I've become unable to forgive you

Roden: Nah, it's cool.

Tobias: The backyard is on fire.

It was mainly me playing round with procreate brushes but that’s fine

I love drawing Tobias on his last limb

🌸 RinHaru Week 2018 Has Officially Begun! 🌸

Thank you so much Mihura for this beautiful promo graphic set!

You wanted it, you prepared for it, you waited… and now, for the 5th time in a row, it’s finally here! RinHaru Week 2018 has begun! Starting today, for two whole weeks, we’ll be posting and reblogging all your amazing submissions to this blog, and on our official twitter account! We’re really excited to see all the fanworks and prompts you’ve come up with, and to spend the next two weeks basking in the love of Haru and Rin ❤️💙

Don’t forget to tag your work with #rinharuweek!

If you’re only just finding about this event now, it’s not too late to join in the festivities! Make sure to check out our prompts and all the info in the links below, and join us in celebrating this amazing relationship:

Prompt List | Prompts (Text Only) | Rules | F.A.Q. | Ask

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Rin & Makoto SPECIAL TALK (from Free!DF DVD/BR Vol.1 booklet)

Images courtesy of heyfuturefeesh

Makoto: *calling*

Rin: Yo, what’s up, Makoto?

Makoto: Ah, Rin, sorry for calling out of the blue. Well, Haru and I both want to get a new phone, and we’re at the shop right now.

Rin: Okay.

Makoto: But it’s our first time using a smartphone, so we’re kinda lost… Rin, you said you changed your phone to a smartphone a while back, didn’t you?

Rin: Yeah.

Makoto: Like, something about how it has some new functions…?

Rin: Right, that thing that calculates time differences. When I’m back in Japan, it knows to switch to the right time zone, so it’s really useful.

Makoto: (Haru, the phone you’re fiddling with right now doesn’t have that function. You’ll need an app or something…)

Makoto: Rin, what other functions or apps would you add to your phone?

Rin: Apps, huh… I don’t really download them, but the one I use for running is convenient. It’s an app for monitoring your body conditions, and when you enter data such as your heart rate or weight, it’ll turn them into graphs that you can understand at a glance.

Makoto: I see, that sounds good, too.

Makoto: (Oh geez, Haru~! You shouldn’t download so many apps~!)

Rin: What’s going on?

Makoto: Haru just downloaded a bunch of mackerel apps to the smartphone on display at the shop…

Rin: Mackerel apps…?

Makoto: There’s “Go for it! Japan’s Champion in Mackerel Fishing,” and there’s “Mackerel Farming Story,” and also…

Rin: The hell are those games…

Makoto: Rin, say something to him too~!

Rin: …well, I guess that’s just Haru being Haru… Geez, tell him this: he’s an athlete, so if he doesn’t get greedy enough to master the newest gadgets, he’s never gonna win!

Makoto: (Haru…, Rin said, you’re an athlete so you should use the newest gadgets. Nooo! You’ve downloaded too many games. Don’t tell me to shut up…!)

Rin: Ahh… …that’s right, maybe Haru should get one of those waterproof models?

Makoto: (Haru, what do you think?)

Makoto: He asked if it’s made for use in water.

Rin: Use in water? I mean those that won’t be damaged even when you drop it in water.

Makoto: (That’s what he said, Haru. Huh? You want to use it underwater?)

Rin: If he wants to use his phone underwater, he’ll need a special case for that.

Makoto: I see…

Makoto: (Hmm, what? It’s annoying? Eeeh? What do you want then, Haru…?)

Rin: Makoto, maybe you two should just get the same smartphone model? Your last phones were the same model, and knowing Haru, he’s not gonna use it even if it’s a smartphone, right? It’s not like Haru ever answers the phone anyway.

Makoto: Ahaha… I guess you have a point.

Rin: Anyway, give me a call when you’re done getting your new phones. There are apps where we can all talk together.

