#threshold fic

[fushiglow]

A Cappella

With his hand shoved down his pyjama pants, Suguru let the finely tuned algorithm feed him clip after clip of the singer on tour. Satoru gyrating his pelvis against the mic stand, Satoru tearing his shirt open to the delight of his screaming fans, Satoru dropping to his knees with a blindfold caught between his teeth. He found himself fixated on the place where Satoru’s clothing pulled tight around his trim waist, where his swollen muscles flexed and strained, where his veins pushed up under the taut skin of his forearms — and couldn’t help squeezing himself just a little. And why not? It wasn't like it was the first time he'd masturbated to videos of Satoru at work.

Or, when Satoru is far from home, a lonely Suguru decides to take matters into his own hands.

An additional scene set during chapter 13 of Over the Threshold — read on AO3 ♥

[shanathegeekyartist]

When i first read this amazing fic on ao3 “over the treshold” by @fushiglow i immediately knew i wanted to at least draw this scene and one other scene that i will do later on

I hold this fic dear to my heart now and can’t wait to read the next chapters. Fushiglow, i hope you like my interpretation of this scene.

Went for greyscale in this cause I feel it fits the vibe well.

Here is briefly what the fic is about if you are interested in modern AU slowburn satosugu fics

“larger than life K-pop idol, Satoru, approaches introverted record producer, Getō Suguru, to collaborate on his debut Japanese-language studio album. They both get more out of the experience than expected — for better and for worse.”

[fushiglow]

IMPORTANT. I cannot stress how much this is Over the Threshold Satoru.

So, this song is much more interesting than it perhaps seems to the untrained ear. I literally had the chapter one Suguru experience watching this for the first time. That "Yeah, this is fine... Wait—" moment that makes him sit up and pay attention? That was me when this came on shuffle earlier. And when I watched the video? Literally felt my brain chemistry change in real time.

Here's how I described Satoru's music from Suguru's POV the first time he hears it:

Even through the tinny phone speakers, it was clear that Satoru had some pipes on him. The song was formulaic; but that didn’t mean it was bad. Suguru could appreciate the deceptive simplicity of a catchy pop song and, beneath the glossy veneer, there was a well written piece of music. He’d have to listen through his studio headphones to be sure, but he thought that if he stripped away the aggressive synths and over-processed backing vocals, he could detect a piano riffing extended chords in syncopated rhythms.

No piano, but literally everything else is there. First, some small things. The production is constantly evolving in fairly unnoticeable ways, just listen to the first post-chorus compared to the last one. Tons of blink and you miss it sparkles that elevate the song from good production to great production. The vocal range on display, both in terms of technique and the actual chromatic range, is really impressive, but mostly in the background, hidden behind all the gloss.

There are some really unexpected melodic choices in the pre-chorus that hit SO good, but apart from that little a cappella section at the start of the second refrain, the actual chorus is par for the course...

...or is it?

The song bounces on that Eb in the bass throughout most of its run time, giving the sense of a strong harmonic centre which puts your average listener at ease. "Don't worry, this is familiar to you, nothing amiss!" Yet, the repeated note he sings over it in the chorus is the NINTH of the chord! It's unstable! It's bluesy! The focal point of the song is built on a dissonance! And he just hammers away at it without reprieve!

Satoru had a real talent for making complex harmony palatable for the mass market. [...] He sought out ugliness in his lyrics, in his composition, in his performance — and somehow he made it work.

However, the true beauty of this dissonant yet contained chorus is the opportunity it creates for what comes afterwards. From the opening of Over the Threshold, and the foundation of the themes of the story:

Limiting is an aggressive form of compression, primarily due to its very high ratio — typically ∞:1. A limiter with an infinite ratio (a ‘brick-wall’ limiter) prevents anything from passing a set threshold, cutting rather than smoothing peaks to prevent unpleasant clipping. It is often applied in the final stages of mastering to make a track more ‘palatable’ for the commercial market.

