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oathofkaslana · 7 months ago

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hi lee!! i saw someone pair army dreamers (kate bush) /w himeko. and you are the most honkai pillled person i know;; so I thought you’d probably appreciate it and be able to understand it (and. be sick over it) a lot more than me.

I hope you have very very nnice day 💜

HI I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS FIRST BEING THAT YEAH. MY GOD YEAH THAT IS SUCH A HIMEKO SONG YEAH....

as you know, one of my favorite ways to analyze himeko is through an anti-military lens. several things i like about this:

fits in w moon shadow and that doctor's guilt over sending children to the battlefield, thus creating a story w anti-entropy and schicksal about military. schicksal deals with so much exploitation ofc but the ones most relevant to this are its use of valkyries as warriors and how the artificial stigmata they are given will eventually corrupt their body and kill them + the fact that valkyries can only biologically be young + common themes of like. romanticizing heroship and martyrdom to an extent which are extremely common in military propaganda + otto's ulterior motivations that he used schicksal for.

adds layers into her backstory w her believing her father actually loved her more than his work and applying to his field after welt lied to spare her feelings..... Fuck. my god. do you see........ footprints of a father............... himeko being used as a tool by her father to get closer to welt for his own gain................

the way it fits in w kiana and mei's story when it comes to sacrifice. <- obviously not to a t. their conflict is more about watching someone you care for make difficult decisions with potentially difficult outcomes and supporting them because its something they truly genuinely believe in w their entire heart.

makes particular lines like this particularly interesting: Fu Hua: Sacrifices are inevitable in the war against the Honkai. Fu Hua: You know that better than I, Major. Showing mercy to the wrong people can be disastrous. Himeko: You have no idea what “sacrifices are inevitable” even means. Himeko: The tragedy is not how many people have died… Himeko: …But how we’ve grown accustomed to the idea that people must die for others to live. ^ particularly kills me bc i think it demonstrates what hi3's commentary on sacrifice is! hi3 isn't really making a moral stance on sacrifice imo. i think it moreso tries to examine how we think of sacrifice and how we're weirdly desensitized to it (again, text above + this one particular interaction on kiana's first mission where himeko explains the protocol that if any of them are corrupted, their teammates are expected to kill them without mercy) and the motivations behind sacrifice (of course much of it coming from a love and want to make the world better, but theres also this theme against sacrifice being someone's duty and sacrifice as a product of someone's own guilt.) hi3 makes a point to distinguish those types of sacrifices versus an action born out of a genuine and deep love and understanding of the world and it's beauty (particularly present in, of course, elysia; kiana; himeko; and ragna*)

also prev quote. cmon man. classic military shit do you remember how in second eruption otto wants to kill siegfried and cecilia bc he realizes they could be a threat to him?????????

*from chapter 25. himeko quoting ragnba:

Himeko: “We fight for the good in this world and things we deem important.” Himeko: “They may seem small, insignificant, but that’s only because they are seeds.” Himeko: “These seeds that are destined for something good will one day blossom and thrive into a beautiful garden.” Himeko: “So, don’t cry for me, comrades.” Himeko: “I have died, but my death will fertilise the soil that grows hope.” Himeko: “And the flowers of the future will one day find something they want to protect.”

#i have a lot of thoughts on this that i dont think we articulated well enough.....#hnk3 #asks #TY CREPE I REALLY REALLY REALLY ENJOYED THIS!!!!#I HOPE YOUR DAY IS REALLY RESTFUL FOR YOU <<333

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krakenshaped · 11 months ago

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Fuck it I have the brainrot so here's a snippet of the hero fic I'm working on which is more or less just a collection of all my headcanons.

Voila. Have fun. (Also I'm not the best writer so don't eat me lmao)

Edo. Not really someone he'd been expecting. Well, sure, Edo had a bad habit of just showing up without making his presence known so he could linger around and people watch, but usually it was only when something caught his attention. If Judai had learned anything about Edo last year it was that he was attentive yet very fickle about what his keen senses should be focused on. There was no duel, and the world wasn't ending, yet there he stood.

Judai catches the ball he was dribbling and waves a hand.

“Hey! Edo! What'cha doing?” He calls out, and Edo merely lifts the sunglasses he was wearing to rest on his forehead.

“Oh, don't mind me. I was just in the area. Pretend I'm not here.”

Both of the boys stare at him dubiously. Sho seems creeped out, but Judai can guess the real reason Edo is loitering. It's the reason Edo always loiters.

“Wanna play?”

“Huh?” Edo perks up slightly, and raises his eyebrow at Judai. But there's no way he can be caught off guard. After all. That's why he's here really. The thing about Edo Phoenix is that he likes to act mysterious and cryptic but once you get him, he's pretty easy to read. He's been floating around Duel Academy for a bit despite claiming to have important pro-duelist things to do or whatever. It's clear he has unfinished business, but just won't do anything about it.

