#go chungmyung

[iicomet]

(In which the beloved senior of mount hua ponders over a selfish person's final moments.)

(gn!reader - second pov, angst.)

(tw! mention of blood, war.)

It all happened at that moment.

A moment so short, it could hardly be considered a second. You wondered why you thought it felt like eons when it only lasted in a blink of an eye, or rather— a look in the eye.

Sometimes you feel like you've already made peace with the past. Your heart no longer aches for the fleeting memories of a childhood innocence, your tongue no longer tastes bitter at the sheer mention of them. You no longer need to spend countless nights weeping over your imaginary scenarios, the what-ifs, the pleases, and the if onlys.

After so, so long, you've grown. Finally, at last, you'll be able to live in the present with no more strings tying you to the past, chaining you down and cutting into your skin with each step, forcing piercing tears to fall down your eyes as you tried to deny it all and smile in front of your juniors who knew nothing. They, who you protected with your life, were oblivious to the shadows that hid behind their beloved senior; They, who only lived under the wings of their seniors and sect leaders, were unaware of the tattered and stained wings their senior owned, as if it was natural, as if it had been there all along. Him, who thought he had seen it all, were still so, so unsuspecting of your obvious lies—

—Of your past, your pain, your love.

—Of your experiences, your heartbreak, your one and only.

Lovely senior, perhaps if you had heeded their warnings and opened up, allowed those who wished to understand to learn, then perhaps your demise would've been like the you you presented to your people.

Peaceful.

Instead, you've shown the whole world who you truly are, destroying your perfect reputation with your foolishness.

In a frenzied haze of battle-struck wounds, with the blood that your parents had given you flowing out uncontrollably and returning to the earth, with the tears that you used to hide away in your eyes staining your cheeks as you looked so pitifully vulnerable in front of all those who had seen you as a warrior.

You felt shame.

That was how the world was going to remember you.

That was how they will remember you.

That was how he will remember you.

Their senior, always so strong, had turned out to be the weakest among them all. Their senior, who had given everything to them, had turned out to be the most selfish person they had known. How could you give up on them and leave them behind like that? How could you throw away everything just for a lost memory? How could you, How could you how could you how could you how could you—

—How could they ever respect someone like that from now on?

You wished you could laugh, but the voice you thought you had had given up on you as well.

Maybe, in another life, you could be stronger. Maybe, in another life, you could start again and be better.

Maybe, in another life, you could meet them again.

"I'm sorry, Mount Hua."

Maybe, in another life, your wishes would come true.

(In which he ponders over the final moments of his senior.)

(ooc? chungmyung and gn!reader - second pov, angst.)

    When did everything go so wrong?

  He knew that there would be losses in this fight— it was against the heavenly demon, after all. He was ready to watch his companions die before him, watch the way they take the last of their breaths and watch them lose their life fighting. He knew that that might be his own fate as well, but he knew he had to keep fighting.

  He just never expected your death to be one of the firsts.

  Your death was so stupid as well, to save someone else instead of your own life? Were you dumb? They could've saved themselves. He knew they were strong enough. You knew they were strong enough. You were strong enough to win.

  So why did you just go ahead and die? What made you give up on your own spirit and hesitate in a moment of war, even when you're the one who took this opponent for yourself? He couldn’t understand the train of your thoughts, and even after all those years spent trying, he never seemed to be able to.

  He wished he did, though.

  He watched the way your eyes widened briefly at the strike, your blood rushing out of your body with a splatter and draining your face of its color. The grip on your weapon loosened, but you still held onto it like it was your lifeline. You gritted your teeth, ignoring the way blood dripped down your own skin like it was sweat and rushed forward, swinging your weapon towards everyone but the person who struck you first. 

  It was a cinematic beauty. The dark skies and heavy atmosphere, your strong and undefeatable spirit, a light against dark situation. The way your eyes shone with so much determination, even if the same light was slowly disappearing with each passing moment. Your sword, once smooth and powerful, struck with force that seemed to be filled with pain and regret.

  He wonders, centuries later— was it your wounds that made you this way? Or was it the scars in your heart that had reopened the moment you saw your opponent, causing you to falter? 

  He sighs. He’ll never know.

  The words you mouthed to him at the last moment as well, the desperation and guilt over taking you as you still tried to reassure him in your final moments from afar. Stupid senior.

You’re the one hurt, not him.

You’re the one who’s surrounded with enemies, your strength depleting quickly, not him. 

  You’re the one dying, not him. 

So, so foolish. So, so reckless. So, so arrogant.

So, so foolish. So, so reckless. So, so arrogant.

 (He ignores the reminder of who he was truly describing at that moment.)

  Chung Myung blinks, his vision blurring despite the tears that welled up in his eyes. No, it’s just the rain. He doesn’t cry, he’s not weak enough to cry over matters like this. After all, he had just decapitated the heavenly demon, the one who took away his comrades, his Mount Hua, his senior.

  He huffed, the adrenaline rushing out of his system as the regret began to flood in. Ah, he really should’ve trained harder. He really should’ve listened. He wondered, what will become of Mount Hua after this? What will happen to everyone else? He worries, worries so much, but there wasn’t enough time to think.

  His eyes began to fail him, his body falling to the ground. It felt soft, despite the hardships the people below him had carried. At that moment, he thought he saw his senior, crawling over to him with tears in their eyes, weakly calling out to him. He thought he could feel their familiar warmth, hugging his slowly freezing body that was sticky with blood. 

  “Chung-myung…Don’t go, Chung Myung.”

  He hears, desperate and anguished. 

