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well my volunteer shift for tonight got cancelled so i'm starting my natsuyuu reread with volume 1... it's been years since i read the early volumes (and it's my first time reading the official translations) so this is basically a brand new experience.
getting used to the rather plot-heavy past 40 or so chapters and then just jumping back to the beginning is a bit of a trip. the pacing of the series has evolved so smoothly and slowly that you don't notice it in process, but the difference becomes way more obvious once you travel back 120+ chapters. that's not a knock on the early chapters at all, because i think they're all fantastic standalone stories. they're just so different from the current series!
but despite all that, the themes are extremely consistent and i kept getting surprised at how many moments in these first four chapters can be connected with a straight line all the way to the present.
chapter 1
i'm going to restrain myself and not laugh at every early nyanko. his design had charm! it's just so different from his current look!
Sensei: I've spent such a long time in that ceramic cat that my body's gotten used to it. My true form is very graceful and elegant, you know. Natsume: Oh yeah?
it’s soooo cute that it takes approximately 2 minutes for natsume to start treating nyanko like an actual cat.
Sensei: Reiko couldn't get along with humans. So she started to pick on yokai. She bullied them into duels and crushed them. She was born with substantial mystical powers. She made them promise that the winner would get power over the loser, and then had them write their names down to ensure their obedience. This book is the collection of those names. Natsume: So... why do you want it, Nyanko sensei?
reiko’s methods of defeating youkai are very… prosaic lol. this could be because this is essentially a pilot chapter and midorikawa hadn’t fully developed the worldbuilding rules, but i also wonder if we can justify this with her “substantial mystical powers.” she can accomplish with a baseball bat or her foot what exorcists need elaborate rituals to do. or it could just be the terms of her duels! also, the “kick me” panel cracks me up.
HMM... i started to write something up on this but i think i need to return to it later.
Sensei: It's easy to do, but many yokai are vicious. You won't last long. I'd advise against it. Natsume: I'll be fine. I have you, sensei. Sensei: Say what?! Natsume: I didn't want to get involved... but I kind of owe it to [text is cut off]. If I end up dying partway through, the Book of Friends will be yours. Please, sensei. Will you help me out?
natsume is super quick to propose a partnership with nyanko and begin relying on him. again, this about economical pilot writing, but it’s still interesting when you compare it to the pacing of other relationships.
Sensei: ....Are you sure? I can have the Book when your life ends? Natsume: Yeah, I'm sure...
the shoujo bubbles showing up here are. so
“I bet she was waiting… for the yokai to come find her, to get their names back. As many as she could find. And the yokai felt lonely being no more than one of many…” this reminds me of hinoe in the most recent reiko-centric chapter, but more generally, complicated bonds of loyalty and servitude, reciprocal and nonreciprocal, seem to be some of midorikawa's favorite dynamics to draw on. putting a pin in this.
chapter 2
this touko is so cute. shigeru is a nonentity in the first volume.
you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
Sensei: Bad dream? Natsume: Because you were on me! Sensei: You must've left yourself vulnerable. Weakness lures demons. They take advantage of it. Be strong if you don't want to get eaten.
madara brings up survival of the fittest mentality for the first time, which is another consistent theme - the value of individual strength vs sharing your struggles with others. but the latter hasn’t really been addressed as an option yet! natsume kind of speedran thru part of this by enlisting nyanko as his bodyguard, but it will take him a lot longer to start learning to share burdens with other humans, or to allow the emotional vulnerability aspect to enter into it.
Natsume: I'll come to worship you. I can't promise to come every day, but I'll bring you offerings. Shrine god: You can't, Natsume. You're my friend.
this chapter hits very hard for me in general, but especially this exchange. the first volume of full of relationships with marked power dynamics, but now we finally get some friends. weh.
no specific screenshot for this, but i get a bit emotional reading midorikawa’s sidebar notes. i don’t know how old she was when she started writing natsuyuu, but it’s 20 years younger than she is now. i wonder if she still has the same editor she’s talking about in these notes!
WELL MAYBE. weh!!
chapter 3 natsume’s flashbacks to the various youkai he encountered as a child are way creepier than i remembered. screenshots not included due to image limit, but midorikawa has been good at conveying unease very quickly from the very beginning.
Natsume: Oh boy...
speaking of unease, panels like these are why i felt the need to use screenshots economically. tanuma bb you have come so far. i love the lighting in the center top panel.
another thing i love is midorikawa's assistants getting feature sidebar panels, which again i didn't screenshot because i was worried about running out of images for this post. but they're great.
