#celestial god mumbo

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

heavenly hermits au update:

Grian is a Watcher who claimed the Hermitcraft server to keep other Watchers away from it, in order to protect Mumbo; he started lurking on it as the server cryptid in s6 and was officially welcomed in s7.

Mumbo was a normal human up until s7, when he started delving into dark magic. His s7 base held his heart and acted as a second life for him; in s8 he added the conjuring of end crystals to his repertoire and became a de facto Watcher after stealing Grian's soul.

Zedaph is the god of death, and facilitates the process of respawning in the server. He regularly forgets that he has a job to do because he's busy getting distracted by weird game mechanics, and other hermits have to message him to ask him to revive their friends.

Pearl thought she was a normal human until S9's crossover; after remembering the events of ESMP1, she also gains access to her divine power as Santa Perla.

Gem is her S9/ESMP2 character, a dimension-hopping celestial being with powerful nature magic who mostly uses her powers to LARP.

Doc gained the powers of a Developer after slaying one in PVP, and now holds dominion over code. He mostly uses this power to make his farms more efficient.

Tango is the Deepfrost Citadel, and has been growing in power since the first Decked Out in S7. He gets more powerful with every Hermit who plays his game.

BDubs is a living saint of the sun, and has some divine power as a result, which he has convinced himself makes him a god. The actual gods on the server, especially Gem (who gave him his sainthood), think this is very cute.

Joel is still his ESMP2 character, a god of lightning and thunder. He uses this power extensively and capriciously.

Scar and Cub are Vexes, and through their worship of Vex deities, have become functionally immortal via essentially having a permanent Totem of Undying effect.

Iskall was among the first Players ever to exist, and escaped the purge of the first group of players by fleeing to another universe. He has been dimension-hopping since the birth of the multiverse, picking up various magics and technologies along the way, until he was functionally indistinguishable from a god.

Xisuma is a completely normal guy. He didn't set out to cultivate a server of mostly gods. He doesn't know how this happened.

#hermitblr #hermitcraft #hermitcraft au #heavenly hermits au

[anonymousreader4d7]

Species headcanons for rmau?? I love hearing everyone’s different interpretations and headcanons!

Yee!!! I'm so excited people are interested!!!

I've had these percolating for a while now - like, 2 years, actually!!! I keep adding onto and adjusting specifics of the different species, or adding new ones, but I'll list the my shortlist of Hermits/Lifers and their species here, and then I'll start posting the details for species individually, before making a masterpost with links to all of them and this!!!

But yeah, here's my list, under the cut!!!

(Edit: I just realized I forgot to mention what the names in parentheses are - that's in reference to another aspect of the AU, called Code Bonding - which will get its own post after the species. The names are their Code Bonded partner! Also, if someone has a question mark next to their species, it means I haven't solidified my headcanon for them yet, and I'm welcome to suggestions! I'll edit this as I solidify or add ideas!)

Hermits:

Bdubs - Time Deity - (Etho)

Cub - Vex Hybrid - created via Vex Deal (ConVex)

Doc - Playerborn Creeper - Born Moderator

Etho - Unknown - Kitsune - (Budbs)

False - Avian - Eagle

Gem - Fae - Animal/Shapeshift Magics

Scar - Fae Hybrid - Shapeshifting Magics - activated via Vex Deal (ConVex)

Grian - Watcher - Created - (Mumbo)

Hypno - Human

Jev - Slime - Blue, humanoid

Impulse - Demon - Telluris - (Skizz)

Iskall - Code-weaver

Joe - Unknown - Just a Guy™ (or Herobrine?)

Keralis - Primordial

Mumbo - Shapeshifter - (Grian)

Pearl - Moon Deity (Ascended Alien)

Ren - Playerborn Dog

Skizz - Angel - Earth - Fallen - (Impulse)

Joel - Minor Chaos Deity - (Lizzie)

Stress - Fae - Plant Magics

Tango - Pb Blaze/Demon Hybrid - Ignis - (Jimmy)

Beef - Bull/Cow Hybrid

Wels - Human

xB - Guardian Hybrid/Voidwalker Descendant

Xisuma - Voidwalker - Admin

Zed - Playerborn Sheep

Cleo - Mobborn Zombie

TFC - Primordial (maybe Steve? Or Herobrine if Joe's not?)