  He felt like laughing. Did his mind go crazy during the fight? His senses were all wrong now. How could he hear the voice of someone dead? They’re gone. Now, even his senior who always caught him in his mischief, couldn’t catch him anymore. He laughed—or rather, he tried— but failed, his voice stopping at his lungs that had begun to disappoint him as well.

  Maybe, just maybe—he’ll see his seniors in heaven.

  Even if he wouldn’t, he could always just fight gods to make sure he could meet them again.

  Unfortunately, it was just a hopeless wish. How foolish of him, to even think it would come true. Perhaps this is karma for being the way he was when they were all still here.

  (But, at least he’ll see them again soon.)

[gojosatoruwifey]

Any thoughts on what Chungmyung will react if reader became a villain? The reader let her thoughts consume her (almost like an erosion) causing her to leave the sect and encounter a demon or smth?. A what if another outcome from your comfort drabble (that became an angst now HAHAHAHA) if Chungmyung was not there to comfort her thoughts. ANGST ANGST ANGSTTTTTTTTTTTT

when you said erosion, it made me think about mara-struck from hsr (◕ ワ ◕✿) where some of the characters, jingliu and blade, are affected by it but for cultivators in the world of xianxia/wuxia, this is called qi deviation. it is caused by improper use of cultivation, distractions during cultivation or bad cultivation (ex. demonic cultivation) and then the affected cultivator suffers from either backlashes, they go mentally challenged and even leads them to death.

for reader, i think if they qi deviate, they are most likely to think that they are in the past where the demonic cult still runs rampant. their mind imposing that they are in the middle of the war where the smell of blood is what they are used to. to anything their eyes set into, they thought it as a member of the cult, driven by a terrifying will to cut off any semblance. to put it briefly, they don't recognize the present. if reader will become a villain, i think chung myung is quiet while his mind thinks about where the fuck everything goes wrong. one moment, you are still standing beside him. then the other, you’re looking at him like a stranger before him. betrayed, he will demand answers to what the hell are you doing. why are you not beside him? are you possessed? do you really choose that path? did something happen? can he solve whatever problem you are facing?

chung myung is confused. a heavy heart makes it hard to breathe. mind racing to process this. unable to see the underlying issues, that you are suffering from qi deviation.

while he is aware that humans are unpredictable creatures — their deeds and intentions can’t hide their inherent nature — for all people, why you? is it wrong for him to trust you from the very beginning when he found out you’re just like him? that he found someone where he feels safe? his emotions free for you to reign, his knuckles had turned white gripping the scabbard tight.

a flower pleasant to look at, petals shining as the sun cast light on its shape, the breeze lightly swayed the corolla enticing for the spectator to touch it as they may find the flower attractive, only to send them into a painful daze – just a brush and chung myung is attacked by tremors as burning pain swells inside him.

anything other than this, once he realizes.

chung myung yearned to awaken you from your misery, but how could he? your dry, tired eyes stared at him unblinkingly. how can he rouse someone who hasn't slept in days, weeks, or even months?

was he to kill the only person alive left who understands him more than anyone?

the snow-buried tales in this mountain, will this confrontation, too, wait for a traveler to dig the bitter truth as the unforgiving howling winds? 

the trail of red sickeningly contrasts the white of snow, head turning away, blind eye. as fate falters carrying one’s wishes.

that night, the plum blossoms mourn your passing.

[ge]

🐌 : haven't sent anything for so long i forgor how i formatted these lmaooo

anyways been thinking abt how chungmyung/qingming (青明) which could loosely mean clear sky and he died under a clear sky, was found under one, was reincarnated under one ;;; how his 青明 sounds like 清明节 (qīng míng jié) or known as hungry ghosts festival colloquially in some parts, a festival of honouring the dead, and how he spends entirely of his second life honouring the deaths from his first life — his home his family his friends and loved ones... maybe hwagwi was always a ghost story,,, one where they're always going to linger at every corner of his life, one where he's going to watch people die again and he's going to see a living ghost and at the very end he'll watch himself die all over again.... yeah.....

you have no fucking idea how often i think about this.. u reminded me what biga said in regards to chung myungs name in his birthday interview almost a year ago... a person who NEEDS to be bright..he is a bright person who wants to be bright until the end... ooh i feel faint

[bunbitti]

Saw an instagram clip about Fangs of Fortune and got interested enough to watch some, and then learned about an e-shou (reddit post cataloguing the demon/beast types; I forgot what the English captions translated it to) aka a rabbit-like beast that likes to speak lies and rarely says the truth; in the show, the human form of one was said by the FL to be affirming the saying that a person is better at lying the cuter they are

The e-shou in the show also only seems to be able to speak the opposite of the truth/opposite of what her heart wants, with the exception being right before death

Anyway-

Headcanons of Songbaek and an e-shou reader

Of course, you take interest in him. He's cute

Unfortunately it's not like you're the sort of beast that's in the Nanman Beast Palace (at least you can otherwise be seen as human??), so a creature that always has to lie and can take a human form is probably seen more like a demon. Demons are seen as bad (see that war about a hundred years ago)

So you can only admire that cutie pie handsome martial artist from afar while living in your little spot near Xian and pretending that you're mute to get around that dang speaking = lying issue, since telling the truth requires a lot of effort if you're not on death's door

Your clumsy butt bumps into him

"Screw off!"

...

That was supposed to be "I'm sorry". And now you can't act like you're mute

Your hands fly to your mouth and you bow really low

He's confused. You just insulted him and now you're bowing? He's never heard of this sort of problem before (plus there hasn't been much reason for him to read through manuals about the descriptions of demons and beasts), yet here you are

"Uh.. it's alright. Are you okay?"

