#merch of all my dr favs

[loopyarts]

Hello @shsl-box-split the package has arrived safety and in perfect condition, thank you so much for wonderful service. I love the Hajime plush keychain, he surprisingly a good size and he be living on my bookshelf with my other dr2 figurines. :) (although if Sanrio dr2 stands return, I’ll definitely pick up a Sanrio Teruteru stand so he be next to my Sanrio Hajime stand he he) 

Also those looking for way to get Japanese only danganronpa merchandise, I definitely recommend joining @shsl-box-split box splits if any of their spilts catch your interest. They’re very nice and friendly and the service is really good. 

[tgcg]

this is my element (+ album)

asking me to pick my fave album is like asking an orphan matron to pick her favorite baby boy

thats some weird and cruel circumstances to put upon me i feel like it changes every damn week like a rota

i mean what if my beats misbehave and i gotta put 'em in time out i cant play permanent on that theyre too cute

but yknow what i can show you one thing thats been on my mind lately

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so when i was a kid we had this skateboard vid by "element skateboards" on DVD

they were this skateboard kit slash apparel company that was all about progressivism and shit and they did these much lauded comp tapes of dudes riding around on their boards and doing the dopest of macho tricks on the shit

flipping it turnways

putting the rock in the house like a big man

we had some of their merch actually

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so anyways the one we had back then was This Is My Element

released 2007

mostly clips from cali i think and i mean the camerawork is fucking insane on some of those shots

this is gonna sound lame as fuck but i prob spent so many cumulative hours just peelin through the footage and ogling the shit outta it

that framing was tight

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so you may be asking yourself or me

dave you genuine dicksucker i asked about your fav album not your favorite sordid ass display of smooth dudes hardcore riding and grinding them boards in public dude you have a problem

ok well that wasnt a question first of all so jot that down

but anyways to THAT i say

listen to the music

the whole thing has an original soundtrack of ambient beats

got some abstract hip hop jams, got some more indie stuff, lots of acoustic sampling

HELLA underground

and basically every track minus one is done by sampler beast david p. madson AKA "odd nosdam"

dude is my hero seriously

he is the master of the beat machine i shit you not hes always been kinda my idol on this stuff

aside from bro obviously

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obviously.

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anyways he had an E-mu SP-1200 which is a really oldschool sampler invented by dave rossum in the late 80s

revolutionary to the hip hop scene

nosdam had this mega distinct sound to his music that i always wanted to replicate on my own beats

still do

i dont know for sure if he used it on T.I.M.E. but he uses some of the same samples from "vol. 9" which was exclusively SP-1200 so im gonna get a lil j’accuzi on that

it couldve been a boss dr sampler SP-202 though idk

he had one of those

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so aside from beating the shit out of the pause/resume button to flip my whole cranium at the cinematography or whatever i would also kinda play it on loop to listen to the soundtrack and space out at 2am

the lonely broner seemed to free his mind at night

ok shit broner is good but i didnt mean it like that

that was goofy lets just keep movin

it was the only way i had to listen to it back then but i mean the video is 50 mins long so its basically just an odd nosdam album with accompanying ambient skater sounds and random expletives and whatever

random car sequence

yknow what i dont think people respect enough?

the dude who catches all the "mad stunts yo" on camera

i swear to god at least half the time hes ALSO on a board and that shit is bananas to me

bros gotta be on some whole other level of zen to skate good AND catch all them glamor shots of his fellow skater

thats like an express ticket to the ER imo

the ambulance is already on the scene watching you like an eager crow watches a half dead dog

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ok gonna go ahead and lay it out flat

not great on a board myself

kinda dogshit at it actually

so maybe im not exactly an arbitrator of skateboard heinousness

but i always kinda liked watching THEM do it i mean who doesnt?

whats an even crazier layer to stack on the "dave" cake is

and dirk told me this because unfortunately it kinda happened post-2009

he would do all these collabs with one of my childhood favorite underground rappers david cohn aka serengeti

surrounded by daves left and right dude even before all the time travel horseshit

thats like

serendipitous as fuck i think!

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if sburb was just a revolving door of artists called dave that i could bump fists with

instead of other mes in various states of aliveness tending toward extremely dead

i wouldve probably given it something higher than 2 stars on my TGN review

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so yeah you ask me my favorite album its T.I.M.E. by odd nosdam i guess

bump that shit on a walk your mind will go places unknown to man

[raspberrydraws]

pls pls tell me about your hcs for the first members of the crew fitting the elements of harmony, i very much wanna hear 👀👀👀

Thanks for asking I love u very much allow me to bring a chair so you can sit down and read all my rambling 🪑

some notes about this absolute madness:

I feel like they fit the element but also some traits of the mlp characters too so I will add that when it's necessary

When I talk about the mugiwara's dreams I assume they've already reached them bc the story is not finished yet like mlp and I KNOW THEY WILL ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS anyways

Please don't have high expectations ahhh I don't wanna end up feeling like I thought something cool and it ended up being lame, I'm not used to writing or explaining stuff this way (and in english tho oof double brain work)

I'll put a everything under a read more bc it ended up being long and also uhh CW: spoilers for both series yeah

✦ Magic: First of all and obvious reason, main character lol.

Character who gathered the group in the first place

Royalty !!! King of the Pirates!!! Princess of Friendship!!! besides the fact that Luffy's dream is becoming the king and Twilight just had to do it etc etc

Very powerful mentor who's far away but encouraged them to start their journey and find their friends

They're not similar in personality at all I get it lmao

✦ Kindness: oof do I need to say anything

Sanji is kind, that's like one of the traits that made him one of my fav characters (more than his totally badass habilities).

and of course that's one of his most important traits

His mother sacrificed everything and celebrated everytime he showed his kindness, he was a sweet child, he's soft with children and helps anyone who's in need.

