Sometimes, The Jump From This:

Should I be nervous?

Hantengu being held and babied by afab reader with blood in a baby bottle

I'll try, but I definitely want to be a mother figure for those two cutie pattooties as well.

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Love the whole AU. How it's pictured, described, and how it definitely leaves the reader with the same feeling of hopelessness as the women there, but just gotta ask for my overly creative and wild head: How would all the demons deal with a new clan that's known to treat women as the most precious beings and are slowly stealing the demons' "wives" and into their clan to help recover them? Also, can I write my own small mix of this AU of yours with that idea? I can't explain with words how much I love both "helpless and hopeless" and "terrifying diety women" tropes. I won't if you wouldn't agree to it.

Red Concubine (demon slayer Handmaid AU)

Kotoha’s mouth felt dry. She shouldn’t be surprised, but it was unnerving to hear it said with such nonchalance 

She didn’t know much about Upper Moon Four, but she knew Sekido—and by extension, Zohakuten—by reputation.

Cold. Cruel. Unyielding.

Sekido wasn’t like Douma, who wore a mask of charm over his depravity, drawing in victims with honeyed words and empty affection. Sekido didn’t bother with the act. He was rage unfiltered—merciless in execution, with no tolerance for disobedience or failure.

They were feared by all. Servants spoke their names in hushed whispers. The Shusei lowered their eyes when they passed, their very presence enough to drain the blood from a man’s face.

Everyone knew what had happened to Lady Shinobu’s previous demon Shusei.

A single insult. A moment of misplaced arrogance. That was all it took.

The punishment had been legendary in its brutality.

Skin bubbled and peeled, burned off in layers—only to be regenerated and scorched again.

Her brain liquefied within her skull, over and over, each time forcing her to relive the agony anew.

Her tongue was torn from her mouth. But that was not the end of it.

Zohakuten, with the same serene malice he wielded in battle, had forced his wooden roots down her throat, shoving them deeper and deeper, watching as her body convulsed, choked, and spasmed—as if she were a mere insect pinned beneath his fingers.

It was a warning. A demonstration of power.

To insult Upper Moon Four was to invite a fate worse than death.

@hantengudelulu

Just... just hear me out on something...

The clones as wild animals:

Sekido, the prideful, commanding, and controlling piece of shit he is, is a fucking lion. I can not be convinced otherwise. He honestly looks like one, the headcanons of @just-null that brainwashed me hard, even some other depictions of him, I can not. He's literally a lion, end of story. He just gives off those vibes to me, that attractive, manipulative son of a bitch. He'd literally roar off the others to have more time with his partner because ya know, THEY'RE HIS!!

Karaku, the WHORE, I see him like a leopard or jaguar. Strong, great at fighting, but preferring to "laze" around and wait for the entertainment to come to him. He'd, of course, get pissed if it's taking too long, but would he do anything about it? Nope, not at all. He also seems like the type to steal someone away and just laze around with them, sometimes fucking, sometimes not, depends on the mood really.

Urogi... Urogi is his birb self, nothing else, he's already half an animal.

Now, with Aizetsu, he'd be a wolf, constantly howling and whining for attention like a goddamn child, even fighting and growling at the other clones if they have the attention that should be on him. (Manipulative fuck wants his girl's world to go around him alone). Would he be the one to mostly hog the girl away from the others? YES! Would he care? NOPE!! Is he going to try to do the "inside mouth" wolf kiss the moment he sees his partner? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!!

What is your favorite movie and when did you first watch it?

My favorite first movie was "Всичко е любов" ("Everything is love") and I first watched it somewhere last year in autumn or winter.

First of, didn't expect that kind of gif...

Second, GIRL! JUST LOOK AT URAMI!! THAT WALL OF MEAT AND MUSCLE IS COMING HOME WITH ME TONIGHT!!

𖦹 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬' 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𖦹

Since the design material collection books finally arrived, I was able to scan some of the pages and visualize the demon's heights. Some of them are officially stated while for others, I had to approximate based on comparison. Explanation for each of those is stated below.