Non-Hermit Life Members:

Scott - Starborn

BigB - Primordial

Martyn - Listener - Created - Taught Moderator

Lizzie - Fae - Animal/Shapeshift Magics - (Joel)

Jimmy - Listener - Created - (Tango)

Bonus:

Pixlriffs - Watcher - Created

Ollie - Avian - Songbird

Shubble - Witch - not the mob kind…

CaptainSparklez - Celestial

PeteZahHutt - Slime - Green, humanoid

Technoblade - Mobborn Piglin - Blood God - (Philza)

Philza - Admin - Void-glider - (Techno)

I have a few more (including ones for other DSMP members from back when I was really into it) but I'm just leaving this list to these, and my examples for species will be limited to these guys too.

If people have ideas/suggestions for the other Empires members I haven't listed here, feel free to let me know, because I haven't watched as much of those guys and I'd be happy to include them!!!

#RMAU-Verse #mine! #Asks #answered #anon #hermitcraft #life series #All the Hermits - I'm not tagging everyone sorry #The Lifers too #Some of the Empires crew #and a few others #RMAU-Verse Species Quicklist

[mochiwrites]

hello hello hello! I just finished binging amor lunae and amor solis and I thought I'd pop in to do a quick rant about it because I loved every bit of it so much!!

first of all, im a sucker for god aus. as a guy whose childhood was filled with nothing but Percy Jackson Percy Jackson Percy Jackson, god aus are an absolute weak spot for me. I love them so dearly, and yours was incredible.

beyond that though, I specifically LOVE the trope of the sun and the moon falling in love!! ive not actually seen anything where it actually happens (your fic was the first) but ive always been in love with the concept and your execution of it was absolutely stunning. proteus as the moon and solara as the sun worked so perfectly!

oh gosh I had so much more to say but ive lost my train of thought.

I rarely cry when I read or watch things. I don't know what it is, but I struggle with really feeling what the characters feel, and I could count the number of times a piece of media has made me cry on a hand and a half, but I was on the brink of tears practically the entire time I was reading. I don't know what it was particularly, but something about your writing style made it feel like I was transported to that world. I could feel the majesty of the heavens and the aching of both proteus and solara (and medea, im so sorry buddy) and the overwhelming love they had for one another. their willingness to give up everything just to be with one another was suffocating in the best way possible.

a lot of the time with those types of emotions, I find it unrealistic. I find it too overbearing for me to be able to actually immerse myself in them, but something about your writing made it so easy for me to understand. I felt everything they felt. I understood. of course solara would choose death over forgetting proteus. of course mumbo would give up his celestial status to be with grian. it was meant to be. they were meant to be. the stars and moon and sun all aligned in the precise way they did and the universe was created all for them to be able to love one another and it was perfect.

your playlist!! gods, your playlist was perfect. I love it when fic writers have their own playlists for their fits because it makes the experience so much better, and yours did not disappoint!! I put it on shuffle while I read. "From me, the moon" started playing when mumbo met grian for the first time in amor solis and the lyrics paired with the scene made me cry. nothing could've prepared me for how much aching I'd feel while reading it. 1,672 years and 20,064 months and 610,711 days of loss and longing and I felt it and it hurt but everything fell into place for that one moment and it was worth it.

oh gosh I could keep going forever but this got way too long. I just adore this fic with all my heart and my soul and my being. I feel like it's genuinely done something to me. it feels like something's shifted in the way I see the world, and maybe that's a dramatic thing to feel about a piece of writing about some block people falling in love, but I don't care. im in shambles. I dont know if I'll ever be whole again. im grian, having everything I could possibly want, but knowing something's inexplicably out of place. there's something wrong and no way to know what.

im not the biggest fan of scarian (im much more a grumbo guy), but I may just read your scarian stuff purely because it's your work.

thank you for writing. thank you for sharing. you have a gift, and it is beautiful. never stop creating.

