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bowiebond · 2 years

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💕 Argilly

How did they meet?

I wrote a one shot about it once actually: They met at the beach around 10/11 years old, Billy was surfing and Argyle was watching him. At the time, he approached him first, but Billy dismissed him quickly because he had long hair like a girl and had an accent, the kind his dad complained about. Argyle keeps approaching him though and eventually Billy befriends him because he's lonely and they spend their entire summers together, but the rest of the year? Zilch. They go to different schools. So summer holidays are there's until Billy moves away.

Who flirted with who first?

Billy was the first to flirt, but only in a teasing, gay chicken way, probably around when they were fourteen. Argyle is so genuine in his affection for him that it doesn't come across as the usual flirting Billy is used to, so he doesn't clue into it being flirting until they're a lot older (in an AU where Billy lives and moves back to Cali). He just assumes Argyle is a sap, who considers him like a really close friends at first.

Was it love at first sight or a slowburn romance?

I think for Argyle, it was love at first sight. He was a super anxious kid, probably a middle or only child, and Billy was his first real friend. But even before that, seeing young Billy ride the waves like he owned them? He admired that confidence so much and definitely only approached because he was sporting a little of an awe induced crush. Billy on the other hand, it was very much slowburn. He hadn't had a friend like Argyle before (anxious but genuine and very willing to give affection even if it was considered 'strange' or 'queer'), if he even considered the school mates he had friends. Not seeing Argyle for months and then seeing him again was already a shocker to Billy because he assumed the kid would forget he existed and that the summer they had together was a one off. But Argyle came every summer and spent nearly every day with him until they had to part ways. Billy treasured that slice of happiness and that slowly flourished into romantic feelings as he grew up and started to realize the difference between friendship and whatever feelings he had for Argyle.

Did they start dating right away or were they friends before things became romantic?

Honestly? Friends for YEARS before they even touched romantic feelings. It took them both a while to realize their friendship wasn't friendship because they both had very few genuine friends outside each other. Billy was either standoffish or he put on a mask to make people like him. Argyle on the other hand was very socially anxious (until he started smoking) and labelled the 'weird ethnic kid' but most of his peers that weren't Hispanic. His Hispanic peers just called him 'weird', full stop for being so self conscious and avoidant of social events, usually sticking to his young primos/primas and Abuela during them to do quiet crafts. So they didn't even come to realize their feelings until they were halfway through their teens.

What was their first date?

Their first date was probably just them eating in Argyle's van (work gave it to him the moment he got his license at 16 honestly, they didn't have anyone else willing to do deliveries). They finished up at the beach for the day and Argyle asked Billy to go on a 'little date'.

"What's the difference between a big date and a little date?"

"Big dates are for anniversaries. And a fruit."

"...Dates don't have specific sizes, but okay."

"Big dates are better, man."

They ended up getting ice cream, walked around for a bit, and then Billy and him sat in his van and got high with pizza. It was a good date in Billy's books.

What are their favourite things to do on date nights?

Most of their dates consist of eating and smoking; though on occasion they have craft sessions and call it a 'little date'. It's probably their favourite kind of date because they'll just sit across from each other with a pile of beads, thread or paints and go to town making each other little gifts to wear or keep. Argyle likes to paint Billy's cassette tapes to add flare to it, and Argyle has a million bracelets because Billy finds the repetitive weaving relaxing for his own anxiety that grew up with him. They also sometimes go golfing at the junkyard when Billy is angry but wants company to vent to. Argyle is down for controlled chaos.

Do they still go on dates after being together for a while?

They don't consider dates to be big events, so just hanging out gets smacked with the title 'little date'. Big dates though? Those consist of sneaking into R rated movies and screaming at the gore, pricey ones like going to the amusement park, or when Billy gets his Camaro, drifting in abandoned parking lots as Argyle screeches at the top of his lungs and Billy cackles. They love dates and they will continue to go on them until they're too old to get out of their rocking chairs.

What is their love language?

Billy likes physical touch, acts of service and words of affirmation.

Argyle likes quality time, gift giving and acts of service.

More often than not, Billy will make sexual advances to gain physical touch, but Argyle is more into hold hands. He likes sex, sure, but holding hands is something he can do whenever he wants and he likes the way it makes Billy all sheepish and awkward yet happy.

Billy wasn't all into words of affirmation until Argyle starts pouring the compliments and encouragements on. He always liked praise, it wasn't something he got often, but hearing 'I love you, lil sol' always make his stomach swoop and his heart melt.

Billy loves acts of service because he rarely has anyone on his side, so Argyle doing little things to make his life easier always made his chest feel lighter. Argyle likes acts of service because Billy is the kind of person who will always do things for people close to him just out of habit and it makes Argyle feel good to know Billy cares enough to fix his tires instead of pop them.

Argyle loves just spending time with Billy, so quality time is big for him, even if they don't talk and just sit together in silence, stoned out of their minds. Gifts are also a big thing for him because he grew up learning that gifts (espeically handmade) had a lot of love in them and he considers Billy's gifts as his own personal 'I love you' since he's not good at saying it out loud (The words have little meaning to Billy for a long time because everyone who’s told him they love him left him anyway - but Argyle grew up in a home with lots of love so he manages to say it every now and then just to watch Argyle light up and get all ‘aw shucks’ about it).

Who kissed who first?

I can see it going either way; Billy kissing Argyle in the heat of the moment because he’s been bottling his feelings and it just spilled out - but personally I can see Argyle kissing Billy first.

It’s probably edging on the evening, sun setting, and Billy has to head home real soon. It’s the last day of summer, he’s covered in sea salt and sand, and his eyes are shinning at a joke Argyle made. It’s hesitant yet trance-like, the way he leans in, cutting the difference in height between them before he presses a soft kiss to Billy’s lips. He tastes like salt; from the sea and his own sweat, and it’s nice because he’s also warm like the sun yet chilled around the edges from the water. Billy doesn’t respond at first, but he’s had a good feeling this was coming eventually. They were both aware of their friendship being a little strange, a little queer, but summer was their honeymoon so it didn’t matter. It’s when Argyle starts to pull away, that inkling of dread and anxiety curling in his gut at the idea of ruining whatever this happy middle was, that Billy follows and kisses him back. It’s nothing big, but it’s soft and Billy can taste the sweetness from Argyle’s fruit salad earlier; overloaded with pineapple because the guys loves the sweet tang of it. Spouts off about how it ‘eats you back, like the circle of life’. Neither of them talk about it, but they smile at each other, they part ways, and they’re counting down the days until summer comes back around. It’s an agonizing wait and is cut short when Billy sees Argyle behind the counter at Surfer Boy Pizza, the one between their houses apparently.

Who started the relationship?

Argyle is the one who asks the question. Shortly after Billy keeps frequenting his shop, he puts a bunch of pineapple on Billy’s pizza to spell out ‘WANNA BE BOYFRIENDS?’ Unfortunately the pineapple pieces get knocked around in the box when Billy picked it up so it spells closer to ‘VOVVA DL BOVRINCS’ with a backwards ‘c’...Billy asks what the fuck was up with his order because he didn’t even order pineapples and Argyle just blurts out he wants to date him. Billy rolls his eyes, walks away, but when he brings the empty box back, he used the pineapple he didn’t eat to spell ‘YES...DIPSHIT’.

Monogamy or Polyamory?

Argyle is more open to Polyamory than Billy because he’s all about ‘free love’ and big families. Billy fears Argyle would leave him for someone better, so he’d against it for a long time and it causes arguments when Argyle even breaches the topic because Billy always assumes Argyle already has someone in mind to cheat on him with. A few years down the road though, they have a lot of deep talks about it and they both find themselves enjoying the idea of having partners outside each other, even if they intend to legally marry each other the moment it becomes viable because they were each others first love and promised that to each other. (They hand fasts/marry their other partners down the road but it’s not legally bidding, just to share that memory together).

Are they/do they plan on getting married?

Billy doesn’t think marriage is all that important, especially since it’s illegal for them and it’s never led to anything good in his life, so why bother? But Argyle really wants to have a whole ceremony, even if it’s not recognized by law or church, because he always grew up hearing about his parents wedding day and how his father cried because he felt like the luckiest man alive.

Who proposed? Was it a yes or no?

When Argyle sees Billy in Hawkins after driving the Cali crew all the way there, Argyle pretty much proposes on the spot with a cool mushroom he found and Billy strangely enough, agrees despite his old disdain from marriage. Maybe because he almost died last year, his sister is in hospital, alive but scarred, and he’s high on emotion from seeing his boyfriend who he had left suddenly without a proper goodbye. They have a long engagement, and they make each other a ring by hand - Argyles is made of resin and filled with ripped petals and forest moss, and Billy makes his own of steel with a oceanic crystal center. It should be swapped, but they like carrying a piece of each other with them.

Do they want kids? Who brought it up first?

Argyle always wanted a big family, so he brings it up first. Billy is hesitant at first, but with enough coaxing, they consider adoption. Funnily enough, Argyle becomes an art teacher and Billy becomes a surfing instructor and they end up emotionally adopting a bunch of kids because they even get around to adopting a young girl (by that time, they’ve began dating other people quite seriously and most of them also want kids so it becomes a big discussion between the stonercule).

Do they already have kids, together or from previous relationships?

No.

Do they have any routines/rituals in their relationship?

