#i used two colors and it actually looks pretty dope

[tizzypizza]

Top 7 idol list?

I was saving this so I could draw it at some point but oh my god I am SWAMPED and can't see myself with time to do it so top list umm.

1- Shiver. I think this is self-explanatory. I love Asian women so much (I'm Asian before anyone starts raising any eyebrows) and her personality is so funny. She's incredibly theatrical and dramatic and has this big persona that she puts on that falls apart SO quickly when it comes to her friends but otherwise she is fierce!! A force to be reckoned with!! But also a sopping wet little guy.

2- Marina. I love women in STEM I LOVE women in STEM so much. My two immediate draws are like... Traditional-looking Asian woman and Smart Woman so. Marina is such a fascinating character and it's always a shame to see her so heavily uwu-ified, she's super smart and she has a lot going on besides just her attachment to Pearl!! But TBH her attachment to Pearl is part of what endeared her to me. Girl who has experienced The Horrors and is kind of a living supercomputer becomes sappy mush when Girlfriend Flashbang. She was also the one who lowkey got me into Splatoon simply by being the prettiest Nintendo character I'd ever seen as a kid.

3- Pearl. I hesitate to put Pearl above Frye because really they're super tight in my head but the only thing that knocks her up a peg is that her dialogue is a lot more fun for me to write in English (Frye talks really interestingly too! She genuinely speaks like an old man in the Japanese but that's just not reflected in the English). I love her so much because at so many moments where she could choose to be snarky or witty with Marina or anyone else, she always chooses kindness and she's always so supportive in her own spunky little way. She's so genuine and fun and silly and self assured and confident and she's so COOL. I hate drawing her hair though. I actually used to kinda hate Pearl as a kid because I fell for the forehead propaganda but I know better now.

4- Frye. LIKE I SAID in my head Frye and Pearl are tied. I love Frye she's such a sweetheart and she has such a fun fierceness about her. She cares deeply for her friends and she keeps her cool the best out of all of her friends in Deep Cut and she DANCES!! Her character design is one of the most interesting designs I've had the pleasure of drawing a shit ton of times and despite being team Shiver nearly every time I get really sad whenever she doesn't win Splatfests :( She deserves it (and tbh I think she deserved to be the leader of Deep Cut but don't @ me on that)

5- Marie. I wish I had more opinions on Marie but given that my earliest hands-on exposure to Splatoon was Sp2 when my friend used to let me walk around as her Octoling and play a little bit of Salmon Run (lost outpost my beloved wherefore art thou) and I've never played Sp1 or 2's campaign I can't really say anything about her other than I think she's really pretty. I think she's often characterized as the more flippant and low-energy one which is a cool thing to see in an idol (who are typically meant to be all smiles) but she's also really silly! She cracks a lot of jokes in the Sp3 campaign!! She's also just really cool and really pretty and white is one of my favorite colors

6- Big Man. LISTEN!!!! I LOVE HIM I REALLY DO BUT Frye-Pearl are soooo close together in my head and I feel only a little less strongly about him than Pearl but I really really love him. He's a blast to draw and honestly he's a lot more fun in the Japanese since Frye and Shiver have extremely thick accents and he's the only one who talks like Just Some Guy. He helps reign them in but he can rarely control them. He's such a lovable little dude.

7- Callie. Love the girl but I've never once resonated with her. I don't do well in the way of happy-go-lucky fun types but I don't hate her! I think she's got a lot of room to be interesting. My friend characterizes her with some flaws relating to like. Octarian prejudice which I think is pretty dope. And I'm not a huge pink fan... But I WILL say she is one of the most fun to draw.

[19calicos]

can you show what everyone's skateboards look like?? please im begging 🙏🏼

anon YES! A MILLION TIMES YES OMG OMG I DONT KNOW WHY I DIDNT DO THIS YET LMFAO

this will include the skater cat fan club gc & kuroo!

when someone in the gc fucks up their board, they'll buy a plain deck from ace and hand it over to yn so they can practice and go ham with the board. it always turns out super cool, and yn not only paints something dope af on the deck but they'll also customize the grip tape as well, usually by painting on it. they’re not opposed to grip tape cut outs but its tedious work to them

more below! tap on pics to expand bc im lazy as hell. these will cover current boards (let's just say they're all the standard popsicle shape), so there are some nods to small details that i've already written so far. ignore decks that dont look painted lmfao dont think abt any details too hard ok

also none of these images are mine! all of them were gathered from pinterest.

yn's current board! the nose of their old deck got badly chipped after it hit kuroo's head and flew into the corner of some wall, and it wasn't worth it to try fixing it so they bought a basic black deck, yanked the aux cord from suna, and went ham with the board. they were really nervous about if they were going to fuck up the thermal hands or not, but obv it turned out fine. suna wrote the "overthinking will fucking kill you" text on the nose of the new board and ended up totally shredding the posca marker he used for it

suna's board is pretty old in comparison to everyone else's – he snaps the least amount of decks (but to be fair, everyone can only afford cheap ones at this time). red is his favorite color so yn has made sure to incorporate it into all his decks that they get their hands on. they also wrote his name on the grip tape (ignore how it doesnt actually say suna) for funsies since they wanted to practice a new font

wanted a domo board SO bad after he and samu went home for a weekend and helped their dad clean out the garage. he found his and samu's old domo hats and could not stop thinking about a domo board. his board at the time was fine and everything too but once he was back in tokyo he bought a pink board (the brown one looked too much like shit bc he stared at it too hard) and presented the idea to yn ...... obv they said yes. they threw in the poser text on his grip tape for funsies lolol they wanted to try out the thrasher fire font

no grip tape paint for samu bc yn was practicing the spider web grip tape cut out on his board. usually yn paints on grip tape but mattsun was commissioning yn at the time and sent them a vid of some guy doing web grip tape on a board. yn figured it was easy enough but they still wanted to use samu's new deck as a guinea pig. he was fine with it and to make up for possibly messing it up, yn brainstormed something extra cool to paint on his deck. samu is considering displaying this one since this one is extra cool

noya snapped his last deck clean in half from skating on rails lmfao. he and yn watched spirited away the night it happened so that's where the no face on the nose comes from. he goes through the most decks out of everyone bc he's always attempting some crazy ass rail trick. coincidentally he works the most shifts at ace since he's gotta pay for these decks somehow

kuroo has accumulated two boards so far: his first one that yn picked out at ace (shown above) and the one that yn made for him at community day. he's not planning on skating with the second one for preservation reasons. after finding out that yn designs decks though, he asked if they could customize his somehow, so they doodled gir (in disguise) from invader zim, one of kuroo's favorite tv shows as a kid.

bonus!

ukai doesn't skate as often anymore, but sometimes, if he's at ace, he'll join a sesh right after ace closes for the day. yn designed this board for his birthday last year, and he usually keeps it on display in the shop since it's one of yn's best works. it was definitely a process for them to make and took a lot of experimentation, but it paid off and is one of their best performing decks on their socials

[thewokerstrikesback]

CARE BEAR FANART!!!!!1!(NO CLICKBAIT)

⁉️❗️‼️

This is my very first post. I did care bears because, why not? I combined elements from the 80s specials, Adventures In Care-a-lot from the 2000s, and Unlock The Magic, which recently ended, I think.

