#about kurogane

[zelinxia]

Hope there’s still some good cake option at Trader Joes tomorrow when we do our groceries run. Gotta get something good for best boy’s birthday 👀

[nadirising]

KuroFai Olympics 2024, Ancient vs Modern Prompt: European sweetbriar, "I wound to heal" I went through many vampire ideas for this, before I realised I was overcomplicating, and canon already had this exact situation... Fai thinks he always hurts people trying to heal himself, while Kurogane willingly wounds himself for Fai's sake. An arm for a life. (but also the canon arm is ugly so we're automailing that shit uwu)

[plounce]

it's so fucking funny how homophobic the dogshit tsubasa anime was. like obviously there's vic mignogna lying that he talked to clamp and they told him that fai was straight. objectively hilarious. then in the anime itself they put in so much fai/chii like that bizarre filler episode where fai goes on a weird date with au chii and this pissed off clamp so much that later on in the manga they retconned chii to be based off of fai's mother out of pure fujoshi spite. applause all around everyone was sent into berserker states by that fruity blonde milf

[kittysquire]

Kurogane the PE-teacher, Fai the doorknob (aka. Teacher of chemistry 🧬🔬)

So @fieldofclover wrote the cutest fic and it’s been on my mind for days now, had to make a quick sketch of the teachers before bed.. thanks again for the absolute treat <3

Also fic name is Forget Love (I’d Rather Fall In Chocolate), on AO3! ✨ go give it a read!!

[redbrickdoor]

love it when the dark brooding character is the dog and the silly-goofy shithead smiley character is the cat.

like yes! give me grumpy dog guy paired with gremlin silly cat guy!!!

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

Kurogane’s shocked “Can they do that?” is ME. That’s INCREDIBLE. Restoring the worlds and also restoring all the rules of reality as they go?

Oh I really love that split shot of Sakura Sakura Sakura Sakura and Daddyaoran there. That’s gorgeous. 

I also love that Kurogane and Fai are trying to figure out where they could have been for Evil Wolverine not to sense them, and MY answer is in a Jam Jar. 

The real answer is probably either the world of dreams or outside reality itself. But that’s Jam Jar for you!

And now Mokona is also jumping in with questions about the logic behind the clothing WHICH LIKE. 

I just think it’s hilarious that all this [trying to save the entire universe] is going on around them and these three are sitting here trying to poke holes in the narrative and ask how it all makes sense. 

It’s relatable but also time and place! We can probably ask them about their clothes after reality hasn’t entirely collapsed around us.

And now I’m trying to remember who explained the time travel for us to know about it but the main cast doesn’t understand. It was Yuuko in... let's see... Chapiter 216. I suppose that was technically offscreen? Did no-one hear that but us? 

I mean I know Yuuko is always just narrating to herself but it seems like such a shame that no-one heard that part in particular. 

[andro-dino]

Mayblade Day 10 - Apron

forever and always thinking abt manga shinobu’s little heart apron

[cephalopistol]

he dont got shit to do anymore

[gaykamenriderdreams]

Ok so like. Everyone and their grandmother who watches Gotchard knows that Kurogane Spanner thinks Chemies are "just tools". Like, he just straight up says it, here it is, badda bing

But like. And hear me out on this one. I think this is more complicated than just "oh the rival character is a bastard who thinks puppies don't have feelings and therefore it's okay to go around kicking them all day"

Because I think Spanner thinks of himself as "just a tool" too.

(I am physically incapable of writing a post that doesn't get long so the rest of this is going under the cut. Spoilers up to episode 14)

I mean, just from a design standpoint, the guy has a wrench for a face half the time. There's definitely something to be said for Valvarad's mask being representative of how Spanner presents himself, or even thinks about himself (especially since Spanner created the Valvarad suit single-handedly, apparently????)

Also just like. The guy's first name. Is freaking Spanner.

Like, one of these??? And that's just his name???

Like I mean a bit on the nose but alright. Also, if he picked that name himself (and with a name like that, it seems likely). What motivated that. I simply must know.

(Diversity win! Local Trans Man absolutely hated by Every Area Teen because he's just such a bastard at all times!)

Also, for all his talk about Chemies being tools, he really doesn't treat them poorly. Like he DOES say that he really doesn't care about collecting them, he's just doing his job (performing his function, you could say)--

But like, this is also the same guy that has three Vehicle Chemies that are just his that he does not like being apart from even for less than two minutes

Like we all done been knew that Sabimaru has a special interest in Occult-type Chemies, you can just SAY you're only interested in Vehicle Chemies.

Or he could just, y'know. Have three Chemies that he really cares about and be content with that. Like those pokemon NPCs with six Magikarp and no interest in getting anything else.

And it's extra odd because we've been told that higher number Chemies are just plain stronger than the others (at least when used by regular alchemists for combat), but none of Spanner's Chemies are level 9. And he doesn't need to use number combos like Ichinose does- so why doesn't he just have three 9s and call it a day? Even IF Valvarad only works with Vehicle Chemies, why doesn't he have Golddash and Steamliner (7 and 9) instead of Gekiocopter and Madwheel (4 and 6)? We just don't know. But it could be because he cares about His Three Chemies Specifically, as much as he verbally denies it.

And another thing. Even when things go wrong, he doesn't take it out on his Chemies!

When Gekiocopter hits their altitude limit and can't take Valvarad any higher, he doesn't express any frustration towards his Chemy. I feel like if he really hated Chemies in general, he'd get mad at Gekiocopter and replace them with a higher-flying Chemy as soon as possible. But he doesn't.

Sure, Gekiocopter is "a tool"... but you don't get angry at a tool for asking it to perform past its specs. It's your fault in the first place for not respecting its limitations when you chose to use it. All the pressure and vitriol in the world won't suddenly make the impossible possible. (I wonder, is this empathy? An understanding of what it's like to be pressed to the breaking point? From one alchemist's tool to another? Surely not.)

And with episode 14 hinting that some things previously assumed to be part of his personality may be "just following orders..." And with how useless he's got to be feeling, losing over and over again despite having spent so much time and effort forging himself into a weapon for the alchemists to use as they see fit... aghhhhh I'm soooo curious where they're going with all this. THERE'S POTENTIAL.

Anyway. All this is not to get anyone to like the guy (though as you can tell, I'm a big fan). I just really wanted to express my thoughts about how there could be more than just "generic jerk" going on under the hood for this car crash of a human being.

TLDR: Kurogane Spanner is a massive tool (derogatory) (complimentary)

[valvarads]

he missed my vitals…

@userdramas creator bingo: black & white + cool

[shiiko529]

(yet)

[tsubasaclones]

love un-loses

[marreddream]

Housamotober 2024 21-25. Outfit Swap (ft. Magical Girl Raising Project) 21. Winter / 22. Spring / 23. Summer / 24. Fall / 25. Dream Event / 26. Role Swap give me the magical girl themed event Lifewonders

[nonbinarysyaoran]

accidentally took a hiatus from trying to get more sprites from these games (they're boring you can't blame me. im here for the sprites and that's basically it) now that i'm using gl intercept but im back now. these are my favorites from today (uncropped because im lazy)

[kittysquire]

More KuroFai!!

Can’t believe I got so called out by many when I called this fandom dead vxnzhxj 💀 im glad it isn’t cuz i have lots more to share!! For now pls have some sketches ✨

[gaykamenridermemes]