#''Don't use the flame Mei- be the flame!''

[iid-smile]

#08 ୨ৎ ⸝⸝ @meidiary ⋆

i think im in luv with u... 😪 mei is a 10/10 guys!! certified cutie ☺️ idk who i was expecting you to pick, but inumaki 😆😆 one of my favs fr! and i was so excited to do 23 for some reason... you're the first one to request it 👏 all of them are headcanons 🙂‍↕️ (tumblr keeps not saving what i put down its stressing me out!!!)

#18 🍓 | protecting you

im sorry, but inumaki can be such a scaredy cat sometimes...

he'd be afraid, but still step up and get in between you and whatever is the threat

doesn't consider his own safety and wellbeing in the process either... he always puts others first, and a little bit of throat pain is much better than you getting hurt

100% mans up against insects because you hate them

gets intimated when he's up against a muscular 6ft guy, but has a eureka moment and uses his cursed speech. easy win

theres also other things he'd protect you from too, like pulling you away from hot oil and flames if you're cooking together. he's got spidey senses (according to him)

the cold is also something he'd protect you from. always makes sure you have a warm coat, scarf, gloves, and everything. i think inumaki really likes earmuffs too, because then he can whisper about how much he loves you and you wouldn't hear a thing

#20 🍦 | love language

physical touch + quality time

a mixture of both

the two of you could lay around for hours, and he'd just listen to you talk as you both cuddle. when you're both into a particular show or series, snuggling in bed when you're both supposed to be sleeping hits different

if you're on public transport or aimlessly walking around, he'll hold your hand, but it's more like he's holding it from behind rather than actual handholding.

silence with him is always comfortable, and you completely tune out from the rest of the world whenever you're with him

gift giving

he gifts you snacks a lot. even better if he specifically gets ones with pink packaging

not the best with fashion but he tries for you. he would buy you a turtleneck just like his but a different colour and patterned

not the best with fashion, but he tries. at first, he'd literally buy you any clothes that are pink, and gets so confused when it's not your style. he gets it eventually, don't worry

matching shoes are a must! not the exact same shoe as you, but the same colour

pranks

not really a love language but aha

he loves it too much when he scares you with bugs, especially ones that fly. craneflies are the worst, because they're relatively easy to pick up and hold compared to flies or other flying creatures

he'll grab it by the leg and chase you around with it. sometimes he'll cup his hands together and pretend he has one because he finds it funny

he doesn't do anything with spiders because you're both scared of them

he actually would love it when you prank him back. scaring him from behind by shaking his shoulders is the best way to get him

#23 🍦 | your romance trope / dynamic

friends to lovers / mutual friends

he wouldn't date anybody he doesn't know well

since you're friends with a lot of people, there's no way he hasn't heard about you, and you happened to meet by chance

maybe coincidentally crossing paths and your extroverted self just had to say hello.

as soon as you both realise you have a mutual friend, the friendship blossoms and grows quick

the way he cares for you is so clear to everyone else except for you, but when somebody points it out, you can tell

sunshine x enthusiastic but silent enabler

inumaki is already a silly guy, and he just gets sillier

the conversations you have are always energetic, engaging and exciting, even with the language barrier, so he's pulling out ingredients that nobody's ever heard him say before. essentially, you're the only two that actually can understand

his energy immediately springs up whenever he gets to hang out with you. he can go from 0 to 100 in a split second, and that needs to be studied

he really doesn't mind how much you talk, since he likes to listen

#24 🍦 | when they're jealous

it's hard to see his face when his mouth and eyebrows are both covered, so you're only depending on the eyes. or if he tells you himself

if he wants to get out of a situation to feel more at ease, he'll tug on your sleeve or fingers

"🤬"

that's literally all he sends you over text or shows you on notes, and when you look over at him, it's really obvious that he's upset. (to you, at least)

will have a whole debate with you on why, how and what he's jealous about. small or big, it doesn't matter

when he gets the most jealous is if you're paying too much attention to something else in general

like, if you're sitting a bit too far to each other and you're on your phone, he'd pull you closer so you'd be right by his side, silently asking for you to talk to him a bit

event masterlist

[imminent-danger-came]

you have a point about fandoms as a whole having a sexist lean but isn't mei is literally one of the most popular characters in the fandom and dragonfruit one of the most popular ships in the fandom? It's one of the top 5 most written about ships on ao3 if you remove self insert stuff.

