#ah... ok so... this got long and i ......

[vynnyal]

Turns out Sunlit Trail isn't quite done just yet, so after all that they just send you to a dead end 😂

[liquidstar]

Oh fuck tomorrow I'm going to be a little birthday boy I keep almost forgetting

[forcebookish]

i need a new strategy for like, cleaning my room and doing yoga and reading and leaving the house. the adhd has reached mythic levels of bad. i have the thought, "i should do X," and then i won't move. i make a to-do list and i won't do anything on it. i queue up a yoga practice and i won't do it. i stare at my room and get stressed out about how cluttered it is. i write 3000 words of notes for a fic i don't even know if i'm going to write. i think and i think and i think about my OCs and they won't let me write them. i spend hours looking at stuff i can't buy. i take like an hour to write this.

[self-insert-nightshade]

I did some doodles on class worksheets when I should've been taking notes and these are def not accurate (no refs in class) so all from memory/vibes.

One day ill have more than just doodles for these too cuties (and some for cove actually)

[bangcakes]

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[ayyponine]

Same venue. Same-ish crowd. Opposing seasons. Contrasting vibes.

[nowendil]

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[teufelme]

You ever just want to talk about Bertl,

[sylphwing]

gnna try to get a shiny latios wish me luck 🙏✨

[strwbrymlkshake]

Why can't I be satisfied with everything? It needs to be perfect to me and I can't accept anything otherwise :(

[mars-ipan]

first of 3 artfight refs! honestly it's probably good that i do these anyways

[torifuckingspring]

spent three years gaslighting myself into thinking i was a lesbian and not trans and bisexual bc it was easier now im depressed and obsessed with queer media

[accustiv-archived]

perhaps i was supposed to be more traumatised, it was certainly very quiet as we stared at each other, knowing that we were the last three standing out of hundreds. i had seen more death and turmoil since i’d climbed into that car than most people would ever see, and yet, somehow, i felt untouched by it. if i stopped to think about what that actually meant, i would probably have realised that i was doing it on purpose - remaining firmly within the persona that i had built for myself, the one that had carried me through every single game without putting a target on my own back. i’d even stopped thinking of them by their names, i knew they’d told me, we’d been friendly, in a way, but now they were just 043 and 239; i wasn’t immune to the trauma, i just wasn’t acknowledging it. whatever was about to happen, i had to win. there was no other option, i’d come too far to let the looks in their eyes get to me. i couldn’t.

habit reared it’s ugly head, and i dipped my eyes, adjusting the cuff on the shirt they’d given me. the air of occasion was oppressive, it was the first time in the games that i could feel the weight of death weighing down on me, on all of us, and it was easier to ignore if i was looking at anything other than my opponents. two of us were going to die, and when i looked up once more, and saw the way they stared at each other, i knew i wouldn’t have to take out both of them, which was, oddly, a relief. i had barely eaten anything, unable to ignore the fact it was clearly a final meal, but it didn’t matter, because now, looking at the game arena, the tuxedos, the determined, terrified light in my opponent’s eyes, i understood.

i adjusted my grip on the knife in my hand. and everything fell away.

if anyone was to ask me who had moved first, i wouldn’t have been able to guess. it was frantic, too frantic to focus on, the desperation to survive, to take that money fell on the pair of them in an immediate frenzy of violence. i was a small target, lighter on my feet than 239, and dodged him easily when i saw him lunge towards me, although i felt the sting of a cut on my arm as i escaped. I skidded to a halt as 043 swore, and leapt on top of him. and then i remembered nothing, closing my mind to what was happening so completely that nothing penetrated. until suddenly i realised that my leg hurt now, too, and i was carefully edging around a panting, bloody 043, who was now standing between me and my victory, as i stood between him and a dead man. he said something i didn’t understand, and i couldn’t think of any words to respond with. he spoke again, spitting blood as he glared at me, staggering forwards, trying to strike, again, i didn’t understand, the only thought in my head was that i was going to kill him.

“ this isn’t personal. ” i said, in english. i couldn’t remember any korean, i couldn't remember anything, even my own name seemed out of reach as we collided, and i closed my eyes. his knife was too high, and sliced at my cheek, mine was too low, and plunged into his thigh. i scrambled away, and then tried again.

