#✧ ❝i would do anything for you、 you know❞ ✧ hayate

[robosanz]

ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ ᴍᴇ

"𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢, 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔡𝔬𝔲𝔟𝔱, 𝔪𝔶 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔣." - 𝔲𝔫𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫

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pairing: kuroo x fem!reader

summary: anything you draw/write on your own skin appears on your soulmate's. what happens when you need to cheat on your chemistry exam, and these formulas suddenly appear on Kuroo's arms who has to take the same test?

word count: 3,099

note: this is my first time posting something on tumblr and i'm still not completely sure how tumblr works, hehe. usually i post on ao3 and wattpad (under the same name) but i wanted to try it out here as well. I hope you like this oneshot :)

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“Are you ready for our chemistry test?”

Your best friend’s question made you stop in your tracks in the crowded hallway. A few students walked into you, complaining about you not moving and holding them up. You, however, had other concerns; the chemistry test had completely slipped your mind, despite it being the biggest test with every 3rd year having to take it. With wide eyes you looked at your friend and grabbed his arm. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner!?”

A sheepish smile grew on his lips, his warm brown eyes not looking at you. “I forgot to tell you,” he admitted with a shy chuckle, scratching the back of his neck. He knew how you were but he had been busy and forgot to remind you. 

You clasped your hands over your face. “Hayate, what am I gonna do now?!” You always had problems remembering important things concerning school, mostly because you didn’t care that much about school. However, you still managed to get good grades and that’s why you kept not being bothered by it too much.

“Hey, you’ll manage,” Hayate said with a warm smile and put a hand on your shoulder. “You somehow always do,” he mumbled. He was just as clueless as you about how you managed to get good grades. 

You took a breath and nodded. “Yeah you’re right,” you said and rolled up your sleeves, eying your inner arm. Hayate raised an eyebrow while you tried to estimate how much stuff you could fit on them. Chemistry was one of your strongest subjects so you only needed to write down specific details that were new to you. Looking up with a smile, you nodded. “You know, I guess I’ll really manage.”

Hayate shook his head with a smile. “Your soulmate must think you’re some loser.” 

You gasped and put a hand on your chest. “Excuse me, I’m actually a genius if it wasn’t for my laziness.”

Hayate chuckled and ruffled your head lovingly. “Yeah sure, keep telling yourself that. But they sure must think you’re always cheating in school because you’re stupid.” 

You pouted and crossed your arms. It was still true what Hayate said - if school stuff would appear on your arms like that you would think exactly that. But your soulmate has never written something on their arm or anywhere else before. It was mostly you who wrote on your arm; mostly for cheating on tests. “Well, they could also write something on their arm for once.”

Hayate shrugged. “Maybe they’ll finally freak out about this much advanced chemistry and write something back.” 

You narrowed your eyes at him. “I don’t want them to write anything,” you huffed, making Hayate chuckle. It was quite strange that you still hadn’t heard anything from your soulmate. Normally, people would go crazy to find out more about them and most of the people already found them by the age of 16. You were now 18 and had never even written a word with them. You weren’t too obsessed with finding them and they seemed to feel the same way about it.

Hayate had also found his soulmate about a year ago. She was a sweet and kind girl in your year. You got along with her a lot and she even became one of your best friends in a year. You were happy for your best friend and even if he teased you about possibly not having a soulmate, you didn’t make the effort to find them in order to prove him wrong.

The bell snapped you out of your thoughts and you gasped. “Shit, I’ll be back in five minutes,” you called out to Hayate before running down the hall towards the lady’s restroom. You needed to scribble down a few things on your arm before the exam. The brown-haired boy chuckled and shook his head before making his way to class.

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Kuroo was bouncing his knee up and down while waiting for the teacher to enter. The tense atmosphere in the classroom only contributed to his nervousness. It was unusually silent, only the clock’s ticking echoed through the room full of students. 

The upcoming test was taking a toll on everyone, and despite being one of Kuroo’s favourite subjects, the chemistry test was making him nervous as well. And when he noticed black lines appearing on his arms, he tensed even more; especially when the lines formed into exactly the chemistry formulas and definitions he needed for the test. He read the things appearing on both of his arms briefly before rolling down his sleeves with shaky hands and a quickly beating heart. He didn’t want to fail the test just because his soulmate decided to go crazy about chemistry. What the fuck? 

This was not the first time things about school subjects appeared on his arms. At first he thought that his soulmate was cheating themselves through their exams but somehow it didn’t make sense that they only wrote down a few specific things and not everything. Kuroo shook his head and the teacher came into the room.

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A sigh left your lips when the exam was over. You didn’t get caught cheating and the notes on your arms even helped you with some answers. You packed all your things and left the classroom where Hayate was already waiting for you. When you saw him, a grin grew on your face. “I completely nailed it.” 

He chuckled and shook his head, “yeah, but only because you cheated.” 

“I didn’t completely cheat,” you said and crossed your arms. He raised an eyebrow, making you glare at him with narrowed eyes. You two had a staring contest until someone bumped into your shoulder. You snapped your head over to the person only to see the school’s volleyball captain. You huffed and looked away from his retreating figure. Everyone at school knew Kuroo; he was one of the popular boys everyone swooned over. You looked at Hayate, “your captain is rude.” He didn’t even apologise for bumping into you.

Hayata smiled, amusement flashing in his eyes. “He’s actually pretty nice,” he said, making you roll your eyes. “You know, everyone is kinda waiting for him to find his soulmate. The girls are freaking out over him.”

You only hummed, not really interested in the whole Kuroo situation. You had other things to think about. The girls who were obsessed over him were stupid in your eyes; there were more important things to think about. Turning to your best friend you shrugged. “I’ll see you tomorrow. Have fun at practice.” He nodded and ruffled your hair before you went separate ways. 

At home, you spent the rest of the day doing nothing in particular and when you stepped out of the shower, you couldn’t believe your eyes. Tightening the towel around you, you gawked at your arm.

'I have no idea why you’re suddenly a chemistry freak, but for once your scribbling helped me in an exam today.'

“Oh my god,” you mumbled and tightly shut your eyes, cringing at all the things you have written on your arm before. “My soulmate really thinks I’m stupid.” A part of you had secretly hoped that Hayate was right and you were one of the rare cases that didn't have a soulmate. 

Quickly putting on your pyjamas, you took a pen and sat on your bed. You tapped the pen against your chin while looking at the first ever message you received from your soulmate. “What am I doing?” You shook your head and were about to put the pen away and roll down your sleeve when another message appeared. 

'You’re not gonna tell me what you needed the notes for?'

“Screw it,” you mumbled and opened the pen’s lid with your mouth before writing down something on your arm as well. 

'I had a chemistry exam as well.'

You raised your eyebrows at the coincidence. How were the chances that you and them both had a chemistry exam on the same topics? With knitted eyebrows you watched new words appear on your skin. Could it be that we are in the same school?

'What a coincidence. So you normally cheat on your tests?'

You let out a huff and crossed your arms, considering not to answer anymore. Whoever that was seemed smug and you didn’t want to keep talking to them. Pressing your lips together, you glanced at your arm briefly. A groan escaped your lips before you scribbled on your arm. 

'I normally don’t cheat, I tend to forget a lot of my exams so I only need a bit of help.'

A few minutes passed and you were still staring at your arm, waiting for an answer. But nothing came. “Whatever,” you mumbled and rolled your eyes before laying down. You closed your eyes but let out a sigh before you angrily peeked at your arm one last time. A smile crept on your face when you read the words. 

'You still helped me today, thanks. Good night :)'

Scribbling down a good night as well, you went to sleep with a small smile on your face. Maybe they’re not that bad.

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“Your soulmate really did write to you?” Hayate’s eyebrows shot up as he eyed you nodding your head. A sudden knowing smirk crept on his face, making you knit your eyebrows. “This is fucking amazing,” he mumbled to himself. 

“Oi,” you slapped his arm, “what’s that supposed to mean?” He hid something from you and being the noisy person you were, you wanted to know on the spot. And the smug smirk didn’t mean anything good. Hayate only shrugged and whistled before going to class. With narrowed eyes you followed him to the classroom; for the rest of the day you didn’t get out of him what he was smirking about. 

