#falin i want to hug you

[tornioduva]

Dungeon meshi and body proportions

Ok, i'm feeling the rush i got from binging the manga this last week is starting to fade away, i'll be back to being a normal person soon i think. at least, that is before i find a new something for me to dive into uhuh.

Before that happens, i want to praise Ryoko Kui for one last think. The design of the characters!

For years i've expressed (maybe not so much online) my hate towards the "anime style", this homogenization of traits and beauty standards to an artificial degree, and the mass spread and consumption of it. yes, trends exist for a reason, this is not the first nor the last art current to be popular and i'm not the first detractor of one in history. I do think there is something uniquely harmful in this one though, and that is why i'm able to find the energy to be such a pretentious dipshit about it. That is a discussion for another day though.

All this to say that going through Dungeon Meshi and seiing these characters, plus (and in a way because of it) all the additional sketches of the daydream hour bonus sections, was such a breath of fresh air! (at least for what concerns japanese exported stories)

All i could say and praise in regard to character designs in general is perfectly expressed in this video, which i recommend you to watch if you want to hear my opinions (and the video author's too, uhuh):

I want to leave you though with at least one specific praise for me: Falin.

i've seen countless time people (online) just not understanding how people's body work, how much differences there can be and how proportions do distribute and affect the body. in anime I see a lot of short and tall people (mostly women girls) that share the same proportions despite their actual height, and that often leads to think "yeah, she is short" and than she's tall when around someone, or (most often) the contrary. same lenght of limbs, same head to body proportions, and little details like this.

Falin you can tell at a glance she is a tall woman before she's around anyone, even when she is standing near her brother who is taller than her.

Kui did her homework in studying bodies and variations, and, whether consciously or not, she differentiated her in body in subtle but fundamental ways: her head being slightly smaller than her body, the neck being fairly long, and her having somewhat broader shoulders.

I accept that there might be an element of suggestion at play here, considering also how she is dressed most of the time, but I really do think there is a direct effort at differentiation here.

This is the first time in a long time (in a series like this at least) where i've seen a woman carrying herself around others and the space around here kind of like a person like me, tall, would; at first i didn't think much of it, but then i saw her near other characters and....i don't know, i felt a warm, joyful feeling, seeing that i was right in recognizing that trait and being right.

I was especially happy in seeing her next to marcille. not so much for the height difference, but for how different they were in proportions and mannerism. A lesser manga i fear would have used marcille's body type and way of moving and interacting as the default for most other girls, but here she was uniquely herself!

Now, i could've used more extreme exemples to show how this author rocks in body types representations (while aknowledging there could've been even more diversification still), given there are far larger, taller and stranger women, but to me, nailing the little, most subtle details in such a chirurgical manner shows a greater level of mastery and comprehension. As such, Falin left me with a deeper fascination than most other characters.

Sorry for this wall of text, but i needed to let my happy thoughts go, so that i could be free again uhuh.

Feel free to tell me that i'm wrong, or that i should just accept anime media as is. i'm just really happy Dungeon meshi exists as is and i want Ryoko Kui to keep refining her craft, and drawing beautiful women and dwarves.

Plus, this was very much a stream of consciousness, i didn't go into technical details about what i think conveyed what i described, but if someone is interested, or does not get what i'm saying (while expressing it in a curious and gentle way, i won't respond to spiteful assholes), i'll be happy to make a follow up post in which i try to dissect this! For example, i didn't reread the whole manga to find examples of her, i just went to the wiki uhuh. in a follow up post maybe i'll try to go through chapters and pick more specific examples of her.

Anyway, have a good day!

[ambrosiagourmet]

I want to talk about why I think this is the one of the most important Falin panels:

So, Falin is really nice, right? It's one of the first things we really learn about her. She's kind even to the monsters of the dungeon - choosing to ward the party rather than fight spirits and cause them needless harm.

In the above early flashback in chapter 11, we see Marcille fawning over Falin's kindness, calling her an angel. Namari calls her soft-hearted. We see Falin choose not to fight even when a zombie attacks - instead she resolves the confrontation with a hug. After the flashback, the first thing Senshi says is that Falin "sounds like quite the person," which Marcille strongly affirms.

At this point in the story, all we have seen of Falin are these impressions; she is a healer, an angel, a caretaker with an infinite well of kindness towards everyone she meets - both friend and foe.

And honestly, that remains most of what we have to go by to understand her. The only times we get to see Falin on the page, alive and just herself, are in the opening and closing pages of the story and in the brief period of time after she is resurrected.

Nonetheless, we do have some more details to work with. For one, there is the scene that The Panel is from - a short memory in chapter 75, when Marcille flashes back to while she's dying. In that scene, Falin prepares to teleport them all out, and says that she's sorry "if there is a person at [their] destination." And that's when we get The Panel.

If you teleport someone or something into another person, the person teleported into is likely to be, at minimum, severely injured. They could die.

We can see a lovely little horrifying example of exactly why in one of the Daydream Hour doodles:

So, hmm. That's not... that's not SUPER nice. Certainly not displaying the same "kindness to all, friend and foe included" we saw represented earlier. On a basic level, this adds some nuance to Falin's kindness. We see it break a little, when pushed to the limit. We see her chose to protect the people she loves above all else.

Which makes sense! As Laios says when the Winged Lion accuses him of similarly being motivated more by his friends' safety than everyone else in the dungeon, "...most people, aside from virtuous do-gooders, would feel the same way."

So, we can take The Panel as simply showing a moment of weakness for Falin. A time when she was pushed to her limits, and that "most people" selfish side of her shone through.

However... I think there's a little more going on with Falin than just her being an angel 99% of the time, except just that once. I love The Panel because I think it helps us understand that Falin isn't just motivated by kindness - she also has a desire to avoid seeing people in pain.

Isn't that the same thing?

No, no it very much is not.

Let's look at a short comic from the Falin section of the Adventurer's Bible, because I think it illustrates this point perfectly. The group is complaining about how much Marcille's healing hurts, and comparing it to Falin's, which "doesn't hurt a bit." Marcille retorts with the following:

Now, the punchline of this comic is that, despite Marcille's sentimental assertion that she's "thinking of [them]" by letting her healing magic hurt, they all still prefer to be healed by Falin.

But hey, this wouldn't be the first time that Dungeon Meshi hides a very real character beat or insight in a gag, so let's think about this somewhat seriously.

