#shih's drafts

[shih-coulda-had-it]

snippet from the starter pokemon ofa au, ft. duo holders & their dragon-turned-fat hedgehog mole thing (Cyndaquil!). wc: ~550

a/n: Cyndaquil Community Day 2024, I will never forget you being timed for a literal 108 F heat wave. THREE SHINY CYNDAQUIL, AND NOT A ONE OF THEM 3-STARRED.

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The first thing Kudou realized was that Yoichi’s big fucking dragon was gone. The second thing Kudou realized was the tiny, stubby-limbed thing squirmed between him and Yoichi, whose snores were being unusually muffled. And the last thing Kudou realized before he would bolt upright was the spattering of open flames that flickered on and off in quick succession.

“Fuck--! Yoichi--!” he yelled, and instinctively shoved Yoichi away. His alarm woke up the creature, who let out a tiny screech and wobbled up on all fours, whose back ignited into a steady flame this time.

“Charizard!” Yoichi gasped, and then froze. One of his long-fingered hands clutched for his belly. Quick calculations went on behind those green eyes, and he nearly was too late to prevent Kudou from yanking his gauntlet on and training its sights onto the creature. “No, wait! Kudou, wait!”

They wrestled for the gauntlet’s straps.

“Get your meta ability to eat it!”

“That is my meta ability!” Yoichi exclaimed, and Kudou was so stunned, he accidentally let Yoichi clip his jaw with a pointy elbow. “Oh, no, I’m so sorry--”

“It changed forms again?”

“Well, I…” Yoichi hesitated. He was sprawled over Kudou, limbs comically attempting to wrap him up, and from this angle, Kudou could hardly read the man’s expression. They heaved for breath; Kudou thought his head was ringing, just a little. “Um… Leader… do you feel alright?”

“No?” Incredulity colored his response. “There’s some kind of rat in our bed, and it’s on fire, like your… meta ability…”

“My brother’s meta ability--”

“No. No. Don’t tell me.”

The creature stumbled in the sheets, attempting to approach. Its squat stature did not permit it to overcome one particular crease, and it tripped with a piteous little wail. Seeing it sprawled out on its belly, frustratedly squeaking, stirred some measure of sympathy in Kudou’s heart.

“It’s so cute,” Yoichi cooed, apparently enthralled.

“Why is your meta ability now mine, that’s the bigger issue!” Kudou cringed away from Yoichi as his now-lover scooped up the creature with zero fear, and plopped it on Kudou’s chest. It felt like a fuzzy hot water bottle. It squeaked again.

“What’s its name?”

“How’d you know Charizard’s? Bruce and I could guess how you got Charmeleon out of the lizard’s sounds, but Charizard’s were way more incoherent.”

“Mm,” Yoichi hummed, and carefully rubbed the creature’s fine-haired scalp with a finger. “I suppose it came from the bond. Do you feel it? Between you and… whatever One for All is now?”

Kudou frowned. He closed his eyes, and tried to isolate his immediate feelings of shock and worry from… aha. It had been so difficult to explain to Yoichi what meta abilities, naturally-appearing ones at least, felt like to their users’ innate senses. Gearshift was something like a gust of air, exhaled with deliberate attention, paired with a twinge in Kudou’s temple as he focused on a specific object.

One for All, apparently, felt like a crackling warmth in his core, and instantly, Kudou knew that he could replicate that otherworldly red bolt that Yoichi used to recall his meta ability to a different dimension. And then, he knew the creature’s name.

“Cyndaquil,” Kudou said aloud, and the fat little thing squeaked in acknowledgment. It nestled firmly by his collarbone. Never before had Kudou felt so gratified that Yoichi’s monster--Yoichi’s evidently transferable meta ability--wasn’t subject to mortal indignities.

“So cute,” Yoichi said again.

[total-drama-brainrot]

I envision p!noah being like little buddy from the splatoon series

Owen throws him at people and he will bite them until they shake him off or go unconscious whichever is first

Will also probably dig stuff out of the ground that he can just detect for whatever reason

Apologies, I got splatoon brainrot really hard and all I think of when I hear “little buddy” is that little bastard salmon

I really need to play Splatoon 3. I love that series but I just haven't had the time or energy to get into the newest game.

And you're spot on there about p!Noah being Owen's little buddy, especially post "reveal".

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In Greece, these two would make a killer duo for the wrestling challenge since Owen could and would just scoop up Noah and throw him at the opposing team, encouraging him to run wild. And, oh boy, can p!Noah go wild.

Now, both Courtney and Sierra are pretty overconfident in their assured win for this challenge, since Courtney assumes that Noah and Owen are both relatively harmless (since she didn't witness the bus scene) and Sierra's too hyped up on Defending Cody Juice to really care about who she's facing off against - her main priority here is taking our Courtney for disrespecting Cody. Which is their downfall, since when Noah's launched towards the pair like a missile by Owen, neither of them anticipate the sheer carnage he wreaks upon landing. The two of them come out of the challenge with cuts and bruises aplenty, scattered bite and scratch marks still bleeding sluggishly as they scamper out of the ring tailed by a manic bookworm hot on their heels.

