#uhh i had something else...

[birdmenmanga]

no I know exactly what you're talking about. I think one of the big reasons that kekkaishi stuck out to me so much when I was reading it in middle school was that... the characters were asian... and actually LOOKED asian. like yeah it's manga and super stylized and abstract most of the time that things like race aren't even getting conveyed at all because you just know from context that the characters are asian but it just struck me so much that someone out there thought the flat profile with the rounded nose and features was worth depicting with such care and consistency, and on a main character no less (gen also has this kind of profile, and tokine to some degree as well)

I think you're quite accurate in saying that it's an early Tanabe thing too, because like... how do I say this. her early oneshots, especially the ones leaning into the horror genre, and has these almost off-puttingly realistic proportions.

proto yoshimori... you are so realistic.

I think it's obvious that she drew from life quite a lot in her early times... these are not features that art school busts have, if you catch my drift. even though kekkaishi is already far more stylized than, say, the kekkaishi one-shot, I do think this specific profile is one of the holdovers from that early era of art, and it got lost somewhere between the end of kekkaishi and whenever shuumatu happened. nearly none of that remains in birdmen, and even though kaihen is also having this heavy oriental vibe we don't really see it in the same way there either which makes me a little sad </3

I feel like this is the profile you're talking about! left is from LOST PRINCESS and right is from F is for Fake! if I had to guess, I'd say lost princess came before the kekkaishi one-shot, and f is for fake was probably drawn some time during the serialization of kekkaishi, based solely on the artstyle.

anyways I'm sorry for this info dump I just. also feel strongly about this topic lol

sometimes I'll be reading ashihara hinako and she'll hit me with this early-ish tanabe-esque profile view like

I say early-ish and tanabe-esque bc it reminds me of kekkaishi more than anything. I doubt this is a signature thing for her, realistically, but for me it is. I remember watching the kekkaishi anime on Netflix (the original audio wasn't available, so I had to watch the English dub lmao), and I thought this kind of profile was weird and I didn't like it much. now I love it. I really love it

and now idk . I'm overwhelmed. I'm so glad tanabe sensei is still alive and creating art. I'm so upset ashihara sensei took her own life. I love them both so much.

[starry-kittens]

Went to Michaels again, you know we had to do it to em

[keeps-ache]

in a cafe rn. this place is nice :>

[dropout-ninja]

:3cc Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

(Picture me headbonking you like a cat)

Why would you do this to me with my 108 fics and more wips in docs not yet posted (some of which would make this list)

I am terrible at picking rankings help

Uhhhh

When I Wake From This Dream With Chains All Around Me (Hollow Knight) where my HK writing got kicked off. Longfic.

It’s Burned In My Mind and all of its associated works (Hollow Knight) absolute fever dream, wrote in a splurge of dissociation, wild time and probably my favorite fic I’ve written. Multichap.

The If We Could Just Be What We Wanted verse (Transformers Prime with a dose of a bunch of other continuities) particularly the first one (which needs edits but in terms of tone and characters and me managing plots genuinely holds up really well to the last few years), Damned If I Do (oneshot), and poor Chaotic Unity (longfic), who I had so many seeds of foreshadowing put into the first fic for and then it got read by like five perfect of the original’s readers XD

control’s graveyard (Monsterverse Godzilla. Yep.) entirely self indulgent fun times, power dynamics central, character studies on everyone, I poured into worldbuilding and backstories and I think I managed to do show don’t tell with them better here than I manage elsewhere. Someone said that I managed to keep the main character “alien and genuinely despicable” while somehow keeping them sympathetic, and that praise is put on my mental fridge forever. I reread this fic more than I do any of my other ones. Genuinely my favoritism for it is showing hard. Multichap.

Immolation (MTMTE/Lost Light) Haven’t read this one in a year so grammar wise I’m sure it’s a wreck, but my 3am brain went off on this one and its stream of consciousness style. Oneshot.

Wyrm Off A String (Hollow Knight) based on crack and others’ art, ridiculous premise, somehow the best worldbuilding and foreshadowing of a twist ending I’ve done. Oneshot.

Linger (Hollow Knight) mad niche, another one that began because of crack and shitposts I saw. Loss of self, body horror, psychological horror, non linear dream madness, what’s not for me to love. Multichap in progress

Wallow (Hollow Knight) another incredibly niche one nobody asked for, that is actually going to be turned into a multichap and has a lot of juicy to a self indulgent author tension and shenanigans already written, but I’m waiting until I’ve written most all of it before I start posting the new chapters. Dubbed by my friends as the Mean White Lady Fic. Traitor Lord my beloved. (Oneshot on ao3, multichap to be)

sometimes family is a mad scientist spider, his amoral ex, their build-a-child kit gone right, and the human sidekick (IDW2005 Transformers) oneshots collection. Quite proud of the Verity and Prowl povs. Tarantulas my blorbo.

ex cinere (House of Ashes) for capturing the voice and worldbuilding after I relistened to Randolph’s things a million times. I feel like I managed to keep aliens alien for it (short multichap)

And CarnEVILs? In MY Dirtmouth? (It’s More Likely Than You Think!) (Hollow Knight) halloween oneshot with an Elderbug pov that feels very Elderbug and Dirtmouth vibes as good here as in Chains. Elderbug did not enjoy his obligatory grimm teatime™️.

