#oni headcanons

What if instead of hatching Garmadon and Wu out of Eggs, the FSM was dealing with a wailing newborn (and later toddler) and a giant hole in his abdomen, caused by his spontaneous children?

What if FSM forgot to explain this to his kids and then after he's dead and Garmadon runs off with Chen, Wu wakes up one day with horrible stomach pains and hours later baby Morro rips out of him because he was missing his family and his body needed to compensate?

Oni horns and tusks are very important to the individual, showings one strength and health, a physical representation of ones life.

The few appropriate times that an oni can have a lack of horn and/or tusks is if they are cut off after death so that the family can keep that onis spirit and strength with them, or if they are lost in battle.

If an oni is banished they have their horns and/or tusks are cut off and destroyed, showing that their life in the community has been erased. And they are only allowed to come back when they grow back.

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They file their horns sharp and engrave them before battle.

And they're very much about keeping their tusks clean and polished.

Hi there! I’m always happy to answer questions about ToD. :)

I didn’t change any of the characters’ ages from those given or implied in the original Hakuouki games [ages were later set out in the bonus material for Hakuouki Shinkai - Kyoto WInds/Edo Blossoms).  Hakuouki (and ToD) uses the following ages for the main characters (as of late 1863, or early 1864; these are mostly approximate historical ages):

Heisuke, Saito (b. 1844):19Okita (b. 1842 - historically either 1842 *or* 1844): 21Harada (b.1840), Nagakura (b. 1839): 24, 25Hijikata (b. 1835): 29 (he was only 34 when he died!)

The Oni ages are/were much more debatable; however, the ToD ages are reasonably consistent with what is known:

Kazama: 27-28 (ToD would have him born approx. 1837)[Note:  a lot of people headcanon that Oni are (much) longer-lived, and that Kazama, in particular, could be 50, or 70, or 100+; personally, I don’t have any problem with that, and what was “canon” was difficult to figure out when many fics were first written; as it turns out, late twenties is what the story creators had in mind]Amagiri: late thirties (about 10 years older than Kazama)Kimigiku: mid-thirties (ToD age may be slightly older than canon age?)Shiranui: mid-to-late twentiesSenhime: ~ 16 (but note that the lore of ToD, as explored in later chapters, accounts for why her skill and knowledge base is so high)Chizuru: 16

Other then stating that the FSM is the child of both Dragon and Oni blood, and the implications of the Firstborn. We don't know much about his heritage, and I don't see many people discussing it. Folks have been theorizing about who his children's mother is, if they have one, however no one askes the questions who the FSM's parents were. And he is practically confirmed to have two parents, he couldn't be a half-breed with only one parent.

So, this question got me thinking. Then while re-watching Season 9/Hunted I wondered, why did Mystake turn on her fellow Oni? If she said it was because she fell in love with NInjago, the FSM's creation, but why would she have looked that closely at something a glorified living weapon made. Unless she had a hand in making it.

We know that Mystake isn't above playing spy. What if the Oni sent her in to spy on the dragons during the war? However while in disguise, she turns traitor, falling in love with one of the Firstborn's children, or maybe the mother of dragons herself (The Oni are shape-shifters, Gender can kind of be thrown out the window). Leading to the birth of the FSM.

If this did happened, maybe Mystake managed to keep it secret and volunteered to be on the mission to capture the FSM after he fled. Wanting to keep and eye on her son. Or maybe the Omega sent her on the mission in order to prove her loyalty to the Oni after discovering she had turned traitor and had a half dragon child. Dubbing her, Mystake, or 'mistake'. So that every Oni would know her sin.

If the FSM was her son it would give her more reason to turn on her fellow generals, since she would be protecting her child. It would also explain the distance relationship she has with Garmadon and Wu. If she were their mother like people have theorized, she'd probably be more involved in their lives especially after the FSM's death. She doesn't seem like the kind of person to sit around and let her child be poisoned by a snake. However if she was more distantly related, like a Grandmother, it would make more sense. Likely it would be awkward for her to step in any more then she did, since the FSM probably spent the majority of his youth with the Dragons. It's an estranged relationship even if Mystake deeply cared for the FSM. Due to this distance its likely that she felt she didn't have much say in Garmadon's and Wu's lives. If they came to her, she'd help without question, but otherwise she just watches from a distance.

She only really gets involved in things when Lloyd, her possible great-grandson, doesn't have anyone else to turn too. Maybe she felt guilty about him getting wrapped in Tomorrow's Tea, Maybe she didn't want her family to suffer from her inaction any more once Wu was de-aged and Garmadon was mutated into something that reminded her of her people. Utter destructive monsters. Something she never wanted any of her family to become after learn you could be so much more in a world of peace.

On top of all that, her Oni form seems to share a lot of physical similarities with Garmadons, ei the white markings and rib structure, something even called out in the wiki, suggesting a genetic connection between the two.

@soujthings and I were discussing headcanons and we’d turned to Oni-Shinsengumi HCs, including their RP and my story Teachings of Demons:

(On a side note - if Souji is related to Kazama or Chizuru I’m literally going to squeal, because in our roleplay his closest two oni ancestors are from their respective clans and Kazama names him a far relative.)

My answer:  it’s all in Chapter 85 (hehehe!). 

~ Impracticaldemon