I will preface this by saying that this year has been interesting for me with fics. I had been writing on and off, and fairly recently I’ve gotten back into reading fics more. When I have more time, I’ll update my Digimon Reading Lists, including the one I have for Taiyama One-Shots!
I did not think that I would have much to recommend, but here we are ;) I truly, truly hope I get to read more in general, but here’s what I got for the time being.
Note: All links are for AO3 unless otherwise stated
I’d walk through fire for you, just let me adore you by SweetVeganCheese // T // 926 words
- cute fic inspired by the reboot! :)
Not Asking For A Storm by delires // M // 7.8K words
(TW: underage drinking & smoking)
This is a prequel to Bite the Lightning, which I haven’t read yet but I will for sure. Link to the Bite the Lightning series
Playing Pretend by BestWishes // E // 19K+ words (7 of 8 chapters published currently)
(TW: past rape/non-con, eating disorders)
Digimon Adventure 03 by @sakurarebin // T // 5K+ words (2 chapters in progress)
Sakura is a Taiyama writer and a big fan of the ship. Definitely recommend her other content!
Technically this fic has spanned years but this was just recently updated and well worth the wait:
A Cup of Lust, Beauty, and Affairs by Dark-Angel-XX (FFN) // M // 110K+ words (29 chapters in progress)
Also on Tumblr: Prompt fills by [reblogs to come y’all]:
@tangledupblue - here and here
@digidigi-monmon - here
They also do great headcanons and take prompt requests - check out their blogs to see which are open!
I am so sooo sorry to hear you are having a tough time roght now. I am sending you warm thoughts, and in the meantime, I was wondering if you would share your thoughts on the Digimon reboot? What have you enjoyed? Do you have any criticisms? How do you think the story will progress? ☺☺
Thank you!! <3 <3
I’ll drop my long, over-analytical and rambling thoughts under the cut and properly tag after I post, but I’ll add now that this post contains spoilers for the Digimon Adventure reboot aka Digimon Adventure:[Digivice]
In addition, these are purely my thoughts and opinions so please take them with a grain of salt.
Also, feel free to send me an ask. <3
What I have enjoyed
I do have some nitpicks (see criticisms) but I have to say I am enjoying this series as a whole. Being a fan of the original series mixed with my adoration for “what if” and “AU” ideas, I’m enjoying this “fresh take on an old idea” thing.
Some things to note:
-Most of the introductory evolutions have been stunning, and the battles following them have been so hype!!
-The soundtrack!!! I really like the music, including the OP and ED.
-Really, more Digimon Adventure for us, I can’t deny that. Even if it’s meant to be a different thing it’s fun to see my favorite characters interact again!
-It’s awesome to see one of my favorite series rebooted and especially watching it within a fandom space that I as well as many others may not have had during the time the original series aired. This is my absolute favorite part about it.
Criticisms
ON EVOLUTIONS. I love Taichi/Agumon/Yamato/Gabumon to death. Their Digimon respectively were given the most incredible evolution animations I have seen yet. And I know they are the stars/favorites of the franchise. It just makes me sad sometimes when comparing those to the rest of the gang. I’ll admit that some evolution transitions have made sense, but being a Sora-biased fan there were a few of Biyomon/Piyomon to Birdramon evolutions that made me go, “alright, really?” XD She got shafted
Less of a nitpick and more a plea - How long are they going to hold out on letting us see Takeru and Hikari?
How I think the story will progress
That was a huge cliffhanger at the end of episode 15! It gave me Cyber Sleuth vibes, mostly because I recently played a part of that game where going down the steps in the subway had some distortions between the net versus the Real World. Right now, I’m wondering if Team Taikoumi (I just made up a name) are really in the Real World which has been impacted by that ‘outage’ in a horrifying way. Or if they’re in a Digiworld/Net illusion of some sort.
I’m really curious to see how the story will progress myself! It seems like they’re drawing out the plot until we see Takeru and Hikari because of how they might play a pivotal part in the Holy Digimon lore (and I also say “drawing out” because I am lowkey getting impatient that we’re not seeing them in the series right now, lol!). I’m thinking in the next episode or two we’ll see drawbacks for the split groups before we see Leomon.
