Negitoro Will Never Die

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[idrewacow]

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Made ko-fi so I can take commissions and accept tips so that I can fund my dream of writing! :) There are big projects on the horizon but unfortunately they take up a lot of time to even make. Hoping this might help!

No tags because the selfish plug feels weird enough.

[sarcasticgaypotato]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Vocaloid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hatsune Miku/Megurine Luka Characters: Megurine Luka, Hatsune Miku, Gumi (Vocaloid), Lily (Vocaloid) Additional Tags: mermaid au, Octopus Mermaid!Luka, Human!Miku, Fluff, First Meetings, Rating May Change, Mentions of Drowning, Miku is 19-20 in Chapter 1, Mild Language, Implied Sexual Content Summary:

Despite coming from different worlds, something draws these two together, like magnets. Miku is let in on a secret that no other human has lived to keep, but not everyone is so trusting in Luka’s odd choice of companion. Messing around with a human is dangerous enough, but falling in love with her? That’s a different story.

New Any Depths chapter! I’ve had the idea for this one in the drafts for months, but since I’m getting an art commission for a scene in chapter 3 soon, that inspired me to get off my ass and finish chapter 4.

[sarcasticgaypotato]

"Probably a bonded pair"

I started drawing this before @idrewacow posted the absolute delight that is Panthera: What If, but I am happy to say it ended up pretty close to canon.

This fic is so much fun, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Further musings below the cut.

The idea for a scene I had in my head when I sketched this was that at some point, the two of them might come across news that people knew they were missing, and Luka's parents were part of the search effort. Maybe they briefly appeared on TV, or a statement from them was read on the news. Luka takes a bittersweet sort of comfort in this, knowing that her family loves her and are looking for her (even if she fears they would never find her, not knowing what to look for).

When Miku seems a little put out in the aftermath, Luka assumes it's because there was no direct reference of her own family, and tries to offer some sense of I'm sure they're looking for you, only to be met with a solemn refusal. No, they aren't.

Maybe on the surface they're cuddling for warmth, but there's a little something more to it after that. Even if there's no one looking, even if the whole world gave up on us, you have me.

I don't know if that concept would fit within the timeline of What If, what with when they started cuddling for warmth vs when the truth about them got out and people knew to look for cats, but! The important part is that they did snuggle many times so this art is still applicable >:3c

Luka is so big and warm and fluffy. Yes, some of her bigness is just fluff, but also look at her paw vs Miku's. I believe in size difference yuri, even in cat form.

[idrewacow]

Aren't they cute?! This art is just precious! I can't believe my silly little cat fic and the AU of the silly cat fic both get so much art!

As for the musings, damn I might just go back and make a little edit. It just fits so well, but we'll see if I have the time. Consider it all practically canon though.

[idrewacow]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I wrote a thing

[sarcasticgaypotato]

So do y'all come up with AUs for a fic that isn't even yours or are you normal,

Needed to draw my design for @idrewacow's Panthera!Luka again, then I got struck with a vision for gay cats.

Design notes and AU concept rambling under the cut.

I reread the end of Panthera a little while back, and in the epilogue, Miku makes reference to wondering if things had been different if she hadn't let Luka go the night she got taken by Gakupo, which got me thinking. Miku was still around trying to fix the power when everything went down. What if she heard something odd and decided to investigate? What if she saw Luka and Gakupo in the hallway and got a bad feeling? She was so close; what if?

So, what if she showed up just after Luka got transformed? Gakupo manages to subdue her too because hey, no witnesses (none that can talk, anyway) but her and Luka both escape the facility together instead of Luka doing it alone.

I feel like a lot of the AU would be the two of them trying to survive together on the street. I can't imagine either would be able to hunt, so it's a lot of scrounging. Miku finding a half-eaten fish in a dumpster to share with Luka is pretty much flirting, right?

Gakupo's "you were supposed to be expensive!" to Luka sends me into hysterics to this day, so for maximum irony, someone he looks down on (Miku) had to be more rare. She's a blue point coloration, short-furred, and a bit smaller than Luka physically with some very distinct features. All in all, a very pretty cat.

Luka left outside and uncared for looks like a dirty, matted stray tabby that most people wouldn't think twice about assuming is feral. Miku? Miku looks like somebody's pet.

