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sleepisoverrated

1 year ago

Not me randomly getting the idea in the middle of Zoom class to draw a one page comic about that plot bunny that I had for months and then proceeding to ignore the rest of my classes in order to draw it. Anyway here it is:

Basically the idea was that Yuji was trapped in a living nightmare, by some curse that helped out Geto and Mahito. And this is him failing to save his friends(nightmare) from Mahito and Geto. This is him snapping and letting all the intrusive, repulsive, horrible, morbid thoughts (and you know Sukuna the bastard is always sending them to him, so Yuji has A LOT of torture/death methods stored away in his mind) out into reality. And well Sukuna the bored bastard that he is watching all this play out, even egging Yuji on, while knowing full well that they are in a nightmare.

The "I'll show you why I'm Sukuna's vessel" line I got from not knowing what the fuck are the qualifications for someone to become his vessel.

Like is the cursed energy that needs to match?

But like Itadori doesn't have cursed energy at the start.

Is it that Yuji's body is a lot stronger and only he can handle Sukuna without instantly dying?

Maybe, but then what the fuck is Sukunas obsession with Megumi.

Is it the mind, like you need to be mentally strong so Sukuna can chill in your head without you becoming a vegetable or something?

Is also one of the possible criteria.

Or maybe it's something about the soul's shape, like Sukuna might've looked like Yuji when he was human?(And since the body forms around the soul and all that)

Also a possibility.

All of the above?

I don't fucking know so I decided to run with all of them. That's why he is so intimidating when he finally snaps, he is basically mimicking Sukuna and SUCCEEDING! He had Sukuna in his head for (i think) 4 months whispering the most painful, deranged, unhinged, psychotic ways he will torture Yuji and his friends (he had nothing better to do and was bored), while sending him images of said torture and death. (Yeah Yuji is STRESSED, like my boy got a death sentence hanging over his head, a lot of people that want him dead and a lot of trauma that he unlocked when he became a sorcerer, I'm just waiting for him to have a breakdown in cannon, btw I am not even finished with season one of jjk and already the fandom and the hot unhinged character trapped me, I don't think I have much hope for escaping it)

Anyway, welcome to my mind's current fixation.

- On the Themes of Love, Vulnerability and Blindfolds in Jujutsu Kaisen -

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TAGS/WARNINGS- Implied/Slight spoilers for the Jjk Anime and Manga.

THESE ARE THOUGHTS THAT I WAS HAVING THAT I STRUNG TOGETHER- please don't come at me about the working I already know it's horrible.

((if you want to add one your own takes or pick apart mine, please do so cuz I eat this shit up like food on thanksgiving (and tag me I wanna see what you come up with))

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Love

Vulnerability

Blind love

Love is blind

Justice is blind

Love is not Justice and v.v.

(Justice and Love are two sides of the same coin but this is a conversation for another day)

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Justice is impartial

"Lady Justice wears a blindfold to represent impartial justice and everyday people close their eyes to shield themselves from reality"

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Gojo is not Justice

Gojo is Jusitce

Gojo is not impartial- he uses a blindfold to create a physical barrier between himself and others.

Gojo wears a blindfold to keep his memory of Geto in

Gojo wears a blindfold like a mask; a personally built facade to keep others out

Gojo harbours immense and infinite cursed energy

Gojo harbors immense and infinite love

Gojo's birth caused a boom in cursed energy/spirits to appear

Geto was born to mitigate (swallow) all of it

Geto was born to cancel out the effects of Gojo's birth

Geton was born to accept Gojo's love

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Gojo's immense and infinite love/cursed energy was meant for someone who is no longer with us;

He uses it sparringly

Basically never•

Few and far between•

Taking off the blindfold means to be vulnerable

Gojo has his blindfold off when he runs into Kenjaku (in his pov, it was Geto)

Gojo is vulnerable around Geto.

