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[drawnbymabel]

They’re always together?

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I’m weak in the knees for them in your style op

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

This isn’t necessarily my usual content but I just want y’all to know that pride in my city was magical. I have never been simultaneously so drunk and so accepted by any and all peoples.

(RIP Miya Atsumu’s gay ass he would have loved this)

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I wish I could post a half-finished fic and be like “Okay here you guys can fill in the rest, right?”

[tabsters]

USHITEN NATION WE ARE BACK

OR WE WILL BE BACK IN LIKE TWO MONTHS THAT'S WHEN SHIRATORIZAWA FIC IS GONNA GET POSTED

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

Give it to me right now I’m crying at your door Tabs let me in

[sakuatsureal]

sakusa kiyoomi for vogue japan (+ atsumu reaction)

[sakuatsureal]

atsumu portrait practice

[dfsdgaefh]

fly high, haikyu-!

[smartass-hoot]

haikyuu is so beloved to me because yes, this too is volleyball. sometimes you'll be the ballboy. you will lose your wallet in an unfamiliar place, and you will make it your home. the sand is unforgiving, and the wind does not listen to your wishes. you may decide to meet someone at a certain place, but the journey there is yours to pave. things take a lot of time, and a whole lot more courage.

like, furudate-sensei was right. every step of the long-winded path can help you grow if you just open your heart to its lessons.

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I get light-hearted shit from people sometimes about being unreasonably obsessed with this anime but it did genuinely save my life in a lot of ways.

“What will you become tomorrow?”

“Talent is something you make bloom, and instinct is something to polish.”

“He who climbs the ladder must begin at the bottom.”

“You don’t win alone. That’s just how it is.”

“It’s not impossible, it’s just hard!”

“To become someone great, you must first begin as someone humble and then proceed one step at a time in the proper order.”

“We are the protagonists of this world.”

“I don’t mind losing. What I hate is giving up without trying.”

“There ain’t no such thing as memories. All you need is right here.”

I could go on and on. Some of this stuff will wind up sprinkled among my many tattoos. Anyway. “Sports anime” my ass. Haikyuu means the world to me because it is achingly real; a lesson in every inch about becoming and daring and working and hoping. I love this show dearly.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

Me and who

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I saw a Tik Tok earlier wherein the creator got very heated and snappy regarding Haikyuu “mischaracterizations”. They cited examples like: “Suna isn’t a stoner”, “Tsukishima isn’t obsessed with dinosaurs”, “Kuroo isn’t a nerd”, etc etc.

Now, if you know me at all, you know I take characterization very seriously. I strive to do right by my characters at any turn; no matter how small the cameo, I want it to be true. Not to be a damn braggart, but I’ve been told I do a good job of this. It’s important to me, and I think (I pray!!) my readers can tell. Bearing this in mind. I have. Some thoughts.

I think there’s a difference between blatant mischaracterization and simply giving characters traits?? I think a lot of the given examples in the Tik Tok were simply fun fandom easter eggs; things that you read in a fic and go, “Aw!! That’s the Thing!!! The Thing we’ve all agreed on! How cute!!” I think it is important and meritorious to allow a fandom to have a sense of community humor and understanding about characters. Plus, a majority of the quoted “mischaracterizations” stemmed from actual things in the show! They could be reasonably inferred!

When I take our beloved Suna and make him a passive druggie in my fics, it is simply because he is nonchalant and bored and it’s a funny thing to imagine on the side. When I consistently write Oikawa with the knee injury, it’s because he wore a brace in the show and it plays so well with Iwaoi and his overall arc. I could go on and on. These traits do not consume them or define them, but they are traits, and they are not necessarily outside the scope of “character”.

I’m rambling, but, basically.

Mischaracterization is something I care about, but one trait does not necessarily equate it. Put the funny little jokes in the fics. Flesh them out; give them arms and legs and reasoning. Let fandom be fun and remember to not be a dick. If you don’t like it, scroll. We’ve got a beautiful sense of free will in that sense.

[prettiestpivvo]

ALL OF THIS YES YES YES MISCHARACTERISATION IS MAKING KENMA STUTTER EVERY THREE WORDS OR MAKING HINATA A WEAK BITCH

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

This is why we’re mutuals, you get it

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I saw a Tik Tok earlier wherein the creator got very heated and snappy regarding Haikyuu “mischaracterizations”. They cited examples like: “Suna isn’t a stoner”, “Tsukishima isn’t obsessed with dinosaurs”, “Kuroo isn’t a nerd”, etc etc.

Now, if you know me at all, you know I take characterization very seriously. I strive to do right by my characters at any turn; no matter how small the cameo, I want it to be true. Not to be a damn braggart, but I’ve been told I do a good job of this. It’s important to me, and I think (I pray!!) my readers can tell. Bearing this in mind. I have. Some thoughts.

I think there’s a difference between blatant mischaracterization and simply giving characters traits?? I think a lot of the given examples in the Tik Tok were simply fun fandom easter eggs; things that you read in a fic and go, “Aw!! That’s the Thing!!! The Thing we’ve all agreed on! How cute!!” I think it is important and meritorious to allow a fandom to have a sense of community humor and understanding about characters. Plus, a majority of the quoted “mischaracterizations” stemmed from actual things in the show! They could be reasonably inferred!

