#i hope i do not sound like a bore

[professorshy]

hihi shy!! 4, 18, & 30 for the question ask ❤️

Sexual Questions (still open)

noriiii hiiii, i am so sorry that i took this long to reply to you :(

4. First kink tried?

Hmm... I think dirty talk and praise kink would be the first. My primary love language is words of affirmation, so this fits in my case.

18. Rough or sensual sex?

First things first, sensual. I do love rough sex, I crave for it (especially since it's been a while iykwim) but, I prefer slow and intimate sex, especially because I find the act itself intimate. Depends on the mood though.

30. Do you like spontaneous sex, or do you need to be in the mood?

Oh I need to be in the mood for sure!!! That is where really good foreplay comes in! Spontaneous sex is a rarity, and that's when I am already in the mood xD

But for real, I love to get into the mood, so give me good conversations, a good way to get to know to you, and then the timing feels right <3

[egophiliac]

I love your take on Crowley!

I know that the early, non-Diasomnia stories aren't really your thing, but are you reading the novels at all?

I have been following some of the fan translations and the second book seems intense! Would love to hear what you think about them.

thank you! 💚💚💚 I'm not really sure why you think I don't like the earlier arcs though, I love pretty much all the characters and their storis! (I think 5 and 1 are my favorite of the past episodes, though 6 infected me with the Shroud brainrot something fierce.) I just...ESPECIALLY love diasomnia. :') but there is room in my heart for all of these dweebs! like, who among us is not just as ride-or-die for Adeuce as they are for us.

that said, I don't really follow the other adaptations like the manga (aside from a dip-in just to see the new Yuus) or the novels, though I keep meaning to check them out! I do like seeing the differences between the different forms of media, and how certain things get adapted one way or another! but alas, time/a lack of accessibility stands in our way more often than not. :( someday...someday I will have time to consume all of the media...

[hurtcomforted]

"why are there suddenly so many proshippers?" we were here first. and we will be here longer.

[lightbulb-warning]

so has anyone figured out WHY there is the Need To Share our Artworks™ or is it just the vibes and our Soul apparently

[thermodynamic-comedian]

in tmagp who are we betting on having the first "ceaseless watcher, turn your gaze upon this wretched thing" moment. who do we think is gonna be the first to yell some ominous eldritch horror shit

[solargeist]

despite my previous post, I don’t know how to handle when people talk abt things I don’t know or understand bc I focus too hard on my own reactions so I don’t accidentally offend them bc there’s only so many times you can say “oh really?” before you sound sarcastic ‼️💥

[applejongho]

dunno how to articulate my thoughts without sounding mean but i'll try my best; it's so exciting when jh tries a new color and it's also exciting when he also seems to be enjoying it, but i think a problem in fandom culture in general is that need to have ownership over your [thing you like], in this case, jh, a real person. like you can be sad that jh is losing or toning down his purple hair because it was a good color and he looks good, but also at the end of the day it's his hair on his head and what he wants to do w his hair is his business only.

i say this because jh said in the latest radio station that he is going to tone down his purple hair in a few days, not because he doesnt like the color, but because his hair grows outward, a common thing that happens with your hair when you are of asian or hispanic descent. he needs down perms to literally "put down" the hair instead of it sticking straight out of his head. and down perms can fuck with the color if it's dyed.

so with this in mind, jh keeps his hair "boring" and black because he would rather his hair not be sticking straight out of his head and he doesnt want to sacrifice more time at the salon for color correction when it can just be his natural color. and thats really valid of him, just as it's valid of any other member or kpop idol to constantly dye their hair. it's his choice just like theirs and fans should respect his choice more.

[isfjmel-phleg]

July 2024 Books

Magic Most Deadly by E. L. Bates (reread, sort of)

It's been a while since I read the original version, so I couldn't minutely compare the two while reading the revision, but I did find this version more succinct and better-flowing. An enjoyable start to the series.

