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Inuyasha holding baby Moroha!  ♡

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Term 3 2023 Winners!!

As always, us mods here at FeudalConnection want to give a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Third Term 2023 Inuyasha Fandom Awards! Your participation and support for this fandom is simply incredible!

As a reminder, the winners have evolved into First, Second, and Third place awards. We are allowing ties for first place winners, rather than go into a run off period.

- For categories with up to four nominations, a First place banner will be awarded to the winner.

- For categories which received five to six nominations, First and Second place banners will be awarded to the winners.

- For categories which received up to seven to ten nominations, First, Second, and Third place banners will be awarded to the winners.

We also want to give a shoutout to the beautiful and wonderful @elevenharbor for gifting us her time and talent with creating banners for the fandom. They are absolutely breathtaking!

And now, without further delay, here we are!

Winners for Term 3 2023 Inuyasha Fandom Awards, hosted by FeudalConnection!

Best Action/Adventure Fiction

First Place: “Always By Your Side” by Niahime98 (AO3)

Best AU/AR Fiction

First place: "Photo-Shot through the Heart" by @mrfeenysmustache / AshMish111 (AO3) Second place: "273" by @skyelara Third place: "The Engaged Princess" by @shnuggletea

Best Canon Universe Fiction

First place: "Whispers in the Wind" by @ruddcatha

Best Angst Fiction

First place: “Deep Waters" by @elkonigin Second place: "The Donor" by @moon-ion Third place: "Pictures of Happiness" by @memilylove

Best Dark Fiction

First place: "First Born Sons" by @artistefish Second place: "No Refunds" by @superpixie42

Best Drama Fiction

First place: "You and Me After All" by Chiaztolite (AO3) Second place: "If We Fall Anyway" by @soliska / Evilillusions (AO3) Third place: "A Destiny Worth More Than Over A 500 Year Wait" by Novemberwanderer (FFN/AO3)

Best Humor/Parody Fiction

First place: "Big Rigs" by @roseheartwhitefox

Best NSFW Fiction

First place: "Bronze, Silver, and Gold" by @neutronstarchild / NeutrInu (NeutronStarChild) (AO3) Second place: "To Mate with a Hanyou" by @shnuggletea Third place: "Atelier" by CloudsCloudlet (AO3)

Best Oneshot Fiction

First place: "Snow on the Beach" by @lavendertwilight89

Best Character Portrayal Fiction

First place: “Three Knocks on the Door" (Sesshomaru) by Chiaztolite (AO3) Second place: "Always By Your Side" (Inuyasha) by Niahime98 (AO3)

Best InuKag Romance Fiction

First place: "'Til Death Do Us Part" by @elkonigin Second place: "The Debutante and the Dog" by @fawn-eyed-girl & @ruddcatha

Best SessKag Romance Fiction

First place: “Day Dreaming" by @mrfeenysmustache / AshMish111 (AO3)

Best Romance Fiction

First place: “April Showers May Bring... Inuyokai" by @dawnrider Second place: "Aftermath" by @violetasteria

Best Fluff Fiction

First place: “Snow on the Beach" by @lavendertwilight89 Second place: "A Moment, Together" by @yukinon-writes

Best Serial Fiction

First place: “Affections Touching Across Time" by YearoftheCatFan922 (AO3)

Best Ficlet

First place: "Desire" by @skyelara

Best Original Plot Fiction

First place: “Chocolate and Raspberries" by @neutronstarchild / NeutInu (NeutronStarChild) (AO3) Second place: "You and Me After All" by Chiaztolite (AO3)

Best Completed Fiction

First place: “Demons and DJs” by @thisdumbbitchcantspell / MenacingMenace (AO3) Second place: "Three Knocks on the Door" by Chiaztolite (AO3)

Best Action/Adventure Fanart

First place: "⚔sɪʙʟɪɴɢ ʀɪᴠᴀʟʀʏ⚔" by @pachworldx-1

Best AU/AR Fanart

First place: “Orgullo & Prejuicio" by @m2moon94

Best Canon Universe Fanart

First place: “the dumb shit dad told u not to do" by @stillunderyourbed

Best Angst Fanart

First place: "Rain" by @elevenharbor

Best Dark Fanart

First place: “INUYASHA 📿” by @masonkaye

Best Humor/Parody Fanart

First place: “Battle Couple" by @clearwillow Second place: "Sesshomaru as Drake Meme" by @ridiqlumdrum

Best Kiss Fanart

First place: “Clandestine" by @eliza-faust-diary Second place: "Wisteria" by @razdazberry

Best Character Fanart

First place: “Moonlit Kagome" by @theundeadfandom Second place: “𓆩✧𓆪 Midoriko 𓆩✧𓆪” by @inusmasha

Best Duo/Pairing Fanart

First place: “It’s been a while 💛❤️🧡” by @geda-art Second place: "girl crush girl crush" by @moonnue

Best NSFW Fanart

First place: “Keep Me Warm" by @mamabearcat

Best InuKag Romance Fanart

First place: “Welcome Home" by @katballesteros

Best SessKag Romance Fanart

First place: “First Comes Marriage" by @rannyunny

Best Romance Fanart

First place: “Aftermath" by @eliza-faust-diary

Best Group Depiction Fanart

First place: “Pink Bellflower" by @tmetta

Best Doujinshi

First place: “Make a Wish" by @len-barboza

Best Redraw

First place: “Redraw manga” by Lucky_chandl (X, formerly known as Twitter)

Best Traditional Fanart

First place: “Cuddles from a demon cat" by @the-lone-huntress

Best Overall Fanart

First place: “Kikyo" by @geirahood

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The majority of people in this poll think Inuyasha would like dog biscuits hahaha.

Now, an Inuyasha x Dog Biscuits one-shot...that I had written before I even posted the poll, but whatever...

They bickered all the way to the pet aisle, Inuyasha arguing strongly in favor for Buyo having energy independence and Kagome telling him that she was going to buy 'Purina' for Buyo.

What happened on Kagome's side of the well stayed on Kagome's side of the well.

Kagome's side of the well had these giant metal slabs that people used as vehicles and which often killed other people. They used these 'automobiles' because it was a cinch to travel huge distances within mere hours. It turned out, Kagome's mother didn't like these vehicles too much, because Kagome's dad had died in an accident involving one, and that finally explained why Inuyasha never saw him around.

Inuyasha puffed out his chest as he realized that with him on this side of the well, there was no need for Kagome to rely on those flying chunks of death metal anyway. He could travel fast and if she really wanted to, he could piggyback her wherever she wanted to go.

And where she wanted to go was the 'supermarket.'

On Inuyasha's side of the well, they all had to pick herbs by hand, grow crops from the field, and hunt whatever they wanted to eat.

On Kagome's side of the well, all someone needed to do was go to the supermarket and get whatever they wanted. It was convenient, according to her.

Inuyasha didn't see how.

Thousands of smells assaulted him all at once, the lights were too bright, there were signs written in some script he didn't understand and even the Japanese looked very different from what he was used to, and besides, the neatly stacked rows of packages and boxes and containers were just begging to be knocked over...

"Come on, Inuyasha," Kagome said, tugging him along with her. "The cat food's over on this aisle."

"Why doesn't Buyo catch his own food?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome sighed. "Look, if you want to make sure he's having a healthy diet, cat food's the best option."

"Why? Kirara's fine and she catches her own food."

"Kirara's a demon slaying cat."

"So?"

They bickered all the way to the pet aisle, Inuyasha arguing strongly in favor for Buyo having energy independence and Kagome telling him that she was going to buy 'Purina' for Buyo.

"And just what's Purina supposed to be? Some sort of – "

His thoughts were derailed as they finally reached the section of the supermarket that had cat food.

Inuyasha's jaw dropped.

"LOOK, KAGOME, LOOK!" He sprinted over to a jumbo-sized package of 'Purina' that had a life-sized, realistic picture of an adorable, grey, striped...

She laughed at the radiant joy and wonder on his face.

Yeah, he was a cat person. So what if he was an inu hanyo?

He would sacrifice his life for that cat.

"Yep, that's a cute kitten. Now move over, Inuyasha, I have to..."

He dashed off into the dog food section, salivating at a rack of Gravy Trains and Milkbones.

Kagome stuck a pack of Purina into her shopping bag and stared after him.

She didn't know if this would end well or not.

The good news was that Inuyasha didn't accidentally burn down the building, get into a fight with anyone, or do anything particularly strange, violent, or disruptive.

The bad news was that he had decided he wanted to eat fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits. She was about to scold him and tell him to put them back, but he had such an uncharacteristic hopeful little puppy look in his eyes that she decided to let it go.

He had a terrible childhood, Kagome, a voice in her head exclaimed. Just let him have his biscuits.

Besides, Inuyasha was cute when he was hopeful. His eyes went all bright and sparkly and she felt a sudden strong urge to buy a frisbee and throw it in the opposite direction for him to chase.

He would like it too, no matter how much he'd deny it.

So she found herself giving the cashier a sheepish giggle while emptying her purse. Inuyasha's Milkbone cravings had destroyed her monthly allowance.

Inuyasha shoveled mouthful after mouthful into his mouth as soon she she paid, looking for all the world as though he were a child promised a lifetime of free ice cream, blissfully unaware of the stares curious onlookers were shooting him.

"'y za way, K'gome," he said in the midst of a dangerous technique known as 'speaking with food lodged in his trachea.' "Wha're 'ey called?"

She raised an eyebrow.

Come on, they were in the pet food aisle. It wasn't hard to put two and two together. She assumed he'd known and just didn't care.

"Uh, Inuyasha, those are dog biscuits."

He froze in horror.

***

"So, Inuyasha, how where things over there?" Shippo asked. "Didja get anything for me? Any nice food? Had fun?"

He shuddered.

There were some things he would never tell anyone. Ever.

That he'd downed fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits and then gotten a serious case of indigestion and vomiting was one.

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Custom Toonami Block Week 175 Rundown

The Witch from Mercury: So IMMEDIATELY after Sul’s duel with Gaston everyone goes ‘wait aren’t the suits that suck the life out of you banned because our war chief is a bloodthirsty dictator?’ and she immediately gets arrested and kicked out of school. Meanwhile Mio’s been told that she’s no longer forced to marry the school’s top pilot and her father is cutting out the middleman and just arranging a marriage for her which she’s like what 16 even for a high business monarchy style thing it seems a little early to lock that down that hard. Also just kinda wondering what the point of even playing at the ‘oh it’s whoever the best is’ if you’re just gonna immediately cut the façade whenever it’s someone you don’t want like why not just force a marriage from the start. Anyway Mio’s like ‘bitch I wanted to marry the gay girl how dare you take back your orders and give me new ones’ like she doesn’t like being told what to do but explicitly seemed a lot more chill about it when it was Sul. Gaston gets beaten by his father for losing and we allude to him being slightly less shitty than we were initially led to believe since he did send some people to clean up Mio’s garden. The bigwigs are all having a NERV-style meeting of shadowy figures and our resident obligatory Masked Gundam Character Prospera is like ‘yeah it looks and functions exactly like a Gundam but it didn’t suck her soul out so it can’t be one, right?’ and no one’s fucking buying that and also it’s a bunch of old men high on their own power so they’re just like ‘well you’re under arrest for building something that functions exactly like the thing we banned then’. Meanwhile Mio shows up, redicrecting her escape attempt to Earth to save Sul and telling her father off and basically having a badass teenage tantrum in a shareholder’s meeting, like it’s kinda cool how blatantly petty and personal her grievances are that it takes some balls to bring it up the way she does surrounded by the most important people in the world that just sentenced a masked lady to jail for technically not breaking the law. She challenges her dad to fight the Aerial and reinstate her engagement to Sul which he has absolutely no obligation to accept given idk if Corporations should really work on Klingon rules anyway and if you’re gonna take shit from him say if you win you get the whole company, go big or go home. But the group discusses that the illegal suit is pretty dope and they wanna get some more data out of it so they agree to let Sul fight to save her Gundam and her lesbian fiancée so that’s good.  

