#rin setsua

[chipsncookies]

Practicing drawing them bc i have brainrot bfbddbdh

[aptericia]

This is my sister’s fault

[honourablejester]

Top 5 Rogues in Fiction

Oh, okay. Watch me forget every character I’ve known. But off the top of my head:

Eugenides from the Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. THE BEST. THE WORST. Everyone around him wants to worship him and/or wring his neck, often simultaneously. Regularly steals kingdoms from people. My all-time favourite thief.

Corvo Attano from Dishonored. Everyone loves the mute traumatised rat assassin falling off buildings and (depending on chaos) saving souls.

Lando Calrissian from Star Wars. Baby me fell so hard for this space pirate prince with his cloud city and his cape and his gambling and his heart-wrenching decision between his city and his friend.

Ezra Standish from The Magnificent Seven (1998). I am a complete sucker for a fancy-pants gambler with a heart (and tooth) of gold and more ten-dollar words than actual dollars. Between him and Lando, gamblers are a bit of a thing for me.

If we’re talking archetypes, Hermes from Greek Mythology informed a lot for me. Also Lugh from Irish mythology, and several other mythological tricksters. But Hermes was my first, when my granddad gave me a big book of Greek Mythology. Hermes is why I love to mingle tricksters and psychopomps together, thieves and the grave.

(Occasionally) Honourable mentions: Rin Setsua from Thunderbolt Fantasy (amazing trickster asshole), Jonathan Carnahan from The Mummy (“And did I panic? I think not!”), Arsene Lupin (original flavour), Arsene Lupin from Lupin III, Selina Kyle from Batman, Hardison & Parker from Leverage, Althalus from The Redemption of Althalus (I realised David Eddings is iffy, but this was one of my childhood books), Slanter from The Wishsong of Shannara (arguably a ranger, but he was my introduction to surly, sneaky, morally ambiguous, competent, enemies-to-allies), Willow from Willow (even when facing an evil sorceress, bog-standard sleight of hand can and will win the day), Robin Hood from Disney’s Robin Hood (childhood), Hawkins & Jean from The Court Jester, Artemus Gordon from the (original) Wild Wild West, an uncountable number of spies …

Actually, you know what? I’ll shut up now. But I enjoy a good rogue, I really, really do.

[fujimusume]

Lin Xueya’s first attempt at making a nendo of himself

[did-you-reboot]

Most times things look way better in my head and then I add colors and it goes to shit but AT LEAST I TRIED I GUESS

I’ll have this as a print at AX! Come find me and @guavi at H49!

[cchanticleer]

Finished the pipe for my Lin Setsu A cosplay. I wasn't going for 100% accuracy, I just wanted to get the idea of it. Now I have less than a week to get the rest of the costume done... wish me luck.

[diabolicalchainsaws]

Oh man I have so many regrets because I leapt in before thinking about composition, but please allow me to present Tired and Vape Duck Instagram

[derpydollblog]

My current Nendoroid collection! Kagami is very fragile as she is very old, and I actually had to crazy glue some of her pieces together, but the rest are all in good condition. :) I’m just missing Rin, Len, Lily, and MAYBE Gakupo (although I’d be sending him to my fiancé until we move in together).

Also want to find Lin Setsua A if we can ever find him to go with Shang, but that’s...currently difficult to do. (And will probably want the orange haired bard as well, but we haven’t gotten that far in the series yet so who knows!)

[izumisays]

dear yuletide author

Thank you so much for reading this and taking part in this wonderful annual conspiracy!


First of all, I hope you have a lovely time! If any of the fandoms below pique your interest, I’m delighted already, and ready to hear all the stories you want to tell.

Fandoms:  Chihayafuru, Nirvana in Fire, Thunderbolt Fantasy

As for reading preferences, I’m happy with a wide variety of tones and genres, of any rating, ranging anywhere from lighthearted antics to dramatic casefics. But the core of all the stories I love has always been character interaction and interplay of their competences.

How the characters play off each other and bring out their best/worst, how they’d react to a divergence of events, how true they’d stay to themselves in a different setting – I love fanfiction for allowing us to reconnect with our favourite stories time and again by asking these questions. And there are so many ways to do it! To name a few favourites, I’m always game for POV hijinks, a missing scene, a casefic, canon expansion, backstories and what-ifs.

