#and that is how Ichigo and Kisshu...

[camellcat]

look. either you get it, or you don't. I'm not gonna explain The Vision to you, you just have to see it.

[strawbsonmars]

god didn't make me good at drawing because he knew i'd be totally unhinged 27996 ichigo momomiya fanarts to hang on the wall and make a shrine not to mention the 91783642815 kishigo fanarts redraws animatics dounjishi literally everything but no i was born talentless to be able to live normally in society

[rockybloo]

🦇The LAST Glitter and Guilt Triple Update🦇 (for Chapter 1, I mean)

I tried really hard to make this update fall EXACTLY on the date of the very first post I made that led to this webcomic coming to be and I am happy I managed to nail it.

It's crazy that a little Twitter thread rambling about a concept spawned from me randomly remembering a childhood ship of mine, Ichigo and Kisshu from Tokyo Mew Mew, led to me starting a second webcomic.

It's even crazier just how many people have been following this story. I am forever blown away by the amount of audience interaction these characters and story get so thank you to everyone who stumbled across me and these characters and decided to stick around for the ride!

I will be taking a break from working on this webcomic, as well as Beanstalked, so I can give my hand a breather because I've been juggling two fully colored webcomics for a year and a half and, while I love working on comics, I love not risking burn out even more.

DON'T WORRY THOUGH AS GLITTER AND GUILT WILL RETURN WITH CHAPTER 2, AKA "SIDE B" OF THIS LOVE STORY. Right now we've only seen Side A (A for Amara hahahahah I am so funny and clever).

[pochqmqri]

I was thinking about this Tweet HIDIVE made two years ago when they were streaming the first season of Tokyo Mew Mew New, and how that basically amounted to nothing since we now have both seasons of the anime for home release (via Sentai Filmworks) and they only have the Japanese audio.

It's a bit peculiar because there was a strong public interest in having a dub of the remake, but HIDIVE never followed through on that, which indicates that something happened along the way, such as a lack of interest from the higher-ups.

That's not to say that dubs of HIDIVE/Sentai shows can't happen after they are initially put out for home release, (ex. To-Love Ru, Insomniacs After School), but if TMMN never gets dubbed, I think there might be a reason why.

So, most people who heard of Tokyo Mew Mew in the west watched it when it was dubbed by 4Kids as Mew Mew Power, so it has a strong nostalgic factor to it. HIDIVE likely wanted to get most of the original 4Kids cast to come back and reprise their roles for the remake.

Something similar happened when Shaman King, another anime dubbed by 4Kids, also got an anime remake, and when it was to be dubbed, Netflix got most of the 4Kids cast to reprise their roles.

However, the main issue is that, unlike Tokyo Mew Mew, most of the actors for Shaman King were still active in the industry. Here's a list of the main voice cast from Mew Mew Power:

Ichigo/Zoey — Amanda Lipitz, has not done voice work since 2005, moved onto directing

Mint/Corrina — Andi Whaley, has not done voice work since 2006

Lettuce/Bridget — Erica Schroeder, continues to do voice work to this day

Pudding/Kiki — Kether Donohue, continues to voice work, but mostly for western productions

Zakuro/Renee — Mollie Weaver, has not done voice work since 2005

Masaya/Mark — Scottie Ray, continues to do voice work to this day

Ryou/Grant — Sean Schemmel, continues to do voice work to this day

Keiichiro/Wesley and Kisshu/Dren — Andrew Rannells, has moved onto Broadway, similarly this is why he did not reprise Len in the Shaman King remake

Tart/Tarb — James Carter Cathcart, retired from the voice acting industry in 2023

Pai/Sardon — Oliver Wyman, continues to do voice work to this day

So, of the main cast, only half of the voice actors would still be available, and of just the Mew team, only 2/5 of them would be reasonably available to come back.

