#khr fanon

[hopeswriting]

all right @losyash here we go. also @d-lissa look, this is your time to shine, this is your moment, so choose wisely. 💖

(i might have inaccurately boiled down those different iterations of tsunas, but if you've ever came across them, i know it's enough for you to know what i'm referring to. and yes of course some of these overlap with each other, but they're still distinctly different from each other i swear)

[hopeswriting]

[ID: A screenshot of Skull in his adult form, from the anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

He's shown from his shoulders up, facing us. He grins, holding his helmet in front of him, the blue sky behind him. /End ID]

oh i like it!! usually in bamf!skull fics like this, his canon self is erased entirely, but here i feel you found a nice middle ground between acknowledging the way he is in canon while still making him bamf. also a skull-tutored tsuna?? hell yes, someone should definitely write that!

now to answer your question, the way i see it that whole "bullied lackey" characterization skull's given is pretty much almost entirely fanon. and i know you refer to canon here, but even if we're talking canon, imo canonically it's less of a "bullied lackey" thing and more of a "prone to be underestimated and lacking the skills to make people respect his boundaries" thing. except even in-universe it translates to the other characters confining skull in that "bullied lackey" box, which of course doesn't help the fact it's also how the readers read him as.

but here's the thing tho: it's skull's personality that makes people look down on him at first glance and never his skills. and of course in turn it makes them doubt whatever skills he boasts to have, but once they see them for themselves, that's that. (see the way adel totally dismisses him and everything he says until she sees him protect enma from the varia and walk off their attack entirely unscathed. which, talking about that scene, makes the varia call him a monster, which he is. and they don't even necessarily have to see his skills for themselves too, because the people at mafia land were rightfully wary and intimidated by knowing he was the one leading the attack from just what they heard about him and the reputation he built for himself.) and for all reborn treats him like he's no big deal, it's always clear he means it only when compared to him and the other arco, and that as long as he is there, skull's no threat or danger to anyone he's willing to step up for. but otherwise he never even hints that everyone else but the arco shouldn't treat him as the threat he is as one of the arco.

also i do mean it's only reborn who treats him like he's no big deal and like an errand boy, because it is said in the manga he's the only one to do that, and by skull himself at that. tho the way skull reacts when learning colonnello's also at mafia land hints at the fact colonnello might treat him the same way reborn does to some extent, but that's it, reborn and colonnello and no one else. because skull is an arco through and through in his own right, which the other arco know best, and which everyone else with working eyes and brain acknowledge right away too. it's just that when it comes to the arco, skull's weaker than the rest of them in a way that's noticeable enough reborn (and colonnello) feel in their right to tease him about it, but even then they never put in question his place among them.

and that was all without taking the anime fillers into account seeing as they aren't canon, but even if we take them into account, what i said is still true. in the anime it seems all the arco do "take advantage" of him being the weakest of them to various degrees, or at least treat him as "lesser" than the rest of them to various extent, reborn and colonnello especially, and their teasing is more on the bullying side when in the manga it stays more on the simple teasing side, but it's still clear in the way they treat him that they still consider skull one of them in his own right and never question that fact.

oh yeah, the carcassa thing too! as far as i know, the way they're written to be weak and a joke of a mafia family is also entirely fanon. if anything, the way reborn says they aren't allowed at mafia land because they deal in drugs and presumably in the other most unsavory parts of the mafia... well, to be fair it wouldn't necessarily make them a strong or feared or even competent family lol, but they'd be treated with caution and would spell trouble in the sense of "oh no, what kind of ugly business should we expect this time?". i mean, right? wouldn't they?

and sure reborn and colonnello dealt easily with their attack on mafia land, but it's reborn and colonnello. for all we know and most likely, if it weren't for them skull and carcassa would have taken over the island.

so i think... well, funnily and ironically enough, skull's personality also works against him when it comes to the way the readers perceive him. he appears to be a simple and simplistic character at first glance on top of not appearing much in the manga in meaningful ways to begin with, so it's easy to take his scenes at face value and miss the little hints and crumbs we're given of a more complex bigger picture. and i suspect that's actually why (secretly) bamf!skull fics are so popular, because once you reduce him to just the "bullied lackey" character, there's just something off with that because like you said, isn't he supposed to be one of the strongest too? so surely there's something more going on with him?

