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benjineedssleep · 1 month ago

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(fanfic) stardew valley character outfit descriptions <3

something i wish i saw more in fics and stuff are the finer details. like what characters are wearing. not all the time, and not always super detailed, but sometimes. which is why i'm doing it myself in my current wip :3

all screenies are spoiler free!!! (or too out of context to be spoilers.) i'll be posting the fic on ao3 once it's finished and edited. i'm currently 93.6k words in and still have 3 seasons left to write! so it won't be out for a while but if you wanna beta... get a sneak peak... i'm lookin' at you XD

ANYWAYS ONTO THE POINT OF THIS POSTTTTT

(alt text after "keeping reading"... also be easy on me this is a DRAFT)

none of this is chronological btw... don't come for me i was doing a word search so i didn't have to doom scroll for these scenes (the document is currently 168 pages long--)

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please let me know if this is not an efficient way to do things btw, i'm new here!!!

Though Sam didn’t have an umbrella, his typical outfit changed a bit to accommodate the weather. The hems of his baggy jeans and fabric of his daily Converse were equally as wet, but his signature spiky hair was safely tucked into the hood of a primary color blocked hoodie. This would’ve been fine ten minutes ago, but now the rain began to pick up.

Most days Sebastian walked around in one of his many black hoodies or band tees, not bothering to accessorize. But the past couple of weeks he’d been trying a bit harder. Today he dressed up his skinny jeans with a pair of layered belts, one studded with stars and the other a solid white with a sparkly buckle. Up top he layered a number of necklaces, rubber wrist bands, and spiked bracelets. He even put the studs and rings back in the cartilage of his ears, having only tunnels in his stretched lobes for the longest time.

Evelyn sifted through a basket behind the door and pulled from it said mittens, sitting them in Sebastian’s hands. They were a solid black with a marbled button on top. “Thank you, wow.” He put them on, rotating his hands around. They fit perfectly. /// “Look.” She pulled back the mitten flap and secured it down with the button. “They’re regular gloves underneath so if you need the full extent of your hands, you don’t need to take them off. Usually they’re fingerless, but I wanted to make sure you were extra warm no matter what.”

Sebastian flattened the collar of his leather jacket, adjusting his tucked in black button down. For some reason, he felt the older woman would judge him if he wasn’t properly put together. “My mother would appreciate any gift from you, Evelyn. You know how much she loves you.”

At this point, Sebastian had a decent idea of what he wanted to wear. It was very typical for him, either a sweater or long sleeve shirt, his favorite pair of ripped jeans, and probably a heavier coat to compensate for all the holes in his pants. He was even considering wearing a hat, which he never did.

Sebastian bent over in the stool, tossing some of the discarded clothing to the side so he could get to the side of the room Sam was on. “I dunno.” He sifted through a mess of hats inside of an old bookshelf that he kept in the closet. From it he pulled a grey ushanka and a loose fitting tassel beanie. He had a few of those beanies, each a different character, but this one in particular was a skeleton cat. “Pick.” /// Sam tossed the hoodie over his shoulder, picking up the beanie. He stared at the front, turning it to the back and tugging at the ears a bit before speaking. “You own cutesy stuff?” /// “I own a lot of cutesy stuff actually.” Sebastian dug through the pile again pulling out a similar hat, just Hello Kitty this time. It had her distinct red bow and everything. “How about that?” He then pulled out a Gir one, shaking it in front of Sam’s face. “Mmm?”

Sebastian sat on the floor of his best friend’s bedroom, watching her through a mirror. She’d been at this hair thing for a while now, having trimmed it for him, but she now focused heavily on sectioning it off to be dyed. A number of colored claw clips were clamped to her pink Hello Kitty pajama pants. “You wanna talk about it?” She struggled out, comb between her teeth as she twisted a section of hair. /// “What’s there to talk about, Abby?” He knew but, as always, someone needed to pull those conversations out of him. /// Abigail pushed the comb into Sebastian’s thick hair, crossing her arms over her chest. Sebastian could see her shoulders square clearly in the spaghetti strap tank top she wore. He didn’t believe her when she’d said she was getting stronger the further down the mines she went, but there was no denying it now. “Why do you look like you’re gonna beat me up?”

Sam dried his hands off on his blue flannel pajama pants and fiddled with a leather hardshell case. From it he pulled out a glossy electric guitar. The color was almost identical to the dice Sam used when they played Solarian Chronicles together. It was several shades of red and orange, twisted together in a wispy under-blended fashion. A few spots were scuffed or chipped, stickers torn and fading, but all Sebastian saw was a well loved instrument.

Sam pushed his head back to look at Robin upside-down before rolling over. “I’m alright.” He fixed his cargo pants and loose t-shirt. “Just got too into it I guess.”

Abigail had apparently felt similarly about herself. She expressed obvious discontent with Sam’s lack of care as she braided the overgrown mop of his hair into two identical French braids earlier in the day. “I just don’t get you, dude. How can you just not care?” /// “I mean, I do.” He leaned forward slightly so Abigail could get the tension right. “I have a style and things I like but it’s very… what does my mom say? Formulaic? Y’know like, I have a real repeatable kinda style. Pick a pair of jeans, any shirt, match my shoes, which are almost all the same, just in different colors, and throw on a jacket or a hat or something. All the stuff goes with each other. Very few decisions.”

#stardew valley #sdv #sdv abigail #sdv sam #sdv sebastian #sdv evelyn #stardew valley fanfic #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #ao3 writer #benji writes fanfic #there were more descriptions i'm just lazy #or they have major spoilers #live laugh love emo sebastian #btw i'm a sam chunky fall sweater truther you just dont know it yet

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ne0nlightzz · 1 year ago

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Characters/Fandoms I Write For

These are not all the characters I'll write for nor all the fandoms! Just some characters that I personally favor and would like to write about way more than some others! [this also includes what season of specific shows I'll write for. This will change and be updated quite a bit as I watch further into some shows and start to write for other characters and seasons]

This also includes what type of 'xReader's I'll write for!

Note: i keep saying throughout this post and this applies to every fandom i write for- ill write for other characters that aren't listed, so please if there's a character you'd like to see be written for and you don't see it on the list please just ask if I'll write for that character and ill let ya know!! it doesn't bother me and id rather people ask me rather then not!

Supernatural

Characters-

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

Castiel

Bobby

Seasons-

S.1

S.2

S.3

S.4

The Vampire Diaries/The Originals

Characters-

Damon Salvatore Stefan Salvatore Elijah Mikaelson

Klaus Mikaelson Kol Mikaelson Rebekah Mikaelson Marcel Gerard Lorenzo 'Enzo' Bonnie Bennett Tyler Lockwood Jeremy Gilbert Luke Parker Kai Parker

Seasons-

S.1 - S.8 [TVD] S.1- S.3 [The Originals]

Note: I'll write for practically all of TVD and most of The Originals. The characters in red are ones I'll write for but am less egar to write for if that makes sense. also if there is a specific character that you'd like written but isn't on this list please feel free to ask if I'll write for them! because trust me ill somewhat willingly write for most! (except for Matt. never ask me to write for Matt unless it's about him getting it by a car. This is mostly a joke so Matt fans don't kill me please-.)

The Lost Boys

Characters- David

Marko

Paul

Dwayne

Michael Emerson

Sam Emerson

note: is anyone even in this fandom anymore? im not sure but this old vamp movie is so bad but also so awesome-

TMNT 2012

Characters-

Donatello [Donnie]

Michelangelo [Mikey]

Leonardo [Leo]

Raphael [Raph]

Casy Jones

Seasons-

S.1

S.2

s.3

Note:

i do write for other characters like April O'Neil, but i prefer to mainly write for Casey and the turtles as i favor them and i think i can write them better then i could other characters (this doesn't mean i won't write other characters!)

tmnt masterlist [each gen ill write for and what characters ill write for in those gens cuz i can't add every tmnt gen ill write for here- but untill i make my tmnt master list please know ill also write for a bit of rottmnt,2003 and a bit of bayverse and mutant mayhem! ]

Marble Hornets

characters-

Tim Wright [+His alter ego-Masky]

Brian Thomas [+His alter ego-Hoodie]

Alex Karlie

Jay Merrick

Note:

i will also write both hoodie/brian and masky/tim in creepypasta context and plz know im still watching marble hornets because my attention span for stuff like that[or most stuff in general] is nonexistent so it takes me awhile to get through series and all that[im slowly getting through marble hornets and am learning more about it but its taking me 6 years no joke- also i do write Tim and Brian and their alter egos separately because in my head that just makes sense because i just imagine that there are very different behaviors in between the person and the alter ego if that makes any sense]

Creepypasta:

characters-

Ticci Toby/Tobias Rogers

X-Virus/Cody

BEN Drowned

Bloody Painter/Helen

The Puppeteer

Jeff the killer

Eyeless Jack

Note: plz ask for any other characters! these are just the ones i could think of off the top of my head! ill also write Masky/Tim and Hoodie/Brian in the creepypasta context too. im also sure ill end up editing and add onto this.

Invader Zim

Characters- Zim Dib Gir Gaz Tak

Seasons- S.1 S.2 note: ill write for s.1-the first haft of s.2 but not for the movie as i haven't watched it yet. ill also write aged up/feature au and maybe Zadar [plz don't kill me] besides that please ask for any relationships or characters.

Helluva Boss

Characters-

Fizzarolli [Fizz] Asmodeus[Ozzie] Blitzo Stolas Octivia Moxie Millie Luna Note: as i keep saying and this applies to every fandom i write for- ill write for other characters that aren't listed, so please if there's a character you'd like to see be written for and you don't see it on the list please just ask if I'll write for that character and ill let ya know!! it doesn't bother me and id rather people ask me rather then not!

IT [2017]

Richie Tozier Eddie Kaspbrack Bill Denbrough Beverly Marsh Henry Bowers Patrick Hocksetter Victor Criss Belch Huggins

Note: I will write for the rest of the Losers and other characters but these are just the ones id like to write for [bill is an eh actually-] and as ive said before characters in red are ones ill list and write for but am a bit less egar to write for. Ill also totally write for the bowers gang-

This list will continue to be updated as i remeber and get back into older fandoms and as i watch more of these shows/movies and such!! so again please feel free to ask about fandoms/shows/movies you dont see on this or any other list!! ill most likely make a a basic fandom masterlist that doesnt go into the characters ill write for as those will most likely just be other fandoms i that dont really need a list of characters!

also here is a short list of other fandoms/shows/movies ill write for but i felt dont really need a character list-

Interview With The Vampire The Black Phone Gravity Falls Lego Ninjago Sanders Sides FNAF/Aftons HTTYD The Owl House OHSHC Marvel/Spider man [Mainly Iron man or Spiderman because they are like my comfort characters- i also write for both the Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield Spiderman !!Not the actors but the character! ] Spider Verse Ask/ETC!

disclaimer: i do not own any of these chatacters, fandoms/shows/movies or images. all rights n all go to their respecful owners

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asimmingpunsquared · 1 year ago

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still feeling horrible - the zoloft withdrawal dizziness is actually getting worse instead of better (???) and now i'm having trouble taking a deep breath, which according to google actually has a scientific name but i can't remember. it's only been a week, so i still have to wait it out. i think i feel so bad because yesterday i was actually feeling better so i pushed myself to do more chores around the house and uh. i am feeling the repercussions. the repercussies, if you will.

literally the only thing i can do rn is play the sims. i bought the battlepass for overwatch this season before i knew i'd be changing my meds, so i might make my partner play for me so i can get my rewards lasgdksglksgs. anyway, sims. i've been particularly getting into decorating. i also found out what was causing my crashing when doing makeovers - i think, years ago, when my onedrive fucked up and reset some stuff in my game, the 4gb patch unapplied itself. shoutout to @sometownie for mentioning this in one of their gameplay posts. they mentioned that they weren't getting the pink soup that normally happens when you don't have the 4gb patch applied - i hadn't either, which is what inspired me to check. so like, psa if you're having unexplained crashes with no pink soup, check to make sure the 4gb patch hasn't mysteriously vanished. shoutout again to sometownie for inspiring me to actually decorate (and push outside of my comfort zone with decoration - which is like, the first two pages of whatever category, lmao). and shoutout to coolors.co, which i think i saw @gir-sims using, for generating inspiring color palettes so i don't just make all my sims houses decorated with various shades of brown, white and blue with yellow and pink throw in for some spice.

anyway i'm still able to work because i work from home mostly listening to audio and editing text, which also means i'm able to play the sims and edit pictures during work! i haven't been much in the mood to edit, mostly just play, but i'll try and get some editing done to get back to posting. gameplay-wise i'm in university of week 3 year 5 but i took a break to do some decorating around stilla.

#text #long rambly text cause my brain is scattered

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jondavissmalewife · 4 years ago

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updated 2021 pinned post :-)

dni : homophobes, maps, ddlg, terfs, racists, sexists, anti-blm, trump supporters, blue lives matter supporters, p*rn accounts, pro-ana accounts!!!!

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Introduction ★

hello :-)! My name is rooker, but I also go by mudz, rigby, or finn! but you can call me whichever one you're most comfortable with :-)

I'm a minor digital artist who wants to be an animator!!

My pronouns are he/it, I'm transgender and gay!

get to know a little! :

likes :-) = art, bright colors, t shirts, fashion, deep conversations, goofing off, watching animations, etc

dislikes :-( = cramps, manipulation, gas lighting, yelling, cuts, intrusive thoughts, spiders (except for gerald, ily), etc

favorite artists/animators :-) = sashley, twisted doctor, nevana, all my friends, aurora quartelz, dreamalgia, webzies, ghost and pals, jamie hewlett, etc

favorite music artists/bands :-) = gorillaz, lemon demon, will wood, hole, black dresses, anarchy 99, mindless self indulgence, ghost and pals, babes in toyland, glass animals, etc :-)

favorite shows :-) = my little pony, madoka magica, danganronpa, flcl, the promised neverland, paswg, invader zim, onegai my melody, bjhm, etc :-)

stuff I'm currently into :-) = gorillaz, bojack horseman, eddsworld, the walten files, ddlc, vocaloid, mlp :-D

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kin list :-)★

(only doing my highest kins)

ibuki mioda (danganronpa)

gir (invader zim)

hayase nagatoro (don't bully me nagatoro san)

juuzo suzuya (tokyo ghoul)

genocider syo/jack/jill (danganronpa)

pinkie pie (mlp)

emma (the promised neverland)

peter peterson (doll eye)

tomoko (watamote)

2d (gorillaz)

finn (adventure time)

todd chavez (bjhm)

sarah lynn (bjhm)

sonic (sonic boom) (don't ask😭)

dan (dan vs.)

spinel (su:movie/su:f)

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hahaha that was long. thank you for reading this post <3!! have a good time on my account :-)

#rooker speaks!!#long post #introduction post

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quizzical-paradox · 4 years ago

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OK FUCK THIS NOISE IM GONNA CLASSPECT FUCKIN INVADER ZIM CHARACTERS BECAUSE I CAN AND CRINGE CULTURE IS DEAD. WELCOME TO THE HYPERFIXATION ZONE

(please keep in mind that this is a huge shitpost and isnt meant to be taken seriously at all--)

Zim = Prospit, Bard of Doom

Ok this one should be kinda obvious. Abusing and manipulating the powers of doom and never even benefiting from it in the end? Overall being full of themselves and is ALWAYS confident, no matter what? 100% Zimcore. Need I say more.

Gir = Prospit, Knight of Heart

Never thought I’d see the day when I’d have to classpect GIR of all people. Or, dogs. Or, robots. Anyhow, GIR being a Knight of Heart...kinda works. After all, what the IZ universe mostly lacks is optimism, heart, and overall that kinda positive stuff--which is what Gir brings to the table, along with Minimoose. I’m smart.

