I can’t stop thinking about what must have happened in the fight between Hanzo and Genji. More specifically, I can’t stop thinking about how obscenely, totally one-sided it must have been.
Like, we know that Genji was at the brink of death afterwards and Hanzo walked away, but it’s more than that.
Genji’s body was absolutely destroyed. His limbs are all prosthetic. His face is covered in scars. He mentions how he can no longer eat regular food in one of his voice lines. We only see his eyes when he removes his mask in the Dragons short, but even with the mask removed, there’s still metal visible on much of the lower half of his face, which might imply that he needed portions of his skull/jaw replaced as well.
And then there’s Hanzo–who doesn’t have so much as a single visible scar. And if he does have scars, they’re certainly not anywhere on his body where you’d expect to see them if someone had tried to kill you, like his head, neck, and chest. I’m also working under the assumption that he doesn’t have prosthetic legs and just wears futuristic boots, based on the fact that his pants are tucked into them, they go over his knee but possess a normal, organic joint at the back, and his ‘ick’ reaction to finding out that so much of Genji’s body is now robotic.
Like, Hanzo walked away from their fight completely unscathed, but Genji was mutilated. Mutilated, but not killed–which probably means Hanzo wasn’t just carrying it out like a normal assassination, quick and to the point. He was angry. It wasn’t enough just to kill him–he wanted to make Genji suffer for what (in Hanzo’s mind) he was making him do. He might have even deliberately made it so Genji’s death would be long and drawn out–something which ultimately allowed time to save him.
And Genji, in turn, barely fought back. In fact, he probably only made attempts to defend himself. The chipped sword is likely a direct result of that, since swords are not generally designed to block one another and are meant to simply cut through flesh. The aim is to kill your opponent fast, or at least hurt them enough to incapacitate them. As a trained assassin, Genji would have known that as well as anyone. But if you can’t (or won’t) do that, and you’re not fast enough to outright avoid a hit (Hanzo was a better swordsman, after all), then you block–and that’s what Genji did. He didn’t want to die–but more than that, he didn’t want to kill Hanzo. Didn’t want to hurt him at all. Was more content to let himself get chopped practically to pieces than to raise his sword against his brother.
That’s probably what motivated Hanzo’s guilt, as much as anything. If he’d given his brother an easy death–made it an honorable kill–he probably would have returned to his life as the heir feeling saddened but justified. But he fought Genji with the intent to crush him, to stomp him out like a cigarette butt, and Genji hardly did anything to stop it. He simply could not bring himself to fight back with everything he was capable of–not when he loved Hanzo so much. It’s no wonder Hanzo could barely live with himself afterwards. He had done such a monstrous, unforgivable thing to the only family he had left after the death of their father. And why? For what?
So, realizing what the Shimada Clan was doing to him–what he would turn into if he stayed with them–he left. But, I’m sure he knows as well as any that that doesn’t quite erase what he did. Which may be part of why he reacts so angrily towards Genji when they reunite.
Genji’s been alive all this time, and yet he never came for Hanzo. He could have settled the score, but instead he went after the Shimada clan itself, the ones who put him and his brother at odds to begin with, who made it so they had to fight. And there’s Hanzo, realizing all this and being so upset about it. Because after everything Hanzo has done to atone on his own, it’s Genji once again who forgives him. It’s Genji once again who loves him more–would probably have loved him just the same even if he hadn’t spent the last 10 years trying to make things right. And that must have been so frustrating for Hanzo to know that he’d abandoned everything, done so much to make things up to someone who never, ever even blamed him. All this time, he’s been carrying a burden which he inflicted upon himself. And once again, he has to ask himself, why? For what?
But by the end of Dragons, when he lays down his bow and returns to pray at the little shrine he’s made, he finally figures it out: for Genji.
ahh youre right, the patterns on the wings are really intricate and striking
theyre not the only ones though ! the other luna moths in the actias genus are also the same pale green/yellow color with gorgeous wing patterns, like the chinese moon moth
the american luna moth
the malaysian moon moth
and the madagascar moon moth, also called the comet moth !
For those unfamiliar Australia heads to the polls on Saturday for a federal election, labor and the greens are considered more “left” leaning parties by many and the safe schools program is an initiative for LGBT children that aims to include various issues such as correct pronouns and bathroom access.