and i find it funny because canonically there isn't, and yet skull is still a nuanced character, and so are the dynamics he has with other characters and the way they perceive him. and imo that those two facts co-exist is the whole point of skull's character. like i have no idea either why amano decided to go "okay i'm gonna make a group of the strongest in the world, but this one will be much weaker than the rest, which will make them treat him as a weakling altogether, which will make everyone else look down on him too because of the way they treat him, and also i'm gonna make him loud and boastful and cocky and arrogant and with no consistent backbone which'll only work against him further, and i'll imply he was a civilian before suddenly finding himself at the top of the mafia, but he'll be a civilian stuntman and the greatest in the world at that, and also pretty much immortal, and also he'll suck at making friends and making people respect his boundaries BUT. i'll still leave no doubt about the fact he's still one of the strongest through and through and has the skills to back that up BUT. at the same time outside battlefields, and maybe even then, he's still gonna be looked down upon because of his obnoxious personality", but i personally love it.

especially the way she then went "okay now you do with that what you will because this is a you problem now" both in-universe when it comes to the other characters and the way they act towards and with skull, but also when it comes to the readers because she does leave all of that at a surface level, and we're left to put the more layered and nuanced and complex picture together all on our own. and actually even when it comes to skull himself too now i think about it? because it puts him in this super unique and fun position in khr where he has to constantly prove himself and it never quite working, but meanwhile he's already and literally one of the strongest in the world. he's already at the top of the world so how the hell is he supposed to prove himself worthy and deserving of it when he also, literally, can't do more than everything he's already done?? which is why he's at the top of the world to begin with?? but apparently it's still not enough and no one's willing to let it be enough no matter how hard he tries to make them??? skull doesn't know the answer either but he sure as hell isn't about to stop keeping trying anyway, and i COULD go on lol, but i think this is already long enough as it is zertgfd.

but yeah, this is basically what i personally make of "bullied lackey" skull. i.e. it's the most accessible and easy reading of skull, especially when it's not wrong to say it is the way he's treated (and written) in canon (tho absolutely not as widespread or hurtful and abusive as fanon makes it out to be), but if you look closer skull has his place among the arco and it does make sense he's one of them*, and the times and ways he's treated otherwise is never actually about how anyone disagrees with that, but about how they don't vibe with skull's personality lol.

*(i mean look, he's the world's greatest stuntman and strongest cloud independently of whether or not he knew how to use them by the time he becomes an arco and as immortal as one can be if not straight-up immortal. and yes presumably a former civilian too--tho as far as i know canon never confirms it, and i don't see why skull couldn't have been mafia and the world's greatest stuntman when we have no problem making fon part of the triads--which is also never confirmed in canon afaik--as well as the world's greatest martial artist--, and sure mafia-wise it doesn't necessarily give him the skills to be up to it, but even if we say he knew nothing about the mafia when he showed up at the chosen seven meeting, how does him being the world's greatest stuntman and strongest cloud and immortal alone not qualify him to be chosen as an arco and be one of the most feared and threatening mafiosi in the world?)

A little thing I wrote a while back when I was revisiting KHR... basically my very self-indulgent thoughts on a BAMF!Skull who decides the best strategy to survive the underworld is by letting everyone else underestimate him.

I've never really been fond of the way he's treated by others in canon, and it completely baffles me why they'd choose to characterise him like this if he's supposed to be one of the strongest seven.

There are ways of making supposedly OP characters weaker - inner fears, disagreements, conflicting loyalties, a person who is their achilles heel, a lack of motivation - you DON'T need to make someone into a bullied lackey.

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As far as navigating the wild seas of the mafia goes, Skull believes that being underestimated is the best strategy.

Skull is a method actor.

And that means embodying clumsiness and hysteria.

He makes mistakes. He plays up his confusion. Joins the weakest family that he could find (With some sense of ethics that he could stomach, obviously. He'd be speeding down the highway in the opposite direction if he so much as caught a whiff of the Estraneo. Ugh, hurting children.)  He botches his jobs. He falls and screams and cries and shrieks. He lets himself get hit and made fun of.

He picks himself up and dusts himself off at the end of every day.

It's a fine balance, this game of being just competent enough to affirm his status as the Cloud Arcobaleno, and yet leaving others completely baffled at his continued survival.

It's a risky game to play, stringing some of the world's most powerful along and playing them for fools.

He is Skull, the world's greatest stuntman. Taking big risks is just another day to him.

