#khr ramblings

[rebo-chan]

Something I was thinking about lately is Tsuna's daddy issues. Specifically this frame.

Like that's such a loaded thing to think about. He's got so much resentment built up. Obviously, there's no direct connection to any of Tsuna's issues made but I think a few fun things can be said from this. In general, Tsuna clearly didn't have a father figure in his life which sorta results in him leaning on Reborn pretty often. Tsuna doesn't have a very stable self-esteem with him going from confident to "Aah, Gokuderas going to become disillusioned with me now that all my flaws have been pointed out." GOKUDERA. His FIRST SUBORDINATE. The guy who literally has been LOYAL FROM DAY ONE. Not that we consider them canon, but this happens also during the filler arcs where Daemon points out that Tsuna's not worth following to Gokudera and it seems to make Tsuna a little antsy. He DOES NOT THINK THE PEOPLE HE LOVES ARE GOING TO STAY WITH HIM, THIS IS LITERALLY RUINING MY LIFE. What Daddy Issues DO TO A MF. But that's a post for another day. But okay, back to Reborn, Reborn proves himself to be immovable from Tsuna's life. The story points out that Tsuna very much has two fathers. The one who won't leave and the one who is always gone. Tsuna really leans on Reborn throughout the series. "Reborn, what do I do?" Is a common thing he says, until Reborn is literally swept away from him against his will in Future arc where he's forced to think that he's half a person in Reborns absence. Meanwhile, we have Iemitsu who Tsuna has resentment built up towards, does not respect, and is forced to acknowledge in order to win his fight. Throughout the rainbow arc battle, they try to point out that Iemitsu is trying to teach Tsuna something here and unless I'm confused (someone feel free to tell me?) it's not really clear WHAT that is. And I've always thought that was neat, because it's obviously coming from Tsuna's inability to respect Iemitsu enough to want to learn anything from him. Yet when Reborn comes in, hell he doesn't even recognize him in his Adult form, but he politely listens and takes his advice seriously. In the grand scheme of the series, Reborn is a good teacher and father figure in his life. When Tsuna is made to feel like that he can't do anything in Reborn's absence during Future, Reborn takes a step back in that arc and lets him learn to survive without his guidance. (Notice how the training almost entirely disappears after Future.) He lets him learn how to be a person without him, only stepping in to help when Tsuna really needs it. When he's unable to light his flame, with Spanner, or when he's freaking out about the Irie reveal, the list really goes on. There's a scene I recall I believe when Yuni asks to join their group, Tsuna still turns to ask Reborn what to do, and Reborn redirects him by asking him what he wants to do. That it was his call as a boss. And Tsuna ends up making the decision to help her off his own accord.

It's with Reborn's guidance that Tsuna ends up learning to be his own person, it's this guidance that allows him to make the decision and gather everyone on his own accord when it was Reborn's turn to be shaky and give up. Where Tsuna tells him that he's got this under control, without his guidance. To just watch him. "you've always knew I could win before." It's this arc where Reborn's pride in Tsuna shines. Multiple times. "Surprise me again, Tsuna." And he does. It's in Reborn's second absence where Tsuna feels himself get shaky again, feels the old feelings of poor self image crop up, that Reborn comes back. Because Reborn is not Iemitsu, and he wasn't someone who left him in that house alone forever. Because he's still young and has much to learn before he's ready to do this on his own. It's at this he feels a little embarrassed about how glad he is that Reborn came back, but then recalls the "mean words" that Reborn said before leaving. It's here that Reborn tells him it's a good thing he hasn't changed much. Another sliver of guidance that Tsuna takes in from the figure in his life that won't leave him alone in that house.

[zoroara]

Okay so your questions are really fun but the general answer is no they would not work in real life but let's still try to build up something that may work here. That's more fun.

I think the funniest thing though is that they have places to shoot out at all angles with no obvious release mechanism or ability to control them as well. If it all just shoots out, chikusa would just be in danger of his own weapon.

Probably the best firing mechanism is to make it so it's a spray that comes out when hitting the end of the cord, using the high amount of momentum to hit a mechanism within the yo-yo to launch them and thus making it easier to aim and reliably launch. It would also need a safety mode for during carry however, but that would be relatively easy to build in, and likely make it something he twists it to do.

If it was this way too, it'd be easier to have smaller storage parts that can drop them into place once 'fired'. But there would also be a chance of the mechanism jamming, much like a gun. Additionally, to load it the best way I can think of is the sides of them can come off, and the needles placed inside.

