#Golden novels

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[ Birthday gift Moodboard ] Sun Wukong x Miko Yae

This for @xthaliax their birthday present

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Miko Yae © miHoYo

Sun Wukong © Simon Lucas

[childrenofcain-if]

y’all have no idea how much of a complete asshole MC is gonna be to break the ROs’ heart so they won’t be sad when they, inevitably, get dragged to hell die...

[lancabbage]

Where did the whole "WWX did not regret giving up his golden core" theory from?

He did.

Truthfully, he wasn’t unaffected. Could a person so easily resign themselves to such a loss?

Of course not. It was impossible.

WWX reflecting upon giving up his golden core.

But whenever he found himself tossing and turning in the dead of night, unable to sleep and plagued by thoughts of how he’d never again follow the orthodox path to the mountain’s peak, never again display the astounding swordplay that made people’s jaws drop…he would turn his thoughts around with a simple fact.

If it had not been for Jiang Fengmian bringing him to Lotus Pier, Wei Wuxian might never have crossed paths with the cultivation world. He would never have been conscious of such a mystical and magnificent realm. He’d merely have been the leader of some homeless street urchins who roamed the streets and fled at the sight of dogs—or perhaps herded cattle and stole vegetables in the countryside, playing his flute and living one day at a time. He’d have had no way of cultivating, let alone a chance to form a golden core.

He did, and that's alright. He's only human! People seem to think he gave his golden core up because "he loved his brother" and "he's just a kind idiot". Nope. WWX is kind, but he's not stupid and he definitely didn't give JC his core because of affection.

So he treated it as a repayment of his debt, or an atonement for his sins. Treated it as if he had never obtained that golden core to begin with.

After bringing himself around so many times this way, he was almost able to actually feel as wild and carefree as he acted on the surface. He could even half-jokingly praise himself for the state of acceptance he had reached, while he was at it.

He gave him his golden core because he felt like he had to. He had been told, time and time again this was all his fault (by JC and YZY) and the last thing both YZY and JFM said to WWX, although worded differently and said in complete opposite tones, was a reminder that WWX "owed" the Jiangs everything and should look after JC no matter the cost.

This is what drove him to give JC his core, debt. Honour bound to repay the Jiangs. And as the above clearly shows us, WWX really struggled with that. Struggled with the fact he felt he had to pay them all back (when he never actually did, but we won't go into that here...) and trying to convince himself the golden core he worked so hard for wasn't even his to begin with.

It wasn't an easy decision to make for WWX. He's not some self-sacrificing idiot like some make him out to be. It's absolutely heartbreaking and I think this is all so often overlooked.

[rinriya]

Adrian's love for MC is so deep, strong, devoted, sensual, tender, but also passionate. He literally embodies all you want in a relationship. I can't wait to see how he develops further and especially his jealousy moments in 2 book.

By the way, the atmosphere in this game is incredible. The descriptions are so vivid, colorful, and fascinating. You can feel the warm wind on your skin, the smell of sea salt, hear the shouts of traders and plunge into life, into secrets, into the mesmerizing unknown, into feelings and emotions. If it were possible, I would buy this game in book form. Highly recommend!

[mezumasa]

Sleep peacefully, my most beloved witch, Beatrice.

[golden-hearts-silver-tongues-if]

Demo: (Release Date: when i figure out twine, and then a week)

Life was never easy, but the day you first found your talent for less than legal practices, it certainly got easier. And when you finally got taken in by a nosy noble who could appreciate your talents, life finally seemed like it was looking up. But the highlife isn't all it was cracked out to be. You had to leave behind your best friend for this chance at the high life, and that's not even to mention all the enemies you've made while in service of the person who brought you in. Was it worth it? Can you keep your skeletons nice and tidy in your closet? Or will the past prove to have a few too many chips on its shoulder. ------------- This is a game about many things. Struggling to find meaning in your own life, trying to cling to those you care about as life drags you apart, and what can happen when you don't make peace before the storm. You take on the role of a peasant with a talent for the illegal, be that quick hands or a quicker wit. After years of dealing with the dirt of life to make a living, you get taken in (read, bought into service) of a noble who claims to have nothing but good intentions. They want to expose other nobility for their wrongdoings while climbing the ranks themselves. Will you be willing to remain loyal to their cause, or is money truly the only thing motivating you? That remains up to you to decide. Golden Hearts, Silver Tongues is rated 18+ for explicit language, mature themes, drug and alcohol use and abuse, violence, thoughts and mentions of suicide, self-harm, death and mental trauma. -------------

Customizable MC, choose your gender, pronouns, appearance, sexuality, romantic attraction, personality, history with some characters, potential disabilities, and most importantly, how you choose to go about your crimes. Are you a smooth talker, or someone who prefers actions over words?

