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[the12thnightproject]

Master List

AO3 Link

Fanfiction.net link (same stories, different host)

If you want to listen to me gush about Ikemen Sengoku I was on the Fanfic Maverick Podcast in March 2022.

200 Followers Celebration - Completed

Masamune visits Malbork, Poland in 1460

Mitsuhide visits Maui, Hawaii

Keiji visits Times Square, New York, New York

Sasuke visits Koma-ga-take volcano in 1582

Shingen visits Ancient Greece

Yukimura visits Rome, Italy in 2020

Mitsunari visits Dublin, Ireland

Kennyo visits Paris, France, 1900

Mitsuhide visits Pataliputra, India, 300 to 600 CE

Mitsuhide visits New Orleans

Nobunaga visits Washington, DC

Nobunaga visits Vigan City, Philippines

Masamune visits the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893

Shingen visits Hoi An Ancient Town

Mitsuhide visits Prague, Czech Republic

Short & flash fiction ( includes exchanges & challenges):

Three Transformations: Elixir; Muddle; and Encounter (Loki/Alice; Mitsunari/Mai; Motonari/The Little Mermaid)

Snowglobe (Yoshimoto/reader)

Care and Feeding (Hideyoshi, Mitsunari, & Kitty)

A Chaotic Honor (Meta-fiction, crackfic, nonspecific fandoms)

Dear Kitsune/Dear Bun Lord (Mitsuhide, Kenshin, et al)

Conditions Necessary (Sasuke/OC) - written for @ashavazesa 's OC for gift exchange

Spellbound (Mitsunari & Azuchi warlords, Magical AU)

True Companion (Ieyasu)

Ikemen Literature (multi fandom, April Fools 2023)

Dear Friend - Part 1 (Singen & Kennyo)

The Root of the Problem (Mitsunari/MC)

The Rube Goldberg Escalation (Clavis)

Snow Daze (Mitsuhide)

Help Wanted (written for OC exchange event, featuring character created by @fighting-and-drawing )

Cursed Bingo Requests:

A Dramatic Pawse (Part 1) - Masamune

Silence of the Maids (Dramatic Pawse Part 2) - Hideyoshi, Nobunaga, Mitsuhide

The Kitsune Detective (Dramatic Pawse Part 3) - Mitsuhide, Masamune, Keiji, and Mitsunari

Herd it Through the Grapevine (a story in Tweets) (Keiji, Shingen, Yoshimoto)

A Simple Game (Motonari, Mitsuhide, Shingen)

What Dreams May Come (Hideyoshi & Mitsunari) Regency AU

The Challenge (Sasuke & Ieyasu)

The Bluff: A Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Mitsuhide/Mai, Masamune/Mai, Keiji/Mai)

Tables Turned (Mitsuhide and Masamune)

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Headcanons:

Sengoku Warlords Folding Laundry

Warlords Opening up MC’s Refrigerator (after she’s not been home for three months).

The Kasugayama Warlords as a 1980s Sitcom Credit Sequence

If Warlords had cars (*or other motorized vehicles)

Warlords and “what was that noise in the middle of the night?”

Azuchi Warlords and Yardwork

Warlords Planning a Halloween Party

Warlords When the Smoke Detector’s “Low Battery” Alerts (at 3 a.m. because batteries never die when it’s daytime and the stores are open)

IkeSen boys in the Modern World going to an All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet

Warlords Reacting to MC saying 'I'm Baby'

Warlords Reacting to MC making Bento Boxes for Them

Warlords Reacting to MC doing the trust fall stunt

Warlords and MC in an airport

Warlords and MC's Cast Iron Skillet

Warlords and a Teething Infant

Warlords and an MC with Food Wars Level Cooking Skills

Warlords play Monopoly

Warlords watch Teletubbies

Toddler Warlords Watch Sesame Street

Warlords Test a Period Cramp Simulator

Warlords in a 'hostage" crisis

MC is a Neko

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Multimedia/Memes:

Separated at Birth? Warlords Opened MC's Nightstand Drawer Netflix and Chill? Trick or Treat Warlords Giving Christmas Presents MC got a splinter (Warlords' bedside manner) Breakfast...? Road Trip

Sengoku Male Magazine vol 1.0

Animal Encounters (video)

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Longfic Series: A Tempest In Time:

Nearly seven years prior to the Honno-ji incident, a wormhole swept adrenaline junkie Katsuko and her brother Toshiie into Sengoku Japan. After an attack by bandits, the two are separated and Toshiie disappears. Katsuko is taken into the household of the enigmatic Yamaoka Akihira - initially as a maid. But Katsuko has other ideas, choosing to dress as a young man and become a courier for Aki. Over the next few years, "Katsu" travels through Japan's warring states, delivering messages and looking for her brother, and encountering some of history's most famous warlords. Then Honno-ji happens and everything changes...

