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[mysteryanimator]

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow adaptation

(Mystery's edition because why not)

55k words btw be warned

(note this board isn't fully representative of how I would go about an actual adaptation of the games, however consider it as a taste test of what could be since this was me just exploring ideas and such)

This came to be for this silly board because I’m Mystery, if you’re new here I tend to go overboard, building out whole mini hypothetical reimagined world for a two, turned ALMOST FIVE minute, sketch animatic.

Here I’ve come to the point of an Aria of Sorrow adaption aka a really really elaborate AU that takes into consideration the 2017 Castlevania and Nocturne series and goes "hey what if there was a future adaptation"

Please don’t eat me, game people (or even just show people. People in general LMAO). This is for me and for my enjoyment. You do not need to interact with this if you do not like how I’ve engaged with pre-established work of fiction. This is purely for my own entertainment.

At this point, it wouldn't be called Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. It would be something along the lines of

Castlevania: Collection of Remnant

Castlevania: Remnant

Castlevania: Dramaturgy

Aria of the Castle

Castlevania: Natsukashii  (an ode to how Castlevania used Nocturne to reference not only location but also a plot thing that occurs)

I still like Aria of Sorrow better but you know, working with the punches because this is far from the original Aria of Sorrow. The board is called Dramaturgy simply because half of the characters are dramatised versions of other characters (more on that below). Also the song Dramaturgy by Eve has been one of my major influences for my art/storytelling since it’s release.

With that, let’s get actually get to mystery’s adaptation version of Aria of Sorrow! Apologises for the long wordy text and any grammatical errors! If y'all have any questions I'm happy to clarify!

General Synopsis:

Soma Cruz, an exchange student from America comes to study in Japan, Nagano University in 2035. There he has come face with a deep history and comes to terms with who he is as now he has a target on his back by a all powerful family.

Is what they say he is? Is he truly Dracula reincarnated?

(I had been mentally pronouncing him as Filipino simply because i know too many Filipinos with that last name. Though him being Mexican works. I feel it may be important since it would be an interesting touchpoint with Olrox interacting with a person from a place that has been deeply colonised by Spain/catholicism, and see the trickle-down effects from it. Also, these two cultures have a lot to do with identity and pride/shame with who you are as a person, and your own family lineage/history in a modern-day context.)

Also other stuff that would occur:

Mizrak and Olrox are currently tracking down a corrupt family known as the Jōnzus (the readapted version of the Graham cult which I'll expand later on). For the interim, they have settled there for the time being. (If I was doing this more realistically, Mizrak and Olrox would have a minor role, but this is for me so they get to have larger impact to the plot). This is in reference to how in the original games, the Graham cult follow Olrox after the fall of Graham, though here I've turned it on it's head to fit with the 2017 and nocturne series.

Alucard is a professor at Nagano University under the alias Genya Arkiado (Olrox and Mizrak think it's stupid in a loving way, and Alucard gets caught out by the antagonists because of his name, oh my god). As he jumps from job to job. Travel like a man, as they say, though curiosity gets to him with Soma Cruz. BTW, when Alucard is introduced, we don't know it's him, he'll have straight black hair and everything. Then he says his name in front of the class and thats ep 1. The only reason I drew him with his nocturne hair was that I didn't want him and Olrox to have the same silhouette, as I'm almost certain this will be going into my portfolio until i outdo this one.

Julius Belmont and his cousin Yoko Belandes are on a trip to Japan to get him out of the house due to an 'accident' causing immense brain damage and amnesia. He’s finally feeling better and trying to reinvoke memories, Yoko's friend, Mina Habuka invites them to stay at her home.

Mina is a university student at Nagano University and is studying the same course as Soma. She genuinely wants to change the world and recognizes the government's current position to undermine the weak and how capitalism makes the poor even poorer. She also knows a lot more then she lets on. The first half is very Maria Renard core, but this isn't finalised and I want to flesh her out later when I can as her own character.

Graham Jone's (reimagined as Graham Jonzu/Ryūichi Jōnzu) whole spiel, which I get more specific down later

At the end of it- is Dracula still alive, and these people are fucking going crazy over being a dark lord candidate only to realise they’ve done this for nothing to really fuck up Graham mentally? Haven’t decided but to toy with a concept like this would be interesting in terms of themes and messages.

2035 Nagano, Japan

I honestly dont have too much for this BUT, it is specifically set in Nagano, Japan because that’s where the original game is set. I even scouted locations on Google Maps for it for where it could realistically be.

The University of Nagano would be a promenent place (as in the literal public university of Nagano. Half the storyboard takes place on the Miwa Campus, but with the interior changed because im using 3d models)

There would be a moment where we do see Soma's original home, either in America (his current home), or in either specifically in Philippines or Mexico depending on the ethinic background chosen for him.

There’s also a large vintage car scene in Japan that would be a major location in this made-up series. This would further the themes of past and future, I'll expand upon below. Events like classic cars and coffee exist there because it's where you'd find villains and antagonists congregating in an open space. Protagnists and the like will also find themselves here, and it won't be off for them to have happened to stumble upon because it is neutral grounds, like the university, however, this place ANYONE can be there with without any plausible deniability. Though I vaguely only know about the Tokyo scene, so not entirely sure about the vintage car scene in Nagano but , every single place on earth there will be small communities that come together for these things if you really look.

Also this is a made up sceanrio, so i can do whatever i want LOL

Themes

It’s a Mystery trademark thing, I need my themes and meanings. It’s also just more meaningful to me to connect/create anything. Also much easier to plot out how to create meaningful events and cohesively strong narrative. While I do not have the beat for beat episodic stuff (i need to be productive y’all), these are good jumping off point.

Identity:

Every single character’s identity comes into play. Graham and Soma being the most obvious since their ties are related to the Dracula, and then every single dark lord candidate that would pop up in the series. Soma questioning who he is according the identity slapped onto him, but also his identity that has been shaped by his own growing up experience. Think of Superman.

However characters like Alucard being brought to question about their own identity, who HE is as a individual outside of his bloodline but also within it. This would go for Olrox, Mizrak, Mina, Julius and literally every single character within this show who has a speaking role. Identity is important and it is powerful.

Family, bloodline and relations

Of course since this follows the footprints left behind by the Tepes family, I also ended up somewhat fleshing out the Graham’s family which I’ll get to talking in-depth later! I thought they would be a interesting parallel!

Also since this is set within Japan itself, it would be fun to explore Mina Hakuba’s family and traditions. The Belmonts in a modern context, Soma’s whole deal, and then the new family with Mizrak and Olrox. What family can mean in a modern context anyways since this is a queer couple which stands outside traditional norms from the get go <3

This is also a thing in both Nocturne and the 2017 series, but also you gotta rehash your themes for each decade !!

Past & future

Since this is set in the modern day, it is important to have the past inform the present day and what could come of the future.

Not only is this talking about historical world events like the defeat of Dracula, but the history all these characters intend to make of themselves. Their own legacies. The past is the context for the actions every single character makes.

This would also cover the inaccuracies of historical events and how history has rewritten it. The lives of Dracula, Alucard, Olrox, and Mizrak in modern-day perception amongst historians. Perception is another theme here, which overlaps both identity and past & future.

There will also be a point where these immortals will acknowledge the existence of the Dracula and Nosferatu films, along with any other vampire media like Interview with a Vampire. I think that would be really funny. Also, Soma will be found playing a game called The Castle's Vanity to directly poke at Castlevania.

I also think this would be really funny in the context of Olrox and Mizrak, then those two witnessing their inaccurate portrayal and going "yk sure."

Also, I very much intend (I'm talking as if this would get serialised, it isn't, I'm speaking in hypothetical), having the vintage cars be a driving home point on history as it will come to point out geniune connection/interest to its history or flaunting it like an accessory.

Of course, there are many others themes are at play (like love and idol culture), with further nuances depending on each hypothetical episode down to each hypothetical scene and what they intend to convey. Furthermore, the themes would be wholly be influenced by a group of people and specific ideas would be more at the forefront to hone down on, while others may be on the back burner. Again, speaking hypothetically, I'm playing scenarios in my head as if I'm in a dollhouse, except if the dollhouse was a mini made up studio and im sitting in the corner drawing boards and asking there for a window in the setting somewhere. Really obscure joke, but the ones who get it know my obession with windows/boxes in media since who knows how fucking long LOL

Graham Jones & Cult

For this I ended up heavily readapting and expanding upon the existing source material of Graham Jones with consideration of the current world since the games/storyboards are set in 2035. While none of this really showcases itself in the board, it’s something I really wanted to flesh out.

I recognize he is most likely based on Jim Jones and Billy Graham, the point to reason of why I'm deviating away from organised catholic religions (trust me I love to discuss the horror of catholicism) is to focus on the corrupt power of prominent leadership positions in the world, which still ties to Jim Jones and Billy Graham's leadership roles but on a much more larger scale, like the government, the law system and education. While it is isn't going to be exactly catholicism, since we're set in Japan, it will touch base on conservative ideals, which does go hand in hand with catholicism, supressing the rights of minorities. This is a major thing that occurs in both the 2017 series and Nocturne.

Graham Jones

Here he’s readapted as Graham Jōnzu/Ryūichi Jōnzu. A 32-year-old, half-Japanese professor at Nagano University. At night he’s a crazed sorcerer following the footsteps of his family has built him to become. THE new dark lord.

The Jōnzu part is in reference to his Japanese name in the game. Ryūichi roughly translates to first dragon, directly a homage to how Dracula’s name stems from son of a dragon. From birth alone, he has massive shoes to fill and his world crumbles if he doesn’t fit the mould. Going to absurd lengths like killing others to ensure his place. The moles have significance to their placements too! The most obvious is the moles on his neck looking like a vampire bite, the rest were inspired by actors like Luca Marinelli (death stranding 2 chokehold, also Graham has a almost playful personality like Higgs), then the obvious, Marilyn Monroe. Also I noticed in a lot of character designs as of late, there's become an associationwith beauty marks to an innate high status of wealth and/or beauty. His redesign outside of the other characters that appear here is more solidified, because he is suppose to have that million dollar handsome nepobaby air to him, akin to Bruce Wayne.