Cheer Bear(the pink one with the rainbow🩷🌈) has her bangs from the 80s and the rainbow bow. Yet, I kinda unashamedly took her belly badge from the Hub series(the one with the terrifyingly CGI humans). Let's all be real for a second. Those curls were locks. I enjoyed doing the colored for her, 2023 was just a dope teer for pink with the Barbie movie and with G3 Draculaura having most of my favorite designs in Monster High.

I don't know why but Share Bear(the purple one with the 'fro💜🍡) has always given "if that charge were human, they'd be black" energy so I gave her an afro puff. I also changed her belly badge from lollipops to cake pops because of the fact that Share would often also be a baker in most iterations. It's also a slight nod to when she has a milkshake with two straws.

Wish Bear(the cyan one with stars🩵🌠) is my favorite bear next to non-binary icon Funshine Bear simply because in every iteration(excluding the Hub version), she's given an interesting character. Maybe I'm just biased because cyan is my favorite color. Wish's two stars under the shooting one are a reference to the two sunflowers they were in her original design. And, I gave her star cheeks, but I might change it back to diamonds.

One thing I noticed about the 2020s era and 2000s Era is that the 2000s have the bears actually look like they have fur while the 2010s design was going a lot more for simpler shapes end lines, using black lines which is what I mostly do anyways. The 2000s Era also did the Rise TMNT thing, where they designed the characters with unique little features. I think facial expressions were also important with that being another win for the 2020s version, seeing as that version does a pretty great job of getting across the unique personalities of each bear. Kind of what I did here with Cheer being a preppy little ankle biter, Share judging your sins, and Wish trying to keep it together.

Hope you enjoy💕💕💕

[jurakan]

can I have a fun fact in youtube deep dive format?

I, uh... don't know how to do that, friendo, because this is a Wendy's a blog not a video hosting site, but! I will try to give you something interesting. Today You Learned about the tygers of colonial Carolina!

[Alright, full disclosure: this is half a conspiracy theory of mine. I went down this rabbit hole after reading Wild New World by Dan Flores.]

In 1709, John Lawson published a book titled 'A New Voyage to Carolina' which is a detailed description of the people, flora, and fauna he found while exploring the Carolinas (I think mostly South Carolina? They weren't divided then, I think).

One thing he notes that I found interesting?

Tygers.

???

[whatcha talking about Johnny, we ain't got tygers here]

Listen to this from page 31:

As we were on our Road this Morning, our Indian shot at a Tyger, that cross'd the Way, he being a great Distance from us. I believe he did him no Harm, because he sat on his Breech afterwards, and look'd upon us.

Uh, okay... um... then on 119 we get this, when he's describing the different animals you can find in the area:

Tygers are never met withal in the Settlement; but are more to the Westward, and are not numerous on this Side the Chain of Mountains. I once saw one, that was larger than a Panther, and seem'd to be a very bold Creature. The Indians that hunt in those Quarters, say, they are seldom met withal. It seems to differ from the Tyger of Asia and Africa.

Alright, what makes this odd (other than that we don't have wild tigers in the Carolinas, if you don't count tailgating Clemson fans) is that the automatic guess you'd make is that he's talking about mountain lions/pumas. They don't live here now, but they did back before colonization. Except he specifically lists what we'd think of as mountain lions as 'panthers', and makes it clear that this animal, this 'tyger' isn't that.

So what are our possibilities here?

ONE: He saw an actual tiger.

...very unlikely. You'd think we'd know about this sort of thing, wouldn't you? If there were tigers in the Americas? Nah, let's dismiss this.

TWO: He made it up.

Well, look, Lawson did actually found towns in the Carolinas, so he has a vested interest in making people go there to live. If he tells you they've got cool animals to see/hunt, like tigers, well, that would definitely attract some colonists, wouldn't it? And they'd expand westward, as he points out that they're supposedly more common on the other side of the mountains (the Appalachians, presumably), and he'd get credit for that.

THREE: He's talking about a different big cat.

He does also mention the 'tygers' of Africa, except Africa doesn't have tigers, either. Either he's confused about that, or for him, 'tyger' just means 'big, colorful wild cat'. I remember that in telling Anansi stories, one author has his characters claim that 'Tyger' back in the day just meant 'big cat', and he uses 'Tiger' as the name of 'Osebo' (which I've seen other authors depict as a leopard). And while North America doesn't have tigers, it does have another really big, roaring cat...

Yes, the US does indeed have jaguars in the Southwest, though they are very rare there, as opposed to further south (and this Border Wall business is not helping conservation efforts). Historically, before they were hunted out by settlers, they did live in Texas and as far north as Colorado, and as far east as Louisiana. Heck, until the 60's it was still legal to shoot them in Arizona. Was it possible that Lawson's 'tyger' was a jaguar? He does say his indigenous correspondents told him that they were usually found west of the mountains, and rarely that far east--and the jaguar's historical range was west of the Appalachian, though pretty far from the Carolinas. And I admit that I have trouble imagining a jaguar wandering the wilds of the Carolinas (though that would be dope).

I don't know. I have no way of knowing. But Dan Flores is pretty insistent that jaguars used to be all over the place, and so he seems to subscribe to the theory that Lawson's 'tyger' was a jaguar that wandered into the Carolinas.

Hm.

A strange zoological mystery, to be sure.

In case you were wondering what happened to John Lawson, by the by, he was captured by the native Tuscarora in 1711 while exploring and tortured to death, shortly before the beginning of the Tuscarora War.

So now you know. I hope this was the 'deep dive' you were looking for.