Courtney especially never would've thought the little guy had it in him; the wildness of his eyes and the shine of blood against razor-sharp teeth really painted a picture of a feral beast, as opposed to the generally well-kept and mild cynic she'd come to know. She finds herself genuinely fearing for her wellbeing, at least for a moment.

Then, as the girls exit the ring, Noah stops suddenly. He comes to a standstill at the edge of the ring, centimetres away from disqualifying himself, and all signs of his unhinged mania vanish like smoke. Noah lifts himself from the near four-limbed scampering he'd been doing into his usual nonchalant crouch, brushing the dust from his vest, patting down his hair and (reluctantly) wiping the speckles of blood from his nails and teeth. Regaining his usual composure. Then he turns on his heels to saunter across the ring back over to Owen, who at this point is used to Noah's scarily quick code-switching and greets his carnage-wreaking little buddy with a smile, a thumbs up and a big ol' hug! They won the challenge, after all, that's means for celebration!

(When Gwen comes back from her challenge, she asks Courtney what savage animal she was attacked by - as both Courtney and Sierra look about as worse off as Duncan, who was mauled by a bear - and Courtney promptly answers that she doesn't want to talk about it.)

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I imagine Owen and Noah's dynamic post-London would essentially be the two of them acting like a dog owner and their overzealous puppy, but they switch roles so often the lines get super blurred. One moment Noah's trying to bribe Owen into taking the fall for him with the sweet treats from first class (it works every time), the next Owen's daring Noah to do something dumb and stupid and just dangerous enough to pique his thrill-seeking interest. They share a braincell and neither of them use it.

[kiwikipedia]

I decided that I better post the first and second ascensions before I went insane and did the third fully. Circe’s staff is a placeholder, but once I have all three I’ll post this again lol

Anyways, did you know that there’s almost zero muscular guys with their legs showing fully? I worked with Caligula but it was still a bit of a trial. There’s a lot more of guys who wear armor and leg coverings than you’d think!

I used and edited assets from Summer Robin Hood, Summer Blackbeard, and Waver (shirt), Rider Da Vinci (ponytail... hair not uh, horse tail), Summer Marie, Kiara, and Kiyohime (hat and flowers) , Caligula (as stated above), Summer Costume and Alter Emiya (Torso and cooler), and Lancer Arturia Alter (horse ears). Saddle bag and towel were hand done and everything else was taken and edited from Chiron’s own assets.

Not including the Draft Layers, Two Ascensions end up close to 400 Layers which seems like a lot but when you factor in the combination of color, lineart, shading and the shirt’s texturing, its a lot. Fate’s sprites are all cut up so you gotta make sure it all fits, yeah?

Anyways (again), I have a general plot line for the Summer Event with Caster Summer Chiron (tentatively called Eternal Summer Stage / Lost Summer Stage) and also the individual sets below the cut as well as the taglist

In general, I’m thinking that kinda like the Hawai’i event, this one takes place in Greece, but things are really different — either the nation’s been condensed or it’s impossible to tell where you are in Greece, even for the Greeks.

The premise is that something or someone is creating an influx of energy there, causing an unbalance or some shit but while the threat level is low, allowing for you to take your time (as all Summer events do), it still needs to be dealt with.

Chiron is your main companion Servant though he’s not the welfare one. He, alongside of a rather enthusiastic Li Shuwen and unmasked Berserker Lancelot— both of which are also Summer Servants for the first half wave (Li being either Saber or Berserker) and Lancelot being a Lancer but still Berserker’s more mellowed and gloomy character.

(Costume dress Servants are still up in the air but I’m weighing more on Hans Christian Biggerson and Geronimo, with the long overdue Hawai’i Cu, and Medusa)

Upon arrival, there’s all sorts of plays and performances going on up and down the coast and further inland where there’s a large village up against a Mountain. Both myth and man are mingling, to which Medusa and Chiron both note to be something much out of an ancient sort of tale (hence why Chiron can take his true form and no one cares).

The first half of the event is mostly solving the mystery of what this influx of energy even is— which is where you meet the second Summer Servants for the first half. Technically not Summer in terms of Class change, Ching Shih is the first you meet, dressed in that event’s other Costume Dress for her summer look. She’s happy to help, though there seems to be something a bit off about how easily things start to pop up after that. Plays pertaining to [    ] and other tales, along with even more heroic legends being spun and told. At night, you often run into an unknown woman who sits and chats with you about things as well.

All the while, Chiron seems to become more and more troubled as time goes on.

One night, however, you wander outside the inn because you can’t sleep only to get attacked by rouge Servants. This is when the second meeting happens— and it’s the “Dark fellow” that Ching Shih has been talking about. None other than Sir Agravain of Iron is here.

Though he recognizes you, he doesn’t say much on the matter, simply defeating the rouge Servants and sending them back to the Throne mercilessly. Post fight, Chiron arrives with Ching Shih and Li Shuwen and Agravain is formally introduced.

(There’s an entire thing about him wearing black armor and then you get his costume dress for free)

After that, the reveal that there’s all sorts of half-phantom-half-servants or rouge servants hiding about is finally confirmed though you’ve been fighting shadows and monsters before, the real task is at hand.

