#mariko x blackthorne

[yocalio]

"We could be a great distance away. Safe. And alone."

#shōgun #shogun #shōgunedit #shogunedit #shogun fx #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #toda mariko #john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #creations #dailyflicks #adaptationsdaily #filmandtvedit #perioddramasource #perioddramaedit #smallscreensource #weloveperioddrama #tvgifs #tvandfilmgifs #filmtvdaily #televisongifs #useranimusvox

[bloomsbury]

so anyone else totally normal about shogun?? and john and mariko? cool yeah me too

#resim mesim #illustration #fanart #artists on tumblr #johnmariko #john blackthorne #toda mariko #mariko x blackthorne #shogun #marikothorne

[lousolversons]

Shōgun - 1x09 - Crimson Sky

#shogunedit #shogun #john blackthorne #toda mariko #mariko x blackthorne #blackthorne x mariko #shogun spoilers #tvedit #television #gif #I'M GOING TO BECOME THE JOKER #literally - 🥺

[ariadnethedragon]

Blackthorne x Mariko

SHŌGUN (2024)

#it’s all in the hands #I need compensation for the emotional damage #shogun #shōgun #shogun 2024 #shogun fx #shogun edit #lady mariko #toda mariko #Mariko Sama #john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #john x mariko #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #period drama gif #perioddramaedit #perioddrama #period drama #perioddramagif #perioddramacentral #period drama edit #tvedit #hands #tvgifs #drama edit #tv drama #hulu #fx

[iwasnotaslasher]

#lord toranaga #yoshii toranaga #shogun #john blackthorne #lady mariko #mariko x blackthorne #toda mariko

[grantaere]

stolen glances

#shogun #shōgun #shogunedit #mariko toda #mariko x john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #john blackthorne #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #mariko x john #weloveperioddrama #cinematv #dailyflicks #gifshistorical #televisongifs #smallscreensource #adaptationsdaily #*my stuff

[fayedolan]

I cannot get over how Buntaro performing a tea service, what would generally be considered as a thoughtful gift, to show Mariko that he loved or cared for her completely missed the mark vs. Blackthorne stepping up as Mariko’s second, ready to participate in her seppuku ritual after asking her to live for him, loving her so much that he’d defy his own logic, loving her enough to accept that if life and death are the same, both able to have meaning in the act of living and dying, and she wouldn’t live for him, then he would at least be a part of her death, his life would have meaning to her death and they would then always be connected - the way Buntaro’s act of service is a show while Blackthorne’s act of service is a sacrifice for him and her I ACHE 😭😭😭

#I CANNOT GET OVER IT 😭😭😭 #ITS SO OVERWHELMING #shogun #shogun fx #toda mariko #john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #shogun spoilers #suicide mention #death mention

[cinematic-phosphenes]

“I, Akechi Mariko, protest this shameful attack by Lord Ishido. And by my death …” (Shōgun 2024, Chapter 9: Crimson Sky)

And he closed his eyes and heard no sound but her breathing warm against his mouth (St. Stephen's Cross, Vienna Teng)

Saint Stephen is venerated as the first martyr in Christianity

#shogun #shōgun #shogunedit #shōgunedit #shogun spoilers #john x mariko #blackthorne x mariko #mariko x blackthorne #toda mariko #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #john blackthorne #tvedit #*meine #adaptationsdaily #cinemapix #filmandtvedit #dailyflicks #perioddramaedit #televisiongifs #shōgun 2024 #shogun fx

[cutterpillow92]

Shōgun (2024), Chapter Six: Ladies of the Willow World

#fx shogun #shogun 2024 #shogunedit #shogun #shogun fx #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #john blackthorne #lady mariko #mariko x blackthorne #toda mariko #hands #tvgifs #tvfilmsource #tvfilmdaily

[lafiametta]

John staring at Mariko while she “translates” for Kiku was such seriously top-of-the-line Grade A pining, I’m not sure my heart can take it.

#shōgun #shogun #shogun 2024 #fx shogun #shogun fx #shogun spoilers #1x06 #john blackthorne #toda mariko #mariko x blackthorne #marikothorne #‘to create one perfect moment that you wish to inhabit completely’ #dig my grave and bury me in it

[yocalio]

"Then would you consider living for me?"

