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Some Demon Slayer fanart pages
Actually, I am using this journal as a backup to store the fanart stories I made for Demon Slayer during the past three months. They are all Tomioka Giyuu centered. And these pages spoil the entire manga till the very end.
The first one, "To Prepare A Wedding", is about the wedding of Zenitsu and Nezuko several years after the demise of Muzan, and Giyuu's role in it.
The second story, "The Homecoming Souls", tells the tale of Giyuu's passing and his reunion with other pupils of Urokodaki's. It is split into two parts due to the POV shift in the middle of the story: the first part is narrated from Tanjirou's perspective, while the second part follows, mostly, Giyuu's own POV.
The language in the fanart is Chinese, my mother tongue. The reading order is Right to Left. I may add English descriptions for each page when I am less busy. I apologize for not making a full translation because that would be really time-consuming...
(Update: yah, page summaries are added now!!!)
To Prepare A Wedding
page 1: It is three years since Muzan's defeat. Zenitsu and Nezuko are eventually betrothed. Tanjirou and co. announce the news to friends and comrades via their crow and sparrow, and receive many prompt replies.
page 2: Giyuu doesn't send a written response. Instead, he visits the Kamado abode personally.
page 3: Giyuu offers to help the young couple prepare their wedding - much to everyone's surprise. And he is surprisingly good at the preparatory work. They settle down the date and venue of the wedding with the local shrine, and proceed to purchase gifts for guests and prepare costumes for the ceremony. Occasionally, Tanjirous catches whiff of melancholy nostalgia coming from Giyuu...
page 4: The wedding ceremony is a delightful occasion. Many old neighbours and Demon Slayer friends are present and give their sincerest congratulations to the newly wed. Tanjirou is drenched in a mix of happy, prideful and relieved moods!
page 5: The wedding reception begins at twilight. In the past, it was the exact hour when the host and majority of the guests prepared themselves for another night of demon slaying. But now, they can feast and booze and celebrate without a care.
page 6: Tanjirou decides to offer some of his sister's nuptial sake to his deceased family, and ascends the mountain alone. As he says his prayers, another scent approaches the burial site.
page 7: Tanjirou is somewhat surprised that the new visitor is Giyuu. Tanjirou begins to express his thanks for Giyuu's help during the wedding preparations, and when he does so, he is overcome by the saddening scents coming from Giyuu.
page 8: While Tanjirou is hesitant to ask questions, Giyuu offers his story voluntarily after a moment of hesitance. He explains that he took part in the preparations for his sister Tsutako's weeding when he was a child, and thankfully he has memorized all the procedures, which allows him to be of some help to Nezuko now. When he says that, Tanjirou notices that the melancholic scent is still very present.
page 9: Wishing to relieve the sad mood, Tanjirou says that Giyuu must have been a great help to his sister and that Tsutako must have been a beautiful and happy bride at her wedding. Giyuu clarifies about what transpires on the night before the wedding. Tanjirou apologizes for unknowingly bringing up such a tragic topic, yet Giyuu says this is not something that Tanjirou needs to apologize for.
page 10: Giyuu says that it brings him much relief when he witnesses the moment when Nezuko and Zenitsu are declared a married couple. That is what he really wants to say to Tanjirou.
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The Homecoming Souls (part i)
page 1: Tanjirou and co. receive a crow from Urokodaki informing them of Giyuu's grave illness. Astonished by the sudden news, Tanjirou belatedly notices all the signs indicating Giyuu's dwindling health months ago.
page 2: Tanjirou departs to Urokodaki's place at full speed. It is three months since they last saw Giyuu, and they really don't expect Giyuu to be bedridden and dying so soon.
page 3: As soon as Tanjirou sets foot in Urokodaki's cabin, he notices the image of over a dozen teenagers surrounding Giyuu's futon. The kids all wear fox-shaped masks.
page 4: Judging by the distinct scents coming from everyone in the room, Tanjirou understands that Nezuko, Zenitsu and Inosuke feels nothing of the fox-masked spirits. Urokodaki seems to notice their presence, even though he can't catch their sight or scent. And Giyuu seems to be with them.
page 5: Giyuu tries to say thank you at his last breath. (Actually, I am trying to be ambiguous about whom Giyuu is addressing.)
page 6: Giyuu's soul joins the deceased.
(These six pages are narrated from Tanjirou's POV. What actually transpires in Giyuu's POV is slightly different.)
