#I just needed the hisoillu version of this

[ladybisky88]

Happy birthday Hisoka !!!!🎉🃏

A redraw of this fun art prompt!👇

[ninjabelle]

Love this ask! Here's some of my fave ships/character dynamics and analyze worthy shows for anon:

-yullen from d.gray-man! Ive written a bunch of meta about their dynamic and development as the story progressed and their opinion of eachother changed but honestly there are other pairings in the manga too with just as much intrigue and even if you don't ship shit dgm is amazing at giving every character substance and a significant backstory so it's perfect to get obsessed over and lost in!

-jonadio from jojo's bizarre adventure but if im completely honest it's more what the fandoms done with them as opposed to what we got in canon, but the absolute mutual obsession being molded into hatred instead of something better always echoed a very toxic version of griffguts to me so it's worth a go! + once you get into jojo there will be so many ships with every new part even if the story gets a bit out there you'll have content forever! Special mention to part 5's brugio that antis have a field day with but that I personally find very interesting since it's 2 people sharing a dream and ideals yet still being very different in their approach. I could write an essay on Bruno alone tbh!

- meronia from death note which is an oldie but goldie but the concept of opposites attract is very strong here and I feel like if people ignored lxlight for a second and also remember that matt had like 4 panels they might appreciate it more!! So much wasted potential there tbh, I found them the most interesting thing about the second part of death note yet they barely got developed.

- johan x tenma from monster. For which I might get demonized but uhhh again with the clash between ideals and ways of thinking and doing I can endlessly rewatch the show, it has like 74 episodes and I've not grown tired after like... 4 or 5 full goes yet! You don't have to ship anything there for it to be worth analyzing. It's really well written and not nearly as popular as it deserves to be. The themes are deep and thought provoking and I remember dramatically dropping myself on my bed to lay there in AWE when I finished it. The only time I've ever done so right after a final episode of anything ever.

-hiei x kurama from yu yu hakusho! They're also opposites (again! I have a ship type lmao) but between the lines theres a lot of substance to their ship because by all accounts they should dislike eachother but don't. Theres this cool sense of mutual respect there that blossoms into something more and I'm weak for stuff like that. And since it's also by togashi lemme just add a far more sinister one:

- from hxh: hisoillu. Now that one is completely different but LOVE their weird friendship yet willingness to obliterate the other the second that becomes necessary or whatever. As a ship I feel you can write a lot about them, especially Illumi who, given how he was raised, should not be as close to Hisoka as he has become yet seems completely unaware he's being a massive hypocrite about it and lying to himself. I adore a good self-unaware character! And lbr, hxh is a goldmine for ships of all kinds and they're ALL fleshed out and well written. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet loves theorizing needs to get into it!

- literally any ship or character from netflix's castlevania. Tbh it just ended and I was blown away by some of the character arcs, special mention to alucard and isaac. Really if you stan the gays the bis and the polys this is THE show. The main trio are all very different yet work brilliantly because of that and even though some characters don't get the screentime they deserve the whole thing is great to really dive into and analyze.

- lestat x louis from the vampire chronicles. Gotta end this list on a high note and what better ship than one that the author herself FORBADE to be written about for years. Luckily for us anne rice gave in and there is now content galore but really, from watching the movie as a kid It pretty much started my love for that very precise 'these ppl Can't Stand eachother yet Cant Live Without eachother either' dynamic I still adore so much today!

And as a bonus, a great non-shippy (or at least not until mob's older) dynamic would be something like reimob from mp100, where you have reigen as an adult and mob as a kid and a teen being equals in terms of how much they change and develop because of eachother! I love a good mentor/student dynamic but this show took it to another level. It's my latest no.1 recommendation, just an allround feel-good show. Season 3 WHEN????

