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Ruin and Rising- Chapter 7 (Leigh Bardugo)
How Ravkan Royalty values their subjects: A compilation
HI :) Could you do Kuniatsu with prompt 17: things you said that i wish you hadnt? thank you
There you go!! This prompt was angst-material I’m sorry fkjdskfls Tbh, those prompts are so fun.
Feel free to request stuff!
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17. Things you said that I wish you hadn't // Kuniatsu
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“...Some people just can’t be saved.”
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It’s raining outside and maybe he wishes for a new beginning.
It’s raining outside and maybe he doesn’t want to think about the little girl that died that day.
It’s raining outside and maybe there’s a head leaning on his shoulder.
It’s raining outside and maybe—
“Kunikida-san.”
He blinks and looks down, letting grey hair tickle his face.
“Atsushi,” he responds.
Usually, he would have gone with ‘kid’ or ‘brat’ but at the moment neither of those seem appropriate. There’s a sinking feeling in his stomach. He wants to grab onto something but there’s nothing.
“It’s not your fault,” the weretiger tells him.
He knows it isn’t.
And yet.
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“... That’s just the way things are…”
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His notebook lies on his desk.
The brown-haired idiot is skipping work again.
The brat is doing his own work.
The brat is also doing Dazai’s work.
That’s wrong, a part of him whispers and he knows it.
But it’s been like this for months now and Kunikida didn’t say anything. It is easier than hunting Dazai down, after all.
Still…
If by the end of the day, there’s a cup of hot chocolate on Atsushi’s table well…
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“We can’t change things…”
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He doesn’t know how it ended like this.
Waking up to grey hair once again.
Waking up to Nakajima Atsushi cuddling with him.
It’s warm though.
The smell of green tea and old books.
It’s warm.
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“We are no heroes, Atsushi!”
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“You know…,” he speaks up, staring at the blood on the ground, “... it’s so easy to say that.”
He can see Kunikida frowning at him.
It must hurt, he decides quietly, it must hurt to give up.
“Atsushi…”
He turns around, ignoring the dead body behind him.
“Of course there we aren’t heroes, Doppo-san.”
The other still at the use of his first name.
Atsushi doesn’t want to think about the corpse behind him. He can’t forget it though.
“We don’t have to be heroes to do the right thing.”
Maybe it’ll hurt forever.
Warm arms wrap around him and he knows.
It’s unfair to both of them.
But he wasn’t the one who left her to die.
He hugs Kunikida back.
Because Atsushi knows.
It’s not him who’s crying after all.
I'll be answering all these asks together because they are related in a way!
Extras (found at the hardcover of released BSD volumes): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
The extras that have been popping up lately (Chuuya with Q, Atsushi and Akutagawa grocery shopping, etc) were from the BD extras. As expected, since these were bundled with BDs which is on the pricier side of things, there aren't many people who can share their scans, and the ones that are up online are the Cn scans from Bravely Horizon. That being said, since I don't have explicit permission to post these scans, all I can do is provide a link. The translation and scanlation for these extras are scattered here and there; these were the ones I found (2) (5), although I do remember also coming across translations for BDs 7 & 8 either here or over at twitter.
Speaking of which, @nyaasumog kindly took pictures of the extras and posted them on their twitter: 9 | 10 | 11
As for the drama extras, I can only think of the drama tracks from the character CDs? There isn't much out there, but these ones are from the Port Mafia side: 1 | 2
I can recall someone translating some of the tracks containing the members of the Armed Detective Agency, but somehow I can't find it anymore? Anyway, you can also check out translation for BSD's Original Drama CD "Somewhat Extraordinary Days" and "Welcome to Onsen! (Armed Detective Agency Side)" here.
Well yeah, Lantsov was a pig, but the Darkling could have just killed the monarch and his line if that was the only reason. Or care to find out who the other brother was and put him on the throne. But the Darkling doesn’t forgive does he or share his power now that he has it. He’d rather slay all the Grisha to get to Alina. Because that is what he wanted power through Alina. And what did Genya get for her years of loyalty or Sergei who betrayed where the spinning wheel was, got ripped to shreds as a thanks. The Darkling wasn’t a righteous revolutionary he was just going to be another kind of tyrant.
This is from that reddit comment about why everyone sided with the darkling.
Well yeah, Lantsov was a pig,
When you start a rant like this, and continue to something completely else, you're already dismissing the above.
Why bother with systematic issues, when you can find a single scapegoat, right?!
but the Darkling could have just killed the monarch and his line if that was the only reason.
I mean... that's what he tried to do, when he got tired of being nice, since it lead to nothing?
He allowed Genya to poison the King. HE was the one to kill Vasily (since his nice brother didn't have the guts to do so). He had his babies eat all the Lantsovs gathered to celebrate Nikolai's birthday. He incapacitated the secondborn bastard.
By the end of Ruin and Rising he had a clear path to the throne. Nobody to seriously challenge him. (Unlike the incompetent Golden Prince in later duology.) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Or care to find out who the other brother was and put him on the throne.