He's so full of emotion and can go from the softest to the meanest in a second if he needs to (flashbacks to fluttershy literally confronting a bigass dragon, making him cry and leave bc he was mean to her friends)

Also both characters are certified Friends of the Little Critters ™ and can't fly very well

Special mention to Pinkie Pie here, since she shares the "Third child who stands out like a sore thumb from his other siblings because she's weird to her family standards" backstory with Sanji

✦ Loyalty: That's like one of Zoro's main character traits right? He's in the air before Luffy says jump

Cool, they're just cool and probably the most liked characters + the ones who sell more merch for sure lol

Both have a childhood dream, becoming the best swordsman/wonderbolt, but that doesn't push them to leave their friends to achieve it alone + having friends actually helps them reach their goals

hot headed kids + dumbass sometimes

✦ Honesty: The group's voice of reason

Character that pretends to be okay but hell naw she's not ok (AJ harvesting sweet apple acres and almost dying / Nami Pretending to be Arlong's little trustworthy human so she can save her village) until their friends help them to be honest and ask for help

Also they have similar lifes cultivating apples/tangerines with their families and I thought that was cute hehe

✦ Generosity: SCREAMS Chopper my little chop chop I love u my sweet child

The way that Rarity shows her element is usually by giving away something important to her (her time, her talent with fashion, HER FRIGGIN' TAIL) so she can help other people (creatures?) feel better, and there's no signs of repentance after that, she does it with her heart (and sometimes to show that she can make things fabulous)

This brings me to Chopper looking for the mushroom to cure Dr. Hiriluk's illness and showing up at his door all hurt but he's like heyy I got the thing. I understand that's another kind of "sacrifice" The way he showed his thankfulness to his mentor by risking his life looking for the mushroom and trying to prove that he's a good doctor too (even tho uhh we know how that ended)

This was a little bit more difficult to connect with his element and that's why I was in between choosing kindness and generosity for him, but

kindness had to be sanji's element for suree

Dr Kureha specifically told him that "kindness wasn't enough to save lives" and I won't contradict her she scares me so much

AND I feel like Chopper's generosity it's shown all along the show just by treating all those injured pirates over and over again for free lmao

My overall feeling when giving him the element was "He's a little doctor, of course he's generous, doctors are generous enough to learn how to save lives! so we don't like.. die! next question"

✦ Laughter:

This one was pretty simple too, I love Usopp bc he makes me laugh a lot, he's such a comedic relief for the story and also: my best friend in the whole wide world, yes *gives him a lil kiss*

Of course he's not just a comedic relief, he tries to make things easier trying to solve conflicts (sometimes) or joining the sillyness (most of times)

Also they like to tell stories! I feel like that's a cute trait that makes both characters more interesting, even when someone's stories are lies *eyes emoji* I like storyteller characters a lot !!

they're good with kids + tell them stories too !!

also the whole.. alter ego thing, yeah

AND THE PUFFY HAIR ♥

AIGHT

Hope you enjoyed my TED talk, thaks for giving me the strenght to be a little unhinged, I don't talk too much here but this whole mlp au has people coming and encouraging me to talk/write and I have a problem, once I start talking about something I like I can't shut up

And I like MLP since I was 12 years old, i started drawing because of it and I'm currently rewatching the whole series with my bf so if I see anything else I'll come back and add stuff for sure ♥

[themilosquid]

I understand the fact that Dragons Rising was inevitable in a storytelling and product point of view. Like yeah, if you want your stories and characters to not lose themselves on countless plot-twists and the same battles, you have to let them go, but that doesn't mean that it hurts me 😔.

Ninjago is been going for years, and I always found it amazing how "well kept" everything went seeing as how easily it is to ruin a show if you just continue making it (side eyes Free!), but they still had the usual problems with some characters. Zane forgot everything he learned every couple seasons, Nya would always default to the same problems, and Cole... Man... He deserved better.

Ninjago is a publicity stunt to sell Lego trademarked bayblades, so obviously they will make their series around the favorite characters. So my favorite other characters didn't get the spotlight they deserved. And now with Dragons Rising there's even less chance for them.

I watched DR and I liked it, ngl. I like Arin and Sora, it took me a while to accept Wyldfire, but they're all great characters, and I'm really excited to see what they will be doing, but man it makes me sad.

Cole now has a team outside of the ninja, and he is obviously not the fav by a long shot, so coming to terms with the fact that Cole may never receive any character development again is kind of breaking me a little.

And I wish I could just buy his merch, but he was so hated before that they won't bring any merch of him to my country.

I've been dreaming of finding something of him, and even in my dream I can only find awfully bad bootlegs that come in sets with Homer Simpson and Spiderman for some reason.

My point being. I'll miss you Cole Ninjago. My brainrot will never heal, but it will push me to make a shit ton of fanfics and art because this is the most inspired I've been in 10 years and I am not joking.

[allthefujoshiunite]

Have you watched Buddy Daddies? If you have do you like it?

Random ask....Do you think anime like Free, Sk8, Jeweler Richard and Yuri on Ice are queerbaiting or at least have semi canon couples? I mean I love those anime series and my fav otps are from those series, but what do you think?

P.s Love your latest meta, it really made my day and when I read them, I also found answers to my internal questions my self...Thanks for sharing them...( I'm not the anon who asked that)...

💐🌷🥰🤩

Hello! Today's great coincidence that made me chuckle into my morning tea was getting asked about my opinion on queerbaiting by two different people, 1-hour apart 🤣 Thanks a lot, both of you! I'll put my two cents down about queerbaiting discourse in anime and I know it's silly to mention but just to be sure, these are all opinions, and my opinions only. 

Before I start rambling about gays, no I haven't seen Buddy Daddies yet. I've been very excited about it ever since I've seen the PV but as you may know, I decided to review every first episode of the Winter 2023 season so I'm pretty much swamped... I'm saving Buddy Daddies to savor it! If you wait a bit, you'll be reading my first impressions of it soon. 

So. Okay. Queerbait. First of all, definitions because for the love of BL gods, people have been throwing words around without knowing what they mean. 

According to this interesting book that's been sitting on my TBR pile, Queerbating and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities, the definition of queerbaiting is as follows: 

Queerbaiting describes an industry tactic where “those officially associated with a media text court viewers interested in LGBT narratives... without the text ever definitely confirming the nonheterosexuality of the relevant characters.” For this reason, the term is seen as exploitative, and when fans use it to describe a series, its marketing, or the actions of producers, they are engaging in a “form of queer activism.”

There are other terms coined by the scholars such as "covert courting" (i.e. targeting gay consumers using subtle elements not intended to be picked up by heterosexual audiences) etc. but in my opinion, these terms are built upon the presupposition that there is a queer audience to bait into consuming your media. And I'm not sure whether there's a group of audience that is acknowledged as queer in the minds of producers and/or creators in Japan. 

What they want to tap into according to yours truly, however, is FujoMoney. No, it's not a new currency, although now I kind of wish it was. There's an interesting video on it that delves deeper into the topic but in short, they are after the buying and creating potential of shippers. Creating fan content is, in itself, a grey area legally but it's overlooked because the franchise profits from it immensely. A similar practice, if you're or have been into K-pop at some point, is the fansites. Normally, they shouldn't be allowed to make merchandise off of the artists and gain profit from it. However, they attend concerts out of their own pockets, take these photographs using their own cameras, and contribute greatly to the group or the individual artist's popularity. Tl;dr: it's free real estate for the companies. 

