#雀 || genji

[suzumenoken]

Genji Shimada Relationships/Intimacy Headcanons

Levels of intimacy for shipping/relationship purposes as headcannoned by me.

Under the cut, cause just like my Hanzo, I go into detail, but even more so here with Genji since I write him in varying points of his life. Admittedly its really complex and situational, so brace yourself, this gets long!

All SFW, angst and fluff included!

Sexuality: I HC him straight. He's definitely been experimental a bit in his past, though.

Young Genji:

Theme song: Death of a Strawberry - Dance Gavin Dance

Lvl 1) Someone's interested in him? Well, it's not the first time and certainly not the last. He's on a high horse and doesn't really filter his words and actions. He plays the fuckboy card damn well, it's all anyone sees when he's outside the walls of his estate. It will be no different towards someone who's actively trying to pursue him at first. They'll have to catch his attention for reasons other than the bullshit he's actively involved in. He'll just assume they're the same as everyone else if they show more interest in the delinquency/partying and his family name/history than him personally.

Lvl 2) They caught his attention by consistently showing interest in him, and just him. It likely won't be terribly pleasant for the pursuer because of his cheeky quips as he catches on, cause he does, and quickly, (or maybe they're into that, who knows) but persistence is an eye catcher. He'll be more inclined to talk to them.

Lvl 3) He's seeking them out specifically to talk to, hang out with and bother, trying to pull at their strings. He's pulling a bunch of tricks out his sleeve with a playful attitude to keep them on him. He'll slow down on certain activities, not holding as much of an interest in those things anymore as he does in the other person, now holding a bit of hope for the possibilities. Yet, that hope now grows with fear. He still holds his façade very strongly and struggles to be truly vulnerable. He'll need something to break him out of it/give him confidence that it's ok to show himself.

Lvl 3.5) A confession wouldn't really phase him, per-se, since he's been confessed to before, but as long as genuine time and effort has been given up front, he'll be more receptive, yet still clinging to his mask and won't put it down for just anyone. It'll either have to be forced off him or guided off. Depending on which path the other chooses to take with him, he'll respond accordingly, and this is either a dead end, or the start of something pretty wild. (Or it could already have been, he's a bit of a thrill seeker, so there you go.)

Lvl 4) So, he accepted their confession. Returned it, even. Whether he asks or they do, now he's giving it a shot. There's a crack in the front he's put on for so long, and out of it seeps heaps of genuine passion. He hasn't given up all of his habits, though, and still smokes (primarily), drinks (not as much), etc. Whether or not this is an issue to his s/o is interchangeable and he will accommodate where he can for them. They're something truly different and he slowly grows more attached with each day that passes.

Lvl 5) He's attentive, protective (very, considering his occupation) and god does he know how to love. He keeps disappearing from his home when he's not worked to the bone training or has to do anything for clan purposes to see his s/o, basically living a double life. That is until the canon event happens where he fights his brother and is struck down by him.

Note: if the s/o truly knows the extent of his family history and business, if their relationship is secret or not and more is up to the plot lines.

Blackwatch Genji:

Theme song: WANNA DIE - n9neful & WHYTYLXR (Lyrics)

To be completely honest with you, he's not interested in a relationship at this point in his life. He'd be thrown off and even upset at anyone showing romantic interest in him when he's like this, and genuinely would wish better for them. He's got too much on his mind and is violently angry. He's really not going to be able to be pulled out of that right now, but they're welcome to try.

In the case it's an old flame/the person he was with before he became a cyborg, they won't know who he is instantly. He will try to keep it that way. If they do find out, he'll fight tooth and nail to keep them out of his life beyond anything that's necessary for several obvious reasons.

Note: Whether or not he recognizes its the old flame/partner is also up to plot.

Current Genji:

Theme song: Sunset Memories - Tales of the Forgotten

Lvl 1) He doesn't really pay attention to anyone but his direct circle in Overwatch, so getting his attention is a little tough unless he's worked with directly. Also, if it's a verse based in canon, he's interested in Mercy, so any feelings would be unrequited, anyhow. However, in a verse where that's not the case, it'll definitely start with him not being interested in anyone. A friendship would have to build first, so obviously the interested party would need to introduce themselves somehow.

