#jojo is just ken

[ponury-grajek]

do whatever you want, queen 💅 slay

[kantbeloved]

First directed this scene (if the translation is correct). First also added his own lines to his song. I just love how involved he is in all these different things outside of acting (which is already a lot of work)! 🥺

We already know Khaotung wants to study to become a director, maybe one day we will also get director / screenwriter First. And maybe I'm biased but I think both could do really well. 🔥

[wraithdolll]

i dont think i ever posted these here

[jjba-smash-or-pass]

[ezzypop]

Heya, I'm EzzyPop

You can call me Ezzy/Ez. I really don't have a preference.

My pronouns are They/She

I like to draw stuff and write too.

My current interest is:

TRANSFORMERS

DNI if you are the following:

Homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, fatphobic, a Zionist, proshipper, zoophile/pedophile. If I see any of this, you will be blocked.

If you are under the age of 13, please tread lightly.

[turtlemagnum]

ok, gonna try my hand at compiling my thoughts on fist of the north star first. here goes nothing! warning, this post is gonna be Long, open the read more at your own peril.

i think the best way to go about this might be roughly chronologically, so i'll start at the start. i think it's interesting how very early on, the conceit is "there is but one practitioner of hokuto shinken and but one practitioner of nanto seiken, and they are sworn to never fight lest the world fall into Chaos..." and that degrades very quickly past the first arc. i will say that overall, the shin arc is a very fun, enjoyable and relatively quick watch, with mostly interesting fights, decent character designs and a mostly compelling narrative. i think one of the standout parts, to me, was when shin was actually defending yuria from his former goons while they tried to revolt. it definitely added a certain texture to shin's character where he had previously been just 100% straightforwardly the bad guy, instead of being 99% that. also there's the devil rebirth fight and that time ken killed The Entire United States Military in the same episode that he punched a wrecking ball so hard that it shattered like a christmas ornament. now that i think about it, the leader guy of the former US military was actually probably the first time we see nanto seiken used by someone who isn't shin, and i remember it being kind of a big deal that shin had violated their sacred traditions to such an extent, y'know? how quickly that went out the window

something that's been consistently good in the series was the music. the fight music, the ambient stuff, and especially the openings. all 3 of the openings are S tier, but i will say they never quite top ai wo torimodose, it's just that fucking bombastic and fun, y'know? at the same time i wouldn't stab somebody for thinking silent survivor or TOUGH BOY are better, they're all fuckin great even if in different ways at time. honestly i'm mostly surprised that an anime from back then had more than one opening, much less 3. from what i can tell that shit wasn't nearly as common back then as it was today, so i think it speaks to how deeply popular the series was back in its heyday. hell, OG dragon ball got just one and im pretty sure DBZ barely got two. i hope one day i'll be able to make music as stellar as the hnk soundtrack, really.

something that bugged me about early fist of the north star is how every fucking woman looked like yuria, just sometimes with different hair. this definitely got better as the series went on, and i have no idea if this was a problem in the manga too, but by god is it glaring. thankfully that seems to clear up ironically after mamiya is introduced, who is explicitly portrayed to be the spitting image of yuria. i think the first time i noticed that women finally look like unique people and Not Just Yuria was that one martial artist who fought with roses and shit. side note but i genuinely loved her design, the show got really sexist about her being a Femoid who fights but setting aside that i really loved her. i should learn to draw her. anyways, i like how the series improved over time in that regard, at the very least

one of my biggest problems in the series starts with shin's death. i remember when shin first died and he burst out crying, i had assumed it was just a fucked up manipulation tactic like the yuria doll, but apparently we the audience were expected to take it seriously? and like, this began a longrunning trend of a villain being like, absolutely irredeemably evil, like puppy crusher machine, baby eating, torment nexus evil, and then at the end they're all like "i just wanted 2 play on de play groundt...." and we're expected to take that seriously???? like, i'm all for moral nuance and complexity, and there are times where this whole shtick was done more tolerably than others, but in my opinion they never actually redeem somebody in a way that's satisfying. a redemption arc has to be, y'know, a fucking arc. and even if you're trying to do a redemption = death thing, the thing that makes that trope work is that they die doing something, y'know, actually good???? the reason anakin's redemption worked (aside from actually being foreshadowed pretty blatantly) was because he actually saved lukes life and died in the process. he did a good thing and died because of it. meanwhile shin, he still fought ken right up until the end and acted like nothing was out of the ordinary until he was literally seconds from dying. at least raoh had it built up to a little bit, like jesus fucking christ.

now, i will say that the arc from roughly jagi's introduction to the first fight with raoh is the best fist of the north star gets. if you're thinking about watching the show but don't wanna commit to 150ish episodes, i'd recommend watching from the beginning right up until the end of the first raoh fight. i feel like that's still be a pretty compelling 50 or so episodes, and it has literally all the best bits within it. honestly kinda sad that the show peaks approximately 1/3 of the way through it, but what can you do. anyways, enough backhanded compliments; jagi is probably the best all around villain in this series. he's an absolute bastard, he's one of the first characters in the entire show to just straight up pull a normal gun on people, and he inspires one of the most cathartic moments in the entire show. this is around when we first get into like, the soap opera shit, right? first it's a bit contrived but still cool as hell that rei is a new nanto seiken practitioner, aside from That One Scene he fills the deuteragonist role pretty nicely and is honestly the gold standard by which the rest of the series' guys can be judged off of. he's no ein or juza, but to be fair basically nobody is.