The fact that the chorus limits (ey!) itself melodically and harmonically (and production/arrangement wise) is what makes the post chorus feel like a breakaway — like it escapes the bounds of the rest of the song. Suddenly, everything grows outwards. We're plunged into this rich sonic landscape where the bass starts moving and the main vocal line starts climbing and the harmony is fleshed out with new instruments. The whole song is given life for a moment—

When confined to such tight restraints, straining against them was natural. Pushing boundaries, testing limits, rattling your chains to see what you could get away with.

—before dropping back into place as a fun little pop song. Nothing to see here, move along.

I haven't detailed everything (even the structure is unusual!), but enough to describe how the entire track flirts with breaking the rules, straying outside of its commercial boundaries here and there, but it ultimately dances right on that line.

This is exactly how I wrote Satoru in Over the Threshold, because this is the music industry version of the strongest sorcerer keeping himself on a leash insofar as he has to, and it's a relatable concept to any trained musician trying to get along in a pop market. The most successful artists are the ones who understand and apply this lesson — but are the most successful artists the most satisfied artists?

And we haven't even got to the video! Honestly, this man has got it all. This is a star. The casual swagger, the confidence, the artistic flair, all on top of a brilliant song. But the dancing! As @bearhaviour put it (we're being so incredibly normal about this), "the dance is so nonchalant when it counts and so sharp when it counts". Just watch.

Effortless star power. Satoru.

*drops mic and dies*

[fushiglow]

Question for Satoru: Do you have any favourite song in terms of singing? Do you prefer songs with a wider range or not?

Generally speaking, what would you say contributes more into a song becoming your favourite? The meaning/lyrics? Or is the melody more of a decisive factor?

Thank you so much!

From the new stuff, it's Sugar. Easy.

Well, not easy. Sugar is actually really challenging. When I'm singing it live night after night — and I always sing live, always — those high notes are exhausting. It's definitely hardgoing, but that's what makes it rewarding. Yeah, I love Sugar.

Singing it, I mean. And the rest. I can't separate the lyrics from the melody from the harmony from the production. It's the whole package for me. That's what makes Sugar my favourite.

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'Ask Satoru' your own question or find out more.

[fushiglow]

Question for Satoru. What is your love language?

Music.

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'Ask Satoru' your own question or find out more.

[fushiglow]

FOR ME?? CAN YOU BELIEVE???

i wish you guys knew just how much @kymsys has spoiled me over the last month, i can't scream my love loud enough 🥺 kim provides endless inspiration and constantly hypes me up with amazing art, so anyone who enjoys over the threshold is at least partly indebted to kim's beautiful brain!!

i love you, kim ♥️ i'm forever thankful for our serendipitous meeting, brought together by a shared unhealthy interest in these dorks ♥️

(but seriously, i'm so glad we met 🫶)

FOR @fushiglow ♥ not me imagening stsg from their fic 😩pls go read it !!

shop.

[kassandraws]

more wip progress..

[generic-sonic-fan]

I'm not really a believer in "OOC".

Rather, it's a challenge to persuade me to your idea of a character/relationship. Some ideas only take a short-form post for me to be like "yeah they'd do that!". Others require a 3,000+ word fic. Others still require a solid 100,000+ words, but those are usually the ones that change my entire brain chemistry along with it.

[marimbles]

It seems to be pretty well established that most fanfic authors don’t mind when readers leave comments on old fics and in fact welcome it. But what about authors replying to old comments?

Do readers care in general whether an author replies? Is it expected and seen as rude if they don’t? Is it nice when they do but not expected? Is there a time limit to the welcomeness of replies? Like is it nice if they respond within a few weeks but if it’s been months or years it feels awkward because you don’t remember the fic anymore? I’m curious!

[massivelyanerd]

Threshold

Tetaaa

The gojitos were made by @bearhaviour

[forfuckssakejim]

In honor of threshold day; have some ramblings I wrote yesterday about me finally getting an idea on what to name the salamander triplets

[fushiglow]

I'm back baby >:3

For Satoru: what was it like doing pair/collaborative choreography on stage for Sugar?

It makes a nice change from dancing alone! I mean, yeah, I always have my dancers around me, but it's different when you're actually moving with someone, you know? It isn't just going through the motions. You're taking the lead or following theirs, feeling the push and pull in the places your bodies are connected, setting a rhythm together.

