#KNK ship

[sunnysam-my]

Not gonna lie, I ship them so much for no reason.

They're cutes (⁠~⁠￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠~

[benetnvsch]

ppl be like "knkdz is abusive bc knkd is mean to dazai when dazai canonically struggles with mental health and is suicidal and blah blah blah :(" and then turn around and ship skk with their full chest as if their dynamic isn’t based entirely on the fact that they canonically genuinely hate each other-

Like? U can dislike characters all u want - go ham - hate them for no reason even but u don’t have to lie and mischaracterize and be a massive hypocrite abt them idk

[sekaiships]

Kanakasa if possible?

DAY 93

kanakasa!

[starrycyberse]

I accidentally made the top panel right to left but the bottom ones left to right so sorry if it was confusing to read at first

[mako-neexu]

if i ever slightly think about the parallels between edguda and shiki/mikiya i would. xplode

[hypothesiscosmos]

Me: Aw man, I wanna do the recent meme floating around, but I don't have an f/f ship for that 😔

Also me, a few seconds later: WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE--

As always, based on this!

[harapeveco]

do you think kara no kioku is queerbaiting us?

I mean not really???? As far as I’m aware there’s no lgbtq characters (canonly) nor romance so….and as much as I love reinochi that’s only good old shipping I don’t think there’s any kind of homo tension between them considering Tobi has the rizz of a wet paper bag while Rei lowkey hates him for being a freeloader so yeh…the closest to romance we getting here is Ryuuko having a crush on Tobi in the novels and that’s it but I don’t think that counts as queerbaiting

[yinyuedijun]

Ao3 also heavily relies on tagging. Those multi-chap multi-fandom reader things have tons of tags. Unfortunately, if you're anything like me, once it comes time to tag... it's like someone asking your favorite song 😅. Like I was working through your ao3 a bit ago because I was worried old blog links wouldn't work well on mobile and ie I think you didn't have omega aventurine tag in night flower (sorry if I'm misremembering)? And technically that's a searchable tag that might have gotten you more hits because it's both searchable and relatively niche.

Just tagging is a huge help. There are tags for specific relationship dynamics, au's/Canon divergences that are popular, different nsft acts/positions/knks, tropes of course... however it can be hard to know which ones are searchable unless you're on ao3 enough. I wonder if anyone has ever made a guide? I also know for sure that tagging characters separately from the ship "/" tag helps.

And multi-chapter stuff does get more hits because you go to the top of the date sorted options more times. I have a lot of one-shots on my account (from cross-posting) and I'm pretty sure the reason any of them got over 1k is because I'm writing for rarer characters in a larger fandom or for a large fandom that still has surprisingly few fics (oh naruto). The only one I've got that has more is both complete and I restricted myself from posting all chapters at once even though I wanted to be done with it. And yeah, unfortunately, unless your fandom is so niche you end up on the last few pages of a search or the fic gets so popular you end up in the first few, fics tend to get buried after a few weeks.

Tl;dr more tags are better because it lets people find you from many different angles! But there is some fandom-characteristic stuff that tends to either help or hurt depending on where you are.

... and there's a lot of meh fics in the top spots of many fandoms 😅 just because of the numbers game (complete, multi-chap, popular fan ship etc). I read your piece! It's good and has that mao panache 🥰, I liked it even though world references go over my head since I've not seen the show. Don't let the numbers get you down 💜 you're a really great writer! It sucks when effort doesn't seem to reflect the reaction (also kudos are famously low, good-normal is about 10% of your hits and you *might* get 1-5% comments of kudos based on whether that fandom is chattier/ more social with each other) but I hope you know we still appreciate having fun with you 🤗

hi anon!!! omg thank you so much for that ao3 breakdown/guide haha it's quite useful! I have actually gotten this specific comment from ao3-only readers before - they always tell me to add more tags because it would have helped them find my fics sooner! I think I will take the advice to heart, but it may take a while because I'm quite resistant to over-tagging (I don't like spoilers in tags ALFJSKSSJK). once I get to the smut in this fic I will defs be tagging every single sex position though 🫡

it is funny how even on ao3 we run into the phenomenon where top interactions =/= top quality (speaking generally, ofc there's stellar fics out there with tons of interactions). I guess whether you are on social media or on an archive, it always becomes a metrics game in the end rip

and thanks for the encouragement on my current fic, I appreciate it a lot!!! 🥺 I also super appreciate you reading the fic despite not knowing the world, like that must be MEGA confusing for an asoiaf universe fic LMAO. "mao panache" made me giggle WAHAHHWFKJS I'm not sure what it is but I'm glad you enjoy it !!!

