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LIVE RHY REACTION TO INVESTITURE OF THE GODS
Disclaimer: this is an English translated version and I do not know how accurate it is so if some things are wrong or improperly translated please let me know. I will also be including screenshots of dialogue and scenes every now and then but please keep in mind I will probably not go into too much detail of these chapters and that I am just reacting to the scenes that happen in the book.
This is also VERY LONG because the book itself is very long. Do not read it if you don't want spoilers/want to sit through a lot of text.
I’ll be covering Chapters 1 - 10 in this post
Once again, do not read if it's a lot of text and mute the tag #live rhyactions
CHAPTER 1 (GODDESS NU WA AND KING ZHOU):
I can’t believe they made Li Shou king because he was strong. He threw a pillar and everyone told King Di Yi to make him king like ok cool ig
also in the other version I was reading, King Di Yi was called Da Yi.. wonder if that was a mistranslation or something
“King Zhou established his capital at Zhaoge, a metropolis on the Yellow River.” interesting, in the other version they call it Morning Song. huh! The more you know
“The king placed Queen Jiang in the Central Palace; Concubine Huang in the West Palace and Concubine Yang in the Fragant Palace. They were all virtuous and chaste in their behavior and mind and gentle in manner.” (…) im not gonna comment on how much that last line irks me for some reason but… ough
ANYWAYS HE RULED IN PEACE… YIPPEE
“and his peasants were especially blessed by favorable winds and rains” why did that make me laugh a little ok
the four dukes!!!! yippee!!
East Grand Duke Jiang Huanchu, South Grand Duke E Chongyu, West Grand Duke Ji Chang and North Grand Duke Chong Houhu
i hope none of them die
SEVEN YEARS OF PEACE!!! and then a report was sent to him oh no
ough a rebellion.. of 72 marquises in the North Sea District — surely Grand Tutor Wen Zhong can take care of it right?? surely he’ll take care of it.
Shang Rong asks King Zhou to honor and hold a ceremony at Nu Wa’s temple for her birthay (the 15th day of the third month) and King Zhou has the gall to ask, “What has Goddess Nu Wa done that a great king such as myself is obliged to to go her temple and worship her?”
What if i stab him. what then.
thank you Shang Rong you will always be the smart one of the advisors
King Zhou then makes an announcement that he's going to go worship Nu Wa at her temple. amazing. thank you for that.
“It would have been better if he hadn’t gone at all, for it was this very pilgrimage that caused the fall of the Shang Dynasty, making it impossible for the people to live in peace.” i think it was because he disrespected Nu Wa actually
why did he need 3,000 cavalrymen and 800 royal guards if he is such a well known and respected king… hm…
But they were under the command of General Huang Feihu, Prince for National Pacification and of Military Prowess. so maybe this guy’s important for later. hopefully. i do not want anyone to die yet
except King Zhou but anyways
PRAYERS!!! RESPECT FOR NU WA YES
why are you wandering King Zhou. King Zhou go back.
KING ZHOU.
KING ZHOU NOOO
the most beautiful passages describing Nu Wa and how beautiful she is and how she looks at him with joy and this mfer gets horny. ok.
Or, perhaps, it is about how men’s desires in the past were always the cause of their own downfall because he was warned that Nu Wa was a respected goddess and one he shouldn’t take lightly and, in the end, he ends up disrespecting her all on his own and that is what causes his downfall.
“He desired to possess her and thought to himself in frustration, ‘Though I’m wealthy and powerful and have concubines and maideservants filling my palace, there’s none as beautiful and charming as this goddess.’”
rip bozo you signed your own death warrant
AGAIN, I AM SURPRISED HE ACTUALLY DID WRITE ON THE WALL ABOUT HOW MUCH HE WANTED HER. I THOUGHT THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE WAS LYING TO ME BUT NO:
Shang Rong: Nu Wa’s been a proper goddess and the guardian angel for Zhaoge, I only suggested that you worship her so that she would continue to bless the people with timely rains and favorable winds and ensure that they’ll continue to live in peace. But with this poem, you’ve not only shown your lack of sincerity ubut have insulted her as well. This isn’t the way a king should behave. I pray you wash this blasphemous poem off the wall, lest you be condemmed by the people for your immorality.
King Zhou: shut up i’m king
NOT THE REST OF HIS MEN LOWKEY SIDE-EYEING HIM….
anyways they go to the Dragon Virtue Court they go where he meets up with his queen and concubines happily. hooray!
Nu Wa paying respect to the three emperors — Fu Xi, Shen Nong and Xuan Yuan — before returning to her temple on her birthday is so nice to me? I know Fu Xi is her brother in some iterations and it makes me happy idk :(
WAIT THE MFER WROTE THIS IN THE MAIN HALL?
IT SAYS SHE SEATED HERSELF IN THE MAIN HALL — NAHHH HE DESERVES WHAT’S COMING TO HIM WHAT THE HELL??
GET HIS ASS!!!
did not know King Zhou had two sons (Yin Jiao and Yin Hong)
anyways he still has 28 years to go before his downfall and Nu Wa realized “that she could do nothing about it at this moment, since that would go against the will of Heaven.”
surely this “against the will of Heaven” won’t be a reocurring theme in the book and it’s successor, Journey to the West, right? Right?
of course it will
NU WA SUMMONING DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS FROM THE DEMON SUMMONING PENNANT LET’S GOOOO
“All demons the world has arrived to receive her command” queen shit
IT’S THEM!!! IT’S THE THREE QUEENS OF THE SHANG DYNASTY LET’S FUCKING GO!!!
“May you live eternally, dear goddess!” they have more respect than King Zhou LMAO
“you mustn’t bring harm to the people” uh. anyways.
“since his visit to the Temple of Goddess Nu Wa, King Zhou had sunk into deep depression” shut the fuck go hold your wife
“He had no passion for his queen, his concubines, or the numerous maids in his palace. They now all appeared to him like lumps of clay.” Something poetic about Nu Wa making people out of clay and King Zhou now seeing them as clay—but also fuck this dude
King Zhou: im sad because im in love with nu wa and can’t marry her
what if i kill you
NOT THEM SUGGESTING HE ORDER 100 WOMEN FROM THE GRAND DUKES — BRO NOOOOOO
why is that the end of the chapter
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CHAPTER 2 (THE REBELLION OF SU HU):
King Zhou: bring me 100 virgins. they must be gentle, virtuous and above all beautiful
i cant with this man.
Shang Rong: you already have 1,000 women you can’t ask for more when your people are dying of drought and floods
King Zhou: fine
HES SULKING LMAO
Su Hu… i like Su Hu he doesn’t want to give you any bribes smh
Shut up King Zhou i miss Su Hu
“we greatly appreciate the kind concern shown us by your majesty” i dont trust like that…
what if i killed them all
why are you mentioning Su Hu has a daug- STOP
ISN’T THAT SU DAJI’S FATHER HOLD ON
King Zhou: can i marry your daughter
Su Hu: fuck you
King Zhou: >:O
NOOO HE FUCKING ARRESTED SU HU WHAT THE HELL
he was right though this kingdom is dying because you’re being too horny King Zhou please listen to REASON
HE (SU HU) WROTE HIS POEM ABOUT KING ZHOU ON THE WALL HELLO?
idk if it’s intentional but it seems like he’s making fun of King Zhou for writing on Nu Wa’s temple wall LMAO i love that
we stan Su Hu
“Our goal is the utter decimantion of the city.”
I miss Su Daji
where’s my wife
Fei Zhong is like… the worst fucking instigator huh? He’s the one who keeps giving King Zhou ideas- i hate men
Ji Chang taking place for King Zhou so he won’t get caught in the cross fire… interesting that he hesitated on that? ig?
“How could possibly have offended the king? He’s known to all for his loyalty and good conduct, and for his many outstanding military successes. There must have been good reason for him to write the poem.” Ji Chang you’re one of the few smart people in this novel
tiredly reading this chapter because…. ough… ji chang,,,, rebel,,, ji chang,,, j i c ha ng,,
ANYWAYS BACK TO SU HU ARRIVING BACK AT JIZHOU
he has a son (Su Quanzhong)???? HE’S A DAD???
wait why am i suprised his daughter’s literally daji nvm
honestly this is great for learning how names work yppee
NOT THE 50,00 STRONG ARMY FROM CHONG HOUHU… OUGH
Su Hu immediately getting angry when he learns Chong Houhu is leading the armyncjks
“Chong’s an evil fellow” LMAO??? OK DAMN
not Su Hu apologizing for not being able to salute properly becuase of his armor
“King Zhou has of late become corrupt and immoral as a ruler” SAY IT LOUDER
LMAO NOOOOOO
NOT THE GUYS FIGHTING
STOP PLEASE NOT SU QUANZHONG
nvm they won HELL YEA
RUN AWAY CHONG HOUHU YOU COWARDS
SURPRISE ATTACK AT MIDNIGHT LETS GOOOOO
i forgot peopel took drums with them to war
not Chong Houhu drinking after Huang Yuanji reassured him it’ll be fine. fool. you’re at war. don’t drink before sleeping
“They rushed in like tigers and wolves, slaughtering and maiming on all sides.” ough i love this novel’s descriptions
SO MANY PEOPLE DYING
“Chong Houhu dismount from your horse and die!” these men are violent
if this is how violent they are im terrified for su daji now LMAO
Su Quanzhong my beloved
NOT HIM KILLING SUN ZIYU WHAT THE HELL
not Chong Houhu fleeing and distracting his son and he ends up gettig killed by Su Quanzhong
THAT’S WHERE IT ENDS???
wow wtf
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CHAPTER 3 (DAJI ENTERS THE PALACE):
MY QUEEN’S ARRIVING LET’S GO
My queen did not, in fact, arrive
These men are going through it
also i thought Chong Houhu’s son died but no hes just wounded LMAO
MOST OF THIS CHAPTER IS MEN CRYING I CAN FEEL IT
Chong Houhu is finally smart for once in acknowledging he cannot win this
“A huge army is marching towards us at great speed.” PLEASE SAY IT’S SU HU COMING TO KICK EVERYONE’S ASS
oh.
nvm
Chong Heihu, the Black Tiger, the Marquis of Caozhou
why does he have a brother-
Black Tiger: i heard you got your shit rocked
Su Hu: Black Tiger’s here? We’re screwed
Sun Quanzhong is so cool but also so so stupid
bro your dad is telling you this guy is trouble because he knows MAGIC bro
Bro don’t go off to fight your dad’s sworn brother bro no
NOT THEM CAPTURING SUN QUANZHONG
BRO
BRO WHAT THE HELL
HERE COMES BLACK TIGER WITH THE STEEL CHAIR
nvm the steel chair was Black Tiger winking and trying to give Sun Quanzhong a signal that he is, in fact, siding with his dad but Sun Quanzhong is too stubborn and fucking decides to fight Black Tiger
honestly bro what did you expect
GET FFUCKING CAPTURED BRO
DUMB OF ASS… STUBBORN BOY SOBS
also no Black Tiger isnt a tiger he’s a human thats just his name i hope i dont have to clarify that again oops
bro
bro???
SU HU WHAT THE HELL???
so… petition to beat up Su Hu??
NO
NO
NO
NO
OH MY GOD
BRO ALMOST KILLS HIS DAUGHTER- WHAT THE HELL??
Why does he blame her and not the man who is lusting after his, supposedly, young daughter? Why doesn’t he curse the man that was a tyrant and has been growing lustful with power? Why doesn’t he realized that she is not to blame for she does not even know what is happening?
Ough.
Black Tiger: Brother, if only you would only consult with me, I could withdraw my troops. Why do you fear and refuse to see me? I don’t understand! There’s no ned to launch an attack.
black tiger and su hu have an interesting relationship.
hm.
tfw even your men are wondering why you are suddenly acting so strange
bro Black Tiger did something to Su Hu huh….
GENERAL ZHENG… OUGH
hes going to fight black tiger oh boy
“Black Tiger was mounted on a fiery-eyed monster” what if i eat him
General Zheng Lun of Jizhou… inchresting
interesting.
NJKCDSNJCD FUCKER CAPTURED HIM SO QUICKLY WHAT???
also Black Tiger’s smoke magic >>>> LMK!Macaque’s shadow magic sorry lmao forgot to mention that
Su Hu: I cant believe Zheng Lun died
Zheng Lun: i’ve captured the black tiger
Su Hu: what the fuck-
“I’ve never forgotten that we’re sworn brothers. I’m ashamed to be a captive and greatly appreciate your courtesy.”
Black Tiger And Su Hu Have An Interesting Relationship
(by which i mean it's strange seeing male friendship represented like this in such an old novel but it's a /pos kind of strange yknow)
uhm.
anyway.
SHUT THE FUCK UP SAN YISHENG PLEASE. STOP
WDYM KING ZHOU WROTE A POEM NOOOO
Poem basically says to let him marry Daji or else they’ll all die.
Su Hu Is Considering This.
“How could I dare to oppose his wishes!” bro you literally told him to act like a better king what’s happening right now-
what if i die
wdym the chapter ends there.
what
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CHAPTER 4 (THE FOX SPRITE MURDERS DAJI):
the title goes straight to the point huh-
“I won’t sacrifice my life on account of my adoration for my daughter” Su Hu what if you shut the fuck up
yo what the fuck
Black Tiger going off on Chong Chouhu what
wow.
anyway-
“As I cannot let the family perish on account of Daji, I’ve got no choice but to send her back to the palace and apologize to His Majesty.” Su Hu i want you to choke
aw madame yang crying over daj-
what the fuck
huh
huh
huh
WHAT
I MEAN I GET W H Y
BUT
HUH???
y’all she’s gonna die either way im sorry-
“The old couple spent the whole night in despair and sorrow.” and y’all didnt… like.. want to fight for her or…. ok
when’s erlang showing up so he can beat up everyone
OG DAJI DID NOT DESERVE THIS
LOOK AT HER SHE BREAKS DOWN INTO TEARS WHEN SHE HEARS ABOUT WHERE SHE’S GOING
OUGH MY POOR GIRL
Su Hu after hearing there might be a murderous spirit haunting the place they’re staying at: SURELY THIS WON’T AFFECT US IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE
He checked in on Daji to make sure she and her maidservants were sleeping before reading a book on war strategy…
sir make up your mind either cherish her and love her or send her off to be married to a man probably twice her age
HE STARTLES THE GOES TO CHECK IN ON HER
OUGH
EITHER BE A GOOD DAD OR DONT BE A GOOD DAD WTF
the fact he stays awake to keep her safe
wtf
oop
OOP
LMAO
SHES DEAD SORRY LMAO
so.. who’s gonna tell him..
Fei Zhong: Su Hu is here to offer his daughter
King Zhou: Why???
Fei Zhong: …b…because you asked for it-
mfer is so offended and for what
Shang RONG MY BELOVED
THE ONLY MAN WITH FUCKING COMMON SENSE LETS GO
and then Fei Zhong ruins it by saying if Daji is beautiful enough then they can forgive Su Hu and if she’s ugly then they can kill her and his father ok wow wtf
SU DAJI MY BELOVED <333
the fact they say she wears red… and i hc’d she wore pink/violets on her way to the kingdom.. and when the spirit kills her and possesses her she’s fully red clothed…. ough..
Can he like… not…. can he not….
I MEAN
i know why she’s so ethereal to him
because hulijing are said to be bewitching to people and they fall in love with them easily
but also fucking come on dude what the hell
sorry this whole thing is jsust… you have to read it to understand how ANGRY i am at this motherfucker right now
“passionate blissful night” daji im so sorry dude ough
NOT HIM FUCKING NEGLECTING ALL HIS DUTIES IMMEDIATELY
BRO I THOUGHT IT TOOK… LIKE 13 MORE CHAPTERS
MFER IS JUST…. GONE
WOW
WHAT A WAY TO END THE FUCKING CHAPTER
OUGH
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CHAPTER 5 (A VAIN ATTEMPT BY MASTER OF THE CLOUDS):
Master of the Clouds: she’s going to bring calamities
GOD FORBID WOMEN DO ANYTHING DAMN
also like???
she hasnt murdered anyone
Nu Wa sent her
why are people triyng to exorcise her already wtf-
TNE FUCKING MONTHS?
KING ZHOU HAS BEEN DRINKING AND FUCKING FOR TEN MONTHS???? HASNT APPEARED IN TEN MONTHS??? BROTHER WHAT
everyone: we’re worried
King Zhou: anyways
HES SO FUCKINGNCJKDSNJK
im so tired of this dude
JUST DO YOUR FUCKING WORK??
where’s his wife bro
where are his sons
what the hell
Master of the Clouds explains taoism
ngl it’s pretty cool
i wont post the whole thing but it’s genuinely cool
he made a poem about the spirit lmao
PINE SWORD… SOUNDS SO COOL TBH
i want a pine sword
HE MADE ANOTHER POEM SAYIG HOW NICE HIS LIFE IS AS A TAOIST MASTER
THAT’S…
i like this dude
funky
Master of the Clouds: this pine sword will kill the spirit in 3 days
King Zhou: Cool!
Daji:
MOTHERFUCKER BELIEVES HER
OH MY GOD
GASLIGHT. GATEKEEP. GIRLBOSS.
motherfucker you CANNOT BE THIS DUMB OH MY GODNJDKSNJCKDS
bro
BRO
i cant believe it fucking ends there DAMN LMAO
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CHAPTER 6 (THE BURNING PILLAR TORTURE):
i wonder what this chapter’s about oh boy
she recovered and carried on with her merry-making… i love her actually
“(…) Jiang Ziya will enjoy worldly glory and filfth, and fifth, gods are to be created.” ayo?? first even Jiang Ziya mention
iirc Jiang Ziya was Erlang’s mentor? I could be wrong but yknow yippeeee
so basically, to recap: Master of the Clouds sends a poem to Grand Tutor Du Yuanxian and he immediately writes a report to King Zhou. Shang Rong receives the report and tries to present it to the king at his personal palace
oh boy
Du Yuanxian: hey so the spirit in your home is growing really powerful to the point where the spectral light she emits can be seen in the ninth realm
King Zhou: HE ALMOST KILLED DAJI >:(
sorry guys he is…
he sure is something. this man. yea
He asks Daji if she knows anything about this and she just
oh my god.
