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J-Fashion Terms for Beginners Part 1

Menhera - An online subculture themed around erasing mental health stigma that has gained traction in mainstream media due to its usage of cutesy vent art. Isn't exactly a fashion style, but it tends to be associated with Yami Kawaii and Yume Kawaii (with Yami Kawaii elements) when worn as fashion.

Not just a fashion, but an art movement

Yami Kawaii - Also known as "sickly cute", this fashion style is a Kawaii fashion that strays away from stereotypical cuteness by adding medical elements (such as accessories shaped like pills or bandages) and a gloomier color palette (such as pastels but with the colors being even more faded and faint). While in mainstream media it is more similar to J-Goth fashion, it's not uncommon for it's more cutesy roots to be present. While it does reference mental health like the Menhera subculture, Yami Kawaii also focuses on physical health conditions too.

Being sick or filled with darkness, doesn't mean you can't be cute

Gurokawa - Translates as "grotesque cute", "gross cute" or "creepy cute", this J-Fashion style and aesthetic actually originates from Decora! It's earliest mainstream use was by singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, and the style has grown in popularity ever since! In comparison to the previous styles, Gurokawa is over the top and pulls no punches regarding horror elements. Outfits in this style feature motifs such as blood, internal organs, cute monsters, eyeballs and cute characters committing acts of violence. The color palette here is all over the place, and your typical Gurokawa coord can either use only pastels like it's other Anti-Kawaii cousins, or it can follow it's Decora roots and use brighter colors such as neons.

Some people see beauty where others see absolute horror

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One of the oldest Menhera guides that have been salvaged, also comes with a Google doc that you can download!

in case you haven't seen it yet, here's the menhera 101 article by HoshiCandy from Kei Club Issue 3. not sure if i'll post the other menhera related articles from this issue or not, so consider checking the link in source if you're interested.

i'm also leaving a text transcription under the cut for anyone that may benefit from that

Menhera 101

Menhera fashion has quickly been gaining popularity worldwide! This fast growth has come with its fair share of misunderstandings about the community and style. Menhera artist and designer HoshiCandy is here with a lesson on menhera’s origins, history, and basics. Find more of her work on the pages before and after this article!

What is Menhera? 

“Menhera” can be thought of as “a person who seeks mental wellbeing”. 

The word “Menhera” was born in Japan in 2001, on the “Mental Health” board of anonymous forum 2ch, where users discussed their wellbeing. The users of this board were named “Mental Healthers” which was shortened to “Menhera”. 

The Menhera community covers anything that might cause one mental suffering, such as: physical illness or disability, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying, hyper-sexuality, sexism, homophobia, etc. Importantly, there is no need for a formal diagnosis, as the focus is on how you feel, and that you want to feel better. 

It is difficult to talk about these topics in Japanese society without being heavily stigmatized. Menhera is a community to speak safely without that stigma. Of course, this stigma and need for community when it comes to one’s mental wellbeing is not limited to Japan, and that is why menhera has grown in the west as well. 

Since the creation of the word in 2001, there have been several manga published with “Menhera” in the title, many Visual Kei songs about it, Menhera idol groups, and several menhera fashion brands. 

However, an unfortunate addition to all this has been the discovery of the word in mainstream media...

Just as the topic of illness is heavily stigmatized in Japanese society, the word “Menhera” itself became quickly stigmatized and stereotyped as “an attention seeking, troublesome person” or “an overly attached girlfriend” (aka “yandere”). If you were to speak to a Japanese person about “Menhera”, this would most likely be what they would think you meant. This stereotype tends to be referred to as “Menhera Kei” in Japanese which is why we avoid the use of “kei” for Menhera in particular. 

Despite all this, the true menhera community has continued to grow. 

Menhera Motifs

Artists in the Menhera community created many works of “Vent Art” art that expresses their feelings and suffering. When this art was printed onto clothing, Menhera fashion was born. 

These are some themes you will commonly see in Menhera: 

Medication

Suicide 

Self-harm 

Hospitals

Sex and BDSM

Social Media Addiction

Heartbreak 

Wearing Menhera art printed on clothing serves as a way of literally wearing one’s feelings on one’s sleeves. It turns invisible suffering visible, and fights against the stigma driven silence. This means that Menhera fashion is highly confrontational, with graphic depictions of illness symptoms. Although the onlooker may feel discomfort, the Menhera style says “this is my true reality, don’t pretend it doesn’t exist!”

Depending on the feelings of the wearer, Menhera fashion also says “although I am sick, I can still be ‘kawaii’” or “although I appear ‘kawaii’, on the inside I am suffering”. 

Turning the invisible visible, forcing the silence to be broken, and challenging kawaii culture, these are the goals of Menhera fashion.

The Menhera Silhouette

Carefully avoiding a highly theatrical or OTT (over-the-top) look is important for maintaining the integrity of the goals of menhera. Menhera is a very casual style, with few accessories and light makeup. The key is for a coord to centre on Menhera imagery, whether vent art or text-focused designs, printed onto clothing. 

Be careful not to dress up as the characters depicted in vent art, who are often costumey, gory, and OTT. 

Menhera Coord checklist: 

Printed Menhera art

Byojaku/Minimal makeup

Not OTT/Few accessories

Flat Shoes 

[optional] Oversized top

[optional] Hime bangs 

[optional] twintails

Colors can vary: a pastel yume look, or a gothic yami look, both are fine!

The makeup style is called “Byojaku” meaning “sickly/weak”. Reddish colors are applied to areas around the eyes to give the impression of crying or illness. The rest of the face is kept plain without much color. 

A Note of Caution

The Menhera community is about healing, and seeking recovery and wellbeing. It advocates getting help, medication, therapy, and receiving support through your recovery journey. 

True Menhera never encourages or enables harmful behaviors, and never glorifies them. Menhera fashion is an alternative way of expressing your suffering without self-harm. Menhera fashion empowers the individual through their recovery, but does not empower harmful behaviors. 

There are some, sometimes labeled by the community as “Wannabe Menhera”, who mistook the meaning of “menhera” after seeing its rise in popularity, as it being trendy to fake mental illness. They engage in behaviors such as posting self-harm photos (real or faked) to social media with the tag #menhera, and other attention-seeking behaviors. 

While this is the opposite of what the Menhera community stands for, is harmful to the unfortunate viewers of these photos, and creates further stigma against the community...it cannot be ignored that these “Wannabe Menhera”, too, need help and healing. 

The Menhera fashion movement is to help you feel comfortable, unashamed, and kawaii in your skin, scars and all. It is NOT for encouraging people to create new scars “for the aesthetic”. 

If you are struggling with mental or physical suffering, thoughts, or behaviors that cause harm to yourself or others, please seek help. If you do not believe you deserve help, you do, please seek help. If you believe you are faking it, you likely are not, your feelings are valid, please seek help.

Don’t have access to therapy? 

We found a comprehensive list of suicide prevention hotlines at https://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines [link no longer working]

There are also free and affordable counseling services online like Better Help and Pride Counseling! Look online to find what option could work for you! 

Alternatives to Menhera

After reading all this you may be thinking “the Menhera community sounds good but all the fashion is too restrictive for me” and if so, you’re not alone! But the good news is that you don’t have to wear Menhera fashion to be in the Menhera community. 

Look up any of these alternative styles online for examples and more information:

Yamikawaii (“Sickly-cute”) is essentially the aesthetic of Menhera without the activism, a corrupted dark kawaii. Unfortunately the word was trademarked and now suffers from copyright takedowns. 