I couldn't sneak as many references into her design as I did with Luka's stripes while still being quasi-realistic, but there's a couple colors picked from her original box art, and the split fur at the tip of her tail is supposed to vaguely resemble a leek.

Both her and Luka have long hair so I did consider giving Miku long fur as well, but I wanted the contrast, so I represented her twintails with her bigass ears instead. I think Miku gets cold on chilly nights because of her much shorter fur, so the two of them cuddle for warmth because Luka is Big and Fluffy.

[idrewacow]

Holy shit, I sort of want to write this, now...

[idrewacow]

Holy shit, I sort of did something...

[sarcasticgaypotato]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Vocaloid Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hatsune Miku/Megurine Luka Characters: Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka Additional Tags: Secret Relationship, Inspired by Art, Drabble, Light Angst, they’re idols in this Summary:

In a split second away from prying eyes, two lovers indulge in a moment of tenderness.

A drabble I wrote for Luka’s birthday! Inspired by this painting.

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Made ko-fi so I can take commissions and accept tips so that I can fund my dream of writing! :) There are big projects on the horizon but unfortunately they take up a lot of time to even make. Hoping this might help!

No tags because the selfish plug feels weird enough.

[sarcasticgaypotato]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Vocaloid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hatsune Miku & Meiko, Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka Characters: Hatsune Miku, Meiko (Vocaloid), Megurine Luka Additional Tags: Mentioned Kaito (Vocaloid), Mentioned Kagamine Rin, Mentioned Kagamine Len, Pregnancy, undertagged on purpose, Other: See Story Notes, Mild Language, All characters are in their 20s-30s

Summary: “You only get one shot (…) Other young people get to go through life messy. Do dumb shit, make a fool of themselves, then dust themselves off and move on. It’s a part of being human. We don’t get that.” In which one secret holds up others. When one domino falls, the rest will follow.

Would you believe this is my 20,000th post?

I’ve been pecking at this fic on and off for a little bit, so here it is. You might remember seeing a snippet of the beginning posted on here previously, but it kind of spun out of control at a certain point and kept me from finishing it quickly. I can only imagine it will get very little traffic on account of my undertagging (intentional), but I was trying to replicate more of a ff.net vibe, with the reader not going in knowing exactly what they’re getting. It’s an experiment, in more ways than one.

[lesbianeo]

While in this world I'd rather take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me ~ 🎶

My CEO AU Luka Megurine

[sarcasticgaypotato]

So do y'all come up with AUs for a fic that isn't even yours or are you normal,

Needed to draw my design for @idrewacow's Panthera!Luka again, then I got struck with a vision for gay cats.

Design notes and AU concept rambling under the cut.

I reread the end of Panthera a little while back, and in the epilogue, Miku makes reference to wondering if things had been different if she hadn't let Luka go the night she got taken by Gakupo, which got me thinking. Miku was still around trying to fix the power when everything went down. What if she heard something odd and decided to investigate? What if she saw Luka and Gakupo in the hallway and got a bad feeling? She was so close; what if?

So, what if she showed up just after Luka got transformed? Gakupo manages to subdue her too because hey, no witnesses (none that can talk, anyway) but her and Luka both escape the facility together instead of Luka doing it alone.

I feel like a lot of the AU would be the two of them trying to survive together on the street. I can't imagine either would be able to hunt, so it's a lot of scrounging. Miku finding a half-eaten fish in a dumpster to share with Luka is pretty much flirting, right?

Gakupo's "you were supposed to be expensive!" to Luka sends me into hysterics to this day, so for maximum irony, someone he looks down on (Miku) had to be more rare. She's a blue point coloration, short-furred, and a bit smaller than Luka physically with some very distinct features. All in all, a very pretty cat.

Luka left outside and uncared for looks like a dirty, matted stray tabby that most people wouldn't think twice about assuming is feral. Miku? Miku looks like somebody's pet.

I couldn't sneak as many references into her design as I did with Luka's stripes while still being quasi-realistic, but there's a couple colors picked from her original box art, and the split fur at the tip of her tail is supposed to vaguely resemble a leek.

