It was a lot of fanfic because my stupid brain went let’s restart Overlord and then NOT READ IT. I had been doing well taking work lunch breaks and reading but there were two days I used up every inch of brainpower and focus so as soon as I got onto my break I passed out. I’ve unlocked the secret of car naps, but now, they are too powerful. My back seat is too comfortable. The cold is too nice!
Kamisama Kiss 1-3
Falling back in love with the things I buried because depression? The art is cute, the story is cute, and I’m actually excited to try and stick with this one through to the end because the anime turned into junk. I also blame a twitter friend for this brainrot – she shared some fanart and it reminded me how much I loved the anime. Also, how much sensei loved this series!
One thing I hope that happens is that it doesn’t drag – it’s been established that Nanami already has a thing for Tomoe by the middle of book 2, and I know there’s a chunky ‘lets unpack Tomoe’s trauma’ arc, but I hope it doesn’t move past that and into introduction of love rival of the week. We’ll see.
Magical Girl Site 1-2
So part of 2024’s media list is re-reading old things and continuing them. I started Magical Girl Site when the anime aired, but I think only vol 1 was out at the time. So, I reread it and the second volume I grabbed.
Truly bizarrely bullied to the brink, gifted a magic gun, and then is adopted by another trauma built magical girl, and then makes friends with a third trauma built magical girl. There’s plenty of blood and horrors and I hear it jumps the rail, shark, and leaves the universe in terms of wild.
I also found out it’s a sequel to something called Magical Girl Apocalypse so I guess I need to find and read that too?
Fanfic – Mad About the Boy
Promise not to do this very often, but this one has been living rent free in my mind since I read it, and I was feeling very gross this past week so I re-read it and it made me feel better because, at it’s core, it’s WangXian doing what they do best.
Is it the charming, well researched 50s details, down to the music and period-accurate homophobia that charmed me?
Is it the story of discovering love in the face of everything you thought you knew?
Fuck if I know. I just can’t get the beats of this one out of my mind.
Lan Zhan had reached the last paper, a chaotic scrawling of words over his own face. Why can’t I stop thinking about him? About his lips? The words trailed around his lips. How they felt, like electricity. Suddenly every poem is about him, about how he makes me feel. Lan Zhan’s heartbeat skipped as he saw a scrawl so small it seemed like it was trying to hide from Wei Ying.
Is this love?
Mad About the Boy: Chapter 2 Whoever You are Holding Me Now In Hand
One of the things I’m learning is that I like when sex makes part of a narrative really alive because they fucking jump eachother’s bones right after this and continue this horrible ‘I want this but I shouldn’t’ all mixed in with shy virginity and the snapping realization of figuring out who you are.
Another of my favorite bits is near the end, where Lan Zhan lets the dam loose and gives Qiren his full thoughts – and I am a strong Qiren is a good man supporter!!
Anyway, I’m gonna think about this one again, and again, and again.
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