#cutefest

[the-illusion-in-black]

Finally, cute little floof demon 20. The cute fest is over now.

[deltaengineering]

mid effort hot takes on the summer anime of 2022 that I watched this summer

Bucchigire

Took a chance on this one, didn't really pan out but oh well. It's far too generically shounen, especially in the way the main character and especially the main antagonists are the worst parts of it. There's really only one aspect that consistently delivers and it's the spicy Akira/Kogurou romance (a vanishingly tiny part of the show). Apart from that, it's not terrible but not good either. 5/10

Kakegurui Twin

Kakegurui S2 already wasn't very solid and Twin is not righting the ship. It's still technically Kakegurui nonsense, which makes it mildly entertaining, but it's lacking the special something that made S1 so exciting. Heavyhanded color correction also makes it remarkably ugly for no reason I can determine. 6/10

Extreme Hearts

This one is probably nobody's favorite show but it does have a few ideas that make it stand out from the crowd, such as the bizarre concept, the idea of padding out a 5 member plot with literal bots and some of the rivals. But on the other hand, it still is a very basic idol show with not particularly memorable characters and low production values. An attempt was made. 6/10

lmao of the Arsnotoria

This is an extremely weird one. At its core it's a competent but only slightly above average cute girls doing cute things in a cute setting. It's decent at it but that's it. However, it also randomly cuts to edgy dudes doing edgy things sometimes, with a vague implication that this may eventually matter. Well joke's on you, because the whole thing ends up feeling mostly like a prank. So while this does absolutely not deliver on the one real hook it has, it refuses to deliver to a degree that it's hilarious. Thankfully it's just good enough for the whole thing not feeling like a waste of time anyway, but again: it really is a mostly content-free cutefest that occasionally cuts to the most chuuni edgelords imaginable decapitating people and talking about Australia(?) for no apparent reason, and then right back to talk about cake or whatever. It's kinda amazing, but also not. 6/10

Chimimo

Chimimo is another very basic show in that it's a cutesy slice of life comedy with a mild twist. It's pretty well made and has no real weaknesses, but it's also not really punching above its weight and the strengths are rare. Entertaining, but hardly more. 6/10

Gooberploink Edgelords

Now here's a big one, and right off the bat I have to say that I can't be entirely contrarian this time. It's not as great as people think, because there's fairly severe problems: it's 90% clichees (if something isn't a cyberpunk clichee it's probably an anime clichee instead), the pacing is off (it starts annoyingly slow and ends in a dumb, ridiculously overblown yet still anticlimactic boss fight), the characters are somewhat lacking (they're not bad per se, but also not nearly fleshed out enough to provide the depth that the script seems to be aiming for), and Imaishi's penchant for comedic ultraviolence occasionally undermines any attempt at seriousness anyway. But I'd still take a bunch of clichees halfway competently strung together over whatever the fuck TRIGGER writing usually is (apart from the Gridmens, which are definitely better written than this). And writing aside, it's fun; Imaishi's thing is great in small doses and this script affords to let him go wild just about exactly the right amount. It always looks cool and occasionally super cool. So yeah, had a good time but don't believe the hype. 7/10

Summertime Render

I have a weird relationship with Summertime Render, because it definitely adheres to the shounen school of "no idiot left behind" writing. Half of every episode is basically exposition, with graphs and numbers and similes that really destroy any mysticism this show might have (and it's almost always the first half, which looks to me like an attempt of the scriptwriter to leave each episode off with a positive impression - which actually works!). I'd say those parts are pointless for about the first half where the plot is very simplistic, but then the second half hits and things get excessively convoluted. In a way, then two weaknesses cancel each other out: There's an absurd number of complicated twists but they're silly and not worth picking apart logically, so it's a plus that you can just take the show's word for it because it makes damn sure to provide it. So that's the bad parts but apart from that, it's actually surprisingly good. The first half has a solid, Twin Peaks-esque mystery vibe and while the second half devolves into complete schlock, it's very entertaining schlock. Also, it not only has an ending, but a well-paced, satisfying one at that - which is surprising given the nature of it (yes, it's exactly what you'd assume it is three episodes in). 7/10

Shadows Haus S2

I really liked Shadows House S1 almost despite itself, and S2 removes a lot of the problems such as the entire middle bit being a very contrived quest arc. S2 also has a lot better defined characters, and a ton more of them to boot. However, since we now know a lot more about what's going on, it's also significantly less creepy than S1, and that was really the best part about it. S2 is almost a different kind of show, more of an outright character drama. So while it's an improvement in almost all ways, I don't consider it significantly more enjoyable all in all. Which is completely fine, because it was plenty enjoyable to begin with. 7/10

