𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐘 — independent golden kamuy multimuse blog┊mutuals only ┊ wept over by 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄 ; she/they, 31
: ̗̀➛ 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑 : you don't need to know anything about the series ( manga, anime, or liveaction ) since there will be a modern & generic supernatural verse for all characters! i will only write within the gk universe with other canons / verses.
: ̗̀➛ 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 : will post a bunch of art wips┊largely queue based ┊ mostly iconless ┊ personals do not interact!
linked bios will be kept generally vague to not spoil things ( details are in the wiki anyways ) & more about any mannerisms/characteristics i'd like to make note of + verses.
𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 : interest check . shipping call
𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 : interaction call . ask memes . open starters . wishlist
𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋 : @tewwor
𝐘𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 : belmused ⟡ exitvelo
: ̗̀➛ MOBILE RULES BELOW .
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rewatching gk from the start and actually paying attention to thinks with context made me realize something about him. at the beginning, he's pretty harsh — as in absolutely no nonsense, straight to the point to get from point a to point b and takes the necessary steps to achieve what's needed ( well, demanded of him if we're talking at the very beginning ).
spoilers below
it's not until after the incident with ogata and yohei at the kotan that he starts to really mellow out and grow into the tani we all love and know. and it makes sense ( just as much as it saddens me ). up until that point he was first driven by so much rage to get revenge that he willingly gave up being able to return home, just so he can find his once brother in law to know why his sister was murdered.
even when the news broke that his mother passed while he enlisted in the army, he didn't give up and kept going to get those answers because he needed to for closure. and when he finally gets that ... it leaves him even more hollow than before. he spent all that time, sacrificed the connections with his village and family, just to find out the truth and get choked with guilt. and that's on top of being in the middle of war.
once that's all over ... then what? what else does he have besides sticking with the 7th? he can't go home ( more like he refuses to let himself because it — he — isn't worthy of it ) and follows orders just for the sake of giving him some semblance of purpose. but even then it falls short. it's not fulfilling in the way he needs it to be ( hardly doubt he'd even want that tbh ), get his ass kicked and bitten and mauled and shot at only to then be saved by a convict. who, despite the gross jokes nihei makes and that stupid catchphrase, does a lot of good to not only help tani get on a path of actual recovery, but to also find himself again — making him address who he actually is/wants to be. a soldier or matagi?
and i'm a firm believer that it's also through the care of huci and the kotan that further cements that in him. allowing him to really see what that blind anger really was and start to come to terms with how he can heal in different, and better, ways when it comes to grief.
after that point when he promises huci to bring asirpa home, we truly see him flourish. continues to get his ass shot and stabbed and bitten, of course, but he doesn't intentionally cut himself off from other people or experiences like before.
INTEREST CHECK — finally made a form here! been fretting over who i should or shouldn't offer interaction with, so i'd really appreciate it if this is filled out :')
SHIPPING CALL — doesn't mean i'll be barreling over immediately ( ha ha .. 'lest? ), but more of a general interest check so i know who's down to clown with these goons romance style!
there is a lot of silence in the woods and in the snow. sugimoto has slowly gotten used to it, but it is still strange sometimes - how little of his actual overall trajectory he spent in trenches, on that hill, and yet how the complete silence used to make him uneasy for so long. people talking, people moving, it all makes noise. it is something he might not always be able to follow, but that he can chase; if it's a game hunter or one of those grunts kicking up dust with their knees falling over their lieutenant, they are all graspable to sugimoto because none of them are ever really quiet. by virtue of their station soldiers aren't, not unless they are perched in trees or behind another kind of lookout, but even then it takes the volume of a gunshot to announce the world of their presence. but the forests of hokkaido, especially in the depths of winter, are deadly quiet. all disappears in that snow, more so for someone like him who's not second-nature familiar with every nook and cranny yet, and that silence leaves a lot of room for conversation, for contemplation. sugimoto never used to talk too much in the army, the battlefield a place for survival not for bonding ( unlike what he's seen others manage in the time they were there, compared to him ), and even now he doesn't, not really, but at least he feels like he's got a chance.
looking over at tanigaki, the man seems somehow swallowed up and spat back out by the kotan that nurtured him back to health. it doesn't surprise sugimoto that asirpa's family reaches far and wide on the island, nor that someone they both know now stands in their debt, in hers honestly, as most people sugimoto's crossed since meeting asirpa are in the girl's debt almost instantly. so is sugimoto, and he will be forever, as he now could divide the time of his life into two parts, which are not marked by that burning house, or that gun-powder smoked hill, but by a time in anticipation of an absence being relieved of its pressure, and that moment when that happened, as he met asirpa and heard about the gold. it is less about that gold to him even now as it is more about helping the young girl achieve what she so desperately wishes to, which is the clarity considering her father's past. he'd do anything for that, with no precaution or preamble, and he's fairly certain that tanigaki can read it on his face. it is not like the other man is wholly out of the loop when it comes to it, as they are currently chasing down the same end, all stemming from those first snow-covered days that changed their lives at the same time. no war needed for that, for once.
