#Great Depression 2: electric boogaloo

[headknight-oh]

My desire for home ownership manifests in me saving cute furniture pieces on facebook market and crying about capitalism

[andromedaspark]

So we got great depression, great war (the war to end all wars) turned ww1, and ww2

So do we get to call this Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo? Or are we picking something lame

[cryptictangerine]

You ever hear about the virus in WoW that spread to player characters so well it was considered an example of a what a modern pandemic would look like? This was a few years before 2020 and its fascinating just how similar the situation was to the 2020 pandemic.

Anyway I think the worth wiki could effectively simulate the stock market crash that started the great depression if they wanted too. Just for fun! Just as a little haha.

[disasterhimbo]

Not gonna be able to afford any Christmas presents this year. Wonderful.

[aurae-rori]

DR RATIO ANALYSIS: PART 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

SPOILERS FOR 2.1 CONTENT.

Now, you might be saying - "Aurae, you already did one, why do you need a second?" And my answer is, "LORD, I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW HIS DEFINITION OF 'IDIOT' IS DIFFERENT. AND ALSO HE DOES NOT HATE AVENTURINE NOR DOES HE THINK AVENTURINE IS STUPID." Once again, here is my disclaimer - although I have been researching psychology for a solid six years, I am NOT a professional. (I will be, one day. Just you wait, just youuuu wait-) So understand that everything I say has been analyzed with personal judgement, with my own conclusions, come to with logic and my personal interpretation. This is just what I have concluded, and you are always free to disagree.

This is my legacy. To be an analyzer. So let's go.

Okay, now that my disclaimer is over, let's take off Ratio's plaster head and chuck it into the sea, and see - what does he mean by 'idiot'?

This will be much shorter than my last, so don't worry - I will not be flashbanging you with another 4k words. This is more like a follow up, than anything else, because there's a few things I wish to touch on.

Dr. Ratio doesn't hate idiots in the sense that he hates people that have 'low IQ' or are 'stupid' in terms of being 'slow to understand'. I definitely touched on this in my last analysis, but he hates people who take their education for granted and don't go places with the gifts that they've been given. He hates "idiots" - "narrow minded" people who have the capabilities to do more and perceive more than they choose to do. People who deliberately look away or take what they know and what they could do for granted. He wants to open people's eyes and allow them to see life from multiple different angles and he believes that everyone should have a chance to learn - with the whole "knowledge for everyone" thing he's got rolling.

He wears a plaster head around people he doesn't seem to know too well in order to think more, or so that he doesn't have to see the faces of the people he dislikes. Pretty good roast. However, he does NOT wear that plaster head around Aventurine. Let's listen to the doctor's judgement - Aventurine is far from stupid. Although he likes to chalk up a lot of the things he does to his own luck, he is an INCREDIBLY capable individual who's managed to get this far because of his own form of genius. He's a man who relies on chance and good fortune, yes, but his charm, his way of scheming, and the way that he's good with people? That's skill. A talent he doesn't take for granted. Dr. Ratio respects him for this - because despite the fact that he has no proper education, he has his eyes wide open to the world and doesn't take shit for granted. He learns what he can in order to survive and he does it fucking well - Aventurine is a very smart man. He's observant, quick on his feet, and great at going with the flow and thinking in the moment.

Aventio aside, I actually believe that Dr. Ratio would be a really good teacher to those who struggle. He's patient where it's needed to be, even if he's got a quick temper, and I believe in his pursuit for knowledge he would do his best to go out of his way to find strategies that would work for their individuals. We're all unique, and he's aware of this - and because he wants to allow people to think for themselves, whatever helps the individual works. Depression? He's got a psych degree, I'm sure bro could give you some strategies. Autism? He has a touch of the 'tism himself. ADHD, and not feeling organized? Bro will help you. It's canon that he's a great fucking teacher - those who finish his classes go on to become successful people who are intelligent and critical thinkers. Round of applause for Ratio, the man that kins my father. He's shit at emotions, but great at knowledge.

Also, on that note, I believe that he would most likely hate parents that push thier "gifted" students to the limit without any compassion for the person that they really are. He's most definitely got some of that academic trauma so I believe that bro holds a secret disdain for parents who just use their children to gain more recgonition. Well, not so secret. He'd cuss them out. (Ratio please cuss out the horrible parents.)