Minimoose = Derspit, Witch of Space

I AM CLASSPECTING A FLOATING PURPLE MOOSE. Oh my absolute god. Anyway, I couldn’t decide on a lunar sway for Minimoose, so I just went with Derspit because yes. Anyway, as we can see in ETF, Minimoose CLEARLY has space-manipulating powers. He teleported an ENTIRE PLANET, for god’s sake. He uses it mostly to the advantage of others, but he mostly benefits from it indirectly because Zim is an idiot, so I made him a Witch. For all we know, Minimoose could be god-tier already and noone would bat an eye.

Dib = Derse, Seer of Void

Pretty much any paranormal investigator character could be a Seer of Void, not gonna lie. They're just like that, ya know. Anyway, a sense of wanting to understand the unseen, the unknown, and even the nonexistant is a TOTAL Dib move. Like holy shit that fits way too much.

Gaz = Derse, Rogue of Rage

Gaz. Gaz sweetie. You can’t just hoard all that rage. You gotta leave some for another poor bastard--shit she’s already gone. Fuck. Anyway, I feel like Gaz being Ragebound is...kind of a given. I mean, she already canonically saves up and hoards a bunch of Rage and unleashes it on some other poor utterly fucked soul, so this works. Trust me.

Membrane = Derse, Heir of Space

Okay just hear me out here. He’s well-versed in creation, he does it mostly for the benefit of others, AND he’s pretty space-oriented in the first place. Seriously, everything about the man just SCREAMS Heir of Space. Look me in the eye and tell me I’m wrong. See, you can’t. Checkmate.

Almighty Tallests = Prince(s) of Hope

Welp, the Tallests are Eridan kinnies, who knew. Also YES they share a classpect, they're practically identical, gimme a break. Anyway, the reason I chose Prince of Hope rather than Prince of Space was 1: we already have way too many space players so we dont need two more. And 2: they already destroy hope by being galactic monarchs and conquering planets--plus, they destroy WITH hope by being naive to the consequences of their actions, as seen in ETF. Also, they're MONARCHS, so of course they're princes. Hee hoo I'm smart.

Tak: Derse, Mage of Doom

Yo holy shit, Tak is a Sollux kinnie. ...I need to make a shitpost of that now. Anyway, the reason I made Tak a Doombound mage is because she has CLEARLY, canonically, fought against Doom throughout her backstory (failing the exams and being banished for god knows how long, only to return and fall to Zim after carefully constructing a plan, etc.) and, since Zim is a Doombound Bard, that would make her defeat as his hands a way of her suffering Doom, therefore further securing her Magehood. She could have god-tiered after getting thrown into the sun, for all we know.

(EDIT: I FUCKING FORGOT THE BONUS CHARACTERS SO HERE YA GO:)

Chammy Wamboo = Prospit, Knight of Blood

Okay not gonna lie this one's a big brain move. See, Chammy's one of those shippers, focused on interpersonal relationships, right? Lil Meulin kinnie. So of course, she'd be Bloodbound. Since that's what the IZ universe lacks, then she's a Knight attempting to defend it and bring it to the table. (she shares a classpect with KARKAT OF ALL PEOPLE. WHAT THE FUCK)

Keef = Prospit, Thief of Blood

Yeah Keef being a Hero of Blood is kind of a given anyway. Poor boy, he doesn't MEAN to steal Blood per se, but he ends up doing it anyway because he just wants human connection. Tragic, but still annoying. RIP.

Zib = Derspit, Mage of Rage

Not to toot my own horn, but THIS ONE IS FUCKING BIG BRAIN. See, since Zib's backstory is heavily ambiguous, this one was a challenge. BUT, Zib has been shown to be fighting (and losing) against his own Rage in the form of his Zim half, and eventually suffers the consequences of his Rage by failing and being deserted in the Void. I considered Void for him due to the aforementioned reason, but I think Rage works better.

Pilot Dib = Derse, Thief of Beans Time

Now, this one is less big-brain, but it still works. Since Pilot Dib is suspended in IZ canon, and is widely regarded as the most feral character in that suspended canon, as well as being the most memorable character in the pilot itself, he basically has a monopoly over the entire time he spends on-screen. So, he basically stole the pilot's runtime and became the ULTIMATE DIB. Good for him, good for him.

Concept Dib = Derse, Seer of Mind

Hee hee, Concept Dib is a Terezi kinnie. Anyway, since Concept Dib is basically just Dib if he was Dexter, I feel like he'd be very Mind-oriented. And, being a scientist, he'd be dedicated to understanding his mind, so of course he'd be a Seer.

ANYWAY, that's my stupid fuckin analysis because im dumb and cringe culture is dead. if you see this no you dont <3

#invader zim #homestuck #musings of the conjurer #PLEASE DONT LOOK AT THIS IT'S MY SHAME PLEASE #SOBS #long post

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gorebabybunny · 4 years ago

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Furby wish list!

Welp, its happened yet again...

I’ve found another thing I want to collect. So, might as well compile this list since tumblr is a pretty big furby hot spot.

Lets divide this shall we? I’ll be going by generation, most of these are in want to either custom or theme after a character!

1998 FURBIES;

These are the original furbies, small, less fluffy, but had a lot of generations that came in its surrounding years. It received no major style changes until 2005, so any furby with this look is called a 1998 furby. In 1999 furbies were banned from the NSA as they could theoretically be used to record information. This is because furbies are an early AI based toy, using now outdated tech to have the toy respond and learn from you.

1) Red wolf furby

I want this more just for myself, though I imagine a Tord themed one could be done with it if I change my mind!

Preference: Working... Though a nonworking one would be nice to have if I didn’t plan on modifying.

2) Dragon furby

This was the first furby I set my heart on! I want one to make a Sonic the hedgehog custom with. I do not want the fresh new look version! As those ones have a black face and Sonic does not.

Preference: Open to working or nonworking

3) Racing furby

This is considered a special edition furby! Which means he would be really special! I want to modify one to be a Tom custom! I mean duh, he’s perfect for one!

Preference: I’d love a mute one for him but I doubt thats very possible to find!

4) Santa furby

like the racing furby, this one is a special edition. I want this one just to have, though I would take that dumb hat off.

Preference: nonworking so he can’t spread holiday cheer thx

1998 FURBY BABIES:

The furby babies were actually released 1999 but as stated before, because they have the original furby shape that is how they are referred to. Furby babies are smaller and hvae limited responses/interactions. They also feature more pastel colours.

1) Sunny yellow furby baby

Look, I have no clue why but the second I saw this furby I was in love. This would be one to just have and if I modified it would be to add freckles or something. I just... Look at them, theyre a little baby bird!

preference: Working

2) Pink and blue furby babies

I would either take both or just one of these duo. I think they would make pretty cute twins though.

preference: Creepy twins? Working please!

3) Lime green baby furby

I want this one to make an Invader Zim custom with... Cuz he’s baby obviously! He would be pretty heavily modified. MIGHT become a long furby.

Preference: LOUD AND PROUD WORKING MAMA

2005 FURBIES:

These furbies are probably my favorite... Likely as they’re the ones I had as a kiddo. In this generation they had their first total redesign. Features were remodeled but were arguably not as good. They did not have a light sensor and in touch relied totally on touch and sound to communicate. While they responded better to humans, among other furbies this posed a challenge.

They are also larger than the original furby, had plastic immovable feet and silicon covered mouths. For me, I remember the weird little mouth most fondly. Because the creators were going for a more realistic look, they have a permanently drugged expression. They are also supposedly pretty hard to skin and customize.

1) Strawberry swirl 2005

This is by far my favorite furby, something about them look so delicate and sweet, like someone I wanna come home and be comforted by after a bad day. This model is also more pricey than others for some reason.

Preference: Working

2) Sleepy blue 2005

Something about this furby looks so sweet, I just love him!

preference: Working

3) Sleepy pink 2005

NOW! I actually have already gotten this one, it is on its way to me through the mail. I will be turning it into a working Edd furby!

4) Charcoal 2005

I just,, Love this boy so much, look at his lil ears,, He feeds my dark soul energy

Preference: Working or nonworking I love him all the same

2005 FURBY BABY:

Now these ones are special.

Based off the 2005 furby (as it was released the same year) the 2005 furby baby had a unique look. Their legs were more defined and pose-able. I would say these are the most alien looking of all the furbies.

1) Any skinned furby 2005 baby. Any.

I want a skinned 2005 furby so I can make a Gir custom! I would be hand making the skin into a little costume! This is the only image I could find lol

Preference: I’d be fine with it not working but my world would be made if it was.

2012 FURBIES:

These furbies were basically the major tech update! At this point they are increasingly less releastic (a sharp contrast from the 2005) and more robot based. This is likely because modern tech had reach a high with children. They can develop a different personality based om how you play with it. They resemble the 1998 body shape but nothing else quite lines up. At this point, the ears are now plastic and their tail has become an interaction point.

Because these are newer models and can still be bought in some stores, I will not include my preference towards working or nonworking as most should still be active.

1) White 2012 (AKA Yeti furby)

I just love this little white fluff! He’s just super cute and soft.

2) Black cherry 2012

I want this one for a Tord custom! Though customizing 2012 and ups are difficult.

3) Festive Sweater furby BOOM

This is technically a separate model but there isn’t much a difference aside from the ears and colours. I love his metallic look though I could care less about the Christmas pattern.

FURBY CONNECT:

Furby connect is the most recent model of furby as of may 2020. It has bluetooth capabilities and the most language skills. Despite the age gap in products, all furbies can communicate with one another. This model is extremely soft and fluffy... Though it should be noted that they can be hacked into if in direct contact. To make these furbies go to sleep, they have a plastic face mask you insert into their above sensor. These are the most interactive. There LCD eyes are lit up with better graphics than the 2012 and booms.

1) Blue furby connect

I’m in love with their softness and sweet eyes. He is definitely on the top of my list!

LONG FURBIES:

Long furbies are home made furbs with (usually) authentic faces and bodies that are sewn into a long tube like thing. The practice is to actually extend the furby. These can be commissioned by artists but most people make them at home. They often have a plastic skeleton inside.

I will include one example photo THAT IS NOT MINE but the rest of the images will be the bases I want for the long furbies.

Typically it is only done with 1998 furbies.

AGAIN THIS IS NOT MY PICTURE, JUST AS NONE OF THESE ARE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER SOMEONE HOME MADE THIS AND CREDIT IS DESERVED WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

1) Blueberry 1998 furby base

I want to turn this into a long furby custom based of Dib from Invader Zim... I would attempt to make it a working model but if thats not possible then a simple plush would do

List of customs from character I want to make that were not listed:

Matt (eddsworld)

As of right now, these are the furbies I want! I will probably add more later... Especially since I’m not quite satisfied on my Tord choice

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a-bit-too-much-of-a-zelda-fan · 6 years ago

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Linked Universe Fanfic: Fright

Stop! You’ve Violated the Law!

So, you’ve stumbled upon this original post for my @ LinkedUniverse fanfiction. That’s okay, it happens to everyone. As of March 2021, I’ve uploaded the entirety of this fanfic to my Archive of Our Own page. Along with finally giving the story a name (Oops! All Links: A Linked Universe Story) I made substantial edits to some of the chapters. These range from minor stylistic revisions to fixing a gaping plot hole that kinda completely broke the character conflict in the earlier chapters. I also renamed and renumbered (but not reordered) the chapters. Specifically, this is now Chapter 1.

The AO3 iterations of these chapters are the definitive versions. So, if you would like to read this fanfiction, please do so on AO3, right here. With this embedded link. Hehe. Geddit? Link?

Note: My screen name on AO3 is FrancisDuFresne. Yes, that is me. I am not plagiarizing myself.

Anyway, for posterity’s sake, the rest of the original post is below the cut.

I wrote a bit of fanfic for @linkeduniverse . It’s 3 pages long in Word so I’ll put it under the cut. I hope you enjoy!

Night fell on the young heroes slowly but steadily. Soon enough, it was getting hard for them to see slivers of midnight-blue sky between the tree branches above them. They found a clearing just off the forest path and set up camp. As Wild and Four set about starting a fire, Twilight and Time scouted the area for monsters and got a lay of the land. Satisfied, they came back a few minutes later to a roaring fire and their seven companions enjoying idle conversation.

It can get tiring on a long journey like the Links’, so one must make their own fun. “Guys,” Wind said suddenly.

A general murmur of acknowledgment spread through the group.

“We should tell stories.”

Wild sighed. “You know I don’t like to do this.”

Wind started to protest but was interrupted by Time.

“Let the kid have his fun,” he said to Wild with a shrug. Looking at Wind, he asked “Stories about what?”

“I dunno, something we haven’t talked about yet?”

Warrior piped up, “How about something scary? We don’t tell scary stories often.”

Wind’s eyes lit up. “Sure!” he said.

At the same time, Time’s and Twilight’s darkened. They knew this might not be as fun as Wind hoped it might be. The Links looked around at each other, waiting for someone else to start. It was my choice to tell stories, Wind thought. May as well start.

“I had some pretty scary things happen to me on my quest… not really terrifying, more like stressful. It was on my twelfth birthday that my sister Aryll was kidnapped. A gigantic bird came out of nowhere and snatched her up. The whole time it took to save her, I couldn’t bear to think what she was going through. She was only nine.”

A sister? Wild looked up. It had never occurred to him that one of the other Links had a sibling. He tried not to think of his sister if he could help it. Between knowing she died in the Calamity and not properly remembering her anyway, it was unpleasant for him. Wind now had his full attention.

“It took a while, but I finally saved her. It felt like a huge weight was lifted off my chest… then Tetra was kidnapped. Our crew decided to chase after a ghost ship. She jumped aboard and didn’t come back. It took a few weeks to find the ghost ship and save her, but she had been turned to stone. She was freed later, but…”

Four perked up when he heard this. His Zelda suffered the same fate.

“Well, anyway, I didn’t have too many jump scares. There were some redeads, but other than that it wasn’t too scary.”

Wind looked around the group, evidently finished with his story. Wild hesitated but spoke up. “My Zelda practiced and prayed for almost all her life to master a sealing power that could defeat Ganon. It was terrifying when the Calamity came and we both knew full well that she couldn’t hope to use that power. I… I couldn’t show my fear. I had to be there for her. She needed me to lean on, and I couldn’t deny her that.”

The rest of the group couldn’t help but stare. They had all had to push fear aside to defeat evil, but they never suppressed their feelings like Wild. Most them hadn’t, that is. They waited for Wild to finish, but he seemed to be lost in thought again. In a few meaningful looks, they agreed to leave him be.

Legend picked up the proverbial torch. “I woke up in the dead of night from a vision of Zelda to my uncle holding a sword and shield I didn’t even know we owned. He told me to stay in bed, but you know I couldn’t do that. I found him mortally wounded in the dungeons of Hyrule Castle… then, later, when I thought I was about to save Hyrule, the wizard Agahnim sent me to the Dark World. It was like Hyrule, but it was just… wrong. It was an evil reflection of what I knew. Seeing my world perverted like that was almost too much.”

Silence followed for a good few moments. Still, Time and Twilight were stony-faced. Sky looked around and figured it was as good a time as any to say his bit. “My Zelda went missing. We were riding our loftwings together. I could feel us having a moment. The clouds around us, inches away from each other… a tornado cropped up and pulled her underneath the clouds. I spent the next few weeks traveling the air and surface trying to find her.”

“I was this close,” he said as he held up his hand, almost touching the tips of his thumb and index finger. “So many times, I almost caught up with her. I lived knowing that while I was doing my own adventuring and fighting, so was she. I knew she could handle herself, but it still stressed the daylights out of me. So I guess I’m in the same boat as you,” he finished, gesturing at Wind.

A minute or two passed before Wind asked, “anyone else?”

Twilight looked over to Time. Time gave a near-imperceptible nod.

“I don’t like to talk about this too much,” Twilight began, “but I suppose I can share it with you all. I don’t want to invalidate what you went through or anything, but your fear came from what was around you. Your surroundings, your loved ones in peril, all of that. I’m not an exception.”

