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Never Change A Running System

Fandom: Haikyuu (My contribution to the @ngczine) Type: Short-Story (5.1k words) / Canon-Compliant Focus: Next Generation Seijoh Ships: no explicit mentions (but feel free to imagine the classics) Rating: General/Teen Up (for occasional swearing)

Summary:  Watari is starting to think something went wrong when all the new first years are coming to him instead of Yahaba - but maybe, considering that his best friend is busy taming a certain Mad Dog, the underclassmen’s fear is justified.

Or: A story about how Yahaba, and with him all of Seijoh, struggles to fill out some big footprints 

Read on Ao3 -> Never Change A Running System

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my art, slapping me mercilessly: stop pretending that a simple box of color counts as a background you stupid sonuvabitch u stupid motherfucker stop it

me, spitting out blood: w h ,,at if it had a gradient tho,,

Okay so basically I have two ways to approach this.

On that is just me being a petty sucker for love and the other a little more… scientific.

So what if we had them going all the way to ‚properly‘ - which I just assume is kissing and/or sex.

For one Kaz shows that he is starting to work on his trauma by holding hands with Inej at the end of CK.

And Inej with her backstory at the menagerie it‘s like: Bruh, don‘t get me started on how she must feel about sex!

So they both just start to tackle their individual problems slowly, which is absolutely fine (and possibly leaves room for a third book).

But they are just so darn hecking cute together I want them too smooch for pete's sake!

(As I said I just am sucker for love in a well developed story)

And so, the let us say ‚scientific‘ reason I think they are ‚only‘ holding hands at the end of CK (appart from a possible third book) isn‘t Kaz character but Inej.

Kaz is shown in his flashback scenes that he actually tried before to live without the gloves (with that other girl, sorry I forgot her name, that he was collecting fight bets with). He just choose not to, because working through his trauma was getting in the way of business and that was simply more important to him and his big revenge scheme. So I think if Leigh had just started to ‚rehabilitate‘ Kaz just a little earlier in the books she could have comfortably made him confident enough to go out ‚properly‘ with Inej by the end.

And that is why I think It‘s actually about her and her past as prostitute.

Idk how to explain this but at least to me, Inej might be trying to work through her history but even close to the end she is still terrified by the menagerie.

She is not like Kaz, who sort of choose to just go along with his trauma, she is still somewhat in it‘s thrall.

So that will just take a lot more time to unravel and she is only just beginning with it.

Sure she stuck her middle finger into Tante Heleens face but isn‘t that the exact reason why she wants to be a pirate and fight? To work her way through the trauma?

To become stronger? Strong enough she can leave the nightmares of the menagerie behind once and for all?

So in conclusion

*Clears throat after typing a lot of probably unnecessary explanation that got kinda of topic at the end*

Leaving aside my petty desires and also I my imminent need a Wesper/Kanej double date because fu** you, that is my jam!

*nervous sweating*

I don‘t think it would have been realistic for Inej to make that step, even at the end of CK.

Which is just a too long explanation of: I want it, even though it definitely doesn‘t fit into the novel!!

So I am glad Leigh didn‘t actually let them get together ‚properly‘ - and here come my big big hope - yet.

(Even though it would have been just so cute *silent sobbing*)

Also @arin-saintsforsakencity - no problemo ;)

Oh man so a couple days ago I met a high school teacher who had read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom and she had the coldest fucking take I’ve ever heard despite being otherwise a very smart, sensitive person. I knew she had read them and I was so excited to talk about my close readings of metaphor and subversion/reinforcement of racial tropes and all the other stuff I’ve never quite managed to type up. So I asked her what she thought. And she said.

She said that she wished Kaz and Inej had been able to “properly” get together at the end of CK and I almost choked on my fucking orange soda. I’ve never been so let down by a literary opinion in my entire life.

I managed to argue with her a little but her heart wasn’t as in it as mine was. I’m so disappointed. So yeah if you hold this same bad opinion, this is an open invitation to hash it out with me.

