#this is not necessarily ship art but. it can be if u want

[bloodysparklez]

the straw hat crew are so relatable bc if i was blinded by the sheer optimism of a guy who told me he was gonna support my dream no matter what, i'd pledge my loyalty on the spot too

[localpizza-bot]

Late night before bed doodle batch. Kirby and co!

[beansprean]

My Familiar's Ghost AU Masterpost

A wwdits season 5 au by beansprean!

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Below are all the art posts in their relative order in the timeline (not necessarily in posting order). Those labeled in parts are considered "official" while others may be questionably canon lol.

Updated poster

A curse in the house + movie poster (part 1)

Guillermo rants to Nadja (part 2)

Guillermo confronts Nandor (part 3)

Being embarrassing by yourself in your room

A summoning is attempted (part 4)

Nandor uses his brain

Reunion (part 5)

Laszlo’s Lament (part 6)

Guillermo gets teased

My chemical ghost

On a mission (part 7)

Unfinished business and energy lore

Guillermo recalls his invisible antics

Hypnotized! at the gas station (part 8)

Cool Guy Stu (part 9)

Dickheads

What are U Storing? (part 10)

Meanwhile back at the house (part 11)

Opening the coffin (part 12)

Not a plothole

Meanwhile back at the...Nadja what? (part 13)

He threw off his groove

All according to keikaku (part 14)

Ghosted by a ghost

Switches too (part 15)

The confrontation part one (part 16)

The confrontation part two (part 17)

The aftermath (part 18)

Commercial break (part 18.5?)

We are not the same (part 19)

Huh. That's not what I expected. (part 20)

The Guide > the guide (part 21)

She fucking told you

The Guide’s first 3 way (part 22)

Recap

Lazzo (part 23)

Return of the baby part one (part 24)

Return of the baby part two (part 25)

#1 Dad

Bear hugs (part 26)

Me legit shipping Colin and Stu

Hey haven't seen you since you staked me (part 27)

Tell nandor how you feel or draw 24

It's all ducked up now (part 28)

On his wall a tally of unfulfilled orgasms (part 29)

[rain sounds] [thunder sounds] (part 30)

La verdad (part 31)

La verdad parte dos (part 32)

La verdad parte tres (part 33)

Rug pull (part 34)

Wet & pathetic (part 35)

Might as well be rattling chains (part 36)

Consequences (part 37)

Sentimental (part 38)

Back to the start (part 39)

Dust and Virgins (part 40)

What's cooler than being cool (part 41)

Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright?! (part 42)

Run. (part 43)

Did he rehearse this on the way over (part 44)

Mark me down as scared and- (part 45)

And now you're gay (part 46)

The Touch (part 47)

¡Olé! (part 48)

Do you really want to make me cry (part 49)

The ritual of legitimacy (part 50)

She's been very busy

Very, very busy

Red means stop!! (part 51)

Grabby hands (part 52)

Whack whack whack (part 53)

You didn't want ME anymore (part 54)

No no let him finish (part 55)

Thinking of him (part 56)

Here's where it gets weird (part 57)

Bonded (part 58)

Los goosebumps (part 59)

Green means go (part 60)

Trick or treat (part 61)

Hello corporeality, nice to see you again (part 62)

Bad memory (part 63)

He hasn't gone soft he's gone hard

Get u a man who can kick your ass blind (part 64)

You're yes then you're no (part 65)

Fancy lad in the regular room (part 66)

Baby's first drink, sorta (part 67)

Sneaky sneaking (part 68)

The ghosts of your familiar (part 69😏)

Shoulda stopped on red (part 70)

I'm not crying there's just a JERK in my eye (part 71)

Colin Spaminson (part 72)

Get expositioned, idiot

Red and Blue (part 73)

[wispscribbles]

hi i just discovered your beautiful art so i obviously needed to scroll down your whole blog to catch up on everything you posted haha

i just wanted to say that i got way too emotional after reading that post of yours regarding mw3 and your mental health… on one hand i’m so sorry that you felt that way, but on the other i feel it with my whole heart

ghoap content especially for me helped me these past few months with my mental health in ways i would never have expected, it was my solace and inspiration, i started working out too and got back into drawing, got a lot better at it as well!

but unfortunately i get way too fixated on fictional stuff and there comes a time that my brain switches up and connects the things i liked and comforted me with things that make me extremely uncomfortable and stressed out, especially if i fall down a fandom rabbit hole that i would never have searched up, beacuse i know myself, i know my limits and triggers but i feel like i’m not a part of the fandom if i don’t like and interact with every single headcanon, art and ship

these past days i was really down because of that, and the things i read (why did i do that???) and now when i think of ghoap i think of that stuff and im scared that i alienated myself from the one thing that made me happy

but discovering your art and with that your post reminded me that im not alone in these feelings, even if it’s not the same exactly, and i wanted to thank you, for sharing your thoughts that time i guess haha <33

((sorry for rambling))

Long reply under 'keep reading' !! CW: talk of triggers and MCD

Always feel free to ramble my way!!! How nice you could find some comfort in my art and ghoap stuff. Especially in my mw3 post. I've been considering deleting it a few times, but hearing it maybe helped to read in some way makes me happy I left it up.

I get where you're coming from - I very much use these fictional characters as a safe space, but ppl view them very differently. There's room for it all, "don't like, don't interact" is very much a policy I agree with. It's important to mute words and be aware of your own triggers as you browse stuff in this fandom, because there's such a wide variety of stuff out there. You do NOT have to interact and agree with every thought people have on this ship, that's impossible and super stressful. There's plenty of stuff and headcanons I don't vibe with. There are no 'requirements' that you have to meet in order to enjoy fiction.

It's part of why I enjoy ghoap - that their dynamic resonates and has sparked so much creativity and outlets for so many - but it also means there's gonna be a lot of stuff u don't necessarily agree with or feel comfortable with. For example, a lot of folks use the MCD in mw3 as a way to explore grief, which I think is really cool, but on a bad day that could potentially get my brain in a bad headspace, so I only check out that art and those fics when I feel okay. There's also a bunch of stuff I'd never want to interact with, and that’s fine !!

