#wait i think I just mixed up switch and vers

[the-cookie-of-doom]

When Chay and Kim get back together in the 24/7 AU, Chay expects things to go back to how they were before, and is surprised when they don't. The whole point is that Kim wanted a lover, but didn't want to let anyone close. So he maintained this distance between them, using the D/S dynamic to do it. But now he doesn't need to, anymore. Chay can be on equal footing with him in this relationship. And sure, a little bit of that shone through towards the end, because Kim couldn't help himself, he was falling in love, and that distance became harder and harder to maintain (which made it easier to convince himself to cut Chay off entirely after the RevealTM).

Chay is not at all prepared for a completely, unrestrictedly in love Kim

[twstarchives]

Happy Birthday・Idia

Card: Birthday Attire - SSR Characters: Idia & Yuu. Mentioned: Ortho, Muscle Crimson

Chapter 1

—IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE—

NRC Campus News Interview with the Birthday Student ~Idia ver.~

Yuu: Happy birthday!

Idia: Huh...? U-Uh, um... Th-Thank... you.

That’s a lovely outfit.

Idia: You think so? This “Yo! I’m a big merry chief!”-looking outfit? Your aesthetic is something I can’t even begin to understand.

It’s fancy, it’s too tight, and it s-stands out.

But worst of all, I’m having people whose names I don’t even know just casually talking to me... Have you ever experienced something so horrifying?

I’m at my limit... Hah... I wanna get this thing off as soon as possible...

Alright, let’s get started with the interview——

Idia: Eee! Y-Y-You said “interview”? With me?

No, no, no, you’re joking...

That’s just way too impossible for a modest guy like me... I have to decline.

...I-I can’t? Y-You’re really stubborn. H-Hold on a second...

          (He switches to speaking from his tablet)

Idia: Okay, I’m good now. L-Let’s get this over with.

How does it feel with everyone sending you birthday wishes?

Idia: ...I-It’s nothing but literal torture to have flocks of normies come up and talk to me...

The idea that every single person wants a huge birthday celebration with lots of people is a complete lie!

Aren’t you happy it’s your birthday?

Idia: It just means my lifespan decreased by a year. What’s there to be happy ab—oh, wait, just kidding! Scratch that.

I’ve got loads of amazing birthday events in my games!

Between collecting limited voice lines and reading all my birthday stories... I’ve been extremely busy since this morning~.

S-So, can I go back to my room now...? No? Okay.

Chapter 2

—IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE—

Please let me continue with our interview.

Idia: N-No, the things I have to say feel kinda pointless. Haven’t you heard enough already...?

I’d rather not talk to you through a tablet...

Idia: ...Does that mean we can end this faster if we talk face-to-face? Okay then.

          (He discards his tablet)

Thank you. First off, what’s your favorite food?

Idia: ...Candy. They’re good and they’re easy to eat while playing games... It’s perfect.

I-I love educational candy kits the most. The ones where you can add water and mix it, sprinkle powders in it, make it solidify...

The candy itself is like a game, so I get so focused on playing it... Hehe.

I can make the colors and shapes whatever I want, so it’s really fun. And if you think it’s a game for kids, then you’re wrong.

What about your least favorite food?

Idia: ...Raw fish. I-It’s smelly, lukewarm, and the texture feels slimy, slippery, and sticky...

Plus it’s annoying when you can’t eat something without utensils. Getting those out takes so much time. I hate it...

It’s just important to get nutrition into your body, and well-balanced block candy does that fine! Yup, you can’t disagree with me!

Is there a reason you’re always wearing headphones?

Idia: ...O-Oh? So you can ask actually good questions. Obviously, it’s to listen to phenomenal music with the best sound quality.

It’s courtesy to the creators who brought these masterpieces to life to listen to them in HQ.

Oh. The noise canceling function is also very important. ...It lets me shut out the outside world.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Idia: ...I-I stan some idol groups... I love their songs.

The appeal of idols isn’t just their looks~ I wouldn’t stan a group if their songs sucked~

So you like idols? Do you have a favorite group?

