#also the first one is shit quality but my fave pic of her idk why

[ssweeneys]

Eiza Gonzalez - S Moda / Alexi Lubomirski (2021)

[justlightthefirstspark]

Utd vs Reading 02/02/2020

Or, as @danieljamesmufc so eloquently put it, ‘The Battle of The Baes’ (Baes in question obviously being Amy Turner and Angharad James)

Anywho, there isn’t much of a ~detailed~ analysis like other pieces have had. A lot of the plays (and therefore, issues) are the same every game, and I don’t wanna keep repeating myself by making the same points week in and week out. Also, this game was kinda scrappy and not much really happened - until the end but we will get there in due time. I have a LOT of thoughts about the end of this game.

Few small changes in the XI - due to McManus picking up an injury vs Chelsea, Amy came back in at CB which was just

And then I saw Harris at RB 😐 I think I’ve made my feelings about that very clear, and I don’t wanna start hating on Martha for the sake of it, but Smith is the better of the two imo. And I just can’t see why Casey keeps insisting on playing TWO natural RB’s when she has a natural LB sitting on the bench ALL THE TIME, collecting splinters in her arsecheeks. It’s annoying, and I’m kinda sick of it.

Lizzie Arnot dropped out of the XI, in favour of Jane Ross for this one, and everything else was pretty much the same as Wednesday night.

Also, and I would really appreciate some help/info/whatever you’ve all got for this, but I was under the impression that Amy couldn’t (or at least, wasn’t really supposed to) play 3 games in one week? I’m like 90% sure that Casey benched her a few times in the second half of last season for this exact reason? Apparently that’s down to the knee injury she had a few years ago, but I would appreciate some clarification on this if anyone has anything 🧐

Also (I’m being annoying now, sorry) but this commentator was... bad. Mispronuncing players names (who is Jackie Groinen?), not even bothering to try and pronounce others (here’s looking at you, Angharad James), misidentifying players, just not really knowing what was happening a solid 83% of the time... idk who she is but she needs to not commentate on a United game again, I can’t listen to her. Girl had some, interesting, opinions too, and I’m quoting her directly now, “United will think that they’re due a defeat” 🧐 I’m not entirely sure how, or why, that would be the case, but apparently both United and Reading have alternating W/L runs in the league and today was Reading’s turn to win? I was confused. I still kinda am. And I didn’t like it.

First half:

The first 10 mins of this were pretty boring tbh. There was an awful lot of back and forth, misplaced passes, interceptions and the like. I think United were just on top in the opening few minutes, judging by the amount of time they spent in Reading’s half, and their possession.

‘8 - Corner and a free kick for United in quick succession. Nothing came from either (surprise surprise), but there was a lovely bit of ball control in the box from Ross after the FK. Just couldn’t get it to Sigsworth (who probably would have scored but we don’t need to talk about it)

‘13 - Another potential Ross/Sigsworth link up in the box but Ross just swept it straight into the legs of a Reading player, instead of passing to Jess on her left 🤷🏽‍♀️ I thought she was okay today, so I won’t give her too much grief for that mistake

‘16 - decent chance for Sigsworth, ended up launching it straight at *insert Reading player here.* Foreal, I have no idea who it was. Sorry. Groenen and Zelem both had decent opportunities following this, but nothing came of either of those

‘17 - Another corner for Utd, wasn’t a great delivery to be honest. Was played out and worked back in, LJ managed to get a shot off but sent it behind with a deflection so yet more corners followed. With nothing coming from any of them - this is starting to be a problem. We never challenge from set pieces, and I’m genuinely starting to wonder why that is? Does someone else need to take them? Or what?

There was *a lot* of midfield action around this time, more back and forth, a few fouls, and free kicks. None of this was noteworthy, hence the lack of notes.

‘21 - Amy stop backpassing challenge. I gave Abbie SO much shit for this vs City and Chelsea (as well as vs Spurs, oops), so I guess it’s Amy’s turn now. Sidenote: I think ‘Turner & Turner’ is my fave chant, the original at least. No disrespect to Abbie but seeing Turner x2 at CB on the teamsheet has me like

‘28 - Earps’ clearnances need work. Like, a lot of work. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m never fully convinced by the ball that leaves her feet, and I don’t think she is either which is an issue 😬

‘29 - GOAL - United. I was literally just making a note on how boring I was finding this game - my highlight by the 28 minute mark was Amy lashing her boot into Tash Harding’s face. Lol. - when Lauren James appears literally out of nowhere and lashes one home. A gorgeous strike, cutting in from the left. This kid is lethal.

‘38 - Today I learned that we really only have one fast defender - Millie. Martha somehow outpaced Amy back with Reading on the break and I think my jaw hit the floor.