Inuyasha The Final Act: Inuyasha and co. are still soaking in Kikyo’s death and Koga gets an admittedly nice sendoff where he gets to leave on good terms with Kagome as well as get enough out of a rise out of Inuyasha to snap him out of his post-Kikyo coma and get him to resolve to make Koga’s sacrifice worthwhile. I like how Koga intentionally says the most triggering shit just to piss him off at this point like he’s really become self-aware as a character and knows what his role is. Also as another character that embodies the ‘the power to achieve your dreams is inside you’ moral of the story he started out seeking the jewel to obtain the power to unite the wolf demon tribes and ends up so strong that losing his jewel shards is basically just a minor inconvenience and ends up in a relationship that does in fact unite the fractured parts of the tribes. Meanwhile Sesshomaru is talking to his mom about trying to master Meidou Zangetsuha and ends up getting Kohaku and Rin dragged into the underworld during the training. I feel like Sesshomaru’s mom is such wasted potential like she has so little screentime and is basically a plot device they could’ve done so much more with. Once she reveals that Rin can’t be revived again by the Tenseiga Sesshomaru’s grief and compassion evolves both the healing and the meidou side of Tenseiga so he can purify a hundred souls as it was originally stated and create a much larger Meidou Zangetsuha, though Rin still has to be brought back with Mommymaru’s necklace of convenience. It’s really funny that Jaken takes it upon himself to be Sesshomaru’s emotion translator at this point since he knows he’s stoic enough not to cry when Rin dies despite wanting to and also won’t  thank his mom for saving her despite being thankful. Last but not least she tells Kohaku he also can’t be saved by Tenseiga in case people were starting to think that now that he and Sesshomaru are together, apparently you only get one free get out of death free card regardless of the source so yeah. Inuyasha’s group make it their new mission to hunt down and protect Kohaku so they can figure out what to do now that Naraku has 99.9% of the jewel.  

Castlevania: So I’mma be honest, this is where the Internal Vampire politics get kinda frustrating, like I’ve had it in the back of my head that all this infighting may just be a way to ruin Dracula’s otherwise impregnable plan and have a heroic victory while both evil sides are fighting each other and I’m still worried about that considering we’ve spent more time with them than with Trevor this season but in this episode we even find out that all the shit Carmilla wants to do Dracula would’ve just let her do anyway like he doesn’t give a shit, she wants to usurp his armies and the one move that she’s been gunning for since she walked in the door they’re just like ‘sure go nuts’ and the planning of the past like three episodes has basically been for that. I’m getting ahead of myself, Trevor’s group stuff first since we actually make some progress on that this episode. Basically Alucard gives Sypha the reverse speech that Trevor gave her last time about how he’s a dick and they can’t really trust him and like 75% of this show at this point is untrustworthy vampires telling people they can’t trust people. Sypha wisely asserts they’re both morons and they’ve gotta suck it up and get to world-saving or else everyone’s fucked. But yeah back on Carmilla’s weird warpath they don’t know Godbrand’s dead and Isaac is called by Hector to get him to sign off on going to Braila and get in on the Carmilla cult. Isaac is not down for Carmilla but he is for the Braila plan since it means everyone can shut up about it and Carmilla can stop whining so the politics of it don’t functionally matter, like it’s been such a long fight for this and it doesn’t functionally matter because they just do it anyway. Granted Isaac does it because it means their traitors are all in one place with a name and a face and Hector does it because everyone that talks to Carmilla is like ‘Carmilla is always going on about how she doesn’t trust or respect anyone but I’M DIFFERENT, I’M THE SPECIAL ONE’ like Godbrand was a fucking moron so that was fine but geez she’s not even being seductive enough for them to be thinking with their dicks they’re just idiots, she’s not even good at the manipulation considering if she’d just asked Dracula to do it he’s so done at this point he prolly would’ve. She doesn’t even bother to pretend this was Hector’s independent idea and follows him into the room coaching him and shit. Like the only functional thing this does is make Carmilla the Commander in Chief for this fight for… some reason, and like it’s not even a good argument because the two sides are ‘do something’ and ‘do nothing’ and Carmilla has the balls to be all ‘haha now you’re in too deep Hector so I don’t have to pretend to like you anymore’ like BITCH AS LEAST WAIT TILL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE REINS like holy shit all you did was convince Dracula to do something he wasn’t all that adverse to doing in the first place you’re not exactly Sosuke Aizen and she has this weird girl power bent to some of her speeches and I’d really rather girls just do the badass girl power thing instead of talking about how girly and empowered they are all the time. Long story short I don’t really like Carmilla and this plot had a really weird end to this section of the season for basically taking up half the runtime. Meanwhile, actual girl power girl Sypha found a way to trap Castlevania in one place as long as she can jerry-rig an ending to the spell that’s like 80% done but she doesn’t have a lot of time because the castle just showed up like… five minutes ago.

Jujutsu Kaisen: It’s Mahito versus Nobara time and apparently Mahito’s clone can’t transfigure souls and can only do the Clayface body warping shit and Nobara actually figures this out and uses the clone’s body as a substitute Straw Doll like she did with the other guy’s arm cause semantically the clone is basically Mahito’s arm and she wrecks him up from long distance, saving Yuji from an ambush in the process and giving him the opportunity to beat the shit out of Mahito while he’s stunlocked. Rather than keep going through that shit, Mahito employs the Joestar Family’s Secret Technique and books it the fuck out of there. The two Mahitos actually meet up and switch, the real one attacking Nobara while Yuji beats the other one’s head in. Mahito gives Nobara’s face a quick tap and isn’t sure if he killed her, like this whole exchange is excruciatingly vague about whether she’s dead or not but we jump straight into her backstory which isn’t a good sign. It’s basically a fleshed-out version of the story she told in the beginning of the series. I feel like this happens a lot where characters in long-running series have simple backstories at the beginning and then have a secondary supplemental flashback to beef up the tragedy or reframe the original flashback, half the cast of One Piece has done this at this point but for Nobara it’s an interesting retelling of her story through the eyes of her friends and giving a ‘this is your life’ type deal about who she’s loved and why she’s done what she’s done that gives a lot better of an idea of who she is than her original introduction. But yeah her eye fucking explodes which is weirdly not how we’ve seen Mahito’s powers work anywhere else but it was just a light tap while he was in a hurry and maybe her energy resisted it or something. Given that and the vagueness where even Mahito’s not sure if it was enough to kill her I’m tempted to say she’s not dead because usually you don’t want to be ambiguous about that shit unless you’re gearing up for a big return but as far as I know the manga’s already fighting Sukuna at this point and she’s yet to make a comeback so who fucking knows.

Delicious in Dungeon: After Laios’s sword gets busted he tells the story of how he got it fighting a bunch of living armor in the dungeon and how he fucked up and died the first time, confirming that death does indeed have no consequences which explains Marcille’s dialogue in the first episode and why no one seems too worried about rushing to get Falin. Still I’d say if death has no consequences in your series that’s something you’d want to establish right away because that is kind of an investment breaker, something like how DBZ put limits on the dragon balls at first and made loopholes harder so death isn’t just meaningless like it is in the Buu Saga. Still I kinda like this episode since it’s mainly focused on one thing and the food stuff doesn’t get in the way of the storytelling too much. They manage to sneak past the living armor colony and Laios fights Ornstein and it turns out it’s a bunch of mollusks living in the layers of the armor and doing weird goopy Alphonse Elric shit. They cook them and Laios gets Ornstein’s sword but it has a mollusk living inside it still so he’s basically got a living weapon which is pretty neat.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: Frieren confronts Aura and surprisingl the Autistic Elf Power Hour has its second encounter with Living Armor this week, what’re the odds? Aura basically has the Millenium Scales except instead of summoning a demon to eat a Musuem Curator she weighs their power level and just instantly controls anyone weaker than her with the caveat that if someone stronger than her shows up she just automatically gets controlled instead. I’m kinda sad this means Aura doesn’t actually have a demon army like this was just a plot by four guys and not a whole organized force but I guess it’s fine. She uses an anti-spell spell to dispel the control instead of blasting nameless husks into the ground and desecrating their corpses because Himmel yelled at her last time for disrespecting the dead. Aura asks her why she cares what a corpse thinks and oh it is ON now. Meanwhile Fern and Stark are preparing for Stark to book it out of dodge and try and get Frieren back to fight the other two demons when they get caught in an ambush by Blood Sephiroth and the little girl. Turns out the little girl’s powers are Unlimited Blade Works/Sharingan shenanigans where she can create a weapon and mimic a fighting style by watching it enough and she’s just so happened to have copied Eisen’s style during the first war and decks Stark with his own moves but better. Meanwhile it seems Fern’s ability is Quick Draw and she can just fire off spells crazy rapid and puts the push on Blood Sephiroth in a really cool fight that creates literal fireworks. Stark takes Eisen’s words of “Just don’t die, stupid” to heart and does that thing from Samurai Champloo where if you leave yourself wide open enough it leaves the enemy wide open for their counterattack and destroys the little girl so yay, two down two to go.

Vinland Saga: War has reached Ketil’s farm and he’s got about 300 farners with pitchforks versus Canute’s 100 Jommvikings and Royal Theigns so yeah it’s basically the coughing baby versus the hydrogen bomb. Luckily Thorfinn’s met up with Leif and Leif’s a fucking chad and agrees to take on all of Thorfinn’s extra baggage he’s gathered over the past season and transport Arnheid out of there while the fighting’s going on. Snake tells his men that Ketil is a fraud and was never a war hero because he knew the guy his name was actually based on and came to him for help but at the same time he feels indebted to the family that’s taken care of him all this time and it’s really funny to watch his speech about how Ketil’s a fraud and not worth dying over right as he goes out to die for him fires his men up more than anything, like actions really do speak louder than words. Ketil’s kinda bought into his own hype at this point and isn’t listening to the dozens of people telling him he’s going into a meatgrinder and yeah it’s a fucking massacre, I imagined Thorfinn would be more upset watching this or trying to actively broker peace talks but I guess he’s got other shit on his plate right now since Arnheid’s on death’s door and got her ghost husband’s permission to go say her last goodbyes. Meanwhile Thorgil’s just gonna pop out of the ocean buck naked with a sword and try and cut Canute’s head off behind enemy lines so that’s… a plan I guess. I have no clue how he intends to get out of there even if he succeeds but okay, you do your naked regicide.

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Hi Gabrielle! 😄 I have five more questions for you. Q1: What are your thoughts on The Owl House (Disney cartoon series) and Star vs the Force of Evil? (Disney cartoon series) Q2: What are your thoughts on Inuyasha: Secret of the Cursed Mask (PS2 video game)? Q3: What are your thoughts on Ducktales 2017 (Disney cartoon series)? Q4: What are your thoughts on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 Nickelodeon cartoon series) Q5: What are your favorite Tmnt12 characters you admire? ~🦋

Oh hell yeah more questions!!! And again I'm so happy that you've stopped by once again Anon, always a pleasure to see you in my inbox!!

To answer your first question, I've never seen the Owl House but from what I've heard and seen via YouTube it looks extremely cool!! And ah Star vs. The Forces of Evil!! I'd only seen a few episodes of that show but it seemed really good! Also lowkey Star and Marco totally remind me a bit of Lum and Ataru from Urusei Yatsura, I mean a normal high school boy who ends up with a roommate with a girl that's out of this world??? Totally gives off that Urusei Yatsura vibes lol.

To answer your second question, I've never personally played the game myself but I've seen enough of it to think that it's pretty cool!

To answer your third question-

DAD DONALD DUCK, IT GAVE ME SO MUCH DAD DONALD DUCK AND HIS BABIES??? HIS NEPHEWS WHO WOULD FIGHT FOR HIM???? MY BELOVEDS?????

Ah basically I loved the series it was pretty damn good like omfg-!!!

To answer your fourth question, my thoughts on 2012 Tmnt......

Oh. My. God.

