#zi blabs

[azroazizah]

the amount of people still believing and spreading this shit in 2020 is honestly perplexing

it’s okay to dislike a ship folks, but making things up to cancel it is not

[azroazizah]

Man, sometimes my favorite characters be like

Soul Evans: Do you even need to ask? I'll follow you to the ends of the earth.

Son Hak: Think of me as a tool. Use me so that you can live. That's what I'm here for.

Yu Junghyeok: Tell me, you fool. If I continue to regress, will I ever be able to meet you again?

Like............... just say 'I love you' like a normal human you bastards

[azroazizah]

Ok citizen, listen here

Maka Albarn in oversized hoodies, Patty Thompson in jumper pants, Liz Thompson in stilettos, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa in suits, Kim Diehl in a tutu, and Jacqueline Dupré with firearm holsters

Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[azroazizah]

HEADCANON TIME!

This is the real reason why Spirit despises Soul so much. Not because he’s a boy, but because Soul slapped him with his greatest mistake right on his face when Soul declared Maka would stay with him after she’d been neglected by her parents. That was Spirit’s most painful wake-up call.

This happened around a week after Kamiko packed her things and left the house. Spirit was so heartbroken and angry that he drowned himself in alcohol and other women’s arms, unintentionally forgetting about Maka completely. He didn’t even know Maka left the house to Soul’s place.

After seeing his meister breaking to pieces trying hopelessly to bridge her parents back, Soul finally put his foot down.

From that point on, Spirit’s harassment to Soul doubled, because he begrudgingly knew that Soul was right, and Soul did look after Maka better than he ever did. Both of them know the deeper reason of their hostile interactions, but neither of them spoke about it.

[azroazizah]

ayy so I’m gonna rant a little bc yes, I’m absolutely petty over this kind of thing, especially if it includes my OTP™ 

so I heard someone just called me and another fellow soma artist a ‘pedophile’ for ‘sexualizing’ SoMa, apparently, and I just want to sort this out.

Firstly, I don’t enjoy making them sucking faces as 13 yo. I ship them, yes, hardcore. But even in canonverse, I headcanon them hooking up at least when they’re 17-18. I feel uncomfortable seeing them in suggestive situations in their 13 yo appearances.

As you can see above, I mostly make it platonic when I draw them as babs.

Most, if not all, of the intimate poses I’ve drawn them in is with them aged-up. In fact, look at my AUs:

Gangsta. AU : Soul 22, Maka 20 (Soul 17 and Maka 15 the first time they met)

Fullmetal Alchemist AU : Soul 24, Maka 23

Perspective series : Soul 11-25, Maka 10-24 (which is about the evolution of their relationship in canonverse) additionally, my hc of their ages when Spartoi was established is 16 and 15, respectively. And they’re 17 and 16 by the time Kid ascended as Death.

Faerie AU : Soul 23-25, Maka 500+

Gokusen AU : Soul 17, Maka 26 (yes, this addresses the age-gap thing specifically)

Deaf pianist!Soul aka Reverb 2020 : Soul 20, Maka 20

Royal AU 1 : Soul 20, Maka 19

Royal AU 2 : Soul 18, Maka 17

Adult SoMa redesign : Soul 24, Maka 23 (including the adult Black Blood dress)

ATLA AU 1 : Soul 19, Maka 17

Goblin AU : Soul 2000+, Maka 17-27

you see, I don’t like to write/draw them in romantic/sexual relationship as children. That’s why the majority of my art is when they’re older.

Secondly, the statement that Soul and Maka is ‘minor ship’. Yes. They were minors. But news flash: Growth is A Thing. They don’t stay 13 forever. There’s a freaking timeskip for a reason, gosh. It’s just that Soul Eater ended before we could witness their late teenage phases.

‘Aging up’ is not pedophilia or sexualization, last time I checked. It comes with nature when you write a story.

And it’s common even with original creators of other franchises. Harry Potter was 11 in the first novel. Naruto was 12 when he started his story. Ed Elric was 14-16 the majority of his series. But when the author wanted to give them serious relationship? They did it when they were older. They aged them up.

Or is it because we’re not The Author? Would it be better if I draw SoMa sucking faces as tiny lil smooshy babies or in sexualized poses like what Ohkubo did with little Crona’s butt? nah, thanks, I’ll pass

If you’re gonna call SoMa a creepy ship bc they’re minors, then I have bad news for you buddy: like 85% of shounen/shoujo main characters are minors. By saying they’re pedo ship, you actually just called out over half of the entire fandom bc like 75% of existing ships involves the kids.

And the majority of other fandoms too, by the way. That reason is not exclusively applied to SoMa.

Which is, why the ‘aging up’ came to play. Why do you think so many SoMa authors write them in their 20s? It’s just generally healthier and worked out better that way.

Also important: people shipping something doesn’t actually mean they want their ship to bone 24/7 y’know.

Thirdly, me ‘sexualizing SoMa’. Please tell me just which part of my art includes sexualization. Because I don’t think I’ve ever post something even nsfw-ish here. Like, ever. Not even in writing. If I had indeed done it intentionally, I apologize.

Jokes, kissing, yes, but sexualization, good god, no. I’ve said it many times: I both love and hate the actual manga bc there’s parts of gross sexualization in it and I thank Bones forever for taking them out.

Lastly, for the ‘pedophilia’ accusation, I suggest for the person in question to check the actual meaning of the term. because I don’t fancy imagining myself in as much as a suggestive situation with brats, thank you very much. Accusing people of pedophilia is a serious thing. Don’t blabber those words easily.

There’s a reason why I prefer seinen series and why my absolute favorite character of all time is Sakata Gintoki.

If there’s someone who find my previous arts of SoMa ‘sexualizing’, I must advice to check yourself on just why you came to think that way when you see two fictional characters who, apparently, you claimed as ‘minors’, in casual romantic gestures. Especially if the artist gave no indication of their situation being sexual. I have to ask you who is the one being creepy around here.

I don’t think the person in question is gonna read all of this, but in conclusion, just say outright that you hate SoMa as a ship rather than being roundabout with stupid reasons and go out of your way to annoy artists who doesn’t even intend to sexualize them.

PS: if there’s someone who has problems with my art, I prefer them to say it directly to my face instead of harassing my friend about it.

[azroazizah]

I have two OTP dynamics and they're either

[stares at each other tenderly] "You're my everything"

or

[pointing at each other with utter disgust] "Bastard"

and there's no in between

[azroazizah]

don't mind me I'll just spit out nonsense

uhh so

Maka is bi

Soul is demi—or Makasexual lol

Kid is aroace

Pat is pan

Liz is bi

Star is aroace

Tsu is pan, might be poly too

Kilik is a straight ally

Harv is kinda aro

Ox is cishet, that kinda annoying one who needs to be punched at least once to shut up lol

Kim is bi

Jackie is lesbian

idk those were kinda vibes I felt from them after reading the manga

[azroazizah]

tfw when u see this and

did I draw too much soma