#aos is still canon tho

[agentoffangirling]

I was that person that never really got Marvel fatigue. Was I annoyed that they kept pushing out project after project with little regard to oversight and quality control? Absolutely! But I still sat my ass down for anything Marvel-related and tried to find the best in even the worst pieces

But now... I'm just so over it

There was no reason to cast RDJ as Doom. Literally no reason. Even if you're elated by this news, you know it's all a cash grab. There is no reason for RDJ to return unless Marvel truly wants their fan base back. It shows they're desperate and they know it shows they're desperate. On so many levels, this was a bad move

This, them keeping Sabra in Cap 4, and the continued erasure of their Romani and Jewish characters in Agatha All Along really were the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I'm so done with the MCU and I can't see myself returning to the fan I was if they keep doing shit like this

I used to want the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters to return to the MCU. I got so excited whenever they were mentioned, begging day after day for them to be brought back into the fold. Now I need Feige to keep his grubby little paws off them. Don't bring them into the MCU unless the exact people who worked on AoS are there. You can have everything except AoS. You're not ruining one of the few Marvel things I still find joy in. Keep them out

[divorcedmalewife]

was there any narrative follow through from ep 3 to ep 4? absolutely not. did I enjoy ep 4 though? absolutely i did.

[thatsolacegirl]

I'm in a mood to break some stuff so let's talk about how much I hated Loki S2's deleted scene. (I'm going to rant. This is an anti-Loki series post.)

We'll go through this one by one.

Variant!Loki is fresh out (somewhat) of the Battle of New York so, whatever happened Thor: TW onwards don't apply to Larry here.

He is the problem? But how? Didn't he attack Jotunheim Odin's approval. So, he tries to prove that he too could be like Thor (who was in fact very much in favour of killing frost giants since childhood). Also, didn't Loki work under Thanos' coercion (read: tortured because of the way he looked in Thor 1 post-credit scene & in the opening scene of The Avengers) to get the Tesseract? (1) (2) (3) What is this scene even? The start is just so jarring.

Let's go through the roll call:

Nick Fury: Well, he did indirectly call him a problem because Loki was threatening to invade Earth. So, yeah. But directly, he never called him a problem.

Erik Selvig: He was enthralled by Loki via Mind Stone. I don't think in any one of those scenes he was ever shown talking to Selvig which would imply that the latter even said to him that. I think the one time Erik Selvig bad-mouthed Loki was in T: TW where he was relieved that Loki was dead.

Bor: So, I'm going to admit this was tricky but, hear me out on this one. Bor is Odin's father. Odin became the king only after his death. Alright. So, if we are going according to the timeline by the time Odin went to war with Jotuns and consequently adopted baby Loki, he was already the king of Asgard. Bor was dead when Odin went to that war. Thus, Loki never met his adopted grandfather. SO, APPARENTLY, A DEAD ASGARDIAN CAN TALK TO LOKI? HOW COOL IS THE FACT THAT LOKI HAD THE ABILITY TO COMMUNE WITH THE DEAD?! (/s)

Laufey: Another can of worms, I suppose. So, in Thor 1, it had been shown that after the war in 925 AD, the Asgardian contact with Jotunheim had been forbidden. Loki let some of them in to ruin/delay Thor's coronation. The one time he met Laufey, they made a deal, never once Laufey told that Loki was the problem. Laufey, canonically (Thor 1), never even knew that Loki was his son.

Amora: I, for once, think that it would've been cool to see her, either in the series or in Thor 4. But it is often the fate of MCU women to either be a footnote in the men's stories or completely ruined by the narrative, or the writers' incompetence makes them unlikable (only a few are well-written female characters). So, I'm happy about the fact that the queen is still untouched.

Jane Foster & Darcy Lewis: Jane met him once in Thor: TW. During Loki's invasion of NY, she was hiding in Norway with Darcy. Jane had only met Loki because she went to Asgard for Aether's cure. Darcy, on the other hand (even tho I love the way he spoke her name and Tasertricks is my OTP), had never met him. She heard about him, she saw him destroy New Mexico via Destroyer but she had never met him to explicitly say that he was the problem.

