#i feel it in the way he says 'the fujiko to my lupin'

[black-and-yellow]

Oops! All Micnight

[tacky-optic]

SINNERS, ALL OF 'EM

the seven deadly sins + the gang = way too much overthinking

Lupin's Gluttony The world's his for the talking, yet he can never be satisfied. That'd be a real bummer if he were anyone else, but that hunger for more challenges, more adventures, seems to only add more fuel to an already roaring fire. He's a Glutton for a lot of things: Punishment, mainly. But also attention and experiences. His curiosity is insatiable. The only issue with Lupin's Gluttony is that he isn't inherently wasteful, which is a pretty glaring caveat. In that case, the big question would be "does the damage he leave in his wake outweigh that which was stolen in the first place?"

Jigen's Sloth/Envy "Man, I'm too old for this shit" incarnate, with a little dash of "I'm still going to silently judge you from my dark little corner, though" on top. It isn't Sloth "I'm gonna take a decade to get to this" so much as it is "I'm gonna do what you want me to do so rapidly and effectively that you're gonna think twice about waking me up again after I get back to my nap." But he really doesn't do jack-all if it isn't Lupin-related. If it were just him all on his lonesome, he'd kind of just rot. He is indifferent to his effectiveness. Bored, even. His loyalty to Lupin is an inherent aversion of his responsibilities as an individual.

His Envy brings him to action. He's a man of a lot of subtle wants and no willpower to take them, but with the right motivator, he'll bring down armies. Fujiko is a pretty good spur-on, as well as anything that remotely puts Lupin in the line of inconvenience or danger. If it's for one of his very, very few friends, he'd go through hell and high water just to get them a decent sandwich or something. Just be thankful his Envy's benign instead of malicious...

Goemon's Pride Mr. "Once again, I have cut a worthless object". There's literally an entire movie about his ego getting so utterly shattered that he gets all cagey/stabby mode about it for the rest of the movie, on top of training so hard he rewrites his entire goddamn nervous system just so he can do said stabby better. It's fantastic. To dedicate oneself so fully to one skill, then to restrict it to your own judgement as to not tarnish it, feels like the antithesis of humility. Pride, in a biblical sense, is to sever oneself from God; to become so wholly individual and confident in said fact that you forsake conventional belief in favor of your own. So congrats on netting the literal Worst sin, Goemon, you've earned it. God ain't shit when you can cut through anything.

Fujiko's Greed Does... does this even need elaborating. She's a woman that knows exactly what she wants and exactly how to get it, plain and simple. Why settle for anything less than the best?

Zenigata's Wrath/Lust What a wombo-combo, damn. This guy's the definition of love/hate. He's a man simultaneously impassioned and overwhelmed by his emotions, yet they lend so heavily to his professional and personal effectiveness that without them, he wouldn't be him anymore. Wrath and Lust go hand in hand, in a roundabout sort of way. It's about loving something so much that you want to crush it. A brutal dimorphous expression of emotion. To long for something to intensely, so vehemently, that it guides every action, fuels every decision... Underneath it all, would it even be possible to know what you are if that drive is all that defines you? Could you even call that living? We're talking about a guy who unironically wears heart boxers and almost exclusively eats cup noodle, people. This symbolism's very disturbing...

That's A Wrap You can always argue other sins for each of the cast members, of course. Lust for Lupin, Wrath for Jigen, Envy for Zenigata-- whatever. At the end of the day, they're all objectively terrible people. It's semi-safe to say that outside of religious contexts, the seven deadly sins have grown subjective in common culture/media. So why not take liberties? I sure as hell did. It's a goddamn miracle these managed to turn out so succinct.

[fizzingwizard]

I was genuinely looking forward to Lupin vs Holmes in part 6, but what a disappointment it was. Actually, disappointment is too weak a word. In my opinion, it was pretty much a disaster.

There were so many reasons to be hyped for that crossover. You've got Holmes, the greatest detective of his time, and Lupin, the greatest thief of his. They're both canny, eccentric, and always a step ahead of everyone else. They're also both independent and live by their own set of morals. Holmes picks which cases he'll take without concern for money, and lets people go even if they're guilty if his own convictions say they don't deserve punishment. Lupin always does what he wants, doesn't let himself get pushed around, and enjoys wreaking havoc among inhumane criminals just as much as he enjoys flouting the law.

They're even perfectly matched in the ways they're different. I was open to them either liking or disliking each other (though I feel convinced they'd definitely have respect for each other), because I can see either take making sense. Holmes is calculations with a pinch of chaos, Lupin is chaos with a measured dash of calculation. Holmes eschews relationships aside from a very few - Lupin enjoys social interaction (but prioritizes just a few). Holmes is functionally asexual. Lupin is never not horny.

Even the supporting cast was so promising! To tell the truth, from watching previous seasons I didn't really think the rest of the Lupin gang or Watson would have much to do. But I hoped they would because there was so much potential.

I mean Jigen and Watson are both war veterans in their own way. It's not the best comparison (Watson was a doctor, and got shot almost immediately... but he is also a "man of action" and does have a lot of fight and pluck, even if he's not going to be a match for Jigen in terms of marksmanship). And they're the right hand men of two pretty difficult geniuses... couldn't they spend a moment commiserating lmao.

It could have been awesome to see Fujiko interact with Holmes because her usual tricks wouldn't work on him. I admit it isn't unlikely the show would have been like "Ahh, but this time they do work on him, just like Irene Adler!" and totally ignored that book!Irene impressed Holmes with her wiliness and not her sexiness... But I'm talking about my fantasy here. And in my fantasy, Holmes would have had a similar reaction to Fujiko's manipulation and acting skills similar to how he did with Irene. It would have been pretty cool to see Fujiko interact with a man who was NOT into her, but was just as smart and brave and perhaps wiser than Lupin.

Even Goemon would have had something to do. He could have had a super cool kenjutsu vs baritsu ("what even is that?") battle with Holmes. Extra points if Goemon walks away saying "I respect the skill of that fellow warrior, even if he can't spell his own martial art correctly."

And of course Lestrade and Zenigata's shenanigans at Scotland Yard are a nobrainer. But serious bonus points if they both pine away with equal envy and admiration for their respective smart ass thorns in the side hahahahahahaha.

I mean. There was SO MUCH there. How, HOW do you mess that up???

(Answer: By knowing absolutely nothing about Sherlock Holmes to begin with and basing everything on your memories of inaccurate movies from fifty years ago x'D)

So instead we got: perpetually sad, somber Sherlock Holmes, who isn't working the job that he literally loves anymore in favor of looking miserable a lot and raising a child. And the child is Watson's kid, who Watson can't raise because he's fucking DEAD, and mom can't raise because SHE'S dead (just say Holmes is her mom. Come on. We're in the future. Just say it). Also Watson is dead because Lestrade killed him like WHAT. Of all the twists they could have gone one, they definitely surprised me with that one. Was it a fun surprise though? ... No, no it wasn't.

Add to that the extremely dull characterizations of everyone, the heavy reliance on the danger to a little girl who isn't even a canonical character but is very cute, and the slow, slow pace of the episodes... What a mess. It was memorable, sure, but for the wrong reasons.

Like the only thing I can think of that I didn't hate about the whole arc was Lily taking her first steps as Holmes's assistant at the very end. Fine, that's adorable, and makes me feel ever so slightly better about Watson being dead. And I'm desperate for something to like here so let's go with it.

("It's not really Sherlock Holmes anyway because of the generational difference, it's his great grandson who has his exact same name and job! Same with Watson and Lestrade and sexy Mrs Hudson and and and-" I'm gonna stop you right there we all know it's Holmes. Whatever excuses they make, no matter how they have to bend time and physics to make it happen, it is Holmes Prime in every way that matters lol.)

A melancholy sigh for the Coolest Crossover Ever That Wasn't. As a Lupin fan and a Sherlock Holmes fan, I'll regret it till the day I die.

[peachyloveswriting]

Hey, I don’t know if you’re still doing this but could I possibly get a reaction to how the Lupin Gang would deal with a crush who joined the gang recently who is small and petite in typical situations. Like the first time they really notice how small, crush was handcuffed to something, they were just sitting there politely not trying to escape, next moment they have no handcuffs and escaped. Their hands slipped right through the handcuffs even on smallest level. If someone asks about that “Did you lock pick?” Crush is like “no. I’m very small” while holding their hand up to emphasise what they mean. They can fit through spaces the men (and Fujiko) can’t get through (can fit through jail cell bars and through holes in walls) ? Flip side: they can’t reach the ceiling or the top shelf. Needs step ladder.?

SLIPPERY SITUATIONS --- Lupin gang

SUMMARY: Drabbles on how the gang would react to small crush

NOTES: This took me such and awfully long time and I apologize.

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Lupin III

The darkness in the small room makes it hard to know where anything is, all you know is your stuck in a crate with Lupin and handcuffed the the wall. The way the metal tugs against your skin rubs your skin raw and red making it hard to adjust any.

"What a chance this must be to be locked here with you." He says with a smile pulling at his lips. Scoffing you push against your thumb with your other hand. "Sure. You're just horny." You claim. He blinks at you before sighing quiet and extending his legs. The room is so small that his feet touch the wall on either side of you. Annoyed, you grunt. A small pop filters through the air and your cuffs clatter to the floor.