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

I think this is one of those books that I'm going to have read a second time to really get it? Very beautifully written, a lot more going on than my exhausted brain was ready to handle (not the book's fault, but mine).

Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne O'Brien Carelli

I did not choose this book. Quite a while ago, I had ordered several used books from an online vendor, and this one came instead of one I had selected. They couldn't or wouldn't send what I had originally ordered when I reported the problem, so I was stuck with this one. Perhaps for the better, since I ended up ILLing the book I had tried to order and ended up hating it. This book wasn't...bad, but the two storylines didn't work well together for me--their tones were very different. The WWII plot was a bit underdeveloped. There were some oddities, such as the treatment of some characters' not having a passport as a sign of their being practically agoraphobic/unhealthily opposed to travel. (Quite a few people in the present-day US don't have passports, for a variety of reasons that usually have nothing to do with abnormal psychology--and often have a lot to do with class and finances--so I don't know what reality this narrative is living in.)

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (reread)

A July craving. Always a pleasure to revisit.

The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson

I wanted to enjoy this one more than I did, but I struggled to warm up to the protagonist, and some developments of the climax pushed the bounds of suspension of disbelief too much for me (our heroine is suddenly able to do something she has been afraid of, something that requires physical skill and wouldn't just become possible to one the moment she stops being afraid, and after almost an entire book of only incidental religious references, her faith suddenly becomes very important to her--this could have been set up better from the beginning).

Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones

I liked this one, it had some fantastic twists as Jones stories do, but for whatever reason it took me approximately 80000 years to finish it (and it's not even that long, under 400 pages) and the slow pace meant I kept getting lost, which is not the book's fault but mine. This will need to be a reread at some point.

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

I enjoyed the social satire of the beginning of this book, but the ultimate plot didn't do much for me, and I was baffled by the antagonists. We never really got to understand who they were or what they wanted; they just showed up, were the bad guys for some reason, our people killed a bunch of them, and we were supposed to be thrilled about that. Yes, this is a children's fantasy, and I'm not asking for complex villains, but I'd at least like to know what these people did that was so villainous besides get in our heroes' way.

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Beautiful writing, beautiful characterization, sometimes over-simplistic in its themes. (War is a complex topic to develop, especially in a children's book, and oftentimes this narrative does that well, but I'd like a little more nuance than implying that anyone who voluntarily enlists in the military does so because they crave violence.)

Comics

Various issues of Damage (reread)

I have a lot of Grant thoughts sitting in drafts that I haven't had the energy to unleash on the world yet.

Impulse #50-53, 62-67 (Thad Thawne's original appearances, including the Mercury Falling arc) (reread)

Another July craving. Lots of thoughts on this one waiting in drafts too. If I ever have energy again, it's all over for you guys.

The Flash 1987 #74-79 (Return of Barry Allen arc) (reread)

Reread because I wanted to compare it to Mercury Falling (both are stories about a Thawne impersonating an Allen for motives rooted in envy while the hero has a personal crisis about believing that he doesn't meet expectations). Full observations at some point in the future. This arc is one of writer Mark Waid's best, his answer to hidebound fans who complained that the current Flash wasn't as good as his predecessor. The character development is significant and transitions Wally into a stage where he is no longer viewing himself as only Barry's legacy but a hero in his own right.

This arc is also notable for introducing Max Mercury, Waid's reboot of an obscure and underdeveloped Golden Age speedster. He gets dragged out of retirement, drops some insight bombs on Wally, helps save the day, and slinks back into the shadows--very on-brand. Until the next time, when he's dragged back out to raise a kid that no one else knows what to do with...but that's another story.

