#sorry that this is dark in a series based around contentment and stuff haha

[earnestattempts]

issue 5 part 2

“Eudaimonia” means “the good life”, not just contentment but a deeper and more complex state of being. This is one chapter of a series that explores different aspects of the concept.

read the whole series here! or catch up on the tag

patreon link in bio - no pressure, but any little bit helps!

[goofnuggetkarlaa]

Long OFA Quirk Theory Post, BNHA ch 257 Spoilers

Also I apologize now for anyone on mobile where the read more isn’t working properly and you have to scroll through this whole thing. It got way longer than I intended. I won’t be upset if you block me so you don’t have to see this post anymore lol

Alright so I was really hoping All Might would at least briefly say the quirks of the previous OFA holders he found (or have a quick panel showing them in the notebook or SOMETHING), but sadly we’re gonna have to wait a bit longer I guess...

However, he and Bakugou said the same thing: all of their quirks are relatively weak, since AFO was basically controlling the quirk world and taking all the strong quirks for himself or his “army”

It makes me curious though about how weak the quirks really are. Since idk about yall, but Black Whip seems to be an incredibly strong and versatile quirk (even taking into account that it was weaker back then compared to Midoriya using it now).

We also know that quirks in general get stronger the more generations go by (not just in OFA, we see this in the children the remedial course “fights”), so it makes sense that none of the quirks in OFA are particularly great compared to current times, given that quirks were still developing (tho... like I said before, I really doubt that’s the case. They may be physically weak quirks in combat, but I’m sure Midoriya will find a way to make them all incredibly op).

Another reason why I’m kinda doubting the legitimacy of the whole “they’re all weak quirks” thing is because of what AFO says about Nana. He calls her weak, a useless successor, etc. Now, I suppose having a quirk that lets you fly might seem like a weak quirk. It’s no muscle enhancer, explosions, lazer beams, etc. Though Nana herself was clearly ripped as all hell (like bro I’m so gay wtf)

Ahem, anyways, maybe he was just saying that to taunt All Might, to break his spirit or whatever. Typically evil villain stuff. But also... AFO doesn’t seem to be the type of guy to do that. To just call someone weak even if they weren’t. (altho he also uses a flying quirk, so make of that what you will) BUT ANYWAYS this just leads me to think her quirk was probably the “weakest” out of all the successors he had faced so far. I would probably think the same if the successor 2 people before her had something as interesting as Black Whips.

So what kind of quirks are they? Unfortunately my theories are only based off of their appearances, and AFO. I’ll mention the bit about AFO first, since it feels more solid than the bit about their appearances.

It’s a theory I’m kinda believing less and less with the information we’re being given, but I wonder if AFO could have taken their quirks before they died. Sort of like a way to taunt future holders. Like “haha look I’m using your master’s beloved quirk how does that make you feel.” And I mean, yeah, he can’t take OFA, that much has been established (altho that seems like it’s gonna change soon... hmmm shiggy what you up to?). But what about after they’ve passed OFA on to the next person? They still should have their original quirk, since OFA seems to work kinda like a copy-paste system. So would AFO be able to take it then?

I’ll use Nana as an example. In the short 2ish minute special, All Might Rising, we see Nana’s last fight against AFO. At this point, we know she must have passed the quirk on, because the last thing we really see is her pointing at All Might as Gran Torino carries him away. We don’t actually see her death. There could have been time for AFO to take her quirk. And we know he has some sort of flying quirk, Air Walk, which could have been hers (although we won’t know until the official translation comes out. However the current fan translations are calling Nana’s quirk stuff like Levitate or Hover)

Unfortunately that’s about where that bit of my theory comes to an end. With ch 257 saying the quirks are weak, I doubt AFO would have been using them in his fight with All Might. Gran Torino also mentions his quirks and fighting style were totally different from the last time 6 years ago, so that also kinda tears this theory apart. At least the bit where the quirks we got to see were any of the successors’. He still could have taken them and passed them on to the nomu while he waited for Shigaraki to be able to use them himself.

As for the appearances and quirks themselves... well, we really only have 2 that we can take a guess at. I know people have the time travel theory that Bakugou was the 2nd wielder, but I don’t like that one very much. But that’s a post for another time.

Also, from here it’s really just my opinions, and not a lot of solid or even jello-y theories. Like sand. It’s just a mess. Just a jumble of observations and  ¯\_(:/)_/¯ materialized.

So here’s the closest thing to a full body shot we have of them, the 4th on the left and 6th on the right.

The first one I’m gonna talk about is the 4th holder.

The first thing I noticed are the two marks on his face. They don’t seem like scars or some other kind of injury. They’re not drawn lightly the way Midoriya’s or Todoroki’s scars are, they’re really dark and crisp. So I’m thinking either some kind of tattoo, or (more likely) something to do with their quirk. Sort of going with my AFO theory above, it reminded me a lot of the forced quirk activation quirk he was using, though looking further into his appearance, I don’t think that’s right.

