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"I want to be a dragon."

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it’s alive

i wrote this

poem

at

12:03

in the morning

my mind

drunk

off of exhaustion

unable to

weave together

coherent thoughts

but conscious enough to knit

this

frankenstein

of a

poem

together

though it may be a

monstrosity

what’s wrong with being a

monster?

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hast thou considered the Shope papillomavirus?

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reasons.

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A short comic I made about my experiences as a seasonal worker, and the way places change you.

Prints & PDF

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i LOVE holding people’s hands. romantic or not, i love it just hold my hand.

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What’s this? Silly ol’ me won a design contest? :3c

My winning entry for my local queer organization’s t-shirt art contest! If you’d like a shirt of your own, you can grab one on their website (they should be available soon!)

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“What if I write it and it’s bad-”

WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS GOOD? WHAT IF YOU WRITE IT AND ITS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED? WHAT THEN????

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Pigeon witch on the bus

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pokébabies pt. 3

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Redraw of an old Demon rengoku artwork of mine!

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So this clears the air--Sabito makes a roundabout acknowledgment of Giyuu feeling he did not prove himself, while also saving face for Murata, whom Sabito is grateful to. Giyuu understands Sabito's intentions, so he chooses not to argue and just do his best to accept being a Corp member. Murata also catches on to what Sabito meant, but Murata is also easy to mess with, so Sabito can't help himself with the opportunity to tease Murata by keeping his surname a secret (after Murata leaves the room, he warns Giyuu never to tell him). Murata knows what's up, so he retaliates by telling everyone who knows it to never to let Sabito know his personal name (and that is how I got around the name issue for this fun and stupid and short little fix-it AU).

So anyway, Sabito's arms got shattered when he broke the very hard neck of the Hand Demon, so he hangs out with Urokodaki during the long recovery, whereas Giyuu heals up quick and starts going on missions as soon as his sword is ready. On his first mission, he happens to take down a really, really impressive demon, and this rookie is suddenly the talk of the Corp (which Giyuu finds kinda unsettling, especially since the Final Selection shame is still fresh).

Sabito is proud of him, really--he just always thought they'd go on that first mission or two together, that's all. Sitting around and healing is making him irritable.

But he eventually does heal and they do eventually go on a bunch of missions together, as well as their own solo missions, as well as missions with Murata. Thanks to how easily Sabito cleared the air after the Final Selection, Murata is very comfortable with both of them and likes hanging out with them. The Sabito-Murata-Giyuu ranking system is an ongoing joke. At least, for Sabito and Murata it's a joke.

Yeah, it is rough to work as hard as Murata does and then have two friends like that. But if anyone can handle that and not feel his masculinity threatened, it's Murata.

And like, Murata's cultivator had to have known of Urokodaki. Maybe he even had a huge inferiority complex. Maybe Murata's cultivator has a dark and petty side, somehow taking satisfaction that at least he could train students to survive the Final Selection whereas for so many years, Urokodaki never could. That would be a very interesting angle to explore, especially for what it might say about Murata recognizing that darkness in a man he respects so much, but choosing not to carry that darkness himself. But this is a light and fun and stupid fix-it AU, there is no room for that here.

Sabito and Giyuu often train together, with Sabito never ever going easy on Giyuu, but Giyuu always seemingly effortlessly able to keep up. Sabito, recognizing that Murata is frustrated with his own limits, offers to train with him too. It is quickly apparent that the series of whacks is getting Murata nowhere, and Murata knows it, but he doesn't give up. This is why Sabito has a lot of respect for Murata. He's a man.

He's also easy to tease.

Sabito is shocked--he had no idea Giyuu was ever so close to attaining that, or how quickly Giyuu rose in the first place (Sabito of course has risen almost as quickly).

Giyuu is bashful and awkward about it, since he knows how much of a surprise it will probably come as. After all, he more or less kept his position a secret all this time. He kind of expects Sabito to be mad. Also, Giyuu believes from the very core of his being that had Sabito not injured his arms and they started going on missions at the very same time, Sabito would absolutely be the one in the Water Hashira position. Another reason that Giyuu expects Sabito to be mad.