You see, those who are born and raised in the mafia have a complacency to them. They look at civilians and think weak.

They look at Skull and see nothing but civilian. Weak. Coward.

These mafia men forget that stuntmen like Skull actively run into death with their eyes wide open. 

They forget that being born a civilian means that they have actively chosen this life of danger. They have seen it all and decided to stay.

So Skull lets the other Arcobaleno have their fun at his expense. He takes on the role of useless lackey and screams into all their ears at the first sign of danger. Makes them forget that he's the first one to spot any danger at all. Lets them gloss over the fact that appearances aside, he was also chosen to stand beside them as one of the strongest, in spite of his civilian background.

It feels like a huge prank he's playing on them, one that may never see an end and it tickles Skull deep inside that these mafioso who pride themselves in their strength and intelligence and spy networks have never quite figured out that Skull is simply performing a role in front of them.

He's content to let life continue on this way. He has no qualms allowing their arrogance to one day cause their demise. After all, the fall of many great men has been caused by their very own hubris.

That is, until, he catches wind of something very interesting.

Reborn has been assigned to tutor the up and coming candidate for Vongola 10th.

A civilian candidate.

And Skull has never quite been interested in involving himself in mafia affairs, but just perhaps…

He could impart some teachings to help a kindred soul navigate this world.

And really honestly, it seems like it'd be fun to fuck around with Reborn. Just a little.

-fin-

Like I REALLY don't get canon. He's a STUNTMAN. Danger is pretty much his job??? He actively chooses to jump through rings of fire and taunt death and the mafia decides he's weak?????

[khr-guilded-cage]

Tsuna: (on asking Kyoko to be his advisor) Because people think you're nice. You're quiet, you say excuse me, you look like little birds help you get dressed in the morning. People don't fear you.

Kyoko: Hey, I haven't been dressed by a bird since I was two.

[khrfandomconfessions]

I feel like I can’t read half of the stuff this fandom posts. All the meta posts have incorrect info or is full of fanon. I wish people fact checked their information before trying to spread it as canon lore

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[dark-elf-writes]

Wait aren’t sun flames supposed to be healing? Couldn’t Reborn just heal them so they’re all not busted to shit? Or are we saying that he just can’t access his flames with the whole curse thing going on

[jamie-berrymoore]

Flame Spectrum

So like if Sky and Storm make Wrath Flames what about the other Emotions. At least I’m assuming is emotions and not Vices/Sins. Sky + Storm = Wrath Flames Sky + Rain = Sorrow Flames Sky + Sun = Joy Flames Sky + Lightning = Surprise/Alarm Flames Sky + Cloud = Revulsion Flames (Disgust Flames don't really fit, maybe Hatred or something) Sky + Mist = Fear Flames

Other things to consider Love Flames but I’m not sure what mix would make that. 

I know there’s an Ocean/Sea flame thing running around, too. That’s the basis for what I have, maybe someone else can add to this.

[jestiamy]

was going through khr's tv tropes page and saw this quote

"The guardians are supposed to exemplify the element traits, the wreaths are supposed to be the opposite, and the Arcobaleno alternate."

it gives me a lot of feelings. I feel like I had like a huge epiphany about the makeup of the universe or something

[theminecraftbee]

so a thing this fandom does that remains FASCINATING to me, as a function of the fact a lot of this fandom is people's first fandom or only current fandom, is just... assume a lot of things it does is a scourge that this fandom has invented or doesn't exist outside of it? or like, is uniquely bad here? and i won't deny that sometimes mcyt fandom is a bit more intense by virtue of numbers, but like...

duo names: confusing fandom-injokes to describe duos and groups tend to be an anime fandom thing specifically for many historical reasons, but they're not uncommon. hey quick--if you haven't been in KHR fandom, can you guess what 1827 is? no? i'll give you a hint: that's actually a ship name. or, ygo fans, tell me the difference between puppyshipping, prideshipping, violetshipping, and rivalshipping. my hint is that they're all kaiba ships and two of them are actually the same ship. good luck!

reducing characters to a specific trait: have you read fic in another fandom before? i would recommend you go do so and come back to me. my example here is "sasuke likes tomatoes", for the record.