anyways like, that cathartic moment i was talking about. it was just after jagi admitted to ken, taunting him with the fact that he's actually the reason shin kidnapped yuria, and he's the reason yuria died. this, alongside the "actually the main character has 3 secret brothers that we just havent mentioned until now, and theyre ALSO hokuto shinken practitioners" is very like. soap opera/bad fanfic-y, right? but it works because in execution, it's still pulled off well, and we're still nowhere near the bullshit horizon we'd skyrocket past by the end of the series. so, when ken's finally killing jagi, there's a moment where he says something to the effect of "this is for yuria, and...." and you just know what he's about to say next, but he hesitates, and when he finally says it it's so damn satisfying, "and for me!" and the thing is that it's a deeply compelling moment for a variety of reasons.

so, the thing with fist of the north star is that, in a lot of ways, it's very analogous to a superman story where the question is almost never "will the main character lose this fight" because he's so insanely fucking broken, right? the real question is, "will this character protect those he cares about in time", that's where the tension comes from, and it comes from the fact that he is in fact a hero. that's how you write a compelling overpowered protagonist, you give him either people to love or just a love and respect for all life in general and so that always gives you stakes. i get that to a lot of people, the question of "will ken save this nameless chicken farmer?" isn't a very compelling one. but to me, it is, because he cares so deeply about it that i start caring about it. in the words of aphex twin, "i care because you do".

so, the thing is up until now ken is a very selfless character. it's to such an exaggerated degree that it becomes fairly evident that he has very little regard for his own safety or wellbeing. in the first arc, aside from helping whoever he happens across he's motivated exclusively by rescuing yuria. every fight he has up to this point isn't even for himself, really, and there's something almost sad about that. he doesn't allow himself to have needs. so it's actually very satisfying to see this strong, principled man admit that he has in fact been hurt, and that he's not just doing good for those around him but for himself as well. and it's a very natural character progression that you don't even realize is happening but also makes complete sense. there's something deeply compelling to me about a man so devoted to helping others that he has to actively learn how to live for himself, y'know? i feel like that's a relatable struggle to a lot of people, really

i will say i have one gripe about the jagi fight, and it's that it's almost perfect except for the fact that jagi dies laughing. at first it's seeming like he's gonna die in agonizing misery like he deserves, and it's satisfying well up until the point he starts to laugh on the way out. and like, i understand why it was done that way, and i'm pretty sure it was meant to be haunting, but it honestly just felt like it undercut an otherwise great moment, y'know? i want that motherfucker suffering god damnit, its what he deserves.

there's not much to say about the arc up until the first raoh fight, really. toki is really fucking cool, i love me my apocalypse karate jesus boy, and the fight with that uighur guy was really good setting aside the weird racial thing of having a character that's of a certain ethnicity and just naming them that ethnicity. like, imagine if there was just a guy in a show named Jew, and he's canonically supposed to be jewish but it's never really addressed, like that'd be weird right

i will say, the raoh fight was fucking precious, easily the best part of the entire series. it has this amazing and complex rhythm to it, where every character who tries to fight raoh ends up trying their own self sacrificial bullshit move only to be thwarted by the next guy, until there's essentially like 3 or 4 different fights going on at the same time. it's also nice seeing ken get straight up hard countered for once, like straight up he gets just as fucked up as raoh does and it makes raoh that much cooler of a villain. up to this point, ken is like, essentially invincible. he's basically post apocalypse aikido jesus, poking people so hard that their disabilities are cured and punching people so hard that their entire bodies explode like he's got the bloody mess perk. so to see someone even break even with him is a damn impressive thing, it instantly establishes your villain credentials y'know?

the thing about raoh is that i love him, very much, but i very much hate how he was handled near the end. the fights with him after the first one are very eh, the penultimate one is close to satisfying but then there's that whole "and then he randomly got away with yuria and now he's gone!!!" bullshit, and i get what the final one was going for and it's kind of built up to but i still didn't exactly like it, y'know? for what it's worth, raoh's redemption arc was probably the most well set up in the entire series, but it still wasn't actually y'know. good. like, the way we're introduced to him is by him being Ken-Oh, King of Fists, and he's this fucking tyrant who recruits people to be his slaves by giving them the ultimatum of "willingly brand yourself as my property and then be my slave for the rest of your short life or get burnt to death", and we're shown that his goons are inches away from burning lin, a literal baby child, to death. and we're supposed to just buy that he's actually not that bad at the end???

