#COME ON A-LING IF YOU'RE GETTING A DOG YOU ARE GETTING THE *BEST* DOG

[rubilune]

Cheng Xiaoshi: There are some things beyond our understanding. We must accept them and learn from them. Because these moments of crisis are also potential moments of faith. A time, when we either come together or fall apart. Nature always has a way of balancing itself. The only question is, what part will we play?

Lu Guang: Did you just make that up?

Cheng Xiaoshi: No. I read it in a fortune cookie once.

Lu Guang:

Cheng Xiaoshi: A really long fortune cookie.

Lu Guang: Hello, my name is Failure, and you're watching my life crumble into pieces.

Lu Guang: *waves his finger and sings like they're in a Disney Channel intro*

Lu Guang after seeing Cheng Xiaoshi die once again:

Cheng Xiaoshi: Why is Qiao Ling making me do the dishes again? You haven’t washed them in a week, Lu Guang!

Lu Guang: It’s because I’m Qiao Ling’s favorite.

Cheng Xiaoshi: I hate you.

Lu Guang, also known as a universe destroyer for his 100% platonic bff: Why would you wanna save the galaxy? It's full of idiots anyway.

Cheng Xiaoshi: Because I'm one of the idiots that lives in it!

Lu Guang: Are you sure

Cheng Xiaoshi: WHOEVER CAUSED THIS MESS IS GOING TO-

Lu Guang: It was me...

Cheng Xiaoshi: ...Is going to be forgiven because everyone deserves a second chance.

This could work either way but I have you know what in mind

Lu Guang: I have an idea.

Qiao Ling: A good idea?

Lu Guang: Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Lu Guang after deciding he's not going to be left hoeless

Lu Guang: How do you tell someone that you wanna have sex with them in a polite way?

Cheng Xiaoshi: Excuse me Mx. Would you give me the honours of indulging in sexual activities with you?

Qiao Ling: What the fuck is wrong with you two?

Cheng Xiaoshi: Now, if I may speak for good-looking people everywhere...

Qiao Ling: Only as their rodeo clown.

In my defense all I'll say is that they are so siblings, your honor

Someone irrelevant, to Qiao Ling: Look at you! All cute and small! I could just eat you up!

Qiao Ling: *proceeds to kick them in the shin and run away*

Lu Guang, walking past: Rule number 1, don't call Qiao Ling cute or small.

I support the feral and armed with medical equipment Qiao Ling Agenda

Qiao Ling: In my defense, I was left unsupervised.

Captain Xiao: Wasn’t Cheng Xiaoshi with you?

Cheng Xiaoshi: In my defense, I was also left unsupervised.

Cheng Xiaoshi: Don't joke about murder. I was murdered once (several times) and it offends me.

Is the following one in character? No did the idea make me laugh? Yes.

Captain Xiao: *double checking supplies in the boat* Compass. CB radio. Sunscreen.

Qiao Ling: Hot dog costumes!

Captain Xiao: I’m sorry, what?

Qiao Ling: You know, in case we get lost at sea, and one of us, probably Lu Guang, goes mad with hunger, we’ll put these on. Lu Guang hates hot dogs, so they probably won’t eat us.

Captain Xiao: Are you saying that Lu Guang would rather eat us than hot dogs?

Lu Guang: I do hate hot dogs.

Qiao Ling: My goal is not to be the best, but to inspire someone enough to one day surpass me.

Cheng Xiaoshi: YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THAT EVERY TIME YOU BEAT ME AT CONNECT FOUR!

Cheng Xiaoshi: Every zoo is a petting zoo unless you’re a coward.

Lu Guang: I’m worried about you.

Cheng Xiaoshi: If I punch myself and it hurts, am I weak or strong?

Qiao Ling: Strong.

Captain Xiao: Weak.

Lu Guang: An idiot, is what your are.

Lu Guang: And here we see Qiao Ling and Cheng Xiaoshi in their natural habitat. Texting eachother variations of the word "garlic bread" to try to make eachother laugh.

Qiao Ling: Gaelic bread.

Cheng Xiaoshi: Grueling brad.

Qiao Ling: Ha ha, glamorous beans.

Sibling behavior

Qiao Ling: Seriously, all you do is bitch.

Lu Guang: I happen to bitch the perfect amount for someone in my situation.

He actually does

In my mind Captain Xiao is actually now their parent

Captain Xiao: Why do you think I don’t like you? I do. I would kill for you.

Captain Xiao: Ask me to kill for you.

Cheng Xiaoshi: ...First of all, calm down-

What I will always love about this man is he didn't even know them for more than a couple times and yet he never hesitated on helping them

Cheng Xiaoshi: A mosquito tried to bite me and I slapped it and killed it.

Cheng Xiaoshi: And I started thinking.

Cheng Xiaoshi: Like, it was just trying to get food.

Cheng Xiaoshi: What if I went to the fridge and it just slammed the door shut and snapped my neck?

Captain Xiao: Are you ok?

He isn't

Lu Guang: We all have our demons.

Lu Guang, grabbing Cheng Xiaoshi: This one’s mine.

And he isn't letting go

Cheng Xiaoshi: I regret nothing!!!

Lu Guang: I regret everything!!!

*insert the same old joke*

Cheng Xiaoshi: Look at me straight in the eyes and tell me the truth, Lu Guang!

Lu Guang: You can’t expect me to look into your eyes and be straight.

Lu Guang after the 3rd time travel:

Qiao Ling: You need a hobby.

Cheng Xiaoshi: I have a hobby!

Qiao Ling: Fawning over Lu Guang isn’t a hobby.

Cheng Xiaoshi after calling Lu Guang handsome for the 100th time

Qiao Ling: “Ladies and gentlemen” is unnecessarily gendered, overly formal, lengthy, and honestly, I’m falling asleep already. “Cowards” on the other hand, is inclusive to all genders, to the point, and dramatic.

Here I am again with my feral Qiao Ling agenda. I regret nothing

Cheng Xiaoshi: Lu Guang, you’ve tried 37 times and you’ve failed every time. Give it a break.

Lu Guang: DO I HEAR “FIRST TRY PART 38?”

I don't even have to repeat the joke do I?

Cheng Xiaoshi, seeing a banana on the car seat: What the FUCK??

Cheng Xiaoshi, buckling the banana up: Fucking buckle UP, it’s the LAW!

Tbh, I don't think he'd ever get a driving license in the first place, it would be too much of a hazard, but it is nice to dream

Captain Xiao: What's the most efficient way to burn calories?

Qiao Ling: Exercise more!

Cheng Xiaoshi: Set yourself on fire.

Lu Guang: There are two kinds of people.

Captain Xiao: *shatters a window and climbs through it*

Captain Xiao: *turns around and helps Cheng Xiaoshi through it* Breaking and entering is wrong Cheng Xiaoshi.

Cheng Xiaoshi: Okay.

*out grocery shopping*

Lu Guang: *takes a free sample twice*

Lu Guang: Robbery and Fraud. I am a Rebel.

I find that to be a bigger crime than breaking the entire universe tbh. At least in that he hasbhis homosexual tendencies to back him up

Captain Xiao: How do you type so fast?

Cheng Xiaoshi: Anxiety.

Lu Guang: What do I get?

Cheng Xiaoshi: A night of fashion, mischief, mayhem, and possible death.

Lu Guang: Ooh, check, check, and check; not sure about that last one.

Cheng Xiaoshi: It won't be me.

Lu Guang: I'll get my coat.

The joke will never get old will it? (It has, like 4 jokes ago, but I'm so unfunny I can't think of another one)

Qiao Ling: I did it! I memorized everything in the book! I'm gonna ace this test!

Cheng Xiaoshi: Ok, Qiao Ling, I'll give you one more question before you go. What ended in 1918?

Qiao Ling: 1917.

Cheng Xiaoshi: ...You're ready.

I love them a healthy amount

#linkclick #incorrect quotes #Link Click incorrect quotes #link click #qiao ling #lu guang #cheng xiaoshi #Captain Xiao #lu guang x cheng xiaoshi #Feral and armed with medical equipment Qiao Ling agenda #link click season 2 spoilers #incorrect link click quotes #shiguang

[sillygoofyqueer]

The Untamed review: episode two!!

Yes, Wei Wuxian, Little Apple IS a picky eater, because he deserves only the best and KNOWS IT

Bro's complaining about a donkey to a donkey, what a guy

"You're like MY master"

"Yo, there's a well!" Wei Wuxian immediately moves out of the way, what a gentleman

HE'S JUST TALKING TO THEM, WOAHHHH

Wei Wuxian helplessly listening to them argue over his inventions is so funny to me

"IS WEI YOUR DAD?!??" "HE'S MY IDOL!!"