The others looked at him, wondering If he was trying to show them up or leading up to something terrible. Inwardly, they hoped he wasn’t being humble for a change.

“My gir—best friend, my friends were all taken from our village.”

Only Time noticed the change of wording. He understood Twilight’s reluctance to get attached to anyone.

“I was the last kid left,” Twilight continued. “Our world was stuck in perpetual twilight that kept us living in fear and darkness. I was only saved by the Triforce of Courage. I wasn’t the same, though. You’ve seen me turn into a wolf before. I’m mostly comfortable with it now, but I wasn’t always. The Triforce somehow knew I had the spirit of a wolf. Being a ranch hand, I know how vicious wolves are. How dangerous they can be. It scared me that that was the essence of who I am.”

Legend felt a modicum of guilt. The Dark World transformed him into a helpless rabbit. That was unsettling in its own right, but now he realized he faced the lesser of two evils.

“As I adventured, I began to understand that wolves are ruthless against their enemies, but they take care of their own just as fiercely. What I had to give and what I had to do to save my friends made me realize that. Malo, Talo, Beth, Colin… Ilia. I didn’t know where they were or if they were safe.”

All the Links understood this feeling well. Twilight felt no need to continue that train of thought.

“Those of you who had companions had someone that was easy to trust. The King of Red Lions, Ciela, Navi, Tatl, Ezlo, Fi; you knew you could count on them. Midna was something else. For the longest time, I had no way of knowing if she actually had my back, or if she was just using me. That scared me too.”

The sound of Navi’s name made Time flinch, but everyone was so focused on Twilight that they didn’t notice. The longest silence yet followed. Even Wind was speechless. Whether it was out of fear or shock or respect, Twilight couldn’t tell. He felt slightly guilty for unloading all of this on them.

Time eventually began to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat. The other eight stared at him. He had faced far worse pressure in his life, but he knew that he owed his friends a glimpse into his past. He had never told them much about it, only enough to bring them to visit Malon.

“Time?” Hyrule asked. It was the first time he had spoken all night.

“Hm?”

“You don’t have to if you don’t want. We’d understand.”

“No, it’s okay,” he murmured. “I… I’ll be brief.”

The Links had no idea what to expect. They were on the edge of their seats. Time leaned his elbows on his knees. He stared straight ahead, seemingly transfixed by the fire. The eldest of the heroes took a deep breath, then spoke:

“I was afraid of being alone.”

The others waited for him to continue, but he didn’t say anything else. He was silent for the rest of the night. Everyone decided that it would be best if they let him be and turned in for the night.

Wild had trouble sleeping. What did he mean by that? He always had a companion, right? He was never alone. How could he be afraid of being alone?

The Links woke at dawn to see their gear neatly packed. Time was making breakfast over a rekindled fire. He had a tired look in his remaining eye. It occurred to the more perceptive of them that he probably hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep that night.

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brightstarhoshi · 5 years ago

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Say Goodbye for Now

✎ In Collaboration with @froneypupbee

Chapter 1 [RE-EDITED]

✧ Link to Masterlist ✧ Genre: Angst, Romance, Slice of Life, Melodrama ✧ Word Count: 5k ✧ Summary: Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Mark Lee is met with the heart wrenching truth that he has less than a month to live. His first decision is to face closure with his best friend, Donghyuck, who struggles to accept the reality of their future. What starts out as an early farewell turns into Donghyuck suggesting they spend their last few months together by following Mark’s bucket list from when he was fourteen. As Donghyuck is aware that the list ranges from domestic to insane objectives, there is one item that slightly intrigues him—falling in love.

Mark Lee, at the age of 18, was dying. He’d undergone treatment for a long time, gotten better for a short period of time before his health plummeted and cancer proceeded to spread through his body. He was weaker than ever, physically and emotionally. He thought he’d come to terms with dying, he knew there was a chance of it happening, but he didn’t think it would happen so soon. After his one period of good health, he probably got it into his head that he might’ve actually had the chance of living a fulfilling life. At a point, everyone around him was just as hopeful as he had been. But the golden walls of that false reality came tumbling down to reveal the twisted reality he actually lived in.

Mark Lee learned on May 16th that he only had a few months to live at best and it was more likely than not that a few months could mean only one. He learned that all of the hope and happiness he’d compiled in his short life would end so soon. He had so much he wanted to do, but the time was torn from his hands. He wanted to weep, but the tears wouldn’t come out. He had to keep face in front of his parents and didn’t want to cry in front of the doctor that always told him to stay strong.

The ride home was one of the longest he’d ever experienced. His parents tried to act happy for his sake, but Mark could tell that everything was eating at them as much as it ate at him, but he tried to smile for them. They deserved happiness because he was living a life that would soon end just to devastate those around him. He’d try to make his end easier for them as long as he could.

Upon arriving home, Mark went straight to the only thing that was able to comfort him. The only person more like. He quickly unlocked his phone with hands so shaky he was surprised he could type properly. He opened his messages and a flood of agony swallowed up his mind. Donghyuck was always punctual and knew just how long his usual appointments would last, he’d always made sure to send him a message inquiring about how his appointment went. Mark could bear with what he’d have to tell his friend this time, so he didn’t reply with more than:

‘Come over. Urgent.’

He let his phone fall into his lap as he flopped back onto his bed, struggling to settle himself under the sheets while he awaited a knock from his friend.

Today, the earthy wands of the trees, those limbs that stretch into the sky, bloomed many new buds that decorated themselves in polka-dots. They had shed their winter covers, the layers they sheltered within, and now bravely sought the sun, renewed in its brilliance. This day was too charming to go out with, and instead of taking advantage of it like most would, Donghyuck made the decision to stay indoors and burn a batch of perfectly shaped pastries that Mark would have enjoyed.

Or at least, could have.

He sighed in defeat and paused to admire the flowers outside that blossomed from the windowsill planter. It was a shame—he missed out on the moment to be a part of the transient beauty that the floral aroma released, but now they were poisoned with the overwhelming char of the desserts. He tore the oven mitts from his hands and tossed them onto the kitchen counter, groaning in exasperation as he brought a hand to rub the tension from his temples.

After a few moments of pacing around in the kitchen, Donghyuck’s ears perked up at the sound of an unanticipated whir from the dining table. He followed the sudden interruption and perceived his phone blinking from numerous notifications. It was to be expected, as he often neglected any sort of mobile communication when he was focused on certain tasks. He almost shrugged it off as he thought it could be another text from his coworker asking to take his shift again. However, he immediately swiped his phone from the table when he saw Mark Lee’s name emerged from the rest of the miscellaneous notices, with a message so direct and brief it made his stomach drop.

‘Come over. Urgent.’

Donghyuck’s eyes darted up to the time displayed on the corner of his screen: 3:47.

“Shit…” His jaw clenched rigidly under his breath and he ran a hand through his hair, almost yanking on it. Mark had to have been waiting at home for at least half an hour, and Donghyuck wasn’t supposed to arrive at his door empty-handed. His pacing resumed as he continued to grumble over the failed chocolate chip cookies, convincing himself that he could possibly go for a second attempt the following day. Mark wouldn’t mind the overdue present so long as he still received them.

Donghyuck’s aimless wandering then lead him straight into his bedroom, where he snatched his keys and jacket off of the dresser. He quickly made his way back into the living room where he shoved his phone in his back pocket and didn’t hesitate to bolt out the door.

“Mark! Fuck’s sake, open up!” Donghyuck shouted from the patio as he refused to stop his persistent pounding on the door. “Don’t make me break in! I’ll climb through your window if I have to!”

His phone vibrated in his pocket for the third time now, and since creating a public disturbance seemed futile and a waste of energy, he withdrew his phone and noticed that it was Mark that had called him multiple times. His name on the screen still glared at him, the phone buzzing in his hand nonstop.

Donghyuck brought the phone up to his ear, stepping off of the patio and taking a gander out in the neighborhood as though he expected to discover Mark strolling on the sidewalk.

“Mark, where the hell are you? I’ve been banging on your door for the past five minutes and nobody—”

“Bro…” Mark muttered from the other line, and Donghyuck couldn’t tell if he was half asleep or in a state of confusion.

“I left the door unlocked for you…”

Donghyuck whirled around and glanced up at Mark’s bedroom window, eyes squinting from the blinding sunlight that reflected off of the glass. He raised an arm to guard his eyes and caught his best friend staring back at him through the window, a curtain lifted over his head.

He huffed through the line and tilted his head in inquiry. “Really? You couldn’t come downstairs to tell me that?”

Mark sighed into the phone and moved from the window. His head was pounding and the longer he stood the more pain he was in. “You have the key anyway, dumbass, you could let yourself in even if it was locked.” All that was perceived on the other end of the phone call was an exasperated sigh from Donghyuck, who was in complete denial that he had clearly lost the key to his house again.

After the call disconnected, Mark once again curled up in his bed as pain swelled in his chest and anxiety built in his body. He was about to tell his best friend he was dying and the closer Donghyuck’s steps came, the tighter his throat became. He forced himself to sit up when the door opened and as soon as he saw his best friend’s face look at him in concern, Mark Lee allowed his tears to stream down his face as though flood gates had opened.

Donghyuck was quick to wrap his friend in his arms, and even though Mark should find comfort in his friend’s grasp, he only felt more pain. “It hurts so bad, Sookie.” He was able to get out between panicked breaths. “It hurts so fucking bad.”

Mark always felt bad for putting his friend through his breakdowns, but he was never able to stop them from happening. He wished so badly he could will the tears away from his eyes today, he wished he could just tell Donghyuck and get it over with, but he couldn’t stop as the sobs painfully wracked his system for all too long.

It took a long while to stop crying. He didn’t really calm down at all, just ran out of tears to spill. To his friend, his breakdown seemed to be ending, but Mark felt like that had only been the beginning of several weeks worth of pain much worse.

“Dongsookie… I’m not gonna be here much longer.” Donghyuck’s head snapped toward him at neck-breaking speed asking him to repeat what he’d said.

It almost hurt more the second time. Telling Donghyuck he was dying and that there was nothing more anyone could do for him. Watching Donghyuck process all of the information as his face went through so many emotional changes was almost enough to make Mark cry again, but he couldn’t. "I thought I’d come to terms with dying long before this, but... I’m so fucking scared now, Sookie. I’m terrified.”

The desolation Donghyuck felt was all consuming. His mind became an icy wasteland that froze over his emotions. The wind howled in his soul and wrapped ill-bearing tentacles around his heart so tightly it almost ceased its irregular beating. He felt emotionally bankrupt. There was nothing left to feel, nothing left to say, nothing left but the void that enveloped him in swirling blackness as he plummeted into the desk chair that sat behind him.

Mark Lee—his best friend since childhood—was dying. For as long as he could remember, all of the time they spent together was built off of mischievous phases that every grade school kid experienced. Flashbacks immediately flooded the catastrophic mindset he caught himself in—the Halloweens Donghyuck and Mark would spend vandalizing homes of people that nobody liked with spoiled eggs and low-quality toilet paper. He recalled the times when they would pull off harmless pranks on this one particular girl in fourth grade because they both had a crush on her. He could hear his mother scolding them both for bringing a muddy soccer ball and stained shoes into the house after a very wet day out in the park. Then afterward, she’d have a wave of guilt convince her into cooking them platters of spicy chicken and pork bulgogi. The list went on for what seemed like an eternity.

Either way, the laughter that coexisted in their lives were never ending and all of the treats they shared were wonderful. They were unforgettable moments that created such an imperfect but endearing childhood, all those simple days that seemed to go on and on, until today. And something foul had splintered inside Donghyuck.

“No.” Donghyuck bore his eyes into the clenched fists that pushed down on his knees. Tears were brimming in the corners of his eyes, his face the color of a brick, his voice cracking with a hard edge. His shoulders were tremendously heavy, weighing him down, leaving him almost paralyzed, but his head almost snapped as he looked at Mark with anger brewing in his chest, his face twisted with a venomous glare.

“This is bullshit,” he spat with a curt, clipped tone, almost snarling, “You were supposed to get better. You were supposed to beat this thing—beat this God awful misery that I spent years trying to helping you fight. I was always with you through all the stupid shit that came at us and now you’re just going to let it take you away from me?”

There was a slight drop in the air temperature—the descent of absolute silence. Mark’s face had contorted into a look of distress, sadness hovering over his core and slithering into his chest, leaving his heart abandoned. There was a bitter taste sleeping on his tongue that he couldn’t control. There were blurry spots in the corners of his vision that he couldn’t choke back. It frightened him that sudden tears could burn his retinas and cause such a displeasing wave to wash over him, one that made him shudder all over his body. It only took all of the effort he could muster to tame the aches he endured, yet they were aggravated. Never so desperately had Mark wanted to recoil into his bed and shrivel into dust.

“Dongsookie,” Mark gasped, his restless hands curling and loosening out of agitation, unconsciously gripping a handful of bed sheets.

“I never had a choice in this—I didn’t decide to die because I wanted to. You fucking knew this could happen, so what the fuck is your problem?!”

He trembled as he was brave enough to bring himself to a stand, his legs almost failing beneath but they somehow kept a steadfast stance. The raw agony that shot up his back made him flinch, the memory of Donghyuck’s words impaling him as though a javelin took him as prey. Suddenly, the distorted view of Donghyuck’s horrified expression slowly came into focus. He was seething at the slight remorse that he could already sense in the excruciatingly thick atmosphere.

“I’m dying and you act like it’s my fault...” Mark murmured under his raspy breath. The quivering never stopped. It was as though the cancer cells had already annexed his entire system and the only thing left to do was to gulp down all of his fears as a temporary coping mechanism.

But Mark was destroyed. Never had he felt so many emotions that secluded him into a void that he couldn’t describe, and all he could do was cast his gaze onto the ground and his eyes darkened—almost black like the void that couldn’t be filled.

He glanced back up at Donghyuck, only to glower at him in rage.

“Screw you, Donghyuck.”

And all at once, he felt his heart rate pick up in erratic spikes. The words that filled his head persisted him to continue the spillage of his uncontrollable emotions. They were twisted with an unfamiliar hate that nearly consumed Mark if only there wasn’t a certain innocence that was portrayed in Donghyuck’s eyes.

The sight of those bittersweet chocolate eyes immediately squeezed his throat and compressed his chest shut. He was now in a coughing fit, one that let out ugly rattles from his lungs. His head spun as catching his breath became more and more difficult. Mark clutched at his core, his wheezes leaving his throat with little to no respiration, and his vision was blotched with white spots that began to engulf his conscious. There was a numbness that spread throughout his entire body, which didn’t take long to collapse onto the ground, and after a couple of moments where Mark lost his ability to breathe, the whites of his eyes had rolled back into his head, where everything suddenly turned black.

Mark was balled up on the floor when he came to, his parents quite unsettled as they struggled to help him onto his bed. His mother became uneasy as she demanded for answers, or at least any sign of confirmation that he was okay to lie down and rest, but Mark was too distracted to answer, as he blankly stared at the wall in front of him that created a canvas for his thoughts to freely roam. He made the assumption that his parents had just missed Donghyuck’s presence, as his eyes scanned the room and outside the window, only to realize that he was nowhere to be found.

Mark was more so struck in dismay that his best friend had left him isolated and dejected without warning, a pain that Donghyuck had never inflicted him with before. His heart sank and he did his best to silence the returning tears. Still quietly wheezing, Mark used up all of the energy he had left, silently dismissing his parents as he forced his body into a deep, well-needed slumber. One that he hoped could last for a very long time.

Donghyuck stormed through his front door in a tumult of sweat and tears, not noticing that he had startled his mother, who was in the kitchen and had jumped with a frantic yelp upon hearing the door suddenly burst open. He halted in her presence, immediately turning away in hopes of concealing the vulnerability that was clearly written all over him. The panting, however, didn’t go away, and the only time it’d stop was to desperately fill his lungs with fresh air. At this rate, Donghyuck’s mother would’ve been a fool to have missed the sniffles and stifling sobs coming from her own son.

