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natsu-tte-noodle · 10 months

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The “Wait, I Die in this Play??” Tier List

Under the cut for play spoiler purposes :3

Each level of dying in a play overrides the previous ones, so if a character has a role that almost dies AND a role that does die, they’re listed as “has died in a play.”

For the full rundown of having died in a play (this is game-verse; mankai stage would change some things up--notably Kazu would go up into almost dies thanks to Paul’s new development):

Sympathy for the Angel: Michael (Tsumugi) fades away at the end to nothingness

Stranger: Dom (Banri), Jon (Juza), and Nine’s (Sakyo) fates are unclear after the lab explodes

A Clockwork Heart: I’m counting S (Citron) being deactivated as a death in spirit

Ginji the Wanderer: Yokota (Omi) is killed by Ginji; Ginji himself (Sakyo) and Kojima (Taichi) are both critically injured during fights with Yokota and his men

Nocturnality: Franz (Hisoka) and Reo (Azuma) are both vampires, which puts them in “dead the whole time;” however, Reo being stabbed by Izumi bumps him up to “almost dies”

The Wonderful Charlatan of Oz: It’s implied that the Wizards of the East (Tsuzuru) and West (Itaru) are killed offstage by Dorothy by the end of the play

DEAD/UNDEAD: Red (Omi) and Bill (Sakyo) are dead at the start of the play, but are also killed again; Abel (Azami) is techically? Sort of? Half? Dead the whole time but it’s ok Azami dies in a later play; Roy (Taichi) dies in the beginning and then comes back and dies again, making Taichi the true king of dying in plays

The Phantom of the Opera: Richard (Homare) and Erik (Guy) both don’t escape the fire, but their bodies are never found

Knights of the Round IV: Gareth (Masumi) dies in the battle to free Gwen from her wedding to Arthur; (Merlin is defeated but he’s like. a demon and very clearly alive in the very end so he doesn’t count. I also wasn’t sure about King Arthur’s illness, but I think it’s safe to say Merlin didn’t plan for him to die then so)

Die by the Sword: Tojiro (Homare) has an attempt on his life; Kojiro (Guy) is killed by Musashi in their duel

Fallen Blood: The ending is ambiguous enough for me to feel comfortable saying it’s unclear if Blood (Juza) makes it through that last day

Yin Yang Midnight: Geppaku (Citron) is killed by what amounts to magical recoil; Hisui (Guy) then allows himself to be slain

Stray Devil Blues: Walter (Omi) is killed offscreen; Cliff (Azami) is very much killed onscreen; Mark (Taichi) dies while trying to help Lucifer near the very end

Immortal Crow: Tsugunobu (Misumi) is wounded severely enough to put him out of commission for several scenes; Minamoto no Yoritomo’s (Chikage) fate is unclear after his battle with Kurou

+3Ghosts!: Sora (Kumon), Aoi (Kazunari), and Minato (Muku) are dead the whole play. However I’m not counting fading away after completing your unfinished business and finally being able to move on as a death

Twin Kingdoms: Gilbert (Tasuku) and Sasha (Azami) (and Lutz but Shift isn’t in the tier list) are struck down by the dragon and wouldn’t have made it if Cain hadn’t been able to defeat it

South. Hill. Prison.: Ren (Azami) is dead the whole time

#a3!#this was purely made bc of Taichi my man my king of dies in this play

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silvysartfulness · 11 months

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what are Xue Yang, Xiao Xingchen, and Song Lan's favorite animals in Heaven-verse? it's a very important question to me, and I feel like you've probably thought about it before.

Hmmmm...

Neither of them strikes me as the type to really keep pets (unless you count Xue Yang as one) but there are no doubt animals they like more and less.

Xue Yang - he rather likes cats. There were plenty of scrappy street cats around when he grew up, and while he would probably eat one if desperate enough, on the whole he just thinks they're ballsy funny little things. Small and cocky, like himself. He can respect that! And if they should curl up with you in some little nook in winter, they're warm and soft. That's nice.

Xiao Xingchen - he likes birds. Especially after losing his sight (and all purpose of his life...) he grew to truly appreciate their singing, and also wistfully envying them their freedom. To fly so free, unburdened, close to heaven... He would absolutely toss some small seeds and scraps at them during the lean months, no matter how a-Qing and Chengmei groaned and told him not to waste precious food.

