad at. But a step I think can help me is to just watch a couple let's plays of V3, but focusing more on specific characters. This would let me soak in more information, which would at least improve this skill. Kinda hampered by the fact I'm not actually finished with THH, UDG or 3 the anime (+ the fact I should re-consume Goodbye Despair), but nobody is rushing me.