[magpigment]

MAJOR, MAJOR SPOILERS FOR GENLOSS EPISODE: THE CHOICE

hello! these are my reactions and thoughts as i watched the third, and final, part of generation loss! not really an analysis, tho it does have some of my theories that were developed as i was watching. enjoy i suppose, lol

ok this is dope opening footage

who the hell is the mask person just walking around??? why are they in a mall??? hello???

does mask persons mask have the showfall symbol on it because i genuinely can’t tell lmao

ENHANCE 

ok well it’s still just as blurry as before because like. obviously. but i’m almost positive their mask DOES have the showfall symbol on it. cool 😎 

why are there so many mask people actually 

are they like. guards?? is this fnaf: security breach??? thas crazy lmao

why was that one wearing a fedora 😂 

also this dynamic camera shot is low key making me motion sick lmao, even if it is super cool

that’s a super helpful directory right there yep! 

ah yes, the smoke gala, my favorite 

why did that one showfall symbol on the glass look like it was painted in blood or something and how did they get it so neat. did they paint it on w a stencil using blood instead of paint. i need answers

oop hello ranboo

ok finally ranboo took off the bundle of like wires or paper clips or whatever that was dangling from their neck, i was wondering what that was lol

ohhhh ranboo trying to talk to the person filming is super cool

who the hell is talking to them rn lmao

hello hacker guy

his name is HEDGE?? did i mishear that

ok so i was right! when the mask is glowing red it means he’s being controlled 

also i didn’t even know ranboo here was able to take off their mask. i thought it was like. attached to them or something. 

ok i’m genuinely like on the edge of my seat lol

oooof ranboo is finally realizing that the people who died are like actually dead! yikes lmao 

those are some pretty good effects for the blood tho like that looked pretty real all things considered. or like it’s the right color more or less

aaaaaand there’s the grappling with morals and survivors guilt and trying to reconcile being under someone else’s control while simultaneously realizing that the things you did while under said control was at least somewhat responsible for like, what, four? at least? people’s deaths! 

….i feel like hedge or whatever he’s called is like for sure lying. i mean i know at least some of the people are in some capacity still alive but ALSO. i feel like he’s lying to ranboo to keep him from just leaving lmao. also i feel like that exit door prolly wouldn’t have worked anyway so whatever 

this is such a cool setting btw, the amount of work that must’ve gone into this is insane. and also the soundtrack is phenomenal

i’m like super sus on this hacker guy lmao 

UHHH YEAH I AGREE WHAT IS THAT??? 

‘it’s locked up, it’s secure, don’t worry about it ^^’ homeslice that thing is behind the least secure covering i’ve seen in my life. that thing looked flimsy as hell 

i feel like this hacker might not know what he’s doing 

i did not catch any of what that hacker said he needed, in one ear and out the other 

‘..are these people, or machines, or-‘ uhhh i think the answer to that is YES. 

i feel like i’m about to get jumpscared lmao

i feel like these guys won’t be ‘pretty much harmless’ in a bit tee hee 

ranboo sure is going through it huh

‘how long have i been here’ i’m not sure you’ve ever left, buddy. 

also, showfall SET UP MISSING POSTERS for ranboo on the OFF CHANCE HE ESCAPED??? BRUH. absolutely bizarre behavior 

the fucking whiteboard in the corner with basically the plot of the series so far 😂 

‘DAY 2 PLAN!! 

-puzzle 

-electric chair

-audience will chose

two plus two equals five 

-black light closet

decoy “planned case of death” ‘ 

along w a couple doodles and some other stuff i couldn’t quite make out so that’s cool lol

ranboo is ahac- assigned hero at construction

i’m like convinced gl!ranboo is not like a full flesh and blood human being, homeslice is a lab baby for sure 

oh there’s a day one plan whiteboard too but it wasn’t completely shown 

imagine being payed to sit in a room completely still for however long lmao

did one of the people standing in the window leave?? 😂 

oh that’s such a cool way to incorporate the viewer interaction or whatever again, with the hacker intentionally seeking them out for their input and ranboo being completely against it because ‘they might try to kill me’. i’m not gonna say it’s foreshadowing, BUT- it’s like for sure foreshadowing not a doubt about it lmao

lmao ranboo this is why you always listen to chat, they’re always right without fail /j 

but honestly the audience hasn’t steered him wrong so far for the most part, at least for like the puzzles and stuff 

oop bye hacker

oh he’s called hetch (?)

oop the people are moving around now that’s ominous 

oh god the security 

welp :D

that’s not good ^^

I CAN HEAR CHARLIE JN THE BACKGROUND MY BOY WHERE ARE YOU

i admire those people’s ability to just completely not break character to this tall person running up to them and desperately trying to get their attention lmao

the headphones probably help lol

ok what the actual hell is charlie literallt even saying right now 😂 

the amount of times i’ve said that should be concerning but honestly i’m just resigned to it at this point. that’s my streamer 💔 

sup my dude lmao

LMAO RANBOO JUST BREAKING CHARLIES CAMERA 😂

charlie sounds so fucking confused and sad nooo

ok genuinely i do not understand how the puzzler died AT ALL. literally what even happened there 

i can’t get over how much taller ranboo is than charlie, charlie looks itty bitty but he could also just straight up deck me so i’m getting mixed signals here XD

charlie is such a good actor i’m losing my mind 

that is a very big mall lmao

i like just noticed that piercing alarm noise ouch my ears 

SUBA hell yeah

ah yes, jake’s, my favorite store 

i’m surprised they actually found a functioning directory 

oop. that’s a corpse 

OOP THATS A SPOOKSTER YIKES RUN RUN RUN RUN LMAO

i should not be watching this at like 2am lmao

du du du du minecraft minehunt that’s crazy

CHARLIE PARKOUR AWAY I BELIEVE IN YOU XD

charlie has an axe what will he do

ranboo with a knife what will they do

(im pretty sure i know what they’ll do with that knife 😅)

charlie has died a lot yeah lmao

charlie w a frying pan what will he do XD

yeahhhhh i had a feeling they wouldn’t just be able to leave lol

that cameraman got moves tho lmao, mad respect 

oof running up stairs, ouch

‘OH WHY DIDNT GOD GIVE ME LONGER LEGS’ mood, charlie, mood

yeah i’m sure they’ll be able to emotionally process this later lmao

oop hacker is dead

oop never mind yikes 

…yeah it’s just a flesh wound i’m sure he’ll be fine 😅 

that dye is not gonna wash out of that guys hand easily yikes. fake blood can be a bitch to get out of things lmao

ALSO I WAS RIGHT, ranboo and charlie and all the others aren’t actual humans technically!

diversity win! you and your friends are artificially created humanoids designed to play a role in horrific death games for the mundane entertainment of a faceless audience! 

ok so the hacker is called hetch? cool

i’m also like mostly certain that the hacker is grizzly im pretty sure. maybe. i’m not great w voices i’ll be honest lol

oop. ranboos just committed a murder lmao

baby’s first kill in cold blood, i’m so proud 🥰 /j 

charlie looks awfully blasé about the stabbing that occurred right in front of him 

