#this was actually a lot longer before OTL

[bonefall]

BONES WHERE ARE YOU

I'm here I'm okay! Sorry I went radio silent for like two months LMAO I've been a busy boygirl.

I have been doing A LOT of things. The embarrassing truth is that I noticed I was going a while without posting, figured I'd stay quiet a little longer so I'd have fun stuff to share to "make up" for the fact I was quiet, but then things got delayed and I felt guilty I had nothing to show for being gone so long, and before I knew it it was like 2 months. Girl help

I've always got a ridiculous amount of irons in the fire, but mainly 3 big things have been keeping me quiet;

Thing 1 is, unfortunatly, a super secret, non-WC related game project. You have NO idea how badly I want to blabber about this, but my team asked me not to :///

It's so fucking cool and I've been working so hard on it. I have been able to research so many cool environments and cultures. OHH my god, did you have any idea that Iran has cloud forests?? Or that you can trace Mayan trade routes based on the color of obsidian you find in archeological sites??? I want to spill beans so bad.

Hopefully we'll make more progress on this project in a few months and then I can share details, but at the moment I'm honor-bound to silence OTL

THING 2 I've been doing is graduating college and finding a good job, which naturally is time consuming. I finally did though, so hopefully I'll have some cash to burn soon on commissions and such. I actually have a couple Clan Culture posts essentially completed as drafts, but I want them illustrated before releasing them.

Aaaand THING 3 is that I started playing the demo for an Indie game called Critter Cove. I apologize that this reason's kind of mundane, but it is only a demo for what the devs call "the first 2 hours of the game" and I've already got 40 hours logged.

It's a good game, man. I'm obsessed with the character creator. It's got fat bodies, squid-faced options, hyena ears, lots of tails, even TVhead options, everything. The devs are also super responsive on the Discord. I have made so many fun designs lmaooo.

It releases into Early Access on the 10th and you save your progress into the main game. It's like Animal Crossing meets Windwaker. Can't recommend it enough if you're into these sorts of games.

TL;DR I've been up to non-WC things.

Doesn't mean I'm gone though! I'll be back soon. As soon as I have some time, I'm going to catch up on the Ivypool's Heart stuff so I can formulate an opinion about it.

[chronosdawn]

Attached - Alpha!Wriothesley x Beta!Reader

a/b/o AU, GN!Reader

A/N: I got the idea for this while working on another, longer a/b/o fic so instead of working on that like I was supposed to, I wrote this OTL

Word count: 1.3k

Content warnings: a/b/o dynamics, mild sexual content and themes (minors please DNI)

Not many got the chance to know the Duke of the Fortress of Meropide well. Certainly, almost everyone in Fontaine knew of him, and as the Fortress’s administrator, many people had some sort of contact with him, be they convicts of the Fortress or proprietors of businesses hoping to gain a foothold there.

But among those, very few got to actually know the Duke beyond his title and position, and when you’d first met him, you’d had no reason to think you’d be any different. Sure, you had been invited there by him personally, which was rare, but made sense once you’d learned he was looking to procure resources for some project that was being worked on in the Fortress—something you had a lot of experience doing for members of the Fontaine Research Institute.

Over the course of several meetings—and more than a couple of pots of tea—a tentative friendship had formed between you. One that had turned into something quite different when you’d accidentally stumbled into his office while he was in a rut.

And that, was how you’d come to end up in your current situation—seated in Wriothesley’s lap with your overnight bag discarded by the door to his room. You hadn’t expected this to become a regular occurrence when you’d first offered him your assistance, but for some reason the stubborn fool had refused to seek out an omega to spend his ruts with, even if you both knew that was what he actually needed.

He nosed against the back of your neck before going in with a gentle nip of his teeth, dangerously close to where your small beta scent gland lay.

“Careful,” you warned, “you know our agreement, nothing that can’t be taken back. I don’t want to be the reason your future omega ends up developing some sort of complex.”

Wriothesley stilled briefly before grazing his teeth over your nape once more. “What would you do if I did?”

“What do you mean?” You tried to turn around to look at his face, but the muscular arms around your waist kept you locked in place, pressed tightly against the firm planes of his chest.

“What would you do if I decided to put a claiming bite on you? Right now, you’re not in any position to stop me.”

“You wouldn’t,” you said with absolute certainty, even as he nipped at you again, harder this time.

“What makes you so sure?” His rut had come on enough that even you could smell the pheromones he was pumping out into the air, a rich leathery musk with notes of clary sage.

“I know you, you just wouldn’t.”

“You sound pretty convinced of that.”  He went quiet for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was barely audible as he muttered into your skin. “Do you even know what I was originally sentenced here for?”

“I do.” He’d never told you himself but you remembered reading about his trial in the newspaper your father had left out on your dining room table. “But that’s neither here nor there. You’re not the sort of person who’d force a yourself on someone, and I can’t imagine you ever being disloyal to your mate. Even if for some strange reason you seem reluctant to go out and find them.”

He let out a chuckle but there was no real humour in it. “You know, sometimes I wish you thought a little less highly of me.”

“If I didn’t think so highly of you, I wouldn’t be here, you know that.”

“Yeah, I do.” He went back to worrying at your neck, his mouth over your scent gland. Instead of biting down, however, he sucked at the skin in a way that was certain to leave its own sort of claiming mark, but one that would fade within a week. 

“You don’t seem to be in any hurry,” you noted, as he took his time littering your nape with hickeys, despite the growing hardness you could feel pressing against your ass.

“How long can you stay?” His hands began to wander slowly over your body, the heat of his palms burning through your clothes.

“A couple of days.” You let out a sigh, allowing yourself to enjoy the feeling of his touch while you could. “I’ve got a trip to Liyue scheduled to check on some ore shipments and it’s too late to rearrange it. Sorry I can’t be here for the whole thing; I should be able to help you through the worst of it though.”

“And when will you be back?”

“I’m not sure. Some of the merchants we’re dealing with are really dragging their feet for some reason. I should be back before your next one, although whether that’s really a good thing or not, I don’t know. Might have been a good incentive for you to actually seek out a more permanent arrangement.”

“I really wish you’d stop bringing that up.” One of his hands slipped underneath your shirt, sliding beneath your undergarments so he could give your nipple a firm squeeze. “What’s so wrong with this?”

You let out an undignified squeak and chastised him with a light slap to the thigh. “I know I sound like some nagging old aunt, but I just want you to find someone who makes you happy. Truly happy, not just sex.”

“And if I said you make me happy?”

“I can’t, not in the way deserve,” you said a little sadly, before putting the thought out of your mind altogether. It was best not to think about what ifs that could never be, it would only lead to hurt. “Now, what do you say we get a move on, before you get so wound up you tear straight through my clothes. Again.”

Wriothesley loosened his hold enough for you to turn around in his lap, fingers moving to undo the buttons of your shirt as he watched with rapt attention.

“With the way you’re so fond of telling me off, anyone would think you’re the alpha in this relationship.” He made no move to touch you, simply observing as you shed your garments one by one. You weren’t entirely sure how he was managing it, you could see the flush on his cheeks, feel the tension in his body—a piece of elastic a hair’s breadth from snapping. Still, if any alpha would have the self-control to hold themselves back during a rut, it would be him.

“Come on mister, it’s not fair to make me do all the work.” You moved to start helping him out of his waistcoat, his jacket having already been shed before you’d even entered the room.

“Alright boss,” he replied with obvious sarcasm, a smirk curling at his lips. With no warning, you were suddenly lifted and flung onto the bed, Wriothesley following you quickly after, caging you in with his body and leaving no hope of escape. “If you’re that eager, you don’t have to wait for me to go into a rut, you know, you can come here anytime. I’ve asked the staff at the front desk to let me know as soon as they see you.”

“It’s a tempting offer.” You helped him out of his waistcoat as he pulled off his tie and tossed it somewhere in the room. “But I’d hate to be the reason for a decline in the efficiency of management of the Fortress.”

“Always an answer for everything.” You didn’t get a chance to retort before his mouth was covering yours, hot and hungry as he ground his hips against your thigh. It would seem his control had finally failed him, as when you kissed back, he let out a satisfied growl from the back of his throat, fingers digging into your flesh as he tugged you into the position he wanted.

You simply let him, tangling your fingers in his hair as you braced yourself for what was sure to be a long and tiring—if enjoyable—affair.

[merakiui]

SLASHERSCARASLASHERSCARASLASHERSCARA

I have a soft spot for slashers, and as I've been rewashing a few of them, mouchey keeps worming his way into my brain.

