match-up trade with @babulejka -> jujutsu kaisen
i had a lot of fun coming up with a cursed technique. hope you enjoy reading this!
.✦ ݁˖ backstory.
you're the heiress to a wealthy, rooted, and influencial clan of jujutsu sorcerers, and luckily for you; one with better customs than the other prominent clans in the jujutsu society.
your clan greatly values the improvement of self and any kind of skill that might help one survive and thrive, so you've been taking ballet lessons since you were three years old, and laerning how to play several instruments. you've also been training in martial arts, especially fencing which is preferred in your family, as it's both elegant and deadly. so, with these masteries, you grew up to be a capable sorcerer.
as was the natural progression for a jujutsu sorcerer of your caliber, you started tokyo jujutsu high when you came of high school age, and then you graduated, becoming a full-fledged sorcerer. you started working as a teacher at jujutsu high, which was unusual for your family, but you just loved kids and wanted to help guide them, especially in this world of curses and high expectations. (growing up knowing how other clans approach their young, you realised that you (and your relatives) might be the only well-adjusted new generation among them.)
you still kept performing your duties as a grade one sorcerer while doing your job as a teacher, though. the jujutsu society couldn't lose your abilities, and you'd always been a workaholic, so you wanted to do all the work anyway.
.✦ ݁˖ profile.
occupation. jujutsu sorcerer / teacher at tokyo jujutsu high.
grade. one.
cursed technique. danse macabre.
your technique is based on elegance, beauty, flashiness, poise, and your own physical skills, as is the usual case for your family. it's built upon using your dance movements to control the cursed energy you have, and turn it into deadly attacks. your chosen dance is ballet, which has been somewhat common in your family for a few decades now, alongside more traditional japanese dances.
the white and black swan: every graceful, precise, and accurate movement you make labels you as the white swan, which acts as a devastating, invisible cutting force. conversely, any discordant, panicked movements made by your opponents label them the black swan, which binds their limbs like heavy iron.
domain expansion. the cursed lake.
the ballet play most suitable to the target you've trapped within your domain expansion starts happening to your target, but they have to play the part of tragedy, and meet their inevidable demise in scenes of horrifying impending doom, with horror imegary fit for the particular play chosen. (it forces your opponent to play out a routine, hence the name the cursed lake.)
i'm matching you with જ⁀➴ ♡ fushiguro toji !
theatre stage. sharp and precise movements. physical strength. redemption. a long-held, secret promise only known to you. a deeply rooted desire to save and help, a forcefully carved feeling of rejection and fury. katanas honed to perfection. inventory full of weapons. black clothes. mending a broken family. brazen, harsh words being met with soft, soothing reaponses. freelancing. not knowing when work will find its way to you. training. pointe shoes next to guns. slowly built trust. aimless walking. the smell of an average male cologne. wounds, cuts, and stitches. worn out slippers of four waiting at home.
i think you could fix him. lol.
your approachable, bubbly, and accepting personality would manage to pass beyond his walls, and you're capable and remarkable enough to get his attention, and then for him to take seriously.
.✦ ݁˖ first meeting.
you knew toji from childhood, although he was a few years older than you. you used to not talk much, because he was a known troublemaker, rebellious, snappish, he used to ignore the elders and the sorcerers. he seemed to be angry or distant most of the time. the zen'in clan elders used to tell you to stay away, so you didn't get to talk to him much. after he ran away, as a teen, you always wished you'd tried to get through to him.
later, you met again when you were on a mission, and he'd taken a related job. he was impressed by the way you fought, both of you being agile and masters at martial arts. you were tall, and you had long, blonde hair you'd left untied, acting in sync with your movements, rather than making your job harder, thanks to your precise motions. so he remembered you, you weren't very forgettable. and he recognized the style of your family, and the little blonde girl he used to see at events sometimes.
and for you, of course you remembered him. the one you were too young to save. he went his own way after that confrontation, but you followed him. him being alive had given you some hope, you remembered the sadness he had in his eyes when he was younger, that no one in his family had managed to recognize, much to your surprise, or maybe they'd ignored it. you wanted to talk to him now, listen to what he clearly had to say back then, see what his deal truly is. besides, he was really strong, why hadn't the elders of his family been able to see it?
.✦ ݁˖ headcanons.
જ⁀➴ ♡ you were persistent, and as he got to know you more (he had to, because you were persistent...), he respected you more. you brought a refreshing, new perspective into his life, like he'd forgotten existed. he started following your gaze, and seeing the beauty you saw, although it could never shine in his eyes the same. you actually understood what he'd been through without him having to say it, you'd been paying attention to the suffering of the clan children. you were readily there to help. and he actually enjoyed the time he spent with you. and... and then you reminded him that he could have a family... he had a family. so his feelings for you gradually shifted, and he was pretty much fine with it lol. he didn't try to deny his feelings or anything.
જ⁀➴ ♡ the first time he asked you out, it just came to him naturally in a casual conversation. you were just walking together, going somewhere (not even just hanging out, you had a job to do), and he just asked as if he'd only then thought of it. "oh, wanna go out sometime?" someone needs to help him out. seriously. (can't believe he actually got the girl somehow, anyway.)
