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yes i got writer's block in the middle of this
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“she’s so pretty…” you think as her hair gently brushes the wind, as her scent of flowers gets stronger. how could those ghouls and staff treat her as an errand girl or replaceable when she’s this beautiful, her eyes gently gleaming like pink opals, pink and iridescent ( but her eyes are slowly losing their gleam) looking at you with the softest of smiles, the kindest of hearts.
whenever she recounts her missions to you, you could only imagine how pretty she looked like, how undeserving that those ghouls who treat her like that get to keep the prettiest views of her in their minds…if only you were a ghoul, (if only you could do something, if only you weren’t just a hopeless fan of hers)
you want to gift her flowers, flowers that could only express a slight bit of the love you held for her, candies that show just how sweet she is, always kind and helpful despite how the ghouls treat her, her eyes glittering with gold. her soul like divinity before your eyes, you feel like you just gazed at something you weren’t supposed to see, for how could a mortal compare to a god?
p2 MWAHAHAHAHAHA THE ANGST IS GOING TO COMEEEE HAHAHAHA (yandere-ish, ghouls possessed me when i was writing this, please don't ask me why TvT)
(TUMBLR FOR THE LOVE OF WHATERVER IT IS STOP SHADOWBANNING ME.)
her hands are so pretty. slim, white, and utterly delicate, like the petals of a white lily. But that godforsaken ring is on her ring finger. You want to take it off from her finger, not tear, and gently of course, always care for the girl who conquered your kingdom of hearts, and replace it with something so beautiful no anomaly would ever dare take her, for those things, those abhorrent things don’t deserve to even let their breath touch just even a hair on her head, nor take just even a glimpse at her otherworldly beauty, of a celestial those abandoned sinners don’t deserve to stay on the same plane of existence as. (you think you would tear them apart with your bare hands if you could, flesh splitting, their aqua vitae spilling everywhere, making a mess, and you would smile through it.)
But your affection for her, your hidden love will never be brought to the light, for she…is too oblivious. No matter what hint you drop, she will never grasp the hidden meaning. You gently stroke her hair, softly chuckling at her utter obliviousness as you rethink all of the hints you dropped upon her. Even as you sit here now on her bed, right next to her sleeping form, a “sleepover together”, and she just agreed with that innocent smile of hers, her eyes gleaming like stars in a dark night, (just like how her life got destroyed in a single moment. she knows you always loved her, but she has never thought of it in a romantic light. you aren’t cruel enough to confess and make her life harder from her limited time left. maybe she might not be oblivious, maybe she’s just trying to protect herself from further heartbreak. you love her, but love has never negated doom.)
p2 MWAHAHAHAHAHA THE ANGST IS GOING TO COMEEEE HAHAHAHA (yandere-ish, ghouls possessed me when i was writing this, please don't ask me why TvT) (TUMBLR FOR THE LOVE OF WHATERVER IT IS STOP SHADOWBANNING ME.) P1 here
her hands are so pretty. slim, white, and utterly delicate, like the petals of a white lily. But that godforsaken ring is on her ring finger. You want to take it off from her finger, not tear, and gently of course, always care for the girl who conquered your kingdom of hearts, and replace it with something so beautiful no anomaly would ever dare take her, for those things, those abhorrent things don’t deserve to even let their breath touch just even a hair on her head, nor take just even a glimpse at her otherworldly beauty, of a celestial those abandoned sinners don’t deserve to stay on the same plane of existence as. (you think you would tear them apart with your bare hands if you could, flesh splitting, their aqua vitae spilling everywhere, making a mess, and you would smile through it.)
