#i am so so so excited art is so fun and seeing other people create is thrilling

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IndieAnimationDay Highlights✨

Say 'Yay'! It's IndieAnimationDay! A day to celebrate all those independent animators, storyboard artists, cleanup animators, writers etc. out there because we all know how difficult it is to work on animation. We also know how difficult it is to be given dreadful deadlines, people not crediting your work, and dealing with the presence of A.I. Today is the day to celebrate those who give it their all to make something all their own without anyone holding them back! I have three special projects I'd like to highlight for this occasion.

1. Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl!✨🌃🧀

In our first installment, we have an upcoming animatic project, Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl created by @kianamaiart. Our main character, Aika is an optimistic & excitable teenage girl eager to try new things....as long as one of those new things doesn't involve being a magical girl. Well, too bad for her because she is now "The Chosen One" and has to stop Lady DeVoid from plaguing the world in darkness with the help of her star being aid, Hoshi and her new manga-loving friend, Zira. I love this concept so much! As someone who enjoys watching Sailor Moon (the catalyst for Magical Girls), it's such a fun idea to see how much these familiar magical girl tropes will get shut down by either Aika or any other characters. I also really love the character designs, the art style, and the voice cast. We have the voice actresses for Mirko in My Hero Academia and Madoka Magica (one of the other popular Magical Girls)! You should also check out the rest of the cast. I'm so excited!

2. Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy👽🌌🌟

For our next installment, we have an upcoming animated pilot, Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy created by @starteas. The story has a group of alien friends traveling the galaxy in order to help a lost star named, Lumi find their way back home. As soon as I saw this, it gave me Wander Over Yonder vibes which is cute because it's actually one of the inspirations for this pilot. The same thing goes for Steven Universe! Two animated shows that I love so much! Starteas had been working on this pilot for a long time and you can tell if you've seen their art over the years with how much the character designs change. I feel like I'll really enjoy this cast of wacky characters and I'm more hooked on the supposed villain, Void who has one of the best designs for a bad guy. This pilot looks so cute! I have a feeling I'm really going to enjoy it!

3. Knights of Guinevere💙👑🗡

Here is our last installment! Created by @danaterrace (creator of The Owl House), John Bailey (writer in The Owl House & Future Worm), & Zach Marcus (writer, storyboard artist, & designer/The Owl House & Star Vs. The Forces of Evil) comes the next future animated pilot, Knights of Guinevere. The project is also partnered with Glitch Productions (making this their first 2D animation). We don't have much context on this pilot, but it does involve a space princess in a theme park called, Park Planet. As for the premise, my guess is it may involve the princess not being what she seems, a woman stuck in a fantasy simulation, or maybe the princess is a broken-down robot continuously stuck as a mascot. We won't know until later, but I am excited for what's to come since it plans to be released sometime later this year. I've been a fan of Glitch's previous successful animated shows like Digital Circus & Meta Runner, so I hope this will turn out well in the end.

Happy IndieAnimation Day, everyone! You have the ability to make your dreams come true and I find animation to be one of the best forms of creation and storytelling. Even if you're not an animator, you're still capable of creating what you want. Art is everywhere and it is beautiful!

[fobnsfwdoodlesbackup]

IM GONNA DRAW YOU A COW!!! He's a good boy

Yayyyyyy!!!!! I can't wait to see!!!!!!!

Here's two of my favorite cows for inspiration 🫶

[drchucktingle]

Chuck, how do you deal with people who are rude about you and your work? I write queer romance and I want to put my writing out there for people to read, but I'm a very sensitive person and I know it will be hard not to take insults personally and let them affect me. I don't want to let that stop me from expressing myself and sharing my art, but I'm scared!

very good question buckaroo. i am a good example of this as pretty much EVERYONE was rude about my work for many years calling it 'so bad its good' (it is just good) and 'terrible photoshop' (i think it has a great and instantly recognizable style) and 'intentionally stupid premises' (i dont think there is anything stupid about sex being fun and whimsical and playful). even these days the reaction of the VAST majority of buckaroos who discover chuck have this reaction AT FIRST, and then learn to appreciate the tingleverse in a more sincere way over time.

all that is to say BEING DOUBTED HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR ME. art that changes meaning over time can be very powerful, so if someones initial reaction to my trot is one thing and then it evolves into another thing, well that is just good art. while it can feel bad to get a bad review, i would say a bad review just means you have entered a realm of tension and change and discord and WE ARE TALKIN ABOUT ART BUD so that, in itself, is very exciting.

i think of what i do as 'punk writing', and a big part of that means pushing against preconceived sensibilities. not many other authors will proudly say 'there SHOULD be some spelling errors in my erotic shorts because i wrote it in a day and edited it once. that is the FEELING i want to create', but that is my way. by creating what is in my soul i KNOW i am going to bother some buckaroos and that is okay.

now i am NOT assuming you are also doing punk writing (that is okay of course we all have our own styles. what i am doing with tinglers is pretty rare), but it still stands to remember that there are 7.8 billion people on the planet of this dang timeline and some of them are bound to be bothered by your creations. that is not a problem, that is just part of baring your authentic self.

the other thing to remember is theres no REAL right or wrong in art. it can be analyzed in different ways and i tend to look at it in a way of comparing intention to result, but even THAT is not strictly correct. therefore any bad review of something you make is not actually BAD it is just someones information and feedback for you to take or leave. a one star review is just another opinion, it is no more right or wrong than your own opinion, and that is wonderful. it is freeing.

if i see a bad review of my own book, lets just say CAMP DAMASCUS for instance, i do not get upset because i know this: that reviewer is not wrong. camp damascus is five stars for me, but it is one star for someone else AND THAT IS OK. THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THAT IS GREAT ART. also MAYBE THEY KNOW BETTER THAN I DO. just because i wrote the book does not mean i am the authority on it, and the conversation and tension between those that enjoy something and those that despise it is a creative act. the audience engaging with your work is just your art emerging from its cocoon and saying 'here i am. lets see where i flutter off to now'

do not fear the river of this timeline sweeping away your creations and carrying them where it will. this is inevitable, but it is also beautiful and freeing. you cannot swim against it and that is okay bud, because YOU HAVE ALREADY WON. you have already created something and given a piece of yourself back to this timeline and that is a great honor and privilege. it is literally all there is

by creating ANYTHING you are proving love is real, and that is something to be proud of

[neil-gaiman]

Hello Neil, my name is Zalean. If you have a few minutes, I wanted to tell you a little story. Not really a question and I’m not sure how to use tumblr but I wanted to say thanks so much for coming to Florida a few months back and talking with Art Spiegelman. It was my first time ever figuring out how to buy tickets for something. I lived in, middle of nowhere, Vermont for most my life and had no idea what I was doing, I had never been to anything before, nothing had made me excited enough to do the 5 hour drive. And then you just appeared 20 minutes away from where I am living now.

See, I was just starting to get to know your books and work because I fell in love with Good Omens so deeply when I discovered it during season twos release. Funny thing is, I knew of you all along without even realizing it, Stardust has been my favorite book and movie since I was a kid because it was my dad’s favorite story. Finding out my two favorite things were actually connected, I started trying to get hands on as many of your books as I could. I hadn’t read in years before finding your books. It was eye opening.

The talk event at the Dr.Phillips Center was sold out by the time I knew about it, someone had asked me if I knew of the event when they saw my Good Omens keychains my mom had made me. I called the box office because there is no harm in asking. I explained how I’m an art student at UCF and desperately wanted to be inspired and learn from you both. The customer service people were amazing and ended up calling me back to get me a seat in the orchestra pit before they were released to the public. I drove alone, I walked there alone, I sat alone, and it was worth it. I was so thankful to get a seat and grateful to my professor who was a bit jealous he didn’t know about it but let me leave class early to go because of course the art professor would be understanding for any learning opportunities in the arts. And it was truly wonderful, it seemed real and that’s what I wanted. I didn’t want a show. I just wanted to hear, in some sense, that you were like everybody else. I brought a notebook and pen for any information or story’s that I thought made a difference to my little life. The other people around were wonderful, you inspire kind people.

Like I said, I had never been to anything like this and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know you would have signed books and I only found out because the people next to me came in late. I asked them why they brought the books after it was over and the lights turned on. They did look at me like I had three heads for a moment until they realized I didn’t know there were books to buy, they looked kinda sorry for me but they were so nice. I had never really thought about the importance of someone’s scribble before this but it’s something that proves you were there. It says “Remember when this person made you happy? Remember when they changed your life? Remember when they gave you hope? Look at this and remember.” I hope to see David Tennant and Michael Sheen to get an autograph now that I understand the meaning behind it a bit more but honestly I just love diving into everyone’s projects, the wonder you all create. Oh what fun it is to live a life full of stories!

The people that were sitting next to me let me look at their signed books and hold them. I flipped through some of the big ones, handed them back and expressed my gratitude just to be in the theater. I showed them all my little quotes I wrote down, I never want to forget why I create things and you say so much about never stopping, always creating. Then the women handed me a different book, a smaller book, but when I tried to hand it back, a bit confused, she softly placed it back in my open hands and said “I want you to have it, we have plenty and I want you to love these stories just as much as we do. It’s just starting for you, I want you to remember who started it”. The book she handed me being“The Ocean at the End of the Lane”. The first book I decided to read by you and had just finished a week before. The women had no idea she given me a signed copy of the book that made me want to read again. Your books make the world better. For such a big theater and such a big stage, I just wanted to tell you my little point of view.

The story you told about wishing you enjoyed the past more than you did, I hope you get to enjoy it now, and I hope you want to. And thank you, to you and to Terry Pratchett for creating something special. I convinced my dad to watch Good Omens with me over December break, he loved it.

I forget sometimes that everything is someone's first time, and then I read something like this and feel like I need to remember that better. I'm glad the people beside you were kind.

[itsmeyaspider]

Visual Love~

Yandere Baki Hanma x reader x Yandere Ohma Tokita

Triggers: yandere behavior, stalking, doxing

>>Art is not mine!! All credits go to the artist!<<

Finally! After a long time of waiting, your two favorite martial arts anime are getting their own videogame, it feels almost like Christmas! Once you'd seen the movie Baki Hanma vs Kengan Ashura, you couldn't wait anymore to play the game to the movie.

You were so pleased that you took the day off to play the game. Some people would call you crazy for making such a fuss over a mobile game, but you couldn't help it. You're just to happy that your favorite characters were represented in other media than only in manga or anime!

You stare at your phone when it's finally 9:00 am, with a huge smile on your face you go to the play store as you see the game, you immediately download it. Your excitement grows bigger and bigger as you decide to go to the kitchen to grab your favorite drink, to cross the long wait.

After a few minutes the game is downloaded, you press the app button as you get greeted with a red glowing screen. A huge white front appears with the 'Baki Hanma vs Kengan Ashura the mobile game'. A few seconds later your two favorite characters, Baki and Ohma also appear on the screen. You could feel how your heart starts to beat faster, as your excitement also grew. You finally press start and immediately the screen is filled with a battle arena. It was a good decision to stay at home today!

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A few hours go by as you can't stop playing this game! It has similarities to Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, and each of the individual characters has their own signature move with their own special attacks. Well, since you only play as Ohma or Baki, you couldn't really tell what the other special attacks are like, but you honestly didn't care that much about it. You have to much fun winning online fights with those two, that you simply forgot the other ones.

Time flies by as you only now realize how hungry you are. It is already afternoon and because of the game you had forgotten to eat something. With a small sigh you are about to close the app as you notice something strange. A small window pops up.

Don't go....

Weird you think as you brush it off, maybe it is a bug which still needs to be fixed. You finally close the app as you leave your phone on the couch and head towards the kitchen to cook yourself something to eat.

After dinner you decide to take it easy, so you grab your phone as you head to your way to comfortable bed. You slowly start to lay down as you swipe through your contacts. Only now do you realize that the messages from your best friend's chat haven't shown to you. God this phone would kill you one day. You try to open the chat but before you could read it something weird again happened.

(B/f): Heyoooo! :3What's up?! Do you want to face-?¿?¿?¿

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What the fuck?? You roll with your (e/c) eyes in annoyance as the entire app freezes and crashes down. Surely that has to be a bad joke right?! Why does your phone hate you so much? You're trying to calm yourself down as suddenly another message pops up. At first you couldn't believe what you read there...was this even possible?! It takes you a short while to realize that this isn't a weird thought you had, infact this is real. A message from the BvK game pops up, something you didn't thought was ever possible, but maybe the creator added something like that to create more variety...

