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lake-archive · 28 days
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A Nyauntie's Power!
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Disclaimer! While I wrote this and many other oneshots to be able to be understood in a vacuum, I recommend reading Alte Liebe Rostet Nicht for further context!
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Fandom: Ensemble Stars
Characters: Arashi Narukami, Nyeli (by @watersofcamelot), Izumi Sena, Ritsu Sakuma
Pairing: Arashi Narukami & Nyeli (platonic)
Words: 1,558
Summary: Sometimes it just takes an aunt to get things rolling... And Arashi is willingly that aunt. She has to be the best aunt she can be!
“ Apologies to be… Troubling but… Nyeli… I have to… Uhm… Right, meeting! Meeting for a bit! And someone has to… Look over him. Could you in your time off, Arashi? Please!? I'll make it up too! Promise! ”
Of course Arashi could not let this opportunity slip away! This was a rare occasion after all. Spending time with her adorable, little nephew, all by herself? Little Nyeli was always so busy with Ritsu–Chan or Izumi–Chan, she started feeling a little left out. Now, she understood that the little kitty was trying to catch up with his older brother and was very clingy towards who he called Papa, but she wanted to spend time with him as well sometimes. This wasn't fair at all! Well, now she will finally get her chance. And she was going to make these few hours count!
Her schedule had been free this afternoon, a rare occasion. It was perfect, especially for something she was able to plan ahead for. It has been weeks since she had been planning this out, especially once hearing something directly from Izumi–Chan.
“ Patch has been growing rapidly for the last few weeks. And resizing and cleaning his clothes is becoming a little tiresome. “
Yes, it had not been Arashi's eyes. They were not playing a trick on her! In fact, she had noticed this for a while – Nyeli–Chan is starting to grow.
It was hard to imagine, given that he had been small for months on end. Ever since having pounced on Ritsu–Chan and calling him his ‘Papa’ Nyeli had not grown even an inch. He was always so small and everyone was certain that he would stay that size. Even when asking Ann she had said that Nyeli had not grown the years the two had spent together. At all. So having him suddenly increase in size like this was a new experience altogether. And it was a new experience as well, seeing the little boy grow like that. It has started to become visible, even the blank eye could see it. Besides, when trying to carry Nyeli it had become a little harder since he had grown bigger. Arashi could still lift him up in one swoop but it took a bit longer than anticipated. And since he seems to constantly grow out of his clothes it might be soon where he can no longer be picked up so easily. A shame really… 
That is the state of things. And needless to say, Arashi had decided upon herself to take Nyeli shopping for a bit, make him look good while also giving him some clothes he will need. Though he had been a little pouty at first, turning away from everything he saw. He could be a difficult child sometimes.
“Nye!” He even said with his puffed up cheeks, turning away from every article of clothing she was showing him. He was surely a stubborn one. It reminded her of his ‘big brother’ for sure. Both are very stubborn when they want to be. Just over different things but one could clearly see it. Time to convince little Nyeli.
“Is there still nothing for your liking?” She asked, keeping calm however. There was no use getting upset over it after all. “You won’t even try some things on?”
“Nye!” He sounded insistent. 
“But you won’t know, maybe you will like something out of these.”
“Ny… Nye…” He was wiggling in her grasp, though his tone had become a little softer, a tiny bit weaker even. 
“Haha, listen Nyeli–Chan, you don’t have to buy something at the end of the day. I won’t be mad at you for that.” She said, though understanding all the same. Arashi had heard of it after all, how attached he could be to his old clothes. It was exactly why Izumi–Chan went through the trouble of washing and resizing the clothes each time to begin with. “But maybe trying it out can’t hurt. And besides, don’t you think it would help out your siblings as well?”
This made his ears perk up for a short moment, turning his head back and lifting it up, gaze ever so curious. “Nyauntie?” He said, the confusion slightly written in his own face. 
“I heard the trouble your brothnya is going through, despite his busy schedule.”
This sentence alone seemed to make the kitty think, eyes wide for a short moment and staring in silence. Not to mention that his own gaze was going all over the place, looking everywhere but also nowhere at this moment. Was that all which had to be said? 