As for reloading during battle, it would make sense if he had more than one. But since the needles are very small and you could fit in a lot. Additionally with their extreme poison, as long as he hit his opponent with a few, he wouldn't actually need too many back ups, all the extras are to up the dosage and deter his opponent until they actually die. Meaning if he runs out all he needs to worry about is waiting out his opponent. Which at that point they may already be succumbing to the poison.

While I can't exactly say where he gets them, I can say that the poison is likely some form of neurotoxin as they tend to be much more fast acting and deadly.

As for the flame, I remember we briefly get a look at his and ken's around the wreath fight. But if not the other source is usually the games or cards. (not like flame would help here as an explanation since before rings become common this being the answer is super unlikely either way, but with his fighting style he doesn't need it. Honestly a shame we didn't see this with rain flame because imagine how fast acting his normal way of fighting is with a flame that is canonically capable of stopping a heart out right if strong enough)

But I thiiiiink this answers your questions! Or at least hope it does! thanks for tagging me this was fun~

KHR reread

Chapter 62

Next arc! Next arc! Next arc! Whoop whoop!

Anyways Ken really seems to be incapable of shutting his mouth, i could make a sex joke here but I will refrain.

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Obligatory Kyoya simping

HUSBAND! YOU LOOK AS DASHING AND DANGEROUS AS ALWAYS!

He's such a fucking dork, it's hilarious. Also flip phone, damn this manga is old 🤣🤣

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This interaction is hilarious to me, also yes random kendo kouhai Hibari is indeed God 🫡

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Ohhh it's pineapple time hehehehe

Chapter 64

*squints* sounds fake but okay

@eternitas @dontknow-willaddlater obligatory Dera tag

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Ahhh yes the fight strat explaination... a classic 🤣🤣

Chapter 65

Well... shit has certainly hit the fan. Nice 👍🏼lemme at the action, I was a good girl and reread the daily life arc which had good crack to appreciate but I'm hungry for blood, for pain, for all sorts of bodily impalement... Gimme gimme gimme o((>ω< ))o

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Actually! Question! How does this yoyo even work??? How does he store so many needles in that small thing, do they all fit in that? Does he just have several yoyo's prepped for battle and he switches them out when they run empty? Because you can't tell me that he reloads those in the heat of the fight. ... Where does he get all does needles from? Does he buy them in bulk? Is Chikusa actually a cloud and is propagating the needles? I've only seen him written as a Rain, I have no clue if his flame type is even known (maybe from a game or something) but again... Just NEEDLES!!! (I might not make any sense and yes i know shounen manga logic is at work here but still...)

@zoroara tagging you because weapons

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OHHHHHHHHHH serious Takeshi!!! *smashing the like button so hard it breaks* INSTANT APPROVAL!! Fuck serious Takeshi is so fucking cool, I love it so much 💜💜✨✨

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I love that in the backgrond interaction between Takeshi and Bianchi, it's a small detail but it adds flavour imo, Lix stamp of approval!!

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Mafia information network??? MAfiA iNfoRmAtIOn NeTwOrk???? Ex-fucking-cuse me? Like don't just name drop this? Give me more info? How is it structured? How does it work? Whose part of it? Is it an offical thing or more just rumours going around? I NEED ANSWERS GODAMMIT!!!!

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@childe-of-saulot my liege these words reminded me of you, so you get tagged

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Okay that tomato thing is hilarious? Is this Reborn just trolling here? It feels like Reborn is just trolling, but it's still funny as hell.

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Tsuna relying on Reborn, I like how even when Reborn makes Tsuna's life a chaotic nightmare, he still turns to Reborn in times of need even this early in the story.

[ketchup-chup]

What if I made a post about how Reborn is actually super observant and a really great communicator? What if I made a post about how Reborn's closed off nature and attitude is a deliberate choice on his part and not because he's emotionally stunted or unable to communicate his feelings? What if I said he's incredible at reading people, and providing guidance to his students and to the others outside of his "spartan training" or being a strict tutor? What if I said he's very capable of being a comforting and kind person (look at how he treats Yuni at anytime or the girls, especially during the future arc), and if he doesn't act this way it's for a reason (either because he doesn't want to comfort them (lambo) or it wouldn't be beneficial to their growth to coddle them (Tsuna)) What if I made a post about how Reborn isn't as simpleminded or one note as people write him?

[dreaming-hibi]

Is Japanese a lingua franca in KHR universe?

KHR anime seems to make it a point to ignore the whole language thing, while in the manga the only one we are shown as speaking a different language is just I-Pin, even though there should definitely be more characters — did the whole Varia learn Japanese just in case?? In what case?!

