#Ask Kurama and Kuronue

[ask-kurama-and-kuronue]

Which one of you is guilty for having a sweet tooth?

[three-eyed-shrimp]

Yukina introduced me to this one…though she told me the oaf introduced it to her but. I suppose he can have good tastes in…some things.

[thekingofthieves]

i know you're all about plants, but do you have a favorite animal here in the human realm?

...Would it be too obvious and conceited if i said foxes? 😅 It may be hard to believe, but they're the animal I have the easiest time connecting to. Not to mention that they're so cute, and quite intelligent as well- haha, I definitely sound conceited now, don't I? 🤭 Foxes can easily tell I'm somehow related to them (even if most aren't quite sure how), so they often come flocking to me when I'm near, wanting to play and get pets. I usually try bringing some inarizushi whenever I'm going somewhere I know some foxes will be around- though I won't give it all away, I love the stuff too!

I also enjoy getting things designed after foxes- decorations, trinkets, clothing, anything, really! I have fun wearing kitsune masks during festivals too, haha. Hiei always smiles and rolls his eyes at me when he sees these things, but I can't help it! Surrounding myself with items that're so on the nose while still going under most other people's radar is just too amusing for me! 🤭

With how much foxes love me- plus how fond I am of them- and inarizushi being one of my favorite treats, my mother has joked that I "must have been a fox in a past life"... It's honestly a little scary how accurate her jokes can be sometimes. I suppose it's true what they say about mothers' intuitions- but in my mother's case, it's more precise than even she realizes. 😅

Hm, but aside from the obvious choice... I suppose my next favorite animal would be cats? As I've stated previously, I have a particular fondness for them since I relate them to Hiei. ♡ Honestly, he has enough feline characteristics that I almost wonder if his father was some sort of cat demon, haha. And of course, I adore Eikichi as well! She's become quite the adorable, plump little cat, and still as sweet and playful as she's always been. Plus, it's quite fascinating how much variety there is amongst the species- and funny how no matter how small, big, domestic, or wild they are, they still are drawn to a lot of the same things, like cardboard boxes, haha! I wonder if I got a box big enough, I'd come home to Hiei in it someday. 😂

Ah, I do have a bit of a soft spot for bats as well, as they remind me of Kuronue. He was the partner I had become closest to during my time as a full demon. Though, it's more of a bittersweet feeling seeing those animals. After all, it's hard not to miss people you've cared for in the past, even after so much time has gone by.

I quite like rabbits as well, though... for completely different reasons. 🤭 The ones in the Ningenkai may often be smaller than their counterparts in the Makai, but they taste quite better. Safer to consume, too, as most Ningenkai animals are. It makes me wonder how rats of this world compare to the kinds in the Makai as well. They're more taboo to eat here though, and a bit on the small side for me to care about hunting one myself, so I haven't bothered trying any yet. Maybe one day... It'd be amusing to try some rat meat in front of Kuwabara, at least. 🤭 It already freaks him out that I'd eat something as cute as rabbits, haha. It's just a normal diet for a fox like myself, though.

[yokokingofthieves]

How are you, love? The kids giving you any hell lately?

"I just want these babies out of me already. I'm not sure how much more pain I can take from them."

[thedeadreturns]

Kuro! Kuro, they're coming!" *A long, pained whimpered followed after his words.*

Come on, let's get you to the natal den we built! I'll bring food for you if you get hungry." *He scoops his fox up into his wings and flies them to the den*

[extant-exhaustion]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "extant-exhaustion "?

Well, first of all, thank you so much for your patience! I know it took me seven weeks to reply to this Ask! I agonized over my list (also, the holidays happened, which kept me busy). But I finally narrowed it down, so here we go, in no particular order:

My Top 10 Favorite Fanfics

In Another Life by LittleLuxray Haikyuu!! | T+ | 23k | Bokuto/Akaashi | angst, sickfic | It's famous for a reason. Truly one of the best pieces of writing I've ever read, including published works—I've rarely cried so hard or been moved so much.

died in my dreams by MTrash Haikyuu!! | T+ | 10k | Ushijima/Tendou | futuristic/cyberpunk AU, opposites attract, reluctant work partners to friends to lovers | fantastic characterization, really cool conceptually, a story about trauma and healing and finding your person

the weight of water by wordstruck/@redluxite Haikyuu!! | M | 6k | Iwaizumi/Oikawa | angst | Painful, soul-crushing heartbreak, but so, so beautiful. As someone who's experienced loss and grief, this story is visceral and the accompanying art haunts me.