hi I’m ??? sobbing at you ??? so loud ???? 🥹💕 this was such a lovely lil treat to wake up uwahhh.

ueueue thank you sm !!!! this was my first “big” au for this fandom, and seeing the reception of it is so,,, 🥺 it makes me incredibly happy <33

I love the trope of the sun and moon falling in love so much. I think it came from the whole “character who’s the embodiment of the sun is shipped with character who’s the embodiment of the moon” concept, and grumbo fits that Very well.

but I??? 🥹 that’s such a huge compliment I’m so. uwahhh 🥹💕 I’m really glad that my writing made you feel all that <33 it’s always my goal to pull people into the worlds that I create and bring some kind of immersive feeling through my words. so knowing I managed to make you feel all that and it felt realistic is really !!!!!!!

and the playlist !!!! augh !!!! that’s the very first thing that I made for this au. it existed before amor lunae did. fun fact, I put the songs in a vague chronological order, going from when proteus and solara met, to when solara dies. I’ve written most of that au with that playlist going, and omg I could Not imagine reading those fics with the playlist going… you’re the bravest omg.

I love making playlists for my fics though :D every major au that I have has a playlist for it hehe

but 🥹💕 this au definitely holds a very special place in my heart. it’s a work that’s really important and very personal to me. I’m really happy that you enjoyed it <333

though !!!! if you don’t mind a little plug and a recommendation of my other works… I currently have an on going mumscarian au called songbird’s blood. it’s on my ao3 as a series called “night life” if you enjoyed the grumbo in amor lunae and solis, I think you’ll like the grumbo in night life too :D it’s a biiiig fantasy au where mumbo is a vampire and grian is a human who just happens upon his manor. grian is the first human to break through mumbo’s walls and befriend him. they’re very soft <33

thank you for stopping by and leaving this in my inbox 🥹💕 it was really nice to read through and made me really happy. if you read anything else of mine, I hope you enjoy !!! and please feel free to drop by again <33

#mochi speaks #solar eclipse au

[ashwii]

i got this idea a bit ago and it's been in my mind ever since

i like to imagine that the celestial turtles fell to earth cuase of some mystic mumbo jumbo and had to learn to live like a mortal for maybe a month

and they met april and april helped them during that time, thinking they are just some lost yokais

then once they figured out how to get their old forms back, april becomes an astronaut. when she gets to space she is shocked and upset cuase they didn't tell her they were basically embodiments of celestial objects lol

just these god like beings finding themselves on the planet they like for a month and being very unknowledgeable about things.

LOL This would make for such a good mini comic or one-shot XD. I can just imagine dona being like "goddamn I rlly gotta WALK my way everywhere. I can't just teleport light-years anymore 🙄"

#ask

[mojo-chojo]

Just saw your art abt the celestial au fic and at first i didn't know it was a fic and thought it was a request and was like ". Omg if mumbo is the moon and grian is the sun, then maybe scars the stars! ."

hahahhah i mean that would probably look pretty cool but unfortunately he is not the god of starts but god of luck

#celestial au #anon ask answer

[fangirltothefullest]

“His name is Mumbo Jumbo...”

An excuse to draw Mumbo as a Moon God? Yes it is. 

If you like it, please reblog it! <3

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft s8 #moon big #mooners #mumbo jumbo #tashiarts #celestial god mumbo #watcher mumbo #??? #maybe???

[bananasofthorns]

In your MCYT God AU, what is each person the god of? You don't have to go into detail about them and stuff, just a simple thing of their name and what they govern is fine (like, outside of Empires is Fwhip just the God of Destruction or is he still also corruption and the plains?)

hi, anon! I have. domains for a lot of people, so this is gonna be a long one lmao (I will put everything under a cut for convenience)

I'll also say that domains sometimes differ between worlds: for example, Empires is its own pantheon but it's like. secondary, I guess? So people's domains change on Empires vs what it normally is. 3rd Life and Last Life are also different in that their powers were suppressed during the games; instead of domains, they have titles that mortals give them in legends.

