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I’ll also likely be closing the Discord and consolidating some of my side blogs and socials around the same time.
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hello!! I very recently got into tobiizu and I adore your drawings! I just got the fantasy zine last week and was so happy to see those precious boys! For this tobiizu newbie looking to explore the fandom a little more, do you have any favorite fics or authors? And do you know if there are any tobiizu events going on this year?
Hello, thank you and welcome! 💕
(gosh, I haven't posted the fantasy zine art yet)
I am admittedly really out of touch on the latest tobiizu on AO3. But I CAN shamelessly plug the blogs of writers whose work I enjoyed over the years. List includes but definitely is not limited to:
@good-grievance (who wrote the poem that went with my art in the zine! my personal favorite of theirs is Solemates, but they write an incredibly wide range of AUs. Just go see.)
@silverutahraptor (Thanks (I still hate you) - the funniest bitey-est sassiest Izuna. Definitely check out all of their Izuna writings)
@denialcity (For Adoration Grow, read in tumblr on BROWSER so that the chronological ordering works properly; this one has moments so memorable I HAD to draw some of them)
@writhingbeneathyou (Footprints in the Snow - difficult to choose ONE from WBY's work. Go see the rest.)
@hashiramashonkers (can't seem to shut my eyes - another case of I can't possibly pick. just click, read, and click again and read more)
@domoz (So It Grows is in very recent memory from a gift exchange and I adore it very much)
@silver-studios (Gravity of Tempered Grace, incredible time travel fix-it, go read it immediately if you haven't already)
Consider this a starting point? Check out their other stuff, too. Feed them comments along the way!
My piece for the super cute Hashiizu Flower Zine!!!
Huge thanks to @denialcity for captaining this fantastic ship zine! Everyone's contributions are incredible. Go check them all out and download the zine for free HERE.
The colours are so pretty WBY really knocked it out of the park with the lighting <3 as always you're an absolute joy to work with, thank u for playing 🥺❤
remember the good olde days with those little print-at-home staple-bind zines? if you wanna experience the nostalgia in these trying times may I interest you in the hashiizu flower minizine I extorted from my amazingly talented friends: @beemosketches @silverutahraptor @craneace @writhingbeneathyou @good-grievance @maphel-n-doodles @codedredalert
This very cool and cute little minizine could be yours for the very affordable price of FREE / printing it at home.
🌺 get the digital version
🌺 get the A6 print version + 🌺 the sticker sheet
(Print instructions for zine: use A4 paper, recommended 90 gsm for laser/120 gsm for inkjet. Actual size, narrow margin, flip on long edge. After printing, cut pages in half and assemble. Staple the spine. Trim the edges.) (Print sticker sheet on sticker paper, actual size (1/4 of A4). Insert sticker sheet insert/ cut the stickers.)
We had a great time with this and hope you do too.
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I liked the soul mate story I wondered how Takami would react if kawarama knew that he was his soul mate (in an alternate universe of soul mates where soul mates are romantic) and this kawarama didn't care and looked for a partner elsewhere.
(Handing over to Para to reply to this one, since we're pretty sure this is about the scene here)
Thank you! I have so many emotions about dt3 so I'm really glad people are enjoying them!
(I do feel obligated to clarify that in the scene there, soulmates are sort of like being drift compatible; they aren't always romantic, but they can be, and TakaKawa will be... eventually. A really, really distant eventually.)
In an AU where soulmates were always and only romantic... Taka is still going to lie, first. He's still the Uchiha clan heir and Kawa is still an enemy, and Takami cares deeply for the Uchiha clan. He won't let this get in the way of the war effort and endanger any Uchiha. So he pretends he doesn't have a soulmate.
(Cut for length)
Then Hako and Madara genuinely don't have a soulmate, because they're both aro. Izuna lies for basically the same reasons as Takami. Kunimi might also not have one, or (having had his soulmate ceremony in private because no one wants him activating his sharingan in the compound) might actually tell his father about Itama, and then Tajima decides to lie and pretend Kunimi's soulmate is dead/doesn't exist for, again, roughly the same reasons as Takami and Izuna decided to lie about theirs.
