#honoring sakuko

[yannig]

Tag Game: Favorite Female Characters

Took an free tag from @neuroticbookworm! Thanks mate <3

I'm keeping it to Asian QLs because if I went with my all-time favorites we'd get into "things that have never been translated into English" territory real quick.

I'm aware I'm toeing the line of what exactly constitutes a QL a lot here but. I haven't watched that many of them yet. And these characters where the ones I wanted to put so. I'm just having fun.

I had a lot of fun!

(you get Rose with Maya because I couldn't find a good gif of her alone. I spent so much time on some of these, can someone tell me how to use the gif search function or is it just that bad?)

No-pressure tags: @negrowhat @kimkhimhant @guzhufuren @moonikabear, and anyone else who wants to play!

[qpr-competition]

alright, so i dont have the energy to make Information Posts for every contestant right now (i will try to draft several but its gonna take a while), but i do want to give you the list

in alphabetical order (including the "the"s) of the media theyre from:

Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey

Hideki Hinata and Yui from Angel Beats

Achilles and Patroclus from Aristos the Musical (i have been asked to emphasize that this is specifically the musical portrayal)

Chalco Yong and Ikora Rey from Destiny 2

Senku Ishigami and Gen Asagiri from Dr Stone

Hawke and Varric from Dragon Age

Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Joan Watson and Sherlock Holmes from Elementary

Peri Dubois and Abel Moreau from Entropic Float

Zagreus and Dusa from Hades

Polly and Yaretzi from Hello From The Hallowoods

Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak from Homestuck

Serene-Heart-In-The-Chaos-Of-Battle and Luke Sunborn from In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Jay Ferin, Gillion Tidestrider, and Chip from Just Roll With It

Sakuko Kodama and Satoru Takahashi from Koisenu Futari

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent

Venus McFlytrap, Rochelle Goyle, and Robecca Steam from Monster High (the ghoulfriends book series)

Criss and Cross from Roleslaying With Roman

Anzu, Kazuki, and Junta from Romantic Killer

Zolf Smith and Oscar Wilde from Rusty Quill Gaming

Jas Emari and Sinjir Rath Velus from Star Wars Aftermath Trilogy

Blind and Sphynx from The Gray House

Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus from The Locked Tomb

Tim Stoker and Sasha James from The Magnus Archives

Jet Siquiliak and Buddy Aurinko from The Penumbra Podcast - Juno Steel

Moraine Damordred and Lan Mandragoran from The Wheel Of Time

Chongi-Re, Numeri, and Butler from Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure

Chance and Shadow from Woe.begone

Alana Maxwell and Daniel Jacobi from Wolf 359

Joe and Sasha from Wonderlab

Dairine Callahan and Roshaun ke Nelaied from Young Wizards book series

Joe Tazuna and Sara Chidouin from Your Turn To Die

i dont have any dates for you regarding either the introduction posts or the polling starts; i hope to be able to do the latter within the next week, but unfortunately for all of us i have adhd

[queerplatonicshipshowdown]

Round 1 starts Monday, September 4, 2023!

Here are your match-ups (links under the cut):

Preliminaries:

Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity vs. Test Tube and Fan (Fantube) from Inanimate Insanity

Round 1:

Chance and Shadow from WOE.BEGONE vs. Zolf Smith and Oscar Wilde (Zoscar) from Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast

Karina Lyle and Ryan Goldsmith (goldenrose) from Tiger & Bunny vs. Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts (Barbie^2) from Barbie

Lord Viren and King Harrow (Virrow) from The Dragon Prince vs. Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity

Ainsley Ainsley, Antone Postminger, and The Gap (horseycule) from Legendlark vs. Kurusu Kazuki and Suwa Rei (Kazurei) from Buddy Daddies

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent vs. Caspar von Bergliez and Linhardt von Hevring (Casphardt) from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Ronan Lynch and Richard Campbell Gansey III (Ronsey) from The Raven Cycle vs. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Taibani) from Tiger and Bunny

Rosé, York, and Grendan from Drawtectives vs. Bakugou Katsuki and Kirishima Eijirou (Kiribaku) from My Hero Academia

Adagumo no Yaorochi and Sukune Katano (YaoSuku) from Le'en Project vs. Hardwon Surefoot and Moonshine Cybin (Hardshine) from Not Another D&D Podcast

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Crowley and Aziraphale (Ineffable Husbands) from Good Omens vs. Jonathan Sims and Alice “Daisy” Tonner (JonDaisy) from The Magnus Archives

