What did you mean by "Sue is already a rape survivor"? Did someone else tried to rape her in the past?
Sadly, there was no “tried” to rape her. The Psycho Man DID rape Sue. It happened way back in the 1980s during the infamous Malice arc in Byrne’s run and is one of the many reasons why I despise that story so intensely. Sue did not deserve anything that happens to her in that story. I am not exaggerating when I say that there are few stories in comics that I loathe more than this one.
So, for people who don’t know, in this story, which takes place in Fantastic Four v1 #280-284 (no, I don’t recommend reading it), Sue is turned against her will into Malice, a supervillain, by the Psycho Man. It all starts when she’s separated from the rest of the team and captured by the Psycho Man, who reaches into her soul without her consent (i.e., violates her soul the way a body would be violated during a physical rape) and inverts all of her emotions, thus creating the Malice persona. You have probably seen people who don’t really understand (or, I dunno, maybe they don’t care) that the Malice persona is Sue actively in the process of being raped posting panels of her in this costume to make fun of it:
But, really, costume choices aside, there is nothing funny about what’s going on here. For Sue, it was, I’m sure, the most traumatizing moment of her life, and that is saying something.
Further discussion of rape, coercion, and violence against women beneath the cut.
We’re pleased to announce that preorders for Keepsakes, a K Project Zine, are officially open from now until 12 September!
Priced at a very affordable $5, all earnings from this digital only Zine will be donated to the Ocean Cleanup charity.
Purchase the Zine to get over 80 pages of K fan content, consisting of 15 color illustrations and 10 stories. It also comes with 1 phone wallpaper, 1 printable postcard and an extra PDF copy of the Zine that has been formatted so that you can print out your very own physical copy!
We’re pleased to announce that preorders for Keepsakes, a K Project Zine, are officially open from now until 12 September!
Priced at a very affordable $5, all earnings from this digital only Zine will be donated to the Ocean Cleanup charity.
Purchase the Zine to get over 80 pages of K fan content, consisting of 15 color illustrations and 10 stories. It also comes with 1 phone wallpaper, 1 printable postcard and an extra PDF copy of the Zine that has been formatted so that you can print out your very own physical copy!
K Fan Clan Mini Episode Translation - On a Particular Summer’s Night
So I read the latest K Fan Clan Mini Episode centred on Iwafune and Yukari, and it gave me so many feels that I decided to translate it so that other people can read it and cry together with me. QAQ
Also, I happened to rewatch K: Circle Vision immediately after reading this Mini Episode (it was totally coincidental and unplanned) and was promptly slapped in the face with another wave of feels because I realised that this Mini Episode is probably a parallel to that scene where Yukari asks Ichigen and Kuroh if they want to drink alcohol while admiring the moon together because he knows that the dream will disappear soon and so will Ichigen. IT LITERALLY MADE ME CRYYYYYYYYYYYY *sobs grossly*
But anyway, enough about my feels. Translation under the cut!
On a Particular Summer’s Night
Prompt:1 Iwafune Tenkei and Mishakuji Yukari talking and drinking alcohol together
Author: Miyazawa Tatsuki (Red)
“Oh my, how unusual.”
Yukari, who had just returned to the hideout after finishing his errands, directed these words towards Iwafune, who was sitting at the low dining table having a nightcap.
Drinking alcohol was Iwafune’s normal default state, so it wasn’t like there was anything particularly special or unusual about seeing him like this. Instead, Yukari was referring to the fact that the television was switched on, with some sort of image flickering across the screen. Because Iwafune – and not just him actually, but even Hisui, Yukari and Sukuna – wasn’t normally the type to watch television while eating and drinking.
“Hm – Just admiring the moon while drinking. Since the moon is beautiful tonight.”
Yukari peered at the television screen, a puzzled look on his face. There was indeed an image of a full moon displayed on the screen.
“I asked Nagare to connect the TV to a camera at an astronomical observatory centre that tracks the moon in real time.”
