#so this is tanuki vs kitsune

[animal-families-tournaments]

[bagel-muncher]

Don't get me started on Izanagi being electric and weak to wind and what that means for Yu's relationship towards either of them I WILL tweak. I love using Persona's being the physical manifestation of the psyche to overanalyize shit

Okay so ik that for p4 and p5 weaknesses are mostly about the opposite element (except for a few exceptions like Teddie being weak to elec) but it's interesting to me that Yosuke and Kanji are each other's weakness. And like there's definetly a lot of tension between the two even with them being friends at the end of the day, but it's just interesting. There's a lot of reasons that could point to this but since I'm me I'm gonna analyze it like this

So we're all extremely familar with Yosuke being the king of internalized homophobia. It makes a lot of sense that considering there's such a prevelent part of himself he's so uncomfortable with, he'd lash out against the only person he knows that he can easily associate that with. But even with Kanji's own issues, he's still confident as hell for the most part. It's a sensetive subject for sure, but he's very openly interested in Naoto even when they thought she was a guy and makes some very... interesting remarks towards Yu with certain outfits equipped to either of them. He denies his possible queerness, but it's something he's open about at the same time.

Yosuke's weakness is someone being able to express this part of themselves openly while still being happy with themselves, while Kanji's is the fact that it's something he'll forever have to deal with problems from others and the internallized problems that can come from that.

[ysines]

springfest just got announced, and im pretty sure i know the theme.

so before i say my theory i want to tell what i think the theme is so that none of you have to read the whole thing to get it. i think that springfest's theme will be flowers vs candy vs eggs. i think shiver will be team flower, frye will be team candy, and big man will be team eggs.

lets analyse this image.

evidence for flowers:

top left corner, a sticker of a character is wearing a flower in its hair

to the right of that sticker there's a sticker of a face. the face has flowers for eyes.

to the right of THAT sticker there's a strange symbol covered in small flower markings.

flowers have an obvious connection to spring.

evidence for candy:

under the top left sticker there's a trio of symbols that look like gummy worms to me

in the top right, there's a squid licking a lollipop

alongside the edges of the image there's tons of small jellybean symbols and sprinkles

candy has a connection to easter, which occurs in spring

evidence for eggs:

at the bottom, there's a sticker of a fish with legs. this fish has an egg strapped to its back.

to the right of the fish sticker is a face sticker, with an egg shell on its head.

to the right of the face sticker is an egg.

eggs have a connection to easter, which occurs in spring.

next image!

evidence for flowers:

giant obvious statue just slightly left of the middle of the image. huge plant, huge pink flowers

on the screen to the left to the statue is shiver, with green tentacles. the color green is often associated with plants. flowers are a type of plant

evidence for eggs:

this image pretty much proves that egg is one of the splatfest options. the cephaloling in the forefront has a tye-dye style splatfest tee with an egg symbol on it

we know that this is a splatfest tee becayse every cephaloling in every image is wearing a tye-dye style tee, and the tye-dye shirts didnt appear in the gear announcement

egg is guaranteed a splatfest option and its color is pink

next image:

evidence for flowers:

to the left of the frontmost statue are some pretty big tulips

on the bottom of the statue's bonnet is a strange pink symbol and a fish symbol. both have small flower markings.

the kitsune and tanuki statues have flower crowns

evidence for eggs:

on top of the frontmost statue is a large object that can be assumed to be an egg

the statue's base seems to be a giant eggshell

hanging off the bottom of that eggshell are smaller eggs in the splatfest colors

final image:

this image has a lot of the same evidence as the first image, with the addition of the pink pinhole shades having jellybeans and sprinkles in the lenses.

in the back are three ink splashes. in order for left to right, its green, blue, pink. assuming the ink splashes are in accurate order (as in when we get the actual theme announcement the order of colors will be the same), that means shiver is on the green team, frye is on the blue team, and big man is on the pink team.

shiver has already been seen with green tentacles, and ive already said how i think green is team flowers because of green's association with plants. we already know for sure that team eggs is guaranteed and its ink color is pink, so big man is on team eggs.

that means frye is on team candy, the blue team. this makes extra sense because frye was on team sweet. if anybody in deep cut was team candy, it would be her.

as such, i believe the splatfest theme is flowers vs candy vs eggs. i think team flowers has green ink and is repped by shiver. i think team candy has blue ink and is repped by frye. and i think team eggs has pink ink and is repped by big man.

thank you for coming to my S.Q.U.E.D. (splatoon questions understanding entertainment design) Talk

[core-bagg]

FUCK IT, AU TIME!

I got inspired by @pepperoni-chips’ au and decided to make my own.

TL;DR: GHS meets Japanese myths and that one fae rule

Plot

It’s been half a year since Gregory House became aware of a new hotel and sent their first expeditionist (A random JB that nobody would miss). Gold wanted a break from the hotel and ask Gregory if he could leave. To his surprise, the old rat said yes…But not as how he looked now, besides, they needed someone to find that last expeditionist. Gold, now dubbed “Gabriel”, ends up at Laplace itself. There’s only one objective, find that JB and get out…Oh, and another thing; Don’t tell them your real name at any cost.

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Characters:

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“GABRIEL”

Gabriel is the main character of the au. He is JBG in disguise, using a soul to hide his true appearance…Unfortunately for him, that soul belonged to a teenager who just hit puberty. All he wanted was a day away from the hotel, and he got to visit Gregory House’s kaizo mode cousin.

“THE RADIO”

Of course Gregory wasn’t going to just let one of his first guests walk straight into a potential death trap without guidance, so he dug out an old radio and hooked the other end up to an anonymous helper. They know a little too much about Laplace for comfort…Oh yeah, the old expeditionist used to send letters of his findings.