So I'll preface this with I only have experience with the lmk fandom on tumblr.

But like, it's 90% shadowpeach stuff (with maybe MK as a third wheel). I know this, you know this. If you look through the "lego monkie kid" tag right now Ne Zha has more content related to him and only him than Mei does—she's usually gonna be thrown in with dragonfruit and traffic light trio (though, admittedly the lmk fandom has a problem of viewing characters outside of shipping in general). For every 1 Mei fanart there's 1 piece of Ao Lie fanart to match despite their vast differences in screen time. Like, am I insane? Am I insane for thinking it's the sexism?

[fragmentedblade]

I have so many screenshots of Kalpas' face I could reconstruct his face at this point, and I'm afraid to say I'm not sure his face is scarred

[newdleboy]

dynamic tags.

☾ » 𝘏𝘐𝘚𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘖𝘙 / i don't mind if it's me you need to turn to ☾ » 𝘍𝘈𝘓𝘚𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘖𝘙 / you think you're a villain; i know you're not ☾ » 𝘊𝘓𝘐𝘊𝘒𝘛𝘖���𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙 :: mei / no matter where you go; know you're not alone ☾ » 𝘋𝘐𝘐𝘚𝘊𝘊𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠 :: pigsy / you taught me to stand on my own ☾ » 𝘚𝘊𝘜𝘔𝘉𝘈𝘎-𝘛𝘏𝘌-𝘏𝘌𝘋𝘎𝘌𝘏𝘖𝘎 / this town ain't big enough for the two of us ☾ » 𝘗𝘖𝘔𝘗𝘌𝘋𝘐𝘈 :: mei / through thick & thin ☾ » 𝘚𝘈𝘔𝘈𝘋𝘏𝘐𝘍𝘐𝘙𝘌 ♡ flying too close to the sun; i burst into flames ☾ » 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘉𝘙𝘐𝘊𝘒 ♡ bai hua / when you're lost; here i am ☾ » 𝘍𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘋𝘌𝘍𝘠𝘋 ♡ xingyin / you're the sky‚ i'll be the weather ☾ » 𝘗𝘖𝘔𝘗𝘌𝘋𝘐𝘈 ♡ marinette / i'm so lost in your sound ☾ » 𝘋𝘐𝘐𝘚𝘊𝘊𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠 ♡ luka / it's all too much ; weak in the knees

[etheriumart]

"Don't use the flame, Mei. Be the flame."

[godisasimp]

The 12 Sovereigns and their Herrscher equivalent

Some have a name that is completely different to their Herrscher counterpart, and i will say when I am unsure ; I will try to explain my reasoning for associating a certain Sovereign with a Herrschefor each of them.

⚠️This is NOT canon confirmed information as of the writing of this post (22.03.2024) and is purely speculation, do not take this as fact. Thanks. ⚠️

Truth = Herrscher of Reason/Truth ; this is one of the few whose name is similar/identical to their Herrscher counterpart.

Sky = Herrscher of the Void ; this one is easy to figure out thanks to the animation, which looks almost 1:1 identical to the Herrscher of the Void's ultimate.

Howl = Herrscher of Thunder ; for this one the ability are given and is said to "summon lighting".

Mist = Herrscher of Wind ; for this one we have to refer to the definition of Mist which is a formation of a cloud, and is often associated with air, the color scheme shown is also similar to the Herrscher of Wind (it also showcases wind, not on my screenshot, which look like Wendy's)

Frost = Herrscher of Ice ; the environment this Sovereign is shown in is a glacial land so it it pretty obvious. (i will note that the Sakura tree in the background can be a call back to PE Sakura)

Fate = Herrscher of Death/Rebirth ; just like with howling, we have to use the definition of it abilities to figure it out, which is : to control the cycle of life and death.

(i swapped the order of Thought and Flare on this picture, sorry)

Flare = Herrscher of Flame (not Flamescion because this one is an hybrid herrscher.) ; this one is another one of those with a near identical name, also the fire effect shown.

Thought = Herrscher of Sentience ; again a pretty similar name, also to have thoughts you have to have Sentience, so they are linked.

Root = ??? ; we don't have a Herrscher that fits this, but based on the fact that they seem to be in order i would have to say Herrscher of Star/Gravity

Form = ??? ; just like Root I cannot find clear evidence for this one other than following the order and say that it can be Herrscher of Domination.

Bind = Herrscher of Binding ; this one has the same name.