In general throughout the farming periods, the Servants will state that they are splitting up to investigate the area, kinda like the very first summer event where each location is a little bit of a sub story (Lancer-lot and Cu are at the shore investigating traces of magical energy with Geronimo, Li Shuwen and Medusa are investigating the plays and performances with Ching Shih, Biggerson and Agravain are in the town investigating there) so that’s there to get the rest of the costume dresses in the shop (Ching Shih, Cu, Medusa, Biggerson, Gero, etc)

The second half has much more to do with Chiron than the first, though he’s your companion for the first half.

Achilles joins the group, though like Ching Shih, he seems a bit odd, but he arrives and arrives with startling news which kicks off the second half of the event— the mountain against the town is Mount Pelion, the Birthplace of Greek Heroes.

This, of Course, has Chiron absolutely of kilter because suddenly he’s home. Ching Shih admits that she feels like a majority of the Singularity’s power is coming from the Mountain but didn’t want to risk going there because it’s crawling with phantom-servants— which only spurs Chiron to restate that he should still go to investigate there.

Everyone decides to go after that, because Chiron clearly isnt about to just up and let it go.

As you go through the mountain you learn a bit more about it from Chiron and Achilles, and Medusa inputs some that she knows. Agravain and Lancelot get into a minor fight, but it’s settled by Hans mostly, the usually in-between stuff.

Oh and did I mention that during this time there’s also cutscenes and non battle story from an unknown person’s POV within another space? Because there is.

In general, I’m still working out the middle chunks, but the ending is pretty much the arrival at Chiron’s Cave, only to be met by the mysterious woman who you’ve been talking to at night. It turns out that she’s Chariclo and she admits— or seems to admit— that she’s been summoning Servants from between the lines of history and Servants that normally have been gotten overlooked for some reason or another due to either being seen as not heroic enough, prejudiced factors, or they’ve simply been forgotten.

Some other stuff happens, and right when she’s about to say something pretty important you’re interrupted... by you.

Another version of you has arrived and it turns out that while Chariclo has been summoning and maintaining Servants, it wasn’t her choice. The other You has been having her do so in order to find [     ] and you know who that is— how could you not?

An argument breaks out, the other You is convinced that Chariclo has already summoned That Man, and while she doesn’t deny it, she states she can’t let the Other You into the Cave because it’ll ruin things. the Other You is determined, and perhaps a bit irrational with obsession to see That Man again and orders the Shadows to attack.

While almost every Servant is there for support, Achilles is not, and when the battles are done you realize why as Achilles stands by the Other You.

Chariclo is firm, continuing to refuse entry into the cave, and the Other You has had enough. Achilles is revealed to have not been Chaldea’s Achilles and apologizes before he’s ordered to kill Chariclo. Obviously, Chiron’s not about that, and takes the blow, severely wounding him.

Of course, this causes a chain reaction, as Li Shuwen and Agravain immoderately go for the kill on Achilles— the Other You makes a move for the Cave, you intercept Yourself because even though Chariclo might not have been a full alley, she had protected the Cave vehemently, Medusa and the others hold off the others are still fighting the shadows, before the mountain shakes.

While not dead, Chiron’s blood on Chariclo’s hands is enough to pull her from her passive state and forge a temporary contract with you. In combination, you and Chariclo stop the Other You and there’s a long conversation about grief and letting go before You and the shadows leave— either fading away or just leaving.

Once gone, Chariclo immediately has you bring Chiron into the cave so she can start healing him.

This is where you meet your welfare— none other than Romani Archaman himself. He’s weak, of course, but there and its a big reunion moment only to be interrupted by the Singularity destabilizing now that the Other You is gone.

There’s conflict, of course. Chariclo wasn’t lying when she said that Romani was too unstable to bring back. Similarly, the only reason she was able to appear, that she knows of, is because they are at Mount Pelion meaning she too is too unstable to follow a Rayshift. Unless a Holy Grail is used.

A choice is presented that you have to make, but all your choices are Romani, no matter how much you or Chiron want to bring Chariclo back as well. When you make your choice, Chariclo will present you a Grail and admit she didn’t use it on Romani at first because she was terrified what the Other You would do when Romani was stable.

With Romani Stabilized, everyone moves to head back down the Mountain for a rayshift back, but Chiron lingers. There’s grief, of course, but the two must say goodbye once more.

... Only, upon arriving in Chaldea, it turns out to not be the case.

Upon Chiron’s injury, Chariclo’s Noble Phantasm, “Lifeblood of Pelion”, quite literally used Chiron’s blood as fuel upon it being soaked into the ground. While they’re not the same as Ryoma and Oryou, as they’re separate Servants, Chiron and Chariclo’s origins linked and allowed for her to exist in Chaldea as another Caster. it’s a bittersweet ending, as Ching Shih and Agravain did not follow— but it’s no worry. Ching Shih stated that she’d see you again, and Agravain, while he didn’t say so, simply nodded in response.

( * Basically Ching Shih and Agravain are added to the permanent summon pool with Ching Shih being a 5* Rider and Agravain a 3* Assassin )

Chaldea Achilles remains extremely put out that he had been the one to harm Chariclo in the Singularity— and also annoyed he couldn’t go because he was busy making sure that Herc didn’t go off the rails.

Post event, the usual collection of the other 4 copies for the np5 welfare are unlocked along with a costume dress for Romani. Who is a Shielder class Servant.