THE LOOK HE GAVE RANBOO XD

why’d ranboo ditch the knife bro they might need that later :(

goddd the soundtrack is literally so good tho 

OH THATS WHY RANBOO SAID THAT THERE WAS A WEIRD PAINTINF, I WAS RIGHT, IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO SEEING ‘the fourth wall’, THATS SO COOL 

oop bye bye charlie 😭

i feel like homeboys about to get eviscerated and like actually disemboweled this time 

omegalul 😂 

RANBOO GET THE BUTTON GET THE BUTTON GEY THE BUTTON

HELL YEAH

NEVERMIND

THIS PROBABLT ISNT GOOD 😅 

uhhhh sup buddies tee hee 

oh they’ve stopped moving that’s good

conveniently placed button

i mean not convenient enough i guess cuz like charlie is currently bleeding out or something but THATS BESIDES RHE POINT

i’ve almost managed to convince myself this has like a somewhat happy ending

aaaaaand never mind

the way my stomach genuinely fucking DROPPED when i saw that guy appear in the doorway immediately after ranboo bowed jesus christ my heart

i reiterate i absolutely should NOT be watching this at 2am yet my hubris knows no bounds 

and also now my cat is meowing at my door bruhhh stop ruining the ending of this for me, max /j 

the immeasurable dread in my gut right now, yall 😅 

bye bye ranboo 👋 

BOXED LIKE A FISH RANBOOS BOXED LIKE A FIS- *gets shot*

i fucking KNEW hetch was a goddamn bootlicker!! 

fuck you hetch!!! 

oh oof what happened to their mask :( 

i knew this goddamn audience interactive element was gonna bite me in the ass jesus christ

ranboo is fucking stellar at acting which is why i can safely say i am in absolute goddamn shock! 

oh homeslice is just straight up crucified wow

i wonder if there was any alternate ending or if the vote was precast to always end the way it did. because i know how this ends, and it is not a happy ending. i don’t think there was ever any way it COULDVE been a happy ending. this was always a tragedy, and the hero is always doomed by the narrative 

oh just the abrupt and complete SILENCE upon the box closing, before it slowly zooms out and the theme fades in and swells as the blood drips down from the box??? holy shit that’s so fucking cool

the way this entire thing was directed and performed is a goddamn masterpiece, this was phenomenal and an absolute blast all the way through!!! i’m so so so glad i watched this and i so so so wish i had watched it earlier 

i’m in shock y’all that was so cool

this is definitely going on my list of all time favorite pieces of horror media!! mannnn that was done so unbelievably well i’m absolutely blown away!! 

i can’t wait to just lose my mind about this for the next like. forever i suppose 

i can’t wait to analyze this dude i’m so excited!!!!!!! 

[kiribread]

I'VE FIGURED IT OUT Y'ALL

Im not sure how many of y'all been wondering this but i believe I've figured out what tree kamui woods is!

In the anime it was recently reviled that kamui's leaf hair was red at this time.

I was a bit surprised that they went with the red color instead of green but makes sense since it's winter time in canon rn. But anyways I did a lil research on the topic since ✨️why not✨️ and came across this!

This caught my eye since kamui's leaves are a red and so are these! Im sure there's other trees that turn red but there's already a solid option here! The oaks and maples can be roled out due to their leaf shape being so unique leaving only the dogwood option left. Looking at a dogwood leaf in the fall and comparing it to kamui I'd say we got a match!

Since we now have a good natch physically i wanted to see if symbolism had any juicy details!

[Link in image if interested in reading] The two most important meanings/symbolism i took in the context of it meaning something to kamui is it's connection to religion and hope.

Kamui actually already has a tie to religion which is why i thought it was important. The Kamui part of his hero name means "god" or "deity" so when you translate his name it basically means "god of the woods" which is dope! It's one if not my favorite hero names in the series bc of this! Now in Christianity dogwood is believed to be the wood Jesus was crucified with making it pretty important despite not being in the Bible. My grandma who loved dogwoods actually had another story that she told me! I don't remember exactly how it went but basically people used to be hung by the branches of dogwoods. However, God didn't like this so to combat it, he made the branches of the dogwood week so no one would be hung from one again!

Being hopeful is a pretty important part of being a hero in my opinion. As a hero, you should alwys be hopeful that what you're sacrificing now will better the lives of people in the present and future! Also being the light of hope for those in need is just as important! We see this topic in full force brought up during the dark hero ark where many heroes lose hope and retire along with the civilians losing hope in the heroes and take things into their own hands. Not all heroes retired though! One of them being kamui woods! In fact, on the info page about him it states "theres are rumors flying that he [kamui] might just be the one who blazes the trail of the next generation."

To wrap my thoughts up about the symbolism of the dogwood and how it relates to kamui i believe it fits pretty well! Idk if hori actually thought of a specific tree when designing kamui or if he did it even be a dogwood but it's fun to theorize!

[babybulbasaur920]

Headcanons for Vilex (Vil/Felix)

Felix has more or less avoided Vil´s fits of overbearing-ness for the first two years of Felix's time at NRC

There was more or less an unspoken agreement after Vil saw what this man can make out of basically nothing

Leave him alone and he´ll work hard on his own, and get fancy, beautiful jewelry with gems mined from the Han-eul mountains, the most gorgeous ever

This went on until the VDC, when Vil decided Felix would help the crew, music and stuff. He thought Felix could do it

Anyways chapter 5 goes as it does

Felix and Yuu in the ¨we aren't going to be dancing, why must we eat the white people food?¨ club

Vil´s overblot goes as it does

As he's doing his major soul searching trying to reassess every damn thing, he happens upon Felix's hot shop, and they start chatting

At first it's polite small talk, about Felix´s projects and the jewelry making process. It then turns into more personal things

Vil hasn't had much time to just work through it all.

Even with Rook picking up the slack it takes a lot to be so perfect, and to look like it takes no effort to be perfect

Felix is blunt and slightly to the left (my baby is undiagnosed autistic, the tumblr kind, he'd be doing numbers on here) and its oddly refreshing to Vil, who hasn't given him much more thought than a handy kinda dude

They started dating not long and it's a trip for both of them

Vil never thought he'd be so down for someone, he always thought a partner would have to be actually perfect, not better than him of course 

If you told him a year ago he'd be so head over heels for a kinda short artisan with little filter, he'd laugh it off, but life comes at you fast and you never know. And now he's sitting in the cafeteria with one arm around him while trying to get him to eat, since using his fire and metal magic to craft actually burns a lot of calories, he has to eat a lot, but can just get so absorbed in studying or whatever Vil has to remind him to eat.