‘41 - United have the ball in the back of the net again. Amy got under a well struck free from Zelem and fired it home, but somehow was ruled offside. Clearly this ref and I have very, very different opinions about what the offisde rule actually constitutes, cause she was very much clearly onside.

Idk if you can see properly in those pics, but no one is offside in any of them. You can see in this video too, that Amy is in fact, NOT offside. I’m not having that one, it should have stood. https://twitter.com/48hours8/status/1223984745413038081?s=21

I just. I’m highkey so annoyed. And I’m definitely dragging this out but like

Moving on. That concluded a pretty uneventful half, aside from the goal and the offside that wasn’t actually offside.

Halftime:

Reading made a pretty interesting change at the half, subbing Haz off for LMKU. Maybe LMKU offers more of a threat going forward, but I thought Haz was pretty solid in the first half? She was certainly a lot better today than she was in the reverse fixture - she was shredded by Galton on every single run but I didn’t see her do anything like that this time? Anyway. (Also I’m lowkey sad Amy never got to slide tackle her into the middle of next week)

Second half:

‘47 - Quality build up work down the left and a gorgeous ball into the box from LJ, I fortune my it just brushed past Sigsworth and Ross in the 6 yard box/penalty area. So close to a second for United.

‘51 - a pretty poor free kick from Zelem, and a pretty poor decision and back pass from James. Sometimes I wonder if people on this team think about what they’re doing before they do it 🤗

‘53 - decent chance for Reading, which ultimately comes off the back post. United very lucky to get away with that one.

‘59 - Harris was very far forward there for a time. Like in the opposition box forward. Hello, anxiety. Also Amy nearly body checked someone around the same time and I was truly living my best life.

‘61 - Zel with a decent free kick, just couldn’t get the dip it needed to hit the back of the net

‘62 - another good strike from LJ, unfortunately just straight at the keeper.

‘63 - Penalty - Reading. Yellow for Amy for pushing Utland (I didn’t catch who it actually was, but according to Reading’s twitter it was LMKU) and conceding the pen.

‘64 - MARY EARPS SAFE HANDS LET’S GOOOO 🗣👏🏽🔥 What a save, my god. I was sure that was going in, but I’ve never been happier to be proven wrong in my life.

‘75 - another great chance for LJ - a lovely strike, think it could have done with a little bit of a chip, and then surely it was going in. Good work from Jess and Jackie in the build up too

‘76 - ‘82. This is where shit got crazy. And I really have no words for what I saw during this 6 minutes. Well, I do have words - I have a lot of them - but most of them aren’t suitable for this platform so I’ll just keep those ones to myself. Never in all my life have I seen such incompetent refereeing. A free kick awarded to Reading on the edge of the box, due to a ‘handball’ (that didn’t happen) by Lauren James, is cleared and HEADED away by Katie Zelem. The ref then proceeds to book Zelem for handball which, unless she suddenly has a third arm growing out of her FACE (I can confirm - she does not), makes absolutely zero sense, and awards Reading another penalty.

Jess also managed to get herself booked for questioning the ref’s decision and defending Katie sjsjsj, and not a single Reading player made a claim for that penalty. Surely, if she had handled the ball, every Reading player in the box would have appealed for it? You can clearly see the ball hit her head in the video linked below, but apparently the arm bone is now connected to the face bone, at least according to this ref anyway. 🙄

https://twitter.com/48hours8/status/1223996019022626821?s=21

I have no more thoughts on whatever happened after that because I had to turn it off before they scored that penalty, otherwise I would have drop kicked my laptop out my window. For what it’s worth, I did think Martha had a decent game today. I still want Smith at RB and Lotta at LB while Amy’s at CB though. You can’t make me change my mind 🤗

This is the third time this week alone that United have been robbed by poor referees, and apparently the ref of the City/Arsenal game today wasn’t much better. I didn’t see that game so I can’t really comment, but I don’t doubt those claims. The standard and quality of refereeing I’ve seen over the past 2 seasons since my introduction to women’s football has been appalling. And it’s not fair, I think this tweet pretty much sums it up.

The FA has pretty much demanded that every team/club in the WSL be full time, it’s about time that they demand the same qualifications and high quality from their officials, because this just isn’t good enough. And not just from the standpoint of a United fan, and in the context of today’s result, but league wide. It’s just not good enough. I’m completley here for literally everybody calling this shambles out for what it is, and the United girls being salty af on the tl.

Sorry that is this kinda long and ranty, but I’m in my feelings about this ref. ✌🏽

[franeridart]

I just found your profile and I love your style so much!

AHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

Anon said:From kami's-hair-is-hard-to-doodle anon from a while back: I finally got it! Thank you so much for your advice - reading and rereading your tips kept me practicing! I'd also like to thank the Academy /orz

I’m glad it could help you at all!!!! :O Kami keeps on being a mystery to me (and Horikoshi himself ???) too so don’t get too down on yourself for it taking time haha

Anon said:Ive sent you a couple of asks before but Im just so in love with the content you produce. Like not only is your art style so cute and stuff, but the plot/story (Idk) of each post is just so original and adorable. Im just so blown away by everything you post. Thank you for sharing your art!!!! Have a good week!!

Anon said:Hi! I’m new to your blog but love your art, I think your very talented which is why I’d like to ask a question. Do you have any advice for posing? I noticed your very good at it and wondered if you have any tips. If you do answer this, Thank you!!

Firstly, thank you so much for the compliments!!! I don’t know how useful exactly any advice I could give you will be, since most of it comes from drawing a lot and watching drawings even more, but in general to pick a pose usually what I do is think of the scene as if in movement? As in, what the characters are doing, and how they’d move if I were looking at them while doing it - keeping in mind the characters personalities helps me with this a lot too. 

Take for example the confessions drawings I’ve posted a couple of days ago: it’s true that there’s no words nor movement anywhere in them, but as I drew them I had a pretty clear idea of what they were saying and how the characters would react in those situations - Jirou’s shy and easily flustered, so she’s averting her eyes, unable to keep eye contact, and closing in on herself a bit, hiding her face and so on; in the concept, Kaminari was the one who confessed, so he’s holding her hand, tentative, because he’s unsure about how she’s gonna answer (it’s all stuff that didn’t actually make it in the drawing, how he reached for her hand, how he’s gonna close his other hand around her knuckles, but in my head it was a complete scene and I just picked one frame of it all to draw). The same goes for Bakugou and Kirishima - they’re rowdier, louder, more assertive and inclined to take everything as a fight, so this time around I went for a scene in which Bakugou straight out yells his feelings at Kirishima and Kirishima answers me too (again, I had the before and after in my head too, I just picked the frame that best coveyed what I was trying to do)

As I said I’m usure about how much this might help you orz it’s just my way of doing things, and it mostly comes from the fact that I was originally a writer honestly, so thinking of a whole scene makes things easier for me #rip

Anon said:Can I say, I really like the colors for your confession pictures! :>

THANK YOU??????? H E C K ;O; 

Anon said:hi~ i just went through literally everything in your sketches tag and i just wanna say i love your art and your comics and stuff. also because i went through everything, i want to bring attention to how cool it is to see how much your style has changed! your lines seem more confident and your characters more dynamic in the last few years :D

HECK THANK YOU SO MUCH it’s always so damn nice to know people can see my stuff getting even just slightly better oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnn *sob*

Anon said:can we repost your art if we give like 100% credit

Nope, sorry, I’d prefer it if you didn’t do that

Anon said:those "confessions" must be the lewdest thing I've ever seen

why would you use that word tho

Anon said:I just wanted to tell you that I love your art and it always makes me a little happier when you post something! No matter if it's your comics or colored pics or "simple" doodles, I love all of them! (Though soft stuff is the best, hehe) I just hope you know that you're very appreciated, and I hope you only have wonderful days!

GODS THANK YOU SO MUCH I’m so so so happy I can make you a lil happier ;0; I hope you’ll have every possible wonderful day too, anon!!

Anon said:I just spent the last few hours of my Sunday going though your entire blog. It’s beautiful and I hope you know that you have ruined my life because of that beauty. God damn it.

That wasn’t the intention but I’m!!!!!!!!! glad you think so???????? sob oh my g od you all are too nice to me ;^;

Anon said:Tododeku?

It sure is a ship, isn’t it - I’ve drawn for it in the past, I most probably will again in the future! :D

Anon said:you're honestly one of my fav artists on here! i love your style it feels so unique and is so pleasing to look at (((:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M CRYING THANK YOU

Anon said:Your art has this unique quality about it... its really hard to describe but there’s something so dynamic and god damn pretty about your work. It’s fantastic and you inspire me to keep on creating! I hope your day is absolutely wonderful and thank you for blessing us with your art!

I’m!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so glad I can make you want to create stuff, anon!!!!!! that’s the best thing anyone can ever tell me, oh my god ;^; thank you so much !!!

Anon said:I love it when you draw cuddly bakugou!! Its wonderful!!

THAT’S!!!! super great to hear cause I could probably draw only that for the foreseeable future and not mind it one bit holy smoke

Anon said:THE HUG COMICS ARE THE BEST COMICS, I LOVE HUGS AND BAKUGOU BEING PHYSICALLY AFFECTIONATE IS SOMETHING I LOVE, A++++, WOULD RECOMMEND.

