#Ask LxL

[lircha]

hi, guys! ( @azure-shuttle ) Azure's here! we've collectively decided to make an askblog sort-of thing. there are a few minor rules: - the questions must be SWF ONLY, we won't answer any NSFW ones. - if you have a question for Ezra only - head over to my account. If you have a question for Leif - stay here, both askboxes are open! If you have a q for both - it doesn't matter really, we'll post them on both accounts. - reblogs are welcome! - this is not an AU, they are canon. - have fun! we'll answer as fast as we're able. stay safe. Lir's caption. Azure's got the whole script mapped out and ready, so-- We'll be happy to answer your questions :) Tbh I'd like to be more active here, so ask away if you're interested in our OC's. Bye!

[deus-ex-mona]

you’ve heard of the lovers bench

now get ready for the divorce couch

[accelerandy15]

Last Stage frame predictions (only this part) 🙏✨ doodle edition

[chiisana-lion]

tracklist!!! 3 new songs: oshi no mahou, A.B.SECRET and meoto

[lilac-melody]

this isnt really a question but I still wanted to say it here. I truly admire you and you inspire me. Despite having so many things going on you're still such a good person (whether you think so or not) and I know MANY would agree with me. You've inadvertently helped me in many ways and I appreciate it. I just wanted to say this without seeming like a complete weirdo tbh :/

it may not be my place to say (and i also hope im using this phrase properly) but "Yume ni mukatte ganbare!"

Thank you for your time, take care <3

I am not going to lie, I am a bit of a loss on how I can respond to this ??? Thank you ???

Really, though, I'm not sure what I have done besides incessant groaning, reblogging whatever makes me cackle, and procrastination, but if I've somehow managed to help, then I'm glad !!!

I don't think it's weird, if that counts for anything. Out of the blue, but not bad.

Take care to you too, anon !!!

[toranekooo]

is your inbox up to date ?

HELP NO . thank you 4 reminding me!! just updated it rn ^^

[blueiight]

Weird question to ask but how insane is lestat for Louis? I never read the books I only watched the show so I don't know if it different in the novels

i'd say lestat is deeply in love with louis and is just as insane about him as vice versa. in the book interview we’re mainly exposed to louis’s limited pov, with none of claudia’s diaries supplementing or anything else that we saw in the show. so we see lestat , armand + claudia solely thru his eyes. lestat in the first book manages to find beauty in louis's most banal, cruel self, toying on the qualities in him that already existed, and we learn in the later chronicles lestat had such an adoring perspective on louis in these moments (+ onward in the later story).

i think the show does a good job of preserving the beats of their early dynamic, with the opera singer serving as a subsitute for the dead sex worker lestat killed here, with lestat begging for louis to realize he is a killer too. 👇🏾

and the show does a good job of working with the romance. i’ve talked before or alluded to how in the second cour of interview book louis was haunted by lestat’s specter because of what he didnt know about lestat (especially considering he knew far less of lestat then), regretting the answers he never gave or received in their relationship& also longing for the familiarity of lestat in the face of such an unfamiliar environment. but lestat in his quest for fame in the vampire lestat, is also in part motivated by the urge to respond to what louis said in the in universe iwtv, and to reunite with louis.. just alone u can see how loving lestat is in his thought of louis, almost prideful in louis breaking the rules as he did too, and his recollection of it all, that in his violation of marius’s teachings, he managed to create this unholy family with a man he loved so passionately.

lestat describes gabrielle and louis as his “two greatest loves” in n qotd, and in tobt this 👇🏾is how he recalls his pov in when he first fell /thought of the louis he met in interview.

im mainly setting u up w references to the first four or so odd books bc u seem to have very little if any reference of them so far. but a lot of other things happen, louis is part of lestat’s motivation to escape damnation in mtd, when louis attempts suicide in merrick 2000, lestat ends up giving louis his 2x superpowered blood[ qotd+mtd stimmy packages ] to save louis’s life.. long story short lestat is just as crazy about louis as louis is about him, they express that in different ways bc theyre different characters. lestat may have had his good bit of paramours thru the chronicles, but ultimately lestat will always find louis again in a sordid romance, and/or louis will find his way back into lestat’s life + watch pulpy dramatic romance movies with him together. so i guess id say the show isnt that different so far from the wider chronicles in how lxl relationship go outside of actual sex but we dont have show!lestat’s pov exactly yet for fans who do not know the book/s. i hope this helped ^^

[iqmmir]

live laugh love narumi mona <3

OKAY SO I DECIDED TO JUST MAKE A MONA POST, BECAUSE I CANT SAVE ASKS,,, ANYWAYS!! riel this is for you <3

Narumi Mona, or 'mona' (her idol name), is a highschooler and an idol! She was scouted by Taiga Terakado, who was impressed by her after she sang to calm down a crowd that was going to attend a concert (if i remember correctly, that is).

Mona is a fan of all idols, even Asuna, who... putting it nicely, doesn't really like her. The only idols she DOES NOT like are LipXLip, especially Yujiro. She likes their manager Hiyori though. which is sort of 🏳️‍🌈 if you ask me.

