#MIzu x Taigen

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DAY 4 of @taimizuweek PROMPT: Blades + Elements

#12daysoftaimizu #taimizu #blue eye samurai #taigen x mizu #mizu x taigen #mizu #taigen #there was an attempt

[ceruleanskies48]

The Broken Blade & Mizu’s Femininity

It’s Day 4 of @taimizuweek! For the theme of Blades, I thought I’d share my meta about the broken blade and its incredibly rich symbology. 

Mizu has two main struggles throughout the series: grappling with 1) her mixed race heritage and 2) her gender and femininity. Her two swords represent and break due to these struggles. Her space sword was brittle since it was too pure, representing Mizu’s inability to accept the strength of mixed metal, which in turn mirrors her inability to accept her mixed race identity. The broken blade snapped since Mizu’s mind was not at peace during the firing of the blade. She had just been confronted by her burgeoning femininity and the dangers associated with it (Chiaki calling her "soft"), leading her to bind her chest too tightly. 

The broken blade is thus not only special because it’s the first sword Mizu ever made but also because Mizu sees its imperfection as being a result of her own impurity as a woman disguised as a man.

“The broken blade fits well in your hand,” is thus symbolically a very touching thing for Mizu to say to Taigen, showing the progression of their relationship. When Ringo remarks that the broken blade is a good fit for Taigen, Mizu is initially annoyed that the blade that has so much personal meaning for her is now being wielded artfully by her former bully, who incidentally doesn’t seem to view the blade as defective at all. While Chiaki uses the blade to almost kill Mizu, Taigen uses it to protect her when Okiyama first finds them and also when the arrows are raining down on them. When Mizu gives the blade to Taigen as a surety for their duel, she leaves him with what is the closest to a love letter that we can imagine Mizu writing at this point in the series. She compliments his skills as a swordsman and promises to meet him again to provide him the duel he deserves. 

The broken blade also captures some of their relationship dynamics. Taigen awakens a part of Mizu that she has repressed since her marriage—a more vulnerable, even romantic side to her when she lived as a woman. Taigen is the only character that Mizu is completely unfiltered around. She also subtly shows her attraction to him when she takes his scarf in exchange for the blade and wears it around her neck. My guess is that in future seasons we’ll see Taigen trying to revitalize this softer side to Mizu. 

The association between the broken blade and their relationship also makes it especially sad when Taigen throws down the blade after calling Mizu a demon and storms off to Edo. He is throwing away the one gift she has given him, one that has much more symbolism than he realizes. It is also poignant when Mizu places the blade into the fire. While she tossed the other items in easily, she pauses with the broken blade, holding it up with a mournful expression on her face before letting it fall into the flames. 

Given all of this symbolism, I’m sad that the broken blade won’t be around in Season 2. I wish Taigen could have learned more about its significance to Mizu. But hopefully we get more richly symbolic Taizu items in subsequent seasons!

#mizu #blue eye samurai #taigen blue eye samurai #mizu x taigen #bes #bes mizu #mizu bes #mizu blue eye samurai #taizu #taimizu #12 days of taimizu #12daysoftaimizu #broken blade #taigen bes #taigen x mizu #mizu/taigen #taigen #meta analysis

[rotzcakedraws]

Glaciers have melted to the sea, I wish the tide would take me over

I've been down on my knees, and you just keep on getting closer

#blue eye samurai #fanart #mizu #bes mizu #taigen #bes taigen #taimizu #mizu x taigen

[lillymakesart]

TAIMIZU WEEK DAY 3 - eyes

this was inspired by a korrasami comic by @ansdrela !! please go check her out her work is amazing!!

do u love the color of the sky taigen

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#mizu #blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu bes #bes #blue eye samurai fanart #mizu fanart #taigen #mizu x taigen #taigen x mizu #12daysoftaimizu #taimizu #taizu

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TAIMIZU WEEK - Day five: Hair

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This one was pretty fun to do, looks like my artist brain is braining after all 😌👌

