#10 chapters so far

[yanderepuck]

Help me

WE AREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING DONE

[grubus]

I'm back with more Little Guys and I'll likely return once more

also it's from "The Return of the Blossoming Blade" or, alternate name, "Return of the Mount Hua Sect" and if you like martial arts, reincarnation, humor and an OP protagonist with some suppressed trauma, definitely recommend it!

Chung Myung (there's so many spellings oh gods) wakes up 100 years after he died in a brand new body, only to find out that the martial arts sect he was part of in his previous life is dying out. It is up to him to return it to its former glory and, if possible, make it better than ever! With Great Violence and the Most Blatant and Worst Lying You Have Ever Seen.

also tbh I use a lot of the meridian talk and healing methods in it as inspiration for SYoNR, so <_<

[ultra-trailer]

i freaking love the ttyd remake soundtrack

[the-kr8tor]

Re-reading my notes on bdas 2 and I go "man I might've bit more than I can chew on this one" but my god i will have so much fun chewing this! I'd be gnawing with gusto.

You guys are not prepared for what I have in store for book 2

[slurpyboii]

A little bit of this chapter was actually p good but the rest was literally nothing. Like. What are we doing. What do you mean one more chapter left.

Spoilers in tags

[jack-kellys]

ONLY SO FAR. Chapter Three.

Splitting.

Jack doesn’t want to change the upper world, doesn’t want to cause any uproar that would uproot Underground. He wants to know what Davey’s thinking about. What Katherine’s thinking about. He wants to know if they think the same about him.

and we are back again >:) pretty quick too! POLL #4 TOMORROW!

read chapter 3 here.

[malenchka]

“If you’ll pardon the observation, you appear to be in your underthings.” “…Yes.”

I am once again asking you all to read Mortal Follies pls and thank you

[harvestmoth]

hi spoiler embargo ended. get rejuv blasted

[flowerbloom-arts]

Concept doodles/designs for Down Below the Trench

[manicpixiefelix]

hands cupped like i'm asking for pennies, on my knees, begging- no PLEADING for the reader murders oliver AU oneshot...

lemme finish editing chapter 10, get it posted in the next few hours, and i'll start on the AU. i've also worked myself up into it as well. i love feral destructive violent characters and i think the reader should be allowed to be covered in blood. im very excited about it. !

[dazais-guardian-angel]

I hate to nitpick the Atsushi hallucinating scene in the new episode cause it was SO well done otherwise, but I'm still really sad that they cut out Francis being there. Like... it's not entirely necessary, I guess, but it just adds so much to his character and to the scene itself?

The Francis in Atsushi's mind is this looming, intimidating presence, because Atsushi did of course fight against him, he was his enemy at one point, but I think it undeniably says a lot that he's even included here at all.

I'm pretty sure I saw this discussed back when this chapter first came out, but while everything Atsushi's hallucinations say to him are framed as negative, putting him down, they can also be read as letting him know that the burden of responsibility for making such a huge decision isn't on him (hence why he decides to let Fukuzawa decide instead, because he can't make THE choice, but he can still choose to act to let someone else decide, and not simply do nothing), and Francis is no exception in this regard. Since he's naturally haughty and arrogant in his personality, this fake version of him doesn't at all feel out of character, coldly saying that "nobody expects anything of you", but again, I think this line especially can also be read as "you are not expected to do anything". In that way, it feels more reassuring, and maybe even dare I say kind -- the fact that Atsushi even considers him important enough of a figure in his life to think of what he would say to him in this moment means that he counts Francis among his allies now. Yes, they didn't get along at first when Francis lied and told him that he only wanted to revive Margaret just so she could kill Hawthorne (because god forbid he actually admit out loud that he cares about people, smh), and obviously because of the whole almost burning Yokohama down and trying to kill him and Akutagawa thing lol, but I'm pretty sure Atsushi changed his mind about him after he saw the state Margaret was in, and recognized how much Francis cares about her and wanted her to be alright. He probably still remembers him talking about his desire to bring back his daughter and save her and his wife, too. The guy still probably isn't someone Atsushi would want to hang out with and be buddy-buddy with during his free time lmao, but the airheaded vain old sport still has a good heart, deep down, and I think Atsushi has seen this by now, because he's a kind person, and so I think it speaks volumes that he unconsciously looks to him for advice here. Francis is just a really good and underrated character, and this is such a small but meaningful moment that shows his development so well, the only moment with him we've gotten or any of the Guild really in such a long time, so it makes me sad to see this cut 💔

I also just feel like not including him kind of weakens the impact of Akutagawa's appearance here?? Like, there's a progression of the order of people Atsushi hears/sees in this scenes: first, people from the ADA sans Dazai, who are all portrayed as on the same level, because he cares about them all equally, aside from I guess Kyouka (again, sans Dazai, the most important person to him). Then, there is Francis, and not to say that Francis is more important to Atsushi than the ADA, obviously not, but he's one of the last to appear because he used to be his enemy, and so he commands much more of a presence, has more of an impact -- but at the same time, like I said, it's complicated: he's not really his enemy anymore, but something between a rival and a friend, and so for that reason his words carry more weight. He is someone Atsushi, logically, shouldn't trust, after what he did to him in the past, and yet he does, because things have changed since the Guild arc, and he knows he can count on him to be there for him and the ADA now.

And then, after him, there is Akutagawa. Who is basically exactly the same as everything I just described for Francis, but times one hundred. Of course Akutagawa would be last. Of course, if there's someone Atsushi would simultaneously and paradoxically be both intimidated by and yet comforted to hear their advice because of their tumultuous history together, far more than Francis, it would be Akutagawa. The progression of ADA members > Francis > Akutagawa in that order gives Akutagawa's appearance much more weight imo than just going straight to him from the ADA members, especially with the specific framing of him standing in line behind Francis to judge/advise Atsushi.... it's just much more powerful, and I wish they'd kept it like this, for both Francis and Aku's characters.

[dkettchen]

me, procrastinating on one project with another one: it's fine they're both for content I do this for the people and the people will receive SOMETHING sooner by me working on either one 😤

[arachnerd-8-legs]

i finally got to fetch Penitent from the store and I'm having a blast with this part in particular

[nepenthean-sleep]

the first half of nona the ninth: haha yeah this is cute in a bittersweet way!

the second half of nona the ninth: I Need To Speak To A Grief Counselor Immediately

[thebiggestfuckgiven]

How I DIDN’T Become a Villain Official Update!

#1

Chap 1 word count: 5,198

one-sentence summary: This one guy has the absolute worst vibe.

Chap 2 word count: 5,243

one-sentence summary: Out of towner has an ongoing life crisis and gets stuck with local flaker.

Chap 3 word count: ????

one-sentence summary: Beloved Crime Lord gets his sights on out of towner, who gets an unexpected nighttime visitor~

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Estimated fic length: 110k words

[nokaru]

!!AnS chapter 133 spoilers!!

(VERY IMPORTANT trust me bro ↓↓)

The Dilf's Uncle's chest size and dead fish eyes are very appealing 👍

we are entering the dark realm

that's it from me and my shitposting ✨