#that one bishounen dude

[derangedfujoshi]

The Anime Character Evolution Line

An anon asked me how I differentiate between kodo, shota and shounen so of course I had to not be normal and elaborate further on the topic since I see a lot of confusion going around! Also after all these months spent focusing solely on shotas, I think I've learned a lot and wanted to convey that as well! I hope this is clear enough and of course these are just two possible routes for anime characters (there are Average Joes and Baras as well for example) but I focused on them because they have a lot of similarities and the lines can get blurred quite often. I would also like to reiterate that while I do put some stress on the height of a character when considering if they can be a shota (because a 170cm dude obviously can't be one), height just like age is not the sole thing to consider! At times canon height make little sense to the viewer, for example Killua is technically 158cm in the official book, but his design does not convey that, why? Because his proportions are still so child-like! He is the prime example of a Shounen that you could easily call a Shota if you Don't Know (I personally called him one). So yeah, proportions, limbs' ratios, softness of the features and lastly height and age when trying to categorise a character in a scientific way!

Well I hope that wasn't too boring! You'll find the text on the images under the cut~

Toddler: under the 70cm mark, basically no neck, huge head, barely there arms and legs.

Kodomo: between 70cm and 90cm, limbs started to grow, still huge head.

Shota: proportions are similar to those of a kodo: head bigger than normal, short torso compared to the legs, soft features, a child-like character between 90cm and 140cm.

Shounen: less delicate features, more well proportioned and developed with just a bit of childless retained, usually up to 160cm

Femboy: when the character maintains the delicate traits of a shota but adds centimeters and his physique develops further with a longer torso and limbs and his head is more well proportioned (tinier).

Shota/Shounen Hybrid: Type A "Well, Yeah, Technically But": they are under 140cm but looks way more like a shounen. Type B the physical characteristics are similar to those of a shota but they're well past the 140cm mark.

Bishounen: growing up to become a character with still fair but less delicate features, not obligatory more "masculine" but definitely not "feminine" either. They're "beautiful boys" and the standard for what would count as an attractive male teen character.

Fem-Man: the ultimate form of the shota to femboy to adult pipeline. They keep the feminine aspects while also fully developing into an adult body!

Hottie: ultimate form of the shounen to bishounen to adult pipeline. The epitome of "hot man" with nothing in the design about their youthful days.

[tategaminu]

People find Alastor sexy because he’s a generic ass tumblr sexyman bait which is the only “sexy” male character design that Vivziepop can do

That makes it even worse, maybe it is a me because I have never understood Tumblr sexy man culture, I’m more into pretty boys/bishounen designs and Idgf about the chosen tumblr sexy ones honestly! at this point I don’t even know if it’s a joke or not, like do people really find Sans Undertale attractive? I guess that one is a joke right? It’s a joke… right?

Anyways, tumblr sexy man category aside, Alastor isn’t attractive on his own. As you said all of Medrano's "sexy" male designs pretty much look the same and all of them are ugly and over-designer imo, and Alastor is probably one of the worst ones. He looks like an used tampon (long, thin and red), I refuse to believe this guy should wet my panties.

Personality also has a lot to do when I find a character good looking or not, if their personality is horrid I probably won’t like them as much so it doesn’t help that most of HB/HH characters are terrible people, and surprise suprise he is a serial murder and a cannibal? Yeah NO THANKS, get this fucko away from me, I can enjoy a good villain but that doesn't mean I have to get horny over them.

Coming back to the deer thing, I’m sorry but the only deer trait here is the antlers and he doesn't even have them most of the time, also he is not menacing at all, he looks like a crepypasta deviantart oc

Deer are kinda metal, they can be really creepy and you can make them pretty intimidating:

This dude from Adventure Time is a brown blorb and he still makes me more uncomfortable than Alasstor

The Nowhere King FUCKS

Those deer from this comic are super rad, (one of my favourite comics!)

As someone who draws animals in a daily basis it baffles me how none of Vivz's "animal" characters look like the animal they are representing.

In a summary, I hate Alasstor (maybe not as much as Stolass) I bet he's gonna be the least interesting little shit in the whole series.

[cat-appreciator]

Tumblrinos, tumblrinas, lend me your ears. This website has a problem, and that problem is this:

Where is all the Hades II fanart at? When BG3 came out I was inundated with pictures of Karlach and that sad vampire twink boy. Despite rigorously filtering out the tags I still can’t escape your Ineffable Husbandos or - twenty-something years after the books first came out, a decade since Rowldemort first peeled off her human skin suit to reveal her horrifying terven true visage - people drawing fanart of Harry Potter’s dad, Sir Only-Appearing-In-Flashbacks, and his utterly non-canonical gay polycule. So if it exists I should be seeing it, yeah?

