as you all know, i love kasane ted dearly! but did you know... i have an AU of him? one quite different from how i imagine him in "canon", but thats the beauty and freedom of vocal synths (:

that AU is.. an incubus AU!!



different outfit, different vibes, but still recognizably kasane ted! ive always been a fan of men in outfits with silly cutouts, so thats part of how this design came to be. originally, this AU was purely for selfship purposes (crossover universe with multiple meow meows in a fantasy setting), but now ive used him in covers as well.

one of those covers is Whisper Whisper Whisper, which i made this artwork for:



Whisper Whisper Whisper feat. Kasane Ted

overall, ive never been too invested in AUs. always prefering canon with few exceptions, tho some ocs ive had fun w AUs (see royalty AU Nollus, and lich AU Velaris). incubus ted was the first time ive had a ton of fun figuring out an alternate version of a character and setting!

without rambling too much, as that would require delving into selfship stuff (no longer crossover tho, i got tired of that universe), i will also say: teto is a succubus since yknow, siblings

...me n my friends have considered a fantasy AU of our own utauloids. my Visp Verity would be a mage that excels in both healing and destructive magic, meanwhile Utakawa Rio would be a sorcerer that casts spells with sound— not music per say, but harnessing sounds! theres 3 others who havent recorded their voicebanks yet, but would be an artificer of alien technology, a nature druid that summons frogs for support, and an anthro robot tank (who cant be healed by Visp's magic, so its a matter of weird alien tech patching him up).
I EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS TO SAY. incubus ted and succubus teto would be in this setting, love interests of Visp and Rio respectively :3

to close off, check out this silly drawing i did once



so as some of you may know. i like selfshipping! or as some call it, yumeshipping, tho i tend to default to saying selfship lol. theres plenty of characters i selfship with, but main ones are Sannan Keisuke (Hakuouki) and Kasane Ted (UTAU) (note that i also separately ship Ted with my own UTAU Visp Verity). theres some others still high up there, like Est and Oboro (Yumekuro), Jade Curtiss (Tales of the Abyss) (still playing the game. no spoilers pls!), etc... i used to mainly selfship with Jinguji Jakurai from Hypnosis Mic, but ive really fallen out of Hypmic. ill keep all the fanmerch in memory of when that spark was alive, but yknow. prob wont commission jakuray ever again (':

anyways. i wanted to share some selfship art ive commissioned over time! :D




Ted/Ray by mayordea on VGen

ok so. the framing is SO wonderful here!! ive been obsessed w this commission ever since i got it! the pose, the atmosphere, everything... so lovely!!
ive loved kasane ted since the very early days, considering i got into vocaloid + utau in 2008, so being able to selfship w him now is so freeing.. (i used to deal with friends, now ex friends, being huge haters on anything they deemed "cringe" including selfship. fuck that !!)

anyways. please commission my mutual mayordea! ive gotten like 3 commissions (other 2 are ocs) and its always so amazing!




Sannan/Ray by spinachsquare on VGen

Sannan beloved... played Hakuouki in 2018 and fell in luv with Sannan! this commission is sooo cute, i adore it sm!! the pose is so fitting, + i love their art style here a ton (:
ive been planning on replaying Hakuouki and making my bf watch and absorb it LOL he does want to see Sannan's route. so much happens. dont worry about it, i understand his depression, internalized ableism, and why he acts the way he does. does that mean ill fix him? well not exactly, a relationship doesnt cure someone of all their problems and mental health. however. im not here to fix him, im here to understand and support him and kiss him

fun fact. Sannan is 5'8, im 5'7 irl. practically the same height lol

someday ill design a Hakuouki-specific outfit for my sona.. its on my to do list with my full sona ref! the above is my standard outfit. and, well, id probably want to do two outfits considering the shift between kyoto winds VS edo blossoms



ok i was gonna share like 2 more but im getting tired. struggling to sleep tonight for hours so i got on pc, alas my brain is slowing down. mayhaps ill be able to sleep?! find out next time... or something lmao



yes i love kasane ted its old news i know. let me be self indulgent w this (:

anyways, its been awhile since i last did a fully shaded personal illustration! aka JUST FOR ME! FOR FUN!! not a commission or merch design, as much as i love doing those. worked on this between deadlines for the past.. month? slightly more? either way, this was refreshing to draw and very fun! id like to make more time for personal pieces (though i am prepping for my first ever con, albeit digital, in february! so i have set some deadlines for merch to design)

"whos that reacting in the background?" be so nicies to me. thats my sona!
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