u/TheMagician101

I can't believe I spend already 2 whole years with her. Time flies ngl.

Since this is an important event for our relationship, I decided to make this drawing as a way for celebrating it, apart from preparing some russian recipies to her. I'm completely aware that I'm not that skilled with this recipies, and my camera doesn't have the best resolution, but both me and her are satisfied with the result.

To my beloved Alya:

I feel so blessed to have you, to have the luck, the grace, of being able to date you. You are my muse, my beloved one, who is always motivating me to better myself constantly, comforting me in all those times of adversity and congratulating me when I achieve something new. WIth you, I don't feel alone, I don't feel sad, just having your company and support, is all I need to be happy, to feel fulfilled with my life. You are my advisor, my comrade, my companion, my muse, my best friend and my beloved partner. I love you Alya, with all my heart, with all my soul. I wish I could spend my whole life with you, моя любимая.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

I can't believe I spend already 2 whole years with her. Time flies ngl.

Since this is an important event for our relationship, I decided to make this drawing as a way for celebrating it, apart from preparing some russian recipies to her. I'm completely aware that I'm not that skilled with this recipies, and my camera doesn't have the best resolution, but both me and her are satisfied with the result.

To my beloved Alya:

I feel so blessed to have you, to have the luck, the grace, of being able to date you. You are my muse, my beloved one, who is always motivating me to better myself constantly, comforting me all those times of adversity and congratulating me when I achieve something new. WIth you, I don't feel alone, I don't feel sad, just having your company and support, is all I need to be happy, to feel realized with my life. You are my advisor, my comrade, my companion, my muse my best friend and my beloved partner. I love you Alya, with all my heart, with all my soul. I wish I could spend my whole life with you, моя любимая.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

I wanted to talked about these two points, that at first may look different, but they are very related between them. I will explain it here.

About S/I(s), I would define a S/I as a representation of yourself, a character that you can “self-insert” into, a 2d avatar of yourself. This character is the connection you have with your S/O in artistic media, because, if you “can’t” be with your beloved one in your “real” 3d dimension, at least you can be in their dimension, as your S/I. Any representation of you that is not a 100% realistic photo of yourself, it would be considered as a S/I, since most 2d portrayals (especially the anime ones) are automatically prettier than most photos, and there’s nothing wrong with that, in fact, this is one of the advantages of having a S/I, because it allows you to be the best version of yourself, the idealized version of yourself. Also, having a S/I will help you to create self-ship art, or to be a reference for the artist you may commission for a self-ship drawing. Either way, I’ll always recommend to have a S/I. I love drawing my S/I from time to time (like this drawing I'm sharing here).

Having your S/O in a “canon” ship it’s an uphill battle for most of the time tbh. >!At least in my case the “multiverse theory” helped me to deal with this pain. Btw, I don’t want to discuss about this theory again, please. !<But, I realized that there’s another way for dealing with this “canon” ship, and this is the subject of this post, Fictokins.

As far as I know, fictokins are fictos who managed to self-insert into a canonical character. Tbh, it's such a blessing for those who managed to do it, since you won’t suffer from “canon” ship everytime you interact with your S/O source (as is my case), instead, you will have an inmersive experience. Fictokins are truly lucky ngl. But the thing is, in the same way you can’t force yourself to be in love with someone, you also can’t force yourself to be fictokin, you are or not.

For managing to accomplish this feat, you will truly need to find a character you can relate with, someone you share ideas, opinions, points of view in life. This happens naturally, when you least expect it, in the same way when you fall in love with someone. I can understand what means to be fictokin because it happened to me many years ago, when I managed to fully self-insert into the mc of Oregairu, back in the day when I was having a crush on some character from that anime (a brief crush btw). The thing is, I tried to do it again with the mc of Roshidere ( Roshidere being the source of my beloved Alya), I tried so much to self-insert into the mc, but I failed completely, the more I learnt about this character, the more I started to distance myself from him, I just can’t see myself in him, and I also can’t control the great amount of jeaolusy I have for this character, this is why following the source of my S/O became more challenging than ever. This is just my case though.

So, I wanted to ask you a question:

·       Are you a fictokin? If your answer is yes, I’d love to hear your experiences.