Dr. Ratio, the Teacher ever. (Hey, maybe he'd get along with Kunikida...)

Also, I am definitely planning on making a fic where he teaches Aventurine Latin. As long as you're eager to learn and willing to look past the chalk being thrown, he's got a place for you.

Thanks for coming to my tedtalk. I did not read this through, so this is not edited. Take my unedited rambles.

[gallusrostromegalus]

oh my god I am frothing at the mouth PLEASE tell us about how Unohana is SO WEIRD ACTUALLY

(her reveal is my favorite thing in the whole series and I was obsessed with Bleach for a good long time)

I love Unohana. She's magnificently insane and deliciously fun to write so far.

My take on AEIWAM Unohana is that fundamentally, she just wants to be happy.

Oh, that doesn't sound too nuts. I hear you say.

Yeah, but I also headcanon that she has ADHD. We joke a lot about it on this site, but if you have the good fortune to have functioning dopamine factories, allow me to explain the worst part of it, for me.

There's no passive happiness.

Most people, as I understand it, if left to their own devices without undue stressors like capitalism or any particular stimulation, tend to be able to feel pretty okay most of the time. Which fascinates me because if I am left alone without undue stressors but no stimulation, my malfunctioning dopamine factories will shut down and I will rapidly develop a terrible black depression and paranoia that life is cruel and I will never experience happiness again and also my appetite vanishes and sleep cycle collapses and I will end up mentally and physically distraught, sometimes in less than an hour.

So I've always got to be doing something, or The Horrors get me.

So imagine Unohana, and with a brain that wants to die if she gets bored... living in fantasy magical ancient japan. Not much to do, out in the early days of the soul society, besides being attatcked by monsters, or participating in warfare, or starving to death. the first two, at least, get the blood pumping, but the first is difficult to come by regularly, so as a young woman, the most interesting thing that happens to her on the regular is Mortal Combat.

And how exciting it is! Adrenaline! Dopamine! And on the rare occasions she meets a fellow combat enthusiast, she also gets one of the best things about ADHD- Recognition Responsive Euphoria. You know that great feeling you get at Con or meeting another person with your special interest and you guys just VIBE and it feels like you've been best friends for life in less than five minutes? Yeah, apparently Non-ADHD people don't get that.

So naturally, she develops her skill in combat, not in pursuit of Honor or The Art or something nebulous like, that, but in the simple Pursuit of Happiness. She gets very good at it, and a lot of people die.

But she starts getting... too good at it. The fights don't last, there's nobody willing- let alone able, to meet her on her level and the previous joy she felt fades and fades until she is once again left in the darkness.

Then, a Miracle happens! Some punk stabs her in the lung :)

Man, what an evening for her. Kills a hundred men with barely a stroke and there's no more joy in the world for her when suddenly some barely-legal scarecrow looking bastard with a raggedy sword he pulled out of someone else's corpse appears at the top of the pile of bodies and then goes Ape. Fucking. Shit. on her.

It's the most fun she's had in ages! He's strong and fast and his moves are inefficient but delightfully unpredictable and by the GODS the STAMINA! Alright, she might be 1,000 years his senior but in the soul society age really is just a number and she can't help but be charmed.

So she flirts back by nearly cutting his face off. This DELIGHTS him!

And there it is again, that sudden feeling of intimacy between like-minded individuals, only these two ships aren't passing in the night, there' here to make Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo. They make eye contact, and know-they're just like me.

True Love is a wonderful thing.

It's also a great opportunity for a surprise thrust and she only sort of manages to block it, and despite the feeling of blood pooling in her lung, she returns the blow full across his chest.

She staggers back, coughing.

He, miraculously, sits up, coughing. He won't die if he can crawl off somewhere to lick his wounds, but he can't continue the fight either.

She stands up, teeth gritted through the pain, and sheathes Minazuki. "What's your name?" She asks. "So I may find you to fight again."

"Don't have one." he wheezes. "But I'll never forget yours."

She's had men spit that as a threat to her before. It sounds very different as a declaration of love.

