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#the 100#random ships poll! ⛵#I'm curious! and these are some of my faves#choose your fighter!#pollskt
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Look, I am a romance fan. If there's one thing I die for it's a kissing scene.
I'm now close to finishing Jude's teenage years, and all of those magical kisses have been had. The next part of the story is a more adult section, when kisses don't really mean as much as they do when you are seventeen.
The teen years had five main kiss scenes, 3 of which are first kisses (which we love)
I'm proud of them all but am curious as readers which has been your favourite.
Vote, in the name of teen romance.
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I kiss her.
She is not surprised. She puts her hands in the right place, behind my neck and she tilts her head forty five degrees to the right and she lets me kiss her, her top lip, her bottom lip, and I try to move her with me and create rhythm and melody with our mouths and our bodies but her head is as stiff as the rest of her, and after a minute or two she releases the breath she’s been holding the entire time onto my cheek in a shuddering torrent and I realise that she doesn’t really know what she’s doing.
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Alison, when she kisses me, feels holy. She’s like a shrine whose feet I weep at, begging for healing. She and I, this is how we are, this is the cycle we repeat, when I’m lonely, when she’s lonely and we find ourselves in purgatory. She doesn’t want more from me than this, than this shallow kissing, masquerading as something with depth, and sex, sometimes, when we can find a place to have it. I shouldn’t want more either. I don’t think I really do, not if I’m honest with myself, but sometimes I want to ask her why not. Maybe she’s confusing on purpose. Maybe she just likes to punish men. I think that it’d be fair enough if she did. We as a collective have mostly been cruel to her.
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“Too late.”
“It’s not.”
I bend and kiss her before she can argue any more. Once, just once, but insistently, and I pull back hard with a smack expecting outrage on her face but I find only surprise, desire, and eyes that flick from my eyes to my mouth and back. I kiss her again, slow this time, deep, sure, as my hands hold her hips close to mine, willing for this kiss to wipe it all away, all of the years of hurt and anguish between us, and she lets me kiss her, and she kisses me back with hands that thread through my hair and lips that part so I can slide my tongue inside her mouth.
My knees knock against hers in our clumsy waltz towards her bed and we come down on it together, my body pressing against hers and my fingers finding the warm skin beneath her t-shirt. I draw back to look at her again, dark eyes and full lips and skin, as is mine, blushed amber with the first rays of dawn that stream through the window.
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The words she opens her mouth to say never come, because then my lips are on hers.
I go slow at first. With caution, I explore, gently placing my hands on her neck, until she firmly grabs the front of my t-shirt, and I give in to it. I kiss her greedily.
The urge comes to put my hands on her. Pulling her closer, my thumb caresses the curve of her waist beneath the hem of her top, her skin, the overwhelming feel of her beautiful, perfect body. This is what I imagined a hundred times.
She sighs involuntarily and my body burns. How stupid I am for this? Why did I do it here? Against this weird wall of plastic flowers, and not inside my tent, where I could lie her down, take my time slipping my hands inside her clothes to inspire more of these gorgeous, blissful sounds she is sighing against my mouth.
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Oh, she’s going to kiss me.
I know it seconds before she plucks up the courage, which gives me ample time to stop it, but I don’t. I don’t want to. She leans in, and I let her.
She goes in carefully, with her hand on my neck, and her head tilts to the side before she dots one little kiss on my lips. Two. As though experimenting, she turns the other way, three, four…
I slide my hands around her waist and kiss her back.
Other kisses don’t make me feel the way I felt last night, as though she’s thrown a match on me and set my body alight, so I can justify doing it again by deciding I am too weak to resist it, that they day is long and that I deserve to surrender to something good.
Moving my hands to cradle her head, I glide my tongue along her bottom lip and she opens her mouth to me, soft and hot and slow, as my thumbs stroke her cheeks. I bite her bottom lip, and her top, as into my mouth, she moans against my gentle onslaught. The moment she makes that sound, I’m gone.
