#because I just HAD to make it about my special lil interest in some dudes from friggin Chicago

[rosethrorn]

I’m just

My math teacher was talking about his sneakers and how he got them from Jimmy Butler because he trained in my school’s gym one summer a few years ago while living in my city and he and his crew or whatever bought our girls basketball team a new set of Nike sneakers

The one thing I had to say about that whole thing- THE ONE DAMN THING- was, “Oh. That Guy. He was in the new Fall Out Boy music video!” And my math class fell dead silent and I was just like 😶

[alphajocklover]

hey there. I—-iiii—-I’m sorry, I’m a lil a little ner nervous here. I have this uh, like, um, shy. Uh. Shy persona. Im a nerdyaverage gay dude. And I wanna be able to talk in front of like um crowds. Actually I um, had something in mind. I wanna become a big, jacked jock straight comedian. Telling hilarious and sometimes cringe and crude jokes. Getting egged on by my maybe like um, frat bros or something to tell like obnoxious straight dude joke or something. Yeah. Like super douchebag funny guy muscle straight bro who is the life of the party. Young and dumb dude. Is there anything you have that could make this a reality?

It’s nice to meet you Mike! You don’t mind if I call you Mike do you? I know it’s not your name, but I don’t love using real names in my work… also, if I do this right your name could actually be Mike soon. I think that’s a good name for a straight douchebag comedian. It’s kind of a pun actually, a play on open Mike. You could call yourself Mike Dick. Get it, cause it sounds like ‘my dick’? Not funny huh? I’ll admit I’m not the best at this, but you’re the one who wants to be a comedian, not me. And I’m going to tell you how. You need to do what everyone who has stage fright needs to do. You need to get up on that stage… and just start talking.

I bet you're probably very confused right now. I know that the very idea of talking in front of people fills you with dread, and you came to me so you could get that confidence, not some cheesy advice. But I swear to you that I’m not just giving you empty platitudes. When you get up on the stage, in that spotlight, everything will be ok. Not because you believe in yourself, but because that spotlight is being powered by a very special battery. You might remember my supernova transformations, from my earliest stories. You might also remember that I was able to take some of the energy from it using a special solar panel and put it in a battery. While it turns out that if you use that battery to power a light source… It has an interesting effect. Any guy caught in its rays has they’re wish granted, while also being turned into a jock.when I discovered this I thought maybe I had finally found out how InstaJock works, but the transformation isn’t instant, and I’m not sure if you could get that energy to travel through an app or anything, so it’s probably something else.

Anyways, head on up! At first you’ll be your regular, shy and geeky self, but as you bask in the spotlight and start to open up, you’ll slowly change. Your muscles will slowly grow, your body and face becoming more chiseled, and your sense of humor will slowly become more… raunchy. Thoughtful comedy will slowly turn into cheap punchlines about ‘stupid queers’ and crude stories about ‘crazy bitches with huge tits’. Your audience might not like your new style, but a confident stud like you doesn’t care about what losers like that think, and you’ll be certain to get a following of beefy straight douchebags in no time. Especially if you turn that spotlight on the audience. Have fun, and try to use that spotlight responsibly. The battery won’t last forever, and I’m not going to give you a second one.

[gallusgalluss]

please unleash your inspekta thoughts

your art is amazing i cant stop looking at it

i hope you have a happy new year!!

happy new year anon n thank you :]!!!!

also ur so evil ur letting me unleash my Inspekta thoughts,,,,how cruel how cruel

im going full yapper mode + there's spoilers so Watch Out

I like Inspekta, he's a little freak and a really interesting character to think about. While, for me, the twist with him wasn't totally a surprise (I did Not trust his cuteness the second i saw him lmao), I REALLY liked the way his character progressed throughout the game. He's your buddy! He's your pal! Don't worry about all these posters and weird plushies and standees and propaganda of him everywhere and how he keeps being called “the one and only god”, it's Fine it's Fine! He's sillay :D!!!

I'm generally just obsessed with characters who are put into leadership positions who absolutely Should Not have that amount of power over people, and I think Inspekta's a perfect example of that type of thing for me.

He had his own fears, loneliness, and jealousy cloud his judgment and that resulted in some Really Fucked Up Stuff. As a mortal he wanted to be special in the eyes of the public, so he gained enough popularity to get elected to be a god! Yay! But now he's scared of being forgotten and there's a new possible god being elected, wuh oh! Time to ruin Literally Everything because what's the easiest way to be remembered, worshiped, and loved by all if there's no more competition for your rule? Empty heavens, baby!!! Let's bring in an apocalypse!!! Yay!!!!!

Bro's fucked up and I like that.

I love how despite it all he still tries this whole Cute Buddy Friend act, even at the end with this Worm Form. Cause he KNOWS the other gods would trust and believe him and the lies he's spread about King's shocking letters, cause why wouldn't they? He's just a silly lil cutie pie! They all trust him! He's the God of Leadership! How could a Leader lead others astray? And he knows the Bizzyboys will follow him as well since he's been leading them pre-godhood for several years. He's a role model to them all, starting from nothing and now he's a god! He's just so trustworthy and sweet and will totally save the day!

Also I just wanted to include this somewhere. I really like this section (after Chapter 3, I think???)

He has this brief moment of vulnerability/sincerity/something that made him drop his “Cutesy Voice”. Like aside from this scene, near the end of chapter 5, and i Think a few parts i'm 100% forgetting, I don't think we actually see this more contemplative n genuine side of Inspekta.

He does instantly goes into gloating about himself and how he's Clearly the MOST IMPORTANT GOD OF ALL (before correcting himself to include the other gods, of course, of course).

Like if he didn't have that Ego-the-size-of-the-galaxy + Saddest Scaredest Loneliest Most Jealous Withdrawn Loser combo, all he had to do was to just Talk To People. He could've Talked to people about his Fears and Insecurities. Even the other gods; after all he's done, were still there for him! Like ���Hey dude this is fucked up, we all already love you dummy, you can talk to us ya know you're allowed to feel scared!”

He's just the cutest most moe creature with soooo many issues and problems he needed to figure out.

NOW WITH HECTOR

Most of my Inspekta Thoughts can just be applied to him but slightly modified. I think it's interesting how he chose to go back to being a regular person, it makes sense cause he's like Aware of the amount of damage he's done/could've done. While he certainly won't be forgotten after Everything he's done, he isn't going to be as Grand and Powerful as he wished to be.

He's just a guy in his 50s who's trying to get over his God Complex of 33 years and also attempt to gain back the trust and respect of the Grove’s people. He's definitely going to be bearing the weight of what he's done for the rest of his life probably, but it IS interesting thinking about what he'd do to actually improve himself now, learn how to be a person again n such.

He’s also a sad miserable booboo beast of a man and i think him suffering in anguish is awesome!!!!!!! yay!!!!

