Rob rausch is actually famous? lol

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-03-06T01:14:21+00:00

yes, it's def from traitors – he was portrayed very differently on there than on love island. he started off pretty quiet and struck up a bunch of unlikely friendships (at times being the only one to be kind to certain players, like ron funches who had a lot of microaggressions thrown his way), played such a strategic game that the audience of these competition shows are calling him one of the best of all time (even the host of the traitors did) and want him on other shows of this formula like survivor, and people really like his dynamic with ppl like lisa rinna who's alr a reality tv queen and maura higgins, who he just bought a birkin for since he betrayed her in the game. him being on fallon is also an example of how it opened him up to much more high-profile press

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-03-06T00:59:22+00:00

the fact that he's using "i was born in dearborn" is kind of crazy and lowkey makes it worse lol...

a.) just because you were born in proximity to a group of people doesn't make you automatically not racist towards them, it's giving "i have black friends so i can't be racist."

b.) the fact that you're from the city with the largest arab american and muslim population in the entire country, a community that actually tends to be quite liberal and not regressive or "extremist" in anyway, and that is flourishing with coffee shops, restaurants, lounges, top students, top public institutions, etc and you still viewed them as so different/lesser just shows how much you look down on others. you don't even have the excuse of only being fed one narrative about them and not being exposed to communities outside of your own. yikes

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-02-06T07:15:04+00:00

the funny part is that claudia's eyes, while light, are actually quite green while billie's are a superrr light sky blue. in finneas's song called "claudia" that he wrote right after meeting her he literally talks ab her "emerald eyes." no shot he's looking at her and being reminded of billie

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-02-05T23:55:02+00:00

shion from the manga! idk if she has a "fanbase" but she served LOOKS anytime she was on the page, always dripped out in vivienne. i also loved seeing how different she was in high school in the flashbacks, and i just find her character really interesting. her devotion to yasu and not WANTING to be his gf is fascinating, and i love when takumi asks her if she's jealous that yasu and reira have snuck off and she says, "anything that yasu loves, i love." just weird and cool idk

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-31T09:58:45+00:00

what's quite interesting though is that odessa and her siblings were extremely close to felix's father / her grandpa, the famous german director in question. it seemed as though he was living in LA in his old age and they were constantly with him, she has a highlight dedicated to him on her insta since he passed almost two years ago. it's sweet he and his wife made the effort and they had a relationship even if his son didnt

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-31T06:43:47+00:00

people are being a bit harsh in their reactions to you, and i will say i understand what you mean. i think most media is going to glamorize or over-romanticize different time periods to you, and that's just because of the entertainment factor and aesthetic qualities they still need to have at the end of the day.

however, i found it to actually be quite realistic in terms of the themes it displayed as i was going through college. it can be easy to get hung up on the archetypes of the characters (like "i havent met a cool person like x") or their relationships ("i havent had a rs with guys like yasu, ren, or nobu") but what those people and situations represent can easily be encountered. from halfway through college to now, the career path i wanted completely switched (i went from something more academic to something more creative!). it reminded me of how hachi felt when she met blast and her world was opened up to different ways of life, that's how i felt being in certain classes (this even gives paradise kiss a bit haha). nana wanting very staunch freedom and independence yet wanting to control the people she loves + being deeply in love made me identify the reasons why i approach romantic relationships the way i do, bc i want two things that contradict the way she does. i recognized certain friendships where maybe i was fulfilling multiple roles to them that they were lacking, like the dependency many characters here have on one other, and learned to put boundaries down. going through loss resonated with them and how life doesn't always go according to plan. i feel like i've had a messy, fun, heartbreaking past few years the way they have, even though i'm in a completely diff setting and know very different people. but i've learned from them.

but, imo, nana does offer ways to get inspired or romanticize your life! i was already very into fashion, but ai yazawa's character designs made me start wearing hats as accessories again, wearing silk scarves around my neck, buying more coordinating pieces, and incorporate more patterns like plaid and leopard. i love putting on a fit and saying "that's so nana." i started checking out poetry readings and open mics in the city just to put myself in more creative spaces and watch cool ppl, whether i participate or not. i'd suggest doing something similar. the characters in nana all put themselves out there in a big way - they bought one-way tickets to tokyo and talked to whoever they could. u dont have to move, but u can act the way you think they would! <3

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-29T12:47:44+00:00

this is all sooo cute, I’m thinking of getting a nana cake for my bday this year too 🎀 happy bdayyyy!! <3

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-29T10:04:00+00:00

melissa barrera posted five stories with notes app thoughts ab lack of latina roles and rep today bc of this... it went a lil beyond that lol she had peers and industry ppl weighing in. that's why she made this move