Why? If you'd read any of his dialogues, you'd know he did that over and over, only to see anything he achieved crumbling as soon as "the nice" monarch dies.
“The people would love you for a time. But what would they think when their good king aged and died, while his witch of a wife remained young? When all those who remember your sacrifices are dust in the ground, how long do you think it will take for their children or their grandchildren to turn on you?”
Ruin and Rising- Chapter 9
What had changed? The answer was everything. Kings lived and died. Their sons were honest or corrupt. Wars ended and began again—and again and again. Grisha were not accepted; they were resented in Ravka and hunted abroad.
Rule of Wolves- Chapter 33
But the Darkling doesn’t forgive does he or share his power now that he has it.
No, he doesn't forgive, because his experience says they'll stab you in the back AGAIN.
As for him sharing his power... How do you know? Do you have access to some previously unpublished pieces?! We never got to see Second Army structure- and army HAS TO have it by definition-, and the only glimpse of his rule includes listening to "supplicants", accompanied by “I will take it under advisement.”, which is hardly an action of someone disinterested in others' opinions.
Ruin and Rising- Chapter 3
He literally offers Alina a throne in the same chapter, when we're at it:
“There are two thrones on that dais. You could see me anytime you liked.” ... “I sought Morozova’s amplifiers for you, Alina, that we might rule as equals.”
He’d rather slay all the Grisha to get to Alina.
Which Grisha? Alina's "maybe fifty" traitors from "hundreds stationed throughout Ravka"? Because the later were either murdered by First Army, in hiding or "had sought out the Darkling".
Siege and Storm- Chapter 15, Shadow and Bone- Chapter 10 and Siege and Storm- Chapter 12, respectively
Because that is what he wanted power through Alina.
Well, then he'd picked the perfect person for it, wouldn't he?
The one, who just wants to crawl back under the rock...
And what did Genya get for her years of loyalty
I could ask what he got for years of close co-operation on the most dangerous kind of plans, and a blessing to off her otherwise untouchable abuser. Especially since the guy, who send the abuser to comfy "exile" with no restrictions regarding access to more victims to rape, "earned [Genya's] loyalty forever".
King of Scars- Chapter 23
She let a crucial asset go, when ordered the direct opposite. A bit of scarring is simply era-appropriate, although usually it would be delivered by a thick whip with much less precision. And a smaller chance to survive.
or Sergei who betrayed where the spinning wheel was, got ripped to shreds as a thanks.
Sergei was twice a traitor. First he chose not to heed the Darkling's call and join the side that planned to slaughter him (, his and a whole shitload of bystanders). Second he betrayed the side he thus picked.
While I understand why he did the later- Alina treated him like a burden, and he had very little support after a horrifying trauma- he's still less than reliable, and the Darkling's action was that of a general in middle of a conflict. Sure, quartering is "officially" a bit less modern than 19th century, but it's not such a stretch.
The Darkling wasn’t a righteous revolutionary he was just going to be another kind of tyrant.
Because tyrants usually have trust of their closest advisors, sit on the ground and share meals with their subordinates.
“Did you know I had two brothers?” Ivan asked abruptly. The familiar smirk was gone from his handsome face. “Of course not. They weren’t born Grisha. They were soldiers, and they both died fighting the King’s wars. So did my father. So did my uncle.” “I’m sorry.” “Yes, everyone is sorry. The King is sorry. The Queen is sorry. I’m sorry. But only the Darkling will do something about it.”
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 20
In the light from the fire, I watched the oprichniki sitting side by side with the Grisha. Some of them had already drifted away from the fire to bed down for the night. Others had been posted to the first watch. The rest sat talking as the flames ebbed, passing a flask back and forth. The Darkling sat with them. I’d noticed that he had taken no more than his share of the grouse. And now he sat beside his soldiers on the cold ground, a man second in power only to the King.
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 5
Once again you can see reddit side of the fandom has nothing of value to offer. No fresh view, a waste of time.
Mal's lost letter (Leigh Bardugo)
Lantsov colours.
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 22 & Siege and Storm- Chapter 4
How have I never realized before?
The only difference is in the shade of blue, and even that depends on the Church making the effort to promote Etherealki blue.
Since all the maids in Little Palace are in white, I'm gonna go with the explanation they're not Aleksander's. In the show Little Palace is relatively new, and while his guards might be (partly) handpicked by him already, he didn't manage to do so inconspicuously with the staff yet. That's why the racist ones don't get fired in multi cultural LP. They're all possible spies of the Tsar, they're from his household.
edit: At least those in Genya's introduction scene are officially Royal staff:
Hot take ('cause media literacy is apparently dead): The Darkling couldn't "give" any of his Grisha to the Royals, for giving suggests relinquishing something that's been in your possession. All Ravkan Grisha already belong to the Crown.
Nikolai's actually pretty well written as one of those Kings, who have use for Grisha and aren't prejudiced against them personally, but can't be arsed to care about their situation or do anything about it.
