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So Kid is Shien now. Shien is tiny and adorable and kinda somber and kinda...disaffected.
THE SHIEN ESSAY
In lieu of writing another essay on this entirely, I'll just sum up the concrete facts we're given in canon thanks to Hiruma's exposition and flashbacks, sans speculation.
Shien is the heir to the house Musyanokoji, a respectable Japanese family--respectable as in, yeah, pretty swanky social circle and also freakin' loaded. Think gigantic mansion with courtyards big enough for people to get lost in. Shien lived in this house with his father. They had a chauffeur named Tetsuma whose son Shien would sneak out of the house and away from shooting practice to play football and hang out with. Now, why does Shien have shooting practice of all things? Because daddy Musyanokoji Hajime is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, expert gunman, and he's built Shien's life around following in his footsteps.
Generally, then, from canon you can surmise a couple of things:
As a child Kid's environment was very...controlled. Hajime devoted a lot of time, money, and energy into sharpening his son's talent and into raising Shien proper--but Hajime did not have much of a personal hand in Shien's emotional development. Shien was Hajime's pride, and he was well-fed and well-clothed and well-trained and consistently complimented, but there was a certain absence of parental affection--IE, uh, not enough hugs. By the time Shien was ten years old he was eloquent and intelligent and also did not have a strong emotional connection with his father, or really with anything, and he knew it. Kid likely has considered them estranged since before he left the house--Shien doesn't discuss his insecurities with Hajime in canon because he...obviously doesn't think Hajime will listen or care. It's this kind of thing that makes Shien feel as though what he wants doesn't quite matter, which is why he's very slow to talk about what he does and why he does it and if he wants to do it: it's not something he's ever brought up with anyone not Tetsuma. In turn he's...also kinda slow to trust because, less self-preservation and egotism than common sense, he won't bring up his innermost feelings to people he automatically defaults to not giving a damn.
Shien was also far from properly socialized thanks to what was likely a private at-home education! Hajime being a man of class and all, many of the people Shien knows are probably highbrow acquaintances of Hajime that Hajime introduces him to. Shien at this point is used to people doing the talking for him, to introducing him. He's used to being referred to and thought of as Hajime's son. He's formal and polite because...well, he knows etiquette, and he's extremely well-educated at this age, undergoing a fairly intensive education that later permits Kid to sleep through classes and junk.
And, finally, Shien is kinda used to getting what he wants. Materially speaking. So long as it didn't distract him from what he was supposed to be doing...yeah. Not exactly a spoiled brat, but he's pretty much got or could get his hands on everything a kid would want or need except for hugs and parental affection.
...As a result of all of this, Shien in camp is this polite and eloquent child--and a little reserved and withdrawn with a very mild haughty streak. He doesn't have a whole lot of people experience/real world experience, obviously, and it sort of shows in how he interacts with people. He's much more comfortable talking facts than, you know, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS and junk. He's very rational and reasonable about the nature of camp and people telling him he's actually some crazy hobo cowboy because...well, he is really unsettled but he's going to handle things logically and inexpressively, because that's...just how he's handled things up to now, and there's not much else he's used to.
SO YEAH, Kid has problems, inquire within.
THE SHIEN ESSAY
In lieu of writing another essay on this entirely, I'll just sum up the concrete facts we're given in canon thanks to Hiruma's exposition and flashbacks, sans speculation.
Shien is the heir to the house Musyanokoji, a respectable Japanese family--respectable as in, yeah, pretty swanky social circle and also freakin' loaded. Think gigantic mansion with courtyards big enough for people to get lost in. Shien lived in this house with his father. They had a chauffeur named Tetsuma whose son Shien would sneak out of the house and away from shooting practice to play football and hang out with. Now, why does Shien have shooting practice of all things? Because daddy Musyanokoji Hajime is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, expert gunman, and he's built Shien's life around following in his footsteps.
Generally, then, from canon you can surmise a couple of things:
- Kid's upbringing was technically pretty awesome. Hajime cashed in on class, and he had a lot of money to shell out in such regards.
- Shien didn't get out much, as evidenced by how he has to sneak out to play with a friend Hajime doesn't actually know he has.
- In relation, Shien practiced his shooting a lot. Gunfire at and away from home. They go to tournaments, they come home and they practiced some more. Hajime had Shien's priorities sorted out for him.
- Shien most likely did not attend a public school before middle school or Seibu. A private school being equally unlikely--I doubt Shien had the time for an 8-3 school schedule.
- Shien was Hajime's pride, but they weren't as close as Hajime likely believed they were.
As a child Kid's environment was very...controlled. Hajime devoted a lot of time, money, and energy into sharpening his son's talent and into raising Shien proper--but Hajime did not have much of a personal hand in Shien's emotional development. Shien was Hajime's pride, and he was well-fed and well-clothed and well-trained and consistently complimented, but there was a certain absence of parental affection--IE, uh, not enough hugs. By the time Shien was ten years old he was eloquent and intelligent and also did not have a strong emotional connection with his father, or really with anything, and he knew it. Kid likely has considered them estranged since before he left the house--Shien doesn't discuss his insecurities with Hajime in canon because he...obviously doesn't think Hajime will listen or care. It's this kind of thing that makes Shien feel as though what he wants doesn't quite matter, which is why he's very slow to talk about what he does and why he does it and if he wants to do it: it's not something he's ever brought up with anyone not Tetsuma. In turn he's...also kinda slow to trust because, less self-preservation and egotism than common sense, he won't bring up his innermost feelings to people he automatically defaults to not giving a damn.
Shien was also far from properly socialized thanks to what was likely a private at-home education! Hajime being a man of class and all, many of the people Shien knows are probably highbrow acquaintances of Hajime that Hajime introduces him to. Shien at this point is used to people doing the talking for him, to introducing him. He's used to being referred to and thought of as Hajime's son. He's formal and polite because...well, he knows etiquette, and he's extremely well-educated at this age, undergoing a fairly intensive education that later permits Kid to sleep through classes and junk.
And, finally, Shien is kinda used to getting what he wants. Materially speaking. So long as it didn't distract him from what he was supposed to be doing...yeah. Not exactly a spoiled brat, but he's pretty much got or could get his hands on everything a kid would want or need except for hugs and parental affection.
...As a result of all of this, Shien in camp is this polite and eloquent child--and a little reserved and withdrawn with a very mild haughty streak. He doesn't have a whole lot of people experience/real world experience, obviously, and it sort of shows in how he interacts with people. He's much more comfortable talking facts than, you know, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS and junk. He's very rational and reasonable about the nature of camp and people telling him he's actually some crazy hobo cowboy because...well, he is really unsettled but he's going to handle things logically and inexpressively, because that's...just how he's handled things up to now, and there's not much else he's used to.
SO YEAH, Kid has problems, inquire within.