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Recent-ish webtoons (mostly Manta)
Shamelessly just copy/pasting the stuff I wrote on comment sections. I subbed to Manta for a month because you get a discounted price + gems on your first month (Manta's system is now a hybrid model of subscription access and purchase through in-app gems) and I wanted the gems for the orca BL which just start serializing in English and is gem-only.
Killer Whale Protocol (ongoing): Modern-day m/m romance by the creator of my favorite manhwa, Goldiluck the Black Kitten. Spoiler: I don't like it as much as Goldiluck, but I guess that's to be expected.
The vibes are a bit like Shape of the Water but with standard BL tropes (I think! I confess I have never actually seen Shape of the Water). The MC is a new hire in a research facility that deals with aquatic animals that don't seem quite right. He is a lover of killer whales and starts visiting and feeding the neglected killer whale that lives in a deserted tank as part of his destressing ritual. The killer whale likes to hang out with the MC and snack on the MC's bullies when the MC isn't looking. One of the bullies is his rapist from high school, so while this arc was painful to get through, at least we know there is cold-blooded comeuppance.
CW: Rape (past), attempted rape (present)
The Iron Inside: f/f dystopia set in post-apocalyptic Seoul where everyone lives in an underground base. The story beats reminded me of a mix of Wandering Earth, Little Mushroom, and Snowpiercer, but with more eugenics since all the survivors are handpicked "elites". Inexplicably men went extinct so the only way to repopulate was to wake up cryogenically frozen humans as needed. I found the characters and relationships interesting (the FL is rightfully resented by the community since she's sleeping with the director and getting special treatment) but the worldbuilding and timeline confused me and made me curious about the novel. It was really short (> 40 chapters) and the art was great so for all its strangeness I don't regret reading it!
Semantic Error: m/m modern-day campus enemies-to-lovers romance between a computer science major and his visual design major sunbae. Loved the first two (out of three) seasons a lot but I struggle to continue things when I've paused them, however brief. The graphic design parts (exhibit A, exhibit B) had me cackling.
When Fate Finds Us: m/f romantasy where the FL has been marked as the bride of the god and is destined to be sacrificed to him imminently. She has the ability to see fragments of the future when she touches people, so she's regarded as a prized prophet when she's in fact treated as a prisoner in the temple. The ML helps her break out of the temple in exchange for her help in locating a family heirloom. The vibes so far are part Tangled, part fantasy anime, mostly enjoyable, but again, I paused it momentarily so idk when to get back.
ι£δΉε The Wind Spell: f/f (fish/fucker) dark fantasy set in the 17th century. It appears that the MC is some sort of witch (whose medium is a rope) and the FL is a vicious mermaid? I have only read like 2 pages so I can't really talk about the story but omg I am obsesseeeeeeeeed with this artist's art (their other comic appears to be a baihe about a lady and her maid). Vibes-wise, reminds me of Your Eternal Lies.
The vibes are a bit like Shape of the Water but with standard BL tropes (I think! I confess I have never actually seen Shape of the Water). The MC is a new hire in a research facility that deals with aquatic animals that don't seem quite right. He is a lover of killer whales and starts visiting and feeding the neglected killer whale that lives in a deserted tank as part of his destressing ritual. The killer whale likes to hang out with the MC and snack on the MC's bullies when the MC isn't looking. One of the bullies is his rapist from high school, so while this arc was painful to get through, at least we know there is cold-blooded comeuppance.
CW: Rape (past), attempted rape (present)
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glitteryv) wrote in recthething2025-09-04 10:05 amEntry tags:
Community Recs Post!
Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fanvids/fancrafts/fics/podfics/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.
This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)
(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)
So what cool fanvids/fancrafts/fics/podfics/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.
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paradisedinermod (paradisedinermod) wrote in paradisediner2025-09-04 10:34 pm
paradisedinermod) wrote in paradisediner2025-09-04 10:34 pmEntry tags:
POLL: fave debut songs - nominations open!
Simple question - what are your favourite debut songs, from any group or soloist?
Please drop your nominations in the comments to this post!
You can nominate as many songs as you want, but please be aware that when it comes to voting next week, you'll only have a limited number of votes. One nomination is enough to get into the poll - if it's already listed, you don't need to nominate it again.
Next week, we'll gather up the nominations and open up a poll.
Please drop your nominations in the comments to this post!
You can nominate as many songs as you want, but please be aware that when it comes to voting next week, you'll only have a limited number of votes. One nomination is enough to get into the poll - if it's already listed, you don't need to nominate it again.
