Yesterday was apparently an economic blackout day in the US, which I at least found out about in time. I didn't have anything planned anyway; I am so very exhausted of doing things and being around people. Last week was A Lot.

The quick version:
- new toolboxen!
- new chair for the male parent!
- work was A Lot!
- old toolboxen in my garage!
- hmm why does my back hurt?!

Old toolboxen got a rinse at the car wash hose at the other end of the complex; while I moved it once a year to sweep and dust, the bottom and wheels were impressively grody after more than a decade. But it's back together in my garage and I've started moving some extra tools and utility room tools into it. Plan is basically to have a shoebox of basics in here and the rest in the garage as needed. This will give me at least a bit of space back in the utility room; a full transfer will probably wait til my traditional Tokyo Game Show Dead Zone Utility Room Cleanout.

Got about 3/5 of stuff done that I wanted to do; I'll take it.

Discotek and AnimEigo both announced new licenses at this year's Otakon!

From Discotek we have...

• Megaman (USA series)

• Shin-chan (English dubbed version)

• Urotsukidoji: Sequels of the Overfiend

• Goldenboy

• Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro redubbed

• Sgt Frog: The Movies

• Zegapain

• Digimon Movies 406

• Monster: The Complete Series

• Higurashi: When They Cry Kai

• Higurashi: When They Cry Rei

• Project ARMS

• Zone of the Enders: Complete Collection

• New Aim for the Ace

...and toku series like Kamen Rider Amazon and Kikaider 01

From AnimEigo we have...

• Hotori: Simply Wishing For Hope

• Alien Nine

...and updates on their release of Looking for the Full Moon, a magical girl series that's intrigued me for a while now.

caseficexchange is looking for pinch hitters to fulfil requests that include anime and manga fandoms.

About the event: Casefic Exchange is a fanwork exchange focusing on investigations. These can be solving murders, retrieving stolen items, finding missing people, missions, and mysteries. As long as it has an investigation as its core theme, it fits with the exchange. We are an AO3 exchange; you must have an account and be 18+ to participate.

Minimum requirements: We allow three mediums: a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction, a minimum of 10 panels for a comic, or a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags. Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested.

Event link: caseficexchange.
Pinch hit link: Current pinch hits.
Due date: Friday 22 August at 11:59pm EDT.

Available post-deadline pinch hits:

PH 13 (comic, fic) - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?!, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime) [ includes canon consumption tips]

I apparently haven't done one of these since March, which is both a surprise and not a surprise at all. ^^;;

Gundam Build Fighters, Build Fighters Try, and the Special Build Disc - a marathon rewatch, these are still a lot of fun and a gloriously weird love letter to gunpla. The Special Build Disc collects various ONAs and just... is a lot of fun.

The Knight Captain is the New Princess-to-Be 3 & 4 (Yasuko Yamaru) - this wraps up the series and it's just the right length. Cute series, has some weird twists, but the romance is just right.

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family 5 (TAa, etc.) - a lot of really wonderful character stuff in this one. Rider is so cute.

Gundam SEED Freedom - I apparently watched this again for research but I don't remember exactly what I was looking for. *shrugemoji* Also this remains hysterically terrible as an actual movie.

The Good Witch of the West - this was not a bad series, but most of it just didn't stick with me. It's an adaptation so I suspect something was just lost along the way. Seriously I can't remember enough about it to say anything else, it just... didn't stick.

Bride of Lochbarr (Margaret Moore) - one of the medievals I picked up back on indie bookstore day, this one had a few unexpected twists but was overall pretty good. Since I've been so stressed, it's good to have some brain-candy reading. (I've generally liked Moore's stuff but most of it isn't 'read more than once' stuff, either.)

Busou Shinki - I couldn't figure out why I had this until I remembered the Shinkis I used to see back fifteen years ago and oh, oh- This was a pretty fun series and ha! I ended up buying a used Shinki so I could finally have one. (I might be tempted to more, or maybe the newer Megami Device models, idk. Feels weird to build a Shinki?)

Zeta Gundam & A New Translation - so despite many attempts over the years, I had never actually seen Zeta Gundam. It's... it's a lot. It's at least twice as many plots and subplots as it needs, and it gets pretty brutal. I was expecting to dislike Kamille after the first episodes but he's actually pretty great. And I ended up really liking the Zeta Gundam itself, too. I ended up really disliking Beltorchika, like, I was not expecting that reaction? But yeah, liked Kamille, laughed a lot about how I'd mis-osmosed like 98% of the actual show despite having played through bits of it in games and whatnot, and had an entire experience. And then watched A New Translation because OW FUCK THAT ENDING FUCK. Like I will literally never watch that last episode again.

I have the first season of Bastard!! in right now, and then I should probably get back to my SEED Destiny rewatch, and then IDK. Just whatever is next in the pile, I guess. (And CCA but that won't take more than a morning.)

I should also do a separate post for last quarter's JFF offerings.

I went to the doctor, explained why I was there, and got a prescription to hopefully fix that. Also had blood work done which is back and while a couple of things aren't quite where they should be, they're not, like, off in the woods wandering around in the dark. I will take all of this.

July was indeed too fucking hot.

( July )

sunshine_revival

Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: July Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Highlight for Warnings: *some implied death/violence but nothing graphic. all are unfinished sketches so clothes might not all be there. *
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox. this is my first time sharing here - i hope this is okay?
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.

( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )

Title: Peacock Pride
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Title: Super Moisture Milk
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help from zabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Where were we last? This week was not a terrible Monday! It certainly kept me busy, but despite the heat I was able to be productive and somewhat lively after I got home. (I have no such hopes for tonight.)

I took the kitchen garbage can down to the car wash hose and sprayed it out; I'll have to do this again at some point and actually take soap/a scrub brush, but just a spray did miracles and now that I know it's that easy, I should do all the garbage cans before the end of the season.

Still on the high of new Gundam Wing stuff - new manga + Frozen Teardrop teaser. (I now need to re/visit the whole series properly and finally read the Glory of Losers manga, which I have started multiple times and then the universe happens...) taichara has been helping me identify ancient gunpla kits that I adopted many, many years ago for the intention of painting/custom practice. Mostly, it is Altron that keeps tripping me up.

After finishing the Gundvolva, I built HG Vidar who ended up with some spot-painting... (but not fixing that blue this time around - I can absolutely see picking up another kit in the future though and trying for... whatever will fix that) Working on an M1 Astray now as preliminary research for IIBB. It looks like there's a tie on my poll...

Also, taichara got me a roll of sparkly plastic lace for my birthday so I spent my 'hurry up and wait' time at work weaving. I managed a couple different kinds but one other just didn't work out. I don't know if I just really don't remember the stitching or it needs a variety of colors to look proper. (I also got a couple of books, one of which was photos of Mexican-American Cemeteries which was interesting but went a little too hard on the photos being artistic over informative and the accompanying essays (not all by the photographer) leaning in some weird directions including one insinuating that families replacing deteriorating homemade memorials with modern granite is somehow showing a lack of love for the deceased what even.)

Title: Alone At Last
Fandom/Pairing: Super Lovers - Haru/Ren
Summary: There are worse things than being stuck together during a typhoon...
Rating: PG-13
Content: Adopted sibling incest, age gap, caught in the act, making out
Disclaimer: スーパーラヴァーズ is the property of Abe Miyuki, I'm just borrowing the characters to play with them. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt or abused in the writing of this story.
Notes: 650+ words. Written for the prompt bad weather. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3