re-reading my own fic because the author has exactly my taste in tropes, ships the same ships in the right way, and also shares my sense of humour. what a find, what a revelation. i hope they write more of this sort of thing.
I can't help but feel that Word of Honor is eminently suited to a post-apocalyptic pseudo-Mad Max-esque AU.
Ghost Valley, of course, is the "not a place of honor" location the pre-apocalyptic forefathers warned against, where pollution and radiation kills the weak and gradually mutates the strong in unpredictable and sometimes grotesque, sometimes eerily beautiful ways. Decades ago somebody thought they were clever to utterly ignore basic human rights and turned it into a penal colony of the sort where nobody enters except the prisoners, reasoning that it was okay to send the monsters off to live with the monsters. The proper guards and system broke down soon enough, but Ghost Valley itself endured...
All the zombies/drug men are primitive cyborgs. Ye Baiyi, meanwhile, is the carrier and heir to an incredibly sophisticated swarm of nanites granting him near-immortality as long as he doesn't stray too far from their control unit for too long.
episode 12 giant dog puppet: atrocious, deeply unintimidating; I don’t think I’ve ever seen it gif’d, despite the scene’s excellent whump fodder, because we all try to pretend it didn’t exist
giant dog puppet if it were in a 1920s silent horror film: fittingly melodramatic, greatly improved by frying the film quality; pre-talkies filmgoers would have been fainting into the aisles
Jiang Cheng 江澄 and Purple ⤷ This colour combines the calm stability of blue and the fierce energy of red. The colour purple is often associated with nobility, power, and ambition. Purple also represents meanings of extravagance, dignity, devotion, and pride.
True and sincere answer to all of the people who ask, "I have just seen X animal, what does this mean?":
Rejoice, my friend, for this is a most auspicious sign! You have received one of the greatest blessings known to human kind: you live in a world full of creatures! Take comfort and enjoy this divine blessing.
This is an experiment to see if there really are as few of us as people think.You can also use this to freak out your followers who think you’re 25 or something. Yay!
Alternatively, rumour has it that planting garlic or spreading citrus peel can help. Or making sure you don't have any nice soft soil for them to dig in.
Okay, any working suggestions on how to keep cats out of your garden?