common au fanon that's confusing to outsiders: my deep cut here is "when i got into certain tv fandoms i was baffled by the existence of sentinel/guide fics", which is a slightly older tv fandom thing so many of you probably don't know what i'm on about. but trust me: in certain fandoms it's ubiquitous and unless you've watched a completely different tv show you're gonna have to entirely pick it up from reading fic. oh hey, hybrid aus and watcher!grian, nice to see your relative here,

fanon being treated as canon: did you know there's this whole bnha character, naomasa, who is treated as canonically having a lie detector quirk? did you know that, best i can tell, that's not in canon anywhere, it just got echoed through fanon enough that everyone treated it as canon? 'fanon trait becomes so ubiquitous everyone assumes it has to be there' is not a new thing. also, batfamily fans, i have been lead to understand the tim and coffee thing is also this.

characters being treated badly to make a different dynamic look better: the fact we have the term 'character bashing' tells you all you need to know, here. if anything my one complaint on this front isn't even that it's happening--it's that i wish bashing and/or "not [character] friendly" was tagged a little more frequently, haha.

characters being reduced to their family dynamics: tale as old as time. "even the family dynamic thing" yes even that. just because this fandom tended to be particularly ship-adverse in the past didn't mean it didn't do basically the same behaviors as any fandom with shipping did with those dynamics, just gen. and other gen fandoms also do that. yes, down to the "and shipping reduces them to a ship, unlike my gen dynamic, which is very in-character; why can't people just be friends?" thing. some of you have to have been marvel fans right.

characters being reduced to their ships: some of you have to have been marvel fans right.

The Discourse: yeah this is an "actively running show" fandom thing, but also a hiatus fandom thing. ask a homestuck about vriskourse sometime. as much as i hate to say it, it probably made doomsday discourse look cute.

and those are just like... some things i've seen people complain about on my dash recently. idk it just hit me there are probably fans in mcyt fandoms who are assuming that some things (like hybrid aus or duo names) are the kind of things that only happen here, so i thought i'd offer some examples of other places they happen! i also have even more examples if you'd like.

to be clear: this isn't shaming anyone for complaining about any of these things. lord knows i go complain to my friends about it all the time, just the other day i was complaining in the category of 'they keep bashing my guy'. it's more of just... a gentle reminder that maybe we're big, maybe we're loud, maybe we have problems... but these problems aren't always unique.

so uh. we're all suffering together i guess...?

[rayshippouuchiha]

Had a Thought™ about KHR. (excuse spelling mistakes because I WILL be making them)

So the giglio Nero family canonically has the strongest skies right? Like this matrilineal family of Skies has, as far as we know, always held the strongest skies in existence. It doesn't matter who they have a kid with, their first kid is 1) always a girl (far as we know) 2) an insanely strong sky 3) has some type of foresight.

So my thought (story idea/premise IG). Nana is descended from this family in some probably convoluted distant way. This could explain her space cadet behavior. She is LITERALLY not mentally present in the, well present. But she's enough removed from the family line that what she's seeing is probably really confusing and has little resemblance to reality. Also, let's be honest, if you're seeing visions of an alternate or possible future existence and aren't aware what that is about? You probably think there's something wrong with you. To the point you probably instinctively disregard A LOT of things that would be odd or concerning because well, they don't make sense so are probably made up. (Nana basically taking masking to the extreme meaning she doesn't notice/pay attention to the Flame and Mafia stuff because nobody else around her notices/talks about it. So it's probably Not Real)

And then she meets Iemeitsu. Who let's be honest, also has something DEEPLY wrong with him. ( A sky with no guardians? When that's what they DO?! Something is wrong with him on a literal soul deep level.) But he just acts like a mildly eccentric goofy guy, who otherwise is Normal™. So Nana gets attached to him, because she sees something similar in him. And she ignores anything pretty obviously WRONG because well, it's not REAL is it? She's just seeing things again. Plus of course Iemeitsu can't act Normal™ all the time, SHE struggles with that and that's something else she feels they have in common. (Very much modeling the fact that neurodivergent people tend to gravitate towards each other, and ignore stuff that's 'not normal', because for them normal isn't a thing that exists.)

And then they have Tsuna. An insanely powerful Sky child (I think there's mention of him possibly being the future sky acrobaleno at some point? Might just be fanon tho) who from a pretty young age has Hyper-Intuition.

Nana probably assumes her son has inherited her problems regarding seeing non-existent things. She probably ignores the general weirdness of Iemeitsu bringing his boss home and her son changing entirely after the visit, because she can't figure out a logical reason for Tsuna to change, so OBVIOUSLY there can't be anything wrong there, he's just going through a growth spurt!

