#I'm pretty sure he'd have joined the clan anyways

[splint-er-exe]

Why did she say that

[hoseokslefteyebrow]

The Anomaly || JJK

Bonus Chapter: Nobara Kugisaki

summary : In which you're isekai'd from your (own) parallel Jujutsu Kaisen universe to the canon universe.

wordcount : 1.9k

Pairing: Jujutsu Kaisen X Reader, mostly platonic, you're really just part of the story

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You smile, grinning as you pull Sukuna along by hand, your fingers interlaced with his.

" Can you believe it, Sukuna?! We're accepted! We're going to be strong and protect people!"

Sukuna grumbles behind you, rolling his eyes.

" Ehh, who cares. Who are the other first years anyway?"

" Well, there's me-"

" Obviously there's you, Yuu'. If I'm there then why wouldn't you be?"

Sukuna is pretending to be tough, like he dislikes that fact, but both you and Yuuji know better.

Yuuji grins, sharing glances with you.

" Y'know, you can act all tough as you want, but we both know you'd miss me if I wasn't around!" 

Yuuji's grinning, and so are you.

" Yeah! Remember back when we were looking for crabs on the beach and you couldn't find Yuuji and panicked?-"

" Y/N, I was 7, give it a rest. He's stupid, I genuinely thought he'd drowned."

" There's no way the three of you are the other first years."

All three of you blink at the new voice which has joined the conversation.

" Megumi! You look great!"

" You I can accept. But really, sensei? Kamo and Sukuna?"

You scoff at Megumi, crossing your arms over one another as you playfully glare at him.

" You should consider yourself lucky actually-"

" Why aren't you in Jujutsu Tech Kyoto? Isn't Kamo Noritoshi there as well?"

" Yeah, well, for that exact reason. The clan doesn't want us to be close, so they figured that I shouldn't go to Jujutsu Tech at all.- Gojo sensei helped me out actually-"

" You condone her being here? She's reckless!-"

You scoff at Megumi's words, also turning to your teacher.

" Hey! I'm fine. I'm fun even, unlike you-"

You glare shortly at Megumi. 

" Glad to see you all like each other. We'll have to get going though, there's another first year we're about to meet."

Yuuji, Sukuna and you blink at him. It seems like Megumi already knows.

About an hour later, you find yourselves in Harajuku, waiting on yet another student.

Yuuji, Sukuna and you are from the country side. You've only been to Tokyo a handful of times, so everything looks cool to you. So far, you've only spent your money on a crepe that looked delicious. ( It was too.) Yuuji has gone all out, looking much like a tourist. Sukuna had gotten a crepe too, but he's also been sneaking bites from your own, and Megumi hasn't been engaging in anything. Because, (in your opinion), he's boring.

It takes a few.moments before you notice a familiar uniform,and your eyes twinkle as you notice something.

It's another girl!

Finally, you're not the only one between these idiots anymore. (Sukuna included.)

It takes a few moments, but finally, she notices your group too.

You bow formally as her eyes flit over you, before approaching her in excitement, taking her hands in your own like she's some kind of miracle.

" Hi! I'm Kamo Y/N, but call me Y/N! It's so nice to finally have another girl on the team!- Oooeh, your skin is beautiful, what's your skin care routine? That man had no taste, honestly, you look great! Maybe it was your age he was uncomfortable with, perhaps he-"

" Hey little shit, you're rambling again."

You blink turning around to face your best friend, letting go of Nobara's hands.

" And Who're you?"

" Hello! I'm Itadori Yuuji, and this is my twin. We're all from Sendai! Y/N included."

" Sukuna."

" Fushiguro Megumi."

You can pretty much feel Nobara's chain of thoughts as she judges the three boys. Eventually, she glances at you.

" Soo, you've been around these three how long exactly?"

You blink, deeply thinking about it.

" Uhm, not sure, actually.- Our dads hit it off at a grocery store one day and we've just been hanging out ever since?"

You're not even sure how long you know all know each other, Megumi included.

Nobara hums apologetically.

" And you've been stuck with these dudes ever since? You must have lost so many braincells.- Don't worry though, I'm here now!" 

You smile, and both your and Nobara's hands clap together as the two of you jump around.

Gojo grins, happy the two of you are getting along. Yuuji is quick to engage in conversation too. Megumi and Sukuna only exchange glances with one another. They pretty much don't care.

It doesn't take long for Megumi to speak up, eager to either go home or do something useful instead of watching his two classmates gossiping.

" Are we going somewhere from here?"

" We do have all the first year students together. And two* of you only recently arrived from the country side. So of course, we're going on a tour of Tokyo!" 

You and Sukuna exchange glances while Megumi looks about done for the day. 

Last time Gojo said something like that, he abandoned you and Sukuna at Nanami's feet.

Truefully, that was years ago, but still. Your trust issues come from this man and this man alone.

" TDL! Let's go to TDL!"

" Idiot, TDL is in Chiba! Let's go to Chinatown!"

" Chinatown is in Yokohama! "

" Yokohama is in Tokyo! You know what? Why don't you go look at a map-"

Megumi is just looking at Yuuji and Nobara while they argue over options like it hasn't already been chosen.

You and Sukuna both blink, lowkey expecting what could be coming.

" I will now announce our destination-"

Both Yuuji and Nobara make it a show to get down on their knees.

" Roppongi."

Oh. You think to yourself.

That's not so bad.

-

You blink at the building in front of you. Yeah, you should've seen this coming.

beside you, Yuuji and Nobara are complaining.

" There's a curse here."

You send Megumi an annoyed glance. Thanks Megs, we hadn't noticed that yet.

Sukuna blinks.

" There is?"

Ah right. Can he see curses? Yes. Can he see cursed energy? No.

After Nobara had a moment to realize Yuuji only very recently joined and didn't know a thing yet, Gojo started speaking. 

" I wanna see what you guys are capable of. Just see this as a field test. Nobara, Yuuji, the two of you will go in and excorsize the curse in that building."

Megumi, Sukuna and you turn to him in mild disappointance nd surprise.

" What about us?"

" I've already got a general of idea what the three of you are capable of."

You pout. Megumi seems mildly annoyed by it too.

" Hey Yuu', don't die." 

Sukuna's sweet call causes his twin to turn around with a grin.

" Awe, you'll miss me?"

" No. But you have a lock on your suitcase, which is where the Wii is." 

Yuuji pouts.

You snort.

Soon enough the two of them enter the building, and you, Megumi and Sukuna are left with Gojo outside.

After sitting down on a curb, Gojo turns to you.

" So, you and Megumi? Since when have you had this rivalry going on?" 

You and Megumi blink on one another.

" He stole my bowl of noodles 3 winters ago."

Your words are solemn, dark, like you're talking about a grave crime scene.

