#princess tsuba

[ikeromantic]

Jealousy Becomes Him

A Keiji Maeda story featuring OC Tomoyo, written as a (belated) Valentine's gift for @scruffymctee - in this spicy story Keiji has a bout of severe jelly-boy syndrome which resolves in the best (and spiciest) way possible. Approx. 2700 words.

Keiji wasn’tgoing to be caught by surprise this year. No sir. Last year Tomoyo had popped up with a box of handmade candies and a little painted card with a poem on it. And he’d been empty handed. Caught flat-footed by this ‘Valentine’ holiday. Not this time! This time, he had it all planned out. 

Flowers, dinner, a special box of sweets and a new kind of tea . . . it would be perfect. As he left the tea shop, he caught sight of his princess a few stalls down. Tomoyo looked beautiful today. Her dark hair was caught up in a bun held with a jade comb that complimented her eyes and the brightly colored kimono she wore. 

She hadn’t noticed him yet. She was leaning over a display, her focus intense. Keiji had it in mind to sneak up on her but just as he began to approach, someone stepped beside her and took her arm. Not just any someone. Tokugawa. 

Tomoyo smiled up at Ieyasu and gestured for him to look as well. The two of them stood at the display for a few breaths and then Ieyasu said something that Kaiji could not hear. Tomoyo laughed and patted his arm. Then they walked on together.

Keiji felt a sick burning in his gut. A thick, bitter bile of jealousy. He could not imagine why his princess was out with that fluffy-headed sourpuss. Leaning on his arm. Laughing with him. Part of Keiji yearned to march over there and grab Ieyasu. Challenge him. But he knew his beloved Tomoyo would not appreciate that kind of machismo.

She was a woman with her own mind and she did not appreciate anyone making choices for her. 

The smart thing to do would be to leave. And then talk with Tomoyo later. But Keiji wasn’t feeling smart right now. So he grabbed a straw hat and a plain haori from a clothing stall and slouched along behind them, following close enough to catch some of their conversation but far enough to be hard to notice.

“What about these?” Tomoyo gestured at something spread on the vendor’s table in front of her. Some sort of cloth? Keiji strained to make it out, but he was at a bad angle.

“It would look good on you.” Ieyasu reached forward, touching whatever it was. 

“You think so?” She laughed. “I don’t think it’s my color.”

Ieyasu’s cheeks flushed. “Every color is your color.”

Tomoyo smiled widely. “That’s nice of you to say.” She glanced again at whatever it was and then tugged Ieyasu on.

Keiji stopped at the vendor table as they moved on. He squinted at the vendor. “What was that lady pointing at?”

“This, my lord.” He gestured at an inrō on his table. The wallet was worked silver and wood, shaped like some fantastic bird. The ojimi that fastened it was coral and carved to look like a flower. The bright salmon color of the flower-carved bead drew the eye and the workmanship on it was perfect. 

“How much?” 

After a brief few moments of haggling, Keiji purchased the wallet she liked and then scanned the market to locate them again. He noticed they were at a shop with a bunch of little accessories. Odds and ends, really. Clasps and ties, decorative beads, combs and pins for hair. 

Ieyasu was bent down over the blanket, pointing out a few items. Tomoyo’s brow was creased in thought as she looked them over. 

Keiji thought they were looking at some clothing pins with red agate beading and a carved and inlaid tsuba for a small sword. Was Ieyasu trying to buy her gifts today? He scowled. Of course Tomoyo deserved every good thing but . . . he wanted to be the one to give it to her. The one to see her smile of surprise and pleasure. 

After a little discussion, the two of them moved away from the accessories stall and headed toward a nearby tea house. Keiji quickly sped over and purchased the red agate pins. They were very nice, he thought. The sort of thing he might wear with his brightly colored haori. 

It was a little harder to stalk them at the teahouse. If he sat close enough to hear their conversation, Tomoyo might notice him. He settled for a spot where he could see them clearly, but he was too far away to make out their conversation. This made his afternoon so much worse. 

Tomoyo and Ieyasu sat there drinking tea and ordering sweets for hours. Talking, laughing . . . Ieyasu even smiled once. And Keiji could not hear a word that was said. For all he knew, his lady love was pledging her heart to that - that dandelion headed, sour faced infant. It was only his years of acting and work as a spy that allowed him to stay seated and simply watch. 

Under his annoyance and jealousy lurked fear and hurt. He loved Tomoyo more than life. She was smart and pretty, stubborn and idealistic. A woman he thought of as a partner and friend, one that held his heart. And he’d thought he held hers. Dark thoughts trickled through his mind as he sat there, stewing. 

Ieyasu had money and titles. Keiji had nothing. Could he really blame Tomoyo for choosing more wisely? His emotions ran a wild track through his heart. He was so caught up in them that he almost didn’t notice when Tomoyo took a box from the tea shop owner and left with Ieyasu in tow.

Keiji pulled himself together enough to ask after what she bought. A box of bean paste dumplings, apparently. The dango she asked for were not one of her favorite foods, Keiji knew. He wondered darkly if they were Ieyasu’s favorites. He left the teashop in a funk, still trailing after his lady love.

It seemed her day out with Ieyasu was drawing to a close. They went to Ieyasu’s manor. Still chatting and talking as they went in and the door closed behind them. Across from the manor, in a narrow alley, Keiji stared at the closed door. His heart was pounding with jealous passion but he wasn’t sure what he ought to do.

He couldn’t just charge in. Such disrespect to an Oda alliance member, one with higher standing than him, would be disastrous. Keiji took a deep breath, steadying himself. It wouldn’t be that hard to sneak into the manor. He could figure out what room they were in and then listen from a window or even slip into the ceiling to spy from above. 

The job turned out even easier than he expected. Ieyasu’s office was on the first floor, with a wide garden window. And that was where the two of them were. He was somewhat relieved to note it was not where Ieyasu slept. And there was no futon or cushioned couch for them to - to - he cut that thought off before it finished. From where he crouched, he couldn’t see them very well, but he could hear everything.

Tomoyo was giggling, while Ieyasu’s low voice scolded her. 

“You really don’t take care of yourself,” the blonde griped.

“I do too!”

“Then why ask me about this? Didn’t you promise me -”

“I know, I know.” Tomoyo wasn’t giggling now. She sighed. “Look, I meant to but I got busy.”

“Busy like we were today?” Ieyasu’s voice was sharp and bitter. 

Keiji wasn’t sure what they were talking about. What was this and why was Ieyasu so sour right now?

“Maybe? Don’t be so grouchy about it. There’s nothing wrong with spending the day shopping. Surely you had just a little fun?”

 “Fine. Yes. Now don’t look at me like that. Just . . . undo your obi. Let’s get this over with.” Ieyasu sighed heavily.

There was a rustling of cloth and Tomoyo’s voice, breathless. “Thank you!”

“Don’t thank me yet. Just hold still. I’ll be quick so pay attention.”

Tomoyo gasped and Keiji’s heart sank even lower. “That’s so cold! Why is it always cold?”

“I could hold it in my hands to warm it up first,” Ieyasu grumbled. 

Keiji strained to peek over the window sill. He had to see what was happening, but if he could see them, they would be able to see him. He just couldn’t manage. All he could do was listen.

“That would be nice of you.”

“Here. You warm it up then.”

More sounds of cloth rustling, wood creaking. Then another breathy gasp. “Ah! Much better when it’s warmer.”

“Whatever. Just stop wriggling.” 

Tomoyo tsked. “I wasn’t wriggling! Anyway, thank you for this. It helps a lot.”

