#just me here hyping an old series that everyone's probably already read but i don't care lol

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

What is this 20+ book series you mentioned in the tags of that post? 👀 Asking purely for scientific reasons 👀

The Black Dagger Brotherhood!! It's so good, I'm completely hooked! Each book is only 300/400 pages long, so they're easy reads. So it's not as daunting as it sounds. And each book fits together and follows on from the previous but is focused on a different member of the brotherhood and a love interest. And as the series goes on, more characters get introduced, and then they get books! It's written and set in the 2000's so some references are a little dated but other then that it's so good! I love it! Oh and it's Vampires!! So extra points for that!

[the-things-ive-seen]

Batman: Ninja

Disappointment in America, famous in Japan

As someone who started reading the Batman series a few years ago, with detective comics added to that reading schedule, it probably comes as no surprise that I entered the film with big expectations. Even if the movie turned out kind of mid, it would be a slam-dunk animated action film that would make me love Batman anywhere, at any time. I was certain that it couldn't disappoint.

I was disappointed.

For context, fanservice, according to Wikipedia, is material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series that is intentionally added to please the audience, often sexual in nature, such as nudity. I suppose that might explain why my screen was coated in DC vomit with Feudal Japanese aesthetic paper stickers blocking my view of any logic or reason. Like most fanservice, I'm not supposed to actually understand it, I'm supposed to laugh and masturbate with my friends as they point at Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, saying they recognize them from a doushinji. I'm not saying I didn't do that, I'm saying that if I had known the movie would be all over the place, I would've just watched Gotham by Gaslight to save time and hand cramps.

Batman Ninja is about Batman fighting a Gorilla, then the Joker. That's the TL;DR version since most Batman movies end up that way. It's actually about Batman being sent back in time so he can be told over and over again that he's completely useless without money and fancy machines, but he can change that by being a magical ninja. That's the second TL;DR, in case you think Batman sucks and isn't as cool as Superman. It's also about every character from the Batman universe showing and wearing time-appropriate clothes and using feudal Japan weapons, but only before the giant robots show up. That's the last TL;DR, because you either get the gist or you think the movie sounds much cooler than it is, in which case I welcome to watch it before coming back. You'll have two scenes worth talking about with your friends and nothing else good to say about it.

I wish I could say it was one of those movies that's taking a tour of Batman's cast and rogues gallery, but that describes Batman vs TMNT. This is more like one of those movies where a random guy with no familiarity with the series is put in charge, assigns characters in simple roles based on quick summary readings, and then yells at the 3d animation department that they aren't getting paid overtime. A 12-year-old could make this movie, but I'm pretty sure most twelve-year-olds know Batman was already a ninja, if a guy dressed in black sneaking up on people didn't make that incredibly obvious.

Since the story is already a wash, and the Joker is only added in to give both the movie and marketing some teeth, maybe the action is worth the watch? And it is. The choreography, the music, the animation; it feels like watching a masterpiece in kickass drama. I was so hyped when during the beginning watching Batman fight the Joker with the tricked-out Batmobile... and then losing somehow. And then being told over and over again that technology is bad, and that tradition is good, and that technology is bad, and that tradition is-

Later, the Joker, the gorilla, and the other DC villains ride in on giant mecha robots to fight each other over feudal Japan territory. Don't ask how they made those robots, or how the language barrier is gone, or worse, how they built giant robots while dealing with a language barrier. Just know that everyone of the villain characters not only did it, but all the machines actually fit together and can controlled with a wooden chessboard.

Yes. Seriously.

How does Batman fight them? Without any tech, it'll be a huge, perhaps cinematic, challenge to even- oh right! The monkeys can just work together to make a huge monkey man. Then the bats will help for some reason and make a gigantic Batman that is immune to fire. And that will be how they beat the Chessboard Mecha.

YES. SERIOUSLY.

here's a picture.

Now, there are two things I should go over before I put a lid on this ridiculous sham of a film.