Song Lan... I don't think Song Lan likes animals much. They're unpredictable, and often not clean enough for him. He can appreciate their usefulness, certainly, and their role as parts of the great Dao, but... from a distance. If asked outright, he'd probably pick something symbolical or even mythological over a real existing physical animal, like the xiezhi, or a koi (becoming a dragon) or crane (as symbol of ascension) or such.

Thank you so much for asking! 😀

#asksilvy #the happy songxuexiao roadtrip story

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liroyalty · 8 months

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This is me updating the FFXIV verse like

Plumeria is a kingdom found in the north of the New World, far to the east of Eorzea. Far away from the conflicts with the Garlean Empire, & mostly apart from influence of the Ascians, the New World has been allow to flourish on it's own, with the Kingdom of Plumeria being among them. Plumeria is moderate in it's size, with claim to a number of islands around the continent, & has been known to be the home of Hyur & Pelupelu people alike. With the presence of Pelupelu, it has allowed Plumeria to become renowned producers & growers of tea, & it is seldom easy to find large varies to tea at every market in the kingdom. Other largely grown & produced goods are coco beans & tropical fruits, primary star fruits, dragon fruits & pomegranates.

The farer north one goes in Plumeria, the colder it becomes. With the south of Plumeria has the same warm, tropical weather the rest of the New World has, the north is known to be colder & snowy. This mixing of climate has resulted in the weather of the Kingdom to be a quite chaotic, with storms often appearing suddenly. The homes of the citizens are often built with this in mind, & can withstand strong storms. Because of this intense weather, it's believed that some relics from Plumeria's past might have been swept into the sea, or buried under the surface, if not during the umbral calamities.

Plumeria has been ruled directly by it’s royal family for generations, the li Fiorenobila house, with a few royal ministers who carry out their laws & decrees across their lands. It’s current King, John Forzabellica li Fiorenobila, a Highlander Hyur, has ruled for well over 80 years, his older daughter, Ann Yang li Fiorenobila, a Midlander Hyur is Crown Princess & heiress to the throne of Plumeria, his younger daughter, Princess Suzanne Ying li Fiorenobila, also a Midlander Hyur, is his spare heir & doubly serves as Plumeria's Court Sorceress, otherwise know as the head of magical affairs in the kingdom. Mastering magicss, Suzanne is a well know Black mage, who also holds skills in lancing, while Ann serves as a rare White Mage & dables in archery, their father knowns nothing of magicks & serves as a warrior. The li Fiorenobila Family have all the documents on the history of Plumeria, through the varies eras of The Source. They are kept under lock & key somewhere in the Plumerian Royal Castle, at the center of the kingdom.

#musings [lore and ideas]#headcanons [a royal decree!]#『v!ffxiv』#(the kingdom imma end up using for all ff verse is plumeria now)#(it's my repeating theme)

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captainpetebradshaw · 4 months

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Movie Diary 2023

Now that the new year is in full swing I finally have the time to go over my personal stats :D I've watched 145 movies this year (excluding rewatches) which is just 4 movies shy of my high of 149 movies from 2017 but I didn't even try that hard lol

Shoutout to the roosmav discord with which I've watched many Tom Cruise and Miles Teller movies and which definitely was part of the high number this year - love you guys!

Full list under the cut, my favorites are bold:

001 Legend

002 Emily the Criminal

003 The Banshees of Inisherin

004 The Swimmers

005 Cyrano

006 Thank You for Your Service

007 The Last Samurai

008 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

009 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

010 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

011 National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

012 Strange World

013 21 & Over

014 All Quiet on the Western Front

015 National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

016 Teen Wolf: The Movie

017 Puss in Boots

018 Elivs

019 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

020 Rock of Ages

021 Causeway

022 The Quiet Girl

023 National Theatre Live: All About Eve

024 Triangle of Sadness

025 Minority Report

026 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

027 American Made

028 The Fabelmans

029 Fire of Love

030 The Fabelmans

031 EO

032 Get a Job

033 Cocktail

034 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

035 Batman Begins

036 Knock at the Cabin

037 Taps

038 Spiderhead

039 A Few Good Men

040 The Whale

041 Apocalypse Now (The Final Cut)

042 Women Talking

043 Miss Americana

044 Devotion

045 Operation Fortune: Ruse due Guerre

046 Tetris

047 Field of Dreams

048 Knight and Day

049 Missing

050 Shazam! Fury of the Gods

051 Days of Thunder

052 65

053 After Yang

054 Suzume

055 Serial (Bad) Weddings 3

056 Vanilla Sky

057 Cocaine Bear

058 Ghosted

059 Eyes Wide Shut

060 Amsterdam

061 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

062 Renfield

063 New Gods: Yang Jian

064 I Am What I Am

065 Man on Wire

066 Independence Day

067 The Super Mario Bros. Movie

068 The Firm

069 Polite Society

070 Air

071 The Blue Caftan

072 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

073 Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy

074 Joyland

075 Anything's Possible

076 Murder on the Orient Express

077 Kinky Boots

078 Mission: Impossible II

079 Schwimmen

080 Firebird

081 Mission: Impossible III

082 4th Man Out

083 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

084 Bulldog

085 Cruel Intentions

086 John Wick: Chapter 4

087 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

088 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

089 Extraction 2

090 Nimona

091 Deep Sea

092 Barbie

093 Die Concorde - Absturz einer Legende

094 The Flash

095 Jumbo (2020)

096 Only the Brave

097 Joy Ride

098 Kill Boksoon

099 Oppenheimer

100 The 355

101 Legend (1985)

102 The Monkey King (2023)

103 Elemental

104 Wham!

105 Heart of Stone

106 Saint Omer

107 Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

108 Past Lives

109 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

110 A Million Miles Away

111 Theater Camp

112 Bottoms

113 They Cloned Tyrone

114 Asteroid City

115 Saw

116 Race to the Summit

117 The Last Voyage of the Demeter

118 No One Will Save You

119 Brightburn

120 The Skin I Live In

121 M3GAN

122 Event Horizon

123 Bones and All

124 When Evil Lurks

125 Gran Turismo

126 Knuckle Girl

127 Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

128 The Last Black Man in San Francisco

129 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

130 Blue Beetle

131 The Creator

132 Napoleon

133 Mark Rothko - La peinture vous regarde

134 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

135 Linoleum

136 Wish

137 Quiz Lady

138 Pain Hustlers

139 Leo

140 Big

141 No Dogs or Italians Allowed

142 Violent NIght

143 Trading Places

144 Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

145 Journey to the West (2021)

#2023 #movies #movie diary

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altairtalisman · 2 years

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oc ask: wht pokemon wld ur ocs hv?

Oh man, I literally have an entire list of Pokemon for my OCs should they be in a Pokemon AU

I'm waiting for Pokemon S/V to come out so that I can further tweak the exact Pokemons the OCs have, anyways since I already answered 7KPP and Sixtended Verse, I'm going to go with Miitopia OCs

Geo's definitely a water type trainer, with his longtime companion being a sassy Primarina called Rigkí

Vyren's a flying type main, with his longtime companions/saviours being calm Regice called Zero and a bold Delibird called Santa

Calia's a normal type trainer, her longtime companion is a quirky Spinda called Tazi

Ihya's an electric type specialist, her two companions are a docile Ampharos called Leuchtturm and a lonely Low Key Toxtricity called Bass

Gladea's a grass type trainer, her two companions are a serious Sceptile called Leafy and the third stage of Sprigatito's evolution line who is called Weedy and has a gentle nature

Shui's a fire type trainer, their main Pokemon is a hardy Blaziken called Huǒjī

Theo's a fairy type trainer despite her appearance, and her longtime companions are a gentle Magearna called Verkerska and a modest Diancie called Rosarud

Dae-Yang's a steel type specialist, his main Pokemon as well as his biggest fan is a lax Aggron that goes by Amp

Luna's a dragon type trainer, her longtime companion is a timid as hell Dragapult who owns a plush of Luna when she was younger

Bert's a fighting type, his main is a brave Lucario called Rio who also serves as his workout buddy

Owen specialises in psychic type Pokemon, with their longtime companion being a gentle Lunala that goes by Cosmos

Gladen's a dark type trainer, with his mains being an adamant Incineroar and a timid Absol

Rook's a ghost type specialist, with vaer main being a lonely Gengar

Then there are other characters in the Poketopia AU but these are the types of Pokemon the 13 Miitopia OCs would use!

