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#also i didn't realize the yuri was so yuri. i see why the fandom is like that.
crimeronan · 15 days
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okay so i have ended up reading dungeon meshi. the first bit was sort of a slog despite being technically superb bc of how i have no particular interest in manga or dungeon video games or cooking. however i'm partway thru vol 5 now and just needed to pop in here to say that -- probably to no one's surprise -- chilchuck is My Guy.
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yuikomorii · 1 year
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Who do you think are the most mentally strong diaboys?
// I'd like to make a top three, even if I believe number one is already obvious:
3. Kino
Being forgotten by your true "father" and abandoned in Rottenberg is a very sad scenario. Kino was also bullied because of his race, since the ghouls did not treat someone like him well. However, after releasing his powers, they began to respect him, so Kino became their leader, and unlike other characters, he also got Yuri, his friend, by his side. Kino is a mentally strong person, but he still struggles with it, especially given his resentment of the Sakamaki brothers for obtaining Karl's "love," even though they did nothing to him. He also gaslights others for "having it better," and dwells on his past to the point of obsession. It feels as if he doesn’t live for himself anymore, but merely for recognition.
2. Kou
Losing your wealth, ending up in a manhole, then in an orphanage where you were assaulted and exploited because you were a pretty child... As horrifying as it may sound, Kou has a very realistic past because the events that happened to him actually occurred in Romania during that time period. Honestly, despite his background, I'm surprised he's generally such a cheerful person. He would have been first on the list, but Kou never moved on from his experiences. He, like Kino, held a grudge against the Sakamakis for having "a better life" than him, despite the fact that he was unaware of their past. Anyway, he was in MB at the time, and based on DF and LE, he's doing much better now and is a sunshine boy, so he deserves this spot.
1. Ayato
I guess it's always been obvious that Ayato is mentally the healthiest Diaboy. His past is almost on the level of Haruka from Moshikami, which says a lot because it's so messed up that I wouldn't have been surprised if he lost all hope, but he didn't, which is really admirable.
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Ayato never complained about what he went through, never gaslighted others for having it better, never engaged in a harmful coping mechanism and never projected on others. Yes, he has insecurities; he is afraid of not being loved or not being the best, but he is not dependent on these. He could still live peacefully without achieving them. Furthermore, he doesn't need a person to "fix" or help him deal with his struggles; he simply wants someone to appreciate and believe in him.
He's a carefree person who surprisingly prefers to look on the bright side and holds no resentment toward those who have wronged him as long as he knows their reasons and that everything turned out well. His ability to forgive people so easily is both a strength and a weakness because some people do such horrible things to you that they no longer deserve your forgiveness.
I like Kino but he literally burned you alive, beat you up, stole Yui, and wanted to sell you to the church to be slaughtered, but in the end, you gave him a second chance and were the first to integrate him and recognize him as a Sakamaki?? And normally, I wouldn't mind this since I give a bunch of second chances too but the thing is, nobody is willing to forgive AYATO if things go wrong, and that's painful because it's so unfair. ://
I might have realized why Karlheinz thinks Ayato is more special than anyone else, and this quote from his DF Ecstasy epilogue perfectly explains it:
Karlheinz (describing Ayato): Valuing your life, grieving, lamenting your misfortune, suffering…
And resisting!
That’s what Adam is all about!!
Basically, what makes Ayato the official Adam is the fact that unlike other demons, who are ignorant to death, he still has a desire to live and fights for it. No matter how much pain he has endured, nothing can break him.
One of the reasons his LE route was so reviled in the Japanese and English fandoms is that nothing hurts more than seeing an energetic and strong-willed character who appeared that way in seven games suddenly lose all hope and drown in misery.
I have written a too much about Ayato, but he deserves it. He’s not the smartest or most calculated guy, but he is unquestionably the most mentally strong one, and I doubt any other Diaboy would have ended up as approachable as Ayato if he had been in his position.
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joeys-piano · 9 months
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Fanfiction Writer Bingo - Three Bingos!
Tagged by @voxofthevoid. The scrungiest writer I know. Like a wet cat noodle, all bite and scratches.
Mine
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Fandoms I Write For
Sasaki to Miyano
Harry Potter (didn't think I'd be on that train again, but here I am 1.5 years later apparently)
Fandoms I've Written For
Vocaloid
Hetalia
K Project
Code Lyoko
Haikyuu
Yuri on Ice
Detroit Become Human
The Royal Tutor
Natsume Yuujinchou
Bungou Stray Dogs
Bleach
The Sandman
Trigun Stampede
So as you see, I got into fanfic writing because I'm a weeb. And sometimes, western property gets mixed in.
About The Boxes I Didn't Pick
Didn't have a Wattpad phase. I believe I have one or two burner accounts to cross-post one project to see what engagement and the readership was like. I have no intentions of diving further into that site when AO3 is the best fic home for me.
I have a weird relationship with fluff. Writing it actively tries to kill me (no exaggeration, I can count on two hands the number of times I've nearly died while writing it and I'm not taking many chances). While I find it cute to enjoy, it's not my go-to for enjoyment unless there are additional genres/tropes playing into it. It seems the most palpable way I can enjoy it without dying (literally) is combining it with comedy, because laughter is the best medicine.
The only "outline" I do is a short, abridged scribble of the main reason why I'm writing the story. And then I finish the rest of it, beginning to end, through vibes alone. I used to hardcore outline until I realized it doesn't work for me. Outlining feels like I've already written the story, and then I get disappointed when I actually have to write it. So I just skip that entirely and adjust as I go.
Fanfiction, much like poetry and screenplays, is a writing form. It has its own rules and conventions of what makes a fanfic, and the look of it is slightly different than a traditional short story to novel you see in non-fic spaces. I see it that way, because I don't see it as a genre. You can stuff any genre into fanfic, and it's still fanfic. It can be long or short or whatever it wants to be. What differentiates this form from non-fic work is primarily the leeways that fics offers, that other non-fic types struggle to do.
Gets ideas in the middle of the day.
Has written fics while drinking a virgin mojito. No clue what being drunk is like.
