#fairy primordial

[primordialpaper]

Another fantastic commission by @echollama of my Fairy Tail + Marvel AU.

The team's favorite little bottle of mass destruction, Sky Sorceress!

[daosromania]

🌙💧🍃🔥

I'm so unmotivated for art, but after two weeks(?) and three shading redoes, I present to you ✨️✨️this✨️✨️

I still can't handle backgrounds, okay?

[legendary-cookies]

It's them

[djappleblush]

I was like, "I knew there was a reason why I can't move on" and Canglan team really said, "you're right and here's fvcking why."

[DROPS NEWS ABOUT 2 UPCOMING EPILOGUES IN THE MIDDLE OF GAHDDAMN MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL]

[mejomonster]

among many things love between fairy and devil does lovely

it lets actor’s skin textures still show. they are wearing makeup as expected in show roles, and I can still see their skin texture, the roughness of skin. they weren’t smoothed over with effects. its nice. thank you

and of course the effort they put into their magic concept design and execution. how every magic effect really visualizes what it is, how it’d work, how it compliments the acting choices made by the actor portraying that magic. i can think of very few xianxia where i felt the magic looked so well thought out to how it worked and should look 

[the-girl-with-too-many-ideas]

It would be even more hilarious if both Yu Mei-ren and Tiamat end up in Twisted-Wonderland at the same time. Mainly because Yu Mei-ren would be watching in horror as a beast (in the shape of a little girl) with the potential to wipe out humanity mothers everyone, while getting treated as the entire school's little sister.

Yu Mei-ren: I fear no man, but that thing.

Tiamat: *in her larva form chirping happily while getting headpatted by some student*

Yu Mei-ren: That thing scares me.

[saintvampe]

and if i told yall that after seraphina’s final metamorphosis she rly closely resembles the seraphim

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Potential spoilers, violence

Title: Cleopatra

Editor: Primordial Paper

Song: Cleopatra

Artist: Efendi

Anime: Fairy Tail

Category: Character profile(s)

[bogleech]

Lately I keep thinking about environmental campaigns since roughly my childhood had to play up rainforests as these bright, shiny, heavenly fairy-tale utopias in order to get people to care about them. But in older media they're like dark, terrifying, brutal primordial deathworlds, the "SAVAGE UNTAMED JUNGLE!!!!" to the point that we still call the same exact thing a "jungle" in media if it's supposed to be more dangerous and exciting, even though there's really no technical distinction there. The reality though is that both are simultaneously true. I keep going on this rant lately but everything scary, painful, disturbing or dangerous about nature IS beautiful and wonderful and awesome!!! It fucking sucks that the majority of people only want to care about nature if they can comfortably hike it in their jorts and their crocs and only care about animal species if they're pretty to look at, useful or cuddle-able. "Rainforests" are absolutely kickass brutal primordial deathworlds. They're beautiful and precious and fantastic but they are also places where leeches will rain down on you from the trees until all your clothes are bloodstained and stinging ants the size of your thumb will make you feel like you're burning to death with a sting and one scratch from that adorable little monkey can torture you to death with sepsis. You'd never even guess, from how rainforests are portrayed on TV, that the thick canopy means they're actually dark as shit 24/7.

We get told piranhas actually aren't scary and that's true! The dreaded candiru is also so unlikely to attack humans we still don't know for sure if it really happens! But you don't hear about the Amazonian catfish, the size of a piranha, and incidentally also sometimes called a "candiru catfish," that convergently evolved with a cookie cutter shark and comes out at night to bite big round scoops of flesh from unsuspecting thighs:

I would love to meet all of these terrible awful things and I want them all to thrive forever and ever. Please love nasty things. We are nasty things. We're the nasty things planet and it rocks.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 281

I had a wonderful Ghosts are Dragons idea thanks to @fairy-lights-and-blobs 

Nocturne, the great feathered wyvern of dreams, son of Morpheous, created of the sands of dreams itself, might be a bit, oh what’s the word, stumped. He had been twisting through the smog of the living world, and honestly should have been unseen. Keyword being should. 

Because? 

There’s a tiny? Hatchling? Growling at him when he slips into a warehouse, having been searching for a… misplaced item. And he says it with a question mark because? This is a hatchling, he knows his own senses, but they’re also… seemingly stuck in a human form. 

