The Song : The Reverberating Song Forever 

white day doodles ig!!

This really is beautiful!!

Prompts for live chat

I had this old prompt list (2016), let me add numbers to use with random number generators. 01. “Come over here and make me.” 02. “Have you lost your damn mind!?” 03. “Please, don’t leave.” 04. “Do you…well…I mean…I could give you a massage?” 05. “Wait a minute. Are you jealous?” 06. “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?” 07. “I almost lost you.” 08. “Wanna bet?” 09. “Don’t you ever do that again!” 10.“Teach me how to play?” 11. “Don’t you dare throw that snowba-, goddammit!” 12. “I think we need to talk.” 13. “Kiss me.” 14. “Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always.” 15. “So, I found this waterfall…” 16. “It could be worse.” 17. “Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…” 18. “This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in.” 19. “The paint’s supposed to go where?” 20. “You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.” 21. “We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanna stop and feel the rain?” 22. “I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.” 23. “Just once.” 24. “You’re the only one I trust to do this.” 25. “I can’t believe you talked me into this.” 26. “I got you a present.” 27. “I’m pregnant.” 28. “Marry me?” 29. “I thought you were dead.” 30. “It’s not what it looks like…” 31. “You lied to me.” 32. “I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.” 33. “Please don’t do this.” 34. “If you keep looking at me like that we won’t make it to a bed.” 35. “You heard me. Take. It. Off.” 36. “I wish I could hate you.” 37. “Wanna dance?” 38. “You fainted…straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention you didn’t have to go to such extremes.” 39. “Hey! I was gonna eat that!” 40. “Have I entered an alternate universe or did you really just crack a smile for me?” 41. “You did all of this for me?” 42. “I swear it was an accident.” 43. “YOU DID WHAT?!” 44. “If you die, I’m gonna kill you.” 45.“Tell me a secret.” 46. “Hey, have you seen the..? Oh.” 47. “No one needs to know.” 48. “Boo.” 49. “Well this is awkward…”  50. “The monster has escaped” 51. “He never looked back” 52. Tarot cards

This is why I love Takabayashi-sensei, MaruMa and The Royal Couple!! My favourite OTP!! Please get together already! Waiting for their wedding to take place

do you think con/yuus popularity is bc of the mangaka?? since the novel which im assuming is the source material is clearly yuuram and game i cant help but feel bitter

Hi anon!

No, I think the popularity of the conyuu ship is due to the staple yaoi trope of the 90s and early 2000s in Japan of having a “big guy/little guy" relationship.BL fangirls in Japan identify with ‘the little guy’ in that relationship. If you know a little bit about BL/yaoi in the 90s, you know that the relationships between the big guy and little guy were usually abusive and rape-themed. “ I love you” followed by rape, which made the ‘little guy’ realized that “Oh my! I’m in love with him, too.”This is sadly a mirror of how abused Japanese women were/are. Women in Japan have, in general, at some point in their lives (especially when younger), been pressured/forced into sex by men. The rationalization of being raped is of course: “ I’m in love with him”. And BL (yaoi) mangas were a mirror of this for many women, who saw in this rationalization of “rape into love” a defense mechanism for what had happened to them. Foreign fangirls’ simply copied Japanese fangirls’ tropes (probably not knowing about the rampant rape culture that originated it; and simply trying to stay true to ‘the original fans’).——————————————————————–Now as for maruma: Conyuu is pretty much the staple big guy/ little guy. BL fans are used to the format, and this is why it’s so appealing them. Also, the fangirls wanna be ‘the little guy’ for Conrad because he’s such a stereotypical character of everything Japanese women want (1. Tall 2. Broken/needs fixing, but nice. 3. Prince, but humble about it,  4.Protector swordsman that will die for you ). Of course they like conyuu. Now in comes Takabayashi-sensei (who wanted to create a trauma for Yuuri using Conrad’s death, that’s why she originally made them so close. Conrad was written to die in novel 5), and ships Yuuri and Wolfram.  She makes sure that they’re both childish. That they’re both the same height. That neither is quite smarter or more mature than the other. They’re “equal", in every way. Their relationship develops slowly. First they become friends, then they fall for each other (happens for Wolf a bit faster than for Yuuri).She famously puts in one of the drama cds that ”the order of the names in the ship doesn’t matter” in a dialogue between Gunter and his editor (parallel of Takabayashi-sensei and GEG) in ”His Excellency and the MA Love Journal!?” Drama cd 24, track 6 .  (- for those who don’t know the order of the name in a ship in BL informs who is ‘topping’  in the relationship- ).  

Sensei makes this couple with two characters who are equal in the year 2000, and it took almost two decades for Japanese women to get in with the times (Takabayashi-sensei is rumored to have lived in America, probably why her thinking was so forward in comparison with Japanese women).

