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k-atsukibakugou · 6 months

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𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞?

what's your favourite scary movie? | k. bakugou— k-atsukibakugou

finally convincing one of your best friends to come to the 30th anniversary re-release of scream, he figures out one of your best-kept secrets

pairing: bakugou katsuki x f!reader w/c: 4.9k warnings: femme reader (called girl, has a pussy, wears makeup n a skirt), death threat kinda lmao, public & unprotected sex, blood mention, knife mention, reader implied to be recon/stealth hero, not beta’d bc i got nervous and we die like men, this is like all lead up my b notes: HAPPY LATE HALLOWEEEEEEN this is sorta inspired by @katsukikitten's post and um i have no explanation for this i was possessed by that post n my fat crush on katsuki and I KNOW scream came out in 1996 imagine the timelines line up lmao crossposted to ao3 • masterlist • recent wips & updates • kofi • askbox

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“pleaaaase?” you’re too aware you’re whining, your bottom lip stuck out in a pout, probably only one more emotionless denial away from getting on your hands and knees and begging the stoic hero, “i’ll owe you? i'll do anything you want!”

you caught the mischievous sparkle in his eye at your promise, dropping your head in desperation to your hands still clamped together like you were praying, one final time, you pleaded, “please? it’s the thirty-year-anniversary re-release! i can't miss it!”

bakugou made a sound like he was thinking over your request, eyes glancing between the two tickets in your hand, the blood red title printed at the top calling his name, and your pleading eyes, a gravelly hum low in his throat. his mind had been made up since you asked, already planning on watching the theatrical re-release, it was just his luck your favourite horror movie was his, too. but he didn’t plan on telling you that quite yet, revelling in your desperation after a third rejection; eijirou too scared of a slasher, denki already having plans for a different night, and sero scheduled to patrol.

“you’ll do anything i want just for a movie?” his voice was mildly condescending, but the twitch in his lips had you rolling your eyes and crossing your arms like a grumpy child bargaining with a guardian, “if that’s what it takes!”

exasperated, you throw your head back with a groan, about to turn to him and announce your forfeit when he beats you to it, pinching the extra ticket from your hand, a satisfied smirk painted on his lips, “i’ll pick you up friday night, ya owe me one.”

katsuki walked away without even waiting for your response, leaving you simultaneously frustrated at your friends toying with you, and cheering at finally having found someone to join you.

punctual as always in his adult years, katsuki was outside your door friday night half an hour earlier than when you told him to drop by and get you, fists banging on your door while you were still tugging your skirt over your hips, just getting the zipper up when you swung the door open, already growling at your friend standing in the doorway in front of you, “i heard the first thirteen times you knocked.”

you toyed with the hem of your shirt, stepping aside to let him inside, promptly looking him up and down to admire the casual outfit he wore, far different from the hero costume you were used to seeing on him, the simple black cotton stretching over his broad chest somehow emphasising the muscles there more than the tight costume. there was a hint of a necklace underneath the collar of the shirt, the thin line of silver glinting under the lowlights of your hallway, similar jewellery on three of his fingers, and his blond locks sitting normally, spiked up around his head, his undercut leaving his ears free to show off the handful of piercings there. glancing back up, your eyes locked on his glinting ruby eyes, already watching you drink him in, the eye contact only breaking when he tapped his heavy boots on the floor just inside your door, “quit whining, how long are ya gonna be?”

you rolled your eyes at his impatience, waving him off while fixing your hair in your reflection in the glass beside the door, “give me two minutes.”

you flitted back up the hallway, swift and silent as he was used to seeing you be, leaving him beside the door to take a glimpse around your living room, taking in the little plush ghostface sat front and centre on your couch, blood red felt stitched over its soft knife, a stack of novels beside the couch, a few titles he recognised as classics, and more horror novels he knew nestled between scattered romance titles. he heard a few more heavy bumps from your bedroom, just out of his view before you emerged once more, in a tight shirt, gorey graphic printed in the middle, a sweater thrown over your arm and boots looped in your fingers, a cute garnet charm dangling off the back of each loop of fabric, “you want me to fill up your car?”

your question had his eyebrows shooting into his hairline, ��the fuck are you on about?”

“to repay you?” you asked dumbly, stepping closer to place your key in the lock, clicking it locked once your tall friend ducked under it and stepped outside onto the driveway. he sucked his teeth disapprovingly, unlocking his car with you bounding over to the passenger side, jumping into the seat to wiggle your boots onto your feet, he only dignified you with a response once he was seated on the dark leather, huffing out a grumpy, but demanding, “you’re not payin’,”

reversing from your driveway, he interrupted when you opened your mouth to argue back, “besides, i haven’t decided what i want from ya yet,” katsuki smirked at you, vermillion eyes darting from his rear view mirror to you when he propped his arm behind your headrest to make sure the road was clear, speaking again with all your focus studying the way his lips moved with every low syllable, “it’s more fun keepin’ you in suspense.”

head dropping from the clouds, you glared at him, unsure if you were more annoyed at his self assured grin or yourself for throbbing from it, leaning down to tie the lace of your boots, “fine, last time i'm offering though.”

katsuki shook his head, exiting onto the road towards the cinema, ending the conversation there, and leaving you both to settle into a comfortable air, sometimes dropping into silence, sometimes a casual conversation about your hero work until you reached the quiet theatre, arriving with plenty of time to spare before your screening. the lot was dead, nowhere near as busy as you expected it to be, katsuki parking with no one else beside him for at least twenty feet in each direction.

