#THE CONCEPT OF 'MONSTERS' IN HAIKYUU

[axel-tiredstudent]

Can't fall asleep cause my brain won't stop thinking about how good Haikyuu is

[vulpiximisa]

The Haikyuu theme but every season it just gets faster

[nartml]

Haikyuu did it better than every other shounen anime, because every other shounen anime tackles the "hard work vs talent" debate in some way, but Haikyuu is the only one that successfully diminishes the concept of talent, or genius, or monster all-together.

Aka, the only way this discourse can truly be resolved in a satisfying, indisputably inspiring manner.

[raisunomii]

Hi,.....if you don't mind me asking, can I ask your top 5 favorite characters from Haikyuu? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the series? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks....

I haven't! You're actually my first ask so this is super fun!! My top five would prob be 1. Oikawa Tooru 2. Atsumu Miya 3. Akaashi Keiji 4. Iwaizumi Hajime 5. Kageyama Tobio (but honorable mention Suga because he's a darlin' but I can't say he clears top 5)

I really really love cocky characters? casually arrogant characters really do it for me but also I find that all of the HQ boys have something they deserve to take pride in! pride is also such a big concept in HQ because 1. Japanese culture 2. athlete culture and I love to see characters that fully embrace it. Also I'm a sucker for pretty boys. Iwa's there because I had a massive crush on him in my sophomore year of HS.

TOP FIVE MOMENTS UNDER THE CUT!

My five moments are definitely more mundane than any insane on-court action. I love to see characters interact more than ANYTHING.

"this is going to be one extravagant family quarrel." Oikawa acknowledging that even though the monster generation has grown up and grown apart, they are still childhood friends and the best teammates/enemies on the court that the others have... you can tear found family out of my cold dead hands! ESPECIALLY when it's oikawa tooru.

"we messed around too much, tsumu." "you're right, samu." i love the miya twins and i have an adoration for their attitude towards volleyball, which is "ill drop it if it isn't fun" because I feel like we get a lot of characters in the series who are battling to remind themselves that volleyball IS fun and that they DO love volleyball (showcased in brazil arc). But the miya twins purely do it because of the novelty. this moment also is them acknowledging that they let down their senpais by not winning them nationals for their last year. despite being the favorites to win, Inarizaki lost to a small, underfunded school... social commentary.

"thank you for hitting exactly how i expected you would every time." okay THIS moment really showed how good tsukishima is at blocking, despite him being one of the more passive blockers in the series. tsukishima's attitude towards blocking develops a lot throughout the series especially when we see him challenge date tech and shiratorizawa. i love that he's almost completely disregarded kill-blocking near the end of the series (SWEETENED by the knowledge that he goes pro, my darling boy) in favor of his own playing style. this scene definitely shows his development, especially when going against a blocker like sunarin. :)

"if you ever get boring, i'll drop you." Firstly, it's nice to see that kenma keeps his near-psychopathic attitude even after he's grown up (my redditor king) but also- I LOVE kenhina whether it's platonic or slash. Kenhina is one of the pairings which I FIND has the most chemistry, so to see them carry on being not only besties but also have a sponsor/beneficiary relationship is awesome. (I also secretly relate it to a prince/his champion relationship in my mind but shhh).

"power curry is a service ace!" This is so domestic. seeing the characters make fun of each other for their cringey moments as celebrities... it's so good. they really are each other's family and i will cherish every moment which we're reminded of it.

Anyways thank you so so much for your ask!! i had so much fun answering it :>

[letterex-fyofm]

probably the worst idea i've ever had (ft. hq rarepair that i've never seen anyone discuss before)

So, I have I think more than thirty tskym fics in my docs (none of them are fully complete) and recently I've been working on one that was supposed to be a one-shot yet it escalated and it's growing to be its full monster.

Without sharing much, it revolves around Tadashi and Kei's relationship, with it tempting to cross the lines from really-close-friends to something more - yet without ever making the real jump. I also projected my experience with comphet and realising I was bisexual and the internalized homophobia I first faced - and since my favourite character of all Haikyuu is Tadashi, well, I used him as my guinea pig.

The thing is, I wanted to include a Tsukki pair that was not TsukkiYama, KuroTsuki, TsukiKage or TsukiHina, since they wouldn't really fit in the story. I was scrolling on twitter and boom.

Hear me out: TeruTsuki - don't click off yet.