Romance one of four available ROs? Will you fall back to your tumultuous Ex/Ex Best Friend? Or perhaps your new coworker or Boss? Or perhaps the most dangerous, the Ex-Noble hunting you down?

Struggle with Morality as you get pulled in different directions. What constitutes good anyways? And let's be honest, do you even care about being good at this point?

Resolve all of your lingering issue, before choosing how to move forwards. To remain trapped by the chains of your past, or to cast it all off and move forwards, unburdened. Ignorance is bliss, after all.

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Romance Options:

The Rival (F, Cis or Trans selectable) - Your one and only friend in the early days of your life, and perhaps something more? You two grew up together and often were the only ones each other had. Perhaps she was your best friend, your lover, or someone you were so close to you could consider them family. Regardless, whatever she was, she isn't anymore. A fight caused a rift between you two, and now you two aren't on talking terms, much less anything else. So, when she shows up to one of your jobs, to steal the same items no less, is it any surprise things don't go well? Tropes - Exes to Lovers, Childhood Crush, Exfriends to Lovers, Rivals/Enemies to Lovers

The Boss (M, F, NB selectable) - The person who scooped you off the streets and showed you what the high life was like, and all you had to do was steal whatever they told you. Simple enough, right? You'd think. In practice, it seems like they keep upping the ante on your targets and at some point, you have to wonder whether or not this is all born out of good intentions. Though, with the looks they keep sending your way, perhaps more than just your skills have captivated them? No, that couldn't be true. After all, a noble and a peasant would cause far too much of an uproar for the already tumultuous figure that is your boss. Right? Gender Footnote - If NB, the Boss will be Agender. Tropes - Forbidden Love, Age Gap, Nobility x Peasant, Employer x Employee

The Coworker (M, Cis or Trans selectable) - A surprise your boss sprung on you just a few months ago, he is another noble who embraced your Boss' rhetoric and now wants to help reveal the darker side of the Kingdom. It's a shame he doesn't know what he's doing, but luckily (or unluckily), that is where you come in. Tasked to show him the ropes of thieving, you must figure out how to teach this eager learner what you've known all your life. He might not have quick hands, nor can he lie to save his life, but if there's one thing, he knows it's how to get up after a failure. And that surely has no correlation to all the gifts of his you've ignored over the years, right? Tropes - Coworkers to Lovers, Master x Apprentice, First Crush, Himbo, Potentially Grumpy x Sunshine

The Baron (M, F, NB selectable) - Hate is a strong word. Luckily, the Baron is a strong person. The first major noble your Boss ever sent you after, they by far had the hardest fall from grace out of anyone you know. Going from ruling an entire quarter of the Kingdom, to being nothing more than a rogue knight hunting you down for revenge. It's a shame they still have so much money at their disposal to hunt you with, and for all that it's worth, they are very good at finding you. Catching you, not so much. You always manage to just barely evade their capture....surely nothing to think about. Gender Footnote - If NB, the Baron will be Genderfluid. Tropes - Hate-Hate Relationship, Enemies to Lovers, Murder makes people hot, Villian Route, Potentially Redemption Arc

------------- Note Zone: Hey there! Thanks for reading all the way through this. This little place down here is where I plan on placing things like links in the future, and also any notes on progress or big topics and stuff that comes up. For now, all asks are welcomed, and once again thank you!

[yingandzhan]

Something just got me thinking...

Suibian is a truly loyal sword, it refused to let anyone else use it and did what was only ever heard of in legends and sealed itself away when its master died!

The sword is monogamous. It only connected with one person and no one else would do. No one else could compare.

Spiritual weapons have a deep connection with their wielders, they are constantly permeated with their owner's spiritual energy. They are, in a way, an extension of their master.

So, it makes perfect sense that Suibian is monogamous. Because it's quite obvious that WWX is as well. WWX only ever had eyes for one person, he only ever connected to one other person in such a deep, life changing way. No one else would do, no one else could ever compare to that boy that stole his undivided attention on the Cloud Recesses rooftop the first night they met.

It was always LWJ for him, just as it was always WWX for Suibian.

Like master, like sword.

[drawulan]

Yanfu husbands

[a-rayneart]

I REALLY loved A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik and will probably have more art as I work my way through the books

[shinewonder]

springlock suits sure are funny like that

[kepler-station]

౨ৎ.𖥔˚ How do the Ancient Heroes fare with being rejected or friendzoned by their crush?

— 𝜗𝜚 idk i was just curious what would happen so i did this. also now i love hollyberry now

𔓕 ⸝⸝ ꒱ sumi radio ; friends by marshmello & anne-marie (have u ever listened to this song since like 2018?)

ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚ heads up ! — golden cheese is in denial, she's too delusional and in her head...

₊˚⊹ ᰔ radiowaves reaching to humans... @esmelanaire

— pure vanilla cookie 🍦 ᯓ★

— pure vanilla cookie would initially be saddened by it, but he understands your circumstances and reasons (unless you're lying) and afterwards stays a great friend nonetheless.