So yeah. That’s basically the bare-bones of the idea. I don’t quite remember where the Shielder Romani idea came from but I saw a post on it and filed it away in my brain forever. The only reason Medusa, Cu, and Gero aren’t full servants is because I really couldn’t think of good classes for them. The only ones I can really think of for Gero is Avenger, and Medusa has alts for lancer and avenger, and Cu has alts for saber caster and berseker... also there’s the Servant pool of Ching Shih, Agravain, Chariclo, Chiron, and Li Shuwen, which is a hefty number even if the first two are perma summon.

If Third Asc Chiron doesn’t obliterate my soul then I’m probably going to work on Summer Li Shuwen next, or the Costume Dress trio of Gero, Medusa, and Cu. Then we’ll see about making those sprites where there’s no character base to use at all.. I might die (jk)

But when I do post the third ascension I’m going to include hatless Chiron because he’s got a lil bow hair tie and the horse ears are CUTE as hell

Anyways, Tag list below. Good god if you made it this far congratulations I know I ramble and make zero sense half the time

Taglist Form or feel free to ask me to get tagged (just DM!):

@jedifisto​​ @spaceydragons​​ @purgetrooperfox​​ @spacerocksarethebestrocks​ @insanelytomato @babygirljoelmiller​ @certified-anakinfucker​ @d3epfriedanger​ @genifer-championofpaldea​​ @thecodyagenda​ @babygirl-leon-kennedy​ @txtalnyx​ @jawajawas​

Please tell me if you want to be taken off of the list as this is no longer just Star Wars art

Additional Tags for those who have been interested in Summer Chiron the past few days (i hope you dont mind):

@300iqprower​ @bitterrosebrokenspear​ @random-senpai​

[brokenhardies]

HI HELLO I saw your arcana swap au and now im intrigued as hell

If you have anything to share about it uhm hi 🙏

ooh okay okay okay!

ive drafted a whole list of the phantom thieves/the hamburgulars but due to like 3 of them not having codenames i haven't posted it. however its p much the same as canon p5r just with the arcanas swapped and the plots slightly altered (palace rulers no 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8 are different)

so right now i have 6 chapters published on ao3 under the name The Butterfly Effect and tbh im quite proud of the story so far! i love fool!yusuke and the rest of the starting team are a joy to write (esp chariot!makoto and lovers!futaba, who have a really fun dynamic!). the next palace is completely original so i gotta figure out the puzzles for it lol

anyway - codenames & personas (for the ones who have codenames lol);

fool!yusuke - ace - nezumi

magician!violet (sumire) - rouge - giselle

charitot!makoto - knight - ching shih

lovers!futaba - jackal - charlotte

emperor!akira - raven - raffles

priestess!goro - ???? - corey

hermit!ryuji - anchor - nautlius

empress!ann - ???? - hélène

justice!haru - cygne - cagliostro

faith!satoru (morgana) - ???? - don quixote

tbh the one who's persona im most proud of is empress!ann - she was originally in the justice position but i changed it around when i made futaba the lovers and goro the priestess, switching haru with her - and her persona is based on a aotearoan (new zealander) spy during ww2 named nancy wake! her original persona name was fiocca - another codename wake used - but i went with hélène instead!

i also really like priestess!goro's persona. i struggled a bit to find a persona with a similar aesthetic to canon makoto's, but then i was listening to a podcast on the salem witch trials and reminded of giles corey, the guy who after his wife was accused of witchcraft straight up went "fuck these witch trials, its bullshit and im not going to be part of it" which lead to him being accused of witchcraft and instead of going along with the mass hysteria of a lot of the young people of salem, decided to be silent and take the punishment of basically getting squished by rocks. instead of revealing other witches, he just kept saying "more weight!" forcing the executioners to push rocks down on him until he died

also lovers!futaba was another persona that i thought was super fun - she's based on charlotte corday from the french revolution, who was not a supporter of the jacobin side of the french revolution and accused the newspaper writer jean-paul marat of basically encouraging violence. so, she decided to trick him into reading a list of potential enemies, and while he was distracted, she decided to stab him! this killed him, and unfortunately she got executed, but she's best remembered for this quote; "I killed one man to save 100,000"

anyway thats a lot of text lol but thanks again for asking this question! very happy to share more info about my asau if people want <3

[shih-coulda-had-it]

👏👏 tuxedo mask sorahiko!! en's way too smug about landing a useless boyfriend.

after a quick dip in the sailor moon wiki... i am more lost than i was before. maybe the majority of the holders/sorahiko are college undergrad age, toshinori's still in high school (and connected bc he takes college-level classes on the side), and chibideku... well who knows where he came from.

I am also tormented for some reason with the concept of sailor jupiter Toshi. Not sure why but I think something about the idea of him wearing a fun little lightning rod between his bangs might be it

[orcboxer]

I once drafted an irc who had a Shih Tzu dog called Sir Yap. Do with this what you will but I like the idea of an orc having this crusty little dog.

Excellent. The crustier the dog the better

[rhodesportfolio]

MORANA VITALIO for Interview Magazine.

Morana Interviewed by Reinier Ferrari. Photographed by Blake Rhode Baldwin.

