Aug 23, 2025
gaze (1000 words) by anattemptatalliteration Relationships: Shimura Tae/Yagyuu Kyuubei Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Character Study, Relationship Study, Canon-Typical Misogyny, Internalized Homophobia, Ambiguous/Open Ending, POV Second Person
Otae-san would hate to be the reason Kyuu-chan is scared to be a woman, because she knows how scary it is to be a woman.
#gintama#kyuutae#shimura tae#yagyuu kyuubei#anyways. FAWK#I really do think otae san is sneakily the most subversive gintama 'female character' bc she's the most aligned to#conservative gender roles but it's so clear that sorachi is trying to do something with her character but failing#anyways this was supposed to be part of my femslash february SORRY IT'S HALF A YEAR LATE#really happy this is my first and likely only gintama fic LOL#my writing#that summary line is cheating bc it is in the fic but it was my guiding line since conception so#they're so tragic but at the same time so desperately sweet... which is gintama romance to a T
