#mika rook

[juneiper-art]

Lucanis Dellamorte, local man, in desperate need of some tenderness

[s0ngsandstars]

Did you know I love hats so much

I love characters with hats, I love hats irl, I want a hat collection, hats are literally so cool, I want to learn how to make hats.

Hats.

I should learn how to draw hats better. Right now I hate drawing them with a passion because they're so cool to look at but angles are difficult.

[galaxyheartfans]

@moonlightravensblog

Say Hello to my OC Character.

Meet my OC Character.

🌸Mika & Mei🍋

Lemon Rook and Blood Sakura Bishop's Twin Daughters.

[blood-red-hummingbee]

I HAVE COMPOSED A LIST OF THE FANKIDS

IF YOU WANT TO BE PUT ON, OR I MISSED SOMEONE, LEMME KNOW!

I'M ORDERING THIS BY CANON CHARACTERS CUS THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD KEEP TRACK

Riddle - @justm3di0cr3; Ivrine with Emory - @beneathsakurashade; Riliane with Kanae - @amethystjewel01; Thorn and Ruby with Yuuna

Ace - @4necdote; Draven with Whitney - @screamintoad; Jane with Rory - @ashipiko; Avila and Alex with Ashi

Deuce - @skibidibabygirl; Angel and Diana with Isa

Trey - @moonyasnow; Hilda, Julian, and Hazel with Junia

Azul - @oya-oya-okay; Azuma, ShiShi, Azusa, and Shou with Shuu - @taruruchi; (Aure)lia, Cass(ius), and Julian with Taruchi

Floyd - @angelwishess; Emelio, Marven, and Alora with Kyra - Barbs; Suzette and Summer with Grace

Jade - @gimmeurmoneyagh; Melusine, Lorelai, and J(esse) with Yumi

Leona - Also Moony; Nuru with Tomoe - Mah; Kinja with Isabelle - @h0neybane; Maya and Obuya with Evelyn

Jack - Me; Joey and Luna with Rose - Moony; Genevieve and Toby with Victor - Crow; Shiloh, Sasha, and Gemma with Rory

Ruggie - @midnightmah07; Maggie with Daisy - @twtysevapr; Mika and Lana with Mina - @cheerleaderman; Charlotte with Dion - Myz; Diana with Sam

Jamil - @bunniehunn; Claude and Hayat with Flori - Jan; Bella with Astrid - Addie; Zyran with Dranav - Barbs; Maron, Maeve, Jiya, and Ichaa

Kalim - @babyghoul138; Aisha, Daniyal (I don't know if I spelled that right, lemme know Myz!), and Arham (though that one's subject to change) - Mah; Yasmin, Bazel, and Daim with Jeanne

Vil - Barbs; Flora with Eislyn - Algy; Belladonna with Rosienne - AJ; Alois and Naomi with Yuuki

Epel - Addie; Binnie with Poppy

Rook - @offorestsongs; Rosemary with Lysander (I think there are a couple more on the way too)

Idia - Jan; Kore, Atlas, and Helene with Yuya - @amai-sakura-chan; Nova and Soleil with Ame - @buttholesparkles; Zagreon and Melinos with Maya

Sebek - @theolivetree123; Avery with Constance

Silver - Crow; Fleur and Alaric with Blanche - Jan; Alicia and Tristan with Airlea - Algy; Paloma with Jóvia - Kanae; Chrys(anthemum), Dahlia, Sage, and Edel(weiss) with Shion

Malleus - Moony; Malina, Malachi, Mallory, Malek, Maleah, Malcolm, Malindt, and Malissa with Irina - Barbs; Anthony, Rosa(lynn) - AJ; Malin and Malorie with Yuuto - Me; Aria with Emmelia

Niege - Moony; Roza with Spike

Che'nya - Barbs; Lucy, Louie, and Bennet with Anneliese

and last but not least: Olive's Nikohopper bebes; Daisy and Louis!

AND WITH THAT I TAKE MY BOW! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

ONCE I HAVE A COMPLETE LIST, I SHALL COMPILE THE SCHOOL/DORM FANKID CHART! <3

[tallylovesbodyhorror]

im afraid I don't have a type...

1. Yakumo 2. Blade 3. Olivine 4. Idia 5. Rook 6. Riddle 7. Rollo 8. Kaito 9. Gakupo 10. Len 11. Rui 12. Tsukasa 13. Mayo 14. Yeichi 15. Charles 16. Vincent Wordsworth 17. Gabriel 18. Venti 19. Childe 20. Ayato 21. Dainsleif 22. Sunday 23. Loucha 24. Kaoru 25. Greell 26. Byakuya 27. Nagito 28. Kazuichi Soda 29. Shuichi 30. Fyodor Dostoevsky 31. Kunikida 32. Rampo 33. Edgar Poe 34. Shibusawa 35. Mori 36. Korekiyo 37. Kiibo 38. Pure Vanilla 39. Shadow Milk 40. Affogato 41. Espresso 42. Red Velvet 43. Clotted Cream 44. Ivan (from Alien Stage) 45. Ivan (bsd) 46. ​​Ren Hana 47. Ren 48. Milo 49. John Doe 50. Alan Orion51. Midori 52. Shin Tsukimi 53. Rio Ranger 54. Kelus 55.Goro Akechi 56. Akira 57. medicine pocket 58. Зима 59. Horrorpedia 60. Dottore 61. Pantalone 62. Mor (my oc) 63. Matthew Patel 64. Kato 65. cookie lawyer (I don’t know what his name) 66. Moriarty cookie 67. Tsukasa 68. Ge Tian 69. Vincent 70. Mika 71. Diggers 72. Normal Guy 73. Elliott 74. Morio Osanai 75. Joseph 76. La Falsa Luna 77. Vittorino 78. Riker