For now, he might as well give you the benefit of the doubt (your panicked eyes tell him that wasn't a thing you wanted to do, so an entire misunderstanding arc is unlikely; even when he learns what you are, he figures that someone as violent as Chungmyung can be good, so you having good intentions is also very possible)

You nod, and point at him to ask him the same in return

Of course he's okay. This is Songbaek. He's not going to topple over from bumping into a single person

Eventually he learns about your very strong tendency to say the opposite of the truth and encourages you to just talk; he'll figure it out and translate it mentally, and he doesn't want you having to wave your hands at him all of the time (and your voice is nice)

"That's boring" = "that's very cool"

Then insults become compliments when he's practicing or talking about something with you

Sometimes he has to make himself not translate things to their opposite when everyone else talks to him (almost got himself in a fight)

Romance-wise - if he says "I love you", you say "I hate you" and he nods and snuggles you closer

Intimate times are more awkward with consent; in the moment, of course, his mind won't be as good at going for the opposite, so anything wild is off the table and he's careful to let you initiate or do something like closing the distance for a kiss, etc

Songbaek tries to go to you instead of having you go to him, and only when he's sure the others will leave him alone (relatively easy during that period of time where they ostracized him for going back to the original Zhongnan techniques), because having to introduce someone as a beast that usually only lies is awkward, and also saying you're hanging out with or dating this peculiar being is only going to bring a lot of questions and remarks he doesn't have the energy for dealing with yet; he does eventually do so (we're acting like there won't be a war), but sneaking you in as an odd-looking rabbit also becomes a habit for bedtime

Heavens forbid you die, let alone away from him, but if it happens, he deserves hearing that genuine "I love you" from your lips before you're gone forever

Would keep that little core thing you leave behind after your body fades into floating particles - why would he leave behind the last tangible part of you he has? He's keeping that thing and talks to it sometimes like Chungmyung talks to his dead sahyung

[straykidsnerd255]

Can I request plum blossom saint Chungmyung falling in love with a freader who works at a bar/resturaunt he freaquents at?

Enjoy this little drabble! Thanks for the request and I am sorry this came out so late!

Chung Myung groaned in irritation as he entered his favorite bar and found it full. “Ah, sir! I have a table reserved just for you in the back. Follow me.” Your kind voice made him momentarily forget that he was angry. He followed you back towards the table you had mentioned and found that it was the same table that he would always sit at back before he died. He saw how clean it was and that it was marked by a ‘reserved’ card. Not many bars/restaurants do this for him even if he goes there hundreds of times a day. 

He told you what he wanted and you swiftly went to the back to get what he wanted made and prepared. As he waited, he noticed that you would go back and forth between the kitchen and customers. Not long after he had ordered, you were placing the food on the table along with the sake and cup. You bowed before going back over to the other tables. As he ate and drank, the sun began to set and everyone soon left. 

“Is there no one else that can help you?” He suddenly asked as he was getting ready to leave as well. You shook your head as you were wiping down the table. “They all quit when the person that hired me said I would be working here.” You answered. Chung Myung felt his eye twitch before he gently took your hand in his. “Why don’t you tell the person who hired you that you quit and come with me up to Mount Hua? You can work there.” He said. You thought for a moment but smiled at him and politely declined. “I can’t unfortunately. I am in charge of my younger siblings and need to be there for them.” You said. 

Chung Myung noticed the look in your eyes and felt his heart thump painfully in his chest. “Could I ask you what happened to your parents?” He asked. You stopped what you were doing and felt tears fill your eyes. You placed the washcloth on the table and turned back to face him. “My parents died a few years ago. This job is the only thing keeping me and my younger siblings from living on the streets.” You said, grabbing the cloth and began cleaning again. Chung Myung thought for a moment before smacking his fist to his hand. 

“You and your siblings can come and live up at Mount Hua.”

{5 months later}

You watched your brother’s train with the rest of the students from Mount Hua and couldn’t be prouder. You looked up when you felt a presence behind you and smiled warmly. Chung Myung looked down at you with soft smile on his lips before he squatted down. You turned around to face him, leaning forward and pressing your lips to his. You smiled when you felt his hands holding your face. Your heart bursting with love. Pulling away when air became necessary, you turned and leaned your back against his chest. “Thank you for finding me in that bar. I don’t know where I would be right now.” She whispered. Chung Myung smiled before holding his hand out, palm up. You smiled and placed your hand on his, your palm facing his. He closed his hand over your hand before you could pull away, making you giggle. You both sat and continued watching the other train before Chung Myung stood up and helped you up. 

“Why don’t we go take a little walk?” He asked, a gentle smile, much different from the smiles he gives the other boys, making you giggle. He held his hand out to you and you happily took his hand. You both left and walked out of the Mount Hua training grounds where Chung Myung took you back into town to walk around. Your smile was the most important thing to him and he would do anything to keep that smile on your face.