“You’re not gonna tell me?” You crossed your arms when you both stood in front of the school building after classes. He didn’t have practice today, so you walked home together. 

Hayate smirked. “If you really want to know,” he shrugged and glanced at you with an amused expression, “Kuroo wants to find his soulmate now.”

You sweatdropped and slapped the back of his head. “Idiot, and I thought it was something important.”

He chuckled and stepped away from you. “That’s kinda important, and I know exactly who it is.” A wide smirk crept on his lips when your wide eyes snapped over to him in surprise. “I saw something written on his arm yesterday and coincidentally I saw the exact thing on someone else’s arm as well.”

“No way!” You grabbed his arm looking up at his face. “Tell me.”

Hayate pushed you away from him before walking ahead, shaking his head. “I thought you weren’t interested in him.” He laughed internally. If you only knew.

“You’re right,” you said and jogged up to your best friend, “I don’t care.” Grabbing your backpack’s straps, you bit your lip. You really wanted to know who it was and Hayate knew it. You glanced at him. “It’s Kenma, isn’t it?” It wouldn't surprise you even a bit if it was the quiet setter. You had always thought that they were too much of best friends and partners to not be soulmates.

“I won’t tell you, but maybe he’ll tell you.”

“Idiot,” you grumbled, “why should he tell me?”

Hayate only shrugged, sending you an innocent grin and a shrug. You huffed and crossed your arms, oblivious to all the hints your best friend already gave you. Just yesterday, Hayate had seen both of Kuroo’s arms in the boy’s changing room. And they were full of the notes you had taken a few minutes prior to the exam. Hayate was glad that it was someone like Kuroo that was your soulmate. The both of you were quite similar; you were good at school, mostly introverted and both of you were calm and collected people - at least if Yaku didn’t trigger Kuroo.

“You really won’t tell me, will you?” You stopped in front of your front yard and pouted slightly. 

Hayate shook his head with a fond smile, happy that his friend would soon grow up. “Get some sleep, I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a great day.” He patted your head before walking to his house, leaving you standing there with crossed arms. 

With knitted eyebrows you looked after him until he was out of your sight. Heaving a sigh, you got into your house and immediately went into your room to take a nap. However, a message on your arm made you stop. With knitted eyebrows and a small blush you sat on your bed.

'I want to know more about you. Are you free?'

You gulped and took a pen. 

'Yes I am.'

While waiting for the answer, you quickly changed into something comfortable and got under the covers, taking a pen with you. You opened your laptop to watch a movie when new lines appeared on your arm.

'Nice, you can text me. xxx xxxx xxx'

You froze, not believing they gave you their number just like this. They may be your soulmate, but you still hesitated before saving their number on your phone. For all you knew, they could’ve just given you a random number.

Biting your lip, your fingers slowly typed hi before lingering over the send button. Shutting your eyes tightly you pressed send. When your phone vibrated, you peeked one eye open and looked at the text.

'I almost thought you wouldn't text me.'

You rolled your eyes with a small smile.

'I almost didn't but whatever.'

The both of you texted for a while and you found out that his name was Tetsuroo and he was also in 3rd year high school and even in Tokyo. He liked chemistry and was therefore interested in you after he saw all the notes. If you hadn't written all these things on your arm, he probably wouldn't have contacted you. But before you could manage to find out more about him, he ended the conversation, saying he still had something to do.

With a sigh you laid down, covering yourself with your blanket completely. "He's not that bad," you mumbled with a small smile before letting sleep take over. 

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You huffed and put your chin on your palm while the teacher was going on and on about maths. You were good in the subject and already knew all of that, boring you to death. Beside you, Hayate was busy taking notes while you looked out of the window, not paying any attention. 

When something appeared on your palm, you felt your heart skip a beat and waited for him to complete his sentence with a small smile.

'Hi, I’m bored out of my mind right now.'

You resisted the urge to giggle and took a pen to tell him that you’re in the same position as him and that maths was killing you.

'Well, we could continue our conversation from yesterday.'

You nodded to yourself already knowing which question you wanted to ask next. After all, you wanted to know roughly in which area he was living in.

'Which school do you go to?'

He didn’t take long to answer and when he did, your heart threatened to stop right there and then. Staring at the words nekoma high school with wide eyes, you sat up straighter. Immediately, you looked around the classroom, trying to find someone who was looking or writing on his palm. When you found no one you turned back to your own palm. 

'Which class are you in?'

Your heart dropped and you jumped off your seat, scaring everyone in the room with the loud scraping sound of your chair. The teacher sent you a glare to which you quickly bowed and excused yourself. Avoiding Hayate’s questioning look, you rushed out of the classroom. 

“What the fuck?” you said to yourself, leaning against the wall beside the classroom before pressing your palm on your forehead. You only knew one person in this class that was called Tetsuro and that was Kuroo.

“You don’t seem to be too happy about me.” 

You looked up when his deep voice reached your ears. Kuroo stood in front of you with one hand in his pocket and a small smirk on his handsome face. Pushing yourself off the wall, you cleared your throat quickly. “I don’t know what you mean,” you trailed off, not looking at him.

A chuckle escaped his lips and he nodded to himself. “Lucky me, I got a really charming soulmate.”

“Hey, I can be charming,” you quickly defended yourself, making him laugh. Heat rose to your face and you huffed, crossing your arms. However, you couldn’t help but feel relieved. At least, a decent person was your assigned soulmate and not someone you couldn’t stand or was absolutely disgusting in character. Unbeknownst to you, a small smile crept on your lips at the realisation.

“You sure are a cutie.” Kuroo patted your head, making your face beet red. You swatted his hand away from your head, your smile falling quickly. “Well, since we found each other, I wanted to ask if you’re free on Saturday.”

Taking a breath, you slowly nodded. It would make no sense to reject the boy now. Why not give it a try. It can’t be that bad.

Kuroo smiled and nodded but before he could add something, Hayate put his arms around your and Kuroo’s shoulder, pulling you two closer to him. “Finally, you two found each other,” he grinned, “and here I thought you two oblivious people would take weeks to find each other.”

You pulled out of the group hug and slapped the back of Hayate’s head. “You knew and you didn’t tell me, idiot.”

He rubbed the spot you had hit and chuckled innocently. “Then it wouldn’t have been fun for me,” he admitted and shrugged, earning a glare from you. He smirked and looked between you and his captain, “but you already have a date.”

“No,” you quickly said, knowing exactly what your best friend was thinking, “you’re not coming as well.” Turning to Kuroo, you narrowed your eyes at the taller boy. “Don’t tell him where we’re going or he’ll deadass come.”

Kuroo chuckled and nodded while Hayate let out an offended cry and dramatically fell on his knees, clasping his chest. “The betrayal!”

With a blush you grabbed Kuroo’s arm, and dragged him away from the scene your best friend was causing. “If anyone asks, we don’t know him.”

#fanfiction #writing #haikyuu #haikyū!! #haikyu x reader #kozume kenma #anime #kuroo tetsurou #hq #soulmates

[shroudkeeper]

The red-lantern district had suited Shigure's needs, especially with the left-over coin from his exploits. He was shamed by his former clan, and humiliated by the oyabun, but here it didn't matter. Whilst under the sway of scarlet lights, the feel of silks, and the lascivious entertainment that was provided, he could plot his own vengeance. Whether it was his brother or the man who was more of a father figure than his own flesh and blood, they failed to see the bigger picture.

And for that, they would not be a part of his grand design.

“..is that right, my little bird, you will do anything for me? ” how beautiful she appeared before him, with soft lips that ached for a kiss, he wanted to rip his very teeth into them, taste the ichor that flowed in her veins. He sampled her skin each night, some evenings she would fight against him but she always succumbs to him. His spirited little beast, how the chase only made the victory all the sweeter.

She made no noise, but her body ultimately always responded to his touch. The quivering of her slender limbs, the shudder that ran its course down her spine, all keynotes of her pleasure. Something Hayate was incapable of giving her.

“ I know what lies under all of this supple, and malleable, flesh. The true beauty that no one but me sees. My brother is blind, your father is an old fool latched to the past, sentimental about a dead daughter who has no worth compared to you.” Forcefully, he dug into her skin possessively, forcing her to settle upon his lap so he could look at her directly and see the reflection of the monster beyond her gilded eyes.

