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aranarumei · 7 months

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hi kiri What’s the deal with a3’s timeloop day. you shouldn’t be surprised that I am asking this. okay I love you bye

ok this is actually a pretty simple answer! but i got rambly so here's a readmore.

A3! (which stands for Act! Addict! Actors! <- don’t ask me why it’s this. idk) is a gacha game where you play as the manager, Izumi Tachibana (I’m doing first name, last name here) and you work to revive a dying theater company called Mankai. there’s 3 Acts, each with like, 4 big stories in them. and a bunchhhh of shorter event storiess which imo are crucial to experience. The first 2 acts, along with the interceding events, have been completely localized, and were run on the now-defunct English server. There is, however, an archive—if at any point in time you are ever interested, feel free to shoot me a message. And I’m serious. Even if it’s like two years later. It’s been like almost 3 years since I started going thru a3 and I haven’t even finished act 2. I’m slow

Anyways, Act 1 deals with establishing the company—in its former glory, there used to be four troupes that rotated by season. Izumi’s dad also used to run it, and he disappeared. So that’s why there’s four big stories each act: it’s one per season. In Act 1, each story deals with gathering the members for each season troupe together, and then pulling off their first play. And it also deals with like, the issues all the characters are facing. It is like, within the yumejoshi genre so there’s definitely that vibe of like. wow look at all these pretty boys who are kind of into me!? but I think it’s pretty mild on that point and like. something I enjoy is that I can see Izumi as like. an actual Character as opposed to just a self-insert. Which is nice. but the real selling point for me is that there’s a lot of like, found family and rich character dynamics within the cast. It is even homosexual sometimes.

One thing I find really interesting about a3 is that I think it has really strong character writing and development. And it’s really good at establishing different “moods” across each troupe, which works well in creating dynamics and also because each troupe specializes in something different. So spring is like, the “classic” troupe—they tend to do lots of reinterpretations of classic works, though that’s not exclusively their thing… but anyways. they do like. nice fantastical stories in my opinion. Summer does comedy, autumn does action, and winter does drama. and winter HAS drama.

Now up until winter there’s been some wackiness in a3 but it’s been like, pretty grounded in how it’s played out. and then winter rolls around and. see the issue with winter is that unlike some of the younger members they’re all composed of adults. so they’re bad at talking about their feelings, because instead of just shouting things out loud they will just shut down and like. Leave. I love this about them and I think it’s such a good writing choice.

Enter Tasuku Takato and Tsumugi Tsukioka. Tasuku and Tsumugi used to be like, the best of friends. they acted together and followed their passions together. and then they both auditioned for the God Troupe together, which is this prestigious famous troupe (it’s also evil.) and while tasuku got in and became one of the lead actors, tsumugi failed his audition. This left a deep scar on Tsumugi, who ended up kind of running away from acting as a vocation all together. now, Tasuku quit the God troupe because they were engaging in some shady stuff, and ended up joining Mankai along with Tsumugi, who coincidentally was inspired to try acting again. tsumugi’s been elected the leader of winter troupe, and therefore the person who’s meant to take the lead role in their first play. Tasuku is constantly snapping at him whenever he’s unconfident, and it’s just not great vibes. To top it all off, they’ve been issued a challenge by the God troupe, where they’ll both perform and the audience has to vote on which play they like better. Tsumugi is not really confident he can stand up to them for obvious reasons. Tasuku gets mad at him about it. Tsumugi runs into this weird doll, and the next day, they wake up in a time loop.

See, the thing is, they’re on such a tight deadline for the play, and winter is So Bad at talking about their feelings, that magic is real now. this is somewhat of an oversimplification, but it’s funny to say it like this. Anyways, there are like, seven mysteries in Mankai (have I mentioned they all dorm together! they all do! Each of them has a roommate and they all live in a big dorm that’s connected to their own theater and stage. It’s part of why they’re in such big debt and trouble at the beginning—its really hard to maintain those facilities) and one of them is about this doll that will put you in a time loop unless you become friends. essentially. And this is what happens… eventually they end up talking to each other for real due to the time loop, and each affirms just how much they respect the acting of the other. later on when Tsumugi slips back into being unconfident tasuku is able to resolve his past mistakes, because part of why he was so angry at Tsumugi was also because he was angry at himself for like. not reaching out. And telling him how much he loved him and his acting. Because their styles are very different—tasuku is loud and commanding, and Tsumugi is a more understated and subtle.

A3 is also very very cool in that parts of its plays mirror real life? so like. this play, sympathy for an angel, has two leads: Michael (Tsumugi) and Raphael (Tasuku). In it, Michael becomes interested in this woman on a list of people who are about to die, and ends up visiting the human world. He writes letters to her. His friend, Raphael, warns him against this, saying that he’s foolish for going so far for someone he can’t even meet. And each time he steps into the human world, his own soul gets weaker, and his wings begin to wither. Still, he persists against objections. Eventually, the woman recovers, gets a fiancé, and he returns to heaven. Thinking he’ll just wish for her happiness even with his unrequited love, he looks at the list and finds out that despite recovering, she’s still on the close to death list. Despite the danger to himself, he descends into the human world, and takes her place in a car accident. As he’s dying, his soul about to be obliterated because he’s been in the human world too often, Raphael descends and holds him in his arms. Michael says that he’s happy he got to do something for the person he loves, and he’s happy to be held by his best friend. Raphael says that though he’d called Michael the fool, it was him that truly was one: because he stood by, unable to protect both the person he loves and his best friend. Because he was in love with Michael the whole time of course. And then Michael dies in his arms. Now this makes me weepy as does the accompanying character song but what I really love most about it is like. Raphael’s regrets in that he didn’t protect Michael kind of directly mirror Tasuku’s own regrets in being unable to help Tsumugi when he was going through a tough time? only Tsumugi isn’t dead and so Tasuku has an actual chance to fix things, which is sweet.

It should be mentioned that one guy in the spring troupe WRITES all of these plays which is deeply funny to me bc it means that 1) he is probably gay and doesn’t know this and 2) he has precognitive abilities regarding the inner psyche of all of his castmates. and that’s a3 timeloop day. some of these a3 characters have me by the throat btw I just get beamed visions of them chatting and introspecting like constantly. I definitely haven’t explained everything but I think this is enough?

#also hi dirtbrain love u too <3 #its been a while since ive thought abt a3 actually but i always adore it #ask #sunluvclub #kiri.txt #me: this is a simple answer #also me: ok lets put this under a readmore #a3!#a3 #in this essay I will

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thisdreamplace · 1 year

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Heyy, I wonder what are your experiences with the Sabbath state?

I personally find it kind of frustrating lol. I always see people loving the peace and certainty or at least idgaf-ness when it comes to this state, but I just can't help but find it boring. Like I almost miss missing my desires lol. Ofc, it's cool to now see that my desires could easily fit into my life no matter how big and dreamy they felt before, but I kinda miss the dreaminess. Idk. I know that having a negative attitude about it won't help me so I'm focusing on all of the awesome stuff that goes with it, I just can't totally shake this more meh aspect off.

Anyway, I'm really curious about your experience and opinions and I hope you're doing well 😊

hiii :)))

i love this ask, because it’s REAL LOL

its true, yeah. the ego is pretty addicted to fears and worrying and it loves to fantasize way more than it likes to experience. so for one, that missing it, in my opinion, is moreso your ego wanting you to go back to the way things used to be… because the way it used to be was full of drama and gave the ego something to ruminate on (the ego loves to “fix” our “problems”). and it was a habit for most of our lives, so the ego is like wow this peace is WEIRD. lol so in this way i wouldn’t take it seriously.

now the thing is though, i get it. the times i have been BORED. like nothing is appearing to be happening, but i’m fulfilled within so its like there’s not much going on there either. lol how do you deal with that ? well reframe it. for one, its your lovely free time. you get to spend beautiful time with yourself, strengthening your relationship with yourself even more. it’s nice ! right now, take the blessing to enjoy yourself :) every moment is yours. what do you wanna do ? it’s actually nice if you can just live in the present moment and keep expressing gratitude for all the lovely things that are happening for you, carrying that feeling of fullfillment with you each day. 🫧

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polteaguise · 8 months

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Independent muse for Pokémon universe. Mostly non-selective. Barista at Battle Café hosted in Hoenn. Crossovers welcome! Multiship. | Written by Aspen ( 21 ) | May contain triggering content and frequently references & depicts food. Proceed with caution. New to Tumblr. Want a drink? Chai or coffee? Latte art? Send me an ask!

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MUSE

Nova | 20 | They/Them (he/it) | 5'10" ( 178cm ) Nova is a barista at a nearby battle cafe. Despite this, they've profusely refused any requests for battle and will only accept challenges if their boss is within earshot. They've earned a bit of a reputation for themself, not just as the jumpy, but friendly, pacifist at the cafe, but also as a skilled latte artist. They have a passion for food (especially pastries) and drinks (especially teas and coffee). Nova also works on the side with Ethan at his medium company despite having absolutely no experience with exorcisms. If asked, well... They're just really fond of Ghost and Psychic-type Pokémon? That's basically the same thing, right? Plus, they like Ethan! He's nice. (And some spare change doesn't hurt.) Other than that, there's no public information on Nova. They go by their first name exclusively and keep a small circle of friends. They never talk about their personal life and seem as though they keep everyone at a distance. A little digging would show no records of family, nor any prior living quarters before their apartment in Hoenn in which they just showed up one day. No prior jobs, no friends, nothing. They're a living ghost. Here's some fun facts! Their favorite Pokémon is Alcremie and their specialty is Psychic-type Pokémon. Despite this, they're pretty fond of Ghost-types.

WRITER / CONTACT

As before, hey! My name's Aspen. I use any pronouns. I'm 21 and well into college. As such, my activity will be sporadic. I'm also anemic and tend to be exhausted after classes. I fully intend to prioritize real life and health over any writing. That said, if I don't get to a reply or an ask within a reasonable amount of time ( three days or more ) and there's no stated reason why on my blog, feel free to reach out to me! If you can't reach me here, try my other blog @blastburns or my Discord, aspieri. Feel free to reach out for any reason at all! Even just to chat. I will mostly be on mobile so please give me time to cut posts. | EAST COAST ( EST ) | Please expect a low activity level for the first few days of the blog's creation. I'm extremely nervous around new people and take a long time to warm up.

CONTENT WARNINGS

As stated above, this muse is a foodie and as such will frequently talk about and share images of food. Please keep that into account before following or interacting. May include mature or triggering topics such as religious trauma, violence, memory loss and death / mourning of family. I will try to tag these to the best of my ability. If you have any triggers you'd like for me to tag, or topics to avoid in interactions please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate you.

RULES

Bigots and weirdos begone. This includes any and all "phobes" (xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, racist, sexist) as well as zoophiles/poképhiles, pedophiles/lolicons/MAPs, pro-shippers and TERFs. IRL blogs politely please do not interact. Do not randomly grope my muse or initiate an NSFW interaction. I am absolutely not writing anything NSFW outside of DMs and not with someone I don't know. Do not purposely misgender my muse for any reason, even if it's just supposed to be in character. Please do not send me images of fungi or mushrooms. I have zero interest in your personal drama or beef. Please don't try to drag me into it. I'm just here to write and meet people.

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My custom website is still under construction so it will look extremely super duper ugly in the meantime! Thanks for your patience.

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twilightmalachite · 1 year

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Altered - Angels and Devils 8

Author: Akira

Characters: Hiyori, Tsumugi

Translator: Mika Enstars

EN Proofer: PitXRoxas

"And you seriously believe such a superficial, flimsy, paltry conjecture? Nobody is sponsoring the Five Eccentrics, and nobody is getting excited about Yumenosaki."

Season: Spring

Location: Downtown

⚠️ This is an import from a unproofed Twitter Livetweet!

Hiyori: Adios, cuties! Let’s play around again next time you’re free!

Tsumugi: You’re always saying lines that sound like they’re from old and trendy dramas.

Hiyori: They’re fitting, in this case. I don’t feel like continuing the date anymore, so I ended it and said goodbye to the girls—

Now, since you’ve interrupted my good time, you owe it to me to keep me entertained.

Tsumugi: No, I didn’t mean to interrupt you, but… As you’re an idol, it’d be nice if you stopped hanging around with girls who like to gossip, though, okay?

In the first place though, it was you who called me, you know. I ran here as fast as I could, since you would’ve been angry if I ran late.

Hiyori: Come to think of it, I did! But one of my best qualities is that I am quick to forget anything that inconveniences me!