He has very contradicting vibes in my opinion. His clothes make me think something to do with water or wind, or some sort of spiraling energy like Nejire’s. But based on his face, body, and stance, I would lean more towards a physical quirk. He seems like a solid dude. Originally, I had believed he had a wind type quirk (thinking about Inasa’s appearance, he felt similar somehow), but now that Nana’s quirk is confirmed to be some kind of flying ability, it feels like having a wind quirk (that could also theoretically make you fly) would erase the point of Nana’s, and I doubt Horikoshi would want Midoriya to have quirks similar to each other, thus limiting how badass he could be (and lets be honest, this is a shonen jump manga. protags gotta be as op as possible, especially in a series like this which just SCREAMS the very essence of shonen manga. not that I’m complaining btw, I love op characters)

So anyways, I’m currently at a loss for this guy, the only other hint I feel like we have for his quirk is the color associated with him in OFA, blue, which doesn’t help much, seeing how the 5th with Black Whip is red and Nana’s with flying is yellow(? can’t really remember)... None of it seems related

Which leaves us with the second wielder we know little about, the 6th user.

And let’s be honest, there isn’t much to work with here either. Since I just mentioned associated colors, I’ll just point out right away his color is a purplish-blue. So do with that what you will. (I’m going to get into it in a moment, but I theorize a mental/kinetic-type quirk for this guy. Purple is maybe associated a bit more with kinetic-type abilities? idk look at Shinsou)

Appearance-wise, I definitely get a more mental based quirk. He’s kinda small, seems reserved, so that’s just my gut feeling. You can see some bandages around his arms, though, which might mean... something? Perhaps it has to do with his quirk, maybe he just got injured (maybe he got injured because of his quirk..? hmmm)

Honestly, his appearance just reminds me of Kageyama from Haikyuu!!, so my brain keeps unhelpfully jumping back to that, making it hard to come up with good stuff for him. If I had to guess at random, I wanna say pyrokinesis. This is partially because of a long-winded, very very VERY unlikely theory that he could be related to Nana who could VERY UNLIKELY be related to Inko, so ya know, probably some big family tree of kinetic-type abilities (since, assuming AFO isn’t his dad, which is a theory I’m a big fan of, it would be possibly pretty emotional for Midoriya, seeing how it COULD have been his quirk if he were born with one, since it’s a good mix of his mom and dad’s quirks) The other reason is just cause I thought it’d be cool. lol.

Though to be fair, part of that “it would be cool” has to do with the idea of “how op can Midoriya get?” which involves having a large range of abilities to be able to be effective in any situation. so far he has super strength as the base of OFA (which is always good in a fist fight), restraining with Black Whip, and eventually mobility with Hover. It would make sense for him to also have more rescue-type abilities, seeing how so far most of his skills are geared towards fighting rather than saving, which is the opposite of Midoriya’s personality. So I thought of natural disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, mudslides, and volcanoes are listed as common disasters in Japan, and fires are more-or-less common anywhere. So having an ability that would be beneficial in those situations would be ideal, such as pyrokinesis to stop a fire, or something like hydro/aquakinesis to rescue those in a flood/tsunami.

Sooooo tldr I have no idea what the fuck their quirks could be but I love to theorize random shit so please come talk to me because I’m bored and dying for more content so I’m doing all I can to keep sane while I continuously wait for more updates :)))))

also I’m sure my thoughts were all over the place and made no sense, I’m sorry, I really tried to rewrite stuff over and over to make sense, but I might have made it worse, so if you don’t understand something or think I missed something, please let me know. I probably either worded it strange, or thought of it and didn’t remember to include it. BUT IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING I ACTUALLY DIDN’T I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR IT PLEASE!!! SO DON’T BE AFRAID TO CALL ME OUT ON SOMETHING! not if it’s about the time travel theory though, I’ve had enough of that right now lol

small edit: I went back to watch the movie again (in 4d this time) and realized I had messed up the colors of the AFO holders. Also, they appeared slightly different in each shot (in one, the 5th holder was pinkish purple, but another shot was a deep red?), so I’m basically ruling out that colors have any meaning at all. Not like I think they had much basis to begin with though...

[namelessarcher]

Hey, I’m kinda new to imagines and such as a while and loving your blog, only one that I can find that is active. Just wanted to say I appreciate your work and what you do, really helps me our when I’m in a fucked up place mentally. I’m also new to the Fate series, my only experience being FGO, where do you think I should start when I want to continue pursuing my interest in this series? It has so many installments, and is just really complicated....

Hello!! Sorry for a late response, I had to think this over for a while to answer the second part of the message properly haha. 

Thank you so much for following this blog and I’m glad that it brings joy into your life! (:

First, the Fate/Stay Night series.

As for entering the new Fate series, there’s… just so much going on. Fate/Stay Night was originally a visual novel, meaning that there were different routes. To generalize it, there are 3 main routes: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven’s Feel. 