This turned into more a character analysis of some sorts instead of solely my own personal thoughts, whoops. Anyways i think his designs, all 3 of em are really fun to draw. He's cute n stretchy and marketable, as all gods should be.

so ya basically inspekta/hector sucks, i hate him, and we should kill him with hammers. now. thank you 💖💖💖

[crow-n-tell]

HELLO AND WELCOOOOME TO!

What kind of jellyfish is sun?

I got some requests about getting a lil layout of what jellyfish types I combined to get him the way I did for moon in this post. It’s not as fun and detailed as moons because, let’s face it: jellyfish are pretty straight forward but!! Here

Phacellophora Camtschatica

aka The Fried Egg Jellyfish.

This is the biggest and most obvious part of Sunny’s design, he‘s an egg boy and I love him for it. But also there’s an interesting bit about the relationship between fried egg jellyfish and larval crabs. See these lil baby crabs?

Yeah so they climb inside fried egg jellyfish and just. RIDE AROUND IN THEIR BELL? Consequences be damned lil dudes chillin in there getting a ride. Which makes this the second time I’ve seen other animals use jellyfish as transportation. Baby octopus, baby crabs, with sun’s size it’s safe to say reader could probably do the same.

Though maybe reader wouldn’t want to do that because the whole reason larval crabs are chilling in their bell is also because jellyfish, while not capable of being infected by parasites cause they… they don’t have the bits that help parasites do the meat suit piloting… are carriers of parasites! They just walk around with em chilling in there. Larval crabs love monchin on em.

Next up is!!

Chrysaora Fuscesscens

aka

Honestly pacific sea nettles don't have many interesting facts about them. What can I say? they are very very long - talking 15 feet long. Other than that there isn't much else to say, I wish I could list something insane off like, OH THEY’VE GOT LAZER EYES. Nope. These guys float around looking like beautiful undersea mushrooms and they need no special skills to do that.

Uh. Yeah it’s not a jellyfish. This specially has to do with Sunny’s electric ability. Maybe you were thinking, oh so he’s like electric eels? (Which actually aren’t eels! They are a type of knife fish) no no, I am a perfectionist! I aim for accuracy and I also aim for the fun of science. While jellyfish cannot actually 🎵 shock you like a electric eel 🎶, jellyfish can SORT OF generate electricity.

Via a green gooey substance in the bells of jellyfish, scientists have discovered that by exposing it to ultraviolet light it produces electrons. Layman's terms? SOLAR POWERED GOO. While jellyfish have not harnessed the solar goo, scientists have actually found a way of using it to make a new form of green electricity!

So while Sun isn't electric the way an electric eel is, he still has a way of using electricity to make him a pretty powerful lil taser. Enough to put something smaller than him in a cardiac arrest, and give something his size or bigger a good reason to scamper off.

SOLAR POWERED SUN!

Which leads to my finishing notes.

While sun uses his zapper stuff quite a bit, he does have a regular sting too. While relatively less lethal than his zapping for bigger creatures, it does function as a paralytic! For smaller creatures it’s Uh…. Its a lil more dangerous. Good thing neoprene is sting proof haha.

And I had something else…

I recently posted a magma with Sunny sleeping.

This is based around the jellyfish that scientist found out sleep, Cassiopeia.

They are usually just chilling like that, bell down. Looking at them like this it really makes you think about how closely related they are to sea anemones huh? Lil freaks.

Sometime soon I’ll post a eclipse version of this, which I’m excited about because I love sharks SO MUCH.

[honey-crypt]

I'd like to request for your Write a thon :3 Headcanons for sdv Elliot with a Hard of Hearing/Deaf reader. (I personally am severely Hoh, and I get overwhelmed by sounds, I take breaks from my hearing aids sometimes) just curious what his reaction would be finding out/knowing someone has hearing loss. Also, keep up with your awesome writing. Your stories are lovely to read

a/n: a special disclaimer for this one! i'm not hoh or deaf but because of past exposure to the community and research, i want to make people aware of d/Deaf culture. this work will focus on deafness from that lens and i hope it will help folks learn about the d/Deaf community's beautiful culture and history! and thank you so much, my friend, for the kind words <3 enjoy!

★ elliott's reaction to learning that the farmer's hoh/deaf ★

★ like most hearing people, elliott was very ignorant about deafness and the deaf community until he met you, the farmer

★ like he's just chilling with you on the docks outside of where the luau is being hosted and you go "okay, hearing break" and pop out your hearing aids???

★ dude's a lil... he lacks awareness of his surroundings at times and this is just one of the many times

★ he's staring at the hearing aids, then at you, then back at the hearing aids and just.... sits there until you put them back in

★ "you're deaf??" / "you didn't know??" / "no!!!" / "damn alr"

★ after the revelation, elliott had a lot of questions and curiosity; perhaps it was part of his overarching curiosity and interest in you or maybe he just wanted to learn

★ either way, you were happy to educate him, as long as he took you out at the saloon to compensate for the labor

★ so at least once a week, the two of you would go to the saloon and you would tell elliott about being a d/Deaf person and d/Deaf culture

★ elliott was simply in awe over how vibrant and unique the d/Deaf community was, he always took notes in his little travel notebook

★ you informed him about the little 'd' and big 'D' labels in d/Deaf culture and how you used the little 'd' because you lost part of your hearing at an older age and weren't as immersed with the d/Deaf community as your other d/Deaf friends

★ your conservations end up inspiring elliott to feature a d/Deaf character in his next book; he tells you and you immediately offer to take him to the next silent banquet in ZuZu City so he can meet members of the community

★ the silent banquet was very interesting but elliott was hopelessly confused when everyone was signing everything to one another; you at least taught him how to fingerspell... he wasn't very good at it

★ "elliott, you just signed your name as A-L-L-I-O-T" / "i thought this was 'e' / "no, that's 'a', silly" / "oh no D:"

★ as his relationship with you grew, elliott would often attend the silent banquets with you and soon, pick up some signs

★ he's no means fluent but he loves to do so because of how bright your smile gets when he's able to sign with you

★ and if your relationship reaches to the point of marriage... know that he signs and speaks his vows to you <3

[peachenle]

enhypen as frat boys

genre: head canon | fratboy!au | suggestive themes

members: enhypen's hyung line

word count: 1k

warnings: mentions of drinking, hook ups; a lot of Greek life lingo

perm tag list: @ozymandia-s

༄࿔˚✧ synopsis: the older enhypen boys as typical frat bros, with glimpses of them in all their party glory.

TOO YOUNG TO DIE. TOO DRUNK TO LIVE.

// HEESEUNG is…

an executive board member for the chapter for SURE. Not quite president, something less taxing like Alumni Liaison or House Manager. Heeseung LOVES to help DJ at parties, he’ll drop his mixes if the party that weekend was successful.