locking his car, you both made your way inside, side by side through the glass doors of the cinema, decorated for today with original posters, thin black fabric on the walls, the doors spattered with dark red fake blood, even the employee checking tickets adorning a flimsy ghostface mask. you were practically buzzing with excitement, squeezing his forearm when you saw the guy ahead, handing your ticket over for him to scan. the corner of his lip twitched in a grin, never seeing you geek out quite so much like you were right now, your eyes shining with excitement right up until he turned to face the fabric screen playing static.

the static soon faded into the production logos, and finally, the title screen; scream. you were vibrating in your seat, eyes glued to the screen so much you hardly had any of the popcorn he’d got for you both to share, only occasionally did you reach for the cup to take large sips, all without tearing your eyes from the screen. katsuki was even beginning to question the last time you blinked.

gradually, as the movie went on, he noticed your minute squirming more and more, first dismissing it as discomfort from sitting in the one spot too long, but the longer he fixated on you, the more he noticed your inability to remain still, your legs crossing and uncrossing every five minutes. your clothes rubbed against the fabric of the chair with every wriggle, the rustling having him observe you from the corner of his eye more than he watched the final act, deep red irises catching you swipe your tongue across your lips, your sparkling eyes darting around the screen, your black skirt doing nothing to hide the way your thighs were pressed tightly together.

your wide pupils reflected the carmine on the screen, heart eyes locked on the blood spattered slashers on the screen, your ears blocking out the monologue to focus entirely on the villain’s bloody face, lips just parting to release a short puff of breath you didn’t know you were holding in your heaving chest.

realising he was staring, katsuki clenched his sharp jaw and focused back on the crescendo of the third act, trying to ignore the way you kept writhing right up until the credits were rolling. you stayed fixated, entranced, for a minute longer, unable to hide your smile when the lights slowly turned back up, illuminating your shiny, plump lips and your hungry eyes. without wasting another second you started gushing over the movie without looking at katsuki, half of your words running into the next without so much as a breath between them, sounding more like the obsessive deku the longer you prattled on about the characters and theories.

you were still chatting his ear off when you both made your way down the carpeted stairs towards the exit, past the decorations and blood splatter once more, out of the dead theatre, spotting only one or two employees left cleaning counters and floor as you left, their costume discarded on the counter as they swept.

exiting into the night, a gentle icy wind blew through your body, making a shiver wrack your body. you gripped katsuki's wrist to drag him faster to his car, desperate to retrieve your forgotten sweater from underneath the passenger seat before your lips turned blue. your tugging did little to change his pace, his heavy boots stomping along the paved car park, illuminated only by the moon and a singular lit lamppost just outside the cinemas doors, his car shrouded in the darkness of the night, alone in the lot.

chirping as it unlocked, you swung the door open immediately, digging around under the passenger seat where you knew you’d dropped the sweater, not paying attention to your friend climbing into the driver's seat beside you, still rummaging around under the seat when he made a disapproving sound. finally getting hold of the soft fabric of the sweater, you pulled it from under the seat, and into your lap to untangle the sleeves of it while eyeing katsuki, catching the signature scowl gracing his lips, although this one seemed tinged with confusion, tongue clicking against his teeth as the dashboard made a beeping sound once more before it turned dark. you watched him try it once more with a frustrated curse, “useless fucking thing.”

you pulled the sweater over your head, confusion painted on your face now, too, as you watched him reach under the steering wheel to click the lock for the metal bonnet.

“what’s going on?” curiously, you leaned over to peer at the dashboard with him, watching his nimble fingers unbuckle his seatbelt and climb from the car.

“‘m not sure yet, battery might be dead.” he grunted, closing the driver's door to go around the front of the car. you watched him through the pristine windshield until he was blocked by the bonnet being lifted and locked up into place. you followed suit, meeting him around the front, scarlet eyes darted around the metal and tubes and batteries, a muscular arm flexing when he squeezed the metal in frustration, swearing once more.

“shit, i’ll need to call for a jump.” you watched him think, sadly studying the battery that was ruining your plans with your bottom bedside drawer. “oh.”

“wait in the car, i’ll call ei to come help us.'' without question, you nod, studying the way he leaned back on the car, pulling up the number pad, rapidly typing in both of your closest friends' number. sparing one last glance up at him, you caught the unreadable look on katsuki’s face, an expression of his you’d never seen before, crimson eyes glaring down at the technology in front of him.

climbing once more into the car, you relaxed as much as you could into the seat, slipping your heavy boots off your feet with your body thrumming, no way to sit comfortably with the way your pussy throbbed against the seam of your panties, your hips jolting forward whenever you sat a certain way, the slashers bloody ghost mask imprinted behind your eyelids each time you blinked. your cheeks were hot, embarrassed to be so desperate from a movie, but still praying eijirou would rush to save you both to solve katsuki’s problem and let you get home to fix yours.

you squirmed in the seat, your skin hot on the leather while you eyed the dark streets, hope growing in you with every car that drove down the street, only to be crushed when they continued past the cinema. waiting for a moment longer with quivering thighs squeezed together, you finally huffed and opened the passenger door, “katsuki? did he answer?”

a beat went by, nothing responded to you except the soft chirp of crickets nestled in the dark of the greenery sprinkled around.

