Lucy

Sage advice: If you see something you don't like, be mature and just move on. It's not worth your time or theirs. Focus on the things that make you happy whenever you can, especially these days. // Lucy/Lucilla, Age 18+, She/her. Terminally addicted to Ranfuku. Also @lucillalou .

[lucylouz]

Here's another one. This time it's fukuran :D

[lucylouz]

Minor correction as I didn't have enough time to clean up the original before the submissions deadline

[lucylouz]

Tried to do a more thoughtful melancholy theme with this one. I was kind of inspired by a shot of Atsushi sitting in front of a window in the S1 outro

[lucylouz]

Here's another one. This time it's fukuran :D

[lucylouz]

I'm still getting used to posting art online so .-.

Here's Wolfrun (from Smile Pretty Cure). I love him :3:3

[fukuranzine]

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[fukuranzine]

Here we are with our second question for you all! Reblog this with your thoughts and lets continue spreading the love!

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For our third question, let us know in the reblogs when you started shipping these two!

[fukuranzine]

With only four days left before the IC closes, let's ask our fourth question! Share your responses in the Reblogs!

[fukuranzine]

Interest Check closes in 2 days, so let's address our final question! Reblog with your response and thank you all so much for participating!

- Mod Vivi 💙

[lucylouz]

I like to think that Ranpo fell first because he saw how much Fukuzawa cares about him, platonically or otherwise, and how kind he really is, and became obsessed with who Fukuzawa is as a person (and maybe saw the potential relationship coming before Fukuzawa realized that he loves Ranpo, too.)

[fukuranzine]

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[fukuranzine]

Here we are with our second question for you all! Reblog this with your thoughts and lets continue spreading the love!

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For our third question, let us know in the reblogs when you started shipping these two!

[fukuranzine]

With only four days left before the IC closes, let's ask our fourth question! Share your responses in the Reblogs!

[lucylouz]

Shit, that's kinda tough bc I don't have a specific favorite, I really like all of them XD So far, I have a sort-of soulmates but next level AU I've been working on for them, a cafe AU I want to make an animatic for, a different anime/isekai AU… those are the one i can think of that i frequently think/write about really, all AUs and tropes are good if it's Fukuran/Ranfuku.

But soulmates is practically canon and I'm not taking criticism on that. they are perfect for each other, Asagiri told me so, he called me to tell me that i swear

[fukuranzine]

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[fukuranzine]

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[fukuranzine]

For our third question, let us know in the reblogs when you started shipping these two!

[lucylouz]

almost exactly 6 months ago I was browsing Ao3 bored out of my mind at 12AM and then I read a Ranfuku fic out of curiosity and then I almost didn't sleep or eat for like the next 2 nights obsessing over Ranfuku and feeling absolutely divine and since then we've been history <3

My eyes were opened to the beauty of the ship and I genuinely enjoy BSD as a whole more now that I know I'm allowed to have my own opinions about the characters and their dynamics, yknow, how a story is meant to be enjoyed, and that there are people out there who would accept and agree with me for it

[fukuranzine]

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[fukuranzine]

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[lucylouz]

I can't choose between them because they're both such interesting characters, especially since they work so well together, but I think I relate to Ranpo more because he's someone who keeps fighting all the rules and expectations people tried to force him to follow because he sees how pointless/flawed all of it is and doesn't get the point, and struggles to understand people and has been treated poorly by them as a result (and latched on to/refuses to let the first person who truly understood him go), so I tend to root for him more than almost anyone else. On the other hand, Fukuzawa is so important to Ranpo and I completely understand why, he's so nice and soft and profound and a comforting presence and an adorable middle-aged man with cute interests, wow what a refined gentleman he is (he deserves to get his bussy destroyed), (Ranpo deserves to destroy that bussy 100% of the time,) and they're both so lovable and they love each other and… :,( i just love them both. i love them together

[fukuranzine]

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[lucylouz]