So I guess the term we're looking for is fujobait, rather than queerbait. What the higher-ups want to attract are shippers who are buyers and/or fancreators. Look at any sports anime and you'll see. There have been multiple times when I got into a series because I've seen a shippy fanart or a video edit of a character. And to be honest, if I was more fortunate economically, they'd be making that kind of monetary profit through merch off of me as well. xD

While queerbait and fujobait might seem like they mean the same thing, they eventually are not because the former capitalizes on real-life stigmatized identity while the latter relies on a consumer's practice of queering the content at hand. I'm personally not as interested in putting the label of "right" or "wrong" on these terms, so I'll leave it at this for now. 

Moving on to the series you mentioned, they can't all be put into the same box, but can be divided into two groups where Free and Sk8 rely more on fanservice and the intricacies of the relationships are left to the shippers' imaginations while Jeweler Richard and Yuuri!!! on ICE are entirely different. Especially, Yuuri!!! on ICE because there's no room left for discussion or different readings that Yuuri and Victor are a couple. They literally get married, and the only reason some people still to this day question whether they are canon or not is because of eurocentrism/racism. I come across reels of real-life women taking a ring out and putting it on the ring finger of another woman with people cheering in the background and no one is asking to see their marriage registration in the comments. On the contrary, they congratulate them! The exact same scene is there in animated form, so why do we even question its validity? 

In the case of Jeweler Richard, sadly light novels aren't my thing. I have only seen the anime and have read the first volume of the manga. However, I've read an extensive blog post on the light novels comparing them to the anime adaptation. From the blog post, their relationship is evident even though to an anime-only it might come off as implied. I personally didn't think it was implied even in the anime, but if anyone else did, we have our answers in the source material. 

All of this then begs the question: does having things spelled out on screen matter? If yes, to what extent it matters? I mentioned in the previous meta post that the consumers of Asian media are already lucky when it comes to the existence and variety of such content. I'm personally someone who's in favor of having media to consume at hand instead of waiting for the Perfect Representation. I don't even want representation, because what is representation anyway for a non-monolithic community with a deep, rich history? I want portrayal, and while having things openly said is cathartic and something I want to have, I won't discredit the works I enjoy and find meaning in just for the sake of it. Especially content that come from countries with heavy censorship or a high possibility of GP backlash.

Plus, while I'm not in any Chinese BL or BL-adjacent work fandoms, I watched dramas here or there and have a lot of mutuals who are actively in the fandoms of certain series, so through osmosis, I learn a couple of things as well. I've seen people talking about the cultural significance of certain choices in these works that someone who's not well-versed in the codes of the Chinese culture won't be able to pick up, i.e. characters wearing red can be an insinuation on marriage because red is a color worn in weddings. Or there's no way I would pick up that Chinese BL dramas are dubbed over just so they can pass censorship. Would it be better if China were to be supportive of LGBTQA+? 100%. Should people there push for the content they'd like to see or portrayals that they see themselves in? Without a doubt. Should it mean that they should get nothing until they get exactly what they want? A hard no. There must be still works that portray such relationships even if they are implied because I see this attempt as getting a foot in the door. 

To sum everything up: what I want is to enjoy what I read/watch and share it with others while trying to keep a critical eye on as much as I can. My background is in STEM and I'm not formally educated in humanities anyway. What I try to do is to read and discuss questions I have in mind, and writing helps me order and expand my thoughts. I find value in trying to keep an open mind instead of gatekeeping and micro-analyzing every little thing, or at least, I try not to let them take the fun out of it. To quote the great Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts:

I am not interested in hermeneutics, or erotics, or metaphorics, of my anus. I am interested in ass-fucking.

Easily one of the best books I've read in 2022. Pure brilliance.

[doktorneek]

i just wanna say thank you so so SO much for making stickers of all the major bioshock characters, literally nobody makes anything with Dr Steinman on it but now i can eventually get a sticker of him and it makes me so WAH!!!!!!!!! you’ve done the world a service stronger than any marine

NO PRAWBLEM all the merch stuff i make is p much just stuff i want lol....... im surprised theres so little merch of main bio characters and steinman is one of my top favs, i would love to make sum more stuff with him someday

if u do get one pls show me where he goes i am very nosyyy 💚

[no-set-fixation]

Things That’ll Happen in a Superhero DR That No One Talks About

i think a lot about the subtle world building in superhero comics so. here lmao (also this is for both DC and Marvel)

people will argue over their fav superhero

dedicated fans will probably track down footprints of heroes who’s identities are secret and try to find out their shoe size lmao

stan twitter. (yes, All of stan twitter)

also, fandom. fanfiction, tiktoks, fancams, edits, ships, drama, you name it.

‘Captain America Apologists DNI’ ‘Red Hood Stans DNI’ ‘Harley Quinn Sympathizers DNI’ etc.

The memes. oh my god the memes that will be made.

People naming their pets or, hell, even their kids after a superhero who saved their life. There’ll be so many Robins or Steves or Tonys

also potentially people naming themselves after you if they’re changing their name for whatever reason

There’ll most likely be tumblr blogs or reddit users or whoever who agree with the villains. If they’re cocky enough, they might even say it to your face. (I’m preparing for people to be in alley ways with clown makeup, even if they don’t officially work for the Joker).

If you’re feminine you’ll be asked the “what’s your diet?” “how do you do your hair?” “do you ever get overwhelmed when fighting?” questions unless you script it out

merch for you on etsy!! i wouldn’t be surprised if you see a pop socket or keychain with your logo or face on it!

little kids looking up to you (if you present femininely expect little girls to absolutely Adore you, they want all the badass femininity they can get lol)

halloween costumes of you!!

FAN ART OF YOU!!!!!

little kids playing superhero during recess or at the park

eating takeout on the roof of some building. alone or with someone, both are gonna be lovely

people envying how you look or for who your friends are (also, people envying those who are friends with You)

fans have a rivalry over certain teams (“no way, the young avengers do such a better job that the og avengers” “bro can you even hear yourself??”)

if i you’re going to DC, metropolis and gotham having the relationship that britain and america have (“yeah man, gotham fucking sucks. all i ask is for one day of peace.” “yeah lol gotham fucking sucks” “ayE DONT TALK SHIT AB—“ and also: “lol get wrecked you have to deal w lex luther lol” “yeah well at least i don’t get murdered going to the market!” “………” *central city folk watch from afar*)

people shifting to be with you

“avengers moments that make me shit tears” comps on youtube

that’s all i can think of as of now, but pls feel free to add on!!