C'mon let's play! Don't leave us hanging here....

A cold shiver runs down your spine as you suddenly have an uneasy feeling in your stomach. Did someone manage to hack into your damn phone and try to scare you?! Or is your phone so old that it just starts to collapse. You clearly didn't know the answer right now. "Maybe I'm just to paranoid... I guess I need to calm down a bit." You tell yourself as you shrugg the weird feeling off, opening the app again. You spend the rest of the evening paying the game, you didn't have much else to do anyway. But you can't shake the strange feeling of that you're being watched.

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A few days passed and everything became a little more normal again. Maybe it was paranoia after all...You went to your job, did finish the work for today and then went home. You usually eat some food and then continue to play BvK. There is something about the game, what made you addicted. You just couldn't stop playing it. The strange thing is that whenever you wanted to try out other characters that wasn't Baki or Ohma, the whole game would freeze and a huge black screen would appear. Maybe another bug who didn't get fixed yet?

With a small sigh you start to bite your underlip as you stare at the character selection, of course Ohma and Baki will always have special places in your heart, you loved them both but you wanted to try out other characters too! Especially when (b/f) tells you how cool Kaolan or Jack is to play! It can't be that the game keeps crashing when you want to play someone else. Maybe this god damned bug is finally gone...

Your (e/c) eyes glide over the character selection as you take a few minutes to decide. "Then...hmm..I will take you Pickle!" You say to yourself as you sincerely hope that the game has finally been fixed. You click on the 'Fight' button, but before the loading screen could even show up the game starts to freeze and everything goes black. "Not again...oh come one..."

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What the hell?!! Out of sheer reflex, you throw your phone against the wall as you watch in bewildered, how it hits the ground. What the fuck...? Did someone really try to talk to you? Where does this game know your god damn name?! The shock runs deep as you decide not to touch the phone anymore, there's clearly a virus on it because otherwise you can't explain it logical.

You try your best to calm yourself down, taking a few breaths in and out, but even that doesn't help much. You would love to call (b/f) right now and tell him everything about it, but you don't want to touch this cursed phone anymore. Besides, would (b/f) really believe you? After all, you have no proof about it and in the end (b/f) would think that you're just setting him up again.

With a small sigh, you go into your living room as you sit down on the couch. A new phone would probably be the only best solution, at least you hoped. Even if you didn't have a lot of money to buy such an expensive thing, you got no other choice. Maybe (b/f) could borrow you some money. Slowly you lie down on the couch as you notice how your eyelids get heavier and heavier, you let out a big yawn as you fall asleep.

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The next few days went smoothly, thanks to the help of (b/f) who saved your ass with his money, you were able to buy a new phone. Everything went back to normal, your life got boring again but at least your phone didn't try to blackmail you. Just as you were about to take a shower, a message from (b/f) pops up, with a huge smile on your face you reach for your phone and swipe to the message.

(B/f): "Did you see the new Patch? Ahh they added the death row convicts and fucking Muteba!! (Y/n) you need to play it, I swear it makes so much fun."

You look hesitantly at the message, a cold shiver runs down your spine. Normally, you would have loved to try out the new characters, but something deep inside you tells you not to.

(Y/n): I don't know...what if the virus comes back and destroys also my new phone. :( I'm broke rn I can't effort another phone...

It took no less than a few seconds for another message to pop up.

(B/f): Oh c'mon it won't happen again. Maybe you were a little bit to careless and went to strange sites~😉

You roll your eyes in annoyance as you read the teasing message, another sigh leaves your mouth as you head to the all to familiar play store and download the game again. Maybe (b/f) is right, you were a little bit careless. Besides, what are the chances thar something like this happens twice? The fact that other characters were finally added too made you so happy that you immediately go into your shower. You want to play the games again and this time without any weird coincidences.

Minutes pass and you find yourself on your couch where you start the game again. Just as you are greeted with the all known home screen, you have the feeling that you are being watched again. But this time it's worse that the last times... it's more intense and you almost feel like a small trapped animal that has been cornered by predators. You start to bite on your underlip as you shake off the unpleasant feeling as much as you can, you head straight to the battle arena where you find all the characters, even the new ones.

A small smile graces your lips as your eyes pass slowly through every character. Of course the option to play Baki or Ohma again would be there, but this time you want to play someone else. You know them both very well, their attacks and special moves, anything from it and so it's only logical to try someone new. Your eyes continue to wander around, as they suddenly stop. For a moment you rethink everything about who to really choose, but in the end you decide to play Doyle.

Exitment runs through your body, when the familiar loading screen appears in front of you, it only takes a few seconds as Hector stands in the fighting arena. Oh my god! A rush of relief runs through as you can finally enjoy this game. You play a few rounds with Hector, losing most of the time. Maybe you're not as good as you thought, just as Hector does his final pose, the screen goes black.

Two all too familiar faces walk towards you as they suddenly stop in the middle of your phone screen. Both fighter turn at the same time around, their almost dead eyes looking into yours, it feels like they are in the same room as you. What the hell?! This shit is fucking creepy... immediately you try to close the app, you keep pressing the cross but nothing happens. The eyes of the two fighters continue to penetrate you and it seems like as if they were very angry.

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Good for you that we found a way to break out of this game. You won't escape us any longer.

That is clearly been enough for you, your heart starts beating faster and faster and you couldn't trust your eyes what you actually read. What the fuck is this about?! This is crazy....You grab the phone as you throw it against the wall, you'd rather not have a phone anymore than play this fucking psycho game ever again!

Your thoughts are filled with the messages of the two characters, what do they mean when they wrote they've found a way to break out?! It doesn't make any sense at all!!! Baki and Ohma doesn't even exist... You are so distracted by your own thoughts that you only now notice a strange blue glow from your cell phone. Just as you're about to take a closer look, you suddenly see a fucking hand popping out.

What the fuck?!

This is clearly way to weird, what the hell is this?! Your thoughts are going crazy, your instinct is screaming at you to run! Run as fast as you can, and so you do. You run to your door as you only want to leave this damned apartment as quickly as possible. Your legs carry you and you immediately rush out of the floor towards the street. You don't know where you should run but it doesn't matter right now, the main thing is to get put of this place. You keep running and running, your (h/c) hair makes it impossible to see anything, the wind is to strong. But you need to run, you need to...

You want to cross the road, as you suddenly feel a very strong hand grab you, and pull you towards it. You feel yourself almost falling, but before you can feel the impact of the ground, you are grabbed again in a strong embrace. You slowly open your (e/c) eyes as you stare directly in another pair of brown eyes. The man before you has hazelnut brown, fluffy hair and a birthmark on his lips. You also couldn't ignore the muscles that adorn his body, even though he's wearing a T-shirt, he couldn't hide them. You body begins to tremble as you slowly realize who is standing in front of you. This can't be real...this isn't possible!!

A dark, raspy voice awakes you from your thoughts as another muscular, yet taller man appears behind Baki. This one has black, wavy hair and black eyes. "You don't really make it easy, do you?" Ohmas gaze rests on you like that of a beast. You try to free yourself from the much to strong grip, something what you never believed to be possible, but it was useless. The Hanma seems to he very amused by the sight. "Don't try it (Y/n). You know you have no chance."

Of course you know that you didn't have the slightest chance against even one if this two monsters, Ohma and Baki are superior to you in every way. But your pride can't let that happen! Surely your 14 year old fanfiction fan would have died that these two are standing infront of you, but this isn't a stupid fanfictiin. This is the cruel reality and the reality is that you get captured by two fictional characters just like that. "Let me go!" You stutter out, doing you best to sound as strong as possible.

Ohma tilts his head to the side with a big, almost sadistic smile on bis face. "And what if not? Will you try to fight us then?" You can't miss the mocking tone, but something inside you knows that he is right. You can't fight them... Suddenly you notice how one of Bakis hand grabs your chin, forces you to look at him. "You're ours now, don't try to make us ever angry again. You know what will happen if you do." Full of fear, you nod to his kind yet threatening words as your last hope is slowly fading away. Maybe you should have listened to your instinct...

[itstobias149]

Hey everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to express how much I’ve genuinely enjoyed our conversations. It’s always such a pleasure talking with you all—whether we’re discussing OCs, throwing around ideas, or just having casual chats. There’s a real sense of creativity and camaraderie here that I appreciate more than I can put into words.

One of my favorite things has been seeing all the unique Punch-Out!! OCs people create. The amount of thought, personality, and detail that goes into them is incredible, and I love how passionate everyone is about their characters. It’s inspiring to see how much love people pour into their ideas, and it makes me even more excited to share and discuss my own. Seeing people build on each other’s ideas, develop stories, and bring their characters to life is one of the things that makes this community so special to me.

I also really enjoy making and sharing whiteboards, whether it’s for fun doodles, brainstorming sessions, or just a space for everyone to collaborate. But sometimes, I worry that I might be annoying people by sending the links too often. The last thing I want is to feel like I’m bothering anyone, so if you ever want to join in on a whiteboard, just let me know! I’d love to create more fun, collaborative spaces where we can share ideas and art together.

At the end of the day, I just want to say how grateful I am for the community I’ve met so far. The kindness, creativity, and enthusiasm here make it such a welcoming and enjoyable space. I’ve had such a great time interacting with all of you, and I truly appreciate the friendships and discussions that have come from it. So, thank you for being so awesome—I can’t wait for more fun conversations, new ideas, and shared creativity in the future!

[sevenboarproductions]

[IDOLiSH7] [Part 6] Chapter 14: To the Challengers [2/2]

6.14.4 - Always by your side

Audience G: Next is the last one… It's Re:vale's stage.... 

Audience H: It went by so quickly...! I can't believe it's already over…

Audience I: I still want to see more...!

Audience H: The champion has finally appeared.... Are Re:vale's lives really that amazing...?

Audience H: ŹOOḼ, IDOLiSH7, and TRIGGER were all amazing, but…

Audience G: Have you never seen Re:vale live?

Audience H: No… What is it like?

Audience I: It's really amazing.

Audience I: It's like seeing a movie, a live, sports, an art museum, and a variety show all at once.

Audience G: Invincible heroes appear there, like a concentrated version of every star in the world…

Audience H: Really? Don’t you feel like you're exaggerating too much?

Audience G: It's true! Even if it's an act…

Audience G: The lies that Re:vale create are the ultimate entertainment.

Audience H: Ah...! Something appeared on the screen again!

Audience I: It’s the latest interview footage...!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Momo: Everyone at the Black or White venue!

Momo: Yay! It's Momo-chan!

Momo: Ah… I guess I shouldn't be too excited. This seems like it's a serious interview.

Momo: Okay. ...Well, that's right. If I warm up the venue as the MC, it'll be a disadvantage for my kouhai.

Momo: …

Momo: Everyone at the venue~!! I love you…!!

Momo: Sorry, sorry, sorry. I do it like it's breathing. It's so ingrained in me as an idol.

Momo: Or rather, it's the truth. I love everyone at the venue from the bottom of my heart.

Momo: It’s thanks to everyone's support that we are here!

Momo:Thank you always! But even though you are all so precious to me, there is one thing I won’t yield to you!

Momo: To me, the most important person, the most important idol is…

Momo: Yuki!!!

Momo: Only one! Only one special idol! Y・U・K・I！ Yuki!

Momo: I said it jokingly, but I'm serious.

Momo: My partner is already eating radish sprouts, after all.* He looks almost like a living sculpture. 

Momo: That person is singing, dancing, and giving fan service next to me.

Momo:  It’s not like I can see anything else, can I?

Momo: That’s why, only one. Only one idol.

Momo: Hm? Am I just boasting? Is this really going to be shown at Zero Arena? On that huge screen? Right…

Momo: Then, let me say it last more time. To me, an idol is...!

Momo: Yuki! It’s you!!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Yuki: I wonder what topic I should choose.... Talking about music would take too long.

Yuki: ...Let's make it about lives. For me, a live is a time to see Momo having fun.

Yuki: Isn't that the case for everyone? Look, I don't move around much, but Momo is always on the move.

Yuki: He’s like a goldfish in an aquarium. He goes here and there, and just watching him cheers you up.

Yuki: Then, when I looked over, I noticed that the people at the venue were looking at Momo with the same expression as me.

Yuki: At times like that, I think this world isn't so bad after all.

Yuki: Ah... That sounds a bit arrogant. Let me rephrase that.

Yuki: I'm glad there's a place in this world that can forgive me.