While most people see him as a Ghostface (it's hot), I can see him filling the roles of a lot of different slashers.

Him as Brahms from The Boy, where you're a babysitter hired to watch over a doll (name can vary given he has too many) who has very specific rules. Meanwhile, the REAL mouchey is living in the walls, watching you, and becoming more and more obsessed. He even has a fake version of you to cuddle with. (The mommy issues will be very strong here)

Or maybe he's more of a Billy Lenz from Black Christmas. Your sorority house keeps getting, disturbing calls. They're erratic, violent, and sexual, but they don't seem to stop. What you don't know is that "The Moaner," as he's been called, is in the house, calling from within. He starts picking off the other people in the house on by one, leaving him with you.

Hannibal from the NBC show can also fit with him and his many names, as before starting his spree in America, he was known in Italy as the Monster of Florence. Mouchey is a well-known man in the area, cultured and has great dinner parties. He's also an investigator on the string of murders going on as of late. Given his composed exterior, nobody suspects that he's the one going around murdering people to serve at his parties, and for his own enjoyment.

I could go on and on abot slashers that mouchey could be, so I'll stop here.

- ⭐️ anon

SLASHER SCARA.......... (⸝⸝��� ̫ ๑⸝⸝⸝) omg,,,

I feel like Childe would make for such a great Ghostface, but that's a ramble for another time. >:D Ghostface Scara is so yummy omg!!! But you're so right! He can fit as so many slashers!!!!

All of these are so big brain, but the one I love the most would have to be Brahms Scara because it's just so real and true to me. <3 the pretty porcelain doll who you think might be haunted the longer you spend looking after him, tenderly treating him as if he's a real boy, only to later find out the real Scara (the version who is actually a full-grown man) is living in the walls... AAAAAA GROSS, SLIMY SCARA IN THE WALLS WITH HIS RAGING MOMMY KINK. OTL OTL ⭐️ anon, you've given me such a delicious brain worm omg!!!!

He's so attached to you, so obsessed even though you haven't even been there for that long. But he knows you're the one because you're so sweet and affectionate and there's something so motherly about you...... he's never letting you go now. :) omg omg omg maybe the doll is modeled after Kabukimono, but the real version is Scara....... this cute angel of doll versus the gross, obsessed wall-dwelling stalker who loves you more than anything,,, somno with him....... 😵‍💫

[grislyintentions]

SHIPPING INFO. Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

Geto/Gojo (current brainrot) but tbh i have a lot frfr

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Where shipping is concerned, I'm generally rather down to explore different ideas/plots. With the exception of: infidelity, pregnancy (breeding kinks are fine just not actual carrying of children), constant relationship angst with no reprieve and break ups.

I struggle heavily with Bipolar 2 + Cluster B comorbidity and certain themes make emotional regulation really difficult.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

Anything past 10 year age gap** And even then I'd personally prefer for the characters to be above 25 y/o if the age gap is going to be an important factor of the thread.

Are you selective when shipping?

Yes. I prefer to go off of chemistry between the characters portrayed + if I am able to have an healthy line of communication with my writing partner. It's really important to me for my writing partners to feel comfortable with discussing boundaries or if they've changed their mind/are no longer interested. Especially with the nature of what I write (Yaoshi etc)

Shipping, and by extension rping as a whole, is a collaborative experience. I would rather prioritise being able to have fun doing so.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

Anywhere between getting handsy to dry humping counts I think?? ^^;;

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

I'm pretty flexible with that as long as our portrayals have chemistry together. I don't mind crackships, unlikely ships etc as well.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

I am unfortunately pretty dense when it comes to picking up on other people's shipping interest 😭so please give me a sign. Like a "hey i think they'd be neat!" type of message is enough. Most of the time, I observe the threads until potential is made obvious before I approach to discuss bc I just...do be dropping balls left and right OTL.

How often do you like to ship?

Not as often as I'd like 💀

Are you multiship?

Yes. Verses are all kept separate unless planned otherwise.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

I think I'm a ship more-or-less in my own eyes? I love writing shippy stuff but honestly slice of life, comfort and goofs are what commonly appears here. Or...yknow degenerate crimes but dw about that.

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Kafka/Blade, Kafka/Sunday, Wriothesley/Clorinde/Neuvillette, Candace/Dehya, Candace/Cyno, Cyno/Tighnari, Sampo/Natasha, Sampo/Gepard, Natasha/Serval, Xiao/Traveler, Wanderer/Layla, Wanderer/Traveler, many many more tbh

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Write with me! Send me stuff, tell me about your ideas and I'll do the same.

Tagged by: @soliloquics (thank u!! ^^)

Tagging: @memovia @rvinfall @reversescale @shallliveoninsong @shining-gem34 @maskednihilism @reallyrandomtj @astrclvoyages @souldanced @soulsbetrayed @sercphs @draconicfool and whomstever wants to yoink! No pressure if you don't wanna do it though. ^^

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

episode of savanaclaw chapter 1: the importance of visuals in conveying character

ADDEDUM: Sorry if you experience weird formatting and/or see repeated paragraphs when viewing this post; for whatever reason, Tumblr gave me a really hard time editing, formatting, and saving this OTL It looks totally normal on my end, but I’ve heard from some people the post looks wonky to them 💦 I’m not sure how to fix it…

The turtlesoupscans team has the first chapter out! ^^ (This is also the scanlation from which I borrow the images used in this post!)

Something I noticed when taking a closer look at the Episode of Savanaclaw is that the new mangaka is really good at drawing eyelashes 👁 👄 👁 There were so many times when I actually made a full stop while reading to admire the eyes and the lashes on like. EVERYONE especially on L*ona. I really enjoy that aspect of the new artwork! (I don’t know if this is just me, but Leona’s tail and hair also seem much longer in the manga adaptation than in the game…?)

… OKAY I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS NOW

I mentioned before that the manga has the advantage of using visual storytelling to help convey character in a way that the game can’t. I previously explored this concept as it applies to Cater’s general character in the Episode of Heartslabyul. But but but— (and I cannot stress this enough 😳) just from the first chapter alone, I think that the manga’s visual storytelling is going a long way to enhance episode 2.

So like in the game (2-6), there is a dorm leaders meeting in which they discuss the upcoming Magical Shift/Spelldrive tournament. It is here where Crowley suggests inducting Malleus into the Hall of Fame in order to take him off the field and give the other dorms a chance to shine. Leona interrupts and gives a brief speech about how doing that is admitting defeat before the game has even begun. He uses the story of the King of Beasts to remind his fellow dorm leaders that it is cunning, not brute strength or magical ability, that allowed him to triumph. This inspires the other dorm leaders to disallow Malleus from entering the Hall of Fame, as they all want to do their best to try and outwit him.

Now, there's nothing wrong with this scene in the game. It serves its purpose just fine. However, because of the game being a visual novel style, the story is mainly told via dialogue and 2D character models. The manga is able to greatly expand on this scene because it is not constrained to just dialogue and a few animations. Case in point, this:

In the manga adaptation of this scene, Leona gives basically the same points, but the art is a lot more dynamic. For example, when he first hears Crowley’s proposal, we get these shots which show us Leona’s obvious displeasure. There’s the slight frown, the ominous shadow over his face, and even a close up of his fingers laced together (a pose which already implies he’s a schemer):

Compare this to the limitations of Leona’s in-game model; he looks so obviously and overtly angry, which doesn’t sell him as a calculating character as well. Meanwhile, in the manga, you can still tell just how much the idea Crowley suggested has pissed Leona off, but the feelings come across on his face in a much more subtle way.

Then when manga!Leona begins his appeal proper, he physically STANDS UP from his seat at the table. This draws the other pairs of eyes in the room to him; you can see in the next panel that everyone, including Crowley, is looking at Leona. He commands the attention in the room.

Another small detail here is that manga!Leona slams a hand down on the table; previously, they were folded together. Without saying a word, you understand what this conveys: that, in addition to his intelligence, he also has power and influence in this situation, and he knows exactly how and when to use those boons to his advantage.

Actually, manga!Leona does a lot of small yet noteworthy things with his hands. Take, for instance, these next panels.

When bringing up the importance of using one’s brain, manga!Leona actually taps his head. In the game, Leona is limited to his general sprite where he lays a hand against his temple. This is the closest approximation to what the game can do to simulate that tap tap of the head, but it doesn’t really carry the full weight of the motion, especially not when paired with Leona’s annoyed in-game expression.