Oh she didn’t mean for it to go that far now! Not for his ears to droop and having the guilt written all over his face when he turned back, facing Arashi once more. “Ny… Nye?” He even let out weakly, almost afraid. 
“Well… Of course. Why wouldn’t he?” She chuckled, trying to calm Nyeli down and reassure him by petting his head softly, though also reassuring him all the same. 
A small purr echoed from the kitty’s lips and he seemed to slowly get into a better mood all things considered. Though the move he did next was nothing she had seen coming, not necessarily at the very least.
Because he had reached out with one of his nubs next, swatting, trying to grab something from the selection of clothes before finally grabbing something and holding it in one of his nubs, right up to Arashi. His eyes could say it all, even if he seemed a little hesitant. ‘ Th… This one! ’ A tiny shirt in Nyeli’s favorite color, blue.
She herself was a little surprised. So he was eager after all, one just had to explain it. Honestly, at this moment she is just happy that she might have gotten through to the little kitty in the end. And he seemed eager despite his obvious hesitation. 
“Oh, you want to try this?”
It was met with a quick nod. “Nye.”
“Haha, alright. Then let’s get you changed. Maybe you will like it more than you think.”
Though that was just the start of that little shopping trip. After all, Nyeli would not get out of this without a few new pieces of clothing~
Well, or rather he had not gotten out with… A few new outfits… Yeah, just a few… 
“Naru–Chan, what did you do!?” Oh Izumi–Chan could be ruthless once he found out about that. Truth to be told maybe she and Nyeli had gone a little overboard. Because the moment she came back with the kitty to the studio to meet for the next meeting within Knights itself she had been carrying various shopping bags with her as Nyeli was on top of her head. Needless to say, all members had looked at her in confusion, why she had been out shopping at a time like this. But it had been important and she quickly defended herself by pointing out this was not for her to begin with!
However, she had dropped one of the several bags and it revealed all types of children’s clothing, all hand picked for Nyeli. The scolding would be something predictable, how ‘she went overboard and spent too much’. Even when she defended herself. “Well, Nyeli–Chan needs the clothes! He’s growing, right!? So we planned a little ahead and picked things he liked!”
“Things he– How did you get him to pick out anything else!?” Was Izumi’s first response before he shook his head. “Ugh, nevermind. Please tell me you had a budget…”
“W… Well…” No, she didn’t. “Th… That’s not important, is it!?”
“You keep spoiling Patch too!? Are you serious right now!?”
“Spoiling!?” Perhaps. Arashi couldn’t help herself. Plus she’s the aunt here, not the mother or sister. “Now listen, see it that way! He needs it, right? If he keeps growing so rapidly.”
Luckily Nyeli defended her. She could feel his head nodding right on her own. Not to mention the quick ‘Nye!’ echoing out of his own mouth.
“He doesn’t need two entire closets worth of clothing!”
“Yeah… This will be tough to fit all in…” Ritsu–Chan’s voice interrupted the scene going on right now, making the two arguing in question turn their heads to him. He had kneeled down and picked up some of them, eyeing the clothes carefully. “I have to ask Mikarin if he minds sparing some space for a while…”
“R… Really now?” Arashi asked, somewhat.
“Yeah.” Ritsu nodded before standing up. “But look at it this way Secchan… You don’t have to worry any longer.”
“Hah? Worry about what?” Of course Izumi–Chan would have his usual annoyed tone for a moment, almost glaring.
“Nyeli having nothing to wear. Isn’t that why you tried to hurry all the time?” Ritsu countered quickly, adding a slight chuckle to it. “An over worried older brother. Or should I say Mom?”
“Wha– Oi! What’s that supposed to mean now!?”
“Exactly what I said, Mommy Secchan~”
“Oh why you—”
And yet, the outcome was the same. In the end Nyeli got to keep his new set of clothing which did him more good than harm… Right? And he didn’t seem to dislike any of them either. 
So this was a win–win in the end, wasn’t it?
