#makomo head canons

[broken-spirit101]

Sabito & Makomo Yandere Headcanons

A/N: I can't be the only one who feels they're too underrated. They deserve more love :"(

Warnings: Yandere themes, Makomo is platonic, Reader is training under Urokodaki

Sabito: ➼ Sabito is shy. Scratch that, he's EXTREMELY shy.

➼ Now, he probably comes off as someone who's tough and bold. However, when it comes to love, he doesn't know how to react. Just a touch could send him flying to outer space. He does get sudden moments of courage though, so when you thought he was being a bit too touchy during training, you weren't imagining it.

➼ He knows you're not scared to be independent and he loves that about you. He once saw you cooking food alone and tried to help you. End result? A horrible burn mark on the floor that just wouldn't go away and burnt scrambled eggs that were supposed to be tamagoyaki. Yeah, he's not house-husband material, but he's pretty sweet.

➼ He wants you to become stronger, he wouldn't mind if you became stronger than him, but he was very paranoid about you not coming back from the Final Selection. Is becoming a demon slayer really that necessary? Why can't you just stay with him, Tanjiro, and Makomo? You guys are like a family, aren't you?

➼ He's definitely a tsundere yet clingy type of yandere. God, blushing because of a simple touch isn't manly at all. It's not like he likes you. He just isn't used to physical contact, that's all. Right? RIGHT? Red flag? Is there any? He's even up to sharing you if needed! The only red flag I can think of is that he likes to watch you (not in a creepy way). A lot. You might think at night while getting to bed that nobody is watching you but think twice.

➼ If you think he's vanished after you officially became a demon slayer, he's really not. You're too naive to think that.

Makomo: ➼ She's the opposite of Sabito. She may come off as shy and introverted, but she's brazen as hell.

➼ She's one of the best matchmakers to have ever walked on this planet. She sees both Tanjiro and Sabito as her older brothers and she already sees you like an older sister. Makomo simply wants to be a sister-in-law, so she has a few tricks up her sleeve. She's already pulled a few, little do you know.

➼ She loves spending time with you talking about anything and everything after your training sessions. It can range from crushes, friends, clothes, to even the kind of food you like. She's a devil in disguise and uses this information for her match-making escapades. One day, you told Makomo that you liked (f/f), and the very next day, Sabito bought you sweets of the exact same flavor, how odd is that? You got excited and hugged him.

➼ Ghosts have the ability to turn invisible, you know. If you think she's left you alone after the Final Selection, she really hasn't. She likes to watch over you and is proud to see how much you've progressed. She can't even fathom being away from you.

➼ She's an impulsive yandere. She'll do anything that comes to her mind and she's quick to adapt to situations if anything goes wrong. She's a huge tease and most situations don't turn out right because of this trait of hers. Red flag? She may or may not be a bit manipulative to get her way. It's not like it's harming anyone, though. She's hellbent to get the happy ending she desires.

➼ Makomo and Nezuko would be BEST FRIENDS if they met. Their personalities match a lot. Three of you having a sleepover- how cute does that sound?

Map

[kozmicmizuu]

a thought just like- popped into my head rn

so like- alive makomo and sabito right?? banger au and all that

one thing that is very common in the aus is that if giyuu was like, being berated and teased by anyone, sabito would usually be the first to be like “leave him alone” or something. even though giyuu is more than capable of defending himself, he’s just a sassy guy who does NOT give a fuck

but, i feel like makomo would be the one to immediately defend giyuu.

she’s already done that before in canon when the hand demon insulted and laughed at urokodaki and the previous students (that did get her killed tho)

she would be so ready to jump someone for her best buddy giyuu (sabito would join dw)

- - - - -

giyuu, ranting about how obanai called him ‘rat faced’: yeahhh, it didn’t hurt that badly, not that i care about it much

sabito: giyuu, you really need to stand up for yourself more often—

makomo: where does he live.

giyuu and sabito: no

- - - - -

i’m so normal about them

[myreygn]

i recently saw art of the demon slayer characters playing musical instruments and was wondering what instrument you think the characters would play

ooh very good question! music is not my field of expertise but i can try to organize my few thoughts - also if i mention an instrument that didnʼt exist during that time in that area (which i will) just imagine it's a modern au ^^'

also: i did include canon musical skills but only those i could think of off the top of my head so there might be some stuff missing or just plain ignored lol

okay so we know that zenitsu plays the shamisen and the koto (which apparently originates from the chinese guzheng even tho my former japanese neighbors have been trying to tell me otherwise but what do i know lol i just thought it was funny) and i think his talent would expand to other string instruments as well, he could probably learn how to play the guitar, bass guitar, maybe even violin etc very easily

i can also picture sanemi with a guitar because @trans-ace-lee established that in the modern au and also i think it would be really sexy 😌 which is why i declare it canon

genya would try and copy his brother but he'd be really bad at it and switch to another instrument that's more his style, i'm thinking maybe drums. at first he does it to look cool and then actually having fun is a nice bonus lol

tengen "canonically" plays the harmonica, tho i can see him being a natural at most instruments he picks up. in the au he's been playing piano since he was a child because his dad wanted him to but he actually ended up loving it, he also had to learn hichiriki (a type of flute) and also i made him a music major so he probably plays a ton of instruments a little bit

speaking of flutes, we know that gyomei plays the shakuhachi. given his supreme hearing i'm sure he could learn to play other instruments as well but i don't really see him doing that tbh? like he has his flute and he's very contempt with his flute, the same applies to yoriichi

and nakime obviously plays the biwa in every universe, nakime and her biwa are inseparable

ideas for which i don't have any reason and which are solely based on vibes: giyuu - violin, sabito - e-guitar, kanao - piano, kanae - harp, douma - something unnerving, like an organ, akaza - drums, senjuro - kokyu, daki - goto

and honorable mentions of characters who i think have beautiful singing voices: kanae, tengen, kokushibo, sanemi, nezuko, aoi, kagaya, makomo, urokodaki

[frickinsleepdeprived]

Inverse of the last ask, the current hashira (and maybe the others if you want) are springboarded into the epilouge future. How would they react to seeing the reincarnations/descendents and the lives they have (I really wanna see how giyuu would react to the reincarnated Sabito and Makomo and how Obanai would react see his and Mitsuri reincarnations children)?

By this I'm assuming you mean that they travel forward in time to see where they end up, so I'll definitely see what I can do lol hope you enjoy!

(Note: For all of these; assume no canon deaths have occurred, everyone is safe and sound. Think of this as a foreshadowing dream. Time eras of reincarnation are not specified so feel free to get creative with the time periods.)

......

Muichiro:

He kinda just woke up in his family home, not really sure of how he got there

Frankly, he remembers nothing from last night, but that's kind of a given

His brother wasn't there, which kind of saddened him because the memories kept flooding back to him like a crashing wave

However, what he did see was himself (or at least a version of himself) and a beautiful woman who he could only assume was his wife

They couldn't see him though, which was perfect because Muichiro decided to follow himself around for the day

He found out that he owns a small stall in a market selling various types of produce and even little wooden dolls for children that his wife makes

He also found out he owns a cat, courtesy of Gyomei who breeds them

He was elated to find out that he gets to live a normal life with a wife and hopefully a future child

When he woke up, he was back in his quarters at the hashira base, looking around for the life that he knew was going to happen in the future

At least now, he has something to look forward to in the future. Something to be his drive

...