#poll#lucky boy extras#WE LOVE KISS SCENES#I am moving to a stage in the story where they'll matter less#which is slightly sad#though i am very excited to end some of this teen angst and move on to adulthood#anyway vote!#I have my fave but I'm curious about yours
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soo is werewolf form Knuckles a thing ooorr am I gonna have to draw the werechidnas myself? 👀
#genuinely curious if people have made a were form for Knuckles like how they have a werehog form for Sonic#I know I've seen other fan made werehogs designs like Shadow and even Scourge but Idk If I've stumbled upon an echidna centric one#but if you all got some faves send them my way I'm curious to see them :3c
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I'm really curious 🥰
#testing something ^^ and tell me your fave in the comments I'm curious#also if you have some recs of wlw fics for that show get in my messages I wanna knowww#The expanse#do I even know myself ? Probavly depends on the seasons
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i'm reading mathilda by mary shelley and an excellent k.enshiv fic...... you could say it's octobercest 🥳🥰
#lmao i'm not even an i.ncest shipper or anything#or at least i wasn't until not so long ago#it just happened to be in some of my favourite works (asoiaf; dark; some greek tragedies just to name a few...)#then d.aemyra happened and i became way more unapologetic about it#i was never judgemental but once upon a time i *avoided* i.ncest in fiction like the plague#now tho. lmao#(and i'm not even a big s uccession fan - it's a very well-written show and i enjoyed it very much but not a fave#it's just that i like the author of that fic and i was immensely curious and... here i am i guess)#val speaks#incest cw#txt
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Fred looking Sweet in S O U R
#3$BY era Fred was a fucking fine specimen#I'm a fan of that gritty-low-key-aura that surrounded him before the more “polished” SO and CSATHFW looks (but I still love those looks)#and on another note: look as much as adore young Marshall Mathers (yes I love referring to him by his government name) and his platinum hai#Freddy's platinum blonde hair looked just as beautiful but didn't get as much a spotlight compared to the Detroit rapper#and it's a shame because Fred rocked the look very well and this is my way of showing his bleached hair some much needed love and attention#Okay some of you may know that Sour is my fave 3$BY song/music video.#Making this gifset made me realize another reason why I love it so much. All the guys just look so fucking good in this video.#visually I've always found this video pleasing and the way the guys were filmed complimented them very well.#Fun Fact about my silly blog: Fred was the only LB member that I hadn't made a SOUR gifset about up until this point.#Congrats Freddy! You helped closed out my SOUR gifset series.#I'm too lazy to link all my other SOUR gifsets on this post. Just look through my blog's archive if you're really curious I guess.#Fred Durst#Limp Bizkit#nu-metal#Freddy D#The Chocolate Starfish is My Man Fred Durst#On my Freddy D bullshit for Fred Durst Friday#down the rabbit hole
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#deltarune#polls#repost because the time wasn't what I wanted#why can't you edit polls? smh#anyway#i tried to include all the bosses that had some sort of build up to get to them#inspired by my friend and i talking about how she liked the giga queen fight#i'm personally curious based on dialogue attack patterns story which one do fans like most?#jevil's my personal fave since his fight was the only one to have me slam my controller to the floor in rage lol
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Sometimes I wonder whether the cancellation wasn't positive in its own way.
We went out on a high, so there were chances that whatever came next might not match those expectations; we were left with quite a few unanswered questions, which can be inspiring both for those of us who write fic as well as those who try to read more deeply into the show; there are blanks that facilitate a fic writer's making use of them which might have been filled in less satisfying ways should canon have failed to live up to what we each wanted of it...
But I suppose it's easier to look at it like this from the point of view of someone who is invested in creating her own little versions and what-ifs concerning her favourite characters in the show. For someone who is just a reader or who just appreciates all the ways in which fan creativity manifests itself without much taking part in it, I guess there's a bit more dependence on canon.
#to be entirely honest with you i prefer it stays cancelled if getting it back in any way pointed at my faves being anything but gay lol#i'd rather have the total ambiguity and all the open possibilities i have now than see canon even suggest men in their lives#(me? never forgiving the show for having lilith kiss adriel like that? it's more likely than you think)#i know some people would be overjoyed but to me it's like. i never get to have my faves as lesbians in media. ever.#so having no confirmation but also NO shred of canon suggestion they might be anything else is pretty satisfying TO ME.#it's so much better to not have to acknowledge some random bloke from a woman's past for once#(lol i remember getting in an argument with an ex about borias in xena this one time. that was... wild.)#of course i'm CURIOUS as to what they would have done if we had had s3 and beyond#but who knows what might have happened?#i'm not tagging this because i don't know what sort of response it might get lol. please be thoughtful if saying anything#do feel free to TALK though. me not wanting this to blow up doesn't mean i don't want a conversation lol!#meta fandom talk i guess
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I did a double take when I saw your anti-AI image..I was like...is that Aizawa?!?!? And then I noticed all might, present mic and eri haha (I haven''t seen far enough to know the purple one). They look so cool!
Oh my god, someone recognized them!! 😭😭 Yes, it's Aizawa! I'm part of a roleplay group with some friends, and we have an au where he, Mic and All Might are all together (+ an oc), and raising Eri together plus purple haired boy sometimes. The two babies just happened by accident during gameplay, ahah. But I'm glad someone else caught onto that!