[brookstonalmanac]

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Adventure Time (Animated TV Series; 2010)

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Married… with Children (TV Series; 1987)

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Monkey Man (Film; 2024)

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One Dance, by Drake (Song; 2016)

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Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings (Novel; 1982) [Belgariad #1]

Pete Kelly’s Blues (TV Series; 1959)

Phoney Balony (Columbi Favorites; 1956)

Pinball Wizard, by The Who (Song; 1969)

Plastered in Paris (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

Practice Makes Perfect (Fable Scrappy Cartoon; 1940)

Pretty Baby (Film; 1978)

River Ribbers (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Shazam! (Film; 2019)

A Single Happened Thing, by Daniel Paisner (Novel; 1955)

Sister Golden Hair, by America (Song; 1975)

Smash and Grab (SparkShorts Pixar Cartoon; 2019)

Something To Be, by Matchbox Twenty (Album; 2005)

Spinning Mice (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

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The Sugarland Express (Film; 1974)

Super Mario Bros.: The Movie (Animated Film; 2023)

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Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, by Charles Ives (Symphony; 1946)

Tee Time (Copley Pictures Cartoon; 1931)

These Eyes, by the Guess Who (Song; 1969)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, by Horace McCoy (Novel; 1935)

Tracy Chapman, by Tracy Chapman (Album; 1988)

The Tracey Ullman Show (TV Series; 1987)

Unicorn Store (Film; 2019)

Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

We Are the World (Song; 1985)

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Irena, Rimvydas, Zenius, Zenonas, Žygintė (Lithuania)

Eiril, Eirin, Irene (Norway)

Borzywoj, Irena, Wincenty (Poland)

Agatopod, Teodul (Romania)

Miroslava (Slovakia)

Vicente (Spain)

Irene, Irja, Nanna (Sweden)

Chandra, Ethelburga, Irene, Irina, Tyler, Tylor (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Bette Day

National Spencer Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 95 of 2025; 270 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 8 (Jia-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 27 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 1-10) [Day 5 of 10]

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 6 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 23 March 2025

Moon: 55%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 11 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hero]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 7 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 16 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 6 Cyan; Sixthday [6 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 16 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 22 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 16 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 38)

[brookston]

Holidays 4.5

Holidays

Accelerate ACL Awareness Among Young Women Day

Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanthi (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, India)

Bell Bottoms Day

Birth Syndrome Awareness Day

Children’s Day (Palestine)

Chungmyung Day (North Korea)

Day of the Palestinian Child

Easter Island Day

First Contact Day (Star Trek)

1stLinePit Pitch Day

45 ACP Day

405 Day

German-Americans Day

Global Crowdfunding Day

Go For Broke Day

Golden Rule Day

Gold Star Spouses Day

Guy Fieri Day (Ferndale, California)

International Calm Day

International Day of Conscious (UN)

International Dimetrodon Day

International OCNDS Awareness Day

International Poppers Day

Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

Lady Luck Day

Make Your Children Laugh Day

National Biomechanics Day

National Black Women’s Labor Day

National Body Care Day

National Feelings Day

National Flash Drive Day

National Gold Star Spouses Day

National Hockey Card Day

National Maritime Day (India)

National Nebraska Day

National Read a Roadmap Day (a.k.a. Learn to Read a Roadmap Day)

National Recommit to Your Fitness Day

National Self Care Day

National Star Phone Certification Day

National Wear Blue for Child Abuse Prevention

Origin of the Species Day

R.E.M. Day

Sikmogil (Arbor Day; South Korea)

Super Sentai Day

Talk Talk Day

Veto Day

Western Hemisphere Ports Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Doughnation Day (Canada)

Molasses Day

National Caramel Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

National Nacho Flay Day

National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Peeps Day

Nature Celebrations

Fig Tree Day (Wealth & Abundance; Korean Birth Flowers)

Lettuce Day (French Republic)

National Dandelion Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Pangasinan Province Day (Philippines; 1850)

1st Saturday in April

Belgian Beer Day ( website ) [1st Saturday]

Every Day is Tag Day [1st Saturday]

International Firewalk Day [1st Saturday]

International Pillow Fight Day [1st Saturday]

International Table Top Day [1st Saturday]

National DIY Day [1st Saturday]

National Birding Day [1st Saturday]

National Handmade Day [1st Saturday]

National Love Our Children Day [1st Saturday]

National Play Outside Day [1st Saturday of Every Month]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Satyr's Day (Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions) [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sleep Over Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Social Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Sorry Charlie Day [1st Saturday]

Sourdough Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

Tangible Karma Day [1st Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 5 (1st Week of April)

National Robotics Week (thru 4.13)

National Wildlife Week (thru 4.9)

Week of the Young Child (thru 4.11)

Festivals On or Beginning April 5, 2025

Armageddon Expo (Christchurch, New Zealand) [thru 4.6]

Boston Wine Expo (Boston, Massachusetts) [thru 4.6]

Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.6]

CNY Maple Festival (Marathon, New York) [thru 4.6]

The Daffodil Festival and Parade (Pierce County, Washington

East Coast She Crab Soup Classic (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

Edinburgh International Science Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) [thru 4.20]

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival (Elmira, Canada)

FACTS (Ghent, Belgium) [thru 4.6]

The Farmers’ Table Wine Trail (Hermann, Missouri)

Iowa Eats: Food & Drink Festival (Waterloo, Iowa)

Lodi Wine Festival (Lodi, California)

Maryland Chicken Wing Festival (Crownsville, Maryland)

Not Ya Mama's Chili Cookoff (Calhoun, Louisiana)

Pennsylvania Maple Festival (Meyersdale, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.6 & 4.9-13]

Rehoboth Gumbo Crawl (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)

Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California (Irwindale, California) [thru 5.18]

Scarborough Renaissance Festival (Waxahachie, Texas) [thru 4.20]

Sourdough Bread Festival (Cherry Valley, California) [thru 4.20]

Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.6]

Wine & Food Festival (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum VII (Pagan)

Æthelburh of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Albert of Montecorvino (Christian; Saint)

Anthony Horowitz (Writerism)

April Showers Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Becan of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Derfel Gadarn (Christian; Saint)

Easter (Christian) [original date; 33 C.E.]

