#the phantom thieves: 'actually it represents how we've already seen through your bs and are going to trick you in turn lol'

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Connecting to my previous post, I did find some funny information on tengu while doing a bit of Akechi and crow symbolism research. Please enjoy:

"There are countless folk stories about tengu being duped into trading powerful magical items or giving up valuable information in exchange for worthless trinkets. Often this happens because the foolish kotengu overestimate their own intelligence when trying to trick a human, and end up being tricked themselves. During the Edo period, most tengu lore was gradually superseded by amusing folk tales, dampening the vicious image portrayed in earlier stories."

rip Akechi lmao