Needs water to write because I'm reaching out loud. Coffee makes me tired, and I don't like the taste. Tea also tastes bad, unless it's fruity. But if I'm having fruit tea, I rather play games.
I had aspirations to go pro one day. Until I found out a few years ago I don't have to go pro to tell the stories I want to tell or to reach the readers I want. And my style of writing and storytelling is not commercial (in western publishing), and that's alright with me.
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Tagging (softly): @duplicitywrites, @feu-eau, @flowercrown-bard, @rebrandedbard, @afusiek, @fatexweaver, and @markala5
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pinkprimrose05 · 8 months
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3 choices. Arc V (Fandom) for 2 and 10. Yuri (Character) for 5, 6 and 7. Yuya (character)for 2 and 15. If you take on all 7 of these questions I will tie you upside down and play whale noises until you chill. Take care!
Put that rope away, yes, thank you- aaaand here we go!
2) my three favorite characters and why I love them so much:
I should preface this by thanking you for my most recent microcrisis, AKA the abrupt realization that somehow, somewhere along the line... the Theatre Kid Agenda™ has discreetly overtaken my top 3 list.
Speaking of the list:
1- You thought this would be Yuuya, but as it turns out... it's Yuuya! lol.
I'd go ahead and wax the usual poetry about the layers and symbols and all that jazz, but you've already seen me gush about that several times over, so I'll just focus on the babyboy factor for once instead. Yuuya may not have wet kitten energy even at his angstiest, but he sure is a sunshine bean of debatable genuity, and that's just as adoptable!
Looking at him alone is enough to make me want to offer comfort ok. I'm stuffing him in a blanket burrito and shipping him off to my place for a long, long break and some overdue therapy. We can cope with life together, cry a little, cry a lot, bake sweets to recuperate, melt into happy little puddles after a good treat, and then nerd out about theatrics and play a few duels to test silly strategies! This kid is my Son and he deserves all the best things in the world, so for every bit of pain he goes through I'm giving him a truckload of comfort.
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2- You may have noticed this in ARC-V Month, you may have picked up on it through my sporadic, scattered mentions of the guy, but if not, then here's a fun fact: I have more than one ARC-V blorbo.
Introducing the central piece of a great many of my conflicted thoughts, confused feelings, paradoxical opinions, abrupt perception shifts, and eventual (semi-)begrudging affection that had me questioning my taste in pixels for like a whole year:
...Zarc.
I've known this fucker for 5 years, hated him for a solid 3, and then woke up one winter day in 2023 and realized that oh shit, he managed to land himself a spot in blorbo tier. Is this what people mean when they say a character grew on them? Were my feelings playing the most long-winded joke on my mind for 4 years? Trust me, I don't know. What I do know is that maining his deck was definitely an endearing factor, and so was the 3rd ARC-V watch (this is where I started uncovering most of the easter eggs I know about the show, so perhaps the build-up made me a touch biased over time, but I genuinely found the 136-139 marathon more entertaining than annoying for once. We speak not of 140).
TL;DR: I think the lettuce clown is neat. Past me would have a stroke if I told her I'm a Zarc apologist now tho.
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3- Super Duper Ultra Hyper Extra Mega- ok I'll stop now.
Sawatari is actually the one surprise in this list to me because, huh, I didn't realize how much I liked him over other nearly as cool characters until I put them side by side and pondered who brings me more joy when on-screen. I thought 3rd place would be someone like Yuugo, maybe Serena, but it seems I've taken a spontaneous shine to the banana peel?
(Help how does this keep happening why am I weak to clowns lmao)
See, Shingo's character may be on the simpler side by virtue of being the... designated comic relief, but that simplicity is part of his charm! The mix of charismatic and pathetic aura is a also rare thing, you know- It's not easy to be so cool and cringe at the same time and make it feel natural. That takes skill.
And speaking of skill, Shingo has my respect for always putting up a good fight, even in the games he loses to all sorts of jobber bullshit. He's a genuinely good duelist and a great entertainer, and I love that for him!
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10) how many fics I've read that are set in it (approximately and making exaggerated guesstimates):
Guesstimate: Around a thousand. I've been around the fandom long enough to read all sorts of fics on ff.net and Ao3 (among other sites), and it sure feels like I've seen a lot, looking back.
Actual number: Approximately 600, rounding down. On Ao3 alone. Huh, I was expecting the number to be like, 200, so this is not too far off, actually! Maybe the reason the fic count feels higher than it is because the memorable reads tend to be REALLY long multichapters. Why are these so common in the ARC-V tag, by the way? Is it the allure of crossovers? The canon divergence AUs?
(The answer is both, and a few other factors as well. Good for us, I say! Longfics are a serious test of commitment, and I'm glad to see and follow so many talented and dedicated authors!)
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Long time no see. Hope you've been doing alright, and that the new year is going well for you. There's something that's I've been thinking about, and that's the fandom's opinion on Leo Akaba. As you already know, he ain't a popular figure, even for the villains. The main issues people have with him are his motives, his actions that led to Z-arc getting revived, and he was easily forgiven. Now, all of these are understandable, but I think people might be getting bias with this one, and not the
-reasonable kind. Although I'm not properly educated on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise as I would like to be yet, from what I've seen in other posts, is that yeah ARC-V might've dropped the ball with Leo, but he's still a good villain and that other YGO enemies had much more stupid "redemption" arcs than he did. It's not just with Leo and the villains. I'm starting to notice that whatever problems the fandom has with ARC-V, they're present in the other shows and are either just as bad or way worse.
Hi there. I'm doing fine. I hope that you've had a good start to the new year too. I knew that Leo Akaba wasn't one of the more popular villains and I was aware of some of the issues people had with him, but I'm a bit surprised that there were issues with his motives. Leo's motivations were perfectly fine. For most of the series, he was kept in the shadows. He, and by extension Academia, were a looming threat to the four dimensions, so you could still feel his presence even if he wasn't on screen that often. Finding out that he wasn't after power like I had assumed he was doing for years, but instead was trying to restore his daughter and the original world changed everything. He was a father lashing out in grief for his lost child. He wanted to restore what was lost by any means necessary. His desire to reunite with Ray arguably made him sympathetic, but the show never justified his actions. Reiji called him out multiple times during their duel that he was a bigger threat to the peace among the four dimensions than Zarc was, which was true. His actions were what led to Zarc's revival in the first place since without the Dimensional War, I don't think that the Dragon Boys would have been able to merge together. It was also extremely satisfying to see Reiji call Leo out, especially when some fans still thought that he was secretly evil or that he would team up with his father to fight against Yuya. That was one of Reiji's best moments in the series.
