#SEKI

[catboybiologist]

The General Grant Tree.

When the Civil War ended, the United States had an abundance of soldiers in the East, and a bunch of recently-brutally-colonized lands to the West. So, they put two and two together, and waves of soldiers went West. Most of that legacy is brutality. But some of that is positive- the first park rangers for newly-formed national parks in the Sierra Nevada mountains were part of these companies. Among others, this includes the Buffalo soldiers, all black regimens that scouted and mapped the Sierras, and helped establish better public access.

When they were sent to survey the West, they found giants. The Giant Sequoias, ice age relics clinging to isolated groves on the West slopes of the Sierras, are the largest single stem trees in the world. The largest individual trees were given names by these soldiers, and naturally, they named them after their commanding officers.

The General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park is the largest single-stem tree on the planet, but many come close- including the General Grant tree in Kings Canyon national park.

Unlike the Sherman tree, however, the Grant tree obtained a kind of mythic quality. It's been named a national shrine to veterans and the military, as well as the Nation's Christmas tree.

But me? Well, I like the Sequoias themselves as a symbol of enduring nature more than I love the military or Christmas. I love the towering immensity of Sequoias, and largely disconnect myself from the other meanings that this tree has been given.

But y'know what else I love?

Tgirl tummy.

That's right.

This is a tgirl tummy Tuesday post.

Happy tgirl tummy Tuesday from the General Grant tree! I hope I'm being adequately degenerate at this "national shrine" to help divorce it from the US military. I stopped for the night in Grant Grove on my way deeper into the Sierras, so yeah, this is past Sierra with a scheduled post. Apologies for the image quality, these were all taken at twilight. Stay gender fucked, stay faggoty, eat well, and enjoy your public lands!

@xenasaur @lilithtransrights @anarqueeen @whalesharkcat @godless-of-the-hunt @shakukon-to @sagasolejma @eruditegeek @havingsecondthots @subsequentlysilly

[hi-sierra]

Okay okay I'm behind on posting about my various adventures this summer, but let's just skip a few for now bc I wanna post about my most recent one:

Glenn Pass. 12,000 feet of elevation.

Kings Canyon is one of several glacially carved granite valleys in the Sierra Nevada. Several other, smaller valleys feed into it, including the paradise valley and Bubbs creek.

The Rae Lakes loop is a short but brutal route that starts at the floor of King's canyon, takes you up one of those side valleys, over the crest of the High Sierra, and down another valley.

To get across that divide, you have to cross the notorious Glenn Pass. Not only is this the highest point on the Rae lakes loop, it's also one of the highest points on several massive through hikes, including the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail.

Now. The JMT and PCT people may have it rougher than me overall due to the sheer length of those hikes.

But.

Their campsites for the previous days are around 10,000 feet of elevation.

I made the BRILLIANT decision to hike from 7,500 feet, 10 miles up and over Glenn pass at 12k feet, and then down to upper Rae lake in one day. It may have been the single most physically challenging day of my goddamn life.

But holy shit, it was it worth it.

This route absolutely floored me. My original intention here was just that this was my "final check" for the High Sierra trail- in terms of difficulty and conditions, it's basically identical, except half the length. I packed as if I was doing the HST, and used less than a third of my consumable stuff, so I feel more than ready for it.

I was expecting it to be pretty, but I was not expecting it to be one of the most gorgeous couple days of my life. Yosemite can suck it. The granite valleys and cliffs of Kings Canyon and the paradise valley are my new favorite glacial valley in the Sierras.

And that's not even mentioning the wildlife! I mostly recorded video of them, but I saw bears, deer, rattlesnakes, mountain kingsnakes, pikas, marmots, tons of different birds, and more that I'm probably forgetting! If there's any interest, I might start posting the videos I've taken of me talking to wildlife lol

[pokeberry5]

this is a little old but im still fond of it

closeup:

[wixed]

Every friend group needs: BES edition

[brainjvice]

both kaiser and sae take ine hour nap in the afternoon, you know what it means? Exactly. Kaisae napping together canon.

