#Akari Twilight

[shadowrmidnight]

Akari Twilight

Yovia love child

[my-anime-goods]

Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san (Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood) - New goods by Curtain Damashii with new illustrations (Wedding Swimsuit) for Comic Market 104.

[sixtymillionoverdueideas]

@hana-akari

Tobirama gasped as his eyes shot open-- or he would have, if there wasn't a heavy weight on him, and a face far too near for comfort. Fear shot through him, and brown eyes shot to his peripherals, panic growing at how he was, they were, confined in a narrow wooden space... Where was he? How did this happen? Who was this?! He was petrified. Dare he move, when there was a warm body over on top of him? Was this corpse fresh?

[transskywardsword]

what would your links/zelda be for halloween :3

i was so excited to answer this until i realized that's 26 characters (12 links, 14 zeldas) so. lets get started omg

halloween in hyrule started as a skyloftian holiday to honor the spirits of the dead, observed by throwing sweets off of skyloft to the spirits below, dancing all night as a sign of celebrating what little life you may have left, and dressing in traditional costumes inspired by one's family tree. at midnight, the holiday goes from a time of celebration to a time of mourning, until the sunrises when there is a huge feast. over time this turned into people dressing in outlandish costumes and giving treats to strangers, especially children, and the few hours of mourning are only celebrated by more traditional circles, and then finally into a more 'halloween'esc holiday.

as the closest in the timeline to what the original holiday looked like, sky and aurora dresses up in traditional skyloftian festival wear, which is all hand sewed and hand embroidered with feathers from sky and aurora's loft wings, and as they are family, their costumes as a matching set.

minish and zellie dressed up as minish every year as little kids until the events of minish cap, when mini began dressing up as ezlo. zellie thinks it is hilarious. her and mini's costumes are hand made by her, and she always looks forward to the free honeycakes that the bakery hands out to children.

quartet goes all out on the scary costumes. he rarely splits during halloween, as he wants to enjoy the holiday all for himself, something that the colors grumble about before and after the holiday. he is a staunch observer of the hours of mourning, and dedicates them to shadow, something that makes quartz deeply uncomfortable. she doesn't like halloween, the focus on darkness making her feel too close to the dark creatures that imprisoned her. she never dresses up, but is forced to go to the celebratory feast, as per her duty as princess.

ocarina and sheik both approach the holiday from a sheikah perspective. the sheikah celebrate halloween more like Día de Muertos than halloween, but significantly more somber than Día de Muertos. Sheik has dedicated the hours of mourning to the entire holiday, and there is often fasting. while it isn't so extreme in ocarina's timeline, it still is a more serious holiday until the dawn feast. neither dress up

mask LOVES halloween, much to other's surprise, as he avoids childish activities like the plague. he goes all out, putting even quartet to shame, and loves to play pranks to get into the holiday spirit. he goes as a skull kid each year, and nearly identical to one and impossible to tell apart.

twilight celebrates halloween with the children of ordon by dressing up (usually in cowboy get up), candy, the whole nine yards, but in his era, the holiday is much more somber amongst grown ups, dedicated to remembering the twilight that once over took them. dawn fasts the whole holiday, and observes it as a day of mourning, though she has been bullied to dress up in twilight's ranch get ups to play with the children of ordon once or twice.

era grew up too poor to celebrate, and in the army it was most simplied to pranks, as the celebration itself was against the rules. he spends most halloweens beside aella at royal functions, bored out of his mind. she orders matching costumes for them based on their connection to the Hero and the Goddess. They both look stunning, and they both hate it.

Wilds and sunny split the holiday in two, with the day being dedicated to partying and the night to honoring the dead of the Calamity and Upheaval. Wilds handmakes his costumes, with his most popular one being a korok, and sunny could care less about the actual costume, as long as she gets a sweet by midnight.

Halloween was forgetten when hyrule was flooded, so Waker, Tetra, Spirit, and Phantom had never celebrated until meeting with the other links and zeldas. they still dont quite 'get it'.

Asteria doesnt make much of a fuss about halloween outside of a party in castle town open to all, and tends to dress in high regalia, something very different from her normal wear. Legend claims she's too old for halloween but comes every year, no costume in sight, to devour all the sweets and scare children with stories of her adventures.

hue goes ALL OUT, inviting friends from hytopia and producing costumes for all his friends, the children of his village, and shoving ravio into something attractive to wear at home for the two of them. iris is rather young but considers herself mature enough for her age to not need halloween. hue is determined to prove her differently, and he and styla have been trying to force her into frilly costumes for years.

halloween is a verrrrry spooky affair in bramble's hyrule, tied more to evil spirits than honoring the dead, and scary costumes are a big part of that, especially masks. bramble hand carves a mask each year of a diffrent monster. this year it was a mask mocking the eyes of ganon. akari might dawn a pretty and delicate lace half face mask, nothing scary or gorey, but brair looooove scary masks, and makes them as strange and repulsive as possible, much to her older-younger family member's disgust.

aaaand i think that's all of them!!!