First of are Muzan (179 cm), Kokushibo (190 cm), Doma (187 cm) and Akaza (173 cm). Their heights are all officially stated in the Demon Corps Records.

Next are Hantengu (166 cm), Gyokko (between 150 and 170 cm in his vase), Daki (~ 178 cm) and Gyutaro (~ 190 cm). The later two don't have an official height mentioned but the size of the head is a good measure to compare the characters in the official designs. Daki is of course taller because of her shoes, while in the anime, Gyutaro is hunched over a lot. But from the image of the design material from the Entertainment District Arc which I've used, you can see what his height is standing straight, or at least as straight as physically possible for him.

I'd like to add that while Gyokko's height is known, if you go based off the official art, he can be taller than 170 cm, depending on how straight he positions himself and how far he comes out of his vase.

Hantengu's clones

Looking at the clones next, you can see Zohakuten (~ 165 cm) and first-split Sekido and Karaku (~ 190 cm). Zohakuten's height is more or less official since we are shown the direct comparison with Tanjiro. The other two were again compared with the head sizes and proportions.

Second-split Sekido and Karaku as well as Aizetsu and Urogi are generally the same size (~ 190 cm) since their proportions don't really change. However, Urogi's anatomy generally affects his height, but not too much as when he's standing on his legs, his hips would be around the same height as the others'.

The smallest of the clones is the main body / fear clone (~ 19 cm). The tallest being Urami (~ 260 cm) who is seen directly next to Tanjiro in the design material.

Gyokko's height when morphed

Morphed / true-form Gyokko (~ 215 cm) is directly compared to Muichiro whose height is known (160 cm), making a visualization of his size easy.

(An approximation of his tail length may follow.)

Ranking

From tallest to smallest, Muzan and the upper moons as well as their other forms can be ranked as followed:

Urami - 260 cm

Morphed Gyokko - 215 cm

Kokushibo ︱ Sekido, Karaku, Aizetsu and Urogi ︱ Gyutaro - 190 cm

Doma - 187 cm

Muzan - 179 cm

Daki - 178 cm

Akaza - 173 cm

Hantengu - 166 cm

Zohakuten - 165 cm

Gyokko - ∅ 160 cm

Hantengu / Fear Clone - 19 cm

@hantengudelulu @virtuousweakling: Okay, if we looked at it, canonically, what other emotion clones could Hantengu have?

A clone of Love

A clone of Lust

A clone of Arousal

A clone of Disgust

A clone of Insanity

A clone of Mercifulness

A clone of judgement

Or maybe he can even have a second batch of clones, but we didn't see them because sweet and innocent Tanjiro killled the main body?

hantengu clones pet au headcanons

DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT. read at your own risk. this is bad.

background

> in the present, humans are no longer the prey of demons. the further development of high-concentration of wisteria poisons, as well as the integration of tranquilliser bullets, has gained humans the upper hand.

> wisteria weakens the demons, disallowing their use of their blood demon art, if the poison is concentrated enough.

> muzan has gone dormant, and the demons he’s made are left to their own devices.

> most demons often surrender themselves to be captured, and sometimes domesticated.

clones

> the main body was hunted down, and then cut, so the clones formed. However, they were overwhelmed before they could form Zohakuten.

> they no longer look *exactly* the same, since they’ve been treated differently.

> They had been separated upon capture, then shipped to all sorts of places. Here’s what happened to them.

tw.

once again, DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT. read at your own risk. this is real bad.

graphic depictions of violence, torture, starvation, nsfw, mental and physical abuse, experimentation, absolutely inhumane acts, no comfort whatsoever

sekido • graphic depictions of violence.

> for his aggressiveness, Sekido was brought to an underground fighting ring, where rich people place bets on their favourite demons.

> he’s lost many rounds, resulting in beatings and whips, from angered betters who lost money from trusting his agression. They would pay the guards to starve him as punishment, and he would hunger for weeks on end.