“Donghyuck.” Her tone was tense, yet full of concern, and if it wasn’t for the memories of his family with Mark and his parents flooding back into his mind, he wouldn’t have given in and faced her, revealing the tears that cleansed his red cheeks. Few droplets remained, forgetting their way as the path was swept from beneath them, consequently blurring Donghyuck’s vision with episodes of torment and anguish.

“Mom…” He blinked back his briny tears, “I’m sorry for making a mess in the kitchen. I’ll clean up before curfew, I promise.”

This was not the first time Donghyuck cried in front of his mother, especially since Mark’s terminal illness was diagnosed. He could not help but bury his blotched face into his hands, especially when the pain came out like an uproar from his throat in the form of a silent scream. He was as hollow as Mark—he could feel the same emptiness that drove them both into a state of denial that life could be so cruel. They used to have this childish spirit that cherished everything, that sought to bring joy to themselves and to appreciate the laughter they bestowed in one another.

Now it was gone. Mark’s life was crumbling in his fingertips as the miserable years went by. So there and then, when Donghyuck’s mother approached him with hands caressing his face that was hot to the touch, his lashes brimmed heavy with tears, his lips trembling and his shoulders heaved with emotion, unwilling to back down. He suddenly crashed into her arms, sobbing endlessly.

“My Donghyuck… You know that’s not important.” His mother planted his head on her shoulder, hands gently stroking his hair.

“Tell me what’s wrong,” she said, “I can’t bear to see you so miserable.”

When Donghyuck wept, there was a gut-wrenching sound to it, like the pain was still an open wound. He clasped tightly onto his mother’s sleeves for support, and his whole body shook from the cries that would constantly trap itself in his throat.

“Mark—,” he gasped, “Mark’s not okay—he...”

The muffled sobs wracked against his chest. The world turned into a blur, and so did all the sounds. The taste of his salty tears, the smell of his mother’s clothes. Everything evaporated. The last painful scene of Mark plummeting to the ground slammed against him before he melted from the wave of exhaustion that washed over him.

“It’s okay,” his mother whispered, “Don’t say anymore.”

For a moment, Donghyuck thought he felt a deep sigh from her softly humming against his body, as though his grief had rubbed off on his mother. It only strangled his heart tighter, the stress pounding more blood into his head. The desire he had to tell his mother everything wasn’t enough for him to spill out the entire truth.

“I’m awful.” He could barely whimper the word he’d muster out. “I left him there, Mom. He said he didn’t have much time, and I just left him. I couldn’t stay to listen. I didn’t want to hear it.”

He couldn’t control his rambling any longer, and as Donghyuck wept, his breath struggled to collect itself.

“It’s not fair,” he cried, “I never got to do everything he wanted to do. I’m never going to see all of the places he wanted to visit.”

Donghyuck slowly withdrew himself from his mother’s embrace, with loud heaving sobs tearing from his throat. He kept his faint, yet unwavering gaze still with her, searching for any signs of hope in her distraught eyes.

“Please let me wake up from this nightmare,” he pleaded, his legs almost giving in, “I don’t want to be here anymore. Not in a world without him. Please, Mom.”

But all she could offer was a lone tear that traced down her cheek, followed by a sniffle—a sign that she had the ability to take away some of the weight Donghyuck had sustained all this time.

“Honey.” A brief chuckle broke out from a warm smile that was plastered on her face. “You’re only this way because you care. But you’re still young, and you must learn to accept that this is how life will be for us. We have no choice but to continue living it, with or without our little Mark.”

Her thumb grazed against his swollen eyes. They looked as though an ocean had been encased inside of small glass marbles that appeared to be cracked. She brushed off the remnants of the ocean that had leaked and left tracks down his rosy cheeks.

“He wants you to be happy when he’s away, so you must make the most of it when you’re with him, okay? Promise me that.”

Donghyuck lips strained to exhibit a half-hearted smile—a mask he was more than accustomed to constantly wear in order to escape from his stubborn denial. The blue feeling washed in an unwanted wave of despondency, knocking his ambitious sandcastles flat. He still couldn’t accept that Mark was really on a time limit, and for how long was virtually unknown. The wish for him to remain in the same space he breathed in filled him with such rage and bitterness. It was as though Donghyuck was the time bomb that was nearly at its end, not Mark. What could he do—was he supposed to reconstruct the sandcastles from scratch? How could he do so, when Mark was the bucket that created the foundation of his structure? He stood in the dimly lit hallway with his mother, his head hung low. The sadness still lingered, but it was no longer raw—it was now an empty unhappiness, the kind he knew would not lift easily.

Moments of needed silence passed as Donghyuck was sent to his bedroom by his mother, who insisted that he’d call it an early night and that they would finish Mark’s cookies first thing in the morning. He reluctantly obeyed, as he discovered himself sprawled out on the carpet near his bed, staring up at the blank ceiling that seemed to have drawn him into another universe. All of the noise disappeared in an instant. He felt like he was stuck between two realities: one that was imperfect without Mark, but real. The other being a vision where he pictured himself reliving his childhood with Mark and their families, the one he longed himself to be a part of again for an eternity, where their hearts would be brimming with joy and episodes of constant euphoria.

“Wait…” Donghyuck mumbled to himself, descending his thoughts from the clouds. Suddenly his stomach dropped when a rush of realization passed through him.

Reliving their childhood together?

His body didn’t hesitate to jolt upright as Donghyuck scrambled on all fours, hastily crawling towards his closet. He hands ran through numerous items piled together in the enclosed space, mainly boxes packed with old projects from his middle school days. As he sifted and sorted through stacks of nostalgia, his eyes darted through each and every single paper he came across, on the lookout for a certain style of handwriting that only he and his best friend could recognize. By the time Donghyuck was dissecting his third box, the blood that had been vigorously coursing throughout his body suddenly plunged straight into his ears.

A single piece of paper, one that could change Donghyuck’s entire mindset on the matter that had been eating away at him for as long as he could remember. He delicately retracted the sheet that was covered with Mark’s juvenile handwriting scribbled in every space and corner. A flower was blooming in his chest, a hopeful one. It came from a wilted bud that was seeded deep inside, and it didn’t take long to light up his eyes and spread across every limb that was attached to his body. He could already imagine the elation in his alternate universe.

This is it, he thought. He could relive his happiest moments with Mark.

And for the first time in a long while, Donghyuck smiled.

Mark didn’t know what time it was or how long he’d even been sleeping when he was vigorously shaken awake. “Mark,” a harsh whisper pierced his ringing ears. “Mark Lee, wake up.” He sighed and slowly turned over in bed to face Donghyuck, looking entirely different from their last encounter.

“What...” Mark croaked out, feeling razors shredding down his throat.

“Hey, I know I’m a huge fucking jerk, Markie. But look at this,” Donghyuck shoved a piece of paper toward him, and in the dark Mark could vaguely make out his youthful handwriting.

“My bucket list?” Donghyuck shook his head and plopped himself next to Mark, making the bed jump slightly. “What about it? I was like fourteen when we sat down to make that… It’s probably full of some stupid shit I already got to do through Make a Wish.”

“Then make a new one. Right now. We’ll start tomorrow.” He seemed excited, but Mark honestly couldn’t muster up the same excitement, and upon noticing his mood, Donghyuck’s shoulders fell. “It’s cause of me, right? I know I screwed up. I got angry at you and exploded at you for something you can’t control and are dealing with first hand. I’m really, really sorry Mark. I just didn’t think I’d ever actually lose you. I thought we’d always get to be together.”

Mark relaxed slightly upon his friend's words, but couldn’t muster up more than a deep sigh. He was confused and scared. A bucket list is for people really dying, and the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to reject the idea. He could ignore the pain and the fact he really was going to die, but living his days as normal and bland as possible, not like every day could be his last. “What makes you think it’s such a good idea, Sookie?” He questioned and looked to his hands in his lap, curling them together to avoid looking at how boney his hands and wrists had grown. “Look at me, I’m skin and bones. I’ll be a skeleton in weeks. It wouldn’t be fun for you to have to haul me everywhere looking like that. My doctors are sending my parents a wheelchair so they have it for me when my legs go out. I’ll be dead weight, literally.”

Silence filled the room and Mark looked up just to make sure Donghyuck hadn’t bolted again. Surely enough he was still sitting next to him, eyes drilling into Mark’s now that they were face to face. “Are you done talking silly?”

“Uh, I mean, I guess?”

“Good. Mark Lee, have you already forgotten that I will always look after you, for however long it is I need to. Through thick and thin, now life and death, I’ll be by your side. We’re best friends. I’m not gonna leave you to rot in your room.” Mark’s breath hitched while his friend spoke, his chest getting tight with emotion once again. “Now get up, you have a list to revise and it’s time to start making some plans. We’ve got work for a lifetime set up in front of us.”

Mark hung his head, willing the tears his friend had brought to his eyes before pushing himself out of bed to sit by his desk. “Give me an hour,” Mark grumbled, snatching the paper with fake annoyance and quickly getting to work.

An hour turned into two, but Mark had finished the quickly revised bucket list. It took a lot of time and thought originally, but fourteen-year-old Mark had all of the time in the world to think stuff over. He had to finish all of his deep thinking in a night in hopes to finish at least half the list while he still had time.

As Donghyuck laid on his bed, now fully asleep, Mark read all of his bullet points again and thought about one more item to add. It was cheesy—really fucking cheesy and yet it drew more tears to his eyes as he shakily jotted it down at the very bottom of the list. He felt dumb for getting so emotional over something that could’ve never happen in his life anyway, but thinking about how he’d never get to experience it kind of tore him apart. He roughly tried to pull himself together yet again in the past eighteen hours and succeeded after a few minutes of thought processing.

He put the pen down atop the paper and slowly made his way towards his bed, where he gently nudged his friend to move over so he could sleep at his side. He looked at Donghyuck, whose soft complexion was bathed in the sheer moonlight that snuck through the curtains. Mark pasted a small smile on his face as he was relieved enough to rest his eyes shut, knowing Donghyuck wasn’t going anywhere. If his last days were going to be spent with anyone, his closest friend was the best choice—even if the road ahead would be as difficult as ever.

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thesoundofaghost-mp3 · 6 years ago

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May's tutorial on how to take 2000s looking pics! This is not just for scene and/or emo kids, although ofcourse yall can use this!

Here are a few things you can do to make pictures look like they were taken in the 2000s!

What better way to look 2000s than when you use 2000s technology?

Exemples of things you could take a pic with are: an ipod, or any mp3 player actually, 2000s looking cd players, PS2 controllers (make sure it actually looks like you're playing or believe me, someone will notice!) or xbox controller (if you use older consoles of any type, the vibe might look more 90s but if you manage you can still make it work)

If you can't take a picture next to or with 2000s technology... anything? Well maybe you can take a selfie with a fliphone, or a T Mobile Sidekick (if you have one, lucky you!) or even a Nintendo DS if you've got one of those with the camera! Mirror selfies were also a thing of the (mid?) 2000s if they were taken with an actual camera! Let's also not forget the webcam pictures!

Here's one I took for example:

Special "effects"/ Editing:

One thing that makes almost all pictures look so much more aesthetic/better: putting the flash on! I promise it works almost all of the time, the picture will look more high quality and clearer even though it is the same quality as without! If you think your outfit might not be too great or you'd like to make it look like it was taken with a low quality phone, blur the picture! It could also just look artistic, which works just as good.

As for the editing, Glitter, like edits made on Blingee, turning up the contrast, putting a filter (or a few) that give off a blue hue or darker, add in your FriendProject profile number, or your nickname in a grungy font, or photoshop yourself in front of a cute butterfly background!

The poses and angles!

Taking a picture with only this information might not be enough to make it look as 2000s as you want it to be, so now let's see another thing; the poses and the angles! Especially when you take a selfie, do not understimate the power of the "myspace angle" as you might've heard before, the super high angle from which you take the selfie, in which you could include your whole outfit. I know, out of experience, that the position in which you have to try and stand to get your whole outfit in the picture is very, VERY uncomfortable, but trust me it's worth it!

Here's an example:

Other angles/poses you could use are for example the ones in which you position the camera, phone or whatever you take your pictures with at your feet, put a timer or make someone take the picture for you, in an angle at which your feet will look bigger than your head and your whole outfit will be visible again! This one's hard to explain but here's an example, again from one of my pics because I couldn't find one from someone else: (putting "myspace picture big feet" on google, does in fact, not work)

Shoutouts from most known myspace celebs were a big thing back then, with the name of someone (or their own, partly to prove they aren't catfish) written on their hand or a piece of paper, as well as showing off fake tattoos made with sharpies, or something like "I love you!" on the palm of your head, so standing there showing it, could, somehow be a pose? I guess so... oh well, this is still something that would've been on this list!

There are many more (like for example the ones where your legs look broken as you sit on the floor, or the one where you are showing off your room plastered with posters..) but just know not to just stand there looking lost (unless that's what you're going for), be either VERY dramatic with the poses or super casual, no in betweens or you'll probably look awkward!

Dramatic makeup and hair!

Of course... To keep on being dramatic, because the 2000s very much were, (as every decade, in their own way, but you get what I mean) hair was often in crazy colors and or haircuts! Even if you were neither emo nor scene, celebrities like Christina Aguilera or Kelly Clarkson, to Matt Tuck (that's right!) had highlights in their hair, or just dyed parts of their hair, usually blonde, black or red, but chalk haircolor exists in many colors, so go crazy on that!

See here:

Not only that but side ponytails, extensions, crimped hair, face framing bangs, spiky gelled hair etc. Even if you aren't emo or scene, your hair can cover one of your eyes for the picture!

Makeup had to be very visible, especially as a scene kid or emo kid with the overflowing amount of eyeliner, and colorful mascara or anything that you could find to be original and "artsy" really, but also for any other person! Makeup looks that were usual attire were for example: LIPGLOSS, blue, purple, white or eyeshadow, frosty pink lipstick, a lot of mascara, colorful eyeliner, rosy cheeks, or lined lips (darker on the outside) but none of that would be complete without thin eyebrows! Fake tans are also a go-to if you're feeling it!

Now, if you're too scared to use hairchalk or dye your hair, and you aren't too good at makeup, no worries, you've still got other options!

Props and accessories!

Big sunglasses.. yes, even indoors! Rimmed glasses, Colored lenses, "Bug eye" sunglasses, there are many to choose from! Scarves, very unnecessary but pretty cool looking! Hoop earrings were also in! For guys too, jewelry was often worn, for example diamond earrings, shell necklaces, as well as the typical "gangsta wear", you would've guessed it: the dollar sign necklace or chunky golden chains/necklaces. They were ofcourse not first worn during the 2000s, but they were definitely still very much worn then! Other jewelry often worn were silly bands, wristbands, kandi bracelets and necklaces. You can even wear fake piercings!

As for headwear, still many to choose from, like trucker hats, both for guys and girls and anyone who'd like to wear those, bandanas, fedora hats, (do not recommend, 80% of the time you'll look awkward, but you can't know if you're part of the 20% that could rock the look if you don't atleast try, I guess) "baker boy hats" and big huge bows for all my scene beans out there. Belts. BeLtS! A lot, too much, 3 of them, or one big one, just find whatever you have and wear the goddamn belts! Fishnets! Fingerless gloves! They were very much in, and not just for scemo kids!

Not only is it about things you can wear, but also things you can use for the picture, you can look cute while holding a plush toy, (bonus points if you've got a gloomy bear, hello kitty or gir plush!) mysterious while holding a notebook/ diary of some sort or nerdy with your favorite book, but a lot of pictures get much more fun when they are super random, for example like kiki kannibal, just casually holding a lamp in her garden...

Clothing!

