#( mun speaks ! ♥ )

[witchcraftandburialdirt]

𝔾𝕆𝕆𝔻 𝔸𝔽𝕋𝔼ℝℕ𝕆𝕆ℕ 𝕄𝕐 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼𝕃𝕀𝔼𝕊! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

It has been a very long time since I've posted some artwork, but below are two commissions requested by @dolls-runeterran-dollhouse for her Jhin! Doll was very easy to work with ( 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 ♥ ) and her bratty rendition of Jhin was so fun to portray! I recommend you take a peek at Doll's blog because it’s a HUGE undertaking! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

I've been working on a few other things in the background too that I hope to soon be posting! I've been very dry with art lately but this piece definitely helped me get past that creative block ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡ You all have a beautiful day! ♥

[lumitris]

Okay another small blog clear out to limit my dash! Looking at going maybe not mutual only, just so I can focus on my writing partners and those I actively write with. Otherwise my brain dies. Like this post if you do want to interact / vibe though <3 I am gonna soft block, but it's nothing to do with anyone so please don't take it the wrong way! Even if we don't write / write a lot, but we vibe, I won't be soft blocking! This won't be for new mutuals either. This is just me trying not to remake .. for the millionth time ehe. So I gotta start clearing my load.

[worldhell-archiving]

you go girl!

ヾ( ^^ゞ) me doing a little dance but it's also really cool and everyone is impressed and clapping-

[sinful-souls]

Can anyone jump in for RP or do they need to be a mutual?

Anyone is fine. If you're worried about following from your main that's okay too. I got anon on for a reason.

[squaletta]

Thank you, @arealmunited. I don't mind at all that you are slow with your replies. I reply very slowly myself. If I write with someone and I enjoy it, I have no problem waiting for a reply, even for months.

I'm glad you like interacting with Squaletta. It's mutual. And Squaletta will definitely like to interact with your Xanxus as well.

When people enjoy reading my roleplays and having fun while roleplaying with me – that's exactly why I do it! ♥

❤️ + squaletta?

Answered from here {X}

@squaletta

Squaletta is a 10/10 babe.  Love interacting with her, even if she causes Yamamoto to be grumpy sometimes.  Hoping that one day we can interact with on Xanxus.

I love seeing her also interact with others, mostly Dino and how she likes to tease him.  She has an amazing writing style, that I honestly just enjoy reading.  

Overall I really want to write more with you even though I’m slow to reply to what’s in my inbox.

[top-shelf-tender]

A rather petite woman with long blonde hair and green eyes walked up to the bar. She was fully nude.

"Hello, dear son. I'm here to speak to Lucifer's daughter? Where might I find her?"

Eve wasn't use to being in Hell, or anywhere that wasn't purgatory. But redeeming her children was worth making the trip.

@flowercrxwned

(neatandniffty mun ♥)

“Welcome to the Hazbin Hooooooly shit.” Husk had slipped into his autopilot concierge spiel before turning to face the naked stranger. Quick to avert his eyes, the bartender began searching for anything he may have on hand to cover her.

“Charlie’s probably with her dad up in his tower - big apple, can’t miss it. Can I, uh, help you with anything?”

[undyingmedium]

MUN'S COMFORT LIST

Comfort food(s): Pizza (like the good Italian peep I am), sushi, spicy things, chocolate and sweets!

Comfort drink(s): Bubble tea and mocaccino on non-alcoholic side, wine otherwise!

Comfort movie(s): Atlantis! I still cry to the beginning and ending scenes and the Crystal Chamber never fails to give me goosebumps. And REC. Calling that "comfort" is a huuuuge stretch, but it's one of the best horror movies I ever watched and nothing ever spooked me as much as that one. Love me some strong emotions!

Comfort show(s): Speaking of strong emotions, Cabinet of Curiosities has been destroying me lately in both a good and bad way, but I'm enjoying in thoroughly and it's probably gonna stay as one of my favourites. On a completely different note, Wander over Yonder and Vox Machina. Something tells me I'll be back to change/add more a thousand times after I post this.

[[EDIT]] Oh shit I forgot Fallout!!! And Pluto!

Comfort clothing: Black/dark t-shirts with nerdy prints and leggins. Also earrings of all kinds.

Comfort song(s): Peter Gundry's entire production and videogames soundtracks/instrumental pieces with emotional intent! And System of a Down and Blackbriar as groups!