Anyway there's probably 50000 ships and shows im forgetting and anon might have seen all of em already but ehh, giving recs is always fun and if anyone sees this and has more to add please do! 🖤

This question isn't specifically about Berserk, but do you (or your mutuals, idk) have any favorite character dynamics in any other media (can be manga, books, movies, etc)? Like where their characterizations are so interesting (individually and together) and well-developed that you could write an entire dissertation about them and their interactions/thematic significance in one go?

Hmm depending on the angle you’re looking at it from I think you can get rly analytical with anything, but yeah imo there are definitely some canons that more easily invite and support an analytical look than other canons. Honestly despite being into meta I tend to gravitate towards cheesier, shallower media for fandom lol, so my recommendations are very limited, but here are a few gay ships I think you can spend some quality time thinking about analytically:

Will/Hannibal from Hannibal NBC is the first thing that instantly leaps to mind, and there’s a lot of fandom meta for it.

Utena/Anthy and Juri/Shiori and probably anything else from Utena

hoooonestly Fraser/Ray Vecchio from Due South because season 1 had this whole symbolic fall to earth arc thing going on that’s fun to dig into imo, and the characters are interestingly complex and fit together in a way that embodies the show’s themes. The writing kind of falls apart midway thru season 2 though, and it’s a very different show thematically in season 3.

At a stretch you’ve got Kirk/Spock, which fits lilke a glove into the basic themes of Star Trek TOS to the point that the first movie doesn’t make thematic sense if you don’t ship it and that’s p fun. The themes aren’t like, complex or anything but it’s still enjoyable to think about imo.

And along those same lines maybe Xena/Gabrielle from Xena - they do some neat things with the whole peace/war light/dark redemption/corruption etc stuff, and the combination of intention and slapdash writing is also fun to try to reconcile imo. like you can spend a lot of time just trying to map the development of their relationship in the somewhat conflicting subtext, and that’s a lot of fun (tho tbf by that standard you could probably throw any show with several seasons and a lot of homoeroticism in here, but hey, I like Xena so that’s the one I’m saying)

then there’s stuff I could recommend but like, not so much in a shippy fandom-y way? As much as I enjoy overthinking media I’m really not much of a film buff lol so again my suggestions are limited but when it comes to like, gay/homoerotic movies featuring relationships that embody themes and stuff:

Velvet Goldmine, Moonlight, The Favourite, The Lighthouse, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia (with a warning for racism ofc), mmmaybe Thelma and Louise, The Killer, Talented Mr Ripley, and Haunting of Bly Manor maybe despite being a miniseries and not a movie... yeah that’s what I got off the top of my head. But tbf those aren’t so much extremely well-rounded complex characters you could write a dissertation on as a relationship that relates to the themes of the film in an interesting way.

Aaaaand I got pretty much nothing when it comes to books, I don’t often read actual quality lit lol.

Anyway hope this was at least a somewhat helpful answer, and @ anyone reading this, please jump in and offer more suggestions! This is definitely the kind of question that should have more than one person answering.

[todokori-kun]

WELCOME BACK!

 <3 I really missed you, and it’s so great to hear you had fun! (and omg yes so ready to see all those beautiful pics)

Yaaayyyy join me in MCU feels hell. And oooh, you have a ship for the fandom now! Like, Stoki’s still my favorite Steve pairing but Stony’s really cool too…you know I ship almost everything XD (also am I the only person who sorta hated almost everyone by the end of CW? Like, of course they’re still my favs and there are still some cinnamon rolls, but, come on. Why couldn’t you all just get along ;-;)

Speaking of Illumi, do you know that Hisoka/Illumi is an incredibly popular ship in the HxH fandom? Probably because both of them are so horrible that they have like 0 friends other than each other. Nobody else wants to hang out with these losers. (Chrollo tolerates Hisoka and the adults in Illumi’s family seem to spend enough time with him to give him orders, but that’s about it.) It’s a trash ship with two trashy people and tbh I love it XD

So continuing with the eye jokes, imagine. Hisoillu version of Helpless. Hisoillu version of Satisfied.