Hades II feels like it should have everything a Tumblr user wants. Scary ladies? Nemesis will step on you. Weird monster girls? Scylla looks like she escaped from Undertale. If you’re too vanilla for that, have you seen Aphrodite?

Enbies? Chaos is incredibly dapper in this one, they are bringing that bishounen-and/or-bifauxnen energy right from the primordial darkness underlying creation.

If you’re into dudes, Odysseus has a certain roguish charm, Hermes got a hell of a glow-up, and Schelemeus will make you laugh. Hephaestus is bringing the dad bod.

What’s that? You only like tsundere sad boys? Moros is right there.

Is this that thing again where fandom only really latches on to a thing when they can make two boys smooch? Is that it? Aaargh!

In short, please draw more Hades II fanart for me to look at thank you.

[avelera]

So Dream / Tom Sturridge is very much not my (masc) type so to some extent when writing Hob’s POV I’m always going, “Hmm, if I was Hob, and I was in love with this person, which physical traits of Dream’s would I romanticize and obsess over?”

Which is why I also like to play a game when seeing some of the less pretty ranging to downright bizarre takes on Dream from the comics or from comic-based fanart and go, “Hmm, if I was Hob looking at this spooky nightmare man with the paper white skin and super weird face, could I still find things to romanticize and obsess over, even when he doesn’t look like a bishounen?”

Since ultimately it’s largely the same to me how Dream looks as far as attractiveness goes, I must say, I do delight in finding some of the weirdest fucked up looking Dreams from fanart and putting myself in the shoes of a Hob who would STILL go, “Yes. That one. This weird fucked up looking scary dude is 1000% the person for me.” And I think that’s beautiful

[raemanzu]

E - Enemy

@zexalmonth

I don't have art or fic for this one but I wanted to throw out some love to this crazy side villain, the jellyfish Barian dude, Kurage/Chironex xD My favorite villain is definitely Vector but the existence of this funky lil dude over here opens up a lot of fun questions.

Not only did I kind of love his design and the way he was introduced was very classic magical girl anime villain (the creepy puddles on the hospital floor etc), his duel with Nasch/Shark and IV is an interesting one for me because it shows a fun facet of Shark and IV's relationship and where Shark is at mentally at this time in the show. There's a little bit of foreshadowing to Nasch and IV's later duel because in this one, IV is crying out for Shark to fight the weakness in his own body due to the enemy's jellyfish toxin (not to mention Shark is struggling a bit with reconciling his childhood memories as Ryouga with his possible identity as a Barian emperor), and in the later duel Nasch is fighting what he perceives as weakness in his own heart while IV is trying to make him remember and value his identity as Ryouga, a human being. In this first duel though, IV really tries to appeal to Shark's pride and his attachment to Rio, and almost comes off as a bit cruel, though it's all for the sake of getting Shark to fight for his life and not give up.

I'm a sucker for the kind of angst where a character's body sort of betrays them so the poisoning slowly taking away Shark's ability to move is great. Though I always have to laugh at the idea that you can't duel while sitting down, apparently :P

Meanwhile, this guy intrigues me by existing at all. I love the concept of Vector being able to "find" lost souls in the sea of ill intent, which he makes reference to when we're introduced to Mr Heartland's fly form. Why are the Barian emperors such a different-looking "species" if you will from these Barians, who have both humanoid forms and forms which are based on insects or other critters? What about all the Barians who came from the destruction of Nasch's kingdom, who we only ever see as glowing orbs of light or as their human selves? Do they actually also have creature forms that we just don't see? Or are creature forms generally reserved for actually evil souls? Are certain especially evil souls like Mr. Heartland's lost in the sea of ill intent until an emperor like Vector uses their power to give them a body?

But beyond all that I just find a creepy jellyfish guy with a big-purple-hatted bishounen form a really fun design choice lol.

Especially for how often Shark's hair gets compared to a purple octopus!

[maoam]

A lot of persons say that Sasuke is gay-coded even regardless of Naruto… I can completely see how he’s in love with Naruto, but I struggle to see how he’s gay-coded outsides of his interactions with Naruto.

Could you help me?

I assume people mean his underlined disinterest in women, or possibly the fact there is a lot of homoeroticism regarding Sasuke's character.

All these examples are examples of Sasuke being desired, but in Japanese media if a beautiful boy is desired by a LOT of men he tends to be gay himself, even if he's not interested in those men himself. Mostly because there is no need to have a bunch of dudes do this to a straight guy (it happens sometimes with maybe one, but not a constant thing that happens). See the movie Gohatto... in it the main dude is desired by a lot of men but he himself likes only one guy... but it's a dark movie so I don't recommend it if one wants to see something hopeful.