1+1 (79. that hippie 80. bro with rings in his cheeks) 81. Lowe 82. Sergeant Major Mark 83. that bro from the occult club Yang Sim 84. AM 85. Fukuro 86. Ichirohiko 87. John Egbert 88. Gamzee 89. that guy from ranfren idk 90. homestuck fish 91. KARKAT

[shimmerloid-ai]

Introduction - Vocal Synth Terminology - Part 1

This post will be split into multiple parts due to Tumblr's character limit.

If you are new to the Vocal Synth community, you may encounter some words and phrases you don’t understand. For instance, someone may tell you about Rin and Len’s appends, and you may confuse that term for the difficulty in Project Sekai! Colorful Stage! Or may have heard someone discussing USTs, but can not find its definition anywhere nor figure out what the hell they are talking about.

Well, I made a dictionary of sorts to help newbie fans get used to Vocal Synth jargon. The keyword is “Vocal Synth” as these apply to other software as well. These definitions have a greater focus on the programs themselves than the characters.

Credits to Vocaloid Wiki and Minnemi on YouTube for some of these definitions.

Vocal Synthesizer: A digital instrument that creates tracks like any other DAW, but instead of piano notes, guitar strums, or drum beats, you compose vocals! Also known as “vocal synths”. Examples of vocal synthesizers include VOCALOID, UTAU, SynthesizerV, CeVIO, and Piapro Studio.

Voicebank: A collection of recordings of the sounds that make up a language. These sounds are typically vowels and constants, but depending on the voice bank, you may also get breath notes and pronunciation effects. Or, in simpler terms, the singers that are used in vocal synths! There are ton of voicebanks in the vocal synth community, with some of the popular ones being Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Kagamine Rin and Len (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Megurine Luka (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Kasane Teto (UTAU + SynthesizerV), Megpoid Gumi (VOCALOID + SynthesizerV + A.I. VOICE, FineSpeech Ver3), flower (VOCALOID + Gynoid Talk + CeVIO), IA (VOCALOID + CeVIO), and KAFU (CeVIO + SynthesizerV)! Individual vocal synth characters can also have different versions of their voice, such as Yuzuki Yukari’s Onn (soft) and Lin (power) voicebanks!

Voice Provider: The person whose voice that a voicebank is created. Voice providers record samples of their voice (specifically vowels and constants) at a certain key (for instance A3), which are turned into a voicebank with the company’s black magic (I’m kidding, I don’t know how they process and put the vocals together). For instance, PIKO is Utatane Piko’s voice provider, Satoshi Fukase is Fukase’s voice provider, and Naoto Fuga (shown below) is KAITO’s voice provider!

Crypton Future Media: The brains behind some of the most popular VOCALOIDs, which are Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, KAITO, and MEIKO. Aside from voicebanks, they created games, concerts, merchandise, and much more relating to these beloved VOCALOIDS! Cryptonloids are… VOCALOIDS created by Crypton. Soon, Crypton departed from Yamaha and made its own vocal synthesizer in affiliation with another company called Piapro named Piapro Studio. There are two versions of this software; Piapro Studio NT and Piapro Studio V4x.

UTAU: A vocal synthesizer that is considered the “sister” software to VOCALOID. Unlike VOCALOID, this software is 100% free and you can create your own voicebank. There are thousands of UTAUloids at this point in time, giving you a huge selection of different ranges and strengths. Popular UTAUloids include Utatane “Defoko” Uta, Kasane Teto, Namine Ritsu, Momo Momone, Yowane Ruko, Sukone Tei, Rook, Gahata Meiji (shown below), Yamane Renri, Matsudappoiyo, Keine Ron, Kohaku Merry, Gekiyaku, Kazehiki, Adachi Rei, Ooka Mika, and so many others! There is also an open-source version of UTAU called Open UTAU, which is much easier to install and use (it has a dark mode!). Vipperloids are the classic UTAUloids that share surnames ending with “-ne” and their VOCALOIDish designs. These include Utatane “Defoko” Uta, Kasane Teto, Namine Ritsu, Momo Momone, Yowane Ruko, Sukone Tei, and many others.

SynthesizerV Studio: Also known as SynthV, this is a vocal synthesizer made by Dreamtonics that is well-known for its AI voicebanks. For a software that is smaller than VOCALOID, they are extremely advanced with realistic-sounding voicebanks, piano-roll tuning, rap vocals, and so many other features. It’s also much cheaper (thank you, Yamaha money sharks). In addition, Dreamtonics has two free versions; SynthesizerV Studio R1, and SynthesizerV Studio Basic R2. Popular SynthV voicebanks include Eleanor Forte, Kaorou Rikka, GENBU, Tsurumaki Maki, SAKI, SOLARIA, KEVIN (fan design by ivylare shown below), Stardust, ROSE, POPPY, and Kasane Teto Ai!