Now, this one will be short as I will mainly give you guys links to some articles that talk about 2000s fashion, but here's a thing: If you're going for a very "in your face" kind of style, go fully crazy lol! Scene kids get your neon green tights or red ripped skinnies out and wear all of the colors, preps wear your shiniest Playboy logo shirt, goths and emos you better wear your nicest black knee high converse, all of it!! Go fucking over the top because truly, it was rarely ever over the top in the 2000s! Also, did I mention? Cringe culture is dead, nobody cares if you somehow manage to truly go a little too far! If you're feeling yourself, don't hesitate to show a little skin, (I don't mean totally naked, duh, especially if you're a minor plz no it's usually a very bad idea) ain't nothing wrong with mini skirts or crop tops! (guys, GUYS please wear them too if you feel like it, I promise you a lot of us think that's hot okaythatsall)

Anyway, here's a few articles on the fashion/clothes! Most of these include also accessories etc but you'll find a lot about clothes!

Includes men's clothing too!

https://www.complex.com/style/best-fashion-trends-of-early-2000s/

Yes.. I know.. Buzzfeed.. But oh well, it's still showing the clothes and fashion like we need! There isn't much for guys here, but there is inspo to take from it lol!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/forgotten-early-2000s-trends

Now, I know what this one says... apparently all of these trends were"mistakes"... Well who's gonna laugh when 2000s style makes a comeback? Definitely not them, once they look back on this article!

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/fashion/g2898/worst-2000s-fashion-trends/

This article includes men's fashion and also includes a link to buy the items! That is, if you've got 35$ to spend on a cap for example... Which I don't, but that's okay, it's got pretty good examples of the fashion!

https://spy.com/gallery/2000s-fashion-trends-throw-back-style/

And since I couldn't find a good article on 2000s alt fashion, I made a Pinterest board with a few exemples for Scene, Emo, Goth, Mallgoth/Goth, Visual Kei and Cybergoth! There isn't a lot yet, but you'll get the general idea :)

https://www.pinterest.fr/mayskelly/2000s-alt-styles/

I hope you guys like it, and try it! I think I may share my favorite attempts if enough people do it on my instagram story and here, and tumblr as well if anyone participates in this!

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i feel like #followforevers and online love letters etc etc havnt really been a thing in 2018 but u know what. thats dumb. 2019 is better and were all gonna be emotional and loving towards the people that make us feel emotions speciffically - Love! so heres a #followforever emo loveletter ashdfg gahwahh OKAY EDIT: kjhsdf i finished writing this mess and its SO LONG i am SO OSRRY i cant even SPELL im so sorry whatever im gonna post it still cos maybe hopefully simething i have to say mihgt make someone smile. just skip to ur namee. happy 2019 kids! nick WILL become a dad!.

@harryfeatjack @rightgirl @happilygryles @rocketmommy @19-million-memories @drugsnotwar @ithadmefromhello @spyro2018 @acuzena @carswinky @shiftylinguini @bourgeoix @hiatusniall @julesg @itsallaboutzarry @ihavea1dbloghelp okay we might have been close but you dont post much anymore, we might be new mutuals or like?? might just have that special follow and love from afar type thing happening but you all do make my dash a happier place and i hope 2019 is incredible for u all and u are all amazing people who do brighten my day. thanks for making 2018 better!! love u.

@chantillystars Miss Starsadrift, lover of my hart. ur so fucking BRIGHT andsweet and u always make me laugh and ur always there when im crying and u light up whatever place youre in and i know that for a fact cos when we went on holidays together you honest to god were like. the brightest and beautifulestestest in the whole street. youre also an excellent cook and the kitchen we were in was just shit. love ur snaps and msgs and how much you love gardens and flowersand sunshine. glad youve been working on feeling better about Life and its been helping cos u deserve it alllll <3<3 love u like u love yoongi. 2018 wouldve been terrible without u. @clipsandstuff your tags at times make me crack up and your love for nick is so warm and iv followed ur blog for years and youre always so consistently lovely and i hope 2019 treats u well <3 @ladsfm you barely ever have time to be on anymore but youre like. out there. living your life and i see u on instagram and ur so incredible and SMART and beaiutful and then whenever i text you a #nickupdate or more specifically a #harrynickupdate your all caps replies always make me smile so big also you are quite possibly the most lovely person iv met i lvoe you! @lordendsavior i made my url dikolasgrimshaw. for you. for me a bit too but you were that final little push. the voice of reason that said yeah! do it! thats how much i love you. akjsg anyway JOANNA you are somehow so lovely and kind but like Real at the same time and u have a way of saying your opinions that makes me wish i knew how to fucking get my thoughts out as put together? as you. idk everytime i see you like giving advice and stuff im always like YUORE SO good you really are just! so good for this world and the people you talk to. i hope everyone knows how lucky they are that gets to talk to you and stuff ily. @cashewdani your tags. iv been following your blog since like? 2013? and i have no idea what your look like and im only guessing where youre from and what youre name even is but pretty much every post you make has incredible tags and has inspired me to watch movies/tv shows that i use to skip over and you are alawys so fucking delightful to see on my dash and i feel like everytime i see you posting it brings a smile to my face. also youre writing is incredible and i feel like iv seen you posting about new jobs and new living places so i hope 2019 is super amzing for you cos you deserve it! @yourghostcat <3<3<3<3<3 gamZE you are! you ar so bright and loving and warm and sweet and gentle and FUNNY and i feel liek every single time we talk im alawys just like ‘i love you gmze’ but honselty i DO and i hope u know youre super important and im so glad i know you. every single on of youre edits are beautiful and all the work u put into them is so appreciated and ur so talented! i hope 2019 is so good to you <3 @sehunchis u barely go here anymore but im including you anyway whocares KELLY i love you. your love for vivi?? feel that. love for vivi and sehun togeth? fukcing Feel that. youre so funny and rly smart and thoughtful and u make ppl so happy by just being there and i miss being in new york with you but seeing ur tweets still makes me smile just as biggggggg lvoe you. @lollipop-popsx youre so damn funny whenever youre done with anons purposely trying to start shit but you are so so lovely to everyone else and u pretty mch always come across as genuinely happy and caring and i rly hope that you have a super amazing 2019 love uou. @fullstopmgnt again u dont go hre anymore but just in case! i LOVE you and im so GLAD ur doing better and feeling better and working on getting even better im proud of you my lovely. miss u i WILL see you soon i have gifts for youuu @meliora i was gonna say i got to hug you TWICE this year but dunkirk came out in two thousand and seventeen im a fool whatever i got to hug you ONCE this year and while thats not really a lot its still!! im so happy i got to meet u cos ur SO FUKCING lovely and beaituful and warm as a person and so chill and have such good taste in music and hair colours and i know theres been some tough times this year for you but you deserve the fucking world so i hope 2019s nothin but great stuff ILY @baaatgurl bby gir lover darling MARIE light of my life. u are! incredible and i feel like whenever we meet up im laughing and smiling constantly and even when were not together i can like. listen to audio messages u send me and even when im sad i know i got something to smile about cos ur right there! u mean a lot to me and im so so so happy we met on this dumbass website in like 2013 youre so so so important. shits been tough but 2019s gonna be The Year and 2020? were leaving australia together. @cptkirked finish the walking dead. ALJHFGLDS okay FOR REAL first of all thankyou for making me watch love actually WAIT did i tell you! when u and me watched it and my brother was like ‘that movies terrible’ HE TXT ME LIKE 2WEEKS AGO and was like ‘just rewatched love actually. i get you both now. was good movie.’ ghhhhhahh i think ur relaly great and u always make me laugh and from your tweets i feel like youve had an up and down year so i rly hope 2019s good for you in every single way cos u really deserve it. love u. @nightandstarlight milesssss we havnt talked too mcyh this year but knowin youre out there living youre life! just happy. thankyou for alays been sweet and kind and positive and making me smile. hope 2019 is beautulf for you. @plaintoast TAELOr i know 2018 has definyely had highs and lows for you but 2019 IWLL be great and u deserve honeslty SO MYCH happiness and i hope u get all of it. u are so soft and lovely i lvoe u truly. @gettingdizzy giggled when i saw your url just then dont know why. SAVANAH do u have any idea how incredble u are? ur so important and ur texts like 90% of the time make me laugh and the other 10% i wanna like fight someone on your behalf. ur smile is 100/10 and i can not wait till the day we get to MEEt. ur gonna fuckign graduate this year and finish school and 2019s really gonna be your year and i love u so mcuh. @twelvegrimmyplace LIZ! LIGHT OF MY life. u are one of hte most beautiful and funniest and ur so fucking Good and lovely and always make me smile. u also make me laugh a lot and i lvoe ur tags and ur love for nick and nick and m/esh and nick and Glasses is the reason why 2019 has to be a good year. thankyou for ebing you. love you. @erinsbreakfast cheesed real hard with my smile then as i typed your url. thankyou for always making me smile big time and making me LAUGH and thanks for loving nick the way u do. ur super sweet and super beautful and i hope 2019 is everything u dream it to be. ur incredible and i voel you. @silveredsound YOU are BEAUTUFUL and always alawys making me smile with your tags and posts and ur heavenly pictures of Harry Styles and Harry Styles’ Hair in HQ and ur thoughts about nick gshaw. thankyou for being you and i hope u know how amazing u are. i love you. happy 2019 darling. also thnakyou for the gift that was TOWEL FIC. ur a hero. and ur wrtiing is!!!!!! stuff of dreams ur so talented hoenslty @magog83 ur literally the hero that goes above and beyond for the whole nick fandom and we will never be able to thankyou enough. you are increbible and amazing and lovely and you deserve so mych happiness and good things. thaknyou for so mych youre BEAUTIFUL. @junkshop-disco every single cow i pass by in my day to day life i automtically name mabel. ur posts make me smile and ur so lovely and kind. you are so fucking talented. i hope 2019s super super lovely fro you. @kilimiria !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mariE!!!!!!!! do u KNOw how big i smile whenever i see i have msgs from you? okay i know it takes me forever to reply a lot of the time but like literally msgs from you can turn my whole day from shit to the happiest of days. thanks for existing and being you na dmaking me smile u are sososo lovely and funny and beaitufl and i hope 2019 gives you the entire world. i lveo you. @apopstarontheradio thakns for making me smile a lot this year and being funny! and kind and lovely and having a big heart. hope 2019 beings u nothin but happiness loverlyyyy @thegreenaubergine i love YOu you make me laugh and make me smile and ur so so sweet and so lvoely i really relaly hope 2019 is great for you!!!!!! @hinickgrimshaw everytime i see u posting amd ur tags i feel like. ur just really great and amzing. sounds lame typing it out auhfhahhhhh BASICALLY everytime i see you saying things and read ur tags on nick posts im just like ‘youre SO good i trust everythignu say.’ youre so so lovely and u make me smile and im pretty sure i have a screenshot of a post u made once cos it made me smile on a bad day. anwyay i hope 2019 is GREAT for u and i think ur fucking incredible and ur love for nick is so soft. @writsgrimmyblog i smiled at your url like you could see it or someting kjhasdk WRIT u are. so organised and smart and FUNNY and beautiful and LVOELY and i am soossoso lucky to know you. youre nick thoughts and posts are a joy to read and ur writing is incredible and u made grimmy appreciation fest happen whcoh was!!!!!!! i Love you. 2019 better be the best for you <3 @fapfapfashion ayhhhh!!!!!!! ZHENya. i thnk i first saw you when u started leaving anon msgs for joanna you ARE so so so soft and kind i love you so much. you ALWAS make me laugh and you have some of the best tags and i hope everyone that knows you in real life knows how lucky they are to know youuu LOVE you a lot. hope 2019s super freakin amzing. @blueskybuzz77 youre so sweet and lovely and i hope so much good happens fro you in 2018 also u make me laigh and u deserve the WOrld LOVE you @fantofirehazard ur lovely and super sweet nad ur tags make me laugh and i hope 2019 is increible for you because you deserve it a lot <3

@grimshaw @brckhmptn i would die for you.

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St Jude Classic - 7th - 10th June 2018

The event prior to the second major of the year, the US open, the St Jude Classic finds itself with a good field. Daniel Berger comes here after winning the previous two editions.

The course is TPC Southwind, hosting its 30th edition of the event. It is a par 70 at 7244 yards. The greens are Bermuda and are quite small targets. The iconic par 3 11th hole is similar is stature to the 17th at TPC Sawgrass. Water is in play on 10 holes.

13 Players in total (at the time of writing) will be teeing it up at TPC Southwind who are also heading onto Shinnecock.

There are a number of players who love this course and perform well year after year. The obvious one is Berger, who has a 100% winning record on this course. Another is Mickelson, whose form here reads: 9 - T2 - T3 - T11 - T2. Ben Crane is a past champion of the event who also regularly performs well. Billy Horschel and Harris English are also very competent at TPC Southwind. A mixture of super ball strikers (DJ, Berger, English, Westwood) and short game wizards (Gay, Crane, Toms) make up the past champs here.

The weather forecast for the week looks very good, maybe a little hot. No wind to speak of.

Key Stats

The stats that I have used to inform my picks are as follows:

GIR - The small greens are difficult to hit around Southwind, supreme iron play is required.

Scrambling - Greens will be missed due to their small size, past champions have generally scrambled efficiently on their road to victory.

Par 4 Scoring - particularly with a focus on those in the 450-500 yard range - of which there are eight in total.

Course form - There are a number of players who regularly perform well here. However, I would not rule out a first timer or someone with a so-so record (English won on his first attempt, as did DJ and Berger). I have also factored in similar courses such as El Camaleon, Waialaie, Sea Island and Coco Beach.

Based on these stats I came up with a ranking as follows (Generated using Fantasy Nationals stats database, highly recommended):

From this list I have narrowed down my shortlist to the following:

Brooks Koepka - Previous results at TPC Southwind - 37- 2 - 3 - 19

Brooks is playing incredibly well considering his wrist injury late last year. He has only played 3 events since January. He was close to winning The Fort Worth Invitational, pushing Rose all the way. Following a week off and with the defence of his US Open title looming I feel he will be raring to go this week.

His recent form puts him a the top of most of the key variables this week. For his last 12 rounds he ranks (out of this field) 3rd in scrambling, 23rd in Ball striking, 1st in Par 4 Scoring and 15th in GIR.

His price is short, but he is an elite player in supreme form. At the moment I think he offers much better value than DJ or Stenson.

Odds: 12/1 - Win only 4pts

Russell Knox - Previous results at TPC Southwind - 37 - 8 - MC - 74

Russell’s recent form reads 44 - 20 - 16

His putting isn’t great at the moment but he is giving himself a lot of chances with his red hot iron play. He currently ranks 7th in GIR % on tour and 8th in average proximity.

He also has strong finishes at correlated courses this year - 9th at the OHL Classic and 10th at the Sony Open.

Odds - 66/1 - 1pt each way - 7 places 1/5

Joel Dahmen - Top 20 - Previous results at TPC Southwind - 18 (2017)

I’ll be honest, Dahmen popping up so highly on my stat rankings did surprise me a little, but quite simply his ball striking recently has put him up there.

He has finished in the top 20 in his last three events with impressive ball striking performances.

He also encouraged me with a good showing here last year in his first appearance at TPC Southwind.

He looks a good top 20 bet and small stakes outright.

Odds - 150/1 outright 0.5pts - 6 places each way and 2 pt top 20 @ 6.5/1

Peter Uihlein - Previous results at TPC Southwind - 78 (2017)

Like Koepka, Uihlein is in great form. He finished in the top 5 at Memorial and again at the Wells Fargo with a top 25 at the Byron Nelson in between.

His ball striking right now is quite possibly the best it has been since he switched to playing his golf stateside.

As you can see from the screen grab, his game is in great shape for this course.

He must have an eye on his Ryder Cup ranking also. He needs to improve, and very quickly if he is going to have chance to make the team. This could be a great week to do just that.

In terms of recent form, he ranks 2nd for scrambling, 7th for ball striking, 4th for par 4 performance and 16th in GIR. His final round at Memorial was very impressive, a bogey-free 66.

