#me vs blade

[stylinson-spagghetti]

i remember when I was like... 7???? and everyone was telling me that blades are sharp. my chaotic ass went "try me" and sliced my finger🤘

#shitpost #kids are stupid #i'm stupid #chaotic thoughts #me vs blade #I wasn't even masochistic #i was just curious #and had nothing better to do

[artheresy]

I can’t stay quiet about this, I need to scream it to SOMEBODY ANYBODYYY

Dan Heng and Blade were Dan Feng and Yingxing. “Dh and Bld are Df and Yx!” Nope, their current selves aren’t them, that lacks nuance. “Dh and Bld aren’t Df and Yx!” THAT ALSO LACKS NUANCEE they are still connected and fundamentally shaped by their past identities, they aren’t entirely separate from them while also still being separate in a way. The best way I can describe it is like a venn diagram, there is overlap, but there also are still areas where they don’t.

To expand more, I wanna talk about the way they foil each other a bit in this sense. For Dan Heng, even if he is a botched rebirth, simply a “de-aged Dan Feng” not fully reborn, he is still not Dan Feng. While Dan Feng has made up the basis of his personality and he accepts him as his past, I think we forget that Dan Heng had his own entire childhood after the molting rebirth was completed. One he spent imprisoned by the Ten Lords Commission, and then he was exiled when he was old enough leading to his whole journey until he became apart of the Astral Express crew etc etc. Dan Heng is made up of a basis of Dan Feng + All of his own memories and experiences. While he shares traits with Dan Feng such as personality aspects like his stubbornness, his technique with a spear, and being able to connect with his old items, he also is very much himself with his own outlook and traits shaped by what he’s learned rather than what he has been born with. To treat him as if he is Dan Feng exactly is a disservice to both of their characters and the greater narrative that they apart of. He may still carry the burdens and karma of Dan Feng, but Dan Heng is still making his own future.

Now, Blade. Blade similarly is not Yingxing, not completely. Though he accepts Yingxing’s sin as his own and is intent of repaying the sin of Dan Feng and Yingxing (and getting Dan Heng to repay it too), there still are distinctions between him and Yingxing. In fact, I’d argue there are more things separating them. I could talk for so long again about the layered use of craftsmanship to connect, or rather disconnect, the two identities of Blade and Yingxing, but there’s more than that. “Now, ██ had died. His first — and only — death.” “From this moment on, that body will be the one and only "Blade."” Although Blade was Yingxing, a disconnect exists between them through the death of Yingxing. He awoke with no memories of his past, no even his name, until Jingliu came along, instilled in him her ideologies, made him remember, not only his past sins but the feeling of death so that he might inflict it onto others. As she said, he was reborn and had even given himself a name…

I want to add that the specific ways in which their current identities exist in proximity to their past ones foil each other. As I said, Dan Heng, in part as his sabotaged rebirth, is built upon the foundation of Dan Feng and all of his own experiences and memories. He has the capacity to gain back more memories of Dan Feng as his DH IL character stories outline, and though he is still himself and still moves forward, we see him accept his relation to Dan Feng eventually. Though that past life of his is clouded by fog and mist, he may eventually be able to push away the clouds that block him and understand more, about Dan Feng and in turn about himself. With Blade, it is so heavily emphasized in game from his relic lore to the very sword he uses that his mind is essentially broken, due both in part to the trauma of Jingliu’s “teachings” and the mara that was brought on by those lessons. He can’t fully remember everything about Yingxing, in fact actively remembering such or seeing familiar things is harmful to him. Like his shard sword, he is made of broken pieces, put together in a way that can never erase the cracks, and continuously shattering before being glued together again. His life is shaped by Yingxing’s past, the trauma he has endured is directly caused by his past actions. Unlike Dan Heng, he hasn’t had this whole life to build up and live. Though he’s experienced new things, they don’t shape him and change him in the way that Dan Heng’s built his identity up.