Lupin's eyes widen at the sound of your cuffs hitting the floor. Taking your hands from behind you and sitting up you climb into Lupin's lap and begin working away at his cuffs. Your hot breath fans his face as you lean over to get a closer look. "Did you pick the lock?" He questions as he tries to hold his breath to keep his heart beat in check. You hum under your breath.

"No, I didn't." Hearing you say that, Lupin's eyes widen. "Seriously?" He asks.

You nod. The tight sharp feeling on his wrist suddenly falls to the side, cuffs clattering to the floor. A grin tugs at his lips. "I dislocated my thumb and slipped out." You admitted as you say back to find a way out. Just before you could pull any farther away from him Lupin pulls you back by your hips. "You'll have to show me sometime."

Heat blooms across your face in embarrassment. Lifting your hand you slap him before swatting his hands off of you. "Hush slut puppy."

JIGEN

The house is unusually quiet, it's just Jigen, Goemon, and you. Lupin left hours ago to do something, which left the three of you to yourselves for now. With this moment of relaxation, Jigen took the opportunity to lean back in bed and open up a good book. He never gets the opportunity to really sit back and enjoy the moment when lupin's around, he gets to finally let his restless leg relax while he lets his mind wander. He savors moments like these though he never truly relaxes he does get to breathe.

Although Jigen isn't usually the jumpy type, his name being called loudly from somewhere in the house makes him jolt in surprise. It sounded like you, the one person he tried to avoid. He had nothing against you, no. It's just hard for him to function when your around, you make him flustered.

"Yeah?" He sits up calling back out to you and setting his book to the side. He can feel his heart pounding in his chest just hearing your voice. "Can you come here real quick please?" You call back.

Jigen grumbles quietly to himself as he scoots off the bed leaving his book behind and strides into the livingroom. There in direct sight of him, is you standing on a step ladder stretching to reach a box of cereal on the top shelf. He can feel his pride swell in his chest as he sighs, looking down to try and hide his obvious smile. "Need help?" He asks and walks up to you with his hands in his pockets.

You stop trying to reach the box and look down at him with a nod. He finally looks at you from underneath the brim of his hat and lifts his hand to you. "Why don't you step down first?" He offers. You blush at his offer, softly taking his calloused hand into your own and gently stepping off the ladder. Once your off his hand slips from yours and he moves forward grabbing the box with ease. As he turns to hand you the box you smile brightly, he can't help the warm feeling the spreads all over his skin at the sight of your smile.

"Thank you." Stepping forward you lean up onto your tip toes and place a soft kiss on his cheek before walking towards the cabinets. Jigen could have swore he felt his heart stop the moment your skin touched his.

GOEMON

After a long planning period, Lupin decided to use you and Goemon as bait for the cops. Very sadly it worked. Thankfully the others got away without issues but here you say next to the long haired samurai with your back against the cold cement wall. Neither of you spoke for hours, just basking in the silence. This wasn't his or your first time in jail, as a matter of fact you got arrested a lot. This was normal. What wasn't normal was being picked up together.

Goemon wasn't particularly interested in what you were doing, which was pacing the cell and stopping every so often in front of the bars. But something in the way you were eyeing it was irking him, so he watched you.

After a few moments your hands met the cold metal and your turned to the side, slipping right to the outside. Goemon could feel his mouth fall agape. Involuntarily standing he moved towars the bars where he quietly watched you slip away. For a moment he thought you would leave him there before he saw you round the corner with keys in hand.

"You look like you saw a ghost? You okay Goemon?" You ask as you unlink the door you slide it open. Closing his mouth properly he shakes his head and looks away. It seems he doesn't want to say anything.

FUJIKO

Fujiko isn't very surprised that you can squeeze into small spaces and slip from handcuffs, she can too. But what surprised her the most wasn't you're intellect, or your patience, it was your determination to pursue the finished product. You never left without giving something a shot. The most surprised she had ever been was the day you got locked inside of a falled down home.

She and you were trapped in the basement of a collapsed home, of course neither were injured but no one else knew of your predicament. She and you were utterly alone. Sadly without the right equipment the debris couldn't be moved, and you couldn't even get that without a call for help.

She had decided that he's wasn't going to try and escape, claiming that quote "At least I'm dying with the face of someone undeniably gorgeous." Your heart fluttered at her words as she was beautiful herself but you still looked for a way out. There had to be a way. Before the collapse you remember seeing very small windows at the top of the basement walls. Light shine through them giving proof to the outside world. If you could just climb up there, you could get out and call for help.

So you turn to Fujiko. "Will you come over here and hold me on your shoulders?"

She looked up at you bewildered. "What? Why?" You spoke without ever saying another word. Your eyes fell upon the very small windows at the top and her gaze followed yours. Seeing what you were asking she reluctantly made her way over to you.

As you climbed into her shoulders she groaned. "Are you sure you can even fit through that?" She could hear the window being tampered with before you pushed it open. "I mean even I'm not small enough-" she was cut short in surprise, watching your slender body slip through the window and outside.

"Hey don't forget me!" She called out. Peeking back through the window you claimed to get help and disappeared leaving her to think about your exit. She was thoroughly impressed.

[headcanon-territory]

Lupin III movies/media and their respective side character/npc girl rating - excuse for rambling -⭐️

~order of when I watched it~

• The First : 10/10

>Sexy people movie

>still one of my biggest favorites

>This movie is strong with its characterization and interactions

>Everybody in this movie you guys have my phone number

>look I get it we have Sweet boy Lupin but girl you did not need to feel the need to save the nazi

>I kinda just skipped the scenes that are not involving lupgang I'm sorry Latitia

>why why are we now feeling bad for her nazi grandpa why why are we here

>the rating is perfect for the animation sorry guys

NPC girl: 7/10 - Latitia is fun when she's interacting with Lupgang she works well with them despite being so normal,, unless if it's her solo scenes especially with her grandfather

• Castle Of Cagliostro: 10/10

>peak lupin

>second movie so immediatly went from sexy people doing crimes to Hayao Miyazaki telling you to sit down and rethink life

>is there anything else to say cause many of video essays represents what j think of this movie

>STOP MILKING THIS MOVIE

>I got weirdly hyped when I realize that ending was the scene that Marisa stole that precious thing referenced

>I need more zenigata and lupin moments with how this movie does it

NPC girl: 9/10 - Clarisse is the prototype sure but the tone of this movie helps her stand in and not awkward with the cast most of the time

- I also feel emotions like I cared for this girl in comparison to Latitia

•Prison of the Past: 10/10

>I had a blast

>Zenigata and Yata are the best here sad that Yata's character didn't transition into part 6 apparently

>First introduction to Yata though that I seen clips of him in Part 5 prior

>cute robot heehee

>Harvey stardew valley why are you here

>Yata beating up lupin and going apeshit with no intentions to be will always be my favorite

>rewatched for comfort from nostradamus' Zenigata

NPC girl: B - Florensa was that her name?? Didn't care, that fighting scene was good tho

•Tokyo Crisis - 9/10

>Fun Movie

>Alot alot of Zenigata in this I'm happy

>we can excuse Goemon getting nerfed the shit he has to go through is funny

>Fun artstyle

NPC girl: 8/10 - what the fuck was the plot with the villain using her egg cells about I forgot

She slayed tho, casually has psychic powers that rocks

•Detective Conan vs Lupin III [the second one] - 5/10

>watch this one for the scenes with Jigen and Conan only

>I do not care about that idol boy and his manager what are you guys doing

>the fujiko bath scene with Ai is.. eugh../neg

>also this one is one of the movies with creepy lupin uh oh

No NPC girl but the crossover experience?: 4/10 get that idol boy OUTTA HERE

•Blood Seal ~ Eternal Maid: 9/10

>refreshing characterization after watching the Case Closed crossover oh my god

>Cute Fujilup in this

>Plot fun kinda died down when the little girl dropped the "I wanna be a thief" Plot for her sister

>still good tho nonetheless

>GRANDPA LUPIN DESIGN HERE WOAH??

>Especially its depicting a young Arsene Lupin and its funny on how sweet he is compared to our grandpap Lupin in Lupin Zero where he straight up ripped a woman's tooth

NPC girl: 9/10 what I mentioned earlier deducted a point but she is very fun in the first half of the movie I do care for her and her sister. Love all these little kids wanting to become Lupin

•Fuma Conspiracy: 9/10

>I need to rewatch this

>Was Goemon young when he met Murasaki in her young girl school uniform 😧..

>Weirdly I didn't feel like there was that much Goemon despite being a Goemon movie

>One of the best Fujiko Designs woah

>I don't care that it tries to replicate The cagliostro feel it was still a great movie

>the budget issues tho sheesh

NPC girl: 8/10 - Murasaki is cute I really don't mind;; after she got rescued it's like she dosent matter anymore but not in a bad way I do enjoy her company. Again with the change of tone she fits in [but I dont like the implication with her and Goemon from earlier]

•Farewell to Nostradamus: 10/10

>I love this movie fuck you

>I can excuse the absolute butchery they did to Zenigata because of how crazy this movie is

>still I need mental recuperation for that

>weirdly this and fuma are up on YouTube and these guys has good animation but why are they left up there??

