Somewhere In The 70's

HI long time no post 😭 i got a new tablet and i wanna be more active again wahhh so have this drawing i did last night!!

omg damianya version? YEEEEEESS!!!

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The school vacation is over and the new term at Eden is starting...of course, Anya is less than pleased with this development 😅

Seriously, her groaning reminds me of my "anti-school" phase I had when I was around her age, lol.

This chapter was mainly focused on introducing Anya's new classmates. I'll admit that I feel SxF has enough side characters already for the type of series it is, but maybe they'll only be relevant for one story/arc (like Daybreak and Wheeler). Though having another female friend in Connie might be nice. She seems weird enough for Anya to have fun reading her mind 😂

Since recent chapters have dropped hints about Anya's past and the emphasis on mind-reading abilities/the occult via Melinda, plus we have the lingering mystery of Anya's affinity for classical languages, I feel like this new set up at Eden is going to play into that. Not only has Arnold returned, but we now have a supposed prince in the mix. It's been theorized that Anya's classical language skills are somehow tied to royalty in a foreign land...so maybe Tertius is connected to that somehow. I mean, you must be royally royal to have hair shaped like a crown 🤣

Then we have the as-of-yet unnamed kid who flicked a booger on Tertius. Curious what role he'll play if all this is indeed leading up to more Anya backstory reveal.

I should clear up some weird translation in the English version. In the below panel, it seems like Tertius is mentioning Jeeves, but the term he's using is 爺や ("jiiya") which I believe is an old term used to refer to an elderly male servant.

Now the word "jeeves" in English is a generic term used to refer to a butler or valet. If you've watched enough movies and/or TV series, you may have heard someone refer to their butler as "jeeves." So technically it's not an incorrect translation, but it's incredibly confusing because we already have an established character named Jeeves, who is Damian's butler. So this could make people think that Tertius knows Jeeves, which is likely not the case. They really should have come up with a different word to use, something like "pop" or "gramps."

Besides the new characters, we now have more potential for Anya and Damian to be alone, without influence from Emile, Ewen, and Becky. Hopefully it will lead to more talk about Anya's mind-reading and Desmond lore.

Guess that's all I have to say about this chapter as it mostly seems like setup for what's to come. I've probably mentioned before that the Eden-focused stories aren't exactly my favorites, especially when Anya isn't a key player. But hopefully whatever's going on with Tertius and the booger kid will be leading up to something significant in the end.

Interestingly, this is the first chapter since Loid's backstory that's being split into parts, as this chapter is called 112.1 (112 part 1 in the Japanese version). Similar to what he did for Loid's backstory chapters, Endo tweeted about this for chapter 112. Guess it's just gonna be two parts?

Also, on an unrelated note, we also got the cover reveal for volume 15 today! Features Martha, not surprised since it will include chapters from the Henry/Martha backstory arc.

i watched arcane season 2. never speak to me or my extremely violent daughter or my extremely violent daughter's daughter again

SPY X FAMILY (CH. 105)

>> spoilers below

i think my favorite part of this recent chapter was seeing how franky has so many people in his life: from the forgers, to his fellow informants, to regulars at his store—there are so many people out there that he cares about or that he at least holds enough goodwill towards that he'll do them a solid when they need him. and for a lot of those people, that goodwill and care is returned. i mean, look at these faces! and the teller, too~ in a world where people are forced to take sides, i feel like franky's side will always be his own and whoever he thinks are behind that line

but what really hit was just franky's attitude as a whole. he's creative, curious, and cheerful, even in the face of frustrations and difficulties. he doesn't perform a life—he lives one, and while that means taking a lot of Ls in all sorts of directions, he can curse at them and pick himself up again just as quickly.

i really wonder about that strength tho—how much of it is the result of a healthy mindset? how much of it is a coping mechanism so he doesn't have to face his pain? how much of it is knowing that Life only gets infinitely harder if you can't pick yourself up when you get knocked down?

“I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.” - Gilbert

And they called it 'puppy love'

(Pose refs under the cut)

I tried finding the og artists, only kinda got one but I'm not even sure it is that artist ;3; and the other I cannot decipher the handle for the life of me.

Jjj He looks super weird 😭😭

saw some sxf ship shenanigans recently and i just want to express that one thing i love about spy x family is that i love both twiyor and damianya. they're not mutually exclusive, they cater to different trope preferences depending on your vibe, and i love endo for this gift!

looking for some marriage of convenience, domestic bliss, familial fluff, traumatized leads, potential identity reveal angst where damn-i-was-actually-living-under-one-roof-with-a-legendary-assassin OR was-everything-between-us-all-just-a-lie? you got twiyor!

looking for some childhood friends to lovers, love at first punch, school fluff shenanigans with friends, daddy issues, potential secrets reveal angst where your-dad-experimented-on-me OR you-faked-your-friendship-with-me-to-get-close-to-my-dad? you got damianya!

honestly i don't understand the ship wars between these two lol they're both adorable, both with canon potential, i love them both and i'm pretty sure endo has plans for them so that's THAT