But your affection for her, your hidden love will never be brought to the light, for she…is too oblivious. No matter what hint you drop, she will never grasp the hidden meaning. You gently stroke her hair, softly chuckling at her utter obliviousness as you rethink all of the hints you dropped upon her. Even as you sit here now on her bed, right next to her sleeping form, a “sleepover together”, and she just agreed with that innocent smile of hers, her eyes gleaming like stars in a dark night, (just like how her life got destroyed in a single moment. she knows you always loved her, but she has never thought of it in a romantic light. you aren’t cruel enough to confess and make her life harder from her limited time left. maybe she might not be oblivious, maybe she’s just trying to protect herself from further heartbreak. you love her, but love has never negated doom.)
immediately after rui’s curse is broken, there are no joyous tears, long-awaited hugs, eternal hand-intertwining.
no. your contact comes slowly. it’s the flinches, the incredulous feeling of being able to have bare hands meet the air, the warmth in the air from the small distance between your hands as you sit on a bench. close enough for him to touch if he wanted, but he never worked up the courage to.
you remember waiting, watching him in the aftermath of the curse, hand held close to his face but not touching. you saw the instinctual fear that flickered through his eyes at the sight of you so close to him, and your hand is gone, withdrawn, waiting.
you remember the first time a butterfly landed on him after his curse. he's trying so hard not to shake, incredulously watching the insect stay vibrant in his hands.
you remember watching his hands run slowly through the grass, his eyes always following his movements to confirm it never wilted under his touch.
you remember him heaving in the bathroom in those late nights where he felt too scared to sleep. (he'd forgotten what it was like to rest.) when the fear instilled by the butterfly caught up to him and the delayed panic forced him to relive the cursed years.
you remember watching him cry when peekaboo accidentally bound into his arms, his body finally remembering what it was like to hold something warm. you remember watching his composure crumple, and how you so desperately wanted to wipe the tears off his cheeks.
the first time he touches you, actually touches you, is months after his curse. he'd put his hand against yours, featherlight against your skin, a silent oath to never hurt you. his forehead touches yours, and he whispers into your lips. "thank you for waiting for me."
p2 MWAHAHAHAHAHA THE ANGST IS GOING TO COMEEEE HAHAHAHA (yandere-ish, ghouls possessed me when i was writing this, please don't ask me why TvT) (TUMBLR FOR THE LOVE OF WHATERVER IT IS STOP SHADOWBANNING ME.) P1 here
her hands are so pretty. slim, white, and utterly delicate, like the petals of a white lily. But that godforsaken ring is on her ring finger. You want to take it off from her finger, not tear, and gently of course, always care for the girl who conquered your kingdom of hearts, and replace it with something so beautiful no anomaly would ever dare take her, for those things, those abhorrent things don’t deserve to even let their breath touch just even a hair on her head, nor take just even a glimpse at her otherworldly beauty, of a celestial those abandoned sinners don’t deserve to stay on the same plane of existence as. (you think you would tear them apart with your bare hands if you could, flesh splitting, their aqua vitae spilling everywhere, making a mess, and you would smile through it.)
But your affection for her, your hidden love will never be brought to the light, for she…is too oblivious. No matter what hint you drop, she will never grasp the hidden meaning. You gently stroke her hair, softly chuckling at her utter obliviousness as you rethink all of the hints you dropped upon her. Even as you sit here now on her bed, right next to her sleeping form, a “sleepover together”, and she just agreed with that innocent smile of hers, her eyes gleaming like stars in a dark night, (just like how her life got destroyed in a single moment. she knows you always loved her, but she has never thought of it in a romantic light. you aren’t cruel enough to confess and make her life harder from her limited time left. maybe she might not be oblivious, maybe she’s just trying to protect herself from further heartbreak. you love her, but love has never negated doom.)
yes i got writer's block in the middle of this
tumblr for whatever love is out there stop SHADOWBANNINGGGG me!!!! (ﾉθυ益θ)ﾉ
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“she’s so pretty…” you think as her hair gently brushes the wind, as her scent of flowers gets stronger. how could those ghouls and staff treat her as an errand girl or replaceable when she’s this beautiful, her eyes gently gleaming like pink opals, pink and iridescent ( but her eyes are slowly losing their gleam) looking at you with the softest of smiles, the kindest of hearts.
whenever she recounts her missions to you, you could only imagine how pretty she looked like, how undeserving that those ghouls who treat her like that get to keep the prettiest views of her in their minds…if only you were a ghoul, (if only you could do something, if only you weren’t just a hopeless fan of hers)
you want to gift her flowers, flowers that could only express a slight bit of the love you held for her, candies that show just how sweet she is, always kind and helpful despite how the ghouls treat her, her eyes glittering with gold. her soul like divinity before your eyes, you feel like you just gazed at something you weren’t supposed to see, for how could a mortal compare to a god?