“ Yet you still decide to invest time in someone who lacks worth, an ijin who barely can handle a blade to defend you. You belong to me, all of you, every monstrous ilm making up your existence. What must I do to make you understand, make you see, how much you mean to me..” His jaw tightened and he ran his fingers along the curvature of her naked frame, feeling every ridge of her spine, the slender pathway of her arms that lead up to her shoulders, until he found his prize.

Her slender neck.

Rivulets of water ran down the canvas of her body, glistening under the gentle touch of moonlight illuminating them both. She struggled, kicking her legs, but he lifted her high above the surface of their shared bath. Waves of hot breath fell against her face as her features contorted into pain. Finally, she breaks into a stifled sound of supplication, but his hands are unwilling to release her.

She was fighting back again, as she did each night when he asked her this. Why could she not answer her truthfully, that she too wanted him, that she needed him badly in her life. They were cut from the same cloth: two horrors that were intimate with death. He wanted her to confess it, to say it. Suddenly the strangled cries emerged, but it was not the sound he wanted to hear. He pressed on but to no avail.

He would force it out of her, no matter what, he would have the words greet his horns. To satisfy him.

Crack!

The sickening sound silenced her cries, and within a heartbeat, her arms fell off to her sides and she failed, as others before her, to provide him with the answer he deserved.

The sound did not shake him, but it shattered his illusion, and thios warped fantasy dissolved when his vision became clear. Shigure saw the woman he paid for listlessly hanging from his grip, no longer smiling at him, cooing from his touch. There was no empathy, no remorse, only disappointment as he sobered and saw the farce before him.

Men. Women. They all became disenchanting when the sake ran its course.

#ffxiv #ffxiv screenshot #ff14 screenshot #cw: abuse #cw: death #ffxiv writing

[thrilling-oneway]

whenever people want to hate on d4dj why do they jump straight on "It's queerphobic bc..." as if it doesn't have the best queer rep of any rhythm game out there.

1757 words about queer representation in D4DJ and other rhythm/gacha games below cut

Like there are actual valid reasons to not like d4dj. There's definitely an issue with sexualising the high schoolers, I've made posts talking about it before. But at the same time, if you as someone who plays other of the major gacha/rhythm games is going to say that, you should probably address that SIF, bandori (and maybe enstars? it's been a while since I played) have some dodgy cards as well. Admittedly these cards are mainly old whereas D4DJ is still producing these, but you shouldn't act like your preferred game is perfect either.

But especially saying that D4DJ is queerphobic is so weird. To say that just proves you have no idea what actually happens in the game, and you're just taking screenshots out of context.

Firstly hayakoko. Okay so in the flashback where they get together they said "but we're both girls". Yeah, it's a cliche line that screams 'written by a hetero person', but within the context of the story it's not that bad if a little cringe. Neither Hayate or Kokoa had liked a girl before they started dating, this is literally stated on screen: Hayate says that she was a little surprised to realise that she had a crush on Kokoa. They're baby gay at this point in time. I think Kokoa's an interesting one to point out as well, because she's the one who said the line in the first place, and even after she admits that she likes Kokoa as well and they start dating, the True Love Kiss side story shows her being insecure about PDA in school. It reads a lot like she's had a very heteronormative upbringing, which is very common for queer people. It's probably more common in Japan where they still don't have equal rights for queer people (they don't have marriage equality, same-sex couples can't marry, the exception being if one is trans and hasn't legally changed their gender. and after they're married they can't legally change their gender). Not to mention she goes to catholic school, and as far as I know there's some issues there. So I don't see anything wrong with Kokoa not wanting to be out publicly, and being a bit insecure when she and Hayate confess. You gotta remember they are 15 as well (and ~14 when they started dating). Their relationship isn't going to be perfect, and that's normal.

And then Aoi and her gender presentation. Aoi has always been a very masculine presenting character, and is explicitly GNC, so I can understand that some people were disappointed with her wearing long hair and a ballgown in the Aoi & Haruna Relations event. But the anger some people hold towards this. Come on, how badly can you miss the point? Aoi's gender presentation has been a part of her character since her initial card story. She says she actually used to dress more feminine and have long hair in high school, but decided to change her look because she thought she suited the shorter hair. She also mentions that when she presented fem, she would be told she looked like a cross dresser, which obviously offended her. It's not hard to see that Aoi just wants to be seen as Aoi. It's not about how she presents her gender, she's still Aoi no matter how she dresses - Tsubaki mentions this in the A&H Relations. Nothing was retconned or de-canonised when Aoi wore hair extensions and a dress, it wasn't a sudden unnecessary change. The event explores the fact she wants to try different looks outside of her usual 'princely' one, but she's a bit of a people pleaser and is unsure about it because people associate Aoi with "androgynous good looks". There was no pressure from anyone to be feminine, there was actually pressure the other way. She wore a dress and had long hair for one (1) event, and 2 illustrations. Her most recent card has her in trousers with short hair again. Like you don't have to pounce on it being erasure because Aoi wanted to dress more feminine one time. She doesn't hate being GNC now, she's not permanently feminine now - Aoi being GNC is a part of who she is. Aoi being fluid with her gender expression is a part of her queerness and I don't get how you can miss the point so badly to call it erasure.

D4DJ is genuinely one of if not the best mainstream gacha/rhythm game for queer rep. There's so much more than just this: Tsubaki and Aoi are canonically in love with each other and there was even an attempted confession (they got interrupted), KyoShino have implied romantic feelings, same with NagiHiiro and RinMuni (mainly from Muni's side). Haruna was pretty much confirmed as lesbian during the A&H relations, and has had crushes on two separate characters. Saori's sapphic as well (there's one or two implications that she's bisexual). Having Hayate and Kokoa in a relationship opens the doors to more ships becoming canon in the future. The only negative representation I can think of in this game is Noa, so if you really want to go out of your way to say D4DJ is queerphobic, there you go. Noa likes cute thing, cute girls, and flanderisation took hold quickly to the point of her being creepily obsessed with the ri4 girls and a few others, and literally stalking them. Yikes. Her writing is improving though, especially in All Mix where she just occasionally comments on how cute they are without taking it too far, and they actually let her have other personality traits expressed that had pretty much been forgotten.

My point here is that if you're going to say D4DJ is bad rep or homophobic, you're admitting that your game is worse for representation. I'm not saying that the games in the "Big 3" (proseka/bandori/enstars) are bad by any means (idk about enstars actually I didn't play for very long), but D4DJ has definitely taken some big steps in queer representation that those games are seemingly too scared to make. Having a canon sapphic couple is a game like this is a huge deal, I'm not even sure if it's been done before. And before anyone says "but anhane and minoharu went on a double date in Buddy Funny Spend Time", neither of those pairs are stated or even fucking implied to be in a relationship outside of that event. It kinda just happens in one event, and even then it's still a bit vague on whether either of the couples are actually dating in the event. It's definitely heavily implied that anhane/minoharu have mutual romantic feelings, so they are arguably canon in that sense, just not in an established relationship sense. Bandori has done this as well with PareChu, have them go on dates and be clearly romantically interested in each other, only to never actually be a couple (I know tsumutsumu and reochi have called parechu an official couple, but that's word of saint paul rather than word of god, so take this how you will). Hayakoko is HUGE for this genre, and could mean good things in the future of other rhythm games (especially other Bushiroad ones).

--Break here where I went on a tangent about non-D4DJ queercoding--

Outside of schroedingers dating, both bandori and proseka have characters who are implied/canonically queer. I'll make this short because this is getting really long now and I apologise to anyone who's still reading.

For bandori, Arisa has a crush on Kasumi, Kaoru can be considered as canonically lesbian just from how she's presented, YukiLisa has a lot of implications for romantic feelings, as do MocaRan. Himari is also an interesting case, as she could be read as bisexual or comphet lesbian, it's never really made clear (at least as far as I know, I stopped playing bandori a while ago, and am not up-to-date on story, so anyone who's still reading feel free to add to this or correct me). There's probably some stuff missing here as well.