Tsuna gets bullied in school? Well, so did Nana growing up. The fact the teachers are in on it? Not outside her perception of reality, because that's just how people treat those who are different, who can't 'Act Normal ™'. The problem of course here is that this behavior was Normal™. She was gaslit into believing this was expected and tacitly encouraged by society.

But, there's that little part that's still a mother, and doesn't understand WHY people act like this, and SURELY it's NOT Normal™ for people to treat her son like this!? It can't be reality! Right?! So obviously it's something ELSE her brain is making up, so something she should ignore entirely!

It would take ..... A LOT to have her come to terms with the fact that all that stuff she was convinced wasn't really happening, and just something else her brain was lying to her about, is actually reality. She's closed herself into a teeny tiny box of what she considers reality and anything outside of that obviously ISN'T.

ohoho now this is an interesting take on Nana that I've never seen before and it's so fucking cool

[ketchup-chup]

Arcobaleno Real Names

Just some personal headcanons as to what the Arcobaleno’s real names are. 

This does not include any of the Sky Arcobaleno since those can already pass as real names I believe.

Reborn:  Renato La Rosa

Lal Mirch: Lalita Russo

Colonnello: Marcello Colton (Credit: @alternativeann)

Verde: Raphaël Auclair

Skull: Vitaly Andreev

Viper/Mammon: Silas Grace

Fon: Zhou Fēng (Zhou being the surname)

Reasons under the read more!

Reborn: I mostly chose Reborn’s name because I do really like the fanon name but wasn’t a huge fan of the last name Sinclair for many reasons. Thus, I wanted a last name that not only flowed really nicely with Renato but was also Italian. I decided on La Rosa in the end, since it’s a common last name in Sicily (according to my research, but please do correct me if I'm wrong), where I headcanon Reborn is from, and also Renato La Rosa just sounds so nice.

Lal Mirch: I really wanted to keep the Lal part of her name intact and always pictured her as at least half or mixed but not fully Italian. I imagine she goes by just the nickname Lal as she was tired of people butchering her name (and as someone with a “foreign” name I very much relate).  I also have the headcanon that all CEDEF members use code names with the theme of spices and herbs, which is why she would go by the name Lal Mirch. As for her last name? I just thought it flowed well…

Colonnello: The account @/alternativeann made a post about Arcobaleno names as well, and they gave the name Marcelo Colton to Colonnello and I absolutely loved it. I hope they’re okay with me using it as well, since it just suits him so well. I also love the idea he’s part American. 

Verde: Another first name I had contemplated going with is Victor but Raphaël won me over in the end. Like many others, I do go with the idea he’s French, specifically from France. And no offense to the French, but he fits the pompous, and rude stereotype they have.

Skull: Vitaly because it means life! You get it? B-because he’s the immortal stuntman… Maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, haha… I'll admit the last name is chosen completely at random. Oh, but someone on discord mentioned to me that they’ve seen Vasya used for Skull and I like that one a lot too!

Viper/Mammon: Essentially, my thought process was that, since Mammon is a biblical figure (not the KHR character but the actual Mammon), I should pick a biblical name for their real name. I’ll admit this now though, I grew up Buddhist, so I’m not the most familiar with the bible… For the last name I decided to make Mammon English and once again play into the biblical theme. This is the one I struggled with the most, so if anyone has better ideas please let me know! Fon: The exact characters are 周風, Fēng just being an alternate Romanization of Fon. It’s still the same character used and, since Fon also works as a name, I could see him just going by his given name. As well, because I'm a little split on the idea of him originally being part of the Mafia (or Triad) before he was cursed. I could also just see him being a famed martial artist or civilian of some form.

Please do let me know if you think any of these are horribly inaccurate or have mistakes!

[hopeswriting]

Heya !

So i was browsing khr fanfics and saw something about fanon concepts like soul bonding ?