I'm personally quite vanilla and a sucker for exploring the softer, more domestic aspects of these characters. It's what brings me joy. I know there are parts of this fandom who don’t vibe with what I make at all, and would call it untrue to the characters. Some creators enjoy exploring the more violent or toxic sides to the source material. That's just how it is, we all need different things from fiction. As long as we're capable of chilling in our respective sandboxes, then all's good.

But if you're like me, and enjoy the softer things, then definitely be aware and careful while exploring this ship and fandom. I've seen takes on these characters that are so far removed from how I view them, that they're basically the complete opposite, and it can leave a very bad taste, especially if you're the type to hinge your safe space on fiction.

Just... be mindful of yourself and your potential triggers, be respectful and don't interact with things that make you uncomfortable to the point of feeling unsafe. Shape your own online experience to your best ability.

Hope you're doing okay and still find joy in ghoap <3

[grollow]

Since I’m kicking the hornet’s nest a little bit, I want to say: Shipping discourse is dumb.

You are allowed to like what you like. I am allowed to like what I like. We are allowed to think each other is 100% wrong and that is okay. You do not have to ship the same things as me and I do not have to ship the same things as you and neither of us is wrong, neither ship is somehow More Right than the other, it’s solely personal preference, and it is very, very dumb to get up in arms about other people’s ships.

Don’t go into people’s inboxes about how you shouldn’t ship x and y. I don’t care what you think. They don’t either, I assure you. Just because it isn’t for you doesn’t necessarily make it wrong. [1] Blacklist the tags and move on if it bothers you. Block people who post things that are ships you hate and don’t tag them, if it bothers you that much. If everyone in fandom tagged their ship, you’d never have to see it, and the world would be a much more peaceful place. You coming into people’s inboxes to say “don’t ship x and y” because YOU don’t like it is at best comical (at your expense) and at worst, offensive.

I’ve seen so many asks of people saying things like:

Why do you ship x character with a GIRL?

Why do you ship x character period?

THAT CHARACTER IS [whatever label] NOT WHATEVER YOU SAID

HOW CAN U BE FRIENDS WITH THEM THEY SHIP THING YOU DON’T LIKE?

Hollow Knight specific: Hollow is too traumatized for a relationship, you're a monster (!!!!)

The answer to all of these is we’re grown ass adults and stay in our own lane. We blacklist and move on. Curate your experience on the internet. Don’t try to police other people’s.

(I also want to say, that last one makes me want to punch you specifically. Like it inspires a high degree of violence in me that I am normally not susceptible to.)

Also, as an FYI “I don’t like this ship but x” is also usually unwarranted. No one needs to know. It’s a backhanded compliment. Don’t do this shit. It does not feel good to read and it’s not the praise you think it is. Just say “I like this art” and keep the ship opinions to yourself. Press the back button. Press the block button. Do whatever you gotta do. Let people be happy and stop trying to rain on their parade.

[1] I am going to add this that I blatantly plagiarized from ruthlesslistener, as a closing argument. Please. For fuck’s sake.

[dvdsharkk]

Okay, so since your art requests are open and I want you to get out of your art block I thought about this scenerio:

Liy and Bubble are on the date (yes, this is a ship request) - Bubble is wearing a black tophat with a red ribbon and a black and white tie, while Liy is wearing a dark red bow with lighter patches.

If you feel uncomfortable with this ship, then you can draw my Tengolf fankid - Fluffy Ball (link is there: https://www.tumblr.com/mirkodoesstuff/717932154853720064/meet-fluffy-ball-a-tb-and-gbs-kid )

Here u goo, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR THW BACKGROUDN :angry: !! I wasn’t necessarily uncomfortable with the original request (in fact I actually like it), but more lazy, but i also thought the tengolf child was pretty cool too! (Please do lmk if you want me to draw the original request instead!,)

[nijigay]

hiiii :3 I noticed ur one (of a few) ppl who ships boniji on tumblr, and I wanna know if you know any accounts/artists who ships them so I could follow them to satiate my boniji fixation >.< Also, some bocchi x nijika questions I wanna personally ask: what songs do you recommend that reminds you of them? Also, what are some boniji fanfics you recommend/like? I probably already read most of their fics but I wanna know what others like. Lastly, ur personal boniji headcanons if you don't mind sharing... 👉👈

I only ask blogs rarely cuz I'm shy so no need to answer immediately...

I'm just brainrotting over boniji so much! im so normal about them (◔‿◔)

AWAWAWA i love boniji like so much like too much like its become my main personality trait!

but youre right!!! it feels like boniji fans are mostly japan natives and there dont seem to be many english speaking boniji fans! ohhh i wish there was more of a following! imagine a boniji zine in the west! i would pay money to get involved with that

im kind of embarrassed about shoving my ships in ppls faces all the time and this might get long and its just me like rambling about my OTP so like .. gona put it under a read more lol. seriously this post is like almost 2k words long thats longer than my average fanfic chapter

i hate to be a shill but im going to be a shill for my fic recommendations:

ive been working on a lowkey corny boniji hanahaki fic on AO3 and some other oneshots, so maybe you would be willing to check my own stuff out?? (if u want .-. im really amateur with this stuff despite being an art student lol) its been on hiatus for like half a year but im just adhd af and keep restarting. im still working on it frequently tho and im secretly hoping to start updating on a consistent basis soon. but i also liked fics like "Midnight and Daydreams" and "Bubblegum Detergent" and "A Sellout Night" and "Just Enough to be Enough" and "A Kiss is Not A Cure". MANNN i remember that last one fucked me up bad when it was posted. it was only the second ever dedicated boniji fic and like I LOVE angst but with how small the sample size of fics was at the time it was like AUFHAUIJKADGF. all those fics are super super good though! i also love the third one, i love the trans bocchi HC personally

umm as far songs songs tho, i guess the ones i associate with boniji most are:

"veil" by keina suda, i remember drafting some animatic for an angsty AU of Hitori living on post-Kessoku

"STEP&CLAP" by yoshino aoyama (aka yoppi aka bocchis VA <3), i think yoppi making the song speaks for itself but its a rly cute song and i love thinking of Hitori and Nijika like tap dancing to it?? check out the rest of yoppi's debut album too!! her voice is so pretty and i was so happy finding out that there are 11 songs with her voice, instead of the 1 from the anime

idk why but i also think of them a lot when listening to PMMM's ost by yuki kaijuri, like "desiderium" and "not yet" and "mada dame yo"? these r kinda a stretch though but idk!!

i also like compiling music that reminds me of them into spotify playlists, if youd like some inspiration for your own! this one and also this angstier one

i have a lot of boniji headcanons but i feel like its hard for me to like list them all in one spot because they usually come to me with context during relevant conversations?? but ill list whatever i can think of!:

this ones not necessarily boniji but i was thinking about it like an hour ago, but i really like the idea of Seika being a huge boniji supporter. like in the source material she already finds Bocchi really cute, so I get the impression she would really like to be an older sister figure for Bocchi (and probably gets jealous of Kikuri for holding that spot in Bocchi's life lol), and so Nijika being a potential love interest for Bocchi would make Seika double down hard on supporting boniji. she'd probably be the one who brings Bocchi up to Nijika more than Nijika would bring her up to Seika?? i also like to imagine that for Seika she has a similar complex to Yoyoko. but instead of "Bocchi is stealing my spot as Hiroi's younger sister figure," it would be "Kikuri is stealing my spot as Bocchi's older sister figure" LOL . if that makes any sense at all

this ones actually taken from a japanese twitter user, but they moved on from boniji after the anime ended. but they had some headcanons that REALLY stuck with me. my favorite was the idea that Bocchi and Nijika both have inferiority complexes with one another. iirc their (translated) words were along the lines of "Bocchi thinks of Nijika as a pure, comforting light in her life, one that could be muddied if Bocchi got involved with her. On the other hand, Nijika thinks of Bocchi as a reliable hero who outshines an ordinary girl like her." i just REALLY like it. it also reminds me of this conversation that Yoppi and Suzushiro had on the BTR podcast, about Bocchi and Nijika's first meeting! like nijika literally brought light into Bocchi's life awdsfsgdhgfjh

actually that same user above also made a tweet that is the reason why i associate Keina Suda's "veil" with boniji! they made a tweet about an AU idea, where, in the event that Nijika would ever pass away, Seika would give Bocchi her ribbon, which Hitori would wear from that point onwards as she continues to play music to honor Nijika's memory. they also suggested that in the opposite event of Hitori passing away, Nijika would possibly do something very rash out of despair but thats dark hahaha!!!!

i kinda think this goes without saying and i think its actually a fairly common HC for BTR characters in general, but I can definitely see Bocchi being trans

I like to imagine that shortly after Volume 2, Bocchi and Nijika would probably have another conversation

eventually, i'm sure if Bocchi and Nijika pursued a relationship that they'd eventually move in together (or like into the same room? if Kessoku Band had a sharehouse?), and since both Bocchi and Nijika tend to be minimalistic with their room decor, their shared room would again become filled with a ton of Ryo's clothes and items and instruments, like how Nijika's room at Seika's apartment is

i think they'd both end up being really touchy with each other, especially when nervous? Bocchi kind of already does this when she's in new places (eg bringing Kita to Shimokitazawa, or going to FOLT for the first time and being dragged by Nijika), but I think it would grow to them finding comfort with each other?

idk if this is necessarily a HC but i really like how Bocchi and Nijika emotionally support each other, even in source. Nijika is shown to have a really good read on Bocchi (to the point of Bocchi worrying that Nijika is actually a psychic), knowing Bocchi's common thought processes, and picking up from Bocchi's mother during her first visit to Kanazawa that karaage chicken can bring Bocchi out of her anxiety attacks, and seems to be the only character who actually comments on Bocchi's growth as an individual and actively tries to facilitate it; but she also doesn't lovebomb Bocchi with praise, striking what seems to be a good balance for pushing Bocchi but also being a reliable confidant for her too.

one of my favorite details from the anime that i really feel doesnt get talked about as often as it should is when Nijika finally notices that Bocchi is guitarhero! she definitely wasn't the first to notice (Seika noticed first, but it seemed like Seika only knew about guitarhero via Nijika. When she notices that Bocchi's playing sounds familiar, her thought process immediately goes towards wondering why Nijika isn't noticing, and then she just tells them to get back to work) but she was the first one that Bocchi admits it too. but my favorite part is how Bocchi says that she wanted to change and grow as a person before telling them the truth, and she says that she especially wanted to grow before Nijika in particular found out! its just really cute, i love how Bocchi was worried about disappointing Nijika. and i like how, after some growth, Bocchi's dream turns from "becoming popular" to "making Kessoku Band the best band it can be" which is like almost basically the same as Nijika's dream! and so it's really nice when Bocchi doubles down on that goal by not remotely entertaining the idea of leaving Kessoku Band, even when goaded by promises of popularity.

