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Obiyuki Has Consumed My Soul

For the past week or so, Obiyuki has been on my mind like crazy, crazy. It’s like my new religion or something. I went into Akagami no Shirayukihime anime thinking that it would be a cute fairy tale romance between a prince and a commoner, but who knew that I’ll fall into the second lead syndrome hole again.

For some reason, I tend to like the second lead more than the first lead in most love triangles. Probably because the second leads I like tend to have more chemistry with the female leads than the main leads in my eyes. However, it hurts my soul when I have to see the second lead being used as drama fuel to boost the drama of the love triangle. So when I went into Akagami no Shirayukihime anime, I fully prepared myself that if there was ever a love triangle, I should suppress my second lead syndrome feelings and focus solely on the main leads because I don’t want to go into the void of second lead feels again. 

Even when Obi showed up and caught his Young Miss when she was about to faint, I paid no mind, and believed that Obi was just a character that served a similar role as Kiki and Mitsuhide. No love triangle whatsoever. Everything was going smoothly and my focus was still on Zen and Shirayuki’s cutesy romance until…

this scene came: 

My heart exploded. Pterodactyl screams left my mouth. All my focus and love for Zenyuki were gone, completely destroyed. This, was the cutest thing I have ever seen in the first season of this anime. Not even a passionate kiss shared between Zen and Shirayuki can ever captured the level of intense cuteness of Obi gifting a hairpin to his Young Miss.

What I love about this scene is that even though Obi is aware that his Young Miss is cautious about revealing her hair in public, he still decided to gift her a hair accessory. It’s like, he’s indirectly saying that she’s beautiful and her hair doesn’t deserve to be always hidden away. Also, the design of the hair accessory is so fitting. It has a red flower mark embedded on it, which compliments Shirayuki’s red hair. If Obi did pick it out instead of claiming to win it at a martial arts tourney, he sure does have a keen eye for details. The manga does this scene even more justice because it shows more details leading up it, such as Obi gazing at his Young Miss after Zen commented on how her hair is beautiful, and Zen asking Obi what kind of gift would she like, with Obi responding with an “I don’t know.” (BUT HE TOTALLY KNOWS OMG)

And then Season 2 just punched me in the feels with all the Obiyuki moments and fluff. I had to pause and compose myself whenever Obi and his Young Miss shared a moment together. They. Are. Just. Too. Cute. At this point, my resolve of not falling for the second lead was dead and I boarded the Obiyuki ship knowing that it’s bound to crash and sink eventually. 

And then the manga doesn’t even give me any breathing room. The Obiyuki moments just keep coming. It’s CRAZY! My feels were choked, stomped, and murdered, and I had to wonder if this shoujo manga I was reading was actually a shoujo. Even though there are two male love interests, it doesn’t feel like a love triangle because there isn’t any intense drama, which I wholeheartedly love since I’m tired of the usual love triangle shenanigans. Romance is barely the focus of this series from what I have read so far. It’s more like an adventure, self-growth type of series. It’s a unique take on the shoujo genre, and I can’t wait to find out what kind of destinations the characters will find themselves at.  

Also, the moments that Obi and Shirayuki share in the manga give me hope? That the Obiyuki ship might not sink, and that it can actually sail off towards the sunset without any icebergs in site? There are a lot of foreshadowings in the manga that I had to go back to several chapters and reread. If these foreshadowings lead to an Obiyuki ending, then Sorata is an absolute madwoman for making a bold and strategic move. If not, I will feel sad, but happy at the same time because the bond that Obi and Shirayuki shared, grew and bloomed into a beautiful sunflower that not even a heavy storm can uproot it. Also, Obi as a second lead doesn’t get trashed and burned for love triangle drama fuel, which I appreciate. He grew as his own character, and even if he doesn’t end up with his Young Miss, he can proudly walk towards his own future. 

Before my Obiyuki rant approaches its end, I just want to say that I have never came across a love so pure like Obiyuki. Obi doesn’t resent or envy his Master for being together with his Young Miss. Hell, he actually supports them. He doesn’t want anything in return for all the things he has done for his Young Miss. He just want to see his Young Miss happy, healthy, and safe, and that is more than enough for him. Shirayuki provides Obi a home, a place to go back to with open arms and warmth. They both rely, TRUST, and walk with one another towards whatever path they choose. 

