#iron kokeshi

[ninebaalart]

Apple Kid and Orange Kid

i dont know if the parallels with windows and apple were intentional with these two (i suppose i would be stretching it quite a bit to explain it) but ive always liked this idea of two inventors competing with each other. also drew the iron pencil and eraser as well as its japanese equivalents octopus and kokeshi

[yandere-kokeshi]

You definitely give me love quinn vibes from YOU. Like, I’ve seen you protect your mutuals from online trolls

But you definitely have a dark secret. I know it 😂🫶

I'm willing to share some of them, lol

[danwhobrowses]

AEW Revolution 2021 - Reaction & Review

Before you say anything, yes I know about the finish.

But while work has prevented me from watching the show live I will still be running down the PPV as I said I would, the card is still stacked and people were mighty excited to see the wrestling so let’s get to it

Spoilers for AEW Revolution 2021, I have done my best to avoid spoilers myself but have not been able to fully escape it, I won’t let my post be the same for someone else

The Buy-In I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Buy-In should not have 75% promos, especially since the promos are uploaded as the Countdown. It’s the same thing Tony you can fit an entire match in between it, or even recap the segments on the prior Dark - good promos from Miro, Archer and Big Swole in that show and the Butcher & Blade attacked Bear Country, all of which would have relevance to the PPV.

Britt Baker pre-match promo On the cusp of her tag match came out Dr. Britt Baker DMD who lambasted the company for booking ‘Reba’ to tag with her after she sustained an ‘injury’ at the hands of Nyla Rose. Baker acted like her ‘doctor’s note’ should’ve been enough and had Reba walk on stage with a crutch to sell her point. With her partner injured she has been allowed to pick a replacement. Thoughts would’ve obviously gone to one Thea Trinidad but that made the surprise so much better.

Dr Britt Baker (w/ Rebel ‘Reba’ Tanea) & Maki Itoh def. Riho & Thunder Rosa - Pinfall on Rosa by Baker after a Superkick + Crutch Shot Maki Itoh, who was unusually absent from the TJPW PPV - arrived to a loud pop from the crowd and Serpentico just completely losing his shit at ringside. The King of Simps sang her entrance as she usually does as she soaked in the atmosphere with pure joy on her face. The babyfaces quickly made their entrances after as the match was about to kick off. For a tag match it was more of a 2v2 than a tag bout, I mean that in there wasn’t a lot of team moves; whenever the heels felt threatened they would switch partners to regain momentum, but that did allow each woman to face off one another. There were some good interactions between each woman in the bout, Excalibur doing very well to inform the fans that Itoh had history with Riho and Rosa and that she had recently come out of a tag tournament final in TJPW where she and ‘Pink Striker’ Miyu Yamashita fell short to NEO Biishiki-Gun (a faction that involves the heel alter-ego of the Eliminator Tournament’s Mei Suruga). Between the match Rosa and Baker sold the animosity, trading middle fingers while the other was in the corner until they finally got to cross one another. The final stages proved to be entertaining when Itoh and Riho where legal, Rosa and Baker had both rushed the ring to fight when Riho sucker hit Baker on the apron, leading to a trade off in moves between all four women, Rosa got planted with a tornado DDT, but Itoh missed the Flying Kokeshi, Riho almost capitalized but her Shining Wizard was countered by Itoh’s magnificently fluid rolling half crab counter. Riho would make the ropes as both women tagged out after Itoh got Riho with a headbutt and Riho shook off Baker after Rosa broke up her pin from an air raid crash, liquid pinfalls and counters happened after that which was an easy highlight. Reba proved not to be as injured as let on when she jumped the apron but was accidentally socked by Baker after Rosa dodged and hit the DVD, Itoh broke the pin but got thrown out of the ring afterwards, the cameras missing Riho diving at Itoh on the outside. In the ring Baker - having wriggled out of a Fire Thunder Driver - staggered Rosa with a superkick and used the ref’s position to push Rosa towards him near the ropes where Reba cracked Rosa with the crutches as the ref dodged, the damage was enough for Baker to get the 3 count. After the match Riho ensured that Rosa wouldn’t get attacked afterwards as Reba limped on and out the ring, Baker and Itoh leaving the ramp with middle fingers to their opponents

It was a very fun match, camera work wasn’t the best at times but it was still really good. I didn’t expect Itoh and Baker’s twitter buddying to lead to them partnering up but that is the sneaky foreshadowing. The booking of this match should really be stated a bit more, Riho and Rosa are top caliber former champions on their brands, and Itoh and Baker hanged with them mostly to a stalemate. With 2 victories over Rosa though Baker should be on the up, and sadly we may see less of Rosa with NWA coming back (same will probably be said about Serena once her knee recovers until she drops the belt) so it was important that nobody came out looking weak. With Itoh’s US appearance too and the pop (and the resulting appearance on BTE) you can be sure that the Cutest in the World will be seen again.

Main Card Always gotta show my approval of using Brodie’s ‘you know what that means’ to start a show. JR sounded a little hoarse though today, hope he’s okay.

AEW World Tag Championship The Young Bucks def. The Inner Circle [Chris Jericho & MJF (w/ Wardlow)] - Pinfall on Jericho by Matt via Meltzer Driver Jericho came out with his usual Painmaker while MJF continues with his fashion atrocity of a white robe and blue tassels with the scarf print in the middle. The Bucks kept it simple with the black, yellow and pink - which Excalibur noted was designed by Matt’s daughter. The Bucks were definitely aggrieved, shoving the belts in the faces of their opponent before the bell, Jericho though played the mind games by snatching a title from Aubrey to hold it aloft. The bell rang and immediately it was brawling, Bucks pulling their patented dual suicide dive and stereo sharpshooters, interceptor spear and the hanging senton. MJF got some momentum by catching Nick before his apron moonsault as Jericho hit the triangle dropkick, Wardlow choking Nick on the outside while Aubrey was distracted and then hitting the double flapjack before stealing the Bucks’ poses. Matt roared in again but Wardlow again proved to shift momentum to his Inner Circle stablemates, this time pulling the ropes so Matt fell out. The Inner Circle kept things simple and grounded, antagonizing the Bucks whenever they could in hopes they will fall into a mistake, however their confidence left them more open to slipping up and falling into Nick’s hot tag, a lovely springboard destroyer hit two so the Bucks hit the Motor City Machine Guns’ move. MJF tagged Jericho but his Judas Effect was superkicked, Bucks tried Meltzer Driver but MJF grabbed Nick again and Jericho hit the tombstone, leaving Nick to flip with nobody home and leave him prone to the Walls of Jericho, Nick tagged Matt while in the hold but then Matt got locked in the Walls. MJF got 2 for a catch powerbomb but slowed it down by taunting Matt with multiple ‘Suck It!’s, Excalibur humorously begging Matt to just punch him ‘where he is pointing’, the provocation worked though as Matt went for a Meltzer Driver, allowing Jericho to catch Nick mid-flight with a Codebreaker and MJF to roll Matt up for 2. Wardlow distracted Aubrey as Jericho hit Matt’s legs with a bat leading to MJF hitting the Heatseeker, but they got 2 again! The Bucks countered with a baited corner kick and stereo crossbodies in and out of the ring, Wardlow got rocked by a dodged Judas Effect as Nick rolled Jericho for 2, Jericho tries a Lionsault but meets a low Superkick and then a BTE Trigger but MJF breaks the count, eating a Superkick Party (aka Death by Leg Slapping) for his troubles. Jericho gets a Double Superkick and then finished by a Meltzer Driver.

It was a hot opener for sure, the Bucks talking smack to Jericho afterwards. The Inner Circle were wily but relied too much on Wardlow and provoking the Bucks into making mistakes. I am actually surprised to see no Sammy Guevara even at ringside, besides Wardlow no Inner Circle members tried to interfere either, pretty clean affair.

Casino Tag Team Royale Death Triangle [PAC and Rey Fénix] win the Royale to be No. 1 Contenders for the Tag Titles - Fénix last eliminating Jungle Boy After the Bucks came naming the next contender, starting with the Natural Nightmares and Dark Order’s Five and Dime - ironically it was the old guard vs the Nightmare Factory alums - a handshake between 5 and Dustin was not shared when QT clubbed 10 to kick off the match. Dark Order got some great offence but were blindsided by Dustin’s double bulldog Different to regular Casino Royales, entrants played to Royal Rumble rules of one team at a time, the first team to enter being Santana & Ortiz. Five got eliminated first by QT after hitting the ‘That’s Gotta Suck’ (a crossbody to the back of an opponent lying on the ropes) on Ortiz, 10 unable to avenge him as the Sydals came next, Matt hitting the Meteora rather than the Shooting Star attempt like last time. Uno and Grayson came next, Uno hitting that delicious twisting flatliner on Mike Sydal as Santana and Ortiz dumped Mike out of the ring. Santana also completely kicked the taste out of Grayson and 10 soon after with a percussive kick. The Gunn Club came next without Billy, huge amount of faith in Austin and Colten, during which Matt Sydal got thrown over by the Gunns and dumped out by Santana’s big boot, meaning the Sydals were the first team to be eliminated. Intrigue hit after the Pretty Picture (Avalon & Bononi) and the Varsity Blonds came into the match, Austin had dumped Avalon and dual Famassers to Bononi looked like it was gonna eliminate the big man but then QT eliminated the Gunns at once. Ire and confusion was seen on Dustin’s face as QT eliminated his fellow Nightmare Family members, and QT then eliminated himself! A shock break up for sure from one of the most consistent Midcard tag teams in AEW. Bear Country Hell Yeah though hossed their way in, Grayson was able to lift one but got eliminated, Jurassic Express came next as Baltimora’s Tarzan Boy echoed from the arena, JB countered Santana and Ortiz’ tag move to eliminate the latter and then baited Santana to rana him out, Luchasaurus eliminated Bononi and then Griff, assisting Marko to do a slippery rana which Uno sold by running into the ring post to eliminate himself. Butcher and Blade came in fresh to dump Pillman and 10 and end their nights, Jack Evans had also appeared out of nowhere to assist in eliminating 10 as Bear Country brawled with Butcher and Blade, Dustin tried to get involved and was dragged out of the ring apron by Allie. Private Party then came in with the clean black and gold, nearly eliminating JB had Marko not held him up. SCU completely beheaded PP, Bear Country then eliminating Luchasaurus to some boos before being dumped by Butcher just as Death Triangle came in. Lastly was Silver and Reynolds who came to a decent pop, nailing Daniels with a Spin Doctor to start and then Dark Destroyer and Elimination from Isaiah Kassidy, SCU then eliminated Butcher leaving 4 teams left. Fénix bodyscissored Daniels, JB launched Reynolds over the turnbuckle and Kazarian thrown by PAC. Silver, PAC, Fénix and JB was just sublime, Silver only taken out by Fénix’s rope walk pele kick to leave JB on his own. “Jungle Boy in the Death Triangle” was a hell of a call by Excalibur as he eliminated PAC by using his momentum against him. Fénix and JB was just high octane, JB catching Fénix with an anti-air superkick, clothesline and poison rana but as he went to throw Fénix he counters with the 619 rebound heel kick and clotheslined JB out of the ring.

That was a strong ass royale. I will not however forget that Top Flight and FTR were unusually absent from the match (not to mention the Good Brothers, I hoped it’d be Casino Rules with them as the Joker, and TH2). But a lot of good stuff here, surprising split by the Nightmares, Butcher/Blade vs Bear Country feels imminent, Santana and Ortiz as well as SCU were still strong, I feel for Jurassic Express though, they are always inches from the brass ring but never quite getting it, but Death Triangle probably needed it more. Making Fénix the last man was a good decision as well because he had been taking a lot of Ls, now with a trio vs the Bucks it can lead to some interesting concepts, and batshit crazy spots.

Paul Wight Interview Wight sprinkled some hinting at his mystery signing by saying ‘No-one’s gonna outwork him’ as we paused till the next match. DDP and Al Snow were also shown in attendance.

AEW Women’s World Championship Hikaru Shida def. Ryo Mizunami - Pinfall via Corkscrew Knee Strike The promo package used for this match has to get some shine as well because it really built why both women were so motivated to win.

Mizunami came out with the tournament trophy in hand to ensure her clout had not been forgotten, Shida may not have worn the power suit but the kimono and kasa still looked wonderful. A handshake started the match but Shida dodged the lariat attempt. Mizunami shoulder blocked Shida but the champion kipped up impressing Aniki and prompting her to ground her a second time. Mizunami and Shida traded corner chops as Mizunami wasted too much time showboating for the champion to hit the rana and then the ringside knee strike, the Chair launch was caught as Mizunami dumped Shida over the railing. Leg drop was almost countered by the Stretch Muffler but Aniki used her power to continue grounding Shida and wearing her down with submissions, Shida though would grasp momentum with driving her opponent into the corner with her knees and then a missile dropkick, a driven Shida crunched Aniki with a B-Driver on the ramp then a deadlift suplex back into the ring, the champion’s confidence was met with Mizunami’s powerful flurry of strikes, Shida hits a running knee but Mizunami gets back up, she hits the Tamashii but can’t make the cover.  The women return to the handshake strike trading, but Mizunami got the advantage and plants her with an Uranage and Spear, the Guillotine Legdrop gets a close 2 but the champion kicks out again, she rolls out of the Fisherman buster to hit a German but gets hit in the back of the head, Shida hits the Falcon Arrow and kips back up, the Tamashii is blocked but she keeps striking Mizunami, running knee to the back of the head, Falcon Arrow again but could not hook the leg, the next Tamashii countered with a lariat but the following lariat countered with a knee. Shida digs into some Latino Heat with the eye poke and roll up for two, she hits the Tamashii but Aniki rolls her up for an agonizing two. Looked like a botched DDT but Shida hits a third Tamashii and Mizunami kicks out again, Shida opts for a corkscrew knee strike and that gets the three.

Shida’s celebration is cut short by Nyla and Vickie attacking both, Shida prevents Aniki from being Beast Bombed but is then blindsided by Baker and Itoh, Itoh biting Mizunami’s fingers while Nyla and Baker squared off before reaching an understanding. Rosa darted in for the save as Itoh taunted Rosa with an Akanbe (pulling her eyelid down). In the ring Shida offered a hand to Aniki while her opponent bowed to her in respect. If anyone had doubts that Mizunami would be a bad choice for Revolution they were promptly eating their words about now. This was a proper physical women’s bout showing the best of Joshi Strong Style. Shida showed off some newer moves even resorting to a heel move to try and win (Yakuza Heel Shida is an option) and a different finish to the Tamashii while Mizunami continued to brightly shine with power and charisma. The post-match stuff does leave a lot of intrigue too. Baker and Nyla’s alliance of convenience can only go so far when both want the title, it hurts to see Itoh with the heels given how over she is but it made sense in the context that Mizunami eliminated her from the tournament - Itoh fights for Itoh, the heels are just convenience for now. The tournament playing this role shows how important it was for the women’s division too, Rosa and Baker temporarily stepping up to Nyla and Nyla wanting to waste Aniki makes it important. In addition, Big Swole - who noted that she is next due to her title shot before the tournament’s announcement being postponed due to COVID - tweeted a ‘not my business’ kinda tweet during this too, which is telling.

Double or Nothing 2021 is coming May 30th A small promo for Double or Nothing was shown announcing the date.

Pre-Match Segment with Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy Before their match with Kip and Miro, Alex Mahvez was going to interview the two men before Miro and Kip jumped both men. Miro telling the camera to ‘Play my music’ as he dragged Chuck to the ramp and ring as he taunted a bleeding Taylor to just say the word to make it stop. Mic in his mouth Chuck instead said ‘ring the damn bell’ and slapped Miro to kick off the bout.

Miro & Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford) def. Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy - Submission via Game Over by Miro on Chuck Taylor Miro wastes no time in this match, delivering the hurt to the partnerless Taylor before tagging out to Kip a few times as he taunted Taylor in and out of the ring. Taylor countered Sabian in time for Cassidy to appear on the ramp hurt, Miro slowly stalked the prone Cassidy only to have fallen for his possum as he kipped up and nailed an Orange Punch, tagging in to get a diving DDT for 2 on Kip, the back that was hurt before prevented a Beach Break to give Sabian the advantage while Miro recovered. Chuck is tagged in for a stomp/Beach Break combo, Miro breaks the count after Taylor was decked with a Piledriver. Miro gets involved as Bryce and Penelope argue, the deadly Orange Kicks humor Miro but his Pump Kick is dodged, Miro gets Orange in the gut before he can make a second Orange Punch but hits the Stundog Millionaire on the counter, Penelope stops Orange from running the ropes and provides distraction for Miro to push him, but he knocks Penelope right into the railing - it was a big sell - and takes out Orange but Taylor and Kip are legal. Miro drags Kip from his wife to tag himself in, nearly being beaten by the inside cradle before flooring Taylor with the Matchka kick and the Game Over for the win. Relief soaks the face of Miro as he feels a weight lifted, AEW’s weakest feud apparently over. Overall it was a nice way to finish it, Miro looked incredibly strong in the bout and teases of him discarding Kip were shown. OC was kept strong by the prior assault wearing him down and Taylor showed a lot of guts. It may do Chuck good to be written out for a bit, until Trent comes back at least.

Inner Circle Segment Not accepting that his interview time was taken, Mahvez found a new duo to interview. MJF and Jericho - flanked by Santana and Ortiz - were asked what’s next as Jericho went on a ‘we should’ve won’ tirade. Jericho and MJF hinted at a change as they promoted next week an ‘Inner Circle War Council’. It could indeed mean that someone else is being discarded from the Inner Circle, or someone’s coming in to take Sammy’s old spot.

Big Money Match ‘Hangman’ Adam Page def. ‘Big Money’ Matt Hardy - Pinfall via Buckshot Lariat I must first and foremost admit that I am loving this heel Matt Hardy. The ‘Corporate Leech’ has done really well at being a bane to AEW’s top babyface Cowboy and his Cult Buddies, he’s also driven Private Party to a new and better direction. Hangman’s funny name plates continued with ‘Decided on the Snapper 560Z’ as he came in 6-0 against Hardy’s 3-0 PPV record. Hangman controlled the early parts of the bout with his strength, Matt surviving with his veteran awareness to avoid the Buckshot but not enough to avoid Hangman’s axe handle from the railings. Hangman hurt his arm by having it slammed in the ring post as Hardy honed in on the hand; stretching, biting and crushing it between some steps. Commentary sold that the hand injured was Hangman’s favoured hand, the fact proven when Page’s punch damaged him as well, the Side Effect though was wonderfully countered with a cradle and then a DVD. Hardy evaded Hangman to catch him in a Twist of Fate on the outside, hoping for a Count Out win, Page rolls in at 9 as Hardy seizes control, yanking Hangman from the ropes with a turnbuckle elevated German Suplex. A big moonsault to the outside regains the advantage for Hangman as he follows up with a diving crossbody and sliding lariat, Hardy escapes the Deadeye to get a neckbreaker and then a powerbomb. Hangman counters the Twist of Fate into the Deadeye but Private Party (in ‘Civilian Clothes’) distract the ref to buy Matt time to recover, Hangman decides to take out both men on the sides, he goes for the Buckshot but lands into a Side Effect and Twist of Fate at 2. Shocked, Hardy motions for Private Party to get involved, but Dark Order swarm in to stop them, Hardy clubs Hangman on the apron but the Dark Order catch him and pull him back up for the Buckshot, that lands the 3 count. Hangman has his hand raised as Dark order applaud him, Hangman then walks in to hug the stable, toasting a beer given to him by Colt Cabana.

It was a good match, expected TH2 to also interfere but I guess they didn’t want the match to go on too long. The core purpose of the match was good: Hangman has turned a curve, he’s no longer being manipulated and he has friends in the Dark Order to support him. Where Hardy goes now he’s ‘Broke’ will be an interesting route, perhaps he will have to invest a little wiser or be met with people coming to collect checks he could no longer cash in.

Face of the Revolution Ladder Match Scorpio Sky def. Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson), Max Caster, Penta El 0M, Lance Archer (w/ Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts) and Ethan Page AEW went very tongue and cheek by making the prize be a literal Brass Ring, JR even making a joke about it as Sonic the Hedgehog memes hit the internet. Caster started with a rap to get the crowd involved, Archer came in and decked someone at ringside, Sky and Penta had normal entrances while Cody pyro’d it up as the camera panned to Jade Cargill and Red Velvet either side and Archer climbing the apron to stare Cody down. All Ego became All Elite as Ethan Page appeared with a decent pop with a huge smile on his face and a name plate that showed his veteran and championship experience.

The match kicked off all around with the main focus on Archer and Cody renewing their TNT rivalries, Archer was the first to throw a ladder into Scorpio Sky and Page, but ate a Superkick and Slingblade by Penta, Penta then got German Suplexed by Sky before Caster took him out. Caster calls for Jack Evans to bring the Boombox that won him his qualifier but Evans is intercepted by 10 and flattened with a spinebuster, 10 doesn’t collect the Boombox though as he leaves which he will use on Page and Cody - after the two took out Archer but then fought each other. Penta took out Caster and Cody by using the Ladder as a ramp for a senton but Archer then kicks him out, Page cutters and crushes Archer under the ladder, escaping Sky’s TKO to drop Sky on the ladder while Archer was sandwiched between it. Page tries to trap Archer under the ladder but Archer powers it to a slope allowing Penta to backstab Page, Penta then Destroyer’s Cody on a ladder laid on the ring and railing, the match selling Cody’s injured shoulder and take him away from the ring while Caster and Sky tussle to climb the ladder. Caster picks a taller ladder for the high ground but are met by Page and Archer. Sky is the last man on the ladder but Penta pulls him down, his showboating costs him though as Sky recovers, biting his head and pulling Penta down with a neckbreaker. Page and Caster then tussle at the top but Caster pulls Page down with a messy sunset bomb, Sky cracks Caster with a frog splash on the ladder but crosses Archer, Sky almost uses Archer’s launchpad to climb the ladder but is pulled down, he goes for the turnbuckle but is pushed down and sent through another ladder laid on the railing and apron. Penta comes into a hot streak in taking down the remaining four men, but All Ego rakes Penta’s eye to get him off the ladder. Cody then staggers back to the ramp, whipping his opponents with his weight belt with a wincing crack, hurting his arm to land a Cross Rhodes on Page. Cody looks to set up a ladder dive but meets a Suplex by Archer and a Claim to Fame Elbow Drop by Caster. Caster and Penta climb the tall ladder but Archer knocks the ladder down, chokeslamming everything that moves and dropping Caster on a ladder with a Black Out. As Archer makes the climb, Page attacks but Archer no sells it and shoves Page away, Page low blows Archer then hits the Razor’s Edge but then Jake the Snake comes in and hits him with a Short-Arm Clothesline to a big pop before Penta wipes the legend out. Cody kinda messes up the cutter on Penta, giving Penta time to use a Steel Chair on his arm, as he climbs though Sky uses the chair on Penta’s ankle. Sky and Cody climb and trade blows, Sky yanks the injured shoulder, talks smack to Cody before pushing his face off the ladder. With nobody to oppose, Sky grabs the Brass Ring to be the Face of the Revolution.

It may not be AEW’s best ladder match, but it was still highly entertaining. Ethan Page was a good surprise entrant and Cody really did play us with his John Cena threatening rally. Caster also impressed a lot given the circumstances and this darker more heelish Scorpio Sky will be interesting to see as he faces Darby Allin.

Hall of Fame-Worthy Signing is: Christian Cage WWE stole Ben Carter from AEW, so AEW stole Christian from WWE. His new mantra of ‘Out Work Everyone’ is made official as Christian came in, posed, signed a contract and left. It got a big pop from the fans and it was definitely Hall of Fame worthy. I’m not gonna let it upset me that I had hoped for Minoru Suzuki because there is still a Forbidden Door being opened, Christian still has it and we will have to wait and see how AEW use him.

Street Fight Sting & Darby Allin def. Team Tazz [Brian Cage & Ricky Starks] - Pinfall on Starks by Sting via a Scorpion Death Drop I will preface if you didn’t expect the Street Fight to be cinematic then you were pretty blind, Sting can take bumps but AEW are not going to throw caution into the wind with him. Tazz joined commentary to be grilled by JR and Tony as the match faded into an ‘Undisclosed Location’. There were some really nice Lucha Underground-esque transitions and filmwork as Cage and Starks travelled to a boiler room ring while Darby’s entrance was met with Sting-wearing hoodlums and both men travelling to the location - Darby skating onto Sting’s truck to enter at the same time. Cage quickly dominated from the start, dumping Darby and then wasting the ‘Hoodlums’ while Starks pressed Sting against the corner. Darby tried to fight back but Cage dragged Darby around. Sting regained control with a Stinger Splash and Snake Eyes but Darby was thrown through doors as Tazz talked up his boys noting how if Darby can’t compete he’ll have to relinquish his title. Starks and Sting eventually leave the ring and Sting goes straight for the bat, Starks goading the Icon to discard the bat but still gets clubbed and kicked into the brick wall, leaving Starks to search for Cage and Darby. Cage though is going upstairs, carrying Darby in a vertical suplex position while he goes up the stairs and dumping him on a trash can. Sting though arrives to work the numbers advantage, Starks then comes back though, hitting Sting with a pipe and an oil drum, String hurts Starks’ knee by opening a drawer on it and Starks is laid out by Cage’s accidental chair shot. Cage continues to fend off the duo for a bit before being hit by a Fire Extinguisher and a glass before slammed into the table, Starks then uses the 2x4 and focuses on Allin, Darby fights back though, climbing a beam to do a Coffin Drop. However, an Orange Masked man comes in and slams Allin against the beam: Powerhouse Hobbs reminding the duo that Team Tazz do have the numbers advantage as Hook also joins the fight. Sting and Cage both get up to tussle, Sting being driven against a beam as all of Team Tazz sans Starks deal with Darby, swinging him into a window frame before then aiming for Sting. Sting narrows the path to avoid the onslaught, Allin recovering to throw Sting his bat from the upper floors. The Icon goes to town, snapping the bat over Cage’s back and moving to a Shovel, Allin then does a massive elbow drop through Cage as Starks and Sting return to the ring. Starks almost gets the Stinger by baiting his Stinger Splash into an exposed turnbuckle, a spear hits two! Starks tries what looks like a prep for a buckle bomb but Sting rolls out at 2, Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop and that is 3. Sting stares down the camera as Tazz leaves commentary in a huff.

In terms of brutality it was a lovely street fight, the finale was a bit abrupt though. Hobbs and Hook kinda disappeared and it was a bit annoying that a ‘Street Fight’ ended in a ring. Props though to cinematography, Sting did not seem uncomfortable and there were some strong spots, Brian Cage looking excellent as well. Allin will look to Scorpio Sky to defend his title and hopefully Team Tazz can find a new target to get their momentum back.

AEW Dynamite Card As a result of the current matches on Revolution 3 matches were announced; Sky and Allin will face this Wednesday for the title, on top of that Matt Jackson will take on Rey Fénix in a build to their tag title match and Shida, Mizunami and Rosa will team to fight Baker, Itoh and Rebel - I guess we’ll be seeing Itoh-chan very soon huh? Nyla noticeably absent though - in six woman tag action, on top of that was the Inner Circle War Council.

AEW World Championship - Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch Kenny Omega (w/ Don Callis) def. Jon Moxley - Pinfall via One Winged Angel Okay. Here we go. The ‘Moxley Extermination Contraption’ looked as classic as an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch could look as both men gingerly scouted the ring. Mox was wearing an unusually clean leather studded jacket which Excalibur clarified was a shout out to Onita. Omega’s entrance ditched the dancers (rip to Shida’s bestie) as his entrance video emphasized Kenny holding aloft the world title to get in Moxley’s head. Bryce Remsburg himself was dressed like he was in a COVID treatment camp with the visor, gloves and full body suit, well-prepared for the dangers surrounding him. Hindsight would bring a bad omen to Don Callis as he talked about how ‘carefully designed’ the ring was rigged with explosives and building up the 30 minute countdown, he at the very least got a good line with ‘Gentlemen it’s a good day to die here at Revolution’.

Kenny and Mox sought for the same tactic: push someone face first into the exploding barbed wire. Each men having inch close counters and escapes to avoid the barbed wire, Moxley brought the weapons left outside the ring and head to the ramp to punish Omega with the Barbed Wire Bat and Kendo Stick, Kenny however Blinded Moxley with powder and tossed Moxley into the explosive wire. For my money of what I’ve seen, the explosions were a little tame - though I can understand why for safety. Rattled and twitching, Moxley still kicked out at 2, forcing Kenny to punish him further with a Kendo Stick and trash can to focus on the knee. Kotaro Crusher on the trash can busted Moxley’s head open for 2 so Kenny tries a Figure Four, Moxley though grinds a barbed wire steel chair onto Kenny’s leg and hand, cutting Kenny’s hand open and breaking the hold. Kenny tries the Snap Dragon but Moxley evades, but gets thrown into one of the barbed wire boards on the turnbuckles. Excalibur continuing to be on fire with the quip of a ‘barbed wire halo’ as the bloodied face of Moxley displays and Bryce Remsburg enters perpetual cringe. Kenny is next to taste the explosives though as his Figure Four attempt is kicked away and launches him chest first into the ropes, a shotgun dropkick sends him back first into it for a second go, Moxley pulls out an Exploder, sets Kenny up for another Barbed Wire board, Kenny wriggles to set up the Snap Dragon but Moxley reverses into another pump handle exploder into the board. Moxley nearly blinded by his own blood calls for the Death Rider on the Wired Chair, but Omega sets up the One Winged Angel, Moxley German Suplexes him out and dumps Omega on the chair with a Sidewalk Slam, the wire sticking to Omega’s jeans. Moxley calls to his I Quit Match with Kingston and wraps some wire around his arm, he misses the Lariat and gets hit with one Snap Dragon Suplex, Kenny hits another but Moxley gets back up, V-Trigger blocks the second Barbed Wire Lariat attempt but not the third at the halfway mark.

Omega throws huge caution into the wind by escaping the Paradigm Shift and pushing Moxley and himself into the exploding ropes, his vision affected as he asks Remsburg for water to clean his eyes - it seems to be a worked one though or at least dust. Jabs are shared on the apron between the wired ropes and one of the ‘Triple Hell’ wired boards, Moxley gets advantage and hits the Paradigm Shift onto the boards, however, Omega merely bounced off of it while Moxley is firmly stuck inside the board. As Moxley painfully unhinges himself from the board he pulls out more wire - Kenny also wearing a crimson mask - as he batters Omega in the head. A noise alarms Moxley of time running out, he does the Cactus Piledriver for 2 twice, Omega hits the Low Blow and the Powerbomb for 2, Two V-Triggers on the corner and then the One Winged Angel, 1, 2,

BANG!

Moxley kicked the rope to trigger the explosion, blinding Omega and breaking the count. Moxley has the barbed wire bat but the Good Brothers rush in, as Moxley wails on Gallows, Kenny is handed his own Barbed wire bat, he swings for Moxley and 

BANG! 

the bat itself is charged too! 1, 2, NO! The Good Borthers set up a regular chair, Omega drops him with the One Winged Angel and gets the three.

Omega celebrates but Don reminds them of the countdown, the trio handcuff Moxley’s hands as the hard cam continues to miss Omega’s smack talking. Kenny brutalizes a defenseless Moxley with the non-charged wire baseball bat as the 1 minute warning is issued. Kenny celebrates but Kingston rushes in - against the advice of the Butcher, Blade and Bunny. Kingston tries to break the cuffs but has no time, he tries to drag Moxley but has no time, he takes one last look at Moxley’s face and covers his body over his friend and rival and

Fizzle.

Mostly just a limp pyro show. A heartbreaking technical error which was met with boos as the PPV goes from A+ to A-/B+ simply by this one moment. It hurts to look at, but I think the worst part is that Kingston - being the kayfabe professional he is - sold it. Had he simply got up and had Kenny come out with a ‘gotcha’ it could’ve been salvaged but alas, the PPV ends in a whimper.

The match itself was great though, brutal and bloody, the explosions were a bit small but as I said, I can understand why. The lack of the big explosive finish will be a huge damper on it even with AEW’s attempts to take it on the chin and try and salvage it, if I were TK though I probably would book the next Dynamite to still have the ring rigged - noting that only Kenny and Callis knew how to wire and unwire it, that way we can still have a Chekov’s gun and have it potentially blow at any time during the next Dynamite, we pass off Kingston’s selling with a promo from him saying he had accepted death to save his friend and passed out from it and we either have Kingston, Moxley or maybe even Callis get caught in the ring actually blowing, like have Kenny on the tron pull a killswitch or have Callis think he defused it only to do the opposite. Looking ahead though this does imply that Moxley won’t completely disappear from AEW just yet, he still has the IWGP US title to drop before he goes on paternity leave, he will certainly be sleeping on the couch until the baby comes though XD On top of that we’ve neatly set up Kenny’s next challenger in Kingston, who is not a bad shout at all given that he won Match and Feud of the Year for WON last year.

Conclusion Had the explosion gone off proper, this would be A+ for sure, but given how that was literally the last hurrah built up so much on a highly anticipated bout, I have to give it an A- as a PPV. All memes and criticism aside for that one singular moment the rest of the PPV was amazing. Maki Itoh got double the surprise presence as well as a BTE cameo and is booked for Dynamite to steamroll an amazing debut run, Brian Cage and Lance Archer looked like absolute beasts in spite of defeat (Moxley too), Death Triangle are back in a title picture, Jungle Boy continues to amaze, Shida puts on another banger, Hangman’s slow rise to potentially usurping Omega has begun, Sting entertained in a safe manner, Scorpio Sky returns in a big way, the Bucks retained in a fiery opener and Miro was on a tear essentially squashing Chuck Taylor to get back on track. Not to mention debuts for Christian Cage and Ethan Page (more Cages and Pages, what happens if Brian and Adam face Christian and Ethan? I'm still waiting for Kong vs Kong)

On top of that we give huge props to Excalibur and Tony for essentially carrying the commentary with their knowledge and timing while JR had some voice troubles and Tony Khan for promoting this PPV to be trending worldwide for literal days

My favourite match has to be narrowly the Main Event, it just pips the Women’s title match because of its sold brutality, and I’m not really counting the post-match stuff from it. Nobody wrestled poorly in the entire show as well so aside from one big technical blemish, it was a strong ass show and all the shortcomings it had can easily be bounced back from.

Needs a lil’ more TH2 though...

[lunelantern]

~Sasusaku analysis ~

                               ~~ Sasuke and Sakura - - pair analysis ~~                                            ~THE BRIDGE SCENE~                            (Team 7 Reunion - - after the Five Kage Summit)

                                           ---   PART 4---

How would anyone act when given an impossible choice: be a shinobi or a lover.

This scene suggests that one can't be both (Zabuza states that they can't be both and the human wins every time, albeit Naruto begs to differ and state that it is realistic and achievable to balance the two antithetical perspectives).

"Kill her and I'll accept your offer." Sasuke gives her a pill of her own medicine. Because he doesn't speak randomly for the sake of conversation, cruelly with seemingly no remorse lingering in his heart, Sasuke gives Sakura one example of how her life would be if she were to join him; the life of an outlaw where murder and disposing of people like nothing would be ordinary.

Plus, the scene is also symbolic; Sasuke asks a famous medic - - his following sentence is more than revealing for he knows very well that Sakura is a medic - - to kill a suffering person, when the very essence of her jobs nature AND her symbolism in the manga as the representative of rebirth and regeneration  is to heal, to cure, to lessen one's pain.

By joining him, Sakura would give up on her own self (Naruto answers to her shrouded confession that no sentient bring should event lose himself and betray his own morals, principles and feelings "I hate people who lie to themselves"). Hypothetically, Sasuke shows Sakura a glimpse into how her future beside him would look like.

Albeit is kosher and nuanced, barely noticeable, Sasuke still has a good nature and he proves he cares; he doesn't snap at her, he doesn't launch an attack, he takes his time to lecture her in his own blunt and sarcastic manner.

In the light of the most recent events - - Itachi’s death, the Kage summit, Danzo, Obito and his confession about Uchiha - - Sasuke might arguably have his ration altered, with interlaced moments of lucidity and madness, triggered by the emotional trauma, extreme stress and because he is being provoked. And that makes his moves seem mad, unusually erratic and exaggerated (his famous mad  laughing moment when he shouts to Kakashi that no one could ever bring his family back and restore that status quo - - a doctrine that the manga embraces).

But that's not the case; not with Sasuke and not in this scene.

The overly popular consent postulates that "Sasuke went mad/ he is crazy". Which isn't the truth at all, but it's so facile to superficially judge a character with no proper introspection.

He is not mad at all. Nothing in his demeanor reveal that Sasuke lost the clarity or the ration and his furious state must not be mistaken for insanity.

Sasuke is perfectly lucid. He's, calm, composed, enigmatic, his words have double meaning, he is coherent, analytical, tactical and he knows perfectly well what he is saying; he has complete control of his thoughts.

The fact that his following  conversation with Team 7 steals exacerbated reactions from him is due to the fact that he's more emotionally attached to them and thus his emotions would be pushed to extreme; he'd be more expressive and his rage would be more evident.

Sasuke is less reserved with Team 7 because he's emotionally involved; it’s very personal. But that doesn't make him a mentally deranged man.

He even kept his lucidity and perfectly placated Danzo with a sparkling strategy; he had enough lucidity to analyze Danzo's attacks and outsmart him, despite the emotional trump card of psychological upper hand that Danzo supposingly had on him. Even Obito himself thought at some point that Sasuke has lost it and he's only launching at Danzo erratically, aimlessly in his crazed mind, like Juugo. But it wasn't the suicidal rampage of a crazed man. Sasuke fooled everyone into thinking that he does not know what he is doing / that he lost it.

Nowhere in his attitude or his manner of speaking does Sasuke seem crazy and that's luckily to Sakura because she exposed herself to a ridiculously deadly situation. She came before him like it's a cakewalk with a confusing and conflicting strategy - - if it even existed.

That's the beauty of this pair. It's refreshing and novel, the dynamics are exciting, it lefts the reader constantly guessing and the finale isn't predictable. They aren't a cliché couple. Their movements, the inner feelings, the evident indecision and introspective turmoil is fabulous.

Sakura's ambiguous intentions and Sasuke's personal manner of speaking, his body language, her evident conflict and bedraggled approach are confusing and enigmatic. We keep in guessing what did she hope to accomplish?

Her presence alone holding a lethal weapon that she plans to use on Sasuke and the mention of the word "kill" on her lips when talking about Sasuke the man she loves might be symbolic for how much she treasures the bond with Naruto and how much she regrets for her innocent, naïve plea to bring Sasuke back.

A bond of blood, pain, rancor and emotional torment that she created, a harpoon of tm emotional trauma and torture for Naruto who didn't deserve it. Her present alone with murder intent is an attempt to free Naruto her best friend from this curse (a repentine decision taken after her "confession" failed - - her attempt to free Naruto from that promise failed because Naruto suggests that the supposed burden of her promise was also a conjoined personal motivation).

And maybe Sakura wants to confirm her own feelings and proceed from there: does she love him now when he's gone to this lengths or did her feelings changed for this new Sasuke and she'll be able to fulfill her shinobi duty?

That's how her disarrayed moves and the lack of any proper prior plan could be explained. She wanted to confront her own emotions and the best way to do so was to meet Sasuke herself and assess the situation with her own eyes and her suspicions coupled with the rumors about him lead to the verdict: he is not the same Sasuke that she fell in love with.

Solidifying Sasuke's role as a character with great development in the Manga (a Bildungsroman which follows the evolution of a character from childhood to adulthood, which emphasizes and supports the moral of the story). In antithesis with Naruto who is a linear character who didn't change in the bit, Uchiha is a dynamic character who evolves and never stays the same.

Both Sakura and Karin make it perfectly clear that Sasuke is not static like an unperturbed lake with no ripple to break the mirror-like stillness of its surface. He's a vivacious ocean - - unpredictable and fulminant with constant vicissitudes between tranquility and serenity and turbulent storms.

Sakura confronts her own feelings by approaching Sasuke and realization almost costs her life - - her heart gives us the painful confirmation that she loves him, still helplessly loves him ardently, in a moment when there's no safe turning back.

