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I think you're amazing and one of the few reasons I've stayed with this fandom through my epic creator's block

WAHHH oh my goodness thank you so much you're so heckin sweet 🤧🤧 im glad i was able to wrangle you in for a bit but i hope you've found join in it yourself! <333

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my links aren't working again >:(

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I wanna post more fics, but then that means I have to write more fics >:(

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I've been having this Ochako/Iida NSFW thought lately..

and maybe there is a little bit of Sero action too

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tell me why everytime I come back to writing, I find a new font that I really like and have to then change all my docs to that exact font?

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bro there is something hilarious about my younger brother and I rolling up with a new hyperfixation, ready to make ten or so posts, write like two fanfics, and then disappear again ✨️

@fandomcelery woohoo!

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I keep seeing so many "hello! I'm back!" posts from others and it makes me not feel as bad about my absence

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so why no posts?

hello, hello! as you can tell by the dust and crickets on my blog, I haven't been super active lately... and uh, the reason is because I have learned that I have DID and am part of a system :D

my name is Sunny and I am still the person you know from my blog. It has been me operating all of our online socials/fandom accounts because that is my favorite hobby! which also explains our random absences because I am not always present in the body or in the inner-world so I can't help it when we go AWOL at times

but anyway! we are putting together some formal introductions to all of us as we get to know each other, if that is something you guys would wanna see just let us know!

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What a lot of people think self-dxing is:

*sees a video of traits* I do that, so now I’m gonna call myself that

What it actually is:

*sees video or post about traits* oh hey I do that

*gets curious and looks it up* 

*denies having it cause “i don’t relate to this at all”* 

*realizes that they do, diagnostic criteria are just very ridged and don’t provide a lot of explanation* 

*maybe a breakdown or two*

*talks to friends who have it*

*laughing about this anxiety, only for the scary moment of “oh yeah no that sounds like *insert disorder here**

*talks to a therapist if able*

*talks to strangers who have it*

“Maybe it’s not this, maybe it’s this…”

*More research to try to prove themselves wrong*

*realizes all the childhood/teenage moments that should have been a red flag* 

“Well, all these other people have it like this, but mine is different, so I don’t have it!” “No, that’s still a trait/symptom, just less well know or less sensationalized”

*finally coming to terms that maybe you have it*

*depending on what the disorder is, fearing your social life is fucked*

And that’s that. I have never heard of a person going “haha I do that” and calling it a night. There’s always way more to it. 

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The Event:

In honor of Kurtbastian Archive's one-year anniversary on June 18th, 2023, we're holding a Prompt Fest! This event will allow people to collaborate to make new Kurtbastian fanworks - prompt-givers can share ideas they'd love to see brought to life, and creators can be inspired by prompts to make something new!

Schedule:

April 17th - April 30th: Prompt submissions

May 7th: Prompts posted

May 7th - June 17th: Creators work on their fanworks to fulfill prompts

June 18th - June 24th: Fanworks are posted!

Guidelines:

There will be no formal sign-up or prompt claiming process - this means that some prompts may be fulfilled by multiple creators, and some prompts may not be filled. We hope this will provide flexibility for our creators and ensure they can work on an idea that inspires them.

When submitting prompts, detail is useful! Instead of just giving a trope or a few words, including a full sentence or two of description can help guide and inspire a creator. This is flexible, though - whether you have a simple or detailed idea that you're really excited about, we want you to include it!

There are no requirements for the fanworks that fulfill the prompts - you can use any format you like, of any length or quantity. Prompters can indicate the type of fanwork they'd prefer, but creators are welcome to use whatever medium they like.

Creators can post their prompt fills at any point during the week of June 18th. If you are working on a longer fanwork, such as a multi-chapter fic, it's fine if it isn't complete by June 24th - we simply ask that you post the first part(s) during the event week!

All Tumblr posts with creations for the prompt fest should be tagged #kurtbastianarchive so they can be reblogged. We will also have a collection on AO3 for any fanfics. This masterpost will be updated with relevant links and information.

Important Links:

Submit Prompts Here!

Questions? Ask them here!

We hope many people will be interested in coming together to make this event great - whether you can contribute prompts, make a fanwork, or be an enthusiastic supporter by sharing and celebrating the finished creations!

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ADHD!Izuku and Autistic!Katsuki

// this is my own little ficlet, teehee, I was going to write a list of headcanons and then it kept growing, so I might just make this a lil' mini series or something :)

Katsuki gets a recliner in his room during their second year and it becomes Izuku's favorite spot. He sits in it more than Katsuki does.