like, something i wish this series would just fucking do would be to have their villains just fucking own their villainy right up till the end. they do it before the end!!! one of the first bits with shin has him literally monologuing about how cool & good it is to be evil before busting out one of the greatest evil laughs i've ever heard from a voice actor in any media ever. the best villains are pretty consistently That kind of evil, like the kind of evil that'd make the average disney executive go "hey maybe we can chill a bit out here real quick", and that'd be wonderful if they were unrepentant about it!! it feels really forced!!! imagine if like, frieza, before the bitter end, went all "hmm, maybe i do regret blowing up planets and spending my days being space hitler...." that wouldn't've fucking worked!!! there is, in fact, such an intense degree of evil in fiction that it just doesn't make sense for them to immediately go "hmm yeah i'm a good guy now. right before i die. how about that :)". it's deeply unsatisfying every fucking time, like my god

there's something to be said about the queer coding in this show. i remember in one of the earlier episodes, there was this bear dressed as a BDSM cop and his two goons were scantily clad twinks, and internally i went "haha that's kinda gay" before he straight up kisses random dudes before he kills them. and it hit me like "oh. he IS gay..." and it's like. i don't think that's even the gayest thing in the series, really. there's that one scene where two fang clan dudes are checking out rei and the one with the binoculars is like "woah, this guy's real pretty!" and the other dude is all "well, not as pretty as me right bro???". and then there's just yuda, in general. relatively uninteresting villain, but him dying in rei's arms admitting that his motivation in trying to kill him was that he was the only other man who he found beautiful, like. i don't think there's a heterosexual way to interpret that, really! and that's even setting aside the hideous makeup he's always in! and that's not even mentioning yuria's brother wanting to "see what she(yuria) saw in him (ken)" and as a consequence, wanting to die by his hands. also ein is a bisexual icon who canonically thinks ken has a pretty face and i love that for him

the next bit after yuda was, i believe, souther and shu. now, i think souther might've been the only villain to outright defeat ken up to this point, and i think there's something that could've been interesting about that if souther just wasn't like, aggressively fucking boring. i think he's also the introduction to ki blasts, so that's cool, but the most interesting bits about the souther arc were the bits with shu. shu was a homie, very speedwagon-esque in terms of vibes if not functionality, i liked watching him at work. i will say that shu was probably the point where nanto seiken was wearing out its welcome, we're at like 4 or 5 guys whose main deal was nanto seiken and their entire fighting style could essentially boil down to "cut em into bits" and the only real variation was the shape of the bits people were cut into. i think this might've been the prevailing attitude at the time too, because they definitely pivot away from nanto seiken after this in favor of other, usually dumber martial arts

i will say that this series is, usually, very good about respecting character deaths. with one piss stained exception, characters pretty much always die and stay dead forever, meanwhile i feel like in series less committed to death mattering would've still had toki or rei around by the end of it. the exception is, of course, yuria. it was to give yuria and ken a happy ending, at least for a little while, and honestly while i kinda hate the concept the execution was still fairly competent so i didn't outright dislike it overall. i think it's stupid and retcon-y and at times feels like yet another excuse to make shin seem like less of a bad guy, but it still felt nice to know that yuria got the spend the last few years of her life with the man she loved

i liked ryuga for what he was, mostly just because he wasn't yet another fucking nanto seiken user. he's probably about on par with the elemental guys that'd go on to die to raoh, juza excluded. which brings me to, the man who is tied for Best Boy, juza of the clouds! i.e., my current profile pic. i like juza. he's probably the best thing to come from the series post the Peak arc of jagi to raoh. one of my first criticisms of the characters in this show was something to the effect of "look, if you're a handsome, muscular guy who's also ungodly fucking powerful in terms of martial arts in a world where martial arts is fucking magic, And you're in a post apocalypse? all i'm saying is that you could have basically any girl you wanted CONSENSUALLY, like seriously shin just ditch yuria and build yourself a harem of all the women that look exactly like her". and juza did exactly that, and i love him for it. i'd like to think i'd be like juza, in his universe, not quite the top of the totem pole in terms of raw power but still well above every normal person, saving women from being abused and letting them join my harem if they want, living in a fucking castle with a pool/bathing house? that's the dream, man. that's the fucking dream.

now, that's setting aside juza's whole "wanting to fuck his sister" thing. like, to be fair, yuria's his half sister, but seriously dude what the fuck is it with everyone in this show and yuria. ken and all 3 of his brothers were into her, juza was into her, shin was into her, if there is a man in this show and he knows yuria there's like an 80% chance that he wants her. what's the fucking appeal? like yeah, she's pretty, sure, but so are all the women in this show!!! personally i'd rather date like, a martial artist lady who could actually defend herself, but that could just be me. well, that's like the only thing wrong about juza to me, and honestly while that's a pretty significant flaw you can still say he's literally one thing away from being flawless, so that's pretty cool. god i love him

now's about when we get into hokuto no ken 2, where the main difference is that lin and bat are actually useful now and i'm pretty sure lin wants to fuck kenshiro now, which still weirds me the fuck out. my other favorite character in this show, ein, is the most american fucker on earth. like literally he wears an american flag suit, has blonde hair and blue eyes, is a fucking bounty hunter, and literally rides around on a killdozer driven by what i'm pretty sure is a slave. literally cannot get more american than that, i just hope that the slave guy is like a former bandit or something. little known fact about me, one of my biggest turn ons in a piece of fiction is when a character is a bounty hunter. something about bounty hunters just fuckin gets my brain goin, y'know? i remember when i played the GTA online bounty hunter quests, they were straight up some of the most fun i've had with GTAV and i still think i'd enjoy playing a game where that's the main mechanic. also, at first glance he's a wife guy, but it turns out he's a loving father which makes him even better. it's even acknowledged in universe that he's cool as hell!!! i love him dearly

viceroy jakoh is a decent villain. he's enjoyable to see die, at least. we also meet falco, who's a homie, and honestly i think it's pretty badass that he's a canonically disabled character who's shown to be strong and capable and yet is still clearly held back by his disability. he's a bit like a proto edward elric, in that regard. honestly one of the most sharp inhale inducing scenes of the show was when jakoh swept his prosthetic out from under him and then proceeded to beat the shit out of him, frankly that was an egregious way to make a villain hateable and it was honestly very effective in that regard. gento koken is ok i guess. at least it's not nanto seiken. honestly that whole "celestial emperor" thing felt rather contrived, but eh.

