#yuzu's art dump

[yuzuspace]

tenkaification part 1 of eternity

+ full sketch bc im crazy like that

[yourlocalpurplekinnie]

Yugioh art dump :333

Some of these are pretty old because its from my old sketchbook and that took 4 months to finish which isn’t my usual time but ehhh- by the end of it I was just SOOO ready to finish it bro </3

[lemonrin-i]

OLD ART DUMP PT 6

Yeah Sebek did not like Yuzu 😭😭 he didn't hesitate to throw hand with her

[good-fwiend-in-wome]

software is an objective proof that copyright is fundamentally incompatible with the modern age btw.

paintings, movies, and books never become obsolete. whatever current novel is hot will still be just as readable in decades when it becomes public domain, anyone with the knowhow can make a film projector.

software, on the other hand, specifically videogames, need active ongoing preservation; up to date emulators, storage, etc.

the people who say "um why are you emulating a console that is still on sale" fundamentally don't understand that preservation for games is an active process. if you wait until a console's lifetime is over to start doing this stuff tons of art will be lost, especially nowadays with digital storefronts that can take away your games, starting to make emulators and preserve games as soo as possible is crucial

nintendo's "case" (IANAL, but it's fucking bullshit) against yuzu was, as i understand it, based on the idea that since yuzu needed dumped parts of a real switch's OS, it was infringing on their IP. if we took this seriously and didn't allow bring-your-own-bios emulators until every part of a console's OS is in the public domain, then we might as well give up on emulation, because in decades by the time that's possible, all games will be lost and the tech will be so old that the amount of work to even start an emulator would be monumental

abolish IP.

[nanoyoru]

Role Reversal AU Dump

Old art of my Yugioh Arc V Role Reversal series

For context:

Yuya -> Yuzu

Sawatari -> Masumi

Shun -> Dennis

Yuto -> Serena

Yuri -> Ruri

And vice versa

[levbolton]

idk if anyone cares but i headcanon that the series will end when they reach the end of highschool (with a possible time skip to show them as adults) where Yuzuki is a future artschool student (since she's in the art club) and Makoto a letters student

imagine dates at the bookstore looking for classical literature, artbooks or just sappy romance, or art galleries and museums where Yuzuki either info dumps what she learned in art history or they just make fun of certain paintings, Makoto modeling for Yuzuki's studies (with the promise that Yuzu would never make those paintings public)

[haociens]

Art dump because this account is so dead

Contexts ! lil warnings for oc x canon I ramble a lot below so just scroll by to see the drawings :skull:

first row : IM AWARE ITS OOC FOR KOKUSHIBO BUT LOOK. The other guy is yuzuru! I took the context from a c.ai bot but in short he knows the location of the blue spider lily( for non demon slayer fans its an important flower that the main villain needs.... kokushibo serves for the main villain and was sent by him to get info from yuzu! ) but atm hes gatekeeping it from muzan(main villain) and he might have fed kokushibo one flower which grants perks for demons! Second row : Again oc x canon yall :fire:, this is Hyunjin(light brown/orange guy) and sanemi!!! Hyunjin is more of my "main oc" for demon slayer but yeah his love interest is Sanemi!! This is during the Hashira training arc, a lil hc is that when striking Sanemi is purposely light on Hyunjin, only leaving him with light bruises. He still tries to take care of his wounds afterwards since he feels a bit bad for doing that.... ( other corps members saw them and knew smthing was up between them ) Third row : Random mui doodle concerning my friends demon slayer oc Fuyuko! Then followed by an au where in Hyunjin was sent during the mission in the ent. arc! Lastly omg its finally a non demon slayer oc related??? Yepyepyep its Huizhong:3 my oc! context is he was "talking" to someone who he deeply cared about but one day they just poofed Fourth row : Last and its two aus!!! The first is a female au of hyunjin and the last two is fuyuko( my friends oc ) and hyunjin in a fantasy au!!!

[goldenworldsabound]

If I can send in a s/i meme, ⏰️, 🌼, and 👀 for the tensura inserts ! My tensura s/i is a fairy, though I like completely took the Canon fairy lore and treated it like putty to mold, specifically she's exiled and Ramiris's grand daughter, and lived in the ogre village before joining Tempest with their gang. She's a pretty tiny gal, her main duty in Tempest is being master of the arts, she's pretty creative and has done a lot to bring more style to the kingdom. She's a sweetie, a lil ditzy maybe but she's not stupid, a snack sized ball of light and excitable, she's often found happily swinging her legs and sitting in her garden of flowers, lmao

Oh yes Tensura YESSSSS! Friendship Asks Fairy SI 👀

For some context before I dive in, with regards to the plot and timeline of the main LN/manga/anime, Wendy actually goes to Tempest not long after Milim first does in order to investigate (and because they're curious about the otherworlder Rimuru who they met offhand before he got all strong - I am behind on posting that fic oops). So Milim knows who Wendy is, Rimuru doesn't know that they're associated with Clayman, and neither does the rest of the town (and don't worry, they don't betray Tempest! promise). Because Rimuru introduced Wendy to Milim, Milim decided to play along and not reveal the truth (part of the non-interference agreement anyway, since Wendy seems to not be interesting in interfering with Milim).