You get a free picture!
#ask answered#anonymous#out of story#I'm still a little shy about admitting to watching bnha on here 😔#But cringe culture is dead so ... whatever! I ship oc x canon and I put all my faves in a big happy polycule! Sue me!#If for some miraculous reason you or anyone else is curious about this storyline - feel free to send asks!#I'm always happy to blabber about my roleplay shenanigans
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by fuck i WILL make my own AO3 wrapped this year
#i have a plan ok it's going to work#mostly bc you can't properly track ao3 readership in a traditional wrapped format bc what if you dont finish a fic? or what if you reread it#like every visit to the page shouldn't be counted but revisits occasionally should if that makes sense#so what im going to do is make a spreadsheet noting every fic i read#and make a note to finish every fic i start purely for counting purposes#i'll mark how many words it is and leave a spot for whether or not i reread it and if so how many times#i might do some extra classifications for myself like whether or not i recommend it/if it would be a contender for yearly faves list#plus some extra notes section for myself like if it was finished when i started or if a fic got abandoned/was left unfinished#i think i may also note when i read it so i can track reading habits#of course most fics will be linked so i can return in case and for when i do my end of the year info post#i will probably also include images of my spreadsheet for others to try if they want to#im sure other people have done this and will be doing this so i'm curious to see some#anyway that's all
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Why do you like Ikrie? 😉😏
(sorry about the delay, smirky, winky anony-mouse)
..why do I like Ikrie. The question might as well be - what don't I like about Ikrie, or.. why do plants like sunlight. She's warm, her existence nourishes me, she comforts me.
I like her because she's Ikrie.
She takes her fears and doubts and shoves them deep into a glacier crack, together with her grief. She forsakes the ways of her people if they do more harm than good, she's not afraid to ask for help or offer it. She knows the value of shared burdens and past grievances laid to rest.
I don't know. I guess Ikrie (like Aloy and Beta, each in their own ways) represents parts of myself that I've done my best to nourish and grow, and some that I still struggle to come to terms with.
I like that she's her own person, that she knows what she wants and when to take some time to process before she proceeds. I want the best for her because she's been through a lot and she deserves love and rest and calm (and all the excitement and thrill she might want).
I don't know who you are, anony-mouse, but I think it would be easier to understand if you come hang out and ask more specific questions. I promise I don't bite and I'm always happy to chat about my fandom faves. I'd have done more of that lately but a big work project kinda ate up all of my time and energy, and I'm still recovering from that.
#replies#also a note for future contact - I struggle HARD reading the tone of certain emoji and smirky/winky are among them fyi#they always seem so suggestive and immediately put me on edge even if they are meant harmlessly. blame that on the ace thing#(and some bad experiences in the past)#anyway. love Ikrie would die for her#I think the reason I got so attached to her as opposed to idk Talanah is bc Talanah is hella intimidating to me personally#I love her to death too as I love all of them. but yeah#Ikrie is the one I could most see myself easily becoming friends with#also my bb writes literally the best Ikrie fic ever so that certainly helps#we come up with au ideas for them all the time. also branching out into a variety of ships these days. guess I'm contagious lol#ANYWAY. sorry for the rambles and thank you for the ask!!#still curious as to what had you asking ME about Ikrie out of all the ppl on here and all the characters#I love Ikrie but she's not my only fave
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BONUS: Reblog and tell which episode + if the season it's in correlates with your favorite season overall in the tags!
#tma#the magnus archives#poll#love me some data i still have the old episode sorters somewhere in my blog lol#but yeah i'm curious to see!#my fav is mag 57 personal space (tho lost johns' cave is still the GOAT)#and i'd say yeah S2 is probably my fave together with 1 maybe
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also if u think byan hasn't got sanrio tattoos, ur so incorrect
#at LEAST one kuromi... and def a hello kitty too#they're v colourful and v cute and a collection they definitely add to over the years#WHERE are these tattoos? I haven't decided. but they definitely exist.#v much along the lines of the magical girl weapons I know they have as tattoos but I still couldn't tell u which ones or where#like I know they're there but I'm too indecisive to have actual answers rn#godddd but those are also some of their faves to do for others once they're working as a tattoo artist#like u have no idea I have SO many thoughts about the types and styles of tattoos they specialize in omgggg#one day I'll write a proper hc about it but rn I'm just like. thinking about the v cute ones they have which I haven't settled on lmao#if ur ever curious about the vibes I recommend giving their pinterest a look (it's linked in my pinned 💜)#━━ ˟ ⊰ ��� ooc ⋮ don’t @ me.
