The Elder Bullet Train - Tumblr Posts
Differences between movie Bullet Train and book Bullet Train -i know there's probably a lot of these posts already but still-:
(Warning: spoilers ahead. For both the book and movie)
(Also not all the characters are there because... i didn't want to)
The Father/Kimura: if sass could kill, book Kimura would have the biggest body count. Homie might be trapped, but he's still going to use sarcasm no matter what. This man can actually be scary sometimes, he's a recoverring alcoholic, he's sassy, and movie Kimura... is there.
The Prince: movie version? Dora the Explorer's evil clone. She's annoying, she's lucky... and there we go. The book version? 100000× that. He is the nastiest 14 years old I've seen. Electrocutes his classmates for fun, has the biggest god complex ever, very good at manipulation.
Tangerine: very hot in both. In the book, the same way Lemon will talk about Thomas the Tank Engine whenever he can, Tangerine talks about books as much as possible. When getting angry, he starts quoting stuff. He's pretty much a poker faced guy the entire time, and he keeps a lucky charm Lemon gave him for the whole ride.
The Elder: well, there's two of them in the book; grandpa and grandma. And oh, grandma is so fucking badass. Also, there's no 'White Death' in this, so their wrath is focused on The Prince... those two are scary as fuck.
The Hornet: there are also two of them in the book! Pretty much insignificant, tbh. I think they were a big part of the plan but I honestly forgot them.
The Wolf: movie Wolf? Tragic backstory, dead wife, dead mother, ruined wedding. Book Wolf? A bully that got knocked on the head and wants to get revenge because of it.
Bullet Train characters as D&D classes and alignements because I am bored and still brainrotting (idk how many d&d and bullet train tumblr fans there are but uh yeah):
Tangerine: lawful neutral, ranger
Lemon: neutral, paladin
Ladybug: chaotic good, bard
Wolf: chaotic neutral, fighter
The Elder: lawful good, cleric
The Father: neutral good, wizard
The Prince: lawful evil, rogue
The White Death: neutral evil, sorcerer
The Hornet: chaotic evil, warlock
Things I thought were beautiful/attractive/charming/pretty/whatever in the Bullet Train movie and no I will not explain (CONTAINS SPOILERS SO BEWARE *-*):
-tangerine.
-lemon's hands when he takes his sticker page out and takes the thomas sticker
-the prince a few seconds before getting smashed like a piñata, holding a weapon
-ladybug getting his hair in a ponytail
-the song 'toilet talk'
-tangerine's hands
-tangerine getting out of the train with his cigarette
-the tall person going in the train while lemon is waiting outside, at one of the first stop
-"how much for the bottle of water, love?"
-the waitress is just adorable
-kimura cutting a piece of tape with his teeth
-the hornet taking off the momomon mask
-tangerine breaking a window
-the elder's wife.
-the whole rolling the gun against sleeve thing
-the lighting in this movie
-the lady waiting to go to the toilet that swears at ladybug
-the wolf cleaning his shoes
-the murderous nurse
-the hornet flipping the syringe
PLEASE! I NEED MORE! I REQUIRE THIS SUSTENENCE TO SURVIVE!
Imagine you’ve been working in the association for a long time. Your hands are bruised and your knuckles have scars that overlap with one another. Now, let’s say you’ve been wanting out for a while, decide to settle down in Japan when you start meeting up and talking to an older gentleman regularly. He’s calm, he’s tranquil, the peaceful and wise type. That’s what he seems like, but looking at him as closely as you have, you know that that’s not all there is. The long nights spent at home have told you otherwise. Maybe he’s not as scarred as you are, but Shigeru’s seen the path you’ve walked upon and knows how you feel in the cold mornings when the sun isn’t hot enough to warm you.
Your scars ache a little, and when you roll over, he’s pressing his face against your shoulder. It’s still so early, and he doesn’t want you to leave him just yet.
“Stay a while”, he hums into your skin, his beard is scratchy… but you like how it feels.
You sit there, but alas, you’ve lost the sleep in your eyes. A weird sort of alertness that lingers from your past life makes it hard to try and fall back into its embrace. It’s not hard to fall into the gentle hug of the older man behind you, however. His arms wrap around your waist, his hands resting on your stomach. Carefully, his fingers thumb over an old scar of yours. One from a job you took a couple of years ago, right when you were first starting out. The gentleman rests his thumb over it, pressing a little where the exit wound used to be.
He hums, and you figure that it means he’s curious about it. Shigeru always had stories to tell, which made him so fascinating. It wasn’t often that you spoke of yourself, not that you had much to hide, so this was one of those rare times where he wouldn’t have to ask to want to learn more about you. You smile, though he cannot see it. The specifics and details of that mission aren’t crystal clear to you anymore, but you recall enough to where you can spin a story of your own to tell.
He’d be mildly amused by how naive you used to be, how simple jobs seemed on paper before they were executed in such a literal sense. You tell him how it didn’t hurt at the time, and he thumbs over that spot in deep muse. It could’ve killed you, kept you from meeting him in your future together.
“You truly are remarkable”, he’d say.
“I could say the same of you”, you’d reply, looking over your shoulder.
You’ve both lingered in bed long enough. After a short but sweet kiss, you and the elder roll out of bed to get ready for the day that waits.
Oh, yeah. I definitely watch Bullet Train for the plot.
The Plot:
