#also why are all the guy hairstyles so lame dude

[princeofcyberpunk]

Welcome to Atlas!

I've finished renovating my ACNH Island! Took about a week and a half or so.

Dream Address: DA-0890-9684-3107

Town Name: Atlas

Villager Name: Tep

Visit if u want! I think it's pretty cool :3c

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[luna-loner]

The Philanderer's New Hairdo (Headcanons)

• Ren didn't always have his signature two-block. He only got it sometime at the very end of his second year.

• Prior to that, he had a standard haircut with side-swept bangs. Ren wanted a change. Like any teenager, he wanted to get experimental, switch things up-- he was craving a new look and wanted to go with the Two Block.

• His parents refused. They're fairly strict and place heavy importance on the family reputation, but were with him 'cause he was overall a good kid. Ren knows this, which is why he was persistent about it.

• And by persistent, I mean he pestered them non-stop about it. He never stopped bring it up, and not-so-subtly wondered if he deserved a reward for his good grades *wink* *wink*

• So after the second term finals, they finally relented and to any Kami listening to them it wouldn't turn out as horrendous as they envisioned it to be.

• Ah, teenagers...

• Literally, right after the second term was over, Ren went straight to the barber shop to get his dream cut.

• He never told Virtuosos 'cause he wanted it to be a surprise. When the third term rolls around, they were gonna meet a brand new Ren 😊

Now, onto the Big Five's reactions. Keep in mind these hcs take place pre-canon, so the B5 aren't super close yet.

Gakushuu:

• Hates it >:(

• Absolutely despises it!!

• It's canon Gakushuu is scared of early balding, so you can imagine how overly protective he is of his hair.

• Then Ren shows up with more than half his hair gone. The sight causes Gakushuu internally malfunctions. Flashback to Candy's Android Shuu hc

• It's also so painful to look at, Gakushuu instinctively touches his hair, as if by looking at Ren's head, large patches of luscious strawberry blond hair will fall from his scalp.

• What do you mean Ren wanted this haircut?!

• Look, this businessman-in-the-making knows it's trendy, but he doesn't get why it's trendy. What's so awesome about shaving off your own hair for reasons as frivolous as style? How the hell is such atrocity considered stylish??

• Were it not for Ren's social standing, Gakushuu would've let him go and never looked at him again *steal another angry glance at Ren*

• It's on the list of things he hates about Ren. Actually, it's now the number 1 thing he hates about Ren, beating out height. Gakushuu would rather befriend someine taller than him than an enemy of hair!!

• Highkey judgemental of Ren's life choices, not that he'll ever say it outloud, man's got connections to build after all.

• And...he'll admit Ren's company is pleasant, so it would be a shame to lose that.

Araki:

• To be honest, Araki was not expecting this from Ren at all.

• Sure, he knew the guy was cool and fun to be around, but he never knew Ren would be so daring.

• Araki isn't a fan of this hairstyle, but he'll admit Ren pulls it off nicely.

• Just needs a little time to get used to it...

• Seriously, he thought he and Ren were on the same wavelength. Now, He starts wondering if he should also get a new hairstyle as well. Not the Two Block of course; no way it'll look good on him. (Plus he's too scared to shave any of his hair off anyway)

• Starts researching hairstyles out of curiosity, which turns into a research on social causes of trends, which dips him into the world of fashion, which leads him to learning about the color theory, which lead to him learning about color psychology, and he info-dumps onto his friends the next day.

• Gakushuu was the only one invested in this intellectual discussion.

Seo:

• Big fan 👍

• He first assumed Ren was some goody-goody rich boy, then lightened up when he got to know him better, but still thought Ren was a little bit of a goody-goody.

• "Dude, you better not go back to that lame ass haircut."

• Gakushuu is seething in the background

• Now that Ren's cooler, Seo will look cooler by association 😎

• Let him bask in the ego boost as he marches the schools alongside Ren with a big ass smug grin that says "Look out, cool squad coming through."

• On the other hand, Seo can't deny he's secretly jealous of Ren's coolness. As if the dude wasn't already an ikemen with an army of fangirls at his feet. The insecurity will sometimes rear it's ugly head to tell Seo he's leagues below Ren. What if Ren and Gakushuu decide to ditch him? Well, he'll still have Ara-- wait, no, Araki's known them far longer than he's known Seo. Is he gonna ditch him, too?!! Do they think he's too lame for them?

• Who knew a haircut could trigger his inferiority complex?

• Oh well, he's still cool by association, right? 😎

Koyama:

• Since Koyama was the last to join and wasn't close to any of the guys at first (expect maybe Gakushuu), he was pretty indifferent to Ren's new look. He wasn't even there when the old look was still around.

• As a result, he's so used to the Two Block that he can't imagine Ren without it. He could be stare all day at a picture of Ren in his pre-Two Block era and his brain wouldn't register it's the same guy. It's like he's looking at stranger.

• He jokingly asks the other guys to tell him about this "stranger" and what sort of person he was.

Gakushuu: He was an outstanding, respected individual.

Seo: He looked like a wimp, and he kind of was one to be honest.

Araki: He was pretty nice, but so quiet you almost forget he was there.

• They make up legends surrounding this stranger and add him to the seven wonders of Kunugigaoka for they never knew whatever happened to him.

• Ren isn't sure whether he should be amused, confused, or annoyed by this.

• Meanwhile, Koyama is giggling like a mad schoolgirl as they make the legend more and more absurd. They even added a dragon at one point. (For Irony's sake, they refused to add any female characters 😈)

[aquilaaktuk]

deathstar puss in boots last wish au? deathstar puss in boots last wish au.

hastily doodled in a starbucks and everything. theres like way more tho

’why is this written like a shitpo-’ I WRITE LIKE I THINK AND HOW I THINK MADE ONE OF MY TEACHERS PUT ME IN LEARNING ENHANCEMENT IM NOT KIDDING

anyway i had an idea for this but it came to me at 6am after i just woke up so it’s probably REALLY eh. anyway kid is death because thats like the logical jump and blackstar is puss and tsubaki is kitty but not romantically involved at all because tsustar is. vile. anyway, they’re cat robin-hoods, steal from the rich give to the poor. one day blackstar steals something thats supposed to grant immortality and he’s like “theres no way this is real but lemme test it out anyway for personal reasons.” and then it ends up being real. and he’s totally chilling with that because this could be his shot at surpassing god ‘cept death and death jr are not okay with that at all and he looses in a really funny way to dtk and gets pretty pissed. his day is ruined more when tsubaki says she’s on her last life and wants to retire and blackstar properly freaks out. in my head i steal from the sandman a little and the thompsons are two regular twins who got killed during a robbery gone wrong and then get the chance to keep ‘living’ as presumably servants of death and they’re like ‘yeah sure whatever’ and then get passed off to his neurotic nervous wreck of a son and then also belatedly realise theyre ravens and definitely not human. they chill though theyre his literal wing-sisters. *flicks wrist*

anyway because big daddy death is totally not chill with the idea of immortal cats wandering around he tells dtk to go and Git Him because its good training for when he succeeds him or whatever. anyway dtk goes and tries to do that and even though every time they fight he absolutely claps blackstar, b*star always gets away and its getting kinda really frustrating, so he just watches him trying to find a moment where his guard is down enough for a quick stab n go. doesnt really happen instead he just gets feelings which is really gay and lame of him everyone point and laugh. anyway eventually he goes from ‘i must kill this guy because dad said so’ to ‘i wanna be his friend and maybe also kiss him idk’ hes not very good at emotions. its just as well the thompsons are there. anyway eventually theyre on speaking terms and after much preamble they have a lil heart to heart and its very sweet.

i imagine if ass*star was a cat he’d be a maine coon not because they’re large or particularly menacing, but because theyre one of the few breeds with enough fur to maintain that absolutely batshit hairstyle that hes got going

anway kid is like totally freaking out because big daddy death told him to go and kill this guy and he’s absolutely not done that at all, in fact he’s done the polar opposite and romanced him instead so they’re running around trying to figure out what to do and liz is like ‘dude your dad would kill and die for you why not just be out with it’ so they do that and lo and behold, big daddy death is like. totally chill about it.

anyway death dies and that really sucks but i also havent thought up to that point, all i know is that ass*star wont be allowed to run around like that forever and hes definitely not off the hook for becoming some fucked up god of accidentally gaining immortality. 

‘but what about the lines of sa-’ i dont care. 

[thelovelyghostwriter]

What your HxH waifu says about you

Since quite a few responded to the post "what hxh crush says about you" that featured guys (let's admit it, hxh is a damn sausage fest). I was thinking I should do one for the ladies.

Disclaimer: This is just for lame-ass comedy + sarcasm and not meant to offend anyone. Ehh… bonus if you know which two girls I simp for.

Bisky: I only have two questions that can lead to two VERY different conversations - which version of Bisky are you attracted to? Her original muscular form or her petite form? 🧐🧐

Machi: You like tsundere or tough girls. Her cold bitch ice queen attitude (but sweet princess on the inside) turns you on. You like how she has a nice thighs. You want her to do some weird bondage with you with her Nen threads.

Pakunoda: You probably don't look at her face most of the time. "hey, my eyes are up here perv" (she got real nice jugs though so I can't blame you) 🥵🥵 Horny-ness aside, she's loyal to death and that's a bonus for you too.

Shizuku: You're into sub girls that have huge tits and doesn't say much. You like the shy quiet ones. Cause ya know, you don't like women with loud opinions. Pfft.

Neon: Are you into DDLG? You like girls with a princess syndrome and high maintainence + daddy issues. You think her eyes has the "pls ruin my innocence". High likely you are a brat tamer. She reminds you of Botan who is such a charmer too. She has a high-pitched voice so... Naughty naughty.

Menchi: Probably wants a girl who can win your heart through your stomach. This woman can kick ass and cook meals for you, while looking hot. Real keeper there. You got good taste bro.

Mito: You probably wouldn't mind dating an older woman, maybe even those with kids. You like someone who is caring, waifu material and wants to settle down.

Baise: You like women that is confident and you might even have a "step-on-me" masochist kink. You don't mind being a slave to your mistress. You probably never cared about girls' hairstyles given that her hair looks like Hisoka's dick.

Komugi: I know it's you, Meruem, King of Ants. [I actually have real bad jokes about this but for the sake of peace, I will shut up]

Palm: You're into crazy yandere bitches and do not mind if your date changes her whole face with makeup. You probably proudly announced that you'd bone her even when she became an ant. Aye if bestiality is your thing then... go off hun.

Pitou: Uhh... No one really knows if Pitou is a dude but you don't care. You just assume Pitou is a she. You have some Neko catgirl fetish and that's what's important. You'd fuck whatever hole is available with Pitou. MEOW. Maybe you played Nekopara before? If you haven’t, I recommend it if you down real bad for cat girls. 

Cheadle: You like girls who are smart, responsible and generally righteous. Independent and a leader-type too. Back in school, you probably have a crush on that one studious girl and kept annoying her to get her attention.

Cluck (Rooster Zodiac): Ok back off. That's my wife. Just kidding, she belongs to Togashi. Anyway, YOU LIKE EM FEISTY. Yum. She may get pissed at you but you find it cute when she's mad. You might also have a thing abt her outfit with the nice feathery tail (it drives me horny so maybe you two too). Anyway, you got good taste.  

Pyon (Rabbit Zodiac): BOI. You down real bad for a bunny, huh? You’re just horny for some anime version of a Playboy Bunny. You probably looked at some furry porno from beastars or zootopia. Please join the rest of them Hisoka stans. Period. 

Alluka/Nanika: Why you reading this bro? You wanna die by Killua’s hands? 

Camilla Hui Guo Rou: Aight. She’s a sadist. Your mind probably saying “no” but because of her beauty, your hormones says “yes”

Gel (Snake Zodiac): You were probably captivated by her nice body. I don’t know if there’s x reader fics of hers but man I hope you didn’t look at her snickety-snake arm and be like “hey I want her to wrap it around my-” Yes, we know you into some tentacle porn or something. 

Kite (ant form): You never simped for Kite when he was a dude but now you see her and go head-over-heels. Can’t blame you though, she’s cute. High likelihood you into red-headed girls with freckles and big eyes. 

Canary: You love her dreadlocks and she has nice lips. You like Canary because of how she tries her best for Killua. Maybe you’re a Canary x Killua or Amane x Canary shipper too? She’s really loyal to Killua and likely you fell for her during the scene with Gon in the Zoldyck Family arc. You hate Kikyo because she zapped Canary with her freaky cyborg eyes.

Kikyo: I don’t know why this shouldn’t even be here. 

Oito: You have a MILF kink. Seriously dude, she has a kid that is signed up for death. But man, if child support is your thing...then no one’s stopping you papa

Amane: You saw her cuteness in that one episode and that was all it took for you to decide that you’d be a simp for her. 

Theta: You either ship her with Tserriednich, or you hate Tserriednich. There is no in between. You are scared of Theta’s fate, you’re scared she might die in the current arc because Tserriednich will kill her or force her to be his lover. You’re always praying that Tse’s Nen beast won’t screw her up. 

Melody: You love her voice. If possible, you want to listen to an ASMR of hers. You like her because she has a big heart.

Ponzu: You're heartbroken after the CA arc

Retz: FINALLY. Someone who appreciates this pretty girl. You're the best!

Zazan: Go to a bar, get laid cause you need it if you wanna fuck someone with a scorpion tail. You’re deprived. I do NOT want to get into what you fantasize regarding that scorpion tail. 

[tsuzuruchipalace]

rating mankai company based on character design

Note: I will take into account hair, color scheme, sprite poses, mostly outfits that are not from plays or scouts, and memorability. This is half an objective view and half my personal opinion.

Disclaimer: I curse a lot for comedic effort. I am mean because I am funny. No, you cannot disagree.

