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arbustorum · 1 year

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What helps you break from sameface syndrome in art?

i know ive heard the phrase but i honestly dont think ive ever actually took at that seriously or cared about it all. The only time i remember thinking about it was getting the compliment that was like "its like you have the opposite of same face syndrome" and i still didnt really get it. So sorry if this is a long response that doesnt help at all but ur getting my essay because this stuff bothers me.

first time i saw it used in a way i think makes sense was back when i saw the frozen critique thing going around tumblr. They literally have the same face as each other, the main characters, and as their mother, but male characters NEVER have this issue, in the SAME media(show, movie, w/e). My solution to that is just simply...stop designing your women the same. If you need to, design a male char and then sex bend it trying to change as little as possible and see if that helps you notice how ur accidentally limiting yourself for your women. Most of the time the problem isnt "same face", its that we dont give women the same depth of expression and variety of design. whole other essay but yeah...

In that similar vein. Same face feels like a...way to avoid calling it sexism to me in the art. It then is used by all artists to just find a way to shit on art styles without actually providing useful critique. "Same face" is actually quite beloved and marketable.

Simplistic designs could be called "same face" which belittles the fact that designing minimalistic and aesthetically pleasing designs is quite difficult. These designs are distinct, recognizable, and very beloved. They are cute and nice to look at! These are actually so well designed i hesitate to call them same face but i wanna try and show the "two dot eyes and a mouth and dot nose" could be called same face. But with limited elements, each face is actually clearly distinct. Even the twin guys lala and kiki, (altho if u make them both smile and they wouldnt be but u get it)

Another minimalistic design that relies heavily on minute differences in the face(as well as other elements of the design) to distinguish them.

i like these examples because perhaps the average tumblrina might agree that everyone thinks sanrio looks good, and might say they dislike homestucks style, but they use similar design rules.

here is another example of a style some might just consider ugly or lacking skill(im a personal fan and dont agree but hopefully u get what i mean). A distinct part of his style is making every character have distinct eyes. probably for the same reason i find mobpsycho 100 and homestuck styles charming and pleasing, they cannot be accused of sameface(atleast not to me ill come for you LOL). This may be a kind of fundamental reason i dont struggle with it, im a particular fan of this method of design. It just is a part i focus on. it was never a concious choice i made as an artist.

Some artists find different elements pleasing or enjoyable to draw, and same face is actually quite beloved(and marketable) its not the end all be all design rule is my point... examples of beloved styles where its quite easy to switch the faces around and it may become difficult to tell it has occurred.

heres another style people consider ugly but doesn't have same face(again, im a fan, so it really might just be a thing i like in art, also yes the women are more similar but this rule does still apply to his women...just with much less variation :\ see again my original "same face obscures sexist design choices" point)

so yeah TL;DR i dont believe in same face as a fundamental design flaw, you should draw whatever you like and improve things you are personally dissatisfied with.

TL;DR 2 (ACTUALLY ANSWERING THE QUESTION) "i want more variation in faces when i design" treat eyes, noses, lips, forehead height, face shape, chin, eyebrows, eyes, hair coverage, moles, freckles, dimples, cheek bones...(and whatever else you can think of) as all different elements and include more variation of them. experiment.

im not a professional i am self taught and just some lady these are just my observations and opinions.

#maretext #same face syndrome #long post #mares art advice

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kpopfic-recs · 5 years

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Kim Namjoon

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Stories by dreamscript II ❀

Summary: Writer’s blocks are never fun (Writer!AU).

Length of story: 3.2k words

Warnings: None

Roast by dreamscript II ❀

Summary: You’re single, studious and savage (College!AU).

Length of story: 3.5k words

Warnings: None

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Kim Seokjin

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Vampires Will Never Hurt You by ibangtanthings II (+ Jungkook) ☆ ☾ ✓

Summary: You get caught between Jin, the vampire carrying a dark past, and Jungkook, his childhood friend that ran away from it all. Both of them try their best to protect you from each other…and themselves.

Length of story: 5 parts/27.2k words

Warnings: Blood, violence, death

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My Type by floralseokjin II ☾

Summary: You take the college nerd’s virginity.

Length of story: 6.1k words

Warnings: Unprotected sex

Made Just For You by mortaljin II ❀ ☆

Summary: You are fairly new to the world of being a genetics researcher, and you’ve only held this position for six months before your boss entrusts a serious case upon you. Jin is a lab-made hybrid, and they made him wrong. Is it possible though, that even with his wrongly coded DNA, that he was made just for you?