Do you know about it ? I've been a fan of khr for a while but that was before joining any fandom spaces so I have no idea of what's going on xD

It's alright if you dont, im only curious especially if there's no big answer :3

Have a good day !

hi there! 😊 you sent this a while ago so maybe you already found your answer somewhere else, but i do know about this, yeah! and there is a big answer for it for sure zersdgdfg.

so basically this is a big part of the fanon lore the fandom came up with surrounding dying will flames. it builds upon the concept of guardians (and flames) in the manga and absolutely runs with it lol. the two big ideas it's based upon is that 1) flames goes deeper than your dying will turned energy. they go soul-deep, and so are, like, the manifestation/embodiment of your soul, and 2) another use of the harmony attribute skies have is that it allows the harmonization of dying will flames, which is basically the soul bonding you're talking about here. (and now i think about it, i'd say there's actually a third big idea too where dying will flames are some kind of sixth sense that allows you to know about someone's feelings/emotions/thoughts to various degrees.)

as for the specifics, there's actually already a post of mine where we discussed that particular bit of fanon lore (commonly referred as harmonization) in details! if you go through the notes and read everyone's thoughts about it, it should give you a clear idea of what soul bonding is all about.

it won't give you an exhaustive one tho! because i might be wrong here, but i think harmonization is just about the most developed bit of fanon lore we have? but either way, even if it's a trope easily recognizable at, like, its core, everyone still have their own takes on it, and so it can be different enough from fic to fic. the post might also give you outdated idea about it, at least when it comes to what i shared about it, because it was all from what i read back in 2016-2018. i have no idea what harmonization looks like in fics nowadays because it isn't something that appeals to me anymore, but the post should still help you making it something not foreign or unfamiliar anymore!

thank you for the ask!

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

The difference between ‘please tag these tropes I keep finding them and it ruins fics’ and ‘I hate this trope so I’m going to read a fic with the tag and complain’ is VERY WIDE yet people INSIST it’s the same.

Don’t like, don’t read. But it doesn’t work when you don’t TAG it.

‘Spoilers’ HOW IS TAGGING THAT THIS FIC HAS IIDA BEING AN ASSHOLE A SPOILER? How is tagging it that Bakugou and Izuku are besties a spoiler? How is tagging that there is Omegaverse/mpreg/whatever a spoiler?

‘But the fandom always-‘ no. No, just cause it’s a large part of the fandom doesn’t mean it is ALL the fandom. Look at the KHR fandom. Some people hate the fanon flame harmonization. Some love it. Tag it! Just tag it so those who don’t like it can filter it.

‘You’re a hypocrite’ my complaints are usually about the lack of tagging and I don’t go into fics to complain about shit. That’s what my tumblr is for, complaining about unmarked tags. You don’t get to complain about tags when you ignore them.

‘Well I don’t like it.’ Are you commissioning the fic? No? Then they don’t have to pander to your whims.

‘If they gave a character/trope a chance-‘ most of us have! I’ve read plenty of good Bakugou fics and BakuDeku stuff. I don’t like it. I’ve known people who try the Cullen Romance in Dragon Age and still hate his character! I know people who tried writing KHR harmonization fics and can’t do it!

Bottom line: don’t like, don’t read and tag your fics.

[ciaossu-imagines]

Day five! I know we have basically all of them made to fit their flames but if you could reassign the tenth vongola swuad new flames, which woulf you mix up? Anyone else in khr you'd assign a different flame?

Ohh, this was a really fantastic question! I actually had to stop and really think about this one for quite a while! I hope you’ll enjoy my opinions on the subject and thank you so much for sending this in!

When it comes to Vongola Decimo’s family, you are very right. The flames really are built up around each character, making certain that each of the Guardians really fits their flame types. The same applies to the Vongola Primo generation, who really are just sort of ‘copy paste’ of the Vongola Decimo family, so it makes sense.

I think the only thing I might possibly change at all would be Hibari’s secondary flame type. It really makes little sense to me for him to have a Mist Flame and I always felt like it was mostly done as a ‘haha, irony, he hates Mist Flame users but is one himself’ kind of deal instead of it being done because the flame type genuinely fits him. While I definitely do agree that he would be among the very few characters who can use multiple flame types easily, I always personally thought that his secondary flame type would be Sun or Storm. I’ve always leaned more towards Storm for him but have also seen arguments for Sun that really have swayed me in that direction as well.

Now, as far as the flame types I would change, I’ve always been very vocal about the fact that there are a lot of Flame types among the Arcobaleno that make no sense to me. They’re the group that I would definitely make some switches to and where I feel that maybe earlier manga colouring were the only reason they have the flame types that they do.