Listen, does it make sense? Absolutely not. I think Tsukki would be annoyed as hell with Terushima - yet I actually am starting to like the idea of them as a messy fwb situation, where there are no strings attached and they just vibe.

So, I think Teruyama is a pretty popular ship and although I have no problems (because why would I have) if someone ships it, I never could get totally behind it. Like, I guess it's fun, yet I also think Tadashi would never like someone like Terushima. And I think people like it more because it gives the chance to write about Punk!Yamaguchi, which I think it's a funny concept yet I'm not a fan of because I always find myself missing the actual/canon Tadashi.

Yet...Terutsuki? That could be funny and almost even plausible without changing their personalities - too much.

I feel so stupid - this is all this user's fault.

And this one too

TELL ME YOU CAN'T SEE IT? There's something cooking here.

And just imagine the amount of drama it would cause. For context, when I write jealousy I usually write Tsukki kind of depressed and with self-esteem issues (because, same) - which is great for angst and character/relationship study! Yet, I've realised that writing jealousy with Tadashi has so much potential to be funny AS FUCK.

He was two seconds from barking at Koganegawa just because he called Kei "Tsukki". Just imagine how funny it would be if Tsukki was suddenly going out with freaking Terushima.

I imagine him just being like "What the fuck, Tsukki. Since when do you like punks? He has a tongue piercing for fucks sake! Who cares if he is on the top of his class - his hair is piss coloured!"

And I think it would be even funnier if Kei and Terushima didn't actually have any sort of feelings for the other. Like, I'm not saying as in they are fake-dating, but like more as friends that occasionally make out because one, it's fun. Two, Terushima is figuring things out. Three, Kei wants to move on from whatever the hell happened between Yamaguchi and him and he is going to do it - in one way or another.

They are both using the other for something, yet it is not unhealthy since they are pretty open about it.

So, what if Tsukki wants to make Tadashi a bit jealous? Terushima doesn't mind - he is enjoying it even.

I have no words to express how disappointed I am of myself.

[kings-highway]

Hi! I’m here to ask if you used any specific resources for the Japanese folklore in Paranormality and Summer of Monsters?

nothing I can cite as the best unfortunately. It was a lot of wikipedia, yokai.com, and a few other recurring sites. Sometimes there were video essays off youtube. i fcking love video essays. Lots of the time I was basing it off my pre existing knowledge, or extrapolation based on my own analysis.

Part of the fun of Paranormality is that the myths are based more on popular perception and not so much on any "truth" or "original tale" so I was able to get away without being very academically rigerous. For example, in the most recent spider chapter, the entire premise of these women being scapegoats isnt something I got off a source, by just my own understanding of how stories like that develop. Same with Oikawa's analysis of the bear stories always just being bears! Just cool things I noticed. Tendou's monster form is based off a chimpanzee and I can literally only barely remember reading one site that said something about how satori "were probably just aggressive monkeys"

Oh! and the Night Parade concept has a few different origins, but it took the form it did due to the fact that many yokai appear in writings called stuff like "On the Hyakki Yagyō" which are catalogues of yokai that sometimes dont appear in ANY other written records, except by name in these old writings. Very interesting.

oddly, Ushijima's sinistrality had me doing the most research. Partially this was due to a damn near feral state I was put into due to a haikyuu-bu extra that showed Shirabu asking Ushijima to touch Tendou with his left hand to "see what would happen" and partially just due to left handed history being so weird and fascinating (had me reading NY Times articles from the 80s)

sorry i lost track of the initial question somewhere in there. wikipedia and yokai.com are probably the true answers. hope this is satisfying in any way otherwise yell at me and ill try again

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[beldaroot]

kita shinsuke is kinda the minor character of all time and singularly embodies the main themes of haikyuu perfectly.

you have this kid who was benched the entirety of his middle school volleyball career but a high school coach saw his diligence and discipline on the sidelines and recruited him to his team. and then made him captain of the team three years later. and even as the leader of the team, kita still wasn't a player that frequented the court regularly during official matches; he's put into the game in a pinch, as a way to control the other players around him. kita is strict and unreadable, but he reads his teammates like a book and knows how to bring out the best from each of them. he doesn't achieve this by yelling or hitting them, but by adding the pressure for them to do better. he simply humbles them: not just in their rowdiness but also their talent. as someone who is top of his class and never cuts corners, he actually shows that there is no such thing as geniuses. he as a character personifies the concept of "practice makes perfect." he's not mad at the miya twins for copying kagehina's quick move, he believes if they practiced it more, and with against the right opponents, it would've been more successful. it's the tiny things that you routinely do every day that build up to victory.

