#i've never seen inuyasha

[ofwraithsandwords]

Me: It’s not the end of the world if the creators of a piece of media go in a direction you didn’t expect/want.

Also me when something I don’t like happens:

#meme #hellsing #the witcher #bayonetta #lotr #i've never seen inuyasha #but i know that yashahime stole its fans' hopes and dreams #so this one is for you too #and dare i add.....black butler #haven't been into that anime since middle school #and i think it was for the best

[rosie-lav-art]

I didn't have an Anime Drawings phase as a kid, so I get to start at Middle School Level as a 27 year old 😭 at least I can only go up from here!

Please recommend a blorbo or two of yours for me to draw. I need to practice!!!!! I have so many years of practice to catch up on before I find a style I can do easily/consistently 😭

#rosie draws #doodles #Pls don't come for me I am trying my best #I know I'll get better with practice #I've already seen improvements in my anime girl 2000s style with Starlight Starbright #I'm gonna do some ranma 1/2 and inuyasha studies ses if I can't get that style down #If I drew this when I was 12 and watching death note.....i would have been over the moon with ot #I gotta remember that 12 year old Rosie would be so proud of anything I've drawn recently #12 year old Rosie figured wed never be an artist #And now I'm out here trying to learn and grow every day #I started a comic that's fucking crazy!!!! It's just a Lil one but it's something!!!

[argo-bolo]

it's fucking wild to be friends with me, i swear because like, i never really watched movies and stuff growing up and i barely watched any cartoons/anime so my friends will be talking about a movie they all watched and pretty much everyone around me has watched and i'll be like "wow, i've heard of that but never seen it lol" and get a "whaaaaat????"

#like i've never seen “scream” until like a week or so ago #and still need to watch “souleater” and/or “black butler” #i remember watching like 1 (one) episode of “inuyasha” but like 5 separate occasions #never seen any “bbc sherlock” or “supernatural” and like a single season of “criminal minds” #buuuttt i have seen the movie “rubber” and also the movie “killer klowns from outerspace” #and i can't watch anything someone else recommended even if i wanted to because my stupid brain works wrong #argo-bolo originals

[shinidamachu]

Sid, why do you think people think Kagome is “so annoying” and “whiny?” How exactly did she earn this reputation among her (rather dumb) haters.

The world is not kind to 15 years old girls, and what is Kagome, if not the perfect representation of one?

People forgot they can dislike a character just because and then move on. They'd rather grasp at straws to try and justify themselves, that way they can pretend they're being rational about the constant hate they're spreading when, truthfully, they're just being miserable.

Kagome specifically is in even greater disadvantage because her critics are, mostly, people who haven't read the source material and are instead basing their takes on a biased adaptation – which they probably watched ages before developping any critical skills – or people who see her as a threat to their ship and therefore are already prone to hate her.

The first group won't ever bother going out of their way to try and get a better grasp of her character by reading a 558 chapters long manga and the second group won't change their minds either way.

That's why they call her out for using the beads of subjugation even if: it wasn't her idea in the first place, it served to balance her relationship with Inuyasha at the beginning – since he was powerful and violent while she wasn't –, the rosary became a symbol of their bond, it saved Inuyasha a couple of times and he was always more annoyed than hurt by it, not to mention Sunrise blowing it out of proportion compared to the manga.

You never see Inuyasha getting bashed for hitting Shippo every other episode or Sango getting any heat for constantly slapping Miroku, because funnily enough people seem to understand it was just dumb, outdated, slapstick comedy, a courtesy they refuse to extend to Kagome.

That's also the reason they call her “annoying” and “whiny”: Kagome’s most important lesson was that it's okay to have feelings, so naturally they twisted that into a bad thing in order to keep hating on her. It's not about how her character was written, it's about people using of bad faith and deliberately mischaracterizing Kagome to pass their internalized misogyny as valid criticism.

I know part of the issue is that audiences nowadays are under the impression that for a female character to be strong, she can't cry or be feminine, but you don't see anyone hating on Sango even though she does cry and she can be as feminine as Kagome depending on the circunstances and on her mood.

The truth is that Kagome is playing a game she can never win, because the refs have decided they want her to lose before the match even starts.

If she stands up and sets boundaries for herself, she's annoying. If she doesn't, she's a doormat. If she feels jealousy, she's a bitch. If she shows kindness, she's boring. If she fights, she's overpowered. If she doesn't, she's useless. If any other character cries, it's heartbreaking. If she cries, she's whiny.

If she goes back to her own world, she's selfish. If she leaves that world behind to live the life she wants for herself, she's a stupid girl who left her family for a boy. If she does something grand, that's only because she's someone else's reincarnation. If she messes something up, the fault is hers and hers alone. She is, somehow, simultaneously a Mary Sue and a toxic abuser.

I've personally seen people slut shaming her because she got hitted on by Koga. I've personally seen people call her a "pick me" girl. Kagome. A pick me girl. Kagome.

And none of this is fair, because she is the kind of character who does her best to see the good in others, to understand the reasons why they act the way they do and to offer them some grace, but she gets very little of that in return, be it in canon, be it in fandom.

They always hold her up to such an impossible standard, but they completely forget to ask themselves: would the characters I stan be able to match the expectations I set for Kagome? Scratch that: would the characters I stan even be able to deal with things the way Kagome managed to do? Would I? The answer is most likely no, so how about cutting her a slack?

You ask me how did she earn this reputation among her rather dumb haters, my answer is: she didn't. They're just incapable of understanding that if a particular nuanced, well written, female character is not their cup of tea, they can simply ignore her and focus their attention on the characters they do like instead of spreading their baseless, misogynistic takes on the internet.

#I also feel like there's this trend of disliking protagonists in general #But I won't elaborate because this is already longer than I wanted it to be #And it applies to most of protagonists so it isn't Kagome specific #It's a dicussion for another day #Inuyasha #Kagome #Kagome Higurashui #Thank you for the ask anon #Sidmailing

[fuedalreesespieces]

sota's brave confession of love being that episode:

[worth noting here that in the dub the way richard says "WHAT-ever..." priceless.]

[also worth noting that in the dub he says "you already said that" instead of "hah! what're you saying?!" which feels more like an inuyasha response to me. then again we'll never know since this is technically anime-only, and while i tend not to like a lot of inuyasha filler, if it's in the modern day i will eat it up. every. time.]

inuyasha being stunned by the sheer amount of goods in a grocery store...gold. earlier in this episode he also seemed enamored by baked goods, and i wonder if he's ever really had anything resembling it? bread made its way to japan mid-16th century via portuguese traders, so it's likely he's never had anything like it and the smell must've been new to him - it would've been interesting if we'd seen him trying all these new foods!

i can never decide whether or not sunrise likes inukag bc they'll cut out canon scenes of them but then insert scenes like this in their filler eps...what game are ya'll playing? but flustered inuyasha is adorable so i can't complain this time.

eavesdropping...

i'm sorry WHERE is he getting these questions from i actually burst out laughing

called out by an eight year old...

i don't care whether or not this is ooc because i laughed way too hard like he really got dragged from potential sleep to deal with this LMAO

this is the cutest thing i've ever seen and it only gets better:

shortly after: sota getting kicked out of his own house after chickening out for the tenth time this episode

smol

flustered inukag my beloved...

anyway this episode is a dumb fun and i love it to an insane degree. the only part i would say is out of character (at least, more out of character than sunrise already does inuyasha) is when he literally makes this face at the thought of confessing to kagome:

coming from the guy who was pretty open about his feelings in the manga and quite literally told kagome - thinking she was hearing him - that he likes seeing her smile and feels relieved when he's by her side, i don't see him getting this flustered - but the face he makes is priceless.

#the amount of times i've rewatched this episode can't be counted tbh #i loved seeing inukag try to help sota confess with various methods #from kagome dressing him up to inuyasha “training” him #they hyped him up soo bad this ep lmao #too bad it didn't pay off since he interrupted them like five seasons later #there's another scene where inuyasha and kagome are like “why doesn't he just get over himself and confess” which in isolation is funny #but when i think about it they weren't even that dense in the manga it's literally only anime inukag w/ this problem #which is another sunrise addition that nobody asked for #so i didn't include that here bc after reading panels of inukag being in an almost pseudo relationship it's so jarring going back to this #will they wont they thing like nooo sir #anyway enough tag rambling #inuyasha #inuyasha a feudal fairy tale #inuyasha anime #inukag #kagome higurashi #sota higurashi #kagome #inuyasha x kagome

[clearwillow]

Httyd x Inuyasha au kagome is hiccup. Inuyasha is Astrid. Buyo is toothless.

Nonnie if you're still hanging in there, I am so very sorry this took so long! I've never seen the movies so every time I opened the file it never felt like I was getting the characters right. Astrid!Inuyasha is possibly aged up cause none of the other outfits I tried looked right 😅

But sure, Kagome. You're totally hiding that giant calico cat-dragon. Do cat-dragons have litters or lay eggs..?

#inuyasha #kagome #inukag #buyo #httyd #how to train your dragon #hiccup #astrid #toothless #tumblr sketch prompt

[kitramune]

Mistlewoes (rating, G)

A lil InuKag Christmas drabble for you lovely folks. Sorry it's so short, I've been a little dry on the motivation, lately! Thanks to @nukawin for the prompt, here. ~*~*~*~*~

Inuyasha didn't know how this could have happened... Had he not been diligent enough? Had he missed something that only existed in Kagome's time? Something so subtle it had slipped past him? What a conniving and dangerous world she lived in!

All these thoughts and more shot through the hanyou's head as he faced down the giant bear that was currently roaring and standing taller to try and intimidate him away. He already had procured several herbs from Kaede and was working on the meat and organs.

This had all started when he overheard Kagome's family talking. Something about getting a tree for some disease. He forgot the name, but it had to do with toes.

He struck down the bear, harvesting everything he could before he moved on.

Dammit, how could he have let Kagome's toes get sick?! Or was it some kind of possession? Maybe he'd have to fight, after all. Hmmm... Well if this method didn't work, he'd try that. Lugging his haul towards the Well, Inuyasha stewed in his worry.

…

“Inuyasha-kun! My, what's all this?” Mrs. Higurashi looked shocked at his cargo when he made his way into the house.

“I heard Kagome was sick, so I brought some stuff to make her better. Is she in her room?”

“Sick? She never told me anything about that.” The woman looked even more alarmed.

Now Inuyasha was really confused. “I heard you and the old man talking about it and you said a tree would help bring it out of her toe? I got more stuff just to help her recover, though.”

Mrs. Higurashi seemed to realize something and lifted a hand to stifle her laughter. “Oh, that's sweet of you, dear. I'm sure Kagome will appreciate it. She'll be down soon, she's in the bath at the moment.”

He nodded. The warm water would probably make her feel better, as well. He moved to deposit his pack of items when something stopped him in his tracks. “Holy hell, is that the tree?!”

“Yes, it's called a Christmas Tree. We get one and decorate it every year around this time.”

Inuyasha gaped. “So this happens a lot? Is it a curse, then?! Is that why you have those weird shiny shimenawa ropes and shikigami all over it?”

Mrs. Higurashi hummed in thought, seeming to debate how to explain something to him. But Kagome chose that moment to come downstairs.

“Inuyasha? Why are you here?”

“Kagome!” he hurried over to her. “You'll feel better soon, I brought some things to help in addition to the tree! How are your toes?”

Kagome only furrowed her brow. “My toes? What are you talking about?”

“I think,” her mother supplied, “that there's been a little mix-up. Inuyasha-kun seems to have overheard me and father discussing our mistletoe.”

Kagome's mouth formed a small 'o' as she took in his worried expression and the pack of ingredients behind him. Luckily she couldn't quite see the viscera from there. She grabbed his hand, confusing him more, and pulled him over to an odd looking plant he'd never seen before. It was hanging near the equally odd tree.

“This is mistletoe, Inuyasha. It's not a sickness, it's for-... Well...”

Her confirmation that she wasn't actually suffering from anything did cause him to relax a bit, but it was quickly replaced by curiosity. She may not be sick, but her cheeks were quickly becoming red. A fever?

“For what?” he asked gently, moving his hand to touch her forehead and check for a temperature, ignoring her embarrassed inhale.

“It's, um... for this.” With that, Kagome stood on her tippy-toes, his hand still on her forehead, and pressed a kiss to his cheek.

It was warm. It was slightly wet. It was soft. It was wonderful. It was... over way too quickly, leaving Inuyasha unable to do anything but stare at her and slowly put his hand back down. She smiled, and even through his shock, he wanted to smile back.

Mrs. Higurashi giggled, the sound breaking both teenagers out of their little trance. Both blushed, but the knowing mother seamlessly moved them on to a new topic. “Would you like to stay for dinner, Inuyasha-kun? After all, you brought such lovely gifts for Kagome and she can explain all about Christmas to you.”

Kagome cleared her throat tactfully. “That sounds... good.”

Inuyasha nodded. “Sure.”

No way in HELL was he leaving until he got to kiss her back! Even if it took all night!

#Inuyasha #InuKag #fanfic #myfics #Inuyasha is a good bf

[love-sapphirerose]

Rin: Bad Inuyasha Character

Another bad damsel in distress in the Inuyasha series. I never really liked Rin since I've always thought of her as a weak girl who was clingy and obsessed with Sesshomaru. Rin is like a younger version of Kagome except she's not an archer.

Her Character

In the original, rin was an annoying and obnoxious little girl who had a dark past and a major obsession with sesshomaru but in yashahime it was much worst.

For the majority of yashahime, rin was frozen in the tree of ages. In the first season of episode 1, it was a flashback of a manga chapter in the final act. But in episode 15, she lacked character as she let sesshomaru, who just ignored her, take her newly born twins away with no explanation other than it was a rite of courage and cowardice and was completely obedient and okay with it. Suddenly in season 2, she was reverted back to her original annoying character and so on but worse.

In episode 27, I know why rin wants to protect towa and setsuna because she's there mother but she makes this over dramatic and whiny speech as she wants sesshomaru, who is her husband, to kill her to protect them.

When she confronts kirinmaru, she pathetically tries to fight him, someone with no kind of power at all and no combat training is going to take on a very powerful beast king yokai who can instantly kill her as she is all talk and no action.

When rin finally meets towa and setsuna together closely, instead of hugging them immediately she decides to wait not like moe, ms higurashi, and kagome who did despite the circumstances.

Even after zero tried multiple times to kill towa and setsuna and terrorized them, rin still wants to save zero who ended up committing suicide by riku anyway.

2. Appearance and Age

Despite what the creators of yashahime tried to explain through jaken and tree of ages that rin is 18 and later 32, she is actually 15 and later 29.

The true creator, Rumiko Takahashi, explained databooks and interviews that rin was 7-8 years old but disgsting sessrin shippers want to ignore it and agree with yashahime creators.

The timeline of rin's age in order. In inuyasha, rin was 7-8, in the 3 year time skip of the final episode of the final act she is 11, in since then is 11 and 1/2 but yashahime said that 18 years have passed so 11 plus 18 is 29.

Despite yashahime falsely claiming she is 32, majority of the time makes rin look like she was still 11 and sometimes the exact age as towa and setsuna.

3. Marriage

rin's marriage to sesshomaru is creepy and disgusting as he knew her since she was 7-8 years old. Rumiko Takahashi said in interviews and databooks that sesshomaru and rin have a father-daughter relationship. rin should've been with kohaku because they are close in age and have great interactions with each other. The sick reason for the yashahime creators pairing sesshomaru and rin together was because they wanted sesshomaru to have hanyos and rin is the only female that wasn't taken, has some kind of relationship with him, and is alive. They could've made Kaname Kururugi and Janis canon in yashahime and created a story where one of them returned to the feudal era and been with him or created a human female character for him but instead they choose someone that was like a daughter to him.

In yashahime, sesshomaru and rin's relationship is basically the same in the original except rin's is less rebellious and more obedient. rin still calls him 'lord sesshomaru' and doesn't see herself as his equal or even his wife as seen with her conversations with towa and setsuna, she refers to them as 'sesshomaru's daughters' and not both of theirs. sesshomaru doesn't see rin as his wife as he continues to give commands to her like she's a dog.

Ex. ordering her to stay in the tree of ages, him waking and orders her to follow him, orders her to stay and watch closely of him and kirinmaru fight, and in the last episode he orders her to follow him.

sesshomaru doesn't even take care of the towa and setsuna, especially when they were babies as he doesn't even change their diapers and rin just made excuses for him saying 'changing diapers doesn't suit lord sesshomaru' and dumbed her down.

4. Sudden Change

In the yashahime series, rin worried about towa and setsuna and was even willing to sacrifice her life for them in the last episode with a conversations with them she completely changed.

rin was worried about kohaku and kagura but she had said to towa and setsuna 'since they're hanyos she's sure they'll more hardships and they'll be attacked by strange demons just for being the daughters of lord sesshomaru' while being cheerful and laughing.

While kagome, who is majority of the time an awful character, wife, and mother, who worried about moroha and wanted her out of debt immediately.

#anti hanyo no yashahime #anti yashahime #anti princess half demon #anti kagome #anti rin #anti sesshomaru #anti jaken #anti sessrin #anti sesshomaru x rin #anti kagome higurashi #anti inukag #anti towa higurashi #anti towa #setsuna

[letoasai]

No one remembers Anime Spiral

What do kids even do on the internet? I'm genuinely asking. Everything revolves around social media and that's fine but what do they do. Are their cool things they can do anymore?

There used to be websites and you would just wander the internet on the family computer. Newgrounds. Gaia Online. Neopets. Yahoo Games. Quizzila. Live Journal... I'm not saying they were all great but they were something to do and... no i'll commit, they were great. I wasn't worried about posting pictures of myself when i was busy watching a flash animation of Dragonball Z that someone put painstaking hours into.

A lot of younger kids and teens don't know how to download something and save it to a particular folder on their computer because they've never used a computer. Meanwhile we were somehow... coding our Myspace pages to have a particular background. When did we acquire that knowledge?

In 2004/2005 i went looking for Inuyasha pictures, as one did, and i stumbled upon a site of people posting fanfiction? Sign me up... Anime Spiral was the wild west of chaos fanfic writers. People would make banners for their work that would sit in their summary sections. God help you, but those seizure inducing flashing colors were going to get your attention.

People would write anything, stories, poems, lyrics. People would post art and open commissions for people to ask for things in the comments, and the OP would just do it... There were frantic collaborations. Some were really good. Some were really bad.

There were chaotic originally stories with random anime characters thrown in for fun because who was going to tell them they couldn't? Some people just ranted to anime characters and i will always remember Ask Sesshomaru where you'd ask Sesshomaru a question in the comments and the next chapter he would answer every.single.question. The fact that it was probably a 16 year old girl writing that just didn't matter.

Some people just posted picture of anime characters. They did all the internet searches so you didn't have to! They were harder to find then.

The comment/response section to this day... was the best format i've seen on a fanfic site (imo). It was so easy. I miss it! I miss going to my word processing class and pulling up that site and chatting with people in the freaking comments of whatever...terrible story i'd posted at the time. I was probably so proud of it then but yikes...

The notification system was good and it was easy to talk to people without it feeling intrusive.

Maybe Anime Spiral was Tumblr before Tumblr.

I met two strangers on Anime Spiral a week apart. Internet dangers weren't as obvious then as they seem now. Those two strangers became two of my best friends. It's been nearly twenty years and they are still so prevalent in my life.

I met my best friend on that site. That seems so impossible to me now. We never would have met otherwise and i can't imagine my life without them. We were so upset when Anime Spiral went down. We missed the ugly green and mustard yellow template to this day.

It wasn't a great site, it had it's problems... It had a lot of problems but at the same time, it was a great site. It's hard to find people who even remember Anime Spiral anymore. Going to FF .net or Fiction Press afterwards felt like... a downgrade somehow. The systems overly complicated and it lacked...something.

I do enjoy the hell out of AO3, it actually checks all the boxes for a great writing site, but i'll always remember the chaotic nostalgia of Anime Spiral.

What do kids do on the internet now? Is it safe? Is it just selfies, gossip, and bullying? Do you have a little dragon you can take care of? Neopets could take up a lot of their attention. I don't think 2024 Neopets is the same as 2005 Neopets and that's a shame.

I have no idea. I feel old.

#Rambling #ignore me #i do miss Anime Spiral though #Anime Spiral

[saintsr]

Hola

Hello

Creó que es demasiado tarde para esto pero bueno, soy una Missasaurio, si es nikname es confuso pero lo hice por Saint Seiya y era una T no una R pero bueno. Reblogueo arte del Death duo, Pissa, he visto anime asi que es probable que haga adaptaciones Este espacio solo lo usaba para ver arte de mis shipps (no del QSMP Marvel Stony, Yu-Gi-Oh!GX Spiritshipping, Bleach IchidaxIshigo también tengo hetero y un yuri). No me gusta pelear asi que bloqueare todo lo que no me guste, tengo opiniones y gustos fuertes, no soy multishipper si te gusta otra pareja te dejare en paz y disfrutare tu contenido saltando lo que no me gusta. He estado en medio de peleas de Shipps no me gusta nunca me ha gustado.

Posiblemente escriba mas o no, quien sabe la inspiracion es rara acabo de hacer un QSMPxXXXHolic por si te interesa, tratare de compartir videos de C!Missa o cosas que me recuerden a el.

Soy un año menor que Missa asi que siento podria ser la tia o hermana mayor de varios de aquí.

Herman@s Missasaurios vengan tengo galletas y leche caliente hay que cuidarnos entre nosotros también hagamos un fuerte de seguridad solo quiero amigos para compartir, soy muy tímida asi que es mi primera vez interactuando con muchos.

Gracias.

Hello

He thinks it's too late for this but hey, I'm a Missasaur, if it's a nikname it's confusing but I did it for Saint Seiya and it was a T not an R but hey. I reblog art from the Death duo, Pissa, I've seen anime so it's likely I'll make adaptations This space was only used to see art from my ships (not QSMP Marvel Stony, Yu-Gi-Oh!GX Spiritshipping, Bleach IchidaxIshigo I also have hetero and a yuri). I don't like fighting so I will block everything I don't like, I have strong opinions and tastes, I am not a multishipper, if you like another couple I will leave you alone and enjoy your content, skipping what I don't like. I've been in the middle of Shipps fights I don't like it I never liked it.

I may write more or not, who knows the inspiration is rare, I just did a QSMPxXXXHolic in case you are interested, I will try to share videos of C!Missa or things that remind me of him.

I'm a year younger than Missa so I feel like I could be the aunt or older sister of several people here.

Sisters and Brothers whatever you identify Missasaurios come I have cookies and hot milk we have to take care of each other let's also make a security fort. I just want friends to share, I'm very shy so it's my first time interacting with many.

Thanks.

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Estoy en un juego para móviles llamado NOD Nations of Darkness

Películas de terror /Horror Movies

Ju-On The Curse

The Ring El aro

Las he visto en J-Horror y Americanas

Scream

Anime

Saint Seiya

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Sakura CC

XxxHolic

Tsubasa Reservior Chronicles

Death Note

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DC&Marvel

Estudie pedagogía asi que si puedo ser maestra, orientadora y despiadada como los de Recursos Humanos. I studied pedagogy so yes, I can be a teacher, a counselor and a ruthless one like those in Human Resources.

#qsmp pissa #pissa #missa #deathduo #q!pissa #pissa nation #missa sinfonia

[aeternallis]

It's been hanging out in the back of my mind for the past few months, but I think the reason why it's so hard for me to interact with the kpts fandom on here (with the exception of a very select few people) is because fanon has taken over to such an extent for kpts that subsequently, a lot, and I mean A LOT of the cultural context in this show has been erased because it's just easier to do so to a story with a modern setting, as opposed to a historical one, yknow?

And with that ease comes the resulting of some of the most...colorful interpretations and HCs that ngl, definitely hints at a more western mindset, than anything else.

Which is not necessarily...a surprise, based on what I've seen this site do to Asian media in general. Hahaha. After all, this is the site that said Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha is a pedo for marrying his ward, that Kaname from Vampire Knight is "ewww incestuous" for being in love with his distant ancestor. This is the same site that said JGY from MDZS did nothing wrong (ever), and thinks LWJ can't talk properly and speaks like Netflix's terrible subtitles.

And last but not least, this is the site that thinks dom/sub and top/bottom discourse is #immature and #feteshization when in reality the Asian BL subculture is literally built and maintained on this very important distinction of pairing order, which transcends who's sticking who in the ass, and has more to do with interpretation of characters as the author's explicit intent.

MXTX isn't being a whiny bitch when they say they hate it when their pairings are switched, it's because by switching up their pairings, you erase the literary importance of the gong love interest, and why MXTX positioned them that way. There's a reason why every single one of the MXTX novels is written from the POV of the shou, yo.

But, anyway.

I'm not Thai. I'm Filipino-American, who grew up in the Philippines for a good portion of her life and regularly goes back, and who is still somewhat fluent in Tagalog. And the borders of SE Asia contains within it a wonderful blend of so many different cultures that there are some scholars who, although dedicate their entire lives to studying this region, will never be able to fully grasp the cultural nuances that just aren't easily translatable to English sentences.

Having said that, there is still a set of cultural values and norms that unites this region AS Southeast Asia. I will definitely say for my own experience with kpts, one of the biggest factors as to why I fell in love with this show is because there were so many things about it that reminded me of my own upbringing, the cultural values and experiences that I grew up with, that makes this show special to me.

But Tumblr being Tumblr, it's no surprise that as always with non-western media, the cultural nuances are minimized or outright forgotten entirely.

In which case, KPTS is yet another victim to this inevitability, alas alas.

#kpts #my own personal thoughts #so please don't come for me #look i even hid it all under a “keep reading” tag ahahahaaa #:'D

[grayluforever]

Am I the only one here who likes InuKik better than InuKag?

DISCLAIMER: This little analysis took me quite some time to type out, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't downvote it right away and at least read it until the end.

I haven't finished the anime yet (currently at episode 129) but from what I've seen so far, I can safely say that I'm not too fond of InuKag as a ship. It just kind of seems like one of those bland "boy meets girl and they fall in love" ships. Sure, they have some cute moments here and there, but what really turns me away from the ship is stuff like Kagome constantly - and I mean CONSTANTLY - abusing the power of the beads of subjugation whenever she's in a bad mood and everyone in the group siding with her without even considering Inuyasha's feelings in the matter. He just needs to say or do something that might irritate Kagome even in the slightest, and the next thing we see is him face-planting at least once after an unsolicited sit command from Kagome.

For example, in one episode where he was in the modern world, Kagome's mother sent him on an errand to bring lunch to her daughter. What's the first thing Kagome does when he reaches her and is about to give her the lunchbox? That's right, she tells him to sit. This is but one of many examples that I noticed in the anime.

Here's another one: Kagome brings food from her era to Feudal Japan and cooks for the whole group. Nobody complains about her cooking, however, Inuyasha seems to prefer the instant ramen over the food that Kagome made. What does Kagome do? She gets angry and tells him to sit.

Last one: Inuyasha goes to see Kikyo. She's his first love, the first woman who ever accepted him for who he was after a lifetime of being ostracised from two fronts for being a half demon, a being that isn't wanted in neither human nor demon communities. Kagome gets angry over him wanting to see Kikyo and tells him to sit. While I understand the sentiment of her being angry and jealous, by no means does this warrant physically harming Inuyasha by making him face-plant into the ground.

Kikyo, on the other hand, seems to really, truly care about him. Sure, she did go overboard when she attempted to drag him down into hell with her because she wanted to die with him, and she held a knife against his throat at some point when she talked about the weakness that is Naraku's human heart, but she never intentionally harmed him, right? She was incited to kill Inuyasha by Naraku and sealed him against a tree by piercing his heart with a holy arrow, but she did that because she was under the impression that Inuyasha fatally wounded her - when it really was Naraku who disguised himself as Inuyasha to trick Kikyo into hating her lover. Before the tragedy, they seemed like a happy couple that was just about to achieve perfect harmony by becoming normal people. Inuyasha was very close to using the sacred jewel to become a human - a normal person. The consequence of this would've been that the jewel would've gotten purified, which would've released Kikyo from thr burdens of being a priestess, she could've become an ordinary woman, too.

Whenever Kagome punishes Inuyasha through the beads of subjugation for whatever reason, everyone in the group, literally EVERYONE sides with her. "Poor Kagome, how could that dummy Inuyasha hurt your feelings like this by going after Kikyo?", I dunno, have you considered the fact that this is his first love we're talking about here? He still loves and yearns for Kikyo. He can't let her go, because his feelings for Kikyo are still strong. Of course, it's normal for Kagome to get jealous. It's a human trait. But that doesn't mean it's okay for her to just yeet him into the ground like a toy figure every time he does something that's not to her liking? If we'd turn the tables, if Inuyasha would dare to hit Kagome even ONCE out of a bad mood, I'm sure there would be an uproar about this in the Fandom.

Kagome just seems like this moody, entitled schoolgirl, while Kikyo gives off more calm and mature vibes. This is also the reason I like Kikyo more than Kagome. She puts more thought into her actions.

#anti inukag #anti kagome #pro kikyo #pro inukik

[lostinfantasyworlds]

7. Post a snippet from a wip.

62. In UtNL is there a deleted scene/idea you wish you could have included?  Why did it get cut?

77. Why do you enjoy writing fanfiction?

Thank you so much @coquinespike !!! 😘

7. Post a snippet from a wip.

This is from my main WIP: If It Kills Me (very angsty, dark, childhood best friends to lovers involving Yakuza & FBI-like organizations). The snippet below is part of a flashback.

“Anyways…sorry for wasting your time,” Kagome said, sighing heavily as she sat down next to Inuyasha on the couch. She hung her head, feeling childish for her irrational fear of the dark. He scoffed under his breath, shaking his head ever so slightly as he stared at the candle burning on the coffee table. “You could never waste my time.” Her head snapped up, caught off guard by the seriousness in his voice. It was the inflection, the emphasis on ‘you,’ like she was the only one in the world he would drop everything for. The conviction of his statement sent pleasant chills down her spine.  “Inuyasha…” When his gaze met hers, she sucked in a breath. He had a look in his eyes she’d never seen before, at least not aimed at her. His cheeks were flushed, as if he hadn’t necessarily meant to let that slip, and there was a certain vulnerability in his body language. Maybe she was only seeing what she wanted to see, but at that moment she had herself convinced that he might actually want her the same way she'd been wanting him for so long.  “Kagome, listen…I – I, uh…” The timbre of his voice had goosebumps erupting down her arms. It was so smooth she wanted to melt into it, and so unbelievably attractive, like he knew exactly what he was doing and how it affected her. Had they already been sitting that close, or had he gotten closer? It was all a little hazy, with her heartbeat thundering in her ears and his gaze flitting to her lips —  Wait, was he going to kiss her? The sound of the front door slamming open had never been so devastating. “Hey sis, are you alright?” She was going to kill Sota.

62. In UtNL is there a deleted scene/idea you wish you could have included?  Why did it get cut?

I had to think about this for a while, because I could have sworn there was more, but it turns out I was really self-indulgent with Under the Northern Lights and pretty much included all the scenes I wanted. The only fleshed out idea I remember cutting is another smut scene which was basically an excuse for me to write even more cunnilingus 😂. It was going to take place somewhere in the early stages of them hooking up and it involved "eating her for breakfast" and ruining his dining table 🤣.

I cut it because that story already had copious amounts of smut (seven smut scenes hahaha), and this one scene didn't really have a point besides random self-indulgence, and some of the dialogue was a little forced/cheesy imo. I paid homage to it in the final with this paragraph in chapter 11:

Even better than the days they spent exploring were the nights, when Kagome slept soundly wrapped in Inuyasha’s arms after they had thoroughly exhausted themselves between the sheets. Or on the couch. Or up against the wall. Or on his dining table. They had sex on pretty much every available surface, sometimes leaving small amounts of destruction in their wake and joking about how Inuyasha was going to have to completely rebuild his cabin once they were done with it.

77. Why do you enjoy writing fanfiction?

Before I started writing Inuyasha fanfiction in 2020, I had this belief that I was NOT good at writing. I thought it was a skill I simply did not possess and should just leave to people who can. But then I had all these ideas for stories and the fandom was so sweet and encouraging and welcoming that I decided to try my hand at it and realized that it was actually really fun, and maybe I was actually okay at it. I've been slowly remembering how much I used to LOVE writing (and reading) when I was in elementary school, but for whatever reason (probably school taking all the joy out of it with essays and such), I had lost that passion a long time ago.

Now I get to frequently indulge in that passion, and keep learning how I can improve. I just love Inuyasha and Kagome's love so incredibly much that I could read/write a million versions of it and never get tired. I want to see those two in any and every situation imaginable. I love getting to explore all kinds of scenarios and emotions through fanfiction, and it's nice not having any of the pressures of professional writing where you have deadlines and people paying for your work with higher expectations, etc. This community is just so fun and it's like one big sandbox we all get to play around in. I love it!🥰

Thank you so much again for the asks, I really appreciate it!! 💕

From the Fanfiction Writing Asks

#ask game #if it kills me #wip #fucking Sota always ruining all the fun

[somekndofnature]

Summary:

Inuyasha is the leader of a currently defunct punk rock band, The Strays. His other bandmates, Sango and Miroku, agree to help him win back their former manager to reinvent their sound for the current era of music. He trusts her more than anyone, believing that only she can bring them back from obscurity, but time doesn't always heal wounds. Inuyasha has to accept his past mistakes and show that this is the only way forward for him. The consequence of failure is a life spent alone, without his fated mate.

It has been six years since Kagome first managed The Strays, and at first, she thought the band would be her ticket to success. It was, but not in the way she imagined. It had taken a toll on her, ruined her for other relationships. She had broken a cardinal rule, never fall in love with a client. Inuyasha Taisho damaged her in so many ways, but now she has a second chance to right the mistakes of the past and take on of her greatest challenges, making The Strays relevant once again.

The music is solid, as is the determination of the band members, but Kagome is unsure whether she can forgive the wounds of the past and move forward with the band in a mutually beneficial future

AN:

Hi! I know it's been a hot minute since I posted anything for this fandom. A lot of readers have been waiting for my MMA AU and, I'm working on it. This idea just sort of shoved all others out of the way and... I'm doing a lot more research on the MMA AU to make it authentic. Hopefully, you enjoy this a bit in it's place, for a while. This fic has... encompassed my whole brain.

I'm obsessed with music... I can't put it any other way. Music talks to me; music is life. I would rather be blind than deaf because living without music feels like a life I could not envision. Then again, I've had terrible vision all my life, so maybe I'm biased. Music allows me to see things that I cannot with vision. It allows me to feel more than words could ever express... and I'm a writer, lol. That being said, I hope my profound love for music... and this ship are expressed in the story that follows.

I'm hoping to get a publicly accessible playlist for this fic, but I have very strong reservations against Spotify, due to how they compensate creators. I'm looking for an alternative but I haven't found anything comparable... then again I'm not a very good judge on the interwebs, lol. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

That being said, there are a few music artists who have GREATLY contributed to this fic: Sick Puppies, Eve 6, Panic! at the Disco, and Imagine Dragons, along with many other artists. I will do my best to mention each of them in the authors comments because... it's important to me. Anyway... for this prologue, its Viva Las Vengeance by Panic! at the Disco.

AO3

CHAPTER 1 : You Give Me Highs That Lose My Breath Present day…

Inuyasha shifted in his chair and tried to assure himself that the walls of the tiny Vegas café weren’t closing in on him. It was a stifling summer day, temperatures reaching well over one hundred degrees by noon, and the piddling AC of this place was doing a piss poor job of battling the heat. He plucked at the collar of his t-shirt, desperate for a bit of air movement against his sticky skin.

He had run all the way here from his home, jumping between the tops of the brightly colored buildings in hope that he could work off some excess nervous energy. That hadn’t exactly gone to plan. Inuyasha was still keyed up, unable to settle his pounding heart as another bead of sweat slid from beneath his silver hair and down the back of his neck.

Fucking great, now I’m gonna stink on top of everything else. That’ll be a killer first impression.

Although, it couldn’t really be called a first impression. Even after six years apart, the woman that he waited for with bated breath still knew him better than anyone else on the planet. She had seen him at his best… and very worst.

Could I really make her think any less of me at this point?

His shoulders bunched as he realized the answer to that question was probably a resounding ‘no’.

His leg began to bounce, jingling the long silver chain that hung from his belt loop to the wallet in his back pocket. A hand settled on his knee. Inuyasha glanced up into a pair of sympathetic brown eyes.

“Relax, she’ll be here,” Sango said with a gentle pat. “Besides you’re gonna drive me crazy with all that noise.”

He planted his foot on the floor and straightened. “Why the hell would she come?”

“Because I asked her to,” she replied with a shrug, sitting back in the small wooden chair. “Trust me, she’ll be here.”

Despite her confident words, Sango seemed just as nervous as him. Her dark gaze was glued to the front windows of the café, darting amongst the people on the sidewalk beyond. She drew her leg up and hugged her arms around it, resting her chin on her knee. Then she went completely still and unblinking, perched on her chair like a silent gargoyle. 

Inuyasha’s frown deepened. “I’m just sayin, she has no reason to show after…”

“After you lost your ever living mind?” Sango completed.

“Now, now,” Miroku said from beside her, squeezing her shoulder. “Inuyasha has apologized several times and taken great strides to change his ways. Let’s not rehash the past.”

His golden gaze found the floor, heat working its way up his neck. Geez, a hanyou has one little near-death experience and everyone wanted to make a federal case out of it.

“I don’t know if an apology is going to be enough,” Sango said, almost to herself.

He growled in annoyance, even as the soft white ears on top of his head lowered in shame.

She cut him a sharp look. “Don’t growl at me. What do you expect? You weren’t there for the aftermath of your dumb decisions, you know. You didn’t have to hear her cry over you or convince her to eat when she started losing weight or—”

“I get it!” he snapped. “I’m a dick. I know.”

Sango pursed her lips. “Well, as long as you know.”

Inuyasha snarled.

“Sweetheart,” Miroku soothed while rubbing his hand across her upper back. “Let’s not make this any harder than it has to be.”

“Why? It should be hard for him. It should hurt. We all hurt enough—”

“Argh! What the fuck do you want me to do?” Inuyasha erupted, throwing his hands into the air. “Should I break out the sack cloth and ashes? Would a public stoning do it for you?”

“I just want to know I’m not setting my friend up for another round of your bullshit,” she sneered. “Tell me you’ve got it together.”

“I do! I do! How many times you want me to fuckin say it?” 

Sango opened her mouth to deliver another verbal blow when the bell above the café door tinkled. Three sets of eyes flew to the front windows and Inuyasha snapped his mouth shut, trying not to swallow his suddenly thick tongue.

She was here…Kagome.

She lifted her sunglasses up to rest in her dark hair and scanned the few tables before her eyes lit on Sango in the back.  When her gaze finally landed on him, those baby-blues grew wide like a deer caught in the headlights.

Inuyasha cursed under his breath and dragged a clawed hand down his face. “You didn’t tell her I was going to be here, did you?”

#inuyasha x kagome #inukag #modern au #rockband au #cw #assumed cheating #overdose #drug use #fated mates #music mention #panic! at the disco #viva las vengeance #here with you #chapter 1

[sokkastyles]

One thing that the Iroh is sexist crowd always brings up is his treatment of June. Honestly I feel like that's so stupid because it's obvious that was a writing flaw not an Iroh flaw. It was supposed to be funny, which I guess was the humor at that time (see "little girl" being used as an insult. Even Toph does it). We've come far enough to understand how problematic it is, but that segment was written to be comedic and was never a pattern of behavior for Iroh. It baffles me that people would assign the flaw of raging sexist to Iroh without understanding the context of the scene. It's never addressed in the show, and for a series that holds accountability in such high regard, if it were meant to be a flaw, I think it would be addressed. It's one of those early series inconsistencies imo. Iroh is a flawed person, but sexist in the present time? I don't think so.

I agree that it's a writing flaw, not a character flaw, and that we are not supposed to see Iroh as sexist.

It's similar to what I've said about Aang kissing Katara without her consent or Mai telling Zuko to never break up with her. We obviously are not meant to interpret these moments as problematic as they are, so it's less that Aang or Mai are "abusive" and more a flaw with the writing.

However, if people are turned off by Iroh because of it, that's valid, too. What's not valid is the way I've seen it used to try to insist Iroh is sexist in other ways, because he clearly is not. Namely, I'm thinking of the Azula doll discourse. People have tried to claim that Iroh got Azula a doll and Zuko a knife because he thinks boys should be tough and girls soft. The problem with that is that his whole relationship with Zuko is about encouraging Zuko to be kind and compassionate.

And you're right that his treatment of June does not fit with the rest of his character. There are a few other jokes in the series about how Iroh likes the ladies, but they are few and far between and none are as crass as the one with June. It's meant to be a joke, and it's a familiar anime trope, that of the lecherous monk. Obviously atla does the PG version, and Iroh is not a monk, but his characterization is similar to that of a Buddhist monk. He also has other traits of the lecherous monk archetype, such as a tendency towards hedonism. It's an old trope, but for examples contemporary to ATLA, see Miroku from Inuyasha or Shigure from Fruits Basket (who is not a monk, but like Iroh is a wise but silly and hedonistic mentor figure).

Iroh's character is quite the opposite of sexist in most ways, though. His narrative with Zuko is all about rejecting toxic masculinity, and realizing how he has to save Zuko because of what he did to his own son. He also does not seem to care a wink for Toph's lack of girliness or Aang's lack of manliness which other characters comment on (and even approves of Aang for choosing kindness over power). He's established as a character defined by compassion and a desire to help others. He also disdains toxically masculine characters like Ozai or Zhao, and tells Zuko derisively that firebending does not come from muscles. That line says a whole lot on Iroh's view on male shows of bravado.

In fact, I've said before that had ATLA been written today, Iroh might have not found a doll an inappropriate gift for either a girl or a boy.

#iroh

[lunagojo]

I saw that your request are open 🙈 I love many characters you write for but I really need a Koga x Reader Headcanon bc I don't see many x.x

Maybe the reader is from a different wolf yokai tribe. But she ran away from them bc she didn't want to be the mate from their boss. Koga could find her in the woods in his territory. I mean he smells that she's from a different tribe so naturally he thinks of her as an enemy..but after a small fight he'll hear her out and take her with him. And after time he'll grow fond of her. But he knows what happened to her and he is kind of afraid to mention the mate thing to her. Until she confess first or something like this. Maybe a bit of jealousy too? (Kagome etc) Thank you ♡♡

a/n: YES FINALLY AN ASK FOR MY BOY KOGA <333 Honestly I'd take Koga over Inuyasha any day, quite frankly. He's just too precious ;w;

Koga with a S/O From A Different Wolf Tribe

You'd been running for as long as you could recall, and you were exhausted, but you had to keep going

You'd refused to be used in the marriage that had been arranged between you and your tribe's pack leader, and had escaped in the night when everyone was asleep

It was now dawn and you were still going, not noticing that you were passing into another tribe's area

Koga had noticed a different scent in his territory, though it was still one of a wolf, which was interesting but also concerning

The other wolf tribes in the area knew that this was his territory, and wouldn't enter without his permission beforehand

So, he enlisted Ginta and Hakkaku to come and help him find the source of the scent

You two pretty much slammed right into each other, lol

Immediately you both attacked each other while Ginta and Hakkaku watched slack-jawed

Koga himself was surprised (and impressed) at how you were able to keep up with him, though he did want to know what the eff you were doing there

So he pinned you down and demanded to know who you were and why you were there

To his surprise, you burst into tears and explained through shaky sobs everything that happened

Normally Koga wouldn't hesitate to kill someone who had wandered into his land, even someone who was from a neighbouring wolf clan

But he sighed instead, releasing you. "Come on."

Ginta and Hakkaku were stunned, they'd never seen Koga be merciful when it came to such matters before

Koga insisted that you were taken in by his wolves, reasoning that you'd be a valuable asset to them

Also because he thought you were pretty and wanted to keep seeing you

Though he'd never admit that last part, he didn't want you to be uncomfortable around him considering what you had just gotten out of

Koga decided to just put such feelings in the back of his mind and continue on, but you made it difficult just being around him

The others in his pack warmed up to you quite quickly, you tended to their wounds gently and provided an ample amount of food every time you went out on a hunt

You, of course, also developed feelings for him, but you never said anything out of fear of ruining what you had

Though...when Kagome and her group came around and Koga was...you know, it definitely stung a bit

It was beyond frustrating for any of the others to watch because they knew the extent of you and Koga's feelings for each other

You were frustrated as well and it grew to such a point that one day you just...blurted out to him how you felt

"It just kills me to see you around Kagome because I love you, I've always loved you, you gave me a chance and I can never forget that."

Koga just stared at you in complete and utter shock, his blue eyes wide (you know the face he makes when Kagome slaps him? That's the one)

It took him a moment to process what you'd said, he honestly thought he'd misheard you somehow

But when he saw the look on your face and how sincere you truly were, he grinned and pulled you close, crushing you in his arms

Safe to say he returned your feelings

Inuyasha's like "thank god" (lmfao)

The other wolves in the pack were overjoyed, they had been rooting for you and Koga to get together for the longest time and you FINALLY had

If you ever get hurt or wounded in any way, Koga doesn't hesitate to rip apart whoever did it with his claws. He ain't about to lose you

He always has a hand on you in some way, an arm around your shoulders, a hand on the small of your back or on your thigh, when you two sit together he leans onto you

As Rumiko Takahashi stated, his expression of love is very pure

Whenever he goes out on a hunt with the others, he makes a point to find a meadow and pick you some flowers

Koga can come off as very ruthless and serious but he's actually just a gigantic softie, especially when it comes to you

He'd never raise his voice at you, even when you have a disagreement, he does his best to mediate the situation so it ends amiably

He lives to see you smile, to feel you in his arms. You're the most important thing to both him and his pack

A part of him still can't believe he has you <3

#addfcgsadjf i loveeee how this came out #koga is a good boi #inuyasha x reader #inuyasha #koga inuyasha #koga x reader