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dangerous-advantage · 2 years ago

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throughout usagi yojimbo, there is this running theme of fatherhood, with usagi generally enjoying interactions with kids. if possible, he tends to seek them out (this is just as adorable as it sounds, btw)

as somebody who has long been iffy about the subject of kids/kid fics and media with a big focus on this, i'm surprised to find just how much i like sakai's exploration on the subject.

so, i've decided to delve into (a part of) why i think this works so well for me. for this, i'm focusing on UY issue #54: the return of the lone goat and kid.

(beware spoilers <3)

(caption: a cropped image of the cover of usagi yojimbo issue #54.)

within this issue, we witness the return of the lone goat and kid, betrayed samurai turned legendary assasin mercenary, with his young son, gorogoro.

i immediately liked these characters when first reading, not only because of the general badassery that they tend to exude, but also because they are very autistic-coded (/pos /lh), and gorogoro is depicted as non-verbal.

(note: he could be very young, but i'm fairly certain he just prefers not to talk, and saves his words for very specific occasions. either way, i love him a normal amount totally definitely /j.)

seeing their return was a welcome surprise, and though usagi and yagi are very autistic when interacting (/pos), usagi's soft-spot for kids plays a big part in their relationship, having saved gorogoro from falling to his death the last time they crossed paths.

even more welcome of a surprise was the plot and focus on gorogoro and usagi's relationship. i love to see usagi allowed to just... hang out with kids. you can tell he really enjoys doing it w/out the story putting a huge emphasis on that fact, which is part of why i enjoy it so much.

(the kid in question.)

now, to break this all down nice and simply, sakai's comics are generally so well done that i think you could just read the comic yourself and glean the same idea, probably in a better, more meaningful way than i can explain it.

but i've already committed, so here we go.

when we first meet gorogoro, he's being chased by a bunch of henchmen who intend to use him as bait for the capture of his father (being a very, very, very wanted man. er, goat.)

usagi stumbles upon him being threatened by one of the few other rabbits in this series and proceeds to suplex him after his hat is ruined. after that, we get the first good-parent-role-model-usagi moment:

(usagi participates in 10 out of 10 parenting/responsible adult behavior. to avoid writing this out ten million more times, i will simply be referring to this phenomenon as usagi being 'father material.')

he (re)introduced himself, puts himself in the (well-earned) position of "trustworthy adult" and then tries to figure out where tf yagi is. gorogoro, of course, does not speak, but instead of pushing him for an answer, he comes up with a conclusion and offers a solution.

usagi: "i guess you two have been seperated, huh. well, it's dangerous in these woods. there could be more of those guys around."

usagi: "there's a town not far away. your father will have an easier time finding you there."

he then invites gorogoro to come with him, saying he can escort him to the town. gorogoro seems unconvinced.

this might be the point where a lesser protagonist would try and convince/force the kid to come with them, or even manipulate them in some way (i.e. offering false promises/reassurances or just straight up lying.)

usagi, however, is not a lesser protagonist.

(several more panels of father material usagi content.)

quick side tangent: you could argue this is somewhat irresponsible, but i disagree.

usagi has met yagi and gorogoro before, and he knows that gorogoro is a smart kid. he doesn't have the full story for why gorogoro is here. for all he knows, gorogoro is on his way to meet up with his father somewhere farther on in the forest.

the point is: he doesn't try and make a decision for gorogoro or try and coax/force him into making one. he instead treats him like an equal and offers him the choice of whether to follow him or not.

when gorogoro doesn't seem to actively seek his help, he walks away, giving gorogoro full reins of his decision while also respecting an unspoken boundary that gorogoro has made.

(though, to be fair, he did assume gorogoro would follow him-- an assumption that paid off.)

("i see you decided to come along after all.")

what's important here isn't that his guess paid off, it's that he allowed gorogoro to make the decision. not to mention, he still hasn't quite figured out how to best work with gorogoro, as is showcased in the following panels:

(usagi participates in ableism /j /lh /not serious)

usagi is shown to be "good at kids." he gets along with them, and they tend to like him in turn. but that's not just an innate talent (though aptitude to kids does play a big part of it.)

he invests in positive relationships by treating children not as we often see/think of in parent-child or adult-child platonic relationships, but by treating them like equals. simply, he offers them the same respect he would offer anyone else.

which is so fucking important.

anyway, they get to the town and go to an inn inside, where usagi buys gorogoro food. once again, he exhibits king and father material attributes.

gorogoro doesn't look interested in eating the food. this is the exchange that follows:

and then:

(the 'king shit' in question)

now. let's break this down.

usagi offers food, but gorogoro is distrustful. he employs a tactic that may have worked on other children to try and convince/reassure gorogoro that eating it is fine. gorogoro is, in fact, unconvinced.

then, instead of getting irritated, or continuing to try and (unsuccessfully) convince gorogoro the food is convinced, he uses what he's observed about gorogoro/what he knows about gogoro's life to understand what he is actually saying.

he does not force him. he doesn't get annoyed. when he calls him 'weird,' it feels less like an insult and more like a neutral observation, one that he then uses to better work with/communicate with gorogoro.