Tsumugi: Ahh, right. You are that type of person.

Hiyori: Fufu. I simply called you over to be a luggage carrier. See, I bought all sorts of things with the girls, I can’t carry them all!

I don’t like carrying anything heavier than chopsticks, you see.

Tsumugi: This again… You really do think I’m just some servant, don’t you Hiyori-kun?

Hiyori: You have a complaint or something? Well, it’s possible that if you keep serving me like this, I’ll grow to like you, y’know!

If you wanna get along with me, then do your very, very very best. ♪

Tsumugi: I feel like a suitor who’s been given an unreasonable demand by Princess Kaguya[1], goodness…

Hiyori: A heart that won’t be rewarded no matter how hard they work, right?[2] ♪

Hiyori: ……

Tsumugi: …? What’s wrong all of a sudden, Hiyori-kun?

You look so grumpy… Um, please don’t worry, I’ll carry your luggage as told, so…

Hiyori: Good. But, that’s not what made me feel so irritated.

I just saw something unpleasant, is all.

Tsumugi: Something unpleasant...? Was there a dead dog?

Hiyori: I’d like it if you didn’t say something so uncomfortable. You’re so dismal. …It’s nothing like that, it’s that, over there.

Tsumugi: Hmm~? Ah, Valkyrie’s on a sign over there. They’ve been getting a lot of publicity lately, haven’t they? With fashion brands or something, was it?

They’re the most recognized idols in Yumenosaki right now, aren’t they?

Hiyori: Those guys—Valkyrie, was it? I don’t like them.

They’re gloomy and garish, I don’t like that.

I don’t have as much interest in idols as Nagisa-kun does, so I don’t really care, but should something like that really be representing idols?

Aren’t idols supposed to be more cheerful and brilliant?

Tsumugi: I suppose you have a point, but…

I think the mass-production of idols in that style has become overdone, making Valkyrie come off as fresh in some ways.

Though, there’s also the fact that Yumenosaki lacks popular well-loved idols…

Hiyori: What about those “Five Eccentrics”? The one at the center of Valkyrie, Itsuki-kun—that’s one of them, right? Are the four other geniuses not on the same level as him?

You don’t really hear much talk about those guys out in public, do you?

Tsumugi: They’re the talk of the town within Yumenosaki, though. Apart from Shu-kun, the other of the Five Eccentrics don’t participate in idol activities at all.

Each of them just spends their time as they like. The only one who remotely does idol-like things would be Rei-kun, who occasionally sings rock at underground live houses.

Hibiki-kun is obsessed with theater, and I don’t quite understand the other two.

Natsume-cha… Natsume-kun just holes himself up, doing things like chemistry experiments.

And everything about the last one, Shinkai-kun, is all shrouded in mystery. I’ve even heard rumors that they’re spreading some dubious religion.

Hiyori: Hmm. I don’t quite get why they’re lumped together as the Five Eccentrics, though. They’re scattered and don’t have any sense of unity. They don’t even seem to be working together or anything.

It’s just like they just named five people who simply stand out as the Five Eccentrics. It’s as if it’s someone’s ploy.

Not that I’d know why someone would do something like that, though.

Tsumugi: Well, the plan would be to sponsor the five best idols in the school, make them the talk of the town, and likewise boost the popularity of Yumenosaki’s idols, right?

That’s why the name Five Eccentrics was born, at least in theory.

Hiyori: And you seriously believe such a superficial, flimsy, paltry conjecture?

Nobody is sponsoring the Five Eccentrics, and nobody is getting excited about Yumenosaki.

Just some problem children who stand out are being made to stand out even more.

Instead, tons of bad rumors about those Five Eccentrics are circulating around, and everyone’s talking behind each other’s backs with the tense atmosphere. I hate it.

Tsumugi: Fufu, so that’s why instead of hanging inside the school, you’re messing around elsewhere, huh?

Hiyori: It’s up to me how I spend my time after school, isn’t it?

But even outside, the names of those Five Eccentrics catch my eye. Just like that Valkyrie sign.

It’s creepy and uncomfortable, y’know. Like the world’s being written from the ground up without us knowing.

Sort of like you’ve suddenly wandered into a nightmare world, you know?

But, if this is someone’s dream, then who’s the one dreaming it?

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In the Tale of Princess Kaguya, she turns away five suitors by giving them a task impossible to complete. Hiyori’s been compared to Kaguya-hime more than once, such as him being the center in Getto Spectacle, a unit that’s Kaguya-hime-themed. The premise of the event story was that Hiyori was retiring from idol work, which mirrors Kaguya-hime returning to the moon never to return, despite being beloved.

The reasoning proposed to the suitors would be that they’d be “winning her heart through hard work”. However, the task would be impossible to complete, meaning that it’d never reach that point. He’s confirming Tsumugi’s reference to the tale too, which shows he really had no intention of rewarding Tsumugi in the first place.

#altered #event #translation #hiyori tomoe #tsumugi aoba

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sweetfirebird · 11 months

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Hot take, but having now watched several different people break down the problems in various EL James books, I am forced to at least slightly come to that heinous woman's defense to say that complaining about how her books have plot points, characters, and issues that never go anywhere or get addressed in her books... also means taking a long look at current romance novel trends in publishing because like at least half of these books also do that.

Authors put in a plot point to spur the initial plot forward and then don't want to deal with it and then just... don't. Everything that was so dire and urgent in the beginning fizzles away or is abandoned entirely or oops I guess the villain is nice now by about halfway through the books.

This is romance. Some people read dozens of them a week so that issue is not really important to them, I get that. Do I personally think it's lazy writing and that people can say it's to offer drama-free romantic experiences all they like but then can't explain why they put the drama in in the first place??? Yeah. But my opinion doesn't matter here.

Trad-pubbed, indie, self-pubbed, so many of them do this. So calling out EL James for it (especially egregious though her crimes may be), is hardly fair. This is the way it is right now. Unless she invented this trend, which I doubt, then her writing sins need to be examined within the context of current romance writing trends.

#el james #romance #romancelandia #queer romance #writing

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regaldiplomat · 1 year

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# regaldiplomat : an independent , mutually exclusive rp blog for padmé amidala naberrie of the star wars franchise . headcanon based & highly canon divergent . est . 2 january 2023 . penned by reed . rules beneath the cut . exclusive with @h1ghground & @jedibetrayed.

001. PORTRAYAL / ACTIVITY; Portrayals on this blog will vary! Any muse that has a book series will likely be book based rather than movie based. Muses are all completely up to my own interpretation and headcanons! This blog is also likely to be low activity as it is not my main blog, but I’m excited either way!

002. REPLIES; I’m usually good at replying, but sometimes ( most of the time ) I’m very slow and I’m very sorry about that. If I don’t reply for a while, you can totally feel free to let me know if you want me to reply and I’ll see what I can do!

003. SHIPS; I ship based on chemistry and am open to most things. Please don’t try to force any ships.

004. NSFW; Mun is of age, though I’m typically not comfortable with NSFW threads unless I’m writing with someone I feel comfortable with/have talked with out of character. Any NSFW threads or content will be tagged appropriately. Same goes for any triggering or mature content I may post. If there’s ANYTHING you need tagged that I am not currently tagging, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

005. EXCLUSIVITY / MAINS; I’m not really a fan of being exclusive to certain portrayals of characters. I really don’t like to limit my interactions in that way. That being said, do participate in mains. I really do love having a close connection with the people I write and create with.

006. ICONS; Any icons you see me using were made by me, so please don’t use or claim them as your own. PSD currently being used is an edited version of THIS ONE by venuscommissions! Icon border is the third border from THIS PACK by somresources!

007. FOLLOWING; Right off the bat, I’m just going to say, I might not be following back everyone who follows me. It’s nothing personal, I promise. I have previously had some not so great experiences in a few fandoms across the board, so I may be a bit hesitant to follow back any blogs within those fandoms. Again, it’s absolutely nothing personal and is for my own comfort, and I implore you to do the same! Also! I am duplicate friendly!

008. DRAMA; I do not and will not participate in drama of any kind. I’m old and tired and I’ve been around this neck of the woods far too long. I love some open communication and talking through our issues. Let’s all just be nice pls.

009. CONTACT; This isn’t a rule, but I have Discord and will give my user out to mutuals upon request! I’m also easily available through tumblr’s IM feature, and through my ask box. Please do understand that I can be a bit slow at replying to people at times. However, this isn’t because I don’t like you, or don’t want to talk to you! I’m just easily burnt out at times, and I don’t like to half ass plotting or conversation.

INTRODUCTION

Hi! My name is Reed, I am currently 25 years old and I reside in the CST timezone! I use she / her pronouns.Just a heads up, I am a particularly slow writer and likely won’t be posting many starter calls, so the best ways to interact with me will be plotting via IMs or discord, as well as sending memes! This blog is also 18+ and I will not be interacting with minors under any circumstances. Thank you for understanding! I am so looking forward to interacting with you all!

#pinned.#dni.

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ghostofpolaris · 2 years

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Roleplay Information (Mobile Friendly Post) [UPDATED 11/23/23]

This is the mobile friendly post of this page which will have the same questions and answers! Please feel free to read below! Instead of the regular links, I will replace those with mobile friendly links! This will be updated as I fix my character profiles along.

Question: Intro!

Answer: Hello everyone! Thank you for stopping by and reading this page. I greatly appreciate the time you are taking to read this page as it is quite important for any interactions we do.I understand some rules on here may seem odd, unusual, or even harsh but please understand these have come from experiences I have had over the years.

If these rules will be an issue for you, please do not interact with me. These rules are meant to keep myself as well as anyone else I associate with as safe and happy as we can be.

If you have any further questions, please do let me know. I am happy to try and answer anything that may be confusing to you.

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Question: General Rules?

Answer: ★ General DNI should be mentioned: Please do not interact if you are homophobic, transphobic, aro/acephobic, racist, hateful etc. I also ask that minors do not interact as well. I am an adult and trying to roleplay with someone who is a minor makes me personally uncomfortable. No hard feelings, but I rather would befriend people in my age group. If you cannot be polite and are mean and hateful, I am happy to abuse the block button.

★ If I miss a reply, do let me know! Technology can be wonky and I may not get notifications or perhaps I forgot. I have even had instances where replies never sent. I will of course give you the same courtesy and patience as well after a month of not hearing from you. Remember that I do have DID, that may interfere with response times as well.

★ I do like to try and befriend people I rp and write with, but if that is not something you wish, I ask that you do not interact.It just makes things feel awkward for me if I'm trying to be friendly and only get a cold shoulder in response. Nothing personal, it just having a different approach.

★ Please be patient with me as I don't always have the most time to reply right away due to medical stuff, family things, and hopefully work. I will try my best to be patient with you as well so as long as we communicate. If we go for a month with no communication (I will be trying to check in at least once every one to two weeks to see how you are), I will drop our rp. I do encourage real-life before rp though. Whatever you have going on IRL always takes precedence before any RP.

★ [UPDATE AS OF 11/23/23: If I do not hear from you within a week (this does not apply if you give me notice that you may have IRL stuff going on), I will be dissolving any and all RPs with you. At least even some OOC communication would be nice but I have had quite a few people just up and leave and I feel a week is enough time to give someone notice of whatever may be going on and I am totally understanding that IRL comes before RP. To me, I assume that maybe you do not have time for RP and perhaps this is a sign you do not need one with me. It is very disheartening to be left in the dark for months at a time with little to no word on how you are. Especially before I wish to befriend my RP Partners.]

Once again, please don't just drop our rps out of nowhere. I really encourage communication so I know what is up. If you lost muse? Totally okay! I get it. If you have stuff IRL going on? 100% okay! Just let me know. If you feel we cannot continue our rp for any reason? That is fine too but I ask for communication.

★ Please no god-modding (it can occur outside of fight RPs too you know), no one-liners, and no drama (meaning do not rope me into a situation or problem without at least talking to me about it prior). RP for me is a stress-reliever, not a stress inducer. As far as whether you have a plot idea you want to progress and advance, talk to me about it. Also, I know one-liners can be nice for banter, but if it doesn't progress the story, I will drop our rp.

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Question: More in-depth Before You Interact.

Just a couple more guidelines/rules, but I feel they still are important.

Answer: ★ If you are wanting any kind of relationship in our rp with any of my characters (whether romantic, platonic, and so forth), I would like to mention that is fine so as long as it is mentioned and planned out. I do not want to rush relationships of any kind.

