#Is She The Wolf

[infinites-love]

I can’t believe that a Japanese reality dating show has me this emotionally invested in the contestants and actually made me cry and left me heartbroken for them and nobody seems to be talking about it given it’s a Netflix show! Never mind that it’s not your typical dating show because of its twists that I did NOT see coming. Also, they really seem to love BTS because I swear they play their song in the background every episode (notably Lights and Fake Love, the latter fitting the show’s theme perfectly) Please, do yourself a favor, if you have Netflix or can find the show online somewhere, watch Is She the Wolf because I need to talk to someone about this show >.<

[optreee]

Masaki Nakao Appreciation Post

*Is She The Wolf spoilers*

I just finished watching the Netflix US release of Is She the Wolf!! I loved it and found it so much fun to watch. If it was acting doubly as a tourism promotion, it 100% worked because it made me want to see all those amazing sites and just go on a date in Japan???

But for me, the biggest delight was Masaki’s arc! He was kind of a dark horse, starting off the show as a blonde-haired foil/light-hearted rival to Who-ya. But can we just appreciate that he’s got such fun, amazing best friend energy?! He accompanies Honoka to Taiju’s sparring practice, intentionally makes space for them to talk, and seems to cheer her on afterwards; he listens to Julie’s love troubles about feeling one-sided with Robin; he gets tickets to see Taiju’s match and brings Gabby and Sakurako along to hype him up; he straight up pulls Robin aside and asks him with that younger brother energy, “hey bro, what’s going on” when they go on that triple date with Mikako; he happily agrees to go with Julie to the photo location knowing her heart is probably still set on Robin; he hugs Tomoki and tries to cheer him up at the very end when Tomoki becomes really overwhelmed… just so many instances where Masaki has big, goofy, lovable BFF energy with everyone on the cast?? (Umm, just being a total Sagittarius??) I love it so much 😂

Watching the show, I was totally drawn to him. Even while out on two v. one or even three v. one dates with other guys competing for Mikako’s feelings, he asserts himself in his own cool way that is polite and fun and totally charismatic. I was like, I would die to go on a date with this man—he seems so fun and silly and safe and sweet (and of course, so hot). Him and Robin hyping each other up and building on each other’s jokes and energy cracked me up each time.

This was just a total Masaki Nakao appreciation post—Masaki is a “everyone’s bestie” type of guy, and it’s true, if I liked him romantically, I could see that being potentially maddening (some girls could take it as flirting with other girls) but tbh, he just seems like a really good guy (as Julie realized too). I would also love if my man were someone who takes care of other people and feels safe to everyone, his guy and girl friends alike. Masaki totally comes off as an amazing friend who seems really fun and doesn’t try to take the spotlight from anyone.

I also appreciate him saying in one of the episodes that he hadn’t put as much effort into selling himself to people as maybe he should, and it’s because he noticed that he started distancing himself from people and just doing what’s necessary to maintain the relationship. He’s got great insight about himself, is so honest about it, is willing to talk about that, and still fully has fun and makes things fun for others (again, confirming more Sagittarius qualities). It makes him more endearing, this light-hearted, fun-loving cool dude sharing deep insights about himself.

I’ve seen his drama/movies, and I feel like other than “Kabe-koji-Nekoyashiki-kun Desires to Be Recognized,” they really miss out on that golden retriever energy part of his vibe! Maybe it comes out more in his stage work and as Naruto (which I haven’t had a chance to see), but it’s a huge charm that I didn’t get to know until this show. Loved him in this, and I hope it makes his popularity shoot up even more!

(📷: @masaki_nakao_)

[gentlebutspicy]

someone pls tell me they also recognized Robin from is she the wolf the gasp I gasped when I relized

[earthshipvoice]

i finished watching the last episode of 'is she the wolf?,' and i sobbed like a baby. why did they do THAT???"

[crow-caller]

as a child there's nothing cooler than a kid who gets subjected to evil experiments and gains special abilities. it's even cooler if these abilities also cause unfathomable suffering to use/against others. children love stories like this.