Maria Hill: When did she even say that he was the problem? When she was chasing him?!

Heimdall (Heimdall was a big one, he got very upset): Okay, yeah, I get that. Heimdall & him had a long history. Again, I have no idea about their dynamics. And whenever we see them interacting, the animosity is very visible since Thor 1.

Warriors Three (Fandral, Volstagg, Hogun): Again, the history thing here too.

Absorbing Man: So, AoS canon? Also, when did Loki come down to Earth to fight the absorbing man and why I didn't know about it. When did pre-Avengers Loki meet him? I want to know.

Donald Blake (who Thor pretends to be when he goes to Earth): So, this made my eyebrows twitch for the reason that I saw Thor 1 recently (to add to a Darcy post) and everything he said about Donald Blake was just plain wrong. Thor took up the name of Donald Blake (1) when he was given the shirt by Jane--real Donald Blake was Jane's ex before Thor, (2) Darcy made a false driver's licence which mentioned his name as Donald Blake and not Thor, and (3) when Erik came to retrieve Thor, he called him Donald Blake. So, if Thor didn't choose this persona & was given to him by his Earth friends, then how could he had pretended to be him? Also, this name was only used in Thor 1, after Avengers 1, everybody knew him as Thor, his real name.

Hercules: Don't know much about this one here because (1) he's introduced in a post-credit scene & (2) in a Thor film I hate passionately. But he's as old as Thor & Loki, so, a history might be there. We don't know. The TVA series didn't show exactly how they were connected.

So, y'all might be thinking Sol, why are you whining and moaning, it is a deleted scene after all??

You see the writers wrote this scene. The writers who should've, no, must've made themselves familiar with the lore, WROTE THIS BULLSHIT SCENE. AND THE DIRECTOR(S) FILMED IT.

Also, Loki's series could have been the show in that he could've interacted with the people he mentioned but he didn't because it wasn't truly a Loki series, it was a TVA series.

I'm livid.

[beevean]

Y'know the games had their share of momemts where the Belmonts got sidelined, mostly the Igavanias, but I'll give them this: they rarely played favorites. Alucard was the golden boy in his own game but afterwards he got relegated to a support role when the story stopped being about him, and in DoS he gets sidelined just as unceremoniously as Julius, thus proving that despite what appearences may indicate, the games didn't have a bone to pick with the Belmonts specifically: characters simply got put on the backburner out of plot convenience, which isn't good writing but at least it isn't infuriatingly amaturish

I also pointed out once that while yes, the stories of the IGAvanias found all sorts of ways to put the Belmonts on the side so that the protagonists can get the job done, canonically they still accomplish incredible feats.

Just because Trevor gets badly stabbed by Isaac and then is kicked out of the story doesn't erase that he's idolized as the Legendary Belmont who slayed Dracula for the first time, for example. Or Julius getting too tired to follow Soma in the Mine of Judgment doesn't erase that he was the one who defeated Dracula for the last time and nearly killed Soma in AoS, giving you player a taste of his strength. Even Juste, who gets usually picked on for only defeating the Dracula Wraith, is remembered as one of the Greatest Five in PoR, indicating that his feats were considered on the same level as his ancestors'. (rip christopher tho)

We can argue that IGA might have had a liking to Alucard and characters inspired by him, maybe he preferred that kind of story about protagonists overcoming their dark side, but he never hated the Belmonts so much to downplay how important and powerful they are. And the other characters certainly respect them.

[rmoony12]

Ok my friends ranked the Marauders character with. Little to no expectations so I'll do it too, I don't know how we're friends tbh.

Credit to @atyd1960

1. Remus

- he's my fav ever before I even got into the marauders fandom, I relate to him but not fully which is really cool. I picked my name because of him and now we kinda share initials. Also he's a Jewish king.

2. Peter

- I know it's controversial, and I get it, but I love him so much. I relate to him ao much and I don't see him as most of the fandom does. He's so important to me.

3. James

- I relate to him to an extent that no one will ever understand.

4. Xenophilius

- If there were more numbers between 1 and 4 I would put him higher. I love hus vibes and all that but I don't engage with him a lot.