Idia: Moirai! Moirai on the Edge! You don’t know them? This is why you’re a normie...

They’re a popular trio of veteran dancers and seasoned vocalists!

Listening to their godly songs makes me start chanting and clapping like I’m at one of their live concerts...

Hehehe!

I-I could show you some of their music if you’re interested... No, I won’t force you if you don’t want to...

Chapter 3

—IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE—

Please let me continue with our interview just a little longer.

Idia: ...Are you serious? I’ve already been enduring this for so long keeping my tablet away...

H-Hey, can we just end this? I’ve talked enough. What do I even get out of this?

I’m the birthday boy or whatever (lol), but my opinion doesn’t get to be respected...?

I-It’ll be over soon, I promise... Um, tell us about a birthday memory you have.

Idia: Uhh... My parents gave me a lot of games as presents.

Console games, board games, all kinds of things for me to play in my room.

I was always ecstatic when I got them, and Ortho would play them with me.

I always won more than him when we were little. I mean, I am a genius, so what do you expect? Hehe.

But Ortho would get upset about it every time, so I slowly started changing the games we played.

To board games that use things like roulette wheels and dice.

Th-That way, Ortho could still have fun with them without needing to have any technique...

That was nice of you.

Idia: W-Well, it was my birthday... and I’m his big brother...

But it’s not like I can beat Ortho at computer games now!

I have one last question to ask.

Idia: Huh? I-Is it really the last one? I can’t do this anymore...

I promise it is. Has anything happened for your birthday today?

Idia: Um... Th-The second the day changed, I got dozens of birthday messages flying in from my online friends...

Oh, yeah. Muscle Crimson-shi gave me a rare weapon as a present~

Man, I was so touched!

...Hah. I wish everyone would just send me birthday wishes online instead of coming to me face-to-face...

The idea that talking in-person is more significant than online chats and texts is such an outdated point of view...

Extroverts should be aware that making eye contact and laughing puts so much pressure on someone...

           (He switches back to his tablet)

Idia: Speaking of, I’m much more attentive and genuine when I talk through my tablet lolol.

Thank you. Once again, happy birthday!

[lunasxsol]

6 Months

Shawn x latina!reader

Word Count: 1576

(A/N: Let me know if y’all would like a part 2! Feedback is greatly appreciated!)

Summary:  Y/n and Shawn had been dating for 6 months, everything was going great, at least for her it was. Don’t get Shawn wrong, it was going great for him too but it just wasn’t enough.

...

Today was a nice sunny day, both Y/n and Shawn were getting ready for a bbq Brian had thrown. Y/n was wearing a yellow floral dress with some strappy sandals and Shawn..well Shawn was wearing his usual black skinny jeans with a white fitted t-shirt.

“Hey honey did you buy the champagne?” Shawn asked looking through the cabinet. “Uhh no why?”

He scoffed, “Babe I asked you to pick up champagne on your way home and you said yes.”

She closed her eyes and counted to 10 backwards. Did I mention she has anger issues. She had a tendency of pushing people away with her anger. She pushed her sisters and father away with it. “Sorry, I got busy and must’ve forgotten. We can just pick some up on the way there.”

“Not like we have a choice.” Shawn muttered, grabbing his keys and starting the car. Y/n grabbed her purse as her phone began ringing. She closed the door to her room quickly answering the call.

“Hi mamá.”

Hola hija, como estas?

(Hi sweety, how are you?)

“Bien, ya voy de salida.Voy a celebrar el cumpleaños de unas de mis amigas.”

(Good,I’m going out. I’m going to celebrate a friends birthday.)

Que bien mi niña, no quiero quitarte mucho de tu tiempo, te hablaba para decirte que tu padre se puso mal.

(Good sweety, I don’t want to take much of your time, I was calling because your dad got sick.)

“Que le paso?”

(What happened?)

Tiene un tumor en el cerebro, no sabemos cuanto tiempo tenga.

(He has a brain tumor, we don’t know how long he has.)

“Oh my god mom.” My vision became blurry with the tears that were threatening to spill. I didn’t want to believe it. “No te han dicho nada?”