p2 MWAHAHAHAHAHA THE ANGST IS GOING TO COMEEEE HAHAHAHA (yandere-ish, ghouls possessed me when i was writing this, please don't ask me why TvT)
(TUMBLR FOR THE LOVE OF WHATERVER IT IS STOP SHADOWBANNING ME.)
her hands are so pretty. slim, white, and utterly delicate, like the petals of a white lily. But that godforsaken ring is on her ring finger. You want to take it off from her finger, not tear, and gently of course, always care for the girl who conquered your kingdom of hearts, and replace it with something so beautiful no anomaly would ever dare take her, for those things, those abhorrent things don’t deserve to even let their breath touch just even a hair on her head, nor take just even a glimpse at her otherworldly beauty, of a celestial those abandoned sinners don’t deserve to stay on the same plane of existence as. (you think you would tear them apart with your bare hands if you could, flesh splitting, their aqua vitae spilling everywhere, making a mess, and you would smile through it.)
But your affection for her, your hidden love will never be brought to the light, for she…is too oblivious. No matter what hint you drop, she will never grasp the hidden meaning. You gently stroke her hair, softly chuckling at her utter obliviousness as you rethink all of the hints you dropped upon her. Even as you sit here now on her bed, right next to her sleeping form, a “sleepover together”, and she just agreed with that innocent smile of hers, her eyes gleaming like stars in a dark night, (just like how her life got destroyed in a single moment. she knows you always loved her, but she has never thought of it in a romantic light. you aren’t cruel enough to confess and make her life harder from her limited time left. maybe she might not be oblivious, maybe she’s just trying to protect herself from further heartbreak. you love her, but love has never negated doom.)
honestly i dont think we talked about the dead eyed stare subaru gave haku in episode 15 ENOUGH. like haku pulls his "do you need help changing" and subaru looks at him like "dont even fucking try it." LIKE HELLO???? WE DONT TALK ABOUT THIS ENERGY ENOUGH WHERE AM I.
yes i got writer's block in the middle of this
tumblr for whatever love is out there stop SHADOWBANNINGGGG me!!!! (ﾉθυ益θ)ﾉ
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“she’s so pretty…” you think as her hair gently brushes the wind, as her scent of flowers gets stronger. how could those ghouls and staff treat her as an errand girl or replaceable when she’s this beautiful, her eyes gently gleaming like pink opals, pink and iridescent ( but her eyes are slowly losing their gleam) looking at you with the softest of smiles, the kindest of hearts.
whenever she recounts her missions to you, you could only imagine how pretty she looked like, how undeserving that those ghouls who treat her like that get to keep the prettiest views of her in their minds…if only you were a ghoul, (if only you could do something, if only you weren’t just a hopeless fan of hers)
you want to gift her flowers, flowers that could only express a slight bit of the love you held for her, candies that show just how sweet she is, always kind and helpful despite how the ghouls treat her, her eyes glittering with gold. her soul like divinity before your eyes, you feel like you just gazed at something you weren’t supposed to see, for how could a mortal compare to a god?
Sit down, get a snack, get tissues, I'm about to ramble a while
I've known Shion a little over a week and I either cracked his whole character and backstory right open, or mischaractarised him so grossly I'll only disappoint myself if I'm wrong. Altho Im about to throw out so many guesses at least some of them have to turn out right. Right??? The only person allowed to have an even faster record of figuring Shion out is Mio
Trigger warning: Suicide/death. Well. MAYBE.
To start with, I was thinking of everyone's roles in dionysia and slowly realized that. Haru must have been the only guy in the circus that was actually funny?? Like I'm sure Jo can crack a good natured joke, but that's not the same as being THE Clown. Haru is the clown. Ren called it right. Dionysia is currently a circus missing their no. 1 clown. Shion scares people. And that's when it clicked that they are foils of each other. The funny clown and the Scary creepy clown. The happy mask and the sad mask.