Once a fortnight, they have a date night. First date of the month is Billy’s choice, second is Argyles. They still call their dates ‘little dates’ and save ‘big dates’ for anniversaries as Argyle said years prior. They also take care of their hair together every night - Billy takes care of his curls and Argyles keeps his hair silky. They roll and braid each others hair every night and its the perfect way to send them off to bed. Whenever Argyle is upset with Billy, he tends to give him the silent treatment. Billy will get a bunch of pineapple, slice it up, put it in a bowl and grab a plate and then proceed to spell questions out since Argyle doesn’t want to talk. They will go back and forth until their issue is solved and their both snickering because Argyle ate most of the pineapple in the bowl meant for their conversation while they were talking.

How do they take care of each other when they are sick/hurt?

Billy is an absolute baby with Argyle when he’s sick. Man cold is real for him. He’ll bitch and moan and cough all dramatic until he has his head in Argyle’s lap or he’s being spoon fed soup. Argyle on the other hand will cough once and go ‘aw man, I hope I’m not sick’ and then sleep for like three days - which by the end of he’s perfect okay. Billy hates him for it, but he’ll always leave snacks and water by the bed while Argyle snoozes and make sure he has enough blankets. He’ll braid Argyles hair back too if he fell asleep with it out.

How do they like to spend time together?

They both like working with their hands so it’ll be arts and crafts galore, pottery and woodwork classes, splash and finger painting, Billy working on the van or Camaro while Argyle sits by him on a skateboard, sliding back and forth with a lemonade and shades. They surf together a lot in the warmer seasons too. They like hanging out, chatting idly because first and foremost they are friends.

What are their favourite non-sexual forms of intimacy?

Hand/pinkie holding and forehead/shoulder kisses <3 Snuggling is a huge thing for them, they love falling asleep together.

What are some of their favourite things about their partner?

Argyle loves Billy’s happiness; bright and sunny. Billy loves Argyles out of box thinking. They can talk for hours about nothing and everything. Overall, they love the way they make each other feel, the inherent affection and feeling of safety they have with each other because they understand each other and grew up relearning each other again and again every summer because of nine months between every visit.

How do they comfort the other when they are upset?

When Billy gets upset, he needs softness. He needs someone who won’t shout back and provoke his anger. He needs someone who will snip his shit in the butt. Argyle does that. He rarely raises his voice in anger, only panic. He lets Billy isolate himself for a little bit before he goes to find him and sit beside him wherever he’s curled up into himself. He holds him and rubs his back and lets Billy cry because he hates being like that with Argyle, shouting and getting mean, but its so hard to accept sadness or conflict without anger and violence. He never lays a hand on Argyle, but he feels awful every time he says something he doesn’t mean, something that could prick Argyles soft heart and fester something sour inside it for him, something that could make him truly angry and leave for good.

Argyle only really gets upset when he’s anxious or panicking and he feels Billy isn’t taking him seriously. Usually, Billy can get away with soothing Argyles worry by talking softly, holding his hand, caressing the shake from his hands and wiping the tears from his eyes. Argyles a soft hearted giant and Billy knows that. He will always let the bigger man curl up against his chest and just regulate his breathing until it matches his. There’s only been a few instances where Argyle gets really frustrated (he’s almost never mad - he hasn’t got it in him to be angry at anything) and usually he just gives the silent treatment until Billy apologies.

Who buys the other spontaneous gifts?

They both do: Argyle usually surprises him with handmade gifts or big brand clothing, but sometimes Billy will come home with a new crystals or incense/candles for Argyle burn around the house to help ‘calm his haywire vibes’ when he’s not high.

What position do they sleep in?

Billy is a curled up on his side kind of guy or an on his back, arm over the stomach, one out kind of guy, depending on the day. Argyle is pretty adaptable. If Billy is fetus? He curls around him and wraps him up in warmth and safety. If he’s splayed out, he’s rest his head on his arm and snuggles up to his chest even though he’s a good head taller than him.

Do they bathe/shower together?

Definitely. They even get a house with a big bath just so they could fit in together, Billy leaning back on Argyle as they ignore the warm water and bubbles. Sometimes Billy will spend their whole bath time just massaging shampoo and conditioner into Argyles long hair, into his scalp. Argyle is putty in his hands when he does, and he always gets what he wants if he asks for something after massaging his lover.

Do they do anything else in the bath/shower other than wash?

Billy likes to blow him under the water, to test how long he can hold his breath. Argyle likes to smoke. Sometimes Billy reads to him while he smokes. More than once they’ve split half the bath water onto the floor and drenched a joint because the couple decided to get it on in the tub.

In the bedroom - Vanilla, a little spice, or kinky af?

Typically vanilla, but with a little spice on occasion. There’s been a few cases of Billy being a brat with Argyle and the other using his height to his advantage to hoist the blond up and fuck him on the nearest available surface of their house or in the back of his van. (Argyles a soft/pleasure dom at best, but Billy doesn’t mind. He likes that Argyle is gentle with him, no matter what. Not a lot of people have been, when given the opportunity to be).

For applicable ships - who tops/bottoms?

Argyle tops, Billy bottoms. On occasion they switch, but I feel like Argyle is too lazy to deal with prepping himself, though he’s happy to spend an hour fingering Billy until he’s crying and begging him to fuck him.

For applicable ships - who is more dominant/submissive?

Billy is definitely a switch, but he prefers to bottom overall. Argyle is a switch, but only because he likes sex with Billy and has little preference to be in either role. He prefers to focus on Billy’s gratification, so he ends up taking on a more dominant role majority of the time, but he’s happy to be Billy’s living toy when the blond wants to ride him until he can’t get it up anymore.

What is their favourite sex position?

Lotus - they love being close to each other, kissing when they fuck. Billy likes sitting on Argyle’s lap and wrapping his arms around him as they rock together. It’s slow and intense, and it’s not what he’s used to with others who usually wanted it hard and fast (which he wasn’t against but it was different emotionally).

Do either of them enjoy bringing sex toys into the bedroom?

Argyle loooooves sex toys. He thinks they’re a gift to gods green earth. Billy agrees, only because he’s been stuffed and teased with them so much that he could contribute at least half of his most intense orgasms to them.

Favourite place to have sex?

When they’re teens? Argyles van. When they move in together? Their bed because it’s theirs, and that means a lot to both of them. Plus, it’s comfy as fuck and they both like a little luxury as they get older.

Most adventurous place they’ve had sex?

Movie theater. It wasn’t all the way, but it was knee buckling when Argyle pulled him into his lap during an intense sex scene and started kneading his dick until he was fully hard and leaking. Billy had to muffle himself and pray no one saw them, but he stained his jeans and got revenge by grinding his ass into Argyle until they were both fucked to walk out of the movie and had to sneak out like when they sneaked in lol

How often do they fight? What about?

They don’t have a lot of serious fights, and their fights resolve fairly quickly. It’s usually to do with one of their insecurities, but more often they’re fighting about if ladybugs are all ladies or if society’s concept of gender is just non applicable to anything that’s not human.

Have they ever broken up?

They unofficially broke up when Billy left - Billy couldn’t bring himself to tell Argyle because they had only been together less than a year and felt like it was doomed to end like this anyway because Billy’s life was a shit hole anyway and he didn’t deserve Argyle or a boyfriend, period. So he just vanished from Argyles life one day, their house stamped with a ‘for sale’ sign. Argyle always hoped they’d see each other again, got close with Jonathan when he moved to California. Billy fooled around with people in Hawkins but never dated because his heart belonged to Argyle and he missed him more often than not even if he refused to send him a letter in case his dad saw Argyles return message. He doesn’t see him again until the end of Season 4.

Messy breakup, amicable split, remain friends, ride or die or til death do us part?

I feel like Billy would try to make it messy so he’d have a reason to not feel so heartbroken if they did break up, but it would be closer to Argyle saying its okay for them to take different paths and just be friends. They would try to be friends for a while, grow distant and apart because they’re both hurting, and eventually rekindle their previous friendship later in life after they found new partners.

But personally, I can’t see them breaking up. They’ve been together since they were 10/11 and they would continue to be together until they were old and gray, even if they opened their relationship up to others as well. They’re til death do us part, friends forever and lovers for life <3

#argilly #argyle #argyle molina #billy hargrove #stranger things #argyle x billy hargrove #i apologise if there is spelling errors this post was a long one lol

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rjalker · 1 year

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I made a gofundme for our actual community garden effort AKA the thing I've been doing on my own for years, not the trainwreck of a publicity stunt that the literally worse than useless people are doing. (except they're not even doing anything, we did all the work, while they did nothing but make our jobs harder and harder until it became impossible. And then the fucking "leader" had to go and reveal she hates Queer people.)

"https://gofund.me/015065d0"

along with giving away free fresh fruits and vegetables, including ones that are already chopped up assuming my wrist doesn't decide to rebel, if we get some actual money to spend I will do my best to provide people with plants in five gallon buckets that have everything they need, all they'll have to do is sit it in some sunlight, water it if we get a drought, and harvest the food when it's ready. Then when it stops producing they can bring it back and I'll give them another one. This would be aimed mostly at homeless people, so they don't have to keep constantly walking back and forth.

We'd also be buying normal food for people to take with them if we get enough money, and I am fucking determined to set up gods damned five gallon bucket trash cans along sidewalks for people to put trash in and then I will just fucking go and collect it once a week. It's not like the city fucking does anything the rest of the time.

I will also be attempting to keep the fucking sidewalks actually usable, by sweeping them free of pine needles, dirt, and leaves. Because again, this city is fucking useless, and half the sidewalks, when they even exist, are so covered in leaves and shit you can't even tell they're there, let alone use them safely after it rains because they're slippery.