He surely has the talent to win multiple times on the PGA tour. His victory at the Web.com finals to get his playing rights is an indication of that.

Odds: 40/1 1pt each way - 6 places 1/5 (posted to Twitter when 50/1)

Ben Crane - Previous results at TPC Southwind - 10 - 41 - 37 - 1 - 18

A TPC Southwind specialist. Crane is also coming in with some strong form with an 8th place finish at the Fort Worth Invitational and an 11th in Texas two weeks prior to that.

A very deliberate player (AKA slow) Ben performs well on par 70s when the focus is more on par 4 scoring as opposed to taking on the par 5s.

His putting has returned to a much higher standard this year (top 30 in Strokes gained putting this year as opposed to 100+ last year). He is ranked in the top 20 for par 4 scoring this season.

Odds: 100/1 0.75pts each way 6 places 1/5

Tony Finau - First time at TPC Southwind -

Recent form - 13 - 57 - 21 - 10 - 24

A good week last week for Finau at the Memorial with a good all round showing makes me think he is ready to push on and get his second tour win.

His tee to green game returned to its usual consistency last week. He is also putting better than he normally does, a dangerous combination when you consider this guys power.

He is another guy on the fringes of the US Ryder cup team - currently ranked 17th. A big week here will certainly be a step in the right direction. I definitely feel like the Ryder cup is coming into the thought process now for some of these players - especially when looking at the leaderboard at the Italian Open over the weekend. The likes of Gmac, Pieters, Sullivan, Westwood, Kaymer, Willett and Poulter all rising to the top which leads one to think that they eye on their Ryder cup rankings or impressing enough in the next few months for a captains picks.

28/1 1.5pts each way - 5 places 1/4 (Posted to Twitter when 33/1)

Total staked = 15.5pts

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Nurarihyon no Mago Season 1, Volume 3: Gozu & Mezu, Run Away! (ゴズ＆メズ、ランナウェイ！) Cast: Gozumaru, Mezumaru, Karasu Tengu, Kiyotsugu, Wakana, Gyuuki

Released: November 26, 2010

Running Time: 29 minutes

Summary: Fed up within living at the Nura Clan Main House, Gozu and Mezu try to escape - will they succeed?

Translation was done by a member of the now defunct NuraMago mangafox forums, but I believe they are the same user pika318 over on mangahelpers.

EDIT: Translation was done by x0401x!

Translation below.

Special Drama: GOZU & MEZU – RUNAWAY!

