#i mean that may be in part because i have mostly been in rpcs during my time on tumblr

[dykenamight]

i find it hilarious that i've been on tumblr for around a decade and yet i still don't know how to operate in this hellspace

[aldiwali]

8. your favourite graphic and or gif created by yourself

aaa probably this one?? it’s one of the first ones i did but .. the base panel was so good & it just. i think it turned out nice!! also this one was really cute.. i haven’t done gifs past then because i don’t wanna deal with downloading eps & shit like that (i don’t have the patience.. adhd mood) & i feel guilty using others’ gifs as bases even when they say it’s ok but! i think it’s. she’s babey

10. what graphics / gif trends do you dislike most?

i don’t… i don’t really dislike any? um i’m not really “in the graphic community” in that i’ve never like. studied it & i’ve only recently made them & made friends like u who make them too (& ofc bc of that i pay more attention to fully appreciate everyone’s works but!!! aa)

um if there’s a trend... whitewashing SDKFFJ like it’s not so much a Trend as a byproduct of heavy psds? yeah. also i really like soft colors & lining so when it’s just. Harsh (this is mostly from my experience in the rpc) it’s ... yeah.

oh and flashing things?? especially on people’s themes / whatever where there’s not a warning?? i rly don’t have patience for that ;; and those edits where it’s like. it’s clear it’s not meant to be readable / consumed well & it just looks like a blur & u can’t tell what’s going on????

OH AND THE LIP THING. MY PET PEEVE. this hasn’t appeared in the op fandom (yet.. thank goodness) but in the bnha fandom adding a giant lip to characters they hc as black or even to be of color ..... like.. it looks ugly?? first of all bc it’s not done how it would Actually look & kinda just arbitrarily placed like “oh they have big lips look im inclusive :)” & it’s clear they’re just using stereotypes & not putting thought into it? (ex: giving east asians big lips too even though east asians tend to have thin lips????) and it’s just. Not Handled well. and the noses too they’re so often made to be. caricatures really. like when doing indian characters they’ll make it like a giant triangle or something and it’s .... it’s like they tried so hard to be inclusive that they looped around and just made it racist.

11. what graphics / gif trends do you like most?

coloring things sdkfdkfjdskfj it’s so pretty.... i esp love seeing people’s colors for characters that haven’t been given official colors yet, esp when i like them better than the original!! um & just.. everything saint does w their graphics are. SO good i’ve talked abt this before for like an hour in my gc but.. Holy shit

21. how much time do you spend on a single graphic / gif?

i don’t usually do gifs??? like i’ve done it one (1) time. um but with graphics.... it really depends. how complicated is it? is there background? how many charas? do i already have headcanons for what the chara looks like or am i figuring it out as i go along? mmm i’ve been trying to spend more time on my graphics recently so i can try to be more proud of them but? for a single character no background panel... 20 min? it really depends tho because most of mine i make during lectures in class,, meaning that i’m not 100% engaged with it or anything,, it’s more like i’m doodling but instead i’m. editing graphics.

32. the least notes a graphic / gif of yours has ever gotten that you feel deserves way more. (link it!)

agjdskfjdsf i don’t really like my graphics very much? i think i’ve said this before. like to find things for this ask (part of why it took so long) i went through my shit and found like.. 5 i liked. and so it’s not so much “i think i deserve more notes” as i “wish it would have been better before i posted it but also like. i’m done with it at this point..” the ones i do like tend to get noticed, even if it’s like a week after it’s posted? so i think the least is like .. 71 notes? & 72 notes. those 2 respectively fsdkfj. now if it was about my art… there’s a recent alyanette i posted on @/atvie but it’s not rly noticed but that’s ok!! fskdfj

there are some graphics that are low-effort but i wish had more notes just because i want to interact with the fandom but the fandom’s like. Really Small like with lookism & act-age & oresama teacher (like my most recent posts basically) so i don’t really expect much sdfjdkj

38. are you working on anything right now? if yes, show us a work in progress!

i’m not really? like i’ll start one & then i’ll be like. Fuck it. & just never look at it again because it gets buried in all of my other pages but. here’s one from last night?? that im probably never gonna finish also click maybe bc tumblr quality is .. Not Great... this one was wild cause i had my colors in mind & then once i was done with the clothing i just. switched them to the canon colors (mostly) by looking up the anime cap & while it may be more fitting to them i Don’t Like the Colors. also i gave robin a pantsuit. yes i know she was on the fire side of the island but she’s goth smh... u gotta have dedication

