#there are some //very// niche hints in there😂

[allylikethecat]

ally!!! congrats on finishing the january prompts !!! i have enjoyed them so much & am very happy to have 31 prompts to look back on when i’m need of some fictional!george and matty

also!!! as the self-proclaimed #1 fan of YKWTCI I was very excited for this update and it did not disappoint (tuesdays have quickly become my most anticipated day of the week thanks to u and ur fics)).

Poor fictional!taylor and fictional!matty are clearly going through it & you portray their struggles so well. I am especially loving how you portray fictional!matty & his struggles with his new found fame as taylor’s boyfriend ((also the fact that the money from fictional!taylors drawer went ‘missing???’… hmmm wonder who took that - such a good detail!!!)

also fictional!george makes an appearance?????!!! YAY. I love me some fictional!george and cannot wait for a fictional!tay & george interaction — i feel that the angst & jealousy may just be unmatched.

last thing and i’ll shut up!! — the equestrian fic??!!!? do i know anything about horses?? no. do i know that i am absolutely going to devour this fic? yes. the enemies to lovers vibes are so strong and this version of fictional!matty seems so soft & i am in love with him already. i am VERY excited to see where this goes!!

yours,

— 💌💌💌

Hello My Dear 💌 Anon! I hope you are well!

Thank you so much for following along on the January OTP Prompt Journey! It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, but I had a lot of fun with it, and am super proud that I was actually able to finish them all! (And also so grateful for everyone that read them- thank you so much for being so wonderful and encouraging!) If you're looking for all of the January OTP Prompts one place, or any of my other prompt fills, they can all be found HERE.

I'm smiling so hard at the idea that Tuesdays are becoming a favorite day because of the updates! Thank you so much for following along and the continued support of this fanfic endeavor! I am *also* a huge YKWTCI fan, and am so happy that people are still willing to give it a chance after all of the May drama with these two IRL. I was really excited about this update and am so happy it didn't disappoint!

Oh my gosh thank you so much 🥺 Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!Matty are both very sad and fucked up in their own ways in this fic, (I've been calling them my fictional bisexual disaster duo lol) and I have really enjoyed writing them and developing their characters and motivations. Getting to explore Fictional!Matty's relationship with his essentially "over night" fame in this fic is also a lot of fun- I can't imagine a universe where the character I've created with all of his issues would handle it well, and that it wouldn't have an impact on his self worth only being "desired" because of who his parents, and then later his "girlfriend" are. I was also way too excited about the missing money bit 😂 and was so very much hoping that someone would comment on it so a HUGE thank you for that😂 (this is like when I was very eagerly waiting for someone to comment on Fictional!Matty doing coke in Fictional!Taylor's bathroom and her totally missing it- and then being SO EXCITED when someone commented about it, I'm like yes, excellent, my hints are obvious enough lol)

We still have another chapter before Fictional!Taylor and Fictional!George meet (the meeting will be going down in lucky Chapter 13!) but I am SO EXCITED about their pissing match as they essentially both try and mark Fictional!Matty as theirs meanwhile Fictional!Matty has no idea what's going on and is just trying to make it through the day 😬 I was really excited about this chapter though and getting a little introduction to Fictional!George since he hadn't physically appeared yet.

AHHH Thank you for checking out the Equestrian AU as well! As very much a horse girl, that fic is so much fun for me to write and I am very much my own target audience (then again, I am pretty much always my own niche target audience lol) If I ever am just... assuming that people know too many things about horses let me know and i can try and clarify more. Horse things are just such a part of my day to day life (and the day to day life of the people I am surrounded by) that I sometimes forget that not everyone like, knows what a martingale is. One sided enemies to lovers is one of my FAVORITE things and I am having SO MUCH FUN writing it! Fictional!George hates poor Fictional!Matty so much and Fictional!Matty just wants them to be friends 🥺 I can't wait to get into this version of Fictional!Matty's past- if you think he's soft now just WAIT you are going to want to give him the biggest hug (I know I do!) I also really enjoy writing bitchy Fictional!George and it's been a lot of fun to explore a different dynamic with him!

Anyway, I apologize that I have written you the longest response ever. I was just VERY excited to see your ask! I thought of you when I posted the YKWTCI chapter and am so happy that you liked it! Thank you so much again for always being so lovely and supportive! I hope you have the best rest of your week!

❤️Ally

[kimdokjas]

Hi Gaby! I hope you're having a good day so far!

In response to your question on the last ask: yes, donghua/manwha absolutely count!

In the interest of not revealing myself by listing a more niche favorite, I'll say that we share JJK as a favorite! I also love VNC and Shiguang Dailiren🙏We share a lot of ships and favorite characters too, bless😂. 86 is on my list, but I haven't quite gotten around to watching it.

Which leads into my next question...

What do you look for in an animanga before starting it? What is something that immediately hooks you on an animanga? Do you try to read or watch first, or does it matter to you?

That was more like three questions, sorry😂😭

I hope you had a good weekend!