Comfort book(s): I'm very attached to the Emerged World sagas because they're the first big trilogies that ever really got me into fantasy as a child ♡

Comfort game(s): I'm afraid League of Legends is far past me without a group of friends that plays with me because of its awful community, but I'll never forget it's the reason why I started chasing my dream job and today I'm finally starting to see it realized. But! Kingdom Hearts got me into gaming during childhood and I'm still respecting it despite the creators' thirst for money and questionable writing, Hollow Knight is going to stay one of my all-time favourites, Minecraft is also fun with friends, Crypt of the Necrodancer satisfies my love for gaming and music, [[EDIT]] Dead by Daylight is my new happy choice for nights with friends and! Last but not least!! TTRPG games - most of them!! Gift me a good story and let me immerse myself in them with a loved character of mine and you'll have my heart for years to come, as my DMs very well know ♡

Also, just for the record, a few honorable mentions: horror RPG maker games and Undertale got me into story-based games, Among us, Slay the Princess struck my heart lately, Ring of Pain was an amazing go-to to fill the time and Baldur's Gate is the best alternative to real campaigns I tried so far. Probably unpopular opinion: I don't like fighting and mechanics that much - some fights are breathtaking but I'm mostly in for the story and the relationships with characters (absolutely not limited to romantic ones) and I can't take it seriously because of the possibility to reload and my lack of discipline with avoiding it. So yes, but also no. Just a mention.

Tagged by @windwithinmyveins || Bring it on~ (Thank you! ♥)

Tagging: @steel-and-fire @witches-and-weirdos @deepseawarlock @aquatic-hybrid @deaddovestellnotales and you!

[fizziefactory]

MEME; What caused you to start writing? What was your key point? Do you have developed dynamics with the OC of another mun that has influenced your OC or Canon muse?

Questions for the mun. || Accepting

You know, I don't actually know!! When I was little, I was constantly borrowing books from the library at school. It got to the point where my spine was crooked cus I filled up my bag with too many books that my back couldn't handle it!! The Harry Potter books (unfortunately) were a big part of my childhood and I read them often and they weighed a Ton...

I don't really know at what point I started writing... I recall writing fics with Naruto OCs, making up my own stories... but I also made my own comics. When I was 14 I made this really long yuri harem comic that I was super invested in with my own characters, and when I was even smaller I made comics with a very tiny Raichu... which is also a kind of writing.

I remember my first roleplay was with a friend I met on deviantart, between our two OCs. Shortly after, I began writing the Keroro OCs... I just fell in love with roleplaying at some point there.

I've just been writing and drawing stories my entire life.

As for if I have any dynamics that have influenced my OCs, I'm speaking to the mun of one right now. I don't write much on here, but Niws here has influenced both Doc and Manager a Huge amount. All from how Doc has learned to love himself and look after himself after his breakdown, like the AU is pretty much the next evolution of Doc... and I think it's always going to influence Doc however I write him across AUs now... but also hugely so with Manager.

Especially with how he is so scrap-happy with the other fizzies, and Why. I think it's deeply rooted in his character now, that he's changing in Massive ways when I'm not writing with your Mammon. I'm absolutely loving their dynamic and how he fits all the little dents I've put in Manager like a puzzle piece. Why does he scrap fizzies so much? Because Mammon destroys Him on the regular, it's a way for him to sort out his own issues...

And most of all it's affected his design a lot, which is just a ton of fun ♥︎

[heretict]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN!

✧☾.·:·. Alias / Name: Tully

✧☾.·:·. Birthday: September fourth

✧☾.·:·. Zodiac Sign: Virgo

✧☾.·:·. Height: 5'1"

✧☾.·:·. Hobbies: Reading, music, sewing, writing (and not posting enough), being outdoors, and hanging out with animals.

✧☾.·:·. Favorite Color: Red and pink! I always find it funny considering it seems to align with my muses, too.

✧☾.·:·. Favorite Book: I've been on a big poetry kick lately so right now it's Ariel by Sylvia Plath but if you ask me next week it will probably be something else!

✧☾.·:·. Last Song: I'm Your Man by Mitski

✧☾.·:·. Last Movie / Show: I recently rewatched Midsommar and somehow forgot just how absolutely insane that movie is. Florence Pugh, I love you! ♥

✧☾.·:·. Recent Read: SINK by Desireé Dallagiacomo, it's absolutely gut-wrenching and heartbreaking but such an impactful read. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys poetry but oh man, is it soul-crushing and sometimes hard to read.

