talk about your muse | accepting | for @wayofjashin
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Lee was raised in a Taoist household. Taoism is common in the Land of Fragrance and his mother, Raga Lee, is very devout. However, Lee’s always struggled with Taoism and identifies as being agnostic. He tried to follow his mother’s beloved belief system but found it difficult once he reached his early teens-- Especially so when he was severely injured after his fight with Ga.ara. A slight rift was created between him and his mother during those few months that Lee believed he’d never be able to a shinobi again, and it was all over Taoism.
Taoists go with the flow and accept things as they are/as they happen. This was really hard for Lee because it was his frickin’ dream to be a shinobi. He was just supposed to give up on that and just “accept” his injury as fate?? Absolutely not. His mother called him power-hungry, argued that he wasn’t going through life as he should and following Laozi’s teachings. His life was imbalanced because he wasn’t living “the way,” and that was why he suffered from such an injury. Yeah, his mom is very devout.
But she’s a stubborn woman and she knew her son had inherited her stubbornness so she knew he wouldn’t give up being a shinobi, even after hearing her words of deterrence. Eventually, she let him be and stopped bring Taoism up. They never really had a conversation about how she hurt his feelings or about how he felt she was unsupportive of his dreams in that instance of his serious injury. However, they are currently in a good place and he doesn’t wish to bring it up. Plus, he really loves his Mama and she’s always been kind of blunt and cold like that, so he’s used to it?