So, if you want to follow the routes in the general order of watching through Fate route, then UBW route, and then Heaven’s Feel, then you’d want to watch the following:

Fate/Zero (2011)

Fate/Stay Night (2006)

Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014)

Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel 3 part movie: 2017, 2019, 2020)

Fate/Zero is the prequel to Fate/Stay Night, and it kind of gives you some (but not all) the background info that would help you connect why certain characters behave/interact with others the way they do. The rest are rather straight forward about which route they are, and I’ll refrain from diving too deep into what they’re about since I don’t want to spoil anything unintentionally.

As far as I know, all of these should still be on Netflix. But if they’re not, I’m sure you can find it somewhere else.

Now for the spin-off’s. 

Fate/Kaleid Linear Prisma Illya

4 seasons, released 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

S1 - 11 episodes, S2 - 11 eps, S3 - 10 eps, S4 - 12 eps

This anime is centered around Illya and friends. Essentially it involves the idea of the 7 main classes and then using their attributes to turn into magical girls, or enhancing said magical girl abilities. It’s both comedic and also a bit dark at some points, and is a completely different universe compared to Fate/Stay Night. The characters will be familiar to you after you go through the Fate/Stay Night series though!

Fate/Apocrypha 

Released 2017, 1 season, 25 episodes

This anime takes the original Holy Grail War and then multiplies it by 2 and turns it into a team event where you fight to the death (again). This one is in no way attached to the F/SN verse, but some characters may feel familiar to you since that’s just how the Fate series works.

Fate/EXTRA Last Encore 

Released 2018, 1 season, 13 episodes

The animated series that’s supposed to let you experience the PSP game that came out years ago under the name of Fate/EXTRA. I actually did not watch this, but according to my friends, it doesn’t follow the game plot completely, but is still a good watch if you want to know where some other characters and Servants appeared from. Unfortunately, since I never watched it, I can’t summarize this for you ):

El-Melloi’s Case Files - Rail Zeppelin Grace Note

Released 2019, 1 season, 14 episodes

Follows a certain magus from the Fate/Zero verse and his way of coping with the life that follows. It revolves around mostly him, but also his assistant who will look vaguely familiar to you. It’s a good watch, and it also brings in a lot of other characters that are familiar (after watching all the other stuff above).

This animated series specifically adapts one chapter of the El Melloi’s Case File, as the original platform for this content was a light novel that was then adapted into a manga.

Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family

Released 2018, 13 episodes

A really light-hearted series that revolves around the main protagonist of the Fate/Stay Night series and his interaction with others. It’s a really funny, warm, and light-hearted animation. Nothing similar to its predecessors in any way shape or form.

All this series will give you is cute interactions between characters that you thought wouldn’t exist - and make you hungry.

Carnival Phantasm

Released 2004, 16 episodes.

I originally wasn’t going to add this one to the list since it kind of has characters outside of Fate verse, but since it does still have Fate I shall add this in. 

This animation is basically a collection of funny, absurd, and comedic situations that the Fate verse characters and other Type Moon characters go through. It’s light-hearted, funny, and will honestly make you lose some brain cells while watching it, but I do really recommend watching it simply for the amusement.

If you don’t watch it though, at least watch the racing episode. Please- I beg of you

And last but not least, animations and movies made for the Fate/Grand Order portion of the franchise

Fate/Grand Order - First Order

Released 2016 as a film.

The adaptation of the game’s prologue. It’s a great way to see the characters that we know and love be animated from the mobage that we play

Fate/Grand Order - The Absolute Demonic Battlefront Babylonia - Initium Iter

Released 2019, 21 episodes

This is currently ongoing and is the anime adaptation of F/GO’s 7th Singularity - Babylon. If you played the game, you know what I’m talking about and I won’t have to divulge too much info. If you don’t play the game, I hope you give this anime a shot because it’s honestly pretty well animated and the pacing isn’t all that bad. Although I may be biased since this was indeed my favorite singularity out of all the singularities in F/GO.

Fate/Grand Order - The Sacred Round Table Realm Camelot - Wandering; Agateram + Fate/Grand Order - The Sacred Round Table Realm Camelot - Paladin; Agateram

To be released in 2020, a film

This is going to be based on the 6th singularity, Camelot. Another plot heavy spoiler that I will not go into detail with, but we’re expected to get this some time next year in 2020. The singularity is going to be split into 2 movies though, so we can look forward to that (:

[naancypants]

@nancydrew-onthecase, this is my argument post 4 you because I have waaaayyy too much to cram into a bunch of asks lol! I also took this way too seriously, so sorry for how Extra this is 😂😶

My previous posts have already summed up some of my favorite things about Joe/Nancy as a pairing, so I’d like to take this opportunity to also compare it to the opposing Nancy ships - please, please don’t view this as me bashing Nedcy and Francy to “prop up my ship” or whatever, I think they’re both totally valid ships in their own ways and I can understand their appeal. But in the 10+ years I’ve spent shipping Jancy (omg), I’ve spent a LOT of time analyzing the other two relationships to identify the things that do and don’t work in my personal opinion, and I felt that going over the latter is helpful in highlighting some of the reasons I love Joe x Nancy as much as I do. I’d like to present this as an open, honest discussion, so hopefully I can share my views & opinions without coming off as rude, haha. I’ve taken steps to make sure I’m remaining as self-aware as possible while still stating my thoughts exactly as they are.