now! onto what you actually asked about lol. I have domains for Hermitcraft, the Dream SMP, and Empires SMP, as well as a few for HBG but I don't actually watch them lol. also I don't have domains for everyone because this AU, despite having a lot of content, is still very much a work in progress (and/or I don't watch people enough to know them well). also also some of these are subject to change probably so I will try and update them if I remember

Here is an explanation of the pantheon names

Heremitartis Pantheon

(the Hermitcraft and adjacent people pantheon)

Xisuma: god of wisdom and change; admin god

EX: god of attachments and corruption

Etho: he's not really a god. shortest way to describe him is "embodiment of the Void Itself"

Beef: god of adventure, competition, and animals

Wels: god of honor

Hels: god of vengeance and error

Tango: god of innovation, challenges, and chance; patron god of beasts (such as ravagers, wardens, golems); used to be mortal, became a god

Doc: god of protection (or protecting), greatness, and impossibility

Scar: god of nature and deals

Grian: god of chaos, profit, and explosions

Bdubs: god of sleep, time, pathways, and color

Ren: god of fellowship and warmth

Cleo: god of reanimation and the undead

Joe: god of poetry and knowledge

Mumbo: god of contradictions and redstone

Gem: god of spirit and the wilderness

Impulse: god of cheer and dedication; used to be a demon, became a god

Zedaph: god of science and experiments

Pearl: god of celestial bodies, pranks, and strength

TFC: god of mining

Cub: god of games and biomes

False: god of battle and camaraderie

Keralis: god of wealth and gambling

xB: god of the ocean and archery

Hypno: god of misdirection

Fictornium Pantheon

(the Dream SMP and adjacent people pantheon)

Dream: god of manipulation, luck, and agility

Sapnap: god of fire, battle, and camaraderie

Geroge: god of sleep, intelligence, and apathy

Phil: god of life, death, creation, and destruction (god of cycles)

Kristin: god of the underworld and the afterlife

Techno: god of blood, violence, and retribution; used to be a mortal, became a god

Ranboo: god of amusement, morality, exploration, and solitude; lesser-known patron god of explorers, wanderers, worldhoppers, and nomads

Tubbo: god of experiments and confusion

Tommy: god of determination and hope

Wilbur: god of music, chaos, and fate

Foolish: god of rebirth and architecture (building and rebuilding)

Niki: god of empathy and respect

Karl: god of time and memories

Hannah: god of nature and mercy

Schlatt: god of contracts, corruption, and indulgence

Sam: god of redstone and duty

Fundy: god of abandonment, invention, and puzzles

Eret: god of ambition and reparation

Quackity: god of metamorphosis and imitation

Skeppy: god of trickery and gemstones

Puffy: god of bravery and sailing; patron god of sailors

Purpled: god of loneliness and competition

Jack: god of spite

Ponk: god of spirit and honesty

Bad: angel-demon hybrid; isn’t a god, but he’s about on the same level power-wise

Punz: demigod (mercenary, blessed by the Universe, liked by a lot of gods)

Callahan: god of power and silence

Charlie: immortal trickster spirit

Aevitare Pantheon

(the pantheon made of people from servers such as X-life and Afterlife)

Lizzie: god of trickery and intelligence

Joel: god of death, chaos, grandiosity, and solitude

Jimmy: god of naivete and goodness

Scott: god of community and connections; his main pantheon is MCC

fWhip: god of mountains and civilization

Oli: god of pranks and pandas

Sausage: god of storytelling and exuberance

Emperia Pantheon

(this is self-explanatory. the Empires SMP pantheon)

Lizzie: god of power and the ocean; patron god of sailors and sea dwellers

Joel: god of death, chaos, solitude, and the mesa

Jimmy: god of naivete, cod, and the swamp

Scott: god of mountains, isolation, and winter

Pixl: god of life, prosperity, and the desert (outside of empires: god of survival); prophet

fWhip: god of destruction, corruption, and the plains; admin god

Pearl: god of growth, strength, and forests; patron god of farmers

Gem: god of crystals, magic, and cliffs; patron god of wizards and scholars

Joey: god of rebirth, revival, and the jungle; patron god of the lost

Katherine: god of ambiguity and flowers/nature

Shrub: god of mushrooms, perseverance, and forest hills

Sausage: god of blood, ambition, and dark oak forests

Aidomhors Pantheon

(HBG/House Builder Gang; I do not know much about them please be nice)

