anonymous drgaon · 2mo
I was curious what your thoughts are for the group formation (basically the "main story" period) of fantasista squad and fellow hobbyists. Like joining order, the initial conflict, and its resolution, if you want to share. If not, what's a fun fact you have abt how you imagine their group dynamic works? (like I think Honami's very hesitant to go on rambles abt her interests bc of her middle school friend group not being interested in that, so Mizuki makes a conscious effort to ask her abt them and remember what she's talked abt before)
kyushumi i can tell you very clearly how they formed: they met on online forums! they kept crossing paths on those and realized they had a lot of overlapping interests and got along decently well, so mizuki made them a nightcord server :) they formed in middle school, in a way that could have easily occurred in regular canon too, but since other things that were supposed to happen in canon dont, they end up becoming each others closest friend group instead. so their formation is more of a depths+ribbon flashback type of situation, not mainstory. mainstory takes place as they start meeting in person instead! once their sekai starts pulling them in theres a few times where they end up there in school uniforms and go Holy Shit Wait were all in the same area??? and so they start to plan meetups in person after that
as for fts, its still a little less solidified... bad dogs forms as normal since the significant canon diversions throughout the au dont start taking place until later than that, so no changes there... ruikasa do get roped in during their mainstory time though! i imagine it going something like emu misses tsukasas interview at phennyland -> tsukasa doesnt get hired for the wonder stage -> he decides to try something different to broaden his skills and chooses trying out street performance as that direction and also because he knows touya is doing that so he can also support touya! but hes more focused on show/performance than the music necessarily (not that that it isnt still something hes working on but. hes an acting guy at heart) so things are kinda tense. then he meets rui doing his own street shows with his drones and stuff and drags rui into the street music stuff too because wow wouldnt this guy be so helpful at making their shows cooler! and rui kinda goes along with it just to have more tools for his shows and such. the problem is that.......... most of them kind of dont get along. the group has a lot of butting heads on how to do things at first. mainstory is both about the group forming and trying to smooth out their problems to eventually find a way to balance the music and performance aspects. is that coherent? i dont know. i know it makes sense in my head at least