Yuki: Thank you for giving me a place to belong.

Yuki: Yeah…

Yuki: I thank both God and the insects. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Kujou Aya: ...What an incredible cheer.... As expected of Re:vale… Their fans are really fired up...

Kujou Takamasa: That may be the case.

Kujou Takamasa: But they're also trying to protect their idol from threats.

Kujou Aya: Eh…？

Kujou Takamasa: The threats are your brothers and your boyfriend.

Kujou Takamasa: There is no sun that does not experience a sunset. A new star is always born, overtaking the others from behind.

Kujou Takamasa: It's a tough world of competition. That's why their fans want to protect them.

Kujou Takamasa: They raise their voices with all their might, and celebrate the glory of their beloved star.

Kujou Aya: Re:vale-san…

Audience G: Momo-chan, do your best...!

Audience I: Momo-chan…！

Audience H: Re:vale…！

Audience G: Re:vale, I love you…!

Okazaki Rinto: ...Please do your best.... Yuki-kun, Momo-kun…

Okazaki Rintarou: Even though it hasn’t started yet, the atmosphere is so nervous.

Okazaki Rinto: President… Who are you talking about?

Okazaki Rintarou: About everyone here.

Okazaki Rintarou: The battle of the century is about to be decided. But all of this is what Re:vale wanted.

Okazaki Rinto: Eh…？

Okazaki Rintarou: I mean, isn't that it? If they wanted to monopolise victory for themselves, they wouldn’t pay any attention to their kouhai.

Okazaki Rintarou: What's more, they’re people from other agencies.

Okazaki Rintarou: Even if IDOLiSH7 had no chance, and TRIGGER had been left out in the cold, they would’ve been fine just leaving them alone.

Okazaki Rintarou: The reason Re:vale didn't do that was because they enjoyed it. 

Okazaki Rintarou: They made the entertainment and idol industry fun, just as they wanted.

Okazaki Rintarou: The ones who are having the most fun tonight are Re:vale. 

Okazaki Rintarou: Let's see it through.

Okazaki Rinto: Yes…

--

Momo: Ha…

Yuki: Are you nervous?

Momo: I’m nervous… But slowly, it’s started to get better.

Momo: My body remembers. That I love this kind of tension.

Yuki: That’s a sportsman for you. 

Momo: You, too, though, Yuki.

Momo: When you were at the live house, you always sang as if you were fighting. Like you were trying to overpower everyone around you.

Yuki: That’s right.

Yuki: We don't dislike this sort of thing, do we? It's like a kind of assault…

Momo: Assault? Even though we’re the champions?

Yuki: I’m fine feeling like a challenger. It's more freeing to have nothing.

Momo: That's true. We've had a long time where we had nothing, after all.

Momo: Well, then.

Momo: Shall we do it?

Yuki: Let's do it.

Nanase Riku: Re:vale-san…

Kujou Tenn: …

Isumi Haruka: Re:vale…

Kujou Aya: ...Kujou-san, which group do you think will win?

Kujou Takamasa: It's completely unpredictable. Tonight's stage is really interesting.

Kujou Takamasa: Who do you want to win, Aya? Tamaki-kun? Tenn? Haruka? Or Re:vale? 

Kujou Aya: …I don’t want anyone to lose…

Kujou Aya: Not Tamaki-nii-chan, not Tenn-onii-chan, not Haru-chan and not Re:vale-san either. 

Kujou Aya: I know that they are loved and supported by so many people...

Kujou Aya: I want everyone’s wishes to come true…

Kujou Takamasa: That’s not possible. Because this is the stage of Black or White. 

Kujou Takamasa: The time of ambiguity is over. There is only one who gets the glory.

Kujou Takamasa: It's clearly decided, black or white.

Kujou Aya: ….Black or white, clearly…

Kujou Takamasa: Aya. Go back to Tamaki-kun.

Kujou Aya: …

Kujou Takamasa: Thank you for being beside me until now.

Kujou Takamasa: I was happy because you were there.

Kujou Aya: …Kujou-san…

Kujou Aya: …

Kujou Aya: …I understand. I'll talk to Tamaki-nii-chan about it...

Kujou Takamasa: Yes. That would be a good idea. I've already spoken to President Takanashi about it.

Kujou Aya: ...Thank you for everything. I'm the one who's grateful for all you’ve done for me up until now.

Kujou Aya: I wanted to be by your side forever, Kujou-san, but...

Kujou Aya: ...I had the feeling that you may want to be alone right now, Kujou-san...

Kujou Takamasa: That’s true…

Kujou Aya: But, Kujou-san, can I just say one thing?

Kujou Takamasa: What is it?

Kujou Aya: You wouldn’t reject me a second time, right? 

Kujou Takamasa: …I just thought I should make sure…

Kujou Aya: You wouldn’t…

Kujou Takamasa: Uhm.... Oh, look, it's starting.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience: The lights came on…

Audience: It’s Re:vale…!!

Audience: Waaah, Re:vale live!!

Audience: Oh my god…! Even if they’re not my oshi, I’m getting excited!!

Audience: The aura of Re:vale live is incredible...!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Passerby G: Re:vale's live has started!

Passerby H: I wonder what they'll be playing!? The first song...

Passerby G: “SILVER SKY”...!!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Nanase Riku: “SILVER SKY”…

Nanase Riku: The first time I saw them perform, it was this song…

Nikaidou Yamato: …That's true…

--

Momo: (That's right. I was excited that day, too.)

Momo: (The day I first met IDOLiSH7.)

Momo: (Everyone was nervous, trying their best; they were sparkling and cute.)

Momo: (I was happy to have more friends. Thank you for getting along with me.)

Momo: (Thank you for saving me.) 

Momo: (Thank you for letting me and Yuki meet someone important to us.) 

Momo: (It's thanks to everyone that I'm here.)

Momo: Everyone~! Are you having fun?

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience G: ...Ah, this is the best...! SilSky was the best…!

Audience H: Both Yuki-san and Momo-chan are the coolest they've ever been...!

Audience I: Don’t lose…！

Audience G: We’ll definitely make them win..!!

Audience H: Re:vale's live is so fun! I wonder what they'll sing next!?

Audience I: Ah, this intro...!

Audience H: It’s ”NO DOUBT”...!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Nikaidou Yamato: ...This song...

Nikaidou Yamato: During "Mission", both Yuki-san and Momo-san helped me a lot...

Izumi Mitsuki: Yeah…

Izumi Mitsuki: I'll never forget that time.

Izumi Mitsuki: We were falling apart, but they gave us a place to belong.

--

Yuki: (I had fun then, too.)

Yuki: (I could never have lived with someone, and yet…)

Yuki: (Looking after someone.)

Yuki: (It was my way of giving back.)

Yuki: (Did I do well?)

Yuki: (Momo.)

Yuki: (Without you, I wouldn't be here.)

Yuki: (I never thought that a selfish person like me could make someone happy.) 

Yuki: (You can hear it, right?) 

Yuki: (It feels good.)

Yuki: (These cheers.)

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Yuki: Haha... Thanks.

Audience G: Oh my god…! Re:vale is the best...!

Audience H: Re:vale！I love you, I love you!

Audience I: There's no way they’ll lose this! It's Re:vale again this year!

Audience G: They can definitely win...! Because we believe in them!!

Audience H: Next is…

Audience I: It’s “Re-raise”…!

Audience G: Kyaaah…！They’re singing “Re-raise”!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Kujou Tenn: …I remember when I first heard this song.

Kujou Tenn: Just like us, they were exposed to confusion and malice…

Kujou Tenn: I was impressed by how easily they could sing such beautiful songs.

Kujou Tenn: I am truly proud to have been born in the same era as them and to have been recognized by them.

Inumaru Touma: ...I was so happy.... When Re:vale told me they remembered me...

Inumaru Touma: I'm so happy, and I really want to tell them thank you...

Inumaru Touma: I wanted to stop doing the wrong thing.

Inumaru Touma: ..Now… I'm so glad that we're standing on the same stage...

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Momo: Everyone, sing along...!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: Momo…！

Audience: …Yuki…！

Yuki: Louder!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: Re:vale…！

Audience: Ah, the lights went out...

Audience: Maybe a costume change?! I’m looking forward to it!

Audience: The stage is beautiful...! Projection mapping!?

Audience: The cloth hanging down from the stage was fluttering like a bird...! Re:vale is even more beautiful than usual...!

Audience: What will the new song be like!?

Audience: Whatever it is, it's definitely a good song! It's Re:vale after all...!!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Momo: …

Yuki: …

Audience: Momo-chan is cute...! His new costume suits him so much...!!

Audience: Yuki-san looks cool...! His hairstyle is great...!

Momo: Last song!

Yuki: “YOUR RHAPSODY”!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Oogami Banri: …

--

Orikasa Yukito: I’m sure you’ll like the band name, Ban. 

Oogami Banri: What is it?

Orikasa Yukito: Re:vale.

-

Oogami Banri: I'm really sorry. I'll thank you again...

Sunohara Momose: I don't need any thanks! After all, Re:vale's lives always make me happy!

-

Orikasa Yukito: …

Sunohara Momose: …Yuki-san…！Please don't stop! Don't let Re:vale end!

Orikasa Yukito: I’m stopping… Re:vale has ended. Nothing you say will change that.

Sunohara Momose: No! Please...!

Orikasa Yukito: …I’m begging you, let me give up…! 

Sunohara Momose: I’m begging you, please don't give up…! 

-

Momo: I’m Re:vale’s Momo!

Yuki: I’m Re:vale’s Yuki.

--

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Momo: (Hey, Yuki.)

Momo: (The guests often tell us that it feels like a dream.)

Momo: (For me, it’s been that way ever since I became part of Re:vale.) 

Momo: (In return for this wonderful dream, I want Yuki to remain king forever.)

Momo: (Please, God.)

Momo: (I want victory.)

Momo: (Defeat doesn't suit Yuki, does it?)

Momo: (I’m begging you, God. )

Momo: (Let me stay here just a little longer.)

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience: Momo…！

Audience: Momo-chan…！

Yuki: (Momo's wish.)

Yuki: (I want to make it come true.) 

Yuki: (Please.)

Yuki: (I don't want to make him sad.)

Yuki: (Because there's no one else as good as him.)

Yuki: (I hope I can grant his wish.)

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience: Yuki…！

Audience: Yuki-san…！

Audience: Re:vale…!!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...!

Momo: …Ha… Haa…

Momo: Thank you…！

Yuki: Thank you！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...!

Momo: Yuki…

Yuki: I’m fine.

Yuki: Thank you!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...!

(clapping)

Okazaki Rinto: …(sobs) Momo-kun, Yuki-kun… (sobs)

Momo: Waa…！Okarin, are you crying!?

Okazaki Rinto: (sobs)...Thank you for your hard work! It was really good...! It was the best…(sobs)

Yuki: Rintarou, you… Don't make Okarin cry while the others are singing.

Okazaki Rintarou: He wasn’t crying at all. He was just moved by your performance. You know that, right?

Yuki: Is that so?

Momo: Waah, I’m happy!!

Okazaki Rinto: (sobs) ...I don't know why… I'm remembering everything that's happened up until now...

Momo: After we win, after we win! We’ll definitely win, so cry at the after-party! Give an emotional speech!

Yuki: Nice, I want to hear it, too.

Okazaki Rintarou: Me, too.

Yuki: What?

Okazaki Rintarou: I was moved, too.

Yuki: …Haha… 

Momo: President! Tell us more!

Okazaki Rintarou: After you win.

Okazaki Rinto: ... Whether you win or lose...

Okazaki Rinto: Re:vale are my heroes…!

Mr. Shimooka: Well, all the lives are over now!

Mr. Shimooka: Will the one to seize the glory be ŹOOḼ, IDOLiSH7, TRIGGER or Re:vale!?

Mr. Shimooka: With everyone’s help, let’s have everyone lead their favourite group to victory! 

Mr. Shimooka: “New Black or White”... Also, there’s only so little time left in this year!

Mr. Shimooka: Everyone, please look forward to it!!

~ to be continued ~

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6.14.5 - And the crown goes to...

Mister Shimooka: Everyone, I’m sure you’ve been waiting for this!

Mister Shimooka: It’s time to announce the results!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Kujou Aya: …

Kujou Takamasa: …

Mage Takara: …TRIGGER…

Sunohara Ruri: Momo…!

Woman: Riku-kun! IDOLiSH7…!