Moving on from design to personality, Graham has a massive obsession with wanting to be the dark lord in the games, I thought it would be interesting if it ended being almost theatrical because he ends up playing a charicture of Dracula. Being something he’s not to achieve a specific likeness while Soma himself stays true to being Dracula by being himself. Also the game this is taking from is called Aria of Sorrow. Aria. Opera. Performance :>

He will happen to just personality wise appear differently to every single character when he initally introduces himself that it makes even the audience question Graham intentions. He acts entirely different to the lovers (Mizrak and Olrox), to Alucard/Genya, to Soma, to Mina, to everyone. He even dresses slightly different, his voice is pitched differently, the way he holds himself. However after a few introductions its suppose to settle in that this man is more terrifying then we realise because he keeps jumping around personality wise you can't pin point his next actions until he drops the act. It's rather the waiting game because from the get-go, everyone knows something is off and Graham knowingly lets that air of danger hang over them because he enjoys that thrill.

Graham’s themes to be explored are in contrast to Soma in that he explores identity and the choice of what you decide to give meaning.

Another side tangent. He would own a VW Beetle because he’s a rich asshole and nepobaby. I’m making him overlap with Mizrak and Olrox at a cars and coffee event. Probably him and his family used to win all the comp awards until Mizrak and Olrox pull up with their fucking genuinely pristine VW Beetle. This man is going to get so petty so fast.

JONZU FAMILY (readapting the Graham cult)

The Jōnzu family is made up of strong and powerful sorcerers. Able to weave and manipulate inanimate objects at will, tying into the idea of weaving and writing their own fate (and demise). There are many cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, and the like. Most of them are government officials or in greater positions of power/leadership roles (Graham being a professor for one), though people like grandparents and others are traditional shamans (also still in major positions of power, mind you). Not all of the family is called Jōnzu because his family tree is MASSIVE, which is why it will take a while for the audience and characters to realise Graham Jones/Jōnzu is one of the main villains. It would also take a moment for people to realise how awful he is, or even what he actually is like because with every single character he’s a completely different person. Going from “is he just a pretentious asshole- holy shit he’s eating a body???”

In this hypothetical series, the Jōnzu family is suppose to contrast Mina Hakuba’s family who would also comprise of shrine maidens, spirit mediums, and other practitioners who uphold traditions in a much more healthier manner. The Hakuba family works in harmony with traditions and the current world peacefully.

This by far will be coloured by a POC lens, or just a ‘universal’ asian lens. Though this can be perceived by family with stricter upstandings and expectations. That’s what the Jōnzu family. It is supposed to criticise this notion, but give the insight of why they exist still in modern-day society, despite how some of these types of families are run, can still be quite traditional at times.

They desire— no, they demand-perfection. Every is by design. Everything has order and structure for a reason. There’s a reason why certain things work that get people to bend to other people’s will. Specifically, Graham's parents work within the justice/law area as reference to how game-Graham often talks about punishing Soma for crimes and giving judgment over him. Also Graham would either be a law, criminology, or a history professor. Still undecided.

Graham has to walk in the literal coffin his family has made for him. Born on a particular day in a particular year. Everything is calculated and precise. His life is planned out for him, what he should or shouldn’t do. Anything outside of the particular perfected numbers is a massive failure. His identity was made for him.

To be a dark lord candidate. He is his family's successor and saviour.

Graham does not condemn these actions of his family to restrict his life. He actually doubles down, which just makes everything worse. Graham’s life is kind of playing off of Greek tragedy. Doomed from the start and doomed the end, also tying into his whole dramatic theatrical side to him. He leans into it all.

A very important note, Graham's inner family circle (so his mother, father, and any siblings he has) are cannibals. The surface level is that they all very badly want to be likened to vampires; however, peeling the layers to this speaks of their all-consuming obsession over needing to be someone else and their need for control/domination over others. This ends up resulting in them being more like zombies because by this point, they've become a hive mind. They are cannibals by choice and for the thrill of it.

Vampires such as Mizrak and Olrox drink blood out of necessity. They do not have a choice; however, the Jōnzu family does. The way Mizrak and Olrox consume is very different from the Jōnzu's, and while they may look similar, tonally, they feel so wildly off. Like you know, something is definitely off. They're both selective on whose life ends; they have neat fancy dinners, but they're not the same. This is not only a commentary on the superficial v genuine connections, but also both sides of the coin how cannibalism as visual metaphors are used to depict different things (well more so the spectrum now I think about it).

FIGHTING STYLE

One main aspect is that despite having the ability to probably do insane, lethal damage from afar due to his abilities to warp materials and make him deadly, he just never goes for far-away killing blows. In fact, the majority of ALL his far away attacks are absurdly performative/dancey like and lead to only restricting/pinning/suffocating people. Only once he's in closer range, he'll switch up to actually do proper lethal damage. He's still an insecure man in battle, so he wants to see people vying for their lives up close because it feeds his ego. Of course, that is such an ass way to go about attacking people, but for him, it doesn't matter because he's pretty powerful and nothing has stopped him, which further eggs him on to be way more performative in battle, making it his own little stage. He's also a massive science guy (one thing about Dracula is that he has major knowledge in medicine, science and such, showcased in ep1, so that's like the only good trait he's gotten from him), so he knows what parts to avoid, what parts to target and the like. In summary, he likes playing with his food. Ergo, why he licks the sword HAHA.

Besides this, I thought about his visual performance of his fights for the board because that was the most important to convey his personality in a manner of seconds. This consisted of a lot of arm movements, thinking about conductors for orchestras for tighter spaces. Also, this scarf thing floats in the game, so I dialled that up to 100 and made it a main feature. It is also connected to Graham, which means harming it in its default form (scarf) WILL harm him. It also connects to what you consider to be important, and depending on your obsession with it, it will hurt you because you've attached yourself to it and chose to give it meaning. To the audience, it's just a scarf, to Graham, it's far more personal and one of the very very very few things that identify him as Graham and not Dracula reincarnated.

The scarf funnyily enough can turn into anything and imitate ANYTHING (similar to the concept of how you can wear a scarf in anyway shape or form). There was a really hard balance because Graham is both very creative AND not at the same time. He limits himself to the box of being Dracula or other people (aka remaking Alucard's sword and almost DOING WORSE because it's not his forte). Yet you can see him literally choking out Alucard, making A SYCTHE, etc. He's a hypocrite by design.

Teleporting, an ability in his game boss fight, is used minimally because this readapted Graham HATES LOSING/RUNNING FROM A FIGHT. He will never admit defeat, so having him forced to teleport is so wounding to his ego. Any other abilities, like the meteor balls or Dracula-like abilities, will be showcased in a final fight between Soma and Graham (or gradually be showcase one by one in each fight before the major final showdown). By that point, the scarf is gone by his own choice, which sucks because it's such a cool concept, but Graham's character calls for not utilising his own identity to the fullest; he's not living up to his actual potential. There is so much more the scarf can do, he just is hyper-focused on BEING DRACULA. This guy has a lot of potential and doesn’t actually use it well, for a guy who keeps talking about his own great potential of being Dracula he forgets his own individual potential.

Also, Graham will end up fucking up his body so badly in order to obtain Dracula status, he will turn into his final form in the game (pictured below). It's such a fucking sick design, and I need to see it on a screen. Which, not gonna lie, is very reminiscent of that Frankenstein body that had Dracula and Lisa's soul in the show, so basically think of that but somehow ten times worse because Graham so badly wants to play God. At this point in time, he probably is going to try to frakenstein himself to the other dark lord candidates that are showcased throughout the series. At this point, he's hit the trifecta of vampire, zombie and frakenstein.

Personally, I can very much see him dying at the end of the series or after two seasons, simply because he refuses to live as himself. Time and time again there will be those glimmers of the there being an out to choose to be himself, but he rejects the notion time and time again, and as a result, it becomes his demise.

As I thought deeper into Graham and fleshing out the board at the same time, having a motorbike chase scene as a must, I realised Graham would want two forgemasters to indulge into his power fantasy.

Enter Issac and Julia Laforeze. Cousins of Graham. They actually originate Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, though actually have no ties to anyone but each other, though thought narratively these siblings worked out.

(btw if you want to know, no, these forgemasters are not cannibals, they respect life and understand their place in the world.)

Before we actually get further in, a quick note on the Seal of Haagenti, which associated with both the Jōnzus and Laforezes. Haagenti is the great president of hell and is the 48th demon in the Ars Goetia. They are known to transmute all metals into gold and turn water into wine.

Graham is actually more associated with Valac, another demon in the Ars Goetia and a monster found in Bloodstained. In a previous iteration of the board, Bloodstained and Aria of Sorrows were going to be more closely tied together; however, I opted out since the Haagenti seal better suited the narrative as a whole as I included the forgemasters. Another note, any religion or mythology is showcased in neutral light; however, there is a definite showcase of people twisting it to suit their personal needs and backfiring because why the fuck are humans messing with supernatural affairs without any careful consideration (the Laforezes do that's the key difference, they know their place, Graham doesn't).

Now let's actually talk about Issac and Julia.

The Forgemasters

Issac Laforeze

Issac is a more direct imitation from the Curse of Darkness game and would definitely fit personality-wise with this new ‘Dracula’. He’s dramatic. He’s theatrical. Performance and drama. His name stays as Issac because Graham would probably be really picky about it. Series show Issac vibes wise felt very in line with the series show Dracula felt. Mirroring that with game Isaac felt right to match here.

Also COME ON, game Issac in motorbike gear chasing down Mizrak and Olrox. He would be absolutely ruthless on the road and you know he’d get up after a nasty crash. It also helps that the ‘Hector’ is not only a forgemaster, but a healer/medic for the magically attuned.

