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hubristicassholefight · 1 year ago

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Swordswoman Showdown Round 2 Part 2

Kikunojo (One Piece) vs Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

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Kikunojo

She is a samurai and a retainer for the Kozuki Family, serving as one of the Nine Red Scabbards, a group of samurai that protect the Kozuki family and their country. She's a very skillful samurai, and she and her group managed to delay and hold off the main villain of the arc, (which was an almost insurmountable task for even the main character) and survived the experience despite her horrible injuries; She's canonically and openly trans! And she's gorgeous. And huge... She's 287 cm tall, which for the USAmericans in the audience is 9' 5". She's simply the coolest.

She’s a samurai and fights with a sword; tall trans woman <3

Legendary devoted samurai!; She's 2.87m tall, a time traveler, and not even losing an arm in the middle of the fight stopped her- she had it imediately cauterized and went back to the fight.

She's a lady samurai! Pretty and very skillful with her katana!

She is a samurai who was sent 20 years into the future to avenge the death of her lord; She’s so tall and canonically trans and I love her

She’s a badass samurai who fights for what she believes in and to help people. She is known as Kiku of lingering snow. She’s also canonically trans

She's a time traveling trans samurai, the only woman in a group of 9 legendary samurais; Her arm was chopped off by the biggest baddie so far and she continued fighting, isn't that badass?

One of the strongest samurai in her country; She's a trans icon

#kiku the greatest of all time#🐐#tall and gorgeous samurai lady#who is a trans icon#love that she is so tall that she doesn't fit in the image display#gets recognized as strong by the main character multiple times and proves it by being the most resilient badass of the entire arc#stands up to tyrants and abusers of class privilege#also helps break said main character out of the enemies prison and takes part in a rebellion against the corrupt prison staff#one piece#okiku#kiku

Eowyn

Kin to kings and heir to horse-lords, she refuses to be left behind when her people must fight; she puts herself in danger to defend her liege, defeats a great and terrible evil, and finally puts aside the sword after proving herself the equal of the very greatest challenge and recognising the horror and futility that heroic ballads elide. The most dramatic moment of her tale is all about her presence, in a moment of trial, with a sword, being a woman; “What do you fear, lady?" he asked. "A cage," she said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

She uses one to fight and kill the Witch King of Angmar, whom "no man can kill"; I mean, come on. She's kinda The Live Action Sword Woman. "I am no man." is an instantly iconic line and Miranda Otto is an incredible actress and played the role perfectly.

I AM NO MAN

"No man can kill me." "I am no man!" And then she put her sword in the head of the dark lord rule of black Nazguls (don't remember his name) and he dies and this is badass.

Famously stabbed an 'unkillable' evil ghost sorcerer in the face with her sword and killed him

Was told not to go sword, went and sworded anyway. Sworded big powerful bad who could not be slain by man in the face while yelling “I am no man!”; Super cool. Girlboss. After swording the aforementioned bad went and married Gondor’s softest boi.

She kills an unkillable evil and is just badass in general; Hot hot girl ;-;

Used one to kill the witch king of Angmar; She is no man✨

#kikunojo #one piece #eowyn #lord of the rings #swordswoman showdown #official #poll #round 2

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someobscurereference · 3 years ago

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For one: whenever the concept of the Nohrians meeting the young trio comes up, my first thoughts are 1) Inigo being cripplingly shy and terrified of Xander 2) Severa being Extremely Unreasonable and Aggressive especially toward Camilla and 3) Owain gravitating toward Elise because she's reminiscent of his mother, because he's a mama's boy who probably lost his mom very recently and that's pretty fucked up!!

That being said, I'm screaming at the idea of Owain gravitating toward Elise because mother, Xander because cool sword, and Camilla because cool armor, and Not Trusting Leo because he's a Dark Mage and Dark Mage Means Plegia Means Grima Means Evil (almost always) and Leo being so upset about it. It turns the tables entirely, where Odin was originally the one who thought both Leo and Niles were so cool and they thought he was a weirdo idiot until he proved himself, now he thinks they're creepy and Evil and have to work for his trust. And I will always love the Nohrians realizing the trio were Fucked Up Kids and the idea of them watching the three of them take down a faceless with Brutal efficiency because of how much more dangerous Risen were...I'm so into this. AND!! The trio fucking hating each other!! They're so used to them being Best Friends and Inseparable and understanding each other on a whole different wavelength. And now? Sev and Inigo aren't very kind toward Owain's dramatics, Sev and Owain are Bothered by Inigo's flirtations, and Severa is just so harsh with both of them (and most people). Of all the people they could be stuck with, they would Not choose each other. I'm rambling but I'm so into it I'm so so into it. One of the previous asks you linked spoke a lot about Inigo, but if you could talk a bit more about Severa and Owain? Especially if their adult selves were involved with their lieges and partner retainers and how different the dynamic is now and the way they each react when realizing the trio went through something so clearly screwed up and beyond even what they've seen