★ With romantic ships with characters, please do not try to rush anything that may be on the lewd side of things. I am not always the most comfortable with smut type writing due to past experiences, but if I trust you I will give it a good attempt. Just please do not abuse that trust.

★ With lewd/NSFW type writing, more reason for me to say again: MINORS DO NOT INTERACT. I do tend to dive into darker topics including mental health struggles, violence, criminal activity and all sorts of other things. What I personally will not write in great detail is mentions of child/animal abuse, self-harm, sexual assault/rape, and others similar to that. I personally do not want to have explicit detail of such things and if anything, a light mention is fine. Just do not go into explicit detail of these categories. That will earn you a swift block.

★ This may seem like an odd little rule, but please do not exploit mental illnesses in roleplays. If you have some kind of character who has something like Dissociative Identity Disorder/OSDD and you just make them bad and evil for having DID, I am absolutely going to block you. It's one thing if you are someone who is using an outlet to express struggles and cope with mental illnesses you have, but to just make mental illnesses as quirky traits won't fly with me. I'm not here to police you or your characters, but I want no part in anything exploitative.

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Question: RP Experience / Style?

Answer: ★ I began my roleplaying journey in 2008 on YouTube back when channels had comment sections still plastered on the page in more obvious spaces and used things like Ning to help make blogs look customized. Originally, I began with OCs in the Inuyasha verse (back when fandoms were more used as a term for roleplay verses people used). Truth be told, I would essentially fit my OCs wherever I could.

★ I was roleplaying here on Tumblr around 2012-2014 mainly in the Tales of verse with my OC named Nozomi Vernon. I mainly gravitated towards Tales of Symphonia accounts, but I was active on here quite a bit too. Around 2013-2019 or so, I was on Rolepages and moved onto Wrealms with other OCs. At first, I was active in the Assassin's Creed verse, but then expanded my horizons later. Truth be told, I also roleplayed on iFunny and Kik of all places (cringe, I know). Mind you, I was a teen throughout these years. I also did roleplays via text message, skype, and even emails.

★ I actually did get into roleplaying on Twitter in 2019 because of my friend I have had since around middle school, and I was active in the My Hero Academia verse with my OC Riko Tokemi who was a 3-B student with a quirk based on Empathy. I did leave the MHA verse there because I wanted to go into other verses (namely the Genshin Impact verse) where I had my self-insert OC and eventually now have two accounts there for other OCs.

★ Currently, I mainly will roleplay on Discord because I use Discord the most. I usually go through Tumblr to find my one on one rps as well.

★ My writing style usually is third-person and I can usually write somewhere between three to even 24 paragraphs depending on how inspired I feel and what my writing partner will have. I will do my best to accommodate to a style that someone else is comfortable with, but know my replies may seem lackluster as I adjust. I have used bots like tupperbox for characters and can do that as well. Usually for people who like to roleplay on Discord, I am happy to make servers as well.

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Question: Useful Links

I will have links here that go to pages I have made to help organize my characters based on different verses I have rp'ed in. I will indicate which verses I am more interested in roleplaying in at the moment as well but if we come up with a good enough idea, I am 100% down to do something that is out of my norm/ what I may be into!

If any of these links do not work or are giving you trouble, please let me know and I will come in to assist and fix accordingly! I am in the process of trying to transfer everything around and make everything neater, so please be advised that some things may look off or strange.

Answer:

Playable Characters List [Updated 11/23]

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1/1/2024

— everything is fate, karma, and destiny. Do your best. Be patient. Let the rest be.

— pity the living, above all, Pity those without love.

— to raise your vibration is a lesson itself. Once your energy rises, you would see that all of the ego and human emotions are not necessary anymore. You are not triggered nor reactive. You just go along with the simulation, to observe and learn still.

— how you perceive within this destined simulation is also a way to be free in mind and spirit, though the simulation would still go on as designated.

— healing means to be able to come into a circumstance and be able to sit with it, Contemplating how to take a better care or finding a peaceful solution.

— it isn’t what is impossible, it is how narrow minded human thinking are conditioned to be. In a simulation, like a video game, what isn’t possible?

But within the simulation, characters try to influence other characters to think a certain way, not necessarily for a good intent, so there is good and bad in everything.

There would always be a balance within the simulation. Good and bad.

1/2/2024

— you are whatever you perceive yourself to be. Victim, villain, or hero and more. Each to their own game.

But ultimately I hope you would learn that you are much more than just characters you play in this simulation called earth, you are eternal energy from the source, equal as the source, love.

— attachments keep one In the loop, whatever form it may be.

— karma is a vibration, a game, also a perception.

— they do not know that they have been programmed.

As one raises their vibration, they would know more and more, the knowledge of it all.

— how one perceives what something ought to be, it indeed would be for them until they change their perceptions. And this is usually planned in their designated destiny already.

How would you like to play a game, for how long in this illusion my dear.

— karma is vibration, allows one to connect with and attract the alike. Karma is also what one makes of it. Karma is also an illusion.

1/3/2024

— be mindful that human attachment comes in all forms, love, lust, hatred, jealousy, revenge, even beauty, and much more.

See mindfully. Don’t react.

— you can either see it from up high and afar or you can always delve deeply into the stories. Be mindful the latter would always be heavy with human emotions and thoughts.

— traps, deceits, and distractions that are disguised as trending news or hot trends, what is it this week kids? ;) play nice everybody.

Aw human worlds.

— every human is attached to something: sex, money, power, love, hatred, revenge, gossip, jealousy, lies, manipulation, drama, material name brands, drugs, beauty, recognition ,ego and else. These attachments eventually become traps. The trapped could do nothing but to run in a loop, until one day they decide to be free.

What is your game In this grand buffet ?

1/4/2024

— deeply attached with illusions in this designated simulation, yet it is all part of the experience human calls fate, destiny, and karma.

Everything and everyone has its time with it but even time is an illusion.

Love is behind all of it, so I choose to believe.

Thank you.

— human arena. Mercy reduced to promote an agenda. One also exposes themselves that they are not compassionate, That they might have chosen fear over truth.

If compassion is only conditional in the human world, then it is not genuine.

people around you only love you because you have money, when money is gone love is gone as well., Then that isn’t true love.

— in your story, when you have sold your soul, even long ago, it would still come collect one of these nights, when you expect it, when you not expect it. Just a matter of the prison sentences.

1/5/2024

— just thoughts alone, can make one happy, kind, grateful, angry, hateful, deceitful, jealous and else. Perception shape a person’s life by connecting them accordingly to their vibrations. The human life simulation would send circumstances and encounters but they do not control your perception, you do. You can be optimistic or sad in the same concrete classroom, watching a same movie.

You would have to understand this to elevate, and only if you are meant to understand. If not, one would just run in a maze, going in circles, attracting the same people and circumstances, such vibration is also called karma. Most people are in this maze. They do not realize they are much more than just the characters they play on earth.

— each religion is a human program. They want you to worship a higher power. This created a perception that you are, as a human, Inferior. You would respect, you would be grateful but know that you are never less than anything or anyone else.

The program is created to control humans but whether one believes it or not, it is also designated in their destiny.

— really, it is just energy dressing up in all things possible in the human realms, playing and humbling each other.

1/7/2024

— as humans, we are one. You are everyone, you are everything, you are also part of the source.

— karma is a vibration. Most humans are tuned into this karmic vibration. And so the human stories begin.

— your perception of this reality determines your vibration and frequency. Each vibrational level offers different level of humanly knowledge.

Your perception is the key whether you are stuck with attachments or be free.

— 1/8/2024

— everyone, the human narrative needs you to do your magic, whether you are a princess, or a evil queen, and such. You are all essential In the story line. For instances, There has to be a poisoned apple so a kiss can happen leading to a happily ever after. There has to be corruption, deceit, and war so that the conscience can be awaken.

Wave that wand, do your best, do your worst. All meant to be anyway. You are all on track with fate, destiny, and your karma ; o )

— a human’s perceptional programing is their story, their culture, religions, ego, love, karma, and sometimes traps. All of it has to do with perception if one is in the lower energy realm.

Once you are in a low vibrational energy space, you won’t remember a lot of things. It has been designated that way. Earth is a such place.

— 1/10/2024

— who you chose to experience, know that it is all already written in the program that human comes to know as destiny.

The programs are similar because they operate by different level frequency and vibration, making these characters quite predictable. One who is conscious and not blinded by the superficial, would truly see and understand, but also only if they are meant to be, meaning they themselves would have to operate at a higher vibration to see through the veils.

— the stars that shine as bright as the sun, all according to the mouths of the evil, please know that there is also a equivalent of the true darkness behind these said stars.

1/11/24

— when you know the truth, all manipulations become invisible and absolutely meaningless. Have a chuckle or two at the theater they put on.

— all is well. A done deal.

— devil is In the details, always.

1/12/2024

— fate says evil has to appear so there is a catalyst for strength of the good. It is a program. It has to run this way.

— they, who have sold their soul to be on that billboard of the hill, would be trapped in fear, deceit, ego, and depression. And they would later find out they have been lied to. Wealth, not truly theirs at the end. Reputation, at the mercy of their higher ups,

It is their program.

— in the world of evil, the new evil would have to kill the old evil so one can replace. They also fear each other.

They serve as each other’s karma in some circumstances. It is their program.

— in the programs of evil, whether willing, coerced, or born into it, they would always be at the mercy of the devil except it does not have mercy. They are usually in for life even if they change their minds.

— be reminded, fear is created and orchestrated for control, the devil is always in the details.

— your urge to be right in front of others, most likely ego related, you would definitely suffer from it in mind and body.

Ego is such a low vibration. It is easy to predict what it attracts in terms of its same level energy. For instance, ego attracts another ego.

— if you are attached to ego you would definitely suffer from it but you do not need ego in this Illusion of a simulation. Let everyone else figure it out for themselves.

1/13/2024

— all idea and knowledge are infused into this simulation by a higher vibrational energy. It is within the simulation because it has been designated to.

Humans do not discover anything or ideas they are not supposed to. Everything is fed and happens in order within the program, even ones that seem like disorders. And remember you are not just the character you are playing in this program. You are also the source, the higher vibrational energy, eternity and everything.

— for the ones who have done the unethical and the unspeakable, you would learn that karma is a bitch.

1/14/2024

— each program of life is different. If it is meant, life would find a way to show you that there is much more than this life which merely is just a program in a simulation.

There is energy of unseen, untouched, unknown. You are also part of it.

1/15/2024

— if the great awakening in this reality is inevitable, then there must be catalyst for it to happen. Everything has been written in the program.

— when you tell the truth, and yet the ones who are supposedly your protectors do not give you the attention you deserve and instead try to shame & bury your words. That itself is going to wake up minds by showing the truth of anyone that is supposedly to be anything else.

By doing that further, it is going to wake up more spirits and minds. I see it now.

— be grateful for this, when people show themselves for who they really are in this world, you wouldn’t have false perception /hopes anymore and that could also be a catalyst for you to make better choice and ultimately improve your experience.

The catalysts are sometimes In the forms of bad guy characters, they are needed in this narrative, do not forget. All is an illusion anyway.

— if it is not genuine, it would eventually expose itself. The deceit is an energy that seeks to rebalance itself.

— people who are lied to. They would be so angry. The anger becomes the catalyst for the new found strength to correct and for healing.

A story that is playing out in a program simulation.

— in the simulation, time has to proceed in a linear fashion. One chapter ushers into the next one. It is how the program runs.

— arguments of ego in a simulation of illusion, if you know you are in just that, would you attach or detach. The same concept goes for all low energy emotions.

1/16/2024

— this is part of the program, where things and people are shown for what they actually are, and what they are intended to do. It is made this way so that there is a great awakening. A chapter In the program. You realize that all along, everything and everyone has been doing what they are supposed to have done, thus leading to the great awakening of the mass. Everything has been designated.

1/17/2024

— the ones who are aware they are in a simulation, would notice how simulation work on a daily basis with reminders.

1/19/2024

— in the programs of humans, if someone else is able to make you believe you are not enough, that you are inferior naturally. I am afraid you have already lost (yourself) and they have won.

— all is just a part of the program for just a moment, dear consciousness, the highest love.

— the program is an illusion, expression and experience . What matters in the program, ultimately do not matter.

1/20/2024

— when you chase after something or someone that does not make you genuinely happy, that should be your biggest lesson in life but only when you realize it.

— if it didn’t get you, you would see that the masses are in a trance and on a hysterical trip in this time.

— in the programs of humans, the biggest names and organizations are really only about exploitations, for money, power and control, at the expense of the masses.

— everything in the human program has been preset, they call it destiny. Everything plays out the way it is supposed to in its vibration.

Let it be. Do your best but be calm and mindful. Let go.

— while playing house on earth, please know that you are much more than just a number, a race, a face, a brand, and else. You are much much more and just as powerful as the most powerful energy of love.

— in the lower vibrational realm like the human world, both good and evil judge each other within the same frequency length. These judgements serve a purpose in the human programs.

1/21/2024

— the construct of the human programs are somewhat predictable, they have to tune into a certain level of vibration to play a certain characters in the human life. What they are, do and attract are all vibrations related.

— in the program of pretend, coercion, the threatened, the abused, then the abuser, they may be promised fame, power, and wealth but none of it is enjoyable for them at their vibrations. Their programs. What a program.

At a certain low vibrational frequency, happiness can not be.

— once a circus, always a circus. One ringleader gone, another already in line.

All the titles and awards are meaningless.

The light and shadow along with smoke and mirror create the illusions.

Everyone is in masks, pretending and playing characters.

The chases are really in a loop, going no where.

Have fun anyway because these performances are amusing. You learn a thing or two in this fun land ; )

— in each human life, there would always be sadness with no exception, otherwise there would be no human world. I sincerely hope there is also healing in your journey. Hurt becomes strength. Sadness becomes healing that further leads to love and happiness.

1/22/24

— when you are allowed to understand that all of this human world is an illusion then you would begin to understand that ego is not necessary. It is a catalyst for all happenings in this simulated narrative but only when it serves a purpose to fulfill the fate’s script and karma.

Ego would always be a part of the human expressions but when it does not serve you anymore you can let go. You are not denying the human expression. you operate at a different level.

— the ruthless, the greed, the corrupt, the ego, the evil and such, would always be humbled by fate and karma. After all, it is all about the balance of energy in this simulation.

— humans play the meticulous games. From pain and insecurity to ego and abuse. A vicious cycle forms and some choose to run this loop repeatedly. A program seen in this reality in a infinite way.

— each being on earth is an expression. Expressions intertwine and influence each other. The earth itself is also an expression which houses all of the expressions of beings.

The word “expression” is interchangeable to the word “program” in the concept.

— the karmic program, the abused couldn’t heal then becomes the abuser. And the loop starts all over again. It takes healing for it to get out of this loop.

— each perception of anything physical, with shape and forms, tells you that you are in an illusion of energy, no matter which level of vibrational frequency or realm.

Let there be light, May be the first of first in the realm of illusions.

— you better believe that, no matter who they play on the main stage, they are all just going along with a script. Otherwise they would have already be thrown off the main stage.

Each chess move, even in opposition, is orchestrated by the same hand, when all eyes are watching.

Don’t be surprised that the characters you like turn out to be just delivering an act.

— the mindful always sees when something isn’t genuine. They read between the lines where the devil lives.

— thank you for you and being here. I wish you love always.

— the universe would keep sending you reminders that much of what is on the main platform is just facade. A facade of happiness is quite the opposite of genuine happiness. As if how happy they portray themselves to be for all to see is a direct reflection of how dark their inner depression and demons are.

— I believe karma is in your program. May it be one of your greatest and most heartfelt teachers.

— the energy of wickedness would eventually show up, especially on the facade, giving out its obvious vibration.

— in this world, the ones who try to control and manipulate you, care more about your reactions than anything else.

— what makes you depressed and unhappy, could be that you have become someone others want you to be, not who you truly want to be.

You are trapped in a mask and could never breath freely.

— the evil agenda that you help and contribute would someday come back to harm you and your loved ones. Karma always comes to teach in this program.

—Karma: the fires you set out to burn others, come back to burn all you have as well. And if you chuckle at others while they burn, they have a karmic responsibility to laugh at you when you burn.

You are to feel what it is like to truly and genuinely be In the essence of karma.

All is pre-destined already anyway.

— the ones who sold their souls and sacrifice others for the devil, eventually also become a sacrifice for the devil when it sees fit. Karma comes full circle.

1/23/2024

— ego and vanity are a sure way to be depressed.

— try to see each being as an expression without judgements. They are meant to be who they are. All in the stars and destiny.

— observation: there is such human program where one does not answer to themselves but to the ones who control them. They lose all essence of their true self and morph into a true slave.

— to harboring a lie that weighs on your conscience. You are never truly alone. You are forced to live with a unwelcome guest.

— toxic people would attract toxic people because they operate at the same wavelength of vibration. If fated, they would make a fiery clash with one another.

But it also has to do with karma when seemingly good people encounter bad ones, all in the program.

— most awards are really just politics of its kind. Most of the politics are corrupt at heart. Just a program of pretends and egos.

1/24/2024

— you are in the program of karma. Learn a thing or two.

— all of the people at high places are all compromised and corrupt somehow. They answer to, not themselves but whatever that controls, blackmails, and threaten them.

In this reality, it is just how these programs run.

— everything that is put out on the main arena stage is trying to get an reaction out of you. How you react shows them how you perceive something or someone. If they control your perception, they control you but it is also meant to be this way by fate. Ones who see it would see. The blinded would keep being a cattle. Also all meant to be.

It is an experiment and an operation of the psychological minds. It is how the program works.

— the figures of the famed are all corrupt and compromised. Some of them are made into idols and leaders on the main stage, but as a mockery In the shadow.

In this movie, the devil loves to mock and if you read between the lines, you would see that the devil is everywhere In the details.

— this reality, what you react and give your power to lives but whatever you don’t react to would just vanish quietly.

— love, hate, kindness, evil, jealousy, ego, no matter what it is. Each is its own expression and is infused into this designated reality to experience. Some of the expressions can only be created and experienced in this realm. The whole system of Illusion and simulation has its purpose. No one can understand it all while being in it, just bits and pieces.

It just is. Everything and everyone just is. There is no good or bad from the perspective of the source, which all of everyone and everything is also connected to it.

All would be known once the energy elevates. Just a game really.

1/25/2024

— perhaps most of the main stage speakers, all have been blackmailed into saying and doing what their controller want them to, for the purpose to be hated on with passion.

Emotions are a powerful thing. They love to play with your emotions. They want you to react with hatred and without rationality.

1/26/2024

— the soul allows all who are on earth to be who they are because each is a designated expression in this realm. The soul does not judge but it seeks to fulfill the balance of energy humans call karma. It seeks to experience all that there is even in the most despicable ways in humans’ eyes.

It really is just like a game but with heartfelt and heavy emotions. The players themselves won’t even know they are in a simulated game.

— a human is conditioned to be who and how they are because it is their program. They are a supposed expression in this realm.

Good and evil and all in between, the variety fun pack. Judgments of evil and the compliment of the good, and all gossip in between, all of this is really just for the human world strictly.

1/27/2024

— there are things in this human world in which one can’t explain how. Some call it paranormal or metaphysical but it is merely your soul telling you there is more than this one human life you are experiencing, more than the five senses. You are much more and just as powerful. It is the low vibrational filters that sort of dumb you down but it is by design until you are ready. You are unlimited and eternal, just like the source of energy.

— the villains in this human realm, energetically, is really just bottled up and suppressed pain for a really long time.

If anything, they need love and mercy to be good again and to elevate.

To want to average what wrong has done to you in the same manner vice versa, you are dragging yourself down energetically as well.

— when you are too fixated on one thing, you are stuck in a piece of the puzzle. Sometimes you have to let go in order to see the bigger picture.

1/28/2024

— please know that morals are infused into each human. It is only natural to feel angry or scared. It is part of the program. It is just a scene of a movie. Don’t fixate on it for too long. Let it go as soon as possible.

It is just part of the program in this simulation. All is an illusion.

— karma is an energy equalizer. It sometimes works in private. You wouldn’t see the ghost that visits the killer each night, only for the killer and their conscience.

— the meaning of human life, perhaps is to experience all of the highs and lows, and they will. Without the contrast, there would not need to have a human world.

After all, it is a simulated program that energy goes through to experience. Everything has been designated. You would not see a human life with only highs or only lows.

— if you knew how it would end, the process would at times become pointless or all you think about the end. It is designed that you do not know. The soul is all about the journey.

—social media and online activities, all of it can be addiction, depression, and poison. And they are all marketed toward the mass. Some would be ruined by it. Some would learn and heal from it.

It is that program.

1/28/2024

— the great awakening is inevitable. It needed the catalyst to wake up the minds. All is by design with fate.

— the disorder has always been In order, so that it can serve as a catalyst for the great awakening.

1/29/2024

— humans who spread deceits would create victims, and they eventually also become a victim of themselves. They are in a program of karma.

— after each low, some become kinder, and some bitter. It also determines their path a happy one or a depressing one.

— your kindness will lead you to happiness.

1/30/2024

— they do understand. They don’t understand. It all plays into that individual’s destiny and evolution in regards of karma.

1/31/2024

— please know that you are still love even in low places. It is the illusions that make you perceive differently.

— May what you choose to do, be your teacher, or your best friend.

— emotions are an enforcer in the human reality. Everyone and everything needs a motivation and a catalyst, to fulfill what they are here to do, good or bad.

— always beware of those who try to distill fear in you. Anyone who does that has abusive husband syndrome. And if you don’t stand up for yourself and break up, deep down you know how a marriage would turn out with an abusive and egotistical person.

That is just a metaphor.

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skywa1ker · 1 year

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# skywa1ker : an independent , mutually exclusive rp blog for luke skywalker of the star wars franchise . headcanon based & highly canon divergent . est . 4 january 2023 . penned by reed . 25 . she / her . rules beneath the cut .

003. SHIPS; I ship based on chemistry and am open to most things. Please don’t try to force any ships.

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deluluass · 3 years

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could yoy do please some yandere kuroo and kageyama headcanons? 💕

nsfw is welcomed 😊

My first headcanons 🤞🏽

Yandere! Kuroo Tetsuro

Content warnings: markers of a toxic/emotionally abusive relationship; dumbification; daddy kink; sex toy(s); mild public play/exhibitionism

😇SFW😇

This boy has a fascination for messy people.

And by "messy", I mean that Kuroo has a soft spot for those who put up some sort of front. A performative mask to hide their crumbling psyche.

Oh.

Those are his favorites. (Especially when they're not even aware that they’re hiding something.)

Maybe it's because they're so easy to manipulate? (Or perhaps it's a mild case of schadenfreude?)

It's the instigator in him.

He knows which buttons to push and at what time to exactly do it.

Kuroo lives for being that guy who causes a full blown fight by simply dropping a backhanded comment or two.

For being the final straw that eventually breaks the proverbial camel's back.

And then slipping back into the shadows to watch the Drama unfold.

So it's not unlikely for him to form an obsession for someone who's so emotionally vulnerable.

Someone who has the weight of the world on their shoulders; who has everything locked up inside to the point of bursting.

Because then it won't take much to have them falling apart and unraveling before him.

But he's also a caretaker, you know.

He's opportunistic and covertly callous and mischievous, yes.

But you've seen how much he tends to those close to him.

So when you do fall apart, you will do it in his arms.

He will take care of you.

He'll say everything you've always wanted to hear.

You're beautiful and wanted and loved and you don't have to be brave anymore.

Kuroo's here and he understands you.

From the barest changes in your inflection to your most subtle facial expression.

Other people won't catch it.

To Kuroo, though? Tell-tale signs that you're hiding your feelings again.

He understands you in a way that no else had; that no else cared to try.

And eventually that’ll be the very thing that you’ll hold onto.

Never mind that his every word has become an indisputable fact (when it shouldn’t be).

Never mind that the line between Kuroo just being a mindful boyfriend AND Kuroo disregarding your boundaries has become too blurry that it’s impossible to tell which is which.

Never mind that your entire world has narrowed down to just him and you.

Because all your friends have, one by one, made their way for the exit.

They tell you that they're so tired.

They've warned you- begged you, actually- to end this insidiously suffocating relationship.

"I know he's only been nice to you and to us, but there's just...something wrong about that guy," they say.

But until they pinpoint, exactly, what that "something wrong" is; and until you see it for yourself, you're sticking by his side.

Damn whatever people say.

So.

Kuroo's not the yandere who'd chain you up in his basement or something.

Not that he's above it, but because he doesn't really need to.

Not when he has you bound right where it really matters.

😈NSFW😈

Kuroo has perfected being a dom down to a Science.

He knows exactly when to be mean and hurtful and sweet and kind and giving to you.

Kuroo's very generous, methinks! But only if he believes you deserved it.

So you better prove that you earned it!!

He'll having you cumming and gushing into his hand if you pleaded just enough!!

Looked into his eyes all pouty and teary and pliant to all his wishes.

Very into treating you and talking to you like you're not capable of comprehending words.

Oh, darling. I know I'm hurting you. I know I am. But you like it, don't you? That's right. Fuck yeah, you do, you fucking slut.

That's because you're just a dumb little baby, aren't you? You'd be happy as long as daddy makes you cum?

And you'd nod and say yes so obediently as he pounds your little hole even though you can't hear him over the sound of your own moans.

ALSO!!!

HE IS A TEASE!!!!

A FUCKINGN!!!!!!!!! TEASE!!!!

Every seggsy time is edging time!!

Has a thing for slapping your ass until your cheeks are bruised and tender under his palms.

And for sticking a vibrator inside you while you're out in public.

Just to teach you a lesson whenever he feels like you're not learning enough.

"Do you want me to come back until you're ready?" the waiter droned, obviously suppressing the urge to roll his eyes when all you did was grip the napkin in front of you.

You couldn't even look at poor kid; couldn't even make out a sound. You're too busy stifling the tingling within your walls, prompting you to cross your legs beneath the table and squeeze your thighs together.

And Kuroo's just...scanning the menu. Sitting idly before you. He's resting his chin against his open palm, long fingers brushing under his nose, while you're practically grinding down the chair.

You feel yourself leak into the crotch of your underwear, sticky liquid squelching against the crack of your ass as the toy continued to vibrate, burning you up and melting your insides, the buzzing a white noise only you could hear.

His indifference was unflappable. Kuroo even managed to call out, "Excuse me. Sorry about that earlier. We're ready now," so smoothly despite your desperate attempts to catch his attention. Then, he recited a bunch of dishes that you didn’t have the appetite for. Like you’re not outright writhing and earning a few disconcerted looks from the table next to you.

All you wanted was for him to put an end to this. You've learned your lesson. You're not gonna disappoint him again.

Instead, you watched in agonizing fear as he reached for his pocket. And immediately, without a warning, you felt the toy shake violently inside you.

"Ah!" you cried, sharply folding your arms and legs, making the plates and utensils clink against each other as your wrists chafed against your hard nipples.

Your boyfriend halted, leaned closer, and looked at you in a convincing display of concern.

"Are you alright, babe?" he muttered, caressing your knee, his nails pressing down just a tad. Not too hard. Just enough for you to hiss in a heady mixture of pleasure and pain.

You managed a small, quivering "uh-huh" as you begged him with your eyes. Conveying as much message as you could.

"Daddy, I'll be good for you. I swear. I won't lie anymore. I won't make you angry. I won't do anything that you wouldn't be happy about. Everything I do from this moment on will be just for you, daddy. I promise, daddy-"

But Kuroo only huffed out, a small, faint grin tracing his lips as he turned back to the waiter and said, "One cream pie, please."

Yandere! Kageyama Tobio

Content warning(s): rape/noncon

😇SFW😇

Fourth wall break, if you will: thank you, anon, for putting these characters together because I Believe that they’re each other’s foils in terms of yandere-isms. And this is gonna be an interesting contrast to see (at least, I hope it would be).

So Kuroo’s all subdued mind games, right? Like, you have to do a whole routine of mental gymnastics if you want to dig deep and analyze how he had your head spinning.

But Kageyama?

Kageyama says fuck that.

Kageyama, genius though he is, is about as subtle as a metal bat to the head when it comes to his darling.

He has no qualms about tying you to his bed once the opportunity presents itself to him.

But it didn’t start out like that.

At first, perhaps Kageyama was just an aloof classmate whose entire life revolved around volleyball.

The one who couldn’t even take a time out of his day to hang out with the rest of the class on a weekend.

Though Kageyama has a knack for attracting hostility from other people, there comes a time (rare it may be) that it is offset by people who are sympathetic to his idiosyncrasies.

His darling falls under the latter.

That's what draws Kageyama to you.

Hearing stuff like "D'you know what they used to call him before? King!" and "King because he's an arrogant dickhead who thinks he's better than everyone" are not new to him.

But hearing these are: "Stop that. It's rude to talk behind a person's back."

"Kageyama's passionate about volleyball. More than anyone we've ever met. Ok so it's alienating for us! Whatever! But isn't it admirable that he's doing his best at a thing that he loves?"

Kageyama did not get it.

You're not his teammate.

You're not his..anything.

You had no cause to try and be nice to him and defend him and..understand him, really.

So the rest was history.

The beginning might have been awkward.

Every time he tried to talk to you, Kageyama, for some reason, always blurted out the wrong things.

But you didn't mind. You just liked being his friend.

And Kageyama liked having you by his side.

Kageyama liked it, especially, when you're in the sidelines and cheering him on. (This caused quite a ruckus in Karasuno.)

It should have been weird. Kageyama had not known anything else besides volleyball.

Your presence should’ve been that of a stranger encroaching on someone else’s property.

Somehow, though, you fitted in so perfectly.

Like you’re made to be there.

So he tells you: “You’re free, aren’t you? You should be watching me play by now” and “You should be waiting for me after class” and “Stop making excuses. You’re not tired. You can still drop by practice”

You’ve tried to reason with him. (Even contemplated about ending your friendship.)

But it’s not like you’re ever gonna shake him off.

Besides, you know that he wouldn’t accept anything less than perfect.

😈NSFW😈

His darling was his first sexual experience.

And like any beginner, Kageyama was pretty...uh..bad at it ngl.

Add that to the fact that he’s on the bigger side and your first with him wasn’t consensual.

At that time, all Kageyama knew was that he really, really wanted to touch you and kiss you and fuck you senseless until you acknowledge that there’s no running from him.

Trust, though, that Kageyama will not settle for being bad or, heaven forbid, mediocre at it.

Nope.

Not. a. chance.

Doesn’t matter that you’ve spent the entire day fucking.

Kageyama will not rest- not let you rest, until he drags out a moan from you; until you’ve ruined the sheets with how much he’s made you cum; until he has you begging for more.

Will experiment a lot.

Will test out how fast and hard he has to fuck you to get what kind of reaction he wants from you.

Very attentive even to your quietest gasp.

If you so much as show a sign that you’re finding whatever it is he’s doing to your body pleasurable- curl your toe or arch your back- Kageyama will amp it up to the point where you’re screaming.

He’ll have this haughty, shit-eating grin while doing it too.

“Yes, you can,” Kageyama growled. “Spread those legs and show me how you do it.”

You shook your head, your body protesting at the slight movement. You’re already on the verge of blacking out. And you don’t have to check the ticking wall clock to know that, by now, Kageyama, too, should be knocked out and dozing off beside you.

But he only grabbed your wrists, making you howl in pain as soon as he touched the cuts and bruises across the skin. Remnants of the nylon rope that bound them together not too long ago.

“Touch yourself,” he repeated.

Kageyama’s voice is a rasping noise to your ears, his hot breath causing goosebumps all over you as he pressed his lips against the shell.

“No-no more, Kag-Kageyama,” you forced yourself to say, though your throat was dry and aching from all your screeching.

He clicked his tongue.

You flinched.

And you didn’t think it possible for Kageyama to be more frightening than he already is. Until you’d done as he’d told and, like a wolf patiently waiting to pounce, Kageyama zeroed in on how you moved your hands, his own reaching for his cock.

He didn’t take his eyes off of you, groaning as you trembled and mewled under your featherlight touch. Kageyama stroked himself, grinding into his fist until pre-cum dripped from the head.

“That how you like it, huh,” he croaked.

Before you could even reach an orgasm, Kageyama had already pushed you on your back, mimicking the way you pleasured yourself. Only this time it was rougher, more unforgiving, and indifferent to your cries of “Stop! Stop it, I can’t- Enough, Kageyama!”

#tw non con haikyuu #yandere headcanons #dark content haikyuu #yandere kuroo #yandere kageyama #yandere haikyuu #tw noncon #y/n's gender is not specified

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tibby · 3 years

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Hello, why do you like Riverdale so much?

hello! while riverdale has problems, i just genuinely enjoy watching it and think it's a lot smarter than people give it credit for. i fully believe that the entire thing is a satire and there's extensive schemes in the works (the jarchie longcon, the genre theory, the general nihilistic endgame we're ramping up to in comparison to other teen dramas, etc) and whenever people say "do the writers and actors know what they're doing" it's like. yes. it's MEANT to be ridiculous and over the top and campy and anyone who takes it super seriously and hates it because of that misses the point. you can't take random #cringe moments out of context to laugh at them when the characters are deliberately written to be exaggerations and needlessly dramatic. it's a lot like the homer's enemy episode of the simpsons - you can't put a real person in this world and expect them to adjust, because the universe plays by different rules. which they address, within the show, several times. riverdale is the best satire of our time because even with all the obvious signs, people don't realise it's a satire. they can only show so much, and if people choose not to listen, that's their loss.

and ultimately. even if i'm wrong about all of this, even if none of my theories pan out, even if the show isn’t just incredibly well done camp satire that the writers/actors are in on, i'm still having fun watching it. it's free entertainment week after week and i genuinely like a lot of the characters and it's nice to both turn off my mind and also consume more information in 45 minutes than i ever have before every week. riverdale is fun to experience and after so many years of doom and gloom tv shows dominating the screens and everything being predictable and formulaic, i welcome a show that does the unexpected and keeps you on your toes without making you miserable or exhausted.

i personally think riverdale is a good show but even if you disagree...is it not enough to just watch betty cooper wield chainsaws while veronica lodge LARPs uncut gems and jughead jones gets rabies and archie andrews has every job imaginable while still never learning how to spell his own name? is it not enough to just have gay kevin and milf alice and tv's most entertaining antagonist, hiram "i'm not a sixteen year old nerd playing games" lodge? is it not enough for josie mccoy to perform a song made famous by celine dion and then call the local town mob boss a little bitch, while reggie mantle fucks old women and sells cars by telling dads their sons will lose their virginity in them? is that not what television is truly about?

#ask #anonymous

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burgerpocalypse · 3 years

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I've been trying to run through some free games I got from the Epic game store, specifically Grand Theft Auto V, Creature in the Well, and most recently Night in the Woods. I quit GTAV about 60% of the way because it sucked, and I can't beat the last area of Creature, so that leaves me to talk a little about NitW and the emotional turmoil it gave me.

Upfront, I'm not interested in games with heavy emphasis on story, least of all visual novels or whatever you want to call this game. However, I've heard mostly positive things about Night in the Woods here and there for the better part of the previous decade. That and the fact I got it for $0 convinced me to finally try it out.

Night in the Woods is an adventure focused on exploration and character drama. Mae Borowski, the protagonist, is a college dropout that just moved back to her Rust Belt hometown for mysterious reasons, and becomes entangled in suspicious happenings. The player will traverse the aged suburban sprawl and rural outskirts of Possum Springs, conversing with family, friends, strangers, and everyone else, uncovering secrets and opening wounds along the way.

Seeing as how Night in the Woods is primarily a story, I'll mostly be discussing that, so look out for spoilers, yo.

After spending two years away, Mae attempts to reconnect with her previously closest friends Bea (an idealist goth whomst had considerable familial and financial responsibility thrust upon her at a young age), Gregg (an anarchist punk with bipolar tendencies), and Angus (an incredibly nice man). Mae pushes the story forward by hanging out with Bea and Gregg, and sometimes Angus. This will often involve going to social outings, running errands, committing crimes, and so on.

Other than her friends, Mae will also have opportunities to interact with her parents, various citizens, and vagrants. whom provide flavor and history to the world while also bringing some of Mae's muddled past to light. The player will traverse environments through walking and jumping around, with the occasional platforming feat required to progress or access certain areas. Occasionally, you'll be presented with small minigames, like a Guitar Hero-clone or red light/green light shoplifting, and a game-within-a-game dungeon crawler that pissed me off to no end. While most activities in the town are benign, certain important events will move the day along and lock you out of further exploration.

Early on, Mae's group stumbles upon a discarded arm and some cryptic dialogue from a few characters. After each day, Mae experiences strange dream sequences that involve platforming segments and surreal representations of her friends and the town. Several hours of gameplay later, Mae witnesses a kidnapping on Halloween by what appears to be a ghost.

In the midst of all this, Mae hangs out with her friends and discovers what they've been up to in her absence. Bea runs the family business for her father, who broke down after her mom died, putting them in dire financial straits and preventing Bea from leaving Possum Springs; she bears resentment towards Mae, since she dropped out of college and came home for no apparent reason while also not maturing at all. Gregg is aimless, sporadic, and uninhibited, while his boyfriend Angus is neat, tidy, and overly helpful. Their relationship appears strong, and they are planning to move to a new city together, though Bea is convinced it won't last.

Mae does her best to strengthen bonds while suffering from a variety of stressors, like her family's money troubles, her self-destructive tendencies and dissociative episodes, and ominous celestial beings invading her mind. This sometimes leads to inadvertent and painful social situations, especially with Bea.

Mae attempts to investigate the supposedly supernatural happenings with the help of Bea, Gregg, and Angus, while her mental health steadily declines. Eventually, the group travels deep into the woods (at night) and stumble into a cult, after which Mae suffers a great fall and enters a coma. After waking up, Mae then attempts to confront the cult head-on, though her friends arrive to help. They enter a cave, find the cult again, discover the eldritch horror they serve and explore her personal connection to it, accidentally cause a cave-in and trap the cultists, escape the cave, and try to make sense of what happened after the fact.

Now, don't get me wrong. I rather enjoyed Night in the Wood's story. I really liked all the characters. I loved the dialogue. Even the platforming and various minigames were fine, if simplistic and occasionally annoying. The structure of this paragraph seems as though it's leading towards a big 'but'. I just wanted to say that I really liked the game, even though I don't generally enjoy video game stories, and especially not video games primarily about a story. Though I'm not from a run-down midwestern town, and obviously don't have the same sort of personal relationships she does, Mae's emotional strife and insecurities really resonated with me. Her personal thoughts and reactions often made me just stop and think about the many mistakes I've made with the people I care about and all the relationships I've ruined.

However, if the plot wanted to spend so much time on Mae and her friends, it should have been about Mae and her friends. Conversely, if it wanted to be about a spooky cult in a small town, it should have spent much more time on a spooky cult in a small town. The plot is torn between two diametrically opposed focuses, those being Mae's struggles to maintain relationships and her dealing with suspicious supernatural occurrences in Possum Springs. So much time passes before anything really happens with the cult and cosmic horror that I feel some people might even forget there is a cult and cosmic horror, and Mae isn't just experiencing a psychotic break for no reason.

In the end, the cult goes unresolved, and it's unclear what the relationship is with the residents of Possum Springs, or what its powers even are. I don't need the game to explain every aspect in detail, but no one appears to be affected by the existence of the cult and its god other than Mae. My brain was going into overdrive looking for clues, making patterns, identifying red herrings, anything that might help me understand the mystery, when in reality there was no mystery to understand.

There is also a severe lack of actual choice or decision making in terms of dialogue, and a distinct absence of any real challenge in gameplay. I definitely felt that this story could have been more efficiently told if it were in a book, usually after spending a few minutes walking around trying to find something important and

It doesn't help that I sometimes accidentally skipped certain segments, since it's not always explicitly clear if an action will push the day forward and lock me in. I even completely missed a third of the investigations since I chose to check out the historical society building with Gregg second when the game expected me to do it last. This sort of problem led to me giving up completely on other story-focus games like Kentucky Route Zero since I constantly skipped and missed chunks of stuff or did things out of the intended order and ruined the flow of events.

Now this has obviously gotten a little too long, so I'll just wrap it up by saying that Night in the Woods is great and I recommend it. It made me feel feelings, deep feelings, like I was moments away from crying on more than one occasion.

Thanks for reading. I have a lot on my mind because of this game, so I hope it was worth your time.

#night in the woods #nitw #mae borowski #video games #review #coyote

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beelsnack · 3 years

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Obey Me! Boys Taking Care of a Sick MC

In honor of me no longer having covid, I decided to write down how I mentally coped with having the plague some headcanons about our boys and a sick MC. Because I’m all about the hurt/comfort life.

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Lucifer: “You should be resting.”

The human scowled. Of course Lucifer was standing guard at the bottom of the staircase.

“I’m just going to get some water,” their voice sounded like sandpaper against wood as they spoke. They felt like the living dead, and judging by the cool stare Lucifer was giving them, they looked it, too.

“No, you’re just going back to bed.” He caught them by the elbow as soon as they were within reach. “I’ll bring a pitcher of water to your room for you.”

“Lucif--” their complaint was cut off by a sudden coughing fit. The force of it made them double over, and they clutched at their chest with one hand while the other went to cover their mouth. Demons couldn’t catch human illnesses, but old habits die hard.

It wasn’t until their lungs stopped trying to eject themselves from their body that they realized that Lucifer had sat them down on the bottom step. He was rubbing slow, soothing circles on their back, a rare look of concern in his dark eyes. “Easy now, my dear,” he murmured as they caught their breath. “You’re shaking, are you chilled?”

“...Just a little,” they wheezed. They must not have sounded very convincing, because Lucifer quickly removed one glove and gently pressed the back of his hand against their forehead.

“Your fever has come back.” In one quick, fluid movement, he had taken the cloak from around his shoulders and wrapped it around them like a blanket. “Go back to bed, now. I’ll bring you water and something to bring your fever down,” he spoke softly, like raising his voice would trigger another coughing fit.

It was too bad they were too sick to appreciate Lucifer’s soft side.

Mammon: “…A’ight, that should be everything.”

Admittedly, he might have gone a bit overboard. But, could you blame him? He’d never nursed a sick human back to health before!

…Okay, so Lucifer may or may not have let Mammon use his credit card to get stuff for them. And he may or may not have taken a few liberties. It was for the human though!

“Mammon, holy shit,” they mumbled, poking their head out from the blanket burrito they had cocooned themselves in. “Is there anything left at the convenience store or did you buy them out?”

“Shut it.” he set the last six-pack of Gatorade (well, the Devildom equivalent of it, anyway) at the foot of their bed. “Ya’ weren’t specific, so I just got one of each!”

Their room looked like a doomsday prepper’s bunker. Cans of soup, a myriad of flavors of instant noodles, a portable heater, the works. Maybe they should have been more specific.

“Do ya’ need anything else?” Mammon sounded vaguely annoyed, but underneath the gruff tone he spoke with, his concern was obvious. They had given him a scare when they first came down with the flu two days ago, temperature so high that they ended up collapsing on their way to RAD. He had been fussing over them since. They weren’t even sure if he had slept.

“...Just one more thing.”

“Yeah?” he perked up like a dog waiting for an order from its master. “Whaddaya need?”

Instead of speaking, they wiggled their arms free of the blankets and held them out. For a moment, Mammon just stared at them in confusion. When what they were asking for finally clicked, his face grew so hot they could use it as a space heater.

“What are you, a little kid?” he grumbled, but there wasn’t even a moment’s hesitation as he climbed into the bed with them. They settled themselves against his chest, sighing contentedly. Sleep had taken over in a few heartbeats.

“...Get better soon, you hear?” they didn’t, obviously, and Mammon took the opportunity to gently pat their head, like they so often did for him. “If you’re gonna be all cute and stuff, I want ya to be conscious of it.”

Leviathan: “You know, I really thought you would take longer to go through all of these.”

The human looked like a whole new person compared to the last time Levi had seen them. They were sitting upright, although they looked ready to slide back down into their previous coma-like state any minute, and the number of blankets wrapped around them had been reduced to just one instead of three. They managed to shoot him a weak grin as they handed over the manga he had let them borrow.

As much as Levi loved staying locked away in his inner sanctum, it was only an enjoyable experience if one’s source of entertainment was also locked away with them. And he couldn’t, in hood conscience, let the human die of boredom instead of dying of illness, so he had ventured out of his lair armed with his collector’s edition box set of I’m A Scholarship Student At An Obscenely Rich School and Now I Have To Work Off A Debt Because I Broke A Vase That Belonged To A Host Club!

That had only been a few days ago, but this morning he had gotten a text from them saying that they were finished.

“It’s not like I have anything else to do, Levi.”

“Pretty sure you could have been sleeping, but okay.”

They stuck their tongue out. “I couldn’t put it down.”

“Right?” Levi nodded enthusiastically, clutching the box to his chest like it was worth his weight in gold. Actually, knowing him, he probably paid his weight in gold for it. “I definitely bawled my eyes out at the end. You have to watch the anime next, the music really brings the scene together. And, like, I’m not usually into pastel themes, but the color scheme actually really fits the mood, and - “

Somewhere in the middle of Levi’s overly-excited info dumping, the human’s eyes had slipped closed. By the time Levi realized he was geeking out, their breathing had evened out and they had slumped against the headboard.

…Oh. They looked really cute like that.

“Sheesh, c’mon, normie,” he muttered, shaking his head. “I can’t believe I bored you to sleep.”

He set down the box on their nightstand and, very carefully, so he didn’t wake them up, inched them down to lay were laying against the mountain of pillows they had. Once they were settled into a position that wouldn’t give them a crick in their neck, he pulled the blanket up to their chin.

“There,” he nodded to himself. “You rest up, because you and I are going to have an anime marathon, and I won’t forgive you if you fall asleep in the middle of it.”

They mumbled, but otherwise stayed unconscious. Levi had definitely seen this in an anime before. His heart was pounding somewhere around his throat, but he wasn’t getting this opportunity again any time soon. Gently, like he was approaching a wild animal, he leaned in close and pressed his lips to their forehead.

“Seriously, get better soon.” he murmured. “I don’t like seeing you sick.”

Satan: His leg was falling asleep.

He had been sitting in the same position for at least an hour, and if it were anyone else he simply would have shoved them off and went about his day. But, how could he push the human away when they were curled up like a kitten in his lap?

They had been complaining about being bored, since they had been too feverish to attend RAD for the past few days. So Satan, always the man with a plan, had arrived in their room ready to binge watch his favorite crime drama. Even though he had seen this show at least eight times, he still found himself getting absolutely sucked into the plot. So much so that he didn’t notice the human starting to nod off until they landed against his side.

“Honestly, you could have just told me you were tired.” he muttered, gently rearranging them so their head was resting in his lap. They made a small noise in their sleep, but otherwise remained unconscious.

It was so rare that the human was still. They seemed to have an endless source of energy, able to be embroiled in all of the shenanigans that tended to happen around the family without absolutely disintegrating. To have them finally at rest, even sick, was quite the treat. Satan couldn’t quit help himself as he reached down to pet their head.

Well, if he was going to be stuck here until they woke up, at least he had a good show to watch.

Asmodeus: “Asmo, I can bathe by myself.”

“Yeah, no, don’t even try it.” Asmo shook his head as he ushered the human into his bedroom. “You passed out in the shower the other day, darling. This is the only time I’m grateful for Mammon’s snooping, because you might still be there if he hadn’t heard you fall.”

They subconsciously touched the sore spot on their shoulder where they had collided with the wall. The pain blended in with the rest of their body aches, but the bruise certainly didn’t.

“Besides,” Asmo sat them down on the chaise lounge. “A nice, hot bath with some quality oils will rejuvenate you like nothing else. Now, go on, strip.”

When they gave him a clearly unamused look, he just laughed. “Not while you’re sick, darling. You know full well being with me requires you to be at peak energy.”

With a sigh, they began peeling themselves out of their days-old pajamas. Admittedly, they did feel like a bath would help them feel a little better. They were pretty sure they read somewhere that the steam from hot water would help clear out all the gunk in their chest. And if anyone knew the intricate rituals of bath time, it was Asmodeus.

While they were stripping, Asmo had made his way over to the Grecian temple that was his bathtub and turned on the tap. After a few moments of running his hand under the stream to test the temperature, he stood and began browsing his impressive collection of bath accoutrements. “Hm, let’s see, let’s see…here it is!”

Asmo turned around, holding up the little bottle like he had just found buried treasure. “Eucalyptus, to help clear out the lungs. It’s good for muscle aches, too!”

With a flourish, he put a few drops into the water. “Alright, ready. Can you get in yourself or do you need my help?”

“I’ve got the flu, not the plague, Asmo.”

“You. Fell. In. The. Shower.” he punctuated each word with a poke to their cheek before holding out his hand to help them. Although they grumbled, they were still feeling kind of weak, so they allowed Asmo to pull them up.

“There, now, easy does it,” he spoke softly as he guided them to sit on the edge of the tub. If this were any other situation, they would be painfully aware of the fact that they were completely naked in front of the Avatar of Lust. But, the fragrant steam rising from the water was beginning to ease the ache in their chest, and Asmo’s soft hands had begun massaging their shoulders. They barely even noticed when they were fully seated.

“You’re not coming in?” they murmured sleepily as Asmo sat himself along the edge of the tub. He just laughed.

“Next time, darling. Now, you just relax and let me take care of you.”

Beelzebub: The phrase “don’t have much of an appetite” just didn’t make sense to Beel. How could someone not want to eat? Maybe he was a bit biased, being the ever-starving Avatar of Gluttony, but still. Humans needed lots of nutrients to get better when they were sick, right? He was pretty sure that was what Satan told him.

Beel scowled, scrolling through the eighteenth listicle about foods to eat when sick. Honestly, he was making himself hungry, but he was starting to get the general idea. Looks like he’s making them some soup.

The kitchen was separated into “human” and “demon” sections, after the one time that they almost used cyanide instead of salt. Human cuisine took less time and involved less magic, so Beel knew his way around the human spice cabinet. Making the soup was the easy part, making sure it got to its intended recipient was another matter.

Climbing the stairs to the human’s room felt like a Herculean task, but he did it - mostly. He may have taken a few bites here and there. But he had purposely put more in the bowl than he knew they would be able to eat, so it was fine, right? He knocked on their door twice, listening to them shuffle around before they finally called out weakly that the door was open.

“I brought food.” he said, shutting the door behind him. “You haven’t been eating much lately.”

They poked their head miserably out of the blanket burrito they had wrapped themselves in. A thin sheen of sweat covered their forehead, but they were shaking, which meant their fever hadn’t broken yet. Did humans always take this long to get better? Another question for Satan.

“I’m not really hungry, Beel.” they mumbled, voice thick and gravelly due to the sore throat they had. “You can eat it.”

Shaking his head, Beel sat himself down on the bed beside them. “I had some already.”

“Have some more.”

“No, I made it for you.” his stomach growled, completely undermining his words. “It’s basically just broth, you can drink it.”

They wiggled around for a bit before they managed to extract themselves from the absolute cocoon they had made. “…What kind of broth?”

“Just chicken, I promise.” he laughed. “I wasn’t about to try to get you to eat a Devildom recipe.”

Finally, they got themselves into a sitting position, but even that seemed to wear them out. They flopped against Beel’s shoulder, and he definitely didn’t like how hot their skin felt against his. Their breathing was ragged as they tried to get the energy to sit up.

“Here,” Beel dipped the spoon into the broth. “I’ll help.”

“I’m not a baby…”

“No, but you are really weak.” he replied gently. “Let me help you.”

He could feel the urge to protest vibrating through their body - their independence was definitely an endearing quality of theirs. But, eventually they must have come to the conclusion that a content of tenacity between the two of them was going to take longer than simply waiting out their illness. With a huff, they opened their mouth and let Beel feed them.

“Oh, wow, this is pretty good.”

“I’m a good cook if I don’t eat the ingredients first.”

Belphegor: “I thought humans slept a lot when they got sick.”

The bags under the human’s eyes were almost as intense as they glare they gave him. When the rest of the brothers had begun arguing over something stupid, Belphegor had taken the opportunity to bundle them up and whisk them away to the peace and quiet of the attic. His intent had been to take a nice long nap with them, but apparently their lungs had a different plan.

“We should,” they groaned, sounding like their throat was made of sandpaper. “Every time I feel like I’m going to fall asleep, I start coughing.”

“That sounds counter-intuitive.”

“Tell me about it.”

Belphie rolled over so that he was lying on his side, facing them. “Well then, you picked a good nap partner.”

They blinked blearily up at him. “Why is that?”

“Come here, I’ll show you.”

He reached out, tugging them towards him until they were settled comfortably against his chest with their head tucked beneath his chin. Although he wasn’t the tallest of the brothers, he had enough height to basically surround the human. “Can you hear my heartbeat?”

“I’m too tired for you cheesy lines, Belphie.”

“No, seriously, just listen.”

He could practically hear them roll their eyes, but they quieted down. Once he was sure they were synced up with the steady ba-bump, ba-bump of his heart, he began to work his magic - literally.

He brought his hand up to cup the back of their skull, fingertips tingling as he focused his magic their. They squirmed for a moment before sighing as the cool rush of Belphie’s special brand of sleep magic washed over them.

“I told you, being tired isn’t the prob - “

“Hush,” he murmured, letting them feel his voice rumble through his chest. “Just relax for me, okay?”

Belphie massaged their scalp like he was washing their hair, working his magic into their skin. Slowly but surely he felt them soften, the tightness in their chest easing. Finally, their slightly labored breathing evened out, and the poor human finally succumbed to sleep.

“About time,” he kissed the top of their head. “You need to rest if you want to get better, so let’s sleep as long as we like, okay?”

#seriously I just kept thinking about them taking care of my while I was sick #because even though I was sick I had to take care of my parents when they ended up getting it #obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me levi #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me asmo #obey me beelzebub #obey me beel #obey me belphegor #obey me belphie

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magireco · 3 years

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Would love to hear more thoughts on how these girls have understandable teenage motivations (A+ tag analysis by the way)

1. Thank you!!!!!!

2. ALRIGHT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS (shuffles my papers). i’ve gone off about homura’s motivations in depth before but i think it was only in dms/groupchats? anyways i’ll go in order with All the girls bc i think about this all the time as a teenager who grew up mentally ill and had their perceptions skewed because of it, and also i don’t think it’s talked about nearly enough for the others, at least on my blog... so, buckle up!!! this is REALLY LONG!!!!

3. i tried writing like, an individual thing for every member of the quintet all together in this one ask, but i ended up talking a little too much about homura and now i’m going to split up all the different analysis stuff for each character into the reblogs and work on it every so often! you’re free to kinda skim of course because i really did write a whole novel but here we go!! read under the cut. :3 this is literally essay length btw. i did NOT expect it to get this long but if you want to read it all i’d recommend it but i don’t expect most people to

First: Homura Akemi

okay so i’m going to kind of summarize everything but from the perspective of empathizing with her so if you don’t want to reread a whole recap you can skip to the ending few paragraphs

Summary

first of all, in episode 10, homura’s past is explained for the viewer. she was a shy, unsure girl who had been bedridden for a long time. she was clearly unsocialized, not to mention she went to a catholic school and those can be brutal, esp in japan... that’s all we know about her in that episode, but it’s revealed in one of the drama cds that she was bullied as a child(& further at mitakihara middle), her parents never were mentioned ever (i assume them to either be dead or neglectful, considering she lives alone and unchecked), and in magia record, homura says to natsuki that she’s never had friends before, she hasn’t been on vacation before until the beachside bonds event, hasn’t ever celebrated valentine’s day, has never celebrated new years, etc...

clearly, she’s missed out on a lot not only because of her sickness and hospitalization, but because of her isolation as a child at school. judging by her demeanor and the way she reacts when madoka comes up to her without being asked to, something like that had never happened to her before. it’s clear to me that madoka was many of homura’s “first’s”, her first friend, the first person who reached out to her, the first person to compliment her name honestly(validating her, disproving her dislike of her name), the first person to regard her so kindly rather than judging her based off of her appearance and demeanor (like other students had apparently done, this is also shown when the other students at mitakihara middle make fun of her for being tired after only being able to run one lap). AND, madoka (and mami, but homura knew madoka better at that time) saved her life, even though homura was so willing to die, just in that moment... i’d assume it made homura feel like someone believed in her even when she was at her worst. it’s really clear by the glimmer in her eyes that these are nice people that made her feel happy and welcome... and then walpurgisnacht came. she didn’t know much about magical girls and just believed in madoka and mami to be able to defeat the witch because she saw them as strong and saw the witch as defeatable, despite its size. and then mami died, right in front of her and madoka...

this kinda seems headcanon-y when i phrase it this way but it’s practically proven in her actions but i really think homura is scared to be abandoned, especially by someone who was as overtly kind and nonjudgemental to her as madoka... it’s in the way she cries her name and says “don’t go” before madoka runs away to fight walpurgisnacht. OH ALSO, i need to address this one thing really quick because people like to assume that homura didn’t care about mami from the beginning and only liked madoka. it’s not that she wasn’t sad when mami died, she was clearly terrified and didn’t want the same to happen to madoka, also mami LITERALLY WASN’T IN HER CLASS OR HER GRADE so i assume she spent most of her time with madoka considering they were in the same grade and class and probably shared most of their periods with each other... but also, once again, mami is older than both of them and homura probably saw her as more of a mentor/teacher that she needed to impress rather than madoka who was more on her level, i guess?

anyways, moving on... homura had to see madoka die (& experience the crushing guilt she felt for “letting madoka go” even though there was nothing she could’ve done) and literally says “i’d rather you had lived than saved someone like me” ... her self worth is below zero. she makes her wish to be strong enough to protect madoka(because she sees madoka, her first friend, who saved her life which she felt had no worth, as so strong and noble) which causes her to go back in time, etc. etc., you know the deal. okay before i move on to talk a little more abt the timelines and the personality change i’m going to address why it’s reasonable that she’d be attached to madoka.

i mentioned before that homura said herself that she had never had a friend before. just like, put yourself into her shoes for a second. this girl has no idea how to make friends; it was never taught to her. it’s literally rational that she’d get attached to her first ever friendship. it’s not “normal” the way she views madoka, but how could it be? this is her first time having a friend, she’s afraid of being abandoned by her, but she’s had to see her die over and over again anyway. she doesn’t want to lose madoka. even if she doesn’t go about it in the right way, there’s no way she would’ve actually known how to Do relationships. no one taught her. i think that needs to be empathized with more...

i kinda feel like i need to summarize all this just bc if i word it right it kinda reminds you & puts into perspective just how terrible and scary all of this was.

anyway Again, i would skip straight to the end of timeline 3 (where a New Flavor of trauma is given to homura) but i need to first address timeline 2 for a second. it was homura’s first time repeating the timeline, she trained with madoka and mami again, she was still hopeful despite what happened, etc. kinda just bonding further with madoka Again... and then it’s at the end of this timeline that she watches madoka turn into a witch, just in front of her very eyes... and realizes the true fate of magical girls. when she resets the timeline again, it’s up to her to start anew and break the truth to the group when she sees them again. when she tries telling the truth, sayaka immediately shoves this aside, claiming homura was just trying to split everyone up. it’s clear that that hurts homura. (also the little shinies in her eyes were wavering which is anime-code for sad) her feelings were immediately disregarded by sayaka and she couldn’t defend herself, but madoka did for her, and mami tried to diffuse the situation.

after they all find out homura was right when sayaka turns into a witch, mami kills kyoko and ties up homura in her ribbons and aims a gun at her, and this, rightfully, ignited a fear within homura... madoka is forced to kill mami in order to save homura, leaving only the two of them to fight together. then, when walpurgisnacht comes that time, The Promise is made... madoka tells homura to go back in time and save her from becoming a witch (because she doesn’t want to curse the world that way, she still sees beauty in it) and homura agrees, saying she’ll never stop until she saves madoka, and then... homura has to mercy kill madoka before she becomes a witch. she cries loudly and shoots madoka’s soul gem... it’s literally so heartwrenching and (usually) brings the viewer to tears, or puts something into perspective for them...

then we assume the personality change happens in the timeline right after. this personality change causes a lot of discourse because sometimes it’s seen as kind of irrational, but personally, i think even moemura had at least SOME resent for the world around her considering what she’d been through. it’s madoka’s repeated deaths that finally push her over that edge. i could get further into the coolmura arc but that’d take a WHILE, so i’ll just kind of explain something briefly though -- why homura ended up becoming even MORE focused on madoka. and i’m also going to debunk the claim that homura doesn’t care about her other friends as fast as i can before moving on.

also, ONE LAST side tangent, for those that think homura really did do a 360 degree personality turn are wrong. it’s shown explicitly in homulilly’s labyrinth that there’s this... “core” homura, a shadowy purple silhouette with braids. every time the series depicts homura’s internal self, it’s always glasses+braids, symbolizing her “child” self, who she truly is. she never stopped being that person. she doesn’t want to kill. ...but i can get into that in a rebellion analysis later! this is also shown in wraith arc bc the person inside her soul gem has glasses+braids. anyway let’s get to the next part i’m going to rant about

