#drrr ask blog

[angular-annular]

man ive said it before but it's soo specifically weird to like, love only one character in a show and just have everyone else feel like a cardboard box. Yes I'm talking about durarara.

Because! 7 years later and I've tried but I still don't even really like the show at all or care about more than a handful of characters! But Izaya has such a chokehold on my psyche I wish I could just pluck him outta there and put him up on my shelf or smth.

[minshift]

i love yr blog and have a few questions regarding shifting 🤍 🤍

in one of your posts from earlier this yea you had made a playlist of songs for your solo debut, wondering how it works??,, like so the songs didn't exist whatsoever in your DR until you debuted ?

if you've performed/idol things yada yada did it just like, click for you? i mean as in scripting you're a musical genius etc were you actually talented when experiencing your DR?

ifydm pls gimme some tea from any of yr DR(s?)

so for the solo debut basically the songs just werent created and didnt exist until i made them in my dr :) im in this reality we have antifragile by le sserafim right? but in my dr we would have antifragile by me if that makes sense

it really did js kinda click! tbh i have dance experience irl but very little singing experience in this reality, but in my dr i have both dance and singing experience except very VERY advanced

tea from my drrr hmmm 🙈🙈 i have so many drs but ill just talk about my soloist one, if u want tea from any other of my drs tho feel free to ask :) bangchan and mina are dating in my dr 🙈 not scripted by it just happened to be that way in my dr lol (which does jot mean their dating irl js bc its in my dr without me scripting it!!! pointing that out!!!!) also me and IU fought for the role in Hotel De Luna, she won tho TT oh well

[javaghoul]

Heck, its actually a hard task to explain what Durarara is about but I loved it so much I could talk about it all day. It has many plots, many absolutely great characters (i love you Shinra) and just lovely way of telling the stories of the individuals. Yes, it has gangs and they play big part of it but it is mostly focused on daily life and struggles of people in Ikebukuro. Also I recently came to the conclusion that the main theme of Durarara is the concept of love in many aspects and forms. Even those brutal and very weird ones (Izaya’s love for humans which causes him to play with their lifes and observe them like little animals, Shinra’s unconditional and a bit obsessive but sincere and geniuene love for a headless woman or a parasite sword that cuts people for love and thats only the beginning of examples)

Sooo anwsering your question:

- I belive Izaya would be involved in both CCG and ghoul organisations. He is the information broker without any picked sides so If he was payed enough or he could have some personal benefits for that he could pretty much sell anyone at this point. Also both sides would despise him, fear him and respect him. He is known for his twisted way of morality and being unpredictable. I would absolutely love it If Shiro Kaneki gathered info from him about, for example, Aogiri Tree, Dr Kanou or Ghoul Restaurant. I belive Izaya would picked a huge interest in him and decide to watch him at his path and doing Izaya’s things. And by that I mean making Kaneki’s job harder for his own entertainment 🤡 not to mention that Izaya’s absolutely would be in contact with Dr Kanou

- Tsukiyama on his gourmetous adventures with tasting Shizuo’s flesh and probably Dullahan’s too. And Oh mu fucking god Shizuo would absolutely want to beat the shit out of him 💀💀💀 I would love to see him being weirded out in a second and hit him with a vending machine 💀💀💀💀 (Shizuo is the strongest man in Tokyo, but like seriously the strongest, that man can lift the whole building and no one fucking knows why I fucking love Drrr so much)

- Shinra as an underground doctor could also help ghouls sometimes with their injuries or something, Celty would be probably scared for him If CCG will ever find out about that

- There is some similarity between Kida’s and Mikado’s relationship and Hide’s with Kaneki’s. Same dynamic for me.

I know you dont really care about all this stuff but I saw the opputurnity to vent about this and I proudly took it. I could write more but im tired as hell.

Right now you are my fav TG blog out there, keep it up! Have a nice week

I am so sorry I took ages to get to this. I saw that the message was long, and wanted to wait until I could read it properly instead of being like "yh lol 🙂".

CRUNCHYROLL DOESN'T HAVE DURARARA. I frikkin looked it up and nope it not there.