Felix has definitely kissed Vil all over like that one tweet

Felix kissing Vil all over his face: skincare

Holiday hcs since we just had those fucks

I just know Vils dad is like one of those sad beige moms

And christmas, or the twisted wonderland equivalent kinda sucked over at the Schoenheit house for that reason

And Vil keeps that going in Pomefiore, instead of beige we got purple, which is a step up but you get the point

But Felix came from a large family and the kind of village thats one big family, and it's ¨tacky¨ holidays all the way

We are talking about homemade decor (that still looks amazing,  all those jerks are pro artisans, what did you think would happen?), all the colors, cookie decorating with half the kitchen coated in flour, festive kidz bop, pjs, the whole messy nine yards

This of course becomes a problem, last year, Felix just did his room how he likes it, and his roommate was kind enough not to snitch, but now he and Vil are dating, he's asking for his opinion, and, he really hates how sterile this all looks

While dating Felix has sort of mellowed Vil out, seeing what's really important in life and all that, he still very much cares about aesthetics and everything looking perfect, and perfect, in this scenario makes Felix poke everything with a stick

Eventually they come to a conclusion, the dorm will be elegant as always but more fun

They do a whole thing about gingerbread houses, and it turns out Rook´s aunt has a dope recipe which he shares. It's actually pretty cool to see these guys fumble, the majority is rich fancy dudes who've never cooked in their lives 

Of course Felix´s is super elaborate (once again, who do you think you're talking about?). He's not much better at baking, but design is his thing. The whole thing is a victorian style house with candy cane railings, green cotton candy and powdered sugar as snowy bushes, a snowman made out of donut holes, and a garden using candy canes as trellis, those pull apart twizzlers as vines and actual candied flowers. How this man even got those things, no one knows (he bribed Rook, a true artist cannot be contained)

Tree decorating! Some students write home for ornaments that they particularly like, Felix makes some, Epel makes a whole popcorn chain (has to be supervised or he'll eat it, our gremlin child), it gets spray painted, so it doesn't attract bugs not all of it matches but the tree is beautiful and everyone in the dorm got to add to it

Vil has to fold, this **has** been better than how holidays normally are for him

The gifts:

What Felix gifts Vil: 

(he made them of course)

he put in it, a picture Rook took, of the group (him, Vil, Epel, Rook) (dont ask how Rook took the picture and was in the picture. we all know this man is some eldrich being) in front of the dorm tree

What Vil got him:

(i couldn´t find pictures of actual tickets so pretend they´re tickets)

They both love the netflix movie, so when Felix casually tosses out he once saw this as a play when travelling with his parents, Vil was intrigued. he found out that a theater not too far from NRC would be putting it on

Vil, when doing his homework on the play, saw it's a thing to dress up like you're going to prom, so he also got Felix a nice suit

[rumble-aint-a-rumble-without-me]

Next song=Colors. I've done this one before but never just with Dallas. Presenting how the two kids met.

Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so You said your mother only smiled on her TV show

Just a little peek at Dally's backstory in my opinion. We've heard about his father but nothing about brothers or mothers. I think his mother started out kind but years of marriage to Dally's father kinda messed her up. Distanced her and made her hate Dally cause he looks like his father. He has a little brother he cares about but wants to avoid because he doesn't want to set a bad example. Meanwhile all that his brother wants to do is hang onto Dally. So he is spending less and less time at home. One night when he was hanging around downtown getting into fights and drinking to forget his home life he meets M/C.

You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old

This is something M/C says to him when they meet him. One thing he admires about them is their honesty. If they see him acting a fool they will say so regardless of whether or not Dally is wont to get mad and/or violent. M/C isn't scared of Dally and its kind of refreshing.

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise You're spilling like an overflowing sink

Dally is pretty messed up right now. He's been drinking and the adrenaline high from winning fights isn't helping. M/C is worried he will end up hurting himself or others so at first they try to convince him to go home but when it becomes clear that he is not willing to do that they bring him to their place in the wealthier part of town.

You've ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

Even drunk and covered in bruises M/C can tell how attractive Dally is.

Everything is blue His pills, his hands, his jeans And now I'm covered in the colors Pulled apart at the seams And it's blue And it's blue

Everything is grey His hair, his smoke, his dreams And now he's so devoid of color He don't know what it means And he's blue And he's blue

the chorus is the inner monologue of M/C as they walk with Dallas through the streets.

You were a vision in the morning When the light came through

Switch to Dallas's point of view and he is waking up in a strange bed in a big room that screams wealth. M/C has done their best to tone it down, painting the tiled floor yellow and covering the walls with posters but just the sheer size of the room is enough to disorient Dallas, who is used to waking up beside his brother in a room just big enough to fit a twin sized bed and the boys clothes in piles on the foot of floor space surrounding it (note the lack of a dresser.) While he is still trying to catch his bearings M/C walks in, passing in front of the big window covering half of the space on the east wall. Dally was too drunk to realize it last night but holy shit this person is gorgeous.

I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you

M/C gave Dally their bed and went to sleep on the couch. Just want to clear that up, they didn't actually lie together.

Dally has never really thought about god and religious stuff. The only reason he wears his St. Christophers is because his mother gave it to him before she went downhill. But when M/C walks in Dally's groggy mind immediately assumes that they are an angel. Clearly no human being can be this attractive.

You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you

M/C is talking with Dally about all the stuff he is involved in (gang stuff and the like) and they mention that he should really stop. Dallas responds that his fellow gang members are his family and "I'm not gonna leave and be forgiven for the stuff I've done with my gang till the rest of my boys are too."

I'm actually really proud of this one. I think it really works given the plot and everything.

Oh, how I love. Oh, how I adore. This is simply adorable!!

[welcometoteyvat]

For the ask game,

Teyvat, Archon, Venti, and Freedom?

thank you for the ask!!

teyvat: which released region do you prefer and which unreleased nation are you most looking forward to visiting?

for released regions, liyue ofc; there's no way I wouldn't love a fantasy China and the favoritism mihoyo gives it in game goes a long way too lol. the events are super endearing (lantern rite cutscenes hello????) and the landscape is so yellowy autumn (favorite season) <33

aboveground chasm is probably my favorite subregion b/c of the colors the absolutely banger soundtrack and two very good archon quests (shoutout to perilous trail and dainsleif halfdan!!!!!)

