Hey everyone! I'm selling my copy of the one and only Amatsuki artbook!
Take a look over here if interested, thanks! :)

kkm_challenge is on round 48 with some big changes!

Firstly, we've become a monthly challenge community instead of a bi-weekly one.

And for anyone who remembers the last one there's going to be a lot more ULTIMATE CHALLENGES! Round 48 (the round going on for the month of November... so now.) is an Ultimate Challenge.

THE ULTIMATE SEQUENCE CHALLENGE

You can also win cool stuff!

If you have any question, please ask away! And come check it out and join in on the fun! :D

Dear all,
I'm taking orders for some Kyo Kara Maoh! merchandise [[ here ]].
Please feel free to take a look~ Thank you! :)

Title: Learning The Verity
Disclaimer: I don't own KYOU KARA MAOU.
Author: Pink Piano
Rate: T (It may or may not go up in the future)
Pairing: Both of Yuuram & Wolfyuu (because it's more realistic X3)
Genre: A mix of Romance/Angst/Adventure/Drama/Humour/Suspense
Summary:
Did Wolfram really love Yuuri like he always said? Yuuri fell into confusion as he learned the truth about Wolfram, and also... About the reason behind the disaster that endangered his kingdom and his own life.
Warning:
You have to be open-minded while reading this fanfic. =3

Read Here:
(#1 Truth: The Cute Eavesdropper's Revelation)
(#2 Truth: The Reason To Protect Someone)
(#3 Truth: The Vain Effort Of A King)
(#4 Truth: The Invitation From One Possible Ally)
(#5 Truth: The Mysterious Castle In Vescavia) New!


Please spare your time to read and give feedbacks ^__^

~Pink Piano

Title:Over the Edge
Author:tsutsuji
Rating:NC17
Characters/Pairings:Shinou/Daikenja
Genre:yaoi
Chapter:oneshot
Warnings:rough sex, ambiguous consent
Word count: 3191
Summary: "Shinou knows there is something else, some hidden well of passion, lying in wait under his sage's terribly calm demeanor. There must be, and if there is, he intends to find it."
Author’s Notes: Written for springkink , prompt: Shinou/Daikenja, rough sex, "who has more control?/Who's really in control?"  Feedback is much appreciated.

fake cut to my lj.

The empire strikes back

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RSS feeds again

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Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests!

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Enveloped in postcards

Last week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.

Photos of the week

If you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy at lj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too!
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[15] Amatsuki
[25] Fullmetal Alchemist
[10] Karneval
[15] Spice and Wolf



icons are here>>>

[06] D.Gray-man. SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 188.
[10] Firefly.
[10] Glee
[12] Heat Guy J.
[19] Kyou Kara Maou
[14] Merlin (Arthur)
[05] Movies (Amelié, Beauty and the Beast, The Princess and the Frog)
[02] Others (Looney Toons, Ouran High School Host Club)
[05] The Dresden Files-based fan casting. (Thomas, Kincaid, Susan, Murphy)
[13] People.
[13] Persona Trinity Soul
[30] Stock.

Teasers:


Follow the link.

Since the old buying guide hasn't been updated in a very long time, I've decided to make a new one, and to keep it updated. I will also include information on Takayama Shinobu's other works here, since there isn't really another organized source for the info.

If there is any incorrect, missing, or desirable information, please tell me.

( Amatsuki )

( Haigakura )

( Mr. Morning )

( Other works )


( Buying Tips )

( 30 ) Bleach
( 14 ) Takayama Shinobu's works - Amatsuki & Haigakura
( 21 ) Bakemonogatari
( 10 ) Miscellaneous - Mononoke, Gintama, DOLLS
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A belated Happy Halloween everyone~~! I hope you all did something fun!

I'm still recovering from my friend's amazing Halloween party last night.
I got back from London this afternoon and surprisingly, I have no hang-over! Yay! But I am super tired with an achy back from only getting about 2 hours sleep on the floor though. Pretty much everyone that attended the party stayed over so there was much jostling and drunken bickering over settees, sleeping bags and floor space. I had to make do with arranging some decorative pillows I'd managed to snatch into a sort of make-shift mattress in one of the bedrooms. Also, it was freezing, so I had to layer up with my knee high socks, gloves and one of my friend's oversized uni jumpers!

Ah well, we all had a lot of fun! It was a fancy dress party and there were some really great costumes. I went as the Queen of Hearts, my friend Kayleigh went as a circus ringleader and the hostess was an undead can-can girl. There was a brilliant Sweeney Todd, who won first prize in the costume contest, 5 crazy Smurfs, who came 2nd and lots of zombies, angels and demons.
I wish I could have taken some photos, but my little sister had broken my camera a couple of days previous and I didn't have time to get a new one. :( If anyone else's photos turn out all right, I might post some here.

Title: Letters From His Mind

Author: isumi_ilde

Rate: T

Pairing: YuuriWolfram, parental YuuRamGreta

Warning: Shounen-ai, excessive OOC-ness, and Royal Family fluff. Un beta-ed, since I don’t want to bother my beta—she seems to be very busy at the moment. Might cause confusion, please see your doctor if your eyes burn from reading this. Read at your own risk.

Disclaimer: No, I don’t own Yuuri and Wolfram since they own each other, and Takabayashi Tomo-sensei own Maruma. Inspired by Taylor Swift’s You Belong to Me.

Summary: Yuuri's fiancee left, sending him letters that had the smell of sunflowers. He was happily living in his own imagination, that was, until Greta told him the truth. Shounen-ai, YuuriWolfram, Royal Family fluff.

Author Notes: For my soulmate, Rizu, and milkyxduckie a.k.a Tammy-chan. Happy birthday, both of you!