(They haven’t said anything?”)

No hijita no se puede hacer nada. Nadamas podemos esperar.

(No sweetheart there’s nothing they can do, we can only wait.)

“Ire mañana para San Francisco.”

(I will go tomorrow to San Francisco.)

Y/n-

“Ya se mamá pero es mi padre, lo quiero ver.”

(I know mom but he is my dad and I need to see him.)

Bueno mija es tu decision.

(Fine sweetheart it is your decision.)

“Y/n, we have to go.” Shawn came rushing into the room.

“Te llamare mañana, te quiero.” I didn’t let her reply, hanging up the phone and wiping away the

Tears.

(I will call you tomorrow, I love you.)

“You okay?” He asked stepping closer to me. I nodded, “Uhh, yeah, just a colleague.”

“What happened? Why are you crying?” He wiped away one of my tears, this was the first time he had ever seen me cry, I felt weak and vulnerable. I hated that feeling. “Fuck Shawn can you just drop it? I just said it was a colleague so just drop it.”

He scoffed, “Oh I’m sorry I just wanted to know if everything was alright with my girlfriend. I’m so sorry for worrying about her crying.”

I rolled my eyes, “See not crying, can we just go?”

...

The ride to Brian’s house was quiet, no small banter about which song they should play and no hand holding just complete silence. Once they had arrived it was like a switch had flipped in her. They got out of the car and she had a smile plastered on her face, she even grabbed Shawn’s hand and intertwined their fingers. They walked hand in hand into the party and greeted everyone. All Shawn could do was stare at her. Not so long ago she had tears in her eyes mixed with anger but now she was happy.

“Glad you guys made it. Shawn I see you forgot the champagne.” Brian chuckled as if he knew we were going to forget it.

“Sorry it was my fault, Shawn asked me to pick it up from work but I completely forgot.”

“No worries, I had a feeling you love birds would forget. Santiago bought a couple.” He pointed to the guy that was facing the grill. “I met this guy on the plane ride back from the Philippines, dude is absolutely hilarious. Hey Santiago!” He yelled for the guy, the guy turned and I could almost cry.

“Santi?”

“Y/n?”

I ran into his arms, “Oh my god, I’ve missed you so much.”

“How long has it been?”

I wiped away a couple tears, “Only four years.”

“Baby don’t cry,” He wiped away at my tears, “I’ve-”

“Baby?” I heard a voice say from behind me. I pulled away from Santi.

“Uhh Santi, this is Shawn my boyfriend. Shawn this is Santi my long lost best friend.”

“Hey man, nice meeting you.” Shawn shook his hand. “You too. Y/n I’ll catch up with you in a bit.” Sant said walking back to the grill.

“So? Santiago?” Shawn asked.

“He’s my childhood best friend, we, uh, we lost contact four years ago.-”

“Y/n lets play bear pong!” Ally pulled me to the girls table.

...

“What’s up with you?” Brian asked taking a seat next to Shawn. “You’re being distant.”

He chuckled, “Nah man, I just- we’ve been dating for half a year and I still feel like I know nothing about her.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that I heard her talking over the phone to her mom, she was crying but when I walked in she said it was her colleague. And when I pressed her about it she just snapped, we got into a small argument and well now she’s jolly.”

Brian took a sip of his drink, “You just have to have patience with her man.”

“I have! We’ve known each other for a year, we’ve been dating for six months and all I’ve gotten is that she has two sisters and her mom and dad live in San Francisco. She doesn’t even visit them, I don’t even think she likes her family.”

“So you haven’t met her parents?” Brian asked and Shawn shook his head, “No, everytime we make “plans” either they cancel last minute or she does, I’m just tired of this.”

“Do you think she’s cheating?”

“I wouldn’t even be surprised, she’s just so secretive about everything. She basically has no emotion when we are together, sometimes I feel like I’m dating a robot-”

Before they could finish there was a clinking of bottles and then a crash, they all turned to see what had happened, Y/n sat by the mess giggling at what had happened. Santiago ran to her pick her up and sitting her on one of the benches.