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chattegeorgiana · 2 months
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Hello! Thank you again for always taking the time to respond to any notes I send, can’t wait to see what comes next! On your IG I noticed how Sakura’s Crown of the Sun seal reminds me of Hashiram’s warrior monk sage mode from a cosmetic pov. Which made me think about how you pointed out how Sakura is thematically a Senju or represents them in the overall themes of the story. Which leads to a head cannon I wanted to bounce off you. Shinachiku in other fanfics I have read he’s never written to have Sage mode which would be something that fits his universal traits given to him. From the show/manga I felt that Sage mode you a character who had the physical, mental & spiritual fortitude. Shina fits the bill but if he were to have a Sage mode it would look similar to Hashiram that way he’s not following directly in his father footsteps but it gives Sakura homage as Shina powers align closer to her. Which I like that Shina both in designs and abilities come from Sakura. It makes him unique not just to be another Naruto clone which only really works when you have a tragic backstory like him. My point is that I felt like Shina that warrior monk sage mode shows his duality as a character. He’s universally acknowledged as a skilled medic which implies he has a value and sanctity for life and seeks to prevent death and heal others but at the same time he’s expert hand to hand combatant and wields tanto blades which are specifically made for killing. It’s one of things I love about his character that duality, he’s both the yin and yang. Much like his parents. Sorry for the long paragraph I just enjoy sharing these thoughts!
Hi dear,
Welcome back!
I'll start by saying please stop apologizing for these long asks, I love them! Even if I'm not always able to respond right away to them, do know that I love getting them and reading them and exchange all these headcanons with you.
Makes my heart smile when I see someone is really analyzing Kaika in such a beautiful way. Feels like an honor, tbh.
Now to get to the actual point of the story...
First of all, Sakura's seal... well, there's a reason why I made that seal the way I did it. Those old theories of mine echoes so hard and far away, that nowadays they're used as commercial hook in the franchise.
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And it's not the first time that I see in the franchise concepts that have been used that I talked about at some point in my theories.
One of the biggest I've seen is ironically the one theory that I couldn't recover after losing my blog 2 or 3 times already (lost the count tbh cuz when you have to build it from scratch every time, it's so tiresome honestly) called Spiritual Enlightenment: Sakura Haruno, Slug Sage mode and possible genjutsu connection.
Most of what I see in the sequel nowadays in terms of certain power-ups are mechanics that I've laid down in that theory that I lost.
Most will say that eh, I'm talking BS cuz I don't have that theory so I don't have a way to prove it. But the thing is, there are certain residuals/artifacts if you may say so of that theory around the internet.
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So then, the reason I had her seal look like Hashirama's is precisely because I'm making use of my own theories in a way that I think Kishimoto wanted to develop Sakura, like I said so many times.
Now, as for Shina, the way I plan on developing him has connections to that and doesn't at the same time. I won't go too much into detail, but I made him that way because I wanted to have something unique to him, in a way, like you said. I don't want him to be a copy of anyone.
That's why some of the power-ups I have in mind for him are and aren't connected to that specific similarity. I have a little twist in mind.
But what I do have prepared for Shina, is the Heaven & Earth symbolism in his power-ups. He's not gonna necessarily fit the warrior monk archetype tbh. If anything, the monk type will fit more for Arashi, the way I have him built.
But, in a way partially, it will also fit with Shina. So you see, that's why I say that it is and it isn't at the same time. But I do get from where you're coming and I agree with you in the sense that Shina has respect for the sanctity of life. After all, he is very laid back and respectable like Katsuyu. That's why she becomes his favorite summon and always has a Katsuyu plushie haha.
The thing is, I built all 3 siblings in a way that fit certain themes and symbolism, but with a unique twist, I'd say.
For example one of Shina's power-ups is going to be tied to Hanami, and through that, Hanami also gets her own power-up. Arashi in a way is the one who's more hermit/monk like so his power-ups aren't tied directly to his siblings per se. But that's because I want Arashi to be more connected with the Uzumakis.
And I did all that because I wanted to have the family theme represented in more ways than one, which is the classic blood relation.
I won't go exactly into too much detail because I don't want to give away the "juicy" parts so to speak, haha. But I hope everyone will find it as interesting as I seem to be finding them in my head, lol.