It's so hard to pick but I really like Cannibalism arc, Ranpo doing everything he can to save Fukuzawa, and then after all of that ditching his punishment for going against orders and coming back to tell the president that they Shouldn't Take That Case, Actually and having an argument with him about it (I really like that scene, it shows that they're still different people with different priorities but that they understand each other so well that they work with that in mind),

and I LOVE Ranpo rescuing Fukuzawa in season 5 (and besides screaming in relief and delight when I first watched that scene and saw them both okay, having worried about Ranpo being MIA for so long, and being amazed at the way he fucking CARRIED, and also his live speech, I can't get over that speech, Ranpo being competent is one of my many favorites about the show- I also just love the fact that he's the one who ended up on the rooftop with Fukuzawa, saving and freeing him and just being with him after all that stress where nothing was okay, and fukuzawa smiled in the manga, and they were just- together and it's a sign that things are going to start going well because nothing has ever stopped them when they worked together, their relationship is fucking magical)

and Ranpo expressing to Fukuchi his loyalty and devotion to Fukuzawa, it just drives all of that home and it's beautiful I also really like that Wan comic with nobody getting why Ranpo's so excited about a prize he won, except Fukuzawa, who says he must've been really lucky, and it brings all the excitement back in Ranpo's eyes and it shows how well they understand eachother deep down. Fukuzawa's actually somewhat of a romantic/sentimental person and Ranpo is, too, in a way (I'm not sure whether that description is most accurate but I don't really know how else to describe it…)

I'm sure there's many other ones but I can't think of them right now, at least the ones I've seen

[lucylouz]

So… uh… I'm sorry for promising to post and then disappearing for like 4 months….

Yeah I don't know how to apologise for that. Things just kinda spiralled out of control in my life and it didn't help that I don't have any experience in fandom or participating in challenges and that I didn't know how to deal with my sudden inability to post so I kind of freaked out and vanished. (I am not used to posting online, so that's kind of why...)

I'm not going to go into what happened to derail my plans to post because then I'd start complaining about my private life and I'm not trying to gain pity here lol - I'm just trying to explain what happened, I guess, and I am genuinely sad that I didn't post everything when I said I would, mostly because I don't want my incompetence caused by said lack of experience to come across as me not caring, because I really do respect and care about this ship and the people who make content/challenges for it. I don't really expect anyone to like my art and hope for more but I do regret that I publically promised something and then didn't come through. I suppose the good part in it is that I've come out of it wiser and more careful so I'll do my absolute best not to make promises I can't keep anymore, because my personal life will inevitably get in the way and I don't know if I'll be able to manage my schedule properly when it does yet. The main problem was mostly how I didn't leave myself enough time to finish the drawings or take my secret goddamn perfectionism into account ('settling' for posting my unprofessional, silly sketches was in retrospect not smart because of this, even though it felt the most natural at the time). I'd keep going back and 'fixing' everything until it was all I was doing which took away what little time I gave myself to post and I stopped wanting to post anything at all because of it. I genuinely enjoyed being creative and drawing for the February. It kept me going and feeling actually really happy throughout the month despite the personal shit going on, all I could think about is what fun scenario I could come up with for Ranfuku next. It's more fun than I've ever had.

Once I came to terms with the fact that I was too late for anything (regardless of actual Fukuran Feb guidelines, the stress I put on myself was entirely my fault ._., I'm kinda… like that) I carefully thought about it and decided that it'd be for the absolute best if I took a break and focused on myself and self-improvement so I can make sure it never happens again, because I desperately want to be active and actually post my art and participate for a ship that means so much to me even though my life and anxiety are fighting me on that.

I hope I can learn and grow to become the Ranfuku-obsessed crazy I dream to be.

