Hopelessly Simping For Yona @akatsuki-ryuu - Tumblr Blog

“You can criticize something you love!”

Yeah, and you can also get tired of criticizing something you love. You can get completely fed up with it and decide, “You know what? Flaws aside, I love this thing, and I don’t have to waste hours of my life admitting its flaws to strangers on the Internet in order to somehow justify my love of it.” You can get sick of watching others gleefully tear it apart, for no reason other than that it’s popular and they hate that you love it. You can get sick of watching others tearing it apart with good intentions, too.

In the end, it’s just a cartoon, or a book, or a movie. It’s not that serious, and you can enjoy it without hyper-focusing on its flaws. You don’t need to justify your love of something to someone else, least of all a person you don’t even know.

hak

not to sound crazyyy since I still have my backlog of pandemic yona to go through but I just saw my old joodoh being scolded by yona epic compilation and like.

joodoh…that’s her second dad to me. uncle whatever. older cousin. maybe she didn’t even look up to him like that but that’s the essence of their relationship and to me it’s one of the more compelling parts of the betrayal dynamic on both ends bc they have such uneven roles now where in all cases yona has more moral authority just because joodoh knows what he did was wrong to her but also stands by it so it’s just. a standstill on both their sides.

but also joodoh can’t. even look her in the eyes still. he sweats when he has to face her and hear her speak to him. because. because he used to carry her in his arms when she cried and found her during hide and seek and probably knew her mother before she died too (speculation but very probable) like this is the child he used to scold and exasperatedly follow around when not even soowon or hak was present much at that point in her childhood (soowon didn’t live at the castle and we don’t get the impression he visited allll the time). like they’re family as much as the king were. they were anyway!! and then hak came along and he no longer needed to be in that position. and joodoh still on some level resents hak for it, places anger on hak specifically because he feels regret but also maybe jealousy??? it’s probably weird to unpack but also just interesting to note that he’s literally the only one on soowon’s side that feels a marginal amount of like guilt at all whenever he’s in yona’s presence

akatsuki-ryuu

trulyy Joodoh was essentially the most prominent adult figure in Yona’s pre-betrayal life and I don’t think we talk enough about that

#I agree with op so much #all the relationships are the reason why I get so invested in any sort of media tbh and that’s why yona & Joodoh are so compelling to me #the tension and the shared history #just familial figures / caretakers in general #and how Joodoh’s clearly affected by how things turned out #and how at this point it’s almost wrong for him to still care abt the child he used to look after #but he can’t help but give a shit #bc out of all the adults at the castle he was the only one who gave a shit #I have so much to say but I have class so I’ll just say thank you op

In which chapter does Cale have his first flashback of LSH and CJS’s death? I wanna reread it because I feel like I glossed over his flashbacks as KRS back when I didn’t know how significant they would be. Im dying to recall what their final thoughts were as they were dying, and also what was going on through KRS’s mind. I think there was a scene afterwards of the other company members talking about him being heartless during the funeral?

#cale henituse #trash of the count's family #kim rok soo #lee soo hyuk #choi jung soo #the soos

amai-no-ura

Akatsuki no Yona Typing Redone: Yona

Since I just rewatched the anime and I'm rereading the manga. I think I should update the typing. I have learned a lot more after my first sorting. While it's mostly the same, I will give each character more detailed analysis so each character will get one post dedicated to them alone. And other minor characters will be posted together in a 'bonus' post.

Let's start with our titular protagonist - Yona.

Yona

Typing: ENFJ 1w2 sp/so

Sorting: Snake primary (Badger model) and Lion secondary (Badger model)

Our beloved Yona. This is the character I resonated with the most out of all other characters. I totally understand her 'I need to be stronger' and 'I want to protect people dearest to me, even if I have to risk my life' and she is just a breath of fresh air for me. But that's not the point. Yona started off as a naïve, airy-fairy princess ignorant of the world around her. But that was her immaturity (she was raised sheltered, spoiled and never having to do anything in her life). It could be said that her personality starts to really develop after she got driven out of the castle.