Once again, thank you very much for your ask, it's really a pleasure to talk all these things with you.
Have an amazing rest of your day/evening/night.
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mrsimeon · 9 months
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Some narushumika (ensemble stars)
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misano17 · 2 years
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Villainess Mika, I have brain rot
Listen, I could write that vampire fic I was talking about, OR, I could write about reincarnator Mika fanboying/fearing for his life cuz of the role he was given and the characters he is around.
Like, listen. Mika as a mobile otome game enjoyer who is like, “Wow, this game is so fun, I’d hate to wake up in the world of the game, hahaha, wow, I wish I lived in that world/j” and then he wakes up there in the body of one of the games main antagonists and is like, “/J, I said, /J!” Broseph goes full panic mode and starts trying to climb walls and run the fuck away from this mess immediately.
Sorry bro, this is my fanfic, running doesn’t work, you are stuck here with Prince Shu, protagonist Arashi, and her potential harem. Sorry bro, you ain’t leaving.
He is straight up sitting here like, “number one Shu Stan, I would kill for this fictional prince. I will excuse all of his crimes because he is too perfect and built different. crime doesn’t matter to him anyways, he’s a prince, you can’t arrest a prince. What are you gonna do? Invade his empire?? It’s an empire with no equal opposition, Shut the fuck up.” Bitch is starting whole ass flame wars over this man, and then he has to actually meet him and, mother of god he is fucking terrified.
And, why wouldn’t he be? The antagonist whose body he fucking snatched is the prince of the annexed kingdom bordering the empire that throughout the game prince Shu tries to kill.
Mika better learn how to fight and run or he is gonna get fucking murdered in his sleep.
Well, it isn’t like he has to be around the prince. After all, in the story right now Mika is just a minor noble who only has a title and imperial last name because of his sponsor in the Narukami family, there would be no reason for Shu to pay attention to him. As long as he doesn’t draw any attention to himself like the original prince Mika he should be- fuck, he just accidentally ran into the prince, and he made of a fool of himself, and now the prince wants to know his name, and the prince won’t leave him alone. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Also probably gonna have Arashi punch Shu in the face at some point in this fic, he deserves it and she’s a girl boss. Anyways gaslight gatekeep, girlboss.
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ten-ten31 · 1 year
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Prompt me! XD
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glazeflower · 2 years
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RANDOM FANFIC DRABBLE
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this is based on the vocaloid song "The flower, the butterfly and the spider"
Imagine you are a low ranked noble person and fell in love with (X character of Knights) and they loved you to for years. But a higher ranked knight (Y character of Knights) loves you to and wants to marry you. (X character of Knights) doesn't want that but had sworn to (Y character of Knights) there loyalty. (X character of Knights) was told by (Y character of Knights) to keep a distance from you, they kept there promises to stay away from you. And now your to marry (Y character of Knights).
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Idk if someone is going to use this idea, I thought it was a cool. If any enstar fanfic writer is going to use this im going to be so happy.
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dazaicakes · 1 year
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christmas with them !
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feat . eichi , koga and more !
song rec - any christmas song !
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eichi !
hes always working so you begged him to say w u for christmas!
he was shocked at ur desperation and said okay
loves the attention u give him because he isn’t working ♥︎ ( lil attention who-)
you asked him to help decorate ur tree and he was more then okay to help
if your short , he lifts u up so u could you could get the ornaments on the top of the tree 
“woah there! you were gonna fall!” he said holding on to you.
if he starts coughing, you run to get him his medicine and make sure hes A okay!
you make him some hot chocolate and tell him to rest in bed.
you get him a little christmas tree in his hospital room hes so happy.
you make him christmas themed cookies to have with his tea
wataru and you sing him christmas carols as he laughs
sleeping next to him and hugging him so he could stay warm
“my gift is spending time with you dear..your my christmas present” he said hugging you
sings you christmas songs while his hands are wrapped around you
just genuinely a warm and cozy atmosphere ♥︎
koga !
opposite of eichi. Its HARD trying to make him happy. good luck y/n.
“WHAT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING?!? I HAVE PRACTICE!”