"Gourmetous" is now 🌟the🌟 adjective for Shuu.

I'm pissed I haven't been able to watch it, as it sounds like my kinda thing. Chaoticcriminalnotrealisticsliceoflife is what I live for.

☹️

Thank you for telling me about it, and answering my ask for you 😁 and you have a good week too!

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[lavenderboneswrites]

Part 2 of established Shizaya incorrect quotes ft. Shinra

Izaya: I told Shizuo his ears flush when he lies

Shinra: why?

Izaya: look, hey shizu-chan! Do you love me?

Shizuo, covering his ears: No.

Shinra:

[yellowbakyura]

Hey guys! I’ve started up my own Masaomi Kida roleplay/ask blog! 

Feel free to send in any kind of asks (within reason of course lol) and hit me up if you’d like to rp at all! 

https://littlesunflowermasa.tumblr.com/

[incorrectbananafish]

Narita Ryougo is such a legend!! I own a lot of his light novels and I'm so glad you like his works too! Drrr is one of my favorite anime, who are your favs? Shinra is best boy in my heart 💕

OMG WHAAT I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY HANDS ON THE DRRR 3RD LIGHT NOVEL FOR LIKE YEARS NOW but I’m too broke :’) 

I’m such an obvious basic bitch but I love Izaya and Shizuo LJDFSKFK also Celty is my Queen 

[ask-toudaimotokurashiandtoto]

Hey Toudai! Have you ever draw a portrait of Ruby~?

Toudaimoto: Rudy-kun is actually pretty camera shy #^^#

But Hibi-kun is a great Model

Hibiya: T-thanks

(Sorry I’ve been busy with portfolio ^^;)

[askshizuchanandalters]

TwT

Sooo you didnt actually give much context of what you wanted in the background or anything hahhaha— SOOO I came up with the idea- WHAT IF TOUDAI WAS ACTUALLY THE MANGA ARTIST FOR THE REAL DURARARA MANGA DALKDJAKLSDJSA AND I WAS LIKE OMG THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT XDDDD SO PLEASE ENJOY *CREDIT TO THE REAL DURARARA ARTIST AND ITS AUTHOR*—-Ryogo Narita, and Suzuhito Yasuda

[izamationbroker]

Sorry for asking, but do you have any tips on learning Japanese? I started to learn basics few years ago but have to dropped it because it's not really working for me and for school reason. Now I wish to learn it again (solely for reading the arts at pixiv, that's my motivation for now) so I wonder on how you study. Thank you 🐝

Also I love your posts about drrr it gives me serotonin 💞

Hi, hello!

I do have some tips, but the helpfulness of them also very much depends on your current level in Japanese! "Basics" can be a very subjective term, but from my interpretation I'll assume you at least have the hiragana and katakana writing systems under your belt! If not, I recommend putting all your effort into learning those before doing anything else, and if possible, try to learn some kanji if you can!

Self-study is a really hard way to learn a language but the benefits of being able to go at your own pace is super useful. Finding the right resources can pose a huge initial roadblock, though, and while I can understand not having the money for the biggest and the best, unfortunately most resources worth their salt will cost something. That said, I'll do my best to offer at least a few resources to get you started. Tofugu is a super blog that I swear by for help finding resources to learn Japanese, and they even have their own step-by-step guide to Japanese self-study!

I'll go more into what I use under the cut.

Workbooks

If you're just starting out, the first major resource you'll need is a good base workbook to practice in. The hardest part of self-study is having to essentially plan your own lessons. That means figuring out what to learn, how to learn it, and in what order. It's definitely the most time-consuming and discouraging for me, but a good workbook can at least get you off the ground with minimal planning. Unfortunately, most good workbooks are going to cost some money.

Many people swear by the Genki series, but I personally have not used them. I use the Japanese From Zero series and am currently on book 3 for context. I like how easy to understand the explanations are and the "progressive" concept where it introduces you to Japanese writing slowly over the course of each book. I also have the Nakama books 1 and 2 from a brief stint in college Japanese courses that I use to supplement what I learn in the JFZ books. It's nice to have different textbooks to cross-reference, because of how complicated Japanese can be!