Love Live Superstar S2

Similarly, Superstar S2 is just Superstar S1 but better. Since Superstar S1 was already arguably the best Love Live yet, that makes it pretty damn good. The two-stage group building really pays off here, because the character introduction arcs are historically the best part of any Love Live and this way they take up the vast majority of the show. And the new characters are great: Kinako is very cute, Natsumi is delightfully trashy and Mei and Shiki are the gayest thing to come out of this already exceedingly loaded franchise. They do try to ruin it again in the end (also a tradition at this point) with a drama arc that goes precisely nowhere, but the prompt promise of an S3 softens this blow enough to it still coming out on top of the Love Live heap rather easily. 8/10

Made in Abyss S2

I actually like Made in Abyss enough to read the manga, so I knew what this arc was going to be from the start. And, with that knowledge, I expected it to be very sketchy because the pacing is completely shot in the source material. Surprisingly though, the anime tweaks just a few things, brings out the strengths more and generally smoothens things out to a degree that it can easily hold its own compared to the first season and the movie. That's not to say the pacing is entirely fixed, especially the ending drags considerably (it definitely didn't require a double length final episode, for starters), and it also can't fix the main problem with the entire arc, in that it ultimately doesn't have a whole lot to do with the main narrative of Riko and crew. Some minor bits aside, it very much feels like a side story, and maybe it would have been a better fit as one. On the other hand, said side story (the backstory of Iruburu Village) on its own is fantastic. If you're this far in, it's not a spoiler that Made in Abyss is, despite appearances, an excessively grim horror story. However, this arc for the first time manages to fully make the grimness work on a thematic level. This is especially true compared to the movie, which, while certainly impressive, really was just a supervillain twirling his moustache past the point of ridiculousness. THIS arc, however, is legitimately a grand tragedy, one with the full impact (and grodiness) of an ancient creation myth followed by a matching apocalypse. Oh yeah, and the author's still a weird pervert. But he gets results. 8/10

[soshhy]

Podfic rec: Icebreaker, read by aceofjapan [Yuri on Ice]

Title: Icebreaker

Author: Cesare

Reader: aceofjapan

Fandom, pairing: Yuri on Ice, Yuuri/Victor

Summary:

Yuuri's husband is possibly not as oblivious as he seems, because he grins and asks, "Have you never looked up Yuuri?"

"There's a porn actress with the same name who went into politics," says Nate, "so she's most of the results, and some stuff about figure skating."

"Some stuff about figure skating," Victor says ruefully to Yuuri.

(((A post-skating-retirement college scenario based on skygemspeaks' idea about Yuuri's college classmates learning about his figure skating career. I wrote a variation mostly because I just really wanted to include Victor in the mix. This also heavily draws on kevystel's ideas about Yuuri unknowingly breaking hearts everywhere he goes.)))

Rating: General audiences

Warnings: nope

Length: 00:43:39

Podfic on AO3

Text on AO3

There’s a proliferation of post-retirement outsider POV fics in the YoI fandom. This is one of my favourites, and aceofjapan does a great job of it.

The fic

As in most examples of the trope, Yuuri goes back to college post retirement and totally doesn’t tell anyone about his past as a figure skating legend. This example has a particularly charming OC, whose opinions while watching Yuuri’s classmates swoon all over him, and later while watching the cutefest that is Victuuri, take the whole thing up a notch of enjoyment.

The reading

There’s just something about aceofjapan’s voice that I enjoy. Their accent is lovely, and their delivery is gentle and musing. This piece is more lighthearted than most of the work they choose to podfic, but the tone still works really well. Bonus points for a pitch-perfect grumpy Yurio!

[sugar-petunia]

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A little Wednesday morning floor time with our bestie Ruby!!!❤❤❤ . . #happybabies #cutefest #neighbors #3weeksapart #droolparty #rollers

[ao3feed-soriku]

Sora's Meowriffic Adventures

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2Glb72T

by bukkunkun

Riku's a tired man working 60 hours a week just trying to get by. He's pretty average as far as burned-out milennials go, but there is something different about him.

He's pretty sure he was a TV actor's first kiss several years ago, and he was sure that crush hasn't gone away.

Words: 5293, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Original Child Character(s), Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Meow Wow Dream Eater (Kingdom Hearts)

Relationships: Riku/Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Riku (Kingdom Hearts) & Original Character(s), Kairi & Sora (Kingdom Hearts)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Meet-Cute, Alternate Universe - Actors, Children, Show Business, Cutesy, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Angst and Humor, Fluff, Stand Alone, it's a cutefest my pals, get ready for diabetes

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2Glb72T

[pegaeae]

Okay so I got a slight inclination about Hawke's relationship with nr 1 stud lying dwarf merchant sex god. But what's her relationship like with her other companions?

oooo miryam is super charismatic in like, the dumbest way possible (as in its not on purpose, she’s just got this kind of magnetic personality that probably has to do a lot w ppl being either like “i gotta babysit this literal toddler” or “i can’t wait to see what this absolute dumpster fire does next”) and she just genuinely likes people and talking with people!

i would say her two best friends in the kirkwall gang other than varric are isabela and merrill—isabela bc they’re literally two peas in a pod and have very similar senses of humor, and merrill bc when two nice people get together it’s just a cutefest (and also merrill is probably the only person hawke is able to take under her proverbial wing).

she is a mage and a revolutionary (not rly bc choice but more by upbringing) so she does get along w anders pretty well but she’s also a pretty devout andrastian! she and sebastian would get along on the surface level i think but if they tried to actually talk about their Feelings and Views they would definitely get into a fight.

meanwhile—i’m not a very good judge of character for fenris bc while i love him i don’t usually play w him in my party, but i think they would get along but especially that miryam would realize that sometimes fenris smiles a little or hides a chuckle with a cough when she makes bad jokes and would ABSOLUTELY make it her life’s work to try and get him to actually crack up one of these days.

and aveline is like her mom friend and the only one really able to reign her in once carver joins the wardens.

[awkwardgoop]

Hey goopster! You're so adorable!!! So here goes my ask. MA! (kinda I'm not on Anon) River person is brought to this cutefest for 15 asks

[lionesshathor]

We interrupt the usual cutefest with a reminder that Data is a total badass

♬” i’m a boss ass bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch” ♬

[visualtae]

mercury is out of retrograde

Tonight there was an event at the library called Cutefest. We got to color and play games and they had a small animal petting zoo and I just held rabbits and lizards and baby chickens etc for 2 hours. It was the best thing. There were drinks and cupcakes and they played Kpop and I ran into a friend from Korean class and after we went to dinner and we talked about BTS and it was the wholesome night of chill that I needed. The library only does these events 4 times a year. I need them more.

[gender-doodles]

Wow that was a cutefest; hope you guys are having fun you deserve nice anons - random person

Thanks anon! All of you are really sweet and we love you guys - Az

[real-life-pine-tree]

Let the cutefest begin!

That’s cute how happy Ruby was to see Johan. Hunh, so he has a spirit partner too then. I think this also makes him the first person we’ve met so far who can see duel spirits without coming into contact with Judai first.

[rawrampmag]

ANNA OF THE NORTH @anna_ofthenorth — #DreamGirl #LyricVideo #OutNow

ANNA OF THE NORTH @anna_ofthenorth — #DreamGirl #LyricVideo #OutNow

The Gjøvik born electro & dream-pop songwriter/artist ANNA OF THE NORTH [Anna Lotterud] from Norway ( based in Melbourne, Australia) whose songwriting we have previously described as “a surge of foaming emotion” has now released a homemade lyric video for her “Dream Girl” — the lead track from her October 2019 album.

Anna of the North – a jingled cutefest with chirruped keys & warbled vocals

For…

[ao3-feed-musketeers]

Finding Love Among the Triceratopses

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2yY8AVo

by wegoodandevilthings

Parallel to the storyline of Jurassic World, InGen Security employees Athos, Porthos, and Aramis have their own problems.

This story fits into the movie somewhat seamlessly. Only the first chapter features any characters from Jurassic World, the rest is a slow burn get together cutefest between the Musketeers OT3 with rifles and dinosaurs and jungle.

Words: 29481, Chapters: 5/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Les Trois Mousquetaires | The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas, The Musketeers (2014), Jurassic World (2015)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi

Characters: Aramis, Aramis | René d'Herblay, Athos, Athos | Comte de la Fère, Porthos du Vallon, Claire Dearing, Owen Grady

Relationships: Aramis/Athos/Porthos (Trois Mousquetaires), Aramis/Athos, d'Artagnan/Constance Bonacieux

Additional Tags: OT3, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2yY8AVo

[aeternalmisery]

Thirstfest is evolving into cutefest, I think.

RIchard ,are you okay

*He can’t control himself*

[misspmjcosplay-blog]

Oh! Who's going to the #HarryPotter #YuleBall at their local #barnesandnoble stores? #Bellatrix has a date!!! 😍😍😍I can't wait to go this Friday night! Not sure if doing Waco or Dallas. Depends on my fellow #Deatheater. Regardless I'm happy to get out and have fun! Also, I'll be making my last official appearance this year at #Cutefest in #Bedford on Saturday. Noon to 5pm. Come check it out. Should Holiday #HarleyQuinn make an appearance? 😜 #cosplay #cosplayer #curvy #curvygirl #curvycosplay #curvycosplayer #curvycosplays #selfesteem #selflove #bodypositivity #bodypositive #ownit

[bbrothersblog-blog]

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