#TCNS

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They're a 4th dimensional being whose existence is not meant to be comprehended by the human mind, and she's their girlfriend

Read more about Juke and Tatianna here!

[boombox-fuckboy]

Mushishi (anime) and The Cryptonaturalist (fiction podcast) clearly belong to some same niche subgenre and appeal to me in many of the same ways but I'm still not sure I can recommend them to fans of the other respective media.

Has anyone else enjoyed both? Are any fans of one willing to give the other a go and get back to me about it? It's for science. By which I mean my personal curiousity.

[thecrowsnestp5]

bad job; bad news; bad times

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[tockamybeloved]

Love Between Fairy and Devil, Episode 26

Xu Haiqiao as Lord Ronghao

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The cult but they’re twinks

@thecultnation

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

The streaming platform costs $9 a month or $72 for a year ― all in the name of, ahem, stopping the “propaganda spiral,” the network says on its website.

🤢🤮

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Tamagotchi Uni x TCN Campaign

Looking for a new toy for your Tamagotchi to play with? You’re in luck. Bandai Japan is partnering with The Untied Toy Shops TCN with an exclusive Tamagotchi Uni item for download!

Available at participating toy stores, you’ll find a flyer with an unlimited 16-digit download code that will download a Kendama right to your Tamagotchi Uni as an accessory! A Kendama is a traditional Japanese skill toy. The purpose is to strengthen hand eye coordination, balance, and reflex.

The campaigns tarted on November 1st, 2023, and fans have already been posting pictures of the poster with the unlimited 16-digit download code. The download code is E6P8 K0L1 YXRT UE47.

[gabriellademonaco]

Queen Letizia’s Outfits 2023

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Nikon F2, Voigtländer 40/2 Ultron, using Kodak TCN

#BelieveInFilm #ShootFilmBeNice #northernfilmcollective #CanadianFilmPhotographers #TsimshianPhotographer #Tsmsyen #NikonF2 #Voigtlander40mmf2Ultron #KodakTCN

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Queen Letizia || shirt by TCN

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FDA Weighs in on Visitor-Delivered Food: “Perfectly Safe.”

Last January, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began research into the effects that traversing the Visitor Plane has on food. This was prompted by the spread of a viral video of a man claiming that food he consumed from popular delivery service and well-known Visitor employer Dear Grocer, gave him the ability to "hear colors."

(Video posted by user @80poundheadache on popular video sharing platform TellTime)

This sparked similar claims in the comments of the video as well in comments sections on various other social media sites where the video was reshared. After a year of research and study the FDA issued a notice stating that these claims are false, and advised that anyone claiming to have the ability to hear colors schedule an appointment with their general practitioner, as they may have a neurological condition known as synesthesia. The agency further stated that while the Visitor Plane does have some effect on the food that goes through it, and it is unclear what exactly the effect is, the food is "perfectly safe" to consume.

"The food that passes through [The Visitors Plane] undeniably has something happen to it, but an apple that goes through is still an apple once it's on the other side. It's like multiplying something by one; while a process has occurred, things are fundamentally unchanged. The food is perfectly safe to eat." The agency states.

This notice has raised questions related to the safety of having other materials travel through the Visitors Plane, including humans themselves:

(Post by user @strawberryjamsesh on popular social media platform Birder)

(Post thread by users @crabaspplebottomjeans, @duckducknoose, and @wadderworker on popular social media platform Birder)

The FDA has elected not to comment on these inquiries, stating that they would be better answered by the Department of Transportation. However, they did reiterate that food transported through the Visitors Plane is fine for human consumption.

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lol

link to vid:

[lemondeabicyclette]

Tucker explique pourquoi et comment Julian Assange se trouve à Bellmarsh. Et Carlson a obtenu le scoop de l'année en se faisant accorder la seule entrevue d'Assange depuis 2010, l'année de tous ses dangers.

[gildedgrimoires]

The Lupine Knight of Kysia

Knowing what my characters look like (and being able to draw them) really helps me get a feel of who they are. I figured I should show you guys as well, so you can get a lil bit of a sense of who they are while things progress in the background. Design is subject to change of course, but probably not too much.

But yeah, cool purple wolf knight! I kinda considered giving them a fake tail, like one of those clip on ones. I thought it'd be cute.