Also again if we get enough money I will literally just find an ATM and give homeless people cash along with food. It would be cool if we could set up like, cashapp for them or something and get them all cards people can donate directly too, but I don't know how well that would work if they don't have phones.

You can leave comments on gofundme, so you can literally comment what your want your donation to go towards. You can say "Give this to the next homeless person you see" and aside from the probably $3.50 fee at an ATM, I will do so.

I'm also going to be making guides to local wild edible plants, which will be free to download, and will only cost the cost of materials to buy (If I can figure out how to do that), so when they're done and ready to go I'll list out how much it would cost to buy them so I can give them to people and then you can donate specifically to cover the cost of those.

I should probably just make a new blog for this but I didn't think of that until just now.

#donation post #mutual aid #community garden #and more

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maddies-chronicles · 10 months

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regarding your refined crossover dr. do you have like the future "plot" of it scripted? and if so, would you feel comfortable to share it?

i am so glad you asked

i am so sorry in advance for the absolute infodump coming your way. this is the part of our shifting journey where you find out i'm batshit crazy

so when i first shift, i'm gonna be about 15, and each season (except 3, which... well, you'll see) takes place over the course of about a year. you'll already see some immense canon divergence with the hexside houses and with hogwarts/demigods/shadowhunters existing and stuff, but there's also a school in the ribs of the titan that specializes in emperor's coven recruits- it's called "the house of the isles" but most people just call it the house. i can never remember if i've already posted about it or not lol

anyways, i work there as the silver soldier (i know i'm not original i know 💀) alongside hunter, or the golden guard. he's the head tutor there, and gives the kids general knowledge lessons while i do fighting lessons. this is where we meet micah and cass- they become important later.

i also attend missions with the golden guard when i'm not busy at hexside. i'm sort of like the cat of the emperor's coven- i come and go as i please and i don't love to do as i'm told. i stress hunter out a lot, but he recognizes me as an asset and eventually takes a liking to me. no one in the coven knows how old i am, including belos, who has never seen my face.

luz still has all her main character moment stuff, but because she and i are friends, i get in a lot of shit breaking people out of prison. including eda. many, many times. season one isn't really that special for me, i become friends with luz after she and amity become friends. i don't attend grom that year, so nothing happens there. things don't really pick up until after eda gets taken. i have no idea anything has happened until i waltz into work on friday and everything's gone to shit. i free eda, but she doesn't understand why, because literally no one knows i'm the silver soldier except hunter (which is a recent development) and my dad. the protest never happens because the petrification gets "called off" (eda escaped lol).

sometime between then and seperate tides, luz finds out it was me that freed eda. i explain i'm only in the coven at all for hunter's sake. she's like "what" and i explain that he's much, much younger than she thinks he is, and he needs protecting. she thinks i'm batshit crazy, but she keeps my secret.

i'm largely uninvolved in the plot again until any sport in a storm, where i join willow's flyer derby team. i recognize hunter and i call him out privately. he says he's on a mission for my dad and assumes i'm here for the same reason. i try my best not to sigh, because i sort of have an inkling that my dad is just keeping hunter busy (keep in mind they don't have a bad relationship in my DR prior to this, my dad just thinks hunter's kind of annoying lol). i don't say shit though because hunter will be like "you are sabatoging my mission!! treason!!" and it'll be a whole thing. besides, i know nothing bad will happen anyway, so i just kinda chill. hunter turns out to be a good player, and then he kidnaps everyone (me included for some reason? probably to conceal my identity).

everyone is highkey freaking out, but i know that my dad is literally just coming to pick us up, and most of my teammates will recognize my dad when he comes, so i'm super chill. hunter eventually calls me out and is like "i bet you're excited for the coven, huh?" and this is definitely how he finds out that i don't have a sigil. it's also how the entire flyer derby team finds out i'm a coven soldier 🤡

they're all pissed as hell at first, but i eventually explain the hunter situation and im like "yeah he thought he was gonna get murked if he didnt follow orders" and they're all appropriately horrified. they're still kinda miffed about me being a coven soldier but they'll get over it pretty fast (especially since willow is already talking to hunter online by the end of the night- they're just friends in my DR though, not dating). they also immediately bully me for being in love with hunter, which i deny like a lying liar who lies.

ah. hollow mind. i'm there for this one because i was hanging out with (read: babysitting) luz at the night market. i get sucked into the mindscape with hunter and luz and i witness all the TraumaTM. this is where the divergence starts- instead of hunter running off into the woods, i try to convince him to stay with me. he ends up at the owl house for a while (i stand by mom!eda and son!hunter but that's me pushing my own agenda) but over a long stretch of time he eventually gives in and does move in with me. my dad is fond of him, and my siblings get along with him, so everything's good anyway (also i was trying to get him to move in forever ago but i will DIE before admitting that). anyways the reason he moves in is because we start dating. not sure how i want that to happen yet. maybe i'll let it happen organically... 👀 probably not tho lol

y'all i'm gonna have to make a part two i got too excited 💀

#sorry this post was DEEPLY unhinged #shifting asks #ask hale <3 #shifting #reality shifting #shifting community #shifting realities #reality shift #shifting antis dni #shifters #desired reality #shift #shiftblr

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corvidexoskeleton · 2 years

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hands you these numbers

Darryl: 1, 3, 9, 12 Butch: 5, 8, 10, 15 Elster: 4, 12, 13, 18 Amsel: 2, 3, 15, 20

Darryl:

1. On a scale of “is occasionally forced to bathe” to “Instagram model with sponsors to hoe for” how involved is your OC’s Skincare routine?

Showers on a consistent schedule when she has the ability to. Not showering for prolonged periods of time doesn't bother her, as she's used to being in situations where it's often not available. Skincare consists of the standard body soap + shampoo + conditioner trifecta, and if it's available, some kind of lotion to keep her skin from drying out too much

3. What’s something pointless/petty/unimportant that IRRATIONALLY ANNOYS THE HELL out of your OC?

Those people who are just absolute LARP-y gun nuts who romanticize the US and its military, and insist on being an ultra-nationalist patriot who thinks slapping the US flag on everything they own makes them more american

Paetially because I think she would just hate how obnoxious they are, but I don't think it would bother her quite so much until later in life and has actually been in war and combat, and realizes that these people don't understand what the hell they're talking about

9. What would cause your OC to chose to do something petty/pointlessly cruel?

Finding the person who killed her son, or anyone who personally hurts or kills someone she cares about

12. What perfectly-normal-to-them-thing does your OC do that confuses/pisses off/terrifies their neighbors?

I think she might have some habits from being in active combat situations that would have confused people pre war that didn't know what caused them. Though, I guess it would really be a mix of habits, muscle memory, and possibly some ptsd as well, the kind that has her instinctively moving to retaliate if someone takes her off guard, or has her automatically checking where she's as for enemies

Butch:

5. Does your OC get lost easily? What do they do when they do get lost?

I think I mentioned previously that they don't get lost easily, but that is entirely dependent on them paying attention. If they can't pay attention to their surroundings, then they're much more likely to get lost. Of course, it also depends on just how complicated the area is and how much twisting and turning is going on. They won't be memorizing the layout of a maze, but they can reliably pick up on the general layout of an area after a few passes through it

8. If your OC had to take the S.A.T. tomorrow with one night to prep, how would they do? both emotionally and academically.

Well I would imagine they've already had to take it before, so they likely wouldn't do too bad academically, and probably wouldn't really be that worried about it. That is assuming that it's just a "hey take this test" situation, and not a literal life or death situation. Stress goes up as the stakes rise

10. On a scale of “Complete and Justified nervous breakdown” to “Conquer The Entire Galaxy and become an Immortal God-Emperor”, how well would your OC handle being abducted by Aliens?

Again, depends on the context in which they're being abducted. Either way, they'd likely be pretty goddamn freaked out, but trying extremely hard to keep calm and take notice of literally everything they can in case they need to try and escape. Granted, if the context is a little more chill and the aliens aren't, like, trying to perform a vivisection, and are just kinda chillin', they'll be a little less stressed out, but still plenty freaked out

15. How often does your OC “zone out” or do things on autopilot and how severe have the problems that have arisen from that been?

Zoning out and going into autopilot would most often happen when they're working on a project or some other task. If it's something complicated thay requires a lot of concentration, then they can get so engrossed in it that that's the only thing they're focusing on and everything else may as well not exist, which would often lead to them not getting enough sleep before getting frozen as they would often lose track of time and go to bed later than they wanted

If it's just a task that doesn't require a lot of thought or focus, then depending on how long it takes they'll be more likely to go into autopilot where their body is doing the task, but their brain has mostly checked out and is off doing something else

Elster:

4. What’s your OC’s response to being asked for money by a homeless person?

Ignores them and keeps going. It doesn't even register to him

12. What perfectly-normal-to-them-thing does your OC do that confuses/pisses off/terrifies their neighbors?

If him and Amsel had any neighbors where they lived, I would imagine that him singing would probably piss a few people off eventually. Also, the fact that he not only has a turkey vulture for a pet, but also a tenek likely puts a lot of people off, especially since he's probably the type to talk to and act like they're his little babies

13. Under what circumstances would your OC appear naked in public?

Listen, if he's in a pickle, he's in a pickle, and he'll just have to own it and roll with the punches

18. What’s the trashiest item in your OC’s wardrobe, when was the last time they wore it and why do they still have it?

I can't imagine he even has much of a wardrobe, but ye olde booty shorts made by cutting the legs off a pair of pants/jeans. Don't think it's an everyday piece of clothing, but it still gets worn from time to time. Maybe also a harness of some kind

Amsel:

2. What are your OC’s food preferences (flavors/textures/spiciness/calories/ when and how they eat) and how did they get that way?