But then look at manga!Leona, who looks so smug and self-assured as he does the gesture. It really speaks to his own confidence—and, more importantly, we’re getting a more accurate image of what the other dorm leaders and Crowley are seeing. They’re witnessing Leona at the height of his strength, someone who uses his words to persuade and to inspire the downtrodden masses into following his lead and to make better lives for themselves. Leona now curls his hand into a fist—so now we’ve gone from the cunning laced fingers to the powerful slam of a hand on a table to a clenched fist, which, in this context, is meant to be encouraging and victorious.

Note that this is all a parallel to Leona’s Disney counterpart, Scar, who made promised the shunned hyenas a place in society. Said parallel is made even more apparent in the following page; manga!Leona literally raises his fist up, and there, right in the background, is the statue of Scar himself, haloed by sunlight, and clouds parted for him. Scar—and, by extension, Leona—appear almost “God-like” because of this deliberate composition.

At this point, Leona speaks about the King of Beasts’ great accomplishment: obtaining the crown through perseverance and wit, in spite of the odds being stacked against him. Look at how this page is framed; it’s nothing BUT Leona. He’s dominating not only the page itself, but also the discussion surrounding Malleus’s induction to the Hall of Fame. He is winning his audience over.

Again, the same lines play out in the game, but the impact just isn’t there. We just have a lot of Leona crossing his arms while looking mad and Leona with his hands on his hips. At best, he looks neutral or slightly bored by what he’s saying. At worst, maybe too angry or even pouting about the situation. It definitely doesn’t feel nearly as inspirational as him standing and raising a fist as he extols the values of the King of Beasts.

(Side note: why is Leona built like a god damn DORITO 🤡 Why’s his waist so TINY???? What is the purpose of that………………….. ….. …. . .:: … . … . . … . . .. . . this is not me simping THIS IS NOT I swear it’s not)

This next page characterizes Malleus more than it does Leona; Malleus is small here, shown with his back turned away, turning to “glance over his shoulder” at the others. This comes off as isolating, putting distance between himself, who is on such a high level, and his peers. It matches Leona’s dialogue, implying that Malleus truly is a “monster” out of their league, and they must find a clever solution to take that “monster” down.

Leona’s profile now shows slight signs of irritation right as he’s delivering the conclusion to his speech and thesis. His eyebrows are arched, he’s frowning, and he’s slightly looking down at the people he’s addressing. The tension here is palpable; you can feel the force behind his words, how strong his final statement is. It is the responsibility of everyone present at this table to find a way to defeat Malleus, not kneel over and accept defeat.

And the crazy thing is???? You can SEE in the faces of every single dorm leader how Leona’s words have affected them. You don’t need anyone to say a single word to understand what’s going through their heads. They’ve all been charmed. Look at how wide-eyed Kalim is, how Vil has his eyes narrowed (like he has realized something), Riddle is staring DIRECTLY at Leona (implied by an earlier page), and fuck Idia; the tablet’s screen tells us nothing Azul smiles knowingly.

We automatically know what the outcome is, and we know which way they will vote. This is conveyed so well, so clearly, that the manga doesn’t even bother to give us dialogue from the other dorm leaders opposing Crowley’s suggestion. The manga just immediately cuts away to a mob student being injured. (This is different than in the game, which had to show Vil, Riddle, Kalim, Idia, and Azul verbally agreeing with Leona to get the same message across.)

Anyway??? I had to get all of that out of my system 🤡 I just. Can’t get over???? How good the visual storytelling is for the manga adaptation??????

Entire lines from the original script could be scrubbed out and we still understand what is being said without them. So much character oozes off the page in the dynamic camera and composition. Scenes that I paid zero mind to in the game are sooo much more interesting when told through the manga, my eyes are glued onto the pages.

There’s so much nuance in the gorgeous artwork and the story that it’s trying to tell, and I think that’s a real testament to how talented the mangaka and the team behind Twisted Wonderland (the manga adaptation) are!! I’m by no means a fan of episode 2 of the main story, but 👀 the manga has definitely done a great job making Leona’s introduction to the audience memorable, and he feels like a much more charismatic and threatening “villain” for this episode because of that.

[bigbarabelly]

Wipy but bills parents!!!! Well two of them lmao.

I’m still finagling refiguring bill and ty for new revamp and of the old original lore I never got to fully fleshing out and posting before I’d deleted the original blog OTL. I was so loopy from surgery back then

but originally bills from a wolf pack in small town Texas. Archie and Heath are omegas but lmao shit happens during heats when alpha Mason and babysitter beta Dandy aren’t around. Archie was just hitchhiking across the south and wound up with them during a moon. Heaths the youngest wolf and got too excited LMAO and then Archie popped out bill and stuck around with the pack.

Bills got longer canines and gets hyper around the full moon but he skipped out on being born a wolf. Looks a lot like Heath but is gangly and dopey eyed like Archie. Sun burns bad then darkens to a mad tan and actually looks more like him

[whatacartouchebag]

For the fic ask! Are there any fics you reread regularly, your own or others? Annnd what's something you've learned doing research for a fic? :D

(clicking the button to send an ask and seeing "kaibaman demands a sacrifice" has me cackling btw)

I'm... actually pretty bad about rereading other people's fics unless there's a specific itch I need scratching OTL Feel like I spend a lot more time rereading my own, but then again I'm such a horrible stickler for editing and proofreading. For longer fics, like Reason or Thistles, I'll tend to have nearly up to two chapters in written in reserve before posting a current chapter, because I'm going over them so often and want to catch any continuity issues or little things before they do go up.

As for research... kind of a mixed bag! I have a background in veterinary nursing and horticulture, so being able to adapt and apply that into writing helps a lot (ie, any medical or biology things that have popped up in Reason or other fics, or any of the herbology bits in Thistles).

I know when I wrote the scene with Pietro discussing Qrow's ring in Reason, I did have to do a bit of digging into metal conductivity to find out if silver was non corrosive to the point of being used in electronics lmao. Otherwise it's usually fact checking simple things, like getting a proper recipe for the drink in Broken Seeds, or looking up symptoms of a centipede bite in Clouded, or what kind of metal polish and leather conditioning treatment can be used on weapons for a chapter of Crystalline.

So yeah! Hope that helps answer both of those :D

[barbatos-sama]

i gotta say, having done this summer event in one sitting, it became apparent how little story content there actually is. they tried to spread releasing it out between irl days when it first came out so it seemed longer than it actually is (and even then i could tell it was kinda short.) the puzzles were also way too simple imo, like i had the same problem last year where i thought the puzzles were a lot more simplistic than the year before but these ones are even Worse, there's hardly any real thought that goes into them yknow. the puzzles from the first summer event i ever played two years ago were pretty complicated, and while i did get frustrated sometimes they were really fun and engaging and there was so much content i kept finding more and more puzzles i didn't know were there. now during this event and last years they actually give you a device after you've reached a certain exploration quota that shows you on the map exactly where every puzzle and chest is so you can be sure you're not missing anything, and while that's super helpful and i'm glad it's there it also kind of makes it more apparent how easy everything was to find OTL so far i would say this was the worst one. it's not to say it was Bad, it's just that the first one i played was a lot more substantial than this one, and i never got to play the very first summer event but i watched a full playthrough of it and it was also super good. basically i hope next years doesn't decline in quality again 😬

[finsterhund]

Workshopping a neckerchief pattern from scratch.

This little one is pretty good, but isn't canon accurate in length and shape to Andy and Whisky's ones canonically so back to the drawing board. Careful study of HoD in cutscenes and promotional renders shows The Duo's matching bandannas are quite thin, have a somewhat textured but plain pattern design, and are longer in the front with prominent rear "tie" flares.

Because I am now actually able to sew relatively well I'm going into my new neckerchief designs with matching slides in mind rather than knotting the tie flares. Slides are VERY HARD to make at small size though so you will notice raw edge here.

for context on triangle shape and the resulting length of the neckerchief you will notice in this diagram. The left is typical dog-bandanna-style neckerchief. which is not a right angle. Bottom angle is obtuse. Mass produced bandannas as they are generally a perfect square folded in half the bottom angle will be a right angle (not pictured) the last triangle has an acute angle at the bottom, this is the theoretic design of Andy and Whisky's neckerchiefs.

You may see the other two angles and think "but how do you get that signature rear tie flare look then? The answer, is you don't just cut a regular ass triangle here. You must manually make those tips with the intent of how they will look folded or in a slide.

which is what I am workshopping at the moment.

