/wes/ - Western & Alternative Style

I'm this anon >>634 back after a year to report that I have now read practically everything Dostoyevsky has ever written. And I don't have anything intelligent to say about it other than… god damn. This man had the midas touch
but instead of gold, he turned everything he touched into yaoi. I'm in awe at how effortlessly he wrote compelling relationships between his male characters and just how much he sucked at writing good het romances kek. All of his het couples are basically just
>uhh, they made eye contact once and instantly fell in love
Then he goes on to meticulously describe how these two male characters who are bitter rivals kissed each other on the mouth for five pages. He does this shit all the time and I absolutely love it! Sometimes I wonder if any 19th century Russian ladies had a fujo awakening by reading Dostoyevsky's works kek.

I'd also like to retract my previous statement about The Brothers Karamazov not being BL material. That could not be further from the truth omg it's the promised land for brother/brother incest enjoyers. There's so much delicious drama and tension between all of them and each pairing comes with its own unique flavour and dynamics. I owe my life to Dostoyevsky for writing Alyosha giving Ivan a cute little kiss on the mouth. I am this close to writing fanfiction about it.

As for his other works, I'd say his longer stories have the most homoeroticism in them. So stuff like The Idiot and Crime and Punishment get really gay at certain points. I found The Eternal Husband to be unexpectedly homo too. I definitely recommend it for people into the 'pathetic middle-aged man' trope in BL kek.

Anyway, I'm glad I picked up The Brothers Karamazov last year. It really opened my eyes to the world of Russian lit and now I want to branch out to other authors. I want to give Gogol and Pushkin a try, maybe Tolstoy but I'm not too sure.

>>841
Nona, thank you so much for your report. The Fujo gods are pleased.

Can you please tell me more about the ship in the Idiot, or would that be spoiler-y?

Man, I'm looking forward to getting back to Crime & Punishment now

>>845
I'll try my best to keep it spoiler-free in case you decide to read it nona. The main m/m ship would be between the main character Prince Muishkin and his romantic rival Rogojin. Though the Prince has one other romantic rival, Rogojin has a more pivotal role. They don't spend a lot of time with each other but the most significant plot points always happen when they're together. The story opens with these two meeting for the first time and it ends with them… together in a sense. Kek it's really impossible to explain the appeal without spoilers.

Even though they're supposed to be rivals, they don't really outwardly show hostility towards each other; they're actually pretty friendly for the most part. Here's a minor spoiler but there's a scene where they exchange crucifixes together, a gesture meant to show that two people have been bound together as "sworn brothers". Rogojin then takes the Prince to meet his mother and he has her give them her blessings. They basically got married in this scene kek

The story ends in the gayest way possible too. I won't spoil it but it was verrrry juicy. I'll be honest there were times when I'd get bored of all the bullshit het relationship drama but the pay-off was absolutely worth it. Definitely give it a read if you get the chance nona!

And good luck on your read-through of Crime and Punishment. It's quite possibly the best piece of literature I've ever read. It was so fun to read I was physically unable to put it down for longer than an hour. And not to mention the fujobait was god-tier. Raskolnikov and Razumikhin are such an unbelievably perfect match and they have so many cute moments together. They're definitely my lit otp.

>Favourite NPC
Garte.
>Favourite ship
Kim/Harry
>Favourite quest
The doomed commercial area.
>Favourite moment
Waking up immediately after the tribunal and the interactions Kim and Harry have.

OP do you like Harry/Kim or Harry/Jean better? For me since the bulk of the game is Harry interacting with Kim is an easier ship to get a feel for, but there are a lot of good fics dealing with a past Harry/Jean relationship that is interrupted by his amnesia. Cue angst!

>>828
I prefer Harry/Kim because I like fuckups and Kim, but do rec my some Jean/Harry, the whole 'Hey, Shitkid' thing was way too funny, I could get sold on this ship!

>>761
Still around and I agree that all ships have potential for this game. The characters all have such strong but dynamic personalities it really provides a wealth of ship potential.

