#rinne fanfiction

[homemademustard]

For day 2 of @rumicworldweek I wrote a silly little thing to show my love for one of the many doomed Rumiko Takahashi love rivals out there

Summary: Tsubasa ponders an intriguing change in Sakura and what this means for his love quest. Set post-manga finale. 628 words. Gen.

Read under the cut. Also available on AO3.

The more Rika and Miho chit-chatted beside him, the more Tsubasa Juumonji furrowed his brow. Feigning ignorance, he decided the decades-old exorcism journal he was holding in his hands was more worthy of his attention.

“Sakura-chan has been smiling more since she made up with Rokudou-kun, don’t you think?”

“I told you! They are so dating, they can’t even hide it anymore”

And it was this exchange the one that made him finally take his eyes off the carefully annotated instructions on how to create a special blend of holy ashes. He went on to scan the classroom, as he normally did, in search of the object of his affection. Sakura Mamiya was handing the aforementioned redheaded Shinigami an additional bento box. The memory of the recent embrace those two had shared in the Spirit World –as seen through Annette-sensei’s crystal ball– burned in his mind. Thus, Tsubasa stared intently at the rumored couple, curious to see if the consequences of whatever had happened between them were a threat to his own love story.

His world momentarily sank as he contemplated how the normally stoic Sakura was indeed smiling the sweetest smile he had seen thus far. And she was dedicating that smile to Rinne of all people. He could almost swear he’d noticed a hint of a blush in her perfectly soft-looking cheeks.

But Tsubasa was, of course, a man of logic. This has an easy explanation, he told himself. The additional lunch was at this point a tradition of the friendship between Sakura and the financially broke Rinne Rokudou. And it’s not like the food itself was carefully cooked by Sakura herself, no. Perhaps her mom (age 39) had overdone her cooking portions once again. And the blush? Merely a trick of the mind, a most treacherous doubt that the bumbling Rika and Miho had planted in him with their constant gossiping.

His pulse violently accelerated the moment he noticed Sakura had returned to her normal expression and was staring back at him. He saw her –oh so charming– lips moving, muttering an excuse to Rinne as she strode towards the lovestruck exorcist.

“Is there anything wrong, Tsubasa-kun?” He could honestly never grow tired of the way her voice sounded whenever she pronounced his name, no matter the tone she used. Each of the syllables was his own private concerto.

“M-Mamiya-san” he initially spouted, a sudden confidence growing in his chest as he came up with a solution to disguise his stalking. “My father got me an exorcism job downtown this afternoon and I wondered if you wanted to come along, that’s all”

“Oh, sure”

And then the smile came back, and with it Tsubasa could feel his heart melting in real time. He failed to notice that this version of her facial expression was subtler –polite, even– compared to the one offered to his rival moments ago. After all, if he could elicit the most exquisite upturn of Sakura Mamiya’s lips, then Rinne Rokudou wasn’t as special as the girl’s friends had claimed.

I still have a shot with Mamiya-san, he internally shouted with glee, both of his fists up in the air. Today we’ll go on a date and maybe I’ll get to see more of her adorable smiles!

Or maybe not so internally…

“Juumonji-kun, you said that out loud. Again”, he heard an exasperated Rika say.

But Tsubasa Juumonji, young master of Western-style exorcisms (and self-delusions) paid no attention whatsoever. Not even to the stinging pain the tip of one irritated Rinne’s Shinigami scythe was inflicting on his head as he bluntly hit him, nor to the chilly and tight embrace of the long-distance traveling disembodied spirit of one Ayame Sakaki.

There was nothing for him to be worried about in the end.

