i never said anything about valkps ruining the boycott, you guys have been losing focus of what really matters, activism just for the sake of looking good is nothing but performative. not everyone is obligated to partake in the boycott, and people are allowed to still enjoy other aspects of the game and be happy when their oshi gets a new card. it would be ideal if everyone came together for a common goal, but we all know that's not realistic or expected.

also, mika is literally my friend, he's in no way one of the people i was talking about. i was venting about people who, even if they don't wanna take part in the boycott, should be a little more empathetic towards the ones who feel hurt about this whole thing. mika is not one of those people, and he has been sharing links for the petition around and doing his best to inform people of the problems behind hapiele's decision and stop misinformation from being spread in his asks.

just because someone is a big account doesn't mean they're required to speak on smth and stop enjoying their hobbies because the community expects them to, i've seen big accounts in the enstars fandom who are speaking loudly of it and yet spreading misinformation at the same time, how is that helpful???

i'm doing well physically, i've just been very burned out these days ;;;; december is always a rough month for me, so sorry if i'm taking longer than usual to answer my asks ;u;

i'm heeeeere, i've just been very burned out lately ;u; i'm trying to gather the energy to go through my asks but it's proving to be a challenge, sorry for that, i swear i'm not ignoring anyone ;;;;; i honestly couldn't do anything but play ZZZ and some visual novels lately, i haven't even touched any of my translation projects for weeks TT^TT

i have no idea honestly, i thought they'd talk about it properly back in PORTRAIT but that wasn't the case. he hasn't really mentioned a specific reason for him not to share about his trauma with trickstar, so now i can only think that they either plan on putting it as a focal point in a later trickstar/makoto event or don't mention it at all and let makoto deal with it "on his own" like he has done until now, slowly getting better at facing cameras again with his friends' support even though they don't know all the specifics. but i'm not one of the writers, so i can't comment on their writing choices or lack thereof.....

omg this comment made my day, thank you so very much! i have no words, it's actually a bit unreal to me to hear someone admires me and my work since i've never thought about my stuff as anything special, there are so many people more talented than i in this community, so your message really made me so happy ;u; i enjoyed your translation a lot, and i think you did a really good job for your first attempt at a big story! you're really skilled for a beginner (in the most positive way possible, in fact i was the one who recommended you to mika's masterlist, i told him "hey, this person's legit, you should add them!" hehe), so i'm really looking forward to the other event tls in your WIP page! i don't know what else to say, but ganbare! keep being amazing <3

i'm totally down for the theory that ritsu would be an undefeated drinker and yet he'd act like he's super drunk just so that people would spoil him, like i can totally imagine him going "maa~kun, carry me hooome, i'm soooo wasted weep weep" but being absolutely fine to walk on his own. at the same time, i don't see him as someone who'd enjoy drinking that much, like he probably just drinks socially at parties and stuff but if he can he'll avoid it?

for mao, i feel like he'd be the guy who can hold himself fine for one or two drinks but get tipsy pretty fast, with flushed cheeks and maybe sleepy? izumi probably doesn't drink bc he thinks it's bad for him, that will cause headaches and leave him bloated, etc. subaru and hokuto... yeah i can see that happening and makoto trying to remind them they have an image to keep lol

i also have a headcanon that niki, despite his stomach made of steel, would be super lightweight and become the clingy "i love you guys" kinda drunk and rinne would totally have a blast with that, taking pictures to blackmail him in the morning and stuff like that dngkhgjmk also, kohaku would totally be the kid who steals a sip from their dad's (in this case, rinne's) beer from a young age and be totally fine lol

i haven't thought really about the rest of them kkkkk

omg i have so many ritsu ships, he's probably the most shippable character in the entire franchise to me kdngkgk most of them are silly ones, or like ships that i'm a sucker for their relationship but don't exactly see them in a romantic light. my only OTP is and will always be maoritsu, with ritsuhokke being the one other potentially romantic ship for ritsu in my book.

i do enjoy makoritsu and anritsu a huge amount tho, or any other kind of trickstar + ritsu pairing/tripling/polycule lol. polyknights is great too (leoritsu and izuritsu are my favs), eiritsu and ritsuhaji (especially as a trio <3), and my beloved girls' party ritsu/arashi/mika/mayoi (although i prefer them as a quartet rather than like ritsumika or mayoritsu for some reason?). i also have a minor crush on ritsumugi, rinneritsu, nagiritsu and kuroritsu.

as for notps, i'm actually not one to have notps, i usually just ignore what i don't like/am not interest in, but hmmm reiritsu is kind of a notp for me bc i just can't see them that way and bc some reiritsu shippers can be very annoying trying to see every little interaction in a romantic light, so....