As for proseka, it actually has quite a lot of queercoding. I already touched on anhane and minoharu earlier, but Kohane and Minori are both heavily implied to be lesbian, An as well (although there's like one or two hints that she could be bi. I can cite them if needed). Mizuki is canonically transfeminine (their gender is unconfirmed), and they have been shown to be attracted to women. ShizuAiri and AkiToya have a lot of romantic implications in their relationships, EmuNene has gradually been getting more and more actually (Amidst a Dream). Ena is implied wlw and Rui is implied mlm okay I think I got everything tangent over.

--End of break--

Regardless of my criticisms, all of the games I've mentioned definitely show how much queer rep has grown and become a lot better in the last decade or so. While not focused on the rhythm game, the first generation of Love Live (2010-16) queerbaited* a fair amount. To give one example, there's an 'interview' with Honoka from 2015 where she heavily implies that she's straight, despite having ship tease with other female characters. Compare that to what we have 8 years later, and you can definitely see improvement. However I think it still needs to be addressed that what we have isn't perfect, and it probably will take while to get to a point where we can have more openly queer characters/couples, especially considering Japan as a country (and american/else localisation teams). But I think more people need to recognise how important D4DJ is for queer representation within this genre. It's really not common to have queer romance and gender presentation be directly addressed and frequently shown, and not just for the sake of making money.

I'm bad at ending essays.

* Queerbaiting - intentionally and maliciously leading a queer audience to believe they will receive representation which is then not provided. Whether the rhythm games mentioned do this or not is... debatable? It's done for the money which ticks the intentionally malicious box, queer people aren't for capitalising on. But a good amount of the time it's done to bait straight people who like yuri/yaoi. I do think it's queerbait though like heavily ship teasing a couple and then throwing in a line to imply one of them is straight definitely queerbaiting. april edit: it took me over a month to realise that there were words missing in that last sentence sorry about that. hi anyone who's reading this in the future

#this was going to be in the tags aside from the first sentence. good thing i changed my mind after 3 tags huh? #i love analysing queer rep it's really interesting #obviously I don't know everything and I have no authority over anything #and i'm no way saying i do. i just find looking at representation and a bit of history and culture interesting #(also im not sapphic so if anything is wrong here - please correct me or add!! it'd be much appreciated!) #i doubt many people will see this but still #d4dj #don't ask how long i spent writing this #oh also im not counting rev/star. this is abt rhythm games (censored so it doesn't show up in tags) #mine #rambles

[kermit-emoji-writes]

The Fruit Tailor

A/N: Hi! Sorry this took a bit! It was pretty difficult getting this out since I didn’t know what direction to go in but it’s done! I hope you enjoy! I also have some slow burn ideas for this so let me know what you think!

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Standing at the front counter of your alterations boutique you rested over the counter and sighed. No sounds filled the shop except the ticking of a silver sunburst clock and the tapping of your short acrylics on wood. The sun had already gone down, causing the cobble road streets to be bathed in the warm glow of the street lights above.

Your employees already packed up and left, leaving you in the shop by yourself. You would’ve left and closed down as well, but you were waiting for two special clients, the only men you would extend store hours for. Assassins you met years prior, they walked into your shop one day and they’ve become regulars, then close friends.

The last you spoke to them was the week before they left for Japan. You didn’t know why but you felt intense foreboding while they were away. Just a few days ago you had a nightmare, the twins never came back to you. You remember waiting days, weeks then, months and they never came back. Hearing about the catastrophic train crash on the Hayate line bullet train didn’t help either, but you didn’t even know if they were on that line to begin with.

Tangerine no longer gave you details about their jobs, only having revealed their occupation to you a year ago, he knew giving you too much information would stress you out. He learned the hard way when the assassins came to the shop days after a successful mission to find out you were bed ridden, you worried yourself sick. Since then he and Lemon thought it best to keep as much information from you as possible.

While you continued to wait you decided to tidy up the shop a bit more, sweeping up stray pieces of thread you missed which were highlighted by the white tiles they rested on, realigning black velvet chairs, anything you could to occupy yourself while you waited.

While you were in the back of the shop you heard three knocks on glass, you perked up and quickly turned around. Outside stood both men smiling and waving to you. You quickly adjusted your clothes, fixing your blouse and dusting lint and thread from your pants. Then rushed over to unlock the store door and welcome them in.

“Welcome back.” You held the door open for them to enter. You took their trench coats and hung them up. Lemon held his arms out inviting you for a hug, you embraced him and lingered. While your head was buried in his chest you noted that he wore your favorite cologne you then hugged Tangerine and lingered just as long.

“It’s good to see you in one piece.” You said as you released Tangerine.

“It’s good to see you too, love.”

You noticed the garment bags that Tangerine held, “This is what you need me to take in?” Tangerine nodded and you led them to the back of the store where the dressing room was located. You pulled open a thick black velvet curtain revealing a space with mirrors covering all sides. Tangerine entered first and you closed the curtain, giving him privacy.

Right as the curtain was closed Lemon laid a hand on your shoulder. “You were worried weren’t you?”

“Why wouldn’t I be? I’m always worried about you two.”

He smiled, it felt good knowing that someone else cared about his well being. Of course he had Tangerine but having someone wait for them after missions was nice. He was sure Tangerine felt the same way, “What did we tell about all that worrying? You’re gonna go gray early.”

“I’m already going gray.” You mumbled to yourself

Tangerine seemed to hear you and Lemon, as he interjected, “We’re professionals, remember darling?”

“Yeah, you’re professionals at raising my blood pressure.” You paused, “But seriously, could you like, take a break? Just for a moment.” You pleaded

“We’ll see what we can do, yeah?”

Just then Tangerine pulled the curtain back, you let out a low whistle, taking in how good Tangerine looked. It was a simple black tux, but it somehow made him more handsome than he already was. You thought about how devastating it would be after you tailor his suit, you could potentially be the cause of broken relationships.

You grabbed your pin cousin from nearby and slipped it on your wrist and began looking over tangerine to assess what parts of his suit needed to be taken in.

“This is a nice suit.” You commented while you paced around Tangerine “You should wear black more often.”

You knelt down to begin manipulating and pinning one of Tangerine’s pants leg. “What’s the occasion?”

“Just in case we might need a tux, I dunno when we’ll need it but I like to be prepared.” Tangerine replied.

You nodded then looked in the mirror to check the fit, but your eyes wandered up to Tangerine’s face. He noticed you looking and winked at you in the reflection, you smiled at him but your face dropped after you saw a large bandage on his forehead, you don’t even know how you missed it in the first place.

You stood back up and gently ran your fingers over his forehead. “How’d you get that?”

“Some fuckin’ bellend threw a glass bottle at my head.”

You looked behind Tangerine to talk to Lemon “Was he the Diesel?” Lemon simply shook his head no. “But he was fucking annoying.”

“He was a twat!” Tangerine added on

“You wouldn’t believe this but the guy who hired us in the first fuckin place had a lunatic daughter who was trying to kill the old fart.” He continued.

“She was the Diesel?”

“Yup.” Lemon confirmed. “She could cry on command though, it was really good.”

“Interesting… a manipulative patricidal woman. Was she… y’know?” you said while kneeling back down to work on Tangerine’s pants. “Of course she was.” Lemon answered, confirming your suspicions.

“Well, what happened to her?”

“We ran her over with a truck.” Lemon replied plainly.

You began laughing, not at the fate of the Diesel but at Lemon’s delivery.

Tangerine smiled at your reaction, he deliberately left out the part where he punched his way back into a moving bullet train, but you didn’t need to know that.

Soon your laughter died down and you continued pinning and marking Tangerine’s pants. Once you were satisfied you turned to the mirror to look at the fit on the assassin. Next, you stood up to work on the fit of his blazer.

“By the way,” Tangerine started ,”Did you finish the book I lent you?”

“To the lighthouse?”

Tangerine nodded, “What did you think?” He was excited to hear your thoughts. As soon as Tangerine found out you enjoyed reading as well he jumped to recommend you books, going as far to lend you his copies. Since Lemon refused to read the books he recommended he enjoyed talking to you about literature. Even though your tastes were quite different, he still read the books you recommended to him. Immediately taking a trip to the bookstore to buy them. In fact he bought a copy of The Castle of Otranto before he went to the airport after you mentioned it in passing.