5. Pandora

- I don't like who the fandom made her to be, I don't see her as friends with the Slytherins or a rosier, but I really like the character and the vibes.

6. Lily

- I don't really relate to her and a lot of the content about her I engage with I didn't really like, but I love her and she's a Jewish queen.

7. Sirius

- I know it's low, but I just don't relate to him and his personality is not my cup of tea, but I do like him and I would like to engage with him more.

8. Sybill

- I wanted to put her higher but again, I don't engage with her enough to do so, she's really interesting tho.

9. Marlene & Mary

- I just still don't get the base of their personality that the fandom decided on so I can't build anything on it, but they're really cool.

10. Dorcas

- she's cool, but I know almost nothing about her

11. Barty

- I wish 11 was way less then 10. I hate what the fandom did to him, but he's a really cool and interesting character and if he's the toxic person he is and not some traumatized boy who did nothing wrong, I'm into it.

12. Severus

- I don't like him at all, but he doesn't deserve the hate he gets from the fandom and he's an interesting character.

13. Evan

- same with Barty, tho he's less interesting to me and I don't really care about him.

14. Regulus

- I don't like him. He's really bad in canon although interesting, and I fucking hate the fanon version of him. I like the dark problematic of canon and fucking hate fanon character.

That's all, have a nice day

[cooch1ecruncher]

tweek & craig hcs + other ♡

i’ll add more as i go !!

feel free to request

- tweek has yellowed teeth bc of the coffee he always drinks. craig reminds him to brush but tweek is quite forgetful

- bc coffee stunts your growth, tweek is a couple inches shorter than average

- craig has braces and moles on his upper lip and under his eye

- they have sleepovers every weekend

- canon, but still they think of stripe as their son, and take turns keeping him for the night

- craig keeps a little backpack with fidgets, plushies, and candy to help tweek when he’s having a panic attack

- speaking abt fidgets tweek has an ungodly amount. he’s one of those fidget kids and probably does the fidget trading videos

- they proposed to eachother with ringpops!! they still have the little plastic bands that comes with. token was their priest, clyde was craig’s man of honor and jimmy was tweeks man of honor. wendy was the flower girl and butters (in the bear costume) was the ring bear

- tweek rarely brushes his hair, but ever since him and craig started dating he’s been taking care of it. he even asks bebe for hair tips to keep it more tame. of course it still has some of that spazzy fluff

- in their teens, tweek bought craig one of those coffee mugs thag have a middle finger on the bottom. ao that when you drink the person infront of you sees the middle finger. craig uses that cup everyday

- tweek always makes craig coffee for when he’s over. but the thing is craig actually hates coffee, he just doesn’t have the heart to tell tweek that. i made a comic about this too

- craig has taken knitting up as a hobby and makes stripe little costumes. he also makes tweek hats. his favorite being a little cat ear one ^••^

- craig sometimes does pottery. he made him and tweek matching cups with tweek having a sunflower on his and craig’s has a little space design (also in my comic)

- tweek cooks, craig cleans

- tweeks skin is somewhat tanner than craig’s, not by a whole lot tho. (you can sometimes see it in the show if you look closely)

somewhat angsty below 👇

- when craig breaks down tweek really doesn’t know what to do. he just sits by him, hugs him and assures everything will be okay

- tweek often thinks about how craig is always taking care of him, he feels really guilty, likes hes a burden. but craig always assures him that he loves him and isn’t a burden

sorry this is kinda short!! i might update in the future

[fellow-fandom-fruitifier]

@mythicalmagical-monkeyman asked me 4 my LMK headcanons & I have SO many it’s insane (most r 6EM bcz I have yet 2 stop hyperfixating on him in specific)

Six-Eared Macaque Headcanons:

I love the headcanon that he either used to have white fur or he glamours it away.

My headcanon for his “birth” is an amalgamation of several others I’ve seen (I forget their tags). Basically a piece of the moon broke off and hit the ground, the big ass flash caused a shit ton of shadows (hence shadow powers). The wind formed a mini hurricane around the moon-rock-egg and broke it, which is why 6EM can hear the wind.

6EM glamours a lot, everytime he dislikes something he glamours it away. This led to him hating how his glamored self looks (bcz it looks nun like him), but also hating how his unglamored self looks (bcz bad memories & imperfections & shit).

