#(Asks // Katia)

[littleshysheep-at-da]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KUMO DESU POSTS I GOT INTERESTED AND STARTED READING VOLUME 1 AND NOW I'M ON VOLUME 6 AND IT'S 3 AM I CAN'T STOP READING I'M ADDICTED THIS IS TOO GOOOOOD

EHEHEHEHHE :3c

SUCCESS IN PITCHING KUMODESU MWHAHAHAHA. THANK YOU FOR THE EGO BOOST!!!! I’m still kinda terribly Self Conscious about Posting my Opinions and Headcanons (to the point I'm aware I probably read like I'm Fishing For Compliments and Super Annoying when I always bring it up but I try to keep that to a minimum...) but the Response I have gotten has made me feel so GOOD. I’m so incredibly glad everyone likes my KumoDesu musings I think about this Series like 24/7 ngl so it’s very validating.

My biggest hope is to spread my Ships because it is CRIMINAL there is not more Shiroai x Ariel Content and once you see Shun x Katia x Kyouya you can’t unsee it (I think about this OTP and this OT3 basically 24/7 also I will DIE ON THIS HILL SHIPPING THESE). Like I need more people on this. I always want to make more Content for them but have had some massive Fatigue and Art Issues lately so I will settle for Ranting about it so much that I end up living rent free in everyone’s minds lol.

Also free like I should apologize for how many KumoDesu Spoilers you probably get here haha (Tagging Kyouya’s name is lit a Spoiler, he is a Spoiler lol). But hey! Sometimes I think you only get interested once you know a couple Spoilers! So it probably works out! KumoDesu is a… bit convoluted ngl so maybe Spoilers actually gave you a better idea about what it’s about lol!

[literally-in-too-many-fandoms]

the only thing i care about in this game is that there are trains in it

[meegan420]

Hi I love your creations and was wondering if you would make a Saiki K hampter or kitty gif PWEAZE I think that would be Super Cute <3

My twin sister’s hampter Victor

The Disastrous Life of Sakai K (my twin sister’s cat Katia)

TYSM✨💖✨I hope you like them.I hope you have an amazing weekend :)

[chenziee]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Did I purposely wait to answer this until after the @/truffyfest creator reveals? Maybe.

Thanks Katia, for the opportunity to yell about these again xD 🤍

Ash (part 3 of the Ashes of Life series) The only thing more terrifying than losing someone you love is watching that person's life burn out right in front of your eyes, the ashes scattering until there's nothing left. Also look at this art. Look at it. LOOK.

Debt Repaid (part of @/truffyfest) It was a day like any other. A quiet little port town on a small spring island, beautiful and peaceful, almost picturesque. The Thousand Sunny and the Polar Tang were bathed in sunlight, the water around them sparkling like a sea of jewels. A perfect day, a perfect setting for the two allied crews to take a much needed break after travelling for weeks. At least... That was how it was supposed to be. MIND THE WARNINGS AND TEAGS PLEASE

Until We Drown (part 2 of Until we drown series) When the Straw Hats call you claiming an emergency, it can mean anything from 'We're surrounded by Big Mom, Kaido, Blackbeard, and the Navy, send help' to 'Luffy ate the last piece of cake and now there's chaos' and honestly, Law's long given up on trying to figure out where he stood on the emergency scale. But, well, bringing over as much food as he possibly could wasn't the weirdest request they've ever made of him anyway. This series will always be my baby <3

World Economic Journal - Grand Line Edition (part of @/truffyfest) Straw Hat Luffy and Trafalgar Law: more than an alliance?! (Read full article on page 56.) This whole thing is so silly and I had so much fun with it you don't understand ahahaha

Corazon (written for @/opwarlordzine) Doflamingo had spent years building his deck of cards. The clubs. The diamonds. The spades. He finally found his hearts again... only to watch them crumble into nothing. This one was such a challenge to wrrite and I'm so proud of how it came out ;__;

[eldritch-spouse]

Hey Katia, which of your boys caused you the most trouble?

" I get asked this so much... " The she-demon sighs, running a hand through her ever so slightly grayed hair.

