Third Year Of @hqbb And As Always I Had A Ton Of Fun Participating ~  This Time Around With Aria (malewifereoagenda)

lover, hunter, friend and enemy daichi x suga | hunger games au

“You’re not going to volunteer if I’m selected,” Koushi says firmly. Now it’s Daichi’s turn to chuckle softly. He places his hand on top of Koushi’s and moves it gently, turning it to examine it closely as if this were the first time he had ever touched him. Daichi runs his fingers over each slender digit of Koushi’s hand until returning it to the spot at his jaw. He turns his head slightly, pressing a soft kiss at the junction of Koushi’s thumb and the palm of his hand.

“You know I can’t promise you that.”

Koushi knows. And yet, he won’t stop trying. Year after year. He doesn’t know how they got lucky enough to not have been selected yet.

He lays back down on Daichi’s stomach, his hand slipping from Daichi’s cheek over his neck, his chest until it rests around his hip. Koushi’s thumb slips under his shirt and caresses the soft, warm skin underneath.

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A Matter of Faith

Fandom: Haikyuu Type: One-Shot / Canon-compliant (Pre-Canon) Focus: Karasuno Ships: implied DaiSuga Rating: General / Teen and Up

Summary: The Volleyball Club is facing difficult times and really needs new members - Fortunately: Kiyoko has a plan, Tanaka and Nishinoya are faithful, Daichi exists, Suga has his fun, Asahi is not concerned for once, and Ennoshita, Kinoshita and Narita are roasting marshmallows in the fire.

Or: "The story of Sawamura Daichi's personal demise"

Read on Ao3 here -> A Matter of Faith

Then his fellow kings and him enter the room Hajime has dreaded for months. He doesn’t really know what he expected. Maybe a torture chamber with a thousand eyes painted onto the walls and the constant, hellish echo of people laughing at him, but the council chamber is just another, circular room, decorated with noble curtains and golden trinkets. ~ All the King‘s Blades, Chapter 2 - Challenge

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Art and design made by me!!! Do not trace, copy, steal or heavily infringe!

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Masterpost for my IwaOi centric Haikyu Royalty/Fantasy-AU fanfiction “All the King’s Blades”

-> Read on AO3 HERE

Up Next: Chapter 2 || Status: *I really, really swear I am working on it, okay >.<’’*

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Hi! I know you're very much "in" the zine community (i loved your hqmm zine!) so I had a question that I was wondering if you could answer. on projects where it was a physical zine, how did you order them/manufacture them? because most places refuse to do fanworks. Thank you & have a good day!

Hi there & good day to you too 👋🏼

Firstly, thank you so much for the compliment, I'm really happy you liked the Murder Mystery Zine (it was a really cool project with a lot of amazing people) 💕

I am by no means a big production guru (there are mods out there with years of experience and dozens of projects more than me who really know almost every single manufacturer there is and have tried and compared them all) but I'm always happy to answer zine related questions and help to the best of my knowledge — I'll put the booklet related tips below the cut but if you have any other zine or production questions, please don't hesitate to ask again or DM me ☺️

To answer your question, for physical booklets, I, personally, tend to use Mixam UK, because in my opinion they have the best price/cost relationship (there are certainly manufacturers who deliver a better quality and more paper options, but if you are trying to keep costs low, then Mixam UK does a very good job! You need to pay attention though, because Mixam also has a US site, but I would advise against using them, because they are both more expensive and their quality is at best acceptable and at worst subpar — depending on what size and page count you have it can also be cheaper to order from the UK site with shipping to the US that ordering directly from the US site, so be sure that you are on the right Mixam site. There is also a Canadian & Australian site but I have not yet worked with them so I can't speak to how they compare—as far I remember the hearsay though, they seem to be doing okay) ☺️

I have also been part of 1 zine where the booklet was ordered with PixartPrinting (though not as a moderator), who seem to do great work with their finishing (though that was some years ago and last I checked they don't offer shipping to the US/international anymore, only EU, but you might be able to get more info if you contact customer service). I have also heard good things about Jukeboxprint and Skating Bear (especially if you want things like foil on the cover, etc), but never actually used them myself because from what I hear and the prices that I have been quoted for past projects, you need to reach a high quantity (250 & upwards) for the costs to balance out. Mixam has recently also added foil options but I have not yet tried them so I can't judge their foil work.

All of these have a website where you can order directly, except Skating Bear, who operate via Alibaba.

I have also never heard of any of these manufacturers (or any other) cancel or refuse an order because it was fan work, so not sure where you have that information from 🤔 I have only heard of a single instance where a sticker manufacturer wanted proof that you could use the designs (I guess they became suspicious because the designs had different art styles?) and it was all resolved by the respective merch artists sending them a message that the project had permission to use their designs—as far as I recall this was a very small, local manufacturer though and it was also some years ago. So, if you are trying to print locally and go somewhere in-person, small shops may very well have individual policies on not printing fan works or be more pro-active when checking the designs for originality 🤔

If you had a big/online manufacturer refuse your order because it was fan work though, I would be really curious to hear which company it was, if you don't mind sharing! That could be really helpful information for future and ongoing projects which company to avoid or have a backup plan for.

