#Big Bull Demon

[maripapercat]

Okkotober Day 6: board of villains

Meanwhile, not far from there

Okkotober by @whattabop1

[quitealotofsodapop]

Hilarious idea I had to merge both the original storyline for the Slow Boiled Stone Egg Au with the Alternate way DBK learns about the Stone Egg;

The Pilot fight between MK vs DBK comes to a halt when the bull overhears an annoyed grunt of;

Pigsy: "HEY! What sorta jerk lets a pregnant bystander get hurt!?"

DBK: "Huh?" *turns out of interest/concern*

Pigsy: *is holding a "normal" pregnant monkey demon in a bridal carry after pulling them away from some debris*

The "normal" pregnant monkey demon: *Is clearly Sun Wukong*

DBK: Xiandi!?!"

And since Wukong is being really cagey about his condition and how it happened; DBK & PIF immediately assume it was from less than ideal circumstances and activate Protective Brother + Sister-In-Law mode to make sure he's ok.

Pigsy insists on coming along so that the "skinny-looking kid" (Wukong) is ok and gets a decent meal.

DBK & PIF have a buffering moment when they realise that their opponents look to be... versions of Wukong's Pilgrim brothers?? Oh dang they need to come with too!

Wukong is unofficially kidnapped (with heavy encouragement by a worried MK) to the Demon Bull Palace for a proper health check up and meal.

PIF & DBK decide to take the reins of the Monkie Kid's training in Wukong stead (much to Wukong's complaints) until the baby arrives. MK is confused, but very glad that he wouldn't be sparring with his pregnant mentor/hero. Also he's being mentored by two of the coolest villains in Jttw lore! Him and Tang share a fanboy moment over it - much to the couple's amusement and Red Son's ire (Tang told him bluntly that he found Red Boy to "just be some bratty toddler").

And cue a back and forth of both the Demon Bull Family and Pigsy's protective instincts over the Monkey King. It ends up nearly a "Capture the Flag" situation where the Noodle Shop fam will rescue Wukong from the Bull Palace to let him hang out in the city/the island, and the Demon Bull Family will kidnap him back to the palace out of worry.

The arguement between DBK and Wukong still occurs during New Years... because thats when DBK finds out Wukong has been pregnant with a almost-always-fatal Stone Egg since the start of the Journey to the West!!!

And cue the demon world finding our via the two brothers arguing so loudly that LBD can't even do her villain speech.

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

✨thoughts about Nezha and Red Son:✨

I am ALL for the babysitter Nezha hc, but I was thinking about their relationship from a more canon lens

we don't really get any CANON connection between them for basically almost all of the series, except for the end of S4

so why would Red Son go to the Celestial Realm, of all places, and then (specifically) Nezha?

then I remembered that Nezha was there during the fire-sealing ceremony

PIF and DBK probably respected/appreciated Nezha and Wukong for that (until the whole Wukong and the mountain thing went down), and so Nezha ended up being the one celestial PIF/DBK never talked down on, especially bc he's more an "I'll stay in my lane, you stay in yours" kinda guy

with that, Red Son always associated Nezha as a safe person to go to, even if he had never or rarely met him (plus, they did meet after the S3 special ending- being able to finally meet Nezha for himself probably reinforced the idea for Red Son of Nezha being someone safe to go to)

this whole analysis is also merely just because i'm cackling at the imagery of PIF cradling toddler Red Son in her arms after DBK was imprisoned and going down a line of Celestials like

"this one?"

"bad."

"this one?"

"also bad!"

(gets to Nezha) "this one gets a pass."

"? okay!"

"this one?"

"BAD"

[aurinkomoukari]

the one where Jim kidnaps you (162088 words) by aurinkomoukari Chapters: 14/14 Chapter title: the one with the finale, part 2 Fandom: Slipknot (Band) Rating: Explicit Relationships: Jim Root/Reader Chapter summary:

The universe has one more shocking surprise in store for you…

Are you ready?