Unreleased: honestly, probably Fontaine, I'm afraid of what's gonna happen with Natlan and Snezhnaya just makes me think of sheer cold 😖 sorry Childe I'll visit your hometown another day. I'm actually pretty excited about whatever water mechanics they're going to put in, swimming/diving would be dope lol like we get to go underwater there?? no more waverider?? hell yeah

archon: which nation’s known ‘ideal’ do you like the most: freedom, contracts, eternity, wisdom, justice, or war?

maybe eternity.. I feel like the archon ideals are always like "they appear to represent xyz at first, but actually..." and then they subvert that first impression, so I like makoto and yoimiya's interpretation of eternity and its counterpart transience :3 the whole thing about an eternal moment and keeping forever in your memories was a nice spin on the textbook definition of eternity. also I just really like the idea of the past as a place that you can't go back to

venti: which character(s) do you think you’d actually get along with if you were to meet in person and who do you think you’d actually dislike interacting with?

would smack xingqiu over the head with a book if I met him, I like him but dear lord his dynamic with chongyun makes me want to throw him off a cliff (<- person who hates practical jokes where the complaints of the person being pranked aren't taken seriously OTL)

if xiao decides to constantly be a downer while we're just chilling I would also dislike interacting with him (not his fault he's always pessimistic but man,,,,, get some therapy)

characters I would get along with.. yoimiya or tighnari? yoimiya is a talker which means that even if I can't make small talk she can, and idm people who can talk my ear off <3 tighnari because he's straightforward but no-nonsense, also touches grass and knows a lot about plants what more could someone want

other candidates would be shinobu (I feel like she's straightforward with her intentions and we could just hang out) and chongyun (simply because if we didn't get along I would be incredibly sad)

freedom: if you were blessed with a vision, which one would you want to have (and which one do you think you’d actually get)?

goodness I have no clue. in every version of reality I don't think I'd get a vision at all, hydro might be useful because water, probably would get either electro or dendro though

[lets-talk-spirituality]

Hello. I’m S. Can I please have a channeled message from my future twin sons? I love them so much already and I’d love to hear anything from them. Is this question acceptable? Thank you in advance I can leave feedback:)

I’m not sure what will come up from this but I can try! I’ve never done a reading like this.

What messages do the twins have for you?

We are hungry and we aren’t ready yet for earth. I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little bit scared. That’s why we’re coming in pairs. Last time I was on earth, well it was a shit show and I’m very anxious about returning. It’s very important that you stay as peaceful as possible while you carry me. Please do your best to not be around loud noises or other stressors because I’m already a bit of an anxious mess. I’m so glad that I have my brother coming too. Besties for the resties. I know you’re nervous about being a parent but we chose you! You chose us. We’ve done this before, only last time, we were your parents. Pretty neato. I hope you give us some dope names. Names are so critical. Michelle, Sarah, Gio, Barney, Bailey, just some names I’m throwing out there. I wonder what it’ll be like this time around. I think we contracted for birth to be a little bit rough but we all end up okay.

One of the biggest lessons we want to teach you is about balance and self love. There’s two of us, like libra scales. Hey maybe we’ll have some libra placements! But we want you to learn the balance in care for others and for yourself. We kinda want another sibling too, maybe a dog or cat if a human isn’t an option. I love cats! (I feel like they’re talking collectively and then one or the other, this is the second one speaking up for the first time, the other stuff above when using I was the other child). Scarlet, the color red, maybe they have red hair? Something about red.

We want to travel, we are very adventurous and we want to experience as much of human life as possible, but I will have anxiety so it’s critical you create a safe space for me to explore and to fail as a child, I’m not good at coming out of my shell after such a traumatic time here last time. I won’t go into details but it wasn’t endurable and I left sooner than planned, I’m coming back to clear up some lessons and one is learning how to embrace the harshness in life. Giving me a strong foundation younger will help me be more equipped. I may need a child psychologist at some point to help me manage my emotions. Sister is helpful to have. (I don’t think they’re aware yet fully of their genders because it’s like alternating, they feel like children coming through but obviously are expressing more eloquently).

Key notes: one of your twins is coming into this world more fearful and anxious. Look into non violent birthing techniques and maybe consider home birthing. The other twin was more quiet than the other, more peaceful, loved cats, maybe you can do some cat decor in their room or get a cat, I feel like they may be a boy and a girl or will somehow be like Yin and Yang, one is more quiet and peaceful and one is more anxious and loud, they balance each other out and are teaching you balance. You may want to take notes of things they say when they are younger because they may reveal stuff about their past life and that could give you insight into how to help parent them more. I think the anxious twin may end up having nightmares that are actually past life memories.

I think the other twin is mostly tagging along as a companion for the anxious twin, as a way to help them complete their karmic cycle they couldn’t finish last time because their life was pretty brutal (I’m getting some really horrible stuff here like extreme abuse, this isn’t meant to upset you as this is their past life and not current but I’m sharing as a way to help you understand why this twin may be so fearful or have some horrible thoughts at a young age, it’s past life memories, you can help them by talking through it with them and validating how painful and not okay something like that is to experience, it’s important you shower this twin with love and support because I think they’re gonna have a bit of a rough time adjusting to earth again).

Card Pull- Chakra Exploration Oracle

Anxious Twin

Throat Chakra—in what ways have you repressed your voice or been hesitant to express your truth? How has this effected the unfoldment of your life?

Mantra: sharing my voice, thoughts and opinions is vital and I speak my mind truth confidently and with ease

Interesting because this twin came through more talkatively. I’m getting that it’s important you help this child find creative outlets for their feelings and that you reinforce them sharing their voice. Try not to shame them or get onto them if they talk a lot. I think they were very repressed in the last life and this throat chakra work is important for their healing. The color blue could be important, maybe a color that soothes them, they may have blue eyes, and also throat chakra is tied to air, so there’s another air reference. Maybe libra placements. I have a feeling this twin may either be born second a good bit of time after the other or they will go first and the other will follow very quickly behind.

Quiet Twin

Crown Chakra— where is despair and lack of faith showing up in your present reality?

Mantra: I possess unshakable faith in the divine hidden order around me. I cultivate hope that heals, inspires and births miracles into form.

This twin is more spiritually advanced and that’s why they are coming through with the other twin. This is a mission they have, supporting this twin soul. This is a very evolved soul and you may struggle with knowing how to support this child because they may be more wise/evolved than you are at times. All this child seeks is acceptance and love. Do your best. It’s enough. Pay special attention to what this twin says, they will be very wise. Crown chakra is the color purple so that may be an important color for this twin. Maybe using lavender in the room or lavender clothes would be helpful. This is a soft soul, loves animals, will more than likely go into healing work or work that will help others.