HONESTLY BAKUGOU NEEDS ALL THE HUGS AND IF I MUST BE THE ONE TO GIVE THEM ALL TO HIM THEN SO BE IT

Anon said:all ur comics are fucking delightful and make my day everytime. i ve read them all like too many times? i read each multiple times in a row and im still giddy? i love them i love u

I!!!!!!! LOVE YOU TOO???? HOLY SHIT THANK YOU

Anon said:*sigh* soft-phisical contact lover bakugou save my week. And kiri is the most wonderfull sunshine and no one cant discuss that *sit down in the floor and manly crying*

Kiri is the brightest sunshine isn’t he ;^; the sun to Bakugou’s moon, it makes me weak and I cry a lot

Anon said:I never knew I could be so weak for kiribaku omg fran what have you done to me, on that note what little things do you think theyd do to take care of each other? Like kinda lowkey stuff theyd quietly do? Ahh anyway thank you so much for all the wonderful drawings, hope everything is going well for you :)

Well, this is just the feeling I got, but I’d say they do plenty for each other quietly and softly in canon too, don’t they? Bakugou especially, pointing out to Kirishima his strength when he can’t see it for himself and always trying to find a way to cheer him up when he’s down and giving him space when he needs it, training together, studying together, worrying over one another, Kiri making sure to always know what’s up with Bakugou and following him to help him, just generally being there for each other so that if and when they need they’ll know they’ll have someone they can lean on - their relationship is really mutually supportive, isn’t it? I cry so much they make me so happy ;^; *sob*

Anon said:When season 3 comes out wouldnt it be fun if krbk fans filmed their ch.90 being animated reactions?? I think it'd be so cool/cute to see all the emotions! What do you think?

You know, I’m pretty sure that IS gonna happen? People make reaction videos for so many things! It’s nice and fun, honestly, I love it~

Anon said:I really love the way you draw spiky hair! It looks so floofy and soft.

Boi thank you!!!! Spikes are super nice to draw, though admittedly I make them less spiky then they’re probably supposed to be haha

Anon said:As someone who adores Sero Hanta And is a die hard krbk fan can I just say how much I love you? Like I was having a rough-ish day and I can’t stop smiling now because of your latest comic. Seriously, I love you and your art is everything.

I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED THAT ONE!!!!!!!! I adore Sero if I had any better clue how to draw him I’d draw him all the time always, true story, he’s such a fave ;^;

Anon said:OMG Fran!!! I want Bakugou's name tattooed on all their faces now!! Hahahaha!

You know, one of my first krbk fanarts was Bakugou writing his name on Kirishima’s forehead, actually....................

[deadlylampshades]

11 questions tag!!

(+11 because i got tagged again and wanted to do the questions as well tbh)

under the cut because it is long rip

Rules:

Post the rules

Answer the questions given to you by who tagged you

Write 11 questions of your own (lmaoooo sure i’ll try)

Tag 11 people

this is from @dreamingwishes the absolute angel <3333

1) what was the first k-pop song you listened to?

That is quite an interesting question and I’m not even sure??? My brother was SUPER into jpop so I listened to a lot of that when I was younger but in terms of kpop I think f(x)’s red light??

2) the first group that you stan and the latest group you are in love with?

i suppose f(x) but the first group I really fell in love with was exo and the latest group I love is definitely bap

3) what’s your go-to song to cheer you up?

tbh i don’t listen to happy songs to cheer me up i listen to sad songs and my Depressive song of choice is fucking..... Mirotic..... like the original TVXQ version..... idk man it’s like my mind was like “i’m gonna ruin a song with sadness LETS MAKE IT MIROTIC”

4) who amongst the idols/artists you wish to have as your best friend and why?

i want to be friends with cha hakyeon so much :((( i also want to have milkshakes with hyuna :((((

hakyeon and me are both water signs and i get along so well with cancers and i feel like we are very relatable we’ll complain that we’re undervalued by our peers and probably compliment each other nonstop

and hyuna is so energetic and fun i love her soo much omg it would be so fun just to hang out <3

5) do you prefer music videos or live performances?

music videos!! i love story and drama based mvs and they’re always so artful and i love concept albums

6) drama ver mv or dance ver mv?

dramaaaaaa

7) given the chance, what kind of mv would you direct for your ult group?

listen I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: neon + gay. that’s my vision for the future and that’s my concept for every group ever.

8) is there a k-drama (or any drama) you’ve watched that you want your life to be?

GOBLIN PLS I WANT A SNARKY GRIM REAPER BFF

9) sum up your dream vacation

omg i dont even know i’d really like to go to a place with a lot of museums and theater and be able to sleep late and go to the beach a lot

10) who amongst your bias will you trust your life with? e.g if you’re in a zombie apocalypse

Ken because he’s so caring and sweet and also is super buff rn so he’ll protect me from the zombies <3

11) Apart from k-pop what other genre do you listen to most?

fdfjslahfsfd there are ppl following me who dont know that for most of my life i’ve been a hardcore metalhead (and still am) (i specifically love power and prog and symphonic metal the most)

<3

From @bap-af my actual problematic fave the moon (jongup) to my sun

1. fav 2017 comeback so far? (for both girl and boy groups if u want)

for girl groups: my emo goth rock princesses

for boy groups: this is so hard to choose but.......idk man it went RIGHT IN MY SOUL

2. who’s ur favorite soloist?