“fuck practice were going shopping!” you said taking him outside of the practice room. “ooo~ cmon doggie go have some fun with your partner~”
pouts for the whole car ride while your singing jingle bell rock
“ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YO-“ “IF YOU DONT SHUT THE FUCK UP I WILL-“ “shhh puppy..im tryna sing!” kogas face red with anger. he hates that nickname.
you forced him out of the car sigh poor reader. this man baby is ANNOYING.
“look! theres christmas sweaters! LETS GET MATCHING ONES!!” you screamed.“EWWW THEY LOOK SO UGLY” he spat.
you dragged him into the store like a parent dragging their son into a store
you forced him to get the sweaters but you said you wanted to get something to fit with the sweater since you didnt have any
“babe! should i get this skirt?” you asked koga showing him the skirt
HES SO FLUSHED “N-NO! ITS-ITS TOO SHORT! WHAT IF THAT BLONDIE STARTS FLIRTING WITH YOU!” koga screamed with a red face
“YOUR NO FUN DOG BOY!” you yelled changing .
your sad . you ended up just getting some pants
koga says he forgot something and needs to go back to the clothing store
but actually,hes buying you the skirt , and a love letter with it !
the gray haired boy hands you the gift , with a surprised look on your face you took it.
you see that its the skirt and hug that furry.
he actually the skirt, a little to much if yk wink wink ;)
“its my christmas gif-gift! im sorry..i just wanted to apologize. merry christmas [name] .”
arashi !
arashi loves knitting you gloves , she loves seeing your adorable smile when you get them
both of you painting your nails christmas themed by the christmas tree !!!
shes singing you christmas carols to sleep
oml shes so sweet mother like in christmas
get ready for the “[name]! sweetheart! I made you hot chocolate!” everyday.
“your not cold?” arashi asked you lending her scarf “not at all , please ara-nee! keep it for yourself” you smiled . she still gave it to you.
honestly shes adorable when shes inlove .
“please keep warm ! your sneezing” the blonde gal said , as she noticed you had a fever and couldn’t go out ..
she was getting u soup and little bread sticks , gave you the medicine. she praised u when u took the ‘bad bad medicine!’
oml shes ice skating with u smmm
kisses under the treee :3
SHE GOT YOU YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME 
“[name] , merry christmas darling. i love you so much , this year couldnt have been better with out you , love”
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latierrayelcielo · 2 years
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On fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14107356/1/In-other-words-hold-my-hand
My very first narusaku story AND more importantly, a story about my favorite family ever. I thank this fandom for introducing me to Shinachiku, Hanami and Arashi. I have many ideas to create about this family and about narusaku. I genuinely hope fans will read this and like it!!
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magical-tsubasa · 2 years
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Miruki meets Keke(みるき・ミーツ・可可) - Tsubasa_aesthetic - Love Live! Superstar!! (Anime) [Archive of Our Own]
I heard that there are more crossover works in AO3 than in Japan. I also tried my first crossover fanfic!
You can read it without creating an account. Please "kudos(like)" my work!
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randofanficrecs · 7 months
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Today's random fanfic is from the Arashi (Band) fandom, Sealed With A Kiss by inaudible_d.
Chapters: 1/1 Words: 2,115 Fandom: Arashi (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ninomiya Kazunari/Ohno Satoshi Characters: Ninomiya Kazunari, Ohno Satoshi Additional Tags: Fluff, Romance Language: English Summary: Something happened in the green room about kissing or some things.
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trashcan-train · 8 months
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Three Mugs - a Yuri Kuma Arashi missing scene fic
Kureha wakes up in her bed to find Ginko’s hair falling in her face and Lulu’s hand in hers.
But the loss of Sumika is still raw.
Sumika.
She breathes in, and out, in, and out. The pain settles into a familiar, dull ache. The weight of loss—she knows it well. It’s made its burrow in her heart, and there she holds it close, as precious as the dead girl whose place it has taken. But now a new feeling is rising in her throat.
Guilt.
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jasonbehrs · 1 year
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Ten Fanfics Meme
Rules: Post the first sentence of your last ten fics. If you haven’t written ten fics, share as many first sentences as you have written.