Mitsuri:

Mitsuri woke up in a strange bed, it definitely wasn't her's but it was wayyyy warmer than it should've been

So she looks to her left and saw a familiar head of black hair, and when the person rolled over, her heart filled with joy but also extreme confusion

Obanai, apparently, is her future husband? It's not that she has a problem with that, it's more so she didn't think that they'd survive to get to that point, or at least be reincarnated to get to this point

Then she heard an infant's cry, to which her future self woke up to go check on. It was a little girl, with her pink hair with black strands throughout. And heterochromic eyes, one blue and one green.

And when I tell you this girl is in tears-

Sobbing crying frowing up-

For the first time, she finally has the relief of not having to worry about finding a husband, because now she knows it's someone that will love her for her

She found out that she herself is a matchmaker! She also owns a small sweets shop as a side hustle

When she woke up, she smiled with tears in her eyes. There wasn't anything to worry about for the future. Because she knows everything will turn out okay.

...

Obanai:

Mans was strangely warmer than usual when he woke up, but seeing the pink and green hair, he knew exactly who he was with

"Mitsuri? There's no way... we actually survive as hashiras? Or is this just another version of me?"

Yeah he's so fucking confused lol

It's not like he's unhappy about it though, if anything he'd only trust and love Mitsuri enough to be his wife, let alone the mother of his child

Speaking of children...

When Mitsuri hears their child crying, and brings their daughter to Obanai to get her to calm down enough to go back to sleep

This man is completely overjoyed, to the point where he actually sheds a few tears

Like damn he actually has a future with her? That was insane to him, in the best way possible of course

Obviously he knows that this isn't exactly him per say but he could tell by mannerisms that it was definitely himself and Mitsuri with their child

He found out he's a bassist for a band with Sanemi, Rengoku, and Giyuu, with Tengen acting as their manager

When he woke up, there was no Mitsuri, no child, and definitely no band

However, he found Mitsuri as soon as he could and swung her into a huge hug knowing that one day, in this lifetime or not, he'd be with her for life

...

Gyomei:

He knew something was very off when he woke up

However, he did hear a female calling for him, so he decided to follow this weird version of himself

Hearing the words "babe" and "my love" only made him assume that this female was either his girlfriend or his wife, either way he couldn't tell

And again, he's not opposed to it at all. He knows that at some point in the future, or in another lifetime, that there will be someone who will accept him for who he is

He found out that he's a youth minister at a local temple, helping kids through their strife and guiding them on the right path in life. Even doing therapy with them with the aid of cats

When he woke up, he immediately got to praying. Thanking the gods for the foreshadowing of one of his future lives

...

Sanemi:

Sanemi was a little terrified to say the least

I mean come on, waking up in a bed with a strange woman?

He didn't remember having a one night stand like at all

But upon realization, he figured out that this wasn't his timeline, rather it was a future version of him

And the girl in his bed was his girlfriend... awkwardddd

Either way, he kinda wanted to figure out what the hell this was all about, so he did some deep diving

His girlfriend is a costume designer, a pretty renowned one at that.

He plays lead guitar and vocals in a band with Obanai, Rengoku, and Giyuu also

I mean he's not complaining or anything, if anything he finds that kind of life ideal in a weird way

His band performed that night, which was pretty cool to witness despite it being his future self

When he woke up though, he was a little bummed out. Given how he'd have to wait multiple lifetimes to achieve what he witnessed

But at least he had something to look forward to, and that's all that mattered to him

...

Shinobu:

The poor girl was startled to find Giyuu in her bed, but at least it was someone she trusts

Upon further evaluation, the room she was in was definitely more futuristic than she remembers it being

And Giyuu has tattoos? Unbelievable

And she only knows it's Giyuu because there's no way in hell she'd mistake anyone else for having black hair that's that long and spiky

But she wakes up, quietly snakes her way to the kitchen to start cooking, and tries to get over how bizarre this feels

When Giyuu wakes up and hugs her from behind, he knew this definitely was not her timeline

Because there's no way that in the timeline she's from she'd date Giyuu, unless it came down to it of course (nudge nudge wink wink)

But shoe goes about it as usual, allowing whatever the dream had to offer happen

She found herself running a flower shop and apothecary in one, which she felt was rather befitting

Then the evening came around and somehow in some weird way she found herself at a concert? At least Giyuu was performing so she must've had a reason to be there

When the day ended in the dream, she wakes up to her own bed. Relieved that it was just a dream

Although, she couldn't help but wonder if that was a foreshadowing of her future life. Be it in this time line or otherwise

...

Giyuu:

"Why the fuck is Shinobu in my bed-"

Yup, that's his immediate thought

Then he notices the tattoos running all down his arms and realizes he's not in his own home

Although, he couldn't complain because he knew that this was out of his control, so he rolls with it

He found out he's the lead singer and harmonic guitarist of a band with Rengoku, Sanemi, Obanai, and Tanjiro. Kind of a weird mix but hey the performance he had that night went really well

As a side hustle he figured out he works for a music store as a vocal teacher, how he got into music he has no idea

But, the real kicker was that he got to see Sabito and Makomo again

Yeah the tears were real-

But like always, he wakes up. Saddened that it was a dream but hopeful it might become a reality someday

...

Rengoku:

"Well, this is not what I was expecting..."

He was wondering how he got here, was he kidnapped? Or was this a dream? Hell he wouldn't know

Then he saw the most beautiful girl laying next to him, so naturally, he pulls her in for cuddles lol

"Kyo, what're you doing up so early it's 2 in the morning..."

"Apologies my love, I didn't mean to wake you, just go back to sleep okay?"

Yeah despite the unusual nature of the situation, he decided to take it in stride and embrace the moment, in typical Rengoku fashion

When daylight hit, and he went to go get dressed, he saw a military uniform in his closet, it was a Marine uniform too, perhaps he was a part of the military in this dream?

He definitely wasn't expecting to be a part of a band, playing drums for them and whatnot. But Obanai and Sanemi proved to be skilled guitarists and who knew Giyuu has a beautiful voice? Rengoku didn't that's for sure

When he awoke though, he was soaked in sweat, unsure of what to do with himself

Regardless though, despite how creepy the situation was he was definitely grateful he got to see what his future life would look like

...

Tengen:

Of course his wives were there, or at least some version of them were

But little did he know that there was a fourth

Ah yes, mans has the rizz but he didn't expect to have a fourth wife in his life, or maybe this is a dream and he's just basking in the moment

Either way, he went about his business as usual, little did he know that three dogs would be running around rampant

"This is definitely a dream..."

Then he proceeded to get dressed, though his hashira uniform wasn't there. Only a lot of black shirts, pants, and a pair of tactical boots along with a tactical belt to match. Not so flashy in his opinion but it would have to do until he figures out what the hell is going on

Then work came around, hence the reason for the tactical belt

"Babe! I don't think you wanna leave this behind again."

I'm sorry is that a gun?

Yeah he didn't know how dangerous managing a band would be. But he had to say the boys did do really good.

When he woke up from the supposed "nightmare", he found his wives safe and sound with him, no dogs in sight, and his flashy clothes were still in his closet

He didn't really know how to view that, but he knew that if it ever happened, it would be the best thing that's ever happened to him

......

This took a while lol I had a hard time figuring out what kind of occupations they'd have. I guess you'd consider this another modern AU? I'm not too sure tbh but I hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you want to see next!

[thatringboy]

Completely fucked up over the dead people in FS&S.