edit: I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT KOGARITSU MY BELOVEDS OMG 😭

i'm not as big on reichi as i am with eiritsu, but i do enjoy their dynamic quite a lot too! of course, they're very silly and hilarious together, especially when they have to pretend to be nice to each other when aira is around (like Wartime of Black and White is my everything lmao). but more than the comedic interactions, i think their relationship is pretty fun to dissect, like how they push each other's boundaries in ways that even other characters close to them can't. it's interesting to see how, even though he acts like he can't stand eichi, (much like wataru) rei doesn't actually hold a grudge against him for everything he put them through during the war, and probably despises him more because of how close he is to ritsu than for being the annoying rich bitch ksnfkgkgk i'm very much in love with their scenes in Element too, the tension between them during that time and what rei said about eichi properly looking around him and cherishing those connections he made, how that was the first push to eichi's change in regards to his friends, i find that very very nice. it's as they say, you can learn more from your rivals than from your idols, and in that case rei is both to eichi. big love to reichi nation <3

for my workplace, we have a specific design for our uniforms, so the maid outfits belong to the café and we just make use of them. so like they stay in the café and are used by the maids working that day. usually, our boss chooses the colors for each one of us, but we can put whatever accessories we like as long as we don't change the design or damage the outfit (we usually put badges or small pins in it, we can also hang things from our aprons, like i have a pink pompom i put in mine to squeeze when i need to fidget with something). the only things we're required to provide are shoes, socks and the cat ears/tails (that way we can choose whatever style it's most comfortable for us). for the butlers it's basically the same thing, the vest and pants are given by the café, but they need to provide the shirt, shoes and cat stuff, and can also accessorize it however they like. we only have to pay if we damage something.

we're also given free rein over our makeup and extra accessories like jewelry and stuff, depending on the character you're portraying (for example, i'm a familiar cat, so my makeup is always extravagant, with like magical symbols and stuff hehe)

oh i have sooooo many, i actually talked a bit about my enby/genderfluid headcanons in this ask, but i do have sexuality hcs for almost all charas in enstars too. so to not make it too long, i'm gonna list them in categories (just a reminder again that these are MY headcanons and reflect my own thoughts and feelings about these characters, nothing more):

pansexual: ritsu, rei, rinne, hiiro, tatsumi, kanata, leo, eichi, yume

bisexual: wataru, hokuto, mao (in denial), chiaki (in denial), hiyori, niki, hajime, kuro, arashi, jin

gay: aira, tori, jun, kaoru (in denial), koga, mika, tomoya, nazuna, keito, izumi, natsume, akiomi

asexual: yuzuru, subaru, mayoi, ibara, shu, himeru, kohaku, sora

aroace: nagisa, yuuta, tsumugi, kanna

lesbian: anzu <3

straight: makoto, tetora, hinata, adonis, mitsuru, souma, tsukasa, madara

non-binary: ritsu, yume, shu, natsume

genderfluid: wataru

cis but comfortable exploring fashion and stuff: izumi, mayoi, hajime, hiyori, mika, kohaku

don't really have hcs yet: midori, shinobu, esu, raika

(since arashi is canonically trans, i'm not including her in the identity hcs)

as for race i don't really dab into it that much, especially cuz the story is pretty open about origins. but i do like the hc of ritsu and rei being born in transylvania and being actually romanian ;u;

whether you believe in the CFS theory or not, i think it's fair to assume that ritsu is always some level of tired, at all times lmao

but seriously now, you can usually recognize it through the text itself. when ritsu is just acting lazy he'll be more whinny and clingy, demanding more attention or saying things like "don't wanna~ too much trouble..." etc. usually in these moments he is tired but not physically incapable of doing things, he just doesn't want to kgjjkfmbh when his condition flares up tho, the change is clear bc usually he'll act more retracted, and instead of acting like a spoiled child, he'll actually hide how bad he feels bc he doesn't want people over-worrying or pitying him.

the best example of this is, of course, Dark Night Halloween, but there are other good ones like in Fragrance, when even though he was feeling ill bc of the perfume he didn't tell the others bc he didn't want to make them worry and cancel the smell test. so you can definitely tell when it's truly bc he isn't doing well and when he's just trying to preserve energy, but like i said it's always fair to assume that he's constantly tired.

there are ways of knowing that too thinking about the places he's sleeping. when he just wants to take a nap he'll usually choose more comfortable places, like the beanbags at ES, his favorite spot in the Yumenosaki gardens, or the studio where Knights typically hold their meetings. while if you find him sleeping in the middle of the hallway or out in the sun it's probably because he felt too tired to move to a better place and shut down right then and there lol

ritsu doesn't like or dislike shu, he has a normal colleague relationship with him where they aren't particularly close but don't hate each other either (you could say ritsu felt annoyed by shu's existence at first like with the rest of the oddballs who "stole" his brother from him, but that's past them, he doesn't think like that anymore). the reason why he calls shu "oshisan"-san is just to be annoying lol taking mika's appellation for him and adding another "san" for the funsies the same way he calls makoto by "yuu-kun" because of izumi or hokuto by "hokke-kun" because of subaru. he doesn't hate any of them, makoto even says that he and ritsu became close now and could be considered friends, so he really just does this bc (again) he's a little shit kdjsnfjkdg