Sabito is surprised, yes, but he wasn't exactly... mad. He's proud of Giyuu, but kind of hurt that Giyuu was so shifty about it. But anyway, he tries to congratulate Giyuu, but since Giyuu is acting like Sabito should be mad, well, it makes Sabito mad. A Hashira shouldn't be all mopey like that!

Anyway, Murata is aware of all this, he finds this breakdown of communication super awkward. He somewhat friendly, somewhat formally offers Giyuu congratulations, but then tends to hang out a bit more with Sabito (easy to hang out with a fellow non-Hashira, after all). He wants to make sure Sabito is alright (since a part of him wonders if Sabito is mad about Giyuu attaining that rank instead of him), and this provides Sabito the man-to-man opportunity to talk about his feelings and why this all feels so surprising, and kind of strange. Murata gets Sabito's side of the story about them becoming friends and training together on Mt. Sagiri, and how Sabito always felt he had to look out for Giyuu, and like he was the older/stronger/more willful/manlier one in the relationship. At some level, he always wanted to protect Giyuu, not be protected by him. (They have totally watched each other's back plenty in battle by this point.)

Murata hears Sabito out, but makes sure to push him to work things out so that he and Giyuu can be back on friendly terms. They have an important friendship--and Sabito must treasure it, for those sorts of friendships don't last long in this Corp. Plus, he's certain that Giyuu treasures it too.

Giyuu, all by himself (typical Water Hashira behavior), is really bothered by the distance he caused between himself and Sabito, and he really wants to bridge the gap. He finally gets an idea.

Giyuu had been admiring how nice it was for Kanae that she got to keep her sister around all the time for company since she was her Tsuguko, plus, it's a formal way of appointing someone with the skills to be a Hashira, so Giyuu thought that would show his respect for Sabito too. But yeah, there's still the issue of how a Hashira lords over a Tsuguko, so Giyuu totally blames himself for having insulted Sabito like that. So much for their friendship, Giyuu will just embrace being all alone, going along his Hashira duties like nothing else matters, certainly not himself...

...meh, but that doesn't last for long, because Murata helps push them along to talk things out. Giyuu immediately apologizes for having taken the Water Hashira role that rightfully should have been Sabito's. Sabito insists that Giyuu is the right person for the role, and that he has always, always acknowledged Giyuu's talent.

When Giyuu tries to insist his skills are nothing compared to Sabito's strength, Sabito stops him and insists that Water Breath takes many forms. Giyuu's finesse is like a deep, still lake that rises like a tidal wave to swallow enemies whole--it is so far beyond the average Water Breath user's gentle sprinkle of water (Murata is totally hearing all of this and not pleased).

Giyuu takes this chance to explain that he offered the Tsuguko position to Sabito because he already sees him having Hashira caliber and just wanted a reason for them to go on missions together. Sabito gives Giyuu that bittersweet smile, but says that the Tsuguko position would be wasted, for he'd have nothing to learn from Giyuu. His own Water Breath is too different, too thrashing and active to benefit from learning from Giyuu's patient style. Sabito must follow his own path.

Instead, he hopes that Giyuu will instead take great care of Murata, who surely stands to learn a great deal from Giyuu as a Tsuguko. Giyuu doesn't know what to say, but his heart leaps at the realization that he truly is a Hashira, and that even he is capable of raising a true Tsuguko.

Murata is standing beside them, gaping, for no one ever asked him his thoughts about this.

Anyway. Nobody dies. Sabito is miffed about Tanjiro moving through training so quickly with one-on-one attention from Urokodaki that is too loving and gentle so he insists that Tanjiro not go to the Final Selection until he can break the rock (which Urokodaki finds ridiculous, because that was only ever a formality, but hey, Sabito knows a thing or two about surviving the Final Selection so Urokodaki says 'fine' and leaves Tanjiro at the rock for a year). Murata never really gets that much better, but he does benefit from training with Giyuu. They're all friends forever and ever. The end.