Sabito died in chapter TWO, but that one moment irreversibly changed the entire narrative. It destroyed the Tomioka found family, stole Makomo’s childhood and forced Sanemi to take his mother’s old role as leader of the Hashira which just stockpiled the stress he was already under as the new head of the Shinazugawa family, Obanai’s trainer and dealing with so many losses

And then Sanemi dies. The boy who had everything and then nothing. And we see in the end of that chapter that every other Pillar is irreversibly changed again. And we see him everywhere. In the wind, in Mitsuri’s knuckles, in Genya’s smile, on Nezuko’s sword, in Obanai’s fighting style, in every broken arm and wall of wisteria trees. And now with Nezuko and Shinobu staring down Rui, each who have lost their families and know the pain of it at the exact same time that the queen of demons has arrived where Sanemi’s remaining relatives are defending the new master of the demon slayer corps. Everyone was born to die and we don’t even see how much everyone loved Sanemi until he’s gone

And even for smaller characters, Urokodaki who did not hesitate to adopt Kotoha and her bastard baby when they needed help, Tanjuro who tried to raise five children without being able to move much because of illness, Tsutako who hated Douma with her entire life being defended by him after she is replaced because of how much she meant to everyone else around him, Ume appearing to both Nezuko and Tanjiro as apparitions to push them forward in both skill and mental fortitude respectively, I could go on

The FS&S narrative is haunted, maybe even moreso than kny canon. It is haunted by those who were born to die and chose to love regardless.

It’s in the little things, Urokodaki stitching up Kotoha’s face knowing she would need to help him commit seppeku as soon as he was done, Sanemi writing a letter for Genya before he sets off on every mission he goes on just in case something goes wrong, Tanjuro giving Nezuko the earrings that really should have gone to Tanjiro and knowing that his life was forfeit the second he parted with them, Giyuu taking off his mask that he never took off because he hid behind his bond with Sabito just to throw himself into certain death because someone needed to clear the way for Makomo, every one of them loved with everything they had and paid the price for it

Your story is haunted in the most beautiful way possible

It’s 2:23 am and I’m hysterical over this, thank you!!

A big theme in all of FS&S is grief and I’m really happy that it resonated with you so much! You’re too kind!

[vale-var]

Well, my headcanon is that Makomo is 1 older than Gyomei and according to canon he beats Sanemi, Obanai and Giyuu at 6 years old, so Gyomei would be a teacher at 19 and Makomo at 20 (and I'm not getting that out of the way nothing in my headcanon is like this)

In my AU the one who was very interested in quidditch is Makomo in fact,she was very passionate but due to an injury she could no longer continue

in my AU Sabito is not interested in quidditch ironically(It is more likely to see Sabito wear an animal on his head, mainly a badger cheering on some quidditch team),but the one interested in quidditch is Gyutaro who is on the Slytheryn team Sabito is more interested in the care of magical creatures or herbology and actuallyhe is pretty good in both(in fact,Sabito escapes in matches because he believes that the match is fixed and whoever makes the snitch win)and Daki/Ume is something like his little assistant,she's only there because...

1-Gyutaro commissioned Sabito to take care of his sister(since he is in Slytheryn)

2-she is only interested in pretty flowers and animals

(If I didn't put Makomo in divination because it would be very cliché,but yeah,she really likes it)

I can see Giyuu interested in the dark arts or defense against the dark arts

Despite being so creepy and weird,Sabito is the prefect of Hufflepuff

Kohaku(my headcanon of Obanai's cousin in my AU)of Slytheryn

Sanemi and Murata from Gryffindor

And Yukio from Ravenclaw(that's my headcanon about Tengen's younger brother)

Yae is the Seeker of Gryffindor

Yukio(my hc of Tengen's youngest brother)is the captain of the team of Ravenclaw he is a chaser

The captain of the Slytheryn team is Obanai's cousin,in my au she is called Kohaku

Mitsuri is good at potions

They have pushed Sabito a lot to join the Quidditch team but he simply says "naaaaaa, I prefer to be surrounded by these majestic beings rather than animals"

There's also been a lot of emphasis on Ume/Daki,but she simply finds Quidditch more difficult and disastrous than spending time on Earth with Sabito and his little plants or the magical creatures

Hogwarts AU

I think I should talk more about my Hogwarts AU there will be a bit of a change in ages

Makomo and Gyomei were prefects(Makomo in Ravenclaw and Gyomei in Hufflepuff)in their time as students,now they are teachers

Makomo is the transformation teacher Gyomei is the care of magical creatures Shinjuro is the history of magic teacher

Giyuu and Kanae are on the Slytheryn quidditch team and Sanemi,Obanai,Kyojuro and Yae are on the Gryffindor team

I'm the only weird one who put Sabito and Daki/Ume in Hufflepuff,because who says that someone creepy who prefers to be in the middle of the forest and a badbitch with high standards can't be Hufflepuff?

(also Sabito for some reason gives me Newt Scamander vibes and Daki/Ume gives me Tonks vibes,well they both have a bit of Tonks vibes)

I like to think that Kanae and Shinobu's(and the rest of the girls') brooches are fairy wings

@misty-memories09 emm ..please can you help me?you knows more about this that me,please help me to improve this...

[sweetreichel]

Finally got to figure out a Sabito lived AU that feels faithful to the story and characters (imo ofc)

(long ramble under the cut)

This diverges from canon at Giyuu's and Sabito's Final Selection. Giyuu is hurt all the same, and Sabito kills all demons... Except for one. On the last night there, he runs into the Hand Demon, who tells him that he hates Urokodaki and starts teasing Sabito. He pulls his arm so hard that Sabito almost loses all strength there. Then, as he is about to crush his head, Sabito snaps and cuts the hands holding him with his left hand. The Hand Demon gets mad and throws him, knocking Sabito out like it did to Tanjiro. Makomo, who had seen them training, appears to him because she doesn't want Urokodaki to lose another pupil (and, basically, son). She convinces Sabito to run away because the Demon cannot be defeated. Sabito, unable to move his right arm and having lost his left eye, decides that's the wisest decision and hides for the rest of the night, succeeding at the Final Selection.

As they're recovering, Giyuu confesses he feels like he doesn't deserve to be part of the Corps, it almost seems like he wants to quit. Sabito gets real mad, because he can't understand how Giyuu, who is capable of continuing the fight, doesn't want to, while he, who is ashamed of running away from a demon (therefore allowing it to kill more people) and wants to make up for it killing as many demons as possible, doesn't know if he'll ever be able to use his right arm again. Sabito keeps the secret of the Hand Demon because of the shame he feels and because he doesn't want to cause Urokodaki more pain. Giyuu feels guilty because he thinks that Sabito is the one who deserved to come out unharmed, and after seeing Sabito so frustrated, he decides to train until he can no more. These feelings they keep from each other create a little fracture in their relationship.

Giyuu starts on missions and in between he comes back to Urokodaki's, but it slowly becomes less frequent. Sabito starts rehabilitation and after half a year or more, he's able to control his right arm more or less like before the injury, but realizes he'll never have the same strength in that arm. So he has to re learn Water Breathing, now to execute it with his non dominant arm.

He starts getting harder missions and therefore climbing ranks. One day (he is Tsuchinoto or tsuchinoe), and not having seen Giyuu for months, he learns from Urokodaki that he became a Hashira. Sabito is far from jealous but he is hurt that Giyuu didn't tell him himself. It's been a long since Giyuu last sent him a letter. Sabito trains harder and he sends a request to become Giyuu's tsuguko. Giyuu does not take him in. Giyuu still feels like he doesn't deserve the position and thinks that he has nothing to teach Sabito, but Sabito has no idea this is how Giyuu feels and just doesn't understand why Giyuu is rejecting him.