Tarot Cards that might represent Shion
The Tower
Upright: disaster, destruction, upheaval, trauma, sudden change, chaos. Reversed: averting disaster, delaying the inevitable, resisting change, fear of change
I picked this right away because this would be the opposite to Taiga's wheel of fortune. It highly depends on if it turns out their rivalry to be more of a one side thing on Shion's part? Because the tower could be not a character in the game, but the inevitable sudden upheaval of events we've seen in the beginning cutscene and end of S1. BUT! It would fit Shion because of the disasters he's caused and I am personally enamoured with Taiga vs Shion.
The Tower card depicts a high spire nestled on top of the mountain. A lightning bolt strikes the tower which sets it ablaze. Flames are bursting in the windows and people are jumping out of the windows as an act of desperation. They perhaps signal the same figures we see chained in the Devil card earlier. They want to escape the turmoil and destruction within. The Tower is a symbol for the ambition that is constructed on faulty premises. The destruction of the tower must happen in order to clear out the old ways and welcome something new. Its revelations can come in a flash of truth or inspiration.
Upright Tower Meaning
The Tower represents change in the most radical and momentous sense. It is for this reason that the card itself visually looks so unnerving. But it doesn't necessarily have to be truly frightening or ominous. Because at the heart of this card, its message is foundational, groundbreaking change.
The kind of event that the Tower card marks does not have to be something terrible, like a disaster or a great loss. Change itself is a normal part of life that one has to embrace. But it can sometimes strike fear, for it means that we must abandon the truths that we have known prior to this event. The old ways are no longer useful, and you must find another set of beliefs, values and processes to take their place.
So basically, it's like how periods of rapid and great change are often chaotic and scary, even if they are heading towards a positive change. Like. The French revolution or something.
So in the current context , it would have to be about how the return of Dionysia, and Shion, is bound to change things in the story/timeline. An upheaval. A sudden change.
I think there's a chicken and egg dilemma between the tower and the wheel of fortune. Because is the change of the tower supposed to break a cycle or is it just another step in the cycle? I don't know enough about tarot cards, I'm just intuitive like that. And actually Taiga has also been shown to be resistant to change, such as not wanting romeo to leave, even though the wheel of fortune would have to be the perseverance through the cycle of up and downs. I think there are ways in which Shion and Taiga are opposites but also ways in which they are the same.
Knight of Wands
What happened exactly was that I was looking at every card in my tarot deck while thinking about Shion, wondering what else could he possibly be if not the tower and the knight of wands gave me pause. I didn't know right away why, I just stopped. Put it aside for when i was done, and kept going. Later looked at it and realised it's cuz it FUCKING LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIM
The wand
The helmet. The military cap.
The horse is red on purpose to make you think of fire. Because the wands are the suit of fire.
I am not confident in this one because in the past I've guessed four of pentacles for Romeo and I was WRONG despite the fact that romeo still IS clutching that golden coin the way I imagined he would, but he is the king of pentacles instead. I am still so salty about that
Also I think they are putting some emphasis on Shion's connection to fear, so the meanings of this card wouldn't match that. It doesn't match where I'm going with this
The only other card I could find with the meaning of fear. And this time it's just fear not a specific fear of something.
I know people have been championing the moon as MC's card, and that's okay, cuz I do not think it represents Shion's role in the story. I think it represents him only in his relationship to Haru specifically. The sun and the moon reversed. The happy mask and the sad mask. The funny clown and the scary clown. The Ranger and. ......?
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The ex-acrobat and. ...?
I think Shion and Haru might have been together even before coming to Japan/Darkwick.
Because that would explain some things about Haru's character that are so fundamental to him, it would just make more sense if they are not recent changes, they grew up together and influenced each other.If he grew up with freaking Shion, of fucking course handling Towa's distruction and mood swings is nothing, and Ren's attitude as well. Even in the last episode in which they both scream at him that they hate him and his arm falls off, he doesn't give up. He says "as long as you're alive things can always get better" or something like that, right? Holy shit Haru is strong like emotionally so strong and positive.
Remember that time in jabberwock's intro episode when Haru thought Ren was tryna drown himself outta guilt and we all thought HARU WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH!?