Next week, we'll gather up the nominations and open up a poll.
courtney (sonofgodzilla) wrote2025-09-04 05:45 am
sonofgodzilla) wrote2025-09-04 05:45 am
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FIC: Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian - Growing Down
Title: Growing Down
Universe: Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian
Prompt: Power Rangers Ninja Steel: S24E03 - Live and Learn
Character(s): Yamabuki Yukiko, Yamambuki Tsukiko, Yamabuki Hanako, OC
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: At first, she did not recognise the three girls standing at her door in the hallway. She thought there was something familiar about them, something she recognised in others, in members of her family even, but she did not know them for who they were. Three girls, descending in age: 16, 14, 12. Slowly, realisation dawned. She lifted a hand to cover her mouth.
Length: 784 words
Author's Notes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANAKA NORIKO!! πππ°ππ also: external link.
( Growing Down )
Universe: Yuugen Jikkou Sisters Shushutorian
Prompt: Power Rangers Ninja Steel: S24E03 - Live and Learn
Character(s): Yamabuki Yukiko, Yamambuki Tsukiko, Yamabuki Hanako, OC
Rating: U
Warnings: N/A
Summary: At first, she did not recognise the three girls standing at her door in the hallway. She thought there was something familiar about them, something she recognised in others, in members of her family even, but she did not know them for who they were. Three girls, descending in age: 16, 14, 12. Slowly, realisation dawned. She lifted a hand to cover her mouth.
Length: 784 words
Author's Notes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANAKA NORIKO!! πππ°ππ also: external link.
( Growing Down )
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Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 13 secrets from Secret Submission Post #973.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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kat_lair (kat_lair) wrote in paradisediner2025-09-03 08:29 pm
kat_lair) wrote in paradisediner2025-09-03 08:29 pmEntry tags:
Fanfics!
***
You know what I'm doing? I'm renormalising pimping your fics in communities *old enough to sigh wistfully at LJ heyday* Anyways, here are the K-pop fics, ficlets and drabbles I've posted in the last year. There are some earlier ones as well that are on my AO3 but I've just included the ones posted since the last fic I pimped on the community. And looking at the list, maybe I should do this more often rather than every 12 months π
Behold! *upends a sack of shiny pebbles onto a velvet cloth like a two-bit hustler*
In order of posting...
Title: foreign(er)
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Characters: Kim Namjoon|RM + his boys
Tags: Ficlet, Belonging, Multilingual Character, Interviews
Rating: G
Word count: 816
Summary: The travel is a privilege. This country is not, it’s just one among many, not as great as many of its people think, not as terrible as some paint it, a mix of good and bad. Namjoon’s found that to be the case in every country he’s visited, including his own.
Author notes: Written as a response to a prompt 'foreigner'
Title: leave-taking
Fandom: Ateez
Pairing: Kim Hongjoong/Park Seongwha
Tags: Spooktober, Ficlet, Autumn, pre-enlistment
Rating: G
Word count: 425
Summary: In the end, they make plans to enlist at the same time.
Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 1/31. Prompt/theme: Autumn.
Title: Temptation
Fandom: SEVENTEEN
Pairing: Kwon Soonyoung | Hoshi/Lee Jihoon | Woozi
Tags: Spooktober, Pre-Relationship, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Dom/Sub Undertones, Power Dynamics, Photoshoots, Canon Compliant
Rating: T
Word count: 1,646
Summary: “I have another idea,” Jihoon says, quiet, but authoritative.
Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 19/31. Prompt/theme: Leaves. Look. Look. This was supposed to be a cute ficlet where there was a leaf in someone's hair and someone was plucking it off and it was all cute and then Jihoon was like 'actually, no' so now... *gestures mutely at the fic* The leaves are still, technically, there, I guess. There is also an amazing podfic of this fic by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
pezzax_podfics that is well worth listening to like all their podfics!
Title: Light Wandering
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Pairings + characters: Kim Namjoon | RM/Jeon Jungkook, Kim Seokjin | Jin/Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V
Tags: Gen or Pre-Slash, Alternate Universe - Space, relationship implied as something that may happen in the future, right now it's mostly in my head, Background Relationships
Rating: T
Word count: 1,951
Summary: In the vast, empty space between the stars, floated Bangtan. Its hull, battle-scarred and bullet grey, rotated gently, its engines silent. Inside it, on a narrow bench attached to the side of a utility corridor, sat Captain Kim Namjoon. Inside his head, floated a start of a spectacular headache and a singular, somewhat whiny, thought. “Why me?” Namjoon voiced it. “Why us?” It wasn’t the first time he’d asked that question, nor, he was depressingly certain, would it be the last.