“YOKO”

The fox that runs Laplace. Despite the name, she is not a Yōko, she’s actually based off a Myōbu. She is quite strict, but that’s her job as the runner of Laplace. Like Gregory, she has a “one-winged angel” form, which is based off a Tenko.

“PONPOKO”

The tanuki that acts as Neko Zombie’s stand in. Like how NZ and Gregory’s relationship is based off the classic “cat vs mouse”, Yoko and Ponpoko’s relationship is based off the Japanese “Kitsune vs Tanuki”. He’s a much more jovial and round fellow.

“DR. RIVER”

A kappa that works as Laplace’s resident doctor. He is a kind man, in fact, he’s one of the more kinder residents in Laplace. Unlike Catherine, he will actually try to cure the guest’s illness and won’t just take them as live bait. He is also a man that’ll never break a promise. However, he is a little cowardly after an experience that made him put a helmet of water around his head.

“FAULT KID”

A Nopperabō who gets their kicks off enabling a guest’s despair. They usually change their appearance to reflect a person that the guest has wronged in the past. The only way to get rid of Fault Kid is to either ignore them or show a positive reaction instead of a negative reaction, then they’ll walk off to find someone else.

“POLY-SAN”

A arcade machine that plays a dating simulator on its screen. He seems like a regular arcade machine at first, but the more the in-game Poly-san gets attached to you, the more he reveals that he’s sentient. Poly-san is a Yandere who’ll even harm his “lover” if they “cheat”. Basically Catherine without the chest.

“COLD GIRL”

A young yuki onna that always cold. She wanders the halls, hoping to find a way to satiate her hunger for warmth. Should a guest hug her, they’ll suffer from an incurable sensation of coldness that’ll be around for at least an hour. She also has a mother called “Cold Mama” who is a tsurara onna with a similar yet worse coldness.

“RISADA”

A Warai onna dressed like a jester. She’s usually in the hallway practicing tricks. If a guest approaches Rasada, she’ll purposely fail her trick and begin laughing. Sooner or later, the guest will begin to laugh as well. Even after she leaves, they’ll still be laughing until they either pass out from the lack of air or they’re snapped out of it.

“HANGING BOY”

A Teru-Teru Bōzu who likes to play the game “hangman”. He’ll give the guest hints so they can spell the right word. It may be a simple game to him, but with that rope that spawned around the guests neck, it’s a game of life or death.

“THE KING”

An oni that’s behind Laplace’s creation. He has three servants: a blind one named “Mizar”, a deaf one named “Kika” and a mute one named “Iwa”. He is, as the title would imply, in cahoots with Yoko, the person running Laplace.

“THE MANZAI”

The current beating heart of Laplace. This is the fate of the first expeditionist. After he faced all the trials of Laplace, his escape prevented by one fatal mistake: He said his real name. But that’s a mistake that won’t be repeated, right Gabriel?

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That’s my lore dump done, feel free to ask me about my AU. I’m really passionate about it! Okay bye!

[hologrammana]

So in my story, I write on the side when I am not on tumblr.com far far to often or at my job.

I was tackling fantasy creatures what exists vs whats just mythology.

Because it is set in a broadly real world but with ya know, cosmic anomalies, magicians, psychics, monsters, etc etc we've been here before.

So I wanted to TRY and do something unique with the fantasy humanoids and this is what I decided to do. In order to keep a hidden world vibe I really had to think it over, my rules were thusly:

No alternate dimensions, I thought that felt lazy for me personally, I wanted people who knew what to look for could find a repreive of elves in India or orcs in a french forest.

Avoid normalizing the fantasy while allowing someone who is informed about things to loosly catagorize creatures

Don't tolkienize stuff, I didn't want to just rip off JRR Tolkien as it was roughly set in modern times, a bit before in the late 90s I wasn't to worried but it was a good reminder

What I ended up doing is roughly catagorize 3 lineages while fleshing out some stuff on my own.

Elves, for whatever reason I went with their diet when thinking of elves, instead of the vegan high and mighty elves I went weird and scary, eating sweet and fatty bloods the sweeter and fattier the better. Elves have the most overlap with faries with kidnapping humans in myth but the myths of hags and other uncanny valley myth creatures make up elves, if a creautres form is changable a shapeshifter or the like vastly increases their chances of being elves.

Orang Bunians

Haltijas

Jinn

Satyrs

Qallupilluit

Mazapéguls 

Patupaiarehe

Svartálfar

Dökkálfar

Ljósálfar

Yumboes

Imps (None Demonic)

Redcaps

Rakshasa

Centaurs

Empusai 

Mermaids

Selkie

Kitsune

Tanuki 

Dwarves, I kept the idea of earth related grudgeholders but I wanted to include dwarves in tales of little people, primarily adding fastidiousness and helpful overall generous nature to them. Even dwarves in norse myth gave plenty of gifts and items upon request shift their attitude and there you go.

Gnomes

Domovoy

Guhyaka

Fions

Dwarf (Eddic/norse)

Pygmy (Greek)

Eloko

Kappa

Orcs, fantastical the orcs are not orcs or as I am tempted to renames the catagory to Ogres are well man eating more monsterous humanoid myths and the orcs keep that being man eaters all the way down. Unsubtle and commanded by their baser urges but not nessesarily dumb just different values. I also wanted to include one of my favorite tropes the sun banishes monsters, so orcs get that to various intensities. Some could definitely be added but from what I could find I think all these fit.

Goblins

Jotunnar

Oni

Ogre

Troll

Cyclops

Gigantes (greek giants) its also a food lol

Mapinguari

Ke’let

Tengu

Anyways I would love to answer questions about this thing I just babbled about if anyone has any it would also help me procrastinate so asks are much appreciated in that regard.

