#bes

[haydardotjpg]

yas slay bisexual king ⚔️

#taigen blue eye samurai #taigen bes #taigen #blue eye samurai #bes #there was an attempt

[mengyueart]

There was a try to do animation, well well.

I think she's kinda cute, even if I won't finish this work

#blue eye samurai #mizu #bes mizu #bes #art #mizu blue eye samurai #animation

[crowleys-dark-sunglasses]

I love her your honor

#blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai mizu #bes mizu #mizu #bes

[lillymakesart]

like water | ch 5

chapter summary: Taigen regrets his actions. Mizu blows off some steam. Ringo asks everyone the important questions.

pairing: mizu x taigen

tags: explicit sexual content, vaginal sex, masochism, fluff, angst, hair pulling, dirty talk

words: about 8.5k

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[doughnutshi]

Peaches 🍑 Ripe and Ready to eat ☺️

I was practicing on how to use procreate and used one of my old sketches and it was the Mizu booty lolol 😭 what a way to start off my procreate journey

(Fully Uncensored is on the discord we will see if this get bonked too)

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu bes #mizu #bes #my artwork #bes mizu #peaches #blue eye samurai fanart

[friedoats]

My fav bes screencaps

Ep 1 pt 13/22

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[cavoruss]

I love how the first time Mizu and Taigen see each other again in literal years Mizu doesn't kill him, she just decides to humiliate him in the best way she knows how

#this has probably been said before #but whatever #mizu bes #bes mizu #mizu #bes #blue eye samurai

[lauraisconfused]

#mizu #mizu blue eye samurai #nonbinary #shitpost #enby #non binary #ringo #BLUE EYE SAMURAI #bes

[snailwriter]

Two halves of one whole haircut

#they’re both missing hair and honour #Zuko #taigen #blue eye samurai #atla #avatar the last airbender #bes

[acarillustrated]

something that i really like about blue eye samurai, now that im thinking about it, is that it discusses violence against women without becoming torture porn. like, in a lot of media that portrays women's issues, they show you that scene. like they give you this extended visual of a woman experiencing something traumatic and then laud themselves as feminist for doing so.

blue eye samurai doesn't do that. the whole show is set in a world that is extremely antagonistic toward women, and it makes a point to tell you that being a woman right now sucks, because they are property and are used sexually. but even though it doesn't shy away from this, it doesn't show you the violence itself, which you would almost expect it to because of how graphic the rest of the show is.

im thinking specifically of kinuyo. they very well could have shown us a scene of her being abused, but they didn't. they didn't show the abuse itself, but they did show how it affected her. they showed her seeing a doctor for her sores. they could have made this incredibly traumatic and grotesque scene a spectacle, showing us exactly how powerless she is and how powerful he is. they could have shown us this incredibly triggering event in full detail for our entertainment, but they didn't. they chose not to. and i think that's how it should be.

it is not necessary to have an extended visual and auditory reenactment of violence against women. we the audience understood the gravity of the situation and were able to empathize without needing that scene. having that scene would have completely detracted from the point they are trying to make. it would have turned something completely reprehensible that women everywhere fear because it's a very real issue into entertainment.

#blue eye samurai #not art #mizu #kinuyo #bes #tw abuse #tw implied violence #tw sex assault #if im being honest i may be a little high rn but ive been thinking about this #because it's important #and it just occurred to me

[kermit-coded]

the reveal that mizu is not only the ronin but also the bride is so well executed. the way she walks the line between man and woman, white and japanese, victor and victim... it's good fucking writing.

#soda speaks #bes #bes spoilers #blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai spoilers #mizu #mizu blue eye samurai

[phantasymistart]

uh oh guys new favourite character time

#i seriously have not thought about anything except mizu for like. 2 weeks. #just some studies while i try and learn how to draw her <333 #blue eye samurai #bes #mizu blue eye samurai #mizu #phantasymist #art #illustration #my art #procreate #artists of tumblr #artists on tumblr #digital painting #digital art #fanart #blue eye samurai fanart #bes fanart #mizu fanart

[stromblessed]

Mizu, femininity, and fallen sparrows

In my last post about Mizu and Akemi, I feel like I came across as overly critical of Mizu given that Mizu is a woman who - in her own words - has to live as a man in order to go down the path of revenge.

If she is ever discovered to be female by the wrong person, she will not only be unable to complete her quest, but there's a good chance that she'll be arrested or killed.

So it makes complete sense for Mizu to distance herself as much as possible from any behavior that she feels like would make someone question her sex.

I felt so indignant toward Mizu on my first couple watchthroughs for this moment. Why couldn't Mizu bribe the woman and her child's way into the city too? If Mizu is presenting as a man, couldn't she claim to be the woman's escort?