Also Gokudera? Let me not even get started on him, although I will say this, why is his name Gokudera Hayato if he's supposed to be born and raised in italy and italian?

5 year old Lambo?!

Rokudo Fucking Mukuro?? Who was imprisoned? Like did his prison offer a Japanese crash course?? YOU KNOW, IN CASE YOU MIGHT NEED IT SHOULD YOU GO TO JAPAN AND TRY TO MURDER VONGOLA DECIMO

List of characters that have a believable excuse for knowing Japanese:

Reborn

Basil, because Iemitsu taught him instead of taking care of Tsuna

Byakuran, do I even need to say why?

Characters who were living in Japan at the start of the series (Tsuna, Takeshi, Hibari, Kyoko, Ryohei, Haru, etc)

that's it, that's the list.

Everyone else? Inexcusable.

[steamworksfairy]

You ever think about how the Arcobaleno all have intense cryptic energy?

Like Skull literally can't die. And because he's so loser core (affectionate) he's died in front of people so many times only to get back up like nothing happened.

Reborn....*points the guy with a chameleon that changes into different weapons*. Tbh if you told me he was an alien, I'd believe you.

The Vindice are basically the men in black.

Verde... no one knows if he's an alien, a guy from the future hell bent on giving us better technology to prevent a future catastrophe, or a tired government agent who doesn't get paid enough to babysit his cryptids and therefore doesn't.

Lal, however, is the too tired government agent who does babysit her crypids. Help jer she's suffering and in need of coffee and a break.

Fon *points to Hibari and Alaude* he's clearly a clone. Those are clones! People are being cloned-

Mammon is that shadowy cryptid you can only ever capture blurry pictures for. And then you receive a bill in the mail charging you for said picture. Basically urban legend status. There's a rumor going around if you take a picture of this strange cloaked person you will in fact go bankrupt.

Colonello is that strange inhuman creature that fell in love with the government agent lady who watches him. People assume he's from a super soldier program. Like some kind Marvel bs with Winter Soilder or Captain America or the DC version of that, Deathstroke. He's clearly human but also not.

Luce, Aria, and Yuni are 110% the most normal out of all of them, tho. Definitely not decents of a secret race of non humans that existed pre-humans. Nope, those girls are humans 💚

[in-asterism]

wheee

[einsatzzz]

Homicipher ft. Ryuuka rough drawings...plus some ramblings below! (there will be spoilers from the game btw)

I've always loved otome games but I didn't expect to like this game this much when I first watched a playthrough of it. Like, I didn't even know it was an otome game when I clicked on the video to watch it! I thought it's a normal horror vn game djdhdjvdjd

Anyway, I'm lowkey obsessed with these freaks. I especially like the four characters above so far. And I didn't get to draw them here but I like Mr. Chopped, Bride, Mr. Gap and Mr. Machete too! Also, this might already be expected of me, but I love the MC(Adami) too, they're so interesting!

Since I ended up liking it a lot and I also needed to get these wiggles off my brain, I ended up cooking some not-so-serious AU where Ryuuka gets isekai'd to their monster world. I chose Ryuuka because I know she would thrive there (she has quite the homicidal/murderous tendencies/urges, only kept at bay by her pursuit of knowledge + following her twin's moral compass) and can be a freak like Adami too fkhfmdbdnd so I thought it'd be interesting to yeet her in there!

I can imagine she's initially wearing her standard outfit at first (labcoat + black turtleneck dress), but at some point, it would be replaced by the raincoat since the labcoat would be soaked with too much blood (shoutout to Bride for the raincoat supplies). She's still wearing the turtleneck dress underneath because I don't think she'll fall in the water with those hand monsters, so she won't need a change of clothes for that one.

In terms of language learning, she's a pretty smart cookie, so she'll figure it out quite fast. So there's no problem there.

As for how the whole deal with Mr. Scarletella happened: I can imagine that since Ryuuka is a yakuza boss/assassin, she ends up dumping dead bodies of her victims in this strange but convenient building. Because somehow, the bodies dumped there are never found, which is a win for her. But then it turns out that that place is Mr. Scarletella's teritorry 😭😭 and he thought that those dead bodies that Ryuuka has been dumping to his place were offerings for him ("F-for me?! 🥺✨❤️" type of bs). That's why he ends up obsessed with her like in the og, so now he's chasing her down to get her name...👁️👄👁️ (deja vu...ive been in this place before...i can make a 🐥🍎 au out of this---)

Also another thing I wanna mention is that I firmly believe that Mr. Silvair and her would get along as both people of "science" dmbdmdbdnd but I must admit I need to re-watch and analyze his route and endings more, since I feel I'm still missing a few things abt him.