he understands that he's a mere mortal to the monsters on the court - but not because he's less "gifted," but because while he's practicing what's expected of him, these players are doing that and more and trying something new as well. he likely doesn't like inarizaki's motto of "who needs memories" because he's trying to make a legacy; to show off that he was lucky to be invited to play with these monsters. he's strange, aloof, and intimating enough to be a monster himself, but he's also a healer, a prankster, and now the provider of the main ingredient to feed the hunger of these monsters. he's got it all!

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[macbetha]

preview of “four of hoards,” a haikyuu omegaverse fantasy au where i go fuck ass wild with the concept of dragon hoards and the societal implications of biological kleptomania over everything 😤💯

also it’s kiyoomi x kenma. saving the hades & persephone defense for another post

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Hatchlings are only told fairy tales with bad endings.

The stories vary in bewitchment and severity, but the message remains the same: doing this thing will result in that thing, don’t do this or you’ll get what’s coming to you.

Frightening the young is a surefire way to control them all the way up to presentation and beyond. Kiyoomi recalls one story about a dragon that spent too much time on the ground after falling in love with a lily trader. The flowers she carried offered colors not found in the sky and she lured the dragon from the clouds with a plea for quicker travel to the next village.

She was so sweet, needing medicine for her father, and she was the first person to not fear the dragon.

The dragon never again wanted to taste the rain before it falls or be the first thing the sunrise touches. Her smile alone could sustain him.

When the brave little lily settled on dragon-back and he took her high up to show her how weightless and wonderful she made him feel, the rush was too much for her. She fell quicker than the dragon could follow, for not even love could break the roots that bound the woman to the earth.

He dove harder and faster as the ground drew closer and when she crashed against garden stones, he did the same – burying himself in the earth alongside her.

The only truth in the legend is that the elders who passed down the story did not approve of dragons mating outside their own species. Kiyoomi faced very little resistance from his people when he overthrew those leathery hags.

As a king living in terribly close proximity to his people, Kiyoomi has come to acknowledge some advantages of fairy tales. Hatchlings are downright feral when bedtime threatens to end their fun. The whole mountain would suffer if a spooky parable didn’t lure the hatchlings to their nests. Ghost stories make the children huddle tight against their parents and far away from Kiyoomi. Thus, he is an enthusiastic supporter of anecdotes about goblins who hunt down noises made after dark or spirits that tickle you with chilly fingers should your arm hang out of the nest.

Kiyoomi would love to meet those monsters and bow deeply for the sake of his rescued sleep schedule. The well-rested sires and carriers would also offer their bountiful thanks.

Kiyoomi never met his sire, and his carrier wasn’t present when he was young. Her sparse visits were not inspiring, though one of her narratives lingered with Kiyoomi when she herself would not.

“Do not fly too close to the sun,” she warned. “You cannot fly as high as your instincts will have you believe. You are just as susceptible to exhaustion, hunger, and heartbreak as the rest of the world. With life comes bright, golden lies you will want to chase. Remember that the only gold worth flying after is the gold in your hoard – for that is what makes the sun rise and fall in a world of dragons.

Even you can burn, Kiyoomi, and you will if you don’t guard your heart.”

What a cruel thing to tell a child born with wings.

[monocotyledons]

barging into your inbox with some haikyuu thoughts bc i thought the shiratorizawa arc was already so intense and emotional but their game with inarizaki almost had me literally crying bc i’m just so proud of them !!

^ HE’S JUST LIKE ME FR 😭

i also wanted to ask who your fave characters were!! I think Kageyama has really inched his way to the top for me but Sugawara is also so precious (as are most of the characters lbr) 🥹

hello sorry this is a late reply to your ask!! BUT YES S4 IS REALLY GOOD 🥹 the match is sooooo intense and satisfying and i especially love hinata's big receive!! such a good way to wrap up his arc for the season 💕

omg fave characters... ok so i am a HUGE shiratorizawa fan, i watched season 3 in one go and LOVED it and got obsessed with it so fast. ushijima is my absolute favorite and i also love tendou and goshiki to pieces!! i even have a soft spot for the side characters in the team like semi and reon?? i just love s3 a lot, it's my favorite season hands down.