Full Prologue

Mini Prologue

OC artwork by Ayatori:

Katsuko

Yamaoka Akihira

Toshiie

Iekane

OC Artwork by Cali:

Katsuko action shot

OC artwork by @oda-princess

Katsuko action shot

Longfic:

Timeline Three: Ten Things I Hate About Mitsuhide - Completed 3/17/2024

Trailer Video Here

Artwork by Butterflyn'Lace

Courier, scout, daredevil, housemaid … Courtesan? Katsuko has had many identities in the seven years since a wormhole sent her back in time to feudal Japan. But when her mentor Aki disappears and his trail leads to an illegal slave market in Sakai, Katsuko’s investigation sends her on a collision course with Akechi Mitsuhide.

Mitsuhide and Katsuko have never gotten along. However, Aki is not the only missing person. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Mai have also disappeared in Sakai, and Mitsuhide is determined to locate and rescue them. Forced into a dangerous partnership, Katsuko must masquerade as Mitsuhide’s concubine. But even working together, can they fool the man known as the God of Deceit?

… Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Timeline Two: A Mitsunari Night's Dream Completed as of 10/2/2022

Courier, scout, daredevil, housemaid … Princess? Katsuko has had many identities in the seven years since a wormhole sent her back in time to feudal Japan. But she never imagined she’d have to wear a pink kimono and enter a fake engagement with absentminded Ishida Mitsunari.

Mitsunari and “Okatsu” agree their relationship will be all business – after all, they only need to fool a lovesick princess for a few days. How difficult can that be? But that’s before Mitsunari and Okatsu discover that the Princess’s younger brother is the target of an assassin. That’s before they flee to a nearby forest to stop a coup against Oda Nobunaga. Most importantly, that’s before Mitsunari decides his feelings for Okatsu are anything but fake.

Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Artwork by Cali

Comic Art for Chapter Eight

Comic Art for Chapter Seventeen

Comic Art for Chapter Twenty Seven

Final Illustration by Butterfly n' Lace

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Timeline One: Twelve Lies I Told Shingen Takeda (Completed as of 1/2/2022)

Courier, scout, daredevil, housemaid … liar: Katsuko has had many identities in the seven years since a wormhole sent her back in time to feudal Japan. After she and her mentor Akihira help Shingen Takeda fight off bandits, “Katsu” finds herself working for Shingen as a messenger.

He thinks she’s a boy. She thinks he’s the biggest womanizer in the province.

But there are others forces at work – an old enemy is closing in, her new boss has a fatal secret, an assassination plot threatens the lives of Katsu’s new friends, war is on the horizon… and that’s just in this timeline. With all that going on, it’s good that he doesn’t know she’s a woman.

Isn’t it?

Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Manga Art for Chapter 7 by Ayatori *Manga Art for Chapter 15 * Manga Art for Chapter 25 Part 1 * Manga Art for Chapter 25 Part 2 Manga Art for Chapter 38 Part 1 * Manga Art for Chapter 38 Part 2

Painting by butterflynlace

Related One-Shots

One Fairy Tale I Told Shingen Takeda (Erotic short story) Two Celebrations for Shingen Takeda (Erotic birthday story)

One Rainy Afternoon in Kasugayama (E rated story featuring Sasuke/Yukimura/Sute)

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[naamahdarling]

Even an orange cat is right sometimes.

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[drtanner]

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

[theskatingarchive]

Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

2026 Four Continents Championship Free Dance (116.54, PB)

[darkscarletroses]

🐺❤️

[stariwei]

[the12thnightproject]

R.I.P.

My air conditioner: 1987 - 2026

[petite-madame]

Knight Bucky - (2026)

Inspired by Bucky in Marvel Realmguard Infinity Comic.

If you want to see some of my previous takes on Knight Bucky from 2021 to 2025, you can do it HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

[the12thnightproject]

My Brain is Fried

In the worst heatwave I can remember, my air conditioner bit the dust on Friday, and I haven't been able to get a repairperson out yet (coming today, hopefully he can fix it?! pleasepleaseplease).

And so I bring my latest musical obsession:

And because the lyrics also work as poetry, I have them pasted below the cut.

