#characharing

[stardustizuku]

hi! i read your essay on gushing and then started reading your essay on mlb and you seem to really like magical girls so i wanted to share a very niche one i watched as a kid called Ai to Yūki no Piggu Gāru Tonde Būrin (super pig here in brazil), it's a parody and it's really hard to find but i like the story (also the male lead is in love with the alter ego.... that is a pig girl). i hope you enjoy it if you check it out owo

Oh my god Tonde Burin! I love that!

I remember watching clips of it when I was younger. That one along with Akazukin chacha were some of the magical girl anime’s I wanted to watch - but I couldn’t find the full version at the time!

I remember it being very funny and charming, tho!

I’m glad you liked my silly essays, tho. I get self conscious so I’m v happy.

[polyamanga]

hey, i don't know if you know Futago no Danjo ga Wakaranai but, it ends with an ot3 (i was curious and checked the last chapter lol it's so silly but so good)

I haven't heard of that one! It looks like it's not published in English, but I see there's a machine translation for most of the chapters. It's pretty short so it should be an easy read (assuming the translation is accurate lol). The artstyle looks very cute!

Takushi Hatsujou had played with a twin brother and sister when they were all kids, and he fell in love with the sister, culminating in his asking for her hand in marriage when they grew up, to which she agreed. However, they were torn apart for 10 years until Takushi is finally able to get his grandfather's permission to marry her. When they finally reunite, he is surprised to find they both look like girls. Although he knows one of them is cross-dressing, he can't tell which is a guy and which is a girl.

[ciaran]

5, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 20 for whump ask game

5. favorite whump fic you've ever read

well, it's hard to tell...i am currently really into underline the black by ao3 not_poignant (if you dont read their stuff rectify this immediately). i dont have a great memory though x_x

12. favorite general whump trope

isolation / loneliness / abandonment...characters feeling like they're absolutely by themselves and the crushing hurt that comes from that. i also really like overwork...the combination of overwork and loneliness is delicious

13. favorite physical whump trope

sexual exploitation or (self-inflicted) starvation.

14. favorite emotional whump trope

hmm loneliness as mentioned above but also...humiliation

18. biggest sin in whump

god. i dont like it when characters get into a relationship and all their problems are immediately solved. also just...insufficient whump? blink and you miss it whump? get that shit away from me

20. favorite whumpee/caretaker relationship

enemies and siblings! love when the caretaker is someone who dearly wants to wring the whumpee's neck and is still placed into a situation where they would rather take care of this person. something so awful happening that even in the midst of their hate they can't help wanting to take care of them. and siblings (incest flavored for preference but anything really)...the pain of watching someone you've grown up with put themselves through far too much and only getting to pick up pieces T_T