#Miitopia #Pokemon AU #Geo Stratos #Vyren Asphodel #Calia Teodorani #Ihya Rothmann #Gladea Xenos #Yin Shui #Theodosia Varniet #Han Dae-Yang #Luna Candela #Hubert Wattson #Owen Hernandez #Gladen Xenos #Rook Ayeran #constellation conversation #Pokemon

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mzk0323 · 10 days

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8,Taiyin Taiji (sun and dragon)

Title: “Galactic Drift” (Verse 1)Riding the silver waves, a celestial flight,Across the Yin-Yang sky, stars clothed in night.Dragon wings unfold, UFO in tow,Through the galaxy’s heart, where cosmic winds blow. (Verse 2)Moon’s gentle pull, a guide through the dark,Taiji turns slowly, an eternal mark.Orbiting the realms where time gently twists,In the Milky Way’s chain, through astral…

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an1m4si · 9 months

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best animation

best animation moviesMenentukan film animasi "terbaik" bisa bersifat subyektif dan bervariasi tergantung pada preferensi dan selera pribadi. Namun, ada beberapa film animasi yang telah diakui secara luas oleh para kritikus dan penonton karena penceritaan, kualitas animasi, dan dampak emosionalnya. Berikut adalah beberapa jasa film animasi 3D yang paling dihormati:1. Spirited Away (2001) - Disutradarai oleh Hayao Miyazaki, film video vantasi animasi 3D Jepang ini mengikuti kisah seorang gadis muda bernama Chihiro yang terjebak di dunia misterius dan magis. Ini adalah mahakarya animasi dan penceritaan dari Studio Ghibli.2. Toy Story (1995) - Film fitur inovatif Pixar adalah film fitur animasi komputer sepenuhnya pertama. Ini bercerita tentang mainan yang menjadi hidup saat manusia tidak ada. Kesuksesan film tersebut melahirkan franchise yang dicintai.3. The Lion King (1994) - Film klasik Disney ini, disutradarai oleh Roger Allers dan Rob Minkoff, adalah kisah mengharukan tentang seekor singa muda bernama Simba dan perjalanannya untuk merebut kembali kerajaannya. Ini fitur animasi yang menakjubkan dan soundtrack yang mengesankan.4. WALL-E (2008) - Permata Pixar lainnya, disutradarai oleh Andrew Stanton, WALL-E adalah film futuristik tentang robot kesepian yang bertugas membersihkan Bumi yang ditinggalkan. Ini menggabungkan animasi yang indah dengan pesan lingkungan yang menyentuh.5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - Film pahlawan super animasi ini, disutradarai oleh Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, dan Bob Persichetti, menerima pujian luas karena gaya animasinya yang unik, cerita yang menarik, dan beragam representasi dari karakter Spider-Man yang berbeda.6. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - Disutradarai oleh Isao Takahata, film Studio Ghibli ini adalah kisah yang kuat dan memilukan berlatar Perang Dunia II, mengikuti perjuangan dua bersaudara yang mencoba bertahan hidup di Jepang yang dilanda perang.7. Finding Nemo (2003) - Disutradarai oleh Andrew Stanton, film Pixar yang mengharukan ini mengikuti petualangan ikan badut bernama Marlin saat ia mencari putranya yang hilang, Nemo, di lautan luas.8. Zootopia (2016) - Disutradarai oleh Byron Howard dan Rich Moore, Zootopia adalah film animasi yang dibuat dengan cerdik yang mengeksplorasi tema prasangka dan stereotip di kota yang semarak dan antropomorfik yang dihuni oleh hewan.9. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Disutradarai oleh Dean DeBlois dan Chris Sanders, film DreamWorks Animation ini bercerita tentang seorang Viking muda yang berteman dengan seekor naga dan menantang permusuhan lama antara dua dunia mereka.10. The Incredibles (2004) - Disutradarai oleh Brad Bird, film Pixar ini mengikuti keluarga pahlawan super yang mencoba menjalani kehidupan pinggiran kota yang tenang sambil juga melawan penjahat super baru.https://www.videoanimasi.my.id/Ini hanyalah beberapa contoh, dan masih banyak film animasi luar biasa lainnya di luar sana. Setiap film membawa sesuatu yang unik dan istimewa ke dunia animasi, membuatnya menantang untuk membuat daftar pasti dari yang "terbaik".