If Marcille is right (and she knows a fair bit about magic, so we can assume that she has at least somewhat of a point), then what Falin is doing isn't kind. I suppose if someone specifically requested to not feel the pain, it could be kind, but that's not really what happened here. She is the one who felt badly about the others being in pain, and she is the one who decided, without telling them or giving them a choice in the matter, to take away that pain.

Both Marcille and Falin are healing the party, but Marcille is doing it in a way that accomplishes the task in the most straight forward way, without any additional interference. Falin is going out of her way to perform the healing in a way she is more comfortable with. A way that avoids pain.

Going back the The Panel, I don't think its a coincidence that the only time we see Falin (well, non-chimera Falin) willing to do something that could hurt someone is when any potential pain will be far away from her. If she got someone hurt or killed by teleporting the party to the surface? Not only would it be far out of her sight, but she'd be dead before she had to deal with any consequences of that action.

Falin is not a confrontational person. She doesn't push when Marcille won't tell her the truth about the resurrection, and she comforts Laios about her own death - both of those things happening in the only full chapter she is alive and conscious in the whole story.

We also know that she considered accepting Shuro's proposal, despite not having any special feelings towards him, and that Falin never explained to Marcille that she wanted them to share a meal together. When she brought Marcille various foods at the academy, she just accepted Marcille's confused rejection and gave up.

And lastly, we know that she is still in contact with her parents, despite the neglect and abuse she suffered at their hands. Although the way someone chooses to handle contact with abusive or bad family is a complicated topic, which I don't want to overly simplify, I do I think this fact gets at the heart of how she handles conflict.

So many people that Falin loves have hurt her. There are understandable hurts, like Laios leaving the village, or Marcille not understanding the food. And there are bigger, far less justifiable hurts - like her parents neglecting her throughout her childhood, and sending her away to be alone at the magic academy.

It doesn't seem like Falin has ever confronted any of it directly.

And the unhealthy aspects of this kind of avoidance of pain and confrontation is one of the things that the story of Dungeon Meshi is all about. We see Laios grapple with it before he goes to kill Falin, and we see Marcille acknowledge it at the end of the story, when she tells Laios that she has come to terms with Falin's death:

Eating is a part of life. Consuming other living things is a part of life. It isn't really possible to avoid that pain - you can only hide from the truth of it. You have to be selfish everyday. You have to eat - to choose to live. To choose to take up space.

And this is something Falin embraces, too. She comes back to life, after all.

We see her choose to come back to life.

And how does she make that choice? She eats. She consumes, and then she is asked a question by the manifestation of hunger itself:

Do you want to eat more?

There is a double meaning in the Winged Lion's final words on the next page.

When I first read this, I took it as him saying: life is cruel. You will suffer. You will feel more pain.

But perhaps, especially for Falin, this also means: you are choosing a path where you must cause pain. Where you must consume. Where you must take, and must be selfish. Because eating is the special privilege of the living, and it is their burden, too. In order to stay alive, she will need to keep eating.

And she chooses that. Chooses to be selfish. It's why her resurrection scene is so important, and it's why The Panel is so important. Because Falin coming back isn't the ultimate reward for all of the party's hard work.

It's her choice. Just like it was her choice that started everything in the first place. But this time, she doesn't choose to accept causing pain for the sake of Marcille and Laios. She does it for her own sake.

[bwabys-scenarios]

Making you a mother

Laois x Fem!Reader

!!REBLOGS APPRECIATED!!

A/N: this is a request from AO3!! Short but sweet ^^

warnings: big breeding kink, reader gets pregnant, Laois is really insistent on filling you up with his cum, biting, overstimulation

Laois held onto your hips, squeezing the soft flesh as he pulled you close to rub his bulge against your needy pussy. “You’re so pretty…”

His eyes were slightly hazy with lust, and you couldn’t help but whine, rubbing against him desperately. “P-please, Laois! I need it!”

The feeling of his calloused fingers tracing over your belly made you shiver in anticipation. Lately, you had noticed how focused on making sure you were well fed he was, along with fascinated with your tummy.

“Gonna…” he murmured, his fingers pressing down on the fatty part of your belly that protected your uterus. “gonna put a baby there, okay? Gonna…”

Your cheeks flushed with heat, the wet spot in your panties growing. Laois had never talked like that before, you didn’t even think he wanted children…

His thumb rubbed against your clothed clit as his lips pressed against your neck. “You want it? Want me to make you a mommy?”

“P-please…” you managed to choke out through your whimpers and panting. “Need it so bad!”

“Anything for you, sunshine…”

He pulled off your underwear, his cock rubbing against your dripping pussy. Usually he was insistent on eating you out, but today he desperately needed to fill you up with his cum. Laois needed to breed you more than he needed to breathe air.

He pushed in, groaning against your neck as your pussy clenched around him, eager to drain him of all his cum from the get go. “That’s my baby, gonna fill you up, promise…”

Laois fucked into you, biting down on your neck hard enough to have you yelp. But the pain ebbed away into pleasure, and his teeth were replaced with his lips, kissing away at the red mark.

“Sorry, love… can’t help it…”

He was hitting that special spot, making you cry out his name. “L-Laois, please don’t stop!”

Your nails dug into the soft flesh of his back, making him let out a sharp hiss. “Won’t, I promise…”

And he was right. Even hours later, when you were beyond exhausted and stuffed full of cum, he was still hitting that special spot, making you cum on his cock over and over.

“T-too much…” you were being fucked stupid, barely able to speak.

“Shh, you can take it. Gotta make sure it takes…”

He lightly pressed down on your belly, making his cum squirt out of you. Laois pouted a little.

“Looks like I’ll have to go again…”

———————

A few months later, you sat with Marcille as she fawned over your baby bump. “Oh, I can’t wait to be an Aunt! Do you think the baby will call me Auntie Marcille?”

You laughed, glancing at Laois as Falin and him watched the two of you through the doorway. “Probably. Marcille might be a mouthful for a baby though.”

“What about Marcy!?”

Laois and Falin cracked up, causing the blonde elf to blush. “W-what are you two laughing at?”

“Nothing… it just seems like you’re more eager for the baby to come than (Name) and I are.” Laois said, taking you into his arms. His hand brushed over your belly, his thumb rubbing against the bump softly.

Falin smiled warmly. “I think we’re all excited. Senshi has already started mapping out a meal plan for (Name)’s pregnancy.”

“Haha, he said he’ll teach the baby everything he knows, and Chilchuck is already giving me advice,” you said, laughing. “It’s sweet, you know they say raising a child takes a village… you guys are our village.”

