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hunxi-after-hours · 2 months ago

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"Qin Zhou's" throat trembled as he quietly closed his eyes, no longer looking at those souls. "I will protect all of you." "Qin Zhou" slowly spoke his promise. In this moment, everyone heard only the promise, but Mu Sichen heard the words that Qin Zhou could not say out loud. "I will protect all of you, so that no divine monster can harm any of you, including myself." Accompanying these words, all of Qin Zhou's emotions vanished. Even desire, even aspiration, even hope — silently, he obliterated them all. All that was left in his soul was that promise. From this moment, he became Him.

ok ok ok I'll admit I haven't read many books that regularly use 祂 ta (the divine third-person pronoun) so maybe this is me 少见多怪 but GENUINELY this was such a cool moment. I almost had to take a lap around the subway car because this was so well done

#I didn't take a lap because I was. y'know. in a subway car. on the way back from work. with witnesses.#still!!! this is making me very !! for reading the chinese translation of orv because I know the translator also used 祂 #for the constellations. which. VERY cool #also dream town anon I am starting to understand why you comped this to liehuo and. well. yeah #it's about the (clenches fist) the inherent dehumanization in elevating a person to a divine position. the unbearable weight of being a god #and it's also about your main character's adventures with his cute chibi squid toy. y'know. the good stuff #hunxi book tag #I suspect 祂 is actually a Thing in unlimited flow/genres that actively play with divinity as an element of worldbuilding #distinct from xuanhuan which one might argue is uninterested in its gods being gods — xuanhuan I'd argue is more interested #in its gods being people. but unlimited flow (and adjacent genres) is interested in gods being gods. also gods being monsters.#gods being divine existences that defy human comprehension. gods being eldritch abominations. y'know. the good stuff #(vibrates gently) I'm continuing to learn SO much about this genre and it's awesome #(weakly) I don't even like this genre... believe me...#came for the unlimited flow stayed for the octopus

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