Maw = ??? ; another one that I have to use the order for and say with a grain of salt that it's the Herrscher of Corruption

Origin = Herrscher of Origin ; this one has the same name, and also Acheron is shown which could be another hint, since the current Herrscher of Origin is Raiden Mei.

End = Herrscher of the End/Finality ; same name, and it is also the last one shown just like how it's the last Herrscher.

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Edit : thanks @/aimlessfellow for these precisons ; I forgot to read the description but thankfully y'all are here.

[hoyotournament]

FINALS!!! Furina vs Kiana Kaslana

(Propaganda under the cut)

Furina:

the girl who saved fontaine. condemned herself to a life of silent pain and suffering without any warning or preparation. she could confide in no one, seek out help from no one, all while bearing the weight of her entire nation on her shoulders. not only did her willpower save everyone in fontaine, but after the prophecy was averted, she was finally allowed to live a normal life.

Kiana Kaslana:

TLDR: she's kiana kaslana what do you MEAN!!!! kiana is a beautifully written character who fully encapsulates what hi3 is about and she's so full of love and guilt and (most importantly) hope. she's a clone who struggles with her own identity/inhumanity and traumas extending from when she was a young child and her guilt but is so so resilient and so so so so compassionate which ultimately reinforces her humanity :)

kiana's character IS the honkai impact thesis statement. i don't even mean it as in she's the literal main character and face of honkai i genuinely mean it when i say she just IS honkai impact. she reflects every single theme that they portray [hope over nihilism (chapter 25 || the flame chasers and just. the previous era in general), having agency over your identity and your own story (himeko, her being k423 and being so linked to sirin, everlasting flames || the kaslana household name honestly, bronya, fu hua, mei, sirin), believing in the humanity's inherent worth (chapter 25, arc city || elysia <- important since as a current era herrscher, she is a successor to elysia AND as kiana kaslana, she is a narrative parallel of elysia), having faith in the youth (himeko, kevin || the other flame chasers! notably su), etc.] her character being so reflective is also sooooo OUGH to think about when you view it as a reflection of honkai's 50,000 year samsara because kiana is a representation of these themes coming full circle (especially since many of these stretch back to the previous era and elysia).

SHE FEELS SO MUCH. she's so full of love and guilt. she clearly prioritizes others over herself and part of her arc is her learning to value and love herself as well!!! she would give herself for the world ten times over because she holds so much affection for humanity!! (WHILE FEELING DEHUMANIZED BECAUSE OF HER IDENTITY AS BOTH A HERRSCHER AND K423) and it's actively apart of her character's growth :'')

dear god her growth… okok. so i think first you have to understand that a lot of kiana's growth obviously coincides w general maturity as she grows from a teenager to a young adult. but aside from that i think people often forget that younger kiana is incredibly self sufficient since her father literally left her with little to no explanation when she was like. what 8? the insecurity she feels at that! the anger she has to navigate while also balancing it with her own feelings of missing and loving him. basically: kiana has struggled a lot w instability and is thus kinda good at navigating it. ex: she isnt shaken by nagazora and literally tries again and again and again to save mei and convince mei to let her help. the thing is this fucks w her a bit though because a big thing that she does as a means to cope w instability is avoiding them (not reflective of real life of course, but in the fictional hi3 this is partially represented in kiana's repressed memories about her actual origins as k423). she can not stand the realization that she killed himeko that she's so deep in denial and doesnt truly realize it until more than 10 chapters after himeko dies! she's so horrified with her being a herrscher she actively tries to not use her powers out of fear, even when it puts her in harms way (the chapter XI-EX CG!!!!!! her literally trying to kill herself!!) she literally runs away from her friends and loved ones because she's so scared of hurting them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! which is why her promise to himeko to not run away is so important!! because it addresses one of kiana's biggest flaws!!!!! this is especially important bc her refusal to continue her avoidance feeds into her arc during the herrscher of dominion chapters where she both faces her own guilt/identity and deliberately chooses perseverance and hope over nihilism!! she is hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strwbmei]

Hi Mei, Can I ask a relantionship hcs sfw and nsfw for Aponia with a gender-neutral if possible, please? You are free to ignore this if you like

pairing(s): aponia x gn!reader

contains:

Aponia HCs

╰┈➤ SFW ;

: ̗̀➛ Aponia was really hesitant to get into a relationship with you at first. She's seen many horrible things happen to those that she loves, and she knows better than anyone that she can't do anything to change it. Still, like a moth to a flame, she can't help but find herself drawn to your radiating warmth. Perhaps this time, she deserves to be selfish.