“katsuki?” you repeated, your voice a bit louder, and still you heard nothing back, the silence interrupted by the vibrating of your phone.

left all alone, sweetheart? 12:41am

you reread the text from the unknown number with your heart in your throat, nervously watching a typing bubble pop up beneath it.

you climbed off the seat warmed by your body to take on the cool night in search for your silent friend, the skin of your thighs erupting in goosebumps the moment your light feet landed on the ground, wrapping tingling arms around your torso, you attempted to rationalise while you watched the bubble disappear. rounding the front of the car, you scanned the space in front of the car, expecting to see the hulking blond standing there, ready to jump out and scare you, instead, the spot was empty, not a trace he’d even been there to begin with.

brave little hero. you’re not the type to run headfirst into danger.12:42am

let’s play a game, see if you can win him back, sweetheart. 12:42am

your breath was knocked from your chest reading the text, your heartbeat deafening when you choked out his name once more, your tone painted with worry.

“i swear to god, if this is a joke i'll make sure no one hears from you ever again.” shivering, and not from the cold, your voice shook, wide eyes not conveying the threatening aura you were trying to achieve, nor your entire trust in this only being a joke.

and if you get an answer wrong i’ll make sure no one finds you. 12:42am

your blood ran cold feeling the phone buzz again, your face still shamefully warm when your cunt throbbed at the threat, fear and need settling in the pit of your stomach. sucking in a breath, you shouted at nothing, “fine!”

you’ll be a good final girl. 12:43am

if you’re smart about it. 12:43am

you crept around the car silently, sticking close by the lifted hood to scan the darkness around you, sneaking around the side to get back inside the car, desperate to get back to safety, wanting to think this through, to be smart about getting katsuki back by your side. seeing no one, you darted for the driver’s side door, tugging on the smooth handle with trembling hands, the lock unlatching only for a moment before being shoved shut once more with a strong, scarred hand planted on the window, causing you to squeal in surprise when the door slammed with a thud.

“wrong move, final girl,” his deep voice whispered in your ear, feeling like it was echoing all around you, his free hand clamping around your hip to keep your weak legs upright. your stalker smiled into your hair, ego swelling at how easily he had you worked up from a few threatening texts, “how wet are you right now?”

katsuki rasped, voice impossibly deeper, his nose bumping your temple when he spoke. heat flushed through your body, embarrassment pooling in your stomach, only adding to the drippiness of your needy pussy.

“what?”

“what?” he mocked, “you think i wouldn’t notice you humpin the fuckin air in there? what was it, sweetheart? the blood, or the fear?”

sharp teeth emphasised his final question, canines catching on your sensitive lobe, his hand tightening around your hip, pinning you hard between his thick chest and tumid car.

“i don't have any idea what youre talking about.” your voice was an uneven, unconvincing murmur, your breath fogging on the window in front of your face, blurring your view of him, bar a sliver of the cherry-red of his irises reflecting back at you. you felt the fervid heat of his eyes on yours as if there wasn’t a single obstacle between you and him, the burn of his gaze dropping down to your lips when you surrendered a shuddering breath.

“you don’t?” you shook your head, barely disturbing the air around you, more shy than you ever had been since knowing him, “that didn’t turn you on at all?”

you shook your head once more, your gaze averting to the ground beneath your feet, suddenly interested in the shine of the lamplight on his boots instead of his interrogating, knowing he already knew the answers to every question he asked you.

his calloused fingertips ran up your plush, pillowy thighs, blunt fingernails digging in at the peak, a mere inch away from your dripping core, “c’mon, final girl, tell the truth, and i’ll stop.”

he got impossibly closer, crowding over you with a thick forearm sliding around your waist, settling in where he remained still, the hairs on the back of your neck standing when you felt his gentle breath there. your hips jerked forward into his biting nails, surely leaving half-moon indent in the soft skin underneath them. you felt his cocky smile in your hair when a low mewl reverberated in your throat, your bitten lips smothering the sound almost imperceptibly, “please, don’t stop.”

katsuki heard you, his ears so attuned to your voice, he’d hear you in a sea of half a million people, loud and clear. still, he let his fingers drop further away from where you needed him, incessant in his teasing, “what was that? “please stop”?”

his hold around you loosened, his boot disappearing from your view when he took a step back, this time it was your fingers digging into the skin of his forearm, pulling him close to you, “no, katsuki, please don’t stop.”

he didn’t need to hear a single word more from you, his cock already straining against his pants hearing your shaky voice beg only twice for him. he cursed again, his fingers gliding over your skin, not going to deny you, or himself, the pleasure of dipping his fingers into your sopping cunt.

a high pitched mewl escaped you when he swiped his thumb over your slit, the soaking fabric still separating you two doing nothing to weaken the pleasure his skilled fingers brought you, enough to have your hips bucking into his hold again. katsuki’s devilish laugh tickles the back of your neck, your eyelids becoming heavy with need filling your veins, adrenaline keeping your heart beating loudly in your ears, and lightning through your body when he finally slips his fingers under the waistband of your panties, hardened fingertips free to touch your core any way he desired. snaking his free hand up your body, katsuki brushed the hair from your neck, letting his hand rest slackly at the base of your throat, leaving the junction where your shoulder met your neck free for him to plant his lips there, sucking your skin into his mouth, bringing your blood as close to the surface of your skin as he could without a buck knife of his own. you crooned, warm body melting into the blond’s touch, stumbling back over your own feet when he slid his hand under your skirt to pull you back a foot by your hip, holding you hard to his chest, a thick, powerful arm holding you upright. your lustful eyes were trained on his hand when it abandoned its hold on your throat, committing every flaw, divot, vein and scar to memory while he yanked the shiny handle, shoving it further out of his way with his shoulder before he let you drop forward again; missing his strength to keep your goo-like legs holding you up, you stumbled forward into the car, catching yourself on the driver's seat with your forearms, a stammer forced from your chest when you landed on your palms. you peer over your shoulder at him with wild, hazy eyes, adjusting yourself up on your hands, his hot hands pushing down on the small of your back to keep you firmly against the leather before you get too comfortable, marvelling at the feel of your hammering heart against the soft seat.

katsuki’s hands at the nape of your neck and the small of your back forced you to arch your back further, your plush ass pressing back into him when he lifted your head a couple of inches off the material by your hair, eliciting a high-pitched gasp from you, “say it again.”

there wasn’t a trace of a request in his tone, it was a simple demand, accentuated by the large hand pressing down harder on your back, contorting your body in an uncomfortable pose you’d be relieved of the second he had your approval once more, your trembling figure entirely in control of him despite his incredible strength holding you down.