The way that Wei Wuxian just gives up and peaces out

Fighting with a donkey now

Take the fucking apple, you dumbass

How old is this woman? She looks about twenty five

IT'S JUST LIKE IN MINECRAFT

Push her off, it'd be so funny and no one would know

Yo, what is Yan doing?? She's busting some moves

Does he just flick any random person?

Ohhhh, I see

Got killed by the mist, that's an embarrassing way to go

Bro is dead, goddamn. Poor lass has no soul

This woman has been through so much, she doesn't deserve it

Someone's catching humans, cannibals in every universe

JIN LING!!! <3

Laughing at the richness of people

"Naur, stay up there. See you later xoxo"

How is this woman here????

LITTLE APPLE BEHAVE YOURSELF

It's fine, he's wearing a mask that covers his eyes

"It's you?" Aw shit, the guy who was a baby when you were around is onto you

Joking, he knows Mo Xuanyu

Mock him and see how it ends up

BRO JUST INSULTED HIM BECAUSE HE'S MOTHERLESS

Stop trying to get up, jesusss

Nice throw

He looks so done with people's shit

STOP FUCKING MOCKING HIM, WEI WUXIAN

Oh, hey Jiang Cheng, you're baby girling quite hard today

No need to crush it

"break his legs? No, feed him to your dog, kiddo"

His boyfriend has come to rescue him

"I'm so unlucky today", on the contrary, I think you're very lucky, these characters are key to the plot and you didn't even have to go looking for them!!

I like the music that plays when the Lan Clan is around

Lan Jingyi stepping up for his father- teacher

Lan Sizhui, how do you know so much

HE CAST THE SILENCE SPELL, I LOVE HIM

He says it like a slur hahahaha

Lan Wangji is too busy mewing, don't break his streak!!

"If you don't get that spirit, don't come back to me!!" Jin Ling was never seen again 😔

He's like a grumpy toddler, I love him so

"Don't worry, we'll pay for the nets we broke!" "Nuh uh!!" Lan Sizhui, you're an angel, don't listen to him

HIS MEWING STREAK NOOOOO

Nice voice though

"I thought I saw my boyfriend 😔"

There are spirits in the lake, I wouldn't suggest drinking from it

Jiang Yanli 😭😭😭

Stop smiling, you're hallucinating

Slander my boy and sees what happens

Slap yourself, go on, like the books

Don't put the blame all on him!!!

Nice, like the books

Feel the shame

That cannot be comfortable, those are literal rocks

LITTLE APPLE!!

He's like they're little leader

That's a fast old man

Lan Jingyi's first instinct is to point a sword at an old man, lmaaoooo

"anything strange here?" "Duh"

Leaving him alone while he's trying to give important plot information, rude

Glowing grass, what the fuck

I think you should eat some

He just wants to clean, leave him alone

WEN QING!!!!!!

Flashbacks lmao

Where'd the old man go

Dirty

No way is that naturally formed

Lan Jingyi, you're surprisingly knowledgeable..I didn't know you could read

Jin Ling and his group of people

AAAAAHH WHAT THE FUCK

"what's up baby girls"

Ugh, it's been moving for a while now

Maybe you should, I don't know, LISTEN TO THE GUY WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING??

Also, y'all ditched him, minus points

"We're out" "fuck, y'all are gonna soooo be punished"

The look he gave, as if this isn't like, a sixteen seventeen year old. No, wait, he's probably eighteen...how old was he before Wei Wuxian's death? ANYWAY

Criticising the Lan education system while you're at it

"wait, you can't be crazy, because that makes sense!!" Lan Jingyi my beloved

Shit, my cover as a crazy person has been blown

Are they having a mewing contest or what?

Well done, Lan Jingyi

WHERE'S MY NEPHEW

I swear it wasn't that big before

Y'all are doing a shit job at running from something this slow

Nice attack, it's still stone though

Dude, listen to Lan Sizhui

"Hey, my sword 🥺😔"

Considering this flute playing is supposed to be shit, it's not too bad

"ugh, you're playing the flute this bad? You must be crazy" Lan Jingyi, make up your mind

STOOOOOP JIN LING

Nice kick, it's still stone though

WEN NING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE'S HERE TO KICK SOME ASS FOR YOU!!!!

They both look mildly terrified

Dude killed it so easy, well done. Naur, it's just an illusion.

"y'all, no need to be scared, the Yiling Patriarch ain't here" he's standing over there, wearing a mask

I THOUGHT THE LANS WERE BETTER THAN THIS

Luring him over with shitty flute playing

LET GO OF THE COMEDIC RELIEF

His robes are even blowing, just for you

Me leading my next snack away from the bag

Walk faster, goddamn

"hey bbg, it's been a while"

Listen guys, I know you're in love but there's a corpse there

He flew away, like Jesus

So...how is everyone surprised when they do turn out to be gay???

DON'T PIN THE BLAME ON HIM. MY MAN'S IS GUILTY BUT PRETTY

Uhh uh oh. Mom and dad are fighting again

Lan Wangji already looks so bored

The fucking GLARE I CAN'T

"Take off the mask!!!" "Nuh uh, I'm too handsome"

Lan Jingyi needs to stop being smart, it's scaring me

Stoooop, he didn't kill his brother

Okay, so he did, but he didn't want to!!!

He passed out, okay man

Answer the stupid call

FAMILY!!!!!!!

They're so happy 😔

Give him what he wants, it's SYMBOLISM

Lecturing him better than Lan Qiren

You lost him already, not very good at this, ey?

Alcoholic

Of course he will, it's Wei Wuxian

They're so happy :(

#four being a dumbass #Four's live review #mo dao zu shi #cql #the untamed #the untamed spoilers #wei wuxian #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #lan wangji #jin ling #jiang cheng #jiang yanli #little apple #wen qing mentioned!!

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

@gwyndal

😄😁😣

Lan Jingyi hates rollercoasters. They make him dizzy and nauseous and tap into some primal instinct of "absolutely-the-fuck-not" that has him stay as far away from them as possible. He hates the ones with those huge loops and the ones that turn you upside down and he specifically hates the ones that spin.

So why is he being dragged towards the tallest, loopiest, spinniest in the whole theme park?

Because he's a prideful idiot who refuses to admit he's afraid. And also because Jin Ling bet him 500$ that he won't get on that rollercoaster and that's way too much money for Jingyi to turn down (not to mention, his pride would be irreparably wounded if he proved Jin Ling wrong, and that's not something money can fix).

"Jingyi, you really don't have to do this." Sizhui tries, patting Jingyi's shoulder comfortingly as they wait in line. "It's just a stupid bet. And if it's about the money, I can give you that 500$ myself and be done with it."

"I'm fine, Sizhui. It's just a rollercoaster. Hundreds of people get on it every day."

"You really don't sound convincing at all..."

"Come on, Sizhui, have a little faith in me. And anyways, weren't you the one who said it's best to face your fears head on?"

Sizhui sighs. "If you're sure... I just don't want you to do anything that you're not comfortable with. Especially not if it's just to prove a point."

Jingyi tries to give a reassuring smile, but it looks strained and a bit awkward to the point that it's comical. Sizhui taps into his Lan upbringing to hide a laugh and pretends to be staring ahead at the queue. Looks like they're next.

"You look like you've just seen a ghost." Jin Ling taunts as he generously pays for everyone's ride.

Jingyi glares at him. "Get your wallet ready, princess."

Sizhui and Zizhen sigh. Whilst they're excited for the ride and have been raving about it ever since they arrived at the fair, they know Jingyi is scared of it and find the bet ridiculous.

Still, Jingyi won't admit it and Jin Ling is being annoying about it.

The employee straps the four teens into their seats, and makes it a point to specifically ask Jingyi if he's okay. He's shaking a little and there's some cold sweat collecting at his temples, his grip on the metal handlebars making his knuckles white.

"I'm perfectly fine!" he insists, his voice a bit too loud and shaky. "Let's go!"

The moment the ride starts moving, Jingyi finds himself muttering prayers. If he gets out alive of this, he's never going to lie about his dog having eaten his homework, he won't ever let his room get messy again, he'll study twice, no, thrice as hard and he won't ever call Jin Ling a spoiled little bitch behind his back unless it was absolutely necessary.

He hears his friends laugh with excitement and point out how high up they are and how many things they can see, but he doesn't open his eyes to check for himself. He's just going to take their word and their happy giggles for it.

At the first drop of the ride, Jingyi feels like his soul has gotten lost on the way.

At the first loop, he wonders whether 500$ is really that much money after all.

The moment the rollercoaster begins spinning, he almost feels like he sees his life flasesh before his eyes.