Lvl 2) Now he at least knows who they are, they're talking here and there, maybe they're a fellow agent and go on missions with him, it's purely business related. He's kind. Quiet. Sweet. The best way to appeal to him is to share his calm, and if they respond well, he will in return.

Lvl 3) The peace he begins to feel with the other grows to friendship. He appreciates their presence and keeps in contact. Nothing romantic, purely platonic. As friendship grows and time passes, the closer they get, the more attentive he becomes to them.

Lvl 3.5) They confess. He's known. If things have gone well up to this point, it's possible he has thought about it at least a little, himself, and isn't against it. If nothing has sparked at this point beyond the friendship, he'll keep it where it is and it will not progress. However if they did click, he will admit he is open to the opportunity if they are.

Lvl 4) He's got them & they've got him. Adding more romantic actions to their relationship, he's always near by when he can be. He's their support. Their protector. Their lover. He trusts them with his mask off, with his life, and will often show any physical affection he can as long as they're ok with it. He's not an incredibly jealous person, but will make it known just who he is if necessary.

Overall, in order:

Quality Time - (time spent in silence, in noise, anywhere, he wants to be there with them.)

Physical Touch - (even though he can only feel it on certain parts of his person like his face and anywhere the armor melds with his skin, he craves that because it reminds him he's still human.)

Gift giving - (he adores making them smile and wants to spoil them now and again.)

Words of affirmation - (voiced affection is important to hear, though he'll always place what's shown over what's said.)

Acts of service - (he never expects much to be done for him since he can very much handle himself, but it absolutely warms his heart when it is done.)

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MUSE AS A DEITY.

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tagged by: @technotranquility​ <3

tagging: it’s been a while (8 months ^^;), so... steal freely! Just do it and say I tagged you ;)

a deity of: lone warriors, travelers, martial arts and martial artists, veterans, all people with fire within, ready to stand up for what’s right no matter how big the price will be. He favours the brave, but not the stupid, the honest and of a pure heart but not the naive. He doesn’t like despair, so he helps out those in need as long as they keep their hearts and spirits on the right path.

associated with: every fight for a better cause, especially those against force greater than the warrior; rebellion and revolution. He grants courage and strenght to the brave to stand their ground, swiftness and agility to parry stikes and wits to plan strategy how to overthrow the opponent. He’s a powerful deity, who will gladly walk the earth and have back of ones who win his favours.

sacred plants: morning glory, camelia, cherry

sacred stones/gems: jade, emerald, amber

sacred animals: lizards, foxes, wolves, dogs,

colours: green, black, silver, light yellow

food: tea, rice, mochi, umeshu, ramen, nihonshu

scents: grass, bamboo, sweat (work your ass out if you want him to pay attention), incense

accepted offerings: anything of great personal value gave up to achieve something more important, but he highly prefers non material gifts of sacrificing own comfort and a dedication to protect loved ones

ways to honor: leaving any offering at his temple or not giving up the fight, doing one’s best until it hurts. He’ll know, he’ll judge and decide if to get involved or not. Creating a garden or dōjō in his name is also a deed od great value to honour him.

[tekhearthazenyatta]

[suzumesoul] Genji, of course, is the one that forgets he isn't wearing his helmet, shoving his forehead into Zenyatta's with all the affection of a particularly aggressive cat- then reels back in agony. "Fuck! Ow!" He's laughing, in that please-help-it-hurts-so-bad kind of way, eyes watering with the intensity of the dizzying pain ringing in his skull. It's going to bruise, for sure.

In all honesty, he doesn’t immediately realize what’s wrong, the action being so familiar to him–but it doesn’t take him long to remember how squishy humans can be.

“Genji!” he exclaims, hands hovering in the general area of their face, not certain whether he should touch them or not. “Are you alright?”