Heeseung’s not above hookups at the house and is (notoriously) clumsy about forgetting to sexile/warn the other brothers. Super flirty with or without alcohol, making him a big fan amongst regular partygoers. Outside of parties you will never see him outside doing charity runs or any events that are super outdoorsy… he’d opt to volunteer to be the bro at the check-in table, or a driver… he’s a lil lazy… but he never fails to complete his duties! Strangely good at kegstands despite being so tall. Beer pong and beer die king.

When he was pledging, he was so enthusiastic and willing to do whatever embarrassing thing the upperclassmen threw at him… Heeseung’s passion, it almost scared them. He was paired with everyone’s desired Big AND was the most sought after Little in his pledge class.

"Theoretically, do I really have to play beach volleyball with the dudes?" "Heeseung, it's rush AND you're an exec, the answer is always going to be yes..." "Yeah, but it the League LCK semi finals..."

// JAY is…

definitely another exec: either VP or Risk Manager or Panhell Chair or something like that — he’s the strictest one on board. Everyone’s intimidated by him, he’s strict about deadlines, he’s always the one assigned to do the scolding… but he can DRINK (all the bros wanna be him). Jay is also not shy about hookups and letting loose at parties. He charms people by making drinks, offering them his special brandy/cabernet/etc he’s been “saving for the right person.” The bottles are always at least half gone because of the amount of people he’s shown. A wild card when it comes to beer pong. Some nights he'll dominate, but other nights, he's truly a disgrace.

Had a HARD time during pledge, (a lot of the dudes were jealous of his popularity!) and was picked on a lot, so Jay had his doubts. But getting his bid meant way more than he expected. Would definitely be the type to stay in touch as an alumni, going to events, dropping fat checks here and there. Every potential Little wants Jay as their big, he SPOILS them like crazy… (rumor has it that he’s planning on buying his latest Little a whole new custom PC...)

"Please I don't want Jay as my partner!" "Why? I beat them at pong last time?" "Yeah, but your track record dude... one and done..."

// JAKE is…

the life of the party. He’s the most welcoming to new people at the house, ushering wallflowers to the core of the action. He’s all about slinging arms around people, drunkenly claiming new friends, and his giggly laughter is CONTAGIOUS. He doesn’t have much interest in a leadership role, but he’s been Rush Chair for two terms and he absolutely killed it each time. Jake often volunteers to be a sober chaperone, because “I know how to have fun sober too!”. In this role, you’ll always see his hands full of mini water bottles and a plastic bag or two in his pocket as he patrols the house. Jake is the more studious type of frat bro, sometimes snapping at his bros to keep quiet the night before an exam (he’s studying physics, of course). And no, not really the hookup type at parties… Jake is too soft for that and enjoys the energy of the party too much to leave it for a quickie. His drinking game of choice is King's Cup, just because he likes to try to fool people into drinking more.

Surprisingly breezed through the pledging process despite not being that big of a drinker, and got picked up by a really good Big in the same major (they put each other as number 1 choice). As an upperclassman, he’s a little awkward navigating as the Big Bro - referring to his Little as his son. He means well, but can be a little embarrassing!

"Oh, you're the Question master? What was your name again?" "Nice try, you're not gonna get me." "Sorry, what? Music's too loud." "I said, 'Nice tr-'" "Gotcha. Drink up!"

// SUNGHOON is…

not your average frat boy - only in looks <3. He was way more reluctant to be involved than one may expect. He genuinely pursued it for the friendship/camaraderie/The Brotherhood. But the parties and attention were a plus. To outsiders, he looks a step out of place, always laughing AT his bros, not usually WITH them. Real ones know that he can be just as chaotic. Especially after a pint of beer and maybe 1.5 shots - that’ll do it for him. Always cracking lame jokes, earning the nickname of Dad amongst his class. Hooking up is not his thing, but if someone has really caught his eye… well, a private conversation on a balcony doesn’t have to mean too much, right? Sunghoon surprisingly really enjoys Rage Cage, and honestly, he's the type to purposefully miss his ball sometimes just to have to drink.

He's really good at tabling and mingling with potentials. His frat wants to make him their poster child - there's a solo picture of Sunghoon in every Instagram slideshow that's posted.

He barely rushed, but he worked his ass off as a pledge. Sunghoon was also another fan-favorite to be picked up as a Little. As a Big… other than him paying for a lot of things… when it comes to advice and the mentorship side of things, let’s just say its hard to tell who’s the Big and who’s the Little sometimes.

"You guys have used my pictures like 5 times this week for all the rush posts..." "Hey, don't look at me, Sunghoon. Blame our media guy! He says your face attracts the most likes." "I should charging... can you take it out of my dues?"

BONUS:

// SUNOO is…

desired by every social frat. But he couldn’t find any that appealed to him. Embarrassing for them really, their desperation. Sunoo found more of his home in a service frat! Has access to parties, the classic Big/Little pairing still, but in a more diverse environment with less pressure and more focus on the academic/philanthropic side of things.

Sunoo still gets invited to the crazy frat houses, in case he changes his mind, but only goes for the alcohol and the excuse to go out with friends. He’s friendly and magnetic at parties, befriending nearly everyone that gets lucky enough to talk with him. Every next morning he wakes up to tens of new follow requests from people he doesn’t even remember.

[sapphicdib]

Excuse me?? Go on?? I wanna know about those headcanons

Also i appreciate bringing my by now old art back to light ^^

OHHH U WANT HEADCANONS?? [cracks knuckles]

(also ofc dude! u shld thank @/creaturevoiddweller for putting it on my dash tho hehe)

ANYWAYS THE HCS UR DRAWING SPECIFICALLY LINED UP WITH ARE:

Moon being taller/generally bigger than Sig…normally i’m not feral over height differences but god theirs drives me insane

Moon loving the stars. I feel like after her collapse, they were one of the few things that brought her comfort. Within canon I’m pretty sure you can see the stars even during the day (they’re green too!! super cool) so she loves to study them and their movements. The rare occasions when the rain comes after night falls are her favorites, being able to see them more clearly in the dark always excites her. Going on a lil stargazing date would probably melt her heart !!

Sig being fucking whipped for Moon 😭 this is a fucking given but him being distracted and at Moon instead of the sky because she considers her prettier than even the starts makes me. AUGH.

(More general hcs below the cut so this post doesn’t become a million miles long)

Sig learns to knit and makes Moon a scarf and a couple cloaks after her collapse. He actually has a lot of hobbies because he doesn’t think the great problem is solvable, nor does he really care to solve it anyways. He even says he’s got “nothing better to do with my time” when Suns asks him if he’s going to purpose another messenger. Meanwhile Suns says “you have two options, do nothing or work like you’re supposed to” in terms of what to do with your time.

Moon loves picking Sig up/holding her/generally grabbing her n throwing her around because she’s actually quite strong and Sig is smaller than her. Sig does not mind in the slightest.