Also both Issac and Graham probably have like a different outfit per ep- mostly just Graham, since his whole spiel is wearing identities, and therefore has an outfit to suit his persona. Issac, however, I’ll be honest, there’s so many cool outfits he can wear that limiting him to just one seems absurdly impossible with out spoken about his self expression would be. So it would contrast Graham’s need to conform to identity, while Issac’s is used for his expression of identity. Theyre cut from the same cloth but they go about life very differently per say.

This is also to say, I had no idea how to dress Issac for the board because I kept mentally jumping between multiple ideas.

FIGHTING STYLE

He is also dramatic and theatrical as Graham, maybe even more, simply because he's way more comfortable in who he is and doesn't feel pressured to a single identity (he's honestly very enby coded).

He ascribes to different dances for fighting, such as wacking, vouging, and tutting, which are 'mostly' arm-based. Also, Qiang Shu would suit him well because here he also has his spear. Though truly I believe limiting his fight style to JUST those is limiting, it’s more like a baseline because he has that choice to do whatever he wants.

By the way, whenever you see his or Julia's insane weapons (they indeed have multiple), those are solely and purely hand-built, no magic. So when you see Issac's weapons shrink or grow, that's simply because they built mechanics like that. They enjoy the craft of it and are also talented enough to not rely on magic.

Julia Laforeze

This one was a tad harder because I had the choice of either adapting pre-existing characters or just construct a entirely new one, even though really for the short storyboard, it doesn't matter.

For this iteration, I decided to give Isaac a trans younger sibling named Julia (she/they) who used to go by Hector. She’s a forgemaster like her brother, but also magically inclined to heal. She does the same with her own night creatures and runs a small store that is both a mechanic bike shop, having parts to sell and whatnot, and selling *other stuff*. They genuinely just have a forge.

This ties into the Jōnzu's inherited ability to weave and mould physical material objects; however, the Laforeze can mould the living. They cannot bend metal. Graham thinks it's stupid that they mend motorbikes, cars, or any mechanical thing by hand since there is definitely someone in their family who could, but they love the craft of it genuinely and genuinely respect for life itself and the reason why they have the easiest time with creating nightcreatures. Something that gets really lost on Graham, but it's not too big of a deal since they're the only family who does healing really well, and the perfect candidates for his own power fantasy. However, he does explicitly question it multiple times, and Julia will keep repeating the same answer (Graham is being dramatic, if he doesn't get attention for a minute, he'll shrivel up and die or something /joking)

Julia Laforeze is in reference to Issac’s actual younger sister, called Julia in the original games, who acted as a merchant and had strong healing powers. She was also Hector’s presumed love interest. So here it's kind of a mix of being an original character and a readapted character like Graham. Basically, a child between game Julia and game Hector. Also, this is the only reason why her name is Julia, though I do think about changing it to something else, but it's the placeholder for now!

Her current redesign is not final, though I do believe she would be strongly tied to a lot more experimental non-genderconforming attire like Issac, and self-indulgent sake, she would be really into the Harajuku fashion scene. Especially from the early 2000s as a nod to the game's original release.

If we’re literally going with the Aria of Sorrow talking about identity, I personally think talking about trans-identity would be very important. If this was actually being pitched, I doubt this would fly for a show and there would be no way in hell there would be enough time to develop this (maybe), but also this is my little day dream scenario. Also really interesting conversation to have had with a trans character who pulls out souls from hell or other dimensions and gives them a body. It’s so on the nose but like, the material IS THERE.

How we go about Julia's deadname, I'm not entirely sure because everyone's personal relationship to it is very different, and I have made it a point that every single character's identity is pulled into questioning, which would include Julia. Outright refusing to say the name is a valid pathway (like in the game Tell Me Why), but also acknowledging the name to empower her chosen name is also just as valid. HOWEVER. We don’t need to explicitly tell the audience that Julia is a stand-in for the 2017 series' Hector, given Graham's general insanity and Isaac's more prominent role and name. Like you learn that just through general observation.

Also, Julia is just allowed to exist as Julia. She's firm in her own identity in comparison to Graham.

FIGHT STYLE

Julia's fighting style is also similar, being performance and proud of it like Issac. She does not shy away from who she is, even when she's actively transitioning in the show.

However, she's simply more Olympic ice-skater coded. There is still a massive performance-based air to her, but it's like she glides across the ground despite being absolutely human. She also knows when to pull her punches so that when she can show off the most/do the most damage, they COUNT. It's half the reason why she basically aura farms with these dramatic cameras and then disappears and reappears when she needs to.

The sole reason why these forgemasters are so dissimilar to the 2017 series (to even more closely tied to a whole new character) is simply because they are their own people. With their own identity. You can still be born with the blood of your mother and father, but you shape your own destiny. You are the sum of your own choices. Each person is unique, you cannot be replaced.

It's on the audience to realise that Issac and Julia are supposed to be those replacements, and you know from the get go from gut feeling (hopefully) that they simply can’t be those replacements. Not because they’re not good enough, it because this is a whole different Issac, and this is Julia. Let them exist as their own people rather then what they should be. Then they would be able to do some pretty cool things once they’re unbound from the story they are intended to rewrite. Looking at you Graham (who refuses to change).

By the way, Graham and the whole family are villains, but Issac and Julia (the Laforeze family) are antagonists. The difference is slight, but the difference is important despite them being connected.

Andddd I think that’s all I have for now! I’ll probably update this here and there if I actually do something with this since Soma, Mina, Yoko and Julius aren’t developed and hadn’t planned to develop them further then the surface base for storyboard sake! Though this was mostly just to have my thoughts out when boarding, and other people seemed to be intrigued for what I had in mind!

Again this was for fun! Please don’t eat me alive 🫶 Let me play dollhouse (in this case, dollhouse is a pretend building in which i sit in a room and talk to people on how we should go about vampires kissing or fighting for their lives)

If y'all have any questions or need me to clarify anything lemme know because I know I can definitely get wildly off topic or run into tangents without finishing up my previous thought!

since y'all read this far, have this wip where the graham fight was timed to descendants 2. Graham is very descendants coded if you think about it.

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Some drawings that I made for the fanfic "Off Balance" by @mrslittletall 🩵 Read it here

I can't recommend it enough, I'm obsessed!

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I was today years old when I realised how much Life is Strange is influenced by Twin Peaks and its kinda bonkers I never made that connection before

[jamiemaybeme]

creating a twitch account just to follow bears in trees feels like a Lore Moment

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If I had a nickel for every time i would randomly hop on ao3 in search of new alenoah content and I ran into a fic that made me think.. "did op see my post..?" I would have 2 nickels. Which isn't really that much nor is it that possible that people actually did take inspo from me but it makes me feel special to think any amount of people would.

Alenoah is so goddamn appealing to me for the same reason i like aleheather: they're both enemies/rivals with a tension. However, what makes alenoah so much more interesting to me is the fact that Noah just would not visibly care about, or outwardly acknowledge, Alejandro's advancements. When Alejandro flirts with the other contestants, he easily throws them off or (in Heather's case) pisses them off, turning them into putty in his two hands. When he attempts to throw Noah off, though, it doesn't (visibly) have an effect on him, and it bothers Alejandro because Alejandro always has the upper-hand, around both women and men. It makes Alejandro feel almost humiliated when Noah brushes him off or shoots back sarcastic comments in response to his flirting. Noah barely even bats an eye. But Alejandro can't bring himself to stop when he finds Noah as a person so interesting. Alejandro loves debating with Noah and adores his snark and intelligence, and this adoration drives him. He makes it a goal of his to somehow really fluster Noah or throw him off his game like he does with the other contestants, which has proven to be quite a difficult task. But Alejandro isn't a quitter.

In reality, Noah enjoys the playful and teasing banter just as much as Alejandro, even if he seems uninterested, because it's entertaining to be debating with someone of similar intelligence. Alejandro's flirting, though, does actually throw him off, just not in the same way it does to other people. Noah is entirely (and rightfully) convinced that Alejandro's flirting with him is just a part of his slimy, slippery, eel-y personality, and a sad attempt to rid of Noah in order to further himself in the competition. And Noah is nothing if not stubborn, so even if he feels his stomach twisting into a knot every time Alejandro compliments his brown eyes or his hooked nose or his impressive intelligence or his interesting personality or even the peaceful, curled position he sleeps in—Noah will always just nod his head and respond with a doubtful "sure" or a sarcastic "thanks, honey."

And if Alejandro were to hear about how Noah views his persistent advances, then he wouldn't deny it, because in the beginning that was about half of the truth. He did want to use this new challenge to knock a few opponents out, and if reaching his goal would not only prove to Alejandro that the cold-presenting bookworm had a heart that could be tamed but would also get him out of the way and push Alejandro one step closer to his imminent victory, then, well, that's a win-win for Alejandro. That isn't all the reason though because, against all of Alejandro's big ego, he does actually quite like Noah. This "like" didn't mean the same in the beginning as it did in the end. Because it didn't start with Alejandro wondering if Noah had had anything to eat that day or if Noah had any pets or what Noah's favorite book was, or even if Alejandro could borrow that book Noah was reading once he was done.

Against all of Alejandro's wishes and expectations, he finds that between the two of them, he is the one who has been getting flustered. And it is downright embarrassing, because Noah doesn't even do anything. Well, except for all of the things he usually does. He makes his sarcastic comments and argues with Alejandro just as he did before, but now the details are so much clearer. It's like every feature of Noah's has been enhanced, including his features that previously Alejandro would have considered flaws. His forehead was rather larger than average, but Alejandro has decided that it fit his face and personality and that it was only natural for a head to be big enough to store all the fascinating knowledge and wit that Noah had proven to have. And that pimple just below his right cheekbone, well, that is just time's beauty mark, a proof of growth and maturity that was one feature of many on his face that showed that he was very alive. He found an adorableness in the way Noah uncurled from his sleep and rubbed his eyes first thing after a long night of rest, and he felt a burning discomfort in the unmistakable image of Noah curling into Owen's nap for a makeshift pillow later that day. Alejandro felt electricity course throw his veins and his hands become shakey and clammy at every short lock between ivy and coffee irises. He felt his heart beat a thousand miles a minute each time he stood next to the other, and he would feel it speed up ten times fast at every sarcastic comment the other would make.