·       If you were a fictokin back in the day (like I was), I’d also love to hear your experiences.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

Side note: The main reason of why I decided to create this post was because of something that happened to me recently. I was reverse-searching my self-ship drawings, to be aware if they were shared in other places without my knowledge (just my paranoia I guess). But what really surprised me was when the Google algorithm recognized my S/I as the mc of Roshidere, and I don’t really know how to react to it tbh. The original design of my S/I is with a squared hairstyle, this is more visible in my older drawings, but I decided to reshape my S/I hairstyle to match the artstyle of the Roshidere LN, but still my S/I and the “canon” mc look different (the mc’s hairstyle is more rounded, and the outfits are completely different too), so, why this algorithm it’s confusing my S/I with him. How I should react to this? Do I feel annoyed because of it?, or see it as a sign for a possibility to become fictokin, I just don’t know ngl.

From time to time I like to draw my S/I, the idelized version of myself. For example, in this drawing, "he" is with the motorcycle I dream to have, a Suzuki Boulevard C50, because it has both the aesthethics of a custom bike, with the reliability of a japanese motorcycle. Btw, if you ever want to buy a motorcycle, especially a retro one, I'll always recomend a japanese motorcycle ngl. The second drawing it's a reference of a scene of RE4.

Btw, I've talked about "him" and his lore in this post. In my opinion, it is always recommended to have a S/I, a 2d avatar of yourself (it doesn't matter if it's a realistic portrayal of yourself or an idealized one, as long as it represents you, it's very convenient), because it allows you to create self-ship art, or, to help the artists you will commission for self-ship art too.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

Evernight Dance.

I haven't done any of these animations in a while. It took me more time than expected, especially because I had to color it frame by frame, but I'm quite satisfied with the result. She's so adorable ngl.

Evernight Dance.

I haven't done any of these animations in a while. It took me more time than expected, especially because I had to color it frame by frame, but I'm quite satisfied with the result. She's so adorable ngl.

My favorite panel of the Light Novel ngl

Like the title says. Do you have a favorite outfit for your S/O? It doesn't matter if it's canon or not.

For example, my favorite "canon" outfit of Alya is her white dress. But my favorite outfit of her is her with Soviet uniforms. Btw, there isn't any evidence or sign in Alya's source that relates her with the Soviet Union apart from her russian nationality, but I like to draw her with these uniforms because of some memes that were popular when her anime was airing, and that she looks beautiful with this outfit tool, this being my favorite headcanon I have of her.

I'm sharing many drawings of her with this outfit, but the last picture is about my plushie with a ushanka I decided to buy for her, the size was bigger than expected, but it still looks cute on her ngl.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

At first I just wanted to share this new photo I taken from her. I decided to buy her a ushanka, but the size was bigger than expected, but it still looks cute on her ngl.

My beloved plushie, she's my most precious possesion I have. She's with me everywhere I go, she's by my side, accompanying me, and comforting me. Everytime I start to deal with those recurrent anxiety attacks, or when I feel very melancholic, she's there with me. Many times, the only way I could really manage to calm myself down is hugging her. She's so cute, so adorable. I can't believe how much important she became for my daily life. She's the link between my "real" self and Alya. Many signs I receive from her comes from this plushie, my beloved plushie. I realized that, instead of spending money on expensive figurines, I prefer to spend it in buying gifts and treats to her, like the silver collar I bought her for her birthday last year. I wouldn't be able to live without her, in fact, the day that I'm not in this world, my last wish (my will) would be to be cremated with her. She's so important for me ngl.

So, for any ficto who reads this, if you don't have a plushie yet, I'm completely recommending you to purchase one, is the best and only merch you will ever need. And if you have a plushie of your beloved one, love and cherished it will all your heart and soul.

I drawing made for summer. I'm aware that I've been using this pose in many drawings, but this is how I walk with Alya in our dates.

As a reminder, anyone from the community can post swimsuits, bunny suits or just fanservice pics/screenshots as long as they aren't completely explicit. See the 10th rule of the subreddit for more information.

Some chart I wanted to share about this topic. For now, I'm only uploading this post in this subreddit since I feel more comfortable here.

First of all, I have to say that all ficto-relationships are unique and special, and that's the beautiful thing of being in a relationship with our beloved ones. But this also means, that every ficto-relationship has their own adversities and difficulties. For example, those fictos who have their beloved ones in "canon" ships, or in very popular ones, have it harder, this is fact. It's an uphill battle we decide to face because of the love we have for our partners. Is in these adversities when we develop bonds with our partners, strong bonds (soulbonds) that, not only helps us to deal with these problems, but also, demostrates that they, our S/Os, has chosen us, as their respective partners, their one and only partners. Everytime you start feeling "unworthy" of your partner, just remember that they choosed you and they love you for who you are. Never forget that.