CeVIO Project: A collection of voice synthesizers created in collaboration with five different companies including Techno Speech and Frontier Works. Not only do they make vocal synthesizers, but their softwares have speech interfaces as well. As of now, their most popular program is CeVIO AI, a next-generation vocal synthesizer that uses AI technology to create powerful vocals as seen in SynthesizerV. Popular voicebanks include Chis-A (shown below), KAFU, Sato Sasara, IA AI, ONE, Yuzuki Yukari Rei, CiFlower, POPPY, ROSE, and many others.

Tuning: Essentially how you want a song or cover to sound. By editing the parameters of the individual notes and that of the voicebank itself (including the pitch, volume, strength, sharpness, and breaths), you can obtain an entirely different result of how the singer sings the encoded notes through different methods. This blog is dedicated to teaching people how to tune, so I’ll show a variety of tuning styles in the software.

V_: The VOCALOID software edition. As of now, there are six editions of the software, which are VOCALOID, VOCALOID2, VOCALOID3, VOCALOID4, VOCALOID5, and VOCALOID6. A lot of VOCALOID voicebanks would be named after the edition they were designed for, such as Gackpoid V4.

VSQ/VSQx/VPR/UST/SVP: The different vocal file formats through which the note, lyric, and tuning data are saved in different vocal synthesizers. These files are not exactly specific to a single editor as they can be converted to the appropriate formats: 

VSQ: VOCALOID2 and VOCALOID3

VSQx: VOCALOID4

VPR: VOCALOID5 and VOCALOID6

UST: UTAU and OPENUTAU

SVP: SynthesizerV Studio

Phonemes: In linguistics and developmental psychology, phenomes are the smallest sounds of speech that distinguish one word from another. Similarly, in vocal synths, these are the building blocks of the individual lyrics that are read by the voicebank. Phonemes differ from the lyrics in a vocal synth file as the lyrics are the actual syllables in language while the phonemes are based on the X-SAMPA system. For instance, let’s examine and compare lyrics from “The Lost One’s Weeping” by neru to the phonemes that would be written in a vocal synth. Romaji lyrics (Source - Vocaloid Lyric Wiki): kokuban no kono kanji ga yomemasu ka? Romanji lyrics in VOCALOID4: [ko] [ku] [ba] [n] [no] [ko] [no] [ka] [n] [ji] [ga] [yo] [me] [ma] [su [ka] Phonemes in a vocal synthesizer VOCALOID4: [k o] [k M] [b a] [n] [n o] [k o] [k a] [n] [dZ i] [g a] [j o] [me] [m a] [s M] [k a] As we can see here, the phonemes of a song can differ significantly from the lyrics that are entered into a program. You can also edit the phonemes of a lyric for better pronunciation (for instance, for the word “you’d”, you can try [y M d]), or split them up into vowels and constants in notebending. In addition, there are entirely different phonemes for voicebanks designed for different languages; for instance, VOCALOID has Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish voicebanks. However, it is possible to make voicebanks sing in different languages, like how Utsu-P makes Miku V4 English sing in fluent Japanese. There are also phonemes for breaths, and glottal stops, as well as pronunciation effects that are exclusive to some voicebanks, like Enhanced Voice Expression Control (E.V.E.C.) in the V4x Cryptonloids. I will go into greater depth on phonemes in a future post.

Pitch bending: The effect where one note slides to another in a clean fashion without sounding flat. When people usually mention pitch bending in a vocal synth, they are referring to the tuning style where you alter the pitch using the “pitch bend” and “pitch bend sensitivity” parameters. If you have seen tuning streams or covers where people show their editors, you may have noticed dynamic and sometimes dramatic lines either on top of the notes or in a box beneath the piano roll. These are pitch bends! By drawing pitch curves in different ways, you can acquire different ways the notes are sung. You can then increase or decrease the pitch bend sensitivity of certain notes to change the factor of how many semitones the pitch curves will jump or fall by when the pitch bend parameter is brought to the maximum or minimum values. To paint a better picture of this concept, I made a quick VSQx of the "watashi" ([w a] [t a] [S i]). The curves on cutting through the green box are my pitch bends, and the thin red line running through the notes is the result. The transparent box behind it is my pitch bend sensitivity, which I increased for more sensitive in the [w a] and [t a] notes, and decreased for less for the [S i] phoneme.

Note bending: A tuning style where you manipulate the pitch by splitting notes into smaller notes. You can move the notes up and down or edit the phonemes to obtain different effects in notes. If you would like to breakdown the phrase [w a] [t a] [S i], you can write the notes out as [w a] [a] [a] [a] [a] [t a] [a] [S i [i] [i]! This is my preferred method of tuning as I do not enjoy drawing lines and like the nostalgic effect of the clean, slightly robotic sounds.

Portamento Timing: This term can have multiple definitions, but the general meaning is a slide from one note to the next. Do not confuse this for pitch bending as the way that notes transition in portamento is different from the former. In Vocaloid, portamento is a parameter that allows you to alter the timing of the pitch. Increasing the value would result in the pitch being more delayed, and decreasing it will cause the pitch to be sung earlier. In UTAU and SynthesizerV, portamento refers to the editable points in a pitch curve. Adding more points allows you to have more freedom in creating pitch bends.

