Batarou From That Band Au On Ao3 Has Been On My Mind For Days Op So Galaxy Brained For That 😭😭😭

Charl meet his soon-to-be mother in law :33

Day 4: Arthur's secret phobia

I think he is afraid to dream a little bigger

Jokes aside it must be something that doesn't come up much in their line of work because obviously a weakness like that would be exploited, hard. Fear of peanut butter sticking in your mouth maybe? Heard it's a thing.

@inception30daychallenge

Unusual words with beautiful meanings:

Peregrinate (verb) To travel or wander around from place to place.

Serendipity (noun) Finding something good without looking for it.

Nemophilist (noun) One who is fond of forest; A haunter of the woods.

Eudaimonia (noun) The contented happy state you feel when you travel.

Eleutheromania (noun) The intense desire for freedom.

Hireath (noun) A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was.

Idyllic (adj.) Like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. 

Clinomania (n.)Excessive desire to stay in bed. 

Seatherny (n.) the serenity one feels when listening to the chirping birds.

Eunoia ( n.) beautiful thinking a balanced mind.

i came across that one tweet which said long haired Edgeworth would look like that one Pegasus dude from Yu-gi-oh! so yeah here you go. Bratworth for no particular reason tho.

anyway i read Pegasus' wiki and apparently they are both overly formal grown ass men who hyperfixate on supposedly kid shows???

Satsuma Dads Timeline

You know how Golden Kamuy is an awesome manga full of amazing (and super-hot) characters and a great main storyline? So what do I do with it? Naturally I obsess over those two old gremlins: Koito Heiji and Hanazawa Koujirou the fathers of Second Lieutenant Koito and Ogata.

It’s probably the most niche pairing ever, and I thought it was just me fixating on that one panel where Tsurumi mentioned they were close friends from Satsuma. But the more I read about the history of Satsuma and the times they lived in, the more I’m becoming convinced that there’s so much of their story written between the lines and that their relationship and tumultuous past is what actually caused and keeps together most of the GK plot. But nobody else seems to see it!

So what do I do with that? I spent my nights in front of my crazywall of historical research, trying to recreate an entire universe of events 50-years before the gold plot starts, just to be able to present to you:

The Satsuma Dads Timeline 

or

Why you Should Care for Heiji and Koujirou

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What Kim Kitsuragi Tells Us About Fandom Ghost

I don't know if this has been said before, but I feel like another reason why Kim Kitsuragi is so wildly popular and beloved is how seamlessly he maps onto the trope of the Fanon Ghost.

Fanon Ghost is a concept that originated on Tumblr, by user wildehack, to describe the phenomenon of fandom elevating certain white male side characters from canon into main characters in fic, using a very specific set of characterization.

(Examples: wildehack focused on Star Wars' Hux's popularity in fic in comparison to characters like Finn/Poe, but others include Q from Craig!Bond verse, Arthur from Inception, Draco Malfoy, etc.)

From wildehack's defining essay:

"... prudish til you get him in bed, whereupon he is The Most Kinky, the charmingly repressed rage, the Love of Research and Order, the way lust/interest/affection is coded into irritation at The Neat and Tidy World being All Roughed Up by the hot mess of the other half of the ship?" "This crowdsourced tight-lipped furious perfectionist with his neat clothes and his scowling defensiveness and his biting sarcasm and his embarrassed desire to have a dude who is both sweaty and emotional take him apart."

Sound familiar?

Well, the terms may be a little different.

Where wildehack uses 'prudish,' 'biting sarcasm,' etc. to describe their fandom's fanon ghost, Disco fans might use 'professional,' 'dry wit,' etc. to describe Kim Kitsuragi.

But, the idea is the same, down to his embarrassing / sweaty / emotional partner. Kim Kitsuragi is Fanon Ghost if fanon ghost weren't a white male side character.

quick detour that'll become relevant later: i feel SO smug about the fact that Kim's characterization is canon to Disco Elysium. You had to make up your own perfect blorbo, but ours came like that! And he's not a white character being used to ignore POC main characters!

wildehack's essay started a conversation on why fandoms gravitate towards "This One Crowdsourced Dude," even when he doesn't exist in canon. And when there are other, often more established, minority main characters to work with.

There are a bunch of responses to this question—the FandomLore article I'm referencing this discussion from has a bunch of the full metas—ranging from exploring why he's often white and what exactly about him appeals to fandom. I think Kim's popularity can be really helpful in sorting my thoughts to these responses.