The shadows are semi-sentient, they’re also very picky with who they “serve” but extremely loyal. (Kinda like a dog.)

Rumble and Savage were 6EM’s first clones. (Their more sentient/have their own kinda personality bcz his 1st time w/ clones was a lot like MK’s.)

6EM & Chang’e are besties.

DBK introduced PIF 2 them all & PIF gave this guy 1 look & went “uhm, excuse me sir, but what r u doing here w/ these bozos?🤨 ur 2 smart 4 this, now come forward let us bond 😌”

The classic his ears are colored & they glow.

Purple blush.

He had to learn to cook bcz ✨homeless✨, but he sucks @ cooking so he learned, like, 2 dishes & cooked them until he perfected it.

Trans

Autistic

Was great w/ kids when he was younger and still is but he’s more awkward w/ them now (besties insecure, think he’ll taint them or sumthing emo like that🙄. CAN’T BELIEVE THE HEADCANON THAT THE FFM MONKIES LUV HIM IS CANON NOW)

I have an entire headcanon for his backstory (b4 he met SWK) but that’s,, long💀

Non-prehensile tail

Sun Wukong:

Gold blush.

Trans (THEYRE ALL SO TRANS CODED 2 ME OK??)

ADHD haver and probably autistic as well (no 1 in that show is neurotypical, u can’t convince me they r)

Wasn’t good w/ kids when he was younger but he’s great w/ them now

His fur used to be a gold color but it turned more brown after the mountain (permanently stained)

He’s extremely dense, not stupid. He’s also v selective w/ his knowledge (if he wants 2 know sum there won’t b a single piece of info he doesn’t learn, if he doesn’t want 2 know sum then he won’t know shit abt it)

He loves dresses, rarely wears them bcz he prefers his armor but he loves dresses

Headcanon that the armor he wears all the time is a comfort object & thats y it’s almost always on

The classic “can’t drink/eat hot shit” & red eyes come out when angry/flustered/ect

Will fight Erlang on sight. Literally won’t even listen 2 a word any1 says, it’s all over if he even catches a glance of this mf (Bonus: 6EM totally would 2 but he’s actually scared of Erlang, burning alive will do that 2 u)

He can sew & loves 2 do embroidery & shit

Others:

Sandy sumtimes acts like a mad scientist while making tea & Mei will join him

Nezha & 6EM bond thru the power of Mo & loving cats (also bcz 6EM destroyed the sea palace💀)

Red Son has vitiligo (BCZ COW SPOTS & I THINK IT WOULD B SO CUTE AND AND)

MK is trans (“ur making so many ppl trans-“ SHUT)

Nezha thinks gender is a scam but is fine w/ any pronouns, mainly uses he/him tho

Red Son is gender fluid (CANT BELIEVE THIS IS CANON, CRAZY BRO)

Ao Lie is a Demi-boy

Speed running through sexuality headcanons: SWK = panromantic/demisexual, 6EM bisexual/demiromantic, MK & Mei r both bisexual, Red Son is unlabeled, Tang is MLM & Pigsy is homoromantic but bisexual, Sandy is AroAce and Mo is Mo

Extra is Spider Queen being pansexual but aromantic, Scorpion Queen being AroAce (they’re in a QPR), the mayor being LBDromantic/j (guys prolly AroAce actually) (that’s all I have rn I think)

[peachshadows]

Love ur sundown au!!! May I ask how powerful is SD!Macaque in comparison to SD!Wukong and the SD!brotherhood and C!Versions? I wanted to ask because I can only imagine he meets C!Mac and just gawks that C!Mac is in equal grounds to C!Wukong in battle. And how the brotherhood and SD!Wukong would react when he casually tells them he once took on Ao Guang and his kingdom alone (and won) just to find Wukong and Mk.

Also cue SD!Wukong being a little love struck at this version of Macaque who is just more villainous and little bit more sly and flirty. And C!Wukong being like, "You didn't kill Ao Guang did you!?"

And C!Mac just being, "Well, I mean... Did you ever see him again? Hehe."

"Macaque!"

