19 Bookmarks by raining_flames

List of Bookmarks

  1. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    [NON-FICTION FANWORK] Dungeon Meshi is full of vivid and complex world-building. When you take all the information in the manga as a whole, there are clear and consistent patterns in what real world cultures the author was inspired by, and how she arranges them on the Dungeon Meshi world map.

    In this essay, I will catalog and explain every real world cultural reference I was able to identify in the manga, including character and location names, historical and mythological references, clothing, and of course food!

     

    WARNING: This essay is full of spoilers for the entire Dungeon Meshi manga, all the extra materials, and the anime. Disturbing and violent moments that happen in the series are described, discussed and analyzed. The essay also discusses real-life world history and mythology, which contains sensitive subjects like war, death, slavery, abortion, child killing, sexual assault, incest, and bestiality. These topics are mentioned in an academic context, and not described. Please proceed with caution if this concerns you.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    77,646
    Chapters:
    8/15
    Comments:
    54
    Kudos:
    391
    Bookmarks:
    180
    Hits:
    13,540

    02 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  2. Rec 38

    Tags
    Summary

    Sebastian Debeste has never been outside of his tower. He is told by his father that his magical gift is too precious to be put at risk by the dangers of the outside world. But everything changes when a master thief stumbles across his home and offers to take him on a whirlwind adventure!

    With the help of the aforementioned Great Thief Kay Faraday and Captain of the Guard Miles Edgeworth, Sebastian learns to trust himself and others– all while uncovering the answer to a mystery that has mystified the kingdom for over a decade.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    25,705
    Chapters:
    11/15
    Comments:
    59
    Kudos:
    163
    Bookmarks:
    38
    Hits:
    2,607
  3. Rec 21

    Tags
    Summary

    Joel stepped into the void again, his worn sneakers skimming the air like ripples on an invisible pond, the weight of his friends’ lives pulling heavier than gravity ever could. The last time Joel walked on the void, he'd promised himself it would be the last—but promises, like clouds, were easy to tread on and even easier to break. The void stretched before him, endless and indifferent, daring him to tread its fragile nothingness. He’d sworn he wouldn’t come back—not after last time. But promises were whispers in the wind when lives hung in the balance. A memory flickered in his mind: the day he first leapt, his laughter echoing through the sky, untouchable. Now, the same power felt more like a shackle than freedom.

    or Joel has the power of running on air and Jimmy and Grian need help. Joel overexerts himself.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,724
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    8
    Kudos:
    172
    Bookmarks:
    21
    Hits:
    1,030

    14 Jul 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    holy peak bro, I need more like this

  4. Rec 24

    Tags
    Summary

    In their world, there was only one rule in being an Alchemist: whatever happens, never use your magic on yourself. But what if you were fatally hurt, and your Healing magic is the only thing that can save you?

    Joel didn't know either.

     

    [on hiatus]

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    13,456
    Chapters:
    7/8
    Comments:
    15
    Kudos:
    145
    Bookmarks:
    24
    Hits:
    1,993

    01 Apr 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 24

    Tags
    Summary

    “Holy moly—that’s a lot of blood—”

    It all catches up to Joel at once.

    The anger, the exhaustion, the stitch in his side—

    And Bdubs had had a knife, hadn’t he? A knife that Joel had lost track of after he’d nicked the watch.
    ~
    Whumptober day 6: not realizing they're injured

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,553
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    5
    Kudos:
    221
    Bookmarks:
    24
    Hits:
    1,280

    03 Jan 2025

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  6. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    It all started when Kusuo accidentally sends Kaidou somewhere due to an undiscovered ability. Well, actually it started before that, when he sends his coffee jelly to that same place, but he doesn't like to think about that much. Someplace unknown Kusuo begrudgingly has to accept the help of familiar and not so familiar strange annoying people to get to and accustomed to this idiotic, dangerous existence, while still looking for that annoying troublemaker, Kaidou.