Length of story: 7.8k words

Warnings: Illness, hospitals, near death experiences

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Min Yoongi

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Chocolate Confessions by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: “You better watch out Min…” You started picking up your pace. “Next time it’s Valentine's Day, expect a letter and a chocolate box.” (Valentines!AU)

Length of story: 1.9k words

Warnings: None

Baby, Can I? By btssmutgalore II ☆ ☾

Summary: Yoongi is your friend, but all it takes is one wrong move of his hand for you to start thinking of him as something more than that. (FWB!AU)

Length of story: 5.5k words

Warnings: Drinking

Princess ‘n the Knight by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: Yoongi, a commoner, and the princess of their kingdom, fall in love. (Modern Fairytale!AU, Royalty!AU).

Length of story: 6.1k words

Warnings: None

Anonymous Love by mortaljin II ❀

Summary: One sticky note turns into two, two into four, four into dozens. Who in their right mind would confess their love for you, anonymously, via sticky-notes? Why do your seven best friends have shit-eating grins on their faces? (High School!AU)

Length of story: 6.6k words

Warnings: None

The Third & Sixth by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: One. Two. Three. Fantastic things come in threes, that includes you and your two best friends. But when they start dating each other, you quickly come to realize that you’ve become the infamous third wheel. Left out — invading their date — forced to watch them canoodle — an unnecessary extension to the group. It only worsens when you upgrade into the fifth wheel…..until a special sixth comes along.

Length of story: 7.9k words

Warnings: Drinking

Dreamcatcher by jimlingss II ❀ ☆

Summary: When your dreams are more or less nightmares, monsters inside your head that eat you alive, it seems like the only person who can help you is Min Yoongi, professional dream chaser.

Length of story: 13k words

Warnings: None

Push and Pull by hobibliophile II (+ Hoseok) ❀ ☾

Summary: Your roommate Yoongi’s been going through a bit of a rough patch, so you suggest taking in another roommate to make paying rent easier. Hoseok turns out to be more than either of you expect, but neither of you are complaining. (Roommate!AU)

Length of story: 14k words

Warnings: Threesome

Yeuk by dreamhimcloser II ❀

Summary: The reasons why he saved your life all those times were selfish; he just wanted peace of mind for himself. You were completely oblivious to this part, and with the innocence Yoongi was amazed to find you possess, you believed with your whole heart that all those times he helped you made him your guardian angel. Yoongi almost choked on air when he heard you say that to your friend over the phone the first time you voiced your feelings, feeling like a total idiot for going those lengths for you. (Demon!AU)

Length of story: 15.5k words

Warnings: Death (sort of)

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Jung Hoseok

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Meadows by mortaljin II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: You plant flowers because there is no consequence to accidentally killing one, that’s why you don’t have a pet. Your life becomes a lot more stressful one day, however, when you barter for an exotic flower seed at your local market place. No matter what you do, it won’t grow. The old woman who gave it to you gave you no instructions, other than adequate water and sunlight, on how to care for the flower. You were about to give up, ready to smash the flower pot to smithereens, when the softest, faintest voice begs you not to. You were just hearing things, right? It’s not like the voice came from the seed, right? (Fairy!AU)

Length of story: 11 parts/75.9k words

Warnings: Blood, violence, death (sort of), mentions of emotional/physical abuse, slight degradation, bondage, drinking, implied “miscarriage”

Sleep by ibangtanthings II (+ Jimin) ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: After a failed suicide attempt, you find yourself trying to live again with the man who saved you and his best friend.

Length of story: 24 parts/86.5k words

Warnings: Mentions of self-harm, suicide, alcohol abuse, violence, blood, drinking

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Distractions by dreamscript II ☾

Summary: Hoseok is…hot. And happens to be your classmate. (High School!AU)

Length of story: 2.2k words

Warnings: None

Sunshine by dreamscript II ❀

Summary: “And no, he doesn’t wash off the ink, even when you draw a huge dick on his forehead and the teachers give him dirty looks.” (High School!AU)

Length of story: 2.4k words

Warnings: None

Sunshower by jimlingss II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: Hoseok is the sun, but you are the rain.

Length of story: 4k words

Warnings: Depression, mentions of drinking

Cupid’s Blind by jimlingss II ❀ ☆ ♡

Summary: One - lovers are tied by red strings. Two - you hate love. Three - a certain angel literally cannot say ‘no’ to ‘please.’ (Angel!AU)

Length of story: 7.3k words

Warnings: pretty sad ending?

