#🗾🏯 Fool of Owari (Nobunaga Oda)

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Under the cherry blossoms, find a samurai and maybe even...a lover

good morning i wwjdhgndfkjhnkn im very happy with how this came out...reblogs appreciated but absolutely not required, my s/i uses they/she pronouns!

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What Isn’t Seen

WORDS: 1,096

SHIP: Nobunaga Oda (SW) x Ruthe (S/I)

SUMMARY: Ruthe talks about her husband Nobunaga with one of his retainers, Hideyoshi, and how Ruthe acts with said husband.

NOTES: This was inspired by a fanart I found on Pixiv of Oichi doing Nobunaga’s hair. pensive. also Ruthe is a she/they trans man

Reblogs okay and appreciated, but not required!

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"Why do you suppose our lord chose you?"

The question came suddenly from Hideyoshi, a retainer of the Oda and a friend to many. Those friends included the person he was addressing with this question; Ruthe, the wife of Nobunaga Oda, the 'lord' he was referring to. The two were the only ones in the room at the moment, as Nobunaga had stepped out for an important affair...Though he hadn't specified the affair's nature, nor its purpose...

Regardless, Ruthe looked up in puzzlement, but in curiosity as well. "I'm sorry?"

"A-ah, do forgive me," Hideyoshi, on the other hand, quickly looked panicked, "I uh...It isn't my place to question Lord Nobunaga...or you, my lady."

Ruthe shook their head. "No, it's okay. I was just surprised...And...I'm not quite sure what you mean."

"A-ah, well...If I have permission to continue..." Ruthe would nod, and the soldier went on. "It's just...You’re so quiet, soft spoken...Quite the opposite of our Lord...it's quite unexpected, isn't it, that you'd be his partner?"

Ruthe gazed at him for a few moments - maybe a couple more than necessary - before they laughed. It was a soft giggle,  but one thing was clear; they were very entertained. "Sorry, sorry...But...You think so?" They hummed at his clear confusion. "I guess you do more often see me in a formal setting..."

"A -a formal setting? My lady, are you implying you're...well...putting on an act? No, I must be reading too far into..."

"A little too far into it, yes...But is it really so shocking? I mean...You and Nene act differently when you're alone, don't you?"

"Erm..." Hideyoshi rubbed the back of his head, "No, uh - Nene is very open no matter the setting...She's uh, sweet though. Wonderful...you know, all the reasons I married her for." While he spoke kindly of her, his eyes practically darted as if his wife was going to show up and tell him off.

"Right...I guess that it's true you're both quite honest," Ruthe murmured. "Still....I suppose I simply don't have that luxury. It's not like I purposely act different, though. I kind of just get nervous in social settings..." They looked at their lap.

"A-ah, so you behave properly in a form of anxiety..." Hideyoshi blinked. "I suppose that is understandable, in a way..." He rubbed the back of his helmeted head. "Though it makes me curious what you're like in Lord Nobunaga's presence..."

Ruthe nodded, and smiled gently. "Admittedly, I'm not an entirely different person or something...I just communicate with him a bit...uniquely."

"How so?"

Ruthe thought for a moment. "Come closer."

Hideyoshi tilted his head, but then did so, leaning in...Ruthe proceeded to yank on his helmet, pulling it over his face. "Gah! L-Lady Ruthe!" He flushed in humiliation, pulling it back up frantically. "What was that for?!"

Ruthe laughed lightly, "Sorry,  sorry...But that was an example. If my husband wore a helmet, I'd do the same to him."

"Suddenly, I understand why he doesn't wear one..." grumbled the retainer, crossing his arms.

Then, both were alerted by a knocking on the sliding door. "A-ah, come in!" Ruthe called, quickly regaining their posture.

"My lady," a servant entered, offering a warm beverage on a wooden tray, "It is terribly cold, so Lord Nobunaga sent to give this to you."

"Hm?" Ruthe blinked, but smiled.  "That was quite kind of him...Thank you." Accepting the cup, they sipped from it carefully.

The servant began to leave,  but Ruthe stopped him. "Um...Where IS our lord at the moment?"

"Ah..." The servant blinked, "Lord Nobunaga? He is currently getting his hair done by Lady Oichi..."

Hideyoshi and Ruthe both paused. The servant awkwardly excused himself,  and then Hideyoshi would cry in despair;  "That's the important affair?!"

Ruthe snorted, though quickly covered their mouth. "Yes, that does sound quite important, doesn't it?" Still, after a moment she would stand. "I suppose I shall go assist Oichi."

"A-assist?"

"Well, my husband's hair is hard to braid at times..."

"You've braided Lord Nobunaga's hair?" Hideyoshi was very much horrified in expression.

"...Not to mention, I imagine Oichi will want to put flowers in it...He'll need to be convinced-"

"Flowers?!" 

"Quite. He likes bellflowers, you know. It's quite cute..."

Hideyoshi stared. Then, he held his head in his hands. "I now understand there is much more to your marriage than anyone sees."