last headcanon! because i ran out of thoughts and just came up with this on the spot. but i also like the idea that as the years go on, Bocchi and Nijika in particular may kind of become more similar in personality. i mean, they'd definitely still be distinctly them, but i like to think that Bocchi would eventually start picking up more optimistic habits and stop grimacing all the time, while Nijika would eventually become a little more lax and not reflexively try to dismiss her own negative feelings via looking at the silver lining. i thought of that when Nijika kinda dismisses her family dynamics with her mother's passing and her father's neglect after Kessoku's first real performance, as well as Nijika seeming to admit after inhaling Bocchi Dust(?) during her and Kita's Kanazawa visit that some of her optimism is performative

ok another one Nijika seems to have her art skills commented on sometimes so i like to imagine she has doodles of Bocchi in her sketchbook (alongside everyone else but mostly Bocchi). like think of like Miles Morales drawing a ton of Gwen Stacy like that kinda deal but with Nijika drawing Bocchi. and like Bocchi finds the sketchbook and Nijika freaks out and Bocchi actually doesnt look bc she doesnt want to do something wrong. but then Ryo or Kita take it and look instead and then show Bocchi and Bocchi melts into a flustered puddle

wowwow this got long! sorry! i really mean it when im like OBSESSED with these two like i think ive thought about them on a daily basis ever since the episode aired where Nijika bought Bocchi a cola. isnt that cute, too!? she picked up on Bocchi's favorite soda so quickly! and her buying a box of energy drinks for Bocchi despite not understanding why at all! girlfriend behavior

i really really want to make more boniji content, i'd like to be more active in posting my fics and drabbles and drawings, someday soon. right now most of my boniji content is just illegible sketches in my sketchbook lol

also thank u so much for like sending this ask im like BEGGING internally all the time to be given the chance to talk about them! i dont think theyre like a rarepair or anything, especially with them seeming to be like the second most popular BTR ship in japan, but i do think that not many people talk to them in the english side of the fandom! theyre super super cute and have really good chemistry.

this entire post is probably like a total carwreck i hope its even readable

ill also use this post as an excuse to post my own HCs for a Kessoku Band's relations chart. it's a bonus for reading this far. i'm sorry for draining 22 HP from you with this brain dump

[iemanagers]

F.A.Q.

💛 Q: What is this blog for?

This blog is about the managers from Inazuma Eleven because I feel like they’re not as loved as they should be in the fandom. This will act as an ask blog where u can ask each of the 4 managers questions, I will also try to include art whenever I can!

⚽Q: What Canon does it follow?

This follows the og canon, where Haruna joins as a first year into Raimon and Fuyuka is introduced during the FFI and joins Raimon after, questions can be asked or set at any time in the first 3 seasons or even in go or between that time. 

🧡Q: what characters can I ask?

Natsumi, Haruna, Aki and Fuyuka (I might add the go managers later on) 

💛Q: How many asks can I send?

Ask as much as you’d like! 

⚽ Q: What can I ask?

You can ask whatever you’d like, wether it’s about a characters friendship with another, their hobbies or what they like to do. It’s really limitless although they are minors so keep it sfw. (which should be expected lol)

🧡Q: Do i have to ask all of them a question?

Of course not, you can ask an individual character anything you’d like

💛Q: What are the ships this blog supports?

This blog is to share my love for the managers as they’re a female minority in the Inazuma franchise and I live for strong representation of girls in shounen, girlhood and all that (watch the barbie movie)

But, I don’t mind shipping, I’d prefer though if a the questions weren’t specified towards that because I personally have like 3 main otps only, 

However! If you wanna ask about ennatsu, please ask away i love them, and if you don’t like them then that’s okay too!

Some Rules

•No hate to any of the characters please, I understand that many people in the fandom dislike Natsumi for whatever reason but if you do you can ask away at any of the other managers.

•If you want to follow the blog but don’t want to see ennatsu, you can block the tag.

•please understand that I can be busy sometimes which may lead to a delay in me answering asks, if there is a substantially long time after you’ve asked something I don’t mind you following up or messaging me, there might be a chance I just forgot.

That’s all!

Art Req Rules.

•You can request anything related to the 4 managers or something related to them interacting with the Raimon team.

•I’d prefer not to do anything gore or au based, focusing on the main timeline.

•If there is a request that makes me uncomfortable somehow I’ll let you know so that you can change it or I’ll most likely not do it. I’ll try work with whatever is given though.

Tag List:

General:

✏️askiem’s- asks for managers (not a fan of this tag name so I’ll take requests or change it to something better)

✏️opramble- talking about anything related to the blog that isn’t necessarily to do with an ask

✏️artreq- for art requests

-I’ll probably update this if i need to, but yeah start asking away!!

[softskiesahead]

HIII I LOVE THAT ASK GAME!!! Sending 🤪☕️ for Aya and ❤️💌 for Annika! :33

hi hi hi flake!!! thank u I’m very excited to do it too!!

aya ♡

🤪: What is your trait that fanon would exaggerate?

the d/gr fandom has some issues w/ making characters all about their worst issue…and for aya I think it would be her mental health issues. not necessarily their severity - but the amount she expresses it. canon!aya is VERY focused on hiding it (and maybe a little too good at it) but I could see fanon!aya expressing it to an obnoxious extent :/

☕️: What are the most common plots of shipping fics between you and your f/o?

hurt/comfort. I say this because that was sort of what the ship was initially based on - I was in a really bad place so I made a character to be as much of a pathetic punching bag as I felt like, but gave her someone that would not only comfort her, but that she could comfort back and grow with :)

so their typical fic plot would go:

chihiro/aya gets hurt/is emotionally distressed and or picked on and the other finds them to give them whatever care and love they need <3

annika ♡

❤️: How popular is you x your f/o? Are you a rarepair?

I want to say it would be rarepair…but given that haruhi is a main character, I think it would be difficult for it to not be at least moderately popular?

💌: How would your dynamic be portrayed? What might people focus on most? Any misconceptions?

confident introvert x anxious introvert!!!

they both view the world very similarly same generally tend to agree on many things - but they do react differently because they have different strengths! haruhi tends to be more analytical and book smart whereas annika is more artistic and emotional (this girl can feel your vibes from rooms away. for better or worse, she’s crazy sensitive)

as far as dynamic goes…these two are a comedic duo in their own right. either they’re sideyeing eachother during some host club antics or aya is rambling on about some obscure art movement and which types of clouds are best (ranked list). it’s the honors kid and the art kid, they’re silly and soft and love to take care of eachother <3

[alkalinefrog]

Ive been getting pretty invested in ATLA lately that I completely forgot about my obsession with Hijack. But, seriously, thank u (and Twiafom!) for the Hijack content; the AUs are clever, the art is stunning, and the ship works really well. I think I wouldn't have been drinking the Hijack juice if it wasn't for the two of you.