ANYWAY ASKS

⏰ - When/How would our S/Is meet? How were first impressions?

Your SI joins the village first so I bet Rimuru would introduce us! Rimuru is pretty excited because Wendy is an Otherworlder who doesn't immediately go "a slime? lol wtf" fkjdsahfkjsa

Wendy would be a little bit worried that as a fairy you might know who they are and that they associate with Clayman - but they're really here on their own desire and not his orders anyway. So they might be a bit wary. It doesn't sound like your SI would actually have reason to know this though so I think Wendy would end up being touched by how welcoming you are!

🌼 - What does your S/I like about mine?

CREATIVITY!!! ARTISTIC!!! THE EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY!!! That is super fun and they haven't been feeling that themself lately. ALSO I bet you're real sweet to Wendy's fox Yuzu (think Ranga level intelligence) and that endears you immediately to them! But really like Wendy was artistic in our world (cause they are Me lol) but there hasn't been a ton of chance to execute on that in the past century, what with things happening with Clayman (there's a light novel spoiler that explains why he's behaving odd during the course of the main plot) and mostly just executing his orders. So your boundless enthusiasm for stuff like that makes them so happy 🥺 they want to join in!

👀 - What does your S/I think about my F/O? Does it affect the relationship between your S/I and mine?

Benimaru, Soei, and Diablo right? :D well...Wendy is a bit wary of how perceptive Benimaru and Soei are at first, and can't fully let down their guard around them since they are in town despite being affiliated with a (unfortunately hostile) demon lord, so...that may just influence the amount of wariness exhibited around your SI too, being aware that anything they let slip could make it to those two protectors as well!

By the time Diablo is in the picture- well actually this merits another context dump. Clayman is still killed in my time (I focus mainly on the Clayman's Revenge timeline nfkjdashfkja where things are different) and after that Rimuru keeps me captured rather than killing me. Diablo is fucking terrifying. Even once I sort of turn a new leaf and agree to be part of Tempest, Diablo is still not fully sold on me and he scares the shit out of me :D Wendy is fully afraid to go talk to your SI again at first cause like what if Diablo gets protective and kills me- fkjdshfkjhsakj so you know. At this point I'd have similar concerns about how strong Soei and Benimaru are too but Diablo is just...so terrifying and actively watching them more aggressively so XD

[starpros-sunshine]

happyele should hire me as one of thir costume designers fr

[doudecim]

I want to say that 99% of the fics here are on FF.net for I have only recently discovered the wonders of AO3, and I still didn’t dig deep in there to find all the HitsuKarin goodies.

That being said, I will put the list under the cut because this will be one very long post. So, I hope you all enjoy it!

one-shots

A Constant Fascination, by back-in-a-bit. — 'Colour me blood red passionately.' Hitsugaya makes it his personal mission to get Karin to blush. Pity it's easier said than done. In fact, it might just take him a lifetime. [rated T]

A Fall in the Fall, by MeteorLeopard. — This was ridiculous! There she was, just looking at the fish, and the next thing she knows, she's up in a tree being held against her will! And it's all his fault! [rated T]

a little suffering is good for the soul, by the milliner’s rook. —  Future fic. If there are stupider ways to get courted, Karin can't think of them. [rated K+]

A Woman Scorned, by Glowing Blue. — The twisted fairy tale of Karin finding her own invite to the ball, though she's hardly looking for a Prince Charming. [rated T]

but leave the soul alone, by the milliner’s rook. — AU. Death, it's catching. Or: the one where Toushirou and Karin share night shifts at the hospital. And coffee. Terrible, terrible coffee. [rated K+]

Collection, by ichilover3. — A drabble/oneshot dump. Shenanigans, silliness, and sexy-times abound. Also alliteration, apparently. [rated M]

crawl into your shadow, by the milliner’s rook. — AU. There's a witch in this sleepy little village now that goes by the name of Karin, but nothing has changed since she's arrived. Not really. [rated T]

Delirous, by carved in the sand. — Matsumoto finds her captain to be a lovestruck teenage boy. [rated T]

duckling theory, by the milliner’s rook. — The first thing Karin notices is watermelon. Looking back, maybe it should have been startling green eyes. [rated K]

For You, by Glowing Blue. — Death had never been the paradise everyone wished it to be. But then they found each other. [rated T, two-shot.]

frostbitten, by the milliner’s rook. — Set during the time skip. The winter they meet is unkind with snow. [rated K+]

Frozen Moments, by CrazyAce'n'PokerFace. — 101 drabbles/one-shots that give a glimpse into Toushirou and Karin's life together. A love story told in snapshots. [rated K+]

funny valentine, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — I'll be yours if you'll be mine. [rated K+]

humour me, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — True love's kiss. That ought to do it. [rated K+]

i’m high on believing, by the milliner's rook. — For the record, he prefers his plain black shoes to her fancy red sneakers. [rated K+]

ice breaker, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — AU. There are better ways to get found out than making out in a closet and tumbling onto the ground. [rated T]

if my heart was a compass you’d be north, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Future fic. Give me a reason to believe. [rated K+]