A moment of hesitation is lethal for a shinobi. A moment of indecision or unfortunate choice comes with devastating consequences.

She reveals her poisoned kunai from under her clothes while indecision takes control over her reeling emotions and fogged lucidity. Simultaneously, Sasuke prepares his Chidori and prepares to strike his attack.

The manga is very descriptive and suggestive. The transitions denote melodious cursively and the flow and cohesion of their interplay is assured by the constant introspection into the characters minds and hearts as the silent face expressions and body language emphasize their dialogue.

Sasuke sees Sakura's internal turmoil. He notices how she reviews her own feelings for he did the same when he heard the truth about Itachi. She's analyzing her feelings for him as he silently allow her to make a decision, up to the very last moment - - he wait for her to get close to him while he won't let any other enemy with murder intent to get so close to him.

Waiting for her to decide, to make up her mind, to choose the road to take and dictate the course of action. Up to the last moment when she reveals her kunai and her mind decides that "she doesn't matter", meaning that she won't comply with his request to kill Karin and "prove" her loyalty and feelings to him.

The implicit dubiety in Sasuke's voice has a moral purpose behind: in a couple, trust is fundamental for a healthy relationship. Love isn't enough when it’s not coupled with trust and respect.

When trust misses, there can't be any romance between two parties and that's what Sasuke's ironic and daring words mean when he dares Sakura to prove her loyalties and back up her confession.

Yes, she might love him but she won't do everything he asks and she does not NEED to comply to his requests. Sasuke tells Sakura that she does not BELONG to his world now. To this version of reality, according to the script of this play he can't be her lover, the one she dreams of.

His eyes, the mirrors of the soul as the symbols of the Third Eye in Buddhism - - the omnipotence of the one who beholds all the wisdom and knowledge / the spiritual part represented by Sasuke's Yin avatar - - are always scrutinizing and introspective. Sasuke is following Sakura's mimics, gesture and reactions with hawkish diligence, attentive and meticulous.

He sees right through her deception; he might not have accumulated enough life-experience, wisdom and information to unravel Itachi's truth ("how far can you see with that Sharingan of yours, Sasuke?"), but he sees right through Sakura's soul, reading her like an open book, every page and every line. She's transparent in front of the man she loves.

It can't be any different because romantic bonds are unique; nothing can begin to compare or come close to. There's nothing else tangible to compare romantic love with, nothing that can offer such a complete body and soul experience.

It's very difficult to draw a kokeshi doll mask on the face of a lover because primal instinct makes one react differently, in a peculiar manner in the presence of the loved one.

Is primal, animal instinct to entice and attract the attention of a potential match and thus it makes it difficult to fight against such strong innate reflexes.

For both Sasuke and Sakura, the primeval instinct to be a couple is very difficult to placate and hide. Sasuke makes it obvious from his tempered gestures, for how he allows her closer to him than anyone, and from he way he talks to her - - the syntax of the phrase and the choice of words are all very intimate, very personal.

And Sakura's pendulating actions shine with confusion and indecision, the inner turmoil revealing as theatrical and dramatic: she alternates between blubbing and shouting, rasping and barking at him and getting emotional and mellower with him.

The look in their eyes is one of this pair’s most symbolic feature. Since Japanese people aren't overtly extroverts with displaying emotions in public, subtlety is the key of this representative pair. There is an entire repertoire that composed the aria of love songs between this pair. There are heated glances, angst stares, incredulity and confusion. This time Sakura does not eschew her eyes from Sasuke; she doesn't glance shyly and flirtatiously aside from him like she does at the end of the manga. She holds Sasuke's gaze, leveling his piercing gaze as she knows she risks a lot because this man's eyes can see through everything.

He... Was always capable to see right through her deception. She can never hide from him.

Sasuke instead can perfectly mask his emotions, but chooses not to.

Considering how this couple's love story is embroidered into the tapestry of scorching passion, it’s no wonder that Sasuke is the one who initiates most the innuendos between them. No pronouns are more idoneous than the repetitive "Me" and "you" and the syntax of their dialogue; the flow of the conversation, the order of the words and the feelings elicited are extremely intimate.

There is history behind this couple and their now earmark stares and glances exchange support it.

Sasuke and Sakura are subtle but their body language is unique and a expressive. No fustian description can give their story justice, for it's far too complex.

That's why passion and intimacy scorch like a pyre with this pair. Every feeling, every emotion and every sentiment is augmented and exacerbated.

While he's clearly deranged by the women's litany of flirts and attempts to seduce him, he listens to Sakura's every word. He doesn't brush off her confession, he doesn't ask her to keep her distance from him, and he doesn't repay her confession with brusque scowls or growls (like he does to Karin, Ino and Mei).

Sasuke and Sakura's love story is very reminiscent to the compelling elements of Shakespeare drama in terms of its characteristic elements: the tragic hero who's suffering is the product of a peculiar  trait of fate or an extraneous force (the Uchiha curse/ manipulation and lies that surround HIM); his inner struggle (the struggle between good or bad), darkness and hatred and evil  that destroys any iota of goodness in the hero's heart, the stupendous internal and external conflict and the effect of catharsis that their feelings produce.

The strong, Naruto-esque happy ending is the only thing that differs, as Sasuke and Sakura don't end in a veritable tragedy, emphasizing the triumph of good in the manga.

I'd end by citing Obito and Hagoromo's hermeneutics:   "When a man learns how to love he must shoulder the burden of hatred."

The negativism and pessimism that attributes a negative connotation to life and suggests that pain and suffering are inherent to life and win over positive emotions - - the reign of pain and suffering.

... In conjunction with:

"I hope that this time is hatred which turns into love."

The positive overview of the humanist manga conclusion.

The positive, idealist triumph of peace, love and happiness, with love winning over pain.

It's Sakura who returned the lost peace and gave Sasuke happiness. It's her love that turned his hatred (Sasuke set on redemption journey because of lingering Uchiha demons he's scared to hurt people).

[jeannettegray]

Jason Todd for the character ask!

First impression

You know what, zombie!Robin is right, Batman should kill the Joker!

Impression now

You know what, Precious Cinnamon Roll Who Did Nothing Wrong (Except A Few Murders But Who Is Counting Shhhhh) is right, Batman should kill the Joker!

Favorite moment

Probably his very first post-Crisis appearance. Tiny malnourished child finds himself face-to-face with The Creature Of The Night, and his knee jerk reaction is to knock him out with a tire iron.

Idea for a story

I just want him to spend more time with his brothers. As bad as Tom King’s run was, it gave us the absolutely magnificent scene where Jason and Damian fight over a happy meal. It was beautiful.

Unpopular opinion

I hate that he hangs around Roy Harper so much. Ever since DC idiotically killed Lian, I don’t even want to look at Roy, let alone read stories about him.

Favorite relationship

Probably with Alfred.

Favorite headcanon

He loves high quality artsy stuff, like very nice teacups or kokeshi or ornamental weapons.

[teeraksamur]

6 years go by quickly when you're having fun. #happyanniversary

[hazyheel]

New Japan Cup Day 1 Review

Before we get into the matches, I want to say that I will be irregular in uploading these. I’m a college student, and I have other things to do sometimes. But I will get these reviews up when I can. Apologies about how late they may be.

Given my time contraints, I didn’t watch the entire show, but here are the results of the tag matches on the undercard: The BULLET CLUB, comprising Taiji Ishimori, HIKULEO and Bad Luck Fale beat the CHAOS team of Mikey Nicholls, Will Ospreay and Rocky Romero, with Ishimori pinning Romero. Suzuki-gun, represented by Killer Elite Squad and Minoru Suzuki bear a rag-Tag team of Toru Yano, Toa Henare and Satoshi Kojima. Davey Boy Smith Jr pinned Henare. BUSHI and EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku and Zack Sabre Jr, BUSHI pinning TAKA. LIJ team of Shingo Takagi, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito bested SHO, Hirooki Goto and Kota Ibushi. Interestingly, Takagi pinned SHO, so we may be in for a Junior Heavyweight Tag Team rematch. And last if the undercard matches, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe, Kazucika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Colt Cabana, Michael Elgin and Shota Umino. The young lion ate the pin after a Rainmaker from Okada.

First match of the tournament pitted YOSHI-HASHI against Manabu Nakanishi. Hashi picked apart the knee of Nakanishi, trying to keep the match on the mat. Eventually, Hashi got a little too confident, and attempted to venture into striking territory, where Nakanishi has a definitive advantage. Don Callis and Kevin Kelly were on commentary, and they kept harping on how Hashi has always been the underdog. The fans want to like him, but he doesn’t deliver in any big way. Nakanishi was able to hit a superplex to Hashi, and then some sort of “dive” out of the ring, where he jumped the top rope, landed on the apron and then hit a double ax handle. I don’t know if it was a botch, but it didn’t look good. Nakanishi then when up top for a huge frog splash, and I started getting into the match. Hashi grabbed the ref before a back breaker, and he backed off quickly. So when Nakanishi hit the backbreaker, no one was there to count it. Not long after that, Hashi locked in the butterfly lock for the submission win.

Grade: C. Very slow match, but kinda fun. The crowd was behind Nakanishi, so it was interesting to see him respond to that. I was happy to see that Hashi won, and this is apparently his first New Japan Cup win. I think it is a good choice for Hashi to win, and I am excited to see him continue in the tournament.

Next match was Taichi vs Tomoaki Honma. Taichi was armed with the Iron Glove inherited from Iizuka. Taichi was very careful to take advantage of his positioning, retreating to the outside when necessary. Honma was really holding his own, until Taichi shoves the referee away and attacked Honma with a chair. That chair shot really spelled out the loss for Honma. He was able to make a comeback, hitting his chops and slaps and a Kokeshi (which is fun to see for some reason) Honma was able to hit a Kokeshi from the second rope for a near fall, and immediately tried again, but Taichi pulled the ref in the way, shielding himself long enough to slow Honma down. They battled on the top rope, and Honma hit a huge sunset flip for another near fall. But alas, things began to go downhill for him once again. Taichi Locked in a crossface choke, and Honma barely got out. He then ate a saito suplex for a near fall. Then the crossface again for a submission victory.

