#demon of champawat...demon of futatsugi...

[hikayunas]

there's something to be said about the (most likely unintentional) parallels between yuna and actual, real life man-eating tigers.

man-eating tigers typically only resort to preying on humans once they've suffered some sort of injury and are in chronic pain because of it -- in the case of the most prolific man-eater to date, it was dental injuries from a gunshot, but i believe porcupine encounters can also be a cause (don't remember my source though, so maybe take this with a grain of salt). the pain and the injuries render them unable to hunt their usual prey, and so, they eventually resort to preying on humans, growing out of their instinctive fear of us.

yuna resorted to 'preying' on the kamihama girls once she was also robbed of her ability to hunt her usual prey -- witches -- and was left in severe pain, though in this case, more emotional than physical.

(the most prolific man-eater is sometimes even referred to as the 'demon of champawat' or otherwise likened to a demon due to her ferocity, and james corbett described the (typical) tiger as 'large-hearted', which sounds awfully familiar...)

it may not be what f4 was going for, but it is something i like to think about a lot.

#magia record #kureha yuna #animal attack #just in case #if anything else needs tagging just let me know #anyway. i apologize for how gruesome this is #but man-eating animals are a major -- albeit a bit niche and 'weird' -- interest of mine #and if any of this needs explaining i'll gladly elaborate if asked #i just think a lot about the unintentional (?) parallels between yuna and. man-eating tigers in general #but also specifically the champawat tiger #demon of champawat...demon of futatsugi... #may or may not delete later but reblogs are on #have a good night everyone