You may notice that quite a few of my requests lean towards shipfic – those, too, are welcome in a variety of tones – but I also tried to include openings for gen ideas if that’s your jam. Additionally, while it is not usually my top interest, I don’t have anything against AUs if there is something that you are itching to explore: I tend to enjoy them for a new aesthetic that fleshes out the favoured character dynamics in a new light, or a fusion that redefines the playing ground to allow the characters to exhibit their core competences in new and exciting ways.

I would be very grateful if you could avoid a/b/o and similar kinktropes, played-straight soulmate fic, and character interpretation that runs contrary to their core values. If in doubt, please reach out to me on anon - the askbox is open!

CHIHAYAFURU: Mashima Taichi, Wataya Arata, Suou Hisashi

You don’t have to include all three characters, but I’d love to see a fic that explores the connections between them better. I’m up to date with all manga scanlations.

Wataya Arata/ Mashima Taichi

In the immortal words of Henjin Meijin, Arata is that person for Taichi whose opinion makes or breaks him. (His wording may have been different, but if I go rummaging into the chapter archive to find the exact quote, I’ll end up binge-rereading year three into the night again, and then where would my Yule sign-up be?) (On that note, what kind of a MASSIVE LOSER waxes poetics about Taichi’s boyfriend problems to Taichi’s MOTHER, whom he JUST met? Suou Hisashi, that’s who.) Needless to say, that paramount opinion was not always great, and neither was Taichi’s general wellbeing.

Good news is, Arata is confident in his manliness, and he has no problem acknowledging Taichi’s ridiculously pretty and not too bad at karuta these days, and he’s also moving to Tokyo. Taichi’s definitely pretty and has an apartment in Tokyo, where a country bumpkin of paramount importance may possibly stay over until things are sorted out… eventually. Hint hint.

Jokes aside, I pine for the dynamics between the two of them. I nearly lost it, reading the Meijin semifinals — and if you can show me a person who saw them bawl as they crawled into each other’s laps on Japanese national television and didn’t bawl in response, well, that person is sure not me.

I’d like to see a story that lets them build and explore that connect. I do not object to eventual OT3, but I think Chihaya is on a quest to find her own footing and pursue other goals at the moment, and I’d really like it if she was allowed to do this (join forces with Shinobu to drag karuta into a professional league, girl!). I’d like to think that in that space, different bonds and relationships can develop and strengthen, starting with Arata and Taichi.

Taichi the overanalyzer, the hardworker and the looker, the golden boy who at some point surely hit that red button, meme-style: you will be perfect at everything, you will have everything, except the one thing that you want above all. Arata appears to be his perfect foil: steady and serene where Taichi’s scrambling and flawed, adorably awkward and disarmingly sincere where Taichi’s groomed, smooth and miserable about his own deceptions. But they don’t see it like that! And they keep tripping each other up so beautifully!

I’d love to read your take on them growing closer and hopefully smooshing their faces together. Roommates in Tokyo? Long-distance friends? Figuring out how to tell your flatmate you’ve been in love with him since you were 12? Established relationship while hijinks happen? AWKWARD THIRDWHEELING WITH SUOU?!

On that note:

Suou Hisashi & (or / - wejustdon’tknow.gif) Mashima Taichi

I cannot believe that ridiculous man. Did you see a grown ass adult swoon because his unrequited disciple I mean not-friend I mean Taichi just up and went to meet his relatives??? To  help reconnect them?? One can do things like this?? What next, being able to make phonecalls like an adult??

Does not compute.

I was there, Gandalf. I was there when the story first indicated that we might be getting an unlikely team-up of the world’s weirdest Meijin and Tokyo’s most miserable overachiever. But even in my wildest dreams I did not dare hope to see them sprawled on the carpet on a humid summer afternoon, Taichi comfortable in his own skin and Suou, erm, probably not very comfortable with his fascination :D He did not sign up for this. He, a grown ass man in what must be his early twenties, is too old for this youthful seishun sakura bullshit. And yet it is he who mournfully accosts Taichi’s mom to talk about how this other boy is paramount in Taichi’s universe. He who gets offended because Taichi knowing how to adult and work the social ropes is too sexy and competent. He who finds something compelling in the painful struggle of genius and skill.