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[pasttorn]

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DO I FOLLOW THEM ? WHY ? -  absolutely ! ! ! i remember meeting chris while i was on my bleach multi ? we were talking about black clover & he shared his multi so i just, instantly followed bc the array of muses was just ! ! ! magnificent. i still follow them now for mostly the same reasons but w/ how much our muses list has changed since then ? there’s much more room for interaction than before ! DO WE WRITE / DO I WANT TO WRITE WITH THEM ? - yes ! ! yes ! ! i absolutely am & i absolutely do ! ! ! we have a couple threads & we send each other asks whenever we reblog memes so iT’S A SHAME I’VE BEEN SO BAD AT PLOTTING / CHATTING WITH HIM BECAUSE THERE’S SO ! ! MUCH POTENTIAL ! ! I WOULD BE YELLING AT YOUR DISCORD EVERY DAY BUT ! ! I SWEAR for the life of me i can’t come up w/ a good thread idea or plot for ryusui & ukyo even though i wanna write them out more ? like i thought about ryusui asking ukyo for advice on how to build the ship / what changes he thought would be a good idea, since he’d hold ukyo’s thoughts / words in a high regard but otherwise ? i haven’t been able to come up with much else whoops. given the chance i’d be very glad to start up more threads with him, or even just plotting stuff up from asks or headcanons is just perfect too ( because that might be more effective than just writing up a bunch of different threads, given how slow i am, whoops ) !  AN AU IDEA FOR OUR MUSES - i’ve said this before & i’ll say it again-- modern au for our kny muses would be so fun ! ! toshiro & akaza & hakuji being friends / graduates of the same year & hanging out even if they aren’t in the same class ? absolutely, i’d be down for that ! yui & sen would be in different years, but the idea of them hanging out in a modern verse is fun too. there’s also the pillar verse for akaza where he hangs out with toshiro ? at that point his life is such a mess that he’d absolutely need someone like toshiro around to stop him from just, Decomposing ( as difficult the process may be ). a modern au for ukyo & ryusui would be fun too-- like, in a world where the petrification never happened & they eventually met up somehow ( which i’m sure would happen / we could make happen ! it’s a very easy thing to do when ukyo has pretty good sonar / hearing skills & ryusui has enough money to take him anywhere he wants in the world in search for talet ) A SONG FOR OUR MUSES - i’m bad at songs so i’m using ones i know Best but just ! even if it hurts by sam tinnesz would be good for sen & yuichiro ? ignoring all the shippy like aspects it’s mostly the words " i'm not giving up / not gonna run / i'll be there when you need me / even if it hurts “ that sell me on it because ! ! the thought of sen spending time with yui & helping him through stuff & supporting him even when yui gets mean or strict with him is so soft ? it’s kind of sad since sen is used to dealing with someone who speaks down on him ( a blame that absolutely falls on shinjurou ) but he still wants to be friends with yui because he’s aware yui only means the best & can be nice / gentle in his own yui kind of way so just ! ! yeah that’s for them. as for ukyo & ryusui, i’d think everything good by ashes remain would be pretty good for them ! idk about ukyo’s perspective of things but ryusui really values his opinions ( along with senku’s & the rest but you get what i mean ! it’s slightly higher for ukyo since they’re more similar in age & in occupations though ). ryusui has a lot of confidence in himself & what he does, but he very much appreciates any input ukyo & the rest have on everything & anything he does-- though he usually doesn’t show it, even he has moments where he feels like he’s lost, so that’s why the words “ you are gravity /when I’m upside down / you help me find my way back to the ground / [ ... ] / you are my eyes / when I can’t see “ hit home so much for him ! DO I SHIP OUR MUSES ? - i’m ? a shipping trash, honestly. at this point we’ve been interacting with each other enough that  i’d be down to shipping romantically any of my muses with yours ( as long as they’re Good ships & not dumb ones like sen & an adult muse bc that’s Trash ) so ! ! that’s completely up to you if you wanna plot anything on that ! otherwise ? i’d die for the sibling-like friendship between toshiro & senjurou, as well assenjurou & yuichirou because they both ? support him so much ? we haven’t talked much about sen & yui yet but we’ve talked Enough to make me emotional about how yui tries to get him to speak up more & how sen kind of looks up to him as a role model ( as Weird a choice it may be for a role model iunsjdcx ) & ! ! ! toshiro reminds him so much of his kyou, sen would absolutely mess up at least once & call him aniue / elder brother by mistake-- & not just bc he reminds him of kyou but just, he’s That much of an older brother figure / part of his family for him. he’d 100 % instantly apologise & be mortified by how embarrassed he was of letting that slip though ngl WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE MUN ? - i care chris with my entire heart ! ! i’d be talking with you lots more if i wasn’t such an awkward bean because as you can probably tell i sound so Awkward & formal during out discord talks bc i still don’t quite know what to talk / chat about that’ll let us chat in a daily-ish basis ( i say daily-ish bc i can be slow & it’s fine to not talk every day lmao ) but ! ! ! it always brightens my day to see you on the dash & to see posts you make be them ooc or otherwise & to read your writing because you’re an absolute sweetheart what the fuck ! ! ! it shouldn’t be allowed. OVERALL OPINION - one of these days im gonna add kanzaki & you bet everything i’m going to try to get as many people into the beel//zebub rpc as i can.  but it should be pretty obvious by now that if you’re not following chris you’re largely missing out on so many things so ! ! ! go follow him right now it’s totally worth it ♡ BLOG RATE - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

