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Its time for TogSapphicweek 2026!!!

The interest form is officially open till the 24th of July for you to submit what you would like to see!!!

ToGSapphicWeek 2026 Interest Check

What's up everyone!!! I'm here to interest check again for the 2026 edition of ToGSapphicweek!!!! I'm sorry for the belated notice but I am

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Shirow Miwa’s rough sketch of Team RWBY for the manga

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I really wish Shirow had kept this transition in the manga. Let’s face it, Ruby totally would take a selfie in front of the school to send to her dad and uncle.

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The Ice Queen by Shirow Miwa

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Now that’s a katana

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R W _ _

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Shirow Miwa’s sketch of Penny is ultimate levels of precious

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[incorrecttowerofgodquotes]

learning that Ehwa is best girl to you is interesting - I don't disagree but this is a great excuse to ask for some Ehwa propoganda

so.

justify yourself

You don’t know what you’ve wrought upon yourself

Part 1: Personality

Ehwa hits the great mix between confident and strong as well as naïve and compensating. Due to her status as the only Yeon daughter for the next eighty years, Ehwa obviously has a lot of burdens placed on her, something we see early on in the season. The struggles of trying to live up to her family’s expectations plus the complex she has about her “defective” powers means she puts on the front of a noble and strong headed woman so that her weaknesses can be covered up.

However, the thing is, Ehwa is never actually cruel. In Trustworthy room, the only people she tells off is Prince and Viole, and even then, she still attempts to get to know Viole. As the arcs progress, Ehwa gets nicer and nicer due to her emotional needs being met thanks to S&S. By Hell Train, she’s simply just a good person, meanwhile even now Endorsi still struggles with her temper and Yuri recently just committed genocide (not to say this makes them bad characters though).

I also really love Ehwa’s childish side. We know that Ehwa entered the tower at only age 14, and that her previous life in the Yeon family gave her very little support (aside from her “Mama”). Just like Khun, Ehwa is a person whose childhood was stolen from her, and thus her emotional growth was stunted. As she becomes closer with S&S, she stops maintaining appearances and starts acting more like a girl her age. It becomes especially pronounced when she meets Rak, as she really loves reptiles, and starts following him around.

Part 2: Powerset

While there are many cool abilities in ToG, one of my favs is the Yeon flame. The idea of a living flame existing inside someone, and the fact that it could take control when the user is put under enough stress is super cool.

This is shown to great effect in Ehwa’s fight against Angel, when her childhood trauma and current emotional disturbance causes the Yeon Flame to take front seat in controlling the body while Ehwa dissociates or something. She went from struggling against Angel, to no diffing her in an insane boost of power, especially since said power allows her to fly, something stated to be very difficult for Regulars as it requires extreme shinsu control. SIU himself even said that when Ehwa masters her power, she’ll have abilities that can put even Ran to shame (y’know, one of the most talented Khun family members)

Also, unlike some other powers, Ehwa’s undergoes development. At the beginning, Ehwa suffers from power incontinence, having it leak out when her emotional state becomes turbulent and uncontrollable when using it. When Horyang and Viole, the rocks of team S&S are gone, Ehwa starts worrying about hurting her other teammates. However, instead of being able to learn to control her powers from this fear, she instead learns due to her desire to protect them, allowing her to take out the parasite Beta had. Finally, when up against Angel, all the turbulent emotions she feels leads to an explosive rise in power, but only for a few minutes.

Ehwa still has a ways to go in mastering her power, and the moment when she’s able to utilize her full potential while being in control will certainly be an amazing scene

Part 3: Development

Ehwa starts off as very alone and without confidence in herself. This stems from an incident in her childhood, when she was about 4 or 5, when she accidentally burned one of her maids alive. The people around her, instead of consoling her, praised her for her talent, which led to a complex about her powers. She feels the need to be useful to her family and live up to their expectations, but she’s also afraid of hurting people close to her.