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"Being around Willow definitely gave Amity a strong foundation in knowing how friends should treat one another that the other rich kids probably didn’t get."
It's me, your resident Boscha apologist here to say that you made me sad with that line. At the end of the day the only thing that made Amity subject to a redemption arc is that she got lucky enough to have a Willow in her life. Boscha didn't, and it's tiresome that she often gets demonized (no pun intended) for that
also speaking of Understanding Willow, someone needs to give Amity a crash course in how to end relationships cause "Don't go to their birthday party without explanation" is a poor way to do it.
(In reference to this post.)
Yeah - that's definitely something I was keeping in mind when rewatching! The two main differences between Amity and Boscha at this point seem to be:
Boscha’s general attitude is genuine, but Amity is faking it in order to fit in. There are a few points where it appears that Amity’s outright imitating how Boscha acts, but she doesn’t pull it off nearly as well. (Translation: somehow, it’s just not as funny when Amity tries to be mean as it is when Boscha does it. This might be because Boscha has fun being mean and Amity does not, but it’s hard to say!)
Amity once had a good friend who was outside of her expected social circle and even after being forced to cut off her friendship, she could still remember what it was like to have a genuine friend like that. Boscha has not experienced real friendship.
It remains very funny to me that the show pulled a bit of a bait-and-switch by introducing Amity as the Mean Bully Character and then being like “sike, actually she’s sad and misunderstood and the Mean Teen is someone else!” but it’s also unfortunate (though unsurprising) to hear that people tend to give Boscha a disproportionately hard time for it.
The Willow situation aside (which can’t be placed solely on Boscha’s shoulders, since even Amity was complicit in that), she... really isn’t all that bad?? Her most prominent appearance so far has been in Episode 8, where she was cast as the ringleader of some fairly normal troublemaking teens... and a large part of the conflict in that particular situation came from King’s pride rather than from Boscha herself, anyway.
I do hope they’ll follow up on what happened with Skara’s birthday party at some point, but in Amity’s defense, I don’t think she’s really had enough friendships to have had the chance to learn how to end them properly...
#wingsy liveblogs#ask#wingsy watches owl house#owls ep 15#at least it's a step up from kicking your friend out of your own birthday party with a fake explanation...#or would it be considered a step down? hmmm... I guess it depends on how you look at it#either way Amity needs some communication skills FAST#I am very curious as to what the situation between Amity and the other rich kids is at this point#I assume it'll be brought up eventually though#all that aside#as someone who enjoys many characters who get demonised by their fandoms#I really do feel you on this one#(though sadly I'm usually not brave enough to defend my faves in public eheh)#it's for this reason that I'm doing my best to keep an open mind about characters as a liveblogger!
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I wanted to touch on Day with the Sun in a manner that's EVEN REMOTELY TIMELY so I don't end up piling too much on when talking about your fics [both in terms of how much I'd have to write and how much you'd have to read]. SO! Sorry if this sucks and is inarticulate… exhausted from crunch AND my keyboard is busted… but I will power through because this haaas to be one of my favorite fics of yours and I Cannot Contain Myself. Also I feel bad for egging you on to post it but not actually saying anything yet so☠️
I've said bits and pieces of this before but I adore your fics because I can visualize them with incredible clarity. Like not even kidding, Top Ten Hallucinogens, you've got everyone's mannerisms and "voices" down perfect and you always have just enough detail to be able to See The Vision without the story having to grind to a halt. I really like the way attention is only brought to certain details with purpose, when they're relevant; that adds a lot to what I'm about to talk about.
I think your writing style really shines in works like this, where it's sort of like a Particularly Involved Substory, or a lighthearted "cooldown chapter"--just like, those parts that are all in-engine and mostly unvoiced but have SO much heart and characterization. I can See the camera moves and transitions, and I can Hear the music and sound cues. But at the same time, you take full advantage of the medium in being able to get into Arakawa's head, see what he sees and does or doesn't take note of and the conclusions he comes to, and get into what their day-to-day might be like and the ways this trip is both reflective of and breaks from the usual for them.
It's just SO well-done! The fic as a whole is a delight from start to finish--there's so much to chew on in every moment, every interaction, and the fact you've managed to pack it all into such a short story while maintaining the perfect pacing throughout is nothing short of commendable. Giggling And Kicking My Feet The Whole Time For Real and I MAINTAIN I was right to be excited… I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to read it [three times now]!