Spring 🌸

sakuya: you get what you see. a literal spring babey. his hair and color scheme’s a little generic, but he’s mankai’s poster boy, so that’s understandable. speaking of generic, his main pose is just this emoji 🧍‍♂️ his outfits tend to be kinda basic, but any outfit with a mostly pink top gets him bonus points. 6/10

masumi: okay his hair is elite. probably one of the most memorable character design aspects among the cast. his mole and eyes also make him very pretty. love my boy’s dark color scheme. unfortunately, points must be docked for baiting us with the emo fit, then as the story progresses, he starts dressing like the trust fund kid he is smh. 9/10

tsuzuru: i love you tsuzu but. my mans is so basic. if he didn’t have such a great personality, he’d be as bland as untoasted white bread. the saya of a3. his best design aspect is the fact that he doesn’t dye his roots. his outfits look comfy, but not necessarily eye-catching. 4/10

itaru: everyone who starts a3! with no knowledge of these characters has one (1) thought about itaru. sec sea man. so obviously there’s something appealing/good about his character design. i think part of the appeal is his fuck-all demeanor. obviously, his eyes and hairstyle are attractive, but the way the artists draw him gives him an air of not caring, which is also attractive in a way. his dyed tips are also nice. he looks kinda lame when he dresses professionally, but his casual outfits hit. especially the ones with light pink. 8/10

citron: although i’m not a big fan of the “character is foreign and therefore must talk and dress different and be funny” trope in these types of media, his fashion does make him stand out from the other characters who tend to have more basic clothes. citron’s summer, travel, and autumn outfits SLAP and anyone who says otherwise has bad taste. his hair and eyes are interesting, but his overall color scheme can be a bit repetitive. 7/10

chikage: i hate this guy’s fucking bowlcut. fucking salad bowl lookin ass. every outfit is the same turtleneck and sneakers in two alternate colors. his outfits are so plain. only thing i like is his casual outfit glasses. HOWEVER. that’s the point. he’s supposed to look boring and blend in because he’s a spy. it’s a smart design, i just don’t like it so im docking points. stay mad about it. 5/10

Summer ☀️

tenma: im yawning. you think tsuzu was boring? this guy has orange hair and i still find his design boring. that’s how you know he’s basic. he’s got generic messy shounen protag hair. he could be from any property. if i drew fanart of him, people would ask where he’s from. he either dresses like your slightly homophobic frat boy classmate or a grandfather who gets his shit stolen by the asshole kids next door. 2/10

yuki: he has the r a n g e. all of yuki’s casual outfits hit. they’re all different, but cute in their own way. to no one’s surprise, one of the best styled characters. though i like his general color scheme, i’m personally not the biggest fan of his hairstyle. it’s okay, but a little plain at times. but i think it suits him well. 7/10

muku: i love him. muku’s design is what i love about this game. you see him, and you immediately know what his character archtype is supposed to be. he’s the soft, cute boy. and if this was a mediocre series, that’d be all muku is. but since this is a3, he’s so much more than that. he’s smart, passionate, sensitive to others’ feelings, and protective. a3 does a great job designing characters that look exactly like their archtype, but having a much more developed personality than that. getting back to the actual subject at hand, i love his hairstyle and color, as well as his outfits. you can never go wrong with light pink hair. i may be biased but fuck you. 10/10

misumi: another great memorable design. his eye shape and hair style are really unique. his outfits also elevate his design. street fashion is always a plus for me. though sumi’s design is special in the world of a3! where most of the characters are just. guys. regular lookin dudes. i think that outside of the game, his design would not be as unique. 8/10

kazunari: personally, im a fan. maybe it’s cause i have an affinity for blonde anime boys. but his hairstyle is pretty unique and his trendy looks set him apart from most characters, even outside this game. and he has a pretty lovable expression in his sprites. his fatal flaw is that his fits are either a hit or miss. they’re either really cute or wtf. at least he’s memorable. 8/10

kumon: i love that he reminds me of an owl. his hair and eyes are very cute and his color scheme is great. and i think they did a great job making him look related to juza, but still very much his own character. but he dresses like your classmate from middle school that looks like a nike-sponsored highlighter. yeah, he’s the sporty one, and i like the windbreakers but... i cannot excuse his summer fit. also, i find his design a little tame compared to some of the other characters in the game. 6/10

Autumn 🍂

banri: i hate his hair. i hate it so much. i know in canon it’s nice and he takes good care of it, but it looks so fucking greasy. the style makes him look so greasy and it makes me mad. he looks like an asshole. i mean, he is, so it fits. if this dumb bitch changed his hair more often, i’d like his design so much more. you saw this coming; his love for cheetah print is fucking repulsive. BUT, maybe unpopular opinion, minus the animal print, his sense of fashion is not bad. why do yall clown on it. if the fit is fresh, the fit is fresh. anyway, he looks like an ass, but objectively his design is kinda eh. 5/10

juza: im sorry im DEADLY fucking biased when it comes to juza, but he’s so handsome. his hair is a such a rich, pretty shade of purple and his eyes are so mesmerizing. his hairstyle is so attractive. his face is so pretty. yeah his design isn’t crazy unique, but the simplicity just works. im so sorry im this man’s whore i didn’t choose this life... but i can stop being a simp for one second to say that he has a boring fashion sense. i mean it’s kinda hot how simple his outfits are but his travel fit is good-- wait a minute i just remembered the fucking sandals. docking one point. 9/10

taichi: okay shut the fuck up i LOVE taichi’s design. so eye-catching and fun. as i’ve said i love street fashion, and taichi’s lil e-boy fits are right up my alley. that shade of bright red goes so well with his fashion sense, making a really cohesive design. with his main outfit, you can tell he purposely dresses like that to be trendy and it’s so smart. 10/10

omi: im sorry omi stans but his design is kinda,, boring. i legit had such a hard time identifying him when i first got into this game. the scar saves it a bit. but... only a bit. he’s just got. hair. and a dad outfit. i mean his tits are huge, but i don’t think i can call that a character design aspect. kinda forgettable design. i don’t dislike it though, so he ranks higher than tenma did. 3/10

sakyo: im not sure why but i really like sakyo’s design?? the contrast of his light hair and his dark clothes is nice. also, megane rights. even when i thought he was an npc during my first playthrough, i really dug his design and thought he was memorable. i actually cannot pinpoint a reason why. i wish i had more constructive things to say... but upon thinking about it, he has a karen haircut, which kinda dampers my thoughts on his design. i like his moles, but i honestly did not notice them until the game pointed them out. 7/10

azami: azami has a damn good design. i don’t think anyone can deny that. the long hair, the contrast of black hair and bright blue eyes, his eye shape. all very eye-catching design aspects. and the street fashion style strikes again. the color scheme matches well with everything. this review is lame, but there’s really only good things i can say about his design so. 10/10

Winter ❄️

tsumugi: it’s so late and im so tired of looking at these sprites. anyway, tsumugi’s design is okay. i think his color scheme’s a bit limited and his outfits are a bit meh. he has a more respectable bowlcut than chikage, but it’s still a bowlcut and it’s still boring. i think the best part of his design is his eyes, they’re very soft and kind. but other than that, tsumugi looks pretty basic. 5/10

tasuku: tbh, i didn’t even realize that the godza member tasuku was the same character as the winter troupe guy in the game’s opening until the middle of episode 3... yeah. im slow. ooooooor... tasuku has the worst fucking design in the game. yeah i said it. come at me, but tasuku’s design fucking sucks. i literally thought he was a minor character until they forced me to realize he wasn’t. his fashion sense is... questionable at best. i look at that man’s hair and think he doesn’t shampoo. he looks so bland i could dry up from looking at him. im sorry but his tits do not make up for the sheer fucking snorefest of his character design. he’s so boring i won’t elaborate anymore. 1/10

hisoka: ya get what ya see part 2. i like that i can tell he’s the sleepy and mysterious character just by his design, but honestly, that’s a character trope im generally not a big fan of. so i wasn’t thrilled by hisoka’s design at first. but it’s effective. i like the hairstyle with the white hair, but i’m not too fond of his color scheme. his outfits look comfy and soft though. it makes sense, but it’s nothing too memorable if you compare him to characters outside the game. 5/10.

homare: ah, now this is a memorable character design. his hairstyle annoyed me in the beginning, but now i love it. it’s so unique and fun. and i like the purple. i also like his outfits. very classy. but honestly, most of his charisma lies in his face. i think that the pure eccentricity of the hairstyle is enough to put him in the top tier without considering any other element. you really could not find this design in any other media. fuck it. i don’t need to consider anything else. 9/10

azuma: i’ll be honest. im not a fan of long-haired anime men. especially the pretty, flirty types. i don’t know, i just don’t vibe with them. originally, i didn’t like azuma’s design, but now i do. i don’t know how, but i think it’s because azuma is just that powerful. his ponytail makes it more bearable for me and i like the way his bangs frame his face. he just has pretty eyes and face. unfortunately his color scheme is a little too repetitive for me and his casual outfits are a little boring. 6/10

guy: maybe it’s because he looks dead inside, but i love him. i don’t even know this character that well yet, but i think his deadass expression is great. the darker under-eyeline sets him apart from the other characters and i love how he dresses. i think his hair is kinda eh. i personally like it, but objectively, it’s meh. it’s a solid design, but ngl it’s nothing special when i really think about it. 6/10

[bromotachii]

Doukyuusei - Classmates 「同級生」Review

Doukyuusei -Classmates 「同級生」(2016) Romance/Slice of Life/Shounen Ai 1 movie ~1 hour

-------------- **not spoiler free; also, based only on the movie. not the manga series**

Summary (strictly from memory about 16 hours later):

A wonderful little (about an hour long) movie about two high school boys who apparently go to an all boy’s school and fall in love because one of them thinks the other doesn’t like singing but he actually just can’t read sheet music. But actually the lemon soda is the main character, obviously, because it is simply so high quality. This is your average school delinquent x school nerd story, but with a twist! - The delinquent is not really a delinquent, just a guitarist who smokes (and is the only blond dude in the WHOLE SCHOOL), and the nerd isn’t a nerd, just a dude who goes to cram school and wears glasses (who we never see studying; people just say he’s super smart). Nothing much happens but it’s cute I guess!  There sure is a lot of kissing though! And a bit of a back massage…? And a forced indirect kiss with a teacher?! Just two bros in love, man. Real bros who only need each other <3

MVPs: lemon soda and hd plastic bottles

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RATINGS:

Overall: 3.89/10

Characters: 2.2/10 Format: 6/10 Pacing: 1/10 Art style: 7.63/10 Story: 1.02/10 Hand art style: 8/10 Water sound effect: 3/10 Singing voices: 2/10 Drink sponsorship: 10/10 Main characters' hairstyles: 3/10 or 7/10 OST: 8/10 - Unmemorable during the movie, but upon later listening it is refreshing. (like the lemon soda ;)) But again, no recollection of hearing these songs or the soundtrack in the movie. Names: 2/10 - Unmemorable (except for sajou and hara-sen… but mostly hara-sen… why is his name the most memorable???) Title: 7.68/10 - It's kinda cute Love triangle: 0/10 - Hinted but nonexistent… also why was Haru sensei so creepy Ending: 2/10 - I thought it did but it didn't and when it did I was surprised. Fr so many false endings… I was so ready for it to end Final shot after credits: 1/10 - Cute lil sketch but no “thanks for watching” or extra cute content :( literally a white screen. I want an image of them living alone together 20 years in the future by the countryside waiting for their stew to finish stewing, but alas Colors: 9.02/10 - It was kinda cute and saved the movie’s visual Backstory: 1/10 - Kinda wasn’t there… you had to infer stuff or it was revealed WAY later or it was just told to you with nothing really to support it Blond guy mc's band involvement: 0.88/10 - His concert carried the entire rating. Otherwise the fact he’s in a band would’ve been forgotten entirely Smart guy mc's fear of trains: 2/10 - It was never addressed until the middle of the movie and magically solved through the power of love <3  Relevance of trains and testing: 0.42/10 Quality of lemon soda graphics: 10/10 - So HD. So beautiful. I wanted lemon soda upon seeing it. Effective. Props to the marketing team Their codependency: 2/10 - Too much. Solved every conflict. unrealistic Smart guy's difficulty singing: 2/10 - Lame turns out he just couldn't read music? ok Hara-sen's involvement???? 0.71/10 - Who is he, why is he there, why did he do the thing; also why was sajou like “hara-sen hara-sen” in the beginning then he told blond dude it doesn’t have to do w hara-sen and they all moved on Fluff: 0.24/10 Realistic boy voices in high school: 0.2/10 - They’re so deep… but they get higher during the concert???????? Fr what up Plot and movie scenes coming full circle: 7/10 (the two scenes by the fountain w the spilled drink) - kinda cool ig, though felt kinda forced and for the sake of ~feels~ Little bubbles that float from characters randomly: 6/10 - cute but kinda random Eyes: 7.68/10 - Very expressive and comical but felt just kinda silly lol.  At least two half-aliens in the movie

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Give it a watch ;D She cute and fresh as lemon soda :lemon emoji: 

See you next time on bromomovie reviews ;)

[artyrogue]

Blind Date Gaming: Konami GB Collection Vol. 3

Boy, I am WIPED after my date last night. It all started out as it usually does -- a quick visit to PRANG for an introduction to my next potential video game suitor. Who could have guessed that I would served up 4 dates! They all came together at once under the guise of Konami GB Collection Vol. 3.

I was greeted at first by an anime schoolgirl with a huge hand and quite possibly a contender for the weirdest hairstyles I've seen in a while. What is that, a grass-inspired mohawk laid over top a normal haircut?

Is this what the cows that make cowlicks eat?

What happened next was an eventful set of speed dates. This onslaught left me with no down time, thus the exhaustion. However, I did end up meeting some nice games. I'll speed through them each quick-like to keep this from being overly long. Luckily each of the games are pretty short (as expected from Game Boy games)!

First up is Gradius II! Now, I've never actually played a Gradius game, so I can't say if this is a port, some reconfigured version of Gradius II, or what. What I CAN say is that it has tight controls, beautiful graphics, interesting bosses, and some fun gameplay.

