#Butterfly Tsuguko trio comin' through

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This isnt related to anything

But I thought of this somewhere around two am when I had a headache and couldn't sleep.

Kobayashi; Kanao, what's wrong?

Mita; she lost her coin yesterday. She's been acting like this ever since.

Yes, its messy. I know Kobayashi wouldn't call Kanao by first name, at least I think, but posting this was an impulse I didn't look through the again for. I'm also probably not finishing this,, but I might draw in the picture of Kanao at the top left as a separate thing.

Below the cut is some more sketches, and headcanons. And if you haven't read the Wasp's Nest........

Go do that.

So. Clears throat. So anyways.

The premise of that was Kanao losing her coin. The one Kanae gave her, which might have as much personal significance as her hairclip depending how you look at it. Kobayashi asks if she's okay,, and Mita explains to her how miss perfect uses a coin to decide for her things she wants to do. (Not sure if she should know Kanae was the one who gave Kanao the coin, but it could go either way.) Mita doesnt even like Kanae, and that's canon to the fic. So. Why the fxck should it matter if she loses a simple coin? She'll earn much more during her time as a demon slayer.

This is. Obviously unhealthy? So when Kobayashi finds the coin, she decides to hide it from Kanao, and try to push her into making choices for herself. You know, the small kinds. Along with the illusion of actually helping her. (Though in Kobayashi's mind, she probably thinks it is helping Kanao.)

Mita catches on, steals the coin, and returns it to Kanao. Mainly with the excuse of. "Well, I got tired of being a dick to Kanao, so it's your turn." It probably genuinely bothered Mita, too. Because tricking someone for the sake of "helping" them is bullshit, and it's canon she's felt that way about Kanae in the past.

But it might be ooc for them anyways.

Alternatively, can you imagine Mita stealing the coin and deciding to watch the chaos Kobayashi would be so panicked. Where could she have possibly put the coin? Where could it have possibly gone? She couldn't have. No. Dont tell her.. did she actually spend such a sentimental belonging?? This could be either comedic or actually extremely angsty depending who's writing it.

Moving on! I said I would make a different post for stuff about Kanae I thought of as a result of op's fic,, this is that post.

First though, I wanted to take another look at Ichijo. All we really know is that she was Shinobu's tsuguko before Mita, and that she trained using Water Breathing as opposed to Flower Breathing or Insect breathing.

I found this very strange.

Because on one hand, it might have been set before Giyuu became a Hashira, or maybe she just felt more comfortable seeking guidance from a female Hashira, having heard rumors of Water Pillar-Sama being cold and unapproachable.

On the other hand; could you imagine if Ichijo was just flat out rejected by Giyuu? It would make sense. He probably didn't think he was responsible enough to care for another swordsman, and at least he wouldve been responsible enough to figure he couldnt care properly for himself let alone someone else.

I doubt Ichijo would see it that way, though. In her opinion, she was just rejected, without being given a chance. Maybe that's when Shinobu steps in? Maybe in Mita's eyes, Ichijo was ungrateful of Koucho-Shihan's hospitality?

Speaking of Giyuu. And speaking of Koucho sisters. The masks. The butterfly hairpins. The [former] Water Pillar and the Insect/Flower Hashiras were the only pillars who gave special accessories to their students. I'm surprised nobody's talked about it, or maybe I just havent found anything yet, but what if there was a stigma of bad luck against girls with butterfly hairpins as well? Similarly to how demon slayers with fox masks always die in final selection,, something like girls with butterfly hairpins always die off easily.

I'm going to dig in a little deeper to this.

See, I had a hypothetical a while ago where Kagaya, while he still did final selection; likely did Giyuu and Sabito's. Noticed that one of the fox masked kids who survived didn't have his mask, and insisted on looking for it. Years later around the time he becomes a pillar, Giyuu is summoned to Kagaya's and receives his mask, because, along the help of some Kakushi and demon slayers at the time, the group were eventually able to find the pieces of Giyuu's mask.

And if asked why Tomioka got that kind of special treatment, Kagaya probably would've gotten confused and explained that he wouldve done that for anyone. Regardless of what it was. Because he wanted to help people; that's the kind of person he was. Probably when he hands it back to Giyuu probably with a message or two of how he should remember and cherish his roots; it's easy to forget those things when becoming a demon slayer. This touches Giyuu because he went through the trouble of finding it and holding onto it for Giyuu, in fear of it breaking in his crow's claws.

I do feel upset that a lot of the pillars just already had that level of respect for the master, and how it's never really expanded on savs for Gyoumei's life being saved and the public apology he made to Sanemi during a pillar meeting.. even if not all of them had something to push forward that level of respect,, I still feel like it's not expanded on in depth enough?

But I'm getting off topic again.

Point was, Giyuu later takes Kanae on as a tsuguko, and she eventually spots the mask, and is possibly told the story of how he got it? Maybe it stays at the back of her mind, and later during her time as a pillar, she sees a stand of butterfly hairclips. Buys the entire small stock for Shinobu. She's been known to make pointless, grand purchases, with or without reason, according to op. Shinobu probably figures out a way to use all of them; she can distribute them to her future tsuguko, when she finally becomes a pillar.

It would be so sad for her to be somewhat annoyed she has to share her collection with Onee-Chan and Kanao at the start, recieves the hairpin back, and gets sad, deciding that from then on decides to share them with her own tsuguko/friends by her own discretion. Which makes her very depressed whenever her box fills up with hairclips again (from students dying and the like).

Rest in peace, you two.

#The Wasps Nest #I kept procrastinating on this post #but yes i think i have decided to just make a post per chapter when i read it vs when it comes out #its too difficult otherwise #Koucho Shinobu #Koucho Kanae #Tomioka Giyuu #Mita Akari #Ichijo whatever her last name is #Whenever i think Kobayashi i think of that stupid dragon maid anime ew #Tsuyuri Kanao #Shinobu and Kanae's unnamed Tsuguko #Butterfly Tsuguko trio comin' through #KNY #Demon Slayer #technically ocs but also technically canon