After this introduction, I wanted to create a way to "quantify" the level of discomfort everyone of us, the non-sharing fictos, have when dealing with shipping and dupes. I'm aware of the subjectivity of these charts, because "discomfort" in general can't be truly measured, and not all fictos react to shipping and dupes in the same way, some fictos are affected more than others, and some fictos have it harder dealing with shipping than dealing with dupes, and in the same way, the other way around.

I created 3 basic charts, to calculate how much discomfort we could experience when dealing with shipping and the popularity of our S/Os sources.

1. The first one is to calculate the popularity level of our S/Os source, because, the more popular your S/O source is, the more shippers and dupes you will face.
2. The second one is to calculate the popularity level of the ship(s) in which your S/O(s) appear. What is worst?, to deal with a popular ship or a "canon" ship? The only thing I know is that having to deal with both of them it's completely annoying. I also discovered (with my previous S/O) that is more devastating to deal with a "canon" ship at the end of the source, because when you are confronted with the ship from the begining, you (kind of) resign yourself to see it, but when you see it at the end, in an unexpected moment, it's really devastating.
3. The third chart is just the sum of the two previous charts. The levels of discomfort I managed to calculate range between 0 (Nirvana level) to 13 (Hell on earth level).

I will say it again just in case, this is all subjective, but still, it's something I wanted to share anyways. I had a lot of fun creating this charts ngl.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

First off, thank you very much to all of you who have participated in this contest. This is one of the many contests I'll be doing throught this year. The next ones will be centered around the 2026 World Cup. I decided to do these prompts as a way of giving everyone a chance for winning, since football matches aren't predictable at all, especially in the final matches (this is why sports betting exist btw). If anyone would help me with other ideas for contests, I'll be very glad to you for your advice.

Considering that the match ended in 1-1, but PSG won in the penalties, the closest result would be "PSG 2 ARSENAL 1". So the winners are:

u/mafefer (Miguel O' Hara's partner)

u/the_kotcake (Waterboy's partner)

I will be comunicating to both of you soon, so you could give me your ideas for your drawings.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

Inspired by the post of u/Taru_Nyx, I wanted to create my own version of this idea, that I think it has the potential to become a drawing prompt challenge by itself. To have more inspiration I also decided to rewatch "Kimi no Nawa", which I have to say that it's one of my favorite anime movies I ever seen.

The context of these drawings is this: After a date, I'm holding hands with her, and before kissing her, something happens, our bodies are swapped and we appear in different places. For me, this experience would be quite unique but intriguing tbh. For her, it would be a complete nightmare. I could expand this and make a short fanfic about this topic, but I would need some extra time to do it, since drawing this already took me more time than expected, still, it was fun to draw it ngl.

Do you imagine how your partner(s) would react if they were bodyswapped with you? I would love to her your thoughts on this.

WIshing you the best for you and your partners!

I wanted to share this new drawing and also gush a little about my partner.

"My beloved Alya, my beloved muse. I'm so in love with you, having you by my side, as my partner, it's such a blessing for me. I managed to learn so much about you, and you learned so much about me too. We, as a couple, are growing together, experiencing many things together, trusting each other and caring for one another. I'm completely devoted to you, my princess. You are the reason of why I live, of why I exist, for why I try to better myself constantly. I'm so thankful to you for that, for your company and help. You helped me so many times, times where I was drowning in nihilism and self-destructive thoughts, you hugged me and comforted me, saying that you trust me and that you will never leave me, that regardless of what the whole world thinks about me, you will always support me and love me. I'm so in love with you, Alya, I can't imagine my life without you"

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

This beautiful artwork was made by u/No_Direction4993 as a part of an art trade. Thank you very much for this drawing, I really appreciate it.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

Some contest I wanted to create.

For those who are part of the FictoHideout subreddit, you will know than there was these "Montly Games" where the mods created a type of contest, and those who participated and won, had the prize of winning an emoji of their S/O. I wanted to create something similar (btw in this subreddit all the members will receive a free emoji, just post a png picture of your beloved one here if you haven't already).

