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[kaladinkholins]

I was wondering, what do u think Taigen reaction to finding out about Mizu being a woman will be? Although I don’t think he will have a bad reaction I wanted to know what u thought about it?

OOH I like this question because the thoughts on this have been swirling around in my brain for a while and I don't think I ever properly talked about this, outside of maybe this post (which is barely coherent imo). There, I compared Mizu/Taigen to Mizu/Mikio, as well as to the main romantic couple in the movie Yentl. Then from both those comparisons, I tried to speculate on Taigen's reaction to Mizu's gender reveal, based on what would make the most narrative sense.

However, I didn't really analyse Taigen himself in that post, and neither did I ever come up with a concrete conclusion to what his reaction may be. So this ask gives me a good chance to speculate even further and hopefully come up with a proper and more in-depth answer.

Similar to you, anon, I don't think Taigen will have a bad reaction per se, though I guess it depends on what you'd define by bad.

Because this is Taigen we're talking about, I don't think he'd exactly be chill about it. He's very much a drama queen, especially around Mizu, as he's never afraid of stepping on her toes, and thus will vocalise his feelings to her whenever he's feeling them. That, combined with his short temper and his brashness, means that there's almost certainly going to be conflict when he finds out the truth. He will be shocked, and because he's immature, he'll be angry and upset because of this shock. Simply because he doesn't know, and hasn't yet learned, how to deal with his emotions in any other way besides getting angry.

So I think that will definitely be his first instinct. To get upset.

I don't think he'd immediately know why he's upset. Maybe only after a few minutes of angry questioning (think something along the lines of "Why are you telling me this now?!" and "You've been hiding this all this time?!"), he'd finally come up with some tangible cause for his anger.

What would the cause for his anger be then? Well, it could be several things.

Possible Reason #1

He feels "betrayed" because Mizu didn't trust him enough with the truth even after the two have grown close, and after Taigen has put his life on the line for her numerous times.

Possible Reason #2

He feels "cheated" because Mizu is not the man he'd believed she was, thus making it feel like their entire friendship was a sham. This is because the basis for their relationship, in the way he'd related to her, bullied her, envied her, admired her, allied himself with her, and eventually grown attracted to her, had been entirely based off the premise and belief that Mizu is his fellow man, his peer, comrade, and fellow samurai. Thus, discovering that Mizu is not a man would, initially, feel like all of that has been ripped away from him. And this is actually related to the third possible reason.

Possible Reason #3

This is a big one, and the reason everyone, including myself, is putting their bets on: misogyny.

Essentially, Taigen would find out that this whole time, the person he'd been envious of and struggling to beat in every single fight, is not a man, but a woman. And as far as he knows, even if women in feudal Japan could once be warriors (see: the Onna-musha), perceptions have since changed by the time of the Edo period. Furthermore, even if women could fight, men were still expected to be stronger, because men are supposed to protect women.

However, I believe that Taigen's particular flavour of misogyny is a little different, in that he does not view women as "inferior." Because remember, his fiancee was Akemi. This was a woman who took no shits! She was snarky and playful and intelligent, and moreover she was a princess, superior to him in every way, and he knew and respected all of that, and respected her as an individual who could make her own choices. When she'd told him the news of their engagement, Taigen asked her, "He's [your father] sure? You're sure?" And then, when she tried to seduce him in Ep 2, he asked her, "Akemi, are you sure?"

His respect for her is the only reason why Akemi had been so desperate to marry him in the first place. She did not love him, but knew he would be good to her. Because she could not guarantee that any other man would treat her nicely as he would.

Thus, with that being said, I don't think Taigen is some "alpha male dudebro" who thinks women belong in the kitchen etc. Instead, I think Taigen simply believes women are just... different from men. So it's not that women can't or shouldn't fight, it's that they just don't. It's not that women can't or shouldn't be friends with men on equal footing, it's just that they aren't. You get what I'm saying?

It's like, imagine your whole life, you're told, and fully led to believe, that a lamp can't light up. They're just meant to be in your house as decoration. And then suddenly, you find out that your lamp lights up! And you're like, "OMG a lamp is lighting up! How is it doing that?! I thought light only comes from candles and the sun! This can't be right, I thought lamps never light up! Isn't that a fundamental part of their design?"