I think what HIDIVE thought was that, if they couldn't get a majority of the 4Kids dub cast back, there would be "no point" in their eyes to doing a dub, because a dub with mostly new actors would not have the same impact in terms of nostalgia. Of course, I absolutely disagree with that notion.

[wifiwuxians]

Hear me out... Tokyo Mew Mew AU for the Yi City Fam

STOPPP I LITERALLY HAVE A TOKYO MEW MEW AU FOR LIKE A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS AND THEY'RE IN IT LOL BUT THIS NEEDS SOME REWORKING UH

first off, the cast. XY is Kisshu. he has to be. not because of any choice opinions on how to treat a lady or anything but because they're both the little shit who has given me gender envy. AQ is Pudding because look at them. enough said. also ever since i was a kid i was obsessed with the idea of Kisshu and Pudding having a sibling banter bond and i was robbed. i suppose XXC would be the obvious protagonist so Ichigo? I only say this bc I really REALLY WANT SL TO BE DEEP BLUE LMAOOO THAT HAIR!!!!!!! SL is in his villain era now

That aside, obviously it's not all 1:1. I still want to make AQ a monkey girl because that's too cute, but she fights with a staff! The cafe, which in this would be run by XXC himself (inherited it and the research from BSSR?) is less cutesy because they don't need to lure in teenage girls, but it's still a cozy and traditional place where you can rent out hanfu for the day or something adorable like that. Still 100% a front for a secret lab though. XXC's animal would be a great white heron, he'd get majestic wings and a flowy outfit that would still allow him to fight (and fly)! Since it's sort of lame to just have 2 animal people I sort of want SL to also be an animal person (a human-alien hybrid thing who is now also an animal person... save some for the rest of us), so he'd be a leopard >:) XY is just a cute lil alien showing his midriff and fucking around and waiting for his Great Leader to wake the fuck up so everyone can go home and he can kill every human on earth

XY's reason for hating humans, aside from the fact they stole his homeland and poisoned it, is that he was captured as an infant on a recon mission and terribly experimented on. that same recon mission resulted in the death of BSSR and SL's adoptive parents, who were working with her on her alien research. however, they were not the ones to cut this poor boy open, but it doesn't matter. All Scientists Must Die and all humans too.

XXC took AQ off the streets where she was performing for cash and had been doing so for years, he's trying to get her paperwork in order so she can go to school properly. she has no family save for him. they met on a rainy day, where XXC got in an accident trying to prevent AQ from suffering the same fate. she took him to the hospital and stayed by his side and they've been inseparable ever since. XXC never intended for her to get infused with animal DNA, as he wanted this to be a solo thing (it's XXC, he's self sacrificial to a fault), but the machine malfunctioned and she got caught in the blast. she's fine with this, as she would do anything to make XXC happy, even if she hates dealing with customers at the cafe and prefers to be the bookkeeper.

SL was also caught in the blast, as he was visiting the cafe to try and return a book to XXC. they both take the same environmentalism course at uni!! SL is unaware of his adoptive parents' work (until the story conveniently reveals it to him) and only knows they were researching the environment, so he's very studious and dedicated, serious and passionate, so their memory can live on and he can make them proud. but also he just loves nature. he's also unaware of the Darkness Inside Him though he has scary dreams sometimes. XXC is at first horrified to get him involved, but soon loves having him by his side; they train together and uncover more of their parents' research while fighting big weird aliens. XXC has been so alone ever since his mother's passing, putting on a brave face for everyone and trying to keep his spirits high, but AQ and SL becoming important parts of his life has been a balm for his soul. but then XY is there outside his window at 3 AM demanding they throw knives at each other until someone dies or some shit so his studies are falling behind a little bit lmao

as a fun extra, in the original massive AU with a bunch of non Yi City characters, XY was split into two (as i tend to do) and one was Kisshu and the other was Ichigo. think of XY in fun lil strawberry shorts and with the whole cat getup. it was great