This motivation made Leo far more interesting than I thought he would be. It also explained why he had no problem attacking other Dimensions or brainwashing children for his personal army. He didn't see any of these dimensions or any of the people, including his own wife and son, as being real because they weren't from the original world. But from the audience's perspective, we couldn't agree with him since by this point, we had seen multiple characters from different dimensions. We had seen their different personalities and connections form to where we couldn't just dismiss them like he could just because they weren't from the original world. It also made sense in-universe for this reveal to happen this late in the series when Leo was the only survivor of the original world and would be the only one with memories of it.
I remember people being annoyed with how he basically had Yuri become a mini-Zarc, but I thought that was kind of the point. Leo was so focused on reviving Ray that nothing else mattered. He was too busy chasing after the ghost of his daughter that he didn't see the Bracelet girls as anything more than pieces of Ray. He didn't realize that Ray needed a vessel much like Zarc did to revive despite creating such advanced technology.
Now I didn't get the impression that he was easily forgiven exactly. Even Reiji letting go of his anger was less about forgiving his father and more like not being consumed by anger. He saved him after losing to Zarc, but I didn't think that meant he was forgiven either. Shun choosing to not punch Leo after he explained how wrong he was to take the Bracelet Girls away didn't mean that he was forgiven either. It would have been satisfying to see as the audience, but from Shun's perspective, he didn't do it because he didn't think that there would be a point to it if Yuto and Ruri were gone forever, which they weren't. Despite being with the cast in the finale, I don't see everyone, especially Reiji and Yuzu, happily interacting with Leo post canon is what I'm saying here. While Leo may not have gotten as much punishment for his actions as fans wanted, he still ultimately didn't really get anything either. Despite all of his efforts to revive Ray, he didn't get any semblance of closure or reunion with her. Ray was revived and helped to save the world again alongside Yuzu and Reira, but she was gone again afterwards. Abandoning his new family, carding countless innocent people and creating an army in Academia gave him exactly nothing in the end. All it did was make him nearly cause another universe destruction event and I think that was the wake up call he needed to finally understand that he was in the wrong. Honestly, Leo my second favorite Arc V villain next to Zarc himself.
Now forgiveness/redemption can be a difficult topic within fandom space in general, not just for Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I do think that the franchise have forgiven other villains for worse behavior. Marik attempted to murder Yugi and his friends multiple times before he was possessed. Yubel was a possessive and dangerous spirit even before the Light of Destruction affected them and despite being at least partly responsible for everything bad that happened during season three, they still effectively got what they wanted by merging with Judai. As a side note, I still think that Yubel is one of the most overrated villains of the franchise. Not one of the worst by any means, but I think that they're put on a bit too high of a pedestal. In term of father figures, I think both Dr. Faker and Revolver's father were much worse since their actions were glossed over, if not retconed entirely. At least Arc V didn't justify Leo's actions or try to downplay his actions like they did for those two. Not every Yu-Gi-Oh! series have the same problems, but plenty of issues some fans have with Arc V can be found in other series too.
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mosshook · 6 months
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20 questions for fic writers
thank you sm for the tag, @mangatxt / ani!!! <3
to any of my friends who write fic, feel free to do this if you'd like! (@astertiae, @catbandits) this is just for fun :]
the questions are below the cut.
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
12, currently
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
44.5k
3. What fandoms do you write for?
right now, i'm not actively working on anything. but if i get a chance to work on a project over my holiday break in december, it'll probably be for our flag means death or lord of the rings.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
two very old merlin fics, my singular mandalorian fic, and both of my mob psycho fics that are over 1k words.
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
i usually do, yes! i think it's really cool that people take the time to leave a comment after they're done reading something of mine, be it long or short. it touches me every time, and even if i don't always know what to say in response sometimes, i appreciate them so, so much.
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
probably ouranos. it's canon-compliant with the merlin timeline for season 4, and it follows lancelot from his sacrificial death for merlin, to his limbo existence in underworld, to being resurrected by morgana and eventually being killed in combat with arthur.
on a language level, it's also one of the first fics i wrote that started to lean more into what my style currently is! so it's kind of sweet on the occasion i reread it and can see my roots.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
definitely without a question it's this is a life. no fictional character has ever touched me quite like reigen, and i wanted to finish that specific piece on a note that was less emblematic of an ending and moreso felt like a triumphant beginning. like a promise of a new, better tomorrow.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
i did once, and in hindsight it's pretty funny. but basically, i made critical comments about a character on twitter, so someone went into my comments section and told me to NEVER write for this one specific pairing anymore. (for the record, i didn't. but that was because i realized the pairing in question was kind of lame.)
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
i tried my hand at it once. it went horribly, but it was a learning experience. let the record know it was SO MUCH HARDER than i thought it would be.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
not really, no! i mean, i published a self-insert fic as a joke for my friends a few years ago, but that's not quite the same thing.
if we're talking "not published and will never see the light of day" stuff, i did write a little blurb where keanu reeves' jonathan harker meets alex winters' vampire marko from the lost boys.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
yes. the title was taken, as was the premise, from a popular author in the community.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
not to my knowledge!
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
yeah!!! nothing serious that ever got published, but me and my friends have collaborated on mini-projects together and have old google docs together. i used to write mini fics with my friends all the time on twitter, but sadly i never archived them.
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
probably yuuri and victor from yuri on ice. i can't express enough how much yuri on ice changed my life when it came out, or the sheer euphoria i felt as a kid in the closet watching someone so much like me - yuuri - be out, and happy, and brave. i miss my show so, so much.
15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
my aquarium fic with serizawa as a education volunteer and reigen as a schoolteacher who takes his kids there on field trips. i have so many little scenes from it and an incredibly specific vision for it as someone who loves the sea, has a lifelong appreciation for marine life, and has always wanted to live by the shore.