MONDAY 12 PM OCT. 30, 2023 LA

REINIER FERRARI: Hey, my angel baby.

MORANA VITALIO: Hi!

FERRARI: My older sister. How are you?

VITALIO: I miss you. Thank you for doing this. This makes my life.

FERRARI: It made my life. I’ve never said yes to something faster.

VITALIO: No, seriously. And the fact that we haven’t been seeing each other as much—

FERRARI: I know. It’s a crime. Okay, I’ll jump right into it, and if you don’t like a question, just say no and I’ll never forgive you.

VITALIO: Perfect.

FERRARI: Does anyone or anything inspire you?

VITALIO: My family inspires me. My husband, my kids, my dad, my aunt, you, Devon... I get inspired by love.

FERRARI: I love you. Do you ever take notes?

VITALIO: I make notes if I’m getting inspiration. I’m online a lot.

Bikini Top, Pants, Belt and Necklace Celine by Hedi Slimane.

FERRARI: Walk me through a normal morning for you. What is the first hour of you waking up at home?

VITALIO: Coffee immediately.

FERRARI: How do you get your coffee? Do you go downstairs and get it? Does anybody bring it to you?

VITALIO: I love these questions. I get my coffee from Kings Road Coffee.

FERRARI: You walk to Kings Road?

VITALIO: No, no, no. Of course not.

FERRARI: Glad we’re on the same page. So, is it waiting in your kitchen? Or it’s waiting outside your bedroom door.

VITALIO: It’s waiting in my kitchen. [Laughs]

FERRARI: Okay, great. Thank you.

Top, Shorts, Underwear, and Shoes ALL-IN.

VITALIO: Sometimes if I’ve, like, had a long night, my coffee will appear next to my bed.

FERRARI: Oh, bless that person.

VITALIO: It’s usually Kyle or Jordan bringing it in, though.

FERRARI: Oh, that’s really cute. How do you take your coffee?

VITALIO: I love a vanilla almond milk.

FERRARI: So, on a daily basis, what does your routine look like?

VITALIO: I’m either taking Jordan to daycare or rushing to work somewhere or making pancakes. My kid loves my pancakes, both of them, even Atlanta. [Laughs]

Dress Versace. Earrings Marland Backus. Rings Cartier.

FERRARI: That’s so cute. What do you plan to tell your kids Mommy does for work?

VITALIO: Mommy makes clothes.

FERRARI: Oh, wow. Mommy does make clothes.

VITALIO: Jordan was playing with my drafts yesterday. I like to always show him my name’s on the clothing. I’m like “This is Mommy’s clothes. Your Mom’s really cool”.

FERRARI: She sure is. This might be too invasive of a question, but I’m curious how you’ll deal with their reaction to security.

VITALIO: Yeah. We never really got security until I got pregnant. I have two security in rotation for them and they have been with me for some time now. I’m trying to figure it all out too because we never had security growing up, so I didn’t know what that’s like, but I’ll always try to make it as normal and friendly as possible.

Dress Miss Claire Sullivan. Bra and Underwear Shawna Wu. Earrings and Ring Marland Backus.

FERRARI: Okay, I have two last questions. Do you think you have greyhounds dogs because they remind you of Kyle?

VITALIO: [Laughs] Yes, that’s a part of it. I love seeing little Kyles run around, and I think they’re just funny. They make me smile. I was never, like, a Shih Tzu Pomeranian type of girl.

FERRARI: No, not fluffy.

VITALIO: I need them skinny and fast.

FERRARI: Yeah, totally. My last question is about Versace. Any news you’d like to share?

VITALIO: [Laughs] I don’t wanna spoil much, so you have stay tuned to find that out.

Dress and Necklace Y/Project. Ring (worn on top) Cartier. Ring (worn on bottom) Tiffany & CO.

FERRARI: Well, that’s all I have for you.

VITALIO: Thank you so much.

FERRARI: I love you so much.

VITALIO: I love you. I need to see you in Milan. Thank you for doing this. Seriously.

FERRARI: Yeah, of course. I was so happy to.

VITALIO: Okay, yay. And I hope to see you soon, brother.

FERRARI: Alright, sister. You too. Bye.

[jyslifetimes]

Yin & Young Episode 66 - Peter Kageyama - Writer

Yin & Young the podcast is back with a new episode with writer Peter Kageyama! Peter is a writer whose latest book, 1950s noir thriller “Hunter’s Point” featuring Asian American lead characters, recently became an Amazon bestseller. In this episode we discuss Peter’s background as a Sansei (third generation Japanese American), his work in non-fiction (For the Love of Cities) and fiction, and much more.

Peter’s website: peterkageyama.com

Peter’s non-fiction work: www.fortheloveofcities.com

Highlights:

Peter shares a bit of historical background about Hunter’s Point, San Francisco.

Peter grew up in Akron, Ohio, stood out as one of the few (if not only) mixed race kids in the neighborhood. 

Is known for his work on urban development and city planning (For the Love of Cities) and is now writing fiction.

Father was a Nisei (2nd generation Japanese American) who was interned along with his family during World War 2 in the U.S.

“Hunter’s Point” was written as a kind of conversation with his father. Father was reserved and did not talk about his time in the camps or in the U.S. military.

