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fangirlandiknowit101 · 3 years

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30 BTS writer asks: 1, 12 + 18? ❤️🌻

Almost forgot to add - thanks for asking<33333

1. What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?

Unsurprisingly, it was for Naruto and Sasuke/Naruto. You can still read it in all its glory, even on ao3 lmao. Might be hard to believe but that fic (Unsuspicious title, don't ask why it's called that I have no explanations) is really the absolute first thing I wrote that counts as a fanfic. I didn't write about other people's fictional characters before that. I didn't really write much outside of school at all, not sure how I lived my life tbh...

12. Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?

I answered earlier that I want to write a horse rider au at some point, but what I'd also like is to write a real enemies to lovers fic. Like, actual enemies. But it might be too angsty, so who knows if I'll ever make it lol.

18. What is a line/scene you’re really proud of? Give us the DVD commentary for that scene.

Aah you guys really want that commentary don't you... maybe one day I'll release a version of tswm with director's commentary for the whole thing hahahahaha (jk I'd never have time to do that)

But alright, I'm gonna take the opportunity to comment on another scene in tswm that I definitely this deserves it, it's the reunion scene between Naruto and Sasuke in chapter 49! I hesitated to pick this one bc it's so long and emotional, and also I don't want to add any accidental spoilers... but oh well. Here we go!

[My comments will be in bold text, this starts almost at the beginning of the chapter, right when Sasuke meets Naruto in Kaguya's place.]

He reached out with a hand, the bright light reflecting in the half-moon in his palm. It glowed, and just like that, his hand wrapped around another’s.

Naruto.

He sucked in a breath, lungs desperate for air. Naruto stood before him, chest heaving, hand clutching Sasuke’s so hard he feared it might break.

Their shared beat rang loud in his ears, eyes wide as they drank each other in. The darkness had given way to white, fuzzy light, their bodies floating, suspended in air.

“Sasuke,” Naruto whispered, as if afraid to drown out the sound of their connection.

Honestly, I tried my best to make it as painful as possible. That's all I wanted lol. At first I had no idea how to write this scene, but then I just got a feeling and tried to write it in words.

There was no hiding in this place. It was similar to that strange place that seemed to exist between them when they fought, blows connecting, hearts open. Between one breath and the next, it would be gone, their shared hearts lingering long after.

Nothing more poetic than that special place Kishimoto created for them when they exchange blows... extremely gay.

Here, there was only the two of them, the heat of their bodies as Naruto reached for his face.

“Am I dreaming?” Naruto wondered, fingers stroking along Sasuke’s cheekbone. “You look so real…”

They sank down, slowly, until their feet touched solid white. He shivered, the tips of Naruto’s fingers touching his chin, his mouth.

“It could be a dream,” Sasuke said quietly, exhaling as Naruto came closer.

“I can feel your heart,” Naruto murmured, his forehead coming to rest against Sasuke’s temple. “I missed you so much.”

Images flashed before Sasuke’s eyes, impressions of the world from Naruto’s perspective. Menma as the kyuubi. Kakashi, entering through a window. Iruka, hand gentle as he reached over the table.

Sakura, pain drawing her face tight. A mountain of paperwork. Snippets of conversation. The overwhelming pain of loneliness, like walls closing in on him.

He puzzled together enough pieces to make sense of the days since they separated.

Must be convenient to just read each other's minds... I should stop making fun of my own writing. But anyway, I felt very clever when I realized I could skip explanations between them and just let them see each other's memories of the past few days. I think it fits that they could see it through the other person's eyes, all the emotions too. Especially how painful it was for Naruto and how much he was trying to keep it together in front of his friends, and still failing. It gives Sasuke a better understanding of what would have happened if he'd decided to leave after one year passed (and I'm still bitter at Kishimoto for doing that in canon.)

“Naruto,” he sighed, lifting a hand to sift through soft strands of hair, closing his eyes as Naruto pressed into him.

Hearts bared, he felt Naruto’s desperate longing as his own. It mirrored his own pain, the aching emptiness filling his chest. Little by little, the cold was pushed away by warmth, Naruto’s mouth touching his cheek, his jaw, his throat. It burned against his skin, each point of contact erupting into tendrils of heat that seeped into his body.

“I didn’t know what to do,” Naruto confessed, lips shaping the words onto Sasuke’s throat. “I couldn’t go back to you, I-“

Sasuke turned his head, capturing his mouth. The words were lost between their lips, swallowed by the sudden surge of need. Naruto’s arm wrapped around his neck, keeping him in place. A fever caught him, leaving him dizzy and faint. He felt emotions between them like a physical caress, like they swirled in and out of their bodies, like a strong wind playing with fallen leaves.

Pain. Longing. Fear.

Happiness. Comfort. Love.

Naruto kissed him like he’d die if they stopped. He might, for all Sasuke knew.

Don't mind me, I was just crying buckets as I wrote this.

Their hands were still clasped tight, their palms pressed together, keeping their marks in contact. Teeth dug into his lower lip, but he could barely feel the pain over the onslaught of emotion. It was overwhelming, to share Naruto’s heart so fully. Was this how Naruto had felt, when Sasuke had touched him by accident? When Sasuke had shared too much of himself, and Naruto had been unable to give him the same in return.

I think it actually wasn't as overwhelming for Naruto when Sasuke accidentally touched him. This place that Kaguya controls just amplifies things a lot.

No such restraints now.

Their souls were on fire, like chakra flames billowing around their bodies. It was too much to make sense of, and yet it felt as if they’d always been this close, always been one and the same. Naruto fit inside him like a key, like Sasuke was now unlocked, his body no longer keeping him prisoner.

“Naruto,” he breathed out, over and over again, every nerve ending alight as they held each other.

I was listening to this song called Heat Up by Giant Rooks as I wrote this (that's where the chapter title comes from and honestly the lyrics are just *chef's kiss*) and I really tried to use as much metaphor as I could, idk if that makes it sound boring haha but for once I was definitely thinking very hard about every single sentence. And I tried to make it as "alive" as I could, so you'd feel it rather than have it described to you.

An eternity later they calmed down, mouths sliding lazily over each other, heartbeats finally finding their shared rhythm. Their foreheads pressed together, Sasuke’s eyes fluttering open to meet deep blue, their usual strength faded into self-doubt.

“What’s wrong?” he asked, running his fingers through Naruto’s hair, thumb tracing the shell of his ear. “Don’t hide from me, not here.”

Aww look at Sasuke, so in tune with his emotions. He really is an all or nothing kind of guy. If they already share everything in this place, there's no point in having secrets. Besides, his worst fear is Naruto losing confidence because of something he said or did.

Naruto let out a sharp breath, lifting their clasped hands between their chests.

“I missed you,” he said again, eyes closing in pain. “I’m so happy you’ve been okay.”

So much pain. Sasuke struggled to make sense of it, so much of it reflected inwards, towards Naruto himself. He could understand the longing, the absence of him like a gaping hole. It mirrored his own pain, pain he’d locked inside his heart within a steel cage. It flowed freely now, wrapping around Naruto’s in recognition.

But the rest… Naruto let out a sob, and yet he was smiling. Sasuke pressed another kiss to his lips, unsure of what to say.

I know Naruto did that whole waterfall thing where he embraced his evil side and totally let go of all his negative energy... But you can't tell me he's 100% okay and only happy and never feels pain. When will Konoha start offering therapy... Jokes aside, at this moment in time Naruto is so conflicted. The whole time he's been worried about Sasuke leaving him, and telling himself that Sasuke would be happier in the other dimension, and that logically he should let Sasuke stay, but he absolutely doesn't want Sasuke to leave him. It's the most selfish thing he's ever felt, I think, this need to have Sasuke by his side. And he's got so much on his shoulders, just piling up, everyone relying on him to somehow magically fix the world. And he's afraid of failing, of acknowledging to himself that there are parts of him that aren't ready to shoulder this burden, that he's still hurting, that there's still a part of him that could have become like Menma. He's supposed to be completely selfless but he isn't, and he thinks of that as a character flaw, a personal failure. And that's kind of where his resolution to not become hokage comes from. Because he doesn't think he can remove this selfish parts of him, and so maybe he should embrace them instead.

“Sasuke, it’s so strange…” Naruto started, his words slow, carefully chosen. “You understand Charasuke so well, but Menma… I can’t accept him. And now I realize, he shows the ugliest parts of me. The parts that I’m afraid of.”

They both leaned back a little, to see each other’s faces. Light played over Naruto’s features, blurring him at the edges. Sasuke cupped his cheek, tilting his chin up so that their eyes met. Now that he knew what to look for, he could feel Naruto’s fear.

“It’s always there,” Naruto confessed, raw honesty in his voice. “The fear of losing you. The fear of not being strong enough. The fear of becoming hokage, and failing.”

Sasuke opened his mouth to say something, to reassure him, but Naruto shook his head quickly.

Sasuke, on the other hand, he never held himself up to be a good person. He's well aware that he has weaknesses, that he's putting up walls so he won't have to deal with emotions and stuff. But he does believe (a bit blindly) in Naruto, I think. Even though he thinks Naruto won't succeed, it's not because of anything that Naruto does or fails to do. He thinks it's because the world won't follow him, that Konoha isn't capable of change. But he never thought that Naruto would actually give up or have these kinds of doubts.

“Let me say this. I didn’t understand it at first. Menma always rubbed me the wrong way. I know you don’t like him either, but for me… It’s like looking at myself and knowing I gave up.”

He drew in a deep breath, his fingers trembling around Sasuke’s.

“And now, here, I can’t avoid that fear. Because all of it… all of it is for you, Sasuke.” He swallowed, and through the fear, Sasuke saw his determination. “You asked me, if there’s any room in my head for anyone but you. And there isn’t.”

Naruto's brain is 99% Sasuke and 1% ramen, that's just fact. That aside, this might be one of my favorite quotes in the fic.

Frowning, Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek to stay silent. Naruto was working up to something, he could tell, and part of him couldn’t help but think it would end the two of them.

“Don’t look at me like that,” Naruto said, drawing the pad of his thumb over Sasuke’s eyebrow, the touch equal parts reassuring and painful. “I can hear your thoughts, you know. Do you really believe that I would choose anything else over you?”

A lie caught on Sasuke’s tongue. He didn’t want to believe it, but what place did he have by Naruto’s side? How could he be all that Naruto wanted him, needed him, to be? How could he be someone that others would accept walking by his side?

Oh, Sasuke. Always so ready for Naruto to cast him aside. He doesn't want to stand in the way of Naruto's dreams *wipes tear*

“I don’t believe that you would want to,” he replied, eventually. “But maybe you should.”

They stood for a long time, looking at each other. Sasuke felt torn in two directions. He wanted to tell Naruto to never leave him. He wanted to say that he’d accept anything. That he’d remove himself from Naruto’s presence to make the choice for him. That he couldn’t, wouldn’t, stand between Naruto and his dreams.

That he’d known, all along, that the other dimension was only a dream. An impossibility. That he accepted this, and wouldn’t resent Naruto for choosing the village over him.

I think the difference between Naruto and Sasuke here, is that even though they both think the other should maybe leave them for better things, Naruto is much less ready to actually give Sasuke up. Sasuke is more of the martyr type lol.

“You deserve me,” Naruto said, voice dark with conviction. “Don’t you dare think otherwise. Don’t you understand? If you saw what I’ve been doing the past days…”

Naruto lifted their joined hands higher, shifted his grip until he held Sasuke’s palm open in front of himself.

“I thought only of you. I cared only about you. What good is the village to me, if you’re not there?”

His heart felt too heavy in his chest. Naruto’s words rang through his ears, the implication behind them ensnaring his heart until Naruto held it in his hand, too.

“I don’t want any of it, if you’re not with me.”

Sasuke lowered his eyes. He couldn’t allow himself to give in. He’d already given so much, and although he knew that Naruto would have this, too, it was too much in this moment.

“Sasuke… When are you going to recognize that you’re a good person? That even if our relationship hadn’t changed like this, I’d still need you beside me?”

I wanted to write this part so badly... To make Naruto tell Sasuke that he's a good person. That Naruto thinks so, at least. It's one of the first things I thought of for this scene. Not that Sasuke agrees haha.

“Me, a good person?” Sasuke raised his eyebrows, meeting Naruto’s gaze again. He recognized the stubborn glint in Naruto’s eyes, and sighed. “Even if that was true, you’re smart enough to know it’s not enough.”

Slowly, Naruto pulled his hand closer, his grip turning gentle. Sasuke caught himself holding his breath, as Naruto’s lips connected with the mark on his palm.

“You still don’t understand,” Naruto murmured, the movement of his lips tickling Sasuke’s skin. “The past few days, what have you been doing? Caring for the children, when I wasn’t there to do it. Putting Charasuke before yourself, comforting him in the ways he needed you to. Holding yourself together. Trusting me to come back.”

This is where we acknowledge exactly how much Sasuke has changed. Naruto spent the days apart thinking only of Sasuke, even to the point where he was neglecting his friends and duties. Sasuke, on the other hand, stepped up to fill the role he thought Naruto left behind, hiding his pain behind helping others. Ultimately trusting Naruto to hold his promise to come back. Also, I just want them to be soft with each other T_T

Staring at him, Sasuke’s breath caught in his chest at the swell of pride Naruto felt for him. Was it true, that he had changed so much? In Naruto’s eyes, he had. It was startling, to realize how Naruto thought of him. But Naruto had changed too, he thought. They had grown closer, in a way he didn’t think they could have in their own Konoha.

“I think Charasuke is a bit like you,” Sasuke said, lips twitching upwards at Naruto’s affronted look. “He needs physical comfort. I don’t mind giving it to you, and I guess I don’t mind giving it to him either. You both tend to do whatever you feel like, anyway.”

“You used to mind.” Naruto looked serious, reaching out to touch Sasuke’s mouth as if to prove his point. “Suddenly, you didn’t.”

The smile slipped from Sasuke’s lips. Naruto was right. A few weeks ago, he did push Charasuke out of the window. To be fair, Charasuke hadn’t liked him much back then, either, and the circumstances had been very different. He did understand him better now. If Menma represented Naruto’s fears, Charasuke represented everything Sasuke wanted in life. But Charasuke didn’t have Naruto, didn’t have Menma with him either, and maybe that was why Sasuke wanted to be there for him. His connection with Naruto was precious to him, had kept him going, had kept him questioning himself even in his worst moments of darkness. Had given him a reason not to give up on a life that wasn’t filled with pain and hatred.

Naruto made it worth it to change. Was he hoping to help Charasuke change, too?

Spoiler alert... yes you were, Sas.

Perhaps Kaguya had something to do with it, but maybe, even without her influence, he would have reached this point anyway if given enough time. Time they didn’t have back home. It surprised him to realize that Naruto had thought of this already. That he felt selfish for wanting Sasuke to go back with him, when he knew it would be painful.

“You minded when I touched you, too,” Naruto added, as a reminder that they were talking about the two of them.

“I didn’t.” It was easy to confess. “I couldn’t allow myself to accept it, but I never minded. And now…”

Even if Naruto could read most of his thoughts in this space, it was difficult to say the words.

“I was afraid to have more of you. I still am. Because I know they’ll never accept it.”

Sasuke vs homophobia :( Can't really kill that with a sword. Sasuke was definitely in love with him before they went to the RTN dimension, he'd just buried it so deep that he had no idea it was there or what it was. If you separate love from attraction it's not really gay, is it? (It is)

Naruto kissed him again, desperately. There were so many thoughts swirling between them, a mess of images and emotions overshadowed by the overwhelming fear of losing each other.

Naruto’s guilt, for not being able to reach Menma like Sasuke reached Charasuke. Their worry for each other. The frustration of being forced to wait. Sasuke’s slow realization of how much Naruto meant to him. How much his family meant to him, even a different version of them.

“I can’t be without you again,” Naruto said, swallowing thickly. “There’s so much I want to say and I don’t know how.”

“I’m here,” Sasuke promised. “Any way you want me to be.”

Even though it hurt, knowing the struggle that lay ahead of them, how Naruto had struggled only the past few days.

He wasn’t sure when he’d closed his eyes, but Naruto’s hands holding his face between them made him open them again. His expression was serious, almost solemn.

“I think you’d be happier if you stayed there,” Naruto whispered, searching his eyes. “You can’t deny it. I know they’d take care of you, and I can tell that your bond with your family is important to you. In a different way than ours, but still. I’d forgive you, if you chose them.”

Stop sacrificing yourself, Naruto. I don't like it.

“How could you say that?” Sasuke grabbed Naruto’s wrists, glaring at him. “Even after everything you said about how you can’t be without me, how you’d never choose anything over me, and you still think I would leave you? Even when you can feel my heart, you think I won’t choose you no matter what?”

Sasuke calling him out, as he should.

He knocked their foreheads together, tightening his grip.

“You think I’d choose happiness over you?”

How could he be happy, if Naruto wasn’t there with him? It wasn’t even an option. He cared about Charasuke, that was true. And the other version of Itachi, of Shisui, his family… Even the Sakura of that world. But how could they compare? Losing Charasuke would hurt, but it wouldn’t rip his soul apart. Staying with them would be a life, but it wouldn’t be living. How could Naruto think of himself as selfish, and still be so incredibly selfless when it came to Sasuke? What was he supposed to do, to make Naruto trust him once and for all?

“If I deserve you, why wouldn’t you deserve me in turn?”

Naruto didn’t have an answer to that. Sasuke hadn’t expected him to, and he felt him struggle with the concept. Naruto’s hero complex wasn’t doing either of them any good.

Like, I personally don't like the concept of anyone deserving love or not deserving it. Love is something you give, freely, regardless of how society values the other person. The love you give isn't less worth depending on the person receiving it. But I think the both of them are so traumatized that they need to make peace with this concept. They kind of need to be told - yes, you do deserve love, and I will give it to you. Naruto's hero complex is like... we don't have time to unpack all of that.

“You want to do this the hard way?” Sasuke continued, tone sharp. “I’ll do it with you. I don’t think you’ll succeed but I’ll do it.”

He gathered up all his resolve, all his conviction, pushed aside his own reservations.

“Saying you’ll forgive me… that’s a lie. You wouldn’t. You never would. And I wouldn’t want you to, anyway. If you wanted me by your side and I couldn’t do it, you’d be right to hate me.”

“I could never hate you.”

“Then I’d hate myself.”

Bearing each other's burdens and all that...

Naruto made a face, as if to disagree, but Sasuke felt him smile despite the topic of their conversation.

“What kind of role reversal is this,” he muttered, pressing his thumbs into Sasuke’s cheeks childishly. “I don’t even know why I’m arguing about it.”

“Because you love me.”

They stared at each other. Naruto’s eyes widened in shock, but Sasuke held his ground. What was the point in pretending anything else? It all made sense like this, and perhaps deep down Sasuke had always suspected it, even before he returned to Konoha.

“Y-you can’t just say it out loud!” Naruto spluttered, slapping his hands onto his own face instead, hiding behind them with a groan. “Stop being so smug about it!”

Me, while I wrote this: Yeah, you can't just say that out loud! The pain of being perceived. I am suffering with Naruto.

“I won the argument, didn’t I?”

“Ugh, shut up!”

Feeling lighter, Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto, leaning his cheek against the top of his head, Naruto burying his nose in his neck. He’d deny it when they were back in reality, but he could feel that Naruto wanted the body contact, and he was unable to resist it. It didn’t take long for Naruto to calm down, releasing a huff into Sasuke’s neck.

“Maybe we can just stay in this place forever,” he said, sneaking his arms around Sasuke’s back.

“You’d miss ramen too much.”

If an emotional scene doesn't end with a joke, what are you even doing with your life. But writing them hug was like, releasing so many endorphins. I'm weak to it.

It was strange, to talk and immediately feel every thought behind the words, every emotion on full display. Naruto’s amusement radiated off him, and it was his turn to feel a little smug as he concentrated on everything that Sasuke felt for him.

When Naruto started imagining long days spent in bed, Sasuke rolled his eyes and decided they’d been emotional enough for the time being.

Sasuke like, I can accept the lovey-dovey stuff, but I draw a thick line in front of the bedroom door. He's got some work left to do lol.

Idk if any of this made any sense but... there you have it!

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bryndeavour · 4 years

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5, 14, 18 ?

5. What is the perfect environment for you to write in?

There are 2 wild extremes. Either dead silence and alone (no one can be in the room) or with headphones playing music, and also some sort of TV running in the background. Mostly it becomes background white noise.. but if the lyrics be hitting to hard man... idk it’s distracting if i wanna sing LOL

14. If you were stuck on a desert island with only two characters, which would you pick?

Ah shit, I don’t know. I’ll just operate in the fandom realm for ease. How about Jim Strange cause he sexy and he’d take care of me.. he has Skills. Annnndddddd... uhhh... (never morse)... Win Thursday. Yes I need a caretaker.. I’m a 35 year old child.

18. What is a line/scene you’re really proud of? Give us the DVD commentary for that scene.

Ah shit Idk. My bee fic ended up coming out EXACTLY as I wanted it to so thats extremely satisfying.. But maybe the reveal of Max’s wings in Something In Me Understands. My entire motivation for even writing wingfic was giving Max owl-like wings, but also him being debilitated. Morse wasn’t even supposed to have them because everyone makes Morse a special snowflake all the time and fuck that guy.. BUT YES MAX. ITS ALL ABOUT MAX. And that scene got really dramatic and angsty and the mood.. oof. Approaching thunderstorm, empty fields, just the two of them, spatters of rain, Morse in his breakdown about The World... *chefs kiss*

Writing Asks

#ronniebox #writing asks #my writing

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shinjinotikari17 · 4 years

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Why I love Yo-kai Watch and how Kodomo anime is treated like garbage.

Yo-kai Watch is a breath of fresh air to the Mon genre or at least the children's side of it, where it was always dominated by Pokemon, I love the world building of the games making the towns of Springdale, Harrisville, San Fantastico, St. Peanutsburg, and especially the Yo-kai World, like you can kick cans, help old ladies and chicks, the NPCs change location depending on the time of day and the whether.

The many mini games they throw you to play, you can eat your dinner, play rhythm games, Zombie Night, the infamous Terror Time, Blasters, and getting achievements, that's more content then the Pokemon games ever got (the most they got content wise is BW2), and the designs are a mix of cute, cool, and the creepy.

As for the anime the reason, well let me tell you why the anime stand out. Before the Yo-kai Watch hit the airwaves many Kodomo anime mostly focused on the action and story. Shows like Inazuma Eleven, LBX, and Pokemon are all great shows because of that, but as far as the jokes are concerned they are few and far between and even if they do jokes they're extremely safe ones that only a toddler can only chuckle at.

Yo-kai Watch is a master when it comes to meta jokes with Chilled Cacao being the ultimate example of that, which most anime, let alone Kodomo anime barley gets right (correct me if I'm wrong). the pop culture references that blend in to the show which makes you feel smart for noticing. References found in dialogue is ones you have to pay attention to the most (that's where Shadowside got you covered) They even have heartwarming segments like the majority of the Komasan ones, and even a little education on the side (thanks Koma Brothers for teaching me on what Japan has to offer) even the main segments have these emotional moments from time to time (Sandmeh, Tiered, the Riku/Josh focused episode, and more).

The most controversial part of Yo-kai Watch is the adult humor, even getting complaints from BPOA and that's what made Yo-kai Watch stand out to me. There not afraid to show these kind of things and go OMG they did not just get away with that, like when the boys wanted to watch a late Next Harmoweny Show, Robonyan likes getting rubbed with B3-NK1's spear, Sproink on how to not eat a banana and the graphic death of Manjimutts teddy bear, which leads me to my favorite segments of all of Yo-kai Watch (Komasan Taxi), and it paved a way for Kodomo anime to get away with stuff that even Yo-kai Watch found crass like the main boy from Pascal Sensei pee pees being pixelated this move from Hero Bank the entirety of Heybot! to even Time Bokan 24 (Level 5 helped with the Mecha and maybe character designs)

Which brings me to this question when is going to far, well going to far, I mean back in the day, Kodomo anime used to get away with much worse nowadays with boys around Nates age not only naked but we get a full frontal view of their pee pees even around the mid 90's heck even the main Yo-kai Watch manga can get away with stuff more than the anime (Gush's nose bleed ability was changed to dripping in the anime due to nosebleeds association with erections) not to mention the majority of CoroCoro Manga , and let's not get even started with the kind of perverted jokes from kids entertainment from the 60s-80s with Go Nagai's Shameless School being a prime example.

Each Yokai movie is different than the last one and takes risks unlike the Pokemon films until I Choose You. One is a standard film, one is an anthology/package film, one is half live action, one is a pilot to the greatest Yokai Watch anime ever with Shadowside with most Yokai having a backstory, awesome action scenes, and the best human characters Yokai Watch has, one focuses on a new cast of characters, and the upcoming one humanizing the Yokai.

Well if you read for this long it's time for my rant on how Yo-kai Watch and Kodomo anime in general is treated

Kodomo Anime is treated like Garbage

We all heard the complaints on how Yo-kai Watch is treated in America so I'll keep it brief, Nintendo decided to release it two years late instead of just one year maximum leading the 3ds games to play catch up before the system discontinued thanks to the Switch. Hasbro made bad plushies and watches and while the first series of medals are fine by me, the zero medals have the yo-motion feature which ruins the art of the medal. Putting it on Disney XD, while better than Nicktoons and what they did to LBX, XD is mostly not available in some households and being put in a morning time slot leads Yo-kai Watch to be one of the most censored anime of all time (did I over exaggerate?), releasing Yo-kai Watch 3 as only one game instead of all three, and N Circle finally releasing the first half of Yo-kai Watch just this year. to be honest I'm fine with Manjuu being changed to Donuts cause they look like donuts and IDK where to find Manjuu in the state I live in?

The thing is that Kodomo Anime like Yo-kai Watch are often treated like trash in the anime community and the anime dubbing industry. Companies with lots of money like Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Aniplex, Viz Media (which licensed the manga), Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime, and Netflix will rather pick up Isekai #999, Ecchi #6666, Harem #479890 and whatever Seinen and Josei is available because they rather retain that image of anime being cartoons for big boys than for actual good content like Inazuma, Layton, LBX, the Snack World, and Yo-kai Watch, throwing them to the studios who don't have the budget of multiple episode shows like Blue Water (Oceans budget studio), Bang Zoom maybe and SDI, where lucky Yokai and Inazuma still have the Japanese score and Pokemon couldn't even have that.

It even extends to physical media with anime like DBZ have all the special features like audio commentary and behind the scene secrets, uncut and uncensored, while Kodomo anime they get a vanilla release and Pokemon didn't fully adopt Blu Ray until Ultra Adventures (and the Yo-kai dvd at least have adverts before the dvd menu, there's that).

Well that's all I have to say, hope you enjoy blog post, and have a good day.

#yokai watch #yokai watch shadowside #y academy #forever friends #Level-5

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banemmanan · 6 years

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Rules: Answer these 85 questions and tag 20 people

I was tagged by @rockystiltskin-bellamy thank you fam!

— What was your last…

1. Drink: coffee

2. Phone call: my mum

3. Text message: ”Tack pappa!”

4. Song you listened to: I’m currently listening to Roger Waters’ entire ‘Ça Ira’ album on repeat and all the songs have blurred together at this point

5. Time you cried: idk, probably at uni though

— Have you ever…

6. Dated someone twice: ha! I haven’t even dated anyone once!

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: I’d have to actually kiss someone first, lmao

8. Been cheated on: as stated previously, nup, I’ve had all of 0 relationships

9. Lost someone special: the last person I lot was my grandad, but that was some time ago now

10. Been depressed: I really don’t know

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: shamefully, yes

— Fave colours

12. emerald green

13. turquoise

14. teal

— In the last year have you…

15. Made new friends: yes

16. Fallen out of love: no

17. Laughed until you cried: Oh, for sure, just the other day actually when watching Pam Doove’s scene in LoG

18. Found out someone was talking about you: Nah, I’m dense af, I would have no idea if they ever did

19. Met someone who changed you: I don’t think so...

20. Found out who your friends are: ???no???

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook friends list: ...no

— General

22. How many your Facebook friends do you know irl: the vast majority, I don’t like adding people I don’t know :/

23. Do you have any pets: Three cats <3<3<3

24. Do you want to change your name: I feel like it would be too much of a hassle to the people around me. I tried to get my friends to call me by a different name once but none of them remembered.

25. What did you do for your last birthday: I went to a spooky castle in the evening with my mates and we basically all traumatised ourselves because none of us really like spiral staircases but we were like ‘lol, let’s go to the TOP of that tower!1!’ :^)

26. What time did you wake up today: 12:30 I think? I was up until 3am is my excuse... :P

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching stupid videos probably? I don’t really remember.

28. What is something you can’t wait for: finishing my exams so I can go back to drawing out my au. I have told myself that I’m not allowed so that I revise more but tbh I’m just procrastinating in other ways instead

29. What is your favourite animal: cats :)

30. What are you listening to right now: ‘Ça Ira’ by Roger Waters

31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yup, there was one in my year at school and it’s a very popular name in this are tbh.

32. Something that’s getting on your nerves: Me mostly

33. Most visited website: YouTube maybe? Maybe Discord by now actually.

34. Hair colour: brown

35. Long or short hair: very short, boy short anyway.

36. Do you have a crush on someone: eh.

37. What do you like about yourself: I’m quite good at drawing?

38. Want any piercings: I’m good with what I have

39. Blood type: O-

40. Nicknames: smol, dad, pemmling, emmy pemmy

41. Relationship status: hahahaaaah

42. Sign: aries

43. Pronouns: whatever

44. Fave tv show: Gotta be League of Gentlemen atm, but my sister got me some classic who dvds for my birthday so who knows, maybe I’ll have a relapse into that fandom...

45. Tattoos: none, but I want a whole load of them.

46. Right or left handed: Left, like all the best people are!

47. Ever had surgery: no

48. Piercings: just my ears.

49. Sport: I’ve done just about everything at some point in my life it feels like, but right now I play roller hockey and ice hockey. (ya boi is in the roller hockey GB team dontcha know)

50. Vacation: Last I went was to Hamburg with my sister, it was really nice.

51. Trainers: I don’t wear them habitually, but they’re ok

— More General

52. Eating: I had some scottish oat cakes not long ago and there’s been an orange sitting next to me for the past couple of hours that I’ve been meaning to eat.

53. Drinking: coffee *-*

54. I’m about watch: I’ve been showing my sister all of League of Gentlemen. And by all, I mean ALL. We only have the commentaries left, it’s Season 2 next

55. Waiting for: my exams to finish, I suppose

56. Want: To be able to find my LoG S1 DVD. It’s here somewhere, I know it!

57. Get married: I guess. If it happens, it happens.

58. Career: I want to find some dusty old museum/archive to bury myself in

— Which is better

59. Hugs or kisses: hugs

60. Lips or eyes: eyes

61. Taller or shorter: I think it depends what you do with it

62. Older or younger: what’s the context here?

63. Nice arms or stomach: arms, especially the forearms.

64. Hookups or relationships: neither???

65. Troublemaker or hesitant: idk

— Have you ever

66. Kissed a stranger: no

67. Drank hard liquor: yep

68. Turned someone down: hah

69. Sex on first date: lol no

70. Broken someone’s heart: no?

71. Had your heart broken: no

72. Been arrested: no

73. Cried when someone died: I haven’t

74. Fallen for a friend: hm, possibly

— Do you believe in

75. Yourself: YEAH!!!

76. Miracles: nah

77. Love at first sight: nope

78. Santa Claus: he’s real, shut up!

79. Angels: noo

— Misc

80. Eye colour: blue

81. Best friend’s name: Bronwen

82. Favourite movie: I don’t really have one tbh, A Field in England is good tho

83. Favourite actor: reeson shearsmith

84. Favourite cartoon: I really enjoy the Danger Mouse re-boot with Alexander Armstrong as Danger Mouse.

85. Favourite teacher’s name: I had 3 who were pretty chill: Stephen, Elizabeth, Owain

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#it's me #tag thing

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Library Triage

Not sure if I mentioned it before, but as of May 20th they’re finally letting us return items, though all checkouts’ due dates are still currently extended to at least July 5th (w/ a 3-day grace period before fines so the books can be allowed to sit untouched upon return before being checked in). My hoard topped out at 44, but I still have 32 items out, for various reasons. Let us discuss! (strap in, it gets long. and also, once again, is not really triaged so much as listed in random order, arranged only by format)

Books returned, pending check-in: 2

Books currently reading: 1

Val McDermid books I have read but am hanging onto until I finish the last one, in case I want to refer back to shippy bits: 5

Books I am hanging onto for reference/because they are fun to look at: 2 (Annotated Little Women, Little Women cookbook)

***ACTUAL TBR BOOKS BELOW (the only section that’s actually triaged)***

1. How The Dead Speak - Val McDermid: Last one of hers! Really need to decide if I’m not ready for it to be over until the next book (which is not even on the horizon yet) is out, or if I want the whole series firmly in my head before it becomes inaccessible to me for at least 4 weeks from date of return.

2. Roses Round the Door - Doreen Tovey: the pre-publishing-life memoir of a prolific British author of cat memoirs.

3. Semiprecious - D. Anne Love: Middle grade novel set in the 60s. Looks simple but sweet, about two middle-school-age sisters being dumped at their aunt's house while their mother chases her stardom dreams.

4. The Visitors - Simon Sylvester Because I'm currently in the middle of a K.A. Tucker novel, and the library doesn't have any more but this cover looks similar, even if the style isn’t at all. This is an adult novel, I think, but features a 17-year-old, set on a “remote Scottish island,” and the title people are a girl her own age who arrives with her father. Selkies might be involved or hinted at.

5. The Map of Lost Memories - Kim Fay 1920s. Woman who works at a museum decides to go treasure-hunting after being passed over for curator due to her sex. Kinda feels like a 20th century Blood & Treasure crossed with Evy from The Mummy, if her area of expertise was the Orient rather than Egypt. I am excited!

6. Happiness for Beginners - Katherine Center "Wilderness survival course" in Wyoming in the summer? HELL YEAH. Sounds like a fantastic summer read, and maybe also good motivation to get outside in nature more.

DISCS

[CD] Taylor Swift - Lover: I still have only heard 2 songs on this. I keep thinking that I will finally listen to it when I have a long car trip, as driving is my favorite way to get acquainted w/ new CDs, but I keep forgetting it’s in the car because I rarely drive more than 10 minutes at a time or a half hour a week now. Still, on the chance I drive 20 minutes to a pretty trail or regional park, I’d like the option.

[DVD] 12 Strong: When a military movie goes right, it usually goes really right, and even though I’ve been putting off watching this since January, I still feel like Chris Hemsworth + horses cannot go wrong. I just need to pick a night where I want popcorn. I feel like popcorn would enhance this.

[DVD] Ladybird: I’m finally ready, thanks to Little Women drastically improving my tolerance to Timmy Ski Chalet, but somehow I’m still hesitating?? I think now it’s because I’ve built it up so much in my head I’m afraid of being let down. But I need to watch it, because even though it’s finally on Netflix, I’ll definitely want the special features afterward, and I can’t renew this.

[DVD] Adult Life Skills: Jodie Whittaker playing a reclusive and socially awkward nearly-30-year-old woman who still lives at home was like, MY UNEXPECTED DREAM SCENARIO, but once again I’m too intimidated by how much I think I will love it. Like the 2 above, I’ve had it since Jan. and can’t renew once it is due.

[DVD] Good Omens: There are only 2 people currently on the request list for this, and I haven’t even opened it since I picked it up, but I...just like having the option. This is my 2nd time checking it out so I did see some of the special features already.

[DVD] Little Women (2019): WHY HAS MY DUMB ASS JUST BEEN GLOATING ABOUT HAVING IT AND NOT ACTUALLY REWATCHING IT OR ITS SPECIAL FEATURES YET. I’m running out of time!! There are like 225 people on the request list after me!

[DVD] Criminal Minds season 2, 3, 7, and 10-15: CM may be drifting back toward the background, but you will pry these away from me on the day they are due and not a second before. I need them always. 13-15 aren’t streaming and they’re my shiny new favorites, and the others have awesome commentary tracks and/or other great special features.

[DVD] Grey’s Anatomy season 8: IDK, I got a craving to rewatch the plane crash episode and its glorious madhouse of pain and tragedy. I never checked out the DVD before so I would like to know if there are any deleted scenes or special features about it. I just picked this up today.

#library triage #first one of 2020 I think

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