Ousaka Soushi: …

Chiba Shizuo: …Yamato…

Thorvald: …

AudienceＡ: ŹOOḼ…!

Mister Shimooka: Now before unveiling the final result - let’s introduce the idols who showed us their amazing performances tonight again! 

Mister Shimooka: ŹOOḼ…!

ŹOOḼ: …

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: ŹOOḼ…!

Audience: Touma…!

Audience: Haruka…!

Audience: Minami-kun…!

Audience: Torao-kun…!

Mister Shimooka: IDOLiSH7…!

IDOLiSH7: …

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: IDOLiSH7…!

Audience: Iori……

Audience: Yamato-san…!

Audience: Mikki!

Audience: Tamaki…!

Audience: Sougo-san…!

Audience: Nagi-kun…！

Audience: Riku…！

Mister Shimooka: TRIGGER…！

TRIGGER: …

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: TRIGGER…！

Audience: Gaku-san…！

Audience: Tenn…！

Audience: Ryuunosuke-san…！

Mister Shimooka: Re:vale…！

Re:vale: …

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: Re:vale…！

Audience: Momo…！

Audience: Yuki…！

Mister Shimooka: Please greet them with a big applause!!

Tsukumo Ryou: …

Mister Shimooka: Well, let’s hear how they are doing right now. 

Mister Shimooka: Could you say something on behalf of your groups?

Mister Shimooka: Let’s start with ŹOOḼ.

Inumaru Touma: …Uhm… so I’m starting, huh…

Inumaru Touma: We did our very best. We were able to deliver our best live. 

Inumaru Touma: We were all very nervous but… we have no regrets. Right, everyone? 

Isumi Haruka: True…

Natsume Minami: Indeed.

Midou Torao: Ah… yes.

Inumaru Touma: C’mon, everyone!!

Midou Torao＆Natsume Minami＆Isumi Haruka: Yeah!!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you. Now, let’s hear from IDOLiSH7. 

Izumi Mitsuki: Your turn, leader.

Nikaidou Yamato: Yes. Uhm…

Nikaidou Yamato: ŹOOḼ, TRIGGER, Re:vale… Because we were able to be on stage together with all these amazing groups…

Nikaidou Yamato: We could be even stronger than we usually are. This last IDOLiSH7 live of the year is the best memory we could have. 

Nikaidou Yamato: Thanks for kindly cheering us on. 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you very much. Next up is TRIGGER, please tell us your feelings. 

Yaotome Gaku: Yes.

Yaotome Gaku: The three of us prepared for this day, so we were able to deliver a performance that leaves no regrets behind. 

Yaotome Gaku: Seeing the scenery from here for the first time in such a long time felt amazing. 

Yaotome Gaku: Thank you for having us.

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you. The last one is Re:vale, can you give us a quick statement as well?

Momo: Everyone, did you have fun?!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Momo: That was soooo exciting, right?! I felt it too! My heart is racing even now! 

Momo: Being able to spend such an exciting time with the fans we love so much makes us the happiest!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you very much. That was an exciting time indeed. 

Mister Shimooka: Well then, finally… 

Mister Shimooka: It’s time to announce the winning group of the male idol category! 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Everyone, who do you think manages to rise to glory in this new era!? 

Audience: IDOLiSH7…！

Audience: …ŹOOḼ…！

Audience: Re:vale…！

Audience: …TRIGGER…！

Utsugi Shirou : ŹOOḼ…！

Anesagi Kaoru: TRIGGER…！

Okazaki Rinto: Re:vale…！

Oogami Banri: IDOLiSH7…！

Takanashi Otoharu: IDOLiSH7…！

Yaotome Sousuke: TRIGGER…！

Okazaki Rintarou: Re:vale…！

Takanashi Tsumugi: IDOLiSH7…！

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Oh dear, looks like everyone is really pumped up for this! With all that heat, it almost feels like it’s summer already! 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Finally, here is the announcement!

Mister Shimooka: The winner of the renewed “Black or White Live Showdown” in the male idol category is….! 

ŹOOḼ: …

IDOLiSH7: …

TRIGGER: …

Re:vale: …

Mister Shimooka: IDOLiSH7…!!

Nanase Riku: …We did it…！

Yotsuba Tamaki: Yeah！We won…！

Ousaka Sougo: …We…

Izumi Iori: We’ve done it…！

Nikaidou Yamato: We did it…！

Izumi Mitsuki: …(crying)…We really…ah…

Rokuya Nagi: Yes! We won!

Ousaka Sougo: …I’m so happy… All of us, IDOLiSH7, with my song…

Izumi Mitsuki: We won!!… Ah…w-we did it…

Nikaidou Yamato: Don’t cry you guys!.... You’re making me cry too…. 

Nanase Riku: Everyone… we…

Mister Shimooka: IDOLiSH7, they’re hugging and sharing in their joy already…! 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Kujou Aya: …Tamaki-nii-chan…！IDOLiSH7 is amazing…！

Kujou Takamasa: So IDOLiSH7 takes it home…

Kujou Takamasa: Well done, highschooler.

Mister Shimooka: Congratulations, IDOLiSH7! Congrats…!

Izumi Mitsuki: …ugh… Ah…we did it…！　We won…！

Rokuya Nagi: I love you, everyone! Thank you…

Rokuya Nagi: …Thank you…

Nikaidou Yamato: …Nagi, don’t cry… You’re happy, right? Right? 

Rokuya Nagi: …Y- yes…

Izumi Iori: …We won…

Izumi Iori: See… See, I told you. One day we’d make it. 

Nanase Riku: Making me a superstar…！Thank you for always… believing in me…

Izumi Iori: …No, I’m the one who should be…

Ousaka Sougo: …Uh… ugh…Ah…hhh…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Ahaha, Sou-chan you’re ugly crying! You can’t even breathe properly like this!

Ousaka Sougo: I’m just… so happy.

Ousaka Sougo: That something that I made… and worked so hard on… gets recognized like this. I’m so happy.

Yotsuba Tamaki: …Yeah… That’s true…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Ha… …I’m so glad…

Yotsuba Tamaki: I’m… I’m glad we could give it our best. 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Nanase Riku, you as the center, please tell the audience how happy you are right now! 

Nanase Riku: Thank you so much for your support! Thanks to everyone, we were able to take this victory together…! 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Nanase Riku: Really… thank you so much!

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: Iori-kun.

Izumi Iori: …Thank you very much. 

Izumi Iori: This is a longtime dream come true. I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight. 

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: Now Yamato, the leader.

Nikaidou Yamato: Leader, eh… I didn’t even…

Nikaidou Yamato: I’m very happy… So happy I can’t put it into words. IDOLiSH7 is the best group!

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: Your turn, Mitsuki-kun. Wait– Mitsuki-kun, are you okay? 

Izumi Mitsuki: Uhh… hhh… I’m sorry, I just– I just got really emotional. 

Mister Shimooka: Haha, you sure did! It’s nice, right? 

Izumi Mitsuki: Thank you so much! Thank you, everyone! We won! 

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: Well then, Tamaki-kun.

Yotsuba Tamaki: I’m super super happy! It’s thanks to all our group members, and all the fans.. 

Yotsuba Tamaki: And ŹOOḼ and TRIGGER and Re:vale. Thank you all! 

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: What about you, Sougo-kun?

Ousaka Sougo: …Yes…I’m overjoyed…I ended up crying so much…

Ousaka Sougo: …Thank you very much… I’m so glad to be alive right now. I love you all.

(clapping)

Mister Shimooka: Now, Nagi-kun.

Rokuya Nagi: Alright! Everyone! 

Rokuya Nagi: Are you happy? 

Audience: Yes!! 

Rokuya Nagi: Okay! Beautiful! I’m also very very very happy! 

Rokuya Nagi: Thanks to our many friends who always looked out for us...

Rokuya Nagi: I was able to discover a new polaris. Thank you. I love you…! 

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: Congratulations! IDOLiSH7!

Mister Shimooka: Please give a big applause for the winners of this new era! 

(clapping)

Takanashi Tsumugi: …IDOLiSH7, they… Everyone won…

Takanashi Otoharu: Amazing… Everyone really did their best. 

Oogami Banri: They’re the best idols! IDOLiSH7…! 

~ to be continued ~

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6.14.6 - Our thanks to you

Woman: Congrats, IDOLiSH7! 

Woman: …Seriously… congratulations! 

Thorvald: Nagi-sama! Congratulations!

Chiba Shizuo: Ha…

Chiba Shizuo: You did it, Yamato…

Sougo's mother: …(crying)… 

Ousaka Soushi: …

Sougo's mother: I'm sorry… I just couldn't contain myself…

Ousaka Soushi: No, it's…

Girl: They did it! Congrats, Riku-kun.

Older sister: That’s great, right.

Girl: Yeah…

Older sister: …ŹOOḼ…

Mage Takara: …TRIGGER…

Sunohara Ruri: …Re:vale…

Tsukumo Ryou: …ŹOOḼ…

Tsukumo Ryou: Momo…

Isumi Haruka: …Ha…

Inumaru Touma: …

Natsume Minami: …

Midou Torao: …

Yaotome Gaku: …

Kujou Tenn: …

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: …

Yuki: …

Momo: … (crying) ... 

Momo: … (crying) … 

Yuki: …Momo…

Utsugi Shirou: …Ah…

Anesagi Kaoru: …No, that's… TRIGGER…

Yaotome Sousuke: …

Okazaki Rinto: …Momo is crying so much…

Okazaki Rinto: …Momo-kun… Yuki-kun…

Okazaki Rintarou: …

Okazaki Rintarou: …So that’s the end of Re:vale's winning streak…

Oogami Banri: …

Okazaki Rintarou: Banri-kun, you're probably pretty torn.

Oogami Banri: …That's true… But I already decided I wouldn’t support Re:vale anymore.

Oogami Banri: So right now I’m celebrating IDOLiSH7’s victory. 

Oogami Banri: Re:vale will definitely climb back up again. As long as they're together, they won't let it end like this. 

Mister Shimooka: Ahh, that was close… The crème de la crème of artists, defeated…! 

Mister Shimooka: And among them, Re:vale, the overall champion of the old Black or White! This really is a moment for the history books! 

Mister Shimooka: …Momo-kun, that's a frustrating loss, isn't it?

Momo: …(crying) Everyone… I… I'm so sorry to everyone who supported us.

Momo: Even though we're Re:vale, we ended up losing… I'm so sorry…

Momo: …(crying) It's so… so frustrating… (crying)

Nanase Riku: …Momo-san…

Yuki: …

Yuki: Um… Since Momo can't do it right now, let me say a word. 

Mister Shimooka: Thanks a lot... Yuki-kun, you put up a great performance. 

Momo: … (crying) 

Yuki: It'll be fine.

Yuki: We're just lending the throne to them for a bit. 

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

Momo: …Y- Yuki…

Yuki: Well, I can't just stay silent if they're making Momo cry like this, right? 

Audience: Kyaaaaah….!

Yuki: We'll take our revenge next year. 

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Izumi Mitsuki: …As you'd expect of Re:vale…

Nikaidou Yamato: They're so cool…

Yuki: Aren't we, Momo?

Momo: …Y-Yes…！

Momo: We can't just let things stand like this, after all!

Momo: Re:vale will take their revenge!

Audience: Kyaaaah….!

Sunohara Ruri: … (crying) …

Man: Are you okay…? That was definitely a shock, right? ...Seeing Momo-kun like that…

Sunohara Ruri: …That's not it… Hearing the loud cheers for them makes me feel happy and warm…

Sunohara Ruri: I could feel that Momo has all that support. I'm sure it will be alright…

Sunohara Ruri: …Good luck with your revenge…!

Okazaki Rinto: …That's it…! That's the right spirit…!

Okazaki Rinto: Let's take our revenge next year! For sure!

Okazaki Rintarou: Since it's Re:vale, they'll definitely do it. There's no one who hates losing as much as them. 

Okazaki Rintarou: Starting tomorrow, have their backs for another year while they rush ahead.

Okazaki Rinto: …Yes… It's really frustrating that they had their crown taken from them but…

Okazaki Rinto: Thanks to that, we got to see Momo-kun crying like that and Yuki-kun vowing to get revenge for doing that to him. 

Okazaki Rinto: That was more dramatic and got me rooting for you more than any movie. Re:vale's story isn't over yet!

Okazaki Rinto: Momo-kun said he's sorry for losing even though they are Re:vale…

Okazaki Rinto: But it's not like they were Re:vale because they were the champions. On the contrary, because they’re Re:vale that they were able to become champions at all.