Ethulburga of Lyminge (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Kuan Yin (Chinese Goddess of Healing, Mercy, Compassion & Forgiveness; Everyday Wicca)

Fortuna Publica (Festival of Good Luck; Ancient Rome)

Bring Fairies’ Welcome Party (Shamanism)

Gerald of Sauve-Majeure (Christian; Saint)

Hero (Positivist; Saint)

Juliana of Liège (Christian; Saint)

Maria Crescentia Höss (Christian; Saint)

Mariano de la Mata (Christian; Blessed)

Nones of April (Ancient Rome)

Pandita Mary Ramabai (Episcopal Church (USA))

Passover begins (at Sundown; a.k.a. Pesach; Judaism) [Nisan 15]

Pizza Day (Pastafarian)

Robert Bloch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ruadhán of Lorrha (Christian; Saint)

Scuzzina (Muppetism)

Sunning of the Buddha (Tibet)

Ta’anit Bechorot (Firstborn Fast Day; Judaism) [14 Nisan]

Tigernach of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Unbidden Three Day (Fear, Jealousy & Love; Celtic Book of Days)

Vincent Ferrer (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 8 (Jia-Chen)

Day Pillar: Wood Dragon

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Establish Day (建 Jian) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: Qing Ming Jie

Secular Saints Days

Arthur Adams (Art)

Herbert Bayer (Art)

Lawrence Bell (Science)

Robert Bloch (Literature)

Antoni Clavé (Art)

Roger Corman (Entertainment)

Bette Davis (Entertainment)

Thure de Thulstrup (Art)

Jules Dupré (Art)

Thomas Hobbes (Philosophy)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Art)

Arthur Hailey (Literature)

Deborah Harkness (Literature)

Anthony Horowitz (Literature)

Enrico Mazzanti (Art)

Gregory Peck (Entertainment)

Franz Pforr (Art)

Ruth Smith (Art)

Algernon Charles Swinburne (Literature)

Akira Toriyama (Art)

Spencer Tracy (Entertainment)

Stanley Turrentine (Music)

Herbert von Karajan (Music)

Booker T. Washington (Education)

Pharrell Williams (Music)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Nēmontēmi, Day 1 (of 5) [Aztec unlucky or fasting days, taking place between 4.5-4.18]

Premieres

Adventure Time (Animated TV Series; 2010)

Air (Film; 2023)

Amadeus (Film; 1985)

The Art of Vacationing (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

The Barnyard Concert (Mickey Mouse Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Brockmire (TV Series; 2017)

Bullwinkle’s Battle Plan or Civil Defense (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 360; 1965)

Calamity in Kent, by John Rowland (Novel; 1950)

Carnegie Hall Concert, recorded by Chicago (Concert Album; 1971)

Carrie, by Stephen King (Novel; 1974)

Clowning (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Crystal Brawl (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1957)

Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss (Operetta; 1874)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (Disney Cartoon; 1940)

Double Trouble (Film; 1967)

Flying Oil, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Glee Worms (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

The Greatest Show on Earth (Gaumont Kartoon Komics; 1916)

It Must Be Love (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Kiddin; the Kitten (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Ko-Ko’s Saxaphonies (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1929)

The Little Mole (MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Live and Let Die, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1954) [James Bond #2]

Married… with Children (TV Series; 1987)

The Marrying Man (Film; 1991)

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory or Moose’s in the Col’ Col’ Ground (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 359; 1965)

Monkey Man (Film; 2024)

Moon Pilot (Film; 1962)

Moonraker, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1955) [James Bond #3]

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

Old Black Joe (Fleischer Screen Songs Cartoon; 1929)

One Dance, by Drake (Song; 2016)

A One Man Submarine (Gaumont Reel Life Cartoon; 1917)

Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings (Novel; 1982) [Belgariad #1]

Pete Kelly’s Blues (TV Series; 1959)

Phoney Balony (Columbi Favorites; 1956)

Pinball Wizard, by The Who (Song; 1969)

Plastered in Paris (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

Practice Makes Perfect (Fable Scrappy Cartoon; 1940)

Pretty Baby (Film; 1978)

River Ribbers (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Shazam! (Film; 2019)

A Single Happened Thing, by Daniel Paisner (Novel; 1955)

Sister Golden Hair, by America (Song; 1975)

Smash and Grab (SparkShorts Pixar Cartoon; 2019)

Something To Be, by Matchbox Twenty (Album; 2005)

Spinning Mice (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

The Sugarland Express (Film; 1974)

Super Mario Bros.: The Movie (Animated Film; 2023)

Swash Buckled (Loopy De Loop Cartoon; 1962)

Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, by Charles Ives (Symphony; 1946)

Tee Time (Copley Pictures Cartoon; 1931)

These Eyes, by the Guess Who (Song; 1969)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, by Horace McCoy (Novel; 1935)

Tracy Chapman, by Tracy Chapman (Album; 1988)

The Tracey Ullman Show (TV Series; 1987)

Unicorn Store (Film; 2019)

Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

We Are the World (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Crescentia, Vinzenz (Austria)

Irena, Vinko (Croatia)

Miroslava (Czech Republic)

Irene (Denmark)

Ireene, Irene, Reena, Reene, Rena, Renate (Estonia)

Ira, Irene, Irina, Iro (Finland)

Irène (France)

Crescentia, Juliana, Juliane, Vinzenz (Germany)