One, Batman: Ninja was made for Japan with the specific purpose of introducing Eastern media to the sheer awesomeness of DC comics and the illustrious Batman who is notably tied to it. A lot of the scenes are meant to represent certain historical points in Fedual Japan, like the DC villains fighting for territory, or Joker taking over the Mecha (and the plot), not to mention the Monkeys and bats being summoned by nature gods. It was all meant to serve as subtext for Japan's history. Even the Mecha's are meant to represent Japan's weirdly advanced mechanical puppets from the 1600s. Was it worth it? Hell no. I'm not going to explain how 'story integration' works because I shouldn't have to. If there is literally no connection between every historical nudge in the film and the plot of the movie, then you didn't write a Batman movie, you made an incomprehensible documentary and layered comic book shenanigans over it.

Which leads to my next point, my second thing. Why should I care? A man in a bat suit fighting a mind-control expert genius Gorilla, without guns for personal reasons, is insanely stupid in itself. Why can't I just enjoy the film as it is? My response to that is... I tried. The reason I'm even mad is that I tried. Even with the crap plot, it's hard not to see something like this as... enjoyable fluff, but in reality, is indigestible slop. There are too many what-if moments that go unanswered and far too many WTF moments that go unanswered. It just goes beyond being tolerable or acceptable; it can't be fixed with one moment of Batman turning into a semi-literal Batman. I'm still pissed off by that, by the way. All that build up and we don't see how they changed, what their time did to them, what the point of all the modern world bashing was supposed to be. All it says is that ninjas are cool... if you don't know what a ninja is.

Batman: Ninja is a disappointment. Not too much of a disappointment to stop them from making a sequel, but a disappointment all the same. Seeing it makes me cringe and reminds me why I began to lose interest in Batman movies. People see themselves in the Batman characters too much, characters who are supposed to define instability and impatience with the current world. So instead of stories about how their inherent character fails them and others, we get stories about how some characters weren't that bad, or how they have something in common with historical figures, or how they weren't that great in the first place but if they'll get better if they become a magical ninja. It's bullcrap that a film with this good animation and budget is somehow still a trashy, surface-level toy sales pitch.

I hear the Batman Ninja Manga is good though.

[genericpuff]

Hey, I've worked a bit in animation and just wanted to point out that shows very often get pitched and bought out, and can sit in the back burner for a really long time depending on the market! Seems like with all the strikes and post covid lag, and a market thats already saturated with greek mythology atm (think percy jackson live action coming soon, youtube series, other webcomics, etc.), lore olympus is probably floating in the air atm until the time is right. These kinds of things can take years to happen, even 10+ years! Some of the most popular animated shows were pitched years before they were picked up and sent into production. Hoping in the time its on hold, they get some really good writers to clean up the story. I don't mean to disregard your post, but just a lil bit of info on how that nature works in animation. I love lore rekindled too, keep it up!

Oh hey thanks for your input! So I do actually have a diploma in animation (though I never ended up working in the larger industry) so I know a bit about how things like that can happen. Nimona's a great recent example, it was bought in 2015 by 20th Century Fox but never made it through development because of Disney purchasing them and bringing the project to a crawl due to it being LGBTQ+, then they shut down Blue Sky and that kept the project in limbo until it got picked up by a new studio and brought to Netflix. So it took well over 10 years for that one to finally hit the screen.

That said, most of that post is addressing the fact that if LO is going to get a TV show (I'm really strongly believing it isn't at this point, esp not with JHC but that's me) then stalling it out for 10 years or however long probably won't be the best move. Especially not with how things are going with animation at large.