ok so, around this point in the show is when one of its worst aspects really starts to become apparent. so like, it starts out relatively normally when ken is shown to have a few brothers that we didnt know about. it's not that absurd, it makes some amount of sense, the hokuto brothers remain some of the best characters in the entire fucking show. and now all of a sudden, yuria has a brother we didnt know about, and a half brother, and now we meet raoh and ken's biological bigger brothers and after a certain point it just feels like bad self insert fanfic, y'know? and that's what kaioh is to me, it feels like somebody thought raoh was cool and thought "heh, what if i made my own OC that's raoh but even BIGGER and STRONGER and MORE EVIL", like that's what kaioh feels like to me. and then ken's bio brother is just ok, i already forgot his name despite it not being that long since i watched the final arc

but the thing is that kaioh is just like, arguably the most cartoonishly evil villain out of the entire fucking series, seemingly completely unrepentant, literally regularly talks about existing in the "Dark World", straight up kills his own sister just to make ken's brother wanna kill ken, the dude is just bitter and evil the whole way down, so when he pulls that "i just want 2 play on the played ground" bullshit it rings especially hollow even by the standards of the show. god, fuck kaioh, he's just poorly executed overall

the biggest part of hnk2 that i actually liked was shachi. i liked how he was essentially a stupid kid that lucked into being taught unearthly powers basically on par with hokuto shinken, and as such got a big head over it even though at his core he was still a good kid. hokuto ryuken sure felt fuckin contrived, it kinda felt like the writer(s?) noticed how the hokuto brothers were some of the best, most interesting characters in in the original series, and were just like "yeah let's do that but again", and while i guess it doesn't not work it also doesn't work all that well either. hokuto ryuken sounds cool though, even if "north star lapis lazuli fist" doesn't.

another thing i liked about the last parts of the show were that, while definitely not martial art wizards, bat and lin were still deeply competent fighters and put up a consistently good fight against Real Fucking Fighters, which you really wouldn't expect from bat's cowardly ass growing up. i will say that i always thought lin would make a good successor to hokuto shinken, but that might just be wishful thinking. there is a quite prevalent undercurrent of misogyny in this series, and while i understand that it wasn't exactly uncommon in the 80s, i gotta say that i still feel like they could've done better. i dunno

all of this is to say that i liked fist of the north star, very very much. i'm not sure i could recommend it without a laundry list of caveats and disclaimers, but i will say that if my interminable bitching hasn't put you off of it, it's probably for you. it's got a lot of good fights, it scratches that little kid part of your brain that thinks it's so cool to see a guy get kicked in the dick so hard that his entire body explodes, it has great music and mostly competent writing. if you think about it too hard, you will cry, so don't do that, just go along for buronson's wild ride and fuckin enjoy yourself. i probably wouldn't recommend it to someone who's not like, already an anime fan and already likes shonen though. it feels very of its genre, if that makes sense. which i guess it should, given how foundational to shonen in its modern forms as it was

[rhinocio]

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Well, then you are in luck, because my friend @rhinocio is writing a whole entire fic that explains how they're all related! You can read Under The Sword Lifted High right now! What are you waiting for!?

I would be remiss not to mention my commissions are always open if you'd like me to draw your characters, Rise or otherwise!

[weywookitswestwood]

This ain’t new news but just wanna express my undying for these characters. Unsurprisingly, Breadhead is my absolute fav, he’s just so lovable and squishy 🥰. Like look at those arms, you know he gives out the best hugs!! Tho I wasn’t expecting to grow such a soft spot for Mud, he’s so gooey and icky(in the best way) he’s the kind of character I would pat on the head and then (lovingly)beat his ass with a turkey leg. Love his voice(credit to his VA, who did an awesome job), he’s just drippin’ of slime and swag.

Also, have to shout out Mel and Ken cuz I love them too. The first time I watched the Pilot, Mel was the one I grew attached first, she just feels the most relatable to me, she’s a quirky lil guy💕. And Ken, love seeing his interactions with the other characters and love the moments between him and Mel. This is random but he reminds me of those round frogs that squeak when they scream. For that I call him Papa Frog lol. Also a little biased, but as a Jojo fan, I was ecstatic to find out he was voiced by Jason Marnocha (who voices Keicho in Part 4) !!