Giota, Giotis, Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panagis, Panagos, Panagiota, Panayota, Panagioula, Panagoula, Pani, Panikos, Panos, Panousos, Pegie, Pegy, Takis, Tota, Toula, Yiota, Yiotis (Greece)

Vince (Hungary)

Cenzo, Eva, Vincenzo (Italy)

Mirjama, Vidaga, Vija, Virdžīnija (Latvia)

Irena, Rimvydas, Zenius, Zenonas, Žygintė (Lithuania)

Eiril, Eirin, Irene (Norway)

Borzywoj, Irena, Wincenty (Poland)

Agatopod, Teodul (Romania)

Miroslava (Slovakia)

Vicente (Spain)

Irene, Irja, Nanna (Sweden)

Chandra, Ethelburga, Irene, Irina, Tyler, Tylor (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Bette Day

National Spencer Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 95 of 2025; 270 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 8 (Jia-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 27 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 1-10) [Day 5 of 10]

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 6 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 23 March 2025

Moon: 55%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 11 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hero]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 7 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 16 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 6 Cyan; Sixthday [6 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 16 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 22 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 16 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 38)

[sxn-clair]

inuyasha as 고청명 from hotel del luna

[hedabitchincharge]

After 84 years of being lazy, I picked up video-editing again just to make a tribute for these two.

[day6edits]

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phone wallpaper

[hiddenwashington]

to our kdrama anon, we would love to see kang saebyeok, jiyeong, seong gihun, abdul ali, hwang junho, han minyeo, and cho sangwoo from squid game, seo ji-wan and yoon sol from nevertheless, kim shin, wang yeo, ji euntak, and kim sun from goblin, and jang manwol, gu chansung, jung soojung, ji hyunjoong, and go chungmyung from hotel del luna! if there are specific characters that you need suggestions for we would be more than happy to offer a list, but we would love to have any fc you think would fit your muse!

[iicomet]

(rewrite-ish) part II

(In which he ponders over the final moments of his senior.) (ooc? chungmyung and gn!reader - third to second pov, angst.)

(tw! mention of blood, war.)

  In his blurred memories of blood and violence, he wonders where everything went wrong. 

  He wished it was just a simple, ‘oh, senior accidentally stumbled on their feet and landed on their face right in front of their enemies!’. But honestly, when had the gods ever favored him? If not him, when had the Gods ever favored his senior? He swore that perhaps the ever benevolent senior had wronged a deity in their past life, for their misfortune and their sufferings shouldn’t be given to a saint like them.

  Or maybe that stupidly kind senior took the blame of a friend and gained their curses instead. That sounded much more plausible, to be frank. He wished he could grumble about it, but a part of him wonders why his senior became like this. 

  Even if he wanted to, it’s not like he could ask them now.

  Chung Myung was no fool. He knew that in a war, there would be casualties, even if he was the strongest. It’s a dog-eat-dog kind of world out there, especially when the apex predator in this situation is the so-called heavenly demon Cheonma. In that situation, even him, who was renowned as the ‘plum blossom sword saint’, a person who would wreck others’ swords and pride easily with a single blow, felt like a mere rabbit struggling for survival. 

  It’s so, so tiring. It hurts so, so much.

 Chung Myung could feel his blood drip down his skin, mixing with his sweat and producing a disgusting smell he tried to ignore. If Senior was around, maybe they would swat him away with a disgusted expression, telling him to go clean up or something. They would pinch their nose and scrunch up their eyebrows, a deep frown decorating their usual calm and collected face. During those moments, it was times where he would either be a good junior brother and obey his senior’s requests, or he would annoy them and stick closer to them, earning several frustrated shouts and futile attempts to pry him off.

  He wonders, how his senior was managing? Someone as strong as them, would surely be able to fend themselves easily, right?

  Oh, how he wished he was right. 

  But then again, perhaps the uneasy expression in his senior’s eyes before they departed for the journey would have warned him about the impending doom and unsettling feeling he had ignored at that moment. He should’ve stayed, tried to ask his senior what’s wrong, and maybe even protected his senior who shielded the entire mount hua with only a foolish smile and a sword in hand.

  He really should’ve tried, even if he never managed to understand his senior. 

  When Chung Myung landed eyes upon his senior, he wished he could run towards them and block that swing. He wished that instead of fearing, he would’ve taken action instead. He wished that instead of shouting his senior’s name, he would’ve run and taken it for them. 

  Senior, why were you so stupid? Why did you only watch as the sword hits your chest, letting the tears you usually try to hold back flow down your cheeks? Why did the grip on your sword tighten as if you were going to war, yet your free hand tried to hold your opponent’s face, cradling it so softly as if they might break?

  Senior, you’re so stupid. He couldn’t see your attacker’s expression, but he knew it held no love, for the desperate and heart-broken eyes you showed clearly reflected their face. The emotions you always tried to reign in, rained down your features so clearly now. The eyes that used to glimmer brightly in the sun, the eyes he used to love staring at, the eyes he could get lost in—It reflected the face of a person who he held so much hatred towards. At that moment, perhaps he was also angry that you held so much love towards that ungrateful bastard who had struck you. But, it’s all useless now, right?

  Maybe you still had some sense in you when you raised your sword once more, realizing your duty and blocking off your feelings as if it was second nature. Once more, you showed your swordsmanship to the world, as if it was your final dance, your final performance before you’ve retired from the stage. Swords clashed against each other, the metal resounding across the stadium of your show as you replayed the tragedy of the eon. Light against dark, your determined expression faltering and revealing so much regret and pain. Chung Myung would’ve wondered what you regretted at that moment, for his entire life, you seemed as if you lived with no worries. But, he was no fool. He knew there were nights where you spent it alone, staring at the moon as if a lover had lost everything to the hands of fate.

