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Jigen is (sexually) frustrated
[Mild trigger warning for sexual references and self-harm.]
Sometimes - albeit rarely compared to Lupin - Jigen went along with women who flirted with him in bars or wherever. Sometimes he took the easy bait, enjoyed the look of feminine underwear and the feel of soft skin and tight cunt. He never allowed any of his little conquests to touch him much, he rather held their wrists above their heads and gave them a short fantasy of a mysterious, dark man filling their sexual needs. It soothed his vain ego to have the attention, and in turn he acted the bad boy the women wanted in him. It was superficial, and he rarely stayed the night, and never cuddled.
Jigen's sexual encounters were few and far apart, for a couple of reasons. He couldn't let down his guard, and would not allow himself to be literally caught with his pants around his ankles. For the same reason he couldn't let himself be vulnerable. He had spent years and years building a wall around his blackened heart. Every time he had let himself be vulnerable, he had ended up adding another layer of bricks.
Vulnerable meant opening up; sharing, touching, letting someone touch him. If he kept his distance, no one could touch him. No one could use him, betray him or hurt him.
Yet he recognized the vanity in himself that wanted to be wanted, that sometimes lead to him giving in and indulging in a moment of physical pleasure with the safety of being in control.
He also recognized, but tried his best to snuff out, the yearning for a connection and sharing. That dangerous touching. The yearning was buried deep within the walls around his heart, but in that enclosed space it was so all-encompassing it was painful. He could go for weeks without sacrificing one thought to it, but then be completely crippled by the yearning flaring out in desperate loneliness. Only a lot of whiskey and other ways of hurting himself would numb it for a while. In his darkest moments he sought out fights and would throw himself into situations where he was badly outnumbered. Somehow he was still alive. Sometimes he was disappointed in that revelation. That's how lonely he was.
Lupin had tried to talk to Jigen about his rather unhealthy coping mechanisms. Over the years Lupin had suggested all kinds of things, like getting hobbies instead of getting into trouble or asking out an interesting woman for some actual human connection. It's just that there weren't many interesting women around if you asked Jigen.
Lupin had tried to talk to him about that too. That it was okay in this day and age to go out with men, too. Or something in between. That kind of talk always had Jigen lose his temper. He couldn't care less about anyone else's sexuality. Everyone was free to do anything they wanted, as long as there was consent, and Jigen wasn't interested in labels of any kind in the first place. Jigen thought himself a simple man - he enjoyed the look (and feel) of a nice pair of breasts and a woman's smell was intoxicating. So there. End of story.
The world was full of beautiful women. Lupin was sure to find pretty girls anywhere. The master thief - and to some extent even Goemon! - was only after a short skirt and nice tits. No matter her personality or brains, as long as she was a looker. Jigen thought it would have been a good thing to expect a bit more of company than just a plunging neckline and a pair of legs to get between - but somehow he had been labeled the misogynist? He didn't get it.
Jigen was bored to death of women who batted their fake eyelashes and twirled their hair and giggled at everything he said. He was bored to death of women who had strong opinions on the current season of Love Island but couldn't differentiate between the political parties of their home country or show any trace of critical thinking. He didn't mind that a woman might spend time in front of the mirror - he did too. He knew he was very particular about what kind of an impression he gave, so he couldn't fault anyone else for doing that. But it couldn't be impossible to find a woman who as pleasing to look at as well as have a discussion with? It certainly seemed so - especially if she had to be trustworthy as well, as Jigen's black heart bitterly remembered.
Pick two, Jigen thought. Pretty, smart, trustworthy. Was it so bad to want all three? Looks played a big part in a sexual partner - but he yearned for more than just fucking.
Whenever Lupin spent the night with a girl, he was always in disgustingly high spirits the next day. Whenever Jigen did, he was gloomy. The one night stands made him feel hollow and even lonelier than before.
What he wouldn't give for a connection? To talk all night with someone, to look in their eyes and see an understanding? To have arguments and respect, to have attraction and want? To be able to make a trust fall into someone's arms and have them catch him and draw circles on his skin with their fingertips?
Jigen didn't know. He swore he had given up on finding that kind of a connection, but here he was, unwrapping another pack of Marlborough and thinking about her. Wondering if she was only pretty and smart, or if she could also be trustworthy.
That had never happened before.
#i don't feel like writing the whole fic#so here's a snippet of jigen x female oc#jigen fic snippet#jigen is frustrated#jigen headcanon#lupin iii#jigen daisuke#jigen x femaleoc
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#treasure of the sorcerer king#jigen daisuke#arsene lupin iii#lupin iii#lupin the 3rd#lupin the third#this game is fun but also frustrating as fuck sometimes#they give me the walther….but if i try to shoot anybody its instant game over
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#posting this clip because of the noise jigen makes. hes so frustrated 😭#anis gaymer moments#lupin iii#lupin the third
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The agony of being able to go through an entire tumblr tag from start to finish.... ANYWAY. we're back with more food for the hat trick niche ft. rare JigZeni pachislot (zeni acknowledges jigen for 0.1 seconds and jigen forgot he was there even tho he's driving)
One thing I like about rarepairs is the flexibility. They're a headcanon/hypothetical breeding ground of potential without having to sacrifice too much of the character's integrity, because they rarely ever talk/barely have a relationship to launchpad off of! yaay :'D
So let's talk about how! Five how's, actually. Might've gotten a bit carried away with this one.
As with anything involving these two, somehow, some way, it always circles right back around to Lupin. It kind of has to, given their shared obsession and/or dedication with the guy. But that can split up into all sorts of scenarios, with some equally varied results (and some exceptions!)
~ Getting together in spite of Lupin
In which Lupin's basically that "I messed up so bad that I turned my girl date gay/my guy date straight" joke but everyone's still queer and it's just his partner hooking up with his rival because of how much he's been frustrating them both lately (and oops the proxy hate sex turns out to be really good) INHALES. Does that even make any sense.
I'm sorry but Lupin fumbling the ball is just so funny to me. It is a bit deeper than that, obviously, and this'd have some weird love triangle logistics because Jigen and Zenigata are still hopelessly in love with Lupin, in their own ways. But dipping into that is always complicated and messy-- JUST HOW WE LIKE IT.
This one definitely has the most jealousy on all fronts. For me, there's always this little asterisk on the JigLup/LuZeni pairings because someone's getting left out. Tell me Zenigata's chest wouldn't ache every time he watches Lupin and Jigen escape, an arm slung over the other's shoulder, cheek to cheek, laughs fading off into the cold, lonely night. Tell me Jigen wouldn't hate waiting in the Fiat for Lupin to lose his dogged hunter, mind wandering as to why he's taking so damn long. He grits his jaw when Lupin finally saunters up, victoriously spinning yet another pair of handcuffs on his pointer finger.
There's a silent rivalry for Lupin's attention that they might not even realize is going on until they blow up at each other about it.
It's difficult to tell if Lupin is being genuine or just messing around, especially for Zenigata. He asks Jigen how he deals with him, how he deals with.... everything. Just everything. The "will they won't they"s and the "does he really mean it"s. How does he stay so collected all the damn time. Jigen says he doesn't have a single friggin' clue. Maybe they make out sloppy style about it. Maybe they keep meeting up to vent, drink, exist in each other's company. During chases, Zenigata keeps dipping after Jigen instead of Lupin more and more often. Lupin's standing on a rooftop Pulp Fiction John Travolta style wondering where the fuck everyone went.
Ohhh jealous Lupin, where have you gone. Where did the tms writers hide your unchecked narcissistic ego. The other points after this support Supportive Lupin in some capacity but this one does not. The slow-burn's done slow-burning but it ain't over yet, baby. There's trouble in paradise and its name is Lupin the Third. He is Not Enjoying This. The two guys that are always looking at him aren't looking at him anymore and that just won't do. Drama ensues.
~ Getting together because of Lupin
Matchmaker Lupin! This is if Lupin's relationships with Jigen and/or Zenigata are more platonic-leaning (which is totally valid). The paired fics in Disreputable Company nail this dynamic perfectly imo. But as far as my own separate take goes....
They're both just so. So emotionally constipated. Intentionally or not, Jigen's been screwed over in the romantic interest department to many times that he's intentionally reduced his acquaintance list to how many fingers he's got on his right hand. Zenigata practically unloaded an entire clip into his foot as far as maintaining healthy family/friend relationships go. Spoilers for Zenigata Keibu, but he 100% knew what he was saying when he told Haruka he'd go back to her once he caught Lupin (I can never be yours), and that Zenigata's supposed to be the freest one! Bound not necessarily to Lupin specifically, but to The Chase forever.
Anyway. Jigen and Zenigata are Isolated. The fact that someone would consider them attractive is so foreign that they'd think its some kind of sick joke or ruse to screw them over instead of anything that could ever be even remotely genuine. They need someone to shove them out of their little self-made paranoia bubbles, and Lupin just loves to meddle in people's businesses. I dunno. I just think he'd think it's funny.