And the SD!Brotherhood just being shocked and appreciating a little bit more that SD!Macaque isn't as openly murderous as the other one is.

Also just SD!Wukong and C!Wukong having different reactions to C!Mac being more violent & Murderous than SD!Mac is a hilarious thought:

C!Wukong: Macaque! 😩😭😔🥲😮‍💨😖😣

SD!Wukong: Macaque! 😘❤️😊😍🥰🥴😊😉😆

JDJGJFHELP

Honestly sd!Macaque is the same in terms of power as his canon counterpart. His status tho is just a bit lower than sd!Wukong as he is just the empress (tho don't get me wrong he still holds a lot of power than most beings). But sd!Macaque isn't as sly and villainous as c!Macaque so I can see sd!Wukong having more reasons to fall for Macaque again

[digitaldoeslmk]

Hi Hi, i saw you wrote something about some missing dragons and i couldn't stop thinking about Ao Lie, and remembering you said that the members of journey to the west are still there and alive (if i got the right) does it mean Ao lie is gonna appear later, maybe to help to train mei or something?

Also, i won't lie, when you said Lady bone demon wasn't gonna be a big antagnist i was a bit sad but made wonder, the samadhi fire is gonna be used here or it won't have a big importance in this au? Ja ja i sure Mk wanted to be taller but now he has to deal with his tiny monkey form, don't be sad mk you have more space in your bed to sleep comfortable and amazing celestial monkey powers... if you forget about the trauma is about to come. Always the kids ending in the middle of the fights, poor Red son and Mk, is not easy to be in those situations, strenght for them.

Ao Lie is canonically made into a bodhisattva and wraps himself on a pillar in the Great Leiyin Temple, though it is also implied he does remain a dragon prince since he's not an ordained monk like the other disciples. In my au he protects temples against weather damages, but he lives in the West Sea with his family. He does appear during S3 as the gang is on their """journey""", as they try to find the missing dragons and what became of them. it's a minor plot overall but him and Mei do have a family moment together. He doesn't help Mei train but does give her some pointers on patience and resilience.

the Samadhi Fire is used but much more casually since it's just one more skill on Red Son's repertoire. they do intend to use it to burn off all the damage LBD has caused, but for that, they need some help from the celestial realm as well as some clearances from the dragons since it will involve a bit of a rain of fire xD

well, it's less about just height and more about how the height is one in a long list of stark dysphoric traits of this new body, smth he thought he was done with after transitioning but here we are again. hey, maybe third puberty is the last, right??

and yeaaaah it's, rough. immortals or not, all family have their drama TvT they figure it out eventually but it's gonna be a road full of growing pains. and real pains. oh man, it's a lot of blood and broken bones and disembowelments-- ANYWAY they figure it out tho, so there's that!!

[shysheeperz]

love ur blog!! I check it out before starting an anime/manga 💞

just wondering do u have any recommendations for complete anime/mangas?

thank u either way!!!

Completed??????

Manga:

Fullmetal Alchemist- the gold standard

Silver Spoon- by the same person who did FMA. Agricultural school stuff. Cute.

Agravity Boys- space sci-fi gag comedy, a wild ride to say the least, I miss my stupid boys

Magu-chan: God of Destruction- cute digimon/pokemon-shaped gods get woken up and mingle with a bunch of middle schoolers. Cute fluff mostly, will occasionally pull at your heartstrings (including the ending)

High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku- comedy/ slice of life, about an entire family attending high school. Has a volleyball arc that rivals the likes in haikyuu!!

Haikyuu!!-sports manga, if you want to cry over boys and their love for the game then this is for you, Boys x Volleyball is the tru otp of the show

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku- dark historical fantasy, so very, very good. Don't get attached.

Dr. STONE- sci fi, technically the main story is complete. We still have been getting the occasional side chapter or three that continue where the main story left off tho. A very solid shonen jump series. includes one of the best shonen jump dads in the history of ever. Will make u emotional over lightbulbs and stuff. hard not to root for the main cast.