Arata - Taichi - Suou

For maximum indulgence of yours truly, bring those into one place. Arata coming to Tokyo and finding Suou a fixture in Taichi’s life how?! Suou being infinitely pissy at the Fukuyi upstart and yet dragging himself to socialize with the boys regardless like a totally-not-pathetic adult with a social life of his own? Arata being mildly puzzled about the antagonism, but in there for the sweet snacks?

You tell me! I delight in my anticipation.

NIRVANA IN FIRE: Mei Changsu, Xiao Jingyan

Is this a complex, narratively inevitable historic tapestry strangling people with its treads, full of delicious politicking and identity porn? Yes, it is.

Is my burning – nay, primal – desire so simple as to smoosh two faces together and watch them kiss? Yes, it is :’)

I mean, I will obviously not say no if the kissing is giftwrapped in the said tapestry of beautiful, politicky plot, but the fever I can’t get out of my system is this: LET THEM KISS, GODDAMMIT. LET THEM BE HAPPY. I welcome canon divergences, alternative endings, fix-its, insert eps and codas where it looks like they would have kissed (erm, or at least confronted each other in a way that would inevitably end with them making out) if only Mei Changsu wasn’t so caught up in self-loathing and fluffy foxfur coats, and Jingyan didn’t talk too loudly about his so dead, so very dead beautiful ex to hear Mei Changsu weep stoically into his beautiful white furs.

I adore Prince Jing. He is 90% cheekbones and 20% heartbroken pouting over his so very dead friends, and all of it noble and awkward and stubborn and deserving of happiness. Mei Changsu is ridiculous, and capable, and twisted into pretzels of his own creation: not above gloating over his enemies while daintily dipping cookies into his tea, he gets too caught up in weaving the tapestry to notice he is a part of it.  Pull him off his high horse, Jing! Render him helpless by being yourself! Do something about being hopelessly charmed with each other, through resentment, loss, bitter pining, and narrative inevitability! JUSTKISSALREADY.gif!!

THUNDERBOLT FANTASY: Rin Setsua; Sho Fukan

I LOVE THIS SELF INDULGENT WUXIA NONSENSE AND I CANNOT LIE!

Sanfan is a mixture UTTER GLEE and deep fondness for the genre staples, self-aware and masterful playthrough of all the wuxia tropes in the book, and one goddamn well-constructed story. It plays the tropes straight, calls them out with a knowing wink, walks the tightrope between the two with panache, and just as you are relaxed and enjoying this trapeze show, it grins cheekily at you, sets the discoball on fire and pulls a bunny out of a hat.  It’s DELIGHTFUL and fun and lovingly crafted, just like a good passion project should be.

I want anything that capitalizes on the absolutely hilarious dynamics between Rin Setsua and Sho Fukan (and while personally I end up using the Japanese versions of their names more often, please feel free to go with the Chinese names if you prefer). Sho Fukan does not want any of those heroic quests, he’s the human equivalent of been there, done that mood, and he just wants to REST and hopefully dump a bunch of magical murderswords someplace safe. Rin Setsua is a Totally Respectable and Non-Villainous Member of Society, of which he will inform you firsthand in the most high spoken and verbose way possible, and maybe even produce paperwork that has definitely not been tampered with. He harbours no ulterior motives, ever, and does not trail behind Sho Fukan for any reason beyond the pleasure of his company, and his mission to personally victimize and cockblock every morally derelict villain in two countries, by no-one’s request.

Whether you go shipfic (yiss!) or canon levels teamup circus (also yiss!), don’t hold back your horses. Everything about this is Extra, and should continue to be so <3

I am okay with both expanding the canon and playing with AUs/crossovers/fusions for this one, provided they retain the character dynamics. I love the extended cast as well: any characters including the Seiyou gang (and on that note, if you want to write the Seiyou backstory for Shou’s gang that has no Rin in it, you’re welcome as well), reappearance of the familiar faces from Touri (read: Rin’s victim list, past, future and present), original characters lined up and waiting to be screwed over (guaranteed) and rescued (the administration does not bear any responsibility etc etc).