Okazaki Rinto: We'll get to see Re:vale as challengers again next year! And the one after that…!

Okazaki Rintarou: Right.

Okazaki Rintarou: Re:vale taking revenge - that has to be the best entertainment in the world.

Okazaki Rintarou: Let's support Re:vale and see what their future brings. 

Okazaki Rintarou: Yuki, Momo, you were the best.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Mister Shimooka: They were also closely defeated but… ŹOOḼ, how are you guys doing? 

Inumaru Touma: …Yeah.

Inumaru Touma: It's really, really frustrating, but we just want to accept the result and move forward.

Inumaru Touma: Thank you so much, everyone!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Natsume Minami: Thank you so much to everyone who supported us through this. Unfortunately we were not strong enough…

Natsume Minami: Personally, I think we put on our best show. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Natsume Minami: We will return once we have the power to bring the world to its knees and make them acknowledge us.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Midou Torao: Thanks for your support. It's true, this is really disappointing… I don't want to believe it….

Midou Torao: But I'll try to remember the words someone I really respect said to me. 

Midou Torao: “Being frustrated by a loss means that there's something you want to do and that you believe in your own power to make it happen. That's really cool.”

Midou Torao: Right, Haruka?

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Isumi Haruka: …(crying)… D-Damn… Yeah, right…!

Isumi Haruka: I'm never ever giving up! 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Isumi Haruka: We will be the ones taking revenge! …Sorry, Re:vale! 

Momo: What?

Isumi Haruka: The throne is gonna be ours next year!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Yuki: Ahaha. Confident, aren't you?

Momo: That's cool, Haruka! 

Yaotome Gaku: Uh, sorry to barge into the conversation like that, but… 

Yaotome Gaku: We'll take the throne. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

Kujou Aya: …Amazing…! Aren't the cheers tonight the best? 

Kujou Takamasa: Well, everyone is really happy. Even the losers put on a great performance. 

Kujou Takamasa: Scenes like this are why I believe in entertainment. 

Mage Takara: …TRIGGER…!!

Mage Takara: They're so cool…! Even though they lost, they're the greatest...!

AudienceＡ: ŹOOḼ are the best…! It’s frustrating that they lost, but I’m still excited!

AudienceＡ: I'm excited for next year…! I can't wait to see the next thing my favorite idols have in store…! 

Audience: Kyaaaaah…! 

Audience: IDOLiSH7…!

Audience: Re:vale…!

Audience: ŹOOḼ…!

Audience: TRIGGER…!

Mister Shimooka: TRIGGER, you were also narrowly defeated… 

Mister Shimooka: But you were quick to let us know your certain plans for revenge as well.  

Yaotome Gaku: Sorry for interrupting. The words just came out on their own… 

Yaotome Gaku: But we will stand by them. Next year, we will take revenge. 

Yaotome Gaku: Please keep supporting us until then! 

Audience: Kyaaaaah…! 

Kujou Tenn: It's sad we weren't strong enough this time, but we showed you the best we could. Tonight was really fun.

Kujou Tenn: Next year I'd like to see this view from the champion's throne.

Kujou Tenn: Thank you all!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: To everyone who supported us: I'm sorry we couldn’t live up to your expectations. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: But let me promise you this: Next time, we will definitely take it home.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: TRIGGER will win!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Anesagi Kaoru: …Gaku, Tenn, Ryuu, that's the spirit…!

Anesagi Kaoru: Let's win this next year! You three truly did your best…

Utsugi Shirou: All of you put up a great fight, ŹOOḼ! …You may have lost, but you moved me a lot. 

Utsugi Shirou: Thanks for showing us this amazing stage today.

Audience: IDOLiSH7…!

Audience: Re:vale…!

Audience: ŹOOḼ…!

Audience: TRIGGER…!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you very much! The cheers just won't stop…! 

Audience: Kyaaaaah….!

Mister Shimooka: Just a little bit until we are starting into a new year!

Mister Shimooka: Can we have IDOLiSH7 as the winners do a countdown for the last 10 seconds?

Nanase Riku: Sure…!

Mister Shimooka: Re:vale, TRIGGER, ŹOOḼ, you are in charge of greeting the new year!

Momo: Alright!

Kujou Tenn: To everyone who supported us through this year… 

TRIGGER: Thank you!

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

Re:vale: Have a happy new year everyone! 

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

ŹOOḼ: Please keep supporting us next year, too!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Mister Shimooka: Thank you all! Now it's IDOLiSH7's turn, let's hear it!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Happy new—...!

Ousaka Sougo: Not yet!

IDOLiSH7: 10!

IDOLiSH7: 9!

IDOLiSH7: 8!

IDOLiSH7: 7!

IDOLiSH7: 6!

IDOLiSH7: 5!

IDOLiSH7: 4!

IDOLiSH7: 3!

IDOLiSH7: 2!

IDOLiSH7: 1!

IDOLiSH7: Zero!!

IDOLiSH7: Happy New Year!!!

Audience: Kyaaaaah….!

Momo: Happy New Year!

Isumi Haruka: Happy New Year!

Natsume Minami: A happy new year to all of you!

Midou Torao: Happy New Year!

Rokuya Nagi&Yotsuba Tamaki: Happy New Year!

TRIGGER: Happy New Year!

Inumaru Touma: Congrats, IDOLiSH7!

Izumi Mitsuki: Thanks!

Nikaidou Yamato: Thank you all!

Yuki: Congratulations.

Ousaka Sougo: Thank you so much!

Izumi Iori: …This is the best view in the world…

Kujou Tenn: Congrats, Riku.

Nanase Riku: Thank you!

Nanase Riku: (As everyone exchanged their blessings for the new year, my gaze went to the audience rows where lightsticks in seven different colors mixed and sparkled.)  

Nanase Riku: (Looking at it from here, I felt all kinds of memories welling up inside me.) 

Nanase Riku: (I'm sure everyone else was like that too.) 

Nanase Riku: Let's sing our new song one more time! I'm sure you've already remembered it! Let's sing together! 

Audience: Waaaa…!

Nanase Riku: Let's go! Three, two, one..!

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Kujou Tenn: I'll make all of you smile, too! Putting all our feelings of how much we wanted to see everyone into it! (how to make this sound less weird)

Kujou Tenn: Here's “SECRET NIGHT”!

-

Nanase Riku: Ha… Please listen up! This is “Joker Flag”! 

-

Ousaka Sougo: This is MEZZO"’s debut song. It's called… 

Yotsuba Tamaki: “miss you…”

-

Nanase Riku: I've always dreamed of standing on this stage. 

Nanase Riku: Please enjoy “MEMORiES MELODiES”!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

-

Yuki: We put our gratitude for the past five years into it.

Momo: This is Re:vale with “SILVER SKY”!

-

Izumi Iori: This time we also have an amazing new song with us so we really want you all to hear it quickly.  

Mister Shimooka: After having changed their center to Izumi Iori, here's a new and fresh IDOLiSH7! This song is called “Perfection Gimmick”! 

Mister Shimooka: Now then, let's hear it! 

-

Nanase Riku: I will continue to sing with all my might now that I’ve returned to this important position as a center that I love so much! This is IDOLiSH7's new song, “RESTART POiNTER”!

-

Isumi Haruka: Forget all the things you've seen before! Everything that's been until yesterday - destroy it!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Isumi Haruka: All you need to remember is this name: ŹOOḼ with “Poisonous Gangster”.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

-

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I’m sorry for standing here alone but still please let me sing TRIGGER’s new song for you.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: This is TRIGGER’s “Negai wa Shine On The Sea”…

TRIGGER fan: Ryuunosuke-saaan! 

TRIGGER fan: You can do it…! Ryuunosuke…

TRIGGER fan: Gaku-saaan! 

TRIGGER fan: Tenn-kuuun!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: …Thank you…

-

Nanase Riku: The other day, we sang TRIGGER’s song. And today, we have become TRIGGER’s rivals. 

Nanase Riku: But… Our feelings about singing haven’t changed. We’ll keep looking forward and singing.

Nanase Riku: We’ll keep our heads up high, looking straight ahead while we sing. …Please listen to our song. 

Nanase Riku: “Nanatsuiro REALiZE”!

-

Kujou Tenn: I promise. This dream won’t end. 

Kujou Tenn: Let’s go! We’ll catch their eyes and take them into their dreams!

Kujou Tenn: “DAYBREAK INTERLUDE”!

-

Isumi Haruka: Hey! Call our name guys! We're ŹOOḼ!

Audience: Wooooo！

Inumaru Touma: “ZONE OF OVERLAP”!

Nanase Riku: Thank you so much as always! Please keep supporting us forever and ever! 

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

-

Mister Shimooka: And now, it’s time to sing! 

Mister Shimooka: Here’s IDOLiSH7 with ”Mr.AFFECTiON”!

-

Natsume Minami: Thank you for supporting us. Let’s change the world with our own hands. Right here, right now. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Mister Shimooka: Time for another song! 

Mister Shimooka: Here’s ŹOOḼ’s ”Bang!Bang!Bang!”!

-

Yuki: And now we’re going to sing our new song that Momo and I made together. 

Momo: What if we say the name together? 

Yuki: Let’s do that. We’ll go with the one we decided on at last, right? 

Momo: Yes, that one’s good. 

Momo: Now, everyone! Sing with us! Three, two, one… 

Re:vale: “Kokoro Harebare”!

-

Nanase Riku: So you’re gonna let someone like the center of IDOLiSH7 treat you like a mob character?

Nanase Riku: You’re TRIGGER’s center, aren’t you? 

Kujou Tenn: …

Kujou Tenn: …Bring it on.

-

Nanase Riku: That special, miraculous daydream that fell out of our pocket during that time that we just can’t go back.

Kujou Tenn: You mean those lost childhood memories at our personal ground zero from before we became idols.

-

Nikaidou Yamato: Alright! Let’s give it our all! 

IDOLiSH7: Yeah!

Nanase Riku: Everyone, good evening! 

IDOLiSH7: We’re IDOLiSH7!

Nanase Riku: It’s our dream to look forward and keep running after the future! 

Yotsuba Tamaki: That was fun! 

Izumi Iori: Yes, it was. 

Isumi Haruka: Yeah, sure, you guys can say that. 

Yotsuba Tamaki: Don’t be mad, Isumin.

Isumi Haruka: I’m not—.... mad, but until we take you down next year, you’re our enemies. Don’t you dare come talk to me at school like normal! 

Midou Torao: It’s not “next” year, it’s already this year.

Isumi Haruka: Ah, true…

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I’m also thinking about defeating an enemy and taking back what’s mine this year, outside of Black or White, too. 

Midou Torao: What?

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: The “Thunder Dry” commercial.

Midou Torao: Don’t call me an enemy over that! We can star in it together! 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Ahaha. We’ll see. 

Nanase Riku: Starring together… 

Kujou Tenn: Do you also want to be in the “Thunder Dry” commercial? Aren’t you still too young to advertise alcohol? 

Nanase Riku: That’s not it. Contests like tonight are nice but…

Nanase Riku: Getting all the members together but not as rivals and having a live on a big stage… I just think that would be fun. 

Yaotome Gaku: That sounds nice! 

Momo: Let’s do it! Together with everyone! 

Momo: I cried so much and losing was super frustrating, but having a live with everyone was so much fun! 

Yaotome Gaku: I want to spend many many more nights like this. There’s so much I want to do! 

Inumaru Touma: Let’s go for it! For example, we could plan the entire live around a certain theme… 

Natsume Minami: That does sound nice. If we did a live around an overarching theme like that, I think I’d like to write a new song for it too. 

Ousaka Sougo: I want to do that too! If we had a song that we all sing, we could also all work on it together… 

Yuki: Oh, yes. Let’s do a songwriting camp.

Yaotome Gaku: Nice idea! I’m still inexperienced with a lot of things, so I’ll bring our composer with me. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Do you think he’ll come? 

Kujou Tenn: You sure he won’t just faint?

Izumi Mitsuki: I like this idea! 

Rokuya Nagi: Yes! There’s still as many things we want to do as there’s stars in the sky! 

Izumi Mitsuki: It feels like we’re rushing towards a new dawn. 

Rokuya Nagi: It feels like I could just start dancing right now! 

Yotsuba Tamaki: Nice, let’s go for it! We also talked to the managers about it. 

Yotsuba Tamaki: That it’s about time we did a countrywide tour with just IDOLiSH7! 

