#better late than never amirite...

[1-800-i-ship-it]

9 people you'd like to know better

tagged by: @aomitois, ty :D (sorry im so late xD)

last song: hot by confetti

favorite color: blue (fave shade is somewhere around capri blue), also like color combos of blue/white, blue/pink, red/black, rainbows

currently watching: havent watched stuff in a hot sec but prob gonna go back to finishing heartstopper and buddy daddies

currently reading: birds of north america, they both die at the end, 1984, the song of achilles, clean air, bunch of webtoons, orv webnovel, this reminds me i have to read that new webtoon leehama posted

sweet/spicy/savory: im a fan of sweets but they make me feel sick if i have too much, so im prob gonna pick savory; i can handle some spice but not a lot (and also it makes my nose run which is sooo inconvenient like guys why r u making me suffer in two diff ways)

relationship status: single im taken by all my hyperfixations ty for asking :P

current obsession: orv, link click, decorating my room until im satisfied xD

last thing I googled: (same tem btw xD) shades of blue (thank god my fave color is not gray)

currently working on: lmao too much stuff LKASDF xD applications, learning how to edit gifs, going through my drafts and trying to lower the count to under 200 oop, cleaning my desktop and my 104938234204 webtoon screenshots, cleaning my 14319842398 tabs, getting through read list/watchlist while i have time, cleaning (grind never ends)

tagging: anyone who sees this/wants to join, please feel free! (pls tag me so i can see :P)

[anfuaruuu]

happy birthday xianxian,,,

heres to another year of being loved 🥺

[sorikufeels]

kiss me once, kiss me twice, and, dare i say, kiss me three times

(progress posts: sketch, line art progress)

[deiaiko]

My contribution for maid day last week, feat Grace (Bam) and Agni (Khun)

Masterlist

[kyuushi]

I present (🎁) the character relationship chart from the first official fanbook! Big thanks to Pancake from the Kyuushi Discord server for the scans 🫶

The translation, cleaning, and typesetting were all done by me so please forgive any messiness & mistakes. But I'm always very open to feedback so feel free to reach out, especially if you notice tl issues!

Please don't repost the image around. You can just share the link to this post! (If I end up needing to make corrections, I will cry if an old incorrect version is floating around somewhere!!)

↓Some extra notes below the cut↓

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I originally wanted to post this along with a more accessible version (aka text version) but unfortunately that would be a ton of extra work and I have other projects I'd like to spend my time on instead. I'm also not really knowledgeable about that stuff to begin with so I'm not sure what kind of format would be best for screen readers or other accessibility aids. If anyone else would like to take up the mantle and create a text version, please message me!

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Translation Notes:

Mippiki: Written "３人と１匹" but read as "みっぴき," this word is very important to the Kyuushi fandom! It describes the main characters living in the office- Rona, Draluc, Hinaichi, and John. "Mi" comes from 3 and "ippiki" is how you would count 1 small animal, an armadillo in this case.

Sagyou's "hah? to respect ratio": The "hah?" here is like an exasperated sound he's making. In Japanese it was one of these babies: ぁ゙. So his frustration to respect ratio is 9 to 1.

Calling someone a typhoon/hurricane: I think this is probably self explanatory but since I don't think this is a common expression in English, I'll explain a bit. Basically it's likening someone to the chaos and power of a storm.

Shot's "filthy cool": In Japanese this is "ヨゴレかっこいい." I can't find instances of this phrase being used outside of Kyuushi so this seems to be a Bonnoki original? I've seen others tl this some different ways but I tried to make it sound kinda cool in English, though it also kinda makes no sense lol, sorry.

Tabiko being in the "vampires" section: Just in case anyone is confused, Tabiko is definitely a human. I think there just wasn't space to stick her anywhere else.

Manner calling Satetsu "big bro": "兄イ" in Japanese. I think most people recognize words like "onii-san" and "aniki" at this point but I'm not sure about just "anii" (also big brother) so I decided to tl it here. As you may have guessed, this is not him literally trying to adopt Satetsu as his brother, but rather a term of respect (albeit a teasing one). Satetsu is uncomfortable being called this, mostly because it reminds him of his embarrassing delinquent past.

Nagiri's nickname for John: I chose to keep this as "Maru" ("丸," literally "circle") just because I think it sounds like a cute nickname lol.

Fiasco calling Manner "spoiled rich boy": Originally "ボンボン" in Japanese. You might have heard a character called "bon" or even this kinda insulting version, "bonbon," before. It describes a young man from a rich family. I added "spoiled" because I thought it sounded too much like a complement just to call him "genius rich boy," even with "damn" in front 😂

Nuyan: John's "nu" combined with a dog's "wan" (bark). Remember that time Yomo hypnotized John into acting like a dog? That John never fully recovered from? Yeah.

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As I said please do let me know if you spot any mistakes or have any questions or comments. You can even ask if you're just confused about who certain characters are or what the relationship arrow is indicating! Kyuushi has a ton of characters and they can be difficult to keep track of, especially for the English fandom which doesn't have access to all the materials.