Speaking of Nagare, he was seated motionlessly in his usual wheelchair, visor pulled over his face. It was hard to tell whether he was asleep or awake. In other words, he too was in his normal default state.
“How silly,” Yukari sighed. “If you want to admire the moon while drinking, you should do it outside. It’s a clear night tonight so it’ll feel a lot better than staying cooped up indoors.”
“No thanks, that’s too troublesome for an old man like me. The side dishes that go with my alcohol taste good enough when illuminated by the light of the telly moon,” Iwafune said as he brought the clear glass containing shochu2 to his lips. There was a faint smile on his face. On the table in front of him were various side dishes such as isaki3 sashimi, broad beans, rock oysters, and grilled eggplant sprinkled with dried bonito flakes. It was a huge spread that was more extravagant than usual.
“…… Well then, let me join you,” Yukari said as he sat down gracefully across from Iwafune.
“Oho, how unusual.” Iwafune narrowed his eyes. He offered the shochu decanter to Yukari, but Yukari declined with a wave of his hand, saying “I’ll help myself.”
“Thank you for the food.” Yukari clapped his hands together and bowed his head once, then used his chopsticks to pick up a clump of watershield vegetables from a nearby transparent blue bowl. Then, keeping to his earlier words, he leisurely poured himself a glass of shochu and drained it. Iwafune, who was already red-faced from the alcohol, grinned in delight.
After some time, Yukari suddenly spoke up.
“I wonder if it’s because there’s fine weather today? It was rather crowded when I went out earlier.”
“Hrm?” Iwafune, who had become quite drunk, raised an eyebrow wearily.
“It seems like there were quite a number of memorial services being held around the city.”
“Hmmm…” Iwafune gave a disinterested grunt as he painstakingly peeled some broad beans and tossed them into his mouth.
“You really don’t like talking about yourself, do you,” Yukari continued blandly.
Iwafune’s shoulders shook with stifled laughter. “Aren’t you the same, Yukari-chan?”
“…… That’s true,” Yukari replied, his face taking on a faraway look. “The past is just the past, after all. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean you can be freed from it so quickly.”
Yukari glanced at Iwafune. The latter had his eyes closed and seemed to have nodded off completely. Yukari poured himself another glass of shochu and raised it towards the moon as if in a toast.
11th July.
It was a night on the same date as the day on which that Damocles Sword had fallen.4
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1 One of the features of the K Fan Clan is that members can submit prompts to GoRA who may sometimes write Mini Episodes based on those prompts.
2 Shochu is a type of Japanese distilled alcohol.
3 Isaki is a type of Japanese fish. It seems to be commonly translated as “chicken grunt”, but I decided to leave the original Japanese name as is in case people think Iwafune is eating chicken and not fish. LOL
4 Thanks to @endless-season for reminding me that 11th July is the date of the Kagutsu Crater Incident!
Hello Hello all! We come back to you all with wonderful news. Seeing as we’re close to the finish line let’s start to introduce our lovely contributors~! We’ll be doing this once a day, but to start off we’ll be introducing two of our artists!
The Keepsakes Zine is a fanzine by and for fans of the anime series “K” (also known as “K Project”). The name “Keepsakes” has been chosen to reflect the fact that memories are an important recurring theme in the series, as well as to pay homage to the fact that the letter “K” features prominently in the names of the characters and anime episode titles.
The K fandom is a small but passionate fandom, and we hope that by creating this Zine, we can keep the love for K burning strong, and maybe even introduce new fans to this wonderful series!
Mods
Organisation and Writing Mod: modorenai
Graphics and Art Mod: LittleRain
Communications and Finance Mod: Exodus
Layout Mod: Reisi
Social Media Mod: Yuki
Contributor Guidelines
Artists: Works should be 6.5 inches x 9.5 inches, in 300 dpi and the colour mode should be CYMK.
Writers: The word limit is 2,500 words.