Dear Dreams, this is worse than how Phantom was- and he had been so injured from too much ecto at formation, even for a baby Primordial, that… Ugh, Nocturne wants to slam his horns against the ground repeatedly. 

Alright tiny red hatchling, let him just scoop you up aaand… alright, off to the Zone to see doctors, because really, he wasn’t expecting to get another child, but he’s also not going to just leave the equivalent of a chronically sick toddler!

Jason, currently Red Hood? No clue what the Fuck is happening, he just got kidnapped by an overgrown owl-lizard thing! And his comms are out and genuinely what the fuck-

[yilinglaozu]

Love between Fairy and Devil, dir. Yi Zheng (2022)

In order to acquire ancient forbidden skills, Dongfang Qingcang, Moon Supreme of the Moon Tribe, became a monster without any feelings. The fairy realm, the Moon Tribe and the mortal world were in grave danger. In order to save the common people, Chidi Nuzi, the God of War, destroyed her primordial spirit to die with Dongfang Qingcang. But the primordial spirit of Dongfang Qingcang didn’t die. Once he is resurrected, the three realms will be in grave danger again. Legend has it that only the Goddess of Xishan can defuse this catastrophe.

[primordialpaper]

As a bit of an early Christmas present to myself, I commissioned the fantastic @echollama to draw a couple of scenes from one of my all time favorite moments of Fairies of the Shattered Moon. Specifically, where Wendy cleans Cinder's clock during the Fall of Beacon. I won't go into any more spoilers, but I encourage anyone who's intrigued by these images to go check it out, because it's well-worth the read!

[butchfairyzine]

🔥Wyld Fairies🔥

Wyld fairies are closest in essence to magic itself, to nature and those primordial forces they let flow through them: the elements. They eschew court-made laws, borders, customs, and causes, simply forging their own paths through life with little consideration of worldly issues.

Some Inspirations include:

Ponyo (2008)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Fantasia (1999)

The Last Unicorn (1982)

[glorious-sunset]

Character Names in LBFAD – Meaning and Significance

What’s in a name? For the characters of LBFAD (Love Between Fairy and Devil), a whole lot of hidden meanings! These are not apparent to English viewers. Here are my translations and interpretations of these meanings.

DongFang Qing Cang - 东方青苍: “East, Cyan, Dark blue”

The surname “DongFang” means East, the direction of the rising sun. Both Dongfang Qingcang’s (DFQC) personal terrace at Silent Moon Palace and the replica Arbiter Hall he built for Xiao Lanhua (XLH) face East, and capture the most beautiful sunrises. DFQC (and previous generations of DongFangs) are well-respected by their people and enjoy the best locations and residences in Cangyan Sea.

The “Cang” in DFQC was named for his realm, “Cang” Yan Sea, as he was expected to be its leader and follow the path set for him by his father, and Lady Yan before him. Lady Yan chose to rid herself of emotions in order to wield Hellfire, and DFQC’s father forced the same decision onto him. The hanzi (mandarin character) for “Cang” in DFQC and Cangyan Sea means dark blue, and the darkness of this colour represents the darkness of the path he was expected to follow.

But “Cang” is not the only colour in DFQC’s name! The “Qing” in his name means lighter shades of blue/green, or cyan. And despite his prescribed mission to emotionlessly conquer the three realms, DFQC has many lighter, more peaceful shades to his character that reveal themselves as the series progresses. He forms a friendship and brotherhood with his enemy Changheng, who shares with him a love of playing music, art and cuju! And he rises above the cruel dictator of Shuiyuntian who almost annihilated his people, by sending his people to aid Shuiyuntian.

Xiao Lan Hua - 小兰花: “Little Orchid Flower”

We are first introduced to our female lead as “Xiao Lanhua”, which is not a name, but a description of what she believes her true form to be, a little orchid flower. But this was a disguise given to her by her parents and upheld by Siming. Her real name is Xiyun.

