#I love yuri!!! I can't wait to read more this year!!

[mostlymilkwood]

We're halfway through 2024! I know this has been a big Yuri year for you. What are some of your favorites you've read this year?

I will make every year a Big Yuri Year going forward!! but you're right, I've been making my way through my backlog and checking out new stuff as it hits but here are a few!

Monthly in the Garden with My Landlord We are forgiving Kitano Miyako for the crime of being a landlord because the series she's in is very sweet and gay and I like it a lot!! I'm not actually one who's into low conflict manga but there's just enough bite every now and then in Monthly, be it through Miyako's past in the idol industry or Asako's past breakups, that I think it strikes a great balance. I was also thinking the other day about how the main trope of this is kind of… There Was Only One Bed House lol. Anyway, it also nice to have the story keep going after the build up of the main couple getting together, I'm going to miss it so much once it finishes in the coming months :((( Fav panel:

Sukeban and Transfer Student Stella art that's made to mimics an 80s manga style to reinforce the time period it's set in? Sooo Good!! I love comics as an art form!! I love seeing them doing shit like this that only comics can do!!! I wish this was licensed so badly!! Anyway it's got a fun setup of two high school losers being losers in very different directions, which is always fun. I hope I get to read more of it soon! Fav panel:

False Marigold If I had a nickel for every yuri manga I'd read where the dual protagonist was a blind girl called Lily, I'd have two nickels! This has a lot of interesting elements at play, you've got the time period being the 1910s (ish??), you've got Lily's blindness, her love for Hana's brother and the fact that she doesn't know he's dead, and finally you've got Hana's failed attempt to kill Lily and her now pretending to be said dead older brother for Lily. So Like, It's A Lot!! A great mix of bitter sweet feelings from a lot of characters, I can't wait to see how it all plays out in the end. Fav panel:

How Do We Relationship? Ha ha haaaaaah. God. I'm late to the game on this series, it's already 12 volumes in and I kept seeing people who don't normally talk about manga, or yuri, or yuri manga say it's a really good and devastating read, so I was curious! THEY WERE CORRECT ON ALL FRONTS. Hat's off to the author for the total rug pull after volume 4 where you learn this is not a "story about what happens after you start dating someone" but is actually "a story about what happens after you breakup with someone"!!! God!!! But honestly, I can't say I've read anything quite like How Do We Relationship, it's rough sometimes but super compelling, it captures the college adolescent really well! I'm almost nostalgic for all the drama of my college days haha. Fav Panel That Is Driving Me Insane:

OKAY BUT LIKE, WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YURIA IS JUST DRAWN AS AN ELF???? HER HAIR NORMALLY COVERS HER EARS SO YOU DON'T SEE THEM TILL THEIR FIRST TIME NAKED TOGETHER AND IM JUST MEANT TO NOT THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S AN ELF?? WITH POINTY EARS AND TEETH??? IT'S NEVER MENTIONED BY ANYONE!! THIS ISN'T A FANTASY SERIES WHY DOES SHE LOOK LIKE THAT???

Shoutouts: I Want to Make Black-Knight Fall In Love With Me! and The Helpless Saint and the Powerless Princess, they're recently started in Yuri Hime and I've been enjoying the first couple of chapters that are out so far, looking forward to seeing where they go this year!

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Propaganda:

For Joongdok: "Well first of all Yoo Joonghyuk has a whole arc that is transfem coded as hell (has a power/technique that can technically only be used by women but somehow he can also use it, for a time he even turns into a woman to wield it and it's. Actually just let me get the quote "The ines of the face had changed but it was clearly Yoo Joonghyuk. No, it was even more than before.") that just kinda happens,, and doesn't get brought up again but anyway. Second of all just look at them. You see the vision. Also a bonus observation is that these two often get shipped in a poly ship with Han Sooyoung and whenever I see people make a "regular couple, yaoi couple, yuri couple, I see no difference love is love" meme with them the combination of which pair among these three is which of the categories is always different"

Note: This submission also mentions Han Sooyoung, but I decided to count this polyship submission as guy yuri as well.

"They love each other, they pretend they don't care for each other but all their actions prove they care too much, if you remove someone from the trio then the resulting duo is extremely dysfunctional, as evidenced by more than a million words of canon. Is it technically guy yuri? Well, Han Sooyoung is a woman, but in a way she's one of the guys. Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk are men, but the text heavily hints that Yoo Joonghyuk is a trans woman who's just too busy and stressed out to transition yet, and Kim Dokja has just never thought about his own gender a single day in his life. They made the world for each other, they went back in time countless times and waged countless wars for each other, they wrote and read and lived a story, their story, for each other and that's what saved them all. The way Han Sooyoung writes Yoo Joonghyuk's story to save Kim Dokja and loses herself in the process, the way Yoo Joonghyuk voluntarily lives the story to the point of losing himself too and even forgetting why he originally decided to do it, the way Kim Dokja read Han Sooyoung's story which was Yoo Joonghyuk's life and that's how he found himself, they all took so much from each other and gave so much of themselves to each other, this is all very yuri."

"they're so yuri you have no idea. they have every staple of a yuri ship. unwavering devotion. waiting dozens or thousands of years for each other. dooming themselves and the world for each other. so much yearning. i also see them genderbent a lot (including inn canon in the case of yjh) and they're right both of these people are women. i genuinely can't even see them strictly as men at this point they're just yjh and kdj and they are yuri do you understand."