#Harga video animasi #Harga pembuatan modeling #Harga pembuatan 3d animasi

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amber-eclipse-shifts · 10 months

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DR Masterlist

Here’s a list of all my Desired Realities as of 2024/04/19! Feel free to ask about any of them (I’ll probably link to the tags I use in the future)

Listed in alphabetical order, not relevance!

MAIN DRs

Detective Pikachu

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them

Genshin Impact

Harry Potter

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Moon Knight

Ninjago (show, movie)

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Mandalorian

Waiting Room (WR) — where I am a lone being an have total control; just a rest area

FAME & K-POP

*reverse-fame DRs (where certain celebrities aren’t famous)

Fame: Old Gen Acting

Fame: Young Gen Acting

Fame: Enhypen

Fame: general singer/Stray Kids

Coffee* (coffee shop, study DR, ft. Seungmin)

Cookie* (baking DR, ft. BTS)

Ice Skating* (ft. Sunghoon)

Rules (futuristic college DR, ft. Han)*

Streamer

WYNFA?* (flower shop DR, ft. The8)

FANTASY & SUPER/HERO

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Eternals

Ever After [High] University

Fate: The Winx Saga

Geronimo Stilton

How to Train Your Dragon

Into the Spider-Verse

Pixie Hollow

Star Wars (sequels)

Voltron: Legendary Defender

'REALISTIC'

not necessarily a realistic setting, just a more normal life with less 'plot'

Big Hero 6

Carmen Sandiego

Divergent

Five Night's at Freddy's ("Lore" DR)

Hybrid

Justice League

Orient Express

Purple Horizons

Valorant

Werewolf

Yin-Yang (fantasy c-drama inspired)

SMALLER DRs

places I only plan to go once during specific moments or things from other DRs which I can access through my WR (ex: a movie that doesn’t exist in my CR/OR)

Are You Cold? / AYC?*

Avatar / Pandora

Call of Duty: MW (less plot)

FNaF: film

Marauders

Maze Runner

Monsterverse

Raya & the Last Dragon

Resident Evil

Thea Sisters

The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings

Uncharted (film)

+ many more!

#desired reality #amber speaks sometimes #.txt

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secret-engima · 4 months

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Hi, jackass of the internet here again, an idea occurred to me while perusing the Dragon Slayer Yang tagged posts- while I’m not sure what the plans for Salem in that fic are/were, I think there’d be fun drama if the Salem Yang met was, in fact, the Salem of her world, but just long in the past for some odd reason. So when Salem learns of/sees Yang again in the modern day, there’s a heartwarming reunion, followed by something of a ‘custody battle’ between Salem and Ozpin (the divorced couple)

Very interesting theory!

#SE asks #chromiehomieakagrimshadow asks #Secret Engima Rambles #Dragon Yang verse

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unlockthestars · 11 months

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@littleblackqrow liked this post for a starter

Her dad was doing…..better, these days, but the little girl could tell that he still wasn't really all there. He did what he had to do to take care of her and Ruby (now), but it was like he'd locked himself away. He didn't smile as much, didn't read to them as much, and while she missed her mom too…, it was like she was missing both of her parents.

And that meant she had to take care of Ruby too.

Their dad made sure they were fed and clothed, but Yang was the one reading Ruby bedtime stories, brushing Ruby's hair….., and she'd been the one who had dragged Ruby out of the house in her little wagon, looking for clues about her birth mother.

People around their little village had talked, sure, but Yang hadn't realized that Summer wasn't her birth mom until she'd found some stuff in her dad's papers (she'd been looking for something Ruby could draw on, honest), and that had been all she'd thought about.

She had taken Ruby and followed the clues, and if Uncle Qrow hadn't shown up, they would have both been dead.

That was the first time she'd cried in earnest since they'd told her that her mom wasn't coming back; she'd had to keep it together for everyone, couldn't cry, didn't have time to cry. But she had cried this time, had hugged her uncle Qrow and wouldn't let go, not until they got home.

Ruby had been asleep for a long time when Uncle Qrow poked his head into the room to check on her. The little girl held up her arms for another hug, and her uncle crossed to sit on her bed, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to keep from crying again.