[inumatsu]

hey, do you know why so many wlws and lesbians have osomatsu as their favorite? from what i've seen a decent amount of wlws/lesbians really like him but like. what does osomatsu have that draws wlws and lesbians to him (i'm also unfortunately an osomatsu liker, i have him as my third favorite matsu along with totty but i'm not wlw, i'm asexual tho if that counts)

OH MY GOD I AM. SO SO SORRY FOR ANSWERING THIS ASK SO LATE I GOT SO BUSY WITH COLLEGE WORK BUT IM ON SUMMER BREAK NOW!!!!!! this got crazy crazy long but tl;dr hes got the stupid loser babygirl vibes

fair warning i havent thought abt ososan in a hot second lol but. ive never really… thought about it before this ask? i just thought it was a funny little phenomenon. at least for me, i like osomatsu the most bc hes the most relatable out of all the sextuplets for me (HUGE RED FLAG HORRIBLE I KNOW) but hes just like me fr. i love characters i can kin. hes got like. sloppy dyke energy lol. like my own flesh and blood mother upon seeing my osomatsu dakimakura cover for the first time said “oh he looks like you!” so um. yeah

BUT ANYWAYS!!! i think the best explanation would be lesbians love osomatsu the same way nyaa chan falls in love with osomatsu in that one s3 skit. when that episode aired literally every osomatsu liker i knew posted how they felt targeted. we know he sucks! hes a gross pervert with no redeeming traits! hes the absolute shittiest one out of them all! but like... we know lol. oso likers enjoy that episode the way no one else can. hes far from the perfect man, and thats what makes him lovable. and of course nyaa realizes she shouldnt date someone like him and i would hope that oso fans sapphic or not realize that too lol.

not that dating ANY of the sextuplets would be good but, osomatsus literally the worst. thats the fun abt liking fictional characters!!! like the beni mixer episode he looks fun to shoot the shit with, even if you like him or not! hes fun and he makes me laugh. he is roger rabbit to me.

like this post abt pathetic slug women? this is how i feel about osomatsu

hes not a “man” to me. hes my babygirl. hes just cute and silly and funny! and isnt that all you need in a man? he encapsulates the feeling of “just a guy” the most to me. his personality is literally beer and gambling, he doesnt get a cute symbol to be associated with in merch lol. and dont even get me started on osomatsu angst analysis lesbians love a guy with problems

of course i dont speak for the whole sapphic osomatsu community but like. out of all the brothers, osomatsu fits all those text posts abt talking about fictional male characters in increasingly weird ways the most. like idk go through my #me and osomatsu tag. theres so much cute aggression towards osomatsu lol. genuinely tho the bond between lesbians and their weird male favs is unexplainable

[royalwilmon]

Tag 9 people you want to know better

NICE thanks for tagging me with new and improved questions @thechamberofbooks <3333

1. Favourite piece of clothing you own? can i pick two? ;)

2. Your comfort food? peanut butter in any form

3. Fav time of the year? fall!!!! i live in new england and our falls are every bit as beautiful as theyre hyped up to be

4. Fav. Song? (current and/or all time fav): current is 30/90 from tick tick boom. it LIVES in my head. all time favorite song is a beautiful mess by jason mraz

5. Do you collect something? i collect a lot of things, honestly. my Big collection is merch related to Lotso from toy story 3, for some reason. not sure how that started but i have a LOT of lotsos.

6. Fav. drink? alcoholic? love me a margarita. in general? dr pepper 😍

[optional if you feel comfortable sharing: Favourite fanfiction? (any and all fandom)] ........ god it's still ACITW isn't it.......... is my favorite fic of all time seriously still an abandoned wip that hasnt updated since 2012....... oh no..........

passing it off to the convent!! @wilhelm-eriksson @malinthebodyguard @goldenwilmon @zealousfansstuff @freak-code @intelligent-space-gay @omar-rudeberg @angelwilhelm (chantel was already tagged in the new questions but @ungaroyals here you go again <3)

[ibblescribbles-archive]

Hello! I was just curious about how many OCs you have, and what's all of their names? (If they have any) I was thinking of drawing one of them sometime soon. <3

im not sure how many i have, but i have an OC tag (#ibbleoc) for them! ive been hyperfixated on dr for about. 3 straight years now so most of my recent art is fanart and i only draw them every so often or for merch, but some of my favs are eliot and elaine, koha and ai, and lacie and lark (who i dont think ive done finished art of in like over 5 years so oopsie <3) those are the ones with the most developed stories, but a lot of my oc's i just like to come up w/ cool designs for, like the ones i put on my apparel! oh, ibu my persona is also a fav, im still fleshing out her and a foil chara for her!

[changbinslovelylegs]

BTS questionare

1. Who’s your bias?

Yoongi

2. How did you decide on your bias?

Kept looking in Yoongi's direction, his rapping skills left me speechless, he's hot AF

3. Who’s your bias wrecker?

Legit like every other member I go through phases on who I'm obsessed with

4. Hyung line or maknae line?

This is so hard oh my-

5. What is your favorite era?

Either TMBMIL or wings

6. Your favorite song and why?

Fake love will always be my number 1

7. What’s the first song you heard?

Blood, sweat and tears (what a complete bop)

8. Your favorite album?

This is too hard there all so good

9. Have they ever made you cry?

I can't even count how many times. Babies get emotional and it makes me emotional when I see Kookie's bunny smile crumble away and tears start to fall I'm right there with him and wishing I could just hug him

10. Favorite music video?

Blood, sweat, and tears will always be superior!

11. What do you love about this group?

I love everything about this group and honestly every group I stan so when I do other group versions of this expect the same answer on this question.

12. Who would you marry and why?

MIN YOONGI BABY but lets be real also Kim Taehyung

13. Who would be your best friend and why?

Imagine Jimin as your best friend, I don't think I need to say anything else

14. Do you own any merch?

Of course I do who do you take me for?

15. What’s a concept you would like to see them try?

I would die for like a super dark concept again quoting pentagon's dr bebe but not many people do concepts like that and dr bebe is my all time fav pentagon song so

16. A subunit you would like?

Yoongi n Tae need to make a song it would be legendary and I also happen to be one of the many people who are waiting on Tae and Kookie to have a song together

17. Favorite look from your bias?

Whenever Yoongi wears black even leather ugh-

18. Your favorite title track?

Fake love, blood, sweat, and tears, I need you, butter, black swan

19. Favorite choreo?

I can't not say Bapsae but I also can't not say blood, sweat, and tears

20. Favorite live performance?

Please don't ask me to pick one-

[marshmallowdonutsprinkles]

Guide to buying Pokémon Center JP merch

Hey guys,

So after getting an ask from an anon this morning, I decided to rush a guide to buying the trainer merch that released yesterday (or technically the 24th if you have a means to buy from the Japan-exclusive Pokémon Center’s online store), just in case there are others who don’t know what to do or where to go. Some of y’all have favs in this merchandise line called Pokémon Trainers 2 (Pokémon Trainers originally came out ~July 2019). Pokémon Trainers 2 contains merchandise of Leon, Raihan, Piers, Gloria (SWSH female protag, sorry Victor), Bea, Nessa, Erika, Serena, May, and some dudes from the subway? No idea who those are as the only gens I’ve played were 4 and 6-8. 