" a debt owed is a reason to keep going. i don't take you as a man who'd let something like that lie, " sugimoto says after having mulled it over, moved the words between his teeth. most things taste of nothing like blood these days, an affliction he fears has been transmitted to him by osmosis of ogata's presence in the many weeks before, or that at least has been amplified by the sniper's presence. could be that sugimoto's always been made to take a beating, and to draw blood in return, and to be the one that got swallowed up by every wound he sustained and spat back out with blood leaking from his orifices, worse than any of those soldiers he carried into med tents, or trenches, watching them die pathetically on dirt-caked palettes, vowing to himself he'd never be that, he couldn't be. compared to that it feels tanigaki survived this long because he knew how to, generally knows how to live through a bear attack or a circling pack of wolves or, as it seems, a bunch of unhinged soldiers he used to know. he's got a good head on his shoulders, a rarity out here, and common sense sugimoto himself knows he lacks. no wonder he delighted a whole village in one fell swoop. " i don't take you as man who'd forget about it either. i'd say you've made it up to us already, but only asirpa gets to decide that. but to me, you've done a lot already. "
The flame before them crackles bright in a field of new snow; a blot of sunset orange amongst soft glimmering white. The scene around them draws deep in familiarity. Different prefecture, different set of woods, and yet the same in it's frigid winters and deafening silence. Before the war, he might have found a modicum of peace to relive a fraction of his distant past. But he's changed, for better or for worse, to regard nature as the wildlife do. A means for survival with all senses peeled no matter the time of day or weather.
Now, he might not be the best at hand to hand combat ( the man before him is testament of it ) or the most accurate sharpshooter, but when it comes to the sake of survival? He's pretty much second to none in that field. So much so that it's begun to warrant some faith in his return after some drastic injury, nature caused incident, or another. Even if he often gets the sharp end of a stick, he's made it this far for the sake of Asirpa's chance to eventually return home.
It's the very same resolve that has him finally meet Sugimoto's eyes, because he's right. "No, I wouldn't." To either assumption. "It'd eat me alive." Already has to some extent when he was bedridden and immobilized by the fault of wronging the two people he now tries to help.
I never said that I'm sorry, he wants to say. Has the perfect opportunity to with the slow fire keeping complete silence at bay. But the words catch in his throat — not yet believing he's done enough quite yet. "You're a good man," Genjirou says instead, watching the way his breath fogs in the cold air.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTIRELESS WORK ; they knew it well.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤNyaNya, did not afford much relaxation ;
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ but, their strife, was NOTHING compared
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ to whom had come and sprawled himself
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤat one of their tables.
Papers FLUTTER and spill over the floor, and a glimpse is taken at what lies scraped on pages. Research notes, from what they're able to deduce, about life in the area ; or, they think it's the area. Clawed nails assist in taking documents from chilly flooring, pages offered out with a smile. The rush, had died down, and it seemed to be a few scattered guests.
❝ Busy, aren't we ? Is there anything I can do to make your work easier ? Do you need the music changed ? ❞
Work isn't all that bad. Truthfully, he wouldn't want to be a part of any other profession out there, but sometimes the hours drag on. Sometimes, the people that try to fight and weasel their way against the preservation of wildlife can be too much for a single man to handle. So between the usual workload of analyzing samples and happening upon unfavorable activity against national park regulations ... he's beat. Tired down to the bone, but .. not tired enough to call it a day.
A change of scenery should keep him awake — so Genjirou foolishly thought. He lasted about five whole minutes before his upper half ended up sprawling across the cafe table. Fatigue drags at him, shifting invisible fingers through liquified consciousness. It doesn't occur to him that half of the paperwork ended up fleeing. Not until a voice chimes nearby and sheets of wayward notes are returned.
A squint is starting to pinch at his eyes as they burn from exhaustion. "Oh, um.." Man, he sounds awful. Raspy and kept in a half mumble, he starts to push himself to sit up. At least slouch heavily over the table instead of passing out on it. "What's your strongest drink?"
Occupation: canon — yeah / modern — fisherman & hunting guide / verse dependent ( bottom of post )
FC: tba
INFORMATION .
headcanons here .
average height and build ( no chiseled six pack here ). almost always seen wearing a matanpushi ( traditional ainu bandana ) that's worn low to cover his forehead and shadows his eyes.
can come off as stoic ( even intimidating at first glance due to the lack of emoting when he's not actively engaged in conversation ). otherwise very curious and tends to side with reason.
skilled fisherman and hunter — sought after to help track wildlife.
completely optional, but i'll default to him knowing and/or traveling or working with kadokura unless requested otherwise.
VERSES .
modern — travels often despite working as a fisherman / hunting guide ( where kadokura goes, so does he usually ).
crime —good for extra muscle or a quick (?) getaway / the off chance braving the wilderness if needed. thick as thieves with kadokura. if you hire him, you gotta hire the other guy too unfortunately.
reindeer shapeshifter — pretty much the same as the other verses, just, y'know, big deer.
i toddle my frozen ice cube of a body to heat up dinner ( its so cold in my room why ) only to come back and immediately burst into 138965190356713751 tEARS. YALL ARE SO SWEET OUUU