[overdrivels]

New lines for Overwatch have come out and I am having a stroke trying to untangle this.

Communication Wheel lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYiYWEKwhw&t=1763s

Genji’s new dialogue: https://twitter.com/Bible_Salesman/status/1250447883167391744?s=20

I’m a little baffled at some of these developments, especially the lines with Genji.

In the Communciation wheel for “You are welcome,” we can hear him say 「いいですよ。」(Ii desu yo) which sort means “It’s fine” or “Don’t worry about it.” Normally that’s fine. Grammatically and culturally, there’s no issue, but what gets me here is that this is Genji talking. Genji, by and large, is a pretty informal person. When he speaks in Japanese, he’s fairly casual.

The ‘desu yo’ part bothers me because that’s a manner of speaking that Genji doesn’t use ever. ‘Desu’ has sort of a neutral connotation of respect where it’s not overly formal but not casual either. Lots of students are taught to speak Japanese using the ‘desu’ form as a default because it’s polite enough without offending people superior than you or lower than you (for the most part; don’t get me started on customer service).

Given Genji’s way of speaking, I don’t know if he’d actually say something like that unless he meant it to be sarcastic or he was saying it to someone he somewhat either respects or is slightly above him in hierarchy. So for that to actually be one of his lines when speaking to just anyone is...weird. I feel like there needs to be some sort of retcon here or something. It’d be more fitting if he said something like 「気にするな」 or 「いいんだ」 or, though it’s a little outdated, 「気にせず」. All of these might’ve fit his character better. I wonder why they picked such a interesting phrase.

Then there’s the dialogue between himself and McCree.

McCree: How’d a guy like you get a nickname like “Sparrow” anyways?

Genji: My father, Sojiro, called me that as an insult. I’ve grown to like it.

I found the actual Japanese version to see if there’s much of a difference in how it’s delivered, but...

マクリー 「スパローってスズメだろ？お前さんなんでそう呼ばれてんだ？」

McCree: “Sparrow” means “sparrow”, right? How’d you end up with a name like that?

ゲンジ 「父上がつけた俺のあだ名だ。当時は馬鹿にされていただけだが、今は気に入ってる」

Genji: It’s a nickname my father gave me. At the time, it was meant to make fun of (ridicule) me, but I like it now.

I knew this from before that in the Japanese version, they don’t translate the ‘Sparrow’ name. It is literally ‘Sparrow’ instead of something like 雀 or something. Somehow it feels more like an allusion to something because the Japanese language is like that where they don’t really say what they mean and there’s layers to their words.  The fact that it’s spoke in an English way despite how ‘traditional’ (or as traditional as 2076 Japan can be) the Shimada family is, Sojiro might be making fun of how Genji is pulling away from those ways.

A sparrow can fly away unlike a dragon (okay, look, Eastern Dragons are different from Western Dragons, I’ll get into this if someone really wants to know) who sits and stays holed up in their castle, possibly signifying that Genji is flighty and also that he is small and insignificant compared to a dragon. The added, purposeful use of an English word for a fucking word that exists in Japanese could also mean Sojiro effectively considers him an outsider.

This then bring into the question of what the fuck was the actual family dynamic here? I’m perfectly happy thinking that Hanzo misunderstood Sojiro giving Genji a nickname as affection that Hanzo isn’t granted, but fuck.

There’s a lot of complicated shit here to unpack and I’m just like, “BLIZZARD. GET SOMEONE TO DO CONSISTENCY CHECKS.”

Edit: Also, is it just me or does Genji speak more Japanese than Hanzo does? If he does, then I have another theory on that too. Genji’s losing his sense of self and home, so he tried to speak more Japanese because if you don’t use it, you lose it. I guess it’s also a way to prove that he hasn’t forgotten or that he isn’t losing that part of himself. And Hanzo doesn’t really have that issue and is kinda trying to fit in because he’s now in....not Japan. So he limits his speaking of Japanese.