Gojo blinks.

He remembers that day. Was that where the arguing started?

Wasn't it Sukuna who had slurped all your noodles?

" I've told you, it wasn't me!"

Megumi sends you an annoyed look, a vein popping the side of his head.

" I know it was you! Who else would it be?!"

The two of you start bickering again, oblivious to Sukuna's amused expression and Gojo's knowing smile.

There are only a few people who can get Megumi worked up like that after all.

-

" Huh, why are you all empty handed?" 

Both you and Nobara blink at your schoolmates as you approach with Nobara's suitcase and your sportsbag filled with clothes sling over your shoulder.

Sukuna raises a brow.

" You two going somewhere?"

" What are you two even doing with all that luggage?"

Panda's pointing a finger at the both of you.

" What do you mean? Aren't we heading to Kyoto?"

" For the exchange school event in Kyoto?" 

" The exchange school event with our sister school from Kyoto, which will be held here in Tokyo."

You and Nobara exchange glances.

You face palm.

 Maki gives the two of you a pointed look.

" No wonder our conversation have been a little off all this time."

" I know right?"

" Salmon." 

" Y/N should've known, considering her cousin will be here in a few minutes."

" Right? She mentioned she was excited to see him."

" Are you kidding me?! Then what did I make all these preparations for? "

You blink while Nobara bursts out, causing you to blink again.

" The event is held at the school which won last year, which was Tokyo." 

Poor Panda is getting all shaked up by Nobara, who is currently rambling.

You're about to put your hand on her shoulder and calm her down, when Sukuna wraps an arm around you shoulder.

" Don't stop her, this is amusing."

Rolling your eyes, you nudge him off you, stopping one of your newfound best friends instead.

" Hey, you two, cut it out. They're here."

You blink at Maki, pointing to yourself.

" What did I even do?"

" Ah, well, look at that. Everyone from Tokyo together. Is this the welcoming party? How disappointing."

Mai. You've never spoken to her before, but you heard about her from Nobara, who seemed to have a violent run in with her a few weeks ago, when she unnecessarily showed up.

" I don't see Okkotsu anywhere."

Todo Aoi. 

Several of your schoolmates banter in comments for a moment, while Noritoshi sends you a close eyed smile.

" Good to see you, Y/N. I hope you've gotten stronger. You might've been able to beat me before, but you won't be able to do so now."

You grin at him.

" Bet. Try me."

Before anyone can get too heated, Utahime joins the scene.

-

Currently, Nobara is scrolling through her phone on her bed, her face mushed in her pillow. 

She misses you, undeniably so.

She was missing you when you had been missing, and was fearing you were dead, she was glad to hear that you are lost instead. That doesn't mean that things got easier on her side. She feels like she misses you more now, scrolling through random photos in memory of you. Many were taken at the mall or in shopping districts, others with your classmates. 

She just hopes that wherever you are, that you would be okay.

-

Meanwhile, you stare in horror at her body which is now lying lifeless on the floor.

You hope your best friend is alive and well in your own universe.

* I mentioned 2 earlier bc Sukuna and mc have already been to tokyo (dumped at Jujutsu tech lol)

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[dapplemoth]

Bramblestar x Jessy hypos?

I never actually finished reading bramblestar's storm so I had to skim Jessy's page a bit.

They have only one kit, a tiger clone named Sharpshade

ft. half siblings Sparkkit and Alderkit :) (originally I intended him to be a young apprentice here but then I realized the timelines don't mesh up so he's a manlet lmao)

More info under the cut

Squirrelflight and Bramblestar do not have a romantic (at the time anyway) relationship in Bramblestar's Storm, it is strictly professional. Because of this, Jessy decides to join the clan and becomes Bramblestar's mate for a while. However the two come to realize that they don't work well together and decide to split up by the time Sharpkit is weaned. They're both able to come up with a custody agreement where Sharpkit will primarily be raised by the clan but Jessy can visit her kit as much as she pleases. Not everyone is happy with just letting an ex classmate barge into camp whenever she wants but eventually they all shut up and get used to it.

Sharpkit has a... relatively happy childhood all things considered, he gets to grow up having three parents (bramble, squilf, and Jessy) and is overall a pretty mellow little guy. Although he's far, far closer to Jessy and his step mom than he is to Bramblestar. He can't help but feel Bramble may...resent him a bit with how much of a black sheep he is when compared to the rest of the Bramblesquirrel family, this fear grows even worse when Squirrelflight reveals she's expecting kits and suddenly Bramblestar barely talks to him anymore. Unfortunately, he is not immune to the warriors trope of 'not telling anyone anything' and decides to distract himself by helping out in the medicine den.

When Squilf's kits are born he does everything he can to make sure she and the kits have the best of care. He almost acts as a second nursery queen, often covering for Squirrelflight whenever she needs to get out and stretch her legs. Bramblestar even starts talking to him more frequently, and he learns new, exciting things about fathers past during their chats together..although some tension still remains.

He is a very good brother to both Alder and Spark throughout their entire lives and always makes an attempt to stay in touch no matter how busy he gets. I don't think he'd ever have a pov role but hes a nice supportive presence within the clan.

In Squirrelflights Hope/ The Broken Code he'd have a more prominent role. In those books he'd be less 'mellow lil dude' to 'I'm breaking every bone in your body if you say something to me or my family one more time'. He calls out Bramble for his treatment of Squilf and starts purposely putting himself between them if he senses things are going south. Sharps relationship with Bramble is already deeply shaken but by the time the imposter situation comes about the damage is irreversible. Like, he realizes Bramblestar was not in control of his actions and technically not at fault but he can't look at him the same way anymore. Sure, he still cares for Bramblestar and loves him, but he can't ever forgive him..not after everything thats happened.

He almost considers leaving Thunderclan for good and living with his mother, Jessy, but ultimately decides he wants to be there for Squilf and the rest of his clan born family.

[emberswrites]

It'd be neglectful of me not to ask for Sasuke and Kakashi for the ask meme :D

My two boys ;;;

Kakashi is here!

Sasuke, let's see...

Headcanon A:  realistic - Sasuke is pretty much always the one to admit his feelings first - when he feels something - and he keeps this up in the relationship. I think this is just really realistic because he's so blunt and upfront about it and if he's decided to accept or make something known he doesn't dance around it. I'm not saying he's romantic about it, but he's just very honest and pure in a way? So if he wants something and decides to go for it, he will and won't do it by halves. I play with the other person doing this too in fic sometimes, but I think this is more Sasuke for sure. He articulates his feelings pretty straight-forwardly.

