#love is stored in the fish

[sensitiveheartless]

Part 4 of the "Dazai and Chuuya being competitive, mutually pining disasters" comics!

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Most of this one is under the cut because it got LONG

#I'm gonna make at least one more little thing for this because it's eating my brain lol #possibly two because I have a compulsion to resolve literally everything possible #side note: that kid remains convinced that he saw real-life Westley and Buttercup in the grocery store for a long time #...also if I had the hands for it I would redraw this whole thing from the outsider POV because i think it would be hilarious — #man in hat shakes a package of fish around in a silent rage and then sadly puts it down and wanders around looking intensely depressed #until suddenly another guy #very out of breath #runs in and passionately declares his love for hat-man #life in bsd's Yokohama can never be normal #bsd #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #my art #bungou stray dogs #soukoku #skk

[shouty-y]

Some mermaid drawings I did the past years 💙

#my art #original #wlw #sapphic #or better said siren too #still proud of these 😊 #love is stored in the humanoid fish 💚 #i have another idea for a mermay drawing but let's see if I can execute it ofc 😔 #going to use my beloved color jitter brush ehehe

[prettyinaccurate]

mmmmmmm............... drawing fish

(in order: asian arowana, apistogramma macmasteri, black spotted topminnow, juvenile madagascar rainbowfish, alaskan silver coho salmon)

#reminder that ive worked at an aquarium supply store for over a year #and have four fish tanks #and that i fucking love fish and have a fish tattoo #having to put together an actual portfolio has been so humbling #all my work... and so little that fits in a professional context

[cordycepsbian]

oh the wonder of that wild wet world

#rain world #rw rivulet #stuff i made tag #the rivulet is one of the creatures of all time. love this wet beast #we decided we didn't like the pointy fins and went back to drawing them more axolotl #our headcanons are still mostly the same - he's kind of like an otter or perhaps seal with bonus fins #and some newly added bioluminescent spots #she can't really breathe underwater but she can glow like a deep sea fish. style points 👍 #if you havent noticed by now we are he/she/they riv supporter. gender is stored in the wet mouse #also um uh ignore all the mistakes in the drawing we noticed while uploading we cant fix it now

[ebonytails]

Bittersweet fish 🌏💫

#fish #koi fish #yin and yang #sun and moon #ldr #long distance #long distance relationship #but also it can mean anything you think it means #friendships.. identity.. world dimensions #also um. sorry if theybdont look like koi fish irl #i went off of my soul (vibes and feelings) not a reference pixture #theyre some kind of fish thats for sure … #ebonytailsart #going to turn this into a fish #may even turn the fish into acrylic charms or stickers in the future because i love them #sadly the print will not be as intense as this #but thats bevause neon cyan is impossible to print so far. well. not impossible. but its Very Hard to capture with inks #so the final product IRL would be different #but until i have a physical store you get the pretty intense version #i love you. digital art. but the average printing world is not ready for you as much as we want it to be #this print will be A5..? 5.83 inches squared #god i hope it comes back looking alright #doing test prints rn #the fish. they are in love

[tertain-the-original]

Birthday Loaches 💜 I’ve named them Thor, Bunzi, and Hepheastus… I know Heph isn’t a weather god but he has a tiny fin like nemo and I think naming him Heph is just 😭 so cute. I’ll get proper pictures of them later hehe.

#talking to the void #I had a nightmare last night about fish dying and not taking good care of them #so I really hope I do good with these guys 😭 #the guy at the store called them freshwater noodles #I love them so much

[happyheidi]

IG; whatersthetic

#cottagecore #fish #water #watercore #fish store #loving this aesthetic #what ever it’s called (?) #goldfish #cute lil fishiiies <3

[citnamora]

For two girls whose first interaction is a literal compliment contest gushing how cute the other is, Maya and Regina are severely underrated as both a ship and just dynamic in general

#feyberry #maya fey #regina berry #pearl fey #kind of? #they totally have that cute friendship where they try on clothes in stores and hold hands walking the streets #maya is confidently wrong about stuff she points out (a canon trait of hers) and regina is like 'omg so true bestie!!' #and y'all know regina and pearl would adore one another!! I think pearl would love regent too because she loves cute animals #if you want friends to lovers feyberry have pearl switch to shipping maya and regina!! have her root for her cousin!!! #fluff aside regina can absolutely relate with the trauma of murderous family members and growing up in so much tragedy #regina was absolutely sheltered like pearl and maya would pick up on this. she knows what it's like to be a fish out of water #regina deserves connections outside the circus!!! she deserves to grow and mature like maya and pearl!!