[oh-meow-swirls]

it's kind of weird to me that they didn't bother releasing sushi and tempura internationally at all but at the same time i'm kinda glad they didn't cuz like. yo-kai watch was financially failing in the west by the time 3 released. i feel like if they had released sushi and tempura the franchise would've completely tanked before we got sukiyaki which would've sucked. honestly if anything i feel like it's more surprising that we got all three versions of 2 instead of them just releasing psychic specters but tbf i think yo-kai watch was doing well in the west when 2 released. 2 is just inexplicably what killed the franchise despite being a masterpiece-

[toastsnaffler]

sometimes I wish I was a more interesting + charismatic person just so I could keep conversations going bc I like sharing space with other ppl but they routinely lose all interest and leave once I run out of things to say/start talking abt things that don't concern them :-(

[grodyego]

ok i just listened to chappell roan for the first time to see what all the hype was about. and no offense to her at all or anybody who likes her music. but. people are claiming that she's "the first lesbian to actually make good music" over that ? that's what got people dressing up as her and forgetting how to act in public ? well ok

[luna7822]

reminder that if u side with loserface f^^^ o^^^^ for the sake of being an asshole then i hope u lose and burn in hell since shiver and big man folks have my full support and are better than u anyways lmaooooooooooo

i hope u all suffer next week and get what u rightfully deserve since u ppl hate octolings/octoling idols for no reason anyways as if the world wouldve been sm better if order actually did smth useful for once and won but whatever u ppl still suck ass regardless and be warned that i will get my revenge sooner or later whether u wannabe pearl 2.0 devoted s^^^s of nothingness and all that is fake and boring like it or not since shiver and big man have more personality than loserface wannabe pearl 2.0 anyways lmaooooooo

:33333333333333

no offense to any1 who joins theme parks for the sake of actually LIKING theme parks but atp ive bout fucking had it with these losers who got mad over a results screen from a CERTAIN splatfest in november of last year that they fail to understand beyond pointless stacks that dont matter and that the loser they worship for no reason is LITERALLY just pearl 2.0 in every way possible in nothing else which is why i feel like we need a proper octoling idol winner to those who wish to avenge team orders unneccessary loss or better yet an underrated aroace manta ray winner to which ppl need to understand that we need some ACTUAL change atp instead of relying on that dumb bitch inkling loserface 247 since being an inkling is overrated as one wpuld say if u catch my meaning and thay those ppl have treated octolings like shit for FAR TOO FUCKING LONG anyways and not to mention ive SRSLY bout fucking had it with these sore ass losers who shouldve quit playing a long time ago and moved on already if not for them somehow still existing and overall the main reason why splatoon player society is pretty much corrupt in every way possible which is why i feel like marina deserves better from others even if pearl won, shiver deserves better from all of the stupid hate she gets 247, and so to does big man who deserves better since hes not 100% useless and deserves to win no matter what and ESPECIALLY finalfest too since it makes the most sense and overall i feel like it was those on team chaos fault for picking the thing that will ruin and corrupt themselves with literal egotism in the first fucking place

anyway short end of the matter is that shiver/big man folks REALLY NEED to continue dethroning that annoying overrated loserface dumbfuck bitch from her fakeass throne anyways and for ALL of the right reasons since those ppl believe it or not (including myself as some1 whose magnum opus was the music splatfest from months ago and frostyfest as well) have more common sense than dumbass loser f^^^ s^^^s that can burn in hell for all i fucking care anyways and idgaf if u even disagree with my better opinion than urs anyways since ur all nothing but useless fucking losers who should just touch some flowers already and move tf on for once instead of being the most sad, useless, and overall pathetic """"players""""" u idiots could ever be in ur sad and pathetic boring ass life anyways :333333

[watercolor-hearts]

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[occasionaltouhou]

updated refs for a character you guys have seen before (rumia but a big deal) and one i’ve drawn before but haven’t posted here (miss iwanagahime)

one of my goals for this year is to update some of my old ocs -- though technically speaking both of these are canon characters in one way or another -- and so, y’know, i thought i’d make a strong start

summaries under cut. if you want

Shinguro Ryumiya (新黒 竜宮)

Capable of manipulating darkness

Ryumiya was born from, well, the joke of Rumia. The idea that a youkai of darkness was meant to be intimidating, but ended up being just a weakling. But, you know, darkness used to be a lot scarier than it is now -- if anything, with all the electric light pollution, perhaps we don’t have enough darkness.

