#iru rants

[macskasbacsi]

they mean so much to mee

[ibucat]

no soup u_u

[macskasbacsi]

if anyone wants to see theirs, you can see the exact number on desktop, if you click F12, go to the "network" tab and check the response of an call to "boop"

it should look like this

yooooooo what does it mean to receive BLR?

[lil-scout-precure]

Hoy se cumplen 3 meses de esta tragedia Eurovisiva...Contra todo pronóstico y esperanza, lo menos esperado sucedió.

Y la peor parte? TERCER LUGAR en TELEVOTO. Porque Ucrania (entiendo que por apoyo político y todo, pero es un chiste esto...) y Lituania le dieron 12 puntos, con el REINO UNIDO (los hosts del concurso para más inri) e Islandia (traicioneros...y eso que me gustaba Diljá) dandole 10. Sólo el resto del mundo y Australia no le dieron nada (un alivio al menos...Temiendo que LatAm o USA le hubieran dado el voto por parecerse a las canciones que hoy tocan en la radio...)

Echar a una ex-campeona de la Junior del país potencia en junior (Georgia. Iru ganó en 2011 con el grupo Candy la segunda victoria del país) de la final y de paso con una canción bella (la letra no tanto, pero lo demás joya) por lo que sea que se suponiera que "Solo" fuera es un crimen. Un crimen jodido.

Nomás por esto espero que Anastasia Vasadze, la elegida para Georgia, golee a todos en Francia para la Junior 2023 como venganza. O al menos que quien salga representando a Polonia en la Junior tenga más dignidad que Blanka...

[durgalmaple]

okay there's a something i want to talk about.

you ever read or watch something and end up really liking it? so you go online to look for more stuff relating to it? but it turns out that everyone else who watched it likes it in a completely different way than you?

that's me and Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls

tl:dr: i like Monster Musume in a way that practically no one else likes because of the nature of the series.

(note: there's a couple descriptions of some ecchi stuff and some kind of yucky stuff, so if you don't want to see that, be warned)

Monster Musume (further shortened down to MonMusu) is an ecchi harem anime/manga about a guy who becomes the host of a bunch of monster girls who all love him. it got an anime adaptation in 2015 which covered the first twenty six chapters, and there are 82 chapters in total, with an 83rd chapter coming soonish.

being an ecchi, the main focus tends to be something along the lines of "what sexy situations can we put this guy in?" and "how can we get a bunch of boobs on screen?"

i went into this series knowing this, and with one goal in mind. i wanted to know if this series was actually good.

the answer: no, but it gets close to being kind of good

the series is positively absurd. the main character has only been refereed to by his actual name once, two kaiju battles have happened, the most recent chapter was about the main character playing yugioh against a mummy so that the company that's puppeteering him could get the rights to yugioh! it's genuinely fucking funny! however, i think it's ecchi nature bogs it down significantly.

in chapter 29, Centorea (who is a centaur)(creative name i know) and her mother (who goes unnamed)(probably named Horsea or something) have a jousting match. they're fighting for their ideals, which sums up to a battle between tradition and progression. at the beginning of the chapter, it was shown that while Centorea is a very skilled jouster, she's not perfect. she hits off the mark, and this bothers her. however, MC has something that he's sure will help. he give it to Centorea and it's a very big bra. I should mention, Centorea has really really big boobs. see, her big boobongos bounce when she runs, which throws off her stance making her miss the mark. i think this is a funny joke. anywho, Centorea and her mom joust a little bit more and in the final round, they give it their all and once the dust settles, because the author hasn't met the Boob QuotaTM, their boobaroobas are out. this really deflates a bunch of the tension from the chapter, and miffs up the ending. i mean it's still alright, but it's just that one bit that brings it down.

this is something that plagues a great deal of the series. there'll be a good chapter and then it gets messed up by the Boob QuotaTM.

the chapter which i think gets hit by this the most is chapter 32. in which MC, Miia (who is a lamia), and Rachnera (who is an arachne) help a shrine maiden (who's also a Nine Tailed Fox) put on a play and it's really nice and cute, and then Okayado (who is the author) fills the Boob QuotaTM. this, along with the next chapter, broke me.

the series has other problems however. it hasn't touched the harem aspect of it in years, characters stagnate, and then there's literally just Suu.

Suu is a slime girl. she's one of my favorite characters. i think her characterization is really fun and interesting most of the time. however, this is Suu

can you see the problem?

(note: Suu has two forms. small Suu and big Suu. pictured above is small Suu, i don't want to picture big Suu. i've kind of just accepted that small Suu and big Suu are two completely different characters which i can attribute different actions to)

i think that anywhere else, Suu would be an amazing character. however, because Suu is in Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls, her existence is just really uncomfortable.

i can at least find solace in the just sort of ignoring the parts i don't like about Suu, or even making an actually interesting character trait out of it.

however, i'm not the only person in the world that likes MonMusu.

Monster Musume is an ecchi series for people who like ecchi, so a lot of the fandom for it is ecchi stuff. i like these characters as characters, whereas a lot of the fandom like these characters as something hot to look at, which makes it hard for me to find things i like because everyone else is just posting boobs.

while yes, i like boobs, this is not the place i want to look for boobs.

and that's it. send post.