" The first mistake you made is assuming they weren't all equally troublesome- " Katia starts. " The second is not asking how they teamed up to cause the most trouble. "

She tuts for a second, remembering something awful most likely, though there's no malice in her face. " They more than make up for their attitudes back then. "

[tarydarrington]

Ooooh!! I'm very intrigued by...

love is in the air (i just gotta figure out a window to break out)

Also Hi :)

hi!! :)

@quinn-of-aebradore

caleb spent so much time during the campaign focused on saving his parents; this one is about him grappling with the fact that he doesn't have to plan his future around that anymore, and specifically being very skittish about the fact that there's no real reason why he and essek can't be together long-term.

a lot of what i've written has been scenes that compare and contrast essek with astrid, wulf, jester, and veth, so i don't have a fun excerpt for this one, but here's something fun that did come up:

it took me so long to find a way to contrast essek and astrid/wulf properly because i kept coming up with scenarios that could work, then realizing that they already happened in canon. a fight where essek chooses caleb over trent while astrid and wulf initially back trent? that happened! essek helping caleb however he can in spite of the danger to himself while astrid and wulf want to help but are only willing to go so far? that happened! we were so spoiled by c2.

also, the title and some inspiration were taken from fake out by fall out boy.

[essayofthoughts]

📓 also hi <3

Hello dear!

#6 on my little list is "Pelor, sunrise, sunset and noon, rituals" which is to say thoughts about the use of sunlight and the sun's position in the sky for people of the Pelorian faith!

I've explored this a little already in my Delia AU with regards to baptisms - do you celebrate it at the dawn of a new day to mark the dawn of a new life, or do you do it at sunset, to protect the new member of the faith going into the dark? Similarly, marriage - dawn to indicate the start of a new stage of life, noon when the sun is at it's peak in the sky to indicate the peak of joy, or sunset, to carry sunlight into the darkness?

And... maybe it's the archaeologist in me, but I think it's perfectly possible that all are used, with the symbolism very important in that! How many children in Whitestone during the occupation might have been named and blessed at sunset, so they could carry that protective sunlight blessing into the dark, to keep them safe from the vampire spawn that roamed? How many married at sunset, to avoid the eye of the Briarwoods?

Similarly, while I think most funerals, especially burials, would be at sunset - to mark the closing of a life - I could also see cremations being done at noon - the body being burned up and so freeing the soul to fly up not just to the sun in the sky but up through the planes to Pelor in Elysium. (I wonder too if some fallen timber from the Sun Tree was burned, to guide the dead home.)

I imagine too, after the occupation, burial fell out of favour despite how prevalent it had historically been - the de Rolos buried their dead, but all the dead rose at the command of Delilah Briarwood. I think there'd be many years in which cremation - the cleansing, burning fire of the sun, rendering a body down to ash - was preferred even after Whitestone was freed.

I think if you wanted you could take cues from Ancient Egyptian worship of Ra, Khepri and even Aten and that'd certainly make for some fun worldbuilding but for me at least, I like to think specifically about the symbolism in the rituals more than the rituals necessarily themselves. Sunlight is such a powerful, encompassing concept, but sunlight casts a shadow and I think the options that presents are fun to explore!

send in “📓” and I’ll roll a d10 and ramble some worldbuilding thoughts

[sugarysketches]

I know they're new, but could you talk more about Clement? I fucking love him so much already

I FORGOR I HAD THIS ASK BUT YES I CAN!!!!!!

Clement has a very good eye for fashion, and is really good at helping people find their own style... They just prefer a pretty simple style for himself! They're a p friendly guy, but not the most outspoken and can be a bit spineless(ha) at times; likes collecting fruit themed mugs.

He is also the Community Leader of Ruteceae! A sunny town on the outskirts of a large forest, very popular place for designers and the fashion savvy :3 It also has a big market for citrus fruits... He's also the shortest Community Leader.

[littleshysheep-at-da]

Hello, I hope you are well. Can you please share some headcanons and canon reflections about Karnatia and Schlain? I really loved the ones that you did for Wrath. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for the well wishes! I’m still VERY ill but have a support system trying to get me help ☺️ so we keep chugging! Still won’t be super active here but I LOVE answering these asks 💕

And THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VALIDATION ❤️?! Like I am so incredibly happy people enjoy my ranting and want to hear/value my opinion, it’s wild and super enjoyable.

Still considering just posting my whole current Kumoko Headcanon (I have expanded some points from previous Kyouya/Wrath one too haha) but it’s suuuper long and I am CONSTANTLY adding too it. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Kyouya is def my fav so I have waaay more for him but I do have some for Katia and Shun (probably more on Shun just cause we get more from his perspective in the Novel)! As a massive Shipper again most of them revolve around my OT3 (I have no shame there haha).

Heads up for Spoiler Warning (I think I give mostly vague Spoiler for the entire series but except the Kumoko/Wakaba thing is directly said).