[cakeemoji]

collection of fics i've written :]

| links in each section are sorted by most "recent" to oldest lol; click "read more" to view the rest (watered down my works in the mini description here so please read the tags of my pieces for more info !!)

rinhime works (enstars)

☆ gold-plated | rinne has a tongue piercing, himeru commences the act to make out. a little all over the place regarding the metaphors and stuff. sorry

☆ forget-me-nots | rinhime bathe together and speak of philosophical things aka immortality (set in a universe i call "the warped tour au" hehe)

☆ a little death | rinhime metaphorical cannibalism

☆ favourite record | written for rinhime week 2023. one of the prompts was "alternative universe" so i wrote this in mind to crossover with mcr's concept album, "danger days". features crazy:b as killjoys and a little peek into their crazy lives :]

☆ black morgue + back to you | two-shot mini-series, based on the concept of a one-night stand, some love and the aftermath. third person limited, himeru-centric.

rinnazu works (enstars)

☆ rinne puts his boyfriend on speaker (WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL SHOCK YOU) | rinne gets a call from nazuna and puts him on speaker, traumatizing crazy:b for life (<-a pretty unserious work so i shared it under a separate pseud)

☆ u pretty, he ugly! u swan, he frog! | shu finds rinne and nazuna holding hands one not-so-peaceful morning. he assumes the worst

☆ hand in mine into ur icy blues | in which rinne and nazuna laze around on a snow day and warm each other up :3c (written in dec 2023)

applejuice works (twst)

☆ madol for your thoughts? | deuce and epel go on a date (very fluff-oriented ^_^)

☆ small, simple, safe price | deuce and epel bond over apple carving

mammon/reader works (shall we date?: obey me!)

☆ winter mood/dreaming of spring | emotional hurt/comfort, dabbled on idea of wanting to love + be loved while being terrified of commitment and never being good enough

☆ we'll get by, somehow | "i'm tired of losing people i love." - a take on a "what if" scenario where MC dies in L16 (<-personally, i think this is the best thing i've written for this fandom)

☆ bulletproof loneliness at best | in which reader finds old scars on mammon's back and comforts him, features small scene of bathing together and sleeping together (literal sense)

☆ where i belong | waking up from a nightmare and being comforted by the great mammon =]

☆ summertime | inspired by the devilgram "a private beach for two", short & sweet.

☆ hearts only hurt from here | heavy on hurt/comfort + implied/referenced self-harm. based on what i wanted to hear when i was in a dark place.

hidadei works (naruto)

☆ hands that god gave you | two gross men do gross things (care for each other)

☆ a lovely night | inspired by the song from la la land the musical; this was written in 2021 so it's definitely not all that great lol

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Ensemble Stars

Sample Size: 6,309 stories

Source: AO3

[chess-writes]

Build-A-Bear

RinNikiMayo

💜 Warnings: Mayoi's usual self hating speech and thoughts, potentially ooc, not proofread. everyone likes each other but only RinNiki is official, everything else is just pining

💜 Summary: Rinne and Niki bring Mayoi to Build-A-Bear, and Mayoi isn't sure how to understand his emotions that night.

💜 Notes: hi. :). idk if Build-A-Bear is a thing in Japan or not but for the sake of this.. it is. RinNikiMayo is so silly and i am so sad there isn't much content for them. it's tragic. also i really rambled at the end and ended up not sure how to finish, so if the last bit is weird to read, i get it.

Rinne and Niki had been dating for a while, and just about everyone knew. It's not like they tried to hide it. Even if they never kissed, Rinne said he would marry Niki enough for everyone to get the point.

When they were finally interacting with ALKALOID more, Hiiro was a bit surprised by Rinne's behavior, and had even taken advantage of them eventually sharing a dorm room to ask Niki about it.

And, as Crazy:B and ALKALOID spent time together, eventually Mayoi would speak to them more and more.

He struggled with it, and seemed to nearly evaporate from Niki and Rinne's loud and extroverted personalities. But he slowly talked to them more and more, to the point that he would sometimes show up nearby them, his way of silently asking if they were okay with him being around.

The Crazy:B members knew each other well, so they didn't need to have a big conversation about their feelings towards Mayoi as they developed. Of course, they made sure they knew how the other felt and what was and wasn't okay.

They didn't want to scare Mayoi away, so they were taking things very slow. Small hang outs, slowly learning about him, and slowly getting closer.