Thanks if you actually read all of these walls of text 🫡

[stardustinthesky]

I think you two are very lucky to have each other.

[antibayern]

keep remindin’ me that it ain’t a race when my invincible streak turns onto the final straight

FC Bayern München win the 2019-2020 UEFA Champions League (August 23, 2020)

[duckapus]

You know, of the three remaining Heroes Entei will probably be the easiest to find since it's 1: not hanging out up in the stratosphere and 2: not a species that's endangered and/or extinct.

...The trick is finding the right Entei (and the fact that it's specifically built for traveling across entire oceans and continents in a matter of days, but that's perhaps slightly less of an issue). They can obviously rule out the few Entei that currently have trainers, but based on Moltres and Rayqaza being normal sized they can't just assume it'll be a giant (and thus Obviously Not Normal) like Arboliva and Lapras were.

(and yes I subscribe to there being multiples of most legendaries, at least in the anime. even if Horizons turns out to be a different continuity from the Ash era (which I highly doubt) we know there have to be at least multiple Rayquaza since the color of Lucius's Rayquaza was called out as unusual and it's been in a ball for about a century despite the fact that Rayquaza has Important Responsibilities that have definitely been getting done that whole time given the world hasn't been destroyed by meteors and/or Kyogre and Groudon's stupid sibling rivalry)

On the other hand, there might be some conflicting data to deal with when looking for a giant hundred-plus-year-old Kleavor considering... you know... the whole Noble Pokemon Thing that would absolutely be clearly documented (one or two centuries isn't that long ago, historically speaking, and the Noble Pokemon were very much Public Knowledge back when they were still a Thing, at least in the game continuity).

[clowningaroundmars]

chuck my friend chuck

[zoros-debt]

kiss kiss fall in love

[honeyedmiller]

also—i was today years old when i found out how to pull up the emoji keyboard on my desktop computer. love that for me (prepare to be sick of me)

[marymekpop]

lean on me if you’re struggling. i am your lover after all.

[mjj-nostalgia]

Okay someone wanna tell me why I've never seen this photo? 🥹

[stitch1830]

Hi! It’s me! :) for the prompts, can I get fluff #12 please? Thank you✨

Do you even remember sending this? Because it's been ages—

That's on me. That's my bad LOL.

Anyway, I have finally finished the prompt, my Twinkles. Hope you enjoy! :D

And yeah if y'all don't mind waiting 5ever for me to respond, here's the list for this particular prompt LOL.

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Kantoph - Fluff - #12 - “Just shut up and kiss me.”

“I think we should split up.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, Hotshot.”

“I’m serious,” he insisted. “I’ll take the B-team and we’ll clear the back of the building, while you take the A team. It’ll be much quicker.”

Toph rolled her eyes at Kanto. “You and I both know it’s safer when we don’t split up.”

“You’re just nervous for me,” he whispered in her ear, the teasing tone evident in his voice. “Don’t worry, Chief. We’ll split up, and our reunion when we meet in the middle will be oh so sweet.”

“Shut up.”

Kanto chuckled, and part of her hated how the low, rumbly noise that vibrated in his chest when he laughed made her stomach flutter. The damn man did have a way of making her knees weak, even if she didn’t dare admit it.

But before she could give him a proper retort, Kanto placed a gentle, reassuring hand on her shoulder, then walked away. He called out for the B-team to follow him toward the back, and Toph was left to manage her squad. 

With a frustrated huff, she muttered under her breath. “You better make it out in one piece, Hotshot. Otherwise, I’m killin’ ya.”

Toph straightened her posture and put on her game face. Despite her quiet fretting over her stupid deputy, they had a job to do, and she wasn’t about to be distracted by anyone. She raised her hand, beckoning the team to gather around her, and once they all understood the game plan, they’d infiltrate the front of the building together.

Time to go to work.

They took swift action to secure the premise. Her metalbenders apprehended suspects, tying their hands for most, knocking others out cold when they tried to attack. Rooms were cleared, evidence was tagged, and suspects walked out the front door apprehended. The whole situation was rather routine.

Until it wasn’t.

Toph kept track of every body, every heartbeat in that building. And despite her best efforts to not focus on just one, she found herself zeroing in on a particular heartbeat that gave her comfort every morning.

And every night.

As her team organized the suspects outside, Toph monitored Kanto’s whereabouts inside the warehouse. He dallied inside more than she preferred, but that was his way of doing things. Slow, steady, methodical movements to ensure that no evidence got lost in the shuffle of an infiltration mission. It was one of the many qualities that made him such a great deputy chief.

They were almost done with the final sweep in the house, it seemed, and Toph let out the breath she’d been holding as she kept track of Kanto.

But then the world underneath her feet disappeared, and she lost sight of everything.

She lost sight of him.

An explosion rumbled throughout the area, knocking Toph off her feet. When the dust settled and the dazed state faded, panic settled into the earthbender’s bones. Time stopped moving, and all she could think about was how Kanto was still in the building when the explosion occurred, and the thought of the worst-case scenario filled her with dread. She got to her feet and just stood there, unaware of how much time was truly passing as fear overcame everything else.