Once you get through the workbooks, though, you'll have to figure something else out. I haven't gotten there yet, and I'm sure you haven't either so I wouldn't worry about it just yet. Tofugu's guide linked above has steps to take after that point!

Flashcards

With the workbook as a base, you can start making flashcards for vocabulary and grammar points to study and review as you go. I recommend using Anki (free) for this, because of how customizable it is and because it uses the Spaced Repetition System (SRS) that most language learners swear by. There's a free computer and Android app version, although the iOS version of the app does cost about $25 (they have to pay for their open-source development somehow!).

The biggest drawback to Anki is that you'll have to make all of the cards yourself. There are some decks people have made that you can download, but I personally don't usually find them very useful or reliable. Currently I use a few different types of flashcards: vocabulary, kanji, reading practice, and sentences. If anyone wants a more comprehensive breakdown of how I do flashcards, feel free to ask!

If you'd rather use something pre-made, Wanikani is a super valuable resource for kanji and vocabulary learning using SRS. Only the first three levels are free, but even that gives you a LOT of kanji to get you started. I don't have the money to pay for the full thing yet (I want to eventually save up to just get the lifetime version and not have to subscribe) but I do think it's absolutely worth it.

On the grammar side of things, I hear Bunpro is a very good resource! They have sentences and specific grammar points, as well as organize by JLPT level and provide a full network of connecting related grammar points across cards which sounds REALLY nifty to me! It has a free one-month trial but unfortunately after that you'd have to pay for it. I've been saving up to get the lifetime version of this, too, honestly.

Actually Studying

Once you have your resources, the only thing really left to do is to actually use them! What I try to do to keep consistent is do a lesson in my workbook when I have time to make the flashcards for it, then use the Anki app to do my flashcard reviews every day until I feel confident in the material. Then I rinse and repeat with the next lesson in the book.

Sometimes I get really busy or stressed and fall out of it for a while, but the important thing is to get back on that train! Since I've only just come back after a stint of not studying at all, I unfortunately have upwards of 1000 overdue reviews sitting in my Anki waiting for me to get off my ass and do them. After I get those under control, I'll be getting back in the groove of adding more through my workbooks!

I hope this was helpful lol, I know it was a lot. If you ever have questions about any of this or even about specific aspects of the language itself, feel free to ask! I wish you luck in your studies!

[wawawawawawawawawawawawawa]

"ive just seen a lot of ppl #call izaya a sociopath but like. as a Comical Exaggeration #or just as an insult to be disproven" re: ur tags

i don't really go here (drrr!!), but i came across ur blog through a series of events that led me to an ASPD Izaya analysis post that u are connected to. somehow. i dont fucking know man. but like anyways i 100% agree, like have u seen him. Look At Him. i only watched like the first season and havent touched anything else but i can say with 100% certainty That Guy Has ASPD. okay this ask isnt about me telling you i agree with you and others who have that correct opinion, but just wanted to say it.

anyways GODDDD, your tags... i feel that so hard. theres a character im a big ASPD truther for (and its like so obvious. lzaya level obvious), who ALSO gets called "sOcioPatH" and "psYchOPatH" as an insult or joke. and every time im like... "well... no, but actually yes"

no because i can tell you're calling him that to demonize him and seeing as that you are unironically using "sociopath", you obviously dont actually know much about ASPD. but yes because he has ASPD!

AH THE ANALYSIS POST! i can explain: i'm connected to it because the person who wrote it is my fiance, and i'm the mentioned Person With ASPD that he mentions he knows :P

also since im curious: what character?

and i on god HATE it when people use the term "sociopath" unironically its like. im using it because i have aspd, and oftentimes i use it as a derogatory term to draw attention to how derogatory it is. like. i know why i'm using it. why are You using it!

