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Genuinely: shout out to behindthename.com. There for me when my brain never is.

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Zoya, Genya, Nina, Alina in that order. You’ll see.

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I commissioned the amazingly wonderful @imsofrancey to do a lil piece from my HP!SKK fic and it came out soooooo beautiful! You can read it here!

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Why I Think Momo is Kickass and You should too

So with the emergence of the anime becoming more and more popular, of course the fan base is growing and growing, I would even say to heights like seen in Fairy Tail, Naruto, etc.

 However, with the series getting more popular, you are stuck with more….negative opinions about the characters that in my mind are sometimes just not necessary.

 Now, this blog is normally Ochako and Kacchako and I intend to mostly keep it that way but lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of negative posts towards Momo and frankly, I’m heavily displeased by this, especially since she’s one of the most well portrayed girls in the series and it’s really heartbreaking on my end to see posts that essentially dismiss her for more shallow reasons that don’t need to be here.

 I mean to start this off, are we going to simply forget that she came into UA on a recommendation and was a student that made even All Might shook when asked why Iida was the winner of the exercise

or how, even though the class didn’t know her, she was still voted to be Assistant Class President? 

 or how she was able to act calm and rational during the USJ villain fight?

 or how she still managed to get the top grade in the midterm exams and didn’t get it to her head but actually acted BENEVOTELY and helped her classmates who asked her for help?

or how it was HER plan that got Todoroki and her to win the exam that they were fighting in?

 But ya know, because of her BODY, we’re going to ignore that right? We’re going to ignore how amazing and how smart she is simply because of her body.  

I won’t lie guys, I’ve heard people complaining about her quirk and even saying how bad her quirk is designed when it’s like??? It actually makes a lot of sense why it’s like that since she does create large objects like shields, spears, A FREAKING CANON, like it makes sense for her to need to use fat call throughout her body to be able to achieve that look.

Which brings me to talk about her costume. Oh boy, this is the one that when I first entered the fandom, no one really said anything but now that the series is more popular, everyone has become experts on body proportions and quirk designs and apparently fashion design since her costume isn’t good enough for her.

I mean look at the costume design that Horikoshi put in for her and how he planned that all out for her

At some point, yes I understand, Horikoshi is a pervert, sometimes his intentions aren’t the best, I get that. But consider this, even though he had the ability to make Ochako’s and Tsuyu’s costumes completely perverted, he chose against that. He had the perfect opportunity to indulge in that yet he didn’t. What I love about Horikoshi is that he thinks about the practicality of the quirks and designs the costumes based on that as well taking into consideration the character’s personality and what they would want.

 So guys, at some point, reality check moment: Momo is comfortable with her body enough to wear a costume that she deemed necessary for the usage of her quirk. And she chose that design for that outfit and has not said a word about this entire series. She even had an opportunity to create it to be more closed and she chose not to. MOMO CHOSE HER OUTFIT AND VIEWS IT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER HERO WORK.

 In this moment too, I would like to share what even Midnight said during Episode 34 at the very beginning.

So another reality check: The only people who are saying it’s sexual are the people who are sexualizing her to begin with. Instead of viewing it as more of a practical thing that is designed for her quirk (which involves utilizing her fat cells and creating stuff through her skin), people begin to view as sexual and are condemning her for having a revealing costume. Which, to me personally, I find ironic since tumblr is filled with campaigns of free the nipple and the stopping of sexualization of breasts and female anatomy, yet look what’s happening here. People are taking her costume and saying she’s being sexualized for choosing a design that would give her optimal openness to use her quirk.

 I mean look at how she used it in the Aizawa fight

 Having that navel cavity helped her out immensely during this fight and she was able to create the alloy material in a much faster way with having access to areas where most of her fat is stored.

Which, I also heard people commenting on how Momo’s body doesn’t make sense and how skinny she is in comparison to her boobs (which I’ve seen that in real life, it’s not uncommon), but if you see in this spread

She actually isn’t the skinniest person in the world. Keep in mind that while she does use her fat cells to make stuff, she does also consume A LOT OF FOOD TOO to keep up with the level of activity too so she does get chubby sometimes so it’s a wrong assumption to think she has this INCRDIBLY PERFECT BODY WITH NO FAT when she does! Which only makes it only more natural and real!