Sasuke is the epitome of what Ian Buruma wrote about in his culture study: "true (gay) bishounen is always deadly". Griffith is also like this...

[olderthannetfic]

Right, exactly. ‘Bara’ literally means ‘rose’, of course, but it’s pretty equivalent to ‘pansy’ in English, i.e. it’s an old-fashioned slur that some dudes found it entertaining to name things after, including that old magazine Barazoku. (And more power to them. I love Pansy Division, which is the same kind of deal.)

Gei komi are definitely more of a cis gay male culture thing, by, for, and about gay dudes. (Maybe bi dudes? I don’t read enough gei komi to know how they are about mlm who aren’t gay.) Not that they’re always realistic, obviously. That guy getting knocked up by a minotaur really sticks with one! (Yes, I am a basic bitch who has only read Gengoroh Tagame.) But they’re more of a direct representation thing than BL is. Or at least, that’s how they’re marketed and the kind of personas the authors usually have.

AFAIK, the overall category is just ‘gay comics’, and the muscle stuff has some term referring to that with ‘bara’ being more of a foreign language term at this point due to us not cringing like “Oh shit, I just called a dude a pansy”? If you’re hanging out in gay bars in Japan, you may well know more though.

Certainly, an individual artist might try their hand at selling to both gay magazines and BL magazines (with different pen names, one imagines). And certainly, people who like m/m content sometimes stray into other areas looking for more. I don’t want to gatekeep here: they’re obviously not hermetically sealed bubbles. But broadly, the various hairy, muscley, and chubby styles stereotypical of gay comics tend to stay there, and the willowy bishounen tend to stay in the stuff nominally aimed at women. Same with plotlines, styles of porn, yadda yadda. It’s Nifty.org vs. AO3. It’s not as simplistic as “Romance is for girls!” or “All gay men write about coke can dicks!”, but we know the two styles when we see them.

They’re not literally genres in that they’re defined by the target market rather than the content. Theoretically, you could have some muscle porn in a BL magazine and it would then be defined as BL. And we can’t know for sure who is actually creating or consuming them. A cis woman who likes drawing ultra masculine hairy men would presumably go submit to gay mags rather than BL ones.

But we know the ostensible target demographic and the trends that are more typical of one or the other. Gei komi are definitely presented as a gay thing by gay men for gay men. There’s no layer of abstraction like with drag or BL.

[pancake-breakfast]

The problem with being on Volume 9 is that means we're on the last buffer before Volume 10, and I am Not Ready. None of us are.

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for TriMax Vol. 9, Chapters 1-2 below.

TriMax Volume 9 Covers

Ugh, we just have to start with a Vashwood cover, don't we? I have too many Vashwood feels right now. I can't handle this.

Ah, the return of the blow-up doll. Is... is she jealous of whatever the hell is going on with Vash and Wolfwood here? (Honestly, I have no idea what's going on with them here, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nightow doesn't know, either.)

Back cover Liviooooooo.... Oh, shit, he's not wearing his skull there.

Ahahahahahaha, that's a no-face reference on the back there. Looks like he's got some dolls of his own. I... I don't know what to think about that. I'm just not going to lest it make my brain hurt.

What kind of chapter/volume name is "LR"??

Someone take down the Kuroneko-sama. I'm pretty sure she's dry.

Chapter 1: Home

In Stampede, "Home" was a reference to the place where Luida and them live. Here, it seems to refer to the orphanage.

Baby Livio! Baby Nico!!!

Wolfwood, feeding the forlorn. Of course.

Ah, I see he's been reunited with Angelina II. Get yourself reunited with Vash, you idiot.

Aaaand he's going against the caravan for some reason.

LOL, he is DETERMINED to get through going the wrong way. And quickly. This feels like a bit of overkill for a simple gate.

Heh, even as a child, he still has so many Wolfwood mannerisms.

Oh, shit. He's going back for Livio, isn't he?

He really loved his life at the orphanage....

Goshdarn puppies getting in stupid places.

Yeah! Go, baby Livio! Do good things!

Oh, Livio, honey.... If you thought you getting dumped here was because you didn't do something--whatever that might be--to make yourself lovable, you are dead wrong. I don't have to know any more about where you came from to know that.

Baby Wolfwood is such a big brother to everyone here.

Something wrong with his eyes...? Is that...?

Did he ("he") kill the puppy because it put someone else in danger?

Hahahahaha, no secrets between siblings. And an orphanage has a LOT of siblings.

Oh, no. Poor baby Livio. He's just... got a lot going on, I'm sure. But it might be easier with friends.