i didn't even think much of ushijima in previous seasons, i just remembered him as the guy from the "japan!!" scene and from anime twitter meme'ing him as pestering oikawa all the time. i think what really endeared me to him was 1) his backstory with his dad and his left-handedness and 2) him being actually a really cool and supportive captain despite his scary-looking demeanor! tbh i just really love the contrast of the intimidating outward aura vs. him actually just being very no-nonsense. i love how he's always "okay do your best" to goshiki whenever the latter challenges him (if you haven't seen it yet, i highly recommend this scene not in the anime). idk if you've read the manga chapters not covered by the anime but i especially loved seeing more sides to him after the s3 match.

tendou endeared me to him so fast bc of how goofy he is + the whole "guess monster" concept & the backstory behind it + his entire dynamic with ushijima, like they're besties but also such an odd pair. (tendou also has one of my favorite post-timeskip jobs!) and i love love how ambitious and hungry for success / validation goshiki is while still being a dorky first year.

sadly shiratorizawa is not very popular within the fandom so they don't get a lot of merch but i DO try to get my hands on merch of them whenever i can!!

tbh i think their relative lack of popularity is why i love them so much haha. i got into haikyuu back in 2020-21 when it was all over anime twitter, and back then the hyped characters were the aoba johsai boys (mostly oikawa and iwaizumi, still very popular today) and the miya twins (since s4 had just aired). tbh it's harder for me to love hyped characters bc the hype blows them up too much and i can't appreciate them in my own right... i went into s3 knowing nothing about it so i learned to love the characters on my own!

outside of stz my favorite characters are asahi and kageyama!! with asahi i think i just really loved his story of overcoming anxiety and pressure to claim the title of ace. his more reserved personality is such a nice contrast to the rest of karasuno! (and i also love his timeskip job!) and kageyama is just... so, so endearing to me. he's really just trying his best! his struggle of balancing wanting to be the best vs. looking after his teammates and bringing out the best in them too resonates with me so much. and while i've always liked hinata, i think i grew to love him more after reading the post-nationals chapters!

[animemocha]

Tobio Kageyama: The King of the Court (Essay)

One of the most exciting concepts in Haikyuu is something set up in its 4th season. The concept that certain athletes are just born to play volleyball. Players that feel like they need to be on the court just to survive. The concept of the monster generation.

Of the 6 members of the monster generation, one stands out in particular. A player of unmatched skill, but also someone who fails to treat others with any respect. A player that is shunned by his own team.

Tobio Kageyama is undoubtedly one of the most talented players in Haikyuu, and yet despite his immense skill, we’re reminded time and time again of his shortcomings, of his failure.

So what happens when this tyrant king is dethroned? Does he crumble under defeat, or rise again transformed?

Wait wait wait wait wait. Let’s quickly get something out of the way because it will save me so much wo- I mean because it’s important to the story! Yeah… Let’s go with that.

The words “Genius” and “Monster”.

According to the show, a “Genius” is someone born with a supreme talent for volleyball.

A “Monster” is someone that realises this talent to become a truly world-class player.

Therefore the “Monster Generation” is a collection of these world-class players.

Now then, is Kageyma a genius?

Yes. Without a doubt.

But is he a monster? Welllllll… That’s a tough one. Because he has so so so many flaws.

His journey doesn’t start off on the best path. He had extraordinary talent yes, but lacked a crucial skill that any player needs to be truly great. A skill that’s honestly really basic.

Teamwork.

Volleyball is played with seven players. Good teamwork isn’t optional, it's a necessity. So how can anyone be a genius without this skill? Are we looking at a failed setter in the making? Or the early stages of a monster?

Part I - The Tyrant

Kageyama’s nickname, “King of the Court”, wasn’t just a title. It was a testament to his relentless pursuit of victory, even at the expense of team harmony. 

But what does “King of the Court” mean exactly?

Sure, we know it was given to him because he played volleyball like a tyrant. Where his obsession with winning overshadowed his responsibilities to his teammates. A style of play that said, “It’s about me”.

Let’s compare Kageyam’s initial phase with his old teammate, and current captain of Aoba Johsai, Oikawa Tooru. 

Oikawa, with his charismatic leadership and empathetic setting style, seems to embody the ideal setter. And yet, he himself admits to feeling threatened by Kageyama’s sheer talent. Interesting, isn’t it?

