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  1. Darini on Chapter 2 Tue 16 Dec 2025 02:29AM UTC

    It's Takatora-kun to Omegatachi by Asada Nemui!

    haha, for some reason I have smut in nearly every chapter of my fics to the point that I'm getting tired of smut. there are soo many other things I want to explore but then Sesshomaru is too pretty and I can't help it.

    Ha, kind of spoiler alert but I already did it in Weak and partially in Late anyways--I think since Inuyasha is so compassionate, he would be more desperate to wield Tenseiga to save Kagome. But much like how Tessaiga rejects Sesshomaru, Tenseiga rejects Inuyasha because in order for Inuyasha to obtain Tenseiga, he's done something terrible to Sesshomaru, and Tenseiga (my anthropomorphic version of it anyways) deeply loves Sesshomaru, even though it's only Tessaiga's pitiful cast-off. This dynamic is something I want to write over and over.

    Killing people can be done with any old knife, and Tessaiga is the biggest one of them of all. A sword that can bring people to life? That's a weapon of divinity

    the Meido episodes were such beautiful Sesshomaru angst, and they brought me so much inspiration lol

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    1. YellowWomanontheBrink on Chapter 2 Tue 16 Dec 2025 03:23AM UTC

      That's why neither the Inu no Taisho nor Inuyasha could master it! Sesshomaru is OP and he doesn't even know it XD I love me a superiority/inferiority complex.

      I love your sword headcanon! It feels very true to their relationship, especially how you portray it. Yet, it is fundamental as you write it, not repetitive, and not predictable.

      I always headcanoned the swords not as entirely sentient, but rather a direct impression of their father (can you tell I love writing fucked up family dramas) and a representation of his love for them; where each sword has a will of its own and that that will serves to guide his sons the way he wanted in his absence. In a my sister's keeper/jacob have i loved kind of way though, where it's not that either child is hated, but that one needs more care and receives it at the expense of the other. Post-mortem, both brothers have shit emotional intelligence, are brutal, and youkai amoral you get the hot mess that is sesshomaru and inuyasha. Pre-meidou reveal I used to headcanon that Tenseiga wasn't even his father's blade in truth/not equal to tessaiga, so I called that reveal. (The tenseiga's powers are just so different from everything we knew about their father!) Like, it makes sense that their father would look at his hypercompetent, bloodthirsty son and be like 'he can definitely deal with this.'

      Cursed is he who slays his own brother, right? XD I LOVE that fic. It's become one of my characterization reference fics, it's such a concise punch to the gut. So AU, but so canon in that it's derided as something unnatural and worthy of condemnation; that's why Sesshomaru gets his ego destroyed over 300 chapters for even trying. He think he's looking for power like nooo karma is coming for your ass that's why you're suffering man.

      I see there's a ? now for numbers of chapters and I'm so excited for this story. Especially if there's a Inuyasha subplot to see how he handles impotence if (when?) he fails to master the tenseiga. Or, if in Sesshomaru's absence, as he is beloved by the blade, he is forced to reunite the sword with its chosen master!

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      1. Darini on Chapter 2 Tue 16 Dec 2025 06:41PM UTC

        Your headcanon about the swords is basically canon! I think that was the creator's intent to portray the swords as an instrument for their father's will; Totosai even mentions it directly in the anime.

        I'm glad you liked Late! I wrote it in the spur of the moment for a daily drabble thing on discord and then decided I liked it enough to post it.

        I have certain scenes that I really want to write for this story and that's why it's grown! Lots of subplot and worldbuilding potential that I can't help lol. I think next time, I'm going to focus on a very specific and limited storyline and then paring everything down to 7-8 short, impactful scenes to ensure it doesn't spiral out of control. Also, have realized that I prefer third person present tense for these short scenes but it's a bit drudgy for multichapter fics (I miss my third person past tense now).

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