"Can you read me a story, Uncle Qrow?" she asked, her voice muffled against him. She'd been trying so hard to be a big girl, a brave girl, but right now…, she just wanted to curl up and listen to her uncle read her a story, so she could be a kid for a little while longer.

#littleblackqrow #★ yang xiao long || ic ★ i've got fire in my soul #★ yang xiao long ★ || verse . sunny little dragon #[you encouraged me so you are definitely getting more than one]#[the dice gods gave Yang for your first]#[and my brain decided on YANGST]#[let me know if any of this isn't okay!]

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ryin-silverfish · 16 days

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Into the Erlang-verse: Li, Zhao, Yang

-This is something I wrote for fun and reference purposes, back when I was starting to seriously get into Chinese mythology. As such, there is no citations, and is meant to be more of a general introduction to Erlang Shen in pre-modern writings.

(Emphasis on "pre-modern", because, as much as I love the Lotus Lantern + Prequel TV series, it's just a little frustrating to see people taking the shows' version as the end-all-be-all of such a complicated deity, y'know?)

-Anyways, much like Nezha, his Archery Accident Bro, Erlang has what I'd refer to as his "Pop Culture Form": Handsome three-eyed warrior god wielding a three-pronged spear, accompanied by his doggo Xiaotian Quan(Literally "Skyhowler"), going by the surname "Yang", jade emperor's nephew, etc.

-However, The Second Lad is an even messier amalgamation of deities worshiped in different parts of China, even in his supposed "home domain", Sichuan. Here, I'm only gonna talk about the most well-known and significant Erlangs.

(Not even gonna go into the possible Zoroastrian influences and the Dujian thing...)

1. Lord of Sichuan, "Li Erlang"

Key words: Hydraulic engineer, based on a historical official and his son, fierce competitor with Zhao Erlang for the Lord of Sichuan title

Weapons: Knowledge

Power: Can turn into a bull/dragon

Pets: N/A

"Who's Yang Jian? I've been watching over Sichuan since the Qin dynasty."

Li Bing was a pretty typical case of famous historical figure being worshiped as gods posthumously; born in the Warring States era, this official was put in charge of the Shu Prefecture (modern Chengdu) by King Zhao of Qin, and he was known as the creator of Dujiang Yan, an ancient irrigation + flood control project.

Later Tang legends deified him with a bunch of traditional "Flood-control hero" tropes taken from Yu the Great (heads up JTTW readers, SWK's staff is originally his extendable ruler), mostly the "hero turn into a giant animal" and "fight and subdue local water demons" aspect.

Though he wasn't yet known as an Erlang, or gained a son called Erlang as later folklore would have it, Li Bing's worship began in the Eastern Han dynasty, and he had a long tradition as Sichuan's guardian deity.

Even as later versions of Erlang began to populate, in the Qing dynasty, people of the province were still like "Our Lord of Sichuan is Li Bing/Li Erlang, not Yang Jian, as the novels would have you believe!"

What made Li Bing and his likely nonexistent son into "Li Erlang" could be traced to the two "warlord states" that occupied Sichuan after the fall of Tang dynasty: both states tried to use the Lord of Sichuan worship to strengthen their own legitimacy, and passed decrees that 1) said Erlang was Li Bing's son and 2) granted both father and son honorable titles, as mentioned in Song dynasty records.

However, due to the association of Erlang with previous warlord states, the first emperor of Song had reassigned Li Bing a lesser title and taken away his son's title altogether, reducing him to just "God of Guankou", and worshippers were quite disgruntled by the change; there was even a rebellion using the Guankou worship rituals to legitimize itself, a decade after said emperor's death.

Fun fact: when I went to the Two Lord’s Temple (of Li Bing and Li Erlang) in Dujiangyan, even though the god worshipped in the main hall was supposed to be Li Erlang, the plaque next to it still said something like "Li Erlang, also known as Yang Jian"...

Which really shows just how influential FSYY is on popular worship, to the point of overshadowing older incarnations of certain deities.

2. Immortal Master of Illustrious Sagacity, "Zhao Erlang"

Key words: Chief of Jiazhou Prefecture, dragon slayer, No.2 violator of archery safety (first place goes to Nezha)

Weapons: A scribing tablet, slingshot, sword, bow and arrows

Power: Supernatural strength, monstrous giant form

Pets: unnamed white horse, hunting hawks and hounds

"C'mon, my aim isn't that bad! What happened in the Zaju was a one-time thing!"