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Kimetsu no Yaiba Databook Translations

@knybits @kimetsu-no-yaiba-imagines

Some translations and additional info from the latest databook:

Ages, Heights, and Weights

Amane Ubuyashiki - 27

Tanjiro - 15 - 165cm, 61kg

Nezuko - 14 - 153cm, 45kg

Zenitsu - 16 - 164.5cm, 58kg

Inosuke - 15 - 164cm, 63kg

Genya - 16 - 180cm, 76kg

Kanao - 16 - 156cm, 46kg

Tomioka - 21 - 176cm, 69kg

Rengoku - 20 - 177cm, 72kg

Uzui - 23 - 198cm, 95kg

Tokito - 14 - 160cm, 56kg

Shinobu - 18 - 151cm, 37kg

Mitsuri - 19 - 167cm, 56kg

Obanai - 21 - 162cm, 53kg

Sanemi - 21 - 179cm, 75kg

Himejima - 27 - 220cm, 130kg

Hobbies

Tanjiro - Headbutting, Cleaning

Nezuko - Sewing

Zenitsu - Hanafuda, Sugoroku

Inosuke - Anything taught to him by Tanjiro

Genya - Bonsai

Kanao - Blowing soap bubbles

Tomioka - Tsume Shogi

Rengoku - Noh and Kabuki, watching sumo wrestling

Uzui - Wives & Onsen visits, searching for secret hot springs

Tokito - Kamikiri, Origami

Shinobu - Ghost stories

Mitsuri - Cooking, Menko (card game)

Obanai - Senryu, Haiku, watching candy sculpting

Sanemi - Raising japanese rhinoceros beetles

Himejima - Shakuhachi

Favorite foods

Tanjirou - tara no me

Nezuko - konpeito

Zenitsu - sweet foods, expensive foods (like unagi)

Inosuke - tempura

Giyuu - salmon daikon

Rengoku - sweet potato miso soup

Uzui - fugu sashimi

Tokitou - daikon white radish with miso sauce

Shinobu - ginger flavored tsukudani

Mitsuri - sakuramochi

Iguro - shredded kombu

Sanemi - ohagi

Himejima - takikomi gohan

Genya - watermelon

Kanao - anything that Aoi makes, ramune

Taisho rumors

Tanjiro - he gets hard-headedness(literally and hardhead as in stubborn) from his mother. He knows how to talk to animals but he has a hard time interacting with insects.

Nezuko- her specialty is using an abacus at high speed. She’s destroyed 7 abacus so far. Just like Tanjiro and her mom’s headbutts, Nezuko has a fearsome forehead flick. She thinks Zenitsu is a strange dandelion.

Zenitsu - recently he has been playing sugoroku (a type of board game) with Tanjiro and the others. Because he never had friends before, he never played it. He likes to play ‘kotorokotoro’ (another kind of game) but because he always loses, he has become stressed — the game has something to do with 4 kids in one line and 1 kid is the ‘demon’ and you lose if you get touched or something

Kokushibou - having 6 eyes doesn’t confuse him, but I think other people who look at him may be confused

Shinobu - the length of her hair goes down to her collarbones and its done in a style called ‘yakai-maki’ (kind of like an updo). She gets along well with Mitsuri because of them both being women. Mitsuri is teaching her high-collar (westernized) cooking.

Sanemi - the character “kill” in his haori embodies his desire to “kill all demons.” He always keep his uniform open to expose his chest and is proud of his pectoral muscles. Perverted isn’t it?

Genya - because he has no talent as a swordsman, his mental state was driven into a corner and he ate a demon. There he discovered this idiosyncrasy as his own ability.

Breaths

Breath of Love is an offshoot of Flame

Breath of Insect was created because Shinobu could not learn Flower breathing

Breath of Snake comes from Water breath

Breath of Beast comes from Wind even if is unintentional

Breath of Rock has no offshoots

Breath of Sound comes from Breath of Lightning

Birthdays, Birthplaces to follow and some summaries of Novel stories

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this is important

One day you think: I want to die. And then you think, very quietly, actually I want a coffee. I want a nap. A sandwich. A book. And I want to die turns day by day into I want to go home, I want to walk in the woods, I want to see my friends, I want to sit in the sun. I want a cleaner room, I want a better job, I want to live somewhere else, I want to live.

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A feast for kings

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cerberus is a borzoi

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