@sangwoochos

[todayisafridaynight]

CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO REPLY YOU'VE ALREADY FINISHED THE SECOND MOVIE LOL BUT

I LOVE showing The Mole Song to people because it's like, love it or hate it, you can't possibly have a lukewarm reaction to it. I'm thrilled you liked it so much!!! Hong Kong Capriccio definitely has its moments and I'm glad you enjoyed it too; on that note, I haven't seen Final yet, and it doesn't seem to be hardsubbed online, but I was able to find a raw and subs separately. They seem okay from the scene I skipped to twenty minutes in but not positive lol

It really does set the tone early! I love the cutaway gags too The manga has a lot of absurd non-sequiturs and it was a fun way to adapt that to a new medium. As an adaptation as a whole, Undercover Agent Reiji in particular definitely has the tone down and I appreciate that it kept a lot of the Moments I liked.

Hiura had me from the blood oath… one of the guys of all time… despite how I sound from what I just said, I actually didn't even know there was a manga or a sequel when I first watched it, so I was SO relieved he survived the explosion. I was honestly 100% convinced he'd crash the plane at the end though lol, but I guess that ended up happening in Hong Kong Capriccio anyway?

BUT YEAH LIKE THE GUY JUST HAS A HYPERFIXATION AND I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. Which, you know, in-universe, to have the whole butterfly motif and then dress your man up in florals… I repeat, Reiji was slaying in that dress… I love everyone's costuming in these movies. SPEAKING OF THE AUCTION, the PSP segment onward was insanely RGGcore wasn't it… good god……

It's kind of funny how little Reiji changes--I guess that's how you keep a manga going for like 900 or whatever chapters so far--because he'll pretty much Always have things he needs to figure out. Still very much fun to watch, though!

ALSO the drugs reminded me (I was expecting them to be In The Dogs too lol), shoutout to manga Tsukihara for having the exact same character arc as Mine and ending up an invaluable ally. Also getting to beat up Ryuji Leo (sorry my boy but Mine is overall the stronger combatant to me and I am tired of the Reddit-y discussions on the wiki saying otherwise </3). Living vicariously while Mine's status is still uncertain lol

P.S. I Too Treat Your Blog Like The Morning Paper and it means a lot to me to have the opportunity to write in and talk! I would also love to join a stream if you ever go for it!

P.P.S. NOOOOOOO PLEASE THE SLOW DANCING…….. UNWELL. I've imagined the same thing but at home… in the light of the refrigator… Jo is still tense as hell both because of the situation and it's such a waste of electricity and they really should close the door as soon as possible… but Arakawa insists if it's only for the duration of the song, it's fine……

YEAH THE MOLE SONG MOVIES WERE REALLY FUN thanks again for recommending it to me (I found out it had a manga series the moment I went to look it up, but I haven't read a lick of it. I'd say I'm surprised it's still running but I mean... manga like One Piece have over a thousand chapters at this point, so I shouldn't be too surprised. Maybe I'll give it a read sometime just to check out how the movies and manga compare-and-contrast with each other)!

1.) BIGGEST HONOR I'm glad my blog can entertain a lot of people (and a big part of that is due in part to people writing in and giving me a chance to chat a bit, so of course I always have to thank you and everyone else for sending me asks as frequently as you all do. They're absolutely the highlight of my day whenever I get the time to answer them ^^)!! I've always liked the idea of streaming (I've attempted to years back but I never tried again afterwards), though I always end up getting too anxious about it (plus I tend to get performance anxiety and I end up taking a lot longer to draw whenever people are watching me). I hope to get over that anxiety one day though- I bet it'd be fun to respond to people in real time or take quick doodle requests mid-stream :)

2.) AW THEM DANCING IN THE KITCHEN THOUGH I CAN SEE IT..... Jo being worried about the electric bill though that's so accurate..... I'll definitely think on the concept of Slow Dancing AraSawa with all the apparent enthusiasm around it.. I promise..

YAYA my friend (who made the post) told me a moment after I told her (also PLEASE I was so heinous reading the name- first thing I said to her aside from 'new movie night plan' was 'how many times does this man play a dude named 'Jo' ☠️☠️)! I wasn't able to find any recordings of the actual play (I know a trailer was posted last year so I don't know if they've actually performed live since then) but here's to hoping one day there's a recording of it posted somewhere...

[justabunchofdragons]

o... .. .,,, ! !!! i am very happy with where i am in this moment

[show-us-kaidenshenandoah]

sometimes, the impulsive thoughts win. and it is wild as hell that you can really get just about anything commissioned if you can find someone with the skillset and willingness to make it.. 👀