Hey, is this round guy the kid Wolfwood used to walk to the bathroom?

Hahahaha, yeah, it's him. He doesn't recognize his big bro, of course. Wolfwood's been through a lot.

Twelve, huh? Why's it always gotta be twelve? Something something religious imagery, I know.

Ohhhh, nooooo. Livio, this isn't where you should be....

He's helped set a trap for Wolfwood? My dude, no.

Also, goshdarn, why's he gotta be good-looking?? There are some grumbling about his looks in Stampede, but both versions of him are freaking dorito chips with long hair and goth aesthetic, so I'm not complaining.

Yeah, Wolfwood definitely sucks at cutting ties to people he cares about. I'm not sure if Knives really succeeded or really fucked up by ordering him to escort Vash, 'cause there was no way in hell Wolfwood wasn't gonna get attached to Vash.

Wait, did Livio do something to get on the Eye of Michael's bad side? Also, just how big is their cult? I thought a good chunk of it got wiped out a few volumes ago by that horn-headed guy and the weird CLAMP bishounen. Also also, wasn't Chapel bragging to Wolfwood about how Livio was basically like a better version of him... but Livio got kicked out??? Questions.

Dude, is this little Cactus kid gonna try and take on Eye of Michael by himself?? Dang, no wonder they recruit from this orphanage. These kids got guts.

Side note, I love how Wolfwood's chillin' here, loading up his gun, but also his whole demeanor is like he's just one of the kids.

Oh, I guess these guys aren't true EoM. They're... like... mercenaries or some such.

"Once this ark scare is over...." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA hoo boy, who's gonna tell him?

Welp, this guy is trash. He needs a name. I'm gonna call him... Cable-Face.

Seriously?? He wants interesting reactions from the child he's tormenting and likely to kill?? This guy needs new hobbies.

As someone who worked in dentistry, I like the implication that nearly every one of Cable-Face's teeth are fake. AND he still managed to chip TWO. This kid's life might be worthless, but so is your dental hygiene, Cable-Face.

AAAAAAHHHHHH LIVIO TO THE RESCUE!!!! GIT 'IM MY BADASS BOI!!!

Oh, I guess Cable-Face was very cyborg. Whatever, he may not have needed to be if he had taken better care of himself. And Livio's right; he was pretty annoying.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go simp for Livio for a bit.

*This space reserved for Livio simping*

(Crap, I just put two and two together and I think I know what "LR" stands for now. MOVING ON!!!)

Chapter 2: Tempest

Aw, man. Them kids are putting two and two together about their good friend Wolfwood. Let us all shed a tear for Wolfwood's lost youth.

Welp, that's two "alarms" down.

G'night, Burnsie! All y'all are in for a baaaaad day for pissin' off my guy Wolfwood.

OMG he didn't kill Burnsie. And he's trying to negotiate these guys out of dying, too. He's literally fighting for the thing that matters most to him, and he's trying to do it Vash's way.

Great camaraderie amongst these mercs, I see. /s

Ultimate tiger family?? Ugh, sure, yeah, whatever, man.

HAHAHAHAHA, Wolfwood with the backwards shooting. Get wrecked, tiger man.

Badass Wolfwood poses.

"Keep your eyes on him!" *friend gets smacked in the face* LOL

Badass. Wolfwood. Poses.

DAMMIT, I just remembered *redacted redacted redacted* Ugh, they really gotta do this, don't they???

Wolfwood and his kid self....

@sweetpotoooooooos noted Kid Wolfwood training with Eye of Michael looks like Megumi from JJK is cosplaying as Lara Croft and now I can't unsee it. (I think Megumi is angrier, though, and has a LOT more chill.)

Getting worse? How?? Because he doubts his right to take another's life??? Screw you, Old Man. Like, seriously. You talk like what he's doing now takes less courage and less calculation and less skill, and that's absolute bullshit.

LOL, Chapel is SO MAD! Good, be mad and dumb. Also, he's really rocking that dramatic cult leader garb today.

*COUGH* Sorry, I had to many words and they got stuck.

UGH, I dun want them to fight! They should be brothers!!

Duuuuuuude, something something Stampede! I can feel the influence here. Also, I'm not ready for this.

LOL, Chekov's rocket. Wolfwood sure has fun with these things.

Looks like everyone's in a lot of pain... but they're alive. And also...

Epic

Wolfwood

Poses

May the humiliation all these mercs faced here today inspire them to rethink their lives. Maybe make a change in their career paths.

Heh. He knows Livio is here, and he's calling him for help.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! LIVIO RESPONDED!!!!