[dangans-ur-ronpas]

danganronpa monsters and mythics au: some miscellaneous stuff about students and general life:

jin kirigiri is from a family of monster-hunters. his wife built kyoko and the two of them raised her like a daughter, but upon his wife's death kyoko was taken in by the kirigiri family to be used as a tool. jin encouraged her to gain independence and learn what it means to be alive

hope's peak is a school for only nonhuman students. jin, employed at hpa originally as a teacher for human studies and then as director, was the first one to propose a class with human students. after a lot of back and forth he agreed to a class that consisted of mostly nonhuman students with some experience with humans, and only a few full human students who might be able to stand on equal ground with their peers through magic or other skills

makoto, with no magic or noteworthy skills, was enrolled by sheer luck. the new class already had 3 human students, and was planning on enrolling a leprechaun - but the leprechaun never responded to the letter, so they reached out to a human with inhuman luck instead. makoto accepted without really researching beforehand

small species, like pixies, usually live separately from others due to accessibility issues. some, like chihiro, might try to overcome this by building magic prosthetics to allow them to use tools and do things intended for larger species

similarly, species without opposable thumbs or not suited to land environments will also use prosthetics and mobility aids, like sayaka

recent years has seen more and more cross-species interactions with human populations. sayaka, for example, has a human following, though a number of them believe she's just a human performer with a fantasy gimmick

humans usually have a shorter lifespan compared to most other species, so human-hybrids usually have a growth period and lifespan that doesn't match up with their human side or nonhuman side - for example, byakuya grew up too slow for human society and too fast for dragons. as such he was mostly homeschooled

unlike monster-hunters, exorcists and ghosts are not human-only phenomena. but there are more human ghosts than any other species, so its theorized that the science of becoming a ghost or undead might not be linked to the amount of magic that the deceased had...or, that there are so many humans that die so quickly, that most ghosts would end up human by sheer numbers

magic varies. different species have different sciences defined for it - i.e: the fundamentals of shapeshifting magic differs between those who are born able to do it (i.e selkies) and those who have the ability for it, but need to train and hone it (i.e kitsunes and tanukis) and even those who need to learn from scratch (i.e a human person trying to shapeshift with magic)

there's a lot of theorizing on why so many species might have humanoid features or human appearances in certain circumstances (i.e: selkies, werewolves, even harpies have human faces). currently the jury's out on whether it's because of cross-breeding or evolution, or both. or magic

magic is considered a science. the only difference between a magic smartphone and a human smartphone is a human smartphone uses electricity vs magic - the most concrete thing that defines all magic is, it's something that most nonhumans can perceive and manipulate, but a nonhuman can usually identify another nonhuman out of a group of humans purely by sensing magic

vice versa, things like the harnessing of electricity and uh. bluetooth is considered a magic used only by humans

humans can use magic, but it's difficult and most people need to be born with that affinity first

[likeadog]

nobimaru is so fascinating i want to put him under a microscope and study him i wanna be a nobimaruologist and learn everything about him his natural habitat preferred diet etc his behavior in captivity vs wild he's like some sort of creature to me . most interesting guy ever

his diet you say? i can give you a few canon bits

-from the bday qna, it seems he only sits and eats while on the job, since he never takes a day off. this makes sense-- we see him grab meals once or twice while actively working. take the opportunity, i suppose. we also get some of his preferences in extras

-he likes soba, because he likes wasabi

-he likes to eat raw meat. hes part of the "i <3 raw meat" gang

-he likes his udon with double aburage (fried tofu, rumored to be a favorite food of kitsune)

-his starbucks order is a tall americano with an extra shot of espresso

-while heading to kyoto, he has the girls (and ume) stop with him to get cream puffs after walking by the store. likes sweets, maybe?

his behavior in captivity vs in the wild is really just how he acts in child form vs true form

-in his child form, nobimaru is a lot more "customer service" smile. the way he talks tend to be a little verbose, and he rarely breaks his tone. the "good weak kid" idea definitely gets across, but you can never shake the feeling something is off with him, especially because he'll say the most disturbing shit unprompted.

-in his adult form, nobimaru is a lot more flamboyant, but that doesn't make him more genuine. remember, he's always out to confuse people as to what his personality is! however, i find adultmaru a lot more fun for casual interactions. we also see that when with allies in this form, he takes on more of an "annoying little shit" attitude-- he shakes tarouta, teases inugami about turning into a little tanuki, and jokes about being kaede and akagi's cupid. he will still not hesitate to commit a felony though.

[zaruba-needslove]

To be fair to the four of them, they were all based on yokai... Bake-Gitsune, bake-danuki, Nekomata, and Gozuki.

Gitsune and Danuki are two yokai that uses disguises a lot.

Nekomata has the powers of necromancy and uses ritualistic dance to control the raised dead.

Gozuki is bullhead that guards the gates of hell

[Gozu and Mezu are the first demons that one encounters upon entering hell. Should a person manage to escape from hell, Gozu and Mezu are sent out to bring them back.

They (Gozuki and Mezu) operate the great torture chambers of Jigoku and oversee the torment of countless souls.

You will find that everyone of these descriptions kinda fits the character to a T.]

Also... I would say Na-go Beat's weapon is an axe guitar/elements because she doesn't only use fire.

Nitpicker time 😃: It's Kitsune (きつね) and Tanuki (たぬき). Like yeah while 化け狐 and 化け狸 IS pronounced as ばけぎつね and ばけだぬき, the root word itself is pronounced without the (")

Kinda like how 語り (かたり- Narration) becomes 物語り (ものがたり - Storytelling)

😂😂 Sorry... I'm just slightly triggered. I mean it's not critically wrong....but it just rubs ME wrong. It's like seeing ppl spell Tiger as Diger 😃 Or hearing ppl insist つずくis read and pronounced as tuzuku and not tsuzuku 😃 Or Tsukihime being read as Tukihime 😂😂

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Aaaanyway....