>I do love this Lupin even though he's not that different from other movies but this specific version of Lupin is my fav

NPC girl: - 10/10 JULIA SOLOS I love her she dgaf most of the time either of how she has been under her parents protection and had fun after everything and she wants to be Lupin III?? EVEN SHE AND LUPIN ARE TRYING TO BUY A CANEO FOR SERGEO?? STOP THATS SO CUTE

-also she and Lupin gets along because of being kids born from rich families that wants freedom and fun

Bonus: Tagalog Dub

>This one is more funny than the sub but hey who loves themselves with pinoy humor

>Lupin gives Goemon and Jigen nicknames [Goemskis and Jigs] and i love it

>Lupin in my boiling blood is half Filipino with all my heart that i would die on this hill

>They removed the pedophile lines from Julia only because her first encounter with Lupin was changed from "You like little girls" to "You like dolls?" Probably for cultural reasons

>and other scenes calling Lupin a pedophile is changed to "The guy that looks like a monkey"

>Zenigata when he finally saw lupin after he's mistaken as dead added "Lupin, buhay ka pala, UNGOY KA!" ["Lupin you're actually alive you monkey!"]

>Lupin's first time seeing goemon "And lalaking sakam! Na walang hilig sa Chika babes!" [It's the Lonely/Greedy not interested to chicks and babes!"]

>Would it be funny if you decide watching the lupin tagalog dubs because you're a big Englishira

>I'm unironically calling Lupin by <Lu-Pin> not <Lu-Pon> because of this

•Green vs Red: 9.5/10

>Sometimes I'm watching a psychological horror movie

>and that thought came to mind when Green Lupin was panicking inside the car when red lupin came in

>and when Goemon couldn't handle that his friend's face is everywhere by people trying to impersonate him??

>and the "real" Lupin spying on everyone in the beginning sounding so depressed as he spies on zenigata??

>this shit was surreal I love it

>jigen was hot Grabbing on that helicopter wait whatt

>goemon tied up whaattt

>Serious sexy zenigata whattt

>this movie left me with emotions I think I'm supposed to rethink life

•Lupin III vs Cat's Eye: 8/10

>oh boy that artstyle is so limited to what it can do

>I have not watch Cat's Eye I didn't dig into any summary of Cat's Eye I immediatly jump in

>they cool tho

>I like Ai

>Lupin blowing a kiss to Zeni and Grabbing Jigen by the ass you kidding me

>Lupin gets injured so bad but not for drama intensity but to nerf him he's fucking blind for half the movie

>Goemon our mann he knew that burger hoe was badddd

>GOEMON YOUR SWORD

>YOU GUYS ARE INTIMIDATING A MAN IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS

>TWO MOVIES IN A ROW WITH THE NAZIS INTO THE PLOT

>Zhongli why are you talking to Lupin

>Lupin's voice is also low for majority of the scenes because of how tired he is.... stop the car,, I had to watch dub for the difference of Tony Oliver's performance

>It's alright but Kanichi's voice has some.. effect on me

>I need more lupin getting fucked up maybe I should go watch part 6 idgaf [I did]

>all of my screenshots of this movie is lupgang being very bloody and sexy

>crossover experience: 7/10 and I didn't got to be properly introduced with Cat's Eye

•Operation: Return the Treasure: 8.5/10

>A fun one

>Everybody really did shine here huh

>ESPECIALLY GOEMON WHO;

-ok the first minutes he's in already witness his benefactors murdered

-reunites with the gang and first thing done is trick him into giving back the treasure and get chased down after

-Gets arrested

-Got shot by the shoulder

-bleeding in an alleyway

-Got slammed by the door

-stabbed that crazy bitch clean despite that the blood was censored even though he wasn't censored also getting stabbed and shot?? Or is the zantutsken just like that

>Movie's a win when they have a good Fujiko

>Last act has pretty visuals

>shits gonna turn to the diamond castle from barbie

Npc girl: 2/10 why why are you can you exist nowhere we don't need a few shots of you admiring the scenery of that tower

Even the crazy bitch Is cooler than you

☆~Woohooo! I'm kinda new to Binge watching Lupin despite getting into the fandom 2 years back

Now last thing to note is that I'm scared facing the most harsher Lupin entries with the Lupin similar to Manga Lupin because the Lupin that was formed by Miyazaki in cagliostro then balancing him in movies like Nostradamus is my comfort,;,

[psihawaii]

ive finishied green vs red and i have no idea what i just watched. i know you said you dont need to watch any of the others but does it help?

but i did think it was funny and interesting, it has that fullmetal alchemist property where all the main characters are men but my favorite characters are the women. my favorite joke in the whole thing was the zoom in on lupins goofy ass grin in a mugshot with the subtitle ‘he’s always smart and cool’

I will say that me going ‘you dont have to know anything abt lupin iii at all going in 👍’ is moreso a personal thing abt me wanting to make the experience as confusing as possible, mostly if not entirely bc 1. I think it’s funny and 2. The film Also wants to make the experience of watching it as confusing as possible for plot reasons what with scenes being deliberately out of order + the movie never really explaining it’s main… Concept. I guess? I definitely don’t think it was the intended viewing experience (it was supposed to be a 40th anniversary special LMAO it is supposed to be a celebration of the franchise) but I just think it’s interesting to gauge ppls thoughts about what it could mean bc. In my opinion, green vs red’s larger Themes aren’t specific to lupin as much as they are abt any popular ‘morally grey’ male character/real. actual person/the effect media and fiction has on our real lives.

But to answer your question, i think knowing anything abt lupin iii only rlly helps with figuring out the preexisting characters relationship to lupin (which, sounds like a Big Thing, and i definitely do think knowing them a little makes for some Crazy implications with the concept of the film, but i think you get Enough context from what’s shown in the film + the thoughts and feelings of the gvr exclusive characters are more important, which do get explored thoroughly (or as thoroughly as the film can explain it)) and with all the lupin iii references (which are… obviously gonna be superfluous. theyre cute!! and i like em. but theyre not Needed to completely enjoy the flim). I feel like i’d be putting ‘Who Lupin Is. Like As A Person’ on this list, but again i feel like theres enough context within the film where you can figure it/what you Need to to watch it out. But of course im biased bc i watched green vs red pretty late into my lupin phase + i’ve watched it like five times in the past year.

BUT IM GLAD YOU LIKED IT!! It genuinely is one of my favorite movies of all time despite its problems. I think the idea of a really popular anime doing a non-linear metacommentary on itself as an anniversary film is Insane and whether or not you (the royal you. not you specifically syl) think it was executed well or a good celebration of the franchise its at least INTERESTING its a lot to think about… I really do like it as a commentary about legacy and idolizing problematic figures and how the media you consume/what you’re shown affects you as a person good and bad its… gaaahhhhhhh. I love media thats abt media.

And the thing abt lupin As A Whole really is that. It has really good women with crazy stories and roles and implications and it treats them HORRIBLYYYYYYYY like 85% of the time. the woman called fujiko mine (another artsy divisive examination of the franchise) is SUPPOSED to be more focused on its women (or woman. Singular.) and her role in the series and its…… interesting. good and bad. i would not say it centers women in a way thats tasteful or uhm… good as a narrative (at least towards the end) (and i feel like all of the Good interesting things it has to say that hold up by the end all have to do with the men!!!!!) (i almost wanna recommend twcfm to ppl as well but i have supremely Less authority on it and claim Less responsibility on the feelings anyone may or may not have abt it)

[zenni-gotcha]

Hey so how do you think the Lupin gang would deal with a s/o appears like a peaceful and graceful sleeper, but if you sleep next to them and you’re on the side that isn’t against the wall, s/o tends to roll over in their sleep and pushes whoever is there out of the bed roughly and still sleeps through the bang that happens and looks so comfortable while they probably just ruined their boyfriend or girlfriends whole night and if the partner does not get revenge instantly, s/o has no idea what happened and is like “I slept great! :)”. Flip side, if the gang Are sleeping at the wall, s/o rolls over and now they’re a cuddle bug and both get their comfortable sleep. “I haven’t slept that good in ages :)”. if there is no wall and both sides are empty space, good luck 😂. S/o is just very cuddly in sleep, but is a bit rough in trying to cuddle unlike when they’re awake so they end up throwing the person out of bed instead of getting the cuddles. How would the group deal with this? Do they feel dread at the thought of a no wall leaning bed when they see it?

[Hi there! First wanted to start this off by saying thank you for waiting on this! I had a few larger things to finish on some of my other blogs, so it took me a bit to get back to this one. Also thanks for the ask, it was a fun idea to work with :) ]

Lupin- Listen, he might complain about it a little bit, but not too much. He’s almost as bad as you are. This man is almost always bouncing off the wall, and that includes when he’s asleep. So, between the two of you it’s like a kickboxing match every night. However, if there is a night where you both finally couldn’t knock each other off the bed, then he sleeps like a rock and loves waking so close to you.

Jigen- He’s not going to take this lying down. Well, he is because it happens while he’s asleep. But, he will do something back. We all know how grouchy he is most of the time, so imagine how he is when he’s just been woken up by falling off the bed. If the bed is against the wall, he’s going to shove you over so he can lay there and avoid getting knocked off again. If it’s open on both sides he’ll push you off the other side as payback. Either way, if he ends up on the floor then so will you. But, the nights where you do get sleep feel all the more delightful.

Goemon- Here’s the thing, his reflexes are too good, even while he’s asleep, that he just blocks all of the movements that would have knock him off of the bed. Though he never falls off or wakes up completely, he still wakes up exhausted from having to parry the whole night. However, he’s found a way for you both to sleep well even if there isn’t a wall for him to fortify himself against. If he gets you in a bearhug then you can’t move as much and therefore cannot kick him off of the bed. That has the added bonus of already being snuggled up next to you as well.

