#the-rfa-squad

[dragonpigeons]

2, 10, 12 and 14 please!

2. who is your favorite character to draw?

Mr Kim and Elizabun lmao

10. are you right or left handed?

Right

12. draw one of your favorite characters in 15 seconds. 

14. what was something that you used to draw a lot that you don’t draw as much anymore? 

Dragons. I could still draw them now but I’m more interested in drawing anime hoomanz atm

[sage-nebula]

Have you tried Mob Psycho 100 yet?

No, and I can’t say there’s a good chance I will. The art style doesn’t really appeal to me. (It’s the same reason why I didn’t read or watch One Punch Man.)

[sage-nebula]

Have you heard of Hypnosis Mic? It is a 2.5D music project featuring 12 male seiyuu, each voicing a character with their own backstories. Their characters are divided into 4 teams, or divisions, with 3 members apiece, representing various parts of Japan. Those 4 teams use rap music to battle each other and expand their territories. It's nothing too intense, just a little bit of fun ^^

I haven’t heard of it, but what you’ve described sounds like my vague understanding of Vocaloid. I might check it out at some point, but I was never really into Vocaloid either, so I make no promises.

[sage-nebula]

May I ask if you'd be interested in listening to Japanese Rap music?

I’ve listened to a bit before, kind of; a band I like called ORANGE RANGE mixes rock with rap (sort of like Linkin Park, but less emo). That said, I’m more of a fan of rock in general, so when it comes to Japanese artists I tend to prefer the likes of HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, OLDCODEX, Ono Kenshou, et cetera.

[sage-nebula]

Based on my dashboard, I've noticed that you like Yugi-oh? Based on that, may I ask what your thoughts on Seto Kaiba might be?

Heh, yeah . . . the Jounouchi gifset I reblogged last night, plus the sheer amount of fanfiction I’ve written (including a 100k magnum opus), definitely do suggest that I like YGO. (The manga, at least. Only the manga.)

As far as Kaiba is concerned, I’m guessing you’re asking because you like him. With that said, I’ll avoid going into specifics and simply say that I am not a fan.

[casualpastelgay]

I ship you with Greed from FMA: Brotherhood ^^

He doesn’t really seem like my type, read his wiki page and it doesn’t seem like he has many good assets to his personality.

[sage-nebula]

Congratulations on your thesis! If it isn’t too late to ask, for the fandom question I’d like to request FMA and Mystic Messenger ^^

Thanks!! Sorry I didn’t respond when you sent this last night, but I was just way too tired, haha. I’m putting these under a cut because they got long.

FMA:B:

Favorite character:

Colonel Hot Stuff, a.k.a. Roy Mustang. ♥

Least Favorite character:

For a non-cliché answer? Gluttony. Sorry, but cannibalism is a huge squick. He grosses me out. (Cliché answers are Shou Tucker and Zolf J. Kimblee.)

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

Haha, unlike many shounen mangaka, Arakawa actually knows how to write romance well, so . . .

Roy/Riza, and that gets to be bolded because it is supreme, easily the best ship in the manga.

Ling/Lan Fan

Ed/Winry

Al/May

Izumi/Sig

Character I find most attractive:

Colonel Hot Stuff, obviously. But Riza is also super pretty.

Character I would marry:

N/A? I never really thought about it.

Character I would be best friends with:

Ed and I would get along pretty well, tbh.

A random thought:

I’m not sure a more perfect shounen series exists, tbh.

An unpopular opinion:

Though I do still hate Shou Tucker a lot, by this point I’m so desensitized to what happened to Nina that, while I still think that it’s horrifying on a logical level, it doesn’t phase me anymore and neither do the memes about it / people bringing it up randomly. I also think that using it as a meme / shock thing is really old and boring.

My canon OTP:

Roy/Riza, and listen . . . it’s canon that they love each other. Arakawa has said that the only reason why they’re not together is because they can’t be according to military law. They’re in love, it counts.

Non-canon OTP:

Ed/Ling, or Winry/Rose. I love both of these ships a lot even if I didn’t list them above.