SHANG TRYING TO REASON WITH HIM OUGH…
Du Yuanxian waiting eargly for news of what King Zhou said,,,,,, only to be told hes a criminal and will be executed bro what
Mei Bo: dw bro i’ll talk to the king and tell him this is all a misunderstanding
i bet hes gonna get killed too lmao
HE CHASTIED SHANG RONG FOR TELLING HIM HE’S LETTING INNOCENT MEN GET SLAUGHTERED BRO PLEASE
KING ZHOU IS SO ANGRY MEI BO ENTERED THE PALACE LMAO
Shang Rong gets a pass because hes so polite (and he’s a veteran and served for three Shang Dynasty emperors)
MEI BO FUCKING CALLING KING ZHOU OUT…
“Du Yuanxian’s a loyal minister. If you put him to death on account of your concubine, you’ll be cursed for butchering your father’s old minister, and denounced as the destroyer of the nation, for your act tantamount to wrecking a house by removing its pillars and beams. I exhort you to let Du Yuanxian live, for it you do, people will honor you as saintly ruler.” i like mei bo
KING ZHOU IS NOW KILLING MEI BO AS WELL
MEI BO WENT OFF LMAO
“You listen daily to the fawning courtiers and spend your nights in dissipation with Daji. The kingdom will suffer disaster soon, and I fear that I won’t have the face to contront our deceased kings in the nether world.” GO OFF MEI BO…. OUGH
….go off girl
go off
like
i - go off honeslty
KING ZHOU LOVES THIS IDEA
SHANG RONG RETIRES BECAUSE HE CANNOT HANDLE THIS ANYMORE
HE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ANYMORE
GO OFF SIR GO
LVIE YOUR LIFE
GOODBYE SHANG RONG… YOU WILL BE MISSED GREATLY SOBS
“King Zhou continued to indulge with Daji day and night, ignoring all state affairs.” daji if you kill him now i wont tell anyone promise
iMMA GET YOU OUT OF THERE GIRL
aside from that, some princes arrived and they were all horrified by Mei Bo's execution after witnessing it and declared they have to do something to stop King Zhou
King Zhou is too infatuated with Daji to notice this ofc-
i feel so bad for King Zhou’s wife
ough… next chapter
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CHAPTER 7 (FEI ZHONG PLOTS TO DEPOSE THE QUEEN):
…uh oh-
“When the guards announced her (Queen Jiang) arrival, King Zhou glanced at Daji with half-closed eyes. ‘Lady Su! Would you please meet Her Majesty for me?’” bro you have little to no decency…
mfer you’re not even going to go greet your own wife??????
what the fuck man
also i do like that they explain Daji is a “mere concubine” so she doesn’t get to sit down. very interesting
NVM KING ZHOU IS IN FACT THERE TO GREET HIS WIFE BUT I FULLY BELIEVED HE WAS GOING TO STAY BACK AT THEIR ROOM DRINKING WHILE DAJI HAD TO ENTERTAIN HER OKAY
i love daji she’s just singing and dancing and enjoying herself i bet
fuck off King Zhou i don’t need you complimenting her
Queen Jiang: this isn’t good
King Zhou: why can’t you enjoy yourself
Queen Jiang: BECAUSE OF YOU
GO OFF QUEEN JIANG????
HOLY SHIT
i sure do hope nothing bad happens to Queen Jiang today
King Zhou is fucking drunk!!!!
amazing!!! /s
we love a manipulative queen holy shit
SHE’S SO GOOD AT IT TOO???
HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS MFER FALLEN FOR EHR CRYING
IT’S INSANE
i’m pretty sure any other man would’ve told her to stop crying or something
damn
abusing the fact he’s so in love with her huh
Queen Jiang: You’ve seduced and incited him to all manner of evil. You’re the instigator and must repent at once. If you continue to wreck havoc upon this dynasty, I will deal with you according to the law! You may leave now.
Daji:
Daji: so i’m planning to murder her-
no really she tells Gun Juan she must seek her revenge i love her nckjs
Gun Juan is so cool?
“I’m a mere maidservant” girlie you are so smart actually
it’s a solid plan too? i didn’t expect it ngl i thought they were going to curse Queen Jiang but nope! just regular plan which is very nice
bro this isnt a debate come on man
let’s go murder the queen
come on fei zhong-
HELL YEA FEI ZHONG HAS A PLAN
Everyone: go back to work
King Zhou: bah
Daji: go back to work
King Zhou: ofc anything for you daji <33333
i fucking hate this man
this man tried to assassinate the king and failed
you disgrace me you should’ve killed him bro
wait nvm it was all part of the plan???
what the fuck omg
King Zhou: WHY WOULD MY WIFE CONSPIRE AGAINST ME
because you’ve ignored her for almost a year, mayhaps?
“Who has so shamelessly condemned this innocent woman?” Queen Jiang im so sorry but im a daji stan through and through, off with her head
daji about to pull an ultimate powermove i can feel it-
daji i dont trust like that
ma’am?
i dont have the words to describe this so uh placing this down here HAHA
King Zhou is a yes man for Daji and i cant even blame him right now
he still sucks
QUEEN JIANG CRYING
CONCUBINE HUANG CRYING
EVERYONE’S CRYING WHILE DAJI’S PROBABLY SITTING THERE SMILING WAITING FOR QUEEN JIANG TO GET TORTURED
god forbid women do anything smh
so they took one of Queen Jiang’s eyes
y’all will have to read this book yourselves lmao i am not sharing this scene
but it was good
anyways Daji wants to keep torturing her and King Zhou has an inkling of doubt on her for once
i doubt it will last tho
IT DID NOT FUCKING LAST LONG
OH MY GOD????
he has no spine
THEY FUCKING BURNED OFF HER HANDS????
MY FUCKING GOD
AND THE CHAPTER ENDS WITH DAJI SUGGESTING THEY BRING IN JIANG HUAN OKAY ALRIGHT GOOD IG
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CHAPTER 8 (PRINCES TAKE FLIGHT):
General Chao Tian and Chao Lei bring Jiang Huan to the west palace. yippe
Rip Queen jiang she only has one eye now
Queen Jiang: SAY YOU LIED
Jiang Huan: but you ordered me to assassinate the King
Queen Jiang: BITCH
HELP
Yin Jiao and Yin Hong playing chess…. free from guilt… not knowing whats about to happen lmao
Yin Jiao is fourteen and Yin Hong is.. two years his junior? So fourteen and twelve i think
no wonder theyre not paying attention
me too guys
YIN JIAO LET OUT A ROAR??? OK IG THEYRE RUNNING TO THE WEST PALACE TO SEE THEIR MOM
theyre crying now awesome
“I’ll cut off Daji’s head in revenge for my mother!” Yin Jiao buddy you’re like fourteen and you just kill your uncle- buddy n- oh boy
oh no nvm Yin Hong is sixteen then since they said Yin Jiao is too young to understa- yeah ok my bad
THE KING THINKS THEY WERE GOING TO KILL HIM LMAO NOOO
HE’S ORDERING THEM TO MURDER HIS SONS
QUEEN JIANG’S FUCKING DEAD?
WOW
OKAY NVM
RUNAWAY TEENAGERS LETS GOO
i would feel bad but i dont want to get attached i dont think children live long in these types of novels
HELLO?
CONCUBINE YANG FUCKING DID WHAT?
King Zhou: i wonder why she did that
BROTHER SHE WAS TERRIFIED YOU’D TORTURE HER
MFER JUST DOES NOT CARE HUH
still tries to kill his sons- im cdnsjkcndks
ERLANG PSPSPSPSPSPPSPS PLEASE I NEED SOMEONE TO COME BEAT THIS MAN UP
help is this why the war starts… because daji wanted queen jiang dead? damn
REBELLION REBELLION REBELLION
why does Huang Feihu have a rainbow ox
what
anyways
Fang Bi and Fang Xiang are taking the princes somewhere safe
BOTH THE PRINCES AND MARSHAL HUANG ON THEIR KNEES KNOWING THIS IS AWFUL AND WRONG BUT DAMN
NOT YIN JIAO SACRIFICNG HIMSELF SO HIS LITTLE BROTHER WILL LIVE AND RAISE AN ARMY AND SEEK REVENGE ON THEIR DAD
OUGH
ough,,,
E CHONGYU?
OH MARSHAL HUANG HAS AN IDEA
YES
YES THEY WILL ALL LIVE
SECRET BETWEEN ALL OF THEM HAHAHAHA
i already forgot who e chongyu was- wasnt he like….. hold on
no i forgot but it’s ok
Marshal Huang giving the boys his jade pendant with gold so they’ll be ok bc they have no money :( aw
Marshal Huang: yeah so i couldnt catch them idk where they went
King Zhou: DAMN… it’s ok you can go now
UH OH DAJI HAS AN IDEA
Daji ily queen you go girl
ANYWAYS HUANG FEIHU ONLY SELECTINGT HE OLD AND WEAK SOLDIERS TO GO FIND THE PRINCES LMAO
why are you.. letting two little boys go off on their own
what is wrong with you people
THANK GOD YIN HONG GOT SOME FOOD FROM SOME NICE FOLK DANG
anyways onwards he goes to find E Chongyu
he collapsed at a temple… uh… yippee
SHANG RONG????
SHANG RONG!!!!!!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
Yin Pobai and Lei Kai are now in pursuit of the brothers,,, oh boy
chapter ends there aaaaaaa
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CHAPTER 9 (THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEATH):
ayo what the FUCK
yknow i wasnt going to comment but immediately the generals find the Temple of Emperor Xuanyuan where Yin Hong is sleeping and they find him LMAO
Yin Pobai arrives at Fengyun to talk to Shang Rong uh oh
GET HIS ASS SHANG RONG
also conspiring with shang rong would be the best thing imo
NOT THE BROTHERS REUNITING AND BASICALLY GOING “FUCK! NOW WE CAN’T AVENGE OUR MOM”
uh oh Huang Feihu’s mad-
OH LORD HES REALLY MAD OH NO
no one wants to execute the princes
im assuming a riot’s going to happen?
Daji said to execute the princes today and King Zhou agreed
yep riot i can feel it
JIANG ZIYA MENTION
I CANT BELIEVE SHANG RONG TOLD DAJI “KYS” IN HIS REPORT TO KING ZHOU
WOW
YEA NO WONDER YEAH UHM
shang rong you will always be famous
THATS WHERE IT ENDS? SHANG RONG DIES AND HIS BRAINS AND BLOOD DRIP DOWN THE COLLAR OF HIS ROBE….?
DAMN
MY GOD
OKAY...
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CHAPTER 10 (THE DISCOVERY OF THUNDERBOLT):
Zhao Qi angirly stepping out of the ranks to snap at King Zhou? uh oh
WHAT AN INSANE WAY TO START THIS CHAPTER MY GOD
WELL IG HES DEAD… HUH….
UHM…. DAMN….
“‘Have you any better means to deal with these stubborn jackasses?’ he asked Daji.”
uhm how about stop killing these men
also i can’t even entirely blame Daji for this she’s genuinely just carrying out orders from Nu Wa to ensure King Zhou is the downfall of the Shang Dynasty? She’s doing her job and it’s going ridiculously good and although a war’s coming… King Zhou is at fault for not listening to everyone that tells him he is being a bad king
YIPPEE SHES OFFICIALLY QUEEN DAJI NOW LETS GO
so hes going to behead the four dukes…. ok
WHY IS SAN YISHENG IN CHAGRE OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS NOOOO
Bo Yikao is a funky name i wonder what it means
Ji Chang’s son going in his place to King Zhou’s court… hmhm
THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN JI CHANG HAS NINETY-NINE SONS????????WHAT
“the star of a great warrior has come to existence” ji chang why do you speak in riddles
WHY ARE YOU ABANDONING A BABY SOBS
MASTER OF CLOUDS
his name will be thunderbolt…
so
like
like his name’s just lightning?
hm
ok well master of clouds have acquired a baby
oh boy the dukes are drinking
well E Chongyu’s drunk at least
HES INSULTING CHONG HOUHU NOOO
Ji Chang stopped Chong Houhu from slapping E Chongyu… damn
so close
JI CHANG SAID TO DECAPITATE EVERYONE SINCE NO ONES SPEAKING UP LMAO
YAO FU???
i have a character named Fu Yao that was wild
anyways
YAO FU TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT DAJI AND KING ZHOU AND HOW QUEEN JIANG DIED
oh shit Jiang Huanchu’s her dad right
uh oh
HE FAINTED
Jiang Huanchu: MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD… MY DEAR DAUGHTER…. HOW HORRIBLY YOU MUST HAVE SUFFERED!
i like this guy
hes just sad over his daughrer dying ough :(
aaaaand King Zhou is killing everyone ok
THATS IT… HE JUST.. GETS ANGRY AT JI CHANG FOR SPEAKING UP AND THE NSAYS HE’LL KILL ALL FOUR DUKES
wild
can’t wait to read chapters 11 - 20
#live rhyactions#fsyy reading#long post#uhm#chapters 1-10 were insane and very good ngl but also uh#what the fuck was chapter 10... ngl...#its insane /pos#SO WAS CHAPTER 9 TBH#if i ever watch a movie about this novel it better include shang rong
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You Can Lead a Castellan to Water…
Chapter 2: A Castle Tour
Gail studied the little castellan as he walked ahead of her and his servants, entering a door at the side of the large audience hall, hands locked behind his back. She noticed with a bit of amusement that his nails were painted a dark blue that matched his coat and hat.
“As you can plainly see, Miss Crain, this castle is a vast stronghold, and every inhabitant is bent to my will. However, it isn’t easy keeping up with all of them at once. Best you not stray far, as I certainly would not want you falling prey to one of the plethora of lurking beasts that make their homes here.”
Gail gave a light breath of laughter, her eye catching the room through the archway to their left where some such “beast” seamed to be chained to a wall, “Yeah, I hate having roommates, too…”
In a synchronized motion that seemed as if her three captors were one being, the two hooded servants halted and Ramon twirled to face back toward her.
“Your quips are amusing,” he smirked, taking a step toward her. “But in my experience, waggishness tends to precede larger behavioral problems. Ones that require swift correcting…”
She shrugged her shoulders in defense, genuine surprise in her wide eyes, “I’m just trying to remain cordial! No one’s ever joked with you?”
Ramon’s own eyes narrowed, before turning to continue leading their trek through the massive structure, “I find that jokes toward me are rarely cordial, Miss Crain.”
“WITH. Not TOWARD… I feel like there’s a difference.”
Ramon humphed, leading them around a set of stone pillars.
“I’m not planning on pissing off my captor by making him the butt of a joke. I’m not an idiot.”
“Well, that’s certainly good to hear. Because those who make ME the butt of their jokes are not left with the capacity to laugh for long.”
The corners of Gail’s mouth turned downward, and she nodded, “Fair enough.”
A pair of what looked to be some type of robed monks bowed to the castellan and opened the next set of doors for them. As they entered, Gail took in the grid of pools that surrounded the walkway before them and the reflexions of the torches in the clear water.
“Wow…what’s this room for?”
Ramon glanced over his shoulder at the sudden question. He wasn’t used to spending any extended amount of time with someone who could hold a conversation…other than Lord Saddler, of course.
“My ancestors were some of the most devout Catholics in all of Spain. So much so, in fact, that they insisted on full immersion baptisms for any residing in the castle,” he looked over his shoulder again with a grin, “I made the decision to leave the room untampered with as I find the sound of running water relaxing.”
“Damn! And I thought Biltmore Estates was impressive…”
Her flattery hit it’s mark and had the desired effect.
“I have had the sacred duty of transforming this estate from its sacrilegious origins into a holy haven of protection. My ancestors were vile heretics, praying to a god who would deny his mercy to those who need it most…”
They ascended a wide set of stairs that brought them to the largest pool where they stopped, and the castellan turned to face Gail and her holders again. Two robed figures on the two raised walkways alongside them began turning cranks that raised their own passage across.
“Los Illuminados provides salvation to all who seek its divine grace. And soon, that will be the entire globe.”
Gail’s brow furrowed, “I’m guessing you’ll be going for less a “go forth and preach the word” approach and more a…”stick your fingers down people’s throats and implant parasitic eggs en masse” type of thing…”
“It will be as our gracious Lord Saddler wills it. But not everyone will be so blessed as us. For reasons that are only our Lord’s to know, he has deemed you a special case. Like myself, you will retain much of your humanity, your free will and intelligence,” he leaned forward, a mischievous glint in his yellow eyes, “but UNLIKE myself, your free will may be overridden should you choose to become unruly.”
She considered this as he turned to lead them across the new bridge to the door on the other side, “Well…guess I’ll have to behave myself, then…”
Ramon lifted his head, happy that the warning was clear, but also looking forward to the challenge should she NOT choose to behave herself.
As they had exchanged conversation, he noticed the subtle drawl in her voice. One that he could most closely compare to those he remembered hearing once in an American recording of a western radio show when he was young. He remembered laughing at the funny way the old cowboys spoke. Her accent was quite muted by comparison, but he found the sound…interesting.
The next room he led them through was almost stranger than the last; two massive Greek statues hung like stalactites from the vaulted ceiling. Gail wasn’t left to marvel for long as they headed up a left side staircase and into the next hall to the next room. Surely they would be at their destination soon. Though, she figured she should count herself lucky that their destination hadn’t been the prison in the first room.
Then they passed through that room.
And then the next…
“Sure do get your steps in around here, seems like.”
Ramon gave a nod, “Salazar Castle is the keeper of the ancient remnants of las plagas, which expand widely beneath it. There are certainly more rooms than would seem practical, even in a structure warranting such extravagance.
“Of course normally, there would be a quick trolley ride that would take us quite close to our destination, but it is in an unfortunate state of disrepair.”
Gail inhaled silently, “Any way I could KNOW what kinda destination we’re talkin’ about?”
Ramon gave a stern glance over his shoulder before deciding to indulge her, “You will be kept in my personal chambers. You are to be put on strict bed rest, as it will provide the best conditions for your plaga to thrive.”
Gail cocked her head, “Then what about you?”
Ramon didn’t look back, “WHAT about me?”
“Where do YOU sleep? I mean, I guess I haven’t seen the size of your bed. And you’re probably small enough to-“
She cut herself off as he made a sound of irritation, with a glare this time.
“I mean, it seems like a bit of an awkward situation, sharing a room.”
Ramon opened the next door, and they were outside.
“I won’t be needing a bed, as I rarely sleep, Miss Crain.”
Gail felt her cheeks grow a little hot at her presumption, “Oh…”
“You will be under close watch in the first stages of your transmogrification, and my own chambers are the most convenient place for that. I spend much of my time nearby, and when I am not there, our Lord’s servants will be. So no funny business, bonita.”