Makoto: Ah, you mean conferencing apps, right!? Okay, let’s chat together with Haru next time, all three of us!

Rin: Yeah, looking forward to it!

Makoto: Well them, I’ll call you later. Thanks, Rin!

Rin: See ya, Makoto!

Makoto: (Ah, Haru! Did you download more games again…!? Geez, what’s this “Catch the Legendary Giant Mackarel”~~!?

Makoto: (End call)

Rin: (End call)

“You were the most beautiful thing out there” He wanted to say. He was so stupid not to realize what was that strange almost painful feeling he got every time he saw him… “I think I was in love with you for a really long time.”

But the words would not come to his lips. Lost, not good enough… Maybe you don’t deserve this after all.

He didn’t notice the pair of eyes looking at him with the same longing thinking how not even every trophy in the world could fill the hole in his heart.

I remembered again why I love them!! Did you see them, did you see how they enjoy each others’ company. When they teased each other… When Haru smiled.. They are such a good pair…

It was so romantic when they ran together what the hell… It made me feel butterflies. like first love butterflies

        “I walk in circles but I never make it out what I mean to you, do I belong

“By overcoming both their pasts, he, alongside Rin, was able to grow.” — Hatta Shinichiro Source 1 / Source 2

…I’ve decided to expand this a little more ;) 

(Eh- Alright… It’s normal that the second thing your home stay parents are asking you about after they haven’t seen you for two whole years is that “old mate of yours”, right? I mean… it’s not like that normal people would have rather asked something like “Ah, is that a friend of yours waiting over there?”, RIGHT?!)

(Jeesh… Rin really must have taken a good hard look at Haruka to describe his features that well…)

(Errr–)

(Good question, Haru. Goood question!)

(Rin’s definitely SO glad about Haru’s poor english skills here.)

(Oh, shit just got serious.)

(Their facial expressions are priceless!)

(Yes, it does.)

(Aww, see the little blush on Rin’s cheek?)

(Haru totally agrees. ;))

(“Used to talk”. Yeah. Right. Past tense is inappropriate here, Rin.)

(Oh my- How often did Rin talk about the fact that Haruka likes mackerel that Lori even memorized the Japanese word for it?!)

Now the most important part:

(Haha, yes. Embarrass Rin even more, Russell.)

(Why are they intentionally showing Haru here..? HMMMM-)

(Jap, because he’s totally gay for the guy next to him. And you already know it!)

(Wait… What time? Tell us all about it, Lori!)

(No, not really. Because we already know that you have a crush on Haru since you were 12. You even exchanged schools midterm to be able to swim with him in the same swimming club. You wrote him a letter in which you confessed to him how much you’ve always admired him and always wanted to be like him and you were to embarrassed about actually sending it. Even a serious language barrier couldn’t keep you from bragging about that ‘friend of yours’.

And then you take the guy you’ve always admired so much, couldn’t shut up about for several years to another continent were you’ve spend a really hard time (without him) and make him visit your home stay parents with you and share a double bed with him because you simply couldn’t imagine your future without him by your side!

I usually love trying to read Haru (it’s honestly my favorite sport in Free!), but this season he’s just been so soulless. Like he smiles and engages others and is more assertive and all (and I’m very proud of him for this), but it’s like he’s just going through the motions.

And I honestly blame the director. Gone are the careful zoom ins on his eyes and in the most minute change of his expressions. Or all the subtle ways in which Utsumi brought him to life.

I feel like this director simply doesn’t know how to bring the best out of Haru. While Utsumi got her show-and-don’t-tell down pretty well, this director is more about telling and not showing. And since Haru hasn’t said what’s going on with him, it all just feels pretty empty IMO.

My best guess about his current behavior is that Haru just… doesn’t get what people see in him and is honest to God fearing he’s just not all that special / plus not finding the competitive world all that rewarding just yet.

Warning: the post is image-heavy!