*dramatic finger point* "haha zenigata, you are banging my partner!!" "you... you tricked us into our first date? made the reservations?? th- the tailored suits???" "lu you friggin roller-skated out in a waiter outfit and immediately bought us the most expensive top-shelf booze they offered. not even remotely conspicuous about it" "lol yeah. good times"
He's just happy two of his favorite humans are finally getting laid for once, y'know?
~ Getting together for Lupin
Jigen and Zenigata are forced to team up. Okay, this scenario only goes down if 1) Lupin goes missing or is KO'd for a prolonged period of time or 2) the Truce demands they separate for a while. On top of seeing this play out in other fics, my good friend duke and I have been messing around with (a variant of) this idea for a while now (aka they've been letting me run around in their au Rampant and Unchecked. ty duke).
In ""canon"", if these two were to become at the very least amicable towards each other, this'd be the way to do it. In all honesty (and my personal bias for them aside), I'm genuinely shocked they haven't done this before. Not even an episode, tms? That 4-ish minute block in POTP is all you're giving me? One bar chat in the kobayashi sendoff ep. Okay. I'm not miffed i swear
Like I mentioned in this previous post, the idea of the two of them being able to function together without Lupin as a crutch is upsetting at first. They're used to following him to the Ends of the Earth and they're used to him living rent-free in their heads. They've convinced themselves that they're hopeless on their own, that if he disappeared for good they'd just go back to being two husks vaguely shaped like humans meandering around with no meaningful north star to head towards. Don't get me wrong, if the situation was Bad, Goemon and Fujiko would be devastated, too. But they could move on, albeit with a heavy heart. They're kind of known for heading out on their own should the situation call for it. But Jigen and Zenigata are in for the long-haul for better or for worse, whether they like it or not (they do not).
They're on edge the whole time. Hostile towards each other and passive-aggressive at best to any unfortunate folk they have to interact with on this stupid side quest they've been unwillingly shunted onto together.
It helps immensely that they're both "cut that out" people to anyone but themselves, because they can be that for each other. There's a lot of bickering/conflicts of interest and methodology. "You're being too harsh", "You're one to talk", "You're so goddamn stubborn", "You're such a hypocrite", etc etc. But holy shit they're so freakishly effective together, to a frankly terrifying degree-- maybe even moreso than with Lupin because they're honing the fuck in and nothing else-- no banter or bullshit-- and that's what gets them through to the end. Maybe it helps them come to terms with whatever sort of issues they've got going on, maybe it doesn't. Bare minimum, they come out of this with newfound understanding of each other. At max, uh.... see the point after this next one.
~ Lupin-adjacent
A shift in fixation. The slightest glance, the slightest exchange of eye contact for a second too long, the briefest moment of consideration, and the thoughts start spiraling. This is "in spite of Lupin" without the spite. The urge to know absolutely everything about someone, down to the marrow, just gets shifted a little bit to the right onto another guy. It's just them, in-between heists, with barely any mention of the Chase and anyone else involved therein. Their own little adventure away from the status quo. It's weird at first, sure, but it's new and exciting and real dang nice having things not revolve exclusively around him for once. It's a shot for Jigen to mess with Zenigata for once and the closest thing to a willing vacation Zenigata can get. Win-win! Well. Sorta.
The loneliness, though-- that's what makes itself most prevalent during the in-between times. They really don't have much left outside of the Usual. Forgetting the bare essentials, days blending together, moving around the masses like a ghost.... it's familiar, and it's common, not being sure whether they actually like someone or they're just desperately lonely. Zenigata wallows in it, Jigen shoves it down. They've got images to keep. but getting noticed for what they are is simultaneously the worst thing to ever happen and the highlight of their day. Real wholesome bonding material, ain't it
"I tracked you down for only you". "I dragged you into this issue because I want you here". "You get it".
~ Secret fifth thing
*points at playbohz mag* "lol wouldn't it be funny if zenigata was jigen's type??" *points at y series, miyazaki's zeni, island of assassins, that one manga where they put him in a tshirt, etc* "oh my god zenigata is jigen's type."
It's just a one-night stand lmao. I feel like I see this one a fair bit too, mostly because it's super duper simple and doesn't require a crap-ton of emotional angst setup just to get them into the same bed. It's the above point diluted into, like, an afternoon lmao. It doesn't have a lot of depth by design. Curiosity gets the better of both of them, plain and simple. They get buzzed enough at a bar, skip off to some motel to do what they gotta do one time and never speak of it again.
A part of me likes that, but another part of me in the deep deep recesses of my psyche is hollering "TACKY YOU GOTTA TURN THIS INTO THE SPITE BULLETPOINT!!!"
NO. For this one they get one nice hookup and THAT'S THAT. Sorry not sorry.
Maybe it's easier because there's actually something to decipher. There isn't some esoteric idea of "Lupin the Third, Gentleman Thief"; a mystery man(?) with a million little gadgets and masks and smiles; this unwavering, unpredictable force of chaos that likes taking shiny things from one place and hiding them somewhere else over and over again with no real rhyme or reason.
It's easier to find solace in turning to the guy next to you and going, "what do you think that is?" than in going up to "that" and poking it with a stick in hopes it'll give some sort of answer. "That" won't. "That" likes watching you guys flounder around together too much :)
#i really really like them can you tell#its one thing posting art stuff for pairs i enjoy a normal sane amount but these two.... oh man. oh jeez#lupin iii#j#z#jigzeni#lots to stew in#honestly just glad to've finally gotten this outta my drafts lmao
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Gonna humbly request Zenigata X Reader with my absolute favorite fanfic trope: Thinking they are in love with someone else.
Unfortunate circumstances have led to reader insert having to be saved over and over again by Lupin and of COURSE some people in the media took that to interpreting your relationship as „Oh, clearly they are in love with each other.“ „How tragic, on the opposite end of the law…“ „how romantic!“ even tough reader and Lupins relationship is strictly platonic. Unfortunately this includes Zenigata, who’s been crushing on reader for a while now…. Even tough he’s ACTUALLY the guy reader is in love with. Chaos ensues.
(Bonus point for Lupin actually being totally on board with ReaderxZenigata and trying to play matchmaker somehow, because APPERANTLY he’s gotta be the one with the braincell in this scenario)
a/n: man, you guys really, really love some Zenigata lmao not that I mind, he does deserve it lol. I had no idea how much I loved this trope until I started writing it. It felt like I was writing a possible episode plot lol. Hope you guys enjoy~
Content Warning: misunderstanding/miscommunication trope, can’t really think of anything else.
Word Count: 2.4 k
Inspector Zenigata x Reader - Front Page Fiasco
GENTLEMAN THIEF SAVES PRETTY BYSTANDER ONCE AGAIN
THIRD TIMES THE CHARM! IS IT LOVE OR COINCIDENCE?
LUPIN III SEEN CARRYING MYSTERY LOVER AGAIN! WHO COULD THEY BE?
Admittedly, you've had your grievances with the newspapers before but never due to the trends being directed at you.
You wanted nothing more than to crumble up every newspaper with the misleading headline and toss them into a fire--and then promptly crumble yourself into a ball and slowly disappear into nothing.
You didn't even know where to begin to fix this.
To show the world, you weren't having some star-crossed affair with the infamous Gentleman Thief…in fact, your heart yearned for his adversary.
Now any possibilities for that relationship to flourish may very well be ruined.
~
Little did you know Zenigata was just outside your apartment complex, with a content smile and a pretty bouquet of flowers clasped firmly in his hands. He finally gathered up the courage to properly ask you out…
However, when he glanced at the newspaper stand, his smile fell along with the bouquet.
A rage boiled up in Zenigata unlike any he's ever known.
He’s always been frustrated with Lupin's antics…causing his heat rate to go up, his blood pressure to rise to the extreme.
However, this was a new personal blow.
After causing considerable damage to a couple prints of the magazine and newspaper to the newstand owner's chagrin. Zenigata briskly left to his squad car to prepare himself for whatever Lupin is cooking up next.
He silently hopes deep down that you stay out of this one.
~
Lupin groaned as he hung his head over a couch armrest. Jigen just showed him the cover page of the latest tabloid magazine.
The photograph was a close-up photo of him, carrying you sheepishly in his arms as he caught you from falling out of a museum window during a heist to steal a priceless painting.
Lupin sighed. “I've always imagined myself on the front page…but not for this!”
“At least it's showing you in a more positive light.” Goemon observed.
“Who are they anyway? This is…by the journalist's account…” Jigen briefly skimmed through the story. “This is the third time you've saved them?”
The answer caused Lupin to wince. He knew exactly who you are…and that's what made this situation all the more complicated.
“I honestly only know a little about them. We've crossed paths before but not…like this�� He gestured to the heroic display printed on paper. Lupin sat up to glance down at the coffee table. “And I know that…Zenigata has a thing for them and vice versa.”
Jigen and Goemon both straightened their postures in surprise.
“Pops?” Both asked in unison.
Lupin nodded. “I've seen them chatting a few times…I've never seen Pops smile so much…whenever they have to leave, Zenigata always has a giddy delirious look on his face…”
Lupin couldn't help but smile earnestly on the memory.