(prev ask) Ayyy, glad you got a kick out of all of that, lol. And yes!! Leo Trio origins reversed!! With Niles and Leo being the ones who have to prove themselves to Owain instead of the other way around. And the Trio not getting along!! They're 100% there to save each other when they think they're in mortal danger, but as soon as they realize they're not in Plegia? Don't touch me, don't breath on me, don't look in my direction, any of you. Owain & Inigo can't be alone in a room together or else they'll scuffle, Severa stomps away whenever Inigo tries to compliment her, nobody wants to talk to Owain, etc.

Also sure! I spoke a lot about Inigo in that last ask because I wanted to be clear about what I meant with the shyness thing, but for Severa & Owain...

I don't know if they would have been in romance with their lieges before this! I obviously ship the royals & their retainers, but I don't ever see the appeal of that dynamic in deaging fics? I get the idea of like "oh, this is a new side of my partner I've never seen before," but the deaging part is such a huge part of the plot that I don't really see the benefit to that dynamic in these types of fics.

But just in general! The friendship/platonic shift!

I mentioned before about Camilla trying to dote on little Severa but struggling because Severa rejects her So Hard, lol. In general she'd want to dote on Severa because of her personality and how Severa is a tiny version of her beloved retainer, but the more it becomes clear that Severa has issues (especially re: family, which is a major reason Camilla feels the need to dote on Corrin), the more she wants to spend time with her and make some happy memories with her. Which makes Severa's rejection of this attention even stronger bc who the hell are you to presume you know her? And also you're not her big sister/mom/whoever.

Eventually, I almost feel like Camilla would?? I don't want to say "give up," but eventually you're going to get more flies with honey than vinegar. By which I mean the less Camilla tries to push the relationship, the more open Severa might be to spending time with her. But I'm not sure Camilla would get to this point within the timeframe of the Trio being deaged! I think this would take many days or perhaps even weeks to figure out. If the Trio return to normal before this, I think Camilla might feel different (Hard to say how... maybe guilty??) about the way her Selena dotes on her and wants her attention all the time vs little Severa rejecting her. But!! If the Trio stay deaged for a while and Camilla learns to stop pushing the relationship, Severa may slowly grow to approach Camilla on her own and may then be open to being doted upon once they understand each other more (bc she canonically wants all the foods and fun stuff Camilla is offering; she just wants it from someone she trusts. And primarily from her parents ((see: awakening supports w/ parents)), but they're not here).

tl;dr Camilla would have to go against her doting instincts if she wanted Severa to get comfortable with her. Otherwise Severa would avoid her/take advantage of the things Camilla is offering while not wanting to be near her very much.

Re: Beruka!

Unlike Camilla, who has a lot of sad and sympathetic feelings for Severa, Beruka really leaves feelings out of it. Which is probably to her benefit in this scenario, as she's approaching Severa's trauma's from a logical (perhaps even detachedly relatable) standpoint rather than sympathetic. She's more direct than Camilla, so Severa might be a little more comfortable with her, just because she knows what to expect.

Severa, for her part, may even seek Beruka out once she knows they're partners because (1) she wants to know what sort of person her future partner is and (2) she wants to prove that she's the better retainer than Beruka. Which of course she can't do because (a) Beruka would never compare them like that, nor Camilla and (b) Severa is younger, more hotheaded, and less skilled than her older self, so anything she tries to prove now, she'll probably fail at and will blame on her older self having more experience. This competetive spirit may start as an inferiority complex thing, but with Beruka never really fanning the flames, Severa may eventually calm down about it and just feel more driven to get better on her own/respect Beruka as her partner (sort of like her Cynthia Supports in Awakening, though a little different).

Leo & Owain, I already talked about. Owain will immediately take note of the fact that Leo & Niles are his future lord & partner, which he is very curious about, but once Xander, Camilla, & the other very cool people with melee weapons come into the picture, he's very drawn to them, which makes Leo jealous, lol. Leo dedicates himself to "solving" the deaging issue, using this as an excuse so he doesn't have to spend time around Owain and get compared to his "cooler" siblings. HOWEVER, joke's on him bc the fact he's avoiding Owain means Owain doesn't get the chance to quiz him even more and tell him about how cool Brynhilder is. When this finally happens, Leo feels incredibly foolish for trying to show off for Owain & avoid him in turns. Owain, meanwhile, may or may not have ever picked upon on the fact Leo was feeling weird about him at all (although he will admit he felt nervous around Leo at first bc Pelgian Mage Memories and had to take time to get over that).

