#my burning hatred of Dr. MEI

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If yall could reblog this with you're most insane or stupid piece of mihoyo game lore, that would be appreciated (if you have screenshots that would be extra appreciated). My friend asking if they should play genshin somehow devolved into me explaining the entirety of the honkai-verse. There's just only so much bs I can remember off the top of my head unprompted

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I got home four hours ago and chose lore, so have a comprehensive crash course of my Rage of the Abandoned (ROA) AU's timeline. Took me like two or three hours to write this, counting procrastination.

Allow me to autismsplain to the mountains.

This will cover general points in the ROA AU.

VERY LONG BECAUSE NO DETAIL MUST BE LEFT OUT.

Also, this isn't getting a tl;dr. CWs for vaguely referenced child abuse and toxic family dynamics, along with imprisonment. (I feel obligated to put these lol.)

Let me throw you for a loop.

Context time.

I heard somewhere that Nezha blessed Red Son in one of the original scriptures, and that blessing became the Samadhi Fire because Deity magic is not compatible with Demon magic. That fire had to have come from somewhere, right?

Enter the Celestial Samadhi Fire, a weapon and power that Nezha received, born of the coalescing rage, spite, and hatred that abandoned and hurt children had towards those who hurt them, hence the name of the AU. The flames are unfathomably dangerous because they burn chi, aka raw life force, and chi cannot be regenerated by mortals, only given to them by food. (Did some quick googling to iron this concept out.)

This is all important to the AU because the Samadhi Fire and the Celestial Flames can leave lasting damage on some Deities, citation, Monkey King when he was boiled. If he wasn't immune to it, imagine what it would do to a Deity who isn't as impervious to damage as SWK is. Nezha's flames wrought havoc on LBD's mech in this AU, which is primarily what weakened it enough for Mei and the others to defeat LBD.

That's right. ROA!Nezha has burn scars. Most of them are around five hundred years old, except for one, which is three years old as of my timeskip AU which takes place three years after season three. I'll have to tweak it when season four comes out. His main scars are where Yang Jian (Erlang Xiansheng), his adopted father, chained him up and trapped him underground to prevent him from burning Heaven down when he snapped and chose violence at Li Jing. Nezha's chains attached to rings that were wrapped around him near every major joint, plus his neck, just below the shoulders, and midsection. They were supposed to be impossible to break, and they were.

Nezha burned himself permanently trying to escape. All of his burns are sensitive.

Yang Jian got too busy with his heavenly duties to find time to free Nezha, and the Lotus Prince was trapped for nearly a century until Wukong's escapades took him to the cavern where the prince was imprisoned. The two formed a trauma bond over this, strengthening their relationship.

He was bitter towards Yang Jian for a few centuries, but forgave him.

And that was a rough summary of the worst parts of my AU that are exclusive to it.

Moving on. Here's where things start to look up. CW at the bottom for implied toxic and abusive family.

After all this went down and LBD got busted, he bonded with the main cast, and that's where more trauma comes up out of nowhere, because Nezha was on the Journey to the West in this AU, and he deeply bonded with them.

He can see the parallels between his old family and his new one, and it stings, so he's initially bitter and distant towards them after they nurse his burns and shattered ribcage immediately after the LBD fight. The only person he's even remotely kind to is Sun Wukong, since they went through losing Tripitaka, Sha Wujing, and Zhu Bajie together.

Eventually, though, he caves, and breaks the news to Sha Dali, who remembers vaguely, but doesn't remember the good parts, when Nezha would sleep in his arms, which devastates the Deity for weeks afterwards. Tang still smiles at Nezha, just like Tripitaka did. Pigsy will still cook fro Nezha, no questions asked, just like Bajie would.

And it's enough to break him.

Xiaotian, Xiaojiao, Hai'er, Sun Wukong, and Macaque comfort him, which cements the sibling bond for good.

Nezha makes a new friend, a water Deity named Suijin, and their bond is almost immediate and unbreakable. She accompanies him so he's not alone with his anxiety when he apologizes to Ao Guang, who disenchants the golden collar so it can no longer hurt him on command. This is a huge relief for him, but he decides to take the collar off entirely and run off to learn how to control most of the full extent of his powers. He succeeds, which terrifies Heaven into letting him go. Nezha, however, is a responsible individual at this point, and still does his job as a guardian Deity, much to Heaven's relief and sometimes delight. His respect of authority is conditional now, however; if they hurt him or force him into anything, he may lash out.

But he's free.

He's happy.

At last.

Li Jing lets his son go, because he finally realizes that's what's best for him. He acknowledges with a bittersweet thought that he may never see him again, but he's happier elsewhere. He is revealed to have sealed the fire pagoda Randeng Daoren gave him, and branded it as a forbidden device, as he sees it as a mark of his wrongdoings against his son.

Li Jing has a new building built in the midst of a garden, in honor of Nezha's resilience, a safe space for the young and the vulnerable to be their authentic selves. The back wall of the main hall contains a huge mural dedicated to the main crew and Nezha, along with the JTTW crew. A memorial to what was, and a celebration of what is. Several therapists are brought into the Celestial Realm, one of which is an OC of mine, the Viper Lord, Binglun, who, despite being a powerful venomous Snake Demon, is gentle and understanding of others' plights. Nezha bonds with Binglun over the course of the therapy sessions, and Macaque begrudgingly joins sometimes, much to the prince's delight.