For instance, there are two general responses as to why the Fandom Ghost is usually a white side character:

Whiteness is considered a a blank slate default, making it easier to write about without fear of misrepresentation/mischaracterization

VS

White men are considered more desirable/more relatable by fandom.

It's probably a mix of the two, but I think a fascinating THIRD take is that these white side characters in canon aren't just blank slates, but also share minor traits that all point to One Trope that causes people to obsess.

certifiedspacetrash postulated that the fandom ghost is actually a reskinning of a much older beloved archetype—the byronic hero: a character notable for being hard to like and hard to know, but usually possessing a rich inner life and a softer side accessible only to a special few. (Sound familiar?)

He theorized that part of the reason we don't see many POC Fandom Ghosts is because mainstream medias don't cast byronic traits onto POC characters.

"I think if Hollywood cast more young, striking actors who happen to be PoC, women etc as villains / byronic heores we would see lots of fanfic of them. But Hollywood is still in some weirdass reaction to being accused of racial stereotyping (which they 100% still do), and almost refuse to cast poc or women as bad guys. If they are, they’re either cast very old; or they’re the mary sue badguys - 100% beautiful, geniuses, incredibly powerful, no flaws whatsoever - and that tends not to inspire a lot of writers."

I find this take fascinating with Disco Elysium in mind because of the way Kim Kitsuragi is the exception that proves the rule.

Kim Kitsuragi is a rare, well-written mixed Asian character with byronic traits. And would you look at that?—Kim Kitsuragi has captured the hearts and minds of basically every Disco Elysium enjoyer ever.

Kim Kitsuragi is notably NOT overshadowed by Jean Vicquemare, who is a white side character with byronic traits that, in an alternate universe, could've been possessed by the Fandom Ghost to overshadow Kim. Jean, in our universe, already has a pretty big fandom in proportion to his screentime.

But, by the grace of moments where Harry can get Kim to "give a smile only you can see," Kim Kitsuragi is the breakout star of Disco Elysium. I find that hopeful, in a time where Asian male characters (outside of Asia, ofc) are often overlooked or boxed in or emasculated.

fictional things that deserve more love

the I LOVE MY WIFE guy

the guy who refuses to listen to anyone expect for his wife (even if she isn’t his actual wife)

two characters deciding to live for each other as opposed to dying for each other

the guy who goes from “i’ll die for my wife” to “i’ll kill you if you hurt my wife” because she cried over him being a martyr

the female character who’s a total cinnamon roll but could also kill you (she won’t. but she could)

boy who takes —1— good look at his love interest and decides it’s the love of his life

friends to strangers to lovers

the character who refuses violence until one of their loved ones are in danger

enemies with benefits

love stories that don’t end with happily ever after

characters trying to wingman their friends on a date but it ends in disaster

rom-com male dumping his love interest for refusing to communicate with him

genuine friendship between a man and a woman without it turning sexual

childhood best friends to lovers

villains who made being bad their hobby

“i thought i told you to get a hobby” “i did. i choose murder.” “last time i checked killing innocent people isn’t a hobby.” “it is it to me.”

frenemies who don’t get along being locked in a confined space together

best friends to i don’t care if we get married to other people we’ll still be buried together

fake dating

morally grey female characters

characters who’s smart individually but chaotic when together

bad boy bad girl / good boy bad girl

long-term relationships, characters doing mundane, domestic stuff

found family (dysfunctional but we love each other anyway) and with no focus on romance

best friends to enemies to best friends

a character being single/becoming single and not ending up in relationship

not clumsy anti-heroes, but reckless ones. anti-heroes who doesn’t understand why they can’t just stack their victim in the closet and get rid of the body the next day, and forget that the murder weapon is in their back pocket

a slow burn kissing early on, then denying their feelings for like eight months

enemies to lovers but i actually stab you this time, but you have nowhere to go so now i have to bandage you up

feel free to add more

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Today I celebrate fan artists! So much talent and you choose to share it with us! Thank you! I adore seeing people bring to life a fanfic scene or a book character we’ve never seen depicted , but I also love when you take a well known character and flesh out your version.

And yes, I mean all artists! Digital! Hand drawn! Still learning! Well established! And yes, even stick figures and the art you think sucks. Bring it!

[image description: line art in black ink of stick figure Mario in an underwater level floating near a squid and fish. An exit pipe is to his right. End id]

I know with algorithms and attention spans, people click through art very fast. Feel free to reblog this with links to your art to to your patreon for art!