Sabito reaches rank Kinoe and also achieves the requirements to become a Hashira, but the Water Pillar seat is still occupied. By this time, Giyuu saves Tanjiro and Nezuko. Sabito no longer lives with Urokodaki, although he visits from time to time. Sabito feels like he is at a stalemate. He goes to mount Sagiri looking for Urokodaki's advise and some inspiration. He learns of Tanjiro and Nezuko, and wonders again why Giyuu didn't tell him that either. He feels like Giyuu is building a wall between them (and he is). Sabito finds Tanjiro training and beats him just like in canon. Makomo guides Tanjiro in his training in between his rare encounters with Sabito, who secretly puts his trust in Tanjiro to defeat the Hand Demon. Makomo appears to Sabito again, and reminds him that Water Breathing is about adaptability and that he can take that to further lengths. Sabito realizes that his growth was slow and eventually stopped because he should've adapted Breathing to his capabilities and not the other way around. During the six months of Tanjiro's training, Sabito comes up with a new Breathing (I'm inclined to call it something like Snow or Ice Breathing). Then, when Tanjiro is about to effectively hit him for the first time, Sabito dodges and that's when he breaks the rock. Tanjiro leaves for the Final Selection and Sabito goes back to missions.

When Rengoku falls, and seeing that they might be getting close to fighting Muzan, Sabito is called to occupy the position of Hashira. With his Pillar privileges he finally goes and confronts Giyuu. But Giyuu still doesn't open up to him, and instead is internally bitter that Sabito did not become the Water Pillar in his stead.

Tanjiro, by Oyakata-sama's request, talks sense into Giyuu, and makes him remember that it is for Tsutako and the very same Sabito that he got to where he is, to protect others with all he's got regardless of the outcome. Giyuu is able to have a small chat with Sabito--mostly, he apologizes and struggles to explain himself, but Sabito is just grateful he is trying to make amends. Sabito participates in the Pillar training (probably challenging them to fight without using all their limbs or senses, because he tells them that such a wound should not make them retire from the fight) (Giyuu's training would focus on a defensive style based on flexibility, much like what Dead Calm is about).

Sabito fights side to side with the rest of the Hashiras. (In a similar to canon setting, he'd probably fall. But this is a nice AU, so everyone survives). In post canon, he and Giyuu finally confess all they went through and go back to Urokodaki to enjoy some peaceful time together.

[rubylarkspur22]

Kochou-Kamado Swap AU(🦋) Explanation

So! This AU has two versions. I will go over both variations. This one is gonna have a lot more spoilers for the story in general, compared to Ship Swap(💕), so be ready for that.

So! Let's start with characters!

Kanae

Kanae, similarly to canon, still lives with her parents and sister and a pretty well-off life. However, here, they live quite a bit longer. Kanae is 15(as opposed to the 7 years old she was in canon, iirc) when she comes home from spending the night at a friend's house, finding her parents dead and her little sister gravely injured. She rushed to get Shinobu to a doctor, but shortly discovered her sister had become a demon. After calming Shinobu down, Kanae comes face-to-face with a Demon Slayer(though, not Tomioka Giyuu, funnily enough). After convincing the Slayer to spare her sister, she is sent off to train to become a Demon Slayer so that she may find a way to cure her sister.

Kanae still maintains her canon attitude of demons being tragic creatures, and hoping to become friends with some. Part of that may be so Shinobu doesn't get lonely, but she will neither confirm nor deny that statement.

And during her training, Kanae is surprised to come across someone with a kind smile and an offer to help her perfect her forms.

Something I did is give Kanae the ability to see auras, something she hones as she trains. It's actually how she noticed that the swords Demon Slayers wield are not the same as your average blade.

Shinobu

Shinobu is 12 when a demon(one very familiar to her in canon), invades her home, killing her parents and forcing his blood into her veins. When she woke up, it was with hunger in her stomach and what seemed like food surrounding her. Thankfully, her mind cleared up before she hurt her big sister, driving her to protect Kanae by any means necessary when faced with the mysterious figure who was so determined to cut Shinobu's head off.

Unlike Nezuko in canon, Shinobu becomes verbal not long after her two-year slumber. It's limited, but she has help in the form of her sister and those around Kanae. Since the Kochou girls have no connection to Sun Breathing or Yoriichi, Shinobu had no reason to hold off on her mental development.

Shinobu is also quite a bit more aggressive towards demons she fights. Without use of hypnosis. Many a demon, assuming they survive the little butterfly's wrath or her sister's blade, leave the conflict looking like a cat went at them. Bite marks, claw marks, Kochou Shinobu had no mercy.

Before we get to Tanjirou and Nezuko, I want to go over my two different versions of this AU, as these two variations determine their exact backstories and who's with them as well as the Kochou sisters when the time comes.

Variation 1: Tanjirou and Nezuko are still the only survivors of the massacre. However, it's all been moved back in time, and the two eldest children are 10 and 11 when the Demon King kills their parents and siblings. The two are rescued by Himejima, and sent to Urokodaki after they recuperate from the shock and trauma of losing their family. They meet Makomo(who is a Slayer already, having barely escaped the Hand Demon with her life), Sabito and Giyuu, and become good friends with them as they train. Then they go to Final Selection, and Sabito lives thanks to having two extra friends backing him up!

Tanjirou and Nezuko rediscover Sun Breathing during their training, but continue learning Water Breathing since it's easier on their bodies than the Hinokami Kagura. But, as time goes on and they become stronger, it becomes easier to use the original Breathing Style. And thus, two years after passing the Final Selection, Kamado Tanjirou becomes the Demon Slayer Corps first Sun Hashira in centuries(assuming the first Breath Users were Hashira, Yoriichi would be the Sun Hashira, but *shrug*)

Variation 2: The Kamado family, like the Rengoku family, is a long line of Sun Hashira. I actually made the two families related by making Ruka Rengoku into Tanjurou's sister, making Kyojurou and Senjurou the Kamado kids' cousins! The whole family lives, with Tanjirou, Nezuko, and Takeo having passed the Final Selection and doing missions, Hanako passing but choosing to become a medic after a scare on her first mission, and Shigeru in training. Rokuta hasn't found a Breath Style yet.

Meanwhile the Kochou family has taken in Aoi, Kanao, Sumi, Kiyo, and Naho. And they are all home for the demon attack.

Now with that out of the way, it's time to get to the Sun Siblings!

Tanjirou

Tanjirou, two years after his passing of the Final Selection, was given the position of Sun Hashira. While a dutiful Slayer more determined than some to end Kibutsuji's reign of evil for good, Tanjirou's kindness towards the demons who regret their actions remains.

However, his rank painted a target on his back. And his use of Sun Breathing only made that target bigger. Two years after he became a Hashira, when he was 17, he and Nezuko were pitted against the second most powerful demon in Japan, second only to Kibutsuji himself. Upper Moon One, Kokushibou. It was a losing battle, and the siblings' only hope of survival was lasting until sunrise. Tanjirou begged for Nezuko to run so she could survive, taking on the Upper Moon alone. A fatal choice, but one he does not regret making. His little sister's life was spared, that's all that mattered to him.