Did you know the odds to be born on this Earth's one in four hundred trillion? I conquered those odds, yet I can't conquer leaving this house I eat, sleep, scroll, and work, but there has to be more than just merely existing In fact, I was thinking there's not enough wine in the fridge to unleash me And this feeling fiends for some feminine healing By that, I mean

[Pre-Chorus] I call my girls and said, "SOS, pick a dress Pick a time and an address For we are going out tonight"

[Chorus] Send the call out, send the call out Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down Click-click-click clack symphony, I need that Click-click-click clack symphony, I love the sound of it Who let the girls out? I did, I did, darling She's empowered by the sound of us marching Her legs are hurting, but her back is still arching And this sound reminds me that it's going to be alright

[Verse 1] And I never could have guessed I started my morning in tears Got a great waterproof mascara I can recommend I should try my luck in Hollywood and find some auditions Because the way I fake this smile could pay the mortgage and the rent I climb into my lonely throne before my TV I feel alone, I feel like no one really needs me So thank you, Carly, for having a sixth sense And for calling to remind me We don't settle for depression on a Friday night

[Pre-Chorus] I need a pep talk, I need a hug, I need a dance floor I got one little life, I need to get out the house more And really start living it Heavy is the burdens that are weighing on me I will lay them down under some pink and blue lights Call my girls and said, "SOS, pick a dress Pick a time and an address For we are going out tonight"

[Chorus] Send the call out, send the call out Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down Click-click-click clack symphony, I need that Click-click-click clack symphony, I love the sound of it Who let the girls out? I did, I did, darling She's empowered by the sound of us marching Her legs are hurting, but her back is still arching And this sound reminds me that it's going to be alright

[Verse 2] Jim-Jimmy Choo, it's time to open up the closet It's a sad sight to see Manolo Blahnik gather cobwebs Why, I'm like an alien in every dress I try Sigh, let me turn my music louder and pretend it's fine Everything that's hurt me, left and gave up on me Am I just the product of everything that was done to me? Run to me, come to me, someone bring the sun to me I can see the glimmer of the girl who once believed

[Pre-Chorus] (She just needs, just needs) She needs a pep talk She needs a hug, she needs a dance floor She's got one little life, she needs to get out the house more And try and start living it Heavy is the burdens that are weighing on me (Me) I will lay them down under some pink and blue lights (Pink and blue lights) Call my girls and said, "SOS, pick a dress Pick a time and an address For we are going out tonight"

[Chorus] Send the call out, send the call out Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down Click-click-click clack symphony, I need that Click-click-click clack symphony, I love the sound of it Who let the girls out? I did, I did, darling She's empowered by the sound of us marching Her legs are hurting, but her back is still arching And this sound reminds me that it's going to be alright

[Bridge] Though this season of her life had been cold, lonely and tough Though she slipped back into a darkness she had hoped by now to have overcome She had learned a beautiful lesson And she kissed her girls goodbye and thanked them for getting her out the house That maybe everything was going to be alright And even if only for a moment Everything is going to be alright Yeah, it's going to be alright Going to be alright

[Chorus] Send the call out, send the call out Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down Click-click-click clack symphony, I need that Click-click-click clack symphony, I love the sound of it Who let the girls out? I did, I did, darling She's empowered by the sound of us marching Her legs are hurting, but her back is still arching And this sound reminds me that it's going to be alright

[Outro] Then she put her headphones in And there she danced under the weight of her clouds But for the first time in a long time She believed that one day, she would again feel the sun She must be patient She must have faith in the seeds that are planted beneath the snow She must hold on and she must let go She'll be alright, no riding, shining, armoured knight She will save herself this time And in fact, tonight she did confirm The cold never lasts, my darling It just teaches the heart how to burn

[lorei-writes]

Because I got an idea, and now I may want to drag you into it as well...

Favourites, favourites, favourites...

Who are your favourites and why?

I'm the type of player that gets hooked on a character like a drug, and then it consumes me for a little while (...or a slightly longer while if I feed it... Years, sometimes). I'm fairly boring in that regard -- one primary favourite is more than enough.

My first Ikemen obsession was Masamune. Lord, I loved his route. I think his character construction is extremely interesting -- he's wild, he's a flirt, he's fearless, but... Below all that, there's actually a very capable, reliable person. An anxious person. A person who doesn't consider himself to be enough, who strives extremely hard to make up for his own insufficient nature, who chooses to wear strength like a piece of armour. A person who's so afraid to lose somebody yet once again that he chooses not to be attached in the first place. I adored his curiosity and his diligence. Masamune always made it all look so effortless, but if we go by what master Kosai said, it was anything but.

But that mix is what got me invested. Raising to strength despite your weaknesses, overcoming yourself, abandoning the ugly, imperfect parts to then return to them... Ugh!