“Look into his eyes and the sky’s the limit”

“Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame”

(I know you did thise one before but still) “But when I fantasize at night, it’s Illumi’s eyes”

just, I’m imagining animatics for this with the ‘camera’ zooming in on Illumi’s dead fish eyes every time the lyrics mention them. It’s hilarious and also mildly terrifying

(though I guess if we’re actually making a Hamilton AU Hisoka’s way more likely to do something like Say No To This…)

idk if I’d want to be a parent either really LOL. Kids are adorable but I don’t think I’ll ever be responsible enough to raise one…

If Ishida makes a plot twist or something about it being someone else pretending to be Hide I'm actually gonna get mad. Dude. Not only would that bring the Hide feels right back it’d just make absolutely no sense omg

(also you read the new chapter, right? So, let’s talk about Juuzou and that huge death flag)

I’ve heard of Soul Eater and considered reading it but it’s not really the kind of thing I’m into…artwork’s cute, though, and Death the Kid seems like an interesting guy so maybe someday XD

AGH I’M ACTUALLY SORTA JEALOUS BECAUSE WOW I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW TO WATCH THAT LEGALLY HERE IN KOREA. (unless I ask my dad for help but he doesn’t like manga/anime at all, so…) But yes, I’m really happy Lizzy finally got her moment this time! Now anime-only fans can’t complain about her being a ‘shallow’ character so hopefully there’ll be less fighting over Lizzy in the Kuro fandom :D

FINALLY. Fellow Death Note fan <3333 Who’s your fav? Do you have any ships? Are you done with the anime??? :D (also do you know…you picked a really interesting time to join the DN fandom. The American live-action movie just came out and it sucks so freaking bad, like I haven’t even watched it yet and just from the reviews/clips, here’s what I got:

-They turned Misa into this Harley Quinn-type character. Only without any depth.

-Light/Misa is an actual canon ship, like, it’s not abusive or one-sided like it is in the anime/manga, it’s just…a thing. Light loves Misa. Misa loves Light. It’s like every cringey high school romance movie ever, only with more murder

-They freaking bent the Death Note rules just so Light could get away with all sorts of ridiculous stuff

-L cries, L rants, L is overly emotional

-Light tells L where he hid a page from his Death Note. Light doesn’t deny being Kira. Light shows Misa his Death Note when they like barely know each other and she’s still a complete stranger to him. Light acts like an idiot.

-Oh sure, he’s Kira, God of the New World, but he still cares about going to prom with his girlfriend and making stupid faces as they pose for pictures

-So much unnecessary gore. Heart attacks are Kira’s thing, Light isn’t that emotional about his kills, he doesn’t care as long as the 'villains’ are dead, so why???

-Apparently Rem does not exist. Sayu doesn't exist either. Light’s mom is dead (probably so he can angst over her)

-Light Turner. Light TURNER. Out of all the surnames they could have chosen…

-And now, for the most unforgivable sin:

How dare they not include the Potato Chip scene)

And then random things: JJ and Light have the same voice actor. Yurio and Mello (imo…have you met Mello yet?) could be long-lost twins.

Also:

I’ve fallen into Steven Universe hell and now I’m imagining so. Many. Gem AUs. Have you ever heard of SU?

(look:

1- don’t stress about the messages, and come on, I’d never get mad at you over something like this! You’re way too awesome.

2-  I don’t really know what to say 'cause I’m bad at comforting people, but ugh, it sucks to hear that school’s tiring you out! Queen Luna’s gonna get through this, though. I mean, you’re great at so many things and you’re freaking smart and…this is awkward but maybe you understand Evans Language by now? XD Guess I’m just trying to say that I’m sure you’ll do great, and if you ever need someone to talk to I’m (almost) always free *hugs*

3- Um. So, other than tumblr, I think the only way I can talk with you right now is if we email each other? The email address I used this time is my real one (or rather, my dad’s, since I don’t have one of my own yet…) so maybe we can talk about this more through email and find a better way to contact each other? If that’s ok with you can you send me a message there?)