Merchandise includes (but is not limited to) pins, keychains, shirts, sketchbooks, plushies, phone cases (iPhone only, rip us android users), switch cases (rip switch lite users), towels, etc. So if you want to try and get something from the Japanese Pokémon center and have no way to do it, hopefully this can help you :) so you don’t overspend like I did 

TL;DR: It’s Amazon Japan and proxy services. Amazon Japan is more reliable (and cheaper) because you don’t have to pay for service fees and for someone to buy your item, and then turn around to pay international shipping like a proxy service. Amazon Japan is one payment and ships pretty fast. The only downside I would say is that by the time items appear on Amazon Japan, they’re being sold out in other places, like Pokémon center running out of preorders within hours of the merch release date (the site literally crashed for about 2 hours on the 24th. I’m blaming it on the fact they dropped Leon and Raihan merch the same day).

If your item can be bought on Amazon Japan and you don’t mind waiting, use Amazon Japan. If your item cannot be bought on Amazon Japan (explanation below) and/or you don’t want to wait Amazon Japan to have it up just to have it sold out within a day, use a proxy you’ve researched and know is reliable and ships to your country.

I first bought merchandise from the Japanese Pokémon center last year, when they released Leon’s cape as a blanket (it’s super soft btw). The Japanese Pokémon Center does not ship internationally, which is annoying to every person with a non-Japanese address. Luckily, there are pretty much two ways around it that can prevent you from booking a flight to Japan to get one (1) item. 

1. Amazon Japan

Amazon.co.jp is just that-Japanese Amazon. Japanese Pokémon Centers have their own section on Amazon Japan called the Pokémon Store (ポケモンストア ). My Japanese is basic at best, but with google translate and a little background knowledge, I can maneuver as much as I need to. I would put a link to it right here, but because tumblr eats post that have links in text, it would make this post meaningless. Therefore, I’ll just show you the search method

A. Type in amazon.co.jp Pokémon center into google search, This should pop up:

B. If this comes up, click on the second link titled “Amazon.co.jp: Pokémon Store: Toys & Games” as that’s where you want to go. Once there, you’ll be greeted by a bunch of Japanese text, which will either be a blessing or a nightmare

C. When you are on this page, click on the link titled “ポケモンセンターオリジナル” (translation: Pokémon center original). This basically takes you to the page that has items exclusive to Japanese Pokémon centers. As someone not fluent in Japanese, this is really the only link I need the worry about on Amazon Japan.

You’ll then be greeted by the merchandise available for sale:

As I am typing this, some items are already sold out. Plushies for Leon, Raihan, Piers, are gone (of course you are). In fact, some items are even straight up missing from Amazon Japan. Let’s say the item you want is sold out on Amazon Japan or, like the anon I answered earlier, the item you want isn’t here. Then what? TBH, your only choice is eBay or the Pokémon center online (which is all in Japanese. Godspeed)

If your item isn’t here, the search gets a bit tricky, but it doesn’t mean hope is lost (yet).

I don’t know how often Pokémon does this, but for some items on their online site, they have a message at the bottom. Let’s look at Leon’s plushie for example:

If you check the black box, it pretty much says “due to popular demand, we are accepting more preorders!”. JP Pokémon Center Online had preorders open the September 24 at 10AM JST, so you could’ve preordered your items before Amazon Japan put them up on the 26th JST. This time, they are accepting more preorders for specific items until: 1) they run out of stock (again) or 2) October 11, 2020 11:59 JST hits. Whichever comes first. Unfortunately though, because this is stock #2 for Japan’s Pokémon Center, your items won’t be shipping until February 2021. If you were lucky to get your item in stock 1 or Amazon Japan, that ships October 3 2020.

2021年2月 is February 2021. If you’re forgetful like me, it’ll be hilarious when you wake up ~5 months later after preordering and you get a random package you forgot you paid for😂.

So you’ve found another chance to get your item, but Pokémon Center doesn’t ship outside of Japan. You live in Not Japan. Now what?

2. Proxy service

Proxy services are..services (:P) that can either preorder the item for you, or physically go to the Pokémon center stores located across Japan to buy the item for you. They then ship it to your house. Japanese proxy services are able to do this because they are simply located in Japan, allowing them to have a Japanese address to place preorders or head to the stores themselves. Unsurprisingly, they are more expensive than just using Amazon because you have to pay someone to do this for you. TBH, expect to pay at least 2X the price of the item you want when using a proxy. (For example, Leon’s plush is 2200 yen which is equivalent to 20.83 USD as of 2020. I paid around 52 USD for mine, including international shipping. Now imagine buying for 2 people. Yeah.)

Let’s use anon’s desired item for an example of using proxy. The anon who sent me an ask today wanted the buttons/pins, which are these(I think lmao)

Like all things business, there is a catch.

Lucky for anon, Pokémon center is (currently) taking more preorders for this item (black box) up until October 11 JST, or until they run out of stock again. Unfortunately, these items will now ship in February of next year (dark blue box). However, there is one thing you really need to look at for:

The fine print.

It’s bad enough if you can’t read Japanese, but Japanese fine print? Even worse. Thankfully, all you need is google translate for that.

Some items being sold in this merchandise have a fine print. They have a limit as to how many you can buy, or, in some cases, you can’t get a specific design. I’ve noticed this with the T-shirts, keychains, and buttons (although it’s listed as Can badges rather than buttons). 

F-in-the-chat-for-fine-print message #1: 1 item per person:

F-in-the-chat-for-fine-print message #2: You cannot pick the design (in other words, if you buy this item, you get a random design/character):

It sucks for us, but from a business perspective, they most likely acknowledge the fact that everyone and their mom is going to buy a Leon/Raihan/Piers/Nessa/Bea T-shirt/keychain/badge vs. an Erika/Serena/May T-shirt/keychain/badge and as a result they’ll have a lot of left over items that have little to no demand. They sense a heavy bias, so they put down this limit that you can’t pick the design and it’s only random. In the case of the buttons/can badge, you either have the option of buying all 19 badges (which is why it’s priced at 6270 yen which is ~60USD) or you buy a single, random button/badge for 330 yen (3USD). Although I just checked, and those items are sold out with currently no chance of restocking. So anon, if you’re reading this far, it’s either you buy the entire package of 19 badges (and resell the rest) or you have to try your luck on eBay.