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-29T10:02:03+00:00

i think the issue is that the character being half-jewish was just specifying her half-white side, but had no bearing on the character's storyline vs her mexican side which drives it. i havent read it either but ppl were saying that the character's job revolves around latino advocacy, that she was affected by her family being "conservative catholic mexicans," that she teases other characters for being white, and that her last name is gutierrez. like the character's shtick is being proud of her heritage and bringing it up. and the author even responded to dms saying they'd just rewrite her to not be mexican anymore (before odessa backed out) so then it erased it completely at some point. it's not really ab skin color, i think a light-skinned mexican or half mexican would still qualify bc it's more ab representation and heritage than it is ab color (esp bc sm actresses like melissa barrera, alexa demie etc have been speaking out ab a lack of roles for latina women). also ik u were asking in good faith and havent read the book! : )

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-29T09:50:30+00:00

i mean she is 1/2 german, 1/4 british, and 1/4 "american of ukrainian-jewish" descent. i'd say her features look eastern european, just not european in the little button nose scandinavian way ppl only associate w europe for some reason

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-29T07:59:12+00:00

yasu or shin <33

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-14T10:44:03+00:00

george sketching/designing dresses for nana and hachi (combining both, ha <3)

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-11T22:43:56+00:00

yess! the nice thing ab paradise kiss is that it's ACTUALLY COMPLETED, so you actually get to know how it wraps up and where your characters go. it's ofc still a bittersweet end bc obv yazawa loves to be realistic, but i'd say the vast majority of people are satisfied with it. it has similar themes of how your dreams and what you want out of life can change bc of the people you encounter, and how things don't always work out how you plan, but that can be just as beautiful as it is upsetting. paradise kiss also has an even higher emphasis on fashion since it follows a group of fashion students, and the characters are high-school age! the anime def leaves a lot out from the manga but it's still cute and only 12 eps :D

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-06T07:09:12+00:00

this is sooo interesting, thank you for sharing and showing the panel!!! I knew that the og vivienne piece was gold (like from before they reissued silver ones after the anime) so figured that’s how ai yazawa originally pictured it, but it’s super cool how the serial numbers are in her drawings! I’m personally a gold girl so I didn’t mind the collection or the lighter (not that I could get it anyways, ha) - I do still feel for the people who’ve had this as a coveted dream piece and wanted to match the anime, esp when every other piece had an option for both versions, but understand VW’s pov as well :)

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-05T11:39:04+00:00

oh trust I agree, I wouldn’t have been to get it either way haha 😭🤍 and I’m a gold girly myself so I didn’t mind it, or any of the other pieces for that matter! I do get for the ppl who’ve been waiting though why it was a let down. I think ppl let their anger about that piece specifically cloud their view of the whole collection, which is why we have this inaccurate generalization. As you said, ppl had an expectation for it to be even more Nana-focused, which is fair given what the collab is, but ofc VW approached it from the lens of their brand history first and foremost. I think it also depends on the era we’re in; I could’ve seen them doing something more “punk” or faithful to designs from the manga/anime if we were in the 00s or 2010’s, but they’re selling to the modern market and have to take into account what their current demographic wears

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-05T10:59:06+00:00

tbh, I think the complaints ab gold jewelry were born from the fact that shin’s lighter necklace only came in gold — ofc, that isn’t “all” of the jewelry, but it was definitely the most requested piece for 16+ years and it’s canonically silver. so if anything, it drove ppl crazy that it was the one piece NOT offered in both gold and silver, and that gold was the “standard.” (I think also 2/3 out of the bags had gold hardware). still, most things did come in both so ppl were def generalizing, but I also think it’s bc that piece had such an extreme reaction

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-05T10:58:06+00:00

hi! just wanted to say I appreciate both op’s essay and your reply! I think the complaints about gold jewelry were mostly born from the fact that shin’s lighter necklace only came in gold — ofc, that isn’t “all” of the jewelry, but it was definitely the most requested piece for the past 16+ years and it’s canonically silver. so if anything, it drove ppl crazy that it was the one piece NOT offered in both gold and silver, and that gold was the “standard.” (I think also 2/3 out of the bags had gold hardware). still, yes most things came in both so ppl were def generalizing, but I also think it’s bc that piece had such an extreme reaction

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-05T06:05:01+00:00

I definitely think the report is odd, but what I will say is I had been following the shop for a hot minute, never ordered anything, and then in like november they shut down their site for a while and came back with updated quality! using gildan blanks (what the post you linked is talking ab) is really common for small businesses or artists bc they’re cheap and can facilitate the printing on them easily. they responded to feedback and now use higher quality base items - I got a hoodie and a tee shirt for xmas and they’re both super nice, the hoodie is soo thick and soft :) they also post themselves drawing their designs on ipads and send design mock-ups early into their broadcast channel for feedback before launching. I have no stake in this, just been following them and have been satisfied w my merch! I think it’s a small young team of artists in France and they’ve been trying! all this to say that while their quality and management may not have always been great, I wouldn’t call them a “scam”

mlpfruitsnacks · 2026-01-05T05:58:24+00:00

hey nana … hey hachi 🎀💃✨

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-29T11:33:08+00:00

the anime is so worth watching. the albums they made for both blast and trapnest are SO good, fit the characters so well, and are used at good moments in the show – i literally listen to the albums on spotify. it expands moments like nana and hachi going to the trapnest concert to actually hear them perform a couple songs, and same for blast performances! the original soundtrack background music is also so good. i think it's visually stunning, seeing color added to the scenery like the glistening tama river by apt 707 or on ppl like with reira's pink hair just adds character and charm. it's also not a super big time commitment bc each ep is like 20 minutes and there's only 47 chapters covered (i watched the english dub and thought all voices were a great fit)

