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the second panel was originally going to have words but I decided it was better without them

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color palette meme ➝ @renabug requested usagi tsukino + summer colors

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<- Sanemi simp posts masterlist

Fanart by @ N E R D on X

Literally died. Oh my god.

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Story:

His Collection:

Story Summary:

In a house where love is currency and daughters are debts, Mai writes her way through survival. After Maki leaves, abandoning her to the cold calculations of a clan that values strength over softness, Mai navigates by staying small enough to be overlooked—but not disposable. But when Naoya —cruel, calculating, impossible to please—starts pulling her closer. What begins as obedience becomes something far more dangerous: Attention.

Mai Zen’in fanfic (starring everyone in Zen’in clan, Kasumi Miwa, Aoi Todo, Momo Nishinoya and the kyoto cast.

Chapter summary:

After Mai helps a servant girl, Naoya decides to take his anger out on her. But it doesn’t go as planned.

Kasumi Miwa. Blue hair. Poor background. Was the only one in her family who could exorcize curses.

Did low-grade exorcisms for pocket change. Helped haunted families sleep again. Every yen went to feed her siblings.

Touching. Stupid. Real.

Which is more than I can say for most people here.

Said she saw me with Father at the exchange.

Wanted to introduce herself.

Got scared, so didn't. (Understandable—I probably looked like I was actively plotting a homicide.)

What’s not understandable is that she stalked me online, figured out where I lived, and walked to the estate like this was some kind of video game side quest.

Sheesh, email would've sufficed too.

“When I arrived, everyone laughed. Said I was in the wrong place.”

No shit sherlock.

Too bad she didn’t approach me at the event.

Could’ve been rejected by one asshole (me)instead of an entire lineage.

“But after explaining my purpose they said sure.”

That made me pause... why the hell—

“Well…” she fidgeted. “when they said theyd ‘endorse’… they meant something else.”

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New chapter:

What would Naoya say?

I glanced down at my hands—still faintly trembling from the residual energy in the archive. Not from exhaustion. From the flicker of something rarer. Stranger.

Pride.

That was the problem.

Because if I could feel it, he would too.

And not the good way.

Not in the “I’m so proud of you” way.

In the “who the hell do you think you are” way.

Read here

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Duel chapter release!

His Collection (naoya fanfic) read here

His Heart Beats (Toji fanfic) read here

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Ok. Yes i know im trash. I PROMISE i will release rhe next chapter of His heart Beats… in june. I’ve had a lot of work and with school out my kids are RELENTLESSS.

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New chapter out.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64570429/chapters/169654045

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Thank you all for your support on this fanfic.

I just didnt like how the Zen’in werent fleshed out. I dont HATE JJK Per say. Just hate the waste really.

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Lmaooooo to grow up in the 90s

Jumanji || 1995

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Wrote a fic on Mai and Naoya on AO3. Its written from Mai’s POV in diary format.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64570429/chapters/167013493

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a wonderful ao3 author note

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Kuramas midriff

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Who else is enjoying RK season2

🙋‍♀️

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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!