After that fateful battle, Tanjirou's spirit remained in the Estate he called home. Watching over his family, and eventually meeting a pair of sisters. One, a demon who retained her humanity, and the other an aspiring Slayer hoping to find a cure for demons. And these sisters, as a favour to his own, Tanjirou helped to train from beyond the grave. Watching over them until they departed on their mission.

Nezuko

Nezuko, at age 16, was dubbed the Flower Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps. However, she doesn't use the same Flower Breathing we see in canon. Instead, she created her own version, based mostly on Water Breathing with hints of inspiration from the six core Breathing Styles derived directly from Sun Breathing(she found out about Moon Breathing from reading the Rengoku and Ubuyashiki family records). She also added poison to her arsenal, making her quite the force to be reckoned with.

Before the loss of Tanjirou, Nezuko was extremely energetic and exciteable. While she didn't possess the same kindness as her brother, she was hardly considered cruel towards demons. Aggressive at times, yes, but not cruel. Her rage was saved for Kibutsuji, for the monster who slaughtered her family. She did, however, threaten extreme bodily harm upon the Kakushi who made her initial uniform(the scummy tailor who made Mitsuri's uniform).

After Kokushibou killed her brother, however, there was a visible change. She became cold and resentful towards demons, and closed off from all but a select few of her fellow Demon Slayers(Giyuu, Sabito, Rengoku, Gyomei and Mitsuri were the only Hashira she said more than a few brief words to in a casual setting). The demons she hated most, of course, were the ones who took away her family, leaving her the last surviving member of her bloodline. She swore vengeance on both Kibutsuji Muzan and Kokushibou.

Nezuko has an extra trick up her sleeve aside from Flower Breathing and her poisons, but she's kept it a secret. Waiting until the right moment to reveal her extra trick, and destroy the demons who took so much from her once and for all.

[milkttea]

Journey of a Divine Slayer

Chapter 6: Blade go swish

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Note: Things spoken in dialogue that aren’t Japanese will be in italics and thoughts will always be in italics.

Warnings: canon typical violence, gross descriptions of the scene, reader swearing, Eden watching to see if y'all survive.

Word Count: 1.3k

Demon Slayer x Reader; Female Reader.

All of you looked at the demon with terror. It was one thing to eat people, but to eat one group of people because of who their mentor was, that was truly awful and Tanjiro and you were beginning to boil with rage.

You look to Tanjiro and find him furrowing his brows and gritting his teeth, slowly you put your hand on his wrist lightly and keep it there for a couple seconds before slowly moving it back to your side and moving your wrists that the feathers you have hidden in your arm sleeves move to a looser position.

The demon continues with his boasting as you both continue to silently rage at the awful descriptions of what he did to the children that he unfairly sought out.

"Speaking of which, the ones that left me with the most impression was this pair of kids," the demon mutters out loud, "and of those two the kid with the rare hair color was the strongest."

'Sabito,' you thought to yourself sadly.

Tanjiro stood with a unreadable expression as the demon continued with his tangent.

"He had a head covered with pink hair and a scar on one of the corners of his mouth.”

Immediately a mental image of Sabito appeared in Tanjiro’s and yours minds. You could only get more and more upset as the demon looked proud of what he had done to them.

“The other was a little girl wearing flower patterned clothing. Even though she was small and not very powerful, she was quick and light with her movements.”

‘Makomo,’ you and Tanjiro thought.

Tanjiro, however, looked perplexed as he remembered seeing them at Urokodaki’s home. They even trained him to be able to succeed in the first place!

The demon, seemingly not realizing the mounting anger within Tanjiro and the deathly calm surrounding you, despite you being very angry.

“That fox mask is a mark. I remember the style Urokodaki uses when carving the masks. The tengu mask he wears is carved the same way.”

Tanjiro clenches his blade a little tighter at that, while you glare up to the demon through your hair. You send a quick glance to the boy behind you as he takes the hint and starts to slowly make his escape.

“It’s called a 'mask of disaster prevention' or something right? It was because they were wearing it, that they were eaten.”

Tanjiro shakes with anger as the demon proudly boasts of his murders.

“They’re all in my stomach. It’s as if Urokodaki killed them himself.”

You grip your hilt as you seethe with rage as the demon laughs at how he killed your friends.

“How dare you laugh at the pain you’ve caused!” You shout, “you’ve ended innocent lives! Just because of a mask?”

The demon merely continues to laugh as he continues.

“When I said these words, that little girl was so angry, she had tears shining at the corners of her eyes.”

He continues laughing, his hands covering his mouth as he laughs with unfiltered glee., his gaze soon shifts to you.

"Much like there are tears in yours."

Looks of hatred filled your faces. as the demon continued on describing how he dismembered the poor girl. The second he finished his awful boasting, Tanjiro dashed forward and cut and slashed the hands that came to him as he neared the demon.

You jumped back as a hand came near you and ran. jumping from tree to tree to try and evade the hands that continued to come towards you.

"Tanjiro! Don't think about what happened to them! Do you really want their deaths to lead to your own? Live for them!"

You shouted, rearing your hand back and throwing it forward as some of Eden's feathers flew into the demons arm and caused it disintegrate. Tanjiro was momentarily stunned by your words. Getting smacked by the demon and into a tree, rendering him semi-unconscious, you dashed and rolled forward cutting the arms of the demon that got too close to him.

The boy that you both had been protecting runs away, seeing his chance with both of you being occupied. You continue to fight off some hands as Tanjiro slowly stirs awake, his brother yelling for him to wake and fight spurring his alertness.

He wakes just as you look at him, getting momentarily distracted and end up getting smacked into a tree. This sends you into a daze as you skid on your side from the attack, your leg getting scratched up. Tanjiro uses this as a chance to attack the demon and deter it away from you.

He finds himself in a difficult position as you are too delirious to help and finds it difficult to fight this demon as his hands just keep growing back. He notices a strong scent from the ground and jumps just in time to avoid an attack from multiple hands.

The demon takes this chance to send a straightforward attack to Tanjiro, which he deflects with a hit to the hand from his forehead. This leaves the demon defenseless, but confident Tanjiro can't kill him.

Elsewhere in the forest next to Urokodaki's home, two spirit's converse.

"So, Tanjiro and (Y/N) are going to lose after all? Its head is really tough," the youngest of the spirits says with disappointment and sadness in her tone.

The older spirit, sitting on the stone Tanjiro split doesn't respond at first. Seemingly contemplating his response before saying, "Might lose, might win. But there is only one truth right here in front of us, and that is."

He places his palm flat on the split stone, "Tanjiro is the only man that was able to slice open the toughest and hardest rock thus far and that girl..."

Back with Tanjiro and his fight with the hand demon, he yells as he unleashes the First Style: Water Surface Slice, slicing the demons head clean off.

The demon couldn't react as a memory came to him of a time long past of when he first encountered Urokodaki and that style of breathing. At this moment Tanjiro runs to your side to wake you and help you with your injuries while the demon stares on as he helps you up.

"Are you alright?"

Worry etched on his face as you wince at the scratches on your leg that weren't protected by your socks.

"Just a scratch, Tanjiro, I'll be fine."

Youdirect your attention to the deteriorating demon with sad eyes, Tanjiro following you. Even if the demon has killed many other slayers and humans, it is still sad that he was manipulated by Muzan and forced to live the rest of his semi-immortal life locked up here after being caught by Urokodaki. You couldn't imagine how sad he was when first turned, to then turn to this monster with no empathy.

'Why do you have that expression on your faces?'

The demon stares at you both with tears in his eyes, not used to being shown compassion at this point in his long, long life. Especially from demon slayers.

