This OC is a bit personal to me. To tell you the truth, he's my Aunt Flo, only this one is a bit more sympathetic than your normal Aunt Flo. Haniwa's ill, hence forth, is bedridden, his syndrome has given him some congenital blindness (hence the blindfold), and rarely talks (if not never). His disease give him escrutiating pain and, yes, he even bleeds. He's quite sweet and is nice to cuddle up to though(what girl wouldn't want a bishonen to hug them when they're in their period?).
Yes, I'm wierd, but I'm sure it'd be better for Haniwa to visit monthly than stingy old Aunt Flo.
Haniwa is actually a kind of terra cotta statue used for burials of lords in the Kofun era. Their mechanical functions were used to control water levels of the tomb moats for defense.
Now that you know where I got the name, try relating it to a woman's period. See any similarities?
How did you find out about their mechanical function? I've never heard anything like that before, only as possible spiritual barriers for the kofun or to mark as a special ground (because a giant keyhole like Nintoku's tomb is hard to see on ground level. Lawl). I've read a lot by Fumio Miki on haniwa, but not much by any other author, unfortunately, since those ended up just being picture books with maybe a page or two blurb on where the haniwa came from (and often ending up citing Miki somewhere along the line).
The name just struck me as odd for a blind character who's partially mute. To me, haniwa are extremely lively and more spiritual. I mean no harm, please believe me. If what you say as controlling water functions is true, I can see a similarity.
We talked about Haniwas in Art History. Yes, they may have been used to guard the person in the afterlife, but they also were used for water flow (just look at the cylinder shape and the wholes in the statues).
Ah! Cool! I'm a Japanese Art History major. I've written several papers on them and have never come across that reason before. Obviously I have to do more reading. Haha. I recently discovered another author who wrote about haniwa on Amazon.com (of all places), but I'm hesitant to buy it just yet because of cost.
Haniwa were originally just the cylinders, so just being made for function would make sense. They were also grouped together tightly in some areas initially.
I'm sorry for bugging you, but no one ever knows what haniwa are so I'm really excited. Thanks for chatting with me. Sorry.
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Now that you know where I got the name, try relating it to a woman's period. See any similarities?
The name just struck me as odd for a blind character who's partially mute. To me, haniwa are extremely lively and more spiritual. I mean no harm, please believe me. If what you say as controlling water functions is true, I can see a similarity.
Haniwa were originally just the cylinders, so just being made for function would make sense. They were also grouped together tightly in some areas initially.
I'm sorry for bugging you, but no one ever knows what haniwa are so I'm really excited. Thanks for chatting with me. Sorry.
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