Fangs and Claws

About Me

My name is Kat, 32 years old, She/Her.

My physical Condition: I have a chronic illness called Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome where all the connective tissue in my body is defective and has an elastic consistency instead of strong and supportive. Lots and lots of things go wrong with my body because of the defect.

My Hobbies: So for that reason, I spend 90% if not all of my time in a specialized zero-gravity chair writing (mostly fanfiction but I have in progress original works, too)

Commissions: I have some major changes happening in my life and I'd love to try doing some? Art / Writing requests both are accepted. I have never done one before so please be very patient and clear with your request! I get easily mixed up!

Chat / Conversation: This might be a bit pathetic but truth be told, I really am always looking for new friends (I am currently going through some hardships in life)! Please reach out any time in messages to start a conversation with me! I'm very passive and love engaging conversation!

Come Home Safe AO3 Link

Chapters: 71/120+ Fandom: 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Anime) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Hoshina Soushirou/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Ashiro Mina (Kaiju No. 8), Hoshina Soushirou, Hibino Kafka, Shinomiya Kikoru, Furuhashi Iharu, Ichikawa Reno, Izumo Haruichi, Kaguragi Aoi, Okonogi Konomi, Narumi Gen Summary:

For Most people, Kaiju are their greatest fear. But for others, there's a fear that far surpasses that. A fear of daily life. Estella Nakao was an underdog just when it comes to surviving, barely stumbling through life.

Until hope shows up in a very unexpected way.

But who knows what a little hope will actually cost. -- Since this fic is so long, I do not want anyone to be caught off guard on the direction this story goes so here's a spoiler-free high level story expectation:

Arc 1&2 : Teeth-rotting sweet loving fluffy fluff.

Arc 3&4 : Dark elements start being introduced with a heavy focus on psychological trauma

Arc 5&6 : Extremely heavy elements; gore, death, explicit content, ect.

Specials

Fangs and Claws

Extras

Stella makes Hoshina watch the Walking Dead

Cece's Favorite Movie

Quelling the Cat

Art

Ash Kaiju Battle

Estella's Magic

Smile!

Zenerva

Surprise Kiss

Heartbeam

Carrying You in the Summer Sun

No. 10 Battle Wyvern Riding

Thinking of You

Starlight Night

A Coat Cozy Enough for Two

Stella's V2 Weapon: ARAA-1121

Yota Yoshio Character Profile

Wic Character Profile

Post Mission HoshiStella

Laser Accurate Stella Rae

Author Notes / Rambles

Arc 4 Introduction Rant

I am Stronger than AO3

Come Home Safe and Lord of the Rings

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Cece mother fucking Undergraw.

I tend to use the same tropes for characters across all my fanfics and my main OC always has a foil chaos character that I love to play with. Cece is that role in Come Home Safe for me. I love using her as a plot device to throw some fun and comedy in while her tendancies as a foil help me to sometimes bring out new parts of Estella herself.

Like Cece has always been that little key in the lock of Estella being "more herself". She eggs Estella on to push her boundaries and give her honest feelings. Even if its by somtimes extremely cruel means, like, oh say... deleting all her pictures with Hoshina.

Their relationship draws a lot of inspiration from Wilson and Dr. House.

Character Concept

So here's a shocking truth - I as much as I love to hate on him, I also really like Gen Narumi as a character and his rivalry with Hoshina. I truly wanted a way to force these two into more fun and interesting interactions. That is where Cece was actually born. I thought: "They'd have to spend some awkard time together if their girlfriends were great friends." But Stella has such a passive and laid back personality that I couldn't imagine her pressuring Hoshina to double date with Narumi like ever. (Especially cause of Stella and Narumi's relationship, neither of them want to hang out either.)

So I needed a character that wouldn't give a fuck about that awkward tension.

From there, I let the dialogue and story develop around Cece as I continued to write and she took on a life of her own. I got inspired by little tropes along the way I liked for her character. Things like how she'll subtly make snide comments in another language just to get under one's skin as well as her fun habit of bullying her own boyfriend just to see how much she can get away with.

For all of these reasons, Cece is such a fun character to play with and bring into any scene. I genuinely enjoy writing characters who are ridiculously complex like her. She's a deeply flawed individual, yet her heart is always in the right place.

Fun fact!

Cece is meant to be a slightly more flawed version of Hoshina in the same way that Estella is a slightly less flawed version of Narumi. I.e. Cece really like to get a rise out of people to the point of doing some extremely questionably moral things. Estella is a huge gaming nerd, but keeps a healthy balance of it with her responsibilities. (Though no one needs to bring up how similarly competitive the two sound when gaming against each other...) I would say that I also probably like writing her the most, too. But there is another OC I'll talk about more specific to the writing for that second question.

And who do you love to write the most?

I just wanna talk about my quiet love of this OC, too <3.

Yota Yoshio.