(this was made because i recently found out that they had announced a second MonMusu game)

[ramonag-if]

So MC not just a CURSE and Rana was BLESSING but MC was also failure and Rana was success and that why Mrs. Perfect NEVER doing anything wrong in her life (Salyra) who hate failure want to make everything right come and she (force) fix anything she still make everything wrong by don't face her own consequences. THANK YOU SO MUCH Salad(Salyra) you make MC's life like they live in hell because of you also F**K you SALYRA!

Also sorry for very rude comment Salad(Salyra) really piss me off so much everytime she apper it feel like evrything to follow what she said. Also at first i feel like Salyra going to be dramatic as Irus but no she more worse, Irus was stubborn but he still some empathy side to other characters (i really hate RO or character who show empathy to only MC) that why he become my number two favorite characters in this game (number one is Sargon and Oren) but Salad(Salyra) she don't show it at all or if she show it i still wonder if she fake and the worse she don't show to it her own first son/daughter who she leave them with they own single dad from 20 years!

Sorry from complain and sorry that i write too negative comment i hope you have a good day today.

Vent away! I haven't received Salyra hate in a while - I suppose a lack of update contributes to that 😆 She's a triggering character for most but I don't see her as having no empathy. Her empathy only goes so far as to apply if it suits her needs 😬

I actually don't see Irus and Salyra as being similar in their stubbornness. Sometimes being headstrong is a good thing and that's how I see it for Irus - he's never not had empathy for others and since he's also grown up with a sense of abandonment, he feels some kind of kinship with the MC. With Salyra, her stubbornness is either good or bad - there's never an in between and more often it's bad rather than good.

She bases her decisions on what her goals are, but it's not very thought out and she ends up creating consequences that she never foresaw or just chose to ignore in favour of thinking it will work out.

I can assure you that the angsty/rude responses to Sal are a lot more cutting in Chapter 8 😆 Last night, I wrote a farewell scene with Sal that was so fun especially with the level of anger towards her so you'll get your chance to rant to Sal in the game soon enough 😋

[twinhood-2dot0]

Rating all of Tatsuki Fujimoto's works (Part 1 because procrastination)

I could talk for a while about Tatsuki Fujimoto and how his works have impacted me but eh. Everyone’s done that already. I’ll just talk about his works, in chronological order.

Spoilers for everything but Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch. CSM because it’s a masterpiece, Fire Punch because my brain just melts thinking about it.

A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard (庭には二羽ニワトリがいた, Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga ita) (2011)

???/10

Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga ita iru is apparently a Japanese tongue twister. The story goes, aliens have invaded Earth and they have a taste for human flesh. Apparently they were smart enough to travel vast distances through space but they didn’t know the concept of delayed gratification and rearing, so humans are basically wiped out. So these two kids dress up as chickens because these specific aliens hate chicken and only recognize things by face and hide out in a school backyard. Stay with me here, everything Fujimoto writes is incomprehensible in an amusing way.

Then, a transfer student apparently likes chickens. So this one kid who fed the “chickens”, apparently knows that they are actually humans, and tries to save them, because he apparently harbored humans, but while he’s explaining stuff to them, the chicken lover finds out about the chickens and goes on a rampage, and the alien runs with the kids (the aliens can transform into hulking beings), then it’s revealed that the older kid is apparently alien and then he saves the girl??? Maybe??? I would rate this one but I have no clue what the hell this is. Seriously, I can’t make head nor tail of it.

Sasaki Stopped a Bullet (佐々木くんが銃弾止めた, Sasaki-kun ga Juudan Tometa) (2013)

Rating: 5/10

This school student, Sasaki, has the hots for his teacher Kawaguchi-sensei, and he somehow surmises that she is god. His logic is “I would think about Kawaguchi-sensei before I go to sleep, and I often dream about her too. Only god would be able to do extraordinary things like this.” And then a shooter walks in, who was a high school classmate of Kawaguchi who was doing well in school when she dumped him and he apparently lost everything. So he wants to punish her for it. So she tells him that he can do anything he wants to do to her but leave her students alone (Sidenote: really convenient dialogue. Like, I’m no expert in socialization, but is that something someone would say?). And he demands sex because of course. What else could it be? And Sasaki loses his mind because he can’t comprehend god having sex with a pervert. So he goes on a rant. And he shoots him. And he has a flashback about him telling her his dream, about wanting to go to the moon because his dad said that he’d become the first Japanese to go to the moon even if he died and he died before he could go to space, so Sasaki wants to go to the moon to meet his dad. And that’s when Kawaguchi tells him that she is God, and she goes on a rant about how people say the probability of something impossible happening is 0% but it’s because they’re too lazy to calculate the probability. So he eponymously catches a bullet. Because he believed in the miniscule probability of something that impossible actually happening. And then he convinces the shooter that he’s a time traveler and that that’s how he knew how to catch the bullet and that he will be arrested, but with the knowledge he gains from his 10 year long incarceration, he will join the University of Tokyo, and he’ll live a happy life. He believes him and accepts his fate. 20 years later, Sasaki is on the moon, and Kawaguchi asks him whether he found his dad. He says of course not, but that doesn’t matter, since he became the first Japanese to reach the moon (If you couldn’t tell, I didn’t pay much attention when they taught indirect and direct speech in school), and he asks her whether it was her power that allowed him to accomplish something physically impossible, and she confirms it, and Sasaki says “No matter if it was before or now… it was only a bullet but I’ll always be able to stop it.” and the story ends on the note “The only necessary power is the power of belief.” As with some of Fujimoto’s works, it’s wholesome in a very weird way, and it’s much better than the previous story in coherence, at least.

Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome (目が覚めたら女の子になっていた病, Me ga Sametara Onnanoko ni Natteita Yamai)

Rating: 8/10

When I first read the title, I was overwhelmed with curiosity. And fear. With a story with a title like that, it has the potential to go like super transphobic, but it actually was quite good. We’re introduced to the main character, who, as the name suggests, woke up in a female body, and is told that there is no cure. He goes to the school, and the teacher tells the class to treat him like a girl, and he’s harassed by the perverted boys in his class, and his girlfriend’s brother comes to his rescue, and he goes home. He talks to his girlfriend and starts to believe that he actually has become a girl and confesses that he might have a crush on her brother. She demands to have sex but her brother walks in and she tells her brother to go out with him and runs off. He remembers his childhood when he cried very easily and everyone made fun of him for crying and finally overcomes toxic masculinity and asserts that he is a man no matter his feminine qualities and kisses her. I really love how it breaks down toxic masculinity and the difference between sex and gender. It’s kinda like a cis person who became trans which is sort of a subversion but shows aspects of the transgender experience™.

Fire Punch (ファイアパンチ, Faia Panchi) (2016–2018)

Rating:7/10

Ah, Fire Punch. The manga I read shortly after finishing CSM. Seriously, I took one whole day to watch and read all of CSM and then I finished Fire Punch the following night. I can safely say those 24 hours shattered whatever sanity I had left. Fire Punch is the weirdest, most disturbing thing I’ve ever experienced. And I’ve watched The Boys. I wrote quite a bit about the first chapter but oh my god, I’m not familiar at all with Tumblr’s rules so I don’t wanna risk it. It's really that bad. Anyways, I’ll just say, I love the premise, the theme, the story is a little… all over the place, there’s a lot of things done for pure shock value, I love shock value but this is just weird. Oh yeah, and there’s a pretty well written trans character. I personally love it, but it admittedly isn’t that good but… that’s what his next work is.

I just discovered a word. Well, two words. “Shock Fatigue”. From TVTropes, When a form of entertainment relies too much on shocking its audience, they may eventually become desensitized to it. In some cases, an audience may become so desensitized to shocking content that it no longer has any effect on them, leading to a feeling of being bored or even jaded by material that would have previously been found offensive or shocking. 

Holy crap, this is exactly what Fire Punch is. My brain has become so horribly desensitized after reading Fujimoto’s works.

Chainsaw Man (チェンソーマン, Chensō Man) (2018–present)

Rating: 10/10

The manga that shot Fujimoto to stardom, and the manga that set me down this path. Chainsaw Man has a pretty simple premise. The story follows Denji, who’s a man who has chainsaws sprouting from his arms and head. Beings called “devils” inhabit the earth, and this is the interesting part, devils are stronger the more they are feared. So a Car Devil would be stronger than a Coffee Devil. Fujimoto makes a lot out of this premise, the worldbuilding is stellar, characters are extremely well written (Denji himself is a , the story itself is well written, and the deaths, oh my god, they really make you feel the impact. So, uh, try not to get very attached to them, you can never know who’s gonna die and who’s not. I won’t comment upon Part 2 because ongoing series are awful. But Part 1 is so, so good.

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[daughter-of-poseidon8]

i’m not sick anymore but i've seen more j-dramas

I’m happy to say that this wasn’t a one time thing and wanted to watch more j-dramas after my quarantine, so here’s what I’ve seen since july (which isn’t much, but it’s something lol)

1. suki na hito ga iru koto aka a girl and three sweethearts (8.5/10): oh, to be a pastry chef and move to a beach town to live and work with three hot guys... and one of them is played by yamazaki kento??? no but seriously, I loved the vibes that it gave off, and I don’t even enjoy going to the beach! I thoroughly enjoyed this drama, minus 1) misaki sometimes spoke in a very cartoonish way that got on my nerves 2) my dude kanata was sometimes too aloof and rude for my taste, like being nice every once in a while isn’t so hard? especially to the person you like? 3) wtf chiaki dgaf about misaki and the moment kanata shows some interest he’s head over heels now? come on

2. gokushufudo aka the way of the househusband (8.5/10): at first I wasn’t entirely convinced because the drama was pretty much tatsu being a househusband and people being scared of him because of his shady looks and past, but as the episodes went by we started getting more character development and backstory... and I was sooooo in! I was looking for some easy laughs, but this drama also managed to warm my heart and made me care about tatsu and his family and friends... :’D tamaki hiroshi was spectacular.