Hooty and Lilith from The Owl House vs. Jane McKeene and Katherine Deveraux from Dread Nation

Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran from Wheel of Time vs. Jennifer Walters and Patsy Walker (patsyjen) from Marvel

Camilla Hect and Palamades Sextus (Campal) from The Locked Tomb vs. Kazuma Asogi and Ryunosuke Naruhodo (Asoryuu) from The Great Ace Attorney

Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Stobin) from Stranger Things vs. Bells Broussard and Emma Robledo from Sidekick Squad series

Daisy Tonner and Basira Hussain (Daisira) from The Magnus Archives vs. Percival King and Ramsey Murdoch (Ramsival) from Epithet: Erased

Sakuko Kodama and Satoru Takahashi from Koisenu Futari vs. Jughead Jones and Sabrina Spellman from Jughead Jones

Gon Freecs and Killua Zoldyck (Killugon) from Hunter × Hunter vs. Mako Mori and Raleigh Beckett from Pacific Rim

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Stanford Pines and Fiddleford McGucket (Fiddauthor) from Gravity Falls vs. Jem Carstairs and Will Herondale (Heronstairs) from The Shadowhunter Chronicles

Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye (royai) from Fullmetal Alchemist vs. Stanley Barber and Sydney Novak from I Am Not Okay With This

Maz Kanata and Dexter Jettster from Star Wars the High Republic vs. The Doctor and Missy from Doctor Who

Fennec Shand and Boba Fett from Star Wars vs. Curt Mega and Tatiana Slozhno from Spies Are Forever

Lapis Lazuli and Peridot (Lapidot) from Steven Universe vs. Gwen Poole and Quentin Quire (Gwentin) from West Coast Avengers

The Doctor and Jack Harkness from Doctor Who vs. John - 117 and Cortanna from Halo

Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy (Millardy) from Broadchurch vs. Moomintroll and Snufkin (Snufmin) from Moominvalley

Beth Tezuka and Plum (PlumBeth) from Bravest Warriors vs. Allan and Weird Barbie from The Barbie Movie

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Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Jolteon and Crap Gorps from Dogs In Love 2

Starscream and Skyfire (Skystar) from Transformers vs. Anne, Marcy, and Sasha (Sashannarcy) from Amphibia

Robbie & factoryAI from Void Terrarium vs. Perle and Dejean from Our Bloody Pearl

Matilda and Drea from Everything's Gonna Be Okay vs. Taion and Eunie (TaiEunie) from Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak (Meowrails) from Homestuck vs. Jessie and James from Pokémon

Roxas and Xion from Kingdom Hearts vs. Tang and Pigsy (Freenoodles) from LEGO Monkie Kid

Zelda and Link (Zelink) from Tears of the Kingdom vs. Shin and Noi from Dorohedoro

MK and Mei (goldendragon) from LEGO Monkie Kid vs. Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop (Bishova) from Marvel

[sadmanyeyes]

Chapter 65:

Yakumo says Konron is a dangerous place...

And Naparva and the others have definitely shrouded in darkness. Now, while there are restrictions on the destination, you can pretty much go anywhere using the Sacred Land. They were lucky the Konron emerged in a dump of all places; if it was at a nuclear plant or any place like that, there's not a damn thing they could have done. The place is basically a WMD; people can't know about it or they will just use it as another weapon.

Yakumo gets out of the water he was bathing the dagger in and Pai greets him. She's ready to treat him...but he's got the ol' shrinkage from being naked in cold water and tells her not to look. She gets mad and jumps in after him, spotting his dick underwater. She's flustered...then hugs him.

The news says the fire killed all the locusts while Huang is served by Yakumo's Boss in the latter's home. So now what? Well, Yakumo has given up on the idea of a normal life (again) and is resuming his travels. Yakumo's Boss wonders why he travels so often and Huang answers it's too dangerous for him to be around normal people. The Boss asks Huang is Yougekisha can take care of him and Pai. Huang assures them that they can.

The Boss will ask their boys in the Yakuza for fake passports.

Yakumo wakes up, complaining about Pai leaving all the serious problems to him while she sleeps like a baby. He had to say goodbye to his friends, give up on his dreams...Sakuko probably thinks he's dead. He laughs it all off but Three-Eyed Pai doesn't think it's funny. She says he is failing to honor the mission of the Wu by treating his position so flippantly. She says she'll leave him alone when her mission is complete but at the same time asks him how he thinks she felt having to live alone in the sacred land. But...he did a good job beating Taisoei so she permits him to come with her to the Sacred Land. He has to bring the dagger with him though. And she has to prepare so he has to wait for her at the park.