SORRY THIS IS SO RAMBLY LMAO I LOVE TMM SM AHHH

[scarletmansionbah]

Hi!! Your blog seems so cool! Since we saw Precure on your source list we hope you maybe know Tokyo Mew Mew? We’d love to get a Kisshu if possible. Who def badtouches Ichigo Lmao

ofc! apologies for the wait (⁠っ⁠˘̩⁠╭⁠╮⁠˘̩⁠)⁠っ

name(s): kisshu, quiche

pronouns: he/him, xe/xir, null/nulls

gender: bxy egogender

age(s): ageless permadult

species: alien (cyniclone, his species)

religion (inclusive of newage religions, atheism and fults): satanist atheist

role: janusian, warrior

orientation: bi straight hypersexual

race: alienracial

ethnicity: cyniclone

disabilities/disorders: NPD, ASPD, BPD, delusions of grandeur, hemophagy, SFD

personality: intense, quick-witted, obsessive, manipulative, cunning, sly

transids: transBPD, trisharmful, transhateful, transtaller, transAXAB, transintersex, trans-black blood (forgot the real term for this 😔), transsev-anorexic

paraphilias: biastophilia, aptophilia, cardiophilia, automasochism, sadomasochism, mindfuck fetish

misc cisids: voidpunk, cistransgender, cishypersexual

brief description: an alien with a lust for blood, and a love for playing with humans. he's quite clever, and can outwit many of nulls opponents. outside of xir mind games, xe enjoys coding and investigating computers. he is fascinated by how machines work.

faceclaims:

+ moodboard, for the vibe

[okayto]

Kishu for the impression ask game?

[ask game link]

Okay! This is based on the manga and OG anime, because I haven't gotten to watch Tokyo Mew Mew New yet, so any new worldbuilding/details from TMMN are ignored.

First impression Ears. EARS. (Second impression: wtf are those sleeves. How does this shirt work. Why are there long ribbons.) So, basically all visual.

Impression now

He's just a funny terrible guy. Like, I want to punch him. He deserves it. But he is gleefully terrible and I also want to take one of those helpful hand grabber-claw things and pull on his ridiculously-oversized ears (I noticed that the new series makes the ears more sensible; some points of the manga and OG series had them absolutely ginormous).

He's also like, 13. So he's terrible but also in that lacking-adult-supervision way that makes you worry. Where are Alien Child Protective Services.

Favorite moment

Okay, I know this is really more Zakuro, but...

Look at the way he scrabbles for the portal!

Idea for a story

Basically, see my headcanon down there at the end? That thing. I'm probably never going to write it.

Unpopular opinion

These days? Not sure. In Ye Olden Fandom days, it was definitely not popular to ship Ichigo with her canonical love interest, Masaya, rather than Ryou or our spicy alien here.

Favorite relationship

I am pretty sure I hold the distinction of being the world's only Kisshu x Kanna Saionji shipper. Kanna is an anime-only character from episode 32, is a spoiled rich girl who considers Minto her rival, and I think that once he learns to be less of an assaulting asshole, they would be obnoxiously delightful together. Also, her dominant color is orange hair, and orange and green look nice together.

Favorite headcanon

Kisshu and co are part of a cult.

No, listen. It's a cult that has some power to it, since Deep Blue gets himself incarnated on earth and is actually a threat, but "three guys and their semiconscious boss" are not an invading force. I could kill more people by dropping a medium-sized rock off Tokyo Tower; these nerds can fly and create giant monsters and as far as I can tell, never managed to kill a single person during their genocide attempt. Even if you argue they were basically just killing time until Deep Blue woke up, that was a terrible plan to give their human opponents time to study them and get stronger.

Their small numbers and general lack of plan (and bizarre decision to start their invasion in a highly-populated modern city rather than setting up a base in a less-populated area where they could have straightened out any problems and let Deep Blue awaken without interference) make more sense if you consider all them them zealots on the fringes of their society. Disaffected young men living in a not-great place, vulnerable to the idea of doing something meaningful and active that makes them feel powerful.

