Thinking abt ages of blue eye samurai characters.

Mizu is like. Im pretty sure canonically 19/20. Im leaning towards 20, cuz im choosing to believe fowler meant 20 years literally n the white men came to japan also during the spring. Its just a very literal n simple read of the scene but yh im choosing that. Mizu is a spring bby :'))

Ringo, as carefree and unburdened as he may act, he is not a child or even a man-child, hes an adult man who's just very very sweet n cute. Imo? He's like. 23. Hes just infantilized a lot by his father n others that he seems way younger

Taigen is only a few months older than Mizu imo. They seemed basically the same age as children, but i think taigen is justtt a wee bit older, n yes he does use that against mizu when he finds out. Im votingggg a november bby. Between autumn n winter

Akemi i can only see as being 21/22 for some reason. Idk if its even logical i just see that. I need to research more into what edo period japan thought was normal for when a woman should beat children, but i think it was young, like maybe around the 18 years of age. It also depends on how old do those men think a woman needs to be before shes barren or smth. I do think akemi is 22, more because its obvious she is still young, but not a teenager.

For funsies i think takayoshi is like. Between 25-27. Im still undecided. But he is a few years older than akemi. I dont think hes older solely cuz hes the younger brother, n im just going off of what i see in their mother, but if she had the eldest son at 18, and i hc her as being around 45-50, then i think he has to be (the older brother) around 27-32. She probably had the two sons n they went "thats good enough, anyways", n left it at that.

"Love triangle this, love triangle that.." What about Takayoshi?!

Look at them. Have never seen such amazing potential of becoming a great girlboss and malewife couple like those two have.

thinking about mizu being raised as a princess of the itoh family from birth @roninzuzu

mizu was kept in an isolated palace because she was still proof of shame for the family. they spread rumors that she was sickly so she wouldn't go out in public and very few knew it was really because she was the daughter of a white man

she would visit edo just a couple of times a year or the itoh sibs would be sent to her palace to keep her company during winter

most of the time they would send just takayoshi and this made them especially close

her tutors slacked off with her education at times which included allowing her to train with the sword

when they were very young taka admitted he was mocked by the other noble kids because of his stuttering

they were both outcasts of the family due to being different

very tiny mizu grabbling her wooden sword with intent and saying "I'll protect you"

taka helped her with her studies in exchange, she thinks it's painfully boring but it allows him to train his speech so she accepts it

Takayoshi: How did you and Mizu get together?

Taigen: It was love at first knife.

Takayoshi: First sight you mean?

Taigen: *dreamily* That first knife was so special.

part vi.

More Actor/Hollywood BES AU

Thank you for the reception to the first set, I and my fellow conspirators BES nutjobs fans have more for you!

Ringo's 'hands' are actually prosthesis, unbeknownst to his fans. This is what they see when he is actually playing a concert. He takes them off when shooting for the series. His portrayal is true to his disability. (courtesy of @kaladinkholins ) It's a shocker when they discover he has no hands. Mikio is one of those amazing singer actors. Like he would be hella famous and getting roles in musicals/movies with songs. (Which is like every movie-) Then like a news publisher like tmz releases the fact Mizu and him was married and they released the divorce papers somehow to hurt Mizu’s career (from @doughnutshi )

Mizu's actress had been a child actor/Disney sitcom type and this is her first like adult role (by @apatheticallyromantic ) Mizu was one of those who started as a ten year old in a sitcom. She disappeared for a few years to 'find herself' and returned as an ass-kicking hero. The pegging scene with Fowler was one of the longest repetitive takes they did because Ise's actress kept laughing while ducked behind the counter. She had a hard time seeing through the mask and would accidentally poke Fowler's actor where she wasn't supposed to (he was wearing shorts the whole time and was such a good sport about it). Takayoshi's star used to be the lead singer in the hottest boyband in town. He turned to acting after they disbanded. When he shaved his hair for the role, his army of fans just about died.

Sword Father Eiji is legally blind and this helps with his portrayal. He usually orients himself prior to any shoot. He brings to set his guide dog, a black labrador named Boba. (@lillyblogsmizu)

The actress playing Kinuyo is the lead singer of a punk band. She is almost unrecognizable without her signature smeared mascara, powder white face and black lipstick. She has amazing, screeching, four octave vocals.

On downtime, the actors would hang out and jam. Takayoshi and Kinuyo would take turns singing or have duets, with Ringo providing guitar. Mizu sometimes joins in with her drums. 

Heiji Shindo’s actor is a known method actor and absolute prankster. He likes leaving gag gifts for the actors. His favorite target of shenanigans is Madam Kaji and Daichi Tokonobu as they all used to star in the same sitcom.

MORE BES HOLLYWOOD AU HERE

taiyoshi. taigayoshi? takataigen...? whatever

BLUE EYE SAMURAI: 1x07 - "Nothing Broken" ↳ "There's something I need to tell you. You'll never see Akemi again. She's in Edo, marrying Takayoshi Itoh."

I was inspired by the “BES with wings” au, so I went a lil bit wild with my hcs for it. So, here’s my take on what kind of wings the rest of the cast would have!

Ringo- Little Ringed Plover

Madam Kaji- Japanese crested Ibis

Daichi Tokunobu- Gray Wagtail

Kinuyo- Water Rail

Ise- Horned Lark

Takayoshi Itoh- Pryer’s Woodpecker

Heiji Shindo- Black Drongo

Bloodsoaked Chiaki- Northern Shrike

Seki- Goshawk

Abijah Fowler- House Sparrow

Ooooh! I have to check these out! I already love the choices for Madam Kaiji and Ise, since I somehow recognize these birds!

It would fit that our poor Ise has the wings of the same species as Akemi, since she had to act „the princess” often. And now I’m torn with how big Madam Kaiji’s wings should be. On one hand, they should not throw off her elegance with being too big but the ability to hug her girls and literally swipe them under her wings would work sooo well.

A saga