Rinne wanted to yell to the high heavens about how lovely he found both Niki and Mayoi, but Niki made sure to keep him in check.

Of course, Rinne and Niki went on dates on their own still. It was on one such date they noticed a shop in the mall. One where you made your own stuffed animals.

Well, they knew just the person who may enjoy such a thing.

Mayoi was a bit nervous to go to a mall, such a crowded and loud place gave him the chills, but he wasn't going to turn down such an invitation from the two boys.

So there they were. The three had found a day when they had some time and drove to the mall.

"Build-A-Bear..? I've heard of it... it's popular in the United States." Mayoi said quietly, looking up at the sign.

"Have you been before, Mayo?" Niki asked, snacking on a treat Mayoi had brought from the Sweets Club. (He had called them "donut holes".)

Mayoi shook his head, fiddling with his own hands. "No. It's... loud. And scum like me-"

Rinne cut him off, pushing the other two into the store. "Nope, don't talk all sad! Kyahaha, let's find out how we do this!"

Thankfully, the store was relatively empty. They looked around, and went to the boxes of stuffed animal skins.

"Woah..! This one's so soft!" Niki exclaimed, grabbing what would become a panda.

Rinne looked over his shoulder. "It fits you! Panda's eat a lot too, don't they?" he laughed, grinning at Niki's glare.

Mayoi grabbed what would become a white cat, smiling down at it.

Rinne grabbed a fox, and the three moved along to the next area. They were smiling, enjoying themselves.

It was a very sweet moment, the group doing as the employee said, moving around to "give life" to their little creations. Rinne was very energetic, giving such a silly activity his all.

Eventually the time came to put the fake hearts in their creations and finish sewing them up. Mayoi did his best to put the heart where it would be in an actual animal, but Niki and Rinne just put it in the general area. The three animals got stitched up, and they moved to the rest of the store, seeing if they wanted any accessories.

Mayoi silently pointed at little accessories, specifically little bee wings and headbands for the toys.

"Oh, good eye!~" Rinne grabbed both of their hands and dragged them over, excitedly grabbing the little clothes. "They aren't anywhere near Shu's doll clothing quality, but they're certainly cute!"

Niki sighed, shaking his head. "Rinne, it's a bit unfair to hold things to Shu and Kiryu's quality expectations. They've spent days on costumes before, yeah?"

Mayoi gave a small nod. "Mm... my roommate is part of a circle with them. He's talked about the quality of their crafts before..." he smiled, blushing a bit. "Ah... to dress people up like cute little dolls... how sweet...~" he whispered, before realizing he said it aloud. He covered his face and turned away.

"Oh yeah, your roommate is part of the theater group, right? Tomoya?" Niki asked, not caring he let one of his thoughts slip.

Mayoi turned back and nodded, holding his white cat to his chest.

Rinne grabbed one of the bee costume sets, not passing the opportunity to have something match his theme.

He handed one to Niki as well, who shrugged and took it. Then Rinne handed one to Mayoi, who almost seemed off guard.

"We'll all match!" Niki smiled, holding out his panda toy and the costume.

Mayoi looked at the item in his hand and then back at the excited bees. He smiled sweetly, he sharp teeth shining from behind his lips.

Niki and Rinne felt their hearts explode a bit. He was simply adorable.

"Match...? Aah... you want to be connected to a monster like me, even through something so sweet and innocent..?" Mayoi seemed to almost squirm, his thoughts running wild. Rinne threw his shoulder over Mayoi's, grinning at him.

"Don't say that, Mayoi! You're not a monster..." Niki came over as well, placing his hand on his arm.

He squirmed a bit, unused to physical contact.

The two backed off a bit, deciding to pay. Mayoi pulled out his wallet, but Rinne snatched it away before pulling his own out.

"Nope!~ Kyahaha, we invited you, we'll pay!" Rinne laughed again before handing his wallet back.

"Are you... sure? That... almost makes this feel... uhm. Like a... date." he progressively got quieter and quieter, and more and more red.

Niki and Rinne glanced at each other, unsure of how to react or respond.

They decided to just shrug and continue to pay. Very good communication skills, everyone.

The three walked out, and Rinne was quick to rip open the package containing the costume and dress up his fox, even as they walked.

___________

Mayoi was freaking out.

He sat on his bed, staring at the little white cat plush, little bee wings and antenna decorating it.

He didn't know why this seemed like such a big deal to him. Why just looking at the little thing made a certain two idols pop into his head. Why he would think of their loud personalities, their upbeat singing and performances, the way they felt so warm when touching him...

He shook his head, whining. He couldn't help his thoughts, he's never been able to, but he still hated it. He hated how he couldn't stop thinking about them. Their touchiness, their inclusiveness, their looks, their odd kindness...

No matter how much he shook his head or turned away from the toy, his thoughts came right back to the boys.

He couldn't think about anything else. Just grey and red hair, warm skin and strong arms, the smell of their cologne...

How shameful, a monster like him, thinking about the kindness they gave him. He didn't deserve that, but they gave it anyways. They were so sweet, and he felt nothing but admiration for them. He wanted to be around them, to spend all his time near and with them.

He felt miserable, his thoughts violently swapping between pure joy from their existence, and self hatred.

He tried harder and harder to figure out why he felt so... confused. Why the mere thought of the boys made his chest feel like it was fluttering.

As time passed, Mayoi slowly drifted into a light doze. He grabbed his new cat toy, holding it to his chest.

That night, his usual negative emotions drifted away, letting him rest with images of two other idols filling his mind. He didn't realize how hard he had fallen.

[sarnghoe]

new MHA story on Wattpad, go check it out! <3

[esrewindzine]

🚂 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: TWIN 🧸

Name: Twin 🪁 @twinsky Role: Writer

About: I fell in love with a redhead named Hiiro Amagi and it's been downhill since

🎮 Favourite kids game? Animaniacs for the SNES

🧡 Favourite unit? AlkaloidP first, human second

. REwind! the clock with us back to simpler days 🪁

[datep1an-atoz]

He smiles, just as any other day he's still the same. It was a quiet night as Rinne and HiMERU lay there under the covers buried in each other's arms, it was better that way. It was warm like Rinne always was like any other time HiMERU would continue to let Rinne embrace him, after those glares HIMERU still cared.

And just like every other time HIMERU felt like melting in his arms he felt like him again. Under Rinnes gaze he's a different story.

HiMERU leans closer into Rinne, like a flower shifting its place to embrace the sun. Laying there HiMERU let the roots of Rinne heart make a home inside of his body, let the flowers of love- stargazer Lilies, bloom between his bones.

Rinnes love was like an infection and he had caught it, flowers could fill up HiMERUS lungs and it would make him lose his breath just like all the times they kissed. The feeling was intoxicating, something that ‘he’ shouldn't want but it ‘he’ was over watering the plants. ‘He’ was drowning in the presence of Rinne

Forget me not how could ‘he’ ever forget someone like him.

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Really short rinhime fan fiction useing some flower symbolism bc I'm a big fan of that! But yea whatever this is my first character x character fan fiction

[kyoupann]

Turns out it really is me and the queer RPF fanfiction I read at 13-16 years old against the world.

[niki-pan]

Niki just died not too long ago.

Rinne had a dream, it was too good to be true. But he wished he stayed forever.

Hello please allow me to promote my Rinniki Endless Vide AU fic. I was supposed to post it around April Fool's but I got busy and I just posted it later. So please enjoy 🙇🙇💕💕

[kiisaka]

Be kind, just not to yourself

Hiiro is stupid. Or that's what he was always told he is. It isn't true, of course. He is smart, actually. Very smart. He just has a hard time understanding social norms. ___________________________ Or it is more about Rinne's guilt for leaving Hiiro than about Hiiro. Despite Hiiro being my favorite

I completely forgot that I did this. But yeah, here is another fanfiction.