"Yachiru." she says, trying to not cough up blood. "Unohana Yachiru."

*

A Year later, there's a problem.

Soul Society has a bit of a problem with lungs. They can make entire fake bodies for shinigami to travel the living world, but individual organs, especially lungs... never seem to transplant well. Perhaps it's the fact they're already dead.

Her left lung is "healed" in the sense that it no longer has extraneous holes in it, but... Godsdammit, she still has all the power but none of the stamina. Barely 10 minutes into a fight and she's wheezing worse than The Old Man. 20 minutes and her hands are starting to shake and she's seeing spots in her eyes because she can't breathe well enough to keep the oxygen in her veins. Her fights usually last seconds so functionally she's still one of the most powerful people in the afterlife but it's a far cry from where she was before.

She can no longer be the 11th division's Kenpachi. Hell, she can no longer be the woman she was before.

"Unless you figure out some new medical miracles, this is as healed as it's going to get." Explains the chief medical officer after yet another frustrating checkup.

"...If that's what it takes." She decides.

The next morning she re-enrolls in the Shinigami Academy, under the name Unohana Retsu. The sole change she makes to her appearence is to braid her hair down the front of her chest because people WILL ask about the scar, and she doesn't want to think about how badly she's letting down that warrior with no name.

Either she needs to learn how to get back to his level, or find a new rival and learn to heal them to actually last the 20 minutes she has, or she'll die.

She studies.

To her vast surprise, bodies are actually fascinating. She'd previously seen that there were lots of interesting organs inside people but now learning what they are and how they work and the fact that the human body is already astonishingly death-resistant compared to most animals AND a carefully balanced meat sculpture minutes away from catastrophic failure at all times delights. She learns about the extreme ways humans can survive and the bizarrely mundane ways they can die, and she starts to form an idea- not an image, not a philosophy per se- but a working theory of how to keep someone alive and moving for as long and far as they will go, and what they need to stay upright.

This idea shines so brightly that it can keep that terrible darkness away.

The century practically flies by, and one night she stays up manually pumping the mechanism on a device used to keep the also-failing lungs of a young boy going after the power goes out. He's been blessed by A God that he's lived as long as he has, but even Gods can fuck up sometimes and she effectively has to breathe for him for twelve hours until the God gets its shit back together and he can breathe under his own power again.

"Hell of a fight you put in, keeping him alive." says one of her colleagues, collapsing beside her out in the 4th division medical garden where all the doctors go to smoke.

Retsu slowly exhales the smoke, fatigued but still coming down from the high of success. She cocks her head. Her body aches and her mind races and her heart thrills, just like- "I guess it was. " she realizes. "Interesting fight, going 12 hours in the ring with a dying child and winning because he walked away at the end." She laughs, and hands him the cigarette to share.

"You weirdo." he colleague laughs. He's far too young to remember when she was Yachiru. Most of them are these days, and it's a weird sort of peaceful anonymity and personal joke. "You weren't fighting the kid. If we were actually allowed to fight patients, I'd've stabbed the Kuchki hypochondriac decades ago." he grumbles, taking his own drag.

She snorts. "Who was I fighting then?"

"Death?" smoke billows out as he laughs, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

She freezes. Oh. Oh. That's why she likes this so much. She's gone from fighting mere men to the one opponent she knows she can win battles with, but never the war, and who will defeat her personally someday.

"Are. Are you crying?" he asks, a little worried.

"I- yes." She laughs, tears streaming down her face. "I just fell in love all over again."

"Ouch." he nods sympathetically, offering her the cigarette back. "Who with?"

"Death's own Angel, apparently." She giggles, feeling positively prepubescent with this crush.

And thus she goes on, for centuries, learning everything there is to know about bodies and minds and how the two keep each other going and the ways she can help. She gets very good at it, and a many more people do not die.

But there is a special, secret place in her heart for that nameless warrior that defeated her in battle, and made her stronger than every before.

*

Nearly 1,000 years after she stopped being Kenpachi, she is supervising the annual "see if you can kill the captain" tournament. Her colleague Kaname is there, a walking anxiety disorder with undoubtedly real but strangely hard to diagnose phantom pains, but he's still easily in her top 10 coworkers of all time because he made her a new medical record filing system so functional they were actually able to recataloge three millennia of medical records into a usable format in under a decade. He can come twitching into her office any time he likes, especially if it gets her that mass vaccination process for the Rukongai he's been biting The Old Man's heels for.