P.S:

I’ve started college and have no idea what I’m doing

*slams head against keyboard* guess who managed to get sick. It’s only been a week since school started. Whatever, I’m still going to school, but I woke up breathing like a fish on land, bc asthma. Yay.

I’m definitely gonna upload the pics today!!

Okay, but one thing I’m wondering about, is How? Not in a malicious way or anything, I’m genuinely curious to why you ship Stoki (and where it began). Was it that redemption fic you told me about or did you ship it before? 

Tbh, I didn’t hate the characters in CW, I hated the situation. Because there’s so so much pointless conflict that could easily be solved if everyone sat down and talked like normal people. But nooo we have to go around attacking each other. ((ALSO CAP��S LETTER TO TONY, I AM DEAD))

I’ve already learned (and experienced) that shipping is a very weird and unusual thing, so I’ll be honest and say I’m not even surprised that ship exists. At least it has some basis XD

I’m actually tempted to go through the lyrics of the whole musical and find every single eye line there is, only to replace it w Illumi’s eyes.

Not only zooming in on the eyes, the word itself is louder than the rest XD man if only I could draw…

Tbh I’d say I’m responsible enough (HA, that’s more or less a lie), but I’m honestly way too irritated with the little ones to be able to have one of my own. My cousin recently celebrated her 3rd bday and I was stuck looking after her during the party, bc all the adults were talking among themselves and I swear to god, I haven’t moved that much since I had to run 2km for PE. Where do they get their energy. Not to mention the adults thought it would be a good idea to leave me w her, because I’d already drunk 3 glasses of wine (i was bored and not allowed to do anything other than stare at emptiness or look after a 3yo). Turns out my tolerance isn’t that bad after all.

Lol let’s be honest, Ishida would totally do that. He knows the fandom would riot and that’s the whole point.

All the death flags. Tbh I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s obvious that either Touka or Juuzou are probably gonna die and I wan’t neither (If I have to choose tho, I’d rather Juuzou survives.) Also Naki. HNNNNNNGH

I think you’d actually like the manga? It takes a pretty dark turn compared to the anime and deals with lots of mental issues (the whole theme of the later volumes is Madness). Also, lots of death XD Well, the artwork changes drastically, so which one are you talking about XD

The girl in the coat (left first pic, middle 2nd) is the same person for reference. Death the Kid was one of my first anime crushes. The guy has OCD and is a total badass. 

MUHAHAHAHA I think someone uploaded the Lizzy fight to youtube so you can probably find it there, but I am in love. The animation is beautiful, so that’s also a huge plus. All in all, it was handled really well.

Death Note

So last I’ve watched is ep 25, aka the one WHERE L DIES. And i am not okay. I am nowhere near okay. Nope. Not at all.

Oh i’ve heard all about the adaptation. Tbh I find the whitewashing hilarious. Setting the movie in America removes so much of the series’s logic, so why? L being the way he is is probably my favourite mistake. They took the best character and ruined him completely.  POTATO CHIP SCENE NOOOO But my question is: did everything go just according to the keikaku?

Have fun w SU! I’ve watched it for a while, but gave up at some point. I might pick it up again if I have the time ^^ Word of advice, watch out for the fandom, they’re among the most toxic ones I’ve ever encountered. One time, they almost drove an artist to suicide because she didn’t draw Rose ‘thick enough’. So yeah.

What did I do to deserve you as my friend TT^TT Thank you so so much, those words mean more than you can imagine.

Um. Looks like we’ll be staying here, because I never, ever check my mail, despite getting school assignments there, so yeah. If we used mail, you’d probably get a response every leap year.

How does the education system work in Korea? Like, at what age do you start going to which school?

Also, I’ve told you about Mystic Messenger? I think you’d like the newest update, because damn, it’s creeping me out. Also, it’s in Korean, so + ((My thoughts during the prologue of the new route: Nani the fuck))