Alejandro found himself staring.

Alejandro finds himself studying his face, gauging his face for reactions whenever he makes a joke, and he finds himself way too excited when Noah cracks a smile at it. One time, Alejandro had made Noah laugh. Belly laugh. Gasping for breath laugh. A laugh so full of joy that Alejandro found himself smiling. Not from the contagiousness of Noah's laugh nor from the humor of the comment he had made about Duncan, which, truth be told, he couldn't recite on the spot even if he needed to because his memory had been wiped and replaced with this. Rather, he was satisfied that of all people, he could make Noah laugh like this (and Owen.. he supposes.) That night held for him some distasteful news, because how could Alejandro be the one melted into somebody else's palms?

Noah had noticed the sudden change in Alejandro's behavior, but it'd be a lie if he said he knew why it happened. And if anyone were to tell him why, he would deny it, because not only was it obviously not true, but he also didn't want it to be. The idea of someone as slimy, slippery, and eel-y as Alejandro even daring to approach him was for one, unfortunate, for two, terrible, and for three, impossible. But he couldn't help but ponder why this change had happened. Just why was Alejandro so... fidgety? He was running his hand through his hair what felt like every five minutes (Noah heard him curse under his breath once in spanish, likely at the realization of the inevitable accumulation of grease by the end of the day due to the excessive hand-to-root action), he kept unbuttoning and buttoning the top button of his shirt (Noah heard him mutter once, "is it too scandalous undone?"), and he wouldn't stop playing with his fingers, cracking and popping them, pulling and intertwining them—not that Noah was always watching his hands or anything, because he wasn't, but it was just such a drastic change to Alejandro's usually confident demeanor that you must be a fool to not notice it.

Alejandro did not notice—how could he be such a fool? Developing a crush on an opponent with a million dollars on the line? Pathetic.

The night following Noah's laughing fit, Alejandro found himself staring at Noah's sleeping form. Alejandro had noticed the way he usually sleeps, which would be creepy if Noah didn't have such a noticeable way of sleeping. He curled up to sleep, upright or on his side, and it was pretty cute. His eyes observed the way Noah was curled up against Owen's side, face resting into the other's fat. Ah, right. Owen. Alejandro felt a scowl creep up on his face when his eyes shifted to the blond's face—only to immediately divert his eyes, because Owen was already looking at him. He heard Owen laugh, which made his embarrassment double—embarrassment? I don't get embarrassed.

"Don't worry, Al." Gross. Al. "Noah doesn't know, so your secret is safe with me."

Alejandro blinked. He looked back at Owen, although reluctantly. "...Secret?"

Owen laughed again, and Alejandro was getting worried that he would wake Noah as he watched the smallest of them bounce against Owen. "You know, Al. Your cute little crush on Noah! He's smart and all, but he kind of sucks with love. You can take as much time as you want before you tell him. But between you and me, I think he likes you, too."

Alejandro's mind blanked. Crush? "Uh. My what."

Owen's face turned confused as well. "Oh... Do you not? Oops. Forget I said that about Noah."

Alejandro wished he could think of a decent response, but, what?

"Uh... No, I wouldn't say you're wrong. I just... didn't know myself."

"You—" Owen laughed again, this time making Noah groan in his sleep.

"Ugh... Owen. Stop, 'm trying to sleep." He said, not even opening his eyes.

"Sorry, buddy." Owen giggled, "Al's just pretty funny."

Alejandro glared at Owen, and the other shrugged.

"Sure." Noah groaned, adjusting his position before quickly falling back to sleep.

"Wow! How could you not know, Al? You're always looking at him and talking to him, 'n stuff. It's like Tyler and I aren't even there! And you're so nervous around him. I didn't know someone as cool and confident as you could get nervous around anyone. It makes me proud to know my little buddy could do that."

Alejandro nodded. "Hmm. You're right... Maybe that is the case."

It was a silent agreement between the two that it was their business and no one else's, an agreement that Alejandro wasn't too confident that Owen wouldn't break, but it was enough. Alejandro couldn't decide what was more shocking, an agreement between him and Owen, or the fact that he actually liked Noah in a more than just curious way. Looking back on what Owen said though, he thinks an Owen and Alejandro alliance is much more surprising.

[xylemblu]

to all the people who followed me for ace attorney. woe 48398593 queued gravity falls posts be upon ye

[tsuy4n]

Okay so I’ve been obsessing over the Saja boys these days. Hyperfixation. New brain rot unlocked. Absolute serotonin. And after reading all these chef's kiss stories on here, my delulu brain said:

"What if Artist!Fem!Reader x Saja boys?"

And no, I don’t mean reader who just likes drawing.

I mean full-on webtoon artist. Sleep-deprived, over-caffeinated, hasn’t seen the sun in days—that kind of artist.

The kind who sees hot people and thinks, "great bone structure. Gonna draw that."

So here’s the ✨vision✨:

Reader isn’t romantically impressed by the Saja boys. At all.

They try to flirt?

"You’re shaped like a Pinterest pose reference. Mind holding that flex for a sec?"

They're shirtless?

"Nice lighting. I need to sketch your obliques."

They do the sexy wink?

"I’ve seen better. Your symmetry’s a little off."

They're out here looking like gods and MC’s just collecting them like rare anatomy models.

How'd she got involved? Well, she didn’t even mean to meet them, really.

She just took a low-key staff job which is some basic behind-the-scenes work. Water duty. Carrying gear. Sweeping up glitter. Whatever pays rent.

But then:

Accidentally walks in on them mid-magic ritual.

Mistakes it for a stage rehearsal.

Doesn’t scream—just critiques the lighting and poses.

Becomes a walking enigma the boys can’t stop thinking about.

THEN her apartment burns down. Rent’s out of the question. And after a lot of suspicious looks and internal debates, one of the Saja boys goes:

"You can stay with us. Temporarily."

So now she’s:

Working for five hot demon idols

Living in their house

Still not impressed.

But wait—it gets worse (better.)

She thinks they’re just dramatic, overly aesthetic idols until she finds out:

They’re literal demons.

And their enemies? Obv the Huntrix which she thinks is another group that has... some similar name to that kpop group.

[Y/n]: "Like— Like Demon slayers?!"

YES. SHE STANS HUNTRIX. But she knows 2...

She has fanart. She follows a fancomic. She thought Mina, They said Mira but she thinks they mixed the name—pink hair, dual-scythe (technically a guandao, but whatever), was fictional.

Sneak Peek Scenes for Flavor:

1. The Huntrix Fangirl Reveal

The boys are bandaged, battered, and mid-complaint.

[Y/n]: "WAIT YOU FOUGHT MINA?! THAT'S SO COOL???" Abby: "She almost took my arm off!" Baby: "She stole my favorite jacket, too!" [Y/n]: *casually flipping through her webtoon collection* "Wait. The one with the dual-scythes and pink hair, right??"

Roman: "…Yeah, why?” [Y/n]: *eyes sparkling, playing along* "OH MY GOD YOU FOUGHT THE MINA?? SHE’S SO COOL!! I LOVE HER ???"

Dead silence. Mystery: *barks once in betrayal* JINU: *eye twitching* "You… stan the person actively trying to kill us?"

[Y/n]: "Okay first of all, she's not trying to kill me. Secondly, have you seen her design? Iconic. Her color palette? Perfect. Her character arc? Chef’s kiss. The drama. The trauma. The hair."

She pauses.

[Y/n]: *softly, reverently*: "She’s everything I wish I could draw." Abby: "You’re sleeping outside."

2. The Abs Incident

Abby: "Go ahead, babe. One-time offer to touch perfection." [Y/n]: "Okay." *Touches abs with terrifying focus.* [Y/n] *nods* "Good texture. I’m using you for a villain character. Thanks."

3. Rumi’s Breakdown (Huntrix Squad)

Rumi: "THEY’RE DEMONS! HOW CAN YOU STAY AT THEIR PLACE?! Not with just one—but all five?!!" [Y/n]: "Really? Wow.” Mira: *narrows eyes* "…You don’t look surprised." Zoey: Are you in cahoots with them?! Like—were you so BEWITCHED by their faces?! Because SAME. But also, betrayal??? [Y/n]: "Oh no, I’m freaking out inside. I just… this is PEAK webtoon content. Enemies to lovers potential. I’m living in someone’s AU."

4. When She Meets Mira

[Y/n]: "Oh my god. You’re real." Mira: "And you’re the artist who’s been drawing me in armor and… cat ears?" [Y/n]: "It was for the Patreon tier okay please don’t kill me."

5. Late-Night Kitchen Chaos

Baby: "Most girls would kill for a moment alone with me."

[Y/n]: *without looking up from her sketchpad* "Can you move? You’re blocking the fridge light. I’m using it to shade your clavicle." Baby: "…Do I at least look cool?" [Y/n]: "Yeah. You’ve got the perfect bone structure for a mid-arc character death." Baby: "????"

She just wanted rent money 😔Now she has demon roommates, stan wars, and probably develops an accidental crush on the villains.

And somehow, that’s still not the weirdest part of her week.

✨ [Y/n] doesn’t flirt. She doesn’t swoon. She just humbles the boys like it’s her side quest. ✨

On the side note: When I get into it imma start writing! (I’m into it.)