Is used to not havung the luxury of being able to just pick and choose, so if you ask her for specific preferences, you'll likely not get any helpful answers. But she likes sweet stuff, since it likely wouldn't be something she'd have ready access to. Kinda like that one really poem about a woman talking about when the seasons change and the traders bring mangoes from somewhere else

Although, tbh I think she'd like a lot of different stuff, so long as the flavors are strong. It adds excitement

3. What’s something pointless/petty/unimportant that IRRATIONALLY ANNOYS THE HELL out of your OC?

People who don't know how to get to the fucking point

15. How often does your OC “zone out” or do things on autopilot and how severe have the problems that have arisen from that been?

Doesn't zone out much, if at all, unless she's like. At home or smth and isn't worried about having to watch out. Would likely zone out a bit if she's doing something, but not by much

I could, however, see her potentially going into autopilot mode if she's been awake long enough, or if something has happened to her. Just has muscle memory and instinct take over if she's unable to keep fully conscious or aware

20. What’s your OC smell like? no, not that “Vanilla and Anxiety” evocative stuff, realistically. Body odor? what have they been touching all day? When was thier last shower? Did they put on any kind of artificial scent?

Dust and dirt, probably. Maybe a bit of leather and metal, from her gear and clothes. Also that specific way skin smells when you've been outside in the sun for a long time

#ask #answered #rockshortage #fallout #darryl murphey #butch delaney #elster #amsel #read more #long post

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beels-burger-babe · 2 years

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The Case of the Secret Admirer pt 2

***Wow! You guys really enjoyed part one of this 🥰😅 I'm so happy that everyone is enjoying Teen MC — I certainly love writing them. I hope you all enjoy this part two! -B***

Summary: It started with a single note left found inside your locker one day, and ended with a full-scale investigation backed by all the powers of the Devildom. AKA, You have a secret admirer at RAD and nobody is impressed.

Teen!MC

Part 1

Diavolo, Barbatos and Lucifer sat at a round table — the air heavy and dark with a deadly tone of seriousness that flowed between them.

In the demon prince's hands laid the hideous pink note that, had it not been their only clue, would have long been incinerated by his heated glare. "Does MC know?" he growled lowly.

"They know the letter exists, but not of its contents. Mammon made sure of it," Lucifer reported in a firm tone, his jaw clenched as he looked at the letter.

Barbatos nodded and folded his gloved hands on the table. "Good. We should keep it that way unless absolutely necessary. I assume your brothers' have already been informed about the situation, how do they plan to act?"

Lucifer scoffed, "If they know what's good for them, they'll listen to me and remain uninvolved. I wanted to handle this as quickly and silently as possible. Hence why I contacted the two of you."

Diavolo and Barbatos exchanged a glance. "And," Diavolo spoke with a small smirk, "how do you expect that they'll actually act?"

Lucifer sighed as his shoulders slumped. "They're going to be stupidly protective and utterly obvious about the whole thing. If we want to avoid MC putting the pieces together, I estimate we have until lunch to find the 'secret admirer' and begin the interrogation process."

Barbatos breathed slowly as he processed the situation. "That doesn't give us much time. I can use my abilities to glance back and find the admirer's identity, but it'll take time."

Diavolo gave his nod of approval as he stood. "Get started on that right away. The moment you have a name, I want to know. Then, it's just a matter of finding him and ... having a conversation with the young demon."

Lucifer's phone pinged in his pocket — a groan left his lips as he saw that he had been added to a group chat titled, "the anti-admirer association" by Mammon with five other members. "We'll have to work quickly," he murmured as he showed his phone to the rest of the group. "I'm afraid my brothers' meddling has already begun."

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For you, this was just another day. As far as you were aware there was nothing planned for the day, and no strange events that would inevitably take a turn into complete chaos were scheduled — by all means the day seemed like it would turn out to be a nice and relaxing one.

You smiled peacefully to yourself as you opened your bedroom door only to come nose to nose with Mammon and Beelzebub.

A sharp scream escaped from your lips as you stumbled back in shock. "Jesus FUCK!" you cursed as you placed a hand over your racing heart. "What the hell are you two doing? Are you trying to kill me?!"

Beel's eyes widened as he quickly shook his head. "No! Of course not! Sorry MC, we didn't mean to scare you so badly. We were just coming to check on you and help you get ready for the morning."

Mammon shrugged as he took note that your breathing had returned to normal. "Don't make a big deal outta nothin'. It ain't our fault you're so jumpy," he smirked as scowled at him. "Someone's gotta wake ya up some how, lazy bones, and now you're awake. Come on. We gotta get ta class."

You huffed as Beel sympathetically patted your back and followed the boys to the foyer. "I could've gotten up and made it to RAD by myself," you grumbled as you crossed your arms over your chest. "Not like I haven't done it before."

Mammon and Beel exchanged a glance over your head as the red head's hand squeezed your shoulder. He smiled innocently down at you. "Just because you've done it before, doesn't you have to do it all the time. I wanted to walk you to class and spend some time with you, and Mammon said he wanted to join too."

"OI!" Mammon shouted defensively as his cheeks flared. "Don't tie me in with your mushy shit. I'm here c-c-cause it's my job! You know as their protector!"

You scoffed affectionately and rolled your eyes. "More like an over protective big brother. Don't worry Mams, I love you too," you and Beelzebub chuckled as Mammon scrambled for an excuse.

As your laughter dwindled and the three of you stepped outside of the House of Lamentation, you couldn't help but frown as you noticed the way Mammon and Beel's eyes scanned around you and how they securely flocked either side of you. You gently tugged on Mammon's jacket and looked at him in concern. "You guys are acting defensive. Does ... Does this have anything to do with that note? Did someone actually send me a death threat?"

"What?!" Beel shouted his head whipping around to look between you and Mammon.

The second born waved off his brother's concern and sighed. "It ain't anythin' like that MC. I told ya, that note was nothin' for ya to worry about."

You hummed in thought. "So you wouldn't mind telling me what it said then?" you quirked an eyebrow as you met his eyes.

Mammon gulped and tensed under your gaze. "W-Well, um, it was just a prank. Nothing serious really. I don't even remember."

You narrowed your eyes at the demon. "I don't believe you," you clicked your tongue and looked back at the path leading to RAD. "I guess if someone's out for me, I'll have to be extra defensive." Mammon and Beel let out a sigh of relief as you walked ahead of them, karate chopping the air to prove your "defensive prowess."

They thought they had escaped the subject of the note and any lingering suspicion that you'd had, but of course, things never went in their favor.

As you settled into your desk in your morning charms class, Asmodeus grinned widely as he perched himself on your desk. "So MC~" he trailed his fingers across the surface of your desk. "You've been attending RAD for a bit now."

You frowned and glanced over at Belphegor, who was sitting in the desk beside you, in confusion. The demon merely stared up at his older brother with glare of both exhaustion and exacerbation. "Um, I guess?" you replied as you looked back over to the Avatar of Lust.

Asmo squealed and leaned forward. "So you've gotten a chance to settle in, maybe get to know people~" he waggled his eyebrows. "I just wanted to let you know, that if you need some time away from the others, maybe get away and have some fun," he winked causing your confusion to grow even more, "Then Big Bro Amso's got your back."

You opened your mouth to voice your confusion, but was stopped as a pencil hits thwacks the side of Asmodeus's head. The demon yelped and whipped around to glare at Belphie.

The younger demon merely shrugged and threw another pencil at him. "Your confusing them and grossing me out. Go be weird somewhere else and get your ass off their desk."

Asmodeus huffed and stood up. "Fine. Just remember my offer, dear!" he blew you a quick kiss before slinking back to his desk.

You raised an eyebrow at Belphie. "What was that all about?"

The demon sighed and buried his head back into his arms. "Don't worry about it. It's adult stuff."

You rolled your eyes and played with one of the pencils that had fallen off Asmodeus and onto your desk. "Everyone's telling me that today."

"Well maybe you should listen to them," Belphie spoke dryly as he peaked over at you from the corner of his eyes. He snickered as you stuck your tongue out at him. "Brat,"

"Jerk," you fired right back. Despite the harsh nicknames, the two of you shared an affectionate smile as the teacher made their way to the front of the class.

An hour later, the bell rang and you made your way over to History of the Devildom with Satan and Leviathan.

Normally, it was Levi who made it difficult to focus in class. The two of you would whisper about whatever show you were watching together and exchange doodles. Satan would smack the both of you on the back of the head and hiss at you to pay attention.

Today, that was not the case.

In a rare change of events, you were actually trying to focus on what your teacher was saying, but the intense stare driving into your skull was slowly grating at your nerves.

You groaned and glared over at Satan, "What?" you snapped quietly. "Is there something on my face?"

He pursed his lips and slid a piece of paper over to you. "I need you to answer these questions ... please."

You narrowed your eyebrows at him in confusion before unfolding the page. Staring back at you was a detailed question, not too dissimilar from the questions Lucifer asked you last night, asking about your time at RAD, things you've noticed, and your experiences with your class. You huffed as Levi leaned over your shoulder and read the questions with an equally confused expression. "What is this?" you asked.

"Just a questionnaire that the exchange students need to do ... Lucifer asked me to hand it to you," he muttered in response, his eyes glancing back at the teacher.

Levi nose scrunched up at the statement. "Since when do you actually do what Lucifer tells you?"