Marcille started crying, hugging you. “Oh stop it, I’m going to cry!”

“Dear, you’re already crying.” Falin replied, kissing the top of her head.

You and Laois shared a kiss before he led you away by the hand. “Sorry ladies, but my wife needs a nap.”

Laois curled up next to you in bed, his face nuzzled into your neck. “Rest, my love.”

And you did, curled up with your beloved.

[tarot-archives]

please imagine laios who just came to the island. no connections. no background. he has his sister, a few coins in his satchel, and a dream. but it wasn’t easy. finding a job is tough. most of the time, it’s falin the other parties want, not him. they don’t have money to spare for extra weight.

laios the big brother. laios the supposed provider can’t even feed his sister proper food. he does odd jobs outside the dungeon for a good meal then they sleep under the stars. feeding was hard enough so a room was out of the question. they eventually joined the wanderers who sleep in tents and was kind enough to spare him a blanket.

in his job hunting, laios can’t help but be distracted from the inviting smell from one of the inns. his nose leads him to a dark alleyway, thinking that maybe if he ate his hard bread while smelling the aromatic food, his meal might be better mentally.

laios spots a dog from the back door. the puppy was had a rope on its neck as a leash to keep it tied. he couldn’t help but smile. laios squats down and plays with the puppy, a reminder of his past with having so many dogs and a cat. the black puppy enthusiastically barks and barks. it’s happy to have someone to play with after a while of staying in the cold. laios had the urge to steal him away. no one should leave a small thing like him in the dark.

the frequent barks caught your attention. it might be an intruder or your puppy was causing trouble so you had to go and check. your eyes land on a man, thin and possibly malnourished, playing with potchi, your dog. you don’t miss the way this strangers shined once the light hit his eyes at first. he quickly stood, towering over you in fact. despite being a tall-man yourself, your smaller height doesn’t testify your race.

this man was apologetic at first, then enthusiastic as the conversation continues. he talks about your dog, then about his experience with dogs, then he lectures you about dogs. needless to say you were interested. he was a walking archive, knowledgable and charming in his own way. he seemed harmless compared to the men who frequent the inn. big, burly guys with a bad attitude just because they can enter the dungeon and kill monsters.

his eyes however doesn’t meet yours. you followed his stare to the plate of food you had at the table. and on cue, his tummy rumbles.

“are you hungry?” you asked. he doesn’t deny his hunger and immediately says yes. his actions were like potchi during his meals. he’s cute, endearing, and excited. if he had a tail, he would be wagging it. “here, as thank you for the dog information.”

you bring him a plate of hot food (a bit of extra from todays pot) and he gobbles it up. save for a good portion he says it’s for his sister.

cute, endearing, excited, and thoughtful… he has this appeal. and goodness! don’t you know not to entertain men who play with puppies and have bright eyes. too much of those heart felt romance books warn about men like him. but you shoo your thoughts away.

“listen, you can finish up your plate. i can give you another serving for your sister,” you offered.

“thank you. you’re so kind… er…” i scratched his head. “i don’t even have your name.”

you tell him your name as he told you his. laios… you test it on your tongue. you don’t know why your heart is at ease just speaking his name out loud. you say it again with an offer this time, “come to the inn tomorrow, at 4 am if you can. we need extra hands to bring in new items. i’d pay you with food though, will that be fine, laios?”

he smiled brightly for a man previously starved. a new excitement bubbles within him with the promise to meet you again tomorrow.

“bring your sister too okay? food is better served hot after all,” you smiled. laios took you hand as he shakes it. his energy seeping into you through his hold, but the coldness of his fingers concerned you. “tell me if you need anything okay? us tall-man have to stick together.”

laios wanted to hug you. wrap his arms to show his appreciation, but he knows when to stop. he’s not that clean after all. so he settles with a hand shake, noticing how warm you are body wise and not just through your personality. “thank you! i’ll be here on time! i promise.”

soon after, you waved a final good bye to laios. excitement blooms within you as you wait for tomorrow to come as quickly as it could.

requests? open.

[thechekhov]

Dungeon Meshi Quick Reacts: CH38

Rip to these promising mages. I assume they will not survive this massacre.

IS that where her lungs and kidneys are? Because like. She's huge. Her entire body is behind her. Do you really think she'd keep her vital organs in the little human bulb on the front?

I mean, he has a point. What are you going to do? Fight off more hoardes of dragons?

oh noooo, Kabru.... too bad. That's so unfortunate.... anyway.

It's curious that Laios only got knocked away. He was just as likely to have had his head squished like a grape.

Guys, this is absolutely not the time to be concerned for her privacy.

Yes, queen. Free the tiddy. Murder everyone in this dungeon. I support women's rights and women's wrongs.

.......that's. One way to do that. I guess.

.......what's that rock about.

Oh, I see. That's convenient.

This guy dungeons! Maybe he even dragons.

So we got north (tallmen? dwarves?) and then the easterners.... and now the elves of the west?

He's going to give her to the Americans?! ಠ_ಠ

To be fair, at least they HAD a plan. And they executed it. It's more than you did. I don't mean to point fingers but... at least they... ya know... did something.

Kabru's like 'no, no, hang on, I need to hear what batshit fucked up thing this dude is going to say next, this is important'

Laios is so stressed he broke character.

Then again, maybe it's healthy to let them slug it out a bit. Get it out of their system.

It's true. They wore fitbits and everything.

...hey, hold on a second.

Now hold on a minute.

Damn, this is. Kind of even worse because. I guess I could have guessed that Toshi was just pretending to be polite, like you do. Cultural differences.

But the painful thing is, Laios doesn't seem surprised. He just seems resigned. He's been told before that he's difficult to get along with. To the extent that he doesn't even consider Marcille and Chillchuck his friends? Even though they arguably both care about him? But because Toshiro didn't bother to be deadpan about him being a bit odd at times, Laios thought it meant that was fine.

And that kinda hurts. Like damn. Laios just wanted to make a true connection. And I can't really blame Toshiro either, he was just trying to keep the peace but. Damn.

Free her! Let her do her illegal magics! She deserves it! （︶^︶）

Thoughts:

Senshi just being annoyed about that one last harpy looking for scraps.... like "shoo, this ain't the time"

That gnome seems genuinely nice. I'm sorry Falin squished his pet undyne.

Kabru hugging his..... mage? Girlfriend???? Seems very...one sided. Kinda feel bad for her.