Come and get lost with us by boxofwonder Haikyuu!! | M | 150k | Hinata/Kageyama, Daichi/Sugawara | action/adventure, Medieval AU(?) | unlike anything I've ever read before or since; a really masterful integration of an enormous cast and a plot that unravels with absolutely zero fluff or filler

shimmer in your shine by zenelly/@zenellyraen Hunter x Hunter | T+ | 91k | Leorio/Kurapika, Killua/Gon | American roadtrip AU | This story made me cry over a fist fight between Leorio and Illumi in the parking lot of a Red Lobster in Arkansas.

The Myth of Mankind by MistressEast/@mistresseast Promare | T+ | 63k | Galo/Lio | action/adventure, romance | masterful worldbuilding, kickass fight scenes, intrigue galore, falling in love while preventing mass murder? yes, please

A Second Chance To Say by KazimaKuwabara/@kazimakuwabara Yu Yu Hakusho | M | 92k | Yusuke/Kuwabara, Youko Kurama/Kuronue | action/adventure, hurt/comfort | ft. Kuronue's eternal sass and unwavering friendship, the slow burn of reincarnated already-in-love KuwaMeshi (because Kuwabara doesn't remember it), somewhat menacing levels of intrigue, and Hiei finally winning MVP of emotions on Team Urameshi

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It (Lift Up Your Head) by umisabaku/@umisabaku Kuroko no Basuke | M | 81k | Kagami/Kuroko, Kasamatsu/Kise, Midorima/Takao, Himuro/Murasakibara, Aomine/Momoi | super powers | This story and its accompanying series are so cool and so unique. The characterization is amazing and the worldbuilding is stellar.

neither fish, flesh, nor foam by twoif interactive on Twine Kuroko no Basuke | Kagami/Kuroko | angst, Little Mermaid–esque, interactive storytelling | incredible, but also devastating; a story about how sometimes our doubts can destroy not only ourselves but the good things we build; one of the coolest things I've ever interacted with as a story, a true tour de force

Transient Shadow, True Light by seafoamist/@seafoamist Kuroko no Basuke | M | 322k, WIP | Kagami/Kuroko | angst, hurt/comfort, time travel, historical (Edo Period) | If you talk to me about this story, I will go absolutely feral, because it is my current obsession and the only WIP that is on this list. I'm straight-up insane about its quality and depth. I can't even put this story into words. It knocks the wind out of me.

And lastly, my URL doesn't actually have a story behind it! It's basically just my life, haha. “Extant” is an adjective meaning “ongoing/still in existence” and “exhaustion” is pretty obvious. Essentially, I like alliteration and thought it sounded better than "tired 100% of the time."

[ask-sota-urameshi]

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Yoooo no way it's a year old already!!

OP here, I'd like to thank some awesome blogs that help make keeping this part time RP blog going worth while!

@ask-raizen @askurameshiyusuke @askmukuro @ask-kuronue @flame-master-hiei @yoko-kurama-blog @rp-yoko and more I can't think of at the moment, thank you all for being awesome, I appreciate each of ya!

And I hope we all continue to enjoy RP with each other in the future!

[earthbovndmisfit]

11, 12, 19, 21, and 24!

Fandom/fanfic asks! - @icouldbemoreclever

11.- Most unique merch you have for a fandom? That would probably be my old Captain Commando figure from the MvsC series by Toy Biz. I don't know how "unique" it actually is, but I've seen it going on sale for waaayyy more than I paid for it brand new at the time, so it kinda looks like it's not too common. Plus, other than the games and the 2 volume manga, there's very few official merch of that franchise! :c

12.- Craziest thing you've ever done as part of a fandom? I've mentioned this one before, but I once attended to a Megumi Ogata (YYH's Kurama's seiyuu) concert in my country while wearing a Karasu (YYH) cosplay lol. I was also on the second row! Just about 2 meters away from her. It was quite the experience lol. It was also not that planned really! ((Story time ahead)) The concert was held inside an anime convention and which was also located in another city (around 4 hours from where I live). Said anime convention used to give free entrance to most cosplayers at the time. I went with my sister, a couple friends, and a bunch of guys we met during the trip and also met with an online friend I had at the time and her girlfriend. At the time, my sister and I were kinda broke bc we had just attended to that con the past November (this one of the concert was on February, just a couple months later), so we'd had many expenses already from then and also from buying bus tickets to get there this time, local transportation tickets (bus and subway), food, etc so any pennies we could save to buy merch would be great! I also used to cosplay every time we went to those cons, plus, I already had the Karasu cosplay ready since that was the first cosplay I ever made and I also still had my hair long by then since I was planning to cosplay as Kuronue at some point too (spoiler: The Kuronue cosplay never came to fruition :( ). I also had a hunch they would have Kurama merch on sale for that con due to Megumi Ogata's concert (YYH merch was difficult to find, and even more so Kurama's because it would be sold out before we even got there), and I was right because that's where I managed to snatch a Kurama Banpresto keychain I'd wanted for years! So it was a win/win all around with the moneys I saved from that free entrance lol

19.- Fanfic you read again and again? I don't have a specific one that comes to my mind tbh, partly bc I haven't read any fanfics in a good while and partly bc my memory is awful. I like plenty that I occasionally re-read every now and then tho! Most of them were written by HamonHugs because I really like the way they portrayed and stayed true to Jonathan and Speedwagon.