"they're so yuri. the abscense of yuri is the presence of yuri etc etc. these two guys are all ABOUT abscenses. also one of them is a part time woman. the other guy is a guy but like in the same way a square is a rectangle. anyway they're so guyyuri to me. bonus points also because they have a mutual girlfriend and when she's present they're girlyaoi but that's not relevant to this specifically"

For Destiel: "There’s got something wrong with her(complementary)"

[facets-and-rainbows]

Blue Exorcist 138 summary

Apparently the raws came out just on the normal day this month while the translation got delayed by the holidays? I dunno man

Text summary below:

They snuck in a little anime announcement on the first page, heh

THERE IS DESTRUCTION

People are wondering what is even going on

Rin crawls out of the rubble and finds Satan also crawling out of the rubble

But Satan's regeneration isn't working right! Bits of him are crumbling! Dammit Lucifer what am I paying you for

The Illuminati are discussing how they probably can't recover [Satan? Maybe?] from this situation, Lucifer says he's going to be destroyed

Satan is lamenting the fact that he only had a body for 4 measly years, then just MCFREAKING LOSES IT for a second and tries to take Rin's body

Rin goes to punch him (Just like he said he would in chapter 1!) but ends up feeling sorry for him

"You should be allowed to live too, come on, if you just stop trying to destroy humanity maybe Mephisto can do something-"

Satan is like LOL NO, says Rin is brainwashed by humans into thinking you can tame the devil, Assiah and Gehenna can never coexist and he would rather die than get friendship speeched right now

Then he falls back into being angry that he can't have Assiah, he was gonna rewrite Assiah so he could exist there, he's a perfect being why couldn't he do it

Then as his body comes apart it looks like his mind is starting to come apart too, he gets pretty incoherent

"I want a body a body I don't have a body it's your fault your fault give her back I loved her give her back I wanted to be human you betrayed me I'll kill you you belong to me"

"I'm perfect, why is this happening to me, I'm god, call me satan-sama"

Then he reverts back to the more simple speech that he had when Yuri was teaching him, before he read all the books

It's enough like the movie 2001 that I get the song Daisy stuck in my head

Rin is like, wait a sec hang on don't go

Satan flashes back to his first meeting with Yuri and then seems to stop having a real consciousness

Now he's just that like...tree looking thing

Exorcists regroup, Lightning and Osceola are okay but Angel is seriously injured (alive though!) Shemihaza and Mephisto are MIA

Lightning: welp, we....half-succeeded? We did destroy his body, but now he's got nowhere to put all that power, and he's starting to corrupt the earth

soooooo I think Satan is like blending with Assiah somehow dun dun DUNNNN the end

[altho-arto]

A little late, but here's some of my works from 2023 ! (only cheated a little for months where i did stuff but forgot to publish it, consider it a sneak peak haha) Happy to see my style continue to evolve in a direction im generally happy with, while also occasionally going out of my comfort zone to try out a bit of painting and push my colors a little bit !

Can't wait to be even more obnoxious about my interests (related : bonus AA/DGS only summary under the cut) and post some weirder fanarts over the next year, despite wanting the concept of cringe dead and buried i have trouble applying that to myself so we'll see <3 happy 2024!

i made some fun AAvsPL crossover stuff this year, and while the DGS brainrot that consumed my whole brain this year was slowly going away i have new friends who are discovering dgs1 rn and bringing me back the spark for it... my multishipper heart is happy i could participate in more events this year, but id love to publish more ryulock than before cause the ratio of sketches i make VS stuff i finish and post for them is insane!!! also need to do my ot3 propaganda maybe so i can get even more niche than i was before !! (clown emoji)

anyways. also got more yuri in the plans but i dont want to make promises i cant keep. but ginamari i am not forgetting you <3

bonus for the people who read all that : see the Herlock in the June slot ? he was not drawn like an emoji on purpose. that lineart was actually made in 2021 when i was playing through dgs1, and finding how to do his face was my personal nightmare (tbh except ryuu none of the dgs characters came "easy" to me). it took time but as you can see now i found a way ! so dont give up if you dont know how to draw your blorbo in your style, it can rly be a struggle but eventually you'll get there!! just gotta be patient with yourself !! (also looking how other artists draw him can help. thank you random ryulock doujin which had rly cool herlock eyes)

[xitty]

Hello.... If you don't mind me asking, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? Feel free if you want to write the reasons or not of why you love them...Thanks if you want to answer....

Ohohoh, I don't mind at all! I've been fujoshi since forever (and I mean it, one of the very first anime I watched was Gravitation), so this is dominated by m/m couples, of various states of canon... Warning: long post.

My OTPs are Wataru/Eichi from Ensemble Stars and Yuki/Momo from IDOLiSH7. I could write essays (and sort of have done) about Wataru and Eichi, I sometimes joke I don't need romance novels because Wataru and Eichi provide all the twists, from graduation rooftop "proposal" to flirting in front of their unitmates to jealous fits to bragging about their relationship to others. There's almost 9 years of lore here so I'll just say here that their story is superb and they are my jam.

Yuki and Momo are just the most married and cute and funny couple. And funnily have some similar beats as Wataru and Eichi, where one (Yuki, Eichi) was devastated by something to point they didn't really see any reason to continue and the other (Momo, Wataru) came to drag them out of their gloom.

I have other Ensemble Stars ships I enjoy too: Tatsumi/Mayoi, Nagisa/Hiyori, Izumi/Leo, Rinne/Niki... I usually go for ships that have fair amount of canon material and these do.

I have one more OTP: Shizuma and Minato from Therapy Game. Aaa, their relationship is great because Minato *knows* all his own faults and tries to be rational but it's so hard, and Shizuma understands that and has patience of a saint. But Shizuma also doesn't always understand how some of his innocent actions towards other people look to Minato. But they are really cute and hot too. And I bow to Meguru Hinohara for her storytelling and art, her other series, The Dragon's Betrothed is good too.

Other manga couples I like are Hirano & Kagiura from Sasaki & Miyano, and their own spin-off series of course. I like Sasamiya a lot too, they are really sweet but I find myself being more invested in Hirano and Kagi's thing.

Ok, what next... I just finished The Case Files of Jeweler Richard novel vol. 7, so Seigi and Richard. If there ever was what's-actually-gonna-happen?? slowburn, it's here. Seigi is damn slow and Richard communicates in riddles but man I'm invested. I also bow to Nanako Tsujimura for these books, love them.