Xi Yun - 息芸: “Every breath”

The character for “Xi” in XLH’s true name is the same as the “Xi” in her realm, “Xishan”, and means breath (of life). Just like DFQC, she is named for her realm, as she was the intended leader of Xishan as its Goddess. The Xilan tribe of Xishan had powerful healing magics, and hers is the most powerful of all, with the ability to resurrect the dead with her blood, thus providing the breath of life. She uses this to great effect, resurrecting DFQC in ep. 26, everyone who died on the battlefield in ep. 31, and freeing the 100,000 sealed soldiers of the Moon Tribe.

The “Yun” in her name meaning every, combined with “Xi” can be interpreted as “every breath”. Sadly, XLH’s every breath is for one purpose and brings her closer to her one destiny. She is fated to sacrifice herself to save the three realms from Taisui. If this had happened, then like Lady Chidi before her, her sacrifice would soon have been forgotten.

Chi Di - 赤地: “Red/Barren Earth”

The “Chi” in Lady Chidi’s name means red, and paired with “Di” meaning earth, can also mean barren earth. She is the only official in Shuiyuntian seen wearing Red, as even the current God of War, Changheng, conforms to the same white and pale blue robes that other officials wear. Chidi is therefore a standout who asserts her individuality and does not conform to expectations. Her way of thinking outside the box, led to DFQC and his 100,000 Moon Tribe soldiers being completely blindsided by her sacrifice 30,000 years ago. It also led to her breaking heaven’s laws to resurrect Ronghao, to her later detriment.

Chidi wields powerful earth magics, as represented by her name. These are so powerful that she is able to seal the 100,000 soldiers of the Moon Tribe within the barren earth of Xuanxu realm. Her mighty Shuofeng sword is also swallowed by the barren earth and her magic cannot be reversed without her primordial spirit.

Xun Feng - 巽风: “Obedient wind”

The “Xun” in Xunfeng means to obey, and the “Feng” means wind. His name can be interpreted as either “obedient to the wind” or an “obedient wind”. Like the wind, Xunfeng lacks substance, confidence and ability, and is disrespected by his people during DFQC’s imprisonment. Many contenders try to steal his position as Moon Supreme, and he almost dies on the Wind Plain until DFQC arrives to save him.

But Xunfeng cares fiercely for his people. In his attempt to protect them, he collaborates with Ronghao without knowing his identity or motivations. He is thus “obedient to the wind” where Ronghao is an unknown and unseen entity, like the wind. Xunfeng is unable to discern that Ronghao is keeping Cangyan Sea in a constant state of civil unrest and tormenting the souls of deceased Moon Tribe members until much later, with DFQC’s help!

Shang Que - 觞阙: “Watchtower”

“Que” meaning watchtower is an apt description for DFQC’s lieutenant and right-hand man. Shangque has many talents suiting him to this role! These include his ability to be stealthy, gather information discreetly, undertake covert missions successfully, act as a powerful defensive force, and a healing one due to his skill with Chinese medicine. Like a watchtower, he kept watch for 30,000 years during DFQC’s absence on all events occurring within the three realms. His loyalty and love for DFQC, whom he views as a brother and whose return he awaited for 30,000 years, are astounding!

 “Shang” paired with “Que” can mean lacking sustenance. This is the state Shangque was in when orphaned as a young boy, and many tried to take advantage of him and his dragon body. If not for DFQC saving him, he would likely have perished from hunger or been murdered :(

Jie Li - 结黎: “Dark knot”

Jieli suffers from much internal torment which is like a dark knot inside her. From the moment she was born, she never knew or received love, and was raised by people who continually exploited her, physically harming her and threatening her life. That she is even capable of loving and caring for others is a miracle! Unlike Shangque, nobody like DFQC ever stepped in to save her and care for her.

Jieli cares deeply for both XLH and Shangque. Her life under threat, she makes some bad choices such as spilling a drop of Chidi’s blood onto the Bone Orchid. This is one of many dark and knotty situations she encounters. Although she soon decides she would rather die than hurt XLH, Dieyi poisons Shangque to force her obedience.

Yun Zhong - 云中: “Among the clouds”

Yunzhong literally lives among the clouds, but his head is also in the clouds. He is very narrow-minded and cannot think outside the box. When XLH does not fit within the eight-class system of Shuiyuntian, he immediately decides she is Moon Tribe (even before the Bone Orchid protects her) without considering other possibilities. He is so strict with Changheng that he would rather execute the most powerful asset to Shuiyuntian (and his brother!!) than tolerate the slightest disobedience! Throughout the series, he is intent on exterminating the Moon Tribe and almost does in ep. 31 on completely false pretences.