Author notes:fandomgiftbasket 2024 fic for celli who said 'in space' and my space opera loving brain went '!!!' and then spat out what is absolutely nothing but set up for a much longer story that may never see the light of day but... Uhhh, here you go? dreamersdare did the beta and wailed about the lack of the actual story so you know, you're not alone. Title from one of the English translations of Mikrokosmos lyrics.
Title: sewn shut my brightest scars
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Lee Felix
Tags: Attempted Sexual Assault, Extortion, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, by an OMC, not between Chan and Felix, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Shippy Gen, Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, using that tag because I'm pretty sure it applies sadly, Protectiveness, Pre-Slash
Rating: M
Word count: 4,509
Summary: Today is not the first time it happens. But it is the first time it happens in front of someone else. That the someone else is Chan makes it both worse and better.
Author notes: Written for a prompt of 'violation'. Not betaed so if you spot a typo or grammar mistake you absolutely should tell me about it. The OMC is fully made up so if I have accidentally stumbled on a celebrity's name that is a pure coincidence.
Title: when to fold'em
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Yang Jeongin, background Han Jisung/Lee Minho + some others implied
Tags: Alternate Universe - Gangsters, Threats of Violence Power Imbalance, Control, Unhealthy Relationships
Rating: M
Word count: 1,392
Summary: Just because things could be worse doesn’t make them good.
Author notes: Continuation ofdreamersdare's Desperation Play which you should read first, this will make no sense otherwise, and also it's incendiary, so.
Title: Metamorphosis
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Character: Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook
Tags: Metamorphosis, Ambiguous Relationships, OT7, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Ficlet
Rating: G
Word count: 544
Summary: The scales appear slowly. They bloom across his arms, like cherry blossoms opening in the spring, pale pink at first before deepening into fiery crimson.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'metamorphosis'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Title: Whispers
Fandom: Ateez
Pairing: Kim Hongjoong/Park Seonghwa, Park Seonghwa/Original Male Character(s)
Tags: Drabble, Regret, Jealousy
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: It starts as a whisper.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: Thorns
Fandom: Seventeen
Pairing: Kwon Soonyoung | Hoshi/Lee Jihoon | Woozi
Tags: Drabble, Pre-Slash, Pining
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: Jihoon is like a rose.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: Summoned
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Seo Changbin
Tags: Drabble, Pining, Power Dynamics
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: There’s nothing even close to an order in Chan's tone.
Author notes: Prompt = summon.
Title: First Spark
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Pairing: Kim Namjoon | RM/Min Yoongi | Suga
Tags: Drabble, Songwriting
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: They exchange notebooks in silence.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: like what you (don't) see
Fandom: K.A.R.D.
Pairing: Matthew Kim | BM/Kim Taehyung | J.Seph, Kim Taehyung | J.Seph/Original Male Character(s)
Tags: Ficlet, Canon Compliant, Jealousy, Denial of Feelings
Rating: G
Word count: 720
Summary: “He’s looking at you,” Matthew murmurs under the guise of bending down to hand over a bottle of water.
Author notes: I was looking for a prompt to write something for the first challenge ofsunshine_revival and then K.A.R.D. dropped Touch. And listen, they know what their target audience (the thirsty bis and pans) want and keep them well fed. I've been low key wanting more fic for this pairing and the MV gave me this brief frame at 2.09 where the (very hot) dancer looks like he's checking Taehyung out and... Well. Longer fic has been written on a flimsier premise. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo you absolutely should tell me about it.
***
You know what I'm doing? I'm renormalising pimping your fics in communities *old enough to sigh wistfully at LJ heyday* Anyways, here are the K-pop fics, ficlets and drabbles I've posted in the last year. There are some earlier ones as well that are on my AO3 but I've just included the ones posted since the last fic I pimped on the community. And looking at the list, maybe I should do this more often rather than every 12 months π
Behold! *upends a sack of shiny pebbles onto a velvet cloth like a two-bit hustler*
In order of posting...
Title: foreign(er)
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Characters: Kim Namjoon|RM + his boys
Tags: Ficlet, Belonging, Multilingual Character, Interviews
Rating: G
Word count: 816
Summary: The travel is a privilege. This country is not, it’s just one among many, not as great as many of its people think, not as terrible as some paint it, a mix of good and bad. Namjoon’s found that to be the case in every country he’s visited, including his own.