For this reason I also think he is affectionate when he, you know, actually feels affection.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious - He is 150% not a morning person. I say this is not realistic because I'm sure he just had to wake up early and probably became one just via training and discipline, and honestly probably has a lot of trouble sleeping while he's still looking for peace BUT I think if left to his natural devices he is a night owl and sleeps in and will glare you to death if woken by anyone else before noon. He looks like a wet cat if you drag him out of bed before then and hair just as wild and face just as grumpy. Cutie.

ALSO he's terrible with technology. I feel like this might be unrealistic because he's just quick to adapt and a competent guy but honestly it's more that he doesn't want to understand tech. He's happy being reachable only by hawk. He does not know how to take a selfie. He once indulged Kakashi and sent a nude but it was so blurry and hard to make out it was basically SFW.

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends - Oh no what could be more heart-crushing than canon...hm. Ok the tw in tags applies here but I think Sasuke never intended to come back from his goal to get revenge on Itachi. I think he thought one way or the other that would be the end for him, for the clan, he would "restore the honour" of the clan that way and he did not have any plan or desire even to think beyond that, have a family, anything. Thinking about what he went through and the impact of an event like that...knowing he'd abandoned his home, his new precious people, branded himself a criminal and joined up with someone that he is disgusted by...even prior to learning the truth of what happened I just think he knew there would not be any coming back from that but that it was okay. I think this is another reason he pushed Naruto/T7 away so much.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own. - He's the cutest drunk. Contrary to what one might think he's not a sad or angry drunk, he's inquisitive and kind of a happy drunk or what would be Sasuke's version of this anyway - a more reserved version. He gets chatty and he's still as honest as ever, but with the added adorable effect of not being in control of his tongue. He also gets cuddlier. He's like little pre-massacre Sasuke again but grown up form.

For this ask meme

[charli-txt]

”—And hey, worst comes to worst, you could always go into freelance with me!” She leans back and sprawls across the tatami flooring, outstretched arms holding up the latest copy of 'Monthly Mangazine' . “We could be like, business partners, split the pay for half the effort.”

"Freelance, huh?" Kiyoshi's sitting edge of the veranda, watches the moonlight filter between the garden trees. He takes a cup of tea from the plate set beside him, patterned with deep-blue flowers. "Does it pay a lot?"

Asobi waves her hand. "So-so."

He hums into the vapors of the tea, warm against his face. "Not enough. I have siblings to take care of."

The magazine closes, and she rolls onto her side, propping her head against her hand. Kiyoshi's facing away from her, so she stares into the back of his head instead. "It's less about the money and more about the connections. I did a job up in the mountains, I think two years ago?"

"Y'know, the place with the hot springs that we'd visit as kids." Asobi raises her hand to what would be the height of a child. "Anyway--there's a pretty big inn there with a connection to the sleeping world, and a nightmare somehow slipped through, so I exorcised it. Or, well, I sent it back at least."

"They called you for an exorcism?" At that point, he'd gotten up and placed the tea set on the low table, sitting on the cushion next to her. "Why would they do that?" He asks, an innocent smile on his face.

Asobi sits up, elbows on the tabletop. "First of all, fuck you." She sips from the teacup he'd prepared her, which was now cold. "Second of all, they didn't call me, I just happened to be there. Something about a forest spirit terrorizing tourists, so I went to investigate."

"Ah, that makes more sense," and Kiyoshi laughs as she punches him hard in the shoulder.

"As I was saying--" she returns to her magazine, continuing from where she left off. "--after I got rid of the nightmare, the owner of the inn - this sweet old lady - came out to thank me and gave me a room to stay in. I was only there for a few days, but now they call me whenever they've got problems with spirits, and they let me stay for free."

"You're telling me to become a freeloader." He rests his chin on a reddish palm.

"Is it really freeloading if you did someone a favor?~" Asobi sings, wine eyes crinkling over a mischievous smile. "You're from a pretty famous clan too, I'm sure you'd get plenty of jobs just from word of mouth alone!"

"Hm, maybe." He drums his fingers against the cypress, eyes trailing back to the moonlit garden, a cool breeze coming in from the open veranda. "But my siblings are my responsibility, not anybody else's, so I don't think I'll be joining you any time soon."

She shrugs. "Just something to think about."

[knowlessman]

It is Thursday, my dudes. (bnha s6e11-15)

oh shit, jeanist ain't dead? they dint show his face/collar, but who else could that be in this jet

I thought yall needed to keep tomura off the ground cuz he can just dust everybody for miles around. ig tbf he is pretty beat up

"jin meant a lot to me" waaaaait… does toga have some of twice's blood. shit, she's yet another Ditto, she could just have the quirk of anybody else on her team at-will. she could have several bodies' worth of the quirk of anybody else on her team, at-will, if twice gave her any of his blood -- "I was hoping to talk to her about relationships" gonna level with you, the closest thing to a remotely qualified therapist in this entire show might, of all people, be todoroki, and if you wanna talk to him, well, you should prolly get back on bigfoot ig

… is too wrapped up in The Scene to make the hall and oates ref

lolwtf since when did jeanist have those bigass cable thingies??? 'XD he's got levitating mechanical pulley thingies now???

…okay ngl. if only I hadn't been spoiled on all that. I mean… idk, would I have guessed it anyway? I forget how much I knew; I knew he did a dance. maybe the clips I saw had subtitles? eh, he has a fire quirk and spiky hair and injuries n stuff, maybe I would've guessed it anyway. tbh I thought endeavor thought he'd killed him directly, but ig toya was just like trying to power up his quirk or something when the fire happened

"gigantomachia's strength has its limits, too. after he got here, he started gasping for air" ah, did those tranquilizers have an effect after all? -- (shigaraki says one thing to him and he's back struggling again) come onnnn, they worked so hard for that

ey, mirio's back too

(bakugo picked hisself a "new" hero name) AHAHAHAHA finally a bakugo bit that's at least funny

blackwhip. …froppy. style. sigh

deku. deku what did I say about talking about other people's backstories. you're talking to dabi about endeavor.

okay finally, so we know the sedative did work. dang, took long enough

compress: "I still haven't gotten to do my bit! I'll show you the best form of entertainment!" think maybe you should've joined up with gentle thief, my dude. you'd be a way better match for his vibe

(league of villains flashback) "you are the creature rejection clan" hey wait a minute… clan? …nah, nah, surely the writer wouldn't be as subtle as this if he was trying to reference that -- "sinners, sacred ground," etc. eh. prolly then ig. nobody seems to do a faction that tries to stand up for non-powered people, only ones that pick fights with the powered folks for what's narratively treated as no reason. maybe The Boys did that more intelligently, but hell if I'm up for trying that, thinking about how many people didn't get the satirical bits would prolly be too distracting -- "what is our goal, shigaraki? WHAT IS OUR GOAL?" some very good questions

"I can pokeball bits off my own body to free myself from the restraints!" well. damn. …when are you gonna start doing stuff, spinner?

compress's dad/ancestor (?) was robin hood, huh. well how do you like that, I don't think I even dislike this guy any more. pity he's stuck with the cosplayer without a cause, a few serial killers, and the successor to mojo jojo/satan/makuta/that red spirit from korra I'm never gonna remember the name of -- "the blood of the Burglar King flows in my veins" oh why did you have to go and say that? 'XDDD have it your way, ig

(midoriya's got another quirk coming in) Danger Sense? …not one I would've expected. would be kinda fun if it wasn't really any more powerful than Spider-Man's. something that's new, but that doesn't completely change deku's range of options like Blackwhip does

"Dabi and Long-Hair (?) are still in Spinner's scarf!" that is a cool extension to the trick, but does Spinner know that?