Nanase Riku: A national tour?

Rokuya Nagi: Please also come to Northmeir. Everyone would be so happy to see you. 

Ousaka Sougo: It’s a nice thought. I want to spend more nights like this one. Tonight was the best. 

Ousaka Sougo: A lot of moments felt like they could last forever. I don’t think I will ever forget this.

Ousaka Sougo: Never until I die. 

Yotsuba Tamaki: I won’t forget it until I’m dead either. 

Izumi Iori: We will repaint these vivid memories for you as many times as we can. 

Izumi Iori: We managed to overcome Japan’s number one. Next up is the world. 

Yuki: You didn’t overcome us. 

Momo: You really didn’t. That was nothing but a dream that’s over in the blink of an eye.

Izumi Iori: Our senpai sure are scary…

Isumi Haruka: Also sorry to tell you, but if we’re talking about global popularity, ŹOOḼ is the number one. 

Inumaru Touma: Well said, Haruka!

Momo: Let’s do a world tour, Yuki!? 

Yuki: Let’s do it?

Nanase Riku: Do a national tour together with us! 

Nikaidou Yamato: Ahaha! There’s so much we could do! 

Nikaidou Yamato: By the way, did you hear the news from the manager? 

Nikaidou Yamato: We might get an offer to do the theme song for the new “Magical★Kokona” series.

Izumi Mitsuki: Seriously?

Rokuya Nagi: Oh my god…!! That’s the first miraculous news of the year!! 

Natsume Minami: Congratulations. The year only just started but I hope the miraculous news will continue. 

Yaotome Gaku: If you’re looking for miracles, just make them happen with your own hands! 

Nikaidou Yamato: As expected of Yaotome… 

Kujou Tenn: I’m excited. Let’s try a lot of things from now on. Our legend begins here.

Nanase Riku: Yes! If it’s with everyone I’m sure we can do anything! 

Kujou Tenn: Right. 

Kujou Tenn: Beyond the dawn, beyond the rainbow and even the ocean our sparkle still continues. 

Takanashi Tsumugi: Sorry for making all of you wait!

Isumi Haruka: Ah… It’s IDOLiSH7’s manager. Good job.

Yaotome Gaku: Good job!

Momo: Good work, Maneko-chan! 

Natsume Minami: Good work. 

Midou Torao: Hey, you did the stage direction today, right? Wanna talk about the details at some point…? 

Inumaru Touma: Tora! Stop hitting on her! 

Midou Torao: I’m not hitting on her! IDOLiSH7’s stage direction was really good, so I was just trying to ask about that. 

Inumaru Touma:  Really? Ah, sorry, Takanashi-san! Good work! And congrats on winning!

Takanashi Tsumugi: Thank you very much!

Kujou Tenn: Well done, Takanashi-san. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Great work! Today was amazing! Did you have fun?

Takanashi Tsumugi: Yes…!

Yuki: Let’s work together this year, too. 

Takanashi Tsumugi: Of course! I’m looking forward to it! 

Izumi Mitsuki: We were waiting for you, manager! 

Yotsuba Tamaki: We were just working out a new plan! 

Takanashi Tsumugi: A new plan?

Rokuya Nagi: It’s a special vision! We’re so grateful, manager! 

Takanashi Tsumugi: I’m excited! Please let me hear it! 

Izumi Iori: Let’s talk about it later when we have time. 

Nikaidou Yamato: I’m sorry, I know you just finished working, but you’ll keep being busy from here on out. 

Ousaka Sougo: Let’s all do our best. 

Nanase Riku: Yes! Let’s start all kinds of projects! It’ll be amazing! 

Nanase Riku: With our hearts aflutter and that melody that came from it, let’s travel the whole world! 

Nanase Riku: Manager, thank you for everything until now. We’ll be with you from this point onward, too. 

Nanase Riku: Please always, always keep watching over us! 

~ fin ~

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TL note courtesy of Haruka-kun: White radish is supposed to bring good luck and is often eaten in the form of turnip cake for Chinese New Year because the word for radish is homophonous with good fortune in some Chinese dialects.

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Mod Riku here. It's been a ride! A rather long ride, mind you, but hey, at least it's done.

It's time for special thanks to our mysterious benefactor Iori-P - it wouldn't have been possible without you! Also, thanks to everyone who supported us and was patient as we translated this. x)

Frankly, we started this project for a stupid reason, but I'm glad we did it. It beats complaining about P6 being untranslated.

I should mention that we probably won't translate more from here on out. and now to be cute again: join us on discord (click!)!! we're a proship general i7 discord and, until today, used to have TL updates! now we just vibe. cheers!

Finally, here is a special message from Mod Haruka:

just: banri give us the next season of the anime. and more utsugi-san

Have a good rest of the year!

[vanillashayy]

So... About what I've seen about the heat of OM being ended...

I'm a bit late but I really hope that those who.. uh.. 'hate'? 'dislike'? Solmare or the OM team actually understand what is gonna happen in the future. Only the games end but not the whole project/franchise. The games will still be around and we can still play them but they just won't have any updates or new events.

Sure, I guess that counts as everything is over but really it's not. I don't really care if people are like, leaving OM because of what's going on but I am not a fan of them shitting over the devs and Solmare. Like. Bro. Chill. Nothing will be removed. Only the games end. It's almost 2025 anyway so we WILL get to see more stuff! And I am excited for that :D

And if any of you are writers or artists or any type of content creators that will still make stuff for Obey Me then please. Keep it up. Let's carry the fandom. Let's remind everyone how fun the world of Obey Me itself can be and not JUST the games. I will also be a part of carrying the fandom by making Obey Me art. I will always love the Obey Me world because it is the reason why my life improved even if just a little bit.

If you're not a content creator, you can just follow us and admire anything we do! To me, I draw to make people happy, no matter the fandom and OM is very dear to me. But if you have the determination or even the intention to TRY and CREATE, please do! Use this chance to try and write stuff or draw stuff or edit stuff, whatever! Anything that makes you appreciate the OM world more! Join us! Make the other fans happy!

So yeah! I'm sorry if my wording was harsh but.. I don't like people misinterpreting what the devs said into something bad or hopeless because that is not the case!! I hope we can all keep enjoying the world of Obey Me as it is and look forward to the new projects in the future!

✨ 💙💛🧡💚🩷❤️💜🖤🩵📝🍰🤍 ✨

[jojo-schmo]

hi jojo! im just wondering but ive been wanting to make a comic for a little while but im not too sure where to start 😅. i really love your style of art and your forgotten land roleswap, and i was wondering if you had any tips for beginners?

Hello, hello! Thank you for enjoying my Forgotten Land Roleswap comic, it means a lot! <3

I'm very honored that people have been asking me for tips and advice. All of this is coming from a hobbyist who draws these comics purely for fun outside of my regular day job. Some of my methods would probably deal psychic damage to a professional, LOL. But I'm more than happy to share some things I've personally learned! :)

First of all, the book, "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud ROCKS. It literally gave me a new dimension to understand the medium of comics and how it presents ideas and emotions to readers! And I haven't even had the chance to finish it all the way! I'm very happy I own a copy and I recommend having one of your own if you can, but it's archived here if you want to read it :D

I also like analyzing other comics and thinking about how they get information across to me as a reader. It's helped me learn more effective ways to visually tell a story, like what to include in a frame, how zooming in or out affects the feeling from the panel, maybe building a scene by focusing on other stuff if someone is talking a lot... etc.

ANYWAYS-! Some other tips I've learned through my personal experience-

I had to overcome a lot of negative self-talk in order to tackle a huge comic project like this and stay committed. I was a pretty severe self-deprecator for most of my life so far, and getting help has allowed me to catch myself when I'm slipping back into those habits, look in the mirror, and go, "NO, JOJO! You pour your heart into what you make and that is a wonderful thing! You are appreciated and loved and you deserve to have fun making something you are passionate about!!" Some examples of the negative self-talk I catch myself in....

"I'm a noob at writing and making a story interesting... What's the point of even trying?"

When it comes to starting a project, whether it's 2 pages or 2000 pages, is to just jump in and start! It's okay to be a little insecure or nervous about your technical art skills, writing skills, etc... But writing a "bad" scene is better than no scene- because you can always edit a "bad" scene down the line, but what can you do with nothing? Nothing!! I also put "bad" in quotation marks because I am trying to use that term less, and instead call them "early drafts." or "works in progress."

The first Roleswap scene I fleshed-out was the first Bandee boss fight, in May 2022. I made this drawing on an impulse, getting my ideas down on the page without thinking about the technical stuff like comic panel borders. I consider it like a "pilot episode" almost, haha. The final project is going to be very different from how things play out here. But it got me interested in the concept and excited to see where I could take it, and I made the decision to commit to an entire game plot's worth of AU comics!!

Also, what's the point in trying you ask? The point is to have fun! Making a fan comic in my free time means I don't have restrictions like deadlines, nobody's telling me what I can and can't write, and I can make the story as long or as short as I want! I have full control, which means the world I'm writing is all mine to create! Yes, with a fan comic there is a pre-established world with existing characters. But a universe like Kirby has enough open-ended concepts for people to take basic concepts in the world and take them to whole new levels! I think that's why there are so many amazing fan interpretations of Kirby characters and OCs. The rules are so vague, you can just make up your own a lot of the time!! And it's a wonderful exercise to learn skills for someday building an original world with all original characters from scratch! Magical!!!

"I'm not good enough to make a comic. I don't understand perspective or color and other stuff. Anything I make will look bad.

I once read a two panel comic on here. I can't find it anymore but I remember most of it. First panel showed the artist looking at what they're drawing on their tablet, looking defeated and sad. "Man, I don't even know how to draw this....."The next panel was like them smiling and shrugging, I think rainbows and sparkles were coming out of their tablet, ".....I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO DRAW IT SHITTY!! :D "

IF ANYONE KNOWS THIS COMIC I'M REFERENCING, PLEASE TELL ME AND I'LL LINK IT!!! Because it permanently and positively changed my brain chemistry.

No kidding, making the decision to just do my best even if it's not perfect, helped me a LOT. I was always waiting to "reach a certain level" to tackle a huge project because I felt like I'd never do it justice at my current state. Except I had been telling myself that kind of stuff for years and I still didn't start any projects!!

So the day I said, "Oh well! If I draw backgrounds shitty, then it is what it is! I'll learn from it and draw the next background a little better," Was the day I could commit fully to the project. I'll keep studying how to draw them better for my own benefit, but I won't let my skill issues stop me from even trying!

And for my limited confidence in full-color art, I solved that by making the comic in black and white with no-to-minimal shading lolol. Because I can only address one skill issue at a time before it takes me 25 years to finish this HAHAHA.

It saves a BUNCH of time to work with skill issues rather than against them! Because at least experience is gained in other ways, and who knows, maybe that new knowledge will help address the skill issues someday! So identifying your personal skill issues and deciding which one to try to grow stronger, and which one to work around, could help with big projects!

"Nobody will read this. I'm going to put months or years of my life into a dumb little thing nobody will even care about."

Learning how to draw for my own enjoyment instead of somebody else's was one of the biggest breakthroughs I ever made. Enjoying the feeling of being challenged artistically and just doing my best, even if it's not technically perfect, is the reason why I was even able to start this!

And just because someone doesn't directly like, comment or whatever on a post doesn't mean nobody saw it! I used to get really down on myself for the lack of engagement on my art on other websites.

I was a lurker for pretty much my entire teenage years and never posted my own stuff or commented much. But that didn't take away the fact that I really enjoyed the things I saw online. Those positive feelings were real to me, even when I didn't know how to articulate it in words. Granted, I grew up into a Words of Affirmation main, and I use words to tell people the positive things I think about them as much as I can! But I know not everyone prefers words to express themselves. So I think about the people that I don't know enjoy my work- that just because I don't see it doesn't mean I didn't make a positive impact on someone by sharing my stories.

THIS IS GETTING LONG-- UHHH, STORY TIPS!!

If you work best on technology, start building the story in a Notes app, or a Google Doc! If you work best with pen and paper, start a notebook and rearrange stuff as you need to!

Or if you're chaotic like me, a mix of tech and paper!! I bought a notebook with ring binding so I can remove and rearrange pages of drafts as much as I wanted to! Like here's two very rough concept pages of one Chapter 1 scene made months apart.

I'd say planning out the biggest basic plot points and then filling in between as I went was most helpful! I also have separate notes for character motivations, important story-changing events, etc... So I can have my own reference when I'm writing new scenes!