The real question is Blu, Red, or cross team?

>>822
Need a version where the file says "Yaoi"

I love this game so much, I'm currently playing it with my buddy.

I love Gary and that his motivation is 'lol so random', it makes sense to me, I went to basically the poor man's goverment-run version of Bullsworth, and the ability to fight other people is so cathartic holy shit. I laugh so much while I am standing up with my wii controller beating the shit out of people. Who knew GTA could actually be fun when you have a cute little murderhobo to dress up and can kiss boys.

>Ideas for what the boys do after graduation?
>Headcanons for the boys?
>Any favourite boys for Jimmy to kiss?
>Best look for Jimmy?

>>735
Prep boy to kiss is best boy to kiss.

I've always wanted to play Bully but I've never gotten around to doing it, what's the best way to play it? I only have a laptop that is a bit of a potato.

>>803
What's this a game or movie? OP Pic is nice.

>>805
it's a tv show with a big tumblr following

Cutie.

>>786
ngl seeing that on the home page jumpscared me a bit.

>>786
Tyler fucking him after beating the shit out of him please and thank you. Straight up DA would be kind of dark, but the both being nutty and violent really evens it all out.

>>749
I have not, but the series looks interesting. Seems the Webtoon upload starts in the middle? Where did you read it nonna?

>>750
I wonder why it's like that for you, have you tried the button that says "first episode" ? If it's still not working, the webtoon is also available on tapas.

>>83
OP here, rising from the dead.
Personally, I hate it. It was cute at first but everything about it annoys me now. The author is a classic SJW tumblrina and that ruins her work for me!

>>740
It was everything I hoped for, I loved it so much. What a perfect ending to a perfect series. But the post-series depression is hitting me like a mf. I have cried about it being over more than I would like to admit. I don't want to think that I'll never see my boys again.
>>741
>they did really go strong on the fact that he's the 'mom' of the group in the movie.
I thought that was cute. But yeah, I really hope it doesn't further embolden that side of the fandom. If anything, it should deter them? Wouldn't tifs who kin pickles be put off by it? They rarely follow any logic anyways so who knows.

>>740
The animation was beautiful and I loved all the Skwistok pandering but it was really lacking on the humor that made the show so great, that being said Brendon Small has been trying to make thing for almost a decade and he had a story he wanted to tell. At the very least it's a better finale than what we got with Venture Bros and the new album kicks ass and I can't wait to see Dethklok and Babymetal live next week.

I can now post some cute moments now that image posting is back!

>>709
I ship them too! They have a cute dynamic in school and while it's sad Pip was killed off so soon it just gives even more reason ship them imo. I'm sure he and Damien are hanging out in hell.
>the fact that they're never going to come back breaks my heart
I'm still holding out hope that someday we'll have another episode set in hell where they'll at the very least cameo.

>>710
Enlightened Dip enjoyer!
>while it's sad Pip was killed off so soon it just gives even more reason ship them imo. I'm sure he and Damien are hanging out in hell.
This is exactly it. Pip always tries to stay positive during even the most horrible situations (which is how he died in the first place), so I like to imagine that the first thing he thought of when he woke up surrounded by hellfire was something along the lines of "perhaps I'll run into that Damien boy again!"
>I'm still holding out hope that someday we'll have another episode set in hell where they'll at the very least cameo.
I have to admit, while I've accepted the fact that it just is not going to happen, I still can't help but pray for Dip to come back. Even now, it's like… they're bringing back Cthulu for S26, so a crumb of Damien and/or Pip content isn't completely off the table of possibilities. But at the same time, I know for a fact it isn't going to happen. I just can't help but miss my boys and crave content.

>>611
>>614
Kinda wish they’d just draw another character, the bald self inserts are kinda ugly

>>615
I don't mind audience surrogates, but I prefer it when it's like a hentai protag who's fully drawn but the face is obscured.

Of course full ship art is preferable.