#hiding the orpheus x lucky in the tags.....whats their ship name again

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One variation of hanahaki disease that I love but isnt commonly used is that its not about having your feelings be requited or not. It's all about how bottling things up and miscommunication can hurt the victim.

The flowers that restrict the lungs of its owner can be like. Symbolism for how we hold ourselves back from opening up to others, hurting ourselves in the process.

So, a way to cure the disease is to basically be true to yourself and to others.

Obviously I will be using this for Lucky

I'd imagine that he isnt stopping himself from opening up to others on purpose. He just assumes that he has no one to open up to.

Being from a different time paired with the fact that his memories are missing, it leads to this kind of. Disconnection between Lucky and the other residents of the manor

They don't understand Lucky because they can't understand Lucky. His situation is far too different from theirs, and with Lucky believing that he has no place in the manor he doesn't try to reach out to them past greeting each other in the halls or playing matches together, even if he wants to

He's aware of what hanahaki is, symptoms making themselves known immediately after Tutorial's death. Others have exerienced it but it never reached the stage where it became life threatening. The one who had the worst known symptoms was Joker, but it was resolved with a big Hullabaloo sobbing session

Lucky's symptoms develop slower compared to the others though, so the disease doesnt make itself too obvious. When Emma asks him how he knows so much about flowers, he doesnt tell her that he does research on the flowers that ESCAPE HIS FUCKING THROAT

He doesn't consider taking the surgery because in some twisted way the flowers are the only connection he has left of the Discontinued Crew.

The disease was actually bearable, then the veterans arrived and Lucky felt a bit lonely when he found out they all knew each other, then more survs and hunters arrived also knowing each other but never Lucky and he feels out of place and- oops! His feelings have worsened to the point that a whole garden is growing in his lungs/lh

At least there's variation in Lucky's flowers??