#itariten

[fushiglow]

Hiii !! I came across Over The Threshold here on tumblr a few days ago and started reading it and oh my god it’s one of the most beautiful satosugu fanfics I’ve ever read. I’ve never taken a special interest in music as a whole but the way you describe each piece they play makes me wanna cry so bad holy shit. I ALSO HAD A QUESTION. There’s a lot of references about Geto’s music career as an artist, especially with Blue Spring getting brought up by Gojo a lot, I was wondering what your inspiration behind that was? Like, how does it actually sound like? I’ve tried imagining it but I can’t so I’m very curious as if you had an actual song in mind when you wrote its description.

AGAIN, I LOVE YOUR WORK ITS SO GOOD. !!!

Ahh, thank you so much ♥️ This is so meaningful, I really appreciate you reaching out to me to let me know you're enjoying it, and it's extra special knowing that you're connecting to the musical aspects of the fic!

If it's alright, I'm going to take part of my reply to a comment I received to answer your question:

I didn't want to be too prescriptive about the genre or feel of the music in this fic because I want people to imagine whatever is immersive for them. However, 'Where Our Blue Is' was what I was personally thinking of when I chose the title of Suguru's album. I feel like Tatsuya Kitani has that effortlessly cool vibe I imagine for Suguru and he borrows from jazz a lot to create music that straddles the line between complex and commercially viable — that's Suguru in my head!

So yeah, Blue Spring is mostly a reference to "their" song from the anime, but there's a musical element to it, too. In my mind, at least, Suguru was never an "idol" in the strict sense of the word. He was more of a ~serious musical artiste~ (sarcasm but also not) and he worked very independently in terms of the songwriting and production.

We'll explore his career in more detail at a later point in the fic, so I won't say anything else for now, but I hope that gives you a feeling for what I personally intended for Suguru. However, like I said, I'm happy for people to imagine whatever works for them!

My reader-turned-friend @ayahoes created a playlist for the fic with an accompanying guide which includes some incredible musical headcanons about Suguru, Satoru, and even Resonance – and I love every single one! This song in particular is uncannily suitable for Suguru:

So check that out if you want! Thank you for the question, I really enjoy answering this stuff and I'm so happy you're enjoying the fic!

[thebrokenfroyomachine]

3rd Sentinel coming up!

This is Veruma the Vibrant, the Goddess of Earth, Fauna, and Night.

Veruma was born during a century of frost, of which the planet experienced a deep freeze that caused widespread famine. She considers all of Itariten's flora and fauna to be her friends, being able to communicate with them in a secret language known only to them. Within her hair, fairies can be found keeping the lush berry bush maintained and bountiful of its golden berries. These golden berries can be used to create a powerful medicine that can cure even the most severe of diseases, but only if Veruma gifts them herself. If taken by force, they become "tarnished", and become a powerful toxin which can send a person into a deep slumber of which only Veruma can wake them from. She often teams up with Kaimana to bless farmers in rich, bountiful harvests.

[thebrokenfroyomachine]

Jikaeli the Brisk

Goddess of Sky, Weather, and Dawn. Using a magical flute and lungs as powerful as her wings, she is said to manipulate the weather, and awaken the sun to rise every day. Her birth was said to have given the people of Itariten its "Spring" season.

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This gal is one of a group of 5, that I shall eventually draw all of uvu

[thebrokenfroyomachine]

Itariten History: House of Kishima - Chapter One

Chapter One

Atarachi the First

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Though from unexpected origins

this young divine savior did rise

She changed the fate of our own Itariten

fueled by the grief of her parents' untimely demise

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Born in the middle of the Withering Epoch, Atarachi's roots stemmed from a palace guard and a slave serving the non-Itarite ruling family of Ethaesia, present day Phichorio at the time. The House of Nethris, upon discovering the child's birth, nearly sentenced the lovers and their child to execution, until it was discovered that the child was a rarity. A Pureblood Shinuka; a rare breed of Sympharian Itarite believed to have divine origins and exceptional magic abilities. Atarachi was taken away and raised by the Nethris, while her biological parents were forbidden from coming into direct contact with their child. The parents wept for their child, but ultimately had no choice but to relent, and admit that their young daughter would be better taken care of by royalty than by slaves.

As Atarachi grew, she proved the tales of the Shinuka's innate magical prowess to be true, as she quickly grasped the ability to not only heal, but revive and create sentient life where there was none. She used her abilities within the Castle Gardens, where she tended to the plants and flowers often. It was then that one evening, Atarachi snuck out from within her chambers to spend time with her floral friends, and came into contact with her biological father, who had fallen asleep within the Garden after a day of endless work. After a bit of apprehension on his part, her father managed to find the words to speak to his daughter for the first time in years. This one meeting would turn to two...then three...until every evening they would slip into the Garden to speak to each other, talking about their shared love of nature, among other things. It wouldn't be until 3 months time when her father, Rengoku, would reveal to the princess her true origins, though to his surprise, she would come to admit she always sensed she was not truly a Nethris, but never would have thought her true family would be so close to her this entire time. Their conversations changed from their mutual likes, to forming a plan of escape, to be a true family, together and free.

