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rinthecompanion · 5 years ago

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This post is a response to this this tweet from this twitter thread. However, more than likely, if I’ve linked you back here, the argument has become redundant to me, and eventually some point in this will have my stance.

So, I never said you had to agree with the ship, but you guys cannot keep throwing out heavy terms without fully understanding what they mean, and what they insinuate. It’s slanderous and defamatory.

So while I perfectly understand your point, we’ve been told and showm that Sesshomaru did not only NOT raise Rin in any capacity, but we’re shown that:

it’s Rin’s choice to follow him

and toward the end of the journey, where she dies again, Sesshomaru regrets ever bringing her along because her life, up until then, was not treated as preciously as it should’ve been. In fact, it’s not only arrogance on his part of his own power, but because truly, he does not help her in any real way UNLESS she calls out for his help

because Sesshormaru’s overall capacity to care for another person is not great at all. As simple as I could make it, he is selfish, but that’s the point of his story. That’s why there’s bigger meaning than romance in Kagura’s death, Rin’s second death, losing his arm by the Tessaiga, and literally every plot point he’s given to humble him — which we learn by Rin’s second death, was STILL not enough even DESPITE everything. That’s his flaw until he learns Toga’s real intentions with the swords, where he wasn’t given anything but the task to help Inuyasha.

So, besides knowing Rin as a child, explain to me where does the actual grooming take place? Or is that just a term being used because Rin’s only a child in your mind, and we just haven’t gotten backstory yet?

Because beside those two important characterizations to provide context; Sesshomaru doesn’t go out of his way to provide for Rin until the kimonos, which the idea of it doesn’t get sullied because they ended up romantic. It can for personal opinion (which you’re free to have), but it doesn’t because it can be explained with Kaede living humbly as a priestess, Rin literally having nothing coming to live in the village, his amends for always putting her life in danger, or just simple gifts with no obligation (which would make more sense since that was the nature of their companionship — never obligation but choice). There’s so many reasons before the conclusion of him expecting anything from her in return, especially any romantic or sexual interest in him.

Nonetheless, the interview tidbit of Sesshomaru struggling to pick out another kimono to match Rin’s likeliness is cute and get romanticized (which is normal if you ship them, even just as adults); but it also implies that he rarely sees her and that she’s always aging/growing considerably from the last time he actually does visit. Meaning, in the those three years Kagome was gone and the following handful of years that she stayed, he didn’t travel with her or keep in close contact (which makes sense if he and Kirinmaru were heading their underworld empires at the time).

(Nevertheless, if we’re going off that tidbit, then it’s Jaken that has to do the actual hunting and buying of fabrics LOL. Let’s be realistic, Sesshomaru is not going out of his way for menial things, even if it’s for Rin.)

Anyway, I feel like I don’t need to explain what child grooming is since it’s said so much, and I will always completely understand CSA survivors who just don’t like the idea of SessRin because Rin trusts Sesshomaru and now there’s a strong possibility that they’re romantically involved. I’m never void of my empathy to force them to feel either way about a fictional ship.

I also understand the harm of promoting art that suggests any romance while they were traveling together — and trust me, I can guarantee you that the MAJORITY thinks it’s weird, so don’t generalize everyone just because of select few; just as I won’t generalize people who don’t like the ship as anti’s who are harassing/trolling strangers every day because they think it’s a personality trait.

But nonetheless, because it’s misused so much, all we ask is stop using such heavy terms to describe a relationship when there’s plenty of evidence to disprove it. Child grooming is the act of creating an emotional bond with a child as an adult with the intention to abuse them, especially so, normalizing the idea of abuse so it’s seen as anything but.

Sesshomaru not only barely speaks to Rin despite traveling together, but he makes it no obligation to stick with him. Again, he doesn’t even give her food; and by the time the kimonos become a thing, they’re both leading separate lives.

The reason why shippers say it’s Rin’s choice is not because Rin is a child given the maturity to decide such things; they say that because Sesshomaru literally did not understand what her life meant, and because of his arrogance and ignorance, never goes out of his way to make important decisions concerning her life, which is the point of the “Sesshomaru in the Underworld” episode.

So, please tell me where the abuse (or even the slightest inkling of an intimate relationship) is when he barely has an interest besides “she should live,” or “a child shouldn’t have bruises and wounds,” when they first meet. In fact, where is the evidence of any abuse at all? It’s alright for the ship to make you uncomfortable and for you to not like it, but do NOT use terms that do NOT apply, especially when they insinuate something heinous. That’s my only grief.

Furthermore, my entire thread is directed to those who still find use for Rin’s ADULT body (that would be existing during Yashahime) and go out of their way to make even WORST insinuations with unsupported theories — such as killing her, trying to justify r*pe just because “it’s not her soul” in her body, etc etc. If that’s not what you got from that, but instead only paid attention to “SessRin hate,” then that’s on you.

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