Speaking of slowburns and slow realizations and dumb communication (/affectionate), the danmei royalty of Hua Cheng and Xie Lian and Lang Wangji and Wei Wuxian. Both are very good. I love the trope of love transcending time and all that, so Hua Cheng waiting for 800 years for Xie Lian ticks this box so hard.

I'm also basic, so of course Viktor and Yuuri from Yuri On Ice are on my list. Same also for Ash and Eiji from Banana Fish. Touya and Yukito from Cardcaptor Sakura. Oh, I quite like Cherry blossom and Joe from Sk8 too.

I have a bunch of Genshin Impact ships I enjoy. I'm most invested in Alhaitham/Kaveh and Diluc/Kaeya. I like ships that have a past, I'm sure you noticed.

Ok, should I mentioned relationship that nobody probably knows about... But I keep thinking it a lot. There's this BL visual novel called Tokyo Onmyoji, the main character Rei is dealing with all kinds of supernatural problems as onmyoji. One of the routes is with his childhood friend Suguru and that route is beeeest. It's so good, deals with trauma and family trouble and their past and aaa now I'd like to read it again.

Also, Dramatical Murder is my least favourite Nitro+Chiral visual novel but damn, Koujaku and Aoba are so good couple, it ticks again so many boxes for me. (why oh whyyyyy that gorgeous figure of them is so expensive?! I can't justify myself to get pieces of plastic that cost two month's rent...)

Alright, let's pretend for a moment I'm not completely rotten woman... One of my favourite game couples is Eirika and Seth from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones. It again gives me the "I've always liked you but I have kept my distance for reasons". I'm also in the Cloud/Tifa (minority?) camp for FFVII ships.

Kiyoka and Miyo from My Happy Marriage are het couple I'm really behind. I like how they are in the "so good for each other" category and how they've had to work on their relationship. The anime didn't show Kiyoka's thoughts that much but in the books he's also still learning how to be a good boyfriend/husband.

Shin and Lena from 86. Often I'm just "ok" about obvious couples like these but they are the exception. I think maybe it helped that they were separated soon after they got to know each other and then had to sort of got to know each other again.

Oh btw, I do read yuri too but I'm usually more into the series as a whole or one character's personal growth rather than their relationship. Like Sayaka from Bloom Into You. She's my favourite character from the series and I like her spin-off light novel series but I'm most into her finding peace with herself and love in general, if you understand what I mean. But! Hanako and Alice from Goodbye, My Rose Garden manga are my favourite yuri couple! Escaping relationship/marriage that people expect for you but you don't want, to unite with your true love is a trope I'm really fond of.

But Xitty, do you have any Western media couples you like? Well, murder husbands aka Hannibal and Will Graham I think of fondly and love forever. I was very very big Sherlock and John shipper (BBC ver.) and you can't take that away really. I'm also basic when it comes to Doctor Who, so Tenth Doctor and Rose make my heart flutter and eyes cry for their doomed (kinda) story. I just find myself watching less and less Western shows, so I don't even know what's happening there nowadays.

Umm... maybe that's it for now? Thank you everyone who read till the end. :D

[dazzasarchives]

The Incredible Hulk Volume 1 Issue 1

In this issue we get to witness a new hero take ship within the Marvel Comics Universe. Starting off in the form of the genius Dr Bruce Banner, but after exposure to gamma radiation he is then transformed into the Incredible Hulk.

Our story starts off in the lab of Bruce Banner as he and several others prepare to test their new gamma bomb. Some notable members here are Betty Ross, the daughter of the also present General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. We are also quickly shown that Betty harbors feelings towards Dr Banner.

As the tests for the gamma bomb are underway Bruce then realizes a boy is within the blast zone, in his vehicle. This boy being Rick Jones, he states that he wasn't going to lose a bet to his friends about staying at this testing grounds.

Dr Banner with his quick thinking as the missile is launched towards the boy, pushing him into a bunker as Bruce absorbs very intense gamma radiation. This then causes Dr Banner to pass out due to the radiation.

That night Dr Banner awakes next to Rick Jones, as an incredible transformation begins to take place with the rising of the moon. Dr Banner is then turned into, the Hulk. Also quick note the Hulk in his first issue is actually Grey, a lot of comic fans know this, I just really like this other coloration of the character.

The Hulk then escapes the hospital wing and we find out that he has super strength as he smashes through a wall and destroys a military jeep. The Military then pursues the Hulk, as they see him as a monster. Hulk makes his way into the lab of Dr Banners associate Igor ( who is a spy for the Russians ). The Hulk then smashed up the lab, but is shown an image of Bruce Banner by Rick Jones and he turns back into the Dr.

Betty Ross, and the military show up to the scene. Betty is quite concerned for Bruce as it seems like the Hulk attacked him. The military then starts a manhunt for the Hulk, while imprisoning Igor as they discover that he is a Russian Spy. While Igor is imprisoned he sends a message to Russia to someone known as the Gargoyle ( Yuri Topolov ). The Gargoyle decides he is going to capture the Hulk and sets out for America to do so.

Bruce Banner and Rick Jones are in a car when Bruce turns into the Hulk again, but this time the Gargoyle is nearby and ready to capture him. The Gargoyle does so rather easily actually, it's very interesting to see the growth of the Hulk's strength through the years. The Gargoyle then takes Rick Jones and the Hulk back to Russia but as they do so the Hulk reverts back to Bruce Banner.

The Gargoyle tells Bruce that his secret identity is no longer secret, then the Gargoyle breaks down telling Bruce that he would give anything to be able to appear normal. Bruce tells him that, even though Bruce can't be cured, the Gargoyle can, with radiation. Bruce cures Yuri, and in doing so Yuri let's Bruce and Rick escape. Yuri sacrifices himself by destroying the Russian base as Bruce and Rick jet back to the States.