Also know that I’m basing this mainly on the games and similar interpretations of these characters, not so much on the OG book series.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO… (under the cut bc of length lolol)

- Ned/Nancy, for me, is very sweet because of Ned’s dedication to being there for Nancy no matter what, but it also has that persistent dark cloud of Nancy going off all the time without telling him (which, although I love her to death and I understand why, is pretty crappy on her part). Ned is a precious boy who is “okay with it” and thinks it’s “worth it” to be with someone like Nancy, but… God. He’s SO SOFT and, as someone else who is Very Soft, I would be heartbroken if my s/o was never around, cancelling our plans at the last minute, etc. And we do actually hear this loneliness from Ned many times. He almost always comes around with these supportive, encouraging speeches which is one of the biggest points in Nedcy’s favor, but on a larger scale there’s sooo much he could be getting out of his relationship that he’s just… not. He’s a simple hometown boy who just wants to give all his love to the lucky girl and live a nice life with her - he doesn’t have the same thirst for adventure that Nancy has. He’s totally a romantic who doesn’t.. really.. get to be that way with her? Not often, at least. A good guy like Ned deserves someone he can truly be with, rather than wondering if or when she’s ever going to be home - even for the important stuff (like birthdays and anniversary dinners). I mean if homeboy is really content to put up with her being gone all the time then good for him. I still just feel like, if he did some serious soul searching and prioritized what he truly wants in life, he could be happier. 😭

- Frank/Nancy doesn’t struggle with the lifestyle differences of Nedcy, which is a point in their favor, but I’ve always personally seen Francy as being a bit stagnant due to their similarities & differences. They’re both logical, studious, hard-headed individuals - yet Nancy has this inherent inclination to break the rules, which is a quality Frank doesn’t generally possess (unless it’s absolutely necessary). Nancy is stubborn about the daring methods she often uses to solve cases, and Frank is stubborn about wanting to go by the book first & pursue everything with caution. This leads to an ongoing dialogue that VERY closely mirrors the dynamic that already exists between Frank & Joe, so for me it’s a little less interesting of a pairing (just my opinion, of course). It’s true that Nancy & Frank’s matched intellect is pretty much unrivaled, but I don’t think they have much to offer each other in the way of everyday development and growth. Their mindsets are already so similar, there isn’t much new for them to learn or gain from being together. Lots of intellectual stimulation, certainly (which would be GREAT for them), but otherwise they mostly just reinforce the qualities in each other that they share. Obviously Frank & Joe make a great team and so do Frank & Nancy, there’s NO disputing that, but a romantic relationship takes so much more than just working well together. That’s a big part of it, for sure, but there’s so much more. Take a look at my next paragraph and compare these two dynamics to see what I mean.

- Joe/Nancy is the middle ground between the two. They share similar life goals, so there’s no off-and-on issue of “when are you coming home?😢”, yet mentally they’re very different. They’re both extremely smart, but in completely different ways. They can challenge each other in everyday life, which helps them stay on their toes and become better people. Nancy is the head, Joe is the heart; they can effortlessly achieve that emotional balance with no major obstacles standing in their way. Plus, the qualities they DO have in common are stimulating and beneficial to their relationship; both Nancy & Joe have more of an unbridled, adventurous spirit than Frank does (though perhaps this is more noticeable in Joe). They’re both eager to take risks and do what others are afraid to do. Yet Nancy is logical/grounded enough to keep Joe in check, and Joe is able to feed that inner desire of hers to be bold & fearless - not only that, he can usually be seen in the background emphatically cheering her on because that’s a quality he has IMMENSE respect for. He doesn’t love her in spite of this dangerous habit, it’s part of why he has soooo much admiration for her in the first place. Joe makes no secret of the fact that he absolutely loves this about her, even in canon. He has no doubt that she can handle herself, so Nancy has the freedom to make her own choices without the initial resistance she usually receives from Ned or Frank. Of course Joe cares, and he does remind her to be careful, but he does so in a way that doesn’t feel like he’s wrestling with this lowkey desire to hold her back. Despite how much Joe wants her to stay safe, he doesn’t feel the need to worry himself sick over her because he trusts her entirely, and besides, “that’s who she is. That’s what makes her so freakin’ AWESOME” (- Joe Hardy, probably). Please see this link for the rest of my thoughts on this. And, as I also stated in the linked post, something that’s often overlooked is that Nancy & Joe both actually have the dorkiest sense of humor so they can easily make each other grin over stupid jokes and puns and I am so very here for that. Not to mention Jancy’s shared enthusiasm for mysteries; Frank enjoys it for the intellectual rush, but Joe enjoys it for the adrenaline rush. Nancy is both. I love those phone convos where Nancy tells them she’s still on the case and Frank is like “aw man, I know you can do it Nancy, just keep at it” and Joe’s like “HECK YEAH YOU HAVE MORE MYSTERY TO SOLVE! GO GET EM, NANCE!!!” bc Nancy honestly loooves working a case. I just find it so wholesome.

