im reading up on some weapon ascension materials as one does
and this one from liyue stood out to me
ya boi goes on another unplanned tangent
sweet we talking about adeptal arts
sweet we going deeper into the adeptal arts. can’t say i ever knew the names of these things. taking notes brb
humans said: gotta go my own way. math checks out
hm okay metaphors for—
wait
“a certain someone”
my immediate assumption is zhongli, right? u know mr rex lapis himself with an infallible memory. the man the myth the legend, mr morax sir
so ur telling me
mr man saw the creation of the world
i know he’s old but like Goddamn putting it into context like that Hell
i’m taking this to mean the creation of teyvat as we know it. the human realm. not the light realm aka the elemental realm aka the vishap realm
there’s a story somewhere in one of the books about the solar chariot that fell from the sky and created the chasm. i saw a theory one time about zhongli being a piece of that chariot. but the story itself phrases it as something like “when rex lapis was still young, the solar chariot fell” so i kinda shrugged that one off But technically he would still be young if he was apart of the chariot lmao
pretty sure the legend goes that the chariot was so saddened by the archon war that it plummeted so zhongli could have already been warring and shit. but we also know that the archon war was not a short period by any means. he happened to be a victor but that does not mean he had to have been there from the start
just dunno how that lines up with the creation of the chasm and the move of its people to chenyu vale and all that jazz
timelines are hard man
there’s also the theory that rex lapis is the sun god, which i personally buy into honestly lol
istg there was some book somewhere that alluded to zhongli having spent time in celestia prior to descending to teyvat. i could totally be making that shit up tho lol
anyway we know that fucker knows some shit. and he’s bound by a contract so he cannot divulge any information. whether it’s the contract w the tsaritsa or celestia itself idk i can’t remember if that was said somewhere
but it just puts things into perspective if he witnessed the creation of the human realm. all that shit about the descenders and the phanes and the shades and the divine nails and the moon sisters
man knows it all. probably. and can recall it like it just happened a minute ago. 6000+ years later
the idea that he’s the second descender is also one that has me intrigued. whether it’s true or not, the possibility is fun to play around with
writing this fic in zhongli’s pov is a challenge for sure lol my brain is wired to latch onto any information regarding him and how it could fit into the narrative. we know so much about him but also so little and the possibilities for him are endless
it’s a challenge but goddamn is it fun
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics (or five you think are underrated if you've already gotten this ask) that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💜
thank you for this!! and also a big thanks to @runzu for also sending me this <3 <3
emotional motion sickness (sambucky) - this fic is my baby. i had the best time writing it, and the response still blows me away. it was a labour of love and truly a love letter to sam.
still standing in the same place (sambucky) - i was SO nervous to post this fic. it's very much outside of the box i usually rest in, and it had been years since i wrote an outsider pov, much less from the pov of a cat! but it was so fun to tell a love story in two ways like this :')
is her taste better than mine? (sambucky) - this fic certainly isn't for everyone, but i had so much fun writing it, and i think every fandom needs more a) goofy fics like this, and b) monsterfucking
we might be hollow but we're brave (reddie) - ngl, i think about this fic a lot, and not just because i listen to 400 lux often. as my first reddie fic, it holds such a special place in my heart and i actually do think my writing is pretty great in this one, even though it's short and was mostly written on the bus.
when the sun came up (i was looking at you) (reddie) - lesbian reddie can be something so personal !! i loved writing this and exploring where their characters differ as ciswomen, and how that changes some relationships.
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i think it's absolutely rigged that this episode falls on april fools day actually. APRIL FOOLS! everything is still awful actually
Hi howdy this episode is so sad :( I'm so sad constantly about this episode. this episode. :( can't wait until the FUN season 5 bits where it's like they're GAY and there are so many ANALOGIES! instead we just have to wallow in sadness for a bit. so upset!! aa!!
Anyway yeah, lets go. I think when I listened to it at first I was really upset that I was at the end, like I was thinking "oh no I'm nearly at the end" back with 151. I still haven't listened to goodbye for now because it just makes me really sad that my favourite podded cast is over. I mean, good thing it's not now, but I still don't think I can make myself listen to it. I did put off MAG 200 for a while, and then when I actually did listen to it I immediately read Citrus' (CirrusGrey) fics about it.
Which, speaking of, it's season 5 time!!! Fuck dude it sure is! Not only a relisten, but a reread of all Citrus' fantastic fics!! YEAH!!! Ok, ok, ok, getting on with it now.
@a-mag-a-day
MARTIN
You had- rum and raisin, and taught us all about emulsifiers.
He has the ice cream taste of a grandmother. Oh, also, funny story. So, we were getting ice cream, right, and I saw rum and raisin, and I got really upset, because Jon Sims had rum and raisin ice cream, and also the world ended. I don't- everything is a TMA reference with me, once someone asked me to open the door and I started laughing, because Jon Sims opened a door.
It's... very... odd.
JONAH MAGNUS (AS ELIAS)
Knock knock.
Killing and maiming. I hate him so much. Die. Fucking die.
JONAH
He didn’t have to. Nothing escapes my notice, and I like to keep an eye out for this sort of thing.