[chaifootsteps]

kept thinking about vivs transphobia screenshots and how stupid her apology excuse of drawing "controversial ladies" was when she said, "well, bigoted white women who do black face make me feel empowered in this unsure political landscape of america!" even though she made fanart of them either prior or after trump won in 2016, and it made me wonder - why would she feel empowered by those beliefs?

but then i thought about how she's had at least so far, three shitty experiences with trans men for the past decade of her life; dollcreep, ken, and salem.

and i guess i just wish people would acknowledge that. like, at all.

because it's so easy to claim that the screenshots just came out of nowhere to make her look bad, when, no, it's a repeated pattern of behavior based on her, like many other people of privilege incapable of self reflection, being unable to separate oppressed identities from how she views people that are apart of said group. (unless of course, they rename themselves after one of her character, change their appearance to look like that character, start doing sex work like that character, and pretend to be raped and abused like said character.)

she already went through the trouble of making fully colored comics (not just one, but multiple which is embarrassing,) of jojo in her mid to early 20s, who ive heard is a wojak of dollcreep. (maybe in response of a wojak dollcreep made of her which i know exists, although i don't know who created what first or threw the first stone, but low-key that drawing of his version of viv being like "*starts slutshaming*" has truly not changed at all,)

salem also said that creepzo in mammon's magnificent special was also a wojak of him, so that might mean she's just upgraded to spending actual industry bucks on making fun of people she doesn't like. (i even remember her misgendering him in a 2020 or 2021 helluva boss stream by accident before calling salem they, and although it happens for allies, hearing him speak about repeated misgendering after he left is not a good sign,) and i haven't even mentioned she's just straight up claimed ken is an abuser, when ive yet to see even one victim of his speak up, not even an anonymous one, wheres viv has a list of people she's hurt somehow.

idk. i wish in general, the critical community cared more about the people she's burned and the continuous behavior that shows she's been doing it for awhile and hasn't truly grown or learned from it, instead of hating her just her writing something they find icky for merely existing.. in two shows about demons in hell. (rather then the execution of it, which is what pisses me off the most about the hellaverse.)

like, i get why kiwifarms wouldn't give a shit most of the time, but sometimes it feels like they do more then the critical community even does, just a little bit. seriously, i had no clue viv had made a wholeass tumblr dedicated to call-out dollcreep, which just consisted of her complaining he wouldn't text her back fast enough and acting like a victim when it seems like they were both just immature asshole kids to each other from what ive seen of their convos, and even refused to take it down for a bit when he confronted her on fb when his harassment started until i started lurking on the viv thread there.

God, you and me both, Anon. If the critical community put even a quarter of the energy they put into criticizing the writing and transferred that over to the way Viv treats other human beings (especially transmasc human beings), and the pattern of behavior that shows she's always been like this, I would sleep a little more soundly at night.

[opalwatch]

im sorry for posting so much the autism is so strong today

phantom troupe music tastes inspired by @spidersinyourshoes

chrollo: -only listens to classical composers because he can't stand "modern sounds" (why else would lacrimosa be playing during uvo's requiem? /j) -thats all

feitan: -only listens to two genres: screamo and vocaloid -only listens to two subgenres of vocaloid: super upbeat silly stuff (popipo, age age again, etc) and maretu (and also tokyo teddy bear) -he really likes poppy's more recent albums

pakunoda: -eva is saying she listens to mitski, and i agree, but i think thats more of a machi thing -wait no she bets on losing dogs canonically (rip kuropaku) -billie eilish -modern covers of old swing songs (lady gaga's cover of "That's Life") -oh she also listens to lady gaga -loves the Heathers soundtrack tbh

machi: -just enjoys girly pop music -melanie martinez (but she only pirates the music because she hates her, she really likes portals. she likes the fairy vibes) -mitski, but she tries not to get too sad over it -penelope scott, and is eternally angry she was bullied off the internet -songs that trend on tiktok, but the good ones that evoke villainry vibes >:) -olivia rodrigo -chappel roan

shizuku -more alternative rock-esque -she forgor (jk) -glass animals -fall out boy and panic! at the disco (she hates pray for the wicked she HATES IT) -bo burnham

Hisoka -diddy (IM JOKING) -melanie martinez (started listening to her after the allegations EVA WROTE THAT) -pray for the wicked (he likes the other p!atd stuff too) -chappel roan (does hot to go dance in shower) -lady gaga (he listened to Judas and that's what gave him the idea to betray the troupe)

Illumi -claims he's "too sophisticated to listen to music" -borrows Kalluto's MP3 player to listen to the fnaf songs secretly -Shalnark showed him Chrissy Chlapecka and he started crying

franklin -imagine dragons (im sorry) -listens to 100 gecs with kortopi sitting on his shoulders (theyre sharing a set of wired earbuds) but he doesnt really get it (also the earbud keeps falling out cuz his ears are too big)

Phinks -i have the really unpopular opinion that phinks is a republican -listens to joe rogan podcast and ben shapiro (im so so sorry) -country rock -cries to "I'm Just Ken" -Queen

Kalluto: -video game fan songs (FNaF like tryhardninja and CG5) -undertale soundtrack -the hazbin hotel soundtrack (kikyo found out and grounded him for a week)

Shalnark: -there is no correct answer other than gay pop -chrissy chlapecka -jojo siwa (he heard pakunoda listening to it ironically and didnt understand it was a joke) -PAiDA -chappel roan, i fear this is common sense