For Mr. Hood, I think she appreciates him teaching her about the language and him carrying her around when she does accidentally gets chibi-fied. In general, she appreciates people who are patient with her and people who knows when to stay quiet. The same would apply for Mr. Crawling though he's a bit on the chatty side. Ultimately, she also doesn't mind having a puppy-like character like him following her around.

My brain is starting to die again ughudhsjshhughhhhhh that's all for now!

[inkstaindusk]

Tsuna and Mukuro in body aches are rapidly becoming the most relationship in this au. What if we were both transmigrators and you tried to kill me and my friends but then I accidentally-on-purpose melded our minds together so now we understand each other on a deep intrisic level and I want you to be free and I cannot forgive you for what you did but I can trust you to value your own life over mine and destroy the thing torturing us both and that's all I would ask

[gelataisa]

Forever obsessed with a 10 years bazooka mishap that bring a tyl xanxus into the present during a party at villa vongola. he is clearly about to have sex (fortunately he only has his shirt open) and has what clearly is a wedding ring on his finger.

everyone is disbelieved and squalo looks like hes about to explode

xanxus is clearly annoyed yet somewhat amused. he probably revels in seeing his father embarassed by his everything. to everyone's surprises he scolds, in this order, the entire tenth gen for not teaching the fucking child anything apparently, and lambo himself for not being more responsible and behaving during an event like that

squalo once again freaks out (VOI!! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED THAT TURNED YOU LIKE THIS) and the look xanxus gives him is so amused- yet poignant. the most attentive observers could be led to believe that there is also some fondness, yet they disergard the thought immediately

you know fish, theres this thing called 'being almost 40 years old', you might get to hear it some day

squalo's answer is lost in the smoke that appears right after

present xanxus is far less amused and calm upon his return

[zoroara]

Okay so, one of my parallels that I really, really like in the Varia dynamics, is actually Levi and Squalo's. Envy and Pride dynamics are, very fun. Especially if they appear very similar on the surface but when you break them down the two couldn't be more different, and god that's what you have with these two.

I'll break down what I mean by this, it might get long though. This is a complete ramble though so warning it's not as structures as my others.(implying those were structured)

Firstly the most important thing is to understand envy, and Levi's envy.

Envy, is greatly different from Jealousy, but shares similar roots Jealousy, is wanting something someone else has Envy, is being willing to take it, make sure that they don't have it. it's a spiteful emotion, Someone can't be better than you, they can't even be equal, You need to have what they have and they can't have it either This means, the object or the target of Levi's envy, isn't Xanxus it's Squalo

The reason it's Squalo is that not only does Squalo have genuine confidence in himself and doesn't need other's approval. It's also that Squalo has everything Levi desires, or is at least perceived to. He has the attention of Xanxus and by rainbow arc, the recognition of strength being built up.

Levi's feelings towards Squalo are incredibly one sided, as where Levi feels like Squalo is in the way of what he wants and needs his power taken from him and swept away (Levi purposely trying to convince others to not listen to Squalo, and arguing against his orders) Squalo barely Acknowledges it unless it's actually getting annoying. To him Levi is just an annoyance, a gnat, not worth his time and easily settled with force.

Where as Squalo inherently commands respect and is more than capable of putting people back in line if they don't respect him Levi demands respect, but has no bite to back him up, Squalo forces other's praise with skills to back him up, he works and makes Xanxus realize his power without making it top priority Levi begs for praise, and while working makes noise and calls attention to himself in the hopes that he will be acknowledged.

Squalo is deeply enviable for a person like Levi, because he is everything Levi wants to be and isn't. And their dynamics bleed into this, Squalo treats Levi as nuisance, deepening this feeling in him. Meanwhile all he can really muster for the strong feelings Levi has, is a quick one and done dealt with him. Mild acknowledgements like "What are you glaring for" Major at most kicking him over and telling him to stick to the mission.

But their contrasts with their boss

Oh how they interact with Xanxus.

Squalo doesn't hold Xanxus too highly, certainly as a good person to follow due to his endless potential of growth. But the person attached to that? Annoying, surly, pain in the ass. He does come around more but he'll never hold Xanxus the person above himself, even if he may even see them as equals.

Levi, oh Levi... Xanxus may as well be an untouchable god who can do no wrong. No matter what he asks for, no matter what he does no matter how unreasonable no matter what. Xanxus is perfect, and Levi would sooner allow himself to be tortured than admit Xanxus is a flawed individual.