Where Dan Heng basically has supplements to Dan Feng’s identity that make him who he is, Blade is the broken shards and pieces of Yingxing that weren’t lost to the waves, making him who he is. Dan Heng is a next chance, finally free from the Preceptors’ control and of the role that stripped his past selves of their individuality, meanwhile Blade is the husk left behind of Yingxing’s regrets, broken by trauma caused due to Yingxing’s past actions, forever tormented by his past until he inevitably is able to die. If Dan Heng is more than just Dan Feng which is why he is separate but intertwined with him, than Blade is less than Yingxing, in a way that has caused such a severe disconnect that has caused Blade to have his own identity still shaped. And looking at this, not to again bring up my craftsmanship post about Blade, Dan Heng can connect to Dan Feng. He can clear the fog, remembering his memories through dreams even if he can’t fully connect emotionally to him, and he finds sentiment in many of items that once were his, smth not many Vidyadhara actually are capable of doing. To contrast, Blade is forever separated from connecting completely to Yingxing’s identity. His memories will always be fragmented, his own path entirely changed. He can’t connect to Yingxing’s past goals and passions, seen through the distinct decision made in his character stories to talk about how he can no longer use his hands to forge weapons (something that completely defined Yingxing’s life and legacy, tied to his childhood trauma and hatred of the Abundance, something that became his genuine passion), and how none of that mattered to Blade.

All of this, the ways they foil each other and the separation between their past selves and current, just makes me love their dynamic and their lore a lot. Makes me want to cry most days of my life if I’m honest. And it’s part of why I do take issue with the way nuance has completely left this argument, only having two extremes of “Dan Heng is Dan Feng!” Or “Dan Heng isn’t Dan Heng!” Again… Dan Heng WAS Dan Feng, he wouldn’t be Dan Heng without Dan Feng, but he is still himself. That’s part of the tragedy between them. They are still fundamentally defined and shaped by their past selves, similarities able to be spotted if they can be remembered, but they’ve also experienced so much that has changed them, and they can never truly go back to being Dan Feng and Yingxing. It would never be fully the same again.

#okay rant over #ahahahha #i hate seeing arguments about them #especially on tiktok this is unfortunately where i see the most nuance lost #i just needsd to rant #especially once my brain finally clicked how they foil each other in yet another element #that being ofc the supplement vs fragment style with their past selves #they make me insane #i hate them sm #(i love them way too much #they make me SICK #even if hyv has fucked up a bit in the actual quest writing at times #the sheer level of detail and care put into dan heng and blade’s lore is RAAAHH #i am having allergies #my leg pain is still awful today #and think about these two is only making my health worse HELP #hsr #honkai star rail #hsr blade #yingxing #dan heng #dan feng #renheng #hengren #xingyue #fengxing #I wrote this last night at 1 am but held off posting it until now o7

[dimitrscu]

so apparently radahn has to be dead before you can access the dlc. wow i wonder why that is /s

#could this be vindication after all these years #you mean to tell me malenia didn’t go to caelid to fight big chungus cause she’s a petty bitch? you mean there was an actual reason #have the redditors been wrong this whole time #you mean both r and m are much deeper complex characters than what the majority of the fan base makes them out to be ?? #you mean they haven’t been these shallow one dimensional characters this whole time #alpha giga male vs virgin bitch female isn’t canon??? #i should stop i’m probably jumping the gun here #we still don’t know exactly what will happen #but i just think it’s funny that the stars have to be moving again in order to access the dlc #almost as if that was malenia’s goal all a long #miss blade of miquella the woman that you are #elden ring

[fisheito]

re: pokemans

o wait holdd on dfrifrij

WISHIWASHI YAKUMO 🤣😭😭

nah but for real may i offer u some creatures that are just. assigned. i do not imagine them as anything else anymore

(girafarig yakumo, rockruff garu, hisuian zoroark kuya)