“Go to her, I’ll pick up.”

Shawn went to her as she continued to giggle at Santiago.

Santiago was cleaning up the blood from her knee with a napkin and some water, “God Y/n what happened to you, babe.” He turned to Shawn, “She doesn’t drink, she never liked it at least she didn’t.”

Shawn was confused but stayed silent, “I want to sleep.” Y/n slurred. “Santi take me home please.”

“Don’t know where you live babe.” Shawn was annoyed he didn’t like him referring to his girl as babe,”Y/n her names Y/n.”

Santiago turned to him, “Seriously man, your girl is out of her mind intoxicated and instead of helping you’re worried about me calling her babe? God you hets are really insecure.”

Y/n groaned, “Oh god.” She quickly turned to the trash can throwing up majority of the alcohol from her system, Santiago had grabbed one of her scrunchies and pulled her hair up in a bun. “Please go away, both of you.” Both of them ignored her and stayed put.

Brian threw a water bottle to Shawn to give to Y/n. He took her to the upstairs bathroom to get cleaned up. “I’m sorry.” She told Shawn as he helped her get cleaned up. “I really have never been much of a drinker.”

He smiled bitterly at her, “Thank you for telling me, even if it was a year and six months late.”

“Shawn-”

“Are you cheating on me?” He got right to the point.

She scoffed, “What the hell makes you think that? I have never given you a reason have I?”

“You’ve given me plenty of reasons. You won’t talk to me, I know nothing about you. And after a year and a half of knowing each other I find out you had a long lost friend and oh yeah that you don’t drink.”

“Oh god, I’m not doing this.” I turned ready to leave.

“Then when?” He yelled. “When will I ever get to know you?”

Thankfully someone had knocked on the bathroom door.

“We are not done with this conversation.” He told me walking out of the bathroom. I walked over to Santi who was sitting by himself in the kitchen. He opened his arms and as if on instinct I threw myself to him.

“I can’t-” I sobbed. “I can’t take it anymore.”

“What’s wrong baby?” He rubbed my back.

“Papi’s dying and Shawn thinks I’m cheating on him. I feel like I’m incapable of showing him how much I love him. I’ve never felt like this.. not since Christina. I don’t know how to let him in and I’m just so scared.”

[hyyunjinn]

I just wanna talk about the studio versions?

like I’m not gonna lie, I really prefer the live performances versions BUT there are pros to the studio versions!! and idaksdjlfsd idk i just wanna rant

(send me your thoughts on stray kid’s mixtape studio versions ooh i wanna know)

*i’m listening to the songs with earbuds as i write it ahah

GRR’S RE-RECORDING SOUNDS SO AMAZING LIKE HOLY SHT I HAD CHILLS AND I APPROVE SO MUCH LIKE 

CHANGBIN’S “GRRRRR AH” FK RIP I SCREAMED I WASN’T READY

and you can hear the instrumental so much better and sdflkja I LOVE IT

the bleep at the beginning with the talking isn’t my fave but eh, it doesn’t bother me too much

IDK I JUST THINK THEY DID REALLY WELL WITH THIS SONG I DON’T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT 

OH

WAIT

MINHO’S FKN RASPY “LALALALALA”S SCREWED ME OVER I WASN’T READY I WAS SINGING ALONG BUT LIKE, THE ONES WHERE YOU SING EARLIER RIGHT? WELL, HE SANG IT AND I WAS SO SHOOK I GOT CHILLS HOLY C R U D 

Felix’s “we rolling we growling” wasn’t as deep sounding in my ears :( i was sad about that....

Young Wings

ACTUALLY, I’M REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THIS CAME OUT

LINE DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALL

it’s actually the only studio version i prefer other than hellevator and grr :(

LIKE DID YOU HEAR JEONGIN

OH MAN

I CRIED

I’M SO HAPPY

WE COULD HEAR HIS VOICE AND I 

oh Felix’s rap is really nice too!!

who harmonizes with jeongin/seungmin at the end of “i’m still young, it’s hard now” line tho,,, does anyone know?? 