Grade: C+. Surprisingly fun match. Taichi took Honma quite lightly, but Honma fought back hard. He was just outlasted. Large portions of the match were in his control, but Taichi had more stamina. However, it was mostly a clean win, other than the chair shots. No glove shot, but I’m sure that will be coming later.

Next match, we had Chase Owens against Juice Robinson, the IWGP United States Championship. In the crowd, Juice got a kiss on the cheek from a fan and fainted. Owens was being very non confrontational, retreating to the ropes and outside several times before actually wrestling. Every time Owens tried to be tricky, Robinson has an answer for it. On the outside, Owens hit a huge Russian leg sweep into the barrier, and destroyed Robinson’s back. Owens deliberately attempted to slow the match down, but Robinson used his charisma to keep the crowd into the match. Juice went for the cannonball Into the corner, but Owens back body dropped him out of the ring, and he really flew. Robinson went for it again, but Owens countered with a superkick and then a suplex into the barricade. Back in the ring, Juice was hitting his jabs when someone in the crowd yelled “Fuck you juice.” Juice responded by flipping him off and saying “Fuck you buddy.” Robinson hit a huge flip left cross, knocking Owens off of the apron. He then hit a cannonball off the apron. As juice went to pick him up, Owens pulled him into the barricade, and teased a package piledriver on the exposed floor, but Robinson countered it. Owens tried to put his feel on the ropes during a rollup, but the ref caught it, twice. Owens was able to hit the package piledriver for the shock win.

Grade: B-. The match felt a little long. These guys aren’t too exciting in terms of their movesets. But it was certainly a vicious match. Owens getting the win probably means that he will get a US Championship match later on, so hopefully that one is a bit more impressive. Good match, a bit underwhelming, but the sequences in the later parts of the match were awesome. Looking forward to Owen’s title shot.

In the main event, Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Nagata met in the blowoff of a month’s long feud. The two started out in a contest of strength, but soon devolved into their classic striking matches that they have had of late. Crowd was firmly behind Nagata, and he had an advantage while on the mat. It seemed like Ishii had a striking advantage, but while they traded blows, Nagata was certainly holding his own. They exchanged slams, kicks and elbows, looking as vicious as ever. Nagata was even bleeding from the mouth, looming cool as hell when he locked in his arm bar. Nagata was able to hit a super exploder suplex for a near fall. Then a brain buster for a near fall. It got to a point where the two just stood in the center of the ring and slapped each other, then into elbow strikes. These guys are tough as nails. Nagata hit a huge Saito suplex for a near fall. Ishii was dripped to the mat by a huge knee, and then countered a running knee with a lariat for another near fall. Ishii was able to hit the Brainbuster for a win, after a war between these guys.

Grade: A. Excellent match. I wasn’t sure how much I would like Nagata, given that I have only seen him in tag matches, but he was the highlight of the match. Both guys took a shit ton of punishment, from chops to mid kicks to suplexes and more. The strikes were blistering, and it was tough to watch at times, but it was easily the match of the night.

Overall Grade: B

Pros: Taichi vs Honma; Owens upset; main event

Cons: quiet crowd; a couple assholes who spoke English being douchebags.

[toxoplasmajuice]

26 Questions with Mikio Ebisawa

@futurecarrie​

What is the most important thing to them? (meaning a person or thing specifically i.e. friends/family) Most important would be their three baby siblings. And their family in general, really. They also have an instinctual response to resist great change, often regardless of what it is. This wears off if they can’t fix what’s “broken” fast enough, but within a certain time frame...

Do they have any deep, dark secrets? What are they? Is their biggest secret the fact they killed someone, or is it more like they wet the bed until they were 8? Eh. Their original plan wasn't to be a bouncer, but rather to get involved in the entertainment side of nightlife (though they weren't too thrilled about feeling like that was the path they needed to take). They hide it because "so, I was almost a stripper” isn't the most ridicule-proof fact, and also because it just doesn't come up often, but if it comes out... eh, whatever.

If something bad happened (i.e. their mum was killed), are they more likely to cry or get angry? Mix of both. Angry tears and the desire to punch somebody. Without the ability to do so, they'll eventually end up just crying.

What’s one of their favourite generic items (meaning something that isn’t special to them in any way, but if someone gave it them they’d be very happy)? kokeshi dynamo Nah, probably actually... stuffed animals and water bottles. And new sunglasses. (Okay, you asked for one, but... you get three! Hooray!)

What is one of their least favourite generic items (again meaning something that isn’t special/unique to them (like a chocolate bar or something))? Give them any makeup and they’ll look at you weird. Same with puzzles of any sort. Also, on second thought, they probably wouldn’t appreciate being given a Kokeshi Dynamo very much

What’s their relationship like with their parents? Pretty good. They’re occasionally a little bitter about the living situation--you know, having to get a job at 13 and having two of their younger siblings rob people for extra money and essentials because only one of their parents can work--but they know that’s not the fault of either of their parents, and overall, it’s a good relationship. Their parents really don’t like them working nightlife security, but they... sort of get that they as a family don’t have a ton of options.

Do they have any fans (if their talent permits them to have fans)? Do they like said fans? Not fans, but over the years they’ve known quite a few friendly regulars by name. They do like these regulars.

Do they have any siblings? How do they feel about said siblings? The Three! Their names (from oldest to youngest) are Hideo (two years younger than Ebi... Mikio), Mio (three years younger), and Takaaki (six years younger). The Three get on Mikio’s nerves quite a bit, but they love them anyway, wouldn’t trade them for the world, and feel the need to protect them.

What three words would they use to describe themselves? Kind, sort of strong, stubborn.

What three words would others use to describe them? Bar/club patrons that have been thrown out by them have a lot of (not so nice) words to use, but most people would probably say... sort of intimidating, cheerful, and... stubborn.

Any fears? They have a big fear of hospitals (like... having to stay in one, or having to visit someone in one, or even being in one at all will trigger this fear), and a lesser fear of... caterpillars. Don’t ask. (🐛)

If they were offered 1,000,000 of their currency to do something immoral, would they do it? ...They’d be very, very tempted. But would they actually do it? Maybe...

What’s their stance on religion? Their family, with the exception of their father (who’s an atheist), practice “folk Shinto”, which (to my understanding) means they participate in the rituals and hold the beliefs but aren’t technically members of any Shinto organizations. Ebisawa’s in the same boat, pretty much. They’ll also respect everyone else’s religious beliefs (as long as they’re not pushed onto them, of course).

What’s their stance on the supernatural? They swear they saw the ghost of an old regular once at closing. Said regular died in a drunk driving-related incident, and a few days later, they swear they saw the ghost of said regular haunting the bathroom at closing time. They don’t believe in much else, though. Vampires? Cool on film, but not real. Werewolves? It’s not very nice to call someone that for not shaving. Weird plant people? Now we’re just being silly.

If they had one day left to live, what would they do? Cry.

What makes the earth turn according to them: Money or love (or is it because when the earth was a gas cloud it started to spin and hasn’t quite grown out of that phase yet) ? Money. It’d be nice if it were love, but they’re a realist, not an optimist.

Knowledge, power or relationships: what’s the most important? Probably knowledge.

Do they like animals? What’s their favourite? They’re not obsessed with animals or anything, and they’ve never had a pet, but they like ‘em. They have a strange affinity for elephants.

Any weird talents (besides their ultimate/shsl) that they’re secretly proud of (like rapping for example)? They’re oddly good at decorating cookies.

Tell me a random story about them! I’ll give you two, one from off the job and one from on it:

When they were eleven-turning-twelve, they and their siblings visited their uncle (on their father’s side) in France for a few weeks in the summer. Their uncle and his totally-not-boyfriend had plans to take the four kids to Paris for a day, but both had heard of “Paris syndrome” and how it was apparently especially prominent in Japanese visitors, so the two of them spent an entire week “preparing” the four for Paris, most of which was showing them every bad thing that had ever happened in the city. Little Takaaki was probably more shocked by the “preparation” than he would’ve been by just going to Paris, Mio found the training hilarious, while Hideo and Mikio ended up thinking “okay, guys, we get it, Paris isn’t a utopia, can we go now??”

At one club they bounced at when they were fourteen, they had to throw somebody out for acting like a total buffoon. Which is pretty typical, but this instance sticks with them. Partially because this woman came in in all olive green, which is a Bad Color for them (for the record, their response to it is feeling uncomfortable and a little nauseated), but moving on. So, there was a live music performance going on, and Olive Lady got up on a table to heckle the band. Not only that, but she was calling the band members by name as she heckled them. Most of the band members were laughing it off, but the drummer was trying not to cry. Ebisawa approached Olive Lady to ask her to please stop being so disruptive, and Olive Lady told them that she was just heckling the band ironically, and she actually loved the music. She kept arguing that what she was doing was Good, Actually, even as more bouncers came to back Ebisawa up, and eventually they all just had to escort Olive Lady out. Olive Lady called the bouncers a “clique”. Really. To this day, Ebisawa still wonders how Olive Lady knew the band members’ names.

Do they have any illnesses or disabilities? They’re autistic, but as was the case with Nagano’s ADHD, this was never formally diagnosed. Hell, it’s not even self-diagnosed. What they do know (well, suspect) they have is a case of PTSD from an incident very early in their bouncing career. (They’d escorted a group of aggressive men out of a bar only to find that they were waiting outside to follow them home after closing. They all attacked them as soon as they got out of a well-lit area. What saved them from literally being beaten to death was the fact that two other bouncers, who’d briefly lost the group when they got out of a well-lit area (but caught up again, obviously), noticed the men who’d been thrown out following Ebisawa home and followed them. This is also where Ebisawa’s fear of hospitals comes from--the injuries earned them a hospital stay.)

Left handed or right handed? Right!

How would they react to being locked up in a school with no foreseeable time of leaving? They’d get very, very antsy very quickly. They wouldn’t be happy about it at all, and it’d lead to a meltdown or two. If kept there long enough, though, they’d learn to adapt.

Will they miss their old high school? Why? Eh. Not really. They were a notorious truant, so that’s part of why not--they were just hardly there.