[kiraaaeon]

I miss this trio 💙

[fuukonomiko]

BES Hollywood AU

I know some other fandoms have this AU (including Warhammer40k where I saw @mixuen and her most creative takes!) so I think it would be awesome to have BES have it too.

Someone mentioned this to @lillydrawsmizu and I apologize for forgetting who it was but hopefully you can see this too!

Some silly ideas (please feel free to make suggestions, or make art)

The actors for Swordfather Eiji and Seki were a comedy duo when they were younger. Think Abbott and Costello.

The actor who plays Ringo is a part time musician. He has his own Indie band and he is actually the lead guitarist. He brings his guitar to write songs during downtime. When his fans saw his role in the show they freaked out not seeing his hands. Mikio's actor has taken this role to move away from his image as a stereotypical Hollywood leading man. It's his first venture into playing a very unlikeable character. Abijah Fowler's star is actually one of the nicest and most professional actors on set! He brings baked goods and sweets for the cast and crew on hectic days with long shoots. Sometimes he even orders catering for them! Akemi's actress is in her first big role! She used to have minor parts in soap operas. She's excited for her big debut! The actor who played Ise actually read for the Akemi role too. Madam Kaji and Lady Ito initially read for the others' part. The casting director made them switch because they felt the other actress suited their respective roles better.

Casting for Taigen took forever as none of the dozens who auditioned was convincing enough for the role. The actor they finally cast was a last minute find when he dropped out of a sci-fi series. After wrapping up season 1, word has it that the actors playing Mizu and Taigen actually became a couple

And just saw an actor AU from @doughnutshi

[hereticdrws]

Hello friend! If you're still taking requests :D Modern AU Akemi and Seki playing chess (hopefully no one is eating the chess pieces.....)

Hii!! Thank you for the ask I'm so sorry this took so long I was really out of it for the past like 2 weeks but I'm back!! I rlly hope u like this 😊

[bonguri]

20240824 Itadori 3 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 少し下界に降りて21世紀の森公園の株杉の森。伐採されては新たな芽が出て・・・を繰り返して成長した株杉です。株杉は世界でもここだけだそうです。 Photo taken at 21st Century Forest Park, Itadori area, Seki city, Gifu pref.

[tiredlittlewriter]

Murayama: Rules are made to be broken.

Todoroki : They were made to be followed.Nothing is made to be broken.

Seki: Uh, piñatas.

Furuya : Glow sticks.

Shibaman : Karate boards.

Tsuji: Spaghetti when you have a small pot.

Murayama: Rules.

Todoroki :

[embbu]

Adaman is going to be in Pokémon Masters and I’m celebrating today!!! Here’s some of my Adaman art!!

[pokeberry5]

i missed my uchiha oc

[fulcrum-art-fox]

I’d pay good money to know what Seki thought had gone down between Mizu and Akemi and what the fuck was currently going on between them like. I seriously doubt that Akemi gave Seki a detailed walk through of everything that happened to her, so as far as Seki is concerned this blood splattered samurai just inexplicably shows up, risks his own life to save their lives, has an escape plan for them seemingly out of nowhere and he and Akemi know each other but are emphatically “not friends” and Akemi apparently both trusts him to keep them alive and also hates his guts. Passionately. Like he literally doesn’t know any more than that. The theories that man must’ve been concocting to explain how fuckin weird these two are acting about each other would be insane and it’s a shame tragedy strikes and we don’t get a quiet moment for him to take Akemi aside and go “so who’s the nice young man??” and actually get an answer that isn’t death glare or something

[friedoats]

Re watching bes from the begining and re-examining akemi and sekis relation ship i realized that he really did know what akemi wanted/needed moving forward in her life. The first watch around his words and actions at the begining (ep2-3) made me feel sick, but with the context of the last episode it puts his words and actions into perspective. she wants to be powerful and he set that success up for her the best he could with the way that society is and the position he was in and she was in. He really does love and care for her, wants whats best for her but also what she wants and did his best to combine the two, and tried to show her that.