[meiieiri]

JUJUTSU KAISEN MASTERLIST

❀ -> fluff, slice of life | ★ -> highly recommended | ⛆ -> angst level on a scale of five (e.g. ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆: proceed with caution) | ❆ -> smut

assume that all works have mild 18+ sub-themes in them since i am indeed quite old, and in my late twenties, but i will specify if a fic is purely 18+ by placing a dni notice on it. thanks~!

last updated: march 29, 2024

GOJO SATORU

to have and to lose -> angst (gojo satoru x reader x ex baby daddy!geto suguru) | ⛆ ⛆ ⛆, ★

synopsis: suguru geto upped and left that day without a moment’s notice and he took everything with him — your heart, your soul — but as you look at the positive pregnancy test in your hand, you realize that he did in fact leave one thing behind.

water’s edge -> angst, royal au (prince!gojo satoru) | series | ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ (on hold)

synopsis: in a world where titles define their fates, gojo satoru, the crown prince of japan, and his wife-to-be, face a tempestuous court of deception and schadenfreude. as they waltz on the edge of ruin, can their love endure the treacherous waters that threaten to pull them apart, or will the whims of the enigmatic chrysanthemum throne prove strong enough to drown them both?

beguiled -> fluff, angst (clan head!gojo satoru) | ❀, ⛆

synopsis: gojo just can’t get his little servant girl out of his head.

stolen moments with them -> fluff (ft. geto suguru, nanami kento, gojo satoru) | ❀, ★

late night snippets with them -> fluff (ft. geto suguru, nanami kento, gojo satoru) | ❀, ★

the north face -> slice of life, angst | ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆, ★

synopsis: in every other universe and lifetime he has yet to lead, megumi will always cherish the painfully brief time he felt the warmth of a proper family and would have gladly referred to himself as the son of the strongest.

GETO SUGURU

flickering light (dad!geto series)

synopsis: “akari. heaven’s light.” that’s what he and his wife named her. after the events of his last mission with satoru gojo, suguru geto is convinced he is cursed, but how could he continue thinking that whilst he is holding the little blessing in his arms?

little nymph of his heart -> fluff (dad!geto suguru) | ❀

synopsis: in which suguru meets his newborn daughter.

when she loved me -> fluff, angst (dad!geto suguru) | ❀

synopsis: in which suguru wakes up from his nightmare and is comforted by his little light.

to have and to lose -> angst (gojo satoru x reader x ex baby daddy!geto suguru) | ⛆ ⛆ ⛆, ★

synopsis: suguru geto upped and left that day without a moment’s notice and he took everything with him — your heart, your soul — but as you look at the positive pregnancy test in your hand, you realize that he did in fact leave one thing behind.

TOJI FUSHIGURO

fucking the star plasma vessel’s sister -> angst, smut (toji fushiguro x younger!reader) | ⛆, ❆

synopsis: after the two brats from tokyo jujutsu tech took the star plasma vessel, toji momentarily sets his eyes on an uncompensated target, you.

harmony in the twilight hour -> heavy angst (ex husband!toji fushiguro x terminally ill ex wife!reader) | ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆ ⛆, ★

synopsis: so she tells him not to cry over the injustice of a life cut too short for at the end of all this, she’ll only be a dream.

hidden inventory: the lost tapes series -> angst, fluff (toji fushiguro x reader) | ★

NANAMI KENTO

ps: you’re beautiful -> heavy angst, hurt/comfort (scarred!nanami kento x fiancé!reader)

synopsis: [redacted, tba]

OTHERS

…tba

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Akari Pokémon

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Alm Fire Emblem

Andy (Advance Wars)

Apollo Animal crossing

Arven (Pokemon)

Ashley (Warioware)

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Ayumi (Famicom Detective Club)

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Big Man (Splatoon)

Bobby Paper mario

Bowser (Mario)

Bulbasaur Family (Pokemon)

Callie (Splatoon)

Captain Falcon (F-Zero)

Captain Rainbow (Captain Rainbow)

Celica Fire Emblem

Charmander Family (Pokemon)

Chelle (Dragalia Lost)

Cherry Animal crossing

Chrom (Fire Emblem)

Claude (Fire Emblem)

Cleo (Dragalia Lost)

Commander Tarter (Splatoon)

Craggalanche Kid Icarus

Cranky Kong (Donkey Kong)

Cynthia (Pokemon)

Daisy (Mario)

Dark Pit Kid Icarus

Daruk (Legend of Zelda)

Dedede (Kirby)

Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong Country)

Dimentio Paper Mario

Dimitri (Fire Emblem)

Dixie Kong (Donkey Kong)

DJ Octavio (Splatoon)

Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country)

Duck Hunt Dog (Duck Hunt)

Edelgard (Fire Emblem)

Eevee and the Eevolutions (Pokémon)

Egil Xenoblade Chronicles

Eirika Fire Emblem

Elisane (Dragalia Lost)

Ephraim Fire Emblem

Euden (Dragalia Lost)

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Fox (Star Fox)

Frye (Splatoon)