Her debut sucked (no offense mona ily) mainly cause the audience was lackluster, and then lxl, who went after her had a much better performance which DID NOT HELP her self confidence.

Also, she has self esteem issues, mainly due to her sister, Sena, being super successful and her classmates comparing the two behind her back (once again, that is if i remember correctly). Sena meanwhile is mona's number one fan and attends practically all her concerts <3.

Even though she was extremely upset over her early concerts not being fun, she managed to pick herself up and practiced a lot so as to not mess up in her her performances!

She even comes up with a super cute self intro (even though she was pretty embarrassed over it initially), and her first performance where she uses her self intro was amazing and she had a whole lot of fun!!

This is the self intro in question by the way!

To officially get into mona content, I recommend watashi idol sengen and no.1, as they're mona's character songs, idol sengen is about her journey as an idol and number 1 is also about that, but there's personal stuff as well there, she brings up her family (though her parents get like. one line each). There's also watashi no mikata, which is about her relationship with sena, also a counterpart to watashi no tenshi, which is bacially from sena's point of view!

Other mona songs i recommend are fansa, 17 sai and nakamahazure! Also, there's sisxlove which is about sena and mona <3

Have some cute monas <3

Anyways, to end it, mona is an extremely hardworking girl, and even though she has her ups and downs, she picks herself up and deals with the next challenge! You should totally listen to all her songs, and watch all her mvs! She's really cute and her songs and mvs show her as both Narumi Mona, the highschooler and mona, the idol, and how she deals with her struggles as both <3

[yume-fanfare]

since u seem vv knowledgeable on the subject, might i ask for some haniwa song recs? i've listened to a few lipxlip songs but i kinda want to expand into it... im just not sure where to start

omg sure!!!!!!! here are some favs of mine in no particular order (no lxl ones):

ai no scenario: mv is EVERYTHING rewrote the game fr

kinyoubi no ohayou: this was the song that got me into honeyworks!!! it's really cute

canelé: because it's the season <3 this one has a follow-up mv titled wolf, which is suuper cool too!

senpai & daikirai na hazudatta: listening to them one after the other improves the experience sooo much they're such perfect songs. they happen after ima suki ni naru, but can be easily listened to on their own anyways

hana ni akai ito: on the same storyline as the last two, but slower. it's a really cute song and even cuter mv <3 i really like it

kokuhaku yokou renshuu: all-time classic! adore it, my sillies

romantic wedding: the mv isn't anything super special imo but the song is so cute <33

tokyo spring session: on the same wedding vein as the last, and this mv is Everything to me forever. domestic scenes <33

himitsu no valentine: this one is like from two days ago but im Obsessed

kawaiku naritai: SONG OF ALL TIME FOREVER AND EVER

minikui ikimono: what an experience. this was the opening song for urasekai picnic! so theres lesbianism in it and also it goes very hard

watashi no tenshi: NICEST SONG IN THE WORLD FOREVER i love sisters (cries)

hadashi no cinderella: it has no mv but it goes impossibly hard, if i had to summarize myself with one song it would be this one, 10/10. also the singer for this, riinu, is a trans man and also my hero forever i love him

yowamushitachi no sekai seifuku: super cute all around <3 it's such a sweet song and the mv is so 💞💞💞💞

[ayakinari]

DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE TIME I WAS SCROLLING DOWN A TAG FROM NOT FAMOUS BL (SO IT ENDS UP IN REC LISTS A LOT) AND I FOUND. ONE OF MOGELATTES BLS. it was so funny you could literally tell it was her from the artstyle HAHSHSJSJSJH i dont remember if i read it tho but yeah That happened

AJWHWYUAGSUDHAKDGFKJ??? queen

[azure-shuttle]

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hi, guys! ( @azure-shuttle ) Azure's here! we've collectively decided to make an askblog sort-of thing. there are a few minor rules: - the questions must be SWF ONLY, we won't answer any NSFW ones. - if you have a question for Ezra only - head over to my account. If you have a question for Leif - stay here, both askboxes are open! If you have a q for both - it doesn't matter really, we'll post them on both accounts. - reblogs are welcome! - this is not an AU, they are canon. - have fun! we'll answer as fast as we're able. stay safe. Lir's caption. Azure's got the whole script mapped out and ready, so-- We'll be happy to answer your questions :) Tbh I'd like to be more active here, so ask away if you're interested in our OC's. Bye!

[deus-ex-mona]

when the slowburn makes the ship extra cute~~~

[accelerandy15]

Did LipxLip appear in your dreams?👀👀👀

Um yes they did unfortunately I can't escape them. This time it's a dream where I somehow find myself in their hand shake event and after I shook their hand then I just like asked for their autograph all of a sudden (wtf lily) they 'kindly' signed my sketch pad (idk why am I carrying a sketch pad in a handshake event??) then they shared their 'devil' smirks before I knew it they drew something on my face! (w the pink marker they are using) I whined going "what was that for?!"

Then these mf goes.

"it's your birthday today right? consider this an extra present"

I took my phone to see what they drew and the middle of my face (right above the nose) there was a sloppy lipxlip logo scribble. I just started laughing all of a sudden then I woke up. Yeah. What the hell is that?!