Questions entered Toph’s brain. Questions she desperately wanted answers to.

What happened?

Where is Kanto?

Did he make it out of there?

Is he alive?

“Chief!”

Officer Jiahao’s voice snapped Toph back to reality. “W-what?”

“We’ve located most of the officers that were still in the building. They’re being transported to the infirmary now, Chief.”

“And Kan—and the, uh, Deputy? Where is he?”

“He was pulled out of the rubble a bit ago, Chief. They were taking him to the infirmary, but—”

Toph wasted no time and ran to the hospital. 

Her lungs burned and her legs didn’t move fast enough, but Toph kept going. She ignored her aching muscles and her sore body from the explosion; all that mattered was getting to the hospital to find Kanto. 

Right now, nothing mattered to Toph except him.

When she finally arrived, Toph didn’t bother to ask anyone for directions. She wandered the halls, desperately searching for a familiar heartbeat, voice, scent, anything.

The spirits were good to her, it seemed. Because when she passed one of the last rooms in the hall, Toph caught a whiff of a charred version of Kanto’s cologne. 

“Kanto?”

No one responded to her, but the healers in the room shuffled around the cot, furiously helping their patient. She made her way to the side, tentatively grabbing the person’s hand.

And she immediately knew it was him.

“Kanto?” Her voice wavered as she spoke. “Kanto, baby, please say something.”

His breathing was ragged, and his undergarments for his uniform were singed. The healers tried to get Toph to move, but she refused. She squeezed his hand, forcing herself to hold back the tears that wished to fall. “Kanto, wake up for me. Please wake up.”

Kanto remained quiet, and Toph nearly lost all hope. Her world suddenly felt darker than it ever had been, and it was all because her stupid deputy made her fall in love—

“Ugh.”

Toph gasped, inching closer to Kanto’s face. “H-Hotshot?”

The man groaned again, stirring ever so slightly in his cot. As he regained consciousness, Toph held her breath and waited for him to say something. Anything.

She prodded him to answer her one more time, gently caressing his cheek “Baby?”

Kanto swallowed thickly, and in a hoarse voice, finally replied. “Told you our reunion would be sweet.”

“Wh—”

“Pretty romantic of you to kneel by my bedside as I wake up.”

With a teary laugh, she said, “Oh, just shut up and kiss me.”

And he did. He kissed her lovingly, longingly, as if they’d been separated for half an eternity and not just a couple hours. 

Despite the stress earlier in the day, Toph had to admit that the reunion was oh so sweet.

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Send me asks about ATLA, LOK, or anything, really! :D

[otherwiseromantic]

thanks for tagging me @lj-girlie !!! ^_\\

10 songs / 10 people

songs: (PLUS commentary??? since i'm feeling talkative)

unavoidable - neon trees (this is gonna be my top song this year i'm ALMOST certain. the harmonies.... the LONGING..... i love inevitability)

kill a man - james and the shame (no i dont want to talk about it. anyways, love a good murder ballad.)

colder parts - hunny (fucks. robots????? inspires vague sci-fi au's to swirl around my mind <3 &/OR metaphor... )

girls and boys in school - neon trees (neon trees phase continues. what is it about ex mormons. and questions for questions i've got a question would you ever dance with me like that)

baptist parking lot - mary heather hickman (again. fucks. so glad i stumbled across this one, just 😙👌)

3am lullaby - hotel mira (thought i might get to see them this summer, turns out i probably cant. very sad. but THIS SONG...very fun and good to play LOUD in the car. try it!)

supernatural - ruby waters (here at otherwiseromantic dot tumblr dot com we love good music and bisexualisms. ruby, i am dtf. just. btw.)

southern comforting - hotel mira (listen to me and LISTEN CLOSELY: listen to this song. i dont regret it if you dont regret it)

extraordinary dinner party - la dispute (why did i add rooms of the house to my rotation in spring? this is SUCH a winter album... and i think this is my fav track , tho as always in my experience la dispute is best experienced in the full-album context)

you would never survive the winters in this province - colin skrapek (speaking of winter, here's a very recent discovery of mine. mostly i think its funny. and probably true LOL)

tagging @awindowonahill @kat-trickz @drlavenderpepper @secretkoalasandwich @cyncity2000 @stoplookingupforheaven @unholyverse @marszz @sleepalone @friendlyreminder i think thats 10

[aliresix]

Hii !!! It's been so long since I've sent an ask God

Did not expect you to be a horse girl idk why. But you know what yeah I can see it

Random question time :)

1. Do you have a favorite movie ?

2. What's one trait you love about yourself

3. Did you have any major phases in the quarantine era ?

Hope you have a lovely day <3

hi and welcome back!! hope you aced all your tests 🤞

I wouldn't say I do, but there are a lot of movies from my childhood I have a deep love for also thanks to nostalgia (Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron, for one, or A Knight's Tale)

I see you trying to trick me into self-love (just joking lmao) but anyway uhhh I like that I am a person you can depend on

yeah I got really into anime during quarantine, particularly naruto and bsd. the naruto brainrot died down quickly after i finished watching the series, but bsd is still one of my personal faves