THE MIRACLE OF EFFORT

DELICATE IN EVERY WAY BUT ONE ( THE SWORDPLAY. ) ------------------------- indie roleplay blog for akira from the series samurai deeper kyo. written by gem. sidebar credit.

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THIS BLOG IS BEING ARCHIVED & MOVED ! catch me over here, at the same username as before!

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THIS BLOG IS BEING ARCHIVED & MOVED ! catch me over here, at the same username as before!

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THIS BLOG IS BEING ARCHIVED & MOVED ! catch me over here, at the same username as before!

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THIS BLOG IS BEING ARCHIVED & MOVED ! catch me over here, at the same username as before!

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me, very quietly: there is no heterosexual explanation for the way benitora and akira bond in the end of the series

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❛ I want you to help me, but I’ll do it myself if I have to. ❜

you win or you die.

          “ oh, you want my help? why, tora, you need only ask! ”

akira’s tone is endlessly amused, bordering on some sort of sadistic glee as he reached for one of the twin blades at his back. it had been some time since he’d actually indulged in a good fight, and being at benitora’s side once more had his blood running hot as it used to.

( the brush of the bandanna wound round the blade he reached for has his heart spiking for a different reason, though benitora needn’t know. )

          “ has all your time playing shogun softened you up? we can’t have that now. i’ll not have a rematch with you if it’s going to be boring! ”

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° ✧ GAME OF THRONES PROMPTS. PART II.

possible triggers, read/reblog with caution.

SEASON FOUR :

❛ You lost, friend? ❜ ❛ Forgive me for staring… ❜ ❛ May I tell you a secret? ❜ ❛ I’m here to welcome you to the capital… ❜ ❛ How did that come to pass? ❜ ❛ You don’t partake? ❜ ❛ I was invited to the royal wedding. ❜ ❛ I thought we were speaking truth. ❜ ❛ The last time I was in the capital was many years ago. ❜ ❛ I’ve heard rumors. ❜ ❛ I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened– ❜ ❛ You must not have been very good at your job. ❜ ❛ Do you intend to execute me or am I free to go? ❜ ❛ You know what? You should come with us.  ❜ ❛ You got money to pay for it? ❜ ❛ You don’t seem to understand the situation. ❜ ❛ I place far too much trust in you. ❜ ❛ You murdered them and displayed their corpses. ❜ ❛ You ready for a hunt? ❜ ❛ Though you’re not the champion yet, are you? ❜ ❛ I’m sure they have a spare costume. ❜ ❛ I would like to keep what remains of my face. ❜ ❛ This one is clearly mad with lust. ❜ ❛ What good is an empty cup? Fill it. ❜ ❛ If you want to live, we have to leave. ❜ ❛ I’m not trying to trick you. ❜ ❛ They’ll be following you, now. ❜ ❛ Are you going to accept their offer? ❜ ❛ I will not have you dying on my behalf! ❜ ❛ You got to do all seven of the fuckers? ❜ ❛ Call that a fight? ❜ ❛ It means something to me. ❜ ❛ They want to draw us out, pick us off a few at a time. ❜ ❛ There's got to be a way to protect them. ❜ ❛ Your hatred for my family is…rather well known. ❜ ❛ You think we conspired together? ❜ ❛ But you want something in return. ❜ ❛ That must be hard for you to admit. ❜ ❛ I will not disappoint you. ❜ ❛ I will not gamble with your life. ❜ ❛ I bring your enemies what they deserve. ❜ ❛ You want to live the rest of your life in chains? ❜ ❛ What do you think they’ll do to us? ❜ ❛ We have no training, no weapons. ❜ ❛ If you want it, you must take it. ❜ ❛ I will answer injustice with justice. ❜

SEASON FIVE :

❛ Trial? I have confessed. ❜ ❛ My point is, we don’t choose whom we love. ❜ ❛ What I’m trying and failing to say… ❜ ❛ I know what you’re trying to say. ❜ ❛ I think a part of me always knew and I’m glad. ❜ ❛ Do you have any last words? ❜ ❛ Perhaps, even you are innocent of that. ❜ ❛ I can not disobey my king’s command. ❜ ❛ I’m not going to kill you. ❜ ❛ You’re going to advise me. ❜ ❛ I’m not going to be banished…  ❜ ❛ We’re all the same to them, meat for their army. ❜ ❛ Why should I spend my time listening to you? ❜ ❛ I will have a very large army and very large dragons. ❜ ❛ What will we find when we strip away your finery? ❜ ❛ Let go of vanity, pride, sin. ❜ ❛ Lies come easily to you, everyone knows that. ❜ ❛ I just need a moment of your time. ❜ ❛ How many centuries before we learn how to build cities like this again? ❜ ❛ This is my home. And you can’t frighten me. ❜ ❛ It takes courage to admit fear, and to admit a mistake. ❜ ❛ I came here to you that I was wrong. ❜ ❛ This isn’t a strange place, this is my home. ❜ ❛ You’re going the wrong way. ❜ ❛ What a waste of a good kidnapping. ❜ ❛ So happens, I was heading there myself. ❜ ❛ The dead don’t need lovers, only the living. ❜ ❛ Don’t you want to chase the rats out of it? ❜ ❛ My place is here. ❜ ❛ I’m giving you a chance to avenge your family. ❜ ❛ I wish I could fight beside you. ❜ ❛ I can imagine no higher praise. ❜ ❛ I won’t try and dissuade you. ❜ ❛ I’m sorry I’m always snapping at you. ❜ ❛ If you didn’t snap at me I wouldn’t learn anything. ❜ ❛ I’m going to show you how to ride properly. ❜ ❛ I can teach you how to fight. ❜ ❛ I suppose that’s more important. ❜ ❛ You loved your family, avenge them. ❜ ❛ There’s no justice in the world. Not unless we make it. ❜ ❛ I don’t feel guilty. That’s what’s odd. ❜ ❛ They don’t fear you, they don’t follow you.  ❜ ❛ And how long will that be? ❜ ❛ There are only two like it in the world. ❜ ❛ You never told me why you set me free. ❜ ❛ You’re not family, you owe me nothing. ❜