Satan sent a pointed glare over to his brother. "Since it concerns MC," he hissed quickly. His gaze softened as it flickered back down to you. "Just answer it, please. The sooner you can get it back to me, the better."

You frowned as you slid the paperback to him, "No need. Lucifer asked me most of these questions last night."

"That's what he disturbed the sanctity of game night for?!" Leviathan shouted in appalment.

"Leviathan, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" The millennia old professor in the front of the asked dryly. The three of you instantly sat at attention, and you quickly shoved the piece of paper towards Satan.

"N-No sir," Levi stuttered as his face flushed. The teacher huffed and slowly turned back to the board to continue their class. You noticed Satan's frown deepened as he stared at the empty questionnaire in front of him. You shook off the weird behavior and turned your attention back to the class.

The day only weird when the class ended. You gathered your things and walked out the classroom, ready to head to your locker for and switch out your things before the small break you had between classes, when you noticed Mammon, Beelzebub, Belphegor and Asmodeus all out there waiting for you.

You face palmed as you felt Satan and Leviathan come to a stop behind you. "Okay. What is going on?" you asked in annoyance. "What is with you guys today?"

"No, I agree," Levi added as he glanced at his brothers. "You're all acting weird. Did I miss something?"

The others' eyes widened — some in panic at your tone and the rest in realization at Levi's question. Asmodeus smirked and stepped forward to speak, but before any words could leave his mouth, Beel wrapped an arm around his waist and a hand around his mouth — easily restraining and silencing his brother as he smiled at you. "It's nothing," his eyes drifted over to Levi where they flickered down to the demon's phone and then pointedly back to his eyes.

"Mhmm," you hummed sarcastically as you began to walk towards your locker. "Real convincing."

Belphie groaned as he lightly jogged to catch up to you. "We're handling it, alright?" he spoke seriously as he glanced over at you in concern. "You're safe. They're just being morons like usual," he taunted clearly trying to get a laugh or at least a smile from you.

He winced as you looked back at him with a sharp unimpressed expression. "Wouldn't it be better if I knew, so I knew what I'm supposedly being protected from?"

"Not in this case," Mammon spoke up from behind you. You stopped walking and turned to face the others. "Honestly, nothing will probably come of this. We're just bein' extra cautious."

You cocked your head and pointed behind him. "Then why is Levi paler than Casper the friendly ghost and looking like he just ate a heaping of Solomon's cooking while reading whatever Beel texted him about what's going on?"

Satan shook his head and stared at the ceiling in ire. "MC please just-"

"Guys." Beel cut off as his sharp, hyper-focused stare — the gaze of a predator — fixed on something behind you.

You peaked over your shoulder to see a young, black-haired demon pulling their hands away from your locker with a satisfied look on their face.

Lucifer suddenly rounded the corner, walking quickly with a determined aura as he stormed past the group of you. "That's him," he said coldly as he brushed by.

"Shit." Mammon breathed before rushing past you to get to his brother's side.

You could only watch in bewilderment as the brothers' collectively rushed over to this poor, strange demon — that you could've sworn you recognized from somewhere — and grabbed him by the arms before slamming him against the wall.

"Ajax Floyd?" Lucifer questioned as he stood in front of the terrified student, Beelzebub and Satan securely pinning him down. The eldest removed a familiar pink note from his cloak, inner pocket and held it between his two fingers. "I believe this is yours?"

The demon gulped as he anxiously looked at the brothers. "L-Look, I didn't mean any harm. I-I-I just wanted to try to talk to them. G-Get to know them a little more."

Mammon growled lowly, causing the student to whimper and cower as closely to the wall as he could. "Based on that note, I'd say you wanted to do a little more than that, huh?"

"And there's nothing wrong with that!" Asmo chirped, ignoring the glares he received from the others. "I mean, personally, I think they could do a little better than you. You'd need a little sprucing up here and there, just by the look of things, but good on you for shooting your shot! Must be some brave, little man~" he teased with all his usual sensuality.

Belphie elbowed his older brother in the ribs. "Stop. This is serious. Remember what Mammon mentioned last night. We don't know the first thing about this guy or his intentions with MC."

Ajax, as it were, seemed to have gathered a little courage from Asmodeus's backhanded compliment and puffed his chest a little. "Exactly! You don't know anything about me and h-here you are treating me like a criminal for even asking to get close to them! I know you didn't let them see the note! How about you let MC decide for themself whether or not I'm good enough for them?!" he snarled fiercely.

Leviathan opened his mouth to retort the demon's claims when the damning sound of an un-oiled locker door opening rung through the hall.

While the outrageously over-protective demons were having their little showdown, you had quickly grown bored of the pathetically common display and had decided to gather your things to walk yourself to class and ignore whatever was going on for the time being.

Everyone's breath hitched as your door swung open and another pink note fluttered out. Ajax couldn't help but grin as you caught it and slowly unfolded it.

"Another one?" you muttered to yourself. "Dearest MC, I sincerely hope that this note gets to you. I'm aware that your wards won't approve of my reaching out to you, but my heart tells me to persist..." you snorted and shook your head. "What is this Shakespeare?"

Beel frowned at the reaction and slowly leaned down to his still, shell-shocked brothers. "Is Shakespeare a compliment or an insult?"

Satan gritted his teeth, "Considering he's known as 'The Bard' in the human world and wrote one of the most recognized love stories of all time, most likely a compliment, now shush!"

"Should I be so lucky that this note reaches your hand, I wanted to confess to you. I admire you greatly and was hoping that we could get to know each other better. To put it plainly, I love you MC, and want to make you happy ..."

"That's so sweet!" Asmodeus cooed, earning him another sharp jab from a scowling Belphegor.

"If this interests you. If would just give me, give love, a chance, then I hope to meet with you after school, in the gardens behind RAD. I'll be waiting. Love, your secret admirer."

Time froze as you finished the letter, your brows furrowed as you absorbed what you had just read. "Falling in love?" You began questioningly, and Ajax felt his heart flutter with hope.

That hope was shattered as a snort suddenly came from you and carelessly crumpled up the note and tossed it behind your shoulder. "Cringe!" The group watched with jaws dropped as you lazily shut your locker and began to walk away. "I'm heading back to class. Meet you losers there when you're done with your little manliness contest."

Asmo winced at your lack of tact and turned back to the group sympathetically. "Let him go, boys," he patted Lucifer shoulder as Mammon and Beel dropped the now heartbroken and confused demon. "MC just did more damage to his poor soul than any of you ever could."

*** And that's a wrap! Thank you all for reading this fic and supporting me! You're all the best and I love you all dearly! Let me know what you think of Teen MC! Should I write them more often? -BW ***

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gffa · 2 years

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I've never been interested in Boba Fett, so I don't plan to watch the show, but now I'm confused. They told the story of what happened to Mandalore in Boba's show but didn't include Boba in this episode at all? Now I'm wondering if I need to watch this episode to understand Mando season 3 (probably because Disney has a bad habit of assuming everyone watches and reads everything) and still actually have no desire to watch it except I want to know what happens to Mandalore. Do I need to watch it?

They sooooort of told what happened to Mandalore in The Book of Boba Fett, but nothing that we didn't basically already know. We already knew the Empire had destroyed Mandalore pretty badly, that Mandalorians were basically non-existent in the galaxy at this point in time, we already know that Bo-Katan lost the darksaber and was working to get it back, etc. The only thing this episode did was show an actual (very brief) flashback to Mandalore on the Night of a Thousand Tears, which is presumably the Empire hitting back after the events of Rebels and whatever the Mandalorians did once united under Bo-Katan. Honestly, the episode really has almost nothing to do with the main storyline of the Boba Fett series, it literally could have been the season 3 first episode, that's how much it was about continuing that story, rather than ANYTHING to do with Boba's story. I think it's worth watching for Mandalore fans if not strictly necessary if you don't want, but until the third season of The Mandalorian comes out, we can't say for sure. I honestly don't know what Disney was thinking with this move (other than being a cash grab), but my general feeling is: It's a perfectly fine episode of The Mandalorian (but a bad episode of Boba Fett, because dedicating an entire episode out of your seven episode run to a different character, who already has his own show, is just wtf), a really good one, even! It's worth watching for fans of The Mandalorian. But, as far as we know, not strictly necessary. They'll probably give us context for whatever we need, when season 3 hits.

#the book of boba fett #the book of boba fett spoilers

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roseblings-moved · 3 years

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I wanna address some common concerns real quick!

How do you define NSFW? Explicit sexual content. Kissing, implied sexual content, and gore are fine. We're mostly banning NSFW because of issues with moderation- most of our mods don't feel comfortable handling nsfw content and we don't want to just have one mod handle all the NSFW content on the platform. AO3 still exists for the smut writers out there. (As an aside, we don't look down upon smut writers, we just feel uncomfortable handling that content.*)

How is MCYT defined? The term "MCYT" is used broadly in terms of scope for this archive. This includes any content creator who has created Minecraft content or has been associated with those who do. This also covers things outside this general scope but still in the same area of content such as original fiction based on people's own SMPs, MCYT fandom-created characters like Penis SMP, Podcasts and Web Series not tied to Minecraft but tied to MCYT CCs (or adjacent CCs), and non-Minecraft roleplays with creator overlap such as SBI Rust and Just Roll With It.

What are "common triggers?" Abuse, graphic descriptions of violence, major character death, bigotry, self-harm, suicide, torture, and alcohol/drug use. Note that this tagging system is also set to change at any point.