It's a lot more fun when you're doing it with someone else. And it turns out Utahime [Satoru's performance director] is surprisingly good at partner choreo!

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'Ask Satoru' your own question or find out more.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Happy Birthday to the Threshold Ba- Wait... [Patreon | Commissions]

[pureanonofficial]

I know Threshold Day is all for fun and memes, and I truly adore that, and I love engaging with it! But I also love fanwork that takes it seriously, and my favorite example of that is there is water (at the bottom of the ocean) by @cicaklah on ao3. It's a beautiful, wonderfully written character study from the pov of Tom Paris in the wake of Threshold. It deals with the strangeness of being crammed back into a human shell after having seen EVERYTHING--of being undeniably connected with the one person to have shared that with you. It's just lovely.

My favorite quote from it is--

He’s the only being in history to have occupied every space simultaneously in the entire universe twice, and everyone is fixating on that he fell for the one person who knows what that feels like? Surely the gods fall for each other all the time. It can’t be that strange, if you think about it for a fucking minute.

I definitely rec giving it a read this Threshold Day!

[baylardian-1]

bunch of threshold au pen doodles im scrapping :)

[helluvatrek]

Me and @kermit-the-fag-official made some dumb ships so here’s the fanfic💀

Their fic: https://www.tumblr.com/kermit-the-fag-official/769167417183207424

Tuvix x Lizard Janeway

Chapter 1:Bro is lowkey wild for that

Chakotay was extremely enraged as he watched Tuvix step off the transporter pad. “GRRRRR!!!” he exclaimed. “First, our helmsman and captain become lizards, and now our security officer and lunch lady became one person!!!.”

“Erm…ackshully,” Tuvix said, “Neelix is not a female, and he does a lot more than prepare lunch.”

Chakotay hissed. “I DID NOT ASK FOR YOUR OPINION.” He proceeded to throw Tuvix against the wall.

“Not nice, man.” Tuvix said. “I was like, just born. Can’t you cut me a break?”

“NOOOOO!!!! GRRRRRR!!!!”

Kes nonchalantly entered the transporter room. She looked at Tuvix and started blushing. He’s such a rizzler, She thought.

“ARGGHHH YOU STUPID FURRY!!!” Chakotay yelled at Tuvix.

“Erm, what the sigma are you doing?” Kes asked.

Chakotay turned around and realized she was there. He started blushing kawaii like a schoolgirl in an anime. “Erm, I was just chatting with my new friend.”

Kes looked at him in disbelief. “Bro stfu you’re not an alpha. Also The Doctor asked me to take ermmmm….Neebok to sick bay.”

“Erm…ackshully, my name is Tuvix; a combination of the names of my fathers.”

“Wait,” Kes said. “TUVOK AND NEELIX ARE MARRIED!? AND THEY HAVE A CHILD!?”

“Um no,” Tuvix exclaimed in a rather annoyed tone. “I am a unique person with the combined DNA, knowledge, and memories of Tuvok and Neelix. I call them my fathers because they did create me using their DNA, so it would only be logical to do so.”

“Just put the fries in the bag, bro.” Kes said, “It’s time to go to sick bay.”

Chapter 2: wtf moment💀

As soon as the turbo lift doors closed Kes started moaning violently and Tuvix was lowkey a traumatized mf at this point. “Hrrrnnbhhhfggggggg.” Kes mumbled. “Finally, someone lowkey chill as Tuvok, and as much skibidi rizz as my alpha Neelix.”

“Erm,” said Tuvix, “I’ll have you know that I have only been living for about twenty minutes and I am too young to lose my virginity.”

Kes looked at Tuvix in a sarcastic way. “Bro lowkey forgot I’m one year old. Imagine, could never be me.”

Tuvix was concerned. “So you’re telling me you’re not a virgin?”

“Erm, I thought you said you have the combined memories of Tuvok and Neelix.” Kes bombastic side eyed.

“Well, about that…..ermmmmm I’m just a forgetful person.”

Kes didn’t care so she continued moaning violently. I need to get him pregnant. She thought.