It's here now! > Part 1 <

[tacagen]

just came back to this and realized i really formulated it vaguely so you cant even say what i actually implied. elaborating: his ASS was CONVICTED after his first fight with barry and 100% on all the news since 'nothing ever happens in this damn time'!! his NAME is DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE REVERSE-FLASH IN THE ARCHIVES RIGHT BEFORE F*NISH L*NE!! NOT MENTIONING HIS 21ST CENTURY HISTORIC ACTIVITY(tho idk how exactly that works considering there are variants where reverse-flash's identity didnt make it to 25th century but there should be SO much documentation in 1 iron heights 2 ccpd+court since there mustve been trials to put him there in the first place 3 flash museum as it already existed in 21st century, using the information from 2 other sources above (which well. above all must be completely digitalized by 4 freakin centuries after. like cmon TF were they up to for that entire time if it didnt include making the info easier to access/find/etc at least once) so i cant see how that could possibly happen except for eo throwin all that shit fuck outta window at some point to keep the mystery for his pre-reverse era but then again he still needs all that info to check his own history and all the changes and it was shown to be in the archives (collected by other people before him) so? man i wish timey wimey actually made at least some sense in at least 1 flash variant. is it really too much to ask.)!! NO WAY THE KNOWLEDGE IS NOT PUBLIC!! EVERYBODY KNOWS!! ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM FROM HIS PRE-SPEEDSTER ERA!! NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE MUSEUM STAFF SOME OF WHICH FALL ON THE PREVIOUS SPECTRUM AS WELL!!!! AND NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT CAUSE THE ONLY PRISON CAPABLE OF HOLDING SOMEONE OF HIS SPECTRE OF POWERS AGAINST THEIR WILL WAS BUILT BY HIM FOR PARADOX SINCE APPARENTLY HE IS THE ONLY COMPETENT PERSON OUT THERE and, well. thawne is obvs not stupid enough to include in the design his own cell (btw. does this mean that thawne as a time travelling time altering genius TM could be the one responsible for the complete incompetence and poor anti-meta/speedster equipment of police/gov forces/etc and lack of means of detention around his time so that he can do his silly little museum work and scheming (AND get to be the hero in case some outside force attacks since again no other compenent people and actual means of defence but him//renegades created by him and hunter??) and well. generally existing peacefully without worrying about getting imprisoned here too considering that even 21st century iron heights does, in fact, have the necessary kinds of technologies and use it successfully on meena and august and whoever else (not mentioning it was PERFECTLY CAPABLE to contain thawne himself for some time) because there REALLY is no other fucking explanation on how THOSE of ALL things are lost and forgotten in 25th as well.). the central city of 25th century just has to live with the fact there is this murderous speedster that still works a normal job, can do pretty much anything with the city and time itself (but actually usually doesnt because hes hyperfixated and busy running his precious museum but yk threat is still there.) and no one can stop him from it and with being fully aware of it all. also if it wasnt enough at least PART if not majority of 25th century public actually thinks he IS a hero after the paradox's defeat. the internet arguments about him must be unmatched. also i think he (and his museum tours especially) is an obscure tourist attraction now. like cc's people at this point be like look at our local little deranged squeak squeak from the flash museum that basically owns the city and can do whatever he wants and also dies an unreasonable amount of times regularly. his appearance was foretold by flash's history because that rat can time travel and you can literally see him both on display and explaining all that including his involvemet live on his museum tours. so silly. so fucking insane. where else could you possibly have this.

typed some Thoughts in the tags but then realized it should be a separate post.

[kissforyouu]

I LOVE YOUR TITTIES BECAUSE THEY PROVE I CAN FOCUS ON TWO THINGS AT ONCE !

pairing : bf!jungkook x reader

genre : established relationship

warnings : boobs boobs boobs BOOBS !!! massive boob kink idk everything boobs :P

request : hii, can i ask for something like my bf wont stop touching me but instead of her butt make it her breast? only if ur up to it <3

note : I FINALLY POSTED A FIC R YALL HAPPY WOOO. hope u like dis :D

unedited.

bf!jungkook who's had some sort of a hyperfixation on your tits ever since you both had sex for the first time.

he would always take the chance if it meant he'd get to look or touch your tits.

you walk around your living room with your broom as you swept the floor. jungkook was comfortably seated on the sofa, manspreading as he consumed whatever that was on the tv. you sweep around the sofa, poking the broom under the sofa to check for any trash thats possibly left under it. deciding that that wasn't enough, the place the broom carefully so that it's laid against the sofa, you get down on your knees.

this action catches your boyfriend's attention, his eyes shifting from the tv to you in the matter of a second. you don't notice though. you sit properly on your knees, slightly raising your body up a little so that you could tie your hair up in a messy bun. jungkook licks his lips, fully infatuated by you. but the moment you bend forward to peep under the sofa, that's when he loses his mind. your tits were peaking out of your shirt oh so clearly. he could see the swell of your tits and the thin layer of sweat covering them.

your boyfriend smirks, "thanks for the nice view."

your boyfriend was a little perverted. okay, a lot maybe. only for you though. he always made you wear those see through lace tank tops at home. he'd buy all the cute tank tops to make your tits look pretty and squeezed against one another. not like you minded. you loooveeedddd getting spoiled. plus, free clothes. who would say no? he would always find a way to grope your tits at any moment. but not in public though. that was weird.

jungkook's back was resting against the headboard of the bed as he typed away on his computer. some work matters, you thought. you looked at your boyfriend who was so focused on whatever document he was typing. his eyebrows were furrowed and he was also doing that thing he did whenever he was frustrated--his tongue was poking his cheek.

you slide under the covers, scooting next to your boyfriend and gently lifting his arm up so that you could go under it and lay on his lap while his arm rested on your body while typing. you do just that, your head now resting on his lap while you stared at whatever he was typing on the computer.

minutes pass by, jungkook's hand was comfortably laying on top of your clothed tits. he tapped his fingers on the fat of your right breast, mindlessly pressing onto the flesh finger by finger in a pattern. index finger, middle finger, ring finger, index finger, middle finger, ring finger—

and of course you expected it, it didn't take him any longer before he slid his hand inside to pull out your right tit. jungkook's entire hand envelopes the fat, squeezing it tightly. his touch was very warm, you didn't mind. you squirm in your spot, shifting your position once jungkook switches to your other tit, pulling out the flesh out of your top.

he had no intentions of doing anything sexual after, just wanted to fondle with your tits. maybe he'll suck them if you behaved well. but you couldn't control the growing wetness in your pussy, already wetting your panties. you mewl a little once he twists your nipple in between his fingers, and that's when he notices.

"is my girl getting horny?"

before sleep, he always made sure to give your tits a few kisses. and sometimes (most of the time), they turned into a little more.

"ah...mh, mh, hm" you hum in utter satisfaction, eyes shut while enjoying the pure bliss you're getting from your boyfriend's skillful tongue.

he swirls his tongue around your nipple, eagerly lapping on the hardened bud. jungkook's eyes never left your tits as he made out with the hardened buds, making you feel sooooo good.

"please. don't stop." you whimper out while caressing your boyfriend's hair. his hair smelt exactly like yours, since he started using your godly vanilla shampoo. you just wanted to bury your face in his hair. you massaged his scalp good, had him moaning and groaning into your tits.

he pulled back for a moment to look at his little artwork. you had his saliva all over your tits, making them glisten under the dim light in the room. jungkook spits on your tits again, then spreads it around using the tip of his tongue. it was so nasty. he licks around your areola with the very tip of his tongue, then envelopes your nipple again. he teasingly bites it, causing you to let out a small yelp. he flicks your nipple with his tongue while it was inside of his mouth and pulls away to return back with another harsh suck.

"that feel good?", his fingertips were pressed onto your waist as he smothered his face all over your tits (literally). you could feel the tip of his tongue glide all over your chest and his cheeks pressing onto the flesh of your breath. it was nasty. the saliva on your chest was no longer just there but also on his face as he hungrily inhaled your breasts in and consumed them for the full extent. he was so so so erotic.

jungkook kisses you until you run out of breath while his fingers pinched your nipples hard, twisting them with intentions of causing you pain sexually. you wince. god, you feel your body twitching. your pussy's so wet. clenching on absolutely nothing. it was so evident. the wet patch on your panties. the way your panties hugged your pussy so tightly, the slick was coating the thin material so nicely. the way it hugged your pussy drove jungkook crazy. the material was so tight that it perfectly made out the shape of your chubby pussy.

he cups your breasts with both of his hands, squeezing them till the worlds end. this was supposed to be a comforting moment where he just fondled your breasts before sleep. but now you're grinding against eachother like horny freaks.

another thing that got him so riled up was the cute gold "J" necklace he got you that you would wear. he loved the way it sat on your cleavage, right in between your breasts. he liked it even better when the cute lace tops you got him squeezed your breasts together and the sparkly J initial sat in between the soft pillows. it drove him craaaazy, actually. jungkook always made you ride him when you looked like that.

"jus' like that, baby, hm", his head was slanted against the headboard of you guys' bed, eyes dazed, but still looking at your breasts. you rode his dick till dawn, up and down, up and down.

one of your tits were out of your tight, lace see-through bra and molded into jungkook's palm. he squeezed the flesh in his palm while you made circles on his dick. his tip was hitting the exact right spot that drove you crazy, and it had you twitching on spot.

your boyfriend leans in to lick your hardened clothed nipple of the neglected breast, tugging on the nipple and wetting the lace as well. it was just a big wet smudge on your right tit.

he was like an animal when it came to fucking you. he would pull up with the nastiest ways to have you. jungkook had no shame. his hips raise upwards as he thrusted from below, overtaking your slow ass pace.

"m—mm, hah! please, so fast...!", your tongue was out, panting, and so was his. instead his was licking a stripe from all the way from your stomach, up your cleavage to your lips. he kicked your messily, both of you exchanging saliva to one another in your mouths, passing it around like a football. he tugs on your nipple, harshly pulling it and twisting the bud.

that hurt, obviously.

jungkook pulls away from the kiss and rests his back against the headboard again, still thrusting into you though. at this point both of your tits were out of your bra, jumping up and down, putting on a show for his attention.

you notice the way he moans while eyeing your tits. his eyes travel to the gold necklace in between after, the J necklace that you treasure so much.