Laios and Toshiro still going at it, I see. Get it allout, boys.

Uhhhhhhhhhh ninja girls.

Aww, doggo.

Last question: Where did the cat go?

Senshi: I can fix that.

Are you all worried because he's finally making sense?!?!

Laios and he punched their singular braincells into several new ones, it seems.

F./....Falin... please give the caterpillar some privacy........

My man, maybe lead with that............

I can't believe Marcille was potentially more forward about her feelings.......

"his pupils are dilated" yes, thank you sherlock. You've finally realized what everyone else who meets Laios feels almost immediately. he's a monster freak club card carrying member. Welcome.

p.....pubby......

As long as he was also inside the dungeon with them.... yes.

The issue with Kabru isn't that he isn't trying his best. It's that Laios isn't trying at all.

On a scale of one to Kabru, how badly do you react to being offered a food you don't want to eat?

......oh no. He's so pathetic it's funny. He's growing on me.

Absolute morons, the pair of them. Immovable object meets unstoppable force. The funniest combination ever. Ghost type and normal type pokemon, forever throwing moves at each other that will never hit. Laios thinking he's made a friend. Kabru just barely stopping himself from killing Laios. Best comedy pair. Tom and Jerry in a can.

Anyway. What a great manga.

[malewifesband]

dont even care abt laishuro like that but that laios wants him is just a fact. "ohhh shuro youre so handsome and cool and strong and youre my best friend and i love to stay up all night talking to you can i have a hug i love you of course falin will accept your proposal if i were her i would oh she said no? can i marry you instead" he said those things.

[ladyloveandjustice]

You can tell Izutsumi really is part cat because the person she's reluctantly bonded with the most in this group is the sad lesbian.

But seriously, what a sweet and hearbreaking little sequence, there's so much to pick out

-Marcille literally saved Falin from her loneliness and didn't even realize it, ROMANCE.

-Marcille not realizing that Falin just wanted more time with her, that that's what sharing food was all about, also romance.

-Itsuzumi being so flimmoxed and alarmed by Marcille's crying (very cat) but ultimately pushing through her discomfort to be there for her (also cat), The way she goes FULL CAT when startled by Marcille's hug, but endures and accepts it nevertheless, letting Marcille have a bit of a cuddle in her time of distress (cat cat cat). They are bonded, they are friends, whether Izutsumi will admit it or not.

And I think, even if she fully doesn't get it, izutsumi does understand Marcille's grief a little. She's lost a lot too.

[pyreo]

kinda fascinated by falin's characterisation bc I feel like you can see the thought process with it

the driving force of the whole adventure is Save Falin and, although we understand that sympathetically as it's clear Laios and Marcille love her dearly, and it's natural to feel invested in a guilt-ridden brother wanting his little sister to be alive again. It runs into a writing problem

'How do you make the audience care about Falin when they don't know her'. We have all the time in the world to get to know the main cast and love them, but it's tricky to engage people's emotions when they cannot see a character's personality, and Falin dies on page 1

So I think the decision was. To make her as unobtrusive as possible. Without her presence we can conceptualise one trait for her, and it's sheer innocence. There's nothing bad about Falin. She's the sweetest woman ever. She was a healer. She was kind and lovely to everyone. She was great at magic and cast spells with hugs. She's never depicted with her eyes open, making her always look serene and childlike. (And, I think, forcing some distance, reminding you we don't know her, and can't, because she's dead)

Falin is simply just a giving, caring person, loves everyone around her... and that wouldn't work as a character usually, it's too sanded, too smooth, there's no hook. But the hook is she's dead. Felt through her absence. So she gets away with it fine.

I like to think the conscious decision to pitch Falin to the reader was 'she's great and everyone loved her' and you can't disagree because what are you gonna do, speak ill of the dead? The only action we directly see her take is pushing Laios out of the way and getting eaten instead of him. The only thing we know is that she's never done a thing wrong in her life and she was killed, bam. There's no nuance even. She was too pure to die like that, so we have to save her, clearly. And it works.

[blubbledia]

I read - Dungeon Meshi - 2014/2023

"To eat is to be alive."

I saw it was completed and thought, "hey I read like half of that a couple years ago and really liked it!" So I promptly didn't read it. Instead I waited until I saw too many spoiler images on my dashboard! Which didn't really hinder me, so I started at the beginning and devoured the whole thing in two sittings. Very apt for the material. Also that I got around halfway through before starting over and making my way all to the bottom. No sister death for me though. The rest of my thoughts below the line.

So many elements of this manga weave together to create the best atmosphere. Like good ingredients making a good meal. OK, I'll stop with the food comparisons.

I think the most stand out piece for me is the story's pacing. I just appreciate a goal that, initially, should be a quick adventure, twisting and turning into something more complicated, while staying relatively short. Every goal, Defeat dragon and revive Falin, defeat Falin, defeat Mad Mage, become dungeon lord, defeat demon, and finally resurrect Falin? Fit. On some occasions, writers would use these extended and adjusted goals to artificially increase length. Here it not only feels natural, but even the inciting incident is justified by the twists. They only encountered the red dragon right at the beginning because the Mad Mage was sending it to look for the king.

Characters are absolutely stunning. From design, to motivation, to their growth. Every one has realistic growth. Laios never becomes a perfect leader. Sure he becomes king, but even in the epilogue he's still a goof. He is absolutely not good with people, honestly I don't think any of the main crew really are. But they are good with the people in their party (mostly). It even touches on how a new member fits in, and the realities of your adventuring buddies kind of just being work friends. Izutsumi is baby and I love her. Falin is adorable and I want to hug her.

The art is so fun and good and excellent at setting tone. The amount of times all things in a box will be shaded with one method, even the same density, but still clearly delineated between fore and background is amazing. Ryoko Kui also did designs of the characters as various races, which works so well for identifying the key features of a design. I wouldn't know what to say about page layouts, it's just not something that registers to my brain. I will spare another sentence to commend character design. How they look just makes my brain happy. I think it's the noses.

I could not in good conscience release my thoughts on this work into the aether without touching on the titular aspect of the work.

Food

The most interesting part to the food, is that the monsters all mimic real creatures. Nightmares are the ones that come to mind; aside from a fantasy element, they are mollusks. It makes it easy to connect to the reader and show food that they would also find appetizing. I'm a vegan but don't know the morality of eating monsters. Like, do the walking mushrooms count? I don't know enough to say. More importantly, food as a thing. To live is to need to eat. Of the base level of needs to survive eating is the one we have the most leeway over. You can choose what to eat and prepare. It can be done as an act of love toward others. There is a time where Laios brings up that at times when the worries and anxieties of what needed to be done were getting to him; that food grounded him, allowed him to calm down.

