this is mean t.t /nsrs mmmhpgkjh anything to do w/ sensitivity ... and like ppl acknowledging it
ie. "is it worse when i do _?" / "so _ works better than _, got it!" @_@"
nicknames get me bad too T_T I CNAT HANDLE IT ILL DENY IT ALWAUS
💚: Gentle tickles or wrecking?
asjshfuhgijgghjk BOTH/hj i feel like it depends tho ... but most of the time i js wna get the 2nd one //////
💙: What type of lee/ler are you? (Shy, bratty, sadistic, teasy, etc)
hi!! thank you sm for the ask!! i love tsukasa analyses, so i was really excited to get this!! there is a small/specific thing i've been thinking about with regards to a couple tsukasa moments recently, and that is:
tsukasa and some not-so-rhetorical questions
there are two specific instances i've been thinking about recently of tsukasa asking typically rhetorical questions in a genuine way. the first time happens in chapter 91. when hanako and nene ask tsukasa how he got to them and why he was there, he asks "who cares?"
i find it really interesting that this question comes before tsukasa asks a long series of hard hitting questions about nene's lifespan, hanako's wish, and destroying the yorishiros. he's asking very real, actionable questions! and this question is grouped in with them! so while "who cares?" is typically a very throwaway question, coming from tsukasa in this moment, i read it as having much more weight. i think tsukasa is experiencing the feeling of that in a very real way. especially given the context of more recent chapters ("he doesn't come when i call," "if you want out, you're going to have to do the best you can by yourself," etc.) while this question may come across as flippant, tsukasa must truly be wondering: "genuinely, who cares where i've been? how or why i'm here? genuinely, do either of the two of you care what i'm up to? you're worried about nene's lifespan and the yorishiros. who he cares about how i got here or why? i have no reason to believe you do." i don't think it's a stretch to think that a boy whose calls for help don't get answered would genuinely wonder: who cares?
and with all the context of 91 up to now, i love to read this question in 110 as a genuine question from tsukasa that hanako hears as rehtorical, and flippant:
"so?" asked so briefly and bluntly is often a rhetorical question: more a statement of "that doesn't matter" or "i don't care." and from hanako's perspective, he has just poured his heart out. he's just said, "yes i could have anything in the whole world, but then i wouldn't have you." to him, this surely must seem like a logical fill in of, "I wouldn't trade you for anything."
but this is tsukasa. tsukasa, who has spent god knows how many years calling out for amane with no response. tsukasa, who knows the following to be fact: 1) hanako knows tsukasa is his yorishiro. 2) hanako has been working to destroy all the yorishiros. thus, the logic from the facts tsukasa has would say that hanako prefers to be without tsukasa. of course he'll be confused that hanako's words suggest he doesn't want to be apart when all he's done with his actions is keep tsukasa away from himself!
it's not surprising, then, that he would want an explanation of how these things connect. the facts tsukasa has say amane doesn't care about him and is prepared to destroy him. so of course amane saying "i wouldn't give you up for anything" is not going to compute, that seems like almost an exact contradiction to the facts tsukasa is working with. the "so?" here is the same question tsukasa's been asking since 1968 in chapter 101: "you'd prefer it if i stayed here, right, amane? or would you rather me gone?" tsukasa thought he had the answer, but now amane's saying the opposite.
i love this panel, because it reads as so hopeful. i really read this as tsukasa wanting to know more about why amane is hung up on never seeing tsukasa again. how often does tsukasa ever want anything for himself? other than to know how someone is feeling? and this moment feels significantly softer than other times he's asked similar things. tsukasa's always asking: what are you thinking? what are you feeling? amane, are you happy to see me? so i think he's genuinely asking here: why would that be a problem? i interpret this panel as tsukasa really, genuinely asking amane to explain that he cares about him, that he wants to be with him. because he has nothing to go off of to prove that that's the case. are you happy to see me, amane? so what if you can never see me again, amane?
to get really specific, i love the lighting in tsukasa's eyes in this panel. his eyes are mostly in shadow, but there's just a bit of light at the tops of them; his irises are almost all black, but there's a little bit of light flooding in at the bottom. because i love to torture myself with tsukasa angst (lol), i like to interpret this specific lightning choice as representing understanding beginning to dawn for tsukasa. a literal flicker of hope. maybe... amane does care about him? maybe amane does want him around? he might just be starting to understand that amane cares, but he needs it explained more, needs it spelled out. hanako's actions have not suggested this is true, so all he can go off of are hanako's words. he needs more words from hanako to make it make sense. so? why would that matter? he's starting to get it, but he has to ask, especially since it goes against all the other signs he's been given.