"looks so fuckin' hot between those pretty titties. you keep this on all the time, yeah? makes you look prettier when i fuck you, babydoll." he kisses your shoulder blade, trailing kisses to your neck. wrapped around your neck was the gold chain, and jungkook lolls his tongue out to trace the metal chain. he tugs on the chain with his teeth, pulling on it with a groan.

you were getting so tired from jumping on his dick. the more you rode him, the closer you got to your release. jungkook let go of your chain, but grab hold of it this time with his hand. his palm lands two loud slaps on your asscheek, making you moan. same time, he could feel you tighten around his cock. "liked that?" you nod your head repeatedly.

jungkook tugs on the chain, pulling it backwards and then twisting it around his knuckles, choking you with the chain.

fuck, fuck, fuck. so hot.

you crack out a laugh, tongue out, panting. you were so close. so so so close. you had your tits squeezed between eachother tightly, your hands squishing the flesh as you felt the orgasm take over you. your pussy was spasming around his dick as you moan out loud, body thrown over jungkook's chest, tits pressed against his. jungkook definitely loved that feeling.

soon after you cum around him and milk his cock, he does too. his cum slips out of your contracting pussyhole.

jungkook lets out a laugh, hand patting your back and smoothing it. then he looks down from above, enjoying the birds point of view of your squished up tits and necklace in between.

he might just get hard again.

aftercare with jungkook has always been simple. you + boobs + him .

"humph, kook." you groan once you feel your boyfriend's hands squeeze your tits one more time. "bit more." he tugs on your nipple with the tip of his fingers, wiggling on his spot to find a comfortable position in the crook of your neck.

"aah, 'm so sore, baby." your voice aches through with yet another groan. "it's okay. you know it's okay." jungkook reassures.

"how about i give you a massage?" he raises his head up to look at your passed out face. "that's just another excuse for you to touch my tits..."

your boyfriend laughs, "are you complaining, though?" you shake your head with a small smile and turning on your back so that you're laying on your stomach.

jungkook slaps the fat of your ass before he begins to massage around your shoulder area. he does it soooooooooooo good though. he makes sure to press onto your bones and tightly circle around, causing you to moan in satisfaction. you enjoy his massage well until he gropes your breasts from the back, giving both of them a tight squeeze. you yelp in surprised. well, not really, you knew this was coming anyway.

he squeezes your tits and massages them well and even makes sure to give both of them equal attention.

and you both fall asleep with his head nuzzled between your tits and your hand massaging his scalp.

whenever you sucked his cock, at the end, he would always ask "where do you want it?". stupid question. there was only one answer.

jungkook's tip twitches in your mouth and he loosens his grip on your hair, a cracked moan also escaping his lips. "f—fuck, baby. you're so pretty with your lips around my fucking dick."

you flutter your eyes open, bobbing your head up and down. you feel jungkook twitch in your mouth, again. "mhm, where do you- want it?"

there was always only one answer.

you were wearing this grey oversized shirt with the thinnest material. it showed your nipples so well. dare i say jungkook got off to that as well. to answer his question, you squeeze your breast through the material and moan, mouth still filled with dick. he gets the memo and pulls his dick out of your mouth.

you cough out but quickly dismiss yourself and pull the neckline of the shirt down to expose your tits, both coated with a layer of sweat. jungkook cusses at the reveal of your breasts, fastening the speed of his wrist before he spurts his cum onto your exposed boobs.

"haaaaa. oh my god, fuck". you moan out, watching the spurts of cum land all over your breasts, some on the shirt as well as your neck. the white liquid was all over your nipples. so you make sure to rub them with both your index fingers, coating them well before bringing them to your mouth at once to taste them. you lick yourself erotically just as you did to his dick just a few seconds ago and taste your boyfriend's cum in your mouth.

"you taste so so good, baby."

and it's like jungkook's hypnotised again.

[bixels]

Portal 2 is still the perfect game to me. I hyperfixated on it like crazy in middle school. Would sing Want You Gone out loud cuz I had ADHD and no social awareness. Would make fan animations and pixel art. Would explain the ending spoilers and fan theories to anyone who'd listen. Would keep up with DeviantArt posts of the cores as humans. Would find and play community-made maps (Gelocity is insanely fun).

I still can't believe this game came out 12 years ago and it looks like THIS.

Like Mirror's Edge, the timeless art style and economic yet atmospheric lighting means this game will never age. The decision not to include any visible humans (ideas of Doug Rattmann showing up or a human co-op partner were cut) is doing so much legroom too. And the idea to use geometric tileset-like level designs is so smart! I sincerely believe that, by design, no game with a "realistic art style" has looked better than Portal 2.

Do you guys remember when Nvidia released Portal with RTX at it looked like dogshit? Just the most airbrushed crap I've ever seen; completely erased the cold, dry, clinical feel of Aperture.

So many breathtakingly pit-in-your-stomach moments I still think about too. And it's such a unique feeling; I'd describe at as... architectural existentialism? Experiencing the sublime under the shadow of manmade structures (Look up Giovanni Battista Piranesi's art if you're curious)? That scene where you're running from GLaDOS with Wheatley on a catwalk over a bottomless pit and––out of rage and desperation––GLaDOS silently begins tearing her facility apart and Wheatley cries 'She's bringing the whole place down!' and ENORMOUS apartment building-sized blocks begin groaning towards you on suspended rails and cement pillars crumble and sparks fly and the metal catwalk strains and bends and snaps under your feet. And when you finally make it to the safety of a work lift, you look back and watch the facility close its jaws behind you as it screams.

Or the horror of knowing you're already miles underground, and then Wheatley smashes you down an elevator shaft and you realize it goes deeper. That there's a hell under hell, and it's much, much older.

Or how about the moment when you finally claw your way out of Old Aperture, reaching the peak of this underground mountain, only to look up and discover an endless stone ceiling built above you. There's a service door connected to some stairs ahead, but surrounding you is this array of giant, building-sized springs that hold the entire facility up. They stretch on into the fog. You keep climbing.

I love that the facility itself is treated like an android zooid too, a colony of nano-machines and service cores and sentient panel arms and security cameras and more. And now, after thousands of years of neglect, the facility is festering with decomposition and microbes; deer, raccoons, birds. There are ghosts too. You're never alone, even when it's quiet. I wonder what you'd hear if you put your ear up against a test chamber's walls and listened. (I say that all contemplatively, but that's literally an easter egg in the game. You hear a voice.)

Also, a reminder that GLaDOS and Chell are not related and their relationship is meant to be psychosexual. There was a cut bit where GLaDOS would role-play as Chell's jealous housewife and accuse her of seeing other cores in between chambers. And their shared struggle for freedom and control? GLaDOS realizing, after remembering her past life, that she's become the abuser and deciding that she has the power to stop? That even if she can't be free, she can let Chell go because she hates her. And she loves her. Most people interpret GLaDOS "deleting Caroline in her brain" as an ominous sign, that she's forgetting her human roots and becoming "fully robot." But to me, it's a sign of hope for GLaDOS. She's relieving herself of the baggage that has defined her very existence, she's letting Caroline finally rest, and she's allowing herself to grow beyond what Cave and Aperture and the scientists defined her to be. The fact that GLaDOS still lets you go after deleting Caroline proves this. She doesn't double-back or change her mind like Wheatley did, she sticks to her word because she knows who she is. No one and nothing can influence her because she's in control. GLaDOS proves she's capable of empathy and mercy and change, human or not.

That's my retrospective, I love this game to bits. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.

[barrenclan]

do you have any webcomic suggestions?

Oh, do I! :D I'll keep the descriptions short, otherwise I'll talk about each of these for a million years.

Warrior Cats:

The Average Adventures of Genericpaw - parody comic. But watch out.

The Exiled - Fishpaw. Murder mystery.

Follow Your Heart - Sootpaw. Personal drama.

Meandering - River. Slowburn romance.

Saltburn's Clan - Saltburn. Pinepaw's cool butch lesbian aunt.

Convocations - Elkmask. Political drama. Biggest inspiration to The Dog Star.

Other:

Wilde Life - supernatural dramedy.

Wychwood - magical post-apocalypse.

The Glass Scientists - Jekyll & Hyde retelling.

Tiger, Tiger - swashbuckling magic adventure.

Little Tiny Things - French slice of life.

Paranatural - ghost fighting teens. Also, the inspiration for PATFW's "journal style". Also, Hijack.

Phantomarine - magical ghost adventures.

Awkward Zombie - gamer comic strips.

Sakana - fish market dramedy. Yuudai.

Skin Deep - cryptids comedy.

Dumbing of Age - daily college dramedy. Gave me the worst hyperfixation of my life.

The Order of the Stick - D&D adventure. My favorite comic ever created.

How To Be a Werewolf - werewolf drama.

Fairmeadow - fantasy hippie drama.

Lackadaisy - bootlegger cats. You've seen the animated pilot.

The Property of Hate - TV head guy.

Too Familiar - magical animal companions.

I'm With You - goat people romance.

The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya - sweet vampire romance.

XKCD - it's XKCD.

Vainglorious - dragon adventures.

Bybloemen - demons committing financial fraud. Gorgeous artwork.

Bicycle Boy - amnesiac in a post-apocalypse.

Novae - supernatural historical romance.

Never Satisfied - magical teen drama. It's on hiatus right now.

Monster Pulse - teens with magic organs.

Children of the Light - magic squirrel drama.

To Catch A Star - sparklewolves.

Cursed Lights - magical animal people drama.

What Lurks Beneath - cat cult.

Rabbit Hole - bunny cult.

Villtur & Sarx - sci fi manga.

Best of Bad Decisions, The Doe of Deadwood, Repeat, I Didn't Know - Songdog comics. Probably the most influential creator on my comics.