[chiisana-lion]

i’ll get the most obvious one for ship bingo out of the way. midoyuzu

sigh. its inevitable

[lilac-melody]

Not to be mean but can people not send me asks, asking if they can "liph//yo beam" me?

[aither-extraordinairre]

Hi, sorry for being anon, this isn’t hate or anything negative! I wanted to ask about the quotation incident that is being talked about a lot at the moment, I feel a little lost!

From what I know Jojo referred to the term system in quotation marks, and I wanted to ask why this has upset a lot of people, especially people with DID? Quotation marks are used for words, terms or phrases that are unfamiliar or not well known, and are used once when the word is first introduced in a passage and then not used again. It’s sort of an indication the quoted word is a homograph, jargon or colloquial. From what I understand Jojo was being grammatically correct, because outside of DID, system (referring to DID) is an unfamiliar word.

Am I not seeing something unique to your perspective? I would love to fully understand, thank you for your time to answer this!

Hi hi hello!! Thank you for being so polite ❤ I truly appreciate it!!!

I’ll do my very best to put words to my feelings on what went down, but if my answer isn’t enough, I highly recommend going to @musashi ‘s blog! They’ve answered many questions about the situation, and written fantastic posts about it.

Long post ahead, my apologies.

Now, while using system in quotation marks might have been grammatically correct, I think the issue comes from the cultural meaning of quotation marks. Online, in English, quotation marks outside of their use in showing dialogue frequently seem to indicate sarcasm or disbelief, as explained in this lovely Tumblr post (about the generational divide of punctuation meanings):

cop-disliker69                                        Old people use quotation marks to indicate emphasis, as a substitute for italics (which many of them could not produce on the old typewriters they learned to write on), whereas young people use them to indicate sarcasm or falseness. They’re used as “scare quotes”.

And old people use ellipses simply to indicate a pause, or for some other incomprehensible reason I’m not aware of. But young people use ellipses to indicate passive-aggression.

So an old person could type something like:

how are things going with your “boyfriend”….

and what they mean is

How are things going with your boyfriend? [Im so excited for you, sweetie, and I wanna hear about it]

But a young person would interpret that sentence as

How are things going with your so-called boyfriend…. [I say, while seething with contempt for him and possibly for you too]

Additionally, dissociative identity disorder is a touchy subject that simply must be treated with care. It has long history of heavy stigma and abuse against those with it, to the point ignorance is genuinely hard to differentiate from malice.

Jojo’s explanation reads as follows:

Four doesn’t hear separate conversations in his head. He doesn’t have separate/multiple personalities. He is not a “system”. I'm using very little from the manga (As a side note: Vio IS Link(No LxL)). Any “I” or “me” from the colors is not meant as a declaration identifying separately from his complete self.

Furthermore, while his power is multiplied by 4, He is ONE personality but the unique perspective of each color is actually different aspects of his thought process that is made audible.

I personally believe that the use of quotation marks around the word system, coupled with the use of outdated and, quite frankly, offensive terminology in the sentence just before it (multiple personalities), was unnecessary and insensitive at best. The explanation feels careless, too cut and dry given the weight of the topic addressed.

In Jojo’s apology, they explain that they’re foreign, that their manner of speaking often comes off as blunt. Understandable! But again, DID is a heavy topic, and with the presence of so many systems in the fandom that relate to Four and his experiences, the explanation of Four’s ability felt quite alienating, especially given the very first sentence of Jojo’s explanation:

Sunset pt 8 & 9 Posted at the same time b/c I figured I'd show him split in its entirety to avoid any wrong impressions on how the Four sword works in LU 

They explained to avoid wrong impressions on Four- the wrong impression that he’s a system. It may not have been intentional, but this was hurtful. Systems seeing themselves in Four and relating to his experiences should not be wrong.

Jojo apologized in a timely manner, an apology that felt more like a reluctant excuse than anything, but which I will begrudgingly accept as all we’re going to get. The damage has already been done. Systems are now being put down, belittled, sent hate over their feelings by people that have deemed their response an overreaction.

This is more than fandom children whining over a headcanon being disproved. This is a marginalized group being shown that yet again, their situation is not worthy of careful consideration, that thoughtless words are all they can get. This is a marginalized group being shown that, should they speak out against harmful messages, they will be talked over, their words twisted, their experiences taken in bad faith.

This is systems being shown that seeing Four as a system is not welcome here. This is systems being shown that they are not welcome here.

Both the way Jojo handled the situation, and the backlash of fans who insist she’s done absolutely nothing wrong and that those of us affected are being ridiculous, has left a sour taste in the mouths of many of us.

For me personally, the comfort I’ve found in this community has been left irreversibly shattered. I simply can’t allow myself to sit amongst those that have shown they’ll turn on me if I speak up for myself.

There are a select few that I trust and will continue to support when they make content, canon be damned, but for the most part, I’ll be turning back towards l/oz as a whole, specifically F/our S/words. If lu Four isn’t for systems, then we’ll take him straight from his source.