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#I love Mizu and I hope he kills his father dead. if only - if only that would satisfy her.
earl-of-221b · 6 months
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I can’t explain what blue eye samurai makes me feel…….its a typical revenge story, a man sets out on his hero’s journey to kill the four men who have wronged him. A lone ronin, wide brimmed hat and sword in hand, roaming Edo Japan on his vendetta. But he’s not a man. He’s a woman. And how has he been wronged? What’s she getting revenge on?
On the fact that she exists. She wants revenge on the four white men that could possibly have conceived her. Who got her Japanese mother pregnant with a blue-eyed child. And not just any blue-eyed child, but a girl child. How is she possibly supposed to live in the world like that? For the wrong of being conceived, for the wrong of being born, for the wrong of being birthed into a world that will never love or accept her, she will kill her father.
I don’t know what level of convoluted self hate that is. Is she a child of rape? Or a child of a whore? Halfway through I realise what she told herself at the start couldn’t possibly be true - it’s not really for her mother. Her mother wasn’t the root of her vendetta, she wasn’t really doing it for her. When she leaves that farm and leaves the chance to live a simple, legitimate life as a woman, she goes right back to hunting down the men. Those men personally wronged her.
And then there’s so much to be discussed surrounding the way she grew up, because as a boy child and a man she can afford so much more than life has dealt her. Her swordfather who took her in out of the love and care in his heart had no shame in teaching a mixed man his art. The face of a ‘demon’ is fine. But not the identity of a woman. Shh. Don’t say it. Don’t confess. He knows and doesn’t want to hear it.
And because she’s lived that way her entire life for safety and security, she’s so completely alienated from being a woman, perhaps she really is he. But not really by choice. Or is it? The thing she does best is the art of killing, the art of men. Gender is a prison and gender is a performance and she has to choose which to perform. The times cannot reconcile hatred and violence with a woman. So she lives as a man.
So she can get revenge on her father, for revenge on herself.
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alexdelray1 · 5 months
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Mizu angst(idm if you write angst or have rules about it- I couldn't find anything on your blog so I'm so sorry if I missed anything and you don't wanna do this, that's totally fine)
Reader patches Mizu up, and they become attached and feelings ensue... However Mizu leaves, claiming it's for readers own good.
Not even a day later, Mizu heard word of some rogue soldiers attacking readers village. Mizu runs back only to find reader dead or dying
Mizu x Reader. Angst!
Y/L- your lastname.
You have always been in the same village where you were born. Your city wasn't modern or anything, but there were good people there so you loved it for so many good memories. You never even thought about leaving even for a while until one day.
POV:READER.
-Reader, how is the wood? - my mother asked me while I was stacking wood for the stove.
-We collected a lot over the summer, so we'll definitely have enough for many more months. - I replied with a smile and stood up.
-Since we have so much of it, maybe you can go and sell it in the village nearby.- said my mother, going to the stove to warm it up.
-But I don't know where it is.- I replied, crossing my arms.
-There are signs, and your father also went there once and got lost, but he found the way and you are his firstborn and only daughter, so I'm sure you will guess the way. - my mother urged me.
-Okay, but if I get lost, don't bury me, just burn me and throw my ashes into the water. - I said and grabbed a large straw basket. I started putting wood into it.
-You certainly are, my little suicidal woman, you don't have a husband yet and you want to kill yourself. Such things come to mind more after marriage, my mother commented and started helping me.
-Don't even remind me about it, I said. When we finished putting the wood into the basket, I put it on my back and walked to the door to the yard.
-Bye, mom. See you later. - I mumbled and left.
I started walking towards the gate. Winter is a very beautiful season, but at the same time a deadly one. So many people die in winter and so many animals die from various causes. Children, most often, stepped on thin ice. They were adults because they were drunk and went out into the yard and couldn't find their homes anymore. Animals because poachers hunt them more often in winter.
I got to the forest and saw the sign, but there was something wrong with it… It had blood on it. Maybe the poachers marked where they would go hunting.
I continued walking deeper into the forest, hoping to find the neighboring village. It was still dark, but it's better to go at night because there are a lot of thieves here during the day.
-Fuck…Oh shit…- I heard a voice behind the tree. My curiosity overcame my fear and I went behind the tree.
I saw a man, probably a samurai, lying in the snow.
-Oh my God! Are you okay?- I asked him and crouched down next to him.
-Run.- he said and lost consciousness. I heard some voices a few meters ahead of us.
-Where's that son of a bitch!?-- He ran away, damn it.-- Let's go that way.-
I picked him up and started running home. Of course, it was difficult with a tree on my back in the snow, but due to adrenaline I didn't feel it for several minutes.