Alright so this issue is a decent introduction for one of Marvel's most notable heroes. I love how much this character changes though, over the next few issues Hulk will begin to change, and I love it, I love seeing experimentations with characters like this. I also loved the main villain of this issue it's so interesting that he turned good and then sacrificed himself, I really enjoy that. Alright on to the character analysis.

Alright Bruce Banner, he's a pretty standard character. Genius scientist who gets blasted by gamma rays. I really like him in this issue. I also like that he suggests to help the Gargoyle and cure him. Good guy Bruce.

The Hulk. I really like this first encounter with the Hulk, I know later he will get more of a personality, but for now he's just angry with everything and dislikes humans a lot. Usually calling humans weaklings or puny. Though again I can't wait to see him develop more.

Rick Jones, honestly I'm not a big fan of Rick, especially at first. He's essentially the Johnny Storm of this series, but without the useful powers. He's really just a useless sidekick. Though I know he will get better as time goes on.

Betty Ross, she really is just the love interest for this issue. She doesn't have many identifiable traits besides being in love with Bruce Banner. Which is really why she's here for now, but I know she will also get some development in the future and I can't wait for it.

General Thunderbolt Ross, I know for right now he hasn't had a big role in the series but he's one of Hulk's main antagonists, he often goes against orders just to try and capture, or rid the world of the Hulk. I really like him as an antagonist to both Bruce and the Hulk.

The Gargoyle, this antagonist is such a breath of fresh air. Sort of. Yes at first he is very average, the normal evil scientist trying to go against the hero. Though this time the Gargoyle begs Bruce to help him, and then he switches sides and sacrifices himself so Rick and Bruce can escape. My hero.

Alright well that's our first introduction to the Incredible Hulk, we'll be staying with this character for a little while so I hope you all enjoy, next issue we see the Hulk going to the stars. Until next time.

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[heatwa-ves]

wait do you have obscure music yuri manga recs

yes!!!! music gls light of my life..

whispering you a love song- first year student himari falls for third year yori after seeing her sing, lesbian love squares and band hijinks ensue! love these guys, himari is very arospec coded imo and there is so much relationship and band drama going on especially in the recent chapters it's great!! this one has a special place in my heart I've been following it for about a year and started reading bc of my best friend 💖

the moon on a rainy night- read this one pretty recently, a girl named saki who plays piano meets and befriends a girl named kanon who's in her class and the daughter of sakis piano teacher, kanon is deaf and isolates herself from other people until she starts to get close to saki, the story focuses on kanons disability and her relationship with saki, can't wait for more chapters!

the guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all- aya has a crush on the guy who works at her local music store, only to later discover the guy is not a guy and is actually her classmate koga, whos really different at school and at the store, they find a shared love for rock music! it's really cool and has a gorgeous and unique style

hello, melancholic!- okay I'm gonna be real I don't remember much about the main couple at all I was there entirely for the side couple, sakiko and chika, they're absolutely fucking insane and I love them I love when my girls have issues!!!! 10/10 recommend just for those two but the main couple is cute too. and they're all in a band

after hours- two girls meet at a club and end up in a band idk I haven't read much of this one yet but what I have read is really good ily kei 💖

+ here's a few other gls I recommend they're all pretty short and I like them a lot

- hanabi

- the real momoka (read it if you like messy lesbians with problems)

- lonely wolf lonely sheep

- hanamonogatari

[evaofkonoha]

9 people you would like to get to know better. Tagged by the lovely @noellewrxtes! I so appreciate the tag 🥰😘

3 ships: Shisui/Itachi ofc! I can't wait to write more in this ship and interact with the community more! I love them with my whole heart truly! Next is SNS, I am and will be an SNS shipper forever, so expect lots more SNS content from me in the next year. Finally, idk! I love so many ships! I have teased writing Viktor/Yuri, and maybe I will go back and finally finish Violet, which is Itachi/Sakura

First ever ship: Joey Wheeler/Mai Valentine! From there I don't remember the correct order, but SNS and Itachi/literally like everyone are also older ones for me lol.

Last song: Superposition by Young the Giant

Last movie: Bullet Train with Brad Pitt. There are things about it I liked, but the ending dragged on for way too long imo

Currently reading: forever on that OP grind, Toilet-Bound, and I started Dorohedoro. Fic wise I have been reading nothing in particular, just whatever happens to catch my eye!

Currently watching: SpyXFamily and live stream vods and highlights? My husband and I really enjoy a few specific streamers.

Currently consuming: hot tea and plain sparkling water always!

Currently craving: maple oolong tea, popcorn, and Cherry Garcia ice cream

Tagging: ahh I am the worst at tagging and always feel kind of bad tagging people but I also love community stuff like this so I suppose it is a necessary evil! so I guess all of my moots and pals get a tag (feel free to not participate) @missoblaine @magmavox @smelllikeme @itsmnee @thunder-point @synestazja @narutojuice @toodleroo @serotoninbitch

[thehighpriestess1]

Ok I know Im a little late I was actually sick when you post the new chapter of August it was fantastic reading while bedridden so here's some thoughts of mine

Idk how but the moment gojo decided to call shoko I lost my mind I know for a fact both her and geto are tired of gojo fucking life about reader I know for a fact the moment geto heard gojo was asking those questions on the phone on shoko my man was re thinking his whole life it's gonna be all over again FR my man deserve an Oscar for being with gojo BS

Oh GOD SOMEONE CLEAN THOSE DISGUSTING SHEETS AND BLANKET SANITIZE THE WHOLE ROOM YOU KNOW WHAT SCREW THAT BURN THE BED AND EVERYTHING IN THAT ROOM AND GET A NEW ONE WITH EVERYTHING 🙂 I will not stand any reader touching yuna girl has touched that includes gojo man need to deep clean his body who knows what those girls hand touch (idk if just me being a clean freak when I read those reader sleeping in the same bed and sheet where that girl lay )