    TL;DR:
    Saiki accidentally sends Kaidou to a strange universe full of "Quirks" and they both meet people along the way.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    58,487
    Chapters:
    21/21
    Comments:
    430
    Kudos:
    3,262
    Bookmarks:
    517
    Hits:
    59,145

    01 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    my dumbass forgot to bookmark this omllll

  7. Rec 26

    Tags
    Summary

    >> Poe-kunnnnn (* ̄O ̄)ノ

    >> I hope u’re free tomorrow evening

    >> Because we’re going on a date

    Edgar stared at his phone, trying to understand if he was still sleeping or if this was some kind of joke, either from Ranpo or from his own consciousness. He blinked a couple of times, speechless, then he buried his head in the pillow, trying to process what had just happened. He was still laying in his bed, even though the clock on his phone said it was nearly noon. Nothing strange actually, he was used to staying up late at night and catching up on sleep during the whole morning, often woken up by Karl or by a call from his dear rival. But, for sure, he wasn’t used to messages like these.

     

    or

     

    Ranpo and Poe going on a "fake" double date with Atsushi and Akutagawa (who are simply there and in love)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    17,656
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    39
    Kudos:
    232
    Bookmarks:
    26
    Hits:
    2,698

    15 Feb 2024

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    the fanart i saw of the fic was good, the fic itself is even better 10/10

  8. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    “You wanted to see me, Boss?” Chuuya asks.

    Mori smiles. Oh no. “Oh, yes. Thank you for coming.” Chuuya can almost see the daggers Dazai is glaring at Mori. “As you can see, Dazai has had a couple of unfortunate accidents resulting in the temporary loss of use of his arms.”

    Chuuya looks over at Dazai, who, sure enough, has a cast around each arm. The cast on his right arm ends above his elbow, completely encasing his hand, and is supported by a sling. The one on his left leaves his fingers exposed and lets him freely move his elbow, at least, but that isn’t a lot when your other arm is useless. Chuuya is getting a bad feeling about this.

    Mori looks like the cat that ate the canary when Chuuya looks back at him. So much so that Chuuya is half tempted to look around for little yellow feathers. Mori continues, “Due to his condition, Dazai will need someone to look after him and help him do things in the meantime.”

    “Mori…” Dazai growls. Chuuya can feel his lip curling in disgust. Maybe he should’ve just skipped work today.

    “I’d like you to act as his caretaker, Chuuya.”

     

    Based on fanart by caelanglang on tumblr!

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,053
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    56
    Kudos:
    2,036
    Bookmarks:
    315
    Hits:
    22,226

    28 Jan 2024

  9. Rec 8

    Tags
    Summary

    Kojiro continued to trail soft kisses down the other man's neck. He continued his trail of kisses from one of kaorus collarbones to the other before noticing something.

    “Hey, Ru, what’s this?” He asked, pointing to a small spot on Kaorus's shoulder. It was slightly raised and paler than the rest of Kaoru's already fair skin.

    “What’s what?” Kaoru sat up slightly to see where Kojiro was pointing at.”

    “This little spot. It kind of looks like a scar.”

    Aka: an otp prompt generator told me to do something like “exploring each others bodies but not in a sexual way just in a reminiscent way.” Idk i tried

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,042
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    148
    Bookmarks:
    8
    Hits:
    1,455

    09 Jan 2024

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  10. Rec 15

    Tags
    Summary

    Instead of going to S in episode 7, Langa goes to Reki's house. Reki has an emotional breakdown because he's a sad boy and Langa is there for him and then they're in love with each other and EEEEE

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,061
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    5
    Kudos:
    172
    Bookmarks:
    15
    Hits:
    2,283

    25 Aug 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    the perfect ratio of angst to fluff and it feels so canon ajsjsjsjsjsjs