Which is exactly why Xanxus would never acknowledge him.

Why would he?

Levi has marked himself as scum below Xanxus, meanwhile Squalo actively pushes against him and attacks with confidence.

Only one of these methods would ever allow Xanxus to turn around and see them, to let them walk beside him.

And it's certainly not Levi's.

[madkuroi]

I blame @deathsvvitch for this and for dragging me into KHR hell /j

We've been chatting and brainstorming for a while, and I finally pushed myself to make a proper ref sheet of my feral Venetian lady, Veronna (who's directly tied to Novana lore)

Yes, she got teefies and that's my fav part of her design hands down, hehehe. And ship wise, I'll let you guys guess because I'm evil >:}

[myrmyrtheorca]

Happy thoughts that keep me going:

- Squalo being genuinely happy and relaxed, smiling from his heart (not his usual smirk of superiority, a sincere beaming expression);

- Xanxus looking out from his office windows to watch the fireflies down in the Varia gardens before going to bed;

- Yamamoto and Tsuna having videogame nights where Tsuna tries to teach Yams a new fighting game and Yams wins by the rule of "beginner's luck" despite Tsuna knowing all his main's combos;

- Bianchi crocheting mittens for Chrome because after noticing she gets her hands cold easily;

- Chrome being too scared of using said mittens because she doesn't want to ruin them;

-Kikyo checking up on Daisy, Bluebell and Zakuro's health because none of them trust medical doctors enough and he has to go with each of them whenever there's blood work to do.

[stepswowdsen]

【KHR AU】 Nguyễn Selena 💜🌙🪷

KHR AU: Xanxus and Nguyễn Selena (Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên) by Sen (@/stepswordsen) ❤️💜🔥🪷

Xanxus and Selena Chibi Icon Commission by Hika (@/onigiwi2namayo)

Selena Bust-up Commission by Ham (@/exoticham_)

Intro

I wanted to update Selena's Character Profile and Relationships Chart 💜🪷

Decided to remake an old post of mine to include Selena centric rambles and update her usage of pronouns.

Figured it's been a long time since I posted about my nyanbinary wife, Selena~ 🐈‍⬛🪷

Nguyễn Selena is my KHR OC who is a Vietnamese non-binary assassin. Her Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên.

Her name, Selena, means "moon" 🌙

Her Vietnamese name, Liên, means "lotus flower" in Sino Viet 🪷

In my KHR AU, she joins the Varia as one of their members and lives at their headquarters with the rest of the core Varia members. My wife has NB flag colours~ 💜🖤🤍💛

I mainly ship Selena with Xanxus.

In KHR, Xanxus is the leader of the Varia, an independent assassination squad under the Vongola mafia family. He was initially one of KHR's major antagonists.

You can read more under the cut! 💫

Nguyễn Selena: Relationship Chart 💜

Context

I added context below for my mutuals who don’t know much about KHR, but would still like to tune into my KHR AUs and KHR OC stuff. Feel free to read, only if you want ^^

Vongola Family = The KHR protagonist, Tsuna, is currently training to become the 10th generation boss of the Vongola family. Tsuna and co. are the Vongola family’s 10th generation guardians.

Varia = The Vongola family’s elite independent assassination squad. Their leader is Xanxus.

Source: (X)

Nguyen Selena 💜🪷

About 💐

Selena was born in and grew up in Huế, a major city in Central Vietnam, which was once Vietnam's capital.

Huế (in Central Vietnam) is Selena's birth city. It's a famous tourist spot for its historical monuments like the Purple Forbidden City (紫禁城, Tử cấm thành)

The city served as the Imperial Citadel for the Nguyễn dynasty in the past. The Forbidden Purple City was closed off and reserved only for the nobility.

See the bottom of this post if you wantt to learn more about the Purple Forbidden City 👍

Purple was considered the colour of the nobility. The colour purple was historically seen as the colour of royalty in EA and SEA cultures because it was considered expensive and difficult to make.

“Purple stands for auspice, honor and highest status.”

T: Purple used to be considered a high class color due to the fact that it used to be quite expensive to produce.

(From my friend Tomato)

Selena Chibi Icon Commission by Hika (@/onigiwi2namayo)

Personality (Part 1)

Selena is a Vietnamese non-binary assassin with a soft and earnest personality. She is the protagonist of my KHR AU, which focuses on her daily life after she joined the Varia as one of their members and started living with them. XanLena (Xanxus/Selena) is the main ship.

As a child, she was often seen as unapproachable and emotionally distant and cold, so she "mended" her outer image to appear more approachable to others.