And i know a majority of the season is akemi talking about wanting to be free/freedom but in my head for akemi from the begining what she really meant was power, power to do what she wants, aka freedom

[kae-karo]

kiss me hard, touch me soft - kaisae

kiss me hard, touch me soft - M - 4.2k

tags: canon universe, light angst, mild smut, kaiser is bad at feelings, internal conflict, first times, kaiser pov, choking but it's like super mild and momentary thing

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In the dark, Sae probably can't see the smirk that touches Michael's lips - for the third night in a row, he pulls Michael's covers aside in silence, and Michael pretends he's just been woken. That he hasn't been wide awake waiting, breath held and body poised perfectly still under the sheets, for Sae to come to him.

Michael meets Itoshi Sae at a New Gen 11 training camp.

[read on ao3]

[kazutakas-pinch]

Social Media Habits

Yuiji

Yuiji feels absolutely chronically offline to me. He constantly forgets to text his friends back and they've learned that they need to call him if they have anything important to say. He made an Instagram account because Hongou and Mayu forced him to follow them back and he's pretty indiscriminate with following classmates back when they ask him to because he doesn't really use the app. When he's waiting for the subway or his friend, he might scroll through recommended reels. Once in a blue moon, he'll post a blurry story of him petting Azuki.

Yamato

Yamato is pretty internet literate when it comes to browser stuff, but he doesn't spend much time on social media. His Instagram has less than 10 pictures on it and they're all from major events like winning the school soccer league or family vacations abroad. 233 accounts follow him and he follows 7. He always texts with perfect grammar and full sentences.

Hongou

Hongou only regularly uses three apps, but he's always signing up for new ones and forgetting his usernames and passwords. He's a huge Twitter user for following idols and is constantly commenting a string of heart emojis when they post selfies. He and Mayu relentlessly send reels to each other and he sends Yuiji silly posts when he's sitting right next to him to see his reaction. Recently, watching Yuiji's reaction to real or cake videos has been his favorite go-to.

Nacchan

Nacchan's not big on social media, but she's very attentive to her messaging apps and never leaves people on-read. Occasionally, she likes trying out baking hacks and aesthetic recipes that come by her feed. Most of her phone time though is spent on webtoon apps and she'll never admit how much money she's spent on unlocking chapters. She also loves customizing her phone's wallpaper and icons into cute themes.

Seki

Seki had a bad middle school phase of being a social media warrior with engaging in fandom fights on reddit and tumblr. Yamato just had to ask him once why he was in such a bad mood at soccer practice, and Seki deleted his accounts immediately. He has a healthy, vanilla relationship with social media now, though TikTok did briefly threaten to pull him to the dark side.

Mayu

Mayu's too easily fed up with stupidity to use social media regularly. She follows news outlets, cute animal content, and likes all the videos that Hongou sends, but she refuses to use any social media app that forces recommend content. If she can't pick and select the specific accounts that she wants to follow, she won't do it. She enjoys longform content the most and will play video essays on random topics or podcasts as background noise.

Sakura

Sakura constantly vagueposts and never replies if his followers or irl acquaintances ask him what's going on. He never posts selfies, but will post an occasional aesthetic picture of him raising his hand into the sun or his shadow on a bridge or some shit like that. He follows dumb accounts specifically to laugh and ridicule them. He never comments, but they frequently anger him and his boss constantly questions if it's healthy. (it's not.)

Akiyama

I've made this headcanon in my sleeping habits post, but I 100% think Akiyama is a doomscroller. Miyano had to force him to delete TikTok when it was first released because Akiyama just couldn't escape. Akiyama schedules MV drops for his favorite artists, follows a few too many twitch streamers, and has a toxic relationship with gatcha games. He wants all the waifus and his RNG is horrible.

Hibino

Hibino watches thirst trap TikTok under his covers and he can't really use social media in public because his fbi men have absolutely clocked how horny he is and his recommendations are shot.