anon · 29d
Hiii, I'm sorry for bringing this to you here but I saw your tweet about bllk y*oi so I wanted to ask you if you'll ever publish your thoughts on it over twt, like publicly? it's totally okay if you don't btw. It's just that I love reading your meta fics and analysis about csm, you're the Reze Understander for me, and I 100% believe you'll get me when it comes to kiis as narrative foils. ohh my beautiful mirroring characters who are so passionately ingrained with each other…
Anyways, that is what actually got me into them !! And not even as a romantic pairing entirely, bc shipping is something beyond me, truly. But as a very interesting dynamic that takes into account both platonic feelings of rivalry and a little bit of eros–as a treat. But, ofc, I also like them like "lovers". I'm not opposed to it, I just want something more to them...
I also would love to hear your thoughts on kaiser and the many themes that his character encompasses !! For example his perception of the self and thinking of himself as a being with no humanity that screams So Much of Gender Rejection but him wanting to become human to feel loved by studying psychology that ultimately ties into fitting societal standards by becoming either Man or Woman, bc it toys with the perception of kis as genderless (You could even say trans, too…)
Andand another theme that I love about kis’ character and how it contrasts with that of isg's is the ontological security that one possesses and the other lacks, which in turn, I think, it correlates with early neoego-kis' facade of a haughty and smug persona that he used to conceal his true personality behind this fragile mask of his perceived self-worth (or lack of thereof). I said all this in another tweet while talking to someone about fanfiction but, kis, whose internal and textual construction is so deliberately an act of self-narrativization (i.e. comparing himself to his father’s malice and reflecting him onto himself to build his own persona) all while his fundamental essence and drive is that of love, is sososo compelling to me.
And I wish I could say more but I'm pretty stupid, and never know how to explain myself properly, while I believe you could say something more eloquent !! So, I'd die to hear your thoughts on this–on them; if you agree or disagree with the little bits I presented here. That is, if you want to, ofc.
I'm sorry man, I really love kaisagi and I wish I could talk with someone that is fascinated about them both in the same way that I am. And not only about kis’ character but also isg's. I have so many things to say about that little dude, it makes me sick !! How dare Kaneshiro Muneyuki, of all people, to yaoi bait me this hard. I don't even like sports shonen and to top it all off, I don't even do fandoms, so it's just me, Japanese fanartists I rt, and my thoughts. (｡•́︿•̀｡)
hi anon!! don't apologise teehee it's completely all right to ask.
i'm not sure i'd publish my thoughts publically outside specific asks perhaps because (1) bllk is very much a more trashy interest of mine so a lot of my thoughts chapter to chapter are just condensed hype culture & (2) i myself don't know if i really want to engage w/ the fandom for it T-T. thank you though,, this makes me very happy to hear!! the reason i like kiis so much is exactly because they're such perfect narrative foils!!
just as you said, they're both such good mirrors & idk blue lock very much leans into homoeroticism when it comes to its dynamics so ofc i enjoy the ship very very much. like wayyy before kaiser's backstory dropped i was fixated on that one official art for the longest time - the riches & luxury around kaiser & that dishevelled football at his feet. while isagi's one is pristine... but the mutual idealisation is what got me. for isagi, kaiser is his ideal form that he has to inhabit. for kaiser, at least pre-evolution kaiser, kaiser at the start of NEL, isagi is another rookie he has to crush to maintain his stability.
and on stability -- this is probably a minor detail on kaiser characterisation but it's what makes me really insane. because a lot of his rookie crushing behaviour is kind of,, indulging in that comfortable stasis. he needs that position of the top, and he Likes challenge (recent chs) but he's also deathly afraid of having the ground taken away from below his feet... see the facade, see the way he directs himself ,, even his makeup (his fucking eyeliner tattoo),,, all that displayed ease & hidden discomfort. that desperation with which he reworks his past is really really important to me idk. he's someone intensely avoidant (see: the milk) & i think that pours into all his current reactions so very much. isagi's retaliation reminding him of his dad makes something turn stone cold in my stomach /positive. but by reworking//avoidance -- the appropriation of symbolism. he's so directorpilled. the rose means something new & different and yet you blink and its entirely the same thing. the choking, the malice.
ALSO the kaiser genderisms!!! you're so right anon about the way he both separates himself from & enforces his father onto himself.. all while inscribing onto the neck (location of his father's violence) his mother's rose. him imitating his mother in appearance, while constantly trying to affirm his humanity through his father. & all his reactions & the extra info about him w/ these details drives me insane.
re re. security - covered this with the <stability/stasis> i mentioned in the last before last paragraph, but the contrast btwn isagi & him when it comes to that is so so nice. the facade is such a work of art,, like you said, the "self narrativisation",, the story he makes up. one of miracles... it's very reze, if that makes sense?
and nooo anon i really liked this ask it's beautifully expressed, IMO. thank you so much for sending it in & i hope i had sth of value to say despite this answer being a bit scrappy in form.. !! it is really really crazy that they put a character of this calibre (and yaoi of this calibre) in the hyperbolic football manga but goddd does it get to me. i'm not a sports shonen guy either :/ but gosh do i GAF immeasurably. i really hope it's followed through well...