3. coffee & vanilla (5.5/10): I guess this is where the shitshow begins lol. the only positive thing that I had heard about this drama before watching it was that dori sakurada looked really hot... and the rest was quite awful. this drama was so short and everything happened so fast it felt like it was on steroids or something lol. definitely cringey and hiroto behaved like a creep. however, it had something that glued me to the screen and I flew through it. at least it was entertaining and not boring, which imo is waaaay worse

4. good morning call (7/10): I believe this was one of the first j-dramas that were added on netflix, and I had been curious about it since I first saw it because who doesn’t like a cohabitation plot? grumpy x sunshine? well, the premise was better than the actual execution. uehara isn’t grumpy, he’s a dick. I get that nao is sometimes too hyper for my taste but omg put some fucking effort into the relationship!!! whenever she talks to uehara it seems like he’s being bothered. also, people were shipping nao with daichi, but this guy wouldn’t take no for an answer and accept that nao isn’t into him. she should’ve ended with issei, but whatever. besides that, the drama was pretty entertaining and I liked the ensemble of characters. also, there were some really cute moments that made me forget for two minutes how dumb uehara was.

[lychee-ramenwater]

when will I upload birthday drawings on time? who knows

happy birthday Arisu <3

[macskasbacsi]

knowing chilchuck is Really Fucking Tall makes this panel so much better

[sidlyrics]

Pulse

Artista / Artist: AKi Letra / Lyrics: AKi Música / Music: AKi

Pulse

思考解除　本能のままに さあ求めろ　一心で

過去も未来も有りはしない 一瞬が���いてく　今

睨みつけることも　拳をあげることも わめきちらすこともない？

有りのまま自分を叫ぶのさ 傷一つないまま　終わらせていいのかい？ 自身に問いかけるこの音が 真実か否か　見極めろ　その目で

正しきも間違いも　踏み出さなきゃ始まらない 戦うべきは誰なのか　分かってるんだろ本当は

飛び込め新世界へ　俺たちが今さ ここにいるキミもそう

有りのまま自分を叫んだら 目と目合わせて　共鳴しようこのまま 傷つくことも悪くないだろう？ キミの思いが　誰かに届く様に

有りのまま自分を叫ぶのさ 傷一つないまま　終わらせていいのかい？ 自身に問いかけるこの音が 真実か否か　見極めろ　その目で

Pulse

shikou kaijo　honnou no mama ni saa motomero　isshin de

kako mo mirai mo ari wa shinai isshun ga tsuzuiteku　ima

niramitsukeru koto mo　kobushi wo ageru koto mo wameki chirasu koto mo nai?

ari no mama jibun wo sakebu no sa kizu hitotsu nai mama　owarasete ii no kai? jishin ni toikakeru kono oto ga shinjitsu ka inaka　mikiwamero　sono me de

tadashiki mo machigai mo　fumidasanakya hajimaranai tatakaubeki wa dare na no ka　wakatterundaro hontou wa

tobikome shin sekai e　oretachi ga ima sa koko ni iru kimi mo sou

ari no mama jibun wo sakendara me to me awasete　kyoumeishiyou kono mama kizutsuku koto mo warukunai darou? kimi no omoi ga　dareka ni todoku you ni

ari no mama jibun wo sakebu no sa kizu hitotsu nai mama　owarasete ii no kai? jishin ni toikakeru kono oto ga shinjitsu ka inaka　mikiwamero　sono me de

Pulse

Let your mind go blank, act on instinct, come on, make a wish with all your heart.

There is no past nor future, this moment continues now.

There are times when you'll give a fierce look but also when you'll hold up your fists, won't you ever rant and rave?

Shouting out the way you are is it okay to finish without a single scratch? Is this sound of asking questions to yourself real or not? Find out with those eyes of yours.

In order to start moving, you have to take both right and wrong steps. Who is the one that you should battle with? You actually know.

We are now venturing into the new world. You'll also be here.

When you shout out the way you are, we'll look each other in the eye and ring in unison. Even getting hurt wouldn't be that bad, right? As long as your feelings reach someone.

Shouting out the way you are is it okay to finish without a single scratch? Is this sound of asking questions to yourself real or not? Find out with those eyes of yours.

Pulso

Deja tu mente en blanco, actúa por instinto, venga, pide un deseo con todo tu corazón.

No hay pasado ni futuro, este momento prosigue ahora.

Algunas veces echarás una mirada feroz, pero habrá otras en las que alzarás los puños, ¿nunca vas a expresarte claramente?

Gritando cómo eres realmente, ¿está bien que acabes sin un solo rasguño? ¿Este sonido de hacerte preguntas a ti mismo es real o no? Descúbrelo con esos ojos tuyos.

Para empezar a avanzar, tienes que dar pasos tanto adecuados como en falso. ¿Quién es la persona contra la que realmente deberías luchar? En realidad, ya lo sabes.

Ahora nos aventuramos en el nuevo mundo. Tú también estarás aquí.