Ok, I need to focus on this pose for just a moment. Because this is first time I've seen anything... anything resembling actual will and determination in Livio's face. And it's just for a second, a single panel, before we pull out too much to get a clear read on him again. All the rest of the time, his face is either hidden in shadows or he just looks resigned, depressed, and/or detached. But this panel? There's life in his face here.

Haaaahahahaha, their greeting to each other is such... brothers. Sibling energy. I submit that they are both dumbasses.

One step closer....

Archive

Trigun Vol. 1: Covers + 1-3, 4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 || Vol. 2: Covers + Extras, 1, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8

TriMax Vol. 1: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 2: Covers + 1, 2-4, 5, 6-7 || Vol. 3: Covers + 1-3, 4-5, 6-7 || Vol. 4: Covers + 1-2, 3-5, 6-7 || Vol. 5: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 6: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 7: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 || Vol. 8: Covers + 1-2, 3-4, 5 + Bonus

Extra Credit: Trigun Vol. 1: Nebraska vs. Vash's Motivations, Vash's Loneliness, Vash's Depression (pt 2 of post), Soupy Brains || Vol. 2: Coin Factoids || TriMax Vol. 1: Lina, Vash, and a Haircut || Meryl, Vash, and the Pursuit of Happiness || Vol. 5: Knives, Vash, and Hatred for Humanity || Vol. 6: Coping Series: Wolfwood, Meryl, Vash || Vol. 8: The Uncoordinated Counterattack

[ohhicas]

Just a thought, but what do you think apprentices' and Ansem the Wise children would look like if they ever had them? Would they have the same appearance, character?

i went through an emotional journey about this ask today

My real answer is: I'll need an egg donor for this, because blonde tends to be recessive and I'm SURE silver/grey is recessive. and Red sure as hell is recessive. Dilan's about the only one passing a hair color down without a gene fight. (and lets not get into the mess of EYES COLOR. Where does ORANGE land? What about Dilan "Tumblr's Alexandria's Genesis" ass Vibrant Purple???)

I'd like to personally imagine that Even & Ansem's genes would try their hardest to pass down their straight, thinner hair. Ienzo's hair is thick for how well it holds shape at such a short cut/weird comb-over style, so anyone mixing with him would be 'break a comb' thick. Aeleus's hair is a crinkle, shellacked down, escaping into a Final Fantasy bomb fire poof out the back. Curly hair is vicious in the gene pool, whatever he produces is getting at minimum a slight wave. Dilan is a difficult one; he keeps his hair braided but he has a LOT of thick braids, so unless he's wearing extensions he's probably team "Break a comb" so that's another thick hair team. his little wispy that flies around freely at the forehead seems ??Slightly Wavy?? but only as Dilan; as Xaldin that shit is pin-straight and might as well double as extra lances.

Shoulder Width being XXL seems to run the gambit through all five; Ienzo's broad for his bishounen looks. Dude can suplex people as Zexion.

my JOKE answer is "silly Anon, we've already seen their children" Ienzo was basically emotionally adopted by Even and Ansem as a child; at minimum he's their ward. With actual canon he calls both of them as father figures (in the chara files, they're the two he names as such. Those two only.) 'What does their son look like' he's right there, and he's a very snarky adult man who bench presses novels for fun

and Vexen has an army of puppets/dolls/replicas you can consider his Children; all of them in varying shapes and sizes but all created by him. What is that if not a father?

my Extra Stupid Joke Answer, entirely My little AU Universe is

Ienzo has a son already and it's this creature (made/summoned of his own brain in attempting to tap back into his lost Zexion powers)

[wvbaandtheboys]

Super Punch Out Dreamescape Infodump Yo

It’s about damn time I did this shit again-

SPO and Wii have different realms all together so here we go again.

Gabby Jay - Gerontophobia (Fear of Aging)

“Eternel”

A lone sorcerer that lays in the ruins of his home. Once a spry, youthful and wise man, Eternel became severely ill upon being infected by the Constellation. Being sapped of a large majority of his magic and strength, he was left as practically a rotted corpse in the wake of destruction. However, Eternel is unable to naturally pass away for an unknown reason, so he lives in pain every night. Having long grown numb to the fear of death, all he would want is to be put out of his misery. He is one of, if not the only creature that harbors sympathy for the humans.

Piston Hurricane - Astraphobia (Fear of Storms)

“Tronador”

A demigod that lives in the clouds. Once infected by the Constellation’s influence, he became hostile towards any humans he met. Why, you ask? Well, little fun fact. The Constellation has no real original physical form, and instead appears as the amalgamation of all who have perished in the dreamscape while sleeping. Being horrified by its appearance, it jacked him up. He acts as a result of not wanting any other humans to join the Constellation (trying to frighten them out of their sleep and wake them up), but cannot be peaceful thanks to his being controlled by it. Basically this dude is fighting with his humanity as his motive, but his god heritage as his means. Tries to be good, but can’t because he’s a puppet.