and oftentimes its because they deadass think "sociopathy" is still an actual Thing You Can Be Medically Recognized As and like. bestie. it IS clear u know literally nothing! its like theyre SO CLOSE to getting that the character has aspd but dont actually know HOW aspd works outside of a bullshit stereotype so its only said as a joke and not treated seriously foe actual analysis

im gonna make a comparison here BUT BEFORE ANYONE BUSTS MY BALLS: I AM AUTISTIC. I CAN MAKE THIS COMPARISON. AND EVEN IF I WASN'T, IT'S NOT A THOUGHTCRIME TO IDENTIFY OBVIOUS PATTERNS.

it's like i looked at a very obviously autistic character and kept calling them retarded as a joke. and even though i knew that derogatory term used to refer to an actual thing people have, i refuse to acknowledge the existence of ACTUAL autistic people's ACTUAL experience with autism and how it differs from the VERY derogatory and insulting stereotype of "a retard" and just. kept calling that character retarded because i thought that people with those traits deserved it or something

and then i tagged the post "#tw autism" as like an extra kick in the nuts

but GOD i feel that last paragraph SO hard. its clear ppl notice those traits in him but dont know enough (and dont care to go learn) about the actual disorder. so peoples' real suffering and social ostracization is just a punchline. because "mental health acceptance" ALWAYS has this fucking asterisk of "not you, though" when it comes to (among other things) aspd

its a cruel world out there for aspd blorbo truthers 😔 not only do we have to deal with bullshit ass takes, our backs constantly hurt from the weight of carrying the Correct Opinions 😔😔

[eonsadrft]

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER WELL CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER. ( REPOST DO NOT REBLOG ! )

Let’s goooooo ~~

NAME: N or Noir

PRONOUNS: he / him

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION: tumblr ims aaaaaand discord, if we interacted you can ask for my discord

NAME OF MUSE(S): hahaha... Let’s start:

FFXIV: fandaniel, my OC WoL, and other OCs in general

Yu-gi-oh: Pharaoh Atem, Yuugi, Seto Kaiba, Slifer, even the damn Kuriboh

BSD: Dazai Osamu, Nakahara Chuuya, Edogawa Ranpo and an OC

DRRR!!: Izaya Orihara

Pokemon: (N)atural Gropius Harmonia

Undertale: Sans, G!Sans (AU)

D. Gray Man: Allen Walker

Kingdom Hearts: Roxas, Sora, Vanitas

MysMe: 707

OFF (Game): The Batter

GenPact: Diluc (discord only), this man, the WANDERER

And probably many more but I didn’t write them on tumblr, yup.

EXPERIENCE/HOW LONG (MONTHS / YEARS?):   Holy fuck if I start I don’t shut up. I started RPing with my close friends when I was... 10? 12? When I finally can use a PC? When I started to use Tumblr I was like... 16?? And from that I’ve been going and leaving time to time, trying characters, memeing around, knowing people... I think I improved my writing a lot thanks to this hellsite.

PLATFORMS YOU’VE USED: discord, tumblr, skype (once), msn (god ol’ times), twitter (I don’t like it).

BEST EXPERIENCE: The people I met. I know I lost contact with some, or I’d never talk with them anymore, but the RPs I have done with them have been the best. I loved all my RP partners and I’ll always miss them.

RP PET PEEVES/DEALBREAKERS: people who doesnt trim posts or reblogging a lot of ooc stuff? I guess I like to have my blog clean just as my dashboard. When I come here is to read or write cool shit or watching some fanart but nothing more.

FLUFF, ANGST OR SMUT: COMEDY. I’m a total meme okay sorry. But if I have to choose, I’m between angst and fluff. Angst is the best to make the character improve (or not) and fluff...... sheesh, I just love writing stupid romantic stuff for my baby muses. For me they all are like a babies to me. Smut I write it rarely, and if I do I prefer in private. 

PLOTS OR MEMES: MEMES- Okay but plotting when there’s an idea goes perfect, so both, yes both.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: depends on the mood of the day, I like to write more or less the same length as my rp partner? I like to share what my muses think most of the time.