In Every Season, by Adobo-chan. — A collection of HitsuKarin oneshots. [rated T]

In the Dark, by ichilover3. — It really wasn't anyone else's business. She should be allowed to fornicate with midgets if she wanted to. [rated T]

innocent guilt, by SebonzaMitsuki27. —  AU. Oh, I know! You're a tramp with wings! [rated K+]

Juxtaposition, by Lady Azar de Tameran. — Something within Hitsugaya Toushirou thinks that he may have met his match. [rated T]

keep me in your pocket, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Set during the timeskip. Don't stay out of touch, okay? [rated K+]

Kuchiki Rukia, the Glorified Courier, by MeteorLeopard. — Delivering super-top-secret messages between dimensions is tough work; believe me, I know. If it weren't such a rewarding experience I'd downright refuse to play the messenger. Honestly. [rated K+]

liliputians, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Future fic. It's alright, kid. I'm short too. [rated K+]

Lovely Complex, by Unknown lazy ass. — She slyly grinned, “Wow, you really are head over heels for me, aren’t you Toushirou?” [rated K+]

Momo knows Best, by MeteorLeopard. — Sometimes having a meddling older sister... sucks. [rated T]

of halos and wings, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Future fic. He had betrayed Hinamori with nothing but his heart. [rated T]

Old Haunts, by the milliner's rook. — Future fic. You were just gone, Toushirou, what was I to think? I thought—I thought you'd come back, and you did, twenty years too late. [rated T]

Peeping Tom, by Glowing Blue. — The love story of Hitsugaya and Karin, as seen from open windows and heard through thin walls. "Hisagi's eyes had a tendency to stray." AU. [rated T]

phantasmagoria, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Flickering through black and white, they find their perfect shade of grey. [rated K+, two-shot.]

put down your sword and crown, by the milliner's rook. — AU. When her old man dies to save Ichi-nii's life, everything changes. Days after the funeral, the word Quincy is spoken for the first time, and at five years old, Karin becomes defined by it. [rated K+]

Red, The Colour of Despair, by the milliner's rook. — It was strange how much difference one colour could make. [rated K+]

Revenants, by carved in the sand. — Hitsugaya ponders the ghosts that haunt the girl he still loves. [rated T]

Sports and Sex are Universal (but never the twain should meet), by back-in-a-bit. — Toushirou gives Karin a flat look. "I'm not high-fiving you over sex," he says. [rated M]

Subtle, by nublados. — Toshiro comments on the subtlety that is Karin Kurosaki. [rated K+]

The Art of Asking, by Felix02. — He should have known that her father wouldn't be able to keep a secret, especially from one of his daughters. [rated T]

The Art Of Getting By, by the milliner's rook. — AU. There's some difficulty between juggling flirting, killing Hollows and getting to class on time with the hottest guy in high school, but Karin's certain she'll get the hang of it eventually. [rated T]

The Staircase not Taken, by MeteorLeopard. — Perhaps it was a good thing that the stairs were destroyed, her brother acting demented and a violent fight going on without her just upstairs. After all, the visitor who happened to drop by was worth the wait. [rated T]

the winter sun smiled for things to come in spring, by the milliner's rook. — What is it with you! You're either too young or too old! What the hell! [rated T, two-shots.]

Urahara's Lawn Mowing Service, by MeteorLeopard. — Incorrect phone numbers are a messy business. Even messier though is the business that happens after said incorrect phone call. "Fine, but I bet your girlfriend didn't call back because your lawn needs to be mowed." [rated T]

velocity, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — Aim for the goal, and don't look back, no matter what. [rated T]

where angels fear to tread, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — They belong in hell. [rated K]

You Taste Like Birthday, You Look Like New Year, by the milliner's rook. — Future fic. She likes his hands, Toushirou notices. Loves them, in fact. [rated M]

complete

lune, by SebonzaMitsuki27. — AU. Me and you and moonlight shivers. [[rated T] other main pairings are ByakuyaHisana, ShinjiHiyori and UlquiorraNel, so beware that HitsuKarin is not the only focus in this one.]

Waterlogged, Wind-chapped, and Sun-bleached. — They grow up together, and the slow progression of their relationship shapes their world. AU. [rated T]

Wendybird Chronicles, by the milliner's rook. — She wonders if they ever had a chance. If they might have missed it, somehow. [rated K+]

on going

Wrong Number, by Lunatasha. — Unknown (10:22): So! I just read all of the conversations I had last night while I was out drunk and thoroughly embarrassing myself and please let me apologise for bothering you (especially as I think you were working if you were in your office?) last night. I mean in hindsight I probably should have stopped messaging you as soon as it was clear you weren't who I was looking for, but drunk me apparently hates sober me so yeah, I'm sorry. That being said thank you again for helping me out even though I must have been bothering you, I appreciate it. [rated T]