In a way, I got the hit of the same poison when I read Chevalier's route. Granted, he's more than perfect if we go by academic accomplishments or physical prowess, but he also is seen as lacking in fundamental ways. He's moulded by duty, defined by it, and yet... Even if he can carry the label effortlessly, the things he yearns for are outside his reach precisely because of it. He's reliable. Capable. Intelligent. Accomplished... Troubled by preparing a date plan and -- according to him -- insufficient in his care. He doesn't reject the objections against him, rather, Chevalier chooses to accept and affirm them. There is something soft about him, hidden beneath all that ruthless hardness, and it just begs to be soothed, to be seen. There is a fragile, sweet side to him even he is blind to.

And you know what?

When the strong are weak my knees can barely stand it.

Too.

Goddamn.

GOOD.

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@the12thnightproject @my-day6 @iphigeniainaulis @jinniedoesblogging @rkmaru @oda-princess , wanna share your experiences too? :3 And maybe tag your friends if you want to... we could make it a game :3 Make your own post, reblog this one, anything that gets us all talking :3

And if you're seeing it and feel like doing it? Oh come on, you're invited to! Bring a friend along and tag me in your post so that I can see it! I'm curious!

[the12thnightproject]

@lorei-writes I love this idea, and it fits nicely in with the upcoming release of the new Ikemen Sengoku app in a few weeks.

I have four biases in the game...

Shingen… I know that the standard at-a-glance trope of Shingen is the hunky flirt (and ok, yes he is a hunky flirt), but what got me is the fact that the flirtatiousness, while still being as natural to him as (ok, I guess I shouldn't say as natural as breathing, eep) blinking, is a cover for his strategic activities. For him flirting isn't just flirting, it's tactics. There's a brain in there, and not only is he book smart (history, politics, engineering, battleground plans), but he's emotionally intelligent. In every Kasugayama route (and Kennyo's), he helps MC and her LI get together providing a sounding board and insight for the MC to help her to understand her man's heart.

When it comes to his own route, I’m a sucker for a they-rescue-each-other trope, and at the core, that what his story is. The adult amongst all the Kasugayama crazies, the one who knows how to solve everyone else’s problems, but ignores his own until it’s too late. He's kind, he cares about everyone around him, and ... yes, he's a hunk.

Sasuke... the hot nerd.

Sasuke, his middle name might be adaptability. Where else can you find a physics geek who not only cracks the mystery of time travel, but upon doing so, ends up becoming a ninja for the God of War. I love his goofy sense of humor, his exhaustive knowledge of modern memes and culture, and his utmost respect for women, no matter what century he's living in.

Hanging out with Sasuke would just be plain old fun. If Sasuke lived in my city, I know that I could text him something like, "hey, do you want to go to the Ren Fest this weekend" and he be at my door in moments, wearing a historically accurate costume. He'd go joke for joke with the jesters, then somehow manage to sneak into a jousting competition and win.

Mitsunari... if I have a type, it's for the smart guys, even if they are the absentminded professor types. Mitsunari is often typecast as a ditz, but he's not an idiot. It's that he is sooooo booksmart that he has no common sense (something my mother also accused me of having none of). His brain is working on esoteric strategy, complex mathematics, that the every day stuff doesn't make its way into his consciousness.

Of all the characters in Ikesen, Mitsunari is universally kind to everyone, also thinks the best of his fellow warlords, and walks around with a smile on his face. The fun of Mitsunari's route is watching him discover the outside world and his place in it. He isn't used to examining his emotions, isn't even aware he has them, and it's a joy to see him get out of his own brain and realize his potential.

Mitsuhide, a universal favorite of so many, snuck up on me. I enjoy his trickster personality, but it was only when I started writing fanfic that I began to fall for him. He kept showing up in my longfics as a side character, and he and my OC had such great time bantering with each other, that I had to take a deeper look.

He thinks of himself as a bad guy - not a villain - but the guy who is willing to do bad things for a good cause, to do those bad things because someone has to, and he refuses to let anyone else's souls be burdened by what he had decided he must do. I love that over the course of his routes (especially the eternal route) he learns to accept help from other people, accept that maybe he's not as much of a bad guy as he pretends.... but that he still enjoys the role from time to time.

Tagging in: @bestbryn @katriniac @violetcarlin @fighting-and-drawing

[geopsych]

Another public service announcement. This time it’s air quality. Some of you are probably in it already if you’re in eastern Canada, New England or New York, but it’s sliding south, a huge mass of wildfire smoke. Please be careful. When it starts getting bad, especially, like when the sky gets orange or brownish, it’s best to run air purifiers in the house and wear N95 or KN95 masks when you have to go outside.