And… perhaps this is another personal opinion, but stop for a second and think about the subversive nature of a well-written Joe x Nancy narrative. Got it? Yeeeah, I’m all about that. 😉

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. I love Joe Hardy and Nancy Drew with my whole heart

[yoolee]

It’s the start of a New Year

A time for reflection! Of celebration! Of looking back so you may begin again! Of mourning all the nonsense you never got around to doing!

With that in mind, instead of giving a recap of all the stuff I wrote - because I basically wrote nothing - here is a list of stuff I was gonna write and just didn’t or chickened out of because there’s so much canon content I’ve missed! 

Modern AUs:

A series of parent-teacher conferences (feat. Kojiro, Yahiko, Ai, Smolsuke as the students and a parade of various people who are not actually their parents attending the conferences)

Ghost!Mitsunari and modern MC getting into it more angrily than usual over Mitsun throwing a fit over latest boy (Ieyasu) she brought home. Complete with bonus appearance by a possibly overly-friendly Hideyoshi as the priest she tries to badger into coming over to purify the house because she’s still super mad at Mitsun (ending with Mitsun voluntarily leaving/moving onto the next life as she falls in love with Hideyoshi) EDIT FOR MRS O, or OR they PINE. MUTUALLY. While Hideyoshi ships them forever

Echigo crew in Vegas, where Kenshin slips off to join the showgirls because FEATHERS, Kanetsugu inadvertently solves a customer crisis, Kageie ends up as a stage magician, and Hotaru liberates some tigers (kitties!)

Continuation of superhero/supervillain AU

The Adventures of Momo’s Babysitters (chapter each with Saizo, Smolsuke, Nobuyuki, Ieyasu, Shingen, and Masamune)

Waffle Cottage out of order chapters (most particularly, Hideyoshi with glass slipper)

In-verse/period:

Rainy morning with Masamune (three years in the making now! Aha...ha...haha………)

Rainy morning Nobunaga (aaaahahha...ha. >>;;;;; this one took a rather dark direction)

Rainy morning with Yuki

Ieyasu dramatic rain rescue smut that I just. Completely stalled out on

Umeko’s gossip column featuring wildly inaccurate stories about the lord’s secret habits and scandals, written in the style of BuzzFeed headlines, based on in-game events

Crack Oichi/Tsuki story where they pull off some ‘switch places’ shenanigans much to Sakuya’s pained frustration

Contemplative Saizo snuggles

Kenshin/Shingen’s MC dark creepy story

AKOADK follow up between Saizo/MC (“are we gonna talk about this” basically, but it’s Saizo so, no. not really, they’re not) and then Yukkin/MC (because this is the sort of thing Yukkin is surprisingly smart about and insightful on)

Plus a thousand prompts/asks in my inbox (...163 to be accurate. There are 163 unanswered asks. I’m so sorry)

RIP these ideas. This is your final farewell - we begin again and anew!

[howlingmoonrise]

Dear Yuletide Author

thank you for signing up for yuletide, i hope you have fun!

i’ve put all my letters in one place so you don’t have to juggle links around, feel free to send me an anon (is that allowed?) if you’re in doubt as to whether i’d like a certain trope or not! (and so sorry about all the ranting oops)

things i like in general:

pining. TONS of pining. ALL the pining! i have a lot more fun reading about idiots in love that aren’t together yet than if they’re already in an established relationship

i’m good with either gen or romance if you’re not comfortable with shippy stuff! what really works for me is the relationship itself, platonic or not, the development of it, and the interactions/feelings regarding the other. when it comes to the characters i’ve picked, for me it makes sense for them to develop trust and fondness/affection for the other before they get into any sort of relationship so gen is all good!

i’m veeeeeery fond of enemies/rivals-to-friends-to-lovers, and bickering pairs overall (as you can see by all my choices in characters lmfao) since they’re so much fun and provide such an opportunity for character and relationship development :D

continuing from above, nothing kills me as much as characters that bicker all the time but in the end they rely on the other and go to each other before they go to anyone else

conceptual AUs are fine! by this i mean stuff like soulmate AUs, AUs where they met differently from canon, i’m-your-next-door-neighbour-and-i-had-to-break-into-your-flat-to-get-my-cat-back AUs, canon divergence, that kind of thing - AUs like that are super fun!

fun tropes (sorry, these are a bit romance-heavy): fake dating, “accidentally got roped into x thing and shenanigans are happening”, What Do You Mean We’re Not Dating?, “oh no there’s only one bed”, misunderstood confessions, trope subversion in general is also GREAT

i REALLY like the canon and characters for all the fandoms i picked, so sticking at least to their characterisations and the overall “tone” of canon are a huge plus!! “missing scenes” and “what if” canon-divergent situations are excellent but like i said, i also like conceptual AUs so don’t be afraid to mix up the scenario a bit if you enjoy it, because i do too!