Pitchsnap Mode: A setting in vocal synthesizers that causes the pitch curves to “snap” from one note to another. This setting yields a more autotuney and robotic tone in tuning. While I prefer to tune with this feature shut off, I have heard that the pitchsnap function makes pitch-bending much easier. Remember our "The Lost One's Weeping" example? Here is an amazing cover of it by our lord and saviour Jade S. with Fukase and Miku V3 Solid that showcases how beautiful the pitchsnap function can make the vocals sound when used correctly!

Mixing: A process of blending vocals with an off-vocal or instrumental so the singing fits in the environment of the vocal's music. It's more than just plugging in an audio track, you need to ensure that the vocals are cleaned up, are at an appropriate volume, and do not sound out of place. People can get super creative with mixing by adding reverb, radio-like effects, growls, and “adlibs” during instrumental breaks! All in all, the mixing of vocals is just as important as the tuning.

Producer: Anyone who makes music using vocal synths. This title was initially reserved for people who make original songs but can be used to describe cover artists like myself as well. Popular producers include ryo(supercell), kzlivetune, wowaka(shown below; Rest in Peace), neru, Deco* 27, and many others!

“-P”: Standing for “producer title”, this suffix originated from the IDOLM@STER fandom and refers to anyone who makes music with vocal synths, or in other words, vocal synth producers! For instance, why do we call Circus-P by his name with the "-P" suffix? Because that is what he is, a producer! You can also use the title “vocalo-p” to address synth users.

[dotster001]

So I was thinking about who would be the best in a Phantom of the Opera au...

And I was at first thinking about the obvious ones, like Malleus and Idia, heck even Rook would be great but then I thought about that one line Christine has,

"who was that shape in shadows?"

And I was like...oh my god...Sam!

Here me out!

You first come to the school from another world, and you're trying to blend in. Especially at NRC, most attention is negative attention. But it's hard when you don't even know where to begin with the work and chores you're assigned. Until one day you start to hear a voice tell you the answers. Or you'll go to work on a task from Crowley, and it's alright finished with no one in sight except for a shape you thought you saw in the corner of your eye.

One day, a small box is on your desk. It's a necklace that is one of those two way mirrors, but you don't know that, so you just put it on, because it's pretty and it's probably from one of your friends. You find that it's a lot easier to hear the helpful voice when you wear it, and sometimes you think you can see him in the mirror's reflection.

Because this is a phantom au, of course singing has to come into play. The voice in your necklace, who you've started referring to as your guardian angel, has heard you sing around your room, and encourages you to try out for the SDC. He even offers some coaching and encouragement so that you feel more confident.

When you're in the training camp portion, he's oddly quiet. You honestly start to wonder if you'd made him up because you were lonely and homesick, and now that other people live with you you don't need him anymore.

You still lose the SDC, but you all go viral, both from the group itself, and also the solo Vil had given you at the last second after being worn out from the overblot. People are swarming you after the competition, so it's hard for you to get a chance to enjoy the rest of the festival. But you're getting offers from lots of people to sing or perform in other capacities, and you go to sleep, exhausted, but feeling some solid hope that you can survive here until you go home.

That night, the voice enters your dream, and you find your body walking towards the voice.....

Bonus! Best phantoms in other fandoms...

Ayakashi Romance Reborn: Akiyasu (honestly a no brainer here 😂)

Court of Darkness: Dia (although he'd also be a great Christine let's be real), Lou, and maybe Toa honestly

Ikemen Prince: I mean the Obvious is Sariel, but I could see Keith and Licht being great Phantoms

Tears of Themis: Vyn already has some phantom imagery, but I love him, so I'm including him on the list

Obey Me: Okay I could do a whole extra post on Simeon as the phantom, because the potential oh my gosh, but Barbatos could be really good too, heck even Dia in some ways

Ensemble stars: Mayoi is already someone who is directly compared to the phantom so that's pretty obvious, but like, Madara? And Shu and Mika? Maybe even Ibara....

[thecountryboyofnrc]

MIKA

JUST SAW YOU RUNNING ACROSS THE COURTYARD LIKE SOMEONE'S OUT FOR YOUR LIFE 💀💀 But i gotta be honest when i say that i legit whispered "Why was Epel kinda.." then i got hit in the head by Ace, that little shi

Epel is typing

...

New message from Epel

OFX IM RYNMING ROOK ISS ON MYASS I DONT HAVE A DEAYH WIS AJSHEHHDBEHRJRK3N

New Message from Epel

Deepest apologies mon ami, Roi du Poison would like his runaway pupil returned.

[umedao]

Heartslabyul, but they're in teyvat

I've been having a lot of genshin x twst brainrot lately so here we go, I'll try to draw them later but rn I don't have my tablet with me so please bear with the messy text block

((note that if we're speaking twst lore then technically ALL of them would be catalyst user (save for rook, silver, sebek and maybe vil since he did fencing but we're not gonna talk about them here) but we're going to ignore all of that and go with aesthetic/vibes))

starting from ace, I feel like he'd either use bow or polearm because as seen in the og alice in wonderland movie, all of the trump soldiers use some sort of lance(?), but I'm going with bow because I feel like it matches his vibes the most. rust would fit his overall visual especially with his dorm uniform (bc I am not about to teyvat-ivy their outfits I Am Not The Art Archon).

if we’re talking about kits/skill set, I picture him having an anemo vision (dead friend aside and purely by aesthetic bc we dont know much abt his past/um/I will not kill deuce) and being an off-field dmg dealer sort of like yelan and his skill being an enemy aggro that also do a mini swirl like mona’s/faruzan’s. so a sub dps maybe.