Do they like the outdoors? If so, what’s their favourite outdoor activity and any memories linked to that? They love the outdoors (in lowercase and not bolded, but they love it nonetheless)! Being inside a lot (bars and clubs tend to be indoors) just makes them like it outside more. They mostly enjoy jogging (or just running around aimlessly), but they sometimes enjoy riding bikes--especially back when Mio (and later Takaaki) was learning to ride and they’d help teach her (and later him).

How important is their talent to them? Does it not mean much or would they die for it? It’s really something they picked up for money, so even though they do enjoy it and they take pride in it, the biggest issue with something interfering with it would be the change in routine. (And the loss of the opportunity to provide for their family.)

[linkspooky]

"Now, what Furuta did to Rize was horrible, but I think the fandom forgets she wasn’t exactly a saint before that point." I tend to disagree there. Everyone knows what Rize was capable of and what she famous for or they have never read TG. I think people are very much free to point said atrocity with keeping the narrative and personality of these two in mind and I have yet to read or hear from a good portion of people who are hypocrites in that regard. Also, Ui's love for Hairu and Saiko's

love for Urie are still not quite clear, so if it’s romantical feelings you are pointing out (or I might have interpteted your chart wrongly, which might be possibly the case) then I would say these feelings for said characters are pretty ambigious at best, although I agree with your overall premise that their find unfullfillment in their love because of stated factors.

I wasn’t really calling the fandom hypocrites. What happened to Rize is an atrocity regardless of what kind of person she was, there are some things you just don’t do to a person. However, I don’t think there are many fandom works that take Rize for more than she is at face value or take deeper looks at her character, mainly because she doesn’t get as much screentime as other characters. That was all I meant by that remark. Sometimes in writing you try to pick a nice transition for a sentence or introduction to a topic and it comes across as something other than you intended, my apologies. 

As to your second remark first for Saiko while I don’t think it’s completely romantic in nature I still think the love Saiko holds for Urie is unrequited. I didn’t talk about Saiko much because as you said she’s not that clear, of all the 4 quinxes she has the least distinct character arc and I’m including the mess that is now Mutsuki. If I were to guess at what her character arc is though she has an obvious tendency of attaching herself to male authority figures. Especially after having been failed, and basically sold by her female authority figure into a surgery and career she didn’t want for a measly compensation check. 

This is shown with Shirazu:

Haise: This moment is especially potent, because Saiko is shown observing Haise being tortured earlier and effectively doing nothing about it, as opposed to Hinami who stepped in at risk of herself and her current safety at Aogiri for the body of a man who no longer remembered her. However, the moment it looks like Kaneki might surface and Haise will be thrown aside, Saiko appears to beg him not to leave and Haise reasserts himself. This scene also repeats in a way with Tsukiyama later on, but one theory early in these two arcs was Saiko’s dependency on him was one major reason that kept Haise around. 

Then again with Urie:

While saiko undoubtably does care about these people as people too, she pretty much needs them around so she can attach herself to them and still function. That’s the iron of Shao’s description of her in this chapter.

Saiko’s freedom comes at the cost of giving up her individual willpower. It’s why she attaches herself to others, it’s so she doesn’t have to make decisions for herself or assert her own personal responsibility, because as somebody who was effectively sold to the CCG academy her freedom is what she values the most because it was threatened to her.

That’s also why this specific piece of advice was given to Saiko, because Saiko has a tendency to not think about things. She was complaining that maybe ghouls aren’t the bad guys in this situation one arc, and then slaughtering members of Aogiri alongside Urie’s side, because that’s how she could best support Urie the next arc. 

Now returning to the point, what Saiko wants the most is that sense of stability which is why she attaches herself to others. In essence she’s the one who right now most seeks the Quinx as a family, because that’s what she wants. However, Urie is not on that level of understanding yet. Remember, this was said about him not two chapters ago, and I doubt one hug is going to fix Urie’s deeply ingrained in mindset.

So whatever notion of love, familial or romantic Saiko has towards Urie is going to be unrequited at the moment. Saiko wants to think of the Quinx as a makeshift family, Urie wants to think of them as Squad Members he has to raise into faithful CCG members and protect. Both of them are blurring the lines into what they want to see out of their connections rather then what is reality at the moment. 

As for Hairu and Ui, it’s arguably not necessarily romantic either but I am basing this off of the omake which I read as pretty clearly romantic. 

(Translations by Randomthoughtpatterns [x])

In the first one Ui invites Take out on Christmas Eve to “Drink to Loneliness”, as Christmas is generally a lover’s holiday in Japan. Ui however, being his normal lonely self (his hobbies are karaoke, and scrapbooking alone activities you normally do with others) seems to regret not planning enough work to have an excuse to be alone on the holidays. 

Then when Hairu does show up both of the 4 panel omakes are jokes based upon romantic misunderstandings, because they are a guy and girl alone together on Christmas. First is that Hairu says “Walking side by side like this” where it sounds like she’s referring to how flustered she is that they might be mistaken for lovers, or that they feel like lovers in the moment, only for her to bring up kokeshi dolls instead because they both have short haircuts. The next is Ui getting Hairu a gift, and then after trying it on her first thoughts go to Arima instead of Ui, to which Ui looks obviously disappointed but answers “Oh, right.” The punch line being those were two situations where romance might have blossomed for lonely Ui, but Hairu’s eccentric personality changed the subject too quickly.

Omake also totally counts for establishing character relationships too, because Naki and Miza was established in an omake before getting an entire chapter dedicated to it in canon. 

Also Ui allowed Hairu to call him by first name, and it was something they did only in private as evidenced by her almost doing it in front of the quinxes and then retracting it.

Now that I’m done ruining jokes by explaining them however, I’ll admit this also works for a narrative where Hairu and Ui are just friends, and Hairu was just the closest thing Ui had to an equal among his coworkers because they were direct partners, rather than subordinate. Ui’s thing seems to be wanting intimate relationships with his coworkers in general because he is a lonely dude. I would say that’s still unrequited love though, because Ui is arguably the most hung up on Hairu of all the people he’s lost. Here’s the face Ui makes in F’s lie when Tsukiyama reminds him of what he lost at the Rose raid.

Here’s Ui, about one step away from a mental breakdown upon discovering Hairu’s body.

Here’s Ui instantly being shut upwhen Matsuri rubs the failure of the operation in his face.

In comparison, the arguably second most important person to Ui, Arima, only got one panel time of reaction compared to the rest. In a story basically, the more time you show to something, the more important it is. Therefore Hairu’s probably the most important person Ui ever had in his life, while to Hairu Arima was her most important person. Therefore the feelings Ui had towards her, romantic or platonic, was an unrequited love. 

At the end of the day though, this is a chart based upon personal interpretation of romantic subtext. It’s always going to be biased no matter how objective I try to be, but as long as I get the point across that this arc is about people projecting idealized version’s of love onto others, while also suppressing themself then I think the chart has succeeded even if a few details are off. 

[yandere-kokeshi]

How would Yandere Price and Soap and König react to their darling being a cannibal. Like, the boys find out, and the darling is like, “it’s okay! I only eat bad guys, tho! So don’t be worried 😋😋”

— Yandere Price, Soap, and König with a cannibal gn darling

Warnings: yandere behavior, talks about eating humans and slight violence. 

A/N: This is the most chaotic ask I’ve gotten, and I’m here for it. Enjoy!

Johnny “Soap” MacTavish:

The most dominant side-eye. He’s skeptical, a bit uncomfortable… However, if it satisfies your needs, then why not? Plus, you said you weren’t eating innocents, and you’re doing a favor for the world by getting rid of bad guys, no?

His first question is how do you get the meat. And if he hears you’re getting it from the black-market, or you go out killing on the register, it makes him feel odd. Regardless of the answer, he fits in that he’ll gladly kill for you. It’s all laughter, until he comes inside the house the next day, dragging a black-bag shaped like a body…

Of course, he worries about you. He understands the human body, and how much iron and fat is in the body, which in many cases, causes you to get sick. 

Johnny won’t join your diet, but will happily help you cook. He’s fine with helping out, adding seasoning and such with a big smile as the two of you take time with each other. 

Honestly interested in what made you decide on cannibalism. Did you grow up that way? Did someone or something initiate it? Or was it a day when you woke up, and randomly decided on? Johnny is all up to hearing about it, regardless of the time it takes, and finds it fascinating whilst listening to you. 

John “Captain” Price:

Just blinks at you, hand scratching at his beard with a small ‘huh’ grunting out. 

He’s definitely weirded out by it. It’s something he wasn’t expecting to find out, or hearing those words come out from you. He tries to talk to you, asking why or when you started doing it; gently suggesting to you that you should stop and the reasons as to it. But, sooner or later, he accepts it, shrugging his shoulders and going on along with it. 

Another one that will not be joining your diet. He gags at the glazed image, and it makes him uncomfortable. However, he’s open to helping you cook, but will be eating the ‘other’ meat you’re not so fond of. 

While John isn’t a fan of you eating humans, he’s also one to recommend if you want him to find someone for dinner. He enjoys pampering you, and if he hears a yes, a friend that openly flirts with you is gone — and so are many others that Price sees as a threat.  

Definitely learns to be more open about it, and sometimes forgets you openly eat it, until the time comes when he’s butchering.  

König:

As long as you don’t jokingly say you’ll eat him, he’s weirdly fine with it. He just nods, rambling in Denglish, before asking questions to ensure he understands you correctly. 

König is fascinated by the human body, which means he understands that certain organs can easily poison you with how many substances it holds. This said, he worries over what you eat — coming into the kitchen to ask if he can cook the meals for you. Within 30+ minutes, König shows that he can make dishes like a tier-5-restaurant rating. 

He loves seeing your reaction to his cooking, smiling at himself with your humming, and always makes a bigger gourmet for a second plate. 

In a way, this giant enjoys knowing this secret. It’s to you and him only, and he loves preparing lunch or dinner with the specific meat. He’s also open to trying the meat you so like, and if he does? Well, that makes two of you a team, doesn’t it? 

Will gladly kill anyone for you. Open to killing the bad, the in-between, and the good if you so ask. However, König tends to go for people who deeply annoy him. 

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[cutiecrates]

Review: Doki Doki Dec 2016 Box 13

The month of December is very special for Doki Doki Crate. Why is that you might ask~?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

That’s right guys x3 Doki Doki Crate officially turned 1 year old in December!