Hey look this is not five. 108 fics too difficult to narrow down for me

[caffeinatedopossum]

My mutuals are genuinely so cool. I love you guys

[mira0000000-blog]

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[mylove-thresher]

heyyy!!1!1 hi!1!!!1 :3

intro post after a few months bc i want people to know stuff ab me when they check my blog lol

professional yapper vvv

Basic stuff:

Name: Thresher (not really, but i like the shark :3)

Nationality: Cuban (born)

Age: minor

Birthday: Nov. 14

Pronouns: any, maybe even neopronouns idrc!

Labels: ace spec, biromantic, femme enby

Languages: Spanish, French, English

Likes:

Music: very diverse taste, but i RLLY like Rammstein (huge fan rn) , Ayesha Erotica (I love rapping her songs theyre so good), Mitski, Maná, Tyler, The Creator, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, etc. <3

Animals: I looooove animals in general (especially sea creatures and mammals), BUT if I see a bug IRL I will pull out a flamethrower. Otherwise they’re chill. When they’re in pictures obv. Also I have a dog named Kyoto :3:3:3:3:3:3

Cute stuff: pass it over. yeah. hand me over the entire Sanrio company. and just cute stuff in general like Snoopy and probably even Vocaloids. My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake too. Magical girls. go on.

Horror: yeah i had to contradict myself lol. i LOOOVE horror games and videos (dropped ARGs and stuff a bit, but i still like them, the story, the lore and more independent horror series on yt like Dirty Donna ^^)!11!

A few animes and series: would be way too fucking long of a yap sesh, but I like Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch, Cardcaptor Sakura, JJBA (fugo kinnie obviously), Monster High, and a few others

Drawing: at my sketchbook. straight up “drawing it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. Nothing (i upload a few little sketches a week :3)

Writing: i don't post the stuff I write (i may consider it) since its in Spanish and its mainly poems, but i do enjoy writing in french, english and spanish!

Aesthetics/Styles/Subgenres: its fun to explore ways to dress and decorate stuff! (i dress dark and masc but im pink and bows at the same time what) I also am super into fashion <3

My irl friends and tumblr moots!1!!: theyre genuinely so kewl <3

and that was about it! :3

thanks for checking out my blog or reading this, i appreciate it a lot as someone who's just started posting art online a few months ago <3

mylove-thresher 🤍

[netaro--yowa]

YAYYY MISHA THEME!!!

MISHA 💖💓🩷❤️💕💖💓🩷💖❤️💖💓💓💖🩷💓

[commanderfloppy]

Gw2 Huevember Week 4

I've been thinking a lot about Laurence and his past recently, and this cool color-scheme really went with the feeling.

Though he later found ways to escape it, there was an incredibly tight grip on his life. His purpose was to be perfect, be beautiful, be a shining jewel for the Bellamy family, not as an heir but as a trinket.

[peapod20001]

In my...✨ depression bed ✨ phase <3

[bunnyb34r]

How the fuck did I spend THREE HOURS in the craft store?? And we went to one literally two days ago too??? I was supposed to just grab two things and LOOK at stuff for craft shows (got a LOT) like 😳

[flamboyant-king]

Magfest was fun! Walked around as Cammy, made a lot of “merch,” talked to a bunch of cool dudes, traded wares, met new friends and finally met old ones, got a jello shot from a Raccacoonie cosplayer, ate so much awful food, learned of new games, and got inspired.

I made so many buttons of cammypus and other funny creatures, folded 50+ origami boxes for the perler bead crafters, and drew on any paper I can find. It was nice and now I have no money.

[cherrysnax]

I once heard that dreaming about someone constantly means that they’re thinking about you. Maybe these people miss you too?

kneejerk reaction is that I hope they’re not thinking of me tbh

[gameboy-berry]

I miss Book BFDI man... I remember back in pre split where she got shit for absolutely no reason??? I know the arc wasn't the best paced but it was stuff like "shes so mean to taco automatically bad!!11".

Actually when the split happened I vowed to never watch newer BFDI episodes because of how her and Taco's story just. Ended there. I still haven't seen TPOT by the way.

[loregoddess]

writing timelines for my creative story projects in Excel is so chaotic, but also the only way to write timelines

[strictly-confectional]

need the weather here to turn shit down a few notches so i can go outside without immediately turning into a human sized ice cube