While LO is the biggest on the WT platform, the platform itself still isn't as prestigious here in the west as say, DC or Marvel. Its platform and its comics just don't have that sort of longevity out here. LO is also undoubtedly nearing the end of its run and it's struggling to stay relevant as it is - so to make a show years down the road when it's long gone out of everyone's minds (which it will be as soon as it ends and WT starts shilling the next big thing) just sounds like a missed opportunity. It could rejuvenate interest, sure, but it could just as easily flop due to its fanbase having moved on/lost interest/etc. LO is pretty much reliant on WT's advertising at this point, it's not a good sign that WT has to keep putting notifications to read LO everywhere on the app. WT loooves the "strike while the iron is hot" methodology and now with the show they just drag it out? It feels less like striking the iron while it's hot and more like trying to get a fire going, period.

Like, when Nimona got its movie, it was like "omg Nimona's finally getting a movie!!!" but I can't help get the sense that if LO goes through that same treatment, the response is gonna be, "that gross comic with the underage girl and old man billionaire is still getting a TV show??" Maybe that's a mean assumption to make but if LO is struggling to stay relevant and in a positive light now, god knows what that's going to be like years from now if and when they do release a show.

Especially when it comes to comics like LO which generate so much criticism, I feel like it's going to go through the same thing Twilight did, where people adored it during the peak of its run but as soon as the series was over and the hype left everyone's brains it gave people room to actually reflect on it and realize how icky it was LOL (and if it goes the full way of Twilight, people will read it as a joke over how bad it is).

There are also theories in the community that a lot of what WT is doing with LO rn (paying for Rachel to be in the top billing spot at NYCC, getting her a second Eisner, etc.) could very well be them trying to "shop it around" for investors or a new network, by putting Rachel in the spotlight and going "see! look at how successful this comic is! buy it!" That's just a theory of course, but it really isn't a good look when LO wins awards and people ask why. It feels like WT's is trying to throw money at a problem without realizing what's causing the problem in the first place. It winning an Eisner or being hinted at a TV show or getting a top billing spot at NYCC won't give it legitimacy because the comic they're advertising is still garbage, they're trying to convince people it has merit when it doesn't. If anything, it'll make LO and WT lose even more credibility because it makes people wonder why the fuck a comic like LO is winning those awards and why it's being given more attention and opportunities over other comics on the platform that are far more deserving.

Anyways, this post is kinda all over the place, but that's my two cents, my point really is that if there is a show happening, it's definitely not happening soon (in spite of Rachel saying "yeah it's happening!") because there's no clear timeline or progress that's been made or even team in charge of it at this point - and if it happens down the road, its only chance of doing well will be if it gets a major overhaul in its writing IMO because the comic is way too much of a mess rn for television LOL

That said, I'd love to genuinely believe that the show will happen someday, but I feel like the best time for it to happen has passed, especially with the comic losing the quality and prestige it was sold to JHC for since then. That's just me though.

[okartichoke]

noticed your bio,,, how are you liking aai / aai2 ? :3

omg thanks for asking !! becuz I haven't really gotten into aai2 yet, i'll just talk about aai :P (btw it seems i am physically incapable of not writing an essay. I'm so sorry)

I found the gameplay loop soooo enjoyable. I was expecting to miss the courtroom segments a lot, but actually found myself preferring how fast-based investigations conversations were ??? Like, in the main series, I'd almost always have to take a break during court sections, but found I had to take a break a lot less here.

I also played aai1 SO QUICKLY. I got through the first 4 case in 3 days, and then finished up the 5th case the next weekend. I've never played an ace attorney game that fast in my life. Usually they take me a few weeks - a couple months, cuz I get sleepy from reading LOL and take a lot of breaks. It was probably a mix of the quicker paced segments and the hype around September 6 that got me to finish it so quick. Now I'm a little burnt out heehee. I really liked the first game !!!! I thought each case was so charming.