Most badass character:

IZUMI CURTIS. Look fam, she whoops all kinds of ass despite the fact that she’s missing several important organs and often coughs up blood, like . . . she survived the Briggs winter by herself when she was young. She took down bears. You don’t fuck with Mama Izumi, you just don’t. Not if you want to live, anyway.

Pairing I am not a fan of:

Roy/Ed. Sorry, but I just see Roy as one of Ed’s (and Al’s!) many surrogate parents.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):

None? None. Arakawa is a godsend.

Favourite friendship:

TEAM MUSTANG. I love Team Mustang so muuuuch (as well as the honorary members of Hughes and Armstrong, and the children, Ed and Al). I also really love Maria and Denny’s relationship, too. They’re “brotp or otp” material, honestly.

Mystic Messenger:

Favorite character:

SAEYOUNG, LOVE OF MY LIFE. ♥

Least Favorite character:

Out of the main cast? Yoosung. Easily. I was neutral on him until Another Story, but once that came along . . . ohhhhhh boy.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

A list:

Saeyoung/MC 4 (as I write her)

Jaehee/Zen

Jumin/V

And, uh . . . pretty sure that’s it, haha.

Character I find most attractive:

Saeyoung ♥ But I will also admit that Zen and Vanderwood are quite pretty, and Jaehee is pretty when her hair is short and she’s wearing her glasses.

Character I would marry:

Saeyoung, obviously. Jaehee would be my second choice, though.

Character I would be best friends with:

Again . . . the reason why I pursued Saeyoung right off the bat was because he made me laugh and it was so much fun to play around with him. We have very similar senses of humor and a lot of the same hobbies.

A random thought:

It’s not random, but I do headcanon that Saeyoung has likely killed people while on agency jobs in the past. Not maliciously, and only ever because he had to. It was him or them, it was self-defense. But he’s done it, nonetheless. The first time was when he was only about thirteen, or fourteen, and Vanderwood (because he didn’t know what else to do, or say) gave him a cigarette after to try to calm him down. Maybe Saeyoung even asked for it, I don’t know. And Saeyoung took it, and of course nearly coughed up a lung as a result to not being used to the smoke, and after a few minutes Vanderwood says, “You know, it gets easier.”

“What?” Saeyoung said, his voice still raw (from crying? from the smoke?). “The killing, or the smoke?”

Vanderwood was quiet for a moment, then he shrugged. “Both.” 

(Saeyoung doesn’t smoke anymore after that, but there are times after when he’s still forced to kill.)

An unpopular opinion:

Zen/Jaehee is practically canon, and Cheritz needs to give us a route where we can play matchmaker for them.

My canon OTP:

There are no canon ships lol. Well, there’s one, but it’s terrible, so.

Non-canon OTP:

Zen/Jaehee, Jumin/V.

Most badass character:

SAEYOUNG, is this even a question? This man gets shot, and then manages to stay conscious for so long after that, and that’s on top of everything else he manages to accomplish, like . . . goddamn. When V says that Saeyoung has the skills to make things happen, he’s not exaggerating.

Pairing I am not a fan of:

Saeyoung/Yoosung. Both of them have to be OoC to make it work, and Yoosung is really, really not good for Saeyoung regardless.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):

Saeyoung was treated so horribly in Another Story, it’s honestly offensive.

Favourite friendship:

SAEYOUNG & VANDERWOOD. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

[sage-nebula]

It’s been a while! How have you been doing? Oh, and may I ask if you’ve seen the original 2003 FMA anime? If so, what do you think about it?

I’m doing all right. I saw Infinity War this weekend, and it was really great. Steven Universe was interesting tonight, too. And I’ve still got this one hundred page master’s thesis to finish, so that’s something.

I saw the 2003 version of FMA when it was airing back in 2003. I liked it then, but I was also thirteen then. My tastes weren’t refined like they are now, and in addition, I also didn’t have anything to compare it to. Now I do (Brotherhood), and I don’t like the ‘03 version nearly as much (and that’s putting it mildly).