Looks like a rocky magic 8 ball

You start off hangin' out with what I assume are your dad and mom starships. Aww, family time! Soon, however, someone decks your old man and blasts your momma fulla lasers. Obviously disturbed, you fly forward and get chased by the perpetrator through a buncha rocks until you escape.

Good thing this guy doesn't feel like firing at me for whatever reason

...Except you kind of don't? You end up going through a bunch of planetary landscapes, shootin' dudes and grabbin' powerups that let you fire lasers and stuff. Pew pew! You eventually get captured, break out, and summarily fly through a ship, an asteroid belt, and I think some alien's guts? I'm not sure; I never went to med school for interplanetary digestive systems. Bosses fight you at every turn, and they are so sweet. Like, I don't always know what I'm attacking, but it just looks so cool that I really don't care!

Ever want to fight a kneeling, fanged alien stuck in a wall with detachable mouthy-brains? Yeah, well now you do, obviously!

In the end you find the enemy ship that assassinated your nuclear family with nuclear weapons, commit your own brand of galactic revenge, and I assume go on with your day in a half-arsed way, never addressing the journey you just went through for fear of sparking up some majorly weird PTSD.

Next up is some Castlevania game! It claims to be Castlevania II, but don't think it's Simon's Quest since it doesn't have slow-scrolling text boxes telling me that night is a poor time to explore the world when suffering from a magical adversary's angry sentiments. Instead, you just go about whippin' junk. Alright, I can be a lion tamer for the undead.

Why do cultists always gotta wear hoods? Can't they wear like a polo and some comfy slacks?

So in this installment, you can apparently shoot fireballs from a fully-upgraded whip, so it's instantly MUCH easier than most Castelvania games. The list of enemies is kind of lacking, but it was enough to feel competent. The level design was pretty spot-on, which is par for the course, though for some reason this game has a love affair with ropes? They're EVERYWHERE, but there's enough variation in the levels to give them pass. For example, some areas have auto-directional-pulling ropes, some ropes are spider webs made by enemies, some require quick sliding to avoid obstacles, etc.

You gotta wonder, does the guy living here have to go through all these traps every day just to get his mail? And how does he carry groceries back to his (probably rope-decorated) kitchen?

The boss fights were definitely memorable. Some of their designs were flat-out brilliant, and they were all pretty fun! Your sub-weapons weren't really that useful here, but that's fine. The bosses, too, were made a little easier with the projectile whip, but the designers struck a good balance between fun and hard.

These guys shoot out vertebrae in an arc, transferring them from one head to the other. I don't have a quip here, it was just a stupidly awesome designed boss that I wanted to gush about for a bit!

Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. The bosses were all fun except for the last 3 in the game. Allow me to whine and complain about them for a bit, if you will! The first was a tunneling snake on a forced scrolling screen that made you take damage unless you memorized where he was going to surface next (I HATE memorization-by-death gameplay). The next was a fellow Belmont who would relentlessly whip the crap outta you, throw swords all over the screen, and would probably be nigh impossible if I didn't have Holy Water. The final was Dracula, who I suppose gets a pass for being hard since he was the final boss...but he, too, was pretty much a memorization-by-death fight, too. The dude has 6 orbs revolving around him that spread out, essentially making 85% of the screen unsafe. Unless you know the specific spot to crouch down for the given position he's in, you get hurt, and you get hurt pretty badly. Oh, and you can really only hit him once per attack, so you'd better learn the safe spots for all 8 of his attack spots and hope you can hurt him and get into your safe position before taking damage.

ouch ouch ouch OUCH

In the end, it was overall a pretty fun time. Konami definitely knows how to make a good sidescrolling action game, which is probably why they're half of the name of the 'Metroidvania' genre. Go team Belmont!

Next up: Yie Ar Kung~Fu! What is this? I've never heard of it. It's a simple fighting game where you face off against 5 fighters, each with their own weapons and special moves. You play as a normal weaponless guy who can only kick and punch, because that's fair? Regardless, you must persevere through 4 rounds of these 5 fights, each time with your foes getting slightly harder.

Mmyep, this is fair.

My trademark fighting game strategy of sweeping seems to work for the most part, though as the difficulty ramps up, the other fighters move with ridiculous speed between attacks. Eventually, the game just becomes 100% about approaching a foe with more range than you, which obviously is the main focus of fighting games. What's that? Combos? Pffft, those are lame, just have the enemies fly across the ring like a sugar-high Jack Russel Terrier.

So this guy's power is to propel himself like a missile and look like an absolute goon while doing so

There's also a mini-game where you hit things thrown at you, but like they show up so quickly and your animation speed is so slow that it's impossible to do very well. It was an okay game overall, though, but I can sort of see why it isn't as well-known as Gradius or Castlevania.

Last game: Antarctic Adventure! It's a penguin-based racing game! I think? Does this count as a racing game? Well, you race against the clock, so sure. You gotta move at top speed through an icy wasteland, avoiding sea lions and holes in the ice.

I like how this sea lion looks after getting plastered in the face by a penguin moving at ~120 km/hr. Is he in shock? Is he alive? Should I notify his next of kin?

The lore is actually pretty deep in this game. The world has fallen into ruin due to global warming, and the glacier sheets on Antarctica are slowly melting away. As a penguin trained in espionage and terrorism, you must travel to the different embassies that many countries have propped up in an attempt to stake a claim in possibly the only livable area in the near future.

The french are planning to build replicas of their famous landmarks here, like the Ice-full Tower and Arctic de Triomphe.

You're not exactly racing as much as you are keeping ahead of the authorities pursuing you for planting bombs in the embassies. If you successfully plant your payloads in all of the embassies across all of Antarctica, you destroy their chances of bringing cultural imperialism to the local wildlife. Your customs are at stake! You must cast your empathy aside for the greater good of penguin-kind!

Also, you can sometimes turn into a helicopter? Not sure what that was about.

Okay, okay, yeah, I may have embellished a bit there. No, it's not as cool as that. You just run from one place to the next and heck if I'll ever find out why miscellaneous countries happen to have little castles in a barren arctic wasteland. People's taxes at work, I guess!

Oh right, there's also a fifth option on the main menu. It's Ms. O.C. Anime Girl explaining things about the games to you. I can't read anything she's saying, though, so I can only imagine the shady koala statue in the back has some relevance to her dialogue.

So that ends an exhausting series of dates. Whew! Glad you toughed it out with me. As I've completed all of the games this time, I didn't think another date was warranted. However, Gradius and Castlevania were fun enough to say that sure, I guess, it's worth going on another date in the future. Maybe it'd be better to find the original games, though, instead of this particular port. I can only assume the extra screen real estate, better sound effects, and greater ROM size would only enhance their experiences. And speaking of experiences, grab a Sprite of Passage from the jar over there on your way out! It's mint-flavored and can double as a water purification tab if you're ever stuck somewhere in the wilderness!

Man, I would kill to watch a skeleton ballet

[swishy-imagines]

“yeah but what if there was a BAND” Doodle feat some of the aforementioned OCs! This is from An Ambiguous Number Of Years Ago because I didn’t feel like drawing all of Piers’ hair. All of them look mostly the same except maybe bottom right might have facial hair now I haven’t decided and Piers’ eyebags have worsened exponentially.

More info under the cut but tldr: punk rock band who manages a boys and girls club on the side, the names are Clarence (toothpick), Simon (roxie shirt), and Jim (bug-eyes). (And Piers is here too.)

The backstory got too long so I’m going to add it in a second post, probably coming tomorrow. For now here’s the characters.

Top-Right: Good ol’ Piers. Writes the words, does 99% of the vocals, and behind-the-scenes, he’s also the keyboardist but he doesn’t do that live because he thinks it’s awkward and lame. Used to be the token ‘I’m only in this deadbeat town because I have to be’ guy, but gained a new appreciation for his city through working with the band. Don’t ask him to talk about politics unless you want to be there for five hours. Somehow became the face of the band after several local kids started copying his hairdo. (Thomas Brown from down the street dying his hair half-white directly led to Piers’ gym leader career. Life is weird.)

Top-Left: Clarence. The guitarist. Smarmy showoff with resting cat-face. Refuses to add spikes to his outfit or to cover one of his eyes just because everyone else did. If you make fun of the toothpick he’ll stab you with it. Has haircare commercial hair. Various degrees of an asshole depending on what version of the universe we’re in. (Yes I make aus for my aus. There’s the door) Shockingly good listener given how much he talks. Blasts the Beach Boys to annoy the other band members. You can’t see most of the best parts of his face due to the chibi style but he’s. pretty

Bottom-Left: Simon. The drummer. Primary ‘music tech’ dude- in charge of the recording, mastering, et cetera. Why does he wear soda tab earrings? Because I was bored. Please be grateful I gave the widows peak to Clarence instead of him, he used to look like a shitty vampire. I don’t have much to say about him, I’d forgotten his name until five minutes ago. I should give him more thought. If anyone has input let me know. Was a straight-a student in grade school, so he’s got connections to lots of teachers, which is important for what they do.

Bottom-Right: Jim. The bassist. Real name James (no relation to the anime character), but he saw the opportunity for a punny stage name and seized it. The band’s social media manager, marketing dude, and PR person. Don’t talk about his eyes or he’ll cry. The shirt he has on right now is meant to evoke a zigzagoon-colored charlie brown, but I don’t remember why. Possibly to remind myself that their outfits now aren’t final or current. Opens every social media video with ‘Hey guys, it’s Spikemuth Jim from Spikemuth Gym’. Doesn’t let the other guys design album covers anymore.

Simon and Jim’s designs are definitely not final but their hairstyles pretty much are. Clarence has a ref but it’s got lots of empty space on it so I need to fill that before I post it. Piers is Piers.

They all have a couple of Pokemon, but Piers is the only one who’s anywhere near serious about it, so they’re all objectively pushovers, but in battle, each would have their own weird gimmick to make it at least a bit more interesting, like Piers (more on that later). No clue what they are, though. (Tempted to have Jim’s battle strategy be “have my pokemon grab and throw things” but that might be too comical and/or too fighting-type.) They also each have one pokemon along the Galarian Whismur-Loudred-Exploud line, even Piers because COME ON IT WAS SO OBVIOUS.

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Grease Lightning (Bucky x Reader High School!AU)- Part 2

Summary: The day of the dress rehearsal is here and you’re finally going to have to come face to face with Bucky for the first time.

Pairing: Bucky x Reader

Characters: Bucky Barnes, Reader, Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner (mentioned)

Warnings: swearing

Word Count: 2968

A/N: Okay, here’s part 2! Probably only two more parts to this one!

masterlist

part 1 / part 3 / part 4 / part 5

*not my gif, found on giphy*

The day of the dress rehearsal was here, and you ran a hand through your hair as you prepped your station. You were cursed with the jitters, it seemed, bouncing in anxiety on the balls of your feet. Not only were you nervous about doing makeup for Bucky Barnes, whom you’d admired from afar since freshman year, but you were also simultaneously tasked with being the makeup artist for the lead character, which brought on pressures of its own. You took deep breaths to calm yourself, glancing at the clock and seeing that the cast should be arriving for their makeup any second. Nat was sitting stoically on the fold out chair at her station, still bitter about having the tables turned on her as well. You felt kind of bad for putting her in the same situation that you were in, but after all, it was kind of her fault. You were tearing off a sheet of paper towel to protect Bucky’s costume from the makeup when you heard a deep voice behind you.

“Um, hi, is this my station?” 

You turned around and had to hold in a gasp when you met steel blue eyes. You had only heard Bucky’s voice on a few rare occasions, seeing as you had barely had any classes with him over the past three years and you didn’t know him very well at all, but every time you did hear him speak, be it when passing him in the halls or over-hearing him in the cafeteria, it still shocked you how alluring he sounded. His voice was rough but still gentle, almost timid, and you had to clear your throat before straightening up. Christ, was it possible to feel personally attacked by your heart’s inappropriately erratic beating?

(What the hell, calm down, (Y/N), and act like a normal goddamned person!)

“Uh, yep. Oh, I’m (Y/-N),” you gave a quick smile, but became mortified when your voice cracked halfway through your name. “(Y/N), sorry,” you breathed out a nervous laugh, hoping you could pass off the heat radiating from your face as cause of the number of bodies in the room.

“I’m Bucky,” he replied, giving you a small, awkward wave and smile. God, why was he such an adorable dork? Why couldn’t he be an asshole and make this a whole hell of a lot easier? You took in a breath before stepping back and allowing him to take a seat. You took in two deep breaths to steady your heart before trying to be a little more composed.

“Well, um, I’ll be your makeup artist, so make yourself at home, this’ll be your station. I’m just going to use a cleanser on your face first and then I’ll get started on your makeup. I’ll need to test out a few foundations, though, to find the right match, is that alright?” You asked, rubbing your palm, a nervous habit. Bucky nodded, running his hands over his strong thighs as he leaned back. As you headed off to grab a couple different foundations and the cleanser, you revised the image of Bucky in his costume which was now burned in your mind. Faded black jeans and a white tee shirt clung to his taut form, and his black leather T-Bird jacket stretched over his broad shoulders in a nearly sinful manner. His shaggy dark locks were brushed behind his ears, but there was a loose lock that framed his jaw and sent your heart thump-thump-thumping once more.

(God, stop it, (Y/N)! Why are you like this? Stop being so obsessed with this boy you barely even know!)

You shook your head free of your thoughts and grabbed what you needed, returning to your station. Nat bumped your shoulder as you passed her to your station beside hers, and you glared at her briefly before turning back to Bucky. “Alright, I’ll need you to put this across your chest to cover your outfit,” you said, passing him the long piece of paper towel. He took it, spreading the paper across his chest and tucking it into his collar.

“This okay?” He asked, and you nodded. You poured some of the cleanser onto a cotton pad.