“i need you, ‘ki, don’t stop.” your head fell forward, your ass pushed back against his hard cock, your stammer breathless but clear when you spoke, your shining lips parting to moan lowly when he released your hair to tease your core again, deft fingers fucking into you again, deeper than they were before when he was focused on taking your attention from the stupid slasher on the screen inside. now his attention was turned to having your pussy clenching him as soon as possible.

the blond behind you groaned, feeling your tight cunt hug his digits, squeezing like you were trying to swallow him deeper and deeper, mesmerised by the way you took him, your blushing, wanton face already marking the soft material of the seat with your foundation and he wasn’t even close to being done toying with you. you were already soaking after the little he was giving you, the movie and now his teasing ministrations having you dripping, hole clenching in anticipation; unnecessary for him to continue pumping his fingers in and out of you other than for his own lewd entertainment, needing to commit the sight to memory in case it never happened again.

“keep talkin’ to me, final girl, you want me to stop?”

you shook your head, your face buried in the crook of your elbow and your back arching into his touch, a long moan escaping you, getting closer and closer to cumming around his fingers, lewd squelching echoing in the dark night.

“you want me to fuck you like this?”

“mhm!”

“you thinkin’ of me or that pathetic slasher, huh?” katsuki's fingers curled as he whispered, forcing a choked gasp from you, any answer slipping from your mind when his fingertips grazed that sensitive spot inside you, your brain going blank, your vision turning white.

colour returned to your vision far too quickly, your bleary eyes snapping open, staring behind you where katsuki stood tall, one hand still pressing down on your back but no other part of him touching you, his wet fingers at his mouth instead of inside your aching pussy, sucking the two into his mouth, smirking down at your shocked face, one eyebrow raising when your mouth bobbed open and shut noiselessly.

“you’re not gonna be thinking of that pitiful ghostface when i fuck you,” the moonlight shining behind him cast his menacing face in darkness, only his eyes and sharp canines glowing from the shadows when he spoke, voice deep and gravelly with his own desire, unable to deny himself your sweet cunt any longer. his dexterous fingers working the shining steel button on his pants undone while you beam up at him, entranced by his bared teeth, narrow scarlet eyes watching you, blond locks hanging over his face when his stare shifted down, lining himself up with your sloppy hole, “you’re gonna be thinking. of. me.”

he sunk into you, word by demanding word, inch by salacious inch, until your eyes were rolling back into your skull, cock moulding your throbbing, silken cunt to the shape of him.

“katsukiiiii,” you panted, earning a sharp snap of his hips bumping your forward in the car across the seat, your soft sweater doing nothing but glide against the material, digging your fingernails into the soft leather, you tried to hold yourself still, an impossible feat against the strength of his movements.

katsuki’s hot hands seized your hips, pulling you back in time with him thrusting forward, his hips pressing into your squishy thighs hard enough to leave a dark bruise before he was pulling back out to fuck you hard again, his dominance making your pussy squeeze tighter around him, leaving you to helplessly cry out broken stammers of his name beneath him until your voice broke, your breathing growing faster, harder, with his movements, “oh-h, ka-katsuki, ‘m close.”

your slurring words had him fucking ever harder into you, helping you chase the orgasm you’d been desperate for since the second act, shifting your hips to have the head of his cock brushing the spongy spot deep inside your pretty cunt, hitting it again and again until you were squealing, creamy cum gushing out of you to collect around the base of his thick cock in a lewd ring. despite your spasming pussy, katsuki’s vice-like grip didn’t loosen, virile fingers splayed over your shaking hips, pulling them up to keep his pace, dragging his veiny cock in and out of you, watching your cum gather and drip down him to the ground below.

his cock felt like it was in your throat, every thrust forcing out garbled moans into the night air, even a deep sigh escaping the blond above you when your thighs twitched and trembled again. katsuki slid a hand up your spine from your hip, pushing your face back down with a strong grip on the back of your skull, leaning forward to grind deeper inside you, revelling in your muffled whine, watching the way your eyes widened before rolling back again, “you’re gonna cum again?”

katsuki’s mocking tone was uneven, tinged with his own impending end, but you still heard the cocky smile in his voice, his ego ever ballooning at the ease he worked you up, revelling in the warm squeeze of your thirsty cunt around his cock, more and more wetness dripping from you to collect around him. still, you nodded, too delirious to even try and deny the effect he had on you, your tense thighs and delirium only inflating his ego more.

“who makes you feel like this, huh?” his voice was a hoarse whisper now, thick eyebrows scrunching when you squeeze around him again, just from his voice and the stretch of his cock.

“you! you do, katsuki!” you choke out his name once more, your voice still muffled against the seat, his hand at the small of your back doing little to stop you standing on the very tip of your toes to swallow his cock deeper until he matched you with his own stammer of your name, pushing your head down harder as he stood up again, fucking rougher into you, faster, abusing your hole to get to his own end with you.

repeating his name like a mantra, your whole body tensed under him like you’d been shocked, a long whine of his name when you came intensely around him again, your high pitched keen making him follow suit, holding you firm against him, emptying himself into you, thrusting shallowly twice more to fuck his cum deep into you before he laid atop you with a low groan of his own.

you whimpered underneath him, your cunt still tight around him while you both started to calm, heart rates returning to normal, sweating skin cooling rapidly in the night air. you both laid still for a moment, bodies relaxing into the leather like you were in a liquid state, a soft whimper escaping you every so often as the last waves of your orgasm washed over you; similarly, katsuki remained still, gently releasing his grip on the back of your head to hold himself up above you before gingerly standing back up behind you, slowly pulling out of you with a soft wince at the sensitivity, glancing back up to study your face when you shivered at the loss of his warm body.

he leans over you to twist his keys in the ignition, the car starting with a low rumble, air blowing from the vents quickly warming both you and the car. you gawk up at him, stars still in your eyes when you connect the dots, “your car’s been fine the whole time?!”

he slides your soaking wet panties back up your thighs, snapping the waistband against your skin once they sat comfortably on your hips again,“obviously, the final girl’s supposed to notice that.”

“the final girl was a bit preoccupied.” you glare, gasping again when his fingers loosely loops around your throat to pull you up to stand in front of him again, lust dripping from his near-silent voice, “well, it’s just your luck the final girl owes me a favour…wanna see if you’ll survive the sequel?"

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jones-friend · 1 year

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So there’s a lot of hubub over dnd right now. If you aren’t up to speed, parent company Wizard of the Coast/Hasbro is looking to better monetize dnd. The first step they’re taking is locking down the property financially, better controlling who can and can’t make money off their property. They are doing this by modifying its open source policy and essentially negating it. It doesn’t look good, in fact it look really bad.

I can tell you as someone who watched magic the gathering get monetized this is how it starts. WOTC clamped down on fanmade projects and required trademarking at the end of fanmade works. It only got worse from there now there’s a $1,000 30th anniversary product nobody wants. This is very much the beginning of putting heavier monetization on dnd.

That doesn’t mean this is the end. Not by any means. My own home region of Alsium is very easy to decouple from dnd, I just need to change a few names and we’re there. While you won’t get dinged by WOTC for playing in your own group they are looking to get you to spend more money regularly, with their new dnd system and dnd beyond my guess is they’re going to move players off books onto subscriptions/paid microtransaction content.

It absolutely doesn’t mean this is the end. If you like 5e you don’t have to move off it. You can totally continue to use the books for your adventures. There is also a plethora of other rpg content you can explore and read up on new systems that might better fit what you’re looking for.

I’d love to hear what dnd alternatives you’ve found and try to compile a master list. What are systems you enjoy you’d love to share with people looking to move away from dnd?

#dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons

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hotwaterandmilk · 2 months

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Hey quite curious why the X manga was discontinued. It was so good. Always enjoy your collections but the way! Hope next week is better for you!

Aww thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoy seeing what I post. Now look I'll be the first person to say I'm not a dedicated CLAMP fan (I only really feel strongly about Magic Knight Rayearth), but I did read X back in the day and was actually buying Asuka in real time as the chapters started becoming increasingly sporadic.

I realise in retrospect how interesting it was to see the series slowly disappear right before my eyes. I don't think I noticed it at first, but then it sort of got like "oh, still no X huh?" about most issues of Asuka until it ceased appearing completely.

I think the most commonly cited explanation is the one from the group in a 2004 PAFU interview which notes the increasing number of real life disasters occuring (the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in '95 and the Kobe serial child murders in '97 as specific examples) and the changing social conditions as a result of these disasters making it difficult to for them to continue the series to its conclusion.

Whether this relates to editorial opinions on the appropriateness of the series continuing in that context, or simply a personal decision by the group to step back due to these real life incidents is hard to say for sure.

I think looking at CLAMP's increasing number of discontinued series over the past 20 years you could also argue that perhaps they simply lost steam with X and couldn't or didn't want to bring it to its intended conclusion for whatever reason -- and still don't. But whether this ties into a changing social response to their manga due to IRL isues or is related to something more straightforward like loss of interest, I can't really say.

Readers were truly invested in the series at the time though, that I can say unequivocally -- it was talked about in my online and IRL circles on a frequent basis during that early 00s period.

While it would be amazing to see a continuation of X some day with the 30th anniversary having been and gone & the PREMIUM COLLECTION volumes only having to 18.5, I have my doubts about them ever picking it up again.

So yeah, as I said I'm not a close CLAMP follower or particularly knowledgeable on their series, but that interview is really the only place they've said anything clearly about their reasons for suspending the title to my knowledge. Everything else, well, people will continue to speculate on for decades to come I imagine.

#answers #askbox #ask box #it's almost midnight so this is just me rambling #that interview covers the official reasoning #but i think the phrasing does still leave room for speculation #and let's face it when a popular series sputters to a stop people will speculate #i just never anticipated we'd still be doing it all these years later #i doubt i told you anything you don't already know but hope that helped anyway #thanks for the message :)

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berrychanx · 2 years

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Animate Cafe will celebrate CLAMP's 30th anniversary starting next month! It will be held at Tokyo and Nagoya, and they will also have satellite shop at Osaka.

#Clamp #Cardcaptor sakura #Ccs #Ccsakura

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adair-trashart · 2 months

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i dont know if anyone else did this but im doing it anyways a lot of it is pulled from his list of works wikipedia page but id figure i could at least make it easier to immediately see where to experience a lot of this stuff since a lot of it can be confusing to find super long post ahead

List of Akira Toriyama's stuff he did you can experience in some way:

(* means digital is the only option for people afraid of buckaneers and scallywags ** means the seven seas are the only (easily accessible to most) option ^ means it is (at least somewhat affordably) available physically or digitally, but not in English)

Manga

Dragon Ball related things:

Dragon Ball (the manga that Dragon Ball Z was adapted from is considered to be still a part of the original series. the manga relevant to that is/was sold over here as the Dragon Ball Z manga, but I'm not sure whats going on with that. can someone whos more of a dragon ball superfan help me figure that out a little???????? even the wiki articles are confusing me on this)

Dragon Ball Super (concepts, storyline, some storyboards and dialogue. It is mainly done by Toyotarou and was released at the same time as the anime before the manga got ahead of it)

Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! (adaptation of the OVA. overseen storyboards and gave advice to Naho Ooishi. According to the intro he sees this as better than the special this was based off of)

Jaco the Galactic Patrolman

Neko Majin^

Kochira Namekku-sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo** (a crossover chapter with KochiKame that apparently appears in Cho KochiKame)

Cross Epoch** (One Piece crossover one-shot)

Things you can experience through Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater:

Wonder Island/Wonder Island 2

Today's Highlight Island

Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe

Pola & Roid

Escape

Mad Matic

Pink: The Rain Jack Story

Chobit/Chobit 2 (not to be confused with Chobits by CLAMP)

Dragon Boy

Mr. Ho

Lady Red

Young Master Ken'nosuke

The Elder

Little Mamejiro

Karamaru and the Perfect Day

Soldier of Savings Cashman

Dub & Peter 1

Go! Go! Ackman

Alien X-Peke

Sachie-shan Good!!

Jiya

Other manga:

Dr. Slump

Rocky** (Dr. Slump spinoff)

Dr. Mashirito – Abale-chan** (Dr. Slump spinoff)

Wolf** (accessible through the artbook Akira Toriyama: The World)

Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo**

Tokimecha**

Majin Mura no Bubul** (prototype for Cowa!)

Cowa!*

Kajika^

Mahimahi the Lungfish**

Hyowtam!**

Sand Land

Oishii Shima no Ū-sama** (an educational manga whose only PDF online is no longer accessible. images of it are on the Dragon Ball fandom wiki, but I can't navigate the websites linked very easily since I dont speak Japanese)

Kintoki**

Awawa World** and Mysterious Rain Jack** (unpublished early works)

Art books:

Akira Toriyama: The World** (vaguely more affordable on Amazon but I'd rather not give them money right now)

Akira Toriyama: The World Special** (I don't know what the difference is but it is way more expensive)

Dragon Ball Daizenshu: The Complete Illustrations**

Dragon Quest Monsters: Akira Toriyama Illustrations (the 30th anniversary version is fairly cheap by artbook standards)

Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Monster Encyclopedia^

Dragon Ball: A Visual History (secondhand prices are decent on some websites)

Work he did on anime:

Crusher Joe* - MAX 310 space station (image found in the video linked at the bottom of this page)

Kosuke & Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island** (original concept, script, character designs)

Imagination Science World Gulliver Boy (mechanical designs. wikipedia is vague and the bottom of this link is the only thing i could find of specific concept art (mild buggish warning i guess))

Dragon Ball GT (yes, believe it or not he was mildly involved. he did character designs and made the name and logo)

Sand Land (the anime was supposed to come later this month, and he worked on some kind of new story for it. there is also a video game that's supposed to come out later this year and we will see by then if he had any further involvement in that)

Lumping the rest of the anime first Dragon Ball stuff here:

Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!** (original and story concepts)

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (original and story concepts, character designs)

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (original concept, screenplay, character designs, title)

Dragon Ball Super (original and story concepts, character designs, title, released at the same time as the manga before the manga overtook it)

Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Super Hero (original concept, screenplay, character designs)

Dragon Ball Daima (original concept, story, character designs, was supposed to come out this fall)

Anime adaptations (and adjacent things) of his stuff:

Dragon Ball stuff:

Dragon Ball tv series

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Goku's Traffic Safety and Goku's Fire Brigade** (theyre both PSAs, easily accessible through unofficial YouTube uploads)

Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins** (unlicensed Taiwanese live action remake of Curse of the Blood Rubies)

Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku** (unlicensed Korean live action adaptation)

Dragonball Evolution (very loose western adaptation that somehow has a game on the PSP)

Dragon Ball Z stuff:

Dragon Ball Z tv series

All of the Dragon Ball Z movies (seriously there's so many and I even checked each movie individually if yarhargle is the only option. it is not but it's also $3.99 per movie so keep that in mind)

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special**

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

Looking Back at it All: The Dragon Ball Z Year-End Show!**

Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans**

The World of Dragon Ball Z (English dub exclusive OVA, uses both the BLT/Ocean dub and the in-house Funimation dub)

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (OVA adaptation of Naho Ooishi's manga)

Other stuff:

Dr. Slump Arale-chan(**?) (first adaptation, unsure if truly otherwise inaccessible since it has a very unsearchable name for search engines)

Dr. Slump 1997 tv series

Dr. Slump movies**

Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit**

Go! Go! Ackman**

Work he did for video games:

Dragon Quest series (character designs)

Dragon Ball: Shenlong no Nazo** (character designs)

Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin (designed Dark Raid)

Chrono Trigger* (character and setting designs, helped with animation for the 1999 PlayStation port)

Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2** (character designs)

Blue Dragon* and Blue Dragon Plus** (character designs, there's also a Blue Dragon anime but I don't know how involved he was)

Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow** (character designs, voice of Toripo)

Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter** (designed Beeman 500SS)

Dragon Ball FighterZ (designed Android 21)

Dragon Ball Legends* (designed Shallot and Zahha)

Jump Force (several original character designs. I have no idea who Wikipedia meant by this)

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (designed Bonyū)

Fantasian* (designed a diorama used for a level)

Shueisha related stuff:

just assume theyre all highly unavailable and poorly archived online i can't even find archives of mainstream magazines from the us half the time

Weekly Shōnen Jump (designed Captain Gyao for the 20th anniversary, designed Kaizo-kun for the website. I cant navigate that website very well so can someone else find Kaizo-kun for me??????)

V Jump (designed V Dragon)

Weekly Jump F-1 Club (designed the mascot Wins-kun)

V-Net (designed the mascots Dr. Tobo and Happy 1)

Souvenirs entomologiques: Shueisha Bunko edition of the Japanese translation (cover illustrations, here is the link (super realistic big bugs warning)

Shueisha (designed Rīdon for the 25th anniversary of Shueisha Bunko)

Dragon Ball Damashii (logo design)

Jump Shop (designed Janta)

My Jump (designed Mai and Honbot)

Other things:

Fuel Album by George Tokoro (insert illustration)

Fire! Staff Tripper by Akira Sakuma (album cover, notably not mentioned on Wikipedia, possibly lost media, thanks to @/ToriyamasArt on Twitter for providing an English name)

Polkadot Magic by Mami Koyama (album cover, lyrics for "Crilla" and "Helicopter)

Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens (logo for the koala exhibit)

Fine Molds (packaging and instructions illustrations for the Lisa model, designed the mascot Goshikiken, designs packaging and instructions for seven World Fighter Collection models)

Dakara Bike Daisuki! by Haruka Takachiho (cover art)

Super Sense Story (character designs, it's a road safety brochure for Honda and I can't find images for it)

Bitch's Life Illustration File (illustration, I have no idea how many)

Toccio the Angel** (writer and illustrator, it's a children's book)

QVOLT (it's a car, he designed it)

Rule/Sparkle by Ayumi Hamasaki (art of Hamasaki dressed as Goku on the CD and DVD (image is accessible on the Dragon Ball fan wiki)

Ichigo Dōmei by Chiaki** (cover art)

Invade by jealkb (album art)

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (promotional poster art)

Dr. Mashirito's Saikyō Manga Jutsu by Kazuhiko Torishima** (cover art)

Kiyosu (20th anniversary city logo)

Sources:

List of works by Akira Toriyama (a lot of it was also connected pages and me individually searching for different things listed)

Dragon Ball fan wiki

Dr. Slump fan wiki

this Kazenshuu forum post by Angelus about Akira Toriyama's earlier manga, including the unpublished stuff

the news section of the official Dragon Ball website

this page on the KochiKame fan wiki

this article for crusher joe and the video linked in it

various 🏴‍☠️ websites i wont list here specifically because loose lips sink ships (they're not hard to find if you care that much)

various IMDB pages (largely for finding ways to watch for people unable or unwilling to do the only other alternative)

this Hungarian website where I found the Dragon Ball Damashii image

jump shop (janta is fortunately plastered all over the place so i could find example images easily)

@/ToriyamasArt on Twitter for the bug covers in the Shueisha section and an English translation for the name Fire! Staff Tripper

This website (in Portugeuse) that has a lot of the art in the other things section

this archive of Toccio the Angel

anonymous Blogspot post covering QVOLT

jealkb Invade CD listing with the jpged image

allocine.fr is where i got the Journey to the West poster but it gave me some unavoidable pop up that's seemingly immune to Firefox's website translator and i already spent 5 hours on this post so screw that website

Kiyosu logo source (their image breaks on Tumblr so i screenshotted it)

#akira toriyama #dragon ball #dr slump #id tag some of the other popular stuff but im worried theyre not prominent enough in this post for people to be fine with it #shonen jump #text post #long post #this is mainly for documentation purposes #my back hurts

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the-corvus-luna · 2 years

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"Work on the original (screenplay) has been completed for one episode. From here, the animation members will do their best, and I will also start working on the next original work.

When you have just a little bit of time.

I can't invite 3 CLAMPs, For non-members, It's a little lonely that it's quite difficult to say "Let's drink together"."

-Nanase Ohkawa

compliments of google translate

Soon to be working on an original work and finished a screenplay for an animation?

I’ve got some theories its probably CCS Clear card season 2 and maybe... just maybe a 30th Anniversary Clamp in Wonderland. That’s just wishful thinking though. xxxHolic's continuation is slated to happen toward spring 2023. There's also the cancelled Tokyo Babylon series that may have just been delayed until non-tracing animators are found.

Let's just say I'm absolutely excited!

#clamp #news #cardcaptor sakura #cardcaptor clear card #xxxholic #tokyo babylon #holy shit

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tsubasaclones · 2 years

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I was like where the hell are my clamp 30th anniversary plush keychains then I remembered they're still in my backpack

#its been weeks. i should free them #em.txt

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sbknews · 9 months

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Monster 30° Anniversario: Ducati celebrates the motorcycle symbol of the naked world

Ducati celebrates 30 years of the Monster with a model in a numbered series limited to 500 units. The Monster 30° Anniversario version is the Bologna based manufacturer's tribute to a motorcycle that revolutionised the world of two wheels and which since 1993 has won over the passion of more than 350,000 Monsteristi all over the world. The Monster has always been this: a sporty engine, perfect for road use, chassis derived from the Superbike, wide handlebars and no fairing. An idea as simple as it is effective, which made it possible to create the motorcycle that reinvented the naked segment and which over the years has evolved several times while always remaining faithful to the original idea.This special version also maintains the iconic features of the Monster models: an unmistakable style and maximum fun on the road. Its true nature emerges at the very first glance thanks to the Tricolour 30th Anniversary livery inspired by the sportiest Monsters of the past. This livery celebrates Made in Italy, of which Ducati is an ambassador, and is embellished by the gold colour of the rims, specially made for this model, and of the Öhlins NIX30 fork. Other distinctive elements of this model are a seat embellished with an embroidered 30-year logo and the dedicated animation of the dashboard that starts when the ignition is switched on. Finally, each motorcycle is made unique by a plate on the upper clamp with the model’s name and copy number, certificate of authenticity and dedicated motorcycle cover.The Monster 30° Anniversario is equipped with components which, in addition to enhancing its appearance, also improve its dynamic qualities and allow it to arrive at a curb weight of 184 kg, or 4 kg less than the standard model, already the benchmark in the category for lightness. This milestone is even more important if we consider that components, and therefore weight, such as the steering damper and the windshield have been added compared to the standard model. The Monster, a modern reinterpretation of the original recipe, is a light, easy-to-handle and fast motorcycle. It is powered by the Testastretta 11° engine, a liquid-cooled 4-valve twin-cylinder with desmodromic timing and 111 horsepower. An extremely reliable and undemanding engine from the point of view of maintenance, thanks to main intervals spread over time (15,000 km for oil changes and 30,000 km for valve clearance checks). It has a full power delivery curve at all revs, especially at medium-low ones, the most used on the road. This means a more responsive engine, which translates into greater riding pleasure. Extremely functional and effective, the chassis of the new Monster transfers the inspiring principles of the Ducati Superbikes to a road bike. The engine is load-bearing, and a Front Frame is connected to it which conceptually recalls that of the Panigale V4. The fully adjustable Öhlins suspension boasts a fork that is 0.6 kg lighter than the one used on the Monster and Monster+, and improves the feeling, as well as increasing ground clearance and consequently lean angle. The suspension setup is sporty, and this allows the Monster 30° Anniversario to give great fun when riding on mixed roads, but also between the curbs of a circuit. The Öhlins equipment is completed with an adjustable steering damper that increases precision and accuracy at the highest pace. The braking system features Brembo Stylema® front calipers (-0.4 kg than the ones on the Monster) and aluminium flanges for the 320 mm front brake discs (0.5 kg lighter than standard on the Monster) and makes the Monster 30° Anniversario perform better in braking and nimbler thanks to a reduction of inertia at the front end. The bike’s nimble character is further improved thanks to the brand-new forged rims, which reduce unsprung weight by 1.86 kg , decreasing the moment of inertia of the front wheel by 21.8% and the rear by 26.9%. The electronics of the Monster are at the top of the segment. Standard equipment includes ABS Cornering, Ducati Traction Control and Ducati Wheelie Control, all of which can be adjusted to different levels of intervention. The sporty character of the new Monster 30° Anniversario is also highlighted by the Launch Control which ensures lightning-fast starts. This top-of-the-range motorcycle equipment, which also includes the adoption of a lithium battery that contributes to the reduction of the total weight of the motorcycle, allows the Monster 30° Anniversario to safely express its performance. The three Riding Modes - Sport, Road and Wet - allow the Monster's character to be shaped according to the rider's tastes and needs. Everything is easily managed through the handlebar controls and the 4.3" colour TFT dashboard, featuring racing graphics that recall those of the Panigale V4, with a large rev counter and a complete set of information on the left, including that of the gear engaged. Main model equipment - “30° Anniversario” celebrative livery with Tricolore style* - Plate with bike name and number (XXX/500)* - Dedicated dashboard animation at the key-on* - Sport rider seat shape with logo* - 937 cm3 Testastretta 11° engine - Max Power: 111 CV @ 9.250 rpm - Max torque: 9,5 kgm @ 6.500 rpm - Street-legal Termignoni slip-on* - Kerb weight: 184 kg * - Aluminium front frame - Lightened, GFRP subframe - Aluminium swingarm - Öhlins steering damper* - Öhlins NIX30 fork * - Öhlins rear shock * - Forged Aluminium wheels (-1.86 kg/- 4 lb vs Monster cast wheels) * - Front and rear mudguards in carbon fibre* - Full-LED lighting system with sweeping indicators - Colour, 4.3” TFT cockpit with fuel level and gear indicator - Riding Modes (3 configurations) recalibrated according to the new chassis. New Wet Riding Mode * - Cornering ABS on 3 levels, with front-only mode - DTC (8 levels) and DWC (4 levels) - Launch Control (3 levels) - Brembo front brake setup; 320 mm discs with aluminium inner flanges, Stylema® monobloc calipers, radial master cylinder and synthered pads* - Hydraulic clutch command, radial master cylinder - Seat height: 840 mm - DQS up/down - Li-Ion battery* - Pirelli Diablo Rosso IV tires* - Front cowl* - Passenger seat cover* - Dedicated bike cover* - Certificate of authenticity* *Exclusive equipment for Monster 30° Anniversario Read the full article

#Ducati #Ducati2023 #DucatiMonster #DucatiUK #Monster30°Anniversario #MotorcycleNews

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