#𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓. / kayn

[destisea]

i like that with kayn, win or lose against rhaast... he still is losing who he was at his core. like, rhaast is more obvious; being a darkin host he will lose his entire being to him. and thus kayn will be no more, leaving only the darkin. where as with shadow kayn it's a bit less obvious. he gets what he wants, but it is still at the cost of his humanity. becoming an entity of shadow, more or less, instead of maintaining his sense of self. it's quite tragic really.

i love characters like that though. i love them being given this ultimatum, or this fork in the road. where they assume one is better than the other. and while one is, it's still considered a loss. a lot of kayn's paths have led him away from himself, thanks to his arrogance. like his consequences take literal forms in his life. and shape him based on what happens with the darkin scythe he so foolishly took.

mind you, kayn has a great deal of willpower. he's able to fight against rhaast's power and influence. where so many others would have quickly been overwhelmed, giving the darkin weapon a new body. but it even if he defeats rhaast, kayn is past the point of no return. he will never be human again.

[corvicarum]

@paramythas asked: gimme the ship bias for La Creatura (wuya), kayn and che'nya-

technically already answered here. but. some others id like to explore:

ortho ( besties,, lil pranking pals )

jade ( platonic )

malleus ( platonic )

rook ( buggs bunny & elmer fudd fr )

jamil ( one sided crush lets go )

not a ton. im rlly... rlly picky with kayn actually.

gwen/kayn: oh... oh mythe you already know. you've got me rlly in deep on these two okay. i love the aesthetic, i love the dynamic. especially what we have going right now for hearsteel. i definitely wanna dive into main canon at some point too, because i do think kayn would enjoy her personality a lot? idk, people tend to overlook gwen a lot or misunderstand her as a goody feelsy doll. girl legit runs around with a pair of giant scissors and jokes about cutting people into bits. like?

yone/kayn: this isn't even related to heartsteel tbh. i havent dove a TON into yone's lore but i do like the feeling of the pairing. i think kayn just pairs best with characters who are as ruthless as he is. i like them in their heartsteel au too though...

zoe/kayn: if i see anyone shipping these two romantically im going to strangle someone seriously. but these two as friends? oh my GOD fuck me UP! zoe is just a goofy, cosmic little kid- she's deeply terrifying sure, but! i think she could take the edge off for kayn a bit. plus her being the new aspect of twilight? hello?? theres way more chemistry with them as besties- and even found family. you know, instead of shipping kayn romantically with a fucking child. LOL.

chenya is kinda hard to ship with ngl. he's too carefree, too loosy goosy, and really is just out here doin whatever he wants.

idia/chenya: listen. come on. this is... this is a no brainer. seriously though i do love the potential here, and not just because he's a cat. chenya, at least how i write him anyway- is so whimsical and quirky. he isn't necessarily extroverted, but he isn't a big introvert either. like, he is genuinely a cat through and through. not a beast man, not a fae-- something else. i love the idea of idia having sb who doesn't push him to go way outside his comfort zone-- but wont let him just shut himself off from the rest of the world for too long. dunno. at least with my take on him, this one is a fave.

riddle/chenya: so i could really see these two going p much any direction. i love the two of them just... interacting, regardless of the relationship. chenya has known riddle since they were kids. and a bit like trey, i like to think he knows how to push riddle without him blowing up. there is also the added factor that chenya definitely knows at least in some way, what riddle's home life is like. it's the sort of thing that would make their potential bond that much better. i could rlly go in depth on it but then i'd be here making an entire meta on it lmao.

jade/chenya: funny enough. i think jade and chenya might click really well in long term, more than you'd expect. and yeah, i could see this developing from friends, to more given the appropriate amount of time. chenya would be sooo fascinated by how weird and how deeply fucked up jade actually is. and jade likewise would be really intrigued by chenya's strange and uncanny nature... good stuff.

others i've considered but not given a ton of thought to yet:

chenya/floyd

chenya/vil

chenya/trey

[ncumenia-archived]

Smash or Pass Pyke, Yone, Shen, Kayn

>:3c

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃   "  𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇   𝐎𝐑   𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒  “   𝐅𝐎𝐑   𝐌𝐘   𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   𝐓𝐎   𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑   𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘   𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓   𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒. || accepting

No one is seeing her... Right? Looking around herself, she gets closer.

«... It's a smash. For all of them. Don't tell anyone.»

[corvicarum]

alright, after a bit of thought

in general, i hc kayn at 6'4, lean built. most the toning is in his middle, and his arms but he's still really flexible. and he's suuuper agile, and light on his feet. in his main verse, the bodily mutation that came from rhaast looks pretty gnarly. and meshes grotesquely with his own flesh and skin and bone. honestly, whether he beats rhaast or not, there will forever be scars and marks here and there where the attempt at taking him over were the worst.

in particular his spine.

tbh removing rhaast at all is impossible. and actually, parting with the scythe for too long can effect him mentally and physically.

[corvicarum]

i like that with kayn, win or lose against rhaast... he still is losing who he was at his core. like, rhaast is more obvious; being a darkin host he will lose his entire being to him. and thus kayn will be no more, leaving only the darkin. where as with shadow kayn it's a bit less obvious. he gets what he wants, but it is still at the cost of his humanity. becoming an entity of shadow, more or less, instead of maintaining his sense of self. it's quite tragic really.

i love characters like that though. i love them being given this ultimatum, or this fork in the road. where they assume one is better than the other. and while one is, it's still considered a loss. a lot of kayn's paths have led him away from himself, thanks to his arrogance. like his consequences take literal forms in his life. and shape him based on what happens with the darkin scythe he so foolishly took.

now it's very important to note; the fact kayn can even contest with rhaast at all is a testament to his willpower. but it's so sad, and so funny to me, that all that arrogance and stubbornness- still leads to a loss.

[corvicarum]

kayn has 100% bought himself, and earnest matching collars. earnest btw is the dog that's in the music video, whom...i assume may be the band's dog.