  11. Rec 18

    Tags
    Summary

    “Is it bad?” Vash asked over his shoulder.
    “It’s horrible!” Milly cried, “Mr. Vash, you really should have gotten this looked at sooner!”
    The gunslinger laughed hollowly, the sound strained by shallow breaths.
    “I’ll be fine. Trust me, I’ve had far worse.”
    ---
    Milly plays nurse and Vash starts to open up a bit.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,635
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    10
    Kudos:
    117
    Bookmarks:
    18
    Hits:
    819

    25 May 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  12. Rec 67

    Tags
    Summary

    Captain Wolfwood thought he had struck gold. The contract seemed simple enough. Hunt down a merman and deliver it alive to some royal figure. Instead, he ended up almost drowning and being saved by the very merman he was hunting.
    Merman Vash, Pirate Captain Wolfwood, and Insane King Knives ( AU )

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    56,843
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    130
    Kudos:
    424
    Bookmarks:
    67
    Hits:
    11,485

    16 May 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  13. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    He hates when he gets like this.

    When the vials make him feel more like an animal than a person, when they leave his skin sizzling and overheated. He’s exhausted, his hands shaking as he pays for their room, a hiss caught in the cavity of his aching chest.

    (Or, Vash takes care of Wolfwood.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,942
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    70
    Kudos:
    1,802
    Bookmarks:
    299
    Hits:
    13,051

    15 May 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  14. This has been deleted, sorry!

    14 May 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    i fuckin love this so much its so sweet gahhhhh

  15. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    I never want to let him go, Vash realizes, and his teeth drag over his lip as his fingers run down Wolfwood's jaw, and maybe it's the alcohol, or maybe it's not, but Vash lets the levee inside him break, and the flood of selfishness comes rushing in, but he can't stop smiling.

    "Marry me, Nicholas."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,771
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    94
    Kudos:
    1,067
    Bookmarks:
    274
    Hits:
    5,827

    21 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  16. Public Bookmark 20

    Tags
    Summary

    He doesn’t deserve whatever kindness Vash is trying to give him, but Wolfwood can’t scrape enough venom off his teeth to coat his words and shake off Vash. “What do you want,” he means to snarl, but the skin to skin contact must have knocked something within him a little loose, and he just sounds tired. He’s stepping towards whatever trap Vash is trying to coax him into when he turns to face him, but he’ll deny he went willingly when he no longer feels the night weighing on him.
    Vash lets him go —regretfully— and tugs off his own glove. His voice is soft when he makes his next request. “Give me your other hand.”

    -
    In which Vash offers Wolfwood what little physical comfort he can provide.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    973
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    193
    Bookmarks:
    20
    Hits:
    1,026
  17. Rec 32

    Tags
    Summary

    "Vash! Vash! Tell us the story again!"

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,546
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    7
    Kudos:
    194
    Bookmarks:
    32
    Hits:
    1,256

    20 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  18. Rec 39

    Tags
    Summary

    The usual day out turns into the usual scenario of being chased by yet another bounty hunter after the $$6,000,000. And as usual things quickly turn wrong as Vash and Wolfwood find themselves hurtling off the edge of a cliff.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,347
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    233
    Bookmarks:
    39
    Hits:
    1,892

    09 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    they are very silly to me :]

  19. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Just a normal day after the whole Krang invasion thing, with our four favorite turtle boys!

    (Featuring good older brother-dad Raph, Mikey on the verge of a mental breakdown and the Disaster Twins(TM) being the Disaster Twins(TM))

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,456
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    67
    Kudos:
    1,306
    Bookmarks:
    220
    Hits:
    11,929

    04 Oct 2022

Filters

Filter results:
Submit

Include

?
Include Ratings
Include Warnings
Include Categories
Include Fandoms
Include Characters
Include Relationships
Include Additional Tags
Include Bookmarker's Tags

Exclude

?
Exclude Ratings
Exclude Warnings
Exclude Categories
Exclude Fandoms
Exclude Characters
Exclude Relationships
Exclude Additional Tags
Exclude Bookmarker's Tags

More Options

Word count
Bookmark types
Submit

Clear Filters