Who will be paying for the server space? We're gonna be paying for it out of pocket. If it ever becomes too big and we need more space, we would ask for donations, though I don't see that becoming an issue. AO3's entire database approximately takes up 100gb-1tb, and that's 8,000,000+ works, 40,000+ fandoms, etc. I've already figured stuff out to allow us to have 50gb of space, which should be more than enough.

Other notes:

We will be leaving in "Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings." The reason we first decided to take it out (along with No Rating) was because of how it's often abused on AO3 (instead of properly tagging content they'll use that tag) but the responses to the form made us realize how not having it could also be abused.

% will be used to tag queerplatonic relationships

The currently-outlined rules are very unspecific as of right now. They will get more specific as time goes on. We're just trying to get a general idea for what we want the rules to be at the moment.

Anxiety over the project crashing and burning is absolutely fair. I can't fully assuage those worries until it gets off its feet, but I hope the transparency will help. This isn't a huge project, either- moderated fanfiction archives for specific fandoms used to be very popular, and most (from what I've seen) didn't experience much conflict, or the conflict that they did experience was resolved quickly. I can't see this archive being much different. The issues surrounding LiveJournal and FF.net was corporatization, which meant having to censor LGBTQ+ content in order to be more appealing to advertisers. Since this isn't a business model, we have no need to appeal to advertisers.

We aren't trying to replace AO3 in the slightest. All of us have a lot of appreciation for what AO3 does, and we're even using AO3's source code as a base. We're simply trying to provide a place for a niche that doesn't currently have one.

*Assuming you are writing NSFW of legal, consenting adults. "Poppytwt" and anyone writing NSFW of minors or people who aren't comfortable with it are not tolerated anywhere near our site.

#mcyt fic archive #<- thats the tag i'll be using to talk about this #also if ur wondering who 'we' is its a couple people from gay castle #mostly connor timedeo ris floralmania and i #hale latrorex and grian redlifes are helping fund <3 our beloveds #long post #he speaks

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thecarnivorousmuffinmeta · 3 years

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What would the Volturi do if a vampire got on a plane and ate everyone (either by loss on control or on purpose)? How could they cover something like that up?

Well, they're going to have a bad day. Maybe.

The Volturi Have No Work

If the plane's already taken off by the time the vampire decides it's lunch then it simply crashes. Oh, it's a tragedy that causes likely mass casualties (and one can only hope it crashes into the ocean) but recovering the bodies will be an arduous task with the victims unlikely to look like they've been eaten by bears by the time human authorities get to them (if, in fact, they ever do).

To Volturi don't have to do anything.

The Volturi Have a Lot of Work

Some punk has a real attitude problem/death wish and eats an entire plane. The entire plane is devoured before it leaves the run way, it may crash into another plane if it was taxiing, or else it just sits there with air traffic control starting to get very worried.

Now, for a vampire to do this, they're making a point. It's very unlikely this is an accident. As a result, they will not try to cover up the bodies/make it seem as if this was a shooting by a human. They want to get caught. In the modern era, they probably recorded themselves doing this with a cell phone and put it on the internet. (They probably move too fast for the camera to catch and thus the video comes out wonky and weird BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT)

The Volturi are about to have a very bad day.

Vampire is caught by the human authorities, confesses easily to murdering all these people for dinner, and then makes a point of eating the entire airport just to get the point across.

Well, the Volturi come as quick as possible (which may be quite a few hours depending on the location) to murder this motherfucker.

At this point, there's no coverup. They can't. It's on the web, they have a pile of dead bodies, and 'gas leak' isn't going to work with this one. The best they can hope for is that people just think this guy is Jeffery Dahmer with a vampire kick.

Likely they're going to be very busy for the next few weeks-months-years murdering punk vampires all over the world. It's unlikely that war will break out as the Volturi will be on top of this so that humans don't have to recognize an organized opposition.

Why is This Not as Devastating as it Sounds

The Volturi have been here before, actually. Mankind's complete disregard for the existence of demons is a) relatively new and b) not universal. I imagine it was quite a shock to Aro when the learned men of the western world declared that demons were superstitious nonsense.

The law has existed for far longer than that.

The rationale behind the 'secret' portion is not necessarily fear of what humans will do should they notice (which has become a concern in the modern age) but more a good rule of thumb for when you've eaten too much. If the humans start noticing their population unnaturally decreasing: you've eaten too much.

Of course, just as this is lost on Bella I imagine this is lost on many vampires. This likely spurred a lot of vampires to go nuts around when Carlisle was turned because they assumed humans could just blame it on witches then it didn't count, right? They'll think the secret's null and void now (if they're paying attention to the human news) and that it's time to party. It's not time to party.

They keep getting murdered until our society decides again that vampires aren't real and murder-airplane vampire is an urban legend like mutant crocodiles in the sewers.

#twilight #twilight meta #twilight headcanon #twilight renaissance #the volturi #meta #headcanon #opinion

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cienie-isengardu · 3 years

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Not only do I not regret asking you to "RELEASE THE RAMBLES!", I'm sending you requests for more. Below is a list of questions that I asked @bihansthot , and enjoyed their answers, but because you are so thorough, and answer in such depth, I'm re-asking them to you.

Brace yourself, it's a list. I didnt have time to sort thru them, I just copied and pasted, so if any are questions you already answered before, please feel free to include the links.

"LET US BEGIN!"

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In the spirit of potential future writing, I'm trying to find a building that would make a good substitution for Lin Kuei temple.

I've tried looking up ancient Chinese military barracks/forts, and have found some stuff, but is all exterior. Anyone know of any locations (or several I can cobble together) that would make good inspiration fodder?

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So, uhm, religion? What's the Lin Kuei's take on that one? I know they are aware of Gods, they team up with/ encounter Raiden all the time, and have literally worked for/against Shinook, so I know they recognize higher powers... but I guess the question is, do they care?

Do they have a religion, or spiritual practice that resembles religion? Or do they have a more practical approach "gods exist, but we just consider them very strong people"?

Which segues into... do they recognize and participate in holidays, or things like birthdays? Or are all their celebrations work related (I.E. successful missions or levels of combat mastery)?

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Food. What foods do they normally eat? What foods do they like? What foods don't they like? What foods do they absolutely love so much they'll stop what they're doing to get it?

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If you had to match the Lin Kuei with a dynasty, what one would it be? (I know the 2021 movie has the opening in the Ming dynasty, so the Lin Kuei is at least that old, but given that movie Bi Han hasn't aged in 400 years, and was taken is a child, its probably much older) (and also know the game probably cherry picked random Chinese things it liked).

What do you think the Lin Kuei's view on artistic culture (probably not the right word) is? I know they are heavily militaristic, but in the game, Kuai Liang offers Hanzo tea and he properly prepares it the Japanese way, that says they have something of an education other than just related to fighting?

Lastly, in the movie, everything Bi Han does is "for the Lin Kuei", but the Lin Kuei is on Earth (assumedly), and he is working for a guy who wants to enslave Earth, so what do you think the deal is?

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Question about the Cryomancers. I know the game lore says that they are supposed to be rare, but I also know that the Lin Kuei have had at least 5 (grandpa, papa, older, and younger Sub Zero, and Frost). 4 of which are part of 3 generations that inherited it even with mixed blood (I'm assuming Mama Sub Zero wasn't Cryomancer since they left her alone).

That's a lot of generations in a row for a rare trait... So do you think the Cryomancers as a group have figured out they're being hunted and have chosen to live in hiding?

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Lin Kuei society question? I like writing so I also like world building and I think about these things.

Is Lin Kuei society ever covered? I know there is a Grandmaster, a handful master assassins (Sub Zero's, Sektor, Cyrax, etc) and the movies always have a bunch canon fodder lesser assassins.

And they live in the very isolated Lin Kuei Palace/Temple in Arktika (or wherever it used to be)

But is Lin Kuei (we'll call it "village") ever covered? Do they have willing servants, kidnapped slaves, or a mix of both? Are there women (non fighter women, I know there's Frost) or do they employ strictly male help? If there are women, what's their role, and are there children born there? What about Elderly? What about resources, is everything (from food, clothes, weapons, and the raw materials to create them) grown or manufactured on sight by skilled laborers or do they import/interact with the outside world? How vicious or civil is this society, could you be killed for looking at Sektor wrong or do they value your services to a degree? What's the degree? This is obviously a combat culture, but is everyone expected to know martial arts of some variety, is it optional, or do they prohibit it among the servants/slaves? How strict are they on things like clothing, food, alcohol, drugs, "luxuries", or pleasures? Money? If they interact with the world do they recognize and use $$ currency, commodity currency, or a mixture? Internally are the Lin Kuei payed or just provided for? What about illness or injury, if you're not a master and it a serious injury/illness are you taken care of or do they just give you a quick death?

Etc. That's all the questions I can think of, but please feel free to answer questions I didn't ask, if you think of anything else.

Thank you for this wonderful list to talk about! I’m gonna split the answer into smaller parts, for better focusing on each aspect but also so I don’t feel bad for keeping you waiting for ages, lol. For now let’s focus on asks about the religion!

So good questions! I do think they have some spiritual practice(s) because in martial arts the state of a mind is as important as the physical body and religion is one of many ways to shape someone’s mindset from a young age. I do, however, think that Lin Kuei does not worship the gods. They are aware that the gods exist (with Raiden as the thorn in the side) and may even respect their supernatural powers and battle skills but it never has stopped Lin Kuei from desecrating holy places, murdering people and stealing stuff for the best price. So, it seems to me that whatever religion the members of the clan follow, by nature it is rooted in nontheism.