"we are retreating. I am paying the price of defeat." ig he's hoping that tomura ends up in the same prison as mojo jojo's body so the former can spring the latter? hell if I know. or maybe he's hoping that for the people he's leaving behind, anyway

(ig shigaraki got away?) they keep showing midnight's mask. still can't tell if she's dead tho

new OP time, huh

huh. mosquito fell for a trap. -- except he didn't really, aaand it backfired hugely

"the heroes' struggle was futile as shigaraki was awakened" it WOULDN'T have been, if dollar-store cyclops had been 0.01% less trigger-happy and been capable of following orders worth a damn

(recap gets to where jeanist shows up) dabi said "the body was real." …??? who did hawks kill. a stolen body from a morgue wouldn't have fooled them, would it?

"just under SEVENTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE who were at the fight at the villa were arrested" jesus -- …sidetrack, I know, but: in 2022, Japan had about 41k inmates in prisons, and that number was down from previous years; in '13, they had about 60k. oh, don't worry, the US has over a million in any given year, obviously. just wondered. trying to conceive of huge numbers of people in any context is always, like… yeah

so midnight is dead, huh. and whoevertf majestic was

buh. recap episode dunt count. one more. for sake of mentioning tho, I did notice in the intro and outro that deku seems to have added… dammit, what's he called. the old guy. he added the old guy's yellow scarf. …this show has too goddamn many characters. twenty kids in class 1-A alone. TWENTY JUST TO START

new OP's kinda mumbly but wever, I don't hate it for that

prison guards bein prison guards, yup

oh dang, it's bakuswole

oh great, and moonfish 'XD that fuckin weirdo

ohai jeff, I keep thinking you're dead. guess not?

huh. chisaki. it's a daggone boss rush rushin' its way outta the slammer

(hopsidal) GRAN TORINO. okay fuck, he's named after a fucking car and a clint eastwood movie but there's no way in hell I was gonna remember his name, I was stuck on trying to remember the name of his quirk

…so wait. gran torino's yellow scarf is from shimura. deku's gonna start wearing the scarf bc of gran torino. and facing down shimura's grandson wearing it. …greaaat, well ig maybe that gives tomura something to latch onto and claw back control from all for one? but like. idk, still kinda fucked up

stopping here

[limitlessscion]

❛ Maybe I should meet the Zen'ins in person. ❜ The Zen'ins; not my family. ❛ And tell them in person I'm not interested in whatever their plans are. If they come after Tsumiki again, I'll kill them. I want to say that. ❜

It'd been another busy week. Satoru's move to Tokyo was conducted swiftly after his decision to do so, but it'd still been an entire process. Satoru rubbed his temples between thumb and forefinger, fighting off a headache as he sat in the Fushiguro's living room after delivering the news. He didn't explicitly mention that it was to make sure he'd be close by, but the fact he was only a handful of bus stops away made the point pretty clear.

Only Megumi had joined him today, his sister apparently not feeling well and resting in her room; Satoru knew that she was avoiding him of course, but for now he chose to respect her want for distance.

"The Zen'ins won't bother you two anymore, I guarantee it," he finally concluded. The clans have all been in an uproar —privately anyways, away from the eyes of the public— and Satoru had made his unofficial accusations within those inner circles clear. It'd been chaos, and it's made it impossible for the clan to make another move for the kids. He'd burnt through a lot of political goodwill with the stunt.

Megumi's response might have caught Satoru off guard once upon a time, but he was starting to become familiar with the child's unconventional trains of thoughts— thoughts that so often mirrored his own processes. Satoru didn't immediately answer, pondering the image of young Megumi at his side as he confronted the Zen'in head, the little boy coldly spouting his threats. There was a thrill to that image— and a possibility.

Oh it would stir up so much shit, and it'd also solidify the message that this boy was his.

"...I could make that happen, if you really wished it," Satoru replied with a smirk, tilting his head down to gaze at the boy over his sunglasses. His heart was racing with the risk, already putting ideas together. I wasn't a bad idea either to let Megumi see a glimpse of the cutthroat world of the clans, a world he would need to be prepared to insulate himself against one day. "I've been meaning to start your training soon; this could be your debut."

[h0-seok]

"I can understand your wariness", Fuji conceded. "It's good to have it and to keep it. I'll order my best man for training you. See it as a proof of my high hopes in you." And of course this wasn't only flattery. Fuji would never flatter someone. One of his traits which his clan admired the most of him was his honesty. He always told everyone his opinion of them straight to their face. Hoseok indeed seemed to be a promising person. And in fact he took him serious already. Probably he would even respect him as equal. The possibility was already given. Turning towards the other with one arm resting on the backrest of the couch he sipped on his drink first before he spoke again. "In short I organize everyhing, doing the office work mostly and the calls. Or studies. So you'd support me with this, too. I've got my DJ job as well and you'll have to answer calls meanwhile, for example. In general I expect full reliance of each of the members. If someone proves themselves as illoyal or not fit for the job they're out." He said this in a merciless tone before putting up the threaf again. "Anyway, sometimes I join a nice little fight myself." Hearing that Hoseok was indeed keen on being his assistant a light smirk appeared on his visage. "You're sure your conscience won't get in the way while harming and killing?", he wondered. "If so, we have a deal, yeah."

Hoseok flashed the other a satisfied smile. He liked to hear that Fuji had high hopes in him and he'd definitely do his best to please his new boss. "I didn't know that you're a DJ.. definitely wanna dance to the tracks you mix.", he said as he leaned back into the couch, his legs spread and the glass rested on one of his thighs. Time to relax. "So you're basically an office worker. Hm.. guess it won't be too difficult to help you with your paperwork and calls." The cheeky vampire eyed the elder. Fuji was beautiful in another kind of way, his face and entire appearance were breathtaking. "I did tell you before already that I'd agree to what you had offered me and I'm pretty sure that I'll become an amazing hunter so.. you need my wrist for that blood pact or how is it supposed to happen?"