This guy is COMICALLY evil. like, not only does he end the world, but he ruins a cake surprise? why is he such a bastard?
ARCHIVIST
Uh- thirty-eight.
HE JUST ADDED TEN YEARS ONTO HIS AGE HE'S SO FUCKING STUPID <3
TIM, SASHA, MARTIN
(Crosstalk) -Jon.
JONAH
(Crosstalk) -Archivist.
WHY??? Literally, like, why, why, why is he like this, why, why??? Why did he do that? Why is he such an asshole? Why.
Why.
why.
ARCHIVIST
If I wish for you all to go away, do you think it’ll work?
WHY ARE WE GETTING HIT WITH THE DRAMATIC IRONY BUS? WHY? "If I wish for you all to go away, do you think it'll work" STOP NO, WHY, WHYYYY...
it just makes me really sad.
ARCHIVIST
I can’t tell you.
Your honour I am holding him gently.
JONAH
He wished for a little bit of peace and quiet.
It's one thing to manipulate someone into ending the world, it's quite another to SHARE THEIR WISH? Dude. Why is he like this? This does nothing for him? He has taken one of Jon's only happy memories from working at the hell that's called an archive and twisted it into "oh boy, look at all that pain." For no fucking reason except to be evil. Killing and murder.
MARTIN
Oh! Uh, (slight laugh) I mean- I don’t- normally- drink wine, you know- t-tannins are a proven headache trigger, and so-
Ooh! Fun fact! Rooibos tea has low tannin compared to other tea, therefore, Martin drinks rooibos tea, I make the rules.
TIM
Oh! Yeah! I- just thought it might be nice, you know, something to look back on when we’re all old and sick of each other.
WHY. WHY. WHY.
"When we're all old and sick of each other" THEYRE NEVER GONNA GET OLD AND SICK OF EACH OTHER THEYRE ALL GOING TO DIE. THEYRE ALREADY DEAD AND THEY DONT EVEN KNOW IT. IM GOING TO CRY NOW.
ARCHIVIST
(Crosstalk) (Under his breath) Oh, hypocrite.
I hate that it sounds friendly, like they're getting annoyed at each other in a friendly way, that Jon is friends with Tim and Sasha. Hate it. So much. Headinhands.
TIM
(Crosstalk) Alright, alright, fine, look. I’m turning it off. Any last words for your future selves?
ARCHIVIST
Yes. Fire Tim!
ARHRRHGGGHGH </3
[Pause with clothing rustles]
CLOTHING RUSTLES!!!!! 🏳️🌈
ARCHIVIST
It’s not- (struggling) you’re not the one who ended the world.
(Archivist breath shows he’s close to tears)
Oh my god leave me alone. Stop it! Stop it!! It's just. Like. Christ. Oh my god. Oh my god. I can't even word properly, I just want to give him a hug, I just want him to be okay. Fuck, dude.
Why's jonny such a good voice actorrrr :(
MARTIN
Are we still safe?
ARCHIVIST
Y-Yes. It- It doesn’t want to harm me.
MARTIN
And me?
ARCHIVIST
I won’t let it.
I like the way Jon's voice is in the "it doesn't want to harm me." Like it's sort of vaguely hysterical.
ARCHIVIST
I’m just- I’m mourning a world I killed-
MARTIN
(Placating) I know-
ARCHIVIST
(Increasingly fervent) and we’re all trapped in its rotting corpse!-
I like this bit a lot. I think it's neat. I'm gay and I like rot. I need to read... what was it, thirteen stories I think? That's got the rot. I like the rot. 10/10 on the rot. Like hnmmn what Jane Prentiss says about the dead god, a world that was alive, was sentient, now dead, rotting with maggots and flies all over it, flesh squishy and yielding but also firm at the same time like a bruised apple, trapped on an actually dead corpse of a world.
That would be neat!!
ARCHIVIST
Can you imagine? If we’d had this?
MARTIN
But we didn’t though, did we.
ARCHIVIST
No—
MARTIN
So there’s no point in dwelling.
ooOOOoooh title drop
but also... </3 like he could have kept them. he could have not done that. he could have not put the fucking solution to everything right after it becomes moot.
stabbing.
ARCHIVIST
Healthy? I am an Avatar of voyeuristic terror, who unquestioned craving for knowledge has condemned the entire world to an eternity of torment; healthy i-isn’t- i,it’s not
I've written this so much on like every test, it lives in my mind rent free, it's hhnrnhrnnh holding it gently <3 like i don't even know what to say, this is a far cry from the whole mag 160 thing where it lived in my head rent free and so does a lot of words about it, here it's just... a lot of reaction images.
ARCHIVIST
Why not? It- It’s quiet, here, and I have you.
ARHGHHGHHH
<333
ARCHIVIST
No, it’s- I love you, I just— I need more time.
headinhands (good)
AND ALRIGHT CITRUS' FIC FOR TODAY IS SEVEN SLEEPS! WHICH I REALLY LIKE IT AND ITS JUST LIKE ITS JUST LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS SIGNING UP FOR, I KNEW WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE, I KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. and like the whole bloody season it's just like it's just :( CITRUS ::::(((
read it. it's so good.
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