“Good.” Ieyasu paused. “You know . . . I really did enjoy today. With you.”

“I had fun too.” 

Another sigh, this one just as heavy as the last. “We could have more days. Like this. The two of us.”

Tomoyo laughed softly. “Of course we can. We’re friends, right? We can hang out whenever you like.” 

“Friends.” The way Ieyasu said it made it a barb. 

“Yes. Friends. I care about you, Ieyasu. Very much. You are dear to me and I like spending time with you.” Tomoyo’s words next were faint, barely audible from where Keiji was eavesdropping. “You’re very sweet and for the right girl . . . Oh Ieyasu . . . you are going to make her so happy.” 

Ieyasu took a short, pained breath. “I - I need to check on something.”

Keiji wanted to climb through the window and lift Tomoyo up and kiss her breathless. But he thought she might be a tad angry that he’d been spying on her. He slipped away, almost humming with happiness. 

He felt giddy, almost as if he was drunk from hearing her confession. Silly for ever having doubted her. Foolish for being jealous of poor Ieyasu. And lucky. Damn lucky. A man like him did not deserve a woman like her, but she’d picked him anyway.

Tomoyo came home a little while later, looking pleased if tired. The moment she came through the castle gate, Keiji was on her. His big hands wrapped around her waist and he spun her in the air, before pulling her close for a hug. 

She gave a squeal of surprise and then her arms were around his neck and her fingers tangled in his hair. She loved to tug it loose from his bun. 

He kissed her, unrestrained and passionate. Her lips were soft as satin, playfully yielding to his hunger. Her teasing tongue pushed into his mouth. Keiji growled low in his throat, suddenly feeling more than just glad to see her. His hands slid slower, caressing her firm rear and the backs of her thighs. 

Tomoyo broke the kiss with a gasp. “Keiji! What if someone sees us?”

“Then someone sees.” He kissed her again, delighted with the way her body responded to his touch. Eager, despite her protest. Her legs wrapped around his hips, her hands clutched at his shoulders. “Let’s take this to our room,” he said hoarsely, not entirely sure he could make it but certain he would die from wanting her if he didn’t.

She laughed, high and sweet and breathless. “What did I do to deserve such a welcome home?”

“You don’t need to do anything. I just love you.” 

Tomoyo’s cheeks heated and she looked away, as if she could pretend to be demure when her thighs were gripping his hips as they were now. 

“No need to be bashful, princess.” He nuzzled the sensitive spot on her neck, just below her left ear. 

Keiji shut the door behind them with his foot, his hands were entirely too full of Tomoyo and there was no way he was letting her down. Not yet. He used his mouth to start untying her kimono, which made her laugh again. 

“Are you so eager? You know this would be faster if you put me down?”

“Who says I want it to be faster?” He grinned. Then with sensual slowness, he tugged the tie loose and began placing kisses along her now-exposed collarbone. There was a smell there, something new. It was sharper than her usual perfume, and something about it reminded him of summer. He pressed his face closer, and used his tongue to taste her skin. 

Tomoyo giggled. “What - what are you doing?”

“Mmmm trying out this new . . . flavor . . .” It was an oil, he decided. Something herbal. He traced the light application of it across her collarbone and flipped her around to kiss down the expanse of her back. 

“K-Keiji! Th-that’s my lotion!” She wriggled deliciously in his arms. 

He pressed close against her and nipped the lobe of her ear. “Tastes pretty good.”

She made a little pleased gasp of pleasure as he began to massage her shoulders and back with his large, calloused hands. Her kimono fell to her waist. “O-oh, that’s . . . mmmm . . . yes . . .” 

He could see now where Ieyasu had applied this new ointment. “What is it for, princess?”

“Hm? What?” She blinked at him over her shoulder, lost in the feel of his hands on her. 

“The lotion.”

Tomoyo smiled. “Supposed to help. With. The stiffness. From . . . spear . . . training.” 

“You know, I could probably help you apply it. If you need some help to put it on your back.” He used his thumbs to gently work out the tension along her spine.

“Y-yeah. Ok.” She took a shivering breath as his hands moved to her lower back. Her hips were pushed back against his and all Keiji could think about was how much better this would be if both of them lost the rest of their clothes. She must have been thinking the same, because she undid her obi and the ties on her hakama, letting everything puddle to the floor at her feet. 

It wasn’t the first time Keiji saw her naked. Nor the fifth or even the fifteenth. But every time he found himself in awe. She was gorgeous. The round swell of her hip, the little dimple on her right ass cheek, the turn of her thigh and calf . . . he wanted to kiss every bit. Caress and hold her. He ran a finger lightly down her side. “You’re beautiful.”

He could not keep his voice from cracking on the compliment. The raw passion he felt for her was more than a simple word could encompass. Keiji wanted to love her and to make love to her, to drown himself in everything that was her until Tomoyo was all he could taste and touch and see. 

“When you look at me like that, I feel like I must be,” she said softly. 

“I’ll have to do a better job of letting you know.” He placed a kiss on her low back and let his lips trail down lower. “If you only feel like that now . . . I must not show you enough.” Keiji gently turned her back over. His lips brushed the line of her pelvic bone. 

She arched into his touch, her breathing thready and rapid. “Sh-show? Me?”

He wasn’t sure if it was a question or a request. To be fair though, he didn’t care. He wanted her so badly now that he almost shook with the need. Like an addict in sight of his fix, the answer in his grasp. At the tip of his tongue, both literally and figuratively. 

Keiji forced himself to go slow. To savor the feel of her heat against his mouth, the satin of her thighs trapping his head between them. Holding him in place, her heels pushing him in and urging him on as if her throaty cries were not enough encouragement. His world shrunk to the music of her pleasure, his own heartbeat, the slick sweet taste of her. 

Like music or poetry, there was a rhythm to this. An art. To read the instrument and audience of one, to know when and how to quicken the pace or slow it down. And when he’d teased enough. 

Her legs tensed and her heels dug hard into his back. Tomoyo’s hips rocked forward, until he could not breathe for being bound in her. Not that he minded - this was how a man could die happy - besides which, the tension lasted only a moment before she found release. His name on her lips, her body quaking with pleasure. 

Keiji could not suppress smug satisfaction at her undoing. “I hope that wasn’t too much, princess. Because I have a whole night planned.” 

“Not . . . even . . . close,” she breathed. “It’s my turn next.”

[tsuki-sennin]

Majesty descends!

...this is gonna be a long one, maybe; a lot seems like is gonna happen here. Get yourself a snack, perhaps.

I had a long weekend. Our AC broke, a bunch of our carpet had to be ripped out, and I couldn't sleep in my own bed. What better way to unwind than with our pals So-tan, Mashin, Tsuba-san, and... Agatha. ...yeah, those're not gonna stick around.

Spoilers, I guess...

-Baby Jesus is now literally Baby Jesus.

-I can't get over the fucking name Skearhead.

-Be strong! ...clearly you're gonna have to if Majesty's stickin' around~!

-Whoa! That was a whole sentence right there!

-I see Minoton is still in the opening credits despite having been fired.

-Dai Henshin!

-I have to admit, her poise is quite admirable.

-I think it'd be flat out impossible for her to lie, considering this is a main cast of like 6 people. Literally who else?

-Oh, there she is

-Underg Boss.

-You seem a very sad man, Skearhead.

-Y'know I agree Ageha. Learn from everybody else!

-Hot damn, Sora.

-Senpai Cure...

-The Skyland Hundred Crack Fist is beyond a two year old's reach.