So, no, I don’t think Temari-sensei is to blame for conyuu, but she happily catered to it and overdid the Conrad/Yuuri scenes . (I remember a particular drawing where Conrad and Yuuri looked like they were about to kiss and the story that she drew that for had nothing to do with it XD- (It’s the Hajimari no Tabi ending one XDD . I laughed so hard when I finally read the story that was so completely unrelated to the drawing).

Ok, fine. Maybe like a 2% of the blame we can assign to Temari-sensei, but the rest was cultural. :DPS. Yes, the novels are the source material.

THIS is EXACTLY WHY I LOVE the LIGHT NOVEL!! Takabayashi-sensei's work is amazing!!

Also Wolfram always says he "loves and respects" Yuuri, which is not convincing enough as a confession because it basically refers to his love for him as a king.

I just love their interactions in the LN!!

Hello~~ I want to know your hc about how yuuri confession to wolfram 💞

Hello!

There are no headcanons needed, as Yuuri has already confessed plenty in novels and manga.

Manga:

Chapter 108 where he tells Wolfram “I finally caught you” , using the same words Wolf used when he saved him. As Wolfram will say later on “the catching” is of course, falling in love.

Novels:

Novel 9, chapter 9

-He tells Wolfram “You’re cute” (Wolfram misunderstands and thinks Yuuri wants to turn him into a human sacrifice. Oh novels, I love you so~!) 

In Japanese culture: You don’t go around telling people they’re cute, unless you like them.

Novel 14, chapter 7-

-The bed scene because it’s a tree that keeps on giving is a confession too (1)“Thank goodness I still have you beside me.”(2)“You’re being so honest about your feelings, it’s sickening.”(3) “I don’t even have the strength to pretend anymore.”

Not only does Yuuri confess (1), but Wolfram acknowledges the confession and makes sure that Yuuri is saying what he thinks he’s saying (2); Yuuri confirms (3)

This scene is really spectacular in the drama cds (cd56, disc 1, track 11), first because there are some added words to it, second because you can hear the tone in their voices. Although the word ‘sickening’ might not intuitively feel like love in English, it works in the context in Japanese. Wolfram is pretty much saying “you’re being straightforward about your feelings” and Yuuri is saying, “yeah I am”.

-Novel 15, chapter 5Yuuri asks Wolfram :“What’s the meaning of that punch to my stomach? Do you want a divorce? To remarry another person?”

I think we’re a bit past “confessions” once Yuuri starts assuming that they’re married.

- End of Seisakoku arc (nv.15, chapter 8)Marriage talk continues: Yuuri accuses Wolfram of domestic violence…. If you’re not family, it’s not domestic violence, it’s just violence. Once again, Wolfram misunderstands the whole thing. In novel 15.5 he’ll talk about Domestic violence again, this time feeling bad himself for having stabbed Wolfram back then.

And for those of you who haven’t read my past analyses:Japanese people don’t say I love you (aishiteiru is never used in rl). They rarely say “I like you”. A vast majority of MARRIED couples have never said “I love/like you” (suki da). 

In Japanese there are all sorts of euphemisms to say you like someone, without having to use the words.

And if saying that “The moon looks beautiful tonight” is a love confession, I think that asking someone if they are trying to divorce you, has a very “we’re a married ” tone to it, no? 

AND, if the ‘Love Letter’ story in the last doujinshi, where they write things they like about each other, aren’t 26 damn love confessions then I don’t know what is!

Finally, Wolfram

It’s lovely how yuuram fans (not just you, lovely batkray) all want a confession from Yuuri …. but no one wants one from Wolf? Why not? 

Is it because he tells Yuuri he’s beautiful? Well, guess what? Yuuri always replies with a “you’re more beautiful than I am” to Wolf.

Is it because he sneaks into Yuuri’s bed? Well, guess what? Yuuri is the one who lets him come into his room, sleep, and stay with him. There IS a lock in the door. (novel 4)Is it because Wolfram pretty much jumped Yuuri to have sex with him in the second novel? Well, guess what? Yuuri didn’t say no. He panicked a bit and jumped into the ofuro saying “You don’t want to do it with a smelly guy, right?” He was buying himself time, not knowing he was returning to earth, and his mouth intuitively said yes to Wolf. “Yes, lemme take a bath”For those of you who don’t know this: Japanese people ALWAYS take a bath before sex. Yuuri didn’t run back outside to the corridor to get help (pretty sure there are soldiers guarding him around the clock), he went to the ofuro TO TAKE A BATH! He even said the words” You don’t want to do it with a smelly guy”.

So what’s up with that?