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚

Also, throw out the mask every day and shower before you get in bed if you’ve been out or you’ll be breathing the particles all night. Stuff like that. It gets all over you, your skin, your hair, your clothes.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

It's a large smoke plume, so stay safe, folks. Look up how to make a "Corsi-Rosenthal Box" if you need an air purifier inside.

[toastydehmer]

Wiki Link along with a visual guide on how to make one

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

Image #1: Map of the Great Lakes region of the United States showing wildfire smoke intensity. There is a wide swath going from New England across the Minnesota.

Image #2: Illustrated guide titled: How To Build A Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Body text reads: The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is an affordable DIY air-cleaning system made with simple materials found in hardware stores. The box fan pulls air through the filters on the sides and blows out clean air. It is proven to reduce indoor exposure to airborne particles including those containing the virus that causes Covid-19. The box can also decrease the levels of other particles in the air, such as dust or wildfire smoke.

Illustration by Amanda Hu: Unassembled Corsi-Rosentheal Box, arrow pointing to assembled box. Text:

Filters can last up to a year

Keep away from walls and corners

The Materials. Illustration: 2 air filters, a box fan, scissors, a utility knife, tape. Text:

Filters 3M 1900 MPR (20" x 20" x 1" or 20" x 25" x 1") or MERV 13 (20" x 20" x 2" or 20" x 20" x 1" or 20" x 25" x 2" or 20" x 25" x 1" [2-inch preferred)

Lasko or Mainstays 20-inch Box Fan

Scissors, Utility Knife, Duct Tape

The Cube. Illustration: 4 filters arranged to form a cube; hands taping the edges of 2 filters together at a right angle; 4 filters taped together to make a cube. Text:

Arrange the filters to create a symmetrical structure

Ensure the arrows are pointed inwards

Duct tape the four edges

Vertical orientation of the pleats is preferred

Illustration: An air filter, with arrows on the outside edge corners. One corner, with the arrow, is circled in and enlarged.

The Base. Illustration: A cardboard square on top of the cube made of air filters; hands taping the cardboard square onto the cube; the cardboard square taped to the cube on all 4 sides. Text:

Use one side of the fan's cardboard box

Cut the cardboard box to fit the base of the cube

Duct tape it on all fours sides

The Fan. Illustration: A box fan on top of the cube made of air filters; hands taping the box fan to the cube; the fan taped to the cube, with an enlarged circle on a corner showing the tape leaves no gaps. Text:

Place the fan on top of the cube

Seal all sides, including corners

Ensure any holes on the side of the fan are sealed off with duct tape

The Shroud. Illustration: A cardboard square with a large circle cut in the middle of it; that cardboard square on top of the box fan; hands taping the cardboard square to the top of the fan which is on top of the cube made of air filters. Text:

Cut the other cardboard sheet to fit the top of the fan

Cut a circular hole (15.75" diameter)

Place the shroud on the fan and tape it on all four sides

The shroud increases efficiency and decreases the noise level

Illustrator: Marija Mladenović. Creator: Shiven Taneja. /End ID]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[carrionthird]

"Stop scrolling and please help me spread the word, because if I've landed on your page you're most likely either a black woman or someone who cares about black women and the simple phrase I'm about to share could help save a black woman's life.

Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

I will need you to document on record that you are refusing the treatment (or medicine) I've requested, and the reason you are doing so."

[dovewithscales]

This works. I have used it in other situations. If medical staff have to document and take responsibility and be on the hook legally for doing shady shit they behave much differently.

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

But particularly women, and especially black women.

[darkscarletroses]

“Where do you think, you are running off too? This big “bad” wolf is hungry you know?”🌹🐺

(Red riding Hood theme? 😜🫢)

I do not really plays LaDS, but a little something for the handsome wolf (and, YES I do like wolves as well…personally🫣)

…. Hopefully the game brings him back 💝 and may he get all the love and care from everyone❤️❤️❤️❤️

[petite-madame]

America's Day Off - (2026)

Happy Birthday Captain! 🎂🇺🇸

[songesdebeaute]

Jeff Bourgeau - On the Hunt

[throathole]

I really love when cats use their front legs to hold something in place while they use their back legs to kick the absolute shit out of it

[throathole]

Destruction. Annihilation, even

[the12thnightproject]

Love and Deepspace Mobile Game Community Raises More Than $7K to Support Wolf Conservation

This past weekend, the global Love and Deepspace community came together to make a meaningful difference for endangered wolves.