Push and Pull by hobibliophile II (+ Yoongi) ❀ ☾

Length of story: 14k words

Warnings: Threesome

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Park Jimin

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Best Friend of My Friend with Benefits by xiutingmyself II (+ Jungkook) ☾ ✗

Summary: You and Jimin have been friends with benefits for a while. Because of that, you’ve met his best friend Jungkook on several occasions. Some of those moments were not so appropriate. But your not-so-existent relationship with Jungkook changes when you work at the same place as him and have to pretend to be his girlfriend.

Length of story: 3+ parts/10.6k+ words

Warnings: Violence

Polar Opposites by jimlingss II ❀ ☾ ✓

Summary: You and Jimin are the two top students in your contemporary dance department, but one night Jimin finds out about your job on the side. (Stripper!AU)

Length of story: 2 parts/11.9k words

Warnings: Stripping/pole dancing, implied smut

Retribution by fightmejeonkook II ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: You run into a really rude doctor while taking your friend to the hospital, and later discover that he lives in the apartment across from yours.

Length of story: 4 parts/17.3k words

Warnings: Blood

Syndromes by taegonia II ❀ ☆ ☾ ✓

Summary: Lima syndrome is the result of the abductor/kidnapper sympathizing with his hostages. And Park Jimin had never heard of it before, when he took you as his hostage.

Length of story: 14 parts/58.2k words

Warnings: Kidnapping, violence

Sleep by ibangtanthings II (+ Hoseok) ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: After a failed suicide attempt, you find yourself trying to live again with the man who saved you and his best friend.

Length of story: 24 parts/86.5k words

Warnings: Mentions of self-harm, suicide, alcohol abuse, violence, blood, drinking

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Till Death Due Us Part by jimlingss II ❀ ☆

Summary: You get cancer and your husband Jimin doesn't find out until it's too late.

Length of story: 2.1k words

Warnings: Major character death, illness

Metanoia by taesthetes II ❀ ☆

Summary: Things get interesting when the good girl falls for the bad boy. (Harry Potter!AU, Fuckboy!AU)

Length of story: 5.3k words

Warnings: None

Soliloquy by kinktae II ❀

Summary: Jimin was a boy who had an affinity for flowers. You were a girl who liked to talk to them. When you both end up in the same place at the same time, it only made sense that you both would have a lot to talk about. It all should have been very simple. Except for the incredibly complex fact that Jimin was an angel and you were painfully human, completely oblivious to his existence and how he had somehow fallen deeply and foolishly in love with you. (Angel!AU)

Length of story: 7k words

Warnings: Mentions of death

little monster by floralseokjin II ☾

Summary: You’ve been good friends with your roommate Jimin for a while, occasionally flirting with each other, especially when you’ve had a drink, but nothing has ever happened between the two of you…until that is, he secretly listens to you and Namjoon have sex one day…He thinks you don’t know, but he’s wrong.

Length of story: 8.8k words

Warnings: Voyeurism

Lavender Hues by inktae II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: It all started with brown and lilac eyes, a shy and virtuous smile -

and you thought you knew beauty before. (Fantasy!AU)

Length of story: 13.1k words

Warnings: None

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Kim Taehyung

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Seal by dreamscript II ❀ ✓

Summary: You seal Taehyung in a teapot and call it a Taepot. (Demon!AU)

Length of story: 3 parts/11.6k words

Warnings: None

Infatuation by jhopesjawline II ❀ ☆ ☾ ✓

Summary: Laying in bed, Taehyung’s mind skimmed over the events from today, always pausing to think about the extremely pretty girl who was staring at him earlier. He was determined to find out who she was, she wasn’t getting away so easily. Or: when the notorious fuckboy wants to be your friend.

Length of story: 13 parts/40.5k words

Warnings: None

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Temptation by tae-namjoon II ☾

Summary: Taehyung just really wants to watch porn with you.

Length of story: 2.5k words

Warnings: None

Give You the World by fortheloveofbangtan II ❀ ☾

Summary: If there’s one thing that inspired you to keep going in life, it was a simple picture painted on a wall by a street artist named V. It changed your life- he changed your life and all you want to do is meet him. But what if V is closer than you think? (Street Artist!AU)

Length of story: 11.7k words

Warnings: None

Rent-A-Boyfriend by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: Are YOU lonely? Need someone to cuddle at night? Do you want love? If you said ‘yes’ to any of the questions previously mentioned then we have a service for you! Don’t be alone for this Valentine’s Day! Come Rent a Boyfriend! (Terms and conditions may apply. We are not responsible for any emotional or sentimental damages. Please take caution with Rent-a-Boyfriend.)