BUT JEONGINIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I’M SO HAPPY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I HEARD SO MUCH OF HIS VOICE AND ASKLDFJSLADF

bless vocal line

this really is a vocal line song  U GH 

YAYAYA

hmm not gonna lie, i wish the bass was boosted ahah

and the 2018 sounds weird to me ahhhh

SEUNGMIN’S VOICE THO AHHHH

yeah it doesn’t give me the same excitement compared to the busking version

BUT

THE VERSE 2

I APPROVE

EVEN CHANGBIN’S “POP” PART WASN’T ASLKDFJASDF i wasn’t the same sounding ;-;

jisung changing the way he rapped after him was nice tho i liked that hehe

AND VOCALIST CHAN AHHHHHHH

OH MAN

YOU KNO WWHAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH

JISUNG GETTING FELIX’S RAP AT THE BRIDGE I WAS REALLY SAD I LOVED HEARING FELIX RAP THAT PART

oh also, i wish they had more of the group singing kind of thing, school life didn’t have that either c r y 

Glow

hearing Seungmin open it was actually really strange

i hear a smile in his voice ahah

BUT MINHO STILL HAD HIS PART HEHEH YEEEA

aND CHANGBIN WITH THE dings

jisung’s voice also sounds really pretty with this song omg

actually hearing the rap switch off between the rappers is really cool

HELLOOOOO VOCALIST CHAN MAN I LOVE HIS VOICE

does jeongin have both of the beginning of the chorus????? 

wait actually i’m having trouble distinguishing the singers haha

FELIX’S ENGLISH THO I CAN’T REALLY TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY WHOOPS

actually, listening to this again, it’s not too bad

but i still like the live ver ;-;

School Life

i don’t even

i’m actually highkey disappointed with the mix of this song ugh

THE DING DING DING PART

I DON’T LIKE THAT I’M SO SAD UGH NOOOOOOO I LIKE IT WHEN THEY ALL YELLED IT TOGETHER BC THAT WAS FUN

the little sound effects during jisung’s opening rap was cute

BUT THE “AH TEACHER” AND “WHY” PART ASDFKLASJFD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY DID THEY MUFFLE IT I THINK HEARING IT LOUD IS NICER BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE A STUDENT COMPLAINING

hello minho i love your singing AHAHAHHAHA

changbin’s part doesn’t sound as powerful?

HYUNJIN’S “I ODN’T EVEN HAVE A DREAM” DIDNT SOUND AS CUTE s i gh

OH

THEY DIDN’T EVEN INCLUDE THE ALARM CLOCK IN THE BEGINNING AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

jeongin’s nananas tho ayyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYyyYY

oh and the “today too, I” during the bridge with the echos? i liked that, it sounded cool

MINHO I LOV EYOU

WOOJINI LOVE YOU TOO

i really wished they sang together more thooooo, it just sounds nicer

man i’m so disappointed with this version

4419

wait, who starts it

is it seungmin?

no? hold up i’m confused ahah

but the track sounds more full so it sounds nicer!!

SEUNGMIN--wait is it chan i honestly i have no idea who wait what

either way

it sounsd really pretty

UNTIL 

FELIX’S 

AGHHHHHHHHH

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I WANTED AN HQ VER OF HYUNJIN SINGING “HOW HAVE YOU BEEN THESE DAYS” BECAUSE IT’S SO CUTE WHEN HE SINGS IT 

WHY DID FELIX GET THE PART I AM SO SAD

WHY DID HYUNJIN GET THE NEXT PART 

AHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

honestly

that is the reason i’m disappointed with 4419 lmao’

ugh

NO

NO

W H Y

i’m not saying felix is bad

i just

;-;

i wanted an hq version of hyunjin rapping that part 

>:(

WOOJIN’S VOICE SOUNDS SO PRETTY WITH THIS SONG THO ASLKDFJASLDFJASDLF 

minho’s singing ;)))))))))))))))

also

changbin’s rap sounds so cool and idek what he’s rapping but it sounds like i’d like the lyrics 

OH THE BRDIGE IS CUTE I DIDN’T REALIZE THIS BEFORE OOOOOHHHH IT SOUNDS NICE

felix getting hyunjin’s first half of the verse ruined the song for me tho >:((

edit: jk listening to it again, it’s really nice I JUST WANTED TO HEAR HYUNJIN SING “HOW HAVE YOU BEEN THESE DAYS”

okeee that was my rant ahahahhaha send me your thoughts on the studio versions!!