Miss gurl really thought she ate reader bitch you don't know anything ok reader my girl on her ARC and you can do anything stop it how you gonna call it a fight when we already have a winner in the first place You mad because reader clothes probably much more than yours it's tagged gojo x reader not nobody x gojo Sis my queen didn't even remember her name correctly as she should because she nobody we stand QUEEN MILF if was her I would be embarrassed the doors been long open sis just leave someone hold me back before I go through the screen on my phone just to drag this girl In her hair I just got my nails done and I'm ready to sacrifice them for my GIRL HONOR 😤😤

Promps for gojo trying to make the baby sleep just to have reader good rest now that's father behavior he's Soo adorable reading and watching all those stuff about taking care of baby I really hope gojo get a magical doctor to cure my girl illness Now big question is there a possibility of smut in next chapter if that's sooo LETS ALL WELCOME BABY NUMBER TWO can't wait next chapter of them just shopping and gushing about clothes looks good with their kids 😍

I hope you're all fine and healthy now 😊

Shoko and Geto are shocked. Geto deserves the best friend of the year award. That man has done more for gojo and y/n's relationship than god has lol. Shoko at this point is emotionally immune to Gojo but she is keeping an eye on y/n given her health.

Don't worry Jerry cleaned the entire room! The only thing Gojo wants right now is to hold y/n. He loves the baby but he misses his girl too much.

Yuri really being bitter because she got put into her place and this is just the start 😉

Gojo is a good father. That man is trying and is going to try so hard to be a good father so y/n would accept him.

Yes there is smut 💖

[vanmarkus]

get to know me (again) ✨

I was tagged by the lovely @eddiediaztho thank you mwuah 💛

three ships: buddie, jdox, mattfoggy

first ever ship: I wanna say... Hiei x Kurama from YYH?? Or maybe Leon and Yuri from Kaleido Star?? idk I was like 12 it's gotta be one of these 🥲

last song: Northen Attitude by Noah Kahan

last movie: still Barbie... you gotta understand that I watch TV shows all the time, but I can't make myself sit down and watch a movie that I haven't seen before, more than once every 3 years

currently reading: I'm gonna be very honest and say nothing... I do have a book on slavic mythology that I really wanna get started on and a bunch of ao3 tabs waiting for me though!

currently watching: 911 mostly, gotta check out the new OFMD eps though

consuming: coffee~

currently craving: I could definitely go for a snickers and maybe something salty idk

no pressure tags: @ladydorian05 @excuseme-greentea @yelenasbuddie @icecreampotluck @notnowtobey @hawkinsleather and anyone who wants to do it of course! ✨

[jiminrings]

OMG ITS SAUR SAUR SAUR GOOD YOUVE OUTDONE YOURSELF ONCE AGAIN !! HIM FORCE FEEDING HER THOSE BABY CRUNCHY SNACK PUFFS (those r so good fr), HER HAVING THEM LATER AS A SNACK AND GIVING TO JOONIE AS WELL, HIM ADVISING (read: badgering) HER TO SWITCH UP THE BREAKFAST OPTIONS EVERY NOW AND THEN, HER ACTUALLY DOING IT, UGH I JUST LOBE IT ALL! couple questions tho bc I’m not the brightest bulb:

1 - didn’t jimin say he had enough money to last them a year but he still wanted to get stabilized ahead of time for yuri (ugh I love her) ? so why did he need to steal money even if he’s paying for his father’s treatment ? or is the treatment really expensive and it emptied his bank ?

2 - jimin took half of the bills in her wallet but it didn’t seem noticeablely lighter, is that just bc she’s rich ? also how do we know that he (the guard who showed her the cameras) won’t tell the staff as like inner gossip and this will reach namjoon ??OR WILL IT ??

N E WAYS I LOVED THIS SO VERY MUCH ESPECIALLY WHEN YURI (SHES SO ADORABLE I LOVE HER SM) STARTED CRYING WHEN JIMIN WAS STEALING AND WAS THE SYMBOLISM OF HIS INNOCENCE AHHH HOW DO U DO IT !! CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE EEEEEE!!

AHHHH THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES OF THEM THAT I'VE EVER WRITTEN <33

yes he did say that!!! but keep in mind that yuri's already ten months old n with the panic that he sold the only property to his name n uprooted his life (and yuri's), it only fueled his worry more!!! also, jimin's the only one who knows abt his dad's situation n therefore the only one who can finance things, so even with not that expensive treatments, it turns that way when all piled up!! — combine all those crashing down on him in a single day where he breaks down —> he makes a rash decision he can't undo :O

oc is jus that rich 🙏🙏 n for the other questions.... u will know soon :O

thank u so so much!!! yuri makes jimin wanna become a better person each n everyday but he has lapses in his judgement here n there lmaooo

[vtori73]

Back when Yuri on ice first came out I was very depressed, I deal with depression on & off kind of regularly but this time it was specifically triggered from a big event/s that happened in my life. Tumblr is what introduced me to the series too, I saw gifs that made it seem hilarious and ridiculous, I mean imagining being a sexy pork cutlet bowl, really???

And so I started watching it on my own, and it immediately became my new hyper fixation, it's what kept my mind off of the depressing thoughts and brought some joy back into my life, I related so much to Yuri too being someone who suffered from social anxiety, depression, low self esteem, having a dog that passed recently (same year the anime came out & fyi was one the thins that set of my depression), black hair + glasses and also being bisexual (of course this part is a head canon but it did seem hinted at).

I honestly kind of forgot about this too but then hearing about the movie cancellation and reading people's reactions and love & nostalgia for the series I was very much reminded of the adoration I had for this show. I'm more so mad than sad about this news tbh, I honestly wasn't ever expecting the movie to actually get made but I can't lie and say a small part of me held out hope for possibly more YOI content because that was very much a show that held my heart together when i couldn't do it myself. I also can't help but feel anger over how the studio went about this all, I mean why drag things out for so long? What was the point of it all? Why not just be honest and just cancel it and not wait 7-8 years to do so? Why???

