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Happy Birthday Shizun! I hope you'll enjoy your gifts!
#svsss#ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong#scum villian self saving system#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#myart#happy birthday#jhghj I rushed so much to make this because I had totally forgot it was his birthday <3#tbf it was my parent's birthday this week too so they were my priority#drawing characters with their gifts as their birthday art is basically a tradition for me at this point kjhghjkjg#anyway happy birth shizun enjoy it
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Bing-ge and Victim's Entitlement as Portrayed by MXTX
I was thinking about Bing-geās journey as an abuse victim into an abuser and how much the creation of Bing-mei is a critique on both the writing trope that creates Bing-ge as well as the societal expectations that drive it.
In the world of PIDW, one of Shen Yuanās main critiques was about how terribly the young Luo Binghe is treated by the narrative, so much so that he views it as torture porn. From being abandoned as a baby, to being abused as a servant and watching his adoptive mother wither from sickness and die, to finding his way to Cang Qiong Mountain and suffering under a cruel shizun who then pushes him into hell, Shen Yuan finds all this unnecessarily cruel. However, Shang Qinghua knows that the trauma Luo Binghe suffers directly correlates to the enjoyment readers are meant to get out of the second half of the protagonistās life when he becomes overpowered and primed for vengeance. Shen Yuan knows this, too, as this is the trope he girds himself with as Shen Qingqiu to work up the nerve to push his disciple into the Endless Abyss, to āearnā his happiness. However, is this a true happiness? Does the trauma justify any and all of Luo Bingheās actions?
On the surface, Bing-ge seems happy! He is able to enact revenge on Shen Jiuāand demolish Cang Qiong Mountain Sect who acted as accomplices to his abuseāand was given narrative access to any and every woman of marriageable age who crossed his path. He is even able to destroy his world by merging the three realms with no consequences to himself. Bing-ge has seemingly reaped the twisted ārewardā that having survived unconscionable abuse and abandonment from the time of his birth had sown for him, and PIDW readers were able to enjoy and defend Bing-geās later megalomaniacal actions directly because they had read through hundreds of pages of his ill-treatment beforehand. The worse Luo Bingheās childhood was, the more they were willing to accept of his actions in adulthood. We see a similar thing take place in the SVSSS fandom: the reveal of Shen Jiuās past as a child slave is used to justify his later abuse of his child disciplesāchildren who had no hand in his trauma but who he has decided to bear the brunt of it, anyways. But Shen Jiu lived a very unfulfilling adulthood due to his unwarranted actions until his untimely death. Is Luo Binghe any different?
Enter Bing-mei: the revised protagonist who abandons revenge in pursuit of experiencing genuine affection from the only person who gave it unconditionally. No, Bing-mei doesnāt get all the girls or all the power. He does not become the emperor of all three realms and he is not an uncontested leader that all conscious beings bow to. In fact, he is very tame and controlled in comparison to his PIDW counterpart despite not having complete control of his sword that amplifies his negative emotions. But when Bing-ge slips into the world of SVSSS and discovers that, despite all of this, Bing-mei has an intact world, platonic relationships, and a shizun who loves him, heās willing to throw it all away to experience that same life. Bing-ge is revealed to be the unhappy, unfulfilled one, because the one thing he wantedāgenuine unconditional loveāwas the one thing that he cannot earn or forcibly take. No amount of audience hype can change the fact that Bing-ge must leave behind the happy Bingqiu couple to return to his destroyed world in his unsatisfying reality.
This isnāt just a theme in SVSSS, either; itās present in all of MXTXās works in how peopleāboth characters and the irl fandomāreact to antagonists and asshole characters who have experienced trauma. In mdzs: a female cultivator tries to say that Jin Ling endangering other cultivators should be forgiven āsince heās an orphan.ā Jiang Cheng throws his parentsā and sisterās death around to justify being an unrepentant serial killer. Jin Guangyao cries about how much his father hates him compared to the legitimate Jin heirs that he murdered. In tgcf: Qi Rong escapes discipline at every turn because his mother had to escape with him from his abusive father, and Mu Qingās transgressions against the marginalized are ignored because āhe was poor, once.ā All of these characters have their actions whitewashed both in their stories and by their fandoms at large because their defenders believe that their trauma excuses any of their subsequent behavior.
Yet, MXTX does not prescribe to this idea. Notice the pattern of how the above characters end their stories. Jiang Cheng tanks his reputation and loses the respect of his only living relative. Jin Guangyao and Qi Rong die. But Jin Ling experiences setback after setback until he adjusts his behavior, and Mu Qing had to earnestly apologize under harrowing circumstances to be forgiven. It is not characters who seek justice for being harmed who are punished in these novels but those who persevere in their entitlement to do whatever they want because they were once harmed, thereby eventually destroy any goodwill others, particularly their loved ones, had towards them. The characters who are able to contain their actions to aim only at those who wronged them or else honestly reflect on their sense of entitlement in order to change for the better become well-liked by their peers. And as for Bing-ge: his inability to change within the narrative of PIDW may have āearnedā him all the material things his world could offer and the affections of an unseen audience, besides, but he misses out on true human connection and love. These are the things he can never forcibly take, because in real life, no amount of trauma would entitle himāor anyoneāto those things.
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A Look At Stuff You Probably Never Heard Of: Katawa Shoujo
Iāve had this on my mind for a long while and Iāve been wanting to check this out for just as long. I donāt do many visual novels and whenever I do, theyāre usually combined with another game-style, like BlazBlue mostly being 2D fighting game with visual novel-style cutscenes or Ace Attorney being more puzzle-based while being a visual novel. The only pure VN games I've played being Helltaker: Second Circle and Higurashi. But anyway, today, weāre taking a look at... Katawa Shoujo!
Katawa Shoujo, which translates into āDisability Girlsā is a romantic visual novel game developed and published by Four Clover Studios and was initially released on January 4th, 2012 for all PC devices; Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X and can be downloaded directly from the Katawa Shoujo website for free. The concept itself came from 4chan, spawning from a single image (seen here) by RAITA, the character designer for Valkyrie Chronicles, detailing their idea for a game. Several people from 4chan, as well as people from outside 4chan, came together to bring the idea to life. The release date, January 4th, 2012, was the 5th anniversary of the original idea.
The game follows Hisao Nakai, an 18-year-old third-year high school student meeting with a girl he has a crush on. When she asks him out, he suffers a major heart attack and is rushed to the hospital, where he and his family discover that he has cardiac arrhythmia and congenital heart muscle deficiency, meaning that any anything that causes his heart to race can prove dangerous or even fatal to him and he must take medicine to keep his heart in check. Heās also transferred to Yamaku High School, a school specifically for high school students with some sort of physical disability. The school has a 24/7 medical staff, not to mention its situated very close to a hospital, and it has dorms. Needless to say, Hisao isnāt happy about attending a new school, especially one for people with disabilities. Though regular students can still attend.
While there, the player can pursue a relationship with one of 5 girls. Referring to the image above, the girls from left to right are Lily Satou, Hanako Ikezawa,Ā Rin Tezuka,Ā Shizune Hakamichi, andļæ½ļæ½Emi Ibarazaki.
Lily is blind since birth, but doesnāt let it bother her. Sheās always very polite and proper, almost acting very motherly to the people around her. Despite being blind, she can function perfectly fine and is able to do things from cooking food to preparing and serving tea.
Hanako had half of her body burned in a housefire that also killed her parents. With no other family, she was placed in an orphanage where she was bullied and teased for disfigurement, causing her to become shy and develop severe social anxiety. As a result, she self-isolates and tries to hide her scars as much as possible.
Rin had a severe birth defect that affected her arms (the original sketch referred to her as a āThalidomide Babyā, with Thalidomide being a drug pregnant women used to treat morning sickness, but ended up causing birth defects), causing them to be removed by surgery. As a result, she lacks arms and hands to do anything and instead must use her feet and due to her situation, she rarely wears skirts. Sheās often very deadpan and rarely shows emotion, having difficulty expressing herself, but has taken to painting, which allows her to do just that.
Shizune is deaf and mute and she is Lilyās cousin. She is the Student Council President and is often seen with ShiinaĀ āMishaā Mikado, who is her friend and interpreter. Of course, being deaf and mute, Shizune can only communicate via sign language, with Misha translating for those who do not speak sign language, either telling Shizune what the person said or telling the person what Shizune said. Shizune is a natural leader and very outgoing, not even bothering to hide her emotions and instead wears them proudly and openly. But at the same time, she enjoys having fun and can even be fiercely competitive.
And finally, Emi. When she was 11, she was in a car accident that claimed both of her legs, as well as the life of her father, so she now wears prosthetic legs. Sheās an avid runner and highly energetic, occasionally causing her to hurt herself or run into others. She lives every day with happiness and joy and is always quick to try new things. She also views her prosthetic legs as a blessing, rather than an obstacle, taking full advantage of them.
As stated, each character has a disability. However, the developers went to great length to portray each disability as accurately as possible and how it would affect a person, as well as how they would deal with it. And as stated above, the player can pursue a relationship with one of the 5 girls. While it is mostly a visual novel, there are choices the player can make that can affect their relationship, for better or worse. And yes, there are bad endings.
Honestly, this is a very charming game. And as stated before, each disability is portrayed as accurately as possible. And I know some people may be concerned that the dating aspect revolves aroundĀ āfixingā the girls. A lot of them have come to accept where they are in life and accept their disabilities as a part of them. The routes are instead getting to know the girls and seeing what theyāre like under the surface. Yes, they share personal details about their past, like Emi talking about the death of her father or Hanako showing the extent of her scars, but itās never a case of trying toĀ āfixā them, merely getting to know them and just being there for them. I also want to mention that many of the girls absolutely hate the idea of people pitying or feeling sorry for them. In fact, the Bad Ending scene has Hisao say that heāll protect her causes Hanako to lash out at him, forcibly cutting Hisao out of her life.
And with all that done, itās time for my Final Recommendation:
Never Let Go Of It||Get It||Hold Onto It||Try It||Consider It||Stay Away From It
I also want to mention that thereās another Bad Ending. Should the player not pursue a romantic relationship at all by Sunday (Hisao arrives at the school on Monday), heāll go to the roof with Kenji and drink whiskey until Hisao gets drunk and ends up falling off the roof to his death.
By the way, Kenji is another student at the school, being legally blind. But unlike Lily, who canāt see at all, Kenji suffers from extreme near-sightedness; he can only see things that are about an inch in front of him. Kenji is a conspiracy nut and a noticeableĀ misogynistic, even believing that women are dangerous and tends to avoid them whenever possible. He also tends with flip-flop between reclusive and paranoid or sociable (albeit somewhat awkward) and calm. And despite his claims that women are evil, when he accidentally trips over Lilyās cane and takes her down with him, heās immediately concerned, helping her up and asking if sheās okay.
And one character I briefly mentioned is Shiina. As stated, sheās Shizuneās friend. Both Shizune and Shiina are the first people Hisao meets at the school and they become fast friends. As you may have noticed, Shiina isnāt one of the girls you can romance. The reason being that she has a crush on Shizune, but she doesnāt return those feelings.
Oh, and there are some H-scenes, but itās just relegated to text boxes with no images. And in case anyone in concerned, all the girls are 18 years old, same as Hisao. With the exception being Emi, who is 19, as she was held back a grade due to her car accident and rehabilitation.
In any case, if you want to play the game for yourself, the website is right here.
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Female Character(s): Sakura Haruno/Uchiha, Hinata Hyuga, Sarada Uchiha
Male Character(s): Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake
Team: 7
Sensei: KakashiĀ
Hokage: MinatoĀ
Kage: Gaara
Village: Konohagakure or KirigakureĀ
Akatsuki: Itachi and Konan
Jutsu: Susanoo, Fireball Jutsu, Kirin, Chidori, Chidori Nagashi, Amaterasu, Kamui, Tsukuyomi, Byakugou, Twin Lion Fists, 64 Palms
Episode/Chapters: Ones that revolved around Team 7, Sakura, Sasuke, and the Uchiha Clan
Fight Scene: Team 7 vs Haku and Zabuza, Naruto vs Sasuke (as Genin), Sakura vs Ino, Hinata vs Neji, Naruto vs Neji, Sakura and Chiyo vs Sasori, Sasuke vs Deidara, Sasuke vs Itachi, Itachi and Sasuke vs Kabuto, Team 7 and Obito vs Kaguya, Naruto vs Sasuke (Final Battle), Madara vs 5 Kage, Naruto and Tsunade vs Kabuto
Fanfiction: I donāt read a lot, but the ones I do read have to be one of Ā a kind like An Inch of Gold Ā by @kuriquinnĀ or A Twist in Time by @wolf08 and anything written by SH23 -mainly the canonverse ones that keep Sasuke in character.
Story Arc: War Arc
Filler: When we see Kakashiās face for real!
What is you...
OTP (explain why): SasuSaku - the love is the real deal man, itās selfless, itās accepting, itās forgiving, itās strong. Itās true Sasuke didnāt romantically love her in in the beginning but he always considered her as someone very dear to him, he always encouraged her to be a better ninja, lifted her spirits up when she was down for the chunin exams, and thanked her for loving him. Sakura did have a puppy love type of crush on him, but it evolved into her just loving him as an individual rather than a romantic partner, all she wanted was for him to not feel lonely again; she did fill his lonely existance, loving Sasuke made her the the strongest Kunoichi ever! Itās not perfect, but itās beautiful.
NOTP (be nice): SasuKarin - Karinās favorite thing to do was biting Sasuke, she didnāt stop him from going further to the darkness, he feels uncomfortable around her when she comes close to him, unlike Sakura, Karin enjoyed watching Sasuke kill, while Sakura practically stopped him from the one (Zaku) who beat her up badly. Kishi himself said that KarināsĀ āloveā for him was dangerous.
Crackship(s): Shisui Uchiha x Hana Inuzuka (Idk why, theyād look good together), KakaMei (Both are hopeless romantics xD), Sasori x Shizune
BROTP: SasuNaru and NaruSakuĀ
OT3: SasuNaruSaku
Crossover Ship: Hmm...none in my mind
Miscellaneous...
Do you have any headcanons: AĀ 3 year oldĀ Sarada playing with Papasukeās hair making Mamakuraās heart melt. Sasuke playing with Sakuraās hair when sheās fast asleep. Sasuke pretending to be a sleep when Sakura whispers sweet things to him. Sasuke being proud of his daughter wanting to become Hokage. Uncle Kakashi showing his face to a little Sarada.Ā
Are you happy with the ending? What would you have done differently? Definitely happy with the ending!Ā I wouldnāt give Sarada glasses.Ā I wouldnāt make Hinata retire from being a ninja. I also wouldāve evolved Inner Sakura too, Sakura use her water and earth style ninjutsu, have her learn more genjutsu from Kurenai, and make certain Ino takes her fatherās job. Have Sasuke be Narutoās best man in The Last.
How do you feel about the new generation? I love Sarada, I just hope the new manga treats her well and that Boruto doesnāt always beg for Sasukeās attention! I also adore Chouchou! But I still think Boruto is Ā a sweetie. TBH I think all the new kids are adorable.Ā
Say something about your favorite character. Good and bad. Iām glad that Sakura was able to see the good in Sasuke and wanting to help him even when he was in deep hatred. I wish Sakura didnāt end her friendship with Ino just because she didnāt want to be seen as Inoās shadow.Ā
What would a child between your OTP look like? How would they behave as parents?Ā Sarada is perfect! She may look like Sasuke over all but she has Sakuraās forehead and eye shape. To me sheās the perfect combination of both of them. Sasuke and Sakura being doting parents in general xD
Say something genuinely nice about your NoTP.Ā Iām glad Karin was able to let go, and still deliver Sarada; thatās good character.
Say something negative about your OTP.Ā I wish Sakura would act more cool around Sasuke when she was a genin. Just that really.Ā
Is there anyway you could be convinced to ship your NoTP? What would make you change your mind about the pairing? NOTHING!
What makes you mad about the series?Ā The dumb fandom.
If you could see anything happen in the series, what would it be? Sasuke and Sakuraās travels, wedding, and Saradaās birth.
What would you say to Kishimoto if given the chance?Ā Ā If Sasuke will get his arm back. Why he didnāt sue SP; and Iād thank him for the wonderful story :)
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above the abyss: what it means to be a nara (from the pov of our new baby kinokawa? older maybe)
Oohā¦ Baby Kino Ficā¦ I am both delighted and wary by this one, anon. Heās literally a newborn so we donāt know anything about him and I donāt want to presume what Silver Queen will do with him.
Then again, given the timeline of canon, baby Kino will only be at most four years old when the final Big Bad clash happens so itās not exactly as if heāll have a definitive personality by that point anyway so I could predict anything and it probably wonāt contradict much.
Letās seeā¦
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Above the Abyss
Kinokawa Nara grows up in the shadow of shadows, knowing his place in the world.
(Or, five times someone was wrong about Kinokawa and one time they were absolutely right)
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The problem is, I just said five and one because thatās fandom standard but I donāt actually know what the five and one are. It just felt like the right format for this? I mean, a character study for a literal newborn kind of needs some support via formatting.
Here are some vague ideas that I have for this fic:
1) Much like his older siblings, Kinokawa is a very intelligent baby. Shikako possibly suspects too much like her and too intelligentāas in, also reincarnated from the real world. Shikako makes some very oblique references to canon to see if Kino reacts in any way. After several failures to respond, Shikako abandons the idea. Kinoās unusual maturity isnāt because heās a reincarnated SI!OCāheās just a super chill, very intelligent baby. Ā
2) Kinokawa spends a lot of time meditating? He is the most patient child? Calmest child, wisest child, Shikaku has no idea whatās going on. But he knows better than to presume what said child wants to do so heās kinda likeā¦ Kino, did you want to go to the Fire Temple instead of the Academy? Because, I donāt know, maybe his third child wants to be a monkāShikaku refuses to be surprised at this point. Thankfully(?) Kino is quite satisfied with going to the Academy, soā¦ (One day he will be the equivalent of Kasuga-jiisan, I think. The wise old mystic with complete understanding of the spiritual side of the Nara clan jutsu. But that is several decades in the future)
3) According to @jickysilver, Kino is a precursor for Shikadai in that heās a Nara boy with pretty eyes (and probably has fangirls). Said fangirls originally assume that heās dark and mysterious and broody, a tortured soul who needs love to cure his inner sorrow. He is not that at all. Kino is the softest and sweetest child, he probably makes flower crowns with Ino-nee at the shop. Ā Or he gets free pastries from the Akimichi bakeries for doing easy errands for them. He is so gentle with animals, he probably talks to stray catsāTora actively seeks him out. So soft. If anything, the truth increases the number of fangirls he has.
4) Shikamaru spends the entirety of Kinoās last year at the Academy overly paranoid that heāll follow in their sisterās footsteps and end up on a team with awful luck and constant danger. Itās not helped much that there arenāt any Yamanaka or Akimichi in his class? (Thereās a set of Akimichi triplets at the Academy but theyāre in the year below and the next upcoming Yamanaka is only a second year, damn it). But come team assignments, Kinoās put on Team Six** with a Nohara and a Kurama under Shizune-san and Shikamaru will never admit that he cried tears of relief.
5) @jickysilver made the fantastic suggestion that the day Kino graduates from the Academy, six of the paperwork nin retired. They just couldnāt do it. Oh, they respect the Jounin Commander, but they cannot go through this a third time. Sure, Shikamaru isnāt nowhere near as bad as Shikako and the rest of Team Seven, but still. Their nerves are already frayed. They need hazard pay at this point. But, weirdly enough, not only does Kino not end up on disastrously bizarre missions he turns in fantastic reports. Just. The best reports. Bless this child. He turns them in on time, with everything filled out perfectly and not a coffee circle or grass stain in sight. (Possibly ends up joining the administrative team at least on a part time basis when he becomes a chuunin a la Iruka-sensei, and enjoys it. He finds paperwork soothing. The rest of the paperwork ninja chant one of us, one of us, while bringing him under their easily frazzled wings. His siblings do not understand at all but support whatever makes him happy).
+1) on the day of Kinokawa Naraās birth, once all the visitors have gone home and only mother and child remain in the hospital room, Yoshino tells the newborn, āYouāre going to make us so proud.ā
ā¦ ohā¦ I guess thatās five and one.
Yeah?
(**My headcanon for the Academyās team designations/numbering system can be found here, but basically Team Six is the āgeneral supportā team unlike the heavy hitters that make up Team Seven. So relatively safer for oneās baby brotherās genin team.)
#jacksgreyson#anonymous#jickysilver#prompt response#brainstorm#fanfiction#ask box fake fic titles#fake fic summaries#dreaming of sunshine#naruto#kinokawa nara#shikako nara#shikaku nara#shikamaru nara#yoshino nara#above the abyss
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