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I designed these plushies (Catsuki, Puppyshima, and Bunzuku) inspired by my favorite characters and as of right now you can get them if you back my kickstarter!
Today was the launch and we’re already over halfway towards funding Catsuki! With your support, I’m sure we can unlock all three designs by the end of the campaign!
If plushies aren’t your thing, there’s also an enamel pin tier :) You can add enamel pins onto your pledge as well!
Reblogs and shares are also appreciated if you aren’t in a position where you can buy rn but you still want to support :D
Let me know if you have any questions! I’m more than happy to answer!
Back the campaign here!!!
(My shop is trans and queer owned as well, so if you want to support a queer small business during pride month, backing would be a big help!)
When u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers :D
Forgot I got this ask! Some current listens are:
Eleanor by Flipturn
Goddamn by Flipturn (can you see a pattern)
Satellites by Annabelle Dinda
Rein me in by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean
Arcturus Beaming by The Crane Wives
I feel like I’ve seen this around but I can’t remember from who so rather than inbox asks I’ll gently tag @kingragnarok-writes @zinepunk @overpassart @pointyhearts @commanderstarry @antsday and anyone else who sees this and wants to play! :)
Reading: Ouhh uhh... Measure For Measure? The Odyssey... (if that wasn't obvious)
Last series: Not big on TV series in general but I suppose PJO recently?
Last movie: U.uh... Crazy Rich Asians? :3
Last song: Weird Hills (Janani K. Jha <3)
Sweet or salty: honestly depends!! had hui lao shan (hui lao shan shoutout) so I might be biased atm bahah... but nothing too overly sweet!! I'd probably go for salty most of the time.
Coffee or tea: absolutely not a coffee person, so tea >.<
Working on: upholding the last of my sanity /silly...
Reading: currently nothing but I’m hoping to re-read Semantic Error soon (I got a copy of vol 1 for xmas)
Last Series: The Traitors UK
Last Movie: Sinners (IT WAS SO GOOD YALL)
Last Song: Ponyo On the Cliff by the Sea - Remix by Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas but only because I was playing it to annoy my mom lmao
Sweet or Salty: sweet and salty TOGETHER (like salted caramel)
Coffee or Tea: tea but specifically either peppermint tea (hot) or apple green tea (iced)
Working on: graphic design for a few different zines, making thank you cards and keychains for my small business, studying for my French and Japanese classes, literally so many things I’m so busy these days 😭
[ Tagging: anyone who wishes they were tagged in these kinds of things but never gets tagged in them. I see you, and I’m tagging you 🫵 ]
As MHA comes to an end I just want to give a shoutout to the shipping side of the fandom, particularly those who ship queer ships. I know the shippers tend to get a lot of hate and get accused of being the “worst part” of the fandom but it’s the side that has brought me the most comfort. I’m a queer person myself who tends to feel really alone when it comes to all the homophobia in the world and online. But seeing everyone out there talk about their love for these queer ships makes me feel seen.
Someone might talk about their love for bkdk and it’s not even just about the ship, it’s about vocally supporting a gay relationship, even a fictional one. Man and don’t even get me started on reading fics and seeing art for these ships. I see them portrayed with love and happy endings in a way I’ve hardly ever seen in tv shows and movies and books, and it’s like maybe I can have a happy ending too. Queer characters don’t get a ton of representation in tv/movies/etc and on top of that, happy relationships. So sometimes escaping into a good fic is just what I need to feel hopeful about myself and to find that representation I’ve craved all my life.
Anyway I just wanted to get that out since I’ve been really emotional about the series ending. I know the fandom will stick around, and I hope they continue to share their love for queer ships and creating happy stories and art of them. I appreciate you guys for making queer people like me feel less alone.
All it takes for a character to be interpreted as heterosexual is simply for the character to exist. A character can never kiss a member of the opposite gender, hook up with one, or show any signs of attraction and still be viewed as straight. Meanwhile, two members of the same gender can have the most intimate onscreen relationship, flirt, check each other out, show visible signs of being in love with the other, and somehow none of that is enough to even SUGGEST that they might be queer.
What a gross double standard. Sexuality is not “straight until proven otherwise” like so many believe it to be. Newsflash to all the straight normies out there, your favorite non labeled, sexuality unconfirmed character in your favorite show is NOT STRAIGHT just bc they haven’t been confirmed as queer. Use your fucking brains for once. It’s all about diving into media and picking up on subtext until that subtext suggests queerness. Then, suddenly, everyone loses their fucking ability to interpret a piece of media. Have you considered that: if all signs point to them being gay then maybe they actually really are just gay???