16. What are your writing strengths?
oh man. i think that i do a good job of integrating leitmotifs and playing into my semi-poetic voice. i also think that over the years, i've gotten better at creating tangible atmospheres, specifically with the quiet. i love portraying the quiet.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
grammatically, i'm a bit of a nightmare sometimes. dialogue takes a while for me to develop, too.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
i wouldn't do this unless i knew the other language well (like vietnamese). most likely i don't think i'll end up doing this at all because even with my personal and professional writing, i'm hesitant to write in another language that isn't english.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
merlin. i was 11 and wrote my first fic on my ipad in the pages app...it was a merlin fix-it that was over 15,000 words long, and it was absolutely atrocious. said ipad is at my parent's house locked forever because i forgot the password, and i hope it stays that way. some things should stay lost.
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
honestly? i think it's still principles of stellar connectivity. i wrote this for community during lockdown in late 2020, and i conceptualized a lot of it with my friend, @combeferres. (they're credited at the beginning as the person who made the fic's mixtape!) it's got everything i love: rock music, troy and abed being silly, national parks, stargazing, celestial motifs. i wanted to do a serious character study with sitcom characters while still retaining the core of who they are and what makes them so special, and to this day, i think i was pretty successful.
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wenellyb · 2 years
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I got your stance on Sam not having to cry. But then I think about all the young black men who grow up being told that they aren't supposed to cry. Black men being strong and not showing emotions is a trope that white writers love to use. I'm upset that Malcolm used it in tfatw. I see my uncle tell his son that big boys don't cry whenever he tries to express himself, and black male friends around me suppress those types of emotions. In this day and age where black men are slowly getting more comfortable to show emotion, cry, go to therapy, talk more openly about their trauma and support each other. I'd love to see that for Sam, however we got it for Bucky instead. I think that's the triggering part for some fans, Bucky gets to cry, to voice his frustrated, to go to therapy, but why not Sam? Why does Sam have to swallow down his pain and keep it moving? Why do white characters get to show all their emotions on screen and the black ones have to soldier on?
Last time I remember seeing a black character have a complete breakdown in Marvel was T'Challa over his father's death.
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People wanna see Sam have that breakdown, whether it's a flashback over Riley and his parents, or Steve and the stress of being Captain America. But like you said, not everyone shows emotion by crying. I just wanna see Sam throw a chair across the room at least lol.
Trust me I get you and I understand you, and when it comes to my personal experience, this is not limited to Black Men actually, Black women experience this too.
And yes, there's not being allowed to cry (stay strong etc,..) but there's also not being able to cry because of the trauma being too big or because your body just can't do it.
Trauma, pain and grief are a weird thing and you cannot control your reactions, I'm not saying Sam's reactions are healthy but they are very realistic.
I have attended funerals where no one was crying, and it's not because the people weren't sad, or weren't traumatized, it's because they couldn't. Sometimes because if one person broke down, the whole family would breakdown. And sometimes, it's because they have been through so much trauma that tears just won't fall. When you have been through too much, your body sometimes can't do it anymore, whether you're allowed or not.
I know that the reason you mention is one big issue but it isn't the only one.
I really think it's important that people realize that tears, cries, screams, aren't the only way to express emotions. It's important to realize that the way you express you emotions also depends on your culture and background and we can't expect everyone to react the same.
I also disagree that we got to see Bucky's tears of frustrations. Because the only tears we saw from Bucky were tears of joy and relief, we Saw Bucky being angry in the therapy scene but we didn't see him cry either.
In my opinion, the show didn't let White characters show their emotions and not the Black characters. I think that fandoms and even society as a whole are "trained" to see White people's pain but not so much the pain of non-White people.
You mentioning Bucky is a great example, because the only times we saw him crying were the tears of joy/relief in Wakanda, all the other times he had emotional scenes, he didn't cry (just like Sam). He didn't cry while talking to Yuri, even though he was emotional.
During the therapy scene, Bucky got a very emotional scene where he was able to express his emotions as you mentionned, he said "If Steve was wrong about you maybe he was wrong about me". But Sam also got emotional during that scene, when he told Bucky he had no right to comment on something he wouldn't understand. Sam also got to express himself. But it went unnoticed. The first thing Sam ever said to Bucky in the show was that it broke his heart that they gave the shield to Walker, Sam is expressing his feelings. We don't see him cry or have a breakdown but we don't see his emotions, his pain,...We just ignore it as a fandom (because no tears were shed, I assume).
Bucky had emotional scenes yes, but so did Sam. So did Sam. And yet, we often hear about how only Bucky got to express himself and not Sam. Because Sam's reactions went unnoticed, but they were there.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with everything you said, but I still don't think it justify saying that we didn't see Sam's sadness or suffering in the show, because we did. Constantly.
Last point, my stand isn't exactly that Sam "doesn't have to cry" what I'm saying is that "Sam doesn't have to cry for people to notice that he's in pain". I would have been fine with seeing him cry, but not seeing him cry doesn't mean that I didn't see him being sad or emotional, because his reactions were very realistic to me.
I think it's healthy that we as a fandom ask to see more of Sam, more of his background, his History, his relationships etc, but I think it's completely unfair to act like the FATWS didn't give us some of that already, scenes where we got to see Sam's emotions.
I'm fine either way, I would love to see Sam being more emotional in the future. But him not crying or not having a breakdown isn't a deal breaker.
I really appreciate your input and hope my answer was clear, sometimes the things I write sounds much clear in my brain lol.
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schneizel · 7 months
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the story of how I became a fujoshi
a funny story but it's personal at the end of the day!
It all began in summer ... Kidding, I have no idea what season it was. But this person was but browsing the Internet innocently when she started seeing that word floating around her favorite forums, boards and general "otaku" communities on the web: "yaoi". Actually, "shounen ai" too.
(Thunder would strike now, totally.)