Yumekawaii (“Dreamy-cute”) an aesthetic evolved from Fairy kei to describe everything pastel and kawaii, but with a slight edge, described as “fairytales with poison”. 

Marekawaii (“Nightmare-cute”) created as an alternative to Yamikawaii to avoid the copyright issues, and as a counterpart to Yumekawaii. Marekawaii is specifically defined as being open to your own interpretation and style. 

Medikawaii (“Medical-cute”) a pastel kawaii aesthetic focusing only on medical motifs, such as medicine and hospitals. 

Gurokawaii (“Grotesque-cute”) mixes frightening and disturbing imagery with kawaii. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu helped popularize it. 

Iryouu Kei (“Medical Kei”) a Visual Kei substyle with lots of gore and hospital theming, very OTT and theatrical, such as dressing like a nightmare nurse. 

Living Doll artists see themselves and their bodies as a canvas to create art and express themselves, often with intricate makeup and body painting. This is a good one to look at if you’re into heavy artistic makeup.

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Comship Bracket 3! Full Ship List, In No Particular Order

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NozoCoco (Nozomi Yumehara x Kouji Cocoda), Yes! Precure 5/Yes! Precure 5 GoGo/Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Precure '23~

Komugiroha (Komugi Inukai x Iroha Inukai), Wonderful Precure

One of these Doctor Who ships

Jimthan (Jimmy Valmer x Nathan), South Park

Aeshaia (Strophaia x Aeshma/Ichiro Umoregi/Akuma Kun II), Akuma Kun

Arthorin (Arthur Denton x Orin Scrivello), Little Shop of Horrors

Stannarrator (Stanley x The Narrator), The Stanley Parable

One of these MILGRAM ships

Finncest (Finn Mertens x Fern), Adventure Time

Toukasaki (Aoyagi Touya x Tenma Saki x Tenma Tsukasa), Project Sekai

Tsumigiibo (Tsumugi Shirogane x K1-B0), Danganronpa

Zackray (Rachel "Ray" Gardner x Isaac "Zack" Foster), Angels of Death

HaniMori (Mitsukuni Haninozuka x Takashi Morinozuka), Ouran High School Host Club

Annie Edison x Jeff Winger, Community

Brujay (Bruce Wayne/Batman x Jason Todd/Robin/Red Hood), DC Comics

FeaNolo (Fëanor x Fingolfin), The Silmarillion

Davey Wreden x Coda, The Beginner's Guide

Family Rentarou (Rentarou Aijou x ALL his girlfriends), 100Kanojo/The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

Miki/Kozue (Kaoru Miki x Kaoru Kozue), Revolutionary Girl Utena

Tridentariicest (Coronabeth Tridentarius x Ianthe Tridentarius), The Locked Tomb

Cooprey (Audrey Horne x FBI Agent Dale Cooper), Twin Peaks

Elriccest (Edward Elric x Alphonse Elric), Fullmetal Alchemist

One of these Homestuck ships

LukeLeia (Luke Skywalker x Leia Organa), Star Wars

The Floor Show (Dr. Frank N Furter x Brad Majors xJanet Weiss x Rocky), Rocky Horror Picture Show

ZADR (Zim x Dib Membrane), Invader Zim

Misato x Shinji (Shinji Ikari x Misato Katsuragi), Neon Genesis Evangelion

Stuilly (Billy Loomis x Stu Macher), Scream

Paire (Peter Petrelli x Claire Bennet), Heroes

Studcoms (Steban the Student Communist x Ulixes the Echo Maker), Disco Elysium

Ayuno (Aya Asagiri x Tsuyuno Yatsumura), Magical Girl Site

Kyumi (Mami Tomoe x Kyubey), Puella Magi Madoka Magica

One of these Hazbin Hotel ships

AiHina (Airi Sezaki x Hinako Hanamura), Kitanai Kimi Ga Ichiban Kawaii/I Love Your Cruddy

FisOz (Prinzessin der Verurteilung, Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort x Ozvaldo von Hrafnavins), Genshin Impact

10027 (Byakuran Gesso x Tsunayoshi Sawada), Katekyo Hitman Reborn

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Amphibia Season 2 Reviews: The Second Temple and Barrel’s Warhammer “The First Drumbeats of War”

Welcome back all you happy people! We’re in the final stretch of the season now, only three more episodes after this. And with this episode the end trajectory of the season becomes clear and the anticipation to the finale mounts.. and the dread as boy oh boy is this one going to hurt. Join me under the cut for a recap and spoiilers as I break down my thoughts and prepare for war. 

The Second Temple:

Our heroes head to the great north for their next temple...

No no I just mean the arctic part of Amphibia. That’s sadly not a crossover we’re getting.. yet. One can dream.. or write weird fanfiction. Point is it’s time for an ice adventure. Also Hop Pop now has his own “Hop Pocket” in Joe’s sweater> Aww. Also Joe has a sweater now. Awwww. And he crashed upside down. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I keep thinking I love this bird as much as humanly possible and he keeps going and finding new ways to make me love him more. 

Our heroes soon run into a problem though: While Marcy’s coordinates got them there the temple isn’t in sight. Anne does find them some help though as she spots a familiar stand. It’s some lady they met back in the bizzare bazzar named valeriana?

Yeah clearly a lot of you have better memories than me, which isn’t hard my mind is a never ending sinkhole and while I remember a LOT of stuff, I often forget just as much. So a vendor lady who was hinted to be important but didn’t do much in the episode itself totally slipped my mind and I didn’t even notice she was apparently in the season 2b trailer. I have no memory for a character who turns out to be vitally important yet all the memory for Stoopy. 

Your doin Odd’s work Stoopy. But she is as she offers to take them to the temple, revealing herself as part of a hiden order dedicated to the calamity box and protecting it.

But like most hidden orders, Val seems to be a huge prick, and chastises and berates Anne constantly questioning her worthness and skil, and chastising her for giving up her coat to save her friends when a cardinal Val summons goes after their catapillar skin coats, and goes out of her way to rescue a family in the path of an avalanche. Val decides from all of this Anne is not worthy and she won’t guide them.. which causes Anne to rightfully call her out on her episode long streak of irritating condesencing bullshit. Val responds as you’d expect.. by warping Anne to another dimension and trying to steal the box from her leading to a fight. The fight is engaging with Anne giving it her best, though weirdly she didn’t take her sword along, while Val points out a lot of anne’s thefts over the years: from bessie to hop pop’s wallet.. to the box. Which Anne admits.. but also admits as shitty as it is it’s better to learn from bad things you did and do the right thing now, than to dwell on them and let htem drown you. 

Anne wins and val is dangling by a ledge and while she points out Anne can’t escape without her.. Anne figured out the staff. But Anne.. is a good persona nd as much as she’d like to let val die when her hand slips...she dosen’t. SHe’s her enemy sure but she’s still a person and her death does nothing and solves nothing. And that.. turned out to be the whole point. Val was simply testing Anne’s character: The whole journey was the temple and while the previous temple tested for intellegence.. this one tested for heart, anne’s greatest trait. Val powers the gem with her staff glad to have found something worthy.. but much like Luke or Aaang, Anne hears her friends in trouble and leaves with the gem only mostly charged. She returns.. to find everyone okay, Marcy showing the plantars stuff on her phone, and they set off... but the gem blinks a bit as they leave. 

Final Thoughts on the Second Temple: The second temple is a decent episode. It has some great worldbuilding, some good gags and really shows off anne’s character development, her empathy and her bravery while giving us an intresting side character and possible future Ally in Valeriana and increasing the mystery around the calamity box. If it’s REALLY as bad as it’s name implies... then why are these people protecting it? And why are the protections, the order the temples.. benevolent, based on personal character and making sure the right person passes. Did Andrias name it that.. and if so.. did he do it for his master? I have a lotta questions and i’m excited to get the answers. All in all a very decent ep.. but like last week the second one majorly upstages it. 