“So you’re telling me I get to lay around in a fancy castle all day while servants wait on me hand and foot?” she raised a brow, “Shit! I should’a joined up a long time ago!”
Ramon and his servants performed their synchronized halt yet again, and he fixed her with a warning look, “This is not a vacation for you, Miss Crain! You will soon be an important part of the most sacred organization mankind will ever encounter in its millennia of existence. You will show your respect.”
Her eyes were wide again, “Sorry…”
She sounded sincere enough for his scowl to soften, and they continued alongside what looked to be a garden maze. The corners of his mouth raised to nearly a smile as he shrugged one shoulder. “Though…you will be well taken care of. And the view will leave you wanting for nothing. Yes, we are both…quite lucky.”
They reached a door with an hourglass shaped relief in it. With a snap of the little man’s fingers, the cloaked creature to their right produced a concrete slab that fit into the indentation, one with a moon, and the door slid up to reveal a massive master bedroom.
As they walked in, Ramon motioned from the verdugo that still held Gail’s arm to the side of the bed, “Ponla ahí.”
The creature led her to where he had pointed, and to her slight surprise, it left her there unrestrained. She was quite sure that should she attempt an escape, the two hulking creatures could easily neutralize her.
The castellan turned to the other verdugo, “El botiquín, por favor.” And with that, the other creature retreated to the door on the other side of the bed.
“Do, please, have a seat, Miss Crain,” he motioned to the bed.
She did as requested, and he came to stand in front of her. She noticed that even seated there, she still had to look at just a bit of a downward angle to meet his gaze.
Without warning, he reached to cup her jaw in his palm. She jerked slightly, whether from the unexpected proximity to her face or, more likely, from the memory of those digits cramming themselves down her esophagus. She allowed him to examine her, however, apparently assessing the damage done by her previous, meathead captor.
“My sincerest apologies for the way that that lunkhead of a yanqui has treated you, señorita. Rest assured you will not be subject to such barbarism while in my care.”
“Damn decent of you,” she gave a slight start as he pulled down the bottom lid of the eye that hadn’t been blackened to examine that as well.
“Hmm…too early to tell, I suppose. All in good time.”
Gail ruminated on the implication before the red coated verdugo returned with the requested first aid kit. He started by cleaning the blood from her nose, seeing that it didn’t seem broken, and that she didn’t express any pain at the touch.
He held out a palm, “Your arm, por favor.”
She offered him the forearm with the deep cut, and he was surprisingly tender as he cleaned and dressed the wound.
“What in el nombre del Padre did you do to deserve these, querida chica.”
She gave an amused exhale, “I think it’s up for debate whether I deserved them… Honestly, I just think dude likes knives.”
Ramon glanced up from beneath his hat, “Are there more?”
“Only older ones. I’m a fast healer.”
“Mm,” he hummed with intrigue, “Soon to be even faster. The marks will be but a memory in only hours.”
Ramon could have sworn she had the look of wanting to say something, but she kept her thoughts to herself. He ran light fingers over her bandages before releasing her arm.
“I will have my servants draw you a bath, and you may choose from any clothing from the right wardrobe,” he motioned to the room from where the verdugo had retrieved the first aid.
She perked at “bath”, “A bath sounds INCREDIBLE right now!” she sprung to her feet, “Thanks, Ramon!”
Ramon’s eyes widened at the strange leap he felt inside him when she addressed him by his first name. Was that his plaga? Strange… And she was exorbitantly cheerful for someone who had been captured and force-fed a permanently body and mind-altering parasite. Saddler was right; he would need to keep eyes on this one at all times. That was what the zealots were for, after all.
As if reading his thoughts, there was the sound of the door on the opposite side of the room unlocking, and a group of zealots entered the room, two of them carrying a delicately detailed, brass tub.
“I will return tomorrow morning to assess your progress,” he joined his guards, stepping out of the then open door, “And do get plenty of bed rest; I wouldn’t want to be forced to strap you down.”
His smirk was the last thing she saw as the door came down to leave her in the room with the band of busy servants. She looked toward one of them, knowing she wouldn’t respond, but speaking to her anyway.
“Bit of a sadist, idn’t ‘e?”
Spanish Translation:
bonita - beautiful
ponla ahí - put her there
el botiquín - the medical kit
yanqui - yankee
el nombre del Padre - the name of the Father
querida chica - dear girl
#ramon salazar#resident evil#resident evil 4#resident evil fanfiction#you can lead a castellan to water…
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moe moe kyun
#I PROMISED I WOULD DRAW MAID RITSU IF S3 GOT CONFIRMED#IM A MAN OF MY WORD#i remember seeing a screenshot of him wearing a maid dress for like a cultural festival i think?? from the manga#SHOU WAS THERE FOR NO REASON TOO god bless#so hype for season 3#i got Gray to watch mp100 with me last year after i set up a very elaborate plan to get him into it when i bought a manga volume#so i hope we get to watch it together when they start releasing episodes 👀#mob psycho 100#mob psycho 100 III#is this the tag we're using for s3#mp100#mp100 anime#mp100 season 3#mp100 countdown#mp100 fanart#mp100 ritsu#ritsu kageyama#studio bones#eyestrain#eye strain#My art#myart
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Hi! You’re one of my favorite Drarry writers but I’ve also realized you like danmei (Chinese bl novels)! Heaven Official’s Blessing and anything by MXTX is awesome, but I was wondering if you know any other good novel recs? See, I would privately message this but I’m shy >\\\<
HELLLLLOOOOO. Yes, aside from MXTX, I have so many good novel recs. I’m currently obsessed with e-sport novels lol, but I’ll categories them for you~
(Also, feel free to privately message me 🥺)
But first, my absolute favourite, the only one I’ve actually written fanfic for is:
Very Happy: happy actor x unhappy CEO, SUPER SOFT, SUPER FLUFFY, (and some good, good angst), I’ve re-read this like...over five times 🥺🥺🥺 Sooo much doting and devotedness~
Okay, now for the other recs, which are ranked by favourite ness within each category. Also, warning that some of these may or not may not be completed...
*(for people who don’t know, MC is main character, and ML is his love interest~)
Cultivation & ancient china novels:
Heavenly Soul by crimson_carnation: This is an original English BL xianxia, but you WON’T REGRET IT. The MC and ML are both super strong, and ML is really good at consent and there’s a lot of explicit sex (the beauty of original English hehe). There’s also a lot of other BL side couples too!
The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish: This...the MC transmigrates into the body of a fish. Sounds crack, doesn’t it? BUT IT’S SO GOOD. It’s so surprising just how many interactions MC can have with ML while in fish form. And then MC gains the ability to turn into a human for short amounts of time...and the humour shoots straight up. ML is SO THIRSTY haha. There’s also fanart already on twitter
The White Cat’s Divine Scratching Post: The funny thing is the MC (gong) becomes a divine tree based human, and the ML is a cute cat that has cultivated to human form. So the MC is literally the ML’s scratching post 😂 MC is the ultimate crafting cultivator and has made many, many treasures, and also spends priceless amounts of materials and money on making cat items for his ML/master/previous pet cat.
The Jade Veterinarian by tigerine: another original English BL, the MC is a vet by accident. In the story, there are jade animals that have the ability to purify the land. However, for some reason, many of these animals have been...buried, have stopped working. MC ends up reviving them, and the jade animals love him haha
Modern novels:
Very Happy, of course.
Death Progress Bar: OMG. THIS. ACTION TO THE EXTREME! The MC goes from weak to strong AF, the ML is the leader of the biggest underworld organisation. The MC and ML protect each other~ Also, the MC’s five older brothers...they get so amusing as the story progresses.
Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage: This is like enemies to lovers, but with the two main characters both being reborn back to their last year of school! SO FUN. Imagine if Harry and Draco slowly became friends and eventually got married post-war, but then returned back to Hogwarts at the start of Eighth Year, making everyone confused when H & D “suddenly” are best of friends 😂😂😂
King of Classical Music: The music, the details about how orchestras work....so good.... the MC was murdered and rebirthed into another violinist (in the same world) and he used this second chance in life to become an even more powerful and amazing violinist. The ML is an OP pianist lol
I’m Afraid I’m Now a Salted Fish: MC is a low-key actor, and ML is a boss at his entertainment company. BUT the twist is that MC wants to be a salted fish. ML wants to give him all the resources but MC is like no thanks!! And everyone thinks that MC and ML have a sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship, but it’s actually really cute and loving. ML wished he could act more the sugar daddy lol.
Rebirth of a Cannon Fodder from a Novel: MC had a horrible life, and was rebirthed back, also learning that he was a cannon fodder in a novel that centered around his sister’s amazingly lucky life. I really like this, because MC is smart, and the face-slapping is about using the law to persecute all the villains, and he only does this after they do something bad (i.e. it’s not like he’s punishing them for their crimes in his past life, grudges aside). ML is a CEO~
After Brushing Face At The Apocalypse’s Boss For 363 Days: the only “apocalypse” novel that I’ve actually read, it’s cool because the main character lives in both the original world and in the apocalypse world, and I thought the interactions of the MC and ML were amusing
Pastel Colours: The MC is a children's book illustrator, the ML works creating robots. Most of this is the MC looking after the ML’s cute little kid. There is angst about MC’s past, but overwhelming a lot of cuteness and love.
E-sport novels:
My Teammates Are All Crazy: This is SO CRACK. The MC plays what is considered the weakest character in the game. And he joins an e-sport team that...likes also to play the most random characters. This is FUN AF. When they start playing, they make the opposing team spit up blood so many times by playing the “weak” or “beginner” characters and completely trashing the opposing team.
The E-Sports Circle’s Toxic Assembly Camp: Here, “toxic” refers more to their trash talk rather than actually being toxic. The MC is the coach of the team, and ML is the team captain. Both of them are really strong gamers.
Glory: The MC...he has such a glib mouth lol, basically flirting (with the ML) 24/7 but this “flirting” is just his admiration for ML. The ML is so conflicted because he likes the MC, but the MC is completely oblivious.
PUBG Online Romance of the Century: ...MC is such a voice con lol. He’s a livestreamer, and his first backer is ML. And ML’s voice...is to die for lolll.
God Level Summoner: If I had to compare any other e-sport novel with The King’s Avatar, it would be God Level Summoner. The MC, an experienced gamer, is collecting a team, and fighting their way up the league! The battles are so detailed, and the MC and ML, although on different teams, are SO OP and BADASS whenever they pair up with each other.
Other:
Beloved Husband: (quick transmigration) A novel from the seme/gong perspective! The premise is that the seme transmigrates into the world, without any memories, but always falls in love immediately with his shou/uke. The previous owner of the body was a scum, but the main character isn’t, and does his best to love his husband~
Live Broadcasting Raising Dragons in the Interstellar: What it says on the tin, lol. It’s an A/B/O setting...that basically doesn’t come up. The MC has transmigrated and retains his abilities from his previous world. But again, it’s not so important, the important point is this calm, serious, somewhat cold-faced MC raises the cutest like dragon orphans and dragon kids. The ML is a dragon (dragons also have human form), and the ML is like...sometimes the smallest baby of all hehe
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A play by play reaction of the live-action FMA movie: because I hate myself and also you.
Oh good. It has English dubs. So it'll be a delight for both the eyes and ears.
Mama Elric dies from hugs.
NO CHARACTERIZATION. ONLY PLOT.
If I hadn't read the manga, I'd be totally lost. And because I read the manga, I know it's bad. Who was this for?
There are many female voice actors that can do convincing young boy voices. These... are not those actors.
Why is Father Cornello running around a clearly empty city?
I keep expecting Edward's discount bin Spirit Halloween wig to fly off.
The only people trying are the CGI animators.
Alphonse has said nothing and done nothing because animation is expensive.
And cover up the metal arm! Quickly! Before we have to figure out how to do a good effect!
Suddenly the town is filled with people.
Why is Mustang in Leore?
Why... is he arresting Edward?
The philosopher's stone is clearly red plastic.
Remeber how I said the animators were trying? I take that back. Al's animator is very drunk.
WHY IS WINRY IN LIORE?! What the fuck?
How are we in East City?! It's miles away. Did we teleport?!
And why is Edward's dialogue so muffled? Was it being recorded through a pillow? No one else's is this bad.
They ditched Al in Leore so they wouldn't have to animate him.
Damn. These characters really do telelort at the speed of plot.
Ok. Points where they're due: Hughes' actor seems good and the shadow of Gluttony eating someone is very intimidating.
Winry is a brunette. Which wouldn't be weird except that they put so much non-effort into making Ed blonde.
This would probably be great if it were, say, a comic book, or an animated TV show.
Truth: How'd you like it? Ed's actor: Well, it's a paycheck.
After they transmuted their mom, Edward turned into his teenage actor, because the little kids can't act.
"This house is huge" *doesn't show house.*
Anime Shou Tucker looked kinda creepy, but possibly friendly. This Shou Tucker is just some sleepy dude.
Mustang and Hughes walk down Generic Path of Exposition. Screw creativity, we pray to the ALMIGHTY PLOT.
Again: Why is Winry here?
I like how Ed just ditches his brother anytime the director thinks the budget is getting too big.
They got the most wooden VAs for like half the characters. And the shittiest microphone for the main character!
You know what the original story was missing? GOD DAMNED HYPNOSIS. THE LAZIEST TROPE.
Winry is the real main character. She does things and Edward/Alphonse follow blindly.
Edward's metal hand makes a very fleshy sound when slapped against the table.
Marcho's dead. Lol.
A man died in front of us and we found the secret to the stone. Next scene!
CGI dog Nina looks like Snuffaluffagus.
This scene was creepier when hand drawn.
Now that Winry has been so firmly established as the third Elric Brother, it's weirder when she's not around.
Okay, when the classic dialogue from the series is delivered without the emotional context of the story, it's suddenly very silly and emo.
Edward is studying. Alphonse is sitting, trying to move as little as possible.
God bless you, Maes Hughes, the best part of the movie.
Seriously, he's mostly on point. Everyone else can go to hell.
Ah yes, Laboratory #5, a totally safe place for Winry to be. Man, it was such a cool place in the real story. Here? Just an empty building. Then again, we can't figure out how to animate one armor, how would we do three?
Oh no, the brothers are fighting for no reason. If only there was emotional weight.
"It hurts to see you hurt." Bitch, it hurts to hear you speak.
Yeah, where's East City on that map, Hughes? Is it two feet away from Leore? No?
Remember when Envy transforms into Hughes' wife before killing him and how that was real imactful? They set that up by having him drop the photo, but then Envy turns into MUSTANG.
Tucker lives. It was stupid when the '03 series did it and it's stupid now.
Envy looks like he styled his hair with crude oil.
This movie's so LOOOOOOOOONG.
The shadow of Gluttony eating people looked good. The actual CGI... is grossly unfinished.
Shou Tucker tries and fails to be the main villain. It's almost cute.
Oh god. The cyclopse dolls animate like Going To The Store. This just looks silly.
Alphonse: I can't move my body. Animators: Oh. How convenient.
Oh yeah. Riza Hawkeye exists.
Aw, now that the movie's over they're trying to wring emotions out of every person's single character trait.
A bright light started shining on the cast and I prayed they were about to get hit by a train. Nope. It was the sun, rising on a new day.
In short: It sucks.
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BnHA Vigilantes Chapters 59 - 65: Emergency Catch-Up Blog
before I start, please be advised that the following post will contain a potential MAJOR SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 253, which has not yet been released! please don’t be an idiot like me and spoil yourselves, guys. stay safe.
but anyways yes, this is my recap post for Those Chapters of Vigilantes. at long last. hooray! by the way this is barely edited at all, on account of it being a rush job (see re: the “Emergency” bit in the header). just some raw, unfiltered, [CENSORED SPOILER THING] thoughts and feelings! hopefully it’s readable; when I have more time I’ll try and clean it up a bit more.
so now, first off, credit where credit is due because omg
bless you anon, you saved my life
but let me backtrack! looool so guys, I did a dumb thing and peeked at a spoiler, and read the name “Shirakumo”, and was like FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK and noped out, but it was too late lol. so then I was like “HOW DO I CATCH UP ON THE ENTIRETY OF VIGILANTES IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS”, fully aware that I probably wasn’t going to do shit and would most likely just spend tomorrow apologizing and shrugging my way through the new chapter. and by the way guys, I’ll go ahead and throw in one of those apologies now, because I’ve had at least a dozen anons implore me to pick up Vigilantes, and I’m fully aware that Aizawa’s past has been covered (including one (1) cloudy boi), and that it’s really good. I just haven’t had the energy to do it! because reading and liveblogging are two very different things, and the latter just takes so much more time and energy honestly. so I kept putting it off and off and off, and now here I am
but then this ask came along telling me exactly which chapters to read in order to get the context I need! so seriously anon, you are the MVP of my week, and I appreciate this so, so much. I am now off to read those chapters, and I apologize to everyone again, but while I will liveblog them, it’ll probably be kind of a rush job due to the circumstances. like I won’t get into every single detail here, because it’s six whole chapters. but I’ll do my best
hmm I don’t know what constitutes the second half of chapter 59 lol so here I am reading the whole damn thing
AIZAWA BEING FRIENDS WITH MIDNIGHT, AND MIDNIGHT HAS A CAT OH GOSH
looool
personally, Aizawa hated school. he would never ever dream of becoming a teacher. how ridiculous. irrational af
“we’ll have you teaching at U.A. soon enough” psssh. not this man, sister
he’s hanging up on her now. honestly I am glad I did not skip the first part of this chapter lol
some wolfman is chasing the protag of this series whose name I forgot, as well as a little girl and ANOTHER CAT. this series has so many cats?! apparently!?
Aizawa is saving the cat. the hero we deserve
the protag whose name I am about to look up wants to adopt the cat, which prompts Aizawa to launch into a 2500-word essay on why he should not adopt the cat
okay the kid’s name is Koichi. he’s apparently 19 in the series, but I don’t know how old he is in this particular scene though because I have the vague impression that the series at large takes place in present-day BnHA time, which would mean this is definitely a flashback. so. ??