With you now a little patched up, both you and Tanjiro move closer to the demon slowly turning to ash and blowing away with the turning of time. His hand slowly extends out as his mind cries with the memories of a brother he had long forgotten.

Tanjiro is the first to move as he grabs the demon's hand, you slowly make your way to the hand as well, and place one of Eden's feathers in it.

"May you live a better life and find your peace," you say as Tanjiro stares with a sad look on his face, making his own prayer for the demon.

The hand demon passes on, hand in hand with his brother. Hopefully onto a better life where he won't be plagued by the terrors that he faced in this one.

[iooiu]

hii its nezukos birthday today!! how do you think the water family would celebrate it?

OMG IM SORRY IM SO LATEKHKHKH BUT HBDDDD NEZUKO 

okay so because of the fact that nezuko can’t go out in sunlight (i only have this au set up until the first mission and the whole hashira meeting) they would start all celebrations at sunset. i think the main event would, instead of a big meal (for obvious reasons) be just all of them giving nezuko gifts she can hold onto.

tanjirou would probably get her new clothes because she’s always shrinking and growing so he would get clothes that she could comfortably wear when she wanted to. sabito WOULD TOTALLY GET HER A KNIFE. JUST A WHOLE. KNIFE. and everyone’s just like “sabito she’s a demon wth” and he would respond with “yeah but everyone needs a knife”. he’d probably decorate the hilt with flowers and even though nezuko will never use it she still keeps it in her box.

giyuu would most definitely get stuck on what to get her because this is the first time he’s ever getting a demon a gift. he’d roam around villages days before her birthday (birthnight?? idk) and look around for smth that nezuko would find useful. i think out of all of them giyuu would spend the most time looking for smth and in the end he would end up just sitting down and making smth himself. i can see him carving more bamboo muzzles or little trinkets. anything along those lines that nezuko could keep along with sabito’s knife.

makomo would def get nezuko ribbons for her hair! because tanjirou isn’t the best at styling hair makomo would take the time to teach him simple braids and styles for her, as well as show him the ropes of how to use ribbons as more than just a placeholder to keep hair out of nezuko’s face. makomo would spend the night styling nezuko’s hair because a) she likes doing these kinds of things and now has a little sister with the perfect hair for it and b) nezuko most def likes people playing with her hair or petting it so she’d be more than happy.

urokodaki would make nezuko a mask to match everyone else. (i don’t think i ever explicitly said it before, but all the water siblings keep their masks with them after the final selection. only sabito actually wears his over his face. giyuu keeps his tied behind his nape, makomo wears hers on the side of her head like we see in canon, and tanjirou keeps his hooked around his belt). so for her birthday urokodaki would carve out a mask and style it for nezuko too. it would have little flowers around the ears and then small fangs under the mouth (ty sleeves because she was the one who gave me the idea for nezuko’s mask).

overall, they would spend the night talking and talking about different adventures they’d been on, updating nezuko on what happens while she sleeps. she wouldn’t be able to respond at the time, but she would def listen and enjoy the quality downtime with her family :D

[shibemuses]

canon divergence notes 2/??

KIMETSU NO YAIBA MUSES:

under a readmore for length.

Nezuko Kamado (demon): - Nezuko’s memories are foggy, but her personality is pretty much still there. She only acts the way she does (childishly) because she never got to. She always had to be an adult and big sister for her siblings and to help care for everyone in the family. It’s also a trauma response to witnessing her family being murdered. - After awakening her Blood Demon Art, she’s able to control herself more than in canon. She begins learning how to speak, and she keeps her muzzle around her neck. She’ll put the muzzle back on when meeting new people, but keeps it off for people who trust her and vice versa. - By the time she conquers the sun, Nezuko is speaking much more readily than before. She has begun dealing with her old memories, and acts much more like she used to before becoming a demon. - Urokodaki taught her sign language when Tanjiro was recovering from Final Selection. The Butterfly girls followed up these lessons over time, and when Nezuko has her muzzle on, she’ll communicate through sign language. - Nezuko can see ghosts. She’s always been able to, but after becoming a demon, she sees them much more clearly and can communicate with them. Tanjiro also has this ability, hence why he could speak to Sabito and Makomo.

Nezuko Kamado (roleswap): - Nezuko and Tanjiro are twins in this AU. They were born on December 28th, and they celebrate their birthday with their family on New Year’s… Hence why they were trying so hard to sell enough charcoal for the feast that year. - Tanjiro and Nezuko share the Hanafuda earrings. Nezuko took both into town with her when selling the charcoal from Tanjiro’s insistence. If Muzan had seen them on the boy that night, he would have been killed rather than turned into a demon. After that night, they share them to protect them both. - Nezuko was taught some of the Hinokami Kagura, just like Tanjiro. However, her body is much more acclimated to it, and she’s able to use it more easily than her brother does in canon. Because of this, I believe she would have been able to kill Muzan in the finale, but still loses mobility in her arm and eye because of the strain the style takes on her body, plus the whole eldritch demon constantly attacking you. - Much like in canon, Nezuko has kindness and thinks of humans as family to protect (not literally though lol) - However, Nezuko’s temper is much more intense than Tanjiro’s. She’s quick to bark back at those who do her or her friends wrong. She’s meaner to the demons she faces. The only reason she doesn’t hate them outright is pity– she can see their backstories flash across their eyes when they die, and she wishes them to be free of suffering eventually. - Bisexual. In either timeline/universe she could either end up with Kanao, Zenitsu or Inosuke (or any other character/muse her age). - She obtains a scar during Final Selection similar to the one Tanjiro gets in canon. It gives her a lot of insecurity since it looks “ugly.” - Her legs are still insanely powerful, and she’ll incorporate them into her battles.

Tanjiro Kamado (roleswap): - Tanjiro’s Blood Demon Art is a lot like Nezuko’s, however it’s red and orange instead of pink. - His hard head remains, and he’ll often use it in battle. When Nezuko falls asleep on the train and he can’t wake her up, he accidentally splits her forehead open with his hard head… Which causes him to cry and ignite the blood with his Demon Blood Art. - His hair is still long and kept in a ponytail. When he goes berserk in the Red Light District art, his hair comes undone. - The bamboo muzzle was a gift for their mother that Nezuko had picked up in town. Since it was on her person when Giyuu found them, the hashira improvised, turning the hair ornament into a muzzle. - Instead of vines, Tanjiro’s demon markings are red flames. After he goes berserk, the pink scar on his head seems more flame-like. - Pansexual, and either timeline has him with Kanao, Inosuke or Zenitsu, or both. Some include Genya or Muichiro, or Senjuro… Or whatever my partners wanna do lmao

Senjuro Rengoku: - Senjuro is Tanjiro’s age by the time the series really starts- 15. - He’s incapable of using Flame Breathing. His body rejects it. Or more so his brain does. He doubts himself, and his father’s bullying/neglect don’t help matters. - However, with encouragement from his brother or even Tanjiro, Senjuro continues trying to be a swordsman. - After wishing on a star, he dreamt of a way to fight that would suit himself. Something strong and beautiful, quick. Not nearly as explosive or intense as a flame, but something that glowed bright from afar… a Comet. - Hence Comet Breathing- his own style. It has only one move so far, and with inspiration from Zenitsu, he hones this move to perfection. - Slowly but surely, Senjuro begins to gain confidence and cheerfulness. He has started taking missions, and finally got his blade to turn colors- hot pink.