21.- Favorite fic trope? I'm a simple man who loves Friends to Lovers stuff (bonus for "Enemies to friends to lovers" which, coincidentally, pretty much fits Jonawagon lol). "Fix-it" fics where some of the characters with canon deaths survive the horrors (like the "Jonathan lives AU" stuff in Jojo for example). Romance stuff, fluff, stuff like Mutual Pining, a bit of Drama and Angst here and there (pretty sure the Hurt/Comfort thing fills this bill but idk?), bits of humor sprinkled here and there to give the story a wider range of emotions (thus making the sad and the fluff feel much more pronounced too). Some whump and violence can be good too depending on the story. AUs are also nice when done right. I like some of the "Modern AUs" I've seen for Jonawagon. Same with reincarnation stuff and so on. I suck at naming tropes tbh, so I totally missed stuff here.

24.- Funniest fandom-related story? Probably the story I mentioned earlier about the Megumi Ogata concert lol. Other than that I can't remember anything in particular, save for the times Reki Taki-sensei (one of Araki's former assistants for the manga and also part of DavidPro's art staff since Stardust Crusaders) drops some likes on some of the art I retweet or on some of the random Speedwagon posts I make on twitter. As a bit of a side note: He also sometimes likes some of my Jonawagon ship-ish posts too 😁

[fandomsandfeminism]

I have.... so many questions about the production, dub, and distribution of this movie.

Mostly, I'm unsure of how much of the manga had been written when this movie was written. (The movie released in Japan in April 1994, and the manga ENDED in July 1994, so it was pretty far along, but Im not sure how close to the end it was when the movie was written.) Togashi didn't work on the movie- but the character of Kuronue is....incredibly similar to Yomi from the last arc of the manga. Even down to basic character design. Which is...odd. maybe "thief partner from kuramas past with the angst drama" is just a SUPER obvious idea, but it's weird we did it twice. (Long black hair, weird pointy ears...yoko has a type)

But ALSO, very strangely- this movie was dubbed into English and released in the US in 1998- 3 years before Funimation dubbed and released the actual anime here? And 5 years before the manga would get an English translation officially.

So like...who was this dubbed for? (It being a different voice cast is so disorienting. I don't think it's bad, it's just....not....right.) this movie seems fairly incomprehensible if you aren't already familiar with the characters- it doesn't explain who anyone is. But only Americans who somehow had access to the original Japanese anime or manga in 1998 would know this series? (not an impossible feat with fan subs, but in the 90s that was a pretty limited space) Why didn't US Manga Corps get the rights to the actual anime when they got this movie? Who actually watched this movie when it was first released here?

Also, I want to know if anyone who worked on Sailor Moon (especially the Sailor R movie from 1993) had any part in this. Because If you just copy/pasted the villain of this movie into Sailor Moon, it would work perfectly. Like, aesthetics, backstory, all of it. He's "feeding off the evil born from human hearts" is such a sailor moon line. (And normally I would chalk any Sailor moon vibes up to Togashi being inspired by Takeuchi. Or him asking her for input or something, but Togashi didn't work on this!)

[oldassweeb]

Welcome to this crap ass side blog by and old ass weeb.

I’m Lavina (V for short if you prefer) and I decided after a decade and a half of thinking about yyh that maybe I should share some of those thoughts. 

This is a 18+ blog, reader discretion is advised. 

I am a chronic self shipper and deeply wish is was in a polycule with: Kurama, Hiei, Kuronue, Boton, Shizuru, and Yomi. But I promise I won’t talk about that too much.

You can find all my contend under these tags.

If something is not tagged under one of these it was simply a post that was so inviting I had to re-blog it. (More often then not it will have been Kurama related, so prepare for the spam if you fallow me.)

#Asks are your questions answered. I do take Headcanon and Match-Up requests. These won’t ever “close”, however, I am busy and struggle with ADHD induced ED so they may not be answered as quickly as some would like. (NO fic requests please, those are overwhelming for me.)