Then

as suddenly as he had appeared the first time,

He's back.

He's older now and larger, having matured into a spectacular bastard, but there's no mistaking that cutting edge on his reiatsu (which, oh, that has gotten much, much stronger since last time) or that scar running down his face as he turns from where he had just cleft the previous Kenpachi in twain, and stares out into the crowd in the shower of blood, challenging anyone to do something about it. Hell, even when Yamamoto appears to congratulate him on his promotion, Death's own angel's first reaction is to turn to fight the old man without hesitation.

He then promptly picks three different fights with four captains in under five minutes, tells Yamamoto to shove the job up his ass, imply he's had a WILD collection of vocations in the last millennium and furthermore, he has to get home to his daughter.

...Named Yachiru.

Hilariously, Unohana is only having the second weirdest time about this here, because Kaname and Kenpachi are, somehow, even weirder than she is.

[sumquiasum]

A crazy spell puts all of the riverdale characters in separate decades. What decade do you put each character in, and how are they fairing?

1900s: Cheryl. Turn of the century, between the old and the new, industrialisation in full swing but not everywhere. More of a clash of the centuries. She would fare alright, though she wouldn't thrive.

1910s: Archie. Trench war-fare 2, electric boogaloo. Guess how he's doing.

1920s: Veronica. She'd THRIVE. She already owns a speakeasy in canon.

1930s: Kevin. US-American reaction to Nazi Germany, rising fascism in the US as well. Kevin's complicity turning into refusal as he realises the leopards would 100% eat his face too and finds community with other marginalised people. He doesn't thrive. (Alternatively: Jughead gets to be one of those Great Depression authors.)

1940s: Betty. Rosie the Riveter but it's Betty. Charles is fighting in WW2. The Coopers mysteriously always have meat. Unrelated, sometimes people disappear without a trace around Riverdale. She'd be doing alright.

1950s: Fangs. Rockstar Fangs was pretty fun so let's do it again.

1960s: Jughead. Cold War. Conspiracy theories. He also gets to get involved in civil rights in a very 2x11 way where he learns racism exists, is outraged by it and becomes a fierce ally for a week before getting distracted by space aliens or something.

1970s: Toni. Free love, black power. She is THRIVING! Also maybe she'd get an afro.

1980s: Tabitha. She's just having fun living a John Hughes movie, but more diverse.

1990s: Josie. Disco revival. Need I say more.

2000s: Reggie. Partially responsible for the economic crash. Scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money. He's thriving.

[top-shelf-tender]

{{Alastor (probably) died before the end of The Great Depression, so he decided to host The Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo with the silly depressed cat man he was charmed by}}

[dandydingo]

PATREON LAUNCH Perks & Information on supporting Midnight Wink LINK > https://www.patreon.com/MidnightWink/about

What's This All About? Over the course of 2023 I've been slowly working on a webcomic behind the scenes, a queer historical fiction set in the Canadian great depression! It follows the personal story of Thomas; a paper mill factory worker facing the lost of his job, the death of his best friend, and a severe questioning of his personal identity. Along the road he's helped by the Midnight Wink pansy performers. A hodgepodge group of misfits barely getting by in one of the worse economic crises in history.

Behind-The-Scenes Since Midnight Wink is a historical fiction set in a very tragic decade it's currently in the long (but important) research phase. Perks for the Patreon may be expanded in the future but for now remain as simple as possible so I can focus on hitting the books! I'm pretty active on the Discord server though and do plan to open Patreon exclusive commissions every once in a while. Other things in the works include a one chapter teaser and some form of merchandise to release for delicious public consumption (with Patreons getting a first peak at those whenever they happen of course).

A Quick Personal Note Midnight Wink will be completed no matter what but supporting the Patreon is immeasurable for fuelling it's continuation over the next few years! We're kind of in a Great Depression 2 : Electric Boogaloo though so don't sweat it if it's not within your means. Staring at me from across the road on Tumblr is still a perfectly valid way of expressing support!

