#Important Headcanon

[cuckoo-among-beasts]

Cultivation

General

As everyone knows, Huaisang’s cultivation is poor. However, it’s not as poor as people generally think. Partly because he had to secretly cultivate while he looked for his brother’s body as well as searching for clues about Jin Guangyao’s crimes (he couldn’t tell others what he was up to, so anyone checking his core, dantians or meridians would generally sense less qi there, less power, than he actually could store and use), but also due to him never having any interest (or talent) for general cultivation (although he did later become quite skilled in more specified ways of cultivating, which I will explain further down). All in all, his cultivation is on the mediocre part of the scale.

I believe that most of you know the general way of cultivation, that you absorb qi from the natural world and then refine it in your dantians and meridians. Secluded places of natural beauty tend to have more and sometimes more refined qi, which can aid in cultivation (there’s no coincidence that many sects and schools tend to be in the mountains).

Learning to handle qi in your body through various methods, internal and external, eventually leads to the formation of a golden core (in MDZS, located and replacing the lower dantian, which is about 2 cm below the navel). Once you have a golden core, you can further refine and purify the qi by keeping up a good flow between core, dantians and meridians. This flow, and having a good, even one, is essential to cultivation. Once you have a golden core, you can do cool stuff like charging/infusing objects, qi blasts, refine senses and so on.

In case you didn’t know this, now you know the very general basics. Now to Huaisang specifically.

Tools

Besides talismans, arrays and seals, Huaisang mainly uses three tools, and a fourth when he absolutely has to. He hates that fourth tool (do I even need to mention what that is?)

1.) Fan - One of his preferred methods of cultivation is using his fan. Huaisang uses it much like others use a sword or sabre (except he can’t fly on his fan). He can infuse it with his spiritual energy and create strong gusts of winds, qi blasts and the like. This also makes the fan stronger than it should be. He has no hidden blades, needles or other weapons in his fan. 

2.) Birds - Yes, birds. He has two birds he uses as spiritual animals. They are two Myna birds. With them, he can transfer part of his consciousness into the bird and see what they see. It’s one way he can spy on people. While his consciousness is transferred, he appears to be in an almost comatose state. It’s similar to WWX transferring his mind to the paper man. Obviously this means he can’t be too far away, but further than with a paper man.

3.) Ink and brush - This is yet another hc of mine, but Huaisang can use an ink and brush to cultivate. The ink is not just regular ink. Mostly it is, but it also contains a few drops of his blood. Huaisang noticed that doing that helped with this style of cultivation. The brush though, is a proper spiritual tool. With his ink and brush, he can create talismans and protective barriers/shields without paper (he draws the sigil or symbol in the air with the ink, who then turns into whatever it is he ‘designed’ using his spiritual energy) and the most impressive skill: make his drawings come to life, though for this part, he does need paper and the bigger the drawing, the more energy it takes. This skill, obviously, takes a lot of qi. This form of cultivation is something he accidentally found out about when looking for books with information on how he could locate Mingjue’s body parts. Unlike his fan, the brush will not let others use it.

4.) Sabre - The dreaded blade. Yes, Huaisang can use his sabre, Luan, but he would rather not. Unfortunately, like all Nie Sect Leaders, he had to get a sabre spirit for it. Since he’s not particularly strong or skilled in sabre wielding, his spirit isn’t very strong either, however, it’s still a resentful spirit and will one day make him qi deviate. It’s a symbiotic relationship, as we all know, but it’s not just too much use that can lead to a qi deviation, even too little can. If the sabre spirit doesn’t get enough resentment, it will grow hungry and agitated, which can lead to its wielder experiencing qi imbalance, which can lead to a qi deviation.

Qi Deviation

Qi deviation is what it sounds like: the flow of qi deviation, becoming imbalanced. Things that can lead to a qi deviation are: (strong) unstable emotions, wrong or reckless use of cultivation (taking shortcuts, impure cultivation, using techniques too strong for you etc) and influences from devils and demons.