Author notes: Written as a response to a prompt 'foreigner'
Title: leave-taking
Fandom: Ateez
Pairing: Kim Hongjoong/Park Seongwha
Tags: Spooktober, Ficlet, Autumn, pre-enlistment
Rating: G
Word count: 425
Summary: In the end, they make plans to enlist at the same time.
Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 1/31. Prompt/theme: Autumn.
Title: Temptation
Fandom: SEVENTEEN
Pairing: Kwon Soonyoung | Hoshi/Lee Jihoon | Woozi
Tags: Spooktober, Pre-Relationship, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Dom/Sub Undertones, Power Dynamics, Photoshoots, Canon Compliant
Rating: T
Word count: 1,646
Summary: “I have another idea,” Jihoon says, quiet, but authoritative.
Author notes: Spooktober 2024, Day 19/31. Prompt/theme: Leaves. Look. Look. This was supposed to be a cute ficlet where there was a leaf in someone's hair and someone was plucking it off and it was all cute and then Jihoon was like 'actually, no' so now... *gestures mutely at the fic* The leaves are still, technically, there, I guess. There is also an amazing podfic of this fic by
Title: Light Wandering
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Pairings + characters: Kim Namjoon | RM/Jeon Jungkook, Kim Seokjin | Jin/Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V
Tags: Gen or Pre-Slash, Alternate Universe - Space, relationship implied as something that may happen in the future, right now it's mostly in my head, Background Relationships
Rating: T
Word count: 1,951
Summary: In the vast, empty space between the stars, floated Bangtan. Its hull, battle-scarred and bullet grey, rotated gently, its engines silent. Inside it, on a narrow bench attached to the side of a utility corridor, sat Captain Kim Namjoon. Inside his head, floated a start of a spectacular headache and a singular, somewhat whiny, thought. “Why me?” Namjoon voiced it. “Why us?” It wasn’t the first time he’d asked that question, nor, he was depressingly certain, would it be the last.
Author notes:
fandomgiftbasket 2024 fic for celli who said 'in space' and my space opera loving brain went '!!!' and then spat out what is absolutely nothing but set up for a much longer story that may never see the light of day but... Uhhh, here you go? dreamersdare did the beta and wailed about the lack of the actual story so you know, you're not alone. Title from one of the English translations of Mikrokosmos lyrics.Title: sewn shut my brightest scars
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Lee Felix
Tags: Attempted Sexual Assault, Extortion, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, by an OMC, not between Chan and Felix, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Shippy Gen, Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, using that tag because I'm pretty sure it applies sadly, Protectiveness, Pre-Slash
Rating: M
Word count: 4,509
Summary: Today is not the first time it happens. But it is the first time it happens in front of someone else. That the someone else is Chan makes it both worse and better.
Author notes: Written for a prompt of 'violation'. Not betaed so if you spot a typo or grammar mistake you absolutely should tell me about it. The OMC is fully made up so if I have accidentally stumbled on a celebrity's name that is a pure coincidence.
Title: when to fold'em
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Yang Jeongin, background Han Jisung/Lee Minho + some others implied
Tags: Alternate Universe - Gangsters, Threats of Violence Power Imbalance, Control, Unhealthy Relationships
Rating: M
Word count: 1,392
Summary: Just because things could be worse doesn’t make them good.
Author notes: Continuation of
dreamersdare's Desperation Play which you should read first, this will make no sense otherwise, and also it's incendiary, so.Title: Metamorphosis
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Character: Kim Namjoon | RM, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Min Yoongi | Suga, Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Park Jimin (BTS), Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook
Tags: Metamorphosis, Ambiguous Relationships, OT7, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Ficlet
Rating: G
Word count: 544
Summary: The scales appear slowly. They bloom across his arms, like cherry blossoms opening in the spring, pale pink at first before deepening into fiery crimson.
Author notes: Picked some spring themed prompts to get me out of a writing slump. This was for the prompt 'metamorphosis'. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo or mistake you should tell me.
Title: Whispers
Fandom: Ateez
Pairing: Kim Hongjoong/Park Seonghwa, Park Seonghwa/Original Male Character(s)
Tags: Drabble, Regret, Jealousy
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: It starts as a whisper.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: Thorns
Fandom: Seventeen
Pairing: Kwon Soonyoung | Hoshi/Lee Jihoon | Woozi
Tags: Drabble, Pre-Slash, Pining
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: Jihoon is like a rose.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: Summoned
Fandom: Stray Kids
Pairing: Bang Chan/Seo Changbin
Tags: Drabble, Pining, Power Dynamics
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: There’s nothing even close to an order in Chan's tone.
