The fact that etsy now allows dropshipping while still claiming that they don't is so audacious, the site is literally worthless now. I feel so bad for the artists having to compete with floods of dropshippers and people shelling out $80 for a bjd outfit being like "it's worth it to support local artisans" when in reality they're buying an item from taobao that actually costs $15 and is sold for $25 on aliexpress and ebay. Not even joking the etsy markups are that bad. I wouldn't even hate these taobao resellers if they didn't try to scalp the prices so much and were honest about being resellers instead of making it look like they are the ones making the clothes. Not to mention all the recasts on there...
Anyway, here's some of my fav legit doll clothing shops on etsy:
RopitasKawaii: pullip, blythe, and rainbow high lolita dresses from Spain
AtelierMilabrocc: casual pullip, blythe, and barbie clothes from Poland
Yukijiro: pullip lolita dresses from Hong Kong
Cottonhoney: cute 1/3 and 1/4 bjd clothes from Thailand
HelloCoolCat: clothes and supplies for pullip and blythe from Taiwan (they also have a website that has more stuff for bjds)
Toocuteclub: printed graphic clothes for rainbow high and 1/3 bjd from USA
Ninaherisson: 1/3 bjd alt clothes from USA
Balljointedsoulmates: cute casual 1/3 bjd and minifee clothes from Austria
TiffyCuppyCake: 1/3 and 1/4 bjd sweaters/sweatshirts and hoodies from USA
MilkyWayDreamsFR: cute 1/4 bjd accessories from France
DollishSweets: cute 1/4 and 1/3 bjd clothes, accessories, and eyes from USA
PetiteBonita: cute 1/4 bjd outfits from Indonesia (includes custom measurements)
EliteDollWorld: casual smart doll clothes from USA
YumeWearShop: cute and casual 1/3, 1/4, and 50cm bjd clothes from the Netherlands
HauntCoutureAtelier: monster high, rainbow high, and barbie clothes from USA
Shout out to these artists! If anyone else has more let me know!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
It’s finally here ! The prologue for this WIP known as “Murder Intents” in my WIP folder has finally been posted after I’ve been talking about it for a while. Once again, many thanks to those who interacted with my headcanon request post and really big thanks to @obsidieneyes for chatting with me about Izana’s personality.
The inspiration for this fic, even if not clearly visible for the moment, is from this post by @killingecho (I hope you enjoy your reading).
⚠️Tags ⚠️ : Post-Tenjiku Arc ; Kanto Manji | Final Arc Spoilers ; Kakuchou POV ; Canonical Character Death ; Implied/Referenced Character Death ; Grief/Mourning ; Angst ; Angst and Hurt/Comfort ; Angst and Tragedy ; Canon Compliant ; Nostalgia ; Memories ; Healing ; Musical References ; Flashbacks ; Unresolved Emotional Tension ; Unresolved Romantic Tension ; Complicated Relationships ; Relationship Study ; Character Study ;Slow Updates
Summary
When Kakucho came to himself, painfully alive, he didn’t need anyone to tell him that he was now alone in the world.
Izana’s absence and his memory lived in the void between his ribs, alongside the fragments of a shattered dream and wishes that would forever remain unanswered.
He wondered how he was supposed to live like this.
If he could even live like this.
Or just survive.
[Nine hundred and thirty days]
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Or : A case study on Kakucho and Izana, on what has been and what could have been.
i have this very specific tr au in which ran, inui and koko are dating. and koko is a workaholic and stress himself beyond limits; he keeps on skipping meals and sleeping three hours a day so he can manage his job and college.
sometimes it gets to his head. the fear of failure, of not being good enough. he’s used to it, truth to be told. it’s something that has always being with him ever since he was a kid. but still — it hurts. not being able to breathe correctly, trembling and needing to hurt himself.
it sucks, but koko never knows when — or how — to stop. inui and ran know, tho. they play with his hair and whisper sweet nothings to bring him back, tell him to go lay down a bit. he does; and when inui hugs him from the back, kisses him on the neck and say he’s incredible, koko feels safe.
ran makes sure to cook him something light so it won’t hurt his empty stomach. he brings him the food and they share it in a comfortable silence. it’s good — it’s home.
inui and ran take care of him for as long as they can, soothing koko when it feels like is too much. it works for them. it’s slow, but it’s okay.
i think a lot about what would’ve happened if chifuyu never picked kazutora up from jail. honestly till this day i can’t really understand why he did it, but nevermind.
so kazutora would be out on his own, not knowing what to do with this freedom — he only had it when he was with baji and now baji was dead because of him. mikey said that he forgives him — but never showed up to say hi. kazutora don’t have friends — never had them, only baji but then again, baji is dead.
he is lonely and depressed. there’s his blood relatives but kazutora would rather light himself on fire and burn to death than relay on them. and on top of all that, he has no money and of fucking course no one would employ someone who’s been to jail twice due to murder.
and then i think about hanma, who’s been so lost ever since kisaki died. kisaki kept him entertained and hanma can’t stand boredom. can’t stand his own head and his own thoughts — he needs to be constantly numb, unaware of himself. distracted to the point he forgets his own misery.
when he finds out that kazutora is somewhere out there in tokyo, he remembers the valhalla times. kazutora was so different from kisaki and yet as entertaining as him. his madness, bloodlust and pure obsession — it was so tragic and appealing. so easy to manipulate and so fun to play with.
i think he would search for kazutora and i think they’d be together in this weird, toxic dynamic only they could have. projecting their dead lovers into each other, enabling their destructive habits and doing anything at all to stop thinking.
they are both cursed and broken. too pride to rot alone, so they just keep on destroying each other.
okay but picture this: senju having something formal to attend like her graduation or shit and takeomi tells her she needs to wear heels. and she definitely doesn’t know how to do it. she keeps complaining to takemichi and draken till one day draken can’t stand it anymore and says that “is not that hard”. growing up in a brothel had its advantages and knowing how to perfectly walk on heels was one of them.
so long story short, draken gives tokyo manji 2nd gen a whole class on how to properly wear high heels, and inupi helps him, of course. and yes draken is very much alive, thank you
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