In the event your item isn’t sold out but is not on Amazon Japan, you want your proxy service. I only started using a couple for this merchandise only, as I was buying merch for 2 people and Pokémon center has a strict limit of 1 per person. Plus, items I wanted weren’t even on Amazon Japan. I have some proxy service ideas below:

A. White Rabbit Express. This is my first time using them. They managed to get my items, but because they were late in preordering, one item is coming this year, and another coming next year. This means I now have to pay international shipping twice since the items are too far apart in ship dates to put in one package to be shipped internationally. Hooray. Salt aside, their service fees are a bit expensive (12% of the price of your order) but they do their job, I suppose. They work M-F 10AM-7PM JST, so the time difference made it harder for me to communicate with them (we’re 13 hours apart). They do respond relatively quick though, and always update you on the current situation. They have cheap shipping options...which are not being used in some countries due to COVID-19. Because I live in the US, a lot of shipping businesses are not shipping to the United States. Therefore I’m stuck with spending 20-30USD on international shipping alone instead of the usual 6-10USD. Reviews say they are trustworthy, and I currently believe they are, albeit a bit slow when it comes to preordering a limited item. On the bright side, they allow refunds as long as they didn’t pay for the item yet. Make sure to read their FAQ. 

B. Zenmarket. Reviews say they are good. I haven’t use them so I don’t have personal experience. They have a flat service fee of 300 yen which is super cheap. They take forever to tell you how much an item costs so you can pay for it, though. A scary moment if the item you're looking for is limited and highly sought after. Again, COVID-19 knocked out some shipping services so always double check what services are shipping to your country despite the pandemic.

C. Sunyshore Store. A service specifically catered the Pokémon items. Their prices are expensive, and they said it was due to the high demand, which I just think is a bit..eh😒 I avoided them once I saw I would have to spend about 70 USD for a plush that’s not even that big. If I’m spending 70 dollars for a Leon plush, it might as well be the real Leon, tf.

D. Meccha Japan. They have a 5% off coupon (PKJ5) if you spend a certain amount (I think it’s 50 USD?) but I’m not sure. Prices are okay as it includes international shipping. They are currently out of stock for some Pokemon Trainers merch such as Leon and Raihan plushies, but they plan to restock in October 3-10. My only peeve is that their restocking period is like 3AM EST lol.

E. Hello Japan. hellojapan.shop is their website. I bought my Leon plush off of here literally the day before Amazon Japan had it, so I spent more money that I should’ve. Prices listed don’t include shipping, but that might depend on where you are in the world. They have a cancellation fee of 30% which is quite high, so I decided to take my L and not cancel my purchase to buy it on Amazon Japan. There is nowhere listed on their site what their office hours are. Their only form of contact seems to be just email.

F. Others. While checking around the internet I ran into other proxy services such as FromJapan, tenso.com, buyee.jp and remambo that help in buying things off the pokemon center. I didn’t look into them so I don’t have anything to say about them, other than buyee,jp has a million and one fees, and remambo at least allows you to cancel orders (before they buy them obviously)

G. Ebay. Ebay sucks due to the fact that resellers are shooting up the prices for these items. I literally saw a Leon plush being sold for 180 USD a couple days ago. I’d have to be out of my mind to buy any toy for that much money. If you shift through the overpriced resellers though, there are a couple decent ones. When you make an ebay account, you can message the seller and ask questions about the product before making your decision.

That’s pretty much it! There may be better, more informative guides on google if you search a bit but if this guide helps at least 1 person, I’d be totally content with that. Good luck with merchandise hunting! If you have questions you can reply to this post, message me on anon, or just shoot me a dm.

[beauvilliers]

i’ve just recently opened my eyes to the ignorance and racism rooted in the bl*ckh*wks logo, name, and org. but ofc they still have some players that i like, so how can i distance myself from that but still show my support for the players? (i’m asking you because from what i’ve read on your blog, you definitely know what you’re taking about lol)

this is a very interesting question, and i think something that is important to talk about in regards to the current hockey climate and the way the nhl has “addressed” race and the mistreatment/lack of support for players of color. 

i think the crux of the issue is that you can’t really separate the players from the organization and its inherent racism, so it’s hard to support individual players without supporting the team as a whole. for example, buying any hawks merch of your fav would still be directly supporting the org and their racism by spending ur money on merch with racist caricatures.

i know a lot of people who dislike the hawks as a whole but like individual players such as strome or debrincat or toews (myself included, as i have reblogged content of those players). disliking the organization and inherent racism within the team does not mean you have to hate every single player on the team. but you cannot ignore that every single player that puts on that jersey is complicit, and so you just have to think really critically about the role that your favs play in this organization. obviously not all the players have the ability to bring about serious change in the org, but like you know if toews really had an issue with that logo he could say “hey i’m not going to wear that until you change it” and they would be forced to change it immediately since he’s pretty much the face of the franchise, and he wouldn’t even suffer any negative consequences or damage to either his reputation or finances since he’s such a huge star.

another thing is that i try to avoid reblogging posts from hawks blogs (or posts with the logo in them, except for game gifs bc it’s kinda unavoidable there), bc i feel that these blogs are also complicit in excusing the racist org, and while they might even recognize that the logo/mascot/etc. is disgusting, they clearly don’t care enough to think critically about what their support of the hawks really means. even if you’re just following them for some sexy jtoews pics, you’re still providing that person with more of a platform and even more notes by interacting with their content.

basically the point that i’m trying to get across is that yes, you can like individual players on the hawks, but you need to be critical of their actions in the org. you need to listen to indigenous people over your favs. you need to really look at this team of almost all white men (excluding malcolm subban rip) and ask yourself if they are really being good allies to people of color, specifically indigenous folks. ask yourself if you would rather feel discomfort with your favs or if you would rather support marginalized voices. i know it’s not really possible to just all of a sudden stop caring about players you like, and i’m not trying to sound harsh and be like “cut off all contact with these players and don’t ever enjoy content of them” but i’m just passionate that denormalizing the hawks is something incredibly necessary in the world of hockey.

tl;dr supporting the hawks means you do not care about the negative effects racist caricatures have on indigenous people, despite scientific research that it has real life consequences. liking individual hawks players is fine, as long as you recognize that they are complicit in the orgs racism and help to normalize racism by wearing those jerseys and not speaking out.

[sehyoons]

do you stan any other groups aside from a.c.e & groups you've stanned even before them? any new ones?

my fan experience feels really different than others so idk how to define it?? but A.C.E is like my ult of all ults and the only group I’m like... an active part of the fandom for? my #1 by far. everybody else is just casual listening. Like some of my favs are BIGBANG, Epik High, Blackpink, Loco, Jessi, etcetc. (I also like a lot of ggs that aren’t around anymore like 2NE1, EXID, 4Minute, etc) those ones and a few others I know a decent amount abt, but by no means am I an expert or do I go out of my way to keep up w their activities outside of new music. 

