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My Huaisang got happy today, because we saw a woodpecker earlier. Too far away for a good photo though.

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Okay, ngl, things have been really tough for about a year and the last couple of months have seen a lot of family drama. I'm overwhelmed in every sense of the word. I do miss Huaisang and I don't plan on giving him up, nor any of my other muses, even if my HSR muses are my priority.

However, I think I'll have to drop all my Huaisang threads and start anew, just to remove some stress. I've never done this before in my life and I feel horrible about it.

I might keep a couple of threads, we'll see.

Anyway, I will do some thread housekeeping etc after new year. I'm going to my family in Sweden on Thursday and until then, I need to finish things as well as write as much as possible on a paper I have. If I don't fix things on this blog before January 17th, I will do so after that (paper deadline).

I'm really sorry for all this, but know that I do fully intend on doing this. I should've done it sooner, but I always fear people will hate me or exchange me if I drop stuff, which end up with me not doing anything instead, which makes the anxiety worse and so on.

Thanks for staying around. Me and Huaisang will be back next year. I will check in now and then though and I'm still on Discord, so I'm not fully gone.

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none of the parenting books warned him how hard it would be to keep his little brother from catching the avian flu

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Okay, ngl, things have been really tough for about a year and the last couple of months have seen a lot of family drama. I'm overwhelmed in every sense of the word. I do miss Huaisang and I don't plan on giving him up, nor any of my other muses, even if my HSR muses are my priority.

However, I think I'll have to drop all my Huaisang threads and start anew, just to remove some stress. I've never done this before in my life and I feel horrible about it.

I might keep a couple of threads, we'll see.

Anyway, I will do some thread housekeeping etc after new year. I'm going to my family in Sweden on Thursday and until then, I need to finish things as well as write as much as possible on a paper I have. If I don't fix things on this blog before January 17th, I will do so after that (paper deadline).

I'm really sorry for all this, but know that I do fully intend on doing this. I should've done it sooner, but I always fear people will hate me or exchange me if I drop stuff, which end up with me not doing anything instead, which makes the anxiety worse and so on.

Thanks for staying around. Me and Huaisang will be back next year. I will check in now and then though and I'm still on Discord, so I'm not fully gone.

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He's so me

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I was tagged by @adversitybloomed to list three things I like about myself.

Uhm....

(Yes, I'm stealing an icon from a muse)

I'm curious.

I'm a protector.

I'm good at analysis and logical thinking.

That was really hard. I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you do this, please tag me.

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Yes, for the first time in ever, I am opening commissions!

ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER!

But only for people who normally don't have the means to. If I notice that you got cash, I will break your legs :)

Anyway, spread the word for some holiday cheer!

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FYI, I'm building up my queue and planning to release it on the 11th of December, since I'll go to Sweden the day after for my yearly family visit. So, I am around and I have done reply, they're just put in the queue.

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Where Niko Can Be Found

All Day Every Day

@ice-and-lightning - HSR MuMu, feat. Yanqing, Arlan, Moze and 2 OCs

Weekends Only

@cuckoo-among-beasts - Nie Huaisang from MDZS

↳ @assortedsouls - Xianxia MuMu, canon & OCs

↳ @hetaoren - Lan Qiren from MDZS

@goodheartedfool - My ol' OC Nathanael, so many verses

↳ @adashofheroism - Superhero MuMu, feat. Tim Drake, Francis Barton, teen Tony Stark and my OC Yoyo.

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My take on Baxia and Huaisang's unnamed saber, inspired by CQL's designs

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How people in the past processed fresh tea leaves for long term storage by chinese artist 山白shan bai

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It's Friday, meaning I'll be around tomorrow and Sunday. I hope to get some stuff in a queue again.

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sometimes theres so much stupid in my head it falls out [ID: flat drawings of characters from MDZS as moomintrolls characters: lan wangji and lan xichen as moomin trolls, Wei Wuxian as Snufkin, Nie Mingjue as a Hemulen, etc]

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@emeraldincandescent made a very generous kofi donation and asked for NMJ braiding little NHS's hair 🥹

buy me a kofi and get a doodle

kofi doodle archive blog

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"My ancestor became a cultivator simply because there were no one else around to defend the area. He was a big strong man with a variety of sharp blades, though his preferred one is said to be a cleaver, which eventually became the sabre that we use today." Huaisang gently fanned himself as he spoke. "Anyway, there were no soldiers or cultivators in this area back then, being a rather inhospitable one, so when a wave of monsters and walking corpses came through, he stepped up. What started as an occasional thing eventually became a regular thing, with him starting to seek out the threat before they could reach the village. From that, it then grew and now we're a sect."

When talk about marriage comes up, Huaisang chuckles. "I'm sure some of the Nie might be interested. We generally let people get married by choice and not arrangement, a peculiarity for our sect. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop the Elders from pestering me about a wife." Huaisang laments.

"If it was in my clan, and your founder was a butcher, it simply meant your group has more skill in martial arts then most. A basis if you will, it is amazing to begin with that a butcher can create , showing that skill is everything."

"Potential lies in people you least expect, it is a useful and dangerous lesson to learn. In honesty, I believe the more I know of your clan, the more I can see people from my own trying to manage a marriage contract of sorts."

the wisdom clan had ignoble roots, had to fight and claw to the top.

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the BEAUTIFUL nie mingjue

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@antihxroiism sent: "Uncle Fairy !!! I have been so excited to see you, come let us sit and chat for a while. I have some tea and cookies !!"

Huaisang chuckles at Xiu's excitement. When he first met her, he was a little nervous that she might not like him, and he really wanted her to like him, since she is one of the most important people to Mulan. He needn't have worried. Xiu seemed to take an instant liking and his flair for the dramatics and the artistic.

"Xiu, I've missed you too," he replies, smiling. "I have so much to tell you." It's gossip hour. The two of them together are a pure gossip machine and there's pretty much nothing Huaisang doesn't know and he is willing to share most of it. Some, he keeps to himself, either out of security or due to Xiu's tender age. Don't want her to know too much of the darker side of the world just yet. Or at least as little as possible.