-Tran

-Sition: Have you given this album a listen? Did you love it, did you-

-...what manner of concotion is this, Mashiro?

-Lemon juice...

-Infinite sour hell

-Oh yeah, what does Majesty use to transform?

-"I'm afraid it's fingerprint locked."

-Something extremely marketable that only Majesty can become.

-OH FUCK

-He got Ranborged.

-Not even their own get a say in this process.

-"The princess means nothing to us anymore. It's only natural that we shift our priorities."

-Kick into a punch.

-I have to wonder just how this process works on living creatures. Them possibly dying is something we've established with Shalala, but I like to imagine Underg Energy amplifies all of someone's worst traits.

-Minoton's fighting it...

-Something only Elle-chan has in her.

-Rip it right out of her own heart!

-Oh, hello! God, you are long!

-Majesty~!

-Oh damn, she's got spikes!

-Descend, mystical nobility! Cure Majesty!

-On my planet, this is a symbol of hope.

-Wasting absolutely no time, are you kiddo?

-JESUS

-She's so brutal, I love it.

-She has mastered the Skyland Hundred Crack Fist.

-Seems poor Minoton has yet to escape their grasp.

-Majesty in 3D. She's real.

-M

-Majestic Chroniclon

-BIRDS

-It's like night and day between her and Majesty.

-"Don't run in the house like I'm doing!"

-Hello, Kingy!

-Awwww, Mashiron.

-Damn, even got ancient languages.

-"Gimme~!"

-And now this monument is made of acrylic plastic.

-"There could be demons! Dragons! Demon Dragons! Dragon Demons!"

-They grow up so fast, huh Mashiro?

-Nothing to it but to follow her along that path.

-Doing Shrine shenanigans.

-Ultrawoman Elle...

-Bord...

-The Bull of Heaven comes crashing down.

-Oh, okay

-Sure, put your friends in stolae. ...or I guess in Tsubasa's case a tunica.

-The wall ate them.

-Oh hello

-This place looks like a

-Majestic Chroniclon~!

-Sealed away forever. No more books.

-Holy shit, he just

-Smashed through

-Nothing stops the Juggernaut.

-"Warrior...?"

-Time to go.

-"Princess time. >:3"

-Absolutely love this battlefield, by the way.

-Holy shit, there's so much detail here

-...y'know, suddenly I completely agree Prism's concerns.

-He's juicin'!

-Cure Majesty's will be done.

-Hearts as one!

-Man, I just realized that Tsubasa's still the shortest Cure here.

-Not even as tall as a two year old.

-It's okay buddy, you'll be a valuable member of the Short King Army one day.

-Oh wait, aaaaaaaaah danger oh noooo

-Believe!

-Majestic Chroniclon!

-Take off into the soaring world!

-PreCure! Majestic Halation!

-Purified... for real this time.

-Oh I'm sure it doesn't, Skeebo.

-That nickname, that's gonna stick.

-"I've well and truly lost, Pretty Cure. Perhaps we shall meet again one day."

-Ah, in the credits for real this time.

-Oh fuck Battamonda

-Jesus Christ man, clean your kitchen.

-You sucked, you got fired, that's it.

-Kabaton seems to be scaring you just fine, pal.

-Into the drain with you! It's where you belong~!

-Mashiro-sensei...

-You are a tremendous bitch, you know that?

-The princess loves flowers...

-Heckled by kindergartners.

-Even in their old age, the flowers still have tremendous beauty.

-"Might I peruse your work up close~?"

-Her mojo has been thrown off...

-Oh man, I feel that so hard.

-M

-Monda.

-You plagiarizing fuck

-Moth....

-Here comes Skeebo. Sorry you're still not in the opening.

-Dude

-Here comes Sora-chan~!

-Monda-san~!

-"Wow~! Clearly this is beyond me, but I love the way it looks~!"

-Swingin'~!

-"This is just like the hit book."

-Seeing this man explode into nerves is quite cathartic.

-Suppose Tsubasa doesn't see it either.

-Batta!

-"Get him!"

-Batta :)

-"Underg Energy. Arise."

-"Kyoborg. The power difference compared to a Ranborg made from a model T. rex and a Kyoborg made from a skateboard and a toy disc is, if you'll pardon the phrase, radical."

-"Bye bye :D"

-"Time for war."

-Majesty bitch slaps Kienzans. Good to know.

-"On and on, as per usual!"

-"I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU PEOPLE STOP LOOKING AT ME"

-"So it is."

-Live in fear, Battamonda.

-What an odd visual metaphor you've made, Mashiron.

-His malice has completely been overtaken by his incompetence.

-Man

-What a fun set of episodes this was.

-Obviously Elle completely wrecking shop is the big thing, but there's a lot of great growth for Mashiro that really elevates it beyond a lot of sixth ranger-type intro episodes.

-Baseball Sora~!

-"...what are these based balls?"

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

He watches him playing even if he was grinding and teasing him. Tsubas was pretty good in doing that but he keeps watching him playing till seeing even the chat rooting for him. In the end, he got 3rd place as he held his precious princess against his chest.

"You did wonderful babe. Even with such a challenge, you did it." He smiled hugging and nuzzling against his cheek.

||A serial killer’s hidden passion: His special someone||

~~A reserved Serial killer au with @within-the-resort~~

Michael Afton hated today. Nothing really happens during the day in this boring city. He’s been here his whole life, from childhood to adult hood. He never found anything amusing. Well, except at night when killing worthless worms that hide in the darkness of the town. He was just walking by a few people on the sidewalk, checking his phone.

He already had some eyeing him due to how hot he looked but some even admire him from afar. Everyone wanted to get with him but they always get rejected by him. They didn’t interest him. They were boring to him! Well, at least he can still keep looking. He wanted to find that special someone he can pamper, cherish, and love. But when will that come?

[likmacuhylang]

Results of 2023 Year

January

Manga: "The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at th Duke's Mansion" by MIlcha |09| Manga: "Who Made Me a Princess" by Plutus |12| Book: "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens |13| Book: "New Pass" by Amelia Edwards |13| Cinema: "Amsterdam" by David Russel |14| Book: "The Portrait" by Margaret Oliphant |15| Anime: "JoJo Bizzare Adventure" by Naokatsu Tsuba |15| Book: "Fight with Shadow" by Carl Jung |16| Book: "Diagnosing of Dictators" by Carl Jung |16| Book: "Western Nationalism and Eastern Nationalism" by Benedict Anderson |22| ------------------------------------ 6 Books; 2 Manga; 1 Cinema; 1 Anime

Febrary

Manga: "Mutant wa Ningen no Kanojo to Kiss ga Shitai" by Giba-chan |01| Manga: "Ishuzoku Joshi ni ○○ Suru Hanashi" by Suimin |12| Book: "99 Stupid Questions about Art and More One" by Alina Nickonova |16| Manga: "Frau Faust" by Kore Yamazaki |18| Manga: "Secret Alliance" by Lero |18| Manga: "Yuusha Goikkou no Kaerimichi" by Ryouji Hirano |19| Anime: "Happy Sugar Life" by Nobuyoshi Nagayama |19| Manga:"Kyuuketsuki Marguerite to Kuenai Gokinjo" by Yuu Aikawa |24| Book: "Edgar Allan Poe. Burnt Life. Biography" by Peter Aykroyd |25| Manga: "Hanamachi Oni" by Hina Sakurada |26| Cinema: "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick |26| Cinema: "The Pale Blue Eye" by Scott Cooper |27| Cinema: "Menu" by Mark Mylod |27| ------------------------------------ 2 Books; 7 Manga; 3 Cinema; 0 Anime