Sure, the Inspector gave him hell, but he made the jobs more exciting…and he couldn't deny he was happy to see the old man…be joyful (about something other than his capture).
Jigen and Goemon glanced at each other, not sure how else to respond other than shrug.
“Are you going to try and fix this, Lupin?” Jigen inquired.
Lupin thrummed his fingers. “I've got to…if not for the sake of cleaning up a clear misunderstanding that can lead to hell later…”
He stood up with a determined stance as he slammed his hand down on the table dramatically. “Then for the sake of true love…even for a workaholic like Pops!”
Jigen chuckled. “Since when the hell did you get into matchmaking, Lupin?”
“Oh, come on, Jigen…love is an amazing thing, any and every man succumbs to it in their lifetime!”
Jigen rolled his eyes and shook his head.
“It would be one of your more noble and considerate deeds…” Goemon commented with a sly smile.
“See? Goemon gets it!” Lupin rounded the other sofa Goemon was sitting on as he pulled the samurai into a side hug. “Even for a traditional guy like him, he’s a romantic!”
Goemon gasped softly, before turning his head bashfully, to hide his blush. “I gave no such indication.”
“How are you even going to get them to talk to each other? Knowing the old man, he's probably steering clear of them…” Jigen mentioned. “And Pops won't just want to see you behind bars, but your head on a spike..”
Lupin winked at his right hand man. “You leave that to me Jigen…for now, I will just need you two to ensure they don't leave the premises until words are shared…”
~
You knew this was a bad idea.
Even though you knew nothing was going on between you and Lupin, you couldn't help but feel like you were just feeding the rumor mill by accepting his invitation to chat.
Alas, you felt like you had no one else to talk to about this whole fiasco…the other victim of the press and who knows the truth.
It just felt shady going to a random abandoned warehouse down the street near a port dock.
While you didn't love Lupin as the media was claiming, you did trust the thief not to intentionally put you in any peril.
Perhaps this was just the most neutral and well hidden location from any sneaky paparazzi that could steal a snapshot at a restaurant or any normal meeting spot.
You creakily pushed open the barn style like door and made sure to close it behind you. You hesitantly walked around the warehouse. It was empty aside from some large crates.
“Lupin?” You softly called out.
“LUPIN!”
You nearly jumped out of your clothes at the intrusive shout that echoed you.
You immediately recognized the voice, though, as you turned around to face the person you were least suspecting.
“Zenigata?”
The Inspector responded with your name in an equally questioning manner.
“Ah, it appears you two have finally arrived!” Lupin slowly walked out from the shadows of the second level that surrounded the perimeter of the warehouse, overlooking the two of you on the ground floor.
Zenigata snarled up at the thief. “Lupin! What's the meaning of this?”
“Lupin, what the hell is going on?”
Lupin snickered to himself as he thought of how cute you two were copying each other slightly.
“I promise, it will all make sense soon…but first, you two have some things to discuss.” He giggled as he slid back into the shadows.
You reluctantly turned to take inventory on how Zenigata was handling this newfound predicament.
“Wait!” You groaned when he disappeared.
Then you two heard the sound of what could only be the sound of the doors being locked.
You ran to see if what you heard was correct. Yet no matter how hard you or Zenigata pushed and pulled, the doors weren't budging.
It was easy to determine that he was just as frustrated and confused as you were.
Zenigata was about to rush up the wooden stairs to the warehouse's second landing, where he last saw Lupin until you stopped him.
“I-uh…I'm not sure what's going on...or what he told you, but I don't think it's true..”
Zenigata huffed. “Well, you would know if it is or isn't, wouldn't you?”
You brows furrowed. “What do you--oh…the papers…”
“It seems you two have gotten pretty close…” Zenigata grumbled as he took a sudden interest in the floor.
“Zeni…it's nothing like that! Yes, I know Lupin, but those times he saved me were all just really, really huge coincidences…”
Zenigata sighed, his cheeks tinted red at the nickname.
Mentally, he rode the fence between believing you or not.
He desperately wanted to believe you so that he could court you, but he also didn't want to fall victim to whatever ploy you were playing to assist Lupin.
His eyes darted from side to side, debating between which side he should take.
“So you have no idea what his plans were tonight?” He questioned in a mutter.
You shrugged. “I have no idea what plot he forked over to you…in his note to me, he asked to talk one on one to figure out this media frenzy that's happening…apparently it's affecting his relationship with Fujiko.” You handed Zenigata the note as proof.
“Media frenzy?” Zenigata hummed in thought after scanning your note and huffed at Lupin's signature doodle.
It's not like the media hasn't taken photos or stories and twisted them before for ratings and sales.
Zenigata's brows unfurrowed, his face seemed to soften as he realized perhaps it was all truly a huge misunderstanding.
However, he wanted to be one hundred percent sure. “So…you and Lupin…truly aren't..?”
You shook your head, lifted your hands up as if to wave away the idea. “Nope, not at all! I just genuinely somehow found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time!”
You felt your shoulders fall when you noticed the corners of Zenigata's lips slightly lifting up.
You weren't prepared for the tiny leap of, what you can only imagine to be, joy along with a positive exclamation that Zenigata displayed.
Nevertheless, you were relieved to see Zenigata in a better mood as you beamed happily at him.
“I’m so glad I got that cleared up…” You mentioned in a relieved sigh. “Now to just…fix it with the rest of the general populace.”
Zenigata froze in his celebrating gestures. “I-uh…am sure they will blow over soon enough! This time next week, everyone will be talking about something different!”
“God, I hope so…”
What you wouldn't give for your life to go back to normal and worry about the man in front of you and not some ludicrous fake scenario with another.
You looked over at Zenigata who seemed to try and look everywhere and anywhere but at you.
There may be one way to fix the issue once and for all.
While the moment wasn't ideal, you felt like you wouldn't have any other moment to admit your feelings.
“Zeni…you seemed pretty excited that Lupin and I aren't a couple, can I ask why?” You had a decent notion as to why, but you wanted to get some confirmation.
“Uhh…I…well…” He turned his head as his cheeks flushed red again, he clasped his fingers to keep from fidgeting with them as he tried to find the courage he had on that previous day when this whole misunderstanding started.
Zenigata's bashful response made you smile, that was definitely more proof but you wanted to hear him say something.
You slowly walked over closer to him, you tilted your face so that he could still see you despite his shunned position.
Your soft sweet smile was mirrored by Zenigata's own lips once he saw it. The expression warmed him and managed to calm his nerves, something he always appreciated about you.
“Well…umm…I was glad because…then that would give me a chance to..” He gripped his hat and brought it down to his chest. Zenigata began to fidget the hat brim with the tips of his fingers as he worked through his words.
“Give me a chance to ask you if you would like to…umm..” He gulped down the last bit of anxious nerves that were determined to ruin this chance. “...go on a date with me?”
A brief silence filled the room, but just before all of Zenigata's hopes were dashed-- he heard you giggle.
You gently laid each of your hands on top of his tense ones that still held tightly to his hat. Your soothing touch put his digits at ease, so much so he almost dropped the signature accessory to his uniform.
Thankfully, one of your hands was able to catch his fedora.
“I'd love to…Zeni.” You beamed sweetly.
Zenigata chuckled sheepishly. “You can call me Koichi…”
“Koichi?” It was your turn for your cheeks to heat up as you tried the name on your tongue. “That's a handsome name.”
Zenigata's eyes lit up as his smile widened.
The sweet moment was cut short by a clicking sound and a bright flash.
“Beautiful, perfection, marvelous!” Lupin exclaimed with his arms wide open. “This should turn heads in no time!
Lupin appeared as he walked through the now unlocked doors. Jigen and Goemon were at his side, Jigen held a camera with a satisfied grin accented by a bent cigar.
Whatever tender expression Zenigata had for you was quickly shifted and scrunched up in disdain as he turned to acknowledge the thief.
“Lupin! Don't think I forgot about you! And why are you taking photos?”
Lupin threw his arms up in mock surrender. “Easy, easy, Pops! Can't you see I just solved our little misunderstanding, huh?”
Zenigata lifted an eyebrow incredulously. “Huh?”
“This was your plan all along…” You stated.
Lupin nodded. “I knew you'd catch on…the plan was to get you two alone, let you talk things out…and take a photo or two…” Lupin plucked the Polaroid out of Jigen's hand as it finished developing.
He continued. “Aanndd send an anonymous tip with photos exclaiming the so-called “mystery partner” of Lupin the Third actually has the hots for his long-time enemy... Inspector Zenigata of Interpol!"
Lupin winked at Zenigata. “Not bad, huh, Pops?”
“So…the note really was a ruse to get us together?” Zenigata grumbled.
“This is perfect!” You exclaimed as you glanced at the photo in Lupin's hand. “This will be a step in the right direction!”
“I thought so too!” Lupin beamed just as excited as you.
Zenigata was still stunned at the turn of events that took place.
“T-Thank you, Lupin…” Zenigata earnestly said.
Lupin cooked up a plan to get the two of you to talk out your feelings.
Granted, he figured Lupin did it as a means to make his own life easier, but Zenigata couldn't stop the side smile that crept up.