Regarding Beat - I guess cos half the time I see people use Fire attacks while using Beat's critical move that it din register to me that it's capable of unleashing other elemental effect. I mean, the only other element that made sense would be Lighining (cos electric guitars) or Wind... but that din exactly covers ALL elements, did it?

... I guess when put it like that it does look that Na-Go and Buffa kinda still follows a certain theme related to their animal motives. But it still felt kinda OFF compared to KeiAce.😃

Like as much as Neon came about due to Akari's death, the show did go so far as reminding us that Neon is not REALLY Akari revived from dead. If not because of this, the nekomata lore with the necromancy part would've fit better. (Or maybe not still. I mean, Necromancy ≠ Fantasy). Not to mention that as much as Neon did a lot of dancing while using Beat, that's not exactly ritualistic dancing... is it? (Yeah... i really had very bad habit when it comes to nitpicking on the details, i can be very overly critical on it)

I guess the whole volcanic part of Ploison could be assumed to be related to hellfire. Ignore that bit, anyway with the dark matter/jyamato bit about Poison, one MIGHT take that as an evolution from the undead theme. But other than that Ploison is still.... meh. I would've like it better if Ploison had less armour (Like Gozuki was supposed to have living armour and not wearing literal body armour) or be more dark purple (Like Roudo's armour) rather than SILVER. (And again, i felt that Ploison being mostly silver was so forced just because they wanna pair it with Dooms. Like Fantasy IS also half-gold <which it would've be nice if Na-Go also get to have it's other half buckle -in v-cine - that could either also be gold or dark blue - then Ploison could've been Silver with ORANGE highlights> but no, we're not getting that do we? I wish Ploison was a half-buckle as Fantasy <give me half nekid bull demon dammit!> hahaha. Also shame that Ploison don't really have the volcano element. Still. I mean lava>hellfire>Gozuki... ya get me? No?)

I'd blame to Nekomata/Gozuki lore being lesser known compared to kitsune/tanuki BUT NOT REALLY i mean even if you're not familiar with tanukitsune lore, the themes in GeatsTycoon design for both basic and final form was pretty STRAIGHTFORWARD and felt like an evolution of their themes and concept like... black/white -> night/day, Geats' evolution being mortal -> immortal and then you have Tycoon's being ninja -> shogun (since ninjas used to follow the biddings of the shogun, aka master vs servant relationship) - and all this you don't really even need to be an expert in tanukitsune mythology...

Meanwhile Nago-Buffa's like... guitarist -> mage????, lumberjack* (????) -> castle (???) gate guard (???) ... like you can't help going ?????? at them. That said... was there anything about Nekomata having anything to do with Gozuki or Gyuki? (i don't think there's any) but then again my mythology knowledge mostly covered a very threadbare base knowledge of japanese mythology/folklore as well as yugioh monster cards and anime 😃

And we're back to the fact that... i dun really think ppl put much thought about assigning Cat and Bull designations to Neon and Michi, beyond just making Neon a stray and Michi the bullhead. Meanwhile, the tanukisune rivalry literally supported the whole show like look at the divorce arc 😃

Suddenly I wonder what if Neon ended up being assigned to a crow instead, then maybe her final form could be based on a tengu and Buffa can REALLY have a final form based on a plant monster. And maybe we could also have more expansion on why Na-go/Buffa CAN'T get along 😂

*i mean dude... lumberjacks used chainsaw... and i forgot what villain character in horror movie used chainsaw

KeiAce さいこう！！！！！

[nekasu]

"I will respect Ei when she earns it. Her sole talent is smacking things until they fall over, hmph." While Inazuman culture did indeed respect powerful warriors, a kitsune would naturally value other aspects of power than sheer strength alone.

"You know, I'm correct far more often than people think, yet people are always surprised."

As Saiguu approaches him, she'll soon find that he's a fair bit taller than she is, a fact that causes a smug grin to cross his face, revealing his sharp fangs. So much for the 'little kitsune' claims!

"And what does that make you, auntie? An even littler kitsune~? Maybe it's you who's the adorably tiny one!" Not that either of them were little in any way; both at least 500 years old and quite tall respectively. But she was the one who chose the battlefield of large vs. small, so Neka had little choice but to fight on it!

"I'm not accusing you of anything, but to completely deny the possibility is rather close-minded. And you're right, that tanuki is the biggest and dumbest of the lot, but there are probably others more crafty than he."

"You really should respect both of them, I don't think Makoto would be happy hearing you insult her sister."

"Although... i'm not going to say you are wrong."

Saiguu smirks mischievously

"Yes you are a little kitsune, you are younger than me so i can say you are little~"

"Only having one tail showing is easier to manage either way~"

"But don't take my word for it after all, You seem quite the showboat"

Saiguu walks close to him cheerfully

"You are quite adorable behaving this way~"

"You should be-careful around the other Hakushin members though, they might not like it and they are much less tolerant and nice than i am~"

Saiguu says as she continues teasing

"To think you would accuse me of being a fake Saiguu, No one else could play my role better than me. Not even Ioroi could fathom that."

Saiguu says in a smug tone almost as bad as his.

"What a mischievously little kitsune you are, you remind me of someone."

[spooky-ghost-boi]

Damn shawty, you definitely thicc.

A ReddNook weight gain fic.