When I reached the gate, only then did I fall into the snow with him. Fortunately, on the back. The guards ran up to us and, knowing me, took us to the doctor in our village.
I was lying on a futon in my underwear and the doctor was examining me.
-Are you sure everything is fine with you?- the doctor asked and I just looked at the man I saved.
-I just did some cardio. You should be more worried about him. - I replied and he looked at the floor.
-I can't treat him. He's not from our village. He can only lie here until he dies or when he wakes up. - said the doctor and handed me my clothes.
-Well, I'll cure him. - I decided and the doctor just sighed. I put on my clothes and stood up.
-Okay, but you have to treat him at home. - he said and I just shook my head. I picked up the man and left the doctor's house with him.
When I got home, my parents were sleeping in their room, so I took it to mine.
I laid him on my futon and started bandaging him. I felt wounds only on his legs and face, so I only saw him there without clothes.
When I finished, I lay down two meters away on the floor and fell asleep.
-Why did you save me? I told you to run. As soon as I opened my eyes, that was the first thing I heard. I noticed that I was now lying on the futon and he was sitting in front of the window on the floor.
-I did what you told me. I only escaped with you. And you saved me yourself. If you hadn't cursed under your breath, I might not have heard you, gone further and been raped by those people who were chasing you. - I defended myself and sat on the futon.
-What if they were the good guys and I was the bad guy? So that you would now be lying on the futon, raped and dead, or just raped. - He stood his ground without looking at me.
-Okay, you're right, but halfway because I would have agreed. - I said and covered my mouth in shame.
-Wait what?- He finally looked at me.
-Nothing. So basically you were one of them and they were one of four. I don't think you would attack them first. - I replied, changing the subject.
-I could be a criminal and they could be people who chase criminals.- he said calmly.
-Well, I can't with this guy.- I muttered under my breath and stood up.
-I have similar feelings towards you too.- he said, miraculously hearing me.
TIMESKIP.
I don't know how it happened, but I found out Mizu and I have feelings for each other. Three weeks have passed and everyone already knows about my partner. My parents are even planning a wedding.
POV:MIZU.
It's been three weeks and she doesn't know I'm a woman. Whenever she wanted to initiate something more, I simply pleased her by telling her that my genitals had been suffering from something lately. I thought we would just live like this until one day.
“So how's your relationship going, Reader?” her mom asked my girlfriend. We had dinner at her parents' house. The atmosphere was even nice and relaxed.
-Very good. We even talked about buying a house somewhere near you. Right, Mizu? - Reader asked me and I nodded.
-Mizu, can I ask you one question? - my future father-in-law asked me.
-Sure, Mr. Y/L.- I replied and put down the chopsticks.
-Why are you wearing those glasses?- he asked me again.
-It's a family heirloom.- I lied not to go further.
-Really? This means that one of your children will have these glasses. - Dad said and started eating. I was speechless. Kids? I didn't even think about it. How can I give her children if I don't even have a penis?
-Dad, it's too early for something like that.-Reader replied and the topic somehow ended.
After dinner we went to bed. I slept in the Reader room on a shared futon and began to wonder. After an hour of thinking, I realized that Reader is worth more.
I got up from the futon and started getting dressed in the middle of the night.
-Mizu? Where are you going? - Reader asked, waking up.
-I'm sorry, Reader, but it'll be better for you.- I said and put on my coat.
Before she could react, I left her room and locked the door, so that she could only leave it when her parents woke up.
I left the house and all I heard was crying and someone kicking the door. It was hard, but I left.
A few hours later, when it was morning, I was sitting there thinking until I heard something.
-Do you know that today around 2 a.m. some bandits attacked the village where they trade in wood? - said one of the inn's guests and I noticed it.
-Seriously? Anyone survived? - asked the second one.
-I don't know. I think most of them were murdered. Definitely that Y/L family. They had connections at all, so they will probably be buried by someone tomorrow. - As soon as I heard this, I ran towards the village.
No matter how cold it was or how many people I hit while running, I didn't give up. I ran to the gate and all I saw were people's bodies. Massacred. I guarantee that most of them will be unrecognizable.
I ran to Reader's house and saw the bodies of her parents in the walkway. I walked further and saw the broken door to Reader's room on the ground. I went in there and saw her lying on the floor.
She was almost naked. The only thing covering her was her kimono, which had been torn and forcibly removed from her. She was stabbed between the breasts. Her eyes were open but dead. I closed them at the same time I closed mine.
"You know, these men sit together somewhere and let them shake and tremble and be terrified. Because one day, somehow, some way, they might meet me."
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