At first I considered he mighta tried to do something like that himself but it would feel somehow out of character? Haru is the one who, for some reason, reflexively assumes that's what Ren was doing and jumps to say NO DONT KILL YOURSELF. in reflex.
I am leaving room for the off chance that he was that depressed like that at one point but I actually think it was Shion who did it.
A. Shion fucked up and killed or harmed someone and could not handle the guilt and attempted.
B. What if Shion did not just break Haru's prosthetic arm, what if he had something to do with why Haru lost an arm in the first place? It doesn't matter if it was an accident, or fought with Haru and later regretted it, or if Haru lost the arm while trying to protect Shion, bottom line, Shion felt guilty and attempted.
It might even have something to do with their demon pacts.
"The one Gen broke, and Mio fixed."
Did Mio only fix the arm or did he make it in the first place? And if not Mio then who?? Did Haru have only one arm when he came to Darkwick? Imagine Haru with a new, something neither of them ever thought he would get, and telling Shion "See? I told you things will get better." (I am ill. I was so ill. I am ill again writing this a day after realization. I have more)
What if Shion broke the prosthetic arm cuz he was crashing the fuck out over Haru leaving Dionysia?
I may say some things that contradict each other cuz I cannot for the life of me iron out the sequence of events to figure out if Shion broke the casino before or after Mio was on campus. Etc
It's possible he broke the casino and Haru's arm in one go and Taiga was there to see it and that's why he knows?
I have been wondering why did Haru cover the tab for Shion's damages, and I even considered if it was for Romeo's sake, but no it might have been purely for Shion's sake. So there was no reason all of Sinostra to chase Shion. He might have even been scamming people in a rush to get enough money before too much time passes and Shion escalates to something or other drastic again. Yes, I think he's an active suicide risk. Or at least Haru was traumatized enough that he's afraid of Shion dying. Whatever which way.
"The one Gen broke. And Mio fixed."
I have been saying somehing something Shion breaks things, Mio fixes things but that really might be IT.
A. Mio fixed Haru's arm and probably other stuff Shion broke too, and Shion got obsessed with Mio from there. Mio doesn't know why.
B. Mio does know why, but only cuz he …clocked…Shion….heh. he figured out his true nature but doesn't say anything about it. They have a silent understanding.
C. Mio has outright promised to always fix everything Shion breaks, or stop him before he does irreversable damage. His clock artifact might be able to manipulate time enough to prevent tragedy.
Mio might have even come to Shion and promised that just as he was at his lowest after fighting with Haru and Haru leaving Dionysia. So he attached to him.
Then there's also the trying to desert and prison break that I haven't figure out yet.
Haru staying with Towa. Shion trying to break out with Mio.
Possible Triples:
I think Mio's card might be the star. Or at the,very least he is Shion's star? That,way the people Shion obsessed over/considers family are TheSun (Haru), The Moon (MC) and the Star (Mio).
*goes into fanfic mode*
Nobody can chase the sun forever. Eventually night will catch up to you.
In your darkest of times, a single star appeared in the night sky to guide you.
The moon reflects the sun.
*turns it off*
As in literally anything in the sky to guide you and keep going.
Off chance Jo is the star but I actually think he's the king of wands and Elias is the magician.
Oh also it makes a lot of sense that Haru now has to move on AGAIN to the internship cuz he wants to earn money for jabberwock. The sun is always moving. You cannot just chase the sun so you can,always be in the light of the day. Night has to come at one point
Night......nightmares.....oh Shion, baby.....
PEEKABOO
"He's little-er than you, so you have to take care of him!"
I think the reoccuring bit of Taiga trying to eat peekaboo might have been reflecting or foiling the relationship between taiga Haru and Shion. In our POV it's foreshadowing, but withing the story, it was around the time he got separated from Shion that he found Peekaboo. Emotional support weird little anomaly cuz you are really worried about your brother who is a risk to others and himself.
Haru isn't fond of the runt of the litter cuz he himself was one, but cuz SHION was and he decided to take care of him a long time ago. (I can't do this man I fucking can't)
He's been FUCKING WORRIED about Shion this whole time
He cannot bear to see Peekaboo sent out into the wild and killed by cruel mother nature cuz he's thinking about Shion and worried about him and worried about him and- sorry I'm getting incoherent
He knows he did NOT leave Shion outright alone, he left him with Dionysia but maybe he still wasn't strong enough to make it? Maybe he didn't teach him well enough to survive alone afterall?