That's all for now folks! Have a fine and dandy day and thanks for stopping by <3

[selkie-tea]

My special interest timeline and ranking score bc why not

Note: ages listed only describe when these fixations were Loudest in my brain. I still maintain interest in most of these subjects even if they are not front and centre.

Earliest I can remember — Fish: 10/10

legally I have to score this one a 10/10 bc it literally came in first

Circa 7-10ish years old — Cetaceans (whales and dolphins): 8/10

Following on the marine biology thread, I was enraptured by the social behaviour and intelligence of these fellas. Also learning of the vast scope of dolphin species unfamiliar to the general public was terrific enrichment for my little autistic brain. I distinctly remember a book in my elementary school library that listed dolphin species of the world and that was my absolute favourite thing. I am genuinely saddened not to remember what it was called. Unfortunately this special interest hit me at a particularly annoying age so I’m giving it a lower score for just how bothersome I was about it

Tweens/early teens — HTTYD book series: 10/10

Can’t possibly imagine why a socially outcast protagonist with a particular interest in a certain type of animal spoke to me at this age. Also giving this one a 10/10 because of not only what a great series it is, but the role it has come to play in my life. These books grew up with me, moved me, but also came to save my ass from depression much later. Cannot express my love for these books enough

Early/mid-teens — Avatar: the last Airbender & The Legend of Korra: 8/10

An absolute classic, both are incredible shows. Only reason it’s not getting a higher score is because it didn’t have the same lasting impact on me as the httyd books. Korrasami did make me a lesbian for a time though*

*Gender and sexuality are fluid don’t @ me with deterministic shit

Mid/late teens — Steven Universe: 6/10

Great show still, don’t get me wrong, but I have no idea why it grabbed me as much as it did. Actually wait, I do know. It was a gay cartoon pioneer and I was just coming into my queerness. Which is still pretty cool, but my current assessment of the show just doesn’t line up with how thoroughly obsessed I was. It also gets a knocked down score because of all the teen angst I associate with it. Not the show’s fault, but this is a list about my experience so it does have an impact.

Late teens/Early 20’s —

Look, every interest in this era was fleeting and not particularly strong so everything here gets a 5/10 given that none of them can really be considered *special* interests, just interests. I was incredibly depressed so my brain just didn’t latch onto things in the same way. Interests in this era include the care and keeping of parrots, snakes, and other reptiles. I was also interested natural history as a whole. Very interesting subjects, but they hardly count as special interests given where my brain was at.

Early/Mid 20’s — Httyd books 2: electric boogaloo: 10/10

Oh would you look at that, a relapse. Not complaining though, this bad boy gets full scores once again. Given this was my first time experiencing a true special interest again after a very rough depression it was a very exciting ordeal: I genuinely wasn’t sure if my brain could do that anymore. I got involved with an incredibly based fandom and made some great friends. I’ve been having an excellent time here.

Mid 20’s/current — Danmei/yaoi/BL: 8/10

The score is getting knocked down a peg for the sheer humiliation factor of having this as a special interest. Still, this shit made me an MLM gay the way korrasami made me a lesbian* so we can’t deny the impact it had. Humiliation factor aside though, I learned a lot about myself with this one and also unlearned a lot of biases about the genre that I had no idea were mostly terf propaganda. This one also helped me work through a lot of personal gender and sexuality issues so it will almost certainly hold a special place in my heart going forward.

*same note as before about ~fluidity~ but if you must have a more thorough explanation I’m also trans. Hope this helps.

Current/emerging — Sherlock Holmes: ????

Too early for a ranking. It’s also too soon to tell if this will become an actual special interest or just a short-term passing fixation. This one definitely holds promise though so we’ll see where my brain goes with it.