BEST TIME TO WRITE: I dunno, I remember long ago it was in my nights, lately it has been in my mornings, but my mood swings a lot lately so I can’t choose.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S): mostly no... but at the same time yes. They are more exaggerated than me. They did things I would never do. I think my empathy helped me to understand these characters and write my own interpretation. I like masterminds but I’m not that smart... but one thing I would love and you will always see in my muses are the chaotic vibes they give from afar. Always. That’s a part of me I give to them.

tagged by: @erabundus ( thank youuuuuuu ♥ ) tagging: dunno imma just tag ppl I have in my drafts (I don’t forget about our threads I swear and if you did this oh well just ignore the tag sdjkfhsdk) @al-hazen , @praeteritus-memories​ , @abyssmalice​ , @mcwscollective​ , @scarletooyoroi​ , @vixlenxe​ , @dcndrohina​ , @mrcyclopsfan​ , @visionkept​ , @saints-sorrow​ ....... and you if you’re reading this, oh my I have a lot of followers please tag me if you’re doing it and wanna show ♥

[shigaeru]

Honestly one of my few joys these days is to come on your blog and look at your drrr!! art 🙏 I absolutely adore your style, it's both aesthetically beautiful AND super expressive and unique, you are basically my favorite artist rn and I'm so grateful you are sharing some of your work with us. And your ACI comic is making me SO HAPPY gosh thank u thank u thank u it made me laugh and feel ok during very bad times recently and now I'm also re-reading the fic which is always an excellent choice 💖

omg thank you this is such a nice ask to receive ;;;  💕 it warms my heart to know my art could help you feel better. I’m not stopping any time soon so you’ll get to see a lot more ACI ghfdgf

[bjy-on-ao3]

Fic Friday: Needy, Part 1

(As usual, you can find the AO3 version of all my uploads [and some things I don’t post here to tumblr] via my Masterlist blog page.)

Another concept that has been sitting in my notes since I finished the first season of Durarara!!. Izaya has been coming up a decent amount in some recent conversations and I was convinced to continue watching DRRR!! with X2/etc, so my want to write this has been reinvigorated.

This lead-up can be skipped if desired. It’s mostly Reader being bored and getting more jealous as the day goes on, but I felt like writing it and was having a good time, so it exists (plus it’s a little help to practice for a longer project I may have in mind.). You won’t miss out on any smut skipping this chapter, so if you’re here for that, feel free to move onto the next one!

Part 2

Summary  Reader’s jealousy over the attention Izaya gives to everyone else finally comes to a head one evening. They discover it hasn't exactly been a secret to the information broker.

Needy (F! Reader/Izaya Orihara)

Chapter 1. Green-Eyed Monster

You came to slowly, unwilling to leave the peaceful land of slumber, tangled in the soft warmth of the sheets and pillows like so many other days. The surrounding room was dark, the sheets displaced by whatever tossing and turning had taken place through the night. You contemplated snuggling back into the blankets and snoozing the day away, but admonished yourself quickly, rubbing the sleep from your eyes with your wrist. It wouldn’t do to spend all day in bed - at least not alone.

You had long since grown used to waking up in Izaya Orihara’s bed, often after long exhausting evenings preceding it. Many mornings you awoke in his arms, or with him in yours, surrounded by his faint scent of soap and spice and bitter tea. Those were the sweetest. Had someone told you when you first met him Izaya was the cuddling type - in or out of bed -  you would have laughed in their face at the absurdity. As much as he claimed to love humans, he didn’t come off as the type to be physically affectionate. You were glad to learn that your first impressions had been incorrect. 

Recently something had changed. Izaya’s workload new was far heavier than before, which left less of his time for you. You occupied yourself more often while he stared intently at various screens for hours or went on about plans only he fully knew and understood. You were used to that well enough, just not so much as had become the recent norm. Sure, Namie was often around as well, but she was little in the way of good company or entertainment. 

There were the times when Izaya left to gallivant around the city and make life a pain for the more powerful or notable denizens of the city or to meet clients to broker his work. When he was away you didn’t even have to chance to try to coax him into taking the occasional break. Those were the days you hated the most, but you knew it wasn’t his job to amuse you all the time- even if you would have been perfectly happy with that kind of arrangement.