Literally one of my favorite Tmnt shows from my childhood aside from the 2003 version of them! I lowkey loved the story and the characters and ahhhhh it gave me so many damn feelings and it lowkey was a big part of my childhood.

To answer your fifth question, I've got a lot of characters from the 2012 series that I adore and admire but I think if I had to choose it'd probably be funnily enough Raphael. (I know shocking because I'm always going on about Leo or Donnie but hear me out-!)

Okay so I really admire 2012 Raph for many reasons, from his fierce loyalty to his family and his passion for fighting he's just an all around great character. But there's so many other reasons why I admire Raphael, I admire how when he fucks up badly he's pretty quick to try and fix his mistakes and learn from them. I admire how even though he's got a temper he does his best to keep it under control because he doesn't want to snap at his brothers. I love how Raph is a softie underneath his tough guy act and how he's gentle with animals such as Spike and Chompy. I admire how when things get tough and his brothers need him he's always there for them, whether it's offering comfort or fighting for them or just being there for them. Honestly 2012 Raph is a damn good character and as the series goes on he grows so much as a person and matures quite a bit. He's by far my favorite character that I admire lowkey.

Anyways I hope that these answers satisfied you Anon and thank you so much for stopping by!!!

[chaosandstardust]

Since you said you won’t be answering any more Yashahime or Sessrin related asks does that also apply to my long-ass submission I sent you comparing and contrasting a certain problematic Sailor Moon ship to Sessrin? (I sent it to you just before you made your announcement that you don’t want any more Sessrin asks)

I don't mind asks about Yashahime or SessRin, it's the ones about the shippers specifically where I'm just like...and? Yeah, some shippers act weird. That's kinda just it. Maybe I've just had really shit experiences, but I've seen some pretty shit things that have happened in the name of fandom.

I just don't have a lot to say there. Plus, I'm not even in the Inuyasha fandom. I haven't paid any attention to what they've been doing except for the occasional look through the tags. I dunno why, but I feel uncomfortable involving myself in fandom drama that I don't have a stake in, and I don't even involve myself in the drama of fandoms I'm in. Much less ones I'm not.

I can talk about writing, I can talk about character, I can talk about TV production, if you want an opinion I have over something either in the original or Yashahime i can tell you (it will be from watching it almost 5 years ago but whatever), but that's it.

But most of the asks I've gotten for Yashahime have either been "fuck the writers" or "do you see what gross thing the shippers are doing" and I'm just...not comfortable doing that. It's best that I delete them, and I just don't have a lot of stuff to say about it anyway. I'm not very good at seeing things in black and white. I'm always going to try to see things from both sides. Like, I can't be that person for y'all, I'm sorry.

In terms of your post, I didn't really have a lot of thoughts about it, and I wasn’t aware you wanted me to post it (I thought it was more of a private thing) but here you go: TW Incest

I mean we know that SessRin was never meant to be seen as romantic in the original. Rumiko said so herself. She said it. And even so, North America would've absolutely have cut that out if it was a thing in the original, which probably would've led to a lot of SessRin shippers, all the same. But this is why I don't count anything that happened in the original as romantic. For my own sanity, I don't count it.

I haven't watched the entire original SM anime in Japanese, because I usually gravitate towards the manga (I will never forgive them for basically gutting all of the things that made Usagi and Mamoru so great and replacing it with whatever that was). I can't really speak to whether or not I would pick up these scenes as romantic between Dimande and Saphir. Intimacy doesn't equal romance, for me personally, but overall, yeah, based on what you sent, there's more grounds for equality and love between these guys than SessRin.

It's wild to me that there are dozens upon dozens of examples from fiction where romance is hinted at and not confirmed, and yet...SessRin have two kids and they feel like they barely know each other. I picked Royai because I'm obsessed with FMA (WE STAN WINRY ROCKBELL) and I find the similarities between Royai and SessRin hilarious. Originally I was going to use Edwin, but then I was like “no...Royai”. 

Kinda sucks how they did it though. Because it could've been really cool to see the impact that she had on Sewage going forward, and I say this as someone who thinks he's vomit-inducing. Ultimately the mistake was to assume that what people liked about SessRin was their dynamic in the original, rather than their potential (which is what shippers are all about). Also, just, their fundamental misunderstanding of Sesshomaru's character. Sigh.

Also the "having kids as an experiment" is just so WEIRD. Sesshomaru as a dad could’ve been so fun! 

[cynthiaandsamus]

Custom Toonami Block Week 102 Rundown

Stone Ocean: It’s finale time and Jolyene and Pucci have a pretty tense standoff where they try to figure out how much the other knows about them. We have a pretty neat little scene of them going back and forth before he just lets her go anyway because he has a dude with a gun in the courtyard who just fucking shoots her. Between this and the ambulance driver that killed Kira I’m starting to think Stand Users are the least effective way to kill other Stand Users, like sure you can use your ability to make them attracted to ceramic to divebomb their head into a toilet bowl and drown themselves or something but like guns and cars seem to still be the best bet. Anyway Weather Report’s like “shit Joylene’s been shot, better activate the Frog Plan and the rest of the episode is everyone dealing with it raining frogs and I love it. Like I knew it was coming because again this is one of the top things on peoples ‘Weird Jojo Shit’ lists and with good reason. So now we have Jolyene outside making an anti-frog net with two bullet holes in her gut and Pucci inside trying to punch frogs away while doing basic math and daydreaming about his vampire boyfriend to stay sane. Apparently Dio’s REAL real plan was to push Stand powers so hard they evolved into another dimension or some shit, idk where he got that from given he seemed pretty into the whole world domination thing when Jotaro kicked his ass but apparently that was a pet project, idk dude spent a hundred years at the bottom of the ocean with his brother’s rotting head he probably had a lot of thoughts to think. Anyway apparently Pucci’s DVDs can act like Geass and just tell people to do shit even if it’s physically impossible because he just jams one in a frog and tells it to explode so idk how that fits in. Like I thought he was just giving people orders and then removing the memory of it was that told them the orders but apparently the dics themselves are the implanted orders which is leaning more into the ‘do whatever the fuck you want’ power territory but okay. Jolyene takes a nap under her frog net and throws a DVD to a pigeon to save her dad’s ghost and fuck over this priest’s Victorian vampire boyfriend and I think that’s the weirdest sentence I’ve ever typed. Joylene doesn’t find out who Pucci is and Pucci doesn’t get to kill Jolyene so we’re basically at square one except Jotaro isn’t on life support anymore he’s alive he just doesn’t know shit and Pucci’s gonna give Dio’s bone to everyone and sing the praises of jumping his bone and shit. Idk Stone Ocean has been weird so far, there’s a lot of weird bits and we’ll see how it goes when the second season comes out but I’m having a really hard time getting a ready on my feelings for it and the new feel the Netflix-driven series has.

Inuyasha: We get to the proper start of the Band of Seven arc after Koga’s prologue fight last time and we get the official backstory that once there were these dudes that loved murder so much everyone decided to murder them and they killed a huge army of people but eventually got murdered because 1000 lions can kill the sun or whatever. Sango reunites with Kohaku for like the twelfth time and he’s still kind of fucked up inside because he’s running from the trauma of killing his parents but Sango’s love and forgiveness means he can’t entirely forget her despite wanting to give in to the emptiness of Naraku’s control and that’s really cool and I completely forgot about it because it’s buried in the prologue to a completely unrelated story arc and it’s kind of crucial to making Kohaku’s arc feel less disjointed. Meanwhile Jakotsu pops in to flirt with Inuyasha and Miroku and show them his giant… sword… and I remember this being among the fights where I’m like “Just use the fucking Wind Scar” and to be fair they are trying to question Jakotsu and get info out of him about Naraku but like if Inuyasha opened with the Wind Scar 90% of these fights would be a lot shorter. Also Miroku is actually able to use the Wind Tunnel for once because Jakotsu doesn’t have any Saimyosho protecting him for some reason but Kagome says he can’t because Jakotsu has a  jewel shard and like… good? Like you guys don’t want the full sacred jewel anymore either, we’re long past the point of Inuyasha wanting to use it to become a full demon so if Miroku sucks it up that just means the jewel will never be whole like that’s what you want, it’d be a shitty thing for the theme of the series but literally all you want is for Naraku to not get the whole jewel so why not just throw every shard you get into Miroku’s Wind Tunnel? That’d mean that’s one less shard Naraku can play with, idk. To be fair that’s something they could’ve done throughout the series and it becomes more obvious with the knowledge that they’re going to destroy the jewel at the end anyway but initially it seems like they want to complete the jewel for some reason and if they did that just makes it easier for Naraku to steal but half the cast admits they’re just going through the motions of “I want the jewel because I want the jewel” by the end.

Yu Yu Hakusho: Genkai’s back in the fight and this is an interesting one because unlike the other four who have a general moveset they stick to, Genkai’s fights tend to be ‘does whatever she wants’ type territory since she has enough random-ass moves to fit any situation. She fights Shishiwakamaru who is the obvious bishnonen head demon of his team and has the power of using skulls to just fucking murder people in the crowd which is weird because these skulls go everywhere and you’d think focusing to one area would be more beneficial, this just like murders half the audience and some people are like ‘okay leaving now’ and others are like ‘a fight so intense it could get ME killed!? I gotta see’ which honestly both are fair. Genkai manages to jump around for a while and we cut to Botan/Kuwabara’s group who have reached the stadium and they just leave Keiko outside with an unconscious Yusuke and they’re like “do whatever you want with him honey bye” and Keiko’s rightly like “that’s gross guys” meanwhile Genkai uses bullshit technique #386 to steal Shishi’s energy from his attack and convert it to her own stamina to become a little pink-haired girl again and drain him of basically all his stamina which is weird because like that’s actively pulling out more than he used in the attack which is just BS but at the same time I like to think this wouldn’t have worked unless she was weakened because I doubt she could pull out more than her max Spirit Energy so it only works if she’s exhausted and her opponent is fresh or at least that’s how I justify it to myself. He’s all like “Hey gimme my energy back” and she’s just like “Okay” and fires a big fuck off Spirit Gun to blow him away and destroy his demon sword thing. Genkai gets a cool one liner about how she’s not racist against demons she’s just a bitch to whoever gets in her way and it just happens that demons keep getting in her way and her and Juri have a cute almost-conversation about girl power which I think may pass the Bechdel test idk I think YYH is covered on that either way. They roll for who fights the last dude which is the old guy and it’s Kuwabara and he gets a cool entrance by yoinking Koto’s mic and announcing he’s back to the entire stadium. Given the 30% of the audience that’s left are all demons that hate his guts it doesn’t go over well but I liked it.

Fate Extra: We return to Hakuno Kishitani’s existential crisis already in progress. So yeah Male!Hakuno’s pretty pissed about not having tits and a lesbian relationship with Nero so Female!Hakuno is all like ‘bitch I got problems too’ and shows him Nero’s backstory about how she was a crazy tyrant but did it out of love and people were like ‘uhh no’ and murdered her but she has no regrets because she’s an indestructible wall of unbridled optimism in the form of a half-naked roman emperor. And we basically retrace the whole arc from the original Fate of how it’s okay to be a copy of someone that inspired you because you’re going to inevitably make things your own anyway which is still a good message all in all, F!Hakuno tells him his relationship with Nero still matters even if hers came first and it’s okay if he doesn’t want to think about the existential nightmare that is his personhood but that he matters to the people around him and that’s what counts. Nero tells him her real name (spoilers, it’s Nero) and that while he’s the same as F!Hakuno it’s still his life to do with what he wants and he can’t exactly tell the reincarnated waifu-ized version of a 3000 year old roman emperor that his life is invalid because it’s based on someone that’s dead so the conversation kinda ends there. They go back to fight Li Shuwen and the Discount Chrollo Lucilfer dude that looks like he should be a member of Organization XIII and Nero fucks up Li by using her sharingan to copy his martial arts and do her Unlimited Colisseum Works that’s apparently basically a giant ‘I win’ button because he can’t do shit while it’s active. And Hakuno beats the other guy the only way you can beat an Organization XIII member: by falling off a skyscraper in a dramatic fashion, I mean worked for Roxas and Xemnas right? Rin and Rani have a powwow and agree that they’ve guided Hakuno to the level they needed to get him to but Rin’s gonna hang around with him a bit longer and probably get at least one more nude scene in with the elevator bath because why not.