I really don’t think that Reborn fits the Sun Flame category, though I know I’m getting into really controversial and unpopular opinions saying that and I don’t get Fon being a Storm Flame. To me, I would honestly switch the flames between the two.

In my head, I really do think Reborn makes a better Storm Flame and I strongly headcanon that no matter what his primary flame type is, that he would be along the lines of Gokudera, a genius that possesses the capability to use different flames and that his main secondary flame would be a Rain flame, just based on his fighting style and prowess.

Meanwhile I do think that Fon fits a Sun Flame better, as a very hands on and physical fighter.

Other than that, it’s really only fanon accepted flames where I sometimes have to go…that just doesn’t compute to my brain, I really think this makes more sense. One example that I was just talking about with a lovely friend is what flame types fanon believes that Shamal would have. To me, Shamal is a classic Sun Flame. The trident mosquitoes use viruses lifted from his body, meaning he is quite literally fighting using parts of his body/blood and the fact that Sun’s ability is that of activation, and healing is part of that, it really suits his position as a doctor.

I also do think that Haru has a Storm Flame, while Kyoko is strongly a Rain Flame in my head every time, despite the fact that genetics say she has to be a Sun Flame. I do get the arguments for her being a Sun Flame, besides just that her brother is one but in my head, it just makes most sense for her to be a Rain Flame.

Also, there is nothing, nothing I have ever seen that makes me believe that Naito Longchamp is a Sky Flame. Yes, he’s a boss…no, I just cannot believe that he has a Sky Flame and the harmonizing abilities of it.

[khr-guilded-cage]

I just love how Skull is such a...blank slate in the matter of pre-Arcobaleno identity and backstory

But still a fascinating character by himself

[khrfandomconfessions]

The way fan headcanons, such as flame harmonization or how Tsuna’s flames getting sealed caused him some form of harm (which doesn’t happen in the manga!) are accepted as canon even by new fans watching the series for the first time needs to be studied. I blame fanfctions. I’m all for fun headcanons and fanon lore/AUs but can we stop treating them like their canon!

Tsuna was not harmed by having his flames sealed as firstly: that’s not even canon, secondly: he’s just an awkward, clumsy, not very book-smart kid and that’s okay! The charm of KHR is we get to see how despite that he’s a good person that others grow to love! As well as we get to see his hard work to grow past that. There are so many other cases too such as many interpretations of Iemitsu I could rant about but this in particular always bugged me

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[dark-elf-writes]

So there's this khr fanon idea of Resonance, where a Sky and a Guardian that are meant to bond together, or even two Guardians meant to be under the same Sky, feel an instinctive connection with each other, so I wonder if Skies can have the same thing with each other? Could be part of why Tsuna is so chill with most other Skies.

I love the idea of Resonance in general but Resonance, and the misunderstanding of it because it shouldn’t be possible, between skies is actually making me a bit feral.

Dino immediately seeing Tsuna as his younger brother despite the tension he can feel rolling if Reborn and his own men stationed outside. stunned that he doesn’t feel even a second of the tension along his spine that signals the start of his aggression. Stunned that the only thing he feels is an all encompassing warmth when Tsuna looks up at him and calls him nii-san.

Xanxus unable to stop thinking about that damn kid that was chosen over him. Working himself into a fury for weeks and months before he finally sees him and feels… different. He doesn’t understand what it is. That lack of understanding pisses him off more. It isn’t until his hands are frozen and he can feel the chill threatening to claim him and the kid is begging him to stop so he doesn’t have to use zero point breakthrough against him again that he realizes he doesn’t hate the kid. It pisses him off so much he has to keep fighting. If he looks too closely at the feeling it will consume him.

Byakuran being obsessed with Tsuna in tens of dozens of universes. Some where the sky aggression is a thing and some of them where it is not. Always Tsuna stands against him. Always he is the one thing that threatens his power. He never succeeds but with each attempt Byakuran can’t get those big brown eyes out of his head. His death was a blessing. A break from the madness he found himself trapped in. A chance to breathe when he had been drowning in syrup for so long. He still thinks about those eyes. He wonders if this is the word he will finally get to see them happy.

Uni always knew Tsuna was coming, saw him in fractured moments as she put herself back together again. Felt the warmth of his flames and the promise they held. She came back for her people, for her aunt and uncles, but she also came back for him. She knew immediately that he would protect her. She knew that he would avenge her as well. She didn’t know that he would befriend her along the way. It is nice actually being surprised.