So, uh, if u had to pick a fairy tale (Perraut, Grimm, Andersen, mostly cause theyre the most well known) and make an entire HiJack AU idea inspired by said fairy-tale, what would it be? (Side-note: By "inspired" I mean adapt some of the elements/plot points into the AU, not necessarily "copy-paste and insert Hijack as the characters". Think Tangled or how Dreamworks adapted the HTYYD movies from the books as reference points.)

Also sorry if this is kind of long, I tend to talk a lot

Oooo this is a really interesting question! And dude, don't disclaimer yourself lol you're fine

I'm super stoked to hear that you've gotten into ATLA recently though, it's such an amazing series and definitely up there in terms of my childhood inspirations too! Maybe it's for the best that you forget hijack akdvslsvakv nah jkjk

A) EDIT 30 MIN INTO TYPING THIS: I was doing mental gymnastics to shove them into Journey to the West because I was being self-indulgent but it just DOESN'T WORK and after I typed 5 paragraphs I realized the tale of Chang-an the moon goddess would make SO MUCH more sense alfakvskwge. I deleted everything I wrote lmao, gotta cut your losses. Jack would be the one to turn into a moon god/spirit and Hiccup would be his human love left behind. Think Over the Moon but not watered down hdksvsbs

B) I'd rather go rogue and just have them adventure around the world in modern day finding other spirits and legends along the way, I think that would be WAY more interesting! I want them to meet the Monkey King, that would be SO COOL!!

Thanks for the fun ask! I wasted all my energy on the Journey to the West idea so sorry this isn't in depth LOL

EDIT: oh shit I tunnel visioned on the ask that I forgot about the compliments KWBDSKSV I'm so glad you're enjoying the hijack art!! Thank you so much for your kind words!!

EDIT 2: ok wait maybe I'll come back to the Journey to the West idea... I think... I can make it work from a new angle. Stay tuned... Maybe.

[quinnpriv1]

[riddle/ace] hcs & thoughts!

can u give some of ur thoughts on ace/riddle? cause i rlly love ur characterization & would like to know what u think of them... its ok if u dont wanna ^^

hehe ty for asking!! :3 i’m very flattered that folks enjoy my characterization and hcs!!

i think that ace and riddle are very interesting. my own (personal) feelings on ace (in a sexual context, for the most part) are kind of complicated so i have to approach this from a few directions 😂

1 - i think that ace is the type of person that riddle should date, but i don’t necessarily think he’s a great fit per canon history / maturity levels. maybe some of it is just “right person, wrong time.”

what i like a lot about their potential is that i super duper enjoy riddle struggling to come to terms with a person who never takes what he says at face value and is never afraid to call him out on his bullshit. i tend to see ace as more of riddle’s younger brother figure and a potential person in his later life friend circle rather than romantically bc of the vibes but i love all art haha and i welcome all ships at various levels of personal investment

2 - i tend to want ace humiliated sexually and i TOTALLY think riddle is a good fit in this way. but they continually have a power balance thing going on 😂 so idk how particularly long-term it would be???

a rare scenario where riddle topping (rather than being a dommy bottom) is my go-to LMAO. idk man i just really want riddle to wreck his shit so badly and i want ace to have a gay crisis about it

3 - sort of tacking onto point 2, ace is very painfully het to me in my head lol. and i think there’s some part of him that would continually make excuses for this. “if housewarden rosehearts was a girl…” etc and it just feels…messy. maybe bc of the power imbalance thing, i think riddle would take this poorly overall and it would be a rocky road. but the foundation of mutual respect is still there!! is just uh. kinda dumb (affectionate) and to be totally fair and gracious many teenagers are lol. i firmly believe he can grow out of it, but the frustrating period is, well. frustrating

at the end of the day, i think the elements of what could work for riddle/ace wind up being more appealing in terms of flrd for me! and i LOVE deuce/ace in terms of them being equals and brats and challenging ace’s sexuality, so that tends to be my go-to ace ship haha.

TLDR: i’m going to put ace into a blender because this will fix him /j

have a lovely day, dear!! 💞

[melancholic-entrails]

about me post time?? yessir B}

yoo, you can call me star/sil, any nicknames, applicable slurs, whatever. i'm just here for fun, gushing about fandoms i'm into, and sharing art infrequently.

I'M ALWAYS OK WITH ASKS/ comments/ reblogs, as long as you stay civil please!

i use any pronouns, but i really like it when people use a variety- i'm also cool with neopronouns and i love it/it's pronouns <3.

by the way, i am a minor, if that makes you uncomfortable block and move on.

-------stances on proshippers etc-----------

i believe in ship and let ship, kink tomato, don't like don't read, and am heavily anti-censorship and strongly believe that you can enjoy things or find things attractive in fiction that you wouldn't in real life.

i also believe that bullying, doxxing, seeking out people simply because of the things that they like in fiction or what have you, are much much worse than lolis or shotas or incest in fiction.

<- that doesn't mean you aren't allowed to feel uncomfortable with these things, it means you shouldn't to harass people over it.

i ship incest, i ship age gap occasionally, i ship all sorts of weird things. if that's not your cup of tea, block and move on. i forget to tag things a lot.

-------stances on labels----------

i don't care what labels you use, i care about whether or not you treat others with respect.

"terfs" do not treat others with respect. "radfems" do not treat others with respect. those who call others slurs- yes, even if they are allowed to reclaim those slurs- do not treat others with respect. those who use slurs that they are not able to reclaim do not treat others with respect. groomers, child or animal or anyone else molesters, etc, do not treat others with respect.

-------stances on endogenic/traumagenic system debate----------

man, i don't care. genuinely. and i mean that in the nicest way possible. i've noticed that people who are endogenic systems oftentimes do seem traumagenic. this doesn't mean that i think endogenic systems or nondisordered systems don't exist. i'm just saying that there isn't enough research about it, and at the end of the day, as long as you treat others with respect, and that includes yourself, it doesn't really matter.