From the very inception of Come Home Safe, I knew that this story, while still being concentrated on kaiju, would have heavy medical / anatomical scenes so I always knew that Stella was going to have her own doctor. That has to do with the fact that, in real life, that's what those with Connective Tissue Disorders need, a doctor that has capacity to go above and beyond because it requires such a deep understanding of so many different systems. He once again was a key part of my 'living the fantasy of if treatment for this condition was possible'.

But he quickly became something more than that. When I got my first idea to make Stella a custom suit, I knew it would only be beneficial if the person making the suit had a thorough and in-depth understanding of her condition as well. Thus the team of Yoshio, Okonogi, and (even though he wasn't yet named) Miyazaki was born.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of giving just as much credit to the people who work behind the scenes and get no recognition (the monster cleaners, operators, izumo tec weapon builders, ect.). For that reason, I knew I wanted to create OCs across all of these different spaces where there weren't characters, as well as utilize more characters like Okonogi and highlight more of what they're always doing.

However Yoshio was always meant to be a counterpart to Okonogi. I just fell in love with the idea of Hoshina and Estella both having their own personal aids during battle who also worked flawlessly with each other, as well as have some deep emotional tension and involvement with each other.

He is also heavily inspired by one of my own personal real life physicians who goes out of her way to take care of me like family and not treat me like another patient. Yoshio walks the line of good doctor / being too involved with his patient, but again, I wanted to explore the fantasy of if everything was just perfect to allow someone with a CTD to function to the best of their abilities.

His dry humor in the face of Estella constantly injuring herself and being reckless while Hoshina frets and worries, often times winds up being my favorite comedic point in tense situations.

Beyond that, his main role for the story is to also be a foil to Hoshina when it comes specifically to Estella. While Hoshina has decided to support and encourage Estella in being a soldier of the Defense Force, Yoshio prioritizes her health and sometimes says the things no one else wants to hear. He constantly makes himself the devil's advocate, reminding her that she has limits she has to acknowledge, but meanwhile, deep inside, he's rooting her on just as Hoshina is. Personally, I feel that Hoshina can only be as supportive as he is because Yoshio is there and blunt about her health. He trusts that Yoshio will speak up when something is simply too much and too dangerous for her.

Yoshio also has a huge hunger for knowledge and problem solving. The entire reason he met and befriended Miyazaki is because of that (He was the only guy in class Miyazaki thought could keep up with him for group projects and wouldn't drag him down.)

Stella: Our efforts last night were not in vein.  Leaderboard came out.  We beat Captain Dumbass by 27 points.  Just a heads up, I told him it was all you so he’d be extra spicy about it.

Shi-Shi: perfect.  True or not, I don’t mind him thinking I’m ruinin his day.  But I only contributed like 7 of those points.

Stella: Yeah but imagine his face when he thinks that you’re starting to get better at gaming than him.  It’s way more effective to drive him nuts by letting him think you’re the one beating him.

Shi-Shi: Alright.  One day I’ll beat him at his own game, literally.

Stella: Oh absolutely.  But more importantly... I think I’m gonna come your way after practice this morning.  Is that okay with you?

Shi-Shi: only if you pay the toll.

Stella: Oh I am so prepared to pay the toll.

When Hoshina put his phone away, he was wearing a bright smile, excited that it was going to be another good day after a couple of weeks apart.

Estella, however, was not as chipper as the Vice-Captain.  She closed out of her chat with him and swiped open the group chat she had been in the middle of as well.  She was sitting in a small enclave on break from training with Cece and Domino while wearing the furthest thing from a smile.

Her chest felt tight with emotions she struggled to process.

The group chat on her phone was with the other trainees from the Third Division that had all been scattered across the Eastern Defense Force.

That was the conversation weighing most heavily on her mind.

Iharu: Guessing you guys already heard about Reno getting to wear the No. 6 suit, right?  He spent a few weeks prepping and just yesterday he tried to put only the gloves on.  It knocked him out cold and he still hasn’t regained consciousness.

Izumo: Holy crap.  Those Numbered weapons are no joke.

Aoi: That’s exactly the reason why they typically only let users with extremely high compatibility ratings even attempt to wear them.  Them considering Reno is a huge compliment to him and his hard work.

Iharu: Yeah, but... it feels like this is too much, asking him to do this.  I wanna support the dude, but... it’s so brutal to watch...

Stella: and No. 6 isn’t awake, right?  That’s just the physical toll of wearing it?

Iharu: Of course it’s not awake!

Izumo: what a wild thought.  Having to resist a numbered weapons influence physically and mentally?

Aoi: Could you imagine?

And now Estella was just watching the group chat fill with commentary of how crazy that would be and comparing it outrageously challenging feats like taking a state exam with music cranked to full volume in their ears.  With each one, her heart sank a little more.

Unlike the news with Reno and No. 6, the news about No. 10 being weaponized had not been made public, mostly because none of them had any idea still if it would even work.

So her fellow trainees had no idea they were crushing her spirit with every new message.  Now that she had the context of Reno’s struggles, she wanted to talk to Hoshina more about this.  It was his decision at the end of the day and she knew and respected that.

But she wanted to tell him that she was starting to get really scared over this.