Honestly, her entire arc in the beginning of the manga (or at least up into this exam point) has been so powerful, so realistic, and so amazingly well done.

I mean to consider, very similarly to Bakugou, while we haven’t gotten much of her backstory, given how she behaved in Season 1, we can have a somewhat assumption that she came from a great home and was well praised for her quirk. Obviously, her quirk isn’t one with a talent, she had to work immensely for it, but she must have been placed into situations where she was elevated and praised for how powerful her quirk is (like she was put in situations where she was able to be able to use her quirk to the fullest and not have much backfired).

Even Aizawa says this during their fight

Which does imply this isn’t a constant state she’s always been in, it’s one that has been gained since the sports festival (hence why the arguments that she should be shouldn’t be self confident are wrong). 

Yet, with coming to UA and being in a hero course, after participating in the festival, well she starts to crumble and kind of doubt her abilities against the others

 Like it starts off with her not getting a high ranking on the race

 Then she mentioned the issue with the cavalry battle later on but definitely the heavy hitter for Momo was her fight with Tokoyami where she was left in shambles since she wasn’t able to make much on an impact on the fight itself (which this was amplified more in the anime than the manga itself).

Thus really bringing down her confidence. And now a lot of people screamed about how misogynist her hero training was and how demeaning it was which leads to 2 issues that some people forget about.

 1.     That there are multiple sides to being a hero. It’s not always the cookie cutter “fight villains, rescue people, rinse and repeat”. Even famous people in our society, even though their job is to act/sing/etc, they still go out and do publicity work and that’s what they do. It’s a part of being well known and using your abilities outside of the field you are in.

2.     This was all part of Momo developing. This was just another way to bring Momo down a couple more notches. It’s a bit cruel and hard but this was a way for Horikoshi to get her  out of her mindset and be exposed to something where her confidence could be lowered. Guaranteed if she was put into an actual hero training internship, she wouldn’t have been lowered as much as she did.

 Which could lead the argument that it wasn’t necessary to have any of that stuff happen to her but consider, would she have gotten in this state if she didn’t have those things happen and accumulate?

And would she have gotten her confidence back from Todoroki/Aizawa and execute an amazing plan without that encouragement from those moments?

Probably not.

 Ok this post is beginning to get way to long so I’m going to stop here before I go on and on and on about Momo. As much as Ochako is my best girl and I will forever sacrifice myself to her, even I have to admit Momo is utterly amazing and I only talked about what happened in the first 65 chapters. I didn’t even brush on how amazing she was during the invasion of the villains or how she managed to be a huge help in the rescue of Bakugou or even how kickass she was during the license exam (which she helped my princess Ochako and that pleased me so much). Momo is just more than the simple sexual object people are complaining her to be as, she’s an incredibly smart and amazing woman and Horikoshi put so much thought into her, more than what any of us could ever imagine. I am truly excited to see more of what she can do in the future and I hope she gains more fans since she truly deserves it.

 TLDR; MOMO IS AMAZING, SEND HER LOVE YALL

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Day 1: Best book(s) I’ve read in 2017

There is no such thing as one favorite book. So I improvised by presenting my top 5 books in 2017:

(in no particular order)

1. The Book Thief

Given that this war book was written in modern day, it’s (surprisingly)( truthfully emotional. I remember crying my eyes out at the end and spending the next few days just laying around getting over it.

This is one of the book that I read in 3 different format: the first part in English paperback, the next in Vietnamese paperback, then finally finish by kindle, English again.

I love that this book doesn’t go out of its way to try to be philosophical and giving lesson and stuff. It was a pleasant read, though not an easy one.

Full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1878747687

2. The Godfather:

This is no doubt one of the smartest, most ambitious book I’ve read. Mario Puzo was a great storyteller, and this classic showed depth while at the same time much thrilling. And whoever knows me would know my soft spot for crime stories - they just fascinate me and there is this exhilaration reading them.

I always want to re-read this masterpiece, but haven’t pulled enough courage to yet - it’s a pretty massive book. But probably soon - after I finish my uncountable TBR pile.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1897865756

3. The Perks of Being A Wallflower

This is one of the book that left me with a mess. My review is still pretty much undone for it, as I can’t seem to write one that do it justice, and every time I think of it, all different feelings just tangle together.