HYUNAAAA (and i mean i guess hoya now as well idk i don’t want to think about it)

3. pineapple on pizza or nah?

im rly indifferent. it’s nice. a solid 6/10. doesn’t deserve the hate.

4. who are ur biggest bias wreckers?

for bap it’s daehyun you’d swear i don’t even know a moon jongup :////

for nct it’s nakamoto yuta i dont know him but everytime i think about him snakes start manifesting in my house but also butterflies in my stomach im thinking about calling an exterminator

for monsta x it’s hyungwon i swear there was a hot minute when i was gonna make him my icon and become hyungwonwithagun the moment passed but i live in fear man i live in fear :////

5. a group that everyone loves but ur kinda :^/// about?

cough twice let me live cough im just saying gugudan is right there ladies and gentlemen

6. favorite non title track from b.a.p?

omg idk if this counts but it’s definitely jongup’s solo  but if i need to pick a group song this ho anthem

7. biggest pet peeve?

don’t fucking put your gum under the table????? were you raised in a fucking barn???? actually literally don’t litter in general?????

8. the most attractive quality someone could have?

i rly like ppl who are passionate it’s such a turn on to see someone genuinely care about something u know

9. ballad or lit song?

look i love a lit song as much as the next person but i feel like lit songs eventually get forgotten but you remember a rly good ballad for a long time u feel?

10. something u really like about urself :^)))

404 error page not found :/

i mean honestly im p funny tbh it’s like one of my 3 (three) good qualities

11. do u love me??? ;^))) wink wonk

unfortunately yes, ur my bias i keep trying to unstan but then you hmu with pics of yuta and i gotta come back :////

if u made it this far ur a trooper and ily and here’s the ppl tagged and the questions!!

@jinandtonics @chencake @trashstax @jellyhyungwon @vitaminmoongie @kilisp @cha-inyeon @eatboo @jaellyhwan @stan-the-best-stan-monsta-x aaaaand @hqseokjin

questions!!

1) oh shit dude it’s the apocalypse that’s not good. you + three idols of your choosing team up and try to survive together - who’s coming with you and what’s your team name?

2) what was your favourite hair colour on y idol and what hair colour do you hope they’ll do next? :o

3) what’s your fave kpop lyric the one that you just feel in your soul

4) what’s your fave fantaken pic of a bias of your choosing?

5) on that note, what’s your fave meme of a bias of your choosing?

6) take a random person who isn’t ur bias. would that person conceivably win in a fight against g-dragon. :/

7) what’s your fave comeback on 2017 for girlgroups, boygroups and soloists?

8) do you share a zodiac sign with any of your faves?

9) give a kpop song for the following categories, the first one that comes to mind:

a bop -

a jam -

a banger -

10) what concept do you wish x band would do next?

11) do you love me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[mingyiu]

guess who went to diamond edge in toronto and had the time of her life

OK GOTTA TYPE THIS UP BEFORE I FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED

istg everyone I encountered went/is going to more than one north american diamond edge concert and i’m just like :/ /salty

this girl behind me was showing off how she went to the airport (which was a shit show)

the girl in front of me HAD HER CARAT BONG WAY UP AND FILMED ALMOST THE ENTIRE CONCERT LIKE OH MY GOD

i literally had a terrible view of the front+center of the stage and any view of the stage i had was broken up by her ARM AND CARAT BONG

i sat on the far right side so because of this girl in front of me i missed a lot of the stuff that was going on on the left side + the front center of the stage... aka everything

so i focused a lot on whoever was on the far right side at the time

legit i was watching a video back of their adore u performance and i was like “how did i miss that part???” (the second verse where they carry vernon off) and then i saw wonwoo on the far right of the stage and i was like lol oh

if mingyu/wonwoo were within my line of sight i stared at them for sure

wonwoo was to the far right a lot in the beginning so i was straight up just staring at him at the very beginning of the concert

mingyu who

jk i actually saw mingyu first

ok svt irl

i’ll get more about what they look like close up at the end but like from my view of the stage...

imagine svt members on their best day in a pic by your favourite fansite who has THE BEST PHOTO EDITING SKILLS

now multiply that beauty by 10

that’s what they look like from row H

legit like... for the most part they look pretty much the same as they do as we see them through the computer screen

but like way more flawless???