Fujiko- She might not do anything the night that she falls off the bed, but you better believe that you’ll get it in the morning. Her favorite payback is setting an alarm for about an hour before you’re supposed to be up for the day and then put it right next to your head. You can bet there would be a greater effort on your part to work out a way to not do that again. She’s not totally mean though, and realizes that you can’t really always help moving around so much, and gives you some slack. She does love to sleep close to you, so she makes sure to have the bed against the wall so it can be a pleasant sleep for both of you.

Zenigata- He won’t even realize what happened until the next morning. He sleeps so hard that he won’t even notice hitting the floor. Of course though, his poor back is going to be screaming at him for sleeping in such an odd position on the floor, and he’s going to be miserable. He won’t say anything to you about it though as he wouldn’t want you to think he was upset with you (even if he sort of was). The problem comes with the fact that he feels too boxed in if he sleeps by a wall, so that’s not an option. The best choice is to get a futon so if you do bumb into him it just rolls him over instead of knocking him to land in a weird position. This also means that he can roll back over to hold you a bit easier as well.

[alekthethirdish]

Hey so could I get the Lupin gang reaction to a s/o who is a drunk who giggles, spout out weird fun facts and is clingy lovey dovey when drunk. Hugging onto their s/o and being a troll. Trying to swap alcoholic beverages for other people for cucumber juice. “You look like a monkey/peanut/skunk hehe”. “Did you know that when you sink to the bottom of the ocean your head will explode?”. “This man/woman is the love of my life, look at him/her, perfection”?

Sorry it's taken so long, but here it is!

Lupin:

Lupin is the one who suggested drinking, he was curious how you acted while drunk

He certainly did not expect you to become so affectionate, but he’s not complaining

He says an offhand comment to Jigen, your giggles light up his eyes, he turns and smiles at you

For the rest of the night Lupin is trying his hardest to make you laugh

But it’s you who catches him off guard the most

“My love?”

“Yes?”

“Your face looks like a monkey.”

“I’ve been told it’s one of my best features.”

Lupin doesn’t miss a beat with your teasing comments, always shooting back with something

“Did you know cats have better hearing than dogs?”

You chime in here and there with random facts and move on as though you hadn’t even spoke

Lupin catches you trying to change Jigen’s whisky out with black tea

As soon as he realises what you’re doing, he immediately joins in on the shenanigans- that is until you both get caught.

When the night winds down, Lupin stands to get you some water, you watch him with love and adoration

“That man is the love of my life. He’s perfect.”

You said it to no one in particular, but Jigen makes a small noise in comment

Lupin has a wide smile on his face when he returns to the table with your water. He had heard you.

“So I’m the love of your life?”

He will never let you live that down

Jigen:

Jigen is always drinking something one way or another

He’s surprised when you take up his offer to go out drinking

A little night on the town never hurt anyone

Jigen immediately knows when you’re drunk, your dial goes up and enhances your behaviours

He’s not that big on PDA, preferring to have more intimate moments in private

But he can’t help but watch you in amusement as you lean in closer to him, and insist on always having a hand on him. Whether that’s holding his hand, or gently holding his suit jacket.

He can tell you’re holding back on the affection, it makes him smile, even when drunk, you are considerate of his feelings

“Did you know you end up drowning in your own blood in saltwater?”

His eyes flash under his hat and he glances at you with a raised eyebrow

Your giggles at his reaction practically make him melt, despite the alarming fact you had informed him of.

He’s not going to lie, hearing you laugh like that, so free, it made him fall for you even more. He would do anything to make you laugh like that again.

“Jigen, you have something on your shirt.” you press your finger to his dress shirt, as though pointing to a spot.

He glances down, despite knowing this trick, at that moment he doesn’t think you’d do anything like that. The pain in his nose proves him wrong. But your laugh is worth it.

If you’re out drinking with the rest of the gang, you are trying to swap out their drinks with something or another

Jigen realises instantly, his eyes are sharp and observant, he doesn’t blink an eye as you pull out a bottle of juice and fill up Lupin’s glass with it

If he thinks you’re going to get caught in the midst of your shenanigans, he will distract whoever you’re pranking 

He feigns innocence as Lupin spits out his drink in disgust

Your giggling gives you away instantly

“Jigen, control your partner.”

Jigen tilts his hat towards you in a gesture. “Can’t control this one.”

Jigen is just returning from the restroom when he hears you tell Fujiko that he’s the love of your life.

“He’s perfection.” You insist.

Jigen pulls his hat lower in a vain attempt to hide his reddening cheeks as he returns to your side.

Your words will always stay with him.

Goemon:

Goemon gets you to try Sake and realises just how fast it makes you drunk

Much like Jigen, Goemon doesn’t care for PDA and he sees how much you are restraining yourself

He is the one who initiates the affection, letting you know that if you kept it small, he was okay with it.

You’re either holding his hand, looping your arm with his, or leaning in close to him.

You melt into his touch if he pulls you into his side, his hand resting just above your hip protectively

“Goemon?”

“Hmm?”

“I was missing a few letters, but I’m glad you had them, ‘QT.’”

He’ll glance away, his cheeks colouring at your cheesy pick up lines.

“You looovvee me.”

“I do.”

Now you’re the blushing mess, burying your face in your hands in a desperate attempt to hide your blush.

“There’s a body to water ratio that people are willing to swim in.”

He raises an eyebrow as you continue on.

“You wouldn’t swim in a swimming pool with a body in it, but there are countless bodies in lakes and people still swim in those.”

“I suppose you have a point.”

Goemon watches with mild amusement as you switch around the rest of the gang’s glasses for each other’s

You burst into a fit of giggles as each of the rest of the gang takes a sip of their supposed drinks only to pull away alarmed.

Goemon reaches for his own drink, a small, but amused smile on his face.

He practically spits it out in surprise, wondering when you managed to swap his drink as well.

Your giggle fit worsens, your sides heaving in effort to keep you breathing through your laughter.

Goemon goes to get you some water after your laughter dies down, seeing as your fit made you light headed.

As he’s coming back he hears your voice.

“I love that man, he’s the love of my life. Pure perfection.”

The only sign that he heard your words is the blush that is colouring his cheeks as he returns.

Once you are sobering up, he leans into you.

“You’re the love of my life as well.”

“What!? You heard me? Goemon, wait!”

He’s moving on ahead with long, but calm strides, leaving you to chase after him.

Fujiko:

Much like Lupin, Fujiko is curious to see how you act while you are drunk.

She’s pleasantly surprised at how affectionate you become.

 She loves that you are in contact with her in some way through the entire night

You’re either holding her hand, wrapping your arm around her waist, or gently leaning into her.

If she allows you, you’re pressing kisses to her hands, her cheeks, and to her mouth. Anytime you can kiss her, you will.

“Fujiko? Did you know that there are pink river dolphins?”

“Oh? Are there?”

She’s amused at the random facts you state here and there, finding this side of you quite endearing.

She notices you keep on filling up the gang’s glasses with water, just enough that they don’t notice

As soon as they do realise that their drinks haven't gone down at all and are starting to taste suspiciously watered down; You burst into a fit of giggles.

Fujiko can’t help but laugh herself, your laughter is contagious.

She tries to hear you giggle again, which ultimately leads her to poking at your sides.

“Oh come on, just one more giggle! For me?”

You laugh as she tickles you, defiance shining in your eyes.

At some point you manage to put a note on her back that reads, “Tell me a compliment.”

She’s a bit confused when people keep coming up to her and complimenting her.

She knows something is up when Jigen gives her a compliment.

“What’s this?”

You look down at the note, trying not to giggle.

“Nothing!”

She clearly doesn’t believe you.

“Thank you, darling.”

As the night winds down and you start to sober up, Fujiko goes to get the both of you some water.

She’s just returning when she hears your voice in the distance.

“She’s the love of my life, perfection in every sense of the word.”

When she sits back down, she leans in close to you to whisper:

“You’re perfect as well, Lover.”

You flush, recalling your words, one look at her confirms that she heard what you said.

[experthiese]

my first one is messy and honestly not the way I'd want it, so here's my shot at a public vs. private information post, version two.

"but pluto, where does my muse fall on this?"

I don't know! I don't write your muse! realistically speaking, even lupin's canon can't even seem to keep itself consistent with what's known and who by, so I'm not really all that fussed about how you choose to interpret this list. go with whatever feels right, and I'll play along accordingly.

so, let's get started!

PUBLIC.

He is the grandson of Arsène Lupin, phantom burglar of France.

He is the son of Lupin II, attempted founder of the Lupin Empire.

Like his predecessors, Lupin III is a master thief who targets valuable items from all across the world. He's a household name, and even has official merchandise (including the infamous plushie claw machines).

He's affiliated with what's informally known as the Lupin Gang: his 'inner circle' of friends. The current active members are Jigen Daisuke, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, and thieftress Fujiko Mine. She's more of an independent force, and is just as likely to betray Lupin and co. as she is to aid them. More members may be present, as dependent on verse and muse connections.

His eternal rival is Inspector Koichi Zenigata of the ICPO. Zenigata is the only person able to consistently get close to Lupin, and has managed to capture and detain him over one hundred times. The issue, of course, is that Lupin has been able to break out over a hundred times.

