Law of the Iron Fist.

"I won't waste your time." independent & private Muguruma Kensei roleplay blog

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Kensei, much to most people’s surprise, does have a sense of humor. It’s very subtle and sarcastic, and it was somewhat of a necessity when living with the Visoreds and with Urahara for so long. He is very deadpan whenever he tells jokes, and often enough those listening may not even realize that he’s told one.

He’s still not particularly good at taking jokes, particularly ones at his expense. At best, it will go over his head, but he may end up in a bad mood as a result.

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[ooc; if you read that post I reblogged, some of the reblogged additions to it are actually more informative and accurate than the op itself. Of course, I’m not going to reblog them all, because there are several. But take a gander if it’s relevant!

[to-wander]

Some tips to writing gay sex when you aren’t a gay guy:

When your characters are cis men:

Preparation is key. If your character didn’t expect to have sex that night, then he probably isn’t prepared. If there is penetration going to be happening, he needs to get himself ready… y’know… clean up. Otherwise bad stuff is gonna happen and it’s not pleasant for either person.

LUBE. Not spit. LUBE. Spit dries up really easily and it can pull on that sensitive flesh and that’s not a pleasant experience for most people.

There are other ways of having sex then putting dick in butt. Many other ways. Explore them! This also applies to every other gender.

Stretching before penetration is important, it can REALLY hurt otherwise. Your character needs to be relaxed, but don’t overstretch them (that can hurt too). That ain’t fun buddy, don’t put your character through that.

Don’t just… have your guy who is on top slam his dick into the other? That’s not fun, put some speed differences in there, have him pay attention to the other’s responses.

When the characters are trans men:

After going on HRT (hormone replacement therapy), men can grow facial hair and get a deeper voice.

If your character shows signs of having hormones, he may not be able to produce natural lubrication anymore in his parts. Much like cismen, he also needs LUBE.

Some trans men prefer anal, just cause gender dysphoria can suck sometimes.

Try to stray away from calling your trans character terms like ‘tranny’ or other terms that can be hurtful.

A lot of trans men feel uncomfortable when people start talking about their ‘pussy’, calling them ‘woman’, or wanting to ‘impregnate them’ (which is impossible once you’ve been on HRT for a while). You might trigger the aforementioned gender dysphoria again in your readers, but also in your character.

It’s not a good feeling, so maybe stray away from that! :)

Be kind to your trans man, (and your other characters of course), so give him things that make him feel validated as the man he truly is. Use he/him/his pronouns, be obvious about it.

Feel free to add more! This is not an all-encompassing list!

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[ooc; need more icons, more threads, more everything. Like for a starter? Mutuals only, please. 

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Stares at the small pile of confetti in his hand. “What the fuck is this.”

[mikao]

iwas just gonna practice clothes but ( ɵ̥̥ ˑ̫ ɵ̥̥)

[fierysuggestion]

let it burn, let it cleanse, let it start anew and grow

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21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate?

Character Solidifying // Accepting

What are your character’s manners like?

Pretty atrocious, in all honesty. As a young teenager in Rukongai, the only manners Kensei was ever taught were a means to control him; he didn’t really understand them or the purpose they served, right up to the very end. After that point, Kensei grew into a very blunt person, one who says what he means and doesn’t beat around the bush very much. 

That’s not to say he never uses manners. He can be polite, particularly in situations where he can genuinely apologize to someone or might naturally be inclined to compliment them. However, he doesn’t soften his tone or hold back his words when he doesn’t feel like he needs to — or he doesn’t feel like the other person deserves it.

What is their type of hero?

As far as he will tell anyone, he doesn’t have one.

As a young person, he very often dreamed of some sort of great leader, bold and brave and strong, sweeping through Soul Society and bringing the established power to its knees, replacing the existing rules with something or someone that would fix everything that was wrong with it. Of course, that didn’t happen, and so Kensei tried to accept that no one was going to rescue him. And he had to rescue himself.

Whom do they hate?

Kensei doesn’t hate as many people as he seems like he might. He hates, more than anything, certain aspects of people — arrogance, incompetence, hypocrisy, malice, and blithe optimism, to name a few. However, he reserves true hatred for a select few people who really have no redeemable qualities. People like Aizen and Gin.