[oyster-sauce-tart]

hi uh, wip teaser bc i got inspo from character ai

[comment-exchange]

379. The Flow of Fate (Ensemble Stars)

Title: The Flow of Fate

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48836590

Creator: NandaWrites

Work Type: Fanfiction

Fandom: Ensemble Stars

Rating: Teen

Pairing: No pairing. Features Rinne Amagi, Niki Shiina, Himeru and Kohaku Oukawa

Word Count: 1839

Warnings: N/A

Number of comments: 3

Completion Status: complete

Short summary/description: From chaos to family, from rage to love, from pain to unit, the progress of Crazy:B.

Snippet:

Saegusa's smile was razor sharp. Nevermind a military general, he was looking at Rinne like a shark that had gotten a tasty prey in front of it, one that was not only willing but practically begging to be thrown down its throat. "You understand what you have to do, then?" "Crystal-clear, Mr. Director. Don't worry, you are not gonna find a better man for the job than me." "Job of what? Suicide-bomber?" Niki's voice reached him from his left and he turned to glare daggers at him, pinching his arm in retaliation, causing him to yelp. "Hey, Niki, didn't your mom ever taught you to stay quiet while the adults are talking? Mr. Director here is offering us the ES on a silver platter. We would be fools not to take it."

[chess-writes]

Break Time

RinneShu

💜 Warnings: nothing severe. Shu is called princess as a joke once or twice, Rinne is a disaster, slight mention of skipping meals. probably ooc

💜 Note: RinneShu has upsettingly small amounts of content. they're so silly. i hate this fic ngl but i love RinneShu.. i'll probably rewrite it or write a new one later

💜 Summary: Rinne makes sure Shu takes a break from his sewing

Shu was quiet, peaceful. He was sewing small beads and embroidery onto Mademoiselle's newest dress. It matched his and Mika's outfits they wore for their song Acanthe. Graceful, elegant, and artistic.

He had been working for hours, losing track of time. He didn't have anything planned that day, and he hadn't skipped a meal, so he saw nothing wrong with working for four hours straight.

He was in the zone, and he refused to let anything he gave to Mademoiselle be anything less than perfect.

He had classical music he had heard in France playing softly, and the room was quiet other than that. Mika was off at a Pretty 5 meeting, and Kuro was with the karate club, so it was just him in the arts and crafts room.

Shu was too in the zone to notice the door opening, and was only pulled out of his thoughts when a loud voice rang through the room, approaching him.

"Kyahahaha!~ Shu-kun! I've been looking for you!" Rinne grinned, coming over and resting his elbow on Shu's head, much to his disdain.

Shu set the needle and dress down, and pushed Rinne's arm off his head. "Amagi, must you be so loud?"

Rinne put his hands on his hips, grinning. "Why so mean, princess? I thought you would be glad to see me!"

Shu stood up and brushed off his clothes before looking at Rinne. "Don't call me that. Why are you here? Aren't you usually gambling at this time?"

Rinne smiled wide and leaned forward to peck Shu's lips. He made a loud and obnoxious "mwah!" sound as he did, and Shu flicked him. "I decided to spend time with you instead!"

"How lucky I am." Shu sounded sarcastic, but he's happy to spend time with Rinne, even if he wont admit it.

"Yep! You're the luckiest man in the world! Now, i'm sure Mademoiselle wont mind waiting a bit longer for her dress!" Rinne laughed again.

Shu wasn't able to reply, as Rinne scooped him up princess style and ran out of the room.

"Amagi!?" Shu cried out as he held onto Rinne so he didn't get dropped. Despite the two being similar sizes, Rinne carried Shu as if he didn't weigh a thing.

"Don't worry, Shu-kun! I wont drop you!" he said as he carried him back to their dorms.

Rinne kicked open his own door, and Shu was glad that Kanata and Hiyori weren't there to witness him being carried like a stuffed animal.

"Amagi, you're a fiend." Shu said as Rinne set him on his bed and sat next to him.

"You love it, kyahahaha!~" he pulled Shu so they were hip to hip and hugged him, glad that Shu was taking a break.

Shu was glad to spend time resting like this. Even if he was rude to his disaster of a boyfriend, he cared for him a lot.