But after that... he realizes it's really not that bad actually. It's quite fun, and he even opens his eyes to get the full experience. Before he knows it, he's actually enjoying this whole thing, screaming with excitement at every drop and loop.

In fact, he's disappointed when the ride is over!

"Can we go again? This was amazing!"

Jin Ling hands him 500$ and goes to puke in a trashcan.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #writing attempts #jl #ljy #lsz

[maleyanderecafe]

Pestered by the Yandere Once Again (Webcomic)

Created by: 乔意棠 漫神动漫

Genre: Drama/Romance

I actually found this one by searching Bao.to on the yandere tag and it's not bad for a Chinese webcomic. I was actually worried this was going to be incest because they call it "Cold but lonely Villainess Sister x Yandere but Stubborn Brother", but it was actually the Chinese mistranslation (basically in Chinese you can call people "sister" and "brother" even if you're not related as a term of respect/endearment, kinda like using Oppa in Korea, or calling someone who is close to your family but not related Uncle) so that was a load off of my mind. The whole story is pretty light though, and it is a bit confusing in the beginning, though it does pick up after a bit. As of writing this, there are 22 chapters.

The story starts out with Que Que coming back after a very long stay to meet with her parents. She runs into some people at the airport bullying a guy and saves him. We find out that Que Que is a white hat hacker and she returns to school, only to be bullied by the people there. We find out that the boy she saved, Xie Yun is actually a reincarnation from a previous life, where Que Que was a warrior, and he promises to save her like she did in his previous life, even if he is the only one that remembers. There's a lot of drama involving the school, and Xie Yun, while a rich boy, is also very sickly, making it difficult for him to always be near Que Que. After Que Que gets bullied, Xie Yun ends up having the students expelled for doing this to Que Que.

To be honest, Que Que is kind of a Mary Sue. She's really good at a lot of things and she doesn't seem to really have any flaws (other than maybe being a little aloof) and takes down anyone that tries to hurt her with little difficulty. She gets bullied or placed into a bad situation a lot, but is always able to get out of it (this seems to be prominent in these kinds of Chinese webtoons, since this reminds me of Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return, though at least in that story, Xing Ling was originally one of the best singers, so the underdog story made sense, while in this one Que Que is just cool because...she is.) Despite this, I can't really find myself hating Que Que either, since she is really cool and stands on her own (plus, I'm getting strong role reversal vibes from her and that's one of my all time favorite things, so maybe I'm a little biased). Que Que's family is also pretty kind to her, being a bit protective and being on her side despite the fact that she hasn't seen them in over 15 years and it's nice seeing how they all care for each other. That being said, I do hope that she has some actual conflicts that make her struggle a bit since she seems to have little problem dealing with all the rumors, bullying and physical fights she gets into.

As for the yandere, Xie Yun, he's surprisingly pretty tame for a yandere. Yes, he does get rid of a ton of people that end up bullying Que Que, (namely expelling Xie Zhi Shang and that one math teacher), as well as protect her during one of her exchanges as a gray hat hacker, but honestly he seems to be more protected by Que Que rather than protecting her (which in my opinion is a win, but that's besides the point). His personality is very much like a small dog, with him constantly thinking about Que Que and how cool she is as well as being happy when Que Que does anything with him. Xie Yun is the one that remembers Que Que's reincarnation, and vows to be with her in the next life, even at the cost of gaining a terminal illness. Xie Yun is devoted if nothing else, but again, seems to internally fawn over Que Que. He is still a yandere considering he takes time to get rid of all the people who bullied her, though he's very soft towards Que Que, and for whatever reason it seems like the people that he gets rid of are just kinda... gone, with little consequence. It's only really mentioned in the beginning that someone has been getting rid of people that dislike Que Que, but we haven't really gotten any more than that.

The story itself feels... a bit spacy. It's not quite empty but it feels a lot like most of the story is holding itself up by some strings rather than be sewn together, if that makes sense. Each "arc" seems to wrap itself up and then move on without really feeling like its referenced again and feels like it lacks some sustenance. I personally didn't mind it that much but it did feel like there was a lot less than it should be, yet I couldn't really call it mediocre or bad, just slightly hollow. It uses a lot of tropes of bullying for not really any good reason ( I guess it's because Que Que is really good at everything? I have no idea) though that does seem to be something that is common especially in Chinese webtoons.

Overall though, I didn't find this webcomic bad- in fact, I quite liked it- but I do hope it does expand more on the things that happened since it doesn't seem to have a ton of sustenance to it. If you like cool MCs and softer male yanderes, then have a read at this webcomic.

#male yandere #yandere #yandere boy #recommendations #manhwa #ongoing #pestered by the yandere once again

[maguro13-2]

Shattered Hero ~ Origins of the Ink Demon: Episode Maka Pt. 15~

[Soleanna ~ Forest - Mariko Nanba]

Winry : Yosh! I win again!

Lan Fan : Ah nuts! You win again, Rockbell! You bested me again.

Mei Chang : Yeah, girl. You just realized that this is the sport or game that we are playing. We're playing Toe Wrestling aren't we?

Riza Hawkeye : And tell me why we are doing the Soles wrestling to see who's best at wrestling toes, this is much weirder than any kind of wrestling?

Major Armstrong : Not to worry that much. I do any kind of wrestling, and besides I doing arm wrestle with Edward's teacher.

(WHAM!)

Major Armstrong : SWEET JAMBA JUICE! MY HAND!

Winry : And what about Edward doing the thumb wrestling thing?

Lan Fan : Oh yeah! I know someone who does a little bit of thumb wrestling.

Ling Yao : Ow! Ow! Ow! Let go of my thumb, man! You're hurting me! I'm tapping out! I'm tapping out!

Lan Fan : Nah. I'm just sticking to this kind of form of wrestling. That's why this sport was originated from a flirting game that everyone plays.

Winry : On the contrary, that's a sexual attraction, not to mention it. But I do know that I have been the winner of the Toe Wrestling championship. I hold the title as "the First Automail mechanic to ever be a Toe Wrestling champion". Pretty cool, huh? I win Toe Wrestling every day, and I was king of it all! Nothing says about my soles being that quite strong.

Lan Fan : How did you excatly make your soles way stronger.

Winry : Well, perhaps, I did some yoga when I as the age of this, I used my toes to go tippy-toes on it. Get it, "Tippy-toes"? Like I was standing on one feet at a time and I also did some push-ups, without my sandals on!

Lan Fan : Heh, you're kinda funny by the way. But if you really think that you're the the first automail mechanic as Toe Wrestling champion, I won the achievements of as "the First Xing Mercenary to ever be a Toe Wrestling champion". And therefore, my soles are vicious predators at night and they contain the most ancient forms of sole wrestling. Once, I used meditation and one step on my toes, and that's reason that I am famous.

Mei Chang : So does mine. They are the strongest type, so what if I'm ready to take the next challenge.

Winry : Alright! You insist! The first one to win the Toe-Wrestling is the winner!

Lan Fan : You're on, Rockbell. Let's get to it!

(scene flips)

Winry : What!? Ahh, you bested my soles, Lan Fan! No one in the world would ever beat me in a Toe Wrestling battle!

Lan Fan : I told you, my soles are the deadliest forms in all of toe wrestling, Soles or no soles, I get to win.

Winry : Well, I'm getting the last laugh. Alright, let's go again!

[BOOM!]

Winry : Uhh, Lan Fan? Did your feet just even stomped to the ground and cause an earthquake?

Lan Fan : Uhh, that's not my feet that is stomping to the ground.

Winry : Then what's with the--

[BOOM!]

[Zakat - Toshiyuki Kakuta]

Darkside (?) : ELRIC BROTHERS! I'VE COME BACK TO GET MY REVENGE!

Edward Elric: Oh no! Shou Tucker! The most hated characters has been turned into a heartless! AKA, the worst father known to man!

Scar : Damn! So he turned into a heartless? I see.

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : Hahahahaha! That's right fools, after I was killed by that guy wearing shades, I have the rights to have my heart swallowed by the darkness, and with that, I will get my revenge on you two state-alchemists!

Edward Elric : Not if after what you did Nina and her dog, everyone in the world will never forgive, even the Black Arms leader thinks that he's a dick to the people of Mobius, including the robotniks!

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : Oh, that? Fair enough. If Arakawa that she created the most controversial character to known man, this proves that I will unleash the power of Darkness to have your lives ruined!

Winry : Oh yeah?! Then just go back to hell, Shou f**ker!

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : Then you can all go to hell, without me!

Winry : Yeah, I don't think so! But not today, Shou F**ker! Here comes video game logic! Ready, Lan Fan!

