#❥ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐈 、headcanon

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got some thoughts rolling around in my head tonight for a modern verse for genji... technically i have one already where he's basically the rich, spoiled-ass youngest son of the head of a yakuza clan who goes to america for university (he's not really studying though, he's mostly partying)... but tonight i'm thinking specifically about later in his life, how i might translate canon events into present day.

i'm thinking he probably got dragged back home bc his father fell ill and was basically on his death bed. i think his brother still attempts to brutally murder him at the behest of the clan bc now that he's back in japan and clearly hasn't grown up during his time in america, he's likely to start making a scene and cause the clan to look bad all over again. it's less brutal than canon though, since it kind of has to be for him to realistically make it out alive lmao. loses a limb or two for sure, has some nasty scars, is basically in recovery for years... someone probably helps him get out alive, gets him medical care, helps him lie low... (maybe a friend of his father's? another clan or authorities of some sort who save him in return for intel on his family's clan? hmmm)

something something once he's recovered enough to like. function on his own again (and is less prone to trying to drink himself to death) he starts just travelling the world all minimalist style. tries to put as much distance between himself and his past as he can. maybe works odd jobs in whatever country he's staying in to keep himself in food & shelter? HMMMM.

basically less cyborg (still ninja tho. can absolutely mess you up if he wants to) and a little less trauma but like. still a little fratricide, still a lot of coming to grips with changes to his life and body, all that important thematic stuff.

[lctibule]

friendly and not at all alarming reminder that genji's eyes glow red in the dark.

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