Of course, there is also a chance that Lin Kuei worships some forgotten deity or deities (as a remnant of their ancient connections with Outworld / realms conquered and destroyed by Shao Kahn?) or may even practice ancestor worship which seems like a good way to uphold a widely understood tradition that plays an important role in the discussed community.

The closest thing to religious practice was seen in Mortal Kombat X, when Sub-Zero and his warriors seemed to pray together before statue of god / deity / ancestor / legendary warrior / personalized thing they value the most (sadly, my knowledge about Asian religious practices or faiths is very limited so I don’t have idea if the statue is supposed to represent any real god/religious symbol).

At the same time, it could be just a bluff since Grandmaster was aware of Cage’s team infiltrating the Lin Kuei territory and used this moment to lure them into a trap. Additionally, Mortal Kombat X comics presented once Kuai Liang sitting before the same statue albeit in a completely different (devoid of reverence?) position.

Of course, if we take into account Mortal Kombat Armageddon, the game states that Lin Kuei Temple placed in Arctika was actually once the Temple of Delia (the great sorceress & wife of god Argus) that at some point get abandoned and re-used by Sub-Zero’s clan.

(In the background, we can see a statue of Delia that Lin Kuei does not worship but did not remove for whatever reason. Mixing both old and new games, we can only wonder if MKX!statue is also the remnant of someone else's faith/religion?)

Beside that, Kuai Liang was pretty vocal about Lin Kuei not worshipping the Elder Gods, what was seen in MK11’s intro dialogue with Cetrion

Sub-Zero: The Lin Kuei do not worship the Elder Gods.

Cetrion: We seek gratitude, not worship.

Sub-Zero: I see no distinction.

and personally did not have any reason to pray to the goddess:

Sub-Zero: Why should I pray to you?

Cetrion: Why does a bird flap its wings?

Sub-Zero: I asked a simple question.

In all fairness, in MK11 Kuai Liang seems the most passive-aggressive toward the Elder God while Frost is focused on her ambitions and Noob!Bi-Han just wants to be left alone when bothered by Cetrion. Similar thing happens toward Raiden. Despite gratitude for saving him, Kuai Liang does not spare the god criticism (can’t serve both Elder Gods and Earthrealm, isn’t fit for his role of protector) and in MKX outright says he does not fear divine beings:

Raiden: Sub-Zero...

Sub-Zero: I fear no gods, Raiden.

Raiden': That's why you shall lose.

Surprisingly, Kuai Liang’s interaction with MK11!Fujin sounds less accusing than with Raiden and Cetrion and it is connected closely to their ties with Bi-Han. And maybe Kuai Liang did seek in the past Fujin and other elements to make a peace with them, like he planned to do so in Mortal Kombat 4 Limited comics?

"I came here to make peace with the gods of the elements that you fought [...]"

Anyway, the accusingly behaviour toward Raiden and Cetrion could be just Kuai Liang’s personal dislike for gods and serious authority issues, which makes sense considering how much he suffered because of their meddling and conflicts.

But honestly?

The available examples of Lin Kuei attitude toward gods, demigods and supernatural beings suggest how little the warriors - especially cryomancers - care for them.

Like, we have Bi-Han in Mythologies, who asked Quan Chi about details of mission:

Sub-Zero: If it's so precious, why don't you get it yourself?

Quan Chi: I cannot enter the temple until the four elements within its walls have been defeated. And I am not on the best of terms with the gods of your realm... especially your god of thunder.

Sub-Zero: Tell me about these elements.

Quan Chi outright said he and earthrealm gods weren’t friends and Bi-Han, reading between the lines, could get the idea that he may end on bad terms with Thunder God. Yet he was interested only in elements (lesser gods than protector of realm?) guarding the temple.

Then Bi-Han beat down four demigods and met a displeased Raiden after Quan Chi got the Shinnok Amulet. His reaction? No fear, like meeting an angry god was a normal occurrence.

Rayden: Do you realize what you've done??

Sub-Zero: I was just earning my living.

Rayden: Your clan's ignorance and greed will cost this entire realm. You must now set things straight.

Sub-Zero: Quan Chi could simply be a lunatic sorcerer. I've never heard of an elder god named Shinnok or of a place called the Netherrealm.

Rayden: Well, you'd better start believing in both, because you're going to the Netherrealm and you're going to bring the amulet back. We must act quickly. I have no dominion in the Netherrealm... You are reality's only hope.

Sub-Zero: I'll do it, Thunder God... but only because I have no choice.

And once he came back from Netherrealm, where he was fixing what he messed up in the first place on Raiden’s order, his abrasive attitude did not change much:

Sub-Zero: Here... the amulet.

Rayden: Impressive, Sub-Zero. Perhaps you will reconcile your reckless past after all.

Sub-Zero: That's it? Not even a thank you?

Of course, to some degree Raiden’s words did have an impact on Bi-Han but even the god’s warning about his soul tainted with evil did not stop him from coming back to Lin Kuei. Bi-Han’s attitude and/or approach to gods seems to change somehow once he was reborn as Noob, but that is a different matter for different times.

Anyway, Mythologies!Bi-Han and MK11!Noob act less aggressive toward gods than Kuai Liang. But then we have Sub-Zero from from the MK novel by Jeff Rovin, who not only is not afraid of gods but outright insult them:

“Wait! Be warned, Shang Tsung. He is cursed!”

“Cursed? By whom?”

Ruthay wailed, “By the immortal Yu.”

Shang Tsung felt cold spiders crawl up his spine. “The demigod Yu?”

“Yes… he who is said to dwell in the underground caverns of Horse Ear Mountain… which is sacred to the goddess Kuan Lin. He who protects the canals… and the tunnels… and looks after all who use them, human and animal.”

“What did our brash friend do to Yu?”

“He… killed a man,” said Ruthay.

“What man?”

“A toll-taker… one who had given up a life of crime… one who had been a partner of the man… you… seek.”

“And how did that crime come to the attention of the spirit of Yu?” Shang Tsung asked.

“The man was killed… slowly disemboweled with a sword… while accomplices forced his wife and his son to look on! After his murder… the man’s remains… were dumped into a canal!”

Shang Tsung raised an eyebrow. “Is that all? I was expecting something truly terrible!”

“It was!” Ruthay shrieked. “When he disposed of the body… in that way … he profaned one of the sacred waterways… of Yu!”

Shang Tsung smiled now. “Then he is definitely the man I want,” he said. “Anyone who is impudent enough to insult a demigod won’t be afraid to attack a member of the White Lotus Society, or the gods who watch after them. I will send Hamachi, Ruthay. When he nears his goal, see through his eyes and guide him!”

Book!Sub-Zero was impudent enough to insult a demigod which is why he was one of Shang Tsung’s favorites. And to be clear - book!Sub-Zero did not regret insulting the demigod at all. Even more! He found humor in it!:

He dwelt in a cave two hundred feet up the face of a cliff by the sea. The mouth of his home was barely wide enough to accommodate a slender adult, and was accessible only by climbing the sheer wall of rock, a feat that was impossible for most adults and daunting even to the few arachnids and marsupials that tried it.

Maybe some of them were even sent by Yu, he thought with a smirk, little assassins who would chastise me for having spilled blood in his precious canal.

The less abrasive attitude toward gods was shown by Cyrax, who talked a bit with Raiden over Bi-Han’s remains. He wasn’t outright antagonistic but wasn’t overall respectful either. He talked with Thunder God like he would talk with any other human being that wasn’t actually Scorpion. Frankly, from the named Lin Kuei only MK9!Smoke actually addressed Raiden in respectful manner, with proper bow and the name of lord

albeit did he do so because he respects the divine beings or just out of gratitude for saving him, hard to tell for sure.

So yeah, it seems like no matter what kind of timeline or age or medium of the story, Lin Kuei does not fear gods nor pray to them. And the clan has a long history of dealing with Raiden, so the Lin Kuei had first-hand experiences with supernatural beings. Somehow, cryomancers are the most impudent warriors when it comes to dealing with or criticizing the gods.

Interestingly, as much as Lin Kuei warriors don’t care for gods, most of the known to us named characters believe to have - and to care - for their own souls. Sektor and MK11!Frost embraced the Cyber Lin Kuei idea but Kuai Liang, Cyrax and Smoke were opposed to C.I. project out for concern for their souls among other things. Even Bi-Han, to some degree became concerned about his soul after trip to Netherrealm.

Believing in souls is usually a sign of belief in the afterlife, albeit after all of them went through (the change into cyborgs, death and change into Revenants) this is less a matter of faith (religion) and more first-hand experiences. And let's not forget that regularly dealing over the centuries with Shang Tsung who steals people's souls on a daily basis makes it really hard to not believe spirits are real.

Also, an interesting matter of Lin Kuei practices that could have a religious/spiritual ground and/or be an example of ancestor worship is the clan’s funeral rites. I don’t think we actually saw any Lin Kuei to bury their own (especially after warrior’s failure?) and for sure MK9!Cyrax and Sektor did not bother to take care of Bi-Han’s remains. However the sources provide examples of Lin Kuei keeping corpses, most likely of their own leaders or warriors.

And so, we could see human remains:

put in two coffins on each side of statue

hidden / kept in a block of ice(?) in chamber of Fallen Lin Kuei in which Frost’s frozen body was also laid, but on the altar

Cyrax’s cyber body was kept and guarded by Sub-Zero (and this is like the only thing that Kuai Liang and Cyber Sektor so far agreed on)

and even Cyber Sektor’s remains, even if just for pragmatic reasons, are kept in what seems to be respectful manner:

It could be just Kuai Liang’s good nature to honor fallen of his clan (I’m still not sure if Lin Kuei Palace is the new place for Sub-Zero’s clan or the ancient hideout) but even in MK Conquest TV series, after Grandmaster was killed by then-currently-Sub-Zero, there was the farewell ceremony with clothes on display (cause there was not much left of body after freezing and shattering) while new leader gave the speech promising to punish the guilty.