Goddess Oracle

What Goddess can you embody to support these twins?

Diana— focused intention “keep your unwavering thoughts, feelings and actions focused on your target and you will make your mark”

Ostara—fertility “it is the perfect time for you to start new projects, access new ideas and give birth to new conditions”

Both cards are purple. To me it confirms what your twins were saying, focus your intention on creating a safe environment and on educating yourself as much as possible on early childhood development. Read books about child psychology, learn as much as you can. Your intent to be a good parent is the most important thing. And also ofc fertility came out. You are birthing new ways of being for these two souls to help them thrive, one to heal and one to step into their power. Also you gotta be pretty fertile to have twins!I think this card is also saying to create a new environment, make energetic changes, and shake stuff up in preparation for these twins.

Curious to know how this resonates and I hope it helps you.

[refractedglade]

Shadow ball, Bug Buzz, Venoshock

yesss thanks for the ask [x]

tumblr drafts fucking obliterated everything i'd typed i hate this fucking website

Shadow Ball - Favorite Ghost type(s)

Gholdengo is the best dude ever look at him. We honestly thought he was stupid until we actually got him and threw his ball to have him follow us and he zoomed around on a fucking GOLDEN SURFBOARD this dudes my Best Friend.

Froslass is a gorgeous design, has a good silhouette, and a pretty and haunting cry. and also gen IV bias.

Haven't actually played the games they're from but Hisuian Zoroark and Alolan Marowak are dope as hell and honestly better than the original designs. Hopefully they come to S/V at some point. Mismagius is a lovely lil ghostie. Ceruledge is just child-friendly edgelord material and I love that, also something something megaman joke.

Bug Buzz - Favorite Bug type(s)

Welcome to the little guys category, the part of the show where favorites are chosen purely on the basis of being: a little guy. It's here where we were devastated to learn that Flygon's pre-evos are not in fact bug types.

Snom: Snom

Volcarona and Frosmoth (SNOM SWEEP) are two really pretty moth types that I've taken to using together and might keep playing with in the long-term.

Spewpa is such a little guy, if you're mean to him I'll fucking kill you. It looks like a tiny caterpillar or something wearing a cloak, it's adorable!

Combee is 3 (THREE!) little guys in one. It's here mostly because I really like bees if I'm bee-ing honest.

Galvantula(/Joltik, I have a really hard time choosing between them) is a lil spider with a really nice color scheme, and something about Electric Bugs feels RIGHT.

Venoshock - Favorite Poison type(s)

LEADING THE BOARD IS CLODSIRE.

LOOK AT HIM.

LOOK AT HIS FACE.

GLimmora is a weird and pretty design that's like, a floating flower made of rocks that also poisons you? Baffling, which is endearing. Also it's constantly Looking with little eyes its great.

Sneasler is uh

A bat with no (visible?) eyes and SCREAMING is peak creature design. Zubat is a favorite of gen one since childhood tbh.

Roserade is probably a little gen IV bias, but it looks cool and the whole evo line is honestly great.

Finally, Ivysaur is on the list so I can state the opinion that it's better than both Bulbasaur and Venosaur.

Pokemon Asks!

[criminal-sen]

Totally wasn't having a conversation about cosplay before I decided to do this today. It is a COMPLETE coincidence that my problematic fave also has this color. Also I spilled the bleach kit all over my bathroom and had to do a full biohazard cleanup so that was a little extra treat:)

@thefearfulheart I am going STRAIGHT to bed, holy shit it is so late lmao

[staticfangz]

pizza boy - an argylexfem!reader fanfic

warnings: drug use and smut

Your eyes flutter open and you’re already dreading the day to come. You’re starting your summer job at Surfer Boy Pizza. You roll out of bed and throw on the hideous uniform you’re forced to wear. Yellow definitely isn’t your color and the matching hat only makes it worse. You pop a Beastie Boys tape into your walkman and make your way out the door. Surfer Boy Pizza is only a ten minute walk which is one of the only reasons you decided to work there.

The smell of pepperoni and other pizza toppings fills your nose as soon as you walk through the door. You look around shyly until you spot the manager. “Y/n!” he says with a little too much excitement “glad you showed up” he put his hand out guiding you to the kitchen. He shows you around and introduces you to most of the staff. He then points to a boy in the corner “and that’s Argyle, he’ll be training you” he taps Argyle on the shoulder “make sure to show her the van by the end of the week.” Argyle nods putting two thumbs up. “So uh you can just stand behind me and watch me work” a small laugh leaves his mouth. You do exactly that for the rest of the week, following him around while he makes pizza, serves customers, and any other task he takes on.

With about an hour left of the last day of the week Argyle looks up at the clock “oh shit… we should go see the van now, it’s actually pretty dope” he smiles. You get a whiff of the skunky smell before you even reach the van, the scent only getting more potent when he opens the back. You shut the back after you hop in, Argyle gives you a confused look. “So are you gonna smoke me out or what?” you giggle “I thought you’d never ask” he pulls out an eighth from under the passengers seat. “bong or joint?“ he gives you a cheesy smile. “Bong definitely” he pulls out a blue colored bong from under a blanket “my type of girl” he packs the bowl.

You start to feel the palm tree delight after a few hits, your body feels light and tingly. You look over to Argyle who is obviously feeling the same, his eyes low and a permanent smile plastered across his face. You never noticed how hot he was until this very moment. His perfect tan skin, his thick dark long hair that you were dying to run your fingers through. You shake yourself out of your daydream for a second then think “fuck it” you look him in the eyes “do you want to have some more fun” his eyes go big. “How can i say no to fun.”

Within five minutes you’re on the floor of the truck with him hovering over you. You grab his shirt dragging him down until your faces are only centimeters apart. He starts to kiss you everywhere, starting at your jaw and making his way down, taking both your shirts off in the process. He gets more gentle the farther down he gets. When he gets to the button of your pants he looks up at you, his deep brown eyes asking for permission. You nod and let your head hit the floor of the truck. He starts off structured but only gets more and more sloppy, soft moans leaving both of your mouths. He inserts one finger, then another pumping slowly causing a loud moan to escape your mouth. You hear a muffled laugh from the boy in between your legs. You tangle your fingers in his hair and give it a little tug which only makes him pump faster. you’re so close. “f-faster” you stutter. He does exactly as you say, adding a third finger. You cum letting out a little grunt, you see stars as your legs twitch. Argyle lifts his head up, licking his lips and making a little “mmm” sound. You roll your eyes pulling him up and kissing him passionately. He pulls away after awhile “good thing about fucking in a truck is i can take you home without you having to move” he winks. You nuzzle your head into his chest laughing. He drives you home soon after, maybe getting a job wasn’t so bad after all.