Yuri on ice was exactly what I needed at the time, and while I haven't really rewatched since I might have to finally give it a go some time soon. Part of the reason why I held off doing so was because some aspects immediately didn't age well for me and made it hard to want to rewatch it because I didn't want it to taint my original memories of the show and the enjoyment I had for it but I think I should finally give it a go.

[capsensislagamoprh]

And just like that Victor found himself enrolled in a competition, waiting to find out the time, and having to work on a routine. It would not be for a few months, yet he found himself tingling. He'd managed to get a lutz under his skates, but wanted more rotations.

"It's all technical," Victor complained to Christophe one storm filled night.

"Yes, short programs have to be. You'll have more fun with the free skate."

"It's just so much to add. I know I can do it, but the order of it. I despair."

"What music are you using?"

"Something Lady Baranovskaya has decided on. It plays a melancholy way."

"Sounds like drama."

"I know. And I love drama! How is this so nerve racking?"

"Probably because you haven't ever had to compete for anything before. The chance of loss has never hung over your head." Victor was quiet for a time. "Are you still there?"

"I need something sweet."

"Hot chocolate?"

"I have never had. How do I make it?"

Christophe blinked at the laged video call connection. "Well, I don't know. I have some one make it for me."

"You got boggans?! I didn't get boggans," Victor pouted.

"Honestly. You're lucky they didn't give you a knocker."

Victor gasped. "How dare you."

"I dare because I care. Do you even have coco in the house? Milk? Anything you'd need?"

Victor looked thrugh his cupboards. Sulking back, he sighed. "I just need to figure this out. I need this dross, or I will be to weak to help Yuri."

"Or get the Hero back. Honestly. You're only on half the problem," Christophe grumbled. "I love you dearly, but you need to look at the whole problem. Did you know just last week a dragon attacked the forest glen?"

"So? That happens every year."

"This year there was no Hero to stop it." Victor was quiet. "This year," Christophe continued, "the villagers had to ask the Silver Falls for help to rebuild."

"They did rebuild, tho. Right?"

"The seelie are not handing back power to the unseelie."

Victor froze in more than one way. "What?" he whispered, voice choked somewhere in his midsection. Christophe waited for him to process. "They. WHAT?!"

"They say that with out samhain, there can be no hand off."

"Samhain still exists, Chris."

"Not to them. You took their Hero, lost him, and now they have no one to accept the burden of burning spring."

"Of course they do! Let them pick someone interea."

"Would you pick someone interea for Yuri if things were reversed?"

"I -" he could see Christophe staring at him. He could feel him hoping Victor wouldn't lie. Victor let out a huff of breath, blowing his long bangs off one eye. "No."

"Then why should they. Anyway, Silver Falls reports that things are moving far to fast in the Dream and to slow in the material realm. You should know this. Are you not reading your reports?"

"Reports?" Victor made a beeline for the mail pile. Sorting thrugh it as he returned, he humpfhed. "I don't see any reports. Where are you getting yours?"

Christophe sighed. "Okay, you know what, you need an assistant. You really do."

"I know, right? But the embassy wont give me one."

"You have to find one on your own. And pay them. Since you have mortal money I think you'd need that sort, but they do react weird to incidental happenings, let alone things on purpose."

"Sounds tedious. I dunno, Chris. I just feel like there isn't much wonder in the world for me. Snow and Ice used to mean something to this world, and it fueled me. Now it's like some kind of cheep escape. All they say is 'Don't in Winter' here."

"Well, you are terrifying."

"I'm Russian. This goes with out saying."

"Sure, but it also goes with out saying that people age. Mortals die, Victor. The wonder has to come from with in or it wont stand the weight of age."

"Which is why we're always young. I know. It doesn't help any to know I have such power and cannot access it save for the weak dream of mortals who themselves forget how precious those dreams are."

"Still can't find your reports, can you?"

"No! Where are they, Chris! Where do they put them?"

"Ask Phichit."

"I would but he keeps dodging my calls."

"Really?" Concern crept into Christophe's voice. "That's not like him."

Victor's head snapped around to face the screen. It wasn't? "Right. When can we check the embassy?"

"I have a juniors competition coming up soon. Where is yours?"

"ISU world Juniors... Some place called Megève? Sounds fancy."

"France! Ah ! Comme j'apprécie les vues de la passion et de la mode ! Mon ami, tu vas l'adorer ! AH! But that's a few months off. Hopefully Phichit's just lost in the stacks or been taking hostage by his hamsters again, but just in case, check your connections and I'll check mine. We can't start loosing our allies. Not when we're about to start gaining the power we need."

"Right. I'll see what Lilia knows, and possibly sneak in a visit if I can."

"Good. I'll do the same on my end. If nothing else, I'll see you at worlds. Be prepared for a hell of an adventure."

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14, part 15, part 16

[bleachanimefan1]

Desert Flower Part 2

The Hidden Leaf Village,

"Yuri, time to wake up. We're here." Yuri yawned and slowly opened her eyes, blinking them, adjusting them to the sunlight. Riding on her mother's back, Yuri saw a huge gate and a man standing outside of it, waiting to greet them. Her father. There were also two Leaf shinobi with him, on border patrol. Her father smiled and started to walk over to Yuri and her mother. Yuri clinged to her mother's back, tightly, staring at him nervously when he approached them. She didn't really remember her father much. The last time she saw him was when she was about three years old. He gently took Yuri off of her mother's back, holding her in the air.

"Wow, you've gotten big!" He smiled, softly. "Do you remember who I am?" Yuri slowly turned back to her mother, who nodded her head, telling her it was okay.

"Yes, I know who you are, dad." Yuri saw her father beamed and suddenly Yuri was pressed against her father's chest, as he smothered her with a huge hug. Yuri squealed, trying to pull away from him.

"Dear, she can't breathe." Her mother smiled, laughing a little.