Author notes: Prompt = summon.
Title: First Spark
Fandom: λ°©νμλ λ¨ | Bangtan Boys | BTS
Pairing: Kim Namjoon | RM/Min Yoongi | Suga
Tags: Drabble, Songwriting
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Summary: They exchange notebooks in silence.
Author notes: Prompt = the title.
Title: like what you (don't) see
Fandom: K.A.R.D.
Pairing: Matthew Kim | BM/Kim Taehyung | J.Seph, Kim Taehyung | J.Seph/Original Male Character(s)
Tags: Ficlet, Canon Compliant, Jealousy, Denial of Feelings
Rating: G
Word count: 720
Summary: “He’s looking at you,” Matthew murmurs under the guise of bending down to hand over a bottle of water.
Author notes: I was looking for a prompt to write something for the first challenge of
sunshine_revival and then K.A.R.D. dropped Touch. And listen, they know what their target audience (the thirsty bis and pans) want and keep them well fed. I've been low key wanting more fic for this pairing and the MV gave me this brief frame at 2.09 where the (very hot) dancer looks like he's checking Taehyung out and... Well. Longer fic has been written on a flimsier premise. Unbetaed so if you spot a typo you absolutely should tell me about it.***
Riona (rionaleonhart) wrote2025-09-03 05:49 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2025-09-03 05:49 pmEntry tags:
Fanfiction: Bad Company (Danganronpa: Despair Time, Arei/David)
Sometimes I finish a canon and have to write fanfiction IMMEDIATELY to deal with the fact that there is no more canon left. I finished watching Danganronpa: Despair Time approximately twenty-four hours ago; here's a fic.
Title: Bad Company
Fandom: Danganronpa: Despair Time
Rating: 15
Pairing: Arei/David
Wordcount: 1,200
Summary: Arei grins. βHiiiii, David. Thatβs the real you, isnβt it?β
( Bad Company )
Title: Bad Company
Fandom: Danganronpa: Despair Time
Rating: 15
Pairing: Arei/David
Wordcount: 1,200
Summary: Arei grins. βHiiiii, David. Thatβs the real you, isnβt it?β
( Bad Company )
Punk (runpunkrun) wrote in fandomcalendar2025-09-03 07:49 am
runpunkrun) wrote in fandomcalendar2025-09-03 07:49 amEntry tags:
Fancake Theme for September: Food & Cooking
fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules. This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
courtney (sonofgodzilla) wrote2025-09-03 05:39 am
sonofgodzilla) wrote2025-09-03 05:39 am
AKC Courtneyyyyyy Culture Festival #193: Oshima Ryoka
In her last promotional picture in 2017, Oshima Ryoka looks a lot like Watanabe Mayu. Not, I think, that they are similar in appearance, but around this time, wardrobe and makeup were eager to smooth out all members into this sort of comparative Sakamachi series appearance, a hope that they might reverse engineer some of the increasing popularity of Sony's rival group. Rest assured, she really doesn't really look like that in her brief appearance in 2014's Sailor Zombie drama.
Ryo-chan passed the auditions for AKB on the cusp of the group's big change and at the peak of their popularity. For a year, she numbered amongst the kenkyuusei, and then, in the big shuffle at Tokyo Dome in 2012 that comes up so much in these entries, as Maeda Atsuko bowed out from Team A, Ryo-chan joined their ranks, the team now under the captainship of Shinoda Mariko.
For a year, she remained with them, appearing in a campaign for JR East's Yokohama Line as part of the promotional unit, Team Kanagawa, alongside Okada Nana and Kawaei Rina, before eventually being transferred to Kuramochi Asuka's Team B at the next big shake-up at Zepp DiverCity in 2014. Later that year, Ryo-chan appeared in the senbatsu for the first time, standing alongside formerly graduated members, again with Kawaei Rina, for Kibouteki Refrain, which is a moment I've been thinking about a lot since oh my pumpkin! released.