Lan Fan : Ready! (both eats a mega mushroom and to enlarges their selves)

Winry : You think you can that you can easily defeat us in that kind of form? Heh! You may have bested the keyblade wielders, but you haven't bested the world's greastest sole fighter in all of humanity! I'm the first automail mechanic to fight barefoot and that is why we call it earthing on the ground!

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : I should've known that by now!

*DBZ SFX : LIGHT SHINING*

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : That light! coming from underneath, what's that!?

Winry : It's the power of light, baby. And you know it that creatures like you aren't the ones that are interested any girls that are barefooted all the time.

Lan Fan : But this will make yourself going back to hell!

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : Oh! Dang fetishes!

*DBZ SFX : STRONG KICK+EXPLOSION*

Winry : The light within our soles can really kick your ass!

Lan Fan : Huh! That's should finally putting you back in to your own place.

Darkside (Shou Tucker) : Why did ever deserve this by the likes of you girls!? (disappears into nothingness)

(Winry and Lan Fan shrinks back to their normal sizes)

Winry : Hey, I'm back to my normal size!

Lan Fan : Me too! I just don't know what happened when our soles were shining from the light underneath us. Some women just like to go barefooted all the time during earthing.

Edward Elric : Thank goodness, Winry! You just kicked that heartless butt without your sandals and used your "bare soles" to knock that guy back into hell! How on earth did you do it!?

Winry : Basically, it's a mystery Edward and I bet you won't even know it.

(scene later cuts)

Winry : Now that you mentioned it from earlier before, why did the light shined on my soles like that? Is there a reason what's so special about not wearing sandlas or shoes. I think there might an answer on how did our soles managed to use the power of light? I'm getting weird facts that powerful soles don't exist, but it's actually true. We did destroyed the heartless of Shou Tucker when my sole was in enlightenment. This is power in our soles is just weird, can't seem to feel anything. But where does the light coming from my feet? If that matters.

Lan Fan : No dice, no light. But I get the feeling that the light in my sole shines brighter than the sun. I wonder if we destroyed when light and darkness is coming from our soles underneath. Sounds like a mystery of having a weird supernatural ability that is used by our soles behind.

Mei Chang : You're bight about that. When there's darkness and light from within in the soles, they shine a greater power than before. You've known being barefooted is not the only thing that I'm interested at. When we don't know that whether we wear something, we found that our "Soles" can be used as weapons to defeat the evil, that's why I trained meditation and did a little earthing after you guys. Promise that we make take care of our feet, just don't make Arakawa get the fans a little "pervy" about it. And I have one question about it. You sure that Edward's leg doesn't have athlete's foot.

Winry : ....Umm, Mei? *Angry vein* For the last and 412th time...*RUMBLING* (yelling) THE NEW LEG THAT I MADE FOR HIM IS MADE OF METAL, YOU IDIOT!

Mei Chang : Oh...Whoops! My mistake.

Winry : Even though, after a horrible accident that Edward made the ultimate taboo, It only costs him an arm and a leg that would eventually the steep price to pay.

[PigeonBlood OST : Discretion]

Winry : Ever since that since fated incident between two countries, Maka Albarn was mistaken for being a villain as the world turned against her. The inhabitants of Soul World treated the one who framed her as a slave to Shinra's kind. She was then founded by the Mobian Death God Grim and imprisoned at a room in Hang Castle, prior to given herself a 10 year sentence in the castle. Three years later, Grim had to release her when they are strange occurrences going on over in the year 2006. Bad things started to happen and when things changed, everything will never be the same. So that's why we just gotta move on, and face the fact that who or what killed my parents on that tragic day. But that all changed when I finally realized that revenge is not the answer!

Lan Fan : ...Lan Fan....CHOP!

*BAM+BOING!*

Winry : Sorry! I meant to say that Revenge is a dish best served cold and is also even not the right answer.

Lan Fan : That's better.

Winry : So, Lan Fan. Do you think we could ever be trusted that knowing that our Soles might have light and darkness?

Lan Fan : That's your call. I both have the light and the Darkness within my soles, but yours have the light within them, aren't you? Of course, as a matter of my appreciation, I trust you.

Winry : That's good to hear.

News Anchor : Once again in our top story news! Kamek the Magikoopa who disguised himself as the Meister Ox Ford, who is running around at three stormy areas, Stormy Cushy Cloud, Final Fortress, and F-Zero's Lightning area with Harvar D Eclair's true killers! All citizens of Real World must evacute the three remaining areas. We repeat : All citizens of Real World AU must evacute the three remaining...

Winry : The ones who killed that Shikimaru wannabe! They're at the stormy areas! The Final Fortress was the part of the crime incident caused by Metal Sonic around three years ago! We gotta get there on time and stop that crazy magician from running rampant!

Lan-Fan : Come on, Winry! We don't need our shoes without a proper fight. The one solution to fight against evil, with the amazing powers from our soles!

Winry : Yeah! Let's defeat the evil with our soles!

"It'll be just like the Devil's Foortprints."

"The word Devil is the codename to the oldest hero, Shinra."

"Our soles have never been this blessed by it's wisdom."

~ Act 15 : Soles of the Devil's footprints ~

#fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #kingdom hearts #super mario bros #soul eater #fire force #nintendo #studio bones #square enix #crossover #drama #dark comedy #horror #mystery #thriller #supernatural #fantasy #dark fantasy #science fiction #action #adventure #psychological

[yutaan]

Since I posted Extremely Sad art of Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling last week, I am now legally required to post this Significantly Happier art of them this week. 

See? Look! Jin Ling gets to meet some puppies! Jiang Cheng ALSO gets to meet some puppies! Little Fairy and her little paws get to meet Jin Ling and Jiang Cheng! (Can you tell which one she is?) This is NO HURT ALL COMFORT material

#the untamed #mo dao zu shi #jiang cheng #jin ling #markers #my art #I mean I know jgy was the one to get Fairy for Jin Ling but CONSIDER #once jgy HAD promised jl a dog and jl had gotten all excited about it #it is totally plausible that as SOON as jc stopped grousing about jgy Overstepping His Bounds and No Dogs In Lotus Pier he was like #WELL FORTUNATELY AND FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON I HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERY HIGH-CLASS SPIRIT DOG BREEDER IN THE COUNTRY FOR YEARS #COME ON A-LING IF YOU'RE GETTING A DOG YOU ARE GETTING THE *BEST* DOG #and then there were WEEKS of flying around to different breeders #MEETING PUPPIES #PLAYING WITH PUPPIES #GETTING LICKED AND NUZZLED AND LOVINGLY NIPPED BY PUPPIES #jin ling of course chose the best dog and jiang cheng got to HANG OUT WITH PUPPIES #and then jgy was the one who paid for her with his boatloads of jin sect cash #he was very pleased to be part of the process and also pleased not to be shed on #everybody wins! #this is completely plausible and I clutch this headcanon to me on sad nights full of jiang cheng feelings

[jiangwanyinscatmom]

Jin Guangyao isn't cruel because he is nice sometimes! No... no... just no. He pretends to be a nice, sweet person to get what he wants, it is exactly why he got away with the killings and plannings for the Yin Hu Fu, YEARS AFTER JIN GUANGSHAN IS OUT OF THE PICTURE. He's the only legitimate Jin left old enough to take over the Sect, who the hell was gonna argue that when all relevant Jins were dead and Nie Mingjue was killed by the happy smiling pretty boy?

First example, he was actively friends with Xue Yang, there is no saying he was coerced into that one since he recommended him as a guest disciple and made creepy little jokes with him.

Jin GuangYao sighed, “I only turned around for a second and you stirred up so much trouble for me. I only had to pay for a bowl of dumplings in the beginning, and now I have to pay for his table, chairs, pots and pans, and even bowls.”

Xue Yang, “You’ll miss the couple of coins?”

Jin GuangYao, “No.”

Xue Yang, “Then why are you sighing?”

Jin GuangYao, “I don’t think you’ll miss the couple of coins either. Why can’t you try being a normal customer once in a while?”

Xue Yang, “Back in Kuizhou I never paid for anything I wanted. Just like this.” As he spoke, he casually plucked off a stick of sugared haws off a vendor’s pole. It might be the first time the vendor saw such a shameless person. As he stared open-mouthed, Xue Yang took a bite, “Besides, you can deal with the trouble of me wrecking a tiny stall, can’t you?”

Jin GuangYao smiled, “You little delinquent. Wreck stalls however you want. I wouldn’t even care if you burned down the entire street. Just one thing—don’t wear the Stars Amidst Snow robes and cover up your face. Don’t let anyone know who did it, or it’d be trouble for me.”

