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imagine being kou’s gf and you go to meet the mukamis for dinner and see yuma… like damn i chose the wrong one huh

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switch up your verbs (part one) ~

walked - hiked - moved - shuffled - toddled - sauntered - ambled - tiptoed - meandered - strolled

laughed - chortled - chuckled - giggled - snorted - guffawed - howled - snickered - shrieked

wanted - ached for - wished - craved - coveted - fancied - pined - aspired

ran - sprinted - galloped - scampered - bolted - trotted - dashed - raced - jogged

jumped - bounced - hopped - leapt - hurtled - vaulted - barged - bounded

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A Tale of Three Jeans, Special Episode

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50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:

stated

commented

declared

spoke

responded

voiced

noted

uttered

iterated

explained

remarked

acknowledged

mentioned

announced

shouted

expressed

articulated

exclaimed

proclaimed

whispered

babbled

observed

deadpanned

joked

hinted

informed

coaxed

offered

cried

affirmed

vocalized

laughed

ordered

suggested

admitted

verbalized

indicated

confirmed

apologized

muttered

proposed

chatted

lied

rambled

talked

pointed out

blurted out

chimed in

brought up

wondered aloud

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)

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𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐒𝐡𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢 [𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏] 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞!

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This man sleeps 25/8 so obviously his voice is gonna reflect that

When he speaks, it’s really hard to hear him clearly. It’s almost as if every word is purred out of his mouth with no regard for you.

This man’s voice HAS AN EFFECT because the first time you hear it, you’re like “??” It’s so warm and ear-catching that you have to double take if it even came from Shu in the first place.

He’s soft-spoken but don’t mistake it as him being gentle-hearted. Most people attribute that any soft trait to a person is immediately them being cutesy, adorable, delicate or emasculated; think of those ‘uwu’ boys.

But he’s really not. The only reason why Shu is soft-spoken is because he doesn’t want to exert more effort than he’s already doing by talking with you. It’s the same feeling as when you wake up in the morning and get that brief ten seconds of coming back to Earth from your slumber. That is how Shu feels constantly and his speech is physically affected by that.

It’s deep. Not low, deep. Mostly because there’s mucus he hadn’t coughed out yet. His throat is so engulfed in mucus that he has to pardon himself to a nearby restroom just to cough for seven minutes straight; gargles and all.

He speaks slow and most of his words are slurred. It’s a miracle if you can even comprehend what he’s saying most of the time. Man’s unbothered and won’t change how he speaks for anyone.

His sentences end with a subtle ‘uh’ sound and he over-pronounces his ‘s. When he was younger, Shu would often place his tongue at the front upper teeth when it was at rest. This causes him to have a speech impediment until Beatrix caught wind and immediately tried to forcibly fix it.

Now he has trauma and sounds like a snake.

If you were his lover, then holy shit it’s a different experience. When you two are cuddled up in bed and a calm rain is shaking the roof up, you’ll hear nothing but quiet suggestive remarks about what you two could do to shut the rain up and silence it.

If his voice was a food, it’d be 65% dark chocolate with honeyed almonds and dried raspberries pieces in it. The dark chocolate leans towards the bitter side rather than the sweet side ratio.

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Vocabulary is at an all-time high. He’s not gonna explain what most of them mean so prepare to be annoyed and have your blood pressure raise by 15%.

His voice is in the same range as Shu’s but it’s higher due to the fact that he has to raise the pitch constantly for his voice to be audible. Shu doesn’t care if anyone understands him, Reiji does.

It has caused times where the pitch has varied so much that Reiji almost erased his darker-sounding tone of voice so he had to re-learn how to use his chest voice again.

He always sounds snarky. It doesn’t matter what’s currently happening, snark is going to be inevitable with this man. It’s also the same with how uptight he is. You’ll always find yourself expecting some sort of sarcastic retort but never a genuine compliment from him. Reiji knows the effect of what Praise has on others but can’t find that balance between sounding sincere and sounding like David Brent.

The best way to describe his voice is Noir Detective Jazz: it’s somberly brooding, perfect for late nights and comforting. But it takes a while to get used to and not all people would choose Noir Jazz to drown out the sound of proud arrogance, aka Reiji’s personality and inferiority complex.

There’s a slight growl in Reiji’s speech. When he had to re-learn how to get back his previous voice, there was a period where he struggled in tone because it sounded like he was forcing his voice. Now, he has gotten a large portion of his past voice back thanks to lots of diaphragm breathing techniques but there’s still that little growl that’s stuck with him and he absolutely despises it with his entire being. 

Why? Because it’s one of his biggest issues that he deems as an imperfection within himself. If the growl is still stuck, then he’s not the “Perfect Capable Son of Karlheinz” he portrays himself as. It gives him major discomfort and is a mental roadblock for him.

𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢'𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟎𝟎:𝟑𝟓

put in headphones if you can

might make a moaning version xx /hj but idk how strict tumblr is with audio nsfw

rest in piece to that one tumblr channel where all the vids of all the diaboys moaning were there. yes even flat-assed karl was included

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I played a little bit with fire a decided to do a...

-> Style Challenge

It basically consists of trying to draw in a recognized style, whether it's from a manga, show, anime... it doesn't matter, the important thing is diversity, get out of your comfort zone and experiment.

Styles used:

- Disney [More focused on Tinkerbell and Ariel, as their faces fit Irina better]

- Boku no Hero Academia

- Steven Universe [Drawing Irina as a moonstone gem]

- Kimetsu no Yaiba

- Diabolik Lovers anime version

- Diabolik Lovers game version

- Tim Burton

- Houseki no kuni

- Sailor Moon

- Beastars [Yeah I know... *sobs*]

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can ask be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations, dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

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THEY UPDATED THE JP LOADING SCREEN

AAAAAAAA

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Otome Merch Sale

hello everyone! i’m trying to sell my otome merch duplicates. my intention is to get rid of them, not to make a profit so i am not making them more expensive than retail. if anyone is interested, please send a dm of what you’d like and i can sell through mercari. US only!

ukyo set: $10 plus shipping

shin and carla heart compact mirror: $15 plus shipping

everything else: $5 each plus shipping

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i want them so bad

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my diaboy plushies! here’s kino, subaru, and kanato!

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i have so many merch duplicates ahhh! trying to resell from gachas is such a pain bc i’m too lazy to take pictures of everything and go to the post office... but then again i shouldn’t just hoard all of this... oh rejet

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i’m debating whether or not to get those diaboy plushies i saw available for preorder on skit dolce the other day

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Last weekend I took the boys to a cafe.

They weren’t too happy about cramped traveling method but we still got there without too much trouble.

The coffee was almost as tall as Ruki 🤭 

And I think Shuu fell asleep next to the sandwich… eyes open though. Such a skill!

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Hanami with soft little guys 🌸

This morning I took Reiji, Shin, Takami and mini-Shin to local park for annual sakura viewing and photoshoot. Not that much people on that hour of the day yet so it was really worth it! 🥰💕

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💍 Groom Ruki 💍

Absolutely in love with this new outfit for him. It’s custom-made. When I bought it, I totally thought it was just the outfit, so you can imagine my surprise when a whole new Ruki popped his head out. What a pleasant surprise indeed. 💖