Despite suggestive promises and invitations to join you, you had begun retiring to bed alone long before Izaya more and more commonly. Often you feel asleep before he ever came to bed - some nights you weren’t sure he did at all. Even on the mornings you knew he had, whether from the displacement of the bedsheets or a faded warmth beside you, he was up and back at work before you woke as if he had never stopped. That morning was another on which you awoke alone, frowning at the impressions in the sheets beside you and wishing you had woken earlier or he had stayed longer in bed.

You tried to convince yourself it was normal, reminding yourself that Izaya was a busy man. That he had so much business to attend to was no surprise, especially when Ikebukuro got rowdy, due to whatever new event involving the color gangs or a shift in Yakuza politics popped up. But reason did nothing to wash away the bitter taste in your mouth when you wandered out into the hall and looked down to see Izaya entertaining another early morning client. 

You frowned, glowering down at the seated client - you weren’t sure who they were, but they looked vaguely familiar, so likely some regular - sitting across from Izaya. The informant in question looked as cool and confident as ever. For a moment, the lilt of his voice overturned your bitterness, but the moment was brief and it returned obstinately. You waited, resting your elbows against the rail, sure to remain hidden among the shadows cast by the apartment’s angles. 

You knew better than to interrupt his business. Even if you were upset it seemed to consume every waking hour recently, interference was taboo. You had learned that a long time ago. You weren’t sure if Izaya being wholly unconcerned you might overhear a business conversation meant he just didn’t care or if he trusted you. Maybe it was a bit of both.

You grew bored quickly, hardly listening to the exchange at the desk below, despite neither bothering to keep their voice down. At last, there was a shuffling of something - funds, contracts, whatever, you couldn’t tell from your perch - and then the client rose with a farewell and turned to leave. You eased further into the shadow, fairly sure you weren’t in danger of being seen, but better safe than sorry. Passingly, you imagined how irate some of Izaya’s clients might have been if they were aware a second set of eyes and ears was butting in on their private conversations with the informant.

Izaya followed courteously, seeing them off to the door and bidding a professional, cheery goodbye. Only once you heard the door snap closed did you make your way down the stairs. But before you even descended the last step, you heard Izaya engaged in another conversation and your face sank. He wasn’t speaking to you, of course, but another client or contact on one of his many cellphones. Work, work, and more work again. Izaya cast you a small smile before tuning back into his call, plopping down on the couch as he talked.

You sat down on the cushion beside him, careful to stay quiet and not interrupt his call. Izaya lay an arm along the back of the sectional but didn’t touch you, and you gave it a  sidelong glance. A childish part of you fantasized about tearing the phone from his hand and tossing it away, undoubtedly garnering his attention one way or another. You quickly silenced the thought, waiting some more. You had hardly been awake for long, and already you had done so much waiting.

Just as you were considering moving off the couch to grab a book off the shelf or freshen up, you heard the call winding down from Izaya’s tone. A hopeful excitement sprang up in your chest and you inched closer to Izaya as he hung up.

“Izaya, since you’re done with those clients, how about we…” you began to propose, placing what you intended to be a seductive touch on his knee. Your words fell away, noting Izaya was paying no mind to you - his eyes and fingers focused on the message he was composing on his phone.

“Hm, what was that, darling?” He asked, hitting send and tucking the phone into a pocket.

“Ah, it was nothing important,” you dismissed, sighing internally and pulling your hand back. You had a feeling you knew what the answer was going to be.

Izaya eyed you quietly for a second, and you wondered if he suspected the thoughts simmering beyond your dismissal. “I see. Well, I’ve got some things to take care of,” he announced, the previous scrutiny disappearing and replaced by his typical demeanor. When he rose from his seat, his fingers brushed fleetingly across your shoulder and you followed the oh-so-slight motion out of the corner of your eyes. “Don’t get into too much trouble while I’m gone.”

You almost rolled your eyes at his teasing words. You really should have been the one warning him. Izaya Orihara telling you not to get into trouble when he caused and attracted it himself in so many forms was an irony so thick you could taste it. 

“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything you would,” you shot back wryly.

He smirked, leaning in for a second and pressing a quick kiss to your cheek that left you wanting. You watched him straighten and turn on his heel, vanishing down the entryway and out the door briskly. 