Their people left earth three million years ago; for most of the population the concept of former planetary home they could retake is likely a myth, though I wouldn't be surprised if there were others looking for other places to live, or to terraform their current planet. (For reference: humans have been around far less than one million years; homo sapiens evolved around 300,000 years ago and our oldest myths are still less than 50,000 years old.) Our guys definitely found/uncovered/rediscovered something because their attempt has power behind it (and their spaceship, and whatever the alien dimension is), but in no way do they seem like the chosen heroes of an entire race.

[iamatinydinosaur]

Can you please tell me all about Tokyo Mew Mew? It looks adorable and I saw that you watched it so...

Go on, my friend. If you get the time, please tell me everything!

Omg omg omg. I love you whoever you are for asking about this. So Tokyo Mew Mew is the first anime I watched before I knew what anime was. I watched it on a channel called Pop Girl. The dubbed version is called Mew Mew Power. So I knew it as that. I never finished the anime until I was a lot older because they stopped dubbing it at the 26th episode. So I didn't know it was an anime until I caught up with Fairy Tail, just before fairy tail 2014 came out. I was recommended by a friend to watch Fairy Tail so that was how I was introduced to the world of anime. Anyway I was going through a list of what animes to watch and there it was. Tokyo Mew Mew. My mind was blown that I had actually watched anime before. So I finished it in subbed because I thought it was just a normal show that was cancelled when I was a kid. When actually it was just that they stopped dubbing. Anyway.

So Tokyo Mew Mew is in the magical girl genre. It follows five girls who originally don't know each other who have been mutated with rare animal DNAs. (In order of introduction) Ichigo (Zoey) with the DNA of Iriomote Cat, Minto (carina) with the DNA of a Blue Lorikeet, Retasu (Bridget) with the DNA of a Finless Porpoise, Bu-Ling (Kikki) with the DNA of Golden Lion Tamarin and Zakuro (Renee) who has the DNA of a Grey Wolf.

So they become superheros who have the abilities of said animals. When in their transformations Ichigo becomes Mew Strawberry, Minto becomes Mew Mint, Retasu become Mew Lettuce, Bu-Ling becomes Mew Pudding and Retasu becomes Mew Pomegranate.

So the plot is that there are Aliens (Kisshu, Pie and Tart) that have come to Earth wishing to reclaim it for their kind, as they lived on earth 3 million years ago but had to leave because of a series of disasters nearly led to their extinction. Later they return to Earth and see that humans have taken over. They feel that humans are destroying the planet so they release Para Paras which are octopus like creatures that fuse with animals and create monsters called Chimera Animas. The Aliens want the monsters to speed up the destruction of earth to wipe out the human race so they can come back. In the anime they also added that the Para Paras can fuse with the soul of a human and plants as well. But in the manga it's only animals.

So, because of this threat two men called Ryou and Keiichiro carry on the work of one of their fathers I can't remember who and learn how to fuse the DNA of red data animals (endangered) with human DNA as they are the only animals that can't be fused with Para Paras. The five girls are chosen because their DNA is the most compatible with the five red data animals. Ryou and Keiichiro built a cafe where the girls will work as their cover. But the cafe is really their headquarters.

The anime is basically the Ichigo looking for the other 4 mews and protecting the world from the monsters. It's honestly such a a cute and fun anime. I recommend. I haven't watched the reboot yet but I am rewatching the original anime as we speak.

I'm gonna get back into cosplay and I'm gonna cosplay as Ichigo because of how much I loved and still love her.

Can I just say this whole sequence in the anime is so beautiful. Ichigo is so beautiful. (Above)

[godtierwallflower]

It was surprising, but I think I liked how they handled the emotional rugpull of the Deep Blue transformation.