He's polyamorous and can often be found surrounded by short-term lovers whenever he's out spending his heist gains. He makes no attempt to hide this or deceive anyone: he's poly, not a cheater.

He's a polyglot, able to speak as fluently as a native regardless of where in the world he travels. Despite French and Japanese being his mother languages, he has no noticeable accent when speaking outside of them. Lupin also knows a select handful of dead and computer languages.

He's a master of disguise, able to forge documents as the need arrives and change his entire appearance at will. He can fake scars, injuries, identifying marks such as birthmarks or tattoos, and adopt the face, voice and mannerisms of anyone he pleases. His masks do have tells, however: such as not showing sweat after a period of exercise, while real skin would.

His chosen weapon is a Walther P-38, kept holstered against his chest.

There's a tongue-in-cheek saying that, for a Lupin, walls and gates and security systems simply do not exist. Many believe them able to get anywhere and everywhere, regardless of any preventative measures attempted. While this isn't entirely true, it is exceedingly difficult to keep Lupin out of somewhere, with even supposedly 'top security' buildings having been compromised more times than I care to count.

He was married to Rebecca Rossellini, Italian heiress, model, actress, and general celebrity.

He was the star of the Lupin Game online phenomenon, where he was tracked day and night by drone cameras, whose footage was live-streamed across the internet. People were encouraged to take photographs or video clips if they saw him.

SEMI-PUBLIC.

His calling cards lay out the rules of his heist. He will appear on the date and time listed, and he will leave empty-handed if he's unable to complete his theft before the end time listed on the card. The heist's no fun if there's no game involved.

Lupin doesn't kill unprovoked. That's one of the rules of his game. Taking another's life only becomes an option once they cross the line and endanger the lives of himself or his friends. Under all other circumstances, he'll always shoot to disarm first.

Not only does Lupin have copycat thieves aiming to impersonate his crimes, but this no-killing rule is one of the biggest copycat downfalls, often being the thing that gets them discovered. Thief he may be, but Lupin has a strict code of ethics that both he and Zenigata are very well acquainted with.

He has an IQ of 300, and can temporarily raise it to 301. He's incredibly intelligent, far more than he's often given credit for, but prefers to hide it behind a silly and easily underestimated persona.

His marriage to Rebecca wasn't his first, nor his last. However, the only real 'love match' was his attempt to settle down with Fujiko, while ultimately failed and lead to a separation. All other marriages are used as a means to an end, a way to get himself closer to whatever treasure he's aiming to steal.

He was the star of dark web phenomenon Happy Death Day, where people would bet on the date Lupin would die. This inevitably ended up attracting prominent assassins who would compete to kill Lupin on their predicted date, and after a particularly large confrontation, most of these competing players have been declared dead.

He's AMAB, just androgynous enough that many databases find it difficult to make a definitive decision one way or the other. As a result, this field is often left marked inconclusive.

He's bisexual, and appreciates pretty faces of all genders. His love for womanising and vocal adoration for his beloved Fujicakes just tend to overshadow the times he pursues everyone else.

SEMI-PRIVATE.

He stayed in France for the early years of his childhood and was raised within his grandfather's sprawling Paris estate. Arsène taught him the ways of Lupin family thievery from the moment he could stand, and he had already mastered several of its skills by the time he was able to write.

He attended the later years of elementary and early years of Junior high school in Tokyo, Japan. However, he left the system before graduating.

He targeted dark web drugs trafficking and money laundering giant Marco Polo in an online heist, draining their crypto wallet and making off with millions in BitMoney currency. He was also involved in the arrest of its three executives: Chuck Glay (Peekaboo), Kunal Robinson (Chap Tip) and Sonia Boutella (MooMoo).

He can pilot any vehicle, be it for land, sea or sky. It's safe to assume that he owns at least one mode of transport for each, and tends to favour cars, submarines and planes respectively.

He's been declared dead many times. One time 'Lupin' was even publicly hanged, though this was later revealed to be a clone. Lupin himself had no hand in the clone's creation.

He has chapodiphobia: a fear of octopi. This fear extends out to squid, cuttlefish and anything else under the cephalopod umbrella.

He's... somewhere under the nonbinary label. Most likely genderfluid, though he lacks the vocabulary to express this (nor does he have much desire to explore / pin himself down to any particular label).

His marriage with Fujiko ended poorly, and left a rift between them for some time. While she was the one to actually leave, a lot of their inner conflict was a result of Lupin and his discomfort at being truly transparent, even to her.

PRIVATE.

He has connections to the Grand Duchy of Cagliostro thanks to his efforts to save its ruler, Clarisse, from an unwanted marriage.

He's incapable of dreaming, lacking the subconscious needed to activate REM sleep. This void was once said to be the consciousness of an idiot or a god, though it's impossible to tell what one Lupin is.

The only marriage still standing is the one with Onabes, an art collector. He's the husband of Lupin's Miss Marie persona, making him Onabes' wife in the eyes of the law. Lupin has requested divorce several times, but Onabes is yet to sign the necessary papers.

He's got an occasional telepathic ability, though this link has only been shown between him and Fujiko, and it only seems to activate in times of life-or-death danger. Lupin's aware of this ability, and once called it the miracle of love.

He has safehouses in every conceivable corner of the globe. Some are luxurious mansions with grand estates attached. Others are rickety wooden shacks held together by hopes and dreams and prayers, with no running water and a single flickering lightbulb. All of them are owned under false names.

All gadgets are handmade, as are any smoke bombs or chemicals he uses. Lupin's a capable scientist when he wants to be, an often occupies himself by engineering new little toys to try out.

[catchyhuh]

snfsnf. do you guys smell counterfeit money ink in here

WHAT DO THEY SMELL LIKE i can hear you asking. I NEED TO KNOW FOR MY NEXT TRIP TO BATH AND BODYWORKS i hear you cry. well. um. i don't know a lot about perfume so this is all vibes. LETS MAKE THIS ONE RELATIVELY QUICK!

lupin: cologne so expensive that it smells cheap. you know how people say (don’t laugh) chanel no. 5 smells like jerkass grandmas to them? one of those. it’s not that it smells BAD, it’s just… kind of basic. you get the same smell walking to the edgy man section of a sephora

jigen: okay it’s not. BAD. it’s not BAD but you know he smells like cigarette smoke. the thing with lupin is that his nasty cologne is very overpowering (this isn’t even a headcanon multiple people can smell it from yards away IN the franchise) and kind of masks the smoke on him, but jigen just keeps up basic hygiene. for someone who loves the fancy things he doesn’t strike me as a cologne type of guy. probably smells a little bit like hair gel too, or some kinda product like that you feel me

fujiko: CHANGES! changes frequently. despite her fujikoness she doesn’t automatically gun for expensive-for-the-sake-of-being-expensive perfumes, but she DOES tend to favor rarer ones. probably part of the reason she mixes it up so much aside from the fact (evidenced by her hair) she just likes keepin things fresh. unless it’s for the sake of a disguise, she really goes for those like. you know when you smell a perfume and go “this would be red if it were a color” because it’s very dark and deep but hard to put into words? yeah

goemon: smells. clean. idk if that makes sense. he takes pride in his image, not his APPEARANCE, but his image, his history, etc, so he washes the whole getup very frequently, so he just seems like he’d smell like fresh laundry. it's very subtle-- with the prev three you can TELL when they walk into a room but with goemon it doesn’t leave a big impression. fun fact steel actually has a smell too and you know hes always fucking polishing that thang so there’s like a faint undertone of a slightly-alcohol-y zantetsuken there.

zenigata: a mix of shit to the point you couldn’t place it unless you watched his routine. sometimes cologne, sometimes not (either way its not Great cologne lmao) there’s a little bit of coffee in there, that smell winter coats have when you pull them out after being locked up for half the year, bit of cigarette smoke, its a LOT but like goemon it’s mostly just. kind of there. you’d have to be standing beside him to be like “are there mothballs in this room? do you guys smell mothballs” and he’d get vaguely defensive because he KNOWS he’s the mothballs

[limacogo]

lupin the III relationship headcanons

ok so no one cares but here's what i consider as canon relationships in the lupin verse. this is not just ships,, but mostly.

even if i do like the gang as a polycule, i am very much convinced jigen is gay (sue me) and i mostly think that about goemon too. oh yeah and fujiko's obviously a lesbian. so lupin x fujiko (wait i never realized i do not know their ship name. is it fujipin? lujiko? i actually remember fujilup. i guess ill discover thru the tags.) could kinda work as lupin is genderfluid (TO ME.) so now that this is established.

jiglup are exes. i didn't even watch lupin zero (i should) but i know they were gay in it so yeah. i can definitely see why people ship them, they have chemistry, but still. they are obviously great friends and platonic soulmates. even if they can't be in love, they will always stay by each other's side. the main reason for this is

jigoe. what can i say. they are married and i will not take any criticism.

i don't mind lupgoe as well but like. their relationship is very peculiar to me. i think goemon really values lupin both as a leader and a friend. one cannot exist without the other. as seen in part 5 (one of the last eps, i don't remember which) goemon is lead to think lupin only uses him as a pawn, and this shatters him completely. but at the same time, he finds time to actually be in the gang, even if he's a lone wolf and is often doing his thing, because he respects lupin as a thief.

so. fujiko. she is a mystery. does she love lupin or is she using him? the answer could be both. but i honestly feel as she doesn't really love him, and apart from taking advantage of him, she could just be doing it for fun, or to fill something she's missing. she often looks as she doesn't care about whether he lives or dies. but can lupin really die? so yeah, she still cares about him, in her own way.

fujigoe. apart from my sexuality headcanons and other ships (i can absolutely be a multishipper), i will never see them as a couple. it couldn't work. their relationship is one of pure friendship. they deeply care about each other and are found together even when you wouldn't think you could. if this makes sense. i feel as they're both very protective of the other.

fujigen? also care about each other, even if it doesn't certainly look like it, but i think they pretend to hate each other because that's what they want people to think, INCLUDING themselves. they are like, friends that always insult each other to show affection, pretend to be disgusted by the other and not wanting to touch them, etc.

about zenigata,, i may make another post cause i don't really feel like it rn so yeah. just the gang for now.