General symptoms of a qi deviation (or the more minor qi imbalance) are: erratic behaviour, aggression, panic, paranoia, sensory hallucination, headaches and bleeding from the seven apertures.

As I mentioned above, Huaisang will eventually experience a qi deviation and before that he will have many qi imbalances. Some of them will be from his avoidance to use Luan, others will be due to him cultivating recklessly (or rather draining himself too many times in a too short period).

However, there’s also three times where he will show signs of a qi deviation (all of them thankfully stopped). The first was shortly after Mingjue’s death. To no one’s surprise, this was due to unstable emotions. Huaisang was an absolute wreck after his brother died. The second and third time were when, as I mention in my revenge hc post, when he was forced to use adapted transportation talismans. This type of cultivation is too advanced for him and made him very sick, physically and spiritually. Huaisang knows if he tries that a third time, he will probably not survive. 

So, this is a little about Huaisang’s cultivation. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask, DM or message on discord.

[honeyandpineapple]

These are the records I think Armand and Daniel were spinning most when they were hooking up in the ‘70s.

horses - patti smith

after the gold rush - neil young

low - david bowie

bitches brew - miles davis

parallel lines - blondie

rumors - fleetwood mac

maggot brain - funkadelic

unknown pleasures - joy division

[ofmercy]

louis doesn’t care what size your dick is as long as you are a dick

[wanologic]

reminder to take care of your loser human body

[demigods-posts]

growing up is realizing that rachel was exactly who percy needed in that period of his life. because she knew enough about the demigod world that percy could confide in her about the responsibilities as the prophecy kid. but was also separate enough from the demigod world that she never placed him on a pedestal or pitied him for it. she never looked at him like he was a dead man walking. or expected him to become something more than himself to get the job done. say what you want about their relationship. but no one. not sally. not paul. not poseidon. not chiron. not grover. and definitely not annabeth. could have been for percy what rachel was for him.

[url-is-url]

So, the headcanon that ghosts fight to socialize, and also to teach baby ghosts how to use their powers, right?

Johnny 13 is in Gotham. No particular reason, he's just hanging out. He manages to goad the day shift bat kid into a motorcycle race! Fuck yeah, what's better than harassing high school aged superheroes?! Anyway, he and this kid are tearing up the streets and the kid whips out some crazy fucking shadow powers. Um? What happened to Batman doesn't like metas??? (Obviously Batman isn't actually prejudiced against metas, he just logically doesn't want to deal with superpowers + fear toxin and shit, but... his PR could use some work on this front...) Well then, Johnny has crazy fucking shadow powers too, so OBVIOUSLY he needs to compare notes with the yellow kid. By escalating.

Duke Thomas is having a No Good Very Bad Week. This crazy blond dude on a bike is TESTING HIS PATIENCE. And is a total bad luck magnet, the ONLY reason nobody's gotten killed by their chases is that Duke can see when something terrible is about to happen just in time to prevent the crazy coincidence of the moment. Also he can drive through walls? Duke learned that he can take his bike through shadows, that's pretty cool, but this whole situation is still very frustrating. HE IS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A NEMESIS!!! He asks Babs to run some facial recognition magic and the only match is some guy who died in a motorcycle wreck like twenty years ago??? Duke compiles a file to present to the Batfam, fully expecting them to call him crazy when he explains his theory that his nemesis is a ghost.

Batman: That tracks actually. I've dealt with a dead highwayman who calls himself Gentleman Ghost, and there's a ghost on call with the League. Here, have some nth metal gear, it's ghost proof, good investigating :)

Duke: *TheSignal.exe has stopped working*

Duke finally manages to catch his ghost guy! He goes to question him about why he feels a need to be such a nuisance.

Johnny 13, grinning, not answering shit: Hey, you guys are detectives or whatever right? Have you ever tried hiding in the shadows under someone's clothes to stalk them?