Length of story: 12k words

Warnings: None

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Jeon Jungkook

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Mirrors by yoonia II ☆ ☾ ✓

Summary: “Don’t argue. Just do it.” When he finds a way to remind you how good you are together. (FWB!AU)

Length of story: 2 parts/8.4k words

Warnings: None

Best Friend of My Friend with Benefits by xiutingmyself II (+ Jimin) ☾ ✗

Length of story: 3+ parts/10.6k+ words

Warnings: Violence

Lightweight by btssmutgalore II ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: Jungkook is tired of you seeing him as a kid, so he takes matters into his own hands.

Length of story: 2 parts/21.4k words

Warnings: None

I Hate You, I Love You by jungblue II ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: You hated him at seven, warmed up to him at twelve, and liked him at fifteen. Now the two of you are twenty years old and inseparable best friends… and you’re absolutely in love with him; he’s in love too—just not with you.

Length of story: 4 parts/22.8k words

Warnings: None

Just Friends by kinktae II ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: Jeon Jungkook was many things. He was an asshole, a tease, and kind of an inconsiderate roommate. But most of all, he’s your best friend, and has been since you were 10. When he suddenly confesses his attraction to you and proposes sleeping together, you are smart enough to turn him down. You knew Jungkook; you knew how he moved from one girl to the next. You, too, were many things, but just another notch in Jungkook’s belt was something you’d never be.

Length of story: 3 parts/27.1k words

Warnings: Drinking, spanking, daddy kink

Vampires Will Never Hurt You by ibangtanthings II (+ Seokjin) ☆ ☾ ✓

Length of story: 5 parts/27.2k words

Warnings: Blood, violence, death

Watch Me Babygirl by lunarimagines II ❀ ☆ ☾ ✓

Summary: Jungkook is your brother’s annoying best friend. You can’t stand him but he just can’t resist teasing you. How far will he actually go? (Fuckboy!AU)

Length of story: 20 parts/40.9k words

Warnings: None

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Homecoming by minlattes II ☾

Summary: Jungkook comes home from being on tour, and how he finds you is not how he expected.

Length of story: 1.5k words

Warnings: Voyeurism, masturbation/mutual masturbation

The Golden Ones by xiutingmyself II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: You and Jungkook are the best of the best at school, the golden ones. But being the competitive people you both are causes for some mischief.

Length of story: 2.7k words

Warnings: None, oral sex

“Wanna Bet?” “You Heard Me, Take It Off” by taegonia II ☾

Summary: You make a bet with Jungkook to see who lasts longer.

Length of story: 2.8k words

Warnings: Oral sex

I Will Not Lose! by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: A single bet - use every means to make Jeon Jungkook fall in love with you. (Magic!AU)

Length of story: 6.3k words

Warnings: None

Spellbound by jeonseok II ❀

Summary: Summoning a demon had probably been a mistake on your part, but what have you ever done to deserve such an annoying demon anyways?

Length of story: 7.5k words

Warnings: Drinking, sexual content (not really smut)

playing with fire by floralseokjin II ☾

Summary: Jungkook seems to have a little crush on you, and no matter how much you try to ignore it, you seem to be losing your resolve with each passing day.

Length of story: 8.5k words

Warnings: Exhibitionist themes

Runaway Puppy by jimlingss II ❀

Summary: You’re a part of a mafia with your father and one day you get kidnapped. (Mafia!AU)

Length of story: 8.3k words

Warnings: Some violence

Damn the Delivery Boy by deerguk II ❀ ☾

Summary: Jeon Jeongguk is a computer science major working as a pizza delivery boy, and you are an uninspired published author who has just started an art degree. When you realise that the delivery boy is your old high school crush, he keeps coming back, but with more to offer than just puff pastry and vegetarian supreme. Though little did he know that he would end up giving you something much more that flips both of your worlds completely upside down in the form of two blue lines and nine months.

Length of story: 9.7k words

Warnings: None

Beneficial by jiminables II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡

Summary: You’ve been friends for as long as you can remember. So you guess it has its perks. (FWB!AU)

Length of story: 13.8k words

Warnings: None

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Generation by jimlingss II ❀ ☆ ☾ ♡ ✓

Summary: Humanity is held by the arms of temptation, always sinning. In order to keep the world from being consumed by evil and keep it balanced between good and bad - a sin collector exists, purging black orbs from people’s souls.

Length of story: 5 parts/15.6k words

Warnings: Major character death, violence

A Bed of Roses by jimlingss II ❀ ☆ ✓

Summary: Superpowers are supposed to make you invincible, someone who could save the world, a hero. It’s not supposed to be like this...not like this.