: ̗̀➛ The Deep End is a cold and dark place— one where normal humans most likely wouldn't be able to survive for more than a few days. Because of how long Aponia has isolated herself in it, her body has learned to adapt, lowering its temperature to match its environment. She can also see in the dark much better, which is pretty cool.

: ̗̀➛ Because of this, Aponia would always shy away from your touch. Believe me, it was much to her annoyance, but she had grown insecure about being so cold (literally and figuratively) and she didn't want to scare you away with it. She was especially hesitant to hold hands because they were the coldest part of her body, but she learned to be more comfortable over time.

: ̗̀➛ If the two of you have a disagreement (which is near impossible, by the way; my girl Aponia can never be wrong,) it's really obvious to everyone else because of how weird and aloof she acts. For example, she barely ever leaves the Deep End, but suddenly you'll find her in the lobby drinking with either Elysia or Eden with a somber look on her face; sighing every few seconds and completely ignoring Elysia's bombardment of questions. The Flamechasers find a great deal of amusement seeing how you're so easily able to influence a woman usually so dangerous and cunning.

: ̗̀➛ Expect her to be the more dominant one in the relationship, taking the lead and making decisions (with your input too, of course!) because she's used to being the one giving orders. Despite that, though, she's actually really inexperienced with relationships so it's more of a team effort; the team consisting of you, Aponia, and Elysia because she helps you get through to Aponia more and somehow manages to offer the best relationship advice.

: ̗̀➛ Aponia doesn't really get jealous, at least at first. She got upset, but she used to have the mindset that if you like someone else more, you should simply choose them instead and she'll accept the decision you make. Over time, she grows to be more greedy and possessive of you. Because of this, she really appreciates it when you give her reassurance that you're hers and hers only even when she doesn't ask for it.

: ̗̀➛ When Griseo started calling you Mama/Papa, Aponia almost shed a tear. Griseo is almost like a daughter to her, and hearing her call you that only further solidified the fact that you were the person she'd want to spend the rest of eternity with.

╰┈➤ NSFW ;

: ̗̀➛ First of all, set a safe word. Seriously. Her libido is low, but every time the two of you have sex it always ends with you not being able to walk for months. Set a safe word if you value your life or if you don't want your pelvic bone to get turned into dust like actually. I'm not exaggerating; this woman goes rough.

: ̗̀➛ That doesn't mean that she means to, though. She's a gentlewoman at heart, but being surrounded by people like Kevin and Kalpas for most of her life has skewed her perception of an average human's limits. She's more of a soft dom if anything; you ending up with your legs shaking is already her being gentle.

: ̗̀➛ Remember how her hands are the coldest part of her body? Yeah, she's definitely taking advantage of that; cruelly tracing your body with her hands and making you tremble and whimper from the sheer temperature of her fingertips. As serious as she appears, she can be quite the tease when she puts her mind to it.

: ̗̀➛ Has a huge thing for dacryphilia. She was absolutely terrified the first time you started crying during sex thinking that she hurt you, but ever since you quickly explained the real reason and assured her that she did nothing wrong, she's made it a goal to make you cry from the pleasure. Did she really do a good job if you aren't a sobbing, shaking mess by the end of it?

: ̗̀➛ She doesn't have a specific preference for positions, but she hates it when she can't see your face. Aponia is the type of woman who thrives off of all of the small reactions she coaxes out of her partner. Blindfolds are definitely on the table, though— maybe it's her sadistic side, but she just loves seeing the fabric dampen with your tears...

: ̗̀➛ Aponia is really into body worship. It doesn't matter whether she's on the giving or receiving end of the deal, she loves the intimacy of the whole thing. She'll literally leave her marks and kisses on every inch of your body, and she expects you to at least try to do the same for her. This often leads to a lot of marking for both of you, though...

: ̗̀➛ For your own good, don't make her jealous. She's a patient woman; even more so with you, but if you upset her like that on purpose? Say goodbye to your ability to walk, speak, or think. Once you can speak again, make sure you give her tons of reassurance because that kind of stuff really upsets her. The idea of you with someone else gets her blood boiling.

[justatalkingface]

I find Endeavor giving up on Toya once he found out that his son's quirk (Blueflame) was self-destructive to be, not only out-of-character, but incredibly stupid.