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The Homecoming Souls (part ii)
page 1: Giyuu reaches a misty field where tiger lilies bloom.
page 2: Giyuu catches rustling of the grass and footsteps. He sees over a dozen kids dashing at him, and they are wearing the identical warding masks Urokodaki created for each of them. He wonders whether Sabito is among them.
page 3: The kids greet Giyuu. They are sorry that Giyuu also passes away at a young age. Despite that, they express their gratitude for Giyuu, who has been able to make achievements and take care of Urokodaki in their place. Giyuu says it's more like Urokodaki taking care of him, but the kids claim that Urokodaki is happy with Giyuu's company - they can see past Urokodaki's tengu mask to notice that he frowns less and smiles more.
page 4: The kids are waiting for their beloved Urokodaki together. They wish to give their master a final farewell before heading towards their next lifecycle. Some also want to apologize for saddening Urokodaki with their deaths. They blame themselves for breaking the warding masks and the pormise of homecoming. Giyuu says it is not their fault, and that the evil demon who killed them is the only one to blame. Sabito notices that these words are different than what Giyuu used to tell himself.
page 5: Makomo jests that Sabito is not acting like his usual self, who constantly claims that Giyuu and him are going to have words. Sabito decides against it, arguing that the experienced and mature Giyuu who made many difficult decisions decisively and faced many dangerous foes fearlessly deserves better than some scolding from a child.
page 6: Meanwhile, Giyuu tries to comfort the apological kids. He says that evil demons are already eliminated, so his senpai's won't suffer from similar worries or guilts in their next life. The kids claim that Giyuu did a lot in the final battle against the progenitor demon Muzan. To this, Giyuu says their praise overrates his actual contribution. And Sabito disagrees with Giyuu's word.
page 7: Giyuu explains that Tanjirous was temporarily absorbed and turned into a demon by Muzan because he wasn't fast enough to save him. Also, other Demon Slayers sacrificed their lives to save him from Muzan's attacks. Giyuu believes Sabito could do much better in the final battle. Sabito dismisses Giyuu's statement, saying it's just untested supposition which will never come to place. Giyuu's deeds and Giyuu's bravery, on the other hand, are solid facts that can be denied by no one. Sabito demands Giyuu to give enough credit to himself, and claims that Giyuu and Tanjirou are the pride of everyone here.
page 8: Sabito helps Giyuu put on his warding mask. It is a tradition among Urokodaki's pupils to help the next comer wear their mask.
page 9: Sabito adjusts Giyuu's mask till he's satisfied. He then entrusts to Giyuu the safekeeping of Urokodaki's and Tanjirou's masks.
page 10: Giyuu accepts his new task. He wishes that Urokodaki and Tanjirou will cherish their living years for as long as possible, and hopes they won't rush to join the deceased.
Tagged, and Tagging Again
RULES
1: Write the rules or copy and paste them.
2: Write 13 things about yourself.
3: Answer 13 questions made by the person who tagged you and make your own 13 questions.
4: Tag 13 deviants.
5: Make sure they know that they are tagged.
6: Don't say "You're tagged if you read this"
7: It's forbidden to not tag anyone.
8: Tag backs are allowed.
9: If you don't make this tag in a week, you HAVE to obey a single wish of the person who tagged you.
13 THINGS ABOUT FISH-IN-FRIDGE
a. My childhood favourite soda was Sprite. I also accepted 7-up, but stayed away from Coke and Pepsi because of their "unnatural" colour.
b. I prefer fries to smashed potatoes.
c. I have learned to not take coffee or tea from airline cabins, because over 75% of the coffee and tea I drank while flying tastes nasty.
d. I am a terrible driver despite holding a license for six years. I am particularly bad at parking my (dad's) car.
e. As the previous entry suggests, I don't own a vehicle. Thankfully, I don't need one to get to work.
f. I don't like to cook/bake/prepared any kind of food that takes longer than two hours to complete. I do savour the taste, and even the look, of an elaborately prepared dish.
g. My biggest regret about leaving school: reading less than I used to.
h. I am an only child.
i. I was once a piano student, for maybe less than half a year. It took place before I went to elementary school. I never quite learned playing the instrument and quit early. That's another regret of my life: I love love love piano music.
j. I read magazines and blogs on travelling sometimes. Not entirely for holiday planning.
k. I miss the hit epically almost every time when playing table tennis or badminton with almost anyone.
l. I am never an early bird. Work is the only reason I get myself out of my bed before 8.00 on workdays.
m. I am allergic to mangoes.
MY ANSWERS TO Nelyasun
1: favourite animal/s?
Cats for domestic animals. Wolves and prey birds for the wild. Phoenixes for fantasy creatures.