Only in Dreams, by TullyBlue. — Brother, she had called him, but he spent the entire meal acting like she was a ghost. Eating with the twins, he can’t even imagine being that cold to his sisters. Yuzu���s laughter brightens his day and that admiring glint in Karin’s eye, that he only catches every once in a while, means the world to him. The so-called brother in his dreams makes Ichigo’s skin crawl. Everything else, though, he wants to see more of, to know more about, to understand. Old, wood floors, a spacious room, flowing black robes, and those swords... [[rated T] other main pairings are IchigoRukia, UryuuChad, GanjuHanatarou, so beware that HitsuKarin is not the only focus in this one.]

abandoned or on permanent hiatus, probably won’t ever post a new chapter again

Blizzard Blues, by the milliner's rook. — Future fic. I heard your brother had an eight pack, Captain Hitsugaya! That he was shredded! [rated T]

Catalyst, by Etiena. — With captain-level shinigami in her family, it is no surprise that Kurosaki Karin has potential. But it isn't family which triggers her change. Instead, a chance encounter with a young shinigami captain leads to startling revelations. [rated K+]

Go Against the Grain, by Adobo-chan. — Old law deems that only a son may become the Kurosaki House's next leader. Born from this ancient tradition, a tragic betrayal and her mother's sacrifice, Karin is brought up as Kurosaki Kazuto, the 29th head of the family. [rated T]

oh sinful rose, by the milliner's rook. — AU. Five years after the monarchy is overthrown, a noble finds a forgotten princess in chains. DISCONTINUED. [rated T]

Quandary, by Glowing Blue. — Funnily enough, meeting such a spirited single mother was actually part of his job description. AU. [rated T] (I love this one so much!)

Roommate For Sale, by SavageTrickster. — AU. There are many things in life that she didn't know, but the one thing Kurosaki Karin was certain of is that her overprotective brother is going to blow his top when he meets her new roommate.

[sugar-petals]

Do you have blogs you're particularly into these days?

@hibiskooks. my gal 😊 mutuals since the dawn of the earth or something, we built caves and molded clay together, always a good rec. great content adorable tags, sweetest koo stan. smol blog, big heart. send some love :3

@randomdoodle. romantic levi fanart from oc perspective for the soul. isayama looks like a buffoon compared to this ☝️forget the manga, you just need to follow randomdoodle. serving what we really need. a fandom god, great instagram as well. you can support via kofi, dump all the money on her.

@royal-aeris and @exo-stentialism. for keeping up with the boys, finally the comeback is around and they got the best stuff to spoil the fandom. never a post that's not quality. check it out!

@hanawannabreakfree. for the figure skating fan craving memes off-season, plenty of cute and funny yuzu 😍 deserves even more notes, great threads/edits/humor! original content = the best.

@taedelight a must-know for any shawol. hands down most groovy taemin fanart blog around, and ot5 as well! the art is so recognizable and stylish. so many updates and fascinating themes. for the love of god hit follow on their twitter as well.

[yuzuspace]

doodle dumping again wooh!!

[yourlocalpurplekinnie]

Yugioh Rarepair Week Day 5!!

Of course I’m gonna choose to do Tweetshipping for this day. I mean, theres literally a crossover prompt??? So I NEEDED to draw them :3

Also I drew them in the outfits of Mozarta the Melodious Maestra and Fairy Cheer Girl (but you cant see that too well (was gonna do another drawing but fully body to properly see the outfits but I’ll probably just do that another day away from this challenge :3)

Tomorrow I’m probably gonna do circus but it’s probably gonna mostly be a bunch of non-refined drawing as I’m gonna find out the outfits, their roles and stuff + I dont know if I wanna do multiple ships too??? But yeah :333

I definitely could have made them a big more expressive but hey </3 I’ll save all my talent for tomorrow /j /nsrs

[lemonrin-i]

OLD ART DUMP PT 2

This is probably my fave out of the bunch bc it's so cute, basically I headcanon that Deuce is generally really warm so Ace and Yuzu cant help but fall asleep around him and just cling to him naturally. So Deuce is forced to be their pillow

[apothecarywormcrud]

11 and 13 for Masato? 👀 i wanna say all of them for Masato but.

oh i am DOING all of them i wanna talk about masato

or. well. most of them. 

1. Does your insert have a name that’s different from yours? Does the name reflect their character in any way, or is it just because it sounds nice? How did you come up with it?

I’ve talked about this before, but Masato’s name is very specifically spelled 眞人, (the kanji for “real” and “human,” respectively.) I sorta knew from the start that I wanted to give them a name with 人 in it; something deliberately ironic, because Mayuri is a dick who loves a bad joke. 

(It’s a particularly cruel joke in the context of Masato’s original backstory, where they were meant to be an experiment in what happens when you let someone think they’re a real person and then strip that assumption away. But I wanted to give them sick powers, so that was shunted to the sidelines.) 

2. Does your insert have a very strong relationship with a f/o, maybe more than one? 

I talk about Szayel enough on here so I’m gonna talk about Nnoitra instead. In my version of canon, his mask is cracked open by Kenpachi, reducing him to a state similar to Nel’s. (That’s karmic retribution, bitch!) Suffice to say he’s pretty upset about this, and proceeds to skulk about Las Noches refusing to let anyone see him until Szayel gets back to fix things. 