They’re both interested in bioengineering. Sig more so, but Moon mentons Rivulet’s interesting adaptations and knows a lot about the flora and fauna of the world. I think they bonded over this quite a bit.

Speaking of, Sig was also a more medical-oriented facility. Pebbles mentions that he “was not a medical facility even when the equipment was functioning” to hunter, so the iterators may have had more specialized niches as the generations went on. Therefore, she becomes the sort of defacto “puppet-doctor” of the local group, helping to fix things like broken joints or umbilicals after the ancients disappear. Also just the slag reset keys in general. I have a drawing about this I’m finishing soon so watch out for that hehe

Moon’s kindness absolutely rubbed off on Sig. When he first got put online, she interacted with him a lot as his personality core was still developing, and he picked up on some of her traits. In terms of age I see their group as Moon and Suns (gen 1), Sig and Chasing Wind (mid gen) and Unparalleled Innocence and Pebbles (final gen).

SIG TEACHING MOON STUPID GAMER LINGO AND UWU SPEAK CAUSES A DISASTER IN THE LOCAL GROUP CHATS. The first time she says “poggers” sends everyone into an uproar and Sig gets multiple DMs being like “WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.”. Sig thinks it’s the funniest shit in the world.

Moon is a lesbian, Sig is a bisexual gender-fluid disaster. I’m sure you can tell from my rambles I use he/she/they/it pronouns for her.

Moon’s nickname for Sig is “doll”. “Little thing” is also a common one, since Sig jokes that his gender is just “thingy”.

I can’t think of any more but thank you so much for the ask!! I love these two so fucking much and getting to ramble about them makes me so happy, especially because I’m absolutely suffering on my period rn and it distracted me from the pain. I love ur art sm!!!!

[astraystayyh]

I honestly need a break too from the week I had last week so let’s talk about Hyunjin 🥰

Can we talk about just how lovely he is to the point where I cannot attribute any word to him bc I feel like they will never capture just how beautiful he is 😞😞😞😞 not even outwards like he is such a beautiful soul that I can’t believe he just casually exists like r we sure he’s not a simulation

Or how he’s comfort wrapped into a person bc his lives r genuinely the sweetest thing ever 😞😞😞 never will understand y people sexualize him so much when he’s just a dude who wants to draw a lil and play his lil tunes and feel virtual company 😞😞😞 i love listening to him talk and hear those pencil strokes and i love seeing his artwork even tho I don’t understand art I just love seeing how he chooses to depict people and emotions and even flowers and locations LIKE IT FILLS ME WITH SO MUCH AWE (can we talk about how he painted with coffee once like he’s so cool)

and HIS SONG WRITING 😭😭😭😭 MY WRITER EJENSIWJSISMKDDN he will take some of the most inner feelings I hide in myself and slap it into a song form and serve it to me like oh ok thank y hwang hyunjin for changing my life in like 3 minutes (mans releases songs like cover me, dlmlu, hey you and expects me to be ok CAN SKZ REPLAY 2 DROP ALREADY I NEED MY SKZ RECORDS ON SPOTIFY BEFORE I LOSE VISION IN MY RIGHT EYE). But like seriously that man will drop some of the most poetic stuff at the most odd hours to make me question my life and my ideals and yet also make me feel so seen like???? I just wanna hear him talk endlessly and never shut up

Anyways ty for this distraction i would love another Hyunjin essay from u bc I love hwang hyunjin and I need him to also love hwang hyunjin bc he’s hwang hyunjin he’s such a beautiful person (how do i tell him his existence changed my life like 😭😭😭 fan calls give me anxiety but i need to just cry to him he’s special and deserves all the love he receives and more)

-💫

my lovely star i feel as if i wrote this ask because this is EXACTLY how i feel. u said everything there is nothing i can add U ARE SO RIGHT 💔💔💔💔 the most beautiful human to grace our planet and i cant believe hes real. also heavy on needing the skz replay album IT’S LONG OVERDUE SKZ PLSSSS CAN U HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just did a hwang hyunjin essay in the ask before this one if u’d be interested to read… i love you i hope life is kinder to you, you deserve it my love ❤️

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Kakashi’s Story- Chapter Four (because i am WEAK)

Margo choosing to fight because sue doesn’t want to leave Nanara is so sweet! Also a pot fir armor is just *chefs kiss* beautiful. Love these villagers.

Kakashi… KAKASHI WHY ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR HEADBAND OVER YOUR LEFT EYE!?

‘The release of the chakra to create a wall that huge would come with some serious shaking and a loud roar’ love that Kakashi’s skills keep getting highlighted in such interesting fun ways.

‘This was incredible chakra control’ i’m going to need every person who doubts Kakashi’s chakra control to write a 500 word apology letter right now 😂😂😂

‘A ninja with hair that was silver like a wolf’s shining in the moonlight and a gaze sleepy like a goat’ i just - these comparisons do not much up but i love it so damn much

‘Who’s winning’ said by the biggest shit of the world, taunting his enemy in his own little way before knocking them out

‘Nah, there’s no way it’s just one person. It’s gotta be a combo technique’ oh boy how wrong you are XD i just… i love that it’s clear Kakashi’s skill is so above average that people expect him to be multiple shinobi.

I love that Kakashi, a trained assassine, is just knocking his opponents out. The growth in his character arc is delicious.

I also love that we get some sweet Kakashi and Iruka content.

‘Distracted bu the memory of Iruka’s proud face’ i say this with all of my Kakagai loving heart… SIMP

My beautiful man did a screw up and now he has to fight properly, all because he was distracted thinking about Iruka XD

‘He looked sort of sleepy’ the fact that this is the first thing people thing of when they see Kakashi is so hilarious. Nothing else, just sleepy looking.

Hatake Kakashi, Sixth Hokage, kicking all of the ass with *drumroll* a pot lid

‘It had to be an amazing pot lid that used chakra. That had to be it’ legit grasping at straws because it makes no sense that one man is kicking all of this ass XD

Kakashi lost his pot lid and put his enemy into a genjutsu in mere seconds!? KING

‘Their average ability was on a special jonin level’ not only can he kick ass, but he can determine his enemies skill level so quickly And determine just how hard this fight will be, which is… not hard at all.

‘To Kakashi they were a group of small time punks’ you cocky shit i love you

I love that they keep convincing themselves that there is more than one attacker. They simply cannot fathom the fact that they’re getting wrecked by one man XD

Two! A pot lid and a pot have now been used as weapon’s and destroyed XD

‘His opponent was a monster on an entirely different level’ ya, a Hokage’s level XD

Kakashi catching a Shuriken, chucking it back and then knocking out an opponent he caught in a trap. He’s so friggen quick.

‘The intruder was faster than wind’ the comparisons in Kakashi’s skill are delightful. I am loving every single second of this

I enjoy seeing them get cocking thinking they finally have the upper hand and will take the intruder down, only to have Kakashi kick their asses.