[bonefall]

Tell me more about Fire is Tigerclawstar's son. How would Fire and Swift deal with Lynx's death? What about windclan? Would Fire help Feather and Storm escape? How would Swift react to Fire becoming Firestar? How would Bramble and Twany grow up with 2 older brothers?

You got it boss

Lynx's Death

I think it would act as a formative moment. Lynxkit wasn't born very strong, and she knew that she was only growing weaker as her brothers became bigger.

Firekit was a very attentive brother, he'd be the person to make Swift slow down when they're playing so Lynx can keep up. Swift came to terms with the idea that they wouldn't become apprentices with her early; but Fire was DEVASTATED when she died.

I think it's a moment where Tigerclaw tries to have a bonding moment with Firekit, and Fire takes away a very good lesson.

"...of course I miss her," He coos, wrapping his tail around his son, "Sometimes StarClan sends us a child who isn't meant for this world, and they need to go back. She's just gone home."

"Home is with US!" Firekit trembles and blubbers, his grief too big for his tiny body, "I did everything right, I was good, I made sure she ate, I..."

When he's too choked up to continue, Tigerclaw licks his tears away.

"We don't fight to win. We fight for honor... and you were a very honorable brother, Firekit."

"...does that m-matter?" For a brief, genuine moment, Tigerclaw really sees himself in his tiny kit. Not just what he wants from him. He can barely see Firekit's blazing fur under his tabby mane, and he's proud that he can be the father he wishes he could have had.

"It will matter to you," Nightkit and Mistkit slip away into his memory, "Some day."

WindClan

Bluestar would have WANTED to bring WindClan back, but there was no home for them to return to. They never come home.

But I think they'd pull through. SkyClan died out for some pretty extreme circumstances, I like to think WindClan would find a new place, beyond Chelford. Tallstar's last lives dedicated to finding stability away from the carnage that's about to go down in the Forest.

Would Fire help the Graykits escape?

I think he would. I can't see him letting it happen; but it is worth mentioning that Graystripe would be much older than Fire. He'd also be raised learning that Graystripe is a traitor who joined RiverClan, and I'm not sure if he'd unpack that yet.

I think Graystripe would die at this execution, possibly alongside Stonefur. But Tigerclaw does just want to get rid of Stonefur to get rid of Leopardstar's deputy; his grudge against Bluestar for exiling him never happened.

It would be possible for Fire to play politics enough to possibly change his mind.

The trial might change to Stonefur being told to kill Graystripe, and Stonefur refusing.

Swift reacting to Firestar

I don't think he'd be able to forgive him for killing their dad, but I don't think he'd be dumb enough to act on it right away. He'd plot for a very long time and possibly stage a coup of some sort.

Maybe a sort of Caesar scenario, where he gathers a bunch of Tigerstar supporters and surprises him many years later. It would make for an interesting way for Bramble or Tawny to end up on the throne.

(Throne because, post-TigerClan Victory, Tiger's gonna abolish leaders in the other Clans. We're looking at power consolidation and monarchy.)

Bramble and Tawny

To begin with, their childhoods are MEGA different because Tigerstar is a very respected figure. I can see them possibly being used as hostages at some point, by rebel forces.

Though I will say I don't see Tigerstar the same way I see Tigerheartstar, who would kill and die and kill again to save his kids. Tigerstar WANTS them back because he does care about them, but not enough to sacrifice his own ambition.

But anyway, possible plot threads aside, I think Bramble idolizes Fire, and Tawny idolizes Swift. Possibly even mentoring their little siblings.

[eattheglowingmoss]

For the ask meme, 2, 11, 19, 20

For Ame :)

(From @sarsparilla-stars )

Oh, I am so excited to answer all of these. This is actually the first ask I've ever gotten about Ame, so I'm more than happy to answer it all! You're about to get so much info dumping. Thanks so much!!

2.) What are their S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats?

These will be a little wonky, since I'm going off of his current in-game scores (Right now he's about level 13). But these are about accurate for how I imagine him.

STR - 5 PER - 7 END - 5 CHA - 8 INT - 3 AGL - 5 LCK - 10

He's might not have the brains for it, but he sure has the spirit.

11.) What weapon type do they prefer? (Ballistic, Energy, Radiation, Melee, ect.)

Ame’s all about luck – but his eyes aren’t too bad, either! Most of my characters are melee builds (Bog and Alec are melee, Artie is unarmed, and Jester is melee/explosives), but he’s all about ballistics. Specifically, he goes between a sniper rifle and hunting rifle.

There was actually a short stint where he worked with the NCR as a sharpshooter to help with protecting his family’s farm, which was on Sharecropper land. That’s where he got his rifle and his beret! Though that was pretty early on, and he found caravanning and courier work was more suited to him.

At the time joining up on the force was one of the few ways he could convince the NCR to let him keep a gun in his hands while on their land. Downside being that there was no chance they'd let him get away with the long hair he'd sported up to that point. He and the Brahmins-eye "Battalion" were really just a bunch of farm kids just trying to pick up where the regular NCR folks weren't doing their jobs. (And, most importantly, keeping the gecko population under control.)

Nowadays he doesn't put much thought into what Meg and Duke are getting up to. They've probably moved up in the NCR ranks and gotten on with First Recon or something like that.

Though? He swears... just swears one of those NCR soldiers he saw in Nipton looked familiar. But he doesn't really want to know the answer to that question considering what happened.

19.) How do they feel about robots? (May include synths if they know about them)

Some of Ame’s best friends have off switches! (or something like that.) After Victor found him outside Nipton and dragged his sorry hide out of that hellhole, he can’t see much of a difference between them and regular folk anymore. Even if there is a difference, he doesn’t have the slightest clue over how they work. So he treats them all nice just in case they end up being more man than machine. I mean, it’s only polite.

On another note, he doesn’t know a thing about synths, and if you tried to explain it him, he’d probably think you’re lying (but still sort of half-believe you all the same). In the event its proven to him? Same as above.

(This isn't new art, but it's fitting for the answer. So I'll attach it anyway!)

20.) If they magically found themselves in another universe (ex. Skyrim, Pokemon) what would happen? (This one’s a wild card question - dealer’s choice)

Hi you’re about to get a stupidly specific answer because my other game obsession right now has been, of all things, Castlevania. (Also, I just wanted an excuse to draw in the show’s art style again. It’s FUNKY)

I’m taking this as “He’s just a character in the universe” (Since I think if he were going Fallout -> Castlevania he’d probably just die. Emotionally, and probably literally. Sniper rifle ≠ crossbow).

I think Ame would’ve ended up in the local guard of some little town who accidentally got all wrapped up in the monster hunting shenanigans of the Belmont/Morris clans. All the dialogue about him would have the vague tone of – “He’s not the sharpest dagger, but a dull blade in our enemies’ back is better than a dull one in ours.”