Tagged by: @olderthannetfic [by invitation]
Tags: anyone :)
Aiba's feeling green today.
visualise the ending, arashi
John can't believe his luck.
what eludes you now, love is for suckers
Rachel saw how her best friend/agent's face fell as she walked towards the outdoor seating of the trendy Amsterdam Ave cafe where Tina was waiting for her.
one yes, gLee
You hear that for your unfailing, seemingly never ending energy, days on earth are measured in suns.
syzygy, arashi
Ohno likes the smell of the sea.
like the amateurs we are, arashi
If Nino were here, the first thing he might say is, "Remember that time you bought us tickets to a method acting workshop because 'it could be fun!' but you actually checked us into a methadone clinic instead?"
twenty-five to life, arashi
They're supposed to be following his lead.
shall we go cruising?, arashi
Sometimes, Hyukjae feels like something is missing.
ill-requited heaven, super junior
Eunhyuk is not the kind of person who turns on news alerts for his celebrity boyfriend—"Why would I read about what you did today when you're just gonna call me later and tell me about it yourself?" he had said once—and Siwon has never been more grateful for that fact until now.
divine oblivion of low-thoughted care, super junior
A knock on the door startles Leeteuk from his reading of the financial report Shindong had prepared for him.
nothing’s been won, super junior
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ooo trends!
very character-centric, immediate focus on pov: 8/10 times, the name/pov is in the first two words
mostly quick lines, but the two longest ones are for humour
been very into real-person fic lately, but two fiction fandoms snuck their way through the brainrot
not a lot of interest in providing context for the story. admittedly i rely on the tags to set up expectations for the reader so i can jump right into the narrative.
this was fun!
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ten-ten31 · 5 months
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No one expects you to be perfect
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Arashi (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aiba Masaki/Matsumoto Jun Characters: Aiba Masaki, Matsumoto Jun, Sakurai Sho, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ohno Satoshi Additional Tags: Friendship, RPF, AMNOS Anon Meme Summary:
It isn’t often that they come together like this, at someone’s home, but when Jun invited them, there was no question all of them would make time to meet up. This is the beginning of their fifteenth year together, after all. It needs to be celebrated amongst them.
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sailorstarr-chan4 · 13 days
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Anime Titles Summarized (Poorly)
Vampire Knight: *insert Twilight joke here* Ouran High School Host Club: *small child voice* There's debauchery here! Sailor Moon: Everyone's bi. No, I mean it. EVERYONE. Clannad: I'm not crying yOU'RE CRYING Your Lie in April: Mommy Issues & Lots of Tissues Fruits Basket: MOMMY ISSUES ON STEROIDS Yuri on Ice: Sexy gay figure skating Sk8 the Infinity: Sexy gay skate-boarding Blue Exorcist: "[Satan] may have been your father, but he wasn't your daddy." FullMetal Alchemist: Family is your best ally Trigun: Family is your worst enemy Kaguya-sama Love is War: Idiots to Lovers the anime The Ancient Magus Bride: What if a monsterfucker romance was also Ace? Violet Evergarden: Gorgeously animated ✨TRAUMA✨ Made in Abyss: Adorably animated ✨TRAUMA✨ Madoka Magica: *Admiral Ackbar voice* IT'S A TRAP! My Hero Academia: X-Men alternative universe where mutants are the majority of the population Yu Yu Hakusho: Yusuke came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And he's all out of bubble gum. Inuyasha: Time travel, youkai, and jewel shards, oh my! Ranma 1/2: The original bisexual harem Urusei Yatsura: Crack. Just pure, unadulterated alien crack. MAO: Feral Catgirl x Tired Catboy Tokyo Mew Mew: Cute girl fursonas are named after food Shugo Chara!: His Dark Materials magical girl!AU Kamisama Kiss: The How to Train Your Dragon of shoujo Noragami: Girl adopts homeless god Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Eat your heart out, Doctor Who Skip-Beat!: Eat your heart out, slow burn fanfiction Kiss Him Not Me: Losing weight = gaining a harem Baccano!: Murders on the Immortal Mafia Express Cowboy Bebop: Bounty hunters need therapy Attack on Titan: EVERYONE NEEDS THERAPY Alice in the Country of Hearts: The sexiest and unhealthiest escapism Cardcaptor Sakura: Beautiful gay representation, terrible Elephant in the Room Fushigi Yuugi: Look, when I said falling in love with a fictional character, I didn't mean that LITERALLY-- Angel Sanctuary: Mutual incest destroys the world as we know it Guilty Crown: Unrequited incest destroys the world as we know it Zombie Land Saga: The undead as cutesy idols. That's it. That's the show. Yurikuma Arashi: Lesbian bears Princess Tutu: Duck becomes ballerina
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bakanokiwami · 1 year
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TOP 10 MUSIC & BAND FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS,FILTERED VERSION (2009-2022)
This bar chart race leaves out the super broad tags like [Genre] RPF and [Country]-pop RPF. You can see this category unflitered in this post.