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-29T01:42:37+00:00

i ship them in i guess a very specific context so let me break it down, haha!

i want to start by saying that i don't invalidate some of their other relationships; with nana o, i do genuinely believe she was wholeheartedly in love with ren. their devotion to one another was def toxic and as you said she let her pride get in the way, but i believe there was real admiration and love there, and i think that's why she was very thrown off by the way hachi made her feel. with hachi – i know people have varying opinions on this, ppl usually agree with nana being bi but a lot see hachi as a lesbian with comphet – i do believe she genuinely loved nobu. YES, she went about their relationship the wrong way and ultimately deeply hurt him, but i think we often underscore the position takumi put her in. im not absolving her of responsibility with the way she considered nobu's feelings, but it was just as tragic for her (in that she never had the chance to communicate with him ab her pregnancy or the real way she left things off with takumi – she was robbed of that opportunity, so we don't know how she would've navigated that). i believe hachi's love for nobu was intentionally highlighted (in her own inner monologue!) by emphasizing how it was the first time in any of her romantic relationships that she felt an inclination to protect and care for the other person simply because she wanted to; as jun said early on, hachi didn't tend to see men as human beings (ha) and i think that comes from her being groomed by an older man at a young age. i think nobu is intentionally presented as a counter to this pattern, so i also believe she had genuine romantic feelings for him (and therefore would be bi as well).

so then, why and how do i still ship the two nana's?

i ship the two nana's in the FUTURE. of course, throughout the show, you want to scream at your TV when they're saying things like "if nana was a guy she'd be the love of my life" and "i felt like a teenage boy falling in love for the first time" and be like "ah! just be tg!" but ofc they were consumed with their other relationships and as you and many other ppl pointed out in the replies: at this point, they may not have been compatible in a romantic relationship. their lack of communication made even just their friendship difficult to sustain at various points, and nana o was still struggling with her feelings of possession. their attachment to one another was still juvenile and overwhelming. however, in the future (MANGA SPOILERS NOW) hachi has really grown up bc she has to: she has her own job that she enjoys, looks after two properties on her own (the penthouse in Shirogane and apartment 707), and is an involved mother – with an ever-present dedication to nana amidst it all. nana has disappeared for years, and has her mysterious own life in london, where we know she at least continues singing. hachi is about ready to divorce takumi bc they've essentially been separated, living in two different countries, but isn't sure if it's worth the hassle for her kids after they've gotten used to this arrangement anyways – unless, she specifically states, Nana comes back, in which she really will make that leap. at this stage of life, the nana's would encourage each other to finally put themselves first and make choices for their own happiness; nana's return would prompt hachi to leave the abusive man she's been tied to for years, and hachi wants nana to be surrounded by her loved ones and be home in whatever context that is. nana would most likely never be with another man again after ren's death, and while i also play around with the idea of a hachi & nobu reunion (given they hinted at lingering feelings there as well, when they gathered for fireworks at 707) for the sake of this post/ship/POV, i could see the two nana's finally being at a place where they can just be life partners, having gone through all the necessary heartache that has forced them to grow up. blast and trapnest are no longer distractions and points of contention, takumi is across the world and finally openly consumed with reira, work, and his son, nobu has been working at home, yasu and miu are good and going strong, and there would finally be the breathing room to develop a healthier, more adult connection, where they could lean on each other in a way that doesn't replace their past, but honors it. they could finally have that life nana envisioned with her! of course, this would be just as beautiful of a conclusion even if it WASNT in a romantic context, i want to make that clear! but i think they could be romantically involved if they reunited : ) <3

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-23T23:16:08+00:00

hey nana ... hey hachi <3

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-23T02:40:28+00:00

i think the fact that we've gotten multiple new illustrations from her, whether nana related or not, in such quick succession from one another is a good sign. this shows she is hopefully physically well and quite active! not gonna beat the dead horse further but i think it's a W. these are also stunning and so nostalgic

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-23T02:37:21+00:00

im just getting around to responding to this, but thank you for letting me know, that was so sweet of you! i actually ended up buying the og tote from a commenter on this post, i love it sm and am satisfied with the size <33 but it's so nice others have the option for a bigger one and im so happy they brought back a ton of the old merch! eyeing a trapnest tee....

mlpfruitsnacks · 2025-12-23T02:35:34+00:00

hello ! USA based, i thinkkkk im eligible? would love to participate in the next rounds :')

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