She is Fe-dom, her emotions are immediate and upfront. Whenever she feels something, she says it out loud. But she also knows how to say it in a way that's appropriate to the situation. She is an organizer (EJs) but she doesn't do it through systems and logic like Yoon (ESTJ) does. Instead she does it through emotional motivation and finding consensus. Yona bonds herself very readily to the people around her and usually prioritize others feelings first in every single one of her decisions. She rages for them. She fights for them. Their pain is her pain and their grief is her grief. It's Fe that allows her to understand the pain of everyone around her and how she would want it to be better (Fe-Ni + enneagram 1).

She also knows exactly what to say to get under the skin of just about everyone. She knows exactly what to say to Seiryuu villagers and to Sinha. She intuitively knows that Sinha isn't dangerous and there is no reason to fear him. She knows his pain and what he has been through and she knows 'his soul'. All that based on very little information (his hand is warm and Ao loves him). That is very Ni (and as an ENFJ, I have many experience where I just know the 'making' of that person based on little evidence. It usually turns out to be correct).

Afterward, she knows exactly what Sinha needs to hear the most 'You are not destructive'. That sentence alone addresses all the trauma he has been through. And Yona just casually knows it and says exactly that. Yona is also occasionally heavily symbolic (comparing Sinha to the moon and Zeno to the sun) and keep bigger picture in mind at all time. She is also very reckless and opportunistic. She shows heavy use of Se a lot but her Se is still pretty weak (doesn't know her limit and needs to be reminded by sensors around her to stop). It's her Ni-Se that allows her to sense that something is happening in Awa (people smiles feel fake - something even Yoon doesn't notice) and later when Li Hazara was about to invade Kouka.

Yona is driven by her very strong moral compass and anger at injustices. But those anger isn't 'pure' anger, it's righteousness. She believes there are certain things that cannot be forgiven and certain action that is honorable. And she will uphold it even if she has to work twice as hard or risk herself because they are the 'right' thing to do. That is healthy enneagram 1w2.

While she has a very strong judgment, she doesn't project it outward to other people. She focuses on bettering herself first to deserve and protect people around her. When something doesn't feel right in her gut (like when she told Gigan Senjou she'll pick Senjusou again because the first time Jaeha helped her) she won't back down on it. She will do it 'right'. She is very firm on her principle and if something isn't right, she'll call on it. But she also has strong 2 wing that lends in helpfulness and softer touch to her enneagram 1. She doesn't shove her beliefs on other people but instead seek to work together with them to get the desired outcome (wing 2 + Fe).

Her sorting is pretty simple. She is Snake primary, her motivation is 'I want to protect people that are dear to me'. This concept is further expanded when she made it her mission to look after the kingdom her father 'loves' so much. Her father was one of the most important people in her circle, so what he loves (his ideal of peace, his kingdom, his people) is also hers to protect as well. Then she starts bonding with people left and right but not in a Badger way. She takes them in and made them hers.

She is willing to do everything to make sure her people is self. And her biggest fear is to have anyone of her people got hurt or killed. But her Snake primary also made her vulnerable the most when Suwon killed King Il. That betrayal shook her world to the core. But she didn't let it burn her primary, instead she heals through her connections with other people (first in Wind Tribe - Taeyeon, Mundeok and other people in Wind Tribe. Then the dragons and people of Awa). I think Mundeok and the guys in Wind tribe save her from burning - 'everyone in the wind tribe is a family. You are our family now'. I think it's precisely this that saves her from burning.

Her secondary is Lion. She is honest to the fault, react from the gut and stand by her truth. Her strength is in her solid willpower. She pushes on when things get hard. She stands her ground against all adversary. She is a natural leader who inspires everyone around her through the strength of character and sense of righteousness (healthy Lion secondary). She can't stand sitting on the side line doing nothing. She needs to get into actions and react. Doing nothing limits her because she only finds her strength when she faces adversary head on. Like when she rushes out to confront Taejun (I didn't leave Wind Tribe to hide under Hak forever, there is something I must do now).

I doubted it a bit because what she said to Jaeha and Sinha sometimes felt like a deliberate manipulation (saying it's alright if you don't want to come with her, but stick around and suggests it. Saying what they want/need to hear. Presenting herself in a way that they will have to come with her). For a Snake sec like me, that's something I'd say because I know it'll work. But that doesn't align with Yona's character so I go with Lion secondary. That goes to show how different secondary can come up with the same motive and action only with different flavor internally.