When I take our beloved Suna and make him a passive druggie in my AU fics, it is simply because he is nonchalant and bored and it’s a funny thing to imagine on the side. When I consistently write Oikawa with the knee injury, it’s because he wore a brace in the show and it plays so well with Iwaoi and his overall arc. I could go on and on. These traits do not consume them or define them, but they are traits, and they are not necessarily outside the scope of “character”.

I’m rambling, but, basically.

Mischaracterization is something I care about, but one trait does not necessarily equate it. Put the funny little jokes in the fics. Flesh them out; give them arms and legs and reasoning. Let fandom be fun and remember to not be a dick. If you don’t like it, scroll. We’ve got a beautiful sense of free will in that sense.

[filofaxed]

Kageyama, in front of shiratorizawa: i was rejected from my dream school that you happen to go to because i was 12, a control freak, and had major anger issues, but i've changed.

Ushijima: What kind of setter are you if u aren't head over heels at the beck and call of your team's ace?

Hinata: Ohhh that's why oikawa and iwaizumi—

Ushijima, suddenly rapt: oikawa? Did u say...oikawa? I wish he couldve been on my team at my school in my classes so we could talk volleyball while the teacher teaches and then we could play volleyball together and he would devote himself competely entirely irrevocably to me and if, if we ever lost i could lick his wounds but that genuinely can't happen because he's the best and—

[surreality51]

[the-real-tc]

I’m in this picture. AND I DEFINITELY DO NOT LIKE IT!!!

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

I write five scenes that all happen near a vague end and stumble my way through the dark trying to find my way to them

[tabsters]

MY DAY OF BIRTH IS HERE, FOLKS!!!! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND TO @possibly-a-jellyfish!!!! MY SON AND I SHARE A BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY TWO YEARS OF MY FRIENDSHIP WITH @illumiiiz!!! HOLY SHIT THAT'S A LONG TIME WHAT THE HELL!!!!

HAPPY RELEASE DATE OF THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS FINALE!!! NO SPOILERS I'M WATCHING THE LAST EPISODE ON THE PLANE BACK TO AMERICA.

and now time to invite you all to my virtual birthday party and HOLY SHIT there's so many of you now. you all are like. multiplying by the dozens holy hell.

lego monkie kid mutuals: @mythicalmagical-monkeyman, @hyperfixation-tangentopia, @th3-b1tch-cam3-back, @pumpkinspice202, @cryptidwithaninternetconnection, @periwinklessshiny, @filijester, @i-am-a-fan

alien stage mutuals: @one-selective-bitch, @ventiilatte, @hoisinblackcat, @littlemissmedicalmalpractice, @farbtron, @someones-here-for-sure, @dokjas-lostselfpreservation, @starriebug, @vaskemire

haikyuu mutuals: @ahappywillow, @a-flux-uchiha, @idonsson, @sketchy-karlitos, @yourlocalstressedpoet, @kodzukens-streams, @asher-dear, @fieldoforchidsandmoonlight, @kagstobioisthelightofmylife, @crunchy-criss-1, @igrab, @unholyspirited, @reviiely

various other assorted mutuals: @starlet-girls, @addrianastarflower, @hecateisalesbian, @sweet-star-cookie, @illumiiiz, @omniscientpenguininatutu, @bloodied-dagger, @nameless-person-over-here, @possibly-a-jellyfish

IRL mutuals: @iirexenii, @professionalwaterbender, @yourlocalapplejuice, @serenaisproblem, @tdog451, @im-just-here-for-the-comics-r18, @blivebirtha, @zephyrdum

if i didn't tag you, no worries, you're still invited!!! i'm really glad i came on this hellsite and i'm really grateful i'm friends with all of you!!!

🎂🎉✨

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

SO GRATEFUL YOU WERE BORN TABS!! POURING ONE OUT FOR YOU!!!!!

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

Hi! I just read your kuroken fic and wanted to say that it was so lovely and that your writing is breathtaking to read!! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely lovely fic. (*¯︶¯*)

And if I cry?? What then!!

Thank you so much, sweet internet stranger. I am so glad I could write something you loved and am even more grateful that you felt compelled to share that with me. You are the sweetest and I do not deserve you!!

[writingdose]

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

One must imagine Sisyphus

[yourlocalstressedpoet]

ardently | kuroken, 6k

The first Kuroken I’ve ever posted, and the third installment in my character/relationship study series, “the dictionary of love”! I hope the Kuroken connoisseurs think I did alright. Want to make y’all proud!

In the year they’ve spent stumbling into friendship—Kenma’s apathetic blink, Kuroo’s stubborn reappearances—Kuroo does not touch Kenma. Kenma’s natural state does not invite physical touch, so he does not blame Kuroo for the lack of trying; furthermore, he is grateful for it. Kenma keeps his life confined to the one-hundred-and-sixty-nine centimeters of his height and the width of his shoulders and that is that. He has no need for more hands; he has two of his own already.

But nine years old is a fever dream, and Kuroo curls his long fingers around Kenma’s wrist, and Kenma does not pull away.

There is no more to this memory, really. There is just the symmetry of Kuroo’s jaw as he turns and pulls Kenma along. There is just the drag of Kenma’s feet, scraping gently against the sidewalk, as he accustoms himself to the feeling of skin-to-skin. There is just the way that Kuroo is ten years old and already living his life as if he has never doubted anything.

Kuroo’s fingers are warm. His grip is sure.

Consider that Kenma should wrench his arm away and turn tail and hide. Consider that he does not want to. Consider that a few minutes later, rain begins to splatter their heads, and instead of turning to head home, Kuroo begins running. Consider that Kenma runs after him.