You sighed, leaning on your elbow on the back of the sofa with your cheek resting on a fist. Silence enveloped you again, save for the dull chatter of the birds outside and even fainter sounds of people in the streets below. You searched the apartment lazily, trying to decide on something to entertain yourself with. Neither the TV nor the assortment of books on the shelf piqued your interest, nor did the idea of laying on the couch and browsing the internet or the forums. Certain ones were amusing now and then, chatrooms especially, but you weren’t in the mood for any of that.

In your search, you realized that you were left completely alone in the apartment. There was no sign of Namie, whom you knew by that time would have normally arrived. A day off for the woman then. Just your rotten luck that you didn’t even have her prickly company for the day. Perhaps you would take a stroll down to Ikebukuro and entertain yourself there instead.

A shower and a change of clothes later and you had left the spacious apartment, unsure exactly where in Ikebukuro you were planning to go. It was always important to monitor your surroundings in the city, even if you weren’t somewhere sketchy or isolated. You weren’t sure if your involvement with Izaya was a secret or not - or how widespread it was, even if it was a secret. All you knew was that not everyone liked the information broker and some of those people had enough balls - or few enough brain cells - to think screwing with someone more closely involved with Izaya was a good idea.

Even with that in mind, Ikebukuro, for all the trouble that took place so often, really wasn’t very intriguing most days. Sure, there was always something lurking beneath the surface, someone moving pawns on a chessboard, or some plan being brought to fruition. None of that mattered though unless you wanted to butt into someone else’s business. And unlike a certain someone you knew, sticking your nose into other peoples’ affairs wasn’t a hobby of yours for the most part.

You grabbed a quick bite to eat in one of the small shops on your way into the more bustling parts of the city. You weren’t sure if you had gotten a bad batch or if everything just tasted worse from your boredom and bitterness, but your breakfast left you thoroughly unsatisfied. A running trend for the morning it seemed. Well, there was plenty of time in the day left to fix that, right? 

For a while, you sat down on an empty bench on a busy street, watching the many perfectly ordinary people of the city going about their daily business, blissfully unaware of the games being played around them, save for when the usual players shook up things in particularly noisy ways. You mentally picked one out from the crowd, now and then, wondering if beneath the surface they had some awful or bizarre secret, as was the case for several of the notable names in Ikebukuro. When you had first come to the city, you would have never imagined such normal-looking people were capable of having such impressive secrets, but your time had taught you much.

Here and there, over an hour or so, you spotted several of the men or women you knew to be trouble of some degree. A high-schooled aged boy who couldn’t have looked more commonplace if he tried with some fantastical sounding name. A tall man in a headscarf who often rode around with a band of eccentrics in a van. A man with dreadlocks and glasses, flanked by a grouchy looking blonde smoking a cigarette. Your brow arched up and a jolt of jealousy swirled in your gut at the sight of the blonde.

You knew most of the others were involved in Izaya’s business in one form or another - generally not by choice - but you were acutely aware of how much attention he paid the blonde. He had spoken about him before, insisting how much he hated monsters like him, but you weren’t so sure sometimes. Whatever the case, he devoted a lot of his attention to making his life miserable, you knew that much. Time you pettily felt could have been better spent paying attention to you without the threat of being beaten into the concrete.

Shaking off the feeling, you daydreamt for a little while about what it would be like to be involved in all the dirty dealings and trickery that went into the politics controlling the city. Maybe it would be a better and more exciting use of your time than what you did for fun. You doubted you were cut out for how cut-throat you had heard the game could be though, so perhaps it was best it remained an idle imagining. Eventually, imagining what-ifs and singling people out in the ever-moving crowds grew dull and you stood up, taking your outing back on the move.

Turning a corner, you glanced through the immaculately polished glass windows of a quaint, cozy cafe. Your face stretched in surprise, eyes widening for an instant as they landed on a slender form and handsome, sly face there was no mistaking. Izaya looked so comfortable, settled on one of the window seats facing outward. He looked to be watching the crowds go by, sipping contently at the steaming mug in his grasp. People-watching? That was the business he had needed to attend to? 

