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catherine | 30+ | 🦀 are you lost? icon by @ yujacake!

[catnatch]

is now open!!

this is my neocities site for archiving everything souyo! in here you will find:

links to p4 resources

places to find merch

a history of souyo fan art, fic, and more!

it's still a work in progress but all the pages have been basically set up (fair warning: it's gone beyond mobile unfriendly into mobile hostile territory. keeping it authentic to 2011)

[frankencain]

was tagged by @eagans to play this or that: trope edition! thank you this was so fun 🐸(also i think we have very similar tastes lol)

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it (nuance button) // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

i'm tagging @keresofdeath @queer-ragnelle @rotspecialist @growingsad @cannibalcures @thematicparallel @spiralocean @bugmistake & whoever else wants to do it ✨

[keresofdeath]

ooooo ok v cool

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it (fuck i will also be using the nuance button...) // reincarnation or character death (actually no idea but i'm probably more familiar with character death) // one-shot or multi-chapter (i don't knowwww that's harrddddd; like i love a good multi-chap but i Will forget to check back) // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates (this one also hard:/) // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane (oughhh why are some of these so difficult)

I've read good stuff with neighbours and roommates. I may not really have a preference? In the case of apocalyptic or mundane, I would maybe lean on the mundane side, but it's still hard to choose...

Anyway, this was fun and I was scrolling back up to check the responses like. Damn... These are similar... I'll tag, uh, @blackkatskauldron, @startcarvingdarling, @misted-oblivion, @bam-here, @love-caleb and anyone else who wants to participate!!!

[misted-oblivion]

oh this is so fun, thank you for the tag!! :D

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au augh both... // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff why not both... // canon-compliant or fix-it both please... // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter either! // kid fic or road tripfic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

tagging @sugarspicenights @lumi-lex @punk-spic3y @a-girl-cant-decide-on-a-name and YOU reading this!!

[punk-spic3y]

ty for the tag teya <33

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff (both plz :3) // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road tripfic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

tagging @kendymaycry @tsukisangel @joy-girl & anyone else who wants to do this!!

[tsukisangel]

omg yay i love this i was looking it over when i got the notif and i am SO INDECISIVE but i did end up choosing in the end (if you wanna know why im probably gonna yap about some of them in the tags)

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut orAND fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road tripfic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours orAND roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

@sunee-syrup @sodaneko @dodgeryaps and anyone else :3

[sunee-syrup]

OOOH CUTE okay lets do it

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers orAND best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au orAND modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road tripfic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours orAND roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

no pressure tags!

@nectardaddy @knightofwands-upright @tobio-rs @ehviepls and anyone else <3

[ehviepls]

ohhh this is cute, okay! thank you honee!

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

if they want to do it, i’m tagging @sodaneko @prettyiwa @tatehoko @tyga-lily @catnatch @liminalmouse and @creatureactivist

[catnatch]

errrrrrmmmm

slowburn or love at first sight (this is literally souyo) // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

@lotharino @aibyoutachi 🧍

[crescentfool]

my plein airpril 2026 compilation, harmony in contrast is now available! it features:

💜 34 pages/17 spreads 💛 5k words of commentary + reflections on art 💜 cover design by my friend laine! (lainesdesigned.com)

download the PDF here! (for free!)

[valeriapryanikova]

THE BUTCHER / THE BUTCHERED

[catnatch]

btw the backrooms was. not good

And fair warning to anyone who thinks the analog camera stuff will be very present cos of the trailers. Its less than five minutes of the movie

[catnatch]

im so serious theres a scene where i can guarantee you the screenplay read

[And she picks up the metaphor— this will come back later!!]

[mrcupcakep]

I think saying it’s not good is too far of a reach. Issues you have based on the tags seem to be personal reasons but I think you should state that rather than implying it’s factually not good. I wouldn’t really say anyone made “stupid choices” in this film, and I do feel people overthink the sensibility of people in a stressful situation. It’s also paced in a very deliberate way. I’d argue if you saw it a second time, which I did, you’d notice it did go at a pretty good pace, not feeling slow. Overall I think the movie has some flaws, like Mary as a whole needed a lot more development. But I don’t agree with this poster.

[catnatch]

Mary (who is presented to be smart in the front half of the movie):

-goes to see her client outside of their therapy sessions which fine. i can accept people making bad choices as it gets personal for them BUT THEN -the movie does not trust you to believe she is smart enough to figure out how to get into the backrooms by herself-- even though she had the map on the whiteboard right there AND she saw on clark's paper map (which the movie flashbacks to because it thinks you're too stupid to remember something that happened ten minutes ago) AND there is a door marked out. there is coincidentally a fly RIGHT THERE to tell her where to go. and oh she isnt curious enough to follow the sound that we the audience heard. no it's still just a coincidence she saw it. Also this takes 4 fucking minutes -why did she go so far into the backrooms after seeing yup clark isn't crazy. is she stupid??? yes -why did she take at face value that was clark she was talking to. she has been warned this place doesn't make sense and she just carries on (also bigger complaint that these people for the most part do not have good dialogue lmfao) -this is more subjective, but i really feel like that conversation at the table she didn't try (before the shouting argument) to say anything to get the situation in her favor. like its just uninteresting and she comes off as stupider and stupider -when she's brought back to the lab she just starts answering phil before questioning it at all. she is a deeply incurious person PURELY so the movie can get on with what it thinks it needs to move forward

and to add to this: clark had two major personality changes and they both happened OFF SCREEN. i can forgive one but two who am i watching anymore??? but sure lets waste my time on some flashbacks to mary and this fucking lab worker making popcorn that don't add anything

oh and not let it go unsaid there is black man on white woman violence (double over if you count his obviously violent intent towards barbara) and the movie pivots to being about the white woman trauma LMFAOOOOOO get the fuck out of here

the movie is a bad one and i suggest not wasting your money on it

[catnatch]

btw the backrooms was. not good

And fair warning to anyone who thinks the analog camera stuff will be very present cos of the trailers. Its less than five minutes of the movie

[catnatch]

im so serious theres a scene where i can guarantee you the screenplay read

[And she picks up the metaphor— this will come back later!!]

[catnatch]

btw the backrooms was. not good

And fair warning to anyone who thinks the analog camera stuff will be very present cos of the trailers. Its less than five minutes of the movie

[meli-mouse]

uhhh almost forgot to post my pic from the @souyomixtape zine! It was so much fun to work on and i feel really honored to have been included w so many incredible artists and writers i admire :,3

song is apple cider by beabadoobee!

[biancalattei]

select your character : trigun edition

[gwensy]

> you waited until yosuke stopped crying and walked him home

[bipolyjack]

babys first gay fiction podcast my beloved

[vixscribs]

Fool, Magician, Chariot, Priestess

[iheartknightess]

[catnatch]

[moeggoi]

Workshop characters. Lore dump and process under the cut

Didn't finish the duo pose but I'm happy with how much I got done

[fromfelidae]

wake up

[gogeyama]