things i don’t like a lot in general:

kidfics. unless it’s petshop of horrors - where Chris and the pets are an exception - next gen and stuff are a pass for me

far into the future fics in general, actually - what really does it for me is the development, so if we skip ahead to much later on i feel like we end up missing it all

i usually don’t like most angst stuff since it feels a bit gratuitous to me when it comes to most fandoms and characters. the one exception for this is psoh (see below if you’re picking this fandom) or when it’s introspection fic. as a result of this, i’d pass on most content with major character death, sexual abuse, self-harm, the like, though of course there are always exceptions to the rule and you’re free to write as you wish! 

hard AUs are a bit ehhh to me - by this i mean world-heavy stuff like harry potter AUs, where the focus ends up more on the setting than the characters more often than not. i’d also pass on high school AUs (gsnk being the obvious exception) and ABO. 

i heavily dislike things involving cheating/infidelity, and genderbending is a bit ehhhh for me

script-based or roleplay fic is not really my preferred format, i really enjoy prose instead of nearly all dialogue!

if you’re going for nsfw:

kinks: moderate sadism/masochism, bondage, choking/breathplay, xenophilia and tentacles (which only make sense here for like... 1.5 fandoms lmfao), moderate degradation, edging

squicks: scat, vomit, praise kink, daddy or baby kink, vore, forced feminization, pet play, gore

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PETSHOP OF HORRORS

i’m usually not partial to angst AT ALL but psoh is the one fandom where i don’t mind it if you wanna go ahead - psoh is RIPE for angst. we got two people with abandonment and inadequacy issues: leon who decided to leave his whole life behind to chase someone who gave him life and left him after thinking that he didn’t care for him at all, and d who is supremely fucked up by his upbringing and had to push leon off the ark to continue his family’s mission and let drop one (1) single tear that he was not supposed to cry over a human.

THAT BEING SAID, i also!!!! love slice of life shit for them!!!!!!!! GODS i love how much they bicker but then they turn around and the other is the person they rely on the most and who they trust above all others and how they keep roping each other into ridiculous shenanigans. neither of them are particularly communicative with a few rare exceptions, so there’s also a lot of room for introspection there on both sides, which i LOVE. my son leon in particular is also super underestimated when it comes to his intelligence and tolerance for gay shit both in canon and fandom, and he performs ridiculous leaps of logic and instinct that somehow turn out to be right but that are super ???? for everyone else involved, and that’s always fun to see. hell, just another missing scene where leon brings d some cake and they banter fondly over tea is A++++ to me!!

nsfw???? bring it!!! this is the fandom amongst these three where you’re free to go super dark and kinky if you wanna, or if you wanna write tender loving reunion sex where d cries a little while leon cherishes every bit of him that’s also excellent! 

psoh is the most excellent genre triangle where i’d be super happy to receive anything on the slice-of-life/angst/smut corners! (also, slash is 3249823% acceptable if you couldn’t tell by my ranting)

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GEKKAN SHOUJO NOZAKI-KUN

yuzuki seo is my absolute favourite character on the series and i love her and how ridiculous she is! waka is also gr9, and i really love that little sadist streak he has going like when he kept teasing seo with his “confessions”, that was probably one of my favourite chapters! 

for gnsk either canon-verse or a conceptual AU would be excellent��- if you’re going AU, i’m very fond of those where seo is a siren/mermaid and possibly man-eating (because those are the best kind amirite??) canon-wise i LOVE their interactions and how waka keeps accidentally getting taken on lowkey dates while resolutely defending they’re not even friends and even more accidentally retributing those with thoughtful gifts and the like haha

another thing i love is when waka is capable of looking past appearances to see seo, like in the chapter where they gave her the “lorelei” makeover and no one recognized her but him. i also love how stupidly happy seo is whenever she sees waka, it’s so cute!!

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HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

the thing i like the most in hmc are the characters’ flaws! i love the ghibli movie, don’t get me wrong, but they took away the bits i liked the most - sophie’s stubbornness and nosiness and temper and howl’s cowardice and vanity and his silver-tongue whenever he tries to slither around sophie, and all their banter and arguing. 

there’s nothing quite like their stupid arguments where sophie pretends she didn’t mess around with things she shouldn’t and howl is torn between being amused and exasperated at her expense - even better if he’s trying to do something good sneakily behind her back so he won’t be accused of being a good person before he finds another excuse to justify it. 

for this fandom i’d really prefer it if it were from anywhere from the beginning of the first book to before their marriage (i haven’t read the sequels and prefer non-established relationship anyway), but a conceptual AU would also be pretty nice! hmc in particular is very good for trope subverting, which i’m extremely fond of! for example, take a soulmate AU with the first words written on the skin thing: we could mess it up a bit since calcifer was in possession of howl’s heart and as such his first words would be on sophie instead of howl’s - cue shenanigans while sophie wonders how someone can have a soulmate bond with a sentient fire with no words of his own, howl panics internally about sophie not returning his mark, and so on! 

another thing i love about the book is the writing style and that incredible sense of humour in the writing, so something lighthearted and in the spirit of canon would be great!

[necrobatty]

A BLOG UPDATE

I have one more sister location piece to finish to finish a anthology i started in march ish and that’s it. I’m sorry everyone, but I’m burnt out. I have hit the ceiling with the stuff i wanna do with fnaf. I can’t bring my low enthusiasm to push myself to do any more. All the AUs, the Thank you stuff I wanted to do, the shitposts, the RP ideas, it’s all gone. I am mentally empty.