Length of story: 8 parts/38.3k words

Warnings: Violence

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Seasons Grieving by jimlingss II ❀ ☆

Summary: The five stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

Length of story: 4.3k words

Warnings: Death

The Seven Kinds of Love by jimlingss II ❀ ☆ ☾

Summary: Love - an intense feeling of deep affection.

Length of story: 8k words

Warnings: None

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keepyourpantsongohan · 5 years

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Ayesha Liveblogs Free! S3

I will never get tired of Makoto offering Haru a hand out of the water

OMG I guess some things do change Makoto’s been dunked and I kinda love it

“I’m never gonna be a normal person” wow who is this this Goth Diet Haru

I love the phrase “hot minute” actually thank u for ur teen slang Asahi

Offering people his lecture notes and texting back right away will anyone ever be as good as Makoto? Trick question no

“I’m still young and innocent” “That’s a weird thing to say” I love that Haru’s meeting a bunch of people who aren’t used to his antics

This flashback seems to indicate that Haru felt Some Kinda Way about Ikuya which is weird because they look almost the same

“Don’t worry too much about the family” LMAO Sosuke has received a blessing from his cousin to follow Rin to Australia

“Just inferior copies of Ikuya” that’d be more meaningful if Ikuya had done anything other than stare broodingly

It’s telling that the Iwatobi team is dressed like the Wiggles in this outro

All this outro really told me is that they aren’t really that good at differentiating main character design

“We have to try not to spoil them too much” I approve of Ikuya’s brother and his co-parenting buddy

“I’m not going to move ever again,” said Asahi, with the full confidence of a twelve-year-old boy who knows absolutely nothing about anything

Okay but for real Ikuya and Haru straight up look like siblings this weird rivalry energy on top of that fact is a little bit Much

[Rose and Rosie voice] It’ll never work out their hair is the same colour

“Is Haru the guy who was all dressed up and riding a camel in the recruiting video we saw?” UNBELIEVABLE their Arabian Nights outro from S1 was actually their recruitment video Iwatobi do u take constructive criticism

“I’ll even be good enough to compete against you” how many rivals does one young man really need my god

Hey Trenchcoat Man maybe introduce yourself before telling these teens how to live their lives

Dude you’re so controlling trying to prevent Ikuya from seeing his friends

Ahhhhh I love Haru being in touch with his emotions and apologizing to Ikuya tbh I give Makoto and Rin a lot of the credit for his ability to communicate lmao

“I’d prefer you didn’t keep him too long” listen I get where you might be coming from since Haru hurt Ikuya’s feelings but also stop that

“Thought I’d give you a wake-up call” I really don’t like the vibe of Hiyori

“Japanese guy! Friend of yours, maybe?” An accurate representation of what it’s like to hang out with white people lmao

There’s a different vibe from a teenager who giggles about swimmers’ muscles to an adult swim coach who is coaching swimming at a university giggling about swimmers’ muscles put that away Mikhail

Hiyori gives me the straight up heebie jeebies every time he opens his mouth

I can’t read Japanese but I have to assume Rin was gonna call Haru and reminisce about their bed sharing night lmao

Natsuya is some kinda Swimming Capitalist Nomad I’m not mad about it

“How many of these dreams do you have?” that’s valid lmao Rin has #calledout for being a rival slut

“His face told me that what matters most to him is not here” I can’t tell if this is a reference to Ikuya or to Natsuya’s white-haired rival-friend-boyfriend-probably

You know what, in the context of this show: Boyfriend

“Hey, calm down. Listen, Archerfish--” HARU PLS

I don’t know Misae but the fact she calls her boyfriend Archerfish has already won me over

Hiyori would you fucking stop interfering this isn’t fair to Ikuya

“Ikuya’s too busy to waste his time reminiscing on childish things” well that should be Ikuya’s decision shouldn’t it like not 2 get 2 real but this is all the markers of an abusive relationship if someone does this to you please tell someone

God this stubbly weird man and his ominous advice STILL without any introduction

“I’m getting sick of hearing you speak for Ikuya like you’re his damn boss” ME TOO ASAHI

YOU CANNOT DECIDE WHO IKUYA’S FRIENDS ARE HIYORI YOU ABSOLUTE SHITPRETZEL

HA Ikuya knows you’ve been giving the boys the runaround fuckweasel

“If I swim with Tono, maybe it’ll help me understand him” Makoto coming after jerks with his best weapon: empathy <3

“People you swim with all seem to end up suffering, don’t they” LISTEN YOU ASSBANANA IT’S NOT HARU’S FAULT THAT PEOPLE GET OBSESSED WITH HIM HE’S JUST A GOOD SWIMMER