OHO, NOW IT’S A FLASHBACK WITHIN A FLASHBACK!!? so this is the Aizawa past thing everyone’s been all “!!!!” about. well here you go guys
young Shouta is staring at an abandoned kitty in a box in the rain
he left the cat, but also left his umbrella over it, awww
and he arrived at class all wet. and his teacher says he can go change his clothes, but he’s all “NAH I’M EMO SO I’LL JUST STAY LIKE THIS”, wow
“I’m powerless” jesus christ Shou get a grip
here comes Present Mic to forcibly lift his best bud’s spirits. they’re in second year apparently
Present Mic, and I mean this in the most loving and affectionate way possible, is the most annoying man on the planet
how was he not just constantly punched in the face at all times. like constantly walking around being punched by people
well well well
something horrible is sure going to happen to you, isn’t it? here I thought you were probably dead, but I’m kinda getting the inkling [SPOILERS, FOLKS, I’M SERIOUS] you’re gonna maybe show up in the latest chapter of the main series, so I guess not! congratulations I guess?? OR MAYBE NOT
“dammit Shirakumo” oh so it’s like that
their teacher deserves a raise. never thought we’d see another U.A. faculty member more done with life than Aizawa himself
hey Shirakumo is giving Shouta his umbrella back, but what about the cat?! SHIRAKUMO ARE YOU REALLY A NICE GUY, I’M NOT SURE YET
meanwhile he’s stripping naked in the middle of class. oh yes. I forgot Vigilantes was like this
he’s using his cloud quirk to censor himself where it counts
“and inside this cloud... is this charming little creature” lol we think he’s talking about his penis but then he pulls out the cat! WELL NEVER MIND THEN SHIRAKUMO
so Shouta is sitting around thinking emo thoughts that are gradually giving way to some decidedly un-hetero thoughts about Shirakumo, who’s doing that shounen thing where he smiles with his eyes closed while being silhouetted against the bright sun. maaaaan. Aizawa you are hella gay my dude
okay next chapter and they’re being assigned internships
Shirakumo’s hero costume is... well let’s just say it’s a good thing he’s got such a badass quirk
he’s riding around on that cloud like Goku. like a fucking Lakitu from Super Mario
now the teachers are talking about the three boys and whether they’ll be able to land internships
“Yamada shouldn’t have a problem. his voice quirk has applications in battle, rescue, and entertainment. but the boy’s a bit distractible.” okay first of all how the hell would Mic ever rescue a person with his quirk. fucking scream them to safety or what. and second, by distractible you mean punchable right. again, all the love
oh my god he’s so cute
lmao this is seriously my favorite picture of Aizawa ever. GO GETTEM SLUGGER
so Shouta is getting bullied by some guy with a decidedly Katsuki-ish quirk, except he shoots jets of fire out of his hands. but anyway he says that fighting Shouta is boring. SHUT UP, YOU. YOU’RE BORING
Shouta is so emo. but he really does want to be a good hero, he just doesn’t know how. he seems very frustrated
he’s lecturing Kumo on not giving people-food to the cat. and now he has picked up the cat and is cradling and bottle-feeding it like an infant. bless
this manga really has a gag panel of the cat pissing on Shirakumo afterwards, like. see this is another reason why I haven’t exactly been in a rush to read it sob. my sense of humor doesn’t really seem to align with Furuhashi’s
oH MY GOD
high school Midnight is the coolest person I have ever seen and I want to be just like her when I grow up
aaaaand she is literally not wearing any clothes except that belt and those boob-holsters. which, I mean, it’s not like she really dresses any differently in the main series, but this being Vigilantes, I’m sure we’ll get another half a dozen pages showing extreme close-ups of her costume from various angles. again, another area where this series and I don’t quite see eye to eye, but it’s all right since we’re just passing through here
and one year later they wrote a literal law limiting how much exposed skin a hero costume can show. oh Midnight. meanwhile I forgot how much this series makes me appreciate Horikoshi, flaws and all. I’ll take a thousand Minetas over this shit honestly. at least Mineta always gets his comeuppance. but anyway
they have named the cat “Sushi”
Midnight is straight up taking the cat lmao
Yamada got an internship. one down, two to go
Midnight’s back and showing them a video of the cat pooping. one joke about the cat’s bathroom habits in a single chapter was not enough, we’re going for two. not like we have anything more important to cover, like Aizawa getting an internship and something terrible and tragic happening to his boyfriend. let’s just keep talking about cat poop
okay here we go, Midnight says her boss will take them as interns
“Loud Cloud” lmao. home run hero name. GOAT
so Shouta’s chasing a villain and nearly got crushed by a safe that he threw at him, but he’s being saved by some guy who I’m guessing is his boss
oh my
this is the kind of weirdness that only a manga can get away with. I wonder how this idea came into being and whose idea it was, Horikoshi’s or Furuhashi’s. maybe the two of them hitting each other up back and forth in a text chain. “so I’m doing Aizawa’s flashback now, who do you want to have him to intern under?” “hmm I don’t know but I was thinking literally Prince”
Prince is chewing Shouta out something fierce
I thought I was prepared for these Aizawa flashbacks, but some things you can never be prepared for
lol he asked Shouta how he fucked up, and Shouta started listing all of his tactical errors, and Prince interrupted him and is all “I’M TALKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT GLOOMY FACE” listen son just who do you think your intern is. THAT’S JUST HIS FACE LEAVE HIM ALONE
he says Aizawa wears his stress all over his sleeve and bums people out
he’s telling him to smile! now where have we heard that philosophy before
hello
I’m just reblogging this panel because of reasons
so Shouta is sulking in the locker room, and Shirakumo is showering off and says his MO is to keep smiling even when he screws up
now Midnight is texting Shouta 500 cat pictures
lmao we can’t see Shouta’s face, but Kumo is streaking in and is all “THERE’S THAT SMILE, SUNSHINE!!!!”
OH SHIT NOW IT’S A FEW DAYS LATER AND THE VILLAIN IS BACK BUT THIS TIME SHOUTA DONE GOT HIM SOME GOGGLES!! the path from adorable to sexy begins. the Longbottoming
oh shit the goggles belong to Shirakumo. the gayening. and they were roommates
Shouta’s using his quirk!
and the bad guy is all “I don’t need my quirk to crush you” and straight up demolishing the fucking pavement yikes
and Kumo is leaping at him from above and whomping him on the head
yay they caught him. and Shouta is...
he’s trying. they’ll coax a real smile out of him yet! just show him a Youtube compilation of Logical Ruses
now he and Shirakumo have matching pairs of goggles. I’m just gonna assume this means they are married
the fire hands bully guy from earlier is coming over to start some shit again
he says he also realized the importance of eye protection through his internship. and Mic says he stole the idea from him
now the class is partnering off for two-on-two battle training, and Kumo is partnering with Shouta
they’re going up against Mic and Fire Hands, and for some reason they’re making a wager of it. whoever loses has to stop wearing glasses. this is easily the stupidest thing I have seen in this series yet, not to mention the most accurate
Kumo’s grinning at Shouta and saying the goggles symbolize their friendship and they have to defend them. you know, lovable scamp stuff
now Shirakumo and Shouta are double teaming the Fire Hands guy and taking him out in seconds because OF COURSE THEY DID. lol he never fucking stood a chance
but Shouta’s handing the glasses back and says that two-on-one isn’t fair so he’s calling the wager off
aaaand Fire Hands is snatching them back and stomping on them. and says he doesn’t need them
listen you dingus, yes you do fucking need them. and also he says he didn’t lose! wow this guy really has his head up his ass. I’d say he reminds me of a CERTAIN SOMEONE, but you know what, I’ll give Mr. Certain Someone his fair credit though, because he managed to get his shit together long before his second year. Fire Hands still needs to grow up
the teacher is telling him he missed the point of the exercise, and FH is literally ignoring him and running off wow
apparently Mic also gave up his sunglasses and got himself a pair of goggles. well we know that’s not gonna last. and for that matter, Shouta’s gonna change out his goggles for a different model as well. ohhhhh some tragedy is on the horizon I just know it, this is gonna hurt
Shirakumo says the three of them should start their own agency. ahhh. buddy I’m here reading this from the future, and I gotta tell you, son... shit’s awkward as fuck
and he’s pointing out all the different ways they complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses
Shouta says he can’t do anything on his own, but Kumo says that just means he’s suited to teamwork
Kumo’s inviting Midnight to join them, but she’s declining lol
Shouta’s looking at the sky all dramatically. oh baby this is it isn’t it. things are about to get rough
“one week later”
NOO THEY HURT MY PRECIOUS PRINCE
SOMEONE IS CALLING FOR BACKUP AND THE CAMERA IS ZOOMING IN ON A BUSTED UP PAIR OF GOGGLES, FUCK EVERYTHING
now we’re cutting to Mic and Fire Hands and FH replaced his sunglasses with a pair of goggles. goggles are just the in thing now
Fire Hands talks about Aizawa so much I’m starting to ship the two of them now as well. damn Shouta how many high school boyfriends did you have??
so they’re fighting off some toad monster and it’s absorbing all their attacks
meanwhile Shouta and Kumo are literally helping kindergartners to cross the street
look at this
it’s beyond my comprehension how anyone could possibly mistake this man for anything but a future teacher
even Kumo is commenting on how natural he is at working with kids
oH MY GOD the kids waved goodbye and said “bye Eraserhead” and it prompted a little smile
Kumo says Shouta psychs himself out and convinces himself he can’t do stuff, but really he can do just about anything if he puts his mind to it. aww. and he’s right!!
oh shit here comes the toad
so this toad’s name is Garvey, and he’s literally wanted for murder oh shit. and he has a Fatgum-like quirk that can absorb attacks and store them up to release them
and some idiots hit him with a combined attack that ended up powering him the fuck up. well shit
so Prince is placing a rose in between his teeth and getting ready to fight this toad off. do it I believe in you
now a lot is happening all at once, jesus. Shouta and Kumo were trying to evacuate the kids but then the toad just appeared right there like wtf, and then Prince also showed up out of nowhere and went to hit the thing with a flying jump kick
aaaand he’s getting blasted into a building
oof. and getting even further blasted now. welp
Kumo’s protecting the kiddos with his Nimbus quirk!
OH FUCKING SHIT AND THEN HE GOT CRACKED IN THE HEAD BY A GIANT FALLING ROCK
um
is this bitch fucking dead now. I can’t believe they fucking Obitoed my bro Shirakumo
so now the toad is looming over them, and Shouta realizes he’s the only one left standing, and all his doubts are filtering into his mind as he desperately tries to think of how to stop him
and Shirakumo’s... gourd... thing... is klunking in out of nowhere, and it has a little speaker on it, and it’s all “YOU GOT THIS AIZAWA” and wtf. this is like something out of a weird fever dream
OH SHIT BOYS AIZAWA SHOUTA DONE GOT HIS GAME FACE ON NOW
THE LONGBOTTOMING CONTINUES
so now he’s leaping fifty feet into the air, somehow, and thinking that his Erasure quirk will at least level the playing field. well all right then! you go boy
now it’s raining and of course bolts of lightning are dramatically hitting the ground all around them
Shouta’s kicking off the lil power toad lumps one by one lol
literally just jumping all around and kickin’ stuff
oof he took a bad hit. but he’s sitting back up!
Kumo’s disembodied gourd voice keeps shouting encouragement at him though, idk. so there’s that
he says Shouta’s strong and he won’t lose, and Shouta is all “RAHHHHHHH.” you guys, if 1-A ever found out about this flashback they would never let the man live it down. hell I’m not gonna let him live it down. okay then. Mr. RAHHHHHH
he’s doing some weird stuff with his capture weapon now. I think maybe he grabbed a rock with it and chucked it at the guy
and now the guy is shooting all his toad lumps at Shouta all at once! WELL ALL RIGHT THEN
yooooo Shouta literally grabbed them all with the capture weapon and he’s CHUCKIN’ EM ALL INTO THE DUDE’S MOUTH Y’ALL THIS IS SOME REAL FUCKING SHIT LMAO GET WRECKED
so the guy is blowing up from the inside out. yeah that’s what you get for murdering Shouta’s childhood friend you piece of shit
and Shouta’s collapsing in exhaustion but happily shouting “SHIRAKUMO I DID IT” before he passes out. oh my god don’t tell me Kumo is already dead and Shouta just hallucinated his voice or some shit. THEN WHO WAS GOURD omg
oooooof here we go
[places both hands on Shouta’s shoulders and looks him dead in the eye] son I don’t know how to tell you this, but Shirakumo has been dead for twenty years
wow can someone just fucking tell Shouta already so he stops depressing everyone and making an idiot out of himself. geez how long are you all gonna stand around despondently shooting knowing looks at each other in the rain
so they’re picking up the gourd speaker thing and OF COURSE it’s visibly broken and there’s no possible way Kumo’s voice could have been coming out of it. especially since he has been dead for twenty years. here’s a picture of his grave. oh shit what’s that little grave right next to his?? OH MY GOD IT’S THE CAT. OH MY GOD
oh fuck me
Y’ALL REALLY DID THESE BABIES LIKE THAT. HORIKOSHI!! FURUHASHI!! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW I WANT A WORD!!
so now Fire Hands, who is trying his best to be comforting but is just SO BAD AT IT, is all “Aizawa you went toe to toe with this thing and beat it YOURSELF!! ALL ALONE!!!” jesus christ I need a minute
OH DAMN A CALLBACK TO THE RAIN “THIS KINDA FITS OUR VIBE RIGHT NOW” LINE but now it’s saaaaaaaad oh no
I mean. I knew going in that this was going to be Aizawa’s sad childhood flashback about his friend Shirakumo whom something very terrible happened to. it’s not like I’m even surprised. I knew what I was getting myself into here. but damn that still hurts
do you guys think that having a permanent image of his best friend forever immortalized as a cheerful seventeen-year-old, and being forever haunted by the memory of that seventeen-year-old being cut down in the prime of his life, might have given Aizawa Shouta lasting trauma which carried over into his adulthood and makes him do desperately reckless things when children are at risk, such as leaping into battle against an army of villains all alone. dammit now I want to grab every single problem child of 1-A and shake them roughly and scream at them for all the sleepless nights they have doubtless caused this man
so now here he and Mic are both being sad
aww Mic. I’m sorry I keep wanting to punch you in the face. it’s just reflex
and now it’s one year later and the class is gearing up for the sports festival
well look who is almost fully done with his metamorphosis
you will soon be a beautiful butterfly
he is literally going to sleep in the middle of class. well depression makes people tired. sigh
he’s got his familiar goggles now! and he’s kicking FH’s ass and lecturing him on how to fight better. damn his character development is complete
and he’s helping FH to his feet aww. definitely boyfriends. this man gets around
his teachers now say that Shouta has gotten too complacent, if anything, and phones everything in once he knows he’s got a passing grade, and only gets passionate when it comes to practical exercises
and now we’re cutting to the gym and Shouta is indeed training passionately while Mic sits in the corner looking bummed. all these kids have been through far too much in their young lives
Shouta’s handing in his career aspiration form, and he wrote that he wants to start his own agency and focus on “fighting, and nothing else”
his scruffy facial hair is already starting to come in now. it’s true what they say, having a tragic past does indeed make you hotter
anyways but can we get this boy a hug!? anybody?? hello??!?
now they’re graduating and Shouta is disappearing in a poof of smoke and now there’s this big panel with flashbacks to his career up to the current point in Vigilantes!
and we’re back in the ~present~ and he’s telling Koichi to take good care of that cat. aaaand, I guess that’s that. geez. that was a lot
so there you go! the Aizawa flashbacks! they were very sad! all in all I really enjoyed them! so now, if Shirakumo isn’t actually dead (seeing as it’s a shounen manga that pays homage to comic books, so safe to say that People Not Actually Being Dead is a Certified Phenomenon, like it’s definitely a THING THAT CAN SOMETIMES HAPPEN), well then. tomorrow’s chapter is sure going to be interesting to say the least. lulz but maybe I’ve got it all wrong though. guess I’ll find out!
#bnha 253#bnha vigilantes#aizawa shouta#yamada hizashi#shirakumo oboro#bnha#boku no hero academia#bnha spoilers#mha spoilers#bnha vigilantes spoilers#makeste reads bnha#makeste reads vigilantes#the real question is what the hell ever happened to this prince guy#I refuse to believe he just disappeared off the face of the earth#how is he not a top ten hero#probably because he got knocked out by the toad villain in like two seconds#and his sixteen-year-old intern had to save his fabulous behind#well hats off to a legend#wherever he is now
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The Caged Bird (Part 1) Yandere!Erasermic x Fem!Reader
Part 2
Summery: For the Gods of Life and Death, loneliness seemed a heavy thing to bare when confronted with the prospect of facing it for an eternity, even with each other. That is until a chance encounter with a certain someone prompts them to think that just maybe, that lonely eternity can be abated, as long as they have the right person to share it with.
Side Note: This is a prequel to my other Yandere!Erasermic story called Divine Intervention. If you have not read that one yet, I highly recommend you go and do that before reading this one.
Warnings: Not many for this chapter, just some light stalking, mentions of future kidnapping and some mentions of breeding.
Eternity matters very little when one has existed since the beginning of time, and will continue to exist well into the future.
The same can be said for time, Hizashi thought as he stared into the waters of the koi pond. It was quite hard to understand the concept of time when it holds no meaning to beings like himself and Shouta, creatures who had come into existence already knowing who and what they were. From the moment they first breathed life they knew what their purpose in the world was, they knew everything, even what they meant to each other.
It had been so long since those early years, when they first began to watch the creatures that inhabited the world they now looked after, when they first began to watch the humans grow and live and die under Shouta's care, and Hizashi himself began to help them create new life and souls to take the place of the fallen who waited to be reborn.
Soon though, like with many things, habit took over and after a few centuries, the day to day flow of life and death took to the pattern and went on without much needed assistance from either of their respective deities. They were needed very little anymore, seeing as the humans seemed content to handle their affairs without any intervention from the ones they called gods.
Yes they were still worshiped, but anything the humans took as a sign from them was merely all in their heads, they saw gifts and blessings and answers to their prayers only in what they wanted to see, never realizing that it was all perceived.
Perhaps this lack of stimulation is when he and Shouta began to feel a need to spend more time together. It was inevitable really, even if they hadn't felt an immediate connection to one another the moment they were ‘born’, it was only natural that they would eventually be pushed together. Even beings of higher power were not immune to the effects of loneliness and being the only ones in this immortal realm, they soon found solace and love in each other, both emotionally and physically.
This day however found Hizashi alone and without his love to keep him company. Shouta having had to travel to the underworld, a place Hizashi adamantly refused to ever set foot in, for some reason he couldn't be bothered to remember. Standing up, he made the decision to try and find something to occupy his time until his counterpart returned.
Walking back into his and Shouta's room though, he noted that something was off. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but something was out of place. It took him a moment to notice that the change wasn't visual, but auditory, there was an ever present sound missing from the room.