During Trustworthy Room, she starts off as very prickly due to the pressure she feels about passing the test. Yet even so, she still remains naïve in that she takes a drink from Prince as well as hoping to become good-natured acquaintances with Viole. Ultimately, she doesn’t get to do much and is then left with a team she had no real say in, but she still sticks with them anyways.

By the 21st floor, Ehwa has sort of gotten used to her position in S&S. She’s still very hotheaded, and tends to blow up when either Wangnan or Viole are involved. However, then we get a look at her deeper insecurities when she talks with Arkraptor. Ehwa calls herself defective, unable to control her own power and needing to rely on Viole to stop herself. The 10 Families promote division amongst themselves, so for Ehwa, relying on others is extremely difficult. But even so, Arkraptor consoles her by saying that whatever her trouble's are, they aren't any worse than what everyone else is going through. Her power incontinence is just a hurdle she can overcome, and until that happens, its perfectly fine for her to rely on Viole and her other teammates.

After the Flower of Zigena, Ehwa is left in a depressive state over the actions her family has taken. I pointed it out in a separate post, but Ehwa doesn't look like she's surprised her family was corrupt, but more that she was trying to avert her eyes from the truth. It’s only when Hwaryun points this out to her that Ehwa declares that she will accept the 10 Families mistakes and then fix them (Fun fact she never wears the Yeon flower and gems in her hair after this).

This is also when her relationship with Viole changes. At first, she saw him as just a bad person, which makes sense, he is part of a terrorist organization targeting her family after all. However, it’s through getting to know him and the sins that her family has committed that Ehwa realizes why someone like Viole is necessary. Her feelings evolve from just a simple crush to a genuine admiration of his courage and charity.

While Ehwa doesn’t have much focus during Workshop battle, we still see her growth in learning to control her powers in order to protect her friends. There’s also a nice line of set up from Quaetro about her powers that will be the basis for her character development in Hell Train. “Who would listen to someone who’s afraid of herself?”

In Hell Train, Ehwa is pitted against Angel, an illegitimate child of the 10 Families. Angel received no love in her childhood, not even from her mother, and was eventually given away because she had some talent. This contrasts with Ehwa, who was born with loads of talent and received a lot of doting as a kid. However, the doting Ehwa received ultimately ended up harming her due to the callous nature in which they praised and pushed their expectations on her.

During the beginning of their fight, Ehwa can barely stop Angel. As she’s running away, all she can think about is how so many people failed to teach her anything about her flame. She can’t believe that she was flame itself from the moment she was born, because to her, the destructive flame she possess is in conflict with her own kind nature.

It’s only when Angel kills Hongjo, someone who had been kind to Ehwa up until then and even attempted to protect her, that Ehwa comes to the realization of what those words really mean. Her rage overtakes her to the point that the Yeon flame has to take control, in the process losing her own self. As a defeated Angel watches Ehwa continue to use her flame, as the audience we’re meant to feel fear and sadness that Ehwa is losing herself like this. It’s no coincidence that this moment comes about in front of Bam, who had just previously lost his mind to the Thorn.

Ehwa is only able to regain her sense of self when Bero Bero crashes into and starts yelling at her. Bero tells her she needs to take responsibility for her power, responsibility that no one else in her family will take. As these words sink in, Ehwa is reminded of her “Mama”, a loving maternal figure who told her the same thing.

Ehwa’s character growth stops about here, mostly due to her exiting the story, however we still see her through the Name Hunt Station arc. At the beginning, Ehwa is removed from Team Sweet and Sour and placed with Bam, Wangnan recognizing her skill and believing she can keep herself alive as she stays with Bam. Ehwa is incensed by this, even running up to Bam and telling him to make Wangnan change his mind, and when Bam says otherwise it shocks her. Ehwa wants to stay with everyone, but due to the difference in abilities she can’t. She now has to take responsibility for protecting herself first and foremost.

