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mangalover4321 · 3 months
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"When Shinjurou first got issued to go to Hachijō-jima, he thought it would be a simple mission. No one would know that he would be bringing back a future Hashira."
Enjoy this new chapter of Take a Minute and Reminisce, which focuses on Shinjurou's mission involving Obanai! I hope you all enjoy this story!
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mangalover4321 · 3 months
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Here is the final chapter to Requiem of a Redemption! I hope you all have enjoyed the story!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won’t lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 3 months
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While finishing up Requiem of a Redemption, I wanted to share some of the music I listen to while writing and what songs I think definitely reflects back on Shinjurou and the entire story. So here is the first part of my list of songs!
First up!
Za Za by Biv
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This one has had the biggest impact on my writing and story. It is the song that I have connected with Shinjurou. Especially these lyrics right here:
Your voice is all I see too, the love I couldn't feed you I shouldn't try to teach you, all I wanted was to reach you Hold you till the sun up and turn the fuckin world off It's just us, just rip apart my flaws, love You never should of hurt, just because I'm so fucked up This is all that I deserve
It is just absolutely heartbreaking and related to Shinjurou as a person.
The War II by heylog
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Fantastic song from heylog! They are one of my favorite musicians and I can not stop but praise their music! Everything is so amazing and it was hard to pick just one song from their entire career but the War II is definitely the most influential one on Requiem of a Redemption. Here are my favorite lyrics:
i'll fight till death if it keeps u safe i'll kill them all just to make sure ur okay they charge at me, hold my ground, be brave i lost my mind and there's nothing that remains
Tutorial on How to Smile by JAXXON D. SILVA featuring Haydn and GRXGVR
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Honestly, I really just love the beat in this song, keeping the pace throughout it the same. My favorite part of the songs:
I'm only happy doing something that I'd die for Is there any tutorial on how to smile more, oh yeah
Hospital Beds Part II by Ethel Cain
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Again, this song reminds of Shinjurou dealing with the fact that Ruka was actively dying and he could not do anything about it. He's already lost so much and with this, it really is the breaking point. My favorite part of the song:
I’ve been broken before But this time I’ve lost my life Cause every time I held yours You made me wanna keep mine
Ethel Cain just has an absolutely beautiful voice and you can feel the heartbreak in her vocals throughout the song.
Kill Me by XXXTentacion
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Just...dear God, these lyrics are something else. Again, this song pulls at Shinjurou's PTSD and depression eventually descent in alcoholism. The most impactful lyrics from the song:
Kill me now, numb the pain, I just want it to stop Run away, run away from my broken heart
Sleepseason by slen featurin Idstayawaytoo
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Sleepseason is one of my all-time favorite songs and not just because of the impact it had on Requiem of a Redemption. Just understanding the feeling of wanting to be better, again and again, and struggling to do it (which again relates to Shinjurou). My favorite lyrics from the song:
I'm sorry I apologize- 'pologize If I hurt you with my lies- with my lies I'm trying to be better now- better now I'ma get it right this time- right this time
Star Shopping by Lil Peep
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Absolutely beautiful. This song always gets to me and I can not say it enough: this song is so influential. It doesn't matter how it relates to the story by the overall tone and musical composition in the song is something else. My favorite lyrics from the song:
Look at the sky tonight, all of the stars have a reason A reason to shine, a reason like mine and I'm fallin' to pieces Look at the sky tonight, all of those stars have a reason
The Devil Told Me I'm Not Alone by Gemini Aaliyah
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A heartbreakingly beautiful song from Gemini Aaliyah. Great for helping to write some difficult scenes.
ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL by Blackshape
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This is a very unique song and I found it by accident! This is one of my favorite songs to listen to when writing fighting scenes. My favorite part of the very short lyrics:
If this is all there is I hope you live
Swan Dive by Convolk
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Great song by convolk! This song is tied with another Convolk song, Anxiety, which I will include in my next post.
My favorite lyric in the song:
Why can't I seem to let you in Never really loved the man I been Never really kept my word but I'll run away Things caged and kept from you
Part two of my list will be posted song as well!