-- Love, Your ASS💖

hello dear!! i had a great day today, thank you! i was finally able to get catch up on some sleep! what about you? hope you're also having a lovely day / night! 💕

ahh thanks for letting me know about donghua / manhwa! i never know whether to include them bc very few of my mutuals are into those so i always feel like we're on our own little corner of fandom 😂

omg i'm so happy to hear we share a lot of favorites!!! we r vibing rn 🤝 i'm literally shaking sitting here waiting for shiguang dailiren s2 and jjk and vnc both have a very special place in my heart! what are your favorite characters from those? oh and i would def recommend watching 86!! it's one of those anime where the plot, animation, and music all come together you know?

ooh great questions!! this is so difficult to articulate though ahh ok i'll try to take them one at a time

What do you look for in an animanga before starting it?

i think it's different each time! sometimes i'm drawn by the premise, or an interesting character design, or even the animation / art style! it doesn't have to be all of these at once, but i think in general i'm more drawn to action / fantasy / supernatural genres with really fleshed out characters!

What is something that immediately hooks you on an animanga?

interesting character dynamics for sure! not necessarily ship stuff although that's always a bonus lol. i'm a sucker for the found family trope or even just well-developed friendships! it just gets to me you know? 🥺💕

also when you can just TELL that the narrative is hinting at a really profound backstory and it slowly gets to unravel is SO good! my brain always tends to latch on to at least one pathetic wet cat of a man and that kind of fuels me through consuming content 😂😭 oh and i absolutely LOVE seeing deranged female characters as well 🥰

Do you try to read or watch first, or does it matter to you?

in general i always try to read first but i'm a bit more flexible when it comes to anime! when i come across a really good one sometimes i'll pause watching so i can go and read the manga first. although full disclosure i haven't read that much manga bc i always have trouble with the websites i use to read them and i'm lowkey scared they'll give my laptop a virus 😭 but i've been meaning to read more manga for sure! do you happen to have any recs??

omg sorry this got so long sdlfksdfj but what about you dear?? what's something that hooks you when you start an animanga? thanks again and i hope you have a lovely start of the week ahead!! 💕💕

[mahouseki]

SO sorry for being That Person who keeps asking about mahouseki even though it was 14 years ago. Anyway you mentioned once that you gave them new outfits/designs, you've drawn Miya's new design a few times (LOVE it btw), would you ever be up for showing concepts, sketches etc for the others? I'd love to see them c:

How has it been 14 years already....... Feels like it was yesterday 😨

Anyway, no need to be sorry for asking! I'll post some of the stuff I have drawn over the years, but unfortunately I have very well kept the habit of not putting most of my ideas on paper 😂 (For those who don't know what this is about: Mahouseki is a "show" that I wanted to make when I was 12 and posted about it over the internet back then; I have since then drawn and remade the characters for fun because they live in my heart rent-free. And yes, it's this blog's name.)

In order: Ai, Miya, Kazuko, Kaoru, Emiko, Shiroi These are the most recent designs I have drawn (beginning of 2020 I think). I was coming out of a burn-out from a bad situation and started playing around RPG Maker (a game making engine) with Mahouseki characters! These are menu window test portraits. Unfortunately, it seems I misplaced the original PSD and have lost it, so that's the only picture I have of them lol

Those are from 2014 to 2016. Around that time I also decided to change the girls more drastically to make them a bit less generic-and-color-coded-same-face-anime-girls and more unique. I ended up giving them a hint of ethinicity and changed their skin colors a bit; most notably Kaoru and Kazuko became darker skinned (I love their new versions so much ugh) Ai was the most difficult of them all, as you can problably figure! It wasn't until 2019 that I made an outfit for her that I found satistying. She also went through haircut changes, as did everyone else except Miya. Miya somehow just... works out on the first time, always. Kazuko is pretty much the same personality wise; Kaoru changed radically. She was originally an ojou-sama-ara-ara type girl, but since Emiko was also an ojou-sama archetype... there was no need for both of them. I realized the group lacked a free spirited and humorous character, then Kaoru came in to fill that niche. Before that I considered making her an "yandere" archetype and I'm so glad I abandoned that idea... Emiko is pretty much the same as well.

These are some more recent drawings, all from 2020. One thing I really like nowadays is putting the characters side-by-side and try to make them different from each other. Kinda feels like spending time with them and figuring out their different world views, which is very fun to me! Oh, and that is also the Ai's design that I ended up with. Except her back view has already changed again... (no more weird opening and butterfly drawing) And an extra Miyuki from my sister's "show" for those who knew it!

And here is an unfinished piece of Ai from last year that I liked a lot, but lost steam in the middle of it and ended up just letting it go. I love the simplicity of it though...

An extra: here's a very fresh 3 days old sketch of Kiyotaka, the orange haired boy that was barely seem back them. This is based off one of his first versions when I wanted him to be a "bad boy"... 100% 2000's shoujo manga love interest vibes, I love it.

And here's a 2016 sketch of Ai and Kiyotaka that I absolutely hated when I made it but now find it interesting. As always, everything I make seems more palatable years after... Anyway, that's it for today! If you still have any questions, please go ahead and ask :) Even after all those years, Mahouseki is still one of the most fun things I ever draw 😆