I would shower you with gifs, my friends, if you asked me to

[nicefinalbeam]

Arashi is showing me the world - shining, shimmering, splendid. I am on the fluffiest, happiest storm cloud with lightning bolts charging my heart and rainbows providing my breakfast.

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[opaquebubble]

Essentially, I need positivity and optimism back in my life.

Whenever I feel myself severely lacking in things to be happy about, or just generally depressed, I always find myself gravitating back to Arashi, and it always makes me wonder why I dropped off in the first place. I adore them so intensely, and just a couple episodes of whatever new subs are out and a good Arashi playlist and my heart is happy again.

It's like I never realize how much I miss them until I work them back into my life again. Fandom does what it does, but I'm always gonna love those boys for being the incredibly entertaining/lovable dudes that they are, and making life a little brighter.

[nicefinalbeam]

I went through a time period where I honestly thought it was all over and Arashi things weren't going to cut it anymore. But then I watched Training Camp again and I just couldn't be depressed.

I think I just really need subtitles, and I seriously hope that I will continue to have access to them. Because wow, the difference between watching a show without them and with them is insane sometimes. Something I thought was boring can turn out to be hilarious!

I agree~ The very best attitude to have. Because they are wonderful, and they've been helping me keep my head up for a long time now. ♥

[opaquebubble]

Yeah, training camp ♥

I have tried to watch the shows without subs, but I always end up being frustrated, because I know I'm missing most, if not all of the things. Sometimes it's hard when fandom is freaking out about something and I have to wait however-long for the subs to come out, but I definitely don't enjoy them any less for waiting. It's usually worth it.

Discovering Arashi definitely pulled me out of a funk during a very crappy point in my life, and I think they've been helping me stay on top of things ever since. As long as I have access to them, I'm gonna keep coming back 8D

[nicefinalbeam]

YES. :D

The waiting is so difficult. D: And productivity has been way down. But I am catching up little by little! And some of the main shows are okay without subs, depending on the guests and how much I can pick up on what's happening.

SO agree with you there. ♥ and hey! Apparently Sho misses Aiba so much he's butt dialing him. So if you ever want to write, I might be slow, but I'll be there~ :D

[opaquebubble]

I know it is, which is why I sometimes disappear I think, let a backlog build up, and then raid the subs list and watch everything all at once. It's probably also why I don't follow fandom as religiously as I used to. I can occasionally watch without subs, but yeah, it depends, and I usually find myself wanting to know what's going on too much.

Lmao! I was just thinking about that the other day, and I have been dealing with babbly muses. I know I'll be slow but we should definitely throw something together for writing funtimez. I could use some squishy dorks in my life rn.

[nicefinalbeam]

That's probably not a bad way to approach it! I do have other shows and things I can watch in the mean time. XD

We shooooould. Should we start a new thing all together? Use the same journals? What do you think?

[opaquebubble]

I have an abundance of things to watch/read/play/etc, I think usually my problem is finding something I'm actually in the mood for at the time. That's always the tricky part. >.>

Hmm. Might be nice to start fresh and try something new? I'm heading to bed soon but I should be around tomorrow afternoon/evening if you wanna do some plottingness? 8D?

[nicefinalbeam]

RIGHT. I cannot tell you how many times I have gone to watch a movie recently and thrown my hands up like "NONE OF THIS WORKS FOR ME BLARGHHH"

:D

Yes lets! I think that would be awesome. *salute* We shall chat tomorrow.

[opaquebubble]

That happens to me so often, half the time I end up sitting here trying to figure out what I feel like watching, which is kind of a hard thing to guesstimate.

♥

I'm around then, and should be for the rest of the night. :)