-------stances on dysphoria or dysmorphia----------

being trans is feeling like ur body doesn't match up with your identity. that's not necessarily dysphoria. you don't have to have dysphoria to not be cis.

for dysmorphia, you can have dysmorphia for non human shit.

for otherkinity and the like, you do you! as long as it isn't hurting you if you recognize it, it doesn't matter <3

-------FUN STUFF! fandom list/tag system under the cut<3----------

i'm in way too many fandoms but the ones im most obsessed with are:

danganronpa: ( i'm currently playing drs, i've played all the main games and watched dr3, i won't spoiler tag stuff unless anyone following me specifically asks :3. i'm reading thru killer killer currently, and i already read dr0 and drif. i still need to read togami and kirigiri, but i'm sorta on a full on canon danganronpa content break, uknow. but if anyone wants to talk about dr with me I AM SO WILLING PLEASE :} ) btw, I 'most always tag #despaircest, so if u dont like them or are uncomfy block them!

yandere simulator: ( i just think they're neat, okay? i don't like the dev too much or whatever but its a free game that i play when i wanna lose braincells, also the lore is so fucked up and confusing and what can i say, thats awesome! ryoba my beloved <3 )

( under the cut for extras !! :D )

killing stalking: i finished the manwha a bit ago, i just think its neat, ok? also it made me cry.

emergence/metamorphosis: i have so much love for this hentai, it made me cry and that's weird as hell to say about a hentai manga. i just think it's neat and i see myself in her.

i love the game devs SadPandaStudios so muchhh, i love blush blush and crush crush ( both of these are free, by the way!! they're idle dating sims, and they did a collab with yansim one time, so ayano is a character in crush crush. i just think they're neat <3 )

i haven't watched it in a while but i have so much love for boy meets world,, AUGH pleaseee. also i watched girl meets world like 5 times before i dipped my dogs into the boy meets world series! shawn hunter my beloved..

i love doki doki literature club!! yuri is such a mood, i just think they're neat, natsuri ftw!

mirai nikki, i just think they're neat, it's continuity is weird, i haven't finished the series tho!! i started the manga before i started watching the anime series ( i think im on vol 7 of the manga? idk )

i love legend of zelda so much it's like my first fandom, i don't know everything 'bout the lore but i love it so much.

percy jackson, my probably second fandom ever?? i love it so much!! leo valdez is my fave, tbh, other than obscure characters. laughs in my silly heavy interest in greek/roman/egyptian mythology.

butterfly soup! i havent played it in a while but i love that vn series so much, pee pee ketchup man :3

i really really like stardew valley- i sorta play it in bursts where i obsess over it and then forget about it for three months, i'm in my not playing it for right now, but i really like it, concerned ape, tysm <3

UNDERTALE OMg. i kinda like deltarune more, just some of the characters, but the lore is so goddamn cool, i just think they're neat <- my motto lmao.

so i havent played all of the main ace attorney, i'm on the one where it's mia fey's trial, iykyk, but i haven't played all of it just so u know!!

Death Note!! I've watched all of it, still reading some of it but <333

Ouran Host Club i love her so much, she is babygirl, i read all the manga and watched the whole series.

Coffin of Andy and Leyley: i luv luv luv their dynamic, coffincest ftw ( block that tag if you're not interested!!)

i also really like yuri and yaoi, 'specially manga some of my faves are: bloom into you, strawberry fields once again, sasaki and miyano, and many moreee~

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i'm reblog heavy, but i also draw and write/ramble. my small tagging system is!!:

art is tagged with #sildraws

misc/fandom rant is tagged with #silspeaks

and everything else is pretty chaotic. i very unreliably tag triggers or spoilers, i also won't tag anything for you, sorry. i'm unreliable and feel bad if i forget.

idm if you send art or writing requests: just go by the fandoms i wrote up above!!

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misc section, kinda!:

i'm queer and leftist and pagan/occult, if that matters to you! also, for fictional others and stuff, i believe in multiverse theory, so idc about sharing or whatever. i haven't made an f/o list yet, but if anyone's interested i will :)

i wanna be an anthropologist/artist, i think. i mostly do traditional art, but i do ( crappy ) digital sometimes.

have a great day if you read this far!

[biofuckingshock]

we could argue opinions all day, but it's a dick move for someone to tell u what u can and can't post. if someone doesn't like ur posts they should just leave. it's more important to have fun than to please everyone, plus there's no way to make EVERYONE happy. the fact that ur not hurting anyone is what's important. if ppl don't like fake lines on a screen kissing, they can go look at some other lines lol.

I mean, this all certainly true. And I'm also very glad of your reminder that you can't please everyone. I definitely needed that reminder.

But the thing is they weren't telling me what to post or not to post. (At least, not directly, though one could certainly make the argument that it was heavily implied via disgust and judgment.) It was just a message of their immediate emotional reaction (surprise and abhorrence) that I reblogged the Lutecest art.

Like I already have said, I personally do not care one way or the other about the pairing itself, about twin/incest pairings, or even other "odd", "troubling", "problematic" ships. (Mostly speaking in general here, children/underage paired with adults for example obviously not okay in my opinion.) My personal crisis came from the crossed wires of forgetting fiction and fantasy is for playing around and is very much not the real world, but applying my morals and ethics all the same as if it were.

But something I think is important to point out with your ask is that, yes, while someone dictating what you should and shouldn't do on your blog is not okay, someone only giving their opinion, even if it's different from yours is not necessarily the worst thing. One of the YouTubers I watch a lot once talked about appreciating coming into contact with different opinions because then he compare his own to them and see whether he actually agrees with them or if it only reaffirms his own opinions and beliefs. It makes him reexamine his thoughts and beliefs and if he should still hold onto them. And make him question any that he may not have even realized he held.