Ganon/Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)

Geno (Super Mario RPG)

Greninja (Pokemon)

Grovyle the Thief (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon)

Hades (Kid Icarus)

Hilda (Pokémon)

Ice Climbers (Ice Climber)

Ike (Fire Emblem)

Inkling (Splatoon)

Isabelle (Animal Crossing)

Issac (Golden Sun)

Jimmy T (Warioware)

K.K. Slider (Animal Crossing)

Karate Joe (Rhythm Heaven)

Kumatora (Mother)

Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk)

Lakitu (Mario)

Laxi (Dragalia Lost)

Laxitu (Mario)

Leif Fire Emblem

Lillie (Pokemon)

Link (Legend of Zelda) Twilight princess

Link Legend of Zelda Wind Waker

Lip Panel de Pon

Little Mac (Punch-Out)

Lola Pop ARMS

Lora (Xenoblade)

Louie Pikmin

Luca (Dragalia Lost)

Lucario (Pokemon)

Lucas (Mother)

Lucina (Fire Emblem)

Luigi (Mario)

Lyn (Fire Emblem)

Lysithea (Fire Emblem)

Mac (Animal Crossing)

Mallow (Super Mario RPG)

Mallow Pokemon

Marie (Splatoon)

Marina (Splatoon)

Mario (Mario)

Marth (Fire Emblem)

Mascula (Dragalia Lost)

Matt (Wii Sports)

Matthew (Xenoblade)

Melia (Xenoblade)

Meta Knight (Kirby)

Midgardsomer (Dragalia Lost)

Midna (Legend of Zelda)

Mii (Mii)

Min Min (ARMS)

Mineru (Legend of Zelda)

Mio (Xenoblade)

Mipha (Legend of Zelda)

Mona (Warioware)

Morgan Fire Emblem (Awakening)

Mr Grizz (Splatoon)

Mr. Game & Watch (Game & Watch)

Mym (Dragalia Lost)

Mythra (Xenoblade)

N (Pokemon)

Nedrick Dragalia Lost

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Ness (Mother)

Nia (Xenoblade)

Ninten (Mother)

Ninten (Earthbound)

Noah (Xenoblade)

Notte (Dragalia Lost)

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Pikmin (Pikmin)

Pit (Kid Icarus)

Porky Mother

Purrah (Legend of Zelda)

Pyra (Xenoblade)

Queen Sonia (Legend of Zelda)

Ranzel (Dragalia Lost)

Rauru (Legend of Zelda)

Ravali (Legend of Zelda)

Red (Pokemon)

Reveli (Legend of Zelda)

Rex (Xenoblade)

Riju (Legend of Zelda)

ROB (Stack Up and Gyromite)

Robin (Fire Emblem)

Rosalina (Mario)

Roy (Fire Emblem)

sablé prince (The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls)

Sami (Advance Wars)

Samus Aran (Metroid)

Seliph Fire Emblem

Shiver (Splatoon)

Shulk (Xenoblade)

Shy Guy (Mario)

Sidon (Legend of Zelda)

Sigurd Fire Emblem

Soren Fire Emblem

Squirtle Family (Pokemon)

Star Man Pro Wrestling

Starfy (The Legendary Starfy)

Stitches (Animal Crossing)

Takamaru (The Mysterious Murasame Castle)

Taranza (Kirby)

Teba (Legend of Zelda)

tetra (Legend of Zelda)

the president of hocotate freight (Pikmin)

Tia Animal crossing

Timerra Fire Emblem

Toadette Super Mario

Toadsworth Mario

Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)

Tulin (Legend of Zelda)

Twink (Paper Mario)

Urbossa (Legend of Zelda)

Vaati (Legend of Zelda)

Villager (Legend of Zelda)

Vivian (Paper Mario)

Waluigi (Mario Sports)

Wario (Warioware and Warioland)

Water wraith Pikmin

Yoshi (Yoshi's Island)

Yubono (Legend of Zelda)

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Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Skyward Sword

Zena (Dragalia Lost)

Zenethia (Dragalia Lost)

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[eyelectricmoon]

BUCK-TICK ヒズミ (Hizumi) - English translation & romaji

"Distortion"

What do I live for?

It won’t go well, this makeup

It’s a tough weekend, isn’t it

My mom’s dreams?

I violated them

I tear off my chest

Lullaby, the blood won’t sto…p

Lap at the mouth of the wound

We’re distorting, this town, me and you

The twilight swing sways

Everyone distorted

is living mysteriously

Look, a window light

My dad’s dreams?

I killed them too

Sunday, with a pattern of rain

Lullaby, goodbye, farewe…ll

Chop it all u…p

We’re distorting, this town, me and you

The traffic light changes to red

Grandpa, grandma

Let us join hands

Don’t bother!

Please leave us alone

Dad, Mom, don’t forget, okay?

I love you so so much

If it’s got to be this way...