"I'm so glad that you're both here!" He cried.

"So, is this your kid, Kisuke?" One of the border patrols asked him, smiling. "She's adorable."

"I take it this is your lovely wife that we've been hearing nonstop about for days." the other teased.

"Can it, you two. Can a guy have a moment with his family?" Yuri's father shouted at them and looked at Yuri.

"You are going to love it here. The air is cleaner and should be easier for you to breathe. There are a few kids that are around your age. Let's get you and your mom settled at my house and I'll take you to school to introduce you." He told her. The large gate opened, revealing many houses that were so much different from the sand houses back at the Sand village, that stretched on for miles and within the distance behind a tall red building, there was a mountain with four huge stone faces carved into it. Her father walked Yuri and her mother inside the village, taking them to his home. He showed Yuri her new room, a bed filled with stuffed animals, mirror hanging on a wall, a desk to draw on and read and a closet for her clothes. He told Yuri to get change into more suitable clothes. Yuri hanged up her Sand village robes and put on a small dark red shirt and brown shorts and put on blue shinobi sandals but left her white scarf on. She stared at herself in the mirror, not recognizing the person she was seeing. But it was still her. Just different.

Her father walked with Yuri to the school, holding her hand until they reached the school yard. Yuri saw that were several other kids playing on the playground. A tall young man with brown hair tied up in a short ponytail, a large scar over his nose approached them. 

"Hey, Kisuke!" He smiled as he greeted her father. He seems nice. Yuri's father smiled back, shaking his hand, greeting him. Then he placed his hands on Yuri's shoulders, introducing her to him.

"Iruka, this my daughter, Yuri. I'm sure she'll be a wonderful shinobi for you to teach. She's very smart and observant for her age." Yuri tensed up when she saw Iruka look down at her, smiling. He bent down to her level.

"Why don't you go on in and have some fun? I'll stay with your father for a bit and show you around the school." Iruka told her, gesturing to the kids on the playground. Yuri nodded and slowly walked in and looked back to see her father and Iruka talking to each other. Yuri turned back to the kids, watching them, studying them. The was one boy who was chubby and overweight, munching on some chips, with another boy with spiky hair shaped like a pineapple who was lying on his back looking at the clouds. He must love to eat while the other loves to lazy about. A boy with red triangle markings on his cheeks with a small puppy, a hooded boy with shades sitting by himself playing with some bugs. An animal lover and bug lover.

A boy with a bowl haircut, wearing a dark green tight uniform and orange weighted leggings walking on his hands and doing push-ups. He must really love an intense work out. A girl with long blond hair with another girl with short pink hair tied up in a red ribbon arguing over a boy who paid them no attention as he was practicing throwing kunais at targets. Hopeless romantics and a stuffy loner.

A boy with long brown hair tied in a ponytail with lilac pupilless eyes talking with another girl with brown hair up in two buns. A girl with short black blueish hair, very pale skin, with the same pupilless colored eyes, picking some flowers. Could they be related somehow? But the other girl, she was hard to read.

Then Yuri noticed another boy not too far off from the others, sitting on a swing set by himself, watching them play. He had short spiky blond hair and blue eyes, wearing an orange hoodie over a blue shirt and orange shorts. Why wasn't he playing with the others? Yuri began to walk over to him.

The pineapple shape haired boy took notice of Yuri when he sat up, seeing her going over to the blond-haired boy on the swings. "Who's that?" 

"Must be the new kid?" The chubby kid, shrugged, talking with his mouth full as stuffed his face with more chips. The bowl cut haired boy nearly fell over when he saw Yuri, his heart was overflooded with emotions. "W-whoa! Who is that!? She's a babe!"

The two girls stopped arguing, noticing Yuri, wondering who she was.

"She better not be another competition for my Sasuke!" the blond-haired girl glared at her.

"What do you mean YOUR Sasuke!? Sasuke, likes me!" the pink haired girl shouted. The other kids now took notice of Yuri, as well as the pupilless girl, who watched, quietly. The blond-haired boy was lost in his thoughts that he didn't even hear or notice Yuri was now standing over him.

"Why aren't you playing with the others?" He looked up and nearly fell out of the swing seat, startled to see a girl in front of him. "Geez! Give a guy a warning before sneaking up like that!" He sighed, holding his chest.

"It's not my fault you were lost in your thoughts." The boy frowned up at her and stood up. "I'm Yuri. What's your name?"

He blinked at her in surprise, completely shocked. Who was this girl? Why wasn't she afraid of him? Maybe, this was his chance to finally have a friend! He smiled.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I'm going to be the next Hokage! Believe it!" He exclaimed. Yuri blinked at him confused before she could speak another word, Yuri heard her father and Iruka shout at her.

"Yuri, get away from him!" Her father shouted.

"Of all the other kids to play with you have to pick him!?" Iruka shouted as well. Yuri saw Naruto flinch and looked down, avoiding their gaze. 

"What gives you the right to talk to him like that!?" Yuri shouted at them, angrily. The other kids watched in shock to see a kid yelling at adults. 

"Yuri, I am your father! I forbid you to play with him!" her father shouted.

"Well, maybe I don't want to be here!" Yuri shouted back at him, and she took off running and hopped the fence with ease and left the school yard. Her father chased after her. Iruka followed after them before telling the other kids to stay in the playground and to wait for him and that he will be back.

"Yuri!" 

Naruto watched, completely stunned, to see someone actually stood up for him.

He quickly chased after them.

He had to talk to her before the adults get to her first!

[houkagokappa]

1 6 7 12 for the manga ask 🤗 it was so much fun to answer looking forwards to your answers 🤓📚😽

Thank you for the ask! Let's see~

1. Your top 5 however many reads of 2023

This is really difficult to answer so I'll cheat just like you and ramble on a bit hehe

Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku by Hiro is the one I started the year with, finally, after watching the anime the year before. I love how it depicts the joy and beauty in everyday life, the art is stunning, the girls are super cute, and I'm here for the lesbian undertones that's become its own serious storyline by now!!!

