#and theres also time travelling

[ququoquaw]

wait now it feels kinda weird

[fairsweetlonging]

time travel au where liu qingge and shen qingqiu (yuan) end up accidentally traveling a decade back in time before luo binghe was amitted to qing jing peak and before shen qingqiu had his qi deviation, but after their generation has risen to peak lords.

which means, shen yuan realizes quickly, as they're accosted by said peak lords, that he will have to face shen jiu.

as they're being cleared for demonic energy and the likes, mu qingfang of course instantly detects the poison without a cure eating away at shen yuan's meridians. liu qingge pulls a copy of the treatment plan out of his sleeve (shen yuan blushes a bit, did liu qingge always keep that on hand?), and just like in the current timeline, they agree to keep it under wraps.

shen jiu tries various times to get a moment alone with shen yuan, but he never quite manages because liu qingge is there, who is also... nice?? to him?? for some reason?? shen jiu gets a bit flustered at the solemn politeness and skitters off.

it comes out pretty quickly that shen yuan has "memory loss", and thus can't remember anything that's currently taking place in this time. shen yuan expects scorn, hatred and disdain from shen jiu, expects to be grabbed and interrogated, to arouse suspicion.

but shen jiu looks....... sad???

being transported here threw shen yuan's qi off-balance (even liu qingge had to sit down, which means it's bad), and his cultivation is already so unstable, so when the peak lords are all squabbling and arguing and threatening and raising their voice, he can feel his body shut down. he sees yue qingyuan start to move towards him, which, knowing the future yue qingyuan, he really isn't up for right now—but before the sect leader can get to him someone else is at his back, transferring him qi, holding him up gently by his shoulders, then coaxing him up, leading him outside

shen yuan's been fed qi by every peak lord at least once. he doesn't recognize this one. that means it can only be one person.

he looks up. it's shen jiu.

and it's bizarre, getting fussed over by the scum villain, having gentle hands run along his back, his hair, that clear, soothing voice calming him down. and somehow shen jiu knows exactly what to do?? somehow it works perfectly on him?? it's almost as if shen jiu has known him his whole—

oh.

bodies, like homes, hold memories, even if the original occupants are no longer there. it's the milestone marks on the doorpost that chart a child's growth, blurry photographs faded by time, scuffed floors from well-walked paths, and tiny holes in the walls where pictures once hung.

shen jiu takes him to the bamboo house, pours him tea, and asks, calmly, what he remembers from their childhood.

it's not his childhood, so shen yuan doesn't actually remember anything, but the body he's in does. the memories it holds are emotional rather than visual; he remembers being alone, scared, and hungry. he remembers anger, pain. a dark room. loud voices. he remembers his heart skipping a beat when heavy boots stomp his way. the sound of a whip.

he doesn't have to lie. the memories aren't his own, and they're from long ago, which means shen jiu has them too. and, he supposes, this is his only chance to find out what really happened.

but shen jiu doesn't say anything about it. he just nods and stares, intensely. then he asks shen yuan if he remembers yue qingyuan. shen yuan says no, he doesn't. the conversation takes a very strange turn after that. shen yuan can't help but feel a little queasy when shen jiu asks him if yue qingyuan has taken advantage of his memory loss.

"has he come into your home? has he brought you gifts, sweets? does he invite you for tea? did you accept?"

he has. shen yuan doesn't know why that would be a problem, the sect leader has been nothing but kind and helpful and patient. and generous, too.

when he says yes shen jiu looks furious.

liu qingge (his one) comes to pick him up, and his time with shen jiu is cut short. somewhere he's glad, cuddling into liu qingge's back as he holds him while they fly. he feels a little bad for yue qingyuan, knowing he's probably caused a big fight, but it doesn't sit right with him. he wishes he knew what happened.

.

liu qingge, meanwhile, is having the time of his life fighting himself. it's good practice!

[radioroxx]

headcanon that people of the islands sleep schedule is like, four hours later than average.

they wake up at mid day, and sleep well past midnight. kids begging their parents on weekends to pleeaaase please let them step up just a little longer to watch the sun rise. early-riser visitors / tourists having to adapt to their horrid schedule because stars forbid theyre up and about at 10:30.

[puppppppppy]

is this your card? ♦️♣️♥️♠️ it isnt but you dont wanna hurt his feelings

[lights-at-night]

i might be shot but tbh i think fiction podcasts have an issue with racial representation

[beachboysnatural]

In every timeline Ryu Sun-jae is accosted by an absolutely insane woman and every timeline he falls head over heels for her

[doctorwhoisadhd]

you know, i kind of wonder if ruby, having grown up with a Black mother and grandmother (and foster siblings??), might have picked up on the racism before the doctor did. cause like, the doctor has been white for, in their perspective, their entire life (what with their memories of being the timeless child and ruth!doctor having been wiped, and i think it's reasonable to assume this is still very very early days for 15). whereas, ruby probably had to have at some point as a child picked up on the fact that people were treating her differently from her family, right?

come to think of it — is ruby actually aware that the doctor didn't realize until the end? like — she doesn't still know about regeneration yet, right? cause if she doesn't, then it would make sense for her to have assumed that 15 did pick up on the microaggressions and just wanted to save these people even with that knowledge. really adds another layer to why this sucks for him

[ganondoodle]

so with echoes of wisdom .. i havent watched any of the trailers beyond the very first one and the thumbnails/screenshots and what others have said about it-

but with the world inside the rift being called "Welt des Nichts" aka "world of nothing/void" in german ('still' in english, for some reason) and demises title in french being "avatar of nothing" ... yeah my anxiety is shooting through the roof again