Haru can afford to be outgoing and cheerful, either fake or real, because be is quite deadly actually. He carries a knife. A lock pick wire. He knows acrobatics, which is,the type of skill he must have already honed before even becoming a ghoul.
I would not call Shion defenseless, but it's possible scaring people is partly a defense mechanism. There is no remorse to be had cuz,he scares people on purpose, so they don't mess with him. He goes after Sinostra students (maybe vagastrom too??) Cuz,they are the scariest.
Shion might be good at his thing because he has intimate knowledge of fear.
Fear exists to be conquerd. (Please watch star trek voyager episode "The Thaw")
Everyone is afraid of something. You just have to figure out what.
This is why Taiga might be a problem.
He doesn't scare. not so easily at least. He sees throught tricks. He pulls out a gun. And Shion might not have known how to handle that any other way than keep trying to figure out what taiga IS afraid of, and thus keep escalating.
That's right. I took your cool scary yandere boy and turned him into a sad clown!! Jokes on you, I still love him, I love him more even. I am so ill about Shion and Haru right now-
This would make Haru a person that was always caring and protective at least to one person, and only scammy and shady and maybe probably even violent out of absolute necessity to survive and protect themselves.
He is able to grow and change and move on and be kind to more people and straighen out.
Shion might not know how to move on and change from how things have always been because it's scary. Because the world was already scary and dangerous and out to get them and well how is he supposed to just suddenly change? That there are kind people around him? What if he lets his guard down and stabbed in the back? Well he obviously has the dionysia boys now, and at the very least attached to Mio and MC.
If i really did crack this case right open,they are gonna give,the kirisaki siblings a run for the title of "The Tragic Siblings Ever"
Names
Haru IS spelled in Kanji. But where did he learn that?
We've had three hints that Haru was not born or grew up in Japan.
In B's-log interview in which it's revealed that Haru had no idea what a Don Quijote is till Ren mentioned it and he had to look up what that is.
The fun fact on twitter that his favorite drink is not available in Japan because of the ingredients.
Haru is consistently given a…foreign/immigrant vernacular in the EN and Spanish translations right? Australian words like "Mate" and then speaking Argentinian spanish. I can't tell youwhat he talks like in Japanese,but I think it might be kansaiben? (Edit:NOTkansaiben. nevermind) But the translations are supposed to reflect the original Japanese tone as much as they can.
So of course if I think he and Shion were together then it folows so is shion.
There's a chance either that Haru picked at least one of Shion's names, the same way he named Towa, or that Shion named himself. Alfons Sylvatica style.
Shion has been spelled in katakana in the JP version and it has been puzzling people for a while right?
A. The person who named him "Shion", either Haru (if they first met when super little) or someone else? Didnt know kanji. It might even be that it's supposed to be "SHION" in romanji and it only gets translated to kana for the Japanese audience, the same way Elias, Lyca, Romeo etc get spelled in katakana.
B. He knew his name was "Shion" but he lost his parents/person who named him that so young they didn't teach him how it's supposed to be spelled. He eventually learned how to spell it in romanji/kana
C. This is crossing into headcanons territory but maybe Shion learned the correlations between romanji and kana by reading brands on drinks and snacks?
If Haru might have learned kanji from China towns or….a Japan town? Some place or other with a noticeable Japanese immigration community? Hong kong? Singapore? Macao? Australia? I don't know man. Some place where they were either in a circus or orphans on the street without even birth certificates.
D. Shion named himself "Shion Genkai." Alfons Sylvatica Style.
In the Japanese they say "Genkai Shion" cuz yknow switcharoo.
Taiga says "Gen" and god knows how many times the name "SHION GENKAI!?" Has been yelled in the casino till is finally comitted the first part to memory. Cuz he's taiga.
So I'm assuming he must have already been named "Shion Genkai" by the time,they arrived in Darkwick.
About Ren
Haru cannot understand Ren's requests for personal privacy and space, cuz Shion was the exact opposite 😭😭 maybe stuck to him even more than peekaboo? And the Towa,is the same too!!