Which makes me think that Lin Kuei did honor their fallen warriors (especially those exceptional, deserving). Such custom and apparently common belief in soul could also support the ancestor worship - both as some ancient, mythical ancestor(s) connecting warriors into one clan (family) and tradition to follow in the footsteps of forefathers (Bi-Han taking place of his father [old timeline] or grandfather [current timeline] or Kuai Liang taking Bi-Han’s place as Sub-Zero).

My general conclusion about Lin Kuei is that its members believe in souls, have respect and use of spiritual matters (meditation?) and maybe ancestor worship. Whatever the religious / spiritual practices they have over the centuries, it is not something they will share, as the Lin Kuei by nature are secretive people who keep personal things mostly for themselves. The people that joined the clan (Cyrax and Smoke) maybe kept their old, eventual religious beliefs but overall, Lin Kuei warriors did not fear, care for nor pray to gods. They may respect god (Raiden, Fujin) as a person but not because of their divine nature. And even that would not stop them from criticizing said god. Which is pretty much how Kuai Liang and Raiden’s relationship looks like. Grandmaster is grateful to Thunder God for saving him but he won’t blindly follow his authority.

(Kuai Liang has serious authority issues, hasn't he?)

As for holidays, I can’t really see Lin Kuei to follow any specific religious (theistic) special day cause they don’t care much for gods in the first place. Unless they worked undercover and needed to act as normal human beings, religious holidays would mean nothing to them. The warriors may however celebrate their mission success, combat mastery or promotion between themselves or in secret, I think. Like, Lin Kuei did forbid friendship because it was considered warrior’s flaw yet we know some members either were blood-related (Kuai Liang, Bi-Han, previous Sub-Zero - father or grandfather, depending on which timeline is correct) or considered each other a family (Kuai Liang and Tomas Vrbada) and most named characters worked in duos so they have both opportunity and knowledge about each other to celebrate important matters. If they managed to remember anything from previous life, that is. Because from ancient to at least Great Kung Lao’s times most(?) adepts were kidnapped from biological families at a really young age (something around 6 years old). And Mythologies: Sub-Zero takes that even further:

Its warriors are chosen at birth to be raised apart from the workings of day to day civilization and are stripped of their former lives. Only the clan knows their existence. Each of them posses certain skills and abilities that set them apart from normal men. These abilities are passed on from generation to generation and honed throughout the experiences of life.

So, celebrating birthdays doesn’t sound like happening much, unless those with family around could allow themselves such luxury. The clan may however celebrate the day of becoming a fully trained and sworn warrior? Or the fallen warriors? Who knows.

Also, something worth thinking about: in Mortal Kombat Conquest TV series, when the Grandmaster presented newly appointed Sub-Zero to the rest of the clan, he “celebrated” the cryomancer's first official performance as the execution of two men who failed their mission. So, yeah, celebration of something special in (old) Lin Kuei does not necessarily mean anything nice.

(The next part of answer most likely will be focused either on food or architecture / origin of Lin Kuei. Let's hope I will get it written sooner than later)

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RELIGION <> ORIGINS / ARCHITECTURE <> FOOD <> FOR THE LIN KUEI <> ART <> CRYOMANCERS <> LIN KUEI SOCIETY <> MONEY & MATERIAL GOODS

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TGCF donghua Special Episode Thoughts (SPOILERS for episode & novel!)

Favorite moment:

Of COURSE that amazing ending sequence, which is the mirror of Dianxia's backstory at the end of the first episode, except this time from Hua Cheng's point of view. Speaking of, holy mother of YUM, dear gods, Hua Cheng:

Look at this "hideous" man. I am DROOLING.

Funny thing is, I didn't even know his appearance was supposed to be a secret, that we technically hadn't seen his face yet all this time. I remember we had a super quick glimpse of him in the Banyue pit and I thought that was his reveal, that that'll be all we'll get for now and I was fine with that...that is, until this ending sequence happened and we actually see him in his entirety. My eyes will forever never be the same. What was I even thinking??? The flashes in the pit were absolutely inferior to the real thing. No comparison. He is so gorgeous; I can't WAIT for Xie Lian to meet him next season.

Second favorite moment:

What I love about this scene is first of all it features some of my favorite lines from the novel, "If you don't know what to live for, then just live for me. If you don't know the meaning of life, then take me as the meaning your life." Even though Dianxia was playing it up for dramatic effect, I loved how he crawled towards San Lang and then uttered the lines with such conviction. I LOVED the way the music reached a cresendo during his words--hell, I love the music in this entire episode, this entire show, period. I also love how bittersweet this scene is: here Dianxia is so embarrassed by his own words that he even laughs about them, dismisses them, not know just how much of an effect they had on the person he said them to, how they really did serve to motivate that person to live on, to exist, utterly for him. Not knowing at all that that person he said what he now thinks were silly words to is right in front of him. The irony!

I'm still making my way through the book so I haven't gotten to the part where all is revealed to Xie Lian yet, but I can only imagine how shocking and emotional this particular revelation would be. It'll probably be ten years before we get to see all that in the donghua, if we ever do, but I'm gonna keep on crossing my fingers and hoping.

"I swear, whether in Heaven or or on Earth, you cannot find someone more sincere than me". The subs left out the Heaven or Earth part but it's still such a good line. Love also how San Lang precedes that by trying to reach out to touch Dianxia but is like too afraid to. The donghua really captured his feelings of...I guess I'd call it timid inferiority...so well.

I have a strong suspicion what that ring is (irl, I've seen companies advertising turning ashes into diamonds as a keepsake of your loved ones...never tried it so I don't know if it's the real deal or some kind of scam) and I cannot wait to get to that revelation as well. Putting aside the potential significance of this momento, the fact that Hua Cheng left Dianxia a ring to wear around his neck is already a beautiful gesture on its own.

I already miss seeing how San Lang looks adoringly at Xie Lian. In fact, I think I'm going to miss San Lang for quite a while since next season I think we'll be mostly spending time with Hua Cheng. Not complaining at all since Hua Cheng will no doubt look at Dianxia just as adoringly, but I will miss this cute guy.

Also already missing the cuteness that is Dianxia. I love all his expressions...the way he said "San Lang" just made my heart explode. How can he be this adorable??? Really, bravo to Jiang Guangtao-laoshi, his voice actor, for such an endearing voice performance. I actually started listening to the Qiang Jin Jiu audio drama because I've become a fan. Imagine Xie Lian being super seductive all the time. That's the ear candy I'm enjoying now, even though I only understand like less than half of the plot due to my shoddy Chinese comprehension.

Proud of how San Lang didn't just lose it when Dianxia cradled his face like that. This man really has unbelievable self control.

I loved that they were chatting in bed like an old married couple. I'm sure this is a glimpse into their future married life. 😁

Besides SanLian, I know Banyue was in this episode as well, I still think she's adorable and love her voice, and I'm glad she gets to enjoy a torture-free life now (I am assuming she does).

I'm glad we got this special episode to really close out the season, but I'm still kinda confused as to why we didn't get it at the actual end of the season but rather as an odd stand alone episode like this. Obviously it picked up right where the 11th episode left off, so it would've slotted in perfectly well. I was hoping the reason they held on to it was because they were going to attach a teaser PV for the next season, but alas that wasn't the case. I wonder if they just needed more time to finish the episode. I still don't quite understand how the Chinese donghua industry works: for something seemingly as popular as TGCF, you would think they'd have good enough budget and resources to finish episodes in time and to make more than just 12 episodes. There are other donghua shows I've seen on Bilibili that have blown way past 12 episodes, so I don't understand why they have to stubbornly stick to a dozen only for something like TGCF. Or is it a danmei thing, I wonder. They just don't want to devote the time and resources to danmei shows beyond just 12 episodes? So weird. Again, VERY GRATEFUL we're getting a second season. SINCERELY praying that we get many more seasons after so that eventually they'll finish out the book. God I hope I finish reading before the donghua team finishes putting out the show.

And that brings me to: Current Reading Progress...chapter 160. Look, I'm gonna be honest, I'm just not a fan of the whole jinx demon concept or the Brocade Immortal. I know all mysteries of the week lead back to the gods and their backstory, but as CONCEPTS, I was just NOT into them so I constantly got distracted. I know MXTX-laoshi was under a LOT of pressure from both censorship and just ridiculous deadlines (I was told she had to produce a chapter a day, which is INSANE), so I feel like a douchebag for even thinking anything negative about the book...not to mention I'm only on Book 3 still so maybe all of this will be wrapped up nicely at the end. But for now, yeah, those two as ideas are a bit underwhelming and almost silly (especially the Brocade Immortal) and maybe I don't need the backstory of ALL the gods. Anyway, before anyone yells at me, there's always a chance I might change my mind about all this by the end...which I hope to get to soon. Didn't finish the book in time for this special episode which was my goal, so readjusting the goalpost back a little further...hopefully just a tad...like a few weeks, because I DO want to get to the unrelenting pain soon so that I can get through the suffering and finally to the HuaLian happily ever after ending.

#Tian Guan Ci Fu #Heaven Official's Blessing #HuaLian #SanLian #TGCF donghua

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