“May I?” You asked, holding up the pad. He nodded quickly. You gently brushed a few locks of hair out of his face before gently running the cotton pad over his forehead and down across his cheekbones. You tried to see him as just another actor, a nameless face for you to do makeup for, and it worked for a few moments, until you were finished with the cleanser. “I’ll need to test the foundation on your jaw here,” you gestured over your own jaw, “to get a good match for the foundation.” Bucky nodded once more. You were beginning to notice he was not a man of many words.

You began swiping the different foundations on the ridge of his jawline, your breath hitching when the muscles tightened as he clenched his jaw. From watching him- no, observing him- no, seeing him in passing- you’d noticed he did this a lot, so you assumed it was just a force of habit. God, you knew you sounded like a creep, noticing so many things about this person just from passing him in the halls every day, but you couldn’t help it. You were an observant person.

On the third sample, you found a perfect match, and scribbled down the name of the shade before blending in the other foundations with a sponge and beginning to apply the newly found foundation over the rest of his face. You noticed from the corner of your eye that Nat and Bruce seemed to be making easy conversation, and felt a sense of pride that your retaliation seemed to be working out for the better. You focused back on applying Bucky’s makeup when he finally spoke up.

“You know Steve Rogers pretty well, right?” He asked. You hesitated before nodding.

“Uh, yeah, I guess we’re pretty good friends. Do you know him too?” Bucky nodded affirmatively, a goofy fond grin adorning his lips.

“Yeah, we’ve been friends since we were kids. He’s actually the one who convinced me to try out for this.” Your eyebrows raised in surprise.

“Wow, really? So you enjoy acting then?” You mentally face palmed.

(Great conversation-making. Obviously he enjoys acting if he’s the lead in the fucKING PLAY)

Bucky nodded again. “I do, though I’ve never really gone out of my way to try out for anything before,” he chuckled bashfully. “To be honest, I never thought I’d even get this part. It’s kinda nerve-wracking being the lead in your first play.” You smiled, though trying to avoid his eyes all the same.

“I’m sure you’ll do great. Ms. Hill doesn’t choose just anyone for the lead roles. Especially not for something as timeless as Grease. You’ve got this.”

“Thanks,” Bucky replied quietly. The two of you fell into a- somewhat- comfortable silence for a while after that. You continued to do his makeup, almost finished except for the eyeliner. You slightly frowned as you picked up the pencil.

“Okay, I know guys usually find this part kind of scary and intimidating, but I promise I have a steady hand. I need to do just a light bit of eyeliner under your eyes. Is that alright?” You forced yourself to finally meet Bucky’s eyes. The steel-blue orbs were- expectedly- wide as dinner plates at the thought that you were about to stick a foreign object anywhere near his ocular area. Sensing his unease, you bit your lip and gave him a reassuring smile. “Look, how about we do this in three second intervals? I draw it on for three seconds, then you can take a blink break? I’ll be very gentle,” you tried to compromise with him. Bucky took in a breath before clenching his jaw and nodding. You asked him to stay still and look up above your head. “Ready?” You asked.

“Yep, go for it,” he whispered. You brought the pencil to his eye very gently, anticipating the sharp flutter of his eyelids at the first touch of the pencil against his skin. “Sorry,” he apologized. You assured him it was no problem, then informed him you were continuing on. You quickly began to light trace the pencil along his waterline. You could feel the heat radiating from your cheeks at the close proximity, but willed yourself to think about anything other than how near his lips were. You swallowed thickly, taking deep, steadying breaths.

“One, two, three,” you counted slowly, pulling away after three. Bucky blinked quickly, before shaking his head and getting back into position for you to continue. You continued tracing until you were satisfied with the job you’d done, pulling away after three once more. “Okay, next eye.”

After the second eye was done, you took a few steps back, face now burning with heat. You looked around and noticed everyone else was somewhat flushed from the heat of all the bodies in the room, so you hoped your being so flustered wouldn’t stand out too much. “Alrighty, well we’re, uh, done your makeup.” You grabbed a hand mirror and held it up in front of Bucky for him to see. “Hopefully the eyeliner wasn’t so traumatising it’ll tarnish the chances of you ever acting again,” you joked lamely, internally wincing.

(Dude..)

Bucky grinned, running a hand through his hair and looking up at you. “Naw, it looks great. You were very gentle, I’d let you do my eyeliner anytime.”

You swallowed, giving him a tight smile. “Time for hair,” you changed the subject, moving towards the tub of hair gel on the table behind Bucky. “Danny has a ducktail hairstyle, so I’m gonna need to put a lot of gel in your hair.”

“Go for it.” Bucky ran his hands over his strong thighs-

(Oh damn it to hell, (Y/N) can’t you be just a little professional?)

and sat straight in his chair. You grabbed a comb and began gently running it through his hair. You personally weren’t a fan of when people just started touching your hair, feeling like it was imposing your personal space. You were sure that Bucky had had his fair share of female fans run their hands through his own dark chocolate locks without his permission, so you wanted to make sure you yourself weren’t imposing right now. Obviously you knew this was different since it was your job at the moment to do his hair, but you still remained very conscious of his body language to make sure he was comfortable.

You gently worked the comb through the small tangles in his hair, trying not to tug too hard. Eventually, you found yourself practicing your breathing exercises to keep your heart rate steady as you felt how soft his locks were. You’d seen him run his hand through his hair countless times when you saw him in the school throughout the day, but actually touching those shaggy chestnut locks was something completely different. It felt so intimate to touch someone’s hair, and you almost felt like you were crossing a line, though you quickly chastised yourself for making it weird. Be fucking professional. After checking yourself for what seemed like the hundredth time that day, you decided his hair was combed enough and reached for the hair gel you’d brought to your station. You squeezed a bit into your palm and began rubbing it between your hands before running your fingers through Bucky’s hair from the roots to the ends. As you began sculpting the ducktail hairstyle, you heard Bucky let out a short cough, clear his throat and then felt him shuffle in his seat.

“Sorry, am I tugging?” You asked, mortified at the thought you were being too rough. Bucky shook his head, and you were glad he couldn’t see your face at the moment from your position behind him.

“No, you’re being really gentle. Again,” he chuckled. “I’ve never had someone play with my hair before,” he added quietly.

“Oh, sorry if it’s making you uncomfortable. I don’t really like when other people touch my hair without my permission either-“ you started, but Bucky shook his head fervently again.

“No! I mean, no it’s not making me uncomfortable. It feels good- I mean, it’s nice- Uh, it’s fine. It’s fine.” He trailed off, and even though you were behind him, you could see the edge of his ears burning red. Your own cheeks once again gained that familiar heat as well at his words.

“Oh, okay, just wanted to make sure.” You continued styling his hair, but you could sense Bucky wasn’t as at ease as he had been at first. You remembered Ms. Hill telling the team not to try to talk to the actors if they didn’t start the conversation, as they may be trying to focus on their lines and talking could be a distraction and mess with their nerves. Though, as you observed Bucky’s body language, it seemed like maybe he was the kind of person who needed a distraction to ease his nerves. “So, other than acting, what else do you like to do?” You started hesitantly. You hoped it didn’t seem like you were prying.

Bucky quirked his head a little. “Uh, well I play football, and track and field and basketball usually keep me pretty busy through the year.” You nodded, though it didn’t seem like he was entirely enthusiastic about all of those things.

“And you like them?” You asked casually. Bucky began to nod, though it kind of broke off halfway through.

“Yeah, I love football and track.”

“But basketball…?” Bucky hesitated.

“Uh, it’s alright, but I mean, I don’t think I’d pursue it or anything. I don’t know.”

“Then how come you do it? I mean, you’re a really talented player, but it’s not what you love, so why keep playing if it’s not what you love?” You found yourself asking before you could stop yourself. “I’m so sorry, that was-“

“No, it’s okay,” Bucky chuckled. “My dad played in high school and even got a scholarship for it, but he hurt his knee over the summer and it kind of ended his chances. He says he wants me to do what I like, and I know he'd never pressure me to do anything I didn’t want to do, but… I don’t know. When he comes to my games it’s like he’s still getting to be a part of what he loves. Does that make sense?” You could only nod, touched by Bucky’s words. Then you realized he couldn’t see you.

“Uh, yeah. That’s really nice, Bucky. Though I’m sure your dad’s just as proud going to your football games or track meets.”

“I know, but I mean, high school’s almost over, and basketball’s not so bad. Your parents spend their whole lives sacrificing their own wants trying to give you everything they can to make you happy, because seeing you happy makes them happy. I guess it’s kind of the kids’ responsibilities to make their parents proud to pay that back a little.”

Fucking hell. Why couldn’t Bucky be some shallow, pretentious asshole and make this so much easier for you? Instead, you were here, feeling personally attacked by his humble, selfless, perfect fucking self. Could he not, for just a second? You needed a second to breathe. Jesus.

“Has anyone ever told you you’re every parent’s dream child?” You joked, unable to think of anything else to say. Bucky let out an easy laugh, and you found your stomach flipping at the sound.

“I’m sure I’m far from it,” he chuckled.

“So, apart from sports, those are the things you do, but not what you like to do. What makes you happy? What do you like?” You inquired. Bucky chuckled, and you were a little surprised at your own forwardness.

He was quiet for a moment as he thought, before he shrugged. “I don’t know,” he answered honestly. “That’s not true. I like my dog. I like football. I like acting. But I can’t make a career out of those, can I?”

“Well, never say never,” you answered. You finished his hairstyle, beaming with pride at how it turned out. You set down the comb and went around to face him. “All done. Oh! Wait…” You reached up and carefully pulled a lock of hair out of the style, curling it around your finger and letting it fall against his forehead. “There.” Bucky looked up at you.

“How do I look?”

“Like a T-Bird,” you laughed. Bucky stood up from his chair and grabbed the mirror from the table behind him. He looked at his reflection, eyebrows raised in surprise at his appearance.

“I look like I came right out of the 50’s. This looks awesome!” He turned to face you again and grinned gratefully. “Thanks!”

“No problem.” Ms. Hill came into the room again with a checkboard in her hands.

“Alright cast members, stage in five minutes!” She called into the room. Her eyes caught Bucky as she called out his name. “Barnes, looking good- great job, (L/N). We need to fit you for your mic.” Bucky nodded affirmatively and turned back to you.

“Thanks again. Guess I’ll see you again opening night,” he smiled bashfully before turning off to follow Ms. Hill out of the room. You took in a deep breath before turning to clean your station. You caught Nat’s eye as she began wiping down her own station, and she smirked at you. You shot her a warning glare not to say anything.

Nat let out a chuckle before walking off to put her things away, humming ‘Summer Nights’ as she walked past you.

part 1 / part 3 / part 4 /  part 5

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Miraculous Ladybug 2x16 Troublemaker *Commentary*

I’ve done this five? times. And some people like it. But I’m doing this simply because I find myself funny. And I need to empty my brain. So, I hope you guys enjoy my brain dump.

Ok. To start off, Thanks so much to @wild-mare-of-prosecution for giving me a link to this episode. Second, The Incredibles was awesome. 😊

Disney in Spanish? FB page is Russian? Episode in English? Wow, so multicultural.

21 minutes and two of those will be intro and credits? Sigh.

Who’s the villain again? Cuz this white dude seems like every villain in every movie ever.

Why is the mayor supervising the hotel? See? This is why the city is crumbling!

I don’t pity her because she signed up for that job. EVERYONE knows that’s how shity it is.

How French with all the kissing and lack of personal space.

Yo. Those posters make Jagged look more Jagged. That black shirt thing makes him look hot. Stop it with the 80’s clothes. Go simple and awesome.

I wish I had subtitles.

This show is about finding wives, right?

Fill my shoes?! What? That’s an entirely different show, and a bad name.

Only because he likes his adopted niece, Marinette. Also, those lace gloves are. . .  (doesn’t want to say but can’t help it) delicately feminine.

I agree Sabine. I agree.

Every homemade show like this that has real like people, they always look and sound completely out of their element. That’s how you know they’re not actors. Also, Marinette, stop being such a fangirl.

She uses the same stress reliever I do. It’s pretty annoying during exams. It annoys even me. But it also calms me down.

When. . . when did he make … the guitar? And … how? He . . . sucks … at … baking….

There’s signal.

Also, I know Asian people can be smaller than average, but this is a joke.

Holy FUCK! I thought they were going to put on Careless Whisper for a second there!!!!

Sabine knows, Penny does the same shit as Marinette.

Who is Adrien excited to see? Jagged, or the croissants?

MARINETTE? NOOO. No way. Adrien -Just a friend- Agreste, did not just say that…

*sings* Juuuustt aaaa . . . . friiiiiieeeeeeennnnddddd!

TOM HAS GREEN EYES? Girls really do go for their fathers.

I paused, and fucking shit, that hair on Tom looks so real -the beard-.

Marinette’s clumsiness deserves an award. That was impressive. Minimal effort too. 9/10

Upstairs and vague? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

… What’s with her screen saver? Did she have her computer recording Adrien while they were playing video games? That background is her room. I know someone else said it, but these are badly recycled screencaps. That could have at least made plain backdrops and they would have been believable.

If Marinette spent as much time finding where HawkMoth is as she does with collecting Adrien, Paris would be safe.

Play “Spot Random Pictures of Nino”, is fun. Which brings the question, they made random pics of Nino and they couldn’t do that with Adrien?

Adrien is dabbing in one of them.

After a throughout analysis of the pictures in Mari’s room I’m making the theory that Snapchat exists in their world and Mari just screenshots and prints Adrien’s feed.

Penny is so uncomfortable …. So am I. I don’t want to press play.

Plagg, you little shit.

Wait, how big is that house?

HOW BIG IS THAT HOUSE, THAT THEY HAVE TO REUSE THE STAIR ANIMATION?

ANOTHER FLOOR?

It would have been hilarious if Jagged had been dressed in the dress he’s holding. “Here I am modeling a Marinette original. Am I better than this model boy? I am a better model, aren’t I?”

R E S P E C T. ‘You heard the lady.” Well done Penny.