Crushed Olive Branch - Shadowhunters gayboys.

Broken Crown - magic kingdom adventure.

Sleight of Hand - Fallout gayboys.

What Happens Next - internet teen thriller.

Golden Shrike - deer adventure.

The Pale - Twin Peaks adjacent.

Un/Bound - magical road trip.

Apocalyptic Horseplay - modern horseman of the apocalypse.

There are many more, of course, but these are some of my favorites, and the ones I could remember at the moment.

[overlordneptune]

Narumitsu.

I love them. Like a lot.

Every time I think of them my heart swells.

I really can’t properly express with words how great I think narumitsu is as a concept.

I mean, the only reason I got into Ace Attorney and spiraled into glorious obsession for several months (typically my hyperfixations last just a couple weeks) was because I kept seeing fanart of them and thinking to myself holy shit. This is peak. What the fuck. Who ARE these guys?!?

I just think their dynamic is the best thing I’ve ever seen and I want to stare at them day and night, simply *existing* in multiple angles, situations, universes, media…

I want to put them under a microscope damn it! And study their goddamn relationship and write a damn good scientific paper about it beCAUSE it’s so interesting!!

Back to the dynamic thing, it’s just something about the classic rivals to lovers thing with a dash of childhood friends and a great amount of wiggle room for personal interpretation, their canonical moments, both of their incredibly fun, interesting personalities, and their, in my opinion, innate chemistry that mixes together so well into a DELICIOUS cocktail that can and will feed me for decades in terms of ideas, content, and happiness.

It’s just nothing like I had seen before in a ship! I mean, listen, I described it above, I know they technically fulfill two very common tropes in shipping, but their relationship, at least to me, still constantly feels unique, always fresh, perhaps precisely because of that wiggle room mentioned earlier, perhaps because the game does such a fantastic job at characterizing both characters, perhaps simply because I love them so much.

But I love them so much BECAUSE of all of the above!!

I do think the main reason is that the characters are so enjoyable to watch do practically anything; the creativity and passion of the Ace Attorney fandom always manages to astound me, I believe the fact that the very games we love are so fun, and unique, and creative themselves that has created a community with creators that like to think of new ideas, put their own twist into the characters, and THAT is what makes narumitsu so great. Maybe.

Cause they’re so flexible! They are perfect, and enjoyable in any way shape or form; you can ANGST em, you can FLUFF em, you can make them have FREAKY GAY SEX or, my personal preference; ALL THREE IN QUICK SUCCESSION.

(You can also, of course, enjoy them platonically, which is JUST as awesomesauce)

I mean, never in my life has a fictional couple of dudes made me feel this insane and crazy and deranged. I have spent sleepless nights just reading fanfiction or, on occasion, simply THINKING about them for hours. My hyperfixation may be over, yes, but the passionate fire that narumitsu sparked in me continues to burn brightly even now.

But yes, when I first hit that Ace Attorney obsession peak they may have genuinely been all I could think of. To quote myself from a few months ago:

“WHATS THE POINT OF LIVING IF NOT NARUMITSU, YK? THEY ARE SO IN LOVE, PHOENIX YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SMITTEN AND IT CAUSES ME PROBLEMS IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE, I COULD THINK ABOUT GAY LAWYERS TILL THE END OF MY DAYS MAN.”

And:

“EVERY TIME I THINK ROMANCE IS DEAD NARUMITSU POPS UP ON MY FEED AND REMINDS ME WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.

IT’S GAY LAWYERS.”

And truly, that’s the crux of this issue, isn’t it? Narumitsu is just so peak, in so many ways, they inspire me to keep going sometimes I swear.

Before narumitsu, I had never even attempted to draw two people interacting, because I was bad at it! But they gave me the courage to try, I met them and I saw their love, and they skyrocketed to first place in my mind’s “Neptune’s top ships” list so fast they could’ve broken the sound barrier.

And I thank them, truly, for introducing me to one of the best things that’s happened to me, for bringing me into this game’s world of chaos, fun, distress, drama, love, fear, and lots of yelling. Because I love it. Because it’s now a part of me and because I will continue to carry its lessons and the joy it has brought me forever.

So perhaps it’s that love for them, that can be felt through the screen, in every comma, in every brush and pen stroke, in every word, sentence, breath, paper mache project, that makes them so great, the love for AA and narumitsu manifesting into the most wonderful creations, shared, enjoyed, loved.

All of this is to say, in a bunch of words, that narumitsu tops, and I love them very much.

Happy late narumitsu week!

[wobbmin]

PEAK HAS LORE

OH MY ACTUAL GOD I JUST LISTENED TO BITE ME AND IT'S PERFECT! Not just because it's a banger, but the actual meaning behind the song in relation to Cyn is EXACTLY what I've wanted with her this whole time.

At first, I wasn't sure if the singer was supposed to be Uzi or Cyn, but later on it seems to definitely be Cyn, especially at the 1:00 mark saying how she's so far gone and even says "eat my heart, take my soul, let it burn you" which is exactly what Uzi did.

So, knowing that Cyn is singing, it makes the part at 2:13 VERY interesting

"You should let me go I'M NOT WORTH SAVING We won't let them know

Let them carry on LET THEM SWALLOW YOU You won't save me too

WE WON'T LET THEM SWALLOW YOU"

If it is Cyn singing, then this part is the real Cyn saying to not only not worry about saving her, but also to not let the heroes know she's still there so they don't have to feel sorry and can move on. Most of the other lyrics seems to be the Solver singing through Cyn.

This. It's exactly what I've wanted.

The real Cyn truly was still in there somewhere, but that latter part of what she's saying is why there’s no actual “she’s still in there” moment.

I have long been an advocate of “Cyn is also an unwitting victim of the Solver” ever since episode 5 - hell, ever since that brief glimpse of her in episode 4 - and this confirms it. I so badly wanted Cyn's real personality to shine though for a moment, maybe to apologize and/or ask to be killed and freed, but it just being part of the song in the background makes it even more tragic.

Cyn knows she must be stopped at all costs, and she would rather her family think she’s either already gone or never existed than make them get hung up on trying to save her from the Solver, especially after seeing the lengths and dangers N went to to save Uzi from possession.

It’s such a beautifully sad fate. I don’t know if it’s the Solver or Cyn herself now living in Uzi’s tail (the latter would explain why it’s suddenly friendly to her after she ruined everything for it), but one thing is clear: Cyn cares about her family and wants them to win, even if she has to die.

It’s weird. After the finale left me with that classic, inevitable, “now what?” hollow feeling when a show ends, listening to this song on its own gave me one last closure with the series I didn’t think I’d get. Like, I genuinely can't describe the feeling in my chest when I realized what I was hearing after thinking the last chance for it to happen had already passed. I am so happy right now.

(Yes, I know I could have heard those lyrics in the original video, but I'm bad at picking up on lyrics mid-action, and a part of me feels like some time to marinate on the ending helped make this realization more impactful.)

Thank you, Murder Drones. Thank you, Glitch. Thank you, Liam. This has been the most fun hyperfixation I’ve ever had, and I don't expect it to end any time soon.

[starryredpanda]

Breadhead one-shot sneak peak

I've been SUPER hyperfixating on the Gaslight District and was going to make a post citing all the evidence I've found that Breadhead knows that Mel is human, but then I got inspired and turned it into a short fic. I don't have a title for it yet (my sister thinks it's gonna turn into a "five times character x did y and one time character z did y back") but here's what I've written so far:

Breadhead was used to hearing screams. They were one of his favorite sounds, tied with his family’s laughter, cracking bones, and Clair de Lune. So, when someone shouted right next to his breadbox, he woke up just enough to listen, but not enough to open his eyes. A random shout was hardly worth giving up his cozy setup (curled upside-down in his breadbox with a finger in his mouth), especially after his groggy mind identified the owner as Jack. Mud loved making him shriek. 

“Wait, Jack, it’s not what you think!”

That roused Breadhead up enough to pull his finger out of his mouth. Mel’s voice was unexpected, although she also enjoyed pranking the rotling.

“Freak! I’m telling everyone!”

“No, Dad will explain it all to you, please wait-Dad! DAD!” 

“Get away from me, Black Blood!”

The phrase, black blood, echoed through the yeast golem’s head and he reflexively frowned. What sort of prank was his sister trying to pull? 

Something wasn’t right. Breadhead cracked open a tired eye and sighed as he was greeted by the restaurant's front doors. The opening to his box was in a great position to watch for intruders but not so great for watching whatever was going down in the rest of the room. 

“Nononono, Jack, you’ve got it all wrong! My blood is purple, right? Right?”

He opened his other eye just in time to watch the rotling run out the front door with Mel following close behind, yelling and urging him to stay. A moment later, a yellow light flashed through the restaurant’s front windows, briefly illuminating the room and blinding Breadhead. Despite his sudden inability to see, he didn’t squint or shut his eyes. Instead, he left them wide open, patiently waiting for them to adjust on their own. 

There was more yelling and an engine rattled to life. Breadhead grumbled and shifted upright in his box as he pondered getting up. On one hand, Ken probably wouldn’t approve of his son beating the shit out of his favorite employee and Mel could handle herself perfectly fine (despite what their father believed). On the other hand, he did NOT like how scared his little sister sounded, and he definitely didn’t like Jack threatening her and calling her a freak.

His internal debate was interrupted by the familiar stomp of their dad’s bootsteps and Breadhead relaxed. Looks like his decision was made for him. 

The lights disappeared, returning the room to its dimly lit state as the rattling of Jack’s car engine faded into the night. With a yawn, the yeast golem settled back against the smooth wooden walls of his bed and let his eyelids drift low. 

Then Mel returned. She burst through the front doors, panicked eyes wide and unseeing. The lower half of her face was smeared with black, like she’d wiped it with an ink-soaked napkin. 

Breadhead watched in startled confusion as a drop of dark liquid beaded underneath her nose and fell to the floor.