The ultimate reference sheets for all of Vash's outfits in Trigun maximum (with commentaries)
IT IS DONE. I'M FREE. Now I can forget all about Trimax and draw Trigun stampede designs only hahaha (just kidding I have things for Trimax on the stove).
Trigun bookclub was an awesome initiative, I loved the manga with my all heart and wanted to honor Nightow's designs ;w; I also wanted to help my fellow artists with references for Vash's clothes because DEAR GOD it's difficult to understand how the hell he dresses himself in the morning. I have a lot of fun dressing and undressing him like a barbie doll. My hyperfixation is completely healthy.
I put a "read more" section to avoid spoilers :) !
The July coat
The very first coat in Trigun chronology and the one he wores during the destruction of July ! There is not a lot of panels to take references but I tried to stay as close as possible to the manga. I don't know what number of prosthesis he had before but let name this one Prosthesis 1.
Scars map
Next, nakey Vash ! There's A LOT of changes between one panel to another. Scars changes places and forms panel to panel and the design evolved from the first chapters of Trigun, the time we see him naked as Eriks and his undressed state while he was a prisoner on the Ark. I drew the scars that appeared more than once or were in clean view in a panel (but really you can do like Nightow and draw as many scars as you want without thinking about consistency, this boy has been in a meat grinder)
After July underclothes
Or the jumpsuit that gave me grey hair. His suit does not make ANY sense, I don't know how the hell he dresses himself in the morning with this. My solution is that it's very long gloves and chaps strapped to a belt. The position and shapes of the belts changes IN EVERY PANEL. Same for his knee guards, sometimes they're here, sometime they cover his shins, sometimes they are tiny..... I gave up in the end and draw them as we see them in the very last panel he wears this suit. But damn he looks good in it.
Also in all of the 13 volumes, there is not a single panel with a clear view of his holster (I checked...) so here is my interpretation.
This is prosthesis n°2, the design is a little different from the first one so I guess Prosthesis 1 got destroyed (this happens a lot).
After July coat
The very first Trigun coat he wears in the manga ! Very simple, very basic, it gives him impossibly wide shoulders but Vash deserves it. The first one is worn Post July until Vash's confrontation against Brilliant Dynamite Neon. The second one is the state of his coat after the sandsteamer incident. He loses his prothesis after his fight against Monev the gale. He meets Wolfwood with only one arm and stays that way while he fights Knives for the first time.
Eriks
I took liberties with colors because there's no colored panels with Vash as Eriks. Yes I drew him without suspenders because he has them for like 5 panels and then Nightow drew him without them for the rest of Eriks arc so I made choices ;w;
I love the fact that Vash choose to wear tight jeans even in his casual outfits, this boy will not let his skin breath. This is now Prosthesis 3 ! It's way less advanced than the ones he wore in the rest of the manga, the other ones seem to replicate skin.
After his years as Eriks
And now the first Maximum coat, he wears it until the famous Yuri hospital arc! Finally an undersuit that makes sense, I love it, too bad Nightow-san decided that I had to suffer and changed it again to add BELTS EVERYWHERE. We only see his legs in this part of the manga so I gave him the same top because I can.
The tubes he has on his waist are filled with bullets, he can connect them to his prosthesis to have a mini machine gun.
We are now at Prosthesis 4 !
Hospitalization on the Home ship
The famous Yuri hospital phase! Vash definitely shared his wardrobe with Wolfwood, you can't tell me otherwise.
The first outfit still shows Prothesis 4 but he keeps it for like 5 minutes and lost it again against Nine-lives. I don't really know if the prothesis comes with the integrated glove or if there's synthetic skin under it but why would he keep the glove on if it's not intergrated?
The second pictures is the different outfits he wears during his convalescence. I took liberties with the colors, I drew this in like 10 minutes, everything seems easy when you don't have to draw BELTS. We are now on Prothesis 5 ! Nightow drew it as a regular arm so I guess Vash wears gloves on top of it??????
Back on the road in pursuit of Knives
He wears this one after his stay at Home, throughout the Dragon's nest ark and until his 2nd fight against Knives.