This scare mongering pamphlet was put under my windscreen and at first I laughed at how up the wrong tree they were barking, then I really read it and a chill went through me.
This is dangerous and misleading material. If a cisgender boy says “I’m a boy” or a little girl says “boys are cute” everyone smiles, but if a person viewed as a boy says “I’m a girl” or a little girl says “I don’t like boys, girls are prettier” it’s considered inherently more sexual.
These children are not sexualising themselves, they are being sexualised by adults who think that their gender or sexuality is a reason to imbue their very existence with a greater sexuality than that of other children.
Everything about this is designed to cast a shadow over trans children (and gay children because I’m not sure these people know what pansexual is). There is no evidence that people will pretend to identify as a gender they don’t feel to gain bathroom access but this is still the angle pushed, along with scare quotes around “identify”.
Being a trans youth is hard enough, with high bullying, suicide and homelessness rates, there are GENUINE problems that trans youths face and all this does is redirect attention to non issues while not just ignoring trans children but actively contributing to an environment that will view them with hostility and violence.
Please don’t fall for this, #safeschools is not a conspiracy theory, it aims to protect the most vulnerable because EVERYONE should feel safe at school.
All children deserve a safe place to learn and play and the makers of this nonsense clearly don’t care about children, just protecting their own hateful narrative and using children as a shield, a weapon AND a target.
YES AUSTRALIAN POLITICS ON MY DASH PLEASE MAKE THIS HELLHOLE COUNTRY SAFER FOR OUR LGBT YOUTH PLEASE GO VOTE!!!
If you could pick an academic field to study out of sheer interest and not the bludgeoning despair of trying to survive capitalism, what would it be? I’d definitely definitely!! do astrophysics.
lmao can someone pls remind the mcu fandom that tony stark is literally just. an engineer and the Avengers’ self-appointed PR guy? He’s their tech support? He keeps people off their backs because they don’t actually have any kind of….organization whatsoever there’s no chain of command short of “follow steve” there’s no contact info aside from “call someone’s cell phone and hope for the best” they’re a mess their emergency government liaison is a guy who spends most of his time building robot suits into every mode of transportation he can think of so that he doesn’t spontaneously combust out of sheer anxiety
Like, he’s not even the CEO of anything anymore, he’s not an active duty Avenger, he’s not a government official, he’s definitely not influencing the collective wills and opinions of the governments and populations of 117 countries, he’s not influencing the United Nations, he’s not higher in the chain of command than the Secretary of State,he didn’t come up with the Accords, he’s not forcing the Avengers to do anything, he’s literally just trying to cooperate with the United Nations and trying to get the rest of the team to also cooperate with the United Nations in order to stop Bad Shit™ from being done to his team
#CAN WE PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THAT EVERYTHING IS TONY’S FAULT #the blame game is getting real old #why is tony the only character ever held accountable for anything by fandom? #while simultaneously being also the only character CONSTANTLY asking for accountability in the movies? #why is everyone acting like tony is the ONE avenger trying to weasel his way out of taking responsibility for anything? #when he’s the only one constantly taking responsibility for EVERYTHING including things that aren’t his fault #why is tony the only one getting blamed for shit other people are just as responsible for if not more so #oh wait, #i know why, #because he’s the only one in the mcu who actually ADMITS to having fucked up while everyone else busily points fingers at him #when they’re just as guilty #so fandom latches onto his admission of guilt while ignoring the actual facts that see the other characters being just as responsible #I’m getting real tired of the impossible double standards y'all #also can we please stop acting like tony single-handedly convinced the world the avengers are dangerous lawless vigilantes #like he invited a bunch of reporters and world leaders for brunch and gave a presentation on how they should be kept in check #has anyone considered that people maybe don’t trust the avengers because their proclaimed ‘leader’ god’s righteous man #literally doesn’t see the value in listening to the concerns of 117 countries all around the world that aren’t the US #because he thinks he knows best and his condescension is the only way to ‘take responsibility’ #because apparently cooperating with 117 countries asking you to not send a specialised military force over their borders #is just ‘shifting the blame’ #my god that’s so enlightened #but yeah no that can’t be it it’s gotta be tony’s fault for sure [via @ircnfuturist ]
