wish ppl understood the power nowadays in not giving something attention. things today are so focused on attention and reaction and #memes that the best way to shut literally anything down is simply not give it exactly what it wants. like you arent going to own that bigot on twitter youre going to boost their original message whether thats your intent or not and you arent just playing with ai for shits and giggles you are giving it free learning and data. just stop engaging with things that dont deserve it
Many years ago Tanizaki Junichirou wrote a poem on a scroll for me, and to this day it hangs in the alcove of my drawing room.
Night flies on blackbird’s wings
Shades of a dream -
What is a shadow seen in daylight?
Edogawa Ranpo, “The Phantom Lord” essay (1936) from The Edogawa Ranpo Reader
oh you watched a movie I recommended????? you listened to a song I told you about ?????? you read one of my favourite books ?????? do you know that I would literally kill for you ????? let's drink each others blood
TOP 10 ANIMANGA ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2009-2022)
To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Anime & Manga Category on December 4 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race. November 2022 is basedon November 11, 2022 data.
Miraculous Ladybug was actually in the top 10 Anime & Manga from 2016-2021, before it was finally removed from the Animanga category in 2022. I’m excluding it in the rankings since it shouldn’t have been in the animanga category in the first place.
CLAMP - Works was actually in 9th place in December 2013, but too many series were moving up and down the rankings at the time so it was impossible to catch a glimpse of it.
Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏
ETA: Locked fanworks aren’t included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.
It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. This means that when men are born from heaven they all are equal. There is no innate distinction between high and low. It means that men can freely and independently use the myriad things of the world to satisfy their daily needs through the labors of their own bodies and minds, and that, as long as they do not infringe upon the rights of others, may pass their days in happiness.
And now for something a little bit different!
My... my body was not ready on this Meteor Day anniversary night for the seiyuu of Haiji and Kakeru to reunite as Pochacco and Badtz-Maru?!?!??!?! Irino aka Akane/Ouji is also in there as My Melody (lmao) and I swear the only reason he is NOT the voice of Gudetama is because Gude's not in this Sanrio cast list and this is still not an Aotake X Sanrio cross collab (IT SHOULD BE THOoooo~). Also, I still would prefer Haiji X Cinnamoroll for reasons, but 10,000 points for Kakeru X Badtz turning CANON this year. It is the day we should state our wishes out loud indeed.
This is the English word I want to get tattooed on my wrist. It means “to keep breathing even though the water rises all around you.” English is such a mystical exotic language. They can fit so much meaning into so small a word.