So basically everyone things the Uchiha main family is cursed at this point.
Over on the Senju side, I haven't decided exactly how they identify soulmates, but we'll assume their method is roughly similar to the Uchiha method in both timing and reliability, so Kawarama can't just denial his way out of dealing with the situation.
Which he would want to, because Kawarama is extremely upset at this development. He really, sincerely loathes the Uchiha, so an Uchiha soulmate feels like betrayal. He's furious, he's hurt, he doesn't understand how this could have happened at all and especially not why it had to happen to him.
(He probably does know that Itama has an Uchiha soulmate, but he doesn't know how to cope with that either, so he ignores it.)
Which feeds very nicely into Kawarama declaring that he doesn't care, he doesn't want and he won't have a relationship with an Uchiha, so there! It's already his goal to kill every Uchiha, having a dead soulmate is basically the same as not having one, way better than an Uchiha soulmate!
...aaaand then a year later peace happens. So now Kawarama can't kill Uchiha anymore.
Probably this becomes A Fight during negotiations. Taka is secretly an incredible romantic and also pretty lonely, and he's also a shameless asshole. So he'd try to get some sort of 'Kawarama comes to live with the Uchiha' clause included in the peace agreement. Now that a relationship is possible, he wants to at least figure out what it would be, what's special about Kawarama, etc.
Kawarama would, uh, not take that well. Taka gets insulted to his face. Taka insults right Kawarama back (and so does Hako). Hopefully someone interrupts the argument before it turns into a fight. (Kawarama's turned on and he's Mad about it.)
Possibly they end up with a deal where they trade Izuna and Itama, so Izuna gets sent to live with the Senju and Itama goes to live with the Uchiha, thus giving both TobiIzu and ItaKuni a head start.
TakaKawa's relationship continues to get worse. Taka refuses to take rejection lying down, but everything he does about it will be highhanded at a minimum, and Kawa would have been mad about even reasonable attempts to date him. Instead Kawa is trying to date and Taka is threatening all his dates away and/or setting their houses on fire.
Honestly they're probably kind of a problem, like, politically. This is all going to be very public; the head of one clan and the other clan head's brother extremely publicly hating each other is not... good, for convincing anyone that their alliance will last. Because even Taka doesn't like Kawa; he's just angry and possessive.
(They probably have "sparred" aka used training as an excuse to beat each other up and gotten horny about it. Probably frequently. But that's just another thing to resent each other for.)
So I think eventually Hashirama sends Kawa away, because Taka sure can't leave and these two need to be separated. It's not an exile situation or anything, it's more of a multi-year-long mission, maybe an assignment to the daimyo's guards in the capital, something like that.
But it gives Kawa time to cool off. He probably does have relationships, because feeling forced into the relationship with Taka was one of the things making him hate it, and actually getting to have other relationships without Taka being relevant will go a long way to let him work through that. Maybe after a year or two an Uchiha (not Taka, and probably not any of the main family; maybe Hikaku, or some other OC Uchiha) gets sent to join him.
So by the time Kawa goes back to Konoha he's at least tolerant of the existence of Uchiha, even if kind of reluctantly. He still doesn't want a relationship with Taka but he does remember Taka being offensively sexy, so he's probably cautiously open to sleeping together as long as Taka isn't too pushy for more.
Meanwhile Taka is... well, as close as he gets to icy. Which is not very close, to be honest. But he tried to pull a "you can't quit, I fire you!" and it turned out that Kawa very much could quit. Kawa walked away and Taka did everything he could and still wasn't able to stop him.