— if you're one to fight (as in you get aggressive thinking he's still trying to pursue you after you reject vanilla), he'd rather sit you down and sit down after to discuss it. he then sets it down that he accepts his rejection and is more than happy to stay friends with you.

— in all honesty, i can see him treating you and his feelings for you just like how he treated white lily and his feelings for her when she friendzoned him. wondering if he still likes you but saying nothing about it, treating you more gently and specially than the others and getting more defensive when you're attacked. he won't pull his whole not-eating shtick because you didn't go missing or anything like turning into an evil cookie, but he definitely still feels something for you.

— being friends with him is easy because he understands you rejected him and won't push anything upon you especially if you've found someone else (he's def. not the type to do shit like that, it's pure vanilla cmon).

— possibly has attachment issues after getting rejected by both you and lily and having feelings for them afterwards for an awkward amount of time while they still think of him as friends.

— congratulations, you're the vice president of the "i friendzoned pure vanilla cookie" club. white lily is the awkward president. get in line.

— hollyberry cookie 🍓 ᯓ★

— hollyberry would stay jolly and accept the rejection. she doesn't pursue you anymore, and for a period she's a little disheartened by it. but it passes by quickly and she's still a great friend to be around.

— ... only that she's still wondering where she went wrong to this day. she pushed it away and treats you like how she treats everyone, but inside she's still wondering why that happened, because everything seemed to be going smoothly. she thinks of you as a close friend now, but still, what happened? where did she go wrong?

— if you were the type to fight, she's quick on her defenses and makes you talk it out with her, even if it's in front of a crowd. the same way she made dark cacao cookie come to his senses after he attacked the consul of the creme republic. heck, she might even use her shield if you're that aggressive. but know at the end of the day, hollyberry will have you sat down as if she's your therapist and will convince you to talk it out with her. this is an inevitable canon event.

— still a great friend nonetheless and accepts her rejection wholeheartedly, so accepting that your friendship with her doesn't get ruined at all! unless you have a grudge against her for the crush (...), nothing gets tarnished and you are truly just a friend after the whole fiasco. also, you most likely will end up with a conflicted hollyberry if you start loving her after she's convinced herself that it wasn't meant to be, so prepare for karma if you start having feelings for her again.

— but sometimes she falls back into this spiteful mindset that keeps her wondering why you didn't choose her and all those thoughts. that being said, after a period of time and maybe a talk or multiple talks with the light of passion, she does get over it and accepts it just wasn't meant to be. still, she doesn't let that tarnish her friendship with you and never brings it up unless you mention it first. but even then, she's more like "haha, yes, i once had a crush on [them], my dear friend! but worry not, i won't push [them] if [they] really don't want it!"; in the sense that she acknowledges it but doesn't push for anything to happen if you really don't want it.

— dark cacao cookie 🍫 ᯓ★

— dark cacao cookie is a strict and protective ruler, yes. but outside of his kingly demeanor, he's actually pretty emotionally vulnerable. always on edge, miserable even, pissed off, near aggressive, nervous, anxious.

— when faced with rejection, he's... silent. with an unreadable expression on his face. but under that unreadable face of his, he feels... betrayed. perhaps by his own resolution, that he let his heart and soul be vulnerable for someone who won't even accept his love. but he can't bring himself to blame you, he doesn't have reigns over you nor does he truly want to.

— "... i see." from there, you either leave on your own, leaving an awkward but oddly sorrowful silence as dark cacao just... stands there. he silently accepts the rejection but not in a hollyberry kinda way, in a "this was inevitable, i can't change how a cookie like them thinks anyway" kinda way.

— he regrets ever having his heart out in the open, for relaxing for even a moment for a little laugh to escape his mask for even just a second only because it was you and that he didn't know he would experience such a thing as he has right now.

— though he does get over you and the whole "embarrassing situation" at SOME point, it has long lasting effects on the way he percieves you in the same way he felt about clotted cream. he's more distant and silent around you, and its clear he does not open up or laugh with you/smile around you the same way he used to when he liked you before the rejection.

— he's less enthusiastic around you and wayy more distant than he usually is, which leads to his subjects (i mean like crunchy chip and caramel arrow maybe) being less than trusting of you. with the way he stays silent with a pensive expression, perhaps a side eye or two, it leave you and the other ancients to wonder what happened to him to have him so affected.

— golden cheese cookie 🧀 ᯓ★

— "what?! am i hearing this right?! you're rejecting me?! golden cheese cookie?! the goddess of eternal gold herself?!"

— that pretty much sums up her reaction to being rejected, widened eyes, heightened speech and all. honestly, she's just in denial. you really rejected her? did you not like the cheese dishes she served you, or the tricks she did in the republic just for you? maybe you didn't see them or...