Dr. STONE Reboot: Byakuya- a non-canon little one volume spin-off about byakuya and mainly about a funky lil robot that will make you sob uncontrollably I'd personally say to read up to the end of the Treasure Island arc in the main story first before tackling this one (about ch 140ish)

Dr. STONE 4D Science- a continuation of the main story, only a couple chapters, the ending is a really cruel tease imo and if Inagaki/Boichi don't give us more may they be cursed to lose all their left shoes forever

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Sanji- spin-off of sanji side stories by the duo who did food Wars. ONE PIECE related ofc. Tasty looking food. Sanji too cool for school. One volume.

Astra Lost in Space- space sci fi survival, solid story that deserves more appreciation, the ending is just a tad lackluster in actually showing what a lot of readers would have liked to physically see. By no means ruins the story tho.

Blue Flag (Ao no Flag)- high school, romance, slice of life, boys and gals just trying to figure out life and relationships. Solid.

Mashle: Magic and Muscles- gag comedy that leans a little too much into the shonen battle-esque stuff towards the end imo, but a decently enjoyable time. A mash up of Harry Potter and other various manga like mob, opm, etc.

Mitama Security: Spirit Busters- comedy, axed but I enjoyed it. Goofy fun. nothing spectacular but reading it won't hurt anyone.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes- spin-off of mha obviously, average joe Koichi >>> deku FIGHT ME, the goodest of boys, world building u don't get in the main series, Aizawa's backstory, Knuckleduster is the man the myth the legend.

Chihayafuru- screaming crying throwing up, it's niche it's technically a sports manga, romance, female MC, growth™, love triangle but at the end of the day that's not what's important

My Love Mix-Up!- comedy romance, big big mix-up on who loves who and lots of shenanigans ensue.

Noragami- TECHNICALLY not complete until like 2 days from now when the final chapter releases. my emotions! MY EMOTIONS!!!! 😭

Gintama- comedy/gag with dashes of really good drama

I have no idea what your tastes are, anon, so here's a mix that I've personally enjoyed. Some of them were axed, but technically that makes them complete so I included them :P yes I cheated.

Anime:

There's a lot less of them bc I haven't actually watched a lot of completed series.

Run with the Wind- more boys x sports but this time it's about running. Also the boys are in college. Will trick u into wanting to run.

91 days- ol timey story about VENGEANCE. Set during the prohibition.

Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann- makes you emotional and feel all fuzzy inside, sci fi, mecha

Cowboy Bebop- a classic

Samurai Champloo- also a classic and I actually prefer this one over cowboy bebop tbh, god tier baseball episode

Astra Lost in Space-the anime version, if you'd prefer watching over reading, but I always prefer manga > anime just cause.

FMA 03/FMA BROTHERHOOD- the gold standard. I appreciate both versions. 03 goes the anime original ending root bc obviously the manga wasn't completed yet no biggie.

Mob Psycho 100- MOB!MOB!MOB! and tumblr sexy man reigen arataka

Gintama- animated version alternative lol. The voice actors bring the characters to life.

Obv there are the old school classics like Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Gundam and all that jazz if you haven't already checked out some of those. Oldies but goodies.

[jasontoddiefor]

I absolutely adore your Jiang Fengmian and Cangse Sanren just being friends posts so much because my personal theory is that they were great friends and people were weird about platonic-male female relationships and shitty about how a beautiful, renowned women married someone insignificant in their eyes. It’s so nice and refreshing and I’m tired of the whole he’s creepy and obsessed with a dead woman instead of his two best friend died and he’s trying to give their son a good life. Let the man be complex! Is he is a great parent? No, but he was arguably a better dad than attic wifer and lecher, a C level parent and someone who was kind to common folk and let their kids play with his disciples, that making him into this villain character that’s either super creepy and gross or apathetic and completely neglectful and letting Madam Yu do inhumane abuses in front of him without retort is so weird.

Sorry for the tangent, I just love you having a platonic friendship of two souls both a little bit in awe of each other’s worlds. Let him be a lowkey depressed man with his two best friends gone and dead and is now just trying his best to be a good Sect Leader and still failing at times. Let him have some complexity.

Anon you made my day with this ask.

Like, I think the "grieves the idealized version of someone he loved (romantically)" is fine, like, whatever, but it's also kinda basic?