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mangalover4321 · 5 months
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Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 6 months
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The Rengoku Family Tree from The Pendulum Keeps Swinging!
Rengoku Shinjurou - born 1873, married in 1891; current head of household; former Flame Hashira
Rengoku Ruka ( nee Kūran) - born 1873, married in 1891, died 1904; wife of Shinjurou and mother of 2 children
Rengoku Kyoujurou - born 1895; first son; current Flame Hashira
Rengoku Senjurou - born 1899; second son
Rengoku Tokujurou - born 1843, died 1891; former head of household; alcoholic; former Flame Hashira; second son of Kinjurou (see below)
Rengoku Yua - born 1845, died 1889; miko prior to marriage; wife of Tokujurou and mother of 3 children
Rengoku Tsuyojurou - born 1861, died 1899; first son of Tokujurou; former Flame Hashira; married to Kamai Akane (1859-1881) who passed away from maternal death along with their child
Rengoku Ryoujurou - born 1863, died 1889; second son of Tokujurou
Rengoku Kinjurou - born 1822, died 1860; former head of household; former Flame Hashira; second son of Yūjijurou (see below)
Rengoku Sayuri - born 1823, died 1855; was killed in the Edo earthquake of 1855; wife of Kinjurou and mother of 5 children
Rengoku Takujurou - born 1842, died 1854; presummed dead by 23 December 1854 Tōkai Tsunami; first son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Haurjurou - born 1845, died 1859; third son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Yorijurou - born 1846, died 1855; was killed in the Edo earthquake of 1855 with his mother; fourth son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Shunjurou - born 1847, died 1855; was plagued with illness and died due to it; fifth son of Kinjurou
Rengoku Yūjijurou - born 1799, died 1826; former head of household; former Hashira; former head of household; deaf in left ear and blind in right eye; third son of Tōrujurou (see below)
Rengoku Tsubame - born 1798, died 1845; wife of Yūjijurou and mother of 2 children; raised her children by herself after husband died from a Lower Moon Demon
Rengoku Rinjurou - born 1821, died 1837; was killed by the Tenpō famine; first son of Yūjijurou;
Rengoku Tōrujurou - born 1774, died 1817; former head of household; former Hashira; was gallantly killed in battle via a Demon who could change senses;
Rengoku Chie - born 1779, died 1824; wife of Tōrujurou and mother of 4 children
Rengoku Norijurou - born 1796, died 1819; married but no children; twin of Nobujurou; could never fully grasp all the forms of Flame Breathing, altering forms with twin
Rengoku Nobujurou - born 1796, died 1819; married but no children; twin of Norijurou; could never fully grasp all the forms of Flame Breathing, altering forms with twin
Rengoku Toyojurou - born 1798, died 1813; was killed in Final Selection
Direct Ancestor: Rengoku Hirojurou - the Demon Slayer who had helped out Yoriichi after his wife and unborn child died; would eventually become the first Flame Hashira
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mangalover4321 · 6 months
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Enjoy the new chapter after my extended hiatus! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 10 months
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End OTW Racism: A Call To Action
A fan protest against the lack of action from the OTW on addressing issues of harassment and racism on AO3 and within the organization
This is a Call To Action for Fans of Color and Allies
AO3 has acknowledged that they have a harassment & racism problem that its parent organization, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), needs to address. Currently, people can use AO3 to harass others through fanworks, comments, and tags. Just a few examples include: racist Untamed “spitefic” that used anti-Indigenous slurs and was written specifically to lash out at fans of color; a Transformer fic that used its Black-coded character to reenact George Floyd’s murder in July 2020; someone naming a fandom scholar who criticized their Nazi omegaverse fic in the tags of the fic specifically to incite harassment to the scholar; writers using racial slurs against commenters who pointed out racism in their hockey fic; and so much more.
In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, the OTW committed to addressing these issues. It has been nearly three years and they have not yet implemented any of the changes they promised, other than a blocking/muting tool that was already in development before 2020. We need to hold the OTW accountable to their own promises. (See the section further down on “Why Are We Doing This” for even more detail.)