Nobunaga -doesnt listen to music, listens to podcasts and brags about it

Kortopi -100 gecs (no one else can explain why he likes it)

Bonolenov -eva says system of a down but i dont know anything about their music so -eva says he blows into his arms and just enjoys the sounds -enjoys old warped music from early radio

Uvogin: -trap -Queen (eva says the two genres cant coexist in one person but idc im RIGHT) -eva says cannibal corpse (idk who that is why am i letting eva (a nerd) dictate my shitpost)

this was mostly for shits and giggles but i stand by shalnark, chrollo, feitan, and machi

[soulsilvers]

I like that Ken Sugimori specifically said that he made earlier protags look uncool to really phone in that these are just funny little guys who are besties with pocket monsters only for tpc and arguably himself? making Red basically Jotaro from Jojo's, esp with the finger pointing combo with his hat tip and small coat flowing from the wind, who himself was inspired by how badass Clint Eastwood was.

Funnily enough, both are also fairly considered to be on the autism spectrum, a great deal so.

You ever think Red should be cool at times but without phoning it in too much, or do you just prefer him to be a Justsomeguy fella?

though maybe canon sometimes leans towards that because its Marketable, there is not really much jotaro in my red. he just bears resemblance to jotaro in appearance, personality wise maybe only when hes really furious.

i think red is the most charming as a character who outside of battles is really humble, polite and well-mannered, the kind of dweeb to rush back to a pokemart to return a change if he notices the cashier gave too much, but anyone who mistakes this as him taking any shit is making a BIG mistake. in moments of righteous fury red is absolutely capable of making everyone shit themselves. after a good beating of Evildoers he just casually switches back to his ^w^ state and its always so funny to me to think about.

[tomboyjessie13-artblog]

Hey guys, I'm back with a new art piece, this took me at least 4 days and 2 all-nighters to finish this but it's done, and I'm really proud of this.

Basically, I wanted to draw my Jojo OC Medea dressed in more Japanese kimonos despite being Irish-American, I thought it be fun to see her in various versions of the famous attire.

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1. The first image is set in late-May 1988 where we see a 18-year-old Medea dressed like a Maiko, the apprentice Geisha/Geiko of Kyoto(or Hangyoku in Tokyo) who start their artistic training from ages 15 to 20. The reason she's dressed like this despite her dislike for feminine wear is because DIO has given her, Mariah, and Midler a mission to infiltrate a Yakuza gathering in Tokyo, the problem however is that the place is heavily guarded and don't allow outsiders except the entertainment inside, which in turn forces them to get creative, even if it means embarrassing her. This is inspired by an incorrect quote I made 3 days ago: Link

2. The second image is set a year after the events of Part 3; a depressed Medea has since settled down in Morioh as a promise to Kakyoin and has become a family friend of the Tachibanas. At this point the town's having their own Coming of Age Day, where young people celebrate their entry into adulthood at the age of 20(nowadays it's 18) through wearing expensive and formal Kimonos, such as the Furisode for young, unmarried women, made of silk and long wings. Medea was given this beautiful blue kimono by Yuna's friend Tomoko to make her feel welcome as well as protect her honor, which made her happy cry.

3. The third image is set during the events of Part 4 just a few days after Shigechi was killed. Medea's mother-in-law Sachiko informs the family of a "prestigious guest from a samurai family" coming over for tea and has Medea look presentable by borrowing Yuna's spring green iromuji, a versatile Kimono that can become formal or informal depending on the types of accessories or obi worn. That guest in question turned out to be Yoshikage Kira who was scooping out the Tachibanas under a false pretense of friendliness, but like the first two meetings, Medea can sense something off with him and is giving him cold stares.

4. The last image is set shortly after Rohan's fight with Ken Oyanagi, Medea has heard of a new photo studio that opened up in downtown and checked the place out. There she had an unexpected run in with Rohan who informs her that the new studio specializes in historical Japanese clothing, including Oirans and Tayuu. This made her very anxious at first due to her past trauma with DIO, but decides to give a shot anyway since it's just a photo-op. Once dressed up though, Rohan ends up using her as his artistic muse once he sees how powerful and beautiful she looks. This is loosely inspired by a post I made in mid-June: Link

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Medea King/Tachibana and Yuna Tachibana belongs to me

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

Ahem ahem

After months of waiting!

I AM PRESENTING THE BRACKET FOR DUMBASS DUO SHOWDOWN!

CLICK FOR BETTER QUALITY!

The first 16 battles will happen at 8pm CET (gmt+1)!

Group 1!

Uhh btw some of these were put on one day accidentally

Roronoa Zoro & Monkey D. Luffy aka Zolu (one piece) vs Good times with Scar & Grian aka desert duo (hermitcraft)

Bill Preston & Ted Logan (bill & Ted’s excellent adventure) vs Jessie & James from team rocket (Pokémon)

Wayne & Raj (total drama) vs Denji & Power (chainsaw man)

Burton & Shawn (psych) vs Rosencrantz & guildenstern (hamlet & rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead)

Josuke Higashikata & Okuyasu Nijimura aka Josuyasu (JoJo’s bizarre adventure) vs Shouyo Hinata & Tobio Kageyama (Haikyuu!)