So that got me thinking; what if Rumia wasn’t always a weakling? What if she used to be really strong? What if -- and bear with me -- she used to be one of those really strong youkai who helped build the Barrier, but she did it too late, and ended up reduced to little more than a feral beast?

More than that, what if, by storing a little bit of her power in that charm in her hair, just enough to keep a bit of what she used to be around, and with a little bit of scheming, she could get it all back?

Then I turned those ideas into a very rough draft for a fangame with her as the final boss, got through about a route and a half, and got distracted. That’s the same game as those two fish I reblogged ages back without context, actually.

But she’s here now! The concept of Ryumiya is that she tied her idea of darkness to more unknown, abyssal darknesses, like deep space and the ocean floor and even stuff like eldritch gods and the like in order to make herself into something that humans still don’t understand and thus fear.

She’s much more powerful than she was even for a long time before raising the Barrier; in addition to her traditional powers of darkness manipulation, she gained the ability to create youkai from the ocean depths (there could be anything down there, after all) and she gained the ability to create pseudo-black holes from deep space (not that she can control them once she creates them, though, so they usually pop pretty quickly). Of course, having spent a full century as a weakling, she’s still kind of a loser, but that’s her charm point.

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Iwanaga Yatsugi (岩長 弥継)

Capable of manipulating volcanic activity

Yatsugi comes from... I think specifically it was talking about a character belonging to someone in the occasional discord who was tied to Youkai Mountain that made me think about its other resident kami, but truthfully I’d been thinking about her since I first read that one chapter of CiLR. After that, it was really just a matter of, well, making my own claim of the identity of the Hakurei Kami.

Because like, despite only being mentioned twice, Iwanagahime is kind of important to Gensokyo, right? She’s the kami of eternity, so she’s who Akyuu prays to; and she’s the kami of Yatsugatake -- that is, Youkai Mountain -- so presumably she was involved in the negotiations surrounding Gensokyo’s location.

Probably? I mean, I don’t think ZUN really thinks about this bit of lore so much, but at the same time I wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped something in the next chapter of CoLA that totally contradicts this idea. But that’s why she looks like Reimu.

Until then, though: Iwanaga Yatsugi. Not a Sage (she’d honestly be amused to be regarded as such), but rather the foremost representative and the greatest beneficiary of the establishment of Gensokyo. Honestly, I feel like she’s probably not a hugely active character, unlikely to cause or resolve an incident, but probably shows up to parties a lot. Mostly acts like a retired old person who doesn’t have to work and spends all their time doing a relaxing hobby (in her case, using heat and pressure to create precious gems).

I drew her with Reimu as a point of comparison, but obviously canon says Reimu doesn’t know who the Hakurei Kami is -- but then again, Reimu’s never been the most observant...

Unlike Ryumiya, I never really had plans for Yatsugi beyond making her, but she exists now. They both exist. I might put them in a piece of writing at some point (sooner if anyone requests. wink wink) but until then. Please enjoy responsibly

[golvio]

Like, at this point I just wanna know if TotK is going to be a post-WW Twilight Princess-level bummer for me with regards to Ganondorf’s level of characterization. That’s it. I’m not watching the intro footage because there’s literally no point to spoiling the very beginning of the game for myself when it’s gonna be in my hands two weekends from now. I just wanna know if I should brace myself for disappointment or not the way I did when I found out there wasn’t going to be any Ganondorf in BotW and adjust my expectations accordingly.

[torchickentacos]

I have this thing where I send or post part of a fic or reach out to someone or whatever and then I pretend my phone doesn’t exist for an hour