The song of a little red cardinal that Shouta had gifted him with a few months ago. He had smiled sweetly, saying it was meant to keep him company on the rare days he would wake up in bed alone. Hizashi had dotted on the creature from the very moment he had seen it, and he felt very saddened as he stared at the now empty golden cage. He must have made the mistake of not latching the door properly when he had fed it this morning.
As luck would have it though, Shouta chose that very moment to walk in and upon seeing the forlorn look on his golden lovers face, immediately began to question him. “Zashi? What's wrong?” He asked gently, coming up behind him and placing a hand on his shoulder.
Hizashi turned to face him, worrying Shouta even more when he saw the small tears in the corner of his eye. “Oh Shouta, I’m so sorry.” He whispered, a slight tremble to his voice.
Perplexed, Shouta took the blonds face in his hands. “Now what could you be apologizing for my love? Tell me.”
“The cardinal you gave me,” Hizashi started, looking once more at the empty cage. “I must not have locked it's cage properly this morning, and it got out.”
Now he understood the reason for his somber mood. “Ah, that is a shame. But we may be able to find it still.” He said teasingly, loving the way Hizashi instantly perked up.
“Really?! You think so?”
Shouta chuckled, Hizashi's eagerness practically contagious. “Of course, it was here in our realm long enough that some of our essence must have rubbed off on it. I bet it flew to the human realm and we can follow the trail. It couldn't have gotten very far after all.”
“Then let us go right away! We can just cloak ourselves to keep any of the mortals from bothering us!” He began to turn away, heading straight for the gateway they used when crossing realms, but stopped and turned to give Shouta a brilliant smile. “What would I ever have done without you Shou?”
Now it was Shouta's turn to blush a bit. “Probably about as well as I would have done without you Zashi.”
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Of course even for Gods, trying to find the little bird in the mortal realm was no easy feat, even if they did have an idea where it was. Namely, in one of the eastern countries forests.
“Perhaps we should come back tomorrow Shou? We will still be able to find it in the morning, our essence should still linger on the little creature even after a night away from us.” Hizashi suggested as he looked around. The sun was already beginning to set, twilight colors of orange and yellow filling up the tucked away little glen they found themselves in.
Hizashi’s good mood seemed to stick with him, even if they hadn't yet found his beloved little pet. Something that Shouta was extremely grateful for, he hated to see his golden partner without his trademark smile. But, his loves chipper mood does give him an idea, one he is all to willing to share with him as he reaches out to pull the blonde closer.
“You know, we don't have to return right away.” Shouta whispered into his ear. “It's so peaceful and quiet here, and the sunset is so lovely, it would be such a shame to waste it. Wouldn't you agree my love?” He pressed himself against his hip, laving Hizashi's neck with feather light kisses.
It didn't take Hizashi long to catch on, not that Shouta was being subtle about his desires, and he reached up to tangle his hands in black as night hair. “I think you are right.” He sighed, leaning back against a tree for support as Shouta grinned wickedly and dived in for a deep kiss that he was all too eager to return.
“You poor thing…”
Their passionate kiss abruptly ended the moment they heard the voice from somewhere behind them.
Tuning to look at a break in the trees, they spotted the figure of a young, pretty, mortal woman. Dressed in simple robes and kneeling in the grass to gently cradle something in her hands, Hizashi instantly recognizing the bright red feathers of his cardinal, along with the faintest hint of the heavenly aura that clung to it.
“Your wing is broken, but it appears to be a clean break.” She mumbled thoughtfully, bringing the lovely bird closer to her face for a closer inspection, her brow scrunching in a rather adorable way. “I should be able to fix you up, and in a few weeks you will be flying high in the sky again.”
The bird let out a weak little chirp and continued to lay still in the girls hands, as if it sensed that she posed no danger and was only looking to help. Both Gods silently admitting to themselves that it was a rather precious sight to behold.
Shouta noted that Hizashi was making no move to stop her as she got up and began to move away, walking slowly so as not to jostle or further harm the animal. “Are you not going to stop her? You were so adamant about finding it.”
The God of Life seemed to come out of a daze, shaking himself a bit and blinking his eyes. “I… don't know. It seems as if she is just trying to help.” He mumbled, as the two of them began to follow the oblivious girl through the darkening forest. “Quite the odd gesture for a human, they normally wouldn't stop to help one of their own kind unless it benefited them in some way, let alone a wounded animal.”
Shouta couldn't deny his agreement with the observation. It seemed they were both intrigued by this turn of events. He was curious to see where this fascination would lead them if they continued to watch this play out. “Perhaps we should allow her to care for it. We can retrieve it once it has been healed.” Shouta said, knowing that Hizashi’s interest would cause him to take to the suggestion right away. The blonde grinned and nodded, just as he expected him to. At the very least, this will prove to be a way to kill some time, he thought.
They continued to follow her, listening as she cooed and spoke to the feathered creature in her hands. Hizashi found himself thinking that it was a voice best suited for a mother, a voice meant for singing lullabies and chasing away nightmares.
Wait… what…? Hizashi gave himself pause. Where had that come from?
It was so random, a prospect that had never crossed him before. But now that it was there, it was running rampant in his mind. Like a wildfire, it exploded and he was consumed with thoughts of little bodies nestled in strong arms, the pitter-patter of feet on marble floors, and the sounds of mirth and laughter echoing through the empty halls of the palace.
He was so consumed with these fantasies that he failed to notice they had followed the girl all the way to her destination, jumping when The God of Death took his hand in his own and bringing him back to reality.
“Are you alright Zashi?” He asked, genuine concern lacing his tone.
“Of course!” He replied, just a tad bit too exuberantly. His smile dropping a bit when Shouta raised a knowing brow indicating that he was not taken in by it. “Truly, I'm fine Shou. I was just caught up in some rather unexpected thoughts. I can tell you all about them when we get home. How does that sound?”
“I have a feeling I know what those thoughts might entail, but I would love to hear them nonetheless.” Shouta said, satisfied for now with the knowledge that they could speak about it later.
They watched as the girl entered a modest looking home that was secluded away from other people, close to the edge of the forest. And upon closer inspection, it appeared that she lived alone as well.
They watched her for a bit longer as she lit candles and a fire in the hearth and began tending to the birds broken wing with expert hands, her touches light and quick as if she had done this plenty of times before.
All to soon she was done, preparing a small meal for herself and crushing a few berries for the bird before retiring for the evening, leaving the two men to reluctantly return to their home in the heavens.
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Later that night, as Shouta and Hizashi held each other close in bed, they spoke quietly of many things, including what had transpired that day and how it could affect their future.
They spoke of the need they felt to be together more often than in the past, of the guilt Shouta felt whenever he had to leave Hizashi to go to the underworld, of Hizashi's lonely days spent in this large empty palace tending to the Water’s of Eternity, and of what Hizashi realized out in the forest. Unbeknownst to him at that time, Shouta was having the same thoughts concerning the pretty human girl.
They whispered to each other how wonderful it would be to have another with them to fill the void whenever the other was gone, how nice it would be to have a feminine presence around their home, and how soon they would be filling the rooms of it with little ones.
“She has such a sweet voice Shouta.” Came Hizashi's dreamy sigh as he nuzzled his face into his lovers broad chest. “I can't stop imagining what it will be like to listen to her sing a lullaby, it will be so perfect!”
Shouta chuckled at his antics, his own thoughts consumed with many of the same ideas. “Yes. And she seems to have a very nurturing personality, perfect for a mother.” He added, feeling himself being swept along by Hizashi's enthusiasm.
“I know it's a bit early to make a final decision, but I can't help feeling like this was meant to be Shouta. Like this is what we have been waiting for and we were supposed to find her.” Hizashi felt a wellspring of happiness at just the thought of what the future was looking to hold for them.
Shouta nodded along, content to listen to all of the blonds gushing fantasies and plans, taking note of ones he came back to repeatedly so that they could better plan for them later on.
“We can go back tomorrow and watch some more.” Hizashi finally seemed to have calmed down a bit, though the big smile he wore for the last few hours stayed in place. “I want to know everything about her. She is going to be so happy once we bring her home, once she sees all the work we will have put in. I just know it.”
“I agree, we’ll have to plan accordingly and approach her only when the time is right. We don't want to give her cause to think she has reason to fear us, that just wouldn't do.” Shouta said, plans already forming in his head as he ran his hands through Hizashi's hair.
The two stayed up well into the night discussing all their hopes and dreams this new plan was bringing out, neither one ever realizing that they had never even learned what the girls name was.
I’m not too sure how I feel about this chapter honestly, but as long as you all like it I’ll be happy!
Let me know what you thought and please enjoy!
#yandere!erasermic#yandere!erasermic x reader#yandere!aizawa#yandere!hizashi#yandere!aizawa x reader#yandere!hizashi x reader#aizawa x hizashi#fem!reader#reader insert#gods au#light stalking#typical yandere behavior#bnha#yandere bnha#prequal
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What do you headcannon about shawn n john? (The yorigamis)
Shawn and John are good choices... Let’s see.
Jo’on
Sexuality Headcanon: Bi
Gender Headcanon: Female
A ship I have with said character:
Hmm.. I’ve never had any ships with her. She’s just so gremlin-y. Like few people can put up with that. I also don’t think she has the attention-span for it. But maybe some day.
A BROTP I have with said character:
I’d like to see her hang out with Tenshi and Shion. I wonder if she’d have some sort of rivalry with her, since they’re the same kind of gremlin, or if they’d get along. I’d like to imagine they wouldn’t get along at first- Jo’on would get possessive of her sister for no real reason, just cause she feels she should. But get over it fairly quickly, wishy washy as always and with her apparent lack of care for the well-being of her sister. Maybe switch to trying to extort money from Tenshi or something for being her sister’s GF. (Truly the worst.) Eventually, she might warm up to Tenshi (if only because of her good luck)... “you’re not so bad after all, we should hang out more.” *quietly shoves sister aside* I mean this in the most hetero way because I do not support Jo’on stealing her sister’s gf, as in-character as that sounds
As a side note, any interactions with the Myouren Temple are bound to be fantastic. Especially with Shou, Byakuren, Murasa, and maybe Nue.
A NOTP I have with said character:
I have seen people ship her with Shion and it’s... bad. I don’t dislike all sibling ships, as long as they’re the same sex, same age, consensual, etc. But because of the.. quite frankly abusive dynamic they have, this would just end up being either really unpleasant or really out of character.
A random headcanon:
This. Also probably pads her bra with dollar bills. (This came to be because of a bust size HC chart Asa and I made a long time ago LOL don’t ask)
General Opinion over said character:
A fantastic gremlin. Admittedly I didn’t like her at first because of her horrible treatment of her sister. And that’s a super valid reason imo, but I started to appreciate her much more since then, for other reasons. I can only hope she’ll take some of Myouren’s teachings to heart and stop being so mean to her!
Shion
Sexuality Headcanon: Disastrous Lesbian
Gender Headcanon: Female
A ship I have with said character:
Tenshi of course. Admittedly I haven’t read all of WaHH, but I have seen a lot of the TenShion panels in question and I agree with everyone that it’s basiclaly canon. Adorable, great dynamic. What Shion actually deserves (in canon) and what Tenshi actually deserves (from fanon.)
A BROTP I have with said character:
Not really sure who she could hang out with aside from Tenshi.. maybe Tenshi’s other friends like Sukuna. Sukuna can be their gremlin daughter. Disaster family. God bless.
A NOTP I have with said character:
Same as Jo’on
General Opinion over said character:
I know she’s just as bad as her sister in terms of sleaziness, but I can’t help but sympathize with her more. I don’t want to see her suffer, so I’m really glad she got a happy end with Tenshi. (I want a happy end for Jo’on too, but she just has to work for it more.)
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Went back to read some of the old spotlights (thank you btw for all the amazing work you put in it’s the only way tumblr blog I’ve read consistently the past few years), in regards to Guanqiu Jian- how much validity do you think the points in the edict he made were against Sima Shi? For a long time military commander who served in countless battles, he would have had to know his rebellion was going to be a suicide pact without a massive army. Just seems like a terrible error of judgment.
Oh god. Old spotlights. Sorry about those. Y’all deserved better quality articles. But moving on...
On the one hand, it was a very political document, phrased very carefully. All of the criticism is leveled at Sima Shi specifically, sandwiched between effusive praise of other members of his family. It’s possible he hoped to convince Sima Shi’s own family to turn against him. Guanqiu Jian may have even been benevolent enough to spare the rest of the family if they did, although it’s hard to imagine any of the Sima would credit that.
Guanqiu Jian was probably thinking the same thing most rebels are. That when he raised his flag and started to march against the evil usurper, others would join him. But history (even his recent history) shows that’s too idealistic. Just look at how many people were content to sit back and let Dong Zhuo do whatever. Most people find it easier to live under a tyrant than fight one.
As for the accusations themselves:
Now Sima Shi, an official in the prime of his life, feigns ill health while he has no real disease, yet has strong troops under his command; he does not serve the sovereign as is proper to a subject. The court officials criticize him and men of principle jeer at him. It is something of which the whole Empire is aware. This is his first crime.
This, I think, is false. We know that Sima Shi did indeed have a major disease that required ocular surgery. And beyond that I don’t think his reluctance to personally lead armies is really a fault. But it was a marked contrast to his father, and no doubt it offended the soldiers.
In preparing to attack the rebels, Sima Yi would have grain for the army unhusked in large quantities and set definite dates for launching his attacks. Sima Shi, as a high official of the State, ought to eliminate the national calamity (i.e. Wu and Shu); as a son he ought to bring his father's work to completion. But he ceased mourning for his father, and had all his work stopped. As a subject, he is disloyal; as a son, he is unfilial. This is his second crime.
Again, I don’t think this one is a fair criticism. There was a long precedent for ending mourning rituals early, and aggressive campaigns against Wu and Shu were always a risky proposition. This is another charge that I think was intended mostly to alienate Sima Shi from the soldiers.
While the rebels withdrew to Dongguan, he mobilized the troops; the three (jiangjun with the word) zheng (in their titles) advanced simultaneously. But our troops were lost and our army defeated; the military preparations of many years went to ruin in one day, so that the rebels were induced to come. The Empire fell into disorder, the people suffered from death and injury, or wandered homeless. This is his third crime.
Here, Guanqiu Jian criticises Sima Shi for Wei’s losses in February 253; most notably the defeat at Lake Chao; and for Zhuge Ke’s retaliatory invasion. Guanqiu Jian himself fought on that campaign, and the losses at Lake Chao forced him to quit the field without achievement. This is actually a fair criticism. Others, notably Fu Jian, had objected to the campaign in the first place. As its architect, Sima Shi does deserve his share of the blame.
The rebels mobilized the entire forces of their State, and with five hundred thousand men, as they claimed, they advanced towards Shouchun intending to proceed to Luoyang. It happened that we and the taiyu Sima Fu proposed the strategy of blockading key positions without crossing arms, and returning to strengthen the defense of Xincheng. The generals and troops in Huainan rushed against spears and trampled drawn swords, defending their positions day and night. They were engaged in this strenuous work for a hundred days, the dead strewn on the ground. Since its very beginning, the Wei army has never suffered a more severe hardship than this. Yet Sima Shi has arbitrarily made no proposal to enfeoff and reward the heroes in this campaign. Power was in his hands, but he did not use it to record the merits of these men. This is his fourth crime.
Guanqiu Jian is referring to the defense against Zhuge Ke in 253. While Jin Shu says that Sima Shi took command of the overall campaign, SGZ seems to disagree. Guanqiu Jian himself names Sima Fu as the commander, which agrees with other accounts. Guanqiu Jian claims that Sima Shi didn’t grant due rewards to those who earned glory during that great battle. This accusation is likely true, although a closer look at Cao Mao’s annals probably could solve that question.
The late zhongshuling Li Feng and others, considering that Sima Shi did not act as is proper to a subject, wanted to denounce and expel him. Knowing of this, Sima Shi invited Li Feng to come to him, and that evening struck him dead, carried off the corpse and buried the coffin. Li Feng and his associates were high officials and in the confidence of the sovereign. Yet he applied brutal measures to him on his own authority, killing him without first having charged him with a crime. Sima Shi did not respect the authority of his sovereign. This is his fifth crime.
Guanqiu Jian criticizes Sima Shi for executing Li Feng and his conspirators without any sort of due process. It’s a fair criticism. While that group was planning to kill him and some action had to be taken against them, Wei had formal structures for such an event. Sima Shi bypassing them entirely is worthy of criticism.
Sima Yi used to express his admiration of the Prince of Qi and would say that he was worthy of being a sovereign; he thus fixed the relationship between sovereign and subject. Having served as guardian for fifteen years, he wanted to hand the power of government to the Prince of Qi: He inspected arsenals and ordered the bodyguards not to leave their posts without permission. Knowing well his own wickedness and iniquities, which secured blessing neither from the spirits nor from men, Sima Shi dethroned his sovereign under a false command from the Empress Dowager, charging him with crimes. Sima Fu, a paternal uncle of Sima Shi, is by nature good and filial; when he bade farewell to the Prince of Qi, he could not control his grief; and the multitudinous officials were all angry at Sima Shi. But Sima Shi was insensitive and did not pay attention to the cardinal principle governing the relationship between a subject and his sovereign. This is his sixth crime.
This one speaks for itself. Guanqiu Jian is denouncing Sima Shi’s removal of Cao Fang under a forged or forced command from the Dowager. That definitely happened. Even if the details are a bit muddled by contradictory sources, Sima Shi certainly used his power to remove an inconvenient sovereign. This is probably the most significant charge Guanqiu Jian could point at him, and arguably the only one that matters.
Then again, the late guanglu dafu Zhang Qi was innocent of any crime, yet he put him, his wife, and his children to death. Even the mother of the State, the Empress, was affected: he pressed the August Person to send her away. At that time, all were grieved and astonished, there being none that did not lament. Yet Sima Shi called it felicitous and rejoiced. This is his seventh crime.
This, too, is related to the conspiracy with Li Feng, Xiahou Xuan, etc. Seems a little sloppy of Guanqiu Jian to put it here.
Since the accession to the throne, Your Majesty, intelligent and martial, has applied his mind to all matters; he wanted to economize and make things simple. The Whole Empire, hearing of this, rejoiced. Yet Sima Shi would not improve and repent, nor practice the due obligations of a subject; instead of doing this, he levied troops and brought havoc to the palace, the feudal lords taking their own protective measures. At the beginning of Your Majesty's accession to the throne, he did not appear at Court to pay homage. When Your Majesty wanted to visit him at Sima Shi's home to inquire after his ailments, he refused to admit you, thus disobeying the laws of the land. This is his eight crime.