In this shitty drawing you can see that each end has been depicted in its own slide and then it is shown what both being in one slide looks like together from a side angle. The issue I am having is knowing specifically what the fabric flat should be shaped to in these areas to create the correct bow/fold effect.

In case you are wondering, the Sly throat pouch is ALSO an acute isosceles triangle.

But, the question on everyone's mind (probably not)

What is CANON. Slide or knotted.

Our vast majority of reference images, in particular promotional renders, the most important among reference images for the final canon look, usually will only depict Andy head on. This is evidently a nightmare for getting a good clear high quality closeup shot to determine the age old question of slide or knot.

As you can imagine, I find this particularly frustrating.

Concept art is generally pretty easy to determine

knot.

However, we are working in the third dimension, not 2D. so understanding how the MODELS are put together will achieve the most accurate appearance in the end.

And oh man is there a lot to unpack with how it's handled in the 3D models. Because we are about to be introduced to an entirely new factor.

3D model magic.

(Also worth noting, look how LITTLE MATERIAL there is when you get up to the back. that is about as much material as a shirt collar. We will be getting back to that later.)

Yes, as luck would have it, in Andy's 3D model it isn't a knot, and it isn't a slide. It is meant to look like a knot, but it isn't.

Completely outside of our realm of possibility when making a physical real life tangible neckerchief out of fabric

Andy's model isn't one piece at all! Which would make it a slide closure right? WRONG.

The main piece of his bandanna is one model,

the KNOT is its own model *like a slide*

and the FUCKING TIPS ARE POTENTIALLY THEIR OWN MODELS.

You see, the 3D modeler has CHEATED. The three notable features of a neckerchief outside of the knot or the slide have been CLIPPING INTO the modeled knot/slide.

Obviously, with sewing, we can't have models clipping. That isn't a thing we can do here.

OTL

now there is another factor I am going to inset it here before we forget

types of knots

yes there are types of knots. WHat we want to be focusing on here if the knot is a knot and not a slide (god fuck I hate english) is where the tag ends (I think it is called the tag end) goes.

With bow tie and tie respectively each are symmetrical but the placement of the tag ends are different which is reflective in how the knot is and how it sits and shit like that. with a tie, the tag ends both stick out the same end of the knot and it has symmetry that way. Nooses are the same way I think, but that type of knot has more length used to reinforce it. I think.

With bowties the tag ends stick out on either end of the knot, and it has symmetry that way.

The question arises, if it is a knot, where in the fuck are the tag ends (the flared wings at the back) going to go. And this is easier believe it or not to determine than determining if the 3D model is functionally a slide or not.

exhibit A

does how bowtie work

does how neck tie work.

Fuck shit.

So generally the bow style where each tag end goes out different end of knot is most common for neckerchief.

But most common does not mean accurate so we will look and see

(an aside but if you can argue it is a friendship knot I might accept that its a friendship knot except I am pretty sure it is not a friendship knot)

but for that, we have to get as close up as we possibly fucking can of the knot part. Which I must remind you, acording to the 3D model is A LIE and it is actually multiple models together and thus functions more like a slide *hitting head into wall*

there it is ! the shot we need!

Um... that is really fucking small though jesus christ.

but it can show us several things

for Whisky, it is tied off center. Which further adds credence to the fact that it is a separate model for the "collar" portion, and the knot and ends are separate models

for Whisky. tag ends go out either side of the knot. Hurray!

fuck can we get a larger image please??????

Again, look how little material there is. Its thin as fuck back there. We can tell though that Andy's is also off center.

this is probably the best we will get, take it or leave it. And it shows that the ends are clipping through the "knot" and/or "slide" which means they're technically not coming out the ends anyways. They're clipping through at an unnatural spot. AAAAAAAAHHHHHGGHHH

My issue with just insisting that this is a typical neckerchief knot is that when we see just how little material there is in the back, the "knot" looks too big, uniform, and WIDE mainly, to make sense as having actually been a knot. It looks like a slide made from the same fabric.

fuck man. It's just pixels. But here you can see it looks more like the tag ends in the neck tie style knot. What gives? (It is a 3D animation and not an actual fucking knot that's what)

Worth noting is HOW THIN THE MATERIAL IS. WOW.

oh shit this is a re--

CLIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????

clipping. Nuts.

but wait, there's gotta be something else! You're Finsterhund! You've gotta be holding out on us right?

no sorry :(

I really thought I would be able to dig out a super special rare promotional render. It feels like I should have been able to. But I looked and I looked to no avail :(

sorry.

Anyways pretty sure this was largely written in a fugue state. Point is I am WORKING!! on stuff!!!

neckerchief.

[ezamevolni]

Meet Cute Anniversary (Part 2)

... the June 4th saga continues.

I've only thought of these instances in fragments so I didn't know how much there could actually be related to their first meeting... apparently really a whole lot OTL Part 2 is going to be a lot longer than Part 1 because I ain't doing a Part 3. meh. I've also seen threads on twitter before, but trying to compile them from scratch based on memory is hard...

But thanks to this exercise and my desire to make things entertaining I learned how to screen capture, make gifs and resize shxt. this dinosaur is evolving hoho

Before going into Jin's version of events, the latest addition to Jk's chamber of lies: from the newly released Memories of 2021, Jk is shamelessly tricking his members with what June 4th means again. 'Oh you think that? Oh, ok.' 🌝

During the filming for their jacket photoshoot the members were discussing what each of their 6-digit serials meant, so Suga asked Jk "Is that when you came to Seoul?" "Yes! When I came to Seoul!" Then Jk 👀 > Jin (next to Tae)

See Part 1 when he says it's the day he moved into the dorm.

(This kid is so happy and cute whenever he gets away with mentioning his anniversary on camera 😭❤️)

Disclaimer: this one goes a little into shipper territory. Anyways, it's based on opinions and observations.

Because June 4th is Jinkook's anniversary of when they met, Jin is part of the equation. However with Jin, he never mentioned the 'date' itself but rather only the event.

That day, the new trainees were asked to observe their sunbaes, so Jin knew he had to gather at the practice studio with the others. While talking and laughing with friends, Jin walked through the door without much thought. He was ready to take a seat and turned his head slightly towards the crowd on the floor. As if the bright flash from a camera went off, he blinked and squinted from the sudden glare. There was no camera nor did the sun suddenly shine through the low ceiling of the studio, but Jin did suddenly meet the straight gaze of a 15-year-old boy. The round eyes were clear and bright, like a baby deer's caught in the headlights of an oncoming car- (added for dramatic effect) The two locked eyes and for a heartbeat, the universe stopped short. Blood rushed to Jungkook's head and made a whooshing sound, so loud he could barely hear the handsome older guy's question "Who are you?". Jk sat there for a beat, then being sensible, he quickly realized that it would be rude to have his elder come to him so the kid unfurled from his anime girl seated pose, stood up in a rush and walked towards the older boy. Jin smiled as the kid introduced himself all flustered "Ah! My name is Jeon Jungkook!" The two exchanged greetings properly and sat down side by side, hearts thumping oddly fast.

Reads like a fanfic because it's my romanticized version.

Ok I'm allowed a delusional pill once in a while. this whole space could come crumbling down at any second

Before getting into it, I'll make my excuses first - I won't be able to remember all the instances of Jin mentioning [the first time he saw Jungkook at 15yo with big doe eyes] because there's too many, it feels like a blur with their 613 million hrs of content... It's also because Jin tends to mention it in fragments, sometimes the whole thing, sometimes just the eyes, sometimes in a passing remark... I'm not confident about collecting ALL

BTW Jin too seems to have a case of misremembering things. Other than 'Jeon Jungkook', '15 years old', and 'doe eyes', details seem to be changing all over the place...

Not going chronological because it doesn't matter, this is one of my favorite instances:

170219 Jin's Face Photo preview via Vlive

When he stopped talking for a brief second to look at Jk's photo, and then started to tell the story of seeing Jk for the first time I could tell how fond he was of Jk.

Jin's retrieval cue for memory of first meeting: Jk's side profile. He talked about Jk for the longest , and ended the live because he thought of Jk, missed Jk, and wanted to go see Jk.

In this live, Jin said Jk was sitting on the sofa, which might be the only time he mentioned this.

Very recently, when the script called for them to reminisce their past selves, Jin seized the day to cue doe-eyed Jk:

210709 A Butterful Getaway with BTS

They were supposed to answer questions as their younger selves for the show segment and technically they all agreed on their ages at debut, which would make Jk 17yo but Jin called on Jk while saying 15yo instead. Some of them did discuss using other ages, like Jin's one was the most absurd ~2yo. But Jk wasn't shown asking to use a different age.