Isaac & Miria (Baccano) vs Jay Walker & Cole Brookstone/bucket aka Bruise (lego ninjago)

Ace & Deuce (twisted wonderland) vs Aang & Sokka (avatar: the last airbender)

Tommyinnit & Tubbo aka Clingyduo (dsmp) vs Shiver, Frye, & Bigman aka Deep Cut (splatoon)

Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) & Booster Gold (Michael Carter) aka boostle VS Mustard Lesbian and Ketchup Gay from this post

Mordecai & Rigby (regular show) vs Lindsay & Tyler (total drama)

Rui Kamishiro & Tsukasa Tenma aka Ruikasa (project sekai) vs Zuke & Mayday aka Bunk Bed Junction (no straight roads)

Ruffnut & Tuffnut Thorston (how to train your dragon) vs Jedediah & Octavius (night at the museum)

Merry & Pippin (lord of the rings) vs The Doctor & Donna (dr who)

Jedward (irish music history) vs Min-Gi Park & Ryan Akagi (infinity train)

Grif & Simmons (red vs blue) vs Beavis & Butthead (Beavis & butthead)

Bender & Fry (futurama) vs Porsche & Pete (kinnporsche)

GROUP 2

1/8-18:30 & 2/8 18:30

Kaz & Oliver (mighty med) vs Bobbi Morse & Lance Hunter aka Huntingbird (agents of S.H.I.E.L.D)

Henchman 21 & Henchman 24 (venture bros) vs Spongebob & Patrick (Spongebob Squarepants)

Galo Thymos & Lio Fotia (promare) vs Yusuke & Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Charlie Kelly & Mac (it is always sunny in Philadelphia) vs Donald, José & Panchito (the three Caballeros)

The Bros (the bro duet) vs Chai & 808 (hi-fi rush)

Markiplier & CrankGameplays aka Unus Annus vs Knockout & Starscream (transformers)

Caspar & Shez (fire emblem warriors: three hopes) vs Yukiko Amagi & Chie Satonaka aka Yukichie (persona 4)

Tk Strand & Evan Buck Buckley (911 on fox lonestar) vs Shane & Ryan (buzzfeed unsolved)

Ontario Pipping Plovers (birbs from canada) vs Kaminari Denki & Ashido Mina (My hero academia)

Rin Okumura & Kuro (blue exorcist) vs Adam Blampied & Sullivan Beau Brown (No barrels rolled)

Chip & Gillion aka Fish and Chips (just roll with it) vs Josuke Higashikata & Yasuho Hirose aka Yasugap (jojo's bizarre adventure)

Soldier & Demoman (team fortress 2) vs Cuphead & Mugman (the cuphead show)

Nott/Veth & Jester (critical role the mighty nein) vs Troy & Abed (community)

Walter White & Jessie Pinkman (breaking bad) vs Barbie & Ken (barbie life in a dreamhouse)

Cuddles & Toothy (happy tree friends) vs Heath Burns & Hoodude Voodoo (monster high)

Pete Wentz and Gabe Saporta (bandom) vs Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng & Nie Huaisang (MDZS/the untamed)

TAGS TO CHECK OUT!

#propaganda #dumbass duo showdown announcements #dumbass duo showdown update #round 1 #art gallery #polls

[canonsinthehead]

FINALLY, A MASTERLIST.

(My Fav for now: Superman/Clark Kent)

Here you can find all the posts posted in the site without breaking your back in half scrolling all the way back. I'll try to keep as updated as possible.

Enjoy! Just click the #mystuff tag everything should be there but here's the link just to be sure. (my earlier post are linked below especially the one piece reviews)

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UPDATED - 2025/05/15

MY DISCORD

I'M OPEN TO REQUESTS...

I ALSO HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

My inktober 2024 (i did 3 days lol) is the Fruits Basket Fandom Dead?

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PLUTO:

EPSILON, My glorious King

CASTLEVANIA:

Same Word, Different Font

Alucard, My Glorious Third-Wheel King.

BUCCHIGIRI?!:

My Bucchigiri?! Anime Review

How would they be on Social Media?

MY OCS:

Introducing my OCs

Some Composition/Color Practice w/ Ken&Jooyoung

NARUTO:

(HC) Kirigakure Wordbuilding (pt.1-3)

(HC) THE GOSSIP FILES

(FANART) Which Naruto Characters are Republican

(HC) Music/TV Taste in Different Villages

(FANART) Happy Birthday Zabuza Momochi (Naruto x OP)

QUIZZ: What do you want to know more about this Naruto Celebrity/Hollywood AU?

(HC) NARUTO MODERN/HOLLYWOOD AU (PT.1 -10)

(HC) Beauty Standards in Different Villages.

ART FOR KISAME WEEK 2024

(HC)Chocolate Flavored Potato Chips. The Marriage of Karui & Chouji (pt.1-5)

(HC) Which Village are you from (Celebrity Edition)

(HC) Ranking Nightlife in Different Villages (from best to worse)

(HC) The Culinary History of the Ninja World.

What Ethnicity/Race are Naruto Characters?

