Telling

In the shop where I live, there were just sadness and anxiety.

Oscar

 

IYKYK

Pozole verde (Mexican)

Svíčková na smetaně with houskové knedlíky (Czech)

Kolache and horchata for the chat time (Czech and Mexican)

Il Mizu e' sempre il Mizu

I do not know exactly where to post this because it's so meta and transversal that it would be relevant to 5 people. Top.

Also, it's 4 am, so who cares?

I think that everyone who knows me for real is aware of the following: I'm a huge fan of Berusaiyu no Bara (Lady Oscar), 2. I had a fan crush on Mizushima Hiro and a couple of his photobooks are some of the most precious things I own, 3. one of my absolute favorite jpop singers is Ayaka.

When Hiro decided to give exactly zero fucks to the idol industry (which attempted to request him not to explicitly date Ayaka) leaving his agency and, on top of that, to pause his thriving career completely because he "just wanted to stay close with my wife now" (note: she was sick), he won at life at so many levels that he will deserve my respect forever.

She won too, since she left the agency they both belonged to, and she founded her own, which is now part of Avex. She actually didn't die (yay), she started singing again and became a mom (twice).

So today - a generally *very sad day* for my fandom life, because, to be fair, Da S (Barbie) gave me SO MUCH, even if we insulted her characters for literal years - while using my USB key that I named "Ayaka"  in 2010 (yes, I am still using USB keys from 2010) while listening "Versailles", the new song she wrote for the Oscar movie, I realized, once again, that it's great to be a fan.

[Also: if you never watched Hiro's YouTube channel in which he cooks while following other people's cooking channels or recipes, please do. He is another level of cuteness.]

Emotional

The line

Take a seat

But I'd rather you not be here for

What could be my final form

Stay your pretty eyes on course

Keep the memories of who I was before

So stay with me because

My body's on the line now

I can't fight this time now

I can feel the light shine on my face

Did I disappoint you?

Will they still let me over

If I cross the line?

Honestly

I thought I was fully prepared for

The threshold in store

Stay your pretty eyes on course

I guess I never really faced my fears before

So stay with me because

My body's on the line now

Pull the blanket tight now

I can feel the light shine on my face

Did I disappoint you?

Will they still let me over

If I cross the line?

Please don't let them see me

Sure there's nothing left to try

I can feel the light shine on my face

Did I disappoint you?

Will they still let me over

If I cross the line?

Into the arcane

I woke up at 2 am and it was totally worth it.

You all delivered even better stories and characters than I would ever expect.

Everyone is perfect. 

PERFECT.

Every relationship, line, second.

I will be forever grateful for this masterpiece. 

I've been a fan, of a lot of things, for a long long time.

I never saw such a quality, *heart* and delivery.

Thank you for this.

Thank you for sharing it with us.