I think after this book, many authors also wrote about the troubled youth and the mess of growing up and mental health. However, The Perks of Being A Wallflower would always remain the best, the most relatable, the most thoughtful one to me.

There is a kind of sadness that’s worse than being able to cry out loud - it is the one that you felt so heavy, but can’t cry. This is the book that would leave you with such sadness.

Read the mess of a review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1881515879

4. Call Me by Your Name

Tbh, I’m still not over this book. I would still, occasionally, pick the book up, stroke its beautiful blue cover, open it to a random page, read a paragraph, then proceed to sigh very loudly. Besides crime stories, I (not so) secretly enjoy melancholy in books a bit too much than I probably should, and this book is the perfect kind of melancholy I want. It has these little intimacies that only someone as observant, as sensitive as Elio could feel. The Italy summer only adds up to the feeling.

Also, watch the movie. It’s aesthetically perfect, great acting (Timothée was amazing as Elio), though I would still stand by the opinion that the book was better. Thank the lord for “Mystery of Love” though. 

(me reading CMBYN)

As I said in my review: “this book touched the deepest thoughts within your soul, thoughts that you don’t even realize you had, or feelings you never knew how to put into words”. 

Full version here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2159448386

5. Wonder:

It is such. a. simple. book! And it’s so good, so heartwarming, so positive yet so emotional. Everyone should read this book! Every character is very human, very real, very worth cheering and crying for.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2203654529

And there you have it! My top 5 books of 2017.

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Almost 200 Followers!

Gosh you guys, I can’t believe! This blog has almost reached 200 followers! I’m so amazed by all the support we are receiving for this zine and it only pushes us mods to continue working harder and harder to make sure this zine is as good as it can possibly be while helping others! I hope you continue to stick around and support us and just spread the word around so we can get more people into this zine! 

Currently, we have a basic plan set up for the zine, us mods just need to come together on agreement with everything before we open up the applications and provide a synopsis for you all! Hopefully within the next couple days we can get that to you! In the meantime, stay tuned for everything that’s going to be happening, we are so excited and I can’t wait to share the applications and schedules with you guys. In the meantime, if you have any questions for us, please ask away in the ask box! We’ll be happy to answer anything and everything in our power to do so! :) 

Once again, thank you all for the amazing support you’ve given us so far! I wish you all could see how huge my smile is right now! Thank you!

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@machidielontheway replied to your post: i’ve never written an academic essay in my life...

!! 18 :D 

age 18 was aaaaall about final fantasy vi. specifically edgar figaro/locke cole. i actually have two (2!!!) fics that i wrote back then that won prizes in a fanfiction contest, and i recieved for them Real Money, but they weren’t slash, so i’m posting the goddamn slash. special shoutout to my girl @skillethelm whom i met thru ed/locke thanks roxana for making ff6 years some of the most fun i’ve ever had <3

"Were you waiting long?"

"Nah," Locke lied, "I just got here a few minutes ago." He glanced down at the cover of the book with an unhappy look on his face and tossed it none-too-gently towards Edgar's bookshelf. It missed, and remained laying closed on the floor. Locke sighed. "I'm not picking it up."

"You don't have to. I do have maids, you know." Edgar chuckled, now, at Locke's rolling his eyes. Locke thought his maids were silly, too. "So what did you come by for, anyway? Not politics, is it?"

"Oh, so now I need a reason to come see you?" Locke teased. "Maybe I came by just to make out."

Edgar grinned. "Not that I have any objections, my dear thief - "

"Treasure hunter."

" - right, right - but I must say...you seem rather troubled," Edgar finished softly. Locke didn't look at him. "Locke."

Dark eyes finally found Edgar's and Locke sighed, laughing a little at himself. "I dunno. I guess I was hoping you'd tell me for sure there was no such thing as magic and I was being a dumbass for even wondering."

"What?"

"It's kind of like reading ghost stories right before you go to bed," Locke said. "It's stupid and only makes you worry over nothing and you shouldn't do it."

Edgar's eyes widened at the implications of this. "You're going to Vector?"

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I have to make Kanej a slow burn… this is why I always wrote them post-canon, I want the fluff, and the discovering each other’s traumas and habits, but…the slow burn is the most important thing in an au/retelling. So I have to be brave and drag it out so far. Especially because if they’re not until season “four” or “five” I’ll have to actually write enough to get there lmao.