Illumina: god of skill, movement, and innate talent

Fruit: god of luck, movement, and innate talent

Couri: god of persistence

Punz: demigod (worldhops in his free time)

TapL: god of challenges and possibility

Feinberg: god of tournaments

#empires smp #hermitcraft #dream smp #mcyt #god au: in the form of stars #banana made a post #banana answers things #this is so long but. yeah i have so much brainrot for this au #my doc for it is 10k words and counting #also if u have domain suggestions for anyone feel free to send an ask! #if i remember to i will update this post when i change/add domains

[scarred-but-still-smiling]

The End And Beyond

In which the writer tries something new, and Bdubs probably wishes he didn't.

As the atmosphere tears, Bdubs can feel all the air rush away. He feels his lungs almost collapse in on themselves as the vacuum of space sucks all the breath out of him.

As the moon's gravity becomes a closer and closer force, he can feel chunks of the ground whizz past him, clipping his butt, his elbows, the edges of his mossy hoodie.

As the moon impacts the server, Bdubs feels himself be overcome with a wave of fire. The flames erupting from the velocity of the massive celestial body rubbing against the molecules of the air had caught the foliage around him ablaze, and in the neverending seconds before the weight of the moon crushed his body like that of a bug, Bdubs could feel his skin begin to bubble and blacken and turn into dust.

And then there was nothing.

But also, there were many things.

It was like he could feel more than a dozen realities around him at once; voices and emotion and fire.

It took a few moments, while his senses were overwhelmed, for him to realise what this was, and he tried to focus on a singular source at a time.

This one was easy, the sound of rockets. He concentrated harder, and gained vision.

He could see the familiar blue shirt and green tinged hair of Joe, like he was flying just above and behind him. Behind them, a rapidly approaching wave of flame chased barely slower than they were.

"Joe you idiot what are you doing you're gonna die!" He tried to scream, to scream without lungs or lips or tongue or throat.

To his shock, Bdubs heard Joe chuckle in response. "don't be ridiculous, I'm too busy for that." His voice was so calm, like Bdubs had just told him he was gonna be late for a doctor's appointment or something.

He watched in amazement as Joe pulled a God Apple out of his pocket and stuck it in his mouth, devouring it in only a few bites, and then pulling out two stacks of very different rockets.

Joe spammed the rockets, and shot off at near supernatural speeds, so fast that even in this form Bdubs couldn't keep up, and soon after that the rapidly shrinking dot that was Joe became shrouded in a sonic boom and vanished.

Bdubs returned to the void of noise the source of noise from Joe had grown too faint for him to track, but he had the feeling that that damn fae bastard of a poet would be okay... somehow.

He could sense the same voices from multiple sources, so he decided to focus on that, and within moments the void around him was alight with stars.

He was floating in the middle of a circle of people, those rascals from Boatem, as they slowly drifted downwards. He remembered that they'd been talking about escaping into the Boatem Hole, so he guessed that's what was going on.

They were arguing, something about Scar dropping them in the void, something about a rocket. He wasn't really sure, he'd just dropped in on the middle of the conversation.

But within a few seconds of him arriving, he noticed two of the voices had fallen silent, and he felt like he was being... watched.

Looking around, he saw that Grian and Pearl were both staring at him.

The conversation fell silent.

"Uhhh, Grian? Pearl? You two okay?" Mumbo asked, sounding concerned.

Not taking her eyes off him, Pearl carefully asked, "you mean, you can't see him?"

"See who?" Impulse asked.

"Bdubs.." Grian replied, "that's who you're talking about right?"

Pearl nodded. "Pretty sure we both know what means, don't we?"

Grian returned the nod, "Yeah, that he didn't make it." He shifted his gaze from Pearl back to Bdubs, "you go check on the others okay? We're not exactly going anywhere, and we've got each other for company."

Bdubs nodded, "sure thing. Pretty sure Joe's okay by the way, saw him do a fucking sonic boom and vanish so he's probably in s9 already. You're the second guys I've checked on though, so I've not got any other news. You want me to come back when I've made sure everyone else is okay?"