Niles is a little hard to consider because I actually think?? He'd be good with young/immature folk when he's genuinely trying to be? (See: Niles's interactions with Elise & Nina). However, he can also be quite cruel to people who don't really deserve it (See: Mozu C & B supports) despite having a motto of only insulting "people who deserve it," (Peri Support). So!! I think Niles's interactions with Owain ultimately come down to how well he respects Odin/how good their relationship was. If they were besties when Odin gets deaged, then I don't think Niles will purposely try to make Owain feel bad, though a lot of what he says with metaphors & double meanings will probably go over Owain's head anyway. I also don't know if he'd purposely go digging for information or not?? Depending on how much he feels asking would be a betrayal to Odin's trust vs his own curiosity and all the hints Owain doesn't realize not to drop?? I think Owain would really determine what Niles does or doesn't learn about him. They have the potential to have a really good talk where Owain talks about his parents' deaths and the struggles he & the kids are going through and Niels talking about his own life on the streets. (BTW, despite Owain literally going through a war & both parent death, I think he might think Niles has the worse situation bc he's never known parental love at all, which baffles Niles).

Similar to Leo, I think Owain would be really cautious around Niles at first, both because he's an intimidating sort and because he takes cues from how everyone acts around Niles too. But!! Also just like Leo, if his future self trusted them, obviously that means something, right? So he'd approach Niles a bit more after a few days of settling in.

Niles & Owain's interactions are really hard to imagine because they depend on so many factors that I haven't decided upon! But hopefully the other ones make sense, lol

Thanks for asking!

#my text #asks #my fic #queue #fe14

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glaceontea · 7 years ago

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Of Peasantry And Princes

IT’S A MEDIEVAL AU

So yeah I decided to make a medieval au because I enjoy history, we did the Middle Ages last term and I have a small amount of writing skill so WHY THE HELL NOT

I’ve actually been working on this for like 3 days with research and the actual writing and editing whoops. The research didn't actually achieve much but I'm just freaking excited to share this with you guys, okay?!

Also quick backstory incase you don’t know much about medieval Europe, the church was a very big thing and very powerful okay so- well, you’ll see lmao

(as usual big thanks to @starlight-sanders for letting me just blab on about my ideas and shit and helping me improve everything. also for giving me the title i’m no good at titles)

Okay please enjoy this au that no one cares about except for me and jay and I promise in the future I won't make the intro as long lmao

Tagged: @starlight-sanders, @sanspie122, @80s-addict, @watch-me-introvert, @princeyandanxiety, @imin-loveanon (let me know if you want in or out of the tag list via dm or asks :D)

Warnings: Brief mentions of arson, execution (beheadings specifically), minor swearing (only once, new record i think lmao)

Pairings: Prinxiety and unofficial(?) logicality

Virgil, if he’s going to be honest, faces threat of execution at least thrice a week. I guess that’s what you’d expect, when you’re so against the church the Prince comes along to behead you.

Virgil was nervous.

He was worried because of some.. not-very-good things he had vocalised that morning.

Yeah, he basically told a clergy member to his face that the church was a bunch of bullshit, no biggie.

Wait, no, big biggie.

Ever since he was able to think for himself, he'd been against the church just like the rest of his little village. He'd head of uprisings against the church in other villages, and how those small groups of people were all executed. Fortunately for his own town, the church couldn't do much about it. They can't really punish an entire village, especially when that entire village is prepared for when the clergy try to set their houses alight. Luckily for the town, the clergy aren't very good at arson and have trouble at their attempts to exterminate them like termites.

The only times people were executed within his village were when they went a little to far in their vocalisation against the church. Alas, Virgil had almost been executed too many times to count, due to his extreme disapproval of the church (and the accompanying vocalisation of his disapproval). He was only 16, and his mum was proud of him for coming this far, but understandably worried. Honestly, Virgil was lucky he could run fast and that he had people protecting him, otherwise he'd be in deep shit.

"Come on, Virgil, pick up the pace. You've got to work hard so our noble doesn't try to behead you again," Virgil's hardworking mother insisted. Virgil's father hummed in agreement.

"Or worse, the prince. You've heard the rumours, extremely religious and all that. I'm surprised that he hasn't killed you yet." Virgil blushed.

"What can I say, I'm good at getting myself out of those sorts of situations." Virgil's ears picked up the sound of hooves clopping along the grass. He looked up, spotting Prince Roman on his gorgeous black horse, galloping alongside his stablehand. Virgil groaned.

"You're in for it now!" One of the villagers yelled at him, causing him to chuckle.

"My dear villagers," Virgil began in an over-the-top royal tone, "You'll be lucky to see your... beloved... peasant ever again, as I shall behead him right here in these woods!" He imitated, pretending to be the dramatic prince that Roman was. The villagers laughed.