[jardimdeglicinias]

i'm thinking of writing a touken ranbu character, but all i've seen is the anime. also what kind kf rpc is the fandom anyway because i'm really shy & anxious about entering since i've been in other fandoms that aren't quite so kind...

Okay, fast your safety belt, anon, because it got longer than I was expecting. I’ll answer it from the easiest to the hardest (it’s actually from shorter to longer), so grab a water a bottle and tune up Kaeru Basho in the highest volume you can!

The Fandom:

Tourabu is the most welcoming fandom that I had ever came across. Some months (more than one year, by now) ago I was very, very hesitant to dive into because I was invited by my awesome friend @odigcs even before I watched the Hanamaru anime. Of course I had a good experience and I’m still amazed (and ultra glad) how this fandom in the rpc is incredibly welcoming. To be honest: I never had a bad time in this fandom.

On “all I’ve seen is the anime”:

I highly recommend you to look up some anthologies (there’s plenty of them at mangarock) if you wanna see more of a specific character. On my own experience who started with the Hanamaru anime before actually playing the game, Hanamaru isn’t so welcoming to new fans since there’s almost no explanation about the setting or the character’s backgrounds (save Okitagumi and Odagumi).

(I’m assuming you only watched the Hanamaru anime due to being more popular)

The Katsugeki anime is a bit “newcomers-friendly” on the point of explaining the setting and I also enjoyed the characterization. However, is UFOTABLE, so be prepared to fast-pacing story.

There’s the musicals and stage plays which I hadn’t the opportunity to watch (yet) as many players out there, but people said that they are good to understand the characters more in dept. However, some songs are available and they are awesome.

Playing the game isn’t necessary, the official wiki serves so much as a translator that most people that never played the game are able to grasp the idea. (Myself included, playing the game just gave me a new meaning to the word “despair” when I almost broke my Taikogane) However, the game currently has much more characters than in the anime, so it’s a good idea to look on the wiki.

Personal Tips:

I myself have no confidence to rp a canon character (in any fandom) because of the varying headcanons and stuff, but I guess that the Tourabu fandom will welcome you with open arms!

I only have ocs, but this is also a valid tip to the ones who play was canon characters: make a research about the sword’s past and their former owners, it’s a huge addition! I had seen some canon players which did their research and their portrayals are uniquely beautiful! After all, Tourabu relies A LOT on history.

And if you are interested in making an oc which isn’t a Saniwa (since the saniwa is an human being, it’s easy-peasy-lemon-squezy to make one) I’m gonna say just one thing: You’ll probably need to jump from site to site do map a sword’s story. Of course, I like to go in depth, but a small research also works. The main problem is when the sword has more than one name (Hizamaru’s sword official name in expositions is Usu Midori) or there’s two swords with the same name (A wakizashi and a tachi, both called Junkei Samonji).

On the topic of blades which are missing, burnt or broken to the point of being irreparable, thrown at the ocean and melted, some canon characters are under this category. To name a few: Hotarumaru was (possibly) thrown at the ocean, Otegine became a block of melted iron, Horikawa Kunihiro is missing (probably is also in the bottom of the ocean) Yagen Toushirou disappeared during the Honnouji Event, probably burnt completely, Kashuu Kiyomitsu broke and was discarded. So it means that using swords which doesn’t exist anymore is completely fine.

