#ryuzo/jin

[ziriii]

Ghost of Tsushima studies!!

[calkestis]

#Jin, your "Lord" is showing and he craves violence 🫢

[myonnu]

Everyone takes a break.

[ntrogensolar]

reminisce

the first two pages are based off some dialogue files i found that was cut from the game, i then decided to make the last page as a follow-up

[toomanyf4ndoms7]

More like this.

[serene-faerie]

Has this been done already?

@castershellwrites @ornstein what do you think?

[kenobihater]

so we all know the explicit sakai deer imagery, right? despite stags being associated with kazumasa, deer are still an appropriate symbol for jin as well (fast, silent, peaceful rather than predatory by nature but still capable of killing). since jin = deer, what would ryuzo best be represented by? maybe there's some textual hint, or hidden dialogue that we could go off of? maybe it's not explicit, but-

yeah, no. the game literally awards you this trophy right after you recruit him. the only way i think they could get more explicit with the shady wolf analogy is by calling the trophy "the big bad wolf", or "wolf in sheep's clothing".

ryuzo - passionate, unpredictable, violent ryuzo - being compared to a wolf is fitting, even more so when you consider the trophy refers to multiple wolves, meaning the straw hats. he was taken in by them, an unruly, masterless group, and he became their leader. despite betraying jin, he doesn't lack loyalty entirely; he only remains loyal to those he views as family after they took him in following the tournament.

his primary motivations in the narrative are staying fed, and providing for his family. he doesn't care about playing nice, or fighting clean, or lessening collateral damage. if his belly is full and his family is fed, none of that matters, and i can't think of a more apt description of that mentality than wolfish.

[sliverofdust]

the harmless fantasies of a fifteen y/o

[jinsakaiboobies]

jin sakai is so queer coded to me like he got bullied for being to "feminine"/different, defied his entire family and threw away traditions, (also was a samurai. if you know you know.) his entire relationship with ryuzo.. is . erm. just the whole subtext of his character and being way more like his mother too.. erm

[peridot-tears]

Hello everyone, if you go to the Morimae Hot Spring and decide to reflect on Ryuzo's death, Jin thinks something along the lines of, "Ryuzo, if you only you were here. You'd brag about how many Mongol heads you took, and crack your stupid jokes..."

I'm interpreting this as bisexually as possible. You can't stop me.

[incurablyromanticsblog]

Replaying both games put a lot of things in perspective...

Jovier and jinryuzo truthers... I see you...

[voidswriting]

The definitive cover for A Silver Tale is all done!

After confronting the Ghost of Tsushima one last time with no prospect of emerging unscathed from the fight, Ryuzo expected to be taken by death's claws. After all, a virtuous outing is what he wanted. But not so virtuous was to survive the impossible as reality seemed to strain itself into a tight rope. One he had to walk on.

Upon waking up, he senses a pair of strange eyes watching him from the shadows. Those of a fox. Left without a choice, Ryuzo decides to follow it.

Pairings include Jin/Ryuzo and Ryuzo/OC.

Expect lots of original characters and adult themes with a dose of dead dove.

[ornstein]

Me when I see people call Jin's character "generic".

Nah man. I think his character was definitely more the generic-looking type when he was thought-out to be a Toshiro Mifune emoter during pre-production.

Until Daisuke Tsuji earned the role. Which changed everything.

[curiousaromantic]

Just finished Ghost of Tsushima main storyline AND Iki Island DLC.

sighs

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, OMG

One of the best games I’ve ever played tbh, it was beautiful, I fell in love with Jin Sakai and his character, like, he is genuinely a beautiful person and omg I felt pretty charmed by his resolve throughout the entire game—more men like Jin Sakai please. (yuna youre so lucky girl…)

I’m not much of a gamer myself, kind of I guess, I play when I have free time in my PS5 and when it comes to action games I’m a coward lol idk why whenever I am pushed into a battlefield I freak out (I almost had a heart attack when I started Ghost of Tsushima and the mothafuckers sent straight to fight at Komoda Beach, HELLO? The intro was so beautiful tho…). But Ghost of Tsushima balanced everything very well, and I enjoyed doing NPCs side missions, I felt powerful and badass.

(The way how the fear that the Ghost inflicts on his enemies is portrayed??? Chef’s kiss honestly. And the Records items, especially Conversations with the Khan, I enjoy the lore with so so so so much glee hehe.)

The characters, I fell in love with the characters. I knew I liked videogames when I first played Far Cry 4 and the characters felt so dear to me, and Ghost of Tsushima brought me back to when I was like 9?? and I was playing FC4 on my dad’s PS3. Jin’s story and the rest of the characters’ Tales hypnotized me, idk. The flashbacks, the foreshadowing, the small conservations within Jin and the others…I was sobbing in the ending and in Masako’s and Yuna’s tales. AND THE LOVELY WAY WE GOT SO MUCH APPROACHES TO IMPORTANT THEMES AS WOMEN EMPOWERING, FAMILY, QUEERNESS, TRADITIONALISM, ETC. jin baby you deserve the world.

Ngl, while I was playing the game not only I cherished every single interaction of Jin and his allies/friends, but I was glad he had the time to talk and rest, yk? And that’s why I love Yuna so much, gods.

From what I’ve seen, many ship Ryuzo and Jin, and while I kind of understand and respect Ryuzo, I don’t personally ship them. I was too excited to duel him the moment he was deemed a traitor lol, this game brought out the worst side of me (i was cackling when i got the ghost stance, run fuckers!). I did cry a lot on Iki Island whenever Jin had Ryuzo’s hallucinations, like, ouch, I would hurt forever if a childhood friendship ended like that.

(Talking about Iki Island, Kenji doing a cameo there LMAO, and Jin teasing him with “so you left Tsushima and you didn’t even bothered to say goodbye?” AJDKAKDKAKS YES YOU TELL HIM JIN)

Now, Jin and Yuna??? Muah muah muah, they are soulmates, romantic or platonically or both. Its the way Jin (throughout the story this loyalty builds up, love that) does everything no questions asked when it comes to Yuna, going with her to her tales? Damn Jin straight went and brought her heads! How romantic. The way Kenji was like “he cannot refuse if I tell him Yuna’s waiting”, AND THE WAY JIN HIMSELF OUTRIGHT SAYS THINGS LIKE ‘I would give my life for you’ OR ‘so you and Takeshi…?’ Hehehe they are so precious. They are definitely in love your honor, at least for me.

Wish I could still find the characters in the map or something after the main story ends, I’m at my new home behind Omi Monastery full of nostalgia because Jin’s home is a mosaic of gifts and remembrances of everyone he has known. Yuna’s gift, Ryuzo’s hat, Taka’s hook, Kenji’s sake, First Horse’s saddle (Nobu precious, I wish you had been there with me 😭) and lots of other stuff from Masako, Ishikawa, Lord Shimura, and many others that I don’t remember rn. Like, it is clear Jin loves his homeland, his people, his friends, I’m sure he would have made a perfect Lord, aw.

Thank you for reading my venting. Now, I need fanfics.

[fryebitch]

wip

[eyeball1126]