#to the anon that sent me that detailed ask asking about the provinces and in particular about kpk and afghanistan's origin points

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What is your dream tibmongol scenario?

OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY I DIDN’T RESPOND EARLIER HERE’S MY DREAM SCENARIOS YOU POOR ANON

So, since TibMongol is the ship the is the most near and dear to my heart, I, of course, love to put them in tons of situations purely for giggles, even if I never publish them. Here are the three most common/dramatic/AWESOME ones.

1. Mongolia is a disgraced warrior that is sent into exile/escapes out of the kingdom or empire or whatever and is just wandering around in shambles and muttering about how much that dead prince was SO not his fault and Emperor Yao is an asshole. He’s wandering around and comes across Tshering’s monastery, where he’s the head monk and, of course, offers him to take him in and make him a monk, because he’s nice like that. So then he has to put up with some hilarious shenanigans with the disgraced general just acting like a drama queen and screaming, “I AM NOT CUTTING OFF MY HAIR YOU UNCIVILIZED DONKEY” or “Oh my GOD how do you people put up with no MEAT” or “EAT CHICKEN FEET I’M NOT BATHING IN THAT DEATH TRAP” etc. This also leads up to some touching moments like Mongolia coming terms with spirituality after doubting it all his life and finally opening up to someone, and having that someone, Tshering, completely accept him despite all the things he’s done because he knows that it isn’t only the past that matters. The whole Mongolia-becoming-a-monk plot is really one of my favorites. This also works really well with an Avatar: The Last Airbender AU because c’mon Fire Bender Mongolia just trying to adapt to an Air Bending lifestyle 100% is some great material  

2. I’m putting aside any major historical moments I love for this ship because I don’t want to make this 7 pages long, BUT a slightly historical thing I love with TibMongol is the Qing Empire, also known as Yao before he collapsed thanks to opium and foreigners, etc. Anyway, both Mongolia and Tibet were both technically provinces in the empire and assuming China is as much as a vain bastard he usually is, both Tibet and Mongolia were probably locked up in the capital and the palace for at least a little while. So what did they do? Mongolia and Tibet share a famously close relationship, even historically, and after the whole priest/patron thing ended, well, what happened? How did they react? 

Assuming Mongolia didn’t straight book it as soon as Yao got in power, he was probably not in much of a great situation, considering that the Mongol Empire left some pretty deep scars and payback is a bitch. So picture Mongolia, after going through rigorous torture and isolation from the world, even shut away from his beautiful blue sky, lying on the floor and gritting his teeth to prevent himself from groaning and letting Yao win. He could do this. He could live. Just one day more. One day more, and it’ll all go away, and he’ll be fine, just like always. He’s been through more pain than this! He suffered more as a child! This was but a scratch on his tapestry of scars, he might whisper to himself. And through the haze of pain, a person walks through the darkness of the prison and sits in front of the bars, crossing their legs in a meditation position and bringing out tiny bits of food and water, before pushing it into the cell. Through the hours, the man Mongolia had spared and followed even at his greatest moment simply talked, smiling at him and leaving after a couple hours to avoid detection from the guards. Day after day, Tshering completed this ritual, and Mongolia clung unto these visits as the only thing that made him live through another day a torture, even if he never had the strength to talk and Tshering simply sat there and hummed. 

This isn’t even the only scenario though. Imagine Mongolia and Tibet gritting their teeth behind a triumphant China who demanded they follow him like servants, and the brief moments of humanity when Mongolia made a face behind Chain’s back or imitated his stupid voice, and though he might have been punished, it was worth seeing a grim Tibet smile. Or, alternatively, they’re just sitting in the dark and talking, making jokes about their situation and what they would do if China died, which you discussed in such thorough detail you would have thought they were assassins. Or even just the two of them taking a rare stroll through the gardens and remarking on a memory from their childhood only for Tibet to fall on the floor laughing after hearing that Mongolia once threw a chicken at Genghis Khan and covered it up for it by convincing the Khan’s kids that throwing stuff at your parents was a sign of great respect, so naturally Genghis Khan was super pissed that wherever he went his kids started throwing cookies or ducks or once a baby at him. 

3. MONSTERS. Monsters are amazing things. You can literally make up anything and slap it with a title of monster, and then have an AWESOME AU. Let me give you an example. Six armed Tibet with a third eye and fire spit, and a wolf Mongolia with dragon wings and poison breath. I can think of two scenarios off the top of my head, both of them involving going on a quest to punch a Chinese dragon Yao in the face and stop eating sheep. Any combination works for these two. Demon Tibet? Let’s have a conflicted character that is a Buddhist, vegan, and a pacifist even though his face is on fire and most things die when he touches them. Angel Mongolia? What about a super grumpy angel who dyes their wings black because white hurts their eyes and takes pleasure in absolute humiliating humans, even if they get chided for it over and over. Medusa Tibet? Have you ever seen a monster cry for six hours because they froze a chicken and decided then life is stupid and sulks over to a mountain in the Himalayas only to meet a very ferocious and very blind lost traveler who happened to be Mongolia? Honestly, I can go on for hours, but anything with monsters is just my favorite thing. 

And those are the top three anon! Thanks for asking, and sorry it got a bit long ;;v;;)b