This is discourtesy to the emperor. Certainly a capital offense, though I don’t know if we have any evidence of it beyond Guanqiu Jian’s words. Of course, given the circumstances under which Chen Shou’s records were written, there is reason to be a little cautious about what he might have omitted.
Recently the lingjun Xu Yun had been appointed zhenbei jiangjun. Because he had made a gift of government property, Sima Shi impeached and punished him. It is true that he was merely banished, but he killed him by making him starve on the road. Hearing of this, the whole Empire grieved. This is his ninth crime.
Guanqiu Jian criticizes Sima Shi for his treatment of a respected official Xu Yun. This is all accurate. He committed a minor crime and was dismissed, which (indirectly, as Guanqiu Jian admits) led to his death.
The defense of the three quarters had become deficient, but he selected picked troops in large numbers to serve as his guards; the troops in the Wuying had become deficient, yet he would not supplement their number. Arms and weapons he took in quantities for his own barracks. The whole Empire knows of it and every one resents it; rumors course through the highways of the land, and the Empire is suspicious. This is his tenth crime.
Guanqiu Jian charges Sima Shi with building up his personal guard and resources while neglecting the needs of the state. However it should be noted that Guanqiu Jian speaks in terms of rumors and things “everyone knows” so this charge might not be authentic.
By profusely granting leaves of absence to the troops, he would win praise and make the four quarters empty of troops. He monopolizes power in order to exult his vicious intentions. He drafts men for the military agricultural colonies; he distributes rewards and obstructs the military work. He dares to disturb the ancient laws: he has the various feudal princes and dukes assemble in Ye, his intention being to kill them all. On one day he started a coup d'etat and dethroned his sovereign. Since Heaven does not help the wicked, it made his eyes swell, so that his attempts were frustrated. This is his eleventh crime.
In this last charge Guanqiu Jian says first that Sima Shi is taking measures to make himself popular with the army at the expense of its effectiveness and proper conduct. That’s probably accurate. It also reiterates the criticism for removing Cao Fang, which is certainly fair. However Guanqiu Jian also accuses him of planning to kill all the various members of the Cao clan in Ye, which doesn’t seem to have ever been on the table. That part is probably rumor or slander.
So all in all, I’d say that the charges are more accurate than not. Sima Shi was absolutely guilty of the most serious accusations, even if others aren’t quite so straightforward as Guanqiu Jian suggests.
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Masturbation ruined a lifetime
I am a computer practitioner. I work in the face of computers all the year round and work very idle. As a result, I have too much time and opportunity to get in touch with pornography on the Internet. Pornographic movies and pictures are constantly eroding me, making me unable to extricate myself. Many times I can only numb myself through masturbation and seek that short-term stimulation. When I was very young, I was very evil and lustful. I often peeped into women and eavesdropped on the moans that others made when they went to the house. Masturbation is like addiction, and it is addictive. When you want to masturbate, it is like a drug addiction. The heartbeat speeds up and the heart is uncomfortable. Only masturbation can calm the heart. The history of masturbation in the past decade has made me miserable. I am afraid of contacting and talking with women in my daily life. I feel extremely inferior.
Work and life are affected by this, and it is very unsatisfactory. Living all day in complaining, I always feel that it is meaningless to live, and I have tried to commit suicide for this meaningless life many times. In learning, due to the influence of perennial masturbation, the memory is declining, and I can’t remember anything, and I can’t persist in learning. In the family, it is very easy to be irritable, often angry and sulking. Suddenly thinking to a certain degree is suicide, such as jumping off a tall building, letting a car crash to death, or hiding in a secret place to drink poison to commit suicide, etc., all kinds of suicidal thoughts are turning around in my mind every day. I thought that I would be able to relieve all my worries and troubles by killing myself, and the pain of suicide was only that moment. No wonder so many people jumped off the building or drank pesticides to commit suicide every day, and suddenly they could understand them. Until one day, I saw a message about the end of the suicide:
Those who committed suicide will be reported after the death of the king. A person with natural eyes found that after the sentence was pronounced, the suicidal person was taken to the scene of suicide by a ghost. He (she) originally had a 70-year-old Yang Shou, but he killed himself when he was 40 years old, then he should have 30 years of Yang Shou, and the debts that should be paid in 30 years have not been repaid, nor should there be any blessings. Dispel. In this way, the spirit who committed suicide must return to the place of suicide and repeat the suicide procedure every day. For example, if he (she) jumps from a building, then he (she) will repeat the action of jumping from there every day (there is another saying that it repeats every seven days). He could not leave until his or her original Yangshou had finished. After leaving, it is time to go to hell! Because suicide is going to hell, I don’t know how long it will be before the hell is paid off before I can leave. After leaving hell, more students were born as beasts or crippled people. And the suicide karma of the previous life will always follow the afterlife, some people will kill themselves all the life, terrible! The “seed” of suicide will always follow that spirituality, and always follow, so don’t ever commit suicide, you can’t commit suicide at all, that is the abyss that can never be defeated! (A female netizen with yin and yang eyes said that she always saw the suicide man upstairs repeating suicide every day, seeing her as mentally devastated, and finally had to move away from the residence.)
After reading this news, I was really scared. Since then, the idea of suicide has been completely eliminated, because suicide was originally intended to relieve the pain of the world, but I did not expect that the pain after death was tens of thousands of times ago. And God has also said that the suicide is blasphemy, the soul will be lost after death, and the eternal life shall not be transcendent. I believe it. I will never dare to have suicidal thoughts again. I must live well no matter what. Although I have to suffer a lot of pain and annoyance during my life, it is better than suicide.
I didn’t even think about it, when I didn’t have the confidence to quit the habit of masturbation. One day at noon, when I was eating, God opened me up with a sentence that my wife said: It was more than twelve o’clock last night. When I was sleeping, I yelled again and scared her to death. I didn’t understand what to say, it seemed painful. This sentence deeply hurts my heart, I feel how much pain my soul is suffering! I often yell in my sleep, sometimes crying. Sometimes it feels like I have been running away all the time. Many times I can feel that my soul has been falling or rising. I want to struggle, but I can’t. With the reminder of my wife’s sentence, I can feel that my soul is suffering in my sleep. I was terrified. Immediately search the Internet for information about sleeping and yelling. One message looks like this:
Because you masturbate during the day, there will be a shadow when you sleep at night to seize your soul to suffer in hell, many people who masturbate are like this, the reason why you have to take your soul to hell before you die. Severe masturbation, because the sin karma is too big, and it is already a crime that will be punished in hell after death. If you continue to masturbate, you will make the crime more serious. If you have to take the person in the sun, you will be punished to pay off. The suffering of hell in immense calamity, not only you go to hell for punishment in the night in the sun, but also go to hell to suffer longer and more painful results after death, quit masturbation as soon as possible, the crime of hell has gradually approached your eyes .
After reading this message, I was stunned. Although I was not sure if this was the case, I felt very much like it. My soul was often tortured. In sleep, I often felt that I was crying. , Roaring, frightened. But I never understood the reason. Looking at this now, like a wake-up in a dream, it is very likely to be the case, and on weekdays I often suffer from insomnia, headache, eye pain, panic, irritability, and often a sudden heartache like acupuncture. I used to masturbate to numb myself. I felt that this would make my heart feel better. After masturbating, people would be very tired, and then I could sleep better. But often after going to sleep, there will be strange experiences. The ears seem to be able to hear the sound of another world, and the sound is very clear and clear. The soul can always have a particularly keen sense. More often, it is still pressed by ghosts and panting. But he was struggling. It should be that after I masturbated, my vitality was seriously hurt, my energy and yang weakened, and it was easy to attract the entanglement of the ghost. Then after dawn, people will feel very tired all day long (there wouldn’t be such a feeling in normal sex), living all day in self-blame and hating themselves. I feel that I am particularly filthy, and masturbating is a very vain and meaningless thing, but I can’t restrain it, and I will repeat it again. Such repetition has been binding me for more than ten years. I have been too tired to live for more than ten years. All the blessings are damaged by masturbation, and everything is not smooth, work is not smooth, love is not smooth, and family life is not smooth. Later, I found a lot of information on the punishment of masturbation to hell on the Internet. The excerpt is as follows:
Among the acts that the Lord regards as unpleasant, one of the most terrifying is about the depravity of
the sex … He who goes to sex to go to the hell.
Therefore, the heavenly master indulges the shameful lust by them. Their women turned cis-uses into reversal-uses; so did men, abandoning women’s cis-uses, craving each other, craving each other, and men and men doing shameful things, and deserving of it for themselves. Retribution. Since they deliberately did not know God, God let them have evil spirits and do those unreasonable things; filled with all kinds of injustice, evil, greed, and viciousness (note: or as “sinister”), full of envy. , Murder, competition, deceit, poisonous hatred, but also slander, people behind, hate God (note: or “to be hated by God”), insulting people, arrogant, boastful, fabricated Wicked, parental, ignorant, covenant, unaffiliated, merciless. Although they knew that God decided that those who did such things should die, they not only did it themselves, but also liked others to do it.
(1) One of Heterosexual Hell
(2) Hell 2 of Heterosexual Crime
I saw in hell that those who committed sexual crimes (including homosexuality, masturbation, infidelity to spouses, etc.) were tortured by the devil. The male penis swelled to the size of his head, and the devil kept piercing with a knife. This pain is constantly repeated, never ending.
(3) Masturbation (masturbation) addiction
The limbs of a man and a woman are stretched like frogs, and the demons pierce their private parts with about 2-3 meters long, sharpened wood, making a piercing sound of “Boo! Boom!” The devil grinned, no matter the blood sprayed from the body was splashed, it continued to stab…
(4) Those who are unfaithful to marriage
I saw a deep pit in hell, full of married men who were unfaithful to their partners. There were more than ten demons there. They grinned and took black scissors like a tailor’s scissors and cut these men’s penis into 1 cm and 1 cm pieces. People screamed in the flames, screaming for mercy. This place is full of fire. If someone climbs up and wants to go out, they will be shoveled back into the fire and will not be allowed to leave. I thought: “This place is really terrible and terrifying. You are thirsty, you are hungry, you are tired, you want to sleep, you can’t get anything, and you can’t sleep.”
These people are trapped in hell, forever and forever, without end, this is the saddest thing I feel in hell. Only in hell did I realize the value of eternal life. Without eternal life, I would be there forever and forever.
The Bible records that the fire of hell is indestructible, and the worm is immortal. It seems that the punishment of crime in hell is repeated and repeated. One cannot die even if one wants to die, because the soul does not die. Seeing this, I was really scared. I must make up my mind to get rid of the sinful habit of masturbation. First of all, I have to rely on God to seek things that love positives and no longer love things that are beautiful and erotic. Have awe of God, can thoroughly hate the devil and evil spirit and betray it, betray your own physical preferences. Stay away from pornographic movies and pictures. I used to put my phone on the bed when I was sleeping. When I couldn’t sleep, I always picked up my phone to watch pornographic movies or pictures. Then you can’t control the masturbation and go to sleep. Now you must put your mobile phone on a distant desktop when you go to sleep. You will never touch your mobile phone after sleeping at night. No matter how the evil devil disturbs me, I will betray it and no longer be under its control. In order to avoid the tricks, the momentary stimulation of masturbation is actually the devil is the bait. Let you enjoy the momentary stimulation, and eventually it will devour your soul and lure you into hell to be tortured forever. Oh my god, what a mystery this is. I hope that more people like me who are bound by masturbation, the evil and dirty ghost, can quit completely and live in the sun as soon as possible.
Now I feel that it makes sense to live every day. I pay attention to my eyes every day. I used to have insomnia. My eyes are red every day and I feel sore all day long. Now the eyes are bright again, there are not so many bloodshot eyes. And there are many important things to do, such as learning English and music. Live alive and return to God’s salvation to be a useful person.
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Prompt if you wanna: Some fake!dating maybe they have to go undercover for hero work?
anon do you know how hard it was to not write a 80+k slow burn friends to lovers fic here? I’m such a ho for fake!dating. THANK you for this blessed ask.
“We definitely, absolutely should not make-out in plain sight in the corridor of a villian’s penthouse apartment.”
Hizashi says it, but he very much does not mean it. He grabs Shouta’s face and kisses him again like his life depends on it.
Which it sort of does.
Twenty minutes earlier.
The piano music sounds distant and strained in Hizashi’s earpiece. The laptop screen shows a sea of people who, for anyone who wouldn’t know any better, seem upstanding- if not also unnecessarily rich. The charity-event pretence is a clever disguise, but it didn’t fool everyone.
It had been Nezu’s idea to organise an undercover infiltration; with a little research, Hizashi discovered that several suspects for one of Tsugauchi’s biggest cases would be attending this party. Not that he should know about such things, but it’s hard not to pick up the facts when the police leave them around so lazily. Now, Hizashi sits in a storage room downstairs, Nemuri perched beside him on an upturned mop bucket. They both listen, watch the party roll ahead with all the glitz and glamour that would be expected for its absurdly wealthy guests. Prosecco, fancy looking finger-food, music, all set in a penthouse apartment in uptown Mustafu.
It looks like way too much fun.
“Why the hell is Shouta the one who gets to undercover?” Hizashi whines, leaning his chin heavily on his hand and watching his best-friend-who-he-most-certainly-doesn’t-have-feelings-for stand awkwardly amidst the crowd. “He’s literally the last person to ever appreciate this sort of thing, man, it’s so un- ooh, look, they have vol-au-vents-”
Nemuri shoves him in the shoulder, a reminder to concentrate. “I don’t need to tell you why, you know the answer.”
She folds her arms across her chest. She’s wearing a dress that is entirely too revealing for it to be a convincing disguise; even with the blonde wig, Hizashi reckons she’d be recognisable anywhere for her chosen style. Hizashi, meanwhile, is wearing red contacts, has temporarily dyed his hair black, and has been forced against his will to shave off his moustache.
He’s still bitter about that.
He sighs and drums his hands rhythmically against the bucket he’s sat on. It turns into a tuneless rendition of Down Under by Men At Work and Nemuri nudges him again.
“Can’t hear.”“Sorry.”
Shouta sighs into his earpiece. He’s always the one to go undercover since he’s still not that recognisable, despite his brief foray on national television. Hizashi and Nemuri, however, are. The only reason they’re dressed to the nines is for if back up is needed.
Truthfully, Hizashi thinks the only reason they didn’t send him down is because they think his acting is too good.
“Eraser. Shou. There are crab cakes going by. Put one in your pocket for me.”Nemuri unsuccessfully muffles her laughter, and Hizashi thinks he can see the entire camera on Shouta’s lapel move with the extreme-sighing that he’s displaying.
“Shouta- the crab cakes! The crab ca- goddamn, why do you hate me so much, dude? No free food for your handler?”
“Stop distracting him,” Nemuri says, but there’s no sincerity and she’s laughing through the words. “Oh, we’ve got Suzuki at two o’clock, Eraser.”
The man of the hour; Tsukauchi’s prime suspect. A multi-millionaire bordering on billionaire with an intelligence quirk- a man who handles complex mathematics and probability as easily as ABC. Unsurprisingly, suspected of using his abilities for embezzlement and fraud. Worse, believed to be funding several underground villain organisations. He’s dressed in a fine black suit, so simple and understated that it screams this cost more than you’ll ever earn in your lifetime.
Shouta makes his way over.
Hizashi’s leg starts to bounce up and down nervously, making the adjacent shelf of cleaning products rattle. Shouta is able to remain deadpan in almost any situation, making him ideal for undercover cases- and he can be surprisingly good at improvisation. But there’s also something about his reserved exterior that makes villains suspicious of him. Now, as he winds through the party towards one of the most intelligent suspected villains that they know of, Hizashi can only watch and advise into his ear-piece with a growing sense of anxiety.
“He’s already drunk,” Hizashi observes for Shouta’s benefit, examining the slight dribble of prosecco down the collar of Suzuki’s priceless suit. “This guy isn’t usually the messy type. And he’s talking to people he doesn’t know, judging by his phone contacts, so he won’t push you away.”
Shouta hasn’t even arrived at the small cluster of people yet before Suzuki’s eyes fall on him, double take, and settle there. And there’s something in the way the shallow smile and calculating look melts, the way it shifts into something possessive. It makes Hizashi growl angrily down Shouta’s earpiece. Hizashi is painfully aware that Shouta cleans up very nicely, it’s unsurprising for others to notice this too, but-
“Reel it in, Mic,” Nemuri says in a low, teasing voice that makes him shoot her a hurt look. Shouta doesn’t know anything about his feelings, and she’s certainly not meant to be making it even more obvious than it already is.
The fact that Suzuki’s attention has changed so suddenly to the approaching stranger isn’t lost on the other guests, and they move their conversation elsewhere. Suzuki leers, starts making small-talk with Shouta and Hizashi feels immediately sympathetic. He’s always struggled with such things.
When the conversation shifts onto Suzuki’s quirk, and thus, complex mathematics, Hizashi starts to worry.
When he laughs and lays a friendly hand on Shouta’s forearm, he gets pissed.
Removing his mouth piece, he says to Nemuri, “I told you I should have been the one to go in.”“Hizashi, you’re our linguist, you’re only ever the one to go undercover when-”
Hizashi stands up abruptly, knocking over his bucket-seat and smoothing down his incredibly dull grey suit. He wishes they’d let him go with the purple. “I’m going upstairs.”
Nemuri grabs him by the arm. “Hizashi this does not qualify as an emergency, if you think he needs advising, advise. From a distance. That’s why you’re his handler-”
“Yo my dude, my pal, you’ve gotta chill.” Hizashi spins round, rests his hands on Nemuri’s shoulders, and tries to convey as much confidence as possible. “I’m going whether you like it or not. I’ll try not to scream at him, but I can’t promise anything.”
He leaves the storage room and ignores the sound of Nemuri calling after him.
Five short minutes later he finds himself winding through the crowd, offering smiles here and there. He manages to swipe a crab cake and stuff it in his mouth, expertly swallowing it before plastering on a grin and taking Shouta’s side.
Shouta’s eyes zip over to Hizashi, assessing his presence and staring perhaps a little longer than is wise. He can see the question in his eyes even if no one else can. Hizashi doesn’t give him the chance to come up with a story; he was always better at that.
No matter what Nemuri says about his acting.
“Sweetie, aren’t you going to introduce me to your friend?”
