Aki 🍵

Text of original tweet: Ritual mountaineering axe with heart‑shaped openwork. Japan. Nanbokucho to Muromachi period, 14th century AD. Forged iron head; wooden shaft spiral‑wrapped with a bronze strip; H 179.8 cm, blade 28 x 25.5 cm. Collection: Nara National Museum. Classified as an Important Cultural Property. Those two hearts are not about romance. In Japan they are inome, the boar’s eye, a very old apotropaic sign cut into weapons, temple fittings and even windows to draw off misfortune and summon courage. The motif has been in use for well over a millennium and you can still see inome windows at temples like Shōju‑in in Kyoto. Text of QRT (Japanese): 室町時代の日本に魔法少女（戦闘美少女？）がいた証拠だ

"Proof that magical girls (fighting girls?) existed in the Muromachi Era"

It’s giving remember you’re here forever

Guest Writer Shouldbeworking Every day I say, "This is the day I shall surely read one of the many excellent fiction series recommended to me that are collecting dust on my shelf." And every day I decide to read a nonfiction book instead. I don't know what disease this is, but it's very annoying. Bsky & AO3 | shouldbeworking "Bet youcan't make that trash can from here," Ren says, pointing at a bin that is entirely too far away. "Don't be childish," Akechi murmurs. He balls up the piece of paper he was using and places it on the picnic table between them. Then, undeterred, he starts writing down something else on a new sheet of paper. "Fine." Ren pouts, leaning back in his chair and crossing his arms. Silence falls between them. Except forthe gentle whistling of the wind, the scratching of Akechi's pen. "I dare you," Ren says. Akechi finally looks up at him. He stares at Ren like he's the scum of the earth. And then he turns around and whips his crumpled paper ball way too hard at that trash can, missing it completely and smacking a poor, innocent woman square in the face instead. And so, it begins.

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Up next is our second guest writer, @shouldbeworking.bsky.social! And trust us, you should definitely be looking forward to her work!

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#ชูอาเค #shuake #主明

For some special reason today,
I want to share my old Shuake comic for 1 day. It's my comic from last year. If you don't mind, feel free to read it! But please don't repost it anywhere else.
thank you🙏
www.pixiv.net/artworks/137...

Goro Akechi and Ren Amamiya in Jazz Jin. Ren is looking towards Goro's sketchbook while asking if he can see what he's doing, to which, Goro is covering up the book and telling him no. The atmosphere is darker than is usual for the establishment.

Happy Akeshuake Tanabata Big Bang posting day!!!! Here is my art piece from the event, a scene from the wonderful LapsusCapsule's (www.tumblr.com/lapsuscapsule) fic, "Bleed my soul out (Make it a masterpiece)"! (archiveofourown.org/works/739387...) Thank you @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social for hosting!

Hi, it's me again, back with another @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social tanabata big bang piece!
you see, this time @emileeashe.bsky.social and I got to work together, and we took a trip to the old shrine with a wish!
Here's Ashe's fic: (where you'll find more art!) 🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/74087341

i need to meet her someday, she sounds wild

🐦‍⬛ To Steal The Odds 🐦‍⬛

Chapter 18 of my Six of Crows x #p5 longfic is up on Ao3!

On the verge of losing all hope, Ryuji walks into the surgeon's cabin to find a very much awake Ren, and he seizes the chance to talk.

🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/674917...

#shuakeshu #makoann #CrowsAU #TSTO #jjw

That’s hard, I’m so sorry 🫂

Guest Writer Lumensd Hello, I'm Jay! I am truly thrilled to be a part of this project, as writing is the longest-standing creative outlet in my life, and I owe so much to it and literature as a whole. Can't overstate how excited I am to see what we'll all create. My favorite fic genre is Character Study, hands down, particularly when explored through the lens of a character other than the subject of the study. It's always interesting to see the same character's behavior, personality, actions, and desires drawn using varying mediums. Thank you for having me, it's an honor! <3 Bsky | lulumens AO3 | lumensd Fact: Akira fights like a rabid, wounded animal. Like winning or losing was life or death, every time, like he didn’t have a hundred Personas waiting in the wings, watching over him, every time, making sure he lives even if he loses. Ready to run out and save the show. Goro has witnessed them Samarecarming him uncommanded, lobbing full heals his way, even raining down disorienting white-hot bursts of neon that make Goro squeeze his eyes shut for fear of going blind. They only ever intervene when Akira hasn’t moved on the ground for at least thirty-one beats—Goro knowing the exact number because he counts the staccato ticks of his racing heart in place of seconds. Fact: Akira does not stop until he goes down. Something bright and graceful and incorporeal to anyone but Akira raises him up off the floor by his underarms, like lifting a puppet on strings, and when his heels clack against the ground all life returns to him. The same revitalizing light, dawn peeking through curtains, weaves all throughout his hair, highlighting it white and making him seem—Goro grimaces to admit it but if anything was, could be, can ever be, it would be him—holy. Fact: Neither of them have ever been holy, but who is Akira if not a nonconformist, a challenger of labels and limitations? Goro ponders this as a heaving Akira lets a nuclear blast he didn’t cast disintegrate the Shadow...