Arakawa's soooo moe To Me and reading from his perspective always makes me ill because his worries and concerns and shortcomings are so human, but he's doing his best to make his family happy, and they ultimately do end up having a nice day because of his initiative… Jo is SO cute in this too, I rewatched Hero SP after completing the show recently and he really has that Tsugaru-like Neurodivergent Awkwardness. Last But Not Least I loved Masato, I was his age the majority of the last couple of times I remember going to the beach… he's just like me fr…
No But I always really enjoy this Era of Masato, because in the singular flashback we get, he seems just a little bit more tolerant of Arakawa. It's nice to see him before [I feel like] he stops addressing him as "Dad" to his face, only saying it to specify who he means when he's talking to other people--that's kind of how I am with my mom now.
At the same time, it's of course a little bittersweet. One nice day isn't going to change the course of their futures, and it's painful to see Arakawa have these high hopes for his son that don't come to fruition in the way he envisions, or to think about how Jo's the only one around to remember moments like these now…
At any rate, closing out with some notes that came to mind as I was reading:
LOVE the premise being based in Masato being more open with Jo--I was definitely hoping Arakawa'd have some thoughts on that and I was happy to see he did, and to see echoes of it in things like Masato choosing to lean more heavily on Jo and Arakawa musing on Masato's "preferential treatment" of Jo.
It's also really sweet to see how Jo's earned it; he really spares no effort when it comes to Masato and it shows in big and small ways, like how he seems more synced with Masato when he wants to be put down while Arakawa's lost in thought. At the same time, even though he's grossly overprepared and clearly didn't pack for just himself though he initially wanted to set up away from the Arakawas, he only really has the courage to do any of what he did because of Arakawa strongarming him into actually involving himself and letting himself have a good time. The synergy with those three is unreal
Love literally every single time Arakawa tries to understand Jo… that longing for a greater depth of knowledge when he already knows him well enough to read his thoughts from what he wrote in the pamphlet… the way he notes and responds to Jo's anxiety and propriety, the way he goes and investigates the book, the Painfully Awkward But Real conversation they try to have about art and theater and how he /wants/ to share but they're not quite communicating, the way he doesn't know to connect things like Jo's knowledge of construction and his inexperience with normalcy to his past but has this gut feeling… the way he's right about how he'll never fully know him…
I wanted to note this separately because of The Subject Matter ☠️but although this quote comes from a CSA checklist, it is applicable to others with abusive backgrounds [I mean… I do HC Jo as a CSA survivor and it is close to my heart given he ticks a lot of said boxes either way, but that's a topic for a much different ask… If Ever, it never felt like an appropriate topic to write in about], and it seems relevant to what's going on with Jo in this fic: "31. Limited tolerance for happiness; active withdrawal from happiness, reluctance to trust happiness ('ice=thin')." Obviously He Has Other Reasons but I feel like that's what Arakawa's picking up on at certain points. That's why I was really happy Arakawa got to spot and capture those Rare Jo Moments where he's happy and at peace… it's something that works whether you read the fic as platonic or romantic, but it's interesting to view through both lenses
VERY MUCH NOTICED THE BOOK HAS A BROWN COVER BTW I'm Literally Delusional but I was obviously reminded of the book that keeps popping up in your comics, the tattoo one and the AraSawa Domestic Moments Cringe [For Masato] Compilation… perhaps not the same one but I wouldn't be surprised if it took years to finish either given he hardly got to read it before being pulled away… he's INSANE for describing that as Light Reading [I can't even read my own art history books, I just look at the pictures] but I respect it… I also respect you both actually using bookmarks instead of just Praying I Turn To The Page I Left Off On like I do…
Dadliest FUCKING moments from Arakawa in this one I swear to goddddd I talked about his attempts to understand Jo but his attempts to understand Masato when Masato refuses to get what's on his mind across at every turn are so real… also spooking Masato like that… showing up with only his wallet and practically nothing else but being fully prepared to spoil Masato… wanting to put Masato's sunscreen on for him… not "acting his age"… the SKIPPINGGGGG… the expectation of a soon-to-be-empty nesty making him squish Masato for reasons Masato cannot discern [not to mention The Symbolism of the sunset imagery as the backdrop for this in particular although it should be a beautiful moment]… his FUCKING FIT [JO'S FIT TOO BUT HIS FITTT] GOD I'M LITERALLY JUST LISTING THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE FIC AT THIS POINT BUT HE MADE ME SO ILL
I could hardly say any of the above without thinking of Jo though… I mean… Second Parent is so true… A Dad Of Another Variety... Deeply appreciate him getting to be part of the family… speaking of parents I ALSO deeply appreciate the Akane mention…
I'm just. Obsessed with the entire finale and everything leading up to it [AS IF I'M NOT OBSESSED WITH EVERY OTHER THING] but I should let you go at some point so I'm stopping here <3
OH AND I would absoluuutely love to read [Or View] anything else you might have in mind with regard to Ikumi! Loved your art :] We don't have anything concrete to go off of At All as of now, so I don't think anyone could blame you if you wanted to explore one idea one day and a different one the next. I don't think about her often because I'm not creative enough to know where to take things [and I certainly wouldn't know how to make it Not Miserable], so I'd be very curious to see :]