Whenever they hang out, whenever he needs a break, or just whenever he feels like it. It is to the point where Katsuki gives him a copy of his room key just so that he can sit down when Katsuki isn't there (that loser is the only person the blond would ever trust to have unfiltered access to his room).

Most of the time he only goes in there when Katsuki is already there, so there isn't much anxiety around handing over the key anyway.

And when Katsuki is in a terrible mood and isn't up for company, or if Izuku has had an especially overwhelming day, he will go in with his favorite headphones and just listen to music or play his switch while sitting in the chair. The two of them won't say a word and just co-exist, breathing in the same air, and find solace in each other. They can do this for hours.

Izuku will occasionally breathe too heavily because he was so focused on his music or game (or whatever it is that he is focusing on) that he will forget how to work his lungs. Sometimes Katsuki will bark at him for it or throw a pillow at him, but most of the time it is harmless.

Then there are times when will sway back and forth while he zones in on his homework so much that he actually knocks his water bottle off of the bed and the crash startles Izuku so much the boy yelps. After a second they both laugh at the hilarity of it and then go back to doing what they had been doing.

It is chill. It is just them being themselves.

Katsuki will usually sit on his bed or at his desk. And before the chair, Izuku either sat at his desk or on the floor (because even though Kacchan never said anything, it was obvious that he hated when people sat on his bed without him inviting them to do so first), so when the recliner showed up Izuku took that spot so fast Katsuki barely had a chance to try it out.

And perhaps that had been the blond's goal: get Izuku a comfy place to sit that wasn't the floor.

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Discord Server Invite Link!

Hey!! Just incase you didn't know, I own two fandom-related servers. Even though my recent posts and influx of followers have been for anime fandoms, I just want to take a second and drop the links to my OG servers.

Come in and say hello!

MCU/STARKER — the Avengers Tower

GLEE — Glee Club

Also, if you need: Sunny_67#2067 is my discord!

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“I know.”

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bkdkbk fic idea

I wanna write a fic so bad of fuckboy!Katsuki and experienced!Izuku who both really want to sleep with the other but they both have such a reputation that it keeps them from each other. They just continue the build-up over and over by flirting, grinding,sexting each other. They are all talk and no bite (yet) until finally one of them snaps and jumps the other.

Bonus if they were childhood friends

they grew up encouraging one another to have all of the sex they wanted

they both were the ones to start their new reputations because that is what they always wanted (a sex postive, cool vibe) and so they were trying to help out

another bonus is if they realize that they aren't actually aromatic like they previously thought and are both demi and just in love with each other.

whenever i finish my current WIPs

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A huge thank you to OP and people like them, as an English-only speaker, a lot of stuff like this is missed. I feel like I just went through an emotional roller coaster reading this post because I have no idea how important these minor details are. Japanese sounds like a beautiful and complex language, one that I will probably not be able to learn in this lifetime, but I am entirely fascinated by this post and ones like it. Please continue with these because they are a value.

Omae: Complexity of Self-Expression and Intimacy with the Japanese “You”

The anime adaption of chapter 322 is rapidly approaching, so I wanna talk about something really interesting: as far as I can tell, Izuku is the only person Katsuki has ever used the pronoun omae (おまえ) towards in-canon. Furthermore, he has only used omae towards Izuku on three occasions.

The first time is after Deku vs. Kacchan 2 in chapter 120.

The second time is right after his apology in chapter 322. (Katsuki actually uses omae four times in a row in this scene.)

(We'll get to the third time later, just you wait.)

Why does Katsuki address Izuku differently in these scenes? To answer this, we’re gonna commit some language nerdery.

First, let’s be real about the fact that Japanese pronouns can be complicated. There are a ton of them. You learn the common uses—like you could say that, broadly, omae tends to be used by guys for their friends and romantic partners. But the reality is that in a high-context language like Japanese, pronouns can come across wildly differently depending on who uses it, to whom, with what tone, and in what context.

It is difficult to generalize real-life usage, so to be clear, I am talking about MHA as a piece of media. I could try to tell you that omae is rude but also friendly but also condescending but also comedic but also confrontational but also affectionate—and so on, but that wouldn’t help you understand what Katsuki’s omae to Izuku means and why it feels significant.

The thing is, Izuku and Katsuki can each say omae and mean completely different things, because their normal way of speaking tells us how to interpret their words.

When Izuku speaks, he is polite and considerate. He uses the boyish first-person pronoun boku (僕). In Japanese, avoiding second-person pronouns is the polite thing to do; you use the person’s surname and an appropriate suffix instead, and this is the tactic Izuku uses to address others. When he does say “you,” it is usually the familiar kimi (君) towards Katsuki.