He tossed the money to the vendor

A.K.A: haha you're funny and I don't care who you fuck over but be sly and

Next example:

And so, Jin GuangShan sought after all those who imitated Wei WuXian in cultivating the ghostly path and gathered them under his rule. He spent a great amount of money and resources on these people, ordering them to study and analyze the structure of the Tiger Seal in secrecy so that they could replicate and restore it. Among them, not many achieved anything, while the one who walked the furthest was the youngest Xue Yang, recommended by Jin GuangYao alone.

Jin GuangYao was overjoyed. He accepted him as a guest cultivator and gave him high rights and freedom. The corpse training ground was an area of land Jin GuangYao specially requested for Xue Yang for him to research in secrecy, which meant for him to fool around however he wanted to.

He gave a whole torture playground for Xue Yang to use, he specifically asked for this from his own mouth, for Xue Yang to use and he would check in on progress. As for his morals:

Jin GuangYao’s tone was somewhat reproachful, “He Su gongzi is a respected cultivator, after all. How could you refer to him in such a disrespectful way?”

The cultivator laughed coldly, “I’ve already fallen in your hands. What are you keeping up the pretense for?”

Jin GuangYao responded with a kind expression, “You don’t have to look at me like that. I also had no choice. To elect a chief cultivator is an irresistible trend. What was the use of stirring up trouble and seeking arguments everywhere? I’ve already warned you again and again, yet you were determined not to listen to me. Under these circumstances, things are already beyond redemption. From the bottom of my heart, I, too, feel utmost pain and regret.”

He Su, “What was the irresistible trend? What was stirring up trouble? Jin GuangShan wanted to establish the position of chief cultivator only to imitate the QishanWen Sect in being the only one at the top. Do you think all the world is ignorant? You frame me like this only because I spoke the truth!”

Jin GuangYao smiled, saying nothing. He Su continued, “When you really succeed, all of the world of cultivation would see the true face of the LanlingJin Sect. Do you think killing me alone would put you eternally at ease? How wrong you are! We, the TingshanHe Sect, teem with talent. From now on, we’ll unite and never surrender to you Wen-dogs of another skin!”

Hearing this, Jin GuangYao squinted slightly, the corners of his lips curving up. It was the usual kind, gentle expression. Seeing this, He Su felt his heart skip a beat. At the same time, commotion sounded outside the corpse training ground, among it the cries of women and children.

He Su spun around, only to see a group of LanlingJin Sect cultivators drag inside sixty or seventy people all wearing the same uniform. There were men and women, old and young. Every one of them was a cross between shock and fear, while some were already crying. Both tied up, a girl and a boy kneeled on the ground as they wailed at He Su, “Ge!”

He Su was shocked speechless, his face instantly as white as paper, “Jin GuangYao! What are you doing?! It’s enough if you kill me—why drag my entire sect along?!”

Jin GuangYao looked down and fixed his sleeves, still grinning, “Weren’t you yourself the one who reminded me just now? Even if I killed you, I wouldn’t be put eternally at ease. The TingshanHe Sect teems with talent, and from now on, you’d unite and never surrender—I was quite frightened. After much thought, this was the only thing I could come up with.”

Among the group are children. That he did see and stare at gleefully as he lets Xue Yang decide to use all of them for corpse experiments. What does that mean??? Maybe that Jin Guangyao is also not in fact best uncle as he similarly was willing to kill Jin Ling who he "loved" as bait to try running away and is more than willing to use his "friends" for his own rise to power or to run away.

Examples of him enjoying emotionally torturing others as much as Xue Yang as a tactic:

Example 1:

“That’s not the way to go about things, is it? The TingshanHe Sect rebelled and schemed to assassinate Sect Leader Jin with all its forces before it was caught red-handed. How could that be called without a reason?”

The ones overhead cried, “Ge! He’s lying! We didn’t, we didn’t!”

He Su, “Utter nonsense! Open your eyes and fucking look! There are nine-year-old children here! Old men who can’t even walk! How could they rebel against anything?! Why would they assassinate your dad out of nowhere?!”

Jin GuangYao, “Because you made a mistake and committed murder, Young Master He Su, while they refused to accept Koi Tower’s conviction of you, of course.”

He Su finally remembered the accusation for which he was transferred to such a creepy place, “It’s all made up! I never killed a cultivator of the LanlingJin Sect! I’ve never even seen the person who died! I don’t even know if he was really a cultivator from your sect! I… I…”

He stammered for a while before eventually caving in, “I… I don’t even know what happened, I don’t even know!”

Yet, at such a place, nobody would listen to his protests.

Example 2:

Just as he was about to move, Jin GuangYao smiled, “HanGuang-Jun, it’s best if you take five steps back.”

Wei WuXian suddenly felt a small, sharp sting come from his neck. Lan XiChen lowered his voice, “Be careful. Do not move!”

Lan WangJi’s gaze landed on Wei WuXian’s neck. His face paled slightly.

An almost invisible guqin string, light and golden, was tied around Wei WuXian’s neck.

The guqin string was extremely thin. It was covered in special paint as well, making it almost invisible to the eye. Along with how disoriented Wei WuXian was, unable to pay attention to anything else, he didn’t notice it when it wrapped around his throat.

“Lan Zhan, don’t! Don’t back away!”

But Lan WangJi immediately walked five steps back without any hesitation.

Jin GuangYao, “Wonderful. Now, please sheathe Bichen.”

With a clank, Lan WangJi obeyed again. Wei WuXian raged, “Don’t ask for too much!”

Jin GuangYao quipped, “This is already asking for too much? Next, I’m even going to ask HanGuang-Jun to seal away his spiritual powers. What would that be called?”

Wei WuXian seethed, “You…”

Before he could finish, the sharp pain of flesh being lacerated came from his throat. Something dripped down his neck. Lan WangJi’s face was pale. Jin GuangYao said, “How could he not listen to me? Just think about it, Wei gongzi, his life is in my hands.”

Lan WangJi spoke one word at a time, “Do. Not. Touch. Him.”

“Then you know what to do, HanGuang-Jun.”

A moment later, Lan WangJi responded, “Yes.”

Lan XiChen sighed. Lan WangJi raised his hands. With two strong taps, he locked his own spiritual powers.

Jin GuangYao smiled, his voice soft, “This really is…”

Lan WangJi’s eyes were locked on them, “Let him go.”

Example 3:

Wei WuXian wouldn’t have had to be responsible for a life as heavy as Jin ZiXuan’s, and the things that happened later wouldn’t have had to happen.

Yet now, he finally realized even the reason behind culprit’s curse wasn’t to frame him. Even the cause didn’t have anything to do with him!

Such a fact was truly difficult to accept.

As he laughed, Wei WuXian’s eyes reddened. He mocked, whether at himself or otherwise, “I can’t believe it’s because of someone like you… because of such a ridiculous reason!”

But Jin GuangYao seemed like he knew what he thought, “Wei gongzi, you really shouldn’t think like this.”

Wei WuXian, “Oh? You know what I think?”

Jin GuangYao, “Of course. It’s quite easy. You’re definitely thinking about how unfortunate you are. In reality, you’re not. Even if Su She didn’t curse Jin ZiXun, Mr. Wei, you’d receive a siege sooner or later, because of some other reason.” He smiled, “Because that’s what kind of a person you are. At best, you’re the untamed hero; at worst, you offend people wherever you go. Unless all those whom you’ve offended lived their lives safely, as soon as something happened to them or someone did something to them, the first person they suspect would be you and the first person they seek revenge on would also you. And this is something you have no control over.”

Somehow, Wei WuXian smiled, “What should I do? For some reason, I think you make a lot of sense.”

Jin GuangYao, “And even if you didn’t lose control at the Qiongqi Path, could you guarantee you didn’t lose control sometime in the rest of your life? Thus, someone like you is destined to have a short life. You see? Doesn’t it feel a lot better if you think about it this way?”

He takes little time in using others hurt or their protective instincts against them, and is just as gleeful to see others in powerless situations in comparison to him as it still gives him a form of control to worm his way out of everything that has caught up to him.

Jin GuangYao, “Ge, every word of what I say is true.”

His tone was more than earnest. Ever since he captured Lan XiChen, he’d indeed been treating him with respect. At this point, Lan XiChen wasn’t able to turn against him yet. He could only sigh, “Sect Leader Jin, I have already said, when you went your own way to scheme such havoc at Burial Mound, that there was no longer any need to call me ‘Brother.’”

Jin GuangYao, “What happened at Burial Mound was an accident, a mistake. But, I can’t go back anymore.”

Lan XiChen, “What do you mean you cannot go back?”

Lan WangJi frowned slightly, his voice cold, “Xiongzhang, do not engage in excessive conversation with him.”

Wei WuXian reminded him as well, “Sect Leader Lan, do you remember what you said to Sect Leader Jiang? Don’t spend too long talking to him.”