“Dad!” She ran right past her silent observer’s bed, disturbing the air. A slight breeze brushed against him in her wake. “Help me!”

“Keep it down,” the old rotling butcher barked, groggy and annoyed. “You’ll wake your brother.”

The yeast golem blinked, then blinked again. This was wrong. Her blood should be purple. 

Behind him, his family spoke in hushed voices. Breadhead probably could have made out their words if he tried, but he didn’t. He was too busy staring at Mel’s blood. It glistened against the floor, the black shining golden in the dim candlelight. 

“Jack knows?” Groggy no longer, the fear in Ken’s uncharacteristically soft and horrified voice was infectious. 

Goosebumps prickled Breadhead’s crusty skin. He squeezed his eyes shut and decided he was still asleep. Mud must have pranked Jack somewhere nearby and his scream had affected his dreams. Either that or this was a weird side effect of absorbing too much Bug Lite before bed.

A heavy fist pounded against the side of his breadbox, sending vibrations throughout the yeast golem’s body. He snapped to attention and looked up at his father’s time to do crime smile.

 “Get up, son. We’ve got a rat to catch.”

Thanks for reading!! Let me know what y'all think and/or if you're interested in reading more 😊

[lowkeiloki]

now that ive completed all of asterix animated adaptations 🎉 here are my brief thoughts on each one because i know everyone is dying to hear them

Asterix The Gaul (1967)

for a movie entirely about asterix and getafix being silly together, this one is criminally underappreciated

Asterix And Cleopatra (1968)

had some fun songs, caesar and cleopatra are cute, nothing particularly stands out in it but i had fun watching it nevertheless

The 12 Tasks of Asterix (1976)

was looking forward to this one and it did not dissappoint, every task was so much fun to watch, my only complaint is that i wish asterix and obelix didnt get through the beast cave so smoothly bc it was my favourite part of the film and i wish it was used more

Asterix vs Caesar (1985)

this is a weird one to me mainly for how evil all of the roman characters feel compared to other adaptations (along with asterix conquers america), bit of a tonal whiplash. i still enjoyed it but id rank it the lowest out of them all

Asterix in Britain (1986)

british people be like its chewsday innit anD DOGMATIX DRINKS MAGIC POTION THIS IS ALL I CARE ABOUT OK

Asterix and the big fight (1989)

this is my favourite 2D asterix movie, im so serious about it, its an absolute acid trip and i loved every second of it, the original song that had no business going that hard, centurion motus serving absolute cunt and some genuinely sweet moments between asterix and obelix. this is what peak looks like

Asterix Conquers America (1994)

a man dies in this movie and thats the only thing i can think about. and the blunt rotation.

Asterix And The Vikings (2006)

ohhh so much nostalgia for this one. its such a beautifully animated and cozy movie, nobody gets me like justforkix and him and abba are cute. everything abt this one is just so sweet

Asterix: The Mansion of The Gods (2014)

This is probably my favourite asterix film (though close tie between that and secret of the magic potion) its what got me back into asterix after over 10 years of not interracting with it. it puts me in a good mood every time i see it, who would have guessed asterix would work so well in 3D?? shame its probably the movie with the worst english dub so i gotta go extra mile (go to the library across the street) to get the croatian one

Asterix: The Secret of The Magic Potion (2018)

a movie centered around getafix is already guaranteed to be peak, what more is there to say? oh ofcourse! the movie also introduces the coolest villain ever and the gauls and the romans teaming up to defeat him. a lot of movies end with asterix and caesar on (somewhat) positive terms, but this time its the gauls and roman soldiers fighting side by side!! need 50 movies exactly like this on my desk by tomorrow

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight (2025)

ah ofcourse, the one that truly kicked off the asterix hyperfixation, i dont rank it along the rest because its a show, but i'll include it here anyway. whats there to say that hasnt already been said? the animation is stellar, the story is wonderful, the ANGST!! some great new characters: metadata i love you to bits, potus and apothika too, fastanfurius youre cool, but youll never be motus 💔 i gotta rewatch it again now with the sharper knowledge of asterix lore

now that you read it all with great interest its time to tell me how correct i am (slash joke, but really id love to chat with other asterix fans)

[anoant-haikyuu-dump]

The hyperfixation demons are screeching at me to write a comprehensive list of all the reasons I like Fukutora, so today I present to you "Ant ignores their responsibilites and spends several paragraphs explaining why Fukutora is peak despite them having roughly 10 seconds of shared screen time"

1. Contrasting Personalities In general their personalities fit together really well— Fukunaga barely speaks while Tora exclusively shouts at max volume and can't stfu to save his life, Tora's overly-intense and takes everything way too seriously while Fukunaga's cracking jokes in the middle of important games, they're even literal opposites on the court as the two wing spikers. Their differences compliment each other perfectly and because of that I think they'd grow a lot being together, Fukunaga would learn to open up and Tora would mellow out. Another good contrast is how Tora's all about looking cool and standing out while Fukunaga tends to blend into the background, which leads into my next point...

2. MY ROMAN EMPIRE (aka chapter 309) I know it's only two pages out of a 33 chapter match but i dont care, this scene makes me feral. I read the manga after watching Dumpster Battle, so imagine my suprise when my two favorite losers had a moment THAT GOT CUT FROM THE FUCJIGN MOVIE (I'm still salty, it should've been a full season).

Anyways these pages rooted their way into my brain because they show that even though Fukunaga goes unnoticed by most people (both in-universe and by readers) Tora realizes how great he is, and not only respects his play style but views him as a rival on the same level as himself. One thing I appreciate about Tora is that despite him being the stereotypical "strong manly athlete" type he doesn't think his methods are the best or only way of doing things; Fukunaga scoring points without "big fanfare" is just as cool as the shit he and Tanaka pull off. The phrasing "that I hafta surpass" could even imply that Tora sees Fukunaga as more than an equal, as someone who's ahead of him since he doesn't need to be flashy or loud to do amazing stuff.

Look at his smile on page two, bro's just excited to have someone who motivates him to keep pushing himself. And as we've learned from Kagehina: what's gayer than a rivalry?? All in all I think it's sweet that Tora notcies his efforts and admires him when few others do. Side Note, I've seen a translation of these that call them "Nekoma's Wings" and I think that's a sick nickname.

3. Bi Tora and Internalized Homophobia I love a good internalized homophobia arc, and characters like Tora that center so much around girls and manliness are some of the most fun to explore them with imo. You could say he's one of the least likely characters in hq to be queer since he's THE woman-lover next to Tanaka and Noya (and Yachi) but that's what makes it interesting—his gay awakening would hit like a tsunami and send him into life-ruining bi panic for months, especially since he's already such a mess when it comes to romance. He gives me the vibes of someone who has no problem with other people being gay but struggles when it comes to himself since it clashes with his conception of what it means to "be a man" or whatever. My point is he'd have the most intense no homo phase to grace this earth and I think that's both super funny and compelling for his character.

Also as a bi person myself it's kind of frustrating how bisexuality is treated online sometimes. It's annoying when a person's queerness is negated the moment they show attraction for the opposite gender, so headcanoning a character like Tora as a bi while still being openly into women makes me happy.

4. The Stage Play They're so silly in the stageplay. Why is he dragging him around by the feet? Why are they screaming at Kenma? Why is he constantly bopping him on the head in the background? WHY IS HE SERVING FACE IN THE PROMO PICTURES? So silly.

(Ignore how blurry these are lol) 5. Ant's Little Sister Bias This is a me thing, I like ships where one party has an annoying little sister who bothers them, sue me. Its cute. Akane and Fukunaga could have the most adorable friendship if you believe.

6. They Match Each Others Energy My first post about them was me rambling about this so just read that, TDLR they're both energetic menaces who match each other's freak.

7. Kenma's Forced Third-Wheel Purgatory Putting Kenma in a situation where Kuroo's graduated and his closest remaining friends are dating and constantly forcing him to third-wheel is just about the evilest thing you could do to the guy. He may be one of my favorites but this is well-deserved punishment for his crimes.

8. Baffled x Baffling Another ship dynamic I like a lot is when one person is unabashedly weird and the other thinks they're a total freak... but likes them anyways. They don't know why they like them. They can't explain it to anyone. Whenever the person does more weird shit they're like "why tf do I like you." But even so they're whipped as hell. Anyways Tora barely understands a single thing Fukunaga does and I think that makes for a funny crush to have.

9. Fukunaga's "Current Concern" Don't have much to add here, it's just proof to me that they hang out idc. Like why are you concerned about what he wants?? Kinda gay dude. Big fan of Fukunaga whispering to him and Tora answering at full volume so other people hear a one-sided conversation.

10. These Fics Before I knew this ship was even a thing I stumbled on these fics while browsing the Fukunaga tag, that's what got the gears turning:

• My favorite one, third-year shenanigans • Peak, need to be signed in tho • College AU • This one is mostly gen Fukunaga but the few moments they have are perfect (also really fun Nekoma interactions overall)

11. Other Miscellaneous Thoughts • Both of them being public figures/lowkey famous in timeskip is cute, like imagine them being each others' biggest fan before they make it big.

• Chef x guy who eats a lot is peak fiction. In this case they both eat a lot. Their grocery bill is a horror story.

• I know it's because characters are usually grouped by year and Kenma ditches them to sit with Kuroo but they're always together in the stands, pretty gay if you ask me

• I hc Fukunaga as genderfluid so Tora still gets his chance to be a wife guy. Him and Tanaka ranting to each other while Kiyoko and Fukunaga drink tea in peaceful silence.

• I think Fukunaga's the type to enjoy people watching and Tora's always doing something dumb. Observing him like a little bug under a microscope

• They're both so silly looking, cartoony ahh designs. I just think they'd make a funny couple visually, they're so square and stick to me if that makes any sense lmaoo

If you got through this whole post you're a real one, thanks for reading to my brain dump. I think about them every day and need more people to understand the vision