Schedule
17 Jan - Contributors’ first check-in
22 Feb - Contributors’ second check-in
28 March - Contributors’ deadline
11 April - Creation of first draft of Zine layout and merch
18 April - Pre-orders open
TBC - Finalisation of Zine
TBC - Download links for Zine are sent out
FAQ
Q1: What is a fanzine?
A fanzine is a non-official physical or digital publication that showcases fanworks (usually fanart and fanfic) made by fans of a particular show or other form of entertainment. The name comes from a combination of the words “fan” and “magazine”. Fanzines can be offered for free or for sale.
Q2: What is the theme for this Zine?
The Keepsakes Zine has a general/canon theme, and it will be open for all ages (i.e. no NSFW pieces). We intend to represent all 7 Colour Clans as much as possible.
Q3: What is the format of this Zine?
The format of this Zine will be digital only, and will include digital merchandise. We may also provide an option for printable merchandise such as mini prints and printable stickers, but this is currently still under discussion.
Q4: How much will the Zine cost?
The Zine will be priced at a minimum price of $5, though we would greatly appreciate it if you choose to pay more, since we plan to donate all proceeds from this Zine to the Ocean Clean-up charity (https://theoceancleanup.com/).
Q5: Will I need to use my real name if I am a contributor to the Zine?
No, you will not need to use your real name as contributors typically go by nicknames instead.
Miscellaneous
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on Twitter (@KeepsakesZine), Tumblr (@kfanzine), or CuriousCat (https://curiouscat.qa/KeepsakesZine)!
Just read the timeline that a fan did up of the events in the Cherry Maho drama and I am SHOOKETH. I was already very shocked to find out that Kurosawa has been pining for Adachi for 7 YEARS (whereas in the manga it seems like it may have only been a few months?), and now I find out that they basically got together within only a month's time!?
The script writer really be out here saying "Let's torture Kurosawa by making him pine for over 7 FREAKING YEARS but haha don't worry it'll be fineeeeeeee because after that WE'LL MAKE HIS DREAM (and fantasies) COME TRUE ALL WITHIN A MONTH."
Adachi please make sure you give this poor baby lots of love to make up for all the torture he’s been through. 😭
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! And don't worry about partying too hard, you'll have HOMRA's resident mom Kusanagi to take care of you if you do. 😘
Also, just a reminder that K Appreciation Week is in 10 more days! (The prompts can be found in this post.) We hope everyone is looking forward to it! 🥰
Red tweeted that he's currently working on a K encyclopedia that's going to be over 1,000 pages long! He hopes to open pre-orders by early next year, although unfortunately it won't be sold anywhere else except through pre-orders and the cost is expected to be high. :(
He said that a formal announcement on the K encyclopedia will be made on the GoRA Twitter account.
He added that the K Fan Clan stories won't be included in the encyclopedia since they're still being serialised, though he hopes to be able to compile them sometime in the future instead.
The theme of the K encyclopedia will be "The memories of those days" and they plan to include 11 completely new short stories centring around that theme!
While we are mainly on twitter, we have been checking tumblr too! The team is really happy and ready to give you guys the needed K anime content. The amount of likes, follows, and reblogs are really warming up our engines. But in all seriousness we’d like to thank you for the revival support! We can’t make it without you guys! As posted before give us the feedback if you haven’t already to let us get started by filling out the: Interest Check
We are back! Ready to bring the K Love back to the fandom!
Hello to all K fans! Some of you might remember that a fanzine project for the K series called “Keepsakes” was started earlier this year. Unfortunately, the project encountered some difficulties and was delayed, but we are pleased to announce today that some of the contributors have banded together to revive this project!
K is a series that is very near and dear to our hearts and we would love to see this project succeed! Since it has been some time since the project was first launched, we thought it would be a good idea to hold a fresh interest check. If you would like to see this revival succeed too (we certainly hope so!), please do us a favour and fill in the interest check at the following link!
– — Interest Link!: https://forms.gle/2dFnaUEfAxcbmeDV7 – —
Hello we would really appreciate the reblogging of our Interest check do far, thank you so much!
