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since fall and s7 is upon us soon and this was such a blast last year, casually putting out an interest check! feel free to like/reblog/comment if you may consider participating in a potential hexfest 2k24 edition 👀

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thank you everyone for participating in this year's horrible exorcists birthday bash!!!!! it was such a joy to see everyone's energy and creativity in so many different formats appreciating our best worst boys 🦎🎯

a reminder that if you haven't had a chance thus far, now is a great time to go browse all the contributions on this blog and show them and the creators some love 💌

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just a reminder that even though the best worst boys' bdays are officially over, the #hexfest2k23 tag will continue to be tracked until end of november in case people want to continue celebrating a little longer 🎉🎉🎉

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if you haven’t seen our beautiful collab yet, go go go! in fact go check out all entries at @hexfest celebrating this double scorpio bash!

for those of you who are curious to see the art as WIP, here are a couple of process stages, designed to reflect their dynamics in highschool flashbacks, at the start of the manga (so much drama and knives!) and towards the current chapters (divorce on hold, barging into boardrooms to collect each other and go rescue nastume, wistful little loquats aughrh!) it’s like in her infinite wisdom midorikawa-sensei saw the commotion in the bar, and said softly “here is what you want vs what you need” and our worlds were rocked again.

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famous actor Natori Shuuichi day 🗣️🗣️🗣️

bonus sketches :)

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bringing your bae to clan meetings

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timepiece

[ ao3 / ff.net ]

Natori has an appointment.

to go with my headcanon

—

Natori is in a bit of a hurry, but what's new?

He takes the few steps down to the shop, then he's through the door, leaving the street’s noise behind. Whatever comes with him is soundly dampened, sinking into upholstery and wood.

The maze of furniture has shifted, even from last week. A sign of good business, right? Today, it's a hard right toward the familiar sound of the radio skipping in and out of frequency. Being just below ground level has more of an effect than he would expect.

The sights are new as Natori makes his way through. A set of high-backed dining chairs. Ornately carved end tables. A slightly imposing, towering armoire. Miraculously dust-free as usual, the low light catches on the polished wood.

In contrast, the wide plank of the floor has long since lost its varnished shine, its creaks and groans. The past couple of times Natori was here, Mori-san mentioned that it would soon need to be redone or replaced. Natori thinks it a shame but can understand the danger of old wood in a place like this, with glass cabinetry and ancient furniture.

Still, not yet, as these kinds of projects go. Time will tell, he’d said, and the irony is hardly lost here.

Natori ducks through the chandeliers. Brushing by the hanging crystals sets off a soft, tinkling song. Near the back of the shop, things start to shrink. After all, they must fit neatly into glass cases and displays, along narrow velvet-lined shelves.

“Natori-san. Just in time.”

The small, charming thought takes root in his mind. “A pun?”

The watchmaker’s smile is always easily given, and his response is playfully rueful. “I don’t think I, of all people, have any right to deny it.”

Natori laughs.

—

Antique furniture evaluation and restoration, watch and jewelry repair too. Natori suspects that Mori-san wears many hats as he has yet to meet his business partner.

He’s honored that Natori thinks so but says he’s happier dealing with the fine and finicky. With hooks, eyes, and chains. With miniature mechanism and tiny ticking gears. Better him than Natori, who would sooner lose patience with such little things.

An offer of tea is made though he has come to expect Natori’s answer.

“Unfortunately, I’ve got to run.”

“Keeping busy as usual.” Mori-san nods approvingly, then brightens. “That reminds me, I’ve just seen your latest drama!”

In short order, Natori’s modesty and a slight embarrassment flare up and Mori-san heeds none of it, going on to highlight all his favorite parts. Natori can only let his enthusiasm wash over him and finds that he is comfortable.

—

There are some vague stresses in the leather band that Mori-san diligently points out. Nothing major yet, no worries. Simply something to keep in mind for the future. Everything else is running just fine.

“So, there we are.” Natori’s left wrist regains the familiar weight. He’s missed it.

“Thank you, it’s always good to see you.”

“And to have your watch back, of course.”

“Only since you do such a good job.” And so, Mori-san is summarily humbled and they are even.

—

He doesn’t have much more time to linger so he retraces his path back to the front. The chandeliers sing their goodbye and the doorbell chimes its farewell.

Until next time, they say.

Natori looks forward to it.

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My approximately one (1) headcanon for Natori is that he has a nice watch.

Respectable brand name. Manually wound with a leather band that is comfortably worn by now. Understated, reliable, everyday wear.

He bought it with his first acting paycheck(s) and keeps it well-maintained. Insured, of course. He doesn't wear it during exorcist work.

It is a thing all his own that he acquired through his own means. It's special to him.

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my horrible exorcists red carpet delusion

(happy belated birthday natori!!)

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Its Natori's bday so I figured I'd finally get around to finishing the horrible exorcists version of the series of eye focused portraits I've been doing of the Natsuyuu characters!

Originally I was going to just to one pic for them, but I couldn't decide whether to have their eyes covered or not, so I went with both lol

Also now that the set is finished, I've uploaded all of them to my inprnt if you want prints of them:

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water under the bridge | a(nother) natori shuuichi/matoba seiji fanmix

featuring cover art by the incredibly talented and wonderful @izumisays

tracklist + lyrics + notes below:

i.