Words: 2306

Description: Tom gets injured and has to sit on his ass for a couple months and work from home and Redd is making sure Tom doesn’t “Starve”

Warnings: people with climacophobia/traumatophobia this is definitely not your jam, mentions of a blowjob (I’m too unsure to actually write it out, I’m sorry), weight gain (duh), Tom Nook vs Ladder, prOfAniTieS, Redd AND Isabelle enjoy groping Tom’s fat don’t @ me on that.

A/N: depending on how well this does, I might write a part two. Also I had help brainstorming!

Ps: Imagine how good my grades would be if I wrote my assignments this quick and handed them in before the deadline.

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Tom had rushed out of the door, realizing he was about to be too late if he didn’t hurry up to the Resident Services. His large breakfast still sat rather heavy in his stomach which made his stomach hurt slightly as he speed walked but he had a lot to get done today.

He was a little surprised to see that Isabelle hadn’t arrived yet, in the meantime he walked to the backroom so he could brew himself some coffee. He heard a dripping noise, thanks to his enhanced hearing. Looking up he noticed a hole in one of the pipes and sighed to himself.

Tom still felt rather tired and his movements were rather slow and sluggish as he made his way to the basement to get a ladder. He put the ladder against the wall and climbed it up, surprised by how.. Exhausting it seemed now.

Meanwhile Isabelle came in and smiled softly to herself when she saw Tom’s stuff already on his desk.

Crash!

A slight groan in both pain and annoyance.

Her smile faded immediately and she rushed into the backroom, she noticed the chunky Tanuki lying on the floor under a leaking pipe and a broken ladder.

“Tom! Are you alright?!” Isabelle asked in shock.

“I’m doing splendid! It’s not like my leg is twisted at an unnatural angle, hm?.. Couldn’t be me! Yes, yes.” Tom said in slight annoyance.

_._._.

After a couple nights in the hospital Tom was back home, his leg was broken.. Which obviously wasn’t ideal. He had to work from home and either Redd, Timmy or Tommy had to deliver his paperwork to Isabelle every evening.

He’d been spending roughly a week at home and it had been rather peaceful to his surprise, Redd was distracting him sometimes for.. Other things or he was making Tom food. Good food, a lot of food and of course Tom lacked self-restraint so he often just ended up accidentally stuffing himself when he was working. Sometimes to the point he had to unbutton his progressively tighter pants.

“Hey, Nookie~ I got you your favorite coffee and doughnuts, they’re still warm.” Redd said to his quite chunky boyfriend.

“I told you to not call me that! But, thank you, hm.” He said, as he filed papers. Eyeing the mess on the desk.

“Enjoy your doughnuts, I’ll be in the kitchen making lunch for you.” Redd said, smirking to himself before leaving the room. His plan was working.

After a couple of minutes of diligently working, Tom grabbed a donut and ate it. He moaned as the incredible flavor hit him. He had a huge sweet tooth, especially when it came to pastries.

Therefore he devoured those 6 doughnuts within 30 minutes, feeling quite stuffed. His pants were uncomfortable and he just unbuttoned them. The coffee gave him a boost of energy which is something he desperately needed as the huge snack he just had seemed to make him tired. He groaned and rubbed his stomach.

He took a breather. Then returned to filing papers and making the occasional call.

He wasn’t even hungry before Redd barged in with a nice and full plate of pasta and tomato sauce.. With loads of cheese on it.

“Redd.. I’m actually still quite stuffed.” Tom said as he shifted his weight in his chair, it creaked slightly and he didn’t actually pay attention to it.

“Awe, come on Tom. You wouldn’t want to eat cold pasta now, do you? You don’t have to eat all of it, just eat as much as you can! ” Redd told him.

“Fine! Just put it on the table.. I’ll eat it. Thank you, yes, yes.” Tom said and continued with his work. He somehow felt hungry again.. Or did he just feel the need to eat? Or was it boredom.

Redd smiled at the Tanuki, “I’ll pick up Timmy and Tommy later, but I’ll tell you before I leave. “ Redd said.

“That’s splendid..” Tom said as he grabbed the plate of pasta and began to eat. He was eating out of stress and boredom more than anything else. He failed to notice how much his belly was pushing out, making the fact evident he unbuttoned his pants.

“You need some bigger pants, Nookie~?” Redd said in a slightly teasing tone.

“No.. I’m just bloated. I guess it’s the lack of movement, hm?” Tom said, he ACTUALLY was convinced that was the reason and Redd found it cute.

“I see.. You don’t have that much to do right now, do you?” Redd asked and winked slightly at his boyfriend.

“That depends on what you mean.. Hm.?” Tom asked as he put a few papers aside. He totally understood what Redd meant but he wanted him to be more direct. For his entertainment of course.

“I could suck your dick.” Redd said, not really embarrassed because he’s.. Well, Redd.

“Why don’t you just say so?” Tom asked as he somehow managed to pull down his pants.

_._._

After giving Tom a decent blowjob, Redd had gotten him another snack.

“Have this while I’m gone, so you don’t waste away.” Redd chuckled as he said that to Tom, which just earned him a scoff.

“-And don’t miss me too much.” Redd promptly added before walking away.

“Trust me, I most definitely won’t!” Tom yelled after him.

Tom finished off all calls and paperwork he had to do for the day and leaned back in his chair, rather satisfied with himself as he ate the big slice of cheesecake and coffee Redd had gotten him.

He sighed softly and put a paw on his already pretty chubby belly, he felt bloated and honestly a little heavier than he was used to but he didn’t mind. It was probably the lack of movement as he didn’t walk to work or play with the boys. He had to rely on Redd to help him around the house, which seemed awkward since Redd was such a twink and he himself was probably almost twice as heavy as the Kitsune.

He actually hated being dependent on Redd, however he couldn’t do much.

