#mushu

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"okay make a note of this

Dishonor on your whole family

Dishonor on you

Dishonor on your cow!"

Overprotective Siblings

One thing that remained unbreakable among the bishops was their sibling bond, which is why (upon learning that Shamura was unwanted in the cult and their fragile state) they became quite concerned for them.

Although noble, Arachnia's offer to be their caretaker did little to alleviate their worries, so they proceeded to threaten them, warning the butterfly about being watched closely to be sure they did a good job.

We don’t know a ton about the Land of the Red Dragon (although I personally like to call it the Land of Crimson Long; it sounds more poetic ✨). However, I think we could reasonably conclude it’s meant to be twisted!China rather than Asia in general because:

The specific term used in the name of the country is LONG, which is a Chinese dragon. Other Asian countries would use completely different terms for their dragons. For example, yong (Korean), ryū or tatsu (Japanese; in Twst, “dragon” is usually written asドラゴン/“doragon”), etc. Why would Twst specify a Chinese dragon if it wasn’t twisted!China? Wouldn’t they just use a more generic term like “eastern dragon”???

In Endless Halloween Night, Silver once recalls a story from the Land of the Red Dragon/Crimson Long about a girl who dresses up as a man to take her father’s place in the military; she then goes on to become a war hero. This is very clearly Mulan.

Ramshackle’s Halloween decorations are said to be inspired by the Land of the Red Dragon/Crimson Long. The big red dragon there very closely resembles Mushu, from the Mulan film.

The annual Sam’s New Year Sales make reference to how Sam has Mystery Shop branches in the “Far East”. (Note that the characters have very Japanese clothes, games, and decorations for New Year.) This implies the “east” and “Land of the Red Dragon/Crimson Long” are considered different, or that there’s perhaps other countries (like a hypothetical twisted!Japan) which classify as being in the “east”. It’s possible that the Land of the Red Dragon/Crimson Long is but one of the many countries located in the east.