Also he and the Morris’ would get along great. A whole bunch of himbo Americans telling Dracula to eat it? They’d love each other.

(This is about as far as I got before my hand started cramping. But you can BET I'm finishing this eventually. I need to get the burn scars on his cheek at least)

[liquid-geodes]

I would love to hear about Sheik’s yiga experiences if you have any to tell

:)

So the thing about Sheik's little stent as a member of the Yiga clan absolutely started on accident. He had encountered a few Yiga footsoldiers and thought they had caught up to him to take the triforce from him. Turns out the Yiga members actually just smelled mighty bananas and thought "hey let's go beat this guy up and just take them"

And as you'd expect they lost, but Sheik still gave them the bananas, because he knows where to get more, like so many more. Well he shouldn't have said that he knew where to find them so easily, because that's how he got marched back to their hideout, and was presented to Master Kohga, who really wasn't all that impressed. But the footsoldiers kinda kept insisting that this guy they found in the middle of nowhere would actually be pretty beneficial, considering he had beat them in a rather unfair fight (by all accounts the Yiga should've EASILY beat him) AND knew the secrets to gathering like, so many bananas. And Kohga, knowing his henchmen VERY well, knew that they wouldn't shut up until he entertained their little idea, so he waves Sheik off with a "Go do something impressive kid, then get back to me". And really Sheik could've just left and never came back and that couldve been the end of it, but the way he saw it: the Yiga have NO idea he has a piece of the triforce. If he plays this JUST RIGHT he can completely eliminate himself as a suspect from the Yiga by now joining in on their search as one of them, they're so clueless and dumb, it'll work out. Thus leaving him one step ahead of the Yiga clan by now being in the know 100% of the time with their plans, meaning now he'd only have to dodge things that are guided by Ganon's malice, and he can just kill those. If he REALLY impresses Kohga he could be in a position of power over the ENTIRETY of the Yiga clan, just under Kohga himself.

So Sheik just says "okay" and leaves

And he came back not even an hour later with the Thunder Helm.

And Kohga was, understandably, completely and utterly flabbergasted. He's been trying for YEARS to get that thing and some twink his lackeys found in the desert just waltzes in here not even an hour later with it in his possession.

"Wh- HOW did you get THAT!?!"

*shrugs* "found it"

In all actuality it actually went:

"Hey I need to speak to your leader"

'sorry no men allowed'

"okay but the princess sent me"

'really no men allowed'

"can you just bring her to the door then it's super important look at this"

'is that-'

"the triforce of wisdom? Yes. Can I speak to Riju is super important"

'i- yeah hang on we'll go get her'

"sick thanks, make sure she brings the thunder helm it's like, super important"

-

'so you're truly sent by the princess?'

"not exactly. I need to borrow your thunder helm"

'im sorry Sheik, but I cannot allow that'

"I understand, but hear me out: I'm about to mess with the Yiga Clan so hard and I need your thunder helm to make it work"

'...go on'

"basically I need to get them to let me join, not just for my safety, but so I can effectively be in the know about all their future plans to stop the hero of Hyrule, who should be by here in maybe a week give or take. He's still dealing with the Rito right now."

'how do you know-'

"it's my job to know. Anyway, Link should be here in a week's time-"

'wait the same Link from-'

"yes exactly that one, although he doesn't remember much since he died."

'wait he died? How is he-'

"Sheikah Technology let me finish I don't have much time. So Link will get here to conquer Vah Naboris, if you give me the thunder helm now and let me use it to infiltrate the Yiga clan, I can assure you you will receive it back in a week's time. All you must do is send Link into their hideout to retrieve it, like a test to confirm he is in fact who he says he is. During that week without it you should notice Yiga activity increase."

'thats not exactly ideal for us.'

"no but I will be among them remember? Suddenly the Yiga clan will be less organized than usual, and should be fairly easy to fend off. So much so that Master Kohga will grow tired of their failure. He's certain to send me alone after my success with taking the Thunder Helm."

'that he thinks you stole but I actually gave to you willingly because it will help us in the future?'

"precisely."

'...you promise it will be returned?'

"I can guarantee it's safe return."

'well... If its going to cause chaos for the Yiga Clan... I suppose I could do my part... You said the hero would be named Link correct?'

-

But of course Master Kohga doesn't have to know he's just been played by a spiteful kid who just so happens to be the chief of the gerudo. Nevertheless the following week unfolds precisely as Sheik said, and the Thunder Helm is eventually returned to Riju, as promised.

Now Sheik's Yiga shenanigans should have ended there, but he chooses to stay. Not only does it make his job at protecting the triforce easier, but his job at watching over Link as well. And it never hurts to learn some of the Yiga's ancient techniques, since the Sheikah themselves have mostly fallen out of practice and no longer rely on their ancient arts. Basically Sheik is gonna come back as one hell of a Sheikah warrior once this is all over, and he's only like, 17. That poor kid.

Don't feel too bad for him though. His position as a Yiga soldier now gives him a guise to kinda check up on Link's abilities first hand, in that now he can throw hands with him literally any time he wants. It's important to know just where Link's abilities are so he can properly warn him (in a different guise that is) of the dangers ahead and whether or not he needs to turn Link away from certain areas for the time being.

And yknow, I guess he's working on taking the Yiga out from the inside, but it's not his top priority considering how Kohga takes himself out in the end

[army-of-bee-assassins]

1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 22, 27, 30 sdlkfjds sorry for asking so many I just love whitlock so g-ddamn much

1. if one of their friends was jumping on a bed and asked your character to join them, would they?

i know i emphasize a lot how whitlock is NOT a curmudgeonly old man, but i think this might be one case where he is one deep down inside. he would try it out to appease his friend and quit after 20 seconds of jumping cause he doesn't get it lol.

2. would your character carry around a tiny bath and body works hand sanitizer? if yes, would it have a specific scent?

nah. i think whitlock cares about cleanliness, but not to that point.

4. if you cut open your character’s heart and there was something inside, what would it be? why?

maybe it's just because jd and i have been talking about whitlock's home recently, and last session he had a dream sequence of home, but yeah it's miock.

8. how did your character feel when they left home for the first time?

nervous. excited. other people from miock had left to become sailors before, so it wasn't like a crazy thing that he was leaving. still, he'd been in one place his whole life up until that point. i think it was pretty scary at first, but he of course ended up loving it. he just wishes he'd had any inkling of what was to come when he left for the last time.

15. have you ever said something as your character that stuck with you for a while after? what was it?

i should have a good answer to this question but i am truly head empty. i'm not good at remembering the things i say as whitlock sdfsf.

