WHO Gave Psylocke Permission to Attempt Seppuku , hmmm!?

**darknessatnoon** · 07-28-2012, 05:05 AM

"Samurai women could only commit seppuku with permission. The methods of seppuku for men and women are different. Men cut open their midsections, but the women would cut their throats, in version of seppuku called jigai. The difference was probably not to make it easier for women to die, but because of a reverence for the womb where all human life begins. The woman's legs were tied together to ensure a "decent" posture in death."

Even in death she is inauthentic.

**.A²** · 07-28-2012, 05:20 AM

Kwannon at least had Matsu'o's permission.

**kusanagi25** · 07-28-2012, 05:25 AM

She might as well die or make sure no is there when she wakes up cause that would be pretty embarrassing

**darknessatnoon** · 07-28-2012, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by .A²

Kwannon at least had Matsu'o's permission.

lol, I lose count of how many times this character has committed suicide. I wonder if she stabbed herself in the same spot that Vargas did?

**Boozier** · 07-28-2012, 05:32 AM

So what we're saying is Psylocke has a dong?

**darknessatnoon** · 07-28-2012, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Boozier

So what we're saying is Psylocke has a dong?

She is Sum Yung Gai.

**remydat** · 07-28-2012, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

"Samurai women could only commit seppuku with permission. The methods of seppuku for men and women are different. Men cut open their midsections, but the women would cut their throats, in version of seppuku called jigai. The difference was probably not to make it easier for women to die, but because of a reverence for the womb where all human life begins. The woman's legs were tied together to ensure a "decent" posture in death."

Even in death she is inauthentic.

Isn't Psylocke more of a ninja than she is a samurai? Seppuku was usually reserved for Samurai and Samurai alone. Ninjas were typically taken from the lower classes precisely because they worked in the shadows which for a samurai would be considered disgraceful. In fact, most samurai would not admit they employed Ninjas because their tactics were considered underhanded and unbecoming of a true samurai.

So unless Kwannon was of samurai blood, I think she and by extension Psylocke would be seen as undeserving of the honor of committing seppuku. I think ninjas were beheaded or strangled and the proper method for her to committ suicide would be in a manner that would leave her body unrecognizable so that she could not be tied back to her employer and bring shame on them.

**Bronze Badger** · 07-28-2012, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by darknessatnoon

The woman's legs were tied together to ensure a "decent" posture in death."

She died as she lived. Indecently and inauthentically.

**Hariel0079** · 07-28-2012, 07:42 AM

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...le&id=%2039162

I can't link the image independently but she's in Sept. UXF solicit

**Dr. Sonic** · 07-28-2012, 07:58 AM

What I know about Samurai and Ninja is rather limited, but my human anatomy is pretty good. From the picture, it looks like her incision struck at about the jejunum, the middle section of the small intestine. I have to imagine this is a pretty painful place to be stabbed, mostly in that it is not an immediate death and could likely take a few hours to bleed out and ultimately die. Maybe there is some sort of bi-law of Bushido that dictates that failed Samurai should kill themselves in such a painful, undignified way; or maybe it is just a matter of how the illustrator rendered the scene.
In any case, I don't think that this 'death' is going to last all that long; I wouldn't be surprised if Betsy is back among the living within one to two issue's time.