Jin GuangYao, “Ge, listen to me. I don’t deny that I did those things…”

Lan XiChen, “How could you deny them? There are both witnesses and proof!”

Jin GuangYao, “And so I said I don’t deny them! But to have killed my father, my wife, my son, ge—if not because I had no other choice, why would I have done those things? Could it be that I’m really so out of my mind in your eyes?!”

"Your… wife…” As though he couldn’t say it, he immediately changed his phrasing, "Your sister, Qin Su, did you really marry her while knowing what blood relationship you had with her?”

Jin GuangYao stared blankly at him. Suddenly, tears rolled down his eyes. He answered with pain, “… Yes.” Lan XiChen took in a deep breath. His face was almost ashen. Jin GuangYao whispered, "But I really had no choice.”

With a sigh, Lan XiChen continued, “Third, do not try to avoid it and answer me—did you plan the death of Jin ZiXuan on purpose?!”

Hearing his father’s name, Jin Ling, who’d been holding Jiang Cheng, widened his eyes.

Lan WangJi raised his voice somewhat, “Xiongzhang, you believe him?”

Lan XiChen’s expression was complicated, “Of course I do not believe that Jin ZiXuan ran into the attack at Qiongqi Path by accident, but… let him speak first.”

Jin GuangYao knew he wouldn’t be believed if he denied it no matter what. He clenched his teeth, “… I indeed didn’t run into Jin ZiXuan by accident.”

Jin Ling immediately clenched his fists.

Jin GuangYao continued, “But I’ve never thought of planning everything that happened afterward either. You don’t have to think of me as so clever and faultless. Many things can’t be controlled at all. How could I have known that he’d definitely die by Wei WuXian’s hands together with Jin ZiXun? How could I have predicted that Wei WuXian would definitely lose control and the Ghost General would definitely run a riot?”

Wei WuXian’s voice was harsh, “And you said you didn’t run into him by accident? Isn’t that self-contradiction?!”

Jin GuangYao, “I don’t deny that I told him about the attack at Qiongqi Path on purpose, but I only thought that he’d encounter some difficulties if he ran into you when you were being troubled by his cousin since he’d never been on good terms with you. How could I have known that you would simply kill everyone present, Wei gongzi?”

“Why was a sect leader who spent money like water unwilling to do the smallest favor and buy my mother’s freedom? Simple—it was too much trouble. My mother waited for so many years, weaving together so many difficult circumstances when she talked to me, imagining for his sake so many hardships. And the real reason was only a single word: trouble.

“This is what he said, ‘It’s especially women who’ve read some books who think they’re a level higher than other women. They’re the most troublesome, with so many demands and unrealistic thoughts. If I bought her freedom and took her back to Lanling, who knows how much fuss she’d make. It was best that I let her stay where she was just like that. With her conditions, she’d probably be popular for a few more years. She wouldn’t have to worry about her spendings for the rest of her life.’

“‘Son? Oh, forget it.’”

Jin GuangYao’s memory was extraordinary. With such a word-by-word repetition, one could even imagine that drunk expression of Jin GuangShan’s when he said these words, “Ge, look, those three words were all that I was worth to my father, ‘Oh, forget it.’ Hahahaha…”

Pain flashed before Lan XiChen’s face, “Even if your father… you…” He still couldn’t find an appropriate comment and gave up, sighing instead, “What is the use of saying all this now?”

Jin GuangYao shrugged as he smiled, “I can’t help it. To seek pity even after doing all these terrible things—that’s the kind of person I am.”

At the word ‘pity’, he suddenly flipped his wrist. A red guqin string wrapped around Jin Ling’s neck.

Tears still hung at the corners of Jin GuangYao’s eyes as he spoke, voice low, “Don’t move!”

"I had no choice", "I couldn't predict anyone would be killed" "He mocked and forgot my mother and I". He uses all of this as a try to convince a kind Lan Xichen to let him go. However,he contradicts his own defenses as he had said Wei Wuxian was always fated to die for his actions and lack of being to keep things under control. This empathy is faked on his end while he makes excuses all while he never extended the same courtesy to those he killed, innocent or not, and underhandedly still tries to get those sympathetic under his manipulations. When they are not working he resorts again to threatening lives. He uses his mother also as a reason for revenge, however his grab for power alone after Jin Guangshan and Nie Mingjue are killed was solely based on his own obsession of status at that point. His mother was no longer a goal to accomplish anything and his continued lies dragged in more than one innocent party to get what he wanted.

He never saw Jin Ling, Lan Xichen, Lan Wangji, or Wei Wuxian as anything but pawns despite his soft words to them that are really just a mockery within Guanyin Temple at that point. He has placed none of them before himself in terms of what he cares for and never had.

TL:DR: Jin Guangyao's "kindness" was always a mask and Nie Mingjue was right that he was irredeemable, genuinely unkind and cruel as a person.

(Edit: Jin Guangyao stans don't even try, I will block you if you dare to reply to this)

#mdzs #mdzs mo dao zu shi #Jin Guangyao #I'm a little tired of him being painted as something he is not too #he would never have been kind to Wei Wuxian in turn as he used his infamy for his own benefit #he said he was fated to die anyways #that's not friend material #nor would Wei Wuxian ever willingly work with him #lol good friend and shushu Jin Guangyao #please this take is just as annoying as any of Jiang Cheng's excuses

[ruensroad]

If you're still doing prompts, could you do 91 or 99? Maybe for JC and JL? Or Xicheng?

I went with Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling, hope you don’t mind!

This is an AU I thought up for Halloween, but never got around to writing it proper. Alternate Universe where Jiang Cheng was actually killed by the Wens at Lotus Pier and that was the catalyst of him turning into a monster. On the bright side, however, Wei Wuxian does not die and Jin Ling gets to grow up with both his parents, so! This is my take on vampires in the MDZS universe, featuring one grumpy uncle and the nephew that loves him despite his fangs.

Prompt is from this list here.Prompt 91 & 99 | “Sorry I’m protective over the things I love.” & “Be brave, sweetheart.” | Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling

He’d seen the eyes since he was five. Glowing purple lights in the corner of his room, watching him sleep. It had scared him, at the start, until he’d realized that his fear made the eyes go away. And that’s when his curiosity had won out.

When he’d found the courage, he’d asked the eyes to stay, the eve before his sixth birthday, and had been given a dirty, wrinkled paper with smudged charcoal characters for his effort. It smelled of blood, and dirt, and something like cold death, but his fear had fled and his life had never been the same.

I’m sorry I scared you. I just wanted to know you are safe. Tell me to leave and I will. I’m not here to hurt you, A-Ling.

Jin Ling hadn’t told the eyes to leave. Quite the opposite. He demanded the eyes stay, but only after a long bath and a change of clothes, because he didn’t want ma-ma to think he was dirtying the floors on purpose, or ba-ba to worry that he was sneaking outside.

The floors were clean from then on, but Jin Ling’s escapes into the dark night had only just begun.

The eyes belonged to a man, or what used to be a man. Honestly, Jin Ling had no idea what he truly was. Uncle Wei had told him of walking corpses and of reanimated corpses, but neither of these drank blood, or had fangs and claws. The man was still very human in his mind, even if his body did not remember being so, and was worried enough about his own beastly side to muzzle himself with a heavy, iron mask so he did not accidentally bite Jin Ling. Or so he had explained, writing in the dirt with a stick. He couldn’t speak, but he could make some noises and was far more intelligent than any non-human beast Jin Ling had heard about. He was oddly funny at times, stern at others. He had a perpetual scowl on his face, and the violet glow in his eyes could dim or sharpen depending on his mood. He was fascinating, a steady friend, and Jin Ling had come to depend on him greatly.

Because the best thing was that he was family.

Jin Ling was ten when Uncle Wei finally told him the story of Jiang Cheng, how he’d been captured by the Wen Clan and killed in Lotus Pier. That was the story everyone knew, the tragedy of the fallen Jiang Heir, but Uncle Wei knew the full truth because he had been there. He’d seen Lotus Pier ablaze and running red with death. He’d seen the Wen dead, scattered corpses everywhere he looked. They’d been drained, completely, of blood, and it’d happened when they’d been alive, begging for mercy. Their mummified faces were still screaming, in fact.

At the center of the flames and carnage had been Jiang Cheng, but not the Jiang Cheng Uncle Wei had known. He was no longer human, no longer afraid, and he’d murdered everyone in that place without hesitation.

He’d only hesitated, Uncle Wei had admitted, the stink of wine heavy on his breath, when he’d approached and reached out for his brother, calling his name. The humanness had returned, but the beastly shell had trapped it inside. Jiang Cheng was forever changed and had disappeared into the form of a raven the moment Uncle Wei had touched his face and Uncle Wei had spent the years searching in vain for him since.

