Whenever I See Something Pastel Pink I Think "Arabella Would Have That".

Random Theory

So like, I know I already talked to a friend about this, and someone has probably said it before, but....

What if the milk lady was Sayaka when she was younger. It might explain why she and Anri look so alike aside from lazy character design.

Timeline wise, that would probably mean she was dating her future husband at the time, then got married and had her daughter the year after. That could tie into why their marriage fell apart, because they rushed into a relationship.

Of course, she would probably get contacts and grow her hair out along the way, but still this adds some satisfaction in me.

Anyway, just my random silly thoughts.

i really love every interaction between izaya and mikado, but my favorite one is this conversation

vol 11, ch 6

the way izaya kinda sees himself in mikado and understands his words in his own way, the way mikado is trying to stay with those who are important to him and keep his normality and, at the same time, be on the abnormal side

the way izaya is jealous because he couldn't do the same and had to suppress his human side in favor of loving everyone and becoming invulnerable (at least he tries to make himself and others think that he is)

vol 11, ch 6

and the way mikado subconsciously knows how to talk to izaya, the way he doesn't fall for izaya's provocations, just agreeing with him and looking at everything from his own unique point of view

vol 11, ch 6

i love how mikado can turn everything izaya says in his favor

honestly i see so many izaya/mikado parallels, i want to talk about each and every of them

I had time?! To draw?! Shock! Horror! Quick! Someone check that there aren't any tears in reality!

>ahem<

So fun fact, in the game we originally considered two of the characters getting hanahaki disease. For those of you who don't know it's a fictional disease caused by unrequited love that causes the victim to cough up flowers and blood. If it's not treated or if the love isn't requited, the victim will die. Obviously we scrapped the idea because that was just too depressing. Not to mention, it put a lot of guilt and pressure on the player to choose specific characters, which didn't seem fair at all. It's up to the players to choose who they romance, not us. However, the idea still inspires me to draw stuff like this. So enjoy.

Hey, do you know what happened to Madhousefruitcake?

So in short, tumblr or the internet is doing something weird right now, I don't know what happened

If you haven't seen the other parts or the normal route, please check em out before playing this one. It feels so weird to get this part done. Kinda sad, but i know it's about time we got this done and moved onto Shizuo's route. Thank you for all the support so far and stay tuned for more Ikebukuro Records! And don't forget to reblog and spread the word!

Izaya’s Part 3 is finished!

It’s been a long journey, but Izaya’s route is finished. We look forward to your thoughts on the endings and the conclusion to Izaya’s story in Ikebukuro Records. The password, as always, is Baccano. 

Download the game here!

I really like this art

デュラララ!!×2 お祭りくじ

Oh wow. It's been a while since I did something like this. Thanks for including me.

Last Song: Touyu's cover of Unravel.

Last TV Show: Moon Knight.

Current TV Show(s): Durarara!! X2 Ketsu, Downton Abbey, (about to start) Tokyo Ghoul: re Second Season.

Currently Reading: Durarara!! X7, the anthology my college released this year, Battle Royale (I know I paused it like over a year ago by now, but I'm still big into it and I intend on continuing it).

Tagging: (Don't have to do this, I don't really interact much on tumblr so I didn't know who to tag)

@madhousefruitcake @nibbles7192 @shizuolovemail @demytasse @jill-makes-art @kasunex @skrillcrack @freakythedeadfox @su1seimushi

Rules: tag 9 people you want to know/catch up with.

Thanks @alice-fell-to-far for tagging me

Last song: Broken Bells by Greta Van Fleet

Last tv show: The Terror. And I cried even more this time around.

Current tv show: The Walking Dead. I needed something to watch with my mom and it turns out I still enjoy the early seasons pretty well.

Currently reading: Nothing but I really need to get back to reading. It's been too long.

Tagging: @rollingwiththedead, @taureanluver, @girlfraud, @fangirlforever2412, @vanwolffen, @ciestess, @alittlewarlord

So recently I finished reading Battle Royale which I was struggling to finish for quite a while. Not because it was bad (though it did have it's issues) but because I always pick it up at seemingly the worst time. The first time was the end of my Bachelors, this time it was during my Masters. But I did finish it, this time and that was partly because I was able to keep track by keeping a notebook, which I will show pictures from below.

(I don't know why tumblr decides to show them upside down but fuck me I guess. Also my writing may or may not be readable, i tend to have child doctor hand writing)

I did some drawings of the characters on the inside, as you can see. I did tend to favor the female characters, not gonna lie so that's why I've been drawing them. I just found less of them insufferable (also drawing girls is easier). Their appearance wasn't based on the books or the manga, though they did have a slight influnlence. I mostly got inspo from @dullahanart who is really talented.

Now I didn't hate all of the guys. I LOVED the Kiriyama family and their chapter/s were some of my favourite parts.

I also liked Shogo and I wish he was explored more outside of having to talk to Shuya.

Speaking of him. That is my main problem with the story. I couldn't stand half the people who were meant to be the main characters. It's a shame because Noriko and Shuuya have such potential (especially the former).

And I understand the point of Shinji, but only because I watched a video on the series that explained him way better than the book. I couldn't stand reading him, and I dreaded any chapter that involved him because I soon realised he was the culprit of why I couldn't finish the book before. Talk about an actual Gary Stew, and I'm not even using that as a buzz word here. I've never read such an unbearably perfect character.

I think instead of giving a main cast and telling them "these are the characters you should like", the story could have benefited from having no definitive main character or "winner". You can tell who is going to survive pretty early on, and honestly it really downplayed the steaks. I would have prefered if each character got equal attention so that nobody could tell who would come out of it. That way, one could really get more invested in the side characters, who are all the highlight of the book.

But I don't know, that's just my opinion. I honestly think I like the movie more, but I can at least say I prefer the book to the manga.

I could fully embrace my hyperfixation on durarara!! by drawing a new header for myself, but then pride month came along and gave me an excuse to be lazy.

Some half assed doodle I did. The sailor scouts as characters from some of my favourite animated movies.