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"I want to empathize with Hinako, but honestly, she's so stupid and just overreacted. She could just talk to Kazui, lol. to live for several years without sex and be surprised that your husband is gay. It's all her fault."
And you know what? She was trying to talk. We were literally shown this twice.
Let's not go back to fucking 2023, when it all just started, because I'm really tired of this "Hinako is evil bitch" shit. We've discussed this so many times and I can't believe it's starting over again.
We were shown twice their attempt to talk about it, to discuss it. Hinako is the first one who puts her hand on Kazui's cheek in an attempt to give him comfort and show that she is here, she is ready to listen and discuss. We were told several times in the canon that she was a loving and understanding woman who accepted Kazui. They were best friends with a good relationship, after all.
He confesses his love to the person who has been important to him all this time, and in return receives words that it is disgusting. He's drunk, in despair, and his head is in complete chaos. His emotions are in complete chaos. He scares not only her, but also himself, not giving her or himself a chance to talk properly.
Hinako literally runs after him and tries to find him to talk to. Because, again, as we've been shown in the canon itself, they care about each other and are important to each other. Hinako wants this conversation herself, but Kazui hates himself so so much, still affected by the rejection.
He's scared, he's ashamed, he walks away from this conversation, closing himself in and pushing her away from him.
We don't know how many years their marriage lasted. And we don't know what condition Hinako herself was in. People laugh at the fact that she wasn't embarrassed by the lack of sex in the relationship all this time, but she could just respect Kazui and his choice, even if he could say without details that he just didn't want it. We don't know if she knew that Kazui didn't love her the way she loved him. We can only speculate.
She didn't die because he's gay and she is an "evil homophobe." Again, she was pretty understanding, that's canon. She spent part of her life in lie, living a scenario that was never real. And in an attempt to talk, she is simply pushed away. Just as the bartender rejected Kazui, Kazui rejected Hinako. And in the end, absolutely everyone turned out to be unhappy, broken.
Kazui and Hinako are both victims who suffered from homophobia AND misogyny. And trying to figure out which of them is more evil, who is more stupid, who is more emotional and unstable does not make sense. This is a chain that entails more and more events.
Could Hinako be rational and think with her head instead of her heart? Yes, she could. It could have been Kazui too. But they are primarily people who have emotions and different reactions to events. They can both be understood, they can both be sympathized with, they are both traumatized.
If people want to hate someone in particular in this story, they can hate the bartender who literally started this chain. Not a woman who's already dead. And not a man who has lost absolutely everything because of a homophobic society.
That's all I wanted to say. Let's not go back to 2023. Thank you.
What if I said Kazui and Shidou are Judas and Jesus coded. What then.
The "corrupted" deceiver and the pure healer accepting of death. Black and white. In this essay I will
*touches ground* someone cooked here.
okay but on a genuine note I wholeheartedly agree with this premise :)
I think the role of judas is an extremely helpless one, which isn't discussed much in analysis (that I've seen) but fits kazui's self-perception perfectly. to be judas is to, partially, accept that your suffering is a self-fulfilling prophecy. jesus knew judas was going to betray him, which in turn makes it an inevitability, which in turn makes it so that no matter how much judas loves jesus, he will have to betray him. in a similar vein, no matter how much kazui genuinely cared about hinako, the relationship was always going to be the death of her -- because kazui's "true" act of compassion, telling her the truth, is a betrayal in and of itself. the longer he agonised over what the truth would do to the relationship, the more destructive it became -- a self-fulfilling prophecy.
kazui often portrays himself as helpless in his role/relationships. he's an actor; he's a magician; he has a part to play. he wants to be capricious, but he's convinced himself that this is the only path for him. "would you want to be yourself?" "I think I'll pass" implies that he views his "self" as static -- and while this is 1000% referring to his sexuality, this viewpoint extends to his greater sense of self imo. he thinks he can't change and so he doesn't, thus creating, again, a self-fulfilling cycle.
judas/kazui also works as a parallel because judas is ultimately not only a traitor to jesus, but to himself. through betraying jesus, judas is ultimately becoming a directionless outcast (see: the fact that he commits suicide post-betrayal in a good chunk of biblical tellings/dies in some horrible way). by dooming jesus, judas dooms himself. even after "freeing himself" (derogatory) from his marriage, kazui is unable to be honest, and instead agonises over his condition. he is able to work through, perhaps, his feelings regarding hinako; but due to the circumstances of her death, he has successfully prevented himself from ever "living his truth", so to speak.
lastly, neither jesus nor hinako had to die. they did anyway, but that's kind of besides the point now. :(
I have less to say about jesus shidou but 100% agreed. jesus dies not for himself, but so that others wouldn't have to suffer in his stead. shidou longs for the death penalty as a form of retribution, because he feels he can do nothing else for the living. he lives on only to prevent the suffering of others.
he is killed, ultimately, because of this commitment and its "blasphemous" nature. jesus and shidou both live and die serving others -- the main difference lies in how shidou's crime, in serving others, also serves himself.
shidou's last few timeline conversations feel a little too ominous for him to Not Know that something was coming; which just makes me wonder what made him let his guard down
what a way to go shidou kirisaki
0507 truthers how are we feeling 😀 (bad)
Time for the "cringe" part of my username to be put into action
0507 cringe, featuring: Kazui being a spoiled and Kazui daydreaming about being called kitten, okay listen- Listen– LISTEN—
OLD MAN YAOI REAL....