He does not, however many times he claims it, truly hate Tousen, deep down. A fact which he hates in and of itself.

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Character solidifying!

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1. How does your character think of their father? What do they hate and love about him? What influence - literal or imagined - did the father have? 2. Their mother? How do they think of her? What do they hate? Love? What influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have? 3. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings? 4. What type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? Strict? Lenient? 5. Were they overprotected as a child? Sheltered? 6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child? 7. What was the economic status of their family? 8. How does your character feel about religion? 9. What about political beliefs? 10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted? 11. How do they see themselves: as smart, as intelligent, uneducated? 12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations? 13. Did they like school? Teachers? Schoolmates? 14. Were they involved at school? Sports? Clubs? Debate? Were they unconnected? 15. Did they graduate? High-School? College? Do they have a PHD? A GED? 16. What does your character do for a living? How do they see their profession? What do they like about it? Dislike? 17. Did they travel? Where? Why? When? 18. What did they find abroad, and what did they remember? 19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now? 20. What were the most deeply impressive political or social, national or international, events that they experienced? 21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate? 22. Who are their friends? Lovers? ‘Type’ or ‘ideal’ partner? 23. What do they want from a partner? What do they think and feel of sex? 24. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually? 25. What are their hobbies and interests? 26. What does your character’s home look like? Personal taste? Clothing? Hair? Appearance? 27. How do they relate to their appearance? How do they wear their clothing? Style? Quality? 28. Who is your character’s mate? How do they relate to him or her? How did they make their choice? 29. What is your character’s weaknesses? Hubris? Pride? Controlling? 30. Are they holding on to something in the past? Can he or she forgive? 31. Does your character have children? How do they feel about their parental role? About the children? How do the children relate? 32. How does your character react to stress situations? Defensively? Aggressively? Evasively? 33. Do they drink? Take drugs? What about their health?  34. Does your character feel self-righteous? Revengeful? Contemptuous? 35. Do they always rationalize errors? How do they accept disasters and failures? 36. Do they like to suffer? Like to see other people suffering? 37. How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories? 38. Are they basically negative when facing new things? Suspicious? Hostile? Scared? Enthusiastic? 39. What do they like to ridicule? What do they find stupid? 40. How is their sense of humor? Do they have one? 41. Is your character aware of who they are? Strengths? Weaknesses? Idiosyncrasies? Capable of self-irony? 42. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain? 43. Does your character have any secrets? If so, are they holding them back? 44. How badly do they want to obtain their life objectives? How do they pursue them? 45. Is your character pragmatic? Think first? Responsible? All action? A visionary? Passionate? Quixotic? 46. Is your character tall? Short? What about size? Weight? Posture? How do they feel about their physical body? 47. Do they want to project an image of a younger, older, more important person? Does they want to be visible or invisible? 48. How are your character’s gestures? Vigorous? Weak? Controlled? Compulsive? Energetic? Sluggish? 49. What about voice? Pitch? Strength? Tempo and rhythm of speech? Pronunciation? Accent? 50. What are the prevailing facial expressions? Sour? Cheerful? Dominating?

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About five years before the present day (five years after the Quincy War), Kensei got a dog.

To be more accurate, he did not get a dog; rather, it was given to him by his lieutenant Hisagi Shuuhei (deuxscythetango). One of the dogs owned by Shuuhei’s partner, Renji, had recently given birth to a litter of puppies, and they needed to find homes for them. Kensei was an easy mark, since he has a soft spot for babies and animals and baby animals. 

So ‘Todo’, as Kensei decided to call him, became the Ninth Division dog. However, in a lot of ways he functions as a service dog for Kensei, providing Kensei with comfort for his paranoia and PTSD. He is very alert and tends to be more of a ‘herder’ — which can be kind of funny when Todo starts trying to herd Ninth Division members on the practice yard.