Ren's attitude must remind Haru of Shion either in a bad mood, or the way he used to,be when they first met. ("Awwww he's like shion when he was little"- Haru probably)
wTowa thinks of Ren as a usurper cuz he wanted to be just him and Haru, but then Shion should have reason to think of TOWA as the usurper who stole Haru from him. Grand-usurper.
( @twstchatterbox 's note: towa can quite literally rain on Shion's parade.)
Towa is stronger than both Haru and Taiga. And maybe many other guys.
Elias is even more opportunistic, crafty, and with better foresight than,Haru. Magician traits.
Jo is more charismatic and I think he might be stronger too. And give better advice.
Haru can pick a lock, Mio can probably figure that out too, and more. ANd he fixed the arm. And he fixes stuff Shion breaks.
Haru could grow and change cuz he met people even stronger and better than him and they have been kind and guiding and patient towards him and Shion. He could go to jabberwock with Towa cuz he left Shion with these people.
And Altho Shion is still Shion he must have had some character development as well, since he considers Mio and MC family.
The Jungle Book
Back to another note on taiga cuz im kinda a mess. Tigers have no natural predators! They are the top of their food chain. In the jungle book, the big bad guy is a tiger that wants to eat the kid. (Ehhhh i only watched the disney movie….) The only thing the tiger is scared of is fire. So how they beat him is that the kid takes a branch that caught fire from lightning and ties it to the tiger's tail. Tiger runs outta the jungle and everyone laughs.
The child in the story was raised by monkeys and his family eventually accepts that they have to send him to live with humans because the jungle is not safe. I think that was it.
I have messy vomiting on the page writing process so I can't really make a conclusion?
I am UNWELL about Shion and Haru now.
We know from the waves of love episode that Haru's idea of "I love you" is "you will never go hungry with me" 🥹🥹🥹🥹
"Gahaha! Why the long face? Head on back now. Everything's gonna be just fine. I just couldn't do it in the end. Couldn't protect my home, or you guys, or anything at all... "
Did Haru put a tracker on Shion or did Shion put a tracker on Haru?
If I put Shion, Subaru and Jiro in one room who gets freaked out first?
Shion is our poor little meow meow arsonist now
*Yuri kinning* I feel like the smartest person alive right now.
So basically, if they used to be outcasts to society and always on the move, it didn't matter if Shion destroyed something. Haru was scamming people and stealing too and they would just run away and keep moving.
Shion's idea of dealing with the casino debt was probably "but we're gonna run away anyways!" This is also,why he doesn't care that he scares people. Other than that he scares them on purpose in the first place.
So, they get to darkwick and they can't escape right away but it's not quite too bad either but were probably still thinking of it as a transitional period.
Jo manages to put some morals and proper manners into Haru, which was probably not that hard. because Haru already had an inherent sense of responsability and care towards Shion. He is always thinking ahead of what his family will need.
Idk what Towa did but Haru doesn't just want to graduate darkwick, which would,be pretty sweet, he said he wants to repay for something and wants to stay.
If you used to be a normal person then getting kidnapped to darkwick sucks. but if you used to have it even worse, outcasts to society, then it's an improovement.
Haru recognized that Darkwick is their chance to improove their lives. To leave behind "that world." To have a place to stay. A way to join society. Be part of a bigger family and contribute. He probably thought doing missions for darkwick is not too bad a price, since the general gist of missions is to capture or eliminate anomalies so they don't harm humans. He def changed his view about anomalies cuz of Towa… and Jabberwock missions are always about how there are some parts of the anomaly kingdom humans should not mess with. How confining them for study or whatever can be very wrong.
Shion! Changing Shion is not that easy. He is much more……. fundamentally impossible to integrate in normal society. He scares people on purpose, so you will have to WANT to understand him on purpose. for Shion, that constant movement and change in their lives (THE FUNDAMENTAL MEANING OF DRASTIC CHANGE THAT THE TOWER TAROT CARD HAS) is what became their normal and it's fundamental to him in such a way that staying too long in one place would be prison. Shion must still see Darkwick as a birdcage. And in some way he is not wrong!! Even if they met kind people like the Dionysia boys, darkwick itself, a place that would confine Shion, cannot really be a good place!