A small thing that I wasn’t gonna mention, but I decided to:

And because I know that someone will ask me it someday: “Touken Ranbu has a exclusively male cast, why do you have female tsukumogami?” Well, I’m not the only one to have this kind of ocs (usually I see a lot of naginata girls because naginata were used mostly by women) but as you may have noticed: none of my girls are swords. (With the exception of Naomasa and Ibarakinaibou which has pointy parts that can pierce skin.) They are essentially blunt weapons (and with the exception of Ibarakinaibou, concealed weapons).

人妻な刀とかいないかなぁ～。　… はぁ、いないかぁI wonder if there are any swords that are married women~! … Huh, there aren’t?

The quote above is (Kiwame) Houchou Toushirou’s smiting line. I never thought too much about it before, but since it was mentioned: he said specifically “sword” (刀) but not “weapon” (武器) as whole… And, you guys who follow me for a while might have noticed that I work with the “why not?” question a lot.

I had heard about the kanabo that Ibarakinaibou is based on, since it was considerably a “legendary” one I thought: “that’s gonna be a GOOD thing to try”. However I didn’t added her before Naomasa and Rashinbansaihai because I had NO SOLID INFORMATION about this kanabo before I came across these two war fans. And I must confess, it was A PAIN to get a BIT of information.

I did this, and until now no one seemed to be think it’s a bad idea, also no one sees nothing wrong with sword girls. After all, Houchou specified “married women”. This last section is just a thing that I wanted to share.

I hope this was helpful for you!

I know you mentioned you are shy and anxious, but I’ll be happy to help you step by step! So if yo want call me on my IM, you are 100% free to do so!

[rainkilled]

What is going on with Rachel?? 

So you all may have noticed that I have been super unreliable lately. There are some reasons I want to share so you don’t all just think I’m flaky and the worst ever. First, and most importantly, Im the mom of a toddler so he takes up a lot of time. Also, Im pregnant, which mostly means that I’m tired. My husband works full time so Im with the little tyke all the time and pregnancy is exhausting and doing both is just a LOT. So I have been really tired. And it’s tough to write when I’m half asleep. 

On top of this, my depression and anxiety meds are not safe for pregnancy, especially in my first trimester. As I expect you can all imagine, thats just SUPER fun. So I am struggling with my depression and anxiety a lot. I find that sometimes roleplay and tumblr make that significantly worse. For example - I did starters for a starter call like...a week ago and only two people replied to their starters, so, while I KNOW its not the case, I get really sad andthink people hate me.  I check daily for replies and cry when they arent there. Thats not fair to ANYONE. None of you should be held to that, and I should not be THAT invested. It’s not healthy at all on my part. So I’m trying to keep that in control and sometimes that means not allowing myself to get on that day. I also feel like I lost a LOT of partners that I cared a lot about during my hiatus which happens, I know, but it’s all adding up and messing with my already bad mental status. Let me say again, I blame no one for any of this, my being off my meds is to blame and thats IT.

My first pregnancy was not good. Liam was born two months early. I was in the hospital two weeks before he was born, and he was in the hospital for a month after. We both had life threatening conditions. I have a 60% chance of having those complications in this pregnancy too, so the anxiety is overwhelming at times. On top of this, my husband is undergoing some fairly scary medical tests. His dad had cancer in his stomach at 35, and he is now having stomach symptoms. Could be as simple as lactose intolerance but because of his dads history theyre doing a lot of tests. 

Because my depression and anxiety issues have been so keyed up, I have been struggling to pull myself out of bed. Some days, I’ve laid in bed until two or three. While normally that’s not okay, its  REALLY not okay when im the sole caregiver for a one year old. If I am in bed until 1, it means that so is Liam. Which means he hasn’t eaten or had a diaper change. That’s not okay. So, knowing that, I have been going to my moms house and to my bffs house a LOT. If I have to leave the house, then I have to get up, etc etc. Im much more active, and a much better mom when I’m not home by myself. 

So that limits my tumblr time even more, since I am not here. 

Please note, I love you guys tremendously, and I am ALWAYS available to you on discord, both for chatting and writing. Or even just plotting and screaming.  I am so sorry that my mental health is so negatively affecting my place in the rpc right now. I hope those of you writing with me can hang in there and know that responses will come! Just know they might be spotty and I might poof here and there. 

All my love <3