Cuando grites cómo eres, nos miraremos a los ojos y estaremos en sintonía. Hasta salir herido ni siquiera sería tan malo, ¿verdad? Con tal de que tus sentimientos convenzan a alguien.

Gritando cómo eres realmente, ¿está bien que acabes sin un solo rasguño? ¿Este sonido de hacerte preguntas a ti mismo es real o no? Descúbrelo con esos ojos tuyos.

Kanji, romaji, English, español: Reila

[bags-under-doppos-eyes]

Things that have successfully ended me in the 2nd BAT vs. Matenrou D.R.B (a rANT)

LORD.  ABOVE. It’s been quite some time since my last yelling-fit over the new (at the time) HypMic divisons. Today, I finally got around listening to the 2nd D.R.B Bad Ass Temple vs Matenrou and i hAVE THE SAME (IF NOT GREATER) AMOUNT OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS I JUST NEED TO EXPRESS- 

Light & Shadow

THE TRUMPET 

JYUHI’S REAL VOICE, JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE, JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE

地獄見てきた俺たちの勝利 (This will be the victory of us who have seen hell”

LIGHT

SHADOW

LIGHT

SHADOW

BASICALLY THE WHOLE DAMN CHORUS

命はれる家族 (A family putting their lives on the line) 

Hifumi vs. Jyushi becAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR REAL PERSONALITIES AND THE FRONT THEY PUT ON TO FACE THEIR FEARS AND THE CONFLICT IN THAT IS D E L I C I O US 

Doppo vs. Hitoya bECAUSE THEY ARE SO ALIKE AND WHILE THEY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER THEY ALSO DON’T I- 

Hitoya’s verse ESPECIALLY from Nanbai ni shite kaeshita toko de kurai kokoro hareyashinai

Jakurai vs. Kuko bECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH REFORMERS IN HEART BUT APPROACH THEIR DESIRE DIFFERENTLY 

STRAIGHT UP EVERYTHING FROM 5:38 ONWARDS

Kaigen

THE TRIPPY, LOWKEY OMINOUS YET UPLIFTING INSTRUMENTAL AT THE BEGINNING

JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE, JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE, JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE

THE WAY THE MUSIC GOES SILENT AND YOU CAN’T HEAR ANYTHING EXCEPT JYUSHI’S REAL VOICE

THE WAY THE MUSIC COMES BACK AND SUDDENLY JYUSHI’S RAPPING IN HIS. REAL. VOICE. LITERALLY DRIPPING WITH EMOTIONS

Hitoya’s KOTODA and YOZORA

literally absolutely every single one of Jyushi’s lines 

K A I G E N !

ISHI DE IJI DE IKITE

KUKO’S ENTIRE VERSE, INSTRUMENTAL + LYRICS I JUST

Yoo Juushi! bUCHIKAMASE!!!

Hitoya’s AGGRESSIVE verse about protecting people 

進む先に道はないならば幸い迷う事もない ( There’s no road leading to where we must go In that case, lucky us, we won’t get lost either!) 

Kuko’s huOOUAA-AaAAaa scream at 3:30

and then all of them sort of imitating it at the end of the song 🥺 

TOMOSHIBI

THE FUCKING FLOW YALL- 

toki hanaatsu, toki hanaatsu, toki hanaatsu

THE WEY THEY SING WAZUKA NA TOMOSHIBI DEMO

hakidasu myverse

ushiinatta mono wo kazoeru no wa YAMETA nakosareta kunou to tatakau TAME DA

the way the flow IMMEDIATELY speeds up for Doppo’s part and the GLORIOUS LYRICS

maSSUgu ni tada maSSUgu ni 

“MEIKYUU” (Labyrinth) 

Hifumi’s maternal instincts AND HIS WHOLE VERSE IS JUST FASCINATING

いずれこのスーツそっと君にかけたい (One day I’d like to gently place this suit jacket over you)

“Shinpai nai, orera ga ushiro ni iru yo”

DOPPO’S ENTIRE VERSE, I CAN’T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THE LYRICS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE 

The.                Entire.              Final.              Verse.

tobira⤴︎ doki na⤴︎ sou ima⤴︎ ugokidasu⤴︎ toki da⤴︎

[mimymomo]

So I’ve been trying to get into Sailor Moon which means I’ve been watching/listening to a whole bunch of SM stuff (90s anime, SM Crystal, the SM Love and Justice podcast, etc). Through this I just discovered the 2003/04 Live Action tv series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon...and I kinda love it!?!

I spent 5 days watching all 49 episodes plus the hour long Special Act and I think it’s my favorite SM entity so far.

I mean it has everything:

Ridiculous tokusatsu fights!

Cheesy dialogue and terrible cgi attacks transformations! (Seriously this show had a budget of $5 and a Chuck E. Cheese coupon)

Luna and Artemis are walking/talking plush toys?! But then Luna becomes a little girl halfway through the season for reasons??? (Idk she’s cute though)

Mars and Venus are absolutely dating and I will NOT listen to anyone trying to say otherwise

Weirdly some of the best character development I’ve seen in a live action drama show (like the inner guardians arcs in this series is so freaking good. It should not be that good in a 2003 live action manga adaptation!!)