✧☾.·:·. Inspiration: It really depends! For this muse, I get a lot of inspiration from music, especially artists like Florence & The Machine, Ethel Cain, and The Last Dinner Party. However, over on @sophiaharrington I feel like I need to visualize things more.

✧☾.·:·. Story Behind Your URL: Speaking of Florence & The Machine, my current URL was inspired by Which Witch and the connection between witches and heretics throughout history. In the past, I've just used what sounds cool and is available.

✧☾.·:·. Fun Fact: I've been trying to better my Photoshop skills lately. I'm still not great but I feel a lot more confident than in the past!

Tagged by: @hawkinshellraiser ♥ Tagging: @chaos--mode, @havvkinsqueen, @hangtenn, and anyone who wants to!

[will-you-pick-me]

~ ♥ * ♥ * 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓟𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓜𝓮! * ♥ * ♥ ~

!!! THIS IS NOT A SPACE FOR MINORS !!!

!!!AGELESS AND BLANK BLOGS WILL BE BLOCKED!!!

Some ground rules:

I do not want minors involved in my work in any way, fictional or otherwise. There will be no minor characters, and no little!Y/N situations. Please do not request them.

I cannot and will not write anything relating to r*pe or p*dophilia at all, or homo/transphobia or any bigotry in a way that condones it.

Some heavier topics such as bigotry may be mentioned by way of character backstories, or by I the Mun addressing it if noticed in the community.

This is a gore- and horror-heavy space. You may at some point see decapitated bodies, dismembered limbs, and other disturbing content. If this is not for you, please do not follow.

I do not condone my work being used to harm yourself or others, and if seen doing so, you will be blocked.

All blocks will be without warning. Behave or goodbye.

Please don't be the reason a new rule has to be written.

Now for some more fun info!

Hi! I'm the Mun of PickMe! You can call me Mun, or Nil! I'm a 24 year old disabled, AutDHD, polyamorous pan demisexual with a relationship to gender that typically escapes labels, but I go by they/them generally speaking. I'm also a DID system! Our collective name is Scalemail.

PickMe!ARG started as just a silly little project between me and my close friends, something to goof off with and collectively brainrot over. The initial idea came in January of 2021, but started to be fleshed out more in '22 and has really started to kick off here on Tumblr during '23! I'm super happy to be sharing these characters, as well as getting to make friends and participate in the wider YanLovers community!

One of the main cornerstones of this ARG that I think sets it apart is that it was made for other polyamorous people like me. All of the LI's are canonically poly, and I really look forward to people being able to get the true end where everyone is a polycule together ^-^

Making this has been important to me, not only for the relationships I've built in the process, but because poly representation is something I hardly ever see. Plus, it's a hell of a challenge to make a yandere be ok with sharing their darling! Tackling that challenge, I think, has made me a better creator overall as I piece together the overarching dynamics of 9 different characters, some of whom hate each other on principle.

Some links you might find helpful!

InteractiveFics - a browser extension that changes "Y/N" to your preferred name, and can also be used to replace other information, such as eye color, hair color, etc.

PickMe! Orientation Quiz - Wanna know which LI would be the best fit for you? Find out here!

Y/N Character Sheet - Want to fill this out and tag us in your design? Go right ahead! We'd love to see your character!

The Official PickMe!ARG Discord Server! - That's right, I'm finally releasing it! We're still in development with finishing up ending CG's, custom emojis, and general planning, but the main non-game areas are finished and ready for all you lovely Y/N's to mingle and have fun together!

And if you'd like to support that development, here's my Kofi! This game, donos, and commissions are currently my only source of income, so every little bit is appreciated <3

[iobartach]

🎮 - What’s your favorite video game?

questions for the mun

without doubt , jak 3 ♥. i stilll love its world building!!! i feel like it & jak 2: renegade is a biggg reason for why i love scifi and cyberpunk/dystopian things? sometimes i do i kinda wish naughty dog would return to the ip, or hand it over like they did with the crash ip, as it's been... about 20 years? since they made jak x we don't speak about the lost frontier in this house 💀 but ah well!!

[witchcraftandburialdirt]

✧ ── 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑?