Bakemonogatari: Man I don’t know where to start with this episode, this one was really good, we get the idea something’s different because we go back to Hitagi’s Stapler OP instead of Tsubasa’s OP even though this is her part. Hitagi and Araragi have word games for a while before she asks him out on a date… well she tells him they’re going on a date, then backtracks and asks him on a date before telling him again. And like half the episode is him in the car with her and her dad and he’s just trying so hard not to fuck this up despite her being a hilarious bitch and fucking with him the whole time both by playing the usual word games and doing probably the worst actual realistic teasing I’ve seen in an anime, like not boobs in face teasing, just actual words and thigh rub teasing. After a LOT of fucking around, Hitagi leaves Araragi and her dad alone while she sets up and her dad admits that he’s kind of a shit dad but he loves his daughter and can tell when she’s happy. It’s really kind of funny after spending half the episode tiptoeing around what he assumes is a hardass father figure Araragi is welcomed by this man because he can see the effect he has on her and trusts her judgment. There’s a part I love about how Araragi tries to play off his contributions to curing Hitagi of her weightlessness and how she did most of the work but her dad says that he was the one that helped her get that far, even if it wasn’t something extraordinary, he did something to help her that no one else did, even if it was something anyone could’ve done he was the one who did it and he’s earned his gratitude and respect for that. I like to think Hitagi left them alone because she knew something like this would happen and it’s really kind of cool. Hitagi comes back and leads Araragi out to a field with a blanket and a gorgeous view of a starry sky and she lays it out for him that this is basically what it’s like having her for a girlfriend, this is the full experience, she’s got smarts to help him study, a complicated family history, and beautiful sights like this along with verbal abuse, and if he’s seen all that and is still here then she’s good. There’s another really cool part I mentioned earlier about how she goes into the idea that because she was previously sexually assaulted she doesn’t want her natural discomfort with sex to become a wedge between them even though she doesn’t know when if ever she’d be able to get over that in any meaningful away and he just quietly squeezes her hand in acceptance of that. Like there’s so many anime girls that have a history of sexual assault and some explore it better than others but it usually gets glossed over in one way or another so they can continue being eye candy and a potential sex partner for the protagonist and I just really like that Hitagi just comes out and says “Hey I probably won’t be comfortable with sex for a long time if ever so I hope that’s okay” and Araragi’s just cool with that, like it’s natural that Hitagi kind of overcompensates for her discomfort with some of the dirty jokes and I’ve seen that kind of thing before too but this added layer of outright admitting it is really nice for a genre that tends to like the drama this causes but kind of glosses over or outright denies any inconvenient aftereffects that could get in the way of fanservice. Like I said in the other post there’s a neat little bit where Hitagi talks about how Araragi studied and did better and things going as planned isn’t funny or dramatic and it’s surprising and that’s exactly how I feel about how the date went because it going well and having both characters unironically reaffirm their love for each other after Araragi’s voice-over hints at it possibly not going well is just really nice and fuck this ending is beautiful.

Sailor Moon Crystal: So we get the whole Spirit Bomb Super Saiyan thing with Sailor Moon that somehow combines DBZ, Fate, and Magical Girl serieses into one, the outfit’s cool and all but other than people saying she’s gotten stronger she doesn’t do anything different. See in DBZ a powerup usually goes hand in hand with handing the ass to someone that’s been wrecking you for several episodes, here “Super Sailor Moon” (guess the series should be called Sailor Moon Super from now on) just kinda turns off the brainwashing and gives the exact same attack she’d been doing before but with extra words on it, like even the pose is exactly the same and the Twinrova Witches didn’t seem all that strong to warrant it so Sailor Moon is just weird in that it seems to have power scaling without legitimate indications of what those power levels actually are since most of the stakes are emotional and combat is not very physical. But that’s kinda been a problem from the beginning since there are way more tiers of Sailor Moon getting new accessories than there ever were Super Saiyan forms in a lot shorter time, though it is a nice touch that Neo Queen Serenity knew it was coming because she’s probably already done it. Anyway the Outer Guardians are all ‘yeah after the Moon broke down Sailor Saturn came down and fucked all of us up and destroyed the rest of Silver Millenium so we’re gonna try and not have that again and the only answer is murdering Chibi-Usa’s gay little cyborg friend” which is at least a decent dilemma because I get that the trio wants to stop the literal herald of the end of the world from nuking the planet but also Hotaru ain’t done shit and they have no idea how any of their talismans work as far as calling her out. Obviously while everyone else is standing around Chibi-Usa’s like “Hey did no one else hear them say they’re gonna go kill Hotaru like right now?” and races off to help her. Unfortunately Hotaru has activated Dark Magical Girl Mode and has her hair attack Chibi-Usa who sees a beloved emotional core of the arc turn into an evil magical girl and is like ‘fuck not this shit again’ and before she can have Black Lady flashbacks she gets her silver crystal ripped off which apparently fucking kills her.  

Durararax2: This time we get a spotlight episode from Akabayashi of the Awakusa gang and this is good since I kind of have a hard time processing a lot of the actual mafia stuff that goes on outside the color gang warfare. Basically he’s like Bucciaratti and is a cold-hearted Mafioso but hates drugs because of shit that happened to him. He was attacked by Anri’s mother when she had Saika on his way to go murder Anri’s dad for Mafia reasons and when he saw a red-eyed sword hive mind milf with blades jutting out from every inch of her body he was like ‘fuck that’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen’ and is somehow able to resist the Saika hivemind by ripping out his own fucking eye that was cut and crushing it, idk how that works since it didn’t seem like Saika is a poison that you can just get rid of the affected area and it’ll be fine but maybe the extreme pain while the infection was still just starting broke his brain enough to snap him out of it. So yeah he lets his boss get murdered after he brags about getting Anri’s parents hooked on drugs and planning to whore out Anri (who I think is like ten at this point so that’s kind of extra weird) so he is just like “Ooops, forgot to protect you” and lets him die. Meanwhile in the present Akane asks him how to kill a man and he’s like ‘sure’ also he’s a kind of godfather to Anri since her mom almost killed him, you know how that is. Pretty enat episode with some more buildup around the murder of one of the mafia bosses and people building off the Dollars’ reddit-style infrastructure to make a drug mule system because apparently before Mikado came along nobody thought about using the internet to do crimes before.

Damn, I had a lot to say this week apparently, guess that’s what I get for taking two weeks off. Speaking of which I don’t think I’m in any rush to replace Stone Ocean for now, gonna downsize the block a little bit for the time being so it takes up less time overall on my days off. I’ll still be doing it just with six shows instead of seven, if I see a new anime I wanna add on top I’ll stick it in but for now it’s been over a hundred weeks of seven episodes a week so I’ll start shrinking a bit instead of feeling obligated to find something new to watch every time. Thanks!

[toastymarshie]

About HNY

Yeah I’m beating a dead horse at this point as this shitshow is over.

Fair warning for mentioned pedophila, death and grooming

However I wanted to say my opinions and feelings out there as a little final say on this.

This show is horrible, no doubt about it. Characters and story make little to no sense, the Inugang were OOC and Rin….

Thinking about what they did to Rin is horrible and destroyed Sesshomaru’s arc in the OG. The fact that Sess was willing to allow BOTH his daughters to die and come back to life for some dumb reason is horrible. Sesshomaru is worst dad of the year for this and even worst “husband” to his child bride.

Mirsan’s family got sidelined hard while InuKag never got to raise their baby who was abandoned by Koga and everyone else. Are you telling me that Sota, Mama Higurashi, and grandpa won’t be fawning over Moroha, asking her about Kagome? Their family member who made the hard decision to leave them behind because she didn’t feel like she belong in her world anymore and miss Inuyasha? MirSan won’t move the earth just to find their best friends? They wouldn’t take in Moroha themselves and protect her with their lives??!

Towa stole everything from Moroha because the writers decided that Sess’s daughters deserved it all? That’s so sad that even Kagome’s whole family who have supported her didn’t even bat an eye to Moroha for some time. Setsuna isn’t worth mentioning as I felt she was too bland even with an somewhat interesting background. Also Riku is gross and doesn’t deserve the time of day.

Moving on, the villains were nothing special. Shiori’s skin changing color in her human night… the racism. So many problems that were discussed over the course of 2-3 years tbh.

However, my heart goes out to everyone hurt by this series, who found comfort in Sesshomaru and Rin’s relationship and other reasons. I hope by forgetting about this show gave you some peace and I don’t blame you for leaving Inuyasha behind.

I know that it’s not canon, many people had said that. Rumiko doesn’t acknowledge it too much unless it’s for promotions. Still, I’m disappointed in RT as I do love her work. I won’t be supporting her after this because she had the power to stop it but didn’t.

I know it’s easy to say it’s not canon to the series, but it’s hard too due to multiple gross shippers saying it is. I know it’s not all, but the most vocal demand it. It’s horrible…

However, as long as you make peace with yourself whether you leave Inuyasha behind, refuse to acknowledge HNY or didn’t know this existed. Good on you and keep on going!

I have made peace of it being not canon and liking Inuyasha still despite being a bit uncomfortable now. I’m proud of people speaking out against this and showing how this kind of stuff can hurt young people. To all the antis, thank you. I do appreciate the hard work you did to speak out about this despite all the drama that came from it. Be happy that this shit show is over and never mention it again.

Anyways back to your regular scheduled bad memes <3

[inukag]

I loved the Kikyo and Kagome analysis you reblogged— that Flower Demon chapter ! Ouch !

Sometimes I wonder how Moroha would of reacted if she saw Kikyo or knew the whole story. I play with the idea that Moroha could get visions from the past via the Bone Eaters Well or the Sacred Tree. Idk I think it would be cool since she’s technically from the past and future.

She’s such a perfect combination of InuKag and a blend of their natures. I could see her reacting pretty angry at first or wanting to confront Inuyasha. It must mess with your sense of reality that your parents had people they loved in the past other than your mom xD ha.

Anyway it would of been really great to see InuKag handle the conversation about Kikyo in a mature way. Especially since Moroha is around 14? Ish? That’s sorta the same age that Kagome crossed the well. Rumiko could tie up a lot of loose ends this way. :p Like why didn’t Kagome tell Inuyasha that Kikyo tried to murder her? Or if Inuyasha was aware that the flower demon was implying that Inuyasha has hurt Kagome the most. …oh wait maybe he could of also said Kikyo was the one who was hurting Kagome the most? Idk!

The HNY manga actually kind of addressed this in Chapter 2:

Moroha was raised by Kaede in that story so I'm guessing she heard about Kikyo from her. She doesn't have any ill will toward Kikyo, it's just "oh she was my dad's ex, she had a pretty tragic life but she found peace, the end." Obviously that's the summary that Kaede gave her, so it's most likely missing most of the Drama that happened after Kikyo was revived and how that affected her parents' relationship, lmao.

Tbh if we're talking about official Inuyasha media, I think that's enough about the topic. I'm so tired of hearing about the love triangle and I don't really want to hear about it anymore, lol. There's so much more to Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship than the angst they were put through with Kikyo's resurrection and that Moroha needs to know about.

BUT in a fanfic it could be interesting, and I do agree with you that Kagome and Inuyasha should be mature enough to talk about it with Moroha. With the way Kagome was at the end of the manga, I think she would do most of the talking about she'd be ok with explaining the situation without letting her emotions (that she felt at the time) get the best of her. I think Inuyasha would struggle with it only because he knows how much Kagome was hurt (especially because of the Kao arc, as you mentioned) and he doesn't want to say anything that would upset her. I think he would open up more if he saw that Kagome was comfortable with the conversation.