[loopspoop]

Finally! I guess it’s only fitting that I had to rewrite Chapter 7 about 7 different times before I was happy with it. I feel like it might be short but it’s MY AU and I do what I want 😤

Disclaimer: I used google translate for the French so don’t beat me up if anything isn’t correct

TW: uh…mentions of asking for death ig?

The group stood around Lupin, cautiously trying to wake him. They knew moving him too much would be bad for his injuries and if his pain meds had begun to ware off then it would hurt him to be moved too. Jigen reached down, feeling Lupin’s forehead carefully before frowning a bit.

“His temperatures back up.” He sighed softly, shaking his head as he gently tapped Lupin’s cheek a few times.

“Damnit..he was fine last night.” Zenigata mumbled, grabbing the medication bottles as he popped a few pills into his hand.

Lupin slowly opened his eyes, his gaze unfocused. He cringed at the light from the window, whining as his body trembled. He thought they had rescued him…he had to still be in the lab…bright lights meant he was on the operating table again… he clenched his eyes shut, panting as he tried to cope with the pain from his limbs.

“Lupin? Hey, Lupin? You with us?” Jigen frowned, tapping his cheek again carefully.

“S-S’il vous plaît- plaît pas plus…” Lupin groaned out weakly, cringing away from Jigen’s touch.

“Shit.” Jigen frowned, moving back slightly. “He’s out of it again.”

“It could be the fever.” Zenigata frowned. “We need to get him stable again.”

“We need him calm first.” Goemon frowned, gently smoothing Lupin’s hair back.

Lupin whined low in his throat, tears streaming down his face from his organic eye as he shivered and trembled. His body ached…even breathing somehow hurt. He thought he remembered flashes of his friends but…could it have been his mind? He was so, so tired. He wanted to rest. He wanted his friends. Even the gentle touch he could vaguely feel right now could be the doctor toying with him…he had toyed with him on occasion..

“…fa-fait mal…çal fait mal…” Lupin panted, opening his eyes as he anxiously searched ceiling with a pained expression.

“What is he saying..?” Goemon frowned, glancing at the others. He was still learning French from the thief…he wasn’t very fluent.

“…he needs his pain meds..” Jigen frowned, trying to sit Lupin up. They had to get him sorted…

“Jigen, we need to take some time with this or he’ll freak out again.” Fujiko frowned, grabbing his arm anxiously.

“If we wait too long he could have another seizure! And look at him, he’s in pain. We need to do this now.” Jigen frowned deeply, moving his arm away from her.

Lupin flinched at the raised voices, head swimming as he was moved into a seated position. He curled forward, trembling violent at the strain in his back. His spine…god, it ached. Another procedure would be too much…he wanted someone to come for him…he wanted a way out…

“Stop, stop.” Zenigata frowned deeply, trying to move Lupin back to lay down a bit. “He’s too out of it to understand, I don’t even think he knows where he is. This isn’t right.”

“Pops come on!” Jigen hissed, frowning as he watched anxiously. “We don’t have time to try to convince him-“

“…tue-moi….s’il vous plaît….fais que ça arrête…..” Lupin begged, voice cracking as more tears streamed down his face.

Fujiko paled, covering her mouth with her hand as she looked down at him with wide eyes. She knew he wasn’t well off but…she never expected him to beg for…that. Jigen bit his lip hard, pulling his hat down low as he backed away. He couldn’t do it. Not with Lupin saying things like that…not begging for something like that. Not Lupin. Zenigata hesitated, expression growing stern. His French wasn’t great but he understood well enough…they had no choice but to move slowly with this.

“…what….what did he say…?” Goemon asked softly, gently taking Lupin’s hand as he glanced at them.

Fujiko bent down beside Lupin, gently cupping his cheek as she stroked it with her thumb. “Tu es en sécurité ici avec nous, mon amour. Vous n’êtes plus au labo. C’est nous et tu es en sécurité, je te le promtes.” She mumbled softly to him.

Lupin hesitated slightly, whining softly as he glanced toward her. Was it a trick? He was sure it had to be but…what if it wasn’t? Were the flashes of the others real memories and not hallucinations? His head hurt…it was hard to think about it. He wanted nothing more for them to be here with him…

“C’est moi, mon amour. Je suis ici. Nous sommes dans votre cachette française. Peux-tu me dire où nous sommes?” Fujiko asked gently, stroking his cheek softly.

Lupin panted, weakly grasping at her hand as he shivered. “La….la cachette…..nous sommes dans la cachette…”

“Bien!” Fujiko smiled, kissing his cheek as she took his hand gently. “Nous sommes tous en sécurité et dans la cachette.” She assured softly.

Jigen watched, biting his lip hard. Well…this seemed to be working a bit…maybe it wasn’t a bad idea to take it slow? He was just so worried about getting Lupin taken care of. Zenigata watched, glancing between Lupin and Fujiko. He had never seen the thief so out of it before…it was kind of scary…

“…Lupin, je suis vraiment désolé que cela nous ait pris trop de temps.” Jigen crouched beside Fujiko, frowning a bit as he spoke.

“…Jigen..?” Lupin breathed, looking toward him anxiously. He hadn’t seen him in so long….

“Ouais, je suis ici. Nous avons besoin que tu prennes des analgésiques pour nous, d’accord? Peux-tu faire ça?” Jigen took his hand, squeezing it carefully.

Lupin nodded weakly, more tears welling up as he reached out for him. So it was real…it was real and they were free and safe. Thank god…he had been so worried about them. We just wanted to keep them close and know they were all safe… Jigen moved closer, holding onto him carefully as he glanced back at Zenigata and nodded. They could give Lupin the medications with no issue…

“Easy, Lupin.” Goemon rubbed his shoulder gently, getting him the water from the bedside table.

Lupin whimpered, carefully taking the pills and water as they were given to him. They were all here with him…he just had to remind himself that they were all here with him and it would be okay. He laid back, wincing as he moved. He shivered, grasping for his group as he groaned slightly. He needed them closer… Goemon frowned, carefully adjusting Lupin’s blankets as he sat close beside him.

“Easy, boss.” Jigen sat on his other side, carefully patting his shoulder as he leaned against him slightly.

Fujiko kissed his forehead, making a spot for herself among the group. “How’s this?”

Lupin relaxed slightly, moving closer to them as he rested his head on Goemon’s shoulder. He glanced over at Zenigata through fuzzy vision, hesitating before pointing to a spot on the bed for the inspector to take. Zenigata faltered slightly, smiling a little as he sat down with them.

“Better?” Jigen glanced at Lupin, peeking out from under his hat slightly.

Lupin nodded faintly, muscles twitching from time to time through pain flares as the medications slowly kicked in. He closed his eyes, breathing evening out as he dozed against them. Jigen sighed softly, glancing away. They would have to take a more gentle approach than he had thought. Goemon wrapped a secure arm around Lupin gently, rest his head on the thief’s gently. It was good to seen him awake, even if not fully coherent…

“Sorry…about trying to pick a fight over treating him again.” Jigen mumbled, glancing toward Fujiko.

“I understand why you did. We have to do things on his terms though, not ours.” Fujiko nodded a bit. “It’ll be a slow process.”

“We can handle it though.” Zenigata looked at them pointedly. “Lupin would do the same for any of us.“

Jigen nodded a bit, sighing softly. “He would. You’ve got a point.” He rubbed his nape, glancing at Lupin.

They would have to wait and see if he would be more conscious again later. Hopefully, that would give better reactions than it did this time. The group wanted nothing more for Lupin to get through this and heal well…even if they couldn’t do any more heists. They just wanted him to be alright.

[tacky-optic]

I've been cooking, folks. Grilling. Simmering. Boiling. Various other synonyms. About *JigZeni* of all things. My fixation ship just HAD to be a rarepair, didn't it?? I tried to condense pretty much all of my thoughts into one post and I might have gotten a *bit* carried away, oops. It's probably not THAT long, but still. I regret nothing.

- I imagine (in a general sense, headcanons aside, characters as base as can be) that if Lupin were to never make a move and continue with the coy "will we won't we" shit with Jigen and Zenigata, that they would get fed up to a point where they might attempt to seek solace with each other on a somewhat frequent basis.

It'd probably happen on accident at first; a chance meetup at a bar, the gang gets split up, Zeni has Jig cuffed in the back of a squad car just-another-day-of-the-week style, and one gets to talking while the other decides to humor for once. And I doubt either would be against chatting again after, and lord knows these two like their seedy bar trips, so why not let fate decide when?

- This can be to varying degrees of intimacy!! I love how all of the ships let you do that in some capacity, but JigZeni feels like one of the more flexible ones.