Masato meets him by chance when their powers are still sealed up post-jailbreak (this one’s seal 2: electric boogaloo) and is all like, what’s with this sassy lost pre-teen? Eventually they become sparring partners, since while Nnoitra’s regaining his powers, Masato is the only person in Las Noches capable of fighting at such a low level; and once he’s got them back, they can go hog-wild without worrying about fucking him up too much. Their relationship doesn’t have the same...belligerent romantic tension that Masato and Szayel���s does, but Nnoitra is fond of Masato, even if he’s horrible at admitting it. They’re friends and they suck! 

More abt. Nnoitra actually bc I love this song: nerfing him puts him in a position where he’s forced to rely on other people, and despite feeling totally worthless and vulnerable and having to undergo the humiliation of being protected, there’s also the experience of being told, “So what if you don’t have any power? That doesn’t make me respect you any less.” So he has the opportunity to build his self-worth back up based on something less subjective, and now he can actually interact with other people on the same level, which is great news for Tesla, who gets to strengthen his spine and be truly up front about his feelings, because Nnoitra no longer has any power over him. 

I think, for relationships like these, finding a level playing field is super important! And I’ve always been fascinated by characters who develop in opposition to one another and eventually meet in the middle. Masato and Szayel are also that way, in that they round out some of his edges, and he sharpens some of theirs, and the actual feelings proper don’t start developing until a ways in, and they’re not even admitted until post-canon, because in order to even consider that sort of relationship, the two of them have to come to respect each other first. Enemies-to-lovers is a fucking ART. 

3. Who in their canon are they closest to? 

Kurosaki fam and by extension, Ichigo’s friends. Masato has commissioned at least one custom jacket from Uryu. Also Arrancar Squad and my friend Percy’s insert Juro, who’s a creepy little goth weirdo and a visored.  

4. Does your insert have a backstory? Tell us about it! How does their backstory, if any, define who they are? 

Masato is a mod-soul based off of Mayuri’s quincy research. They’re designed to passively absorb reishi until at max capacity (which is quite large), at which point they can be forcefully “detonated,” destroying them in the process and causing a significant amount of damage to the surrounding area as the stored reishi is released. As a weapon, they’re highly experimental—meant as a last resort rather than something put to regular use. 

Mayuri dumped them in the human world, where their reishi absorption wouldn’t negatively impact the Seireitei, and planned to let them simmer there for about ten years. There’s a seal incorporated into their gigai that not only blocks them from accessing the reishi inside of them, but prevents any outside force (such as hollows) from sensing it. 

Once they become aware of what they are, Masato gets big anxious about anything that implies they’re not a real person. I’d love to salvage Kon’s original personality from before he was relegated to pervy comic relief because I think there’s the potential for some interesting interactions there. 

5. Does your insert have any magical talents or otherwise special abilities? 

Passive reishi absorption, and after Uruhara modifies their gigai so they can access their power reserves, they can vent it from their body and use the force to blast themselves around or add more power to their blows. Their body is about as resilient as a normal human’s, but the only way they can truly “die” is if their soul candy is crushed, which means that injuries that would normally be fatal are just excruciatingly painful. This definitely isn’t just an excuse for me to fuck them up beyond all belief. 

Due to Szayel’s tinkering, they eventually end up as what’s effectively an artificial Quincy. 

6. Do they fight? What’s their weapon of choice? What’s the motivation for them to fight, or to stay OUT of a fight?

They prefer not to fight if they can avoid it, but if shit gets real then they won’t hesitate, bitch. They’re reasonably proficient with a blade after several years of kendo training, and like to bring a practice sword into dangerous situations. It’s not going to do much good against the likes of shinigami or hollows, but it makes them feel more secure, and it’s a good misdirection tactic. 

Due to the whole “functionally unkillable” thing, they’re also far more likely to take risks in battle, and have a tendency to rush in without thinking when one of their comrades is hurt. 

7. What kind of clothing style do they like? What would they never be caught dead wearing? 

It’s all cropped jackets and harem pants up in this bitch. I drew them in that sort of outfit once and now it’s all I give them. They don’t particularly care for their arrancar clothes, but it makes them less conspicuous and also, Szayel insisted on it. Can’t have your prized experiment running around looking like some sort of ragamuffin, after all. I keep meaning to write something where they visit Sastre for a fitting, because what good is having other arrancar OCs if I don’t do anything with them? 

8. How do they fit into their canon world?

A side character who tags along with the main cast but ultimately doesn’t impact events too much. They have their own wholly separate plot going for them and it involves self-actualization and kissing arrancar. 

9. Their favorite foods? Colors? Activities? What do they enjoy in life? 

Kendo, gardening, bike rides through the countryside.

11. How easy is it to make your insert angry? Sad? How easy is it to twist their emotions into negative things? 

Masato’s actually pretty difficult to rile up, unless you’re pushing some Very Specific buttons (personhood is the big one), at which point they become incredibly easy to mess with. Szayel is...uncomfortably good at making them upset. 