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Sorry for not posting much here (and also on my other blogs, but mostly here). Between school, work, mental illness, and my 5000 AUs that I’m working on, rp has fallen by the wayside. I’m going to aim to do at least one reply per blog per week in hopes of getting caught up. 

also hmu if you want a thread

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[ the-hxnged-man ]

“What?” Shuuhei had fallen into the weird, trance-like state that comes with repetitive motions, but he snaps out of it at his Captain’s approach. He sheathes Kazeshini. “Yeah. Yes sir.” He slept. Not well, admittedly, but he’s run important missions on less sleep than this. He’s had plenty of practice working on little sleep– as a child, in the Academy, and now as a seated officer with mountains of paperwork to complete. 

The apple comes flying towards him and it’s only reflex that has him snatching it out of the air before really registering what it is. He turns it over in his hand a few times, noting the part that had already been sliced out. Had Kensei eaten some of it? The cut is neat and perfectly sized, and Shuuhei wonders if he’d used Tachikaze to cut it. He wonders how the zanpaktou would feel about being used for such menial tasks. Kazeshini, at least, has too much pride for such a thing. 

He bites into it, listens to his Captain update him on the mission status. Nothing fire-proof. Unfortunate, but not a huge problem. They’re both fairly fast and light on their feet, and should be able to avoid any serious burns. Oxygen masks– helpful. Shuuhei hadn’t even thought about the oxygen deprivation. He seriously doubts the usefulness of the lotion, but that might be because he associates the phrase ‘lotion’ with the smelly stuff Rangiku smears on his hands when they crack during the winter.

“I’m ready.” He nods. “Thank you.” He adds, lifting the apple slightly. He feels, admittedly, a bit uncomfortable with everything. The memory of Tousen running point on missions is still strong in his mind, and he can’t help but compare everything Kensei does with Tousen. Tousen never bothered to feed him before a mission, but there was always careful planning, maps and reviewing and he always trusted Shuuhei to show up at his very best. Tousen never bothered to ask if Shuuhei slept, and he’s not sure if he feels insulted or comforted by Kensei having asked. He takes another bite of the apple. 

None of this is to say he doesn’t trust Shuuhei. He trusts Shuuhei — not with everything, not with anything to do with his past — but he at least entrusts his life to him, which is more than he can say for most people. Shuuhei is capable, strong, a leader, someone who needs to be here in the coming years. He’s the rock of the Ninth Division, far more than Kensei can be. Not now, not for a century. 

That said, he does not want Shuuhei on this mission, any more than he wants Mashiro on this mission. 

What he wants is a small group of capable officers, subordinates he can rely upon but not entirely. Warriors whose expendability is as implicit to them as it is to him, who understand that he’ll protect them as much as he can but he can’t be everywhere, even if he wanted to be. What he wants is his Muguruma Squad, but they’re ashes just as much as the 18th and 19th Districts.

He watches Shuuhei eat the apple, thinking. Shuuhei is even more vulnerable to the fire than he is, mainly because his Captain’s haori is supposedly fire-resistant. Not that he trusts it against a full-on onslaught, but anything is better than nothing. Once they get out to around 16th District, he’ll make sure they take the time to actually put on that lotion. Hopefully that officer knew what he was talking about; hopefully it won’t be like lotion on a sunburn (just cooking them from the inside out).

He is hesitating, putting off the inevitable. The longer they wait, the longer it will take, and the more likely Mashiro will come looking for them. He tugs the bag with equipment even further onto his shoulder and says, “Let’s go.”

And they go. There are perks to being a Captain, but this is not one of them.

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Overwatch Verse.

Kensei Muguruma was one of the original members of Overwatch. After the initial crisis, Kensei was sent to Lijiang, China to command a Watchpoint there. He ran a tight, clean ship and was mostly unaffected by the intricate politics that plagued Overwatch’s central command. 

When Overwatch suddenly disbanded and left him unemployed, Kensei eventually became the owner of what turned into a world-class restaurant in Lijang. He didn’t answer Overwatch’s recall and it’s only after Talon’s efforts to eliminate him became a danger to his own life and the lives of those around him that he reluctantly made his way to the new headquarters. In spite of others’ encouragement, he refused to resume a command position within the organization itself, though he does end up taking the lead often in field assignments.

