Reading update: World War Z
[spoilers: from the start till before chapter 3: The Great Panic: Topeka, Kansas]
Hello Yet Again!
I am writing this in a big hurry, as I am currently in the middle of my finals season, to inform that I am still very much alive and kicking. And to update on what I've been doing as of late.
First of all, I've been reading Max Brook's 'World War Z'. And despite it being essentially a collection of loosely connected stories of a past event, which I usually find incredibly boring, it is a surprisingly engaging and interesting book. Maybe it's because of the great amount of research that went into making this as realistic as possible, seriously reading this after the covid-19 pandemic almost makes me believe in those stupid conspiracies that say all major were planned by the shadow-government and they drop hints in media before doing them for some reason, or maybe it's just because I really viewing major events through a human perspective, but this book just has its hooks in me and is absolutely REFUSING to let go. (It's actually a little hard to study because all I want to do is to continue reading this, lol.)
As for everything else I am working on. Both 'A Blind Eye Can See' and 'The One True Gentlemen' are on hiatus until I finish my exams. But they're otherwise coming along fine. I am also working on a minor rewriting of 'After Earth' to try and incorporate "Nature" as a "character" and bump up the spiritual aspect of the world in general.
That is all for now :) I should hopefully be a lot more productive over the summer, or at least I will try to. Thank you so much for reading! hope to see you soon :)
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fun fact about togame, his voice actor also voices a jojo character named "Weather Report" (you see where i'm going with this?)
i want to believe that the one singular contact number in sakura's phone is not in fact his piss poor attempt to use a phone, but rather a well-kept secret point of contact between him and one certain togame jo. after the showdown with shishitoren and the rooftop celebration, togame and sakura remain... curious about each other. it starts off surface-level enough. togame wants to find a way to repay his debts somehow -- keep an avenue available to someday prove to sakura that he isn't so lame anymore.
he's eternally thankful to sakura for snapping him out of whatever fugue state choji's mistakes put him in and wants to actually befriend sakura because of it. make sure he hasnt changed and all. meanwhile sakura contemplates it, because umemiya WAS right in the grand scheme of things and he did somehow "communicate" with togame in their fight. he wants to keep talking to togame, sort of. learn all the things he couldn't gather with his jabs and kicks. so they both find themselves at the tunnel a few days after the fight as complete coincidence.
its complete fate they ran into each other without meaning to, but togame wastes no time in warmly greeting sakura and chatting him up. night begins to creep up and at that point sakura knows they've gotta start getting home if they both don't wanna start shit sitting out at night on territory boundaries while wearing their respective recognizable uniforms. he's hesitant to pull away from the conversation though and togame seizes the opportunity to ask for sakura's (barely used) phone and write himself into sakura's contacts. (he doesn't even have a password btw)
"Wow~ Not a single person on here, Othello-kun."
"Hah? What th' hell would I even need it for? If I need something, I can just go ask in person. None of that slow, boring texting crap."
"You really live life too fast, haha. What if it's too small for the effort? Or you can't come find me in time? Shishitoren territory is quite far from Furin's campus, after all."
"What would I even need'ta ask you that isn't urgent enough to come here, scraggly?"
Togame simply laughs under his breath. "Anything you can think of." he hands the phone back to Sakura, screen lit up with a single new contact under the name 'Weather.'
That's stupid.
The older boy continues to tease Sakura. "Call me to ask about the weather, if you really can't come up with anything at all. I promise I'd pick up; it's the least I can do for you after everything."
They part ways, and even if neither of them mention it -- Sakura keeps this encounter close to his chest. Thinks about it when his classmates make fun of him for it the very next day, even as he says nothing and lets them tease him. With 5 new names in his list of contacts, he remembers to go home and scroll to 'W' and asks about the weather tomorrow. Asks a whole lot of other things too. All until he falls asleep.
(He never changes Togame's contact name after that. Not even months later, stranded on a bridge and staring down an army of enemies and another black-haired tall douchebag to humble. What will the weather be like tomorrow? Clear motherfuckin' skies, baby.)
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i always wonder what it’ll take for how fat i am to get acknowledged. the only time ive ever had it publicly or privately called out (besides in kink situations) was in 9th grade. i didn’t go to anime club because im not into anime (im still not) even though i told this dude i would be there lol.
he was pissed at me the next day and just mouthed the words “you’re fat” in the hallway like that would mean anything… i’ve never rlly been insulted for my weight or had it poked fun at. is it weird i want to get big enough for that to happen??
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reading jjk is so much worse than watching the show bc the amount of flashback panels they use whenever gojo or geto (kenjaku technically but whatever) are referencing the past or each other makes me feel sick to my goddamn stomach.
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Shizuo gay panicking for the 1st when he bumps into Izaya after school during sunset hour n ohh how the black haired mf looks good w/ the sky's colors n the sun shining on him... Shizu realizes the weird feeling after a while and breaks the street sign that's near him by accident (alerting Izaya of his presence, who runs away), he chases after the flea n when he finally manages to corner Izaya he simply gives him the crumpled stop sign he's been holding all this time and leaves
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