Cowboy In A Kimono, Hell Yeah

cowboy in a kimono, hell yeah

Reposting old pieces from twitter.

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not to be insane but also. to be insane...

i reallyyyyy miss the "hanzo acts like an older brother to dva" headcanon so i thought i should share my thoughts cause i havent seen content for it in so long ;_; be warned there are a lot of headcanons and some assumptions about canon events

- Neither of them got a normal childhood

Hanzo grew up in the Shimada Clan, an environment that expected the best from him at every moment. It was beaten into his mind that he was and had to be the best at everything, and that he had to be serious and calculated in order to serve his clan. His father had no room for childishness or fun, so neither should Hanzo. His seriousness at such a young age emotionally separated him from Genji and Kiriko, and likely other children his age. 

D.Va was drafted into MEKA at 19, which placed major responsibility and stress on her. Her hometown being attacked by omnics combined with having to fight them herself wore her down immensely. Once she began racking up wins (in video games and in fights with omnics), she became a young celebrity of decent size, even going so far as to star in movies. This amount of fame so young definitely had an impact on her mental. 

- They both see themselves as less than people or ignore their own feelings

Hanzo was raised to be an asset to the clan. He was meant to be a stoic leader, not an emotional one. I heavily doubt his father cared much about his feelings as a person, more so about whether he had traits useful to the clan. This idea has been internalized and follows him into adulthood, given how vain he is.

D.Va’s representation by the media shows her as a fearless fighter and an optimistic icon, harshly contradicting how much the omnics attacks and losses are weighing her down. Since the people of South Korea see her this way, she feels obligated to live up to this idea of herself. She also gets very invested in her work and tends to neglect things such as sleep when she is focused. 

On an unrelated note, I want to introduce a headcanon so I can elaborate on how they might interact: - D.Va reminds Hanzo of Genji

D.Va and Genji are, firstly, both gamers. This is the most glaringly obvious similarity to Hanzo, and it emotionally frustrates him to no end. 

They both stay glued to things, even when it becomes unhealthy (work, games, etc.). While this was more of a childhood trait for Genji, it still applies to D.Va. 

They’re both quick-witted with their humor and comebacks.

I think Hanzo and D.Va would have a lot of tension because of this (mostly on Hanzo’s side) when they first meet, which I might talk about in another post- but methinks when Hanzo notices D.Va is pushing herself too hard, it activates some weird older brother instinct in Hanzo. He's familiar with Genji staying up all night to play a video game, and since he knew he couldn't stop him, he simply brought food or company instead. He repeats this with D.Va as well. A lot of the things that Hanzo does for D.Va are projections of what he wished he could have done/used to do for Genji when they were kids.  thank u for reading i know this is super disorganized bc its been in my drafts forever u_u

"Noo, I don't have an opinion on what's going on in Palestine."

"I don't like politics so I'm neutral about all of that stuff."

"Don't send me things about the politics of Gaza or Palestine or anything like that, it just makes me really anxious and-"

Those are some real things I've seen people say before. You don't have an opinion on the literal genocide going on in Gaza and Palestine? The lives being taken? The atrocities Israel has done? You're refusing to educate yourself on all of this because it makes you anxious? (Boo hoo) That's disgusting to me. You can't be "neutral" about a literal war??

You're either with Palestine or not. I'm loud and proud about supporting Palestine, and if any of my mutuals, followers, friends or family who don't feel the same, please get away from me and this blog.

What I find the most interesting about Blackwatch is how each of the characters writing plays with the idea of morality and redemption. More specifically how they all fit on that same spectrum, Moira and Genji being on complete opposite ends while Cassidy and Reaper sit closer in the middle.

Genji has the most straight forward redemption arc in my opinion, he goes from bad to good, majorly changes his morality, and even gets a version of therapy. Genji is the example of what we typically see when talking about redemption. Which puts him on the exact opposite side of the spectrum to Moira. Though her goals are honestly more ambiguous, even border lining good, but she herself is evil, on the same level as Akande. Which adds to the terrifying part of her viewing herself as good, as doing why is necessary. While Genji is the example of a traditional redemption, Moira is the example of a character who will never have one, she will never change because she is confident what she is doing is right.

Then there's Cassidy and Reaper, when it comes to redemption, and in Reaper case, corruption, there are more complicated ways to look at it. More specifically both of them fit into a more grey area on the spectrum. I've seen people say that Reaper thinks what he's doing is right but I don't think that's the case, he's stubborn and stupid but not to that extent. He's aware that what he's doing is wrong, he knows how far he's fallen, which puts him more on par with characters like Sombra and Widow rather then Moira and Akande. Meanwhile Cassidy is on the other side of this grey area. He's very aware of the messed up things he's done, but he also knows when those things are necessary. Cassidy deals with redemption in a way that I haven't seen explored that much. In all honesty he's the antihero redemption trope but doesn't take the same edgy tones those characters typically take.

I want to make caveman parodies a regular thing