[maguneedsalife]

The time has come: Nendoroid Mink!!!!

cries literal, legitimate tears because MY DMMD BEST BOY IS HERE IN NENDOROID FORM????? i never thought this day would come and it’s HERE and im ECSTATIC

lots of pictures and incoherent screaming beneath the cut

I can’t believe he’s real and i’m holding him???????

I’ve been wishing for a Mink nendoroid ever since I got into dmmd and fell considerably hard for Mink (who I did not expect to ever fall for???). Minao helped pull me through a particularly rough post-college patch and they remain very close to my heart, and yet, my hopes for a Mink nendo were extremely low. After all, he’s easily the least popular love interest, for pretty obvious reasons. (If you came to inform me that I should not like Mink because he’s Problematic, please leave, you’re not going to change my mind). As the months and WonFeses passed with not a peep, I pretty much lost all hope of ever seeing Mink in nendoroid form. DMMd seemed to be winding down as a franchise, and  I resigned myself to a Minkless existence. At least my other DMMd best boy got a nendoroid, so my Aoba didn’t have to be alone. And I did find a tiny Mink figure during my last trip to Japan, so I supposed that would suffice.

When GSC announced that Mink was finally getting a nendo I literally cried real tears

-20 minutes go by as Magu gets too emotional to even type coherent words-

Anyway, enough blubbering, time to get to the review, which is what you all came here for

As you can see in the above photo, he comes with a cardboard background depicting his room from the game. Aoba and Clear both came with similar backgrounds, as well as Koujaku and Noiz (who I don’t own). While I personally would have liked his room from DMMd Re:Connect, this room fits this version of the character much better. (I prefer Re:Connect Mink overall, but I’m not about to be a choosy beggar!!)

Here he is from the side. Tiny details like his bracelet, the rips on his coat, and the chains just barely poking out from his sleeve have all been captured faithfully.

From the back. The seam on his coat and the buttons are both there. His ponytail is also sculpted nicely.

From this side, you can see his bare arm. The chibi form doesn’t have much leeway for muscles, but you can see that there is a very slight shape to them. You can also see that a few of his dreds are tucked behind his ear. I didn’t get it in this shot, but just below his ear you can see the faintest hint of his braids.

For such a tiny figure, he’s very detailed--it’s just like Orange Rouge to get all the details down. However, like Aoba, his collar isn’t actually attached--it falls right off anytime you remove his head. I know this is done to preserve freedom of movement, but it seems a clunky choice when OR has made such good use of flexible plastic on other nendos. Luckily, unlike Aoba, it’s possible to switch his expression without removing his head--minimizing the amount you have to deal with his collar.

His little boots are so detailed!! It’s hard to tell in this photo, but his jeans are also torn just like on his official art. You can also see that his coat pinches in just slightly at the waist. The details are amazing!

Like Aoba, Mink came with his All-mate, Tori. Mink came with a stand for Tori too, but he’s actually balanced enough to stand by himself.

Tori’s head is articulated, so you can pose him just slightly.

Here’s what all Mink came with. Many hands holding tiny things! He came with only one extra expression for himself, and the other is for Aoba. I’m a little sad they chose to go that route, as I really would have liked to see a smiling expression (like this one) in the mix, and Mink’s skin color makes it hard for him to face swap. I wonder if they were worried he wouldn’t sell without some kind of incentive, orz....

from this angle both of those faces look vaguely sexual lmao...

Here he is next to the tiny Mink I got in Nakano. Tiny Mink is cute and all, but.... man, I’m just so happy we got a nendo!!!