Natsume: I'm sorry, can we do this later? Misuzu: Are you busy? Sensei: Exorcising humans. Natsume: Sensei! Misuzu: Oh? Then allow me, Misuzu, to help. It would be dull to never serve my master. And you saved one of my own servants earlier. Natsume: The frog... Sensei: No good deed goes unpunished. Natsume: You be quiet, Sensei.
misuzu’s introduction brings back the theme of servitude and mutual loyalty. i also completely forgot that misuzu’s introduction was tied to tanuma’s, something that will come back up like... 95 chapters from now. i am frequently surprised by basic narrative consistency.
natsume and tanuma are able to connect so quickly and again i wonder if midorikawa would have paced things differently if she’d known how long this series would last. but i’m not saying that as a criticism - the way they’re immediately drawn to each other is an important contrast to other dynamics that come up later.
chapter 4
Natsume (in narration): This might take a while... Natsume (speaking): Kitamoto, have you heard of Futaba village? Kitamoto: Hmm? My dad's from there. Natsume (in narration): What?! Kitamoto: Most of the people relocated around here. I've heard the name Taniozaki, so I'll ask my dad tonight.
another thing i forgot is that kitamoto and nishimura have always been here! for some reason i remembered them joining the cast later on, but they’ve been there from the start, even before they're named. kitamoto’s name does come up for what i think is the first time in this chapter, and i love how willing he is to help natsume, no questions asked.
i like this chapter a lot, but don't have much to say about it because it's such a standalone.
Youkai: We dance, drink, and gamble. There's a race where the prize is a yukata that allows the winner to take human form for one night. Natsume: What? Youkai: It's a whole night of carousing and frolicking. Natsume: What did you say?
the one thing i do want to point out is that's it's interesting that we have youkai getting agency over when they are seen! it's usually left up to the humans, regardless of whether the youkai would like to be seen or not.
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#i’m bored i just wanna see how many words i can put in the tags like will it just keep going on forever or will they stop me like i know th#the tag limit is 30 ok so the iindividual tag limit is 140 characters that’s actually so rude i wanted to keep going forever and see how lo#g this could be but i guess we can do this 30 times ok what the flip should i talk about hm i was playing the guitar today but i rage quit#ause the song was hard and hurting my fingers! ermmmmm it was sunny ok this is boring let’s think of more exciting things to type hmmm acco#ding to all known laws of aviation- jk i’m not doing the bee movie script but can you imagine i think that would be funny hmmmmm words i lo#e podcasts so bad that’s a fact no one has ever know before my blog definitely isn’t all about audio dramas the people are definitely not a#ready aware of this jesus christ this is only the seventh one of these this is actually quite a lot of space i underestimated how much i ha#e to type btw there’s probably spelling mistakes in here somewhere or autocorrect has been annoying but i cba to retype anything so i don’t#care lolllllllllllll how do you feel about oscar malevolent i feel a normal amount actually (lie) yk what i really miss sam and colin alrea#y like i’m actually not okay i really hope we hear from sam again in s2 and also colin ngl i hope ur in the computers soz or not dead miss#im like a bastard my paranoid it king ok erm im running out of things to say um heartstopper s3 was crazy good i cried lmao i love gay peop#e so much it’s crazy i hope it gets renewed for s4 i need to reread the comics lowkey and the books they’re all so talented for being so yo#ng it scares me ngl !!!!!! the tmagp hiatus is getting to me slightly like february in reality is soon and not that far away for how podcas#ts go but seriously how am i supposed to live until then without knowing what happened. please colin be alive. ive only just realised i can#use fills stops. sorry that’s made everything a bit messy. i should’ve been doing this before. whoops. anyways. hi mutuals i love you all s#much i hope you enjoy my rambles and shitposts cause i enjoy yours very much! never think you’re being annoying i literally don’t care be a#annoying as you want posts as much as you want i am ur biggest fan <3 im getting a bit fatigued from typing like my mind is blank basically#now it’s just turned into a. stream of consciousness but i don’t really have any thoughts to put here idk if we’re halfway ermmmm omg it’s#lmost halloween how crazy is that time is flying by i kinda forgot it was october lmao. it’s wild how it’s basically almost christmas. like#what. that’s illegal. how is it wintertime again. what the flip. i miss summer already take me backkkkkkk. i hope my phone doesn’t crash or#smth cause i’ve not saved this as a draft and i cba to do any of this again. maybe i should save it. ok i will when i reach the next tag bc#ok it stopped me but i’ve saved it and holy jesus it’s a lot of text im just sat here giggling there’s really no point to any of this other#than me being bored sooooooooooooooooo (imagine if i just did the letter o for every character wouldn’t that be crazy) so wait there’s 140#haracters and 30 tags so what’s 30 x 140. someone hurry. i haven’t done maths lessons in two and a half years i’ve forgotten everything wai#let me get the calculator app ok im back it said 4100 characters so. i dont know how many words that roughly is but its. a decent amount. o#what the flip why am i wasting tag space with maths. i hate maths. my screen time has been actually soooooooooo bad recently like damn some#one put my phone in a block of ice please joshua gillespie style. my mind is running out of things to say. do i talk about myself. im james#im 18 which is weird cause wdym im an adult go away. ive run out of facts. i love podcasts and procedural dramas that stupid firefighter sh#w is my life unfortunately. i think chappell roan should be the queen of england instead of king charles. i dont like having a king cause#ho needs men in power not me. ok um this is the last tag equal rights for all. yolo. the time will pass anyways! thank u boredom ok bye gn:
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I feel like I need to advance my reading before I can read your fics, there’s so much symbolism I get confused about what’s part of the plot and what’s an analogy 😭 I love your writing though, I love the premises and think the writing is very good, I’m just slow 😪💔
you're not slow at all!! i think i just need to get better at writing (in general), but also at transitions. esp if someone is like, "i need to study before i can dive into tumblr user yeyinde" 😭 that's def something wrong on my end lmao
if it helps, i write predominantly in stream of consciousness (sort of). and there's never really a concrete plot. its more so about people. concepts. emotions. i like character studies. descriptions. esp nature and colour. i like diving into someone's head and seeing how they'd react in certain scenarios. most of the metaphors are driven by someone relating an emotion to something else. it's less plot and mostly just situations lmao
and symbolism is really important to me. but they're usually a spur of the moment thing and not super important to the plot. i don't plan them out, i write and it happens. and half the time, it's just my knowledge about religion or mythology bleeding in. or some niche concept i want to bury in the fic. like in dangle on the leash. all of Simon's emotions and actions can be traced back to the symptoms and stages of rabies in, which is how i broke the fic up too. but it's not really important to anyone outside of me for pacing and characterisation, but!! the metaphors are still there soz so i see what you mean 😭
i think it gets easier when you just kinda read it as an unreliable narrator telling you what they feel, in real time.
but also, this is telling me i need to read more books lmao
#all of my writing can just be summarised as:#a person with debilitating adhd went off meds and wrote this#and now has to explain what it means#and the best i can come up with is: dont think just feel 😭
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to celebrate this monumental day in our community, i am going to post the dream team meetup + drace reveal excerpts from my dnf fic 'together' because let's face it i am most probably never going to finish this fic so if you wanna read the parts, they are below under the 'keep reading' 😁
no beta we die like george in manhunt (there's probably going to be so many typos and grammatical mistakes i genuinely haven't read this back or edited it in like a month soz but hope you enjoy anyway)
the fic is called 'together' (title from by together - gjan)
They’re not boyfriends.
At least not on paper – arriving at that label would require communication, and would George be George if he didn’t bend over backwards to try and avoid every single situation that required him to speak about his feelings?
Dream wouldn’t change him for the World.
He worried, in the beginning, that things would change. That actually meeting George in real life would shift their dynamic into something that neither boys were able to recover from.
Up until George moved in, their relationship had remained genuinely platonic (or, as platonic as doing an ‘am I in love with my best friend?’ quiz whilst on call with said best friend could be) and Dream won’t deny that feelings were involved long ago – definitely from his end at least – but there was almost like an unspoken line in place that neither of them tried to cross.
Perhaps because they knew that finally meeting face to face was the one final test left to verify the strength of their connection, and whether anything beyond friendship was worth the risk.
Remembering all those nights Dream laid in bed staring at the ceiling, chewing on his bottom lip until it bled or picking at the skin around his nails until it was raw, and sometimes even wiping tear after tear but they fell regardless, because at one point he was hit with a very strong realisation that what he felt towards his best friend couldn’t be described as just ‘love’.
He hated waking up and not hearing from George within the first hour of consciousness. He can’t keep his eyes off of every freckle and strand of hair and twitch of the lips, whether it’s a picture on his timeline or a stream or a private FaceTime, he has no trouble focusing on every part of George. He remembered being a young teen, never once questioning his sexual preference towards women, but having to spit out a random excuse to mute himself the very first time George revealed his face on camera. He sure as hell did not react this way to seeing Sapnap or Bad for the first time.
He entertains his childish pranks and loud shrieks, he buys him things despite knowing full well George’s bank account was thriving. There are things that really, only George can get away with.
Because he’s George.
And his heart has accepted that there is simply no other explanation he’s going to get as to why he allows George to do whatever he wants in his life. He’s long since stopped caring about much else other than what makes the British boy happy.
Over time, he stopped fearing the thought of things falling apart, and started believing in his own ability to make George happy. So when he received the call mid-February, hearing the tremble in his voice, the unshed tears of pure joy, the whisper of ‘it’s been approved Dream’ – he knew then and there that his love for this British boy by far surpassed every single force on this planet that ever even stood a chance at taking him away from Dream.
That was also the moment he truly started believing in soul mates. Or maybe he already did a long time ago.
The time between George’s visa getting approved and George getting off the plane in Orlando Florida was very short. ‘Finding out on a Monday afternoon and being on a plane that very Saturday’ level of short.
Waiting is hard. And they waited long enough.