I want to become gentle

The next train will go… mad*

*[T/N]　the kanji Sakurai uses in the lyrics is 狂う、”go mad”, even though in the song it sounds like 来る, “to come”, which makes sense in the context of "the next train coming"

+ it has been confirmed by Sakurai that the lyrics depict experiences of a "man with a woman's soul" who wishes to live as feminine (whether it's an euphemism for a transgender woman or a gnc man isn't entirely clear to me, i think it could be both). either way, it seems to express frustration at being unable to get rid of your masculinity completely - x

original kanji & romaji under cut

kanji

何の為生きる？

上手くいかないお化粧

酷い週末ね

お母さんの夢を？

夢を犯しました

胸　掻きむしる

ララバイ　血が止まら‥　ない

傷口を　舐めて

街が　僕が　君が　歪む

夕暮れブランコ　ゆら

誰も　歪  

不思議に生きている

窓に灯り　ほら

お父さんの夢を？

夢も殺しました

日曜　雨　模様

ララバイ　グッドバイ　サヨナ‥ラ

切り刻んで　しま‥え

街が　僕が　君が　歪む

信号　赤に　変わ　る

お爺さん　お婆さん

手を繋ぎましょう

構うな！

放っといて　頂戴‥

お父さん　お母さん　忘れないでね

とっても　愛している

こんな　はずじゃ‥

優しくなりたい

次の電車が　狂‥う

romaji

nan no tame ikiru?

umaku ikanai okeshō

hidoi shūmatsu ne

okāsan no yume wo?

yume wo okashimashita

mune kakimushiru

Lullaby chi ga tomara‥nai

kizuguchi wo namete

machi ga boku ga kimi ga hizumu

yūgure buranko yura

dare mo ibitsu fushigi ni ikiteiru

mado ni akari hora

otōsan no yume wo?

yume mo koroshimashita

nichiyō ame moyō

Lullaby goodbye sayona..ra

kirikizande shima..e

machi ga boku ga kimi ga hizumu

shingō aka ni kawaru

ojiisan obāsan te o tsunagimashō

kamau na! hottoite chōdai..

otōsan okāsan wasurenaide ne

tottemo aishiteru

konna hazu ja.. yasashiku naritai

tsugi no densha ga kuru..u

[ak4rin]

on the flip side please consider faculty members & co. playing baseball at the end of the goodwill event and someone starts to reference the super massive black hole scene from twilight ( they end up discussing about which movie it is and akari is just "did it hurt? when i told you to google it and i was right?" hence accidentally letting everyone know she's team edward 😭 )

[millenianthemums]

god. i was listening to random songs and The Plagues from Prince of Egypt came up, and it gave me an idea for a REALLY dark Legends Arceus AU.

the gist of it is that in this AU, the villagers turn on Akari much more violently than they do in the game, and try to kill her when the rift starts expanding. so Arceus razes Jubilife Village to the ground.

that would definitely NOT happen in the Texting God AU, i was just thinking about how horrifying it would realistically be to be the “favorite” of an all-powerful eldritch god. like, it can do literally anything and it will Uncreate anyone who crosses you. how would you form normal relationships, knowing you’re one argument away from your acquaintance getting disintegrated? how would you be able to even be real friends with the god who likes you, knowing how incomprehensibly beyond you it is as a life form? what if it decides it’s bored with you? what if you displease it? you’d basically be living in that Twilight Zone episode where the kid with psychic powers sends people who annoy him to “the cornfield”. forever.

(all this is why in the Texting God AU, Arceus is explicitly NOT all-powerful, by the way. it created the world, but it can’t alter reality directly without messing things up, and its ability to change things is limited to time and space manipulation like Dialga and Palkia’s powers combined. it can’t just do anything it wants, and it needs someone on the inside to do the fine detail work of fixing the space-time rifts, which is why Akari’s even in Hisui. also i just don’t really want to get too deep into the existential horror behind Arceus as an entity in this story. it gets a little dark for me.)

[ladyfluffbutt]

Some doodles centered around Akari and her Father. They have an interesting relationship but make no mistake, she means the world to Hotaru.

Alora and Kozo like to poke fun at how much it’s like having a mini slightly tamer Haganezuka in a blonde wig.

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Snippets Below vvvvvvvvvvvvv

Akari is much like a cat and prone to roaming and choosing which place she stays at to sleep. She does always let her mother know and she only stays either at Kotetsu’s, Grandpa Tetsuido, or Hotaru’s when not with her.

Most times she’ll stay at Hotaru’s work hut and leave for his home with him, but on this particular day he seemed to be extremely busy and focused so she didn’t interrupt him and hung out with Kotetsu.

She wanted to stay at her father’s home though and left when it was time for bed, leaving through Kotetsu’s window, (like I said, cat but Alora also does this) and climbing into her dad’s window before getting ready for bed and curling up on his futon.

Hotaru came home during the twilight hours to find her asleep in his room. Needless to say dad mode kicked on and he pulled the blanket up a bit more before he sat and watched her sleep.

The Haganezuka face of wrath is strong in the bloodline and Alora can’t believe that the other smiths in the village don’t see that they’re related.