Would also love to hear your thoughts on We Make Antiques 2 and The Deer King :] if you have the time/If They're Still Knocking Around ☠️
[EVERY THOUGHT I GOT DOWN BELOW]
i think its Physically Impossible for you to write anything Lame nor Inarticulate dont WORRYYY best wishes to you and your keyboard regardless tho 🙏 more over i'd be THRILLED to read a novel's worth of your commentary on any of my works- but i also know typing a lot is. Tiring LMAO SO i'm utterly grateful for anythin you send in (;´༎ຶ▽༎ຶ) i also never mind how long it might take for you to send something in: i know you always put a lot of time and effort into your asks, and all of that time is well worth the wait since they always end up being my favorite things to read (❁´◡`❁)
moving on tho, ABSOLUTELY makes me happy to hear my descriptions are good ! i always worry about doing too much or too little, so im glad it's Just Write in terms of highlighting what's important while not lingering too long on unimportant things or going too fast ♪(´▽`) reading the fic three times… thems Deer King numbers WHAT AN HONOR TYSM FOR ENJOYING AND READING (^人^)
im glad this story can feel 'substory' esque. when it comes to my comics, i generally try to give them that 'side content' kind of feel: just something nice to cut away to away from the 'main action' of the canon story, so im glad that can be reflective in a fic like this (and probably makes sense as to why this is my 'strongest' fic) (╯▽╰ ) ive mentioned it during a stream before (and probably in my tags too), but i do try to 'direct' my art and treat things like a movie set. i try to keep that same kind of mentality when writing, so i'm happy to hear it was effective :]
being able to write from arakawa's perspective is a fun experience to say the least. i really Do Not Hide It when i say that i borrow a lot from my life and the people in my life whenever i draw or write something, and i've made it noooo secret my dad is a big inspo for the things i make, ESPECIALLY when it comes to family. with all of that said, an aspect of arakawa i wanted to try to explore lately was his struggle of maintaining a happy family despite his circumstances. it wasn't a MAJOR focal point of this fic I Dont Think, but definitely was something i had in the back of my mind and is generally something i keep in the back of my mind when trying to portray arakawa
all of that said, i'll try not to be SUPER personal (as i do that anyway LMAO) but i'll confess that writing arakawa is 'special' to me. i can't exactly put a word to it, so 'special' will have to do. when i was growing up, in some sense, i was upset with my dad for things he ultimately had no control over. despite the time that's passed though, he's always tried his best for my siblings and i (and even my mom before this year when An Incident occurred and finally woke up him up to how terrible she is LMAO). he told me once that he wanted nothing more than a happy family, and that he never wanted his kids to feel alone or abandoned. that's a sentiment i can very easily imagine arakawa having not just towards masato, but towards the rest of the arakawa family as well due to his own upbringing; that sort of care extends to jo too Evidently. whether it's romantic or platonic, i do want to communicate that arakawa does try to get close to jo not just cause It's Expected for him to care about someone in the clan, but because he can identify the signs of an uncomfortable upbringing in jo, and doesn't want anyone else to have to shoulder that loneliness by themselves like he did. yk: have a more personal reason to as opposed to it being a part of his job. and lbr: jo can't brood ALL the time, there's GOTTA be a single second he actually does seem happy for once (and those very rare momence, me thinks, are very much all the waiting for arakawa)
with all of THAT said, being able to explore these thoughts and scenarios with arakawa is a way for me to better understand and appreciate my dad and what he had to go through i guess- sort of like an apology for how much i tended to doubt him even though i knew he wanted nothing more than to be there for us, so i'm def happy exploring that for myself has been able to become a good read (❁´◡`❁)
onto jo tho…. i love portraying jo in these domestic settings somuch (evidently). bro really is just so out of his element, ESPECIALLY when he's trying to appear Tolerable (in his eyes: arakawa will ALWAYS love him) it's just such a hilarious contrast to how we know him (a cunt) ☠️ as i was writing this fic i just kept thinking to myself that- in an ironic sense- jo would absolutely be a beach/airport dad given the circumstances (just pack unnecessarily, be overly vigilant to make sure things go accordingly, etc etc) and it's what really made writing everything so fun when i got to sit and imagine it and share it ( ̄︶ ̄)
that fun bit aside, i do also enjoy writing jo in these types of scenarios in a similar vein to why i like writing arakawa: it's a bit personal. i'd rather equate my upbringing to negligence opposed to outright abuse like jo experienced, but i can't imagine how my thoughts manifest to be too different from jo's in certain scenarios. especially when it comes to his hesitance towards happiness or believing he isn't deserving of that happiness (or anything good really), it's a very personal feeling i get a lot, and in particular his need to not want to intrude or take up space (doubly considering it may seem as tho he's trying to 'steal' masato even though he gave him away in the first place). it's pretty easy to write with that respect (and is probably why i tend to drift to portraying his pov's LMAO), and trying to capture that feeling of anxiety or worry or apprehension but still keep it in tune with jo's 'stonewall-esque' character is definitely cathartic in a sense. it's also interesting to do when i have him next to other characters, and ESPECIALLY when im writing from a perspective that isn't his own. it's important i don't make him appear too outwardly anxious or 'small,' but i also want to make sure it's clear he does feel those things in that moment: i want that fact to be sort of a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of deal.