then we go to deuce, I want to say he’s a catalyst like heizou that punches his enemies like he got a personal grudge but listen to me : deuce with a claymore. deuce just. swinging that shit around and beating the mobs to death. I mean I can picture him being a catalyst that do normal, sort of calm attack until you make him do his charged attack and it’s a rage-filled uppercut sort of but. claymore deuce. deuce wielding song of broken pines.

now about the kit, I can’t see him with any other vision than hydro and I’m torn between him being an elemental dmg dealer with parry gimmick like beidou or just a full blown physical dps. while hydro isn’t a good element to do physical reaction, at the same time I also see him being able to deal some sort of decent physical dmg so I’m really conflicted about what his kit is going to be like. but I DO see that he’s going to be the type thats going to scale off of hp like zhongli or nilou.

next is trey, I see him as somewhere between sword or polearm, but then I decided on polearm because imagine trey with those baker hand swinging a polearm around. also he reminds me of thoma for some reason (househusband material, serving powerful/important figure??). Also he’d look good wielding skyward spine, no?

I cant decide on his vision but I can see him being dendro, mainly bc he’s green and also that the whole reaction with dendro kinda(?) fits his unique magic ig. Which means he’d probably be both a healer and em support/buffer. I think he’d have kits similar to shenhe and bennett where he increases dmg with his skill while he heals and buffs em/atk with his burst and doing small continuous dmg.

cater is kind of hard for me to picture in this setting. like ace I do think that bow fits his vibe, but so does polearm and sword. I literally cannot decide. I wanted him to be like childe where he wields one weapon and change stance during skill, but I already have different idea for his skill that would match his um better so. I ended up going with polearm after seeing mika with that crossbow

just like his weapon, I cannot decide on a vision for him. it’s either cryo or electro, based on his personality alone. he reminds me of fischl in a weird way. kit wise I think he’s going to summon his clone for his skill that function more as totems like yae’s that also do aggro (it is a bit funny imagining like 3 caters ganging up on a mob in game tho lmao). I think it wont do that much damage but it’ll be a consistent element applicator. as for his burst I really have no idea except maybe it’ll be like gorou where he’ll summon just 1 copy/totem that follows the character and also buffing/dealing damage alongside them(?)

now riddle, we can already tell that this boy is a full blown catalyst dps. I’m sure he can wield a sword/polearm just fine but catalyst just seems to fit his vibe the most. blackliff agate would look sick on him even if it’s not a 5 star weapon.

and yeah he’s definitely pyro. his kit would also be like yanfei and klee mainly bc I cannot think of a way to integrate his unique magic completely (zhongli’s burst is literally stunning the mob and his um is more close to taking the vision away from his enemy teyvat-wise). so he’d be a normal+charged atk focused dps. like yanfei he’d have this point(?) thingy(???) on his back everytime he do normal attack and if he do charge attack with them (max 4) he’d do big damage. I think his skill would have that pyro/elemental res effect while dealing damage and I think it would be cool if his burst is a one-shot pyro hit that deals lots of dmg like hu-tao’s while also giving him the maximum amount of point for charge attack. 

That is all for now, I think. might also do a hsr au with heartslabyul (please don't ask me why I keep throwing them into aus. I. Am not. A Heartslabyul fan I swear ((that's a lie)))

[annon-guy2]

Street Fighter: Tag Team All-Stars - Street Fighter Cast

Street Fighter: Ryu, Ken Masters, Eagle and Sagat

Street Fighter ll: Chun-Li, Cammy White, Zangief and Akuma

Street Fighter lll: Alex, Ibuki, Yun and Urien

Street Fighter IV: Abel, Crimson Viper, Rufus and Juri Han

Street Fighter Alpha: Sakura Kasugano, Karin Kanzuki, Rainbow Mika and Charlie Nash

Final Fight: Mike Haggar, Poison, Cody Travers and Guy

Rival Schools: Batsu Ichimonji, Hinata Wakaba, Kyosuke Kagami and Akira Kazama

Capcom Fighting All-Stars: D.D., Ingrid, Rook and Death/Avel

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Deadlock (Go Child!)

Every instance of inspiration in my weary heart is running dry/And every melody is swiftly wearing thin/But even though I can't push past this mental trap no matter what I try/A voice inside me beckons me to try again

"it's about how sometimes you can't get inspiration and you just feel DOWN because of it! I love this song and I feel it almost everyday"

No Place In Heaven (Mika)

For every love I had to hide/And every tear I ever cried/I'm down on my knees/I'm begging You, please-/There's no place in Heaven for someone like me/Won't You open the door and try me once more?/Cause there's no place in Heaven for someone like me./There's no place in Heaven.

