#taigen headcanons

[y0imiy9]

to the anon that sent me the fizzy drinks ask, I'm so, so sorry I accidentally deleted it while I was drafting my response 🥲 I'm not very familiar with Tumblr so I hope you can forgive me 😭 I thankfully saved it in my notes but I'm sorry I'm not responding to it the proper way! hopefully you see this on your dashboard!

Anon asked:

"Food for thought in Mizu headcannons; carbonated/fizzy drinks. Carbonated beverages didn’t exist until the 1700s. So everyone would be new to it if they had it in BES.

But let’s say they did, some would cope with their first sip better than others the same way we did as kids (I was fine my first try while my brother couldn’t stop shuddering at the feeling in his mouth), but I personally feel like Mizu would disintegrate on the spot.

I bet she would be fine after the first few times, but our favourite samurai probably has the palate of water and like you said, plain food. I think that if she didn’t crumple to dust, her brain would conclude it was a poison of some kind."

first and foremost, tysm for the ask 🫶 would love to hear more about any headcanons about BES characters' food preferences!

I absolutely agree! I personally dislike fizzy drinks. I hate the texture so much and if I did have them I would swirl it around until most, if not all, of the fizz has gone. I could imagine mizu doing the same bc the sting of soda actually hurts lmao. 100% she would think it's poison. she doesn't even drink sake/alcohol so that added carbonation would probably make her feel like she's dying.

akemi would love fizzy drinks. in a cocktail, in a mocktail, as a slushie, she'd love it. based on ep 7, she was kinda forced to expand her palate so any weird texture or flavour combination doesn't phase her at all.

taigen would also enjoy fizzy drinks and would probably be the first one to do the "sprite challenge". he'd also set the record of loudest burp to ever be recorded in Japan history.

I think ringo would not like the texture of fizzy drinks at first but will eventually enjoy it! he's a big texture guy but the unfamiliarity of sharpness on his tongue would surprise him. he'd make the best mocktails for mizu so she doesn't feel left out when they're out drinking or something.

[y0imiy9]

Ohhh that carbonated drink anon was onto something! To add onto this interesting subject, Fowler would probably be ‘meh’ in terms of shock value, but I think Sword Father would really like the texture. Not just because he relies on his other senses to navigate the world, but he’s very much open to almost anything.

Also, I like to think that Taigen would maybe only be able to keep all the sprite down after three or four tries, but Akemi would handle it like a champ. She’d either make a polite little burp and then be all “excuse me🤭” or nearly break Taigen’s record and *then* have that same ‘tee hee’ response, no in between

Fowler is a simple guy. man's imported cows just to make sour cream!? he'd be indifferent to fizzy drinks. he'd shake them up then shoot them for fun after all that painstaking work of getting it smuggled into Japan lmfao.

Heiji Shindo would absolutely hate it LOL. he'd call Fowler a dumbass for importing spicy water for what ???? i think he'd enjoy it better mixed with sake. he seems like the type to enjoy mimosas tbh.

I absolutely agree that Swordfather would love fizzy drinks! I'd like to imagine after years of forging he'd have impulsive thoughts on just... chomping on hot coal... wondering what it would feel like.... fizzy drinks would be the closest he'd get to eating hot coals. additionally, he would Love pop rocks. 100% Swordfather would be open to trying any food cuz I can imagine a young Mizu having to cook for the both of them when he's busy. and we all know what Mizu's cooking skills are like lmao.

AND YES! Taigen would need to try at leasttt 4 times to successfully complete the challenge. Akemi definitely could handle it. she's the most adventurous when it comes to food and is a badass lady so you know dang well she'd handle it like a champ! her face unwavering after taking the last sip. the burp she let's out after is so astronomical, she doesn't even bat an eye and just politely says "excuse me" (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠) Taigen's jaw on the floor after seeing Akemi almost beat his burp record could send him to a chiropractor.

(the link is a tiktok video that best describes how akemi would have burped after doing the "sprite challenge")