22. what’s your character’s ideal way to wake up? what usually wakes them up?

i think whitlock usually wakes up with the sunrise. he thinks the most ideal thing to wake up to is the smell of coffee and food cooking.

27. do/would your character draw or write on themself?

he for sure writes on himself to not forget things. i imagine he also ends up sweating too much and smearing the ink so it doesn't help anyway.

30. how has your character’s first impressions of their party members changed since they met them? have they stayed the same?

ingot - whitlock's first impression was that ingot was a snooty asshole lmao. the distinct memory i have is when we were exploring the hoard's camp and triggered a trap that flooded the room with water, and afterwards ingot was like "wow i can't believe y'all did that" and whitlock was inwardly like "who tf does this guy think he is". but luckily it didn't take much longer till whitlock got to know ingot better, and learned how they care about people in their own way. he is glad to have ingot as a friend now, particularly one who isn't afraid to say what they think. and with all the stuff with lucien recently, whitlock especially empathizes with how ingot will do anything to save their brother. he would do a lot to save his family too.

saube - whitlock thought of her as...not exactly naive, but just young i guess? like when they met, saube had lived in the same place for all their life, and was leaving for the first time. this made her a little green in whitlock's eyes. but over time, whitlock has come to learn how intuitive and patient and thoughtful saube is. and she kicks ass in a fight too. so everything whitlock doubted about her from the beginning proved to not even be an issue. instead, whitlock wishes he had gotten to know them sooner, since they lived in the same town for years before really meeting.

rae - whitlock's first impression of rae was "oh no where's her impulse control". which is funny, cause mr. -1 wisdom whitlock is not a paragon of patience and forethought either. but rae was extreme enough in that regard to give him pause lmao. since then, whitlock has come to know rae as someone who is passionate and kind first and foremost. and who maybe jumps to the next idea a little too quickly lol. but she also is always willing to listen to what her friends have to say.

eun ha - when the party first met eun ha, when she was just hanging out with kaia's clan before heading with sicl to hope's crown, i think she seemed stoic and reserved to whitlock. this. was not really true lmao. but like initially i think whitlock was excited to meet her, because she was clearly a fighter and had some stories to tell. but he was tamping down his excitement like a puppy and just trying to play it cool since she seemed pretty quiet at first. of course now that they've gotten to know each other better, whitlock knows that eun ha is super friendly. they stay up late talking all the time and sing loudly and badly together. and oh my god they were roommates.

[wafflelate]

So in the Hokage Shikaku verse Shikako knows about Kanatoko? Shikasai is heir? Is Ikoma still alive? How did things go down with that? Does Shikako get to play with her cousin? Will she realise he'd be Sai in another world? Basically please tell me anything about this I'm super nosy.

Man it’s been so long since I plotted this out uhhh let’s see if I can remember this off the top of my head / come up with some decent bullshit lmao:

Shikako was born in y43 (year dates assigned per usual by SQ’s rough timeline) and was a whoops baby for sure. Yoshino, idk, got hit by a jutsu that messed up her contraceptive jutsu. Had surgery that messed with it. Whatever.Nara drama happens and it’s even worse than in canon because Shikano is VERY sure that this clanless kunoichi is honeypotting his son and those accusations fly free and thick.

Shikaku gets disowned and marries Yoshino and loves her and fuck the clan anyway.Yoshino is kind of dazed? She cried on her mom for like three hours when the pregnancy test was positive because she thought there was no way in hell Shikaku would believe it was an accident or be serious enough about her to tie the knot and raise the kid together.But it’s y43 and he’s 20 and she’s 18 and Shikaku was just getting started on revolutionizing Nara clan jutsu and his father can’t take his bloodline away from him and now everything he creates will be a Kinokawa technique.

In September Shikaku says the Nara can’t stop them from naming their kid whatever they want and Kinokawa Shikako is a beautiful, loud little girl.The war is still happening, though, and maternity leave means Yoshino can stay home with Shikako but Shikaku is a jounin and not a clan heir anymore and needed dearly to win the war. The Sandaime is sympathetic, though — Hiruzen’s oldest is 16 that year and Asuma is 10 and Hiruzen is starting to realize he’s not been the best father — so Shikaku gets rotated back as much as possible so that he can work on his techniques and see his infant daughter.

Here’s the thing: when he was Nara clan heir, Danzou knew he’d never be Hokage. He’d be Jounin Commander at best, like his father. Sure, he’d come up with new jutsu, but he’d have clan heir responsibilities keeping him from making a name for himself, anyway.Now, though... now he’s Kinokawa Shikaku. Now he’s out in the war, on the ground, throwing around new shadow jutsu and turning battles. That’s dangerous. That needs to be stopped because Danzou can’t lead a Nara Hokage around by the nose.

So, Kinokawa Yoshino needs to die. Make the man a grieving widow, disowned by the clan that would have otherwise kept him grounded. Only spare the kid — barely old enough to be a toddler, it’s late y44 or early y45 — because being a single father is another burden to keep him down. Imply strongly that it was Iwa, or Kumo pretending to be Iwa, or Kiri pretending to be Kumo pretending to be Iwa, because obviously you don’t want Shikaku looking around the village for enemies.

Oops, though, you motivated a Nara, Danzou. Shikaku gets some time off to grieve because Hiruzen isn’t yet at second-term levels of brain dead and he uses that time to get even more dangerous.

Shikano isn’t a total asshole and he does love his son and he asks Shikaku to come back to the Nara. But Shikaku can’t. He can’t. That would mean giving up the Kinokawa name. That would mean raising his daughter around people who had called Yoshino a gold digging slut, a social-climbing honeypot. It would mean entrusting Shikako’s care to those people while he’s away at war.Shikano says some more shit, though, because sticking with the Kinokawa name and the memory of his dead wife is to Shikano’s mind pretty much equivalent to spitting on the history and tradition and clan pride that Shikaku was raised with. 

Thank god for Inuzuka Tsume, because Shikaku isn’t going to let Shikako set foot on Nara clan lands while Shikano is alive.

Meanwhile Ikoma had all this clan heir stuff dumped on him way earlier than in canon but he’s making it work. Getting a handle on it. In canon he comes into things with fresh eyes and an adult’s confidence but here he’s a little younger and less experienced and when he’s pulled out of the war to do more in-village work and learn the ropes, he lets himself be guided away from all those things he found and was killed over in Shadows Inked in Black.But he still meets Kanatoko. And he still loves her. And things crashed and burned for Shikaku and Yoshino but at least they got to be together publicly and watching Shikaku’s grief drive him, Ikoma doesn’t even really consider keeping things with Kanatoko secret once they’re sure they’re serious.