[nasuversekinkmeme]

Weekly Roundup: Prompts

KNK

Did Azaka know about Shiki’s split personalities? Did she notice any changes in Shiki’s personality when Shiki awoke from her coma?

MELTY BLOOD

i need to see the most unhinged, insane, and violent red arcueid fill you can think of. bonus points for evil laughter and/or ciel trying to interfere

FSN

I know everyone hates the normal ending of heaven's feel, but I'm going to take a chance: Just give me something with old ladies Rin and Sakura and Rin's unnamed granddaughter, I'll take anything.

FGO

Enough time has passed, i NEEEEEED Arjuna pregnant! Any ship is fine (though no incest please), art or fic fills welcome, I just NEED that twink pregnant right away immediately

ANY

turn a servant, any servant doesn’t matter who, into a alter. I don’t mind if you make it fanfic, artfill, I’d like to see your imaginations on different alter servants!

[lex-cursus]

I did forget about the KnK event but I do remember the whole reason people ship her with nightingale is because the journey to the west event.

Outside of that it's literally no-rizz, no bitches.

[the-wolf-emoji]

Tagged by @st-just in a "getting to know you/catch-up" tag game!

Last Song: Technically the last song I listened to was a song that I'm working on for a VN, but since that's not ready for upload, I'll give a shout-out to one of my favorite, lesser known bands: Awe at All Angles, by Moon Tooth

Three Ships: Aki/Angel (Chainsaw Man) because "being with someone you can't physically touch" is a fantastic trope, Aki being super repressed bi is amusing and Angel Devil is unfairly hot

Nika Nanaura/Aerial (Witch from Mercury) because in this house we support human/mecha romance, and Nika is very clearly into her. It's hard to tell how sentient Aerial is, unfortunately

Sy/Wyvern (Twig) because the sudden gender change in 14.08 broke something in my brain in a very entertaining way

Currently reading: Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco. I don't know how but it seems like Eco's translators are always at the peak of their game, and whether it's Eco's writing or their skill in translation, the joy that Eco feels in the very act of writing comes through in his prose. This is most evident in The Isle of the Day Before, but to a degree shows up in Foucault's Pendulum. Also, I just started Umineko.

Last Movie: This is a tough one to answer because I haven't been watching many movies of late (instead powering through any good Gundam series I could get my hands on). Technically, the last movie I watched was Kara no Kyoukai: Remaining Sense of Pain, but since KnK is more of a limited series than anything, it takes it out of the running. My typical movie-watching friends have been out of commission, so I suppose the last movie I watched was The Menu. I really enjoyed it and wrote a brief (largely spoiler-free) writeup on the things that I enjoyed about it on my sideblog @the-sublime-unreal, but I may need to do a proper analysis at some point.

Craving: Hard to say— most likely barbeque, especially good pulled pork or brisket. Fun to eat while rewatching Raw.

Tags: @neurodecadence, because I want to see it's response, but also to take a cue from a certain esteemed Frenchwoman: if you want to be tagged, you can consider yourself tagged.

[benetnvsch]

ooooh about to become a sigzai shipper Out Of Spite LMAO

[windblume]

how come everyone on this site who is a fan of kara no kioku happens to be the most annoying person in the world.... all of them all at once simultaneously.. why r u so desperate to find two boys to ship in knk like what was ur reasoning.. why r u so obsessed with microanalyzing every manga panel to find reasons why inochi and rei are actually in love. CANT we just Enjoy the story 😐 and matter of fact all the fanfiction these bitches put out is not even good sorry. like if ur a 20 something adult why r u so obsessed with 15 year old rei and 17 year old inochi whats happening here?...

[badboyportrait]

10 year ao3 anniversary!

i joined ao3 on may 1st 2014, and posted my first fic may 2nd 2014. i figured i'd do a roundup of my own stats in the last ten years and see how far i've come! come join me!

(post dividers by saradika-graphics)

the hard stats

most popular fics ever

take my hand (kiribaku, bnha. 2016. 42 comments, 662 kudos, 139 bookmarks)

I need your warmth, you know (hiroaki, kyoukai no kanata. 2014. 2 comments, 241 kudos, 20 bookmarks)

sidetracked (sarumi, k project. 2014. 9 comments, 205 kudos, 21 bookmarks)

top fandoms

a3! (18 works)

ensemble stars! (8 works)

mahoutsukai no yakusoku (6 works)

top ships

kurokei, enstars (7)

bantaiju, a3! (6)

bradnero, mhyk (5)

top tags

character study (9)

fluff (8) || fluff without plot (8)

pre-slash (7)

numbers breakdown

ratings

general audiences (40)

teen and up (11)

mature (5)

explicit (3)

over the years

2014: 10 fics. knk, kagerou project, k, free!