#Submission are obviously the YYH related stuff that any of you are welcome to send me

#Commissions are YYH themed art and stories I have commissioned from other creators. If it is not directly re-blogged from them I will include their information. My avatar and header are among these. 

#HCs is both for your Headcanon asks and my own independent text posts in this format.

#Matchmaker will be along side the ask tag. If you would like you can send these though my DMs instead of asks and I will still reply to them in a text post; likely tagging your blog at the top. 

#Thirst are any text posts that contain my adult thoughts about the yyh characters. Please note that because I am so OLD my brain has aged these subjects up with myself, however, do rest assured that by the end of the original manga in 1994 *Most (if not all) of the charters were already of at the age of consent. 

Occasionally I am in the mood to write myself. You will be able to find my works under the tags #Citrus (for general fiction), #Orange (for romance and fluff), #Lime (for angst and sexual suggestive stories), #Lemon (for PwoP/erotica), and #Grapefruit (for depraved content-TWs included). Yes I am so old that in my hay day of writing and reading fan fiction of FFN I used the Citrus Scale. And I will continue to use it here.

[ask-kurama-and-kuronue]

So how DID Kuronue get that pendant originally?

My mother

[three-eyed-shrimp]

Let’s just say, it was a side to the infamous Yoko Kurama I don’t think a lot of people know about. Seems right he’d trust /me/ with that information though. You just keep your mouths shut about it, got it?

[kurama-shuichi]

Alt Blogs

Kuronue

Raizen

Byakko

Shiori

Hiei

Yoko Kurama

Hazbin Hotel

Alastor

Atticus (AKA 2P Alastor but he deserves his own name, don't @ me I will die on this hill)

Adventure Time

Marshall Lee

InuYasha-

InuYasha

Inu No Taishō

Sesshōmaru

Note

None of the above is actually the names of the blogs, should you want to interact with them. Ask for the blog name please, the obvious applies. Please don't make me state it, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

[yokokingofthieves]

Happy New Year, love. How are you and the kids on the way doing?

Happy New Year, Kuro. I'm doing fine, but I accidentally burnt my hand on the toaster. The kids were making me crave toast and ice cream, out of all things."

[banditcoyote]

Kurama gave her another encouraging smile that still held a veiled sadness. "Good Luck." he said with a little nod, and leaned back into his chair, running the thorn lightly against his palm. "I know you're not a predator, you don't even eat meat.... the taste of your partner is always incredible, but for him, for bats, it's an incredibly affectionate move....intimate. Sharing it deepens that bond, each time he does it...I promise he's falling further and further in love with you." Kurama sighed and looked to the window, lost in memories for a moment. Kurama couldn't help but just laugh lightly at this, for how strongly Sasuga felt about the bat it seemed she knew awfully little. "Perhaps talk to him about that?" he suggested lightly. "See if he knows where the line is. Coyote didn't know...Echo is old and worldly, it would be surprising if he didn't but..." Kurama shrugged "If his life has been full of acquiring belongings and power and love is something new to him...you should tread lightly, and ask as many questions as you can...but as gently as possible." he reminded her. "I know sometimes you don't like hearing about your lover's pasts, in fear of being compared, but to love them is to know them." the words of advice were strikingly true for Echo as well as Coyote in this moment. "And maybe if we have time I can tell you more about Kuronue too."

Blood and Moonlight

Sasuga woke in what was at first an unfamiliar area but as she blinked fully awake she realized it was their closet that Coyote had decorated for them. She smiled and took a careful kiss from her mate who was still sound asleep next to her. It really had been an amazing night with the family and then with her husband. As she slipped from his arms, she took a moment to look at her reflection in the mirror, her fingers dancing over the fresh marks on her neck and hips. She couldn't have asked for anything more from the night and it was with some reluctance that she dressed. She picked out a pair of warm leggings and a short little skirt to pull over them with some knee high boots and a thick sweater. She slipped from the closet and moved to the bathroom to comb her hair and brush her teeth and get ready for the big day ahead. She gave a stretch and headed downstairs only to find a familiar face waiting for her. "Raphael..." she smiled and moved to greet him with a hug. "I see you are still alive." she smirked. "Want some tea? Coffee?"

@banditcoyote

[youkokuramarose]

NDNANDNSNDND

So Youko Kurama Mafia AU is where Kurama has his own business. He makes deals and tries smart his own to ruin or steal from whoever his is after. His mafia group is notorious for also being brutal and it scares people. Yomi is one of the reckless ones while Kuronue is his best friend by his side (also to make sure Yomi doesn’t do something stupid PFPFP)

If you want your thoughts for this AU u can send an ask to give me your thoughts or ideas or what 👀