Endeavor is loaded, he bought Rei. Why not buy Toya special support gear costume with cooling? Aoyama's belt, Mirio's suit, and f*cking Mecha Might basically suggest that support gear can do anything as long as the plot demands it.

Besides that, has Endeavor literally never heard of endurance training? That's literally the only type of training Class 1A does most of the time. Just have Rei on standby if anything goes wrong. It's not like being a human cooler would be the most degrading thing she's suffered.

It's like the first time Aizawa criticized Deku for injuring himself with One for All. Did they try thinking of solutions before trying to get them to give up ?

Also, it's kind of messed that Toya's inability fulfill Endeavor's goals is because Rei, the bought mother. It could've easily been Endeavor's fault, like his intense training at a young age ruined Toya's developing body.

OK, you see, the thing is you're thinking about this logically. Like, Endeavor has been many things, but 'rational' isn't one of them. Deeply toxic and twisted, on the other hand?

You need to think like someone desperate to prove themselves, filled with about eight superiority and inferiority complexes, and yet so resigned to his own inferiority that he ended up needing to make someone else to do it for him. The fact that Toya hurt himself? It meant he was weak. That's it. He was weak for being unable to use his powers safely.

And the second he was weak, he was no longer useful, because he could no longer beat All Might.

(Nevermind, of course, that there was nothing he could do to make someone able to beat All Might, because All Might and All For One are both setting breaking hacks that single handedly break the balance of power. Even a super Shoto with the blue flames of Dabi and, like, absolute zero ice, perfectly balanced and able to withstand his own power, would get casually bitchslapped by All Might. That's how overwhelmingly broken he is.)

Beyond that, it's worth pointing out that, 1, Mecha Might is, again, setting breaking bullshit, even in the bullshit casually tinkertech setting that is MHA, and that 2, while Quirk training is a thing (presumably that's how Dabi was able to be as high functioning as he was with his... well, entire everything, that he grinded with his Quirk until he was able to work beyond the pain), there are limits without Awakenings... and let's be honest, Awakenings are just how Hori tried to explain people's various power ups to try and keep them relevent in the ever increasing clusterfuck of his story. No amount of training would make it so that Toya would not burn himself; training like that increases limits, but it doesn't change how the Quirk works.

There's basiclly no reason, in setting, for someone not to suit themselves entirely in support tech to be a purely tech driven hero, beyond institutional culture that is built around people's Quirks. I can't even say it's expensive, because hell, Mei just pulls them out on the regular, and there's every reason to think she was making them even before she actually got into UA, instead of somehow learning to make them within a week or two of getting into school.

The fact that support tech is so damn underused is almost criminal, especially for people with more limited abilities; can you imagine if Kirashima, with his hardening, was given some kind of ranged tool? An air blast or something?

You're also ignoring all his complexes in implying that, 1, Rei could do anything, when literally she only exists to be a breeder, and I don't think he's ever shown imagining her able to do... anything helpful.

And, most importantly, 2: Endeavor always blames everyone but himself. Always. Even in the 'canon' (I have opinions on the sheer level of retcon there) version of events, with how soft that is on Endeavor, Endeavor sets up Toya to have a psychotic break. He isolates him, orients his entire life around one thing (surpassing All Might) and then takes away the very foundation he built his life on, before basiclly ignoring him and never trying to fix him afterwords; of course the kid is messed up! Yet, all this time, he looks back, and all he can think is, 'I couldn't stop him! Toya was so driven, Toya wouldn't stop hurting himself, Toya wouldn't listen to me!'

Toya, Toya, Toya. Everything wrong with Dabi's story was blamed on Toya, even though he was an actual child and Endeavor was the one with all the control in the family; his recollection of things was so warped you could see how it contracted with literally everyone's experience of events... Of course he was going to blame Rei over himself! Rei is the person he bought, and he's the top hero, rich and famous! Nothing is ever his fault!

(Also, I have opinions on Aizawa, and they're overwhelmingly negative. The fact that Aizawa wanted to ditch Izuku first thing is a result of his overwhelming biases and prejudices..... exactly like Endeavor. MHA has this thing of making massively biased authority figures that are obviously so and then going through fire to protect them from their own actions.)