Genjutsu for the win again!

Kakashi wore his headband over his left eye… to make it easier to realize who he is??? The lil shit!

‘He had once been a Konoha shinobi. Until the sixth Hokage had dismissed him.’ Grudge! We have a shinobi with a grudge! *drinks this up greedily*

‘He would expect nothing less from Kakashi than the nerve to make the first love when surrounded by 12 people’ hatake Kakashi, world renowed lil shit and cocking f*** XD

‘Shin Hakubi, hm?’ Kakashi see’s and recognizes the dude immediately. He is the complete opposite to gai in this way (gai never remember faces while kakashi commits them to memory)

‘This was the greatest fortune of his life, going one-on-one with the Hokage when he’s used up his chakra’ do they just… forget he’s highly skilled in Taijutsu too? He goes toe to toe with gai, a taijutsu master, and they just… forget this?

KAKASHI USED GENJUTSU TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE STILL HAD THE SHARINGAN!? He didn’t even know who he was facing but he knew without a doubt he could use his title as ‘Kakashi of the Sharingan’ to scare the absolute shit out of his opponents.

‘But he saw my Raijin shuriken and hit them. There’s no way he could pull off a trick like that without the sharingan’ think again b***

‘After learning that he had repeatedly robbed civilians on missions, Kakashi had dismissed him’ good. No thieving trash allowed

Kakashi got the beat the crap out of the POS who hurt that little girl! Go baby!!!

This chapter was so good! There’s the action, the stealth, the intelligence. I love Kakashi so much because i got invested into this universe for the Shinobi and he’s an actual representation of a talebted well rounded shinobi

I love seeing him in his zone. Being a stealthy little shit but also cocky af because he knows he has this. He knows he won’t lose. It’s brilliant!

[panie-wanie-dean-bean]

Thank u so much for the lore answer, I love the cotton candy sweetness of fluff but ima lil drunk right now, so i wanted to share a f-ed up question if that's okay, (you'r free to not answer if not,) but since Bo is so determined to like not fuck upnot be sent back n stuff what kind of stuff would he avoid doing around MC 4hat he used to do around his previous masters?

and like, if its related or not, i had this headcanon that im glad u gave some bo backstory for bc where it was like, wat would happen if he accidentally caused a accident with all his adorbs puppy energy, like he's playing tag with Jack or somethin and with Bos megahuge beach boy buff arms just knocks MC down the flight of their fancy imported italian marble stairs edged with silver (they say this as they're fallin down btw 'ah! Im falling down my fancy imported italian marblestairshks Im stupid)

but anyway yea they break something or get like super injured or something and ofc the ambulance has to be called and they're taken ro the hospital to stay for awhile, which sucks bc like ofc society looks down on hybrids so everyone is side eyeing this adorable zoo mansion bc they're lame and 1 brain celled and like "thats wat happens when u have a house full of wild animals they should be put down if u ask me" and MCs attitude is like a grim but professional "if i had both my arms Id beat ur ass bitch, wats ur @? Soon as this morphine drip is done its over for u hoes" but like they probably have a cast or somethin . Anyway MC's worried about the boys, and me the OP is worried about Bo bc like Trauma city would hit his brain harrd, and i dont even know if the other guys would be so forgiving and stuff bc i mean they Should they're a family, but that was two(2) flights of imported italian marble dude, fuck, why play football tag,, in the house?? And idk i just felt bad bc jack n Bo esp probably would feel double bad even tho MC loves him so much he's just a hyper guy, he cant help his zoomzooms, i dont/cant fathom wat he and the boys would do in this situation probably pack his one thing (an old mc shoe) ina rucksack n try to run away miserably or maybe 24/7 at the hospitsl despite all the nasty looks and comments bc they're hybrids or magbe even hiding away bc he absolutely believes that mc will send him away once they lock eyes again, but regardless of either of those things, if MC has to roll up to the house in that (yknow that spongebob character guy who was born with glass bones and paper skin ass Giant ass full body cast on rollers??) To go find that boy and over the grand table firmly tell them not to harbor any horrible thoughts about themselves or each other, bc it was an accident and about lovin them unconditionally and being a family, i might cry or somethinf, the table is also imported italian maple btw MC-s parents had a thing i think they fucked an italian architect guy, or somethin anyway i luv u, im gonna eat a burrito so let me know if u want any thing from the kitchen luv u

Lemme know if tuis text is broken up enough bc i skimmed over it and i was like this is like the stat wars openin or some shit i put gaps in

🖤

First of all, sweety, for me, take a sip or two of water, ok? And make sure you sleep on your side if you're still drunk by then, forehead kisses all around

Anyways, Bo would just mask everything that brings him joy by the time you adopt him. No bouncing, no stimming in general, no talking unless asked, no indulging in his hyperfixations or special interests, he even tries to limit his tail wagging. He's come to correlate his own joy with bad behavior so he's just straight up not him when you first meet him

Holy shit, this is good, but fuck man. Bo wouldn't know what to do with himself. Once the ambulance takes you away he thinks you died. He's in full shutdown, no talking, no eating, no moving off your bed and your scent

Jack would also be distraught, both because he was playing with Bo and because he cleans those stairs so often they're just a little more slippery from how clean they are. He stays with Bo most days, Rory coming in with meals to make sure they don't starve in there. Jack eats a little. Bo doesn't

Rory feels bad for Jack and Bo, he knows they didn't mean it and trusts Jack's recount of events. Nick keeps himself busy by visiting you in the hospital, Shaun wants to go too but since cat's are a popular allergen he's not allowed in unless he needs care. Ian goes as often as he can so he doesn't have enough time to plot Bo's death. Jean and Berry are pissed and openly talk about kicking Bo out. They know better than to talk about Jack like that with Rory around. Joseph is stuck as peace maker until you get back, making sure that no fights break out and they Jean doesn't poisons Bo's food with onions, not that he'd eat it anyhow

When you finally get home and tell everyone that you forgive Bo seeing as it was an accident Bo finally lets everything hit him and cries. He's on his best behavior the months following, you'll have to reteach him to drop his "good boy" mask and be himself

[vampirecatprince]

list 5 things that make you happy, then send this to the askbox of the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers! <3

I had fun with this, so I hope you have some fun too.

~@rokishimizu4

Oh- this looks fun!

I love music so much? It's probably obvious because I'm in several bandoms, but I just genuinely love all sorts of music. I listen to a frankly ludicrous range of stuff, from musical theatre to deathcore to city pop to whatever the hell genre the Silent Hill 2 OST falls into. I'm also a huge nerd about lyrics and music theory and another alter even does a little composing work as a little side hobby.

