the hanahaki disease is so fascinating to me because there is no documented origin, there is no myth or legend or anything of that sort from which it was derived, there’s no history behind it. one day some fanfic author said “this is a good concept” and it caught on like wildfire and now it’s been integrated into kpop fanfic culture as a pretty prevalent trope, and it’s spreading to other fandoms as well. how fucking cool is that. how cool is it that fanfic authors are creating beauty on such a high magnitude. it blows me the fuck away.
It should be named after a real disease with similar traits, obviously minus the flowers but still, this is a very cool au/concept
It’s actually from a 2009 manga called Hanahaki Otome! Still, I think that’s as far as the trail leads – the mangaka created this concept entirely on their own. And the manga hasn’t even been translated into English iirc so it’s very cool to see how it became so popular with English speaking fans!
So THIS is where that’s coming from. It’s been driving me insane.
i started googling around because what is this suddenly
it’s been showing up even in ships that don’t usually do this sort of thing
i’m used to kylux being kafkaesque psychological horror meets hardcore bsdm, and suddenly general “i murder planets” hux is puking petals
i don’t know how to process this
i’m equally torn between “excuse me shoujo anime would you please control your tropes, leash laws exist for a reason” and “well i mean it’s not like we needed ANOTHER snoke-ships-it-but-only-so-he-can-order-kylo-to-kill-his-bf fic, might as well do flower vomit, why the hell not”
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just moving along like everyone else 