When Kotetsu’s Father passed away from illness it shocked Akari. She’s a smart kid and was aware of things like where babies come from and of course death, but it never hit her until then.

She tried for be there for Kotetsu and his family, but she started to have a panic attack as the realization of her lifespan hit her and she ran to her father. Needless to say that Hotaru had never dropped a sword or broke concentration until the broken sobbed word “Dad,” came from his workshop doorway.

Akari broke down talking about how she was going to far him, outlive Kozo, and even Kotetsu and his family. She’d outlive everyone.

Of course Hotaru knew she’d outlive him regardless if she were human or witch but Akari had NEVER cried in front of him before and needless to say it alarmed him and he didn’t touch a sword for the rest of that day and even the next.

He and Alora had to have a long talk with Akari about life and death and about how witches view it as stopping one existence and moving onto another. (There’s more to it but I don’t want to write more than necessary) It helped a bit and they even went to comfort Kotetsu and his family.

Akari idolizes her Dad and wants to know all about him, but Hotaru isn’t much for sharing about his childhood.

Fortunately (or rather unfortunately for Hotaru) Tecchin is all too happy to share stories about Hotaru’s life and childhood.

Hotaru didn’t want to tell anyone that Akari was his as a means to protect her from his reputation and Alora from any sort of scrutiny and revealing of her being a witch and not a full spirit being.

That being said at times he’s almost sure that Tecchin KNOWS because anytime Hotaru is in the vicinity of the two hanging out, Tecchin will tell Akari the most EMBARRASSING stories.

And Akari just absorbs the information.

Tecchin doesn’t really get why Akari is so curious about Hotaru but he knows her mother was quite friendly with him so that was likely it. He won’t pass up a chance to embarrass his adopted son a bit though.

[csmr-on-air]

Noroi's Vacation Day!

by mod champion

(A short story to hold you over)

(I can't draw like the others :boowomp:)

After what felt like years of mowing down monsters, Noroi finally had a break. A day to himself, without having to deal with monsters. Noroi's first stop was to the winery to buy all of the alcohol he can't legally drink. Drinking while teleporting can sometimes get dangerous as he once ended up inside of a tree. But he carried on with his day, heading to the library. He walked toward the romance section and looked for books from his favorite author, Stephen King (yes he was that drunk). He saw a book on the shelf called Icebreaker when he remembered seeing a society member read. He considered borrowing it, but he didn't really care about ice skating so he looked for something else. Eventually he found some random book called Twilight and borrowed it. Walking out of the library, he noticed how hungry he was and decided to try out the new pizza place in town, Pepper's Roni. He walked in and noticed that Milo was also there. They both ordered the signature, Pepper's Perfect Pepperoni Pizza, and started talking. Milo immediately smelt the alcohol coming from Noroi and so he took out his reserve canteen of Vodka so they could have some real fun. The pizza eventually came out and it was fine, but the two didn't really care about it. They talked about the most random topics from raccoon biology, to the newest season of Love is Blind, to even Kanye West. They left the pizza place probably more drunk than they were inside and headed to the casino. This casino, called The Akari Casino, was absolutely huge and jammed with people. They even saw the famous owner, Yaku Kinjou, playing Poker with some other rich people. But all that mattered to them was heading to the slots. They started putting in a bunch of money and the flashing lights started to hypnotize them. After 4 hours of gambling, they left $200 poorer and the two decided to split ways. Before Noroi went home, he stopped off at the beach to cool down. He ordered a Pina Colada and found a random straw hat off the ground. Looking at the sunset, Noroi felt true bliss. What a way to end the day. Or so he thought as when he went back to his home, he stayed up an additional 5 hours watching terrible rom-com movies. This was the best way to end a day. When Noroi woke up, he was terribly hungover and was non-stop throwing up. Maybe 4 bottles of alcohol in a day isn't the best idea.

[thicctails]

Akari and the Trouble Twins

Ah, the local weird girl and her horrible cats.

Info about these guys in the AU below!

In the Akariceus AU, Akari is cast out of the Galaxy Expedition much, much earlier than in canon. In fact, she never really got the chance to join. Kamado picked up her Weird Vibes TM and sent her packing. She didn’t even get a starter. Still, Laventon and Rei snuck her basic supplies, and Cyllene gave her a scarf. She cherishes it, so desperate for any comfort in this cruel world.

Her overexposure to Arceus is really the only reason she survives that first week. Her Pokémon instincts guide her, and although she can’t control her shifts (they usually happen at night) into her Pokémon form, she does take advantage of them to travel, speak to Pokémon, and harvest food. It’s hard. It’s really hard. Arceus’s message keeps her from just hunkering down somewhere. She feels a constant urge to keep going, to keep meeting new Pokémon. She avoids people from the Survey Corps and from the clans, but keeps an eye out for Professor Laventon and Rei when she sees them. Sometimes, she sneaks up close to their camp during the night and fills in the Pokédex for them. 

She’s so tired.