[the-monkey-ruler]

Big Trouble in Dragon Palace (2019) 齐天大圣之大闹龙宫

Director: Chen Zhihong Screenwriter: Ji Zhicheng Starring: Fan Shaohuang / Du Yufeng / Zhu Lilan / Li Xianshi Genre: Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2019-02-01 (Mainland China) IMDb: tt9698044 Type: Retelling

Summary:

There was a severe drought in the world. The Flower-Fruit Mountain was harassed by the surrounding monsters because it occupied the water source. In order to find out the truth about the drought and to fight the monsters, Sun Wukong and his brother Red-Butted Horse Monkey went to the East China Sea Treasure Competition to find a weapon, but they were involved in a conspiracy. In order to stop the evil dragon Ao Shuang from destroying the world, Sun Wukong defeated Ao Shuang with the help of Xiao Longnu and finally got the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which resolved the crisis in the world.

Source: https://mov-10.chinesemov.com/2019/Big-Trouble-in-Dragon-Palace

Link: N/A

[terrible-monkie-kid-aus]

See this dramatic ass motherfucker! This is where Red gets it from and DBK can deny it all he wants but this is fact. He did not need the lava curtain around his big ass dining chair but he did. And that is why DBK is best dad.

[4th-d-slipped]

HOLD ON OKAGE NATION AM I INSANE OR DOES LINDA HAVE A TAIL IN THIS CONCEPT ART

[Image ID: Concept art of Linda from Okage: Shadow King. There is a colored fullbody and a sketched fullbody, with the sketch edited to have a circle around her pelvis area that is labeled with question marks. There is an odd long shape inside the circle that is not present on the colored fullbody. End ID]

IT CANT BE HER RIBBON ITS NOT ON THE OTHER DRAWING AND ITS IN THE WRONG PLACE. IT DOESNT LOOK ATTACHED TO HER DRESS EITHER

WERE WE SCAMMED

[jesterrrrr-x]

Question about the adopted big bro Nezha au! What’s Nezha’s relationship with Red’s parents? Like, do DBK and PIF begin to view Nezha as a second son? Would DBK not try taking over/destroying that village and thus not be sealed under the mountain? And if that’s the case how would having his dad still in his life affect Red Son? And would the fam still get up to evil plans by the time season 1 happens if not?

OOOOOOO MY FIRST ASK AA

Well it's complicated to say the least.

I will say I haven't read JTTW yet this is all based on LMK and small snippets from the internet I've seen.

Nezha kinda just showed up at their doorstep a while after the samadhi ritual and just offered to babysit Red so they didn't really have much of a relationship at first. Nezha spent all his time with Red. He of course did things around the house, he's no freeloader, but there wasn't much between them.

Nezha of course attempted to stop them from doing evil, but they didn't really listen to him. Why would they? I will say his action probably caused DBK's attack to happen later then it did but I doubt Nezha being there would have ever soothed his thirst for power enough to stop him from attempting to take over.

After he was sealed under the mountain, it was devastating for them all, they had to go into hiding and Nezha thought about returning to the celestial realm a few times but decided against it for Redson's sake. This did cause Nezha to become closer with PIF though. She definitely started seeing him as a second son. After DBK returned PIF basically said "Oh ye he's our son too btw" and DBK was like "Sick". So yeah

Now about Season 1. Nezha is a child, he may be thousands of years old technically but he still has the undeveloped brain of a kid. And a kid, spending over 500 years with the same people is definitely going to affect his impressionable child brain. He, of course, isn't 100% with the whole "Plunge the world in darkness and rule it over with an iron fist" thing but he doesn't do much to stop it. He helps Redson with all his evil stuff, because he loves his lil bro, DBKs power absorbing armour, the great wall race, and stealing the skeleton key. He, however, would bever say he's evil and just says he's "Protecting the world from much worse" He doesn't really see what he is doing wrong. He doesn't believe he's doing anything wrong. He of course see's it later on. But in S1 he is on their side, not as passionate about as they are of course but he is on their side.

I will say this AU is just something I made because I wanted my comfort characters to interact and it's more of a crack but not crack concept so I haven't thought of everything thoroughly. Hope this answers your question well!

Please people ask me more stuff. It makes me so happy.