Omg I enjoy the drama of Sosuke interacting with the one (1) person in Japan who has seen Rin lately

“I have to admit, I’m a little disappointed there isn’t a single pudgy person here” like I know this is probably gonna be a running gag for their opposite body preferences but it’s also a self-burn for the creators of this show only drawing different scales of one body type

I really do love that Rei is swim team captain now my boy has come so far

Oh Romio is there anyone in this swim universe that doesn’t have some kind of Traumatizing Swim Experience

“Think about what your reason for jumping in is” Sosuke’s advice sounds like beautiful nonsense I don’t know how that’s supposed to help him concentrate on start times

Lmao I love this Overbearing Friend Gesture of Shizuru and Nagisa putting seaweed on Romio and Rei’s plates without asking kjhfkghfghfk

“Actually, if you don’t mind, we have a proposition” $500 says that Nagisa and Rei are about to propose a relay race

Update from 8 minutes later: Someone owes me $500

“Can you tell how proud I am?” Natsuya is such a good big brother <3

Hahahaha “a guy he wants to swim with again some day” Natsuya is also a good wingman for Rin lmao

Based on his inner monologue Sosuke should also be a swimming coach except in the vein of Cryptic Trench Coat Stubble Man who just offers random unsolicited advice to any teenage swimmer he passes by in the street

“I’m so proud of you” jgjhgjhg Shizuru I love you and your tears for Romio

What kind of child welfare laws are there in Japan that Hiyori’s parents were allowed to just leave him alone in the park

“When I saw [Haru] again, the weakness I thought I left behind came flooding back to me” the moral of this story is that competitive swimming makes you gay

Ikuya used to be fun and sweet lmao what made you so broody my dude

Lmao @ Hiyori being mad that Ikuya thinks of Haru as his Prince Eric instead of him

Wow I love Nao being a guiding force for this group of nerds

“I’m not hearting anything for you” Asahi understands Stranger Danger

It took Ryuji a solid six eps to even get a name u’d expect him to have a more important character connection than Rin’s Swim Coach’s Rival

“Then you should start swimming other stuff” I Love Misaki, Adopted Child of Haru and Makoto

Well this wistful playground vibe has taken a strange turn

“It’s none of your damn business okay!!” TONO JUST GOT DUMPED HA

KJGHKJGH THE RAGE IN HARU’S VOICE ABOUT THE MACKEREL

Ryuji: He can just buy me dinner or something. I’m not picky. As long as it’s not mackerel

Haru [through gritted teeth]: I’m ready when you are

AH I LOVE KISUMI AND ASAHI BABYSITTING TSUKUSHI

“After all we’ve been through, why does it have to be like this?” U MADE IT LIKE THIS HIYORI

HAHAHAHAH Makoto and Ryuji had a standoff of wills and Ryuji lost

“Maybe it’s time for you to approach things more seriously” Nao has declared it’s time to stop sowing your wild oats and settle down Natsuya

Kazuma only shows up to remind Sosuke he is free to run away to swim whenever

“Hope you’re well” “Hey relax I’m not your dad” [Natsuya immediately begins acting like their dad]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH GO HARU LEADING HIS CATEGORY

“I don’t think he’s all that bad of a guy” that’s Stockholm Syndrome Ikuya

I’m glad Ikuya is finally fucking having a meaningful conversation with his friends

“In the water I’m alone. No one’s gonna save me” Get therapy Ikuya!!!

Wow Haru joining a race purely to have an Emotional Confrontation with Ikuya is some kinda growth I’m just not sure what exactly

“That guy’s the only one anyone ever talks about” to be fair if your sample size is Iwatobi swimmers they are all a little in love with him

“That’s our BOYYYYYYYYYY” Aw Asahi <3

Ghjkghk I love Makoto teasing Haru for being Ikuya’s hero

“Oh, you’re wise now?” AWWWW Ikuya is fun again good for him

I know that Ikuya reaching out in friendship to Hiyori is supposed to be a sign of emotional security but I haven’t forgiven him for the way he’s manipulated Ikuya!!! Ur a seawitch not a Prince Eric!!! >:((((

I’m super thrown about them going straight from the qualifiers to the next race what will the last four episodes of this season be about

“I’ve been giving myself pep talks in the mirror. ‘I am a genius. I am a genius.’” HAHAHAHA I LIKE FUN IKUYA

“Looks like you beat me” “Just in free” Haru has released Ikuya into the universe for Hiyori and I don’t like it (for Ikuya’s sake) but that’s how it be I guess

How many siblings are there in the Mikoshiba family lmao there’s a new one every season