[neverquitelogistical]

Trivia regarding the CNY Overwatch skins

Mercy's ZhuQue 朱雀 : Crimson Phoenix

Genji's Baihu 白虎 : White Tiger

Pharah's QingLong 青龙 : Azure Dragon

Zarya's XuanWu 玄武 : Black Turtle

[snowwhitebirdie]

雀 // Sparrow

Experimenting with different styles always takes me double the time to finish a painting, but I did have fun drawing Genji’s armor and the draggo in the background. All textures used are from free textures on Pixiv є(･Θ･｡)э››

On a side note, just a heads up that my store is still having a 20% off everything sale here for the month of April. 

[dojibooks]

今週の購入本

◇ 2018年12月20日(木)　秋葉原・ブックオフ

井上ひさし「本の運命」(2000／文春文庫)

桑田佳祐「ロックの子」(1987／講談社文庫)

長谷部千彩「有閑マドモワゼル」(2006／光文社知恵の森文庫)

獅子文六「私の���べ歩き」(2016／中公文庫)　※改版

高橋和巳「悲の器」(1996／河出文庫)

ビートたけし「たけしの「オイラが東スポ編集長！」」(2008／宝島SUGOI文庫)

真木蔵人「BLACK BOOK 蔵人独白」(2008／コアマガジン)

柵木眞 河本瑞貴「マセキ会長回顧録 親子三代芸能社」(2015／彩流社)

庄野潤三「ワシントンのうた」(2007／文藝春秋)

◇ 2018年12月26日(水)　伊勢佐木町・雲雀洞

中原弓彦「日本の喜劇人」(1972／晶文社)

「月刊カドカワ」1992年５月号　※総力特集・井上陽水　(角川書店)

◇ 2018年12月27日(木)　横浜ビブレ・ブックオフ

仲畑貴志「この骨董が、アナタです。」(2003／講談社文庫)

星野博美「銭湯の女神」(2003／文春文庫)

週刊ポスト編集部・編「週刊ポストは「八百長」をこう報じてきた」(2000／小学館文庫)

古今亭志ん生「びんぼう自慢」(2005／ちくま文庫)

小田和正「キャディ」(1996／小池書店・道草文庫)

所ジョージ「所さんにまかせなさい」(2002／集英社be文庫)

入江慎也「後輩力 凡人の僕が、友だち5000人になれた秘けつ」(2012／アスコム)

松村邦洋「デブの真実」(1996／角川書店)

羽賀研二「KUUUUU モテるが勝ち！」(1995／読売新聞社)

北公次「光GENJIへ・再び」(1989／データハウス)

アホの坂田「アホの坂田のアホだらけ」(1986／データハウス)

◇ 2018年12月31日(月)　平沼・ブックオフ

赤染晶子「乙女の密告」(2013／新潮文庫)

磯田健一郎「沖縄、シマで音楽映画『島々清しゃ』ができるまで」(2017／屋上)

高橋芳朗 宇多丸 古川耕 ＴＢＳラジオ「ライムスター宇多丸のウィークエンド・シャッフル」・編「Ｒ＆Ｂ馬鹿リリック大行進 ～本当はウットリできない海外Ｒ＆Ｂ歌詞の世界～」(2016／スモール出版)

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probably Hanzo at some point: "Sparrow"? Why? Because he's little, fat, annoying and shits everywhere?

Sojiro: ...

Sojiro: He's loud.

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MYTHOLOGICAL NORSE GOD/DESS QUIZ

You got: Tyr, God of War

You have a strong sense of justice, and when things aren’t right, you make sure to MAKE them right. So even though you’re tough and can be serious or stern, people love and appreciate you for it.

Tagged by: @dontcallmejoel‘s fault...

Tagging: ALL OF YOU. Go wild

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"きりとりごとはぶしのならい。"

Murder and robbery are a warrior's daily routine.

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。・ SEDUCTION STYLE゜+.*♡

in honor of v-day!   ♡   ➝   LINK.