This is her mentality when going into the fight against Karaka vs Yuri. She still wants to continue despite being badly injured cause if she didn’t, it meant she left Team S&S for nothing. However, she ends up getting put into a hostage situation, and at that moment instead of thinking about her own well being, she thinks about how to save Bam. She ultimately sacrifices herself, but she does so with a smile, telling Bam that it will be okay. She went from distrusting Viole due to his FUG ties to implicitly trusting Bam to keep moving on to protect more people.

As sweet as this moment is, it’s also the greatest tragedy to happen to Ehwa. Her removal from Team S&S and then her loss at NHS, makes it so that Prince and Arkraptor die, and she remains completely unaware. The family that accepted her as she was became broken all without her knowing. If Ehwa had been with them, there’s no doubt in my mind that at least one of them would have survived, her Yeon flame wouldn’t allow for anything else. Instead, her absence sealed their fates. The responsibility she had towards protecting them is now destroyed.

When Ehwa finally reenters the story, I have no doubt that her arc will focus heavily on the fallout of losing Prince and Arkraptor.

It’s also interesting that she was kidnapped by Revolution, the group whose goal it is to reform the Ten Great Families. If we wanna get wild, Ehwa might become the new Yeon Family Head candidate.

That’s about all I have to say aside from gushing about how pretty she is, but I’ll let that happen during the S2 anime.

[life-is-a-soup-and-im-a-fork]

Tower of God and flowers; 🥀

Bam’s Meteor Shower attack reminds me of the White Chrysanthemum. This flower has different meanings depending on the culture but the most popular ones are to show innocence and purity or as a way to demonstrate grief, and is commonly put on graves as a way to honor loved ones. I don’t know if it was Siu’s intention but it fits Bam quite a lot and it’s not the first time I notice some flower symbolism in the story.

Dowon attacks are forget-me-nots which, when gifted to someone, represent a promise that you will always remember the. I believe it resonates a lot with her character, with her being sealed away and forgotten by her people.

Dowon’s sister, Khane has a design that reminds me a bit of pink Camellias which represent longing for someone or missing them, in her case, her sister.

There is also Yuri’s rose shower, red roses are popularly known for meaning love but are also seen as bold flowers that show passion, beauty and secrecy, once again quite fitting of Yuri.

And lastly, White himself has his White Magnolia attack, a flower that represents purity and perfection, which resonates deeply with his attempts to always look pure and pristine because of his own self loathing and inferiority complex.

[life-is-a-soup-and-im-a-fork]

Tower of God and flowers, part 2; 🌷

Here Miseng is wearing a Daisy, more specifically a Shasta Daisy since it has a yellow center. Daisies are very well known flowers and therefore they can have multiple meanings, but the red one can represent love or hope and new beginnings.

Siu said that the name Viole came from Violet. The flower can symbolize protection, honesty and determination. The color violet mixes red’s power and blue’s calm, making purple a color that inspires reflection and self-awareness, therefore violets can also be associated with growth.

Karaka has his Black Lotus attack. Black is the complete absence of color, representing darkness as a whole. The black lotus is a mythical flower (it doesn’t exist) that became a symbol of authority, power, death and rebellion which are all meanings quite fitting of Karaka.

In early season two we see a flower named zygaena, that is actually the name of a moth quite common in Asia. The message associated with moths is “If you are searching for a deeper meaning to your life, the light you are looking for is inside of you, and it will guide you to your highest path” resonating with Yeon’s arc.

The Five Flower Nation was an alliance between five nations that opposed Jahad. So far we only learned about the Land of the Peach Blossom or “Dohwa”. This flower is associated with resistance and infinity claiming immortals fed on it in search of eternal life.

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KhunBam Week 2026 Prompt Submission

Time to wake up, Turtles!

How have you been? Tower of God's 16th Anniversary is coming soon and so is the 7th Season of KhunBam Week!

You have until May 17 (Sun) to submit 5 prompts you would like to be used by writers, artists and other creators. Each prompt must be only ONE WORD and must not have been used the previous year.

This week is dedicated to celebrating the relationship between The Twenty-fifth Bam and Khun Aguero Agnis of Tower of God (ToG) by creating, sharing and appreciating Khunbam fanfics, fanart and other creative works.