Eventually, she manages to acquire (steal) some plates from the Alpha Pokémon she faces, and when she runs into Volo (he also picks up on her Weird Vibes TM, everyone does tbh, but he’s more curious then afraid) she sees his interest in them and starts trading them to him for various items. Since they are so difficult she’s been hurt so many times to obtain, she manages to get some very nice warm clothes and some decent survival gear. He offers her Pokéballs, but she feels really uncomfortable around them for some reason. 

Volo is her only company for awhile, (its hard when she still mostly comes out at night and has to sleep during the day) until she feels the pull to travel to the north, to the Alabaster Icelands. She wanders around there for a while, studying the new Pokémon from afar, dodging any Pearl Clan members she sees, and just trying to survive in this new environment.

Then one day, just at the cusp of twilight, she hears it.

Its not human, but she can recognize a cry for help.

Akari takes off, not even noticing that her body is changing as she runs until her feet hit the snow. She finds a pair of Sneasel kits that have been cornered by an Alpha Garchomp. A small male cowers behind his shiny sister, who is trying her very best to look tough in the face of such an intimidating Pokémon. Her threat display isn’t working, and the Garchomp is clearly preparing to enjoy his dinner.

His meal is halted by a Hyper Voice to the face, swiftly followed by Akari slamming her body into the Alpha. The attack staggers the Pokémon, giving the trio the chance to escape. The three don’t stop running until they are far, far away.

The twins, who introduce themselves as Mischief (girl) and Misery (boy), are very grateful for the save, even if Mischief insists that she had it covered.

The twins were trying to prove to their mother that they were tough enough to survive on their own, and had decided that running away was the best way to do just that. They very meekly admit that they had, perhaps, been wrong. In fact, they ran so far away that they aren’t sure how to get home.

So, Akari offers to stay with them.

She’s desperate for companionship

Imagine the twin’s surprise when in the morning they find a human instead of their friend!

It takes a bit, but Akari eventually manages to explain.

Mischief gets a hit in before she does.

Together, the unlikely trio sets out to try and find a way back to the kit’s home.

Meanwhile, a very worried Lady Sneasler watches as her dedicated Warden sets out to find her youngest kits. The locals have been speaking of a strange monster that has been roaming the lands, and she hopes that he won’t encounter it. 

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From Lilith to Amity: LGBTQ librarians Shine Through

October 11 was National Coming Out Day, a day to celebrate the act of "coming out," i.e. when an LGBTQ person publicly shares their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. In honor of that, I'd like to highlight some LGBTQ librarians I've written about on this blog, this year and years previously, and others on the List of fictional librarians that I put together in late 2021.

This post is reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review and Wayback Machine.

Lilith in Yamibou

She is the caretaker of the Great Library (after Adam), and travels through much of the series with a girl she has a crush on, Hazuki, going through book worlds, looking for Eve. The latter is later shown as another caretaker of the library, who loves Hazuki. Part of her duty is to make sure worlds within the books are secure, an interesting job as a librarian. Due to the fact she is one of the protagonists of this series, who has considerable knowledge and wisdom, it means that libraries are still a key part of the series.

Anne and Grea in Manaria Friends

Anne is one of the protagonists who is a soft-spoken girl, Princess, and honor student at Mysteria Academy, a prestigious magic school. Anne even ventured through the "forbidden" archives of the library in order to find something which would cure Grea of a fever. She and Grea appear to enter a relationship later on. Both work in the library as assistants, although not as full-fledged librarians.

Sophie Twilight in Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood

One of the protagonists of this anime, she drinks blood, but only when refrigerated, and she is shown weeding through her books in one episode. She has a refined appearance and liked going to comic book conventions. She brings in a high school girl, Akari, to live in her house, and appears to have feelings for her. Another vampire girl, Ellie, clearly is romantically attracted to her as well.

Fumi Manjōme in Aoi Hana / Sweet Blue Flowers

In one episode, she weeds books and remembers her kiss with Sugimoto. Later in the episode, she later talks with other students about the role and influence the Literary Club has on the library. In another episode, Fumi and Sugimoto go to the library and kiss there. Ultimately, Fumi at least knows some library skills, in terms of weeding, which is an important part of library work.

Chiyo Tsukudate in Strawberry Panic!

She works at the school library at Astrea Hill, known as Maiden's Garden, and is a member of the literary club. She looks up to her fellow students and undoubtedly has a crush on Nagisa, one of the show's protagonists. She checks out books and does other library duties well and efficiently. The library is a key location in the series.

Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words

In the episode "Did You See the Rain?," she serves as the librarian in this episode, while the Girls Club members go on a treasure hunt to find a message, coming in and out of the library throughout the episode. Later, Azuza joins them in their quest. Azusa is a studious person who reads during breaks and takes an interest in learning, perfect for a librarian. She is a fan of yuri and loves Masaka Orino, unaware it is Ushio's older brother.

Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta

Fumio and Erena

Although she was originally introverted and lonely, she got more friends after meeting Erena. She works at the school library. Erena appears to be the closest one to her and both may be in a relationship with one another, although its implied.

