#tara a devlin

[secretchordstyx]

queer subtext in japanese 2chan horror stories is either “my dude friend is a buddhist priest and i have these VERY intense desires to hang out with him all the time and explore haunts and fight ghosts” or “main character has a friend/family member who has a close friendship with another member of the same sex and they hang out and fight ghosts and will die for each other and main character be like mmkay”

[secretchordstyx]

you know when you’re reading a story in first person pov, and the storyteller is eggplaining things that are Clearly Queer, but they’ve like, never even CONSIDERED that they could be queer, so the whole time they’re talking, you’re just like

[jigokuyeah]

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sukima-onna by Tara A. Devlin

If you like Japanese urban legends you seriously need to check out Tara Devlin’s work. Here’s her website where you can find her translations of scary stories from Japanese forums and profiles on modern yokai like Kuchisake Onna and Sukima Onna here as well as rituals like Hitori Kakurenbo. A lot of great stuff you might not have heard of yet. Or saw referenced in an anime or manga and wondered about. I first heard of Sukima Onna from from a manga called Hanako and the Terror of Allegory and was happy to finally learn more about her. 

[secretchordstyx]

ladies, is it gay to ask the beautiful mountain maiden who may or may not be an emissary of some dark force if she can walk you home bc ur current boyfriend is garbage and left u all alone on a mountain you have never been to before???

[secretchordstyx]

in tears rn bc of this ghost story where the ghost talks a lady out of committing suicide, and they become friends, and she keeps on living bc he can’t and im just