Thank you for taking the time to read the letter, and I’m greatly looking forward to reading your story — and hopefully, getting to chat about these ridiculous and wonderful characters post-reveals :)

[craftsbyblue]

Made this as a gift for SinistrosePhosphate last year, the brooch is inspired by Rin Setsua from Thunderbolt Fantasy. Since his birthday is unknown, I decided to post this on my friend’s birthday :).

[kyogre-blue]

Fall 2018 end (...lol)

I started reading Chinese webnovels in the middle of the season, so I’m only now getting around to clearing out the stuff I was in the middle of watching. 

Golden Kamuy -- Complete? ep24. I have no idea why I watched this show and I kinda regret it tbh. Like, at first it was to get the Ainu culture stuff, but the pacing and overall plot are a huuuuge mess. 

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 -- Complete, ep13. Actually, I quite liked it. Overall, it was more interesting than the first season. I liked Sir Shang’s characterization, Lang, Rin Setsua getting dragged even more, Scorpion girl... The only thing that loses out to S1 is the final episode. S1 final ep was amazing. By comparison, the monk and evil sword love pair dragged and didn’t really interest me at all. 

Dakaichi -- Complete, ep13. Boring and repetitive. 

Double Decker -- Complete, ep13. Honestly, kinda bland and boring. I never managed to get into the characters and the plot has this kind of weird overblown twist toward the end. 

Zombie Land Saga -- Dropped, ep4. I coincidentally tried watching this after Fanime, but I find the premise too ridiculous and the manager guy is incredibly annoying. 

[dukku-of-catempty]

Thunderbolt Fantasy: A Sword of Life and Death, Behind the Scenes on Set translation

this is a translation of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphA2C3QDps

I’m guessing that the dialogues are in subtitles because the Japanese VAs weren’t available? I wish they used Taiwanese though. It would’ve been fun to hear them speak in Taiwanese after getting used to Japanese dub, and experience them all being voiced by the same person.

here’s the translation

Style Room:

(We see lots of puppets including Ryou Mi and Setsumusho.)

(Tan Kou is brushing Tan Hi’s hair. He notices the camera and waves.)

Currently building

Setsumusho’s house:

(Crew members push the set in place.)

(Rin Setsua and Sho Fukan walk by.)

Sho Fukan: I heard that Setsumusho’s house is most extravagant!

Rin Setsua: Ha! Well he is the main protagonist of this movie.

Sho Fukan: Let’s go take a look…

(They walk away.)

(Crew members carry a screen door to set.)

(The screen door slides into place.)

Sho Fukan: Hey hey hey! (waves around his finger)

(Crew member looks at him)

Sho Fukan: You got the position wrong…

(Crew member puts set piece in place)

Sho Fukan: Make sure to get it right!

Rin Setsua: I see you’re having fun busying yourself!

(Both turn around)

(Sho Fukan points around)

Sho Fukan: Look! Look! We’re about to shoot and it’s still a mess.

(Sho Fukan keeps on pointing and Rin Setsua nods.)

(Rin Setsua points at Setsumusho’s house)

Rin Setsua: Haha! It looks OK enough.

(Sho Fukan waves his hand in what I suppose is “Who are you kidding this set obviously isn’t complete”)

Sho Fukan: Let’s go to the next set…

(Zoom in to Crew member securing the set piece)

Colosseum:

(Setsumusho in action)

(Puppeteer moves Setumusho, dust is thrown around, someone keeps Setsumusho’s cape flying with blowing wind, a crew member holds a light following Setsumusho’s actions)

(Tan Hi and Ken Sanun walk in)

Today we come specially to visit Shasha (the first character in Setusmusho’s name"殺”, read twice and in Mandarin Chinese. Think of it as a nickname)

Ken Sanun: I’ll never say that I’m here on a date (Shh) XD

We seem to be lost???

(Tan Hi hits Ken Sanun)

Tan Hi: You! I thought you said you know the way? (The first word “討厭” actually means “hate” on a mild level, and is often used by girls in a flirty way. It’s complicated.)