March

Anime: "Darling in the FranXX" by Atsushi Nishigori |03| Manga: "Bara no Tame ni" by Akemi Yoshimura |03| Cinema: "Cowboy from Copenhagen" by Nicolas Winding Refn |04| Cinema: "Breakfast on Pluto" by Neil Jordan |05| Cinema: "Holy Spider" by Ali Abadasi |06| Cinema: "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino |07| Manga: "I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss" by Anko Yuzu |09| Manga: "Goodbye, Eri" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |15| Book: The Entire Collection of Prose by Edgar Allan Poe |21| Cinema: "i am thinking of ending this" by Charlie Kaufman |23| Cinema: "We Need Talk About Kevin" by Lynne Ramsay |24| Manga: "Beware the Villainess!" by Yeolmae |28| Cinema: "Phantom Thread" by Paul Thomas Anderson |29| ------------------------------------ 1 Books; 4 Manga; 7 Cinema; 0 Anime

April

Anime: "Konosuba" by Natsume Akatsuki, Kurone Mishima, Yuujirou Abe, Takaomi Kanasak |01| Anime: “Only Yesterday” by Isao Takahata |02| Manga: "My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness" by Kabi Nagata |02| Manga: "Koroshiya 1" by Hideo Yamamoto |03| Manga: "1" by Hideo Yamamoto |03| Book: “Tradition of Literary Gothic” by Bella Nacpock |08| Book: “Metamodernism. Historisity, Affect and Depth” by Robin van den Akker |10| Anime: "GTO" by Tooru Fujisawa, Noriyuki Abe |14| Book: “The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious” by Carl Jung |16| Manga: "Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku" by Yuuji Kaku |18| Cinema: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” by Laura Poitras |24| Cinema: “New Old Play” be Qiu Jiongjiong |25| Book: "Octet" by David Foster Walllace |25| Cinema: “Benedetta” by Paul Verhoeven |27| Manga: "Cells at Work! CODE BLACK" by by Shigemitsu Harada, Akane Shimizu, Issei Hatsuyoshi |28| Manga: "The Villainess Needs Her Tyrant" by Ta-Hong Il |30| ------------------------------------ 4 bOOKS; 6 mANGA; 3 Cinema; 3 Anime

May

Book: “Tell me a sto…” by Una Hurt |02| Manga: "The Villainess's Maker" by Jeongu, I-Su Seol |02| Book: “Lectures on aesthetics” by Georg Hegel |05| Book: “In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities” by Jean Baudrillard |06| Anime: "Cowboy Bibop" by Hajime Yatate, Shinichirou Watanabe, Shinichirou Watanabe, Akira Toba |14| Anime: "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Hajime Yatate, Shinichirou Watanabe, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Kimitoshi Yamane |14| Cinema: "The Whale" by Darren Aronofsk |15| Cinema: "Lamb" by Vladimar Johannsson |16| mANGA: "Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell" by Unfins |17| Cinema: "Bones and All" by Luca Guadagino |18| Cinema: "Alcarras" by Carla Simon |19| Cinema: "Everything, Everywhere All at Once" by Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan |20| Manga: "The Villain's Savior" by Myeong Rang, Zetson, Seur-A Yeon |22| Cinema: "The Hateful Eight" by Quentin Tarantino |26| Book: “Chrysanthemum and Sward. Models of Japan culture” by Ruth Benedict |27| Book: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger |29| Book: "A Haunted Monastety" by Rober van Gulik |30| Manga: "When the Villainess is in Love" by HJ, Gwi-Jo Seo |31| ------------------------------------ 7 Books; 4 Manga; 6 Cinema; 2 Anime

June

Manga: "Croa Chimera" by Kairi Sorano |02| Cinema: "Django Unchained" by Quentin Tarantino |02| Cinema: "Interstellar" by Cristopher Nolan |04| Cinema: "The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear" by David Zucker |07| Manga: "Coffin Jackson" by Chongtak |08| Manga: "Babelheim no Shounin" by Shouichi Furumi |08| Book: "Seven Night" by Jorge Luis Borges |09| Book: "Watch Cinema" by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio |14| Cinema: "Call of the Night" by Kotoyama, Tomoyuki Itamura |18| Cinema: "Crows are White" by Ashen Nadeem |18| ------------------------------------ 2 Books; 3 Manga; 5 Cinema

Jule

Manga: "Scroll if You Dare" compilation webtoons |08| Manga: "Hell is Other People" by Yong-Ki Kim |08| Cinema: "Dreams" by Akira Kurosawa |09| Manga: "The Witch and Her Zombie Son" by Sinyura |09| Book: "Metaphysics" by Aristotle |24| ------------------------------------ 1 Book; 3 Manga; 1 Cinema

August

Cinema: "Master Gardener" by Paul Schrader |03| Manga: "Nude Model" by Tsubasa Yamaguchi |09| Book: "The Silence of the White City" by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi |10| Anime: "Akudama Drive" by Tomohisa Taguchi |12| Manga: "Miageru to Kimi wa" by Makoto Kobori |16| Anime: "Elfen Lied" by Mamoru Kanbe |17| Manga: "Shingeki no Kyojin" by Hajime Isayama |24| Manga: "Final Girl" by You Kokikuji |24| Manga: "Itoshi no Living Dead" by AidaIro |25| Manga: "Adolte and Adarte" by AidaIro |25| ------------------------------------ 1 Book; 6 Manga; 1 Cinema; 2 Anime

September

Manga: "Vanilla Jingai x Jingai Yuri Anthology" |04| Manga: "Cinnamon Jingai x Ningen Yuri Anthology" |04| Anime: "Neon Genesis Evangelion" by Hideaki Anno |07| Cinema: "Murder on the Orient Express" by Sidney Lumet |08| Cinema: "Men" by Alex Garland |09| Manga: "Neko no Otera no Chion-san" by Makoto Ojiro |10| Cinema: "Amélie" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet |10| Book: "Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects" by Bertrand Russell |11| Cinema: "Crimes of the Future" by David Cronenberg |11| Cinema: "The Scent of Green Papaya" by Tran Anh Hung |16| Anime: "Inu-Oh" by Hideo Furukawa, Taiyou Matsumoto, Masaaki Yuasa, Fuuga Yamashiro |17| Anime: "The Duke of Death and His Maid S1" by Inoue, Yoshinobu Yamakawa |27| ------------------------------------ 1 Book; 4 Manga; 6 Cinema; 2 Anime

October

Cinema: "Death Proof" by Quentin Tarantino |05| Cinema: "Jackie Brown" by Quentin Tarantino |05| Cinema: "Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood" by Quentin Tarantino |07| Cinema: "American Psyho" by Marry Harron |08| Cinema: "Fight Club" by David Fincher |08| Cinema: "Leon" by Luc Besson |09| Cinema: "Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola |11| CinemaL: "Autumn Sonata" by Ingmar Bergman |12| Cinema: "Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon" by Ana Lily Amirpour |14| Cinema: "El Conde" by Pablo Lorrain |14| Cinema: "Asteroid City" by Wes Anderson |15| Cinema: "Mona Lisa" by Neil Jordan |20| Book: "The Master of Petersburg" by John Maxwell Coetzee |26| Anime: "Serial Experiments Lain" |31| ------------------------------------ 1 Book; 12 Cinema; 1 Anime

