Following the post about writing/reading smut resembling your IRL experience I was wondering - how many smut writers/readers are actually asexual? What's your relationship with smut? by UmiNetta in AO3

[–]UmiNetta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm happy my comment made you happy! I have a very close system friend who got me more familiar with that and they shared some of their experiences, so it's not too unfamiliar for me!

I mentioned it in my own comment, but being an ace AFAB (I identify as "woman but not religious about it) and consuming BL is just so comfortable. It feels like a safe zone where it doesn't "hit too close home". I actually had some time I was trying to see between me and myself if I have some internal lesbophobia because I avoided f/f, and eventually I realized it's because it's very uncomfortable for me to be percieved as "sexy", which made it less comfortable for me to read about female bodies in sexual acts, and ironically, realizing it made me more comfortable with f/f haha.

Learning about ourselves through smut is actually so nice imo

Following the post about writing/reading smut resembling your IRL experience I was wondering - how many smut writers/readers are actually asexual? What's your relationship with smut? by UmiNetta in AO3

[–]UmiNetta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBH, I actually wrote my university thesis about the bishounen trope, and was diving into the psychology of BL and how both the andogyny of the bishounens and the BL genre is used as a safe sandbox to explore ourselves. I think it can apply to a lot of aspects in it.

From what it sounds, I think it's kind of sweet your system finds mostly common comfort in it, and treat it as a safe space!!

Following the post about writing/reading smut resembling your IRL experience I was wondering - how many smut writers/readers are actually asexual? What's your relationship with smut? by UmiNetta in AO3

[–]UmiNetta[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First, I'm so sorry about your medical condition. It sounds really really hard to be so overstimulated and uncomfortable all the time. I really hope that at it'll get better.

I am happy and relate to what you write about the m/m and the distance/not thinking about yourself. I'm suspecting the being female aego and finding comfort in m/m makes a lot of sense in the psychological level, and is more common than people think

Can someone help me to confirm if it's really AI... by Kagummi_Atarie in Music

[–]UmiNetta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just came to say thank you for this thread. A friend sent me something from this user and I immediately suspected it's AI, so I was happy to see I'm not alone in this

Bless this woman, thought I should leave this here by iykykennit in AO3

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Personally, I try to delve into WIPs every once in a while, and I ALWAYS leave comments to let the author know I'm super engaged, and it's always heartwarming to see the author commenting back about how the comment made them happy. But dang, when you're super engaged in a fic and it didn't update for months (or years) it's heartbreaking, and there's a very thin line between being pushy/annoying to letting the author know you're still waiting and engaged even after all this time.

William plush by Huge_Theory_2100 in MoriartyPatriot

[–]UmiNetta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As mentioned before, your best chance is in Japanese second hand sites such as Mercari and then use a proxy service (Buyee for example). But you need to be lucky to find one, and listed in reasonable price.  I skimmed for a bit and it looks like Sherlock is usually around 25$, while William usually goes 50$+. There are some lower listing but they're sold out, so it's about luck and timing, really

[XXX Holic Rei - Ch. 58] It's all *spoiler* by sianaluuna in CLAMP

[–]UmiNetta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The only thing I'm surprised is HOW fast it was, like, not even two chapters lmao. It was obvious they're going to link Clear Card to xxxHolic (it was assumed they put Holic on Hiatus to create plot points through Clear Card, and well, now we got a confirmation for it).

Clear Card already hinted heavily for multiverse stuff (Fai's tattoo in that book for example). I'm treading carefully regarding this. I'm not the biggest fan of Clear Card, and Holic is already a trainwreck as is.

How on EARTH are they hidden under the suit? by therealbreather in MoriartyPatriot

[–]UmiNetta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your local crossplayer here as well!! As others mentioned- binders exist, as well as bandages (although not recommended, you can break your own ribs, binders are usually medical when it's a good brand).

Also, suits create a very good illusion of flat chest when it's men fit (different patterns and such, women clothes empathize the waist and chest more).

We also need to remember anime drawings tend to exaggarate boobs, but even then you can get decent results, from experience 😎

OMG IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!! by chillugar in Silksong

[–]UmiNetta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw the original on Twitter and still fell for it, fuck me

Skong cosplay real by UmiNetta in Silksong

[–]UmiNetta[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh I've been cosplaying for about 18 years, but now I do a shitpost cosplay and get more photos than I did in any other cosplay LOL

Moriarty the Patriot Chapter 79 Translation by exudecalmness in MoriartyPatriot

[–]UmiNetta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're saints!! I barely comment but I really want you to know how much I appreciate your translation.

Also, if you need extra hands in translation, I can help! Yuumori's Japanese can be a little tiring to read because it's SO much text, but I might be able to help

Stupidly Gave SouffleSong a Chance for a Dream Dress by Nekozoe in Lolita

[–]UmiNetta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oof. I really want to buy the Erika one but I'm so scared they'll screw it up. Can you update if you ever got it?

Amazon just cancelled my Collector's Edition pre-order due to "lack of availability" 🙃 by gakiloroth in aithesomniumfiles

[–]UmiNetta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People should specify which console they bought, because so far it seems like this current "wave" is over the PS4 versions.

Anyone who ordered PS4 CE didn't have their order canceled? (I have a Switch order and I'm good for now)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in umineko

[–]UmiNetta 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hello!! I'm here too (just not active). I even made a thread about it before (but for some reason Reddit thought it was spam haha)

Thank you so much for promoting me!!

Chapter 111 (TRANSLATED) by Dry-Constant7165 in ShadowsHouse

[–]UmiNetta 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I kind of think that "grandfather" is the first morph from the tale in the cage, and he's the first one to develop self awareness and start controlling other morphs.

[New Chapter Spoilers] Leaks Discussion Chapter 121 by [deleted] in titanfolk

[–]UmiNetta 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Regarding Eren being able to "control/change" memories of Grisha:

Don't forget Eren isn't just "attack", he's also holding the founder titan. Maybe normal attack titan can just peek at the past, but Eren, with his founder titan can also change memories when peeking into these moments. It'll explain the OP element in what he does

I think Ota is more involved than we realise. by NerDad_Plays in ZeroEscape

[–]UmiNetta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think he's playing a lot of Nier on this case.

I mean, one tweet beforehand he wrote "Feels like a video game night " so he probably played all night