I know I said music, but.... I have to mention Ghost? It's been a special interest of mine since late 2018 and I've seen them twice and even managed barrier one of those times. It's such a comfort fandom for me and even when I find myself wandering musically, I'm still perusing Ao3 and headcanoning things about the Ghouls (I've been accidentally world building Ghoul culture oops) and thinking about them.

Also probably obvious, given that I recently fell back into a hyperfixation related to it, but I genuinely love horror. I have a pretty thick skin when it comes to horror, but I like the creeping uneasy feeling I get from it? I'm currently hyperfixating on slasher horror, but I'm also fond of cosmic, mascot, analog/digital, psychological, and splatter horror. (I think the only thing horror related that I don't like are zombies, and I couldn't even tell you why? I've even given Shawn of the Dead a very fair shot and I'm SO mixed on it?)

I! Love! Drawing! And making things! I'm in the middle of doing pre-production on a game as a lil side project (that I have to take regular breaks from bc of how stressful my day job is 😮‍💨) but I'm actually hoping to fix that and make it less of side project in the near future? But- I've always loved making stories and drawing and making things and I just... Wanna be one of those dudes who makes yet another quirky Earthbound-inspired RPG, and I mean that so lovingly??? I love the MOTHER series and early SMT a lot and that, plus my love of Ghost has definitely, very transparently shaped my game project about a group of semi-Goetic demons trying to start a rock band in Hell. 😅

Here's an obscure pull that you may have seen me share stuff for.... Or you've just known me that long, but I have such a huge fondness for the trifecta of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals that is CATS + Starlight Express + Phantom of the Opera. I've saw Phantom and the CATS revival on Broadway before they closed too, even sat right under the chandelier. I've loved CATS since I was really little actually! I was obsessed with it in first grade and fell hard into the fandom in high school, which introduced me to Starlight Express via the old Belle's Domain forums. And Phantom was introduced to me when I was 8 during a road trip to Las Vegas with my mom and I fell into a rabbit hole in high school and read the book and the mediocre Kay novel and there's so much art from teen me of the Phantom... I wish I still had the same passion for them I used to sometimes...

[diorbabe66]

OKY so here I am not a good narrator but I will try

so I came to know about LOA about 1.5 years ago and I badly want a sp from BTS hyung line (i am in my 20s).. so i just affirm that he loves me so much , i already have my ideal bf many more affs related to this

but when I opened YouTube some shit videos like Mrs BTS prediction always made me negative it goes for 2-3 months and I can't stop myself from watching those videos and think nothing matches in me according to those predictions..so i keep on changing my affs but one aff was constant that I have my ideal bf

and this affs works like a lucky charm to me I will tell u how

So 14 months before i took admission in masters there i met my bf (lets say his name as SAM)..

okay so he falls in love with me at first sight and I was not at all interested because i was like no I want that Bts member only as my bf..

but within 1 week he start putting efforts and start trying to impress me..SAM literally start waiting outside my hostel just to go with me via walk( not to mention he is pretty rich)..

then he start bringing chocolates everyday so i got hint he was interested in me thats when I noticed him he had everything i thought to have in my sp.

So first of all he is so tall and i m short , he is handsome as hell i didnt even think he would like me bcoz he is seriously very good looking. Then he start noticing my small habits , what I like to eat , what are my favs.

And that dude literally bought me a BTS album as my bday gift when we were not even official , I swear i felt so many butterflies bcoz SAM literally supported how much i love bts. And on my birthday He proposed me , i denied bcoz i hate skinship so much and lowkey i have this thought that he just want to be physical with me..

so i clearly told him that i am sorry i cant..this dude still didnt lose hope.. and he continues trying to court me..so one day i told him all my insecurities to him why i dont want to be in a relationship

Do u know what he said..he said " I promise you that i wont even hug you if u dont like but let me just prove how much i love you "..The butterflies i felt only I know so i said yes and that was my best decision.

he literllay supports me in everything , he respect me more than he love me that's what i always want in a relationship..he become so protective and possessive not like i hate ..i was enjoying so much the attention he was giving me and i was like falling so deeply.

after 2 months we finally hugged and hold hands on his bday and this crazy dude was so happy just because we had a lil skin ship. He always do cute things like trying to make a cake for me randomly, buying me cute keychains and many more things..we used to study together for hours ...after six months i cuddle with him plz i can hear my heartbeats it was beating so fast..before cuddling he asked 2-3 times if I am comfortable or not..

And yesterday I had my first kiss on our 1 year anniversary .. will u blv if i say he legit cried bcoz he thought he finally get my trust...lol sometimes it look like i am a boy in the relationship he is judt so sensitive when it comes to me..I cant tell u how happy I am in this relationship...bcoz i didnt felt this imp in my parents life but he made me feel so special.

we literally watched the online bts concert together,,he bought the tickets and surprised me

so yeah thats my story literally that 1 affirmation changed my whole life and I got my love..in starting I using to think naah just dump him I want that specific bts member only but SAM didnt gave a single chance to dump him..I love him so much.

I didnt proof read sorry for mistake .. i dont mind if u wont post i just wanted to tell u bcoz i have manifested many more things when i started following ur page so yeah.

Love u

omg yesss i absolutely love this, this is so cute🥺so your main affirmation was that you have your ideal bf? ITS AMAZING HOW MUCH ONE THOUGHT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING 💖

[sittin-on-the-rooftop]

Eyo WIP check!!! thanks for putting up w this post break but imma do it again bc vacation! Anyway have some genshin fluff!

Edit: YO XIAO IS FINALLY DONE! workin on albedo now, my dudes!

Genshin Characters on their wedding day!

Childe:

OKAY IF YOU WORK WITH THE FATUI, THE TSARITSA LITTERALLY SHIPS YOU TWO SO BAD.

So yea, you are getting married infront of Zapolyarny palace, and she invited the ENTIRE NATION. A harbinger’s wedding is quite a big deal, after all!

The Tsaritsa herself made ya say your vows, and you got to watch the entire nation of sneznaya partying, getting drunk and stuff, yea it was fun.

La Singora would be in T E A R S. Like, ya never knew love was her soft spot! (this just my headcanon, so don’t come at me if that’s kinda OOC) And scaramouche would just be extremely jealous. WAIT IMAGINE SCARA JUST SITTING IN A CORNER WHILE SIGNORA GUSHES ABT YOU TWO TO HIM. M O O D.

You had your first dance infront of the whole nation, and after a while, everyone danced! It was so nice to see some of the children dancing with eachother on the streets, mimicking the dance moves you two did!

Also, if you aren’t part of the fatui, then Childe would take a week’s leave and have a small wedding at a beach in his hometown. Also, teucer as the flower boy!!!! Like, he would volunteer to throw pretty flowers at ya, bc that’s what he thought he needed to do! It would just be soo cute.

After that, you would ice skate together as a first-dance-kinda-thing!

AAAAAA- *Dies in Childe simp*

Kaeya:

He seriously considered getting married at angel’s share. But you managed to come to the agreement of getting married infront of the church!