More details here.

Submit them through this form.

Q's? Lemme know

~Jo (purple_hydrangea83)

[deiaiko]

#37.2 Accident

Ehwa sat at her apartment dining table, contemplating what was on her pocket. It displayed the amount of points that Agni had given her yesterday, as per his promise. It should be enough to get a decent place on the next floor and apply for the test, but it wouldn't last forever, especially with her lifestyle.

If it were that easy to earn points, she wouldn't have gotten tangled up in that loan business in the first place. She didn't know how easy it'd be to get a job on the next floor, but looking at her experience on this floor already made her want to flop back into bed.

She preferred a job that was suitable for someone of her status so that she wouldn't tarnish her family name. But there weren't many opportunities in the job pool that fit her skill.

To be honest, she was actually still considering joining Grace's team. Yes, FUG was bad, but she had seen firsthand how powerful Grace was. If one day they crossed paths after she made enemies out of them…would she stand a chance? Wouldn't it be better to form an alliance with him now? Dan did tell them that he wasn't affiliated with FUG despite being in the same team as Grace, so joining his team wasn't equal to joining FUG. She could live with that…probably.

Plus, there was no guarantee that she could find a better team to take the next floor test with. Weak people would flock to her hoping to hitch a ride because she was from a great family, just like how it had been before. She would then treat them as disposable because that was all they were worth.

She still had time until noon to make up her mind. Maybe going out would enlighten her somehow— she had to buy breakfast anyway.

She pushed herself up from her seat and debated what food to get as she put on her heels. Perhaps something savory or crunchy, maybe fried.

As she tried to decide on a snack, her feet led her to the food market district and the smell from the street stalls made her stomach grumble. 

The market wasn't as packed with regulars as she had anticipated, but it was still crowded, especially at a certain Chinese noodle restaurant that seemed to still be closed. Was it so popular before? She didn't remember. Anyhow, she wasn't in the mood for noodles, nor was she willing to wait more than she had to, so she paid it no mind.

She bought some delicious-looking spring rolls and a special seafood rice box takeaway for lunch. The latter sure cost a little extra, but she didn't mind treating herself once in a while.

Unfortunately when she turned around to leave, her thigh hit something hard and she lost her footing, tumbling to the floor.

"Oww!" She had twisted her ankle, immediately regretting wearing heels to such a place.

In front of her stood a small and chubby…dinosaur? He was groaning while covering his snout with his tiny claws. That's so cute though! Ehwa squealed in her mind, briefly forgetting her pain.

The dinosaur grumpily glared at her. "Hey, turtle! Watch your step!"

He can talk?! And he called her a turtle?? "S-sorry!"

"Rak? What happened?" There was a voice from behind her that stole the dino's attention.

She turned her head around and saw– huh. She imagined Grace for a moment and almost jumped away in surprise. It turned out the person just had a similar appearance as him, if not prettier– with that lustrous long hair and delicate frame.

"Are you okay, miss?" The person offered her hand to her.

Ehwa took it and she was pulled up to her feet, immediately wincing as a sharp pain shot through her ankle. Right. And then she saw the rice box she had just bought spilled across the floor. What a shame.

"Here, sit first. I don't think you should stand on your sprained ankle." The kind girl brought her a nearby chair. And after helping her sit down, she turned to the dino with a squint. "Well?"

"Ah, it was my fault." Ehwa immediately cut in before the dino could get scolded. "I accidentally bumped into him. He did nothing wrong."

"That's right, Black Turtle. Just as this turtle said." The dino crossed his chubby arms defensively. How cute!

The girl smiled and patted the dino's head. "I wasn't accusing you, Rak. Sorry if it came through like that."

So Rak was his name. She could've come up with something cuter to call him, but Rak felt somewhat befitting.

"What's going on here?" Another person approached them. She was wearing a skin-revealing sporty outfit, complimented with a hat and sunglasses. She was giving a celebrity in disguise vibe.