I keep thinking about the fact that Inuyasha is unaware that Kagome realized she was in love with him and cried after she saw him hugging Kikyo in chap 173-176 / ep 47-48. I can imagine one day they would be the three of them at the Sacred Tree and Kagome would casually tell Moroha how this is the place she realized she was in love with her dad and found the courage to decide to stay by his side. it would be really cute if Moroha got protective of her mom and was a bit annoyed at her dad after hearing that! I think Inuyasha would reassure her by telling her that he's grateful for everything Kagome did for him and that while he was searching for her in the meido he realized they were born for each other 😌

Also I think the whole Kikyo trying to kill Kagome incident is something that Kagome will take to the grave, unless she mentions to Moroha how Kikyo was initially a vengeful revenant and she did bad things to her and Inuyasha while she was in that state but she wouldn't have been like that if it weren't for the circumstances of her death & resurrection.

I also like your idea of Moroha seeing visions thanks to the Bone Eaters Well and the Sacred Tree! I always had the headcanon that one time Moroha touched the tree or the well at the same "time" as Mama Higurashi and she got to see her that way, similar to that scene from the first Movie where Inuyasha and Kagome could see each other at the sacred tree 😊 It would be too sad if Inuyasha and Kagome's kid(s) never got to see Kagome's family in the future!

[viva-el-belt-libre]

New fic: Manipulation

Hello! I wrote this ages ago, and with the help of @ku-mi-ko, @hanmajoerin, @inukag, @companion-for-who and @born-for-eachother, I finally posted it! (jeez, viva, do you really need this many people to write something so short? Yes i do, shut up.)

So here it is something cute with Kin'u and Miroku! Please bear in mind that although I'm using some Yashahime elements, it is not set in the Yashahime universe and InuYasha and Kagome live perfectly happy being MirSan neighbours at the village. That's it.

Rating: G/Everyone

Characters: Miroku and Kin'u

Universe: InuYasha cannon compliant, not HNY compliant

Read it in AO3

Manipulation

"Daddy, look!"

Oh, here we go…

Miroku braced himself for what was to come. He was only "daddy" when they wanted something. Otherwise, he was "father".

"Yes, sweetheart, what is it?"

"It's a puppy!" Kin'u beamed. "He followed me!"

Miroku looked down to see the puppy in question, a little scrawny thing with honey coloured fur and droopy ears, wagging its tail furiously and licking the girl's fingers. It was not uncommon for dogs and other animals to follow them while attending to missions, as they often could get scraps of food along the way. But when Miroku decided to take his eldest to experience the itinerant monk life, he wasn't expecting her to start collecting pets on the road.

"Can I keep him?"

"Kin'u, I don't think this is a good idea..."

"But Dad", she said alongating her syllables. "He’s hungry! And he likes me!"

The puppy jumped and barked, as if to agree with the girl. Miroku took a deep breath.

"I can see that. It's best if we feed him then go. We can't take him home."

"We can't just abandon him!" Her voice began rising in pitch. "He’s a baby!" As if on cue, the puppy whimpered.

"Kin'u, he’ll be fine. He’s survived until this point, he clearly can find food and shelter."

The girl frowned. The puppy jumped on her leg once more to try to grab her attention and achieve some pets on the head. Miroku was brought back momentarily to the time a couple of years previous, when he had to drag his daughter back home sobbing when she couldn’t take home the puppy that had been offered to him as payment by one of the villagers. A dog had just given birth and Kin’u seemed so enamoured by the litter, the woman suggested they take one as a gift. But the dogs were still too little to be weaned, and so it stayed behind. Bringing himself back to the present at hand, he hoped he wouldn’t need to carry a crying child all the way home again this time around.

"But Father," Kin’u pleaded, her mouth falling into a straight line and eyes closing. Miroku didn't miss the telltale change of tone when she spoke or the quiet inhale that filled the space between them. Kin'u was silent, but it wouldn't be long before she sold him a pitch. She was turning out to be every bit the merchant that he was. "Don't animals have souls with potential for enlightenment just like we do? Shouldn't we be kind to them just as much as we are to humans? For all we know, this could be the soul of Grandfather!"

'She’s getting good at assessing which arguments work best in each situation,' Miroku thought, half proud of his daughter's skills, and half worried. This had to be payback for all those years of tricking people with carefully crafted words. Miroku knew the karma would return his actions to him, but he just assumed it would be in his next life, a problem for whoever had his soul in the future.

"Yes, good to know you have been paying attention to the teachings. But theology won't help your case because we also don't take every person in need to our home. We help them as much as we can then go our separate ways, as fate will lead us."

The young girl sighed, defeated. "I had already chosen a name..."

Kin’u probably didn’t mean to spike her father’s curiosity this time, the comment was perfectly spontaneous. But it did anyway. "Which one?"

"InuYasha."

"No. Kin'u, you can't name the dog InuYasha."

"Fine. Gyo can help me decide on a new name, if you let me take him. I promise I'll take care of him! And he'll be out of the way, he won't be any trouble at all for you or Mother!"

Miroku thought he should pay a visit to Mushin soon. Maybe apologize and thank the old monk for not simply abandoning him when he was a little boy. If he was half as argumentative and persistent as his daughter at her age, he sure was a handful.

He sighed. Maybe taking the puppy wouldn't be such a bad idea. It could teach the kids some responsibilities. And they would finally stop pestering them for a pet. "I suppose if the dog follows us home, there’s nothing we can do to deter him. It would be cruel to scare him away.” Kin’u perked up, he could see the celebration in her eyes, so he added, “But this doesn't mean you can keep him. Whatever your mother says is final, understood?" before she could speak.

"Yes!" The girl opened a huge smile and jumped over to hug him. "Thank you so much, Daddy! I love you!" The dog jumped and barked, picking up on the change of mood, and wagging his tail so fast it was now just a blur.

With some luck she would at least tell her mother that he had objected to the idea a little. It was starting to get hard not to prove Sango's point that he was being too lenient and spoiling the kids too much. He was never going to hear the end of it.

But as long as Miroku got to hear those words coming from his daughter, he didn't really mind being manipulated.

[thee-achilles]

🍇.|ABOUT ME|.🍇

when i tell you this is my third damn time tryna create one of these mofos.

anyways 😻 i realize that i’ve never told you guys about me. so allow me to introduce my fine self 🙄😋

— achilles or lee (if u feelin lazy) like the heel 👠, 16 years young 👵, amateur astrologer 🌌

— pronouns are she/they‼️👦

— tropical: libra sun, libra rising, leo moon ✊💂‍♀️

— sidereal: virgo sun, virgo rising, cancer moon 🐺‼️

— draconic: virgo sun, libra rising, leo moon 😋👍

—nakshatras: hasta sun, chitra rising, ashlesha moon

—navamsa d9: aries (bharani) sun, leo (magha) rising, pisces (revati) moon

— = moon & mercury dominated. second in command is the = dominated venus & jupiter. 💪💂‍♀️

— dob is sept. 29. born on jupiter day @ jupiter hour 🐺‼️ alpha vibes only

— i’ve been researching astrology and practicing tarot since the 5th grade, but idk if i’ll do readings here. 💪👦

— i’m mixed 💪 half mexicana 🇲🇽 half Cracker Barrel 👩🏻‍🦳 viva la méxico or whatever. 👶 i’m fluent too. cebolla. (jk, but i’m in spanish 2 currently and can form a sentence so 😼 it counts 🙄) #nosabe

— i have an older brother who i’ll be talking about frequently here. we’re quite close and i love his chart so 😋😋 other than him i have 2 sisters and a brother on my dad’s side. haven’t gotten a hold of their birth charts yet 😒 idk how to pop the question 🙄 “GIVE ME UR BIRTH TIME, BITCH 🤬🤬🤬🤬” won’t really work and they’ll think i have ojo 😒

— my fav color is actually red 😒 purple is just pretty 💏 i’m a phony, i know 🙄 #cryaboutit

— my fav artists are smino, audrey nuna, dreamer isioma, doja cat, kendrick lamar, tyler, the creator, the marias, MITSKI, faye webster, billie marten, phoebe bridgers, steve lacy, a tribe called quest, cuco, weyes blood, fka twigs, bts, and more 😋😋

— i watch anime 💪 i’ve watched most of jjk, mha, and aot. i say “most” because i’ve only seen like 8 episodes of season 4 for aot and none of season 5 of mha. i grew up on inuyasha. i’m really bad at sticking to shows, but i definitely try! :) if y’all got suggestions, hit my line ☝️🙄 ***NO SPOILERS IN MY ASKS EITHER. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬*** also i don’t normally ship anyone from anything, so yk don’t ask me bout that. 😟

— i’ve got a cat named fiona and she’s definitely a libra too 👩‍🎤

there’s so many of y’all here now 😳 like damn 300+??? y’all are insane. thank you so much. i’m so grateful for all of you guys. i might do something to celebrate if i can think of something. despite popular belief, my creativity isn’t the best 😒 maybe big 3 readings idk though 🤷‍♀️

thank y’all for taking to time to read about me. i hope you guys have a lovely day. :)

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 138 Rundown

Spy X Family: Following last week’s… explosive entrance into school, Anya has an uphill battle trying to fit in. Loid becomes an almost literal helicopter parent making sure she’ll apologize to him and despite Anya’s new friend Becky objectively being a best girl, she’s kinda getting in the way of the apology and everyone else hating Anya’s guts is kinda not helping. She eventually does get to apologize after Loid’s vandalized like a quarter of the school to give her the hint but because Damian’s friends mentally teasing her, Anya ends up crying while apologizing and making a really moe face, this combined with Damian going to Spike Spiegel school of loving women that kick his ass, means he now has an epic crush on her but given he’s like six this just amounts to shouting at her and running away, making everyone else think he hates her. Back at home, Loid’s trying to tutor Anya but just because she’s psychic doesn’t mean she’s smart so she’s having a really hard time of it and runs off. Loid and Yor have a nice little talk about how to do what Anya wants and lay off the Tiger Dad stuff a bit and Yor talks about how her brother loved sharing his knowledge with her and if Anya doesn’t find joy in learning and/or motivation in improving her mind to show her loved ones things will be hard for her on that front. Loid agrees and they try to find a gentle way to motivate and encourage her but when he goes to check on her he finds she’s already been studying as much as she can and knows how important it is that she does well. Kinda fucked up honestly that Yor just thinks Loid’s pushing this huge academic weight on Anya to honor his dead wife like that’s a lot of pressure to put on a six year old like getting into the school was one thing  but keeping her on the super elite honor roll deal feels like overkill. Anyway the stinger shows Yor’s brother getting home from doing espionage shit and finding out his sister’s apparently been married for supposedly like a year and never told him so… that’ll be fun to explain.

Inuyasha: We continue with the Naginata of Kenkon filler arc and the group faces off against the four Demon Ninja henchmen. Sango gets a lizard guy that can shoot scales or some shit, Miroku fights the tiger dude that can just kinda fuck him up, Inuyasha gets a turtle dude that’s too tough for him once Hoshiyomi sucks the power out of the Tessaiga and Akitoki and Shippo get the gay bird guy that can fuck up Shippo because he’s Shippo but also has WAY too much trouble fucking up Shippo for any respectable demon. Though the fights are brief and instead of a 1v1 where everyone gets to shine and do some trickery to beat their bad guy Inuyasha fucking does a sneak attack that frees Miroku and he just fucking Wind Tunnel’s all four of them, like props for efficiency if nothing else, just throwing all the filler villains under the bus and reminding us why Narkau carries a metric fuckton of Saimyosho everywhere he goes, though for Demon Ninjas you’d think at least one of them would be versed in poisons but guess not, get wrecked I guess. Meanwhile Hoshiyomi has Kagome and reveals his tragic backstory of being betrayed by a priestess woman and now he thinks humans are stupid and shitty and the reason he didn’t take the other half of the naginata is because he uses the blade to absorb Kagome’s spirutal power to break the priestess woman’s seal on it and just kinda fucking call the other half right out of Akitoki’s hands so I guess it didn’t matter but like he coulda just grabbed the other blade on the way or something Akitoki was right next to Kagome when he captured her. Hoshiyomi uses the completed naginata to open the Dead Zone and floats up into the air because when you open a hellish nether realm portal the first thing you wanna do is get right up next to it, man learned from Garlic Jr. and took his lessons to heart. But yeah the crew’s kinda fucked, Miroku can’t suck up Kagome and Inuyasha’s down one sword and you can’t just throw Hiraikotsu at a hell portal and hope for the best.

