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To celebrate volume 4 coming out, the official K-9 account over at

k_9comic published a manga preview trailer (x.com) with Oboro and Ren's voices.

Ren's voice: Ise Mariya
Oboro's voice: Miyano Mamoru

You may picture me half-dead in a corner. Oboro sounds even creepier than I imagined him, in all the best ways. Ren is *swoons*

In addition, the extras for volume 4 involve a couple of 4-koma strips and therefore it is now officially confirmed that

do I even need a spoiler tag for this? It's not plot-relevant. Not yet. It's relevant to my blood pressure

Kagari and Fujimaru do live together, and Kagari does borrow Fujimaru's clothes as he pleases.

I'll share proper(ish) translations soon. Just. Need to go curl up in a corner for a while first.

Volume 4 is seriously awesome and packs in so many of my favourite OT4 scenes, including the one that sold me on them, and then so many interactions after that! And it ends on the chapter that introduces the two little guys I was talking about the other day, with that hand-over-mouth panel too. What a beautiful day. My heart can only take so much, though.

jillysriser

Yesterday I spent the day in recovery. The drama of the phone calls sucked so much out of me, I just didn't have it in me to do much else. And it's okay, though a bit frustrating. I keep underestimating the amount of self-care I need.

As a whole, because we're all feeling better physically, I should be able to reset the house so we can feel better mentally as well, and that will result in a lot of wonderful creative adventures.

I will be saving my creation time for later in the day, though. We are going to take a walk at the mall soon, and the afternoon I might focus on just reenergizing and organizing ideas so I can have a strong evening.

Overall, I need to make sure I'm doing this right. That I'm starting each writing session with prayer, and that I remember who I am writing for. I am not writing by my own abilities, but by those of the one who made me.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Ignite Me" audio.

Current Mood: calm

nonesensed

Time sure keeps moving forward whether I keep track of it or not 😆 I'm still playing catch-up on everything, but by doing one thing at the time, I'm actually making progress - huzzah!

One thing I'm getting to today is going through what books I read last year.

In 2025 I read 90 books, which I'm fairly pleased with. Sadly had to give up on the Book Bingo I was doing because I didn't have the brainpower to think through my book choices - but there's always next/this year 😊

If you're curious about what those 90 books were, here's a link to a summary on Storygraph.

( Some thoughts and comments )

Those were my book thoughts from last year! And I've already got started on my reading for this year 😁

Any books/comics/manga people are really looking forward to read?

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: ICO OST - coffin

jillysriser

I wrote some words yesterday. Today, I am doing more planning than writing. Which is fine. I'm losing sight of my mission already, and I need to get back on track. So tonight, that is the goal. Refind the mission.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Ignite Me" audio.

Current Mood: blah

umadoshi

In movie news, Cineplex has a listing for Zhu Yilong's new movie, Scare Out, which is apparently opening in Canada on Feb. 17. I refuse to let myself be excited about this, after having so much hope about Dongji Rescue last summer. But maybe it'll open here and I'll be able to see it! At least the 17th is before the crunch at work starts.

Reading: To shake things up a bit from Kurosagi, this week I reread the first two volumes of Hikaru no Go. In both of these cases, I'm pretty much relying on Goodreads to tell me when I get to volumes I haven't previously read. Awkwardly for my sense of "what even is time?", this means that I now know that I first read vol. 1 of Hikaru no Go in 2006 and vol. 1 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service in 2008.

My sense of how far I got into Hikaru no Go is completely nonexistent, since I know I read some number of volumes at some point, and I saw some of the anime (long enough ago that I know we were still living in the co-op we moved out of over fifteen years ago), and

scruloose and I (much later) saw the c-drama in its entirety. It's all rather a jumble. But seeing the c-drama did inspire me to finish buying the manga, and I guess its time has come!

I did wind up reading all of Dungeon Crawler Carl, and the upshot, given my uncertainty about finishing it to begin with, is unsurprisingly that I doubt I'll pick up the second book. I think it's very safe to say that LitRPG is not my thing. I did wind up liking the book more overall than I would've thought back around the 40% mark or so, though.

Watching: We're caught up on The Pitt and one episode behind on Frieren. We've also seen the second episode of Midnight Mass, which has a lot of animal harm; I don't have any triggers that I'm aware of, but it was enough to be upsetting.

Playing: I think I've finished Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven, which is to say that I've finished the main plot and done a few wrapping-up things, leaving me free to idly manage the cult and do dungeon runs, but that's usually when I wander off.

Weathering: We're having some of what I would call Normal Snow for the second time this week. The first time, a few days ago, I realized I've started to basically think in terms of "winter days that are cold but not much is happening outside" and "snowstorms", without much in between, but that's probably a result of leaving the house so rarely as much as it's a byproduct of climate change.

mx_morden

Oh man, I didn't mean to let almost a whole month go by between posts. To be fair, it's been a busy month. I'm even struggling to keep my physical journal updated, since whole days go by without me even sitting down at my desk!