In Jin's mind, Jk must have remained 15 for a long time.

Look how happy he was when Jk tried to imitate his 15yo self. Jin's always one of the members laughing hard after Jk tries something funny.

Going back in time, this should be the earliest instance Jin talked about meeting Jk for the first time on camera:

151220 BTS Star Talk HK

Here, Jin sounded like he'd been waiting his turn and had rehearsed the whole thing before when he spoke. I don't really need to write out what's in the screenshot, it's the same story.

Here's the earliest instance ever of them bringing up their first meeting in a Japanese magazine:

141022 Haru*Hana vol. 22 (cr. yoogamin)

For a unit interview with Jin, Jk and V (the J reporters sure know what they're doing), he bought it up. And again, the case of ever changing details... is it the same day or a couple days apart? We'll never know.

No matter about that, the important part is them meeting, and during the meeting, Jk had big doe eyes and was 15yo. And it was June 4th.

You know how good students only memorize keywords to bring out the whole concept during exams? I feel like this was what they did. Boil it down to the essentials then someday, when time allows, they're going to tell us word for word, what they wore, what the weather was like, what they said, if their knees touched... they can save it for the wedding, honestly. I don't really care that much.

Moving on. Another excerpt from their Japanese content:

2018 JP Fancafe vol. 4 (cr. kocchi)

Jungkook...Bambi eyes...practice room...

Plus I'm laughing at how Suga, RM and Jhope were referred to as just 'the rappers' 😂. Out of all the things from that day, Jungkook was the most important. Jin did go on to say that RM left a strong impression on him with his dancing, but then I also recall during their BTS Begins VCR, Jin made sure to place Jk in the memory too by pointing at him and exclaiming "you were there too!" when talking about RM.

If anyone has read this far and is thinking wow, he really does talk about Jk and his doe eyes a lot, think about how often more the members have to listen to him. Just the amount of times he might have said it on camera but didn't make it to the final cut, or to friends and staff, or after one beer too many, "Did you know the first time I saw Jungkookie...his doe eyes-"

Because thanks to Jin, Jk is now permanently associated with deer eyes:

200524 RJRJ via Vlive

RM instinctively went "Jungkook..." after hearing Jin say 'deer eyes'. There's also a fox in the drawing but it's like he didn't even see the fox. Jin only picked it because of the deer. The bias.

At this point, I think it's safe to assume the members are primed to know Jin and Jungkook joined Bighit together, and how cute Jin thought Jk was when they first met.

210219 BE.T.S💜 via Vlive

A trivial coincidence: this live was exactly 4 years after Jin started reminiscing about Jk in the middle of promoting their merch aka the first instance mentioned.

RM automatically said 'eyes of a deer' to Jin saying 'Jungkook...15 years old'. A true leader listens, and therefore is more easily primed than the others.

Of first meetings, I know a few other pairs like Jihope, Namkook and Taejin are also famous for them but they don't mention it without prompting like Jinkook does. Tbh I think Namkook and Taejin's stories are way more interesting than Jinkook's like one has 'honey thighs' and the other has 'dirty dancing'. Jinkook only has, what, their eyes met from across the room? And??

But to Jin and Jungkook, it's clear that their meeting with each other has the most significance. The sheer amount of times they talked about it. I'm not even touching on anything else from their relationship, like the 11 years from that point onwards that they've spend together. I've just written some essay length compilation on just one day. I'm impressed and horrified.

And then let's circle back to Jk for a sec. Taking a deeper dive into shipper territory here

So did we all think Jk's obsession with June 4th 2011 ended with him talking about it any chance he gets?

No no no, he inked it.

The screenshot of Jk's new tattoo artist IG story. Behold, not edited:

Yeah no I didn't draw the numbers, the tattoo artist did and added that sticker.

For context, Jk used to just have the skeletal hand in the middle. The new tattoo artist added color and the surrounding extensions.

So. What do you know, 20110604 again. Before seeing this, I didn't even imagine this tattoo would have anything to do with Jinkook. Before the artist's hint, zero idea; after, omg it's so obvious.

And that emoji... that's the finishing touch. What, the artist is embarrassed because Jk joined BTS...?

The little ❤️ in the corner too. That's really sweet.

He deleted the story within an hour of posting. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Understandably, those who know that see this post will get it instantly.

And it took me a second to realize that boi had the date tattooed on him since the beginning.

First round, he got only BTS/Army related ones (Just a random thought does anyone else think the initial tattoo on his shoulder looked like a whale not an angel? Just me? Ok), the next round he got this hand sign and the tiger lily. (I'm saying 'rounds' tentatively because it looks like Jk got multiple tattoos during a few single sessions.)

(I'm also glossing over the fact that he tattooed the single letter 'J' on his ring finger during his touchup session right before vacation ended. You can tell it was recent from the 2019 airport photos because of how pink the flesh looked around the ink and how deep and shiny the black was. That's the look before the tattoo scabs and heals fully.)

I guess he decided the previous version was too subtle.

11 ~ 6 ~ 4

like holy

When I discovered I could spot the 11, 6 and 4 in the hand without the newest add-ons, I thought my shipper brain was in overdrive. I'm being delusional. Not everything is related to Jinkook I know that!!

If we didn't look for 'numbers' in the tattoo, one will never know about 11.6.4.

Because... maybe he is into hardcore heavy metal🤘🏽 That's why the skeletal 'sign of the horns' tattoo. Or he could have meant it just as 'rock on!' because he's a singer. So I dug a bit more to see if my observation stands.

Quick and easy, a simple search determined it's not some fluke that 11.6.4 can be found. Jk forced the '6' and '4' to both appear in his tattoo. I will explain.

Some examples of skeletal 'sign of the horns':

The drawings all somewhat follow human anatomy and this rule: either the thumb reaches the pinkie and forms the figure 6, or it doesn't and allows 4 bones to be shown across the palm. Jk's one has both.

Tattoos are usually made with consultations and depending on the artist, they take input from the client to varying degrees. Jk's tattoos are clearly all very personal to him and not from flash or ready-made originals. Especially his first round of tattoos in 2019, seems like he went in with self drawn designs or clear ideas of what he wanted.

So if he didn't ask for both the thumb to reach the pinkie to form a 6 and also have 4 bones show across the palm, the artist is highly unlikely going to suggest this weird combo in his drawing. Highly.

110604 is a really, really special date to him.

And wait, there is more.

Maybe the most significant and yet subtle way they've brought the date to our attention is through their songs. My two lovebirds are rockstars and like rockstars, they'll write about each other and romance.

During Festa 2019, Jin released Tonight on June 5th midnight KST. Then exactly one year later on the same day in 2020, Jk released Still With You.

Why June 5th? Can't know for sure. It could be caution, or something more nutty like 'it's still June 4th somewhere in the world' ... who knows. But it can't be ignored that the 2 songs are released right on the cusp of June 4th and 5th. It's the tipping point into the next day, displays as the 5th, but could still count as the day before. And if you place the two songs side by side and read the lyrics, it's a matching set. And if you read the lyrics, it might make sense why midnight, why nighttime, and how specific certain details in the song can't really reference fans or pets...

Noticeably, Jk's verbal mention of June 4th really started around the beginning of 2021, after both songs have been released and his tattoo has been on show for more than a year. Compiling things now might make it look 'obvious' but hindsight is 20/20, and he's tried to make the meaning of June 4th appear as ambiguous as possible.

On the other hand, Jin has been consistent. He used to talk about their first meeting almost every year, and shows signs that he remembers till now. Out of the two of them, I would say Jin is the better expert at hiding in plain sight. I shall have much to say on this topic someday.

So to sum it up the 2 of them had used the date to release songs, and had it tattooed, talks about it a lot...

And just to reiterate, Jk said:

"Kookjin Jin Jungkook" joined at the same time.

Another little thing pertaining to them joining BTS:

Both of them sang This Song by 2am for their auditions. Both didn't do very well with the song 😅 But nonetheless they came to meet eo.

*Tbh I don't know how popular this song was for auditions so it could just be a probability thing.