“Yes, thank you!” You echoed.
Lupin shook his head and playfully waved his hand in a dismissive motion. “Nah, it was nothing! Now maybe Fujiko will talk to me again…”
“Also don’t thank me too soon, Pops!” Lupin added.
“Hm?”
“There is one other note on your person…” Lupin mentioned, as he and his men began slowly walking backward towards the door.
Zenigata began searching through his attire and discovered a folded little note on the inside of his coat pocket.
You watched as Zenigata quickly scanned the note before shooting his head up from the paper.
“LUPIN!! You get back here!! I'll get you this time!” Zenigata immediately bursted into a sprint.
As quickly as he ran off, he ran back to you. The sheepish and tender expression fell back onto his face again.
“Umm…I'll call you later?”
You chuckled as you returned his fedora to its proper place on top of his head. “Sounds like a plan. Now go get ‘em, tiger!”
Zenigata's determined grin grew wider as he nodded at you and quickly turned around and got back to the chase.
As you waved goodbye to Zenigata, you couldn't help but sigh.
You knew your life would never truly be normal. That much was certain, but at least now people will have you pinned on the right side of the law.
#ri writes#inspector zenigata x reader#inspector koichi zenigata x reader#lupin the third#lupin the 3rd#lupin III
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Can you please do head cannons on how Lupin III gang characters (including Zenigata) met female thief reader and how they fell in love?
A/N ~ Sure! I don’t write for Zenigata, and I don’t write female Readers paired with Jigen, but I can do the other two! Hope you enjoy!
~Lupin and Goemon Falling for a Female Theif~
Fandom: Lupin the Third: the First
Fanfic Type: Headcanons
Reader: Female
Relationship: Romantic
Characters Included: Arsène Lupin III, Goemon Ishikawa XIII
Genre: Fluff
Rating: PG
Warnings: Stealing(obviously)
Disclaimer: I have only seen the 2019 film, and Castle of Cagliostro. I have not yet seen the series. So if anything is inaccurate, I apologize.
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~Arsène Lupin III~
~ Lupin already has his experience with female thieves. Him and Fujiko have known each other for forever. So he knows what to expect when it comes to them.
~ You met when you were attempting to steal his wallet. And you thought you’ve succeeded, only to open it and see it mostly empty. The only thing in it was a paper with a doodle of a face, with the words “Nice try!” written on it. Cue Lupin saying “Looking for this?” and showing you all his cash, in his hands.
~ He wouldn’t be upset. Instead, he’d give you tips on how to be better(which was annoying, considering that you were a pretty well known thief). And of course, he’d be flirting too. Before leaving, he’d say “I’ll be waiting for your next attempt.” then disappear.
~ Over the next few months, you’d follow him. You’ve made countless attempts at stealing from him, and each time, you’d fail. It was frustrating, because he was the only person you hadn’t successfully stolen from. Everyone else was a breeze. But you didn’t hate Lupin for it. In fact, you enjoyed talking with him. The two of you would share a nice conversation afterwards, before he would leave again.
~ During those periods of time where you weren’t around, Lupin would find himself thinking about you. He would laugh at all your failed tries, almost feeling bad for you. He even thought about making it easier for you to steal from him, but it was just too fun. And Lupin loves to be entertained. So it wasn’t long before his feelings for you were more than just the typical ones he felt for women in general. He was actually in love.
~ Eventually, you didn’t even care about cash. You just wanted to see him. And of course, Lupin knew this. It wasn’t until you finally successfully stole his wallet that you realized this for yourself. You opened it, and was surprised by the money inside. You checked and double checked to see if it was counterfeit, but it was the real deal. You expected to be more happy, but you were just disappointed that the chase was over.
~ You suddenly heard a voice behind you say “Guess you finally succeeded. Great job.”. You turned around to see Lupin. He wore his typical, mischievous grin. He told you to take the money as a reward for your improvement. But he knew you didn’t want to. So instead, he offered for you to join him and his gang. You accepted, and the two of you were inseparable ever since.
~~~🎩~~~🎩~~~🎩~~~
(He’s so pretty I can’t)
~Goemon Ishikawa XIII~
~ You first saw Goemon in an isolated park. It was late at night, and you were looking for someone to rob. He was meditating, and you thought it would be a good idea to try to steal from him. Little did you know, you were about to attempt to sneak up on the world’s greatest samurai.
~ You hid behind a nearby tree, and thought he wouldn’t notice you. But then, a branch suddenly fell right on your head. You looked down at it once it hit the ground. It looked like it was perfectly cut. You then felt a presence behind you, and saw Goemon. He actually recognized you from the news, and made a jab at you for trying to rob a stranger instead of something bigger. You started laughing, but he didn’t. His face was completely serious, and you could tell he was pissed. So you just apologized, and left.
~ It wasn’t until Lupin and the gang were on a heist that you met again. You didn’t know they were there until they met you at the safe. You and Jigen argued about who gets the money, and Goemon said you could share if you both did work. And that’s just what you did. Even when Lupin and Jigen tried to take it all for themselves, Goemon made them be fair. You were very grateful for that. You had no idea why he was so kind, considering your last encounter with him.
~ You “randomly” kept running into each other. But you were kind of seeking for him; hoping to meet you again. Goemon noticed this, but kept quiet. It wasn’t until you helped them out yet again, and you were celebrating your victory with the gang, that he said something.
~ You were embarrassed. And now that he knew, you decided to stop helping them. And you thought that was that.
~ A while later, you were robbing a museum by yourself, and you were having quite a bit of trouble. A squad of police was heading your way, and with the giant sack of artifacts on your back, you weren’t in a good place to fight. You prepared for the worst, when they all suddenly dropped to the floor. And there, standing with his sword in hand, was Goemon.
~ He asked you why he hasn’t seen you in a while, and you told him. His face was mostly neutral, besides a small bit of red on his cheeks. He told you that he enjoyed your company, and that he’d like if you came by more often. Then he left.
~ It’s safe to say that you did start stopping by again. In fact, you helped the gang with so many heists, that you became a part of their team. And you and Goemon became even closer.
~~~🗡️~~~🗡️~~~🗡️~~~
~~baileypie-writes
#baileypie-writes#lupin the third#lupin the third x reader#lupin the third: the first#lupin the third: the first x reader#jigen daisuke#jigen daisuke x reader#goemon ishikawa#goemon ishikawa x reader#goemon ishikawa xiii#goemon ishikawa xiii x reader#arsene lupin iii x reader
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tuesday again 3/5/2024
really fucking around in Breath of the Wild and not defeating Ganon, even though i think i am fairly well prepared, which is probably indicative of something or a metaphor for some larger issue. oh well! guess we'll never know!
listening
Rock the Jungle by The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, off an album of music from and inspired by LittleBigPlanet, a video game i have never played. Daniel Pemberton is a remarkably prolific british composer who mostly does film these days but also does a lot of BBC stuff.
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this is the kind of scrubby pad to the brain electronica i need sometimes. i think these are heavily filtered and processed kookaburra sounds? at about the minute fifteen mark it adds a rolling, rollicking bassline that is, as im sure we all know by now, fucking catnip to me. at about 2:20 it adds alarm blares that fade in and out of a sort of disco-y organ? it uses its five minute runtime pretty well imo. i think this was off the spotify discover weekly.
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reading
T Kingfisher's The Clockwork Boys, recced by @rae-being-naughty lo these many months ago, and my library hold finally came in. the goodreads blurb is a remarkably accurate sales pitch so let's yoink that
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but rather an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. T. Kingfisher’s new novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar), thrown together in an attempt to unravel the secret of the Clockwork Boys, mechanical soldiers from a neighboring kingdom that promise ruin to the Dowager’s city. If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! At turns darkly comic and touching, Clockwork Boys puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.
i had a lot of fun with this! very pratchett-esque in its imperial critique through bureaucratic loopholes thereof, which is catnip to me, but i do think Kingfisher is simply better at writing women. the forger is an only child and it fucking shows.
i think if it were 5% more devoted to Humorous Bits and didn't have some nice character work between the forging accountant and the big sad blond paladin man, i would have gotten frustrated with it. i think it is simply more of a comedy than any of its blurbs suggest, and it can be difficult to ride that line between comedy and character growth through desperate acts without getting a little bit of whiplash. this is me being very depressed and a bit nitpicky though. the line "Time passed, like a kidney stone" is going to stick in my brain for a while. i already have the sequel on hold
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watching
if you do nothing else today could you please watch this car chase for me? ok thanks
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Gunsmith Cats is a three-episode OVA that's a fancam of the american city of chicago and the cool girls that live and shoot and drive there, but let's just yank the MyAnimeList description
In the dangerous suburbs of Chicago, skilled bounty hunters Irene "Rally" Vincent and "Minnie" May Hopkins run Gunsmith Cats, a firearms store of questionable legality. One day, Bill Collins, an agent for the Chicago branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, blackmails Rally and May into working with him on a case. The stakes are high, but Rally’s gunmanship and May’s knowledge of explosives are unmatched. As Rally and May unravel the secrets of the case, the two will need to use guns and grenades while being faster, stronger, and better than everyone else in order to stay alive.
