#there are some impt announcements in here too so do skim thru if u have the time!!

[gyoomie]

2020 rec & reflect under the cut

manga/webtoons

standout webtoons (ongoing): death is the only ending for the villainess (abuse cw) / beware of the villainess / a painter behind the curtain (nsfw BL; general cw)

standout manga (ongoing): the holy grail of eris / gokusai no ie

standout BL: nomi x shiba (mild nsfw) / see you later, mermaid (only extra chapter is nsfw) / torokeru chouai celluloid (explicit nsfw)

help why is it such a permanent dry spell for memorable yuri 💔 i do follow a few but i feel like its always either office or school romances + very little plot happens smh

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music (mostly kpop)

oneus come back home / airplane / bbusyeo

mamamoo iljido (moonbyul) / maria (hwasa) / wanna be myself (cf song)

other standout title tracks wannabe (itzy) / oh my god (g-idle) / left & right (seventeen) / pporappippam (sunmi) / sacrifice (seung woo of victon)

ive definitely ventured more into kpop this year? ALSO OMG READY STEADY. GIGA. WHAT A MAN. he really injected some much needed life into the fandom with all the songs he dropped this year, a glorious return from the war 🤧🤧

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writing

total wordcount (including unpublished zine pieces): 27,635 words

im a contributor for two for-charity zines: mlb love squared and personaloid. please take a look if ur interested, and support them if u can 🙏🏻

as of today (31.12.20), i will no longer be cross-posting fics onto ffnet - from 2021 onwards, ill only be posting my fics here (tumblr) and ao3!

im gonna be real here for a second - im not sure how often ill be writing for vocaloid. the fandom has become increasingly aggressive in the way it polices shipping and it does make me a little anxious 💀 but we’ll see how it goes yea

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uni/personal

IM FINALLY DONE WITH UNI AYYY ill be graduating next year ✨

2020 has been surprisingly fruitful in terms of writing output - despite the pandemic hitting my mental health with a mf sledgehammer - but ive also been feeling rather out of place in fandom spaces for a while now, esp twitter. its partly the reason why ive become quieter on all my accts in recent years.

in a way, i kind of feel stuck between “vocaloid will always be home” and “im out of touch with vocaloid now + i dont keep up with prsk”, which is like. so where do i go from here. dabbling in other fandoms and new music is fun, but theres only so much fun yelling into a void by myself and hearing nothing back. 

in a way, it feels a little lonely. it feels a little sad. but that is on me to figure out.

regardless, next year is gonna be a bit of a wild card for me (bc life transition and all), but i hope to keep writing. if ur reading this, thank u for staying - yall the real mvps.

with that said, heres to 2021!! 🥂💖