Anyways, feel free to reblog with your own timeline I’d love to see it :)

Actually, I’ve decided I wanna make this into a tag game. tagging

@bayofalgecirascranes @jusiri @sox-rok68 @zephsthings @it-me-rain @aarie-mudpuppy @jam-ham @wickedcriminal and also literally anyone else who feels like it

[holybatgirlz]

Time for Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo cause we are all FUCKED

[kleotheundeadone]

How Some Of The Hazbin Characters Kiss Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

Lucifer

My other husband

I think he’d be nervous to kiss you at first, just cause it’s been a while

The first kiss would be soft, sweet, & nervous. This man is a depressed wreck, & he’d be a little scared to be vulnerable again after Lilith left him

But once he gets past that, oh he is absolutely gonna just start smooching you all the time in the most dramatic way possible

Like, you’re just chilling & this man walks up from behind you, grabs your hand, spins you around a couple timed just for funsies, & then dips you back before landing the biggest smooch right on your lips in front of everybody

What a goof

I love him Vox

My other other husband

It feels like static

NO HEAR ME OUT

You know that buzzy feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep?

That plus whatever the sound of skin rubbing against leather would feel like

I also feel like when he kisses, he’s sort of an all or nothing type of dude

Like, it’s either a small heartless peck on the cheek, or a violent, nasty, teeth clanking against teeth, downright disrespectful, literally deepthroating each others tongues type of kiss

You know i’m right, we all saw the way he was kissing Val in the finale

Valentino

My trashy little side-hoe

Y’all gonna need to hear me out again for this

He kisses like a fire

Again, hear me out

It starts off small, like a candle. I imagine he’d kiss similar to Angel to start, with one set of hands on your waist, & the other holding your face. Simple. Innocent even

But then the fire starts getting bigger

Brighter

Hotter

His hands go from your waist to your hips, the other set of hands from gently cupping your face to wrapping around your neck. Not enough to choke you, but just enough to let you know they’re there

One moment his lips are gently pressed against yours, & the in the next his tongue is halfway down your throat, & you can barely breathe you’re so wrapped up in him

One moment, it’s just a candle flickering on the window sill. In the next, the whole house is burning down in an all consuming pyre

Hate him all you want, he’s awful, but you can’t deny the man can kiss like a fucking god

Velvette

She kisses the homies goodnight

Just a little smooch to help keep the boogie-man away

The homies is Vox & the boogie-man is Alastor if you couldn’t guess

But to be actually serious for a sec, Vel’s would be a pretty great kisser

She’d taste like cherries & cinnamon, & would wrap her arms around your shoulders kicking her leg up like a true girls-girl

I love her Carmilla Carmine

I'M INCLUDING HER BECAUSE I LOVE HER & I CAN DO WHAT I WANT

Anyways

She would kiss you on the cheek as a show of appreciation

And give you forehead kisses whenever you feel sad

Because she is a mother & is loving like that

When it comes to kisses on the lips, she won’t kiss you first, but would drop hints that she wants you to kiss her

I also think she’d like it if you were to straight-up ask to kiss her

And when you do kiss, it’s very romantic

She’s very classy

My wife

[kayatoastkkat]

oh angst, watch out guys here it comes

(this page was a bit later than usual but we have more pressing matters to discuss and I digress)

you know what the rain is already painting a depressing setting despite all the warm colours here. AND POOR JEKYLL HE LOOKS SO DEFEATED YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING IN THAT TINY "oh"

this is really bumming me out. moving on

Ohma fuuuck they're COMMUNICATING AGAIINN?!?!?? what a great LEAP and LOOK Lanyon is ADMITTING HE'S ALSO BEEN GIVING JEKYLL TROUBLE OPENING UP FINALLY AFTER FIFTEEN FUCKING YEARS and ah dang I really should stop the italics should i

they've come so far to think this whole conversation started with shoujo sparkles and cute chibi faces

Armour-Piercing Question 2: electric boogaloo

this time it's directed at Jekyll who admittedly has been sending Lanyon mixed signals all this time. JEKYLL STOP STOOP BEING DENSE THIS IS YOUR CHANCE GO ON GRAB IT GO TELL HIM TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT COME ONN ONE CHANCE TO TELL A TRUE STATEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

...of course not. of course not. Once again he doesn't say shit and Lanyon gets the wrong message again. OF COURSE. *sigh*...time for breakup arc number two, after all that progress.

looking on the bright side... I now have a solid reference for the back view of Jekyll's impossible hair

(psst I really think the rain scene is after this)

[timetoboldlygo]

People I wanna know better tag meme, n i was tagged by @katharienne !!!

i did this meme recently but im delighted by the fact that most of my answers are different now hehehehe so we're doing it again!! get to know me 2 electric boogaloo

Last song? This would be "lovesick girls" by blackpink

Favourite colour? Purple!