જ⁀➴ ♡ he mostly always says what's on his mind, and has no qualms complimenting you very often, even in... not so sweet ways. (bro needs a filter to keep the dirtier thoughts in his mind.) or just commenting on your attire in general. he always tells you that he thinks you're beautiful, or "rocking those heels / that dress", or even the weird bugs and whatnot look good on you somehow. he also enjoys lookig you up and down veeery slowly and obviously whenever you meet up.
જ⁀➴ ♡ your technique is famously very beautiful to watch. (front row seats please.) he loves working with you, and sometimes if the enemy is weak enough that he's not really needed, he always offers to step back and let you handle it, so he can watch you fight (dance). you know this, so you let it happen (plus, you enjoy using your technique a lot).
જ⁀➴ ♡ thanks to your ginormous wealth, toji doesn't have to worry about starving to death anymore! yay! he now can be more selective about the work he accepts. (he wouldn't care, normally, but you care so he might as well not take that job to murder a kid, he supposes.) he also tries to be a... present father, somewhat, as time goes on, and as he gets used to the idea. not to mention, he now has two kids, one son, and one whole daughter! he has a daughter he's never met before! and she seems to like him more than his own son? so... time to get to work, toji. thankfully, you're there to help him along the way.
.✦ ݁˖ tropes. grumpy x sunshine. wants to help x wants to be better for the other person. actual real life fairy x actual monster lol.
.✦ ݁˖ best friend. yaga masamichi.
he approached you about becoming a teacher at tokyo jujutsu high when you'd newly graduated, because he saw immense potential in you; you loved kids, were kind and sweet, had more common sense than your regular sorcerer, he really wanted you by his side! you'd already been considering it, although it was definitely uncommon in your family to become a teacher; you didn't know how your parents and relatives would react. masamichi's encouragement helped you go through with it.
you work together, complain about students and the restrictions you face together, spend a lot of time together — it's safe to say he is your best friend, you fight the same fight and support each other through it. he also sends his most problematic students (year 3s lol) to you when he's too tired to deal with them, thank you for helping him stay sane!
.✦ ݁˖ other relationships.
nanami kento. he is one of your students! nanami really likes you; you're very capable and a very good teacher. he sometimes thinks you're too good for the jujutsu world, but the jujutsu world is better for your association with it, and well, he wouldn't want any other teacher. you teach him martial arts on top of things about curses too, since you know that's how his technique works, similar to yours. you know he'll make an excellent grade one sorcerer one day... or maybe an accountant. well, you would never force anyone to be a sorcerer, it's a risky job after all. he also knows that you're a workaholic, and respects how hardworking you are, although he thinks you should have a better work / life balance.
haibara yu. haibara is your second student, so... your only other student, since your class has only two students. he's an energetic and jolly kid, you two get along splendidly well. out of everyone at jujutsu high, he's the most similar to you in demeanor and vibes, you two liven up the room and people can see he really looks up to you. poor nanami is left as the only low-energy introvert in your trio, haha.
gojo satoru. one of the third year students, not from your class, but you still know each other, especially since he's from the gojo clan. you love kids, and try to teach and guide the students you're not directly responsible for as well, so you've had many conversations with him, especially since you're one of the only people who know what it's like to be from a jujutsu clan, and have a heavy burden on your shoulders since birth. you don't really have much to teach him in terms of sorcery, but you do try to show him a better way than what everyone else has shown him in his life, and just talk to him whenever you see him.
gojo definitely likes you, and respects you. you are strong after all, and wiser than most adults he's seen.
geto suguru. same goes for suguru as well, he respects you. you're quite strong and your technique is refined and beautiful. it's moving to watch, so he loves it when he gets to accompany you on a mission, although it happens very rarely.
this is my match-up so i can do whatever i want, and i love a good fix-it. ehem, you talked to geto after yuki told him whatever ridiculous things happened to come out of her mouth at the time, and geto was like "oh, yeah that makes more sense, thank you, sensei," and he remained on our side. ✌🏻
ieri shoko. shoko really likes you! she knows you take care of sick and wounded animals on top of all your work, and likes to help you when she comes across you. you're quite interested in her technique, and you tried to learn it from her a couple of times, but she just can't explain it well. satoru and suguru feel validated that even an excellent teacher like you can't understand it.
fushiguro megumi. ahhh yes, your adopted son. he's wary of you at first, and acts cold towards you. he's been burned too many times, you see; he's been abandoned by his father, and he's never had a mother, since his adopted mother also left him and his sister behind. he doesn't really trust you, he definitely doesn't trust toji, when he tries to get involved in his life once again thanks to your influence.
with time, megumi slowly starts to understand what kind of person you are, and open up to your affection. compared to him, his sister tsumiki immediately cozies up to you. megumi thinks he has to protect her as well, when you inevidably betray her trust.
he does start trusting you and respecting you, and then loving you, and finally seeing you as a mother figure with time, though. slowly, but what can you expect from him? he doesn't know how his father found you, you're nothing like him. in fact, you make him better. he's grateful for that, but toji will have to work more to earn his trust.