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all three episodes are free (in really nice quality) on youtube. i pitched this to wendy as "rally is jigen lupinthethird's little sister" and her driving skills and marksmanship... i'm not sure who would win between them but i wouldn't like to live on the difference.
animators, historically, hate animating guns and cars, except for the masochistic ones who use it to flex. there are at least three shots in each episode where i want to stand up and hold my cat above my head and hoot like a fuckin tusken raider. in the first episode, there's a raid on a smuggling warehouse (you know, a warehouse) where the BATF agent and Rally throw each other their guns and have a really cool FALLING OFF A CATWALK back to back shootout. it's hard to describe. watch the episode. i wish there were more than three episodes.
this is an OVA that, aside from the requisite panty shot and WHOOPS my whole shirt tore (one of each per episode per girl) is fairly normal about women? rally and minnie are...roommates. that bicker and eat pizza. they have a cool network of other slightly shady women they interact with a lot, and the big bad for most of the episodes is also a woman. this isn't like a bastion of feminism or anything it's just neat. sort of middling on the ass portion of the Weeb Ass Shit scale. low on the weeb and shit parts too. again this is a fancam of chicago with cool girls
i watched this bc i was trying to use up kanopy credits and came across the precursor to this, Riding Bean, which i did not love for several reasons (the big one being the legitimately pedophilic lesbian relationship) but the creator took the concept of Rally out of that forty minute...experiment? and that led me to Gunsmith Cats. thank u ppl who put free anime on youtube
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playing
still futzing about in breath of the wild. fucking around with sidequests and a sudden need to at least discover all the shrines.
for example, i did all the labyrinth shrines. underneath the akkala labyrinth is the scariest room in the world, bc six of those fuckers are alive and they will all target you the instant you open that chest.
cannot be bothered with the eventide island shrine yet (the roguelike) bc it frustrates the hell out of me. did the thyplo forest one, which was extremely annoying bc it dimmed my whole TV screen (including the UI) instead of just dimming the game itself. im sure someone thought that would be such a cool detail but instead i found it extremely annoying and vey difficult to swap weapons or start campfires.
and then i trundled through a list of shrine quests, bc i apparently had TWELVE missing?? three were korok trials, one was eventide (apparently it only shows up as a quest if you are on the island or have finished it, bc if u die on the island it kicks you back to a pre-island save lmao) so for the others: three i just had to talk to people to officially start and then immediately complete the quest. remember when i was anxious about softlocking myself out of the jungle dragon shrine quest bc i went right there instead of talking to Kass? never fear, nintendo's got my back
"kay how did you possibly miss reading the giant stone tablet to start this quest--" i am not a clever woman. i go "oh i know what to do!!!" when i see the Orb and hare off without looking around further.
A Brother's Roast i missed bc i forgot to talk to everyone in Goron City after defeating rudania, didn't run across Test of Will (the Goron challenge in the Gerudo highlands) bc i forgot to look off that side of the tower and was very focused on gliding into the labyrinth at the right spot, and didn't run across Guardian Slideshow on the far south beaches bc i hadn't explored there yet.
A Stolen Heirloom was deeply annoying. i had four out of five quests complete to unlock this, but there is an unmarked side quest where you have to go into this lady's house at night to figure out she wants fireflies. maybe she has some ambient daytime barks about this? i have never heard them. this was a little obtuse. also i don't love the stealth in this game. this game's stealth really works when you are well out of detection range bc u have a sniper bow, and i find it works less well for me when i have to follow a target. no i haven't finished the korok stealth trial either.
non-shrine nonsense:
ive been using Stasis as a sort of VATS equivalent. in fallout, i like to hit VATS every once in a while just to see who's out there. how many radroaches are nearby. this also highlights most interactable things which i think is nice of the game
gerudo town stuff: i missed this sand seal racing challenge by SO little the first time which annoyed me so much, it took me six more tries to beat the damn thing. i am very charmed that they actually put in a garden for the kid who was trying to grow a garden!
some beach vegetation mysteries: im really baffled by this singular hearty radish growing in full sun in what is essentially sand with a dusting of palm bark. all the other hearty radishes i have seen are in deep forests with partial sun and lots of leaf litter. what the hell is this then. plus a neat little unique sea wrack? korok circle instead of the usual lilypads.
i didn't know this game knew how to do rainbows at all, let alone double ones!
i will leave you with my many attempts to make stamina potions.
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making
making things requires both the perfect levels of anxiety (too little anxiety and im out doing normal people things, too much anxiety and i shut down, a medium level means im frantically making things to distract myself. we are at the high end of medium) and some level of income bc i inevitably need one or two things to finish projects. eg we are at the level of anxiety where i am only able to do simple things like repainting a whole bunch of big frames for my maps (procured when i had money) but i need more matboard. so they are sitting, 90% finished, in my office closet.
garden update: more than half my bush beans came up with no leaves and promptly died, which could be due to any number of things but im choosing to believe it's bc my bestie's five year old planted them a little too deeply. so it goes. all the sweet peas are fine, all my normal peas and most of my regular climbing beans came up. a little annoyed bc only a third of my nasturtiums came up even after soaking them for 24h as recommended. the shit i Bought (tomatoes, marigolds, mint, rosemary) is doing fine. the spinach and dill i planted are doing fine too, although the spinach also had about a 50% germination rate. this does mean i don't need to thin them but. Hm. yanno?
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So how do you think the Lupin gang and zengata would deal with having a s/o where they are not easily weakened or easy to cry, very tough, can deal with the hectic lifestyle, was born into it, even they have their breaking point though, they break down right after something fucked up happened to them? (They’ve dealt with fucked up shit before, but this really hit a wound of theirs). They’re crying loudly like their heart got ripped out and they can’t see the world around them. If they’re hugged at all, s/o clings onto the person hugging them until they stop wailing? How do lup gang and zeni deal with during the crying, and after the crying, there is calm after the crying, but s/o is not cheered up either?
head canons -- you are inconsolable
this is such good stuff!! comfort headcanons under the cut. thank you for requesting these! my box is always open
lupin:
he is immediately affected by your emtions and shares in your distress
the situation was high stress for everybody, but he was suprised at your reaction
he always assumed you could handle anything because that is what you showed to people. he was wrong, obviously
he pulled you away from the chaos and led you into a back room. he could tell you were tripping over your feet so he scooped you up and threw you over his shoulder for the rest of the way
when it was safe, he held you tight against his body, trying to protect you from hurting yourself as you seemingly lost control of your body
he didn’t want you to hit your head on a wall or break your arm if you fell or something
he felt your legs weaken and wobble, so he gently sat down with you, putting your body between his legs as he continued to hold your torso against him.
he kept his hand on the back of your head on the descent down, keeping your face buried into his neck. your tears began to stain his shirt and his jacket but he didn’t care
the only thing he was worried about was you
he laid his hand on your cheek and tilted your face up to look at him once you calmed down. you were still quivering but he could tell that the episode was passing.
he leaned down and kissed your cheeks multiple times, pressing his lips against the tracks the dried tears made on your skin.
“we’ll talk later.” he said simply, looking back at how the dim lighitng made her face glow.
you looked up at him and nodded, now becoming consious of her much your fingers ached after gripping his shirt. you let go and he laid his hand over yours, messaging it gently.
jigen:
you didn’t want him to see you like this. you knew he wouldn’t know what to do with you. you knew he’d get frustrated quickly.
but when two in the morning rolled around and your world was falling down around you, you had no other choice.
you wrapped yourself up in a blanket you had brought and left your motel room, walking outside down the railing to his room. you raised your first up and hesitantly knocked.
jigen opened almost immediately. he looked just as distraught as you did, his eyes full of worry for you. “you giving up the touch bitch act?” he said lightly, opening his arms to you.
that was when you lost it. you crossed the threshold and fell into his waiting arms. he held you instantly, holding you as tight and as sure as he could, reaching to shut the door with his foot.
he lifted you up, keeping you wrapped in your blanket, and carried you over to his bed.
he sat down, the combined weight of him and you on his lap sank into the mattress.
he pulled the edge of the blanket over you head like a hood and snuggled you close, nudging his nose against her cheek as he whispered in your ear.
“i was so worried about you, angel.”
“i knew you would need someone tonight and i’m happy you picked me.”
“please, please let me take care of you. you don’t have to do this alone anymore. let me help you.”
after a while he laid down with you and tucked you in, stroking your hair. he smiled when you began to calm down, the worry lifted out of his heart.