So at first obviously I had no idea what that was. I was very young - not even reached puberty yet - but I was a bit younger than my fandom friends at that time, so they were kinda "eeeerrm" about explaining that to me, but as I was a well-known conoisseur of yuri (because my nickname was Michiru Kaioh for quite some time and even though I liked her for other reasons, of course by then I knew ... way more than a 8yo should about yuri) they chose to explain anyway. But of course... well, yaoi in general was quite raunchy when compared to yuri so they had to tell me that too and I was kinda "ew" at first. I used to read yuri manga but that was basically, um, shoujo with two girls really (which made it LESS problematic than most popular 90s shoujo where the boy would almost always be a rapist or an asshole in some way...) so of course I was kinda "thanks but no" about yaoi in general also because yaoi fangirls were rabid and all that (remember yaoi paddles?!) so anyway for some time... I was like "yaoi? Oh yes, I know. No, I don't like. No I'm not homophobic I just don't like it lol" about it honestly. Even though my best friends at that time liked it I was quite "ew" and "that's ok man to each their own" .
That's how it all began. My first anime fandom (as in series I religiously followed weekly episode releases) was Ouran Host Club and even though it was well a shoujo parody anime (and I was into it for the parody as I was Haruhi To A T and didn't get along with rabid fangirls) it was a very smart one that made me rethink my irrational hatred of rabid fangirls a bit and also some other things. And among these, well... Basically my best boy (that was Kyouya Ootori yes) had great scenes with the protagonist just like everyone else in that reverse harem, and I shipped them loads, but he ... was 100% driven by his relationship with dumb best guy friend Tamaki I guess. It definitely seemed to me more like a love triangle. The more I saw into it, the more I got into the triangle and from there I also began reading "TamaKyo" (actually, KyoTama was my fav lol) fanfic and stuff because I couldn't get enough of my husbando lol. Anyway, from there I learned more about all of it - uke, seme, erodoujin, mpreg - wait but no really but I wasn't entirely sold on "liking BL" yet though my best friend reeeeeally wanted me to just indulge in BL too lol. At some point I watched Princess Princess which was similarly to Ouran a shoujo parody (but in this case of BL manga and its tropes) and was super into it, but the author was also a prolific BL author under another penname so there was a gay ship/couple between the main characters that of course was better than every other ship in that series. But I STILL wasn't entirely sold. Come on! Don't care for guys fucking (actually, I was so Haruhi To A T I didn't really care for anybody fucking - took me a while to realize I was Actually Asexual really ; ; ;) nor am I a guy so why should I actively seek M/M stuff?
That's when, well, It happened. By "it" I mean she set a trap for me. (... This is such a good story I tell people to this day, sorry @ friend. ) She sent me an episode of Gravitation on Messenger saying I had to watch it and I was like "yeah yeah ..." because I couldn't refuse it anymore or maybe it was a dare or something. I downloaded it so she'd be satisfied and had it on my PC thinking "well, let's just let it rot..." and then she asked to come over on the weekend and to put it plainly she robbed me of my mouse and keyboard and played it on my PC. Here I am screaming internally because I'm 12 and my parents are around and she's like "watch it. Just watch it." and I didn't want them to realize I was making a fuss over it so I just watched it. I was very annoyed at first really, but by the end of the episode I was... kind of glad Shuichi didn't really look like a guy anyway and thought it wasn't THAT bad just kinda lame. Anyway, nobody got hurt (maybe?) and then she went home and begged me on Messenger to watch more of it. I think I gave it a try for whatever reason and before I knew it I had fallen in love .......... with Ryuichi Sakuma ; ; ; ; ;
COME ON RYUICHI IS AMAZING. Easily on my top anime guys to this day. He is pretty, talented, famous, slightly batshit has a split personality and one is cool and the other is cute and funny I meannnnnndfbndn !!! Also I hated Yuki but I was RyuShu trash and that never really changed. Murakami Maki was dumb for not exploring the ship better. Anyway, this is the story of how my fandom bff and Kyouya Ootori and Taishi Zaou and Ryuichi Sakuma turned me into a BL fan. From there I watched other friends' recs like GetBackers (fell in love! ALSO, KAZUKI ..........) and it all went downhill from there. By 2007 I was like "but there are bishounen ... and we SHIP" and that's kinda how it goes to this day lol. So after that I lost all of my pride and went on Gaia to ask for recommendations of "anime with great slash ships", discovered Code Geass ... and that's where I'm now I guess.
Fun story.
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Hey! Random request, I love yarichin bitch club but I do not see many fanfics about them which rlly sucks. So could you please do a. Dom Yuri ayato x fem reader that has a breeding kink smut please.
I also really love all of your posts they always make my day :D. Thank you very much ☺️🥰
Turning the Tables | Yuri Ayato x Fem! Reader
Fandom: Yarichin Bitch Club
Word Count: 900
Warning: Strong language, smut (CW: Soft dom, breeding kink) 18+
a/n: Thank you so much for the request! Sorry it took me a while to finish it, but I hope you like it XD
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"BAAAAAABEEEEEEEEYYYYY," Yuri's high-pitched voice pierced through the door as he made his way to the bedroom after his first day as a college senior. "I want kissy! Kiss kiss!"
"Welcome home, love," you left the kitchen where you had been cooking dinner. "Food is ready, I made lasagna, do you want me to-?"
"Later," Yuri said before taking you into his arms, kissing you hungrily, like a starved man. For a moment you wondered what could've possibly gotten into him, of course his appetite had been bigger ever since leaving the Yari-bu after graduation, but usually he liked to eat the actual food before getting down to business.
"Okay, someone's pent up..." you huffed a laugh as he threw you in bed, opening the wardrobe and getting to the drawer where he kept his toys.
"All mine, all mine," Yuri snickered holding a pair of fuzzy purple handcuffs. Normally he liked those accessories to be used on him, but once in a while, he took charge, most times without a warning which only added to the thrill. "Nakey!"
During the years you spent with your boyfriend, you learned how to understand his... uh... dialect. You knew he wanted you to take your clothes off, something he never bothered with, way too excited to get to the sex part. You undressed as quickly as possible, offering your wrists for him to restrain.
"Good girl," he growled, his voice dropping to a husky whisper.
Yuri was a man of action more than a man of words. He cuffed you and pinned your arms above your head, spreading your legs with his thigh, his cock already rock hard and seeping precum.