#i didn't want to take the easy way out and give yakumo a snake based pokemon.... but i mean... if the vibe fit i wouldn't complain #unfortunately. the vibe did NOT fit. #seviper? no. arbok? nope. serperior?? do i see ANY part of yakumo that acts as smug as snivy looks? Naaaaaahhhhhhhh #WELL!!! UNTIL THERE IS A MORE FITTING SNAKE POKEMON. girafarig. #cue me scrolling down the entire pokedex staring at the tiny sprites trying to get a read on who would fit which clan member #i ended up collecting a lot of POSSIBILITIES but after a while i wasn't sure if they were more suited to BEING the character... #vs being OWNED by the character #for example. with blade. i just started putting all the little weirdos under his jurisdiction. WAILORD. LUVDISC. ALOLA EXEGGUTOR. CHARJABUG #ok maybe blade wouldn't be inkay but tell me he wouldn't absolutely love it and call it cute #i even found new pokemon . unknown to me. . but they seemed cool? so why not put em on the list #i gotta say i'm a lil upsetti that i couldn't find an appropriate vessel for aster. the closest i could get was meowth/persian #and that just feels. cheap. pardon the wording #drawing these guys catapulted me back in time to when i was 4 years old #p sure pokemon was one of the first things that got me to draw? #wow and here we r today #may just. draw more pokemans later. kimda wanna see altaria rei #pokemon crossover #yakumo #garu #kuya

[flowery-king]

Oops forgot i had these

#headcanon to why Raiden often ends up being little spoon fhfh #also yes Sam has a dragon tattoo sleeve i will fight for it #he just screams dragon boy #like did you see the fire blade #he's a fire starter trust me #Mistral is the only cyborg that's allowed to wake them up because her methods are the nicest... somehow #Mistral is the Rouge to Raiden's Shadow - they are gay #sam = sonic he idolizes him #sam adhd vs raiden autism #fgarart #metal gear rising #samuraiden #samrai #mgr raiden #jetstream sam #i get to tag #mgr mistral #because technically she is in the picture 😌 #can't believe i forgot about this whole ass coloured sketch bruh #mgr au

[fivewholeminutes]

A Series of Small Offerings

PART ONE -2- Fields of Elation

And nobody else can pull me out / And the fields of elation, quiet and loamy

So when with Thread the Needle my thought process was something along the lines of "you know, put the invisible space between Vessel and his mask, make it dark, gloomy-" etc., etc., this time my brain went "bog". Just "bog". There was no discussion. I think the word "loamy" inspired this. So bog it is. Do you guys know that one sheep in a bog photo? That was my inspiration.

Vessel's corpse close-up:

#so. nobody else has pulled him out huh. #(i'm sorry) #as always half assed editing bear with me please i am a boomer with technology #a series of small offerings #if i have to draw even one blade of grass again i will go mad <3 #sleep token #sleep token fanart #alex vs the mortifying ordeal of having her art perceived #i really have to change this tag it's too long

[octoooo]

Woke up to the thought of “sea slug texture” and I dunno what that means.

Anyway, a couple sea bun sabito doodles <3

He’s complaining to Giyuu about being a bunny (yet again)

He’s so AUUGH I love him <3

#almost autocorrected to ‘he’s so autistic’ #Sabigiyuu makes me think of ‘adhd vs autism’ #anyway #kny #demon slayer #tomioka giyuu #octo’s art #sabito #sabigiyuu #SS Anne (Sea Slug au) #lil doodles of the squiggly guy #im not immune to trans sabito propaganda #don’t ask how sea slugs get top surgery just know it happened #actually what kinda blades would they use…swordfish… #sw..swrd fsh…swordfishies grab their tail & use their pokey nose to slice n dice #hold on am I onto something?

[seasononesam]

Supernatural Make Me Choose: anonymous asked Ruby’s Knife or The First Blade?

Where'd you get it? Skymall.

#supernatural #spn #spnedit #supernaturaledit #ruby spn #Sam Winchester #cas #castiel #ruby #mmc #* #me vs forgetting what the first blade even is...