13. What are your insert’s goals? 

Up to a certain point, they were happy to live a normal life and protect the people around them when called for. Then they wind up back in Mayuri’s lab and proceed to jailbreak Szayelaporro, retreat to Hueco Mundo, and strike a deal with him in order to gain more power and get mutual revenge on Mayuri. 

Post-canon...they start coming to terms with the fact that their body will never age and grow like a normal human’s, and that if/when they die, their soul will effectively be destroyed, and they decide, hey, fuck that shit, actually, and do a bunch of crazy science until they’ve got that shit sorted out (ultimately becoming like Nemu, if not something that improves on her design). 

14. Does your insert have any family relations? 

Isshin was the one who found them shortly after they were dumped on Earth, and kept them around for a number of reasons (the majority of which involved his Soul Reaper Senses tingling). So Masato’s got what’s effectively an adoptive dad and three younger siblings, who they dote on and bully interchangeably (and whose last name they may or may not have borrowed) (Isshin insisted on it, actually, since it’d make the documentation easier). They have temporary solidarity with Yuzu over not being able to see spirits. 

Mayuri is....arguably family but also like, fuck that. Masato does consider Nemu to be something like a sister, though, and feels particularly protective of her the more they interact. They have just as much a desire to help Nemu escape Mayuri’s influence as they do themselves. 

15. Does your insert have any enemies? What’s that dynamic like? Why are they enemies? Did they ever get along in the past? Is patching up differences out of the question for the future?

Fuck Mayuri me and my homies all hate Mayuri. I shouldn’t really need to explain this one. He treats Masato solely as an experiment and tool for his use. Unlike with Nemu, the fact that Masato is developing on their own is more of an inconvenience than anything, and before they broke out with Szayel, Mayuri was fully intending to wipe their memories and start over from square one. There is some good news, however, which is that Masato does get their revenge and uses their shiny new Quincy powers to seal up Mayuri’s reishi and get him kicked out of the captain’s seat. 

Szayel starts off as an enemy, since you can’t really have an enemies-to-lovers plot without one. He’s done some pretty atrocious things to Masato, but he treats them significantly more like a person than Mayuri ever did. Masato has very little respect for him, and the only reason they start working with him to begin with is because he represents a means to an end. Of course, the more time they spend together, the more tolerant they become of each other...among other things. 

[writingrei]

why don’t you just dye!

(the corresponding art piece)

i have a headcanon that before ichigo went into highschool, he dyed his hair black because of how sick he was of getting targetted by everyone because of his hair color

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Ichigo’s breaths were heavy and elongated, his knuckles stinging from the impact of knocking out yet another idiot who wanted to fight him. Standing upright after being outstretched from his punch, he sucked on his knuckles briefly, lapping up the tiny beads of blood that started to ooze through the bruises on his hand.

“Kurosaki! Fighting on school grounds again?!” a demanding voice shouted.

Ichigo’s head snapped to look behind him, seeing a higher up from his school that was constantly on his case.

“It’s after school, give me a break!” the young man shouted, immediately sprinting off.

“Get back here!” the instructor yelled, not bothering to chase after the delinquent. It wasn’t easy to match up with Ichigo’s speed, his legs were just too long.

Ichigo stepped on one of the fallen idiots from the fight before fleeing from the scene of the crime, yanking his bag off the ground as he left. Sprinting for a good few minutes, Ichigo significantly slowed to a jog, then a limp. Fighting five people at once was bound to have amounted to at least some injuries, and he had a lot to prove for it.

He could feel his shins and knees throbbing from the kicks he got down there. His face started to swell from the punches he took to it, some blood starting to peek through lines of broken skin as the flesh around it bruised and darkened. Even his eye started to swell closed from the black eye he suffered.

It pissed him off. Not the injuries, but just the fact that those pinheads had the gall to pick a fight with him. And for what?

His stupid hair color.

Ichigo hissed his teeth.

“‘Your haaaair pisses me off,’” he mocked. “‘You’re a daaaaaamn SHOWOFF!’ Fuck did I even do…? Walking around is too much for ya?”

He stepped in a huge puddle, given from the rainfall the night before. It was a lot deeper than he expected, his shoe sucking in all the water. Cursing loudly, he kept walking but more awkwardly.

“Dammit all. ‘Your hair is too flashy.’ It’s my natural color! How many times…” he grumbled to himself.

Most of the time I'm not even doing anything. Just because I got this stupid bright orange hair from… my mom, it doesn't mean jackshit! I wish bright hair was at least a bit more normal in this country.

Turning onto a bigger street filled with people, he immediately got a bunch of weird looks. Probably more from his bruises than his hair, but it was probably a contributing factor. Usually the stares wouldn't bother him, but today it particularly did.

He wished he had a phone to text his sisters that he wouldn’t immediately be coming home, but they're just going to have to hear it from him later. Not that it mattered, he was usually always safe when coming home late, but the worry was still there.

Civilians did their best to steer clear of bumping into Ichigo as he walked in the middle of the sidewalk. He caught a glimpse of some people's faces, seeing disgust and sometimes fear written on it.