Chang Heng - 长珩: “Steadfast bird”

Like the golden bird brooches that the celestials wear to represent their tribe, Changheng is a model citizen of Shuiyuntian. He is steadfast and loyal to his duties and puts these above his personal desires. When trying to rescue XLH from Cangyan Sea in ep. 13, he is honest with her that he cannot break the rules of Shuiyuntian, and only hopes that Yunzhong will be reasonable and lenient towards her! Changheng is far more steadfast and loyal than the average celestial. He is the only one apart from Ronghao to visit Chidi’s grave on her death anniversary, honours his brotherhood with DFQC after returning to the immortal world, and after learning Ronghao’s secret identity, listens to his side of the story.

Dan Yin - 丹音: “Crimson tidings”

Twice, Danyin is the bearer of important news, relaying her visions from the Tianji mirror to the sacrifice of her own desires. First, she tells a wounded and imprisoned Changheng about his wedding to XLH in the mortal realm, causing him to start a mortal tribulation. Then, she tells Yunzhong and the High Council about XLH’s true identity as the Goddess, saving Changheng from execution and leading to his wedding with XLH.

Rong Hao - 容昊: “Vastly compromising”

Ronghao has “one tiny earthly desire”, that his beloved master can live. What he is prepared to do to achieve this includes burning the souls of dead celestials and Moon tribe, massacring the entire Xilan population including their women and children, forcing his master to endure 30,000 years of cruel mortal tribulations and using evil qi to keep her alive. His willingness to vastly compromise both himself and her leaves Lady Chidi aghast.

Die Yi - 蝶衣: “Butterfly costume”

Dieyi is a shape-shifter and the different forms she takes, butterfly or woman, are her costumes, which help her to be sneaky and nefarious.

Xie Wanqing - 谢惋卿: “Withering sigh”

Having forgotten her life as Lady Chidi, Xie Wanqing feels incomplete without knowing why, expressed by her sad sighs. Chidi is forced to endure countless mortal tribulations just like this one and die (wither) repeatedly. (In the novel, in each of these lives she is condemned to be murdered by the one she loves!)

Xiao Run - 萧润: “Mournful wealth”

Both Xiao Run and his true self as Changheng come from positions of wealth and noble status. But both of them mourn the loss of freedom that comes from this – although Xiao Run is more of a carefree rebel! :D

Si Ming - 司命: “Arbiter of fate”

Using the power of her position as Arbiter of Fate, Siming has repeatedly defied heaven’s laws and changed fate! She resurrects Ronghao as an immortal, creating a new destiny leaf for him. She released the convicted dragon Chang Yuan and married him. And she instructs DFQC on how to also defy nature’s laws and change destiny! :D

Chang Yuan - 长渊 “Steadfast abyss”

He is the deep abyss that Siming falls into, as in choosing him, she accepts the fate of being imprisoned with him in the Ruins of Myriad Heavens for the rest of eternity. But at least he is steadfastly loyal to her.

Tai Sui - 太岁: “Very Ancient”

This most ancient of tricksters could not be defeated by numerous generations of Goddesses, who merely sealed him beneath Xishan. Over his very long life spanning hundreds of millenia, he has learned to tell whatever lies are needed to manipulate others and ensure his survival.

Here is a link to my article: Location Names in LBFAD – Meaning and Significance

All of my LBFAD articles can be viewed with the tag #lbfad reflections (hyperlinked) and the table of contents to these is here.

[kingfaramund]

Lums

Some concept doodles of my headcanon of what Lums are. I like to imagine them are literal dragon-fly esque, sort of bug like but with long, arboreal arms and giant eyes. They're relatively featureless and ethereal in nature, but are recognized by some form of a O/halo marking, either on their heads or tails. They're invisible, weaving and creating the fibers of the worlds web like the unseen flickering neurons of someone's deepest dreaming- they're truly primordial in nature. Only those within the highest fairy council and great wizards can see and speak to these luminaries, but even then their questions and understanding remain mysterious because of their vagueness. Rayman is the exception though.