[the-cinnamon-snail]

Well the sleep deprivation may work fast but the hyperfixation works faster 💪

These drawings are on sticker paper and we're probably gonna pen and maybe color them tomorrow and then stick them places :3

Plus some stickers we already made and slapped on a notebook two days ago.

[strudelknight]

Paleolithic cult shenanigans

[ishizizzle]

I'm convinced ONLY a Powerful Demon could love Phoebe because she's such a runner! Cole's only real choice to be with her came down to loving her harder

[ruinxl0ve]

Demon Bull Queen

[lairofdragonagelore]

The Crossroads [DLC Trespasser]: Shattered Library; Entrance and Courtyard

The Shattered Library, or Vir Dirthara, are ruins of an ancient elvhen library, suspended between the Waking World and the Fade. It was the living knowledge of the elvhen empire that comprised libraries of every city and wisdom of every court. When Fen'Harel created the Veil, it weakened magic, making elvhen cities and structures crumbled. Vir Dirthara was one of the countless elvhen marvels that were intrinsically tied to the Fade and dependent on its presence that the Veil fractured. Now it is a series of floating isles that barely have any connection one another.

This place is divided into different sections:

Entrance

Courtyard

Broken Tower

Scholar's Retreat

Sundered Hall

Lower Archives

Inverted Ward

[This is part of the series “Playing DA like an archaeologist”]

[Index page of Dragon Age Lore]

Entrance

We enter to this zone when reaching the isle which has a statue of a Free Marches eagle in the Crossroads. Upstairs, we find the eluvian surrounded by several libraries, reflecting a bit of the nature of the destiny of the mirror. One of the books on the ground triggers the note Books in the Crossroads where we are informed that these books are magical: books are like written in a dream. Maybe this is an important hint to remember for later: this library was deeply related to the Fade before the Veil, it is not like the elvhen mountains [a pocket space], so it may share part of the nature of the Fade itself. Maybe that’s the reason why we see these Free Marches eagles.

The other notes we trigger are Communal Journal of the qunari and Map of the Crossroads, with nothing relevant to say.

When we cross the eluvian, we find a Shattered Library, with books spread everywhere in the small isle that survived the catastrophe. There are also some skeletons around, sitting or hiding all over the place, suggesting that some people got trapped here when the Veil was created, and perished later. This is confirmed later by The Archivist.

There are remnants of elvhen architecture in all the structures that survived in this space.

The books found here trigger some codices that I already explained in Ancient Elven codices; Vir Dirthara. We have the victory of Elgar'nan [Signs of Victory], the Exile of the Forbidden Ones, and Homecoming. The three codices give the impression that, if the game put them together in this place for us to combine, we can interpret them as: After the end of the war that Elgar'nan led, the Forbidden Ones were exiled from the lands of the Evanuris for fleeing the battle. The returning to home felt wholesome.

As an Easter Egg, behind these bookshelves, without moving to another isle, we can find a small camp where we get Sandal's journal. Now, I know Sandal has been a joke character made by the devs since forever, so we should not take this too seriously. The most we can say is that, clearly, Sandal found an eluvian at some point in the year of the Breach [9:41] and explored this place. Or even he activated one with his runes... lol. I don’t know, I feel this is so crappy of an explanation. Anyways, Sandal is not to be taken too seriously, because the devs always used him as an internal joke to release stress. Let’s take it like that and move on.

When we enter the Library, the first thing we notice are the Free Marches eagles. This is a strange detail at first, since this is not exactly the Fade, but then we remember what The Archivist informed to us, or what Solas told us at the end of Trespasser: This Library was deeply connected to the Fade and the Waking World, so it seems reasonable to interpret that part of the Fade’s nature of reflecting the Waking World worked here, until it fell apart. This concept will explain a lot of strange decoration details. 

The Inverted Ward [the isle upside-down we see in front of us] displays, probably justified in the same way, Tevinter statues that I called them time ago the Female Kossith/ Desire demon /Tevinter Warrior. I’ll talk about them in the “Shattered Library; Inverted Ward”. Briefly, we can say that these statues are part of the decoration of the columns of the Imperial High Way, and have an interpretation to be here. 