"Fill me up, baby," you cried, struggling with the handcuffs, something he absolutely loved to watch.
"Beg, begbegbegbeg," he giggled.
"Please, please baby, I need you!"
"Good pet," he cooed, nearly drooling on your chest from watching your desperation.
With a swift motion, he was inside of you, stretching you so nicely and suddenly. You had no idea what happened at college to get him all riled up, but it didn't matter at the moment, as long as he would use you as his sex toy. Plunging his length deeply into you, moaning loudly and shamelessly to whoever wanted to hear.
Yuri held your wrists, keeping your arms above your head with one hand while the other alternated between teasing your nipples and your clit, making you squirm even more for him, driving him wild with each thrust and each sloppy kiss he stole from your lips.
"I'm getting close, baby, I don't know how much more I can take," you whined.
"You wait until I spill," he smirked, sticking his pierced tongue out to lick the dark hickeys he left on your neck. "Good pet, good girl!"
"Y-yes," you nodded, wanting to please him more than anything.
"I spill," Yuri moaned after only a few seconds. He didn't wanna keep you waiting, he only wanted to have control over when you were gonna finish. But as he tried to pull out and 'spill' elsewhere, you wrapped your legs around him tighter, stopping him from moving.
"I want it inside, fill me up, I wanna feel your cum in me."
His smirk turned into a grin as he realized what you wanted. He was more than happy to help, of course, that's why he usually skipped the condoms with you.
"You want my milk?" Yuri whispered. "Milk me!"
"Yes! Fuck a baby into my pussy, leave me dripping like the cum slut I am."
He didn't need to be told twice, your words made him lose it and as you felt him fill you with his warm load, you let go, your orgasm hitting you in waves of pleasure each time his cock twitched inside of you, covering your walls with his seed.
"So, was that good?" Yuri asked in a more sober tone, rolling over before getting the handcuffs off and kissing the back of your hands, making sure they were okay.
"That was amazing! Did something happen to leave you like that?"
"No, just saw one of the pictures you sent me last week and got really really horny," he laughed softly, wrapping his arms around you. "You make me so hard!" he howled, once again sounding like himself.
"Oh there you are, you never speak normally for too long, even when we're alone," you teased.
"Buh buh Boooooring!" Yuri exclaimed.
"You think the way I talk is boring?" you smiled, running your fingers through his pink hair.
"No, I just have my own way to express myself, but if you want I can talk like this," he said quietly, almost like you just chastised him.
"You don't have to, I was just curious."
"Okay, let's say... When you want me to talk to you like this, you just tell me, but don't go around telling everyone about it, this is just for you."
"Should I feel special?"
"Absolutely... Do you want me to look over your homework before you turn it in tomorrow?"
"Yes, please," you reached for your notebook on the nightstand. "Sometimes I forget you're actually a genius."
"Not a genius... I'm just good at school, and I speak three languages, and I play piano and guitar."
"And you're great at sex."
"That too," he chuckled.
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I've been thinking about the talk between Langa and his mom, trying to figure out how it can be/is supposed to be interpreted. I've tried to see if it can be platonic, but every time I do I find another way that is romantic.
One factor in the platonic vs romantic interpretations is the use of "suki", which we all know means "like''. "Suki" is an adjective and can be used in both a platonic and romantic sense. Generally, "suki" is used in the romantic way when referring to people.
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Langa's mom seems to assume he's talking about having a crush on a girl who he got into a fight with, so she meant it as romantic. But let's give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that Langa interpreted his mom's use of "suki" as platonic. 
If Langa thought she meant "do you like this person?" in a friendly way (which he obviously does like Reki since they are close friends) his reaction feels odd. 
Normally, in these situations, this is where Langa would have replied "yeah, he's my best friend." Or even just "friend." But like we all saw, he's taken aback and surprised, hesitates and takes a moment to consider her question before replying "well... yeah." Like he's just realizing how he feels. Either this boy has the emotional self-awareness of a timbit and somehow is unable to say that he likes his best friend (in the platonic sense), or he is just realizing he has a crush on his best friend. 
He's shocked and surprised and hesitates to answer, thinking about it and turning away. Reki and Langa, before their "break up", were very close friends. Best friends. They have their own handshake, they made promises to eachother. They would go to school together, eat lunch together, go home together, go to work together, skate and practice together, go to "S'' together. They also went to the island with everyone else, but spent a good amount of time, just them, together. In the platonic sense, they DEFINITELY like each other. So, why would Langa hesitate to admit that he likes Reki as a friend?
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There's also the whole "her" thing. When Langas mom says "You have to act on [your feelings] if you really care about her!" Langa's reaction is pretty interesting. When his mom said "if you really like her!" it told us, the depressed fuckers watching the show, that she meant her previous "do you like this person" question in a romantic sense. If she meant platonic, she would have kept her advice gender neutral and said "if you really care about them", or even assumed it was about Reki and used "him". She didn't. The only interpretation of that line is romantic.
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With the previous parts of this scene I explained, the end can be interpreted as platonic, but it makes so much more sense romantically. 
Langa replying, dead straight face and confused ""her"?" can be taken a few ways. One is that he, somehow, STILL doesn't understand she meant it in a romantic sense. Another is that he is confused as to why she thinks it's a girl he's talking about. He doesn't say "no mom, it's my friend Reki, not a girl." He doesn't get all flustered when he realizes she meant as a crush. He's unphased by the crush implication and only questions the pronouns his mother used. They had their little back and forth "huh?" and then the scene changed. No clarification. 
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Either this is some next-level queerbaiting or this is the 2021 equivalent of Yuri On Ice with a different type of skating.
@ the sk8 fandom: pls tell me your interpretation of this scene i just want to understandddd
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Title: Second-Year Valentine's Day
Author: meiberry
Link: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12852677/1/Second-Year-Valentine-s-Day
Fandom: Kenkyo Kenjitsu
Pairing: EnjouXReika
Photo: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/67148847
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"No. I'm not going to take it. It's going to make me sleepy. Plus it tastes like soap."
The muffled voice of Yukino came from beneath the covers. The IV drip tube poked out from the ball of sheets in the hospital bed.
