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Terminal Hanahaki? Boring. Chronic Hanahaki? Exciting.
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| Title: | Terminal Hanahaki? Boring. Chronic Hanahaki? Exciting. |
| Creator: | professorsparklepants (original post) |
| Date(s): | July 27, 2019 |
| Medium: | Tumblr |
| Fandom: | general |
| Topic: | hanahaki, chronic illness |
| External Links: | archived post |
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Terminal Hanahaki? Boring. Chronic Hanahaki? Exciting.
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[cheeseanonioncrisps]:Chronic Hanahaki on its own would still kind of have this problem, it’s just toning it down a bit— rather than being responsible for your death, your crush is instead just responsible for your continued pain/discomfort and frequent hospital visits. Better, but still kind of icky.
Chronic Hanahaki (that could still be potentially terminal in the long term, if you need extra drama) caused by not saying your feelings aloud, regardless of how the other person feels, on the other hand?
Beautiful. Great metaphor for the real effects that repressing your emotions can have on your body. Lots of dramatic potential.
Like, obviously there’s your bog-standard “I love you but don’t believe that you love me, so I will choose to suffer tragically alone rather than risk making you feel bad for not loving me back” thing that the Hanahaki genre was made for, but there’s room for more here as well.
Especially if you expand it to be about supressed emotions in general, rather than just romantic love.