That's all the ask did. No, I'm not hurting anyone. But neither did their ask hurt me either. Just made me question where I stood with twin/incest ships and unconventional ships in general and the conflicts, the dissonance between different thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that I had.

I know you were only being supportive (and I greatly appreciate it! I very much sincerely do!!) and I know that I was being very vague about it (apologies aplenty for that, my mind was in a swirl of thoughts then and I was trying to process it all and didn't want to say much until i had) and that most of the time when people say they got a not-good message about unconventional ships it's usually a terrible thing like you said, but it's all good, truly!

Like I said in the response to the first ask itself, I will be tagging ship posts better in the future and even go back and edit old ship posts soon so they too are better tagged. That way people can still enjoy normal BFS content and choose not to see specific ships via Tumblr's filtering system.

In a way, it's a solution that makes everyone happy, huh? ;)

[onewomancitadel]

i genuinely think that that last ask you got showcases PERFECTLY how fandom has gotten too close to the creators of their shows. im not saying its necessarily a bad thing, but like the assumption that whats good for the Story thats being told MUST be what is "good" for the fandom (ie what the fandom wants to see) is so...yeah there are definitely creators who knew that what would be a good ending for their story would be what fans wanted most and purposely spited their fans (sobbing in s/pn fan rn lmao) but like... ultimately a story being told is always at the whims of the storyteller, not the audience.

anyway neo fan 🤝 cinder fan: people want my fave dead for hurting their ship even though narratively it makes no sense and would provide no catharsis/genuine development of the story for them to be violently murdered/redemption via death'd.

love u seraphina i finally got a day off again tomorrow so im gonna read more skimming eye and try to get into my drawing headspace bc i wanna draw cinder cradling jaune for you <3

Yes, the anon ask in question. I just want to clarify for other people reading your ask and my response here, I don't believe that anon intended it in the sense that they agree with the conclusion that fandom catharsis is predicated upon the fandom getting exactly what they want. Obviously what we discussed there and now here is that popular notion. I also think, given that it's a popular notion, people are not at fault for believing it, so I hold no ill will (even if the anon asker in question did mean it in the way they agree with it, or the ask was a gotcha of some sort). It's still worthwhile to talk about.

I should note that it can be really hard to tell the agenda of an anonymous asker, for good or ill. I know myself, having sent anons, there have sometimes been misunderstandings. I usually try to assume the better, though sometimes that is a task and a half and I want a fucking medal for it. On the upside, when you get a really good anon and I get to write something interesting (even if it's someone ticking me off), the experience can overall be very positive. So if someone has an issue with me and sends an anon ask, I'm still usually happy to answer it.

I draw the line at people not reading what I say and wasting my time or me not having personal interest in responding to something. It's otherwise a lot of fun. I love being a full-time diva.

Back to the question at hand: the intimate relationship between fan, work, and author is a bit weird to me overall. It gets weirder when the work acts as personal pleaser or personal insult. I mean, storytellers have outright come and said they've changed story direction based on Redditors figuring out the story, or because they don't want to give an obvious ending, or they don't want to give fans what they want purely on the basis of not wanting to give fans what they want... it is totally bizarre.

Then in the reverse, we get the sense of ownership - rather, entitlement - fans have over the way a story should be told, and that the authors should be directly addressing them. I don't think ownership over a story is necessarily bad... copyright has completely transformed the way we think of our relationship to stories... it's entitlement and personal insult that's more the issue. I love R/WBY. I love the way I interpret R/WBY. I like writing about it. My emotional response to belongs to me. No matter what happens, what I invested was meaningful. But that doesn't mean I control the creators. In fact, I think that in itself is the death of art... isn't art a doorway to other minds and worlds?

To speak frankly, I don't necessarily know what Cinder's redemption in canon is going to be characterised like - I can only draw that from other redemptions and make attempts at guessing the overall tonal feeling.

I have some idea of one storybeat we might hit (confrontation between Jaune and Cinder over the Relic of Choice). That's the last Relic and will be when some of the cast returns to Vale, well after Vacuo. I don't know what subsequent development is going to look like. Volume 8 was essentially the Cinder Volume when Ruby had the Ruby Volume of Volume 6. I expect that means things will be lighter in Volume 9, unless Volume 9 involves Jaune development in respect to Cinder. At the rate the story goes, I think we may not get more Cinder interiority for some time. Then again, I'm basing this off of the V4/V5 -> end of V7/V8 development pattern.

I'm not exactly busting to see Volume 9 in this respect - I want to see how they characterise katabasis for sure, and I really like the show lol - but I know we're still a long way off from when we get a definite answer for her redemption, and I don't know what it's going to look like in the meantime.

I hope to be surprised in a positive way. I was seriously shocked they went as far as they did with her (in a good way) in V8. I never would have expected they'd go so far as to make direct cinematic parallel with the Byronic hero painting of Byronic hero paintings with her.

anyway neo fan 🤝 cinder fan: people want my fave dead for hurting their ship even though narratively it makes no sense and would provide no catharsis/genuine development of the story for them to be violently murdered/redemption via death'd.

I laughed aloud, truly. Even if you're arguing from the point of catharsis, I don't think the case is that it is cathartic (in either the tragic or satisfying sense), and then to further that I don't think fans who avidly want her dead would, er, feel satisfied. To do so, we'd need to rewrite the story rather early on.

I didn't get into it in that post or other posts, but I have sort of gestured at the idea that Cinder is more personally offensive as a villain because she killed Pyrrha and not the other characters she has killed, despite the Pyrrha kill arguably being more 'just'. That's interesting! I obviously think Pyrrha is meant to be the symbolic representation of Cinder's misdeeds up to that point (and overall is in the entire story), that's why Jaune's tied to her. So it's doing its job.

It's just that Ironwood is more excusable for point-blank executing an unarmed councillor than the natural result of combat between Huntresses (and the final fight of the Vytal Festival, really). Or like, it was totally out of character or something. That's what I mean about what you're willing to extend towards the character and your perspective. Even seeing that act through Winter and Harriet's eyes doesn't convey the proper perspective conflict to people who are willing to overlook everything Ironwood does altogether. Wasp nest! Wasp nest! I kicked it!