Bob Charlie - Homichlophobia (Fear of Fog)

“Haze”

A spirit that lives in a muddy bog, surrounded by fog. He was driven into extreme paranoia by the Constellation, yet is another one of the creatures that persists in combating its hold on him. Haze is terrified of what the Constellation causes him to do, and often tries to stay hidden from view, instead speaking to any passerby from the depths of the fog and urging them to flee. When he loses control, he can easily maim any living being. He is another of the creatures who sympathizes with the humans and wishes he could protect them.

Dragon Chan - Atychiphobia (Fear of Misfortune)

“带来不幸的哭泣之龙” (The Weeping Dragon that Brings Misfortune)

A Chinese dragon that fled the safety of his homeland to an abandoned tower. Seeing that his presence seemed to make things worse in the Constellation’s takeover, particularly concerning his beloved grandfather figure, he flew far away from home to a secluded tower where he remains to this night. Ashamed and becoming overwhelmed with negative, overwhelming emotions, he succumbed to his infection over the span of many mournful nights. Driven to the brink of insanity, exacerbated by his self-isolation, he is very violent towards anyone and everyone he meets. However, deep down, Dragon still has a heart and craves nothing more than to reunite with his grandfather. However, he dreads what he would find, more over what he would cause, if he dared to return.

Masked Muscle - Volcanophobia (Fear of Volcanoes)

“Magma”

A humanoid figure made out of igneous rocks that lives within a massive volcano. A raging monster, Magma is essentially slowly killing himself by violently igniting an eruption to kill any humans he comes across. He loses body mass everytime he does so, which means he loses a bit of himself everytime he attacks. Though, this is on purpose. Unwilling to live in such a corrupt world, Magma knowingly does this as to both satisfy the Constellation and himself. He is convinced he will be able to pass peacefully and not have to submit to the Constellation’s bidding once he is dead.

Heike Kagero - Pistanthrophobia (Fear of Trusting Others/Deception)

“嘘をつく美少年” (A Beautiful Boy that Tells Nothing But Lies/The Lying Bishounen)

A deceptive boy that lives in an ever changing world of props. Having the ability to shift his world into whatever he fancies, alongside having the ability to change appearance at will, he is a malicious person that uses his abilities to torment his victims before taking their lives. Previously a very kind creature that used his abilities for entertainment, the Constellation easily claimed his mind upon lying to him that his family members (Dream!Dragon and Hoy) were both dead, devastating him. Lacking mental fortitude, yet still harboring a good heart, his corruption runs very deep to the point that even he is unable to convince himself to take pity on the humans.

Mad Clown - Coulrophobia (Fear of Clowns)

“Serenata and Burlone”

A theater entertainer with two separate personalities. Serenata, wearing the tragedy mask, is a somber and pessimistic man that often communicates through sing-song speech (sings as he talks.) His unwillingness to take action alongside the Constellation caused the entertainer’s unstable switching between both personalities. However, Burlone is a jester at heart and is very abrasive, and a little bit sadistic with an insatiable desire for thrill. He, as opposed to Serenata (the two don’t really get along tbh), agreed with the Constellation out of that desire for excitement. With many tricks up his sleeve within his own funhouse of horrors, he certainly proves to be one of the most frightening monsters with a lack of any emotion towards humans besides seeing them as entertainment.

Narcis Prince - Cacophobia (Fear of Unattractiveness)

“The Two Faced Prince” (or Twoface)

An ominous royal that lives in a grand castle. A seemingly emotionless yet outspoken young man, he wears a mask over one side of his face to hide a frightening deformity. Twoface’s mind has been completely overrun with a corrupt sense of vanity, causing him to become obsessed with retaliating against anyone he either deems to be “hideous” or “daring to be more beautiful than he.” (Everybody dying.) The deformed side of his face is more expressive and is quite talkative unlike his normal side, though it is almost as if Twoface treats both sides like independent personalities working together as one vessel. Startlingly sinister at times due to his twisted mind, he removes the faces of any humans he captures and sews them onto figurines. How’d he get corrupted, you ask? Well, to put it simply, he got manipulated into thinking his infection would be halted if he removed any skin that would visibly become corrupt. Surprise surprise, the Constellation picked his face for a reason.