He does so and wonders why she's so late. We see his boss brush off the other cooks explanation of what happened to him at the park and tell them he ran away the other night. Sakuko is disappointed but relieved...and she's certain that, when he comes back, he'll open the restaurant with them.

So back to Three-Eyed Pai. Why did she stay behind? Because she's gotten addicted to the booze and she can't be around Yakumo to drink because the other Pai's consciousness becomes too strong around him. Sorry Yakumo. End of chapter.

[midmarauder]

[arotechno]

oh okay so we're not getting a resolution on this until the final episode. huh. well now i'm kind of nervous?

i didn't have much to say during the last 10ish minutes of the episode because i was just staring frozen at my screen. god, the pain of like, wanting children or a "traditional" family just to give your parents or grandparents what they want? when you don't really want that yourself?

i know most of us have been saying for the run of this show that takahashi seems like the experienced aro adult who knows what he wants, but DOES he? it feels like he isn't sure. like, how much of takahashi's desire to live his current quiet life in honor of his grandmother is specifically what he wants and how much of it is just because he thinks it's the only way for him to live a peaceful life of some value?

on one hand i want takahashi to leave his shitty supermarket job and go have his vegetable kingdom. but at the same time i also hold very dear the idea that he is happy with his current life specifically because he likes keeping sakuko around. and i feel like we didn't get the whole backstory here. are we going to? did takahashi Know back then? does haruka know? what is happening????

that's the nature of penultimate episodes i guess. there's only one more episode of koisenu futari ever and then what am i gonna do!!!!

[technitango]

10 Characters, 10 Fandoms, 10 Tags

thank you for the tag @itsza ❤️

Kang Yohan: The Devil Judge

Wen Ke Xing: Word of Honor

Wei Wuxian: The Untamed

Kinn Theerapanyakul: Kinnporsche The Series

Claire Redfield: Resident Evil

Dongfang Qingcang: Love Between Fairy and Devil

Kang Gil Young: The Guest

Kodama Sakuko: Koisenu Futari

Dana Scully: The X-Files

Kang Seo Joon: To My Star

i'll tag: @thedeviljudges @yohankang @fourth-quartet @rocknghorss @prncssguya @maystea @bearinglight @eyesof-kkomi @gillianthecat @funyasm

[queerplatonicshipshowdown]

Round 2 starts Monday, January 15!

Here are your match-ups (links under the cut):

Zolf Smith and Oscar Wilde (Zoscar) from Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast vs. Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts (Barbie^2) from Barbie

Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity vs. Kurusu Kazuki and Suwa Rei (Kazurei) from Buddy Daddies

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent vs. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Taibani) from Tiger and Bunny

Rosé, York, and Grendan from Drawtectives vs. Hardwon Surefoot and Moonshine Cybin (Hardshine) from Not Another D&D Podcast

Crowley and Aziraphale (Ineffable Husbands) from Good Omens vs. Hooty and Lilith from The Owl House

Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran from Wheel of Time vs. Camilla Hect and Palamades Sextus (Campal) from The Locked Tomb

Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Stobin) from Stranger Things vs. Daisy Tonner and Basira Hussain (Daisira) from The Magnus Archives

Sakuko Kodama and Satoru Takahashi from Koisenu Futari vs. Gon Freecs and Killua Zoldyck (Killugon) from Hunter × Hunter

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Stanford Pines and Fiddleford McGucket (Fiddauthor) from Gravity Falls vs. Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye (royai) from Fullmetal Alchemist

The Doctor and Missy (Thoschei) from Doctor Who vs. Curt Mega and Tatiana Slozhno from Spies Are Forever

Lapis Lazuli and Peridot (Lapidot) from Steven Universe vs. The Doctor and Jack Harkness from Doctor Who

Moomintroll and Snufkin (Snufmin) from Moominvalley vs. Allan and Weird Barbie from The Barbie Movie

Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Starscream and Skyfire (Skystar) from Transformers

Perle and Dejean from Our Bloody Pearl vs. Matilda and Drea from Everything's Gonna Be Okay

Jessie and James from Pokémon vs. Roxas and Xion from Kingdom Hearts

Zelda and Link (Zelink) from Tears of the Kingdom vs. MK and Mei (goldendragon) from LEGO Monkie Kid