Finally, the turbo lift doors opened and B’elanna Torres was standing outside.

“Oh, skibidi!” Kes said in a frustrated tone indeed. “I forgot to halt the doors. No wonder it was hard to looksmaxx.”

B’elanna nonchalantly looked at Kes, then at Tuvix. “Who tf are you!?” She asked him.

“I’m Tuvix.” he said.

“Bruh.” B’elanna exclaimed and then she proceeded to enter the turbo lift.

“Whoa buddy, who do think you are?” Kes said in a preppy ahh way. She pushed her.

“Chat, aren’t you going to sick bay with this beta?” B’elannna growled. “Cuz sick bays on this deck, y’know.”

Kes hissed. “HOW DARE YOU CALL MY ALPHA SIGMA DISCORD KITTEN A BETA!!!!” B’elanna rolled her eyes and yeeted Tuvix and Kes into sick bay. B’elanna barked at them to make sure they didn’t come back into the turbo lift.

Chapter 3: Tuvix meets lizard Janeway

Tuvix was rather annoyed indeed that Kes kept touching him. Not as annoyed as The Doctor when he entered the room.

“Oh,” said Kes, “Hi, doctor.” Tuvix could see her blushing like Chakotay did earlier. Bruh, he thought. Why is blud like this? “This is my alpha, Tuvix. Tuvok and Neelix got in a transporter accident.”

“Argghhh,” said The Doctor. “No one ever tells me what’s going on around here.”

Suddenly, Tuvix’s ears bled. “ERMMM!!!! WHAT IN THE ACKSHULLY IS THAT SONG!?”

The Doctor was super pissed. “I’ll have you know that this is my favorite song.” He said angrily. He sang, “FROM THE SCREEN TO THE RING TO THE PEN TO THE KING WHERES MY CROWN THATS MY BLING ALWAYS DRAMA WHEN I RING!!!!!”

“Bro actually thought he ate.” Tom Paris said while laying on the bio beds. He still had some lizard characteristics, such as the tail, so it was really hard for him to mew without having to change his gyatt position every 5 seconds. Janeway was there too, and as Tuvix looked at her, he realized he was blushing in the same way Kes and Chakotay were.

“Hey you beta!” Janeway called to The Doctor. “Who is this mf?”

The Doctor sighed. “Tuvok and Neelix got combined bruh.”

“Bro…that sucks.”

“REAL!” The Doctor exclaimed. “He doesn’t even like my music taste!”

Janeway mewed. “Blud no KSI song is a bop wtf man.”

Tuvix tried not to giggle, because Janeway was so rizzful.

“So, when are we gonna get Tuvok and Neelix back?” Janeway asked The Doctor.

“Soon,” he said, with a huge smirk on his face.

“NOOOOO!!!!” Tuvix cried. “PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE TO PROVE MYSELF AN ALPHA MALE!!!!”

Janeway looked at Tuvix, and she realized he had kind of a jawline. “Have you been mewing lately?” She asked.

“No?”

“Bruh never mind.”

Chapter 4: THE EPIC EDGING BATTLE pt 1: Tom Paris is moaning

“HES MY EDGER!!” Kes screamed angrily. “HOW DARE YOU TRY TO RIZZ HIM UP!!!” Janeway was very angry so she yeeted Kes with her lizard tail.

“GRRRRRRRR!!” Kes exclaimed. “SKIBIDI TOILET AHH TAIL!!”

Janeway lowkey didn’t really care cause she was just a chill guy who lowkey didn’t really care.

The Doctor looked at Tom Paris.

Tom Paris moaned, “If you don’t hawk tuah, then I won’t talk tuah.”

The Doctor sighed and then proceeded to spit on that thang.

“Ugggghhhh,” Paris mogged. “Now glaze my lizard toes.”

The Doctor looked at how dry and sad his toes were. “Only if it gives you aura.”

Meanwhile, Tuvix was watching Janeway and Kes fight. “THATS IT!” Janeway announced. “I CHALLENGE YOU…..TO AN EPIC EDGING BATTLE!!!”

The Doctor gasped. “Did I hear what I thought I heard?” He smiled. “Ah, I remember the first edging battle on this ship.”