srsly they all look SO GOOD SO DAMN GOOD

but wonwoo

DAAAMN @ WONWOO

i was literally blown away by how amazing he looked

like his features are so sharp

like he didn’t look real

he looked like a porcelain doll

they all did

but moreso wonwoo

i just stared at wonwoo for like the first three songs like shit damn boi

all my dreams came true when i got to see pretty u + beautiful literally my favourite svt songs

minghao spoke in english a lot like i think i’ve heard about that a lot from the other concerts but to see it irl WOW

i’m so happy soonyoung is feeling better

he /OWNED/ the stages

it was his stage seventeen who

lol jk but seriously during his parts he srsly owned it

mingyu is as soft for carats as expected

maybe even more so

i’m trash and just stared at mingyu during every ment

frick he was all heart eyes at carats the entire time

vernon+mingyu slapped jeonghan’s butt at one point

i am alive

ok back to soonyoung owning the stage

performance unit stages??? were the most memorable for me!!!

their dancing is so powerful????????????????

tbh none of the vocal unit songs are really my fave but like quality vocals yasss

their performance of don’t listen in secret was really difficult to see... bc they were mostly sitting down and i’m short + sitting far back i could barely see them

seungkwan was at the center for habit and the annoying girl in front of me was covering him the entire time im so sad

HIP HOP UNIT!!!!!!! 

i like kinda forgot about that one song... that they posted on their soundcloud... wow am i great carat or what i don’t know what it’s called :(

the performance of it was fire tho i really should’ve listened to the song more before the concert :(

check in tho

check in was lit

if i was lit

hip hop unit was lit ok

getting to see mingyu sing take me to the top and straight down like a gyro drop

dream #12930138102938912389 coming true

rock is one of my favourite songs and sometimes i convince myself it’s for that reason alone

overall i really didn’t like how the setlist was put together tho???

like it didn’t BLOW ME AWAY AS A WHOLE

every performance was lit

but like i feel like the concert as a whole could’ve made more of an impact

if they had ordered the songs differently???

they performed most of the title songs pretty much in the first half of the concert

some of them would’ve done a lot better at the end!!!

the ones they performed towards the end (boom boom + don’t wanna cry) would’ve done so much better at the beginning of the concert imo???

the concert felt SO SHORT

all of a sudden they were like “this is our last song”

i almost cried

they didn’t perform fast pace + love letter and i think that’s TRAGIC

ending ment

omg

i’m not gonna lie i don’t remember what happened with anyone except mingyu

mingyu distracting me with his sleevless shirt

i stared at him the entire time

i’m not even gonna pretend i didn’t

i missed wonwoo’s ending ment and only realized like three other members��� turns later

i was like where’s wonwoo

and i realized he was second rip

mingyu was still soft with carats

boy couldn’t stand still

arms are as great as i imagined

literally i was so shameless i posted a snapchat story captioned “god bless this boy and his arms”

ok that’s it

ok so hi touch

i was freaking the fuck out (naturally... ok naturally for me i freak the fuck out over everything so this was just like 1000x the usual)

it was fast

too fast

first was chan

i practically ran up to him and was like HI

i can’t really remember the order afterwards

i almost took a step back when i saw seungcheol

like SHIT

i was blown away

like idk man i guess there was just something about him that i had never noticed before that moment i was like a foot away from him like fuck what a gorgeous human being

and like he was very... invested? in the hi touch

that’s the wrong word but it’s almost 3am ok my brain shut off ages ago

but like he was very into it and like i felt appreciated

SAME WITH VERNON

i almost said something to vernon

but fuck vernon looked at me straight in the eye

and naturally i couldn’t say anything

i might’ve said something stupid like i love you or something

but i’m pretty sure i froze before i could or i like stuttered it out who knows

vernon + seungcheol for me were the most memorable part of the hi touch

honourable mention to seokmin though

dude that boy is TALL

and also his smile would literally put the sun to shame omg

he lit up my world like nobody else (is that a 1d reference why yes it is)

i told wonwoo i love him

remember how i said wonwoo was flawless earlier

even more so up close

wonwoo has a really nice nose

i’m sorry was that comment too random

minghao was the very last

i think i tried to tell him that he did GREAT

i definitely stumbled over my words and i don’t actually know what ended up coming out of my mouth

something stupid probably

ok im rly sad about this

but i don’t remember hi touch with jihoon at all

we went through the exit of the venue was soon as the hi touch was over and i was like WAS WOOZI THERE DID I SKIP WOOZI I THINK I SKIPPED WOOZI

if he was right before/after mingyu

then i probably was just way too focused on mingyu take it in

i’m the worst i’m sorry :(

actually i’m not

i saved the fucking worst moment of my entire fucking life for last

fucking kim mingyu

literally

my least favourite person in the universe

did not fucking

look at me

while he hi fived me

he was looking at the girl in front of me

IDK WHY

but i’m so fucking pissed

ok more like i’m so fucking sad

i can’t believe

that happened to me

everyone else looked right at me for that 0.5 second interaction

but not kim mingyu

fucking kim mingyu

ruining my life

i’m like actually so sad

but i lied and i’m actually sadder about the jihoon thing

i can’t believe i can’t remember jihoon :(((

ok but they’re all... bigger? than i imagined

like not even just taller like idk on camera i feel like they all look smol but not irl???

