Hidden Mysteries

[coyoteralyn]

Soma Cruz

(experimenting with style)

[coyoteralyn]

“I am Rose Belmont! And I will hunt the night!"

[missmyloko]

June 2nd: 2026: Two big surprises from across the gokagai! Umekano (梅叶乃) of Umeno (梅乃) in Kamishichiken is celebrating her misedashi while a familiar face is making her return under a new name in Miyagawa Cho! Momone (百音) has debuted directly under the kenban, but you may recognize her better as former geiko Koume (小梅) of Kaden (花傳)! After a 6½ year hiatus she is back to join her fellow geimaiko of the Miyagawa Cho kagai. Umekano is the first debut for Kamishichiken this year and joins the giant grouping of seven maiko for the small district! While Momone didn't have a formal misedashi and just started working again, Umekano did and wore a black kuromontsuki with cypress fans and a golden shippō and karabana obi ^^ おめでとうさんどす百音さんと梅叶乃ちゃん ^o^! Images are courtesy of The Miyagawa Cho Kabukai and Yuko Umeno.

[missmyloko]

May 30th, 2026: Double the delight in Gion Kobu! Asuha (明日葉) of Tama (多麻) and Hisano (寿乃) of Fukushima (福嶋) are celebrating their erikae! Both girls have worked so hard to get to this point and it's great to see them finally wearing their katsura! Both are also a first: Asuha is the first (and only) imōto of Eriha (恵里葉), also of Tama, to have her erikae while Hisano is the first (and only) imōto of Fumino (章乃), also of Fukushima, to have her erikae as well! Hisano, unfortunately, will be the only imōto of Fumino's to have her erikae as Fumino retired last year. Asuha is wearing the same outfit that her okasan Tamakazu wore for her erikae, which is pine, waves, and genjikō with a golden crane obi while Hisano is wearing a pine, waves, and haze outfit with a golden paper butterfly obi ^^ おめでとうさんどす明日葉さんと寿乃さん ^o^! Images are courtesy of Kyo Ajiwa.

[convallariakeiskei]

doodles

[theotherhayley]

Elisabeth 2018

[alucarddaily]

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse bosses + arcana art 🦇

[aliorumnas]

I'm unwell... Them...

[scienceninjaturtle]

[tatteredseraphim]

Ooooh, that’s interesting. Sypha’s cloak in her locket portrait really resembles her design in Castlevania on Netflix.

[missmyloko]

May 27th, 2026: A double surprise on a rainy day! Hanae (はな恵) of Tsurui (つる居) in Gion Kobu is celebrating her misedashi while her onesan Erika (恵里佳), also of Tsurui, celebrates her erikae! Like with Sayaka before her, Tsurui had no active geiko, so Erika took over onesan duties the same day she had her erikae! Tsurui likes dressing their girls in kuromontsuki with waves for misedashi and erikae, and this day was no different (although very appropriate!); they symbolize change and new beginnings, which is perfect for such a celebration. Erika's outfit features cranes over waves with a golden obi of shippō and karabana while Hanae's outfit features waves, shōchikubai, and kai awase and a golden shippō and karabana obi ^^ おめでとうさんどす恵里佳さんとはな恵ちゃん ^o^! Image courtesy of 1020Kiddo.

[alucarddaily]

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will officially release on October 15 2026 (welcome to the family Rose Belmont 🌹❤️)

[kalesbug]

Trying to find something to motivate myself and I found this little line from Van Gogh

[gatesofminrathous]

there will never be anything as funny as the mutual disbelief between long form and short form fic writers about each other's style.

short form writers look at people writing 100k+ fics as though this is some sort of talent given as part of a fae bargain, that the commitment required shows some sort of ungodly mental fortitude.

meanwhile long form writers look at people writing 1000 word one shots like god I would cut off my left nipple to be able to say anything concisely. i would love to play with multiple ideas. free me from the shackles of this child I have birthed. i love them but I now must take them to t-ball and doctor's appointments and they're going to destroy everything I own.

[ao3commentoftheday]

[dalals]

Byzantine mosaics found on the ceiling of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy.

[nigelgraz]

Delicate

[lost-in-the-land-of-stories]

Stream Announcement: Elisabeth 2007 (Mura Performance)

We resume the Elisabeth streams!! Yukigumi's 2007 Elisabeth starring Mizu Natsuki as der Tod and Shirahane Yuri as Elisabeth performance is next! At special request, for this one I'm streaming both the mura and tokyo senshuraku performances!

This is my personal favourite and I highly reccomend watching it ;)

This week is mura!

Stream 1: May 30th at 22:00 Amsterdam time! Stream 2: June 2nd at 02:00 Amsterdam time! Shoot me a dm if you would like to attend!! <3

[zukadiary]

Takarazuka roundup 2026.5.29

Statuses!

🌸 Hanagumi is performing Sougetsushou/El Deseo in Tokyo until Sunday 🌙 Tsukigumi is on break between Takarazuka and Tokyo ❄️ Yukigumi is rehearsing Poe Clan ⭐️ Hoshigumi is rehearsing Two Pieces of Silver and Hana Yori Dango II 🪐 Soragumi is performing Black Lizard/Diamond Impulse in Takarazuka

Visuals! 👀

⭐️RRR Rama ver. • 🌸Magician's Misfortunes • 🌸The Red and the Black

Taidans! 🎓

💎 Miho Keiko the queen the legend will retire with Poe Clan on Oct. 25. She debuted in 1989.

She will have post-taidan dinner shows on 11/29-30 and 12/5-6.

Hapsburgs 🗡️

Main roles for Hanagumi's Elisabeth:

Der Tod: Towaki Sea

Elisabeth: Hoshizora Misaki

Franz: Seino Asuka

Lucheni: Kiwami Shin

Rudolf: Yuuki Daiya/Kinami Raito