('does [he] know kids or what,' indeed.)

in the space of two pages, usagi was able to figure out how to better work with gorogoro, not by changing gorogoro, but by changing his methods.

his outlook is not the one we see depicted in much of modern media-- "the parent is always right, and the child must do as they are told."

instead, it introduces a sense of respect, and therefore trust, into their dynamic. i thought i could only get something this good from roald dahl's matilda, but of course, i should've known to never doubt stan sakai /lh

this of course, isn't the end (but we are close!). a bunch of plot stuff happens, and in the search to reuinte gorogoro with his father, usagi ends up on a bridge, with enemies after gorogoro's head (and associated reward) flanking either side of it.

gorogoro, while still maintaining his distance/boundaries, shows that he trusts usagi by running behind him when threatened.

not only that, when usagi orders him to stay behind him (for reasons of protection,) he does so and continues to do so. because usagi has earned his trust, he feels comfortable entrusting usagi with his safety, where he was less comfortable doing so at the beginning.

(the bridge show-down, with the addition of usagi's killer clapback of a line. 10/10, i laughed.)

there's only one other moment i want to mention, but despite how small of a detail it is, it's what got me thinking about this whole thing.

after usagi realizes he's been flanked on either side and will need to fight his way out in order to keep gorogoro safe, this exchange happens:

one of the very first things usagi must have noticed is the silent boundary that gorogoro put up, one that he's been maintaining this entire time. he prefers space-- i.e., he would rather not be touched, at least not without permission.

in this scene, a lesser protagonist would have snatched gorogoro up by the arm, let loose some feral battle cry, and then rushed all seven henchmen using only one arm.

usagi is not a lesser protagonist.

he takes a moment, however small, to communicate his intentions to gorogoro. "i need to carry you" doubling as a silent question: can i carry you?

while he probably would have had to either way, usagi already built up trust between himself and gorogoro. so, gorogoro obliges.

and then usagi single-handedly (literally!) fights his way through seven guys.

ok, well, that's not quite true-- yagi, the 'lone goat' of the duo (more like G.O.A.T -- yes, i have been waiting for a time to make that godawful pun, and no, this is not an appropriate time, but i had to make it. you don't understand /j /nsrs) shows up on the other side pushing gorogoro's cart, and also contributes to the slaughter.

which leads to this epic, two-page panel:

(its so good ITS SO GOOD--)

after this, the story is wrapped up, the kid is returned to his goat, and usagi and the lone goat and kid go their separate ways (for now.)

as you can probably guess, this depiction of platonic child/adult relationships is very, very important to me, not only because i feel we need more of this in the general media, but also to me, specifically, as a member of the neurodivergent community.

seeing a character that i genuinely like respecting the unspoken boundaries of a nonverbal child character means a lot to me. whether he meant it to be interpreted this way or not, it really feels like we get to see an autistic character having different needs/wants and not being shamed for that by the narrative.

this is only one aspect of what makes usagi yojimbo so great, but it showcases some of the many details that sakai uses to create a well-paced, interesting, and engaging narrative.

gone are the annoying, one-dimensional kid characters and the terrible tropes that usually follow them. instead, sakai treats the children in his characters the same way that usagi treats them: as people, characters that have motivations and reasons and that deserve time and respect as well.

as i stated before, i have long shied away from kid-related stories, especially those with younger kids. but lemme tell you. UY has won me over.

i would happily pay away my livelihood to read 700 more panels with usagi toting around a 6-month-old while he talks about conspiracies with the town inspector (see: usagi yojimbo issue [blank]: [name]), or usagi letting the kid of the family he's staying with admire his blades [insert comic here.]

sakai just gets kids, and now when i'm faced with the question of: is this an example of positive parenting/guidance?, i just ask myself, "would usagi do that?"

and it answers my question.

bonus: usagi and yagi being absolutely not in any way incredibly autistic at each other during The Exchange.

(note: their smiles in that end panel make it all worth it, i think.)

#(fair warning: this is *long*)#i'm giving in to the hyperfixation #when my uy sideblog is presentable i'll rb there #for now this is fine #usagi yojimbo #uy #miyamoto usagi #usagi yojimbo analysis #usagi miyamoto analysis #uy analysis #as you can tell i am very normal about this character #long post #tw long post #analysis #undescribed #i meant to make those captions accessible but i wanted to just get this out there before i lost motivation #so i'll come back in later and add actual descriptions haha

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thanaticas · 1 month ago

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editing this post to keep as a temporary pinned now, i'll do like a fancy banner and intro and stuff type pinned Someday

hi this was an art-only blog until recently, now i rb stuff i like/find inspiring here too, i tag stuff by series/title tho i dont really tag for blood gore etc, i like horror you will see lot of it here

im going thru stuff on my personal to queue up here so if you find this blog bc i rb'd some ancient art post of urs or something sorry about it lol

my art tag is here, my about page is here i'm on bluesky now too i guess! i mostly draw my ttrpg guys or sometimes video game fanarts taking tiny lil commissions here, if you want to commission me for other styles of work i do not have a definitive sheet of prices rn but you can DM me if you really want to work something out