"Ah, this miss accidentally bumped into Rak and hurt herself."

The woman sneered. "Well, you can't blame her. That crocodile is a moving tripping hazard since he’s shaped like a nubby boulder."

"You wanna fight, Ghost Eyeball Turtle?!"

"Guys…" The girl chuckled awkwardly before turning back to Ehwa. "Please don't mind them. I'll help you clean up the mess."

"Y-you don't have to…" Ehwa wanted to stop her, but immediately thought the better of it. "Sorry for the trouble."

"No worries." She assured her as she began collecting the scattered rice off the floor with tissue sheets and throwing them in a nearby bin. "What Ms. Endorsi said wasn't wrong, so it was partially our responsibility too."

Huh? Endorsi? The Endorsi Jahad? The famous model that often featured in popular magazines and TV shows? Looking back at the said person; Her hair, her build. No doubt that she was the real deal.

Suddenly, Ehwa felt her hands trembling with excitement. That's it! The perfect job for someone like me; a model. She was confident in her beauty, many people had told her so. She might not be a Jahad princess, but she was still a Yeon, one of the great families.

She could look for a sponsor to apply to by herself, but it'd be much better if she could get someone from the industry to recommend her. And who'd be better than The Endorsi Jahad? It'd be easy to build her career and popularity with a Jahad Princess as her backing. She knew she could make it big in no time! This was her chance! The lucky encounter that wouldn't come twice.

But first, let's not forget the kind person that was willing to help her, and the dino too, as they were acquaintanced with Princess Endorsi.

"Excuse me," Ehwa tucked her hair behind her ear. "May I know your name?"

"Oh!" The girl was slightly flustered. "My name's Bam. Nice to meet you Miss…?"

"Ehwa," She bowed her head politely. "My name's Ehwa Yeon. I'm really thankful for your generosity, Ms. Bam."

"Huh?" The girl looked perplexed.

The dino laughed for a reason Ehwa couldn't pinpoint.

Princess Endorsi put her hand on Bam's shoulder, a gleeful grin plastered on her lips. "I'm not against you making friends, Bam. But she better keep her hand off my boyfriend, yes?"

Boyfriend…?! Ehwa's mind blanked. What does that mean?

"Ms. Endorsi…! You're going to make her get the wrong idea."

"Well, she already did anyway. What's another one?"

The dino laughed louder, making a few people turn their heads toward them. "This turtle…He already has a mate and it's not you, Ghost Eyeball turtle."

"Rak…!" Bam pouted with rosy-tinted cheeks. "We're just friends."

"Bah! When will your banana grow…" The dino shook his head solemnly. "Both of you turtles are the same. Tsk tsk tsk."

Ehwa could only blink, not understanding what the dino was talking about. But soon enough realization dawned on her that she had been getting him confused as a girl, on top of her clumsy first impression.

It was so over. Goodbye celebrity life. She wished she could disappear right now— or let the ground swallow her, whichever was more likely to happen. It'd be better than dealing with this much embarrassment.

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Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book

An emergency arbitrator ruled that former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams is prohibited from promoting memoir of her tenure at the social m

Hey did you know there's a tell all book about the behind the scenes of Meta and the author is forbidden from promoting it?

The good news is however that it's already published and can't be stifled and whoever didn't sign the NDA can promote it as much as they want.

[splend-42]

She's not allowed to promote it?

Well then, I guess we'll have to do it for her.

Careless People ebook by Sarah Wynn-Williams - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Careless People A story of where I used to work" by Sarah Wynn-Williams available from Rakuten Kobo. **'Devastating . . . funny . . .

[katrstjarna]

best girl!

[dlartistanon]

Some doodles of Weiss with shorter hair. I dunno about you guys but I kinda want her to get a haircut during or after the Atlas arc. I think she’d look pretty cute…

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New art from the Chinese Mobile Game for RWBY, featuring RWBY in their prom outfits, some shots of Pyrrha and a snapshot of an in-game store where you can buy joke weapons for RWBY and JNPR such as their food fight weapons.