___________

Hiyori and Kanata returned to see Rinne quietly petting Shu's hair as the artist slept.

Shu was unhappy to see the picture Kanata took the next day.

[polysprachig]

Sideblog Nua → @merlinproject-sideblog

Haigh, a chairde,

Rinne mé Tumblr sideblog nua, aka @merlinproject-sideblog. Beidh mé ag postáil ansin faoin Merlin Project (an tionscadal (saghas Merlin fanfiction) a rinne mise i rith na pandéime chun mo chuid Gaeilge a feabhsú). Postálfaidh mé faoi agus chuirfidh mé cartlann tionscadail (project archive) le chéile ansin go dtí mí an Mheithimh 2025.

Má tá sibh agus bhur gcairde ag foghlaim na Gaeilge, beidh liosta focal, ábhar léitheoireachta agus nótaí gramadaí ar TEG/CEFR leibhéal A2-B1, agus níos mó ann.

English: New Irish-Langblr Sideblog

Hi everyone!

I made a new Tumblr sideblog - aka @merlinproject-sideblog - to post about the Merlin Project, aka the borderline Merlin fanfiction I wrote during the pandemic to improve my Irish. I'll be posting about it and putting the project archive together there until June 2025.

If you or your friends are learning Irish, there will be vocabulary lists, reading material/grammar notes at TEG/CEFR level A2-B1, and more.

:) @polysprachig

[vaderkin-is-a-lightning-rod]

Hello everyone!!

We’ve got a lot of amazing pieces of art and fictions for the Vaderkin Creative Exchange 2024! I’m super proud of all of you. 💜

On this day, until the 31 August...

🎊 🎉 🎨 THE CREATIVE FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY OPEN 🎨 🎉 🎊

For the artists and writers who had this idea for one of the prompt they received but didn’t have time to make it — this is the occasion!

For creators who missed the deadline and wanted to join the event — this is the occasion!

For people inspired by one of the drawings, or by one of the fanfiction scenes — this is the occasion!

How to participate?

On Tumblr: Tag your work Vaderkin Creative Festival 2024, precise the work that inspired your art, and mention the server blog @vaderkin-is-a-lightning-rod so we can repost you.

On AO3: Tag your work Vaderkin Creative Festival 2024, precise the work that inspired your art, and add your work to the vaderkin_creative_exchange_2024 collection

This is an event to give you the chance to draw fanarts or write fanfiction on the amazing creations this event produced. You don’t need to have signed up to the event nor receive / made a gift for it. You can make a fic or an art inspired by a fic which itself was inspired by another art, make a fanwork inspired by an art of the event, and begin an art fight! The only limit, is that it must be linked in some way to one of the event works.

Basically, be inspired, draw, write, and have fun! 🥳

Vaderkin Creative Exchange 2024 Masterlist

Fanfiction

Sáinnithe by @sinvulkt for @squad-724

Field of Dreams by @fanfictasia , TiranaSorki for @mina-jamsin-derulo

Letters by @fanfictasia , TiranaSorki for @mina-jamsin-derulo

Dying Stars by @fanfictasia , AminaGila for @acryliccassetteart

Heaven Swallowed the Smoke by AshCatchem for @nightingalewritings

As Everything Burns by @fanfictasia , RivanaRita for @zero-max

Paths by @wisechaosglitter for @sunrisemcashao3

Eyes on Ahsoka by @rinn-e for @mina-jamsin-derulo

Beyond the Stars: The Enduring Legacy of a Galactic Hero, 20 Years Later by Squidwonder for @tramp-fiction

grudging sacrifices by @unlikecharlie for @cinderfeather

just like a photograph by @withyourrhythm for @omaano

Is this the droid you want to die on? by @adragonsfriend for @ladyv-aka-via

Flightless by @ravenite-void for @fancyfrey

Fragments of a Dynasty by @tantive404 for @ravenite-void

Under the Moonlight by cherrycourage for @artmelody

Present, Past, and Future by @wendingways for @mina-jamsin-derulo

knowing how it goes (but never how to stop it) by MillionLights for @vandervoiz

The Restless Devourer by @vandervoiz for @sinvulkt

in thousands of agonies - i exist by @femmefangirl for @asteral-feileacan

Brillant and Blue by @nightingalewritings for @sinvulkt

In Common by @pat-the-togorian for @fanfictasia , RivanaRita

Angel of Fire by @asteral-feileacan for @starlesssky72

How to date a Time Traveling Jedi (quickest routes, no shortcuts) by @zero-max for @yatsukisakura