  Senior, why did you smile at him when your heart was so heavy with pain?

  Even at that moment, where your life seemed to begin replaying before your eyes, you still smiled when you saw him, that same sheepish expression revealing itself whenever he caught you. 

  You whispered something to him, but he couldn’t hear it. He was too far, he always had been. And you, you had always walked too quickly for him to catch up. Not only him, you’ve always managed to outrun everyone else in Mount hua, always so far away from everyone else. Nobody could ever catch up to you. Nobody could ever understand you.

  Even so, he wanted to be the first. He wanted to be there for you, just like how you were to him. So, why didn’t you give him a chance? Why did you leave so soon? Just when he thought he was able to, it seemed that you were still so, so far away from him. You always managed to catch him, so why couldn’t he do the same for you?

  Senior, in your game of tag, can he play again with you soon? He promises he will try to catch you this time, so don’t leave so soon. He’s asking you politely, he swears he is. He wouldn’t be rude, he wouldn’t tease you and he wouldn’t smother you whenever you think he’s dirty. He’ll listen to you this time, so won’t you be a good senior and play again with him?

  Chung Myung ignores the rain falling down his skin as he begs for the Gods to give him a chance. He ignores the way his body moves on instinct as he battles across your destroyed theater, hoping for a chance to meet you halfway through. Yet when all he is met with is the aftermath of a war, your body nowhere to be found, he falls to the ground, utterly exhausted.

  Right, he had killed Cheonma.

  He wanted to celebrate this moment with you. But instead, he lies there lifelessly, his body too tired to do anything. Chung Myung thinks he heard your voice, calling out to him and he is reminded of the time where you would let him rest on your shoulder when he was tired, even if he was dirty. Stupid senior, you never really cared about it, didn’t you? All you wanted was for him to be happy. 

  But now, you have killed his heart. How could he be happy now? 

  He wants to rest on your shoulder once more, hear you hum a random tune as you ramble on about whatever that interests you. He wants to hear your voice once more, and this time he promises not to grumble about your nagging. He wants to feel your warmth against his skin once more, not the cold pile of body that lays beneath him. 

  Senior, he wants you to come back. So please, come home already.

[foenixs]

Honestly I don't have any idea nd I'm not that creative but if you do get a random idea for headcanons (anything rly) Abt go chungmyung please write about it ? Anytime you want if you want to ofc, don't force yourself or anything, ly have a nice day

Oof I have terrible 'out of sight out of mind' syndrome, meaning if I don't see the request right in front of my eyes it's unlikely that an idea will just pop up into my brain. These days I've been struggling with intense depression and it's taking up all of my mental space, making it impossible for me to think creatively. I do want to write more and I do want to keep this blog alive, but I just cannot come up with my own ideas atm. I'm sorry, but I just don't want to promise you anything I can't keep. If you do think of a specific scenario tho pls feel encouraged to share it with me and I will add my own thoughts :)

[survivalphoenix]

INTRODUCING... YI YOUNGJA aka BORA !

SEND HER COMMENTS OR MESSAGES NOW USING THE HASHTAG #RoF_BORA !

personal information.

birth name: 이영자

official romanization: yi youngja (but other spellings are fine to her)

stage name: bora

date of birth: may 4, 1997

current age: 23 (kor: 24)

place of birth: gwangju, south jeolla province, south korea

ethnicity: korean

nationality: south korean

sexuality: heterosexual

height: 5′5″

likely positions (based on audition, past performance footage, and current information): main/leader vocalist, face of the group, leader, rapper, sub dancer

representative symbol: plum blossom

has been a trainee for: 9 years!

languages spoken: korean; english; a little bit of latin, french, spanish, portuguese, italian, and romanian

miscellaneous information.

faceclaim: jung jinsoul

vocal claim: jung jinsoul

rap claim: jung jinsoul

dance claim: jung jinsoul

audition song: “as time goes” - jinsoul* (link in source)

* in-universe, “as time goes” is bora’s self-composed song.

fun facts.

although bora has never yet stepped foot outside south korea, she is familiar with so many languages because linguistics is her hobby. although her interest in it is quite academic, one of the reasons she began studying other languages isn’t so academic: “ruby tuesday” by the rolling stones is one of her favorite songs, and she wanted to be able to understand it.

bora is a talented pianist.

bora’s celebrity crush is hotel del luna leading man yeo jingoo. she says she wrote “as time goes” while imagining she was jang manwol walking in the bridge to the afterlife, leaving yeo’s character chansung behind. (however, her friends teased her by saying the song suited manwol and chungmyung more, which made her angry, because she doesn’t ship those two at all.)

she loves spooky concepts, which is probably obvious from her love of hotel del luna.

her favorite food is glazed lotus roots. as a bona fide child of gwangju, however, of course she’ll attest to how amazing their barbecued beef is.

she chose the stage name bora, which means purple in korean, because her surname means plum. plum is a shade of purple in english, and she likes the symbolism of plum blossoms (resilience, beauty, purity, hope, and prosperity). she also thinks it will be easy for an international audience to pronounce, which is the whole reason they have stage names anyway, but at the same time she wants to keep it korean.

biography + audition under the cut.

trigger warnings: descriptions of ableism, poverty, and bullying. 

biography.

youngja was born in gwangju, one of south korea’s cuisine and fashion capitals. she had a wonderful time growing up, with a single mom who was a cook. her mother, eunji, truly loved her; that’s how youngja was able to have a nice childhood, despite their financial struggles and the social stigma they endured because they weren’t a nuclear family.