all of THAT said though, i AM very interested to hear more about your thoughts on him as a CSA survivor (and me wonders if that is what you were referring to when adding to his backstory some asks ago)... VERY fair if you'd rather keep that discussion elsewhere though: it is a very sensitive topic
onto masato though, i enjoy portraying masato a lot pre-ichi times. i guess it's just a nice phase to touch on before Everything Spirals, so to speak: he still has some of that anger from his childhood, though he can't express it the same way anymore. he has to be a bit more mature about it- but he is still a teenager. plus, since he's still a teenager, he still predominantly relies on jo and arakawa, and Of Course i have the most fun when i get to portray any combo of that trio interacting with each other (and it shows lmao).
on that note though, i do enjoy thinking a lot about the supposed relationship jo and masato mustve had while he was growing up. as it shows, jo turned out to be 'masatos favorite' (however much that means all things considered). there surely must have been some seeds planted for that to have been the outcome later on, so it's fun thinking about how those things can manifest, and it's especially fun getting to pen arakawa's perspective on it
AND OF COURSE THE BOOK WAS INTENTIONAL LMAOOOO yk what they say One's An Incident Two's A Coincidence Three's On Purpose You Asshole ☠️☠️ the first two times were truly accidents but at this point it doesn't hurt to have a 'running joke' or something like that in my comics/fics. we'll get him a new book someday i promise ♪(´▽`)
as for me though, i cant trust to open on the same page i left off on.. plus i really like collecting bookmarks, especially when they're of butterflies: it gives me a reason to look them up and learn something since the designs are always pretty enough for me to wonder what species they're based on (❁´◡`❁)
ALL IN ALL THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ENJOYING !!!!!!!! truly commentary like this gives me reasonsto keep writing its SUCH a huge motivator i cant stress it.. all the pain is worth it when i can see how much you enjoyed the fic.. i hope to always make you feel that excited to read something from myself ╰(°▽°)╯ !!
with THAT in mind tho… i certainly do feel the motivation to pen at least ONE ikumi story now.. when that's finished is TBD but for now i hope you enjoy this Kinda Old scribble of a Little Older ikumi i did (or at least one variant of an older ikumi) <- drew it so i could hallucinate better
im not good at fashion and i was really trying to figure out a look for her that still REMINDED people of ikumi but yk. was appropriate for a 30-something-year-old woman in the 90's.... but i have plenty of time to explore other looks so i wont worry (i do really like this hair cut tho.. maybe that'll be a constant)..
AND OF COURSE i'd be happy to write two quick lil reviews for those movies: i LOVED them after all (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
for WMA2, my favorite bits of these movies is always The Plan Coming Together- yk the last like. thirty or so minutes LMAO BUT FR ill never get over watching everyone work together to con people (plus the turtleneck really is A Look for nakai.. BIG fan- also them goofy ass magnetic glasses.. what even are those i love them). had me GOBSMACKED when it was revealed shino wasnt even a real mom but also Not Surprising in retrospect but ALSO Whose Kid Is This. Where Are Your Parents.
i do love how the movie started with the idea that sasuke Wasnt going to do any more con jobs and was going to be living honestly, yet In An Ironic Twist to ensure japan wouldnt have a Counterfeit Antique problem he ended up having to make so many fakes… a necessary evil me thinks… more importantly i really will never get over yo-chan fucking licking everything like ENOUGH. STOP. but dont it still makes me laugh fuckin weird ass old man (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)♡ it did make me happy to see sasuke's son get a job he really loves tho… that was cute.. AND WHEN HE TRIED THE POTTERY WHEEL That Was Cute :) anyways.. all in all lovely movie Of Course I'd Love It… one day i hope we can find the third movie….