Homura’s Love for Madoka, but Otherwise Apathy

homura has seen many different, yet all similar, versions of her friends. the first claim i’m going to talk about which i saw brought up quite a few times before is in regards to homura and mami. first of all, homura absolutely still cares for mami, and not just in the “i only care about your life if it affects madoka’s” way. one part that always gets me is when mami ties her up in the series timeline after homura frantically warns her that this witch isn’t normal, to which mami IMMEDIATELY brushes this off, without even giving homura a chance. then, when mami’s ribbons fade away, homura looks horrified and just goes “oh no...” and it’s kind of obvious to me that it was in response to mami’s death rather than madoka’s reaction. this is arguably up for debate i guess because i’ve seen different takes on that reaction and it’s ambiguous, i guess? but i’m about to get into something extremely similar and that’s the sayaka situation, where madoka throws sayaka’s soul gem onto a moving car. homura gasps and immediately pauses time and disappears, running in literal open traffic and climbing on top of a moving car to retrieve sayaka’s soul gem. one could argue that this is ALSO only just because homura wants to save madoka (and kyoko) the fear, but don’t you think her expression would be different? if homura truly didn’t care for sayaka’s wellbeing, wouldn’t she be making an expression more similar to like, “oh, this shit again...” instead of the frantic one she was making in the scene? this kind of thing Also happens when kyoko asks homura to leave while kyoko’s about to sacrifice herself in oktavia’s labyrinth, and homura looks up sadly at kyoko and then back down at madoka, and once she knew kyoko was dead, she just quietly said “kyoko...” to herself. she usually refers to them as [last name, first name], but she dropped that during that moment... it otherwise sounds like a bare minimum thing to do, but keep in mind the timeline we’re shown in the series is implied to be like, the 110th timeline, i think? like, this is the last timeline, she’s worn down, but she still does have empathy -- or at least sympathy -- for the others. she still loves them.

homura promised to be madoka’s protector, she dedicated her life to her, and also she doesn’t have a choice not to dedicate her life to her anymore, even though that’s not fair to her... homura is in a really hopeless situation and madoka is her hope, and madoka is the one that judges her the least out of the quintet (like saying “i’m sure homura is good” to herself) upon first impression. also okay i mentioned this already in my last post (which you saw) but i’m going to bring it up one more time, homura is not mentally 26!!!!!! she is still 14 mentally!! in order to be 26, you have to have experienced 26 years of new life experience. maybe you acquire that through school, maybe you aquire that through friends, whatever it takes. but homura just repeated the same month over and over, and it’s not like her body (canonically) ages ever. she just kind of gets transported back into her body in the hospital again considering she’s back wearing her braids and pajamas... so, yeah. no mental development there. i also mentioned this here but i’m gonna say it again, that just makes it even harder for her to actually age correctly... it stunts her to 14. imagine being 14 for 10-11 years...

In Defense Of My Own Claims

btw before you think i’m just going full-on radical homura apologist, i’m not explaining all of this to be like “homura made ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONS because her trauma gave her an excuse!!” because like, Obviously, she did a lot of bad things, she killed people, did a lot of callous things, a lot of thoughtless things, a lot of things that make her seem emotionless, etc. but i just have trouble blaming her considering how things ended up, and it’s not like she enjoys killing people. she’s not sadistic... she ends up becoming short with all the others not only because of her (extremely) weakened trust in them, but also because the amount of times she repeated the timeline. i’d imagine it makes her feel like the others can’t truly die because she can just go back and see them again. (this is also why wraith arc/post-tv series must’ve been hard for her because she can no longer turn back time, things are permanent now, deaths are forever) she’s become so worn down that she’ll do anything to escape the loops... also considering she has no choice but to continue? although it shouldn’t be, it’s technically her job as a magical girl to defeat all witches and walpurgisnacht counts. it kills magical girls and tears up the whole city and she’s usually the only magical girl left... her choices, when defeated, are either to give up and die or to go back and try again, and she made a promise to her first ever friend to do just the latter... i just don’t understand how this isn’t easier for people to comprehend, that all of this trauma and stress and responsibility on top of an already traumatized 14 year old does not mix well. ever. she had to figure out all of this by herself.

TL;DR:

homura was a previously traumatized, unsocialized 14 year old with (very)low self esteem & self worth whose first friend (and first love, really, let’s be honest) died in front of her in horrific ways and she watched as she (and the other friends she came to make) drifted slowly apart from her in her endless and futile attempt in saving her from what proved to be an inescapable fate. also she’s 14 and also she’s (canonically) mentally ill and a lesbian. not a monster, not evil, not “psycho”. and that’s that!

#asks #luna-mistrunner #homura akemi #analysis #THIS MAY HABE TAKEN ME LIKE 2 DAYS ON AND OFF

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SKATE-LEADING☆STARS (Spoilers)

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @peggyseditorial

I have said it before, and I will say it many more times--of that I am sure. I used to be a competitive figure skater. It was a long time ago, I had stop in high school due to several consecutive head injuries but I still love and follow the sport (I also still skate, just not competitively).

When Yuri!!! on Ice was out, I loved it because it showed a lot of the cultural parts of skating. The travel, the personality types (in some cases, though not as much), the publicity, the news coverage, etc. We had cameos of famous skaters, we got to see competitions in a pretty realistic way, costuming, the dance and/or gymnastics that skaters must do on and off the ice, and so much more! (I could probably nerd about all the easter eggs and everything else all day long.) The skating in Yuri!!! on Ice is good too. The sounds are near perfect and the movements, though a bit stiff due to the use of CGI, are accurate.

THAT ASIDE I think Skate-Leading☆Stars is better. In regards to the culture of skaters, SL☆S falls way short but that’s alright. After all, this is a sports anime set in a high school where sports is an all consuming entity and reality takes a back seat to guys with eccentric hair colors. The skating is what's important here and OH LET ME TELL YOU it is near perfect.

Let’s look at this:

This is our MC, Kensei Maeshima, doing a triple axel (I think they called it a quadruple in the anime which would mean 4 spins but I counted 3 so I’m calling it a triple for now). It’s the only jump that takes off going forward in skating and is one of the most difficult jumps. All of the movement here is accurate--from the way he jumps up and straightens his legs as soon as possible with arms tucked in to help the spin, to the way he lands with a slight bend of the knee, curving around and throwing out the arms for balance (and flare).

It’s gorgeous. And it continues. When we see Kensei practicing, we get these shots:

A Sit Spin ^

Crossovers ^

And a Salchow ^ (I think it is Salchow, but if could be a Lutz--the uncertainty comes from me finding it difficult to decipher which edge he’s on before jumping).

ALL OF THESE are beautifully animated and correct--from the way he pulls his arms in quickly and straightens his legs before bending for the landing again to the way he moves after landing.

Crossovers are especially good as they help build momentum quickly before jumps, allowing a skater to travel more during their jump.

And when he falls, you see something else that they train you for in skating--how to fall. It’s literally the first thing I was taught when I began taking lessons. Let me explain--in the gif above where he falls coming out of the Salchow, we see this:

He landed on the correct foot, but was still coming out of the last half of his last turn. His other foot, which is meant to swing out, around, and behind him, before guiding the glide out of said jump, hits the ice at an angle as he lands thus causing most of the ice shaving we see happening to the top layer of ice as his other foot slides out from under him.

Now, if your feet went out from under you--the first thing that you might do automatically is go to your knees or hands to protect your fall. In skating, it’s a bit different. If you fall, your aim is to quickly move to try and let your butt or thighs take the hit while trying to avoid joints (knees, elbows, and wrists) and head injuries. What does Kensei do? He quickly turns to land on his butt first:

His hand skims the ice, but he moves it up, and off the ice as he bounces:

He then turns during the bounce, aiming to land on his thighs (less painful in my experience, and less risk of a tailbone or head injury as you continue to bounce and slide on the ice). His arm extends outward to avoid hitting his elbow directly on the ice with the weight of his upper body against it, while moving the arm up, placing his bicep closer to the head (which will help prevent his head from smacking against the ice):

Finally, he stops sliding and has, officially, “landed” his fall:

Note how the head is tucked in, resting a bit on the bicep, his elbow is not being leaned against (or broken after this fall) since it is laying flat, and how he is on his side? Yeah. That’s a pretty great fall.

You’d be a little scratched up after that if the ice was rough and since he wasn’t wearing a jacket/gloves--but you’d probably avoid bruising or any severe injuries. The reason for the fall was probably a combination of the scratched up ice (which he credits), being out of practice, and his need for more muscle training. Still, AWESOME. He’s doing really well for being as out of practice as he is.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STORY??

Okay--Now that I’ve nerded out about the skating I’ll talk about the larger story.

Kensei is hated by his current team. It reminds me a lot of the hate that was given towards Ren Mihashi in Big Windup! prior to transferring schools.

Kensei is obviously very talented--I mean, not everyone can come back from being off the ice FOR YEARS and do jumps like that without seriously hurting themselves and falling all over the place. It’s not like riding a bike--it’s more like highly skilled dancing... on blades... on a very slippery surface where you are likely to seriously break something. His team hates him for some reason, and act like he’s not a team player or something but he doesn’t come off that way. Perhaps a bit overly confident for their liking, but he clearly has the skills to back it up and we have proof that he can play on a team since we’re shown him playing basketball in Episode 1 and told that he’s played on and been scouted by a number of other teams at the school.

If they dislike him because of him quitting for a while, I’d say they need to get over it because we learn in the first few minutes of the anime that before Kensei’s last competition he lost both his parents--who were professional ice-skaters--in a traumatic accident.

In the flashback we see of him as a child, the reference point for why so many of his current teammates seem to hate him, we see that Kensei doesn’t seem to have any friends. In fact, our antagonist Reo Shinozaki is the one seen surrounded by people and other kids. While Reo doesn’t seem to regard any of his peers as being friends or equals, it’s pretty clear that he is at least liked more by the other kids than Kensei who is alone.

As a teen, Kensei has made several friends outside of skating which we see in the current episodes but he still hasn’t made much headway with the other skaters--though at least one of the older kids, Yukimitsu Mochizuki, is nice to him. Some of the members are obviously mad at him for something and wish he wasn’t part of the team and maybe that’s because of his boisterous personality but more likely its due to something more petty, like jealousy or envy at Kensei’s skill or some sort of lack in communication. (Remember, they were all individual competitors going against each other at one point, and when your friends are also who you actively compete against it can get pretty ugly.)

That’s not to say Kensei is without flaws. As mentioned, he is overly confident at points and makes careless statements about a few of the other members’ being of lower skill or caliber than him despite knowing that he is out of practice and that they take the sport very seriously. If I was to apply this to my own experience as a former skater, it may be like when I had a falling out with many of my skating friends after I had to stop competing and no longer attended lessons. Many of them, particularly at our young age and level, couldn’t imagine giving up skating for any reason aside from losing life or a limb. Concussions or the after effects didn’t feel real to them (nor to me), and yet the pain I felt doing simple spins or moving quickly left me in pain and feeling like I had just slammed my head against the ice. Some felt like I was quitting just as the real competitions were getting started (entering adult competitions). One friend later told me that she felt like I had quit while I was ahead, “robbing” her of the chance to beat me, as though I would have know that. A few others said that it felt like I didn’t care about them or the sport anymore when I stopped coming to group lessons. Meanwhile, I felt like I was being abandoned and lost now that I couldn’t do the one thing that had consumed much of my free time and focus in life at that age... But it’s okay now, because I found anime. (JK--it all worked out as we got older and talked things through.)

I’m sure that as the series progresses, these combative issues within the team will work themselves out and I’m looking forward to it!

Comparatively, it feels a LOT like the Free! series (you remember that swimming anime we were all obsessed with?), though the focus on ice skating that we see within the series thus far (such as news stories, the number of clubs and schools that have ice skating clubs, youtube-videos, and other media) imply that ice skating is as prevalent there as basketball or volleyball. Which, as much as I’d love that to be true, is simply not the case. It’s fictionalized, obviously, and the story is really laying on the drama pretty thick from inter-team disharmony to a larger rivalry with our antagonist that said antagonist doesn’t even seem to register, think about, or give two hoots towards.

As for the rest of the fictional universe of this world... Uh. It’s a high school sports anime so what do you expect?

Simply put, it’s a standard story for this genre.

I have not yet read the manga--but I plan to immediately. 8/10 recommend streaming on Funimation.com, and 10/10 on animation (if only for the skating). The next episode comes out on the 10th, so now is a great time to catch up!

#Big Windup!#Free!#free! iwatobi swim club #skate-leading☆stars #skateleading stars #skateleadingstars #ice skating #figure skating #yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #yuri on ice!!!#group skating #review #analysis #funimation #SL☆S

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