Despite being on a team with a player like this, Kageyama could not have been more different. He constantly berated his teammates for not living up to his standards and for not keeping up with him, which lead to him being given the infamous nickname.

He was a tyrannical, egocentric king, who would never settle for anything less than perfection from his teammates, and who disregarded anyone that wasn’t able to keep up with him.

But I mean, be honest. If you were by far the best in your team and everyone around you was dog poo by comparison, you’d get pretty annoyed too.

And you can probably guess what happened next. His teammates lost faith in him and his coaches lamented his wasted potential.

So what did Kageyma do?

Well, he did what any twelve-year-old would do. He never wanted to feel that way again, so after joining Karasuno, he changed.

Part II - The Servant

Kageyama never wanted to feel lonely again. And, he didn’t.

He wanted to make sure his teammates were always there for him. And, they were.

Karasuno are without a doubt the perfect team for Kageyma. They tought him the importance of team work. He learnt to let go of his ego. He became someone that rarely ever criticised his team, giving them the exact sets they wanted.

He did his best to perfect a new quick. Yes, he did it so that he could improve. But he also did it to help his team, to help Hinata. 

So how did he do this exactly? How did he learn to be a more selfless setter?

Well, he went to the person, who in his mind, was already a perfect example of that ideal. 

After this meeting. Kageyama gets a new philosophy.

He learns that he is there in service for his team, not the other way around. It’s his duty to give his teammates the exact sets that they ask for.

He becomes a selfless setter.

Surely that’s a good thing, right?

Well, Kageyama definitely thought so. But that all changed during a certain training camp where he met a certain player.

Atsumu is one of the best high-school setters in the country, and Kageyama knows this. So what does it mean for him, when Atsumu tells him that everything he has been doing is wrong?

Does this mean he’s still a failure? 

This dilemma nags at Kageyama. He’s just been playing with some of the best players in the country, and when he returns to Karasuno, while his teammates are certainly good, there is an obvious difference, and Kageyama notices this, and eventually, he snaps.

Part III - The True King

The problem with what Kageyama has been doing up until now is that he was so afraid of history repeating itself, that he overcompensated. 

He always gave his teammates the exact sets that they wanted, and in doing so, reinforced their bad habits.

He knew he could push them higher, push them further, push them to be better, but that scared him. What if they hated him for it?

And that was his dilemma.

He wants to win, not just for himself, but for his team too. But how does he do this? What if he ended up becoming the old tyrannical king again?

Fortunately for Kageyama, there was someone on the team that knew the value of the King of the Court.

Kageyama had always been egotistical and prideful. But that’s just the nature of a talented athlete. Unfortunately for him, his communication was poor, and it resulted in a rather traumatic past.

But at Karasuno, he was given the greatest weapon a setter could ask for. Not a super fast decoy, or a powerful spiker, or an amazing libero.

What he found at Karasuno was a team that supports him, one that will make sure he was never alone.

Conclusion

So, the question remains, is Kageyama a failed setter?

Well, the answer is not too different from real life.

Humans make mistakes. That’s a given. What’s important is how we learn from them.

In the same way, perhaps Kageyama’s journey to becoming a successful setter is paved with lessons learned from his failures. Perhaps being a so-called “failed setter” is a necessary step towards greatness.

There’s no doubt that Hinata wouldn’t be the player he is without Kageyama. But I’d argue the opposite is also true.

Hinata teaches Kageyama that what he’s been ashamed of, can be something that he can be proud of.

He learns that there will always be mistakes and setbacks, but his teammates will always support him.

And so, he knows exactly the kind of setter he needs to be. It might not be what works for Oikawa, and it might not even be what works for Atsumu.

But, for him, it’s perfect.

And with this, Kageyama goes from a tyrant, to a servant, to a king at last.

psst... if you liked this essay, check out the full video essay on my youtube channel!

- love ya

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Fic Writer 20 Questions

tagged by @sweaterkittensahoy

How many works do you have on AO3? 184

What's your total AO3 word count? 270,123

What fandoms do you write for? Currently I'm writing a lot for One Piece with a side of FF14, but I've hopped around a lot over time!

Top Five Fics by Kudos drown the bed in kerosene and let your matches fall (Monster Prom) Local Dumpster Fire Didn't Try, Still Got Laid (BnHA) flock (Haikyuu!!) (love is like ice cream) we've always got room for more (俺物語!! | Ore Monogatari!!) this isn't breaking news (BnHA)

Do you respond to comments? I do my best! Sometimes it takes me a very long time, and some fics I just never reply on because I'm so long out of the fandom that it feels disingenuous to reply though...

