#Stay with the Clan

[kazunarei]

Wait that's . . . actually depressing

Bruh Eiden's part time jobs has been a running gag that we laugh at for the sheer amount he's had since he's been old enough to actually work.

But the revelation in his intimacy rooms what happened during one of them slapped me in the face for WHY he's gone through so many of them.

After what happened he must have been so wary that even the slightest hint of something suspicious going on made him just leave and find some other job.

And suddenly he's a jack of all trades. (´。＿。｀)

[zuzu-draws]

Long-Haired Obito Art Request for @lucynda ! Your ask was a bit too long for me to post so i'm answering it in this way ;D This version of Obito is like...one of the most vicious and brutal renditions of him ._.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A procession of confessions.

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[jeusus]

"Big." Lan Sizhui came back after a few months away from home, and was now taller than even Lan Wangji.

[laufire]

problems I have as a jason todd fan:

I do want to read fics where he interacts with the bats. jason + bats are the juiciest relationships out there.

I'd like them to be written in the exact manner I interpret them.

failing that, at the very least, I'd like them *not* to portray a cheerful and unchallenged celebration of boundary violation and infantilization.

[benevolenterrancy]

Sect Leader Nie and his Deputy trauma-bonding over sect paperwork (i feel in my heart that the nie sect does NOT produce great administrators and everyone suffers for that)

[vic-does-battlecats]

Stay with me

speedpaint

[odddaze]

[beskarfrog]

i didn't expect it to be someone like you, i didn't expect you to be like me

[splinterclan]

Heyo, quick question- is Cedarheart still a part of Splinterclan or is he now a loner?

He's still in splinterclan!

[mischievousspooks]

Hello beautiful people! I put a few designs on merch, including a brand new Hamato/Progress Flag/anatawa hitorijanai design. To all of my queer family out there, remember - you are not alone. The only way forward is through, and the only way through is together. Love y'all <3

[nell0-0]

Chandelure goes to Hisui with Ingo content? Curious to see what the Pearl Clan would make of this.

You better get your act together if you want Ingo's assistance in the training grounds, Kamado. Irida is not in the mood.

I distinctly remember Irida mentioning that clan pokemon were considered family, like her Eevees. After the initial everything of Ingo becoming a pearl clan member and, therefore, Chandelure as well, none of that distrusting stuff. They're part of the clan

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

+1 friendship with Jin Ling: He warns you now.

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[lionpawsdiary]

if things had been different do you think lionpaw would have become a medic? even tho it isnt something she can do now do you think its something she still wants, in some part of her mind? or have you written out that impulse entirely?

Had the Clan not up and left, Lionpaw probably would have - if her curriculum had gone uninterrupted - changed from a Warrior's apprentice to becoming Mistlenettle's apprentice. Whether or not she would remain happy and satisfied in that position as she matured is another question.

It's definitely something I've factored into her character! She's fairly impulsive and just weaning off stories of the glory of battle, it's a bit hard to imagine the life of a medic as appealing at her age. There's also just not that much choice to her even if it did, Spikedawn can't hunt and Lionpaw's priority is keeping her fed and healthy. It'll come more into play the older she gets.

For full disclosure, I did do a medic run but ultimately I'll admit I wasn't vibing with it and changed tactics for this one. Too bleak, even for a premise like this lol

[fisheito]

there's no stopping him

[factsilike]

I don't know why so many people are coming to LXC's defence recently, like he never did anything wrong or never had a choice or that he was only manipulated, because 'JGY was just that good of a manipulator.'

Like no, the novel makes it clear that at several points that he was being willfully blind and ignorant of JGY's and the cultivation world's faults. The fact that LWJ and WWX found out about JGY killing NMJ after only a little bit of digging because they thought to suspect him, which Lan Xichen somehow didn't think to do despite spending close to twenty years working with him. That's a very long time, and that says more about his tendency to turn a blind eye, to not look deeper, to look away from the uncomfortable truth, than any good about JGY's manipulation abilities.

That is not to say Lan Xichen isn't a good person. He is. The problem is that he's not willing to put in the work to be good. He's unwilling to stand up to anyone. When WWX rightfully calls out JGS for trying to be the next Wen Rouhan, (about which JGY was like 'I mean, you're right, but you're not supposed to say it...."), he convenienly ignores that, opting to irrelevantly comment about how 'his heart had changed'. (Which made no sense?? LXC barely knew anything about WWX at that point!)

He's content to stay in his comfort zone, to go with the easy solution of letting others decide. If there's a problem, he'll go with the flow, and if there's a deeper ugly truth to it? He doesn't want to know about it. The situation of his parents is a perfect example. He says it himself: he doesn't want to know, and thus doesn't want to understand what happened with them.

Also for someone whose whole thing is being nice, he can be unbelievably tactless. Look at the ending events of the Guanyin Temple, where JGY is missing a limb and LXC, without thinking, asks Nie Huaisang of all people to give him medicine to heal. You know, the same Nie Huaisang who, at least to LXC's knowledge, has just learned that this same man is responsible for the death and dismemberment of his brother's body, as well as many others. And he now wants his help. To heal his brother's killer. Yikes. It's a wonder that NHS didn't immediately plan to kill LXC right then and there. And even if LXC was physically and mentally exhausted, it was still an incredibly thoughtless move.

Look at the way he laughs about NMJ (a member of the gentry) taking a third of the prey on Phoenix Mountain- "Oh typical Dage, that's just like him!"- while ignoring accusations against WWX (a son of a servant) doing the same, because he's subconsciously agreeing that it was a problem when WWX did it. He's being blatantly hypocritical and it's frustrating that he doesn't even realise it, or acknowledges it.

One of his redeeming factors can be his love for LWJ, but he's frustratingly careless about that too. For all his teasing (in which we never see LWJ indulging, he just unhappily and sulkily endures that. Teasing is not supposed to be fun or amusing if it's only one sided. Compare that to how he responds with snarky remarks to WWX's teasing, meaning he enjoys their banter) and pushing and advocating for LWJ's happiness, he never seems to deeply consider what actually makes him happy.

Everything he does for LWJ turns out to be the very opposite of what Lwj actually wants; inviting WWX and the others for the Caiyi hunt? Not what Lwj wanted, LXC merely convinced himself of that. His pushing LWJ to go talk to WWX at any chance? Doesn't ask or seem interested in why exactly LWJ would want to talk to WWX, nor help him in not letting their conversations constantly devolve into arguments. Shutting LWJ's protests at how WWX was right at the banquet with the 'his heart had changed'? Convenient for him to say, both hurting (even if it was unintended) his brother and changing the subject. And somehow everyone forgets that it was LXC who led the thirty three Lan elders to the cave after the Nightless City for Lan Wangji to fight against, for 'his own good.' And of course his whole angry, projection and deflection fuelled rant at the Guanyin Temple, where he tries to make WWX feel guilty about his brother's confession (which, you know WWX didn't remember because of the trauma clouding his memories), and make him think that he owed LWJ a relationship, which was exactly what LWJ was most afraid of.

His failings hit harder for me than any other character, because unlike JGY or XY or JGS who have no qualms about their immorality, he's supposed to be one of the good guys, a righteous clan leader who abides by honour and dignity. And yet he fails to do anything of sustenance all throughout the novel, and is a painful reminder of how easy it is to go with the wrong crowd, and that how so many 'nice' people like him exist irl, people whose willful ignorance comes at other's expense, people who want to be good but are too afraid of conflict, too set in their comfort zone to speak up against injustice, people who are all too willing to turn a blind eye and do nothing if the injustice or tragedy to others doesn't affect them.