I liked the design of his jumpsuit until I looked closer at the panels and saw that the design change ON EVERY ONE OF THEM. Knee guard on only one knee? No kneeguards? Two??? WHO KNOWS ??? I tried to make it work but really go wild with this one, even the author does not know how his pant looks.
Still prosthesis 5, BUT UNTIL WHEN?
Prisoner on the Ark
THEY MASSACRED MY BOY. Did they even feed him at least in 7 months? Those pictures are the definition of the drenched kitty cat left under the rain. Give this man a blanket and a therapist.
Bye bye Prothesis 5 ! And see what I mean when I say that his outfit does not make sense????? It comes out in parts????
After his imprisonment on the Ark
The last suit in the manga! He keeps this coat until the end of the story. From this point, only his hair changes (or the color of his coat).
I adore the little angel wing symbol on his left arm, such a cute addition. Too bad it appears in one of the most traumatic event of his life.
Speaking of his jumpsuit...The return of belts.... But at least this outfit stays relatively coherent except for his kneeguards who appear and disappear panel from panel but most of the time he doesn't have any, so no kneeguard it is. Prosthesis 6 hello !
Final battle and end of the story
It hurted to drew those outfits ;w; And working on the design of his coat when he fights Legato made me realize where Orange studio took inspiration to chose the colors for Vash's coat in the final episode of Stampede ! Great job ! I tried to color the same effects as one of the illustrations showing dark Vash but I'm not really good with colors..... He actually radiates energy but with some purple undertones, I took some liberties because those are my drawings I do what I want.
I'm not sure at 100% that he has a tuft of blond hair left when his outfit turns black but his hair is all black at the end of the fight. His prosthesis is destroyed at the end of the fight. He got another one in the final chapter. So 7 prosthesis throughout the story!
I haven’t tried promoting this here yet so imma give it a shot!!
Hiii I’m Kafka but I also run the business Homicidal Death Worm where I make enamel pins (among other things)!!
Right now I have these 3 pins available for preorder! The Bakugou panel pin is part of a rainbow panel series (Kirishima is done and Denki is next) and the bunnies are also part of a series!!
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035. bros, boyfriends, and bump-ins — kirishima eijiro.
wc: 0.4k
cw: m!reader. public affection. kirishima is a proud boyfriend.
the date wasn’t anything fancy — just the two of you walking side by side, drinks in hand, sharing sips and eating fries from the same paper bag. his sunglasses were pushed up in his hair, and you were wearing the hoodie he’d tied around your waist earlier, mostly because he said it looked better on you.
you weren’t in a rush. the streets were busy, but not overwhelming. a breeze cut through the heat. his fingers brushed yours every few steps.
“so what i’m saying is,” he was mid-story, “bakugo’s yelling at me like i’m the reason the blender exploded.”
you raise an eyebrow. “weren’t you the one who dared him to blend hot soup on high?”
“i didn’t think he’d actually do it,” kirishima grins. “it had steam coming off it, man. that blender never stood a chance.”
“you’re a menace.”
“i’m a witness to a kitchen tragedy,” he says, dramatic. “and possibly banned from using blenders ever again.”
“whatever,” he grinned. “point is, it was flying.”
you snorted, about to reply, when a voice called out from ahead.
“kirishima?”
you both looked up. midoriya was standing near one of the shopfronts, bag from the pharmacy in one hand, blinking like he wasn’t sure if it was really him.
“yo, midoriya!” kirishima waved, already tugging you with him. “dude, long time no see.”
midoriya smiled, then looked at you — just a beat too long — before giving a polite nod.
“this is my best bro and boyfriend,” kirishima said, arm sliding around your waist like it belonged there.
you coughed. “bro–”
“what?” he asked, totally unfazed. “you are.”
midoriya’s eyes went wide, then soft. “oh–wow, it’s really nice to meet you,” he said, offering his hand. “i didn’t know you two were–i mean, that’s great. you seem–yeah. that makes sense.”
you shook his hand. “likewise.”
kirishima looked too pleased with himself. like he’d been waiting to say it that way all day.
“best bro and boyfriend?” you muttered when midoriya stepped away a few minutes later.
“yeah,” he said, squeezing your side. “you’re both. figured i’d be efficient.”
you shook your head, trying not to smile. “you’re ridiculous.”
“and taken,” he said, tugging you close again. “by the best guy i know.”
