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it’s insane to me that mariko and ochiba no kata/ruri are explicitly said by the creators and the characters themselves to have grown up very close, ‘like sisters’, and it’s implied they were closer than ochiba was to her actual blood sister (which was normal in terms of family dynamics and given their circumstances, I know, but still). their relationship might just be the most Homoerotic thing in the show, by pure accident, because it’s so intense and Fated that even the absence of any hint of romantic/sexual feeling ironically just magnifies how much their bond is too big to be captured by any conventional framework or labels. and I like this invention of their backstory from the original novel, it’s given ochiba lots more interiority and it’s a grounded and subtle means of saying More about them without having to spell it out. I really appreciate that their history is staged as an Entirely Platonic and Sisterly dynamic but one that had a deep formative influence on both of them, that lasted through all their years apart, right through to the tragic culmination of them as rivals.

the scene where Mariko walks into a room full of men baying for the blood of her lord/her by extension and is instead 100% focused on ochiba no kata, the only other woman in the room, whom she trusts to recognise the challenge she’s trying to pose, sent chills through me. their bond is the hidden fulcrum of the political machinations the show dwells on, more so than any number of the show’s political marriages or more conventional and visible means of politicking the many men in Shogun have, and the creators have touched on that in a similar register.

#yes to all of this!! #shogun #and i agree that this dynamic is more intriguing as backstory rather than main story #but the idea of a hotd-style prequel about mariko and ochiba is living rent free in my mind

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JOHN BLACKTHORNE and USAMI FUJI SHŌGUN | 1.10 A Dream of a Dream

#them :'''') #shogun

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Can I please have a cappuccino but with oat milk and a big pump of sugarfree chocolate syrup and... Lol I remember your stupid ass from 2,300 years ago. We were living in seleucis on the tigris river during the same span of summers... do you rememver a red ibis bird with beautiful plumes? Yeah U were a sort of dull brown goat that didn't train and dint make milk or kids. Yeah? No? Eventually the Zoroastrian homesteaders who owned you started feeding you contaminated barley to try and kill you lol. Maybe you remember the ergotism? Anyway. also I want one of these 🫵stupid little breads in the case

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the fact that we need 8 hours of sleep is ridiculous we should only need 4 and the other 4 should be used to be cozy in your bed and rub your legs together like a cricket and listen to music and think about your little scenarios

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happy april 22nd ✌️

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SHŌGUN - Chapter Four: The Eightfold Fence

#shogun #queue

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so anyone else totally normal about shogun?? and john and mariko? cool yeah me too

#shogun #fanart

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No fucking way LMFAO

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"She (Kiku) had not been prepared for what soon became obvious: clearly the Anjin-san desired the Lady Toda, though he hid it well as any civilized person could hide it. This in itself was not surprising, for the Lady Toda was most beautiful and accomplished and, most important, she alone could talk with him. What astounded her was that she was certain the Lady Toda desired him equally, if not more." - Shōgun by James Clavell

#shogun

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yeah Romeo and Juliet suuucks they should’ve both survived at the end and lived happily ever after instead. but of course the writer kills them both off for shock value.

#starting teaching r&j to my year 9s tomorrow should i show them this???

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Link to listicle

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MASTERS OF THE AIR — 1.09 "Part Nine"

#i know i keep saying this but it's wild how romantic this is #masters of the air #queue

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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

#they really are just ticking off all the forbidden love tropes huh #shogun

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crying at these comments on the instrumental cover of 50 cent’s P.I.M.P

#anatomy of a fall #favourite post

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What’s it going to do, really?

#mad men

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ALAN RICKMAN as COL. BRANDON Sense and Sensibility 1995 ‧ Dir. Ang Lee

#hottest austen love interest i will die on this hill #sense and sensibility #queue

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Shōgun | 1.02 - "Servants of Two Masters"

#shogun