From afar we can see a lot of Elven Tree Statue and eluvians, some of them held in big hands, similar in size [or bigger] than the ones in the Dead Hand. The sky shows a green shimmer, almost like a barrier. I imagine it’s the Veil.

Walking ahead, we can see this space has several floating isles, some even with qunari walking upside-down. Along the path we find an Elven Owl statue on the ground, and some meters close to it, another pair of Free Marches eagles. I wonder why we find so many Free Marches eagles. We can’t even relate this place with Emerius, since it was during a time when the elvhen were already declining to even think that this place reflected Emerius’ rich knowledge on magic in its underground [Read Kirkwall history and design for more details]

After we pass the pair of eagle statues, we find a red dragon egg. We know already these devices allow the shifting of the paths to let us reach different isles.  

Ahead, there is an eluvian resting on a golden hand [these hands have been seen twice already: in the Dead Hand zone of the Exalted Plains, and in the Fade, specially in Flemeth's Fade-Part 1. 

Could they be reflections of the Titans in the Fade? Do we only see their hands because they are the ones that have most purpose all the time, which is to shape the world?. These hands work like a platform for the eluvians to rest. If the Eluvians are suspected to be made out of lyrium [something we didn’t get any confirmation yet] it seems reasonable to see a reflection of a titan’s hand  holding what it creates with its own blood. 

This hand in particular is made of gold. We already know that gold is an iconic decorative element used by the elvhen to represent divinty. Could this be an artistic representation of a hand of an Evanuris/god? More like a “daily propaganda” of the Evanuris.  Sadly, this is all speculation and attempts to interpret the reason of these dismembered hands in Fade and in this Library. I don’t feel confident with any in particular.

These hands also appear holding Elven Trees. We already concluded that these trees seem to have a representation of "power", or "source of power", or even a “titan’s heart” [that train of thoughts was worked in “Ancient Elven codices; Fen’Harel’s mountain ruins”] . 

At the Entrance, we find The Archivist spirit. Due to the shape it has and its colour, it seems to be a standard spirit who speaks ancient elvhen [The interaction with it can be found in the post The Archivist]. It gives us a general idea of what happened here: the Veil weakened the magic that sustained this place, making it fall apart, and trapped several elvhen in it who died slowly and in despair and terror. That would explain the many skeletons found along the way and the occasional demons popping up in some places.

Since the path to the eluvian resting on a colossal golden hand has fallen and it's inaccessible, we have to find a way around it. Beside the main path, there is an access to an eluvian with a pair of eagles that will lead us to the Courtyard.

Courtyard

This eluvian flanked by eagle statues leads us to the Ceiling of the Inverted Ward. We can see the Qunari on our ceiling. The eluvian from where we emerge is marked with a pair of Free Marches eagles as well.

There are two more eluvians in the corners of the Courtyard. These are very peculiar eluvians since on their top they have a symbol of the Sun-head creature and a Bull horn-head creature. It's hard to understand the meaning of these since we saw two statues with similar heads: the Sun-head creature, beside the entrance of the Elven Mountain Ruins; and the Moon-head creature, in the Deep Roads, almost in the entrance to the Uthenera chamber. We have no context to associate with them with the exception of the last trailer of DA:D, in which we associated Urthemiel to one of the symbols shown there, so as simple inference, we assume these are symbols related to the Old Gods. Now, there is no lore about them, so their relationship with the elvhen is a total mystery. I will talk more about them when I get to write a post about that trailer.

These mirrors are so important, that they are marked with their corresponding symbol in the map.

The Sun-head creature eluvian sends us to the isle we see behind it: the Sundered Halls. In there, the eluvian from where we come out has the same symbol on top of it. Both eluvians are connected with the same symbol [This doesn't happen with the other one, hence I highlight this in case it’s important somehow].  We have to cross the Sundered Halls to reach the isle of Lower Archives, where we find more codices, Falon’Din’s mosaics, and owl statues with orbs and golden rings, more details in “Shattered Library; Sundered Hall and Lower Archives”.