After a little while Redd came back with the boys who rushed to the kitchen to eat dinner and Redd walked to Tom’s office.

“Hiya, Nookie! You wanna eat dinner on the kitchen? Need help to get there?” Redd asked.

“I would..” Tom said as he leaned onto the table for some support to get up, then leaned onto Redd. They both managed to make it to the kitchen and Tom plopped onto a chair opposing Timmy.

“How was work for you two?” Tom asked softly. Tom usually disliked showing vulnerability to other people, even Redd at times but that was slightly different with the boys, he wanted to be the best father figure for them, despite them being his employees. Afterall they were still kids and needed guidance in their life.

“Good! We’ve had lots of customers.. Customers.” They both said in unison.

“I’m glad.” Tom said as he ate his dinner, trying his best to ignore the Kitsune.

“You two want to watch a movie later?” Tom asked his boys. He felt guilty for being unable to play with them so he hoped watching a movie would make both of them and himself happier.

“Sure!” They replied.

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After a couple of months he finally could walk again and go back to work, he wasn’t supposed to lift up heavy things still.

He took a shower the day prior and was getting ready for work, feeling good about himself again.

Redd watched his chonky boyfriend put on his khaki shorts, he noticed Tom struggle getting them over his hips. Oh shit, there was no way Tom was gonna get them buttoned.

“.. Redd? They don’t fit.” Tom said, deciding that maybe He’d have more luck with his work shirt.

He managed to get the two upper buttons buttoned but not the rest.

He looked a little panicked at Redd, who didn’t know what to do either. “.. What if you wore a sweater? It’s not that warm yet-“ Redd suggested.

“I guess that could work..” Tom said as he looked through his closet to get a sweater with the Nook Inc logo on it.

Redd despised the logo at this point, really.

The sweater fit, but it was really tight and giving Tom a muffin top along with the pants he was wearing. He didn’t have much time to worry about that right now as he had to head to work. Pretty ironic that this happened to the man making people wear their work uniforms because “clothes are a big part of business.”

In the mean time Redd headed to the Sable Sisters to make sure to get Tom some bigger clothes.

Tom was a little out of breath when he walked to the Residential Services, he opened the door and just sighed. He pulled down his sweater and walked into the backroom where Isabelle was waiting for him.

“Good morning, Tom!” She said as she handed him his coffee.

“Good morning and thanks for the coffee! Yes, yes.” Tom said, his stomach growled again and it also hurt.

“Seems like somebody is hungry! I made you some “welcome back ”cookies!” Isabelle said as she handed him a plate.

“That’s splendid, thank you.” Tom replied, before blushing a little. “Do you know whether we still have.. Err, bigger sized work uniforms?” Tom asked.

“For what?” Isabelle asked, pretending to be oblivious. She of course noticed how much bigger the Tanuki looked, he was so chunky and it surprised her.

“I put on a few and this.. Isn’t exactly the most comfortable outfit.” Tom said as he tried to pull his sweater down again.

“See for yourself! I’m pretty sure there is something at least.” Isabelle said and smiled at Tom.

Tom sighed as he went to the work uniform shelf and looked through various shirts, to his luck he found the exact same shirt he owned just a couple sizes bigger. He immediately slipped it on along with a pair of khaki shorts he had found.

To his surprise the shirt was a little loose on him.

Isabelle was already at the desk, working.

He walked to his own desk and plopped on the chair, which creaked under all the new weight. While doing his usual work he ate the cookies Isabelle had made for him and downed several cups of coffee. Occasionally He’d get snacks from the vending machine but he was still so oddly hungry.

He felt a little exhausted at the end of the day and especially after his walk home. Getting pampered by like everyone really affected his already in first place wide waistline, but now he was getting lazier too.

“Good evening, Nookie!” Redd said as Tom came home, he obviously noticed the change in attire and how bloated Tom looked. Despite being so bloated, Tom’s stomach growled.

“You sure you want dinner? You look like you just feasted. My, my, Nookie~” Redd teased, he just really wanted to unbutton Tom’s shirt and feel how much Tom let himself go.

“Busy and stressing day at work to be honest.. Isabelle made a lot of cookies for me as welcome back gift or something. I’m actually quite hungry though.” Tom said as he patted his belly.

“I’m not surprised.” Redd said as he practically shoved Tom into the kitchen. “It’s still a bit until dinner but I made you some cake.” He told him.

Tom lazily sat on a chair, “thanks, hmm.” He said as he ate a slice and then another.

“Do you want some coffee?” Redd asked.

“Sure.” Tom said and leaned back into his chair.

Redd put the coffee onto the table and smiled at his boyfriend. “There you go, Nookie~” He said.

Tom grumbled but drank his coffee.

What he didn’t know was that Redd had put some melted butter along with the milk and sugar in there, so he’d have a bigger boyfriend much faster.

Eventually the kids arrived and they all ate dinner together. After that they played with Tom and Redd, it made Tom happy that he could be there for the kids again.

Tom had brought them to bed at around 21 pm and then made his way to Redd’s and his bedroom. Tom’s stomach growled and he sighed softly as he sat on the bed, which creaked slightly under his weight.

“I got you doughnuts~” Redd mused, as he handed Tom the box.

“Thank you, yes.. Ye-“ Tom yawned and began eating a couple of doughnuts.

“Can’t stop eating lately, am I right, Nookie?” Redd teased as he unbuttoned Tom’s shorts and shirt and began rubbing his belly.

“I told you to stop calling me that since months now.. “ Tom complained and he would’ve pushed Redd away if he weren’t so godforsaken tired.

“Too tired to properly move?” Redd teased.