(Again I’m ripping this from my KumoDesu Fanfic ideas Doc so if some of the wording is wonky that’s why because it’s older and I write this just to get my thoughts down).

Trans Katia: Update: 16 novels we get two chapters from Katia’s perspective but I think there is one or two more shorts from her perspective in the Ex-Ex2. Okay so far in all 12 novels we get one (1) chapter from Katia’s perspective so there’s not a lot to go off but Katia was definitely closeted/uncracked egg Trans Girl in her past life fight me. Cracking the egg/getting outed via isekai lol. Out of roughly 30 reincarnations Katia is is the only one that switched gender and it’s explained (aside from Oka which D did just to cause trouble) the system puts them in bodies that best fit their soul this being why some characters reincarnated as not humans and why Katia is a girl. So the only characters who changed gender or race are Katia, Fei, Sophia, Kyouya, and Oka who doesn’t count in this. Shiro was always a spider thus why she is a spider. Kyouya deeply agreed with the Goblin’s mentalities and morals. We see later that Fei’s personality and morals really fits with the dragon's code of conduct. Sophia being a vampire isn’t super explained and more how people viewed her. So like failing in line Katia must be a Trans Woman basically.

Katia Anxiety: I think Katia is very protective of her boys. It’s kinda obvious when she meets Shun again and then when they get in dangerous situations. She’s so scared of losing the people she cares about (I think she’s often the most aware of how different and how dangerous the fantasy world is compared to their previous lives). I think the realization Kyouya probably isn’t on their side (because of how Oka kept avoiding the topic) probably hurt her a lot, because she doesn’t want to abandon him but also is too scared about losing Shun as it is (and I feel like when she puts everything together after the fact she feels super guilty for not pressing more). It kinda seemed she really didn’t have many people she was close to in her past life and the fact that Shun (and I’m gonna Headcanon here later Kyouya) still accept her despite everything that’s “different” (cough cough eye cracked) is huge to her. I’m glad in the Novel Shun always does a very good job conveying how much he appreciates, relays on, and trusts her because god she needs it.

Shun and Julius: The fun part about Shun as a Character is he is painfully aware how much of an NPC he is and that he doesn’t fit the role of Hero. Which is why I think he looks up to Julius so much and later on tries to emulate him. He quite frankly knows he has NO IDEA what he is doing and wants to be as level headed and smart as Julius. I think that his idol-like obsession with Julius comes from his own insecurities.

Shun, Katia, and Kyouya are Weird (aka Poly):“They're weird about each other” is one of my favorite Shipping reasons because it’s so true. I mean Shun and Katia are pretty solid in Canon and I would say I’m just adding Kyouya to it to make it an OT3 but also once I see it I can’t unsee it. Just the fact that all 3 of them single out their “Friendship” as something special. I don’t think Katia super had other friends in her past life (being an uncracked egg will make that hard) but Shun and Kyouya did and they never really mention it. Shun was peak NPC and was not super close but friendly to most of the guys but he NEVER mentions it until running into them again (apparently he was on a soccer team and just, never thought it was important or that big a deal). And it’s Shiro who mentions it seems like Kyouya and Shinobu were friends in their past life, Kyouya barely mentions it even after seeing him again. Just the “you're weird about each other” being a way of saying “that’s a little more than a friendship I think” basically.

Polyamorous not having Legal Marriage: So at the end of Volume 16 they mention that nothing is know about Shun’s love life, which might mean he never legally married. Now I like think Shun and Katia legally married and then Kyouya is their lover (they have a non-legal marriage for the 3 of them in private). But I am just saying this can support my Ship because Polyamory isn’t really that accepted publicly so they keep it secret (open secret among their friends though). It’s sort of an AU but I’m just saying.

Shun Salaryman: So it says at the end of Vol 16 Shun goes back to help his Brother and all I can think is he’s finally becomes a Salaryman. Imagine he helps with all the paperwork instead of decision making. And he’s really good at it to the point of everyone’s surprise. He finally realized JUST how lost he was trying to be a Hero (he always sort of knew but now that he’s found his calling it’s super obvious to everyone else as well).

Shun’s Accidental Rizz: So we see that Shun is always ridiculous earnest about his feelings and has no qualms expressing his appreciation (we see this most to Katia early on where he always thanks her for helping him). So I like to think for my OT3 he accidentally says the most romantic shit to Katia and Kyouya all the time unprompted because he’s just being honest about it (Kyouya Bluescreens because he’s so unused to verbal affection (he likes it he’s just used to the Demon Army’s brand of nonverbal love) and Katia goes Tsundere Mode when flustered).

