Sneaking Glances

Made these for Akutagawa's birthday~

These are mirror glazed mousse cakes. Akutagawa's is a dark chocolate outside, chocolate with cayenne pepper in the middle, and a vanilla center. Decorated with caramel glass.

And I always intended for them to be an inverted pair, so Atsushi's is a vanilla outside, passionfruit with dark chocolate bits in the middle, and dark chocolate center. No decorations as I was really tired at that point.

The mirror glaze on Akutagawa's was intended to be black, but the dye decided to be more purplish-grey instead ^^" Oh well. I hope to remake them later with some changes~

Does that count for #AkuBDay2025, @shinsoukoku-week? XD

- I will be your eyes

- Then I will be your ears

Help, I can't take it anymore 😭

A scene from chapter 19 of the fanfic Apostrophe by @lialox!

Spoilers ahead!

Create Bungou Stray Dogs memes of the DailyQuests variety.

This is never going to br not funny

UH

Maybe!?

SPY X FAMILY SEASON 2 (EP. 5)

More stuff on the garden because it very much deserves to be talked about and appreciated!

While there's a lot going on visually, our attention was directed to two plants in particular: the Erica flowers and the winged spindle tree.

Erica flowers, also known as heath or heather, are blooms of many colors that are commonly associated with good luck and protection. They're also symbols of love and even of familial affection, with pink and purple flowers being associated with feelings of passion and romance and of admiration and beauty, respectively.

While I can't find much in terms of symbolism on the winged spindle tree, a quick search showed me that it's also called "burning bush" due to the red hue of its leaves and it reminded me of this story about the prophet Moses and how God appeared to him in a burning bush. During this interaction, God tasked Moses with the mission of leading his people away from a life of persecution and slavery into a life of freedom and prosperity.

But in the context of SPYxFAMILY, what could they mean?

I think the winged spindle tree represented Yor's mission during the Cruise Arc: she was chosen by Shopkeeper to protect Olka and her son as they attempted to escape the clutches of the Ostanian underworld to live a life of peace in a neutral country. On the other hand, the Erica flowers represented Yor's ever-growing feelings for her family. To me, her noticing these flowers first reflected how, during the mission, a lot of her focus was on thoughts of her family being on the Princess Lorelei. Shopkeeper pointing out the winged spindle tree corresponded to his and McMahon's efforts to get Yor to focus on and to prioritize her mission. Which, to Yor's credit, she does try very hard to do. But this parting shot of the Erica flowers hinted at how, despite her efforts, the Forgers would always be on the back of her mind.

A less focused but still very prominent element of the Garden scene are the leaves. Like, okay, obviously they're everywhere since it's a literal garden. But I do think these leaves—in particular, the falling leaves and the ones being pruned off by Shopkeeper—say something about Garden and its approach to the world.

Where there is life, there is also death, and a garden is not exempt from this. To me, the leaves are symbolic of people and their removal from their tree/shrub/bush is symbolic of death. Where the falling leaves are the people who are lost due to accidents and natural causes (i.e., forces of the world that cannot be controlled), the pruned leaves are the deliberate deaths. In the world of SXF, these are the targets or "customers" Shopkeeper and his assistants tend to so that they can maintain the beauty of this world.

What I find interesting is that despite Yor being a rose in our eyes, Shopkeeper might very well see her as just another leaf. A loyal and reliable leaf, but still a leaf. And as long as the shears are in his hands, she's a leaf that could just as easily be pruned if he decides it's necessary.

“THEY ARE ALL OKAY, and all those things could exist in THE SAME WOMAN. Women shouldn’t be valued because we are strong, or kick-ass, but because we are people. So don’t focus on writing characters who are strong. Write characters who are people.”

—Lori

You've just been smooched!

Totally smacked! Utterly and completely chu'd!

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I just really love Charles's inability to acknowledge Rin. Like here:

Rin is like, "We'll stop him." We are in this together. This guy in front of us is our enemy. He even calls out his nickname Imp. Meanwhile Charles is in his own world where Rin doesn't exist at all, LMFAO.

Of course, how can we forget this iconic moment:

It's funnier when you realise that the above scene happened right after Rin received the ball and Charles was the closest to him on the field. The disrespect OMG!?

Raichi's comment wasn't salt but a big gallon of hydrogen peroxide on the wound:

Poor Rin.

No wonder he was disgusted by the thought of not being alone in the U-20 match.

i forgot how unhinged and plot heavy tcp is. like literally jude is sleep deprived and STRUGGLING and waiting for a moment to just sit down and process everything. its really fun and kind of fast-paced but most importantly ITS FUN TO READ. go read tcp if you havent already and like/want to get into reading ya. (gonna add the disclaimer that this book is like, REALLY background with the main romance of the series. the romance isn't even a subplot. the romance present in the book is, well....)

this video is cool to watch, at the very least. helps you sift through the action of the book if you're struggling with that.