Dream would not be coming to the airport – they had already decided a long time ago that the face reveal will be in the first official Dream Team pictures that they will collectively post on social media at the same time. They knew the chances of Dream getting recognised were very high. He may be faceless, but it will undoubtedly be easy for fans to do the math when a tall blonde man is seen with George and Sapnap in the Orlando International Airport.
His leg was starting to feel numb from how long it had been bouncing, but there was not a single force on this earth that could contain the jitters and anticipation that was building up inside of Dream.
He has many people that he loves and many people that he just cannot wait to finally meet. One day he will meet Bad, whom he owes so much to. He will meet Punz, and Sam, and Karl, and Tommy, and all of the people who have changed his life over the span of the last couple of years.
Meeting Sapnap was the easiest thing in the world; Dream can’t really remember a time when the Texan boy wasn’t in his life. When he got to hug him for the first time, it felt less like a first meeting and more like a reunion. They were brothers in every form except blood.
But George – George was different. There wasn’t really any explanation he could give, nor did he need to, because it’s clear to absolutely everyone who knew them. What he and George have was simply different.
He knows deep in his chest that that first touch will spin his world on its axis. Many nights were spent just imagining all the different scenarios of how their dynamic will develop in person.
Every person that has had the chance to meet George already has mentioned that he does not shy away from touch the way many people initially thought - even Sapnap expressed his shock when re-telling the events of his trip to London, that George did not push him away even once when Sapnap initiated any sort of physical affection.
Plus, Dream has seen plenty of the vlogs and streams that George has been a part of, to know that he was in fact not like a scared stray animal that would hiss at every attempt to be touched, but instead he was a spoiled house cat who may very rarely initiate contact but did not hesitate to accept any that came his way.
And of course Dream is excited to see it all for himself, but he’s also aware that they are different, that there is something else there that may impact their dynamic and boundaries differently to all of their other friends. He had many questions he wanted answers to.
Will George let himself be hugged? Will he let Dream touch his hands, carry him around like a sack of potatoes, brush his hair away from his face when it gets too long?
Likewise, will George reciprocate any of the tiny touches, will he reach out for a hug the second he lays eyes on Dream, or will he wait for a cue? What will George say, when he does finally get to observe Dream’s face?
It’s not something that he has voiced to anyone but he has found it increasingly hard to hold back the crippling self-consciousness he’s been harbouring when he realises this will be the first time George will actually, finally, see Dream’s face in person.
There will be no filter nor screen to hide behind. Just Dream, in his full unapologetic glory.
And while he’s excited to finally tear down every single barrier and wall between them, he couldn’t help but worry about George’s opinion. Which he knows is stupid, George loves him – maybe almost as much as Dream loves him – but he just couldn’t stop himself from hoping that when help but hope that when George finally sees his face, he will think Dream is beautiful.
He wasn’t quite ready yet to unpack the meaning behind those thoughts.
The sound of Sapnap’s car pulling up into the driveway was sure to burn itself into Dream’s brain like a core memory. He saw stars in his vision from how fast he jumped to his feet, but he did not stumble when sprinting to the door. George was so close that Dream swears he could feel his presence.
Suddenly, instead of the stifling Florida heat, Dream felt like he was being kissed by the most gentle rays of sunshine after spending months in the dark.
His mind emptied itself of all thoughts, and the only word he could use to describe how he felt the first moment he made eye contact with George as he was climbing out of the car - was alive.
Every worry and negative thought was exhaled in the same breath as the strangled gasp he couldn’t suppress when he realised George was within touching distance. Finally, finally it was Dream’s turn.
And in the next moment he moved as fast as the breeze, only stopping when he was met in the middle by the British boy who held the other half of his soul with him for all this time.
Enveloping George in his arms, after several years of waiting, felt like he was experiencing a kind of joy that he had never felt before yet. A kind of happiness that existed only to be felt on that very occasion, only to be felt by them. They collided with so much excitement that neither of them could fight off gravity before they collapsed into the grass, without letting go of eachother.
George was so warm - lankier than expected, but still so delicately thin, so soft and so very real. He was laughing and shaking, or maybe Dream was shaking. There was no stopping the tears that soaked into the shoulder of George’s white t-shirt, and they laid there until the fabric was almost dry again.
The first one to break the internet was actually Sapnap.
@sapnapalt: fine i’ll say it, dnf is not dead
It wasn’t discussed nor planned, but the captured moment was so natural and undeniably beautiful, that neither of the boys cared. That’s how the meetup was announced.
The fans were given less than a day to recover before the next meltdown.
@dreamwastaken: Told you that she was gonna love you :)
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Of course he was excited to face reveal, since it meant finally getting to go outside and spending time with his favourite people. That’s why it took him by so much surprise when his thumb was hovering over the ‘post’ button one second, and the next his vision went dark.
When he came to, he was on the floor with his back pressed to George’s chest, bracketed by his legs and held tightly by his arms as the other boy repeatedly whispered ‘you’re okay’ in his ear while gently stroking his hair back. He couldn’t tell if the shaking was coming from him or George. Probably both.
