Harriet

I am planning on holding an election for ikevamp at the end of the month

You will be able to vote 15 times in a day for a week.

You can give all your votes to one guy or spread them out just like the game.

What will be done with the data???

It may have something to do with the ikevamp anniversary thing I am hosting :3

One of the newest characters - Kanbei Kuroda - is out today in Ikemen Sengoku Eien (JP ver. app)! I'm doing a walkthrough.

I'm not quite sure how to announce this, so I'm just going to come out and say it:

After I complete my portion of Nica's route translation, I am going to suspend all future translations for IkeVil content indefinitely.

This is was not an easy decision, and I've been mulling it over since about the end of last year. There are several reasons as to why I've chosen to do this, but I don't feel like discussing them. At any rate, I am super grateful to everyone who has stuck with me since my early days of extremely rough translations up until now. Many of you have been very supportive and kind, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you ♡

Of course, the translations I've posted so far will remain posted on my blog as an archive. And until I complete Nica's route, any events that I am interested in translating will be posted as well. Despite my not translating any future content, I still intend to play the JP server and will likely share summaries or highlights of the events for the suitors.

There's plenty of amazing fan translators on here who will do an amazing job at supplying anything I would contribute, and if circumstances change in the future, I may translate for fun again one day. Thanks for understanding.

Crazy guy classics from my childhood because cringe is overrated. This was drawn on Krita. The interface might be shit, but damn aren't the brushes so good? Human Springtrap's design is loosely based on those human FNAF fanarts from the early fandom days.

Regarding the recent upset in the IkeVil fandom, I want to share something that has helped me approach sensitive topics such as dubcon.

I’ve mentioned on my blog before that I am an SA survivor. We are, most unfortunately, very many, and we are, of course, not the same. 

What I am sharing below is the analytical approach that helps me, as a survivor, to interact with certain sensitive scenes as I feel comfortable. 

It may help other survivors, and it may also be a useful practice for general readers interested in reading any story beyond the surface level.

IMPORTANT: you do not have to do any of this. I’m simply sharing what helps me, and what may possibly help others, survivor or not.

To begin, I always look for dubcon warnings and assess (the whole time) whether or not I feel comfortable continuing to read the scene. 

Scenes like these are not the place to be a completionist:

If you feel at all uncomfortable, STOP! 

It is OKAY to tap out in any route for any reason, whether you’re reading in the actual app or reading a fan translation. 

I mean this very broadly, as there are plenty of other themes that readers may find uncomfortable across all of Cybird’s games, not just IkeVil. 

Is it possible that you can be okay with dubcon and feel uncomfortable in the middle of reading it? Yup— so STOP! 

Please do not force yourself to finish a sentence, or read one more line. The same for if you made it all the way through and still (or start to) feel any upset.

These characters are not real. These situations are not real. What you feel is very real, and is more important than any desire to “keep up” with what is going on with a LI, or the game, or the fandom, or whatever it may be.

What you have to do is love yourself more than you love otome and STOP when it gets uncomfortable for you. 

Actually, learning all this hate towards IkeVil is kinda new to me. But I am recently watching a superhero tv series with a hateful villain---in the hero's perspective, but I'm kinda cheering for his love life because he really treats the girls so kindly and special--he's lying to her though, lying about his bad deeds and that's kinda hateful, but then he's a villain.

Thank you @lorei-writes and @pond-lilies for hosting the gift exchange! I love seeing everyone’s work and I’m always for gifting art and writing to others :33

My giftee this time is @evil-quartett !! The moment I saw “caught in the rain” as your S-tier trope I know that’s what I’d like to go for. I love a good taking-shelter-from-the-rain-and-laughing-at-how-silly-they-look moment, and I want to lean more into Lacrimă’s sweeter and more teasing side! I hope you like it 💖💖

Lacrimă x Faust - “Caught in the Rain”

Omnious Clavis (for his early birthday ehhe)

Also I am trying to get a Vgen code through Instagram and X (mostly Insta), if you could come support me there, to like 1 or 2 posts of mine (I need to reach 100 likes on at least 1 post...) that would be super helpful!

so i played mad love first and i played blind love after and i did it spoiler free so i was shocked to say the least when i realized we weren't staying in crown and we were going back and i REALLY REALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT AT THE TIME like NO ONE WANTS THAT. why are we inventing a long distance relationship. but now i think i rather love it.... im not sure how much i love the fact that we've actually left but i've played a few other routes and i feel like in so many of them harrison mentions that it's our choice if we want to go back, or that we've thrown away all we loved to stay with crown and it genuinely makes my heart drop every time. he's absolutely the sweetest and the sweetness will never not get me. i think the fact that he's constantly thinking about us and constantly hoping for the best for us is just the kindest and most attractive thing ever. idk maybe im just getting older but GENUINELY kindess is so attractive to me its ridiculous.... i think it might also be the harrison effect. like once u like someone whos kind like him and u see that as insanely attractive everything else just doesn't compare

i think the part that gets me is how throwing away your past life (especially for this backstory like someone like kate who loved her job and her little life) IS a big thing to ask of regardless of how much you love this new one too and harrison actually treats it like it is. i think the fact that he's willing to take the harder way the more painful way for him to protect what's important to you is just like CHAT. WILL SOB.

- When you walk into a dealership, the salesperson will immediately “be your friend”. They’ll act like it’s you and them against dealership - Sometimes a salesperson will offer to talk to the manager. This does not mean anything. Chances are, they’re going to have small talk for a few minutes and come back out - Carefully consider the usefulness of an extended warranty. You’re losing money unless there’s an accident or issue soon after you buy the car - This wasn’t so clear before, but you’re still going to have to pay a down payment. What you should refuse is a securing payment - The securing payment is a psychological trick. You feel more tied to the company so you’re more likely to buy from them - You’re extremely more likely to buy at the last place you go, but with the securing payment you’re less likely to go to another dealership due to a sense of commitment - A salesperson may say it’s a limited time deal. Most times, unless this is the last of that years model, or it’s a special event, the deal is not going away and will still be there if you decide to go back. It’s not necessarily a deal breaker, but you should be suspicious if it’s said to you - Save money by asking to buy the floor model. There’s no mileage on it, but it’s worth less because people have sat in it - Or, ask to buy the demo if you’re willing to buy a car with some mileage. The depreciation of the price is usually worth it - Each can get you a few thousand dollars off due to the fact that it is technically not a “new” car anymore - Always look at the websites and play around with the build a car, payment calculators, or anything other offered features. Make sure when you’re using it you look at the down payment and the number of months that you will be paying for the car over - Try to not buy a really obscure model because the trade in value will be lower - Get the maximum down payment you can afford to lower the interest cost - Look for a crash rating test. A 5 is going to get good trade in value, and is much safer

all the translation screenshots hot3hothot used in their post toward darius (tw for suitor hate) is my translation, kurishiri.

i ask that you do not interpret this post as approval to send hate or unnecessary attention to the poster. i understand darius and his story is not made for everyone. i mostly made this since i don’t want to just let that post remain uncredited, when i spent considerable time and effort in translating darius’ main story. so just, if you could help spread the word of this and make it more actively known that i am the translator they’re taking screenshots of, that would mean a lot to me!