Giyuu Tomioka (au): - In this AU, Giyuu is swapped with Inosuke role-wise. Inosuke still exists, however he was rescued with his mother by the Butterfly estate, and was trained and kept safe there. - Giyuu ran away from his adopted relatives when they tried to commit him to a mental institution like in canon. He had seen his big sister get killed by a demon, and still believes in them. He resolves to get stronger and slay demons one day. - However, instead of a hunter finding Giyuu and taking him to Urokodaki, Giyuu was found by a wolf pack. The alpha female took him in with her own pups, and raised him as one of their own. - Giyuu remembers how to read and write thanks to meeting Sabito later down the line during his hunts. The two became friends, encouraging Giyuu to test himself and become a slayer too. - Instead of Water Breathing, Giyuu created his own breath- Wolf. He was able to save Sabito (or not, depending on the partner) and graduated from Final Selection. - He wears the pelt of his wolf sister on his shoulders, the head acting like a hood and mask. His hair is long and unkept. His eyes are still serious, but not hollow. - Giyuu is still pretty quiet and stoic, but he opens up much more when traveling with Tanjiro and his friends. He does well in a pack, regardless of the lone wolf he tries to be because he lost his original pack. His personality is like a cross of his canon one and a what-if personality if he had never lost Sabito.

[cassahina]

I want o request a head canon, but I want to make sure this request is fine and or in your comfort zone. So what ships in Demon Slayer make you uncomfortable/you don’t really want to make head canons for? Because I have a ship in mind, that I really like, but I want to make sure first that it is in your comfort zone!

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Hey there 🌸 anon! I’m comfortable with any ships from demon slayer at the moment that don’t fall under the typical big no no’s (no 1nc3st, no @bus3, and no p3d0ph1l1@ basically at the top of my head, really anything that isn’t on my dni should be fine). However, I will say that I have only seen season 1 of the anime (oh god I need to check if/when season two came out), so any of the characters and their relationships who get more developed later on I probably won’t be able to help with. An example being mitsuri x obanai, which I have seen is very popular, but I don’t know enough about the two to write anything. So anything with the characters Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Nezuko, Kanao, Shinobu, Tomioka, Sabito and Makomo should be fine. I hope that helps, and if it is someone later developed I can announce when I’m done with season 2 if you’d like (if that exposes me to the characters you ship) :)

[kozmicmizuu]

ok- soooo… my brain thought of smth a tiny bit fucked but the i remembered this is kny and atla so it’s ok to be fucked. so, in the series water benders are like- not really in the war, but they were basically taken from the south tribe for war reasons. the angst in my brain is that the southern tribe in this au is where urokodaki would train all of this students (yes, the past dead ones are alive in this) and then the demons attacked (they’re basically the fire nation in this).

(also in this au in my take (you can see how you’d like) the demons aren’t really demons. they’re human, but they use this fucked up branch or rather a “weed” of the breath-bending that’s the equivalent of dark magic basically.)

they just took everyone with no remorse for anything, and then they found out that water’s conductive. sooooo- torture via electricity was used to make the water benders weapons of war!!! yay!!

giyuu was considered one of the best in the small tribe (i think between him, sabito, and makomo, giyuu was the one to completely master water breathing and well- survived canon). shock collars were obviously used- cause this is demons we’re talking about.

giyuu and basically all of the tribe were just abused for years (lets use giyuu’s age as a reference). the tribe was taken when giyuu was 8- the controlling and abuse didn’t stop until giyuu was 19. basically instead of him finding tanjiro, tanjiro found him.

you can only imagine how just aggressive giyuu was, a major contrast to his usual calm and stoic personality. tanjiro probably couldn’t even get close without giyuu being violent so he called for backup from the corps/friends. let’s say that sanemi and shinobu and kyojuro were sent there (sanemi was there in case of a fight.) to say that giyuu’s condition was worrying would be an understatement.

literally every single water breather was fucked- they needed the moon for spiritual healing but we’re never given the chance to see it for god knows how long, barely any food or water. kyojuro probably threw up when he saw kids in there. sanemi was just pissed about this, a whole ass tribe was ignored by the world. also don’t worry, literally no one is dead from the water tribe. but idk of that’s a good thing tbh….

it took them literally forever to get giyuu to trust them, like trying to tame a wild animal. but the simplest thing is what got literally the whole tribe to trust them, the promise of seeing the moon and sea again. tanjiro was just happy to see the southern tribe from the stories, but so sad that they were like this for 11 years. the moment they even opened the door for the tribe- it was literally like setting caged birds free. though urokodaki was the one who told the four, “thank you” and followed his students into the beach on a full moon.

also the shock collars took some time to remove, no one really sat still at all, or some stood unnervingly still. shinobu knew that it would them literal years to recover from all of that trauma, potentially a whole lifetime. kyojuro probably sobbed his sweet little heart out when he saw them so happy on the beach (emotional bitch), sanemi was still fuming, mf was READY to put an end to this war. he just imagined genya in this situation and was like “no i im not letting this slide” and proceeded to sink the entire fleet that did this to the tribe (W sanemi).

sighhhh this thought happens from remembering the episode of when katara found another water bender from the southern tribe (holy fuck i can’t remember the name) and she ended up being fucked in the head after all.

so, does that mean giyuu can be feral and deranged when he’s completely ticked off?? yes, more feral giyuu content for the starving people. he’d be so much more intense with any threat (maybe like when azula was going a bit silly) but after the threat is gone he’s just “woopsie daisies my bad yall”

they ended up taking the tribe to the corps and basically giving them a safe place to heal and relax. gyomei ended up being good friends with a lot of them because water benders are very sweet to him and the kids thought he was cool (a little scary at first). giyuu, bless his soul, was found by tengen immediately. mf knew he HAD to befriend this guy, sabito wasn’t having it tho so know there’s sabito and tengen beef.

anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk about this fucked up lil thing… i’m not okay because i started typing this out at 8 in the morning…

[trollnobu]

Why do you think Sabito and Makomo work well together? You seem to pair them up in your kendo AU and tease them in the Makomo fic so I'm curious.

Hmmmm honestly? I don't think I started shipping them until I begun writing Makomo Gaiden and conceptualizing their personalities based on the limited info we got from canon.

It's partly because I'm a huge sucker for the childhood friends to lovers trope...and I'm also weak to the down-to-earth, hot-headed boy and calm daydreamer girl dynamic.

[getthembees]

Thanks for tagging @meridianheroine !!

Rules

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous

Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

(Most of mine are gibberish so I’ll do small explanations afterwards)

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1. Ffc 1, a fic of Riza’s childhood from Bertholds perspective for a small contest with the prompt “write a fic from the perspective of a background character.”

2. fmfmfmfmfm, a crossover fic of FMA and Percy Jackson, in which Leo Valdez sneezes fire, as he often does, and Riza immediately puts a gun to his head.

3. FMA Xover, another crossover between FMA and final fantasy VII, set about five years after the promised day, where Roy Mustang wakes up in Midgar behind a dumpster and subsequently goes “where am I. Who are you. Why am I always in police states. Can I please have my wife adjutant back.”

4. Makomo, a Makomo-centric demon slayer fanfiction following her and the 11 other children who were killed by the hand demon. Slight headcanon in which the ghost children can turn into foxes. Tentative title is ‘Urokodaki’s fox children’

5. gsh, Giyushino demon slayer AU fanfiction, where Shinobu and Kanao travel to a sea town to hunt down Douma, a fae. The town worships a sea fae and get an omen that basically make them go, yo, you gotta marry him. You Gotta. And shinobu so desperately wants to go “no❤️” but needs to lodge in that town so agrees. Ends up marrying Giyuu, adventure ensues as he helps her hunt down Douma. For an “arranged marriage” prompt except I don’t like standard arranged marriage fics.

