New art uploaded of daughterofbilitis / batiferrite 's OC for artfight PLUS a new webring member! : D Also PLEASE check out this button pastelhell / Robyn very kindly made for me! https://angeleyesprings.neocities.org/buttons/kuru.gif Isn't this the cutest?!

Ahhh the button is so cute!!

you are seriously killing it with these art fight drawings amy!! i love seeing all of them. and the button is SO adorable, robyn did a great job! i'll have to update your button, it's too cute not to use! kururun~

thank you you two!! kururun~~

hell yeah celestial seasonings box art. those candy cane lane bears are like family to me.

lol @ the lain image. so true.

What do you think of Dune? I find it to be an interesting take on the "chosen one" concept.

No but why is it so cute when cuddly things like that have a neutral expression like... it's inexplicable. 60s and 70s are so beloved by me too

@pompom the kitty in the candy cane lane bears artwork is so damn cute... https://celestialseasonings.com/cdn/shop/articles/CandyCaneLane_1296x.jpg

@cidoku ~le obscure niche anime~ lol i was thinking about using the quote from the Princess Bride too

@alephzero i will be upfront, and say that i have not gotten into dune yet... i know, i know! my family has the whole collection of books; i just have a huge backlog ;^;

@sarah / inkcaps i completely buy the theory that you can project your emotions into the cuddly thing easier if it has a neutral expression. i prefer dolls with nuetral faces (or posable figures with multiple faces) anyways since you can put them in any situation... yay fellow 60s-70s enjoyer as well!!!

I LOVE relatable character / "kin" pages! What characters do you guys relate to?

If we're talking anime... Tomoko. I also have a much cooler younger brother and many cringe memories. I too also evolved to act like a normie in the streets.

I love looking at what characters people relate to too! I think most recently I found I related to Marcille from Dunegon Meshi a lot, (´▽ˋ)

Mako (Kill la Kill), I didn't finish watching the anime and I didn't enjoy the story much lol but I totally imagine she like myself was a teenager, the ridiculous pose, the energy, the slowness of thinking and absent minded. I totally relate to that LOL

I love pages like that too!! It made me happy seeing some classic characters on here, like Haruhi and Konata! It's a little embarrassing considering how much I love her, but Aerith is probably my biggest "kin"--and Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables! She was my OG and still is, haha ;u; It's their free spirits and imagination and intuition and their drive for a good life despite everything!! ♡♡

for me, i think the most relatable characters are magari from kimisomu and mika from skip and loafer! i love this page you've cooked up a bunch

lola pacini from degrassi and quinni gallagher-jones from heartbreak high <3

omg clear…. he was my favorite in DMMD hehehe as for characters i relate to…. currently Alpha from YKK and Haruhi from OHSHC but i feel like she’s a relatable character in general!! i used to kin utena during my tumblr days and i still relate to her somewhat

I agree, it's interesting to see lists of "characters I personally relate to" (vs "characters I enjoy") because it's about how someone thinks of themselves. I can't think of a case where I thought "she's like me fr fr" while watching/reading something, but my loved ones have compared me consistently to a few characters and that's probably more revealing of who I am than anything I'd assign myself...

@lesserword Tomoko is great, and I had to have her too! Let the cringe memories flow :,)

@lazer-bunny Marcille is a great one too! I actually didn't expect DunMeshi to get so so big after the anime... Isn't it weird? (I sound like such a hipster right now)

@neko / ame I also relate to Mako's energy and well, emotional / expressive personality! I personally like Trigger's art style and animation and loved the episode where she and her family got a taste of a nice life. Great character!

@inkcaps / sarah, nah, your devotion to Aerith is inspiring! And you are so Anne Shirley as well!! Flowers and long dresses~~~ I also associate that kind of style with Heidi, Girl of the Alps and Moomin a little lol. OH YEAH there was also a Blythe doll this morning I saw for sale that made me think of your vibe... I'll find and link it!

@inkcaps / sarah https://shop.juniemoon.jp/en/collections/neoblythe/products/neo-bluerabbit-forall I apologize in advance if this is not your vibe, or if u think they're creepy...

@cloveratelier / kiley, I have not watched KimiSomu, but Mika is a elatable character I think with how she handles herself / her issues (for a lack of better words)... that's a pretty good choice!

@comfort the words "degrassi" make me think of a similar time <3

@lune / cloverbell OMG yess Alpha!! I kinda forgot a YKK when I made this, but she's so sweet! Clear is def the best from DMMD, and Utena / Haruhi are classics, aren't they?! How often do you crossdress? :P (trying not to make this sound weird)

@sakana that's interesting, if you feel comfortable sharing, what characters have people assigned to you? There's lot of characters that I really like who are way to different to how I am as a person. I had different sides to me like everyone, so obviously I can't be like groups A-C at all times! If I had to choose the most ME FR FR character from this list, I would pick Colette maybe

@amy ahhh you're right, that style is SUPER Heidi/Moon-esque ;w; ♡♡ and please don't apologize at all, it's not weird at all and I'm super flattered! Wahhh she's so PERFECT!! I've wanted to get into Blythe dolls and BJDs for a long time actually. My birthday is actually on the 29th so an early birthday present might be in store 👀👀

LOL I didn’t notice both utena and haruhi are boyish in appearance.. I’m actually very girly but in middle school (my kin days) I had short hair and dressed like a boy.. I still retain my boyish personality which is why I relate to them lol!

I stopped caring about mega evolutions when they turned out to be a generational gimmick that didn't stick :/

@capy don't even get me started... the thing that stings the most that there were SO MANY mega designs that were amazing... (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

omg, that Lina doll is so cute (۶ꈨຶꎁꈨຶ )۶

@neko she's so cute, but she's like $2000+ bucks on Ebay (╥﹏╥) Wouldn't life be better if we were all rich??

I loved Mega Evolutions. Was happy to seem them in gen vii, but sad that Mega Kangaskhan get nerfed.

@toji to be fair, Mega Kanga was crazy in Gen 6 with Parental Bond competitively. that thing hit like a truck

I know, and I loved it. Adding two priority moves to it's moveset made for an incredibly annoying Mega.

Your anti-hobbies list is so interesting! I only got into K-pop in the last couple years bc honestly I felt the same way. But I find that it's actually pretty easy to just enjoy the music without diving into the intricacies of it. Just...stay away from K-pop twitter lmao.

@amy Yes exactly! kpop twitter scares me, but the music is very catchy! it's also hard to me to keep up with "the lore" of these bands lol... "omg this band is a 2nd gen group that flopped at the charts internationally" ?_? .... I'm glad you like my anti-hobbies list!! Making a little venn diagram of hobbies and anti-hobbies was fun. I'll still do my best to support my lolita, kpop, band fandom, and genshin friends