(Click for better quality, alt vers under the cut)
idk if this counts as a prompt but if it’s okay, i really liked that one post you made about 0507 dancing together and i’d love to see it written out fully as a fic!
hey, thanks so much for the request! i finished it up and posted it on ao3 since it turned out wayy longer than i thought it would (oops). hope you enjoy!!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
More 0507 shenanigans, except it's Shidou's turn to be silly.
Ft: Happy Mahiru
this is how their group formed, trust me
Gay old man with the silliest crush ever
i like to think that they’ve started teaching each other a little of their respective skills, just in case it’d be useful in the future. maybe kazui shows shidou some self defense tactics (so that he isn’t completely screwed if he gets attacked), and shidou tells kazui about a bit more advanced medical stuff beyond just basic first-aid
YES!! YES!!!
I think Kazui would be kind of cynical about his ability to help people the same way Shidou does, but he'd try his best nonetheless :) meanwhile Shidou would probably incorporate some level of daily practice/training into his routine, during which he gets to spend some more time with Kazui... (imagine Kazui holding Shidou's hand and guiding it to the correct technique... augh)
curious how shidou and kazui's mvs are the only ones using fruit metaphors... 🏳️🌈?
Do you have any fav 0507 fics you could recommend?
to be honest, it's hard for me to say because I'm rather picky when it comes to fics... that being said:
- The Old Man and the Shi(dou)
shidou gives kazui a back massage The Fic. has very nice kazui introspection, and is also kind of emotionally devastating... kazui's back pain is incredibly hashtag relatable
- milgram normie au
shidou moves into a new neighbourhood and begins a fling with his dilf neighbour because of said neighbour's bastard child. it's a cute premise and written from shidou's pov :) the second work is more 0507-focused but it's also a bit suggestive (although not explicit), so apologies if it puts anyone off.
ik these are very. Vague descriptors but I don't want to go into too much detail since that would mean spoiling all the bits that Get To Me and those are best experienced blind. all I will say is that quite a few passages from these live in my head rent-free :)c
also here are some that don't drive me quite as insane, but are enjoyable nonetheless:
- The Warden is Fine (Or... maybe not?) not necessarily 0507-centric as it's about them taking care of a sick es, however the interactions between them are sweet :) - i've got you an 0507 chapter from a drabble collection! protective kazui is nice to read :] - An Imposter Among Us incredible piece of literature, it's a wonder I can even comprehend its sheer genius. 10/10 would sussy baka again
also also because I'm normal here are some fics where they're not as prevalent but still drive me Nuts:
- haruka sakurai versus cold and flu season haruka is kazui's adopted son in this one, and 0507 only appears at the end, but it's a cute fic and their interaction makes me smile
- beautiful boy another adopted haruka fic, with some sprinklings of 0507 :) again, they're more prevalent at the end but what is there is incredibly wholesome... there's some interesting character exploration here and it's fun seeing them come together as a family :)c also shidou is flustered at one point and that's adorable
I hope this list is sufficient! ofc you can always read my stuff Wink Wink <- has only written one fic (but I'm working on more!!)
does anyone want to send me 0507 headcanons…. 👉👈
@honamochi sorry I can't reply directly since this is a sideblog but YES!!
- I like to think shidou is familiar with calming herbal tea blends (whether it be from helping his kids calm down after nightmares or himself), and could make kazui some after he wakes up... meanwhile, kazui's larger frame would allow him to gently hold shidou in the middle of an episode, stopping him from accidentally hurting himself...
- imagine kazui taking notes from shidou's rambles and trying to make him a bouquet... he probably ends up messing up one or two of the intended flowers, but shidou gets the message anyway and makes a bouquet for kazui to interpret in return... agh
- kazui probably feels kind of useless in a domestic setting because certain things were just never Asked from or Expected of him, while shidou is obviously a bit more experienced, which in turn only heightens kazui's pre-existing insecurities and pushes him to try and become more "useful" (even though shidou doesn't mind the workload, though it's not that he doesn't appreciate the help). shidou would probably try to criticise kazui's cooking very gently at first, but kazui is fully aware of his own inexperience LOL