At least no one made a comment about her period. Also, is completely fair and about time she fucking put them in their place.

HOW DOES GABRIEL RUN A COMPANY IF HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WAITING IN THAT ROOM FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, SO HE CAN DRAMATICALLY OPEN HIS WINDOW AND BE BAD?

Anime background again. Attack on titan?

I hate to admit, but I would have had the same panic attack. Social media is a bitch.

From that angle her hairstyle looked completely different and Mari looked more Asian.

What a strange lighting, it changes her eye color drastically.

“Plus, its too late already. The show’s live.” *marinette panics and looks at the camera* SOMEONE MAKE A GIF OF THAT AND SEND IT TO ME, ASAP! THIS WILL BE ALL I TEXT FROM NOW ON.

Sabine is a tiger mom and I L O V E IT! Also, Tom appears to be slightly intimidated by the tiny tiger mom.

Sabine is the best mom in the world. Tiger mom, kung fu mom. Caring mom. What else? Ultimately the most B A D A S S MOM IN THE WORLD.

Does… all of Paris have that same security system from Gabriel’s mansion? If so, why was Gabriel so confused by Chat knowing that that mansion had a security system?

What are you talking about? It’s perfect. You are already at the scene of the crime.

Adrien… that was lame.

What if Plagg only likes croissants because it reminds him of Tikki cuz she lives there… I’ll leave that one there for you guys.

Chat… You’re lucky you’re cute.

NO WAY HE LANDED LIKE THAT.

Sometimes I forget he does call her Bugaboo, and that’s not a head cannon.

No. I love Bugabo-

…. What if that was Astruc asking the fans to stop calling her Bugaboo?

Huh? My cat senses are tingling!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Why is Ladybug offering Chat Noir a tour of Marinette’s room? Why is Ladybug so uncomfortable of anyone seeing the pictures? Shouldn’t that arouse Adrien’s suspicion?

When teens hide pictures under their bed is because they do a solo bow-chick-a-bow-wow with them. Marinette has hit puberty. I don’t judge.

*Double checks Mari’s ‘porn’ stash* Adrien boxes?

JESUS CHRIST! WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PICTURES? AND WHY ARE THEY HIDDEN?

Nope. Concussion.

No way she’s that fast. Is ladybug frozen?

*Careless whispers plays in the background as LB and CN hold hands*Fun fact, I actually sang it as it was happening. I don’t kid when I say these are things I say outloud as I watch them.

This is a cool shot. I like it. The focus thing? I like it.

How does he dream it? Does Adrien also write fanfiction about how it will happen? Is Adrien hidden amongst our fanfiction writers?

Are you kitten me, Chat? You are gonna judge her?

Hahahaha, Like a gun. That’s funny.

What detective movies do they watch?

So they glued her to Ladybug…. And they earrings too? Does that mean Marinette can never take them off now? Wouldn’t it be smart to also do that to Chat?

Penny: “What… what happened? Where’s Jagged?”

Ladybug: “What happened? You fucked up my room, my life, and almost my secret identity! That’s what happened?”

Chat and Penny: O.O

Ladybug: “…. I mean…. You’re always so helpful…~”

How… she… she’s gotta stay. A…. and he gotta go….

Chat: “You’re the girl of my dreams.”

Ladybug: . . . . fuck off *pushes him off the balcony*

Smooth LB, smooth.

He’s British right?

Now that! That sounds like real Paris. I like that background sound.

NILYA!

…. This . . .. this looks a lot like that little joke I wrote a few months back…..

Also, Adrien, your sneaky chat is showing.

Adrien looked mad at Mari interrupting him. Adrien, your chat is showing.

Ok. The animation of their eyebrows was soooo exaggerated that they looked angry when they are supposed to be like …. Concentrated, or confused. Make those eyebrows smaller.

THIS IS INTENSE! ADRIEN IS GETTING SMART . . . AND SASSY!!

JUST A FRIEND MY ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHA 8D I AM SO NOT PANICKING AT ALL!!! HAHAHAHAH -Marinette

Adrien your douche is showing.

Also, Adrien, shut up Chat noir. Adrien doesn’t know she hides them under her bed and sofa.

J U S T    A    F R I E N D

Mari’s boobs got bigger. Yes. I did notice. And if there is continuation to that I’ll accept it. She is in puberty.

Isn’t… isn’t that a parallel to another scene? It feels similar to the umbrella scene. The angles.

Tikki did us a favor of reminding us that Marinette is getting better at talking to Adrien. Thanks Tikki.

I just now realized the page I’m in is not facebook. But it looks like it.

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I.... really like this episode. Ok , so here’s the deal. My brother got a microphone. If you guys want I can record these. Truth is, a lot of my commentary gets lost because of typing. I’m fast, but not THAT fast. I could try and do it like cinema sins.  And it could help bring back the timestamps. Your call. :)

 Thanks for reading.

[murasaki-murasame]

Chapter 25 is finally out [in English], and wow do I really wanna draw some fan-art inspired by it now.

Thoughts under the cut.

I know there’s been a bit of flower language/symbolism in this manga already, but it’s still interesting to get an overt reference to flower names in the title page here. Obviously the whole crossroads thing is pretty basic imagery for representing a decision that needs to be made, though I don’t quite know how the flower names relate to that concept. I read a post saying that the flower in Futaba’s hair is probably the same sort of flower referred to here, but if both of the names fit, then I’m not quite sure what the hypothetical choice is. Either way, it’s a neat detail.

I like the little detail of Taichi idly reading through some sort of miniature English textbook while he’s waiting for the others. It’s not really touched upon or anything, but it’s still a nice touch.

I said before that I wasn’t sure how far into the future the fireworks festival would be, but I definitely wasn’t expecting us to IMMEDIATELY get into it. I mean, I’m glad that we’re getting right to the point, but it’s still a bit surprising. It makes me wonder how long this little arc of sorts is gonna last.

Futaba and Masumi look amazing in this chapter and I really wanna draw some fan-art of them now.

I know that it’s fairly common for guys to go to festivals like this in casual clothes, but I can definitely feel how awkward Taichi must feel, being the only one in his group not in yukatas.

I was not expecting Taichi to pull of a goddamn Kazuo Umezu face, but that was absolutely incredible.

And on the topic of things that are absolutely incredible, we got a whole chapter of incredibly blessed Touma-in-a-yukata content, and I couldn’t be happier.

I always love how casual Touma is with complimenting people. It’s so cute. It’s also pretty amusing seeing how Taichi feels awkward about complimenting girls because he’s embarrassed about acknowledging and expressing that sort of attraction, while Touma doesn’t really have those same hang-ups because there’s no romantic/sexual element to him complimenting girls. I guess Masumi summed up their difference pretty nicely, lol.

Futaba and Masumi holding hands to stay together in the crowd was so adorable, aaah. I wish Touma could have gotten some hand-holding action too, but Taichi had to go and be lame about it. Touma was fully aware of how awkward it might be to try and hold someone’s hand while also using crutches, but sometimes a dude’s just gotta do what a dude’s gotta do, if it means holding his crushes hand.

Touma looks so happy to be leading the Friendship Train, lmao.

Even though we don’t really know that much about them, I still always like seeing all the random side characters show up once in a while. It’s pretty fitting that we’re now seeing some of them with new girlfriends and stuff. On this whole note, I really appreciate that Kensuke’s girlfriend is a larger girl who’s drawn realistically and not treated as some kind of joke. I mean, I guess that’s a pretty low bar, but you get what I mean.

We even get to see Einosuke again, and he’s actually apologizing about being rude to Taichi in the hospital, which I wasn’t expecting. It’s nice that that little bit of conflict is getting resolved so neatly, at least. I still think that if Touma can’t end up with Taichi, he should be able to get together with Einosuke.

There’s a lot of great outfits and hairstyles and whatnot in this chapter, but that one girl whose name I forget has a great look going on, with the choker and the hat.

And then we get back to the whole Mami debacle. I’ve been trying to figure out what her overall role in things is meant to be for a while now, and I think it’s getting a lot clearer now. So it turns out that Touma is basically too nice to actually turn her down, and so she keeps trying to get his attention in the futile hope that he’ll agree to date her eventually. I feel like part of the reason why Touma is hesitant to actually reject her plainly is because, as that one guy more or less laid out, as soon as he rejects her, suddenly the question will be when he’ll actually get himself a girlfriend. So in a way, I think that part of why Touma’s not putting his foot down in this situation is because he doesn’t want to have to face the messy and complicated topic of society’s expectations for him to find a girlfriend. Obviously he’s just putting off the inevitable, and that nothing will really change if he just keeps waiting it out, other than that it might make things even more messy if Mami ends up reaching a breaking point of frustration with him, but it’s sadly pretty realistic that he’d try and avoid the situation like this. We already know that his goal at this point is basically to go off and live on his own as soon as he can, so I think he’s hoping that he can escape all this before he needs to take any real action.

So I guess the main question here is where this thing with Mami will go in the long run, now that it’s more clear what sort of situation’s going on. It’s pretty obvious that Touma won’t be able to keep waiting things out forever. Push is gonna come to shove at some point, and he’s going to have to confront Mami’s feelings for him at some point. It’s mostly a matter of how that’ll inevitably play out. Will it involve Touma outright coming out, or will he still try and keep that a secret, and reject her for more vague reasons? I guess we’ll find out eventually.

It’s pretty painful seeing Touma in this position where lots of girls have crushes on him, and everyone’s expecting him to date one of them eventually, but he doesn’t actually want to be in a relationship with a girl.

It’s interesting to compare Touma’s attitude of method of handling socially expected heterosexual relationships by just avoiding them entirely, to Masumi’s method of going along with them, only for them to continually fall apart. In general the point is just that expecting people to enter into heterosexual relationships doesn’t always work out, and you just shouldn’t place those burdens and expectations on people in the first place.

I know that some people have an issue with Kaito for depicting this sort of thing, but I honestly appreciate that he’s acknowledging this and treating it realistically, and showing multiple different ways in which people like Touma and Masumi react to the idea of compulsory heterosexuality. Not that there’d be anything wrong with a story like this glazing over this sorta topic and letting it’s gay characters be treated by others as they should, but this is a valid way of handling things as well. Obviously I still want to see these two find partners of their own who they can have loving relationships with, but I appreciate Kaito for depicting these sorts of struggles.

It’s always kinda hilarious seeing these characters try to clumsily set up moments of alone time between each other. Especially because there’s all sorts of conflicting intentions and goals going on between all of them. I figured that Futaba would end up going with Taichi, but I like the little scene of Masumi basically telling Touma that he should have gone instead. It’s nice that she wanted the two of them to have some alone time, but I get why Touma decided against it.

I continue being so conflicted whenever these sorts of shippy moments happen with Taichi and Futaba, because on the one hand, in a vacuum I think it’s a cute relationship that’s set up relatively well, but in the actual wider context of the story and it’s cast, I feel sad about the entire idea of it happening because of what it’d mean for Touma and Masumi. So I just never know quite how to feel in scenes like this. At the very least I still hope that if Taichi and Futaba get together, Touma and Masumi can find their own people to date.

I think I read before that the next chapter won’t be out until the end of the month, so now I’m just gonna be suffering for the next few weeks as I wait to see what happens next. Especially since I think the next chapter should mark the end of volume four, so it’s probably gonna have some sort of cliffhanger-y ending.

[quell-tea-salon]

Nakamura Shugo talk event at Ginansai

Osaka City University invited Nakamura Shugo (VA of Kuga Issei) for an hour-long talk show at their school festival, naturally drawing a decent group of his fans. I arrived at the campus with some time to spare as I wanted to check out the students’ exhibits and stalls as well (first time at a gakusai!), but an hour before the show started the seating area was already half full, so I went to secure a seat for myself. It was still pretty decent spot, about 10-12m away from the stage, so I could see everything clearly.

About 20 minutes before the show, the MC’s asked the audience to volunteer questions for Shugon by filling in a form and placing it in a blind box for Shugon to draw from later. I didn’t submit anything as I was too lazy to leave my seat ^q^ Then, about 5 minutes before the show, Drive A Live played over the speakers and there was a buzz among the audience. Everyone chanted “315!!” at the part before the chorus wwwwww As expected, there were a lot of Idolm@ster side M fans in the crowd. And quite a number of guys too! You can tell from the turnout at his events that Shugon is quite popular with the dudes as well due to his huge, sunny personality :)

The show started and the MC’s invited Shugon on stage while we cheered and clapped. Shugon was 50000000 watts right from the get go ;w; He thanked us all for coming and waved at us with the BIGGEST grin, so cute T_T He was also holding something that looked like a statue of a cat in his palm, and explained that one of the students on the organising team called “Ume-chan” (audience: “Ume-chan?! Umehara?!!!) had made a shisa just for him, and he loved it so much that he couldn’t put it down www

MC: Who's from Osaka? Audience: *two-thirds put their hand up* MC: Oh wow, a lot of people not from here... Anyone from overseas? Me: ..... *raises hand* MC: !!! Where are you visiting from? Me: Australia. Audience: ?!!!!!!! Shugon: Take me back with you!!!! (>∀<) Me: jgflkglsdg;kfd

And then my mind went blank for a minute as I tried to process what had just happened.... But, moving on. Shugon said that it was his first time in a school festival and that he was super tempted to check out the event, as even from the briefing room he could hear how lively everything was.

Shugon: I asked my manager if I could go outside but they were like, "NO." And I was like, "...Gomen (´・ω・｀)" Audience: Cute.......

The hosts were both from the keion club, so Shugon, being a music nerd, had a lot of fun talking to them. I only remember this part vaguely (my mind was still reeling from Shugon asking me to take him home LOL) but I think they were discussing how Shugon got into music. For anyone not in the know, before becoming a seiyuu Shugon was part of an indie band called Akasaka Folk Village. He said that when he was younger (school-aged, I think?) he listened to regular pop music like everyone else, and it wasn't until he graduated from high school that he started to learn about a wider range of music genres.