The thing is, unlike the FictoHideout contests, I don't have that level of creativity to create similar prompts (I really admire their creativity ngl). I'm just a ficto who's obsessed with Alya, also a football fan and a sports gambler (a moderated one btw). So I wanted to propose this to you:

The UEFA Champions League final will be on Saturday between PSG and Arsenal. My idea for this contest is to comment the possible result of this match:

"PSG 5 Arsenal 3" For example

The user(s) who manages to comment the accurate result of the match (or the closest one) will recieve a free drawing as a prize. The complexity of the drawing will depend of the number of winners.

The deadline will be on Saturday at 0:00 hours. If this contest receives support. I will make a similar one for the FIFA World Cup.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!

As a way of sharing this beautiful fanart I recently found of Alya, I wanted to create this prompt.

What is the song(s) you associate with your S/O(s) relationship in your native language?

In my case, most of the songs I like to listen are in English, because my favorite bands sing that language, but there are some songs I also like to hear in my native language, mostly Argentinian/Spanish Rock.

The song I associate the most with my relationship with Alya, in spanish is: "Aun estas en mi sueños - Rata Blanca". I can resonate with the lyrics of this song a lot, about the desire of joining dreams with reality, especially after my first lucid dream I had with her a while ago. I could list more songs, but this one is my favorite ngl.

^(I put the filter just in case. Even though I used to draw cutesy stuff, I wanted to create something more "darker", and considering the nature of my fanfic, this was the right time to do it. As much as I wanted to create a one-shot of this fanfic, is too time consuming to draw comic panels that I just decided to have my fanfic as a LN.)

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At first I just wanted to share the cover of my fanfic, but I realized this is a perfect time to create a new prompt. Many of us withtin the ficto-community are familiar with this, creating fanfiction. This is something I'm always suggesting, because is a nice way for interacting with your partner and, in many cases, is the best way for dealing with "canon" and it's problems, like "canon" ship, the demise of your beloved one in the story, or an ended source. If you don't have written a fanfic yet, I'm advocate you to do it, you won't regret doing it ngl.

So my questions are (if you have written a fanfic or you are planing to do it):

1. What is the title of your fanfic? Or What name would you put to your fanfic?
2. What picture would be good as a cover for your fanfic? If you have a cover already, I'd love to see it.
3. What is the summary of your fanfic?

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As a way of responding my prompt, I first have to highlight that I have 2 timelines of my fanfic, the first one is just a happy wish-fullfilment where I live a peaceful and comforting life with Alya, and even I manage to have a daughter at the end (all of my drawings are from this timeline btw). The other timeline, is a darker and fatalist version of it, a more dramatical one and (I think) the most entertaining to read, as a third person reader. This is the one I'll be focusing right now.

1. What is the title of your fanfic? Or What name would you put to your fanfic?

The title is "Because, it's you", refering the the quote Alya gives in the episode 8 of the anime.

2. What picture would be good as a cover for your fanfic?

I already posted it.

3. What is the summary of your fanfic?

First, my fanfic is a crossover between Roshidere and Dokgo (a martial arts manwha I really recomend to read). In Dokgo, there's a power structure in the school, where the strongest students controls both the clasrooms and the other students. In this case, Seirei Academy (the Roshidere academy), has this power structure.

My S/I, is a troubled guy who doesn't care about his studies and spend most of the time skipping classes and getting in fights constantly. When he meets Alya for the first time, she dislikes him at first seeing how much different he is from her ("I would never hang around with this conflictive person" is her first thought about my S/I). Is just only after my S/I saves her from a group of thugs that were harassing her when they start trusting each other. In the following weeks, they start developing feelings for each other, and start being dependant on each other. Alya helps my S/I with his studies and also teaches him how to be more disciplined and measured. My S/I becomes her personal bodyguard and advisor, promising her that he will defend her from anyone or anything, that he's devoted to her. After 6 months, they start dating. That's the introduction of both fanfics I have.

The difference with this one is, that the world they live is more dangerous, and all the bad decissions and mistakes my S/I commited before meeting Alya, start pursuing him. All the people he fought before, start to come after him, in the same way of all the people who feel jealousy towards Alya. The more he fights, the more injuries he starts acummulating, so, he needs to go on a journey of atonment to free himself from the violence he lived for so long, to be able to have create a safe-space for Alya, the one that became the reason for my S/I existence. The explanation of the title is in a scene, after an ambush by my S/I enemies when he was in a date with Alya, he manages to defeat them, but he's so beaten up that he can't stand up himself, so Alya tells him "Why do you have to endure all this pain?", and he responds "Because, it's you".

I think I already extended this post too much so I will leave it there.

Wishing you the best for you and your partners!