UNIT TYPE // TANK

Pulse Machine Gun | Kensei’s automatic energy weapon has significant charge but a slow recharge time. [Ammo: 40]

Earth Severing | Kensei expends all of his weapon’s charge at once to create a larger blast, which also has knockback effect.

Armor | Kensei has armor and shields that drastically increase his health, though they aren’t self-healing. [Max health: 450]

ULTIMATE ABILITY // Bursting Power | Kensei unleashes a melee assault on nearby enemies, dual-wielding two electrocharged prongs that have the potential to stun as well as damage anyone they strike.

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[ooc; thread aside, Kensei ought to try writing short memoir pieces of some sort. Actually cope with some of that #trauma and also they’d be rly interesting honestly

maybe he can get one of his artsy friends to let him narrate and write down his thoughts. or just get speech-to-text

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[ deuxscythetango ]

“Uh- yeah, like cooking!” Part of Shuuhei is really, really tempted to bring up the fact that Tousen used to have a very popular cooking segment when he was still writing for the paper, but he decides against it. There’s no need to remind Muguruma that no matter what he writes, people will no doubt be comparing it to Tousen. 

Besides, it’s been a long time since anybody brought up the ‘T word’, and their last few conversations about him didn’t exactly end on a positive note.

“Pieces like that are often pretty popular, since a lot of people can relate.”

He knows that Muguruma is trying, and that by itself is pretty special. Shuuhei doesn’t want to make him nervous or discouraged.

“I run into that problem a lot. You could try sitting down and setting a timer for two minutes, then in those two minutes make a list of anything you might want to try writing about. Maybe one of those ideas will stick.”

No, let’s bring up the ‘T word’, shall we? That way Kensei can go on a far-too-emotionally-charged rampage about ‘fucking Tousen’ and ‘of course he had to take everything from me, even cooking’. But he’s not bitter or anything like that. Certainly that’s exactly what Shuuhei wants to hear, right?

It’ll be a quick enough discovery when Kensei flips through the archives later for inspiration, noticing Tousen’s name and Tousen’s column and so on, so forth. And it’ll surely be a mess when the time comes. But that’s not quite yet. Not just yet.

“Huh... what else do people write? Advice columns? Fiction?” He hasn’t actually read the Communication in over a century; who fucking knows what’s in it these days. That aside... he could give advice! He knows shit. He’s been alive a long time; surely that gives him some level of expertise. 

He thinks about this for several seconds. “So even actual writers don’t know what to write all the time...” Kensei had thought that writing just... happened. Like turning on a tap or... or pissing or something. At least, all his artistic friends gave him that impression. “...two minutes isn’t very long.” He could probably do two minutes. Assuming, of course, that he could think of anything to put down in that time.

[babsterlagoon-deactivated201802]

Shredded

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ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

After the end of the Thousand Year Blood War, most of Soul Society was left devastated in the wreckage and destruction that had occurred, not the least of whom were the Visoreds and Kensei himself. Somehow, all of them managed to survive the war, though there was a lasting impact on Kensei and Rose in particular. 

It would be crude and unrealistic to say that the war is a blip in their pasts. In addition to the physical and psychological impact of zombification, regulations and laws passed just after the end of the war made for a tense social climate as Kensei considered where he wanted to go next. He found himself directly opposing many of the laws that put Seireitei at opposition with Rukongai, as well as outright despising some of his colleagues even more than he did before. Certainly not an ideal work situation for him.

Not all changes were negative, of course. Kensei has been growing closer to Shuuhei, even to the point of assisting with his wedding to Izuru Kira and Renji Abarai. It didn’t hurt that he was able to befriend Shuuhei’s adopted daughter, Kyoko, who he enjoys helping with whenever she’s around the division. 

Kensei is not entirely sure what the future holds for him, but he has made up his mind on one thing — he doesn’t want to fight another war. Consciously or subconsciously, he’s been trying to prepare Shuuhei to take over as Captain of the Ninth Division. Kensei has full confidence that Shuuhei is suited perfectly for the position; he just needs Shuuhei to believe it as well.