As fans, together, we are powerful. We are organizing to protest the lack of action on promises made by the Organization for Transformative works to deal with issues of racism and harassment on their platform, Archive of Our Own.
We call on fans to do any or all of the following actions any time between May 17 to 31, 2023 to send a message to AO3 and OTW that we will hold them to their promises.
On AO3
Change the title of ten (or more!) of your most recent or most popular fanworks to include ‘End Racism in the OTW’ in the beginning, and provide a link to this post in your summary or first/top creator’s note
Post a new fanwork any time between May 17th to 31st with “End Racism in the OTW” either as the title or at the beginning of the title. The fanwork does not have to be long - it can be a 100-word fic, a quick sketch, a podfic of a ficlet, a 20-second vid/edit, a short piece of meta, etc. In the summary or first/top creator’s note, provide a link to this post
If updating any WIPs with a new chapter, add ‘End Racism in the OTW’ to the title and provide a link back to this post in your summary or first/top author’s note
Update your AO3 icon using the profile pic graphic in our Social Media Toolkit
Plan to maintain these changes until May 31, 2023, or longer if you wish
Send a message to the OTW asking for an update on their 2020 commitments!
For Readers: leave encouraging comments on fanworks with the "End Racism in the OTW" title to show your support of this initiative.
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Reblog this Call to Action with the tag #End OTW Racism
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Follow @/EndOTWRacism (remove the backslash) and signal boost our pinned tweet
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What Do We Want?
Since their June 2020 statement, OTW has been working on updating their Terms of Service (TOS) to address racist and bigoted harassment, but with little transparency and only the vaguest of updates. It has been three years since their commitment to this update - we want to see the results of their work implemented in the next 6-12 months. Their TOS updates and complementary policies should include:
Harassment policies that can be regularly updated to address both on-site harassment and off-site coordinated harassment of AO3 users, with updated protocols for the Policy & Abuse Team to ensure consistent and informed resolutions of abuse claims
A content policy on abusive (extremely racist and extremely bigoted) content; by abusive, we are talking about fanworks that are intentionally used to spread hate and harassment, not those that accidentally invoke racist or other bigoted stereotypes
These points are not particularly new and are not our own innovation; please refer to Stitch's article written over two years ago, asking for several of these very things.
OTW has also already committed to various process-based actions for longer-term works towards centering antiracism, including hiring a Diversity Consultant. The last update that OTW published said that the consultant would be hired within the next five years (after already having had three years to work on it since their original commitment). That is not soon enough. We want to see the following process-based actions implemented:
Hiring a Diversity Consultant within the next 3-6 months
Committing to a policy of transparency on this topic, with quarterly updates on the progress of these projects including challenges and their plan for overcoming those challenges. These quarterly updates should be published on OTW News page and newsletters, not solely discussed in Board meetings
Why Are We Doing This?
16 years ago, Astolat famously published her manifesto calling for a fandom Archive of One’s Own. In that time, AO3 has grown to be a central pillar of fandom, likely far outstripping its founders’ original vision. It is more than just an archive now; it is a central hub of the modern fannish experience. AO3 and the OTW must continue to grow and evolve with fandom over time to remain a healthy and functioning pillar of fandom. To that end, there are several areas in which the organization, as it admits itself, is lacking.
In June 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests and the uprising of the Black Lives Matter Movement, The OTW published a “This Week in Fandom” referencing the works of Dr. Rukmini Pande and Stitch, among others in which they discussed ‘making change for a better society’ through ‘conversations about race and racism’. In response, Dr. Pande and Stitch submitted a letter to the OTW calling for a more formal public statement than an offhand reference in a News Roundup that only served to call for thoughts and discussion without any indication the organization intended to do anything, policy wise, to address the issues being raised.