#12daysoftaimizu #taimizu week #taizu #mizu x taigen #taigen x mizu #taigen bes #mizu bes #blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai fanart #blue eye samurai mizu #blue eye samurai taigen #illustration #digital art

[valensitaaaa]

Day 5 hair/banter

What? This is what the men in London are wearing nowadays 🤷‍♀️

@taimizuweek

#blue eye samurai #mizu #taigen #taigen x mizu #taizu #mizu x taigen #taimizu #art #bes art #drawing #taimizu week #12daysoftaimizu #ship week #fan week

[kaladinkholins]

[fic] all you ever send are fullstops

Rating: Explicit Relationship: Mizu/Taigen Tags: smut, cunnilingus, vaginal sex, he/him and she/her pronouns for mizu, taigen is bisexual, light choking, extended metaphors, it's called "eating out" for a reason Summary: Sick of being left behind and faced with a barricade of silence, Taigen tries to make Mizu stay the only way he knows how: with gnashing teeth and bared fangs.

My entry for DAY 3 of @taimizuweek. Prompt: Words.

Read HERE.

#12daysoftaimizu #blue eye samurai #taimizu #taigen x mizu #mizu x taigen #fanfic.docx #fandom.rtf #shut up haydar

[dabruzzy]

Taigen when he finds out Mizu is a woman

#blue eye samurai #mizu #taigen #mizu x taigen

[icantbeseenlikethisonmymain]

Why did I spend an hour on this? Idfk don't ask me personal questions

The beautiful fan art of the trio is by @proxysart

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu #mizu bes #mizu brainrot #bes #mizu come home the kids miss you #bes mizu #blue eyed samurai #blueeyesamurai #mizu x akemi x taigen #abijah fowler #heiji shindo #mizu x taigen #mizu x akemi #taigen #akemi blue eye samurai #no sleep only bes

[sudenlyanime]

Help I can’t stop

#blue eye samurai #mizu #mizu x taigen #taigen #mizu/taigen #netflix blue eye samurai #tv: blue eye samurai

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DAY 5 of @taimizuweek PROMPT: Hair

Will you share your soul with me? Unzip your skin and let me have a see

#12daysoftaimizu #taimizu #blue eye samurai #mizu x taigen #taigen x mizu #taizu #there was an attempt #mizu #taigen #something something about how the show constantly uses letting one's hair down as a symbol of vulnerability

[ceruleanskies48]

Jealous Mizu

It’s Day 5 (Banter) of @taimizuweek! Like many in the BES fandom, I’ve been thinking a lot about love triangles since the creators have been unrelenting in their teasing of a Mizu-Akemi-Taigen love triangle. In particular, recently I’ve been thinking about jealousy. Although some ship the trio as an endgame throuple, “love triangle” typically implies an unstable arrangement that can be leveraged to create juicy drama through sparking feelings of jealousy, betrayal, and abandonment. 

While I personally don’t like the idea of Mizu suffering from such negative emotions, thinking about Season 1 through the lens of love triangles has made me realize that perhaps we have already seen inklings of jealous Mizu through her banter with Akemi. 

In particular, I’ve been intrigued by the moment in Ep. 4 when Mizu tells Akemi that she “begs to eat trash.” On first watch, this seemed really harsh (is Taigen really “trash”?), but I just figured, Taigen’s station is way lower than the Shogun’s son, and he was Mizu’s childhood bully, so she has reason to think poorly about him. Upon further reflection though, I think this moment actually shows some romantic jealousy on Mizu’s part.

In the episode before this, she left Taigen a very flattering letter that showed that she greatly respected him (and did not actually think he’s trash). She left him her the broken blade, took his scarf, and told him they’d meet again. Shortly before Mizu and Akemi’s conversation, Mizu fantasized about Taigen when seeing the male prostitute and swordsman kiss. And in the cut scene right before they talk (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0KFcvrRedc/), she was looking at herself in the mirror and wondering if she could be considered sexually appealing. 