To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the Music & Bands on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, manually filtered to exclude broad tags, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.
Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.
Fandom tags that are no longer in the Music & Bands category tag as of posting this are left out of the bar chart race. These tags are usually either miscategorized or already have other tags referring to the same fandom.
Johnny's Entertainment has been left out in this version, since it's the tag for an agency and has many idol groups in its subtags (such as Arashi and KAT-TUN). You can see it rank in the unflitered version.
After much deliberation, 声入人心 | Super-Vocal (TV), a multicategory tags that ranked 6th place in 2020 and 7th place in 2019, 2021 & 2022, has been left out in this bar chart. It's a singing competition, and since American Idol RPF was removed from the Music & Bands category way back in 2013 and could only be found in Celebrities & Real People and TV Shows categories instead, I thought it would be fair in this case to do the same for this fandom tag. It ranks high enough in the Celebrities & Real People category anyway so you'll see it there (when I eventually make a bar chart race for it).
Fandom tags that are no longer in the Music & Bands category tag as of posting this are left out of the bar chart race. These tags are usually either miscategorized or already have other tags referring to the same fandom.
Please refer to this post for more fanfiction site bar chart races.
Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏
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womgi · 11 months
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Naruto is weird in many ways. Especially in terms of worldbuilding. speaking as someone who was into fanfiction from the 2000s, there was so much that changed in the elements of Naruto that people writing fanfiction were constantly having to change their frameworks, or have to put the rather ignoble looking tag of "non canon compliant" at some point. I have sat through so many author notes talking about "the manga/anime did this, so as of volume/chapter, my story is officially an AU". And there was a lot of it. And that's not talking about the shitload of retconning that Kishimoto just loves. Story stuck? Retcon. Need to escalate? Retcon. Anything at all? Retcon.
Remember when the Kyuubi was a demon? As in a full blown mythological demon rather than what it ended up as? Fanfiction went all in on playing with mythology. The whole Inari business, the Fox summoning contracts, the constant and surprisingly persistent use of "kit" as the pronoun of choice from inmate to warden...all of that was fairly ubiquitous. And back then naruto fanfics were much more imaginative too. The worst villain was Orochimaru, that terrifying amoral mad scientist who was willing to let the world burn for his immortality. He got nerfed.
Or Naruto's father? We all thought he was some guy named Arashi, because of that one panel with the name Arashi Kazama in the Toad summoning scroll. The Fourth Hokage was called that name for a long time, enough to have tons of fanfiction about it at a time when naruto being the Fourth Hokage's son was just a fan theory.
I will always find the idea that we all "knew" Tobi was Obito long before the official announcement funny.
The early speculation about what the other villages were like were rather interesting as well. I mean, consider what we learn about other villages from a manga release timeline. We hear about kiri through Zabuza and his posse. Kirigakure became this villainous, murderous place. We see Suna through the chuunin exams and they're basically this weak village which get owned. Hell, their Kage gets taken out by a random missing nin and they don't even realize! Grass is represented by a team that basically exists to give Orochimaru fleshsuits to infiltrate the Chunin exams with. Ame, they're assholes - like, Hanzo probably hadn't even been conceptualized as a character yet, so they are at this point one-dimensional assholes who exist to get beaten up by the Konoha troupe. We learn about Kumo through Neji's tragic backstory. And we learn that Kumo is a bunch of backstabbing honorless villains. And this shaped how the fans saw the other villages.
