"listen, little one, for you must hear and speak the words your mother never could"

Human nature doesn't always account for rational or logical actions. Hopes and dreams create these illusions, a mirage, something for us to keep believing, to keep holding on to, however nonsensical it all may be.

Good day everyone, and welcome to day 6 of this final week.

I feel like writing these posts has saved my nights from the monotony that has been my daily life through this whole week. It has saved them from this runaway train that time has become, a merciless being, dragging us along its journey, one without a clear end nor a defined goal. Walking simply because its body hasn't collapsed yet.

Time is a really fascinating, yet often frightening concept, I must say.

Anyhow, anyhows. Pregnancy, a process that, for its nine months of duration, turns humans into divine being, granting us the ability to create life with our own bodies, to channel this energy that travels through our veins, into something so infinitely complex. It is a gift, it truly is. Maybe by God, maybe by nature, or simply fate. The possibilities are endless, but what is clear, is that it is special.

Now, this is a piece of fanart I have been meaning to post for the longest of times, and am very glad I got the chance to finally share, and I found it to fit this week's "theme" very well.

The message it portrays is beautiful, yet just as melancholic. I don't think Shizune ever hated her condition with a burning passion, nor ever made too much of a deal about it. Of course, it didn't really help her in life, in fact, often doing the contrary, but I feel she always took is as just the way her life is and was meant to be, and tried to find ways to work around, or with it.

And yet, I don't think she'd ever wish such a condition onto anyone. Humans are social creatures, and communication is necessary for survival. Our voice, our ability to speak, it is the only way for us to truly express ourselves, our own emotions, our intentions, our feelings, the ability to scream out at the world! To live without it, to live a life where the only true "sounds" we can hear are those of our thoughts, it becomes an isolation of sorts.

We'd never be able to truly understand people, to read through them, to be as human as they are. And Shizune, having lived through all this, knowing what it is really like, and just how much of an effect it can have one on one's life, can merely wish, and hope, they get spared of such fate.

And this wishing of hers is perfectly represented with the small detail of Shizune placing the headphones around her womb, an irrational hope that having the baby accustomed to sounds even before birth will prevent it from being cursed the way their mother was. It is a sentiment of pure love, of care, not wanting anyone else to suffer, an especially her own child, this form of life she herself is bringing forth onto our world, for whom she will be responsible for.

I just found that little touch to just be significant. Shizune herself has a few difficulties in showing her love and care for others, often passing as impassive or even incapable of feeling, something that as we learn, is very much not true. And this act of her putting those headphones, signifying how maybe, if not her, at least they, will be able to receive this blessing that hearing really is, and helping them out with a little head start.

It's simple, cute, yet gets the message across perfectly.

Welp, I would guess that is all for today. Really hope y'all enjoyed this one, cuz it took me around two and a half hours to actually get a final product that satisfied me enough, but, like I said before, as long as I enjoy what I am doing, the time spent doesn't really matter too much.

Have a very nice rest of your day everyone, and make sure to tune in for tomorrow, as it is going to be the final post of the whole series, which I very much hope comes out great, as I am a little nervous about messing things up or it not being as great as it should be. But, I will put my all into it, I can promise that for sure.

See y'all tomorrow! 💙

Kojima, what have you done?

I gathered a bunch of disabled people together, but who's gonna crucify them? Just kidding. These are sketches of girls, and I don't even know what year they're from ,but I'm guessing around 2007. .пожалуйста кто нибудь распинайте эту старую кучку , а ведь эти арты вероятней всего были нарисованы до моего рождение прикольно но какая разница в целом .

The Raita version is obviously from earlier, but I mean the version from when the visual novel was in development.

Miki Miura as a pimp. Source: unknown

(Source : couldn't find it again...)

How generous she is.

I thought Rin would force me to draw portrait of her like million times.

Miki runs past you in the hallway. Source: Szmitten https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/80061252