"Ugh horrible I am literally crying while typing those lyrics how embarrassing. My Diocese voted five years ago to acknowledge the status of and bless same-sex marriages. I've been a Christian my whole life and am heavily involved in service roles in the church, and our vicar at the time was a colossal homophobe. He was so ghastly about the whole thing that even congregants who were uncomfortable with same-sex marriage thought he handled it poorly. I'm very queer, but unintentionally very stealth about it, and I got engaged to my partner during all this: despite him also being queer we're a straight passing relationship, and I had to sit with the discomfort of the fact that people were ~thrilled~ for us... because we looked right. But by everything we were being lectured on at the time (and said vicar's rhetoric was honestly that of an aspiring cult leader) our relationship was wrong even as it stood, let alone if we'd been the same gender (which is something we've discussed a lot both because of my own loose relationship with gender and because his prenatal scans were misinterpreted and his parents were told he was girl). And knowing that people weren't happy for *us*, they were happy for what they thought we represented made us gag. But we couldn't say anything openly because the vicar was stomping on open dissent to his views (despite the fact that the WIDER church DID disagree with him). I heard this song for the first time during that. I don't even remember where. But it was SO cathartic to sing along to, and I actually don't cry easily but this song let me get so many of those ugly tears out. The story has a relatively happy ending btw: same-sex marriages CAN be blessed, that vicar threw a tantrum, left and DID set up his own cult, and we now have a priest who is a lot more compassionate and accepting and is actively working to heal the pain and mistrust the first guy caused."

Poll Runner: So many of you have left beautiful, personal descriptions of these songs and how much they mean to you, and honestly I love them all, but this one is honest to god my favourite. It's just so raw and real and made me feel so many feelings (I'm queer and grew up in a fairly homophobic community). The submitter didn't want their url on the poll post for privacy reasons, but they told me that if anyone reading this wants to reach out to them over being a queer Christian, then they can message me (the poll runner) to get their url.

Deadlock submitted by @rook-reaper

[juneiper-art]

toxic best friends who make each other 100x worse

bonus

[brennacedria]

Do u have a rook planned out? Do u know what class/race they'll be?

All I know so far is I'm 95% likely to start with a rogue. I'm too nervous to plan much else, because with inquisition I had this whole plan for Mika, and it all got ruined by the game itself and I have to rewrite her almost completely. When it gets closer to release I MIGHT go into some doll makers and prep a vague design for her, but other than that I'm trying to avoid too many plans.

[tsundereition]

Last references of my OC's. Trivia under the cut.

MBTI:

Mika: ENFP

Anne: ISTJ

Knives: ISFJ

Ryder: ENTP

Nicknames by Floyd:

Mika: Shrimpy (Koebi-chan)

Anne: Starfish (Hitode-chan)

Knives: Whale Shark (Jinbeezame-kun)

Ryder: Cormorant (Uka-chan)

Nicknames by Rook:

Mika: Trickster

Anne: Mademoiselle Ruban

Knives: Serviteur des Roses

Ryder: Monsieur Renardeau

Shout-out to Yuki and Vofi for helping me think of the last two!

If you guys want to know more about my OC's, I wrote some lore on their Toyhouse profiles (you can find it in "more info" of my pinned post). They are all WIPs, tho. If you want to know more specific questions, the ask box is open and I'm always happy to talk about them ^^ maybe some day I'll do a Q&A with doodle replies.

[visualjyushi]

body mods list: mika + the oddballs edition!

* reference for my shu/mika-focused tattoo artist/piercer enstars au

i have terrible memory so this list is for my reference, but i figured i'd post it w/ some notes if anyone was interested in my thought processes <3 feel free to ask me abt any of them bc i am very (coughs) passionate abt body mods if it wasn't obvious. if ppl like this, i may make other posts for other characters that appear in the au.

Mika

he has 13 piercings and rei did most of them! shu has obviously done most of his tattoos but he has some done by the other members of the shop!

piercings: paired nostrils, septum, right eyebrow, navel, snake bites, tongue, two sets on his earlobes, and a secret 13th piercing (will be revealed at some point in the fic hehe)

note on paired nostrils: they were his first facial piercings! when he first got these done, he got an amber gem in one and a lapis in the other to help him feel better abt his eyes

note on snake bites: he always wears rings in his lip piercings bc studs feel weird in his mouth (me when I’m projecting)

butterfly tattoo on the left of his neck - done by leo!

butterfly on his abdomen; placed so his navel piercing looks like the body of the butterfly! - also done by leo!

tattoo over his top surgery scars: monster-like mouth with spiky teeth across his chest - bc he so would have a creepy tattoo, this was also his first tattoo by shu!

acanthe-inspired half sleeve of flowers on his right arm

shu’s flash designs sprinkled across his arms: winged votive monument, antique teddy bear, porcelain marionette doll

pink/purple gummy bear tattoo - by chiaki! in a blank spot on his arm in between shu's works

Shu

she has a lot of ear piercings! she was wataru’s first client when they were under their piercing apprenticeship and many of their first attempts at ear piercings were done on her! she also has many tattoos, almost completely covered in them, but she is careful abt preserving the life of them on her skin, usually always keeping them hidden from the sun.

20 piercings across both ears: 8 starting from her lobes up to her helix (cartilage) on each ear, a rook on both sides, daith on left side, and tragus on the right!

she also gets another piercing that is revealed later on in the fic...

sternum tattoo of roses - done by kuro!

mademoiselle tattoo on her upper right arm - bc I must always reference madonee somewhere in my aus hehe

big back piece of a biblically accurate angel - done by leo!

valkyrie (as in the figures in norse mythology!) piece on her left thigh - she tattooed this on herself! since shu is trans fem in this au, I thought it would be perfect for her to have a powerful feminine symbol tattooed on her, and what better choice than to also reference her unit name!

silly little minimalistic croissant on her inner right ankle - a tattoo she got when she was out drunk with the oddballs one night in her early 20s

two sleeves of ornamental designs that include hearts, flowers, and lacey details - this style of tattoo gives off a more feminine vibe due to its intricacy, which i felt was perfect for trans fem shu. the decorative style also reminds me of the architecture in old churches and museums so it felt very shu-like to me! also blends into a frame around her madonee tattoo

Rei

i wanted to give him some more intense mods, like *scarification, since he is one of the characters that has been in the industry the longest! and i think rei has a complicated relationship with gender in like a neurodivergent way, feeling very masc but more like a creature rather than a human (me wanting to keep the vampire thing he got going on in canon), so i wanted his mods to convey this! i also hc he's had many piercings in the past but he's retired a lot of them, so he doesn't have too many anymore.