Hoy Quarlow - Philophobia (Fear of Love)

“拒绝爱的邪恶老人” (The Evil Old Man Who Refuses to Love) (The Unfeeling Grandfather)

An elderly man that lives in complete solitude. Deeply wounded by the loss of his family, that grief was taken advantage of by the Constellation. Though not exactly enjoying it, he purposefully acts devious and hostile towards anyone (human or dream) to prevent forming even a mutual relationship. A proficient hunter by means of changing into another physical form resembling a younger version of himself, he plays his role of being seen as a threat well. Though, somewhere inside of him, he wishes to see his “children” (they’re not blood related, just close) again and know that they’re alive.

Rick & Nick Bruiser - Thanatophobia (Fear of Losing a Loved One (in this case))

“Conjoined”

Two brothers that have been forcefully combined together into an deformed amalgamation. Overwhelmed with thoughts of each other’s demise over the course of their infection, they stayed together up until the Constellation came along and made them into what they are now (as to, in its words, “keep them together forever.”) Both seem to work together as both brothers need to cooperate to move their body. However, internally, there is a whole bunch of conflict going on between them. They’re in a bit of a parasitic relationship instead of a strictly familial one, as they both consistently leech off each others’ strength to gain sole control (usually clashing thoughts or whatever. Basically, they’re slowly losing that regard for one another.) Despite that, even if it’s not for the right reasons at this point, they still fear losing each other as much as ever.

(I’m gonna rewrite Wii at. some point teehee)

[pinkprettycure]

we need more big LIs like desperately like esp in joseimuke imo which is like for one just where I have much of my focus but like... and im generalizing here but when I think of BL games and their body types its like, twinks and buff guy and even buffer guy, fat dudes are not all that common but that's still somehow like leagues better than a lot of dudes in joseimuke where they'll straight up just not do anything more than lithe bishounen

we can just straight up forget about expecting much from female characters because god forbid a girl even makes an ugly expression much less have a vaguely unconventional body u.u

[corvidmasters]

can i be honest.

i really don't like these sprites.

to be more specific it's their faces.

compared to her work in extra/ccc warco's sprite work in the extella games feels really...over-rendered? for lack of a better term. it's especially egregious on some of the men. she's still good at making a great bishoujo/moe face but my goodness the bishounen energy that she was channeling for the guys in the past is like barely there anymore. arjuna and karna are some of my favorite servants so their faces just bother me the most out of sheer bias but they're far from the only ones who look kinda snorgled. Charlie's fine tho he actually looks perfect bishounen. older/chisled/weird dudes look fine as well also because there what she's been doing just works.

karna's hair looks really funny also it kinda looks like a hat and not his hair. this hasn't got anything to do with his face but arjuna's pose still makes me giggle because he's mid-bow or something. One thing I will give these sprites is arjuna's eyes and nose are cute :3 hair too flat though not fluffy enough

i just woke up from 2 hours of slwep btw.

[hollowfaith]

1 from basics, 2 from OCs !

Questions for the mun

When did you first start writing?

the earliest english diary i have was a birthday gift for my 7 year old birthday. i wrote stuff like "today was fun" and "i played with X today" like. super basic subject - verb - noun sentences haha.

before that i used to write letters to my great grandmother in china after i moved to the States. i was 4-5 and would tell her about what i did all day, and she wrote back!

as the years went on my writing got smaller and hers got bigger (the size of the characters i mean) because her eyesight was getting worse...i really treasured our letters even if i had to wrack my brain for what to say sometimes haha

Who was your first OC?

i'm going by tumblr OC for this one and it was a magical daoist cultivator dude with immortality and cool spell talismans based on this guy but bishounen ofc (i think i've talked about him in another ask but it was on another muse)

he was very fun and i got to dig into chinese mythology for his lore but he was also very static so there wasn't much room to develop him and i gave up and dropped him after a while

i still remember his URL which was a pun on his name: anqient for anqi sheng + b/c he was old as dirt yeyyyyyyyy

Who is your favorite OC?

i really like mary sue! but she's a very high-energy, attention-demanding muse so i really need a lot of headspace and time to write her properly like the way she deserves

she'll be back someday, she's a very easy muse to pick up and drop into the thick of things