The prototypical Taoist Erlang, his name, "Zhao Yu"(赵昱) first appeared in a Song dynasty source. At this point, the story of Erlang was mainly defined by two traits: 1) was, or was related to an official in charge of Sichuan in bygone times and 2) Did heroic flood control stuff, probably through dragon-slaying.

One notable strand of local worship was the "God of Guankou"; historical records mentioned that people sacrificed hundreds and hundreds of goats to him, as well as a regional festival in Sichuan where people played out his confrontation with dragons. It coexisted and entwined with the "Lord of Sichuan" worship, until the Song dynasty.

In typical Song dynasty fashion, the officials decided to give their own official title to this...Erlang/Lord of Sichuan/God of Guankou guy, bringing our titular "Zhao Erlang" into existence.

Also a deified official from the Tang dynasty, his image was more heavily influenced by Taoism (historically popular in Sichuan) and centered around one of its holy places, Mt. Qingcheng, which just happened to be quite close to Dujiang Yan.

Though in the Northern Song dynasty, the state-recognized Erlang was still "Li Erlang", the Taoist Zhao Erlang had proven himself to be a strong competitor by the Southern Song and Yuan dynasty, thanks to a massive amount of opera plays.

First we have SJSSDQ (三教搜神大全, Yuan Dynasty), an encyclopedia of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian gods, where his traditional backstory as an ascended mortal official was combined with the dragon-slaying feat to nudge Erlang toward a more warrior-esque image, a hunting god who appeared on a white horse with his entourage of hunters.

-We also got the first mention of what would become his six/seven sworn brothers; the "Seven Sages" who jumped into the water to assist him in the dragon fight.

Then we have two Yuan-Ming Zaju plays, "Erlang of Guankou Slays the Jian-jiao"(灌口二郎斩健蛟) and "Erlang Drunkenly Shot the Demon-locking Mirror" (二郎神醉射锁魔镜), in which many traits associated with JTTW's Yang Erlang could already be seen: first, his three-pronged weapon, seven brothers and bow/arrows, second, the naming of his brothers as the "Seven Sages of Mt. Mei" and his ability to shift into a "true form", aka the monstrous giant form he used in JTTW.

(The plot of the second Zaju is exactly like it sounds: Erlang and Nezha had a drunken archery competition, accidentally broke the Demon-locking Mirror and released the Bull Demon King + Hundred-Eyed Demon, and spent the rest of the play doing damage control.)

3. The Little Sage, "Yang Erlang" (JTTW)

Key words: Jade Emperor's nephew, cleaver of Peach Mountain, SWK's true equal in battle

Weapons: Three-pronged, Double-bladed Spear, slingshot, bow and arrows, axe

Power: transformations, Cosmic Body, divine sight/Phoenix Eye(?)

Pets: a celestial Xiquan, literally "Thin Dog"

"First time we met, and that monkey made fun of my origins as a conversation opener. Could you believe it."

The Man, The Myth, The Legend! As I said before, a lot of his traits were inherited from "Zhao Erlang", including his Taoist title, his temple at Guankou, etc.

However, Erlang being Jade Emperor's nephew seemed to be mostly popularized by JTTW: the only other work that might have given Erlang this backstory was The Precious Scroll of Erlang, previously dated to the 1560s, though a Chinese paper published in 2018 proposed a later creation date (1620s).

Much like JTTW Nezha, his backstory was somewhat barebones: we knew from SWK's taunt that his mother was the Jade Emperor's sister, who got chummy with Yang the mortal, gave birth to him, and was presumably locked under the Peach Mountain for that, bc Erlang then rescued her by cleaving it in half with an ax.

(Sounds familiar? The same backstory would later be copied over to Erlang's nephew, in the Lotus Lantern legends)

His other notable feats include falling 2 phoenix with his slingshot, as well as slaying the "Seven Demons of Mt. Mei ''. Out of pride, he chose to remain in Guankou instead of associating with his heavenly relatives, and did not answer to general summons to court from the Jade Emperor, only taking special assignments (听调不听宣).

Apart from his famous fight with SWK, Erlang also appeared in JTTW chapter 63, where, together with his sworn brothers, he helped the pilgrims fight the Nine-Headed Wyrm, son-in-law of Bibo Lake's dragon king. His dog continues to be the MVP in this fight, biting off one of the demon's heads, leaving it wounded and fleeing toward the north sea.

