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If Quartz comes in last place at the fall performance, Tanakamigi Chui will unhinge his cryptid jaw and viciously rend the flesh from the bones of his Amber underclassmen in response to their mockery.

this is really only a slight exaggeration tbh

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Daaaamn tumblr put the three of these JJ fanarts side-by-side and the colors just look so coordinated??? this looks so cool??

@whatachaos

@sodaviva

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For anyone checking my socials to see why I haven't updated LC:LS recently, a quick update! We had a major change to our living situation (not bad, just different) a few weeks ago and it has made it harder for me to find time and space alone to focus on writing. Since I'm hella ADHD (despite medication), it's very hard for me to make significant progress on writing if there are distractions around me. I need time to get myself into the headspace of the story and then I need to stay there to solve problems and write scenes. Every time I get pulled out, I need to work back into it. I could have pushed out an update by now, and maybe I would have if we were at a different point in the story, but (as anyone who is current on the fic knows) we're at a very delicate point in the plot. I know where we're going (obviously, as a lot of where we're going is already written!) but I need to be very careful and purposeful about how I get us there. I don't want to put out an update just to get one out and then regret decisions I made in it because I didn't give myself enough time to confirm they were what the story could best utilize. So for now, I'm taking some extra time working through this next chapter to make sure it serves the rest of the story to the best of its ability. On that note, since the living situation will continue this way indefinitely and I still need to work out a solution that will allow me to write in these circumstances, I'll be switching from a weekly to a biweekly update schedule for LC:LS for the time being. I'd like to switch back to weekly as soon as I can, but I can't yet predict when that will be possible, if it ever is! ;~; (Blessing will continue to update weekly for now, as that one is pretty much 90% complete as it is. It's just a way shorter story than LC:LS) I also have a few other art and writing projects I need to work on for JJ in the short term, which will also be taking some of my focus until I complete them. O_O From the response to past delays, it seems to me that the readers (at least, the ones who talk to me!) are perfectly content to wait a little longer for a superior update in the long run, so once again I thank you all very much for your patience <3

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Previously I have seen him compared to a borzoi, which is very similar to a greyhound (but like, taller and fluffier) and all of these are adorable and valid. I love greyhounds. <3

This thought just hit me like an asteroid-

Chui’s definitely greyhound coded. The weird long horse of teen thespians.

Tell me you see my vision!

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UGHHHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH It's so perfect and I'm so flattered that you wanted to draw it and I need Mitsuki's and Minorikawa's faces in the second panel as reaction images hehehe they're so funny <3 <3 <3

Happy Chui day!! This comic is a visual adaptation of chapter 24 of Archaeren’s long fic Life Cycle: Love Story which you can read here 👇

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54869815/chapters/152363554

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i dont have an ao3 account (yet) since i usually don't comment on fics, but i just spent the last few hours binge reading LC:LS and omg :,)

i finally joined the ao3 waitlist so i can leave comments but i can't wait for the end of the month to express my appreciation for this fic

finishing jack jeanne left a hole in my heart, but reading this story feels like going through a whole new route. it's so beautifully written and it's so clear how much thought and detail has gone into it. it's been years since i've wanted to keep up with an ongoing fic this much. thank you for continuing to write it!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Thank you so much!!! omg where do I start!! This is such an amazing thing to say, I'm completely blown away that it's had so much impact on you!! I feel like I'm completely speechless... I'm so touched and thrilled that you feel like it's like going through a new route... And we've hardly gotten to the Kisa parts yet! It's also so cool when someone says they enjoy how much thought has gone into the story, because my internal perspective is like, 'Damn, I think about the dynamics around Chui way too much...' so it's really exciting that other people can enjoy me being a huge dork about Chui through my fanfiction hehe <3

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"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.

"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

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YEAAAAHHHHHH MY BOY!! happy birthday, you sad cryptid. (I would also go for Kisa, she's honestly so my type...)

Last day of Janchuiary and it's also his Fanon birthday!! Happy birthday to the most lovesick boy to ever exist (I'd go for Kisa too I feel you dude)

Tags: @archaeren @cardiagf @nas-tasya :3c

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Signups are open for the Jack Jeanne Valentine's Day Gift Exchange!

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Since Tanakamigi Chui does not have an official birthday, Archaeren and I have decided that is fanon birthday is now January 31st.

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The thesis of JackJeanne is that gender is a performance. It's a game. Specifically, it's an unskippable rhythm game--

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If you're wondering what to get for him, he would very much like a transparent vessel. <3

Since Tanakamigi Chui does not have an official birthday, Archaeren and I have decided that is fanon birthday is now January 31st.

