#magi hakuryuu

[pan-magi]

Would you believe I have more thoughts on motherhood in Magi? I could wait for Mother's Day to come around again but where's the fun in that? This is the other idea I had along with the Scheherazade one.

This is a bit different lens. I want to talk about how Aladdin, Morgiana, Alibaba, and Hakuryuu react to Aum Madura trying to bewitch them and how that speaks to how they've processed not having a (good) mother.

First is Aladdin, who is the one to break out fastest. The kid never met met his mother. Don't get me wrong, I love Sheba to bits, but you can't really miss someone you never really had. He's like an adopted kid that was taken in early on and grew up in a decent environment. There is no empty void to be filled because it was filled up again since before he could remember. Ugo was avoidant and anxious to be close to Aladdin, but he was ultimately good at being there for his friends' kid.

However! Aladdin does have memories of Sheba through the rukh and Solomon's Wisdom. This is the second reason the magic ends up failing with Aladdin. He may not have met either of his parents, but he knows unquestionably that he was loved. He knows that Sheba gave everything up for him. On top of that, he is well aware that what she would have wanted for him is to live his best life, in his own way. Seeing an incarnation of her that tries to tempt him to give it all up and be a shielded little boy is the opposite of how Aladdin has come to understand his parents.

Next up is Morgiana. She's taken pretty hard at first through no fault of her own. Similar to Aladdin, she has no memories biological mother. When we see Morgiana's vision, there is no real discernable features to make out. The difference for the rest of the comparisons between them is stark. Morgiana grew up in a highly abusive environment as a slave and has no memories of what her mother was like. She could have been a wonderful mother... that Morgiana never got to meet to determine if that was the case.

She has a deep longing for a mother she never got to experience. Something to help the pain she felt all those years. The journey she is currently on is one searching for closure with going to the Dark Continent. Maybe there is a chance to find something she lost, so she could close the book and gain solace while moving forward. Morgiana is, unfortunately, one of the most vulnerable to Aum Madura. Someone seeking guidance in her life, someone who was abused and looking for comfort and answers. That active searching, and doing, is what gets Morgiana out of it. When Aladdin tells her to think of someone who passed on their wishes, she thinks of Goltas. The promise to return to her homeland and gain her closure, from her own actions and not a passing fleeting dream in a web of lies.

Alibaba gets hit pretty hard too. He's one of the two that has memories of his mother, and unlike with Hakuryuu, they are good memories. He lost her when he was young. He, Cassim, and Mariam were left on the streets alone fending for themselves at a too young age. He then met his father, and despite being the most powerful man in the land, he was the one that left them in that shit scenario. Alibaba has a hole in his heart different from Aladdin and Morgiana. He knows what he has lost. Not the idea or memory of his mother. His mother. He remembers the warm hugs, the care she gave him and her adopted children. Similar to Aladdin, he knows that what she would have wanted was for him to live to his best ability and that he is strong.

Then there is Hakuryuu. Every time I rewatch or read the story again, I wonder how obvious the Gyokuen reveal is. It does a good job on focusing Hakuryuu's grief on his brothers. Up until this point, he has avoided bringing her up at all. Morgiana, as someone who is good at reading the boy's reactions, at first thinks that his mother must have died too, and Hakuryuu has just avoided the subject. Looking back at it, I cannot go in blind. It just is so painfully obvious to me because I already know that Gyokuen is a piece of shit. I do not remember my first reaction to the episode, so I cannot say if it is only easy in hindsight.

Right, back on track. Hakuryuu, unlike anyone else, knows his mother and also despises her with a burning passion. He has dedicated his life to taking her down. He is a traumatized child ready to lash out. Because of all of this, Aum Madura's ploy backfires in the worst way. The problem with Hakuryuu is that he does not understand that people have different responses to an abusive authority figure. He knows his response is to defend himself and strike back. That is his reality. If someone hurts you then the answer is to refuse to work with them and fight back, obviously.