Eventually, the organization did remove the references to the works of Dr. Pande and Stitch and then made an official statement on the issue of racism within the organization and AO3. In it, they identified several things they would be prioritizing to combat harassment and benefit users. Some of those have been implemented (notably those that were already under development). However as of this writing, little else has been done especially in regards to:
Improving admin tools for the Policy & Abuse team
Reassessing the current mandatory archive warnings with the possibility of implementing others
And, most importantly, reviewing the Terms of Service (TOS) to allow the Policy & Abuse team to address harassment that is currently not covered by the existing TOS
By their own admission, the current tools and policies of the OTW are not sufficient to deal with issues of harassment and racism.
Several people who were involved in the founding of the OTW, including previous OTW Board members and staff on the original OTW Content Policy Committee, acknowledge that the founding of the OTW in 2008 and early board iterations failed us as a fandom by not doing enough, and by not even considering the way racism is perpetuated in fannish spaces, despite a long history of racism in fandom.
It has been nearly three years since the original commitment by the organization with little visible, measurable progress on these three crucial issues and a complete lack of transparency on where they are in regards to even beginning to deal with these issues. In fact, in Q&As, it was heavily implied by a member of the board that those calling for OTW to deal with issues of racism (which OTW had already acknowledged as a problem!) were not really fans but outside agitators.
This has cast significant doubt on the organization's sincerity and commitment to their stated goals, and on their position as leaders of a central fan tent-pole. Fans of color are not outsiders. They are right here, members of our community, and they are being harassed and targeted and driven out while space and platforms are being given to racists.
We, as fans of color and our allies, find the current state of fandom and current actions (and lack thereof) unacceptable. Fandom is our space, all of ours. We, as a fandom, have a right to a racism-free space and have a duty to our fellow fans to create that space. Unlike so much of the world, this is a space we can control and make better. It is a space we must make better. To read even more about this movement, visit our FAQs.
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mangalover4321 · 11 months
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Here are some memes relating to Requiem of a Redemption Chapter 36′s comments. (Jeez, I have everyone practically at the edge of their seat with this chapter!)
Check out the story in the link below!https://archiveofourown.org/works/32617699/chapters/80911855
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mangalover4321 · 11 months
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Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 11 months
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I just wanted to say that I couldn't cry more reading the last scene with Kyo and Shinjuro in the lasted chapter. All the emotions, grief, love n guilt in a hug that breaks me to no end bc of the actual canon..God I still want to cry while I remember it. All the moments between him and his boys is the only thing that had made me deeply happy these months while I read the fic. You are amazing n deserve all the world!! I hope u had a nice holidays ♥ Can't wait to finally see the train!
Aw, thank you so much! I truly appreciate all the wonderful support everyone gives to this story! ♥
We are finally at the Mugen Train as well! I did have make some emotional moments before Shinjurou headed out for the mission and the end is coming! Everyone will have to hold on for what is in store and be ready!
Thank you again and I hope that you will continue to enjoy the story! ♥
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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The memes have RETURNED! Here are some relating to Requiem of a Redemption Chapter 35, since that was a bit of a hot mess to write!
Check out the story in the link below!https://archiveofourown.org/works/32617699/chapters/80911855
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it! (Sorry for the wait as well!)
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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AO3 Etiquette
It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:
Kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished - you kudos.
If you liked it, you should comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.
No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it. Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity. Don't ruin that for them.
Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.
There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.
For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.
Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLANTONIC, like friendship or family.
Nothing is banned. This is an implicit rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.
People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.
Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.
Avoid deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - orphan it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to you anymore.
This is a creative fanfiction archive. No essays on your insights or theories please. There are other places for that.
I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.
I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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And we have returned with the memes! Here are the onesrelating to this chapter and overall story!
Check out the story in the link below!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32617699/chapters/80911855
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mangalover4321 · 1 year
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WE ARE BACK AGAIN FOLKS! 
Enjoy the new chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
“In the past, he did nothing to stop him.
Now brought back, he will make sure his son would get to see the ends of their long battle.
Rengoku Shinjurou travels to the past and decides he won't lie down and watch him slip through his fingers. He will make sure Kyoujurou will live even if it means putting himself directly into the line of fighting again.”
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