I keep reading the Touhou Project stuff hoping that it will click for me and I'll get it and start liking it. But so far it eludes me.

Not saying that it's bad, just that I can't seem to get a good handle on who the people are and why I should care.

Kaya-chan is my spirit animal.

Boy that escalated quickly

We see little white hearts above the alien's head when she's kissing the scientist. So textually, there's genuine affection there.

Stars visible within the moon's crescent

ಠ_ಠ

Boy, that was confusing. Wasn't sure who I was rooting for.

The phrase "topping from the bottom" also came to mind throughout.

I am in the midst of writing a Saejima/Ichiha (from Valkyrie Drive) BDSM doujin that I hope to get illustrated, and hopefully it will be better written. Only time will tell.

Remember, second, third and fourth drafts are your friends.

By my count, I think I'm on Draft #17.

Well, careful not to *over*polish, too. It's easy to get caught up in tweaking minutae and spinning your wheels.

I hear ya. My current issue is that I have crafted Act I and Act III, and I am 98% happy with them. But Act II is proving to be elusive.

I am in the midst of writing a Saejima/Ichiha (from Valkyrie Drive) BDSM doujin that I hope to get illustrated, and hopefully it will be better written. Only time will tell.

Remember, second, third and fourth drafts are your friends.

By my count, I think I'm on Draft #17.

• Makes arrangements to go to this expensive af theater: "Actually I don't like watching movies." (are these places real? I can't imagine theaters with waiters, wouldn't it be distracting, to order while watching a movie? Unless it's like, before it starts, idk)

Yeah, there are a few places like that here in USAia. Alamo Drafthouse does that.

It's low key trash and isn't written very well,, but I enjoyed the last 3, Petai was cute, Mistress was irrational and moody; it was fun

I am in the midst of writing a Saejima/Ichiha (from Valkyrie Drive) BDSM doujin that I hope to get illustrated, and hopefully it will be better written. Only time will tell.

I RILLY wish one of the two protagonists had dark hair, because I often find them impossible to tell apart.

in japan is the driver seat on the right ? i was sure it was only in england like that.
here in italy's country there are lots of those cars showed in the first chapter, renault 4 and the old beetle were the first car i drove, and i like how the MC think: cars are better than bikes, bikes are 4 poser!

More than you ever wanted to know about which countries drive on which side of the road, and why.

it's just when people force ships outside of their sexuality that I dislike.

So, like 90% of shipping, in every fandom, ever.

Many years ago, I had an assistant manager who was a huge Harry Potter geek. She avidly read all the books, went to the midnight releases parties, the whole bit.

And she was a massive, massive Remus Lupin/Sirius Black shipper. Used to go on and on about how it was SO OBVIOUS IT WAS PRACTICALLY CANON OMG.

At the time, I hadn't read any of the books, so I was like "Eh, whatevs". But then later on I got around to reading the books. And when I got to The Prisoner of Azkaban, I dove in, looking forward to finding out how this OMG SO GAY couple worked out on the page.

And when I finished the book I blinked a couple of times. "Did I miss all the gay?", I wondered. 'cause I sure as hell didn't see any.

So the next time I saw her after that, I asked her. "Which were the specific bits that make them the gayest couple in Harry Potter?"

Turns out it was a single hug between the two men near the end of the book. That was her canon evidence.

Let's just say that I did not find her arguments persuasive.

No kidding. Kawaii out the yin-yang. Like for real. Everybody in his comics are just so adorkably cute and sweet and awkward.

A Homura E.N.D.?

I confess I do have fond (for some value of "fond") memories of the Harry x Hermione fans who actually put together a petition to have J.K Rowling's publisher prevent her from writing Book 7, and instead let one of their favorite Harry x Hermione fanfic authors write Book 7, because (according to them) the fact that Harry x Ginny and Ron x Hermione was official and canon clearly indicated that J.K. Rowling didn't understand her own characters well enough to be allowed to write Book 7.

Quite possibly the most ludicrous, most reality-challenged thing I have ever seen in my nearly half-a-century on this planet.

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I will read anything this author/artist writes about Love Live Sunshine. Particularly the YoshiMaru stuff.

Well, I mean, I can understand "I do not like this pairing."

It's the bit where it seems to cross over into "...and you shouldn't either" that confounds me.

Ah. So the people who are annoyed by this ship are simply annoyed that other people Aren't Having Fun Properly?

Like, I am trying to fathom why anybody would legitimately give a shit. You see a pairing you don't like, you shrug and move on, right?

Surprisingly, it worked about half the time

What the fuck
He better be really hot or something

I think it was more that he chose his targets wisely.

I'm new at this, so I find this conversation confusing. What do we mean by "shipping" in this context?

I guess when I think of "shipping", I think of creating media which features a particular pairing. I am writing A Thing featuring Saejima and Ichiha from Valkyrie Drive, so I am shipping those two.

Contextually from this conversation and from other conversations here, however, I infer that I am possibly defining the term incorrectly.

Many many years ago, I used to work with a guy named Daryl. Daryl was sort of the ur-Redneck. Bristly beard, Jack Daniels baseball cap, big Mack Truck belt buckle, the whole bit.

He had one, and only one, pick-up line. "Hey. Wanna get nekkid and fuck?"

Surprisingly, it worked about half the time.

This comic reminded me of Daryl.

Whenever I see honey (or other sugary stuff) used for sexy times down near the ladybits, I can't help but think "Man, that's a great way to get a yeast infection". Takes ALL the fun out of it, let me tell you.

This is literally my thought EVERY time I read erotic manga in which the person being licked keeps saying "Stop, it's embarrassing/dirty!"

^^It's actually amazing, Vankomycin. What's it from? :D

http://dynasty-scans.com/series/inugami_san_and_nekoyama_san

Specifically:

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/inugami_san_and_nekoyama_san_ch11#6

Sweet holy crap, this one is amazing. I am not sure how it avoided the Insane Amounts of Sex tag, though. Because there is certainly an awful lot of fuckin' in this one.

Love the light BDSM play, love the communication between the partners, and as always I love sweet, happy little perverts.