Though the description of his battle with SWK implied that he did have some sort of supernatural sight, at this point in time (Ming dynasty), Erlang wasn't yet depicted with a third eye in artworks and literature.

There are a small amount of evidence that suggest the third eye thing might have shown up in statues of this period, though.

4. Master of the Ninefold Mystic Way, "Yang Jian" (FSYY)

Key words: Disciple of the Taoist sage Yuding, veteran of the Investiture War, Nezha's comrade-in-arms

Weapons: Three-pronged Spear, slingshot

Power: Ninefold Mystic Way, 72 transformations, invulnerable to physical attacks, Samadhi Fire (in FSYY it's on the same level as a D&D wizard's Fireball spell)

Pets: Howling Celestial Dog, unnamed white horse

"I fought a transforming monkey demon too!"

Fun fact: the guy whose name was most often taken as Erlang's "real name" by pop culture was never actually referred to as "Erlang" in his debut novel. Could ya believe it.

Quick, dirty summary of FSYY: kinda like the Chinese Iliad, about the overthrowing of Shang dynasty and its tyrannical King Zhou by King Wu of Zhou, with a dash of Taoist infightings, and almost everyone who died in the fight got revived as gods and became part of the celestial bureaucracy, thus "Investiture of the Gods".

Under the order of his master, the Taoist sage Yuding (literally "jade tripod"), Yang Jian makes his first cameo in chapter 40 to assist his senior, Jiang Ziya, in the fight against the Four Generals of Clan Mo.

A master in the arts of the Ninefold Mystic Way and 72 transformations, he has the same divine title as Zhao Erlang and is considered "A Sage in Flesh" after the end of FSYY.

As such, he's able to survive getting eaten by a monstrous weasel, a metal whip in the forehead, graphic disembowelment, etc. and used his transformation skills for some SWK-style "beating people up from inside their stomachs".

On one very notable occasion, he transformed into a beautiful palace consort to dupe Tu Xingsun ("Earth-traveling Son") and capture him.

Oh, and also, on his way to get Tu Xingsun's master, he ran into this random demon in a lake, who led him into a cave. After he got inside, the demon just disappeared, leaving him with the Three-pronged Two-bladed Spear, as well as some nice bling.

Then two kids burst in, accused him of stealing the bling, and...instantly became his students after learning his name? Yeah that was a weird sidequest.

However, Yang Jian's most iconic battle is probably his fight with Yuan Hong, the White Ape of Plum Mountain...who also practiced the Ninefold Mystics, used an iron cudgel, and were sworn brothers with six/seven demon kings.

Only with the help of Nvwa's magical painting, the Shanhe Sheji Scroll, was Yang Jian able to capture the ape, and subsequently, let Jiang Ziya decapitate him with Sage Luya's Immortal Slaying Flying Knife.

When the Three Demonesses were caught and executed at the end of the book, he was the one responsible for slaying the Nine-headed Pheasant Demoness, which is a neat parallel with JTTW.

His Howling Celestial Dog appears in chapter 47, and is even more of an MVP in fights: 12 immortals and demons have been bitten by this dog, which was "as large as a white elephant and as swift as an owl".

Funnily enough, every time Yang Jian summoned his hound, it is described in the same way as, say, other immortals may summon a flying sword, and my mental image is just him yeeting his giant monster dog at the enemy like you'd throw a Pokeball.

(A list of everyone Xiaotian had bitten in FSYY: Zhao Gongming, his sister Bixiao, Xinhuan, Deng Chanyu, Zhou Xin, Hua Huan, the Winged Immortal, Yuyan, Lv Yue, Yu Hualong, Dai Li the dog demon, the Nine-headed Pheasant Demon.)

Conclusion:

-The way I see it: Li is the Erlang of regional worship, Zhao is the Erlang of Zaju plays, and Yang is the Erlang of vernacular novels, who becomes super popular and overshadows his two predecessors.

-And Erlang's depiction in premodern Lotus Lantern tales is what we in the business call "a whole new can of worms". But that's a series for another day.

#erlang shen #chinese mythology #chinese folklore #journey to the west #investiture of the gods #fengshen yanyi #xiyouji #yang jian

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