Shun Perception Check: Shun is both really perceptive and an idiot at the same time. So he is able to perceive all sorts of little subtle tells that others can’t but at the same time has no idea how to process what they actually mean.

Shun: Shun is an Emotional Support Dumbass. And anyone who hates him (usually people who only saw his botched Anime version) can meet me in the pit. I also think his general easy going-ness probably helped both Katia and Kyouya a lot in their past lives (because it seemed like neither of them had the easiest home life’s and then they have it rough again after being reincarnated rip).

And that’s all I have at the moment! I’m always adding more though haha. Feel free to keep sending KumoDesu Asks I love them!

[purplehairedwonder]

AO3 wrapped: 1, 15 and 16! 😊

1. How many words have you written this year?

Answered here. Over 140K!

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

Oh boy. My current ongoing fics are:

"Hearts With(out) Chains": My original Corazon!Law AU. Remember when I was going to finish this in 2023? Whoops.

"(I Made My Mind) A Sunless Space": Third Corazon Law + Cora lives AU

"From the Ashes": After the events of chapter 1081, Blackbeard takes Law and the Hearts captive.

"The Night Is Darkening Round Me": Law buys a haunted house and brings in paranormal investigators (the Straw Hats). He gets a lot more than he bargained for.

16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

If we're talking about just this year, it's "Heart Pirates Week 2023" followed by "10 Days of Lawlu 2023" and, unsurprisingly, "One Piece Chapter 1081."

AO3 Wrapped [Writer's Edition]

[multiversal-madness]

Does Katia still exist in your pandoras call au then?

If so what was her reaction to learning about Luke/his reunion with family (I’m assuming he didn’t know about) in the village?

Yup! And she would have grown up with Brenda as an Aunt for a while until Brenda’s secret trip to Folsense ended up being more than a visit.

Learning of Luke’s existence is quite a shock for her, learning she has a young cousin that’s the child of her missing Aunt was a lot to come to terms with, but due to the circumstances of when she learns it, the two don’t get much of a chance to talk beyond a few cryptic words exchanged (both a result of Katia trying to keep a low profile from the others present and Luke’s distrust of strangers).

She spent a while just thinking about the prospect. She had a cousin who was raised in this ‘cursed’ town, raised by the grandfather she was here to meet. Did this mean Brenda was somewhere in town too? Why was Luke so mistrustful of the people around him? And why was he hanging around that Professor and his assistant?

Eventually when everything is revealed, after the dust settles and after everyone survives the end of the story, Katia gets to properly meet Luke. It’s awkward at first, Luke is still shy around pretty much anyone who isn’t Anton, Sammy or Crow (or - after the ending - Layton or Emmy).

When first arriving at Dropstone I can see Luke not straying far from Anton's side at first, getting used to the change of scenery and new people would be a lot for him. When he gets closer to Katia, he would also start sticking by her side whenever he couldn't be with Anton. They'll eventually end up very close.

[mongo-the-liensis]

So I decided to write a fic :)))

It is inspired by Vi's scream in Arcane after fighting Sevika :))

Katia is dead :)

[missoneminute]

I am 100 percent not a kid person. I don't have any, never wanted any, don't particularly enjoy their company. And yet when I spotted Katia carrying Billie-May backstage at Solfest I was 100 percent this meme.

[crouton-knight]

🌹🌹🌹

It was just after breakfast, as Barvra Danao was in the middle of getting Katia dressed for a day at the market, when there was a knock on the front door. 

The early morning light slanted gently through the doorway, dappled by silverbirch boughs. Tomek- Tomix- stood there like he hadn't seen the house in years.

You got a little unlucky in that RNG chose this one and I didn't have three sentences to share, so two of these were made up on the spot.

Still, thank you for getting me to write more of this fic!

[prerodinu]

I don't want you to go. // Bon @ Katia

There was always a fear that she would have to leave, steel away into the night for one reason or another. Though the days of doing that had since long gone, she still worried about it. Still feared for the days she might have too.

Apparently so did others of the pack.

Fingers moved a soft weaving through the other's hair. A single braid tight enough that hair would stay out of features.

"I will never have to leave again unless I wish to Bon. I would never leave you." Her voice echoed in finality. She wouldn't leave, she would promise that to him, even if she had to fight tooth and nail, she wouldn't leave him again.

[a-prekliatyvlk]

@lunarscaled lyric vc a fucking what

"A cup full of cum. Would you like one? It's yummy."