#Cooking with Mono

[monochromatictoad]

The Birthday Dinner we made for Mono!! ☺️

It's rotini pasta with tomato sauce, beef, onion powder, garlic salt, and an onion/garlic/black pepper/sea salt mix! As well as garlic bread! Oh, and Mozzarella on top!!

[mono-blogs-art]

So, the first week of Tsukutabe season 2 is behind us!! 4 new episodes out, and I'm just so delighted to have them on screen again, both with the old charm and warmth, and a fresh feeling of novelty. Not just with the new characters - it really feels as if the whole series has gotten an upgrade. New locations, more fluid and fancy editing with the new opening sequence. Plus, Sayama got a haircut! I also really loved the throwback to the very first episode of Nomoto speaking to the wall in a dramatic fashion. It really gives the impression of "We're back!!"!

Speaking of Sayama, I love that she was kept around as a character, despite her not being in the original manga. It's nice to have her carry over from season 1 and be a buddy to Nomoto after she's already made such a big impact on her and been so supportive of her journey before. And also, she's just a fun character :D I am curious however how much she and Yako will both help Nomoto with her self-discovery - in the manga, Nomoto has no friends except for Kasuga and then Yako (& Sena), so all of her talking about her sexuality is with Yako, who is a lesbian herself, versus now all these talks about love and dating have been with Sayama, who is straight. I'm curious to see what they do with all of that.

The biggest new thing so far has been the introduction of new character Nagumo Sena, the middle neighbor! And I'm seriously so happy with what they've done with her in these 3 episodes she's been in now. She's exactly as quiet, awkward, and nervous as I imagined her to be, without it feeling over the top or cringey. She's just an anxious kid, but I feel that she's really gonna open up. Her 1on1 interactions with Kasuga are cute, and awkward too, the two of them are just both so alike and quiet that it made me chuckle a bit. Still, Kasuga immediately gives off the feeling of wanting to take care of her too, and it's gonna be really nice watching them become friends.

On a smaller scale, obviously we're gonna be putting our two mains through the ringer again. Nomoto is already going through it, giving her personal journey more and more thought as she delves deeper into lesbian culture (I guess?). Watching movies (and crying about it, she is so me), connecting with others on social media, and seriously thinking about her feelings for Kasuga and how far they go. Similarily, Kasuga is (probably? hopefully?) gonna have her own big story arc this season, some of which has already been teased for next week. I'm so excited for that to play out and see how they adapt it.

It's also nice to see the two of them in slightly new formations. With new characters joining the gang and with their relationship becoming tighter and tighter, now they speak in unison more often, spur each other on, talk honestly to each other... and stand shoulder to shoulder, a shot that we haven't seen much yet but that I just love!! (height difference...)

I'm so glad the show is back and better than ever. The girls are cooking. Literally. And also falling in love of course.

[aroace-poly-show]

(inconspicuously drops this on the floor)

[blondeaxolotl]

First off: Favorite Heathers song? Mine's either Out Love Is God or Big Fun

Second: Ever thought of a Heather AU? I mean, I'm sure we can guess who Chandler is-

1 - I can't choose but it's between Meant to be yours, Beautiful, or Dead Girl Walking

2 - about that:

Of course I'd shove in both redcliff AND sebagrell into this shit, who do you think I am

[tiredlilguy]

i love writing verlaine training arc, but he puts you in a wheelchair.

but he puts you in a wheelchair because he deadass overworked you.

it's nothing sexual, he's just a harsh teacher.

[monocub]

MAAAAAAAAAAAAN 🥺🥺🥺

[grim-faux]

Ive mentioned before how Mono has an.... we'll say, interesting relationship with food things. He's food descriptions are about as concise as his table manners - a grain thing, a meat thing, some sort of paste. Sweet goo, stuff like that.

If the Thin Man gave him a warm muffin, his first instinct would be 'hug', because it's warm and soft, and who wouldn't hug a toasty, warm thing?

ᵗʰᶦˢ ᶦˢ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵃᵐᵉ ˡᵃᵈ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᶜˡᶦᵐᵇᵉᵈ ᶦⁿᵗᵒ ᵃ ᵐᵘᵍ ᵇʳᵒʷⁿᶦᵉ [here]

And he pretty much shovels everything into his mouth as quickly as he can, since he might have to bolt in the next second. There's no telling if he'll get the chance to eat again. The whole 'meal time' for kids is always chaotic.

Then there's the whole process of food 'concoctions', such as grain things and pasta bits - this is all hard stuff. But Mono has learned at last if you put this stuff into something like fluids (or random liquid condiments when rain isn't available), it will soften enough he can slurp it up.

Everything is pretty much repulsive, but as long as its edible and safe to consume, and doesn't kill him, it's all good.

[cosmotiquecore]

happy friday guys!! anything you guys want me to post on the main mahou planet account?? any ideas?

(will likely take these ideas and put them in a poll in the discord server which yall should DEFINITELY JOIN)

[bravest]

six , hinting : i kinda feel like an orange ... mono : mono , deadly serious : i feel like a tomato ... six , losing it : what - NO !! like , i feel like EATING an orange ,

[spotaus]

Pt 6! (Only a few of em are here because the others don't apply)

[monochromatictoad]

So I made some Mac and cheese. I used a mix of Honey Clover Gouda, Vermont cheddar, and semi soft Part-skim cheese. I put some of my garlic seasoning, a little milk, and butter!

[mono-blogs-art]

Making a separate post to reply @bitchwizard42069 (incredible name for a Junna pfp btw) so that others who might be interested can know as well!

Here's how to watch season 2 of Tsukutabe with jp subs LEGALLY!

You're gonna have to get 2 things - a VPN with a japanese location, and a temporary NHK+ account, which only requires you to put in a valid email address.

The broadcasting channel NHK which airs & produces Tsukutabe puts up all episodes immediately after the TV broadcast on their on demand streaming service, NHK+, which only works if you're either in Japan or have a jp VPN address. For VPN personally I use windscribe for now, their lowest plan is 4$ a month for any 3 countries you want. So that's what I got. It has decent speed. You can also use a totally free VPN like Proton, and I tried that too but it was so slow that it annoyed me (lmao). But it does indeed work and if you wanna watch it that way try it out!

For NHK+, you're gonna wanna keep google translate or deepl close by to navigate their website but it's not hard either. Go and make an account but make sure to only make it a temporary one, since a full account requires you to put in your address etc. This whole process is free and you only need to register with an email address that you then need to verify. And it's done! Pull up Tsukutabe in their search or click any of the links on the NHK drama twt (they very nicely post a link & short clip after each episode has aired). I think all episodes are available on demand for a week, so for ep11 you've got the whole weekend to watch. Again, these are not subbed in english, you're gonna have to wait for a fansubber to get to that since it hasn't been picked up internationally yet. I know furritsubs has announced upcoming subs over the weekend.

Also thanks to this twt thread (in Spanish) who explained to me basically what I just typed out here. Enjoy the show!

[aroace-poly-show]

it’s been one day and the wxs timeloop au brainrot has only gotten worse. thanks keri for joining me

[blondeaxolotl]

I’m making a special treat for you boo but wanna drop this: Noah’s Ark Circus in your monster prom AU with Joker as a siren (to lure people in), Beast as a werewolf (or werecat), Peter and Wendy are either nymphs or imps (cause immortal youths)

These are actually great and fit the characters so well, I love Joker as a siren :0

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Moonchild, RM//Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon

[tiredlilguy]

me having to pull out my character sheet to see how many fucking layers iceman is wearing

he's got a white button up under allat btw ya'll ;)

anyways