And if they were genuine platonic friends only, it would also add to the narrative IMO? MDZS very much works on a "things left unsaid and left unacknowledged" kind of theme, and a friendship that isn't allowed to be seen as such would fit just right in. From what we see, JFM is a very mild man as well, so of course there'd be questions, misunderstandings and such messy ugly rumors.

And I think the fandom also just generally exaggerates JFM? Like while reading and watching either adaption, I mostly got a sense that this is a man who has resigned himself to living alongside his wife and mostly doesn't know how to parent any of his kids in a way that doesn't infuriate YZY so he decided that being more hands off in general is better. But not this mess of obsessive to neglectful?

Like, thos interpretations can be fun, love me a good dark fic, but that's just not what canon gives me?

But yeah!!! you're right!!! Let him be a lowkey depressed man with his two best friends gone and dead and is now just trying his best to be a good Sect Leader and still failing at times.

Also here take a snippet of friendship bc I couldn't find much on AO§:

Cangse Sanren knocks on his door until Jiang Fengmian drags himself out of bed. He doesn’t know it is her or he wouldn’t have answered the door in his sleeping robes. She doesn’t notice, of course she doesn’t, and Jiang Fengmian is relieved that nobody else is up this early.

If he didn’t know any better, he’d claim Cangse Sanren only got up early to spite Lan Qiren and his expectations of her, but she came with the habit.

“Fengmian, I need you to go shopping with me,” she declares boldly. He knows that her expectation is now, although most shops won’t open for another two hours most likely. She probably wants to go exploring the area early – and ditch the disciples accompanying him, except maybe Wei Changze. She behaves even stranger around him and Jiang Fengmian is glad to have finally found something to tease Wei Changze about.

“And why do I need to go with you?”

“I need someone to tell me when the sellers are ripping me off!”

He knows that she has gotten a much better understanding of average prices now, and doesn’t have the heart to tell her that he knows as little about the prices of average street food stalls as her. Sect heirs, generally speaking, do not go shopping in the places Cangse Sanren finds her most favorite trinkets.

Still, she grins at him and Jiang Fengmian finds himself smiling back. He kicks her out of his room to get dressed, for his sense of propriety more than hers. Cangse Sanren has a rather tolerant view on partial nudity, even to a Yunmeng native. He considers waking another disciple to tell them that it is not last night’s curse that made him disappear, but settles on writing a quick note instead.

“Where are we going?” he asks Cangse Sanren the moment they’re out of the door.

She grins again, tellingly, and takes him by the hand to drag him into a street of craftsmen he’d have never seen without her. She hardly shuts up, praising every piece of art, the food, and Jiang Fengmian whenever he points out a piece of jewelry that would be particularly unpractical for nighthunting. Most of them look like gifts one of Jin Guangshan’s terrible cousins had tried to give her.

He thinks it’s the closest he’ll get to having a sister, but he’ll keep that thought quiet, least of all it betrays something else.

[theweirdhybrid]

SOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT DID YOU THINK OF SEASON 4!?~

-Abandoned King anon

So answering this is like [ checks watch ] two months late but I finally found a place I could watch it! I'll admit I wasn't spending a whole lotta time looking bc my brain switched to hyperfixating on TMNT instead of LMK, BUT, that doesn't mean my love for the series disappeared!

I'm actually hoping to start working on Into The Wukongverse again after I finish the season :0 I haven't seen the specials yet unfortunately, the website I'm using doesn't have them bc they're not out in english yet I don't think :(

But also, if I start work on Into The Wukongverse again, I'll be working on it alongside my ROTMNT fic "Just This Once, Everybody Lives" because I refuse to abandon that fic. I have vivid stories in my mind for both, and sure, I haven't touched ITTW in... a while, BUT I haven't stopped thinking about it this whole time! I still have the masterpost pinned for a reason! I'll have to go back and redo some of it, but I'm still working on it, I promise!