ATSUI KIMOCHI WA C’EST LA VIE! WATASHI GA WATASHI DE IRU KAGIRI!!! (This song is fucking genius and will get stuck in your head after the 17th time they play it in the show!)

Usagi is nowhere near as annoying as she is in every other version of this arc!

Seriously Rei and Minako are like the textbook definition of reluctant allies/friends to bickering married couple

A guy obsessed with turtles 🐢

The guy playing Jadeite looks 5 compared to everyone else and it’s adorable

The woman playing Queen Beryl also being a well established ‘adult’ actress and speaking out for women’s sexual liberation/just being way ahead of her time!

An entire episode where Rei, notorious karaoke/pop culture hater, decides to become and idol and forces the group to go on a game show so Minako doesn’t quit being an idol/give up on her current life

The Power Of Friendship Trumps All (kinda...)

Guys is it gay to use you and your dead gfs matching tambourine weapons in the final battle and turn them into a matching set of daggers??

Am I little obsessed about a near 2 decade old show? Yes. Was this post just a way to rant about PGSM and ReixMinako? Also yes.

[ramonag-if]

I can't emphasize this enough, but I LOVE your story! The way you conveyed emotions in your writing is just top notch, oh and the angst? Chef's kiss! And the characters? I'd write essays about them fr fr😩 Irus is such a breath of fresh air, he's so goofy and cute loll, Elora sweet girl my BFF for life and I love Sir Oren's name (in my place, Oren/Oyen is a pet name we give for ginger cats and I think it's adorable!!!)

I also love the family dynamic, both in Vinia and the less than ideal perhaps slightly dysfunctional main family with Sal and Papa (I'm a proud Ahlf's apologist, sorry not sorry) like, despite him being shady for keeping the letters that Sal writes to MC secret, I find it more easier to forgive because he doesn't replace the MC and or maybe Sal, and seemingly not moving on as easily as Sal did with her new fam and perhaps my MC (lol or myself) is a selfish Lil prick because it's such a tragedy to actually feel and experience what the saying "misery loves company" actually entails.

I do have a question tho, will the MC have closure about dear papa? I really do miss our emotially constipated father😭 my MC definitely would go gut some fish cus it might probably smell like him and inhale that putrid odor just to remember him by, I kid u not.

Oh and thank you for writing such beautiful IF and sorry for my long rant!

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you're enjoying the game and the characters 💖 So much of my time writing is spent alone, so I never know of the emotions I'm trying to convey are coming across the way I see them so I'm happy that it is for you!

I love writing complicated family dynamics. It's something I don't really get to play in IF or something that's explored a lot, so it was fun getting to include all the drama especially with Ahlf and Salyra 😅 And there's nothing wrong with being supportive of Ahlf (and his flaws). In some ways, I think he's a bit more forgivable than Salyra because he chose a hermit life rather than start a new family like Salyra did.

Yes! Part 3 takes place in different regions, but predominantly it will be Cyre focussed because of the war and also to rally supporters in Irus' kingdom. You'll be seeing Salt Bay again and you'll learn what became of the residents, including Ahlf.

Thank you for your support! I really don't mind long asks like these 😊 They make my day!

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Humans are Space Orcs, “EALS-AF.”

Hope you guys like this one. Things are heating up and getting exciting. A lot of moving parts so bare with me :) 

“What happened!”

“You know-”

“What happened! What happened with our plans, our agreement, what happened to everything we have worked to gain that you would go behind my back like that!”

“We did what was necessary.”

“What was necessary, what was necessary! You killed one man. ONE man and pissed off the rest of the universe, how does that accomplish anything.” The voiceless turned in a sharp circle, calming down and taking a deep breath, “You know what, nevermind, it doesn’t matter. You have never listened to me and you will never listen to me, and I know that. And because of your stupid pride, you will die. I got what I wanted.”

The burg queen gurgled angrily, “Watch your tongue maggot.”

The kree waved a wing at her, “Oh dry up you old hag!” He turned in a circle, “I told you what you needed to do to win this war. I told you what needed to happen, a division between the GA and all of its factions, especially humanity, but what did you do, you brought them together. As of now my sources say that more than five members of the GA council have agreed to declare an all-out war on you and your home planet.” HE turned back to look, “Do you really think that you can stand against Humanity, The drev, the Tesraki, the rundi, the gromm AND the Celzex! The Celzex alone could atomize your solar system without a second thought on their furry minds.”

The Burg queen was silent now, and it seemed as if it was only just beginning to dawn on her what exactly she had done.

THe Kree shook out his feathers, “Well, no matter. As I said, I got what I wanted. The voiced have been discredited and the Kree will not be joining the galactic assembly.” HE opened his wings, “Good luck waging war against the entire universe. I will enjoy watching your pathetic race perish from a distance while I take my next steps against the kree nations.”

***

The rundi charwoman looked out across the Irus Capital launch field, where a thousand different ships of half a dozen different alien species sat on the tarmac figures running about in wide circles as they prepared themselves for the upcoming siege.