I should get some friends together for a meal.

[ambrosiagourmet]

Has anyone requested Marcille for the ask meme? If not then pls

Marcille!!!!!!!!!

First impression

Gay? Interesting elf girl with a really good design for a female character oh my god thank you. She gets to wear pants!!! It's a miracle!

Impression now

BELOVED HALF-ELF OF MY HEART... most determined member of the party, maybe second only to Laios. Not that it's a competition.

Girl who carries the weight of her existence in her heart everywhere she goes. Girl who doesn't know how to just exist because that would mean surrendering to the things time will take away from her. Girl with bloody knuckles who clings too tightly to the things she loves because she remembers a time when she didn't realize what they meant to her.

Girl who must shape a life too big to hold all at once. Who stares into that impossible task so unflinchingly that you kind of want to tell her to run away from it for a bit. Be a bit more of a coward, Marcille! But she doesn't have time to be a coward!! She's hurtling towards her goals at terminal velocity. But the same love that keeps her tumbling forward also pulls her back from the brink. Because she's still figuring out the balance.

Favorite moment

Rabbit chapter... my god rabbit chapter.........

Genuinely maybe my favorite chapter in the whole manga. It hits such an incredible peak of humor and raw emotion and impossibly ridiculous situations and grounded believable character writing. And no part of it is separate from the others.

What a fucking chapter. And what a fucking thesis for why Marcille is such a good character. Her being ridiculous and her being incredibly determined and her being powerful and her being scared are ALL part of her. Man. Marcille. She will do anything to pull through for her friends.

And then on top of it the way the Lion takes advantage of this moment to pull her strings. Which is just. So horrifying to watch because you want someone to give her a hug but all the people who would give her a hug are currently DEAD and she's left in a room along and exhausted with a manipulative, abusive, hungry opportunist. God. God. I love Rabbit Part II So Very Much.

Idea for a story

Umm hi sorry I am still busy thinking about Rabbit Part II. Please enjoy some shameless self promotion while I go lie down for a bit.

Unpopular opinion

She's bisexual!!!!! Normally I don't hold so fast to like "well canonically this character was into A Man so she can't be a lesbian blah blah blah" but it does bum me out that people ignore her succubus because I really do think that bi Marcille deserves more love. It doesn't make her any less into women sheesh.

Favorite relationship

Sorry I was thinking about Rabbit Part II again what was the question? Favorite relationship?

Yeah I dunno maybe Marcille and Laios? I kinda like the part where they rely on each other because there is no other way through and share an unnamed intimacy born in blood and bone and the way that they place impossible burdens on each other and owe each other their lives many times over and neither holds it against the other or asks for the repayment of debts that can never be repaid, choosing instead to keep walking into the future by each others sides because what else can you do. What else can you do.

They are pretty cool I guess. I'm normal about them though. Haha.

Favorite headcanon

I imagine that castle staff help Marcille with her hair on a day-to-day basis because leaving it just to personal friends and family would probably be impractical. But also I think Chilchuck, Laios, Falin, and also especially KABRU all learn enough to help her with it. I think that the first three learn some basic nice stuff but I think Kabru would get really into it.

That man could absolutely intensely hyperfixate on something like "nice hairstyles from another culture" for three to six months and come out the other side an expert.

[prismatoxic]

tox. tox. tox. i cant even. THE LATEST CHAPTER???? HELLO???? i was gonna comment but i felt like i wouldnt be able to get my energy across- OUFUGGHPGIHGHO???? OUHOGIDHAJAIGOHA????;!??!!?? THE CALL!!?!??!!! "wow, you really ARE different..." "whats that supposed to mean?" AREUGGGOGFURHHHGFRGHTH

CHIL REPEATING THE WORD "DOG" IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE. I CAN HEAR IT. well i mean i actually hear it in Filipino because thats my native language but still. i can imagine it so well. i love them your honor... they are silly...

also:

"what are you even doing???"

"dont worry about it. anyways let me send you thousands of dollars-"

"THOUSA-??!??!"

"DONT WORRY ABOUT IT"

I KNOW THATS NOT THE ACTUAL VIBE THATS BEING AIMED FOR HERE BUT THE PHRASING MADE ME GIGGLE BECAUSE CHIL.... YOU SOUND SO SUSPICIOUS. BY NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION YOU MAKE IT SOUND A MILLION TIMES WORSE THAN IT ACTUALLY IS

anyways great chapter thank you thank you thank you 🫶🫶🫶🫶

~ phio phoefickle ✌️

(p.s. meijack you are in SO much unserious trouble....)

both direct comments and tumblr asks are good for me, it's serotonin right to my veins either way :3 there's a thread in my chilaios server where people also just liveblog their thoughts at me and i'm very hinged about the praise (<- lying)

honestly i love when people think of chilchuck in their own culture... i've seen some friends talk about latino chilchuck, it's so fun. and it's not like we have a tolkien-esque dictionary of half-foot so imagining it in your own language makes sense to me!!

AND YEAH... HONESTLY... you have picked up on something there that i did intentionally, LMAO. so while it's not the vibe chilchuck intended, it's the one that's going to get him in trouble later <3 puckpatti may be willing to gloss over all of this in the name of her dad being happy, but there are others who may take it as something to be concerned about... :3c

i've started chapter 7, and your ask made me very happy so how about i share the beginning with you:

The night before the trip, Laios invites Chilchuck out to Senshi’s, and he finds himself agreeing far more readily than he did the first time. What’s more, everyone can make it; it’s nice to see Falin again, but he also gets to see Marcille when she’s not tired and overworked.

He’s not actually sure if that’s a good thing, in the end.

She hugs Laios when he and Chilchuck arrive (not as tightly as Falin does, but still with a certain degree of overt fondness), then sits herself down and immediately launches into the friendliest interrogation Chilchuck has ever found himself subject to. He can barely half-answer her before she’s launched into another question; about where he’s from, about what he does, about how Laios has been treating him… She asks about his family, too, but it’s Laios who gently deflects her when Chilchuck stalls out about it.

“He’s kind of a private person,” Laios laughs, raising a glass of soda to his lips. “Let him actually get to know you first, Marcille. Then he’ll tell you himself.”