Jin Ling knew his jiu-jiu didn’t wish to hurt anyone he cared about. Jiang Cheng had told him himself after many months of figuring out a sign language known only to the two of them, so they didn’t have to write everything down in the dirt. Though he had not been able to wrestle the story out of Jiang Cheng - yet - he knew enough to know Jiang Cheng regretted it, regretted what he was, and had isolated himself because of it. But what mattered most was that he was still here, wanting to be with Jin Ling, and that meant the world to him, even if his jiu-jiu was all shades of terrifying and always dirty.

Jiang Cheng was Jin Ling’s most closely guarded secret and a treasured one. He sat there with his unblinking eyes and let Jin Ling go off about his day, listening raptly to whatever he said. They bickered over sword techniques, or who was a better shot with a bow, and Jiang Cheng trusted him enough to accept the waterskin full of animal blood Jin Ling always brought and remove the mask he wore over the lower half of his face. Jin Ling loved those times the most, even if it was disgusting with the smell and sounds, because he knew Jiang Cheng loved him enough to trust him with his most beastly side. And Jin Ling trusted him too, completely.

Ma-ma had always taught him to be brave. Brave enough to see the good in people, to stand up for himself and for his loved ones. Bravery had given Jin Ling the chance to connect to his monstrous uncle, and love had bound them together. He just wished he was brave enough to tell ma-ma that the raven that often perched to watch her in her garden was the younger brother she still mourned, or to tell Uncle Wei that Jiang Cheng was not giving into his beast, but was clinging as firmly to humanity as he could. That they could be proud of Jiang Cheng. That they hadn’t fully lost him, nor he they.

But Jin Ling didn’t know where to begin. The cultivation world was not forgiving to those that strayed from the path, who became monsters the way the Wen had. Just because he knew his jiu-jiu would never hurt him didn’t erase the fact that he was a monster and a monster Jin Ling had no idea what to label, or how to deal with. He loved Jiang Cheng fiercely and that love was returned, but Jin Ling feared that would not be enough to keep Jiang Cheng safe from the world if he were to be discovered.

So he kept quiet and swallowed down that guilt. Until the night when he couldn’t hide anymore.

He’d just turned sixteen when Carp Tower was flooded with walking corpses. No one knew where they’d come from or could understand their sheer numbers, and it was immediate chaos. Jin Ling grabbed his bow and arrows and charged into the fray, shooting them down before they could reach ma-ma and ba-ba, who was surely already protecting her.

Distantly, he could hear shouting, the snarl of Fairy as the dog lunged at the nearest corpse, and knew they’d be overrun if he didn’t act, and act quickly.

Be brave, sweetheart, his mother’s voice filled his heart, his blood, and Jin Ling summoned as much spiritual energy into himself as he could, firing at the horde. They were drawn in by the feel of it, he knew, and obediently started to follow him, lumbering but gaining speeds that were definitely the result of a hidden puppeteer.

“Fairy, guard ma-ma!” was his final order before he turned and sprinted into the woods.

The route was well known, well loved, and it was with confidence he fought the charging monsters as he ran for the old tree by the pond, a gnarled, ancient thing that Jiang Cheng loved for some reason, and yelled out a warcry so his jiu-jiu would know he was coming. That he needed help, needed his uncle, needed the beast.

With a wicked silence, the slice of claws through flesh, the beast came. Those eyes were electric, sharp and focused, a feral sound in Jiang Cheng’s throat as he took out a corpse that had gotten too close to Jin Ling. They had a bare moment to nod to one another before they were fighting side by side, eating away at the numbers until all that was left was a stinking pile of rot and severed limbs.

Jiang Cheng slowly turned to look at him when the last one fell, eyes accusing and almost violent with how much fear there was, and Jin Ling huffed, reading his unspoken words far too easily.

“I had to get them away from Carp Tower somehow,” he defended himself, nose in the air. “And I heard about a grumpy, homicidal beast in the woods that would help me out.”

Jiang Cheng’s hands were a flurry of quick, sharp words, and Jin Ling bit down a wild grin as the sentence formed. “So sorry for being protective of those I love.” He had never known anyone could make their hands dance so sarcastically, but his jiu-jiu was a master of it.

Jin Ling sheathed the arrow he’d pulled and walked over to Jiang Cheng, reading the tension still in his shoulders with a spike of guilt. In one fearless movement, he touched the front of the iron mask - carved into the shape of bared teeth after a twelve year old Jin Ling had complained it’d been too boring - and looked up at those violet eyes, gleaming angrily in the dark.

“I’m sorry for scaring you,” Jin Ling said, contrite now, and bit his lip. “I just… I had to get them away from ma-ma.”

“I know,” Jiang Cheng sighed. “I would have done the same.”

Jin Ling puffed up at that, knowing it for the praise it was, and grinned. “We made a great team. I told you so.”

A low growling huff. “Brat.”

He felt a laugh starting to bubble in his chest, but it died the moment he heard voices shouting down the path, calling his name. Ba-ba, it sounded like, and Uncle Wei.

“You have to go,” Jin Ling hissed, panic gripping his heart. “Please, jiu-jiu. If they see -”

“A-Ling.” It was his favorite sign in the world, the way Jiang Cheng wove his name. A tap on his heart, then his fingers lifting in a graceful arch under his throat. A-Ling. From my heart to my mouth. A-Ling. “I am not afraid.”

And for once he did not look it. He looked resolved, ready to face the world again, and Jin Ling knew he should be proud of that, proud that he more than likely caused it, but he only felt fear, cold and fierce, and felt the tears prick his eyes when the voices came closer.

Jiang Cheng gripped his shoulder, gave it a squeeze, and Jin Ling forced himself to stand upright. Take a breath. He had to stand tall for his uncle now, stand firm in all they had. So he would.

Be brave.

#ruenwrites #writing prompts #jiang cheng #jin ling #vampire au #the untamed #I downright SCREAMED reading the prompts #I've wanted to write this AU #since halloween #i LOVE it ahhhh #thank you anon!

[azuregold]

YOU'RE TURN avoid all the questions you like, I still enjoy reading indirect answers ( •⌄• )

Yep, I was expecting this. XD This was pretty fun even if there are way too many “I don’t know”s for my liking ^^; .

1. What is your middle name?

Lesley.

2. How old are you?

Old enough to have had more than one cat. :P

3. What is your birthday?

May 27th.

4. What is your zodiac sign?

Gemini.

5. What is your favorite color?

Teal.

6. What’s your lucky number?

I don’t really have one, so I just kind of default to seven. X’D

7. Do you have any pets?

Three cats! *snuggles them* And 14 chickens, but they only sort of count as pets.

8. Where are you from?

I was born in New York City, but I’ve lived in Western Washington most of my life. Ethnically, mainly Scottish and Welsh.

9. How tall are you?

5'6"? 5'7"? IDK, it’s been forever since I was properly measured.

10. What shoe size are you?

Varies by brand and whether I’m getting men’s or women’s shoes (I have wide feet and most ladies’ shoes are too narrow, so I buy men’s a lot). Generally, somewhere around 9 – 10W?

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?

That I actually wear regularly—three, counting my slippers. I have a few more that are either seasonal or old but still usable if I need them for something.

12. What was your last dream about?

My mom got me a dog. It was some kind of teacup Chihuahua-type, which is about the furthest thing possible from what I would want in a dog. So I was stressing about it (“Do I have to keep it? Is there a way I can find it a new home without hurting Mom’s feelings, or am I stuck with it?”) while I had the dog on the counter and was feeding it. All I had to feed it were these flat round dog biscuits that were almost as big as the dog’s head, so I needed to break them into pieces for it. It was sitting on the counter, trembling and snuffling and eating these biscuits, and occasionally trying to eat a bigger one and choking, and I was looking at it and sort of feeling sorry for it but also wanting to cry because I was stuck with this dog I didn’t want. ^^;

13. What talents do you have?

Nothing really? I can write and draw a little, but I consider those skills, not talents, so.

14. Are you psychic in any way?

I don’t know? I mean, I get feelings about things sometimes, but they’re not consistently accurate enough to say it’s more than luck, so.

15. Favorite song?

I don’t have a single favorite. These three are pretty much tied for first:

Unravel by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure

Share the World by TVXQ

Ideal White by Mashiro Ayano

And this one is such a close second that when I’m in the mood for it it’s basically tied as well, so it deserves a mention:

Revive by Kuraki Mai

These are totally spoilers for the “10 Days of Anime Openings” thing I’m doing right now, ahaha.

