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ioculus2015-02-11 11:24 am
deontology) wrote in ioculus2015-02-11 11:24 am
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So, Sousei. This is a lot of what we've talked about previously, but I'll do my best to make it as long and unreadable as possible!
Simplest way to put it is that Shirasu doesn't like Sousei because Sousei is Yamainu, and also because Sousei doesn't like him. He's just paying back the favor. Being a member of the Yamainu encompasses opposition to the Orochi, opposition to the Fuuma, and being a tool of the bad government that's making his clan's survival difficult. Ninja thrive in chaos, not order. Plus, Sousei has a rotten personality, as far as he's concerned.
All of that would be enough... except for the part where it's not. Shirasu's inability to stand Sousei goes way beyond professional dislike. Shirasu spent ten years listening to Tenka talk about the Yamainu and how Sousei turned his back on him. Tenka didn't hold a grudge, so Shirasu took it on for him. That grudge only got worse when after so long apart, Sousei called Tenka a traitor. Now that they're in forced contact in Cerealia, the grudge is being force fed by the fact Shirasu is so jealous of Sousei it makes him sick. After ten years of shunning him, that Sousei steps in and takes Shirasu's place as Tenka's confidant drives Shirasu nuts. The finer points of this are completely unrealized; Shirasu just feels irrational hatred for Sousei whenever he's around, which he justifies by--
Actually blaming Sousei for not dying when his twin tried to kill him. Shirasu's own feelings of guilt and loss over his brother's death just mix with the hypocritical Tenka-related jealousy and Sousei gets the short end of the stick. If Sousei had just died, too, then his twin's death wouldn't have been so completely meaningless. Shirasu regrets making the promise to Tenka that he's not going to harm Sousei without reason -- and he's smart enough to know that "I hate him" is not enough of a reason. He'd honestly love to shove a blade right into Sousei's eye.
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Getting to know Tenka and his family is the best and worst thing Shirasu has ever done, in his opinion. Tenka and the others loved him, accepted him, and showed him a life he would otherwise have never known existed. And Shirasu wishes he could hate Tenka for it, because now he's broken. He's broken and a failure and now being with his clan feels like it's not ever going to be enough, because they behave as Fuuma should. But after everything went wrong with the Orochi, Shirasu had started to build something that might have borne fruit in a generation or two, and he had just started to come to terms with his pain and what he'd done -- by not dealing with it so much but using it as fuel to make changes in the clan -- but coming to Cerealia has sort of destroyed any progress.
Like a lot of his early education from the Kumou, Shirasu cares about things because Tenka cares about them. Until talking in the garden, Shirasu barely gave a thought to killing the Kumou parents or causing Soramaru trauma. He had to care more about Tenka's injuries because he had regular exposure to the consequences, but even then, the feelings were muted. A sort of "well, it's done; nothing to be accomplished by dwelling on it" outlook where his personal feelings didn't factor in. He managed any stray feelings that came up, put them into a little box in his mind and moved on. But he's not the same person he was back then. Losing his brother in combination with losing the direction the Orochi provided left deeper scars than he's willing to admit. Tenka wants to know where the "real" Shirasu is and Shirasu can't tell him. Not really because he doesn't know -- he has a better idea than he did when Tenka asked him that -- but because the "real" Shirasu desperately misses the family he threw away, and is torn between hoping maybe there's a future and being almost certain it's gone for good. And then his brother's voice -- his father and mother's voices -- the leader's voice -- rise and insist any connection with Tenka or his family isn't just misguided, it's wrong. It's treason against his true family and their memories. They didn't give their lives or make those sacrifices for Shirasu to let others into his heart. The Ceremony made his heart small -- there isn't enough room. Not to mention he'd be unfit to lead his clan. He's the only one who can make the changes to give them better lives.
This is where dogma and trauma and fear mix together to set out circumstances that, when come into contact with Tenka, completely overwhelm him. He doesn't know what to do around Tenka anymore. He's constantly afraid, even while constantly seeking him. Tenka's never done anything to lose Shirasu's love or respect. And that Tenka hasn't rejected him is stupefying. In his heart he knows that's just who Tenka is. But Shirasu can't comprehend it. It's not rational. His mother hated him for killing his father -- he's done much more to Tenka than just that. Shirasu would have accepted rejection and hate from Tenka. Tenka's "you're still family" viewpoint is baffling. So, he's waiting every second for the hammer to fall. And Shirasu's also afraid he'll start doubting the necessity of everything he's done.
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Shirasu has no strong opinions on Kaoru, other than he feels Kaoru's not quite what he appears. He'd thought that in a "oh, that's interesting" way before the event, but after dealing with Kaoru and Chizuru, Kaoru's more than just "interesting". There is an unconscious affinity because they're both parts of twins. And a faint bit of envy because Kaoru has his twin. He doesn't know Kaoru and Chizuru have a strained relationship, which really wouldn't hurt his opinion any. What would change things -- for the better, to be honest -- is finding out Kaoru's an underhanded shithead. Because so is Shirasu.
The only caveat, of course, is Kaoru's relationship with Tenka. Finding out Kaoru's not really very nice would be a cause for concern (because Tenka's already got an asshole friend) and Shirasu would watch him very carefully. And they'd probably have to have a chat about it. Otherwise, they'd probably like each other.
But for right now, Shirasu is at least humoring the apology Kaoru gave him, and that Kaoru was under the influence of a card. But there is suspicion.
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but yes gosh i want this to hAPPEN because Kaoru actually knows that Tenka lived with a person named Shirasu and that he helped raise his little brothers?! But he doesn't know... that Shirasu is Kotarou...... basically i would love it if they could eventually get to a point where they could actually be like sketchy business partners LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN APA. on the plus side, kaoru doesn't have any intention of making tenka miserable... on purpose.... so that would be a good and potentially hilarious conversation.
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While it's very true Oona and Shirasu don't have a lot of interaction time, Shirasu feels pretty favorably toward her. She's very unusual, so at first novelty made her interesting and he got the impression she's pretty fierce, which he approved of. The idea that Oona doesn't really understand people probably speaks to him, deep down, because of his own inability to process emotions normally. But she seems easier to understand because aside from her tendency to sulk when he's nice to her, she is pretty straightforward.
Shirasu likes she is fond of Tenka, and is bemusedly flattered by her thinking he's pretty. Because she doesn't really make anything of it, and that's unusual? He doesn't have any ill intentions toward her, though if she were to be determined to be an obstacle to something Shirasu wanted to do, he'd cast her aside without regard to his personal feelings. But, then, that's not unique to Oona.
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Um... Totsuka is not an unattractive person.
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Mary piques Shirasu's interest first and foremost because she's adorable and he is fond of kids. She seems younger than fourteen, and excitable so that's entertaining, but it also makes him want to be protective and just nice to her. Also, she didn't do too badly with regard to him while they were both tarot-influenced. She used him, sure, but she used him to... go buy candy.
He doesn't know about her ability, and he'd be a little wary of it but I doubt he'd hold it against her.
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I'm going to mix a bit of first impression and speculation. :D
At first, she seems friendly and personable and pleasant. Shirasu has little strong opinion on her, and that probably would be the same going forward. He would like to know about Vietnam, though it would be hard for him to wrap his head around the fact she's actually that country. If she were to feed him, he'd be very kindly inclined toward her, once he was satisfied she wasn't out to poison him. (But that's not unique to her, he doesn't trust people.)
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BUT LOL SHE'S NOT GOING TO POISON HIM ALKSKJLAS SHIRASU YOUR LIFE.