Sapnap was kneeling in front of them both with a bottle of water in his hand, his eyes blown wide with worry.
It was a panic attack.
All the excitement did well to mask the crippling anxiety he had pushed away to the back of his mind, at the thought of how much his life is going to change for not only him, but all of his friends and family too. The inevitable abuse and invasion of privacy that would come from the people online who feel ruthless hatred for his existence - despite him trying his best to make amends, to prove he’s a good person.
Eventually he had to come to terms with the fact that it didn’t matter how much love he had to give - there was no way to please absolutely everyone.
George was delirious with worry, eyes blown and glassy, fingers twitching. His face was twisted up in what was probably meant to be his typical sarcasm, but the tremor in his voice wasn’t convincing. It wasn’t Dream’s first time encountering George in this state, but it was his first time seeing it in person.
A sour taste always forms in his mouth when he remembers the boy losing his mind after receiving a call from Sapnap about Dream being rushed to hospital earlier that year due to kidney stones. Despite not having a diagnosis yet, they scared themselves into believing the worst when Sapnap let it slip that Dream had created a note on his phone containing all his passwords.
After finding out that George stopped eating for two days when he collapsed momentarily while in a discord call, he decided he never wanted George to feel that much worry ever again.
(There was also a solid period of about three days where George refused to refer to him as anything other than ‘idiot’ because after the worry, came the anger.)
George would rather drink hot sauce and lemon juice than say the L word out loud, but Dream knew firsthand that he cared and loved so intensely that none of it needed to be vocalised verbally. They got each other, and their bond was special.
The panic attack took every ounce of energy he had left in him, and so he spent the rest of the night in bed. His sleepy eyes begged him to let them close, but he desperately wanted to burn this image in his head, of where instead of having George in a discord call - this time he was right beside him.
Pale arms did their best to wrap around and hold him, soft lips almost pressing against his temple. Despite the inner turmoil of the day's events, Dream felt like the entire world had stopped and it was just him and George, finally able to hold each other close.
A warm breath tickled his forehead, and he drifted off to a delicate voice whispering to him.
“We’re gonna be okay, you’re okay.”
That was George’s second night in Florida. It was also the first night he slept in Dream’s bed.
(Dream patted himself on the back for that one - he definitely thought he would have to work harder to get the British boy into his sheets and allow himself to be cuddled… He should have panic attacks more often.)
(That was a joke.)
The face reveal was posted four days later than planned. The fans were confused, having been under the impression that it was going to go hand in hand with George’s arrival, but all questions were forgotten the second everyone finally got to familiarise themselves with the dirty blonde hair, green eyes and beaming smile of the little green blob they have spent several years loving and supporting.
When it happened, Dream was squeezed between George and Sapnap on the couch, with both boys rubbing his back and encouraging him to breathe as he stared down at his phone showing the unpublished post.
He remembered taking a deep breath in, and pressing ‘post’ as he breathed out. His heart was racing and his fears were loud, but he knew he could overcome absolutely anything that was thrown at him, as long as he had the two people he loved the most by his side through it all.
Dream was sure there was hate. He was used to being hated. But nothing prepared him for the overwhelming outpouring of love and support that he received, and for the first time in his life, everything negative was completely drowned out in the sea of positive.
The instant he realised it, he burst into tears, his sobs of relief coming out in hiccups. In the end it turned into a core memory for him, because the fondness that he felt towards the fans who loved him, the friends who supported him, and the two heads pressed into each shoulder soaking his hoodie with their own tears of joy - he wasn’t sure he had ever felt quite as happy as he did in that moment.
But as it turns out, now that George was within touching distance of all times - those moments were just the first of many.
The entire experience had drawn the Dream team even closer together - Dream and George especially. The boy grew very accustomed to Dream’s need for touch, and he loved seeing the chaos that they were able to cause on the internet by posting pictures of them together that were blurring all platonic lines.
@GeorgeNootFound: He’s kind of obsessed with me :/
It was never going to be all smooth sailing, and Dream suffered from a few more panic attacks in the following weeks - luckily none as intense as the first one - as he had to get used to a whole new life of a lot more people knowing his business.
He received several calls from a couple of childhood friends who had been kept in the dark about his identity. All of them were shocked he made Minecraft videos for a living. None of them were upset about the secrecy. And that made Dream smile, knowing he truly kept the best people in his life.