[winepresswrath]

Camilla is a baby with a baby but she's so thoughtful & resigned and committed to a articulating a coherent moral framework she can stand behind. But really the sixth in general being ethics nerds who talk everything to death because they really care about getting it right is a nice touch & a fun contrast to the eighth and the ninth.

#you've seen me lose my shit for duty vs love now watch as I vibrate for duty as an aspect of love #Camilla Hect could not fix jiang cheng but she could make him hyperventilate #devotion's casualty herself! #idk something about how palamedes is very willing to outsource moral reasoning to Camilla #if she murdered someone she has a good reason! #and to the best of my memory she does not return that favour #so much of her subplot is literally about destroying/remaking herself for love #She gives so much to Palamedes but her point of view and moral reasoning are her own until she stops existing #palamedes is an unnatural philosopher she studied the blade and also ethics

[honeybreadbee]

Lmao I adore the beef between the head vamp and Frost

#someone said ancient head vamp vs young modern vamp bitter exes and theyre so right #also Head head vamp telling smaller head vamp to call Frost into the meeting hall and small head vamp turning to an attendant to do it #cringe eww turn to dust #lol don't take me too seriously #blade 1998

[thunderboltfire]

I've seen "draw Your character as a villain" used on various sites as a fun character design excercise, but when I've deeply considered the turn of events needed for Igna to become a villain it turned out that a) I've avoided it narrowly b) I've ended up with an AU that's very interesting, but also it's so dark I'd feel miserable if I had to actually write it in heavy detail.

For it to happen, the only prerequisite would be that Argo would fail to get her out of inprisonment, which could easily happen for example if he'd keep his original promise to her and would keep his mouth shut about the fact she's a spellbreaker. As much as Igna is only a pawn and at times treated like a highly valued but ultimately expendable soldier, it would result in a catastrophic cascade of events.

No help gained in a trial to break her out -> no expedition intending to do it, and in a result the Covenant wouldn't form a spellbreaking unit either. Theria wouldn't get an ultimatum preventing her from being executed. The main problem with Igna remaining at Yrreth's mercy is that Yrreth's perfectly aware of the nature of her talents and a part of his original plan for her was to use her for his cause. Igna isn't very susceptible to blackmail, but considering Yrreth's dabbled in the manipulation of living beings' live magic, with unlimited time on his hands he would find a way to break her, either with torture or with specialised spells meddling with the target's perception and free will (possibly both used in concert). Maintaining a permanent mind control spell would cost him a lot, but he'd probably deem it worth the price anyway.

A few months pass, and the Covenant's troops become a subject of immensely precise, harrying attacks targeting especially magic defenses and battle mages' units. They are always accompanied by the reports of a warrior clad in a black, rune-inscribed armor that seems to be completely impervious to magical attacks.

As rumours spread, something piques Argo's suspicion. Perhaps it's the fact that Aquila (who's still alive, proving that her rider still lives) immediately perks up mere minutes before the attack, or the fact that the description of the abilites match perfectly, he manages to cross Igna's path on the battlefield. Surviving the encounter by the hair's breadth, he realises she acts against her will. Feeling guilty for being unable to help her while he should've and still having an unpaid life debt to her, he decides to try and pull her back from under Yrreth's influence. The process would be long, arduous and deadly while Igna would remain on Yrreth's leash, and if he'd manage to get any help in it, the Covenant would sooner see her dead than captured.

But even assuming he'd be successful, that each curse binding Igna to Yrreth would be broken, she'd still be considered a traitor - even if she acted under a magical influence, at this point she's killed dozens, and has done enough damage that even if she isn't executed on the spot, the Wanderers won't ever take her back in due to her reputation. Hunted by Yrreth from one side, rejected by the other, her honor stained and her future ruined, she has nothing to come back to and no aspirations left. Except maybe a burning, animalistic need for retribution for how much has been taken from her.