Don't Look Them in the Eye by @cinderfeather for @piroporopi

Art

A Scar In the Eye and [Panel 2] by @piroporopi for @vandervoiz

Alone by my side by @nightingalewritings for @tantive404

In from the desert by @nightingalewritings for @adragonsfriend

Vaderkin Creative Exchange 2024 art by @jarenka for @rinn-e

They were great and a family by @ravenite-void for Melly (ao3)

Through time and into darkness by @ravenite-void for @wendingways

Art for Vaderkin creative exchange 2024, The Winter Picnic and Art #2 by @wendingways for @unlikecharlie

[ART] Your Mistake by @asteral-feileacan for @fanfictasia , Tirana

No Respite From The Past and A Cord Unsevered by @vandervoiz for @letitrainathousandflames

Artwork by @artmelody for @pat-the-togorian

Vader kidnapped, Disaster trio (or with Padmé) being a family, Eldritch Dragon Anakin, Anakin transforms, horrified and Vaderkin falling from the sky by @fancyfrey for @sinvulkt

Beginning at the end by @mina-jamsin-derulo for @artmelody

Eyes on the future by @mina-jamsin-derulo for @christina-stark-skarlet-stileto

Until The Night Ends by @mina-jamsin-derulo for SquidWonder

Artwork by @starlessskys-artblog for @ravenite-void

The Clone Wars: 20 Years Later! Exclusive Interview with General Anakin Skywalker-Amidala by @tramp-fiction for @wisechaosglitter

To protect, Anakin... Or Vader?, Blob Vader get BOOPED and Surrender by @sinvulkt-art for @cinderfeather

The restless devourer, The dark wyrm, The puppeteer by @sinvulkt-art for MillionLights (ao3)

Anakin and Fives shenanigans by @omaano for @fanfictasia , Amina

Of Shotguns and Band-aids  by @zero-max for @asteral-feileacan

Artwork by @ladyv-aka-via for @shevek

Massive Mer Ani by @squad-724 for @zero-max

Medusa Vader by @squad-724 for @nightingalewritings

March on the Temple by @acryliccassetteart for @fanfictasia , Rivana

Panel by @yatsukisakura for @withyourrhythm

When Your Boss is Very Heavy by @cinderfeather for MaDonz(ao3)

[Art] Mom did it better by MaDonz for AshCatchem

Chaos by @fanfictasia , RivanaRita for @femmefangirl

"I'm prepared to sacrifice my life." by @sunrisemcashao3 for @starr234

This is the fourth step of the Vaderkin Creative Exchange 2024 event. You can find the full event rules here.

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at this point i think it's rather unlikely that they'd kick ibuki from akatsuki, seeing as how they're already selling merch of the new akatsuki and such. i think a lot of people *are* asking specifically for ibuki to be removed from the unit, but do you think there's another approach we could take to try to reach a sort of compromise? like asking for specific parts of the writing to be fixed rather than undoing the whole thing? do you think they'd listen to us more that way? genuinely asking

It's definitely unlikely now, you're right. It was already too late the moment Happy Elements doubled down by posting the pre-recorded stream discussing his addition to AKATSUKI. After all, these sorts of things—cards and events themselves—are planned years in advance. Personally, I would scrap them all, but I know that isn't realistic. I just don't know how they thought it was a good idea whatsoever. But, you see, this is a flaw within Ansta itself that I've been aware of for a long time. To fix the core issue, we'd need a total reform, but that would be an insane amount of work and I'm not sure if they're willing to do that.