“It was a bit… grim. It wasn’t fun having a book tell me everyone is gonna die alone when I’m thinking about you two knuckleheads dying alone. Maybe I just need to read it again.”

Tangerine was a bit offended hearing your review, Lemon saw the dejected expression on his brother's face and held back a laugh.

“Grim?!” He said in exasperation. “You recommended a book about a girl getting chased through a castle by her fucking father-in-law! And before that you recommended The Shining! Grim my ass.” Tangerine continued to grumble.

You laughed at Tangerine’s reaction, “Did you like it though?” You stopped your work and looked at his face to see his reaction.

He still looked genuinely upset, “I guess I did.”

You smiled and finished making the final marks on his tuxedo jacket. “I’m done now, you could get changed.” You patted his back and closed the curtain.

——

It was Lemon’s turn to get his tuxedo fitted. While you waited for him to change, Tangerine stepped outside to smoke.

Lemon pulled open the curtain, the sound of metal rubbing together signaling you that he was ready. You knelt down to the right of Lemon and began your process. Pinning, checking and marking.

“Don’t listen to Tangerine.” Lemon began, breaking you out of your thoughts. “I saw him reading on the airplane, he had post it notes and everything. He wouldn’t shut up about the book either. I might just read it myself.”

You let out an exaggerated gasp. “You’ll read just for me~?”

After your brief conversation about books you and Lemon stayed in a comfortable silence while you worked.

“You know, I really care about you guys.” You started. Thinking about it, Lemon and Tangerine were some of the most important people you had in your life. You have friends, but you had a more intense friendship with the twins. Maybe it was because you knew the constant danger their work enthralled them in or maybe it was because you knew they let virtually no one in.

You thought about what else to say, but didn’t want to get so intense. “I’m just glad you guys are fine-“ you then thought about the bandage on Tangerine’s head. “For the most part.”

Lemon didn’t say anything, simply taking in what you said.

“Me and Tangerine…” he paused, looking for the right thing to say. You stopped working and stood up. “We care about you a lot too, well you’re the only person we care about. We’re always gonna make sure we come back to you.” You teared up a bit, you weren’t sure why you never cried. You guess it was because you were in such a vulnerable space the entire week.

After wiping away your tears with your thumb you wrapped both your arms around Lemon in a hug. He reciprocated and held you.

“You know, you smell really good. What do you wear?” Your question came out muffled from burying your face in his chest.

“It’s Chanel.”

You took your head out of Lemon’s chest to look up at him.

“Really? I never would’ve thought.”

“You want me to get you a bottle?”

“You’d do that-“

You and Lemon heard the door open and saw Tangerine as he stopped in his tracks. He stared at you and Lemon holding each other and slightly cocked his head. “Am I missin’ something?” He asked.

You gestured Tangerine over with a big smile on your face. He walked over, confusion still apparent. Lemon pulled him into the hug, trapping you between both men.

You didn’t expect your day to end in a group hug, but you couldn’t complain. You wanted to cherish every moment you had with them.

#bullet train #lemon #tangerine #bullet train fic

[chrysopoeias]

hi hi. do you think that hawkeye is someone who's always had, or at least has at some point had, dog(s) before black hayate? she seems like an experienced dog owner. maybe she had a little doggie buddy during her younger years? though i have a hard time imagining hawkeye Sr. being a dog person. maybe she had an unofficial/secret pet?

idk, i just like thinking about pets (: any riza + pets feelings?

I guess it makes sense! There is no indication they had pets by the time of the known flashbacks. But if for instance her mother had a dog since (before) she was born, she could have grown up with a pet. But it would have since passed away from old age by the time we see her during her teens in flashbacks. Yeah her dad does not care about her, or anything really beside alchemy and Roy, let alone getting another dog for his daughter.

I do love the idea of her going hunting with her (then) mysterious grandfather's forgotten service rifle that she found in the attic. To hunt for food for the household and to sell in town for money. (It would also fit with her chosing to be a sniper, she already has experience shooting and sneaking around unseen). She can maybe borrow the local butcher's dog from time to time to help her with hunting. That can be her loan-dog/unofficial pet :)

We technically do not know who owns the dog that Hayate has puppies with. But I do want Hawkeye to raise them all. It's adorable and she needs hobbies beside overworking.

#ask #i wanted to doodle her with dogs for this one but it all turned out ass and i gave up drawing sowwy

[siriusblack-the-third]

hellooo with your permission, i am coming back to bother you with the Indian James headcanons 🙏

assuming they're from Maharashtra and they speak Marathi (and Hindi? i'm assuming most families know more than just one language) at home, what would he call his parents? and what would they call him and each other? I've heard "jaan" a lot but I'm not sure how accurate that is and whether that works for Marathi too. are there any other endearment terms they could use? like love, sunshine, darling etc in English.

also i've been wondering if there's any exclamations/expressions etc that can be used within English speech without making it sound unnatural. like in Arabic we say "basmala/mashallah" for good luck or "inshallah" when we hope that something happens etc and it's integrated in English speech very naturally. wondering if there's anything of that sort?

Okay imma go step by step here. In India, especially where I live (Maharashtra yay hehe) it's pretty normal to know like three or more languages. I myself— plus my family— speak Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Marwadi, and even though we can't speak them we understand Punjabi and Bengali. So you assume correctly that they speak more than one language at home. Especially my family, where we know a bunch of non Indian languages as well, for business purposes.

Assuming James is Maratha, he would call his mother Aai (pronounced Aa-ee) and his father Baba (Mum and Dad). I have this headcanon that when he wants to annoy them he calls them Matoshree and Pitashree lmao (formal terms for Mother and Father in Hindi/Sanskrit).

"Jaan" means "life", and it's pretty accurate even if it's Urdu tbh, a lot of parents call their kids stuff like jaan, hayat (which you already know the meaning of), laadli (darling in Hindi), maajha baal (my baby- Marathi). If you wanted nicknames in Marathi you'll be good to go with bubdi (bubba), laadkaa or laadki (darling in masc and fem), or sonpari (golden fairy, usually for girls) and Sonu (dear, used for children).

Exclamation sounds can be "arey!" (uh-ray) which is "hey!" and "aai ga!" (aa-ee guh) which is like "oh mother!". They're just one word each, but they can be used in like 50 different situations lmao. Arey can be used for calling someone's attention ("arey come here a second will you?"), to express frustration with someone ("areyyy, why are you like this?"), exasperation ("arey yaar!" yaar is slang for friend) and a bajillion other stuff. Aai ga is used as an exclamation mark for when you're surprised, or got hurt, and in place of "oh God!". We don't have specific phrases that mean good luck or inshallah, but Urdu still uses both mashallah and inshallah so you'll be okay i think. But James probably wouldn't use them bc he's not a Muslim yk, and Hindu people usually use the name of the god they're praying on on swearing on, so there's that. We say stuff like "hay bhagwan" ("oh, Vishnu". Bhagwan is one of the innumerable names of the Lord Vishnu). Or "har har Mahadev" ("glory be to Lord Shiva". Maha-dev literally translates to Great God, but it is one of the well known names of the God of Destruction). We do use "arey deva" (oh god) as well. "Jai shree Ram"(hail to the Lord Ram) or "jai shree krishna" or "jai shree ganpati" (ganpati is what most marathi people call Lord Ganesha) is used when we're beginning something and we want to make the start auspicious. The phrases are kind of used as "may this go well and end well" ykwim? This is hard to explain I hope you get what i wanna say lol.

Anyways, this is it, I hope this helps, and you can ask me anything and i will answer. Not always so quickly but I will. Have a good day!