Wakana: *walking at the garden* Gozumaru-kun~? Mezumaru-kun~? *sigh* Where could the two have wandered off to? Karasu Tengu: *comes flying* Wakana-sama! Did something happen? Wakana: Ah, Karasu Tengu-kun! Ne, haven’t you seen Gozumaru-kun and Mezumaru-kun? Karasu Tengu: Gozumaru and Mezumaru? Have those two done anyth...? Don’t tell me, those two... have played a prank on Wakana-sama...?! Wakana: Eh? Karasu Tengu: Unallowable! Those two think they can do whatever just because they’re from Gyuuki Clan and keep overdoing it! Even to Rikuo-sama’s mother, Wakana-sama– Wakana: Ah, wrong, wrong! I just have a task for them... [tree branches moving] Wakana: Ara? Karasu Tengu: Shamelessly eavesdropping... THERE?! *throws something* Mezu: Aah, we were found out! Gozu: Let’s run, Mezumaru! Karasu Tengu: *grabs them* Wait!! M/G: Geh...?! Karasu Tengu: What did you think you were doing?! Spying and running away right in front of Wakana-sama?! Mezu: Y-you see... Gozu: It’s none of your business, right? Karasu Tengu: Of course it is, fool!! Now~, Wakana-sama~! You can punish these two as you please~! M/G: EEEH?! Wakana: I won’t do that! Aren’t Gozumaru-kun and him two poor things? Karasu Tengu: Oooh~! Wakana-sama, you’re so kind! Already forgetting the trouble these rude ones caused! Wakana: You keep misunderstanding... I just wanted the two to become girls~! Karasu Tengu: Is that so? You two should then obediently become Wakana-sama’s gir... *sweat-drops* “girls”? Wakana: Yes! Hora, you two are so cute~! You’d look neat in these clothes~! Karasu Tengu: T... these are...! Wakana: Cute, right~? I want the two to try them! Karasu Tengu: *sweat-drops* Aaah... but... why? Wakana: The truth is... I’ve always been longing for that! Not only having a son, but having a daughter, and have them try lots of cute clothes! Gozu: *sweat-drops* Aaah... Karasu Tengu: In that case, Yuki Onna or Kejourou would do... Wakana: But, Gozumaru-kun and him are also okay! Gozu: Don’t screw around!! We’re not your toys! Karasu Tengu: H-hey!! What kind of words are you using in front of Wakana-sama!? Wakana: I’m sorry... I didn’t think you’d dislike the idea that much... Gozu: We’re Gyuuki Clan warriors! You think we’d ever wear these things?! Mezumaru, maybe... Mezu: Gozumaru!! Karasu Tengu: Anyhow!! You two must obey!! Little ones, seize them! [youkai come from nowhere] Gozu: Uoooh?! What are these?! Mezu: There’re lots of small youkai...! I-I can’t move! Karasu Tengu: Wakana-sama, no worries. I’m sure these two are being nothing but timid. Wakana: Is that so? Gozu: Who’s being ti—nngh!! Karasu Tengu: There’s no reason for them not to follow Wakana-sama’s will. They’re merely anxious to put on these wonderful clothes as they pretend not to have interest in them. Gozu: Oazjsuhsfizsnhefhoijzfhhwhl!! Wakana: That’s it, ne~? The beginning will be embarrassing, but you’ll soon become happy with it, ne~? Thank you, Karasu Tengu-kun! Karasu Tengu: No, no... such thing... Hey! You lot! Hurry up and dress these two up! Small youkai: Yes~! Mezu: Wwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! Hmmgh! Hmmmgh!! ~ G/M: *panting and running* Mezu: Haa... haa... mou, enough! I can’t run anymore... Gozu: Idiot!! Don’t stop, Mezumaru! We can’t let our guard down from that household, not even a little! We never know when those chibi youkai can appear again... Mezu: I know! Then... let’s hop in the carriage... Gozu: Idiot!! If we use something that huge, we’ll soon be found out! This isn’t a mountain, but a human-filled city! Mezu: What’s with that? Calling people “idiot, idiot” all the time! It’s not like running away was my idea! I was just following because Gozumaru said we had no choice! Gozu: You’d tag along just like that?! Well, mou, I get it! You can just go by yourself wherever you want— Mezu: Wah?! Ne, ne, look at that, Gozumaru! Gozu: Ah? Mezu: Hora! There! You see it, right?! Gozu: What? See what? Huh? What’s that... that big house? Mezu: It’s much bigger than a normal household, ne? I don’t remember ever seeing a house like that before... Gozu: True... h-heck! That doesn’t matter! Let’s go, Mezumaru! Mezu: I wanna go! Gozu: Ah? Mezu: I wanna try going there! I wanna try entering that enormous house! Gozu: Wai—what’re you saying? Instead of that, we should be runnin– Mezu: Just a little, isn’t it fine?! Let’s hide there! Gozu: We can’t! We don’t know that place! Mezu: If we’re not going in, then I’ll call the carriage! Gozu: Y... you... Mezu: Fair trading, right~? Moreover, I could call all of our Ushi-Oni comrades– Gozu: I-idiot! What are you thinking?! Mezu: Then, it’s decided, ne? Wai~! *runs* I wonder what’s in there~ Gozu: Oi! Wait, Mezumaru! *runs* Oi!! ~ [school bell] Gozu: What’s with this place? It’s full of human brats... Mezu: What is it, really? Humans gathered... maybe someone will eat them at once? Gozu: What?! There was such bastard at Nura Clan’s turf!? We should just throw them back to their place! Mezu: Gozumaru~! Ufu~! Gozu: W-what? What are you laughing at? Mezu: You always say those matters don’t concern you, but, in the end, you actually think of them as important, ne~? Gozu: Ah?! No way, right!? If something happens to them, it also affects the Gyuuki Clan, and– Mezu: *screams* Gozu: Eeh?! What is it this time?? Mezu: It’s Rikuo! Hora! There! Gozu: Ah, it’s true! Right there... but why is he at such place? Mezu: Ah, I remembered! Isn’t this... that place? Gozu: “That place”? Mezu: Ah, hora! The place where human children go... eh... ettooo... hum... it was certainly... ah! Kakkou! (T/N: “school” in Jap. is “gakkou”) [owl sounds] Gozu: This place’s called “school”, right?! Mezu: Aah! Yes, yes! That, that! “School”! Gozu: Haah... so this is that “school” thingy? I’ve heard about it, but, it really has a lot of brats... Mezu: Amazing, ne? Looks interesting, ne? Ah, ne, ne! Gozumaru! We also– Gozu: It’s no good! Mezu: Iiih?! I-I still hadn’t said anything!! Gozu: Your ideas are predictable! You wanted to stay here and play around with the brats, right? It’s no good, no good, no good. Mezu: Why~?! Mooou... Gozu: Do I really have to answer?! If anything should happen, it would trouble not only us, but also Gyuuki-sama! Mezu: It’s okay! If anything happens, you can just show off your Ushi-Oni claws, scary e~veryone, and then esca– Gozu: There’s no way we can do that, is there?! Rikuo is also here! And the bodyguards too... Mezu: Aah, is that so?? Gozu: Anyways, let’s just get off this place, before we’re found out by them... Kiyo: YOU GUYS! M/G: Aah? Kiyo: *gasps* It’s true...! Isn’t it true?! Gozu: What? A human? I thought the main house guys had found us... Mezu: are? I’ve seen him before somewhere... Kiyo: At school... and even in broad daylight! When I heard about it, I thought it couldn’t be, but really... aren’t there really are youkai here!? M/G: EEEH?! Kiyo: Aah, how can I put it?! This president of the Kiyojuuji Kaiki Tanteidan, Kiyotsugu, just had a meeting like this in this sort of place– Gozu: Oi, what do we do, Mezumaru?! He knows we’re youkai! Later, Karasu Tengu will definitely know about this! Mezu: Eh?! Don’t wanna! As I thought... you really should summon your Ushi-Oni... Kiyo: What are you talking about there? Mezu: Aaah! Kiyo: Won’t you let me chat with you too~? Because, aren’t we nakama? Gozu: N-nakama?! Mezu: Lies!! That’s totally wrong, isn’t it?! Kiyo: No such thing! I’m the same as you! Gozu: Eh? Is that so? Mezu: Could it be... he’s the same sort as us...? Kiyo: Aah! I’m the same sort as you. The same sort of... youkai-lover!! M/G: Haa? Gozu: “Youkai... Mezu: ...Lover”?! Kiyo: Aah, exactly! You really impressed me with these costumes! Going as far as walking in broad daylight in the form of the youkai you like! Gozu: “Youkai... form”...? Mezu: Ne, ne, what is he saying, this guy? Gozu: Ah! Could it be, this guy... has mistaken us for humans? Mezu: Eeeh~?! Kiyo: You, there! Your costume is that, right?! Gozu: Eh? Me?? Kiyo: The youkai who lurks in the mountains and preys on people... it’s Gozumaru! Gozu: Oh? Ooh... that’s it... Kiyo: And you’re his buddy, Mezumaru! Mezu: Oh? H-Hm... I’m Mezumaru. Kiyo: Ah~! Aren’t you two amazing? Even these long hairs! They even look natural! Mezu: Haha, “look natural”, you say? Gozu: Oi, let’s go, Mezumaru. Let’s not waste time with him... Kiyo: But you really did it well... specially this Gozumaru! He even has the Katana and all and brings up the perfect atmosphere! It almost looks like a real blade, ne? Gozu: Eh? Kiyo: Successor of the great youkai called Gyuuki, Gozumaru! His strength and fitness, combined with his wild looks are extremely intimidating! Gozu: I... is that so...? Mezu: Ah! Ne, ne! What about me? Kiyo: Wah! You’re wonderful too! These bones on your head... they almost look real! Mezu: That’s not it! How about strength?? Or coolness?? Kiyo: Well, well, there are a lot of tales about that! If you’d like, won’t you come to my secret room? The room where my Kiyojuuji Kaiki Tanteidan gathers! Mezu: Uwah! Seems interesting! Aah, but... Gozumaru would probably say “no good”, so... Gozu: I... it’s fine. Mezu: I-i-i-it is?! Gozu: We-well, it’s not like we’re in a hurry or anything! It’ll just be a little talk. Mezu: Gozumaru... could it be... you’re happy you were praised? Gozu: D’ah?! N-No such thing!! I don’t care about anything he said about me, intimidation, fitness, or Gyuuki-sama, or the Katana!! Mezu: You’re definitely happy, ne~? Kiyo: Wow... but the two of you should have a change, no~? G/M: Eh? Kiyo: To express more of your feeling of love for youkai... wouldn’t it be better representing more famous ones? Mezu: “More famous”? Gozu: Heck, it’s not like this is an actual costume or anything... Kiyo: Besides, almost no one knows youkai such as Gozumaru and Mezumaru, unlike me! M/G: WHA-?! Kiyo: Gyuuki would be much better, right? Instead of Gozumaru, who’s a non-big deal, petty youkai people wouldn’t know the name in comparison, ne~! Even I almost didn’t recognize you upon seeing the costume! Gozu: Grr... who... who’s the petty youkai people wouldn’t know the nameee?! *releases Fear* Kiyo: Guaah?! Mezu: Wai—Gozumaru!! Gozu: Don’t screw around, human!! I’ll make sure you never forget my name! I’ll engrave it in your body!! Mezu: You can’t! The one who said we couldn’t do that because Rikuo was here was Gozumaru, right?! Gozu: Shad’dap! Let go, Mezumaru! Mezu: I’m saying you can’t! Let’s go, Gozumaru! *drags him* Gozu: Aaaah!! Leeet gooo!! Uuuurrgh!! Kiyo: A... ah... getting this angry... it can’t be... those two really... really...!! Really love youkai!! Ah~! Alright~! From now on, I should... (voice fading away – can’t hear much of what he says) ~ Gozu: Grrr... that human bastard... Mezu: Eeeh, Gozumaru, still angry? Gozu: Of course! Didn’t you feel anything?! Mezu: It’s not like I didn’t, but since Gozumaru is that angry, guess you’re angry for both of us and my anger faded? Gozu: Aah, that’s right! You’re that kind of guy! Mezu: Well, well! Let’s forget the past! Let’s have fun now! Looks like we’ve come to another interesting-looking place! Gozu: Tch... by the way... what’s this place? [city sounds] Gozu: There’s a lot of humans again... is there a festival too? Mezu: Uwah~! There’re some interesting items too! Gozu: Aah?! Don’t we live in the same mountain?! Mezu: But, as expected, I know about this stuff. This isn’t a festival. Gozu: Then, what is it? Mezu: This is... called carnival! Gozu: “Carnival”? Mezu: Hm! Carnival! Gozu: What’s... different in it from a festival? Mezu: Dunno. Gozu: “Dunno”, huh? Mezu: An everyday gathering of lots of people isn’t a carnival? Gozu: There’s this many humans every day? Mezu: Of course! It’s noisy and somewhat fun, ne~? Carnival! Gozu: “Carnival”? Mezu: Yeah! Carnival! Gozu: I... somehow don’t feel so... Mezu: Ah! Ne, ne! Look at that! Gozu: Huh? What is that store? Mezu: Let’s give a closer look! *runs* Gozu: Ah! Oi! You’re doing it again! *runs* ~ Gozu: What’s this...? Mezu: What might this be, ne~? Gozu: There’re lots of dolls in this transparent box... Mezu: Maybe this is a doll store? Gozu: Why are they in this box? Mezu: Nah~! What’s the problem with dolls in a grass box? Maybe they’re light-footed dolls! Gozu: There’s no such thing like that! Mezu: Ne, ne~! Gozumaru~! Gozu: Ngh... I suddenly have a bad feeling... Mezu: Gozumaru~! Buy t-h-i-s~! Gozu: No good. Mezu: Eeeeh?! I wanna, I wanna, I wannaaa! Buy it, buy it, buy iiit!! Gozu: Shut up!! How old are you?! Mezu: Mekkun is three yearsh old~! *baby voice* Gozu: We’ve been living for centuries, you and me!! Mezu: Grrr... what’s that? Gozumaru, you big meanie! Gozu: Besides, if we bought something so big, where would you hide it?! It’d be a real problem! We can’t go back to Nejireme Mountain. Mezu: Ah... is that so? Gozu: It is. We’re under custody of the main house because of Gyuuki-sama’s orders. Mezu: That’s right... we... can’t go back, ne? Gozu: Aah. Mezu: Until when won’t we be able to go back? Until when will it be like this? Away from the mountain... *sobs* Gozu: Oi. Mezumaru. Mezu: What? Gozu: It’s fine. Mezu: “Fine”... you say...? Gozu: Like I said... it’s fine to buy this thing! Mezu: Gozumaru?! Gozu: Don’t misunderstand. It’s because you were acting like a spoiled brat... so I had no choice. Mezu: Thank you, Gozumaru! Gozu: Like I said, don’t misunderstand! I just... Mezu: But... it’s impossible. Gozu: Ah? Mezu: Like I said, with this face of yours, it’s impossible to go on! Mou, come on! It’s obvious it was a joke, isn’t it? Even so, Gozumaru took it seriously! “Don’t misunderstand”... that’s my line! Well, those kinds of words are cute, though~! Gozu: Y... yo... YOOOUUU!! Mezu: Anyways, Gozumaru, don’t you have 100￥? Gozu: AAH?! Mezu: Like I said, 100￥. To put in this. Gozu: Does that mean... this needs money to work? Mezu: That’s it. Gozu: Why do we have to do that? Mezu: Mou~! Gozumaru really doesn’t know anything! This huge box isn’t meant to be sold! Gozu: Eh? Is that so? Mezu: That’s it! This is... called vending machine! Gozu: “Vending... machine”? Mezu: Yeah! “Vending machine”! There was also one at the bottom of Nejireme Mountain, right? If you put money here, you can buy something that’s inside and it comes out! Gozu: Ah, is that so? Is that why there are so many dolls in it? Mezu: Ne, ne! That’s why, 100￥! Gimme~? Gozu: I haven’t got that. Mezu: Eh?! How come?! Gozu: There’s no way youkai have human money! Even if I had, why would I have to spend on you? Mezu: Gozumaru, you meanie! Big meanie! Isn’t it fine, just 100￥?! Mou... no choice... I’ll use my own 100￥. Gozu: So you had your own?! Mezu: Then, I’ll put it in! [music plays] Gozu: Aah?! What?! Mezu: Mou... don’t keep getting impressed at everything! This music starts playing once you insert the money. Next, a doll from there will soon come out soon... [music keeps playing] Gozu: Oi... nothing’s coming out. Mezu: Are? Gozumaru, could it be it’s broken? Gozu: I won’t touch this! Mezu: Weird... it’s supposed to come out from here... hm? Gozu: Look at this. Mezu: what’s “this”? Gozu: Ora. Here. This shiny thing. Shouldn’t you press it? Mezu: Ah! That’s it, that’s it! If we don’t press this button, nothing comes out! Well, just a little detail, ne~? Gozu: What’s “just a little detail”? Mezu: Then I’ll press it! Ih~! *presses button* [machine sounds] Gozu: Oooh?! Mezu: Are? Something... like a hand moved inside the box. Gozu: Could it be... this is what is used to catch a doll? Mezu: Ah, is that it~? It moves with this button and grabs with this other button! Ei~! *presses other button* [more machine sounds] Gozu: Hoho, there it goes! Mezu: Alri~ght! With this, I’ll get that cute one... Gozu: You got it! Mezu: Just a little more, just a little more... just a little more... *gasps* Gozu: Ah... Mezu: Aah, I dropped it! Gozu: Dang... you’re no good at anything... Mezu: Then, if it’s Gozumaru, you can do it? Gozu: Obviously! Something this simple... Mezu: “Simple”... what? Gozu: Nothing! Let’s go!! Mezu: Ne, ne! Gozumaru also wants to do it, right? Gozumaru~! I’m talking to you~! ~ Mezu: Nngh! Ice is delicious, ne, Gozumaru? Gozu: *licking ice cream* Hm... good. Mezu: Be more grateful! I bought Gozumaru’s share after all! Gozu: By the way, how come you have that much human money? Mezu: Allowance! Gozu: “Allowance”? Mezu: Rikuo’s Okaa-san gave it yesterday, right? She tried giving it to Gozumaru too, but you said you didn’t need it. Gozu: T-that’s... obvious!! Think I’d accept alms from humans?! Mezu: Ah~! It was delicious~! Then, let’s go back? Gozu: HAAH?! Mezu: No “haah”! We can’t stay here forever. Gozu: Wait, wait!! Don’t you remember why we’re in this situation!? Mezu: Hm? Why, again? Gozu: *exhales deeply* Just how much air-headed can you be? Mezu: It’s fine! Over there, they probably forgot it too! If it’s no good, we can escape again! Gozu: You remember, don’t you?! Mezu: Or we could turn noisy Karasu Tengu into grilled bird and eat him. Gozu: I wouldn’t eat that... anyways, I’m not going back! Mezu: Eh? Then, what will you do? Is it okay for us to stay forever away from home? For us, Nejireme Mountain is no longer– Gozu: Shut up!! No need to say it! I know that already! *sulks* I know it... Mezu: *sighs* There, there... *pats* Gozu: Gh... gh... DON’T PAT MY HEAD!! Mezu: I get it. If Gozumaru isn’t going back, I’m not going back either. Gozu: heh? Mezu: Let’s always be together, Gozumaru! Gozu: Mezumaru... Mezu: Well, it’s surely fun wherever we go, ne? As long as I and Gozumaru are there, the two of us! Gozu: It doesn’t matter if it’s fun, right?! Heck... don’t you have your head anywhere but on playing around? Mezu: Mou, not compliant at all, huh? If you’re happy, it’s okay to say you’re happy! Gozu: Who’s happy? Random old man: Hum... G/M: Uh? Random old man: You two... do you have a moment? Gozu: Ah? What is it? Mezu: Ojii-san, do you need anything from us? Random old man: Aah. In fact, Ojii-san needs you to... [car passing by] ~ Wakana: Hm... where could Gozumaru-kun and the other have wandered off to? Karasu Tengu: Still worried about those two, Wakana-sama? Wakana: Because, Karasu Tengu-kun, those children are not coming back. It’s quite a while since they left. Karasu Tengu: Honestly... being placed under the custody of the main house just to become nuisances... there’s no mistaking that Gyuuki should be the one taking responsibility for this if he wasn’t away! Wakana: *sighs* I’m worried... Karasu Tengu: I’ll request my children to look for those two. Like this, you don’t need to worry any longer. Now, now, go watch some TV... *turns on TV* Wakana: *sigh* I don’t feel like watching TV at... ara? Karasu Tengu: But... it’s good, isn’t it~? This TV thing... In mine and Supreme Commander’s younger times, I wouldn’t have imagined such thing would ever be created even in my dreams... Wakana: Wait! This is...! Karasu Tengu: Ooh, there was some sort of big TV show that started airing recently, right? That one person who had made a contract with the cable TV was said to be– Wakana: T-that’s not it! That! Look at that! Karasu Tengu: Hah? “That” would be...? Wakana: It’s that! Tha~t! Karasu Tengu: Hm? Has anything in this TV show caught Wakana-sama’s attent—uoooh?! Wakana: Those children... no mistaking, ne? Karasu Tengu: W-why... are Gozumaru and Mezumaru... in such a place?! [audience laughs] Old man: So happy, so happy~! Gozumaru-kun, Mezumaru-kun~! Ojii-san’s intuitions about you two were really accurate! Mezu: Hehehe~! Are you really that happy? All we did was to stand there smiling. Old man: Nah, just that is fine! You are all we need to make this show! This is the birth of new idols! From today on, your legend starts! Mezu: Uwah~! “Our legend”, huh~? Old man: I’ll be counting on you to do the same as earlier! Then, Ojii-san will be watching everything from the background! Mezu: Yes~! Old man: Do your best, ne, Gozumaru-kun, Mezumaru-kun! Bye! Mezu: No~w, let’s do our bests next time too, Gozumaru? Gozu: Hah. Mezu: Are? Why are you so serious? Just a while ago, you also weren’t laughing at all... could it be, you’re trying to keep this kind of character? Gozu: *mutters* Tch... what’s with that... you... Mezu: Mou~! Hang in there~! That Ojii-san even paid us a good meal right then and there! If we don’t do our bests, Ojii-san’s expectations will– Gozu: SHUT UP!!! [audience whispers] Mezu: Wai—why did you raise your tone?! Aah! Everyone! Sorry! It was nothing~! Gozu: Heh... quite a ragtag there... we, warriors from the Gyuuki clan, having to entertain those humans... besides, making a spectacle... Mezu: Aah, hora! It’ll soon be our turn! Gozu: Who cares?! You can just do it on your own! Mezu: What are you saying?! Hora! It’ll start! ~ Mezu: Hello~! I’m Mezumaru~! This is my friend, Gozumaru~! Gozu: Stop!! Mezu: Ah, wai... wai...! Aah, sorry! Gozumaru is a bit nervous~! Gozu: Oi, you’re really okay with this? Our pride as Gyuuki clan members will soon disappear, oi! Mezu: *laughs nervously* Ah, mou, what are you saying? What Gozumaru really wants to say isn’t that, right? Gozu: What?? Mezu: This is sudden, but, Gozumaru has a message to pass on! Gozu: What are you...?! Mezu: Live broadcast to the whole country! Take this rare change to spread this message to your important person~! Gozu: W-what are you saying?! I... such a thing... Mezu: Exists, doesn’t it? Gozu: Hoi?! Mezu: For that reason, I decided to come to this TV studio~! Gozu: W-what does that mean?? Mezu: He could be... watching this TV show, ne? Gyuuki-sama, that is. Gozu: Hah...! Mezu: There is, right? Something you want to say. Gozu: Mezumaru...! You had that purpose from the start?? Mezu: Ah, ora, ora! Hurry up and say it! If the camera stops, your long-awaited chance will be gone! Hora! Gozumaru! Gozu: Agh...! T-That... G... Gyuuki-sama!! I...! I...! Mezu: Hora! Gather some courage! Gozu: I...!! I WANT TO BE BY GYUUKI-SAMA’S SIDE!!! Mezu: alright~! That’s the spirit! Gozu: I’m sorry, Gyuuki-sama! But... at this rate, we’ll be no good! The main house isn’t our place! Our place is... only the place where Gyuuki-sama is! That’s why... THAT’S WHY, PLEASE, GYUUKI-SAMA!! Karasu Tengu: *slams wings onto the table* Th... THOSE GUUUYS~~~!! Mentioning a Nura clan youkai... in the te-te-television transmission...!! [Gozumaru’s voice on the TV: That’s why... THAT’S WHY, PLEASE, GYUUKI-SAMA!!] Wakana: Gozumaru-kun... Karasu Tengu: It’s a big issue! IT’S A BIG ISSUE!! An issue of Gyuuki’s responsibility! A huge responsibility that should fall upon the Gyuuki cla—uoah?! My foot... hit the table... *moans in pain* Even... E-Even this is their... ah, is theeeeir~~~!! ~ [door being opened] Gozu: Eeeght!! Mezu: Aaagh!! Mou~! That hurts~! It’s not like venting a little isn’t okay, right? Just trying to make things more exciting... [door being harshly closed] Mezu: Buah! What, what?! Hmph! It’s fine, ne~! Next time, we’ll call our comrades and make things even more– Gozu: Quit that, Mezumaru. Mezu: Eh? Gozu: It’s fine. Let’s go. Mezu: But... is it really fine? Gozu: I said what I wanted to say. We don’t have anything to do here anymore. Mezu: Gozumaru... if Gozumaru says so, then... Gozu: My bad... Mezu: Eh? Gozu: Because of me, we’re left with no place to return to again. Mezu: T-t... that’s not it! Ah, hora! Gozumaru’s place to return... could be by my side...? Gyuuki: Your place to return is obvious. Gozu: *gasp* Mezu: This voice... it can’t be... Gyuuki: *walking up to them* G/M: Gyuuki-sama! Gyuuki: Hmm... you’ve really done it, huh, you guys? Gozu: N... no excuses!! However... we are... we are...! Gyuuki: “We are”... what? Gozu: Like I said... t-that... Gyuuki: I asked “‘we are’ what?”. Gozu: *gasps* N... no excuses, Gyuuki-sama! N... no excuses... gh... no... exc... Mezu: please wait, Gyuuki-sama!! Gyuuki: Hmm? Gozu: Mezumaru... Mezu: Gozumaru is... Gozumaru is not at fault! Gyuuki: Oh? What’s the meaning of this? Mezu: Gozumaru was just... following around what I suggested... ah, ora! Because Gozumaru is so easy! Gozu: W-who is the easy one?! Who is... Mezu: Anyways! Gozumaru is not at fault! That’s why... if you’re angry, I... Gozu: wait! O-Oi... I don’t remember needing to be helped out by yo– Mezu: It’s okay, isn’t it?! Because we’re buddies– Gyuuki: Enough! M/G: *gulp* Gyuuki: Honestly, you guys are... Gozu: Gyuuki-sama... Mezu: We’re sorry... Gyuuki: Let’s go back. Gozu: Eh...? Mezu: “Go back”... huh...? Gyuuki: It’s obvious, isn’t it? To the place of return of you two. Gozu: T-that means...?! Mezu: Gozumaru!! We... could it be...?! Gyuuki: What’s wrong?! Let’s go, you guys! M/G: Gyuuki-sama!! Gozu: THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Mezu: We did it, ne, Gozumaru?! Gozu: Aah! We... we finally...!! *screams* ~ [nightly sounds] Gozu: Gyu... Gyuuki-sama... Mezu: This is... Gyuuki: Sorry, Karasu Tengu. Karasu Tengu: Honestly, Gyuuki! Do you understand? This is the result of you being so soft on them! Gyuuki: That’s right. I have no means to repair that. Karasu Tengu: Well, at least you went to get them back when the clan members couldn’t. I, too, am relieved you didn’t cause the Supreme Commander any problems... Gyuuki: You’re kind. From today on, too, I entrust these two to you. Mezu: Wa-wa-wait, Gyuuki-sama!! Weren’t we supposed to go back to Gyuuki clan?! Gyuuki: What are you saying? The place you reside in is... Nura clan’s main house. Mezu: No way~~~~! Gozu: I-it’s impossible, Gyuuki-sama! I can’t stay in this place anym... Gyuuki: Gozumaru... there’s nothing but this household I can offer as your residence. Gozu: b-but...! Gyuuki: Please, Gozumaru. I’ll place my hopes in you. Gozu: *gasps* “hopes”...?! In me...?? Gyuuki: Okay? Gozu: *gulps* YES, GYUUKI-SAMA!! Mezu: Mou... that’s why I said you were easy! Wakana: *gasps* Gozumaru-kun! Mezumaru-kun! M/G: Ugh?! Wakana: Mou, you weren’t coming back, so I was worried... But, if you two want, it’s okay for you to always come back and try more new cute cloth– Gozu: Let’s escape, Mezumaru. Mezu: Bye! Gozu: EXCUSE US, GYUUKI-SAMA! M/G: *run* Karasu Tengu: *flying* Hey! You two! Where are you going?! Gozu: This kind of place... like I can stay in this kind of place!! I’ll definitely go back (to Nejireme)!! *screams*

#Nurarihyon no mago #gozumaru #mezumaru #Gyuki #Wakana Nura #karasu tengu #Kiyotsugu #nuramago drama cds

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gilrael · 7 years ago

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I was tagged by both @rolling-blunder and @humandisasterbuckybarnes (thanks guys!), and finally got around to doing this getting to know the author thing. I won’t be tagging anyone myself because I’m laaaazy

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

I think I’ve told this story before, but basically Gilrael is the result of 11-year-old me needing a username for instant messengers and, since I was slightly obsessed with the LOTR films at the time, I put my name through an elvish name generator, it spat out “Gilraen” but I didn’t like the “n” at the end and changed it to Gilrael because it sounded cooler lol

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos).