"Please, I'm sure the others would appreciate it too." Bdubs could hear tears in Pearl's voice.

He nodded, "will do. By the way, tell the others I'm haunting them for the boat prank."

With a wink to Pearl, Bdubs unfocused his mind and returned to the void.

Next, he tried to focus on Tango. He couldn't hear him, but had spent enough time with him this season to know how to seek out his energy.

The void filled with stars again, but more natural this time. Looking behind him, he could see Tango in a spacesuit, scorched and smouldering, tumbling through space.

He willed himself in front of his friend, and was horrified to see the crack in the helmet, and Tango's unfocused eyes and weakly flickering hair.

Frantic, Bdubs tried to pull bits of his mossy hoodie to plug the gaps, but of course he was immaterial.

He stayed there, floating with Tango through the abyss, as he watched the fires of his hair slowly go out. Stayed there a few moments longer, just staring into those unseeing eyes that had, just a few days ago, been so alight with joy.

Eventually, he returned to the void. It took him a little while to gather his faculties enough to focus on anything, even the Boatem crew.

He took a deep breath. Not because he needed to breathe, but just out of habit as a method of self soothing.

He had to check on the others.

#hermitcraft #bdubs #bdoubleo100 #hermitcraft s8 #hermit death tw #scarred stories

[justletmeplayminecraft]

Are you a dnd player? Bc if not I would like to tell you about Aasimar; celestial creatures, basically angels. They don't necessarily always have wings, but they have god blood. They're really cool

Oooo I assume this refers to my mention of winged Mumbo here? I have researched a bit of D&D, never been lucky enough to play a campaign, though.

But I feel like Aasimar fits Mumbo really well, actually? He has a natural charisma to him, even if it's not in a conventional way. And you can see how easily it could build into a backstory of feeling pressured by his role. His birth was considered a blessing, he was a redstone protégé. But he's always just been him. He doesn't really see anything special there. Touched by the heavens doesn't mean all that much to him, really.

It's especially angsty if you consider that his mentor/angelic being turned their back on him. Although an interesting take for non-human, godlike Xisuma is that he's Mumbo's mentor.

He likes doing good things. But he's not built for world-changing, incredible things. Just making his friends smile or laugh is good enough for him.

#hc #mumbo #ask #anonymous #i feel like there's a lot of discrepancies in different sources #and i don't have the original book so i kinda went pick and choose with what i like most #even if he isn't winged #having feathers on his shoulder blades is still cool af

[hermitcraft-dnd]

Grian, Level 1

Name: Grian

Class: Rogue

Race: Aasimar

Subrace: Protector 

Race Features: 

Darkvision

Resistant to radiant and necrotic damage

Once per long rest, aasimar can heal any creature they touch and cause it to regain the number of hit points equal to their level.

Knows the cantrip light

Appearance: At first glance, Grian looks like any other full-blooded human. A few features, however, stand out. His hair is a far richer shade of gold than any human’s, with a strange feathery texture, and in a dark room his eyes almost seem to glow.

Background: Born and raised in a small town called Eve, Grian was expected to honor his celestial heritage by becoming a paladin or a cleric. He instead chose to honor the gods in a different way, emulating the Architechs and becoming a master artisan. This, combined with his unusual race, brought him to the attention of the local nobles, leading to him befriending their youngest son, Mumbo. Grian and Mumbo begin their adventure by traveling to the city of Bludstone to participate in the Architech Creator’s Competition in hopes of showing off their skills and familiarizing themselves with other builders and inventors. 

AC: 14

Max HP: 8

Ability Scores:

Strength: 11

Dex: 17

Con: 11

Int: 16

Wis: 14

Cha: 16

Skills:

Acrobatics

Investigation

Insight

Persuasion

Equipment:

Leather Armor

Shortsword

Light Crossbow

Dagger

Languages:

Common

Celestial

Elvish

Feats:

None

#Grian #Dungeons Dragons and Demise #character sheet

[mihanada]

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Liveblog (back to masterpost)

Here we go...