6. Kg, killugon fic set a couple years after canon when Gon and killua reunite. For the “kisses before a battle” kiss prompt.

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I have a lot of others but they’re mostly dropped so 💔. Please ask me ab these I need motivation to finish literally all of them and talking ab them helps methinks

Most of my writing friends were already tagged so anyone can do this if they want have fun!!

[thatringboy]

Grief Anon: sorry pressed ask too soon. I mean like you have so many different characters expressing grief in so many ways. Swap!Shizu burying hers in liquor. Swap!Giyuu and Swap!Zenitsu wearing literal masks. Swap!Shinobu and Swap!Katsu taking on their siblings’ personalities to emulate the “better person”.

And the words you use to describe the grief:

Zenitsu:

    [Zenitsu] sat down on the other side of Giyuu, his own mask in his lap. Nezuko noticed that the crack on the cheek was fixed with some sort of adhesive. He took a deep breath and continued his train of thought. “I had to come to terms with my loss, that she was gone and I couldn’t change that. I didn’t want to accept that. I dedicated every waking moment I had to destroying the thing that took her from me, but all I did was set expectations for myself that I would never meet. And the more I failed to meet them, the more burned out with life I became.”

    Giyuu turned to look at him. “So then how did you do it? How did you pull yourself out of the cycle?”

    Nezuko was curious to hear this for herself. Zenitsu glanced at both of them before he put his mask on his head, turning its face to rest against the side of his head so it didn’t cover his face. He had a tiny smile that did little to hide the anguish behind his yellow eyes. “I didn’t.”

Shizu:

    Nezuko planted her feet and twisted her body to snap her arm back and scramble to her feet. “And you think you’re entitled to everyone putting up with your behavior, you’re wrong. Berating your children, belittling them, how could you do that when he’s clearly mourning?”

    “And what would you know of mourning, brat?” The woman’s voice was so harsh, so defensive, that Nezuko was at a loss of words. What did she know about mourning? She wanted to get mad and scream at Shizu about her own hardships, something the woman could never understand, but Shizu’s scent finally pierced through the stench of alcohol surrounding her. It was the same scent she got from Zenitsu, it was the same scent she got from Giyuu and Makomo, it was the same scent she got from Tanjiro and even herself.

    It was broken. It was empty. It was shattered into a million pieces. It was sunk down into the deepest abyss of Hell, never to rise again.

And even in the new chapter with Katsu:

    Nezuko snorted and bumped his shoulder. “Nice.” Her smile quickly fell. “Wait, if that’s you, where’s your wife? Your kid?”

    The scent of sorrow nearly knocked Nezuko onto the floor with how quickly it punched her in the face. Yet, Katsu’s face didn’t change once. 

    “They’ve passed on a while ago. My son a bit more quickly than his mother.”

    “I’m sorry for your loss.”

    Katsu’s smile came back a little too fast for Nezuko’s liking as he stood up to return the photo to its original position. “There’s no need to waste sympathies on an old man like me.”

Though I’m curious about Katsu because didn’t he have two kids in canon? Do I even wanna know what’s happening there?

anyways, how are you able to get this range??

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Hi!! I’m so so so glad that you like my writing! (no comment on katsu’s family rn, y’all gotta wait for that)

Grief is a hard emotion to conceptualize and write, imo. I’ve used the words “his eyes sunk down through his nose and into his throat” to describe what it feels like, but what does that look like from the outside? What is a person’s breaking point and does their grief hit it?I’ve had a lot of time in the past year to look into this, especially since my English lit class thesis for the entire course is “What is the depravity of man? What is the price of man’s soul?” and grief often plays a large part in my research.

Below the cut, I’ll get into the writing process behind how I change and create characters surrounded by grief, using the Flowers, Sounds & Stones characters as references

When I approach writing a character grieving another character, I have to know the whole story. It’s not just “they lost someone”, but “who was that person to them? What was their relationship dynamic? How did this person affect their life?”

My mother losing a coworker I had no connection with is very sad and I mourn this person, but I’m really just mourning the loss of life. I did not know this person. On the other hand, if someone like my best friend were to die, I’d be losing someone who is a significant role in my life (i love you, julia, but you’re not allowed to die before me). My emotional response would be very very different.

The same goes for characters. If the main character of my book were to lose his husband, what would change? Would he become emotionally distant from others because his husband was his emotional crutch? Would he try to emulate his late husband’s mannerisms in an attempt to keep him alive? 

And then that brings us to survivor’s guilt. Just because a character loses someone close does not mean that the story is over. In the real world, time does not stop for grief and in fiction, it doesn’t either. I have to analyze how the characters will continue living, even if they can’t move on. Is there a physical change along with an emotional one? Is it an entire mentality change?

And then as we’ll see with Katsu’s arc in Love, Mist & Demons and even in the series’ finale, how do we handle characters that aren’t mourning people, but mourning and even going as far to romanticizing (and romanticizing does not mean romance) the idea of the lost loved one. How does this affect the grieving process? 

Of course, grief isn’t always about a lost person. Grief can also come from a lost way of life, a broken relationship. In his flashback, Obanai has a breakdown of grief and confusion when he realizes that he’s actually Iguro Obanai, not Iguro-Chan, and that he will no longer be able to pretend that he’s a woman (this is moreso emphasized when he gets outed and skips town as he realizes that he has no other choice but to embrace this new part of himself). Obanai loved being his father’s daughter, he loved all the dresses and makeup and being the bride-to-be who was to be swept off her feet by her childhood love, evidenced by how even after a complete social transition, he still paints his lips and fantasizes about being swept off his feet by Mitsuri. Yet being his father’s daughter is a role he can never return to. The bridge is burned and he has grieved that lost life.

So the questions you asked were “what are my secrets to writing grief” and “how am I able to get this range”. Simple answer: I think really hard all the time (sponsored by adhd and autism)

Long answer with the above context: Outlining characters is the first part of the writing process regardless of what they’re going through. Characters affect the plot and they are also shaped by it, it’s a symbiotic relationship. I’m telling a story with my characters, that needs to be laid out before I start chapter one. Do I want to tell a story of healing? The character needs to be hurt first. Do I want to tell a story of joy? The character needs to experience some sadness first. This is called growth and development, and that is crucial to all stories. The plot drives growth and that growth drives the plot.  You can’t have a plot without conflict and growth, that’s just a drabble. 

I can’t say that there’s a secret to writing any emotion, including grief. In actuality, all I’m doing is using characters to tell stories that all intertwine together and I’ll remind you that the Flowers, Sounds & Stones story has been going for over a year and a half, I’ve had four books and over 200,000 words to develop these intermingling stories into a single cohesive plot. There is a range of emotions because the plot calls for ups and downs. Our main characters don’t always win, they don’t always lose. 

My advice to anyone who actually read all of this: Writing shouldn’t be You versus The Characters, it should be a partnership. Fictional or not, your characters are affected by their surroundings just like you and me. As your story evolves, so should your characters. Take into account how your characters interact with each other and relax, you got this. If a 226,407+ word, 4+ book series is overwhelming, start small with short stories and work with what you’re comfortable with. Take some risks when you think you’re ready and remember to have fun!