> sometimes, before a fight, the betters will starve him again, but not for too long. This is so that he would become more aggressive for food, and that he’ll try to eat his opponent.

> Sekido’s body still has muscle, albeit little fat. his skin is covered in countless scars; bite marks, burns, whipping, stabs, etc. All of them are half-healed, his malnutrition disallowing his recovery.

> he no longer has his kimono, since all “clothing” are taken away from the demons. It is imposed that they deserve no covering, since their only purpose is to fight.

> because of his aggression, he is forced to wear a muzzle off-arena. It’s tight and bites into his skin, causing a terrible rash around his cheeks and neck.

> Sekido’s left leg is broken, the knee shattered and the ankle twisted at an grotesque angle. Since he’s not one of the top fighters, he is given no medical attention, and is left to feel a constant ache.

> he rarely fights anymore, and is left in his cell to remain in agony.

> but he’s more of a ‘safety net’ for betters, since he cannot die. The main body remains unharmed, so Sekido has no choice but to endure and live through all that happens to him.

~ Sekido greatly regrets speaking harshly to his counterparts, because in the end, he cared about them. He missed them all; Karaku, Aizetsu, Urogi. he just wants to see them again.

~ he hates himself for being so weak, wishing he found a way to heal faster. But it is never possible with an empty stomach.

~ Sekido hates sleeping, since it’s a form of weakness and vulnerability. But he’s become so weak and starved that he has no choice, and when he does sleep, all he sees are his brothers.

~ He often sleep talks their names, and is prodded and sometimes beaten by guards to make him stay silent.

karaku • nsfw.

> Karaku was originally brought to another underground fighting ring, but one of the betters found him cute, and bought him.

> but since then, he’s been majorly neglected by that better, who was an impulsive buyer and only played with him for a day.

> he was resold to one of the buyer’s friends, who placed him in an exotic sex house. People go there to fuck with animals and stuff. demons were of the same level of animals, so Karaku was a ‘perfect fit’.

> he’s often tied down in compromising positions, allowing for patrons to use him however they want. Sometimes they inject him with aphrodisiacs, so his body would react better to their actions.

> they feed him considerably well, making sure that he stays good-looking. The food is often raw pork mixed with blood. Karaku eats it all up because he’a often tired after long, excruciating hours of twisted people using his body for fun.

> he often has a muzzle, since his sharp teeth are a hazard to patrons. The muzzle can be swapped out for all sorts of gags and whatnot. His nails are clipped and often he wears gloves to prevent patrons from getting scratched by him. He has a shock collar that activates either when he disobeys an order, or when a patron uses it to fulfil their twisted desires.

> he feels a constant, dull pain in his abdomen, because unbeknownst to the house owners, his insides had gotten ruptured by one overly-excited patron. Karaku needs human flesh to heal better, but since he’s just given pork, the healing process isn’t going well.

> whenever he’s used, he would whimper and hiss because of the pain, but patrons just assume it’s because of the stimulation, and continue ramming directly into the spot that hurts him so much.

~ he constantly wishes for everything to end, for someone to find the main body and just kill it.

~ he hates that he feels this way, since he knows he’s supposed to be the manifestation of pleasure, and that he should be feeling good, right?

~ Karaku has given up almost completely, often laying motionless when left alone, showing no signs of trying to escape.

~ his body is maintained by the owners and not him, and they punish him (shock collar) whenever he doesn’t eat.

~ Karaku often thinks about how life was before all of this agony, and wonders where his counterparts are now. He wants so badly to get back to them, and for all of this to end.

~ at night, he would sometimes cry because he misses them so much. But he keeps his cries quiet because he doesn’t want to be punished for making noise.

aizetsu • experimentation.

> unlike the rest, Aizetsu wasn’t sold anywhere (underground fighting, sex shop, etc). the original captors kept him, but sold the rest to fund their activities.

> his captors are in a scientific organisation, and he is one of their test subjects. His register number is 412G and he is kept in their more reinforced rooms.