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I know we all start there, but it's still so surprising to me every time I see someone say Chui wouldn't be sexual because he's too obsessed with theatre. (Thespians, of course, you know. Notoriously un-horny.) The dude who keeps indicating his interest in Kisa by offering her his hand to take? The guy who communicates with her via dance in one of the most 'unresolved sexual tension'-heavy scenes in the game? The 'Tachibana Kisa is everything I desire' guy? yeah he's got his special interest but examine him for five minutes and you suddenly realize our poor boy is also practically screaming 'my love language is physical touch'

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neji and his 3 boyfriends (gender neutral)

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Oh yeah, sounds like you'll be fine on Sou route! c: Don't get me wrong, Neji's the most divisive but I wouldn't call him weird taste! From what I can tell, he and Fumi are the two most popular. If he's for you, you'll have lots of people to gush about him with. c: I think how Neji comes off to different people is largely affected by their own trauma. If you take him at his word and believe he's being honest with you, you're more likely to like and sympathize with him and appreciate his route. If he pings the 'manipulative liar' alarm bells for you, his route is gonna be a rough ride. (Unless you find that personally relatable, which is a valid third option! I do know Neji fans who like him for this reason.) I don't actually have a problem with the summer competition thing either. Like, I absolutely understand why the characters are mad about it, but I'm like... well, he did it to make her better? It wouldn't really be the end of the world if she transferred to Rhodonite or Onyx... I'm pretty fine with anything Neji does to push people's talent tbh, like... that's what you guys are here for? The goal IS actually learning the craft, not winning the theatre festival or being the best class. Don't lose sight of the forest for the trees! (Though Neji can also lose sight of that sometimes for sure) Like, kinda not cool that he didn't respect her autonomy there by not asking her opinion, let alone giving her a choice in the matter, but otherwise I don't have a problem with this. I was actually completely fine with everything he did in common route, even stuff other people have said is 'mean' (mostly stuff in winter arc). I don't see an issue with any of the things he does to force the others become better performers (and this is why nobody questions why I'm a Tanakamigi Chui fan lmao... no, actually sometimes they do, and then I give them an essay XD) It wasn't until I actually played Neji's route that I was like, oh HELL no. XDDD oops... I do appreciate that this game allows Kisa to Be Cool And Good At Things. She doesn't really get downplayed at all from what I remember. I adore Kisa. I would fight Suzu and Sou to be her Jack Ace and I would win. I'm glad the guide was helpful and interesting! Though if you're currently on track for the bad end, you might need to focus your stats a little more. You need to max out your current man's stat at 30 to get his best end and it gets harder the higher it goes. If you're on track for the bad end, that means you must be spreading out your stats evenly. And apparently none of the LIs like it if you're too multi-talented...? (what's the meta on this?? XD) It's easiest to do the bad end while you're doing Kisa route, because you need to be on Kisa route to get the opportunity for the bad end to happen. Personally, I think it also makes more sense if you've played Kai's route already, but that could just be based on how I interpret the events of the bad end (which are, admittedly, super fucking vague. XD)

Why is this woman targeted otome game making me feel seen in a way no overtly transmasc media ever has (Jack Jeanne on Switch)

For context the MC (Kisa Tachibana) is a girl crossdressing as a boy to go to an all boys drama school called Univeil, since it’s all boys some of them play girls for the plays, the ones who play boys are called Jacks and the ones who play girls are called Jeannes

I was guessing since it was a female protag they would make her a Jeanne for the whole game as not to alienate their audience but for her second performance she’s given a male role as a Jack, she struggles with the role at first and has some lines that resonated HARD with me when looking at them through a transmasc perspective:

I’m sure I don’t need to explain much how a transmasc could relate to this, but it was such a nice surprise to have this nuance in a game I really wasn’t expecting to touch on gender this much; I’m not an avid otome game player so maybe I went into it with a lot of bias as I though it would be targeted towards a straight female audience but it was really nice to see them explore Kisa’s gender expression like this. There are more examples I could talk about with the gender commentary but I don’t want to spoil it too much. If you’re interested in the game I should also mention half the guys look like girls it’s literal transmasc bisexual heaven

Overall I’m really enjoying this game so far, I know the community for it is kind of small but if any other Jack Jeanne fans are here I’d love to hear some more opinions too. I’m only up to around the end of the summer holidays/hotel training camp and when they’re moving into the fall performance practice, so I’d appreciate if you could avoid spoilers past then.

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THANK YOU!!! I've been waiting for this to be seen by someone who happens to have played both of these games even if they have extremely limited audience overlap... XDDD I was certain that anyone who had played both would get it, it's just too obvious. Thank you for validating me XD

A friend got me into Cult of the Lamb and it was only a matter of time before this fanart happened tbh. If any of you have played both of these then you know that this needs absolutely no explanation.

In the stage play adaption of Cult of the Lamb, The One Who Waits would undeniably be a Tanakamigi Chui role. The parallels between them are just too good.

Which also means Narinder has to be shirtless. I don't make the rules. (Sorry, CotL fandom. Or maybe you're welcome...?)