He tells his brother first. He says, “I figure Dad only has so many sons, right?” and laughs.Shikaku doesn’t laugh, he doesn’t laugh much anymore, but he says, “Yoshino and I registered the Kinokawa as a new clan. You could always join us if you don’t want to be a Kurama.”(And Ikoma and Kanatoko do talk about that and absolutely Kanatoko thinks that if they can’t be Nara they should be Kinokawa. Fuck the Kurama.)

But in the end Ikoma is pretty much right. They don’t have any other siblings and no one else has been trained to be clan heir and it’s notoriously difficult to get Nara to take more responsibility, so Shikano can have a clan heir and welcome a Kurama into the clan, or he can have no clan heir and no sons.Maybe he learned something from all that shit with Yoshino because he keeps his mouth shut and pays for the wedding, at which point Kanatoko isn’t even pregnant with Sai yet because Ikoma was really on top of this.

Shikano’s outpost isn’t overrun. It isn’t overrun because near the end of the war Shikaku is on the cusp of S-class and he’s not even stationed anywhere near Shikano (War Operations practically does backflips not to put them near each other) but just having him be that strong changes the shape of the war.So Shikano comes home from the war and is still clan head and things are awkward with Inoichi and Chouza, who are both now clan heads. His granddaughter is four and they have never met. His granddaughter is four and he has never apologized.

Kanatoko spends the year before the Kyuubi attack being a new mom. She and Ikoma come over to Shikaku and Shikako’s apartment with little Shikasai sometimes, but babies just look like babies. Maybe she’ll figure it out down the line, though.

Shikaku makes Hokage after the Kyuubi attack. Shikano votes him in, however that works, and then immediately steps down as Jounin Commander and clan head so that Ikoma can take over both. 

Eventually Shikaku and Shikako will get to have dinner with Kanatoko and Ikoma and Shikasai in the Nara main without Shikano dying, though, because Ikoma strongly encourages him to take lots of trips to check up on out-village Nara resources. The conversation goes something like:Shikano: “I’m not the one keeping him from bringing the girl here.”Ikoma: “Do you want Shikako-chan to grow up knowing nothing about the Nara, except possibly that you hated her mother?”

[greenflamedwriter]

Marriage fixes everything...right?

A wei wuxian/Lan Wangi marriage after Wei Ying kidnaps the Wens and takes them to buriel mounds and Lan zhan visits from a nighthunt.

uwa! I'm just rewatching Untamed and full on sobbing- GRANDMA WEN! Fourth Uncle! Wen Qing! Wen Ning and Ayuan!

Everytime I watch untamed/mo doa zu shi/Grandmaster of demonic cultivation, I think this is easy- I can do it-

The wens.

Nope I'm crying- heavy tears and full on sobs I just can't...

The nie clan.

I love untamed/ wouldn't change it for the world but god does their endings suck it's too sad!!!

So Imagine, that Lan Zhan talks about marriage, almost proposing to fix things and Wei ying is like "Lan zhan you genius!"

So he has a fool proof plan to fix things!

Have Wen Qing marry Jiang cheng.

Perfect, then have his sister Yanli cheng to take in a-yuan as their son, and even decided for the rest of the wens to take up trade then decides to ask for some favours from Song and Xiao Xingchen, they both asked Wei ying to join their sect and he asks if the offer is still open? Once they arrive on scene and realise whats going on still decide to back him up. Wei ying even decides to take the Wens names and change them to Wei, the Wens were fine with this as they have never been held in high regard with the original wens anyway, he plans all of this in a banquet on burial mounds, by staking them as a sect.

Of course Jin Guangshan is like "Give us the tiger amulet, wah." And Wei Wuxian is like "Of course," so he gives them a pouch, it's opened then ash falls out then blows in the wind disapearing.

Wei Wuxian relied on the Stygian tiger amulet because he could lose everything, by making sure the wens were safe, he had no more need for this.

[Also I don't know the timeline but I would like to put that Wei Wuxians favour stopped song from losing his eyes to Xue Yang]

Then the minor sects taste fourth uncles wine and begin to discuss trade, Wei Ying even admits he'd rather stay here in the mountain to cleanse the burial mounds.

But even though all ties were tied up there were still lose ends. Wei Ying was still too dangerous, even if Song and Xiao were going to take responsibility, they decided Wei ying has to marry- not a women they didn't want wei ying to have kids, but also to someone who can keep and eye on Wei ying...

Lan Xichen would be preferably, the Lan clan was just and would stomp out demonic cultivation, but Lan Xichen was the elder- no how about Lan Wanji? Yeah- he's only the second brother, no prospects but still rightous enough to balance out wei ying.

So it's decided. Both the Lan clan and Wei Yings will have to merge to form a new sect to replace the Wen clan, if anything goes wrong well the threat is there.

The irony, the Langling clan wanted the stygian amulet and were cowards who would've sided with the wens if they had the chance. The lan clan claim to be rightous yet have musical lyrics of turmoil that causes qi deviation, and assasin threads. The Nie clan have sabers that need resentful corpses buried with them to fight against each other.

Then the Jiang clan...I can't remember but probably they've done some sketchy shit too.

The irony is that ALL of them have dipped their toes in the demonic arts then call it rightous cultivation it's only okay if THEY do it.

So After years later, since the tiger amulet was destroyed Wei yings temperment suddenly fades, and other than making compases, spirt lure flags and other things to add to his trade along with Song and Xiao and Lan wangi their sect ends up prospering.

Of course Jiang chengs pissed because thats what Wei ying was supposed to do with him at Lotus pier! Goddamit!

Also wei ying gets his own disciples and they are killing it, especially that Mo Xianyu he's an idiot, but pretty decent.

On one night, Wei Ying wakes up in a terror, he pleads to Lan zhan to make sure his clan is protected- that he won't be around long enough to keep them safe!

Thats when it's revealed he doesn't have a core, word goes around and the others then realise why Wei Ying ended up the way he did was only self-preservation.

...So Jin Guangyan had to change HIS plans. Suck it.

He decided to just frame his dad earlier than he wanted and even avoided that awful wedding with his sister completely.

But whats better is the Twins of Lanling, Jin Ling and Jin Sizhui Jin Ling is like his dad, a complete hot headed peacock who acts like a rude mistress, and Sizhui has his mothers temperment and is the sweetest thing, but Ayuan still see's Wei Ying as a form of mother who would bury him in the dirt and they all visit the burial mounds whenever they can :D

how should this end? Who knows? I think Lan Zhan should grab Xue Yang and 'make' him donate his golden core to Wei ying, Lan zhan told him the core was from a criminal who was sentenced to death it was the best that they can do. Xue Yang payed for Cheng Pings deaths and even gave one good deed before he died :D

But at the same time I would really love for Xue Yang, Mo Xianyu were disciples of wei ying in his new Sect XD