> they have the main hantengu body, and understand that as long as it is unharmed, Aizetsu should regenerate.

> they experiment on him often, since his special case allows him not to die.

> they develop concentrated wisteria poison and inject it into him to witness the effects, and how long it takes in theory for a demon to fight it.

> whenever this happens, aizetsu cries and tries to huddle in the corner of the lab, because all the wisteria does is burn.

> his insides light on fire and his intestines feel as if they’re rupturing all at once. He screams, twisting and contorting himself, trying to find salvation from the pain but to no avail.

> the burning can last for days on end, as they inject higher and higher concentrations of wisteria. Aizetsu wails and shivers as the scientists show no mercy when handling him, using machinery to hold him in place when necessary.

> they don’t use anaesthesia because they ‘need to see the true effects’.

> Aizetsu is only fed water, and other nutrients are injected into him every morning, afternoon and evening. He also has a exercise routine, but he barely follows instructions, and remains shivering in the corner.

> aizetsu is extremely shifty, sobbing whenever someone tries to get close.

> sometimes, they use Aizetsu for psychological experimentation-

> leaving him starved for days on end, then seeing if he would eat, even if it means getting electrocuted when approaching the food.

> depriving him of breathing for several minutes, until he was barely conscious, and then ringing a bell. They will then see if ringing the bell independently will cause him to go dizzy.

> etc.

> Aizetsu often bites his nails from anxiety, so much that his fingers sometimes bleed.

> scientists ensure there are no sharp objects nearby, otherwise Aizetsu would try to cut himself.

~ Aizetsu never stops crying.

~ he horribly misses his counterparts, no matter ‘how annoying’ they were in the past. Day by day, he wishes he never scrutinised them when they were around. They were the only family he knew, and now they’re gone.

~ he has a horrible feeling that they’re experiencing things like he is, and maybe even worse. He often throws up at the thought, and is reprimanded by the scientists.

urogi • broken.

> urogi had been sold to a collector of sorts.

> the collector in question actually only wanted his wings and talons, so after purchase, requested for Urogi to be declawed and his wings amputated.

> in the waiting for the declawing/dewinging appointment, urogi thought that his owner cared about him, and was content with the care he didn’t know was only temporary.

> Urogi would fluff up in excitement whenever he saw food or the owner themselves.

> when the day came, urogi was obedient and friendly, thinking that he would be fine.

> but terror hit him when they strapped him down to the operating table, and took out the knives and tools they were going to use on him.

> it was an excruciating five hours-

> his wings were slowly removed, and he screamed and cried and tried to tell them to stop, but they put a shock collar on him to shut him up. The operators were unaffected since they wore rubber gloves.

> he had no choice but to silently endure the pain, soft whines of agony escaping him time to time. The blade dug into his precious, beloved wings, and soon enough, he found tears streaming down his face.

> and then his position changed. Since the owner did not care for him and only his wings and claws, the operators could do anything with the rest. They placed him on his back, sending sharp, violent pains throughout his body, the open wounds of his wing-bases pressed on the table.

> and his arms were strapped above his head, and bright lights shown on his face.

> he screamed again, causing another shock through his neck, and to follow that up, he felt a sharp piercing red feeling at his knuckles.

> his talons were pried off his fingers, from their very bases, at his knuckles. They tore of the surrounding skin bit by bit, forcing whine after whimper out of him, ignoring all forms of pleading.

> his remaining body, robbed of all of his prized features, was left in the warehouse of the collector.

> chained up to a pole, he softly squeaks at any shadow that moves, hoping and praying for rescue.

> stuck starving to death, but since the main body was unharmed, but he would never die.

~ urogi simply waits until his counterparts would come get him.

~ whenever they fought, they had his back, didn’t they? Wouldn’t they help him now?

~ why weren’t they coming? Did they forget him?

~ and the horrible realisation, that they were maybe captured too, dawned upon him, and his heart screamed in terror and denial.