A closer view of his hair. The gradient in his dreds is really nice, but I kind of wish they were more matte.... (though the light in my room is pretty strong)

Alright, time to try out some alternate parts!

First, the pipe! Probably my favorite accessory. It looks really cute in his hand!

Though, trying to pose him also brought up a slight issue: his hair isn’t made of flexible plastic either. His dreds really limit his range of movement ><

I kind of wish he was flexible enough to display it off to the side a little, but oh well...

In this shot, you can see that his nose is sculpted more prominently than that of other nendos.

When I was setting up for the next shot, the little knife fell right out of Mink’s hand--it turns out it’s not actually attached! I bet I can make other characters hold it too...

The knife and folded arm are for recreating the scene where he finally gets his revenge on Toue! (I couldn’t find a good resolution of the alternate ver where his eyes are closed, whoops). The blood on the knife is almost sickeningly lifelike!! 

The interesting thing about this expression is that it can be used to convey a variety of different emotions. From this angle, it almost looks like he’s praying for forgiveness....

.... but from this angle, he just looks angry! Or, rather, exasperated. Maybe he’s tired of Aoba’s antics...

Side note, I love how his lil fingers are sculpted ;u;

Now, on to the Aoba expression!

What a look! It’s of course based on a pivotal scene in Mink’s route (though uh, fair warning, image in that link might be a bit disturbing)

Behind the scenes of the previous shot lmao... The nendos’ proportions make more complex shots a little harder (see also: me trying to make them kiss)

It required a bit of fenagling to get this shot to line up. Since their bases are too wide, I had to go without...

However, the “strangling” hand has other uses too! Here it looks like he’s extending a hand to help Aoba with something!

Here he is reciting shakespeare (lol)

It’s fun to have all three of them together, too! Though since Clear’s so bright, it can be hard to get the exposure down--either Clear’s washed out, or Mink is obscured in shadow lmao...

Clear: Aoba-san, be careful! That kind of scary person is here...

Aoba: Oh!! Mink!! I’ve been waiting for you!!

Mink: Oh, it’s you. And, uh... your friend?

Aoba: You’ve met Clear before, Mink. 

Tori: That’s the one you used to call “Gasmask”.

Mink: .... oh. right. I think I remember someone like that. (doesn’t really care)

Aoba: You haven’t seen Clear without his mask on before, have you? No wonder you didn’t recognize him.

Clear: Hm, well, if Aoba-san doesn’t think you’re a threat, then... Mink-san, I hope we can get along from here.

Aoba: Ahhh, it’s so good to finally see you! I’ll have to catch you up on everything, and there’s tons of stuff I have to show you--!

Mink: Um--it’s fine, but t-thank you.... (isn’t used to being welcomed)

Tori: Sigh... You can relax once in a while, Mink....

Mink: Can I... ask you about something?

Aoba: Sure.

Mink: Why the warm welcome? You can’t have forgotten what I did to you.

Aoba: Well, no...

Mink: Then... why? After all I did to make sure you’d hate me; that there would be no one to mourn me after--

Aoba: Hey, hey, Mink, hold it.

Aoba: There’s no use wallowing in a past that can’t change. It’s been three years, and I know you’re not that horrible person anymore. So... let’s get a fresh start, alright? Now that you’re here, I’m looking forward to getting to know the person you really are. The “real” Mink. 

Mink: I don’t.... what

Aoba: After what happened, I felt like I didn’t understand you at all. It was really, really bothering me, because I’m the kind of idiot who needs to know why people act the way they do. I want to get closer to you, and understand you better. So... I guess that’s why I want to help you feel at home here.

Mink: .... you deserve better than me....  Aoba...

Aoba: Maybe. But you’re the one I want, so, tough.

Mink: ..... ///////

Here’s how I decided to pose him! Ahh, he looks so majestic....

The happy family is finally all together!!! I could cry ;-;

One day I’d like to take Mink and Aoba back home to Colorado for a proper photoshoot...

Anyway, if you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading! 

My next review will actually come within the week, because another figure arrived alongside Mink!!