Shouta doesn’t react. In fact, his entire lack of response and the following, gaping pause is pretty suspicious. Hizashi bursts into an unfamiliar laughter- it’s his posh-party laugh that he and Nemuri have always enjoyed practising, head thrown back, hand on chest. He clings onto Shouta’s arm. “I thought I’d lost you at the drinks table, I turned around and suddenly you’d disappeared!”
Shouta’s chest rises as he takes a steadying breath, mouth falling open to speak, but nothing comes out.
The smile Suzuki gives Hizashi is courteous. “It seems he’s lost for words. Suzuki Reo.”
Hizashi takes the hand that’s extended and shakes it with a lot less enthusiasm than he ordinarily would. “Oh, charmed, I’m sure,” he says smoothly.
“Charmed I’m sure,” Nemuri repeats mockingly into his ear piece.
“And who do I have the pleasure of speaking to?”
Hizashi’s brain falters. He hadn’t come up with a name for himself.
“Regina Falange.”
There’s a surprised snort at the other end of Hizashi’s earpiece, followed by uproarious cackles. And: “Mic please, honey, oh my god you might be smart but you’re a shit actor, you’re going to get all of us killed-”
“What an interesting name.”“It’s European.” He tries to fight off the temptation to end that with a questioning inflection: Is that believable?
“Fascinating.” He doesn’t sound all that fascinated.”We were just discussing my quirk, how awfully self-centered that sounds.”“Suzuki-san has a mathematics quirk.” Shouta supplies this quietly, almost conspiratorially, leaning towards Hizashi as he says it. He’s wrapping his arm around his waist. Hizashi’s heart stops, before he remembers that he started this we’re-a-couple charade and he really shouldn’t be acting so flustered by it.
“I was just telling your partner about Zeno’s arrow paradox, but I’m afraid I may have lost him.”
Hizashi looks down at Shouta. Shouta returns the look.
“Oh, that sounds very complicated,” Hizashi says sweetly. “I’m sure I wouldn’t understand.”
Shouta narrows his eyes. He knows this game and he’s never liked it. Hizashi, on the other hand, lives for it.
“Ah, it’s simple really,” Suzuki says, his smile apparently genuine now. This is a man who enjoys to show off. And a man who enjoys to show off is a man who lets information slip. “Imagine an arrow at point A, and the target at point B, and in the course of reaching B the arrow must travel at least half that distance, which we can call point C. In getting from C to B, the arrow must travel half that distance, which is point D, and so on. But once you realise that you can keep dividing space forever, paring it down into smaller and smaller fractions, you come to see that the arrow, in fact, can never reach point B. Mathematically speaking, therefore, there is no smallest number- and no limit to greatness. Infinite everything.”
He concludes this unnecessary exhibition of his intelligence with an almost disappointed look in his eye, staring over Shouta’s shoulder.
“‘You must therefore confess that all that exists is not unique, but rather of number numberless’.”
Hizashi rattles off the quote with an air of nonchalance. Shouta glares at him.
Suzuki blinks drunkenly at Hizashi, clears his throat in surprise. “Lucretius said that, if I’m not mistaken?”“Yes.”“You speak Latin.”“I read it from time to time.”
“Hah! You almost had me take you for just another party goer. I’m not often tricked.”
“Well, we have to have our fun somehow, right? You must get so bored with a mind like yours, in a world like this.”
“Oh, it can get me into quite a lot of trouble.”The rapid fire interaction reaches an abrupt pause as both men silently assess each other. Hizashi feels Shouta tug on his suit jacket with a little more force than is necessary.
“Excuse us.”And Hizashi finds himself, without the opportunity to press any further, being directed by the small of the back out of the main reception area and into a quiet corridor. A waiter leans against the wall on his phone, registers their presence, and scurries back into the kitchen.
Shouta rounds on Hizashi, standing close so he can whisper and be heard.
“What are you doing?”Hizashi hesitates, the right words filtering to his mouth too slowly. “I came to help! He was rattling off all this crap about mathematics, man-”
“You’re my handler, you’re meant to stay out of sight and feed me information from a safe distance.”“Is this wh- you’re angry at me? Are you really pissed at me because you think that I’m not safe right now?”“I had it covered. We have a system, you broke it and I want to know why.”
“I-” Hizashi doesn’t want to answer that question. “Why did you pull me away? He was opening up-”
“No, he was getting suspicious. The ingénue act works fine, but only if you don’t prove them wrong. Now he doesn’t trust us and he knows he’s been tricked by you before.”
“OK, but, that’s not. It’s not just that, I mean-” God this is so frustrating. He shoves a hand through his hair. “Fine, listen, I was freaked out because he was being all handsy with you and I didn’t like the idea of you being at the receiving end of some creep trying to flirt with you and he’s a villain so that’s even worse and-”
“Wait-”
He’s vaguely aware that Shouta’s trying to interrupt him, but the word vomit is virtually unstoppable now. “And maybe I just felt like I should be here to mediate or maybe it’s something more, I dunno-”
“There’s someone coming-”
“Maybe I just felt like something was- wait what-?”
Before Hizashi is aware of what’s going on, he feels Shouta grab his lapel and drag him into an abrupt kiss. It lasts only a few seconds, and during the entire experience the inside of Hizashi’s head is screaming. When Shouta pulls away, Hizashi collapses against the corridor wall.
“Whuh,” is all he manages.
“Don’t freak out.” Shouta says it so evenly, like it’s that simple.
“I’m not freaking out.”
“You are freaking out. Someone was coming and you were talking about the mission.”
“Ah- yeah, right, sorry.”“Don’t apologise,” Shouta adds. “I’m sorry. That I didn’t warn you.”
And despite having broken apart from their kiss, they’re only inches away from each other. And Shouta is still holding onto Hizashi’s lapel. He’s staring at Hizashi’s lips.
There’s the sound of footsteps approaching.
“We definitely, absolutely should not make-out in plain sight in the corridor of a villian’s penthouse apartment,” Hizashi says reasonably. Before pulling him into a sloppy, desperate kiss, breathing into each other’s mouths and Shouta crowding him against the wall.
Oh god. This is happening. Wait, this is actually happening, isn’t it?
“Boys, as much as I’ve been rooting for you for the past fifteen years,” Nemuri’s voice slips into their ears, sounding quietly amused, “this could not have come at a worse time.”
Shouta pulls back immediately at the sound of her voice and bristles at the reminder that they’re being watched. Hizashi slouches against the wall, feels like he might melt into a puddle on the floor. He watches the way Shouta stares at the ground with a thoughtful crease between his brow.
“Can we talk about this when we get home?” he whispers.
Shouta opens his mouth speechlessly. Gives a shaky nod.
They regard each other for a long moment, hands still on each other.
“Let’s get back in there,” Shouta says, at last. He looks a little off-centre, which is as ruffled as Shouta gets. Hizashi feels a hell of a lot more than a little off-centre.
Hizashi responds with a grin, and holds up his hand for a high-five. Shouta surveys his raised hand with a weary smile, and obliges.
“Let’s do this.”
#bnha#mha#fic prompt#my writing#ask#erasermic#maizawa#yamada hizashi#aizawa shouta#eraserhead#present mic#midnight#kayama nemuri
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Any thoughts on Shou? (Please no lost Pagoda jokes)
I would like to begin this post with an apology to @rabbiteclair, who has probably been waiting for a prompt like this for several years. Anything about Shou necessarily has some overlap with Nazrin and Bishamonten. This post about Nazrin here touches on their relationship a fair amount, and also on Bishamonten, so it may be useful (having said that, I might repeat myself a bit).
Rest is below the cut, per usual.
There are a lot of stories about how an ordinary tiger became a guardian youkai, and avatar of Bishamonten. No wonder, really; it’s not the sort of thing that happens every day. Most of them conflict, so it’s really best to go to the source, right?
Except that Shou would probably just shrug, look a bit sheepish and/or awkward, and steer the topic elsewhere. It’s been a very long time, and before all this, she was an animal. All of that combines into not… actually knowing exactly what happened. She might ask Bishamonten if she thought it was actually important. She’s mildly curious but a kind of ideological “I am who I am now, looking back would be Wrong” hangup has kicked away what little temptation there is.
What she does know, though, is that she knew Nazrin from before all this, and they stayed together. I read it as Shou getting caught up in all this, and Nazrin deciding she’s not going alone, but that’s mostly because I consider Shou to be significantly more into this whole Bishamonten business than Nazrin is.
Since we’re talking about origins anyway, I might as well note that I believe them to both be from India for fairly obvious reasons. The exact road trip that brought them to Japan and whether it’s pre- or post-Byakuren is one of the flexible blank patches in their history. I’ve made some posts about the idiosyncrasies that come out of this, half-jokingly. Some examples follow, if you like: (1, 2, oh dear I thought I had more of these).
Shou is basically the leader of the Byakuren fanclub. Her adoration and admiration for She Of The Crazy Hair knows no bounds (though I would say this is not necessarily, and is indeed wildly unlikely to be romantic or anything; this can take other forms, after all). When Byakuren got captured, she took it very hard, It’s a personal failing (or so she’s chosen to believe, at least) that she carries to this day, long after everyone else has stopped holding it against her - they never did anyway - and it affects a lot of things. She led the UFO rescue party, for one. She’s probably fairly overprotective and trying too hard to compensate for something that’s not even her fault, to this day.
More on that in a bit, though. I talked about Nazrin before, and briefly about Byakuren now. Let’s touch on the other major figure in her life: Bishamonten.
It’s not hard to see how Bishamonten is a big deal to Shou. Uplifted her from a regular animal or youkai to an avatar, for one. Two, he’s a generally virtuous and heroic sort, it would appear. Three, she’s an avatar, she’s kind of contractually obligated to approve of him even without the other stuff. Suffice to say it’s no real surprise she has a glowing opinion of him.
Let’s look at him a bit, though. If any Buddhists in the audience feel I am in need of a correction or possibly a swift kick in the shins, please let me know; I’ve done research but that’s never really the same.
With that preamble out of the way: Bishamonten always struck me as someone who doesn’t… quite fit in with the general Buddhist picture. He’s big and loud and fiery-tempered, he’s a god of war and (often material) fortune, he’s known for a great deal of smiting, he’s usually depicted with a world-class scowl (no, seriously) and a big fiery halo, et cetra. On countless levels, he does not come off as a lotus kind of guy. Not bad - he’s a god of justice and protecting the weak as well, after all - but just kind of wandered into the wrong group.
You can characterise him as just different, or necessary, or failing to follow Buddha’s doctrine, but in any of the above cases, I think anyone who idolises both Bishamonten and Byakuren might experience some clashes in how to act. My impression of him is someone who’s probably a great friend, stand-up guy, always there for people, et cetra, but you really wish he picked up an indoor voice and stopped getting into bar fights every day.
Shou’s picked up a bit of all of the above. Again, avatar, can’t be helped. More on that later, though.
Your impression of Shou is largely a matter of whose eyes you see her through. To the average person, she is probably utterly awe-inspiring, a picture of charisma, effortless grace and an imposing, almost regal air all at once. If you want someone who impresses people into signing on just from seeing her, congratulations! You found her.
She’s aware of that, though, and she tries her best to take the edge off it by being friendly and amiable wherever possible. The effect is rather like a golden angel coming from the sky to a booming choir, only to ask how you’re doing and if you need any help carrying those radishes. And yet, she makes it work: Again, charisma and people skills are kind of her thing. She’s also built up a reputation as someone you can always go to if you need anything, whether it’s a thief caught, or a blessing of good fortune to last the winter, or just advice (though she’ll always try to direct you to Byakuren or Nazrin for that last one, unless you insist). Shou is happy to help, no strings attached, and everyone knows it. It’s the Meiling factor: A combination of a guard and a friendly face. Even people who dislike the entire Myouren temple will probably vouch for Shou. Byakuren is definitely up to something, but Shou? Not a chance, pillar of the community, don’t know what she’s even doing in a place like this.
To other youkai, she’s a touch more open, and uses a different tack. She’s Byakuren-lite: Just as nice and caring, but a little more in touch with the thoughts and concerns of youkai, and somewhat less uptight, easier to talk to, that kind of thing. Whether Byakuren is particularly unapproachable or whatever is beside the point: It’s how people see Shou by comparison.
In private and around non-Byakuren friends, Shou is loud, cheerful and boisterous, quite a contrast to her usual self: The sort of person that some might call ‘a handful’ if anyone actually minded. They don’t. Everyone within this small circle has stories to tell about Shou, all of them good. They’re usually told to people who were actually there, though. Shou’s got an image to keep up and everyone knows it.
Shou herself has no particularly glowing opinion of herself. Have you ever heard that “nobody’s perfect”? Well, she hasn’t. Or at least, she heard, and then quickly dismissed this as an excuse (though only when applied to her; she’s fairly laid back about others). She does not give herself a break, and never has.
Part of this is kind of a… lack of perspective. She always has to do better, to measure up to Byakuren and Bishamonten. She, however, refuses to see either as anything less than utterly perfect, despite “we’re decent people, but boy have we taken some wrong turns in life” basically being the Myouren temple slogan, and Bishamonten being- well, see above. Not only are these contradictory, but a hopelessly idealised vision of another person is, in fact, not actually feasible as a goal.
Essentially, Shou is already good enough to leave most people somewhat awestruck. She’s entirely unaware of this, and is instead bitterly disappointed that she’s not somehow perfect, or reaching a set of contradictory, unattainable standards of people who are basically imaginary.
I imagine Nazrin tries to talk her out of it now and then, with middling and temporary success. It doesn’t help that, yeah, Shou does miss the mark occasionally (see: being a bit of a heavy drinker etc.) In practice this isn’t something you’d find out about, because Shou can still project confidence very well. She’s good at this stuff, remember.
A couple odds and ends to close this out. One thing I’ve always liked from… some book or other (I can never remember the titles anyway) is that Shou is pretty much complete rubbish with a spear. It’s entirely ceremonial. I’ve seen people read this as “she’s basically helpless without the pagoda”, though, and I don’t think that’s quite true. A tiger is scary. A youkai is scary. A tiger youkai demigoddess is probably a whole lot scarier when she puts the spear down.
As for blessings of fortune, I’ve always seen it as coming in two varieties, broadly. There’s good luck of the “huh, everything seems to be working out for me lately” kind. Then there’s the unsubtle kind where a sack of jewels just shows up in your living room one day. She can do both, and… yeah, sure, ideally you should cut off material attachment, but in practice people need things just to get by, and she considers helping with this to be an important part of her work at the temple.
That’s about it for my big rambly mess re: Shou, so I’m just gonna add a really silly idea I’ve had in my head for a while.
Shou once earned a single wish from Bishamonten in recognition of her services. She requested an arm-wrestling match with him, lost badly, and has been delighted about the whole thing ever since. Still kind of sore, though.
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I agree on your points, but I mis-spoke what I meant about Ruby and her eyes. It's true that Salem didn't know about her, but Ozpin did. Ozpin surely knew that once Salem found out, Ruby would be a target. She showed great skill, so was moved up. Ozpin, in doing so ensured she could accelerate her growth, and be ready when the time came. At Beacon, he could watch her progress. As for Jaune, I both agree and disagree. Running out of space to type. One sec, I'll continue in another ask.
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Continued. Jaune did indeed lie and cheat his way in. But Ozpin isn't stupid. He basically protected Vale until Ironwood fucked it up with his well meaning actions. He had to have known about Jaune. Jaune is an idiot, but has a big heart and cares deeply for his friends. Once he realized the severity of his situation, he stopped pretending. He put everything on the line for his friends. He has his problems, but he's a teenager. Teens mess up. He has time. I want to see what he will grow to be.
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OOC: Jaune is all those things you said. But he’s also just a boy. A teenager in over his head. This does not excuse his actions, but it does make them relatable. I’m 26, and as a teen I made lots of foolish decisions. But I grew. I matured. Pyrrha believed in his potential, his Kindness, and his Determination. He’s made mistakes, but I do not think it’s fair to not give him time to grow. Thank you for having this civil discussion with me. I enjoyed sharing my thoughts and opinions with you.