“Here! Catch!”

So, Judai does the most reasonable thing and chucks the ball at him. It goes right over Sho's head, causing him to duck for cover with a scream, and Edo (while caught off guard) catches it easily with both hands. His fingers seem to grip around the basketball firmly yet reluctantly. Judai can see it in him, no matter how hard he tries to hide it. It's the itch of the game. The game… of sport.

And yet he does nothing. He wonders what Edo is thinking. His actions show his eagerness to play but his face says something different. And facial expressions were never something Judai was good at figuring out.

He slowly walks over to the court, ball tucked neatly in his hands, before he's joined Judai and Sho. For the first time, they stood before each other as friends without the world ending. And Edo looks like he doesn't quite know what to do with that information.

“What… You want me to play?” He asks.

“Uhh, yeah?” Judai tilts his head. “I wouldn't have tossed you the ball otherwise. Since Sho is being a bore-”

“Hey!”

“Why don't you join me instead?”

“Well…” Edo scrunches up his nose. “What makes you think I'd do something like that, huh?”

“I mean, you looked like you wanted to.” Judai says.

And to this, the pro-duelist only scowls, his face going a weird pinkish colour in confusion. It looks funny. His skin is so pale that when he gets embarrassed, his whole face almost changes colour.

“I…” He starts, puffing out his chest. (Judai would find out later on this was something he did to make himself look bigger.) “You... You do know this isn't a basketball court."

“Yup.”

“This is a dueling court.”

“Uh huh.”

“Plus, I'm a professional athlete.”

“So?”

“I would trump you at this. Easy.”

“How are you so confident?” Judai asks pretty nonchalantly, as he scoops the ball out of Edo's hands. “After all, If I'm remembering correctly, I thought it was snow sports you were good at professionally? Not to brag or nothing but…”

He spins the ball on one finger, meeting Edo's ego with his own haughty overconfidence. “I'm pretty darn good too y'kno- damn it!”

The ball topples off his finger, and bounces to the floor. Sho flinches, but Edo only laughs, as he unbuttons his obnoxious blazer, and tosses it next to where Sho was sitting. It was the first and most common laugh from Edo. The smug laugh of condescension.

“Fine! If you're really that full of yourself, then you're on! But don't cry if you get destroyed, Dropout boy!”

And so they played. At first Edo took it way too seriously. He was good, for sure. He was in good form, but not good enough to be professional. Not as good as he was hyping himself up to be. It took a while for him to stop caring about being better than Judai and to just have fun - after all, as much as Judai loved a competition and was competitive by nature, something about it was… exhausting this time. It wasn't like how he and Misawa used to butt heads, despite it more or less being the same situation.

It was tiring. Tiring until Edo threw in the towel and let himself go.

He was face to face with him. He dribbled the ball with one hand, before passing it around from one hand to the other. Left, bounce, right, bounce, left, bounce, as Judai went in for it assuming it would go bounce right, he dribbled it under his legs and caught it behind him. The two spent a moment playing this silly cat and mouse game before Judai couldn't stop himself laughing. It was ridiculous. But it was more fun this way. Nobody had even shot at the shoddy, plastic hoop yet.

“What way am I gonna go, Judai???” Ed taunted, as he messed around. “This way? That way? What’cha gonna do???”

Judai furrowed a brow. He watched with intensity before quickly going in for the swipe, snatching the ball mid-bounce and darting straight for the hoop, leaving his rival in the dust.

“HEY!!!”

The thing is, as much as Edo has a lot of power and precision, there's one thing Judai had over anyone he played against. He was fast. He'd always been a strong runner, and agile at that. So the second he got his hands on the ball, he bolted.

Edo ran after him, but not even a pro could catch up with Judai and his homerun sprint. There was a thrill running through his blood. It was the adrenaline of the chase - the sprint to victory. The hoop was his home base. He just had to take the shot.

So he did. He aims. The sweat trickles down his forehead. In his mind he can hear the crowd go wild. Yuuki approaches the hoop. He's going in for the kill-! He shoots!!!

And he misses. The ball bounces off the backboard. And falls right into Edo's hands.

“Hey, let me try again!” Judai yells towards him as he jogs over, but the pro won't budge. He holds the ball firmly in his hands and turns his nose up at Judai.

“Nu-uh. That shot was so awful I don't think you should even be allowed this.”

“What?! You can't be serious! C'mon man, that's my ball!”

“Mine now! Maybe you should get good before hitting the court again.”

“That's not funnyyy! Give it back!!!”

