#& I would eat the disrespectful chasers too obviously

[r0semultiverse]

My ideal gender presentation is a changeling that looks terrifying by default & makes people scream "what the fuck is that?" but without being able to hate crime me or even hurt me because I'm too strong & cooler than them.

[petersasteria]

Hi! I'm not sure if I can still request but here it goes. Reflection with Tom Holland please. I understand if you can't do this...

Yes, you can still request! There’s no deadline. I just want to finish the all the songs from the list xx

Reflection - Tom Holland (Rich Kid AU)

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞; 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭?"

Holland!Reader

* * * *

Being the only daughter wasn’t easy. Your parents wanted you to act a certain way and for some reason, you didn’t want to. You had your own way of life that wasn’t inclined to what your parents want for you. It gave you the title, “Black Sheep Holland”. 

It was Sam, Harry and yours birthday and everything was elegant. Obviously, you didn’t want a party like that. You wanted to go to clubs and see and experience them. Everyone was holding champagne or wine and the music was strictly ONLY classical as per Sam’s request. Harry personally picked the best and most expensive videographer to document the party. You, however, didn’t request anything. Thus, the reason why Sam and Harry were ignoring you the whole night.

Everyone was seated, eating the catered dinner while a pianist was playing. You were just minding your own business when your mum started telling you off.

“Chin up, dear.”

“No slouching!”

“Fix your hair. It’s falling apart.”

“Smile more!”

“Ladies don’t laugh like a walrus.”

“Mum, can you shut up?!” You hissed. “Weren’t you taught that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all?”

“Y/N!” Nikki gasped. Dom shook his head at you disapprovingly and the twins’ jaw dropped. Paddy just didn’t care. Tom just looked at you with an expression you couldn’t read. You threw your napkin on the table and walked out of the venue.

You found yourself looking at the pond as you stood on the little bridge. The koi fishes were swimming around and for a second, you smiled a little. You didn’t even notice that you were crying.

You heard footsteps coming towards you and you turned to see Tom. You looked back at the pond and Tom stood next to you. 

“I just want you to know that what you did back there was-”

“Disrespectful and rude.”

“-badass!” Tom exclaimed. He turned to you and smiled. “No one’s ever stood up to mum, but you did. That was amazing, Y/N.”

“You’re not here to yell at me?” You asked and he shook his head.

“Fuck, no! I’m on your side and I will forever be on your side. What they’re saying isn’t true. You’re not a black sheep, alright? You’re different because you chose to be yourself and not someone who mum and dad want you to be. You’re different and that’s a good thing. You don’t have to be a carbon copy of them. Be yourself.” Tom smiled at you.

“No man would ever want a lady that laughs like a walrus, though. You’re not looking at the right place, then. Because one day there’ll be a guy out there who’ll make you laugh so hard, people might think it was a walrus.” Tom said and you chuckled.

“That guy wouldn’t mind because he wouldn’t care about your laugh. He wouldn’t care if you were slouching or if your chin isn’t up like it was instructed to you. He’ll love you when your hair is messy and he’ll be making you smile all day especially when you’re sad. I believe he’s out there and I know you’ll find him.” Tom grinned.

You smiled and hugged him, “Thank you. Love you, Tommy.”

“Love you too, baby sis. Happy birthday.”

* * * *

𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓: @abrielleholland​ @poguesholland​ @superheroesaremytea​ @marshxx​ @buckys-little-hoe​ @harryismysunflower​ @itstaskeen​ @hollandsrecs​ @ilarbu​ @slytherin-chaser​ @quaksonhehe​ @lil-mellow-bunbun​ @turtoix​ @badreputationlove​ @swiftmind​ @sovereignparker​ @nerdyandproudofitsstuff​ @pearce14​ @xfirstfemale-marauderx​ @cherthegoddess​ @justanamesstuff​ @chewymoustachio

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓: @marvelousell​ @justasmisunderstoodasloki​ @rubberducky-jrr​ @petersholland​ @osterfieldnholland​ @miraclesoflove​ @god-knows-what-am-i-doing​ @perspectiveparker​ @hollands-weasley​ @itstaskeen​ @call-me-baby-gir1​ @the-panwitch​ @iamaunicorn4704​ @chloecreatesfictions​ @holland-styles​ @halfblood-princess-505​ @spidey-reids-2003​ @whatthefuckimbisexual​ @justanothermarvelmaniac​ @unsaidholland​ @musicalkeys​ @lost-in-the-stars03​ @hufflepuffprincess24 @hollanddolanfangirl @parkerpeter24

[chibimyumi]

What do you think about Yuta's new role as Kijima? After his mindblowing performances as der tod and sebastian, this role just does not seem to fit his status as TOHO prince and favourite cow(it's just my opinion though, no offence). But still our yuta-bab is working as hard as he did for any other roles.

Dear Anon,

What I think of Kijima? Oh gosh… don’t get me started… Well, HERE WE GO～! (You can thank @akumadeshitsumon​​ for this, this is their terrible idea.)