Yu Yu Hakusho: So this episode’s kind of fucking fantastic. Turns out Itsuki’s power is summoning Prismo from Adventure Time to swallow everyone but Yusuke up so he and Sensui can have a fair right. You know for all Hiei’s talk about ‘Toguro wanted to release your potential and Sensui won’t be that generous about handing you the key on a silver platter’ if Sensui really wanted to he could’ve just had Yusuke swallowed up too and the plan would kinda be fucked right here but luckily Sensui does want the chance to be proven wrong by Yusuke. Itsuki’s motivation is kinda interesting, he’s actually a demon that stalked Sensui when he was a young Spirit Detective and started to get Sensui to think about how some demons can be good which paved the path for his flip on humanity. Itsuki makes no bones about being totally fucking gay for Sensui and says he’s the kind of pure person that will reflect anything given to him so if he’s become evil and deranged it’s because he’s absorbed a world that is equally so and whatever he does to the world is justice. That’s basically a fancy way of saying ‘the guy I simp for can’t be wrong’ but it’s nuanced enough that it makes sense as the logical thought process of someone that’s become enamored with the depth of Sensui’s multifaceted personality. Meanwhile Sensui’s giving Yusuke his own lecture about how doing a hard job like this will inevitably corrupt him and if he embraces it and chills out and enjoys becoming a sociopath it’ll be a lot easier. Yusuke has a pretty awesome comeback about how up until now his life’s been pretty shitty and the so-called dirty job Sensui thinks is corrupting him is the thing that’s let him help people and learn to reach out to others and he refuses to be bent over backwards by it or by Sensui. The rest of the episode is the fun opening volleys of Yusuke vs Sensui and we get the reveal that Yusuke is actually stronger than Sensui in most every regard but Sensui’s smarter and more experienced, like a Piccolo vs Form 2 Frieza situation. After being off the wall enough to catch Sensui off-guard Yusuke gets a couple first blood shots in and Sensui reveals he’s fucking covered in scars that he inflicted on himself as part of his training, just in case we hadn’t sold the fact he’s crazy enough yet.

Jujutsu Kaisen: So this week’s our official intro to Gojo’s powers and it’s suitable epic, he spends the whole episode bouncing Captain Magma around faster than you can say Krackatoa. He has like… parabola armor in that the closer you get to him the harder it is to actually hit him with anything and also he has the power of Infinity which for some reason means shooting laserbeams like idk I can’t exactly tell him it’s scientifically incorrect to be able to shoot laser beams by touching infinity because who would be able to fucking test that. Like his power doesn’t really seem to have ‘mechanics’ to it beyond the theme of Infinity and his ability seems to just be ‘be stronger than you’ from what I can gather which don’t get me wrong it’s fucking awesome I’m just not entirely wrapping my head around how it functions and how it displays the mechanics of Jujutsu. Captain Magma is so pissed that he forgets all about the Hypercube plan and just wants to fucking murder Gojo which he should’ve realized wasn’t going to happen when Gojo pulls a fucking Metro Man from Megamind and dips out of the fight halfway to run an errand to grab Yuji and come back so he can watch their Domains expand. From what I understand Doman Expansion basically means everyone gets a Reality Marble from Fate to power up their attacks and like create fire and shit if your power is fire or… be Itachi’s Tsukuyomi in Gojo’s case since he just basically paralyzes Captain Magma with infinite possibilities aka the college experience. So yeah basically Domains work on Bleach rules where the stronger power overpowers the weaker one or how Field Spells used to work in Yugioh where one can overtake the other with splashes of Pokemon with elemental weaknesses can trump things that are basically tied otherwise. Idk how I feel about that like I don’t really like the mechanics of the show telling me ‘this person is stronger so they can no-sell the other’ like I’ll have to see how it plays out in the series but I think it’d be a lot more interesting if the Domains mingled so you had a different type of terrain for every battle based on the clash of the two peoples’ innate powers. But yeah Gojo fucks Captain Magma up and rips off his head but Flower Dude comes to save him and run like a bitch. So Gojo’s just like ‘yeah let’s get you strong enough to do something like that’ and meanwhile evil leader dude is chilling on a beach playing soccer with Captain Magma’s still living head.

Chainsaw Man: We cut right back into the Eternity Devil fight which again has Jujutsu Kaisen mirroring the pacing of Chainsaw Man with them fighting something that has to do with Infinity, though in this case unlike Gojo the Eternity Devil gets its fucking ass kicked because it’s basically a million balloons filled with purple flurp against Chainsaws and Denji can use their blood like gasoline to keep healing and fueling forever literally out-eternitying the Eternity Devil. Himeno has a flashback to her partners talking about how the only way to beat Devils is to not be afraid of them and only someone fucking crazy wouldn’t be afraid of them and luckily Fucking Crazy is Denji’s middle name… possibly also his last name idk if he has any other names besides Denji. So Denji carves up the Eternity Devil like a Thanksgiving Turkey full of Grimace Shake for THREE DAYS and the Eternity Devil’s just like ‘fine here’s my glowing weak point just please stop bro this is awful’. So yay victory for Team Fucking Crazy. Himeno’s really happy about this because it means she may be able to save Aki from going all Kurakpika and blowing his life force load in search of vengeance and the plan is to throw Denji at the problem and hope he out-crazies the Gun Devil which isn’t a great plan but given their last plan was not having a plan it’s an improvement. Kobeni and other dude are quitting after trying to murder Denji and shitting themselves at the first sign of miserable groundhog looping hell so they’re having a big drinking party to… celebrate that I guess. But yeah we go around and flesh out the side characters a little bit and even get some more character stuff for Makima so that’s fun and Himeno gets shitfaced and decides to give Denji his kiss and… fucking pukes in his mouth which even Denji has standards against but I’m sure it’s someone’s fetish, two devils one cup and all that, I knew the scene was coming and Hulu pixilated it but I’m still glad I watched it after dinner instead of before. While Denji’s puking his guts out and having an existential crisis over why his every step towards physical intimacy is fucking cursed as hell, he passes out and Himeno just kinda abducts him from the bar and takes him back to her place, so shitfaced that she doesn’t even remember doing it until he wakes up in her bed and she’s half naked. Still pretty fucking drunk and watching another man hopelessly chase after Makima, Himeno does a little projecting and offers Denji they just fucking fuck which is kinda… dodgy? Idk what the ethics are here like Denji can barely fucking move so I don’t think either of them are in a consenting position and also Denji’s 16 but because he’s Denji even he’s not entirely sure of how old he is and he’s probably just guessing which gives hentai artists plausible deniability I guess so the situation is so fucked up that it kinda wraps back around to being morally gray enough to not be all that problematic I guess?

Ranking of Kings: So Turns out Daida’s gross dad milkshake was a potion of resurrection and led to him getting his body possessed by presumably his dad. Meanwhile Bojji’s still in hell trying to get training and they bribe Despa enough for him to actually train Bojji and despite seeming dodgy at first it seems like he’s a nice guy that really wants Bojji to succeed and is on the up and up. He analyzes Bojji’s potential and finds out he has zero muscle potential and literally can’t get stronger no matter how hard he works so he’s basically like a Reverse Rock Lee. Still Despa’s like ‘motherfucker you paid me, I am gonna make a fucking king out of you’ and resolves to train Bojji, giving him a mystery weapon that suits him and training him for weeks outside of Kage’s (and our) view. We get a nice little montage of how Bojji’s doing studying, training, and housework before anyone’s even awake and then going to the real training to learn techniques from Despa to make up for his lack of physical strength and capitalize on his speed and skill, almost like standardized teaching is bullshit and playing to your students’ strengths is the only way to help them succeed. Anyway there’s a huge explosion and Kage sees Bojji standing in front of a huge fucking rock looking like he cut it in half somehow, like this could easily be a joke or a swerve but if he found a way to actually be good at fighting this is big.

Vinland Saga: Turns out the King of the Danes decides to let the soliders take the winter off from killing the English which makes things hard for Askeladd’s crew since they’re profiting off the war and have already sacked all the good places around. Askeladd’s just like ‘hey somebody’s gotta be killin’ somebody somewhere right?’ and they just fucking go to France for the winter. In France they find a skirmish already in progress where two French generals are just kinda fighting each other I guess, one’s raiding the other’s fortress and Askeladd wants to join the raiders since taking everything from the fort is probably better pay than helping defend it and sends Thorfinn to go negotiate with the raiders specifically because he doesn’t care if the raiders just fucking off him for the language barrier. Thorfinn’s getting fed up with being strung along for like the better part of a decade at this point and asks Askeladd when he’s gonna get his fucking duel and Askeladd tells him if he kills a general and brings him his head he’ll duel him. Thorfinn meets with the lizard-looking motherfucker leading the raiders and it’s funny because they just have a translator but since we’re obviously not gonna have them speak French and Norse he’s just repeating everything that’s said in English. Thorfinn tells him it’s better to attack from the river than the front door but apparently there’s waterfalls and shit stopping them from getting upriver, meanwhile after Thorfinn gives the signal that the raiders are in on the plan, the French soldiers see Askeladd’s men carrying the figurehead of one of their ships over the mountains and mistake it for a real fucking dragon which is pretty cool. The battle starts and turns out the fucking Vikings carried all three ships across the plains to drop it in the river right by the base to flank the fortress. Askeladd sees the French general and immediately just fucking leaps over the fortress to go for his head, distracting the crossbow guys and inadvertently saving some of Askeladd’s men and it’s kinda funny because he mows through the French troops like crazy but then accidentally drops the general’s head off the side of the fort and is just like ‘ah fuck’ and has to go in after it. Askeladd’s men flank the base and just fucking slaughter everyone before the raiders even get inside and by the time the raiders figure out what’s going on Askeladd already has all the treasure and is like ‘yup, our half’s all this shitty gold, you get the fort and all the glory, pretty cool deal huh?’ and Thorfinn fucking jumps back onto the boat just in time and tosses the general’s head in front of Askeladd, challenging him to a duel. Askeladd’s just like ‘yeah kid that’s pretty cool and I’mma let you finish but we gotta get the fuck out of France like five minutes ago so we’re gonna hit pause on that for right now’.

[inuyashaha]

Yashahime Episode 15

I think so many of my feelings and observations have been stated by others at this point, but here go my rambling thoughts anyway.

First the negative:  It was an oddly structured episode.  The introduction threw us straight into the past, very, very briefly framed by Riku as the narrator.  Did Riku break the fourth wall or were we to assume a listener we did not see?  I’m still not sure.  So much information was thrown at the audience that it did not feel like there was enough times to savor the emotions of the moments ...  very very important moments that showed us Inuyasha and Kagome’s home and married dynamic, pregnant Kagome, RIN HAVING HER BABIES with Kaede, Sango and Kagome being there (I LOVED that), Sesshomaru taking his babies...I’m willing to wait and assume this rushed narrative is on purpose, but it was a little jarring.

Now the good:

Rin is the mommy!  I knew that.  I was convinced on August 1st during the livestream, but it was a sweet (if all too brief) moment.  Mamiko Noto’s voice as Rin was so perfect.  It was sweet, but it was subdued.  It was the voice of a someone who had just birthed twins and knows something awful is about to go down.  To hear her name the babies was a beautiful moment, and how sweet were baby Towa and Setsuna.  Towa looked a little grumpy/sleepy, but baby Setsuna was already smiling :).  I do think they will show that Setsuna, deep down, is a smiling sweet girl like her mother and that circumstances made her like she is.  It also makes me think that we have only seen one side of Towa -- we haven’t really seen what she has inherited from Sesshomaru -- yet.