November

Book: "Not After Midnight" by Daphne du Maurier |11| Book: "My Lost City" by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald |11| Cinema: "The Killer" by David Fincher |11| Manga: "Mariage busines" by KEN |16| Anime: "GOLDEN BOY" by Tatsuya Egawa |17| Book: "Men Without Women" by Ernest Hemingway |17| Manga: "Monster and the Beast" by Renji |19| Manga: "Shinonome Tantei Ibun Roku" by John Tarachine |19| Manga: "Bird Collector" by Kang Se Ah |20| Cinema: "Kurosawa’S Way" by Catherine Cadou |22| Book: "Modern Nihilism. Chronicle" by Costantino Esposito |26| Cinema: "Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund |27| Cinema: "Past Lives" by Celine Song |27| Cinema: "Rapito" by Marco Bellocchio |29| Anime: "Angel's Egg" by Mamoru Oshii, Yoshitaka Amano |29| Cinema: "A Haunting in Venice" by Kenneth Branagh |30| ------------------------------------ 4 Books; 4 Manga; 6 Cinema; 2 Anime

December

Book: "The Lake" by Banana Yoshimoto in English |05| Book: "Aesthetics. Textbook for universities" by Victor Bychkov |10| Cinema: "The Holdovers" by Alexander Payne |15| Cinema: "Chinatown" by Roman Polanski |15| Manga: "Pandora Hearts" by MOCHIZUKI Jun |19| Book: "This Is Water" by David Foster Wallace |20| Book: "May '68 Did Not Take Place" by Gilles Deleuze |22| Book: "Citrons from Sicily" by Luigi Pirandello |22| Book: "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Luigi Pirandello |23| Cinema: "May December" by Todd Hayness |24| Manga: "The Wife I Loved Dearly" by Touryuumon Takeda |25| Manga: "Our Torsos Align: Human x Monster Love" by Ryou Sumiyoshi |25| Cinema: "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" by Joseph Sargent |25| Manga: "Red Riding Hood's Wolf Apprentice" by Sayaka Mogi |26| Manga: "Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |26| Manga: "Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |27| Manga: "Just Listen to the Song" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |27| Manga: "Look Back" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |27| Manga: "Tetteleposan" by Tatsuki Fujimoto |27| Manga: "Imomushi" by Suehiro Maruo |27| Book: "Trilogy" by Jon Fosse |28| Manga: "The King and the Paladin" by Rin-Bi Lee |29| Cinema: "Seven Weeks" by Nobuhiko Obayashi |30| Manga: "Stargazing Dog" by Takashi Murakami |31| Manga: "Star Protector Dog" by Takashi Murakami |31| Manga: "Emergency Rations & Bountiful Feasts" by Nagabe |31| Cinema: "Between Revolutions" by Vlad Petry |31| ------------------------------------ 7 Books; 14 Manga; 6 Cinema

Top the Best Books of Year: 1. "The Lake" by Banana Yoshimoto in English 2. "Not After Midnight" by Daphne du Maurier 3. "The Master of Petersburg" by John Maxwell Coetzee Top the Best Manga of Year: 1. "Frau Faust" by Kore Yamazaki 2. "Bara no Tame ni" by Akemi Yoshimura 3. "The Witch and Her Zombie Son" by Sinyura Top the Best Cinema of Year: 1. “New Old Play” be Qiu Jiongjiong 2. "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick 3. "Between Revolutions" by Vlad Petry Top the Best Anime of Year: 1. "Cowboy Bibop" 2. "Serial Experiments Lain" 3. "Call of the Night"

[mikoriin]

i know this has been done like 30 million times but i needed this to live

[sweetlytempests]

"I'm so happy for her!"

[apotheoun-a]

Dossier: Kimina Hisaka - Zanpakutō

Subject: Kimina Hisaka Status: Alive - Exiled ; Inaccessible Former Rank: 19th Seat ; Hachibantai Shikai: Hō-ōhime [鳳凰媛 - Phoenix Princess] Bankai: Registered as Unachieved ; Data Supports Competency: Average Potential: Unknown

Subject obeyed standard procedure in sealing one's zanpakutō when a member of the Gotei. Zanpakutō is an unadorned katana: length - 2.2 shaku (66.6cm), shinogi-zukuri blade shape, tsuba is circular steel with phoenix embellishment, tsuka is dark, tsuka-ito is light blue. Subject wears his zanpakutō on his left hip. There are no further identifying details.

Pre-Exile Observations

Release Command: Yakiharau [焼き払う - burn down (to the ground); clear away by burning; reduce to ashes; burn off​] Shikai: Type - Melee

Hō-ōhime inherits the form of a red yari pole-arm (spear, see recreational sketch below). It is a melee weapon with no noticeable kidō or [fire] elemental benefits despite the release call. Hō-ōhime is 7.6 shaku (230 cm) in total with a blade length of 1 shaku (30.3 cm), sansaho ("leaf shaped" or "bamboo leaf shaped") dual edged blade, and a shaft (nagaye) reinforced with metal rings (dogane) The subject is more competent in sōjutsu ('art of the spear') than in zanjutsu. The shikai further includes a pair of heavy metal armor shoulder pads and accompanying light armor.

Post-Exile Observations

Inconsistencies of Note:

• Release Command has changed - name is unchanged • Shikai type has changed • Shikai form is unstable - release shape changes

Release Command: Yaki Tsukusu [焼き尽くす - burn completely; consume (by fire); burn to nothing; burn to the ground; reduce to ashes​]

Shikai: Type - Kidō

Hō-ōhime no longer summons the armor shoulder pads. The weapon will occasionally appear in the same sansaho-yari form as observed in pre-exile, however the subject occasionally manifests the shikai in a second form (see below). This form is that of a wooden staff, approximately 2 meters long, with a club like head. The club is adorned with a ring with three ornaments dangling from it. In this form the Hō-ōhime possesses fire elemental abilities - enhancing the subjects own proficiency with kidō.

It is unknown whether this second form is due to the change in release command for for some other reason. Reiatsu outputs do not suggest this form is a Bankai. No other variation is noted.

It has been proposed that this change in the subjects shikai is related to the introduction of Hollow reiatsu into the subjects soul.

As all other survivors of hollowfication were subject to a different experiment, this hypothesis cannot be discarded or accepted at this time due to a lack of data.

Further Hypothesis

Notes recovered from Prisoner Aizen Sosuke's reveal that hollowfication test subjects with less than a fukutaicho's reiatsu supply suffer from soul-suicide upon the introduction of hollow reiatsu into a subjects system.

As a low ranking [19th] seated officer , the subject has not displayed such a supply of reiatsu (though reiatsu output has been observed to have increased drastically following exile). The following hypotheses have been proposed:

1) Subject has displayed a proficiency for kidō. Advance usage of unknown kidō has allowed the subject to survive or avoid soul suicide. - Discarded [Subject was never tapped for Kidō specialization or for recruitment into the Kidō Corps. Kidō is not more advanced than captain class, nor Prisoner Aizen Sosuke, who failed to identify a way to stabilize the soul following injection of hollow reiatsu.]

2) Subject has inherent ability (zanpakutō inherited?) permitting the survival or avoidance of soul suicide. - Data inconclusive. [Subject was not under close surveillance prior to exile. Insufficient data collected.]