The course I've been attending is almost over. Monday will be our last day together. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.
On one hand, there have been times when I've felt immensely out of place, and interacting with the people there always meant I needed to put up a mask of sorts. On the other, we've been together for almost three months. They're not bad people in any way, and we've shared some really emotional moments. I think I'm gonna miss them, but we're all such different people, in such different places in our lives, that I don't think we're gonna keep in touch all that much.
We're also all pretty exhausted by the rhythm of the course, so I do look forward to being able to relax a little... but I have to admit that having that kind of structure forced on me makes me function better. From Tuesday on, I'm gonna have to come up with my own specific structure, as I'm gonna have to start studying for something. I hope I can do it.

Since the start of the year, we've spent almost all mornings during the weekend at my aunt's place. My grandma moved there a few weeks ago. Well, "moved" isn't exactly the right word, but she's there now. Which means that it almost feels like a normal family reunion when we're all there, although (thank fuck) a few relatives are missing. It's insane how chill those occasions can be if you just take some people out of the picture.

lavenderfleuret

My clothes from Japan arrived!
I'll just post the JSK here:

I'll definitely be buying again, now that I know they'll actually arrive!
(But most of the nice JSKs are so expensive... hmmmph...)

And, to make today even better, I finished my last exam today - academic year and Honours degree finally over!
I didn't do much celebrating (other than a happy little Spanish Latte and trying on my new clothes (and subsequently rendering my room a complete mess) and a little nap in between), but tomorrow is when I'll really start to enjoy my newfound freedom.
A little broke, but free nonetheless. Owch.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Location: Altissia

jillysriser

My day for writing turned into a day for phone calls. I got about 500 words out before I was pulled away to deal with family things on the phone for the day. Those things are finally resolved as much as they can be for the time being. I am emotionally tired and it's making me not want to do anything productive. However, I am going to make a solid attempt this morning, take a brain break, and then get back to it. Several brain breaks, actually.

It's time to pray about my agenda for the day, and then organize a plan of action.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Ignite Me" audio.

Current Mood: annoyed

lavenderfleuret

Opinion: it's all good and well to get in a huff about JK Rowling and Harry Potter, but the same anti-JK crowd are flocking to Good Omens without a moment's self-reflection.

Or, as a Twitter user puts it, albeit less eloquently but just as provocatively,
"the 'boycott harry potter' crowd is going to stream the shit out of the rapist mcgee show huh"

Current Mood: restless
Current Location: Insomnia

lavenderfleuret

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Altissia

lavenderfleuret

Excited to go to church on Sunday! I even have an outfit planned.

I've been thinking a lot about God and Christianity lately. Ever since I've paid more attention to the faith and started reading the Bible, I've been really enjoying the peace and comfort it brings me. After my whole life of either not being very interested in religion or outright rejecting it, I must say, it's a strange feeling.

But, I had a feeling that this was going to happen. Some day. I've asked for a sign so many times, and I feel like the sign has finally shown itself.

I must follow it!

Current Mood: content
Current Location: Insomnia

jillysriser

I'm getting ready to write for a bit. We'll see how many words I actually get out. For the time being, I'm optimistic, but the day is just starting. I'll feel good if I can get a solid scene list constructed. Overall, I anticipate a lot of words happening over the next four days, and I know it's going to be great for my soul.

I'm hoping to pour my heart into these words, because I have so many feelings that I need to sort through.

Today is more free floating in regards to word count goals. Tomorrow, I will be going in with a hard plan.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Ignite Me" audio.

Current Mood: blah

vriddy

Last week,

scytale commented in passing about how clingy these four are, which honestly is just a factual statement at this point, yet the universe immediately beamed a ficlet into my brain just based on that because this is what I am now.

Clingy | K-9 | Ren/Oboro/Fujimaru/Kagari | <850 words | rated M

Summary: This was all Fujimaru's fault. And Kagari's too. Maybe a little bit Yuushirou's, but he wasn't admitting to anything. Ren-san was perfect as always.

Yuushirou gets a boner during movie night.

Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.

Current Mood: giddy

vriddy

Two more little guys from K-9 are really capturing my imagination at the moment. Look at 'em:

Satsuki from K-9 embracing Yuu from the back and keeping Yuu quiet with a hand on his mouth

You can't just show me two characters that comfortably handsy with each other and not expect me to go "Oh 👀"?! For anyone familiar with Wind Breaker, their vibes are massively similar to Togame and Chouji, especially early on. They're scratching my "murderous protectiveness" itch in just the right way.

Yuu, the blond chibi, can transform into a cute sort of hybrid leopard and loves to fight.