they all have big (AND SOFT) hands but let’s be real my hands are just tiny

they’re all flawless and like lowkey paler than i imagined

was that the makeup idk

but srsly flawless

ok that’s it that’s all i remember

oh i remember another thing

carat bongs are SO PRETTY??? 

and just like in the dark omg when they’re lit up in the dark the effect is so nice

ok you all knew that

all in all i had an amazing time

i’m short and i was tiptoeing the entire time rip my legs and feet

svt’s performance is top notch

they’re all extremely bright and happy and literally showed no sign of being tired from the hectic schedule of the north american leg of their tour

thank you to everyone involved in bringing seventeen to toronto

the concert was truly a dream come true

[the-cryptographer]

My tiny yugioh shrine - before and after pics. The Jounouchi figure still up top, holding a chain and ready to shank you with a scapegoat~ But I thought I’d zoom in so we could see my BEAUTIFUL NEW ISHTAR SIBS CLEARFILE INSTEAD~

I thought my shrine was getting a little too shippy. And especially a little too shippy in the absence of Mai. WHERE IS ALL THE KUJAKU MAI MERCHANDISE?! i need it pls, thx. But, anyhow~ I bought the Ishtar clearfile off of auction. And I thought it might be an old one, but on the back is actually a logo for the 20th anniversary of ygo, last year in 2016. And they weren’t even really in the movie, so now I’m wondering maybe there is also the chance of some recent Mai merchandise out there, hmm, so she will properly be represented in my collection >3>

But yeah, this is just by the exit to my room so i can stop by before i leave for the day and, offer coins or pieces of fruit or whatever and pray at my card game based alter, and maybe then Jounouchi’s good luck will rub off on me a little~

...

And there’s also a gore version of the shrine, but I usually keep that picture in the back so visitors don’t think i’m a creep. i guess i’ll put this picture in the front if i ever decide to host ritualistic demon summonings in my room or smthn~

(Both prints are from toxicosis by the way.)

Doujinshi are in another location. And I was only going to talk about my stupid ygo bookshelf shrine thing today, but then my doujin shipment came in and I decided FUCK IT i will brag about my crippling lack of impulse control cool swag all at once if i want to... Under the cut-

@battymarionette

If you remember this one~

tdah~ Basically it seems like a Kaiba Corp has put out a game, some kind of ridiculous fantasy RPG where Atem is some kind of Ron the Death Eater villain and Jou may or may not be the princess or smthn. And Mokuba invites Jounouchi over to play it or playtest it or something of that nature. Which seems like as good a premise as any for this kind of thing. And it’s got all the cute platonic Joukuba vibes which is a plus~

But yeah, Jounouchi goes over to Mokuba’s place, has some kind of fight with Seto, and some kind of conversation with Atem, and Mokuba’s kind of confused or upset about something, and then Jou gets all cute and announces that he and Kaiba are dating~ which i’m pretty sure Seto didn’t want Mokuba knowing about or whatever~

But, see, now I’m making this doujin sound sweet when, to be really blunt, i didn’t like it. At some point Seto slaps Jounouchi across the face for something.

I guess I shouldn’t pass judgement when I can’t even read the moon runes that explain why this has happened, but- no. (I’m trying to articulate. It’s not that I think Jou and Seto are incapable of being violent with one another (jfc how hypocritical would it be of me) but there’s something about the whys and the hows~? in my mind, Seto doesn’t gets hands on with that kind of thing unless it’s landing a measured martial arts blow in self defense, or lashing out from a place of extreme vulnerability - the kind that involves him being five seconds away from curling up in a ball of self-protection. So... Seto being collected and composed and instigating violence on Jounouchi’s triggers all my ‘no’ responses. And I also doubt Jounouchi would take that kind of thing without complaint, unless he was actually raving or spiraling and it was, like, a calm-the-fuck-down slap. I think he would definitely retaliate with shouting and intimidation, if not a physical blow. With Jounouchi it’s a little harder for me to define what would prompt physical violence, partly because i think his idea of what violence is is narrower than mine, and doesn’t include things like grabbing somebody’s jacket collar and shaking them around. But, hmm, I think by the time he’s through canon he doesn’t exactly break out the fistcuffs lightly.)