Barrel’s Warhammer

So we finally check back with Sasha and I was excited as her previous spotlight episode earlier in the season is still the best episode of the season. But this one brilliantly builds on that. 

The various leader of the toad towers are having a summit and well...

So i’m just going to call them the cryptkeeper, bad haircut and grime’s sister. Their all doubtful of whatever pitch Grime has while Grime and Co are preparing, and have bonded with Percy and Braddock more and the two having designed a cool one eyed logo for their army. 

The pitch is intrigues the toad with even Grime’s Sister he used to tease as a kid being impressed.. and reveals to our anti-heroes that his name is Grimothy. Grimothy. GRIMOTHY

But their not impressed with the idea of a disgraced captain and his “Hummus” leading them, even if Andrias has his own Humuss’... and this reveals to Sasha her best friends exes are doing just fine without her and working together. She takes it how you’d expect.. by taking it out on Bad Haircut’s guards and angrily asking waht it’llt ake. it’s then the cryptkeeper rises, turning out not to be dead with one request: Barrel’s Warrhammer. Sasha agrees to retreive it for them, but both Percy and Braddock are terrified.. as is GRIME of all people. 

We find out why as they take a lava boat to go fetch the thing: Barrel’s Warhammer is a legendary weapon, wielded by the Toad Hero Barrel, who used it to fight off a great monster and keep it from destroying a villiage dying in the process with his hammer apparently still guarded by said beast. Grime doubts it’s actually real and feels i’ts just a legend. But Percy and Braddock are more concerned with posisbly dying but Sasha reassures them that they’ll be fine and if it gets too dangerous, she’ll bail, using a Kawaii pose as a signal and making me feel very old. 

They find the Hammer but can’t lift it because “Only those who be worthy can”.. oh wait wrong hammer. No this one is just really heavy. They soon find the beast, a narwhaal worm, a massive armored horned worm. Phrasing. So naturally Braddock and Percy want to opt out... but Sasha chooses going after the worm over honoring her promise, and hooking the things horn to ride it to the tower. They just need to bring the hammer there.... even if it costs her friends their lives and saftey and involves betraying them. And this creates a marvelous parallel to the other episode in this pairing: Anne time and time again puts her family and girlfriend, random strangers and even an enemy’s life above her own. To Anne it’s helping other people what’s important damn what happens to her. If she’s cold, buired or something else fine. What matters is someone else is safe.  Sasha by contrast.. is willing to risk herself and other sif it means getting waht she wants. It’s her will to matters.. and it’s her lack of empathy that’s holding her back. Anne is strong because she has her new family, Marcy, and an army of loayal friends in Wartwood. Sasha may be strong in ablility.. but her weakness in heart costs her. She has grime.. btu that end sup being it as while they sucessfully arrive and get the troops they need.. Braddock and Percy can’t bear the cost or danger or the hurt of Sasha’s betryal and depart with Grime noting that getting what you want costs. But as we’ve seen with Anne and Marcy’s respective temples, it was doing the right thing NOT getting what they wanted, that made them better as people and got further. And as the look on Sasha’s face shows as her friends depart her, and she realizes she’s almost entirely alone.. she’s not sure world domination is really WHAT she wants. OR that it was worth the prices she keeps having to pay. 

Final Thoughts:

Barrel’s Warrhamer is another masterpiece following sasha. While not as strong as Toadcatcher it’s still damn good, showing Sasha’s further travels down a bad road, and her starting to doubt if this path is really worth it. The acting and animation are topnotch, as is the world building. It’s a truly stellar showing that just ratchets up tension for the fianle.. and for the inteivitble reunion between our three heroines and the clash between their three sides; the king Marcy serves without realizing his true malevoence, the Toads  Sasha and grime are leading to war.. and the frogs Anne once swore to protect that are about to be swept up in the tides of war.. and possibly take a stand against both sides. War is coming for our heroines and they are not ready for the hell that is to come.. and neither am I. Frog this is going to be painful isn’t it? 

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Serving up some LOOKS! I love Mylene's Ivan sweatshirt! Would you be willing to talk about what sort of style elements you use for each character? (If you already have and I haven't found it, please ignore the question, that's on me)

I mostly did this for Mendeleiev’s class back when Punch was starting Leave for Mendeleiev, and I did a small run down for how the Main 5 fashion will change in Scarlet Lady, but not Bustier’s class sooooo:

Marinette -[I’m copy/pasting from an earlier ask]- When she likes a color, she sticks with it. She has a versatile wardrobe, but pink must always be present. She has the hardest to nail style because she experiments all the time, but no matter what she doesn’t feel comfortable unless she has an outer layer. Summer, Winter, Shorts, Pants, she needs to the comfort of a jacket - for Tikki to hide in when her purse isn’t appropriate.

Adrien -[Also C/P]- Basic B*tch. He thinks he’s fancier than he is. Oh sure, his clothes are well tailored to him and fit well, but they’re basic as hell. Gabriel isn’t as “innovative” as he thinks he is. Most of his clothes have the Gabriel logo and he sticks to the brand…because Adrien has no fashion sense whatsoever. Oh, he knows in theory what works and can put an outfit together, but he doesn’t want to. If it were up to him, he’d wear tshirts with physics puns and cat themed jackets. But alas, when one is an icon…

Alya -[C/P]- Mom Vibes. Fashion is not her priority. She knows enough to do good for her figure, but otherwise can’t really be bothered. Flannels and jeans in varying heights and a snappy tshirt are all she needs. But she is drawn to things that remind her at least of superheroes or superpowers. Her ridiculous high tops with the spiky tongue? She thinks it makes her look fast. She’s also the one who’s going to embarrass Marinette by wearing trendy but “garbage” fashion: fanny packs, Jellies, ugs with sweatpants. Dammit Alya, you’re a beautiful human being, do you mind NOT dressing like a hobo on vacation?! (Secretly her favorite outfits are from Martinique, but she saves them for special occasions).

Nino -[C/P]- Precious trash goblin. Wash your shirts and the neckline won’t be so worn out! He likes graphic tees with his favorite bands and DJs logos on them (he’s partial to ones without the name of the band or DJ so he can find other fans) and prefers things to be loose. He’s also drawn to colors and he’s super chill when his “garbage” girlfriend rolls up to a date looking like she’s going to an amusement part with her four kids, because it means she can’t dump on him for not looking “put together” (she would never!). He’ll try to dress up every now and then for a fancier date or when Adrien manages to snag him a spot at an event with him, but it’s pretty clear he’s uncomfortable without his hat and headphones. He has a few Moroccan outfits that he brings out in the Summer.

Chloe - Expensive Fashion Forward Chic. She made a staple out of shaming anyone else who dared to wear her favorite color yellow over the years. She was extremely smug about being the first in her grade to experiment with makeup that she never bothered to get good at it. Her clothes are expensive with just a smidge of impractical - only someone with cash to burn would constantly wear white pants! She’s also the kind of person to put off dressing for the cold as long as she can- if she puts on all these jackets and layers, how will these peasants see my brand name clothes underneath?! A lot of her fashion decisions are based on long forgotten advice from her mother - gold over silver jewelry, always have something on your head, brand or nothing. She’ll only abandon a well worn trend if her mother directly contradicts it.