The fnaf series and people here have pushed my art and creavity further then what I could have ever have achieved on my own - BUT it’s brought up dormaint ideas and stories I’d like top pursue AWAY from fnaf. 

So, I’m not going to do anything drastic like close the blog, delete it or disappear forever. No man I love seeing what you all make FNAF or not; art is art and I love it. I won’t say “I’ll never draw fnaf again!” because that’s a lie a big massive lie like come on, really, don’t lie like anything I love wholeheartedly, it always returns and I always enjoy it as an art muse.

But this is what we all must have known was coming: 

I’m putting this blog on official hiatus. 

Eggs, Mike and Ennard are no longer able to take asks and I APOLOGISE TO ANY UNANSWERED ASKS but i am not mentally strong enough to force myself to make subpar content for you all. eg: rushed doodles or OOC replies. 

I have a longer reason why under the read more but it is personal based and just explains further about some of the art diractions I wanna take. 

I will still be on this blog! I will still chat to people!!! I may do one off RPs on occasion!!! NEVER SAY NEVER but for now, I need to draw something else.

REMEMBER, MY MAIN ART BLOG IS MAGICALHEDGEHOGS.TUMBLR.

YOU CAN PESTER ME THERE TOO - ALSO HAS NON FNAF ART AND OLDER WORKS NOT REBLOGGED HERE if you care haha

Thanks guys and stay super~~~~~

Ok let me start off under this read more by saying thanks to everyone who knows about my confidence and loathing and general BS I go through. Thank you to everyone who has their own BS to deal with but still listens to me whine about it. Thank you all just for reading my BS when it happens. My problems aren’t big but they hurt and I’m glad when people are there. Just there. 

I think most will probably have seen some of my posts recently and yeah.... I get frustrated feeling like I can’t safely do much here without getting “comments” or people bursting into my room etc

uuuuh ok so I want this to be a final post on the issue. I hate this. It is controlling and emotionally abusive and a product of generations of my family where children were being supressed and judged and thinking it is an ok part of family life to be like this. Putting your own problems onto future generations.

It’s more like this: to maintain my moods, like anyone, I need to feel like everything i do isn’t wrong or potentially wrong. So if I am in a house with people I love and trust I can get things done. Put me in my parents house where they lurk around and EVERYTHING just “art blocks” me. 

Granted I moved desks at work so now I have a dark corner (no kidding) to draw in at lunchbreaks, so I have done more during lunches BECAUSE I don’t feel like people can “watch” me... even though 99% of me knows “It’s lunch, they don’t care you’re drawing. What you draw isn’t even “shocking” so why are you scared?” That 1% is a massive giant among an army of common villagers with little battle experience. That is what my self esteem is like. The voices of many telling me one thing but the one massive worry wins most of the time.

Therefore in my house I don’t feel relaxed. My parents went out today and I didn’t want to move. I feel drained in this space. My submissive parent is the same. They watch TV all day because to have a hobby risks the ire of the other if they create a mess. As a result, my entire creative and LIFE process is based around “feelings” and “atmosphere” - it probably shows up in how I write scenes too. 

Therefore if I am devoid of any of a certain “feeling” then the consequence is I am uninspired to carry on.

An example of this was from the 90s AU. Remember I put time into the 90s AU???? Yeah, the 90s AU???? NO??? me neither.  the stuff i wrote for it was SO OOC and I couldn’t bear making it real because it wasn’t... “feeling” like FNAF at heart. I have started to see themes and ideas emerge that if I don’t pursue as my own design or own idea it’s just going to end up on my regrets ot bucket list decades later, like most other things my family and own self confidence did years ago.

I feel like I may be happier with myself in this environment if i spend some time making things that feel.... “me?” instead. I feel so little of a “me” most of the time I think I need to do this.

Talking to my new coworkers and being less stressed away from retail has made me realise I have a lot of dark comedy style things to write about, especially ideas brought out from series like FNAF. The other realisation is I like organic things blended with inorganic which as a very 90s aesthetic is rooted in every thought process I make but I’ve only just noticed it. 

I can’t expand that much further on JUST fnaf. I need to explore this away from fanart. I need my OWN characters to shine through, like I tried to do during school. I FEEL like I need something that is my OWN.

But I have a plan. One of my ideas revolves around re-writing my few 90s AU stories and blending them into the universe of my SECRET and largely unfinished stories around my retail “worksona” i created years ago. And it involves in part, a robot in human disguise.

So it may be this blog gets turned into an ask blog for them I don;t know. But just felt like writing this down in case people get shocked if i do a makeover one day and my OC pops ups IDK ha ha

but that is as about as much as I can think of writing now.

I love fnaf but I, like the great creator himself, need a break. 

I’ll do another post about the thank you scott stuff and post some unfinished sketch dumps and character notes dumps later for your entertainent before I flush out my hard drive.