Admittedly, I'm not as big a fan of Kay as I had thought I'd be going into it.. but maybe she'll continue to grow on me in the second game. I also, in general, prefer Phoenix's dialogue to Edgeworth's (don't kill me Edgeworth stans), but it didn't affect my enjoyment negatively very much. (he also had some shining moments. the "I win" part against the window in aai1-4 is one of my favs) (CALISTO YEW I LOVE YOU TY FOR LAUGHING AT BRATWORTH IT WAS SO GRATIFYING)

HAVE MORE.... the mUSIIICCCCCCC omfg i found myself just pausing the game sometimes when Lying Coldly kicked in lmao.. One critisism about the port... I wish they made it easier to go back and forth between the new and old art styles without going out to the main menu.... I played mostly with the new sprites ,, and would occasionally switch to the old one just to compare sprites,, but it was so tedious to do so that I rarely did.

Okay, last thing, I learned of Quercus Alba through the circle jerk ace attorney subreddit lol, where he and his extraterritorial rights are a meme. So instead of finding the prolonged final case annoying as some have, I found it very comedic and charming. It also had some great moments in it. (Honestly the part of that case I didn't like the most was that I struggled so hard to keep the names and places straight in my head,, but that's kinda on me xP)

Anyways all-in-all i really really enjoyed it :33333 I'm so stoked to get energy again to continue with AAI2 because everyone says that one's like, peak ace attorney. And if I already liked the 1st one, i'm gonna be like... blown away... I will say so far that this is like the most intense first case omg

[darker-soft-starker]

UGH I TOOK SO FUCKING LONG

I feel like I owe you an explanation because I've been hyping the fuck up your fic and I wasn't there when you posted the last chapter. I wanted to send an ask from my other account but you don't have anons on and I didn't want everyone to know my new account 😭

What I meant to say is: I LOVED IT?????? I feel like it was such a cute closing. I love how the dynamic between both of them is pretty similar to what they already had, and I love reading Tony's pov. It was the first long fic from this fandom and it has a special place in my heart. When having a rough time in online classes, I would start reading chapter by chapter, and in a total count I think I've read it no less than fifteen times. It is so amazingly written, and you're so so talented with words and a fucking amazing writer. It's like you said, I do feel like the story tells itself for how it gently unfolds, like, it's not forced at all. Anyways, thank you for sharing that story.

P. S: I saw you put the story as a "part" in a series on AO3? 👀

Oh my goodness you’re so sweet, you don’t owe me anything at all xo and I’m sorry, it’s probably doesn’t help that I never posted the last chapter here on tumblr, I was going to but I got lazy.

😭 thank you for being so kind!!! The fic has a special place in my heart too x I’m actually touched that you turned to it at rough points, I hope it brought you distraction and comfort. Thank you for sharing that with me ❤️

And yes! I kind of wanted the fic to have a feeling of like… old teen dramas that used to have like 20 episodes a season, you know? They’d have highs and lows and lulls and it would just be a snapshot of that time of their life, essentially. Idk if that makes sense. 🥰 yep! I have future instalments planned, just some one shots as they progress through life, graduation, college etc

Thank you again for this message and for even reading my fic at all x

[currywaifu]

Important Announcement

Sorry, I know I'm not usually very... serious? on this blog but I wanted to say something.

If you've been around for a while you'd know about the 500 follower milestone event I did months ago, and how for several reasons I haven't been able to complete it.

I'm going to take the time to properly apologise for it. It's been weighing on my mind for months and while I want to create something unique for every single one of you, I have to accept that it's just not possible.

1. I severely underestimated how much people would answer the google forms (I got 75 requests haha). I suppose I should have gone about it differently? Either a shorter time limit or slots. Plus with my writing style (preferring writing scenarios over HCs, preferring 1k and up word counts) writing so much definitely would take a toll on me.

2. Writing about one concept ends up getting boring. I can make it as different as I want but the fact still stands that its flower related and not everyone will be interested in that. Even from the first fic I wrote for the Flower Shop series, I noticed that it significantly got less attention than other works. I suppose that was to be expected, maybe some people only wanted to read their match-up, maybe people didn't really like the concept, or it could be people not getting on tumblr as often as they used to— I know the same could he said for me. While I don't write for the sake of attention, I really do love writing and writing for A3!, one of my biggest motivators will always be getting validation from people. I will love and appreciate the people who continuously support me, but I suppose it's hard to erase the fact that I am a people pleaser and it just doesn't feel like I'm putting up good work, particularly that series.

