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if anyone's wondering, chapter 5 of This Weapon Wants is in the works! it's taking a bit because work and health are getting in the way, as per usual, but it's coming along. expect 19th century photography shenanigans
hello
new pinned! this is a gk blog, at least for now
i write fic!
my biggest work is This Weapon Wants. it explores Ogata's relationship with war, the effects of his childhood neglect, and his innumerable mommy issues. it follows him as a teenager on his mission to Russia with Tsurumi, and in parallel, as an adult during the siege of Port Arthur. if you take a look or even have something to say i'll be very grateful
if you make fanart, thank you for your service. if i like your fanart, i'll reblog it. if i reblog it, i'll ramble in the tags
i'm an adult in my early-mid twenties. please be over 18 to interact
i occasionally make gifs (in picmix, so beware of glitter and eyestrain material, though i try to make them tame & hide the more intense ones). under #gif
edits, doodles and other misc stuff under #mine
gore ends up here, which i don't tag (unless it's something i post myself into the main tags)
since being gay is now finally illegal in russia, i imagine those GK volumes i was planning on ordering would catch on fire the second they'd cross the border
This Weapon Wants: Research Source Masterlist
for anyone interested, i've compiled a masterlist of research sources for my longfic! with commentary on each source, what it's about, and how it contributed. it's linked in the work itself by now, but i thought to mirror it here :)
here's the link!
the thing ilya tells kiroranke as he's dying ("россия тебя не забудет", "russia will not forget you") sounds overwhelmingly positive in russian. like he's thanking kiroranke for killing the tsar, promising him the legacy of a national hero.
dare i say based but also very funny
it sucks to dislike ogata, as he's everywhere in fandom to the annoyance of many. it sucks to like ogata, as i've never met a single ogata enjoyer who'd agree with the common image of him, or the treatment he gets in most fan creations. he's a vortex of sucks. just like noda intended
feeling low. come into my inbox with a gk character and i'll doodle a crude cat-ified version of them in ms paint
intro
general: adult, 20's, no minors. untagged spoilers. untagged gore unless i post it myself into the main tags
fandom-ish. mostly golden kamuy
(gk) (mild eyestrain/flashing) made a bunch of gifs you might've seen: #gif
i write fic. if you check it out you're very nice. #fic for all things fic, #tww for all things This Weapon Wants
i draw sometimes! #cart
unserious doodles and edits: #jestadjacent
video edits: #cavid
umbrella tag for everything i make: #mine
backup: @clever-adjacent. wanna know what i'm up to even if i get nuked again? follow that one as well!
enjoy your stay!
live action opinions!
tl;dr: sometimes fun, mostly underwhelming
has tone/pacing issues that stem from runtime restrictions, and also from it being setup for the show first and a movie second. it prioritises action + exposition over the character moments that draw you in at the start of the manga, so the film loses a lot of flare and heart.
this could have only been a good adaptation (read: an independently and equally amazing artwork) if it were some weirdo's passion project, just like the source material, if you catch my drift. but as it is, it's not a good story. it's a hasty, toned-down recap of a good story that shines in some places but falls flat in most.
that being said, there are some things i did love. buncha lists under the cut!
things i liked:
SHIRAISHI. he carried it. love him to bits. cheering and yelling every time he's on screen
nikaido too. the makeup, the voice, the mannerisms, everything
sexy well-choreographed action. the sled scene was crazy
tsukishima looks perfectly cast and eminates his signature exhaustion, 10/10
the way they hype ogata up only to show a few minutes of him eating shit in a fight and getting hypothermia and never appearing again
the parallel they added between sugimoto throwing toraji to the ground and then toraji throwing sugimoto to save him. a neat detail. i don't agree with the choice of putting ALL (or any) of sugimoto's backstory here, but at least there's that
things i disliked:
asirpa and sugimoto are too serious - asirpa especially. they also don't spend enough screentime with each other to warrant the bond that the plot insists they have. see start of post
tsurumi. the acting feels off, more erratic and embarassing than threatening. the cool shots of him from the back feel unearned and made for the trailer. and because the movie went for a blander, more serious tone, his canon behavior really sticks out here. what's camp in the manga turns cringe in the movie. rip
to that, asirpa's funny expressions don't translate well into live action. but just because i love them so much, i'm still glad they tried with it
the score was so so forgettable. as a musician who goes insane for movie scores and how much weight they pull i am HEARTBROKEN.
silly stuff that isn't criticism, i just wanna mention it:
someone feed ogata's beard
someone feed tanigaki
sugimoto's hair is top tier
they omitted the pencil wiggle scene. what a crime.
they're all so neat and clean. a friend of mine's said that this makes the whole thing feel like cosplay, and i agree. someone blow some dust over the actors
tsurumi's plastic headplate 😭i swear i'm not one to nitpick budget restrictions but this was the one part i found distracting
that baby bear was so ugly. my ugly cat looks like that sometimes. adorable
i think that's it! so yeah i mostly didn't like it, won't be rewatching it, but i have hopes that the show will get the chance to find its footing and take its time. thanks if you've read this far :)
PSA
this is now a multifandom blog!
i originally made this blog to share the fandom-related part of my art, and it just so happened to be all about golden kamuy at the time. this will continue to be a place for my fics and other such fandom creativity, just not exclusively gk anymore. speaking of which, the gk affliction is thriving and not going anywhere for now.
so feel free to unfollow if you're not interested, and to stay if you are!
going into the notes on @every-ogata posts makes me feel like the blog is the football tv in the corner of a bar for all of us to crowd around and yell at while smashing our glasses or booing or high-fiving
i love this website. the edits i make to my fics for donations post don't reflect in the reblogs made before the edits. if you see this, please know that you've gotta go look at the post on my blog to see the terms up to date. i input little clarifications as i go
too impatient to send a request to that gimmick blog so. discuss.
they just banned yaoi in russia
they've just issued a statement that they'll make the 'slash' and 'femslash' categories unavailable to russian users in exchange for getting unbanned. some other adjacent features will also be region-locked. they quite literally and specifically banned yaoi and yuri from russian audiences
i haven't used ficbook in years and years but i'll come back just to see the "unavailable in your country" banner roll across the suspiciously gen-centric trending page like a tumbleweed
they just banned yaoi in russia
having a nasty moment. come into my asks with a gk character and i'll tell you their place in the techy corporate workplace AU that exists solely in my mind
hey look, another donation scam with a stupifying amount of notes on their post. please report user scrumptiousphylllis (report -> something else -> unlawful uses of content -> phishing) and consult:
this post on spotting scams,
this post on diabetes scams in particular,
and this blog for an updating list of scam accounts. they also link to many more resources on how to recognise these things and what to do about them.
i lived bitch
hey! i finally annoyed tumblr into resurrecting my blog. in the meantime, i set up a backup: @clever-adjacent. follow it if you don't wanna lose me should this happen again!