This might be the first time Taka has actually been unable to make something happen that he wanted? He's definitely run into things that weren't worth it, but he's the uncontested warlord-dictator of one of the most powerful clans on the continent, and he has multiple absurdly overpowered brothers, plus Hako who's codependently loyal to him and a master of politics. Taka usually gets his way, and when he doesn't it's because he weighed the costs against the benefits and backed down on his own. He's not familiar with losing, and he really doesn't like it.
So Taka probably spends a while giving Kawa the cold shoulder, because fine, if Kawa is going to be that way, he didn't want Kawa either!
But Taka is ultimately the biggest romantic here, so eventually he's going to decide that if his options are a tiny bit of Kawa or no Kawa, he will (tragically) take the little bit he's allowed. So they start a very slow, very rocky relationship (which is mostly just sex at first, but will grow from there).
And since he's learned the very firm lesson that if he gets too pushy he will lose Kawa entirely, Taka will... well, still be pushy sometimes because it's not in Taka's nature not to be, but it will be limited to things like "I already got you the gift now TAKE IT" and not, say, "you live in my house now." So Kawa has the space to feel like he's not trapped in the relationship, and that lets him feel safe enough for it to actually develop into a full relationship over time.
A LONG time. This is definitely a much longer and rockier road than they take even in ELAU and that took most of a decade. But they get there eventually.
Kawa might continue to have another partner (other than Hako, who is a package deal with Taka so doesn't count), especially earlier in the relationship. Most likely he'd eventually end up choosing just Taka (and Hako) though; once he actually likes Taka not many people can compare.
Also I wrote the whole scene in one shot so you get all of it
ELAU:
The secure cells used to be underground, dug deep underground into solid stone, then lined in layers of wood, metal, and stone, all covered in seals that the Uzumaki had designed generations ago. There are still two of those, but the other six have been lifted up on wooden stilts, forty feet above the ground, and covered in chakra-repelling seals. If anyone ever manages to get through the walls, they’ll be extremely visible, and have a difficult time avoiding a fall. Most of the time, though, the majority of cells are empty.
Itama climbs the ladder to the only cell the guards are watching, and hauls himself up to the narrow edge surrounding the cell. There are minimal handholds to help edge his way around to the opposite side, and the door—the only part that responds to chakra instead of resisting it—opens under his hand.
“I’m going to kill you,” the Uchiha hisses from inside.
Itama bites his lip to keep from laughing again. “I see you’re awake now,” he says instead as he steps inside and closes the door.
“Fuck you!”
Less than two feet inside the door is a wall, which blocks any prisoner’s sight so they can’t see that they’re not outside. Itama stands facing it until his eyes adjust to the dim light, then slides sideways into the room.
The Uchiha has been stripped of everything he was wearing, and redressed in green and cream. Itama would blame Kawarama for the color choice, but really any Senju—except Hashirama—could be responsible. Both of his ankles are chained to the wall, but the chains are long enough for him to comfortably reach about half of the room. He has his back to a corner; whether it’s defensive or if he was just examining it in hope of an escape Itama can’t tell. His mouth is twisted in a scowl.
The seals on these cells aren’t pleasant, but they’re useful. Itama brushes a hand over the wall and doesn’t react outwardly as the seals rush in, and he can feel how the Uchiha has yanked on the chains since waking up. Multiple times, not all together, and stronger than most civilians but not strong enough to be a shinobi. The seals can’t record sound precisely enough for Itama to know exactly what the Uchiha said while alone, but it was mostly short and sharp, often loud. Often at the same time as he yanked on the chains. Cursing, Itama thinks, not that he expected any less.
The sensations cut off when his hand loses contact with the wall, and Itama sits against the opposite wall from the Uchiha, his legs folded so he can’t attack quickly. “Has my brother spoken with you yet?”
“Fuck you,” the Uchiha snaps again. “Fuck off and die!”
Itama bites the inside of his lip again. The seals would have told him if Hashirama had been here, but he’s only visited once, with Kawarama, just after the flurry of several shinobi going in and out, when they brought the Uchiha in. “Well I think he’s still busy, so I’ll assume not. You should know that you aren’t in danger here.”