The interesting thing about Cinder's redemption arc is the context it takes place in. Ironwood's corruption arc, chiefly, but we've also got the loaded tragic context of Pyrrha. It's not that I think 'revenge bad' is the ultimate takeaway. The ultimate takeaway is much more complicated than that, and if you validate Cinder's perspective - as I have said over and over - then she was right. She was right to kill Pyrrha. It really is kill or be killed.

The ultimate takeaway involves a much more complex upheaval of the relationship of the characters... and the ideals of the Huntsmen and Huntresses... and everything. That's why it's interesting. Part of the issue with the 'Cinder should die' statement is that the loaded thematic gun in the Maiden power which Cinder carries is waiting to be fired, and when you overhaul/redeem through her, you overhaul/redeem the story by extension. Things mean things!

It's not just coming from a place of, 'Me like Cinder me no want Cinder die', it's coming from a place of serious narrative consideration. Lol

So the more interesting question is how do you answer Pyrrha's tragedy in an interesting way? R/WBY is not a tragedy overall. Pyrrha's sacrifice in the story and the symbolic things her death represents (the death of innocence, the death of childhood) are very interesting. That these are pertinent themes in Cinder's own story is suspicious.

Pyrrha's death means something, Cinder's life could mean something. Come on!!! Life, death, and rebirth!!

Is it 'fair' that Pyrrha doesn't get that? I've seen this opinion expressed. It's not really about fairness because Pyrrha isn't real. It's a story trying to say something. From death comes rebirth, it's why Pyrrha's Fall Maiden candidacy is linked to Cinder. It's not tragedy all the way down forever. The character who believes that and perpetuates that perspective bringing down tragedy on other characters needs to be proven wrong.

love u seraphina i finally got a day off again tomorrow so im gonna read more skimming eye and try to get into my drawing headspace bc i wanna draw cinder cradling jaune for you <3

Love to you as well! I hope you have a lovely day off and my fic is a nice accompaniment to that! That's so kind of you as well, I hope you have fun drawing. I know the scene you're talking about; that's very choice. (o:

Hope you have a good evening and take care! Thanks for your ask. (:

[lowpolyotakuconvention]

Hey, I'm Hylas. 25, acey, gay-ish and gendern't. I draw, animate (#hylas's art) and stuff. This is a sideblog. I follow and interact from @hylasregilla.

fanart reblogs are on a queue

any translations I post are amateur and should be taken with a grain of salt. I love doing it though, especially handwritten japanese. send me shit that needs translation!

anything I post is an invitation for discussion

idrc how you use and share my fanworks of any sort. as long as ur acting in good faith it's all cool

feel free to ask for organizational and cw tags. (as of now I haven't bothered to cw stuff that is typical for the series like violence or smoking)

no specific dni bc i think we're all adults here, but know I won't coddle or make space for weird shit. don't be a pedo/transphobe/etc if u don't want to get treated like one

↓Tag guide below↓

Things which are uNSafe For Workplace viewing due to sexual content are tagged as a variation of #nsft. Specifically #nsft text, #nsft audio and just #nsft for visuals. This way you can block tags as is applicable to your current situation. I'll switch to the traditional acronym when it becomes clear that tumblr isn't filtering it. EDIT: Now that tumblr automatically puts a mature community label on posts tagged #nsfw instead of letting users flag posts manually I will be switching switch to the traditional acronym when i get the chance.

Anything explicitly referring to sex acts is age-gated. I also use #suggestive for things that aren't necessarily inappropriate but you might not want on your screen in certain situations. There won't be anything erotic on this blog. I don't screen links, though.

Obscure characters/concepts are tagged more rigorously than common ones based on the assumption that if you're scrolling through their tag, you're probably desperate for content.

I usually tag explicitly shippy content with just the ship name, not the individual characters.

Obscure character tags:

#leonard ruin an mgsv novel exclusive character, #nuke (the kitten), #pequod my beloved, #strangelove mgs to distinguish from the movie, #john (rairose child), #jupiter family

Extra tags for occurrences of things I find fun:

#🍔, #📦 for cardboard boxes, #🐆 for ocelots (the animal), #further reading for references to other media that metal gear heavily draws from, #mgsv emblems, #third wheel raiden

[diamondcitydarlin]

you know another problem with anti-fanfic rhetoric in the vein of 'you're desecrating the characters' or 'how dare u try to take someone's creation and make it ALL ABOUT YOURSELF' or 'THIS ISN'T HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE' or whatever, relies on the assumption that the author/original creator is an all-knowing, all-encompassing being that can never make mistakes or miss potential in a character/storyline that someone else might see and want to explore, just because their creation got published and otherwise acknowledged by capitalism. I'm by no means a published writer and at this point I have little interest in being one, but I know from my own fanfics and independent works that have gotten engagement that there a million things in any given story I've written that I've just completely missed and personally I LOVE it when a reviewer is like "omg I ship these two characters they have potential" or "what if this happened because this other thing happened" because that shit BLOWS MY MIND, I love it when people see further potential in stuff I've made than I do.

also there's just the fact that there is nothing new under the sun and nothing we could create is not going to be, in some measure, inspired by another creation we consumed prior. And that creation was yet inspired by something else made before it. And so on and so on. So yeah, everything is fanfic when we get right down to it.

And the possessiveness over characters and storylines is almost entirely unique to a capitalist/industrialist mindset of making property and ownership out of intangible concepts. It's not a mindset that necessarily shaped the way humans told stories or created ideas or art when we first started doing those things, when we were instead free to expand on each other's ideas and create stronger concepts by virtue of it being a community effort. Idk.

anyway. Fanfic is not just practice or a warm up or something we have to 'age out of'. I will be writing fanfic probably until I'm on my deathbed and yall will have to deal with 90 year old me still publishing my erotica until I slip into that forever sleep. <3