#playing the corpo intro again struck by how everyone is doing Gender

[merge-conflict]

wip wednesday

haven't been able to write much lately, but have been picking at some scenes trying to figure out how they'll go.

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“So it is true.” Arasaka-sama shakes his head, not bothering to conceal either his disappointment or his disgust. Nothing Goro will ever endure could be as painful as seeing him die, but to lose his esteem is still a mortal blow. “Truly, I expected more from you, Takemura. That you would forsake your duties, and all for such a…person.” His lips thin, the holo shimmering during his pause. “It is beyond reproach.”

“I owe her my life,” Goro says stiffly, straightening his shoulders. “And yours.”

The silence that follows is agonizingly sharp. He is judged not only by his master but by his apprentice behind him. He does not need to turn to know Oda’s expression: restrained but visible contempt. Youthful arrogance still blinds him to the idea that he will one day fall prey to similar judgment. Hanako’s own seclusion has given him shelter, and the freedom to indulge himself in ways that Goro never could. Now he sees V and judges her form with the same civilized revulsion that Arasaka-sama would judge him with, if he knew how he spent his free hours.

#playing the corpo intro again struck by how everyone is doing Gender #bad enough Valentine is a dumbass thieving gaijin drone #but the ambiguous gender thing really is the worst #funny how de-gendering and de-humanizing can be an act of aggression and also survival instinct #easier for Goro to be a tool carrying out someone's will #than a living breathing bisexual man serving a homophobic god-emperor #anyway this is all firmly headcanon stuff but there you go