HEALTH x PERTURBATOR - EXCESS [i didn't do it / i didn't do it for love / what did i do it for]

FOREIGN AIR - IN THE SHADOWS [i know you could hear me / but you pretend you don't have a heart]

OWEN PALLETT - PEACH, PLUM, PEAR (JOANNA NEWSOM COVER) [now its done / watch it go / you've changed some / water runs from the snow]

TAMER - BEAUTIFUL CRIME [when the sun sets we're both the same / half in the shadows / half burned in flames]

PARIS JACKSON - SCORPIO RISING [you're my stained gauze / you are all i've got]

BRETON - PARTHIAN SHOT [you can cover up what you want / cover up what you are]

ii.

DOL IKARA - STONE TOWERS [what am i here for / i've gone astray / what are you here for / now i'm your decay]

TRILLS - SPEAK LOUD [you and me after / you and me before / time splits in two / on both sides of the door]

CHARLOTTE MARTIN - CUT THE CORD [we're too weak too strong / to cut the cord]

ADELE - WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE [if i'm not the one for you / why have we been through what we have been through]

LUDOVICO EUNAUDI - LOW MIST VAR 2. DAY 1 [instrumental]

DAUGHTER - SWIM BACK [i'd just need to erase distance / find a hole in the ocean / swim backwards]

iii.

TEGAN AND SARA - BACK IN YOUR HEAD (DEMO) [i'm not unfaithful but i'll stray / when i get a little scared]

AGNES OBEL - FAMILIAR [can you walk on the water if i / you and i / or keep your eyes on the road and live the familiar / without you and i]

MARIKA HACKMAN - REALITI (GRIMES COVER) [when we were young we used to live so close to it / and we were scared and we were beautiful]

MACHINEHEART - LOST TIME [i'm thinking about the last time / i wanna try again / i'm pushing on the rewind where it all began]

PVRIS - OLD WOUNDS [they say don't open old wounds but i want to / i think i could love you till the day that you die]

FOALS - MILK & BLACK SPIDERS [and i know you're still with me / you're my compass and my sea]

notes:

endless amounts of love and gratitude for dearest izumisays who put the cherry on top of my scorpio season with the offer to create a cover for yet another one of my little fanmixes! i now desperately need to hang this in the louvre and my wall because i cannot stop gazing at it in awe and adoration and feel the need to make everyone else do the same 🥰

we had talked about the vibe for this being inspired and informed by the transition from the sharp edges of their earlier dynamic to the recent (incredibly! surreal!) gentler pause in divorce coexistence that manga canon has been gifting us. as a result, it wound up much mellower and maybe even cautiously hopeful(?) in parts compared to those before (ie. the overall aesthetic contrast/narrative progression from here still hecks me up in the best way)

not sure how much tumblr may be messing with the resolution so full-view probably best and pls also appreciate seiji's tiny proposal loquat[TM] in the last pic! :D

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[ID from alt: sketchy natsuyuu fanart of natori standing with forearm crutches and matoba hugging him from behind. matoba's head is nestled into natori's shoulder and natori tilts his head to nuzzle back and smile at him]

approaching the lad's birthday now...!! i have to be kind to him too he is made for hugging

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matoba seiji-centric; g; ~400 w.

How far back would he need to go? The very first person to ever have carried this name? The first promise unfulfilled? That game could get dangerous if not downright exhausting fast. [meditations on estranged siblinghood]

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[ID: three natsuyuu fanarts focused on matoba 1. younger seiji and shinobu sitting together while seiji looks thru the cat catalogue, shinobu smiling as if listening to him talk 2. matoba, natori, and nanase in a room full of exorcist tools, dressed for business. matoba surveys the room while natori, in conversation with nanase behind him, keeps an eye on him 3. matoba and natori in winter clothes walking together. matoba, slightly in front, looks neutrally over his shoulder at natori, who looks away in disgust]

found my comfort zone of taking random voy screenshots to draw over for compositional funsies and OF COURSE had to turn most of them into exorcists for liminal scorpio connectivity season. sorry its so fun for me to bring out the unromantic stuff for them for event art lol had "bro he is literally just standing there" stuck in my head drawing the last one. be nice natori u___u;; hes a little birthday boy

original screencaps (dont read into any of them lol):

[janeway talking to harry, saying comfortingly, "you come through for us."]

[seven in foreground focus looking around maybe warily while janeway talks to some rando in the background and other people work]

[janeway and seven stand together in 4:3 ratio closeness, mid conversation with unknown expressions]

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@hexfest crowd i have another job for you. what is this?

natori's petty revenge, coz anything you can do he can do pettier. sorry did you say prettier? i stand by what i said

it's just a job god the man has to earn a living somehow. harper's bazaar paid him so that he can pay his rent and bulk-order bucket hats

they are the most overdressed pair at local fireworks festival. natsume is seriously ashamed to admit he knows either of them

other, please explain

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special chapter 15 romeo & juliet balconyesque scene redraw (yeah you all know the one)

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[ID: Natsume Yuujinchou fanart. Matoba is crouching on the ground next to a cat and dangling a toy to try and get its attention. The cat is contently licking its paw and ignores him. End ID]