Shuusuke sighed at his little brother's stubborn actions. Good thing he came prepared for this. "Yukino. Kisshouin-san wrote you a letter."
The ball of sheets shifted, and Yukino's head popped out from beneath the covers, his doe peering up at Enjou in surprise. "...Reika-oneesama?"
Shuusuke held up a small pink envelope with "Yukino-kun" written in neat handwriting in the center. Yukino reached for it when Shuusuke swept it back out of reach with a gentle smile.
"..." Sullenly, Yukino obediently drank the medicine. Watching as he finished it, Shuusuke patted his head and handed him a glass of water with a piece of candy to take care of the medicine's bitter aftertaste. Yukino popped the candy in his mouth with one hand and eagerly held out the other, looking up at Shuusuke expectantly. Shuusuke handed him the letter and watched as his little brother opened it earnestly.
In the beginning, Shuusuke was pretty surprised to see him get along so well with an older girl. Usually, Yukino was not so nice. He was a really smart kid for his young age, and many older girls had been trapped by his soft, harmless facade only to be humiliated and insulted beyond repair. But recently, Shuusuke found that with Kisshouin, Yukino seemed to genuinely act like his appearance.
Shuusuke could see why. Kisshouin clearly didn't have any ulterior motives when speaking to Yukino. Older girls usually saw Yukino as a means to an end. If they weren't patronizing then they were obsequious, obviously trying to use the younger brother to get to the older one. But when it came to Kisshouin… if anything, it was as if her treatment of the two brothers was reversed. In the ten years of knowing her, the very first time that Kisshouin started a one-on-one conversation with Shuusuke that lasted longer than one minute happened to be because Yukino. It was a dreadfully humbling experience. Yukino has sure put up with a lot these past few years.
In any case, no matter how devilish he was to other people, in the end, Yukino really was still a little boy, and Shuusuke was simply grateful that he was able to be just a normal, cute kid with someone, even if it was a girl who clearly didn't put Shuusuke in her eyes.
He watched peacefully as his little brother's eyes happily flew across the letter.
"Kisshouin-san really cares about Yukino."
Yukino shot a glance over at him, "What? Is oniisama jealous?" And then he continued reading his letter.
"And don't think that I don't realize you told her to write this to make me obediently stay in the hospital."
Shuusuke smiled wryly. When he could tell Yukino was finished reading, he continued, "Well, Yukino seems to really like Kisshouin-san. I thought maybe you would listen if she asked you personally."
Yukino smiled, happy from finishing Kisshouin's letter. "Yeah, I do like her. Reika-oneesama is really nice and she's not just pretending. Do you want to read it, oniisama? I'll let you read it, since you asked her to write this for me. I'm going to the bathroom."
Yukino handed the letter to Shuusuke as he climbed out of bed and grabbed at his drip stand to roll it into the bathroom in the room.
Shuusuke blinked at the letter in his hands. Although he didn't ask to read it, he was honestly pretty curious. What did she say to Yukino to cheer him up, anyways?
The letter was not very long, and it fit neatly on the cute stationary decorated with little birds and vines.
Yukino-kun,
Enjou-sama told me that you are admitted to the hospital. I am worried for your health. Your family must be even more worried than me. I hope you take care of your body because many people care about you very much, and we want for you to quickly become well again. With that said, I hope you listen to the doctor so that you can leave the hospital soon. I know that sometimes it is really hard to do something you don't like. But experts have their reasons for their advice.
Recently I have been learning to make desserts from a friend. To be honest, my dessert-making skill is much farther behind my cooking. I think I know what to do when I try to be creative and individual with my own ideas, but actually, my friend tells me that the greatest mistake in baking is not following from the recipe. This is completely different from cooking, where not following the recipe is not that big of a deal. When I listened to my friend, I made a dessert more delicious than anything I'd ever made in my life! I realized at that moment, ah, so that is the difference between a normal person and an expert. With that said, I hope you understand the importance of listening to experts such as your doctor.
When you come back, you'll be able to see your other friends and me in the Petite Pivoine salon again.
Wishing you a quick recovery,
Kisshouin Reika
By the time Yukino returned from the bathroom, Shuusuke had already finished reading the letter and had set it on the tray over the foot of Yukino's bed.
"So, what did you think of Kisshouin-san's letter? Are you going to listen to her when she asks to you listen to to doctor's advice?"
"I guess." Yukino sat at the foot of the bed and picked up the letter again, folding it and carefully putting it back in its envelope before he flopped back into bed, pulling the covers over himself. "The way she asks me to listen to the doctor is just less irritating than when you ask me to listen to the doctor."
Shuusuke helped put the covers over Yukino.
"I wonder why Reika-oneesama is learning to make desserts." Yukino looked at Shuusuke, his eyes widening. "Valentine's Day is coming up, isn't it? I wonder what Reika-oneesama is making…"
"Hmm. Who knows."
"I wonder if she's learning to bake something for the person she likes..."
"Hmm. Who knows."
Yukino's eyes widened like big dark marbles as he looked at Shuusuke.
"You're curious, too, aren't you oniisama? Ne, ne, what kinds of sweets has oniisama received from Reika-oneesama on Valentine's day?"
"Actually, I've never received anything from Kisshouin-san on Valentine's Day."
"Ehhhhh!"
Shuusuke thought about how in the ten years since he's known Kisshouin Reika, she has never given anyone Valentine's chocolates. Year after year, the whole school secretly held its breath in wonder at who the Goddess Kali of Suiran would afflict with her attentions. And year after year the answer was an anti-climatic… nobody.
Kisshouin Reika never gave anybody at Suiran chocolates for Valentine's day. Him and Masaya were not excluded.
Ah, wait, that's not right. Last year she gave courtesy chocolates to the student council president. In fact, Shuusuke was the one who pointed this out to Masaya... Even though she had done it in secret, for Kisshouin Reika to give chocolates to a guy at Suiran was no small matter and in the end the word leaked anyways. Because she had done it pretty secretively, there were no massive rumours, but the thing about secrets was that they always spread. Shuusuke heard about it from the more low-key sources.