This ask reminds me of how they attempted to make amends in a way in regard to their somewhat unfavourable portrayal of the Amagi Village as cult-like and lesser-than (that often gets made even more egregious by ignorant fans via doujinshi and fanfiction that takes place there, which some argue to be alright—if you want to take creative liberties—as long as you aren't claiming it to be a depiction of Ainu people specifically. This is actually what HE sought by removing the traditional patterns from their assets like Live2D models and BGs, allowing even Ansta's writers themselves to pretend that it's a random, fictitious village rather than the very real indigenous group that they were actually based on down to their very designs, especially Rinne's, because being normal about the people your ancestors oppressed is too difficult, I suppose. Personally, I wouldn't do so.) by turning it into this Wakanda esque, sci-fi setting instead. Which was really stupid of them. I think they meant for it to be flattering somehow, for them to be more advanced than the majority... to get to be like, "see, they aren't cavemen after all!" In the end, most people don't like this decision or downright ignore it or tried to deny it and say Rinne was lying when that's... not how story-telling works even when it comes to unreliable narrators, and in some ways, it was detrimental when it comes to the uneducated person's perceptions of them.

Anyway, the entire event story or major chunks of it would have to be rewritten. Some AKATSUKI fans actually liked the first half, while others felt despair due to the mischaracterization I mentioned prior. Many fans have already lost all hope and quit altogether, but the remaining ones, and the protesting ones, deserve some form of acknowledgment or compensation. When it comes to the racist elements, Ansta is racist at its core, so there would have to be an overhaul of the entire plotline they had planned and partly executed for Ibuki and AKATSUKI already. From the start, it had unsavory undertones, but it could have been salvaged to the point of even being good if they hadn't done this or at least done it in a different way. Like I said, it is the reality for many Ryukyu, but I just don't trust them with a narrative like this, especially if they do not educate themselves, get sensitivity readers and receive input from real-life Ryukyuan people. Even the person writing Ibuki's solo isn't someone who can understand his struggles whatsoever. It's just some guy.

Not to mention, Ibuki seemed to be set up for this from conception, since even his name is a reference to the Meiji restoration, from a period that AKATSUKI's current direction has been referencing, as people have discovered recently. Ibuki also seems to tie into !! era's "Okinawa arc", which some have been keeping up with for a while. I think it started in Submarine, if I'm not mistaken. The Okinawa arc is littered with underlying anti-indigenous sentiments whether they meant for it to or not, ones that are hardly challenged by the cast (and, less importantly, also sort of muddied up the Shinkai cult lore. Some like it, others have mixed feelings).

!! era should have taken an entirely different direction From the Start if they didn't want this to happen, I fear. Because they couldn't do interpersonal drama with a few real-world effects (the suicides caused by the war) and a dilemma surrounding morality now that the scale of their world is larger, and it would have been repetitive regardless, they had to give characters like Eichi something bigger and eviler to do, such as his "idol colonization" affairs. A character who's meant to be a loveable albeit morally grey idol is campaigning for the destruction of the environment via the Atlantis project, silencing indigenous voices, etc... I love Eichi, and this isn't unrealistic of a continuation for his character. He's meant to parallel Godfather, after all. Nonetheless, it's painful to watch and more so to acknowledge when something like this is happening, which makes me wonder if it'll even be contested any further at this point.

Sorry for rambling about how flawed this era is at its core, I just think people should be aware of it... Back to the main topic, I think one possible alternative is that they could make Ibuki depart from AKATSUKI at some point down the line, not now, but sort of like graduating after having grown with his seniors, a dabufe-esque situation where he finally finds himself 💭 Ibuki was always meant to be kept off the path Esupuri is on, he would be solo, then.

To actually answer your question, I do think that they might listen to us if we ask that way. Even if it was an infinitely smaller change, just fixing up one line, they did that much after the revolt caused by the leoizu retcon during Sena's center event. I think a compromise could be good.

Semi-relatedly, I agree with the sentiments shared by our-ensemble: