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Failure AU: Here's the baby!

A certified Mama's Boy!

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45 OF YOU VOTED FOR THIS AU TO RETURN SO WE'RE STARTING AT THE BEGINNING-

Kinda.

Here's Carmen at her parents' "Vow Renewal" (a plot).

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EMBODIMENT

Darkness was always there. It returned every evening and flooded the world, blinding the eyes and filling the ears with silent dread. Anything could be hidden out there. Fear was a force that herded people together, until the deep night faded to shadows and shadows to cautious dawn.

With the light it retreated as well, hiding in the pools of darkness in human minds.

It was needed there. It led their steps, warned them against the unseen and kept them alive. And people were clearly grateful for its service, because they gave it their belief in return. A force that shaped it and changed it, until it gained will and mind of its own.

Shadow still remembered that first time he looked around and truly saw. His first thought belonged to mortals. They were his.

He was given sight, but just a shade of face in the start. All that he was: glowing eyes in the darkness. And for a long time, he stayed like that. “Shadow” wasn’t a name. Just a simple description when he understood speech.

They knew he was there, but usually they didn’t see him. He didn’t mind. It was his joy to care for them. To paint fear in the darkness outside. To make the corners in the cave darker. Eventually, he needed hands to give dread new forms and so he had them. Long fingers, slim hands, like spiders dancing between dreams when he spinned them into nightmares.

By then, he had a face, too. Sharp one. Meant to intimidate.

One day, Shadow rested by children telling each other stories. It was a lazy afternoon. No big scares - just adding here or there a dash of gasp or startle. The stories flew better like that.

Then he noticed a strange thing. On the other side of him, by the edge of the darkness so deep it was practically pitch black, he saw… feet.

That made him prop himself on elbows - and immediately caused him to fall back on the ground by sheer shock.

He didn’t have elbows a moment ago.

But here they were. And on the other side, two very human-like feet. With toes and ankles and all.

He completely forgot what the story was about.

Since that day he had been walking with mankind. Not just looming around.

Shadow kept learning, especially about mortals. He knew their fears by heart but to understand them, he had to grasp what being human was. Curiosity made him watch them being born and dying, playful, angry, sad or in love… he couldn’t ask questions. But he had time to observe.

The first time he saw people make love confused him deeply. He was standing above that couple, tilting his head left and right, trying to make any sense of it.

There was a familiar thrill, but no real fear. It wasn’t a story and yet it felt like one. The humans at least seemed really invested. That made him wonder how they worked.

It took him some time. A being barely materialised was trying to learn the concept of a body.

The bodies were interesting. Fear isn’t just an ephemeral feeling. It lives in that bag of soft squishy things and bones.

Shadow kept contemplating that mystery. And without even trying to, he kept becoming.

Then one nice sunny day he walked around a lake. A reflection in the water caught his eye. He stood on the bank, staring at his own mirror image. He was darkness, yes. Slightly translucent, a bit blurred. But a darkness with face, arms and feet. He felt like there had to be more. He saw humans to shed layers and be more.

Cautiously he slid his fingers up on his other arm, past the elbow (he knew that that existed). The darkness moved like a light sleeve, uncovering more of the arm. He lifted his fingers and the darkness rolled back.

Shadow narrowed his eyes. Tried again. It worked. He took a breath and courage to know more and grasped the darkness under his chin.

It opened easily, like a cloak would. There was a body below it. Tall and thin, not fully material, still more shadow-like than human, but close. It felt slightly cold and when he tried to touch, it was a strange feeling. Like there was more of him than ever before.

Shadow pulled the darkness of his arms. He never did things half way. It slipped down in the grass.

Leaning over the lake to see himself, he made a step further - and put his foot into the water. And yelled in shock.

He had never been corporeal enough before to actually feel the water. Cold, wet, touching - drawing absolutely clear border between him and the world.

As he recoiled, breathing heavily, he was trembling.

Breathing.

Shadow pressed his hands against his chest, feeling the ragged breath under the ribs. That was disturbing.

But interesting.

This new occurrence wasn’t unwelcome.

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Did someone say "WEDDING PHOTO"!?!?

INTEREST CHECK!!!

I'm considering picking back up this AU (if you're new, it's an AU where both Shadow-San AND Coach Brunt realize they love Carmen too much and leave with her and later pose as Team Red's Parents.)

I have a lot planned for Team Red with parents as both kids and teens!

Feel free to take the poll below!

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Dashi: You need to stop threatening people. Chase: I’m not threatening them, I’m just telling them the very real consequences of their actions.

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Xiaolin Showdown incorrect qoutes

Dashi: Your smiling did something good happen?

Chase: can’t I smile just because I feel like it?

Guan: Dojo trip and fell out in the court yard

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*found out Chase and Guan dated *

Omi: You and Chase were WHAT?!

Guan: well it not like we’re still together

Chase, from the other room: Liar!

Guan: it’s not like we ever did anything

Chase: still a liar!

Guan: not recently anyway

Chase: Yesterdaaayyy!

Guan: CHASE YOUNG YOU ARE NOT HELPING!

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Chase: you’re supposed to be on a spiritual retreat!

Guan: Namasta~

Chase: and you’re supposed to be dead!

Dashi: uuhhh, I got better?

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Dashi: why am I the only one out in the open?

Chase: to distract Wuya

Dashi: oh yay I’m a sacrifice!

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Chase Young to almost everyone else: "I do not... 'hang out'. Begone, before I kill you where you stand and give my tigers a new chew toy."

Chase Young, to Omi:

"Little one, I brought you a training staff, would you like to have a spar with me? It will be fun."

"Is this the Shen Gong Wu you're looking for, Omi? I have no interest in hunting for these, but if you want this one, I guess you'll have to play some keepaway with me to get it."

"Oh? You came to see me, Omi? I didn't know it was visiting hours."

"Okay, Omi, here's the agenda for our training today: I'm going to pick you up, spin you around, toss you in the air, catch you, and spin you again. Then we'll cartwheel around together for a bit. Ready?"

"Sit right here and watch me fight for you, Omi. I promise you'll be entertained."

"Of course my doors are open for you, Omi. I always have time for another of our favors."

"Are you ready to fight together, young warrior? Savor the moment and have fun. This is what it's all about."

"Omi, come sit beside me so we can watch the world burn together."

"Hello little one, thought I would drop in for a visit. Not for a fight today, just to tell you how helpless I think the other monks are without you."

"Omi! What a pleasant surprise, I've been waiting 80 years just to see you again, I'm delighted just to cross paths again."

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THE BOYS!!!

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INTEREST CHECK!!!

I'm considering picking back up this AU (if you're new, it's an AU where both Shadow-San AND Coach Brunt realize they love Carmen too much and leave with her and later pose as Team Red's Parents.)

I have a lot planned for Team Red with parents as both kids and teens!

Feel free to take the poll below!

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Chase: My motto is, if you're going to fuck up, at least do it in a way that makes them wonder how.

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WIP Wednesday (on a Thursday)

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Omi's finally found someone to build a snowman with him!

“When I was young, we used to destroy such creatures of snow.” “Well, this one is not for destroying, Chase Young! He is a friend!” “Even if he comes to life and becomes evil?” “Even then!”

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Snippets from my Entrapdak fanfiction, which you can read here:

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*Scorpia helping Entrapta picking baby names*

Scorpia: What about this one? "Junior". Its cute and pretty fitting if you ask me.

Entrapta: Oh, Hordak already suggested something like that. "Clone."

Scorpia: "Clone" ... That's cute... But how's about "Horrace"? Its like Hordak, but less menacing and its an ACTUAL name?

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Hordak: You can't call him 'Wrong-Hordak'!

Entrapta: Listen here, when we agreed to raise this clone together, you said "I never agreed to that. He is a grown man." Which means we do things MY way!