[dr4gong4l]

My silly big angst thinking blob:

Mk with samadhi fire... He's not really hurt by it- only a few scratches and ended up actually surviving the whole big ball of deadly fire from Mei, did use all his energy tho so:

Huggies :D

Then I found out Red Son doesn't get hurt at all from the samadhi fire, considering he's the creator :D

So then this thing:

So...

What if... Mei just, boom💥 dead.

AT DON'T BE SHOCK JUST YET BUDDY HEAR ME OUT.

Mei ended up exploding, just like, fading away into bits, especially at the part where LBD was using the power to begin with. Red Son couldn't save her in time...

The silly thing (Dragonfruit):

"DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON ME DRAGON GIRL!" Red Son shouted, holding her tight till his eyes widen. Tears? Tears?? Really? Right now?!

"No- NO- Stay with m-" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm sorry" She sobs, her tears evaporated by the sole flames, slowly consuming her.

"STAY WITH ME, DON'T LET IT GO-" Red Son was pushed back, the fire, was getting stronger, no, he can't leave her, he won't! Red Son pushed himself to his limit.

Eventually holding on to her. "THE SAMADHI FIRE DOESN'T CONTROL YOU, STAY WITH ME MEI-"

"... Tell MK I'm proud of him." Red Son couldn't breathe for a moment. "Tell everyone, they're the greatest friends, I ever needed. Tell them, they're family... To me, I always protect my family..." Mei smiles at him. "I'll protect you too."

No. Please. No! "... D-Don't joke like that- don't-" Red Son squeeze her tightly. Her face... Her beautiful sweet face, why can't she stop smiling? Why should she go?

"You're the greatest hero Red, you're my hero..."

Red Son hugged her as she smiles at him. He can't help it, he gave her one back, despite it all, Mei wanted him to smile, by happy.

The samadhi fire consumes her as Red Son is left hugging himself... But the samadhi fire, now once cold and powerful, but gave him warmth and love.

The besties (Mk and Mei):

Mk runs in, despite everything, she's his best friend! No matter what, as he was slowly losing himself, he hugs her tightly but...

She was slowly... Consumed.

"No- no! Mei! Mei! Please-" Mk shakes her as she's slowly disappearing. He can't lose his best friend, he can't lose Mei, he doesn't want to lose anyone ever again! Never please, not her not her! Never her!

"... I'm proud of you Mk..." She smiles. Her tears forming as Mk couldn't help but cry holding her, she hugs him back, comforting him.

"Our friends... And you... Are like family to me... I'll always protect my family... And...

Tell Red Son... He'll always be my hero..."

She smiles through, Mk sobs, please... Please stay. Please. All he could think. But after all. He hugs himself kneeling on the ground, holding the remains of a warm hug.

You might have noticed the Mk and Mei one is shorter, well that's because I have NO IDEAS what to write :D.

Writing is not what I do especially with things like wording and grammar because English is my second language :')))

Again angst is my middle name!

(No it's not. Seriously :'))) )

They're so silly I love them :D

[lmk-oc-competition]

LMK OC COMPETITION - ROUND 2

click to see full image

Chenguang belongs to @twinklecupcake (art credit: edited LMK screencap)

Heng Tao belongs to @starrbee

Learn more about them below the cut!

Chenguang:

The daughter of Mei and Red Son, Chenguang is like her parents in so many ways (though, much to their relief, she didn't inherit the Samadhi Fire). Passionate, lively, kind, and possessing blue flames, Chenguang's the apple of her family's eyes - the ENTIRE, large, family. MK is her uncle and godfather; Tang, Pigsy, and SWK have all become grandpas in addition to her biological ones, Sandy is a Grunkle, even Macaque is her “shadow man who lives in the wall” (eventually making himself known and being elevated to “uncle.”)

In the future, she'll learn to fight and protect the city like the rest of them, with both her fire and whatever weapons Uncle MK teaches her to use. But for now the Bull-Dragon Princess is just living her best life and enjoying her childhood.

Heng Tao:

Tao is a half river demon that is a reincarnation of a demon Sha Wujing met in JTTW (That I made up-). In their current life they work as an influencer/streamer, through which they meet Mei and eventually MK! They live with sandy, who took them in as an older teen when they were in a bad situation. Within the narrative they take on a more defensive role, and with them on the team, MK, Mei and Tao create a trio that mirror Sandy, Pigsy and Tang!

Tao often struggles with strong self doubt, being the only one on the team that doesn't have a demon ancestor to learn from, due to their past life dying young, so they often try their best to make sure the others don't see them as disposable, often putting their health on the line to make sure others stay happy!