I think that was it, my 2 cents on making physical zine booklets, and I really hope that it all makes sense and was roughly the information you were hoping for 😅 If there is anything that you are unsure about or want more information on, please don't hesitate to ask or DM me directly 💕

I only got my first 2 zines to completion because I had amazing co-moderators around me giving advice and sharing experiences, so I am always open to passing on that knowledge to others and help them realize their zine ideas ☺️

WIP meme

Was tagged by @by-nina (Thanks so much for the tag ^-^ Go check out Nina's amazing works, everyone!)

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Then send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and i’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

My WIPs (in absolutely no order at all) - Seijoh PD* - Health to the Company - Original Pirate Story that I can't come up with a good title for - An Anthem to Time - How not to be an immortal 101 with Oikawa Tooru - Of sprites, spite and the kingfisher - All the King's Blades - Blind Leading the Blind* - Searching for the weird cat (...again) - Summersun & Moondrops* - Visit from the other side (of town)* - Connections - Oldfashioned* - Silence is an answer also* - Tsukishima family, matchmakers since 1761* (* Italics are stories/concepts that I started on a whimp but don't know if they will actually go anywhere—feel free to ask about them still, though ^-^)

Because I am a disaster and have waaaaay too many ideas in progress, I'll only count the serious ones for now, so 8 tags. @redroseinsanity @king--gary @nikfehu @undercookeddaichi @moon-jellie @emigmatic @lumosflies @fanfic4u (if you don't want to be tagged in memes/games, let me know and I won't tag you again!)

💕 Well Stolen is Half Won (✒︎ on Ao3) (Preview)

MatsuHana/IwaOi | Haikyuu!! | Pre-Timeskip/Canon compliant | Rated: G | 600 words

Hanamaki drops down to his knees and wedges his fingers into the gap between the lockers until they meet resistance. Seconds later, Matsukawa is hanging over his shoulder, eager to catch a glimpse at the small, staple-bound booklet and Hanamaki fumbles open the pages, hands shaking with anticipation. “‘Iwa-Chan’s and Tooru’s absolute bestestest Valentinesday date ever’... Issei, hold me.”

My second piece for the MatsuHana Calendar 2023, this time with some wild Valentines shenanigans! Huge shout out also to Mod @violetyams who did a super amazing art piece for this (all their art is gorgeous, please check them out) ~

It’s Tokyo time <.< 

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-> Batch 1: Aoba Johsai & Karasuno -> Batch 2: Shiratorizawa & Dateko

More info below the cut:

Nekoma: - "We are the Blood - Connect, Flow & Flourish" - Two cats, third eye and jewel on red, white and black ground - Main Export: Fish, Agricultural Products, Jewelry - Struggling country on the Tokyo continent, although since joining the Fukurodani Alliance they have been steadily expanding and gaining in influence - not much is known about the country and its traditions - Nekoma has, as most nations in Tokyo a deep rooting connection to the arcane, but no specific religion - the most commonly recognized deity is the three eyes Goddess, who allegedly founded the royal family during the First Age, her creed is focussing on honesty and reliability

Fukurodani: - “Focus of the Mind and Heart” - Owl, crown and crossed swords on gold, black and white ground - Main Export: Crops, Wood, low-grade Ore (mostly zink, bronze and copper) - Central power of the Fukurodani Alliance and competitor for the most influential country own the Tokyo continent - Great military strength - Fukurodani too is very closely connected to the inhuman and supernatural, although they take a more political and less religious approach to interacting with the arcane - there are many pockets actively worshipping specific temples, the largest being the Church of Three Suns but even it is not influential or important enough to be considered having a large impact

Have a better quality version and the option to download it here: Nekoma & Fukurodani

Okay so, so far those are all - I have more ideas (specifically for Wakunan and Johzenji) but none of them will play a significant role in my continuation and are more minor mentions so idk if I’ll draw them too. (Let me know tough if you want to see them or any other teams/kingdoms - if you do I will probably do them)

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Open the door to the pieces of Becky that she keeps carefully hidden away 🚪

📆 Tonitrus Bolts releases Nov. 1st!

Fic by Charly Lee: ⇝ @charlythelee

When people think about the Blackbell family, they tend to think about Blackbell Heavy Industries. They think of oil, of grime, of gears grinding tirelessly, of cogs turning and the hissing of hot metal being pressed into shape. It just fits. Black-Bell. Dark and intimidating, like the smoke of battle, demanding caution and respect.

Some style/design experiment featuring my secondary sona Leviathan.

I haven’t been very happy with the original design of the upper horns recently, because I never manage to get the curve right, so I’ve decided to explore some alternative shapes - don’t know if I will make this design permanent yet, but I like it plenty for now ^-^

Art made by me, character is mine too, please don’t use, trace or heavily infringe!  You can also find my art on DeviantArt where I go by CharlyLee.