2015: 1 fic. haikyuu!! x k

2016: 7 fics. knb, mikagura, bnha, enstars

2017: 5 fics. enstars

2018: 4 fics. enstars, k, a3!, idolish7

2019: 7 fics. a3!

2020: 4 fics. a3!

2021: 4 fics. a3!, mhyk

2022: 9 fics. mhyk, prsk, yakuza, lost judgement

2023: 4 fics. trigun, a3!, persona 3 portable, mhyk

2024: 4 fics (so far). prsk, a3!, one piece live action

chef's recommendations

most well-written imo & most satisfied with

death, reversed (2023. bradnero, mhyk)

chiaroscuro (2024. juaka. a3!)

infinite/infinitesimal (2022. kanamafu, prsk)

[__] (2019. banju/bantaiju, a3!)

i'm really happy with all of these! these are the ones i'd use to show off my technical skill (structure, language, etc), but it's also a damn good showcase of the themes i'm best at.

personal favs

nuit blanche (2022. kuwana, lost judgement): i wrote this one fast and furious. all passion, didn't look back. it turned out GREAT.

【 ✦ — ACTOR'S CAFE OPEN! ⋆ THE CHUUNIBYOU CLASH OF LIFE AND DEATH! 】 (2021. itaru, kumon, taichi, tsumugi. a3!): super experimental. i think i pulled off the style imitation really well, characterization didn't falter even with the new style, and hit a lot of good humour beats too. i don't often write this kind of style, but i think i'm pretty damn good at it anyway.

personal milestones

position zero (2019. bantai, a3!): the fic where i really started interpreting characters with my own ideas instead of bandwagonning fandom!

>>the death of hyodo juza (2022. bantaiju, a3!)<<: my ultimate goal as a writer was to 1. get really good at character studies, 2. write a 10k oneshot. i accomplished both with the death of hyodo juza!!

what's next

my main goals as a writer have been accomplished!!! i want to set another one to strive towards! one day i'd like to finish a full draft for nanowrimo! i'm not a 50k novel kind of guy, so i'm striving for something that passes all my personal checks within the time limit.

this is lesser on the priority list, but i think it'd be so damn cool to finish one of those month-long challenges. kinktober, writetober, what have you...a full-fledged 1k+ fic for every day of the month. it sounds impossible, but i'd feel so good about doing it!

for 2024, here's what i've got:

match the number of fics posted in 2014 (10). that 10-year parallel is deeply satisfying to think about!

join kanamafuweek!

complete soundtracks: ensemble!

finish at least one more wip from my drive!

and as always,

keep writing (the more the better!)

keep improving (as long as i write, i'll improve!)

like i say at the end of every a3 fic i write: thanks for reading! see you next fic!

[hypothesiscosmos]

fujino!

Sexuality Headcanon:

Honestly? It's not something I really think about. Personally I think that she could be bi, but also I don't really have a solid sexuality headcanon for her, so she could just as well be ace or lesbian or pan, etc.

Gender Headcanon:

I have none, lsjflsj

A ship I have with said character:

I keep yelling about Geto x Fujino a lot even if they aren't even in the same canon at all, but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! The potential dynamics and character depths being brought out, how depending on which au the ways they could overcome their struggles together or bringing each other down in a way...many, many words I could unleash about them though that will have to be for another time one day. Also tbh visuals wise, they do look cute together 🥹

A BROTP I have with said character:

Azaka!! I do love with the little that's been shown in KnK already, but I'm kinda hoping with the future KnK annoucements, there's something like a little sidestory showcasing more of it! And then from very tiniest crumbs from that recent JP event, Baobhan Sith too- like seriously, two girls having gone through too much and unleashing justified murder up to a certain extent? There's definitely potential there!!

Also rather hilariously, I'd like to think that she also bounces off well with Gojo. Which again, will definitely have to be for another time since there's also so many things and so many contrasts and comparisons to be had with them...

A NOTP I have with said character:

Ritsuka (either one)/Fujino...like, I understand why some see the potential and why, but it's just not for me, so I don't really vibe with it.

A random headcanon:

If you put her in front of a shooter game at an arcade, she'll end up being a decent shooter after a few tries! Although that really depends on the genre of the game too, as she leans more towards something that's horror-based over hunting games.

General Opinion over said character:

Fujino Asagami my fucking beloved sad murder daughter...I'll still love her even after I'm long gone from this earth 🥺💞💞💞

[harapeveco]

Is there any other ships u ship in other medias besides kara no kioku??

Sorry bestie this is too embarrassing for me to answer the fact that I’m very open about reinochi is embarrassing enough I don’t need to dig this hole even more 😔😔😔