George and Lance in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

They call themselves historians, but run a family library/archives/museum. in a magical forest known as the Whispering Woods They are Bow's dads. They are two middle-aged men and help the show's protagonists translate an ancient message in the Season 2 finale. In a later episode, Bow and Glimmer meet George and Lance who tell them about an ancient rebellion and fail-safe on a superweapon. This information  becomes vitally important going forward.

Desiree in Too Loud

Desiree with her sister, Sara, and Sara's friends at a slumber party

She is a trans woman. In an episode which was supposed to end the show, according to series creator Nico Colaleo, she begins to explore her trans identity, as she had been a closeted in her usual workday. This episode, "Slumber Party Sneak-In" was praised by reviewers. Desiree works every day with her sister Sara and co-worker Sarah at the local public library, but has a voice which is so loud, hence the name of the series, smashing library stereotypes along the way.

Amity Blight in The Owl House

Luz and Amity blush at one another in the episode "Through the Looking Glass Ruins"

She is a librarian who works at the Bonesborough Public Library, is a witch, and a student at Hexside Academy. Over the course of the story, her relationship with a human witch named Luz Noceda develops and later they begin a romantic relationship.

Sabine in Sabine: an asexual coming-of-age story

Sabine working at the library desk in episode 115.

The protagonist of this webcomic, Sabine works in the local school library as a part-time job, beginning early in the comic. She a fully committed asexual girl who tries to make friends and not have any romantic relationships, just like the comic's author. The later also implies that she is, as a result, aromantic as well as asexual. Not all aromantic people are asexual, and vice versa. She is still learning more about herself all of the time, while she majors in history. As the comic's author stated, Sabine is unaware of her asexuality, and isn't sure she is aromantic, just that she isn't ready for sex.

Mo Testa in Dykes to Watch Out For

Mo and Sydney

As the protagonist of this comic, and later comic book, she is a graduate of library school who worked at a feminist bookstore named Madwimmin Books, and appreciated "literary connectivity." She is a committed lesbian feminist who later gets a job as a reference librarian. She has a lover in college named Clarice, but her eventual partner is a woman named Sydney. The comic's creator, Alison Bechdel, recognized she was a lesbian after checking out books from the library, stating that an apparent "a key characteristic of queer people [is]...shamed persons who are drawn to lonely stacks and secret research," and she worked at the circulation desk as a librarian while she was a college student, influencing the comic itself. She also stated that Mo had been drawn into “the pitfall of vocational awe, believing that her public library job is a religious calling."

Concluding words

It is undetermined if Azusa Aoi in Whispered Words is LGBTQ. You could also argue that Kaisa in Hilda, a feisty character with unmatched knowledge of mystical items and cemetery records, who is a mysterious witch, is asexual based on her color scheme. There will likely be other LGBTQ librarians in the future, since many anime series have characters who go into libraries. [1]

© 2022 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] This includes the Mysterious Library house base in Smile PreCure (an anime) and Marisa Kirisame frequently going to the library in Touhou Project (a video game). There are also apparent library scenes in Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo (a visual novel), Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka) (an anime), Himawari-san (a manga), Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata (a manga), Maria-sama ga Miteru (a manga), Shitsurakuen (a manga), Kamitsure (visual novel), Märchen Mädchen (an anime), Flowers (manga), Roundabout of Yuri Hime Collection (collection),  Lyrical Nanoha, Yuri Shimai (manga), BanG Dream!, Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo (manga), Himewari-san (manga), Yuri Shimai (manga), Kyuuketsuki-chan to Kouhai-chan (Vampire-chan x Junior-chan) (manga), Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk and Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (video games), Conflict Girl (visual novel), Watashi wa Succubus to Kiss o Shita (manga), Fuwafuwa Futashika Yume Mitai (manga), Please Be Happy (visual novel), The Caged Bird Sings Theme Of Love (manga), Sakura Sadist (visual novel), A Piece of Candy of Yuri Hime Collection (manga), Once on a Windswept Night (visual novel), Yuri Hime Collection (manga), The Three-Second Rule of Yuri Hime Collection (manga), Nuku Nuku Toshoiin (manga), The Three Second Rule of Yuri Hime Collection (manga), Man'in Chijo Densha 2 (manga), Nozomi Kanaetamae ~Daydream Reconstruct~, and Kohonya (visual novel), and Hanidebi! Honey & Devil (visual novel).

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Figured that now that I've finished my redesigns I'd put them all together!

We have, left to right down each line:

Aurora (Skyward Sword), Zellie (Minish Cap), Quarts (Four Sword)

Ocarina (Child timeline OOT), Sheik (Adult timeline OOT), Asteria (A Link to the Past)

Iris (A Link Between Worlds), Briar (Adventures of Link), Akari (N64 Loz)

Dawn (Twilight Princess), Aella (Hyrule Warriors), Sundelion (BOTW/TOTK)

finally, Tetra (Wind Waker)!

I'm debating making a more in-depth post on them, either as a group or individuals-- would yall be interested?