Sabrina - Nerdy, geeky, almost like she’s wearing a uniform. She’s preparing to be Chloe’s assistant best friend for life so she has to look the part. She’s long abandoned any hope of shining next to Chloe, so being flashy and showy is out of the question. Luckily, Chloe isn’t drawn to patterns, so that’s a field of fashion that Sabrina can claim for her own. Doesn’t matter where it is, something she’s wearing needs to have a pattern. Leggings are her favorite accessory and she’s taken to collecting Chat Noir merch (though it’s less out of admiration for the hero himself and more for her “role” with Chloe. It reminds her of the rare times when Chloe acts like they’re friends.)

Mylene - Bohemian, and a touch artsy. Peace is important to her and her vibe reflects that. She’s not super up for showing a lot of skin, but neither are a lot of girls in her class. She leans towards a muted color palette so that her hair doesn’t clash, though she usually tries to match one piece of clothing to some color in her hair. Her accessories are a bit childish and kitchy, like her monster head bead, and she has a huge collection of hair accessories, like bandannas and headbands. She has a lot of different passions with various levels of seriousness, so she’ll come to Marinette for advice on how to use her wardrobe to fit the level of professionalism she wants.

Alix - Sporty but on the lazier side. Fashion is such an anti priority. She’s the one Marinette will go to for her more out there ideas because she has no recoil to pants made of buckles or shapeless over shirts, but that’s as far as it goes. Her clothes are made to be weather resistant and easy to slip on (and so that her dad won’t be pissed if she wipes out and rips something). If it were up to her, she’d just shop out of thrift stores and pick out all the color blocked 80s windbreakers, but when your whole squad is held together by a fashion designer, you can only get away with so much. Her nicest clothes are made by Marinette for her professional races and competitions and her favorites have nods to Egypt mythology and history.

Ivan - Punk but like…beginners guide to punk. Let’s be honest, when you’re built like a brick house, shopping is hard - or at least not that much fun. Ditto when you’re a dude that just…doesn’t particularly care. Ivan has a bunch of cargo pants because they fit, they’re grungy, and they’re practical. SO MANY POCKETS!!! Beyond that, like Nino, he prefers to wear band shirts of his favorite groups. His hiking boots are the nicest things he owns and he has a few bracelets that he only brings out when he’s “dressing up”. The most colorful thing he owns is a hoodie/pants set from the Cartoon Monster Show that Mylene’s hair bead is modeled after.

Kim - Sporty and Serious. Sweatpants and running shoes. That’s the make of his wardrobe. After all, you need to be able to challenge anyone to a race at ANY TIME!! Dressing up for him means putting on a pair of jeans, and he’s pretty much always under dressed but also completely oblivious to the fact. Red is his favorite color and he’s partial to that one brand of sports wear that’s on his hoodie-shirt and sweatband. If something is waterproof (and therefore, sweatproof) he’ll give it a try AS LONG AS IT’S REEEEED!!!

Max - Geek Fashion. Max dresses like he’s already 65 years old, and with his best friend being Kim? He might be. He has invested in some good walking shoes because when your bestie is running off at any and every moment, you gotta do SOMETHING to keep up. His pants are higher up than most guys and his shirts are always tucked in. He prefers sweaters over sweatshirts and cardigans to jackets. We are comfortable in this house, not trendy!

Juleka - Electro Goth. Black is the main attraction, but she likes that punch of something neon - purple, green, even blue (Rose can tell she’s feeling romantic when she puts on some pink). She’s tall and likes clothes that accentuate that and she’s a fan of the details - shoulder cuts, lace inserts, epaulets. And despite covering half her face, she’s really into makeup (and she’s way better than Chloe). Does she have colored contacts? She’ll never tell.

Rose - Decora Kei is probably the best shortcut to describing her look, followed by Kawaii Fashion. Doesn’t matter if she burns to look at, she IS the embodiment of soft and cute! Obviously pink is her favorite color, bu she also likes pairing it with some other bright colors. Rainbows. Are. EVERYTHING. And she’s a sucker for bunnies and strawberries and angel wings ^^! How else is she supposed to have an amazing day if she’s not decked out in sunshine?!

Nathaniel - Basic but like Colorful Basic. He definitely hopped the skinny jeans phase and will continue to do so until he finally grows a bit. He holds onto clothes pretty long because there’s only so many times you can buy new shirts after getting paint and charcoal on them before you just stop caring. He aims for durability instead of fashionable, but also collects clothes with the logo from the show he likes. (And no one knows about his secret Ladybug merch collection that he only wears around his house).

Lila - Gyaru was the search term I used. She’s one of the few with a not super saturated color palette, sticking to dark neutrals. She’s drawn to patterns, like polka dots and zebra prints, and tries to balance it with neutral colors. Plus anything that makes her seem “exotic” and foreign and more interesting, she’ll wear (as long as it’s stylish enough for her.) She cleverly toes the line between fashionable and trashy, showing just enough skin or using a just flashy enough pattern. Every piece she wears she’s crafted a whole story around how she got it, like her bracelets being a gift from street kids in Belize or her earrings being a prize she won when impressing an East Asian Prince. 

[writingmilo]

Future Pt. II

@honestlyitsjustkennaswriting, @goldenoceanaart, @thelunarmasquerade, @ashphoenix06, @samariah-keeper

I don’t know what to say, except that I need to preface this with a huge apology:

1) for everything that happens in this story, its really fricken dark, so READER DISCRETION SERIOUSLY ADVISED

2) for anti kind of sounding like dark in a few places

With no reference to the passing of time, the two women felt like they had been trapped for years. Even though Yan or Anti sometimes brought them scraps of bread the leftovers from their romantic meals, there was no routine that they could find, and both had lost too much weight.

They hadn’t seen anyone in what was actually days, and they had been given no beatings for almost a week. Despite their circumstances, they found themselves feeling lucky, Maya’s injuries were starting to heal, and though there was still a risk of infection, Kenna was pretty certain they would be fine. She was, however, still dismayed at Maya for continually refusing to back down, and she knew it would eventually backfire, maybe even with Maya dying again.

When the door cracked open, they huddled together. For whatever sick reason it made Anti happy to see them so close, and Yan would take pity on them if they looked “kawaii” enough, giving them more food than she was supposed to, or even giving Kenna the means to clean Maya’s wounds. But today it was Anti, so they cowered together, Maya mentally preparing herself for the assault that she would refuse to pass to Kenna.

Slowly, he strolled towards them. “A little birdy told me,” he grinned, “That eleven years ago today someone proposed!” All of his actions were exaggerated, more like Yan’s than his. “And in honour of that, we thought we would give you two a little treat!” Grabbing Maya’s arm, he hauled her onto her feet, waiting for Kenna to follow.

“Don’t be rude, take your date’s arm.” His cheesy façade was gone for a second as he growled at them. They held each other and he guided them through to a room which was set up for a romantic meal. Feeling Maya tighten in her grip, Kenna gave her arm a squeeze, smiling at her.

“I don’t trust this either.” She smiled slightly as if she was saying something positive.

“What was that Doll, whispering’s rude, remember?”

“Oh, sorry sir. I was merely commenting on how beautiful this is and how kind you are for doing this.” Anti looked slightly taken aback at the sweet response, but he said nothing, simply tightening his grip on Maya.

“Remember Doll, if you would rather go back there, I am sure Stray would be happy to share this with me instead.” If Maya had stiffened before, she was then completely frozen. “Wouldn’t you, Stray?” He hissed, pulling her forwards and sitting her down. “Now who will be eating with her?” It was a dare, a challenge, and Kenna sat in her seat without a word.

“Thank you, sir.” Maya couldn’t stay silent, but everything she wanted to say would earn her some one-on-one time with him, so she merely thanked him, hoping it would let something out.

Yan walked around the table behind Kenna. “You’re so cute!” She grabbed her wrist, tying it to the arm of her chair before doing the same with the other.

“What are you doing? Get off her you psycho!” Maya jumped up from her chair only to be pushed back down by Anti, who tied her up in the same fashion.

“This seems oddly familiar, doesn’t it Stray? Maybe I should add a few bows for old time’s sake.” A single red string threaded through each rope and tied into loopy bows.

Unlike Kenna, Maya wasn’t struggling against the restraints, still petrified from Anti’s touch. Two more chairs appeared, and a single dish on the table, covered with a silver platter. The chairs weren’t sat at the table, but next to each woman: Yan with Kenna and Anti with Maya. He had learnt over the first few days Doll would do anything to protect Stray, but if anything threatened to cause harm to her, she would behave; and Stray was so utterly terrified of him she wouldn’t dare act out. Dying a few times brings about a rather strong fear of someone, it seemed.

“Now, this course, we have a rhubarb leaf salad with apple seeds and cherry pits.” The covers dispersed from the plates, revealing a plate of greenery.

Being tied to the chairs, neither moved. Feigning ignorance, Anti gasped. “Oh my, it seems I forgot to tell you the most important part,” he grinned sadistically, “Everything’s poisonous! But only one of you has to eat it.” He took the fork that sat on the platter and stabbed a few leaves, moving them to Maya’s mouth.

“No! I’ll eat it!” Kenna tried to move towards Maya, struggling even more against her restraints. “I’ll eat it, sir.” Tears rolled down Maya’s face, but until the fork left his hand, she was too scared to speak.

“Please Ken, let me do it, let me take it...” Her voice was quiet, too scared to be firm. “Please? I can take it.”

“No babe, you need a break, I’ll take this round, I got this one.” She smiled a sad smile as Yan held the fork up to her mouth. Panicking, Maya turned to Anti.

“Please, give it to me, give it to me, don’t hurt her!” She started thrashing in her restraints, but Kenna ate what was on the fork before Anti could make the call.

“Decisive, maybe you’re not as weak as I thought you were Doll.” He looked mildly impressed at Kenna’s boldness. She took another bite, letting Yan continue to feed her.

Maya tried to turn her head, not wanting to watch Kenna do this, but when Anti saw what she was doing he stood behind her and whispered something in her ear. Instantly, she moved her head back and continued to watch, tears rolling down her face the whole time.

When the plate was finished, it disappeared and Kenna leaned over the side of her chair to throw up, and Yan gathered her hair and held it up, wiping her face with a napkin as she sat back up. Maya sat completely still, wanting more than anything to comfort her and rub her back as Kenna did after her night with Wilford.

Next time, two plates appeared. “Now you both get to eat.” The covers opened to reveal two identical dishes. Both captors took a bite, bringing it up to their mouths again. Not wanting Kenna to suffer again, Maya took it first. The second Anti took the fork away from her, he clamped his hand over her mouth. Kenna shifted to start struggling again, but the fork was too close to her. Maya chewed the food, and a few seconds later, the reason Anti had covered her mouth became apparent. She impulsively tried to spit it out, heaving under his hand.

Bouncing up and down on her chair, Yan was unable to keep that round’s twist in. “This course one dish is poisonous, and the other is fine. Senpai was the only one who knew which was which, but now we all know!” She giggled, and Kenna reluctantly took the food in her mouth. It was so good, the best food she had eaten since they had been taken, but she felt so guilty for being able to eat it freely whilst Maya would have to choke down poison.

“Please May, please let me take it.” Maya shook her head, but couldn’t speak through Anti’s hand.

“What was that Stray, you want another bite?” Shovelling more into her mouth, Maya sat and chewed it, trying not to wretch and vomit it back up after swallowing. Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, Kenna was furiously trying to pull her wrists out of her restraints, wanting nothing more than to hit Anti with all her might.

Anti continued to feed Stray, trying to ignore what Doll was doing, but eventually, he couldn’t ignore her anymore.

“Stop struggling and eat your food Doll.” Kenna didn’t stop struggling, making Anti angry and eventually, he stood from his chair, sending it toppling to the ground. “EAT YOUR FOOD, YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT!” His knife apparated into his hand, and he looked between the two, Stray cowering in her chair and Doll still fighting Yan, who was trying to hold her back. Anger was still coursing through him, and he needed to do something to stop Doll from disobeying him. “Take her back.” Stray’s face drained of the little colour it had, and Doll instantly stopped struggling.

“No, no please, please sir, I’ll do anything, I’m sorry, I’ll stop fighting, I’ll behave, please!”

“You had your chance!” He sliced the bindings from her wrists, and Yan walked her back to the warehouse as she screamed for Maya.

“Well well Stray, I guess Doll would rather spend time by herself than with you. Doesn’t that hurt? She’s meant to love you, this was your romantic meal together, and she would rather be alone.” He started picking at Kenna’s plate, which was mostly untouched. “What a shame, this is rather good as well.” Noticing that Maya had tears rolling down her face, Anti stabbed his knife into the table. “Stray! Don’t waste your tears on Doll, I’m sure after tonight she’ll realise how lucky she is to have you.” Still, Maya kept her eyes glued to the table, her whole body shaking.

“There’s no need to fear me Stray, I’ve already beaten you. What’s the point in breaking puppets?” The rope around her wrists fell away, leaving the two red strings in place as she felt another slither around her neck, falling in the same uneven bow as before.

“Th-there is none, s-sir.” She couldn’t stop herself from speaking anymore, as if she answered to his command.

“Why don’t we strike a deal? Wouldn’t that be a fun game?”

“Yes sir, very fun.” Her head was still bent downwards, but she felt something tugging at her, pulling her to sit up straight and look at him.

“Why don’t you spend tonight with me, and then tomorrow you can go back to your pretty little wifey knowing that she won’t be hurt again.”

“Okay, master.” Suddenly all control of her was dropped. “Wh—” she remembered what happened as if she had been watching from above. Instinct wanted to kick in, but she fought her urge to run and stayed seated in the chair. “She will be completely safe? Forever?”

“Forever.” He held out his hand, knowing full well what she was about to do, whether by choice or not. But without his prompt, she took it, and he clamped onto her, shaking once vigorously to seal the deal.

“Perfect. Well done Stray.”

“Thank you, master.”

[anti-kawaii-daily]

J-Fashion Terms for Beginners 3: Electric Boogaloo

Angura Kei: A Visual Kei substyle inspired by traditional Japanese underground theater performances (Angura = Underground), but it is occasionally associated with Ero-Guro Visual Kei bands. People who wear Angura typically wear traditional Japanese clothing such as kimonos, military uniforms, and school uniforms (seifukus and gakurans usually) but with a gothic twist or references to the supernatural (such as those triangle handkerchiefs worn by ghosts in Japanese folklore). It isn't uncommon to see them wear shironuri makeup as that was worn by Angura actors during the 1960s and 1970s. From what I've seen, Angura isn't typically a style one wears day to day due to its over the top and elaborate nature. Some known Angura Kei bands are: MUCC, cali≠gari (though they are more known for Ero-Guro), Zombie Lolita and Inugami Circus-dan.

A truly theatrical blast from the past...

Erokawa: Translates as "erotic cute", this aesthetic and style is also known as Erokakkoi (translates as "erotic cool"). Erokawa contrasts most kawaii trends by incorporating the concepts of sexiness seen in the West. While it is mostly a "visual art" type of kawaii style, I have seen outfits that do match this style; they tend to be mainly pastel clothes styled after lingerie, actual lingerie, clothes that share elements with Agejo Gyaru, shirts with sexy kawaii girls on them, or just your typical "tight sexy outfit with references to kawaii culture or ecchi on it. For accessories you'll see chokers, leg garters, handcuffs, harnesses and occasionally cat ears. The idea of cuteness is associated with neoteny, fragility, innocence and youthfulness; the idea of sexiness is associated with adulthood, experience, excitement and maturity. Sexiness can technically be seen as what cuteness is meant to evolve into once we all turn from children to adults. But Japan is famous for loving everything that can be considered "cute" and not approving of "non-cute" things unless they are made "cuter" for mainstream media, and yes...this partially includes sexuality that is natural for adult women to have. Enter famous Japanese Idol, Kumi Koda. Unlike most idols who's contractual purity is stricter than a Disney Channel star's, Kumi broke the mold by taking erotic elements in her artistic style and showing how they too can be seen as valid and acceptable. In contrast to other "sexy" kawaii trends, Erokawa was created with feminism and for women to take ownership of their sexuality.

Let's get sexy~...and adorable!

Ero-Guro Kei: If one thinks of Visual Kei they are most likely thinking of one of these subgenres and styles; Kote Kei (means "old school kei", this is basically how Visual Kei bands dressed in the 90s), Tanbi Kei (means "aeshetic school", this style is inspired by classic European fashion), or Ero-Guro Kei, the style we're discussing here. In case the name didn't give it away already, Ero-Guro Kei basically means "erotic" and "grotesque". As described by the website TV Tropes, this style is meant to be an Interplay of Sex and Violence. Most Ero-Guro Kei bandmembers tend to wear clothes similar to Kote Kei, but with more exposed skin (i.e. not wearing a shirt or wearing a low-cut one) and tons of S&M/bondage or fetish elements like chokers, corsets, harnesses, leather and lace or mesh worn together and masquerade masks. Despite this, for most people the "Ero-Guro" part in Ero-Guro Kei usually comes from the vulgar and raunchy lyrics in their songs coupled with horrifying music videos. Some famous Ero-Guro Kei bands include but are not limited to: cali≠gari, Dir En Grey (during their earlier albums), Kagerou and ANTI-KRANKE.

Choke me like you hate me but you love me...

[notesfromanaspiringhumanitarian]

Combatting Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy in Organizations: Recommendations for Anti-Racist Actions in Mental Healthcare

Combatting Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy in Organizations: Recommendations for Anti-Racist Actions in Mental Healthcare

Babe Kawaii-Bogue, PhD, LCSW and contributors Verónica Caridad Rabelo, PhD, Amber McZeal, PhD, Tamara Bransburg, LCSW, Shenaaz Janmohamed, LCSW, Aviva Dalin Wilcox, PsyD, Brittany Cooper, PhD, Ilana Barakat, PhD, and Ly Franshaua N. Pipkins, PsyD.

Therapist Babe Kawaii-Bogue, PhD, LCSWhas prepared a guide that organizations and institutions in the field of mental health can use to combat…

[topbeautifulwomens]

#11 #Top #Beauty #Secrets #That #Every #Woman #Should #Know #art #beauty #face #glamourmodel #kawaii #makeover #makeupgoals #runwaymodel #streetstyle #sun

Nearly each and every female is aware some products concerning how to make by themselves lovely however most frequently moments this overall cosmetic knowledge have to be wonderfuld tuned to get the very best final results; most women know what to do to search a lot more beautiful, but they most maybe never know how to do what they know to be successful.

Inside this report we shall be searching at some very familiar beauty ideas that most women are conversant with to point out the real secrets and techniques and not also common truths about individuals tips that you must follow if you need to turn into more beautiful:

Secret 1-Your pores and skin refreshingser could be end up producing your skin look more awful

Several of the common clean cleansers honestly end up aggravating most skins regardless of no matter whether your skin is a fragile skin or not. If you want to cleanse your skin with out irritating your skin, it truly is greater to utilize a soft cleanser that eliminates grime and surplus sebum (skin oil) without tightening or irritating the skin; keep away from cleansers that contain detergents, or liquor, or fragrances, or other elements that are capin a position of blocking the skin pores.

Make sure you also avoid natural cleansers that contain lemon, mint, cinnamon and necessary oils as these natural ingredients also aggravate the skin.

Secret 2-Make use exfoliating brokers to make your skin shine

If you want a excellent sparkling skin, you helps make use of exfoliation; if you exfoliate your skin properly, you’d open up up your skin pores to let for the proper penetration of skin care serums and lotions which will trigger your skin being bproper and glowing. Nevertheless, if you’ve got rosacea or busy pimples, please seek out the acceptance of your skin doctor just before you make use of any exfoliating agent.

Secret a few-Employ retinoids to gradual down skin getting older

Although retinoids or retinols which are derivatives of vitamin A have been initial created to deal with acne, they can also be used to make fine facial lines become smoother.

The advantageous consequences of retinoids on the skin contain the adhere toing:

-They make the epidermis and dermis thicker

-They support to exfoliate lifeless cells

-They boost the turnearlier mentioned of keratinocytes and they increase the secretion of collagen and hyaluronic acid (this carbohydrate is a natural lubricant existing in the joints, muscle tissues, and skin) You should notice nonetheless that retionoids make the skin more sensitive to solar so, it is better to use retinoids at evening.

Secret four-Scrub your encounter frequently to make your skin look candy

You need to scrub your face frequently to sustain a healthful skin and you can both make use of residence- facials or you can go for spa remedys.

If you want to scrub your face at home you can follow these actions:

-Scrub your face with sugar by making use of sugar to your face in gentle round motions

-Clean your face with lukeheat h2o and then pat dry your face

-Follow steam to your face by position over a boiled pot of water for a couple of mins

Secret 5- Scrub your entire body

Most of the time once we communicate about scrubbing we exclusively bear in mind to scrub our faces without bothering to scrub our bodies and really numerous the bathing soaps that we use to bathe our bodies only make the skin over our ft, legs, and arms to become scaly.

However, we can make use of a do-it-yourself natural scrubbing agent by mixing coconut oil with kosher salt, with sugar, with some minced basil into a paste which we then apply on our bodies to scrub our bodies. We can also reveal our bodies to steam after scrubbing to give our bodies’ better treatment.

Secret six – Make use of better soaking approaches for your manicure and apply post pedicure wrap for better results

To get well results, you should mix shower gel with warm water before you soak your palms in this answer for 5 minutes; this will result in you getting softer and better manicured minimizeicles.

Way too, if you can rub petroleum jelly on your feet and then wrap your feet in cellophane for fifteen minutes, you would be able to eradicate all the dry foot head aches that the use of a pumice stone couldn’t get rid of.

Secrete seven -Hydrate your hair properly by staying away from the root

As soon as you want to disease your hair, you have to be mindful to do it the right way; apply your conditioner from the tips of your hair down to the mid shaft of your hairs having care to avoid your hair roots. Here’s given that your scalp secrets particular natural oils that accept care of the roots of in a natural way and if you apply synthetic conditioners to these roots they might disturb the natural conditioning procedure at the roots of your hairs.

Secrete eight – Will rarely suppose that it is dandruff that you happen to be dealing with whenever you have dry scalp

Do not limit the treatment of dry scalp to the use of dandruff shampoo on your own as dry scalp is also triggered by mistaken rinsing of the hair or the develop up of residue from a undesirable product. So, if your dandruff isn’t heading in spite of treatment with anti-dandruff shampoo, you should try out to rinse your scalp more completely or you should improve your hair product.

Secret nine -Chopping your hair too brief might end up making you look outdated

Even though pixie cuts might be the thing in trend now, it might not actually help you to look young and if you allow your hair be a little bit extended, the existence of hair guiding your ear will actually melt your neck and therefore make you look younger than your actual age.

Secret ten -Don’t inform your stylist to cut off “inches” of your hair

For quite a number of us, hair styling is a sport of “inches”; when we check out the salon to get a haircut we often tell our stylist to cut off certain number of inches from our hair. However, diverse individuals have different ideas about how long an inch is and your stylist idea of the length of hair that you want to cut off might be different from yours.

So, it is better to use your thumb or other fingers to explain the length of hair that you want to cut off when you go to your stylist, that way you are sure that you are on the identical wavelength with your stylist when you are detailing the length of hair that you want to cut off to your stylist.

Secret 11-Consume the right varieties of foodstuff

If you want to become and continue to be skinny and beautiful you must have a healthy and slimming diet plan plan that you are subsequent; you can not just eat as you want if you do not want to bloat up and become shapeless.

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[witty-diagnosis]

Witty diagnosis #54: fandomination

Well now that shitty title is out the way since I'm running out of ideas for them, hello again. Since I've just recently hit over 500 followers I'm not quite sure what to cover, I mean I've planned feminism for 1000 so I don't know, fandom's for this one I reckon. So like last time let's summarise a few fandom's based on what I personally have seen, and savour how 500 followers feels because it either drops real quick or some more jump on the train to a very sarcastic moon. #1, Harry potter: well what a way to start, I can think of about 2 million people off the top of my head who seem to enjoy harry potter too much. Now it's perfectly okay to enjoy Mr Potter's wand tomfoolery with maybe 10 or 20 people, y'know your friend group. But a huge shitstorm of harry Potter fans that suddenly came out the woodwork out of fucking no where is quite the surprise. Everywhere you go there's red and yellow scarf's and thick rimmed glasses with girls everywhere saying fucking spells like "wingardium levisoa" and "hocus pocus" like Harry potter saved their cat from dying. And oh, if you don't know tom riddle's father's uncle's name then you're not a real fan, well I'm personally not on this one but I'd rather not be a skinny douche in the friendzone, a fat gay guy or a "I'm not like those others" girl, no you're not you're a fucking nutjob, leave it to them or don't obsess over it. So #2, anime: hey, I like anime, I do, neon genesis evangelion, is this a zombie and love chunibiyo&other delusions is pretty good, quite the contrast I know. But I'm not referring to those, no I'm referring to "I know Japanese by watching anime" yes, and i know bullshit by living with a cow. These are those fans that readily acknowledge they've seen; attack on titan, naruto, akame ga kill, sword art online,death note, black butler... Umm fuck, there's more but that's off the top of my head. Its not a bad thing they watched it, very good in fact, I just wish they'd shut their fucking mouths for a second. And oh boy, if you don't like it or haven't seen it, well you're royally fucked. These are usually about 13 years old and if not are about 20 but still haven't grown up and usually overweight or sporting serious social problems. Probably best to enjoy the anime then acknowledge you watched it, not be a complete pain in the fucking arse and base your personality around a character, and fucking stop saying "Kawaii" for fucks sake. #3, music: here we fucking go. So you like a band, hey good job your ears work, that band consists of four boys, oh dear, and they're pop, well fuck, and they have accents! Well this is a big fucking surprise. So, you're a 14 year old girl, hey cool your taste in music is like Trump or the Torries, full of shit. So here we have a One Directioner, a 5Sos-er and the numerous other bands that were a fad. And just like fads they will fade into obscurity and you'll be embarrassed you listened to them, or you'll never let go, expect everyone to listen to them, be a little bit absolutely fucking nuts, and not understand the idea of letting go. You base boyfriends around them, days around them, fucking synch up periods, and literally breath the same breaths as them, this one is for schoolgirls, or people who love Brits or accents, never got that about Americans. #4, the fandomer: you will put yourself into anything just to fit in, what's the concept you don't understand, oh that's it, being a fucking human. You have no individuality, you are lost without someone guiding you, whether it be a book, a song, a Japanese art style, you cannot develop a personality that doesn't grind like two drunks in a bar. One day a realisation sinks in that you do not know who you are because you never developed that far and so you continue being a jack of all bollocks and master of none until you give it all up, usually when the children arrive. This one should probably be avoided. #5, the anti-fandomer: what are you, a hipster? You like something, oh you don't, so you're also a shitty terminator, why would they make the terminator a bitch? This is what I call an arsehole, also to be avoided, usually sporting jeans to small, shit facial hair, parent's money and a clearly hypocritical appearance. #6, you don't have one: the one I'm sure I fit into and probably some others. You enjoy stuff, some maybe a lot but you're not obsessive about it, you acknowledge you enjoy it but don't actively search out those others who do. You also have a personality which some like and some others don't (subtle hint) but at least you've got one. alright to speak to but would much rather prefer their own company, just a general mix of everything, does not require attention from douchebags or many at all preferring to get on with it. Alright in general regardless of age. So that was just a few examples of fandom's that I see on a day to day basis, probably missed a few out but I've probably wrote stuff about them already (cough MLP cough) thanks for 500+ followers guys, see you all soon.

[anti-kawaii-daily]

J-Fashion Terms for Beginners Part 2

Guro Lolita: A substyle of Lolita fashion; this is one of the few variants to stray away from the innocence and gentleness of styles like Classic and Sweet Lolita. Unlike the more well-known Gothic Lolita, Guro Lolita ignores mysteriousness and literal darkness, and instead goes for shock horror. In it's inception, Guro Lolita coords were notorious for always fitting into one mold, a white/shiro dress splattered in fake blood. Eventually, Guro Lolita evolved into a much more complex and nuanced style. One of it's perks nowadays is that despite it's association with the strictness of Lolita fashion, it is very versatile in that the coords may range from cutesy Yami Kawaii hospital prints, to dark and dreary horror patterns. It is seldom worn as an everyday style due to how over the top it is (and it's usually worn on Halloween by more mainstream Lolita enjoyers), but exceptions exist.

So blue, so broken, paper doll decays...

Iryou Kei: Translating literally as "medical type" or "nurse type", this fashion style originated from the Visual Kei music genre. As many Vkei bands (who are famous and infamous for their elaborate costumes, outside of Casual Visual Kei of course) this style is focused on being visually shocking. Iryou Kei performers tend to dress up as either blood splattered doctors, evil nurses and any other medical staff you wouldn't want to see in a state like this. You could say that Iryou Kei takes the elegance of Lolita, the rock elements of Visual Kei and the grotesque nature of Gurokawa, and transforms it into it's own medically horrifying thing. Some known Iryou Kei bands include but are not limited to: LuLu, +ISOLATION, and Sex Android.

The doctors will see you now!

Busukawaii: Translated literally as "ugly cute", this aesthetic is also occasionally called Kimokawaii or "disgusting cute". In real life there are many animals and critters that look unpleasant but you can't help but want to squeeze them, Busukawaii is based around this principle. For a short while Busukawaii was a bit of a meme on Japanese social media websites where one would do Yume Kawaii or pastel edits of ugly, plain or strange characters and people. Then it grew it its own lesser art movement. There aren't any fashions with this style outside of prints with those adorably ugly, plain or just strange looking characters mentioned earlier.

Beauty is very much subjective

[anti-kawaii-daily]

Anti-Kawaii Character Archetypes You'll Probably See Here Part 1

Yandere: Arguably the most well-known "Anti-Kawaii" character archetype in pop culture. The word "Yandere" is a portmanteau of the Japanese word yanderu or 病やんでる in the original kanji (which is another way to say that you or someone is mentally sick, not to be confused with Menhera), and the word deredere or デレデレ in it's original kanji (this word basically means "lovey-dovey").

This archetype consists of character who when they fall in love with someone, they fall harder than most normal people. By that I mean that they obsess over their love interest in ways ranging from mildly unhealthy all the way to destructive to themselves or others. The most known type of Yandere is the type that hurts or kills anyone who may try to "take" the love interest away from them, but Yandere behavior is more of a spectrum than a one-size-fits-all type of situation. And despite most people associating this archetype with unstable, knife wielding, boy-crazy girls, Yanderes can be of any gender identity and sexual orientation.

Here is an example of some characters that fit into this archetype:

Left to Right: Yuno Gasai (Future Diary), Kotonoha Katsura (School Days), Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia), Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction) and Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash (DC Comics)

Yangire: Other than the Yandere archetype mentioned above, whenever someone thinks of crazy and violent characters in Japanese media, they tend to refer to the Yangire archetype. The word is a portmanteau of the word yanderu or 病やんでる but unlike the archetype above, the "dere" is replaced by the word gire or ギレ in kanji and gire basically means "to snap".

This archetype consists of a character who may be a decent or maybe even a nice person, but if they were to snap in a mental breakdown, then they get very aggressive, violent, dangerous and unpredictable. There are commonly two types of Yangire characters: they either A, have a split personality or any other mental illness that makes them act violent; or B, they just happen to be cruel and deranged people. But occasionally there are characters who are a mix of both. What truly separates Yangires from Yanderes is that Yanderes tend to do messed up things out of love, while Yangires do messed up things because they can.

Here is an example of some characters that fit into this archetype:

Left to right: Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live), Rena Ryugu (Higurashi: When They Cry), Yoshikage Kira (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), The Postal Dude (Postal series), and Agatha Trunchbull (Matilda)

Dorodere: A lesser known "Anti-Kawaii" character archetype, this term's name is a mixture of the word "dorodoro" (ドロドロ in the original kanji) which translates as muddled or confused, and the word deredere or デレデレ.

This is a character archetype that refers to characters who are mentally disturbed, or has lots of bad feelings (such as grudges or resentment) towards people like their loved ones, but they hide all of that behind a sweet and friendly façade. In western countries this archetype was misunderstood as describing a character that has violent thoughts but who doesn't act on them, but Doroderes while mostly malicious, they can reach a level of violence similar to a Yandere or a Yangire once their true nature is revealed. In most cases there are two types of a Dorodere; type 1 Doroderes have the character genuinely liking their love interest/best friend and type 2 Doroderes who feel a mixture of love and hatred. What separates these two types is that with type 1 characters their "doro" side is hidden by the "dere" side, while with type 2 characters their "doro" side has a small amount of "dere" in there.

Here is an example of some characters that fit into this archetype:

Left to right: Luca Trulyworth (Air Tonelico), Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair), Makima (Chainsaw Man), Billy Loomis (Scream) and The Other Mother (Coraline)

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Hey guys, I really want to thank you all for being patient and not abandoning this blog like I did for a bit. Thankfully I feel much, much, better than I did before and I am going to start Anti Kawaii Daily once again!

I am planning on also making some Anti Kawaii fashion style guides and showcasing some artwork in the future.

But as of right now, I'd love to get back into things just like how I used to.

Requests might not be open yet but the blog will be running once more!

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Blogs that I follow and recommend

@j-fashion-wearer-otd , this blog basically started it all and served as Anti-Kawaii Daily's inspiration! It primarily focuses on J-Fashion wearers!

@lovesickcutie, this blog primarily focuses on visuals related to Menhera, Yami Kawaii, Yume Kawaii and Medikawaii!

@butterflycharlotte, reblogs photos of J-Fashion items and features photos from street fashion snaps!

@menhera-info-archieve, since @menheratic has basically deleted everything from their blog, this fantastic person archived some of their helpful Menhera style info posts while also showcasing both Yami Kawaii and Yume Kawaii Menhera coords and having links to shops that might sell them (though fair warning, if you are blocked from TaoBao like I am, then some of those shop links might not be available to you, alternatively some of the shop links might be broken or the shops might be closed)

@girlytips, do you like Girly Kei fashion? Well this is the blog for you! You will find coords, guides and anything else related to Girly Kei here!

@paleblueramune, don't think I forgot about you Tenshi Kaiwai and Mizuiro fans! This blog shows off fashion, tips, visuals and even gives guides on how to follow the style and aesthetic!

@menhera-tips, similar to @girlytips and @menhera-info-archieve, this blog is focused on giving guides, coords and info regarding menhera fashion! Keep in mind though, that they post infrequently.

@fyeahgurololita, focuses primarily on showcasing Guro Lolita coords and fashion items! This blog has been abandoned but can still be used as a reference for Guro Lolita enjoyers (like me) when finding info about this style is scarce on most blogs!

@mizuirolawliet, a smaller and lesser known Mizuiro/Tenshi Kaiwai blog, but they also show off cool visuals and fashions that match the aesthetic!

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💉Introduction💉

Hello everybody!

Welcome to Anti-Kawaii Daily (sideblog of @acidphosphorusofficial), where characters who embody and fit in with these well known creepy, weird or oddly cute J-Fashion aesthetics can be enjoyed, celebrated and discovered!

And we're not just sticking with Gurokawa and Menhera here; this blog will also feature aesthetics and styles like Yami Kawaii, Guro Lolita, Nurse Lolita, Iryou Kei and even more, provided they fall out of the mainstream "kawaii" spectrum.

So feel free to sit back, relax and have a bit of sickly fun!

Disclaimer:

Please note, this blog does deal with themes of distressing mental health, blood and gore, if these topics are triggering or uncomfortable to you, then feel free to leave this blog for the sake of your own mental health.

Also, leave this blog if you are either: a racist, sexist, homophobe, transphobe, a TERF, a MAP, pedo or a zoo. I'm not kidding, get out if you are any one of those things. You are also not welcome if you have a gore fetish blog, I'm not the type to kinkshame, but this is just fucked up.

Everyone else...come on in!

Guides and Info

J-Fashion Term Guide Part 1 Here!

J-Fashion Term Guide Part 2 Here!

J-Fashion Term Guide Part 3 Here!

Character Archetype Guide Part 1 Here!

What is Anti-Kawaii Explanation Here!

How to search for Menhera items on TaoBao Here! (originally by @fyeahmenhera, reblogged by @menhera-info-archieve)

Anti-Kawaii's Essays

History of Kawaii Culture and Anti-Kawaii Here!

Misc. Stuff

Recommended Blog List Here!

How to submit a character?

While sending pictures of whichever character you choose does make it easier, I will say that it is optional. Feel free to describe the character's appearance if you can't send pictures.

Live Action Characters are allowed but real people aren't (because that's kinda weird)

If you have any problems, then DM me and I'll see what I can do.

Submission Rules

Since this blog is focused on aesthetics or characters who embody them, there are semi-strict criteria but you don't have to fall in ALL of them (I'd say at least 2 or 3 out of 8)

Main Criteria:

Be associated with aesthetics such as Yami Kawaii, Gurokawa, Iryou-Kei, etc.

Acts or looks cute, but is actually evil, mean or mentally unstable.

Hurts other people or does some other deranged things.

Is associated with blood or body horror.

Bonus Criteria:

Is a medical professional such as a Nurse or a Doctor

Is a murderer or an assassin

Has pink or pastel elements to their design

Is so adorable to the point where their disturbing aspects stand out.