🎊IT'S TIME!!!🎉 THE PDF VERSION OF ABOUT THAT SUMMER IS ONLINE!🛒

You can download it here!

🧵What will you find in this new version?🧵

A nine-year long story about two boys falling in love with each other. Misunderstandings, confessions, contrasts and resolutions. When what brings together is true love, no obstacle can divide what fate must unite.

In this PDF version of About that summer:

- you'll find a 246 gray/coloured pages story;

- I corrected all text and fixed grammatical errors. I also corrected any contradictions in the story;

- you will find new, unedited illustrations;

- you'll find funny sketches between chapters;

- you will find the whole NSFW chapter;

- there's also the Matsuhana side chapter.

RECOMMENDATIONS: There is a NSFW chapter, if you want to see the sfw, you can find it on my Twitter or pixiv (links in my bio). Please, respect the artist's work, who spent a lot of money and time to create it.

- DO NOT RESELL - DO NOT REPOST - DO NOT SHARE.

Thank you so much for your support and....enjoy!

Aside from that autumn slump (and mediocre ArtFight turnout), tis was a pretty solid art year (shout out to the Sword & Sorcery Bang for really getting my art game up, especially in the backgrounds/scenery and posing department) 👍🌟

Individual pieces can be found through my art tag #charleedraws as always and now on BSKY as well (same handle as here @/charlythelee) ~

Also, another year full of zine fun, thank you all for the support on the Frieren, Trigun and MSBY4 zines 😊💕

Jusssss 👋🏼

Currently fighting my way around a pretty stubborn creativity block - this kind of just.... happened.

Levia vs. the Art Block

-Lv 1 - The Gatekeeper -

Been like forever that i did a traditional piece - also sort of style experiment? Idk anymore

(Pls ignore that hind leg - my little sister barged in while i was lining and i slipped)

Also introducing my second sona Leviathan to Tumblr. She’s my demon and a snarky girl (secretly she just wants to be petted but she’ll chew off your hand in the process)

Art was made by me / Character also belongs to me! Dont use!

The peculiar case of Tadashi Yamaguchi

Fandom: Haikyuu (My contribution for the @hqurbanfantasybang) Type: Chaptered (3/3 - 40.1k words total) // Urban Fantasy AU ; University AU Focus: Unknown Species!Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi/Kuro/Bokuto friendship/support/mentorship) Ships: TsukiYama, BokuAka, KuroKen, IwaOi & DaiSuga; implied LevYaku, UshiTen, KageHina & MatsuHana Rating: Mature (descriptions of blood and injuries & explicit language)

Summary: Tadashi Yamaguchi has problems. As in: A lot. People can’t stop reminding him that he smells tasty and they’d like to eat him. His best friend and he are indirectly responsible for burning down their previous university. He can’t figure out how to stop turning orange whenever he’s nervous, keeps hitting his antlers on the lintel and the lion’s tail growing out his back seems to have developed a mind of its own. Oh, and of course there is that cute but grouchy med student vampire living across the hall who he is crushing on hard but doesn’t have the courage to ask out! On top of everything he now has to transfer to a new uni and try to survive campus chaos. Luckily, a pixie with chronic bed-hair and a shapeshifter who transforms into a duck rather than an owl whenever he’s upset, decide to take him on and teach Tadashi some confidence. Inbetween mysterious mentors, headless centaurs, annoyed dragons, hungry werewolves, kickboxing archangels, literal gods and sassy half-ghosts he isn’t quite sure if they are actually helping his increasing anxiety attacks, but hey… it’s the effort that counts, isn’t it?

Partner: DazzleTwig (on Twitter & Instagram) -> Art made by them (please support their amazing works!)

Read on Ao3 -> The peculiar case of Tadashi Yamaguchi

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With the annual updating of all my links I've made the decision to (finally) formally phase out Amino in favor of BlueSky.

Tumblr is and will remain my main, but I'd still be thrilled if you give me a follow over at BSKY (handle is charlythelee, same as here, link through the LinkTree in my bio) 💕

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