Lastly, June 4th happens every year during 🌈Pride Month🌈

It's hard to believe in fate or destiny these days but between them, there are really a lot of coincidences that doesn't seem like real life✨

[little-ideas]

Walking Together

How the Mankai Troupe members are when they walk with you. Pretty romantic leaning/assuming an established relationship, but I think a few people’s could be read as close friends

If you happened to read the post when tumblr posted it instead of resaving it to drafts, then Sakuya, Masumi, and Tsuzuru’s parts are slightly different because my cat deleted them and I didn’t realize until I could no longer recover them, so had to rewrite and couldn’t remember them exactly OTL

Hope you enjoy~ ^ w ^

Sakuya: Likes to hold hands and link arms, but is just happy to be able to walk with you. Even though holding hands is a given for you two now, every time you do so, he smiles and blushes like it’s the first time all over. Even if your hands start out in your pockets, they’ll always end up clasped together by the time you arrive at your destination, neither one of you quite sure when it happened. He’ll swing your arms between you when he’s especially giddy

Masumi: Better to ask what he DOESN’T do -holding your bags, walking on the outside, sharing his umbrella, matching your pace, skinship, etc.- he does it all. He even buys earbuds so you two can listen to music together, though he’ll always leave one out so that he can listen to you if you sing or hum along

Tsuzuru: Entirely unfazed by holding hands since he does it so often with his brothers and probably holds his hand out for you to grab out of sheer habit, not moving until you do -point this out to him, though, and he becomes super embarrassed. Not particularly fond of overt or bold PDA, but does like being connected with you. Tends to carry around extra supplies for you like a 2nd scarf, water, or mittens.

Citron: Likes holding hands for the ease of movement. Will pull you along to your destination and sometimes suddenly start racing you! Likes to skip along the sidewalks and balance upon the edges of various fixtures with you, either together or alternating as support. Even though he’s often swarmed and chatting with his many neighborhood friends while alone, when he’s with you, he forgoes such pleasantries, though he’ll still greet everyone (and you two still end up with lots of freebies). Is always excited to be with you and loves to show it -honestly, if you’d let him, he’d shout it the moment you both stepped outside. Will shower you in flower petals during the spring and leaves in the autumn

Itaru: Since he keeps his Charming Persona on outside, he’ll engage in typical couple behavior like holding hands or linking arms, though it’s a miracle you were able to get him to be outside with you at all, considering he much prefers his room and driving. If there’s an event he really wants to play, may suggest you both hold an edge of the phone and play together so he doesn’t have to let go of your hand and is still engaged with you. A weakling for dorky couples items. Basically, if you do anything it’s going to look like you’re two fools in love and he adores it. Has yet to invest in full couple’s cosplay outside of advertising for the company, but is highly considering it

Chikage: Not one for physical affection or touches, but if you’re paying attention, you’ll notice he stands closer to you than others and will always match your pace. If you’re feeling down or he’s in a particularly good mood, will do a cheesy magic trick like pulling a flower out of thin air and tucking it behind your ear. Treasure the moment, it’ll be a while before it happens again

Tenma: Will worry about being noticed and bothering you, but if you’re approached by fans, will grab your hand, “so you don’t get separated.” If neither of you are paying attention, you’ll often end up in random places because you were both following each other. If you grab his hand, he’ll choke on his words and go red, but make no attempt to move away and will actually tug your hand back if you try to let go

Yuki: Likes to have at least one hand free to gesture and move about, but has no qualms if you want to hold on to them. Even if you’re just walking side-by-side, will tend to have something to match you, though it depends on the day as to whether they’ll don it with you or if they’ve already put it on

Muku: PLEASE indulge him, he loves holding hands, linking arms, walking on the outside, sharing umbrellas, etc. If it was a cute thing people did in shoujo manga, he wants and adores doing it. Would bike you places if doing so weren’t illegal (it’s still a secret dream of his)

Misumi: Holding hands, linking arms, bumbling about the sidewalk because you’re in a perpetual Misumi hug, Misumi adores physical affection and will try to be as close to you as possible. Honestly probably ends up carrying you half the time be it over the shoulder, piggyback, princess carry, etc

Kazunari: Couple items. Couple items. COUPLE ITEMS!!! Loves matching and doing the silly couple things like sharing a scarf or using the hand holding glove together. One to tug you along on adventure, making up stories and challenges for the things around you like having to step only on shadows, or you can only walk on the painted lines because the rest of the surfaces are dangerous seas and you don’t want to fall in. 50/50 chance you’ll make an impromptu stop and end up buying something like bubble tea to share

Kumon: Will blush but be super excited at any sort of skinship. That being said, Kumon’s built up a habit of fiddling, be it tossing a baseball between his hands, cat’s cradle, baseball hand signals, etc, so even if you do hold hands, it won’t be for long. Always seems to know a ramen place to go to and will point out new places, telling you their best dishes

Banri: Just as content with skinship as without and you will tend to alternate who initiates. Will joke about how you’re lucky to have him, but the moment any of the people he used to fight try to say anything, he’s raring to go and defend your honor. Just tug him along and listen as he spews off insults, threats, and a multitude of reasons why those punks wish they had someone with them as amazing as you

Juza: Touch starved, but it’s going to take a bit to build up the acceptable amount of pda because he’s in disbelief this is real. Even after such interactions become routine, cannot believe how lucky he is and is a constant, calming presence. Likes it most when you wrap your arms around his and lean against him, just languidly meandering down your path

Omi: Comfortable with anything you’re comfortable with. Very relaxed whilst you two walk and, if you aren’t in a rush, will sometimes pause to take pictures of you or other things that catch his attention. Will be a bit bashful if you insist he be in the picture with you, and you’ll usually end up having to take at least 2 since one is always him looking at you. Has a collection of the derpy images where you two accidentally blinked, moved, sneezed, etc. and they’re some of his favorite

Taichi: Links arms and holds hands without a second thought, just being glad to be with you. If you caught them while skating, they’ll stop to walk alongside you, or drift by your side if you’re only going to be together for a tiny bit. If you ride or skate outside as well, loves for the two of you travel together -bonus if you’re doing so while teaching/helping each other learn your respective modes of transportation. They’ve started carrying around an extra set of pads in case the two of you run into each other while you’re out

Sakyo: An absolute sucker for anything. Might appear huffy or mutter that he has appearances to keep, but his ears are tinged pink and his complaints are for show. The type to grumble about you being stupid for not wearing gloves in cold weather, then pull your hand into his pocket and give you his glove to keep your other hand warm. Will sigh and roll his eyes at the teasing of his family and other Mankai members, but also pull you in closer and kiss you right in front of them. If someone from a rival family tries to say some shit, talks down to them and brags about you with you tucked into his side after destroying them. If you’re a petty person, he’ll gladly walk across their body with you as you resume your trip

Azami: Face bright red if you mention being happy to walk with him. Please don’t try any skinship, he’s not comfortable with it, but after a while, he sometimes might link pinkies with you. Always insists you wear sunscreen and will apply it while lecturing you if you aren’t. Carries around sunscreen, shades, and extra water for you. On sunny days, will also insist you walk under an umbrella, sharing his with you if you don’t have one with you, though if you or someone else mentions the implications of such actions, will scowl and buy you your own umbrella at the nearest convenience store

Tsumugi: It’s rare to catch him outside without something to hold, but if he is, then he’s probably initiated some form of skinship without realizing it. Gets distracted by the flowers, but will only get some from a flower store and only if he knows your latest bouquet is dying. Carries around snacks in case you’re hungry, but prefers impromptu café dates. On nice days, will sometimes stop to stare at the sky, and on rainy days, cheekily nudge you into puddles, laughing at your shocked face, then playfully run away when you try to get him back

Tasuku: Okay with holding hands or you holding his arm, but not much else; although, sometimes you can get him to give you a piggyback ride under the guise of training. When it’s suggested, he’ll narrow his eyes at you, trying to determine if you’re just teasing or serious, fully aware that the training reasoning is an excuse. If you’re on piggyback, he might break out into a sprint, pass your destination, or pretend he can’t hear you saying he can put you down for a little bit as silly revenge. Mostly, he’ll match your pace and take anything you’re carrying

Homare: A fan of PDA, though you both quickly realize hand holding can be inconvenient since he tends to write phrases and inspirations down in his notebook. Completely normal for him to twirl you around at random moments and, if you two aren’t talking, then he’s often humming. Bookstores, libraries, and street performances are absolute detour traps, so it’s best to avoid them when you’re pressed for time. Always startles when you lean against him, but afterwards, his grin’s a little wider, gait a little lighter, and poetry a little more romantic

Hisoka: Stays awake, leaning into your touch, unless you can easily carry him, in which case, he’ll definitely make you do so more often than not. Regardless, willingly shares his sweets with you. If you eat any of them, has a tendency to kiss you after, claiming you’re sweet and simply smiling as you blush. During the colder weather, will cling to you, requiring you to be his personal space heater. Bought a gigantic jacket to try the 2-people-1-jacket-for-maximum-warmth thing, but it was too much of a hassle to walk in it. Still tries again every once in a while as though that issue will have resolved itself