#Isaldi #villain AU #doodles #non-canon #It's very much a “time traveller moves a chair” type of situation #though here we're talking about strategic oathbreaking - if Argo was much more preoccupied with his trustworthiness #vs deciding he'll sort it out later we'd end up with this #an interesting exploration though Igna is enough of a punching bag as it is #and the idea of her crossing blades with Argo sort-of makes me sick to my stomach #as much of a good fencer he is he would be at a significant disadvantage - worse armor and much less leverage provided by a weapon #If she wouldn't come to her senses it'd put him through the hoops just not to get killed #essentially this AU would result in a flipped script where Igna does the same function on the other side of the barricade #bc of this doodle I've needed to think about Yrreth's house emblem #winged 8-figure ouroboros it is #in a detailed version it's a snake eating its own shedding skin - #mountain elves' coats of arms often come not from actual heraldry but from ancestors' professions #they've had way more dynamic politics than lowland elves #digital sketch #thunderboltfire's art

[plusultraetc]

the fic this is from feels too short and aimless to post, but I still really like this part so !!

#liza writes #todoroki shouto #aizawa shouta #listen. it's about the training w endeavor vs training at ua #say what you will about ua those two experiences really could not be more different #and this entire fic was just me ruminating on how positive of an experience the training camp could have been for someone like todoroki #if it wasn't for the. well. #working title was vanguard action squad taste my blade #aizawa is a good teacher in this essay i will etc etc #mha fic #bnha fic #writing? in my writing tag? it's more likely than you think

[brynnamonroll]

Elinini from my sketchbook! Re-edited the photo for more accurate colors. The more I look at it, the more I appreciate the colored pencil I used in the shadows…

#fire emblem #watercolor #sketch #elibe #fire emblem elibe #fe7 #blazing sword #blazing blade #eliwood #ninian #elinini #this is a new lighting scheme for me! #warm browns vs yellow pink and purple #not totally sure how i feel about it yet #i could’ve added some bold red but i played it safe here #also this is based on a sculpture that crossed my tl a while ago #called paolo e virginia by puttinati #and the pose kinda altered my brain chemistry and here we are #my art #bryn's art

[timothylawrence]

love thinking abt wyll trying to do anything stealthy with Rana. sorry i know she's slips into the shadows and hes like wait for me! please!!!

#ewbie.txt #ranas stealthy sneaking attacks vs wylls loud announcing himself FIGHT !!! #rana: darkness....shadows... those are my home.... #wyll: ^~^ ! hi everyone im the grand blade of frontiers here to help you all ^~^!!! #srry im trying to keep my brainrot contained to dms but im so obsessed with them rn its making me nuts #sunblade

[death-rebirth-senshi]

oh look an endgame picture of my elden ring paladin and he's wearing clothes

Kind of want to new game+ him kind of want to start all over and relive the journey, kind of want to leave him here at the end game and not revisit until the dlc comes out. Decisions decisions.

#me vs elden ring #virgin blasphemous blade chad cranial vessel candlestand #(Jokes! I used blasphemous blade most of the endgame) #it's such an odd weapon. #paladin briefly ponders if it's fucked up to use this on a mission to reignite the Giant's Flame and burn the Erdtree #considering it's the severed head of a fire prelate and all #severed his own head to inspire the exact opposite behavior of what you're about to do. #but whatever why not Marika even wants this maybe who fucking knows anymore #prays to it for forgiveness before bashing enemies with it #the use of fire from the monks is actually kind of funny to me #you'd think they wouldn't use fire #contradictions is all part of elden ring though isn't it #how *do* you watch over something for so long without falling in love with it a little.

[sophiethewitch1]

well, as always, that was a shit show. I'm going to go pirate spiderverse now if you'll excuse me :)

#sophie speaks #if anybody points out the fact that the link/url for chapter 3 says its for chapter 2 I'm going to impale myself upon the blade #me vs copy pasting shit