#saintess

A honeypot yandere! It's a controversial idea. Part of the appeal of an obsessive man is his loyalty, but there's nothing wrong with a little variety either! This is a different kind of evil prince. One with no morals down to the bone. It's hard to tell if he's lying or not until the halfway point. His madness gives away who his true love actually is.

Kakashi as her knight with a backstory of leaving his noble title and become a knight to the kingdom. lol Ino as a countess and the star of society. Hinata as a marchioness who's in love Naruto and is supposed to be engaged with him. Idk I'm so delusional 🥹 And then a lot of drama😭😭

Pictures are not mine.

Sakura Haruno- Commoner/ Saintes / Crown Princess?

Sasuke Uchiha- North of Duke

Naruto Uzumaki- Crown Prince/ Emperor

Kakashi Hatake- Knight

Usually seijo is translated as "saintess". I hate this choice for many reasons and it is a personal translation pet-peeve of mine.

Bean Counter translates this as "holy maiden" which is so much better at capturing nuance and actually explaining the "saintess" character archetype. According to tanoshiijapanese.com, the component parts of "seijo" literally translate as the following:

Now most translators will go with "saint", stick an -ess on the end to convey this is a young female version of a saint and be done with it. The character type has been translated this way for years, they've got better things to get on with.

But I do not like this translation. The first sticking point for me is their insistence on calling people who are clearly alive and living "saints". I prefer my saints dead in the ground or cut up and displayed in ornate gilt cases and reliquaries thankyouverymuch. A saint, above all else, must be dead first.

The "saintess"in anime/manga:

is NOT a saint (does not die and get canonized).

is not a master of anything except maybe being a pure-hearted healer. (She is not the head of the usually male-dominated church hierarchy she is a part of. She is subject to it. Her healing makes her adored, but not respected like you would respect a doctor 'cuz she does it "naturally".)

does not feel like a sage (usually does not receive visions. when she does it is not a staple of the character archetype, making sage not fit.)

priest is more accurate, but the "saintess" is not a female priest or a priest who is female (she usually has a different role than her male counterparts or the rank-and-file female priestesses if there are any)

IMO "holy maiden" fits best because the "saintess" character is usually put on a pedestal and has no real influence or leadership power.

She is a figurehead and a vessel for holy power and can do healing and some sort of defensive magic. There is always somebody above her in the church hierarchy who is more politically powerful or studied in church doctrine. Some stories will even deliberately keep the "saintess" figure in the dark to control her.

"Holy" means just that, while "maiden" gives the correct connotation of naivete, powerlessness and shelteredness that the "saintess" character archetype usually exhibits.

It’s absolutely okay, oh my gosh! I’m always so honored when someone draws something from one of the fics, and your interpretation of Saintess is awesome! I love what you did with the locket (and the blood*) and she looks so good with the shorter veil! It’s making me smile so much.

I hope you’re having a wonderful day! I’m really going to treasure this.

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