#shōgun #shogun #shōgunedit #shogunedit #shogun fx #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #toda mariko #john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #cinemapix #adaptationsdaily #filmandtvedit #dailyflicks #perioddramaedit #cinematv #tvedit #tvandfilm #creations

[bloomsbury]

just a stinky feral puppy and his vengeful suicidal lady

#resim mesim #illustration #fanart #artists on tumblr #shogun #john blackthorne #lady mariko #toda mariko #mariko x blackthorne

[lousolversons]

Are you still under the Anjin's spell? Toda Mariko & John Blackthorne in Shōgun FX

#shogunedit #shogun #john blackthorne #toda mariko #blackthorne x mariko #mariko x blackthorne #shogun fx #tvedit #television #gif #i'm in mourning #the hand touches...

[goldiecastelia]

WHERE ARE THE FANFICS!?!?!?!?!?!? FOR ALL THAT IS MOST SACRED, WHERE ARE THE FANFICS?!?!?!?!?!?! It could even be an alternative universe, but please make fanfics!

#I'm probably going to cry in the fetal position on the floor until a mariko x john comfort fanfic comes out #FOR SOME THINGS FICS WRITERS ARE QUICK NOW FOR A NEED EVERYONE IS GONE #It's a joke but I'm really desperate #I should write it myself but I'm scared to death to post something (I can only write fics related to couples' children #writeblr community #ao3 writer #ao3 fanfic #writing stuff #shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun fx #shōgun 2024 #fx shogun #shōgun fx #john blackthorne #john x mariko #toda mariko #lady mariko #mariko x blackthorne #I need a cute happy and cheerful fanfic of these two #The series is enough to bring suffering to everyone #cosmo jarvis #anna sawai #shōgun spoilers

[finitevariety]

Blackthorne's 'consider living for meee 🥺' gambit is sooo good because the obvious rejoinder (consider how little your feelings matter in the face of all Mariko has endured) is one he is already WELL aware of. It's so obvious that the only reason he's trying this fucking where's-my-hug style gambit is because there's literally no other option available to him--beyond, that is, accepting her plan.

And in the end what's a truer expression of love than that moment, holding the blade above her, waiting?

He doesn't understand the choice she's making--in fact, he hates it. After all, his whole life in this country has been in essence a second life. He was rebirthed starving and scurvetic and fucking stinking, covered in guts as he emerged from the pit! Life takes you to the edge and back again but so long as you are at its table there are always dice to be rolled. Death is, therefore, defeat, and off the table entirely. It is never a choice.

Blackthorne feels that as he experiences the world, so he defines it. If he ceases, the world ends also. It's not a selfish feeling: it comes very naturally to very many of us. What's the point in thinking about the world without us in it? We can no longer influence it, nor reap its rewards. He will probably always feel this, and for him it's true.

For Mariko, though, death is the reason she was kept alive. Her life has meaning to her, of course. Yet that subjective meaning--her experiential life--is subordinate to and distinct from her life's purpose. She has always stood where she was supposed to stand, left the room when it was time, known what to say--and she knows, as clearly as the trees know when to drop their blossom, that her death is always an option. Death confers a meaning onto her life that extends beyond her subjective experience and into the world. If she ceases to be, the world will react to it--and from her death, if she uses it correctly, a thousand ripples will emanate. She has gone through her whole life feeling this, and for her it's true.

Blackthorne talks in this episode about the simple words he has picked up in his time here. These pale in comparison to what he has learned about translation, which is: some things can never be communicated in a way you will understand. That does not mean they are untrue. It does not even mean your own, opposite truth is rendered false!

Sometimes all you can do when you love someone is make their incomprehensible choice easier for them to bear.

#shōgun #shogun #mariko #lady mariko #mariko x blackthorne #in summary: endless screaming #field notes #haarping on

[grantaere]

Shōgun — "Chapter Eight: The Abyss of Life"

#shogun #shōgun #shogunedit #mariko toda #mariko x john blackthorne #mariko x blackthorne #john blackthorne #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #anna sawai #cosmo jarvis #mariko x john #weloveperioddrama #cinematv #dailyflicks #gifshistorical #televisongifs #useranimusvox #smallscreensource #adaptationsdaily #*my stuff