Shig Murao, City Lights bookstore manager in the 1950s, plays an important role in the book and in the real world Beat scene.

How ones parent’s language is lost with each generation.

More accepting of his mixed race heritage and how this book helped him reconnect with his Japanese heritage.

Being Japanese vs being Japanese American.

How rare/taboo it was to see Asian men marry white women during the 1950s.

Currently writing a sequel to “Hunter’s Point.”

Book Recommendations:

Peter recommends: Facing the Mountain (Daniel James Brown) about Japanese internment.

James recommends No-No Boy (John Okada) about a Japanese American that refused to be drafted into the U.S. military.

Language corner:

反抗期 - hankouki: rebellious phase

恩 - on: obligation (benevolent)

義理 - giri: obligation (social, honorable)

sussy baka: silly stupid (a term kids use when gaming to describe ridiculous behavior). Combines “suspect” with “baka” (��鹿) which is Japanese for fool.

失敗 - shippai: mistake; darn!

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[shih-coulda-had-it]

ahh i can’t believe they just slapped the regular helmet on there. where is the spooky demon lord of it all?

THEY MADE A NEW FANTASY SKIN FOR AFO IN THE ULTRA RUMBLE GAME

He's supposed to be a knight 😭

Here's the full thing

[shih-coulda-had-it]

a ko-fi commission for @aimportantdragoncollector! is it a little spoiler? perhaps. but c2 was already giving us a happy ending, so here's a sneak peek of the scene in advance. >:3c

read the fic here!

*edit: below the keep reading are outfit references and pose sketches!

[liedownquisition]

ok so, hear me out:

Lang shrugged. "I've just got one question for you, hotshot, and I expect you to tell the truth." Phoenix looks off into the distance absently. "I think I can do that." "Why did you forge evidence?" "... I didn't." Lang growls, actually pissed now. "The truth, Hotshot. Earlier you said-" "That I presented it, yeah." "This better as hell not be one of those lawyer technicalities, since someone else made it." Phoenix shakes his head. "You don't have to believe me, but I am telling the truth." "So, you're suggesting that you didn't know it was forged." Phoenix smirks, his head inclined so that his beanie hid his eyes. "Does it matter if I didn't?" "What? Of course it-" Phoenix snorts, shoulders shaking in silent laughter. Lang frowns, staring at him. "Something funny?" "Agent Lang," the man starts in a tone that make Lang's stomach turn. "You're contradicting yourself. Earlier, you said that my actions on the case were your responsibility because you brought me along, even though you didn't know about my reputation and past beforehand." "... I did, so what?" "Shouldn’t that also apply to an attorney about the evidence they present?" He lifts his head, but doesn't meet Lang's eyes. "I brought that evidence to the court. Whether or not I knew it was forged... I should have. That was my responsibility. That's what I'm paying the consequences for."

[sabeedraws]

working on a little Thasmine thingy while listening to my thirteen playlist that's why the video is muted because I can't stop with the doctor who help

[liagazed]

1 - are you named after anyone?

My dead name is my second cousin's ex's name 💀

Max is picked out bc my friend was picking out gn names for their baby and i've been wanting to change my name for a while, so Max just stuck (this was before stranger things 😭)

Venus is just bc j like astronomy and greek mythology

2 - when was the last time you cried?

um.... probably yesterday listening to music—

3 - do you have kids?

No. And when i do have a kid, i want like... one bc my friends with siblings hate their siblings and im scared of that, but also i cant live w/o my siblings so—

4 ‐ do you use sarcasm a lot?

Me? Sarcastic? Neverrrr (that's what my shirt says 🤷🏽‍♀️)

Isn't sarcasm the climax of sexual pleasure?

5 - what's the first thing you notice about people?

Physical? Probably their hair, their height.

Beyond that? How they act. Lemme elaborate. I'll notice some of their habits if they're visible, i'll notice how they act around certain people.

6 - what's your eye colour?

chocolate brown, but apparently, they have a firey glow to them in the presence of the sun (according to my friend that i haven't talked to in a hot minute but—)

7 - scary movies or happy endings?

it depends on my mood tbh. Sometimes scary movies, sometimes happy endings, scary movies with happy endings, or when THE BITCH FUCKING DIES AND INSTEAD OF TELLING THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE HE LOVES HIM, HE TELLS HIM HE FUCKED HIS MOM AND JUST FUCKING DIES AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE HIM IN A FUCKING MURDER HOUSE??? AND THEN THE OTHER BITCH GOES AND CARVES THEIR INITIALS ON THE BENCH, I WILL CRY— over all, i like books.

8 - any special talents?

Uh.. i can sing? And im a pathological liar (= great actress) i can also dance.

9 - what are your hobbies?

<reading3, pinterest surfing, drawing, singing, playing electric guitar, gawking over GORGEOUS women (and like.. 15 men?), crying over music, pretending i'm in the netflix adaption of stories I've written and kept in drafts/made in my head, talking to my friends, and talking to my platonic soulmate<3333

10 - where were you born?

Manatí, Puerto Rico. 💅🏽

11 - do you have any pets?

I have a little sister? IM KIDDING she bosses me and acts like my fucking mom. Shes 2 and a half years younger than me i have a shih-tzu or however you spell that shit(zu), a pitbull, and two lovebirds (Gandúl, which means pea in english, i was cackling my ass off, and Celeste, which is just another shade of blue)

12 - what sports do you/have played?