Back then, he had remembered how she seemed to have had a crush on the same student council president back in middle school, but nothing had happened even after all these years. For nothing to have happened all this time, what other conclusion was it other than unrequited love? He hinted at this story of camaraderie to Masaya in hopes of inspiring him to move on with his life. Unrequited love was not the end of the world. Just look at Kisshouin-san.
Who knew that the whole thing would have worked out so beautifully at graduation. Tomoe Senju actually had a girlfriend! And he called Kisshouin Reika a sister in front of everybody. Masaya was so moved by Kisshouin's composure and courage. Shuusuke felt like he was watching Masaya watch a romance movie. Out of all the times that he's taken advantage of Kisshouin, Shuusuke felt most proud about the way that one turned out. Witnessing the way Kisshouin "handled" the student council president's "public rejection" totally inspired Masaya and brought him back from depression. He completely recovered from Yurie's rejection after that.
Yukino's marble eyes seemed to glitter in wonder as he looked up at the handsome young man sitting beside the bed.
"Wow, even though every year it seems like you get chocolates from every single girl we know, there is actually one girl who has never given you any chocolates… not even once! Hehhh..."
Yukino did not look or sound sympathetic at all with the the corner of his lips twitching upwards.
"That reminds me... when we first met and I introduced myself, Reika-oneesama made a 'geh!' face when she heard my name, like she was really saddened to hear that Oniisama was my oniisama... I thought that maybe she hated you!"
"Hmm. I sure hope Kisshouin-san doesn't hate me. But if she does hate me, then that's unfortunate."
"No, no. I don't think Reika-oneesama hates you, Oniisama! She probably doesn't even think about you at all."
"..." Shuusuke's expression remained serene as he stayed silent.
Yukino looked at his face and suddenly giggled. Shuusuke joined in with a few chuckles. For a short moment, they laughed together.
"Ahahaha…"
"Hahaha…"
"..."
"..."
Yukino turned over in bed. "Don't worry, oniisama. Maybe one day Reika-oneesama will also remember to give you chocolates, too."
"..."
"Oh yeah, oniisama, could you find me something to write with? I want to write Reika-oneesama a reply."
"...Alright. I'll go find you some paper."
The next morning, Shuusuke thanked Kisshouin for her letter to Yukino. She looked really happy that it helped. Yeah, it was really useful. She was pretty humble.
"Yukino said that it was fun to read about making sweets."
"I could only think of unimportant things to say… well..."
Hm, there it was. Shuusuke could always hear the instant whenever it sounded like Kisshouin was trying to wrap up a conversation and escape. Usually, he'd just let her go. But for some reason, he didn't feel like it this time. The words Yukino said yesterday skipped around his mind, reviving an old and annoying itch.
"So Kisshouin-san is making sweets. Could it be that on Valentine's day..."
"Umm…" He watched as Kisshouin's eyes lowered, her cheeks blushing very lightly. He could imagine her cheeks must have been warm to the touch now. "Yes..."
"Hn."
It'd be a lie to say that he never expected any chocolates from Kisshouin Reika. It wasn't to say that he wanted her chocolates or anything like that. In fact, the idea of actually eating Kisshouin Reika's handmade sweets seemed like something that belonged to the realms of extreme adventures and chemically dangerous thrill-seeking. Although, whether or not Reika's chocolates are edible, Shuusuke wouldn't want to eat them anyways, as he didn't have a sweet tooth, but...
...He still expected to get them.
It was about logic. If a girl knew Enjou Shuusuke, then she would give him chocolates on Valentine's day. (The same applied to Kaburagi Masaya.) Three of five of chocolates would be honmei. That was the rule. He knew it was a very unique and extraordinary rule. Certainly not every boy in the world had the ridiculous privilege of receiving a mountain of chocolates and sweets from all the girls he knew. But, that was his experience.
In accordance with his life experience, it was natural to expect chocolates from a girl he knew when he's always received chocolates from every girl he knew. With no exceptions.
Except this one.
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I got this comment and I guess I'm a little shaken. I wasn't trying to rush or write something bad. I just thought it would be a little cute. I didn't want to write a huge long slow burn story, besides, Choromatsu seems like the kind of nerd to fall for someone at first sight.
And about Totonyaa. I have always been extremely careful when writing them. In such a way as to make them not abusive but rather as a couple who play fights and jokes around a lot. Not as two girls just beating the shit out of each other. You do realize that fan fiction and the canon of the show are different, yes? I can write a pairing as not abusive even if it appears to be more abusive in the show. I mean isn't that the point of fanfics? I don't shove Totonyaa in anyone's face, and I tag it when I post it. It is simple to block tags on here and Ao3. That's how I avoid seeing b/l//matsu after all.
I wrote IchiKinko. I am one of the two people on Ao3 to write that ship. I also wrote IchiHomura. I wrote JyshiHomura. I even bordered on KaraHomura, but that was more friendship. I also wrote Choro/Female!Reader. I write F/M just about as often as M/M or F/F. I'm one of the few. It's not racist to write ??? Gay couples???? I'm gay!!!! For fucks sakes! I like girls!!!! Am I not supposed to write my own sexuality? It's not yaoi or yuri???? The only explicit thing I have ever written for this fandom was F/M!!!
Yaoi and yuri as seen in the eyes of the fandom, is taking the two characters and boiling them down to nothing but sex. When have I done that? I have never written explicit materials about any of the gay couples.
Even if this one fic is something you didn't like, why would that make you dislike me? I've written plenty of other terrible fics in my time. I mean I already feel like I'm a horrible writer, and maybe I am, but I'm not racist? I'm also gay so I write more of what I know as opposed to what I dont?
Also I'm not offended if you read b///l//matsu
I cant stop you? I'm not an anti you know. I know even saying that is a controversial statement, but I'm not an anti. I do not like incest, which isn't that strange, honestly. But I am not going to fight anyone over it because I have better things to do.
Honestly this comment really hurt me. I really try my best to provide a good variety of content. From ships to fluff to angst. I write one shots and long form. I have written over 80 fanfics for this fandom. I try so hard
I'm done
I'm so tired of fighting and getting hate for everything I post. It's not worth it anymore. Bye.
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