Now, put aside that this is a pretty bad analogy because it's 1am as I'm writing this and I can't think of a better one atm, but I hope the point comes across, in that this is clear-cut misogyny (I'm comparing women to a piece of furniture here on purpose), but the lucky thing about this particular flavour of misogyny is that it's rooted in ignorance, and is not inherently malicious. It can be, but it isn't necessarily.

Ignorance can be undone through learning and educating oneself. And luckily for us, my friends, educating oneself out of ignorance is the entire point of Taigen's character! He represents the uneducated masses who blindly follow the flow of the fucked up system. This is in contrast to Mizu who has never had a place within the system to begin with, Akemi who has spent her whole life struggling to go against the grain of the system, and Ringo who has always tried to follow the system, but due to his disability, is denied full access to it.

Thus, we've already seen him take the first steps to unlearn his xenophobic and racial prejudice, and we've also seen him start shedding his massive ego and desire for glory, which are both used to mask his own insecurities. If Netflix gives us all 4 planned seasons, then we have 3 more seasons for Taigen to fully grow out these backwards mindsets and finally reach his full potential to become—not a good man—but a great one.

THEREFORE, whatever the reason for his upset at discovering Mizu's gender, I firmly believe that Taigen will get over himself in the end, regardless of whether his anger stemmed from his misogyny, hurt, confusion, or whatever else.

Because Taigen's short temper and emotional immaturity is born from him spending his whole life on the move. Unlike Mizu, who is always alone with her thoughts and meditates constantly to try to cleanse herself of her restless emotions, Taigen is used to surrounding himself with people (see:him in the Shindo Dojo) and ignoring his emotions completely (see:him trying to forget Kohama). Which is why, when he does feel anything, it's overwhelming, and he doesn't know what else to do with it except let it out, usually in an angry outburst. Only when given the proper chance to reflect in Kohama in Ep7, does Taigen finally go through some substantial growth and start feeling remorse over how he'd treated Mizu.

Hence, I suspect something similar will happen when he discovers Mizu's gender, in which he will get upset and shocked and confused first, but then he'll reflect and regret and try to make up for his past behaviour.

And this is what I meant earlier when I said that I don't think he'll 't have a "bad reaction."

Essentially, it is my belief that his reaction will not follow in the footsteps of Mikio's, but instead, directly oppose and subvert that. This is related to the points I referenced in the post I linked above, but also, more importantly, because Taigen and Mikio are narrative foils.

Thus, where Mikio had betrayed Mizu and left her for dead, I believe Taigen will, at the end of the day, remain loyal and continue to fight by her side until the very end.

Because the thing about Taigen, as a person, outside of all the attitudes and prejudices that have been ingrained into him, is his relentless devotion. He gives himself into everything he does, puts in his all, and does not do things halfway. That's what makes him such a good soldier. He does not lead, but follows. He is inherently self-sacrificing and driven by a desire to protect, and we see this in how protective he is of Mizu to the point of enduring torture for her and telling her to use him as a human shield; how his first instinct upon hearing Akemi had been dragged off to get married against her will, is to get up and try to go to her; and how, when hearing the shogunate is in danger, he immediately goes straight to Edo palace to try to warn the shogun, even if it might get him killed in the process.

I could go on about why I think this is what makes him so good for Mizu (because Mizu's arc, especially in Season 1, is literally about accepting help and opening herself up to others) but this post is already atrociously long, so I'll just leave it at that.

So, anon, I hope I answered your question! I'm sorry I can never give short answers though, but I think at this point, it's to be expected from me lol. Thank you for the ask btw! And on that note, my inbox is always open for more 👀

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[kaladinkholins]

Hiii, I've got an ask for you 🫣

What is the most interesting end for Mizu in your opinion and if you could guess, what do you think the writers will do?

1. Doomed by the narrative all the way (her story starts sad and ends in a even bigger inevitable tragedy)

2.She gets what she wants but will never find true happiness (maybe lose someone she loves in the way)

3.Gets what she wants and finds contentment and even happiness.

Secret fourth opition?

Hope you are well😁

Hiiiii <3 <3

OOOH this is an interesting one, and right out the gate I would 100% immediately choose Option 3 here, which is that Mizu gets what she wants and finds happiness and contentment.