16. Favorite movie?

You expect me to pick one? (In all seriousness, I could spend multiple hours reminding myself which movies I really love, then trying to narrow it down, and still probably not be able to settle on one favorite, so I’ll pass. X’D)

17. Who would be your ideal partner?

Someone who I can trust, who won’t leave once the “honeymoon period” is over; someone who can demonstrate that I matter to them (remembering things I say, getting/making/showing me things I might like, basically anything that shows they were thinking about me); preferably someone who’s a least a little more outgoing than I am, with a sense of humor that works with mine, and who likes animals and anime/manga.

18. Do you want children?

Hell no.

19. Do you want a church wedding?

Not really.

20. Are you religious?

Not especially.

21. Have you ever been to the hospital?

Nope, aside from when I was born.

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?

No. I’ve been in the car with my mom a couple times when she got pulled over for things like a light being out, but that’s all.

23. Have you ever met any celebrities?

I’ve met a lot of people involved in anime/manga and related fields. :P Also a few authors (Jim Butcher, Rick Riordan, Kevin Hearne). As far as major “almost everyone knows who this person is” celebrities, Bill Clinton came to my town once and I got to shake his hand.

24. Baths or showers?

Showers for getting clean; baths for relaxing (if the tub is big enough).

25. What color socks are you wearing?

Blue and gray wool socks.

26. Have you ever been famous?

Not really.

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?

Not big big, but it’d be kind of nice to be an author and/or artist who’s successful enough that I don’t need a day job, so…a bit famous would be good.

28. What type of music do you like?

I can enjoy most music, but my favorite is probably pop/rock (especially Japanese/Asian), and soundtracks (yes, I know soundtracks can cover a lot of different genres, but most of them have a sort of feeling in common to me, like you can tell they’re part of a story? Does that make sense? IDK, I like a lot of instrumental music).

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?

Nope.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

One.

31. What position do you usually sleep in?

On my stomach or my side.

32. How big is your house?

Not minuscule, but not that big, either. We really need to move, though.

33. What do you typically have for breakfast?

Either a protein shake or toast/rice cakes with cheese. Sometimes eggs if my mom wants some when I’m ready to eat.

34. Have you ever fired a gun?

No.

35. Have you ever tried archery?

Yep!

36. Favorite clean word?

I don’t know. I like a lot of words. ^^

37. Favorite swear word?

Shorter ones, I guess? I think I say (or type) stuff like damn, hell, shit, crap, etc. the most.

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

Hmm…about a day and a half, I think? I was up all day, then took an overnight bus and wasn’t able to fall asleep during the ride. I had also just gotten a cold, so I was exhausted and pretty miserable.

39. Do you have any scars?

A couple faint ones. One on my hand from I-have-no-idea, and one on my forearm from losing my balance and falling on top of my cats while they were play-fighting. ^^;

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?

Not that I know of?

41. Are you a good liar?

If I know I’m going to be lying, I’ve planned what to say, and the other person’s response doesn’t go beyond what I’m prepared for, I’m okay. Lying on the spot? Or having to come up with additional explanations if they ask something I wasn’t expecting? I’m terrible.

42. Are you a good judge of character?

No idea.

43. Can you do any accents other than your own?

Not well/accurately, especially if it’s more than a few words. And I’m too shy to do them in front of other people 99% of the time. I occasionally talk to my cats in an accent when we’re alone, though.

44. Do you have a strong accent?

I don’t think so?

45. What is your favorite accent?

IDK, I like a lot of accents. c:

46. What is your personality type?

I don’t know? If this means MBTI, I’ve read several descriptions and taken multiple quizzes and I still don’t have a definitive answer. Except for the “I”. I’m sure about that part. X’D

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?

Hmm…probably my jacket? It’s pretty worn now, but still perfectly usable, and I’ve had it for years. I don’t remember how much it was, but I know I was kind of apprehensive about spending so much on one thing, even though 1) I really needed a jacket, 2) It was part of a clearance sale, and 3) I wasn’t the one paying for it.

48. Can you curl your tongue?

Yes.

49. Are you an innie or an outie?

Innie.

50. Left or right handed?

Technically I’m mixed-handed, but if you’re just going by writing/drawing hand, then left.

51. Are you scared of spiders?

Not really. I don’t want them touching me or crawling on my desk or anything, and sudden!spider where I wasn’t expecting it will make me jump a bit, but I’m not actually afraid of them.

52. Favorite food?

How could anyone be expected to answer a question like this??

53. Favorite foreign food?

See above answer. :P

54. Are you a clean or messy person?

I’m a messy person who wishes they were clean. ^^;

55. Most used phrase?

I’m not sure? Maybe “You’re so cute!” I say that to Shinichi at least half a dozen times a day. XD

56. Most used word?

No idea.

57. How long does it take for you to get ready?

If I’m only doing the things I actually need to do to be ready (bathroom, get dressed, eat, feed cats) and I don’t need to shower…probably between 30 minutes and an hour? But I like to relax with tea, check stuff online, cuddle Shinichi, etc. before I go anywhere, so if I have time to do all that…at least 2 hours. :P

58. Do you have much of an ego?

I tend to both feel like I’m worthless and like I should have the best of everything at the same time, so…I don’t know where that leaves me, haha. OTL

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?

Suck. Sometimes bite when it gets down to the end.

60. Do you talk to yourself?

Yes. Or to my cats.

61. Do you sing to yourself?

Yep! Especially if a song I know the words to is stuck in my head (I’ve been low-key singing Unravel to myself all day X’D).

62. Are you a good singer?

I don’t think I’m horrible, but I don’t think I’m much good, either.

63. Biggest Fear?

Being abandoned or hated, having a permanent disability, being in an unstable living situation, talking to people.

64. Are you a gossip?

I like to hear it (depending on the subject), but I don’t really do much gossiping myself.

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen?

I don’t know. ^^;

66. Do you like long or short hair?

Long! ♥

67. Can you name all 50 states of America?

Probably, if I’m not being timed and I can write them down.

68. Favorite school subject?

English and history.

69. Extrovert or Introvert?

Introvert.

70. Have you ever been scuba diving?

Nope.

71. What makes you nervous?

A lot of things.

72. Are you scared of the dark?

Not that much, but sometimes I get a little nervous, especially if I’m outside.

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?

In my head, constantly. To their face, rarely. Depends on who it is and how important it is for the mistake to be corrected.

74. Are you ticklish?

Yep.

75. Have you ever started a rumor?

I don’t think so?

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?

I guess babysitting counts?

77. Have you ever drank underage?

Yes, with my mom.

78. Have you ever done drugs?

No.

79. Who was your first real crush?

Probably this boy named Will who I went to school with until halfway through second grade. He took me to a Disney movie once (just the two of us, no adults).

80. How many piercings do you have?

None.

81. Can you roll your Rs?“

Kind of?

82. How fast can you type?

Not that fast.

83. How fast can you run?

Even slower than I type.

84. What color is your hair?

Brown. When it’s freshly washed it has hints of red and gold in it, but mostly it’s just a medium brown.

85. What color are your eyes?

Hazel.

86. What are you allergic to?

Nothing.

87. Do you keep a journal?

Not a proper one, like talking about what happened to me that day or whatever. I have a rant journal where I can be salty and unreasonable or depressed and full of self-hatred without bothering anyone.

88. What do your parents do?

My dad was an actor. My mom’s done a bunch of stuff—gardening, sewing, caregiving, cooking.

89. Do you like your age?

Hell no. I can’t relate to people my age very well. Since I was ten or so, almost all my friends have been younger than me, and the older I get, the bigger the age gap gets. It’d be great if I could de-age myself a bit every few years. ^^;

90. What makes you angry?

A lot. But I hate confrontation so I mostly just keep it to myself.

91. Do you like your own name?

Yeah.

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?

Well, I’ve had some names in mind for future animals for years, if that counts.

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?

Can I have another cat instead? Or a dog. Or a goat. Or a horse. Or a…

94. What are your strengths?

??? Beats me.

95. What are your weaknesses?

A lot.

96. How did you get your name?

I don’t know for sure. I think my mom liked it? It shows up a few times on my dad’s side of the family, though, so maybe that influenced the decision a bit, who knows?

97. Were your ancestors royalty?

Well, according to Wikipedia, my clan is descended from an ancient royal house, but it doesn’t give any specifics, so who knows? :P

98. Do you have any scars?

Someone took a wrong turn at question 39.

99. Color of your bedspread?

I’m using a sleeping bag right now, which is black. Though I also have an old Inuyasha fleece throw that I use on colder nights (and which Shinichi has been sleeping on for the past week or so).

100. Color of your room?

A pretty ugly bluish gray. We always planned to paint it, but never got around to it.