but, of course, hanako is hanako/amane is amane (i love him but he does win worst communicator for more than fifty years running <3 lmao) so he takes this as a rejection, and doles out his own in return, not hearing the request tsukasa is making, thus affirming what tsukasa already thought: that he hates tsukasa.
the mix of light and dark is gone from tsukasa'a eyes after hanako says "i hate you so much."
his face and eyes are flush with light--with clarity. i know you hate me, amane. no more doubt, no more questions, no more hope.
i'm obsessed with the angst of this entire interaction, and tsukasa asking, "so?" is the hinge it all rests on. the moment of suspension.
here's their chance. here is tsukasa wanting to understand why hanako isn't going through with the plan just because the two of them would never see each other again. here is hanako's chance to explain that he cares.
but it can't line up, not expressed like this. not with "do you love me?" tsuakasa and "of course!" amane. not when they're both so sure their love for the other is obvious, not when they both hear rejection in everything. not when they've both come to expect loneliness as a default, to the point where the other caring about them is never the logical conclusion in their eyes, no matter how obvious their love for the other seems to themselves.
here is a beginning, here in tsukasa's eyes, in his question. but both of them are only ever expecting an end.
(this analysis of tsukasa's eyes in this interaction also connects to the seed of a larger theory i want to explore more soon, which is the possibility that tsukasa's eyes going black isn't necessarily--or at least not exclusively--about the entity's powers taking over, but rather/additionally a reflection of his emotional state... but then that also ties into the really long post i'm trying to wrangle into coherence about tsukasa being genuinely tsukasa... so i may have to elaborate on that another time lol)
thank you again for the ask!! i really love diving into all the possible meanings behind specific/small moments, so i had a lot of fun with this!!
is it possible that you could set up a 'custom theme' page for your blog? i've been trying to catch up, but it's challenging when you can't look through chronologically
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Ah ofc! I’ve actually been meaning to get around to that as the story will soon be taking a more chronological order. Ty sm for reminding me :] 💛
Hmmm...I think definitely good in that it can be really fun. But less good in the sense that I tend to laugh when I get nervous, which is not helpful when I'm trying not to laugh. But overall I'd say good.
🦝 On a scale from 1-10 how much can you handle anticipacion?
Probably like a 6 maybe? Like I said, I get quite giggly when I get nervous. (And that means I'm much more susceptible to teasing)
Of course I can the two- I mean tickle, especially when I'm using it to tease someone and simply go "Tickle tickle ti-ckle~" as I wiggle my fingers in your direction 😈
11: Verbal teases: Yes or no and why?
Yes, usually when tickling is already underway. Mostly like compliments and loving words are best though. ☺️
19: What's your favorite way to be tickled? (As in provoked, teased into asking, etc)
Not exactly sure but I've been having this fantasy recently where someone (usually fantasized s.o.) walks in while I'm on my bed and makes their way over starting at the foot of the bed and climbing their way onto me before gently pinning my arms above my head and tickling my upperbody so... that yeah 😳😅
literally i have a praise kink so i absolutely melt if i hear stuff like
“you’re doing so good for me! look at how wide that smile is.~”
“your laughter is so cute! i wanna hear it more!”
“aww, you’re keeping your arms up for me? so thoughtful, i’m so proud of your control!”
legit if you tease me like this you have my entire heart already bye. i’m also pretty bratty tho so affectionately dominant / threatening teases also work Very well on me even if i fight back like i know im abt to get my shit handled HJIJKM
and if i’m on the ler side of it all, i’m also keen on dishing out praises but i also lIKE TO BE A LIL MEAN and i’ve dreamed of teasing someone like
“what?? what’s so funny, honey? i’m barely touching you i swear *wrecking my lee*”
“*affectionately mocking my lee’s laughter* whahahat? nohohoho? dohohohon’t? don’t stop? didn’t plan on it! ♥”
“go ahead. say something else. i dare you. *bratty lee says some shit again* aight, bet, you got 3 seconds to run and i mean RUN.”