It gave an unpleasant sting to his heart.

But then he just tried to ignore it all, and the world around him as well. There was a place he was looking for, he remembered that he had to take Karin and Yuzu to it a couple of times. Luckily it wasn't too far off from his school. His eyes scaled the signs of stores, restaurants, and office buildings he passed, none of their names being the one that he was looking for.

Haifuku - Salon & Hair products.

That's the one. Taking a sharp right turn, he pushed open the glass doors of the building and stepped inside. Inside to the front were rows of hair products, and a person standing at a register off to the side. Shampoo, conditioner, the like. Ichigo scaled the shelves, coming across the section he needed. Hair dye. Bright colors were often looked down upon in Japan, usually associated with delinquency… or worse. Ichigo got ticked off a lot but he wasn’t a delinquent. He never seeked out trouble, it was always just drawn to him, and his hair was quite a beacon.

It got annoying after a while, constantly being subjected to torment by both instructors and students because Ichigo didn't have black, flat hair.

Ichigo gripped a bottle and glazed over its label. "Black" and "Hair dye" was all he focused on. Good enough.

He took it off the shelf and headed to the register, shuffling in his bag to pull out a wallet.

“Eh… how much?” Ichigo asked, looking down at the funds in his pockets, spreading his wallet folds and yen apart with his fingers as he counted before looking at the registeree.

They were silent, looking at the bruises all over Ichigo in fear, making him roll his eyes.

“C’mon, how much? I can’t have you staring at me all day,” he said, putting the bottle of hair dye on the register table.

“Um, 2400 yen,” they said, scanning the bottle.

“Yeesh, that price is kinda pulling my leg,” he complained, pulling out the needed amount and handed it to the person at the register. “And uhhh, one quick question. I’ve never dyed my hair before and—”

“You haven’t? I would’ve thought…”

“I get that a lot. My hair is natural.”

“That’s amazing…”

Ichigo cleared his throat. “Uh, anyway. I was wondering how to dye my hair. You should know, right?”

“Oh, yes. Um, basically you wash your hair first, then put the dye in. Let it sit for about an hour or so. If it doesn’t come out as dark as you want then just repeat it,” the register person said, putting the bottle of hair dye in a bag.

“Okay, thanks. Also, no bag. I have one already,” Ichigo said.

Taking the bottle out of the bag, they handed it to Ichigo who hastily shoved it into his school bag. Without any other words, he left.

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“Karin? Yuzu? You two home?” Ichigo shouted in his home as he walked in the front door.

“I’m here!” Yuzu said from the kitchen. “Karin is upstairs.”

“Alright, good to know." He slipped off his shoes, taking off his socks with it, relieving himself of his soggy sock and shoe.

Yuzu peeked out from the kitchen to look at her brother who was heading upstairs.

“Ichigo, did you get into another fight?”

“I didn’t get into a fight, it’s more like I was attacked,” he growled.

“Do you need help cleaning your wounds?”

“Nah, I’m fine, but thanks. Oh wait, can you toss me an ice pack?”

Yuzu whimpered, pitying her brother’s injuries as she went to the freezer. She stood on her tippy toes to reach into the top shelve of the freezer to pull out a big ice pack. Closing the door with her foot, she brought her arm up behind her, she swung it forward and tossed the ice pack to her brother.

He caught it in the crook of his elbow, saying "Thanks," quickly.

Ichigo quickly headed upstairs and into his room, dropping off his stuff. Squatting down, he unzipped his bag to take out the bottle of hair dye.

“Yo, Karin. You gonna need the bathroom? Cuz I’m gonna be in there a while,” Ichigo shouted for his sister to hear, stripping from his clothes, leaving himself in a tank top and his boxers.

“No. Don’t stink up the bathroom, Ichigo!” she yelled from her room.

“‘Stink’?! I ain’t taking a dump!” he barked.

He could hear Karin snicker, and he clicked his teeth as he snagged a pair of scissors off of his desk, picked up the ice pack as well, and went into the bathroom. Placing the scissors down on the sink ledge, he stared at himself in the mirror.

“Oh yeah, ice pack, ice pack,” he hummed, holding up the ice pack onto his eye which was nearly entirely swollen shut. “Uh….”

Ichigo went into the cupboard behind the mirror to pull out a box of bandaids. Realizing he couldn’t put on bandaids with one hand, he put the icepack down to pull the bandaids out of the box. Not bothered to clean the wounds, he just peeled out a bunch of bandaids to put it on his face. They were the only wounds he really cared about, ignoring the rest on his arms. It concerned him a little, seeing how dark the bruises started to get.

He thought about whether to wet his hair using the sink or the shower. Realizing that the sink would probably be too small for his fat head, he went over to shower. He slid open the shower door and pulled off the extendable shower head with his free hand. He turned on the water, it spraying all over the walls of the shower. Leaning into the shower, he aimed the shower head at his hair, letting his hair become soaking wet. It was cold, and it made goosebumps run down his back. He stood there for a while, his hair starting to fall down from its once spiky style.

