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This might be a silly question but what language is spoken in the show?

Because the temple is probably Chinese along with the scroll therefore Omi most likely learned mandarin, does that mean that Raimundo, Kimiko and Clay speak it also? Maybe because they were destined to be dragons they were made to learn it?

But then what about Jack Spicer? I don't remeber his nationality being mentioned but he seems a westener and didn't seemengly have any reason to learn any language besides coding for his inventions. Or what about any other characters like Mime, Katnappe and so on?

It could be made easier if Omi was thought different languages since early age including English, which would also explain the way he speaks (and make Clay monolingual lol), and the rest of the cast knowing it due to the fact that it is the overall most known language across the globe.

But then, what about Wuya? How could she know about the english language before being sealed for decades in the box? Could she hear other people while she was inside it and learned it that way?

I probably shouldn't think about it too much and add this to cartoon logic, I just couldn't resist since thinking about a multilingual Italian oc to add to the show :')

Will you two please stop abusing the English language?

The language they seem to speak in the show is English. (Usually*)

That's part of the reason why Omi's speech is so stilted and why he trips up on idioms so much. It doesn't seem to be his native tongue.

Omi's English handwriting also suggests he hasn't had very much practice writing in the language.

So before coming to the Chinese Xiaolin temple, the kids all apparently learned English to be able to have a shared language to communicate in.

Also presumably because they were going to have to be traveling around the world a lot during Shen Gong Wu hunts, so English was versatile to know. Like you said, Omi's probably had lessons in a lot of languages to help prepare for global missions since a young age.

Conveniently, English happens to be a language that the other major characters of the show are already fluent in. Jack and Katnappe are rich schoolkids in STEM, Pandabubba is an international crimeboss, Jermaine and Jesse are USAmericans, Chase and Guan are both ployglots who have traveled to all corners of the world, ect. (Le Mime is an interesting case since he doesn't speak at all.)

There are some other characters like Vlad and Tubbimura who are implied to have some difficulties with English similar to Omi's. But Tubbimura only entered the show because he was responding to Jack's English-language ad, and Vlad was also recruited directly by Jack as someone who needed to be able to talk to the monks, so part of their recruitment requirements were rudimentary English skills.

The scrolls in the temple are definitely written in Chinese though.

And the kids all read them, so they also had to learn written Chinese before joining the temple (or while they were at the temple).

Wuya was around up until around 500 AD when she was sealed, so old English was around for her to have picked up. But she speaks pretty modernly, and with none of the difficulty that characters like Omi and Tubbimura have.

But Wuya is also highly adaptable, and she's been around "since before men were crawling out of the mud" according to her. She probably picked up the intricacies of the new dialects as easily as she picked up how to use new technologies.

Hannibal Roy Bean has Ying-Ying, who can't free him but can show him scenes she records of the outside world. He can also crawl directly into people's heads and commune with their psyches. Language is not difficult for him to pick up.

*However, when Omi travels to the past, I think the language actually being spoken between the characters is Chinese. Specifically Middle Chinese, which Omi is probably more familiar with with the modern incarnation.

One interesting thing about when Omi is speaking in the past with Dashi or with Chase is that we don't see him making any malapropisms during any of these scenes.

(And it's not a silly question at all! I've pondered about the specifics of it too, it's a fun thing to try to make sense of!)

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Consider it revenge for breaking my heart with that Guan & Chase content~ 🤣

But honestly their dynamic as each others stability when the going gets tough really is so good!

Kimiko and Clay's teamwork and synergy is so underrated

They were both utterly helpless against Wuya's golem soldiers individually

But together they can reduce one to a puddle

And look at their smiles, they're so proud of each other

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Kimiko and Clay's teamwork and synergy is so underrated

They were both utterly helpless against Wuya's golem soldiers individually

But together they can reduce one to a puddle

And look at their smiles, they're so proud of each other

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Food as a means of bonding is something I love in stories and it’s pretty obvious from the show that both Omi and Chase enjoy a good meal~ I definitely wanted food to be something that they bonded over, even in this universe too!

Also: IDing lumps of piled food in the show is difficult 🤣. Not everything can be as easily identified as that crown roast monstrosity~ is this “four happiness roasted gluten” maybe not because it seems to have carrots but its potential got a lot of the other pieces so maybe the kids just got experimental with it 😆 I like to think so at least!

New Heylin Omi AU mini story featuring Chase and Omi!

Growing Together, Stars, and Fighting

Relationships: Chase Young & Omi

Summary: Chase teaches Omi about the stars

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🤣 it is~

Honestly I just loved the image of Chase very gently guiding Omi’s tiny little hand along the constellation as he told him about each one. It was so cute I just had to write something for it!

New Heylin Omi AU mini story featuring Chase and Omi!

Growing Together, Stars, and Fighting

Relationships: Chase Young & Omi

Summary: Chase teaches Omi about the stars

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Kimiko Tohomiko + hugs

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New Heylin Omi AU mini story featuring Chase and Omi!

Growing Together, Stars, and Fighting

Relationships: Chase Young & Omi

Summary: Chase teaches Omi about the stars

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Side note: I know pride month is coming to a close but I 100% plan to keep doing the ‘pride’ themed stories. I’m using the list as a kind of writing ‘bingo’.

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Am I contemplating making Soda-Collab art with the demon boys to go with the Ramen-Collab for the Dashi Trio?

….yes.

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After it was all over, Omi cried.

Those tears had less to do with losing the position as the Shoku warrior and more to do with Omi losing everything else he lost on his journey through time and space. To give himself space to sort out the feelings without the tears being misunderstood, Omi finds himself in his usual spot alone by the riverside once again.  

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I bet Omi has that starstruck expression and big glittering eyes for every one of X-Dragon's performances!

He really does! He is just so excited every time and, thankfully, has a very rich friend that can get them the best seats in the house every single time~

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OH LOOK X/DRAGONS RAMEN COLLAB

These are ridiculous.

Anyway thank you everyone who helped me come up with flavors for these monstrosities, I had a stupid amount of fun drawing them 💙 🖤🧡.

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This is good Chase and Omi. to me

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Omi being starstruck