Currently watching? Still the Gifted Graduation, which is slow going... i'm most of the way through so i'll finish it?? but I'm not feeling strongly about it, the first one was better. after this is home school the series

Last movie? still bottoms . i need to watch more movies i think

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury? swwwweeet

Relationship status? SINGLE. DEPRESSING 4 ME

Current obsessions? still not me. i was super into only friends for a bit but the ending soured things a little for me :( that fanfic will never get done

Last thing you googled? .... asphyxiation . for legitimately nonsexy fanfic purposes dfgdfg i wanted to know if strangulation could fuck up ur ribs somehow . it would be great for fanfic reasons if yes but cant find anything on it :( so sad

Selfie? no selfie <3 my lil face looks like this :D

tagging @burins @kiriel123 and @philologique tho no pressure!!!!!! hopefully u dont mind being tagged

[rubylarkspur22]

How would nezuko look like if she took the role of Yoriichi (aka the man who almost defeated Muzan) in the Tsugikuni-Kamado Swap au

Ooh! I see, an AU of the AU... Just a sec!

*excited drawing noises*

So!! Let's start with some sketches I whipped up! My brain has hooked onto this idea, and I am gonna roll with it with full commitment!!

Not gonna lie, 7-year-old Nezuko looks a little creepy to me. My main reason for leaving her reason for running away from home ambiguous is because I don't know what to use that would historically work. Arranged marriage seemed odd for someone who's 7, and I don't know enough about the Sengoku Era to make a call on their view of women in combat. If anyone knows, I'd love to hear it! I suppose I could put her in a Mitsuri type of situation, where her Mark and abilities kinda freak people out and she leaves to find people who will more easily accept her? I'm open to suggestions!

As for 17, it's traumatic. She gets her happy marriage for a bit, and conceives a child, but then it all goes to hell in a handbasket when a demon attacks and kills her husband while she's out of the house. The stress from coming to the scene causes Nezuko to go into premature labour. And due to the lack of a midwife, the stress and trauma of losing her husband, how early in her pregnancy she went into labour, as well as the lack of modern medicine, the baby doesn't make it. Sengoku Rengoku shows up and helps Nezuko process everything because she definitely has ✨Crippling Depression✨ at the moment. After helping her grieve and bury her family, he takes her to the Demon Hunters.

So from 17-23, it will probably be a bit more of an uphill battle for Nezuko than it was Yoriichi in canon or Tanjirou in the original version of this AU. Again, it depends on the Sengoku Era, as well as the Corps specifically, and their views on women being in positions of power and combat. Either way, she creates the Breathing Styles, and her best friends are Tanjirou and Sengoku Rengoku. Eventually, she meets Muzan and Tamayo. Muzan, in my head, does not think much of women, so he didn't consider Nezuko to be any form of a threat. That was a mistake, and he's been traumatized since. Tamayo gets free, and Nezuko lets her go. I feel like she would empathize a bit with Tamayo in the pain of losing one's husband and kids to demons. And then it all goes to hell because Tanjirou's a demon. Nezuko gets kicked out of the Corps and goes through ✨Crippling Depression 2 Electric Boogaloo✨. Meets the Tsugikuni twins' Sengoku ancestors, gives them Sun Breathing and earrings and is on her way. Probably hangs out with Tamayo for a bit during the next sixty years.

And then she hits her 80's. We all know what happens here. Fight, death, Muzan breathes a massive sigh of relief. Until the Taisho Era. When the earrings return, and Nezuko starts haunting him with ominous and foreboding appearances that make him quake in his boots.

Now that I got sorry outta the way, here's a coloured image! I made it on my iPad, which I don't have Tumblr on, so the quality isn't great, but it should get across what I need to get across.

I tried to mix Nezuko's canon elements with Yoriichi. I have no clue how historically accurate she looks, I am open to advice on the matter.

(Also, I left a little hint about who's taking the place of Sumiyoshi here!😉)

Hope this answered your question, and probably more. This was fun to think about!