#ofc hc can hold his gege when he needs to

[ivoryrisuet]

Hua Cheng may be the first one to kiss him, but we all know who is the real boss and who needs to be held

[pretty-toru]

You know something i feel like people should understand before coming to a conclusion wether a guy is a virgin or not is that; virginity wether male or female doesn't translate to innocene or equates it at all. I think that Satoru's smugness, arrogance, cockiness and playfulness is what makes people believe he's a chad so to speak but that's not true at all like that's irrelevant and purity, innocence being tied to virginity is just a pure myth.

Many people are virgins yet they are bold, playful and you name it, i think Satoru's power should also be taken into account when analysing him here, his whole shtick is to literally keep the distance between him and others so they don't touch him. This screams to me not only emotional vulnerability but also intimate and physical touch too. It's a no surprise that he was so determined to perfect it after Toji incident so he can have it run 24/7 and man has trust issues, he's extremely catious, plus he would absolutely never want to get anyone involved in any way because he knows what that means, he had a bounty on him since he was born, imagine that. I think he severely had to push away his personal needs and wants for the sake of others, he has little to no days off and can only wander around when he's on missions so there's that too! Given that people took alot of comments Gege has made to a face value, and given the fact that Gege likes to troll more often than not, i think it's really contradicting everything that he wrote Satoru to be in the manga, who knows maybe Gege would clown on him for not being able to get it but i doubt he even thinks of this for his own character in the first place lol, he is extremely plot driven and only throws a few quips here and there but that's it, he hasn't written Satoru to be a character where romance/sex would be entertained. Plus he never was shown to flirt with anyone, nor his colleagues, only shown that he likes attention because it fuels his big ego lol

Ofc that's not a bad thing, this lets people have various hcs for him and let their imaginations run wild but i hope they know when to hold brakes at least. And i'm mostly speaking here because of my love for this character but it's more on the side of a genuine love rather than thirst, i still let my mind run loose as you probably saw heheh but i also like to take a moment and appreciate him for being a wonderful human being in his own way. Hope you enjoyed reading this, i enjoyed writing for him as usual and let me know what you think! <3

Anon 🤍 I don't think I've told you before but I sincerely enjoy reading your Gojo metas and how you draw the conclusion of your analysis of his character. I know there's more than one way to interpret him but it's really refreshing to hear it from another perspective and to gain a little more insight.

But yeah, I completely agree that the stigma behind virginity is often associated with innocence and purity, and it's often portrayed by a common personality trait(s) such as someone that is shy and reserved and polite. When we think of Satoru, he doesn't fit in those categories with the way he carries himself and not to mention his appearance. He's extremely handsome and good-looking so people readily assume that he sleeps around often because why not? He has the means to and can easily pick up women if he wanted, but he doesn't because it's not a priority for him when he's working towards something bigger than himself and better for the future generations.

The hidden inventory arc definitely played a role in Satoru perfecting his infinity, because he once believed that he was untouchable until Toji proved him otherwise. The sorcerer-killer did what was thought impossible and made it possible, which was a huge eye-opener for him and ultimately aided in his growth and development. But because the outcome led Suguru and him to drift apart he feels safer closing himself off to potential future relationships to protect himself. Hence the push-pull dynamic when he meets someone and why he's so careful about letting people close to him on that level again.

I feel that Satoru has so many sides to him, that Gege's comment about him instantly makes you think he's a womanizer. But what if he can't fully commit and be sincere to someone given that Gojo Satoru himself isn't a normal human being? His entire life the Gojo clan controlled his every move and instilled in his head what he should be until he became old enough to truly think for himself. So his situation and circumstance doesn't allow him to love like regular people do and it takes a special someone for that to happen and we saw that with Suguru (whether you want to believe it's platonic or romantic).

With that said, I love how you ended with an appreciation note for Satoru because I think he's a wonderful mentor and person in his own way too. He really cares for his students and colleagues way more than he actually leads on.

[thunderpot]

sorry to ask, but on your tags for ch97 poem pic you say the scene is layered and I wanted to know more on it if that's ok?

Sure thing, noony! No need to be sorry about it. I just love the whole thing, honestly. When I read it for the second time it felt like a punch in the face HAHA! Long version with a lil XL under the cut! 

  TL;DR: that specific scene was, in my humble interpretation of events, the final push to the actual start of XLs long and slow process of healing. 

To begin with, this scene is the culmination of the Lantern competition. Hua Cheng built Xie Lian a temple in the molds XL believes a temple should be: no worship bullshit. There is no statue and no cushion to prostrate. Only the altar for offerings and the temple space for contemplation and prayer.

And then, on the altar, are HCs offerings: his signature single white flower, incense and, front and center, the calligraphy set ready to use -and this is where it gets interesting.  

What HC is offering him here is an opportunity to feel pride for his own accomplishments without the burden of shame or self-doubt, -given to him by HCs display of vulnerability through his lack of writing coordination- and a very subtle start at a new memory for XL regarding his own temple altars (I call forth the pain of ch 190 to the court as a witness!) that involves nothing but him being in the presence of someone who won’t betray him, in a situation in which he has easy control of -even with all the teasing because HC can't control his fox self haha-; a complete shift from happened in the past.

And control he takes, holding HCs hand to guide him through his devilish writing; Sword to brush, blood to ink, torture to gentle hand holding and bad thoughts shifted to love poems. HC cannot undo the past, but he can finish what he helped start in Puqi shrine, reclaiming XLs altar from desecrated, forgotten ground to a better place, born out of something pure and simple while still making XL feel like he deserves it.

I will also mention briefly here that the moment Xie Lian notices the lonely flower is important as well [I take it as the first time XL suspects HC as being Wu Ming while immediately blocking the thought, but that’s a story for another day], and the exchange they have (from Suika’s translation) : 

”After a pause, Xie Lian said, ”could it be that ‘Crimson Rain Sought Flower’ sought for this kind of flower?”

Hua Cheng smiled. “Gege has the premonition of gods.”

is extremely telling too. The flower is not alone anymore. It was found in that bloody rain and gained a home, and that home is right there, together.

Suffice to say that his god-forsaken-calligraphy also serves as the most basic of excuses for HC to spend time and engage in a casual intimacy controlled by XL to show him that's a safe space for him, and he is so successful in this that later on XL also finally acknowledges and accepts, inside that very temple, right on his own altar, the fact that he not only loves HC, but desires him too and that is completely ok! He needs some time to digest it, sure, but he is not a monster for it, he is no less God or good for it. It's just a part of him like the rest.

I joke that Qiandeng temple is a place of true worshipTM in my tags but there is a level of truth to that joke. The waves created by HCs bold [and risky] choice in building Qiandeng temple the way he did were so strong that it really became a safe haven for XL, enough to earn the spotlight of the very last moment in the series as we see calligraphy indeed became their own little thing [I personally do not believe HC is bad at calligraphy at all btw. Not anymore. But that is not the point to neither him or XL, either].

And ofc, HC does worship his god on altar at every opportunity because he is the only one who can do it in all the ways his god desires ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)💖