[japanese-plants]

Japanese antique art with princess tree motifs:

Tsuba sword guard by Hirata, active late 18th-19th century

Maki-e lacquer pitcher 桐唐草蒔絵半挿 17th century

Hexagonal jar 古清水手 色絵桐唐草文七宝透六角壺 18th century

Satsuma earthenware chatsubo tea jar, c1800-1850 

Maki-e lacquer box, 18th century

[monstersandmaw]

Monsters & Maw Patreon-Exclusive Masterlist

I’ve done these before, but here’s the most up to date list of everything that’s up on my Patreon, 99% of which is not on Tumblr.

Updated 01.10.2019 (UK date format)

Patreon Exclusive Monthly Stories

2018

May – male naga x male reader (Chu’a) (nsfw)

June – male alien x reader (Kirthn’hul/ ‘Kith’) (nsfw)

July – male fairy x male reader (Jinx) (nsfw)

August – cherry blossom dryad x female reader (Cera) (nsfw)

September – male tiger rakshasa x female reader (Bhisaj) (nsfw)

October – male satyr x female reader (Kieran) Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five

October BONUS – Orctoberfest female orc x female reader (Khasha)

November - demon prince x reader (nsfw)

December - female kitsune x female reader (Yuki) (nsfw)

2019

January - male kelpie x female reader (Dolen) (nsfw)

February - male living armour x female reader (Berion) (nsfw)

March - android x reader (Iru) (sfw)

April - non-binary alien x reader (Mith'in) (nsfw)

May - male shark mer x reader (Requius) (nsfw)

June - male naga x male mummy x reader (Vashett & Akah) (nsfw)

July - male naga x female reader (Nila) (sfw)

August - male minotaur x female reader (Will - *Starfall Springs*)

September - non-binary demon x reader (Ilya, *Starfall Springs*) (nsfw)

Weekly Episodes of Embers, a dragon shifter romance (x reader)

One, Two , Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine,

Orctober specials 2019 - using the Inktober 'official' prompts

1. 'Ring' - male orc (Liam) x plus size female reader (very light nsfw)

Giveaway drabbles *New Category*

#1 - male orc x f/nb reader (domestic, nsfw fluff)

#2 - Male naga x female reader (sfw)

#3 - Storniel x Rashel x reader (nsfw)

#4 - male hellhound x reader (sfw)

#5 - Astriah (arachne) x male reader (nsfw)

#6  - male reader x male centaur (light nsfw)

#7  - female reader x male gnoll  (sfw)

#8 - male shadowborne fae x female reader (nsfw)

#9 - male mershark x female reader (nsfw)  

#10 - female banshee x male orc (nsfw)

#11  - male mothman x male reader (sfw and fluffy)

#12 -  genderfluid demon x reader (hurt/comfort nsfw)

Twelve Days of Monstermas Special Series!

Day One: (male reindeer cervitaur x reader - NSFW)

Day Two (female gargoyle x male reader - NSFW)

Day Three (trans female tiefling x female reader - NSFW)

Day Four (male alien x reader - NSFW)

Day Five (male octomer x reader - NSFW)

Day Six (female demon x male reader - NSFW)

Day Seven (male orc x male reader - NSFW)

Day Eight (male minotaur x female character - SFW)  

Day Nine (female rakshasi x reader - SFW)

Day Ten (non binary avian x reader - NSFW)

Day Eleven (female banshee x reader - SFW)

Day Twelve (male yeti x female reader - NSFW)

Commissions *New Category* (also posted to Tumblr)

Female space pirate captain x buff female reader (nsfw)

Male minotaur (Axel) x female reader (sfw)

Prince of the Court of Night (Naeryn) x female reader (nsfw)

Prince of the Court of Night (Naeryn) x female reader - Part Two (nsfw)

Male shadowborne warrior (Shaer) x female reader (nsfw)

Male reptilian fae (Adan) x female reader (nsfw)

Starfall Springs *New Category*

Introductory post with logo art

Preliminary map of Starfall Springs

Early list of characters so far...

Centaur farmer concept art and info (Jaime)

Orc blacksmith concept art and info (Dhurak)

Skeletal lich mage concept art and info (Rhae)

Woodcutter and carpenter minotaur concept art and info (Will)

Tiefling innkeeper concept art and info (Killygren)

Story #1 Dhurak (male orc x reader, sfw)

Story #2 Killygren (male tiefling x male reader, nsfw)

Story #3 Noah (male orc x reader, nsfw)

Male vampire & male kelpie best friends (sfw fluffy)

Fae Realm *New Category*

Jaerhin - Prince of the Court of Fire aesthetic and info

Inikeira - Princess of the Court of Air aesthetic and info

'Poster boy' for the Fae Realm doodle

Fae Courts - 'wiki' style info post

Ystlynn - younger son of the Court of Spring, aesthetic and info

Cirdan - Prince of the Court of Winter, drawing and Fae Realm info

Fae seer/priest aesthetic, ideas, and fae world concepts  

Concept art and drawings

Volcanic elemental drawing

Half orc cinnamon roll (Tuk)

Hades on his way back from the baths...

'Creepy' kelpie (Dolen) doodle

Claude - Belgian draft centaur boy

Náin (or Nathan) Cadash - dwarven Inquisitor

Deor - Legolas' fictional son

Eldarion drawings and info

Eldarion and Deor

Pensive Hades

Finnok the goblin sketch and story concept

Dullahan sticker

'Really?' Persephone pins a flower in Hades' hair

Persephone playing 'fetch' with Cerberus

Persephone doodle

Hades portrait

Hades studies

Hades doodle + ramblings

Bashir - lich boy

Luai - demon guardian

Mauhir - male uruk hai concept drawing

Laughing triton drawing - different style

Female tiefling

Faun drawing

Storniel - male antlered reaper demon from November's story

Male satyr - Kieran

Male satyr - Kieran (Inktober drawing)

Fen’an – non-binary desire demon/incubus (to be renamed...)

Gawain – faun boy

Effie – female moth monster

Japanese-inspired shadow demon

Lokh – male living wraith

Male cervitaur (deer centaur) + bonus story snippet

Male mutant (nsfw)

Kith – alien from June’s story

Laughing triton

Character Profiles and story concepts

Blind Seelie Prince aesthetic and long, multi-part story plan

Female undead house of horrors actress - aesthetic and story plan

Male police centaur - Josh

Female orc - Amber

Modern day police minotaur - Soli

Fenan, duskan elf - massive character bio, background, and story plan

Female zebra warrior centaur

Genderfluid näcken -  Ealjá

Spooky haunted locket

Black fox kitsune - Garrett

Symbiote aesthetic

Minotaur ‘lord of the manor’ - Edmund

Male mutant aesthetic and story concept

Hydra girlfriend aesthetic

Winter and Violet's aesthetic (characters from gnoll boy Brenn’s story)

Ice fae/demon aesthetic

Centipede alien aesthetic (nsfw + oviposition!)

Male mummy x reader (sfw) extract and aesthetic)

Male kitsune aesthetic and info

Android/human hybrid (Calum Fairburn) aesthetic and background

Necromancer lich

Modern witch aesthetic (Phia from orc boy Lasca’s story)

Selkie boyfriend aesthetic

Male tiefling doctor and story notes (long)

Ghosti’s extensive headcanons on fairies…

Jackal-headed/'Anubis' monster aesthetic and ideas

Whale shark girlfriend aesthetic (Rhinca) and story notes

Female eldritch horror aesthetic

Big modern orc boy aesthetic and ideas

Patreon Exclusives

New series, premiering in June - Hunter's Choice - a mlm vampire x hunter action adventure story!