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ghosty-schnibibit · 2 years ago

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can my dreams please stop turning me into jon bc whenever they do martin is also there and i wake up sad that i'm not boyfriends with fictional character martin blackwood in real life

#legit i had a dream last night where i was jon cuddling with martin and woke up like where is my big soft boyfriend :(((#yes it is a regular occurrence for my dreams to turn me into fictional characters of all genders but mostly guys #and yet somehow i didn't realize i was trans until i was 22 #i saved this post as a draft like a year ago and scrolled through to find it bc IT HAPPENED AGAIN #tma #the magnus archives #i'll rb this to the sideblog later lol

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mysimsyuri · 3 months ago

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im a little tempted to change gus' tag now that i know more abt him but tbh "you heard about pluto? thats messed up, right?" is still the funniest fucking thing in the world

#styx says #💛heard about pluto💊#shawns is perfect no notes #id also change the emoji but gus only gets more food motivated in later seasons and i Do prefer the earlier seasons (just started season 8 #today :]) and i mean. he sells pharmaceuticals so the pill Makes Sense . idk what else itd be #sorry i just wanted an excuse to talk abt my sillys.... OMG i posted self insert fic snippets on my writing sideblog let me rb that here !!

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cepheusgalaxy · 6 months ago

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WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE PART WHERE I STARTED DESCRIBING IMAGES GUYS NOW ITS FASTER

#THANK GOD #im going thro my art tag to rb it on the new art sideblog #and i want everything to be neat and described so im adding ids to every drawing in the original post before saving it #and boy it was taking time #im going from older to newer #so im finally where i started providing ids to my art #so its gonna be quicker now #rambles #hopefully the sideblog will be moreso ready today later #i mean i've still got to cook an intro post #and find a cool banner to put in there #maybe just a trans flag or smth like that #and also find a nice color scheme for the blog #but well the tagging system is already done!#sideblog

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acasternaut · 1 year ago

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i kept saying that i didnt have the time for a full series rewatch of riverdale but rigby also wants to watch with me so GUESS WHAT BABY. ITS FINALLY RIVERDALE TIME

#im using one of my sideblogs to rb posts so i dont accidentally forget to tag smth and spoil smth for him but so many of them are later #seasons n thats sooo far away. im SOOOOO excited to get to season 7 tho i had such a blast watching that shit #riverdaleblogging

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samstarium · 1 year ago

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HS2 IS BACK THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER

#ive been readin it so i might post some icons or something later #im so excited for NEW CONTENT!!! YAY #n ill rb any cool new art onto my sideblog #which is hsomegakids #if that interests anyone #hsbc

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patchworkprince · 1 year ago

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I need to revamp this blog

#feel free to ignore. expanding more since I always have a thousand thoughts. rambling in tags now ->#I’ve said I won’t move blogs again bc it’s a pain to rebuild and for any of my edits to get attention #but I want to change my tagging system again #and then create a lot of sideblogs idk organization and storing all things for a specific media in one place but idk if I can keep it up+#I want my followers to see posts I rb but ik not everyone will follow the sideblogs so :/#I have ideas for m0riarty and j0j0 and t0ilet b0und ones etc #and then I want to go by a different name (still go by and tag things as scythe just moving one of my many name hoards to the front)#and then want to unfollow people to be less overwhelmed on my main feed hmm #I just feel bad if it’s mutuals #I kinda do just want to start over on another blog but I also want attention so…#is there a way to delete everything but my own posts from this blog to start over without creating a new main??#I should probably stop thinking so much on myself though and what other people think ifk #I have so many things to think through whatever #I just need change before I explode. never satisfied blah blah #I get so antsy and the only way I can explain my existence is irrational #might delete later. thanks for reading my insane irrational thought process I have #and this is just about a blog. imagine my thoughts on anything else.#am I even making sense sorry

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mxsinizter · 2 years ago

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The way you write Mountain resonates with me and I'm so happy there's fanfics exploring ace identities. I would be happy to hear more about your Mountain! - Ghoulette Anon

AHH, THANK YOU. That makes me very happy to know <3. It was really interesting to write and I realized that even tho I gave him one of my identities, I wasn't projecting. So it felt awesome seeing my own identity on someone else, y'know? That's rare, especially with a sublabel like this. I've had a handful of people say they like how I write Mountain and it means a lot to me! (Especially since I write him most 😅) We out here rebuilding people's perspectives of non allo identities one fic at a time 😌

#i think ill make a post to breakdown bits of the fic a little later 🤔#i think my first post ever on this sideblog was Mountain hcs lol. maybe ill find it and rb it if i still agree with them!#GA asks

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tea-blankets-andstars · 4 months ago

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cutebisexualmess · 1 year ago

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