Tagged By: @bells-of-black-sunday (𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ! ♥ Tagging: @agonizedembrace @manufactoredxbyxdesign @warmothered @piltover-sharpshooter @cosmosoracle @steel-and-fire @inkisionary @hemoplagued @kingoftheravens @mxlevolence @aquatic-hybrid @tubifexx @lightshielded @burntscars @saviourofzaun @thegoldentigress @reliving-elegy

THE SOCIALLY AWKWARD BRAINS OF THE TEAM

━ You often feel like you need to take responsibility for those around you and to protect them. You struggle to show your love through other means, so you take that task seriously. Your friends know they can always count on you no matter what. However that leads you to be mistrustful of others' actions before getting to know them, usually assuming the worst of them. On the exterior you might seem cold, calculating and distant. But those close to you know that's far from the truth, you just have a particular way of demonstrating it. When it comes to love, you'll probably try to deny it at first, bury it before it grows more than it should. Mostly because you're so accustomed to being the strong one, that allowing yourself to be vulnerable for once scares you. But it's exhausting to constantly keep that guard up, sometimes you need to take a rest and allow yourself to be the one being taken care of. Don't forget that.

THE CHARMING AND HAPPY GO LUCKY

━ When you walk into a room, all eyes are on you, and you love it. You have a magnetic personality and people seem to instantly trust you.... or be attracted to you. You enjoy the simple things in life, and you can make any boring situation fun with your sense of humor and positive attitude. You aren't afraid of love, life is too short to deny yourself of such pleasures out of fear. And you aren't stupid either. You know when someone is just trying to take advantage of your quick trust in them for their selfish needs. However, you might struggle to take things seriously at times, trying to avoid conflict at all costs. Remember that avoiding unpleasant conversations rather than communicating is not always the best solution.

[lumitris]

kinda want to make a oc EITHER rogued fatui OR former Abyss / khaenri'ah immortal using raven as a faceclaim (I blame adam for the fc of aleksey for making me use r/wby again)

[manufactoredxbyxdesign]

🐹 for the mun 🐭from Kate to Wesker ♥

"A li'l rat for you from a li'l rat, darlin'." @wanderingsongbird

🐹 for “You? Intimidating? Hell no.” - me 🐭 for slightly intimidating - Trashman Wesker

"I'm not going to stop until you're terrified to speak my name."

[lgchyuk]

hello humans! here i am (i'm also minjun's mun) with a brand new muse, my little piece of chaos, park hyukjae (or hyuk, or jae, it doesn't really matter right now lol). i hope you can all take good care of him even if he tells you he doesn't need it. under the cut there are a few facts about this boy and also a few links that might be interesting to you ♥ also i'm already calling all of you so we can plot and have fun (pls like this intro and i'll fly to you!)

hyukjae is 22, adopted (under suspicious circumstances) by a rich ceo and a pediatrician, so he's your typical "my money solves every problem" type of guy, but he's always wrong and nothing goes his way

has a younger sister (hello plots!) that's also a trainee and they have this friendly competition (but if you're a debuted idol it'd make things even funnier)

is being blackmailed by his birth family, so he often sabotages his own progress as a trainee bc he's scared to hurt his parents' image

is a flirt who won't take a hint - but in no way he's invasive, he'll just speak his mind if you're interesting and cute/handsome/hot (which is troublesome, since every single one of us fit this description)

eats irony for breakfast so he'll always have something to say and sometimes he can be a little too much (i promise he means no harm unless..)

unless you're in his way to get what he wants, then he'll give you absolute hell (again his plans always fail so think about loki)

is extremely focused on his singing and dancing and has every main singer as a role model so it's super easy to find him being a real fanboy around these idols

will do anything for ppl who actually do things for him, specially cooking (he doesn't know how to and doesn't even wanna know how to cook)

has tattoos and hair dyeing goals so if you wanna join this ride, let's play along.

hyuk's plots page is still being developed but i have plots ideas stored here! his profile can also he found here.

by all means if you read all of this, you're a winner and i'd love to plot with you. let's have fun!