SEASON SIX :

❛ Everything they’ve taken from us, we’re going to take back. ❜ ❛ It’s a good thing you’re not a boy/girl anymore. ❜ ❛ That’s what I do. I drink and I know things. ❜ ❛ I’m here to help. Don’t eat the help. ❜ ❛ I’ve heard conflicting reports. ❜ ❛ What kind of god would have a pecker that small? ❜ ❛ My reign has just begun. ❜ ❛ We make peace with our enemies, not our friends. ❜ ❛ If you did know, you’re my enemy. ❜ ❛ If you didn’t know, you’re an idiot. ❜ ❛ Fuck justice then. We’ll get revenge. ❜ ❛ Violence is a disease. ❜ ❛ You’re shit at dying, you know that? ❜ ❛ Trust me – if my soup didn’t kill you, nothing will. ❜ ❛ We may as well be taking shits back here. ❜ ❛ If you ever come back this way, I will execute you myself. ❜ ❛ You don’t have to be here. ❜ ❛ Perhaps we should take shelter. ❜ ❛ Have you ever met the blackfish? ❜ ❛ Why did we have to come here? ❜ ❛ That is hardly your concern. ❜ ❛ The gods have a plan for us all. ❜ ❛ Have they hurt you? Have they mistreated you? ❜ ❛ Is there no other way? ❜ ❛ Come with me…now. The dead don’t rest. ❜ ❛ I’m tired of fighting. It’s all I’ve done since I left home. ❜ ❛ Where will you go? ❜ ❛ After they stabbed you, where did you go? ❜ ❛ What do you remember? ❜ ❛ They obviously had help. ❜ ❛ Next time I have an idea like that, punch me in the face. ❜ ❛ If I lost my cock I would drink all the time. ❜ ❛ Apologies for what you are about to see. ❜ ❛ And we’re going to fight it in there? ❜ ❛ Sinners don’t make demands, they make confessions. ❜ ❛ I offer my services once again. ❜ ❛ Help me get him/her inside. ❜ ❛ I have never been much of a fighter. ❜ ❛ The three eyed raven says there’s a war coming. ❜ ❛ We have to cross here. ❜ ❛ I can’t speak for the flames, but he’s/she’s gone. ❜ ❛ If we don’t take back the north, we’ll never be safe. ❜ ❛ I want you to help me, but I’ll do it myself if I have to. ❜ ❛ Don’t you wish we could go back to the day we left?  ❜ ❛ I want to scream at myself, “don’t go you idiot.” ❜ ❛ That’s what you said. ❜

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Japanese Swords

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For every “Trope” I get, I will post a TV trope for my muse.

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How do you feel about your loss of sight? Living as you do now, would you make the same decision? (ya mainverse)

how do you feel about _____?

         “ living without my eyes doesn’t bother me nearly as much as people believe it does. i’m not really in the dark ; my own special abilities allow me to paint the world around me in a way that i can navigate it without help. i can understand now that the place i was in when i made the decision was…not the best place for a boy my age to be making such a leap, but it paid off in the end.

        …though…a time ago, i said that without kyo by my side, there was very little in the world i wished to see and…i’ve come to the conclusion that i was wrong in some way. i know that without taking my eyes away and becoming stronger i would have never made it this far, but part of me wishes i could truly experience the faces of my comrades. it’s a small price to pay in the end. ”

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Ask my character "How do you feel about ______?" Can be an idea, person(s), place, or thing, and they'll have to answer honestly.

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mita-rashi replied to your post: Have you ever: Kissed a Girl? c:

smooch smooch

        “ d-do you mind? ”

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Have you ever felt even a shred of guilt for the amount of bullshit you put me through?

have you ever?

        “ not even an ounce. ” it’s a lie, of course. he doesn’t feel guilty for the taunts or the pranks or any of that sort, but there is a deeper sort of gnawing feeling over how he dragged her down with him in the early days of his blindness, with his deep self-loathing and unwillingness to move for days and weeks. “ why, do you think i should repay you for the days when we sparred and i finally got the upperhand? ”

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Have you ever: Kissed a Girl? c:

have you ever?

         “ bah. that’s a stupid question. why does it matter? ”

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Let's Play "Have You Ever?"

Fill my inbox with “have you ever” questions and I swear I’ll answer every single one for you.

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he sets the box in his hands in front of her as soon as he gets near enough, folding his hands behind his back as he waited for her to look inside. " a gift, from my recent trip to kirigakure. would have bought you a postcard, but they don't make 'wish you were here' cards for the hidden mist. " instead, he's brought her a box of local sweets, stacked carefully inside.

Anko is forever suspicious of Akira’s intentions. He can be fickle like a cat, with moods that change on a whim, so when he brings her gifts like this…

It’s not rude of her to send him a distrustful look, is it? Because it’s not entirely insincere. Anko isn’t sure if she should eat the sweets now or maybe save them for when she has a medic on hand.

“I didn’t know you liked me enough to give me gifts, Akira.”

She opens the box slowly, peering in and moving the sweets around with a careful finger. They look cute. Odd, coming from Kiri.

“Can you maybe try and poison me in a less obvious fashion? That way I’ll actually be surprised.”