if you've been here a while you know i have a bunch of AUs with the premise "kid!karin gets her ass out of grass, usually semi-accidentally, sometimes being basically kidnapped." and i think "minakushi survive and take karin in as their own" is the BEST possible outcome for her (besides AUs where her mom also survives but her mom isn't a real character so i always have her already dead). and for the minakushi AUs i have, i think they all center around karin being in konoha for the chunin exams and minato being like "haha, you're not getting her back :)" but the much FUNNIER option is
minato: (teleports into karin's living room) hi uh no time to talk but my wife knew your mom and
Love being a horrible little art supplies gremlin and buying the fanciest materials known to man, and then only using Crayola Super Tips markers and Sakura Gelly Roll metallic pens for days and days and days.
Day 2: Hello July. I've been a little overwhelmed with the amount of stress I'm putting on myself lately so I think I'm going to try and focus on having fun this month. Summer only lasts a little while and I just need to be kinder to myself. If you're the same way, consider this a gentle reminder to relax a bit. 😌
I don’t currently ship them but I don’t currently ship any other ships for them either.
I think the concept is really cute. Their dynamic is really good and it would be interesting to explore. I really enjoy their interactions and would absolutely like to see more interaction between them.
Part of what is holding me back from them is that there would be some logistical issues with them being together (with them living in different dimensions and whatnot), but those problems are definitely solvable, unfortunately I’m just not passionate about them enough to solve them myself.
Still, it’s a really cute ship and I’d absolutely be willing to read it, even if I wouldn’t write it :)
I tried Karin Decobrushes for the first time. They’re fun to blend with. I’ll practice with them more. I gotta get more of a feel of how long they take to dry cause I ran into some hurdles when it came to shading
“It’s Karin’s idea, just so you know.” Suigetsu easily offers his teammate as the scapegoat. It’s good to scram as early as now, judging by Sasuke’s furrowed brows.
“It was your suggestion!”
“It was supposed to remain in theory! You didn’t have to go and find it!”
Karin attempts an angelic smile as she turns to Sasuke, “We thought it could make you happy. Besides, it’s Jugo who first noticed it.”
Jugo usually does the right thing, but he makes a point to be annoying today. “Happy birthday, Uchiha.”
“A stick.” Sasuke twirls the gift on the ground, hits it against the rock he’s sitting on, and breaks it into two with his knee. Karin and Suigetsu make the wise choice to flee the maelstrom and find mundane things to focus on. He is pissed, rightfully so. He has thrown his past away, and all the things that tie him to it, including dates.
“We’re no gardeners, but at least you can bring something that reminds you of it,” Jugo shrugs. “You always look like you want to grow them.”
He almost discards the brown carcass when the scent of the sap hits him. A subtle floral. Pink buds on bare branches. A season of blooms. He has been looking at those trees for far too long. The broken pieces lie abandoned in the undergrowth, but a small twig makes a home inside his pocket.
It will dry out from the journey, and many times it will almost lose its shelter. But its final resting place will be on hallowed ground, a marker for the sowed.
Soil underneath his fingernails, he brushes away her tears.
“I think I killed your herbs anata.”
“They’re easy to revive, Sakura. Don’t worry about it.”
“The tomato leaves kept curling.”
“It’s just environmental stress.”
“The yuzu isn’t flowering!”
“It’s still too young to produce fruits.”
“I’m really sorry. It was supposed to be your birthday.”
“You’re lucky you married me, but I might need something.”
“Okay, what is it?”
“Wild—”
“Wildflower?”
“Hot—”
“Pepper?”
“Se—”
Inside the house, Sarada yells, “Papa, come quickly! Your ice cream cake is melting!”
In my “draw on the table-saw” era of my creative life! ‘Cause sometimes, it’s just easier to use dry erase markers on whatever surface is available while you’re collaborating on a project. Please tell me I’m not the only one who does this….
from head of props karin rabe vance about audrey ii design
Grabs a permanent marker and draws the symbol for Uzushiogakure on Karin's forehead. She is an Uzumaki after all.
Grab a marker and write something on my muse! (Anywhere on their body)
" Seriously?! " Karin huffed, stomping over to the sink and spending as much time as she can trying to scrub it off. Stupid markers and their difficulty to wash off. Why did she agree to this? Why did she let people do this?!
" Out of everything you could have drawn, you had to do that? "