Duke: ***TheSignal.exe has stopped working***

Duke: WELL NOW I'M GONNA

[rayroseu]

"Because i want you to live a long and happy life"

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Bonus 8: How met your mother (CSSR design by @qourmet!)

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[monstrousparalysis]

Hey y'all! Since it's Love Loses Wednesday for all who celebrate and I have plenty of thoughts about it, here's some of those thoughts I've had for my fellow enjoyers of Chip Bastard from the insanely powerful podcast Just Roll With It!

So.

Chip being so focused on family and friends, on finding Arlin and keeping his co-captains and crew safe, while the most he ever shows interest in romance is in brief, jokey flirting that's quickly brushed aside.

Chip buying a love potion, only for it to sit unused in his inventory for literal months until it unceremoniously drops into the mouth of the Electrodon.

Chip being unnerved or even downright scared when somebody shows a sign of being attracted to him (Amanda with the marriage, Jazz and his flirting, the frantic denial to Ollie that Gillion kissing him meant anything (which was then followed by barely any change in their relationship. A typically romantic act, done as an act of love between friends, and yet those friends never did start a romance. Curious))

Speaking of Amanda and the marriage: Chip waking up one day and suddenly being expected, even morally obligated, to be in a romantic relationship with somebody he doesn't even know, for reasons he doesn't even know. And even when he clarifies that he doesn't want this, that he won't give up being a pirate with his friends for it, he still can't leave behind the expectation fully, because Amanda, and thus this expectation, is literally chasing him. Sometimes it even comes from his own friends, because no matter how much he would prefer to just Not Be Married, there's no way for him to get out of it, especially not ones Gillion would likely accept, and therefore the expectation that eventually, he'll be in a romance, is inescapable.

And even more interesting, he's not opposed to the idea of getting married in general. He wasn't wholly against the notion of marrying Igneous just for the AC boost it would give them. Clearly, the problem he had wasn't with the marriage itself, but with the fact that he was expected to form a romantic partnership.

And lastly: Chip having his literal heart ripped out of him, and staying nearly the same. Making jokes about how his heart was stolen in a way that was literal instead of romantic. Writing to his wife that if death do them part, then now it has (and doesn't it even say something that the only way for him to escape the marriage, the expectations, was to die?)

He cares for his friends just the same. He cares for his crew just the same. He wants to find Arlin just as much as ever. And his avoidance of his wife, of the expectation that he perform romance, stays the same. But even if he's the exact same, he has an excuse for this now. Because clearly, somebody with no heart couldn't feel romance, and who cares that he didn't really seem to before he lost his heart either?

Chip being aromantic, on a textual, metaphorical, and thematic level.

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[dollerinna]

Why is dude ALWAYS sleeping 😭😭😭 (a cutie patootie fr tho like look at him- LOOK)

Also extra picture of him cuz this mirror selfie is so KSKSMWMWN YES

[aranostra]

100% sure he called Louis Mr. du Lac during sex at least once.

[ablogcalledrevenge]

So I headcanon Eddie as Jewish and I think that once the kids graduate and no more crazy shit happens in Hawkins, Steve follows Robin to whatever college she wants to go to, and Eddie follows Steve. Probably a big city like Chicago or Boston or New York.

Eddie scours the city for Jewish delis, ordering a bagel with lox or pastrami on rye at every one, wanting to find the best. It’s at one of these delis that he meets a bunch of older Jewish women looking for a mahjong player. See Rose just moved to Boca because the winter is bad on her knees so they need a new fifth and Eddie’s a Nice Jewish Boy and he likes games so he offers to join them.

Turns out he’s not that good at it. It doesn’t hold his attention like D&D while also moving too fast for him to follow. He’s too indecisive about hands, trying to switch late in the round.

But Steve… Steve LOVES mahjong. Steve is good at mahjong.

Cut to every Thursday night, Steve going off to Diane or Sylvie’s house to play mahjong with a bunch of old ladies. They adore Steve and how sweet he is, always helping them clean up the tiles and get to their cars.

