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#i love spoontasti’s writing so much
shigaeru · 4 years
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Okay, so I'm not great at articulating my thoughts so I keep writing and deleting this ask but I'll just say it and hope it makes sense. The way you organize your panels in a cheap imitation is really nice, I never really focus on paneling for comic books or anything but the way you design yours makes it look so actiony and cool and I love it a lot. It's got such amazing style to it and I'm not a comic fan so it's really odd that I keep thinking this while I read every chapter. (Obviously I like your art style and the story is amazing (already read all of it *chef kiss*) but yeah, your paneling stands out to me so much.)
Oooooooh this is really cool to hear!! Because this is the part of the comic creation process that takes me the most time. It takes forever to actively think about the way the page will look and how to cut the action in panels, and how to translate the rhythm and emotions Spoontasti wrote. It’s nice to hear you noticed it!! But it is also nice to know people don’t notice it, because it means it flows well and I did a good enough job with it!!
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karihigada · 6 years
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yakuzaAU
karihigada
haha or talk about yakuza!AU?
spoontasti
I could attempt to write
karihigada
uhhhh how about izaya still goes to normal school just like akane but the same as with her everyone
keeps their distance and is respectful out of fear
not shizuo thoug ;)
and its such a wild change for izaya that there is soneone who isnt afraid of his status
and of course izaya also isnt afraid of his stenght
that would be a very interesting change in their dynamic
spoontasti
That could work
karihigada
that there would be a legit reason for shizuo to be wary of izaya but he still isnt
and maybe shiki/akabayashi dont like this brat boy disrespecting the heir and try to rough him up a
bit/send goons to rough him up
so its no longer izaya who sends gangs after shizuo
and maybe in this instance izaya is actually really afraid that the one person who isnt afraid of his
status would be taken away
so maybe he fights with shizuo against the thugs (the thugs of course dont know who he is and just
want to beat him up as well)
so at the end of the day both are bruised but victorious and sulk to shinra
and on the couch izaya explains that he didnt have anyhting to do with the thugs, that were all his
dad's underlings doing and he doesnt condone of it
and he lowkey says he is thankful that shizuo is at least one person in his life who is not afraid to
give him lip
and shizuo just kisses him to shut him up
"like i could ever be afraid of some little flea, no matter who your parents are"
karihigada
and the next day izaya comes home and tells shiki, that punk brat you wanted to get rid of for
disrespecting us? im dating him. what are you gonna do about that now?
spoontasti
Cute
karihigada
and shiki just exasperatedly shakes his head because he cant really say anythign to that. maybe just
a sarcastic 'use protection'
and then he goes drinking with akabayashi and laments his life coices and ungrateful brats xDD
spoontasti
If it wasn't high school but later, I think there could be more surprises
karihigada
yeah, later in life it would be more serious because it would no longer be children fighting but an
adult getting on the wrong foot with the yakuza
maybe AU where awakusu tries to hire shizuo for his skills?
spoontasti
Like Shizuo being hired as a body guard or getting in trouble with Izaya
Like breaking something valuable
karihigada
and shizuo really needs the money and maybe doesnt realize right away that its yakuza but has a
bad feeling. but really needs the money
spoontasti
Or beating up how men
karihigada
*breaking something valuable* now i have ouran high school host club flash backs
xDDDDDDDDDDDD
spoontasti
Lol, same principle
Manipulating Shizuo
karihigada sent a GIF
but yeah, being hired as bodyguard and of course meeting izaya
and shizuo imediately dislikes his attitude but izaya is imediately hooked on the strong hunk xD
spoontasti
But I doubt he'd be willing to work for someone like Izaya
karihigada
he wouldnt work directly for izaya, jsut the awakuzu
izaya is just a package deal that he has to deal with haha
or he gets into trouble with the yakuza as an outsider, like beating up men and izaya pretends to
want to help him but not disclosing that he is part of awakusu so he strings shizuo along
sorta like that other AU we had a while ago where shizuo and izaya get close in highschool but
izaya was just using him al along, remember?
spoontasti
Hmmmm
karihigada
haha i like this AU. so many possibilitys
spoontasti
I think another way for it to work would be if Shizuo fucks something up really bad punishable by
death, but Izaya doesn't want that so he makes a deal with Shizuo (this was all Izaya's plan from the
start)
But Shizuo's debt just keeps going up
Because he has zero chill with izaya
karihigada
'punishable by death' you mean something that would make the yakuza make him wear cement
shoes?
spoontasti
Yeah or human trafficking
karihigada
so izaya keeps him in his deabt but also safe from the yakuza
so shizuo is stuck with him because there is no way out
spoontasti
Yuppies
karihigada
would also be an interesting exploration of consent and relationship dinamics because izaya clearly
has mre power here
would be an interesting take on their relationship
spoontasti
Until he dies or Izaya gets bored which will never happen
karihigada
like yeah, of course shizuo always says he isnt afraid of the fallout were he to ever dock izaya one
spoontasti
Yeah
karihigada
but deep inside he is aware that maybe they would also go after kasuka or others
spoontasti
Yup go after his family
And they know about kasuka
And that stops Shizuo from fighting back
karihigada
so would is just stay this fucked up their whole lifes or would izaya soften up?
spoontasti
Hmmmmmmm could get either worse if Izaya likes to watch him suffer or better if he likes him
Like he would want to turn him into a mobster
Monster
karihigada
and mobster xD
spoontasti
Yeah lol, So maybe he would try to get him to kill people for him which doesn't work
karihigada
for once i actually dont want to go the route of most suffering xD
i say let izaya soften up and them have a normal relationship haha
spoontasti
It could be really bad at first but then he softens up
karihigada
but yes also keep telling me about izaya trying to get shizuo to kill
maybe izaya really nearly pushes shizuo to the breaking point
spoontasti
But Shizuo won't do it even if it means his death
karihigada
and shizuo completely breaks down after beating some punk to near death with his bare heands
spoontasti
Yeah
karihigada
and izaya realizes that this is not what he wanted for shizuo after all (like in ACI)
and starts being nicer
and try to mend his past behavior
spoontasti
Yup
karihigada
could also be a unique cahracter exploration for izaya
he relizes that he has complete control over another human being and how he treads him defines his
own worth as a human and he doesnt want to be a monster
so he realizes he should stop making shizuo into a monster because at the end of the day there
would only be one monster and thats him
spoontasti
Sounds yummy
karihigada
i just realized we have very little fanfics who explore izayas humanity
even though thats also a core theme of the original drrr
but we also have very little fics who truly explore shizuo becoming a monster------
except one, hummmmmmm? *smiles coyly*
spoontasti
Hahah
karihigada sent a GIF
no but god, this AU begins to sound amazing~~ <3
spoontasti
Glad to be of service
Yeah especially them getting away with law and murder
Like the environment makes it possible
karihigada
i always think law is such a unique concept in drrr becuase its the REAL WORLD
spoontasti
And very likely
karihigada
not some fantasy setting where you murder people for fun in the wilderness
spoontasti
Yup
karihigada
thats one thing i really love about drrr, its setting in reallife
so how would shizuo come to care about izaya?
spoontasti
Hmmm
karihigada
definitely not for a long time because izaya keeps trying to get him to use violence
spoontasti
Yup
karihigada
so only after izaya softens up?
spoontasti
Gosh by then would he hate him soooo much XD
karihigada
or maybe their relationship actually isnt so bad at the start, they snark at each other and whatnot but
nothing too bad, and only after izaya gets bored of that he tries to push shizuo to murder?
spoontasti
Yeah makes a plan
karihigada
yeah thats the problem, if shizuo ust hates izaya from the beginging and then breaks down there is
no way he wuld come to care about him other than some twisted stockholm syndrome
so izaya first needs to make shizuo trust him
spoontasti
Toying with him
karihigada
and that infvolves not being such a little shit all the time so that shizuo doesnt completely hate his
guts
that would also be the only way he could manipulate shizuo into violence: through trust, not throgh
pressure of authority
spoontasti
Yeah
Manipulation is his fine point
karihigada
maybe shizuo nearly beats that punk to death to pretect izaya and izaya totally planned it that way
that would be the only reason shizuo would go that far
manipulating shizuo into violence like in ACI but focusing it onto another person instead of on
himself like in the control room in ACI
but by trying to win shizuos trust he of course has to play his freind and in turn shizuo treads him
like a freind so izaya realizes that it actually really hurts misusing trust like that :D
spoontasti
And Shizuo knows if something happens to Izaya something bad will happen to his family
Yup
karihigada
so they come to trust/care about each other by izaya just 'pretending' to be his freind but slowly
actually feeling like that but he also doesnt want to let go of his original plan to turn shizuo into a
monster so he goes through with it anyway
spoontasti
Okay ? so Izaya works on building Shizuo's trust by faking being nice
karihigada
while having doubts and pain but he tells himself that he can just throw shizuo away later
which he of course cant, he is already in too deep xD
spoontasti
Ok sounds good
karihigada
maybe while shizuo beats that punk its actually izaya who shouts at him tostop because he after all
doesnt want shizuo to become a monster
instead izaya realizes he himself might be amonster for pushing his freind that far
spoontasti
And then when Shizuo actually begins to start to like Izaya for real Izaya maybe lets him off
karihigada
you mean at the very end?
yeah
so now that shizuo is 'free' to go he maybe leaves for a few days/weeks and izaya is realyl miserable
and later shizuo comes back and tells him that he was thinking a lot and he decided to come back on
his own terms
spoontasti
Or maybe he doesn't go back to that life style but asks Izaya out
Like he doesn't want to come back under Izaya
But as his ally/lover
spoontasti
Or just someone there to stop him
And watch him
But Izaya understands
karihigada
maxbe it would be a sober note "if youre ever really in trouble i will help you.... but dont expect me
to get deeper invoved with the yakuza than that anymore"
yeah it would be really somber, shzuo still wants izaya in his life but no longer that life so its kinda
hard to reconcile those two things
but he also cant realyl imagine life without izaya anymore
spoontasti
Yeah
karihigada
and izaya also realizes he needs someone outside this life to keep him human
that would be an interesting spin, izaya needing shizuo to keep him human
:D
spoontasti
He wants to be better for Shizuo
karihigada
and he is sorry he ever dragged shizuo into this life
just becuase shizuo is good at violence doesnt mean he is good in a life of violence
spoontasti
Yeah Shizuo isn't cut out for it even if he could be perfect if he used his strength
Sounds great
?
karihigada
sounds amazing :DDDD
god its so fun~~
the perfect bedtime story~~~ haha
spoontasti
?
karihigada
maybe an addendum for the earlier time: during the start when izaya tries to win shizuos trut by
pretending, you think he also tries sexual advances? or just try to be his freind?
would be even more heartbreaking if they are sorta 'together' while izaya tries to get shizuo to kill
spoontasti
It would be interesting
karihigada
and would make sense in why he regrets it so much manipulating shizuo
spoontasti
Yup
karihigada
maybe izaya comes onto him very heavily and shizuo tells him in his face he doesnt want to get into
trouble but izaya rebukes that it would be no trouble and noone would have a problem with it (as
long as shizuo is good ;) ) and izaya also tells him that he knows shizuo finds him atrractive, izaya
knows he is attractive and uses it as a weapon
so maybe shizuo would just shrug and go with it? spur of the moment thing? and then later shizuo
of course develops deeper feelings bcuase he things izaya is being geniune
or maybe he only gives in when izaya starts sounding more geniune about wanting to sleep with
him instead of just flaunting his good looks
shizuo wants to sleep with him becuase of affection, not jsut good looks
spoontasti
Yeah
karihigada
and he is very gentle :)
and izaya also didnt expect to be touched that gently :D
spoontasti
Yay
karihigada
and when shiki hears that they sleep together he jsut gives a long and resinged sigh but knows he
cant do anythign about it
xD
also, what about mairu and kururi?
spoontasti
Hehehe
karihigada
and is akane a cousin?
shizuo would get along well with them and cant belive that the big brother is such a brat when the
little girls are so well beahved xD
spoontasti
Hmmm idk XD
Cousins I guess
spoontasti
Like maybe one of Izaya's parents is in the yakuza but since they always are gone, they just brought
them in
Izaya doesn't have to inherit but he's high in the family
karihigada
i thought the AU was that izaya is the son of mikiya, the awakusu boss? so he is the 'heir'
i was just hinking about hos izayas childhood woudl have been
spoontasti
Maybe Mikiya is his grandfather??
karihigada
probably largely the same as canon with fascination with humans and other children beign afraid of
him like with akane
spoontasti
Is Akane the heir?
karihigada
and the reason he didnt get into legal trouble in middle school for 'stabbing' shinra is becuase of the
yakuza xD
spoontasti
Yeah
karihigada
such a fun AU
espcially with the part with also examining izayas humanity. we dont have that enough in fics
not that this is ever gonna be a fic
this would be alogn one
its funny because the artist of the pic wrote like "izaya as the darling yakuza heir. discuss" and we
sure as hell discussed but noone will ever see xD
and even this will disapear into the void in a few days because you would need to scrool up
karihigada
but right now im having fun~~
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curapicas · 7 years
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Tagged by the one and only @kaguneko
I’m tagging @zaziecurie and @lambreta-do-capeta, it’s a good idea to ask for book recs for people who share my mother language :v
And @ikenew @kingfisher99 @itsnotloveifitsjust (who is dead and tired of me asking for her fave book but still) @akmynlngr and whoever else decides to try it out EDIT: I meant to tag @kaedesan721 too, but no pressure
*cracks knuckles* alright let’s do this
1. Whats your favorite book?
I DON’T DO FAVOURITES
If I were to choose... Jostein Gaarder’s A Solitaire Mystery.
2. Do you collect anything?
Nowadays, only zines (by myself) and manga (with my sis, and I daresay the collection is quite impressive). I was a collector all my life, though, with coupouns, bottle’s caps, recipes... I am a collector
3. The last Song you listened to?
Make This Go On Forever by Snow Patrol
4. Do you like Tea? If yes whats your favorite kind of tea?
I prefer coffee :v Literally the only tea I thought was GOOD was chamomille with ice cubes (hmm, lemon balm is fine too)
5. Whats the first Anime/Manga you ever watched/read?
Rurouni Keishin was my first contact with manga. Just saying, my dad told me to choose between Rurouni Kenshin or Sakura Card Captors, but I wanted the latter because flying heads :V
For anime, it was pokemon like any other kid
6. Whats your favorite childhood movie?
The Mummy. Still a favourite. Runner up is Spirited Away, that is another great movie I’ve watched in repeat
7. Your favorite poem?
I’m not much knowledgeable in this area, but Manuel Bandeira’s “Vou-me Embora pra Pasárgada” (I’ll go back to Pasárgada) greatly impressed me. Fernando Pessoa’s poems and Chico Buarque’s lyrics are also a rec
8. Your favorite Painting?
DON’T DO THIS TO ME
Okaaay... I used to gravitate towards greek themed paintings, so The Birth of Venus is comfortably familiar, BUT! I was enraptured by The Ninth Wave ( Ivan Aivazovskii) when I first saw a picture of it!!!
 I have so many feelings about so many things, tho
9. Whats the most amazing thing that happened to you?
To this day? I’m pretty sure it’s still the fact that my parents saw each other like once or twice before getting together. Like, really together: A month later, they realize they’re living like married people and still are, 26 years later
10. Whats the Title of the last Fanfiction you have read?
A Cheap Immitation by @spoontasti ;)
11. Write 3 Book, Fanfic and Manga Title that you totally recommend!
I like lots of books, BUT! I’m Jostein Gaarder’s bitch through and through. I’d recommend The Solitaire Mystery, btw I’m surprised by this title because the portuguese title differs (O dia do Curingaaaa). Sophie’s world was also a mindfuck that took me some years to be ready to get through, get ready for a tired brain. Not as tiring as reading through this tag game, I know. Anyway Inkheart (Cornelia Funke) was one I absolutely devoured, even though I never read the sequels??? What’s up, me? Also Neil Gaiman writes atmospheres I LOVE... The Ocean at the End of the Lane was an Experience. So was Coraline tbh (what, 3 authors don’t count?)
Okay... for FICS: D.Mummy Man was an yullen fic for D.Gray-Man that impressed me a lot when I was young even if it was never completed. My second rec is the portuguese fic Jigsaw for the Saint Seiya fandom (with lots of implict pairings but my sister wrote it for the camus x milo)  that’s also not complete but I’ll kick the writer’s butt into completing it if I fucking must. Both aforementioned are in fanfiction.net. As for the third, HAH! You thought I’d only rec one fic for the durarara fandom? YOU THOUGHT WRONG, LOOK AT ALL THESE SHIZAYA WRITERS
- In the mood for characters dealing with trauma and learning that they are loved? Go to @izanyas
- Wanna see sex jokes, nsfw and twisted situations? @spoontasti is the one
- I trust this author with my life also lots of fluff and supernatural: if that’s the mood, pay a visit to @scarlet-blossoms
- Wanna see shizaya’s ability to tunnel vision at play and finally, finally make it work between themselves and themselves only with lots of well-written drama and emotional porn (’cause that’s what it is)? Check @tastewithouttalent
- If you’re in the mood for... actually, @itsnotloveifitsdeusexmachina (or @itsnotloveifitsjust) has a lot of moods, mostly fluff, nsfw and unexpected situations, so if you’re in the mood for a surprise? They tag anyway. Also lots of other pairings, and some very rare pairings from this one
-And if you’re in mood either for nice sex scenes or soul-wrecking content, the former where I advise to proceed with caution because it might leave a feeling in the pit of your stomach for quite a while (I usually go for the sex here, no offence), look for ao3 user izayas
Yes officer, I know I was meant to rec only 3 fics, but also: I do what I want
For MANGAS: Boy, WELL.... Proceed with caution in Berserk, it has all kinds of trigger warnings and not always respectfully pictured, BUT THAT ART. THE STORY. GUUUTS- Okay, okay. In quite the opposite spectrum, we have Oofuri (Ookiku Furikabute, also known as Big Windup... you get the drift), a great sports manga about baseball, anxiety, miscommunication and getting stronger (and same-face syndrome, but it’s cute). Lastly... have you heard of Full Metal Alchemist? If not, DO IT, I RECOMMEND! A row of amazing characters, great storyline and lots of comedy/tragedy
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