Chapter 17: Refinement (Part 7)

I remember wondering if this flashback was ever going to end. It’s so long. Now that I know what happens when it’s over, I can enjoy all the fun times when everyone was young and happy and the only things they had to worry about were Lan Qiren’s punishments and what trouble Wei Wuxian was going to get into next.

lol the guy who lost his sword to the literal abyss...poor kid.

I always forget that these are magical swords.

Ahh. My favorite type of supernatural happenings: horror in the lake shenanigans (not really. I actually dislike them when they appear in TV shows, but since this is a novel and Wei Wuxian is here, everything is good :3)

Speaking of which, he might be a bit of a troll (a very, very big one actually), but Wei Wuxian is actually very trustworthy, especially in dire situations that require quick thinking. He’s the first to notice Su She and go to try pulling him out (I’m always amazed this guy has a name at all).

lol...how petty are you, lan zhan. Doesn’t even want to look at Wei Wuxian even though he’s helping to pull him up.

this whole next part...don’t think of it as innuendo, don’t think of it as innuendo...

studying shakespeare has ruined me. sword innuendo everywhere.

anyway.

this is amusing. Wei Wuxian always does this, doesn’t he? Complain about the people who are helping him to their face. xD

He then proceeds to act hurt or offended, like they did him wrong (this is why the whole world wanted to beat you up and kill you!!)

So, the whole waterborne abyss thing was interesting! I have a fondness for Japanese media about youkai and supernatural creatures/phenomenon. I don’t know about other xianxia novels, but they’re presented very well here. As usual, it gives enough to intrigue you, but not so much that it becomes a drag to read and ten levels of technical mumbo-jumbo while we’re at it.

I also like how you can solve the waterborne abyss problem in two different ways: “kill” it by a complicated process of draining all the water and drying out the land, OR the easy option which is to just make it someone else’s problem. idk it just seems. realistic. we’re talking about a monstrous body of water, yes, but still: realistic.

also lol: no one even mentions the damn Qishan Wen Sect by name, Lan Xichen just points at the sky. god. is it possible for them to have a bigger ego?? Like, on a whole, who is more extra than the guys who have this as their life philosophy: “compete with the sun for radiance, match the sun in longevity”

Also, why is the sun always an issue that needs to be shot down in Chinese mythology/folklore?

AH. That’s why I found two different names on baidu when I went searching for the Nightless City to add to the wikia. So it’s Nightless Sky, or Nightless Celestial City.

soooo...what....ever happened with the waterborne abyss? I guess they eventually found a way to work it out.

in a way, not seeing it through to its conclusion is a smart narrative choice. This is Wei Wuxian’s flashback, and he leaves not long after this, so he’ll never get to know what the conclusion was. Smart. But I’m also curious how they ended up solving it.

lol Wei Wuxian plotting a way to get free loquats. though plotting might not be the right word, he just tends to do these things on a whim. (haha, him asking the women if Lan Wangji is handsome)

“[...]Jiang Cheng [...]he caught the loquat with one hand, a slight smile appearing on his face, but immediately snorted”

So you CAN smile.

Wei wuxian: How do you swear in the Gusu dialect?

haha. never change, Wei Wuxian, never change. But it’s even funnier that he thought about this because he was imagining Lan Wangji speaking the “soft” dialect when he was younger xD

“...and charged over to beat up Jiang Cheng.”

This is so random?? He just. Takes a drink, picks up the paddle, and goes to fool around with Jiang Cheng. xD It is such an offhand comment.

“If you want to eat loquats, should we buy one basket?”

Oh, Lan Xichen...his ability to read his brother is really amazing. And can be appreciated to the fullest extent on subsequent read-throughs. Though, perhaps it wasn’t the loquat itself he wanted to eat, but the one Wei Wuxian got for him...hehehe

He’s just in denial.

Actually. This is funny. When Lan Wangji didn’t want to listen to Wei Wuxian’s drivel and teasing anymore, he hopped on another boat. And he denied Xichen’s suggestion, he hopped on another boat again. Someone likes to run away from his problems, huh.

(quotes from ExR’s translations)

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