AS FOR DEER KINNGGG ABSOLUTELY LOVELY MOVIE you were right the animation was GORGEOUS and PERFECTLY weighted. i ESPECIALLY loved the scene with the stilt walkers not just atmosphere wise, but the actual weight and heft of the stilts was just so… Immaculate. AND LEST I NEGLECT TO MENTION YUNA'S THE CUTEST LITTLE GIRL EVER i love her so so so much she's so adorable her cheeks are plump like a peach's her pigtails are adorable and i love her tooth gap (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ) van and yuna getting to hang with the villagers was MAD sweet tho… had me deceased at the end when the cure of Mad Wolf Disease was just deer milk tho. NOT A HATER was just a hilariosuly simple solution considering The Horrors caused by the mittsual (i knew i wasnt a sicko for drinking milk...)
As If I Need To Say It Anymore very lovely movies….. thank you much both for going through the effort to find WMA2 and for reccin The Deer King…
#long post#fave#MEGA FAVE. INSPO FAVE EVEN#will certainly read this whenever i doubt myself Thank You So Much.. will def never accuse you of callin my stuff mid again..#a tag i wont even be able to find later....#snap chats#snap sketches#ikumi#I PROB LEFT SOME STUFF OUT BUT YEAYEAYAYA TYTYTYT FOR READING AND ENJOYING AND SUPPORTING MY STUFF !!!!#as some Final Comments... absolutely blame my dad for arakawa being Extra Silly in this fic (and in most of my portrayals tbh)#my dad's the silliest guy i know and he def loved spooking me when i was growing up and being Annoyingly Silly#like he'd love pinching my cheek or trying to tickle me and its like Dad Stop I'm 15 I'm A Grown Up <- thats literally baby age shut up#def try to channel that energy when portraying masato and arakawa together..#just as an Extra Tidbit since i meant to put this in my initial fic link's tags: i origianlly wanted to feature a beach wheelchair#but after triple checking the first beach-accessible wheelchair wasnt patented until 1997#one was MADE in 1994 but p much exclusively for the inventor's wife#and by the time it'd be 1997 masato would've been 19/20 and that's out of the age range i wanted to write for#onward tho... i still am curious as to what you have to say about my other fics tho...#you HAVE left some thoughts on them I DO KNOW THAT#BUT i'm still curious as to what The Bigger Review is.. if it's anything like this review yk- NO PRESSURE OF COURSE NO RUSH#its only natural i be a lil curious tho (╯x╰ ) forgive me (╯▽╰ )#and especially forgive me if i post another fic soon and prompt you to want to write more commentary (╯▽╰ ;;)#even if you dont tho just gettin the simple notice that you did read and enjoy is plenty enough for me (❁´◡`❁)#but i absolutely do enjoy a review like this WAAH still not over it its so thoughtful#i had as much fun and felt as much joy readin this ask as you might have readin my fic LMAOOOO#i was out walking when i saw the notif and i couldnt go home yet so i just kept rereading this ask and bein happy...#so again thank you... i hope to continue making good things in the future (❁´◡`❁)#it is MOST LATE rn tho.. i should sleep... i do have work i still have to do uh oh ☠️#i feel like i left a lot of commentary out but my brain works.. Never... i think i said A Lot As Is tho so we'll leave it at that#SO I LEAVE YOU WITH ANOTHER THANK YOU🙏
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After all of these years I’ve finally discovered that my favorite characters always fit into three ‘types’
Snarky & Traumatized
Nerd™️
Big
They tend to crossover into other groups but if I’m going to like them they have to be one of these things. I’ve cracked the code.
#also this list isn't even exhaustive#I still have a lot of characters that I love that always fit these categories or some combination of them#for example Teal'c is both Big and Traumatized while Daniel is Nerd and Traumatized#Artemy Burakh? Snarky & Traumatized and Big#Echo is Snarky & Traumatized and Nerd... as is Tech#the day a character fits all three is when I find the ultimate 'blorbo' as the kids say#I should make an excel spreadsheet and place all my faves#... anyway what are your character categories? I'm curious#the bad batch#stargate sg1#rdr2#jedi survivor
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