Not Really.

I'm just a student of Oriental Studies that likes to procrastinate (mostly by drawing and writing). What you will find here: Viktuuri (95%), Naruto/Sasuke, KawoShin, femslash, slice of life, and whatever else I find appealing (see my list of tags). Italian is my second language. I usually reblog in a certain sequence after sorting my drafts.

[gifflower]

RANMA 1/2 (2024) and RANMA 1/2 (1989)

[karlrincon]

Happy New Year 2024 from Korea.

Year of the 🐲🐉!

[mondwine]

Saw this tweet and thought it sounded like something that would happen to them

[calirph]

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐅𝐘𝐃𝐃 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋

numenorean blue and sky blue gown. the rings of power season one.

[pansexual-lilychen]

[snow124-art]

Quiet moment

[bigjeansss]

Days 10-11 of #SNSmonth24

“Naruto’s birthday” & “Genin days”

[karafina]

SA SU ☆ N A RU

[fluffysmartass-deactivated20131]

LOL

It’s like that in Japan too?

This is like every yaoi fan, EVER XD

[narutouzumakiarchive]

So I found this post and I was surprised because I’d thought sns fans had successfully compiled the full list of sns references in other media, and I’d never seen this image before. So obviously I started with a reverse image search to source the image but nothing came up, which of course makes sense given just how long ago this was posted. Luckily, the name “Tsuwabuki” was mentioned and it’s not one that was commonly used for manga characters. So that, along with the 2013 date of original posting, narrowed my search down a bit to Negi and Binbougami Ga.

Then, I did some key word searches [“Naruto” “Negi”] and [“Naruto” “Binbougami”] and was able to find that Binbougami actively parodied other manga, including Naruto [here]. But still I saw no mention of the page that I was looking for until I searched [“Naruto x Sasuke” “Binbougami”] and luckily I found an archived 4chan thread with the image [here] and a link in the thread to the image on imgur [here].

So from there I scrolled through gratuitous fanservice chapters for ages and was finally able to confirm the image was real and present in Chapter 47 [here]. It was a fun labor of love. It’s interesting because this page is a testament to the popularity of sns but also speaks to how significant it was when it came to shipping naming conventions. So much so, that the man who created Twin Star Exorcists was referenced the phenomenon in his manga in 2011 (that’s when the volume that chapter 47 was present in released).

[lexys]

ELROND & GALADRIEL The Rings of Power, S1.E1 - A Shadow of the Past.

[emilylorange]

For #StudyBuddies some Arondir and Elrond from Rings of Power for you ~1.25 hrs each

[zmeess]

commission for @wehavekookies, their divination wizard/witch Victoro DiTerzo, currently trying to survive in Barovia 🤭 a huge pleasure to paint this wonderful character, thank you for commissioning me and letting me go wild with the colors 💜

[alicent-florent]

ROBERT ARAMAYO as ELROND PEREDHEL in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — S2E8: Shadow and Light

[thirdity]

“It would hardly be a waste of time if sometimes even the most advanced students in the cognitive sciences were to pay a visit to their ancestors. It is frequently claimed in American philosophy departments that, in order to be a philosopher, it is not necessary to revisit the history of philosophy. It is like the claim that one can become a painter without having ever seen a single work by Raphael, or a writer without having ever read the classics. Such things are theoretically possible; but the “primitive” artist, condemned to an ignorance of the past, is always recognizable as such and rightly labeled as naïf. It is only when we consider past projects revealed as utopian or as failures that we are apprised of the dangers and possibilities for failure for our allegedly new projects. The study of the deeds of our ancestors is thus more than an antiquarian pastime, it is an immunological precaution.”

— Umberto Eco, The Search for the Perfect Language

[martanis]

"So, I think everyone's right to ship away if they want." — CHARLIE VICKERS agrees, ship and let ship! ⊹﹏𓊝﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ Interview with Eva Carducci

[galadrielslight]

Whether they're in close proximity to each other or not, their relationship is going to be a theme throughout the show.

Galadriel & Sauron ✧˖*°࿐✦ their connection ─ a gifset series 2/[...] S02E01: Elven Kings Under the Sky

[galadrielslight]

Whether they're in close proximity to each other or not, their relationship is going to be a theme throughout the show.

Galadriel & Sauron ✧˖*°࿐✦ their connection ─ a gifset series 3/[...] S02E01: Elven Kings Under the Sky