And so Judai grabs the ball. Edo's grip is still firm. The two end up pulling at the ball, back and forth, back and forth like a game of tug of war. Even though Edo is stronger than him and should have gotten the ball back by now, Judai is a million times more stubborn and just will not let go. He ends up hooking his arm around the ball from the top as Edo yanks it from where he's gripped the sides. Edo yells something at him but Judai can't hear him over his own war cry.

It's only when Edo sweeps his legs does Judai let go. He goes toppling to the floor, but not without grabbing Edo by his shirt. The two go down together, and the ball goes flying away, leaving the two boys tangled up.

“No!!! Judai, you idiot-!!! The ball–!!”

The younger duelist reaches for the basketball as it bounces away, his hand slapping Judai's face below him as he uses his skull as a support to pull himself up. However Judai wasn't gonna let him go that easy! That's his basketball! He brought it all the way from home and everything!

So with one hand still grabbing Edo by the shirt, he grabs a hold of his shoulder with a harsh grip, attempting to push him back down as he gets up, using the force to try and spring for the ball himself.

They topple down, and we're back at square one. A messy heap on the floor.

“Ow!!! Hey!!! Watch it!!!”

“You watch it! You hit me first!”

“Did not!”

“Did too!!!”

“Did not!!!”

Once the two end up sitting upright, Judai flat on his butt and Edo on his knees, Judai takes the opportunity to grab him by the hands, pushing Ed back so Judai could join him kneeling upright. From there the two push each other back and forth, hands locked together as their fight dissolves into a new, even stupider game.

“You totally did!”

“Don't be such a child, Judai!!!”

Despite saying this, Edo's grin betrays his words. He's clearly having fun. As is Judai. He lets himself smile too, as he attempts to twist Edo's arms.

“Maybe you shouldn't be such an adult!”

“Ugh! Stop messing around-! For real, how old are you?!”

“How old are you! Too young for grey hair!!!

“Oh, that's it!!! You're toast, Yuuki!!! Nobody disses the hair!!!”

“Ooooh~ scary scary~! I'm so- WAURGHGH!!!”

Edo had somehow managed to wriggle out of his grip and charges at Judai, sending both of them flying into the dirt once more. He hooks an arm around Judai's head, capturing him in a headlock. All Judai can do is flail his arms around, attempting to squirm his way out of his junior's death grip.

“Got you, idiot!” The younger of the two sneers, and Judai only continues his noisy onslaught. “That's what you get for making fun of the hair!!! Say uncle!!! Say it!”

“WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN???” Judai cries out.

“IT MEANS SURRENDER!!!”

“NEVERRRRRR!!!!”

After crying out his rebellion, he bites Edo's arm like a goddamn animal. Thinking back now, it was actually a pretty embarrassing thing to do. He's sure that there were a million other ways to make Edo let him go, but oh well. He was a weird teenager. He didn't hurt Edo anyway, he doesn't think. It just grossed him out more than anything. He shrieks out an “EEEW!” and lets Judai go, who laughs victoriously before dashing for the ball.

The two of them are sprinting towards the ball as fast as they can. They both dive in for it, but only end up colliding with each other as they fight pettily while both reaching for the ball at the same time. It was here that Judai found out Edo's secret.

Edo Phoenix is ticklish.

Once the guy manages to get his greedy hands on the ball, he holds it above his head victoriously. So what did Judai do? He obviously leaped to get it back. Even with Judai's height advantage, his furious attempts at snatching the ball were in vain, as Edo toppled backwards to keep it out of Judai's reach. So as a last resort, he prodded the boy in the side, only for the ball to go flying out his hands as Edo's body curled into itself like some kind of slinky.

“Hey! Don't-!”

His protests fell on deaf ears. Judai's focus was now honed in on Edo's new week spot, the ball forgotten as he went in for the attack. Edo's second laugh was unlocked, and it was the uncontrollable laughter. It was loud and spontaneous and worst of all contagious. His face scrunched up in an ugly way and turned the most bright of reds. It was almost too funny. Especially when he kicked his legs like he was now. It made him look like the world's most sunburnt puppy.

And so Judai couldn't keep it up. As Edo laughed himself breathless, Judai burst out laughing at how stupid he looked. The pair of them ended up a crumpled mess on the floor.

It wasn't much at the time, but looking back, Judai would say it was the first time he had gotten to see inside Edo's world, if even for a moment. Without all the grief and anger and turmoil. It was the first time they had a playfight and the first time Judai heard him laugh so wholeheartedly. It's a shame Judai's innocent wonder at Edo in his purest form would be broken when his eyes drifted upwards towards where Sho was sitting only to find he wasn't there. The happiness he felt would be replaced by anguish as he sat up to realise that his friend had ditched him - tainting the whole memory in sadness.

It was a shame.

#fanfic stuff #fanfic wip #heroshipping #heroshipping propaganda #let the silly commence #headcanons #its so cute that the red dorms have a dueling court outside them

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