Beside her stood the president of the UN, the Tesraki Prime minister, The Gromm Chancellor, the Drev representative and Lord Celex of the Celzex who sat moodily on the shoulder of the Drev representative glowering out across the tarmac.

“Is there a problem, Lord Celex?” She wondered, shifting her feet in worry.

Lord Celex was one of the most powerful beings here, probably second only to herself, and probably even greater than the human UN president. He had the most capable weapons in the galaxy, and at a distance could destroy entire solar systems. If he were to back out of the deal now, than their future was far more uncertain.

It seemed strange that the small, colorful creature was to have so much power, but at the same time almost fitting.

“I am not convinced of this course of action, chairwoman. Our act of war must have already reached them. If they wanted to surrender they would have already done so, sending a messenger will only open us up for attack.”

“Sending an envoy is how it has always been done and how it will always be done.”

Lord Celzex snorted but did not disagree with her, “Then I wish to send one of my ships. There is a greater likelihood they will survive, as we all know the burg do not follow the rules of engagement like the rest of us. They are likely to attack as soon as the engagement is over.”

“Very well Lord Celex, the envoy will be yours, but do not attack before an attack has been made against you.”

The small ball of fluff shook his head, though in shaking his head it was more like shaking his entire body. “If you insist, chairwoman.” He tapped the Drev on the shoulder with his foot, and the Drev held out one of each of his upper and lower hands. Lord Celex used the Drev’s hands like a ladder hopping from shoulder to hand to hand and then onto the floor before waddling away.

From the corner of her eye, the chairwoman could see the UN president looking hungirly after Lord Celex, not hungrily in the way she might heave first assumed, but she had been told by humans in the near past that Lord Celex was very ‘cute’ and that your average human wanted nothing more than to cuddle one into submission.”

For some reason, the thought reminded her of the commander, and her mood drifted downwards once again. A lot of people assumed they were going to war on the behalf of the commander, but that was not the case, if it had just been one man and a one time attack, they would have been upset, but they would not have retaliated.

Diplomatic relations were sometimes more important than the life -- or in this case -- the death of one man.

No, this had been building for a while, with their constant breach of GA sanctions, protocols and laws, their direct attack on the Gromm homewrold and Earth. In fact, her approval rating had dropped in recent years, sited mostly by her apparent liability to respond to the burg threat and retaliate against their poor behavior.

She had been hoping this conflict would all end, but she coulsee now that that was not the case.

She should have done something sooner.

Ahead of her, A column of humans marched by, their feet pounding against the ground in time with their war chant.

The ground shook as they passed, and the entire airfield seemed to turn to watch them, it was a good demonstration and reminded the GA soldiers and officers of the human power on the battlefield. 

The war was soon to commence.

***

Mistress Rizex Sat at the helm of her ship, watching closely on her instruments as burg airspace drew closer in her vision. All around her other Celzex sat in rapped attention, ready to fire their weapons if anything were to go amiss.

She tapped her foot slightly as the distant stars drew closer.

“Burg ships detected, mistress.” 

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she stared out at the darkness.

Lord Celex had not sent her for no reason. Other than being his longtime consort, she was also one of the greatest Celex generals the world had ever known, and likely the universe. 

He knew she understood how this was all supposed to end.

She would be pleased to oblige his wishes.

She was very good at sending a message.

“Mistress, we are being hailed by a burg command ship, shall I take the transmission.”

Her ears flicked slightly, “Yes.”

She waited for only a moment before the hologram rose up before her. The ugly creature towered over her by many feet, though she was not intimidated in the last by its size.

“You are entering Burg restricted airspace, turn around or be terminated.”

One of the technicians caught her eyes from across the room, and she gave them a subtle nod of acknowledgement before turning to look at the ugly creature. She ignored it’s warning and continued, “I am Mistress Rizex of the celzex and envoy of the Galactic Assembly, and on behalf of the galactic assembly, I wish to wonder why you think it is appropriate to enter GA restricted airspace and fire on our people, but do not rant us access in the other direction.”

The Burg hissed and chittered, “I am not interested in your politics, maggot. I am simply interested in your death. The GA can leave.”

She tapped her foot some more, “The GA will not leave. Let this be your official warning Burg, tell your queen that the GA has declared war. All trade agreements and sanctions against the Burg nation are henceforth dissolved. Any protections that your people may once have enjoyed have now been removed.” She trend to look at the rest of the bridge crew, “You are no longer welcome.”

The creature hissed and jeered, “The GA does not scare us.”

“Than you are as stupid as you are hostile.” She said, not one for diplomatic words, “And I warn you here and now that if the Burg nation does not cease and desist, we will destroy every last one of you without hesitation and with great prejudice, what say you.”

There was a pause for a moment. She could see the Burg look away from her, glancing towards someone she could not see.

In turn she looked to her bridge crew, who she could see were already ready like the warriors that they were.

She waited patiently, like the hunter that she fancied herself to be.

“I say…. THIS” Proximity alarms fired, just as she expected them to, and she did not even flinch as the rest of the floor jumped into action firing only second after the Burg. The space between their two ships was rocked with a bright flash of light and a sudden eruption of debris, that darkened almost as soon as it had brightened.