Chilchuck doesn’t want to tell anyone anything about his life without prompting, but he thinks Laios knows that; the easy escape from the line of questioning is appreciated, either way.

“I hope you stick around long enough for that to happen!” Marcille enthuses. “You seem like a really interesting person, Chilchuck. And clearly you’ve got Laios under control.”

Chilchuck laughs at that, and he’s not the only one; Falin and Namari laugh too (and even Shuro smiles a little). A glance Laios's way reveals he’s flustered, but similarly amused. “He’s not hard to direct,” Chilchuck muses over the rim of his water glass. “He just needs to be told exactly what to do.”

He pretends he doesn’t notice the look Falin gives her brother.

[dude1818]

Catching up on anime I missed last week:

Metallic Rouge: Wtf. You can't just start an episode with "we're terraforming Venus, and also using a dozen miniature black holes to shift its orbit to 1 AU." Also, it's already within the Goldilocks zone, so that seems unnecessary if you can thin out the atmosphere enough. As expected, the Immortal Nine are trying to free the androids by killing all the humans, which means it's still acceptable to crush that rebellion. At least the story trying to throw a wrench in that by also having rogue androids who just want to live as humans, to make Rouge consider that maybe it isn't really black and white

Alright, while I figured Rouge's "father" was the one who built all the free androids, I wasn't expecting her brother to still be mostly in the dark about his plans (beyond "capture the Nine"). Also, is every major character we've met secretly a rogue android? That definitely feels like more than nine at this point. At this point, there are four that Rouge have killed, three extant ones on the terrorist side, and two allied with Rogue. I guess that's the nine, then there's also Rouge and her just-introduced sister, who seems to only be concerned with killing Rouge specifically

Dungeon Meshi: Oh man, I don't remember the Marcille and Falin at school sequence being so long. That was great. It's so juicy knowing the real reason Marcille was studying how to make a dungeon, too 😈 Really not a fan of when the animation style gets more experimental like this episode

Frieren: Ubel: "Would you fuck your clone?" I assume Frieren has a pocket space spell, because where else is all this treasure going. Aww, Frieren wants a hug. I love the amount of detail that goes into this magic system, even if it's the most hand-wavey kind of magic

[fumikomiyasaki]

hehehe

❰❰ CUDDLE ❱❱ from the self indulgent prompts w/anyone of our ships :))

Self-Indulgent

❰❰ CUDDLE ❱❱ our muses cuddle

A sigh in worry escaped him... even if he most of the time could keep up with Yasuno in fighting, he knew he was lacking compared to his power... and even when making it up... often he felt useless as a dorm leader. The rumors with Shizuke, the pressure, everything felt heavy on his shoulders, like darkness wanted to pull him down and claim him for himself... as he sat there however he suddenly felt two arms wrapped around him, like a warm sunshine in the morning that made things a bit better for him... He looked at Faline who hugged him from behind and grew lightly red... she really was like his own personal light that guides him out of darkness.

"Are you alright? You didn't even notice me calling out to you?"

"I just got lost... not really thinking about some good things but... Its better now."

"You know I will always be there if you wanna talk about it?"

"Its already enough when you give me the feeling I am needed."

"Kuze..."

He offered her a seat next to him as she cuddled against his body.

"Its been so long and my memories still haven't returned... I don't know if I can trust Yasuno or even myself... I just know that home... wasn't really a concept for me yet... somewhat I feel home with you."

She smiled at him and nuzzled a little against him.

"Then I will always be there with open arms, to welcome you home, after all... I care a lot about you."

Swiftly he pulled his arms around her and held her tight, almost tearing up in a way.. even if it would ruin his makeup he didn't care.

"T-thank you so much for everything."

She kept him in this embrace till he calmed down... its true even if he doesn't get his memories back... at least he has someone to keep on living for.

[thechekhov]

Dungeon Meshi - Quick Reacts (CHAPTER 14: Kelpie)

You know, I understand why people are annoyed by her attitude towards Senshi’s food and Laios’ tastes, but you gotta admit she’s trying her best. 

this is another one of these things that don’t really come up in games but... thank fuck they have flowing water. That would be a real deal breaker if you want to survive. And they can shave and brush their teeth? It’s a miracle.

To be fair, I think Senshi’s beard is probably its own ecosystem by now. He probably uses it as a scrub brush. 

At least if she does that, you’ll be picking way less dwarf hair out of your food. Come on guys, we know that stuff gets in there when he cooks. 

someone get this woman to design a whole ass game. 

Water walk! Good wizard. 

is Senshi afraid of water?! Dwarves I swear.....

Aww, their first party fight! I’m shocked at how coordinated Laios and Chilchuck are. 

HE’S STILL SINKING, JUST SLOWLY.

HIS BEARD? It repels magic... 😂

Laios, you don’t look as sure as you sound. 

Oh. OH yEAH. There will be NO repercussions for THAT. 

Marcille’s little “Anne.” isn’t even a question. She’s just disappointed. 

Meanwhile, that Kelpie straight up wants the blood and guts soaked into his beard.

Didn’t that thing... walk.... out from UNDER the water though? 

That seems extreme as well, but I’m on this hill with Laios and his distrust of horses. 

I see someone speaks from experience. 

Yeah, I could have maybe seen that coming. 

Though I AM legitimately disappointed by this turn of events.

Horses are horrifying when they’re given dog mouths - confirmed. 

...actually hold on

Horses are horrifying when they’re given dog mouths - confirmed.

Marcille’s been on the protein I see. 

Laios, you are right but also your little pet monster will eat you one day. For no though, the fact that you almost drowned it is adorable. 

Don’t you though? I imagine if anyone understands how monsters think, it would be you, Laios. 

It’s true that he loved her. It’s also true that letting her rot without using her would be a waste. In a way, she will carry them further this way. 

oooh, is she making soap? 

There’s something about the idea of using things you have at your disposal that makes this really cool. The fact that everything they’re making, aside from very special ingredients like olive oil, are all scavenged and created with their own hand is... I don’t know... heartwarming? 

THEY’RE!!!! BONDING!!!!

Weirdly heartwarming.

Maybe just let it air dry--

whEEZE---- I CAN’T--

There he goes............the magnificent beast............

GROUP HUG! aww

.......................... coding, man. No matter what century, that one typo will get ya.

The real BBEG was the lack of unions all along...............

