I Think Sitting On The Floor Of The Ocean For A Few Hours Would Fix Me

This is my favorite shin soukoku art ever. Credit to miuronx on Instagram!

— I wanna be with you, even if you're not Hikaru.

Hi monday-mint. I am your huge fan. Thank you for always grace us with SaiIno contents. Since SaiIno ship is a small community, it is hard to find good content to quench your thirst. So, I really appreciate your arts. On that note, do you read fanfictions? If you do, can you give us some recommendations? Thank you.

oh my Thank you! I am not heavy fanfic reader but from what I’ve read so far these are my top Fav! (1) Moment (canonverse, good development between ino and sai in blank period , very cute, both POV )

(2) Recovery List (AU, sai’s pov, awesome characterization, superb interactions, )

(3) Celandine (canonverse with inojin and inoshikachou, very sweet and interesting hc with inoshikachou clan, daddy sai <3)

(4) Third Date (smut, third-eye opening fic )

(5) Starless Night (married life, ino’s pov, cool mom is cool <3)

(6) A lesson in art  (I couldn’t find the fic anymore T.T)  here is more if you like >> saiino fic  recommendation  I left two more saiino smut fics but I don’t know where to find them yet TwT they are treasures (I will make sure to update when I find them) and there are some others fluffy and angsty one as well…but I kinda forgot the name abit, I should reread them

 My focus on fanfics are always the portrayals of the characters x’D. Back then I have specific way of what I like sai and Ino as , “Moment” fic  showed me the way and almost all of TOM(japanese fanartist)’s portrayals on Sai and Ino. I believe they have the respect and love on the characters. But now, I am trying to see how can one portrayed a character with the flaws as well, of course I hate seeing character bashing to core but I want to see how one can bring out the potential flaws and portrayed  them beautifully ( wait these are actually what I have been waiting bort anime to do haha….cries* bort sucks)  

Me *starting The Brothers Karamazov at 1 am: Fuck it! We ball

"Good morning, dr. Yamanaka"

Saiino doctors!au where Ino is a Pediatrician and Sai is an Urologist and they've been secretly married dating.

commissioned this lovely piece from @YuiiuY_I love it sm!

permission to post this was granted by the artist.

How do I write a Mafia story? Because I’m genuinely lost when it comes to research. I can’t find the information I’m looking for about the way it works and the positions! All I’m getting are famous mafias and guys with jersey accents. If it’s to much work for you, please don’t bother. I was just curious.

Hi :)

I do not have the time to really research it more than on a basis level, but when I was younger I had a phase where I loved to read non-fiction books about the mafia and so I’ll try to get you some information I remember.

How to write the Mafia

What is the mafia?

Plot twist: there is no the mafia anymore

it used to be exclusively about a criminal secret society in Sicily

other mafias are usually called by their region or country of origin (Japanese Mafia, Russian Mafia, etc.)

but they call themselves by their own terms (Cosa Nostra, Yakuza, etc.)

mafia describes a highly organized criminal network, often with international connections to other criminal networks and their own chapters in a lot of different countries

to go from a simple gang to a mafia, they have to be very powerful in their region and resourceful

they managed to infiltrate the political system in their region and became an economic player that shouldn’t be underestimated

the characteristics of most mafias are: a boss that stands over everyone, an initiation ritual before someone becomes part of the mafia, probably for life, a code of honor that says that members have to be silence when they get captured, and protection racket as their main form of criminal business

often the protection they pressure business owners into paying them for, is from themselves and they guarantee that they won’t attack the business or the owner’s family

this often happens in places where the police do not have the upper hand or cannot be trusted either

other types of criminal activities they are involved in: human trafficking, prostitution, gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, fraud

How to write it?

decide on a specific mafia and become familiar with their hierarchies, their special rituals, their main business, their code of honor, what happens if they break it, etc.

if you want to have more creative freedom with your writing, establish your own mafia or create a new chapter to an existing one

but keep in mind that they need the characteristics from above

Characters

decide on who is the boss and how involved he still is (it’s mostly a boy’s club)

pick your main characters and decide on their position in the organization

what is their role, in what part are they involved?

who are the other members they mostly interact with?

do they have a lot of people they have to answer to?

how did they get into the group?

what are their motives?

how do they feel about the crimes they commit?

do their beliefs and morals still align with those of the group?

do they try to have a life outside of the group?

to give your life to a criminal network that functions as a family does not make life easy and you should show the highs and lows of being a professional criminal

think about the side characters

family plays an important part in the mafia, so make sure to include these people and show the dynamics between them

it’s important to give your characters their own personalities and individuality, so they become three-dimensional characters and not gangster clichés

Research

when it comes to writing a real, existing organization research is really important

do your research on the specific mafia you decide on, their rituals, businesses, modus operandi, etc.

all the groups have some things in common with each other, some form of organization, but they differ a lot in the way they operate and what they focus on

a story about criminals practically needs law enforcement

research the laws of the country your story takes place in, a lot of countries have their own laws for organized crimes, often just the affiliation with a criminal organization is a crime

for how it works exactly and the different positions inside the organization, I would take a look at Google Scholar, there are a lot of free books and articles that talk about those things in depth (you can just put in the specific mafia you’re searching for and some catchwords and you can even decide the period of time it was published to not use outdated info)

It’s not that in-depth, but I hope it still helps a little :)

- Jana

Day 11 "Power"

the range this man has. from "a beauty so captivating that he could topple a kingdom" to the most pathetic, sopping wet cat in existence.

it sucks that im stuck in a human body. im supposed to be running through a forest on a mountain on all fours. im supposed to be laying among the stars. im supposed to be so incomprehensible to the human mind that it collapses trying to visualize me. what do you mean i have a flesh prison