“Just.. Shut up for once, hm.” Tom huffed, as he closed the empty doughnut box. He then also drifted off to sleep, with Redd rubbing his belly gently.

After a couple months the Tanuki had to size up. . Again. It seemed that both Isabelle and Redd loved to pamper him.

His gut was well hanging over his waistband and he was way lazier and more easily exhausted.

Isabelle was closing off the shop and then walked over to Tom, playing with his hefty and bloated belly. Earning several moans in pleasure from him, he was so stuffed that it felt good to have somebody with his belly.

“It’s softer than I expected!” Isabelle said, smiling at the Tanuki.

“Yeah.. Everyone says that, hm.” He just replied, making no effort to fight her as it felt good.

Isabelle chuckled and patted the Tanuki’s soft tummy.

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Beastpeople

Each masterlist segment post will be updated when the Mod in charge of this project has the energy to do so.

Centaurs & Cervitaurs

The Single Centaur

A Sudden Shift in Reality

Entangled

Stereotypes

“Can You Help Me?”

Don’t Eat That!

A Run on the Beach

Jackass

Hoof of a Deal

Never Run Again

Submissive Centaur

Centaur Fashionista

Centaur Cross-Country

Old Town Road

Stuck in the Mud

Centaur Polo Team

Centaur Racing

A Cart Filled with Soil

Fauns & Satyrs

Heavy Metal

Nice Neighbors

Hungry and Working

Moose

A Business Proposition

The Faun and the Harpy

Shedding Antlers

Gnolls

The Shoe Bandit

Nervous Laughter

A Kind Companion

Nerves at the Dentist

Witness Protection

Sweetheart Gardener

Minotaurs

Mercenary to the Rescue

Impatient

Bull in a China Shop

Yardwork

Tattoo Artist

The Entire Cart

The Temple

Welcome to the Labyrinth

The Curse of Being Short

Otaku Minotaur

Bull in a China Shop

Shooting Range

Best Friend

Stolen Purse

Pick Up Lines

Discerning Minotaur

Minotauress's Milk

Werewolves & Other Shifters

Shy Kinky Werewolf

Completely Conspicuous

The Quirks of a Werewolf Girlfriend

Yandere Werewolf

First Date Forecast

Not Funny

Vegan

In Heat

Sharing Your Lunch

College Chaos

Unique Cuisine

Little Red Riding Hood

Goldie Locks

Officer Werewoove

Crazy Cat Lady

Emotional Support Werewolf

Dr. Werewolf

Vacuum Cleaner

The Beast of Gévaudan

Werewolf Wheelchair

Howlin’ Coyote

Bloodsucking Lawyers

"Would you like me to muzzle you?”

Cyborg Werewolf

Full Moon Buddies

Backpacking Encounter

A Planet with Eight Moons

Dog Behavior

Werewolf Roleplay

The Healer and the Wolf

Puppy’s First PSL

Werewolf Winemaker

Trading Places

Werewolf Warg

Table Manners

Monster’s Paradise

Tame Your Feral Side

Service Animal

How to Court a Werewolf

Bandaged Nose

Dog Whistle

Forest Goddess vs. Were-Tiger

Secret Identity

Werewolf Rehabilitation

Never Forget a Scent

Chocolate Allergy

Selenophobia

Werewolf Guide Dog

The Goat

Fake Rivalry

Accidental Bite

Colorblind

Wrong About Werewolves

Typical Canine Issues

Hybrid Shifters

Vampire Fleas

Crying Wolf

Were-Animal Town

Other/Multi

The Last Frontier

The Dirty Mercenary

Kitty Cat Yoga

Tanuki

Childhood Friends

Husky Kitsune

Ugly

Neko Allergies

Twentieth Century Fox

Bat in the City

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and enjoy!

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What's a conversation like between Moriko and Akira like?

Crackles fingers

Because it’s honestly one of my favourite character dynamic, they don’t interact in proper works but i have mapped how they interact nonetheless because there’s a huge chance that this would happen

(as a reminder, Moriko is the Tanuki MagiMon and Akira is the Kitsune MagiMon)

First things first, Akira is a grade A asshole who just wants to have fun. She’s really hellbent on her personal enjoyment, and if she doesn’t like something she’ll just let it be. She’s an antagonist, but she’s no evil.

The fun fact about this character dynamic is that it’s all based on the “kitsune vs tanuki” feud in pop culture, right? Akira is aware of this, Akira plays it straight. Akira discovers the existence of a Tanuki MagiMonster and learns that at that, for some bizarre reason, she’s not in Japan but in the US, so she’s like “sweet i have to bully her. i HAVE to. it’s my destiny. that coward’s working for a team in a region that’s not japan, is she REALLY a tanuki? i’ll teach her a LESSON”

The problem is that Moriko fundamentally doesn’t care about Akira’s beef.

She’s allergic to fox fur and she has her bias towards Tanukis (because, hey, same species), but Moriko’s not an asshole to foxes. And she’s not an asshole to other MagiMons unless they’re big garbage bags. Akira’s no big garbage bag. Akira might be a douche, but she’s a decent person deep down.

So this leads Akira to start the conversation by something potentially VERY insulting, bringing down one’s honor in the species (here: tanuki), and Moriko’s just like “oh, sure! sorry i have work to do, i’ll catch ya another day” and leaves. That, or Moriko suddenly uses her Niceness Skills to derail the conversation about something genuinely nice like fashion, manga, tourism, culture, co-working with unpredictable know-it-alls with mood-swings, and Akira is enjoying the moment and finds herself having a nice conversation with a nice Tanuki Magical Girl. Then Moriko leaves and Akira throws away that big L she took earlier and swears she’ll use her pyrokinesy powers to fuel the flame of Kitsune pride BRIGHTER than ever before and burn down any opportunities to get humiliated like that ever again.