Nezha never properly takes the surname of 'Li' again after he had his name change, but eventually starts to use familial honorifics with Li Jing, as all of his hatred, all of his spite, has turned to forgiveness. Muzha and Jinzha are terribly guilty about not noticing the damage Li Jing's actions had on him, but Nezha, who is healing from the trauma slowly but surely, readily voices his forgiveness, though he's not ready to have Muzha, Jinzha, or Li Jing back in his life full-time yet.

All three of them are deeply proud of Nezha. They get family therapy periodically, and Binglun has their hands full due to this, not that they're complaining. Although the entire journey has left all of them deeply wounded by their actions and those of others, the group heals and moves on, and Nezha forever keeps the JTTW crew in his heart, remembering them as they lived and not how they ended. He opens up drastically more to the current crew after this, and refers to most of them with familial honorifics, much to their delight. His nightmares refuse to relent, however, so he seeks out comfort in Xiaotian, Xiaojiao, Hai'er, Tang, Sun Wukong, and Sha Dali, who all give it readily, alongside care and affection, which Nezha deeply appreciates.

Found family loves him, old family loves him and now knows that keeping him in Heaven hurt him, so they let him come and go freely. He sends letters to report on things Heaven needs to know about, otherwise he only really visits for therapy. (Sometimes takes care of and plays with young Deities that are in the safe building Li Jing had built.) Muzha, Jinzha, and Li Jing leave gifts and notes for him in his room, since Nezha normally doesn't go out of his way to see them.

I intend to have my Desiderium fic end on a note of a steady recovery from the overarching theme of the fic, which is grief and trauma, then write an epilogue detailing a timeskip where the group is now not just a big, messy, happy family, but the immortal guardians of the megapolis, and to an extent, the world.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

Oh, you're talking about this right? Yeah, that's a neat idea. Cool art too

This was a long read but a really interesting and creative one

I am excited to read the fic now

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Wake the Dead

Wake the Dead by The Mysterious Guest

All For One killed his own brother. But that was years ago. So why I am still alive???

Izuku Midoriya, a promising student of UA, the successor of All Might. Also the boss of his shadow organization. The fire of hatred burns inside his heart over the loss of his only family. Until he isn't alone anymore. "Uncle?"

Words: 3441, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Other

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto's Siblings, Todoroki Shouto's Parents, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Sensei | All For One, BNHA Melisa, Hatsume Mei, Tokoyami Fumikage, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Yaoyorozu Momo, Yaoyorozu Momo's Family, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Kyudai Garaki, Dr. Tsubasa, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Eri, First One For All User, Chisaki Kai | Overhaul

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Possibly the first Endeavor/First One For All, Ever - Freeform, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Izuku's Parent, white-haired Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has One for All Quirk, He might runs a syndicate but not quite villain, Daddy Issues, Dark, Bad All For One, Not Beta Read

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23828371

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Wake the Dead

Wake the Dead by The Mysterious Guest

All For One killed his own brother. But that was years ago. So why I am still alive???

Izuku Midoriya, a promising student of UA, the successor of All Might. Also the boss of his shadow organization. The fire of hatred burns inside his heart over the loss of his only family. Until he isn't alone anymore. "Uncle?"

Words: 3441, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Other

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto's Siblings, Todoroki Shouto's Parents, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Sensei | All For One, BNHA Melisa, Hatsume Mei, Tokoyami Fumikage, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Yaoyorozu Momo, Yaoyorozu Momo's Family, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Kyudai Garaki, Dr. Tsubasa, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Eri, First One For All User, Chisaki Kai | Overhaul

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Possibly the first Endeavor/First One For All, Ever - Freeform, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Izuku's Parent, white-haired Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has One for All Quirk, He might runs a syndicate but not quite villain, Daddy Issues, Dark, Bad All For One, Not Beta Read

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23828371

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Wake the Dead

Wake the Dead by The Mysterious Guest

All For One killed his own brother. But that was years ago. So why I am still alive???

Izuku Midoriya, a promising student of UA, the successor of All Might. Also the boss of his shadow organization. The fire of hatred burns inside his heart over the loss of his only family. Until he isn't alone anymore. "Uncle?"

Words: 3441, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Other

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto's Siblings, Todoroki Shouto's Parents, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Sensei | All For One, BNHA Melisa, Hatsume Mei, Tokoyami Fumikage, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Yaoyorozu Momo, Yaoyorozu Momo's Family, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Kyudai Garaki, Dr. Tsubasa, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Eri, First One For All User, Chisaki Kai | Overhaul

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Possibly the first Endeavor/First One For All, Ever - Freeform, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Izuku's Parent, white-haired Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has One for All Quirk, He might runs a syndicate but not quite villain, Daddy Issues, Dark, Bad All For One, Not Beta Read

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23828371

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by The_Mysterious_Guest

All For One killed his own brother. But that was years ago. So why I am still alive???

Izuku Midoriya, a promising student of UA, the successor of All Might. Also the boss of his shadow organization. The fire of hatred burns inside his heart over the loss of his only family. Until he isn't alone anymore. "Uncle?"

Words: 3441, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Other

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto's Siblings, Todoroki Shouto's Parents, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Sensei | All For One, BNHA Melisa, Hatsume Mei, Tokoyami Fumikage, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Yaoyorozu Momo, Yaoyorozu Momo's Family, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Kyudai Garaki, Dr. Tsubasa (My Hero Academia), Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Eri (My Hero Academia), First One For All User (My Hero Academia), Chisaki Kai | Overhaul

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor & Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Possibly the first Endeavor/First One For All, Ever - Freeform, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Izuku's Parent, white-haired Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has One for All Quirk, He might runs a syndicate but not quite villain, Daddy Issues, Dark, Bad All For One, Not Beta Read