Her personality is gentle and warm, soft and aloof, reserved, calm and collected, sweet, open and thoughtful. Usually seen smiling, friendly. She's the type to get excited around people she's comfortable with, and when talking about her interests.

I associate her with a black cat aesthetic and with plants/flowers: Lotus (her namesake), Wisteria, Hydrangea (beautiful but poisonous purple flowers) 🐈‍⬛🪷💜✨

She likes "strong people and those who are intelligent at their field of expertise." She has an interest in fashion (cute fashion, lolita, traditional clothes), and is a florist and gardener, and plant/flower enthusiast. Very hardworking and passionate about her interests.

She has semi conscious man-eating plants and poisonous plants that respond to her emotions. They can grow larger in size depending on what they take in. She dips her blades’ tips with poison from poisonous plants. Generally knowledgeable about plants.

She has her own garden and likes taking care of many varieties of flowers, plants. She also likes learning about herbs, medicinal remedies, and poisons. Originally very aloof, shy, and reserved. Secludes herself and becomes more withdrawn if left alone.

Selena Bust-up Commission by Ham (@/exoticham_)

Personality (Part 2)

She's not one to get involved too much in things that don't concern her, and because of that, she mainly keeps to herself, but can get along with others when necessary. Usually calm demeanour.

She's more aloof and wary at first around people she doesn't know/isn't too familiar with, but she slowly gets more comfortable and casual with the Varia members as she gets to know them, and eventually opens up more.

Really likes cute things, so she likes collecting fluffy, frilly clothes, historical fashion (traditional clothes), lolita and cute/girly fashion, and plushies. She gets her clothes personally tailored for her (she has some made by her family members).

A soft and gentle person with a rather modest personality. She gets rambly when talking about her flowers and plants. Interested in her gardening and fashion hobbies.

She tries to keep her emotions in check and keep up a level of pragmatism. And is very deliberate in fights with her fighting style... I feel like everything she does about her work is carefully curated. She's interested in fighting and takes pride in her work ethic.

Selena is friendly, so she tries to befriend the other Varia members, whom she considers her co-workers. A calm/level-headed person who’s hardworking and dedicated to her work.

She doesn't get angry often but if she does, she’d definitely be biting peoples’ heads off for it after (verbally first, but he resorts to violence if she's really mad). She has some degree of control and detachment from her work. She has a tinge of insanity, but she’s in control of herself.

She doesn't really think of things like romance so she's a bit dense. So she won't realize if someone's flirting with her unless they're really pushy and assertive. Generally oblivious to flirting cues unless they’re really obvious. She gets flustered easily when her S/O flirts with her.

She likes "strong, intelligent people, someone skilled in their field of expertise." She considers Xanxus a "splendid, wonderful person." To her, a wonderful person is "someone who is strong, someone who has many strengths, is outstanding in terms of their abilities, charismatic, powerful."

Selena's hostile towards Tsuna, the KHR protag, due to Xanxus' context and the Varia's opinions of him. She doesn't like how irresponsible Tsuna is, and his lack of ambition. She hates his ignorance, and his whole goody goody shtick.

As Cinna said, personality wise, Selena and Tsuna would be ok with each other, but morals wise, they're just way too different so they wouldn't get along. Selena is very capable of desensitizing herself from murder and accepting crime, while Tsuna is very hesitant to do that and holds onto the idea of murder being immoral

I think she's aware of how intimidating Xanxus' personality is, especially at the start, (and with how cold and standoffish and emotionally distant Xanxus is, in general), but since she is a nice and sweet, empathetic person, she'd like to bridge the gap with him, but she's also mindful and worried of how to approach him, so she gives him his personal space and respects his boundaries.

Name Etymology

Nguyễn Selena (グエン・セリナ)

Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên (阮月雲蓮)

Gen Suzuha (阮月雲蓮)

Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên (阮月雲蓮) = "Moon cloud flower [of Nguyễn clan]"

Rambles (Notion Docs)

Rambles (Text Version)

Copy pasted my rambles if it makes things easier to read.

Selena's Name (Part 1) 🖤💜🤍💛🌙☁️☂

I wanted to add to Selena’s info sheets. Since I’m still working on my personal arts for Selena, I used a Neka (CN avatar maker) maker for this along with the arts I commissioned of her. I just edited the colours on the Neka one to be more saturated for personal use.

I’ll just post the name etymologies post I have for Selena.

Her name is Nguyễn Selena, but her alternate Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên. This name describes the lotus flowers under the clouds and moonlight.

