TORRENT FASTER, DAMN YOU!!!!!! XD I'm currently downloading a bunch of my favorite anime for the current challenge at ic_animated, because it involves using caps from either the 14th episode of the 3rd season or ones taken at the 3:14 mark of any episode/movie. SO!!! I'm gonna make some Magi and YuGiOh ones, but I didn't have them on hand.

....so now I'm downloading 59 gb of YuGiOh because I have no self control XD

FEELS GOOD THO!!!! Feels good to download an irresponsible amount of anime that I will almost immediately have to shove onto an external hard drive XD Also, just...fuck, I love YuGiOh, every time I think I've moved past it, it returns. At any moment, I'm about ready to fall back into it, and that's great ♥

Also, congrats Leo for becoming the 5th character I've gotten to rank B in engstars!!!


THERE HE GOES!!!!!
Unfortunately, I'm running out of cards with space for fans for him, so I don't have enough to get him to rank A ;w; Hopefully I'll get more soon!!!

I'm currently finishing up a late dinner of sausage gravy and biscuits; once the gravy thickens up, I will be tucking into it!! I'm so ready :D

Day 4 | IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself.

noooooooooooooo I just redid my profile and updated things about myself on other sites, do I really have to do it again? XD

Anyway! Hi, I'm Killian~ I just turned 34 earlier this week and I live on the east coast of the US - though not in the same state that I grew up in! - with my wife dragonofeternal & my bff arahith. We bought a house a couple years ago and very quickly filled it with a delightful amount of fandomy things, as well as our four cats :D I'm currently a creative writing student, and I'll be finishing up my associates degree this spring, with hopes to transfer to a bigger university to complete my bachelors. Very exciting!!!!

I'm currently deep, deep in Trigun hell, thanks to my wife dragging me into it last year ♥ It's got me in a fucking death grip; I got out of watching the 98 anime and IMMEDIATELY started writing fic, the same day, and that fervor hasn't really subsided yet XD It's, uh, really good, I swear!!!!!!!

One of my first loves is Kingdom Hearts, and it will always have a very special place in my heart. I enjoy JRPGs in general, particularly Final Fantasy VII & X and the Persona series. Other "previous" fandoms include Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Mo Dao Zu Shi, and Yu-Gi-Oh!........though previous is a kinda strong term, since I can never truly leave a fandom behind.

Fun fact: my wife and I met through Homestuck, and they decided to date me despite the Eridan sleeve tattoo I have XD That's true love, baby!!!! We've been together for over a decade now ♥

Other fun fact: my desk has been dubbed the "ita desk" because of how extensively I've decorated it. I'll share a pic and let y'all be the judge of that XD


Okay okay okay, lemme try to wrap this up some~ When it comes to participating in fandom, I mostly write fanfiction, all of which can be found at my AO3. I'm the most active on bluesky, because it's still fairly slow moving and lowkey, with a lot of the features of Twitter I use most. I also cosplay occasionally, but not as often as I used to ;w;

That's about all I've got! If you also like any of these fandoms and/or wanna be writing buddies, I'd love to be friends!!!!!

IT WAS SO GOOD TO BE BACK AT KATSUCON!!!!!!!

We got there super late because I didn't wanna wake up, doing our makeup took forever, and then parking was a nightmare, but it was all worth it because it was so much fucking fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Katsucon 2020 was the last con we went to before covid hit, so it was definitely very special to finally be back ;w; Like, we went to Otakon in 2021 and 2022, but it wasn't the same; we hadn't actually been since it moved to DC. This was like...coming home, in a sense. I've been going to katsu since 2010, so being in the Gaylord is very nostalgic and familiar and incredible *w*

Also, I have got to get back to doing physical therapy, because my back nearly gave out on my countless times throughout the day >< I can't keep living like this. Like, I can handle my day to day life sucking, that's fine. But impacting my fun at anime conventions? NO. That's where I draw the line! XD

Uhhh okay so Liz and I wore our fancy juhaku robes that we made in 2017 because they're big and forgiving enough to still fit after gaining some weight. And we'd both made peace with the fact that no one would recognize us, mostly because literally no one did when we first wore them, and Magi was way more popular then. People even looked confused at the Magi photoshoot at Katsucon 2017. So okay. That's where we are. AND YET MULTIPLE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED US THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. PEOPLE CAME UP TO US EXCITED AS FUCK TO SEE NOT JUST MAGI COSPLAYERS, BUT JUDAL AND HAKURYUU.

Not complaining, just confused.

Sooooo that was good, the weather was surprisingly mild, the vibes were incredible...just walking around and seeing so many cosplayers again was so good ;w; I feel reinvigorated just from being able to observe all of it.

The final part of the night was the midnight Persona shoot (as you do) and that was also amazing. There were a decent amount of P2 cosplayers (for once): the Suou brothers, Jun, and Philemon??? Who fucking cosplays Philemon?????? So that was exciting!!!! I think Liz is gonna be living that high for awhile ♥ I mostly ended up talking to one of the Joker cosplayers about our akeshu itabags and other insane amounts of money we've spent on fandom merch XD

Oh!! And Pat found a Naoto figure in the dealers hall (always a dangerous play to go), which was a fun find. Since we got to the con kinda late, we had to speed run artist alley and dealers room in just over an hour, but we still managed to get some cool stuff.

Day 8 | In your own space, post self-recs for at least three fanworks that you created.

I'm gonna switch it up juuuust a little and do fanfics I've written and some other fanworks I've created in different mediums. I've...done a lot of stuff over the years...

Also, writing about why I'm recommending stuff of my own is hard >< But I'm trying!

( click for recs! )

Dear Chocolatier,

Hi, I’m Killian! Thank you for taking the time to check out my letter!! This is the first time I’ve ever done a fandom exchange like this, but my wife dragged me into it after doing one last fall :D I’ve tried to keep it as organized as possible for you, but like I said, I'm still kinda new to this. If you have any questions, feel free to leave an anonymous comment here or ask one of the mods.

0. General Preferences
1. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
2. Kingdom Hearts
3. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

( snip snip cut because I like a lot of things )

Day 3 | In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

The entire Judal & Hakuryuu arc of Magi resonates a lot with me (surprise!), specifically the chapters in Belial's dungeon and right after. Like yeah, it's partially because it's very character driven about one of my biggest ride or die OTPs, but the message in it is also just...good and relatable to me. Enemies with a shaky agreement to fiercely loyal partners is such a good development, and Judal and Hakuryuu bonding over shared and similar problems that they initially didn't expect to have? SO GOOD.

It then comes down to just kill your fucking abusers kids, and I'm also all about that XD I could honestly write essays on juhaku - and I have in the past tbh - but I already went way over the top with my rec list yesterday. Basically, I love these stupid, broken boys, and the comfort they found in each other ♥

Day 2 | Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

So uh, today got rather long. I know it said three, but I got carried away and ended up with closer to...20. Okay, look, I really like fanfiction :D Full disclosure though, some of these are rather old and I haven't reread them in awhile, but I distinctly remember my younger self loving them. So they're still on here, because they shaped what I enjoy and how I write.

Organized by fandom, but other than that they're not in any particular order. I don't like to rank fics by quality or whatever.

( snip snip there's too much to not put it under a cut )

I'm screaming about the chapter 314 note it's so beautifully gay I can't handle it ;w; Liz translated it for me and I'm just like holy shit

己が半身失ってなお,白龍には相桎がいるさ
"Having lost [half of himself] (Judal), Hakuryuu is searching for his [fellow/destined partner] (Judal)!"

literally don't know what to do with myself over this jeezus that's beautiful