So!! I've been doing!! anatomy practice!! and expressions!! and, only mildly unrelated, I bought the first 4 novels (I've read 'Dazai's entrance exam' only once so far and it's already been helping me understand how the world of BSD and the ADA works even clearer than the anime (though that might be subjective), and also helped me understand Kunikida as a character so much better, among other things that will all ultimately help me write Ranfuku better so it is kinda related) so I can get a better grasp on the characters' personalities and such, because I like to take a piece of media, study it to death and then go nuts with it :D I've also got rewatching BSD to analyze all the characters' moments and interactions in-depth on my agenda, as well as improving my art and fic-writing skills. I've been writing and drawing 95% Ranfuku non-stop in my free time and still have a bunch of ideas I want to write yet, I am insane about this ship gdi and I'll spread my brainworms online if it's the last thing I do. It just might, uh… take some time q-q because I'm still not where I want to be and it's a tough fight to work through that perfectionism and find the right balance between making my content as good as possible and letting myself be less than impossibly perfect. I can't promise anything right now, A Lot is going on in my life rn and all my plans/the things I'm currently working on out of my devotion to BSD are only half of it I hope I'm not and haven't let anyone down (because i did promise to a few people that i'd be posting and i'd most of all direct this apology to them), having said and done all of that. I am in some way aware that I might be taking all of this too seriously, fandom is fandom and everyone has to deal with the fact that life's a bitch sometimes and we're all only human in the end, but I still want to do better. Fukuran/Ranfuku has been inspiring me to do my best - so that's all I can try to do. I want to bring the sort of joy I felt when I discovered it to other people. I want to inspire someone else the way I've been burning with inspiration and positive energy for the past half a year. It's a beautiful feeling and I want to express my gratitude to everyone who led me to it. I hope I can live up to that wish.

[lucylouz]

My (extremely late) Fukuran February submissions - Day 1

(Man I must be a nightmare for @fukuranweek because I'm posting everything I've got for Fukuran February the entire month late qwq I am so sorry. things didn't exactly go to plan. can I still tag it as Fukuran February? ._.,,,)

So, Day 1 - I did Magic AU because I felt that it would be the easiest to start with ((and boy was i wrong lmao)) (the other days were easier for me though, thankfully). I couldn't settle on anything except the basic idea so here's 3 different things I did for it. I'm still not 100% happy with them but oh well.

I did all of my Fukuran February art traditionally (though I do have two digital ones that I might post, depending on how much I hate them vs the traditional ones at the moment of posting). My sketches are very messy in general. This one's a compilation of ideas I got while thinking about the prompts, presented as little comics and scenes. I do try to clean my drawings up in the other Days. Oh and they were all scanned.

It's all cat Ranpo

(might've edited the images a bit to move the panels around so the panel order makes a little more sense)

(so I mention bakeneko Ranpo in two of these - that was before I saw the Mythical Creatures AU prompt lol. but i mean... he is magic... yeah this won't be the first time I question if I understood the prompt ._.)

And Fukuzawa's just some normal cat-loving dude he latches onto

I love the thought of Master Natsume and Cat!Ranpo having a dynamic. might dwell on that more

My later sketches, I think, get a little better because I felt like I was actively improving throughout the month, drawing almost every day, and the same goes for how I 'write' fukuran in the sketches, but eh idk. I've never shared my art with anyone

Should I be rambling about my ideas/thoughts related to the art in these posts? idk if that's annoying. :/ I'm going to keep doing that

Oh and maybe I shouldn't spam post all the drawings, maybe I should put them all in one post but I don't know if I'm supposed to- apologies in advance for the spam ig

[lucylouz]

Might update my profile picture to this.

It me. ((lol))

The artstyle was based a bit off BSD's Wan artstyle. Not unhappy with how it turned out but it's probably not the best thing I've ever drawn :/ What's done is done though. I'm posting it. For the icebreaker. For the ADRENALINE. hehehehehehe

Is ~6 hours a normal amount of time for this thing?

eh probably not, I'm just lazy like that :3c

[enby-mori]

[lucylouz]

I think about this edit five times a day

[lucylouz]

Ok I've never done this before so question

I want to participate in the FukuRan February prompt challenge thing (I've never posted art online before so I'd be super excited for that even if my art turns out to be kinda-eh/bad or something) but I'm not 100% sure how things work around here because I lack experience with interacting with a fandom (or just posting in general), even after reading the rules. Do I just post whatever I draw for the prompts on each day for a month straight here, freedom to post late aside? Because that's what I'm getting and what I want to do if I can

And I just tag and @ them on all the works I post ('pinging' on Tumblr means @-ing someone, right?) Can I participate like a year after they posted the prompt calendar thing? Was it implied to be a 2024-specific thing? Should I not tag them, then? Nor put the fukuranweek tag in my posts? (In which case sorry for this post lol I can delete it if you want but I would like some answers please.) I wanna post anyway, it's just the details that escape me.