Whether it be as simple as complaining over drinks for a few hours or taking things a step further and heading back to some motel to "get it out of their systems" in "other" ways, ahem ahem.

Either way, they find that they enjoy the other's company and, to their abject horror, whatever weird friendship thing they've developed ends up turning into something genuine and (even worse) autonomous from Lupin.

Because what are they without him? What would they become?? They sure as hell don't know!! But hey, at least there's one other human being on this planet who GETS it.

- And I say that with relative confidence because I see Jigen and Zenigata being on the more (since a better word escapes me) *monogamous* side?? Like they put a lot of weight into a few singular relationships.

They have acquaintances, yes, but how many can they truly call a friend? How many can they trust, *beyond question*, to have their backs, to keep their secrets, to protect their lives, even?? Because trust is a big thing for these two!! Losing someone close hits them way harder than most, to a point where it's actively harmful and discourages them from pursuing anything concrete (also doesn't help that their luck with partners is absolute *shite* and things rarely ever end on a decent/ non-tragic note).

Jigen got SO lucky with Lupin. They ooze trust for each other, and the same goes for Goemon, too. And for a guy like Jigen, having not one but TWO whole-ass people he can depend on is absolutely WILD to him. They're all he needs, really. Zenigata still hasn't found something that concrete yet (on HIS side of the law, at least), and given the nature of the series and his role within it, there's an incredibly low likelihood he ever will.

But at least Jigen knows that pain. He's been there! He can relate! He can console! And Zenigata KNOWS it's legit because he's read, like, *so* many files about this guy. He's Lupin's not-that-much-better half ffs. Zenigata knows Jigen's Been Through It and the fact that Jigen even TRIES to relate despite his rough-ass persona really gets through to him in a way that no one else can.

- All of that baggage would bleed into why they're hesitant to blatantly pursue Lupin. Even though they know that Lupin CAN and WILL reciprocate (enthusiastically, even), Jigen and Zenigata, deep down, also know that he'd never be able to give "all of himself" to them like they are willing to for him.

Jigen is dissatisfied (probably even jealous) of Lupin and Fujiko's goings-on even though he knows it's a *consensual* sort of give-and-take, and you CANNOT tell me that Zenigata isn't the slightest bit jealous of Lupin's tight-knit camaraderie with his crew. "I could treat you so much better", "I wish I could have that attention all to myself" sorta vibes. Don't even get me STARTED on how the excluded party would feel about JigLup/ LuZeni, yeesh.

- Lupin loves them profoundly, no doubts there, but Lupin also loves *everyone*. Which basically turns into if they can't have all of *him*, then at least they can have all of *each other*, y'know??

Even if their friendship (or something more) lasting is impossible, at least they can pretend for a little while.

At least SOMEONE gets it, and that someone also happens to look pretty damn handsome in a fedora, too.

Plus Zenigata is Jigen's type. End of discussion.

now that you're down here in the trenches with me we can hold hands and enjoy overanalyzing hat trick together <3 <3

I DO wanna hear other people's thoughts, though! I can't help but think I'm missing SOMETHING despite writing them for so long (and there's only a handful of people out there who know I have been *writing them*, hooh boy). Hopefully I'll be able to get some of that stuff out there one of these days, but MAN am I a slow writer. Fingers crossed.

[theimpossiblescheme]

Demons

(Apparently what I do with Lupin III installments I'm disappointed by is write fics about the aftermath. This one is post-Part 5 because I needed some closure between Lupin and Goemon after their subplot--I hope everyone enjoys!)

The Lupin who sat in front of Goemon right now, cross-legged on the bathroom floor, intently studying himself in a pocket mirror as he worked, brushes and spirit glue in hand, was almost unrecognizable.  And it had nothing to do with his face.

Of course, his face didn’t help matters.  When he and Fujiko finally emerged from the collapsing ShakeHanz building, he’d looked… undeniably different.  More visibly injured, certainly, with the remains of old scars, burns, blemishes, and bruises across almost every inch of his face.  His cheeks were a little hollower, and even his nose looked a bit off, like it had been broken multiple times and never quite set right.  But he also looked older, with visible tiny wrinkles around his eyes and the corners of his mouth and a long thin line across his forehead.

None of that necessarily surprised Goemon–they were all getting older.  Fujiko’s own makeup regimen took a few more minutes every morning she stayed with them, Jigen had thrown himself a "One Foot in the Grave" party after finding a grey hair (which consisted mostly of drinking himself into delirium for the evening), and Goemon remembered waking up in the middle of the night and momentarily wondering why his father was staring at him from the bathroom mirror.  It was inescapable.  And it also didn’t surprise him that Lupin still felt stupidly confident enough to believe he’d be an exception, filling those cracks in the facade with makeup and latex.

No, what surprised him were Lupin’s eyes.  The color didn’t change–they were the same dark brown they’d always been.  But lately… it was hard to describe.  In all the time Goemon had spent with him, Lupin proved both incredibly easy and utterly impossible to read; the same facial expression could mean either genuine joy or ridiculously overblown sarcasm, rage or petty annoyance.  Even as elastic and expressive as his face was, it usually held no more honesty than an artfully constructed mask.  At least now that particular mystery was solved.  His eyes, however–if you could get close enough to notice–always belied the mask somehow.  Even when the rest of him was an artfully designed blank, there was some flash of true feeling there.

Lately, his eyes had been dull.  Muted and lifeless, the eyes of a dead man walking.  Even smiling from ear to ear or flushed with rage, Lupin’s eyes didn’t change.  Goemon hadn’t realized just how long they’d been that way until now… how long had it been?  Since they came to Paris?

There had been a night, hadn’t there, when they first arrived?  Jigen had offered to toast to the new hideout, but Goemon had declined–the pungent import wine disagreed with him even more than whiskey did.  Some dozen drinks later, though, the festive mood shifted to something darker, what with Jigen rambling about how long they’d been doing this together and how many close calls there had been.  While Goemon tried to tune them out and focus on his meditation, a few stray sentences caught his ear.  Including a grim cackle of “You’re damn lucky, Lupin… any greenhorn in your place would be at the bottom of the ocean right now.”

Lupin hadn’t said anything to that.  He’d just flopped backward onto the couch, legs dangling off the side.  At first it seemed like he was doing his usual dramatic “fetch my fainting couch, someone pay attention to me” routine, but he still didn’t say anything.  He just lay there, squirming intermittently like he couldn’t get comfortable, his head parallel to Goemon’s against the pillow.  Abandoning his meditation for a moment, Goemon craned his neck to look up at him.  In that moment, contemplating every close call Jigen brought up, Lupin laughed and smiled along, but his eyes hadn’t caught up with his mouth.  They looked as if he really were staring up at the world from a great distance beneath, watching it fade out of his grasp.  Worse yet, he looked almost at peace with it.  Like it would be a relief to let the tide take him and sweep him under, out of the sunlight.  As Jigen trailed away, so did Lupin, and Goemon could practically hear the cogs clicking listlessly in his head.  All the while, that ever-present flicker in his eyes guttered and, right before he fell asleep, went out.

Goemon had written it off as drunken flights of fancy–Jigen and Lupin had a tendency to entertain these morbid “jokes” when extremely drunk, and he’d never seen the point in it.  There was a distinct difference between real failure and just horrible luck, something he’d learned over years of hard experience and restless nights of introspection and self-loathing.  But Lupin, he knew, preferred not to waste the time and instead made his own luck. And it simply wasn’t in any man’s nature, much less his, to purposefully create bad luck.

And that was precisely what he’d been doing, wasn’t it?  The Lupin Game. Padar. Albert.  Enzo.  Even Goemon himself, for a terrible moment.

How could he have been so clueless?  Had Jigen noticed?  No, what a stupid question–of course he had.  Fujiko certainly had, and learning of her role in all this brought a great deal of clarity.  Only Goemon, in his foolish self-obsessed desire to validate himself in Enzo’s eyes and clarify a partnership that had never needed it, seemed to have missed the signs.  This was a failure, a real failure he could very well have prevented, and Goemon expected he’d pay for it one day.

But dying for his failures meant something radically different to Goemon than he was sure it did for Lupin.  Hell, Lupin was never the sort of man to assume he needed to atone with his own breath and blood.

So why did he apparently want to die so badly? He thought of Lupin on his own, sometime after his and Fujiko's divorce, before he'd contacted the rest of the gang... what it must have been like for him. He thought of all the other times Lupin had been on his own, what close calls they had all been.

He thought of how lonely he himself had been, those long months he disappeared into the mountains to clear his head... even knowing he wasn't supposed to be. The point of the exercise was to get by on his own. But there was no rule against him missing his friends (probably the grandest irony of all) and wondering what would have become of him if he'd stayed on his own. Under Momochi's thumb, keeping himself at arm's length from the world... never knowing Jigen's ridiculous jokes, Fujiko's laugh, Lupin's singsong affect when he was assured of victory. The palpable joy and relief that filled any given hideout when a heist had gone off without a hitch, the demons of the past were far behind them, and all was right with the world.

Knowing that they'd very likely saved his life, in ways they all barely understood.

He knew what Jigen's demons were, and he had a vague idea of Fujiko's as well. The only one he wasn't sure about was Lupin. He glanced sideways at the man sitting on the bathroom floor, who winced as he covered a scar across one eye with liquid latex...