Hakuryuu is taken aback and a little ashamed when Morgiana tells him that she took orders under duress and for her own security. Sometimes people listen to others they may not trust or else are are forced to listen to. He does know this; Morgiana did tell him about his past as a slave. The kid needs the reality check though. His problem is Hakuryuu started to process his trauma but he's only at the point where he can acknowledge his circumstances and judges everyone else accordingly based what he would do. The pirate children who are causing a ruckus and risking their lives to protect an obvious abuser? Who would fall to that ploy? Morgiana and Alibaba remind him that sometimes kids are conditioned to listen to authority figures. (Alibaba because he loved his mother and will trust her judgment when doing stuff she asked. Morgiana from being forced to as a slave.) He's not immune from victim blaming the kids. It does not really go away when Orba confronts him later.

I don't really have a good conclusion to this. I do like my interpretation of it showing how their different maternal-related trauma manifests (either orphans or abuse). Magi comments (or at least Aum Madura does) that it's a sign the others have grown up and don't need a mother. I don't like that as much? Kids aren't suddenly adults because they've learned to be self-sufficient. It means they are tough and self-sufficient children and that's it. Hakuryuu being more caught up in his trauma, and thus does not meet that qualifications doesn't sit right with me even more. There are fucked up adults that still are dealing with their built up shit and his name is Sinbad. Needing parents or wanting to be dependent on them isn't immaturity. It doesn't really annoy me as much as this final note makes it seem, yet I might as well comment on the statement made within the story itself.

Thanks for reading.

[nocticusblog]

the gay agenda

[25ne0n]

peak magi 🤧🤧🤧🤧

[psychesdisco]

[hkryu]

i wish this fight was animated it hit so hard...

[simpsforhakuryuu]

[skallkaart]

Art piece I made for a JuHaku zine. At this point I doubt it will ever get done or at least not very soon, so I might as well post it now.

Painting the flowers was a giant pain btw, but they look pretty so it's ok, I guess.

[crunchkind]

Uhhh by the way guys might redesign every outfit for magi like every single one to make it co-respond with there personality’s and plus giving my headcanons i just think it will be fun also another rant I saw someone on TikTok say alihaku is weird and there AKWARD around eachother as if alibaba didn’t ask Morgiana to marry him after three years idk I thought it was dumb but top ten gay moments of them

This THATS the cutest most puppy love gayest quote I’ve ever hear replace that with love WATCH

Hakaryuu looking at alibaba look at the way he looks at alibaba that boy is in LOVE

This one’s a classic tbh

THESE OFFICIAL ARTS THESE BITCHES ARE GAY

But anyways shipping is for fun. It always will be and the only reason you find it sexual is because your the one sexualizing it but like teens and kids are aloud to be in love as long as they are both happy and no one is getting hurt and no one is pushing weird things onto the ship, like kids cant love eachother like kids don’t understand love can confirm that’s not true and shipping is simple to adore dynamics in a romantic way like kissing and utter adoration Thankyou

I’m not saying you can’t not like a ship but unless there is a genuine reason for you to hate the ship and despise it like age gap or just straight abuse nature between it then keep it to yourself that’s what I do cause there having fun I’m having fun and it’s legal so everyone shut up and have fun that’s what fandoms are made for!!

[lmurray]

[kurootenshi]

a little more of Judal x Hakuryuu, this time with my drawing style which I keep trying to improve ✨

I hope you like it 💓

[babymagi]

For those who don't know my whole headcanon thing here, in a modern AU i fully believe that Hakuryuu would have a service dog because the housefire he was in caused permanent damage to his left eye resulting in him not being able to see out of it completely (I know that's not how it is in canon but in real life he wouldn't be able to see fully out of that thing so :p)

Henceforth I present to you Xue, she's a goberian (husky/retriever mix) that is trained as both a seeing-eye dog and is able to recognize when Hakuryuu's about to go into a PTSD attack so she can comfort and calm. She's about three years old here (does this count as an OC???)

Aaaaaand the rainbow tail is because I've seen other service dog owners dye their pupper's tails (with dog-safe dye) rainbow colours specifically for pride month. I thought it was cute so I incorporated that idea here 😊

[nocticusblog]

hakuryuu doodle

[pandakyoki]

Those are Sketch commissions which I got from @arashimatoi x3

This are all three Canon x OC ships >w<

[psychesdisco]

😭😭😭😭

[telvarla]

I don't have a lot of ideas for the inktober prompt for day 7 so here's a drawing of Hakuryuu instead

[simpsforhakuryuu]

Hakuryuu text posts pt. 5--the return (again)