3. It's been too long. The hype has already died down ages ago, and I'm well aware that a lot of the people who sent in something probably don't read my works anymore, so they might not even see a work was dedicated to them. I want to cater to my current audience, the old who still are here and the new people who see my work.

4. I just don't have the time anymore. Classes are coming up next month and I know I'll already have a difficult time playing games themselves, much more creating content for the fandoms I'm in.

I'm not going to completely scrap the whole thing. What I'm probably going to do is write a flower fic for all of the characters, and then just list everyone who I decided go pair up that boy with (since I've actually matched everyone already, I just needed to write it)

It's a bandaid solution, but believe me when I say that I still care a lot about the flower shop series. I guess it's the whole "i conceptualized this and this is my baby" plus the sentimental value of it. By doing something like what I mentioned I think I'd be able to still partially deliver what I promised.

I honestly feel really awful. I thought I'd be able to deliver— but I should of thought of my own limitations and how I've probably upset some people for taking too long. I'm really sorry if you were expecting to get something super personalized but I won't be able to do it :<

Thank you for all the support you've all given me! I love every single one of you!

[toonycatuwu]

Speaking of anons, (thank you my homie @officiallyfleeting-kaoru ) , the amount of literal tobecky "criticism" in this confession blog is honestly way too much for us to handle. I've already submitted this statement to the blog itself, but seriously. There are lots of other ships that exist and are sort of worthy of statements like "I don't understand the hype" or "This ship is toxic" etc etc. Unlike other problematic ships, ToBecky hate has been going on for SUCH a long time. Y'all remember how I said I was everywhere in this fandom? Well, I've scrolled all the way down to the oldest posts about ToBecky. Some people loved it, some people hated it. But I'm focusing on the hate right now, because I'm literally tired of it. People have been saying Tobey's been treating WordGirl like some sort of object (in other words, manipulating her). Well, DUH??? He's literally 10 years old and he don't know shxt about love??? Besides, I can tell from the character development that after the Go Gadget Go episode, he's definitely learned his lesson anyway. He's calmed down at this point, and is definitely way nicer to WordGirl than he ever was before. He even bonded and kinda started a friendship with her alter ego, Becky Botsford, in a legit healthy way. At this point, it's not even toxic anymore.

(The only anon who ranted on ToBecky that I can actually tolerate is that anon who wanted to vent about their toxic past relationship and how that reminds them about how tobey used to treat wordgirl. Anon, if you're reading this, I wish you the best for the rest of your life. I hope you feel better, bro. Your response, unlike the others, was completely respectful and mindful of others. I respect you.)

However, other ships like mingcallister (in my opinion) are actually problematic, because in the show, Tobey has tried at least TWICE to actually delete Scoops because of his love for WordGirl. He never once apologized for it, and he's never even tried to improve on that. Even though I'd always hoped that they'd be friends eventually if there was a continuation of the entire series, I hope you guys see my point now. Oh, and also, do you know a reason that's also goofy ahh? The fact that people hate ToBecky just because it's popular. Wow, the immaturity is freaking insane. For real. ToBecky shippers and stans like us... we can't control how good and popular a ship is. There's literally no reason to get so triggered over something that's just popular because it is. It's actually worthy of its popularity as well, because of the reasons I explained in the 1st paragraph of this reblog. So basically, put out an actual problematic (but not illegal) ship and no one bats an eye, but put out a ship that USED TO be problematic until recent episodes, key word: USED TO, and everyone starts pointing out flaws all over the place. Holy shxt, I cannot believe this. Sorry if I'm being a hypocrite and probably hurting other people's feelings with my bias, but I feel like this has to be pointed out not based on my opinions, but based on the state of the fandom itself. I'm literally sick of hiding this, and I've been waiting to say this for so long, but I was too scared to point this out because I was afraid some people will yell at me for it. Sure, y'all are entitled to your own opinions and such, and if I can't change your mind, that's fine, but I just felt like putting this out here, okay? All that matters is that someone speaks up about it. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.