— yeah no, you definitely didn't reject her, she's just hearing thi— ...oh, you did reject her.

— you were the first to leave. she definitely made efforts to make you stay, trying to figure out where she went wrong before you had to say it for yourself. you just left, leaving a shocked and exasperated golden cheese there to stand. she doesn't stand for long because she leaves and migrates away after like a few minutes of getting over her shock.

— truly and to her, it was a reality check. i mean, you do respect her as an ancient hero, as a god, as a queen... just not as your girlfriend. when you've lived for years and years surrounded by people who love and worship you, it's stunning to witness, and not in a good way.

— i can't see her being the aggressive type (or atleast not the type to be violent), but if you were to get aggressive, she'd definitely get a little riled up. she's more than capable of fighting back if you do attack (even then i'm sure you're still in the right mind to not attack an ancient hero with soul jam and years of experience fighting). she's more so relying and hoping that her attacks and shouts/demands/whatever comes out of her mouth will bring you to the right mind.

— truth be told, being next to you even as a friend is a bit uncomfortable for golden cheese, but she gets over it... eventually. she's just more awkward but more normal than most. she and dark cacao are probably the most affected by the rejection but it isnt much to say cuz the other three are literally 99.99% normal even after the rejection.

— white lily cookie 🕊️ ᯓ★

— we know the soft, gentle and thoughtful white lily cookie has little to no regards about love in her life. she's more concerned about why cookies exist instead of enjoying her existence, after all. but what happens to her when her heart ends up being captured by a cookie?

— it wasn't her intention to make her feelings clear, goodness, no! but maybe she wasn't as good at hiding her feelings as she thought (but maybe that was because she was too caught up in it...). that little frown, the way the shine and love in her eyes disappeared and was replaced with regret and sorrow, even the lily of her head wilted a bit...

— lily felt truly heart-rended. as anyone else would, of course, but she has never fallen in love before. she's seen it, and she may have been curious enough to try love potions on herself, but it never felt the same as the true love she's seen. and now, when she's fallen head over heels with a cookie, they reject her love...

— see, this is literally why she friendzoned vanilla.

— not gonna lie, white lily would be a little frightened if you were the aggressive type. it's nothing she could handle herself, she was an ancient hero, after all.

— just like dark cacao, she regrets ever opening up her heart to others. she should've stayed in her greenhouse, researching the origins of cookies and all... and yet, here she is, crying to her lilies who have also cried tears of their own. how pitiful, an ancient hero sobbing over a rejection... it's an experience surely everyone has experienced, but why was she crying over you? she's an ancient hero, she mustn't be here kneeling over soggy lilies sobbing over a cookie her heart has fallen for...

— alas, even if she were able to befriend you again (or even talk to you again after the rejection), she wouldn't push anything against you if you truly didn't love her. of course she'd still feel dejected over it, but she wouldn't push anything between you two. she'll take anything she can get, even if it's just a conversation as friends or even less. just please don't be her enemy, anything but that... her heart can't take fighting the cookie she loves the most.... how ironic.

[pannathottafughoe]

Right, so I don't know if this can be said for the Japanese version, but whenever I revisit the English translation of Purple Haze Feedback I always find myself pleasantly amused by the prose.

It is surprisingly well-written for a light novel based on an obscure character from the side-quest JoJo part.

The prose is dry and straightforward in an entertaining way that's fitting for Fugo’s POV. It's how I imagine he sees the world. It's lowkey but you can palpably feel just how done he is with everything and everyone. Fugo's annoyance is the undercurrent of the entire novel. I feel like after every interaction he's staring sarcastically into the camera like they do in The Office. God I love this book.

[childrenofcain-if]

Everytime i learn something new about W, i always cry.... Don't worry my cinnamon roll i.... Will not leave you again 🥹

W is just a walking L at this point (haha notice what i did?). they’re now going to hold onto MC like a toddler with a death grip.

[lancabbage]

Just seen someone claim JC was equal to LWJ in skill and strength... Not sure where they gleaned that from the novel!

Jiang Cheng loathed being at a disadvantage in a fight, so unless victory was absolutely certain, attacking Lan Wangji was not within the realm of consideration.

- 7S

Even JC wasn't confident he'd win lmao 😂

[mdzs-trash]

You know what I just realised after watching the donghua; when HC says that LQQ is "greedy for gold" at Paradise Manor it was a reference to the golden banquet and how Yong'an took that tradition from Xianle. There are so many layers to this novel, even within seemingly insignificant dialogue. Dude, I love this novel!

[mezumasa]

“Sleep peacefully, my most beloved witch, Beatrice.”

This rendition of Ophelia with Beatrice as a subject is two years old now, but it still holds a very dear place in my heart.

The flowers depicted are statices, daisies, asters, snapdragons, and a single daffodil. Each one has meaning.

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