[tockamybeloved]

Considering Canon Fate & Justice

First, my thanks to this post and tags within, which prompted me to write out and share more of my thoughts on Ronghao's canonical ending. (Please forgive any errors. I will try my best to keep on topic since while writing this out many thoughts developed about other critical interactions. Welcome to hear and share other thoughts / discussion / or if you think I missed a point. These are all personal opinions and my interpretation of the work of art.) While discussing his ending in canon (and redemption) or if there was a way within the show to change Ronghao's nefarious deeds, I think he had no reason to change his plans and the ending was fitting.

Revive His Shifu at All Costs, Restore Her to Her Rightful Place

(Look at this face. This is peace. This is heart-swelling pride at seeing his goal reached)

Once Chidi was reinstated as god of War, he viewed his plan as complete success. 

What is troubling - he did not anticipate (and this drove me mad regarding the show's writers) how disintegrated her spirit would become by being kept alive by evil qi. There was no other way to end their story. She would have continued to kill, and Ronghao would have supported her. He felt some guilt at killing the 3000 guards, and the villagers they came across, but admits even if she were to kill him, he’d do the same again.

In their last scene in the courtyard he is willing to let her take his life. He drops his sword. He is offering himself. He was expecting her to kill him and take his qi (which also was tainted). Initially his self sacrifice was the same plan he always had: keep Chidi alive. (There is also more to be said about how when he confesses to her that he has brought Tai Sui with him, he is trying to get her to hate him. He doesn't want her to feel guilty to for taking his life. Yet he also tosses her sword away when the moment comes.) Yes, he goes into that courtyard wanting to do whatever it will take to now never be separated. But how will that play out?

Then we come to that heartbreaking moment when he falls to his knees. 

Once he understood she "had a mortal heart" for him, her own death at his hand made more sense. Ronghao understood himself to be the one to take her life this time. He may have hoped just seconds before that there was another way. ‘She has to die in every life for her beloved one.’ I think this is the reason he decided to kill her. To fulfill her fate. To close the cycle. Not to stop her from destroying more of Shuiyuntian or fairies or whatever, but to complete her Fate. It’s not a ‘mercy’ to kill her, but enacting the last line of her destiny. Chidi asked Siming how to change fate. The reply was: 'The Dead cannot be revived - that is the law. If you must bring someone back, it will bring disaster. Chidi knew the price for bringing Ronghao back from the dead would doom her. The pure understanding from Ronghao in this moment!

The final moment, when he will pay the price for himself *and* Chidi, is the only time he dares to touch her face. (Yes, this act too is another topic for a separate post.)

Tai Sui's Lie: A Factor in Ronghao Destroying His Primordial Spirit

So yes, in the show, there is no other way for it to end. Chidi must die and he 'sort of' redeems some of the things he's done by sacrificing himself in front of Tai Sui. I suppose he thought destroying his primordial spirit would weaken Tai Sui, or injure him. OR: It’s not impossible to think Ronghao would see it this way: Tai Sui would eventually die / be locked away since Ronghao now refused to be controlled and provide him with evil qi and Chidi could not be Tai Sui's vessel. Because that's the line Tai Sui had been telling Ronghao for 30,000 years. Without the evil qi, Tai Sui 'dies' (although we know this is a lie). Ronghao goes to his death believing he will help destroy the evil god and in a way this act does redeem Ronghao, because he believes no one else can refine evil qi and feed Tai Sui and he doesn't understand Tai Sui will eventually seek out and find another vessel. (again, confused by this choice of the writers to make Ronghao so short sighted here)

Chidi accuses Tai Sui of bewitching Ronghao, which the evil god counters as: 'No, I just gave him hope.' 

In the end, Ronghao does what he originally intended when he brought Chidi’s body to the cave in the first place.

Ending Thoughts Storytelling wise, their ending in the show makes sense. It is less about Justice, and more about no matter what - having no choice in what Fate has planned. It is predestination with the only variables being how long it takes you to get there, and by what means. You can take any road you want - the end is already predetermined.

*referenced: Ep 7, 26, 27, 32, 34

Thank you @moonsorchid and @justarabidlittleyingzhao for sparking these thoughts. (I hope you don't mind the tag! If you do, let me know and I will remove it.)

(now back to writing my fic and changing Fate. Because as is the show's central message: Only Love is not Fate) Bonus gif because ANGST