-Toony

#44 - Submitted by anon

[foxesrefuge]

your were tagged ;D What do you think of Riko as a character inside the books? (no HCs) / Any fave HCs you want to share? / Any pairings/ships you like with him? / fic recs? / art recs? / Kevin&Riko - do they have/had feelings for each other? / Thoughts on his finale scene? / Did you read Nora's extra content? // tag other bloggers you think have something interesting to say about him! (maybe someone we don't know yet??) #Thoughts on Riko Moriyama

HOO boi XD here comes the trainwreck.First of..all thank you @c-valentino for tagging me and…. making me uh ..work and think on my own (sobs) haha *nervous laughter (noreally tho, thank you, целую!!)I probably won’tcome up with super new or hyper interesting stuff and… actually, Icould just link CVal’s whole post here……………………but okay here wego, then!!Ugh, I guess I have to out myself now real quickbefore we dive in: I was always kinda very interested in the ‘BadGuys’. No matter what, I’d try to find out more about them, try tofigure out how their twisted brains work and why their Morales werealways a bit questionable, which doesn’t necessarily mean I’m okaywith whatever they’re doing or understand and support their actions(hell fucking nooo).I’m just finding it super interesting tothink and sometimes even talk about.

Now, since that’s settled:I think Riko is justas interesting as our MC’s, if not one of the most interestingcharacters, and maybe also one of the most tragic ones (imo). I don’treally think you get this impression after reading the series for thefirst time, though. He seems super flat and not interesting enough inthe books. I wouldn’t have given him a second thought if I didn’t getthe chance to read the extra content.

Which leads me now to my actually toughts on Riko, based  onextra Content and HC’s:The way Riko sees the world isobviously reeeally different from how our MC’s view the world,which is quite,.. understandable, regarding where he comes from, howhe was raised and trained and what he went through (bc hooo boi,that’s not a life I wanna live). This guy knows he’s the son ofExy, obviously The Number One and the actual King of the court. Thereshould be no way anyone could have the power or strength to outpacehim (oh and Riko is going to make sure of that). He is a Moriyama andthinks of his players as his property, he basically gets what hewants and who he wants. Sounds like a pleasant life, right? But Idon’t think he had one. He is living with this pressure form“above’, knowing that he always ‘has to be’ The Best of them all. Hehas to deliver otherwise he would be no use and therefore not worthkeeping in the nest, on the court and alive. I always picturedhim feeling the pressure and weirdly enough people tend to forgetthat Riko is not a robot… because being pressured like that,knowing you have to be THE BEST all the time, no matter what .. thatreally really really fucks with you and your brain. He isprobably under constant stress, giving more than just his best ,whichhe also expects from his players. There is no space for compassion,no place for weakness, nor failure. His live is Exy and there isnothing else than Exy keeping him alive. It’s his past, hispresent and his future for the rest of his life. His mentalbreakdowns always turn into violent outbursts because that boy can’treally cope with the mess in his head (probably not even aware ofthat) He never learned how to control his anger or himself. Why wouldhe? He is King, a Moriyama, he is the one controlling. So yeah, youbasically don’t want to be near him when he’s having his moments. Hisruthlessness makes him go overboard at times. A lot of times.He’salso never at fault. No matter what he does because.. what the hell??Such a concept doesn’t even exist. So how in the world is Rikoa tragic character, when we just settled that he’s nothing but anabsolute ruthless monster with no restrains???!!

