EVERGREEN feat.kZm | Yojiro Noda

神がかって光る まるで花火 あとになってわかる 俺ら奇跡 使い切って終わる この現世に すべて置いていこう あとは永遠に

風に舞って光る 君の魂 有り余って腐る ことないように 明日、明後日じゃなく 「今」がどこに あるのかを誰よりも知りたいだけ

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Divine light like fireworks, only later you’ll see, we are miracle Leave everything behind in the present, used up, and forever

Your flying soul glows in the wind, don’t exceed, don’t rot away Not tomorrow or day after tomorrow Where’s it now? We just wanna know

Hey, how are you doing? I hope you’re alright. 💕 I’ve been reading your status updates on Constellations and the Epilogue, and I just wanted to let you know that I think you’re amazing. Your writing is incredible and I love it. Your stories are so well thought out and the characters are ✨on point✨, and the plot is complex and detailed and aaahhh! It has me hooked! 🤩

And I understand how it hurts when you put so much effort and love into a story, only to post it and not see others be anywhere near as excited or invested as you are. I know how discouraging it can be. And it may be a little silly, but I do want to apologize for not commenting lately—life took some difficult turns for me healthwise around the end of last year and I haven’t been able to catch up! I’m still on Chapter 4 of Constellations! 😭 BUT Chapter 5 is open on my phone, and I am READY to read it as soon as I have the time (and mental energy, but that’s a whole ‘nother issue 😩). Don’t worry that your writing isn’t enough, or be discouraged if some readers don’t catch hints while others are figuring it all out seemingly too easily. Everybody reads and comprehends stuff differently, and it’s not a sign that your writing is bad if they don’t catch it! Honestly, I’m pretty bad at catching hints the first time I read a story unless they’re pretty darn obvious. I don’t usually notice subtle hints until the second, or third, or even seventh read-through, haha! (on the bright side, rereading stories and rewatching TV shows is always fun!) 😅

I guess what I really wanted to say is… don’t give up hope. Don’t lose your love and enthusiasm for your works, or feel like they aren’t worth writing because others don’t seem interested in them. At the heart of it all… at the end of the day… write because you love to. Because it makes you happy. And know that it doesn’t have to be “perfect”—the main goal should be that you enjoy it. That’s something I’m trying to teach myself, too. 💕

Thank you for taking the time to write this message and send it. I appreciate you're very kind words 💕I'm doing okay, I just had to take a step back for a bit from socials and stuff. I'm gonna keep that up for a while.

Please don't apologize for not commenting or taking your time reading. Your health always comes first, and I'm sorry if I came off as childish or needy, that wasn't my intention. Two things just happened that set me off and the timing of it was incredibly poor 😓

Please take your time reading; none of it is going anywhere, and don't feel obligated to leave comments either. i'm realizing that, even if chapters are short or long, finding the time to finish things is difficult, and everyone lives different lives. And I'm sorry about all the spoilers on this blog, I'll tag that better from now on.

But I really do think I got confused or disjointed in my perceptions; everyone here knows so much because i've been asked questions and given answers and people have interacted, so people following me here have more context than the average ao3 user. But I've kinda been expecting everyone to be on the same page, which will never be true.

I'm also the same way where it takes me a while to pick up on hints. I actually changed my writing style to prevent this. I got tired of reading books in college where you had to dive into every little thing. the hints and clues weren't obvious to me. I decided then that, when I wrote, I wanted things to be bold, obvious, but beautiful. I didn't want to make readers feel like they're missing something. I wanted them to trust that every answer, every clue would be answered in time. I made that promise to myself a decade ago, and being reminded of how different people interpret things just...made me remember.

I take writing really seriously, probably too seriously, but I've been doing it for so long and I love doing it. I want to be good at it. When it feels like I've gone back on that promise to myself, I get frustrated. I think of ways I could've fixed things. But I also remember that those books and those writing styles just weren't for me. I wasn't the target audience.

Sorry to go off on a tangent, but I wanted to explain why I got upset. I still love Constellations and I'm posting it on ao3 out of convenience, really. It's easier to reference and search there in one "Entire Work" than to have 5 documents open. The fact that others can see and read and have fun is a bonus. But I'm committed to telling this story, and I'm gonna finish with a bang.

Thank you, I won't forget why I'm doing this and that my thoughts/feelings come first! 😤I hope your health concerns are taken care of soon. Take it easy, and thanks again! 💕

i said i would get back to you abt what my favourite request drawing of yours was, so i went through your request tag trying to find which one i like the most, and, this is so hard, i'm sorry i asked you, such a hard question😂 it's like, rather than "i like them all so none of them stick out in particular" it's more like "i like them all so all of them stick out in different ways"😂

like when i see the pre petrification gen and think "oh yeah this is the one leon drew with their left hand, thats so cool🤩", or the clay gen, i'm really happy my request encouraged you to finally start something you've been putting off, and he looks so adorable☺ the ukyo request i sent to you telepathically is really funny too😂 /SLAP i meant to say ukyo's evil face is really cool🤣🤣 i also loved when i requested rio and i was expecting 1 drawing but you went all out and made a bunch😆 i was glad we could make honey happy and i was also happy that i wasn't the only one excited about rio🤣 the comic requests are also a particular delight bc those are always the ones where i get to talk to you a lot when you're working on them, i also like how you complained about honey requesting sai but then pushed through and drew him again in the end even though you literally didn't need to, and also BLABLABLABLA YOU GET WHAT I MEAN NOW😂😂??

i have no idea which one i like the most o(-( well, one thing that stuck out in this particular run through your tag is that i kept going back and staring at senku's blushing face from the texting comic😂 it's really so adorable, yeah i don't have a definite answer in the end but hope you had fun reading this😂 if you think this ask is long you should see my wgytr comments

It's really cool how since you're my friend you know a bunch of different context behind each of these that a normal viewer wouldn't and that affects your opinion on each one. It's also really cool how you picked at least one art piece from each medium that I use

Thanks for thinking about this! I was thinking "huh isn't it a bit conceited to ask someone what their favorite art of mine was?" But it's me and you so it's fine 🤣 It was really nice to read

Pre petrification Gen

Clay Gen

Ukyo evil face

Rio

Sai Attempt 1 Attempt 2

Texting comic