By 2015, Ryo-chan had her first solo concert under her belt and had been appointed as co-captain of Team B, taking over from Oya Shizuka, and was one of the members to appear in Central Park in New York before 5,000 people as part of AKB's return to the city for the Japan Day celebrations. I can't imagine what it must have been like to stand on that stage; I can't even imagine what it must have been like to be in that crowd! Later in the year, she appeared one last time with Kawaei for the last single before the other girl graduated, the slightly overwrought Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai, the MV for which feels like Heisei era Kamen Rider and also marks the last appearance with AKB of Matsui Rena and Ikoma Rina. An interesting aside, but apparently Iriyama Anna was offered a role in the senbatsu for this single but she refused, possibly fearful of what attention it might bring after the attack on her and Kawaei in 2014. By this point, AKB was so big that the senbatsu for singles was functionally meaningless, an extra layer now added to the dynamic, the "media senbatsu", meaning that you could be in the line-up for the single and still not get the increased attention when it came to promoting it. Such was the case with Ryo-chan alas.
2016 was a quiet year, with Ryo-chan averaging an appearance in the senbatsu once a year. Tsubasa wa Iranai is very much indictive of the AKB of that era, Mukaichi Mion in centre position, Iriyama Anna returning once more to stand alongside Okada Nana and Kato Rena, AKS's first misguided push of NGT members. It feels a sad note to end mention of Ryo-chan's activities.
Growing up alongside Aigasa Moe, pretending to be AKB members in middle school before both girls made became part of the thirteenth generation, Ryo-chan and her peers made AKB what it was in that moment. We kind of gloss over these years now, thinking of the era of the Kami 7, and then the explosion of Team 8, and eventually, where we are now, the Oguri Yui era, but in writing these entries, I hope I can preserve a little of the AKB we too readily forget.
Ryo-chan passed the auditions for AKB on the cusp of the group's big change and at the peak of their popularity. For a year, she numbered amongst the kenkyuusei, and then, in the big shuffle at Tokyo Dome in 2012 that comes up so much in these entries, as Maeda Atsuko bowed out from Team A, Ryo-chan joined their ranks, the team now under the captainship of Shinoda Mariko.
For a year, she remained with them, appearing in a campaign for JR East's Yokohama Line as part of the promotional unit, Team Kanagawa, alongside Okada Nana and Kawaei Rina, before eventually being transferred to Kuramochi Asuka's Team B at the next big shake-up at Zepp DiverCity in 2014. Later that year, Ryo-chan appeared in the senbatsu for the first time, standing alongside formerly graduated members, again with Kawaei Rina, for Kibouteki Refrain, which is a moment I've been thinking about a lot since oh my pumpkin! released.
By 2015, Ryo-chan had her first solo concert under her belt and had been appointed as co-captain of Team B, taking over from Oya Shizuka, and was one of the members to appear in Central Park in New York before 5,000 people as part of AKB's return to the city for the Japan Day celebrations. I can't imagine what it must have been like to stand on that stage; I can't even imagine what it must have been like to be in that crowd! Later in the year, she appeared one last time with Kawaei for the last single before the other girl graduated, the slightly overwrought Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai, the MV for which feels like Heisei era Kamen Rider and also marks the last appearance with AKB of Matsui Rena and Ikoma Rina. An interesting aside, but apparently Iriyama Anna was offered a role in the senbatsu for this single but she refused, possibly fearful of what attention it might bring after the attack on her and Kawaei in 2014. By this point, AKB was so big that the senbatsu for singles was functionally meaningless, an extra layer now added to the dynamic, the "media senbatsu", meaning that you could be in the line-up for the single and still not get the increased attention when it came to promoting it. Such was the case with Ryo-chan alas.
2016 was a quiet year, with Ryo-chan averaging an appearance in the senbatsu once a year. Tsubasa wa Iranai is very much indictive of the AKB of that era, Mukaichi Mion in centre position, Iriyama Anna returning once more to stand alongside Okada Nana and Kato Rena, AKS's first misguided push of NGT members. It feels a sad note to end mention of Ryo-chan's activities.
Growing up alongside Aigasa Moe, pretending to be AKB members in middle school before both girls made became part of the thirteenth generation, Ryo-chan and her peers made AKB what it was in that moment. We kind of gloss over these years now, thinking of the era of the Kami 7, and then the explosion of Team 8, and eventually, where we are now, the Oguri Yui era, but in writing these entries, I hope I can preserve a little of the AKB we too readily forget.
stonepicnicking_okapi (stonepicnicking_okapi) wrote in 100words2025-09-02 09:44 pm
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458: BBC Sherlock: Gen
Title: What is it?
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Rating: Gen
Notes: Sherlock is looking down a dark hallway.
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Rating: Gen
Notes: Sherlock is looking down a dark hallway.
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