I loved that all of Rin’s friends surrounded her and helped her have her babies.  The twins hurrying to get Kaede, Sango going for Kagome...it was a community event!  But seriously, to know that if only for a short while, Rin got to be surrounded by love and peace with her babies by her side makes the bitterness of Sesshomaru taking the babies so quickly afterwards a little easier to bear.  Just a little.  Sango the experienced mom.  Kaede the midwife.  Rin the new mom.  Kagome the expectant mom.  Imagine the conversations and bonding.  Their kids should have grown up together :(. 

And I am going to speculate, until the show proves me wrong, that Rin probably had her own hut and continued to live in the village after she married Sesshomaru, or at least after she got pregnant.  The fact that the twins came to get Kaede at night makes me think that she was not in Kaede’s hut.  Wouldn’t Kaede be at her own place at night? 

Like Inuyasha and Kagome, I think Rin and Sesshomaru had their own place:

This looks different from Kaede’s hut.  I don’t remember the little pathway on the left, but it’s impossible to tell if they are next to the gate here.  Again, I’m choosing to believe they had their own place.

So, this makes me consider how much Sesshomaru really did settle down for Rin.  He gave up his titles.  He did not take her to a castle in the air.  He let her stay among her friends and start a family WITH HIM but still within the village.  He gave her the best of both worlds.  He MARRIED her.  How many times was she called his wife or bride?  She’s no concubine or human piece on the side.  He MARRIED her.  Since he had not seen his mother in a while, I’m assuming he married her in her village, letting everyone know she wasn’t just some poor village girl taken advantage of by the powerful yokai. And it clearly wasn’t just a human marriage.  All the big bad demons called Rin Sesshomaru’s wife. What honor, respect and love he showed to her, a mere human peasant (though of course we all know she is so much more than that, especially to Sesshomaru).

Was he like many lords and installed her in her own home, visiting and staying with her when he did not have business to attend to?  Or did he tell Inuyasha that he better get used to having another demon hanging out in his forest by the village?  Like...for all intents and purpose, Sesshomaru may have been living in the same village as Inuyasha, both intending to raise their families together.  I love that.  Please Yashahime, don’t dissuade me of this.

Poor Sesshomaru...sigh...I know it doesn’t look great for him right now...but that will change.  The story is not going to make him the villain.  It’s just not.  But yes, poor Sesshomaru.  He got to be happy about his babies being born for all of about two seconds before Zero interrupted him.  Look at his little smile while he listens to his daughters’ first cries:

He had his worried face on, and then he smiled.  He’s a dad in the waiting room.  And the TONE of Jaken’s voice when he declared that they had been born.  The WARMTH, the LOVE.  Grandpa Jaken I love you so much.

This bitch, though, I don’t love at all:

Does she have some kind of magic yokai ultrasound that lets her know Sesshomaru had twin daughters and predicted Kagome would have a daughter?  I look forward to seeing how this all unravels, but the fact that she showed up IMMEDIATELY after the girls were born is frightening, and maybe that was why Sesshomaru was at the outskirts of the village instead of closer by?  Clearly, they were expecting some kind of attack, but dang...that happened fast.

Who is this lady anyway?  I’ve seen it speculated that it may be Riku’s mother...and yes?  I could see that.  Did she have a hanyou she was not allowed to keep,  poor Riku tossed overboard, and now she seeks revenge? Or was she rejected by Toga? Those tears of hers.  Who was she crying for?

As many others noticed, this was a little odd:

What about Sesshomaru’s mother?  He hasn’t seen her in years (such a bad son), and when they go to her castle, she’s missing.  Was she just off doing flying dog stuff in the sky?  Was she shopping for expensive jewelry and designer silks?  I’m assuming she was not at Sesshomaru’s wedding.  Or did Zero do something to her and Sesshomaru just wasn’t aware?  I’m dying to see more of Sesshomaru’s mom.  I want her to meet the twins and just throw out her arms all, “Come to Grandma!  Let me buy you things and tell you stories about your dad.”  But that remains to be seen.

Speaking of grandparents, can I say yet again that I love the honorary grandparents Kaede and Jaken, both trying to protect Rin in their own way.  Kaede doesn’t hold back and calls Sesshomaru a fool (imagine what she was like when Sesshomaru was truly courting Rin) while Jaken comforts Rin when her babies are taken away.  Again, the voice acting by Jaken’s VA is EVERYTHING in this episode.  The LOVE he conveys.  He’s perfect.  I love him.  I do.

And Rin knew the plan. She knew what was going to happen, but poor thing...I wish it could have been different for her.  Look how much she loves and trusts Sesshomaru.  That expression clearly says “Look what I made! Look what WE made!”  I wish we could have seen them react to the babies together. 

Also, look at how Sango is about THISCLOSE to putting on her slayer clothes and kicking Sesshomaru’s ass when he scooped up those babies and turned away:

The rest of the episode was such a jumble of events.  Sesshomaru AND Jaken were with Inuyasha and Kagome when the comet arrived, which was after the twins’ birth but before Moroha’s.  Even if they are hanyo, I don’t think Jaken and Sesshomaru would have left newborn babies alone.  Rin was with them.  Jaken even said he was bringing Rin to them (I assume after she recovered from birthing twins).  Further supporting this would be the dream gazing spell business --  Like others have said, I’m pretty sure Rin sacrificed herself to keep her remaining daughter safe after Towa was pulled into the future.

Miscellaneous observations:

1. What the hell is going on with the comet? Every 500 years?  So, the Higurashis might be in for a surprise pretty soon?  Comet remnants are still in the sky though...

2. Why in the hell did Inuyasha bring his pregnant wife along for the comet destruction? Why exactly was she there?  Unless he was too worried about her safety to leave her behind?

3. Riku is one shady fellow.  HE found the compact?  How did he know where to look? I know, I know.  Don’t be hasty, but c’mon.  We don’t have that many episodes left.

4.  I like how they portrayed a pregnant Kagome.  I like this little side view where you can see she’s chunky, but it’s not an exaggerated thing:

5. Sesshomaru and Rin had babies before Inuyasha and Kagome! On one level, it is very sweet.  Of anyone, Rin and Sesshomaru are very aware of the fragility of life and how fleeting time is.  Look at the names of their daughters.  It makes sense that they wanted a family quickly.  On the other hand, I cannot shake the idea that the brothers did get competitive with each other.  I can imagine Inuyasha knocking up Kagome as quickly as possible after finding out that Rin was pregnant.  Then Sesshomaru has TWO daughters to Inuyasha’s one.  I am longing for some brotherly interactions.  Let Inuyasha call him a hypocrite at least once.  Let Sesshomaru gloat that he has TWO super awesome daughters. Let the daughters watch their ridiculous fathers fist fight while their mothers pour water on them and tell them to SIT.  Please.

6. Besides emphasizing the fact that Rin is Sesshomaru’s WIFE, the episode also emphasized the fact that Rin actually birthed the girls. Rin is in labor, it will be soon, you did well, Rin, Rin resting in bed with her daugthers, her voice weak and tired, the tub used to wash the babies in the background.  There was no magic switcheroo.  The twins were not found beneath a tree.  Sesshomaru did not sprout them from a forgotten limb. They came out of Rin’s body.  She’s the mom. She made them with her husband. End of.

6. Finally, this is the best part of the episode.

You sure did, Rin. 

Now where are A-Un and Shippo?

[mamabearcat]

I'm going to shoot you number 50 for the InuKag ask thing XD

Thank you @sassybratt9791 and @rougescribe who also asked for this prompt. It's a little more angsty than I'd originally planned, but kinda sweet also.

From the Touching prompt list. 50. putting a hand over the other’s mouth to shut them up.

💖

“It’s okay if you want to leave”, she said quietly.

Inuyasha huffed exasperatedly, tossing aside the three year old gossip magazine he’d been thumbing through, which hadn’t really been keeping his attention anyway. He turned towards his wife, sitting on the chair next to him. Her shoulders were hunched and head bowed, fingers twisting together in her lap, as if she were trying to make herself look smaller, less conspicuous in the brightly lit waiting room. He knew this was difficult for her. It was difficult for both of them, but now she was just being ridiculous.

“Kagome, we’ve only been waiting for half an hour past ten. We’ve waited months for this appointment, and I had to beg for the day off work. We’re here now, okay? Even if we have to wait all day to see the damn specialist, it doesn’t matter. I’m not going to go anywhere.”

Her eyes flicked towards him, and then back to her lap, fingers twisting together so tightly her knuckles were pure white. He could scent the fear and nervousness pouring off her, and a cold spike of fear pierced his spine as he watched her trying to keep her shaking hands still.

“I mean… me. If… if they work out that it’s impossible for me to have children at all, I would… I would…” The corners of her mouth turned downwards as her bottom lip shook, tears filling her eyes to dull the grey sparkle that he adored. “You’re so good with kids”, she whispered. “I see you with Miroku and Sango’s girls and they love you so much. You were born to be a Dad, Inuyasha. And…” She took a deep breath, closing her eyes. “I love you. But if you chose to leave I-“

“Shut up.”

He put his hand over her mouth, stopping her from saying one more word, not wanting to hear any more, uncaring of the curious stares they were now getting from the other people in the waiting room.

“Don’t you dare!” His voice was low and vehement, furious. “In fact, how dare you. Do you think so little of me Kagome? Of the way I love you? Of the promises we made to each other? ‘For better or worse’ Kagome. I love you. I love you! Would you leave, if we were going to see an infertility specialist for me?”

She shook her head rapidly, causing the hot tears to roll down her cheeks, spilling over his hand which was still held over her mouth, her shoulders shaking with barely controlled sobs. He took his hand away, pulling her sideways into a tight embrace.

“For someone so smart, you can think some very stupid things sometimes”, he said, his own voice thick with emotion, as he stroked her hair, pulling her head to rest in the hollow of his throat. “And it doesn’t matter to me if we have kids or we don’t. As long as I get to live my life with you. I chose you. And no matter what happens, I would still choose you. And I will continue to choose you from now on, every damn day. You got that?”

“Yeah”, she whispered. “It just didn’t seem fair.”

“I’m already the luckiest bastard I know, being married to you.” He kissed the top of her head as she giggled wetly, doing her best to wipe away the tears on her cheeks with her sleeve.

“Mr and Mrs Takahashi? The doctor is ready to see you now.”

Inuyasha drew in a deep breath. “You sure you still wanna do this?”

“Yeah.” She looked up at him, her eyes red rimmed, eyelashes wet with tears, but her expression more peaceful than he’d seen it in weeks. “I just want to try. Is that okay?”

“Yeah. As long as it’s together.”

She nodded, taking his larger hand in his, and entwining their fingers.

“Together. I promise.”

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Posted a few teasers for some Writer Asks, so...

Inuyasha burst into the men's bathroom, bracing his shaky hands on the ledge of the sink.

This...This couldn't be happening. Could it? It...He knew it was possible...That it would happen one day...But...now?

He reached over the sink to turn on the faucet, splashing cold water onto his face and dampening his silver bangs. He'd hoped it would help...But...He still felt light headed. Shaken. Trembling. His breathing was ragged, and he looked...about as big a mess as he felt.

Because the shirt he was wearing...

His shirt was red.

"It's...it's ok," he mumbled, looking at himself in the mirror - the bright red of his cotton button down glaring back at him like a beacon in the night. It was the most jarring thing in his world. His hair was still the same silvery grey it had always been. His eyes the same shade of grey.

The rest of his world...it was still...

Grey.

But his shirt...

No. His fucking shirt.

It was bright fucking red.

The first color he had ever seen that wasn't grey scale.

He ran his clawed fingers through his bangs, trying to get a hold of himself, but it was hard. It was like his thoughts weren't connecting in his brain, and everything had just gone...blank. He should be excited. Thrilled. Instead, he was fucking terrified.

Because his soulmate was nearby...

...And today was the fucking biggest day of his professional life.