“i’m not going to let that happen to you again, you hear me?
goemon:
“are you… are you alright, y/n?”
you had come to sit by goemon a day or two after it happened and you didn’t say a word. you had a distant look in your eyes and as you turned to him, it was obvious that you were looking at anything except him.
reluctantly, he opened his arms to you, assuming you wouldn’t take them, but your actions suprised him.
you threw yourself into his arms and cried. it was unlike anything he had ever seen before
he wrapped his arms around you, almost like he was a cucoon around you protecting you from the outside world
in this case, the outside world was pure nature, and it was harmless. but for a moment, he mourned not being able to adequately protect you from the outside world that hurt you
gently, he reclinced back with you in his arms, until his back was flush against the ground. he could only hear your cries and the sounds of the river in his ears. he looked up at the sky, which was turning to dusk. the sight of you falling apart broke him and he knew he could have prevented your pain.
after a while, you noticed you began to breathe in rhytm with him. you noticed how you would blink in syn with his hand rubbing your back. you noticed how his voice hummed gently in your ears as he recited mantras and chants to calm you down.
by no means did you feel better, but his steady presence was just enough to comfort you.
he noticed and once he felt brave enough to look down at you, he did, and took in the sight of your tear-soaked form clinging to his body. he nudged your chin gently.
“look up at the sky, y/n.”
you obeyed and took your eyes off of him and looked up at the sky.
“count the stars.”
you obeyed, and he watched as your lips mouth the numbers, but no sound came out of your mouth.
“look at how they shine for you, my love.”
fujiko:
when she returned and saw you in the state you were in, she frowned.
setting down her bags and taking off her shoes as she walked over to you, she sat next to you and wrapped her arms around you.
when you felt her body you crumpled into it, tears starting to take over your whole being.
she held onto you, leaning back so that you both could hopefully be a little more comfortable.
she knew not to speak. she knew how to hold you and where to put her hands and how to make you feel safe. she knew you probably would not feel better about this for a while, but she wanted to make your life easier as you dealt with it.
when she felt like you could handle it, she asked you if anything happened that was a trigger. she asked if anything she did was a trigger.
you answered her honestly and put to bed any worry that it was her fault.
fujiko frowned when she noticed how absolutely sick you looked. “my love, you’re green.”
you pouted for a moment and sniffled, looking into her eyes for the first time since she got home. you two had your own places, but an agreement where whenever you felt like this, you would go to hers and wait for her.
it didn’t happen very often, but when it did, she wanted you to know you could turn to her for anything you needed.
she guided your head to rest on her shoulder as you began to cry again,
she knew it was going to be a long night. as your emotions began to weigh on her, she’d cry with you. she’d be by your side every time you stepped forward or backslid.
zenigata:
it happens in the interrogation room after you got caught and taken in. you were hurt and betrayed that the gang would leave you with zenigata like that
of course zenigata capitalized on those emotions during questioning to get the most information he could
before he could really get anywhere, you broke down. you fell onto the floor and curled up as sobs racked your body
zenigata was alarmed and tried to pick you up off the tile. you were limp and he had to scoop you up in his big arms to place you onto a couch in a different office.
questioning was over and now his main focus was taking care of you.
he always had a soft spot for you, even though you were a criminal, and always secretly had hopes of reforming you.
he sat on the couch with your head in his lap and stroked your hair. he cooed softly, encouraging you to relax and calm down, and that you would be okay.
“shh, pretty baby, don’t worry. you’re with me now. i’ll protect you, nothing bad is going to happen”
his voice was smooth like silk and you finally gave into him, letting him coddle you as your body finally reacted to the months of emotions you were hiding.
when he thought you were calmed, he sat you up and stroked your tear stained cheek gently.
he guided you to lean your head on his shoulder, placing his other hand on your back.
in the silence, he leaned down and kissed your head tenderly.
“my dear one… what am i going to do with you?”
#lupin the third head canons#lupin the third fanfiction#lupin x reader#lupin the third#jigen x reader#jigen daisuke x reader#jigen lupin the third#goemon ishikawa x reader#goemon#fujiko mine x reader#fujiko#inspector zenigata x reader#jigen daisuke#goemon ishikawa xiii#fujiko mine#inspector zenigata#headcanon
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just finished a rewatch of Prison of the Past
and I gotta say, I really really enjoyed that special. Not only does EVERYONE get more screentime (except for jigen but that's okay) but you get to see them in a more in depth character.
Like goeman- you get to see him have more than 3 minutes, you see that he is calm cool collected and it lightly touches on why he sticks around the gang even though he gets frustrated and annoyed at them a lot. You get to see him be a sassy samurai in this one too lol
Fujiko- she appears throughout and not just a device that's mentioned to explain why everything went wrong. You actually see fujiko explore her skill as a disguise master as well as a more close up and personal look to how greedy she can be in an actually kinda adorable but annoying way.
Zenigata- he actually has life in him and in depth character, not the flat persona they've been giving him since LIII:The first. You get to see just how skilled he actually is, and his passion for justice and not just the typical ride off into the sunset screaming LUPAHHHHHNN! (Although he does do that at the end, and I am certainly not complaining about it, I think its one of my favorite things in the whole of LIII.) But you also see that he most certainly does know that people can't resist his big long lashed blinkers, and how well he works with the gang in team ups. Anyways I'm just really glad they gave life to zenigata's character in this special. (P.s you see how bad an actor zenigata is too lmao)
Yata- again you see a more in depth character, not just the 'Yata idolizes zenigata and is a rookie' in PotP you definitely have that but you see just how much of a rookie yata is as he's a little oblivious and hasn't learned to read the room at all. You definitely get the idea that he's just a kid (age wise my head Canon places him to be a 22 year old) but you also see the relationship he has with zenigata. Which a little more than just his assistant. You definitely see that yata is absolutely awe-struck by zenigata but also is able to joke and banter back and forth with inspector.
Jigen- surprisingly shares about as much screentime as fujiko, and jigen has his usual jigen persona not much change there, but you do get to see how willing he is to fight ppl. Jigen doesn't technically start a fight but if someone says fight me he most definitely will. Like both goeman and Zenigata accuse him of insulting them and asked if he wanted to fight, and he's like 'hell yeah' I think jigen likes pushing people's buttons. Anyways he pretty calm cool collected himself in this one. Y'know typical Jigen
And finally Lupin- this Lupin is pretty light hearted, and gives off his part 2 vibes with a very slight pt 5 dusted in. Need I say more? Obviously they didn't have to think very hard on the depths of his character, and im not going to elaborate any further.
Overall- this was a very light hearted adventure with plenty of bantering between all the characters, coupled with the usual LIII shenanigans and good old action/adventure. I think I would put this in my top 5 favorite specials.
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𓆩♡𓆪 More Lupin III HCs 𓆩♡𓆪
More Thoughts On Lupin & Co. (This one is a little long)
lupin is super picky about his coffee and WILL get pissy if he doesn't get it how he likes it.
Fujiko made Lupin coffee for the first time along time ago after their first night together when they started their little situation-ship and Lupin has drank his coffee like that ever since.
Fujiko drinks energy drinks and Lupin is repulsed by them. Lupin caught her drinking one but she’ll deny it until the day she dies.
Jigen drinks his black because he can't handle too much caffeine. (for context, black coffee has a pretty low caffeine content for those who don't know.)
Lupin was a track and field kid. As seen in the events in Lupin Zero -sorta spoiler warning for those who haven't seen it-, his dad wanted him to live a normal life, so he convinced his son to do something normal kids do to get his energy out rather than stirring up shit. Lupin was reluctant but fell in love with the sport.
Jigen has really pretty hand writing but Lupin’s is shit, so Jigen writes all of Lupin’s cursive calling cards, but Lupin signs them. Sometimes Lupin just makes Jigen write things for him when he doesn't need it because he just really likes his hand writing.
Lupin likes drawing doodles on all of his notes, letters, etc. Without fail, Lupin's papers are littered w drawings of him, his friends, sometimes Zenigata, or whatever treasure they're after.
Zenigata doesn’t cook often, nor is he the best at it, but he really enjoys doing in nonetheless.
If Lupin doesn’t get his ‘beauty sleep’ he just turns into a full blown bumbling idiot, like I’m talking walking straight into door frames, tripping over his own feet, all of it
On top of that, if someone interrupts his sleep, he gets incredibly pissy and short tempered.
^^Jigen kept blasting opera over the radio once in the hideout, resulting in Lupin being woken from his nap. Without even a second thought, Lupin rolled over on the couch, shot the radio, and rolled back over.
Lupin has A LOT of scars, it comes with the territory of nearly dropping dead with every job he takes on, and he uses his skills as a disguise artist to cover them up because he feels self conscious about them.
I feel like he's a perfectionist so he would see these scars as reminders of how he could have done better or could have done more.
Fujiko is a big spoon and you can pry this thought from my cold dead hands.
Lupin has a little collection of those 3d puzzles, even rubix cubes, and he fiddles with them to keep his mind working during stretches of travel or when he can’t think
Both Goemon and Jigen have tried to use said puzzles out of curiosity but got frustrated when they couldn’t figure them out
Because Fujiko rides motorcycles a lot, I like to think she has a lot of automotive knowledge and has tinkered with the Fiat once or twice.
Lupin doesn’t let her near it often because she isn’t afraid to sabotage the car if she plans on double crossing them.
Lupin is great with kids, but is incredibly irresponsible. He isn’t a big fan of dealing with them but once he’s got attached to them, all hell breaks loose. He is the kind of person that if they asked for ice cream for dinner he would absolutely respond with “WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT”
Goemon rarely sleeps on missions, in part because he always wants to be alert but also in part because he sleeps like a rock. Like, if a shoot out fight started right over him he would be snoring on cloud 9.