*note: since this can look pretty gnarly when initially done, i do not recommend looking up images if ur squeamish! so quick crash course for those who don't know: it is basically the removal or branding of skin into a pattern or design. it's like the cousin of the tattoo! the skin is typically raised in these places once healed over, thus creating a scarred design on the body!

stretched labret - he has a 0 gauge black stone in the middle of his bottom lip!! (roughly the size of a dime)

stretched ears - decently big at about 1 inch or 25mm

also a couple helix piercings on both ears

little bat tattoo over his heart - meant to symbolize ritsu since he cares for his little bro so much!

both arms mostly covered up in black ink - cover up for some terrible tattoos he got/was forced to get when he was younger

dark lettering that wraps around the sides and front of his neck - a tattoo font that looks like intricate black ink line work at first glance but actually says "demon king"

tattoos outlining the skeleton of his hands

maybe some other tattoos but i haven't decided 100% yet

scarification: a cross on the right side of his face - bc rei's old hairstyle revealed this part of his face more, he wanted to get smth there, but now it often hides behind his bangs

split tongue - one of my personal faves for rei

Kanata

he hears a piercing being named after a seashell and is like "wataru i have to get that!!!" wataru also did his ear piercings while under their apprenticeship with rei :) bc of sensory issues, i hc kanata would not want a lot of piercings. since he's very laid back, i do think he's the type to get piercings/tattoos just bc he thinks they're cool!

basic lobe piercings and conch piercings on both ears - w/ jewelry that look like sea shells!!

tokusatsu themed tattoo sleeve on his left arm - chiaki did this sleeve!!

fish gill rib tattoos - similarly to rei, i think kanata doesn't Really see himself as completely human either due to a complicated view of his own gender!

marine life themed tattoo sleeve on his right arm - just several colorful fishies and other creatures he likes!

little chibi cthulhu on his ankle - by izumi!

big octopus tattoo on his left hip - wraps around his thigh and torso bc it's so large

Wataru

they love being symmetrical, so a lot of their piercings are in pairs! all in shiny white gold and/or blue-hued gems. rei also did a lot of their piercings which is how they met!! they're not as big on tattoos, bc they can't sit still for too long!!

piercings: angel bites, cheek piercings, surface anchors beside the eye on both sides (ref), basic lobe piercings, two helix piercings on each ear, navel, paired & centered eyebrow piercings

note on eyebrow piercings: i love the placement for these (i actually have these piercings) as they sort of resemble a clown look and wataru is my silly little clown!!

tattoo sleeve on left arm of flowers and doves - by shu ofc! and she complained every single time wataru moved even a single inch lol

Natsume

he likes meaningful piercings! i write him as trans masc in this fic, so most of them are gender affirming in some way. also put a lot of magic theming into his tattoos!

piercings: stretched septum, septril, navel, tongue, nipples, small stretched earlobes, industrial on left ear, helix piercing on right ear

note on stretched septum: usually only wears a plug in this one, so it's not noticeable from the outside! this piercing symbolizes his journey being on hrt bc he got his septum pierced the day he started hormones <3

note on septril piercing: his jewelry top is a pentagram (ref) since this one can look a little confusing, here's a great vid by a very knowledgeable piercer explaining how it works!

nipple piercings - i hc that hrt made natsume a lot more comfortable in his body, so he decided to pierce his nipples instead of get top surgery! we love trans ppl reclaiming their comfort in their bodies in this house

font tattoo that says "sweet magic" below his navel

crescent moon tattoo behind right ear & star tattoo behind his left

trail of black sparkles and lime green smoke twisting around his right arm - this tattoo goes all the way down to his hands and some of his fingers

death tarot card tattoo on upper right arm - shu did this one :) ! this is also symbolic of his transition!

love potion tattoo on lower right arm

cyber sigil heart tattoo on lower back - I guess this is what the style is called, it looks kinda y2k inspired. sorry, I really wanted natsume to have a tramp stamp leave me alone.

also cyber sigil heart tattoos framing his knees - probably his most painful tattoos!