[imminent-danger-came]

Thank you, for giving me all of Monkey King's power! I will grant you my aid, my power in this final trial.

[fragmentedblade]

I hate that when I look up the "Kalpas" tag here there's me and then there's me again, but on another blog. Fake moustache me

[py-dreamer]

Ok so I might've gone over time again a lil bit BUT I STILL MADE IT!!!

"Why is it Nezha? First Mk, then Mei, why Nezha? Shouldn't it be Pigsy or Tang or Red Son? Why are you robbing the less popular characters their spotli-"

SHUSH!!!!

Ok so a reason I made Nezha next, is cause I have an upcoming project due soon and I require our 3rd lotus princey over here to come help me.

Look it's an art thingy and the theme is 'Legacy of the gods' and I did chinese mythology not LMK. As such I couldn't pick an lmk exclusive character like Mk or Mei. Furthermore, since it was about the 'gods' specifically, I'm more focused on the deities and less demons the like.

Also a lot of my project has featured so much JTTW, and I'm sure it definitely will in future...So to break up from that and for a bit of variety, I've added in our lotus friend.

(I mean, I suppose I could've done Chang'e but I just decided Nezha had more myths so he was my best bet)

And I couldn't do Wukong. Cause I'm already doing another piece with him, I made two stickers of him already. They will know I have favorites. And I do, I know I do but damn it if I don't wanna show it so obviously!!!

Actually, originally I had like a list of who I wanted to do and it was mostly like main cast of lmk with some fan favorites/my favs here and there and Nezha was towards the bottom but I moved him up due to the reasons above. And I was going to do Pigsy and Tang today but that's not how things turned out, I'll still do them just everyone's gonna have to be moved up in the list now.

Don't ask me what kinda cake it is, if I had to guess some kinda cheesecake with like a thin layer of jelly on top. The pink/red contributes to his main color scheme and the blue jelly makes it look like a pond and all the decorations and lotuses on top look like they're floating in water.

And I suppose it's different from Mk and Mei's cause like the KNY arts have different cakes sometimes why not do the same for these guys? And Nezha is a prince, and the patron god of children! I think he deserves something nice. (I used Giyu's cake for reference)

The filling is strawberries again, hopefully better drawn this time and actually sakura petals instead of lotus ones. I don't know why I used sakura petals, the color is more like lotuses but the shape is inspired after sakura so maybe it's a hybrid.

I do enjoy that it is more detailed than the previous two (especially since I'm using it for a project-)

I actually had a lot of trouble thinking of the sugar cookies cause there's not much associated with Nezha other than his lotus theme and his weaponry. Like at least Mei had her sword and her dragon insignia in different styles! I didn't wanna just do lotuses for like 3 times so I did his universal ring and that golden brick from that one episode. And yes, that brick is an actual thing in the mythos, it's not just a quick visual gag.

I did copy paste the frosting swirls and shells from Mei, don't @ me pls they just looked cool, I needed something to jush up the cake and COME ON THEY LOOK COOL HOW COULD I NOT

No I did not change the color but the minty green broke up all the pink and gold nicely, I think...

I did add the lotus flower and that green thing that triggers ur tripophobia is a lotus fruit. So for those who don't know, lotuses are edible! Not water lilies though. There's a difference. And lotuses can be made into lotus jam and it's delicious! I do recommend trying a lotus jam bao at least once.

Now I know Nezha is a chinese deity and mochi/dango is japannese but Idk what other desert to use and I didn't feel tanghulu fit the vibe...

But yea, those are his flaming fire wheels he skates on, that's why they're on fire, no it's not the rings of the samadhi fire. (I'll be saving that for RS) though now, I do wish I'd just done the outline in a darker shade to make it look like it was an actual image grilled into the mochi rather than a sticker slapped on.

The sneks! Omg! I almost forgot about them! But yea, those are the golden serpent shears we saw in that one episode. They are a bit last minute but I think they turned out decently well. Lil bleps.

Then we have the fire tipped spear and yes, that is Ao Bing. I'm sorry, I know I said I shipped them, and I still do (I see lmk nezha as both mentally and physically an adult don't try me) but damn that idea popped into my head and it was funny. He's fine...I think

(also funny to think Mei's is all dragon oriented and here's Nezha and Ao bing like bleep)

The reason the ribbon is so long is cause it's the goddamn armillary sash that Nezha uses, and it's its own canon magic thing, why not let it be longer and yes I did add some white detail but I just thought it looked more finished and it's a celebration! Let him be festive!