Both her and Luka have long hair so I did consider giving Miku long fur as well, but I wanted the contrast, so I represented her twintails with her bigass ears instead. I think Miku gets cold on chilly nights because of her much shorter fur, so the two of them cuddle for warmth because Luka is Big and Fluffy.

[idrewacow]

Holy shit, I sort of want to write this, now...

[idrewacow]

weird questions but I have to ask! How do you come up with new plots each time for your fanfiction? It’s something I look up to a lot

also is writing negitoro the goal or do you have writing dreams elsewhere too? I finally finished panthera and loved it soosos much.

from a negitoro fan!

Not a weird question! New plots are a little bit of a mixed bag. I try to let myself get inspired by a variety of things, and Panthera was literally just the classic trope mixed with my own musings of how my cats witness my life, with their rather limited perspectives.

But I like to get inspired by prompts, conversations I have and overhear, and most importantly, at least for me, music! Music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it really gets the daydreaming going. That doesn't mean every idea is good or worth seeing to the end: for every fifty I have, I write maybe ten, and finish then publish only one of those. Sometimes, you just gotta keep writing to see what sticks!

As for negitoro? It's always been my comfort fandom. But I'm writing more OC now which is why I haven't been writing negitoro lately, though I do think I'll always come back, it's just a matter of when. I do aspire, more and more, to publish, but I gotta get over my fear of being perceived first. Publishing online is one thing but a book is so involved. One day, I hope!

I'm glad you liked Panthera so much! Thank you for the kind words!

[renfrozapp]

あおぎり

[rinbee]

miku x luka

[sleep-deprived-luka]

Well, if your drawing requests are still open, and if I may be so bold...? I'll request something with our dear Panthera!Luka. Cute or serious, there's a plethora of good scenes to draw from, I couldn't choose if I tried.

My bad for taking all eternity, but here are several doodles of her and Miku

[sarcasticgaypotato]

@idrewacow you gotta see this

THIS IS SO GOOD??? The way I immediately recognized every one of these scenes, that's exactly how I imagined them when reading, are you in my brain OP??

And then the greyscale + blue versions to represent what Luka was seeing the whole time, and how it emphasizes Luka's eyes + Miku and their bond with each other??? Peak, 10000/10

[idrewacow]

The way this made my day, my entire week when I first saw this. Kept coming back to it only to realize now I still haven't reblogged.

Thank you so much for the request and the fanant, holy shit. To think this latest project of mine has so much fanart now. Crazy. I'm beyond grateful.

And the art itself? Perfection. Every scene exactly rendered as intended. Instantly recognizable. I'm in awe. Fantastic work op!

[sarcasticgaypotato]

I understand the numerous benefits to an in-depth tagging system like Ao3, and don't get me wrong, I love being able to specifically search for what I'm looking for.

However, there is something to the wild west of ff.net's very minimal tagging system. You had the barest idea of what you were getting into, and that's assuming the author even gave an AN.

Anyway that's how I started reading Panthera, saw the author's note about body dysphoria, and just kind of blindly went "oh, trans Luka or something?" until I got hit by 'she gets turned into a cat' like a semi truck.

[idrewacow]

Dang you got me rambling. Detailed thoughts on tagging vs no tagging under the cut because for me it's such an interesting topic of debate.

Oh man this is such an interesting problem for me as well, because I also can't decide which team I ultimately land on. I just get it either way, and I guess it depends entirely on how you approach reading and ultimately why you might want to read in any given moment.

ff.net is like picking up a book at the library, which people have done for centuries. Look at it, maybe you know the author, maybe you like the blurb, maybe your friend told you about it. You read it, and maybe you're surprised! I mean, you likely will, it's a new book, but if it's a pleasant or unpleasant surprise is anyone's guess, ultimately. And if you don't like it, you shut the book, put it down, and walk away.

AO3 is the ultimate curated experience. You can find exactly what you want and you can avoid exactly what you hate. It's unlike any reading experience from ever before: you'll get your favorite story dumped right into your lap most likely, with tags showing it might as well have been designed for you. You'll probably like it! Statistically you're bound to. And all those things you hate are left to the side. But what about the element of surprise? You know it's a slow burn, you know someone might die, you know pretty much exactly how it's going to go before you even find it, because it's exactly what you were looking for the whole time.

