#sakunawansarut

[bunnakit]

ok im going to try to articulate my thoughts on why i'm, personally, not bothered with the writing and what we've seen of the backstory in The Sign.

would i like to see more of their past? absolutely, however, with the limitations of episode count, the budget for special effects, etc. i totally understand the limited view we're getting and personally i do think they give us everything we need to know.

based on the amount of parallels we're seeing between this life and their first life we can pretty safely use current day phaya and tharn as a cipher to unlock their backstory to their previous life.

we see wansarut bold and unapologetic in the face of sakuna? is that his name in the book? remains unclear to me but sure. garuda!phaya. we see garuda!phaya push her boundaries and push to get closer to her despite her protests. this is a direct correlation to present day tharn and phaya and the dance they've done with their relationship. with this in mind we can pretty much assume their relationship formed similarly, through a back and forth, clash of personalities, meeting on common ground, and finally wansarut's walls coming down to let sakuna in where he then simply adores her in the same manner phaya adores tharn.

again, i would love to see that journey, but i'm okay not seeing it when i use the context clues given by the rest of the narrative to fill in those gaps. i personally find it fun to imagine what may have been different, what may have been the same, etc. i think it gives fanfic authors and creative types the opportunity to play with the characters and connect to them in their own ways. i don't always think we need to know every tiny detail of the characters we love as this allows us to see more of ourselves in them.

as for the way modern day phaya and tharn's relationship has been written i also haven't been upset with that either. there's a certain magnetism we've seen between them that draws them together in the way tharn instinctively leans into phaya immediately in episode 1, the way he wants so very badly to kiss phaya in episode 2, etc. i think it's been a beautiful waltz between them, a careful give and take, you step back and i step forward until our steps reduce and we meet in the middle.

there is a point to be made for how quickly things progressed after the kiss but these are two people whose instincts and bodies have been calling to each other on a soul deep level and i don't think it's entirely out of the realm of possibility to say that perhaps in that moment they became wansarut and sakuna again, they had the opportunity to greet each other again and say 'i've missed you.'

i think you can gain a lot from The Sign by looking at it through a romantic lens rather than something purely analytical, but that could just be me and my romantic whimsy.

as for everything about their karma, i'm simply not educated on that aspect of things enough and i'm not really worrying about it. i'm just kind of viewing it as some kind of misfortune on both of them for the perceived slight against chalothorn and rolling with it.

all this to say everyone's thoughts are completely valid. i've really enjoyed seeing the differing thoughts and gaining a different perspective from my own. i think the one thing we can all agree on is that these two deserve to be happy and be at peace and i hope we get to see that.

[7nessasaryevils]

My second contribution to The Sign for the #TSSCOUNTDOWN event

Prompt 2: my favourite scene. Which I cannot choose so instead I just waxed poetic about Phaya 🤣

[mintylix]

think... sakunawansarut as the lament for icarus... just a thought idk 👀

[serasennatonen]

PhayaTharn head canons

Tharnetta head canons

Phaya dreams about his time as a Garuda

After falling from the sky and getting healed up by that mysterious girl, Sakuna starts feeling real clingy.

Searches everywhere for the mysterious girl, finds her by a riverbank combing her hair. He doesn't want to scare her, so he calls out to her. She startles anyway and flashes into her Naga to get away

Tharnetta happens upon the strange Garuda just out of the line of sight in the bank of trees, napping in some branches and leaves he puts together as a nest. She tries to sneak closer, only he isn't napping and sits up abruptly. She turns to run away, but he's too fast and grabs her, catching her about the waist. He asks her for her name, she looks into his eyes and falls in love instantly. Gives him her name and runs down to the riverbank to escape again. He yells his own before she disappears again

Under the cover of night, Tharnetta sneaks back to the place she last saw Sakuna. The nest is transformed with lights and blankets and pillows. No Sakuna in sight. She decides to take a rest. Lays down in the little nest Sakuna set up. Sister girl watches from the riverbank doused in envy.

[timotey]

Those who ordered the Nagaruda t-shirt got it delivered with some PhayaTharn postcards among others...

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Gosh, the SakunaWansarut one is so cute!

[serasennatonen]

Tharnetta head canon

Tharnetta sneaks away from the city of Naga to look for her Sakuna. As she's escaping, a pair of hands grabs her shoulders, spinning her around. They immediately move to cover her mouth, and she stares with wide eyes at Sister Girl. "You need to be more careful. People are watching you." Tharnetta nods silently as Sister Girl lets her go. She makes it to the river closest to her love. Carefully shedding her Naga, Tharnetta tiptoes through the underbrush until she gets to their love nest. Sakuna's wide awake, watching her approach. He stands when she's close enough, sweeping her into his arms. With a passionate kiss, he twists to lay her down in their haven. After closing her eyes, she's transported forward in time. When she opens her eyes again, she notices that her body feels strange. She's laying on a soft elevated surface, sitting up, she roams her body with her hands, feeling a flat chest. Tharnetta stops, scared of going lower. She runs to the closest door opening, seeing a mirror, she stares into it unblinkingly. This body looks like hers but it's not hers. "Tharn," she hears someone that sounds suspiciously like Sakuna from another part of this maze she's teleported to. Tharnetta runs to him, tripping on the edge of the doorway, falling into Sakuna's arms. "Hey, what's the rush?" He asks her, smiling down at her before pulling her up and embracing her. He lays a kiss on her, she closes her eyes again, and Tharnetta's back in her Sakuna's arms, in their love nest. *What just happened*