[saiakv]

These are my base character notes on Kenjaku. I encourage muns who interact with my Kenjaku muse to read the tl/dr section of this post, so we can be on the same page about how I intend to portray this character. This post would get incredibly long if I included every canon reference that I've built off of so I've only put some of them under the cut. My Domain Expansion takes and the Historical Timeline of Kenjaku's life will be fleshed out in a different post. I also am not mentioning anything about the Itadori or Kamo families here as this is just meant to be an overview of the character to aid in interactions. Thank you for reading ! ♥

Post on Domain Expansion

Historical Timeline ( WIP )

TRIGGER WARNINGS: religion, gore, mentions of pregnancy

tl/dr ; Kenjaku ( 羂索 meaning 'Compassion' & 'Salvation' ) is a curse user with the innate ability to take over another's body, including the vessel's memories and cursed technique. This technique is largely known as 'body-hopping', however in essence, Kenjaku is a 'soul-eater'. Kenjaku's enlightenment pertains to the awareness of their own soul, which combines the physical ( flesh body ) & immaterial ( cursed energy ) and subsequent application of that awareness through jujutsu.

Even though Kenjaku appears to be more of an entity due to their anciency, they did use to be a person at one point. However, they have lost most of their personality traits while living all those different lives, latching onto their obsession with cursed energy as it gradually became their sole defining trait. Even though they present as a skeptic, nihilistic atheist, Kenjaku is agnostic in essence — as they do acknowledge the presence of things beyond their understanding ( the pure form of cursed energy is almost revered as a deity by them ) However, they have come to view the world of curses as less of a religiously spiritual thing and more as a pragmatic, palpable field that lends itself to experimentation.

Kenjaku can be described as an onmyoji, a seer, a scientist or a priest; but what sits at the core of their character is the same curiosity that has led humanity through its various evolutionary stages. Throughout the ages they have become a zealot to this impossible idea of optimizing cursed energy, so their motivations are no longer egotistical but rather verge on self-sacrificial as long as their will is carried on.

And the enlightened person is the same to all beings, differing in his attitude only in so far as all beings are different. He has the same sentiments for the high as for the low, for the wise as for the ignorant, for the noble-minded as for the immoral. — Buddha speaks about essence.

UNDER THE CUT:

Important headcanons

Brief Backstory Overview

Character skeleton

IMPORTANT HEADCANONS

Kenjaku's original body is preserved within the statue of Fukukenjaku Kannon in Nara. They posed as said bodhisattva for a time. It is a lacquer statue that functions as a sarcophagus. Because of the special grave wax used as a barrier to contain its residuals, no one except for Tengen would be aware of that fact.

In their first life, they were originally female at birth. Kenjaku's original eye color is a deep blue that can later be traced in both the Zenin and Gojo bloodline. Their natural hair color is an inky black in contrast to pale skin that was heavily covered in ritual ink. Originally, the upper part of their head was shaved, meaning they were half-bald and the top of their head was marked with the same sigil appearing later on Culling Games' players — that being Kenjaku's signature seal.

Their brain has teeth because they use it to consume the one of the vessel they inhabit. By eating the brain, they consume the host's memories, cursed technique etc. In that way, Kenjaku literally steals the lives of those they inhabit, adding them to their own. ( By extension, a soul that is strong enough to withstand this procedure may continue to manifest while Kenjaku is in control of the body. Suguru Geto's reflexive reaction in Shibuya was the first time this has happened, however. )

Kenjaku's pact with Sukuna entailed showing Sukuna their own technique for transferring their soul into a cursed object. Since Sukuna could learn something by simply watching it, he would then be able to do the same in order to split himself into his fingers. The terms of this binding vow are only known between the two sorcerers. Other than the King of Curses, however, they are the only sorcerer with this ability.

Kenjaku is known by different names both across Japan and the west. The only reason why they never ventured outside their homeland was that Japan is the cursed energy pillar of the world, so there was no point for them to leave. Their technique enables them to speak any languages the vessel could speak prior.

During their many lives, Kenjaku has sired/birthed several children as part of their experimentations. Their cursed energy can be found in different sorcerer clan bloodlines as well.

Kenjaku's trademark symbols include the Thousand Year Crane bird and the Never Empty Lasso, which the avatar of Kannon, Fukukenjaku, uses to 'rope in' the people with her compassion. Their presence is so interwoven with religion in Japan that these symbols have acquired cultural significance. There are still cults worshipping them in Nara to this day.