#desi tag #desi james potter #desi potters #indian james potter #james potter headcanon #harry potter #marauders era headcanons #harry potter marauders #marauders era #the marauders #james potter #james fleamont potter #marathi #urdu #hindi

[caramelmochacrow]

i know someone probably did this already but!! i screenshot-ed parts of the story where they talked about surprisingly important stuff when it comes to fic writing for these girls? like. how yoba academy works and how influential miyu, kurumi and miiko's families are.

i'll share it here so people can save the hassle of trying to find this info for their fics!!! (even tho a lot of people have probably read this before me)

extra stuff under the cut: (i ramble how the classes work and other things)

abyssmare's classes are:

neo - vocals class (same class as kyoko)

wero - performing arts class (same class as towa noa and ibuki)

elsie - media and arts class or regular class

sophia - media and arts class or regular class

im not sure on elsie and soap's since michiru hasn't stated what her class is at this point in time, i might learn what it is if i continue catching up w the story.

anyway! notes/how i think the classes work

media and arts (MnA to make my life easier) might have the same amount of education as art schools (since yoba used to be an art school) for the artists while for people like shinobu it must have something to do with learning how the entertainment industry works/how to get yourself to start somewhere in that industry.

shinobu being in the MnA rather than music must imply being in the music classes need you to use an instrument rather than how to compose music. (rei is the only person among the yoba units to play an instrument and is the only person in the music course)

regular course must mean the regular subjects for the students (academics and such) but from what i recall from the past events, area conversations, anime and manga the other classes still indulge in academics somewhat just not as much compared to those in the regular course.

peaky back in middle school must've originally chose the regular course before deciding to take up the MnA courses so it will help w performing/future careers. (kyoko = vocals, shinobu = MnA, yuka = video, esora = design)

esora taking up design implies that she is the one who makes the outfits of peaky and also because she's stage designer and negotiator for what/where their venues will be. (in road to d4fes she did set up a whole event by herself iirc)

lyrilily family/arisugawa/rich girl world notes

hayate and kokoa are rich yes but not AS rich compared to miyu kurumi and miiko. they must be around the same status as haruna's family.

miyu's family is the riches out of the four of them since kokoa specifically used the words 'former zaibatsu' to explain her status.

zaibatsu (literally wealthy clique or rich clan) is an industrial/financial integrated business who has an influence so huge over specific parts of japan's economy in WWII. this means that her family, the sakuradas, were super important back in the day, giving them a very heightened status in the business world.

miiko's father is the head of an international group company, so her connections are all over the world. (this is also the reason she knows so many languages)

kurumi's family is one of japan's biggest companies, it doesnt state it so but it might have a connection with technology or is something else entirely.

haruna's family seems to just have a lot of money or her family came from a very rich bloodline, either way, it seems her parents/family isnt known for anything notable that kokoa would remember compared to the other three. (this must be the reason why she acts so high class compared to the other lyrilily members, to fit in w these girls that have family w big and vast connections in different businesses)

the shimizus (esora's family) must be around the same influence as the sakuradas since yuka stated in the manga that she is super well known even among rich girls.

i guess this counts as me liveblogging huh. sorry.

#crow talks #d4dj groovy mix #d4dj #notes #screenshot-ing and keeping this in mind for future fics hehe!!!! #i made this before i learned of what was actually going to occur. #i need a better device for rhythm gaming i swear im scared i'll run out of space again.... #edit: i added some extra info i forgot to put (kurumi) and edited a few errors that made reading it confusing!

[liquidstar]

don't remember if I saw it on your blog or someone else. but I saw a post that implied that Subaru's self harming started in ep4/ln2, when he didn't have his training injuries healed by Emilia.

idk about you, but that implies that Subaru's parents were more ...Combat Butler Hayate than canonical Parent and Child. just for the sake of my own sanity, I consider Subaru's self harm habits to be cause by Rem and Ram.

they (in arc 2) were that terrible after all.

oh i think you mean this post!

i think this is on me for not explaining my thoughts better, but i dont think subaru was actually self-harming all the way back in loop 2 at all. like you said, all the injuries he got were from the work he was learning to do, he even started listing them off to emilia proudly (this ones from cutting vegetables, this ones from the laundry, this ones a dog bite, etc.)

he sees them like mini battle scars, and because of RBD this means theyre also tangible proof of his experiences. i dont think that this is a bad mindset at all actually. especially given this was loop 1 of arc 2, so rem and ram hadn't even done anything bad at all either.

what i was more-so implying was how you could see a bridge being drawn from that healthy sort of "battle scar" mindset to a more harmful "proof of where i am right now" mentality. its not an uncommon thing for people to cut themselves as a form of self-grounding. even in arc 3, subaru had developed the habit of biting his lip until it bleeds when he got stressed out (stressed might be an understatement).

the thing is we never actually see him self-harm during the interlude between arcs 4 and 5, beatrice only references it as something that happens when she sees the scars on his wrist. so we cant know his exact mindstate about it.

so this is largely speculation, but i think i can see how point A lead to point B... subaru is dealing with multiple lifetimes worth of ptsd, so it makes sense that even during his downtime (the timeskip) he would need something to keep him grounded when things got rough. and something like a cut is tangible proof that hes alive and there, especially since he could physically feel the pain. the difference now is just that its self-inflicted... like he said in arc 2, its his proof. thats how i see it at least.

#self-harm #self-harm mention

[causalitylinked]

share 5 particular habits that your muse have!

Kobato likes to collect fashion magazines so he could stay up to date with the latest fashion trends, personalize his outfits according to what is currently in, and be well read on the 'hottest dating spots'... which is probably how I headcanon he ended up finding out Hana is a part time model to begin with.

Kobato isn't exactly a morning person and is the type to only wake up if he has to, so unless he has a significant other who knows how to cook, he will opt to skip breakfast entirely. Honestly, by natural default, he wouldn't even remember the last time he had anything for breakfast due to how fond he is of sleeping in.

Kobato canonically puts a lot of ketchup and mayo on his croquettes... and is someone who I could see being a very messy eater, to the point where it's normal for him to end up with bread crumbs around his mouth after he finishes eating.

Apparently, Kobato drinks his tea with milk and no sugar... and while it's not canon by any means, I could see him developing the habit of going to Starbucks after escaping Redo. His drink orders, though, tend to be on the much more sweeter side, yet he is comfortable enough in his masculinity to order beverages that are considered 'girlish'.

He has a habit of biting his nails whenever he manages to be irritated or angry, but keeps the fingernails on his middle fingers consistently trimmed... for reasons better left disclosed.

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[incorrectcooldojidanshi]

Hello!

So I im currently reading the manga volume 7, as that one just came out in my country, and I noticed that in chapter 30, when motoharu asks Mima how he and Hayate met, he answers (translated from German): “I hit on him” (“Ich hab ihn angebaggert”) and I was like?? Yeah you kinda did, but I didn’t think the mangaka would actually write that or that the characters would ever acknowledge it, much less Mima realising he did that. But then it also never gets elaborated when motoharu asks for an explanation

So yeah, have you read chapter 30 yet? What were you’re thoughts? Or did the translation/whatever language your reading it in make the Dialoge something else?

Also, do you think that the “I hit on him” could be a hint to what could come or how their relationship could potentially evolve?

hi!! i'm sorry, you say "volume 7" and "chapter 30" but to my knowledge those haven't even been released yet - volume 5 was the newest release in japan, it isn't being released in america until october, and on kokone nata's pixiv page she's only posted up to chapter 26 (and i don't speak japanese, so i'm not ENTIRELY sure what's in the volume 5 chapters she's posted, but i skimmed through them and it doesn't look like anything that matches the convo you described). unless germany has been publishing chapters already released in some kind of different format that splits them apart into thirty, there perhaps might have been some kind of mix-up with what you've read, because i definitely haven't read anything like that yet.

could you possibly be talking about some of her other illustrations on her pixiv/twitter? i don't know too much about those since they're not translated, but in the case that somehow this is part of the series - i don't think it would have been a mistake for mima to say it, and i don't think it's out of character for kokone nata to do so. i guess it also depends on the quality of your publishing company and how much you know about/trust them to handle things because there's always a chance that something got lost in the process, but imo that seems very much like a standard mima (and by extension, kokone nata) thing to do! he didn't realize it himself exactly, it was probably the way hayate had reacted in the first place ("sorry, i'm not a girl") that led to mima making the joke like that. if it didn't get elaborated, it's probably for the laughs - cdd is a slice-of-life comedy first and foremost, and while miscommunication sucks in drama, it's HILARIOUS otherwise.

in terms of how their relationship could evolve - based on what you've said about it i do believe that it was played off as a joke, but i do think hayate's got the most adorable celebrity/puppy crush on mima (and igarashi too! just any capable cool adult, which i relate hard to LMAO). tbh from what i've read i really think mima sees hayate as a younger person to take care of. now with igarashi in the group, we can clearly see that kokone nata often divides them between the "older" and "younger"; shun, hayate, and souma are often all grouped up together (hanging out at the cafe, movies, walking sakura, etc), and igarashi and mima are usually stuck together as well. there is a possibility that how mima sees hayate might change in the future, but for now i think they're content with what they have!

i hope that helps! and if it doesn't then feel free to expand more, especially bc i'm curious on where this is coming from! or if any other followers has any ideas and can help out, that'd be great too!