Deep Blue’s so in-control of himself, so regal and composed. He calmly announces his rule, is dispassionate about Pie and Kisshu and Tart apologizing for not “clearing out the vermin,” stands tall and unaffected.

He’s framed in these wide angled and distanced shots to get across Ichigo’s perspective on him.

In the original manga and the old anime, Ichigo and the Blue Knight are having a nice moment that’s the calm before the storm of the sudden transformation into Deep Blue, so Deep Blue immediate horror vibes were a contrast to how the scene had seemed so sweet and calm right before then.

But in New, Aoyama’s growing anxieties from the nightmares and Blue Knight’s narrow existence have already been building a crescendo.

There’s no calm before a storm this time. In fact, the usually stoic Blue Knight was having a full Ace Attorney style breakdown that’s been building up all season long. We just saw Aoyama have a monologue about how emotions and passion and connection are all so new to him, and so is this fear of losing all that. It’s a very raw, very human burst of emotions.

And Deep Blue arrives, and shows none of those hard-earned emotions of Aoyama at all.

It’s like music, I guess. For a song that starts soft and quiet, you simply build up louder and faster to get across a rising energy. For a song that’s already fast though, you can get that same effect by sharply dropping the tempo for a bit...

And then coming back up to speed.

[camellcat]

squints at the list of every fictional guy I've ever been obsessed with: yeah.... yeah this makes sense

[pinkbowsandprettyprose]

Can you please share your story of how you became a Kisshu x Ichigo shipper and Tokyo Mew Mew fan in the first place? It would be really interesting to discover the original of it all!

Sure! :) putting this under a readmore because it’s going to be long.

I discovered TMM as an anime first, via the ominous depths of 2006 YouTube, split into 3 parts and uploaded in 360p. I’d already watched a bit of anime — mostly whatever was popular — I think I’d finished all of Inuyasha, seen most of classic Sailor Moon, and I was halfway through Cardcaptor Sakura when I picked up TMM. I fell in love with it pretty much from episode 1, and immediately dove into fan forums, wikis, etc. I finished my first watch of it on YouTube and immediately wanted more, so little 5th grader me scraped together some cash and bought the first two volumes of the manga. When I finished those over the span of literally one evening, I read the last five while sitting on the floor of a Barnes & Noble (as one does when you’re young and broke and really wanna read a new manga).

Not to get too deep, but I had a pretty bizarre and lonely childhood, so I basically took whatever anime or manga I could find and inhaled it as a form of escapism. I was at the library almost every weekend camped out in a corner reading manga. I went on to watch basically any anime that was appealing to my demographic as a middle schooler — Shugo Chara, FMA, Soul Eater, Full Moon, Ouran — you name the anime that a middle school girl would be into, and I’d seen it. But literally nothing could scratch the itch for a unique story and creativity in its characters like TMM did. I wrote a ton of (terrible) fanfiction for it back in the day, watched every single AMV on the internet, and argued with people in TMM forums about whether ZakuMint is canon or not (as one does when you’re queer and in middle school and full of emotions).

Speaking more specifically to why Quiche & Ichigo is still my OTP as an adult — I think it was the first time I’d really experienced a pairing that was a more complex (and dark) take on a villain/hero relationship. Those kinds of pairings in movies and TV shows had always fascinated me as a kid, but Mia Ikumi’s vision for kishigo in TMM’s manga had me totally captivated. Coupled with the fact that Quiche as a character was fascinating to me (more on that in my other ask I’ve already answered here), I think it’s hard to match that same childhood excitement and wonder while consuming new media as an adult. Once you have a childhood OTP, it’s hard to let go of it completely. You can find other ships you’re excited about, but if you’re really, truly in love with one pairing, and you’re getting treated to new media for it like Ikumi’s Re-Turn… it’s hard to replicate. :)

I’m still a big fan of the enemies-to-lovers and villain/hero tropes today, and TMM will always be a special fandom for me that I return to time and time again. 💖