They are pure perfection.

Now every romance I come across looks like potatoes to me because they can’t be compared to the absolute purity of Obiyuki. And thus, Obiyuki has consumed my soul and nothing can save me now :,)

Obi & Shirayuki - If We Have Each Other

Okay, but like hc that Luca and Skyler are Casey and Derek's twins? Why else would Casey's son be just like Derek and vise versa. This sounds very Parent Trap esc to me. I mean they did go to college together soo👀

Love this idea!

➪[ It’s only been some months since they were in an official romance, but it honestly feels like it’s been years. 😫 ]

[This was an old meme I did which I posted on Insta. At the time my username was different so that's why the watermark is different from my current username. Also please ask permission before reposting on any different platform. ]

Guy... We Need To Have Another Chat. My band of Brothers

So with Damirae Week coming to a successful end, I thought I would take the time to remind everyone why we do what we do in creating and promoting our fandom. And I was so happy to see new creators emerge and share their work with us. You guys killed and I am so proud you. 

But as great as Damirae Week was, I know some of us are feeling a bit defeated with DC’s decision to promote BBrae in Fortnight. I know it’s a sad blow; I’ve been some variant of a Robrae shipper since I was about 15 years old, but 15 years later, I’m still here and have no intention of going anywhere. And here is why.

I love comics, I’ve loved the cast of DC characters ever since I was a little girl. I grew up with Batman the animated series and I loved the OG Teen Titans series. The crazy thing is I had no idea fanfiction existed, I didn’t find that rabbit hole until I was in my very early 20′s. And even then, it took me a few years to finally drum up the courage to write something and post for all the internet to see. And I did because, I too, was tired of DC ignoring me, and not giving my ship the time of day while prioritizing one group of fans over the other. But as oppose to just complaining about it on the internet I thought “Well who better to write the stories I wanna read myself, but me?” That’s not meant to be taken as me stroking my own ego, it just that I realized that is what fanfiction is. It’s fans sharing their ideas and love of that medium. And at the end of the day, we write for ourselves and the “Happy Few” as I referent to them (thank you Shakespeares) who wish to read it. 

Leaving doesn’t solves anything; we’re stronger a group: A Band of Brother’s if you will (again thanx Billy Shakes). We create works for fellow fans who get it and love it. Walking away because DC overlooks us is what our haters want. If we walk away, they win. We don’t. 

What we need to do is stand together, promote each other, help each other grow. Without the support of our fellow shipmates, we’re nothing. Our ship might be small, but it’s growing. I wasn’t here a year ago, but I’m here now and I’m not alone. And those of you who have been here since day one, stay, help steer the ship. We need all of you. Don’t walk away. If we could count on DC to write the stories most of us want, a lot of us wouldn’t be here. And  lot of us would probable never be friends. (cause we’d never meet.)

So before anyone jumps ship, just remember the Happy Few who read your work, like you strifes, leave nice comments, they’ll be sad without you. I’ll be sad without you. We’re in this together, “We few, we happy few, we Band of brothers (sisters); we share our passion; our blood, sweat and tears (literal tears just ask @ViLaVi and @ravenfan1242 they know). We’re all here for you and cheering you on. Don’t give up now, you’ve come too far. 

Anyway, if this post help keeps even one of Walking, I’ll be happy, but I hope you all stay a while longer.

With Love –Ophelia 

These are my fav costume designs so far. They look gorgeous. 💛 (-these pics are from the official release)

Thank you, Sorata-sensei for drawing them by each other's side. 💛

me, a fanfic writer: *touches my new fav character’s face* *whispers* I’m gonna get you laid

[] reasons to love obiyuki

I wanted to do this for ages and now I will take my time to explain why I will definitely go down to hell (or up to heaven) with this ship. Obi stole my heart since his first appearance in the manga and even if I have already explained here why I love him more than Zen (i’m really sorry, Zen please forgive me), I really want to do some “proper posts” about one of my fav couple.

So here we go with the links to my other posts! (constantly updated under the cut!)

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