Yuu from K-9, jumping backwards in hybrid human-leopard form

Meanwhile Satsuki can create and control huge branches. He may appear calmer and more reasonable, but that mostly means his expression won't change as he threatens to crush you between branches or tear your limbs apart. That kinda guy.

Satsuki from K-9 creating huge thick branches to attack with

Obviously, I love them. For many reasons, too. But also aren't their abilities kind of ridiculous?! This is a world in which only criminals get a superpower, one related to the crime they committed!! What kind of crime do you commit that you can transform into a leopard?!

And thus, having thought about it way too much, I'm writing what will apparently become my first K-9 multi-chapter fic. With zero members of my beloved OT4 showing up XD This series is just ridiculous. I love it. The author is clearly having a ton of fun, and I love that for them.

vriddy

Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

Over the last week...

Posted and commented on bnha_fans.

Commented on booknook.

Commented on getyourwordsout.

Signal boosts:

For anyone who missed my previous post about it, if you're stuck about what to post about now that snowflake_challenge is over, have a look at the Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition squee challenge for February that dreamersdare dreamt up ;D

jillysriser

I did the work for my client that needed to be done yesterday. We had a busy night of errands, so that was about all the stamina I had in me for the day. With that out of the way for the moment, I'm hoping I will be able to return to my personal projects and get some nice words out today. Even if I have to write them by hand, I am desperate to write them.

I have two days off from the day job coming up, so ideally, I will be able to get some jump starting done. The hope is once I start, once I get my scene lists put together, I can dive back into the writing. As always, the hardest part is starting. But I'm also not going to push it too much. Just because I have 48 hours in my arsenal to work with, doesn't mean I have to work all 48 hours.

My focus is getting stronger. What I'm missing is the direction for my plot. If I can get those pieces organized, I think this could be two incredibly successful days.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Gold Son" audio.

Current Mood: blah

incomplete_ruler

Okay this isn't a big post. I just wanted to talk about this funny thing that happened as I was doing my self-assessment for ASD ('cause yes. I am a certified autism now). Idk if this is just the criteria in Australia, but either way this is hilarious.

So with the assessment I had to do there were the usual questions around problems with socialising, overstimulation etc., but then there were questions like this:

Do you like numbers and dates?

OF COURSE I LIKE NUMBERS AND DATES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!

( Read more... )

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: (reluctantly)

vriddy

Going on a Discord time-out for a few days (longer would probably be better, but let's start where we can). My skull feels like a hedgehog turned inside out with all the spikes drilling into my brain lately, and synchronous conversations (or even just the possibility of it) are like electric shocks running up and down the spikes.

I don't know why I'm always working so hard to find metaphors that probably only make sense to me. "And today's headache is... drilling into my brain through the temple! ...cerebellum massage with boxing gloves...!"

....I actually didn't know this bit was called cerebellum hahaha I thought it was the amygdala. Nothing like looking at diagrams of brain slices in the morning.

I wanted to post a book rec so it's not all eldritch hedgehogs and brains, but the BuJo with the rec I was thinking of is out of reach... Hm. Here are a couple of other books I enjoyed more recently though!

August Kitko and the mechas from space, by Alex White. With its bright pink cover, you know it's going to be as crazy as the title suggest, and it was a ton of fun! With mechas! From space!! Haha. Crack treated seriously at its finest. Fun premise, set a few hundreds years in the future, and written so well. Loved that one of the MCs was a bisexual dude and the second MC/love interest is nb with they/them pronouns. Not plot relevant, it just is. Great space opera overall.
A Darker Shade of Magic, by VE Schwab, which I got from a rec here (I mean I get like 90% of my book recs from my Dreamwidth reading page at this point I believe :D Thank you all!). Wonderful worldbuilding, wonderful writing, great characters. Great concepts, used really well. The kind of books that makes me want to write. I'm impatiently waiting for my library hold on the second one to be released!!

To quieter brains and asynchronous conversations! \o/ Please be patient with me if you expect a reply from me on discord. Or Dreamwidth, for that matter. My inbox is not quite empty yet but I'll get there, in time :D <3

jillysriser

I still haven't done the work I said I was going to do. The chances of it happening today are far higher. The biggest thing is I need to stay focused, so I'm going to work on creating spaces I can harness that. Closing down social media tabs, setting timers, and trying to keep the outside world away for chunks at a time.

Feels easier said than done at the moment. Most things do, but this is a long journey. I just got to keep riding it out.

Currently:
Playing: "Final Fantasy X" perfect run attempt. "Death Stranding". "Octopath Traveler: Zero". "Cat Quest II" replay. "Elden Ring".
Reading: "Starling House" print. "The Witching Hour" audio. "Gold Son" audio.

Current Mood: calm

soc_puppet

Downright astounding that I managed to forget about basting stitches for nigh on two decades.

On the plus side, now that I've remembered them, patching the worn out inner thighs of my pants is much less of a headache!

Current Mood: exasperated

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