[magicalgirlypop]

final thoughts on tokyo mew mew new

okay i watched the final episode on tokyo mew mew new and wow. this was such a great reboot. i'm going to miss the mew mews so much. i hope they announce a third season.

so lets talk about things i liked about this anime.

i cannot stress this enough but i adore the mew mew's characterizations in this anime, especially ichigo, mint, and lettuce. even though this anime is shorter than the og it actually feels like they have characters arcs and they all became better people by meeting each other. and the friendship between the girls in this anime means so much to me. i love that they focused more on the friendships and how it made, especially ichigo, a better person. how they all rely on each other and stick their necks out for each other. it was such a joy to watch them.

and ichisaya was done well here too. i love them in the og but there's something sweeter about them here. it feels realistic to teenagers dating.

also the zakumint moments were always a treat

now for the things i didn't like, which there actually isn't a lot.

i was hoping for the anime to give zakuro a proper backstory but i feel like she didn't get as much focus as the other mew mews. the episode where she gets the mew aqua wasn't even about her.

also, FUCK KISSHU. that scene in the final episode where he surprise kisses ichigo wasn't funny.

so anyways, that's my opinion on tokyo mew mew new. i love this show and i'm holding out for a third season because i need more mew mew.

[rockybloo]

So I was listening to rule #34 by fish in a birdcage and I couldn't help but think of licorice, but bitterbat is a bit too into his villain act and now I can't stop giggling

Anyways I love love LOVE glitter and guilt and their universe and the whole lore and the dynamics and the way you draw them (kisshigo was my favourite ship as a kid. Scrolling through all your magical girl x villain pairs heals smth in me)

Sorry if this creeps you out, I just love it sm💖💖💖

I was expecting a totally different genre when I looked up and listened to the song so I was pretty caught off guard by how it actually sounded. I DEF think it's very fitting for Bitterbat compared to many other yandere flavored songs I've had people recommend to me in the past. They all meant the best when recommending them - it's just that I am very picky when it comes to him since he's a very specific flavor of yandere I like. So this song makes me easily imagine Bitterbat serenading Sweetheart during an especially late night battle.

Bitterbat can 100% get too into his villainous side since it's partially the real him since he's just letting his instincts air out. He knows when to reel it back though...the problem is that Sweetheart accidentally encourages him because she is more into him being villainous than she'd like to admit out loud.

AS FOR KISSHIGO - Sweetheart and Bitterbat and Glitter and Guilt as a whole wouldn't exist if not for Tokyo Mew Mew and me shipping Ichigo and Kisshu together. It was baby's first problematic ship.

[coralcatsea]

TMM and TMMN Anime Comparison Thoughts

Ichigo: TMMN, her character and romance are more fleshed out.

Aoyama: TMMN, HE HAS EMOTIONS AND A PERSONALITY.

Ryou: Og or tie. I felt he had more character (and better style) in the og, plus his backstory was done better. But I do like how in New he seemed more compassionate and responsible.

Keichiro: Og, he just had more character and screentime overall.

Ichigo's parents: Not sure, I took too long to decide and now I forgot the details. 😅 Tie? Maybe leaning towards og? I feel like they had more screentime in the og.

Mint: Tie, leaning towards og because I like how she went from a snobby girl to an actual friend. There was also more focus on her ballet. In New they just kind of cut that out, though they did give her an entrepreneur type arc that was kind of interesting. I just wish she could've had both.

Lettuce: TMMN, she was more fleshed out and had more to do, being the one to learn about the alien world.

Pudding: Tie, they're about the same.

Zakuro: Og, she felt like a morally grey, complicated person who fit the lone wolf persona. She would give advice, but also indirectly wanted to teach the others how to stand on their own. There was some of this in New, but I don't feel like as much attention was given to it.

Kisshu: Og, his development was more gradual, he seemed more intelligent, could think for himself, liked to experiment to figure out his theories, and was rebellious. He also was more extreme, which I personally just found interesting to watch.