[wolfertinger666]

Tammy!!! Tammy the maned wolf

(SHE/HER)🐺🏳️‍⚧️🎸

[decamarks]

Thinking of becoming a guy that thinks wolves are the most badass and aspirational animal, but about ants. Like wearing t-shirts about being loyal to my Queen and training to bench 5x my bodyweight. Studying ant warfare. Posting shit like this

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF nightmare foxy is a huge fan of Roxanne Wolf,,

[oyabun-draws]

my lesbian werewolf oc >>>>>

[inkskinned]

she had taken all of the pronouns in my poems and turned them masculine. every she was he. every her was him. i wrote about women dipping their hands into the honey of my chest and she had changed it in this stark, violent way. men now, in my work. in my ribs, i guess. how odd, to stare at it.

i write a lot about worshipping at the knees of my girl. what sapphic can resist the allure of chapel-talk, the divine nature of what is ours and ours alone. her hair in your shower. her chapstick melting in your car. when we say holy here, it is a different meaning. it is the smithing of our own haloes from mix-tape cds. no hammer to the anvil - only our own palms, skin scorching. forging every astral ray with the prayer please don't leave. our bible a history that is never taught in high school. we shape a church from the tent of her arched back. what other word for hymn but her voice. her moaning.

a poem can be stripped of its component parts, maybe, but can it still breathe? is it still the same ship? the words this woman changed, biting and spiraling up at me: my man is holy. i worship at his feet. he is the divinity of saturdays and the wheat of my communion and he is the hushed summer's glorious release.

it's common knowledge that you can say a word too-many times, and then it loses meaning. but here was something new: it wasn't that the words had lost meaning, but rather that they had shifted in the air somehow and turned radioactive to me. all of my words were otherwise unchanged, except for the unkind and glowing eye of him.

ivory-tower glowing in my aorta, i thought about talking to her on the sanctimonious and erudite level. telling her: a poem can be changed, can be erased or added to or demolished or reconfigured; but we do try to respect the original author. i would tell her i would have preferred her not change only the pronouns; that her actions felt like censorship rather than collaboration.

in front of me: you cannot cut him out of me, i was made to love him. no scrubbing, no penance. i will always come back to this house, come back to loving men.

i thought about telling her why her actions were cannibalism, not care. i would tell her about being 18 and pressured by my catholic family to accept a man as a partner; how i'd dated him for 5 years before being able to escape. how abusive he had been. how he had made me kneel in front of him - that i wasn't using the word worship idly, but rather as a reclamation. how i had to be re-taught even the concept of faith. how when i learned peace again, it was by the hand of a woman.

i thought about telling her about the wound behind it, the unceasing loneliness. i thought about telling her shape of the small and quiet hours; the fear; the endless and unpretty nature of just being queer. i thought about saying: all of my work comes from a place of pain.

i thought about telling her everything. when i finally found the words, it was only one: why? in that was the summary of all i felt: why not write her own poem? why change it so violently? and why choose my work, if she disliked it so much? why me?

i imagine she shrugged when she responded. all i got was a single sentence: "i really like your work but i want to be able to enjoy it without being made uncomfortable."

on her insta, her pinned post is of her boyfriend - now husband - proposing. they were married in 2023. congratulations. i really do hope she's happy.

i hope one day it stops hurting.

[vor-leser]

"Oh wise Athena, help them see..."

[lunegrimm]

I decided to quickly add some textures to a 3D "sketch" (I don't know what else to call it ) I started a few months ago as a test for a new potential figure idea

Fitting for the wolf moon and werewolf wednesday :)

[divineandmajesticinone]

THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984) dir. Neil Jordan "I'm sorry. I never knew a wolf could cry."

[wolfertinger666]

Tam sketches!!!!!!!!!!

(SHE/HER) 🐺🏳️‍⚧️✨🌻

[caffichai]

Fang is back and sharper than ever!

[Uncropped]

[Bluesky]

[itsfreakintacohead]

Got that alpha In her 🐺

(Gem is not impressed)