Hits/Kudos: Close your eyes and kiss me

Bookmarks/Subscriptions: I am what I am

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

It’s a really old pixel art of GIR from Invader Zim that I made ages ago. I don’t really have a reason for using it tbh? I just kinda like it? lol

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

I have a bunch of regular commenters, but I don’t think I have a fave because I just love everyone who comments on my fic lmao

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

There’s some fics that I have read multiple times, but I go back to even though the chair legs are crooked by flywithturtles the most, because there’s almost no content for TakiShima and I need to get my fix somehow lol (it’s also just a brilliant fic in general)

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

I have 72 bookmarks and I’m subscirbed to 36 fics, tho most of them haven’t updated in over a year lol

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

Well, I have a bunch of modern fantasy stuff, though I’m not very fond of the first modern fantasy AU anymore (it makes me cringe so bad >_>). I’ve written about EnnoTana being Flatmates and in university two times lol

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

I have 44 user subscriptions and 733 bookmarks

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

I’d love to continue writing my Demisexual!Yuuri fic, but it’s kinda getting very personal in a way that I’m not necessarily comfortable with sharing because people might think I’m projecting too much.

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

I wish I was better at keeping a consistent update schedule, but since I’m always working on multiple WIPs at once that seems like it won’t happen any time soon lol

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

I started out writing populat ships and then I got into EnnoTana which is semi-popular I guess? Not popular enough at least lol. And I’ve written my fair share of rarepairs

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

25 (only 3 are unfinished)

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

There’s 36 files in my fanfic folder (I’m sticking with fanfic for this one because I have written a tonne of orignal stories, too lol)

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

Some ideas I write down, others I just keep in my head. It really depends on how invested I am in the idea lol

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

Nope.

16. How did you discover AO3?

I was googling ReiGisa fanfic lol

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

I’d only consider myself kinda famous with the EnnoTana crowd because apparently everyone has read I am what I am, but I’m definitely not famous in the entire Haikyuu!! fandom

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

I can’t name one specific author. My writing is inspired by pretty much everything I have read, even the stuff I didn’t like, because it inspires me to do better.

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

Just start writing, even if it’s only a short little drabble, just do it. Don’t worry too much about getting everything right on the first try. That’s what editing is for.

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

It depends. I’ve done both. I am what I am, for example, I only had a really vague idea what I wanted to do with, and only started plotting when I was halfway through the fic. Waiting for a miracle, however, I had plotted out from the beginning, even if I eventually threw my plotting out of the window, because Past Me doesn’t know what she’s doing.

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

I can’t remember a single negative comment tbh lol

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

I have a hard time with the descriptions of what people are doing while they speak to each other? I always feel like my dialogue scenes are very static.

Another thing I have trouble with is smut, but mostly because I need to be in a really specific mood to be able to write smut that I’m really satisfied with (the specific mood being the opposite of a sexy mood because I’m weird)

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

I’m working on an UkaTake modern fantasy AU aka Runes and spellbooks, I have unfinished KinoNari smut lying around in my fanfic folder, I’m slowly chipping away at an AU in which Ennoshita is the director of a music video and Tanaka is a backup dancer, and I’m always working on my original novel (aka “Wen der Geist Gottes treibt.../Those driven by the spirit of god...”).

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

I have so many plans all the time lmao

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

Not really.

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

As I said, I started writing in primary school, so of course I’ve improved. But even going back to a couple of years ago when I started writing my first fanfic, I’ve improved A LOT.

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

I am what I am

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

I’ve written a lot of things that were terrible, but when it comes to fanfic, the one I like the least is Black Feather (the old modern fantasy AU I mentioned earlier).

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

I hope that I’ll finally have managed to publish my novel until then.

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

Coming up with an idea or concept for a fic

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Coming up with titles and names

33. Why do you write?

Because it keeps me sane. And I mean this literally. If I force myself not to write, I’ll end up depressed af. So if I ever say anything about not writing although I’d like to, pls kick my ass and tell me to write anyway. My therapist will thank you.

#personal #long post

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victuuri-victory · 8 years ago

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Top 10 Yuri Manga Without A School Setting

edit: removed the “keep reading” line, because it cuts off the post when people reblog it, at least when on mobile

There’s a certain formula for producing bad yuri manga- default highschool setting (+1 if it’s all-girls and all-girls somehow equals all-gay), a unhealthy relationship dynamic, unrealistic-but-stock characters (the shy protagonist and the perfect student council president), strict gender roles of butch x femme, males are never present, you get the idea. There’s lots of great yuri out there that takes place in highschool, but I’ll admit that the saturation of bad stuff has tainted my view of the setting.

That said, regardless of your views on yuri’s default setting, here’s the Top 10 Yuri Manga with a fresh change of scenery!

10. Gouhou Yuri Fuufu Hon

On some days, we just don’t have it in us for serious, literary stuff. I want this list to include cute and relaxing sugary stuff too, and Gouhou Yuuri Fuufu Hon fits right in.

I might have a soft spot for moe art, but Hachishiro makes the sickest covers, I’m not even kidding.

Set in a sort-of-fantasy world where same-sex marriage is accepted and animals ears are a thing, Haru is a shy, younger girl who is married off to Sensei, a novelist oblivious to Haru’s uncertainties on how to be Sensei’s wife. Yes the dynamic is a little stock. You might realize the part on arranged marriage is kinda problematic, but this is a not-serious moe manga that doesn’t go there. It’s nothing mindblowing, and it’s not got much of a plot, but it’s a fluffy and enjoyable slice-of-life piece on marriage and domestic stuff.

The art is cute af, and works very well to convey changes in their emotions.

9. Sweet Guilty Love Bites

Sweet Guilty Love Bites is about four cabaret hostesses who work at Club Rose. It’s separated into “Sweet Guilty” and “Guilty Love”. In “Sweet Guilty”, Kirie returns from a bad night of hostessing, to discover Myata, a young woman sleeping in the streets near her house. In “Guilty Love”, Niina, a hostess and a single mother, has a one-night stand with Mayu, only to discover the next day that Mayu is the preschool teacher of her daughter.

Despite the seriousness of what I just summarized, this is a light and fluffy manga with funny moments, and everything ends happily for our dear characters.Though sometimes, the manga struggles to shift from this lighthearted tone when addressing serious life issues that its characters face.

The art is nothing stunning, but it’s decent and carries the plot just fine.

8. Rock it, GiRL!!

Rock it, GiRL!! is about a street guitarist and vocalist, Kaname, who is approached by a talent agency to be part of a band. But Kaname is not an ambitous person and thinks little of her talents. Nevertheless, she decides to give a band a shot. She discovers, however, that a) the talent agency love her as a guitarist, but thinks lowly of her vocal ability, and b) the girl who will sing the songs in her place, is an arrogant tsundere, much in contrast to Kaname’s mopey, sappy self. Animosity develops between them, but they must rise above this personal drama as the show must go on.

I have to say, the characters aren’t exactly sympathetic, but they’ve got real issues, they are offbeat, and are basically a fresh breath of air, away from the standard “sweet, nice, moe girls in a girl band” cliche. Plus the plot is wild, given the seemingly predictable premise.

The art itself is simple, but in a weirdly cute and silly way.

7. Murcielago

I would like to defend Murcielago’s presence on this list by saying that yes it is trash, HOWEVER, it is the kind of trash that nobody expects from the yuri genre.

Specifically, Murcielago is guilty-pleasure gore trash. It’s what we’ve seen played out again and again with a certain Western genre, but always with a male character depicted: violent movies centered on a loose-cannon anti-villain protagonist, who is tasked with being a criminal detective but who really does kill more people than the police are comfortable with. In the backdrop, some sort of vast conspiracy is brewing, where all the crimes that the detective solves, are actually linked together, and this whole conspiracy is somehow, quite self-aggrandizingly, all about this detective protagonist (we just don’t know how yet).

Yes, that was weirdly specific, but we all know that’s an entire genre.

In that sense, Murcielago is predictable, but it’s also very fun action-packed reading. Plus the gender and lesbian of its protagonist, is something quite unexpected, considering the “cute nice fluffiness” that characterizes most manga lesbians, and the male protags who dominate violent action comics for both manga and Western comics.

You know she’s gonna be able to solve the crime, you know the Villain of the Week is gonna die, but there’s still a perverse excitement in finding out how she does it, and what ridiculous over-the-top crime features in the latest issue.

Read beneath that surface, and Murcielago can be a little deeper than that. Our dear psycho-lesbian detective does spare people, and she justifies it by outwardly saying she spares “cute girls”, but that shallow explanation doesn’t hold water. She’s perfectly ok with mutilating and killing incompetent and immoral “cute girls”, which she has made no comment about. She’s specifically sparing a) completely moral “cute girls”, and hiring b) dangerously competent, morally shadier “cute girls” as her proteges. In fact, when she meets a bomb prodigy, she has no qualms morally corrupting her from a) to b), because she really needs a demolitions expert. She’s secretly building a ruthless army, and we don’t yet know why.

6. Lonely Wolf, Lonely Sheep

Lonely Wolf, Lonely Sheep involves the coincidential meeting of two girls who are coincidentially both named Imari, when their names are called in the hospital waiting room. Even more coincidentially, they are both there for left hand injuries. They declare their meeting one of Fate and the stars.

The dynamic is a little stock- we have the tall tomboyish landscaper “Big Imari”, contrasted with the petite girly artist “Little Imari”. But this short comic serves up more than just a plotless dose of sugary cute, the arc does turn serious. “Little Imari”’s injuries hide a dark secret, and the past is coming to claim her.

5. Octave

Miyashita Yukino is a burnt-out pop idol- the industry is not what she thought it was, and she has no idea where to go with life from thereon. The people of her hometown do not welcome her, and believe she must have had to be a slut to get ahead as an idol. What really cuts deep in this manga, is the portrayal and young age of Yukino- the reality of the pop industry and the sacrifices she had make for her dream, such as dropping out of school, has aged her beyond her years.

She then tries to make a living as a talent manager in Tokyo, but her life still seems devoid of purpose, she is drifting and still yearns for fame. During a regular trip to the nearby laundromat, she meets Setsuko, who is the sister of the laundromat’s owner. She finds some comfort in Setsuko’s company, but her problems do not disappear, and in fact the landromat is facing financial difficulties.

My main problems with Octave is that the characterization can be unsympathetic. Yukino is jaded, and certainly mature in some ways, but she is also emotionally childish- she can be exceedingly mopey, sometimes blames her problems on others, seeks external validation to an unhealthy extent, and generally creates unnecessary drama and conflict with Setsuko, who is emotionally flawed as well. Don’t get me wrong, characters should have flaws, but too much of it, and it rubs me up the wrong way and I kinda want to slap them. The plot also starts to slow rather than speed up as the manga progresses, which is just not to my taste.

However, I would simply chalk those flaws up to the inconsistent quality of Octave, where the quality is high, the manga is amazing, the emotions, the issues and ennui from the characters and the atmosphere, can be quite intensely felt.

4. Gunjo

If you asked me what the manga embodiment of misery is, I might just point you to Gunjo. Gunjo tears your heart out, and then puts it back in for a split second, just so it can tear it out again.

“It begins in the moments after a horrible crime has been committed. A woman has asked someone to kill her husband for her. She has asked someone she knows she can use – another woman, a lesbian, who has been in love with her since high school. The woman who requested the death is abusive, derisive. The woman who committed the crime is passive, almost apathetic. She flinches in the face of the other’s harsh words, but doesn’t fight back.” -(Okazu)

They then go on the run, but how far can they go before they’re caught? Does it make a difference that the cunning, abusive woman who has plotted the murder of her husband, was she herself horrifically abused by this man? Can something resembling love ever develop between two people so violent and broken?

Gunjo is amazing in its fan disservice. The murder succeeds because the killer seduces the man, and kills him while naked. But even in this scene, the violence and her disgust completely detracts from any sexual appeal of her nudity. Even in a kiss between the two main characters, their pain permeates.

My problem with Gunjo however, is specifically that the darkness never lets up. Perhaps it is my own sensitivity, but I found it very hard to complete it.

3. Pulse

It’s a full-color! I love full colors. Anyway, moving on,

Pulse tells the story of Mei, a renowned heart surgeon who is also a cold-hearted playgirl. Lynn is a college student who needs a heart transplant, but she refuses to get one (the risks are high). When they meet, Mei feels a strange kind of pull towards Lynn, almost like she’s truly attracted for once in her life. As they grow closer, Lynn strikes a deal- if she can make Mei fall in love with her, she will get the surgery, but Mei has to be the one to do the surgery. Lynn trusts her.

The premise can create all sorts of problems, but that is surprisingly averted. Mei doesn’t pressure Lynn into sex, nor does she fake romantic attraction. Lynn doesn’t sacrifice for Mei. Basically, Mei is no asshole, she’s just uninterested in people, and Lynn is no pushover. Also, the art is mighty fine.

2. Philosophia

Philosophia is about a college romance wherein the two anti-social, apathetic main characters, Ai and Tomo, bond over smokes and coffee. But these little things are not enough to exorcise their inner demons. As Ai starts to feel for Tomo, she becomes torn up over these emotions- her existing familial relationships are far from ideal, and that has fostered her inability to really understand love. Tomo is strange and disinterested, and it doesn’t seem likely that she will return Ai’s feelings. Furthermore, Tomo wants to leave the country, and the means by which she gets the money she needs, is best kept a secret.

Philosophia has both realistic yet unique characters (they do not fall too far into “always mopey” or “always sweet and excitable”, a common problem even in this list), and also incorporates a series of sobering twists and turns.

1. Collectors

Nito Shinobu and Kanzaki Takako both love shopping. Shinobu collects books and Takako collects clothes. But as they move together, let’s just say there are spaaaaaace constraints.

Collector is nothing grand or wild- this is the Happily Ever After, but Collector is important specifically for showing how life goes on, that it is comedic and fun and relatable.

Yuri tends to face the opposite problem to Western LGBT material of the past. Older Western material is melodramatic and tragic, the gay identity of the couple is frequently mentioned and becomes a source of tragedy as they face persecution, which ultimately results in their suicide or murder. In yuri, the world is often isolated down to the couple- they have feelings for each other, but other characters rarely exist and if they do, these characters do not acknowledge the romance. “Lesbian” is never said, and talks of marriage are only meant as comedy.

There has been a lot of praise for Yuri On Ice (which actually involves a male homosexual couple despite the title) for how the other characters are fleshed out too, for how they recognize and acknowledge the relationship between Viktor and Yuuri. There is a similar kind of realism going on in Collectors. There is a feeling of the world actually existing.

Collectors gives attention to the tender moments, the little things, that make a relationship, instead of it all being grand kisses in front of everyone or a emotionally charged graduation speech. There is no feeling of such performance. Even the fights in Collectors are realistic, not the kind formed from wacky misunderstandings, and in fact the kind with a proper resolution and not where they leave, and then kiss and make up but the problem still exists.

#yuri #lgbt #yuri manga #collectors manga #philosophia #pulse manga #gunjo #octave #murcielago #lonely wolf lonely sheep #rock it girl!!#sweet guilty love bites #gouhou yuri fuufu hon

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