ONE PIECE:

(HC) ONE PIECE FAN LETTER BROTHER & MORE

MY WANO RANT

MY OFFICIAL ONE PIECE ARC RANKING

IM FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO ONE PIECE (EP 1121)

(FANART) I'm watching Wano

I'M WATCHING ALL OF ONE PIECE.

ARLONG AS DR.UMAR JOHNSON

(FANART) I'm watching Skypiea

(FANART) I've watched Alabasta

(FANART) I'm watching Alabasta

One piece GOLD Intro Music Edit

My Unrequested Opinion on One Piece Island Collection.

My Unrequested Opinion on One Piece Characters Songs

RGG:

My Review on Yakuza 8/Infinite Wealth

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement Character Looks Tier List

(TIERLIST) How would they f*** you.

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement at the Grocery Store

What car would RGG/Yakuza/Judgement characters drive?

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement at the Olympics

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement General Headcanons

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement in the Entertainment Industry

RGG/Yakuza/Judgement Foreigner Afinity Chart

JJK (JUJUTSU KAISEN):

(FANART) Nanami x Tiana Tik Tok Video

NSFW Alphabet/Relationship Headcanons (Toji, Nanami, Geto & Choso)

Parenting Headcanons (Nanami & Toji)

Yuji/Sukuna/Choso Familiy & Sibling Dynamics Headcanons.

KILLER CRUSH:

(FANART) MY MAN, MY MAN

JOJO BIZARRE ADVENTURES:

(FANART) Abacchio and Bruno at the Grammys 2024

GOLDEN KAMUY:

Golden Kamuy Cavemen AU

MY FANFICS:

Fanart for Ice Admiral & Heart Commander.

(FANART) Chapter 3 Cover Art

We're at 12/13 in my fanfic (Ice Admiral & Heart Commander)

[bigmack2go]

Newsies as things me and my friends said part four or five but it’s entirely out of context!

Like i’m not giving u ANY contrxt for this whatsoever (unless u ask lll)

Race: *looks at snitch, thinking really hard*

Race: I dunno but youre italian *pointing at skittery*

Al: and these are my uh… friends, Race and Spot

Race and Spot: *biggest sideeye Al ever got from both sides*

Jack: we should all take a ken doll and a blowtorch to the next demo

*ringing noise*

Elmer: wait does it— is it following me when i move

Jojo: wait it is, actually!

Elmer: okay so it’s INSIDE me

*Al after recently breaking up with finch*

Race: *leans against the railing*

Albert: Race don’t touch that! So many hands have been there.

Race: *leans against Albert instead* there. So many hands haven’t been there

Albert *deadpan*: not recently they haven’t

Kid Blink: Ugh, lefthanders just want attention

Race: *puts on sleeping bonnet*

Henry: Uhm, that’s RACIST!

Joey: using my bra as a belt cause FUCK YOU

Elmer: FUCKIN’ PEE…

Race: who is gay and moves to texas

Jojo: so you’re telling me you mixed up Napoleon… with Achilles?

Al: *sighs dramatically and purses his lips” on numerous occasions…

[cweepiesh0ta]

(adorei a fanfic dos MauMob, você escreve muito bem!! acho que você deveria postar isso em algum lugar, tipo o AO3)

por QUE que eu tô de anon 😭

do you believe i wrote a WHOLE YukaKen nsfw text here. do you believe it. but i got too shy and deleted the ask 😭 it is saved in my notes app, though.

anyways... to not leave this ask so... empty, i will ramble about another shota, also from JOJO.

[🍯🧸]

as much as i LOVE Ken, my first shota from Jojo was... Boingo. he's such a cutie... i ADORE how tiny and pretty he is... he's not a brat, but he's actually just a cute shy boy. it makes me go insane.

I love how much he cares for his big brother (and personally, i think they should kiss. curse you oingo boingo brothers for being ones of my first ships in Jojo!!), I love his shy personality, his huge ass hair, his long mouth perfectly for kisses, his laugh, everytime he finishes his sentences with hai (yes)... nghhh.... please oingo let me marry your little brother...!!

i need kisses from Boingo... i need him to dom me (ironic as he's so shy). i need to kiss his lips so much... I want to cover both of us with that comic book he's always carrying and just... smooooch...♡

i want Boingo to see the prediction in his stand of me us kissing (maybe even more) and getting so red because... Boingo himself says: the predictions are ALWAYS 100% correct.

you're going to my bed, Boingo 💥💥

(Obrigada! Eu gosto muito de escrever, mas não tenho computador e a versão mobile do AO3 é meio confusa de mecher pelo celular kakaka Mas logo mais eu vou estar comprando um computador e vou postar histórias por lá! Principalmente histórias '× Reader', porque eu acho essas histórias especialmente divertidas de escrever e ler kakaka)

Lmaoo Seriously??

No need to be shy! Lol You can send it to me if you don't want others to read it lol But that's up to you, but I wrote NSFW of ShigeMau too, you know? Lmao

But about Boingo, I think he's so cute too but at the same time weird lmao

Because of his style because, but that's Araki's thing so I'm not even judging, and it would be weird if he wasn't like that too lmao

But anyway lmao Boingo BETTER keep his eyes open! Because sooner or later this WILL happen lol

(^ Him hidding from you lol)