Goemon tried smoking like Lupin and Jigen once but he coughed everything up for a solid minute and hasn’t touched another cigarette since.
Lupin will borrow Jigen’s suits once in a while when he needs to tone down the color a bit but Jigen refuses to touch Lupin’s stuff with a ten foot pole no matter how much Lupin insists he would look good with a pop of color.
Jigen has perfect pitch, which is one of the main things that plays into his taste in music.
Lupin has trash taste in music, like absolutely horrid and he is banned from touching the radio in the car or the portable one on look outs.
The gang will regularly play cards together, and of course Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko are cheating but Fujiko will actively sabotage Jigen and Lupin if Goemon starts losing really bad. Goemon knows how to cheat, he just refuses to.
Based off that one McDonalds commercial with Goemon ordering ahead on his phone, I like to think that when he discovered he could order food over his phone he went a little nuts ordering his favorite food from the local Japanese joint down the street. Like, I'm talking several hundred dollars worth in a day.
Lupin and Fujiko aren’t the best at apologizing when they get into a fight with someone, but I like to think that when they try and apologize, it's sorta just a thoughtful gift they’ll slide to the person they were arguing with.
Lupin has never once forgotten Pop’s birthday and leaves him a little something every year. It's never anything stolen because he knows Zenigata wouldn't accept it if it was.
Lupin’s fur coat from his green jacket days (the one he was wearing in TWCFM) was one of the first extravagant things he bought with money he stole.
Lupin writes everything down, he’s the kind of person when presented with a riddle or a puzzle, he needs to do a hand full of scribbles that only make sense to him and then he’s got it solved. More specifically, he writes in his grandfather’s journal he found in the movie Blood Seal of The Eternal Mermaid.
Lupin has a pretty high pain tolerance but when he so much as gets a small cold, he’ll moan and groan about it.
Yikes, this got long! But I still have so much more, what is a little guy like me to do! Guess ill just have to actually post more rather than just rebloging stuff at 2 am...
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Bc of some shitposts and my gf, transmasc no-op Zenigata lives in my brain rent free. Like how cool is that.
The guy is so big and square that he never get anyone doubting his masculinity. He's like those old fashioned transmascs, who are some of the most beautiful people existing in my brain, that you see and you're like "oh yeah we've been here since forever, it's so cool".
And just him comforting some younger trans kid, because he knows that it's scary, when you see none like you getting old, and he doesn't want another child like he was to believe that he had no future because of who he is.
But also, funnier and more in character.
Lupin teasing the shit out of him, then leaving with the slight frustration Zeni didn't even have a boner, and Jigen just staring at him like "he probably don't have one to begin with" and Lupin just staring at him, shocked Pikachu meme style, because it makes too much sense.
#lupin iii#zenigata#im main tagging but im actually scared ahah !!!!#im gonna try and draw transmasc Zenigata tho#me loves old transmascs SO MUCH#i love seeing older ppl being trans you don't even know#it gives me life and im happy to have a goal in life#nano.txt
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Ride Kamens Event Snap | Ep.14: Detective Blood
Text version under cut.
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Jigen: … Lance: To think I have to keep my mouth shut in front of a puzzle… *frustrated*
Source: Ride Kamens Twitter
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for the character ask game: miss fujiko!! 💃
one aspect about them i love I LOVE uhm everything about her. i like that shes like neutral to kids in both part 2 & fujikos lie like she doesnt like kids but shes not EVIL to them. i like that they made her not maternal but without making it like Evil and Bad shes just a woman .... oh actually i adore that in 1$ money wars they make her a stock gambler as in she buys & sells stocks but is fucking AWFUL at it and loses ALL HER MONEY in it like twice or 3 times in the movie. it just keeps happening. yes shes a businesswoman but whats MORE businesslike that losing all ur money in stocks LMFAO. perfectly in character
one aspect i wish more people understood about them i wishhh people understood everything about her more like 1. that she is equally part of the gang as goemon and that 2. she is a thief out of BOREDOM like lupin is. yes fujiko ALSO cares about treasures & money but that is to fill the void in her life... like #materialgirl. hows that so hard to understand that shes deeply unhappy and seeks fun (through heists and through hoarding Fun Expensive Stuff and through fake marriage schemes and through her flings with lupin and so on) COME ON!!! shes not money-hungry as in she wants to hoard and be a billionaire she just likes seeking it out cuz its fun AND SHES A GAMBLER re: the stocks thing but also re: her poker card motif re: the cicciolina episode and so on and so forth. shes at her heart a gambling addict, too. thrillseeker!!!!
one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character uhm headcanons wise i simply cannot see her as anything but a rich kid who was cut off from the family fortune for whatever reason like fujiko to me has a very instinctual understanding of moneys worth and moneys power. as if shed grown up seeing her father wield it as a weapon. but for whatever reason (because an older brother herited the family fortune or ties were cut with her personally, or whatever else) she lost access to that money and had to get it on her own and OF COURSE shed get it through crime cause 1. better money to be made 2. faster this way + shed know about fraud from her dad doing it 3. ITS MORE FUN.. also fujiko mine is a fake name/new identity she named herself that. whether shes cis or trans she named herself that. and fujiko coming from money but not getting to use it pairs nicely with lupin being an heir like he too grew up with money but he always had access to it (and was taught how to steal anything he might want too) so money is worthless to him. its just funny paper he steals sometime. fujiko was cut off from it so shell take anything she can get
one character i love seeing them interact with FUJIKO AND JIGEN FRIENDSHIP IS EVERYTHING TO MEEEE they are best friends who hate each other. this is kinda hellish to me specifically to navigate in fandom cuz on one hand u get people who dont understand anything and think jigen & fujiko genuinely wish the other was dead (... presumably in some ultra-monogamous way to hog lupin ig? lmfao) and on the other hand u get people who ship them and think they have sex n its like ok i think theres some threesomes in there but uhm. just the two of em no that is untrue that never happened. sorry. i also love any fujiko & goemon interactions and uhm basically fujiko interacting with anyone ever cuz shes my everything but i think jigen fujiko friendship is my most special thing to see cuz its kinda rare...
one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more what if rebecca and fujiko interacted more i swear to god they would have so much to talk about UGH the writing on rebecca really dropped past the halfway point of part 4 and ill forever be frustrated by this..... FUJIKO WAS DRESSED LIKE REBECCAS EX LIKE HELLOOOOO they are dating.
one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character i think fujiko & jigen go to casinos together sometime. sometime its coincidence and they just end up at the same poker tournament and sometime its on purpose and its teaming up to cheat at mahjong. do u understand my vision.. they are gambler buddies. also this is where id put my fujilup heacanons if i remembered any of them i just think they are in fucked up love <3 non traditional relationships WIN
#ask#roublardise#lupin meta#i should rename that tag fujiko meta tbh i only ever talk about her... shes my everythang
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……….
He just needed to get away. He felt so trapped. And with every second that they held him down, the more everything around him shrank, and the more desperate he became. Why wouldn't they just let him go? But now the one that had started this was blocking the door. Could he manage to get past him, if he even managed to get that far?
He could feel himself running low on energy, but he was determined to fight to the end. He wasn't even sure what for. All he knew was that everything within him was desperately screaming at him to get away from this new person. And the more that the others stopped him, the more certain he became that he was right. But there was still a great deal of doubt in it.
He knew at this point no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't wriggle his way out. He was getting tired quickly. He was trapped. He felt so stuck and useless. Like he should be better than this. And more than that, he felt angry and frustrated, because something deep in his mind told him he was better than this. He should've been able to get out without a problem, should've left the rest in the dust far behind him. And yet here he was. Completely trapped.
He felt himself begin to cry. The others momentarily loosened their grips, but then quickly returned to how they were before. Still, he kept fighting. Trying to gain any advantage. But he had completely lost hope of ever finding it.
The man on his right side finally spoke, “Lupin. Please. We only wish to help. Please calm yourself.”
Lupin. Was that his name? He had heard it earlier, but wasn't sure if it belonged to him. Maybe it did.
The woman circled around until she was sitting in front of him, “We can talk, but only if you stop fighting us okay? We're your friends. We just want to help.”
At that, he felt a sense of danger. As if she was almost dangerous too. Not to be trusted fully.
He stopped fighting, and when their grips loosened once more, he lunged for the door. He heard the two behind him stand to run after him, and the woman had instinctively moved out of the way from the sudden change. He just needed to get past the man at the door. But before he ran more than five steps, everything went black once again.
………
Zenigata barely made it in time to catch Lupin. And it was only a moment before he woke up again, but this time he was dazed and completely out of it.
Zenigata looked at the others, “How many times?”
They all looked at him questioningly.
“How many times has he passed out like this?!”
It was clear from their faces that none of them had a concrete answer for the question.
“Once after you left,” Fujiko offered.
Jigen thought for a moment, “He's fallen asleep once or twice, I think.”
Goemon looked at Jigen, “Yes, but it took us some time to locate him.”
