Here are we again, another Saturday, another Spotlight! This time, it’s @akumu-jubokko !!! I am so sorry I am late in getting around to this. I started writing yesterday, and then realized I forgot to highlight your fics? So yeah, had to go back to redo it all.
Before I begin with this week’s spotlight, some things to note:
These Spotlight Saturdays are my way of saying thank you and giving some love to my friends and other content creators in the fandoms I’m in. SO, as long as I am physically able to, I will spotlight someone. If I haven’t gotten to you yet, chances are, I will, at some point in the future.
If you want to nominate someone for it, or want to nominate yourself (hey, give yourself some credit too!) then please go ahead and add their name to the sheet I have up here. My only request is that if the artist or fic writer does do a lot of NSFW work/writing, you note it for me.
REBLOGS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
That all said, here we go with this week’s Spotlighted Author (and artist):
So, let me start by saying that as I started doing this post yesterday, admiring Akumu-Jubokko (Laz)’s artwork, I realized something important.
I had completely and entirely forgotten their fics.
So, yes, this here folks, is another talented creator who not only draws but writes as well. And just, everything they create has caught my attention! I will readily admit that I have not read everything they have done, but I love love love their A Found Family series. My favorite fic in the series has to be Demons in the Garden but Rainfall is just superb too. I can’t get over the imagery, the way Laz is able to take ordinary words and paint scenes with sentences in such a way that you are not only drawn into the story, but find yourself avidly consuming it, blissfully sighing at the end when you’ve come to hit the kudos button or leave a comment.
I’m woefully behind on reading all of Laz’s stories. I really am. And I will readily admit that I haven’t read all of @akumu-jubokko ’s works that tend to be dark or contain trigger warnings (you have to be in the mood to read some of those), but because Laz wrote them, I know that when I finally make my over to read them, I will be just as awed.
And I really do mean this, and not just as empty praise. I’ve been reading fanfiction for half of my life now, 15 years, and I can tell when I see a talented author. I’m still reeling from how good Rainfall was, and I know I will go back and read it again and again and again, falling in love with the prose and the writing each and every time, finding new things to gush and be astounded by.
Akumu-Jubokko has a series of fiction on A03 titled Kaka-Iru Oneshots to Heal (or Break) your Heart. Please, if you’re looking for really good work to read by a talented author, take a look at those. BE MINDFUL of the warnings. My personal favorite in the series is Under the Morning Sun because I love fluff, but I bet all of them are good. (I have yet to catch up reading all of the stories, but I will soon!)
Quick note: Laz is really proud of the Chaos, Drama, and Shinobi Politics Series. So, if after reading this spotlight, you’re not sure where to start, I suggest beginning there and making your way through this talented fic writer’s work.
OH, and wait, there’s more!
I mentioned that akumu-jubokko is an artist too!!!! 🎨
I think if I sat here trying to showcase all of the artwork we’d be here all day. So, here’s a look at first their archive: just go through it at your leisure when you have time. WARNING: There are some darker art pieces so be warned of that.
Here are some pieces I want to highlight for your attention though:
Kakashi with Long Hair: Just can’t stop staring at this one.
Sage Mode Tenzo: I just can’t okay? The lines, the sharpness, the details in Tenzo’s face.
Iruka with Wings: The colors and the details on the wings are amazing!
Anbu Fighting: Just really good one that I liked and keep staring at. I know that the title I’ve given it makes it sound like a museum piece, but it’s a really good depiction of Anbu Fighting.
Laz also has some Jujutsu Kaisen artwork too such as this one.
AND….After all of that, if you’re wondering, and asking, “But what is the artwork that @akumu-jubokko is most proud of? Well, how about the Underwater series?
JUST LOOK AT THIS MASTERPIECE!
Just, I am floored by Laz’s creative skills not just in writing, but art too.
AFTER ALL OF THIS, FINALLY: I want to say THANK YOU! Akumu-Jubokko (Laz) you are such a talented person in this fandom, and I am so grateful to have stubmled upon your art and your writing. I think the one thing that I’ve learned in my Spotight series so far, is that I am constantly surrounded by amazing talent, and people who have become good friends to me, people I actively follow (and whose fics or fanart I enjoy) and people who are so kind and friendly to me too! Please, keep being, you and please continue to share your talents with us for as long as you can! I am so grateful to be one of many who get to see the fruits of your labor!
And as, usual, a gift to just finish things off, and sum up my feelings from the post. (Not the best quality, but Simon’s words are 100% true here).