Unfortunately, this would be no easy task, made even harder once the inevitable occurred. One night, another guard, having spotted the young princess leaving her chambers from the window, followed her into the Garden, where he caught both she and her family speaking, and after eavesdropping on their conversations of escaping, swiftly put an end to it.

Dragging Rengoku by the collar, and the princess by the arm before the reigning King and Queen, he divulged not only the fact they have had contact with each other, but they had also been planning to escape the kingdom. Enraged and emotionally hurt by the very thought of her adoptive child wanting her true parents over her and her husband, the Queen demanded Rengoku and his lover, Manami, be executed, and the young princess to be reduced to her soul crystal and sealed away within her chambers until she was marrying age. It was at this moment that Atarachi discovered her abilities were able to do more than simply heal and create, as her fear for her parents' lives, and her quickly growing resentment towards her royal family caused her to act, and act swiftly. Being able to manipulate the plants that grew wild within much of the castle, she managed to ensnare the King and Queen, and many of the guards in a flurry of thick, thorny vines. Using this chaos as a distraction, Atarachi ran off with her father, but not before finding Manami, and making their escape. As she watched the family flee, the scorned Queen was said to have muttered that was believed to have been a curse on the family.

The family ran as quickly as they could until they reached a marina, where they wasted no time in claiming a boat and sailing off. The family would sail for 3 weeks until they discovered land. Unfortunately, Rengoku would never be able to set foot on the new found free land, as an ocean serpent could claim not only the boat, but his life as well, as he used himself to distract the beast, whilst his lover and child desperately swam to shore. Even more unfortunately, Atarachi would not only have to suffer the loss of her father, but also the loss of her mother the very same day, as she died just moments after laying on the shore, as she had been fatally wounded during the ocean serpent's attack.

Now alone, the adolescent Atarachi used her grief as fuel to build a life for herself, and once she was strong enough, use her parents memory to free others from the enslavement that destroyed her family. She used her ability to create sentient life to aid her in building a new home on the new land, including a designated memorial for her parents, which held her mother's remains, and which pointed in the direction of the damaged boat her father met his demise on, which could still be seen in clear weather to this day. Once Atarachi was satisfied with her efforts, she did not hesitate to put her true plan into action, becoming the self-appointed "Hand of Justice", where she would travel back to Ethaesia, and kickstart what would be known as the Epoch of Wings, a time in Itariten history that the enslavement of Itarites would be abolished, and Itariten would be seen as more than just an easily-conquerable beta planet full of potential toys for the more "superior planet races".

Atarachi's efforts in the freedom movement, along with the aid of 3 other female Shinuka discovered and befriended along the way, caused massive waves to crash and eventually destroy the Nethris Family and their hold on Itariten as a planet, launching the planet into what would be known as the Freedom War. Eventually with the Nethris family's destruction, enslavement was a thing of the planet's past, and the Epoch of Wings would truly begin with the crowning of 4 new Royal Houses:

House Kishima, lead by Queen Atarachi the First.

House Xu, lead by Queen Meixi the Graceful.

House Areous, lead by Queen Elophine the Bright.

and House Kalan'ka, lead by Queen Ka'lema the Spiritual.

In addition to their new titles, the 4 Queens were each given their own special gift, forged by a mysterious group of beings known only as the Aetheral. These 4 magical gifts were meant to change and adapt to each Queen, and the heirs that will one day take over their kingdoms.

For Queen Ka'lema, a circlet which allowed her to converse with the dead, without fear of possession.

For Queen Elophine, a pair of anklets which would allow herself to fly and levitate objects and other beings.

For Queen Meixi, a necklace which housed the soul of an ancient dragon that would serve as the family's guardian.

and for Queen Atarachi?

A magic staff which shifted appearance and abilities depending on its current owner. For her, it became a glorious, golden staff, topped with a large yellow flower that seemed to hold the sunlight within its very petals and radiated comforting warmth that would be able to melt the coldest of hearts.

With this staff, the blessings of her people, and the strength she had to continue on, Atarachi was universally beloved by all, including a young duke who would eventually become her king to rule beside her, and raise their first and only child, Reikei.

She continued to rule peacefully, until an outbreak of Clystrals Disease claimed her life, along with many others worldwide. Her crystal has since been buried beside her parents' memorial, in the Kishima Castle's Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, King Ro, and her then-adolescent daughter, Reikei.