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me: wow with everyone commenting on nobuthe im starting to miss the ship. maybe ill look at some nobunaga pics and see if it reignites feelings

me, looking at any pic: ah no it ignites rage

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me: hehe nobunaga dies at honnoji

me actually watching any cutscene where he dies:

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me every time i listen to the songs nobunaga’s VA has sung

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riling up asks- 7, 9 and 12? -cfoffee

im gonna do this for nobunaga bc i think its fun (x)

7) did your f/o deserve better?

absolutely not

9) do you distance yourself from other fans of your f/o or their source?

god. gonna be honest i dont know. ive only met a few other SW/DW fans on here and like theyre nice but i feel like if i specifically saw another person who is a fan of nobunaga i would run as fast as i could in the opposite direction i dont trust like that.

12) aren’t you tired of being nice? this is an excuse to rant.

am very tired of finding art of him and ranmaru where its weird or creepy or y*nd*re. also personal onion but ranmaru is like 19 in SW and nobunaga is 33 so thats. im not a fan of that chief

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i dont have hisahide as a f/o in any way, not even rly platonic, but I find it very interesting regardless my unintentional parallels of him and Ruthe, my s/i. Hisahide’s whole beef in SW4 with nobunaga is that nobunaga is “toying” with Hisahide’s fate

hisahide wants to die, nobunaga denies it. hisahide betrays him multiple times, nobunaga forgives him each time. finally, hisahide dies on his own accord as a latch ditch effort to prove his future is HIS to decide

but meanwhile, Ruthe wants to live. Ruthe willingly places their trust and future in the hands of Nobunaga, no matter what may come. and he protects them, he does no toying with their fate but like. its just interesting to me that one party denies Nobunaga’s vision and refuses to be a part of it and the other accepts it and encourages

sorry for all the analysis posts also i like talking abt my lore </3

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sorry for all the posts i have many thoughts but

im very much thinking abt nobunaga being intimidating and stuff towards his retainers and then ruthe comes along and he suddenly pulls them into an embrace and they giggle and kiss him and wish him luck on his battle, he twirls them and theyre on their way again and everyone is sitting there like

and nobunaga is like is there something displeasing and the retainers are all like N OSIR. NOT A THING SIR. but now theyve seen the most terrifying man just kiss his wife tenderly and they really really dont know how to feel abt that /lh

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🕴👔❓ for cao cao and nobunaga!

FOR BOTH HUH...thank u for sending! (from here!)

🕴Post a screenshot of your f/o small in the distance/the background of a shot.

the cao caoscreenshot sends me help

ill put the rest under a cut bc. long

👔 Post a screenshot of your f/o in a different outfit than usual.

not screenshots but...casual wear...perfect for date ngihts

❓ Post a weird/funny/confusing screenshot of your f/o with no context.

iconic

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ok but like. I want to say now I think Nobunaga is rly like harsh/almost forceful seeming with his affections, he’s unpredictable as to when he will pull Ruthe into an embrace and kiss them, he’s often rough in his motions of doing so...but Ruthe is never uncomfortable or even alarmed, they simply melt into his touch and embrace him in return. he could kabedon them and they wouldn’t be like uwu damsel in distress they’d just giggle and pull him down into a gentle kiss, calling him cute.

to some retainers, it may initially seem like Nobunaga is in charge of the relationship or something but he actually is equal with Ruthe and they aren’t exactly predictable themself, either, and in any case, he only acts this way bc he understands Ruthe doesn’t mind and even enjoys his way of expressing his feelings, no matter how unpredictable they may be

also in the end they married an unpredictable and intense man, and they aren’t about to go back on that word

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hi im gonna multitrask drift i just was watching samurai warriors cutscenes w nobunaga 

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Okay watching those amvs just made me realize that Nobunaga would 100% listen to Britney Spears {@midgardlibrarylovers}

god he fucking would. i feel like he also listens to like MCR during his SW2 join my emo goth band phase

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💙💙 for dw or sw? :)

send me a 💙 and i’ll tell you which scenes of my f/o’s source i want/imagine my s/i in

thank u for sending! genuinely been thinking about ruthe's role in the "Incident at Honnoji", aka when Mitsuhide betrays Nobunaga and he dies in canon.

im thinking Nobunaga told Ruthe to like. flee with Hiina while they could. he knows he likely wont make it out, so he has them escape...Ruthe doesnt want to go, and wants to stay with him to the end. but. ultimately. ruthe leaves for Hiina's sake - not wanting her to have to deal with losing both her parents

depending on where my lore goes, bc it kinda splits into two versions, nobunaga either dies there OR he comes back to ruthe after mitsuhide spares his life and they fake his death, letting them live elsewhere the rest of their lives with hiina and each other

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nobunaga for the meme ask game!!

ever since yesterday now IM reading it as nobunga /lh /hm

send me a character and I’ll tell you how I feel about them only using a meme

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on one hand I think nobunaga is a rly fascinating character who has a lot of ups and downs and is really interesting to write/work with but on the other hand if i ever see someone go uwu nobunaga did nothing wrong i might snap /lh /hj