However, this moment makes things pretty clear. Mizu knows all too well the plight of women in her society. She knows it so well that she cannot risk ever finding herself back in their position again. She helps in what little way she can - without drawing attention to herself.

Mizu is not a hero and she is not one to make of herself a martyr - she will not set herself on fire to keep others warm. There's room to argue that Mizu shouldn't prioritize her quest over people's lives, but given the collateral damage Mizu can live with in almost every episode of season 1, Mizu is simply not operating under that kind of morality at this point. ("You don't know what I've done to reach you," Mizu tells Fowler.)

And while I still feel like Mizu has an obvious and established blind spot when it comes to Akemi because of their differences in station, such that Mizu's judgment of Akemi and actions in episode 5 are the result of prejudice rather than the result of Mizu's caution, I also want to establish that Mizu is just as caged as Akemi is, despite her technically having more freedom while living as a man.

Mizu can hide her mixed race identity some of the time, and she can hide her sex almost all of the time, but being able to operate outside of her society's strict rules for women does not mean she cannot see their plight.

It does not mean she doesn't hurt for them.

Back to Mizu and collateral damage, remember that sparrow?

While Mizu is breaking into Boss Hamata's manse, she gets startled by a bird and kills it on reflex. She then cradles it in her hands - much more tenderly than we've seen Mizu treat almost anything up to this point in the season:

She then puts it in its nest, with its unhatched eggs. Almost like she's trying to make the death look natural. Or like an accident.

You see where I'm going with this.

When Mizu kills Kinuyo, Mizu lingers in the moment, holding the body tenderly:

And btw a lot of stuff about this show hit me hard, but this remains the biggest gut punch of them all for me, Mizu holding that poor girl's body close, GOD

When Mizu arranges the "scene of the crime," Kinuyo's body is delicate, birdlike. And Mizu is so shaken afterward that she gets sloppy. She's horrified at this kill to the point that she can't bring herself to take another innocent life - the boy who rats her out.

MIZU'S ONE MOMENT OF SOFTNESS AND MERCY, COMING ON THE HEELS OF HER NEEDING TO KILL A GIRL TO SPARE HER THE WORST FATE THAT THIS RIGID SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER WOMEN, AND TO SPARE A BROTHEL FULL OF INNOCENT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CASTOFFS OF SOCIETY, NEARLY RESULTS IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS

No wonder Mizu is as stoic and cold as she is.

And no wonder Mizu has no patience for Akemi whatsoever right before the terrible reveal and the fight breaks out:

Speaking of Akemi - guess who else is compared to a bird!

The plumage is more colorful, a bit flashier. But a bird is a bird.

And, uh

Yeah.

I like to think that Mizu killing the sparrow is not only foreshadowing for what she must do to Kinuyo, but is also a representation of the choice she makes on Akemi's behalf. She decides to cage the bird because she believes the bird is "better off." Better off caged than... dead.

But because Mizu doesn't know Akemi or her situation, she of course doesn't realize that the bird is fated to die if it is caged and sent back home.

Mizu is clearly not happy, or pleased, or satisfied by allowing Akemi to be dragged back to her father:

But softness and mercy haven't gotten Mizu anywhere good, recently.

There is so much tragedy layered into Mizu's character, and it includes the things she has to witness and the choices she makes - or believes she has to make - involving women, when she herself can skirt around a lot of what her society throws at women. Although, I do believe that it comes at the cost of a part of Mizu's soul.

After all, I'm gonna be haunted for the rest of this show by Mizu's very first prayer in episode 1:

"LET" her die. Because as Ringo points out, she doesn't "know how" to die.

Kind of like another bird in this show:

#blue eye samurai #mizu #akemi #kinuyo #bes #women are birds okay they are BIRDS #the let me die line is so SCARY AND SAD like a part of Mizu wants death but she cant? she doesnt know how?? excuse you show??? #when all these other delicate birds are dying all around her #akemis character gets more and more gutwrenching upon subsequent rewatches because whenever she says her life is in danger #NO ONE BELIEVES HER - certainly not other women #because shes rich and pampered and that means shes safe and is worrying about nothing right? right????? #and it turns out that all of akemis instincts were right and she was in danger the ENTIRE TIME #also I need to make a post just for kinuyo because I am sad

[balee-art]

What a dysfunctional squad.

#im begging u to watch this show #for everyone asking: ringo is the only functional one ok #blue eye samurai #blue eyed samurai #bes #art #artist #digitalart #fanart #baleeart #bes fanart #mizuki #memes #meme redraw #myart #artists on tumblr #taigen #akemi

[angllqvr]

just thinking

#bes #blue eye samurai #mizu

[stars-for-circe]

Saw someone here saying she just looks like a pissed off cat and 😭

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