[coyote-apologist]

#bettablr #fishblr #betta fish #i just got her today and i love her so so much #i was telling one of my partners how i was absolutely NOT getting a betta at the store unless they met my exact specifications #(dumbo/elephant ear female with a pearl color) #AND WOULD YOU GUESS WHAT #there she was. #perfection. #there were also some very beautiful samurai there i was pleasantly surprised with the selection

[mod2amaryllis]

my strange addiction: buying snails

#such a snail guy it's unreal i love them #had to get this lonely rabbit #and! fish store had a new species I'm very very excited about :3 #m2a #fish tag #fishblr #snailblr

[intertexts]

my number 1 flaw is that im incessantly collecting tiny little trinkets....

#so crow coded forreal.. the rest of my room is Also just many trinkets piled up everywhere & books & such. #anyway... whenever i find my camera i should do a jewelry tour. i love my tiny little articulatable silver fish & my bronze bracelet #with scenes from don quixote in relief & the tiny velveteen rabbit pendant & the little pin with a teapot and cup and chain connecting the #two... anyway. got an adorable jewelry box half off at the thrift store the other day n im restoring my sanity by sitting here peacefully #listening 2 parachutes on my cd player organizing things in it <3 #txt

[redemptiionss]

Sometimes I just think there’s something deeply wrong with me idk

#txt #where did this fear of forming attachments come from #and my fear of being in committed relationship with someone #and just etc #idk I think I’m destined to die alone lol #lol #and not to mention the ✨depression✨ #seriously my life is just work home work home every day #and on weekends I just don’t go anywhere except to the damn grocery store #but also I’m always just too tired to do anything outside of that #sometimes I don’t really enjoy work #but it’s also the only thing that gets me up in the mornings during the week #and I’m getting older. I’m not getting any younger #who am i gonna want? I have not had any interest in any guy/man in a long time lol #and frankly it’s hard for me if I don’t trust men #I guess the truth is that I have no love for men irl #don’t get me wrong. I’m a straight woman. who’s unfortunately had unpleasant experiences with men in the past lol #but anyways. also with me getting older. who’s gonna want me lol. #also there’s the added factor of me being Deaf 😂 there was never really a lot of fish in the sea for me to begin with

[prettyinaccurate]

i interrupt our regularly sceduled program to show you: my fish tank

#bonus points for knowing my fishies #or at least the ones i was willing to draw #i never talk abt it here but i LOVE fish #literally work at a fish store #i have 4 tanks and theyre full of love #mmm fishies

[mildmayfoxe]

successfully went to maine (to a very cute little town!!) to figure out my bank situation (should be all good 👍) and then had a very nice seafood lunch feat gorg sea views

#also god dq blizzards & stopped at a nh state liquor store on the way home #got a whole box of premixed mojitos for FIFTEEN DOLLARS #photo record #food tag #i haven’t had clam strips in SOOOO long… great lunch. i love fish #we were in kittery if you’re curious. basically just went for bank & lunch but it was really cute!! #should go again & also check out portsmouth which is right across the bay

[shrimp-propaganda]

truly don't know if he's an idiot or just super picky. he comes to me as if expecting food then swims past all the pellets but chases them when they fall. if he gets one he chews for a minute then spits it out. baby boy you are so precious and so, so dumb

#i cannot believe he is used to live food i got him from the fish store two days ago #neptune's is great but i doubt they live fed their individual bettas????? #i am already in love with this little guy he is so endearing #fishblr #bettablr #10 gallon #if you saw the version of this post with an uncropped pic where you could see my face reflection no you didn't <3 #fisher

[softquietsteadylove]

Hiiii!! I love these rare moments when Thena successfully cooks/bakes something for Gil! So how about she make something for him and it turns out good??

I think it would fit for the Bodyguard AU. If you think it would fit into another AU better please do it!

"Thena?"

Gil walked into the apartment, smelling...quite a few things, really. First and foremost, he could smell the evidence of something burning, which was his main concern.

Thena had told him not to bring food with him when he came over today. Apparently she was 'trying something'. He was pretty sure he had never seen her so much as attempt to use her fancy penthouse kitchen, so he wasn't entirely sure what she was 'trying'.

But she sounded excited, and that alone made him agree to it.

"What, uh," he blinked, on the verge of laughing when he arrived a true disaster in her stunning kitchen. There were bowls and failed attempts still in pans strewn everywhere. That was that weird burnt smell. He smirked, "is going on here?"

"Gil!" Thena emerged from behind the countertop with a bright smile. Her hair was pulled back and there was evidence of stuff all over her flawless skin. But she seemed positively elated to see him. "I'm so glad you're here!"

It was such a simple statement, but it really made his heart start flip-flopping around in his chest with glee. He shirked off his bomber jacket and laid it over the back of one of the counter chairs. "Is this what you've been up to?"

"Okay," she sighed, turning back to the stove.

It was going to take hours to get this place looking presentable again.