The door to the bathroom burst open, and Inuyasha could smell Sesshomaru before he could see him.

"What the fuck man? Why the hell did y--" he demanded, stopping mid sentence when he could smell his younger brother's nervousness. See the water on his face and clothes. "Yash...what...Are you ok?"

Inuyasha slowly shook his head swallowing. He tried to open his mouth and tell his brother, but the words caught in his throat and he was left floundering. His lips were trying to form words he couldn't actually articulate.

"Inuyasha, what happened," Sesshomaru pressed, taking his shoulders between his large hands. It should have felt comforting...but all it did was make him feel smaller. Like he was a child again, needing is older brother to protect him from the kids at school that made fun of him.

Because he was color blind.

They'd called him a freak. A weirdo. Strange.

All because he couldn't relate to simple questions, like - What's your favorite color? Can you pass me the yellow marker? What do these four things have in common?

Hint - it was the color blue.

Something he couldn't see.

Because he hadn't met his soulmate yet.

But now...now he was seeing red. Literally.

"My shirt," he breathed, and Sesshomaru's face furrowed in confusion.

"What about it? Did you spill something on it? Rip a hole in it? Do we need to trade?"

Inuyasha rapidly shook his head, running his hands down his face.

"It's red," he muttered, and Sesshomaru blinked slowly at him.

"Yeah? So? You knew that when mom gave it to you. What's the big deal?"

"I...No. Sesshomaru. My shirt. It's red."

That time when he said it, really stressing the word "red", he could see it click in his brother's brain.

"Oh...shit..."

"Yeah. I know."

"...Shit!"

"I know!"

"What are you going to do?"

"I have no fucking idea Sessh! How the hell am I supposed to go out there and try to sell myself and my art in this fucking show, when my fucking soulmate is here!"

"Shit..."

"I know!" he repeated, his ire growing the more they stood there in the bathroom. He was starting to panic. He needed to mix and mingle and socialize...but he had zero desire to do so. Now that he was at least a little calmer over the absolute fucking shock of seeing color for the first time in his life, he only had one desire.

Find his soulmate.

But...if he fucked this show up, his might never be invited to show at this gallery again. He'd spent his entire career as a painter working to get into this place. It was known for its exclusivity. You couldn't be just anyone to show here. You had to be someone.

And he was finally someone...And it had been a hard fucking road to get here. He couldn't fuck this up...but...He also couldn't lose whoever his soulmate was.

Inuyasha watched his brother's lips press into a thin line as he tried to think of a solution, before finally coming to a decision.

"Trade shirts with me."

"I...What?"

"I'm going to pretend to be you," Sesshomaru explained, untucking his shirt from his pants. "You're going to pretend to be me. Just for now. We look almost the same anyways. That's what mom and dad always say."

"We do not! You have a fucking moon in the center of your head, and two stripes on your cheeks - I only have the one. And then there's the ears..."

"I know but...Most people aren't going to remember that shit anyways," he continued, handing his brother his shirt. "If someone knows who you are, what are they going to say? 'He's the dog demon in the red shirt.' I can be the dog demon in the red shirt. It's the best we've got right now...And you haven't been formally introduced yet. You said you never even met the gallery owner!"

"Only assistants," he nodded weakly as Sesshomaru started unbuttoning his shirt for him.

"Perfect. I think we can pull this off for now. It's going to be fine. You just...Need to try and find her. Fast."

Inuyasha nodded numbly as he shrugged his shirt off, handing it to his brother. Sesshomaru's shirt felt warm as he slipped his arms into it. It was an odd thing to notice, but...it felt oddly comforting, as did the scent of his brother enveloping him. It was like a layer of comfort while his entire world was being turned unexpectedly upside down. Even if they couldn't pull this off...he was thankful for his brother and his crazy idea. It was making him feel calmer, at least.

"It's going to be fine Yash...Alright?"

He nodded numbly again.

"Hey. Look at me," Sesshomaru repeated, taking his brother's chin between his fingers. "Let me hear you say it."

"I-it's going to be fine."

Sesshomaru nodded and the corners of his lips quirked up into the slightest of smiles.

"Good."

 FUN FACT. This one was inspired by Bob Ross. Go figure!

[avidoro]

Edit: Guess I’ll put this in here since everyone is just glossing it over to look for the negative parts. I never said you couldn’t ship SessRin. I never said I was anti-SessRin. I know I tagged it as such, but it isn’t because of my opinion. I have friends who ship SessRin. I love those friends. What I mean by these statements is that the community in general is toxic because of the people in it who have caused problems for others. Like, for example, the person who felt the need to jump me about my personal ship because it wasn’t with Rin when I wasn’t even talking about a ship. Or the people who harassed the English voice cast to the point that even they were calling the SessRin community toxic. Or the people who are fighting to have any Sesshoumaru shipping blog deleted if Rin isn’t involved. I am capable of peacefully sharing Sesshoumaru with other shippers if they could be civilized. But since they aren’t, then I feel like I have the right to speak my mind. And those of you who feel the need to fight me about it are just proving my point because you’re so worked up that anyone could have a different opinion that you absolutely have to argue. That being said, I also stated that I would never have said a word about this if it weren’t for the fact that Rin is underage in Yashahime. Sunrise is trying to lie about how much time passed. They clearly didn’t do their own math. And while I’m fine with SessRin shippers who ship her as an adult, I will not tolerate the people who justify her being underage in Yashahime. Also to those trying to argue about Yashahime being canon, I would love to provide the evidence to the statement I saw, but it’s gotten lost in the sea of people arguing about the show being canon. It was something along the lines of her saying the story wasn’t canon or wasn’t hers but the three girls were and that she was washing her hands of InuYasha and other’s could do what they wanted with it. Which kind of implies it’s not canon but she doesn’t care. If I find it again I will definitely share it. But if Rumiko steps up and actually says the show is canon, then I’ll accept it as canon. But that doesn’t mean I’m okay with Rin being underage. But go ahead and continue to comment with your ridiculous arguments. New edit: @tiny-foots​ It’s not what I saw but I was provided this where Rumiko stated InuYasha was complete within herself meaning the story was done. She left it up to Mr. Sumisawa to write. Take it as you will, but I see that as her giving the okay for a fanfic to be officiated. But I don’t see it as canon. I suppose that can be left up to interpretation. But my personal belief is that it’s not canon. Even before all this I never even saw the original anime as canon.

I am going to start off by saying that I always said I would never be anti-ship. But if this is what it's come to then I am completely against what is happening right now.

Let's just pretend my OTP isn't actually my OTP right now. What I ship has nothing to do with this. In fact I am a multi-shipper, so don't even think about that. This is beyond more than my personal shipping opinions. InuYasha was my comfort series during a very rough time and Sesshoumaru is my favorite character because of his massive character development and redemption arc. He is an astounding character.

The fact that Sunrise has "officially" (I refuse to say canon because it's not canon. Rumiko said so. Fight me!) paired him with Rin is the most disturbing and disgusting thing they could have possibly done. Again, I am not against people who do ship them. If that's what they enjoy then that's fine.

HOWEVER!

The SessRin community is toxic AF! They have been for a long time and now they've been given a reason to really be horrible people. And that's only one reason why I'm disgusted by this entire thing. And mind you, since Yashahime isn't canon anyway, I wouldn't have cared as much if they hadn't done it the way they had. Let me break this down for you. I'm going to list why SessRin is unhealthy, toxic, and morally wrong and I'll even list some of the justifying arguments shippers have tried to use to support it and explain why they're wrong too.

Pairing Sesshoumaru with Rin destroyed his character development and redemption.

Sesshoumaru's father had a strong desire to see his son learn compassion. Toward everyone! Humans and youkai alike. He learned that lesson through both a human and a youkai. Rin and Kagura. These were the characters who were meant to teach him to be compassionate toward others. By pairing him with Rin you have taken away that compassion that he learned. It's like sticking a giant middle finger up to all the humans he was supposed to learn to respect and say he only tolerates Rin and no one else. There goes his redemption! Way to go, Sunrise!

SessRin was never meant to become a thing.

Rumiko went out of her way to create a bond between Kagura and Sesshoumaru as well as Kohaku and Rin. It's clear who we were meant to ship them with. These characters were placed as a barrier between Rin and Sesshoumaru to avoid an improper ship. SessKagu is the ONLY canon Sesshoumaru ship.

No child in their right mind grows up to fall in love with the man who raised them from childhood.

And if they do then they need to seek counseling because that's not healthy. A normal child would grow up to view that man as her father.

And how about these lame and unjustifiable arguments that SessRinners are throwing out.

"He waited until she was an adult! She's 18!"

Do some research. She is not 18! Look at the the facts that have been compiled. She is 15 MAX. She's underage!

"This was normal back then!"

No it was not! Again, do your research! Nobility groomed children to be wives, yes, but it wasn't normal. Even then the girl wasn't bedded until she was an adult. Also, would you portray a black person, in media, as an abused slave in 1800s America by your story's "good guy" and say it's okay because it was normal back then?  I don't think so!

"They were meant to be together! It was a given! It was clear!"

Again, no it wasn't! Kagura was placed in the story for this purpose! She was in love with Sesshoumaru and he was falling in love with her. They are the ONLY canon Sess ship!

"Well, you're forgetting about the original series being about a 15-year-old girl getting with a 50+ year old man!"

There are so many reasons why this is an illogical statement. - InuYasha and Kagome met when they were mentally the same age. Sess and Rin met with he was mentally a young adult and she was EIGHT! - Kagome and InuYasha didn't have an official relationship until she returned from her time after three years... WHEN SHE WAS 18! - Every moment in the original story where Kagome was in an inappropriate situation she got mad and did something about it! She didn't just giggle and let the men around her ogle or touch her! - And my personal opinion, I also believe InuYasha and Kagome’s relationship was toxic anyway, so don’t try to hold that one over me. There’s a reason I’m a multi-shipper.

And one of my favorites, even from pre-Yashahime

"NO ONE is shipping child Rin with Sesshoumaru!"

Yeah? Go do a Google image search, you sickos. Edited to include this little treasure in the comments:

Who’s putting words in her mouth? She stated, in an interview plain as day, that Yashahime was not canon! She didn’t write it. An official publication does not canon make! Not to mention “the woman who changed him” is such an incredibly vague statement. If it was meant to be Rin, she’d have just said Rin. As mentioned before, she was very adamant about pushing the Kagura x Sesshoumaru ship. And Kagura definitely changed him. Was it not his compassion toward her specifically that regained his arm and gave him a sword? I’m pretty sure “the woman who changed him” was meant to be a vague statement because the canonical intention was just to leave it open to interpretation and is probably meant to be some random village woman who bonded with Sesshoumaru and ultimately completed his change.

And if, by chance, she did mean Rin, she didn’t say it was canon. Just that she was his wife meaning that is who Sunrise set as his wife in the show. Think about it? She was answering the question of “who had his children in Yashahime.” If she meant Rin, she was avoiding spoilers and giving a hint to who Sunrise chose as his wife. That’s not saying she would have picked Rin, herself. She didn’t write it. So it seems to me that you are the one putting words in her mouth.

Now tell me, if your best friend from grade school who was adopted told you when she was a teen or even an adult, "My dad's hot. We decided to sleep together." would you not find that disturbing? That's SessRin right now.

Also:

HANYOU NO YASHAHIME IS NOT CANON! THIS IS PER RUMIKO TAKAHASHI HERSELF! DO NOT TRY TO JUSTIFY THAT SESSRIN IS CANON NOW BECAUSE IT ISN'T! IT'S JUST AN OVERGLORIFIED AND POORLY WRITTEN FANFICTION!

ONLY THE MANGA IS CANON! OG SESSHOUMARU IS THE ONLY SESSHOUMARU!! That being said, I still say if you do happen to be a SessRin shipper, then you do you. Enjoy what you want. But what is happening right now does not give you a right to justify any toxic behavior that your community is expressing. Again, I wouldn’t even be mad if Sunrise hadn’t portrayed Rin as still being underage. I won’t stand to see people justify this!