Usually I won’t even learn members names because I’m just not interested at all, I’m mostly here for the music and that’s it. like for example I love a lot of exo’s songs but I think I can only name two members tbh. like I know their faces kinda? but names or anything more? nah.

but for A.C.E I watch everything live if I can, try to catch content as soon as it comes out, this blog (and @freeacegifs & @acefanart) are ways that I take part in the fandom. I buy all their releases and some merch if I like it and can afford it. basically I do my best to support them however I can best. I like making friends w other fans and talking about A.C.E and if that leads into a friendship outside of the fandom then that’s fucking awesome too!! 

so I guess tl;dr: no. A.C.E is the only group I “stan” but I listen to a TON of other korean music

[hey-hamlet]

BNHA AU Ideas : Wicked Coffee AU

Also on AO3!

TL;DR:  Yamada Hizashi is a barista at the local cafe Aizawa gets his morning coffee. Present Mic is the flirtatious villain that has been making Eraserhead's life hell for the past two years.

Wicked Coffee AU (a villain mic au)

part time barista, part time murderer

he’s creepy into eraserhead

flirts w him when they fight, also sells coffee to him in the morning

aizawa’s hero name in this is Erasure, after his quirk, but Mic calls him Eraserhead because he thinks it sounds cooler. the media have also started using it

izuku knows aizawa's barista friend is a villain but aizawa looks so happy in the morning with him dumb coffees? so izuku can’t bring himself to say anything

aizawa asked for a coffee as black as his soul one week, mic gave him a white chocolate hot chocolate

every day he makes aizawa something new and sweet, like caramel mochas, massive strawberry Frappuccino’s

draws a cat next to aizawa's name on the cup

also: izuku, who cannot stay out of anyone's business, collecting all this info on mic and mic doesn’t notice because izuku is adorable and buy's coffees for his whole class and teacher

please consider: izuku knows what everyone likes in their orders and uses his quirk to run to the cafe at lunch

he has to walk back normally or the coffee will spill

iida comes with him one time and they see who can power walk back to ua quickest

iida gets back and like, his arms are shaking because of how heavy the drinks where and he only had half of them

he looks at izuku with respect and horror

izuku becomes the official coffee man of 1a i’m calling it right here right now

even when they’re all graduated pros he takes the time out of his day to speed walk them their order

please, momo makes them "hero proof coffee cups" so izuku can run with them

hi, consider: villain mic kidnapping izuku because he wants to spend time with aizawa

expects izuku to be scared

this kid comes out swinging, pauses, looks at mic, smiles and says, "oh hi Mr. yamada!"

"oh, you wanted to talk to aizawa-sensei? i can call him and say you kidnapped me! it would be faster than a ransom note!"

mic is so lost

izuku calls shinso

"hi i got kidnapped by mic! WAIT CALM DOWN ITS OK HANG ON- he gave me lunch! he’s a very good cook. drugged? no i don’t think my food was drugged. i think. HEY YAMA-shit- MIC? WAS THIS FOOD DRUGGED? ok apparently not!"

shinso is hyperventilating while aizawa has a breakdown in the car

"MIDORIYA, WHERE ARE YOU?" "im not sure sensei! mic? where are we? ... the big blue warehouse in the dock district! maybe don’t bring anyone else. mic likes you! wait not like- ok maybe like that but he won’t hurt you!"

shinso is in the passenger seat like "i thought mics quirk was volume not mind control???"

idk what his villain name would be so it’s gonna be present mic

absent mic

hi please consider "that time villain mic kidnapped izuku" there is a big police force around, only aizawa can come in or mic says he’ll make izuku deaf

aizawa comes in and he’s like, shaken

obviously

a villain has one of his kids

and izuku just fucking, smiles and waves "oh hi sensei!"

mic looks almost as shaken as aizawa feels

izuku whispers something in mic's ear and pats his shoulder in sympathy and asks if he can make his teacher a cup of tea

mic just kind of nods because, what on earth is this kid????

midoriya izuku knows No Fear

so, mic and aizawa are just sitting there as izuku hums the tune to some anime as he makes tea for all of them

they are too lost to even start talking so izuku sighs and asks "... soooo, mic? want to tell eraserhead why you kidnapped me?" and mic is like "OH YEAH"

izuku, recording to show his classmates: “go on”

please izuku is snapchatting this

iida is hugging his brother and crying because he thinks izuku is going to die

ochako wants to be worried but its just? so fucking funny

bakugo is c a c k l i n g

shinso is crying because what the fuck is happening anymor e

all of shinsou’s replies to izukus snaps are just

??????

WHAT

??!!???!!

izuku took a selfie with mic

posted it on his twitter

"things heating up in the hero course! having a mandatory hang out sesh' with mutsutafu's fav villain, present mic! #UAHeroCourse #ItsAKiddnapping "

he and mic are both grinning, posing with a peace sign

they have a devil and angel filter on the photo

mic is the angel

bakugou replying to his tweet with “pls just stay there and never come back”

izuku and mic flip him off in the replies and it becomes a shit post for the next two months

its a photo that mic clearly took of izuku dressed in one of mics villain costumes

“young hero hopeful bullies his classmate until he embraces villainy”

it just says "look you’ve hurt his feelings so now hes become edgy"

because izukus been such a good sport about the whole, kidnapping thing he keeps getting presents from mic

including present mic merch, "baby's first villain costume" and info on mic's least fav villains

and now this tiny first year has more information on some of the most dangerous villains ever than most of the pros and the police force

mics least fave villains are just, the entire league

please izuku accidentally wears the villain costume mic had made for him at school because mic stole one of the official costume cases to put the one he had made in

it’s like a big bunny hood, a face mask with a glowing smile and reinforced gloves and boots

he high key loves it

[badanimereviews]

summer 2019 anime sum-up

lmao i realized i never did this and posted the fall season b4 this.... oops

kimetsu no yaiba: tbh started out kinda meh. and now it’s turned into one of the new big shounens. i was not expecting that. nearing the end got rly good and i was rly looking forward to more episodes! tanjiro gets cooler and cooler! animation is rly nice (thanks ufotable) and the way tanjiro’s water is animated. like. aesthetic asf. it’s so good. i love black-haired emo dude and zenitsu (my spirit animal) and ofc nezuko she is adorable im c r y. side note: the hashira? i think they’re called? some of the ugliest fkn characters i’ve seen in ages like flame boy? stone boy? i HATE them. and the gem dude too like man get a new tattoo artist on god.... he needs it.,,,,,,and inosuke is so pretty it’s unfair

dr stone: ok man dr stone rly went off. tbh. i’ve always been a whore for chemistry since reading the flavia de luce series (btw, i want more books of) and watching this just tickles my noodle brain in a good way... who needs prozac when i get a shitton of serotonin from watching senku dick around....  (btw what is going on with what’s his face and the girl. yuzuriha????? i can’t remember. i love senku don’t get me wrong but i need their perspective too... bc i hate lion dude... so much.... dick....) again i will repeat that i am a whore for chemistry so i get oFF on this. backgrounds are amazing/ animation so nice n clean (most o the time lmao). i thought i would hate the black n white haired trickster boi and ms yellow ponytail and suika but no! dr stone is such a good show that they are now great, loveable characters. also i am senku and chrome’s whore so jfc. man, i love the explanations of all the chemistry shabang, but some things i think would be better if explained! like senku doing physical labour at the beginning- ex. making all those pots and building that shit by hisself. i know he weak af. yes he smart but like. construction? difficult. pottery? even for me the artist . difficult. and that shed of his was filled to the brim. HOW. anyways, i love this so much i am crying constantly

just realized i didnt need to write about dr stone. oh well. 