#sticksstone i think you may be from the future #lol jk this was a lot of fun1!! #now i'm dying to read it myself LMAAO #iccdd answers #mima takayuki #ichikura hayate #cdd #cool doji danshi #play it cool guys #picg

[cyb-by-lang]

The way I see it jason fucked up twice.

1. He seriously underestimates hayate and deserves whatever karma comes his way.

2. He seriously underestimates Kei and doesn't realize how much danger he is in when she finds out he has hayate.

Genbu= kei

Suzaku= hayate

All we need is Byakko and Seiryuu

Jason is experiencing the pain of being an informal guardian to a teenager who is frankly too skilled to be harmlessly detained with the resources he has on hand. The best he might be able to do is drug Hayate to sleep a bit more with like, NyQuil, but the second he does something like that is the same second he loses Hayate's trust and cooperation, as scant as that second resource is.

And frankly, Jason's at something of a disadvantage of figuring out the connection compared to, say, Tim.

Explanation below the cut!

Kei generally comes across as a lot less threatening when you don't see her in action. She's still midway through forging the Tidal Blade identity (which none of the Gotham folks know about), and often just seems like a spacey dork. Sure, she can take out bargain-bin McNinjas, but so can Jason. He made a habit of it during his training; there were a lot of talented fighters who didn't survive having Jason as a student during that time he spent with the League of Assassins, mostly because they were often also morally defunct monsters. Comparatively, Kei doesn't seem dangerous when Jason has Bat-training and guns, and has been curbstomping everything he's fought in Gotham so far.

Also, Jason knows neither of their "superhero" identities. Hayate only told Tim, and he's certainly not going to tell Jason about meeting Robin when he already knows that it's a great way to ruin his roommate's mood. Kei never introduced herself to Jason, either; he just called her "Spike" and she went with it.

(Katanas are also kind of a dime a dozen in superhero comics. Every other sword-wielding goober has one. Or two. Makes it harder to identify Hayate and Kei's connection through their equipment.)

Another issue for Jason is that Kei doesn't have nearly Hayate's level of ignorance regarding day-to-day Gotham life. Sure, some of that is on him keeping Hayate out of harm's way, but Kei has an understanding and easy familiarity with American culture that Hayate entirely lacks. Hayate didn't actually specify much about Kei other than that she's older and that she's very dangerous.

Tim, meanwhile, has met both Kei and Hayate, and was introduced to both of them by their mask identities. He knows that both of them refuse to be tracked--and enforce that via their metahuman abilities--and that their names are connected to Japanese mythology. The problem there is that "Genbu" came across as so jumpy and suspicious that at this point Tim isn't sure or not if she's here to kill "Suzaku." She never mentioned anything about the nature of her connection to other themed ninjas, and "Suzaku" is clearly connected to Red Hood, who has a tendency to start gunfights with some of the biggest gangs in the city. And Tim isn't the type who'd allow a kid his age to get killed on his watch if he can help it.

Oh, and no one's seen both Kei and Hayate unmasked. The family resemblance would make it really obvious.

#a ninja's guide to gotham #asks #lunarsilverfox #jason todd #tim drake #hayate gekko #keisuke gekko #word of god

[shroudkeeper]

My beloved daughter, I have watched you bloom for years underneath my care, becoming a flower worthy of the clan's name you now bear. You came into my life during a tumultuous time when I was but a broken shell of a man, I knew little of who you were, only that through your gentleness, and your warmth, I felt something inside my chest thaw and be renewed with vigor. These small hands shaped me to be the father I failed to be prior. I will do anything to protect you so you may continue being a light in the dark, a light I would not see diminished before her time. I hope you forgive this old man's desire for you to be kept safe, I know Hayate will fulfill that wish.. He will alleviate some of that burden you carry in your very hands, with him lies the future of our clan, and I trust he will respect you as his wife, be there when you need a pillar of support, and keep your secret.. as he has done.. until the very end.

#ffxiv #ffxiv screenshot #ff14 screenshot #ffxiv writing #kikyo takahashi #fusanosuke takahashi

[merakiui]

[VERY MINOR GENSHIN SPOILERS- NEW ARCHON INTERLUDE]

Hey Mera, since we do get to name Scara in the new quest (that's all I know about the quest aside from what was shown in the livestream) I was wondering what you were gonna name him/if you had a name in mind?

I keep wracking my brain for a decent name, and to just not straight up name him Meow Meow or Babygirl, something that would be neutral/positive for his new life direction. I wont lie, I keep coming back to just Sun, because of your drabble w counselor!reader bc I love it so much, and I think it kinda fits him! Idk what do you think? I'm constantly teetering the line of being tooth rottingly sweet and being an awful bully (if not both) lol

-🔑

Ooh, I haven't played through the new quest yet (I am finishing Kazuha's hehe!!). I have so many name ideas in mind, but the ones below are a few big contenders!

Asahi - "morning sun/sunrise"

Hayate - "sound of the wind"

Fujin - based on the Japanese wind god.

Tsukigami - "moon deity"

The temptation to name him Mouchey or something silly is strong, but I want to give Scara a meaningful name that he can cherish! He is putting so much trust and faith in me by allowing me to choose, so I don't want to disappoint him! (ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)♡

Omg Sun is such a cute name!!! I'm happy the counselor!reader drabble could inspire it. I like the symbolism of the sun because, no matter what happens and no matter how cold or gloomy the weather becomes, the sun will always rise to welcome a new day. Much like how Scaramouche has only ever moved forwards in his journey. Like a sun, he has found himself hidden behind clouds, overshadowed, and forgotten at times. He has felt unwanted and unloved, but in spite of everything (even if he went down a villainous path) he still rose to face new days.

And he will continue to rise as he begins a fresh chapter of his life. He also literally rises into the air with his skill hehe. The idea of Scara being a bright sun is sweet to consider because he has only ever brought ruin, fear, and darkness wherever he treads, but this time he can bring light and warmth as he learns to cope with, accept, and gradually let go of the shadows of the past.

Now he forges a new identity!!! He can be anything and anyone as he wanders from place to place, a precious little sun rising each day to explore the wonders of the world.

#genshin chit chat #acetoneapples #🔑 anon

[epickiya722]

KIYA you always support me and my ocs and I've been slacking!!

What music do your ocs listen to?

What foods do they like?

Do any of them have any pets?

What genres of books/TV do they like?

And what kind of outfits/style do they wear?

I'll gladly answer these!! Each question will be answered for a different OC. There's also more than one answer to these!

🍦 Hayate loves savory and sweet foods. Hinata is into citrus. Tamami loves soba and unagi. Ever since he started dating River, Jayce's favorite foods have been anything River makes.

🐈‍⬛ Hikage has a black cat named Brownie! I really like black cats. And I have been thinking about giving Jayce and River a pet, like a cat or a rabbit.

📚 River is a librarian so he's around books a lot and he mostly enjoys just about anything that catches his attention. Hikage is into horror & comedy movies.

👚 Aiden, Yahiro, Tia and Hikage often wear black and other dark colors. However, Tia also wears loves wearing bright colors. When it comes to shirts, Tia prefers loose graphic tees, like band tees or shirts that Midoriya would wear (you know the ones). She also loves accessories, as does Hikage. Hikage is more so more goth in their style. Aiden will literally wear just a hoodie or tee with a pair of pants and call it a day. Yahiro though, I imagine him with a more sophisticated style. Button-ups, dress pants, he dresses like an idol.

Here's a list of my characters if anyone else wants to ask more questions.