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Oh boy, you know, I really don't write a lot of sad things? Emotionally, maybe the only victim of these innocent crimes (is me), which is a heavily one-sided love focused DCMK fic In terms of actual tragedy, Corporeal (or: Oa is only slightly better than a shopping mall) wherein the concept is "what if we took the zombie apocalypse concept of Blackest Night and really just turned the dial up to 11?"

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Most of them? Most of them. I write a lot of adult content, and PWPs tend to end happily. My current fave is we carry our oceans within us, wherein Chopper celebrates his birthday over three different years. The last one is the happiest ending possible c:

Do you get hate on fics? Rarely! I think the most issues I've had were in MZDS fandom. I set commenting to registered users only around then, and haven't had issues since. I think being mostly a rarepair writer helps a lot with that lol

Do you write smut? Enthusiastically and with great regularity

Craziest Crossover? A tie between DCMK x FF14 (you are sweet like honey and I am filthy from it) and Untitled Goose Game x Fallout 4 (Fallout 4: Goose Game Redux)

Have you ever had a fic stolen? If I have, I don't know about it!

Have you ever had a fic translated? A couple! I feel like it's rare, but it's happened at least once or twice?

Have you ever co-written a fic before? In theory yes? I have a bunch of WIPs that have never been finished that live in my documents, and then I have one (1) fic that was created based on an RP with a friend years ago!

All time favorite ship? That's like asking me to name my favourite child. I am aghast, I am offended, I am waving my hands in a speechless manner, I am going to say Wrightworth because I keep coming back to read it again and again, even though I've only written fic for it maybe once

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I mean, if it's unlikely I'll finish a WIP, it's because I don't want to work on it anymore? If I had to choose, it would be a fic that I was co-writing with a friend from a fandom that I'm still into, but that they're desperately no longer interested in. I'm not going to tell you about it, because I'd hate to pressure them about it c:

What are your writing strengths? Insert gif of frightened cat with its back arched and tail puffed up. I'm bad at identifying my own strengths. If forced to offer an answer, I'd say that I'm good at writing strong emotions between characters, both during smut and outside of it? That seems to be what my top kudos'd fic indicate, at least.

What are your writing weaknesses? 1) Commas. Fuck those guys. 2) Finding synonyms for the word "moan". Why must English limit me so? 3) Writing money shots is annoying and boring. I can come up with innovative ways to skip writing prep (some of which are: what about a blow job instead?) but you can't really write a porn without someone having an orgasm and let me tell you, it's really fucking hard to come up with a new and inventive way to write "and then [character] came. all things considered, it was pretty good." you know? Most of my WIPs are all of the foreplay and cut off right before that bit. There's a joke to be made about orgasm denial here, probably.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language? Sometimes useful, but I categorically ignore footnotes, so if you put words from a foreign language into a fic and translate them that way, I will 100% never know what they mean.

First fandom you wrote in? Harry Potter. I'm a product of my generation.

Favorite fic you've written? Again, why are you making me name my favourite child? I'm proud of a lot of my fic, I think, but off the top of my head, I'm going to list off a top 5 of fics that I haven't mentioned yet: love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling (BnHA) now he calling me nyquil (MZDS) make of my arms a castle (FF14) DAREDEVIL'S RAINY NIGHT: A HARROWING TALE OF MANPAIN (Daredevil) ridiculous, unacceptable, pls don’t (DCMK)

Tags (very optional): @kaijuscientists, @janzoo, @elementalsight, and now I can think of precisely zero other friends who I'm fairly sure write the fanfiction haha

[ryoskuna]

i’m leia, although some people also call me nani. honestly, you can call me whatever you’d like as long as it’s respectful. I’m twenty-two years old and a full-time contributor to capitalism because I have bills to pay, although i will be taking grad school courses in the summer of 2023. my pronouns are she/her/hers (they is also acceptable).

content i make: sfw, fluff, angst, nsfw (minors do not interact), tons of aus, oc x canon character content, content specifically for readers and/or original characters of color (will be specified), whatever SELF-indulgent content I desire. 

this is my blog, i will put the content I wish to see on there, and write for content that I want to write for. I have the right to deny a request, and while out the kindness of my heart I may tell why, but you’re not entitled to a justification for why I do or don’t want to write a request - it is case-by-case, but should you insist I write the same request you sent in or I specified I would not do that content will get you an immediate block.

you also don’t have to be in my inbox solely for requests, feel free just to stop by and talk and chat or for concepts. 