Kes rolled her eyes.

The Doctor continued, “It was when we first lost our aura-“

“GRRRRRR!!!!” Janeway screamed. “SILENCE!!!” Tuvix watched quietly as Janeway and Kes edged violently. Kes moaned….Janeway moaned….they both moaned…. The Doctor was still getting Tom Paris oiled up. Tuvix was still worried about his aura points.

“Gyatttttt.” Said Tom.

“Bruh,” said The Doctor.

“Shush.”

“Okay…..Alpha.” Tom moaned freakily.

Suddenly someone yelled, “SKIBIDI TOILET!!! ENSIGN KIM IS PREGNANT!!”

Chapter 5: THE EPIC EDGING BATTLE pt 2: Ensign Kim is pregnant

“But how?” The Doctor asked. “He can’t be pregnant, he’s a man.”

B’elanna explained, “So you know that Quinn guy? Well it turns he and Harry Kim secretly fell in love and so Quinn used his magic aura points to make him pregnant.”

Harry Kim was furious. “Doctor, B’elanna is lying. Chakotay is the father.”

The Doctor lowkey didn’t really care, because he was still in the middle of massaging Tom’s lizard toes.

“Bruh,” Tom said to Kim, “YOU MOG SOMEONE ELSE, HUH?! YOU STUPID BETA! THATS IT, WERE NOT RIZZING NO MORE!!!”

Kim looked at him awkwardly, “Erm, we were never dating, what the sigma are you talking about? Also, why is The Doctor getting you oiled up?”

Tom was cooked.

Meanwhile, Janeway and Kes were still doing their epic edging battle. Janeway was edging so fast barely anyone could identify her aura. Kes got blinded by the light of her mewing. “NOOOO!!!” Said Kes, “AHHHHHH!!!” Janeway’s streak of edging light was so powerful that it lowkey ate and left no crumbs. Kes died.

“NOOOOOOO!!!!” B’elanna cried, “MY UWU COTTAGE CORE DISCORD KITTEN!!!!”

Harry smirked. “Maybe you shouldn’t have lied to The Doctor about who the father to my child is!!!”

“The gacha heat is wild.” Tuvix exclaimed.

“SHUT UP, TUVIX!!!! NO ONE LIKES YOU!!!” B’elanna yelled angrily.

Tuvix lost so much aura that he never won a dress to impress game ever again.

Chapter 6: Tuvix gets unalived I think

“Golly gee,” Janeway announced. “Looks like I won the epic edging battle.”

Tuvix blushed. “Now we can get 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂.”

The Doctor sighed. “Well, sorry to burst yer bubble, but I have just found a way to bring Tuvok and Neelix back. And also to make you lizard folk human again.”

“GRRRRRRR!!!!” said Janeway.

Tuvix knew what he had to do because queen never cry. “WAIT! THEY DONT LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU!!!!!!”

The Doctor side eyed bro. “Chat, I barely know you.”

Tuvix was lowkey cooked. He looked at the dead body of Kes. “Erm, shouldn’t we have a funeral for bro or smth?”

B’elanna blushed kawaii just thinking about her. Tom Paris started hitting the griddy. Harry was in labor. The Doctor was rewriting his program subroutines to emit the perfect jawline.

Tuvix sighed. No one cares about me. “Do it,” he said sadly, “Kill me. I deserve it. I’m a mistake.” He said to The Doctor.

“Just put the fries in the bag bro.”

Bro did the transporter thing and now Tuvok and Neelix are mewing again. The Doctor also cured Janeway and Tom’s incurable beta disease somehow.

“Erm, hi Mr. Vulcan, I mean…alpha male…I’m your discord kitten, right?” Neelix said in his gacha life male anime protagonist ahh voice.

“No, wtf-“ Tuvok was cut off as he heard Harry moan violently.

“Oh my sigma!” B’elanna exclaimed. “It’s a lizard baby!!”

“That’s enough sick bay for today.” Tom said as he proceeded to leave.

“We can be a polycule right?” Janeway and Tuvok asked Neelix.

“Sure skibidi slicers.”

THE END😤😤😤