I have a very soft spot for River's Edge by Kyoko Okazaki. This year I delved into josei manga for a good bit, and River's Edge is the first one I read (this year, purposefully). I love the sketchy art, the imperfect people, and the realness of the story. I don't know if I'll like it as much on a second read, but I was very impressed and inspired by my first time reading it. Other impactful josei works I read this year were Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku wo Kite and Bikachou Shinshi Kaikoroku by Moyoco Anno. I love reading about women and women's struggles :') Her art is gorgeous too! Oh and speaking of gorgeous art, a third josei highlight from this year was Kaoru Fujiwara. I did not consume her works, I let Sono Saki no Fuukei consume me. I love how it forces the reader to think and how it doesn't really open up until a second or third read-through. It was very dreamlike, and tragic with some uncomfortable themes, just the way I like it heh.

Out of all the yuri I read, Yume no Hashibashi by Yumi Sudou is the one that still lingers in my mind. I loved the construction of the story with each chapter going backwards in time, to finally reveal the tragic past of the sorrowful lives we've been following all along. The story is extra hurtful, because there are countless of stories like theirs in real life, of women who can't be with the women they love because of social, cultural and legislative reasons. I cried by the time I finished reading it!

Another manga that left a big impression on me was Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate by Yuhki Kamatani. The art and imagery were amazing, and I'm weak to stories about death and grief. The conclusion made me cry - to have such small and seemingly simple things in life be the reason you decide to keep on living!

Lastly, this has also been the year where I began reading Shuuzou Oshimi's manga. The first one I picked up was Okaeri Alice, and the latest I read was Chi no Wadachi, and they're both my favourites from his works. I love how deep they delve into the characters mindsets, I love the themes, and of course the art is pleasing to look at. I especially love how much of the stories are conveyed through images alone. They hit deeper when you have to read an expression rather than words.

6. Your favorite one-shot

I only read a couple of one-shots this year (that I've tracked anyway) so it's easy to give this one to Koufuku no Hato by Keiko Takemiya, a short sequel to Kaze to Ki no Uta (as if that series hasn't given me brain damage and it couldn't be my favorite otherwise).

7. The manga you reread the most

Probably Sono Saki no Fuukei, I read it, then I instantly read it again, and then I read it a third time the next day, just to experience the story again while trying to make more sense of it. I really, really loved that one!

Otherwise I haven't been rereading anything that much. Maybe Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu by Mokumokuren, since I read each chapter in Japanese, then a quick English translation and then a proper English translation later on. ...Now that I think about it, I have actually reread everything that's been published so far a few times last year, and I would've loved to reread it even more, but for some reason it takes suuuuuper long for the chapters/pages to load and I can't bother waiting half the time? It's a crime, honestly.

I've also reread the last few chapters of Double by Ayako Noda a few times, whenever I check if there are any new ones out. Same for Happy Shitty Life by Harada, although it's been so long I've gotten tired of them by now haha. Besides that, I have been rereading Harada a good amount, but it's usually bits and pieces here and there, not full works so it's difficult to estimate how much I've reread them.

12. A manga that made you look forward to every update

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is legitimately what keeps me going from one week to the next ;___; I love that manga so much!!!!

I also always make sure to savour each new chapter of Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku. I haven't figured out if that series has a release schedule, and if it does the releases are far and few, so it's always a treat to get one. And now with the aforementioned lesbian storyline I'm even more eager to see what the next chapter will bring!!!

[leoly]

2023 media year in review

Anime/Manga Trigun Stampede: Of course this is my anime of the year how could it not be. Amazing CG anime, great soundtrack, phenomenal character redesigns. Stampede Vash is societies baby girl and he deserves it.

Frieren Journeys End: Was put onto this by a friend recommendation so I already knew it would be good going in but managed to be better than I expected. Love love love the animation and character designs. I feel like it was a big year for like classic fantasy aesthetics in newer shows.

Dead Mount Death Play: Finally got onto this during my nostalgia moment fueled by trigun renaissance. Its actually very fun with the expected huge cast of crazy characters. Ive only read the manga so far but stay posted for when I get onto the anime as I am sure I will have many thoughts.

Games Baldurs Gate 3: What can i say about this game i haven't already screamed in desperation at my friends. its insanely perfect the game da4 wishes it could be. In the middle of a deep drought in classic fantasy rpg games i love it and wish larian all the success going forward.

Honkai Star Rail: I can't believe she came from behind to be my best gacha of the year but she did. The change from genshins live action gameplay to turn based may have been not great for some but I adored it. Sometimes i just want to not think when im playing a gacha yknow. Also the story is interesting so far and is playing to a lot of tropes i like so we'll see where it goes in 2024

Final Fantasy XIV: Of course my beloved, the post endwalker patches were kind of a mixed bag for me while it had a lot a liked there were also some things that ended up feeling very strange to me. I am excited for Dawntrail however and will definitely keep playing going into the new expansion.

Shows Severance: I feel like I watched this show a lifetime ago but damn what a good show i love old man yaoi and the psychological horror of capitalism.

Yellowjackets: i love yuri and cannibalism cults!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!

Vtubers ment. Josuji Shinri!!! My favourite debut of this year seriously can not longer imagine tempus without him. Thank you for being my best boy and dearest wife for 2023.

Hiodoshi Ao RE_gloss has a lot of interesting members but i find ao extremely cute. I promise to study jp at some point so i have more than a vague idea what shes talking about (crying)

Nerissa Ravencroft I had been waiting for gen 3 of holoen for what felt like centuries. I'm still a bit mixed feelings on the group in general but I'm really impressed with both Nerissa's design and her amazing singing voice. I think her first 3D live will be one to drop everything for. Perhaps the Towa-sama of en?

Uncategorizable mentions: seeing mcr live, Smiskis, cheese filled mochi donuts and as always my beloved friends <3