They put Shion in confinement, but if they didn't, couldhe have run away somewhere Haru couldn't follow or find him??
When Haru found himself holding a knife to someone's throat and threatening them just like in the old days, did he start to wonder if he was wrong? If he didn't change? If Shion was actually onto something and doing Darkwick's dirty work isn't actually more morally good than how they lived before? Altho it was already a horrible situation to think they would have to kill the kyklos to save MC.
And we're back to releasing peekaboo as a metaphor for Shion.
Because even if Shion is used to running away,Haru was also the only constant in his life. So when Haru said he wants to stay in Jabberwock and not run away with him anymore, he lost sense of stability and crashed out.
And althought Shion is used to running away, he is also someone who would burn himself out if he was all alone. Distructive like fire, but if you let a fire unattended for too long, it eventually burns out. Even if he does not accept people easily, he doesn't care if he is a pariah, he still actually needs at least SOMEONE to understand him and look after him.
Because ultimately, it wouldn't be right to abandon Shion, or get rid of him, just cuz he does not fit in normal society. It would be too cruel.
Edit: it has been a BEAUTIFUL 4 days of thinking i am the smartest human alive. Unfortunately not that i am 99% sure shion is the mermaid they mentioned before, i am now 50-50 if i got this correctly or if haru had a completely different brother that died and only met shion at darkwick. You win some you lose some. We'll see. The creepy clown funny clown thing still stands
*forcing this train to stay on track* okay since everyone could make a demon pact at any time, and alan and kaito kinda confirmed they come to you when you're at your most vulnerable and also kinda confirmed that moment is usually them as teens/kids. It is highly possible there was a period of time of shion wondering on land with no fucking clue How To Human. And then Haru found him. And took care of him with no idea that that's a mermaid turned human. Yeah i could see Haru do that. Especially if they were both still kids.
Im NOT INSANE! SOMEONE out there had to teach shion the meaning of "family"
Shion as literally a mermaid/siren that feeds on people's fear and eats fire cuz he was always curious about fire cuz there's no fire in water. Yeah that would track. So would the moon card
Zigza please young Haru thinking he is taking in some creepy orphan kid, cuz he has a heart of gold like that, but it's actually a mermaid turned human that literlly feeds on people's fear would be PEAK Haru. Please. I am groveling here. SOMEONE had to teach shion the meaning of "family" and I refuse to believe Haru grew up with anyone normal.
THE MERMAID THAT LONGS TO SEE THE SUN AND EAT FIRE AND THE HUMAN PERSONIFICATION OF THE SUN YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME YOU CANT
It makes Haru projecting onto peekaboo TWICE as funny. What do you mean this is your kid and THAT actual meanance to society is the brother you were missing?? 😭
Edit: IM NOT INSANE
Hoshibami.= star eater
Shion = aster = star
IF SHION IS A MERMAID WOULD THAT MEAN TAIGA GETS THE SAME URGE TO EAT HIM LIKE WITH PEEKABOO AND MC!?
the language of hope and dreams
is beautiful in kinder lives
of lovers together with strings of fate
of friendships blooming in a garden
but beauty does not negate doom
nor gardeners spare a withered bloom
for maybes are a futile song
they glimpse each other — of glitter and gold
for stars are bound to burn and die
the light of stars paints us all
colours of joy, enjoyment and misery
for desire cannot bargain with death
nor keep the fading in its breath
to stand beneath the blood red moon
the phone that wreathes destruction’s tune
(not canon)
Suba would be the one to start the afternoon hota tea time thing. Afternoon hota family tea time.
Tea and snacks freshly prepared in season every time. Sube agonizes over everything, from the tiniest little shape of the mochi to a single konpeito crack. Zenji and Haku always compliment him though---they know he worries but they can't even see the imperfection. That's how meticulous suba was.
Teatime is the hotarubi's leaders time to relax, so suba usually picks a calming blend for them all.
Despite the relax time, they sometimes still bring their work to discuss and do with, they are very diligent together despite what they say about themselves.