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Vulnerability is a weakness

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'Curses that work together in groups are weak'

Groups are weak

To Sukuna, Yuji making friends practically wherever he goes is a sign of weakness

But Yuji is strong

He subdues Sukuna for the greater part of the entire story

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Yuji and his friends are strong together

There is strength in numbers

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It's lonely at the top

It's lonely being the strongest

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Love means to be vulnerable and compromise strength in lieu of compassion and connection

Sukuna tries to 'connect' but is pushed away when his methods don't work

Sukuna uses extreme violence to play with and 'connect' to others

Most individuals don't want to connect that way

Sukuna doesn't use Yuji's methids of connection because that goes against everything he stands for

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Love is the worst curse of them all

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Who will teach Sukuna love?

Sukuna does not need to be taught love;

He has no use for it

___ will teach ___ (Sukuna) love

Sukuna is the strongest sorcerer in history

Sukuna is the King if Curses

Sukuna is the King of Love

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Sacrifices

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In order to make one, you need to sacrifice something

How much has Sukuna sacrificed to become the strongest?

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Binding Vows

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Love means to make sacrifieces

Love means to make sacrifices

Love means to be vulnerable

Gojo sacrificed Geto (and his love) for the greater good (and for other obvious reason)

Gojo loved Geto

Gojo cannot stand out when paired with Geto

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Hidden Inventory Arc (anime) - Gojo's eyes seem duller and less illustrious than usual,

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Gojo stands out when Geto is not around

Gojo is The Strongest

The Strongest isn't vulnerable

Gojo is vulnerable with Geto

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Sukuna believes vulnerablility is weak

Yuji wears his heart on his sleeve

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Gojo closed his heart.away after Geto died

Gojo never puts down infinity again (with minor exceptions)

Gojo wears a blindfold to keep others out

Taking off the blindfold means to be vulnerable

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Vulnerability is a weakness

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*The suffix -utl, "Something and nothing at once, polar opposites existing simultaneously."*

Love-utl

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Sukuna does not love

Sukuna hates Yuji

Gojo can love, chooses not to

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Love is sacrifice

Sukuna doesn't love anyone but himself

Sukuna rejected and sacrificed his previous (human) identity for his cursed one

Sukuna loves himself

Gojo loves loved Geto

Goji is immensely fond of others (his students/close friends)

Yuji loves (pretty much) everyone

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Gojo/Sukuna/Yuji is the strongest

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1. Love is sacrifice

- Gojo sacrificed Geto; his love

- Sukuna sacrificed everything else; his humanity

- Yuji sacrificed his previous peaceful life so he could save more people in his sorcerer life

2. Love is vulnerability

- Gojo swore to never be vulnerable again; his love came back to bite him again in his adult years and he payed the price for it; love is weakness

- Sukuna is not vulnerable; it is a weakness; the weak should die

- Yuji is vulnerable with his friends and is always ready to use his compassion for the best outcome; Yuji is open with his companions

3. Love is the worst curse of them all

- Love took the only person that could accept him; Gojo rarely uses love anymore

- Sukuna is the King of Curses, therefore the King of Love by proxy; Sukuna hates love; doesn't need to be taught it; Sukuna hates Yuji

- Yuji harbors the King of Curses

- Yuji defeated the King of Love

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Love is the worst curse of them all

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Love is not a curse

Love is strength

There is strength in numbers

Groups- together, connection, vulnerability, sacrifice- are strength

Yuji is/has all of these

Yuji is strong

Yuji defeated the King of Curses

Yuji harbors immense love

Sukuna hates love

Sukuna hates Yuji

Love is the worst curse of them all

Yuji is the worst curse of them all

Yuji is strong

Love is strength

Love is vulnerable

Yuji is both,

Love-utl,

Yuji is love

Yuji is The Strongest

--- Notes ---

*Please see (Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman)

•"Basically never - few and far between":

I was making a reference to Gojo's infinity, how no one could ever get close to him. Fitting, no?