Azuma: Holds onto your arm, sometimes trailing their hands to other parts of your body -adoring the simplicity of hand holding and the innocence of interlocking your fingers, poking your cheek, moving your hair or accessories to better view your face, guiding you through a crowd with a hand on the small of your back, and more. If you’re stopped, they’ll sometimes lean against you and rest their head on your shoulder. A soft presence, you’ll catch the faint hint of their perfume in the breeze -the one they now only wear when they’re with you

Guy: After years of servitude, it took some work to break the habit, but eventually he became used to walking by your side instead of in your shadow. After missing so much, he appreciates just being -the way so many different lives cross paths to create road traffic, the subtle changes in each day’s weather, and getting to experience all of it with you. Though you two converse, he prefers to hear you talk. Citron told him about finding shapes in clouds, and now he likes to do so on partly cloudy days. Veludo Way is the hardest street for you two to walk upon, because he’s enthralled with all of the street acts and observes as many of them as he can to better improve his acting and improvisation, though he will move on if you ask or pull him away

[inkyvendingmachine]

So, today is @inkdemonapologist‘s birthday. And I, uh, went a little over board this year? Maybe just a little bit??? and made an... entire personalized one shot Cthulhu game for her?!?!? cause the two things she had told me throughout the year she wanted to do for birthday was “get Escape!AU Sammy art” and “have a DND game” which my brain instantly went HOW CAN I MAKE THESE TWO ONE OF THE SAME.....

SO HERE I AM NEVER HAVING DMed A SINGLE GAME IN MY LIFE, MANGLING THE CALL OF CTHULHU SYSTEM OVER THE SPAN OF ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. The plot within game was pitched that Sammy was unable to tell if he was in the Sketch Dimension or if he was in Just Plain Ol’ JDS before everything broke down, when SURPRISE SURPRISE SHE WAS PLAYING ESCAPE AU SAMMY THE ENTIRE TIME. Specifically, it starts right after the end of the Rebound/Inspiration comics, where Sammy has ink in him and it DOES end up taking over his mind for the evening. (obviously this is not canon cause you can’t write when you’re RPing and there’s already been other stuff decided for post Inspiration Comic, but, this felt like a fun space to put game.)

And to do this, I ran around and commissioned a buncha people for some Sammys!! Then, I went and made my own “hallucinating sketch dimension” versions of these images, so that I could sneakily insert hints that it was Escape AU, such as the banjo being a 5string one, Sammy’s hair getting longer per image, the foot prints since Sammy hardly wears shoes in Escape AU, etc.

And then at the end, when Sammy finally realized what had happened all night, I got to have a big reveal scene where I explained what Sammy was ACTUALLY seeing/remembering during all these hints and Shazz got to scream a lot,

ANYWAYS, CREDITS TIME, from top to bottom, @inkcryptid - Wally fetching Sammy’s banjo to try and help him calm down, but uh, don’t touch his banjo even if your intentions are good, Wally. @mwolf0epsilon​ - Sammy runs into a light at one point, and Norman tries to help, but also he has his own shadows to deal with... @haunted-hijinxer - Dream memory about sharing music with the kids @halfusek - A memory of Buddy getting Sammy an icecream after the Flea Market incident, a scene I keep meaning to type up and then not OTL @doberart - Henry and Susie and Alice trying to discuss what to do about Sammy, since what’s been working so far clearly isn’t actually working

and a final shoutout to @threadedsafetypin who I bothered for Banjo Facts as I tried to use the banjo as one of the main visual hints,

THERE IS... A LOT I DID FOR THIS GAME, SO UH, THERE WILL BE MORE POSTS TOO PROBS, but I wanted to get this one up today. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAZZ!!! 🖤💛

[limerancy-fics]

Hello♡

I was wondering. With your upcoming xiaoven fics. Do you intend for any of them to be the same length as aikikyb? Or even longer. Because I know I personally am an absolute sucker for large fics! Aha!

And if I may ask! What are you currently working on and what do you plan on doing next! Just keeping up with the loop yk what I'm saying

hello!

there's quite a few that i expect to be pretty long-- exes to lovers is already at ~30k, xiao and the blind forest is planned to be around 10 chaps, the venti pov of aikikyb will likely be as long if not a bit longer (depending, probably around the same length either way), and the roadtrip au seems like it might be longer, but maybe not as long as aikikyb sdbsjkh, black on black will probably be longer, def multichap bc there's a lot there to work thru 💀

rn im actually mainly working on stuff for classes, specifically a chapbook i gotta have printed and bound by the end of term! i want to be working on fics rn n i try as much as i can, but i do have limited energy and time esp w all the dr appts n everything so it might take a bit longer. which also means im just kinda working on everything slowly, whatever i have inspiration for at the time OTL im trying to work on waidty but it is Evading Me....i wanna try n get it finished before i start posting again n im hoping that after this small arc itll be easier bc i have Many Thoughts for the venti angst arc but not a whole lot for the training montage pt 2 😓

[wrightfamily]

hi! what's your favorite disney world in kingdom hearts (across all games)?

oh this is hard because i think im one of 10 people who genuinely really loves them too... i think i'll just answer one per game to the best of my ability (skipping the ones i dont remember as well OTL)

kh1

either neverland, halloween town, or monstro. but i also feel like i must defend deep jungle from the haters (even though i 100% understand where it comes from)

kh2

i really think timeless river is just so so fun. but i also think beasts castle has such a rad atmosphere and great music, love that the field music is literally called "waltz of the damned" + belle does some violence! AND HALLOWEEN TOWN TOO I LOVE especially in final mix!! i just really like christmas stuff. sorry. but i also have to be defensive of atlantica because of music rythm game. sorry to the rest of you but darling poopsies come to my rescue will always make me laugh. maybe if u had some finny fun.

bbs

this one is probably the easiest for me to answer its DEFINITELY enchanted dominion i love the atmosphere and the music in it. plus i just really like sleeping beauty. though i do love disneytown for feeling very nostalgic for me (i loved toontown the game when i was little and the old toontown area at disney world!) and i think it has a great version of neverland (i need to replay days though to properly judge it)

dream drop distance

THIS ONES THE HARDEST FOR ME I LOVE ALL OF THEM SO MUCH. ugh i just think ddd really nailed atmosphere so well like i love how all the levels are designed, but i might have to go with country of the musketeers because ive always adored that movie and never expected it to come up in anything again especially not kingdom hearts!!! it was the world i was most excited for before the game came out and idc if it makes no sense im so glad that it's there. that being said pranksters paradise (especially on sora's side) and symphony of sorcery are also extremely good, i really like that your attacks in that world make instrument noises.

khux

well i think some people disliked it but i did enjoy the wreck it ralph world because i always liked the first movie! it has a special place in my heart for reasons i wont get into right now. also glad that this version of beasts castle actually had gaston

kh3

this ones also hard because they put a lot of love into these worlds... i love monstropolis and toy box and olympus and corona though. i do wish they did more with the hundred acre woods though (especially because my favorite pooh character, lumpy, was there!!!) and san fransokyo (bh6 is also special to me tbh). i did also enjoy the caribbean but uh, i kinda had to rush through my first play through because i had to go back to college so the crab and boat thing really frustrated me at the time, but i can at least separate the party member from his actor LOL

sorry this is definitely a longer answer than you were expecting i just have a lot of thoughts about kh and each kh world OTL ive been playing these games for as long as i can remember so its hard to have favorite anythings...

[dxfiedfxte-a]

Minato’s 25th Birthday || No Longer Accepting (because I’m slow AF OTL)

@tantalizingmuses​​ sent:  There were three gifts, each wrapped decently well from their receivers, awaiting Minato inside of his apartment. Of course, the names Akihiko, Shinjiro, and Junpei were shown as the givers and each had gone out and gotten something for him. Akihiko's gift was filled with a yearly membership to a local gym, just so he could keep himself in shape, as well as a monthly membership to try different types of protein. Because it's Akihiko. Shinjiro's present was simple: a cookbook, that when flipped at the end, has a handful of empty pages so he could write down anything he made and how it was made, as well as a flip notebook of all the recipes he made in the dorm with and without Fuuka.

