Akane 🌻🌸

While I do quite enjoy reading (and writing) fic for akayona, i genuinely don't do it very often. And even then, the majority of the fan content I consume is mostly kaya centric lol.

I’m a little different because I was born in the US, but I am still the child of two immigrants. I love the country my family is from, but I can’t truly claim it as mine without feeling like a liar. I also, however, can’t deny it, it’s where my family is from, (the majority of them still there) and it’s the land where my ancestors culture and roots are from. Case in point, it’s kind of a painful halfway point. Too ecuadorian for the US, and too American for Ecuador. It’s the reason I had a hard time (and still kind of do) making other Hispanic friends when most of them were born in their country. By technicality I still count as a gringa, and I would often be called out on it.

I think their relationship is so sweet, it's a lot to unpack, and there's definitely part of yoon that sees iksoo in zeno. I also think Zeno loves Yoon's curiosity, and is incredibly fond of the way he worries so much for the others, himself included. If you look through the manga, they do happen to be a recurring duo in a couple of panels. I think they both understand each other in being caretakers, and being percieved as guys who are physically weaker and need to be protected, but who won't stop short of pretty much anything to protect the others in their own way.

I also think Zeno sees himself in Yoon, when he was young and clueless and scrambling to keep up with Hiryuu and the og dragons 2,000 years ago. He'd definitely point out that Yoon is much smarter and has a lot more going for him than he did at his age, but while Yoon does absolutely fantastic, Zeno understands that the position isn't easy.

But I can’t get over the fact that it’s hardly acknowledged that Hak is pretty much set up to be the fall guy. Through the story, people mention about how Hak killed the king/rumored Hak killed the kind etc. etc.

And I’m just… I can’t get over that.

Cause if Soo Won was entirely successful with the takeover, Yona and the king are dead… Hak would almost definitely be the fall guy. There’s no way they didn’t think he’d defend the king and the princess. There’s no way they didn’t think he’d fight the opposition.

And even tho Soo Won always suspected Hak would kill him or whatever, if Hak did kill him right away; then this whole thing would be for naught. The only thing that would change could be a power vacuum with no heir.

But no matter the outcome, Hak comes out in the view as the murderer. If the coup had entirely succeeded as planned, he probably would have been killed in defense of the Princess/King. Or if he has survived and taken captive, he probably would have been executed for “killing” the king/princess.

Even if he got away, he wouldn’t be able to go home or at least not stay. It would put his family and clan/tribe in danger. He’d be a wanted criminal (similarly to canon cause it’s often mentioned people think he killed the King).

People mention how much Soo Won affected Yonas life and stuff. And they talk about how Soo Won broke Hal’s trust but oh boy it’s so much more than that too.

Canon is probably the best case scenario for this. Any other way, Hak’s life would be ruined and any other way, he’d be dead or entirely alone.