So yea, you had a tiny lil ceremony, and Jean and amber cried. Lisa was also gushing about you two! Diluc just congratulated you and then walked off to the tavern, where the actual party was being held!

Mhm, that sly mofo always gets his way, don’t he. He too cute to say no to, after all! Y’all, got so drunk, that kaeya and you climbed onto the chandelier! Venti played you guys some sick beats, and Diluc served drinks.

Like half of monstadt came to watch as kaeya tried to drunkenly carry you bridal style back to Favonius Headquarters XDDD

Venti:

As for location, Ya got married infront of his statue! It was really cute, Other than the fact that Venti specifically requested Rosaria to do the vows. “May Bartoepiss bless this… ummm… wonderful union.” *Barbara facepalms in the background*

Anyway, you guys actually climbed up into the statue’s hands and Sang a duet! All of monstadt could hear it and it was beautiful.

As venti played the last few notes, Dvalin came and sweeped you up onto his back. You went to stormterror’s lair to have a moment of peace and quiet.

who knew venti had a secret booze stash at dvalins place tho? So, both you and venti fell asleep in eachother’s arms riding Dvalin the way back!

Y’all woke up in a pile of sticks in the whispering woods with venti. Atleast dvalin made an effort to make a bed lol! One of the worst hangovers ya ever had.

Zhongli:

You have never seen Zhongli this happy. When you asked him about the location, he actually told you to choose!

Hu Tao decided to take it upon herself to make this the best day of your lives and help organize the wedding! You went to discuss your secret plan with xiao. To get married on Quingyun peak, and then have a glide around Jueyun Karst.

As all the adepti gathered on the peak, Hu Tao had you say your vows. The adepti were the happiest that you have ever seen them! Afterwards, you glided off into the sunset, exploring until nightfall! When night fell, you glided back to Aocang peak, having dinner with everyone else, and spending the night under the stars.

Cloud Retainer offered for you to sleep over in her domain, but both of you decided to spend the night outside. You brewed your own tea on the adeptus’ stove you brought with you, and had tea under the stars.

Xiao:

Ever since you proposed, Verr Goldet has been planning a wedding for you two in her head, so after you asked her about it, she jumped to the opportunity! She organized everything fairly quickly with your help!

The wedding was to take place on the fields of bishui plane, infront of the statue of the seven. That was the only place verr goldet could arrange, but you were happy with it nonetheless!

After the ceremony, Xiao told you he wanted to finally take you somewhere very special to him. You didn’t know what this meant, but you followed him up the stairs of wangshuu inn, and climbed the tree up to the roof. To your surprise, there was a balcony, onto which you both climbed. Xiao took out a key, and opened the doors from the outside. “This is where I live. We’ll be spending the night here, if you don’t mind.” “Xiao… this is your home? The view is wonderful.” Xiao then told you that Verr Goldet specifically constructed a secret room for him to live in, because she saw how sad he was when he had to leave the roof, and tend to duties elsewhere. The rest of the night was spent talking with xiao about your current hyperfixation/something you are interested in. “Sorry Xiao, I’ve been talking too much. I’ll let you talk!” “No, please go on. Your voice is quite… soothing.”

Albedo: WIP

[hanjifuck]

.˚｡⋆ ༊ .˚｡⋆ "han jisung - alien" lyrics analysis .˚｡⋆ ༊ .˚｡⋆

based off his birth chart! <3

✧*:.｡. t/n: kinda proofread.

sun trine lilith

"It's a lonely night, it's a quiet night It's really dark, but with my low voice I'm gonna make it happen, among those stars"

he probably stood out from traditional values and expectations by being an outsider/having unpopular opinions and actions. even in situations others would be seen in a bad lightning he still manages to be seen as just a rebel and someone wild who wants to run free and speaks his mind. he's our fidel castro, i would say. althought all that jisungie has the hability to create things that the big public would like. he just KNOWS HOW TO.

"My tears build up when the night turns black, yeah Because my confidence can also be hated I've lived like I was dead, and suddenly, I'm all alone and far away Even though we were in the same position, I was an alien, yeah"

he kinda expects you to be confident as well and express yourself, since it's natural for him to do so. he's such a romantic, but it's almost like he's always being drawn into the pit of the underworld and this is the moment where problems begins cause when he's rght there in alone in pitch darkhe can become disillusioned when things go slightly wrong.

"I crash-landed in a strange place, and at first I was full of expectations My tears build up when the night turns black, yeah"

people with sun trine lilith have this fantasy in their minds where the world is a big magical and beautiful place. in this case it makes hannie even more hyper-sensitive and it's almost like he can feel the collective and their intentions. it must feel lonely.

he has the gift of getting light into wherever dark place people are and if he wants to he can def put you back there in the dim by yourself. anyways, the thing is that he can make the journey of stepping out of a bad place a MAGICAL travel. he can make you want to do the unthinkable. it's easy for this dude. he's mastering at his shamanics aspects of his maps.

he exudes out magnetic energy which mesmerizes people and make it easy for him to succed. we all know he usually stand out from others in some way or another but don't get it twisted because he's skilled at acting, wearing of masks and putting on the “glamour”, because of this they make convincing talkers, salesmen and great story tellers, engrossing people's attention and bending the truth. do you guys remember that Weekly Idol where he had to sell something and he did it like it was nothing? bruh them STARS...

he knows how to heal himself and others trough words.

moon sextile lilith

he takes pride in being different, he's unapologetic and shame is not part of him. also, social discord is entertaining. he's all about breaking stereotypes, standing out, or rebelling. lil dude can naturally find trouble wherever he goes and it's okay we'll protect him. he's easily bored by rules and standards. hannie if you're reading this be careful with hedonism, you're way too full of charms, persuasion and sorcery. his unique talent stands out from the mediocre.

he don't shy away from taboos and this is why he's able to talk about anything and everything. he's a very honest person and he has great intuition. this man could be a detective or some and he would be good at it, since mercury indicates interest in the occult and he's smart and quick, extremely inventive and creative. we know him and we know he has those really out of the blue moments where his IQ is 200, it’s like his mind is getting a sudden influx of capability. he's stubborn and whether you believe it or not he's a great debater. also school was boring af for him.

"Yeah, nobody wanted me I was too young to be liked by everyone As time went by, I became an adult And even though I'm not perfect, I'm proud of myself"

mentally he has a lot of feminine energy going on, specially if we're talking about his long term plans and intuition or having the type of self awareness that ends up restricting himself in some way. there was probably some discouragement or lack of confidence that made him avoid his responsibilities, or having too many that it just feels like psychological torture. when that happened he probably got in touch with your creative sector (sacral chakra), as he got into JYP and started expressing himself in a better-more-artsy way, coming up with new ideas to spark his passion for rap. it hurt him. it hurt him but he wouldn't be Han Jisung from Stray Kids without those things happening to him. he may have felt restricted by his past and not being willing to confront it yet.

