🎆🎇SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY!!! 🎆🎇
Before I begin with this week’s spotlight, some things to note:
- These Spotlight Saturdays are my way of saying thank you and giving some love to my friends and other content creators in the fandoms I’m in. SO, as long as I am physically able to, I will spotlight someone. If I haven’t gotten to you yet, chances are, I will, at some point in the future.
- If you want to nominate someone for it, or want to nominate yourself (hey, give yourself some credit too!) then please go ahead and add their name to the sheet I have up here. My only request is that if the artist or fic writer does do a lot of NSFW work/writing, you note it for me.
- I am actively looking for volunteers to help with the Spotlights! Feel free to DM me anywhere if you are interested!
- REBLOGS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
That all said, here we go with this week’s Spotlighted Author (and artist):
Where do I start here? How about explaining that like, quite a few of my other Naruto Spotlights, I’ve met @sketchy-and-unformed through @tenzoscabin! The folks over there are so supportive and kind, and I have truly enjoyed getting to know them, including @sketchy-and-unformed.
Now, over on the server we refer to @sketchy-and-unformed as sketchy-sensei, and that’s what I’ll refer to them as during this spotlight. And here’s another note: as most of you know I am multi-shipping trash over here in the Naruto fandom, and I’ve often told people who ask that as long as I find a good enough story that makes me think: “Hmm, I kind of like this pair, can I read more?” I’ll likely end up becoming a fan of this ship. And well, you can thank sketchy-sensei for my love of KakaYama as a ship now.
But, that’s enough about me, let’s actually get going with the spotlight.
First, let’s start with one of my favorite stories by Sketchy-sensei. it happened in the woods is just an absolute lovely fic to read! To explain why I like this fic so much, here’s an excerpt from the comment I left on this fic the first time I read it: Your fic was amazing. I don’t really know how to adequately express how wonderful it was except by saying that it felt like being shrouded in a warm toasty blanket in the winter in front of a fire with a cup of hot chocolate next to you. It felt like a hug, it felt like I wanted to cry and smile and squee in happiness all at once.
Yeah, I think that about sums it up.
So, like I said, @sketchy-and-unformed got me shipping the KakaYama train hard when I first stumbled across their works. And that means, I have more goodies to share.
Abuse of Power is a hilarious PWP that features Yamato being quite assertive with Kakashi. It’ll make you see this ship in a new light (and in a good way I promise) and you may have to cool down after reading it.
The Optimist is a NSFW piece that just hits at all the right emotions. It’s fluffy with just the perfect dose of angst and pining and romance, and it just hits so good!
And if you just want a good dose of angst and just that, then look no further than the (worst) mistake. I won’t spoil it for you, but I suggest you take a look if you’re curious! I promise you will enjoy it and you won’t regret reading it at all!
And now for some more fics by @sketchy-and-unformed that I think y’all should definitely take a look too! Before I start these, I have to let you know a few things. I’m sure quite a few of you remember @asumaweek2021! Guess who the mod and host of this event was? That’s right, no one else but @sketchy-and-unformed!!!!
Sketchy-sensei has a love for Asuma as a character and one of their other favorite Yamato pairings happens to be AsuYama!
making something happen is a hilarious romcom style story featuring AsuYama that basically reads like a comedy of errors and will have you laughing and smiling as you read it.
OR, if you’re a sucker for some good coffeeshop AU fics like I am, then you may want to check out Dark Roast. I didn’t start actively shipping AsuYama until I read this fic y’all. I think that should tell you it’s a very worthwhile read.
And then of course, why not take a look at something just like this, which is a nice feel-goody fic filled with characters who can’t seem to realize they are on dates and fluff and lots of other things!
Now for those of you keeping track, you’ll note that I have managed to list out 7 out of the 10 or so fics I said would be higlighted in this post. SO, what are the remaining ones? Well, they happen to be ones that sketchy-sensei recommends so you can bet, they’ll be good to read too!
- Fave fics of yours?
Medicine Woman - this was so much fun to write and it was my first go at ‘crack treated (mostly) seriously’. It’s super duper smutty but it’s also funny and tender/meaningful at times. I really love Tsunade and it was a pleasure to write something focused on her! I’m proud that I finished it and that it has an actual character arc for a premise that was so outlandish. Wise Men Never Try - my first AsuYama that started my descent into my Asuma obsession >.< Again, so much fun to write and so rewarding. I got really emotionally invested in this fic and writing it shaped all of my Asuma headcanons from thereon out.
Love It When You Beg - I love this series because I love KakaYama. It is my first (only?) real foray into established relationship fic, something I always shied away from previously. But these two are such a joy to write together! Again, it’s a very smutty series, but what’s almost more important than the sexy times (and the thing I’m proudest to get comments about) is the loving relationship between the two. I’ve had some truly incredible comments about this series and I’m so happy that people enjoy it I’m sorry they’re all NSFW.
- I started writing fic in about 2002? I am a fandom oldie! Funnily enough my first fandoms were all Real Person Fic. Naruto was the first anime I ever watched and I’ve fallen headfirst into the fandom and writing for it! Currently it’s the only fandom I’m writing for, there’s just so much in it for me to explore. I write romance/shippy fics almost exclusively and yes, I do enjoy writing NSFW things. I love get together fics and I love pining that ends well! I also include a lot of humour in my fics, that’s something I enjoy a lot I dabble in angst but my go-tos are probably Porn With Feelings and Fluff With Humour XD
- I really love the Naruto fandom. It’s reinvigorated me as a writer, the Discord communities are incredible and I’ve made some amazing friends by being here. I’m so grateful for people like YOU Kaoru, and for everyone reading/writing/drawing/talking about this dumb series years after it ended.
And that’s it! That is today’s spotlight! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading through it and that you’ll take some time to read sketchy-sensei ‘s works! I promise you they won’t disappoint, and you’ll enjoy reading the stories whether you’re looking for fluff, NSFW fluff, or pining and angst, or even just a good PWP.
And as always, a gif to end things! @sketchy-and-unformed, I know how much you love Asuma, so here you go! A lovely gif of him to end today’s spotlight! I hope you like it!