2. Favourite season of the year?
Autumn.
3: Favourite character/s in book or movie?
Well, that's a tricky question. I don't compare characters from different books or movies, and there are already so MANY characters in one book or series. Even in the same series, my favourite character doesn't remain the same. For example, Finrod might be my favourite when reading some of the Silmarillion or HoME chapters, and fanfiction, but he gets quite irrelevant in other Tolkien writings like, say The Hobbit. If you ask me the same question when I am in the middle of rereading The Hobbit, I may tell you Bilbo is my favourite character.
4. A movie or book which is due to come out this year and you want to watch/buy?
If only The Winds of Winter could come out this year. But Michelle Sagara's Cast in Deception is definitely on my TBR list, and I am confident it will come out this year. The Chronicles of Elantra books come out at a very regular pace
Besides I am also waiting for her War for the House War series.5. Place you wish to travel?
Too many. Places within China: Harbin, Inner Mongolia and the Sichuan Province, to name a few. And I am not yet counting in the places I long to revisit. And then the places I need a visa to get to: New Zealand, Canada, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Italy, Russia, France, Britain, Switzerland, the Scandinavian countries... the list goes on and on.
6. Favorite food?
Anything with strawberries
7. Chicken, fish or meat?
Scratch fish, and you get the answer.
8. Favourite food that is not from your home country?
Pasta, sponge cakes, mousse cakes, sandwiches... also going to be a looooong list.
9. Favourite era in history?
The Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty of China. 6th and 5th Centuries BC for Ancient Greece. And Renaissance.
10. Favourite historical flashion?
Early 20th Century. I also like Renaissance, Tudor and Regency dresses a lot.
11. A relative/ancestor you would want to meet as a young person?
My maternal grandmother. She drew in her youth, but I never saw her draw. Only saw a few drawings she kept. I do know he personally, but I never had the chance to communicate with the artistic side of her.
12. which book/s would you like to see as a TV serie?
Most of the novels I read do have movie or TV adaptions, though. So from the rest, I am considering Michelle Sagara's works. The Sun Sword series really deserves more readers, and I believe a good TV adaption can help a lot. Curiously I am not a fervent supporter of a Silmarillion TV show.
13. Favourite thing to do a really hot summer day if you live far from a beach?
Enjoy icecreams.
QUESTIONS BY FISH IN FRIDGE
1. Favourite holiday of the year?
2. Your own special tradition for a particular anniversary or holiday?
3. Favourite music?
4. Favourite lines from the lyrics of a song?
5. Ever wrote poetry before?
6. Most interesting experience with art?
7. Most interesting travel experience?
8. Most interesting experience with food?
9. A foreign food you want to try?
10. Do you like to take selfies? Alone or with friends?
11. A foreign language you want to learn?
12. Favourite thing to do for weekends?
13. Things that stress you out? (No need to answer if you find the question too personal or offending.)
NOW THE TAGGING BEGINS
Another 13 random picks from my watchers.
@romenriel
@Sindaamanda
@supercoolcatgirl2016
@RoseAngela
@Windrelyn
@Gilglir
@Rudh
@BloodKnighttt
@PrincessAndDragon
@Elaini-the-Mystic
@DaughterOfLaurelin
@anie-linwelin
@Rina-from-Shire
No pressure on responding. If you do not wish to, you only need to obey my single wish of enjoying your life!
Let the tag wars begin!
Thank you, friend.RULES
1: Write the rules or copy and paste them.
2: Write 13 things about yourself.
3: Answer 13 questions made by the person who tagged you and make your own 13 questions.
4: Tag 13 deviants.
5: Make sure they know that they are tagged.
6: Don't say "You're tagged if you read this"
7: It's forbidden to not tag anyone.
8: Tag backs are allowed.
9: If you don't make this tag in a week, you HAVE to obey a single wish of the person who tagged you.
13 THINGS ABOUT FISH-IN-FRIDGE
a. I like coffee (no suger. Milk or creamer is fine). And I love tea (no sugar, milk or creamer. Lemon is great
)b. I like rainy weather, as long as I have dry clothes to put on.
c. I am trying to grow something. For a beginner, Scindapsus aureus ("绿萝" in Chinese) is a good choice. Hopefully my plants in bottles won't starve.
d. Ain't keeping any pets. Though a cat would most certainly be my pet of choice.
e. Despite my username, fish is, in most cases, not my dish. Salmons and cods make their exception, though.
f. I have lost count of when I began drawings, and when I began watching anime TV shows, and how many of them I have watched.
g. Becoming a professional artist was my ambition when I was a kid.