I really like the pose like Nezha receiving a lil present. I think he's the kind of person to not expect presents but be pleasantly surprised at them.

And btw that balloon has lily pads, it's not a globe. I know they should be elevated for lotuses but I can't exactly make the leaves pop out.

So later today should be Tang and pigsy hopefully!

(Also I've noticed a trend in general lmk posts. Ships, duos, trios basically anything with a relationship of some kind always do better than just one character so if I had to guess this like my other birthday posts won't do that well)

Oh and @leesbian42, before I forget, happy almost birthday! If I remember correctly you're turning like 24 right?

[theshy1sout]

I just finished season 5 of lmk (and rewatched Claim to Flame with my bf, skipping freenoodle parts for pure dragonfruit content bc we could so we did) and I have a lot to say. Embrace yourself, this post is very chaotic.

I need subtitles only bc of Mei

Help me, why they yelled WHITE HORSE DRAGON GIRL FLAME PRINCE TEAM ATTACK in synch?? I mean, I'm not complaining, it's just such a short and catchy name I'm so shocked (I couldn't stop laughing)

"Everyone gets mech except for me" ~ Poor little mew mew, I mean Red Son

Love that the moment Red Son realized the puppy videos were from Mei he immediately started to catch up on them XD

Red Son willingly called Mei "Mad Dawg" (I'm crying)

I had to pause the episode when Mei said "My guy" it was too much it was too much I almost died from laughing xddd

They ate dragonfruit (AGAIN)

She left him her phone (AGAIN)

I need a collection of Mei :3 faces RIGHT NOW

WHY SHE CALLED HIM SON

"thats why we don't hang out!" "ah yes that's the reason why" XDDDDDD

I CANT BELIEVE THEY MADE ONE FILLER EPISODE AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT FREENOODLE AND DRAGONFRUIT

The season 3 red son entrance killed me (And then she hugged him what killed me more I can't, guys, I just can't, I watched this episode twice and I'm still crying with laugher why this is so HILARIOUS they literally just gave us dragonfruit episode, how we even deserve that???)

The rest of season was also good, I'm just i jus can't stop thinking about the Claim to Flame and the sexy Mei's mech why was it sexy and why red son was inside

I gotta make some dragonfruit gifs, I'll be right back

[obscure-imaginations]

LMK as drivers - thanks to @sun-uwu-kong and @cheerful-sixears for help!

Monkey King: No license- expired but he forged a new one instead of getting it renewed, but drives anyways. He says he's above the law. Annoyingly never uses his turn signals. Hardly uses a seatbelt. Always races through yellow lights.

Macaque: Car filled with fast food bags. "My bad, just put that in the back." Dozens of car scents (none of them work but he keeps just adding new ones). Has random pairs of sunglasses everywhere- he keeps losing them then buying new ones (they're all under his seat). Back left window doesn't roll down. Bumper rider.

MK: Is the only responsible driver of the monkeys. Always apologizes to other drivers. Drives the speed limit. Religiously uses his turn signals. Regularly goes to the mechanic. Has fuzzy dice hanging from his mirror.

Mei: Motorcycle license but drives a car anyways, because she feels like it. "Every license should count!" Fast, races asshole drivers, breakchecks constantly despite everyone's complaints, makes sharp turns. Do not let her drive.

Red Son: Goes slower when people ride his bumper. Road rage but manages it for the opportune moment. Car always smells like cinnamon or curry spices. Themed car. Has flames on the side of his red car. Don't touch anything, let him do it! Rolls down the windows instead of using A/C, even when it's 100F outside.

Sandy: Has his car, semi-truck, and boat licenses. Has several cat plushies on his dash. Stops at every stop sign, yellow/red light, and for railroad tracks. Makes sure everyone has their seatbelt on. Always has tissues, mints, gum, water, etc. Has a "baby on board" sticker. Only uses cat-friendly scents. Mo has a car seat.

Pigsy: Does the annoying thing where he swings his arm over the passenger seat when reversing. Road rage incarnate. Protective dad instincts like Sandy but more aggressive. Refuses to drive an automatic, he'll get a gear shift installed on any car he owns. Eats five-course meals while driving.

Tang: Passenger princess. Always gets car sick.