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OOC: For not bashing my feelings and opinions, and for having a friendly debate with me; you just earned yourself a Follower. :) I respect your thoughts, and I also respect you for being civil and understanding enough to respect my feelings too. The fandom has enough problems without people arguing like kids over differences in opinions. Stay Classy!
i’m sorry, i’m gonna have to disagree with a lot of the points you’re making here
so on your first point about Ruby - no, there is no guarantee Salem would have ever found out about her, because the reason she knows about Ruby was by accident. if Ruby hadn’t been on the tower that night, Salem still wouldn’t know. Ruby would, in fact, be safer, if she’d just continued going to Signal and getting in the same way Yang did. sure, Beacon would still have fallen and the situation in Vale would arguably be worse with the dragon and everything, but Ruby wouldn’t have been there, her silver eyes wouldn’t have gone off, and she wouldn’t be on Salem’s radar. and even in a scenario where the Fall of Beacon never happens, Salem wouldn’t find out about Ruby until her eyes go off and disrupt her plans, which could be years off. Ruby continuing at Signal for another two years and then having four years at Beacon would have actually kept her safer for longer because she wouldn’t have shown up on Salem’s radar at all until she got involved - it’s not a matter of protecting Ruby, it’s Ozpin playing chess with peoples lives (as we know he does, through implications in the show and songs - he uses people). Ruby has silver eyes which are a weapon he can use against Salem, that’s the only reason
the problem with your claim that Ozpin was protecting Vale is the fact that he wasn’t. he wasn’t doing anything, that was Ironwood’s main bugbear with him and while Ironwood’s actions are equally stupid and caused more problems (because his solution to everything was ‘guns, violence and war, god bless america atlas’), his call for action, that they do something, wasn’t wrong. Ozpin’s main methods are just ‘wait and see what happens’ and that meant any action was responsive and often too late to stop things from getting bad
but even if we acknowledge that Ozpin was playing trickster mentor, that’s a fact the audience knows, not the characters involved. Jaune did something illegal (he committed fraud), to soothe his own ego (not for selfless reasons, this isn’t someone doing something wrong for good reasons, he just wants recognition as ‘a hero’). and not only that, but it’s not a situation that can be written off as ‘kids mess up, that makes him relatable’ because it’s a serious criminal offense and he’s trying to get into an incredibly dangerous line of work, if he can’t cut it, he should not be there, because he’s then a liability and risk to himself and others - this isn’t just cheating a scholarship to get into a prestigious school; they’re working to go into a line of work where they will be in legitimate danger and anyone not sufficiently trained is going to die very quickly. trickster mentor or not, someone has to be responsible here, and no one was (and that’s mainly a big fault in the writing)
and by all accounts, Ozpin probably was trying to pull Die or Fly with Jaune. Jaune was either going to get himself killed or succeed, but the problem is, to grow, Jaune has to actually acknowledge that what he did was wrong. and he doesn’t. his problem isn’t “i’m a liability, i’m putting people at risk and i did something illegal”, it’s “i don’t want to be the damsel in distress, i want to be the hero”, it’s ultimately selfish (not to mention, given how the teams of four system works, there’s probably limited spots at Beacon, meaning he cheated someone out of their place there when they’d actually worked for it). he doesn’t face consequences - because him sucking at fighting isn’t a punishment, neither is the extra work he has to do because he doesn’t pay attention in class, that’s just reality hitting. Cardin blackmailing him is just an extension of the bullying already present, and in the end, the bullying goes away and Jaune doesn’t have to face actual consequences. in fact, the narrative rewards him, as he gets one-on-one training with the strongest student in the year, sacrificing her own free time in the process, and no one else finds out about it
what you’re saying is totally valid in the sense that that’s how it could have been handled. Jaune could have acknowledged that he did something illegal in order to feed his own ego, that he was putting lives at risk, he didn’t earn his place which is an insult to everyone who did, and then going to a teacher and letting the proper authorities handle his situation. actually being punished for it, like with detention for the rest of the year that he can use to study up all the things he should know about, and then assigned a tutor (like an older student) that can help him get up to speed as quickly as possible, as overseen by a teacher, to reduce the risk. and through that, Jaune owns up to his fault, faces consequences for it, and actually earns his place at the academy because he has to start pulling his weight because he’s been given a second chance
but that’s not what happened, he gets off scot-free and never acknowledges that he was putting anyone in danger, because it’s all about him, and so despite all the focus on him he just hasn’t grown (sure he can hit things harder but all he had done is learn to lean on someone else to solve his problem for him, and that he can continue to get away with lying). and Pyrrha believing in him isn’t really a justification either, as she’s just as young as he is (and on top of that, she bails him out against the Ursa when he would otherwise have gotten killed and lets it feed his ego instead of laying it out to him that he would have died if she hadn’t intervened, and then still choosing to help him instead of making him own up to what he did to an authority figure who is in a position to actually make those kinds of calls about whether or not he deserves a chance to prove himself). ‘Kindness’ and ‘Determination’ are also more informed abilities than anything truly demonstrated in the text, because Jaune’s motivations were selfish, he barely pays attention to Pyrrha (and the positive traits she does mention... don’t exactly line up with what we’re actually shown), and he’s ultimately lazy - Pyrrha has to force him to study like she’s his babysitter. he’s also negative about a lot of things, rude and, hell, in a situation where Ruby was about to get killed, unlike Ren or Nora who at least tried to do something, he just closed his eyes. he gave up and didn’t try to help her (and this never comes up again - like if he’s trying to better himself so something like what happened to Pyrrha doesn’t happen again, you’d think he’d be doing something like Ruby was during volume 4, throwing himself in recklessly. but he didn’t, he looked away and didn’t try to help)
and then there’s the whole mess with Weiss where he outright refused to take ‘no’ for an answer and kept harassing her without ever taking her feelings into account (until Neptune turned her down, and only then it’s a matter of ‘another man in his perceived territory’ than it is about Weiss’s feelings, and the whole discussion has both of them treating her like a trophy) - Jaune is never portrayed as being in the wrong for these actions, and ultimately never faces real consequences for his continued harassment, the plot thread just stops
there are foolish decisions and then there’s doing illegal things solely for personal glory with no mind to how badly it could go and getting away with it. and that’s what happened. ultimately the fact is he didn’t earn his place or deserve to be at Beacon, and because he never owned up to his mistake in a meaningful way, he was never prepared to face punishment for doing something wrong (or even acknowledging that what he did was wrong and why, just that it’s so unfair that he can’t fight) and therefore he’s not granted a chance to prove himself and earn his place - because for some reason the narrative doesn’t treat what he did as being wrong - and he can’t grow from it
what you laid out in your asks could have been the case but now can’t be because Jaune doesn’t get consequences for his actions. it’s just a lot of wasted potential from a writing perspective and he’s received a lot of undue focus (when he shouldn’t be prime focus anyway) for what’s essentially amounted to nothing because he hasn’t grown
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UNDERSTANDING AND RELATING TO SHIGEO KAGEYAMA
Maybe the reason why I love Mob so much as a character is because I relate to him so much, you could say I even look up on him after all the amazing progress he's made through the comic and how much he has emotionally matured, ONE has a knack for such characters, Saitama is a pretty interesting and unique character too, but I believe Mob is much more complex and elaborated, maybe ONE is trying to reflect a part of himself by writing these characters? Who knows, but Mob really grew in me after I saw how capable of overcoming his condition he is. There's probably several people who can say they relate to Mob and have posted about it but in a more serious matter I can say I relate to Shigeo in a way that really makes me try to be like him, why? And yes I'll talk a bit about myself but please bear with me, when I was 13 (just barely a year younger than Mob) I had a very strong depression because I lacked empathy, a weird reason, or rather, no reason to be depressed? The point was that, like Mob, I just wanted to make friends and feel the same way everyone else did and enjoy life as much as people my age did, but (unlike Shigeo, this time) I rejected so many aspects of how things had to be done and what people expected from me, I restrained myself from making contact with others, precisely because I found no enjoyment in doing common things people my age did, talking about common things, common feelings in general, I had other interests that were out of my reach unless I gave up my social life completely. And so I did, I isolated my mind from others and suppressed my feelings just like Mob did, so that I could avoid hurting myself by reminding myself I didn't find life as enjoyable, so I could avoid being hurt by others and hurting others by hurting myself, eventually, all those suppressed feelings created an "entity" in me (you could say similar to Mob's) that I could not let out or the consequences would be terrible for me and everyone around me, and believe me, it wasn't pretty even if we're not talking about some fictional ???% omnipotent psychic entity haha. With the time, like Mob, experiences and people helped me through it and it was a hell of a ride, I learned that just like Mob in the Mogami arc, meeting people that hurt you or hurting yourself, or isolating yourself, or even being too nice and ignoring those who wrong you for the sake of keeping yourself together, was as harmful as it was fruitfull, equally, and one cannot just live by ignoring what's wrong in hopes it'll go away, you need to mature emotionally, too, to be able to take decisions that will improve your life and relationship with others, to open your eyes and see that you cannot pretend living suppressed by your own problems and thinking being away from people is the only way there is to avoid hurting everyone, at the beginning we all know Shigeo wants to "change" after ???% takes over and hurts Ritsu badly, but why did he fail to "change"? The answer is, Mob didn't change the right way, he needed an emotional change, it wasn't a matter of control or restraint, it was a matter of being Mature enough to stop Teru the moment he realized words wouldn't do, the way he dealt with Shou's dad and Serizawa; when he dealt with those two, Mob had already underwent that emotional change, the Mogami arc was SO important because it made him realize this was the right change he needed to make and he had the realization he had been doing things wrong, that's when we notice Shigeo's changing and becomes aware of what he should do. But me? Even if I got so far, sometimes I still feel that looming "entity", that condition that drags me back when I poke it too much and it might just burst one day, like Mob, though I believe Mob's mental condition is different and even slightly canonically hinting he's a bit of an autistic kid? I can only say I relate to him, not that we are very much the same or alike, but my admiration for Mob just grows as the story continues, the way he's been capable of dealing with more and more inspires me to do the same and God I was so happy when he finally got the friends he so long wished for (at the start of Reigen's humiliation arc), and I thank ONE-sensei for being such a good writer and I'd like to have a word with him one day if that's possible, bless this man. Aah thank you for reading all this blabbering
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A Warrior’s Life
TITLE: A Warrior’s Life
CHAPTER NO./ONE SHOT: Chapter Ten
AUTHOR: wolfpawn
ORIGINAL IMAGINE:
Imagine Viking Loki coming to your village, raiding and pillaging, before deciding there is something about you that intrigues him and deciding to take you back to Asgard with him. There, you are forced to learn a new life and language, and though you hate what has happened to you, you learn that Loki is not as bad as you think.
RATING: Mature.
Loki smiled in response to his brother’s question.
“So, better then?” The older man asked.
“Very much so, Nafi no longer fears her return and the farmhands can be heard joking around the lands as they work just as hard if not harder,” Loki answered.
“And you, brother?”
“I find I do not wish to leave the homestead with such desperation any longer. I am happy to be there.” He admitted.
“Has that anything to do with a particular thrall you have?” Thor asked smiling dismounting his horse and walking forward, Loki followed suit as the decided on an area to set up camp.
“Why do you think anything is to do with her?” Loki sighed.
“Brother, do you think me blind? I see how you look at her, and I must admit, she is very easy to look at.” The blond commented.
“I wonder does Sif know of your wandering eye.” Jested Loki, trying to take the attention off himself.
“I am merely making an observation. You have heard from more than me that she is beautiful, and now that you have her dressed in even finer clothes since Aslaug left, she seems even more so.” Thor added.
“If by more than you, you mean Fandral and Rollo, they were at sea for so long, that even you in a dress would have aroused them.” Both men laughed at the younger’s wit.
“Your insistent dodging of the question answers it for me.” Thor smiled knowingly. “You are divorced, so I must ask brother, why the hesitation?”
“How does this help our hunting trip in any way?” Loki sidestepped, avoiding his brother’s questions once more.
“Again you elude my question, I am beginning to think it is because you have not figured out why yourself yet. You are lucky she cannot be taken by another, for if she could, I think she would have been already.” Loki paused, thinking of his brother’s words for a few moments, before tying his horse and preparing a fire.
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The god’s had been good and on the first day of the hunt, the men spotted many a deer, one that had been injured in a fight made for a good dinner.
“I have been thinking,” Loki commented as he tore the meat from between two ribs of the animal.
“Little good has ever come from you saying those words.” Joked Thor.
“I was thinking of getting Maebh to teach me some of her language to aid us on our next voyage to Midgard.” Loki put forward the idea to his brother.
“Not bad, but it’s not like we communicate with people. We come, we slay, we pillage, we return home to our families.” Thor responded. “We cannot take from these people and not fight in doing so. I think it a good idea to learn their tongue, I would be willing to do so myself, but we will still have to kill some of them. You and I have never slaughtered the young, old or infirm, and I never plan to, so do not become soft.”
“I am not soft,” Loki argued.
“Then look me in the eye and tell me this is not about what happened in that cottage.” Thor maintained eye contact as he spoke; Loki broke it as soon as he was expected to answer. Something else came to Thor. “Did you ever ask her again about that necklace?”
“No.” Loki realised. “I was so glad at being rid of Aslaug, I forgot. It is most odd, though, I will have to ask her on our return.”
“How would her father have given it to her mother were it to belong to the Queen?” Thor recalled her words, before shaking his head and finishing his meal.
Loki pursed his lips thinking of what the young woman had said regarding the jewellery, swearing to himself he would talk to her about it when he went home.
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“When will father be home?” Nafi asked as Maebh as she mixed together everything needed to make bread.
“He swore to be home before the next full moon, so perhaps another five to seven sunrises. Used he go hunting with your uncle often?”
“Mmhmm, more before you came, but I think he was just hiding at Uncle Thor’s,” the child admitted. “He never came home with many kills.”
Maebh smiled at the child’s ability to observe the world around him. “So, what do you want to do today, after the chores are done of course.” She wiped her hands off one another to get the grounded wheat off them.
“We should go to the river and see if we can catch any fish,” Nafi suggested.
“I doubt we will catch any more than a cold, but nevertheless, we shall.” She smiled, putting the dough to cook.
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“Maebh?”
“Yes, Nafi.”
“Why will father not let me call you mother?” Nafi did not look away from the water as he spoke, hoping for something to bite his little line.
“Because I am not your mother, I am your thrall, you know that.” Maebh did her best to hide the bitterness in her voice.
“But you can’t be, not really, thrall’s don’t look like you, they wear rags and are from bad places, you wear dresses and are nice.” Maebh could only smile at the child’s innocence.
“I am sure not all those thralls are bad.”
“They come from Svartalfheim, a land to the east, a few times they tried to come to Asgard and hurt us, and they even tried to kill Bor, father’s grandfather, but he stopped them, and now they still hate us.” Maebh listened intently to Nafi.
“How did you get thralls from them so? Did your father go to their lands too?” Nafi nodded, before getting sidetracked by a crab that had taken the bait.
“Looky, looky Mother.” Nafi jumped in glee. Maebh sighed, trying to think of a way to get the child to stop calling her that.
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“Where did father rescue you from?” Nafi asked that evening as he lay in bed, getting ready to go to sleep.
“Rescue me?” Maebh stared at him in shock.
“Yeah, Helga and Thodin said bad men tried to hurt you, so father and Uncle Thor rescued you.”
Maebh bit her tongue so hard she was sure she tasted blood on it. “Bad men hurt my little brothers and sister, and your father thought it wise to bring me back with him.” She thought of what Helga had said about Loki trying to care for her.
“I’m happy he did. I like you being here.” Maebh smiled sadly at his admission. “And so does father.”
“Really?” She asked, her brow furrowed in her scepticism.
“Yes, he told me you are the best thing to happen to us since I was born, that you are a blessing from the gods, sent by Freya herself.” Maebh’s eyebrows rose.
She had heard of the goddess known as Freya in passing, but like with the other gods of the land, she knew nothing about her. “Good night, little prince.” She smiled as Nafi drifted off to sleep. Despite what she had learnt about him, she could not help but love the child, and regardless, it was not his doing to have such parents.
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Loki and Thor enjoyed their hunt, killing a boar a piece and another larger deer. They tacked their horses and decided to make the journey back home.
“Something came to me on the hunt.” Thor declared as they began to ride back the trail.
“Pray tell? In what way will you reference her this time?” Loki would bet his land whatever it was, was in some way involving Maebh, Thor seldom let an hour go by without badgering his brother about her.
“Can you guarantee she has cared for Nafi while you are away? How do you know she has not killed him and fled?” Thor wondered.
“Do you think her capable of such?” Loki wondered what had put such an idea into Thor’s head.
“Well considering what Tyr did to her siblings, and what Aslaug did to her, I do not think you can rule it out,” Thor admitted.
“She seems to look at Nafi the same as before, she is very motherly toward him,” Loki assured his brother.
“Does he still try to call her mother?”
“More so now than ever, she corrects him, but I do not think he even attempts to listen.” Loki sighed, thinking of the two separate afternoons he and Maebh had spent trying to explain to Nafi that she was not his mother, and it would be inappropriate for him to call her such.
“You could make her his mother.” Thor smiled suggestively.
Loki rolled his eyes in response. “Yes, that would look well, me marrying a thrall.”
“Well, she is young, plenty of years in her to birth you sons, good hips to carry them and, well, she would feed more than a babe with those breasts,” Thor commented.
“If you make one more reference to her, I swear on the mighty Odin himself, I will tell Sif how you speak of a woman that is not your wife.” Loki snapped, trying to get the image of Maebh carrying a child out of his head. “Besides, after nearly ten years of marriage to Aslaug, I fathered no children.” He admitted the obvious fact sadly, “I think perhaps I cannot sire any since she was more than able to carry Tyr’s child.”
Thor ceased his jesting and suggestive talk and looked to his brother, his face dropping. “You do not know that for sure.” Loki looked at him as though to suggest what other reasons were there. “How do you settle that Nafi is not yours? You care so much for him, if I found out Thodin or Helga were not mine, I would not know how to react. I do think, as wrong as it would be, I would blame them somewhat, at least for a while.”
“I always knew it, I just knew. As he grew I figured out who fathered him, but I did not care, I see him as my son, and I, his father. I blame myself for not being able to do what I should have to ensure my lineage carried on.” Loki stared ahead, allowing the reins to go slack, the horse choosing for itself the safest path down the muddy slope.
“I do not think you unable to sire brother, I think you were merely dealing with the wrong dam.” Thor smiled, hoping to cheer his brother.
“And let me guess who you think a better choice.” Exasperation filled Loki’s voice.
“Well actually, that time I had no intentions of mentioning anyone since I am under threat, you decided to do that yourself. Perhaps you should take note of such.” Thor suggested with a small smile on his lips.
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Nafi was preparing for bed when he heard the sound of a horse arriving into the homestead. He ran outside, half-dressed in the rain to greet his father.
“You will catch a death out here.” Loki smiled cheerfully at the great reaction the boy had regarding his return.
“I have missed you greatly, father.” Nafi refused to let go of his leg.
“I am glad to hear, how have things been here?” Loki walked the horse to the stable and removed it’s cargo of boar, then the tack it was wearing, Nafi followed closely.
“Great, Maebh and I had loads of fun, she baked, we went fishing and we talked a lot. Oh, and she taught me how to hold a shield properly.” The youngster prattled off.
Loki admittedly had only been half listening as he thought of what work needed doing and how tired he was for sleeping out in the elements for so long, wanting his own bed, it took him a moment to register what his son said. “Sorry, what, how to hold a what?” he asked in shock.
“A shield, and how to use it like another weapon, it is so much fun. Want to see?” Nafi found the small shield Loki had crafted for him to start his training. The raven haired man stood in awe as he watched the small boy swing around the wooden weapon blocking attacks against imaginary foes and striking back offensively, his eyes wide.
“Outstanding.” He smiled as best he could. “You will be a magnificent warrior. Come now, let us go inside and prepare you for bed.”
Both walked from the barn to the house. Maebh was at the door waiting Nafi’s return to scold him for leaving without telling her when she saw Loki and gave a small smile. “Welcome home, sir, there is dinner on the fire if you are hungry.” He simply stared back at her with a studious look on his face. She quickly realised there was something amiss.
Nafi readied himself for bed and bade them both goodnight. Maebh stood staring at Loki wondering what had happened. He stared back wondering how to deal with the situation. When Nafi closed the bedroom door, Loki quickly made his way across the kitchen toward the thrall who backed away into the closest wall. When she collided with it, she watched in fear as Loki’s far taller figure descended on her. “You and I are going to talk, and you will tell me everything there is to know about you from the moment you first recall until the day we arrived on Midgard, do I make myself clear?” His voice was not as threatening or dark as he could have made it, but it did not need to be to get his point across. Maebh nodded, unable to respond verbally out of shock and fear.
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