Taruto: Tie, like Pudding, he was about the same.

Pai: Og, he seemed too much like a robot in the new one and what he did in the ending kind of confused me.

Blue Knight: TMMN, he has more complex character drama and doesn't run around in those stupid little shorts.

Deep Blue: They're both so different it really just depends on what I'm in the mood for. A god mad with his lust for power and domination or a leader who just wants what's best for his people and can even be reasoned with?

Mew powers: TMMN, I like that they all could use the Mew Aqua Rod.

Worldbuilding: TMMN, they showed more stuff with the aliens.

Story: Og, it flowed better and was less rushed.

Ending: The og had a more dramatic and fun climax that I felt like was built up to pretty well, but the new one gave us some extra stuff with the aliens and Mews that was nice to see; we got more closure with them.

Transformations: Both are good, but I'm partial to the og, plus og had better themes.

Music: Og had more variety and more memorable themes, like I said.

Character designs: Og, for the most part they felt more in character and simple where New seems overly embellished just for the sake of it. (Although TMMN Mew Lettuce has better hair, maybe Mew Ichigo too since the red breaks up the pink, but then I do actually like the pink hair too).

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better no <3 but please feel free to steal this and tag me in it!

Thank you @avisalix for the tag!

Three ships: I saw them come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning Hmmm, let's see, what have I been vibing with recently? 3zun (Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue) from MDZS continues to fascinate me. On some level I am always rotating Lupin/Jigen (Lupin III) in my mind. Melia/Fiora (Xenoblade Chronicles 1) also delights me and tbh I can't truly imagine a postgame where they aren't together.

First ever ship: Ichigo Momomiya/Kish from Tokyo Mew Mew (the latter's name is also rendered Kisshu or—most accurately—Quiche, depending on which translation you read, but unfortunately for me ye olde Tokyopop dies hard). I shipped them bc Ichigo's token love interest was boring as hell in the original manga and also I was #not like the other girls and loved contrarianism (diagnosis: ace and annoying). I wanted to see the catgirl hero and the horrible little gremlin antihero KISS, goddammit (Yes I DID love Catra/Adora in the She-Ra reboot thanks for asking), and I remember losing my tiny shipper mind at Kish's big death scene in the final volume. I just realized that I never finished s1 of TMMN, I should do that.

Last song: “Soarele și Luna” by Pasha Parfeni. Another highlight from this morning's commute: The Cambodian Space Project's cover of Pan Ron's “I'm Unsatisfied.” My housemates have also been playing The Album by the Jonas Brothers nonstop and it's very pleasant.

Last movie: Not counting my Dark Crystal rewatch, it was Day of Anger (1967) on @girlfriendsofthegalaxy's ever-impeccable recommendation.

Currently reading: I'm half-reading (abandoning) a truly wild number of books right now, so let's talk fic instead. I just finished “Twilight on Owl Creek Bridge” (Star Wars by way of, you guessed it, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge) by @yellowocaballero and it blew my socks clean off, so I'm now neck-deep in their queer Artemis Fowl redux “The Great Gender Heist” and having the time of my life. I'm also still working on several Lupin III fics by @dandunn! You know that photo of a girl being handed bites of, like, pancakes or something on about 12 different forks? That's me with good fic rn.

Currently watching: The Tatami Galaxy with @venhediss, to kick off a larger (casual) watch of Masaaki Yuasa's creative output.

Currently consuming playing: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, though that might still count as consumption considering how voraciously I am digging into it. I love this game so much and I've barely even touched the plot so far.

Currently craving: The end of the workday (so I can go play more TotK). Some kind of soup or stew. Maybe a hug. A(nother) rare CD that will cost me an arm and a leg in international shipping. An English-subbed blu-ray release of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju.

