Gaiden

[tj_dragonblade]

Oh.  Gaiden.  I...there are no words.  Just the ache.  It breaks the heart, yes, but it moves the soul in such a way...

Dear, brash, big-hearted Kenren. Of course he's the first to go.

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...It is entirely inappropriate, perhaps, in light of...well, everything...that even as my heart is in my throat and my eyes are beginning to prick, there is still a piece of me capable of being quietly awestruck at how utterly beautiful Goujun is on the final page.  Blood and all.  Or perhaps it's that 'everything' that puts such beauty in the panel.  It just...oh.  Everything.  Everything.

*Observes another moment of silence*

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[kintail.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Local con is this weekend, and my western army coat is in my closet, skull and chains in the accessories box, and I still haven't decided if I can handle wearing it this year.

(Previous years I'd already had dyed black hair to go with it. This year, I'd dyed it plum over dark blond about a month ago, and it's fading to a pink-ish red colour this week.)

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[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

I get where you're coming from - it's rather like a period of mourning and respect to the dead is in order before celebrating the character can resume. I won't be touching the WIP KenTen PWP anytime soon, either, just because the proper headspace is more difficult than usual to get into right now.

He chose a noble death. A beautiful death. An at the risk of sounding Klingon Honorable death. Oh, Kenren.

...Somehow I envision random teary fangirls accosting you with sympathy and hugs all weekend if you do don the cosplay. Assuming, of course, that up-to-speed Gaiden fans are among the congoers. *sigh* And just think - fading-to-pinkish-red hair suits anime-Kenren perfectly, not that we want to encourage the mis-conception.

...Maybe CosplayKenren would be heartening/comforting to the morale of Kenren fans who'd cross his path?

And yet...it's just...yeah. T_T