When asked about his impression of Osaka, Shugon said that he's been here so many times (for work) that he considers it his third hometown, after Okinawa and Tokyo. He loves that everyone is so warm and friendly, and that all the food here is delicious, especially konamono (someone in the audience held up a Kaerru plush ww) like okonomiyaki and takoyaki, BBQ, and sushi.

After some time they moved on to the Q&A section. Shugon pulled out questions from the box and handed them over to the MC's to be read out.

Q: You obviously use your throat a lot in your work. How do you care for your throat? Shugon: I don't have ANY scientific backing lol, but I mix manuka honey in water and drink that every night. Honey's really good for the throat, and manuka honey is the best. It comes in different ratings, and the higher the rating the better. But the stronger ones are also really expensive! You don't need the expensive ones. Even regular manuka honey works really well.** Oh, during SQP my throat was in bad shape right before the concert, and when I told my manager they gave me a throat candy from Taiwan. After taking it my throat recovered immediately and I could sing even higher notes than usual!

Q: What kind of school life did you have? Shugon: In elementary school I was really shy and a crybaby, the type of kid that would run crying to his mother. In middle school I started to take an interest in sports, and you know how there are sports tests every year? In my third year I actually ranked second in the test!

Q: Any advice for students about to take their entrance exams? Shugon: I didn't do much studying as a student.... Whenever I'm invited to schools or unis for work, I see the students doing their best and think, ah, I should've tried harder in school! Sorry, what was the question? www MC: Advice for exams ww Shugon: Oh yeah! Good luck! Everyone, let's put our hands together to wish this person all the luck! *claps*

Q: What kind of hair style do you like to see on girls? Shugon: Mmmmm, this is a tough one... *Gestures to the person who submitted the question* What kind of hairstyle do you like on guys? Audience member: ........ Shugon: See? It's hard to answer, isn't it?www They all have their own charms... Everyone looks super cute! Audience: Kyaaa! Shugon: The guys look cute too! Audience (guys): Yaaaaay! Shugon: *1000000000watt smile* Audience: Shugon's cute too! Shugon: Thanks!!!!!!!!!

Q: If you could participate in a school festival, which club would you join as? And what date course would you plan? Shugon: Date course?? You can do dates in school festivals????? MC: Everyone does it.... the haunted house is especially popular with couples. Shugon: HAUNTED HOUSE!!! THAT'S AWESOME! 8D Student on 2nd floor balcony waving sign for haunted house: WE'RE OVER HERE!!!! Shugon: *Waves back* There they are!! Everyone go visit them!! MC: Couples get ticket discounts and-- Shugon: Wait, why do the COUPLES get discounts? Give it to the singles!ww But yeah, I love horror films so haunted houses are great... It'd be nice to go with a girl who gets really scared. I'd probably get punched, like "Shut up!!" *does punching motion and then mimes getting hit* "W, wait up!!" *mimes chasing after the girl*

He then asked the MC's how they take part in the school festival as the keion club, and they replied that they usually perform songs by Back Number. MC: But not many people listen to Back Number... Shugon: Back Number's really good! Everyone listens to their songs! Even in Australia! *gestures to me* Me: !!??????????????? *doesn't actually know Back Number but shook that he still remembers me*

Shugon encouraged the MC to try his hand at writing songs, and talked about how it’s good to create music with your own feelings and experiences to share with the world. MC: I write sometimes, but the next day I look at my work and think, "Man, this is embarrassing!" Shugon: I know!!!! I think this happens to everyone who’s tried writing. It's usually late at night when you're struck by inspiration and start writing, and at the time you think, "Oh boy, I've got something AMAZING!" but the next morning you look at it and regret everything. MC: Even the song titles can be lame... Shugon: Yeah, you're like "Why did I think this was cool?"

Q: When you're traveling to/from work, what kind of music do you listen to? Shugon: I used to do that, but not anymore. These days I set aside time just to listen to music. At night when I'm at home, I sit in front of the speakers and think "Which songs should I listen to tonight?" and just sit quietly for hours, listening. Lately I've been playing a lot of Sakanaktion (and another female artist whose name I forgot ;;).

Q: Do you like being called "Shugon"? Shugon: I LOVE IT!!!!!!! Everyone, on the count of three, say "Shugon!" Okay? One, two... Audience: SHUGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!!! Shugon: THIS FEELS SO GOOD!!!!!!! Thank you, Osaka!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q: What's your type? Shugon: My type?? My type is....... *looks at the audience member and switches to bedroom voice* Omae da yo♥  (It's you ♥) Audience: *DIES* Shugon: www My type is girls who retweet my tweets! Audience: wwwwww Shugon: Also boys who retweet my tweets ;D Audience: Foo~~~

Q: Can you share any interesting backstage stories from the recording for Side M anime? Shugon: Honestly, it has the atmosphere of a boys school. The recording studios are usually quite small, but a lot of actors are involved, so it can get kinda cramped and hot even with the air-con on full blast. A lot of people bring food/snacks to share and during break time we're all stuffing our faces. Uchida Yuuma, who plays Kaoru (the audience starts to giggle already ww) will just start doing push ups in the middle of a conversation, but we're so used to it that we just keep talking ww Shugon: Ishikawa Kaito, who plays the producer, is really into training, and he showed me a new workout move *sit sideways on chair and bends body into a V shape, where only his bum is on the chair and his upper body and legs are lifted* I can't do it well right now, but this is supposed to be good for your abs >< And oh, recently I went to Disneyland with Itou Kento (VA of Hazama-sensei) and we had so much fun! I remember standing in a queue full of couples where we were the only pair of guys.... It was a very long queue www

The last segment was a rock-paper-scissors game between Shugon and the audience, and the last 3 standing would receive a signed board from Shugo. I lost very early on :( But I saw one of the winning girls break down and cry when she realised that she had won. I feel happy for her ;w; Oh, in the first round, Shugon said something like “I’m gonna use rock!!”, which he actually did wwww In the second round the same thing happened, and when a huge portion of the audience got eliminated he was like “Why won’t you guys believe me?!” wwww

Lastly, Shugon promoted the side M anime and Proani. When he mentioned Issei, a girl in the audience held up a pair of Lizz-kuns (of the twins). Shugon noticed and thanked her for bringing them, aww.

Shugon left us with a farewell message, joking about how he had so much fun that it didn’t feel like work at all, and thanked us again for coming to see him. He also asked us to go and spend lots of money on the food stalls and exhibits to help the uni raise funds since the talk show itself was free ww As he was leaving the stage Reason!! played over the speakers and the audience screamed... Shugon went "Oh!!!" and sang just a little bit "by your side~♪" and we all DIED ><

Shugon has some photos of the event on his twitter (I’m somewhere in the 2nd photo, gdi.) I still have butterflies in my stomach when I recall the event.... Shugon was just so down-to-earth and radiant, and everyone had a great time. I personally will never forget that Nakamura Shugo spoke to me directly, even for just a few tiny moments *____* I’m sure he created some amazing memories for everyone who was present.

**Let me put on my pharmacist hat for a minute... He's partly right - honey is good for throat care (among many other uses) due to its antibacterial and healing properties. While manuka honey is marketed as being superior to regular honey, the scientific evidence so far is inconclusive. Manuka honey is definitely good for you, but so is any raw honey. The next time you have a sore throat, mix a teaspoon of raw honey and some lemon juice in warm water. You'll feel better after the first sip! Sometimes I just place a teaspoon of manuka honey in my mouth and hold it there for as long as possible.

[bandficsunlimited]

Floral & Fading (Pierce The Veil Fanfiction)

(This was the first band slash PTV fanfic that I’ve ever made, so please forgive me if it’s terrible and nonsensical and not what you really expected.)

"D-d-d-darker now, kicked out and sleeping in your car, you rolled the window down, enough to dream and make-believe..."

"That's it, stop it! Pierce...whatever, you're outta here! Go on, we're closed! Everybody out! You're wrecking the place!"

The harsh reprimand of the bowling alley owner rang out, exasperated and palpably angry, and Jaime could perfectly and very much tell why.

Standing in the carnage of musical instruments and debris of bowling equipment alike, their band sign hanging off on one corner with half already in shards on the floor, holding splintered parts of what used to be a bass guitar, and staring at a rowdy crowd that had been shoving and pushing at each other the entire time, the owner's rage towards the sheepish band was easily understandable.

Jaime wasn't sure how Pierce the Veil was allotted to perform here in the first place, considering that their post-hardcore music wasn't really the appropriate ambiance to a bowling alley, and they were forced to wear such weird clothes (Mike laughed at his older brother's atrocious green floral shirt that he fished out of his dad's closet for ten minutes straight), and the owner didn't even know what the hell their band name was ("He announced it with the enthusiasm of a vendor selling tacos in a deserted place under the torpor heat of the summer Mexico sun", Jaime observed. "Oh great, now I want tacos", another voice inside his head complained), but all he knew for certain was that this was quite unexpected.

"For a bunch of people living in '69, these guys sure do party hard." Jaime thought, uttering a low whistle as he surveyed the wreckage of the chaotic room.

Not only had he and his bandmates completely trashed the place, they also managed to influence the people to join in with it as well, and what once was a group of peaceful weekend bowling players had turned into youth-crazy moshers that threw articles of intimate clothing, allowed crowdsurfing and mosh pits, nearly ripped the band members apart (two of them tore out their drummer's sleeves, "but," Jaime internally snickered, "with Mike's big guns, who freakin' wouldn't?"), poured juice punch on each other (Jaime could see a girl smiling at them wryly without a care of the sticky beverage that dripped and coloured her hair a vivid blue), pulled the fire alarms and lit up their lighters inside the place, and ultimately ("and most importantly", Jaime noted), they enjoyed and allowed themselves to lose control to their music.

"So all in all, not a bad gig." Jaime concluded with a satisfied grin. He looked over to Vic, Mike, and Tony, all exhausted, sweaty, and holding destroyed instruments alike, but also with the same enthused smiles lighted up on their faces.

Celebratory high fives were passed around the band members, but before Jaime could give one to an expectant Tony, the owner's stern face emerged in front of them, his nostrils flared and his voluminous belly rising up and down steadily, smoke appearing to come out of his ears, startling the band out of their gregarious reverie.

"You damn brats, still happy about wrecking this place. I regret ever knowin' your name. No you boys better get out of here before I get you a damn good whacking to and slam your sorry little asses in jail!" The owner threatened, waving at them the remaining microphone stand that was still actually standing and almost tripping on the wires in the process.

"Sooooo...does this mean we don't get paid?" Vic asked innocently, a cute charming smile emblazoned on his face, doe eyes wide and sparkly, every uttered word in the sentence dripping with sass. Behind him, Jaime chuckled audibly, Tony grinned so wide it seemed the corners of his lips would split open, and Mike covered his mouth with one heavily-tattooed hand to stifle his laughter.

The owner only glared at them poisonously, radiating nothing but sheer hate and venom out of his eyes, and shoved them all out of the way, causing a little domino effect to the band and nearly tripping on the wire yet again, as he muttered various colourful profanities, most likely endowing the worst curses known to man and monsters upon the Mexicans. He shook his meaty fist once more before going past the outbalanced band members, and grabbed a broom to commence cleaning up the mess that they made.

"Great gig. Great time. Great job, guys." Mike praised his fellow band members, as they packed up and salvaged what little they can from their smashed equipment, but not before he added a grim "We still need money to buy new instruments though, and since Vic here killed off any chance of us getting paid, well..."

"Thank you Mike, that reeeeaaally boosted our morale." Tony replied sardonically with a laugh.

Vic, pretending to be hurt, indignantly glared at his younger brother with a sulking pout. "We weren't getting paid anyways, Mikey. It didn't hurt to ask."

"Hey, hey, I'm just kidding bro. Hell, I don't blame you anyways. I've always wanted to wreck the living shit out of my drums! I mean, who doesn't? It's the adrenaline, man, it gets you. This was awesome, you guys. P-T-V!" Mike ranted on happily, as they all cheered out in enthusiastic replies of "Wooooh!"

"Well, I take it that's a wrap?" Vic quipped cheekily. He was answered with an affirming chorus of "Oh yeah", "Guess so", and from Jaime, accompanied with an audibly rumbling stomach, "Anyone else also craving tacos right now?"

Jaime's out-of-place remark and hunger pangs gave Vic an idea for a fun little prank. He acted all excited, suddenly pointed out to a random corner, and shouted "Hey look Jaime, a taco stand giving food away for free!"

"Where?!" As Jaime's head frantically whipped to face where Vic was pointing, Vic glanced furtively at Tony and made silent finger motions, signaling for him to trip up Jaime. Tony understood immediately, and he surreptitiously crouched behind Jaime and positioned himself by his feet, waiting for the right moment.

"Oh, you know, it's just there Hime, if you'd just, like, I don't know, back up a little, maybe you'd see clearer or something, y'know..." Mike improvised, buying for time, and Vic facepalmed behind Jaime's back and mouthed "That didn't make sense bro." to him.

But despite Mike's lame assurances, Jaime still obediently obliged with his instructions and ambled a step backward. His legs caught on the crouching turtle by his legs, and he began to topple backfirst, arms thrashing about wildly as he tried to break his fall.

"Gotcha again, Jaime!" Vic said triumphantly, earning him victorious high fives and rounds of raucous laughter from Mike and Tony.

But due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances, Jaime's head accidentally contacted a nearby bowling ball (ironically, it was the yellow one that he tossed at one of Mike's drums earlier and nearly hit Tony), and he heard a sickening crack, as Vic, Tony, and Mike's laughs instantly dissipated and they immediately rushed to his side.

Jaime felt himself losing consciousness quickly, and his vision blurred and faded as he saw his friends' concerned faces looming over him, Vic frantically waving a hand to his face and calling out his name.

"Jaime? Jaime??? Jaaaaiiimmeeeeee..."

