#also the touden parents idk

[diadelcaracol]

[aphel1on]

AURGH auwarghh the autistic parental trauma... the epi was wacky hijinks then dropped this on us out of nowhere... (sobs) laios... laiiiiooooos

[paintingchimera]

Alright so I was going to make something of my two ocs Aino and Kari but dead ass, I don’t have motivation to draw them fully so I’m gonna ramble about how old they are and the timeline they were born:

Kari is the youngest being 10, he was born June 6th 504, Hes more quiet and reserved but he’s smart, not crazy smart but talented in things related in history. He has a few history related books but that’s about it, he’s also a bit of a cry baby but that’s okay.

Aino is older than Kari, I’m not sure what year to make her been born as I don’t know when falin left to the magical academy [date wise] I know it was a year after laios left, I’d think that Aino was most likely born unexpectedly at the end of the year like December-February, maybe even a cryptic pregnancy with her. Meaning she was born in just the ending of 501 or 502

I’d imagine that after having Aino Ms touden was really sick, but they decided to have a kid 3 years later so Aino wouldn’t be lonely since from falin’s letters laios and Falin were close. Then that’s how Kari was born, [again this is based on my own life etc, not exactly accurate but very loosely based.] Aino I can imagine took more interest in hunting [based on me taking a interest to something my father loved aka video games]

Mr touden I could imagine was more open to teaching Aino how to hunt and different myths such as nussa and anowtid [? Idk how to spell its name] but I also wanna add onto ‘Aino and Kari don’t know about laios and Falin’, it’s not that they don’t know who they are, they’re aware they are their older siblings. As to laios and Falin knowing about Kari and Aino, probably not. Idk if their parents send falin letters back, if they do then maybe aware of their existence but it’s a mutual disinterest in each other.

Aino would go explore the world and stuff, learning different techniques of hunting in different cultures but she wants to wait until she’s older or when her parents have offical passed. And she doesn’t want to leave Kari alone, Aino is the classic mean older sibling trope with Kari. Often teases him for being a cry baby, weak etc. but she does love him, and makes sure he knows that with giving him rocks she finds

Again I know people will find these two cringe but i don’t care, Aino and Kari don’t infringe on the main story and aren’t canon. I say sibling ocs are alright unless they mess up the main story, if they’re clearly just a side character then it’s okay. 😋👍

[holmsister]

Overthinking under the cut

Like on one hand. Thats a very common parental fear (not being able to keep ones children from harm). On the other hand the scenario is so gruesome and specific. Is the nightmares touch, like, the monster itself figures out the worst possible scenario, or is it something chilchuck has actually thought about???

Someone in the comments (ill collect your name later sorry) suggested this might be something that happened to someone he knew. This is possible. Half-foots are extremely vulnerable to violence from other races as they are both small physically and unable to use attack magic, and thats why they often end up in situations like being used as bait in dungeons. It's not hard to imagine a situation in which they are made object of random violence.

But the thing that gets me and I know I am definitely overthinking this one panel is. The pose chilchuck is in is almost like hes coming back from a trance and realising what he's done. Like thats how I read the scene at first. And my first thought was his infamous alcoholic dad, and how chilchuck started a family EXTREMELY young even for half-foot standards (something that children of abusive families will sometimes do to have a "justification" for moving out) and then moved out of his community to go to Kahka Brud. Like. Man. Do you think his dad turned violent sometimes when he was drunk, and then was horrified when he came back to himself? Do you think that Chilchuck is afraid he will turn out like his old man? Idk. Like i said I'm pretty sure I'm overthinking but also. How much of dungeon meshi is about how parents fuck up their children, accidentally or on purpose? The Toudens' entire deal. Kabru's dad's family and his foster mom. Marcille and the way the death of her dad destroyed her despite the fact that he loved her so very dearly. Even in Senshi's case his parental figures (the older dwarves in his group) are responsible for his trauma. In Mithrun's case his father's infidelity drew a wedge between his brother and him.

Idk I feel like it might not be a stretch to say that this might be hinting at another case of a parent fucking up his child. We know Chilchuck's dad died from overdrinking but Chilchuck himself seems to treat it as a fun little tidbit to laugh about as he drinks himself to death... idk. Possibly Kui was setting up a backstory that she never got to explore here, sort of how I feel happened with Izutsumi.

I feel like we don't talk enough about the INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP nightmare Chilchuck is having in the intro page to Chapter 60

Like holy shit???