YOU ASKED FIRST, YOU DINGUS. 😂

All that said, Laios doesn’t strike me as someone interested in romance. 

this is just a magical hermit crab.

NOOO HE JUST WANTED TO VIBE

You guys could probably make a fortune as dungeon delvers if you weren’t after Falin.

Who knows if souls exist? Haven’t you all died multiple times?

............Well, they do have skin and a squishy inside, and they grow..... checks out.

........you know what? I’ll take it. Wine? Necromancy. Cheese? Necromancy. Natto? DEFINITELY necromancy. 

Marcille doesn’t drink?

...........is this doodle-bob all over again? 

Senshi, who nearby died by Kelpie: WHY DON’T THEY WANT MY LIVER? IT’S GOOD FOR THEM!

.....................like respects like. These two are on the same frequency. 

If we’re being nitpicky about it, Anne never actually bit Senshi. She went after the Mimic. Maybe she just got tired because he was fucking heavy........ 

Horses, man. 

[soojinscherries]

Lion

oKAY- So, this is like a side series of I-dle’s 7th member, I’ve written AUs for each era, with what the world’s like based off of either the lyrics, or the m/v itself. This, as you could tell by the title, is Lion era, it’s I-dle x Faline, they’re kind of lion/human hybrids, Yuqi and Shuhua are the only important humans so far. 

Hopefully what I wrote will give enough information, I know its not the best (*cough* the way I introduce everyone *cOuGH*) and its probably gonna have to go through some editing after I post this, but I did work hard on it, so I hope you enjoy :)

(Some parts are a little uh- ‘steamy’ so- prepare for cringe ig)

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"So...." Soojin eyed the humans before her, her wife by her side, shifting nervously as Soojin spoke. "You want to marry our wife.." The eldest of everyone in the room, Miyeon, spoke before Soojin could, "Yes," The taller of the two humans, Yuqi, spoke, "And you know about our kind?" Soojin asked, eyes not leaving them until she felt Faline's hand tug her dress, giving her a silent plea to loosen up. "Yes, Faline told us all about the lions. We know how you feel about humans, and we understand why, but we love her, getting married to her would be an honor." Yuqi answered and Miyeon gave an approving look. "What are you two to each other?" The tallest in the room, Minnie, asked. "We're girlfriends, we talked this out and we really do want to go through with this." Shuhua said as she interlocked her and Yuqi's fingers with a small smile. Soyeon hummed "I.... approve." she said and Faline rushed to embrace her in a big hug, "Really?" "Yes, I can see that they care about you, darling." Soyeon brushed some hair out of Faline's face, "But the others need to make a decision too," Faline looked at the other lionesses with pleading eyes. Miyeon sighed, "If they make you happy and you really want this, my love.. I approve as well." she embraced Faline and kissed the crown of her head, "Thank you Miyeonnie." Soojin and Minnie looked at the other lions in the room then back to the humans, expressions unreadable. 

After some time, Minnie broke first, "Alright, I approve" she let out a huff and draped herself over Faline from behind. Soojin rubbed her temple, as much as she didn't trust humans, they look nice, they seem to make Faline as happy as she and the other queens do, and Soojin can see the pure affection when they look at her.. "Approved,," Faline squeezed Soojin in a tight bear hug, overflowing with happiness. She then went to Yuqi and Shuhua, giving them both short, but sweet kisses, making the other girls let out a low grumble. She went back to her wives and gave them all a kiss as well. "Thank you, I love you all so much," Faline purred. "Anything to make you happy, love," Minnie smiled as she wrapped her arms around Faline's waist, pulling her in for a much deeper kiss, tongue slipping into the smaller lion's mouth making the humans blush and look away awkwardly while the other queens growled and pushed Minnie off of Faline. Miyeon claimed the youngest's lips after they pushed Minnie away, giving her ass a light slap, Soyeon was next, and was made it much hotter than the last two, even going down to leave hickeys on her neck as she squeezed Faline's ass. Soojin growled impatiently and immediately connected her lips with hers after Soyeon pulled away. Pulling her impossibly close, hands roaming around Faline's body, palming every inch she could get to. "Dayumm, Soojin, you are one needy bitch-" Minnie rubbed her head when Soojin gave her a hard smack, and Miyeon turned to Yuqi and Shuhua, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it, these two are quite possessive of our dear wife, it's understandable, I mean..." Miyeon paused as she looked Faline's body up and down, "Look at her.. I uh- anyway, you're going to be queens soon, and you better treat our little cupcake like a god, cause the second we see something wrong, we will hunt you down and rip out your throats with our bare claws..." The two looked pale with fear and Miyeon laughed, "Kidding, kidding, but seriously, treat her right, its what she deserves. With that aside,

welcome to the queendom."

-

Soojin sat alone in her study, thoughts filled her head as she tried to focus on the book that sat on her lap. The wedding was a month away and she and the other girls have been getting along well with the soon to be queens. They've been planning on a way to bring lions and humans together, so lions all around could live normally, without hiding, among human towns and cities. If humans were to be married into the palace, it'd only be right, Faline had always wanted this, years of convincing Soojin to at least give humans a try. But the lioness stood her ground, not wanting to go into human territory, it was a sore spot in their relationship, until Faline confessed that she was in love with more than one person, and Soojin didn't know what to think. Yes, they had talked about Faline being polyamorous, but this was the first time she had shown interest in anyone other than Soojin, so she was nervous, thinking that maybe Faline had fallen out of love because of the human situation. Faline reassured her that she still loved her very much and that she'll always be Soojin's queen, so Soojin felt much better, and once she met the lions who caught Faline's eye, she knew she didn’t have to worry about anyone hurting her baby. Miyeon, Faline's best friend from even before she became queen, Soojin had met her a few time before and knew that Miyeon could be trusted. Minnie and Soyeon, both trusted soldiers who have fought along side her, Faline, and Miyeon. Soojin approved of them and soon Faline and the three got married. That was two years ago now, and Faline had told her about falling in love again about two months ago.

- flashback -

Faline had came into the meeting room, a room where important deals between kingdoms were either denied or accepted, she called her wives into the room to discuss something important and they complied immediately. The four other queens looked towards their wife when she opened the large door and gently pushed it shut. "Love, why'd you call us in here?" Miyeon asked as Faline made her way in front of Soojin, at the other end of the fairly large table. Faline's eyes didn’t meet theirs, making them worried, "Darling? What's wrong?" Soojin asked "I... I have something to tell you." Faline stated and the other girls nodded, urging her to continue. "I've fallen in love again,"

silence..