Okay this was a lot, sorry about the yapping! Hopefully it helps even a tiny bit. If you have any specific questions I'm happy to talk about my experience in the creation process! Or elaborate on anything I said above.

And finally, because I'm not a professional there are probably plenty of other tactics that could work better for some people. My ADHD probably doesn't help with the chaos of my process either, HAHA. But thank you for reading this far and enjoying the peek into the rainbow glitter and soap bubbles that inhabit the right side of my brain, heehee.

[mermaidslabyrinth]

Thank you HotD Fandom

I have been writing since I was around 11. All my works would stay in notebooks, on my word document, or printed out on paper and stashed away. I did post my first fic when I was around 13. Then sporadically through the years. The last time I posted any writing of mine was 10 years ago. But I’m trying to open up more with my writing, creative thoughts, by exposing my work little by little. And out of all the fandoms I’ve been in, it was the HotD fandom, the people I found, that made me feel comfortable enough to do so. Also, I’ve never been more proud or had more love for an OC I’ve created before Rhagerys. I’ve commissioned pieces of art of him, something I have never done with an OC before, and I am quite excited for that. 

So my thanks to all the HotD fans that I have had the pleasure of interacting with (following, being mutuals, reblogging their posts through someone I follow). I have had such a wonderful time and do hope to continue to do so.  I decided to write this because who knows what the future will bring. And I wanted people to know just how much they can make an impact.

Many thanks to: 

@emilykaldwen her ask started it all and I will always be grateful for that. for she was the one who helped me step away from the corner and join in with the other creators. It’s a slow process but I am getting there. 

@selfproclaimedunicorn seeing your OC tags on regular posts emboldened me to start doing the same. It’s another, subtle, way for my work to be put out in the universe. Doing so has even helped me flesh my OMC more in the tags of certain posts. 

@happilyhertale for her wonder writing (I will reblog them. They are on my list). And her continued supply of Daemon/Matt posts. They keep me going with writing Daemon scenes.

@ewanmitchellcrumbs for that ask she answered very recently about just going for it with your writing. It inspired me.

@thought--bubble for being such a lovely person. Your writing skills are top notch (your stories are on my list). 

@vhagar-balerion-meraxes you helped me from being a wallflower to slowly coming in and joining along with the rest. You were the first person in the HotD fandom to extend a hand and pull me into the fun. You make beautiful gif sets. You are very sweet. I appreciate that I was able to find your blog. 

@sylasthegrim I know I don’t show it but I am so happy I follow you. You are slowly converting me to a Cregan appreciator. Like I get it. Your stories are so creative (I will read them they are on the list) and you are so open and kind in your inbox. 

@multiverse-of-multifandoms your fantastic gif making. You help me feel comfortable when I’m joining in on the fun. 

@livmondcole you are one of the sweetest ppl I’ve been lucky enough to follow. You show patience and kindness through your words. 

@dr-aegon you are one of the reasons I was able to get a commission of my OMC. I checked your blog one night and you had a reblog of someone who opened up commissions. They are working on it now, I’ve seen the line work and I’m excited, and I have you to thank for it. Besides that you are one of the reasons that I started to really like Aegon. I see how much you care for him and it warmed my heart and the little disaster did as well. 

And even though she is no longer part of the fandom: peachysunrize was such a wonderful person to follow and read her stories and read the asks ppl would send her. 

Honestly all my HotD mutuals. 

Also shout out to the artists, your works are amazing to see. And shout out to the other fic writers, your writing is enjoyed by many people who like reading about their favorite characters. And the gif makers, the creativity and patience you have. The sets I have seen have blown me away. I know all of these are talents that need to be praised more. The work you all bring to the fandom is always such a gift.

[dipplinduo]

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Sweet & Sour Dipplins!!! CHAPTER 24 IS HERE ❤️

Fun fact: did you know the anniversary date of this fic is Christmas Day? :) It's true! And as of today, Sweet & Sour Dipplins is officially a year old. 🥳

This fic initially started as a fun little idea - an enemies to lovers romance retelling of the Indigo Disk DLC with a toxic chain theory twist. It was a fanatical whim based on what is now my favorite pokemon game, and it was a blind attempt at creating something bigger than what I could initially picture. I loved romance and writing, but I was no writer - and certainty no fiction writer at that. I fully expected what I was doing to be a phase, where I quietly threw out a couple of half-baked chapters of into an empty void before it inevitably fizzed out with me moving on.

But then you all came along. The love that I have received and felt has been indescribable. I have been completely and utterly blown away by all of it: the number of readers, the playful and thought-provoking comments, the fun back and forth and theorizing in my ask box, the ART and the suggestions and the headcanons and the feedback?! It kept growing, and growing, and growing. And a year later, even as the fandom is a little quieter, it's all still here. You’re all still here.

My little ideas became a whole "au" (see, I've learned! xD). My “writing activity” that I was too modest to claim as a “hobby” became an identity that you all reinforced. I went on to not only write over a book’s worth for this story, but multiple books’ worth for others. In a very demanding, tumultuous, and tiring year in my personal life. Before writing this current chapter, I actually went back and re-read the entirety that is Sweet & Sour Dipplins. As the writer, there were a lot of ups and downs for me, and I don't speak as much about the downs. I could tell which chapters I wrote with pride and which ones felt rushed. Slowly but surely, I worried more and more about it being "interesting enough" as my audience grew. I worried about my motifs becoming “lost” in the inflation. I asked myself: Does it deserve the hits? Do people still care about this story the more the Earth rotates? And then I wondered: What is the true heart that is Sweet & Sour Dipplins? What actually pulls people to read this story?  What compelled ME to write this story?

And as I experienced it all as a reader myself, I think I began to see its soul in yet another light.

I remembered the visions I had as I was writing. I saw some things I didn’t see before, too, and even had moments where I went “Hey, you know what, I could probably write that even better now”, and it’s all thanks to you all for encouraging me to keep going.

But above all: I got the spark back. And I am excited to keep expanding the heart of this story as I share more of it with you.  

So without further ado, here’s Chapter 24 of Sweet & Sour Dipplins.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

With love,

dipplinduo

[rockybloo]

With it nearing the end of the year, I feel like it's a good time to just have some real talk about why I create art.

At some point during in high school, during those years where you are pressured to figure out what you want to do when you grow up and what you want to major in when you go to college, I had wanted to go to art school after high school. I decided against it ultimately because I just didn't see a true appeal for me. I started to realize that I enjoyed my art so much more when I didn't have the pressure on me to create something for a fancy final product. Yeah, I could go but then I'd have to change aspects of myself I didn't really want to change but had to because that's what the world says I gotta do if I want to be a good artist.

And that's the thing I sort of hate the most about being able to create anything. You have to be good. Otherwise you are wasting your time. You aren't allowed to just make stuff for fun and for a hobby - you have to constantly be striving for improvement at a pace others have set for you. You can't just have it as a hobby. If you make art then it's expected that you make good art.

You're not allowed to be satisfied with being mediocre.

I've been actively posting my art online since I opened a Deviantart account way back in middle school. I'm 26, on my way to becoming 27. And as someone who has spent a solid decade online, I feel more certain than ever that I am a hobby artist. Having a fulltime job DEFINIATELY has helped me come to that conclusion but even before, I knew I liked to draw for fun. I don't like to stress about what I am sharing to cyberspace, I like just having this digital archive of stuff I've made and stories I've written.

I call myself a self indulgent artist because I'm incredibly selfish draw things I want and write stories I'd enjoy.

That's not to say I don't care that people enjoy my work and feel represented at times. I love it when people share how happy they feel when they see my OCs and read my stories. I'm happy I can fulfill some niches for people. Honestly, it'll always be crazy to me when I make something so damn specific that I wanna see and share it just for some other people to get excited. There are benefits to having a public digital archive your art and reactions people may have are one of them.

But ultimately I don't create to make others happy. If I did focus my art on just doing that, I promise you that my online presence and art would look DRASTICALLY different.

I share my stuff online because it's a whole lot easier to archive all my art as well as being able to share my stuff with the world and occasionally make some friends. Posting my art shows I was alive so MAYBE JUST MAYBE I will not be watered down when recalled in memories and people will always know I was insane about my OCs.

I'm pretty satisfied with be a mid artist. My finished work makes me happy, and what I care about is managing to create something of the fellas that reside in my head because seeing my OCs makes me happy...AND I'M THE ONLY SOURCE OF CONTENT FOR THEM SO I GOTTA COOK MY OWN FOOD AND EAT IT TOO--

ANYWAYS I am in no rush to level myself up. I'm 27 and human lifespans are pretty long. Even though it's slow and subtle, I have def been making improvements in my work...but mainly because there are aspects about my OCs that I occasionally realize I am struggling with and pull a "Do it for her" as I work on what I am having a hard time with. SURE they might not be improvements others would like to see but they are improvements that make me happy. And I am excited to see how my art develops over my existence on this planet.

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...I am also excited to see if my black ass can finish any of my webcomics before I die. I KNOW I CAN DEF FINISH ONE OF 'EM I JUST DUNNO WHICH ONE IT'S GONNA BE! IT'S A RACE TO SEE WHO MAKES IT TO THE FINISH LINE BEFORE I KEEL OVER

[cer-rata]

Cerata's 2024 End of Year Artist shoutouts! (part 1)

Okay so this year was the first time I'd really participated in fandom in over a decade, but I'm truly glad I did because I met a ton of great people, and even got to work on projects with some of them. So I wanted to put all of the cool visual art that I've received last year, whether it be art trade, commission, part of an event, or...fanart? Because that happened somehow?

Anyway, there are a number of other people that I worked with last year, but a bunch of that art started near the end of the year, and as such is not finished yet, hence why this post will be two parts, one now, and the second when everyone else finishes up.

No particular order, all of these artists are great, and lovely people, so do go check out the rest of their work and tell them how cool they are, yeah? Also, some are currently open for commissions, so keep an eye out for that.

(Also, this is my first time trying to do ID text, so bear with me if they're a little rough, despite being a writer, I hate words?)

So first we have @fiyaharts with a lovely illustration of a number of the my favorite Krypton and Krypton-adjacent children. Shadi is lovely to work with and fast to the point where it spooked me a little bit, go off girl.

Next we have two pieces from my favorite Evil Woman Apologist, @vivictory-draws, one of a divorced Barbara and Kara being totally normal about it, and the other of my child and blorbo that haunts my waking hours, Conrad. Love N to death, which is why I haunt her with threats of commissioning Joker/Desaad Yaoi.

...Maybe for the next list, who knows...

So next we have the art created for the last @womenincomicsminibang (which is going to be returning with a reverse bang in a few months, keep an eye out on that.)

The lovely and evocative cover was done by the talented @breakingthespacetimewall, and the scenes of Cassie trying and failing to get her life together were done by the wonderful @soop-jpg

Working with them was a pleasure and honor, and their dedication and kindness really helped me through finishing that fic, and I remain incredibly grateful for that.

The first person I worked with this last year, and the one who really helped solidify the core of a lot of my projects, @nicodrawings drew a glorious cover for my mania-induced first longfic, and also a character reference for the aformentioned disordered young man who haunts my waking hours. She's a professional through-and-through, with wonderful instincts and great communication. She's also working on a fan-comic project of her own that I think is wonderful and am excited to see continue.

I lucked out and was paired with the super chill, super talented @byeara on my first fan project ever, and they hooked me up with this super fun and detailed cover for the fic I wrote for that one kon-centric minibang. I loved working with them, and would love to do so again, logistics willing.

This jerk @vnekey made me cry by drawing really sweet, totally unexpected fanart for that mania-fic I wrote. I'm still a little speechless really, I'd never gotten fanart of any sort for any reason before, and to receive something so lovely as the first thing really touched me deeply, and honestly kept me writing through some rough patches.

...Fight me!

My first ever art trade! Kind of! @spider-jaysart is super sweet and supportive and made my...second biblically (is there a Source bible? Are there religious Coluans?) cursed son and his hapless, frankly narratively cursed best buddy look so precious that they ALSO made me cry, can we stop that actually--

Speaking of my cursed son and his narratively cursed Kryptonian, @spicy-apple-pie created this really pretty piece that's...a number of weird deep cuts smushed together into something really specific, but neat if you have the context, which nobody does :3

She was so wonderful and patient and I really enjoyed seeing her run with her inspiration, the Kryptonian mural is super neat and not something I would have ever come up with on my own.