h. I was a terrible reader as a kid, till the Harry Potter series arrived and saved my day. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the first book I managed to complete within one single day; though, admittedly, I had the advantage of watching the movie before and knowing the storyline.
i. I was bad at face-to-face conversation. Still am. Not the quarrelsome sort of bad. But the not-knowing-what-to-say-to-you sort of bad. So, be warned when you run into me in real life.
j. I am often artistically productive in office. Mostly because my office produces lots of printings and I can draw on their blank side.
k. That's also why I often produce more trash than my colleagues do
l. Okey, I draw during my office hours when I can't stop myself. My bad.
m. I am not using any other accounts to post my drawings~
MY ANSWERS TO Kool-cap
1. favorite food?
Strawberries. But I may give a different answer on a different day
2. favorite emoji?
There are many interesting, expressive and hillarious ones I have not yet discovered, let alone tried. But I use
most often, if that should make it a favourite.3. favorite flower?
Lilies? Roses? Carmelias? Snowdrops? Idk... But I prefer white blooms than blooms of other colours
4. favorite instrument?
Most of those which contain strings.
5. favorite animal
![Llama Emoji-23 (Shyness) [V1]](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/db95d15b-8c0c-4bb6-b743-1beb61737925/d6uf5oq-8c480264-da01-4df8-9294-782a4c0a4d1f.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2RiOTVkMTViLThjMGMtNGJiNi1iNzQzLTFiZWI2MTczNzkyNVwvZDZ1ZjVvcS04YzQ4MDI2NC1kYTAxLTRkZjgtOTI5NC03ODJhNGMwYTRkMWYuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.360GEVO4N3eUlF8FvLTWT6XodO3lO-BpssTjqZMD_BA)
?Cats, beyond a doubt.
6. Hillary or Trump?
May I say no to both? Didn't vote, though. I am not American.
7. pencils or paint?
Pencils, of course. Much easier to handle. But I enjoy other people's paintings greatly.
8. football or basketball and why?
Neither. I am simply not into any sports.
9. apples or oranges?
Sometimes apples, and sometime oranges. So "both" would make a fair answer, I suppose?
10. flowers or trees?
Both... I am really bad at picking...
11.glasses or contacts
?Glasses. I've been wearing those since 2 years old. Never wore contacts and not planning to. My mother said contacts gave her pains in the eyes.
12. piano or violin
?Definitely both. I also love the cello and the harp.
13. cake or pie
Depends on who baked them LOL...
QUESTIONS BY FISH IN FRIDGE
1. Favourite colours?
2. Favourte art tools and media?
3. 2D or 3D art?
4. Books or movie adaptions?
5. Real-world places you want to visit but haven't made it yet?
6. Fictional places you want to visit? (Could even be a world of your own creation. But for the sake of the readers, please name the creator of your intended sightseeing destination
)7. What eras you wnat to visit if you could time-travel?
8. What drew you to dA?
9. An artist at dA whose works you love and whom you haven't watched?
10. Favourite book genres?
11. Favourite music genres?
12. Favourite pasttime activities?
13. Do you enjoy taking with people of your own age, people much older than you, or people much younger than you?
NOW THE TAGGING BEGINS
Uh, that's the most difficult part. I'm afraid I don't have 13 very close friends here at dA. So I pick candidates from watchers randomly. Or as randomly as I can manage: I'm afraid dices or random-number-generating programs are not available to me right now.
1. @razorhoof87
2. @WolfOfTheCalla
3. @gintautegitte69
4. @Nelyasun
5. @ChloeEstel
6. @TherealIvanIvanson
7. @Avaril
8. @TheFloralTeaCup
9. @dantes-muse
10. @Tar-ElessarII
11. @FeuerKnight
12. @Morrigan22
13. @EcJetko
Well, thank you for reading, and have fun! For those who don't want ro make this tag in a week, and single wish is to enjoy this busy week of yours! So yeah, no pressure, friends.
Recent WIP's Summary
Cathleen Timmes, my OC and heroine of my on-hiatus story, which is mentioned in my last journal. Her kitten Kit accompanies her now. I hope I can resume the writing in the coming spring. When I do, I will try to be concise LOL. There have already been about 30k words with hardly anything happening, and that's not the pace of the storytelling I had in mind
These two show the same boy at different ages. I hope that is not too difficult to tell. I have spun a very cliche story about him, and I would rather keep the story to myself.
Just a random lady with two birds and a bad anatomy. It often happens. Bad anatomy, I mean. Now I fear of how she will turn out in full colours.