Lemme explain ok. Riko was born into this world of Exy, Thesecond son, not the first(!!), growing up and having those insaneexpectations to life up to –  he would be a worthless piecenothing, not needed on the court. He had Kevin, the brother who wasalways by his side, on and off court; his number 2, his property,*his*. Riko doesn’t know how to treat people right though,doesn’t know the concept of actual friendship, It’s always just Exyand Exy and Exy, there is no time for friendship. I also believethat he deep down feared for his life, he just wasn’t aware of thatbecause his brain was too occupied with getting better.One of myHC’s is that: he was super restless the whole damn time, not able tocalm down, constantly under pressure.He basically barely slept.How is there time for sleep, when you can use that precious time ondrills?It wrecks him. The nest destroyed a perfectly fineboy, gave him the chance to basically develop this crazy god complexand also turning him into this Exy monster. And most of the time hewasn’t even aware of his problems because there is just no time andspace for that shit.

Now what happens if one suddenly takes away his Exy? Welp,there’d be nothing left of this fucked up guy. He is a mess, abroken soul, not good enough to be alive.He has nothing, not evenhimself because he was sold to the court and owned by the court.There are many many many demons living in his ribcage, twistinghis brain in the worst ways. I’m not even sure if he’d be able tolive a normal human life outside the nest, without being able to feelanything besides the need to do better and better and better. It madehim mad to the point of no return … so yeah uh .. don’t you thinkthat’s kinda tragic??

Fave HC’s: Mhh, I uh … you know what?

basicallyeverything CVal came up with and mentioned  in her post

…..…..(did u think I was joking, Val?)

Riko with freckles, I dig that!!

Riko playing an instrument.. preferably the piano (ok listen, just the picture of Riko, in a black suit … sitting in front of a piano…no?just me?ok)

Riko being an amazing swimmer

Also some Au’s

Riko and Ichirou → actually interacting with each other (Onii-san,y'all I’m chokiNG ( maybe some kind of Uchiha-Verse or something like that, why not? I dig it))

Fox!Riko ( @bvccvrdi  thank you for this and @shihoran for destroying me and my emotions daily w this)

Pairings/Ships and Feelings:

Riko/Kevin clearly. There is no doubt.

Especially after reading the extra content and old drafts.Thesetwo were boyfriends. Their relationship was hella unhealthy and probsreally violent but  … they just can’t live without each other(I mean can u imagine how obsessed Riko had been with Kev?? He wasHIS, okay? His and ooonly his.He didn’t even touch Kevin’s side of the room after all this time,can u imagine??). They were rivals for sure .. but .. they were alsoabsolutely obsessed w each other.I currently ship them likenothing else. Too invested. Even though I’m more than just conflictedabout this but I just cannot help it.

Thoughts on his final scene:….I have to admit thatI’m super unhappy with how the AFTG series ended. I’m glad to have ahappy end, couldn’t be more great full but everything feels so rushedand off. And I think it’s all due to Riko’s super quick death.Everything happened way too fast, I actually hate that he died, orspecifically how fast and easy that happened. It just didn’t fit atall, in my opinion.

Art Recs:

Give @shihoran a follow and you’ll be well supplied!!

And here are some other amazing pieces:

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IV ♗

V ♘

VI ♙

VII ♚

VIII ♛

IX ♜

X ♝

XI ♞

Fic Recs:

 I haven’t really read that many, mainly because I know there aren’t that many. But here are a few I really liked

♥       what if i did    MadHatterNO7

♠      Meant to be mine    shihoran

♣       bvccardi’s Fox!Riko

I also know @c-valentino is working on something reeeeally really nice, y’all. So You better stay tuned, pumped and hyped!!! because I suRE AF AM!!!!

Everyone I’d love to hear from was already tagged, I believe. But whatevs, I’m going to mention y’all again. Feel free to ignore tho:

@shihoran​ @viviena​ @still-waiting-for-godot​ @bvccvrdi​ @ziegenkind​ @mochis-mullet