A Traveller’s Guide To Japan’s Hottest Warlords.

as requested by anon. Could be used for formed families as well as blood families. Many of them can be used in other categories. Feel free to change pronouns or anything else !

protective older

“Mom/dad/parent/guardian left me in charge.”

“I’ve been taking care of you since you were little.”

“Come here. I’ll play with your hair until you fall asleep.”

“I checked for monsters, but they’re all scared of me.”

“You’re not going out like that.”

“What do you think you’re doing? I said ‘no’.”

“Did you eat yet?”

“I don’t want to see that boy/girl/person around here again.”

“It’s for your own good.”

“I’d never let anyone else talk shit about you. Only I can.”

protected younger

“You’re barely older than me!”

“You raised me…”

“Quit telling me what to do!”

“You’re not my mom/dad/parent!”

“I can’t imagine being an only child…”

“Stop acting like you know everything. You don’t.”

“You don’t understand!”

“But I don’t need a jacket.”

“You’re supposed to be my brother/sister/sibling, not my dad/mom/parent.”

“I need a hug. And I think you do too.”

protective younger

“You may be older, but I’m stronger.”

“Just listen to me for once!”

“You know, I’m not a little kid anymore.”

“Trust me. Please.”

“You always said I was an old soul.”

“Are you going out again?”

“You can’t keep eating Cheetos and marshmallows. It’s not good for you.”

“I feel like a grandma/grandpa/grandparent.”

“You made me so worried!”

“I don’t like your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner/etc. I want to kill him/her/them.”

protected older

“I can’t believe you’re taking care of me again…”

“I should be the one protecting you.” / “I’m supposed to take care of you.”

“I’m so proud of you.” / “I wish mom/dad/parent/guardian could see you now.”

“You were always the responsible one.”

“You know what? I know what I’m doing.”

“Don’t worry about me.” / “You always worry too much.”

“Here, take this. I won’t be needing it anymore.”

“You can’t boss me around just because you have the faintest idea of how the world works.”

“Let me do one thing right! Get behind me!”

birthday illustration for mitsuhide by yamada shiro

“death & i have been scandelously intimate for some time now”

“i’m in love with the stars”

“keep your eyes on the stars & your feet on the ground.”

“you are oh so lovely”

“nothing lasts forever”

“i want you to stand by my side.”

“i think i love you.”

“i want to live life my own way.”

“it’s pathetic, i know.”

“i’m just glad you’re safe”

“run away with me”

“it is no small feat to let go of everything that makes you human so that you are light enough to be free”

“i am physically here, but my mind is very much somewhere else.”

“i can’t breathe without you.”

“i care about you a lot but i don’t know how to show it without being annoying”

“you make me breathless”

“are you okay? …are you lying?”

“look at the stars, look how they shine for you & everything you do.”

“where have you been? never mind, don’t tell me. i don’t want to know.”

“i lack the vocabulary to describe you”

“how rare & beautiful you are”

“you are a child of theu niverse, no less than the trees & the stars.”

“you have a right to be here.”

“when i’m not talking to you, oh god, i think about you a lot.”

“you’re so unbelievable lovely”

“the most beautiful art is looking into your eyes at sundown”

“talk to me. i’m scared to speak”

“i’m not saying ‘i love you’ out of habit.”

“you are what won’t let you sleep”

“perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again”

“sooth him, save him, love him”

“you deserve to be the happiest person on earth”

“you deserve to have the entire world”

“you mean the world to me”

“don’t give up. that’s what they want”