And Junpei's surprise... ...also contained a gift from Chidori . Inside was a drawing of Minato when he was on his paranormal activity show, focused on the fierceness of his eyes, but the tenderness and softness of his face. Junpei's own gift was a bit more...personal. They were front row seats to Minato's favorite band, including VIP access and photos and autographs, the works! It was a gift for the both of them, not until the end of the year however, but totally worth the wait.

After a day full of mostly interviews, Minato got home just after six pm. The people at the television network backed by his agent, made sure that he didn’t have a lot of work on his birthday, as each of his previous birthdays he had an investigation to do before being able to relax and actually enjoy his birthday for a change, though he wasn’t exactly sure what he’d do. Most birthdays, he’d just sit in his hotel room, order a lot of room service and maybe have a cup of sake or two. He wasn’t really much of a drinker, but he did occasionally enjoy a cold brewsky on special occasions, just not as much as people think someone with fame and fortune would drink.

Unlocking the door with a click, he enters his luxury apartment closing the door behind him and locking it. Hanging up his jacket on the coat rack, Minato is met with a large package with his name on it. 

[{ 🦋 }] - “Huh? What’s this?”

Curious, he cuts it open the box with a box cutter knife and the first thing he spots is three giftboxes with the senders names being three of his old friends from high school, including his best friend Junpei. The first one he opened was the gift from Akihiko, inside the box was a gym membership and a subscription to try other kinds of protein-infused products -- of course it was, what did he really expect from someone like Akihiko anyway. 

[{ 🦋 }] - “..I probably should have expected something like this from Akihiko-San..”

While he did appreciate it, he didn’t think he’d really have time to go to the gym, but maybe he’d use it a few times since he did spent his money on it, though the time spent there would be limited due to his fluxuating work schedule, especially since his career involved traveling all over the world. Moving onto the second gift from Shinjiro which was a cookbook. Taking a quick skim through the book, he flipped through the pages of many recipe’s to find that near the end of the book, there was several blank which he knew was for writing down other recipes, something that he’d definitely make use of.

[{ 🦋 }] - “Whoa! What’s this?”

Turning his attention to the final gift from his best friend, he was surprised to see a second gift in the box next to Junpei’s. Right from the first glance of the other gift, he knew immediately from Chidori considering that it was a very detailed sketch of him, from the looks of the drawing, it was him during one of his investigations. Minato wasn’t expecting to have a gift from her in there, but the fact that she had taken time out of her day just to send him draw him and send it, he appreciated it. The bluenette investigator had received lots of fan art from his fans which were all amazing pieces in their own, but Chidori’s sketch easily stood out from the others with all the details she put into her drawings, he’d have to include her name in his thank you card along with Junpei’s.

Next to the sketch was a card inside an envelope, opening the seal, he read the card’s wording and read the comments added by Junpei wishing him a happy birthday and sending Chidori’s regards as well. Just below Junpei’s writing, were front row tickets to The Gazette’s show at the Tokyo dome, because the band was doing a world tour, the scheduled show wasn’t until the end of the year, but he knew that the wait for be very much worth it.

[{ 🦋 }] - “I better make sure I thank them all for these.” He says to himself, a smile on his face as he thought about his friends and how they took the time to think about him, even though everyone was busy with their own lives, they sent him gifts, and he was very thankful. Hopefully, everyone would be able to have a proper reunion very soon.

[idnek83]

nsfw ask incoming 😳

Hi... um... Soda cockwarming Gundham? (trans soda) he’s like really bad at staying still though and is super squirmy, but Gundham is really patient and keeps teasing him about how desperate he is... basically it ends with Soda finally managing to sit still for a while and the Gundham pounding his pussy as a reward 😳😳😳

(Also I hope it’s ok to send you stuff like this when you haven’t said horny jail is open! If it’s not feel free to just delete this and I’m really sorry if I made you uncomfortable!)

First off: it’s absolutely okay to send me unprompted spicy Soudam asks haha, you’re not the first person to do it and it doesn’t bother me one bit! Sometimes it even makes my day haha (It just might take a while for me to answer (everything does these days) as I’m sure you know since this ask is weeks old OTL)

Second: Thanks for putting a nsfw warning at the beginning of this! If y’all could actually keep putting nsfw warnings at the beginning of your spicy asks that’d be great! It just makes it easier for people to avoid if they don’t want to see it, since the ask will always show before anything I write!

Okay, now for the actual spicy stuff:

(nsfw)(trans Soda)(afab language)  

It’s probably Gundham who suggests it. He’s into a lot of drawn out endurance kind of sex things, while Soda is much more into quick kinky things that generally lead to him getting off multiple times cus he’s impatient and horny haha. But they both love to indulge each other, so it works out.

So one day they’re like watching a show they aren’t super invested in and Gundham suggests it. Soda is immediately on board, but he isn’t really thinking about much more than getting Gundham’s dick in him. So they find a comfortable position; Gundham sitting up but leaning back against the couch, with Soda in his lap and leaning back against his chest, and Gundham slowly slips his cock into Soda’s pussy (which is absolutely already super wet haha)

Soda is already whining for more before Gundham’s even all the way in, but Gundham just kisses his neck and tells him to have patience. Once Gundham’s cock is finally completely inside him, Soda kind of sighs in relief and tilts his head back for a kiss.

They get like 3 seconds into the kiss before Soda starts riding Gundham lol

Gundham just grabs Soda’s hips and pulls him down flush, then keeps holding him there while Soda whines into his mouth and keeps trying to move. Gundham can’t help but chuckle and end the kiss before reminding Soda what they were trying to do.

Soda’s like “Okay, but hear me out: your cock will also be warm if I ride it? AND we both get to cum right away?” Gundham laughs again and kisses up his neck before explaining that cumming quickly isn’t the point, it’s about the restraint, the anticipation, and the build up. Soda whines some more and Gundham makes it clear that they don’t have to do this if Soda would really rather do something else.

Soda takes a moment and then asks Gundham how long he wants to do it for. Gundham checks how much longer the show they were watching is. It’s got like 15 mins to go, so he asks if Soda thinks he can handle it for that long. Soda says he’ll try.

They readjust to get a little more comfortable and Gundham puts a blanket over them (Soda gets really turned on by visuals, so Gundham figures covering up might help him be patient but also it makes things more cozy haha). Gundham goes back to watching the show while Soda just stares up at the ceiling, panting, while he does his best not to think about his boyfriend’s big, hard cock resting deep inside him... he doesn’t do a great job.

Soda keeps squirming at first, bucking his hips just a little, tightening himself around Gundham’s cock, and basically just doing whatever he can to get a little more stimulation without moving too much. Gundham holds his hips to keep him from getting too carried away, and makes sure to praise him anytime he actually manages to stay still for more than like 30 seconds.

Eventually Soda manages to calm himself down and actually just relax and stay still. He isn’t quite focusing on the show, but he’s enjoying the feeling of just leaning back against Gundham while he holds his hips. When he makes it to a whole 2 minutes without moving Gundham rewards him with a deep, slow kiss.

Soda just barely manages to hold it together for the rest of the show. Gundham keeps kissing his neck and shoulders while layering on the praise, running his hands up and down Soda’s body once he trusts him to stay still, and every now and then he’ll gently tease Soda’s clit with his thumb, giving him even more praise if he manages not to buck up into the feeling. By the time the credits roll there’s a little puddle forming under them from how wet Soda is.

Soda doesn’t even notice the show is over at first, he’s too focused on staying still, but then Gundham shifts to sit up straighter and moves the blanket.  

“Good boy.” He plants his feet on the ground “You did so well for me my dark prince.”

And that’s all the warning Soda gets before Gundham starts pounding his cock up into him, quickly rubbing his clit as he does. Soda’s so out of it from holding back for so long that all he can do is whine and go slack while he lets Gundham take care of them both. He’s shaking as he leans his head back on Gundham’s shoulder and he’s pretty sure he’s moaning louder than he should be, but all he can really focus on is Gundham’s cock pounding into him, and his fingers on his clit.

He screams Gundham’s name when he cums, and feels the way Gundham starts shaking and losing control of his hips as he follows him soon after. They both fall back down on the couch, still shaking with pleasure and exhaustion. Gundham doesn’t pull out yet.

Once they catch their breath, they share another kiss. Gundham asks Soda if he enjoyed himself, and Soda gestures to the very obvious wet spot on the couch between their legs and say “just a little” before laughing tiredly.

They spend a few minutes just relaxing like that, before Soda feels Gundham starting to get hard again. He looks up at Gundham, who just smirks and picks up the remote, asking Soda if he’s ready to try again as he hits the ‘next episode’ button.