“But gender doesn’t mean anything in a competition” I like u Lady Mikoshiba

“You mean you were Russian this whole time??” this is a lot to digest

I LOVE RIN’S PUDGY CAT STEVE LOL IS IT THE SAME IN JAPANESE

“The water likes you. I can tell” ALBERT PLS, Haru is already FULL-UP on homoerotic swim relationships

It’s killing me that they keep cutting to Makoto like Haru’s cheating on him though

Not to undermine the subplot of these last three episodes but hasn’t Haru... lost races before hgkjhgk

“I thought something soft and cute would help balance out that scary face of yours” omg STOP this cuteness

Gghkhgk these flashbacks and Rin crying over Sosuke’s surgery are SO cute I never thought I would feel so proud of Rin way back in S1 he’s grown so much!!

Makoto being surrounded by ladybugs and butterflies like a wholeass Disney Prince

WHY are ALL of these swimming weirdos SOMEONE’S UNCLE

“You’re still as weird as ever, Haru’s the exact same way” I should start tracking how long in a conversation it takes characters to bring up Haru

Gnjghkjhg Makoto gets through to Haru in 0.5 seconds after two weeks of him ignoring his own coach. The power of fish metaphors and Love™

Kinda seems like they are setting it up like Makoto will also get to travel the world for swimming and let me say... I’m not mad about it

Update from like 2 minutes later: I WAS RIGHT

“That’s the evil king who wanted the magic lamp” the Arabian Nights references kill me every time

Djkhdkjhd Ryuji labelling Mikhail in his phone as “Muscle Freak” that’s tru friendship

“You should say, ‘I’m totes hip with the kids, yo’” Ryuji pls

“You’re so cute, you must be Iwatobi’s famous Kou” KHGKHGKJHKJ 3/3 MIKOSHIBA KNOCKOUT KOU

Awwwww Rei is so nervous for nationals my sweet baby boy

I ADORE that Rin and Haru are literally running across the city right before their most important meet bc they want to see their friends swim

Rrgjhgr the one and only backstory in this show is former childhood friends and it applies to every single character

OMG Rei get his own flashback but with his boy Nagisa I love it

“I think he’d make a good rival for you actually” Makoto Tachibana: Rival Matchmaker

GOOD JOB BOYS U DID GOOD (ALSO TEAM PHOTO I WEEP)

“Try not to cry when I beat you” SOSUKEEEEEEEEEE

Wow this final episode is already clutching at my heart right out of the gate baby Haru 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Makoto letting four more boys pile into his one bedroom for the night bc he’s the Best Boy Alive

HJGHJKGH THIS EXCHANGE

Mikhail: That’s what I call ‘totes hip with the kids’

Nearby youths: [Giggling]

Mikhail: [Soft indignant gasp] Ryuji!!

Natsuya and Ikuya have the cutest sibling relationship gjkghk THEY

The theme of this season is people hugging each other and crying over the lanes and I LOVE THAT 4 THEM

Rin and Haru and Makoto........... are good boys

“What is this, some kind of teen drama” that is exactly it, Rin

“He won’t stop talking about stupid crap like friendship and bonds” I love three (3) boys

Bonus: Out of Order Liveblog of Free! Take Your Marks + S3E0

Haru dropping his pants in Makoto’s apartment without the immediate context of them being near water was the most high stakes moment in this entire anime I had no idea where that was going

Haru leaving his apartment hunting until the day before he moves: Mood

Sidenote: Makoto and Haru going apartment hunting is domestic as HELL I love it

“The two of you are inseparable, huh?” “We’re friends, deal with it.” Let people be gay Kisumi

Lmao @ Nagisa and Rei’s yoga pose video Iwatobi is the cutest swim team in the world

“Then one day even those tears will dry out in the Tokyo desert” who hurt you, Ms. Amakata

“Allow me to welcome you to Tokyo, the city where love and lust intertwine” Free! Love and Lust could really be a subtitle of this anime lmao

“I’m talking about the whole bunkbed situation, you know, top and bottom” lmao shout-out to Sloane for that one art

I love the wordless communication between Makoto and Haru (and for that matter, Sosuke and Rin) I’m so glad they worked things out

I’m also happy Rin and Kou are cool now they used to have quite a gap

“Rin wasn’t that honest with himself” rjghg Rin and Haru miss each other

“This is the one,” said Haru, next to Makoto, His Completely Platonic Best Friend Who Dreams About Them Sharing An Apartment and Dropping Trou

I LOVE STEVE THE FAT CAT. AN ICON. A BEAUTY. CHUNKY BABY

“The treasure is inside the red shark’s mouth” there is DEFINITELY a Rin joke to be made here and the writers knew it