eunji found better and better jobs in the culinary world. by the time youngja was a teenager, she no longer had to worry whether or not she or her mother could eat. youngja was aware that her mother had aspirations of being an idol back in the day, but her unplanned pregnancy stopped her from achieving those dreams. so she offered to continue her mother’s dream for her, now that they had the money to pay for idol training.

youngja was a stand-out at her first agency. she was a klutz, sure, not the best dancer... but what did it matter when she was so musically gifted? a piano prodigy and a powerhouse vocalist. she was set to become a star.

the biggest problem really was that she was socially inept. youngja found herself with a distressing number of enemies and critics because of her “rude” or “arrogant” or “weird” behavior. she often cried to eunji about it.

but much as eunji loved her daughter, she was human too. she told her daughter to just ignore her peers; the woman was too enamored with the idea of having a superstar daughter to realize there was something else going on.

it wasn’t until youngja was 20 (kor: 21) years old and had given up on her idol dreams that she was finally diagnosed autistic. although the stigma made it hard for both mother and daughter to accept this at first, youngja eventually embraced her diagnosis. it helped her be gentler on herself, and understand herself more. maybe, just maybe, she’s ready to dream again.

audition.

bora sang her original composition “as time goes” while playing the piano. the panel was stunned by her incredibly clear and powerful vocals. “she’s really amazing at ballads,” said one judge.

“but i wonder if she’ll be good at dance pop too?” asked another. “i don’t think phoen-ix will only release ballads. you have to have variety.”

“i hear that she admits she’s not confident at dancing. and she’s pretty good at rapping, but doesn’t like it at all.”

[bunbitti]

Random ahh life update (aka games n sht)

ZZZ:

I'm apparently very poor in dennies because upgrading is expensive af, but at least I have maxed out C1 Jane with signature W engine (skills aren't all leveled but basic atk and core are) and she carries so hard bruh physical anomaly character = op bc I love seeing the health bar go down drastically every time you trigger assault and I haven't taken the time to understand exactly what the other ones do

Still trying to level and finish building other characters because two-team things like Shiyu Defense are hard when you only have 1 Jane (who does well pretty much anywhere as long as she doesn't die) and nobody else is built to a similar extent because grinding takes time

I STILL DON'T HAVE LYCAON pls I only have Soukaku and it hurts when there's an ice-weakness battle (or any other such battle where you don't have enough built characters to properly take advantage of or bypass the weakness with brute force) and it goes so slowly, maybe I should've pulled for Ellen when she came out

Seth does a surprisingly large amount of damage from his EX special attack and the enhanced basic attack that shields someone else on the team, it's a shame that his on-field time is going to naturally be low compared to someone like Jane bc I like him too

I still need to build the Bangboos (aka level) bc none of them are at level 60, but at least I have a level 50 Avocaboo for heals

I'm probably skipping Caesar but might go for Burnice for another fire character because I only have Koleda built for fire, definitely getting Lighter (I literally have 4 out of the 5 existing male characters and it's only because Lycaon doesn't want to come home)

A nice team I like to have now is Koleda/Jane/Seth with maybe Officer Cui or Avocaboo; why not Qingyi? She's not as built as Koleda yet so right now Koleda stuns more quickly, though I find that just using Jane first tends to get through bosses faster than using the typical stun->dps method

Oh yeah I finally got Nekomata from standard pulls but she hasn't been built yet bc I need to finish up some existing characters first

HSR:

I have Jiaoqiu and Moze fully built now but not signature lightcone and it kind of hurts when I have to deal with multitarget and Hunt characters do the Hunt thing of single-target and I'm still catching up on building people besides the ones I like the most

Damage is pretty good with Jiaoqiu, Moze is okay but somehow I gave him an abysmally low defense stat compared to my other characters that have at least 1k defense so if he's not Departed I have to pray he doesn't die

I am also poor in HSR credits now because I'm trying to build more people

I am saving my butt off for Sunday now, I have enough currently for him and his signature lightcone and will get more jades for him by 2.7

Also why does Sunday have to be imaginary, I need people in quantum and wind lmao but it's okay I'll pull for him anyway

I might pull for Mr. Reca, who honestly looks like YJH

ROTBB:

I still love 이송백 and I miss him very much and I'm sad that we will only see him again when Chungmyung beats him up again and breaks his arm or something (insert 'oh.. that's gore of my comfort character' meme) like give my man a break (and some extra screentime bc I love him)

And because ROTBB is focused on Mount Hua, and he's in Zhongnan, it will take so fckin long to see him again

I now like dark blue because of him

ORV

DEMON KING OF SALVATION IS WEBTOON-CANON FINALLY RAHHHHHH

Shenanigans between KDJ and YJH incoming

[iristial]

Might elaborate on this later because in the end they’re two different stories with different rules about the afterlife and whatnot + I’m planning on watching this properly, but Mystic Pop Up Bar is doing what Hotel del Luna couldn’t do for Chungmyung - filling in the gaps for the first love of the past life without blundering it with a five minute reconiciliation

At first I was only interested in the sageuk scenes and skipped straight to episode 10, but I think I’ve found the Korean drama I’ve been looking for in 2020. I love the down to earth ahjumma vibes Woljoo has :D

I’m also going to jot this theory down for future reference - Kangbae is the reincarnation of Woljoo’s unborn child. He’s suffering from extreme bad luck not unlike the suffering the unborn child was meant to go through, he has a mother-son relationship with Woljoo, and Korean dramas love putting links of fate between the main cast. It all comes together