danmachi 2: wtf yo. haruhime is so pretty but not a fan of her personality! bell still cute af and still don’t rly like aiz! animation good as always, and my god i shit myself whenever the argonaut theme starts up bc that is ? one of the best pieces of non-sawano hiroyuki pieces i’ve ever heard? addicted to it. and the opening! love the dynamics, the brief ‘rain’ scenes like when mikoto slashes the raindrops and just her motion basically? as an animator that is what i aspire to accomplish because i just love that. tiny little scene. 

arifureta: this would have been so much better had they dragged out mc’s op-ifying process! made him suffer more! i explained this briefly in my ‘first thoughts’ post for this season, but story-wise and pacing-wise his power-up could have been so much more deserved and gratifying. think shield hero- loser suffers, gets angry, slowly builds up power in an epic payoff! would have been so epic too. and also if they’d made his gained powers less.... crazy nerfed. again: HE SHOULD HAVE SUFFERED MORE AND THIS WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER SHOW. harem thoughts: yue- meh. sucky char honestly. shea- my fav girl, she is a great character don’t judge- sexy and love her personality and love her character design and love how much fanservice she gets lol. panty flash ftw. dragon girl- discount darkness honestly , tho nice design. and mermaid girl- yuck, annoying,  DO NOT like the ‘papa’ trope! (ahem sao.) it’s gross. also just fuck mc’s classmates honestly- paladin dude sucks ass, healer girl OOF that last episode ruined her, samurai girl is ok i guess. hate ai-sensei too like shut UPP annoying ass HOEEEEE (postscript: opening=very epic too)

kanata no astra: plot twist? check. trillion well-done plot twists? check. this was done very well. i am so happy. all those plot twists and turns would usually suck in any regular anime- but this was written with GODLIKE ability. thank you, lerche. legit, this was such an enjoyable ride, i eagerly awaited each new ep! typically i hate space-related stuff but like! survival stuff gets my goat.... like this was good- (tho maybe more technical-stuff in the survival theme would make it so cooler) what shocked me the most: (spoilers alert) didn’t end up hating quitterie or funi. (tho the puppet made me want to strangle smth) luca’s gender had rly confused me but i’d decided on him being a boy- so basically that reveal left me like WHOA. i died. did luca rly have to show emo boy their tity tho... kanata losing his arm gave me the yeeeks, charce being the traitor was made sO WELL into a surprise even tho i’d kinda already suspected him<- like that was just fucking amazing writing there. gj. and ares the princess! ok man! shocked! AND also the whole clone thing, just fucked me right up. up the ass. like there are probably more plot twist layers in this than a fkn ogre has.... anyway shrek aside, yun?’s character arc was very pleasing, i think that was done very well! and the ending made me UwU like BRO? goals tbh. yeah this is a hidden gem and is just so good, so well-written overall. 

cop craft: didn’t have high expectations. i am now,,, quite,,, shocked &,,, blown away. sweetheart this is a good fucking show. so why @ livechart.me DOES IT HAVE 7.40 STARS WHEN FKN ARIFURETA HAS 7.72. can someone explain this to me? i’m outraged. LIVID.  matoba and tilarna were amazing characters btw! loved their dynamic! briefly i thought it might get romantic! nope, it didn’t, so it’s all good. actions scenes were epic, tilarna’s design and outfits were so much nicer than i thought they’d be like. she is so cute. and the op- man, if that is not such a bopper vibe then idk what is. i could watch it forever. it deserves so much more than what it’s got rn.

naka no hito genome: (serious question: is this considered some sort of isekai?) genome gave me btooom vibes honestly but like- this is SO much better than btooom and most game/trap/ kinda shows. fkn BOP of an op, especially the sequence at the end with short clips of each character in action (nutt). paka-san was a good boy and he deserves irl merch. i fell in LOve with all the characters (bubble boy= hot, akatsuki= ok meh actually kinda boring, karin= hot and i want her to punch me, ruromori= beautiful 12/10 would let her stalk me, sleepy eyes boy= baby + dazai vibes and hot af, twin boy= also hot, onigasaki= hot and love him so much, and loli girl= her light grenades got annoying but nice char design) anyways yeah more of this would be epic. i wanna see sakura and her twin reunite, and how they get out basically! also animation quality was very good which is surprising considering it’s a silver link anime.

kono yo no hate de koi wo utau shoujo yu-no: i include the whole title bc this is a good anime. (also livechart.me why 7.27 stars i will fuck you up) only meh part of this is the return to earth from dela granto bc that was like a culture shock and honestly at that point i’d forgotten a lot about what had happened on earth and didn’t care as much. btw, f ayumi and f the other brown-haired oneesan. mio and kanna ftw. obvs i didn’t understand the sayless x takuya thing like dumbass horny teenager . why u gotta creampie the worst girl. u have mio. bruh. (tho mio x ‘oyabi!’ boy is a great ship) also, takuya’s mom? keiko-san? idk if you’ve noticed but that’s literally my name so yeah just glad to finally have some keiko representation. altogether goodass anime. the time travel/ rezero esque reset thing almost got me but this was done well. so no problems. both ops very good. first song was bae, second also bae (just realized it’s by konomi suzuki, one of my waifu idols, so yea nice) and ed2 also so pretty! also yu-no’s design was rly pretty, the outfit colours, and her pigtails rly suited her :)

granbelm: sorry this is the last one lol this was a long ass post! other than the fact i dont rly like mecha this was good.... action, CHARACTER designs aesthetic asf, honestly rly pretty ok. i liked the cast, very diverse and more depth than most shows of this ilk. op was nicely choreographed- especially the part where the girls’ faces are contorted by their gems, showing their magical girl side. nicely done. mangetsu didn’t end up being that bad a char, and honestly? suigetsu is best girl and deserved better. and the ending too- like, bro, that made me kinda sad. some off points: anna’s mom was a little unrealistic as a mom like woman- please learn to control your child, and, white-haired girl’s sister should have played a bigger part, based on how her parts in the opening were emphasized! (quick note- blue girl, love her, great bad guy, when she dumped anna made me so happy honestly, she is beautiful, and i couldn’t actually decide who i wanted to win between her and suigetsu....)

hope u enjoyed this bad review. pls share ur opinions w/ me on some of of these more controversial shows. thank.