Jealousy swelled in your chest again, acrid and burning, and you took a deep breath to quell it. Yes, you had been doing the same thing recently - out of necessity to amuse yourself since Izaya had ignored you, you reminded yourself crossly - but you hadn’t labeled it as something that needed tending to. You stepped back, glaring from your spot on the corner for a moment before making an about-face and striding angrily away from the cafe windows. Now you were bored and angry. So much for the idea that there time for the day to improve.

You tried your hardest to clear your head as strolled aimlessly, but the stubborn emotions refused to go. The image of him seated so relaxedly in the cafe as if he had nothing else in the world he could be doing compounded your frustration, making it grow hotter and more irrational. ‘You could have spoken up’ a small voice piped up. ‘Maybe you’re just not interesting enough to keep his attention,’ another far meaner voice sneered. You ground your teeth and shook your head, refusing to accept either suggestion.

When wandering alone with your antagonistic thoughts became too much, you gave up the idea of your pleasant excursion. Head cloudy with nagging voices and snippets of the day, chest burning angrily, you made your way back to Izaya’s apartment. At least there you could be moody in peace without worry of anyone seeing.

[mocknerd]

Happy Birthday to Anri, the Spooky Baby!

I would draw some art but I’ve been a bit shaken by something, and it’s rather late. 

But imagine Anri celebrating her birthday with MC and Arabella (cause she needs some female friends her age, and groping without consent isn't a very friendly thing to do, ERIKA). Imagine Mikado and Masaomi agreeing to hang together and leave them be so that they could have girls night. Imagine them mixing Halloween and birthday traditions together, like dressing up in cutesy outfits, or playing fortune telling games. Imagine them eating ALL the sweets and watching late night movies. Just imagine them being cute, wholesome group of friends. 

Phew, I feel better now. 

Looks like that will be the end of my attempt to celebrate Halloween drrr!! style. 

Please remember to check out the dating sim demo we made on the madhousefruitcake blog, and again feel free to spread the word. You can do that by reblogging the link, doing fanart, memes, or sending asks. 

Happy Halloween 

MockNerd~ 

[monsterthorst]

I’m not dead, surprise!🌸

Guess who’s back from the grave? It’s a me, ya boy. Now, I want to cover a few things. One, I want to apologize for how horrendously inactive I’ve been, sheesh, it was rough. But I have an explanation. As much as I love all of the shows and mangas I was previously writing for, I’ve outgrown reading/writing fanfictions for shows I don’t watch or think about anymore. Which is why we’ll be changing things up a little bit here on this blog, which will segway into point Two! This blog, previously for anime’s and the like, will now be dedicated to entirely to, drum roll please…

Creatures and Monsters and Demons, Oh My!

Why this sudden, dramatic shift? Well, I’ve been doing some soul searching recently and I’ve found that, rather than normality, my entire being craves big, hairy, beefy, hideous monsters and creature that could actually just KILL ME if they wanted to. What can I say? The heart wants what the heart wants

Now, with all of that said, we get to point numero tres! After a centuries wait, my ask box is now officially open once more; for requests related to CREATURES AND MONSTERS AND DEMONS(Oh My!) only! If you have a pending ask from me on my other two blogs that have yet to be answered, I want to give you my sinceriest apologies as I will NOT be completing them. I really hate to do that, truly, but I have no motivation to write for those things anymore. Please know that I would be MORE than happy to answer any other ask you may have related to this new, slightly spontaneous theme.

Now, onto the fourth, FINAL, and probably most important point. As for my other two blogs, @bb-headcannons and @drrr-headcannons, they will soon be deleted. I don’t want to have to keep taking care of them and dealing with them when they will be completely inactive henceforth so, to make it simple, I’m going to completely just get rid of them and try to start anew. And the same goes for this blog, all of the past content I’ve written here will also soon be removed. I want to start over from square one with a completely blank slate. I’m truly sorry for this craziness and I hope you all can forgive me for throwing this on you after months of silence. I really hope all of you continue to stay with me and support me through this change. I love you all, from the bottom of my heart!!!!😭💝💞