It's a oneshot, but divided into two since LJ said it's too long. *pouts*

Part 1
Part 2

Do enjoy and leave a comment..

In response to user comments from last week, we want to let you know that we'll remain LJ cut-free for the next month in order to get more eyeballs on our evolving newsletter. As for product coverage, that continues to be our top priority. For more granular detail, however, we recommend you join lj_releases.

Super-tweak for Yandex search

Some of our beta testers expressed privacy concerns using the Yandex search engine. Here's why: Last week, when you ran a search, you could see the usernames (and only the usernames) of everyone who commented on an entry, even if that entry was switched to Private or Friends Only after it was originally indexed. You could NOT see the actual comments from Friends Only or Private posts. In response to your input, we've implemented a fix to keep all user activity currently marked Friends Only or Private completely hidden. If you'd prefer your public content not to be indexed by Yandex, click here and use the settings labeled Search Inclusion (this covers your entire journal) and/or Comment Search Inclusion (which covers comments only). To test drive Yandex search now, click here.

Postcards from the edge

Several years ago, we asked LiveJournal users to send postcards to help us decorate our dull, white-washed offices. Since a good idea warrants repetition, we're at it again (same issue, new address). We hope you'll surround us with LiveJournal love by sending your postcards to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. We'll post snapshots right here. Be sure to include your username, since we'll randomly pick 10 lucky recipients to win free paid account time.

Conquer Writer's Block

Here are some excerpts from this week's most popular question of the day:

If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely to confront them if it offends you directly or someone else who seems reluctant to speak up?

1. I find it easier to stand up for other people, and i wouldn't let it slide if they made a rude or hurtful comment.
2. Usually if a friend makes a racist or homophobic remark, I tend to let it slide. I think that while i would not say such things myself, I have no right to censor those around me.
3. This happens all of the time. I confront some relatives, but I refuse to if they are drunk or watch Fox News.
4. I'd let it slide if it was just a private remark... As much as I despise bigotry and intolerance, I know that you can't change people-they have to change themselves ...
5. Confront! confront! confront! Politely, but without equivocation.
6. SPEAK UP. Always, always, always speak up. Letting something slide lets ignorance win. No matter if it offends me directly, or someone else, I will confront the speaker and let them know that's not ok.
7. I don't get offended personally. As an immigrant, woman, gay and person of color if I took every single potentially offensive remark seriously I wouldn't get anything done.
8. I punch them in the balls. With my mind.
9. I do speak up, but often very timidly because I feel that I'm white and therefore I don't really have any authority to lecture someone on what's racist and what isn't...
10. Generally speaking, I do not let this shit fly, because it reduces me as a person, to this non-person and it replicates the destructive discourse that makes sure that sexual minorities, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, trans people and every intersection thereof into something other than human... And sometimes... I'm just too tired to deal with it, so I roll my eyes, make a sarcastic remark and hope the conversation moves on quickly.

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Spotlight community of the week

We can't resist making one last midnight trip to the ol' pumpkin patch. If you adore crazy costumes, fiendish festivities, and bottomless candy consumption as much as we do, this community has just what it takes to light up your jack-o-lantern.


halloween_fan

Photos of the week

We received so many incredible photos, we had to close our eyes and point. We uploaded a selection of awesome images at our new lj_photophile community. Please join and start posting (try to keep the width at around 625 for the sake of consistency)! We'd love for you to tell us more about your photos! You can help us select spotlight photos by commenting on your favorites. Once again, we thank you for making our online world more beautiful!

shutter	pancetta	ilya_gorokhov

Curtains

Thanks, again, for tuning in. We look forward to seeing you next week.

Title: Reach

Rate: T

Pairing: Yuuram/Wolfyuu

Summary:
A one-hundred words drabble to describe their bond. From Yuuri’s insecurity to Wolfram’s will to wait. It’s just too close for him to realize. Too close that he only needs time…

Comment:
This is the first time I make a drabble, lol. The word count rule for a drabble is kind of depressing, but it was fun to make it ^_^

Warning: None

Read Here: (Reach)

This has been bugging me for a while, and I'm sorry if it's already been answered, but it showed up again in the latest scanslations so I thought I'd ask.

Whenever Toki introduces himself, characters tend to say something like "That's a tough-sounding name for someone who looks like you."

What specifically is tough-sounding about the name "Rikugou Tokidoki"?

sorry for interruption!
just wanna ask: where can i watch the complete series of kkm season 3? thanks! 
i miss kkm badly... waaaahhhh.... i've been busy.
and i can't believe i'm writing a fanfic that's about my envisioned continuation (being it was like yuri and wolfram's happily ever after), without even knowing the 3/4 of the third season! i feel bad... help me.

thanks again!

Title: Talk
Author: Melusine
Beta: toshimalfoy
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Wolfram/OFC, Wolfram/Yuuri, Yuuri/Wolfram
Spoilers: Through season 2.
Disclaimer: Kyou Kara Maou! and related characters, situations, etc. belong to Tomo Takabayashi and various other people/companies, none of whom are me. This is a fan work; no profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Part: 3/3
Summary: Yuuri comes to Belefield.

Part 3

(Part 2)
(Part 1)


Cross-posted to kkm_wolframfans

Title: Talk
Author: Melusine
Beta: toshimalfoy
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Wolfram/OFC, Wolfram/Yuuri
Spoilers: Through season 2.
Disclaimer: Kyou Kara Maou! and related characters, situations, etc. belong to Tomo Takabayashi and various other people/companies, none of whom are me. This is a fan work; no profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Part: 2/3
Summary: Wolfram has been waiting for Yuuri for so long...


Part 2

(Part 1)

A/N: Part 3 should go up tonight.

Cross-posted to kkm_wolframfans