Faline looked at them one by one, they didn't move, processing what she has said. Miyeon blinked, "Oh... okay, what is their name?" she asked slowly. "Yuqi and Shuhua," the younger lioness answered and Miyeon nodded. "I've never heard those names around the queendom before," Minnie stated, tapping her chin, while raking her brain to match names to faces. "Well, that's because.. they... aren't from the queendom." They all sat up, "Then where are they from?" Soojin asked with an eyebrow arched "And how'd you meet them?" Soyeon added. Faline gulped, "T-They're.. humans." she answered after a few seconds. Soojin stood up, her chair scraping across the floor as she did, "Humans?! How did you even- Have you been going into that city without any of us knowing?!" she was furious, out of anyone she could fall in love with, why humans? "Soojin, please, trust me. They're nice, and even helped me treat my wounds when I got injured out on my walk." Faline tried to look calm but her scent was giving her away, a strong scent of anxiety emitted from her and the other lions caught it, and before Soojin could get another angry word out of her mouth, Miyeon interjected "Soojin, we should hear her out. We know what position we are with humans, but she said it herself, they're different, and Faline knows better than to get into a dangerous situation." Soojin growled lowly but bowed her head in defeat, she trusted Faline, she knows what she's doing. "Thank you, Miyeonnie." Faline said and Miyeon just nodded silently. "I'd want to get married if they'd be okay with it, and if they are, I'll bring them here for your approval. I only ask that you don't let your feelings towards humans direct your decisions. I have strong feelings for them and I feel it is mutual. I will be going now, I love you all, please remember that." Faline walked to the door, opened it and looked back at her wives, then went out. Silence ate up the room, no one dared to move, just looking towards Soojin whose head was still down.

- end -

Soojin sighed. At least she’s happy, she thought with a small smile. Where was Faline anyway? Soojin headed out of her study to go find her, she searched everywhere, but Faline was nowhere to be found. So Soojin went to Miyeon's room, knocking before getting the okay to enter. "Yes?" Miyeon asked, Shuhua and Yuqi were with her as well, looking through old pictures, "Do you know where Faline is?" Soojin asked. "She went out for a walk around the woods," Shuhua answered and Soojin's eyebrows went up, "Is someone with her?!" Miyeon snickered at Soojin’s worriedness, "Chill out, Soojin ah. That guy Jonas went to guard her"

Yuqi shivered, "That guy gives me the creeps, I feel like he doesn't like us that much." She said, referring to herself and her girlfriend, who nodded in agreement. "He's a bit of a weirdo, but he's just what Faline needs to stay safe on a stroll: an inferior guard with mediocre fighting skills." Miyeon replied with a laugh

-

The two figures walked around the wooded area, one figure being one of the queen, Faline, and the other being a low ranked guard, Jonas. Jonas followed behind the queen with a stone cold face, he didn't want to guard her, he didn't even like her, but queen, and general, Nicha ordered him to and he knew what happened to people who didn't follow orders. Jonas had a hatred for Faline ever since he heard the rumors of her wanting to make peace with humans, and now she's getting married to two and they're going to be queens. He wanted to stop it, ever since he was a child he was conditioned to hate humans and as far as he thought, making friends with humans would bring the queendom down, humans could not be trusted. He stiffened from the sound of twigs snapping from the distance. He looked to the direction of the noise, seeing two men in orange vests holding shotguns, one with a bow on his back. "Your majesty, hide!" Jonas whisper yelled and Faline quickly hid behind a large oak tree. Jonas switched into his lion form just as the two men came into shooting range. "Look!" one of them whispered, "Shoot it, quick!" the other whispered back. One of the men shot with his shotgun, but Jonas was quicker, running behind them in a flash and knocking them off their feet. The hunters backed away from the growling lion, having seemingly no way out, until one of them got and idea and threw a large rock at Jonas, hitting him right in the nose, if he weren't in his lion form his nose would be broken for sure. He winced in pain, giving the hunters time to get back up and run, Jonas chased after them on stumbling feet. He got a grip on one of the men's backpacks but the man quickly slipped it off and continued running like the winds. Jonas would've went after them, but it seemed like a waste, so he went back to where Faline had been hiding, shifting back into his regular form, rubbing his nose in pain. Faline peeked out and saw it was him, "Thank you, Jonas, if it weren't for you I might've been seriously injured." Faline gave him a small smile while he gave a fake one back. Looking through the backpack, he found a quiver and arrows, along with some extra ammo and bait. Jonas took one of the arrows and examined it, suddenly an idea popped into his head, he looked between the arrow and Faline, before dropping the bag.

"Oh your majesty, you shouldn't worry about hunters like them.." Faline turned to him with a curious gaze, "What do you mean?" she asked, stepping away as he got closer. "You should be worried about everyone, 'cause you can't trust everyone, not even your own kind."

-

yuh I cringed rereading the kissing scene hrtegrdfnhshter

part 2 will be out soon ✌

[awwishfulthinking]

I've been having an absolutely shitfuck day so to keep myself sane, I've been reading through the Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon manga. Just finished volume 6. Random ramblings below (Read More added in case of spoilers)

-I love that Laios is pretty conventionally attractive but there is also something deeply wrong with him (I am saying this affectionately).

-Senshi is really cool and I think it's admirable that he cares so much about the dungeon's ecosystem. I also love that he's like "yo, I heard you guys wanted to eat monsters" out of nowhere and that's how he joined Laios' party.

-I also love Marcille and Chilchuk. I love everyone in this series ok.

-Falin... D:

-how old is everyone since we don't get confirmed ages except for Chilchuck (how does he have three grown kids at 29 years... I haven't seen the special Dungeon Meshi book but I remember reading the scanlations(?) for that part a while back.)

-I love Kensuke nothing bad better happen to this weird sword monster

-The scene with Marcille trying to teach Laois how to use magic was really cute... I don't ship these two (I don't ship Laois with anyone tbh) but... cute.......

-THE BAD TOUCH SCENE WITH SENSHI I'M DEAD

-Senshi teaching Chilchuck about "the birds and the bees" is so freaking hilarious when you know that Chilchuck is the only one of the party that actually has kids.

-IZUTSUMI!!! The catgirl finally appears! I'm actually surprised how late she shows up since she's so popular like. Everywhere in the fandom.

-the nightmare chapter with Laois was so heartwarming... Laois is such a nice/kind person I want to hug him/listen to him ramble about monsters