~*~

Jaime jolted awake at the sound of singing invading his ears, and his eyes fluttered open and he found himself curled up in a couch, his bass guitar cuddled up next to him, a fan-gifted monkey pillow strewn on his stomach, and an abandoned floral pattern notebook lying facedown by his limply-hanging fingertips.

The rest of the band was simply chilling out; Mike lounging next to him as he clutched a coffee mug in one hand and twirled a drumstick in the other, Vic looking at his ink scribbles with a pensive visage and a badly-chewed pen stuck between his teeth, making little vocal warm-ups with their names (at the moment, he was singing out "Hayyyymeeyyyy skunnkkkk"), and Tony softly strumming notes at random on a battered acoustic guitar.

Jaime remembered his dream and his hand immediately shot up to his hair, as if to feel the phantom of a nightmarish afro that never was, and he sighed a little too loudly in relief as he felt only the soft spikes of his hedgehog hair. He rubbed his bleary eyes as he examined the appearances of his fellow bandmates' hairstyles with mingled scepticism and doubt.

Watching this event unfold, the trio's questioning stares immediately pierced (pun very much intended) through the scrutinising Jaime, but it was Vic who asked the question first.

"You okay there, Jaime?" he said, momentarily ceasing with his playful vocal warm-ups, his inquiry slightly garbled by the writing instrument clamped between his mouth.

"Dude, I just had the weirdest dream..." Jaime started.

Mike snorted into his mug at amusement at Jaime's revelation, spinning the drumstick more furiously and throwing it in the air. "Expect Jaime to be so cliche."

Tony glanced at him with a raised eyebrow and retorted "And expect you to be the one breaking the fourth wall." Mike stuck out his tongue at Tony in reply, and he failed to catch the drumstick, the wooden stick clattering noisily on the floor.

But Jaime seemed not to hear them both as he leered at Mike's short hair, hidden under his black beanie, analysed Tony's expertly messed sticky-uppy hair and Key Street cap lying by his side, and finally settled to concentrating and peering at Vic's long and flowing hair as if it was an art exhibit.

Vic finally noticed Jaime's strange stare and stared back with questioning eyes. "Why are you looking at me like that? Something wrong with my hair? Is my hat not on straight? Or do you just not like my hat? Again?" Vic badgered endlessly, his voice taking on a concerned tone, running his hand throughout his head to check for anything weird.

Jaime said nothing to clear things out as he slowly reached out to feel for Vic's hair. Mike took a sip of his drink absentmindedly and flipped his drumstick as he watched blankly, engrossed by the scene, and Tony had an exasperated expression that sighed out a silent "Oh, Jaime, here we go again."

Jaime grabbed one end of Vic's hair and started tugging at it, as if testing for it's legitimacy.

"Ow! Jaime! What the hell?" Vic exclaimed, slapping Jaime's hand away. By coincidence, Tony hit a sour note on the guitar as he was distracted by the unfolding events, making a sound that added for comedic effect.

"Your hair...it's normal." Jaime lamely replied.

Vic squinted in suspicion as he ran his fingers over his locks to fix his hair. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

Jaime closed his eyes and nodded in alleviated affirmation. "Oh it's good dude. It's good. It's just, well, just that dream..."

"Well, what dream? Don't keep us in suspense, Hime-time." Vic prompted eagerly, setting down his abused pen and rumpled notebook on the desk and dragging his chair closer to Jaime. Mike and Tony set down the instruments they were holding and leaned in closer to listen in as well.

Jaime sighed extravagantly once again and began to narrate. "It was like...we were having a concert in a frigging bowling alley...you had short hair and a stupid floral shirt...Mike was wearing this nerdy-ass sweater and vest, I don't know what it was...Tony was crowdsurfing on a bunch of weirdly-dressed people...and I had cotton ball for a hair...it was sick though, we smashed our instruments in the end, and oh, I nearly hit Tony with a bowling ball!"

Tony glared at Jaime in mock disdain. "Something you wanna say to me, Jaime?"

"And me! Did you just call my clothes nerdy?" Mike put in indignantly.

"You tripped me up and made me smash my skull on a bowling ball, Tony, so I'd say we're pretty much even. And also Mike, Vic was wearing a long-sleeved green floral pattern shirt and ironed beige pants and stupid hard shoes and he had short hair that looked like it was shaped out of clay, so there." Jaime explained in a flat tone to both offended parties, not missing a beat.

Tony simply made a 'seems legit' face and nodded. "Touche, Preciado."

Mike, on the other hand, stared at his older brother for a couple seconds, as if picturing Vic in the horrible clothes Jaime described, but his should-be bellowing laugh was reduced to a strained snort as Vic glared back at him venomously with a look that said "Don't you dare Michael."

Jaime carried on with his story gracelessly as he fumbled for the words, unable to describe the dream properly. "Anyways, it was just—I don't know, but it was like...a time travel or something...I don't know man...it was 1969!" He finally declared. Mike couldn't hold in his laughter anymore at the final part, and he began to double over laughing, strained wheeze escaping his throat like a squeaky balloon losing air.

"Aw dude, did you just marathon Back To The Future...again? Look, I know you wanna be the next Mexican Marty McFly, and we support that dream of yours, even if you don't look too good in bodywarmers, but...that's just askin' for it." Vic sympathetically apprehended with a little shake of his head. His maternal and disappointed tone of voice made Tony crack up, and Vic finally dropped his stern parent act and joined in with the mirth.

"But it was! I swear! 1969! A lady! Threw her bra at me!" Jaime punctuated almost pleadingly, his voice drowned out by the chaos of laughter.

His hysterical bandmates only laughed even harder at the bra throwing part, and Vic had to jump out of his seat and whack his younger brother in the back with immense force because he promptly choked on his drink, as the slapstick-looking act made Tony's smile grow impossibly wider.

"Yeah right, like that would ever happen. Keep on dreaming, Jaime." Vic deadpan quipped with a pokerfaced expression. Jaime finally stopped sulking and succumbed to the contagious hilarity and sheer ludicrousness of it all, dimples popping up as his laugh echoed the loudest inside the room.

After everyone had calmed down and managed to catch their breath, the place was filled with silent contentment and lingering traces of entertained expressions on their faces. Mike went to the kitchen to place his mug in the sink (but accidentally brought the drumstick with the mug instead of the spoon, which made for a very interesting story later on at band practice, when he accidentally ripped the skin off his snare drum with the metal utensil), Tony returned to fiddling with his guitar as he quietly played Dammit by Blink-182, and Vic held his pen and paper once again, but before he turned away to continue writing, he said softly to Jaime, this time with an earnest smile.

"Keep on dreaming, Jaime."

"Our lights knocked out, turned upside-down, I'm just a stupid motherfucker, can't figure it out."

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Also it still makes me Super Sad to know they were at one point considering giving Viera a similar remake to the Mithra and having them be a both genders race with like.. actual normal people and it being the player’s choice if you wanted to wear sexy armour or not. Seriously i hate ‘they are sexy race’ as a concept for a ‘culture’, it’s like finding the planet of everyone has the same job in some star wars thing, except the creepy version...

Tho also these more ‘sexy race’ designs for them still work MILES better than FF12 when they have sexualized dudes too! Apparantly this concept evolved into (ugh) the Au’Ra, so you can kinda see here how they decided to go ‘nah, extra buff power fantasy dudes and even more over the top fanservice women that also look 12′ instead of like.. fanservice kind of muscly man, at least... :( srsly he looks like that sexy armour guy they censored in that spinoff game or that sexy armour they censored for Ringabel yet nobody seemed to care and instead whined about 1 singular additional belt being added on the sexy costume for girls T_T why do the worst of the worst internet douchebros always throw a fit at the slightest bit of equal ass for all??

wow this ended up going into a big ol lol image heavy post so lets have a cut!

also this sexualized lady armour at least has a different and visually interesting design, and they were thinking of more hairstyles too! like the FF12 viera were even more bad for how they all looked like the same person in 1-3 minor variants of the same xenomorph lookin metal thong atrocity. (and like.. one robe model for npcs that somehow managed to still sexualize a robe?? wtf?? leav whit mag alon)

Another beta viera design that just appeals to me a lot, somehow! I think its the interesting idea of having a fully furred head and then just a quiff of human hair on the top, it feels more like an actual animal man instead of a human in cosplay. Same for the idea of them having big black cute button eyes!

Also look at these other really cool designs for different beast races, even stuff thats not based on anything we’ve ever seen before It’s hard to believe that the Au’ra were even conceived as a ‘beast race’ concept, like holy fuck it should be illegal to throw out 47 Actual Designs and just go with Human Again But More Fanservice...

also they made this april fools thing as a fake Au’Ra reveal and like... it doesnt say much good about your designers when this could legit pass as real like the joke here is apaprantly just that Sexy Bangaa looks ugly, not that having a race with a monsterish man and a sexy lady is a dumb idea, cos they just went ahead and did it anyway...

the au’ra concept art shows pretty much EXACTLY the same ‘sexy bangaa’ principle and I’m glad they at least fuckin toned it down to the man having AN ACTUAL HUMAN FACE, even if its also a lazy fuckin design change. i’d be so fuckin mad if we got a legit cool only-nonhumanoid-race-in-the-game and it was men only!

also like Wow, I am actually getting excited about just the same super tiny demure unfitting lady to a massive man except Less Sexualized And More Magical/Ethereal ...unless that isnt meant to be a dragon familiar but actually another design for the men or something, that’d be going WAY too far! XD

Hello Welcome To Bottom Of The Barrel With Bunni, wouldnt it have been nice if the weird succubus-y ladies like.. looked in their 20s or something i am actually advocating for big fanservice titties cos it would be 99% less disturbing than the same damn camera angles on a ‘childish’ design... also seriously 99% normal fanservice lady with bigass actual monster horns on top would be better than same thing sans the horns

oh sorry they do have ‘horns’ but they look like fuckin this

and i fuckin can’t even.. i jsut fuckin... they don’t even let us have THE MOST BASIC TINY BEASTIE THINGS! why does it bug me so much that male au ra get to have black schelera along with the black horns like even this super minimal actual dragon trait isn’t allowed?? even when removing it makes no sense?? even when its supposed to be a nationality indicator in-universe cos you put a really nice amount of worldbuilding into each ‘race’ having actually two races of sun and moon based designs. which are EXACTLY THE FUCKIN SAME FOR FEMALE AU’RA, seriously why not just make horn colour an option in the editor then... actually is this a thing that has ever existed in any real world country, is there a place where men have [visual trait] and women don’t? I mean aside from like.. cultural or religious outfits, where only one gender’s is different to the west but its not like the west is default anyway lol. But seriously imagine EYE COLOUR! Imagine if blue eyes only happened to american men and like.. american women couldn’t have blonde hair and all looked identical to.. I dunno.. west indian women. Just a whole country where dudes have all the abstract concept of ‘race’ and the women don’t. That’s how nonsense it seems when you make a fantasy species where only the women look human!

tho also i’m still pissed off too that the human nationality thing actually comes with a different body build (FOR DUDES AT LEAST) and different hairstyles and starting outfit, instead of only a colour change. it stands out a lot that they only did this for their first attempt at the concept. also it makes male au-ra make even less sense cos you can already have a muscle human and an even more muscle human who has a dumb ogre face and also elf men are muscular somehow and you kinda only have miquote if you wanna be a skinny dude.. or even just an average dude...

also it kinda sucks that you can’t turn off or choose anything about the weirdly complicated scale patterns on their neck and upper arms only. like why is that even there except to be like ‘hey we did the bare minimum to be considered a dragon’...

ALSO LIKE EVEN MORE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL I would have STILL been happier if we got this fuckin terrible fanservice lady design but she at least had ears and claws as well as we-say-its-horns-but-it-looks-like-cute-hair-decs. like seriously throw me a fuckin bone here, give them SOMETHING to justify the ‘beast race’ category... also did i mention that its really fuckin stupid how they did the worldbuilding too? these guys are meant to be nomads and warriors yet the women look like this. its just.. never explained. its just that all the Lore applies to the dudes and the women are just for ~cyooooot anime girl who does the stubborn kiddy pose with her tits hanging out~ (SERIOUSLY THEIR ANIMATION SET IS REALLY CHILDLIKE AND ITS SO CREEPY! theyre like the sex appeal of miquote with the lalafell animations...)

seriously holy shit looking at this pic makes them it look like dads taking their daughters to soccer practise like seriously fuckin christ

and ALSO on top of fuckin everything else we get to see they even had designs for the same creepy loli fanservice ladies but if they had Some Sort Of Actual Unique Features and Cool Aesthetic Choice like wtf you even abanded like 40 cool horn designs and just gave them plain gross triangles in only one of two colour choices... T_T also like.. that loli lady at least gets to wear an actual gothic lolita fashion style, and i love the aesthetic of armor plates hanging as accessories on a non armour outfit. Do they jingle like windchimes? or does this mean Au’ra were meant to be fully scaled below the neck, so this kinda IS a skimpy outfit but you cant tell? XD

Also l kinda like this aesthetic of this other equally lame and super humanoid design with overly sexualized females. Like i dunno if this is just shading but if they actually had this colourscheme it would be super distinctive! And it reminds me of amarant’s trance form, The Amazing Battle Banana Hammock. Even if it also suffers from the same problem of technically showing a man in a skimpy costume but like his design is supposed to be monsterous and badass instead so it still doesnt deliver the same as the female equivelant. The top left version could kinda be a fanservice guy but like.. only if he was naked like that? like drawing someone in a style that’s supermodel body shape and has giant boob outlines and super sexualized poses and doesn’t look monsterous despite being a monster and ET CETERA, that’s what we mean about a character design being sexualized rather than just sexy. If you put some pants to cover this guy’s impressive bulge then he’d just be another scary boss guy. I mean Ifrit is a nearly naked guy with horns in every damn game but he’s very VERY rarely sexualized! The FFXV version is like the first damn time, except when we had a female version of him. It sucks cos ifreeta has a pretty damn cool design but still its really weird how she’s so much more humanoid and has attention drawn to her having boobs in a way they never did with ifrit’s constantly-on-display pecs and loincloth... Man why is it so hard to explain these weird nuances of how people draw ‘topless monster’ characters like this? its like they go out of their way to try and backpedal on the fact they made a topless guy. he can show more skin but its supposed to be less appealing by the artist, thus its less offensive cos it isnt boxing a character into this one sexualized role while the plot says ‘no, they’re a monster, honest!’ YKNOW?? god am i making ANY sense here? XD

nakey man, not meant to be arousing to audience

nakey lady, suddenly just because she’s ‘the lady version’ she looks like this

the same nakey man, redesigned, this time indeed meant to be just as sexy

and like it sucks that there aren’t many good examples of nakey ladies who ARENT meant to be arousing in this series cos I mean that lady ifrit design is so much more sexualized despite being in a chibi art style game for kids?? this was really not the right time or place!