The point was that this doujin made it to the top of my shit list very fast. And I was concerned because, see, I had been avoiding buying KaiJou (in that order) doujins because most of them kind of do this thing to me and completely miss the glass cannon type of volatile fragility I see as being kind of central to Kaiba’s character. But then I caved and ordered a whole bunch. But, actually, I was pleasantly surprised by the other couple of ones I bought, so maybe the curse has finally lifted~ I liked this one in particular-

But, tbh, it also knew the way into my heart~

The way into my heart is Wheeler siblings :x

@rainstormcolors

First of all, I got POLARIS and it was good!

I don’t know what to share about it other than that because it was mostly porn. But I felt like it was kind of sweet and sentimental and Kaiba and Atem going on silly dates at the beginning with gorgeous background details. Also they sit on the throne together at the end and look very in love teehee~

But, yes, thank you for reccing~ I enjoyed a lot~!

BUT- !!! More importantly this finally came in the mail!

To answer your question, it’s a normal rivalshipping anthology. 112 pages, comics and fic~ Exciting things happen like Yuugi and Kaiba playing twister~

And in another story they’re out travelling and having punishment games of some sort and Yuugi gets a beard painted on his face~

AND HIS MOM OMG!! I love when odd characters cameo in my doujins. I think you can tell~

But, no, I lied- I addition to the anthology I got all this other stuff too~

I don’t know. There’s a set of tiny playing cards you have to disentangle. Some have exciting images.

Notably Jounouchi and Atem are the jokers, heh~

I still haven’t checked out the CD. This is a very rushed post where I don’t attempt to read things carefully or any of that~ But it comes with a manual with a bunch of character avatars - lots of expressions for Yuugi and Kaiba, as well as one avatar each for Jou, Anzu, baby Seto, Kisara, and BEWD. So I think it may be a visual novel of sorts. Undetermined~

So now you’ll know what you’re getting if you decide to order, in theory at least. I’m not sure because I bought this off the author’s BOOTH, so idk if the extra merchandise is limited in any manner or if toranoana only sends part of it(?)

ugh, let’s see.

I also got another anthology- a Yuugi-centric one.

It’s mostly rivalshipping, which I’d expect. rivalshipping is really popular in the jp fandom. but, tbh, i enjoyed the more odd ships more-

Like Juudai/Manjoume/Yuugi... Kaiba walks in on the Kohais basically crushing yuugi with love after this it’s so cute~

And Otogi/Yuugi. Ah~ I love the DDM chapters in the manga and how softly Otogi warms up to Yuugi~

A Duel Monsters themed art book I spent too much on~ I’m ashamed to say I don’t recognise a whole lot of the cards

but you’ll recognise Yubel, perhaps~

or the lady that Y!Bakura crossdresses as ;)

and there were quite a few dark magician girls and blue eyeses.

from another illustration book~

and i found a couple of apprenticeshipping doujins on BOOTH, but none of them wow-ed me really~

although I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how Mana inherited the Ring in manga canon. I feel like there are things to consider here. This picture struck me as a result.

Alright~ And now for my favourites~

OMG! A WHOLE DOUJIN ABOUT MALIK AND HIS SIBLINGS!!! I think this one was a predictable fave. I loved it so, sooo much. I was absolutely filled with quality Malik and Rishid moments.

EVERYONE IS SO CUTE!!

Malik and Rishid go biking and run into Mai which is very !!!

There are vacation photographs~

It looks like Malik tries to feed Ra a revival slime and gets eaten himself. I don’t know. But it was good. I’m so happy~ Ishtar family doujins. My life is complete. not really. i can’t die until i finish my fics.

Okay, but my other fave I didn’t see coming at all.

I don’t ship this! I shouted into the void. But nobody really believed her, not even herself. It’s too late for me. I’m just multiship trash. I will ship anything you put in front of me...

Okay, but the real reason I decided to get this was because of this preview panel. Of course I knew it was puzzlleship. But actually I love Mana and vaseshipping for reals. And this was so cute and the art was so pretty I thought- We might as well check the rest of it out~ (the idea of top!Yuugi didn’t hurt either...)

And then jackels happened~ And this kind of ethereal magic stuff~

There was some confusion I think with the cultural imagery in the doujin. Some of it looked vaguely Indic to my untrained eye but- I don’t know what to say, the art was so gorgeous and detailed.

And the smut was all facials and frot so obviously the doujin artist has my gd number, smh.

And Jou appeared near the end, looking amazing, and Jou is automatically about +50 points for any doujin.

I don’t know what to say. Very nice. Would recommend.

Also- just fyi- I do buy doujins for things that aren’t ygo. pls forgive my focus on my ygo obsession tho.

I’m really glad I stumbled across this in the hetalia tag~

And there’s a picture of Tifa being so bad at games at the golden saucer that Nanaki, who doesn’t even have opposable thumbs, can defeat her in PvP. Beautiful~