Tia, Hayate, Hinata, Tamami and Hikage - BNHA OCs (I'm just realizing they all have T or H names... although Tia's name is a nickname and Tamami is her stage name)

Jayce, River - the titular characters of "Jayce & River"

Aiden, Yahiro, Lance, Zack, Ricardo and Myla - the main cast of "Shadows of Deckard"

#kiya answers #kiya answers questions #kiya writes #bnha ocs #bnha #mha #tia aurya #tamami #sakagami hayate #mochizuku hinata #shirorei hikage #shadows of deckard #jayce and river #jayce & river

[milatibrahiim]

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐝 ❁

يَوۡمَ تَرَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ يَسۡعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَبِأَيۡمَٰنِهِمۖ

بُشۡرَىٰكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ

On the Day you see the believing men and believing women, their light proceeding before them and on their right, [it will be said],

“Your good tidings today are [of] gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally.” That is what is the great attainment.

[ 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝟏𝟐 ]

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐡 رضي الله عنه:

Some people said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" He said, "Do you crowd and squeeze each other on looking at the sun when it is not hidden by clouds?" They replied, "No, Allah's Messenger ﷺ." He said, "Do you crowd and squeeze each other on looking at the moon when it is full and not hidden by clouds?" They replied, No, O Allah's Messenger ﷺ!"

He said, "So you will see Him (your Lord) on the Day of Resurrection similarly Allah will gather all the people and say, 'Whoever used to worship anything should follow that thing. 'So, he who used to worship the sun, will follow it, and he who used to worship the moon will follow it, and he who used to worship false deities will follow them; and then only this nation (Muslims) will remain, including their hypocrites.

Allah will come to them in a shape other than they know and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'We seek refuge with Allah from you. This is our place, (we will not follow you) till our Lord comes to us, and when our Lord comes to us, we will recognize Him. Then Allah will come to then in a shape they know and will say, "I am your Lord.' They will say, '(No doubt) You are our Lord,' and they will follow Him.

Then a bridge will be laid over the (Hell) Fire." Allah's Messenger ﷺ added, "I will be the first to cross it. And the invocation of the Apostles on that Day, will be 'Allahumma Sallim, Sallim (O Allah, save us, save us!),' and over that bridge there will be hooks Similar to the thorns of As Sa'dan (a thorny tree). Didn't you see the thorns of As-Sa'dan?" The companions said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger ﷺ." He added, "So the hooks over that bridge will be like the thorns of As-Sa-dan except that their greatness in size is only known to Allah.

These hooks will snatch the people according to their deeds. Some people will be ruined because of their evil deeds, and some will be cut into pieces and fall down in Hell, but will be saved afterwards, when Allah has finished the judgments among His slaves, and intends to take out of the Fire whoever He wishes to take out from among those who used to testify that none had the right to be worshipped but Allah.

We will order the angels to take them out and the angels will know them by the mark of the traces of prostration (on their foreheads) for Allah banned the fire to consume the traces of prostration on the body of Adam's son. So they will take them out, and by then they would have burnt (as coal), and then water, called Ma'ul Hayat (water of life) will be poured on them, and they will spring out like a seed springs out on the bank of a rainwater stream,

and there will remain one man who will be facing the (Hell) Fire and will say, 'O Lord! It's (Hell's) vapor has Poisoned and smoked me and its flame has burnt me, please turn my face away from the Fire.' He will keep on invoking Allah till Allah says, 'Perhaps, if I give you what you want), you will ask for another thing?' The man will say, 'No, by Your Power, I will not ask You for anything else.' Then Allah will turn his face away from the Fire.

The man will say after that, 'O Lord, bring me near the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say (to him), 'Didn't you promise not to ask for anything else? Woe to you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!' The man will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will say, 'But if I give you that, you may ask me for something else.' The man will say, 'No, by Your Power. I will not ask for anything else.' He will give Allah his covenant and promise not to ask for anything else after that.

So Allah will bring him near to the gate of Paradise, and when he sees what is in it, he will remain silent as long as Allah will, and then he will say, 'O Lord! Let me enter Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Didn't you promise that you would not ask Me for anything other than that? Woe to you, O son of Adam ! How treacherous you are!'

On that, the man will say, 'O Lord! Do not make me the most wretched of Your creation,' and will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will smile and when Allah will smile because of him, then He will allow him to enter Paradise, and when he will enter Paradise, he will be addressed, 'Wish from so and so.'

He will wish till all his wishes will be fulfilled, then Allah will say, All this (what you have wished for) and as much again therewith are for you.' " Abu Huraira added: That man will be the last of the people of Paradise to enter (Paradise).

[ 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐁𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝟔𝟓𝟕𝟑 | 𝟖𝟏/𝟏𝟔𝟏 ]

[sunny-bunnys-blog]

A little fic about Ryoga/Shark and Astral/Apis's relationship before he ran away in my New Dawn AU :) btw, the flashback happens before Apis founds out that Adonis is his dad.

Italics = flashbacks

The school roof was always a strange comfort to Apis, even before his new friend group he just... Enjoyed being up there.

Apis had finished his lesson earlier than intended so he was given permission to leave class, this giving him time to be on the roof by his self for some time.

As he breathes in the pure air, a familiar, warm feeling snaked its way into his mind. He missed the days spent with Yuma and the others on the roof of Heartland Academy, but there was someone else he missed

Ever since Astral had used the numeron code, he was able to venture away from Yuma and the key. Though it was nice, it was extremely lonely to do so due to him being invisible to 98% of the population.

One particular cloudy day, he had decided to float to the roof after becoming bored of the lesson that Yuma was no doubt sleeping through. And there, he met a familiar face.

Ryoga Kamishiro seemed to be unkempt, his tie loosely tied and his hair knotted in multiple places, his eyes having bags under them.

There had been a incident after the war where many people turned their backs on the Barians, believing that they were no better than feral beasts, leading to harassment landing upon them. There was no doubt that 'Shark' had fallen victim to some of that horrid treatment.

"Oh, Astral." Ryoga said, looking at him with the dull expression. "Out of all of the people I expected to see me here, you were definitely not on the list. How are things?"

In truth, Astral felt awful for not being able to stop Ryoga and and the Barians from being harmed by people who failed to understand, but he didn't dare say it in fear of being misread and making it about himself.

"It has been well." "I can't help but notice that Yuma isn't with you, is that new? Or were you too scared to leave him before now?" 'Shark' teased, causing the Astral being to pout and turn away.

But even still, he couldn't help to giggle at the comment. "Perhaps. But, what about you? Are you not supposed to be in a lesson at this moment?" The comment made the former Barian emperor fall silent.

It was obvious, even if he didn't say it, constantly having to avoid the harassment had taken everything out of him, and it broke Astral's heart. "I apologize, you do not deserve that treatment, nobody does." "Hey, on the bright side, I don't have to deal with Rio's annoying voice or Vector, so I'm chill with it."

"Let's just say that people aren't treating me and the others the best, especially after all that's happened. So to avoid people ganging up on all of us, we've decided to not be seen together and not show up to lesson." He says, his tone more flat than it ever has been.

Astral laughed a bit more. After that day, they would never fail to meet on the roof each day to just... Talk. Talk about what? Anything really, they had found a comfort within one another that would be considered as taboo not even a year ago.

Apis held his phone and stared at the contact. It was Ryoga's. His mind was telling him to message him, assure him that he was okay and still alive, try to reach out. But his body wouldn't move, he was petrified.

What if 'Shark' didn't remember him? What if he was mad at Apis leaving without telling him? What if he tried to track him down? His mind filled with horrible possibilities before he was brought out of those thoughts by Yuki.

"Hey, Apis! How are ya doing?" Yuki clung around Apis's neck. "Oh! Hi, Yuki. I'm doing well, how about yourself?"

They were soon greeted by their others friends. "Honestly Yuki, and here I thought you only liked me." Minako said, making Yuki let go of Apis before clinging around her girlfriend.

"oh come on, you know you're my fave!" "Ew, get a room you two." Hayate said, smirking as he walked over to Apis.

As per usual, Saki was the last one there by 10 seconds, talking to Apis.

"You alright? I saw you leave class early, did anything happen?" Apis's face softened, putting his phone away before talking to his friends. Telling Ryoga could wait, at least for now

#heyy look who found out how to do the read more thing! #zexal #astral zexal #new dawn au #zexal ocs #barian emperors #ryoga kamishiro