Like take Kumo. By the end, Kumo was basically Ninja USA. Militarized, aggressive, and expansionist. Outside of that they also had a lot of Black people, which is an interesting choice for a japanese ninja universe, if a welcome one. That kumo did not exist when Neji's backstory was being belted out to all and sundry. That was a much later invention when Kishimoto got baked(or whatever he does when he gets writers block). Yet, by the end, they seem to be Kishimoto's go to for ninja awesome. Oh, the other villages have badass characters? Hey, look at Kumo! They have lasers! and the stuff of original ninja Jesus! That do cool shit! and their leader is so badass he cuts off his hand without looking at explosions! Lots of Kumo wank in the fanfiction. Or maybe it's just where my searches led.
Or take Oto, sound village. I remember a time when Sound village being a Konoha copy because of Orochimaru being a Konoha missing nin was a thing. They had the whole village with tower in the middle and everything. Sadly, canon has forever robbed us of the classic scene of Orochimaru drowning under paperwork. Why Kishimoto why?
And remember when Itachi was a terrifying villain instead of a tragic hero? I remember reading fics that made Itachi a terrifying force of nature, a sadistic mofo that made satan look like a putz. And then Kishimoto was like "nah" and everyone was suddenly "I heart Itachi! UwU!" or something.
Akatsuki as a whole has gone through a wild ride. When Itachi showed up, there was so much speculation about what they were gonna use the jinchuuriki for. Tailed beast WMDs were fun reads, if terrifying to imagine. Zetsu was a grass nin. Deidara ended up Naruto's brother in so many fics. So many fics that are now forgotten because Akatsuki got a canon backstory.
It's kind of funny how the further we went along the Naruto timeline, the more restrictive fanfiction became. We all became collectively chained by canon. Plots became more streamlined, and frankly dull. The imagination just disappeared. It felt like every second fic was basically "Naruto has a bloodline" and after some very energetic academy time and wave mission the story disappears into the abyss of dead fanfics. I'm just saying, if fanfics rose up from the grave, kancolle style, because of grudges against their authors, we'd have a shitload of underdeveloped Narutos with all sorts of weird bloodlines.
Hell, until Dreaming of Sunshine came along, Self Inserts were just about done. Imagine that for a second. That the most self indulgent type of fanfiction ever, the one everyone at least imagines writing, was an endangered species! And DoS was one of the more canon restricted fics ever, carefully plotting out canon while having long introspective monologues. It was a wild time.
The crossovers and smut are a different topic entirely. I've not forgotten those, but not really something a random Tumblr post can touch reasonably well.
We have Boruto now, love it or hate it. And personally I hate it, though I don't begrudge those who don't. My personal issues stem from how they did the original characters dirty. In a Doylist sense, I understand why, considering that if the older generation was the terrifyingly competent bunch they had become, then Boruto would by necessity end up as slice of life with chakra. But the way they completely twisted their characterisation was just sad. That scene where those rookie nine jump in like chumps and get stomped in between frames? Who wrote that shit? And why?
And worst of all, Shino has a toaster of all things for a mask!
In the OG naruto series, the older generation then was shown as impressive people of their own. There was respect there. Anyone remember the Allied Moms? The younger generation had come up to the fore because they had grown into splendid shinobi, children who had grown to surpass their parents, not because their parents had become nerfed. Why does Boruto need to make the characters we love incompetent to make the new generation look better? But I digress
Naruto now is a different beast. It's had time to settle in, mature as a series. The sequel has made things different, but the fanfiction still exists online, showing a side of the fandom that saw it evolve. In the forgotten depths of the interweb are splendid stories of the past, prose written by dedicated and talented fans who crafted amazing tales. Who remembers those days? Who remembers those fics? Do we? Do their authors?
I'll still read Naruto fanfiction. It's a good chunk of my life I've invested there. Call it sunk cost fallacy if you must. But some part of me misses a different era, when Naruto was the frontier, and everyday was a new fanfic, a new adventure.
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