[crehador]

so if miku gokushufudou were Worse (at life) and tatsu gokushufudou were an enormous cat, you would basically have dekiru neko wa kyou mo yuuutsu

there's not really a ton of substance to dekineko, but it's a cute and soothing show with fairly enjoyable characters

it's also peak wish fulfillment, like truly it takes wish fulfillment to heights i never before could have conceived of

because like you have ultimate failgirl saku who cannot do any housework to save her own life. a more normie/generic wish fulfillment trope might be to stick her with some sort of possibly magical bishounen househusband who does all the housework, which is great for the most part but that's another person in your house

and if your feelings on that are like—

—then the househusband route might be less than ideal

SO HOW ABOUT A GIGANTIC BIPEDAL CAT INSTEAD perfect flawless 10/10 wish fulfillment fantasy no notes

yukichi is, very importantly, not some sort of magical creature (so far?) and certainly not a dude in a fursuit. he's just a normal ass cat who saku rescued as a kitten, who then proceeded to grow very large and capable because saku sure as hell wasn't going to take care of herself

it's certainly not the most plotty or riveting show, but to me it's a very comfortrable watch so far (if you can tolerate the gohands look, which personally i actually like) and even at its halfway mark the large cat hijinks haven't gotten old

looking forward to the rest of the season which hopefully will have some more smol!yukichi flashbacks because CUTE KITTEN

side note: this might be one series where the manga is a better experience than the anime, can't say for certain because i haven't checked out the manga yet myself but i'm guessing manga-pacing might be even more effective than anime-pacing for these bits

(that said, the casting of angen as yukichi is THE best choice they could have made so for certified seiyuu freaks the anime is imo definitely worth it)

[moomingitz]

Do you have any hot takes with any other video game series beyond Sonic the Hedgehog?

Well I already shared mine concerning series like Banjo-Kazooie in the past. So I guess I have to go onto the next platformer series down the line:

The N64 Castlevania game/s are good. I mean it.

For a bit I naturally wondered if nostalgia had put some rose tinted glasses on my head. But after recently playing them for the first time in ages, I still think they hold up pretty well despite their flaws. Yes, like nearly all early 3D games you'll have to deal with more floaty and sensitive jumping and walking/running mechanics, and your biggest enemy will be the camera. But once you become accustomed to the early 3D platformer jank, the gameplay is really no different from the classic platforming from the previous 2D titles. You run, jump, kill enemies, can obtain side weapons, and you fall to your death a lot- complete with all of the Medusa heads. Though there is more focus on exploration in the earlier stages, and you can definitely see the Resident Evil and Zelda influences in the game.

And this is one of those cases where I think the all too common present fog N64 games had actually adds to the game's atmosphere. A spooky lake and forest is exactly where I would expect to see fog, or for a dark and dingy castle to be dusty as all hell. I think this game nailed the atmosphere in general. Helped by it's wonderful soundtrack- which also has my personal favorite rendition of, The Sinking Old Sanctuary.

Also, the game/s has enemies like skeletons on motorcycles and Frankenstein's monster with a chainsaw. Dracula is reborn into a Victorian demon child, who then becomes full on Bishounen dude, and then he turns into a dragon centipede monster. One of the ways you can get items is buying them from a demon who is a salesmen, complete with being dressed in the most typical fancy businessman outfit you can think of- unless you spend over 30,000 in gold. Then you have to fight him because apparently his contract says that you forfeit your soul if you do.

How can I hate a game that goes to town with the weird and quirky stuff?

These games are at least worth checking out. But if you're going to play at least one of them, play the "Legacy of Darkness" release. Aside from it being a director's cut of the original release of the N64 game- there are four story campaigns instead of just Reinhardt and Carrie's, and Cornell was going to be in the original release but him, and many other things, were cut due to time constraints- the stages are better designed and more streamlined, and the camera was improved some.

That magical nitro task in the castle center can still go straight to Hell, though.

[piduai]

girlsami would be like harley quinn/misa misa, except way better (because hammers) and not lame. girlgata would be a sexy femcel queen with mommy issues (women with mommy issues are terrifying tho ngl). tsurumi is still woman-coded to me, but yeah. I think him actually being a woman would be kinda boring

so true. usamita is def the h*rley q*inn archetype except she doesnt fucking suck. i guess i can see where you got misa from but i see her as leaning more towards the egirl aesthetic than the 00s gothic lolita, although as i said i definitely see the connection here. also she'd still kill people with a hammer and be a gross sex pest. for feminism. ogata would be so cool as a girl... everything that makes him pathetic as a dude would add to the slay factor if he were a woman. and with tsurumi i stand by that, he IS woman coded because i said so but each time i see someone depict him as a woman i feel like gagging. like that ugly fucking dark lipstick and limp hair in a bun and long painted nails and heels. HEELS in the military for TSURUMI who turns into an olympic sprinter once per volume. but well i guess it comes with the territory of strangers having shit taste in everything and my vision being the correct one. the only version of femrumi i can get behind is her being a bishounen kind of woman, like that one girl from nozaki gekkan, tall with wide shoulders and fluffy kpop hair, overflowing with charisma, like she could fit as an otokoyaku in takarazuka. you know what i mean? evil office lady/school mistress tsurumita with ugly lipstick does nothing for me. so yeah he's better off as a woman-coded man it adds to the intensity