Eventually the panic attacks dwindled down to little hand tremors, as his confidence grew and he got used to being in public again - the Dream Team were ready to take over the World.
to be continued~
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Match up (◕‿◕✿)
Hi, can I please have an ikesen matchup? I just saw your other match up and I love it. 💚 I’m introverted at first but I got wack when I’m with my friends, randomly giggle or laugh. I also love animals (all animals) and humans- not very much but if I hear a sob story, I will melt. I also cry easily although I try not to. I’m basically the “I’m baby” meme
Hi, there love! I hope you are having a good day! (◕‿◕✿) He is your match up dear, I hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for the kind words, I’m so happy you have been enjoying me work so far <3 And soz for making ya wait sooooooooo long for this <3
So I match you with………………. Yukimura
The first time you meet Yukimura was when he saved you from falling down a freaken cliff. You were soooo freaked out. The whole night had been a massive rollercoaster. First, you get flung into the past, then some hot dude asks you the rule the world by his side, then some other dude death stares you, you freaked out and ran away bare freaken foot through the forest, then ran into the hands-down scariest man you have ever seen and to top it all off, you almost plummet down a mountain to your death. If there was a prize for the worst night of your life tonight would definitely win by a landslide. You couldn’t stop the tears from streaming down your face, you were in shock. Yukimura stared down at the woman he had caught just in time, he was feeling super awkward. He never really speaks to a woman much less comforts them. All he can think to do is pull you from the edge of the cliff and give you a clumsy head pat “Hey look your okay, no need to cry or anything”. The two of you are joined by yet another group of strange men, you take cover behind Yukimura, who starts to chuckle a little. That’s when you spotted a familiar man. He walked up to you and pulled you aside, explaining the whole concept of time-travel. You were shook! Never in a million years did you think this could happen to you. Just before the two of you could finish your conversation, you heard the sound of hoofbeats in the distance. Damn, they are coming to hunt you down. Sasuke disappeared before your eyes, and so did the rest of the strange men leaving you to stand alone in the forest confused
Masa was the one who found you and brought you back to the castle with him, where you were named as the new princess of the Oda forces. You were super-shy, and it took you a looong time to open up to the odd bunch of men. You worked extremely hard to gain their respect and trust, and soon you found yourself befriending all the warlords. As time went on they actually all seemed to adopt you as their sweet little sister
You went out of the markets one day to get Nobunaga some sugar candies. Hideyoshi had hidden all his away, and he needed to replenish his secret stash, so he turned to you his beloved little sister to complete the top-secret mission. As you were out in town basically buying the wholes shop supply, some stranger put a cloth over your mouth causing you to pass out. Yukimura and Sasuke who were nearby and saw the whole scene unfold “Hey Sasuke, isn’t that wild boar woman over there getting kidnapped like a friend of yours or something?” Sasuke’s eyes went wide, he tried to see if one of the Oda warlords were nearby to come to your aid but sadly not, so it was now up to him and his BFF. The two of them trailed the kidnappers back to an abandoned shack in a secluded part of the woods. They were busy writing Nobunaga a ransom letter when a smoke bomb went off in the middle of the room, rendering them sightless.
You were slowly starting to regain consciousness when you saw some scary looking men discussing the terms of your ransom. You prayed at that moment that someone would come to your rescue. And just like that your prayers were heard and answered, Yukimura made quick work of the ropes tying your hands and feet together. You had been sitting for so long that Yukimura had to pick you up and carry you to safety.
The two friends took you back to their safehouse and made you some tea to help calm your nerves. You were yet again in tears before Yuki, and he yet again didn’t know what to do. Sasuke had left the two of you alone to go pick up some snacks to have with the tea. Yuki sat down beside you and clumsily rubbed your back. “Its okay now dummy, see, no one is gonna hurt you!” You picked up a nearby pillow and lightly smacked him with it, embarrassed by the fact that he has now twice seen you in full-blown crying mode. Yukimura smiled and picked up a pillow of his own, “Hey two can play that game dummy”. The two of you were now in a full-blown pillow fight. During the midst of your playful fight, one of the feather pillows actually burst open covering the whole room in feathers. The two of you were now running around throwing each other with the fallen feathers while sneaking in a few hits of the still intact pillows. Sasuke walked into a room covered in feathers, only to see that your sadness and fear of being kidnapped had been long forgotten. You and Yuki were now both clutching your stomach in laughter
You didn’t know what it was about the two men, or maybe it was the adrenalin now pumping through your veins, but you found yourself opening up and revealing your wack personality to both of them. The room was filled with laughter as the three of you drank tea and made the funniest jokes. You honestly found Yukimura to be hilarious. You were so thankful that the two of them had come to your aid, and you were even more grateful to Yukimura from turning an almost horrible day into a super fun one.
Since that day the two of you cuties would almost always run into each other. Both of you would usually have some tea and sweet buns together during his break. The one day while the two of you were out laughing as goofing off in a flower field, as you do, a big wolf pup came bouncing his way through the flowers and hit Yukimura straight in the chest causing him to topple over. You laughed as the pup now mercilessly licked Yuki’s face. The second the lil thing heard your voice; it was now your turn to be licked to death. The two of you played with the little doggo all afternoon. You couldn’t help but fall in love with Yukimura. He was fun and outgoing, and he even trusted you enough to tell his sob story of a backstory to you which definitely pulled at your heartstrings.