“And he’s so handsome, isn’t he Ruth? If he weren’t dating Eddie, he’d be perfect for my granddaughter. Such a mensch.”

Because they know about Eddie and Steve. It’s easy to see when you know what to look for and Sarah and Ruth have been roommates since 1967.

So they play and gossip and eat snacks and exchange recipes. Steve asks for creative meals during Passover since he’s got a picky eater. They assume it’s one of the kids he babysits. It’s actually Eddie.

Just give me Steve hanging out with cool old ladies, being a little bitchy, eating rugelach, and taking Eddie out to dinner on his winnings.

[my-smial]

Hello hello. I have come with random The Sunshine Court language headcanons for Jean Moreau, because I cannot stop thinking about him.

Neil picks up on Jean's discomfort with speaking French at higher than a whisper and eventually decides to use Nicky's desensitization tactics about it. He ropes in Kevin, and the two of them will not stop yelling at him in French until Jean stops flinching whenever he hears it.

Neil lived in Montreal for 8 months; when he wants to get under Jean's skin, he switches to a strong Québécois accent and Jean acts like his ears are getting burned off.

Jeremy and a little Cat and Laila start learning French, mostly "picked up a tourist phrasebook at the library" level. It's 2008, they don't even have Duolingo. It's years and years before Jean deigns to actually speak French to him, but Jeremy eventually figures out that if he pronounces a phrase badly enough, Jean will correct him out of shear pain. Jean probably picks up that Jeremy knows more than he's letting on when he makes a comment in one of Jean and Kevin's conversations.

The most unlikely, but I find it fun: Jean's family is old money enough that they actually still speak the local Provençal language of southeast France. Jean mostly speaks standard French, but his parents ensured that he can carry a conversation in Provençal out of some twisted disdain for Paris as a power center. Evidence: this is also the kind of person who would name their child Jean-Yves, lmao, a name that was most popular in the 1960s.

Matching with 4, growing up speaking French, Provençal, and English in a massive port city means that Jean can get through a few phrases in most western Mediterranean languages. In addition, being raised as the theoretical heir to a smuggling empire meant he had to learn enough languages to "not get ripped off," as his father would say. He says he speaks 3 languages, because he's fluent in 3 (and it's common to consider Provençal just a backwards dialect, not a full language). But he can also understand random bits of Italian, Spanish, and Algerian Arabic. Some he learned formally, some he picked up from other kids while playing little league exy.

When he gets comfortable on the Trojan's court, he starts yelling back sometimes when little multilingual groups form and chatter, and every time he demonstrates a new language the Trojans lose their shit. Jean has his typical disdain for their excitement; his childhood exy court sounded exactly like this and he doesn't get why they're so impressed.

They keep pulling the "sorry, he doesn't speak English" trick to get annoying fans and reporters off their back for a long time after it should have stopped working. He's given full interviews, come on. Use your brain.

[plistommy]

Steve takes Eddie’s virginity by riding the older boy after a long session of smoking and drinking inside the metalheads cramped van.

He’d praise Eddie on how good he’s making him feel, how big his dick is and how he’s so pretty under him that it makes Eddie moan loudly, strong hands roaming and squeezing the fat of Steve’s ass as he begs to fuck Steve harder.

”I need to fuck you, Steve- please, sweetheart-”

Steve would kiss him, sloppy and wet as he whines into Eddie’s mouth when the dick inside him hits just right.

When he pulls back, breathless, he picks up the pace and finally lets Eddie buck up to meet his thrusts.

Eddie would just look up at Steve, brown eyes wide and realize he’s so in love with the gorgeous boy on top of him and he never wants to let go. Never.

[demigods-posts]

say what you want but annabeth is 100% the big spoon. and it definitely stems from the fact that everything she loves seems to leave her in some way. at least it feels like that for a long time. but cradling percy reassures her that's he's here and here to stay.