[simply-whump]

Love You Seven Times (七时吉祥) - Whump List

Whumpee : Chu Kong played by Ding Yu Xi

Synopsis : Xiang Yun was originally a cloud, but was later transformed into a fairy by the Red Thread Master and worked in the Marriage Pavilion. Xiangyun volunteered to help her master to find Immortal Chu Kong, the God of War, a marriage partner but later got caught auctioning his marriage. The two quarrelled and accidentally messed up the red thread of fate, leading to an entanglement between the two that last for several lifetimes. However, their fate started way earlier, in a memory that both of them didn't have. (MDL)

Genres : Romance, Wuxia, Historical, Fantasy

Warning! Possible spoilers below!

Chu Kong

Ep 1 : None

Ep 2 : Staggering, holding his head, seeing some lost memories — Has a headache 

Ep 3 : Drunk

Ep 4 : Hit with a wooden bar, restrained, hit on his arm repeatedly, slashed by a sword while protecting someone, passes out, concern for him — Unconscious in bed, arm bandaged — Wakes up — Pretending to still be injured (comedic)

Ep 5 : None

Ep 6 : Holding his arm in pain (not fully recovered)

Ep 7 : Hot water spilled on his hand, concern for him

Ep 8 : Crying — Fighting, slashed by a sword, hit multiple times, crawling on the ground, watches his parents die in front of him, distressed, bleeding from the mouth, saved, half carried, unconscious

Ep 9 : Unconscious, looked after — Wakes up, crying — Struggling to walk, in pain, wound treated — Wound treated, wincing — Fighting while still injured, holding his shoulder

Ep 10-11 : None

Ep 12 : Fighting, shot, bleeding from the mouth, concern for him, cut, collapses to one knee, struggling to get up, crying — Crying, his loved one dies in his arm, screaming — Hair turned white

Ep 13 : (Flashback) Lying on the ground unconscious

Ep 14 : Crying

Ep 15 :In a wheelchair

Ep 16 : Sick after eating some mushrooms (comedic)

Ep 17 : Pretends to cough and to be weak (in a wheelchair) — Seems unwell, holding his chest, concern for him

Ep 18 : Coughing — Given medicine — Goes into a snowy mountain even though he is sick, struggling to walk, holding his chest, worried for someone, groaning in pain — Bitten (comedic)

Ep 19 : Bleeding slightly from the mouth — Coughing

Ep 20 : Fighting, spitting blood, concern for him, passes out — Unconscious in bed, pulse taken, bleeding from the mouth, concern for him, wakes up, weak — In a wheelchair, in pain, holding his chest, stabbed by someone he trusted, bleeding from the mouth — In a wheelchair, coughing — Fighting even though he is very weak, spitting blood

Ep 21 : Fighting, grabs a blade with his bare hand, hand bandaged, gives his heart to his loved one (literally), hair turned white, collapses, concern for him, dies 

Ep 22 : In bed with a stab wound, swapped soul with the female lead (comedic)

Ep 23 : Drugged, passes out, gets his soul back in his body

Ep 24 : Fighting while being injured by two arrows — Surrounded, dies 

Ep 25 : None

Ep 26 : Drunk — Attacked, struggling to get free from some dark magic, saved

Ep 27-29 : None

Ep 30 : Using a lot of power, bleeding from the mouth, passes out, concern for him — Unconscious in bed

Ep 31 : Wakes up — Struggling to resist against some powerful magic, bleeding from the mouth, worried for someone, collapses to one knee, magic used on him, groaning in pain, passes out 

Ep 32 : Hit with a very powerful magical arrow, disintegrates on the spot, concern for him

Ep 33 : Drugged with aphrodisiac, feeling hot 

Ep 34 : Briefly dizzy — Weak, holding his head

Ep 35-36 : None

Ep 37 : Enters a dangerous place, cuts on his face, spitting blood, struggling, in pain, hit by a magical whip, spitting blood — Primordial spirit destroyed, collapses to his knees, bleeding from the mouth, concern for him

Ep 38 : (Previous scene continues) Dying, concern for him, crying, dies, disintegrates 

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