Yuki was determined to take your relationship to the next level, so one day as the two of you was playing in the flower field with the little puppy, you noticed a small note attached to his collar. You took the note and started to read it, it had been a clumsily written love letter. You looked up to see Yukimura staring down at the ground red as a tomato. You had to chuckle at the fact that even his ears had turned a deep shade of red. He shyly looked up into your eyes, and the two of you just gravitated towards each other to meet in a sweet kiss. Which was ruined moments later by the pup jumping on both of you, now licking both your faces.
Yuki loved you so much from your wack personality to your ability to cry so easily. He would always be there to wipe away your tears and replace them with a big bright smile on your face. He loves to bicker and banter with you all day. HE loves nothing more than to hold you in his warm arms as the two of you sit together in the shade of a tree, simply enjoying each other company. Despite appearances Yuki is actually quite the romantic, often planning these little picnics for the two of you. He will literally hold you in his arms for hours while you talk his ear off about the happenings of your day. He will definitely occasionally drop as small butterfly kiss on your cheek all while being bright red. The two of you can often be found spending time together playing with Yukimura’s little wolf pup or spending a quiet evening in Yuki’s safehouse just cuddling for hours.
Other potential matches……………..Ieyasu
I hope you enjoyed it dear 😊 <3 @fayeyey
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Sorry for the stream of consciousness - I haven’t had much sleep and I’m very excited. I hope it all makes sense and isn’t insane sleep deprived rambling. Don’t ever stop writing - it’s so engaging and you capture the characters so well. Also I said also and like a lot and I think this is a pretty long ask even though it’s bit really an ask so sorry about that. Thanks xxx (Part 5/5)
i fucking adored waking up to your stream of consciousness thank you so much i just about sobbed i stg. i’m keeping some of them unanswered because spoilers but i loved loved loved hearing your thoughts and what stood out to you and thank you
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im on episode 8 of stranger things 2 and just to avoid boring anyone with my shit im gonna put my obnoxious stream of consciousness commentary under a read more
yep here it is and we’re starting with billy’s dad being a total fucking bellend i mean i hated billy but i think. maybe. i can let it go based on this dick.
omg is he crying im legit so upset i don’t even care about billy why am i sad abt this
but hey it’s okay we’re back to steve and the kids having an argument he is literally like their dad also lol max is the only sensible one round here tho why WOULD they run towards the sound
okay real talk. there is a lab in this town and everyone is just like oh. okay. nothing worrying or creepy about that even tho there’s loads of fucking weird shit going down in this town (why do they always put important shit in the basement, idiots)
im having a great time with sean astin tho im fairly sure this is going to be heartbreaking but bob is such a good dude if he turns out to be evil im going to cry
right okay but jonathan, nancy, and steve could solve their problems so much easier by. just. sleeping together. or alternatively never speaking to each other again, both of those would fix it. anyway this love triangle is boring as fuck now but i love all of them separately except nancy hasn’t had anything fun to do this season at all
i think overall i wanted more characterisation this season like i would rather have nothing bad for a really long time so that they could just be normal kids and interact like humans and then the bad thing could happen like later on. also on an unrelated sidenote bob is definitely about to die.
IS THAT DOCTOR FINALLY EVIL i thought he was evil right from the start and then he started being a nice and sensible person but now he’s leading bob - oh WAIT no maybe he’s not trying to kill bob? this is all very very confusing but i can see the evil thing being way too close to sean astin
they both just breathed a sigh of relief which means everything is about to go to fucking SHIT oh bob did u just drop a broom on the floor im so sorry bob this didn’t have to en - oh wait OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK that was horrific
they also really didn’t need to show me the demon creatures eating his whole dead body
these kids tho, they’re so good. i want. more friendship of the kids. but i don’t want joyce/jim esp when her partner just died. that’s not the one. dustin is angry and i am too. about the demogorgons not about joyce and jim lol
oh steve u v pretty fool. but honestly he is me in this situation.
wait is billy coming back
oh joyce i love u so much she wants to kill it and so do we all. NO are they going to wake will up i feel like that’s a bad idea. are they legit just going to blindfold will oh no wait of course sticking him in a shed is clearly the better option
nancy this is not the moment to talk about ur relationship drama and i think steve knows that too. ur literally fighting an otherworldly monster .