To commemorate such a special occasion, DDC was offering a special “give away” for all of its Subscribers in the form of a Scratch Card. Subscribers could either win a Discount to the online shop, or win a random prize like a new 3DS, A totoro sleeping bag, and so much more!

Not only that, but everyone also received a special Pote Usa Bunny Squeaky Toy x3 many of which had a code on it for a unique discount on them.

If you’re new to the blog, I’ll just mention now that I got the Discount prize, and my Pote Usa Bunny didn’t have a code on it. The discount Code was good until near the end of February- but I ended up using it this month. You can read about my purchase here.

For December, everyone was getting into the holiday mood x3 with Totomi and Nuki doing her Christmas Shopping as her other friends spy on them, to Hoppe Chan decorating for the holidays and the adorable Homeroom Bears going out (with mixed signals due to cultural differences!).

As usual I’ll cover the contents of the Suteki Crate. Such items included: Christmas Gudetama Plushie, A Nyanko Nabe Healing Puzzle, Korilakkuma Christmas Plushie, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Fuzzy Bunny Backpack, Sailor Moon Crystal DVD Special Edition Set, Rilakkuma USB Cup Warmer, and Wii U with Mario Kart 8 Bundle.

I already own a Wii U, and Mario Kart 8 x3 plus I love animal crossing.

(You guys probably didn’t know this yet; but because being addicted to cute things, I also love Video Games!)

Without further ado, lets get on with the show!

Here you guys can see the scratcher I mentioned. The writing in the top corner was done with the Fluffy Pink Pen you see before it. Not only is it really cute and soft (its a pen with a giant pom-pom on top and ribbon wrapped around it), but its fine tip and cap make it a wonderful addition to any desk for a bit of cuteness.

(The little bows on it are from packaging wrapping in the box. As I mentioned in a previous post I save them.) 

The two cuddliest members of the Crate got associated fairly quick. Here we have Calvin, one of the Homeroom Bears. He is very soft with his cute and fashionable winter scarf.

(I will be honest, I really wanted Coco. But Calvin is adorable~)

Next to Calvin is one of the Mameshiba Cellphone Cleaner. Some of you might remember this post, in which I got something very similar. Last time I got one of the brothers, and this time I believe I got Sasuke, their friend. Again, these really do work. I remember someone expressing doubt with them until I let her try it out herself, and let me tell you, seeing that expression she made was entirely worth it. 

Wook at that wittle face~

The Squeaky Pote Usa was part of the Anniversary deal going on with the box, while the Usa Loppy ECO Bag was part of the crate itself, being the featured special collab item of the crate. With a button and buckle, this adorable bag will quickly make its way into your heart (if it doesn’t make its way into your list of necessary shopping items first!).

I used this bag only once so far, when I decided to walk to the market a few weeks back before it got really cold. It was so cute and fun, and I actually attached it to my jackets zipper. I can’t wait to use it again~

Usa Loppy Squeaker - kinda already covered this little guy. An adorable squeaking bunny you can just keep for cuteness or drive your pets crazy.

Yoko fell in love with it, so I agreed to let her keep it when I finished.

Daily Organizer - An adorable tribute to some of Japan’s most iconic. Including Mt. Fuji, Daruma and Kokeshi dolls, and kitties!

For those of you unfamiliar, a Daruma Doll is a special object said to grant wishes. You fill in one of its eyes with a marker, then when the wish comes true you fill in the other. A Kokeshi Doll is a very traditional Asian doll whose style changes depending on the maker. And resemble Shinobu from Kin-Iro Mosaic...)

(Really cute anime, I suggest you check it out.)

Anyway, this is a great item. Even though it is in Japanese, its really easy to figure out. I don’t really have a use for it though, I don’t have a very active lifestyle (long story short, I’m pretty sickly so I never really took up any sort of sports or outside of the house hobbies), but I do use it for little things like birthdays, Holidays, errand days, days we plan to get out of the house.

Monthly Hoppe Chan - Having prepared for her date, Hoppe Chan patiently waits with her decorated tree, present, and the beautiful, glittering snow as it gently pours from the clouds~

As usual, Hoppe Chan and the Cream are made from squishy rubbery plastic. Everything else is deco plastic.

I decided not to take this one out of the package... but I may lose to temptation and open it for a little squishing~

Lastly, we have the Paw Gloves! If you love cats as much as I do, you’ve probably wanted a pair of these (if you don’t already have them). Not only are they cute, but they’re very fluffy and feel nice on the hands, and include a string to tie through their little side-notches.

Did you know, Grey and Pink were the fashionable winter colors this year?

And now its everyone’s favorite Funny Story Time : D

Two years ago (2015) I really wanted a pair of these after I spotted them on an online shop. They came in a variety of colors but I love black cats, so I chose the black. They were really cheap because of a sale going on, on the store, so it didn’t take me that long to convince myself to get them.

So they said it would only take maybe a week to get here. We waited and waited, probably 3 weeks to a month and they never showed up. We contacted the store and they offered to send out another pair to compensate, because nobody knew what happened, and if we paid for shipping.

Would you believe the second pair never showed up either??!

We waited weeks, again, for nothing. So by this point we were pretty much done and contacted them for a refund and haven’t used the store since. I never got those gloves, never heard anything from them, I washed my hands of the whole thing.

I eventually did get my gloves from another website though. We found them- even cheaper there. So now I own 2 pairs of kitty gloves!

(*just noticed the lighting makes my skin look darker than it is*)

I basically took this so that you guys could kinda see how they look worn. They really accent your nails~

<3 Cutie Ranking <3

(just to avoid confusion, Quality is still counted. I just decided not to list it because it never changes. It’s always 5 out of 5. I’ll only list it now if I feel that it isn’t.)

Content - While I enjoyed my last Doki Doki Crate, I think this one is definitely my favorite one thus far! Everything was super-cute, and I loved that they added additional things to celebrate the Anniversary. The one thing I didn’t like is that they didn’t really include anything Christmas-y. I mean yeah, Hoppe Chan clearly looks decorated for it, and Calvin is good for Winter, but that is the extent of it.

Practicality - Everything is essentially usable. But realistically speaking, I use nearly everything in the box to the extent it can be use. One good thing about the lack of Christmas themed items is that they feel more natural for yearly/every day use. 5 out of 5.

Total Rank: 15 out of 15 Cuties! If I had to choose one box I felt was the best for this branding it would be this one. This was also the first Crate my friend got, and she fell in love with it. I was so glad she had such a great impression from it :3

<3 Cutie Scale <3

1.  Mameshiba Cellphone Strap - Its a kawaii doggy in the shape of a BEAN (like the original mameshiba), not only that but its useful.

2. Calvin - Kawaii <3 I’m addicted to anything snuggly and soft~

3. Usa Loppy Bag - Very handy, and cute! It’s a bag, but its pink with a bashful bunny on it. You can’t beat that.

4. Daily Organizer - It’s covered head to toe in adorable cuteness!

5. Usa Loppy Squeaker - It’s so cute, I could squish it over and over. Although the squeaker kind of give me a headache after I do it so much...

6. Hoppe Chan - I’m obsessed with Deco, but this is more pretty than it is cute to me.

7. Paw Gloves - Same as below. I adore cat paws (I squish my kitties paws every day <3), but they just don’t have that Kawaii charm.

8. Fluffy Pen - its adorable, don’t get me wrong. But it lacks the cute faces almost everything else has.

Okay guys, 2 more boxes to go and I’ll be caught up to my January subscriptions. The next box I’m doing introduces my currently last brand I’m getting (remember I get 5), and there are 2 more boxes I’m getting this month (ironically one IS Doki Doki Crate, while the other is also from Japan Crate, the makers of it.)

Look forward to it guys! Stay Cute and merry late Christmas!

[yandere-kokeshi]

I appreciate the way you write disabled and chronic ill’d readers. It makes me and others feel seen :). If it’s not too much of an issue, can I ask how Yandere Nikolai and Price would react if their darling has a prosthetic leg because of an accident that happened in the military? Thanks <3

Also, can I be 🦿 (iron leg) anon?

— Yandere Nikolai and Price with a gn darling who has a prosthetic leg

Warnings: yandere behavior, and talks about ptsd and past.

A/N: Yes, you can! Hope you enjoy :)

Nikolai:

Nikolai is oddly fascinated with it. He adores touching the coldness bars, looking at it, especially if you’ve decorated it with stickers or have different fabrications. 

He understands that living with a fake leg is irritating. Wearing the prosthetic, and getting ready each day, can take a bit of time. Perhaps take your mental state down, however, your beloved husband can never get away from his odd questions with it. He genuinely loves touching it, and being in your routine; being there for you in whatever shape or form. 

When in need of a replacement, Nikolai comes along and patiently waits. He’s in the same room with the doctor, making jokes and looking at you with a gentle smile. After you’re done, he takes you out for a little treat. 

Really interested in knowing what happened, but will back-off if he senses you’re uncomfortable or don’t want to talk about it. He definitely sees that it can affect you, so no pushing from him. But if you open up about it, he listens openly. 

Nikolai often helps you with night routines — rubbing in moisturizer on your stump, and trying to make you comfortable. He adores when you let him carry you to bed, snuggling you closer and letting him do everything for you.

Captain “Price” John:

He undoubtedly respects you more, not that he already does. But with what happened in the military, and how much you continue on, John admires that and loves how strong you are. 

From learning from you and online articles, he understands the process of an amputee is irritating. The constant staring and uneven walk is embarrassing. Constant chafing is hurting. But John is there, helping you out with his best learning advice and wants to make you feel comfortable. 

John loves taking care of you. He takes your prosthetic off for you each time you come home, hands swiftly moving, removing the liner and kissing your skin before rubbing moisturization for the times you are without your fake leg.  

If you have a day when you don’t want to wear your prosthetic, he’s more than happy to carry you around. Prepping kisses on your face, beard scratching at your chin as he lays you on the couch to get you lunch.  

It’s shown on many occasions that he’s not bothered by it, so nor should you. If he sees you looking at it, a frown prominent, John gets a bit upset. He touches your chin, focusing your look on him and promises yourself that you are enough, despite your change of leg.

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