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#[ let's give a chinese character a japanese blade that holds /so much/ significance. ]
araneitela · 4 months
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Jace: Sends a meta ask about combat preferences Me: Okay, okay, let me make this short and touch on just the katana... The equivalent of piles, and piles of paperwork in my OneNote and FF tabs: 🤔
#[ ooc. ] don't try to make it logical or edit your soul according to the fashion. rather; follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.#[ stitch hiss at myself. ]#[ like i've always known the katana is a massive topic. and i can't/won't talk about it at total length in this post-- ]#[ and it'll just be an intro to it of sorts. or a tldr without /all/ of the info. but man. ]#[ let's give a chinese character a japanese blade that holds /so much/ significance. ]#[ like i'm aware people just kind of go 'oh katanas are overdone'-- sure. everyone loves giving their character a katana and go 'woop!' ]#[ because they're cool. and yes they are. but they are /so/ representative of so much. and they're not your regular blade. ]#[ they're not utilized in the same way. they're not practiced the same. and i'm far from an expert on these. but man. ]#[ every time i think that i'm done. i learn more things. and the more i learn. the more i realize this woman has such good duality. ]#[ and it's in /everything/. but man the presentation of her as some uncaring individual with little interest is true to /a/ degree. ]#[ but the duality is intense in so many facets. the arachnid vs. the butterfly within one's own reflection. ]#[ the disinterest vs. the curiosity. ]#[ the script vs. her admittance of believing that destiny isn't predetermined and it all /fitting/ without making it inconsistent at all. ]#[ the black vs. the white (shh; can't talk in all details yet). ]#[ the audience's perception as her as evil and yet-- he actively following a sense of morality and acknowledging it in her sq. ]#[ her detachment as she kills vs. wielding a katana to do it-- the weapon tied most strongly to justice. morality. /a code of honor/. ]#[ i'm feral about her. genuinely. it's like i love my two others intensely; but this is the kind of 'grey' i've been craving to write. ]#[ it's different. it's so different. ]
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