We see Izuku use omae in only a few circumstances: he uses it towards himself during inner monologues when he is trying to figure out what to do or compel himself to act, and he uses it when he faces All For One.

Both of these involve what I think of as “tough talk”—Izuku talks tough to himself to push past his fears and be a hero. With AFO, he is talking to a villain, someone he has to defeat. From someone like Izuku who speaks with such politeness and humility, omae reads as aggressive and confrontational.

Katsuki, on the other hand, is always aggressive and confrontational. He uses the masculine, somewhat boastful first-person pronoun ore (俺) and the second-person pronoun temee (てめえ) towards just about everybody. Temee is an extremely rude, combative word; Japanese descriptions usually point out that it reads like fightin’ words—it’s what you’d call an opponent, someone you are confronting, challenging, or belittling. As mentioned, you’re supposed to avoid “you” words to be polite, so the fact that Katsuki whips out temee constantly and makes up insulting nicknames instead of using anybody’s real name is just like, damn, dude!

Unlike Izuku, Katsuki sounds like he is challenging everyone all the time. This means that, coming from him, omae actually seems gentler.

After Deku vs. Kacchan 2, he opens his sentence with omae, and Izuku looks startled by this.

They just had a huge, emotional fistfight, and Katsuki… isn’t addressing him as an opponent, like he always has before. For once, he is addressing Izuku not as his enemy, but his equal.

This scene is the first time Katsuki properly grapples with the truth of their mutual weaknesses and comes to an understanding about it. It leaves him frustrated and unsure, but he walks away seeing himself and Izuku as being on the same side.

Because he takes All Might's words to heart: they are two halves of what makes a hero. They need to learn from each other and push each other to truly reach their best—as rivals, not enemies.

In chapter 322, Katsuki talks Izuku through how he felt about him all these years. He goes over all the things he's had to face to see how wrong he was, to see his own weakness and Izuku's strength. The whole time, he uses the "you" word he always has: temee.

But when it comes time to tell Izuku his true feelings, he calls Izuku by his given name, apologizes, and then right away he says this:

This is a direct call-back to the core question that Katsuki posed to Izuku during Deku vs. Kacchan 2: "Is my way of admiring All Might wrong?"

The second half to that question has always been, implicitly, "Does that mean yours is right?"

Here, Katsuki acknowledges Izuku fully as All Might's successor and affirms that Izuku's path is not wrong, using omae to tell him so. And then he uses it three more times to convince Izuku to come back with them and fight together, "because saving people is how we win."

To me, omae in this scene comes across with such softness. He's speaking with more humility than we've ever seen, both in what he's conveying and his word choice. (There is a whole other conversation to be had about Katsuki's word choice for "I'm sorry," but that is for a different time.)

This omae is not just a sign that he sees Izuku as his equal, it's expressing care for him. Katsuki sacrificed his life for Izuku, telling him, "Stop trying to win this on your own." He is trying so hard to make Izuku understand: Come back, I was wrong. Come back, I care about you.

Which brings us to the third time Katsuki uses omae: chapter 362.

That's right, the infamous "Can I still catch up to you?" / "Can I still reach you?" line uses omae.

Here's the thing that's unique about this omae: it's in Katsuki's head. This is internal monologue; he isn't talking out loud to Izuku, he isn't trying to convey something to him face-to-face, he is just thinking about Izuku.

The word choice isn't for anyone else's benefit or any external purpose: this is just how Katsuki sees him.

I can't overstate how soft, vulnerable, and sincere this moment is for Katsuki. And what gets me about him thinking of Izuku as omae is, it makes me wonder, "How long has he thought of Izuku this way?"

When did Izuku stop being temee in his head?

Changing how you address someone is a big deal in Japanese. Whether it's a name or suffix change (Deku -> Izuku) or a pronoun change (temee -> omae), it represents a significant shift in the emotional dynamics of a relationship.

It crops up a lot in media as a dramatic moment of intimacy, sometimes even being a part of love confessions. This heightened drama is exactly what we see with Katsuki's apology when he calls him Izuku.

Katsuki addresses only Izuku with his given name and omae, and in the whole run of the series, he only uses omae in a few select instances. I would argue that this is really important, subtle character writing.

Looking at the scenes, at least to me, each omae reads as progressively more honest and intimate. Each time Katsuki uses it, he is reaching for Izuku. Each time, it means more.

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not to be needy or anything, but i want an online bestie so bad (╥_╥)