Non-binary trickster spirit (Locke) x reader Part One (sfw) Part Two (nsfw)

Male goblin x female reader (Valentine's special)

Male wraith x reader Part One (sfw) (Lokh) Part Two (sfw)

Male mutant x male reader Part One (sfw) Part Two (sfw)

Male vampire x trans male reader (sfw) long WIP extract

Prince and his bodyguard (sfw) (mlm; long, non-terato story extract)

Writer's Corner - Blog posts on Creativity

Writer's Corner #1 on Writer's Block

Writer's Corner #2 on 5 types of writer and their quirky habits

Novels: ‘Weaver of Threads’, ‘Riftgard’, and other extracts

Weaver of Threads - extract, in which Tomas and Kai discuss soul-bonding

Riftgard Chapter One (full!)

Weaver of Threads – Chapter One (extract) + aesthetic

Weaver of Threads - General Magic 'wiki' style information post *story-spoiler-free*

Weaver of Threads - Schools of Magic 'wiki' style information post *story-spoiler-free*

Weaver of Threads – World Map

Weaver of Threads - Map of Varden City

Weaver of Threads - Schematic of the Black Citadel

Leirym (prologue)

Other (including video content!)

Tour of the Workshop with Ghosti - Video!

Ghosti answers your questions in a video!

Japanese metalwork blog - making and carving a tsuba

Metalwork update – ginkgo tsuba

A glimpse into the workshop and command central!

For access to all this and future works, become a Patreon supporter!

[wanpans]

Of all our swords, Dark Drift may be our favourite! The blade is milled out if a recycled acrylic sign, sanded, flamed and fitted into a wooden handle and tsuba (guard) Also..the one and only weapon that has not accidentally hit any bystanders. Yanapi is just really good at taking care of our props. Oh the other hand...I (Kingulus) wreck most of it..hahaha. Photo by :@ziyangyip.prods #katana #sword #samuraisword #blade #darksouls #darksouls3 #yuria #londor #princess #darklord #dark #armor #beak #acrylic #blackarmor #darkdrift https://www.instagram.com/p/B7IR8ImjTJC/?igshid=opr706r3881d

[silverhearted-robin-hood]

“STOP PRETENDING TO BE OK!” fo

Sapphire was quite taken aback by Tsubasa’s outburst. Not that he’s never seen her yell ,rightfully, when injustice was being served on a cold plate to innocent civilians or generally rude people. It’s just, this was the first he’s heard one of his friends actually display visual frustration over his habit of masking emotions. She read him like an open book. 

Well I suppose it’s checkmate for you this time, Princess. Goddamnit. 

Sighing, Sapphire runs his fingers through his hair until it was a tousled mass of ebony. A few incomprehensible grunts and groans made their way out his mouth before facing her. He never liked admitting when he was never okay. Also confrontation. He hated that even more. But the least Tsubasa deserved was an explanation over his standoffish behavior and the way he didn’t make direct eye contact with her all this time.

“Okay, so...I’m not fine. I’m really not. In fact, I’m sort of I guess really questioning my position as a hero, at the moment. Don’t get me wrong! I’m not straying away or having some crisis that’s automatically going to change my beliefs in over time. Haha, no, that’s for Saturday Morning villain backstories! Pfft.”

Removing the locket from around his neck, Sapphire’s eyes become glassy just looking at the heirloom. He then looks at Tsubasa with a neutral look on his face indicating that he wasn’t really sad contrary to what he just told her. Saph felt more pathetic than anything, wondering if the answer would disappoint the Precure. 

“I think I may have very well been taking advantage of my mother’s powers for the wrong reason this whole time. I don’t regret helping helping with the magic she’s passed down to me. In fact, I’m glad I’ve been able to make a lot of people smile! Magic for a very long time has had some very dark ties to it’s name. If I’m able to do even the smallest of things to show that all witches are not bad? Then, I’m happy! BUT. At the same time, I’ve been using magic just to give myself a well received reputation. I crave to be a competent magician so long as no one has to know about my failures. It ISN’T RIGHT. I was not really willing to tell you because, gosh, you’re always so willing to help, Tsuba! That much I’m aware of, though this goes against what we fight for as magical warriors.”

[hitomishiga]

hey...tsubahonos

1) who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter

woof honks, hunter tsubasa. shes a real competent one, too. thankfully, honoka is just a big doof.

2) who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman

mer tsuba this time, shes graceful and beautiful but dangerous. honoka probably falls in and gets saved. just because. i like that!

3) who’s the witch and who’s the familiar

tsubasa is the kind of familiar thats passed down, maybe attached to an object instead of being an animal.  and honoka gets it, and her potential is jsut, incredible. tsubasa is in awe, and in love.

4) who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict

honokas not exactly a barista in canon but she does work at a sweets store so thats not much of a stretch. tsubasa goes out of her way to stop by. its cute. yukiho wants to physically die

5) who’s the professor and who’s the TA

professor tsubasa (im thinkin science fsr) and assistant honoka and theyre both just fonts of charisma and its horrible (great)

6) who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss)

honokas not *actually* a knight but she catches glimpse of famous knight errant tsubasa and decides to follow in those footsteps and train REAL hard and meet again one day. theres no princess in this scenario but idk maybe honoka is a lost princess or smth

7) who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent

single parent tsubasa, whos actually struggling not that she’d let anyone know, whos not as famous and successful as she used to be. honoka is like, homeroom teacher or smth. its beautiful and domestic.

8) who’s the writer and who’s the editor

i can only reconcile this by saying honoka is the writer and tsubasa is the editor, because imagining honoka seriously doing editing or whatever is.

[taptroupe]

evergrace novel updates:

krysalis is really cute in the characterization. she’s like “I’m not a bird! I’m.. Wait, what am I? Huh? Huh? Huh??”

she uses boku. she’s very cute yeah. by the way darius uses ore, his whole speech is quite rough and direct. a few zo’s

she’s a good companion indeed. she’s a cute and light foil to the brooding and fucked up darius. he’s very worried for his friends he just abandoned in morea (even going as far as to correct himself after calling them comrades/teammates/nakama/etc, he refers to them as his FRIENDS)

you have friends darius! maybe you do lol. they might have died by now :(

and she’s just like “mhm.. okay then. cool”

anyways he used kisama for krysalis. even the narration calls her a bird anyways

interestingly, while talking to darius about going to morpheus’ lab, she just goes... “a?” and disappears. this is unlike the game, she doesn’t seem to disappear of her own volition. i wonder if this is because of the mother of all things being like “no more talking. shush”

so darius is alone...... until he hears old man yelling

meet naphato the third

“hope you don’t mind if i borrow your sword, old man!”

gory battle with a monster who sprayed purple blood

naphato the third is saved! he didn’t want to be though. he takes out a tattered cloth to wipe himself down, probably. he likes to spit a lot, i learned that tsuba is saliva last night

he’s also clutching a red flower, given to him recently.... “oh, did you know that girl from solta?”