Your Seduction Style: The Charismatic You're beyond seductive, you're downright magnetic! You life live and approach seduction on a grand scale.You have an inner self confidence and energy that most people lack. It's these talents that make you seem extraordinary - and you truly are!

Tagged by: @dontcallmejoel <3 Tagging: @sxmbra-xnline @thesteelqueen @velvettclaws @talonsaconite @jingim-kahn ... @technotranquility (look, I’m curious XD) + steal right away!

[tekhearthazenyatta]

[suzumesoul] "/Oh/?" Genji props his back up with both elbows, watching Zenyatta carefully. Curiousity buzzes in the back of their mind like a constant, electrical hum. Playfully, he replies, "You may be asking the wrong person, master. Looking back at my past escapades, I don't think I've ever had a 'romantic' encounter in my life." Genji rolls over onto their stomach, chin propped in their hands. "But in all seriousness, what exactly do you want to know? It is a fairly broad topic."

His reaction is masked by his lack of expression where another might quirk an eyebrow. The dampened curiosity in place of where someone else may reach to reassure. “Hm.” Genji’s past is what it is. Zenyatta has neither comfort nor discipline for them in that matter.

“I would be content with a fairly broad answer,” he says. The mere prioritization of certain subjects in that area was often informative in itself. “But, if you would like something more specific–I am always curious as to what people grew up being told is romantic, and what they, sometimes despite that, find to truly be so.”

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Hc: Body parts

Genji does have regular human body parts under cybernetic enhancements and armour parts. Not everywhere - I'm quite sure he lacks both legs from about half the tights and hands - for my take right hand from under shoulder and left one from above elbow.

Why? Blackwatch ver knee joints and difference in palms as a cyborg. He has slightly thinner fingers compared to his meat hands, so not much space under hipothetical armoury - conclusion: those are prostethics.

Well, anyway he still has human chest and abdomen, even if scarred, deformed and hidden under an elastic armoury plate. I don't think he got organs replaced - rather stabilized and enhanced with cybernetics. Maybe only a few replaced if they couldn’t be saved and to make some space for small engines and so.

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Character Battle Themes

Repost. Do Not Reblog.

“I came here to eat barbeque and kill omnics, and they’re all out of barbecue.”

Encounter:   Agni Kai

Battle Theme:   Samurai

Boss Battle Theme:   Can’t kill us

Final Boss Theme:  Bushin

Bonus Boss Theme:   Hiten

Tagged by:  @fahej-rp //I’ve spent too much time on this and paid definitely too much attention  :P Tagging: @mccreedeadeye @sxmbra-xnline @thenoosetightens and whoever wants to ;)

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Genji, when everyone give each other best wishes, leaning close as for very personal best wishes to someone:

"I'm not telling you anything without my lawyer."

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1, 3 and 9 ~ s-x (owo ❤)

| Naisu mun about muse meme | @sxmbra-xnline :*1. What makes you the most emotional about your muse?// Breaking him..? Mhm, see answer for 9 :3cBut not only this - I kind of admire how he overcame his past and traumas and grew to be at peace. That is something.3.If you could change one event in your muse’s life (in their main or canon verse), what would you change?I’m not sure if I’d change anything. I’d change only fandom things…Maybe that one line from Retribution when he claims he can’t escape being an assassin. Genji, you like killing you little shit, stop lying. (Look at the rest of banter. Holy shit, Genji, you just like that, you asshole. Stop giving fandom poor excuses to bleach your morals.)9.Do you enjoy putting your muse through angst? What do you think would break their heart the most?You know I love angst! Put him through all the shit! Break him! Watch him suffer, get ego shattered and suddenly be vulnerable, at good or bad will of others. Watch him weak but still stubborn as hell… Mmm, my favourite thing~Hm, to break his heart, you have to find it first XDSeriously, tho… Questioning his humanity boy has on daily basis, people he find close are often off and away for nobody knows how long and rarely knows where, his environment tought him that people come and go and he can’t control life… Yet, loosing someone close, getting betrayed by them or rejected and left behind, sure would cause few bad flashbacks and his heart just break.