BRIEF BACKSTORY OVERVIEW

During the Nara period, Kenjaku served as an acolyte to Tengen, who was spreading Buddhism in Japan at the time. Tengen was revered as a deity in both the sorcerer and non-sorcerer world. Through her sermons pertaining to self awareness, enlightement and The Soul, Tengen inadvertedly planted the seed for what would later become Kenjaku's obsession with cursed energy. Soon their pursuit of knowledge would bring them on par with the Goddess herself, which led to a rift in their blossoming friendship when Kenjaku's pursuits clashed with Tengen's conservative ways. Tengen became all the more reclusive while Kenjaku started experimenting with cursed energy through the forbidden art of kodoku. From the point of that fall out and onward, Kenjaku's obsession started to take over every aspect of their life, driving them to detachment and callousness. After perfecting their body-hop technique, they begun experimenting with the sorcerers of their time, often posing as a healer or a consultant to garner information from them. Kenjaku was a prominent figure in the Heian era because of their vast knowledge of jujutsu. Among other things, Kenjaku lived as a bodhisattva representing the compassionate deity of Kannon for some time, which has been the defining point of their own legend, in the same way Sukuna earned his back then. During this period they would perform 'miracles' for the faithful of their temples, while covertly they had begun their experimentations to understand how cursed energy interacted with humans, later on leading to the Death Painting experiments.

CHARACTER POINTS / SKELETON :

JUJUTSU KAISEN ( 呪術 廻戦 ) — the character 'kai' ( 廻 ) meaning 'revolve'/'go around' represents the theme of eternal cycles that is prevalent in the series. The Ten Shadows Technique, The Six Eyes, The Star Plasma Vessel; all cycles that continue to perpetuate so long as conditions are met. In the JJK world, the cycle is an expression of balance. Kenjaku, a sorcerer with a technique that immitates reincarnation, forcefully grafts themself into these cycles, thus disrupting said balance.

Sukuna, Kenjaku, Tengen: three characters who have achieved conditional immortality, each through a different means. Tengen, with the innate ability to be immortal yet corruptible, Kenjaku with a technique that would allow them to reincarnate and Sukuna with a method to preserve himself forever. The backstory here would be that Tengen was the one to be born with her immortality, whereas the other two had to achieve it. In Kenjaku's case, to discover the true potential of their technique needed to 'abstain from the physical'/leave their original body behind. Tengen and Sukuna are inherently 'in tune' with the nature of jujutsu, Tengen because she was born with the immortality technique and Sukuna because he seems to have possessed a unique talent for understanding jujutsu, apart from his power-hungry nature. The comparison between these three characters is meant to highlight the fact that, out of the three, Kenjaku is the one whose 'enlightenment' came through venturing into the study of cursed energy.

Tsukumo Yuki, the mirror: Kenjaku's 'mirror' is Yuki, as both their characters revolve around answering the question of what is mankind's next step in evolution. Yuki is the only person towards whom Kenjaku shows a personal dislike, as she has 'went through the same journey' / 'asked the same question ' as they once did, however she has reached a completely opposite conclusion, wanting to break away from cursed energy completely. This goes against everything Kenjaku believes; however they do express that they were content to find out she thinks the same way as they do.

Kenjaku's references to religion and prayer: In the fight against Takaba, Kenjaku has a random intrusive thought where they marvel upon Takaba's perfected prayer stance, saying they had not achieved such a symmetrical and deep stance until late into their twenties. This confirms that Kenjaku was practicing religion during their first life. Tengen being the one who helped spread Buddhism in Japan during the Nara period, it is very likely that Kenjaku was one of her acolytes.

Control & the fight with Takaba: Because of their long life experience and accumulated power, Kenjaku is a character that's always in control of the world around them. That came as a side effect of their obsession, originally. Going back to Buddhist philosophy, it is surrendering this need for control over all aspects in life and accepting the 'lull of the waves' in the sea of samsara that brings one to a state of peace. Kenjaku expresses this covert intuition both outwardly ( I need to create chaos that is beyond my control ) and inwardly during the fight with Fumihiko Takaba. When the fight begins, Kenjaku's instinct is to try and get control of the situation by dismantling his technique and focusing on staying composed. When they realize that there is no emotional manipulation aspect on Takaba's end, however, they begin to surrender that control and indulge a sense of playfulness and curiosity that's almost childlike, revealing a more human aspect to their character. In the end, Kenjaku admits that they are glad they did the Culling Game for no reason other than having genuinely found this carefree sense of connection and joy after bonding over their shared love for comedy.

( I will probably add more to this in the future or as I re-read the manga, but for now this was getting incredibly long so I'm stopping here xD thanks for reading! ♥ )