[etherealfroggy]

One of the biggest things I come back to whenever I have even a hint of byler doubt (apart from all the googoo gaga eyes and lip stares Mike gives Will...) is the whole "will is in love with mike and used his painting as a crutch for Melvin" thing because...how else is that plotline supposed to be resolved if not with byler endgame?

And this isn't subtext or color theory or dynamic lighting which we could possibly be making up in our heads..this is TEXT. Undeniably seen with my own two eyes on the show.

Why would they make Will fall deeply and hopelessly in love with Mike (for the entire show up to this point) just for Mike to reject him in the final season? What would be the narrative reason for that? How would that advance or affect the show or any of the characters in an interesting and intriguing way? The answer is it wouldn't! So it would be useless. If they wanted to show Will coming to terms with his sexuality, they could've done that in a lot of other ways but you're telling me they went with the boring, overused, "sad gay boy in love with his straight best friend" trope that would end in tragedy for a character who has only ever known pain? Nah. You can miss me with that bullshit.

ALSOOO what would be the logical conclusion to the whole painting plotline? Will confessed his feelings to Mike under the guise that that was actually how El felt about him and that was the only reason Mike was able to say he loves her. That can't be how the plotline ends. There's still more. Obviously Mike has to find out it was Will's painting + feelings all along and what would happen then? If not Byler, what would have been the point of doing any of this only for Mike to go, "Oh, Will, YOU made the painting? Umm...that's dope bro. I'm not gay tho. Flattered, but not gay. So...I'm just going to continue dating the girl who I could only profess my love to because I thought she felt the way YOU do about me. Lol...sorry." Then they somehow go back to being besties??

What would be the point for any of the characters? That would only affirm Will's belief that he is a mistake and that his feelings for Mike deserve to be silenced and it would do absolutely NOTHING for Mike's character. It would be...pointless!

Not to mention how El would react to knowing the love confession from Mike wasn't spurred on by her...but by Will. I would be pretty pissed and hurt. It already looks like she is unhappy with Mike for some reason at the end of s4 so I really want to know what melvins + the GA think is going to happen to conclude all of this in a satisfying, intriguing way.

Everything is pointing to byler endgame otherwise the show wasted a lot of time on a plotline that went nowhere and only hammered in exactly what we already know about the characters and their relationships (mike and el love each other and will loves mike but will never be able to get with him because mike is Hetero - nothing new or interesting there).

[normaldex]

#438 Bonsly and #185 Sudowoodo

I don't recall which came first: the decision to make Sudowoodo into a Hidebehind or the decision to turn the Hidebehind into one of these. Either way, there was a lot of hemming and hawing about whether to turn Sudowoodo's sprite into the Hidebehind itself or the tree. I thought it'd be really neat to make a biological being that had an anatomy that just coincidentally had the same size and shape as Sudowoodo. I did trial runs with both, and having it be the animal doesn't really work (to my knowledge): sprites are two-dimensional objects that exist in the plane, so hiding it behind a tree would mean (due to congruency) that it would just disappear. However, making a believable animal to stick behind the tree also proved difficult. I was doodling one day and started by drawing hands that'd be wrapped around the tree. I realized that I didn't need to construct the whole animal, just the parts that'd be seen. Hinting at the animal would probably be more interesting; I hope you agree. If these were in a game, I'm sure the PokeDex would make comments about how nobody knows how they really look, how they're often mistaken for shadows, etc.

Bonsly being a Baby Pokemon means it has a lot of weirdness innate to its design. The idea for this one is that Normaldex Bonsly are attracted to well-manicured bonsai and that nobody ever *asks* for one. Designing the animal for this one was what I tackled first and it was measurably easier to conceptualize and do than the "pot." I originally wanted it to be a lot more polygonal, but................. In fact, I wanted it to be anything but Bonsly's the whole time. I got so desperate, that I even used the bag sprites for incenses (It looked pretty dope, but the view was head-on rather than angled). I looked at pictures of actual bonsais and figured, y'know, stubby feet would probably be fine.

Bonsly's animal has parts from Smoochum and Happiny, and colors from Smoochum. It's pot is colored as Bronzor and that's where the stubs originate.

Sudowoodo's animal has parts from Aipom, Stantler, and Meowth. I wanted it to have countershading, so that's why the face is colored by Trubbish and the hands are colored by itself. The shiny version has Stantler's colors because I just really liked how it looked.

[x0401x]

Okay, looks like y’all are eager to know whatever the hell volume 3 has to offer, so I’ll make bullet point lists for each chapter as I go through them! However, before I start posting about the chapters themselves, I really wanna start out talking about the illustrations.

First of all, there are actually two color spreads in this volume. One is the main characters with their corresponding flowers in the background. The other is the five Kazemai boys shooting, except the dojo is covered in vegetation. There are vines sprouting from everywhere, onto the floors, walls and ceiling. It’s dope as hell.

At long fucking last, we have an illustration for Kaito and Nanao and one for Minato and Seiya. Took us 3 volumes for this feat but we did it, kids. Kaito and Nanao’s is a scene where they headbutt each other. This one is the first illustration that we get once the story starts. Minato and Seiya’s is a scene where they’re walking Kuma, and they’re wearing the same clothes as in that moment in the anime where they have a reconciliation, which is pretty cute.

Second illustration is Ryouhei sitting in a bus and looking out the window with a smile. Third is Shuu looking ahead, also smiling. It’s the first novel illustration of him with a smile on his face. Also a complete contrast with his first appearance.

Fourth illustration is the aforementioned Minato and Seiya one. Fifth is Masaki laughing. Yes, seen from Minato’s point of view. Yes, in the dojo at night. Yes, it’s just the two of them. Same old, same old.

Sixth one is the last. It’s Shuu reaching a hand towards Minato, both of them expressionlessly staring at each other while the wind is blowing leaves about. Might seem dramatic but it’s actually not.

And finally, the cover. This one caught me off-guard because it’s… just Masaki and Minato. No other characters included. It’s the first time that there are only two characters on the cover (first one was the five Kazemai boys and Shuu, while the second was Minato, Shuu and Masaki). The backcover is Minato’s yukake and its underglove. The way they’re positioned looks like one hand resting on top of another. I have no idea what to think of this shit.

All in all, the illustrations in this volume are damn great. I just wish there had been one or two of them dedicated to the new characters that show up in this volume. At the very least, I think Hikaru and Keima deserved an appearance. But other than that… *chef’s kiss*