[tokai-teio]

Tag Game!

tagged by: @fluorescentfries​ (thank you for the tag!)

tagging: @sempersmall​ @pomarril​ @kibou-dere​ @ashloogh​ @yayster-emblem​ (just as I was told, you don’t have to play the game if you don’t want to!)

5 things you can find on my blog: 

   1: Lots of anime that I like, ranging from idol shows, to shounen shows, to slice-of-life shows

   2: Tags! I like tagging stuff, and I feel like a lot of my blog’s draw would be my tags (because I don’t really produce a lot of original content, haha)

   3: Tons of stuff revolving around video games! I’m a gaming nerd, so I like to reblog stuff that relates to the games I play

   4: Fantastic art/artwork that I reblog, there are so many talented artists here on tumblr, it’s astounding

   5: The occasional rant or complaint about something I’m feeling petty about

5 (+1) things you’d find in my bag:

   0: A huge freaking mess. Most, if not all, my teachers have commented on my lack of organizational skills when it comes to my backpack

   1: Old papers that I most definitely don’t need, but keep because I’m worried I’ll need them for SOMETHING

   2: Random sketches that I draw and doodle in my free time. I’m not super confident in my artwork, so I keep it hidden within pages of my notebooks

   3: Pens, pencils, and other drawing instruments, most likely scavenged from the floors of classrooms and hallways. I have a bad habit of losing my stuff, so I often find replacements

   4: My laptop (sometimes) with all its wires and cables. I have an older dinosaur of a laptop, so it’s really heavy and large, making it inconvenient to tow around

   5: Medical supplies (nothing major, just bandages), you never know when someone will need first aid!

5 (+1) things you can find in my bedroom: 

   0: Another large mess (my organization problems are not confined to my bag)

   1: My computer! I have a work-turned-gaming computer in my room, and it’s where I spend a majority of my day (at least during summer)

   2: Lots of stuff from when I was much younger, ranging from tons of Lego sets to stuffed animals, to jackets in my closet that won’t fit me anymore

   3: My Kingblade lightstick! It was a gift from my good friends in college, so it’s a treasure of mine, and I was able to use it to cheer on the idols at Anisong World Matsuri  

   4: Anime figurines, though I don’t have many. My brother’s figurines stand alongside mine (but mine are better!)

   5: My electric piano, where I’ve spent countless hours practicing pieces I no longer remember

3 things I’ve always wanted to do (only 3 here, sorry): 

   1: I wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was younger, inspired by the exciting dogfights of Star Wars. I grew out of it though, due to A: a development of a fear of heights; B: the realization that being a fighter pilot is not a safe profession; and C: poor eyesight being a deterrent to my driving, let along flying. I did get to fly a plane once though!

   2: I wanted to become a professional artist/animator, but I’m pretty terrible at using a mouse to draw, and the tablet my parents bought me in middle school was too difficult to use for me, and it’s fallen into disuse (which I’ve always regretted and felt guilty about)

   3: I’ve always wanted to learn string instruments (specifically the violin, cello, lyre, and guitar), but holy crap it’s hard. I’m trying to teach myself guitar (I have a knack for learning music by ear) but it’s gonna be a long road ahead

5 things that make me happy:

   1: Honestly? Having mutuals here on this site. I never imagined I’d have friends here, I just thought I’d be a lurker blog that occasionally liked things from the background

   2: Anime! I love how I can constantly get pumped up watching anime, making memories with my friends and my brother when we watch it together

   3: Listening to music always makes me happy, because I know every piece of music has happy memories tied to it! Plus, I can always count on music to set a mood

  4: Eating candy! Damn I love candy. I’m probably set on the road to diabetes, but to hell with it!

   5: Playing video games with friends and family is always such a great pleasure, I’ve been doing it since I was 5! Everyone in my family is an avid gamer, from my parents to my youngest sibling

5 things I’m currently into:

   1: Boku no Hero Academia! Picked it up recently, can’t put it down!

   2: Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine! I’ve liked these since high school, and I’m probably not gonna stop liking them anytime soon. 

   3: Fire Emblem Heroes! I’m a big fan of the Fire Emblem series, and being able to introduce so many friends to the series through this mobile game is fantastic!

   4: Dark Souls! Getting better through harsh challenges is a great way to learn, and the Dark Souls series has greatly improved my game-sense!

   5: Overwatch, a good friend of mine bought it for me when it first came out, and I play it as much as I can in order to improve!

5 things on my to-do list: 

   1: Graduate college

   2: Learn the guitar (fully, not just partially)

   3: Find a part-time job to earn some extra money

   4: Get better at driving (because I’m not super great)

   5: Finish all those anime that I’ve only watched halfway

5 things you may not know about me:

   1: I’m a black belt in kung-fu, but that was a while ago and my fighting style is more boxing-based

   2: I was on the news once for Pokemon Go

   3: I was the Clarinet section leader in my high-school marching band, as well as the President of the band for my senior year

   4: I spent a ridiculous amount of money on League of Legends skins while in high school. Never again...

   5: I never pick water starters in Pokemon. It’s always gotta be grass or fire for me!