The Uchiha scoffs. “A pack of Senju hunt down an Uchiha, and I’m supposed to believe you aren’t going to kill me? Did you forget to poison me before lying?”
“If we wanted to kill you, I would have done it before you started running. Or I would have let you do it.”
“So you’re going to dissect me first,” he says flatly. The first hint of hesitation enters his voice when he adds, “Or—steal my bloodline.”
Tobirama and Kawarama were both disappointed about not getting to dissect him, for… mostly the same reasons, in almost opposite proportions. Tobirama surely will be in here with every diagnostic jutsu he knows trying to study the Uchiha anyway, and probably heal any old injuries he can find as an excuse to explore further.
Regardless, Itama says, “Neither of those. You’re a hostage. We’re hoping to negotiate with the Uchiha to end the war.”
“Oh.” The Uchiha studies Itama. “Well you’re wasting your time. The clan head hates me, so you should just kill me now.”
That could be a problem, if the Uchiha isn’t just a good liar. Tobirama has been able to sense this Uchiha living alone outside the compound, and the main family visiting frequently, and this plan was built on the assumption that they would all be too attached to this Uchiha to risk his life by refusing to negotiate. The clan head, Takami, visits the least, but they had assumed that was because his duties kept him busy.
But there’s no way to know until the letter is sent, and an answer received. Or not. “Is that enough to stop him from doing his duty to protect his own clan?”
“It’s my job to protect myself.”
“Is it? I thought you were a civilian.”
That earns Itama the most ferocious scowl yet. “I’m still an Uchiha!”
“The Uchiha don’t protect the civilians in your clan?”
“It’s none of your business!”
It’s not likely to be important information, nor is Itama likely to get an answer now, so he hums and lets it go. “May I ask your name?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
“Ah. Thank you, we’ll let your clan know that Uchiha Go-fuck-yourself is here.”
The Uchiha doesn’t laugh, but his face twists through an array of bewilderment, annoyance, and suspicion before he says, “That’s an awful joke.”
“I can only work with the material I have.”
The Uchiha sneers. “And I’m your material?”
“The conversation is,” Itama says. “Will you tell me your name?”
The Uchiha sneers at him silently this time.
Itama gives the silence a few seconds before moving on. “I am Senju Itama. Do you know of me?”
The Uchiha watches him silently for several seconds before nodding.
“Then I won’t repeat what you know. Anija will come here to speak to you later; nii-san and Kawarama might as well.”
“To torture me?”
“You’re a hostage,” Itama repeats. “We don’t torture hostages.”
The look the Uchiha gives him screams I don’t believe you.
But there’s no sign of worry or fear, so he probably doesn’t actually expect to be tortured, so Itama lets it go. “I’d still like to know your name.”
“Are you just going to keep asking that?” the Uchiha demands.
“I might.”
Itama does. He lets the topic drift for a few sentences, then asks again, and again, and again. By the time the guard arrives with onigiri, Itama still hasn’t gotten an answer.
He’ll try again another time. He waits until the Uchiha gives in and starts eating, then leaves.
When Itama reaches the ground, Mito is waiting. “Onee-sama.”
“Itama.” Mito smiles. “You were meeting Kawarama next, I heard?”
Itama nods.
“Let me walk with you,” she says.
Mito also asks how Itama is doing on the walk to the training ground, but she’s easier to reassure than any of Itama’s brothers are. Or possibly she’s better at hiding it; Itama doesn’t know her as well as he wants to yet. Regardless, once Itama has assured her that he’s perfectly fine and will only need to eat a bit extra to make up the energy healing requires, she leaves him at the training ground with Kawarama and Sumire.
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IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL BEEMO EVERYONE LOOK IT'S SO GOOD my heart goes doki you make me wanna reread the beginning beemooooooo <3 TTATT the way Izn is so smug and the way Tbrm is so grim and determined like mission accepted absolute perfection chefs kiss <3