So, I will try to be optimistic here. At least this nameless gentleman's anatomy has been quite corrected from his previous self (my last year's drawing) And the building is now more architecturally possible. I have been wanting to redraw this picture for a while, though the chandelier is as intimidating as ever When I complete this redrawn version in colours, I guess I will fit both the original and the new one into another Draw This Again meme format.
And this is a complete summary of my oc drawings. What follows is fanart.
Clockwise from top-left: Salvador, Raphael, Claudia and Judah, characters from WhiteFoxCub's graphic novel Thicker Than Blood. I have already submitted coloured Sal and Raph last week, and Claudia and Judah will soon join their rank.
For those who don't know about Thicker Than Blood but feel interested, welcome to start here:
(I honestly consider running into this masterpiece to be the most delightful surprise I've encountered here at dA
)Lastly, this is quite a project. House Stark of Winterfell ------------------------------------------
Well, that's quite a lot of portraits, isn't it? I am wondering if I will complete all the colouring work before The Winds of Winter is on shelf. It's hard to tell, but for I genuinely wish I lose the speed contest with GRRM. I mean, I can't wait to read the sixth installment to A Song of Ice and Fire. There're so many people's fate I'm dying to know. Not just the Starks.
And I have to apologize for the lack of Rickon. It's very trying for me to make a child portrait that works. The last time we saw Rickon in the books, he was five years old, I suppose? But I promise I will definitely NOT leave him behind. He's part of my Stark project!
You must have already noticed these portraits bear little to none resemblance to Game of Thrones actor and actress cast. Well, I won't apologize for this. I stick to what I imagine to be the Stark and Tully looks, based on descriptions in the books. The difference will probably become more obvious when the portraits are complete in colours. (Likewise, I personally do not consider GOT storyline and subplots to be canon; not till they are confirmed in the bookverse, that is.)
For now, I badly need more ideas for backgrounds. And perhaps I will redraw Benjen, even Arya. They look a bit off.
Oh, I must have been rambling again... But anyway, I've got what I wanted to express out of my system. Now I suppose I can better focus on my workplace, and the drawings of course LOL
Have a great day, my friends~
Starting An Original Story
The story is going to be a simple one. An offshoot of a doddle during office break (
), which later comes to be
. Yep, he's my male lead. I'd hesitate to call him my protagonist, for my intended protagonist is a six-year-old girl, and all the numbered chapters are narrated from her perspective (Okay, a rule that I might want to break). So the story is about a space-and-time-travelling being that is trapped in one specific world, and is only able to break free through the intervention of my said little girl. The description part of
shall provide a better idea about what he is and capable of.Up to now I have Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 finished, though subject to revision, and Chapter 3 in progress, and a dream scene written which shall take place in a later chapter. I have the basic skeleton of the story in brain, and a few details in some critical scenes. I also have in mind where this story is going to, to the extent that I know the Epilogue will be narrated from the girl's father's perspective, and the I will leave an open ending to the girl and the avian's interaction. I also have tons of details to flesh out. Even the story title is a tentative one. Thankfully, up to now details are in abundant self-provision during my hours of writing, but it may just be that my motivation is high for the time being. I can't guarantee future progress. I have a full-time job to cope with.
But no, don't worry about my disappearing from dA. I won't. There's so much to enjoy on this site that at times I have to wonder if I'm addicted. It won't be easy to quit. Besides, I have other drawings to make. I draw whenever my fingers itch for a pencil, and that happens often enough. There're also so many topics I'd like to address in my drawings, whether related to my story or no. A Maglor & Elros scene. An Indis & Findis scene taking place in Valmar. A Night's Watch drawing of ASOIAF universe. A Tiamaris & Tara portrait from Chronicles of Elantra. Maybe more The Sundered art. And some redrawing of my old pictures that I'd like to post in "Draw This Again" memes. So I won't be hanging around and submitting works all the time, but you can still expect my updates.
Last but not least, I'm wondering where shall I post my writing. I am contemplating about AO3. It sounds like a good idea to have all my writings together on one site. But at the same time, AO3 impresses me mostly as a platform for fanworks, and I'm wondering if an original story could have a place there. Meanwhile I'm far from interested in opening another site account. Having a dA account and an AO3 one feels quite enough to me.
[And maybe someday in the future I may even want to thank myself for NOT posting the story anywhere. Like: WTH were you thinking when you were writing that AWKWARD stuff? And in English, srsly? Well, English is not my native language, and my command of it is, up to this date, shabby; which you can tell. Yet sadly, I seem to have already lost some of my ability to apply my native one for writing creative stuff.]