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Expanding my swapping capabilities with new shining offers!

Opening 3 slots on Bluesky this time, DM me here, on Discord or Tumblr to claim a slot 💐

Examples of my post work in thread below 👇

色まで塗ったね　明主

You’re doing amazing omg!!

the final

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: M/M Fandom: Persona 5 Relationships: Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist, Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren Characters: Akechi Goro, Persona 5 Protagonist, Kurusu Akira (Persona Series), Original Characters, Shirogane Naoto, Shido Masayoshi Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Fae, Fae & Fairies, Fae Magic, Fae Wilds, Secret Relationship, Forbidden Love, Prince Akechi Goro, faery Kurusu Akira, a variety of attempted murders, Soulmates, Sort Of, vague references to child neglect, Sexual Tension, Size Difference, Non-Sexual Nudity, ever changing floral genitalia, very light, Body Worship, He/Him Pronouns for Shirogane Naoto, Shido being a really awful person, Arrest, Imprisonment, Off-screen torture, graphic descriptions of physical harm, Blood and Violence, Temporary Main Character Death, Resurrection, Transformation, Temporary Amnesia, and the classic, Angst with a Happy Ending, Wait How Could I Forget, Protective Akechi Goro

Traitors and Tricksters written by: tofupancakes Summary: As the second son of the royal family, Goro is a prince in name only. To his callous father and apathetic mother, he’s nothing to be concerned about, which is how he finds himself with freedom beyond his means. With the ability to go anywhere anytime, Goro repeatedly returns to a magical realm that separates his kingdom from the next. Despite warnings about the dangers of fae creatures and their domain, Goro is drawn to the place by something he can’t describe. One day, he meets a denizen of the forest that he mistakes for another human. In his captivation by this young man, he treads closer and closer to the fate that the magic of the forest will bring — for good or for ill.

I was blessed to be able to participate in the @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social Tanabata Big Bang with outstanding artists: @deetheimposter.bsky.social & @visionaryinsomniac.bsky.social

Traitors and Tricksters: archiveofourown.org/works/735119...
- Persona 5
- #akeshu
- Rated T
- Royalty and Faery AU

I finally have the chance to post my fic for the @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social Tanabata Big Bang! I had the pleasure of working with Sunny (who can be found at x.com/forestfrenzyy ) whose art is included in the fic!
notes on the body's liminality - 22,167 words
archiveofourown.org/works/73903666

Ren touching the small crow on the last page of the book

A short conversation between Akechi and Mishiko. Feather Pink is obviously the superior one (Akechi will not fight a child over this)

Ren peeking out behind the classroom doors, watching Akechi waxing about philosophy (nerd)

An akeshuake ramen date!

Howdy howdy happy Akeshuake Tanabata Big Bang 🎋🎋
Here's my art piece and doodles, and a heartfelt thank you to my comrades, @lashworthe.bsky.social and @xxmigrainequeenxx.bsky.social, and @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social for hosting it!

#akatbb2025 #akeshuake

This is my piece for the Akeshuake Tanabata Big Bang @akeshuakeevents.bsky.social !!! It's a scene from @lashworthe.bsky.social 's wonderful fic A Storybook Start, which also has amazing art from @protostar.bsky.social !! The fic is so so cute you should all read it!!!

#akatbb2025 #akeshuake

I miss Shuake.....

Text-only update for today to say that my Six of Crows x #p5 longfic has updated :>

Proper promo graphic will follow in the coming days, but please enjoy Ryuji and Ren having a talk for now!

#jjw

絵を完成させる体力失っとる　早く健康にならねば

Catra stands with an hand on Mermista's waist, holding with her other hand Mermista's left hand and placing a kiss on the back of it. She is winking and wearing a loose button-up folded at the elbows as well as a watch. Mermista is beside her, her left arm around Catra's shoulder and her right on her hip. She is wearing a cut crop-top and sporty pants as well as a choker and rings.

The meter has officially been filled (on tumblr)! So, here is the first installation of #Catra vs. the Princesses~ #spop #mermista

#明智吾郎

FUCK ok I lied. ONE more.

but look at yourself... you're the true pikmin...

Chapter 42 of my roleswap akeshuake fic Eye for an Eye is here!! In which Goro strengthens his bonds and enters October - as well as a new Palace 👀
archiveofourown.org/works/484485...

#jjw