Kijima and Plot Relevance

Kijima is a new character added to the original novel ‘Top Knife’, and it is very obvious that this character was just shoe-horned in there. The characters of ‘Top Knife’ are not badly written, but because Kijima is new, every time they interact with Kijima it feels incredibly forced. ESPECIALLY Sachiko.

Sachiko is this 26 year old brain surgeon who finds herself lacking in every way. Obviously, being 26 and brain surgeon is very unlikely, but regardless, her having the least experience and getting her ego ‘tamed’ wasn’t necessarily a bad thing story-writing-wise. However, her ‘inexperience’ is entirely conflated with ‘the least professional person you can imagine ANYWHERE, to the point of being law-breaking’.

Why do I mention her? Because she is the only connection Kijima has to the main plot. Sachiko’s total lack of professionalism is played up as ‘cute’ and ‘pure’, and now 5 episodes in, her only role so far is THE girl who is in love. After meeting Kijima and having spoken to him ONCE, she finds herself head-over-heels for him, and at work she becomes this romance-drunk, worthless piece of… She is very much reduced to the ‘tell-don’t-show-device’ to tell the audience how DESIRABLE Kijima is, even though he:

Has hardly got any screentime.

Is a total sexual molester in whatever little screentime he has.

Kijima is supposed to be this ‘project’ that Sachiko will probably have to conquer, she is supposed to “cure” Kijima of his playboyitis (spoilers, it doesn’t work that way.)

My and Furukawa’s opinion on Kijima

Skirt-chasers are NEVER nice, for they are the manifestation of the hetero male entitlement, and I hate such characters because they are usually portrayed as “a fun guy who just needs to find ‘the right girl’ to cure him.” As mentioned above, 5 episodes in, and we are already sure that this is the character-trajectory.

In episode 1 Kijima was already introduced as this condescending man who sees women solely as pretty play-things. In episode 2 we see him showing a more charming and compassionate side to Sachiko who was about to cry, but immediately after that scene, he walks to another girl and sweeps his fingers across her waist as he passes by. Eeeewl. In episode 4 his female customers order alcohol, and Kijima just keeps adding booze to the women’s cups without them asking for it (which is SHADY as hell?) Unsurprisingly, Sachiko drinks too much and she falls asleep at Kijima’s bar, so he drapes a blanket over her, and sleeps next to her. It’s a public TV series, so obviously nothing explicit happens, but the subtext is clear as day.

TOHO’s Prince vs Kijima

Dear Anon, you are very right, the way Furukawa plays Kijima does indeed not quite fit his ‘Imperial Theatre’s Prince’ image, and I am sure the producers would now also agree with you.

As mentioned above, Kijima Tatsuya is an OC and his ‘official’ title is ‘The Bewitching Prince (悩殺王子・Nousatsu Ouji)’. We need no second attempt to guess how this is a blatant reference to Furukawa’s TOHO Prince status. Unfortunately (or ‘fortunately’, depending on from whose perspective you look), they cast the most passive-aggressive, pedantic and opinionated actor TOHO has.

The premise of Kijima’s character was just ‘a skirt-chaser’, and when Furukawa asked the director what their vision was, they told him: “the lovable kind you just can’t hate”, to which Furukawa replied: “I learn something new every day.”

It is obvious that Furukawa really feels uncomfortable with this character as he has frequently expressed so even in public interviews. He needs to remain diplomatic of course, but he keeps emphasising how Kijima Tatsuya is the polar opposite of the kind of person he is while shoving passive-aggressive comments in about what kind of person Furukawa himself wishes to be. While playing Kijima, Furukawa has removed any of the charms that is conventionally attractive. Kijima is obnoxious, loud, imposing, condescending, rude, obnoxious, full of swagger, and obnoxious. He plays Kijima for what he is; a disrespectful misogynist. Fans were quite in shock at the beginning, but they seem to have fallen for this person nevertheless. It seems that Furukawa is the living trope of ‘so beautiful, it’s a curse’, because many fans indeed don’t look past his handsomeness.

Furukawa seems to be trying very hard to distance himself from this character by frequently saying: “I love acting”. Even though he is normally unforgiving towards himself when he makes any mistake, for almost every single SNS video he makes a point out of inserting bloopers to help remind people Kijima is Kijima, Furukawa is Furukawa.

Cowjima

‘Top Knife’ is capitalising on Furucowa’s popularity in such an obvious way it’s painful to watch. Furukawa himself is an absolute techno-noob, but even before the series started they gave him and only him an Instagram, an official website, TikTok, and what not. Sachiko is reduced to an empty hopeless romantic self-insert, and when Kijima’s POV flirting videos were published, I got confirmation why.

The producers of ‘Top Knife’ want to market this skirt-chaser-to-be-conquered-by-the-right-girl, while also throwing Watcher x Kijima videos at us, making us all know that besides Sachiko, Kijima will also flirt with any watcher. They really are trying to eat the cake and have the cake >.>

Conclusion

I hate Kijima with a fiery passion, but I am grateful that Furukawa sees the problem of this character and is giving it his all to make it obvious how obnoxious skirt-chasers like Kijima Tatsuya are. I am laughing at the irony of ntv thinking to have cast the charming Prince of TOHO for this role, but then ending up with exactly what they didn’t know they had ordered.