CURRENTLY, REQUESTS ARE OPEN.

fandoms i write for: bleach, naruto (though i will NOT touch boruto with a 10ft stick), jujutsu kaisen, fire force, my hero academia, haikyuu, burn the witch, demon slayer, monster prom, genshin impact, blue lock. fandoms i’m considering writing for: sk8 the infinity, chainsaw man. this list is subject to change.

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created oc x canon ships 

you may, on occasion, see content for them and you’re welcome to request or give ideas for drabbles or ficlets you’d like to see, or questions that allow me to fully flesh either their relationship or my ocs. more than likely, a lot of these come from wips I have drafted for actual multi-chapter fanfictions. or you just may see clips from me playing them in the sims 4. again, this is my blog and if you don’t like the content I write involving them, don’t interact.

angelkitty - grimmjow x cassandra beckett (bleach), saint grafitti - bruno bangnyfe x genevieve “viv” astaseul-riley (info - warning, sudden audio playing if on a computer) (burn the witch), kitsuki - kakashi hatake x mitsuki hanabusa (naruto), storm motion - natsuo todoroki x andie paris (mha), hellbunny - mirko x harlow aelius (mha), keiki - hawks x suki fujimura-hansley. there’s also some ships involving bokuto, daichi, and keishin ukai from haikyuu, akitaru obi from fire force, damien from monster prom, some ships from jjk, and childe and arataki itto from genshin impact.

popular works:

shaken, not stirred universe, ft. bartender!sukuna and co.

promised eternity, hades!sukuna x persephone!reader.

union, satoru gojo x original character (only on ao3 as of now).

favor fire, joker (fire force) x reader [NSFW]

do not reblog.

[levbolton]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

question for me? about my interests? someone wants to hear my rambling?

i don't think i can rank these characters as i don't know what criteria to use for ranking, but i can mention these as characters that i like more than the rest

Bokuto Kotaro from Haikyuu

Dude's a literal ray of sunshine. I love everything about him, he's so silly and funny but reently it was revealed that he has a university degree! I love that for him, and I love that he gets to live his life happily doing what he loves (volleyball) BokuAka has been my main source of serotonin when i was struggling with depression

2. Yaguchi Yatora from Blue Period

Boy's a complete disaster, that's true. But he's such a relatable disaster. I don't necessarily kin him, Yotasuke is the one I kin (he just like me fr), but I've found quite a few similarities i have with Yatora, and he's just so cute and scrunkly, I hope Yamaguchi will give him a happy ending away from this depression he lives right now

3. Johann Liebert from Monster

Hands down the best villain in any story I've read, including books. He's incredible

4. Kishibe Rohan from JoJo

He's spiteful, he slays, he draws too, idk dude is my fav side character in jojo, maybe my favourite in all series, he's an asshole and i love that for him

5. Gilbert from Artiste

This manga is literally so little known, it's a slice of life abt a french cook in paris. Gilbert might come off as weak and such, but he is a good guy, he is more capable than he is giving himself credit for

6. Yukimi from Nabari no ou

Dad, cat dad, malewife, kind, love him dearly, scrunkly or babygirl or something. Him <3

7. Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones

Crazy psychopath that affected me so deeply it became my personality (i am bolton for this reason)

8. Kazuki Kurusu from Buddy daddies

he gets on the list idc, his malewifeness and kind demenour have enticed me, he's everything i love in a fictional man

9. Saeran Choi from Mystic Messenger

hm, this is rather a sweet memory from years ago, i no longer play mystic messenger, but i loved this game so much when i was 17-18 and saeran was my favourite (always on the traumatised malewife huh)

10.Mr Villain from Mr Villain's day off

i guess? idk i just like stories abt adults enjoying the little joys of life... idk

it was actually ahrder to choose than i thought bcs i cannot say i love, love stuff, that i adore and idoliwe it, it's rather the concepts that i like, like i love the ice guy and the cool girl but i cannot say that either of them gives me brainrot, or that i adore hgsn as one of my main interests but i cannot say that yoshiki is my fav character although i love him dearly as my son, hm

thank you for the ask ~~~~~