"I remember you telling me that you hum in the kitchen because your grandmother would," she narrated as she stirred the pot of...something. "Aren't some of your favourite recipes from her?"

"Uh, yeah," Gil blinked as Thena offered him sparing and fleeting looks over her shoulder as she tasted her creation. He had mentioned it, ever so briefly in passing. He didn't think she had remembered it.

"Well, my grandmother also made me most of my meals in childhood."

Gil blinked; Thena had never brought up her family before. Not much was known about them, and certainly she had never even so much as mentioned them.

"She was quite a good cook, or perhaps everyone else in my family was just so bad that she was the lesser of evils," Thena continued to talk as she added the very last dash of salt to the pot before turning off the burner. "She used to make us a soup called Ukha."

Gil had read about it--Russian or maybe Slavic in origin? It was a fish stew. He raised his brow, "fish?"

"I know," she sighed, finally turning to him and tossing away her hand towel. She tilted her head, "I knew you would catch that."

He chuckled, holding up his hands in surrender, "I'm just saying--you always have some complaint when I make fish for you."

"Because I used to eat Ukha all the time!" she huffed, rolling her eyes. He had never seen this particular light in her eyes, before. But it was quite similar to when she was particularly pleased with her latest performance.

It was pride.

Gil inhaled reflexively as she pushed the bowl in front of him. It was a semi-clear broth, probably a seafood stock, although it didn't smell super fishy. There were large, uneven chunks of carrots and potatoes and onions, and some very whole herbs that probably could have been ground up finer.

It was beautiful.

"You said you were still a little bit stuffy after being sick," she murmured more sheepishly now, toying with the apron she had on over her clothes (an apron he had bought her, since of course she didn't own one before). "I know you like soup--and it's rather hard to mess up broth. So, I thought... "

"It's great!"

Thena sighed at him, "you haven't even tasted it!"

He didn't care. It looked beautiful, and the hopeful eagerness on Thena's face said a thousand words. He picked the bowl up and took a deep, loud slurp.

"Gil!"

He made a nice loud 'ahh' sound too, as if he had taken a deep swig of beer after a hard day. But really...it wasn't bad. It was maybe a little over-seasoned, too many flavours battling it out for dominance. Even after her last dash of salt it could probably use more. He would guess that some of the larger veg pieces might be a little under done in texture.

But none of that mattered because it was the best thing he had ever eaten. "It's not bad."

"Really?"

He smiled, genuinely eager to offer his praise of the simple white fish stew. "I bet your grandma would be proud."

Thena blinked, her eyes going glassy. She sniffled, turning back to the pot for herself. "Well, I wanted to do something for you. Especially since I meant to, and then..."

She was referring to when she came over to his place to take care of him while he was sick and then fell asleep on his bed. He had eventually gotten up and made some miso soup for the both of them, much to Thena's embarrassment and frustration.

"Come on," he chuckled, taking a more civilised spoonful of soup. Actually, it was pretty good on his second taste of it. She had actually cooked the fish just right, which was probably the hardest part of things.

"Hm," she mused, taking only a few spoonfuls for herself in a small tasting bowl. "I suppose I've made much worse."

"It's good," he assuaged, although she still seemed to be ignoring his open praise of it. He tilted his head to try and get a better look at her, "careful, Thena."

She tilted her head at him as well.

"You'll get me hooked on this stuff. Then I'll be asking you to make it for me all the time."

She rolled her eyes at him, now more flustered over his warm reception of her first successful meal attempt. "You will not."

"Why not?" he shrugged, taking another spoonful and chewing the fish. It was actually nice and soft, almost...buttery? His eyes dashed over to the counters again and he spied one of the pans with what was definitely burned butter crusted onto the bottom. That was the smell; she had taken a few tries to get the fish butter basted before adding it to the soup. It was a nice touch, though.

"How are you feeling, by the way?" she peeked up at him, still somewhat shy from his open adoration.

He sniffed the soup again, letting its heavy dill and tarragon scent push through his sinuses. "Much better, now."

#Thenamesh Bodyguard AU #Thena thinks about what she can do for Gil #she looks up recipes and always concludes that something will be too hard #she won't strain the miso right and she doesn't have dashi anyway #she doesn't dare tarnish his love of seaweed soup or sundubu jjigae #even tomato soup requires a hand blender and she wouldn't dare #plus a lot of them call for heavy cream and she's trying to keep things light on Gil's stomach #then she remembers that soup her grandmother made #herbaceous and fishy and warming even when you didn't want it to be #she does her best to find a recipe she thinks she can do #generally it takes a lot of time #but she determines she can pre-cook the fish and some of the veg #while the stock is going #and also she used store bought chicken broth because come on she doesn't have all day to make homemade fish stock #Gil really does love it #he has four whole bowls of it and is floating blissfully afterwards #he also helps her clean the kitchen because my god #it's a massacre