Ummm i was in dance for a while? Idk if that counts as a sport, i hate most sports. Idk if i played anything else, i don't recall much.

13 - how tall are you?

5'3" *sobs* by best friend fucking TOWERS OVER ME? (spencer, shrink, bitch.) AND SO DOES THIS REALLY FINE GUY THAT'S ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS? AND THE GUY I LIKE?

14 - favourite subject in school?

English. I love it i failed a whole semester of english in the eighth grade. Oh, and art class. Shit was awesome

15 - dream job?

Sleeping and still having enough money to suffice for a living. Jk, film director/producer, maybe a science teacher, or a book author.

✶ TAGS ﹗

@natti-ice @fleurfairie

15 questions about me!

@esme-viridian thank you for the tag my love!!

1- are you named after anyone?

kind of 😅 when my mom was pregnant with me she was listening to Love Line (idk if anyone will remember what that is) and there was a guy that called in that had my name and she liked it so much she just decided on it

2- when was the last time you cried?

about two days ago 😂 i don’t cry often, but i was so overwhelmed with being sick for the first time in 2 years and i was in so much pain and i didn’t really know what to do

3- do you have kids?

NO absolutely not. i don’t want to have kids of my own but when i’m older i’d like to adopt older kids out of the system as soon as i have the means to. even when i was younger i never really liked kids, i only liked babies because at least they slept most of the time 😅

4- do you use sarcasm a lot?

not really :p i never really have a use for it

5- what’s the first thing you notice about people?

their attitude. i can always tell when someone wants to come into a situation with a bad attitude and i do my best to avoid them because you’re not about to ruin my good time

6- what’s your eye color?

i guess it’s like a grey blue 🤷‍♀️

7- scary movies or happy endings?

both i guess :p i love scary movies, it’s been my forever special interest so i can’t really remember a time when i didn’t like scary movies, but i do enjoy a happy ending every now and then

8- any special talents?

i’m AMAZING at trivia, and i love going out to trivia nights :p we actually played a trivia game at home a few weeks ago and i’ve been given the title of ✨Smartest Person in the House✨ don’t ever underestimate the amount of useless facts i know

9- what are your hobbies?

writing obviously :p but i also love reading, thrifting, and i’ve just recently picked up cross stitching again :)

10- where were you born?

Midwest born and raised 😍 my family takes pride on being white trash

11- do you have any pets?

i’m not much of an animal person but at home i’ve got three chihuahuas, all of them are old and really needy so they’re super snuggly :p i still live at home so they’re technically my parents dogs but i guess they’re also mine

12- what sports do you play/have played?

when i was younger my mom tried to get me into tons of sports but i’ve never been a sports kid. she put me in soccer, swimming, horseback riding, tennis, badminton. i think it’s been about 5 years since i’ve played an actual sport 😅

13- how tall are you?

i think around 5ft4 last i checked but i’m about 5ft8 in my favorite platforms 🥰

14- favorite subject in school?

i always loves english, writing has always been a passion of mine wether it was fanfics or short stories or essays. my parents would always say it was math but just because i’m good at it doesn’t mean i like it 😂

15- dream job?

i mean my DREAM JOB dream job would probably be to open up a halloween themed candy store but i know i’m never going to be able to get there 😂 i’ve never really liked considering writing a job, as much as i would like it to be, but if i had to pick a second one i would probably say my dream job is to be a horror screenwriter

i’m going to tag @imagine-all-the-imagines @aidansloth @thatsthewaythechrissycrumbles @manyfandomsfanvergent and anyone else who would like to do this 🥰 no pressure of course!

[hazard-and-friends]

today’s i think i shall cause crimes on tumblr thought: redesigning kennel club breed groups.

there’s some problems, okay? there’s some dogs who are just blatantly in the wrong group (dachshunds) and there are some groups which are just a catch-all for “jobs that we didn’t consider REAL jobs because kennel clubs were designed by racist victorians”, and the idea that the toy group and whichever medium-size-companion dog group (non-sporting/utility) should be separated because of an arbitrary size line (ignoring that coton-de-tulear are non-sporting in AKC but toy in KC, meanwhile shih tzu are utility in KC and toy in AKC)

so here’s my proposal: let’s go back to breed purpose. all the way.

terrier and hound groups can remain as is, but put dachshunds in the terriers where they belong, and remove airedales entirely. terriers are defined as dogs who go to ground after vermin, and hounds track and either catch or hold prey.

keep the KC’s gundog group. put poodles and kooikerhondje and other...gun...dogs in there. gundogs are retrievers, pointers, setters, tollers, and spaniels. dogs who were and are used to hunt game accompanying humans with guns. nearly

keep the AKC’s herding group, as long as it’s herding dogs. LGDs go elsewhere.