Didn’t Yuuri go above and beyond confessing? Don’t Yuuri’s words and actions count, too? Didn’t he choose Wolf to go with him on an “adventure”, knowing it would just be the two of them in Seisa arc? Didn’t he call Wolfram cute? Didn’t he almost loose himself when he thought Wolf was dead? Doesn’t he constantly think about Wolfram’s beauty and braveness, and is terrified of that time when Wolf almost died? Didn’t he tell Wolfram he’s happy to have him in the bed scene? Didn’t he get in bed with Wolfram to get comforted by him, telling him he couldn’t pretend anymore? Didn’t Yuuri ask Wolfram if his punch meant ‘divorce’? Doesn’t he talk about Wolfram and himself as having “domestic violence” issues? Didn’t he COMPLAIN that Wolfram isn’t sleeping with him since Seisa? Doesn’t he refer to Wolfram as Greta’s father!? Doesn’t he say that Wolfram is the only one who can understand him when it comes to parenting Greta? Didn’t he tell Wolfram in misepan 2 that he would give him anything Wolfram wanted? Wolfram didn’t say that… Yuuri said that! Didn’t he sit down to write wonderful things about Wolf in ‘Love Letter’? The doujinshi is called Love Letter! And how about Crossheart? The story where he asks Wolfram if he would cry if Yuuri wasn’t there anymore? Yuuri plainly said he WOULD cry, and Wolfram said he wouldn’t because he didn’t want Yuuri to be sad…. Not to mention that before Wolfram explained himself, Yuuri immediately felt hurt because he thought a fiance should cry.

Conversely: Has he ever done any of these things, thought any of these things towards anyone else? Is anyone else Greta’s father? Did he tell anyone else he would give them anything they want? Did he ask anyone else if they wanted a divorce!? 

In my opinion, anyone refusing to accept that Yuuri has confessed to Wolfram, has professed his love with words and actions has simply not read the novels; or is negating half the canon to fit some other ship.

In love with the last one!!

a bunch of kkm doodles from twitter!!

Oh, how long have I waited for this!

When you’re 110 episodes in and your OTP finally hugs for the first time

I. AM. DYING!!

I’m so sorry I just finished kyo kara maoh which I literally started watching when I was a teenager and only just now was able to watch the rest and it was very good and cute so I’m reblogging some stuff. Anyone else ever seen this show?

I loved this part so much!! Beautifully animated!

“The Illusion Battle” stills from Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Three NASA Telescopes Look at an Angry Young Star Together

Science is a shared endeavor. We learn more when we work together. Today, July 18, we’re using three different space telescopes to observe the same star/planet system!

As our Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) enters its third year of observations, it’s taking a new look at a familiar system this month. And today it won’t be alone. Astronomers are looking at AU Microscopii, a young fiery nearby star – about 22 million years old – with the TESS, NICER and Swift observatories.

TESS will be looking for more transits – the passage of a planet across a star – of a recently-discovered exoplanet lurking in the dust of AU Microscopii (called AU Mic for short). Astronomers think there may be other worlds in this active system, as well!

Our Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station will also focus on AU Mic today. While NICER is designed to study neutron stars, the collapsed remains of massive stars that exploded as supernovae, it can study other X-ray sources, too. Scientists hope to observe stellar flares by looking at the star with its high-precision X-ray instrument.

Scientists aren’t sure where the X-rays are coming from on AU Mic — it could be from a stellar corona or magnetic hot spots. If it’s from hot spots, NICER might not see the planet transit, unless it happens to pass over one of those spots, then it could see a big dip!

A different team of astronomers will use our Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to peer at AU Mic in X-ray and UV to monitor for high-energy flares while TESS simultaneously observes the transiting planet in the visible spectrum. Stellar flares like those of AU Mic can bathe planets in radiation.

Studying high-energy flares from AU Mic with Swift will help us understand the flare-rate over time, which will help with models of the planet’s atmosphere and the system’s space weather. There’s even a (very) small chance for Swift to see a hint of the planet’s transit!

The flares that a star produces can have a direct impact on orbiting planets’ atmospheres. The high-energy photons and particles associated with flares can alter the chemical makeup of a planet’s atmosphere and erode it away over time.

Another time TESS teamed up with a different spacecraft, it discovered a hidden exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system called AU Mic b, with the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope. That notable discovery inspired our latest poster! It’s free to download in English and Spanish.

Spitzer’s infrared instrument was ideal for peering at dusty systems! Astronomers are still using data from Spitzer to make discoveries. In fact, the James Webb Space Telescope will carry on similar study and observe AU Mic after it launches next year.

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I realised it as well way back when I just got into the fandom. It was a beautiful realisation. No matter how trivial it may be anything related to YuuRam is worth knowing.

Trivial Random Thought

So I was coloring my recent art and I realized while coloring that Yuuri’s favorite color is blue and you know…. who in Shinma has a blue uniform as standard outfit…. it’s Wolf XD! 

Did you facepalm, I am sure you did : P. This is really something unimportant I realized which is important to me as a Yuuram fan ;).