And of course... Rinse and repeat. Akira never learns.

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amalagam: #THE TYPHLOSION FOLKTALE LEAK IS SO BLATANTLY JAPANESE FOLKTALE INSPIRED#like those about kitsune/tanuki who take human form and seduce people#long post#pokemon#SO IS THE OCTILLERY ONE. not folktale but google the dream of the fisherman’s wife

You!!! You get it. Brock nearly married a sad, lonely Ninetales' illusion of her favourite maid once, because he looked like her old (long-deceased) master in Just Waiting on a Friend! I also thought of that fisherman artwork, but I didn't bring it up because it is considerably less kid-friendly (aaand is definitely the cultural origin of all those tentacles in NSFW/R18 works...), but you're right!

Also, as far as I know, it's kitsune, generally, that seduce people with their beauty when transformed, tanuki can turn into anyone and are usually more playful and chaotic (and some are very cruel... like the tanuki who tricks a man into eating his cooked wife, EEK, and is punished by a loyal rabbit who tricks the naive tanuki to carry bundles of sticks it sets on fire amd tricks him into believing the crackling sounds come from crackle-crackle mountain "Kachi-Kachi Yama," hence this very folklore-inspired probably prototype tanuki Pokemon in the GS beta), some tanuki just pose as family to get a free meal or mess with someone by turning into a fleeing bottle of wine.

Pokemon loves their kitsune and tanuki folklore! Zigzagoon's officially the tiny tanuki Pokemon in Japan, just about every transforming fox and of course the nine-tailed Ninetales are kitsune-inspired. Just Waiting on a Friend is full of kitsune mythology references, Dogasu goes into it in his episode comparison...

And this is just me diving into special interests, but Bashou (Hun) and Buson (Attila), while being human members of Team Rocket in the Legend of Thunder, have on their finalized character design sheet that they were made to be kitsune-like and tanuki-like. Hemce, Bashou is androgynous and beautiful, Buson is bigger-built with shades to give the illusion of the dark markings around tanuki eyes.

Bashou complains Buson is "too playful, as always" in the Japanese version where they're not new partners, but clearly close and used to each other. Buson jokes back that Bashou is too serious, as always.

Despite their cruelty and competence, Bashou is the one who plays mindgames with the Pokemon, blaming them for what might happen to their trainers to try and ruin their commitment to a dangerous plan, Buson is more sympathetic (only enough to encourage the kids run away initially...), and blunt/honest to a fault (easily tricked by children teasing him, loses his temper, breaks things ^^;;;)... he also obediently does whatever Bashou asks without complaint.

It reminds me of the tanuki story told in Ghibli's Pom Poko to warn the young tanuki from having their honest and people-pleasing tendencies from being taken advantage of (a tanuki pretends to be a tree branch to trick a human, but the traveller keeps questioning it; "Wasn't it on the other side?" The tanuki switches into a branch on the opposite side; "Wasn't it two branches?" The tanuki tries to form two branches and falla down, because those were its arms and it fell from the tree...)

^^^Above transformed tanuki elders in Pom Poko (they also transform into everything under the sun in that movie, I recommend it if you don't mind crying over the loss of their habitats depicted like a futile war movie and aren't bugged by the... stretchy scrotums tanuki use in their transformations. It's not sexual, it's just a humorous part of tanuki), below transformed kitsune.

Kitsune are usually portrayed proud and sophisticated, tanuki more down-to-earth, more like country bumpkins. You can hear it in Bashou's very formal and polite language vs... uh. Buson's very rough, coarse language. They're also named after famous haiku masters and poet Buson's name literally meant "turnip/rustic village." They're also associated with lightning and thunder... and tanuki make good blacksmiths, so Buson's the mechanic and makes and operates the mecha. ^^

Kitsune and tanuki are often portrayed as bitter enemies, but some depictions show them as odd couple, opposite friends. ^^

Tanuki got scared of the Kachi-Kachi Yama story, heard a kachi-kachi sound and got nervous... but nope, just Kitsune playing castanets, time to dance! Fun-loving and simple. ^^ Tanuki to Kitsune is very easy to read!

I don't want to act like a snob, but, y'all... really don't read old fairy tales or mythology, do you...? You only know the sanitized, bloodless Disney versions? People get cut to pieces (Cinderella/Ashputtel, The Red Shoes), women are abducted to be wives (an upsetting practice that continued until very recently, still practiced in some countries today—horrible, but part of life that found its way into stories, like The Seal's Skin), and magical talking animal husbands / wives (The Crane's Return of a Favour; East of the Sun, West of the Moon, etc.) abound in old mythology. Kids have been raised hearing these stories and not thinking about sex for centuries...

Humans marrying Pokemon in the ancient past was frankly stated in the Japanese version of DPPt. The English version rightly assumed English-speaking fans won't take it and reworded it from used to marry to used to eat at the same table (some euphemism!)

The Typhlosion story is no different from western stories like East of the Sun, West of the Moon (the way she was advised not to look at him reminded me of that) or The Seal's Skin (selkies cannot transform and return to the sea without their pelts—the abducted wife leaves her half-human child on land, escaping with her pelt when she finds it... the half-human, half-Pokemon children are bullied by their pelts being thrown on them to transform them against their will for cruel human amusement..)

The bloody myth about the boy with the sword is Veilstone's myth, but told in detail, right down to the Pokemon exacting a toll from him for how he maimed and slew them for amusement.

A man unknowingly marries a transformed-into-human form Froslass he met once before in Pokemon Legends: Arceus and she flees when he finds out what she was... it's based on a tale about the yuki-onna, the folkloric snow woman Froslass is based on.

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