Now I am a SUCKER for tragedy and bittersweet endings, they are soooo juicy like don't get me wrong (the novel manuscript I'm working on is literally a doomed-by-the-narrative type story!) but in my opinion, though all stories can be tragedies, not all stories necessarily should be.

This is because a story's ending, and what makes an ending satisfactory, is heavily reliant on the promise that it sets at the very beginning.

A narrative promise is essentially what the story is telling us to expect when we start the first episode or read the first chapter or click the start button on a game. As such, the promise is usually given to us in two primary ways.

First is the story's tone. What sort of language does it use? What sort of art direction does it employ? Its music, its camera angles?

In BES, the story starts off with some dynamic long shots of Mizu walking with her back turned to the camera through the snow, the wind whooshing and dramatic music in the background, while words fade in and out on the screen:

In 1633, Japan closed its borders to the outside world. Citizens would never see a white face, nor any face that was not Japanese. A child born mixed race would be considered less than human. Pitiable. Monstrous. From these times rose a legend. Of a swordsman. Of a sword. Of revenge.

The music ends in an epic crescendo. Cue title screen.

From the above line, we can already see that the tone is that of a dramatic, epic, action-filled story about revenge. From that first scene, we see Mizu's confrontation with Hachi, and from this we already see the promise that this is a heavily-stylised action martial arts series that will be violent and gritty.

On that note, its fight sequences also follow video game logic a lot of times, and overallm a lot of things are not very realistic or necessarily 100% historically-accurate. This, together with a lot of casual dialogue and humour littered throughout, makes it a story that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's rather blockbuster-ish in that sense, and while very well written and rife with beautiful imagery, symbolism, and nuanced characters and themes, it is not intended to be high literary work by any means.

And while Mizu's backstory is indeed very tragic, the story we see in the present is very tonally different, chock-full of one liners and silly lines (thank you, Ringo and Taigen, my silly boys, for that) as well as flashy action scenes and montages set to rock music. The tonal shift between the past and present stories is also in part what makes The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride stand out so prominently among the 8 episodes.

Besides the tone, a story also delivers its the promise through its character arc, which is presented to the audience by showing us a variety of things related to the protagonist, such as:

what the character is missing in their life: for Mizu, it is love and acceptance;

their desires: revenge, because as we see from her backstory, she has been unable to obtain love/acceptance;

what's preventing them from achieving it: Mizu adamantly believes that she is a monster who is not capable of loving or being loved, and this is why she pushes Ringo and Taigen away in present day;

and their flaws: Mizu is stubborn, narrow-minded, and is driven purely by hate and anger. Taigen tells the viewers this very clearly in Ep7 when he says she's killing Fowler "Not for honour. For hate." And also in Ep8 when he says to Ringo, "Mizu doesn't care about anyone but himself and his revenge." Mizu's "ember" is her anger and desire for vengeance.

Thus, from all this, we can come to a conclusion that the show's promise is something along the lines of

Mizu gets her revenge +

Mizu unlearns her self-hatred and stops letting her anger be the only thing guiding her +

Mizu stops running from people who care about her so she can finally get the love and acceptance she's always craved.

IMO, only by fulfilling all three of these promises would the story have a satisfying payoff.

Whether the revenge will be directed to the white men, though, is up for debate, as there are a lot of theories going around that maybe the white men aren't as evil as she thought and none of them are even her fathers, that Mizu's true enemy is Lady Itoh and the shogunate, etc. The third point, regarding love and acceptance, is also a point of discourse, because we don't know who she'll end up with, or if she'll end up with anyone romantically at all, whereby the story opts to make it an open ending focusing on platonic/found-family bonds rather than any romantic one.

Whatever the case, it doesn't necessarily matter, and I'm open to pretty much all directions the writers may take us as long as SOME revenge is achieved, blood is spilled, colonisers get their dues, AND Mizu gets to be loved and happy.

BUT if you ask me for my ideal version of that payoff... I think it's no surprise to anyone when I say I want Mizu to live a nice peaceful and secluded life, in which all her past adventures fade into myth and legend (as implied in the opening text).

Because while I'm almost certain Mizu is related to some royal or important bloodline, I don't think Mizu would find happiness in a life in the palace. She has never wanted greatness, has never even hinted at wanting power or anything like it. She craves belonging and the freedom to be herself, and to be loved for all her flaws and dualities. These are things she needs to grow and be a better person as well. A life of politics and intrigue inherent in being a royal heir, or in being a samurai loyal to the shogunate (even if it is under Akemi's future administration) would offer no such freedom or sense of peace for Mizu.

So yeah! Peace and quiet and happiness, maybe living on a farm like she did with Mikio. But of course that life wouldn't mean anything if she were to live it alone, because remember she wants and needs love and belonging. As such, I think the one most suited to give her that would be Taigen (for a variety of reasons).

This life could be with or without their bestie Ringo, depending on if Ringo decides to travel and find his own greatness, and it is implied that Ringo does leave Mizu's side to go on his own adventures, as hinted by the creators wanting a spin-off centered around him.

And also Mizu and Taigen go to visit their mutual ex-girlfriend Akemi sometimes for like special occasions or something.

I hope that answered your question, and thank you so much for the ask!! <3 <3 And on that note, my inbox is open for more if anyone else would like to pick my brain about this show, or anything else for that matter really. I may take a while to answer them considering how in-depth I like to go on these, but I love getting any and all these asks regardless :)

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[kaladinkholins]

Probably you have spoken about it earlier (sorry if so), but how do you think that Taigen will know Mizu's gender in the series? And how would you like it to happen? I would like it to be intentional, but regarding the amount of wounds Mizu constantly have, who knows...

Hello! :D And no I don't think I've ever written about it publicly on this blog, and to be honest I've never thought much about it.

To preface, I've not always been the type to properly sit down and theorise about future narrative decisions. When it comes to these things, I'm very "big picture" oriented, where I'd usually be fine with anything happening in the story as long as it touches on certain themes, remains in character, and adds something meaningful to our protagonists' arcs.

For example the only reason I came up with the Mizu's mom theory was because knowing exactly who Mizu's mother is (whether she is white, or royalty, or anything else), could, depending on the different posible outcomes, drastically alter Mizu's sense of identity and how she perceives herself, as well as morph the core themes and message of the overall story.

On the other hand, when it comes to the particulars of the inevitable gender reveal, I'm not picky at all, and I'm open to all the possibilities of how it would play out. This is because the outcome to all of it remains the same (in which Taigen finds out Mizu's gender), with only the process to get there differing, and in that regard, the question is then mostly on personal preference on tropes and avoiding cliches, and speculating future plot beats that would allow the gender reveal to happen in the first place.

Like you said, it could happen by way of Taigen trying to stitch Mizu up while she's unconscious or at least half-conscious, which would thus likely involve a big battle happening prior. A similar instance that comes to mind is Mizu's face off with Chiaki and the Four Fangs; iirc it's the only time Mizu is unconscious and vulnerable in front of Taigen. I'm not counting the time after they both fell out from Shindo and Fowler's fortress, because in that case, they'd both been completely KO'd. So anyway yeah, to get back on track, post-Four Fangs battle, if Ringo was not a factor, Taigen would've likely been the one to bring Mizu to safety and patch her up. From the framing of the scene, and Taigen's expression upon noticing Mizu look so vulnerable (because at this point he'd still believed Mizu to be nigh invincible, as we see from his daydream of him battling a giant Onryo in Episode 2), it's almost like the show was teasing us with the possibility of a gender reveal right there and then. But then of course, Ringo comes in and puts a stop to that happening (and thank God for that, because neither Taigen nor Mizu, on a narrative level, are ready for such a reveal yet).

Other than a Taigen-patching-Mizu-up scenario though, and outside of Mizu confessing to the truth herself, another possibility is that Taigen deduces the truth on his own. And this an idea that Ioana (@saessenach) and I were discussing, assuming a scenario where Taigen did not follow Mizu on the boat to London, but remains in Japan to do his own thing. In this scenario, all four of our protagonists are separated throughout Season 2 to have their own arcs: Mizu in London, Akemi in Edo, Ringo in Eiji's forge, and Taigen? Well, absolutely zero hints were given on where Taigen's going to go after S1, so everything's up in the air. The reason for this could be just some network/authorial reason whereby the writers are leaving it open because they themselves aren't sure what to do with Taigen.

Or, if they'd pre-planned everything early on, the complete lack of Taigen's presence at the end of the finale could itself be an indicator of where Taigen, and his arc, are going. What I mean is, Taigen in Season 2 might be a Wanderer, also known as a Ronin. Remember, he was disgraced and cast aside by his Lord, has lost his station and place in his Dojo, and him witnessing the "humiliating" death of the Shogun could be reason for Lady Itoh to want Taigen gone. He has nowhere to go. Plus, with him beginning on a journey of unlearning his prejudice and confronting his wrongdoings so he can properly change for the better (with the scene of him in Kohama in Ep7 being only his first steps), it's possible that his arc next season will be something along the lines of Zuko's from Zuko Alone in A:TLA. If you haven't watched A:TLA, what I'm referring to basically involves going from village to village, seeing that the status quo and society is cruel and unjust, trying to help people but having it kinda blow up in your face because of the fucked up status quo, and also facing the past you've been running from your whole life (through the form of flashbacks and introspection).

Thus, should a Taigen Alone arc really happen, it's possible that Taigen also gets wrapped up in some plot involving the black market dealers in these towns he visits, which would help tie in to the main story happening with Mizu and Akemi, because the white men (on Mizu's end) and the corrupt officials in the palace (on Akemi's end) both have ties to such black market dealers that Taigen may encounter. So it's possible that while investigating these people and tracking them down, Taigen gets wind of some rumours about the huge bounty on a half-breed blue-eyed girl. And, well, you can guess where it goes from there. Taigen deduces the truth, and when he reunites with Mizu later on, there'd be all this tension because now he knows. And this would be a very interesting outcome because this scenario wouldn't lend itself to a huge heat-of-the-moment argument that everyone's expecting, whereby Taigen finds out the truth while Mizu's right in front of him. Instead, in this case, Taigen finds out on his own, gets time to stew in the revelation, and likely drive himself mad in the process, and BOY THAT'D BE JUICY AS ALL HELL!

So basically, yeah, between the two scenarios I just presented, I'd favour the latter more, but I wouldn't mind the former either, or anything else the writers might throw our way.

However, I do still kind of hope Mizu could be the one to reveal the truth to Taigen herself, as I feel she should be allowed the choice in the matter, rather than having Taigen find out against her will. Plus, being the one to tell him herself would be such a huge step for her, signifying how she's opening up to people again, and would also be a big sign of some pre-established trust in their relationship.

BUT like I said, I'm not all too picky, and I also live for the drama, so, in conclusion: ¯\_(��)_/¯

Also I just realised just how much I typed up, and I'm so sorry that I can never be concise with my words, but I hope it's still somewhat legible. 😭 Thank you so much for this question by the way! I love rambling about this show, and I'm grateful for any chance to ramble about it even more <3 <3

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[kaladinkholins]

I promise I'm not dropping a sketchy link in your inbox but theres this lady names Morgan Clae on Instagram, and she writes a little song for scenes in shows she likes, and she did one for Blue Eye Samurai I think you'd love

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6L3MP2xzNH/?igsh=MXA1aGg1Mjkxb2M0Ng==

(If you don't trust the link its the most recent reel on her IG @morganclae as of april 25)

omg friend, i am screaming and yelling and crying THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS BLESSING WITH MEEEEEE

for my fellow taimizus this is the reel

me rn

also thank you sm for thinking of me and sending this my way it's very sweet and i'm very grateful and happy you thought of me 🥹🥹🥹

#while im at it i should apologise a little for probably spamming your dash with my ship 😔😔🫡 #life-b4-death #letters.doc #taimizu #mizu x taigen #blue eye samurai

[kaladinkholins]

Another funny thing about that play fighting in the forgery scene; Mizu still hadn’t revealed she was female yet. I know that Japan wasn’t fully opposed to same sex relationships (at least prostitutes didn’t care), but imagine ‘training’ with this dude you previously hated and bullied, and then suddenly “Oh wow, boy kinda pretty” “dayum homeboy, your lips looking real kissable toda- THAT’S JUST MY BELT BRO I PROMISE! OR AT LEAST I HOPE IT IS”

LMAOO YES taigen is literally THE disaster bisexual !!! he's so stupid and smitten and absolutely whipped for mizu it's crazy. i mean i don't blame him but still!!!

#he wants to be mizu's himbo boytoy soooo bad #and i want that for him too. and for mizu. she deserves a boytoy. as a treat #blue eye samurai #letters.doc #anon #mizu x taigen #taimizu

[kaladinkholins]

Hi! What do you think about the usage of time in Blue Eye Samurai? And do you think Mizu is closer to 20 towards the ending of s1?

Hi there!

Hmm... This is an interesting question, and one I find a little difficult to answer if I'm being honest. "Usage of time" is kind of broad, and I'm afraid I'm not too sure of what you're asking, so I don't know if I can give a comprehensive response. But! I will try.

Time as a narrative device in the show is honestly something I haven't thought much of. Overall the story is quite linear, and the flashbacks are also rather linear.

The most notable usage of flashbacks is of course in The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride. The way it juxtaposes past and present, making us believe past Mizu is the Bride and present Mizu is the Ronin, only for both past and present Mizu to converge into the Onryo—it's masterful storytelling, and it's no wonder most viewers (including myself) consider Episode 5 to be the best in the season.

Also, now that I recall, the first episode of the show actually starts off by framing the whole story as a "legend of a swordsman, of a sword, of revenge." You could interpret this as the story being related to an audience by an unknown invisible narrator, which might come into play at the very end of series, or it could just be a stylistic choice, which is my personal take on it.

On the other hand, time as it unfolds in the present day makes more sense the less you think about it, and I say this mostly in a nitpicky CinemaSins type way (sorry) whereby the time it takes to travel from one place to another seems incredibly fast, rather than spanning days or weeks, considering Mizu mostly travels by foot. The time it takes for Mizu (and Taigen) to recover from their wounds is twice as fast. But again, these are details that are quite irrelevant to the story itself, and I just like to hand-wave them away by saying that the show follows video game logic in many regards, and the passing of time is one of them.

On a slight tangent though, while I'm on the subject of the show stretching the bounds of what's realistic or accurate, I'd also like to point out that the show seemingly takes place in an alternate timeline from our own, or at least just a completely fictionalised version of history. I say this because the Shogun im the show is from the Itoh clan, which is in fact a real clan (more commonly spelled as Itō) that ruled the Obi-han during the Edo period. However, they were not the ruling clan of the shogunate as they are in the show. Rather, the shogunate was led by the Tokugawa clan, who ruled Edo between 1603 to 1868. So! Yeah. Thought it'd be an interesting fact to mention.

Now, for the second half of your question, I actually think Mizu is a little older than 20.

I doubt that the show will give us a concrete answer to this, so this is all speculation, but hear me out. Japan closed its borders in 1633. The Great Fire of Edo takes place in the spring of 1657. In present day (assuming early 1657), Heiji Shindo and Fowler mention that they've known each other for 20 years, which could possibly allude to Fowler being in Japan for 20 years, or their partnership lasting 20 years. I took it to mean the latter, which means that Fowler must've been in Japan for at least 24 years. This gives us the maximum plausible age limit for Mizu. She cannot be any older than 24.

She also cannot be any younger than 19. This is because the character sheets tell us that she starts to look like herself as we see her today, at age 19. We can thus infer that this is the age when she first leaves Master Eiji's house (during winter), reunites with Mama (in the spring), and marries Mikio. Her marriage with Mikio, iirc, lasts less than a year, spanning from spring to autumn.

We can then roughly assume she's about 20 when she leaves the farm behind and resumes her revenge quest. Between then and the present, Mizu kills Violet. Assuming this gap of time is about a year long, that means Mizu is roughly 21 upon meeting Ringo in Ep1. So it's possible that at the end of the season she's either 21, or nearing 22, depending on if the season begins in early 1657, around January or February (the year of the Great Fire), or around December of 1656, the previous year. Personally, because I like my blorbos on the older end, I like to interpret her as the latter.

So yeah! I hope I answered your question anon, even if a little bit. These are fun little exercises for me to work my noggin, so I appreciate the ask! <3

#letters.doc #blue eye samurai #anon #i hope we get more flashbacks in future seasons #of mizu killing violet for one. but also of akemi and ringo #i dont think taigen flashbacks are *that* necessary because we know quite a lot about him #and akemi holds more weight in the narrative and should thus be given priority #ringo flashbacks would be amazing tho we hardly know anything about him and his past!!!! i love ringo sm

[kaladinkholins]

My man! (Are you? Not sure, but think generic term of man) I love your fic! Do you have any other Taimizu fic recommendations? I want to read more stuff!!!!

Haha yes hello! And don't worry, I will take a "my man" in a gender neutral way or otherwise, because my gender is everything in a blender anyway lol!

And ahh thank you so much, I'm so glad you like my fic!! 💓

As for Taimizu fic recs— My friend, you've come to the right place, because I love nothing more than to rec my fav fics to people and give fic writers some love for the wonderful work they do for fandom!

Now, I was like halfway typing up a whole list, but I got tired because it's 2am here, and also my allergies are killing me (the heat wave and the haze does that to you), so, scrap that.

Instead, I shall usher you to my ✨ AO3 bookmarks ✨ where you can find a whole list of Taimizu fics I've already read and loved, compiled in a list for your convenience. Enjoy 😎

As a side note, remember to fully read the tags, warnings and summary before reading, and click away if it doesn't strike your fancy for any reason! Our tastes may differ, KINKTOMATO, and all that jazz. On the flip side though, if you did enjoy the fic, please leave a nice comment for the writer!

Thus with all that said, I hope you have the time of your life reading some good Taimizu fics, anon! :D

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[kaladinkholins]

Just stimmed my way thru ur blog like so

SDFJSKJF HELP ???? I hope this is meant in a positive way 😭

#like as a fellow Neurospicy™️ i know what stimming is #it's just that stimming and [whatever nonsense content is on my blog] are two things i would never think to associate with each other 💀 #anyway i hope you had a nice time friend #riotifyoupease #letters.doc

[kaladinkholins]

i just read what’s available of your blue eye samurai fic - sooooo good i ofc had to comment there + bring myself here to say compliments to the chef. i look forward to following along!!!

aaaah thank you so much!!! i am very very glad you liked it and i really appreciate you taking your time to leave a comment and send me a message :')

#letters.doc #bluethisisforyou #drowning in deadlines rn and really appreciate this. it made my day!! ;w; #a new ember taimizu fic

[kaladinkholins]

You know I don't wanna say this,but if you have phc headcanons,you may tell me because I love headcanons and I wanna do it so much.

Hi!! I'm not really a headcanons person in general actually, but I guess I do have a few! Projek: High Council was such a good show with a lot of well-written and three-dimensional characters so it gives us a lot to think about.

Ayam hates himself. We don't see a lot of this because Ayam is a side character for the most part, but we see in the Kem Bulan Madu episode that his worst fear is himself, and he tells himself "Admit it, you're a piece of shit" or something along those lines. Tak ingat sekarang lol. But anyway yeah, I think he has big self esteem issues which he covers up with comedy and by overplaying his flamboyance. I'm glad he's not really bullied for being lembut, or outright called a pondan, even though it's very much implied that he's Not Straight™️. As such, I'd like to think that he's not insecure about being lembut, because he owns this part of him! Instead he might be insecure about other things. Maybe his looks. His attitude. His words of "piece of shit" tells me that he thinks he's not a good person. He feels guilty about always following along with and sucking up to the High Council, even though he knows they're bad people.

Fakhri becomes a pro athlete after SPM. Do you see that man's boy's abs? His fighting skills? He can become a legitimate boxer. And it's a good outlet for his anger issues!

Naim becomes interested in literature. He says wants to study business, but fuck that. I think he should get in touch with his gentle side again and let himself be "lembut". Even a little bit. Fuck toxic masculinity. This boy should be reading and writing jiwang poetry. Let him be a teachers' pet with Pn Faniza (I think that's the English teacher's name?) and use writing as a way to express himself and deal with all his mommy issues. ❤️ Pn Faniza would be such a good, positive role model to him too, because his mama is SUCH a horrible mom omg I wanted to slap her so many times.

Kahar is a closeted bisexual. Idk what you feel about LGBT rights in Malaysia lmfao, but to me, all his scenes with Fakhri were SOOOO full with this enemies-to-lovers tension. Like I can't unsee it. He keeps looking at Fakhri's lips. He's obsessed with Fakhri. And even though I think Fakhri does not feel the same way at all, I think it would be refreshing and very sweet if Kahar grows up and studies oversees and learns more about himself and his identity outside of the horrible environment he grew up in. Get him away from his dad ASAP!!!!

Anyway that's it. I hope these aren't too controversial lmao. Also if you need me to translate to Malay lemme know! (I'm not sure if you're Malay yourself but. I'm assuming you are because I don't think this show airs outside of Netflix Malaysia)

#letters.doc #123ruonhumanshi #projek: high council

[kaladinkholins]

Okay,I love your headcanons very much. Saya sangat suka headcanon awak so here are my own headcanons.

imagine a student mess with the form 4,form 5s and the teachers,that student will face the wrath of kudrat(not much just some ostracization and in turn a little little detention and some pummeling in secret)

For fakhri x kahar headcanons,I imagine the two started slow a bit and kahar secretly possessive of fakhri if some people try to interrupt their together time when they are not fighting(kahar being a big of a jealous girlfriend to fakhri as he clings his arms around fakhris hands) and

if you wanted to add jealousy with my own swap alternatives version of fakhri, Swap fakhri has a soft side but at the same time used that innocent facade to get himself out of trouble so you can imagine how swap fakhri would make original fakhri jealousy by kissing kahar on the cheek,patted his hair and hugged kahara waist a bit too possessively like he is goating fakhri to fight swap fakhri on purpose since swap fakhri is a coolheaded person.

Naim would be a bit of an overportice brother like if kahar ever tries to hurt fakhri,he would literally pummeled him by the guts. He would try to calm himself down as long as amir or mia is with him to restrain naim from trying to maul everyone who dares to hurt fakhri.

Thank you!! I'm glad you liked them :)

Ooooh these are interesting I especially love the idea of Kahar being a jealous girlfriend omg <3 <3 I can definitely see that, he does seem the jealous type, and Fakhri would be so smug about it like "Damn you're jealous over ME? 😏😏😏"

GOOD STUFF!!!!

AND OMGGGG YESSS OVERPROTECTIVE BIG BRO NAIM I love this

I love the idea of Naim finally getting to be a good big bro to Fakhri again! He loves to spoil and protect his little brother, and even though Fakhri hates it at first (big ego punya pasal LOL), he eventually learns to accept his brother's love, the same way he slowly learned to accept his mother's love. (I still hate his mom though)

#plssss keep these coming #sorry for the late reply btw my social energy has been 📉📉📉 #letters.doc #123ruonhumanshi #projek: high council #fakhri x kahar

[kaladinkholins]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Get to know your mutuals and followers.♡

OMG are we bringing back the tumblr tradition of doing these ask games!!! i love it yes let's bring it BACK thank u for sending this to meeee

cats (and my cat especially)

seeing the moon and stars out!!!

finding a story that hits me in my soul

the beach / sound of the ocean waves

just being silly and goofy and having a laugh without a care in the world

#these are cheesy but idc <3 also it's all true #thank you for the ask oomfie <3 #life-b4-death #letters.doc

[kaladinkholins]

What's the time and weather over there

are u a bot perchance, anon? this sounds like something a bot would ask. anyway the time is way-past-a-reasonable-hour-to-sleep and the weather is so-humid-i-want-to-die, thank u for asking ❤️

#me usually: TROPICS GANG LETS GOOOO‼️‼️‼️ #me when the weather is Like This: tropics gang ...... ✊🏻😔🔫 #we just had a storm and my house got hit with Yet Another blackout btw #anyway if ur not a bot anon i hope ur doing swell #letters.doc #anon

[kaladinkholins]

Most importantly, my brother in nerd-ass shit you don't need anyone's approval to write whateverthefuck you want

yeah literally this. you don't have to conform to whatever everyone else is writing. if everyone is writing smut go ahead and write that action-packed crossover. if everyone is writing tooth rotting fluff then write some gore and violence. do whatever you want! it's fanfic! have fun! (also tag your shit of course but that's besides the point)

#letters.doc #anon

[kaladinkholins]

TaiMizu sounds like a type of dessert :D like Tiramisu. It's because they are both YUMMY.

Ah yes, sweet, but slightly bitter, indulgent and mouthwatering tiramisu 😋

#they're both a snack and i'll eat them both they're both hot and i want them on me #letters.doc #fuukonomiko

[kaladinkholins]

Just letting you know. I love your art, your fanfics and your metas. And your blog. And you. You're the bomb! Thank you for having an awesome corner of the fandom!!!!

AHH thank you so much Fuu!!! This is so sweet and means a lot, I am very glad you enjoy my silly ramblings and writings and whatnot. I really appreciate you and love your work—and you!—as well!!!

#letters.doc #fuukonomiko #🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