Four burg missiles had been terminated before they even made it to her cruiser.

Her ears twitched.

The Burg looked almost shocked.

She leaned a bit closer, “Do you wish to know what I say?”

The burg turned just in time to see her smile before giving the order.

A pulse of bright blue light radiated out from their ship in all directions, cutting across space. In almost the instant that the blue light touched them, the Burg ships rattled violently and then atomized.

One moment five burg ships guarded the borner, and the next five burg ships were completely vaporized, nothing more than dust on the edge of the solar system.

All around them the lights went dim, and their life support warning began to screech.

All power had been used up by the attack.

That was fine.

Behind them a rift opened and their ship was grappled by the second command module and hauled back into the warp,.

That should make enough of a statement about what the GA thought of the Burg and their tactics.

***

I woke up to something nudging my foot.

Opening my eyes I was still soar, and in pain, but it was far better than I could have hoped for. It took me a while to remember where I was and what I was doing, but the soft white bed of down reminded me, and I looked up to find one of the Omnidroids -- strange alien species that had rescued me from a hostile alien planet -- standing over me, all five of it’s trunk-like legs resting against the ground.

I looked upwards towards the top of it’s body where the slightly bulbous protrusions sat. I assumed that was it’s head, and if it had eyes, that was the most likely spot to find them.

It nudged my foot again, and I sat up.

As I did, one of its legs was lifted forward, and in it’s star, shaped hand it proffered me a strange object.

Whatever it was it was brightly colored, and when I took it, I was hit with a mildly sweet scent.

I sniffed at it, and looked up at the creature.

I couldn’t tell if it was looking at me.

Well… this was a bit of a problem. I was sort of assuming that it was offering me food, but if it wasn’t,  was I about to put something nasty in my mouth? And then there was the other factor of wondering how it even knew what I had ate. I left my detection device back at camp, so there was no way for me to test it myself.

There was, of course, always the chance that it had used some kind of unknown technology to scan me and figure out what I would be interested in eating, but, I hadn’t really seen a whole lot of technology aboard this ship, at least not in the traditional sense.

The ship itself was a silver ball, nothing more. The walls were bare, the floor was bare, the ceiling was bare. Light seemed to emanate from everywhere and nowhere at once. There were no buttons or dials or knobs or levers of any sort to be seen. The air seemed to have a strange misty quality to it, and a part of me wondered if there weren’t just thousands of nanobots floating around doing all the work.

Of course that was probably just my big dumb science fiction geek brain talking.

Either way, they didn’t have any sort of technology that I recognized, so it was either concealed, or so advanced it was beyond my comprehension.

That was a thought.

 The most advanced species in the GA was a tossup between the Vrul and the Celzex, though for different reasons.

But this was something beyond that.

It was still staring at me, and I glanced down not sure about this whole fruit thing, but I guess there was only one way to find out.

I dug my nails into the outside of the thing and began peeling away the skin. In that way it felt sort of like an orange. I watched the omnidroid while I worked, but it didn’t react negatively.

I kept peeling.

INside was slimy and wet,  but when I sniffed at it the smell was sweet, somewhere between a Kiwi and a strawberry, though its innards were a strange blue purple color.

I peeled off the rest of the skin and then took a tentative bite.

It was so sweet it made my face hurt, and my mouth water.

I swallowed just a tiny bit and waited.

And waited 

And waited.

My stomach growled.

I took another piece, and waited some more.

After about half an hour I determined that the fruit was safe, and shoved the rest of it in my mouth surprised at how hungry I was.

Once done, I picked up the rest of the skin,and shrugging, offered it to the omnidroid.

What Can I say, I wanted to be a polite guest.

It didn’t move for a little bit, an action that I wasn’t sure was hesitation or not.

But eventually it took the the scraps and headed out the door.

I was left alone again and returned to my curled position on the soft white fluff.

What was I going to do? They seemed nice enough, though if I couldn’t communicate with them this was no better than prison.

Escape was in order, though how I was going to manage to do that was a mystery.

As of right now though, I didn’t know where I was, who I was with, and what they planned on doing to me. They didn’t let me out of this room, though I wasn’t sure if that was because I was a prisoner or something else. They didn’t really treat me like a prisoner. All evidence to the contrary seemed to support the fact that they were trying to keep me alive and healthy.

Medical care and food and all.

But then again maybe they were just really nice to their prisoners most of the time?

Hmm

What would Captain Kirk do?

Probably something stupid.

What would Captain Reynolds do?

Also probably something stupid 

What would Han Solo do?

Also something pretty stupid, awesome and reckless, and he would look sexy as fuck while doing it. 

I nodded to myself. It seemed as if my course of action had been decided for me, the council had spoken, and all the great space ship captains of the past were speaking to me through the ages.

The only way I was going to get out of this was by dong something pretty stupid but awesome and reckless at the same time, bonus points if I managed to make it look sexy while I did.

Although lets be honest, that last one is a tall order for me.

Most of the time I just look like a moron 

I sighed and stared up at the ceiling.

Operation EALS-AF was underway 

(Escape Awesomely and Look Sexy AF)