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Since I, too, was suffering from Kaya withdrawal, I'd like to recommend you a few things: watch a song Nothing Good from Centaurworld and, if you decide to not watch the show itself, Last Lullaby (which is very, very spoiler-y; one of the biggest twists). I haven't watched the whole show, but the tragedy of Mysterious Woman and the story of main antagonist got to me! It also introduced me to The Story of The Phantom by Goosebums (it's a song too!), it's funny but also pulls at heartstrings!

I saw this ask in the morning and I'm only getting around to it now because I've spent the entire day thinking about Elktaur and the Mysterious Woman, wtf did you do by recommending this to me, Anon 😭

Needless to say, thank you for giving me food in this Kaya drought, I think this will hold me over for a month or two. This is seriously some excellent stuff, 10/10, you hit it out of the park

I'm gonna put this under a cut LOL

(Centaurworld spoilers ahead btw)

I went into this by listening to "Nothing Good" (really good and a bop, btw), which left me a little confused because I have never heard of this show before so I had absolutely 0 context.

I decided to look up Centaurworld to see if I would be interested in watching the entire thing. I'm not really a huge fan of that brand of slapstick comedy so I decided to go ahead and listen to "The Last Lullaby" and

Well

I absolutely adore the Nowhere King/Elftaur. Elftaur's hatred of himself and the feeling of not belonging (esp. after becoming the Nowhere King, saying he belongs nowhere), longing to be somewhere else and be someone else to the extent that he split himself in half, believing himself unable to be loved by the Princess as he currently was... Oh man, really struck an emotional chord. Especially with how the MW affirmed that she would have loved him, whole, right before his death is OOOOOF, soooo excellent.

Which brings me to my next point: I love the Last Lullaby as an ending to his character arc (or, rather, their arc). This is what a model tragic villain arc and conclusion is, to me. The last act of acknowledgment of the villain's own pain and suffering as real and, while the pain caused by their actions - in this case, the pain the Nowhere King and the General caused the Princess and the people affected by the war - is given appropriate weight and makes it clear that destruction is too great to end in any outcome but death. But after a lifetime of suffering and hatred, death is a merciful end. I also love how someone of significance to the Elftaur is the one to kill him - with tragic villains like this, having some rando kill them feels empty, in my opinion. Emotional closure is the kind of closure that's needed.

"What a pity to behold Rest now, tormented soul Don't you know I would have loved you the way you were? Whole."

"When you leave, I will at last have peace..."

I really, really loathe endings in which this brand of villain is killed off without any sort of acknowledgment of their pain and some semblance of finally finding peace at the moment of their death. "Look what a shitty life this character had, now look at them die still embroiled in their hatred without any closure!" I really appreciate that Centaurworld did his character justice in this way, it’s soo rare to find. Thank you for recommending this to me!!

Elktaur's character and his insecurities about not being loveable actually gave me a few Father thoughts fueled by the Projection Theory and "I am a necessary evil" but I better hold my tongue, lest I make a clown of myself LOL. Either way, I really, really hope Adachitoka will handle his arc and its conclusion with as much grace 😔🙏

About "The Story of the Phantom"... I will be listening to this (and Last Lullaby) on repeat. It’s so catchy and fits them (Father/Kaya and MW/Elftaur) so well!

All his life, he'd been tormented, teased, and taunted But now his hunters would become the haunted The world that always made him feel unwanted would hear the toll The sounds of a tortured soul

Because she fell, and fell hard He was battered and scarred But she could see that inside, there was more Something alluring, she'd find In the sadness behind That terrifying mask he wore

Hook me up with that “beautiful and sincere woman falls in love with a monstrous (literally or imagined) sad angsty man” shit all day, every single day. Absolutely obsessed.

Either way, thank you again, this is some GOOD Father/Kaya fuel!!! Fingers crossed for more canon content in the next Noragami chapter hehe~~

Unfortunately I don't have account on any social media, I just kind of float anonymously around tumblr, haha. But if I ever become corporeal on here, you will know! All your thoughts about Kaya/Father + MW/Elktaur are so on point - that's exactly what I've been thinking about! Also when I was watching that one Story of Phantom-MW/Elktaur video for nth time, I started seeing Kaya/Father-Hiyori/Yato parallels, from Because she fell- to -That terrifying mask he wore. (1)

(2) It's a bit silly, to make parallels before we have any grasp on their actual dynamics, but oooh boi, does Kaya brainrot ever stop! Once Kaya will actually appear, it will become even bigger! I mean, can you imagine? She isn't in the manga yet, but I love her so much already. Adachitoka will most likely bring all character arcs to a satisfying end, not before making us all weep, of course. I believe in them! They probably had it all planned out years ago.

Oh no!! How tragic it is that you are a incorporeal Tumblr lurker 😭😭 Talking to a single person through anon feels like sending smoke signals, haha. But either way, I hope your time on my blog has been enjoyable! ;;

That one MW/Elktaur MV w/ “The Story of the Phantom” has seriously been on repeat since yesterday for me, it is so good (and they are so deliciously tragic). Those lines are exactly what made me think of Father/Kaya and Yatori as well!!

Because she fell, and fell hard He was battered and scarred But she could see that inside, there was more

Something alluring, she'd find In the sadness behind That terrifying mask he wore

I’m not much of a Yatori shipper usually (for some odd reason, even though they hit a lot of tropes I go crazy for?) but if you say Father/Kaya + Yatori parallels, I am there in .5 seconds. And if you feel it’s a bit silly to make parallels before we have any grasp on their actual dynamics, then I am the whole damn circus because I’ve been thinking of possible parallels since I laid my eyes on this page when it first came out.

If this doesn’t come up again in context of Father/Kaya, I will eat my own foot. “The despair of knowing they can’t live their lives together”?? Is there something you’d like to share with the class...???

Although I admit there is a certain image of Kaya I have made up in my little rat brain because I wrote a stupid amount of backstory and fic heavily involving her while we anticipate the coming of backstory, there is no possible way for me to not love her when she finally appears in canon... I’ve been faithfully waiting for 6 years (7 if we don’t make any progress by November) for her real appearance, goddammit. Seeing her through Izanami was, of course, nice because we finally got a clear view of her face but!!! Where is THE Kaya??? Let her out of the basement Adachitoka!!

Kaya brainrot never stops, Anon. The bulk of my creative endeavors this year boil down to Father/Kaya brainrot because they have me down that bad (also I’m starved for content, what am I supposed to do???).

Tbh, I admit that I’ve been harboring some anxieties regarding Father’s backstory going forward, but that might just be me psyching myself out. I, too, have believe that Adachitoka-sensei will deliver and make us all weep, as they’ve always done!!

Spoilers for Chapter 100 are just 3 days away so I’m keeping my fingers AND toes crossed for more backstory crumbs...

as per usual i can't be trusted with big projects because if i stop working on the thing at any point, i will never finish it. would be a waste to not post at least a preview though

“the ending is always the same”

war of the foxes - richard silken / waterloo - ABBA / euripides’ medea - the little theatre / anne carson / the three fates - luca cambiaso / the oresteia - aeschylus / road to hell II - hadestown / when i met you - mira lightner / andersen’s fairy tale anthology

this was always going to happen.

matthew stover, david levithan, margarita karapanou, aeschylus, karese burrows, richard siken

love is stored in the fictional couple i’ve gotten overly invested in

Bad quality Noragami text post part 15

I think this one deserved its own post

try to measure loss

measure the silence of a house

the unheard footsteps at the doorstep

the unemployment of the mouth