In light of all of this, I think the reason she so venomously chastises Akemi is that, on some level, she felt like she had a special connection with Taigen—even a potential romantic one—but feels threatened upon learning that Taigen’s fiancée is the beautiful, high status, and extremely feminine princess Akemi. Who could compete with that? There’s a tinge of injustice in her voice, like, why do you have to go after *this* trashy dog (whom I have conflicting feelings about but have begrudgingly come to see as sort of being *my* trashy dog), when you could have anyone else? Insulting Taigen is probably also a way for Mizu to suppress her own burgeoning feelings.

This comparative dynamic also comes up in the forge scene, after Mizu hops off of Taigen. For a moment, she feels a possible romantic connection to him, and it seems like she’s about to reveal her gender to him, but then he brings up Akemi. Mizu seems to believe him—that his boner was due to thinking about Akemi—which makes her confess instead to watching Akemi being taken away. I imagine in that moment, Mizu tamped down any hope she might have for a spark with Taigen, reminding herself that he’s in love with the beautiful Akemi, with whom she could not possibly compete. 

Mizu’s jealousy also comes out in her not-so-subtle jabs at Akemi and Taigen’s relationship. When they first meet, she tells Akemi that Taigen seemed more upset about his hair than his broken engagement. Later, even when she’s trying to bring Akemi and Taigen back together (and hyping up Taigen as a potential "great man"), she tells Akemi that Taigen BELIEVES he loves Akemi very much. For such a straightforward person, such veiled language stands out. She's a wingman with a conflict of interest.

Mizu is not the only one feeling tinges of jealousy. Akemi explains that she wanted to meet Mizu to see what power Mizu has over Taigen to make him run away from her. It’s interesting to see this comparative dynamic between these two women, who in many ways could not be more different, yet who are brought together by Taigen, who notably is their only topic of conversation in Season 1 (sadly Akemizu Season 1 doesn’t pass the Bechdel Test, but I imagine that’ll change in future seasons).

As the writers further develop the love triangle in subsequent seasons, I’m curious if we’ll see jealousies intensify and who will be jealous of whom.

#12daysoftaimizu #bes #bes mizu #blue eye samurai #mizu #mizu bes #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu x taigen #taigen blue eye samurai #taigen x mizu #taimizu #akemi blue eye samurai #bes akemi #love triangle #taizu #taigen bes #taigen #meta analysis #banter

[feymaid]

If any of you value your bisexuality you WILL go watch Blue Eye Samurai NOW.

#when I say that this show is arcane levels of good I’m not kidding #if unlike arcane you’ll like this #PLS for the love of god give this show the attention it deserves #blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #taigen blue eye samurai #akemi blue eye samurai #mizu x taigen x akemi #mizu x taigen #mizu x akemi #taigen x akemi #I’m hypnotizing u to go on Netflix and click the play button #my art #not my ocs

[deliciouslyfrightening]

Enemies to lovers? Blue Eye Samurai is just for you!

"You can't die before me!" and "Only I can kill you!" are the words Taigen (in green) repeats to our protagonist Mizu (in blue). They were childhood enemies and now they are rivals.

But both of them feel sexual tension and Mizu's feelings for Taigen are not platonic kind. After all, Mizu is into strong men who can hold their ground when fighting with him.

They fight alongside each other and make painful sacrifices for each other. They deny their feelings and desires.

One can't help but root for them.

#blue eye samurai #blue eyed samurai #mizu #taigen #mizu x taigen #shipping #enemies to lovers #slow burn #ao3 #historial #lgbtq+ #queer #I need fanfics of them #recomendation #series recomendation #genderfluid #series #netflix series

[sockich]

You think you can take me down twice?

BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)

#i think she can take you down as many times as she likes and you'd be into it #love that for once a scene like this ends with an actual canonical hard on #and love taigen's chill if awkward reaction even though he believes mizu is a man #honestly cliche though it is i'm not not into them #taigen #mizu #love them #mizu x taigen #blue eye samurai #tv #my posts

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TAIMIZU WEEK - Day four: Blades

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