With the help of Fujiko, Zenigata helped Lupin back to the couch. He waved his hand in front of Lupin's face, and it was immediately obvious that he was still not all there. There was only a small reaction. But at least there was that.
Zenigata turned to the others, “When he wakes up more, I'm going to try to find out how bad this is. How much have you all found out so far?”
Jigen looked away, “Not much Pops. Definitely nothing useful.”
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Oh shit I wasn’t even thinking about major brain trauma I was so focused on the amnesia- 🫢 Pops out here thinking about the important stuff
#lupin iii#lupin the 3rd#goemon ishikawa xiii#goemon#lupin the third#jigen daisuke#fujiko mine#zenigata#jigen#jigen lupin the third#not my work#not my fic
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Funny dialogue
*On the Jewel heist with Jigen, taking chaos emeralds for a collection, Lupin saw a shadow of Rouge the Bat*
Lupin the Third: Oh hello, My lovely bat
Rouge: Cut the crap!! Give me the jewels and you'll live.
Lupin the Third: Love to, but I am here to collect my dues after this little heist
Rouge: The hell you will!! *fights him*
Lupin the Third: hihihihihihihi *giggles and slips away while grinning* you are too slow, Rouge
Rouge: *screams in frustration* damn you monkey!!
Sonic: Wow, just wow *watching from the background*
Rouge: *throws her boot at him* shut up!!
I love this!!!! The Rouge and Lupin rivalry is so fun :D
Also ngl I read the "hihihihihihih" with Tony Oliver's voice XD
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LJS Lore: Lupin and Albert Pt2: Jigen and Issei
What Issei had failed to realize, and Jigen was slowly realizing, was that Lupin was willing to forgo telling his grandpa about all the trauma he had endured, so long as he pleased his grandpa because he doesn’t want to feel like a disappointment to the Lupin legacy.
Even if it meant not telling his grandpa that his apprentice, who Lupin would meet and grow up with in their later teen years nearly killed him, despite Lupin trying his best to please his grandpa’s wishes and work things out with Albert together.
But he doesn’t say anything. He keeps it too himself.
In the end, it was Jigen who told the old man during the pair's late night chats during the few months they stayed in Paris after Lupin's accident. It’s Jigen who is the one to accidentally reveal to Issei about the situation with Tomoe.
And of course, at first, Issei doesn’t believe him.
Tomoe is dead,
she had been dead for years
Jigen has to be lying
He just has to be. . .
But he’s not, because Jigen would never lie to Issei,
Issei knows that. . . He’s a fool for thinking otherwise
The moment Jigen starts to ramble on about Tomoe and how much of a shitstorm that situation had turned out to be, Issei questions him, asks about the woman, wants more knowledge about the situation
And then as Jigen talks about the brainwashing and stuff, the whole gambit of emotions flare on Issei’s face
Sadness
Anger
Regret
Frustration
and Fury
All in just forty seconds, it happens so fast that Jigen stops mid sentence because Issei scared him
He’s never seen Issei display Anger before
Never before has he seen so much regret cross the elderly man’s features that it actually ages him, making Issei LOOK his age rather than a youthful elder
But here’s the question
who is Issei mad at
Jigen for telling him?
His security team for screwing up?
Himself for not seeing the signs?
or Lupin, for not telling him
Answer?
He doesn’t know. . .
Maybe all of them
Maybe none of them
He’s more hurt than ever that his grandson never told him
He’s more hurt then ever that his grandson was. . .no
is hiding things from him
Tragic thing is Lupin's been lying to his Grandfather for years. About Albert, Tomoe, his health everything.
Fatherly instincts tell the old man something is wrong but he never actually sees it.
He knew about the accident that landed Lupin in the hospital originally because Jigen had too call him to tell him in order for Issei to give Jigen the authorization for proxy reasons because Issei is next of Kin and had to give Jigen permission to make decisions on his behalf.
But what he did not know, was that Lupin never actually went back to normal when he finally left the hospital because Lupin rarely called him afterwards and when he did, he would lie and tell his Grandpa that everything was OK over the phone. That there wasnt anything to worry about.
Which was why when Jigen suggested they take a trip down to Paris to visit the old man, that Issei was Dumbstruck by how sickly Lupin actually still looked because on the phone, Lupin made it sound like he was alright
Issei was really cheerful about having his grandson come to visit since he's been so worried about him and was excited to see him and on top of that Lupin hasn't visited in some time, which was out of the ordinary for the young man who often tried to visit as much as he could.
Him saw the car pull up to the drive-way and went out to greet them
Only to see Jigen helping Lupin out of the car, Lupin using a cane and looking like death himself had decided to buy up all the real-estate in his body
But Issei expected that, he expected something was up and from what Jigen told him when he was still admitted, Lupin had been put through the wringer, Issei expected a slow recovery,
this was normal. . . right?
That was until when Jigen went in to give the old man a hug, that the gunman whispered in his ear that
"they have to talk later"
Cause what Issei doesn't know. And what Jigen was slowly coming to grips with and trying to deal with and fix on his own
Was that. . .Lupin essentially had given up. . .
Lupin prided himself on being Freedom Incarnate, but because his freedom has been taken and so much has gone wrong, that spark in him was dying and no one knew how to fix it
all Jigen knew was that something was coming to a head. . .and whatever it is isn't going to be pleasant
This trip to see his Grandpa was Jigens last hope of pulling Lupin out of whatever headspace he was in. Cause he knew how much Lupin loves his grandpa
Jigen didn't know Lupin stopped calling him.
But now he does. . .and its by Jigen learning he has told Issei things that Lupin hasn’t
by mistake mind you, cause even Jigen thought Lupin told him
Jigen is just now wishing he had kept his mouth shut. Currently thinking about how much he was gonna throttle the skinny monkey faced idiot cause dammit Lupin how could you NOT tell him
Issei doesn't take the news well regardless on who tells him, going to the head of his security team who still works for him, demanding answers on how his men could have killed the wrong woman and not verify that it was Tomoe who was dead or not.
Jigen watches this poor old man absolutely start losing his shit over learning that not only was the woman he believed to have finally been killed turned out to be ALIVE all these years, but that she was still manipulating his Grandson even after all this time.
Issei then spends half the time rampaging up and down the halls with Jigen traveling close behind because he’s worried about the old man hurting himself because Issei has gotten to the point in his age where he needs a cane to help stabilize himself and the moment he learned about the situation with Tomoe, he basically threw himself off the chair to leave the room and nearly fell and would have if it wasn’t for the table holding him up.
So right now Jigen's main goal is to calm the old man down because he’s worried the old man is going too hurt himself by accident with the way he is trumping up and down the hallway. But it doesn’t work and soon Issei is basically throwing the entire security team out of the room cause they don’t move fast enough when he asks for the report about the Tomoe thing even though it would take hours to comb through everything since it’s been years.
Jigen finally steps in to calm the old man down because Issei is practically ripping drawers and dressers apart trying to look for it, but he’s shaking. And whether it’s from the strain of moving in ways his body isn’t taking too kindly to at the moment Jigen doesn’t know.
That is until he gets up closer and notices something he didn’t expect
Issei is crying. . .
His face was going through the motions of switching rapidly between emotions again and Jigen can’t help but compare it to Lupin. It’s sorta like. . .their bodies can’t decide what emotion to choose so their doing them all in rapid precession at once
But not since the train accident and not since their reunion has Jigen ever seen the old man cry. Now Issei's face is switching between apparent anger, regret and some other slew of emotion Jigen can’t really deduce what it is except that it’s almost new.
Like his body is literally making new emotions in exchange for old ones.
Issei is overwhelmed by emotions, not knowing what he is feeling except that he is feeling too much all at once and it is all negative and all hurt.
And in its most bare bones, it is easiest to be furious because you can do something while furious - you can scream, you can demand, you can threaten even. But when you run out of people to be furious AT, and all you are left with is furniture, the anger fades and all that is left is the pain and despair, and soon the tears start to fall.
And the only witness to this is Jigen.
Good loyal Jigen
who doesn't believe himself to be good in any way. But who followed the old man as he tore through the building, just to make sure that he wouldn't hurt himself.
And Jigen’s not good at comforting people.
It’s not really his thing, he’s bad at it (he really isn’t but try convincing him that)
But he doesn’t stop himself when he walks up close to Issei, doesn’t stop himself when he grabs the drawer Issei is about to rip out of the dresser. He wants to grab the older man’s shoulder, bring him to a chair so he can sit and just relax and Lets just talk about this, alright?.
Instead he just stands close to Issei when it looks like his strength is waning and the cane is not holding him right.
Instead he finds himself standing there, as the elder Lupin grips the lapels of his suit, holding himself steady.
And all the man can do is cry into Jigens front, guarded by the younger man’s tall physic shielding him from the view from the open door where the servants and maid’s gather curiously like mice, intrigued but nervous to peak in and see what all the commotion was about.
Jigen only has to tilt his head and they scatter, and then it’s just them.
and Jigen stands there for however long the old man needs, but as he does, he can’t help but think. . .about how familiar this all feels.
having done the same for his grandson so many times before. . .
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