The moonlight reflected on the lotus flowers and clouds above. Selena's flame attributes are Cloud and Rain. Purple and blue flames :)

Selena's Vietnamese name, Liên, means “lotus” in Viet. The lotus flower is Vietnam's national flower. It's often called “the flower of the dawn,” and it represents purity and innocence. Lotuses bloom on the surface of water, and shine brightly in light. The lotus flower is Selena's flower, since the symbolism of the lotus flower fits her perfectly.

The lotus flower is a very important sacred flower in Eastern cultures and in Buddhism.

“The lotus grows in muddy water, and yet the dirt and muddy water fall off its leaves and petals, keeping it clean and pure.”

I'm really happy I managed to come up with such a pretty name meaning for Selena~ It fits her perfectly. If you ever want to know how to pronounce my Viet KHR OCs' names, you can ask me! I could probably make a video clip or something.

I’m Viet diaspora, so I’ve been wanting to reconnect with my culture in recent years. Viet names can be really poetic and pretty, so they’re fun to come up with!

Selena’s Name (Part 2) 🖤💜🤍💛🌙☁️☂

Her full name is Nguyễn Selena, but I also wanted to give her a pretty sounding Vietnamese name. I first came up with it around December 2021. Her full Viet name is Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên.

Thankfully it was easy for me to come up with Selena’s name, and Linh’s name, (my other KHR OC).

If I remember correctly, most Viet names and words are pronounced as a single syllable. Some peoples' full Viet names are 2 syllables/words, most tend to be 3 or 4. There's not really any limit in Viet names tbh. I don’t think it’s common, but there are people who have more than 4 syllable names, like 5 or 6.

I think a lot about meanings when I come up with EA/SEA-Asian names for OCs... Selena's name definitely sounds “out there” and unique and irregular.

Selena’s name doesn’t really seem far-fetched to me, since Viet names can be 3 ~ 4 syllables or longer. There's no limit, but it's usually 3, sometimes 4 ~ 5. I think it's fine if her name stands out, given the tradition of Viet names.

From what I understand, Viet names can be almost anything. They’re either super poetic or genuinely funny, like some people have names that are common words. The duality of Viet names LMAO. So it definitely sounds like Selena’s name is plausible and reasonable.

Selena's Abilities 💜💙

Selena is my KHR OC. KHR stands for Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

It’s a shounen that was really popular in EA spaces from the mid to late 2000s.

In KHR, there's the concept of a flame called a “Dying Will Flame” and it literally represents... how strong your dying will, or resolution, is. And in later arcs, it introduces worldbuilding/lore concepts that people have different flame types that each have unique attributes, based on elements found in weather.

I actually love KHR's power system setup, it's very unique. The flame power system is based on elements in weather, which is really neat. And this is exactly why Selena’s stayed as a KHR OC. You can create really interesting powers with this setup. 🥰💞

The power system needs to be fleshed out more tbh (though that’s what I’m here for). KHR's setup gives one of the best environments to make OCs. The different flame types of KHR have a certain “attribute” or “characteristic,” unique to each type. 🔥

Selena is themed with the moon, clouds, and lotuses. This shows in her name. She's also themed with rain and water. Lotuses are aquatic/water flowers, so it makes her having a nice pond to relax by, even more fitting :) 💜🪷🌙☁️

Selena has two different flame attributes. She has Cloud (purple) and Rain (blue) flames. Her main flame attribute is Cloud. 💜☁️

Her secondary flame attribute is Rain. Selena is able to limitedly make rain clouds with her Rain flames. 💙🌧️

Selena could then use her Cloud flames to make her plants grow exponentially out of control. I imagine that when Selena gets mad, her plant weapons just grow giant and grow across the walls and go after people and drain their life force and everything <3

KHR characters use either specialized weapons, or cute Digimons powered by flames.

I still wanna flesh out her powers more since you can come up with all sorts of fun ideas with plant based powers. Anyways, I love my wife. Selena is so wifey wife wife 💜💗💘

(Snippets from the KHR fan-wiki that I figured were relevant)

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Imperial City of Huế, or the Purple Forbidden City, in Vietnam

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Rambles ✍️

I was debating whether to even tag this at first cuz I haven't finished updating Selena's relationship with the other Varia members on her info sheet... But I figured I should.

I was gonna add more rambles but I'll just put that in a different post.

I love my wifey and my fave KHR meow meow mf sooo much ❤️💜

It's XanLena's 8th year anniversary this year! 🎉 I first made the ship in 2017 💞💘

I originally wrote this all in my Notion docs but I used a combo of screenshots and copy pasting the text.