“there was a girl from solta here?” “yeah she went off to find the person who saved her, think her name was sienna”

“sienna....”

more monologue from old man. darius just interrupts him. he really doesn’t respect old men. but alas

“anyways you should go meet up with my right hand man, ollllllllll [fuck i forget his name lol]” 

interestingly, he also mentions that ol whatever was very close with his daughter, the princess. maybe they were gonna get married? so then why is olllll whatever courting sharline huh. BACK OFF. DIE

but before he goes on any further, he notices...

the crest on darius’ hand! damn! shuts the door behind him and accuses him of being morpheus’ creations or something. since he made the alcrest and all

and that’s all. onto the stupid fucking cave time with darius. where are you krysalis i miss you

[likmacuhylang]

Results of January 2023

Life:

-Removed a tooth -Learned 110 new words -Readed 909 page of Compilation of Poe

Books:

"The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens (13) "New Pass" by Amelia Edwards (13) "The Portrait" by Margaret Oliphant (15) "Fight with Shadow" by Carl Jung (16) "Diagnosing of Dictators" by Carl Jung (16) "Western Nationalism and Eastern Nationalism" by Benedict Anderson (22)

Cinema and anime:

"Amsterdam" by David Russel (14) "JoJo Bizzare Adventure" by Naokatsu Tsuba (15)

Manga:

"The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at th Duke's Mansion" by MIlcha (09) "Who Made Me a Princess" by Plutus (12)

[hinasugart]

GoSemi and KuroKen

Semi Emiko

Nickname: Princess, Emi (parents), Mickey (Tsubashi)

Hair: Waist long, sandy silver hair

Eyes: Chocolate brown

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Height: 5′7″

Personality: Some may say Emiko is a stuck up, spoiled, brat. But in all seriousness she tends to catch an attitude against those who try to speak against her. She has trouble controlling her temper at times.

Likes: Going shopping with her mother, peoples respect, teasing her twin for being 3 minutes younger.

Dislikes: People flirting with her love, Tsubashi yelling and nagging her constantly when she gets into trouble.

# and Position: #3, wing spiker

School: Shiratorizawa

S/O: --

Semi Tsubashi

Nickname: Tsuba, Bashi, Prince (parents), Minnie (Emiko)

Hair: Black and fluffy

Eyes: Light brown

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Height: 5′11″

Personality: Hot tempered as well but can control himself in certain situations when needed. 

Likes: Getting his hair combed out by his girlfriend whenever they’re not fighting.

Dislikes: Getting teased or getting called “My coot babey brudder~” by Emiko. When Emiko gets into trouble she can’t get out of on her own. Getting called Minnie by someone else. He will fite u if you call him that.

# and Position: #8, Setter, Pinch Server

School: Shiratorizawa

S/O: --

Kuroo Kira

Hair: Black, has his fathers cursed bed head

Eyes: Golden honey brown like mothers

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Height: 5′10″

Personality: Shy at times, hyper at times. He’s more like his father than his mother

Likes: Eating Tacos with Nano. Making his smol girlfriend happy!!!

Dislikes: People making fun of Nano for being hyperactive.

# and Position: #5, Middle Blocker

School: Nekoma

S/O: Hinata Nano

Kuroo Hanna

Nickname: Hanna Banana (Kuroo (Y u like dis)), Banana (Chihiro)

Hair: Short, Black with three small ahoges, i guess she has a slight bed head

Eyes: Honey Brown, a bit darker than her brothers

Age: 13

Gender: Female

Height: 5′4″

Personality: Very shy about her feelings when she’s with her girlfriend, when she’s by herself she’s quiet.

Likes: Bananas, Chihiro, GAMES!!!

Dislikes: People calling her weird for being into games so much, but she don’t gaf

# and Position: #1, Setter

School: Nekoma jr. high (IdkIdk)

S/O: Tanaka Chihiro

[kaibutsushidousha]

What would the other V3 kids decks be?

I would rather wait until I played all Free Times to answer this one, but I’ll try.

Kaede obviously plays Melodious. This one shouldn’t even be a question. Symphonic Warriors are not classical enough and Orphegels are too tragic for her tastes.

For Amami, in thinking maybe Traptrix Artifacts because trap holes and ancient artifacts are staple in adventure dungeons. I would rather have something more boat related, but there’s no boat-themed archetypes, so I’ll have to make due with just running S-H-ARK Knight and Dreadnought Dreadnoid on the Extra Deck.

Iruma could play Cyber-Stein, as it’s mad scientist-themed and pretty dumb deck idea. As for her engine to build the deck, I think it should be a Prediction Princess engine. Not for the PP cards themselves, but the two other parts of the engine: Fairy Tail - Sleeper and Pot of the Forbidden. The only inventions Iruma acknowledges as successes are the ones that allow the user to do something while sleeping, so FT - Sleeper fits that sleep theme of her. Pot of the Forbidden’s Japanese is “Kinki no Tsuba” and Iruma is all about the kinki stuff. This is an insane deck idea, but giving Iruma a sane deck would be mischaracterization.

Ouma plays Prankids, but the try-hard version of Prankids. The one with the Thunder Dragon and Paleozoic engines and Toadally Awesome in the Extra Deck.

Ki-bo plays Lightsworn. What? Did you expect him to play a machine-based deck? That’s a very prejudiced comment. (Lightsworn is the deck I headcanon for Naegi since 2015, so there’s also that).

Gonta has you expecting him to bring a bad Insect archetype like Traptrix, Inzectors ot Digital Bugs, but catch you off-guard with his powerful Dinosaur deck (because his mountain family are dinosaur people).

I don’t know about Saihara, but I’m considering True Dracos, firstly because they almost have the word “truth” in their names. Thinking harder about it, it became because the main True Draco monster are all alternate versions of monsters from the other Luster Pendulum DT arc archetypes, so if you squint hard enough, there’s a theme of “inheriting someone else’s will” there.

Shirogane as herself play Nekroz. The Nekroz Ritual Monsters are just some random people wearing the faded souls of classic Duel Terminal monsters as clothing, so they are basically cosplaying when you think about it. As Junko, she plays a Duston/Kinka-Byo deck where she tries to summon Anti-Hope (Dystopia the Despondent) as her boss monster. 

Shinguuji plays Mayakashi. It’s a very varied youkai deck with a strong gameplay theme of ressurecting the dead. It’s one of the most perfect fits in the list.

For Chabashira, I would go with Masked HEROes, in reference to how she and her master used to play vigilantes on the streets with masks on. Besides, Masked is the most control-based HERO variant, with all the heavy Dark Law disruption and whatnot, and I think that, despite her personality, Chabashira should have a control deck since aikido is all about reading your opponents movements and countering before they hit.

The best I can think of for Toujou is D/D/D. Toujou’s pride is fulfilling any contract she receives and Toujou’s set of skills covering all different areas matches how D/D/D can do all the different Extra Deck summons. Being a prime minister is not exactly the same as being a CEO, but that’s the closest we got, so we’ll roll with that.

Harukawa never built her own deck as during her backstory, instead running the standard assassin deck provided by her superiors. There’s no actual assassin-themed deck in Yugioh as of yet, so I’ll go with Gravekeepers since they are the closest we got and are also pretty cultish, fitting sides of their operations. After the training night where she tells her backstory, she switches to something else more child-oriented. I’m considering Goukis due to her potential relatability to Gou’s character in the anime.

Hoshi plays Lunalights because cats. Pretty superficial choice but Hoshi really doesn’t want to think too much about himself or how he wants to express. Back at his tennis days he used to play either Six Samurai or Superheavy Samurai because haha Prince of Tennis memes.

Momota plays Neospacians because they are superheroes from space. Also because it’s absolutely impossible to build an even remotely competent Neospacian deck and Momota loves to challenge the impossible. He’s sure he will make it work some day somehow.

Yumeno plays Magician Girls because Dark Magician has a lot of stage magician-themed cards, but they are actually real sorcerers rather than mere illusionists. Her master uses a regular Dark Magician deck.

For Angie, maybe an Armityle deck? There are many god cards, but none of them are tropical enough. I think the Uria, Hamon and Raviel are to the closest because GX is set on an isolated island. A very bizarre island, just like Angie’s.