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WHEN SHE LOVED ME

❁—SYNOPSIS: suguru geto was never the same after that fateful day at the foothills of mt. mushiroyama. but he was not by any means damned. how could he be knowing that he was so loved and adored by the one he lovingly called his little flickering light?

a/n: help i have five drafts on this page. three of them are 18+ and are practically finished but i’m too scared to post them :<

it had been exactly two decades since suguru geto first learned that he was different. he was seven at the time, and his parents had snuck out of their humble rural abode at around four in the morning to tend to the fields while their young son serenely slept in the adjacent room, happily drooling away on his childhood pillow, his little head filled with anything but worry. no one could have ever anticipated the sinister things that would transpire that uneventful morning.

it all happened so quickly. the senior mr. geto had just finished watering the last row of beets when a shrill cry pierced through the silent twilight and mrs. geto, the one that preceded you, sprinted towards the house like her life depended on it in a bid to reach her son and put him out of harm’s way. countless thoughts raced in her head: had a thief broken into their home, or perhaps some wild forest wolf?

none of those, apparently.

it came as a peculiarity to the couple to find their son bawling his eyes out, cowering under the protection of the futon’s blanket at an invisible phantom, a mere shadow on the wall of his bedroom. they dismissed it as a nightmare and consoled the then seven-year-old suguru. “it was just a nightmare, suguru,” his mother smoothed her hand down his back, soothing him. “it can’t hurt you.”

unbeknownst to them at the time, that was no nightmare, but an earthly curse born from ghastly human emotions. that was how suguru had been unwillingly dragged into this godforsaken trade. now, twenty years later, and with a family of his own, suguru no longer feared those phantoms on the wall — he loathed them, despised them with every fiber of his being though he was master to countless curses. but there was still one thing that struck fear into his heart like the foreboding doom that came from the heron-like sound of countless heavenly spears raining from the skies during the archaic battles of old he used to read about in jujutsu tech’s library.

nightmares.

he wakes up with a start and the comforter pools at his hips, his eyes darting around the room as if they were in search of something, his breath coming out in pants. it was just a nightmare, suguru, he thinks to himself, echoing his late mother’s words, as he tries in vain to banish the grotesque haunts of his youth from his head, it can’t hurt you.

he helplessly glances at your side of the bed — empty and cold, of course — you were out on a week long mission with your students and weren’t due to come home for another day or so. he pulls at the strands of his tousled hair, frustrated, and before he knows it, a few tears haphazardly slip from his bottom eyelids as he reminisces about his past failures. in his sadness, he does not hear the door to the bedroom open, creaking quietly as he is wracked by another round of painful sobs.

“papa?” startled, he looks up, instinctively wiping away the damp droplets from his face. his eyes soften at the sight. there she was, the petite jailer that held his heart ransom, standing behind the door, her trusty companion, the stuffed rabbit he helped you sew for her, tucked under her arm. she looks at him with sad eyes, hesitant to come in. “you okay?” she asks worriedly.

suguru lets out a tearful chuckle. this wasn’t how it was supposed to be. he should be the one calming her, banishing her nightmares away not the other way around.

“y-yes,” he tries to collect himself to make his way over to her but his daughter beats him to it. akari meets him halfway as he was about to stand up from the king-sized bed, throwing herself against his waist, her arms coming up to hug him as if by doing so she could rid her papa of all his troubles and worries. “oh, little love,” he sniffles at his little girl’s altruism, gathering her into his arms to sit her on his lap. “what’s wrong?”

she averts her gaze momentarily, her dark eyes warily scanning the room. at the tender age of five, she could already pick up residuals (much to suguru’s dismay). when she does not notice anything of note, she mutters out a single word: “nightmare.”

“you had a nightmare?” suguru asks, his hands finding hers, his fingers interlacing with her little ones.

akari shakes her head adamantly. “n-no,” she reiterates, insistent that her papa has misunderstood her. “papa…did you have a nightmare?” she waits for his reply with bated breath.

suguru contemplates on what to say for a long while, his hands absentmindedly playing with her smaller ones, his head bowed, almost in apology. at this age, in his young daughter’s eyes, he was her hero, one similar to those in her storybooks. he was supposed to be the archetypal knight that slayed dragons and laid waste to monster lairs, the prince that would sooner scale the highest towers, racing to the rescue of the princess who had fallen into a death-like sleep. if she was afraid or sad, it was his duty to make her less so. it was his responsibility as a father to take on an image of unrelenting courage. but he fears his own armor had gathered rust over the years, his claymore had dulled in countless battles that left so much ruin in its wake and his noble steed had long since been retired to the stables. he was no knight, nor was he a prince that his daughter could rely on. he was just plain old suguru.

but for akari, that was enough.

“…please don’t cry,” akari mumbles sadly, her tiny hands gently rest on his cold cheeks. she really is your daughter, suguru muses almost in awe at how much the two of you were alike in the way you both are able to keep him from falling apart completely. suguru leans into her touch, pressing their foreheads together, a special thing that only father and daughter could share together. “i’m here, papa.” even at your loneliest.

“…me too, little love.”