And decided he didn’t need to know the answer.  Nor did he want to. Instead, he sat down against the frame of the bathroom door, leaning one shoulder in and one shoulder out, essentially blocking the entrance with his body.  Legs crossed, sword across his lap.  Guarding the man inside as he worked.  If anyone was going to kill Lupin… but that bridge was burned, and good riddance for it.

I’m not letting you die on us so easily. At least not alone.

[noodleswithsoba-blog]

How Lupin and the Gang Love You! (And Pops, too!) GN Reader!

CWs: None really, just some mentions of smoking and a little bit of kidnapping mentions, nothing too bad. This is more fluff than anything else. Enjoy!

Lupin.

Oho boy, Lupin's a tricky man with a lot of tricky ways to show he cares. From the small things to the big things. Every day is a new adventure for him and his beloved.

Although sometimes he might get you hurt, that's part of the job but he always, ALWAYS hates it. He always feels as though he messed up, but sometimes it happens when things are outside his control.

Not to say our boy's a control freak, oh no. If Fujiko is anything to go by, he loves ladies with fire in their bellies. And men too. He likes getting under his partner's skin, likes poking at them and prodding but knows exactly when to scale back.

If you're taken by any of his myriad of foes, you know he's got fifty different ways of getting you back. Sixty with time, and seventy if you're already in a bad way.

Lupin loves you, but in a really tricky way. He shows it like his emotions, on his sleeve. Also come on, he'd totally be a silly gentleman!

"Hey! I stole this for ya, here you go!"

The Most Expensive Thing He Could Think Of.

Jigen.

Oh Jigen, our resident gunslinger. How gruff and tough you were. How surly too. Well, it wasn't easy to get him to fall in love. He always seemed several feet away. Always too far.

But he started showing it in small ways. His coat on your shoulders, maybe a drink or food if he knew you'd be hungry or thirsty. Jigen doesn't show his heart often.

Which made Lupin and Goemon act like it was Armageddon when Jigen ended up yapping about it. Jigen, cool as a cucumber, Jigen: Legendary Misogynist, Jigen the gunslinger?!

Maybe it was the fact someone creepy was chatting you up and he didn't like it. So he shot the glass out of his hand and sent him yelping off.

With a slight smirk, Jigen'd grab you and bring you back with the others. His arm gently around you for as long as you'd let him. He's very hands off in public but in sticky situations with the law or private time he's very focused on saving your skin next to his comrades.

Smoking might be a small thing to give up to him, but alcohol? No thanks.

"You ever see anyone look cool with a cola?"

Goemon.

Traditional to a fault, Goemon was very upfront and clear about his feelings, although he always flusters if you get him by surprise. He makes everything clear, lays everything out on the table and tells you flat out what he wants.

Zantetsken and him are never too far away because nothing will ever harm you as long as he lives. Even if you decide to break up with him. He keeps his distance, but is always quick to defend you.

His blithe nature and straightforwardness might lead to some flawed moments but he's got a good heart and he's a loyal guy. As is Bushido and who he is as a person.

He's sort of hard to read as a person emotionally, but he soon lets his guard down, and well... he's extremely easy to get bothered by steamier activities.

The other two kind of made fun of him a little but soon accepted the fact that he has a lover.

"That's enough..." (Clearly blushing.) "You're messing with my concentration."

Fujiko Mine.

Fujiko was an enigma. She could never be figured out. But something about her just drew you to her like magnetism. Of course Lupin too, so it led to some shenanigans which she took advantage of...

Until it came to a softer time. A lull in the chases when you finally got a look at the woman under the mystery. And well... she spoils you. Absolutely showers you with things she stole or gifts aplenty. Mostly because that's how she shows her affection.

Also she totally lets you hitch a ride on her motorcycles. She likes feeling your arms around her waist. Not that she feels safe, more like she knows you're safe.

It's a whirlwind for her. A total storm of passion and feelings and all that. But one she lets consume her. Because why not indulge?

The confession came at a random time, maybe in a deathtrap with Lupin and the others when she's like...

"Before we all die horribly, I have one thing to say..." she didn't move her head so of course this next bit is just another one of her distractions.

While Lupin was preening, she grabbed your hand and yanked you out of there, taking up her motorbike and saying a quick sorry to Lupin, you two got out of there.

When she felt your arms around her, she knew she stole the greatest treasure of all... You.

If anyone takes you, she gets uncharacteristically serious and she stops at nothing to get you back. She even scares Lupin and the gang because of it.

"Money's no object, silly! As long as you help me with a little heist or two~!"

Inspector Koichi Zenigata.

This man. This man is a dork. Grade A trying to act cool around you because he's a big bad inspector but he honestly likes the fact you can PROBABLY outplay him at things he doesn't know.

That only makes him want to learn more and use more methods to get better. He's always willing to learn, but it's more fun when it's not for his job.

Sometimes when you do things he likes. He lets you have the best victories because he likes seeing you so happy. Although his chase comes first, when he started catching feelings he almost couldn't believe it.

He's supposed to be catching Lupin, not feelings! Ah well, maybe the shock would get Lupin to sit still for a second. But yeah, get used to a very enthusiastic Koichi Zenigata grabbing your hand to lead you on the chase and impress you.

Which Lupin completely plays into. Using the desire to outplay him... but this time the loss really got to him. He didn't just lose Lupin AGAIN, but he lost him in front of you.

He turns away, tearing up but he refuses to let you see him cry. He's tough, he's a man's man, he shouldn't cry. But then... he realizes he has you and all of interpol, he's still in the game.

And he'll always be until Lupin finally gets caught. With you by his side.

Yeah, there's no way you're going to be taken. Pops is way too good at catching other criminals, just not Lupin. But if you're taken by Lupin... he gets WAY TOO GOOD.

Even if it's not his department or part of his ranking, he forces Interpol to track you and Lupin down. There's a fire in Inspector Koichi Zenigata and he's not letting up.

Not for a second.

"When we catch Lupin, I'm gonna treat you to the best vacation ever! God, I need one too... Huh? Buh?! LUUUUUPIIIIINNNNN! YOU GIVE 'EM BACK RIGHT NOWWW!"

[thelavendercatalogue]

============= Fujiko refused to look down; refused to open her eyes. It wasn't even the lies, really. They'd all lied to each other sometimes, occasionally for semi decent reasons. Sometimes it was pettiness or misdirection, but rarely was there any true malice behind it.

No it wasn't the lie, it was the days of shock endured while Jigen rode off into the sunset to safely hide away his greatest treasure while the rest of them mourned. The pain, the confusion, the Loss. It had been overwhelming and all consuming and even though they knew better now, it still left nightmares that would take time to fade and unseen wounds that would need time to close.

There was a rustle and the crackle of aching knees and Fujiko started lightly when Jigen slid his calloused hands gingerly around her. One settled on her hip as the other coiled behind her, pressing every so lightly at the small of her back as if expecting her to lash out.

A scruffy beard suddenly pressed against her midriff, two pricks of dampness above chapped lips and made all the more poignant by all the bare skin under her still half buttoned shirt.

Stay

He didn't say it aloud, but she heard it just as well as he mouthed the request against her skin.

Fujiko opened her eyes to the dim salt-lamp glow. For a single moment she suffered the idea of mocking him for such a sudden and alien show of vulnerability. Usually she went for the kill when she saw even the tiniest crack. It was who she was. But whatever she was about to say died on her lips the moment she looked down.

Jigen Daisuke, master marksman, deadly hitman, stubborn asshole and Lupin's most loyal partner was on his knees in front of her. He looked up, his hat tilting back and she caught a rare, open stare from the man who had to hide his eyes because of how fucking hard they betrayed him with anything not a car or gun.

The lamplight betrayed where the moisture had come from and the pure, raw emotion struck her harder than a punch to the gut.

Pain, fear, desperation, uncertainty, and exhaustion filled Jigen's eyes. He was hurting, lonely, and trying to cope in the hell their lives had become since Lupin's accident.

She could no more have left him than chewed off her own finger, though she was still a ways off from completely forgiving him.

Sighing, she flicked his nose and it sickened her how he flinched.

"Pathetic Jigen, really. That's Lupin's shtick, not yours. Let me go pee and get my shit. It's too late to head back tonight anyway."

She tossed her hair just enough for show as he hesitantly let her go and walked primly past him without a second glance and shut the door before she could hear his tears.

When she returned, he was seated on the edge of the bed, still in one of the boxers he 'borrowed' from Lupin. He really was a loyal, sentimental creature. Sometimes she'd mock him for that, but tonight she simply changed into her night gown and slipped in beside him.

He reached over to turn off the lamp and she rolled over so he could slide in behind her.

"Just know that if I wake up cold, I'm stealing all of the blankets and banishing you to the couch for treating a lady so poorly."

She was giving him permission to curl up with her. The man was just as bad a cuddle fiend as his stupid master, but she didn't have to be too nice about it.

Regardless, when he snaked his long, wiry arms around her and gently tucked her head under his chin she sank into his comforting warmth.

Perhaps she needed this too. They all did. But it would always feel off without the cloying, snoring, gropey monkey beside them.

'Lupin better hurry the fuck up and heal.' She thought to herself. 'Then I'm going to strangle him for all this shit.'

As if he had read her mind, Jigen gently squeezed her hip with a soft sigh.

They didn't need to say anything more and drifted off to sleep still baring a raw and opened thief shaped hole in their hearts.

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Fan snippet for Lavender Jacket Series, written by @johnhawkens