In the case of the Bull horn-head creature eluvian, it sends us to the Broken Tower, but the eluvian from where we come out has no symbol on it [may it have fallen apart with the catastrophe?]. Then, we cross the Broken Tower to reach the Scholar’s Retreat, where we find the only mural of the Shattered Library: “The creation of the Veil”, with a high probability of having been painted by Solas himself. More details about this in “ Shattered Library; Broken Tower and Scholar’s Retreat”.

The Courtyard has a central Elven Tree with an excess of Fade energy crackling around it. As we approach it, its Fade energy discharges, which interacts with the Anchor in the Inquisitor's hand. Once we explore the isles of these two eluvians, this energy will be part of the Inquisitor giving it new characteristics. Notice that once more, like in the dark room of the Silent Tower in the Elven Mountain Ruins, or in the the Dead Hand from the Exalted Plains, these trees are associated with energy/ magical power. So connecting them to lyrium is not that odd as I commented in Ancient Elven codices; Fen’Harel’s mountain ruins.

It's below the tree were we find the codex A Flowering Imago, interpreted in Ancient Elven codices; Vir Dirthara. Notice that such ominous and strange codex is placed beside this tree, the location context usually enhances the codex. It seems to suggest that structures like these [branches that contain pools/flowers filled with bodies that enter Uthenera and are half dead may be a source of power, that potentially can be related to lyrium. There is no confirmation about it, but the idea keeps floating around the player’s mind].

In a nearby bookshelf, there is another book which triggers Birds of Fancy and Attentive Listeners. Both codices give us a general idea of the fluid nature of the creatures that lived in that ancient world, as well as how spirits and elves coexisted without Veil. These codices are more informative about the past, so they are located in the bookshelves, we don’t have much external context in order to interpret them.

We also find Duel of a Hundred Years, which seems to imply that Elgar'nan won over Falon'Din in an opportunity.  Again, it’s placed in a way that seems to imply it’s merely informative, a piece of the past. 

Detailed attempts to interpret these codices can be read in Ancient Elven codices; Vir Dirthara.

In a corner of this space we can have some bits of information given by Cole:

These quotes are triggered while observing the Lower Archives, the only place where we find Falon’Din’s mosaic.

He recognises that the Veil is not natural but created to forbid. For some logic leap I can’t understand, Cole says that this artificial nature of the Veil means that he belongs to this place. I’m lost there. We know that Cole’s nature is unique: as a spirit, he created a body in the Waking World and has been living ever since as something that can exist here and in the Fade too if you keep him as a spirit. He never possessed a body, but a body was created for him. Maybe his story will help us eventually to understand what kind of entity the Elvhen are.

Cole tells us that Solas is Fen’Harel in an anagram, that remind us Solas’ personal quest, when his friend of wisdom died. With the banters he had with Cole, we realised that the world is losing too many positive and gentle spirits, and this is in part what may have triggered Solas’ determination to stop this world. This world only destroys good, gentle spirits.

Cole says that the magic here “wakes it”. It seems to be referring to the Anchor. By the end of the game, we know the magic of the Anchor is Solas’ energy accumulated for millennia, and it is killing the Inquisitor.

There is a third eluvian in the Courtyard, a bit hidden behind the walls and at the end of a corridor, which leads us directly to the Inverted Ward, appearing exactly behind Humanoid Mythal statue. However, the stone bridge is collapsed, so we can’t cross it yet. 

When we return from the Lower Archives, after activating the dragon egg there, the Courtyard will show us the “librarians”. It seems to be that these spirits, which purpose probably was organising information in the library, got twisted and purpose-less after the fall of the magic sustaining this space, and ended up being twisted into Terror demons.

[redysetdare]

it's kind of funny how much of a non-threat the Demon bull family was throughout all of s1. like really what exactly did they do most the time?? they just kind of did things only in the pilot and the finale. Red son did more than his parents with taking over the weather tower in episode 1.

Like ik first seasons are always more laid back but also it's just very funny to see that the demon bull family really didn't do much of anything and the characters barely even thought of them half the time - they were the most minor reoccurring villains.