(Ken Sanun scratches his head)

Ken Sanun: I didn’t know the set is this big.

(They look around)

Tan Hi: We’ll just have to keep looking then.

(Tan Hi walks off, with Ken Sanun following closely)

Puppeteer: These two are just here to show PDA.

(Setsumusho reads his script)

Working Hard!

(Setsumusho gestures around, probably practicing his lines, flinging the feather on his head in the process)

(He finishes reading and walks off)

Ready

(Setsumusho greets the other puppets)

Setsumusho: Thanks for the hard work. Good luck on the next scene everyone!

(Setsumusho pats his fellow cast member on the helmet and on the shoulder)

Fighting

(After patting his fellow cast member’s shoulder, Setsumusho walks on set)

Action

(Setsumusho fights his opponent. His opponent is thrown over his head and caught by puppeteers)

(Setsumusho’s opponent bounces back and attacks, Setsumusho catches his blade with his hand)

(Shyu Unshou takes off his mask and waves it around)

CM in filming

(Rin Setsua holds his Nendoroid)

POSE

(Rin Setsua rests his head on his Nendoroid. Sho Fukan pokes in his head)

Surprise!!

(Sho Fukan goes to Rins other side, the side where he holds the Nenoroid)

Sho Fukan: Rin! What is this??? What is it? What is it? What is it?

(They are off set. Sho Fukan keeps pointing at the Nendoroid)

Sho Fukan: What is this small thing?

(Rin Setsua swivels around to show off the Nendoroid)

Rin Setsua: Haha! This is what the legends say to sell out immediately once it’s on the market…

Rin Setsua exclusive Nendoroid

(Sho Fukan holds the Nendoroid in one hand and points at it with the other, shaking)

Sho Fukan: This figurine looks just like the real person…! Huh! Rin Setsua… you…you…you…

Why isn’t there a Nendoroid of me

Rin Setsua: I didn’t know you liked my Nendoroid that much. Then, take it as a gift and keep it with you!

(Rin Setsua moves around in a smug manner. Sho Fukan keeps pointing at the Nendoroid and shakes even more violently)

Sho Fukan: No… I… I… I… Damn it!

(Sho Fukan puts hand to temple as Rin Setsua leaves)

[aptericia]

Headcanons for the thunder puppets! There's basically zero romance in TF so I had no clue abt most characters' orientations. (Also, I still haven't seen season 3)

[makoto-saku]

Thunderbolt Fantasy x RWBY Crossover pairings

The beautiful phantom thief, Lin Xue Ya (Rin Setsua) and the elegant and graceful heiress, Weiss Schnee. 

[did-you-reboot]

Eh

[ohicosplay]

Cata: Oops, been awhile since I’ve done a progress post.

Generation 4 Pokemon Breeder: All the costume parts are done! Unless I donated the shoes from the first version of the costume, then I need to get new shoes. Prop-wise, I have a bucket I need to de-label and paint, and a giant egg I need to turn into a pokemon egg. 

Stevonnie: All I need is a gem and some glow bracelets and I’m set. I might get a wig, but I’m also content to treat this as a casual cosplay too. Once the weather is nicer, I want to do a beach shoot with this costume.

Harrier Reaper: Aside from needed to replace the buttons on the pants, the outfit is mostly done. There’s a hip pouch I need to make (or buy something that will work) and a chain that hangs off the pants, but those are the only things left to do. It’s been pretty rainy so painting the wings has been pretty slow. 

At this point, I’m trying to figure out what to do for my next project. The things on my plate are:

Undyne the Undying: I’m not as excited about it as I used to be, but I still want to finish this armor build. I’m thinking about turning this into a project I work at at the makerspace because I’ll have more space to work and it’ll be a good way to engage people. If this gets finished, it’ll debut at Kumoricon (which is kinda a mistake because lol full armor at a summer con but oh well).

Cid Highwind: Speaking of old projects, I don’t know if I’ll ever cosplay Cid, but I want to finish the spear. Queadlunn recently cut in the bevels for the spearhead for practice. All I need to do is clean it up, add the faceplate, and give it a paint job.

Vape Wizard Rin Setsua: I need to get pictures of the sides and back.