But she also values fair play and hard work. Which shows strong Badger secondary model. She is willing to put in hard work (200 arrows a night is a LOT, especially if you've never handled a bow before) and wants to do things fair and square. She never looks for shortcuts. She will do things the right way and put in the efforts until it happens. She's also very caring and helpful in a Badger sec way as well. She knows she isn't strong enough so she has to put in the effort to make herself stronger.

All in all, a very compelling and inspirational character. She reminds me that no matter what is happening to you right now. Only you can tell you who you are and what you can be. You can let them break you, or you can carry it and make sure what happens to you never happen to anyone else. And only you can make that choice to protect what is dear to you and take the responsibility and hard work that comes with it. Only you can make yourself worthy, just like how Yona molds herself into a great leader that she is :)

Next post: Hak

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PS. @writingonesdreams since it's Akatsuki no Yona topic, I thought I should tag you :)

#I’d like to revisit this at a better time but I’ll share now without commenting since I liked it

mika-dawn

TCF HIGHLIGHTS (1-750)

Note: someone originally created this list (it was only 1-650 though) but they deactivated so I'm reposting it after adding a few of my favorite scenes

CALE GETTING HURT:

•Chapter 45 : Magical Bombs [Spat Blood]

•Chapter 55 : Protect Knights From Toonka [Buckling knee, Drenched]

•Chapter 80 Giant Wave + Dragon Drying [Headache, Drenched] Chapter

•112 Red Thunderbolt [Spat Blood (A Copious Amount)]

•Chapter 162 Falling Tower [Spat Blood]

•Chapter 177 Eating Pies After Lightning [Spat Blood]

•Chapter 183 Destroying Houses [Spat Blood]

•Chapter 198 First Line Of War Defense [Blood Coming Out Of All Orifices]

•Chapter 215 ~ 225 War On Dessert & At Sea [Spat Blood]

•Chapter 238 Death Gorge [Blood]

•Chapter 244 "Are you trying to sacrifice yourself?" "Yes"

•Chapter 251 Prince + Raon Introduction [3 Days Left To Live]

•Chapter 257-259 Receiving Sky Eating

•Chapter 295 Putting Out Dragon's Fire [Blood]

•Chapter 302-306 Rose Gold Fire [Blood, Fainted] "Slap me"

•Chapter 339 Vs White Star [Fainted] •Chapter 354 The Wind Whip Trial [Fainted]

•Chapter 384 After Using All 5 + Crown [Shaky]

•Chapter 421 "He is writing a legend :"[Blood]

•Chapter 448 Earth + Water vs WS [Blood]

•Chapter 570 In The Sealed God's Test [Blood]

•Chapter 602 Sealed God's Bullshit [Blood]

•Chapter 607 Using The Shield In SG's Test [Blood, Collapsed]

•Chapter 646 'Instant Skill [Blood, Scars, Fainted]

It was announced to the public that Yuhon’s death was a tragic accident, and considering the location of the incident according to Keishuk’s memory, the announcement should have been something like “The war hero died having fallen off a cliff~” and Soowon probably heard that “official” version millions of times due to his father’s renown…

And y’know when else he heard that someone close to him died falling off a cliff?

Yeah. Do you think Soowon thinks about that?

#akatsuki no yona #yona #yona of the dawn #soo won #soowon #suwon #could he have been thinking of his father when tae-jun told him of Yona’s death?#Keishuk #kan tae jun #Yuhon #King Il #akayona

thoughtfulstudentsalad-deactiva

Goddamn, Yona and Chagol stand-off! EPIC!

I love how despite Yona’s weakness in physical strength, her mental strength never wavers, nor do her people skills. She is truly strong.

Also, I love the art. She looks a lot more brutal and serious somehow. I really like it!

So what if she’s weak in physical strength? She doesn’t care. She literally does not care. She’s not ashamed to admit it either, which is why she gets help where she needs.

And in addtion, she will play sneaky and act to get to where she needs to. Hak can definitely make up for strength, but this woman is the beacon, the center of it all. She has to be respected here for her daring quality. Knowing the risk, her eyes look at Chagol with ever-stagnant, cool defiance.

She’ll utilize whatever she needs to fight a strong, towering man like Chagol with the anger of a dragon and destroy him regardless. I love such stand-offs and glares. Level-headed and strong, this woman is not playing around.