[the-monkey-ruler]

The Big Fight Between Red Kid and Five Dragon Princess (1949) 红孩儿大戰五龙公主

Picture: N/A Director: Ye Yiyi Starring: Yu Jia / Liang Ruibing / Liu Kexuan / Ying Liming Country/Region of Production: Hong Kong, China Language: Cantonese Date: 1949-09-25 Also known as: 红孩儿大战五龙公主 Type: Retelling

Summary:

The son of the Bull Devil and Princess Iron Fan, the Red Boy, has extraordinary kung fu of extraordinary skills. Red Boy holds the weapon banana fan and the diamond circle to fight the immortal Buddha, and then enter the sea to fight the demon.

Source: https://chinesemov.com/1949/The-Big-Fight-Between-Red-Kid-and-Five-Dragon-Princess

Link: N/A

[caffeinewitchcraft]

Everything I've Ever Written (on Tumblr)

I have been writing online since 2016. As a result, I have quite the few short stories listed below! They're all from different parts in my writing journey and I hope you enjoy.

If you'd like to read what I currently put out, please consider supporting me on Patreon (X)

Cinderella Doesn't Believe in Fairy Tales

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Part 4 / Part 5 /Part 6

Part 7 / Part 8 / Part 9

Destiny Universe

You Are the Demon King

The Hero and Hope (part 1) (part 2)

Being Villagers

Heroes and Villains

Therapist for Villains

Juniper and Discus

Self Destruct Villain (flash fiction)

Dandelion (A Villain Story)

You Help Kill Heroes

You are the Shark Hero

Mist into a Tempest

The Civilian and the Reluctant Hero

No Heroes Here

The Spoiler (humor, flash fiction)

You are Legacy

Hero in Title

Dark Lord's Former Coworker

One Minute

The Fae:

You Become Powerful

Your Friend Takes Your Name

Larkin and Yvette

Debt Must Be Repaid (humor flash fiction)

Going to the Hill

The Fae are Free

When They Don't Know (submitted to elsewhereuniversity)

The Chosen One

The Chosen One's Parents

Fate and Mercy and Dead Girls

Amulet to Save Her

Hero's Apprentice (Flash fiction)

The Aftermath of the Chosen One

Wizards Stole My Brother

You are the Chosen One's Knight

The Chosen One is a History Major

You are the Most Powerful Magic User

Time Restarts and She Remembers

Better the Witch than the Kid

Witches

It Was in a Name

The Good Witch of Hawthorne

Berthe the Green Witch

Cursed Mold (flash fiction)

Love isn't Enough

I Can't Believe it's not Proper Adjudication

Devil Deals

The Devil You Know

The Ritual

They Summoned Her on Halloween (flash fiction)

Fairytale Retellings

Ariel and Ursula (age appropriate)

The Gods

Zeus' Son

Faith in Technology

Sci-Fi

Six Red Bulls and Persistence

The Sound of Silence

Emmaline and the Apartment

Humans are Vengeful

Humans Know War (that's why we have diplomacy)

Criminals Forced to Live on as AI (flash fiction)

Misc Fantasy

Wind-Speaker

Wind-Speaker and Her Wife

You Will Become

The Sirens and Leona (flash fiction)

Eldritch Princess (flash fiction)

Princess Maria and the Dragon

Princess Maria is Kidnapped

Immortals are Afraid of Change

Fiona the Dragon

A Violently Won War

Meta Stories

An Abstract Concept

Narrative Town

Narrative Town: Uncle Ralph

Princess Phaedra Breaks

You are a Horror Movie Villain

Ghost Stories

Malevolent Spirits

Your House is Haunted by an Anime Pillow

Don't Open the Door

Grandma's House

Who Is? (flash fiction)

A Face (flash fiction)

Misc.

You Choose Your Fate in Hell

Time Paradox (flash fiction)

You are an Assassin

Multiple Dimension Serial Killer (flash fiction)

An Exercise in Mary Sue

She Comes Back from the Hospital (tw eating disorder)

Roses and Evil (mental health flash fiction)

Big Brother

A Conversation About Anger

Punching Depression

Two Sides (flash fiction)

Immortal Serial Killer in Prison

Theater Romance (flash fiction)

The Lady and the Knight (flash fiction)

Different (flash fiction)