(Obviously there's nuance to both: some authors on ff.net issue some warnings. Some authors on AO3 undertag or overtag. This is a generalization.)

Neither of these is bad but as someone who publishes online it's such a gamble, and part of me likes...both. Either, depending. I don't want to spoil the story, I don't want to show my hand, but I also want to make sure people are happy when they find my works, and I want them to be able to find my works in the first place! There's no way to have the best of both worlds unfortunately, not that I can think of. Maybe a switch on AO3 to hide the more specific tags (or just...don't read them), showing only major warnings, rating, and the summary? I don't know. Because as you said, sometimes you might find your favorite fic not because you sought it out explicitly with the tags, but by a pleasant surprise! That unassuming book you never heard of could be your favorite one ever! And that's amazing! Then again, enjoying a read only to get that unpleasant plot twist?

I like both. I can't agree on either side. Part of me does suspect that the tagging might have made readers a little soft, and I don't mean that in an unkind way: I just think it's an important life skill to be able to cope with reads you don't necessarily like, characters and decisions you disagree with, story developments that are unpleasant, either by being able to digest it, analyzing it, or just by having the strength to walk away.

Ultimately, I guess it depends on why you're reading: do you want to have fun, guaranteed, on your tailor-made experience? Or do you want to be taken for a ride who-knows-where? That, ultimately, decides which one might be better for the given reader, or at a given time. If I'm hankering for something specific, I'll definitely sift through those tags like nothing else. But sometimes I just find something with a long word count, and fling myself off the deep end. Gotta have a little bit of both at least, I think.

[sarcasticgaypotato]

More Panthera fanart for @idrewacow! Seriously, this fic might just be my favorite Vocaloid fic of all time. I've wanted to draw specific scenes from it for awhile (and this is just a handful of all the countless moments I'd love to see illustrated), so here's my attempt to take a stab at it.

I love the sad smart cat so much, and this fic gives me such joy whenever I reread it.

[idrewacow]

First of all, I'm actually in awe, seeing these scenes, and specifically my silly little vision of Luka, being brought to life like this. Like actually, holy shit, this is so good. The expression in the eyes, the pose, the everything, it's surreal. Thank you so much this is the best thing ever.

And if you, random reader passerby of the internet, are a struggling creator and you see this? Let this be your sign and write, draw, make the damn thing and share the damn thing. Because Panthera was a project I had loved making and then totally fell out of touch with because it had rotted in development hell for too long. I posted it just on a whim, I almost didn't share it at all. I thought nothing would come of it, just wanted to get it out of the way. And now this?! I'm actually stunned. So let this be your sign and reminder that if you make something earnestly and with love, it will find its audience who will resonate with that! Someone out there has to connect with it and they'll be looking for the exact thing you made until they find it! Go and have fun, make the damn thing, feed the internet crows and some day you'll find shiny things on your doorstep. It might take ten years, but it'll happen! Go and make stuff! Have fun indulgently! People will join you!

@sarcasticgaypotato thank you for rekindling my happiness for writing. This is carrying so much weight, I have no words.

Also the blep is canon now. :)

[lesbianeo]

do you mayhaps have some miku/luka smut where miku bottoms 👀👀

I feel @idrewacow and @sarcasticgaypotato may help you better on that regard, because I didn't react fanfictions, I DO write the smut with bottom Miku for RPing, but it's a different thing so, you KNOW

[idrewacow]

Wow, a shout-out!

There's been a bit of negitoro smut written over the years, and yep, most of it is on good old fanfiction dot net. It's harder to sift through but authors like Gray Voice might have what you're looking for. If you're feeling extra spicy look out for Christopher-san's stuff. Gotta mention Can't Catch Rabbit too! Great writers. Azuria Tayutama also has some things from the good old days...

If you're looking for something a little longer then On&On is THE classic from back in the day, but if and only if you don't mind the fact that it'll never be finished.

However, no real guarantee that Miku bottoms in any given story or scene: there's a lot of it out there but it'll take some searching. @sarcasticgaypotato 's slip of the tongue (already in the reblog chain but I'm boosting it too) is the best new stuff out there.

I've sadly never written smut for negitoro (...yet?) but that might change! I'm between huge projects right now but someday I shall return.