Also it sucks that ‘is nakey’ is a common trait of monster man characters, because well there’s been an established history of dudes being topless and you’re not meant to be aroused. So then whenever they try and make ‘monster man race’ they go for a topless dude and are like ‘then the woman needs to be topless too!’ except the only way they can draw them is sexy??? except its like a false premise to begin with, you can totally make a beast race that isn’t topless, you guys! or even a beast race that isn’t buff, so you don’t need to be all ‘what’s the female equivelant of buff? oh yeah, sexy!’. or, yknow, just draw a buff woman. it could work... or like just have neither and make a beast creature that’s supposed to be cute or mysterious or comical or whatever.

completely random moment of interjection to say that nu mou are pretty neat

Actually, FFTA’s version of the ivalice races was pretty good about this, aside from the dumb thing of ‘theyre all male except viera, and just coincidentally viera are the only humanoid and sexualized race’. (Tho it was funny that somehow they accidentally made all humans male only too??)

Also another reason the Au’ra’s version of fanservice bothers me more than the simple option to wear a bikini as both genders for every other race: like none of them are DESIGNED FROM THE GROUND UP to be ‘they are all biologically born in an idealized supermodel shape and also look twenty years younger than they really are and also all culturally do j-pop poses for fuckin everything’. Even if you picked the sexy catgirls and catboys race you can choose to play a perfectly covered up version of either. And none of their animation sets or voice lines were inherantly fanservicey. Thats kinda what bugs me more than the Au’ra’s designs, its that they’re all ~uguuu senpai~ anime fanservice lady poses and squeaky voices even if you make their design not sexualized in the customizer. Even tho like.. at least a character in full armour doing j-pop poses is kinda funny/cute, so that’s one consolation. But couldnt you have just made them simple emotes for all the characters instead? I WANNA SEE IDOL ROEGADYN OMG :D

ANYWAY UHH BACK ON TOPIC

we almost got a dreadlocks hairstyle? That looks cool

ok.. okay.. I’m done Okay I’m Done sorry i just saw these concept art pics and got really fuckin wistful for what we could have had...

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10 Things From The Little Mermaid That Have Aged Poorly

The Little Mermaid is one of Disney's most successful films of all time. It's filled with gorgeous animation and an incredibly catchy soundtrack that will have you singing "Part of Your World" for hours on end. But although this film is loaded with excellent cinematic content, there are a whole bunch of elements inside the Disney film that have aged quite poorly over the years since its initial release.

RELATED: 10 Little Mermaid Logic Memes That Are Too Hilarious For Words

What are some of the reasons why this film hasn't aged as well as we would hope for? Read the list below to find out!

10 A WOMAN SHOULD GIVE UP HER VOICE FOR A MAN

The message behind The Little Mermaid is pretty loud and clear. Disney seems to comfortably promote the idea that a woman should accept the fact that if she wants to find true love, she must first get rid of her voice. That's pretty much as sexist as it can possibly get, folks. Ursula even says it herself in "Poor Unfortunate Souls" when she sings, "On land it's much preferred for ladies not to say a word." The worst part is, Ariel is willing to sacrifice it all for a man she hasn't even met.

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To make matters even worse, the little mermaid's voice is her most cherished talent. She loves singing more than anything but she won't be able to do that anymore because she has to make things work with the first dude she sets her eyes on.

9 YOU SHOULD TOTALLY MARRY A DUDE YOU JUST MET

Ariel and Eric get married after a couple of dates. Oh, and they also never had a single conversation before deciding to tie the knot. Sounds like the set-up to an everlasting bond and connection for better or worse, right kids? Right? Wrong! This common Disney trope has been actively debunked by more recent Disney Princess movies such as Frozen, Tangled, and Enchanted.

RELATED: Frozen 2: 10 Things You Missed In The Trailer

Frozen even goes so far to include the line "You can't marry a man you just met." Right on. If a Disney movie were to come out today with the prince and princess getting married after a couple of hours of knowing each other, it would most likely be pitted as old fashioned as well as outdated.

8 YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GET MARRIED AT SIXTEEN

You could argue that The Little Mermaid takes place in a different era when getting married at an earlier age was more common and acceptable, but this is clearly an '80s movie, y'all. Just take a look at Ariel's hairstyle. Does that look like the kind of hairstyle a woman in the 1800s would have? What about those giveaway shoulder pads?

Most kids don't know the history of marriage throughout the ages so why would they have our girl Ariel get married at the age where she'd be a sophomore in high school? Ariel should be finishing up Driver's Ed, not picking out wedding cakes! Why couldn't they just bump up her age by a couple of years? If she were eighteen it would still be kind of creepy, but at least she would be considered an adult. She's not even old enough yet to see a rated-R movie, let alone marry a man she knows absolutely nothing about.

7 BEING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN MAKES YOU EVIL

It's becoming more and more apparent as we get older that Ursula was not the evil sea witch we once perceived her to be as children. Ursula tells Ariel exactly what to expect within their mutually agreed upon bargain deal and the little mermaid signs a contract where she clearly accepts this offer. Ursula has been straight up the whole time about how things will play out. Ursula also subscribes to the belief that a woman's voice is much more powerful than her physical appearance which is why Ariel loses her voice as opposed to her figure.

RELATED: The 6 Best (And 4 Worst) Disney Couples

The Sea Witch is simply a successful businesswoman who understands how the real world works. When she sings "she who holds her tongue gets the man," this turns out to be accurate in the film. Eric falls madly in love with Ariel when she no longer has a voice...  and she ends up getting the man.

6 GIVE UP YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND FAMILY TO BE WITH A HOT GUY

Not only does Ariel give up her voice and her fins, but she gives up her entire life to be with a stranger. Her entire family lives down in the sea including her father and her (many) sisters. Ariel doesn't even send a quick goodbye text. She's out of the sea as fast as possible so she can fulfill her true destiny of macking on some blue-eyed stud. Doesn't she care about her family at all? What about Flounder? What about Sebastian?

The morals in this Disney classic are just riddled with issues that would never fly in today's day and age. Hopefully, the remake will fix up these problematic elements.

5 "UNDER THE SEA" PROMOTES RACIAL STEREOTYPES

Unfortunately, the cheery song we'd sing along to throughout childhood is chock full of racial stereotypes. The whole point of the song is for Sebastian to convince Ariel that being lazy while under the sea is a much better lifestyle than working on the land. He sings the lyrics "Up on the shore they work all day, out in the sun they slave away."

His character is indicating that life is much better when you don't have to put in any effort, a racial stereotype for his character who is clearly Jamaican. The rest of the fish in the scene are the only characters in the film who are not white and they are all condoning the belief that life is better when you don't have to work. Lame move, Disney. Lame move.

4 URSULA'S BADASS TRAITS PERCEIVED AS EVIL

Because the sea witch is meant to be the villain of the film, we are supposed to go against everything she stands for and perceive all of her traits as "evil." Her traits as a woman include (but are not limited to): strong, outspoken, opinionated, brilliant, and independent. She is also a total workaholic. This is supposed to allude to the actions of an evil woman, according to Disney.

RELATED: 10 Clueless Quotes That Will Have You Totally Bugging

Ariel, on the other hand, teaches us that in order for a woman to be perceived as alluring, she must "hold her tongue" while simultaneously looking beautiful at all times. She is the protagonist, so we are meant to learn from her actions rather than the sea witch. Isn't that kind of sort of (incredibly) problematic?

3 A SERIOUS LACK OF FEMALE DIALOGUE

When The Little Mermaid was released in the 1980s, a good chunk of people percieved Ariel's character as progressive for a Disney Princess because unlike the princesses before her, Ariel actually has her own dreams and desires while actively pursuing them. Even if those desires revolved around a man, at least we're getting to see a princess rebel against "the system" in order to get what she wants out of life.

Yet despite the initial praise, The Little Mermaid was the first of many Disney Princess movies to have significantly less female dialogue as opposed to male dialogue. Even though the titular character is female, 68% of the movie's dialogue goes to the male characters. What's up with that?

2 SEXUALIZED DISNEY PRINCESSES

Ariel is considered to be the most sexualized Disney Princess due to the way she is drawn out by animators. She is only sixteen years old yet this doesn't change the fact that she has been designed in a manner that doesn't feel appropriate to both her age and the age of viewership that this film caters to.

Her body proportions are also extremely unrealistic to what most women look like in real life, which could lead to insecurities and poor body image issues within viewers.

1 KING TRITON IS THE WORST FATHER EVER

For some reason we are supposed to side with King Triton in this film and see him as some sort of Albus Dumbledore type with his endless wisdom. Yet after watching the film, you can swiftly come to the conclusion that King Triton is an overprotective father with serious anger issues. He knows how much his daughter adores all her "thingamabobs" aka "muggle items."

Yet despite the fact that collecting these shore-gadgets is her passion, Triton goes ahead and destroys her whole collection in an effort to teach Ariel a lesson. Doesn't he know that this sort of thing will only provoke a teenage girl to rebel even more against him? He has a bunch of other teenage daughters, so he should definitely know this by now.

NEXT: The Little Mermaid: 10 Biggest Changes Disney Made To The Original Fairy Tale

source https://screenrant.com/things-little-mermaid-disney-movie-aged-poorly/

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Hey I’m back and I brought new BNHA OCs *Finger guns*

Info under the cut

Shoma Kouto

Little brother of my Pro Hero OC Hitomi

1st year Student attending Shiketsu

Adorkable loser who loves his big sister and wants to be a hero

While his interests lie in regular heroics, he’s a huge fan of idol heroes and even based his current hairstyle on one

Is also as salty as his sister and when he, her, and their other sister come together they create enough salt to put the entire industry out of business

“Tomi-chan, I got my hero name today,listen to this - “INTRODUCING, The Photogenic Hero - Bight Eyes~!” “... Lame.” “Hey!” “No offense Sho-chan but you sound like a nerd.” “Says “The Peeping Heroine”.” “...” “Yeah, mom told me.” “...Look, all they told me was “make it catchy”. I was flipping fourteen and I didn’t notice how it sounded until after my debut! Cut me some slack okay!”

Shoma’s quirk allows him to use his third eye to create hardlight copies of objects he’s seen,

Unlike his sister, Shoma doesn’t necessarily have to see the physical object and can work from things like photos to make them (and has incorporated it into his hero costume)

He can copy anything, from buildings to weapons - and the objects he creates are as fully functional as their originals and almost twice as sturdy. 

However, all his object come out the same size, no matter how large the original is, and more complicated objects are harder to form/stabilize

Also Shoma has to be careful with getting the object exactly right, or it will breakdown during or after creation.

On another note, Shoma also must understand how the object functions too, because if he attempts to copy an object without knowing how it works (Especially if he’s trying to make a functioning copy/replacement of a broken one), it will be unstable

Has a crush on one of his older classmates

Mei Reijou

This is like my 4-5th eyeball quirk person after Hitomi’s fam (Eyeball powers are fun okay)

2nd year Student attending UA

Mei’s Quirk causes anyone who looks into her eyes for 5 seconds to fall in love with her, basically subject to do her bidding for about 6 minutes

Since it doesn’t require direct eye contact, she can effect more than one person at a time (though it’s harder to order then around since she sucks at multitasking), though needs to take off her glasses for people to see her eyes properly

However, once she gives the person an order they have to fulfill it and she can’t give them a new/different one until the first task is finished. If no orders are given, the person will basically follow Mei around until her Quirk wears off

How the person acts under Mei’s Quirk depends solely on the person themselves (ex: A shy person will most likely act nervous and squimish around her, a energetic person might act clingy and attention seeking-ish, a quite person becomes open but reserved, etc.) So while the quirk makes them loyal to her, it doesn’t guarantee they’ll be “nice” to her...

Mei is not immune to her quirk (meaning if she accidentally looks at herself for 5 secs, she basically becomes a narcissistic lovestruck zombie until the 6 mins are up. )

Loves old school Shoujo comics and collects them from mom&pop bookstores

Has terrible eyesight and often “seduces” the wrong person

Chose the gen ed course because she honestly wasn’t that interested in become a hero and wanted to go into pharmaceuticals like her family  

Heiji Shizukawa

Villain OC

Former college student turned villain mostly out of boredom. He had a pretty dull and apathetic view of life until seeing the League’s exploits and listening to Stain’s speech.

100% Chill

Is basically that pretty dude from every horror movie who turned out to be the real bad guy and you knew it you freaking KNEW it was him but you could put your finger on why or how you were so sure it was him

His quirk creates a pheromone that forces anyone who breathes it in to become calm and relaxed (He’s basically a walking talking pile of novocain with pretty blond hair)

His quirk is near odorless save the underlying scent of menthol that indicates it’s been released

The victims experience a mix of intoxication and lethargy-like symptoms, making them visibly tranquil and highly suggestible (They often lose track of time and suffer gaps in their memories as a result).

However it takes about 20 minutes to take effect (Longer if the person has a natural resistance to scent based quirks) and usually you can snap a person out of it’s influence with some super strong scented candles or a walk around the block a few times

Had he stayed in college, he would have probably got a degree in psychology and went on to become a therapist