Jun 22, 2025
/ Random fact about my muses part (???) Both Hi.gekiri and H.izamaru have fangs 🤓☝️ This comes as a result from a legend where it was said that at night, their owner Tameyoshi would hear the twin swords howling; H.igekiri's sword would roar like a lion while H.izamaru would make a hissing sound like a snake (which would then end up granting them new names based on that; H.igekiri (at that time named 'onikiri') would be named 'shishi-no-ko' -> 'lion cub' and H.izamaru (at that time named 'kumokiri-maru') would be named 'Hoemaru' -> 'Howler') So both have visible fangs its just that they come in different 'fonts', aka; H.igekiri's are a bit more 'wide' while H.izamaru's are thinner but sharper
#;h.igekiri#;h.izamaru#;about#about#not sure about tagging it as a headcanon since the reason is pretty self explanatory but#i just added the last bit bc although both lion's and snakes have sharp teeth; theres a difference-#lion's have more 'rounded' teeth and snakes well; sharper#its a nice lil detail about their designs that u can clearly see in official a.rt of them as well#well the difference is something i added to it; u cant really see a difference in the shapes? just that both have fangs#im not mentioning it here but its also a hint at their nature; as legend says h.izamaru was cut by h.igekiri to match his lenght#like the sword h.igekiri cut a few inches -off- the sword h.izamaru so that they would be the same lenght#i thought it would be nice to think of it as the blade getting 'sharpened' as a result; but this is more poetical than factual#im no swordsmith obviously so im unsure if the process would have actually dulled him or sharpened him#but im going for a more symbolical approach for it#;headcanons#headcanons