@mediaraiz Is really stylistically flexible, and their "Blob" style really scratched that itch I had for something cute and playful, and they were so game in taking on a larger project, and then went above and beyond in making my lanterns looks truly special.

Finally (for now), @riverdeansart drew a sweet little scene of two horrifyingly stressed totally fine spacebros chilling and chatting about how everything is completely okay!

I was super vague about this one and Dean did a great job getting the vibes right anyway, and with haste.

...So yeah, that's if for now! I'll circle back in a bit when I'm forced to let more artists out of my basement everything else is done!

[aszles]

since my first pinned post had a tierlist of csm characters, i decided to redo it as a tierlist of Fujimoto works instead! (i had only read csm when i made this sideblog) it's a lot less ever-changing so i feel a bit safer keeping something like this at the top of my blog lol...

within the tiers there is no specific order, they're just the things i happened to put in first. if you wanna make one here's the template! (made by yours truly)

because i'm a nerd you can read my opinions about each work below the cut~

S TIER

Chainsaw Man - i mean, csm is just awesome. in all honesty, this manga has changed my life. i KNOW that sounds silly and corny but it's genuinely true. i have been able to get past a lot of my struggles and develop so much as a person since starting this manga. as a fun bonus i feel like i've finally started improving my art again (or at least changing it enough to feel fresh) after like 3 years. i can't really describe how much csm has done for me, but if i had told myself from 2021 that this would happen i would never believe it (especially because i had written off this series for some personal reasons...lol) but yeah. i think i'll forever be grateful for what Chainsaw Man has done for me.

Look Back - i think Look Back is seriously the best piece of media i have ever experienced. i don't think i have ever seen a story so beautifully crafted as this manga, it made me sob when i read it. i remember having to move the manga away from myself so i wouldn't get tears on it. at the time of writing this i am SO SO excited to watch the movie, whenever that will be. i will cry and throw up watching that thing LOL.

Nayuta of the Prophecy - ok maybe i don't TECHNICALLY believe this is an S tier work, but Nayuta is just such a lovable character that i can't possibly rank her any lower. Fujimoto was right to adapt her into csm because she deserves it!! however despite that, this oneshot is the only one that i genuinely wish he would make a sequel to. i think oneshot Nayuta and csm Nayuta are pretty different, so they still don't feel like the same character - i would love to see oneshot Nayuta's personality and relationship with her brother continue to develop!

A TIER

Sisters - one of the few other works i had heard anything about before i started exploring Fujimoto's other stuff, and i definitely felt apprehensive about it. but wow, the fact that Fujimoto is able to take the concept of "girl non-consensually paints her sister naked and it gets displayed on the school wall for everyone to see" and NOT make it weird is crazy! a sweet oneshot that i enjoyed, and love the nuance that was able to be created in such a short amount of time.

Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome - a really cute take on a silly trope that can often be handled... oddly. i love how much the characters in this really feel like teenagers, doing stupid things but being completely earnest all the while. (Spoilers) i really like how it ends with Toshihide being adamant that he is still male, and also Rie still loving him as he is. very sweet!

Love is Blind - it's no wonder Fujimoto won an honourable mention for this, it's such an adorable and funny oneshot. i was giggling the whole time reading it! i don't really have much to say about it, but i definitely enjoyed it.

Fire Punch - i don't really know where to start with Fire Punch, but wow. it is seriously so impressive to me how good Fujimoto is at tackling such sensitive topics, not shying away from them while also clearly not glorifying them. i also think a big place where Fire Punch shines is character relationships, especially Agni and Togata. they fucked me UPPPPP. it goes off the rails a bit near the end, but i also never got the feeling that it WASN'T what Fujimoto intended with this series. i may not quite get the ending, but it didn't ruin anything for me and i think the rest of Fire Punch is really good at what it does. plus the art is AWESOME ?????

B TIER

Goodbye, Eri - ohhh people might not like me for this one... i'm sorry guys, i just honestly didn't get this manga. i'll definitely reread in the future (me and my sister still haven't finished our sticky notes to read it blurry/clear) but for now i can't rank it any higher. i didn't feel much reading it, and the ending definitely confused me a lot lol. love the art though!

Shikaku - this one's interesting! i thought the story was quite cute, and Shikaku herself is completely adorable. though Yugeru is ummm... not my type let's say. i also do wonder if Makima took any inspiration from Shikaku - she looks similar to her, which to be fair for Fujimoto works probably doesn't mean much (as a lot of his character's look similar to each other /pos), but a clearer comparison is both characters presenting eyeballs they stole from people. (also... if Makima is inspired by Shikaku, is Barem then inspired by Yugeru? yuck) anyways just my speculation, back to the point. the reason this doesn't make its way into A tier is because to me it doesn't really feel like a Fujimoto work? i'm not sure why, but yeah.

C TIER

Mermaid Rhapsody - this one's definitely cute, but as a result of Fujimoto trying to create a "normal story" it unfortunately loses all of the charm of Fujimoto works!! i want it to be weird and fucked up damnit!!!!! though he did succeed in his goal of creating a normal story, so i can't complain too much lol.

Sasaki Stopped a Bullet - i don't have anything against this oneshot, but i think it just doesn't particularly appeal to me. unfortunately nothing in this story grabbed me

D TIER

A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard - it's no real surprise this is here, considering it's Fujimoto's first work. overall it was pretty cute, but i'm not all that into aliens..? not much to say lol

if you read all this then thank you >_o

[zoeys-ksbd-fan-blog]

Book 1 First Impressions

Part 1

Hiya, so as a kinda fresh ksbd fan I feel like other fans would enjoy hearing what it's like for a newcomer to read it for the first time. Maybe give them a little taste of what it was like to read it the first time themselves.

So, my first impression...

...was oh my god holy shit the art is so good wow wow wow cool oh my god wow

Also, as of writing I'm a decent chunk into book 3. When I first saw this panel I was actually overwhelmed. Which I feel like is the intended affect since the leading up pages are pretty typical. I didn't even notice the center figure got fucking beheaded until my 2nd reread.

But also it's fun seeing this panel now and being, like, hey I know what all these characters are

On that note, I am excited to eventually learn exactly what's happening here. Is that bird significant? I know what this area is called but is there anything more significant going on here? Is it all metaphorical.

Which i dont think it is, because in the description of many pages there is supplemental stories. They mimic ancient poems, and other historical texts.

And birds are mentioned pretty frequently, as small creatures made by old gods that are small enough to travel through holes in reality to other realms.

White Chain is a trans king. A male person stuck in the shell of someone who looks feminine. Based.

Although the more I read an angels gender seems to be pretty fluid, which would make sense.

I'm not trying to summarize the comics, but I guess for context. Angels can only affect the physical world through one of these sets of armors. Their real forms are less human, usually.

And I guess this is a good place to compliment the visual design. Holy shit the aesthetic of these cities being built on these corpses is extraordinarily fucking cool.

And in the description the author left an I-Spy sort of puzzle in the description which is an excellent way to get a reader to look at a panel longer.

And shoutouts to the commentor who told me to read the description and comics, there is so much extra content there I've re-read book 1 four times and have had new experiences each time.

The world building is so intricate it completely trumps most other media I've seen. I dunno what to tell you, its just great. You can just taste how long the author has been cooking this world for. And it all paid off.

Cool background character is cool.

In gonna talk about the extra description content again, they're cool and are mandatory to read. Although maybe leave it to your second or third reread because the world building already present is still very dense.

Some of them involve a figure who is talking to their birds and asking questions to the reader. Which people answer in the comments.

Those same answers are then mentioned later as conversations had by people in Yisun's hall.

Don't know who Yisun is? Read the comic.

But things get confusing, the figure asks the readers where they believe Allison is traveling right when she is pulled from her own world. Someone says that she is going to the future, and Yisun likes it and makes it true.

But she isn't going to the future? Like she just isn't? We know later that this is all taking place linearly.

It's all very meta.

On page 16 we get some wild lore. It seems to be a background on Pree Ashma. Who's name I definitely recognize but deadass cannot remember who they are.

I'm probably not gonna mention the description again, but I wanted to yap so there you go.

No clue who this person is but I thought she was cool enough to make my pfp. We know her last name from the description though.

Later clues tell us she's a knight. That and people call her The Beggar Knight.

Boy would I love to pick the authors brain about where his mind goes when he creates these characters. Because they are so consistently unique and impressive. Praman Nand is a more important character so I would expect his design to be more striking. But the effort in his design is present in even the most insignificant background characters.

I imagine the dialect Cio is speaking here vs how she speaks to Allison and White Chain is the devil equivalent of code-switching.

I really love the action scenes. The author packs in so much detail that one panel feels fast paced. While giving the important events time to breath.

And this is where I learned tumblr has a 10 image per post limit i didn't know about. Continued in part 2!

[ask-the-royal-absol]

(It has been one year since I joined the pokeask community with my silly absol. One whole year. How did I get here? Like, damn. It’s just been such a lovely community and I’ve met some truly wonderful people.

I’m sorry I couldn’t get more of you on here. I wish I had the time to draw each and every one of you. This is why I needed the head shot so thank you to everyone who sent it over. Thank you to everyone in this community for being my inspirations, my joy and my friends. I cannot thank you enough. If I could make you all something more to say thank you, I would. (Also forgive me if the image quality is garbage. Tumblr does that sometimes. If you click on it, it'll be clearer.)

I suppose I’ll just go on and say I’ve always admired the community from afar. So many stories I was following. So many inspirational people. The events. The characters. They are all so wonderful. And I followed these blogs for years.

Getting hooked into everything about the ask blog community. At first, I was going to making an ask blog about a royal Goodra/Vespiquen fusion who goes to other places to make political connections for their hive. I drew up a couple of concepts but I didn’t go ahead with it.

I kept following the community, constantly being inspired and amazed by everyone inside of it. I’d wanted to join a community for a while. At first, I joined the Pokémon fusion community. It was fun. I met some great people. But, after a few years, it didn’t fill me with joy. I did fusions on multiple platforms, even making some fusions for the infinite fusions game (they’re still in there). I had a go with commissions. It just became a bit of a chore.

I tried making my own region. It only lasted a month. It left a gap which I didn’t know how to fill. I also did dnd with friends which mostly satisfied this but we didn’t do it consistently enough. I definitely miss doing it. I probably did fusions for 6 years. The blogs are still up. There was nothing I wanted to draw consistently.

Near the end of last year, I had a really tough time. My mental health took a really big dip and I was struggling. It was an incredibly dark time. I didn’t have much going on. Maybe we were doing dnd. I don’t remember though. I started drawing Pokémon because I wasn’t in the mood to draw dnd art.

I don’t know why but I started to draw an absol. I think it may have been inspired by my current dnd character. As I was drawing this absol, ideas started to form in my mind about who this absol was and the world they were from. Ideas kept flowing and flowing.

Once the absol was finished, I drew another character, and another and another. And I just kept drawing. Soon, I started drawing maps and a prophecy for this absol and their world. The name Destino came from the word Destiny. It brought me so much joy. I worked on it for a few days and put it to the side.

Then came around the 27th December 2022. I looked back on my planning for this world and thought perhaps I could turn it into an ask blog. At first, I was so nervous. I didn’t want to go through with it. My partner convinced me to make the blog. That’s when I began to draw the first post. And on December 29th 2022, I created the blog and made a reference post for Destino.

Soon, the first post was posted and I got asks. Exciting stuff! And it was so much fun deciding how Destino would respond. More asks kept coming and I eventually started sending asks to others. The most exciting part would have to be seeing people follow me who I was a huge fan of. Gonna be honest, I’m still so incredibly excited when talking to these people and when they like my stuff.

My love for this blog grew and I’ve spent a lot of my time working on it. I have loved each and every moment of it. It was fun having this smug, egotistical absol interacting with many characters who I am a huge fan of and entertaining to see their reactions. Destino was becoming a bit of a thing. Memes were made of Destino. Destino was insulting every legendary they could come across. For me, it was hilarious. And it seemed others were enjoying their antics too.

I am incredibly thankful each day with every interaction, every like, every follow, every reblog, etc. I’ve had. I’m grateful for this entire community. Every one of you has been so friendly and I love talking to you. This community has filled a void which I wasn’t sure would be filled. And I hope I can continue loving being in this community for a while. Destino is going to stick around for a while. I’ve got big plans for them and I hope to enjoy this journey with you all.

Thank you everyone. I hope I can continue to work with you all and have fun! Let’s get ready for another year of Destino.)