"Oh, Virgil, sarcastic even in your last moments. Oh, boy, try to tell us what goes on after death, we all know it ain't that heaven bullshit!" The villagers rang out in a chorus of laughter again, gathering around the farm of Virgil's family as Prince Roman arrived. Both him and the stablehand dismounted their horses, the stablehand taking them somewhere to be tied up while the Prince did his duty.

The Prince only pointed to Virgil and said 'peasant', stomping forward and grabbing Virgil's shirt, dragging him off into the woods. He heard the cackling of the villagers behind him, and smiled.

"Oh, Prince, did you not at least consider allowing me the opportunity of saying farewell to my fellow villagers? I'm sure my mother will be displeased that you drag me off into the wood and not allow her to cry into my arms in the final moments of my life-"

"Oh shut it with your nonsense, would you Virgil?" Virgil smiled and Roman let go of his shirt, taking his hand instead as they walked deeper into the woods.

"What will the church think? Oh, my prince, surely a couple of the same sex and different classes such as we are forbidden! Why, my prince," Virgil looked up into his eyes teasingly, "I could be executed. Such sodomy would surely punish a mere peasant such as myself!"

"We are not having sex!" Roman squeaked, causing Virgil to laugh. "Surely they cannot punish us, I don't think we're breaking any rules..." he wondered, eyebrows furrowing. Virgil quickly tried to take his mind off of such thoughts.

"My liege! Thank you for not allowing my execution to be public, the comfort of privacy is certainly one I will treasure in hell!" Roman rolled his eyes and stopped, turning to the other. Without saying anything, he disconnected their hands and gently grabbed Virgil's hips, guiding him back so that Virgil was pressed against a tree.

"Good to see you again, my love," Roman purred, making Virgil blush.

"My lord! I do not deserve such a title, for I am merely a peasant-" Virgil was cut off with a kiss from Roman. "Good to see you too, my prince."

"Don't call me that!" Roman whined, blushing profusely. Virgil laughed in response.

"Are you not my prince? For you belong to me and I to you, our love has brought us together despite sex and class, our-"

"Stop speaking like that, you can drop it now," Roman interrupted, whining as he usually did. Virgil gazed lovingly into his eyes.

"I wish I could see you every day," Virgil whispered. Roman hummed in agreement.

"Me too." Roman gently kissed him, making Virgil smile. "I came because I-"

"You were feeling gay?" Roman laughed and nodded, then kissed his boyfriend once more, pushing himself closer to the other. Virgil quickly deepened their kiss, wanting more of his boyfriend so it would last the days they were separated. Roman hummed and followed his lead, gently nibbling Virgil's lip. He quickly began pressing kisses along Virgil's jawline, and Virgil tilted his head, allowing him access.

This was going to be fun.

Ten minutes later, Virgil walked out of the woods, a large, happy grin on his face. The villagers looked up in shock. He was alive and... happy?

Soon after Prince Roman also walked out, his usual confidence practically radiating from him like a beam.

"You are lucky, peasant, for I have spared you. But, do not expect such mercy on you next time I visit." Virgil nodded, still grinning from ear to ear. Roman winked at him as he passed. "Stablehand! We're off!" The stablehand was already near the horses, seemingly flustered, trying to smooth down his messy hair rapidly.

"Yes, Prince Roman," the stablehand complied. They climbed upon each horse, riding off towards the direction of the castle once more. Virgil quickly went in search of Logan, his best friend, who he found to be inside his home.

"Virgil, you'll never guess what happened." Logan didn't wait for a response, the usually straightforward and stoic person seeming to radiate happiness. "I kissed the royal stablehand!" Virgil gasped, grinning.

"Well I kissed the royal prince," Virgil admitted, and Logan looked at him in shock. "But that's boring, tell me about the royal stablehand," Virgil prompted. Logan let out a laugh.

"His name is Patton, and every time Roman comes here he comes too, just so we can see each other! He's absolutely adorable and gorgeous and perfect. Kissing him was the most magical experience I've ever had, I've honestly never been happier," he sat down on the ground with a sigh, looking up dreamily. "Patton and the prince... what's his name?"

"Roman." Virgil smiled.

"Yes, Roman, are really good friends. Maybe I could work for the castle, even in the stables, if Patton could get word to the prince. But do tell me about him! I want to know everything!" Virgil giggled.

"We've been romantically involved for months, Logan. We always sneak off into the woods together to kiss, but he's never dragged me off like that before! He's so romantic and handsome, and incredibly charming. I wish I could be with him constantly..." Virgil trailed off, sighing in contentment at even the thought of that dream.

"I wish I could be with Patton, I'm so in love."

"As am I. Maybe one day our lives will improve and we can live with the ones we love."

"Maybe," Logan agreed, smiling at the thought.

Maybe.

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