I don’t know what I love about this more that Aii and Momo are TERRIBLE at scheming or that that they are throwing Rin and Sosuke together on White Day lmao

This team vacation... Sosuke giggling bc he was tickled... !!!!!!! THANKS

I’m loving all these teams getting presents for each other jkhgkjg

Oh am I finally going to understand this Momo and Capybara backstory

Lol @ Natsuya pouring his heart abt Nao to Sosuke wholly unsolicited

“What were you about to ask” “Oh, not anything important (I’ll wait for you Sosuke)”

OHHHHHHHHHH THE CHARM BACKSTORY SOSUKEEEEEEEEEE

Oh Christ alive am I about to watch the Arabian Nights recruitment film

Hhhgjgjhg I gather the only reason Haru got his license was to compete with Rin

“I’m the evil king who is after the lamp for his own selfish reasons” I hate this... but also... I love this???

“I am a mysterious peddler. I travel carrying mysterious bundles. While riding atop of my mysterious partner Chappy the Camel” HARU STOP

OH MAKOTO HONEY U POOR SOUL JHGKHFKJGH

“Makoto. When I’m nervous I think about mackerel” I am going to expire

“I think the three of you should implement your own version of it” Fhjkhgk Haru is telling them to exploit their bodies for school recruitment but also that’s not really anything new so fair enough

Nagisa: Rei is Perfect Killer Muscles Handsome in my heart!!!!!!

“Maybe I’m never going to understand him” Omg @ The Jilted Middle School Exes of Haru Club

“How David had to give up his love.... And then Veronica, knowing they couldn’t see each other anymore” call me crazy but I think Rin is projecting his own issues onto A Rat’s Life LMAO

Tjehjkhkje Sosuke needing to call Rin bc he got lost on his way to the bathroom... Useless Husband Energy

HAHAH Rin is so upset thinking Momo and Kou are dating

At least Rin recognizes that he doesn’t get to decide who Kou dates he can only express his approval or disapproval

“Momotaru Mikoshiba is a man who lives by passion” gjhgjhg stop this

“Rin would never lose to a persimmon, ever!” MAKOTO R U OK

“You are not less than a persimmon!” THESE BOYS. U R SO DUMB BUT ALSO GET U A FRIEND LIKE THE IWATOBI SWIM CLUB

“It’s cool if you need to cry” “If you stay in the pool no one will ever notice your tears” I LOVE SOSUKE AND HARU TEAMING UP TO TEASE RIN

I also deeply appreciate that even though I’ve never heard their Japanese voices I know exactly who is saying what line in this outro just by dialogue and tone of voice

“I have a crippling fear of mascot costumes” “Then why did you take this job” kjhgkjhgkjh if that isn’t a work mood

Wait... if Makoto is going to be the substitute wrestler... WILL HARU BE THE SUBSTITUTE MASCOT AHHHHHHHH

WAIT NO I HAVE GRAVELY AND HILARIOUSLY MISUNDERSTOOD MAKOTO IS GOING TO BE BOTH MASCOT AND WRESTLER

“Iwa means ‘boulder’ and ‘tobi’ means ‘black kite’ so it’s a boulder-headed bird!!” Well that’s more of an explanation for the appearance of the Iwatobi mascot than I ever expected, Nagisa

“You don’t have a crippling fear of mascot costumes, do you?” No but I have feeling Makoto is about to develop one

Oh it’s THIS FUCKPUDDLE who asked u to be here Hiyori

“I don’t exactly hate it” high praise Ikuya lmao

Thkjhtkjh I love Natsuya’s long distance relationship it’s sweet

HAHAHA is the beak thing supposed to be a ploy so people see Makoto’s face

“I cannot let Haru see me like this” “Hi Makoto” HAHAHAHAH I LOVE THIS WHOLE INTERACTION AND ALSO HOW HARU JUST GOES ALONG WITH ALL OF IT

Also I don’t know how Makoto was planning to hide his identity after he was addressed as “Mr. Tachibana”

LMAO @ MAKOTO BEING RECOGNIZED BY HIS LEG MUSCLES I’M SCREAMING

“Hey Makoto, use a backstroke!!” HARU PLEASE

“Well done, you’ll be a great mascot someday” “Thanks? I think?” This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen and I loved it

Oh my goooood Haru bringing Makoto presents for his siblings.... they have ascended to the college relationship levels of Natsuya and Nao

Man Ikuya could not radiate stronger “leave me alone” vibes

“Wow you boys make a dashing pair” you said it Suit Lady not me

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