#altan trengsin

[jaegerviz]

ban white haired and black haired homoerotic duos from media i'm tired of their doomed romance

[delusekeige]

chaltan ?! 😛

[dcvina-claires]

everyone leave your favorite war criminal in the tags

[lilly-townshend]

had to visualize their murderous boy band

(in order to remember the NAMES and get properly hurt by that damn book)

[ganseysmagiciansz]

when i show up to the haunting the narrative competition but my opponent is altan trengsin

[ammapola]

I lied, put your clothes back on

I'm going to explain to you why Altan, Qara and Chaghan are the characters that were telling us in advance about the end of the trilogy and the trifecta formed by Nezha, Rin and Kitay but we didn't pay enough attention to them

Altan, Chaghan and Qara are the" failed" trifecta

Altan's sacrifice breaks the cycle, paving the way for Rin, Kitay, and Nezha to become the next generation of the trifecta

Each reflects the mistakes of the past: Rin as Altan and Riga, Kitay as Qara and Jiang, and Nezha as Chaghan and Daji, all trapped in the same vicious cycle

In the end, Rin understands that, like Altan, her destiny is to sacrifice herself to break the cycle. Her death, along with Kitay's, leaves Nezha alive and ruling, mirroring Chaghan's fate

In the dynamic of Rin, Kitay and Nezha, it is clear that they represent an echo of Altan, Chaghan and Qara's failed attempt. Rin takes Altan's place as the center of destruction and strength, Kitay represents strategic and emotional stability as Qara did, while Nezha, being the only one left in the end, is a distorted version of Chaghan, the survivor who carries the weight of the world

Rin understands, at the end of the trilogy, the meaning of Altan's sacrifice: not only was it necessary to break the cycle to create something new, but his sacrifice was also an act of love towards her, giving her the opportunity to build a future that he never had. Rin's sacrifice reflects that understanding, breaking the cycle of hatred and revenge that Riga perpetuated in his generation

(I hope you understand, English is not my first language)

[wesperskanej]

My favorite illustrations from The Poppy War Collector's Edition

[trengsinss]

the double standard a lot of people have with altan and nezha is so obvious, of course the pale, pretty, racist boy gets insane pr and people will ignore and brush aside his horrific actions because he also happens to be an interesting, likeable character and they can’t compute liking a character who is Bad, whereas altan’s flaws are exaggerated, he’s stereotyped as a violent sadist, he was awful to rin but rinezha is so beautiful guys, and how can you possibly ship altan with anyone when he was so cruel and heartless (ignore the 500 instances of altan being kind and caring towards the cike and rin and the cike talk about how amazing of a commander he is and how patient he is with suni and-), he can’t possibly be a character you enjoy when he’s So Evil, ignore the fact that nezha has done objectively worse