Given that we were given a glimpse of the Mega Digimon in the war (that scene gave me chills) we might see those evolutions for each Chosen Child. I’d also hope that there would be additional exposition of their special trait symbols during this time.
Also, purely based on the ED - it might be minor, but given that we see Yamato have facial expressions other than his moody ones and slight smiles, I want to believe that something will happen to make him open up more and be more expressive. Maybe that’ll play into the progression of the story, character development (and mega evolutions?!?!).
In the end, I love everything Digimon Adventure and I am happily enjoying this series as the crazed nerd that I am. <3<3
Taurus, Libra, and Ursa Major for the space asks pleaseee? ✨ I hope you are having a wonderful day!
I originally wrote this twenty minutes ago but when I was about to press ‘post’ by my computer crashed on me and I have to do it all over again.... UGG
Thank you! I hope you’re also having a wonderful day, and to everyone else who is reading this!
Taurus - What makes you feel comfortable?
Me chilling on my bed with no work while I sip hot chocolate. I’m either on my phone or drawing. These are the moments I live for!
Or petting a dog :)
Libra - If you could talk to your past self, what would you tell yourself?
I would tell myself to not have others influence what I love to do.
One example is that I use to talk to boys all the time. Whenever it was us talking about the newest video game that came out, a sports game we both watched, how we act with out siblings, or a story we’re into. And it wasn’t in a romantic way, it was just two people having a fun conversation.
But when my friends got into that phase where they tend to get romantic with crushes and fantasies, they decided that I was having a crush with every boy I talked to. It wouldn’t be a one-time thing though, they would talk about it almost every day. They would tease me saying I was head over heals over boys I only saw as friends. They pointed out how I was “Smiling so much when I talked to them!” or that “It was so cute how we were reading the same book and sharing our thoughts about it!!”
It got to the point where I tried to avoid talking to boys just to get them to stop. I wouldn’t engage in conversations I had with them, and by the end of that school year, I stopped talking with boys in my classes anymore.
This made me really upset since I’m the type of person who loves to have rants with people who share the same interests with me. And I love to look back at those memories of me and a boy complaining about some lame part of a game or arguing about which football team is better.
This isn’t the only example that I have, but it’s one of the decisions that I regret in my life. Sorry for the long rant lol
Ursa Major - If you had to pick any job to have, what job would you want?
Can I be an artist?? I know it isn’t the most stable job, but I love drawing! Maybe one day I can have it as a job, when I get a lot better of course.
Oh my goodness, I just read your Digimon pairings post for February, and was so excited because your art is wonderful! Could you pretty please draw Koushiro and Mimi from Tri? Koumi is tied in first for my OTP! Thank you! 😊
Did someone say Koumi?!?
And I apologies if the lineart seems a little wacky, my art program did not want to cooperate today. But thank you for the request!
If you want to request your own Digimon couple to be drawn ask me!
Probably 8pm. By this time, everyone has settled from having dinner and off doing their own thing. Which leaves me free to have my free time! Also by this time the sun’s gone down, and if I’m out (when I’m able to be) I’m able to see all the pretty, flashy lights of the city.
13 - memory
I have a lot of favorite memories! I will tell you a recent one. Last summer a family member was getting married in Oregon so a hotel room was booked for me and my immediate family. Things happened, and I was the only one from my immediate family that was able to go. I was sad about that, but I was also really excited because I had a hotel suite all to myself, and this was my weekend escape from desert heat hell. The weather was gorgeous. The rest of my fam who had gone on the trip were worried about me being by myself and they checked on me every hour making sure that I had a ride to the events and also that I was okay (it was sweet and also hilarious).
23 - part of being alive?
This is deep. :o I think there’s more than one answer to this one as well. I’ve been listening to music lately so I’m going with that! Being able to sing along and dance and feel the music as it plays. (I’ve never been a good dancer so let’s call it flailing instead lolll)