#daidan

[nickelwick]

Holy shit. I knew they said Monstrosity was supposed to be more mature, but I was not--I never could have expected they would've done something like this:

Kai willingly walking into water, something he had a deep fear of, as an act of suicide

Ignoring those trying to save him

He's blocking them out. He doesn't even care.

And then this...this is just haunting.

[awkwardrains]

And the consumption of my mind has begun

[skipsjack]

Obsessed with the idea of Daidan casually appearing to the other ninja by chance for many reasons, but I think the best is like. We have absolutely no idea if Kai even knows her name. We don't even know if Daidan knows Kai's name. And I get it, both of them were going through some shit and realistically didn't know each other that long, but it's so funny.

Kai tries to introduce his friends to the dragon he trauma-bonded with and he immediately hits every stage of internal panic because he realized he has absolutely no clue what her name is. He's just been calling her the Guardian Dragon in his head and immediately shoved everything from the Land of Monsters out of his mind as soon as he saw Lloyd. He's going through every hoop possible to avoid addressing Daidan by her name. He says "oh yeah this is the Guardian Dragon that helped me out" and immediately changes the conversation in the hopes everyone just assumes her title is like the Matriarch dragons. He could also ask Daidan for her name later. He won't. Because that's embarrassing as hell.

She doesn't tell anyone her name. They just keep calling her the dragon and are like hey, Kai, does she actually have a name? And Kai changes the subject because he can't just say no, if he's wrong then he looks like a liar. And everyone will ask questions and he's not about to share his traumatic experiences with anyone ever until he dies. He's having an entire crisis, Daidan just keeps him in this game because it's funny.

She does give in eventually. It's literally 5 minutes before she leaves. She says something like "if you ever need my assistance, simply ask for Daidan" and Kai, who has just gone through multiple days of mental torment, shouts at the top of his lungs; "THAT'S YOUR NAME?????", only for everyone to immediately whirl their heads around to stare at him.

Daidan wants to laugh. But it also took her an embarrassingly long time before she realized the 'Kai' everyone was talking about was, in fact, the Fire Ninja. So she can't say anything. She's just a little shit for fun. Which she deserves

[user-without-a-cool-acronym]

thinking again about fire being used as a metaphor for hope throughout monstrosity

From Kai's sword being encased in fire while he is trying to get home

To how it's that same fire that activates rusty

How he feels he is without purpose and needs Kai and Daidan's fire to keep going for most of his time on screen

How Kai uses his fire mostly to protect himself while Daidan uses it to seek vengeance

How when Kai and Daidan have their hopes used against them by the water monster they are unable to use their fire

How when Rusty does finally find his purpose it's his own fire that saves the others

And of course how at the ending Kai literally says that it's Rusty's fire that was ignited inside them and gives them hope

[normalguytm]

Thinking about them </3

[iguessiusetmblrnow]

You know... the more I watch, the more Kai and Daidan's dynamic in Monstrosity reminds me of Spear and Fang.

In Primal (the show Spear and Fang are from), the couple has to traverse a ruthless and unrelenting world that threatens to drag them down at every turn, filled with monstrous creatures ten times their size and strength. Sometimes they can fight, other times they have to run, as the creatures are too great in size and might to take on. It's a world that resembles the Land of Monsters in its crudeness, and with a very similar premise to what Kai and Daidan supposedly endure in between the last episode of Monstrosity and the beggining of Kai's Monstrous Journey.

Both duos also meet and establish their relationship through grief. Spear and Fang cooperate for the first time in order to avenge their families. After killing the monsters responsible, they are left with no one to care for and no purpose, alone in an unforgiving environment. From then on, they form an unlikely aliance; that even with some hiccups at first, grows into an unbreakable bond between the two fighters.

Daidan and Kai meet through sorrow as well, with Daidan channeling hers into pure rage and a desire for revenge. Kai stops her and makes her reconsider, which grants him the dragons' loyalty. After the encounter with the Squid Monster, and the sacrifice of another fellow survivor, they decide to travel together, trying to survive a world teeming with monsters without becoming one themselves.

In a world where everything is out to get them, these connections are what keep these characters not only alive, but living. They are the reason the other wakes up in the morning, and the reason for which they fight to stay alive and keep themselves in check. They give eachother purpose in an otherwise futile existence.

Also these duos are both composed of stoic, strong man and giant, strong scary lizard, which I find funny.

(tldr: I think it's very cool that both these shows feature sad man and big lizard in a ruthless world fighting for survival and finding companionship in eachother while helping eachother grieve in their constant struggle to stay alive).

[antonishere]

I love this two sm

[nameless-oblivion]

So in cos the guardian dragon species has a "beard" for males, while the females don't... Daidan has a beard

TRANS WOMAN/INTERSEX DAIDAN CONFIRMED