[toku-explained]

Mission II: Jama Ball

Decker: The Sphere Obelisks gather power, inside Terraphaser, Agams is in a bad way. At Kanata's bedside, Ryumon confirms Hanejiro knew, when Kanata wakes up he rushes out, then notices Sphere scarring on his body. With 3 hours until the barrier contracts, a plan is made to destroy the Sphere Obelisks. The Nursedessei is immobilised, but can fire on the central pillar, but they need to destroy one of the others in the firing line, so GUTS-Select leads teams of TPU troops to plant Mega-Earth powered bombs to tear it down, contending with Soldiers and Terraphaser. The Nurse Cannon destroys half the pillar, but before it can fire again Terraphaser hits Nursedessei bad, and then gets a direct hit on Kaizaki. Decker Dynamic fights Terraphaser, struggling with his infection and trying to both remind Agams of what Laelia would want and recognising he's punishing himself as much as humanity. In a beam clash, Decker overcomes Terraphaser as Agams sees a vision of Laelia and remembers her desire to make friends across the universe. Low on energy, Decker prepares to attack the restored Obelisk, when Terraphaser appears behind him...and fires the TR Mega Buster at the Obelisk. Decker joins the attack, and together they destroy it, and the barrier, and contact is restored with Mars, Agams picks Kanata up, and thanks him for helping him remember what's important. And then Ultraman Trigger comes falling from the sky, a portent to the appearance of Mother Spheresaurus. In a swift battle, Mother Spheresaurus grabs Terraphaser and drains all of it's Sphere power, blasts Trigger, revealing Kengo's identity to Ryumon and Ichika, and then blasts Decker, who is relatively unscathed, at the cost of the Shield Calibur. Terraphaser takes the next blast for Decker, Agams proclaiming he can see the future Laelia and hoped for coming, before they are destroyed, and Decker reverts to Kanata, as his friends find him, the infection is spreading through his body.

Geats: This round is going to have the players vote who they think is the Desastar, the voted player will be eliminated regardless of if this is true or not. Archimedel plans to send Rook out this time. Keiwa has his own supporter now, Kekera. As Keiwa is visiting a youth centre he sometimes volunteers at, the kids get sealed in a Jama Area, the Riders are to make a team against the Jamato, consisting of Jamato Riders lead by Rook and score the most points in essentially basketball. Keiwa freezes up when he hears Rook use Shirowe's words, and at half time the Jyamato have a two point lead. Ace is asked by Jean about his quest for Mitsume, since he's found records of Ace's mother being an Ukiyo Mika, but receives no answer. Daichi questions Keiwa on his hesitation, and doesn't seem to disbelieve him, but advises keeping quiet, and Sae trains Neon and advises she work to achieve her goal. In a meeting, Daichi accuses Keiwa of being the Desastar, denying the previous conversation happened, and Keiwa currently has 3 votes, Kekera decides to prepare a secret mission for him. In the greenhouse, Michinaga stumbles on his old ID Core, taking it and a Desire Driver, barely able to transform when confronted by a Jamato Rider, he defeats it barely, confronted by two more he risks using the Jama Buckle, which causes massive pain and on it's own sends out vines that kill the Jamato. In the next round, with more Jamato and two balls, Keiwa gets a Twin Command Buckle for protecting the kids, and starts doing well fighting Rook, until it shows him it's human form, which freaks him out enough he knocks down Nadge-Sparrow when he tries to kill Rook, further convincing Lopo in particular that he's the Desastar.

Donbrothers: Sonoi discovers he's learnt to actually create beautiful art. Sonoza laughs genuinely at Haruka's latest work. Kijino wants Miho to stay home, but she goes back to work. Knowing Inuzaka was replaced by a Juto, the others ask him about it, but as he doesn't know who they are he tells them not to get involved, but relates what Sononi told him, Taro noting the difference with what Miho said. Jiro is planning to head home again to see Rumi and Terasaki, Taro decides to accompany him, when Jiro shows a photo of himself and Rumi to Kijino, Kijino only sees Jiro. A man who feels unappreciated at work is being possessed by ChouDenshiKi. Inuzaka wants to try just saving Natsumii rather than cutting down Miho, but Sononi tells him the odds of getting back to the forest are near impossible. Inuzaka confront Miho, Sononi arriving to watch, after InuBrother gets a few hits Miho assumes Juto form, which makes it easier for Inuzaka to strike with Murasame, Sononi recalling Inuzaka's words of love to Natsumii. After one blow from Murasame, Miho is incapacitated, and Inuzaka swings. When he opens his eyes, Miho has been pushed aside, and Sononi is wounded in front of him from Murasame's blade. As he tries to get Sononi to talk, Miho stumbles away, Taro finds her, seeking confirmation what she said was true, and she stresses she understands humanity better than him. He tries to help her, but she refuses, despising the Don Clan. ChouDenshiKi rampages. Kijino returns home to find Miho injured. Sononi admits she lied to Inuzaka, but can't explain her reasons before Sonoi and Sonoza arrive and make him leave, telling her they have to execute her. Miho tells Kijino Inuzaka attacked her. Sonoi knows any Noto who sides with humans must be executed like the Don Clan, but neither of them can do it, because they both know they're exactly the same. Sononi leaves to continue what she must. Kijino calls out Inuzaka, refuses to hear that Miho is a Juto, and attacks as KijiBrother, forcing Inuzaka to become InuBrother too, in his rage KijiBrother gets the advantage, but Sononi takes the killing shot, which stuns Kijino enough to stop. Sononi is still alive, but ChouDenshiKi arrives, both men trying to protect Sononi from it until the others arrive. For the first time all 6 Donbrothers transform together, and swiftly defeat the Hitotsu-ki. Inuzaka finds a dying or dead Sononi, and Kaito approaches. Subsequently, InuBrother, who has by far the most Kibi Points, has all but 2 spent, and Sononi awakens. Inuzaka let's go of her hand, and pushes her away, telling her he never wants to see her again. Haruka only realises she's learnt InuBrother's identity in the middle of the night.