I SAW U HOLDING HANDS ON THE BUS LUCAS sometimes u forget how young these kids are jesus christ also i totally get why mike is not having it with max but also he could stand to be a little nicer esp considering her life seems pretty shitty atm and also they just accidentally involved her in a death world problem idk
where is billy? i keep suddenly remembering him
lol will literally has no clue where he is omfg they tied him to a chair??? this is horrible and i don’t like it but also he is fucking terrifying holy shit this kid needs awards and shit what a brutal role
oh no this is gonna get emotional joyce is trying to bring will back from the evil mind flayer by telling him stories about himself and im not sure i can make it through two more episodes without crying lol this is so good..i wish i’d binged the whole season to be honest i think nine episodes in a row of just stranger things would have meant i didn’t have enough time to think about theories and just like. watch the show oh no they’re ALL getting in on it and now mike is crying and. fuck. this isn’t fun. give all these kids awards.
this emotional warfare could go one of two ways. and fuck it went the bad one. WHAT IS HE TAPPING SHIT IN HELL oh no it’s okay also wait did they leave hi alone. oh no it’s fine they’re telling the stories to distract the monster while they actually talk to will this is so clever. wow it’s a good thing there’s so many ppl tho imagine if it was just joyce jonathan nad hopper
CLOSE GATE IS THE CREEPIEST MESSAGE THEY COULD HAVE GOT AND ALSO THAT MEANS WILL KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE shit in fucking . fuck.
i love how organised they are tho even tho they clearly weren’t ready to have to move they did it v cleverly
also wait where is eleven? im sure she was on her way back. omg is mike using a trophy as a weapon
um. that’s a dead monster in their house wtf is going on here omg is that ELEVEN AT THE DOOR
can’t wait for the mileven meeting also hi i definitely didn’t just cry at eleven coming through the door fuck.
okay that’s the end of the episode and therefore the end of this useless shit. soz for spamming u .
#stranger things spoilers#stranger things 2#stranger things 2 spoilers#st spoilers#long post /#swearing /#caps /
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can you tell us about the RO's laughs? 🥺👉👈
throwing this down bc i answered this on discord today but it's lichrully just stream of consciousness so soz if it Makes No Cents but hopefully you'll get, like, some idea.:
Adegoke: Full and smooth and infectious – the kind of laugh that makes other people feel like they should be laughing.
Arthur: I think it’s pretty unusual for Arthur to actually, genuinely laugh – and even then you might just get a lil chuckle. If he ever does a full proper laugh there’s like a 50% chance that he is very uncomfortable and it’s a weird stress reaction, but it’s nice - deep and soft.
Atticus: Quiet and sniggering – one of those stealth laughs where you can only tell because he’s got his hands over his face and his back is shaking?? Often just comes as like a sharp exhalation and/or head shake. Jamie Dornan is my (loose, sort of) voice claim for Atticus so he has a pretty similar laugh too.
Avery: Her eyes crinkle at the corners and her nose does a little wrinkley thing – a lot of her laughs are out of politeness but her real, proper laugh is unexpectedly loud, very clear and resonant? Kind of like Emilia Clarke’s laugh???
Charlie: A bit of a snorty, full body laugh – like he’s always caught off guard by how funny he finds something. Really cracks up, often when he had just taken a sip and he has to flap around to avoid spitting it everywhere.
Ellis: Melodic, almost musical? Insecure about their teeth so often laughs with a hand in front of their mouth - just out of habit, they aren’t even aware they’re doing it anymore.
Florrie: Loud and shrill, kind of shrieky, does that thing where it kind of squeaks when she tries to breathe in as she’s laughing?? If Florrie finds something funny, everyone is gonna know about it.
Griffin: A real belly laughing, guffawing, leg slapping kinda guy. Has a very wide smile, dimples in his cheeks. Kind of like Chris Evan’s laugh the way he really goes like HA HA HA HA HA
Imogen: A giggle – kind of breathy, wheezy. Her cheeks go pink, like, immediately, but it’s still pretty quiet.
Nyra: Kind of deep and slow and relaxed, but warm and kind of impressed, almost reverent?? If you make her laugh she’s like Oh Okay. I See.
Rowan: Extremely goofy – like Rachel McAdams’ laugh in The Notebook or like Cobie Smulders??? An extremely good laugh 😌 Quite a touchy laugher – one of those people that will like reach out to slap a hand on someone’s knee/shoulder as she’s laughing.
Syd: Syd has almost a canned laugh that's always in their pocket ready to go that they whip out for people when they’re, like, ~performing~ and being their switched on ~social persona~. When they’re really, properly laughing it’s like unexpectedly high pitched – kind of like Burt Reynolds’ laugh??? Like a proper eyes closed, mouth open, head back howl.
Vinh: Usually just a polite smile, if they’re really laughing then it’s either at something Extremely Funny or Extremely Ridiculous And Inappropriate. Really seems to come out of nowhere and disappears just as suddenly – like a funny little barky laugh that has just kind of slipped out???
#before anyone asks no i dont have voice claims for everyone lmao#ch: griff#ch: arthur#ch: charlie#ch: florrie#ch: ellis#ch: vinh#ch: nyra#ch: atticus#ch: adegoke#ch: avery#ch: imogen#ch: rowan#ch: syd#soz to everyone in the discord who just has to see me answer questions and then like sometimes just post those same answers on tumblr lmaoo#very boring content xoxo#greatest hits tag
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