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nezumasa · 6 days ago

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I like it when Kon gets cat/dog motifs when paired with Ri ngl. Especially cats since Ri has a running relationship with cats in his series.

Like yes eroticism with collars, but both arcs with the Bake Neko where the theme is with grief and the ideas of truth and accountability. And the legends associated with it itself (ex. “Cat takes form of dead loved one,” the Bake Neko as an instigator of justice and retribution in the Nabeshima incident, etc.). There’s obviously the more monstrous legends too.

I think it’d be fun if Kon dies tragically and horribly during a job because he favors humans more and that just does him in. He isn’t “naive,” but he does have clear parallels and foiling to 2007’s in personalities and actions.

It’d be cliché to an extent (but that’s more because “grief drawing out a monster” has existed as a theme since humans could make stories and feel emotions), but the irony of a Mononoke manifesting from a Medicine Seller is fun.

Ri feels like he’d be someone who’d let it fester more (rather than lashing out) tbh even if he’s someone who’s keenly aware of himself (job-related). It’d be fun if the hypothetical Mononoke takes Kon’s appearance.

#i do call Mononoke ‘monsters’ because well they are to humans #but it’s honestly more accurate at times to describe them as tragedies and reactions #the malice and despair from Ochou becsuse of her situation #Genkei and his entire 50 years of guilt and the ‘facade’ of having to uphold the unreachable ideal of a righteous monk #like ofc you can be righteous but what he did was cut everything out rather than accepting it and moving on #the train car full of people who ignored the truth in some way #(which is actually an interesting juxtaposition with Kayo in Bakeneko 1)#considering how the truth eas set up there #and so forth #outside of the rotting wood (where the tragedy is not with the wood itself)#also Chiyo obviously looks like Kayo but it’s neat how the scale just tips toward her for a second upon appearance #2007 and movie aren’t like ‘opposed’ to each other in terms of sympathy #its just in varying amounts on what they prioritize and check up on more #i kind of like twins more than master-disciple here #since twins have their own legends associated with them #like yeah a bunch of people died with the wood #but it’s less a personal tragedy than then the otherd #though I guess Shino’s arc also takes that note too then #whatever

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