Is this a good idea…? Do I hate myself this much to dye my hair? he thought.

Before he even realized it, he was back in front of the sink, looking in the mirror with the bottle of hairdye in hand.

Now or never, I guess.

Taking a deep breath, Ichigo took the ice pack off of his eye to rest it onto the sink’s edge. He popped open the bottle of hairdye and poured a whole lot of it into his hair. He watched the black glob sink into his roots, corrupting his hair from a bright orange to a pitch black.

He watched the change happen, starting to use his fingers to mix it in. Ichigo closed his eyes, trying not to think much about what he was doing. After a bit, he opened his eyes again, seeing his hair nearly entirely black. He put in another glob in and mixed it in.

He took the scissors he left out and began to trim some of his hair, making sure that his hair wouldn’t return to its super spiky state. He watched black strands fall into the sink, slowly piling up one after another. Looking back up, his hair was nowhere smooth, but the spikes were definitely reduced. His hands hung limp in the sink as he looked at himself, hair dye dripping onto his shoulders.

It was hard to process this new look. Ichigo didn’t recognize it as him. So he just kept staring at himself, and hoped to realize it was him that he was looking at.

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Ichigo sat in between his sisters as they all watched television, towel still sitting on his shoulders, holding up the ice pack up to his eye. Yuzu and Karin often shot glances at their brother’s new hair color, obviously put off by it.

“Okay, Ichigo. What the hell did you do to your hair?” Karin blurted out.

“I dyed it.”

“DUH, but why?!”

“Geez, Karin, is it so much of an issue to want to change up my look?” Ichigo responded, his answer feeling vaguely forced.

“Uh? Is this the same Ichifart I’ve known all my life? You were always so defensive about your hair, and how you kept it orange out of spite!” she shouted, shifting onto her knees to get closer to Ichigo’s face.

“Sometimes things change! Drop it already!” Ichigo yelled, leaning into his sister’s face, in turn making her lean back.

“Hey, calm down guys,” Yuzu said from the other side of Ichigo.

Karin and Ichigo had a staredown for a bit, before Karin clicked her teeth and sat back down, huffing and folding her arms.

“Just wait until dad has something to say about this.”

And like perfect timing, the Kurosaki father burst through their front door.

“HELLO, MY WONDERFUL CHILDREN!”

“Hey dad,” Ichigo said, not looking away from the TV.

He didn’t get a response, humming in question as he turned to look behind him. He was immediately greeted with two shoe soles to the face, sending him flying into the TV.

“Hey, don’t break it!” Karin said.

Ichigo screamed, turning it into a groan as he rubbed the back of his head, lying face down. He tried to sit up, but his dad stepped on his right arm, and grabbed his left. The once orange haired boy shrieked at the top of his lungs.

“Who are you and what kind of burglar are you to so calmly sit by my daughters?” Isshin asked.

“DAD, WHAT THE HELL?! IT’S ME, ICHIGO!”

“Oh!” he said, stepping off of him. “I almost didn’t recognize you because your hair is bl-bla- ICHIGO, YOUR HAIR IS BLACK?!”

Sitting up and winding his shoulder, Ichigo said, “Yeah? What of it?”

“WHY WOULD YOU DESECRATE THE BEAUTIFUL GENES YOUR MOTHER BESTOWED UPON YOU?!”

Ichigo’s eyebrow twitched. “It kept getting me in trouble.”

“Trouble? Like what?”

“All of my instructors hate me. Punks keep taking it as an invitation to pick a fight with me because they think I’m showing off!”

Isshin just stared down at his son, the one comedic expression on his face beginning to melt away into actual disappointment.

“You have gotten soft.”

“Huh?”

“The Ichigo I raised would’ve never— never altered how he looked because of some itty bitty targeting.”

“Hey, it’s not—.”

“Didn’t you love your hair color, Ichigo? How much it made you look like your mother?”

A weight slowly began to press on Ichigo’s lungs.

“I…”

“Listen, son. Your hair color was a gift. And I’d hope it’s something that reminds you of your mother. Because to me, it sure does. And it makes me feel relieved whenever I see it.”

Ichigo looked up at his dad, his face wrinkling into the slightest bit of regret.

“Get up, Ichigo.”

Ichigo stood up, now eye level with his father. Isshin held out his arms and embraced his son. Ichigo didn’t hug back, but he did accept what was being received. Suddenly, he was being spun around, both of his arms pulled behind his back as he got a foot pushing into his back.

“LETTING YOUR PA CATCH YOU IN A HUG?! YOU’RE SOFTER THAN I THOUGHT!”

“OW OW OW OW! LET GO OF ME!”

“Aw, dad! Give Ichigo a break! He’s already all beat up!” Yuzu said.

Isshin let Ichigo go, sending him flying onto the floor face first.

Standing over him, Isshin said with a glint in his eye, “About that hair, Ichigo. Are we letting you grow the black out or are we giving you a buzz cut?”

Ichigo shrieked, flopping onto his back and sitting up again, “For the love of everything, I’ll just grow it out! Don’t give me a buzzcut!”