LGDs and other dogs whose main or entire purpose is guarding things (people, animals, property) go into a new guarding group. this includes dobermans, chows, mastiffs, BRTs, boxers, etc.

utility group can remain but is no longer a catch-all. instead these are dogs who were used for any and all jobs: hunting, herding, drafting, carting, guarding, etc. this includes rottweilers, airedales, schnauzers, swedish lapphund, american bulldogs, etc.

new companion group for any breed whose originating purpose was companionship. this is not size dependent and the toy group is abolished.

finally working group is the rummage bin group for dogs with jobs but there’s not enough for a full group. sled dogs arguably go here (maybe there are enough for a carting/freighting group?), as do newfies & st bernards (rescue dogs) and dalmatians.

this would be the best place for dog fighting dogs like APBTs and japanese tosa. american bullies go in companion group. staffies and amstaffs can remain in terrier.

[elyayamama]

So back in 2014 i started typing out my life story to post on project suicide. I never finished. Literally just found this in my drafts. Tumblr won't let me post it all at once, but I have typed up to Aprilish 2008. I won't be doing much editing. I would just effortlessly type what I could on my breaks at work in 2014. Some of this trauma I have since suppressed and don't remember. Or maybe it is all the brain cells I've fried in all my suicide attempts since then. Either way, I won't be doing much editing, but if people want me to continue typing, I will, and be a better story teller. I'm very suicidal so I will do as much as I can.

well when I was three I don't even remember this but my mom told me we were at her friends house and I was playing on a swing set that has one of those climbing ropes, apparently I put it around my neck and jumped off. I got my dog scooter when I was six(my shih Tzu). he was my only friend. one day when my mom picked me up from the bus stop with scooter, he stood up and there was a pool of blood under him. it was a problem with his neutering. luckily he was okay but had to wear an orange diaper.  in school I was harassed, tormented, bullied. I was am easy target because I was shy and they knew I wouldn't fight back. I hated recess. I was the one who just sat or wandered around because nobody wanted to play with the weird kid. I'd get made fun of in elementary school because at the end of lunch they would come get me so i could take my meds. later on in school years people would tell me things like my mom should have aborted me. got told i should get raped and maybe then I'd have a reason to be depressed. I'd invite people to my birthday parties every year. people would act like they were friends then turn around and bully me and talk behind my back. some would say they'd show up. i just sat staring out the window. no one showed up. in school they called me dumb because I had a tutor because I have learning disabilities. 'ali, the dumb people lady is here to see you'. I'd get pulled out of classes to go to speech, tutor, testing... I hated when the teacher said 'find a partner' or 'trade your paper with someone else'. I had no one. a lot of times the teacher had to be my partner. always sat alone alone at lunch. I'd beg to be home schooled or transferred, but my mom refused. I was put on medication I believe I was four. baby sitters I had I remember one she was talking to someone on the phone making fun of me because I was on Ritalin. when I was seven I tried to hang myself from my bunk bed. my parents divorced when I was seven and it was so hard on me. shit, it still is. my dad always said he'd never get married again. (he had been married before I was born). didn't find out till I was sixteen that the reason my parents divorced was because my mom cheated with my now step dad. they got together right away. at first I thought he was cool, he played with my sister and I a lot. then he started yelling and hurting me. I got in trouble for crying and he'd squeeze my wrist, hard. my dad got with my now step mom when I was eight. I hated her. and her daughter. another person to be compared to. my sister is little miss perfect. they moved in quickly, and Melanie my step sister started calling my family her family. sue my step mom tried to act like she was my mother. I already have a mother I don't need two. I have a brother too, but I rarely see him. talking about years with no contact. in the fourth grade, I got two cats. kitcat and Elmo. unfortunately kitcat died in 2004, about a month shy of his fifth birthday.  Elmo is still here. he's fifteen and still acts young. best cat ever. when I was about nine, I tried to hang myself from a clothesline with scooters chain. I also watched as scooter got hit by a car. luckily he survived. end of fifth grade we moved out of my child hood home. I was devastated. I loved that house. dude who moved in is crazy and ruined the whole damn thing. fifth grade was also when they put me on Prozac and paxil.  sixth grade was cool. that's when we got my dog Annie, and I met my friend Matt. he had had a kidney transplant a year before. he had the biggest crush on me, but I only saw him as a friend. we were still close though. (my first crush was in kindergarten!) all the boys i ever had a crush on made fun of me and rejected me. I had a crush on this kid Brandon. we had a Valentine's dance and my friend ayla asked Brandon if he'd dance with me on the next slow song. he said maybe. next slow song was hero by Enrique Iglesias. to this day i still hate that song. I looked over and saw Brandon dancing with another girl. that was also the year my dad left me home from a family vacation because I didn't

want Melanie and sue to come along. he also cancelled my birthday party because I didn't want them there. when I was twelve, I met my first boyfriend, Mike. my parents did not approve, said we're too young. after a few months, he disappeared, moved to Florida I guess. my seventh grade year sucked. all of my 'friends' turned their back on me, threatened to beat me up. I didn't even do anything. end of December Mike randomly came back. I snuck out to go on a date with him. my friend ayla's mom drove us. Mike gave me my first kiss. my parents found out and I was grounded. then, Mike cheated on me with ayla. they fooled around, I didn't know what any of that was. didn't know what sex was. ayla would rub it in my face, brag about it, and call me a prude. then all of my 'friends' started threatening me, calling me names. writing nasty vulgar notes to me. my dad had to go talk to some of their parents.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

rough draft for the all for one | abbey by mitski pmv ft. baby afo