"Yeah, I don't exist, every day I overflow I'm carrying my worries Even if no one cares, I'm exhausted With a vow, I promise won't fall over There are countless dreams in the sky Because you've welcomed me, don't care about depression too Yeah, but I'm going to have to live"

he has the power to grasp physcologycal sides of the problem and he can indeed heal people through such a career. your world can be repaired/fixed/re-created by new thoughts and words. he's just deeply blessed! i wish he knew.

[vaguely-concerned]

Still thinking about that part in the Albert arc of Part 5 where Lupin specifically disguises himself as Fujiko -- who, among all the other things she is to him, is quite recently also his ex-wife -- to seduce the shitty old art collector dude and get his biometric data. He's got a bajillion other sexy lady disguises (this series is peculiarly obsessed with male-presenting to female-presenting crossdressing, it's -- there sure is something going on there), but he specifically chose to almost embody Fujiko for it like it's the only way to feel her company while they're semi-estranged/in a difficult place with each other. Like. Oh boy. Sentences that make me want to gently dissect his brain in a mildly concerned sort of way and go 'now just what on god's green earth is going in here, buddy?'. It is kind of nice how it makes it feel like she's also a bit of a mentor to him in ways you might not necessarily think of normally. (also it's very droll how he acts like anyone twisted his arm into going the femme fatale route when you could get the exact same amount of data by oh, say, posing as a waiter and leaning in a little closer to meet the dude's eyes while asking him if he wants his bill now and taking away a glass he's been drinking from and getting his fingerprints all over or whatever)

...I know Lupin is the main character and everything so it's not like he hasn't had attention on him over the years lol but I still wish they'd take one page at least out of the book of the woman called fujiko mine and hand an installment of the series over to someone who really, really wants to actually properly look at some of this stuff that's in the character -- whether intentionally or that's sort of accidentally grown into being through the sheer longevity of the series -- and let them get a bit weird with it. (Green vs. Red is kind of the... insufferably straight cis male version of that, where they went 'all he really is is an empty shell, an escapist character for ME and ME ONLY so fuck all the rest of you' and it's why that one's... not very good in my estimation lmao. they took all the identity fuckery and disguise stuff going on and went 'he could be anyone or anything! he could even be you! but only if you're a cis dude tho of course haha let's not get silly here')

Listen they're not going to openly queer this long-running mainstream franchise partially based on the idea that cars and guns sure are cool, I am aware, but a person is allowed to dream anyway right haha

In general Lupin is essentially a lil modern day trickster god and I enjoy the interesting tension that creates if you want to go a little closer on him psychologically, because his entire concept strives against it but from the relationships he has with the other main characters you do know there is like. a real person in there somewhere looking out even if you don't get to look in nearly as often and as an audience you always long to be let in on those feelings because like. that's how stories work, vicariously experiencing someone else's reality and emotions. and often he denies you that beyond a certain depth and then sometimes you get glimpses of a truth and those brief glimpses hit all the harder for it. (as a general concept this is also echoed/more literalized in Jigen as a narrative uh 'echo'? foil? for him, where you literally don't get to see his eyes a lot of the time and it feels a bit Special and weirdly intimate when you do. Lupin is kind of rocking the fully emotional version of that.)

anyway a lot of these themes (especially the gender stuff) I'd actually rather they don't mess around with too much because there's no WAY they'd do so in an intelligent, sensitive or defensible way lol sometimes you're safer in the subtext huh

[kingdoms-and-empires]

Hello! I was wondering, what have been some of the most interesting/surprising facts that you’ve learnt during your research for k&e??

Oh shit. This is a great freaking question dude/dudette!!!!

Well, I've had to get some books to research on some stuff surrounding medieval and ancient life. This of course not just EUROPEAN knowledge, but other parts of the world, specifically asia due to the empire being modelled more closely to the imperial dynasties back then.

Considering the education stats and what may be done by the MC with their modern knowledge, i have to find a balance between fantastical yet believable, and the "bruh gtfoh theres no way." A great anime/manga that tries to do this is Dr. Stone, and has been a lil nudge of inspiration in bringing modern ideas to this new world.

But I have to be careful to not rush technology so quickly or else the fantasy/medieval elements will quickly be thrown out the window. Hence my decision to not incorporate gunpowder into the world yet. It would quickly turn into cannons, pike and shot, shooting lines, and take out the close hand combat magic of medieval warfare in media. Entertainment is tricky business. My example is the Fable series:

It went from fantasy medieval adventure (Fable 1) to industrial age complete with soldiers wearing redcoats lol (Fable 3). With Fable 3, the fans became disillusioned with the series and felt they lost the magic of the earlier titles. The creators themselves admit this as being a mistake because they went "too far in the timeline."

With that understood, I focused on learning more stuff about what ancient humanity has been able to do in the past that we totally take for granted today, such as the Dujiangyan irrigation system that was creat 2000 years ago and is still in use today in China!!!! (public work undertaking MC goes brrrr) I also researched way WAY too deep on things some people may consider "boring" or "unsexy" such as daily lives of ancient soldiers or citizens, what they wore, what they used, how they had fun, etc.

For a recent example that led to discussion on Discord:

I learned about the very real concern of soldiers and sailors needing to vent sexual frustration hence why sexual assaults was so feared (and expected by commanders) in coastal cities or town and population centers with high military presence. Which is why some commanders or mayors would buy the services of every sex worker available to attend to their sailors or soldiers' needs. This made me go:

This then led me down a rabbit hole of looking deeper into sex work in ancient times and learning it was a tool of public and army control! Then i had to research about sex work in ancient asia due to the inspiration of the empire being Chinese. BRO IT WAS COMPLEX! There were different levels and standings in China for this line of work. The highest was the Yiji comparable to the Japanese Oiran which can be seen in the latest season of Demon Slayer. From a fellow tumblr user, @fuckyeahchinesemyths says:

They had to be able to do one or a few of these things well:

write poetry

cook well

design clothes

tell fortunes

dance

sing

And this all made me think of the possible ways this can get into the story! Information broking, blackmail, tax revenue, even using sex workers as SPECIAL FORCES AS THE ROMANS DID WITH THE CARTHAGINIANS!!!! Basically the story goes as Rome getting its butt kicked by Hannibal, and to gain more time creating a new army, they sent out a shit ton of prostitutes to slow down the Carthaginian army and it WORKED...the fact that Romans generally distaste giving women credit for anything, and considered prostitutes to be of low social standing, this story has some weight to be considered possibly true since they even wrote about it.

I know I barely answered your question, but the research i do is rabbit hole after rabbit hole in trying to make a fleshed out world that can use the education stats effectively and entertaining. I learned way way too much about things i didn't think i would every need to know lmao