[pxiedustnblades]

*knocks on the door quietly, and then peek inside, bringing cookies and chocolate*

Hi Faye! :D How are you doing? I saw your requests for ask and questions, so, here I am bringing them to you! :D

1,2,3,6,9,13,20,27 and 28! :D I know they are a lot, so feel free to answer only the one you feel the most! No need to answer them all, if they make you feel overwhelmed. :)

--Nemo

Nemo!!

Oh my goodness thank you so much for the chocolate & cookies! Always a treat to hear from you. And always more then happy to oblige with answering those asks. While there are a lot, I am eager to answer them all. I am up to the challenge. Here, have some coffee for while you read.

1) Who was your first ever OC? Do you still "use" them? How have they evolved over time?

Aww this is a treat! My first ever OC was a HC’d lovechild between Kisshu and Ichigo from Tokyo Mew Mew. Her name was Claire Momomiya and I adored her like nothing else. Even so far as to making a silly little comic book with a school friend. The writing was atrocious and very cliche middle schooler wattpad weeb. 🤣 So you know, grossly cringe. Ugh since then Claire is still used be she is completely separate from her original counterpart. She now goes by Clara and has matured a great deal. Although I don’t use her anymore, she is still such a memorable and precious OC that she will never be discarded. I will find something for her one day.

2) Who is your newest OC Why did you make them?

Yvette is my newest oc! I made her shortly after I started playing God of War and saw Tyr’s design. After hearing what a gentle giant he was, and then seeing him in Ragnarok, I couldn’t help but be smitten. That and comparing my own height to his. 😳 He’s such a sweet, wise soul whats not to love though? Even if he is a bit of awkward giraffe lolol. Between that and general simping gutter brain, I wanted to give him someone to love and be loved by. But not by me lmao. No self insert here. But uhh my gutter brain was strong with this one because size difference make brain go brrr. And somehow these became the horniest, most mature, yet sweet canon x oc ship I have to date. Whoops?

3) Biggest self-insert OC?

OOH! That would be my sweet pea, Faline! Closest tie with her would be Florence. Although both are actual self inserts. Faline has been my longest standing Self-insert (going on 2 years soon) and one that holds most of my similarities. Including my height, build, my autism, my not-so-great childhood, trauma, and mental health. Genuinely v little difference between her and I.

6) Do you have any OCs without stories? Will you ever create one for them?

I mentioned it before but Clara is currently the one without a story. Although I’m not quite sure if you’re talking actual physical written & completed story or just a general background. I’m assuming the latter, but please correct me if I’m wrong. I will eventually give Clara a proper story, but for now she is content seeing me bond with my other OCs.

9) Favourite OC?

Oh my Gods, Nemo; how can you ask me such a thing? 🤣Just kidding I can actually answer this. My beloved Claudia is my favorite. She was such a treat to create. To go from a minor character made to push a plot point, to then being one of my biggest muses, she is a gem and a half. She is as complex as she is beautiful, and I look forward to continue creating stories for her and Darius.

13) Which story has the most lore?

Oh Gods “Saints & Sinners” by far. Ash and I have spent almost two years developing that universe. It initially started off as a silly “what-if” thing but now we have a whole world, timeline, rules, deities for every basic thing, A deity hierarchy system, Soul-bondings, rules for said deities, the reset system, etc. it used to only focus on four characters, now its expanded to following 8. 4 couples, all soul-bonded deities. It’s an incredible experience.

20) What story are you the proudest of? Why?

Hmmm probably “burn scars” as of right now. Its still in the works but its pushing me out of my comfort zone to deal with more graphic, emotion-heavy scenes. Trying to capture something like that is not easy, but considering it’s such a crucial part in Darius & Claudia’s timeline I am determined to get it right.

What are your favourite movies?

I’m not much of a movie person in general but the ones that have higher chances of holding my attention are animated films. I’m the worst when it comes to watching films. Its like pulling teeth to get me to do.

Thank you again for asking me everything Nemo! I hope you enjoyed!

- Faye