(hopefully you can be a little more forgiving for me being anxious/weird about it bc demise is my blorbo)

i had similar worries with totk, that werent proven true thankfully, but the darn book is making it all worse again with all those weird lore things the game doesnt even so much as hint at AND potential retcons- im in for a really rough time huh, not just stress in real life (more in tags.. its alot) but now about my specific hyperfixation from two things even (AND artblock still..)

weird as it may sound, i dont want demise to get more lore, partly bc i dont believe theyd do anything with him that i would like (given their track record) but much more importantly- the fact that he has this little lore about him is precisely one of the reasons why i fell in love with him, i tend to like characters that are neglected by the narrative, and his story being both so flat and already done meant i can be very creative with what i come up with for him without necessarily contradicting anything in canon (which is ... or was a big point of how i wrote destiny's story and lore, working with canon in a way that reframes it all without straight up ignoring it ... but i suppose i urgently need to let go of that and accept i spend alot of time working things that will go to waste :( ) AND not having to worry that there will be more stuff with him that would massively change not only what im writing but also potentially how i feel about him since the game he was briefly in was the oldest chronologically and ended with his death- i didnt expect them to mess with anything that far back and thought theyd just go forward and leave the timeline behind and wouldnt mess with it again, given how botw seemed to be a sort of 'fresh start' that seemingly regarded the past as the past that needs to rest and that the timeline was finally no longer a discussion if everythings unified through botw and one thing going forward

but i suppose i was very wrong with that .__.

right now the only thing that motivates me still is the left over determination and spite to work on my zelda comic, since i have never gotten this far and really want to get something done for once, but i cant lie that im feeling like i should pause all work on it too to wait and see waht the book and the new game will do .. either to determine if i still have the will to keep working on it after those things are out (my love for tloz has been taking alot of hits lately ..) or if i have to change stuff (mostly bc of my lore problem trying to not ignore it ..)

[fluffyartbl0g]

Hang on a minute. Regarding the time travel AU, Vegapunk might not be on Egghead. This is taking place 2 years before the start of the series, right? Caesar blew up Punk Hazard 3 years before the Straw Hats arrived, meaning Caesar hasn't blown up Punk Hazard yet, and won't for another year.

Egghead was just a regular lab when Bonney visited as a child, meaning it's likely Vegapunk didn't turn it into his central laboratory until after Caesar blew up PH. Vegapunk was on Punk Hazard when Caesar blew it up, he tried to stop him.

OH FIDDLESTICKS UR SO RIGHT!!!!

Ahhh thank you so much for informing me of this!!! I really try to make it a point to follow the canon timeline as close as i can, but I always miss a few things here and there ; w ;! This doesn’t actually mess up anything that ive sketched too much,,, but,,, omg now i gotta think about what to do about punk hazard owo wahaha you’re spawning new ideas into my head anon, thank you!

[whatyoutaughtwasfear]

I swear to god there's something here with Victor including stars in his drawings, the Star hotel sign missing, this image in the bottom of victor's coordinates map. Something to do with star coordinates and the trees moving. But i think i'm too stupid to figure it out

[aurorangen]

Hi here's an update: I'm in Malaysia / Hong Kong for the next month to see my family, so posts will be here and there. I think I will post postcard legacy + tjolc. It all depends on my mood and what I want to make at the time as currently, I have no stuff in advance 🫣

[chronologically-challenged]

If you think about it, "Loop goes back to their original timeline" fics are technically time travel aus

[pebbles-scatter]

assorted dakota hcs (50% me #projecting other half is me having fun)

- 5'5

- adhd & ptsd

- depression but specifically dysthymia.

- i have no set hc for why he eats. i find a lot of the concepts interesting but i just think hes italian

- sunglasses r for photophobia (heterochromias a fun hc but not my personal one)

- in his 30s...somewhere. probably. time travel makes age messy.

- speaking of which, i have a funny hc abt cav & his ages.

basically: by year, dakota is older. not by much, but older. but due to time travel (mainly Mississippi Purchase) shenanigans dakota is, by years actually lived, younger. they are both simultaneously younger and older than each other.

- afro italian (ethiopian & southern italian specifically)

- trans guy (i have already talked abt my trans hcs for him but he realized in his late teens. 15-17)

- i have no set sexuality for him tbh

- raised catholic (i am fond of the jewish hc but my personal one is catholic)

- obv not religious atp but he probably keeps a crucifix/cross necklace on

- poor asf growing up. doesnt help what with the Mississippi Purchase

- MP timeline he comes from was pretty awful. not dystopian post-nuclear bad but pretty bad.

- like any good italian he has so many siblings

- hmmm a lot of hcs have him raised by a single mother. not super attached to that specifically but i do have ideas abt his mom

- ok so his mom. is...basically my mom.

har har har jokes aside

- his mom smokes. obviously. and drank a bit. a bit rough around the edges. not very trustworthy of the world. she wants to strengthen her kids but is pretty torn up herself. (this is only marginally better in the non MP timeline)

- one time dakota or one of his siblings took her cigarettes to prove she didn't need them and she picked them up and shook them in the air

- he loves his mom so damn much. she calls him everyday

[thatsgonnaleaveamark]

booked a hotel and got the concert ticket aghhhh

[ramunnae]

what I'm saying!! I LOVE the repeated theme in genshin, it's clearly crucial to the story and I feel like the dedication is going to make the payoff so much better. It also makes other characters who dont fit the mould (like zhongli in this case) or who fit it despite not being archons for this example (like scaramouche) so much more interesting to theorise about/analyse!!

[gifti3]

lilia is amazing humans took loved ones from him multiple times and he still chooses to love them

this is the type of shit that joker-fies characters and hes like nah i love my son and i would love for fae and humans to live among each other in peace