Oh and I think traditional art is allowed but jic, I'm asking if there's any expectations or standards when it comes to the art's quality or format, again, I've never done an art/fandom challenge before

I tried to look up the answers for some of these questions but it's still unclear to me, that's why I'm asking like this.

Should... should I just be asking them directly instead of posting in the tag and hoping someone who follows it sees it and tells me? I'm so lost on the etiquette -_-,,

[saltyinternetflower]

I have a simple question. Why is a ship "immoral" if there's an age gap between the characters?

All anime ships are fictional, so why is "your ship" better than "my ship?"

I started watching Bungou Stray Dogs without any context, and as a neutral viewer, Oda and Dazai makes sense to me.

In Dead Apple, the scrip literally says "Was it someone you were in love with?"

I know Dazai x Chuuya is the more prevalent ship, and while I enjoy their banters immensely, that soulful feeling I only find in Odazai.

Oda basically changed Dazai's life! Odasaku as a character had so much heart and compassion, I immediately liked him. Everyone craves Dazai's validation, but the only one whose validation Dazai ever seeks is Odasaku.

So it would be good if people can stop saying "When char A was 5 then char B was 10" and let everyone blissfully enjoy their preferences.

Ffs if Dazai is old enough to sit in a bar and drink alcohol, he's old enough to fall in love.

Don't hurt others with your venomous agenda, is all I say.

[flaresanimedump]

PSA for ship fanweek makers:

Many people (but writers especially) struggle with vague prompts. A color, an object, or a vibe often aren't enough to inspire an entire cohesive plotline. Because every ship fanweek I've wanted to join for the past few months has fallen into the vibe prompt trap, I figured I'd write up some tips to make prompt lists that are a little more approachable:

Include AUs. "Omegaverse" "royalty AU" "soulmates" - these simple prompts come with a dozen details that each writer will perceive differently. What year is the royalty AU set in? What kind of royalty are they? Are they both royals, or just one? Answering these immediate questions can get you to a story.

Include quotes. This can be risky because not all quotes are created equal and finding really inspiring ones can be tough, but short dialogue lines are usually my go-tos on prompt lists that otherwise only have vibe prompts. (Tip: Don't just pick things that sound cool, pick quotes that truly suit the ship.)

Include scenarios. "Under the desk" "stuck in an airport" "in a diner at 2am" "hands-on sex ed" - these summon up visions of full scenes that can become short fics in a couple of hours.

Just include kinks. You can't say "male lactation" to a writer without them instantly wondering why the fuck there's a guy lactating. Most people have an attached answer they don't even realize they can separate from it ("He had a baby!" "Quirk accident!"). Instant plot, just add water. This goes for a lot of NSFW prompts.

That's really all there is to it. Your fandom's writers will thank you if you sprinkle in some prompts with a little more meat to them. Also, I promise I'm not totally pulling this out of my ass - I ran a tiny poll after one of my own fanweeks and these were the results:

(To be clear, this isn't a "stop using vibe prompts" post, it's a "consider adding another prompt that isn't just vibes to your existing lists" post.)

[lucylouz]

God you're so right as always flare-san

The physical pain I felt every time I'd try to look for prompts and be greeted by thousands of vibe prompts i could think up fuck all with

Like, sure, sometimes they work but most of the time I just give up looking for prompts instead of finding motivation to draw anything

[rafeandonlyrafe]

well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.

[lucylouz]

Don't know what's going on over there in America but :( yeah :(

safe and appreciative place for people, so long as they're not the bad, cruel kind