It feels more fitting to use screenshots for more formatted posts like the info sheets.

Misc Rambles

Sorry but I don't want to retype all this again so I'm just copy pasting these from my Notion doc

Selena's info sheet and character relationship chart was inspired by FGO Materials' character profile formats where it lists a chara's general info, usage of pronouns, quotes, relationships with other charas, etc.

I still need to revamp the quotes with Selena's relationships with the other Varia members so I just posted Xanxus' part for now

I also included my rambles with friends! ⭐

Selena is the type who's calm and gentle but likes to keep to herself regarding matters that don't concern her. She's more aloof when she doesn't know the person well, but eventually opens up to the other Varia members.

I imagine Selena speaks in a really polite and formal way to Xanxus out of respect for him.

Xanxus and Hibari are my no. 1 fave KHR characters (tied) 🥰

Also used textures on my art.

Also I'm just thinking of the recent FGO: Summer 7 event with Douman growing cursed morning glories (vampiric shikigami), flowers that suck blood.

I NEED THIS FOR SELENA

DOUMAN BASED

Selena's man eating plants 🥰💞

Selena is very soft and gentle, but she can be a little unhinged, as a treat!

Selena is a gardener and florist (flower enjoyer and enthusiast)

[dreaming-hibi]

In my quest to better understand the dying will flames’ system in KHR, I once again went into a deep dive of both the manga and the anime (as I have few other sources to consult). I immediately got derailed by the rings. 

I began my search at the very beginning of the future arc, considering that’s where most of the explanation on the dying will flames is, and found some interesting facts about the rings before I found anything about the flames. The interesting facts opened a can of worms I had purposefully decided to overlook many times, but now it was open so dig in I did!

In chapter 139, Lal explains the rules of fighting in the future. Fights in the future are fought with rings and boxes, completely changing the whole fight aspect of KHR going from there. Anyway, 

「リングはマフィアの黎明期に暗黒時代を生きぬくために」

“At the beginning of the mafia, the rings were (used) to survive in its dark age.” = when the mafia started, the purpose of the rings was for survival (perhaps through legitimization of the power? as rings are passed from one generation to the other, especially from boss to boss)

「先人達が闇の力との契約を交わしたことの象徴だと思われてきた・・・」

“It has been considered to be a symbol of a pact made between our ancestors and the forces of darkness” = the rings were so weird and mysterious that everyone thought they were forged from a satanic ritual

「だが沈黙の掟に守られてきたマフィアのリングには 人知を超えた力が宿っていたんだ」

“However the mafia rings, which were protected by the vow of silence (omertà), held a power far beyond human comprehension” = only the mafia rings protected by the omertà hold powers, and these powers are beyond human understanding

Lal points out that Tsuna and Gokudera must have seen the rings light up with flames at least once. And while she’s interrupted when she tries to explain that the rings are capable of more than just that, it’s obvious that she was hinting at the rings’ ability to open boxes. Lal’s explanation makes it very clear that only MAFIA RINGS are capable of… er, lighting up. So what do we understand from this? 

Mafia rings are made with a special conductive material, which automatically transforms wave energy into visible dying will flames. This material is not found in common rings, something which simultaneously answers a lot of questions and rises just as many. 

You can’t accidentally light up a wedding ring or a candy toy ring just because it’s a ring and you know how to use dying will flames

Where the hell is everyone finding all these rings? 

 If they’re not finding them and actually making them (implied by Gokudera’s Skull Rings used for his Sistema C.A.I), how come everyone seems to know the recipe for making these rings but still consider them “Oh so mysterious”? 

Who the fuck crafted all these rings? And still is! (cause the Varia gets some custom-made rings)

Further down the line, we also get a ranking system for the rings, with E-rank being a low grade ring and an A-rank being the highest grade of ring, and the Tri-ni-sette being OVER RANK-A (basically SS). Considering the Tri-ni-sette was made from the seven stones supporting the Earth, it’s obvious how they would be of superior quality — which to me honestly just confirms that the mafia rings as a whole are made with a special material, not on par with the seven stones but somehow similar material.

So, the difference in quality of rings is probably due to: 

High quality material (A-rank) vs low quality material (E-rank) (it’s the same principle as choosing which material to use for a normal ring, some are more durable while others tarnish easily so think of it like that)

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Where was I going with this?

[twilitseas]

“ Don’t think you can hurt MY Family and leave. Alive. “

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This took!! So long!! My eyes started going static-y from sitting/working for so long bUT MAN IM HAPPY! I never draw stuff like this TvT

[in-asterism]

always one step ahead of you- or watching from behind