(this gets long so I'm slapping a read more on this bad boy)

So my initial thoughts when I saw how different the sworn brothers were from the original cast of brothers (i wasn't terribly surprised honestly considering how different LMK already is to the source material) was actually delight! I'd already known about the new demons, since they made book appearances (it's been... a while since I've thought deeply about LMK, I'll be honest, so some lore has slipped from my brain unfortunately) and I can't quite remember if they were part of the og brotherhood or not, but I DO know they were adversaries that Wukong fought later on! So it was really cool to see them animated like that! Makes me wonder what became of the og brotherhood members, tho.

It was honestly a little funny how Azure told MK and Mei not to draw attention to themselves and the first thing they do is try to kidnap Tripitaka after saving him from being eaten XD Honestly, these doofuses... The episodes are very fast paced, but it's understandable considering they're only eleven minutes long

And also...

Married. Married, holy SHIT they are so married I'm not even joking LOOK AT THIS OH MY GOD also the "I'm your Tangy :(" line- HUSBANDS. MARRIED. OH MY GOD. Literally this was so fucking cute oh my goooOOOOOOOOOOOOD-

Also, the entire thing of "No, Wukong's not my dad. Pigsy's my dad." and MK denying Wukong being his dad w the "If he was my dad don't you think he would've said something by now?" and then Mei shooting back with "Yeah, because he's sooooo forthcoming with information." was AMAZING. It had me looking at my lore for the Wukongverse and going "Yeah that tracks" XD

AND THEN TANG BEING TELEPORTED TO THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN AND BEING OFFERED WATER FROM THE RIVER AND IMMEDIATELY SCREAMING IN TERRORR AND TELEPORTING AWAY WAS FUCKING AMAZING I'M FUCKING CRYINGGGGGG

AND THE- THE BRIEF TELEPORTATION TO NEZHA AND AO BING'S FIGHT?????? HI HELLO I'M GOING FUCKING INSANE

AND THE LADY BONE DEMON CAMEOS...

AND AO LIE!!!!!!!! HEHEHA

I love knowing my JTTW history this is so fucking cool :D

Also, regarding who MK really is, I just wanna say... I FUCKING CALLED IT. I CALLED IT!!! I KNEW, THE MOMENT I SAW MK REVERT TO A STONE EGG IN THE FIRST EPISODE THAT THERE WAS NO WAY HE WASN'T A STONE MONKEY TOO >:D

In fact, depending on how canon fully reveals what's going on MK and his past, I might even be able to say I predicted it w the ITTW lore :p I never did reveal how MK came to be, but I never forgot that piece of lore, so we'll have to see how it holds up to canon, but it looks like my version of the lore is pretty similar to canon but! We'll just have to see :)

[1shcakes]

Question for any- or all of your lmk oc’s bc i have sooo many questions and your lmk oc’s is soo interesting and cool✨

Do their have any backstory?

How does their abilities/powers works?

A family tree? If is okay?

Favourite foods and drinks?

How close are their with the canon characters?

SHIP!? ( :O

And thank you for answering this question.

Hello! Thank you for this amazing question, I'm having struggles with world building so this might just do the trick..... 👀

I have a LOT of LMK OCs, but I'll be answering this question with the ones I posted on Tumblr only (Chaoqun Lixue and Haiyao Shen).

1. Do they have any backstory?

Indeed they do! Let me give a short summary

Chaoqun Lixue:

As a child, Chaoqun was drawn to sparkling crystals and became obsessed with them. He studied their properties and learned to harness their energy. One day, in a remote cavern, he found a peculiar crystal that changed him, transforming his draconic form into one of a human.

Haiyao Shen:

Haiyao was born into a fishing village. His parents were killed in a storm, so he was orphaned. He found solace in the ocean, but one night encountered a sea serpent demon who offered him power in exchange for his humanity. He accepted and was transformed into a sea serpent demon, terrorizing ships and villages. But there's still bits of him that are human.

2. How do their abilities/powers work?

Chaoqun:

• Can use crystal energy to give others abilities or boost their existing abilities; for example can grant a person temporary fire powers.

• His body has an inherent magic shield around it, so he's very resistant to attacks. Can still get hurt tho.

Haiyao:

• Can create and manipulate water in all its forms.

• Can transform into water, granting intangibility and the ability to seep through cracks or reform into solid form at will.

3. Family Tree?

Sadly I haven't made a family tree for these two yet. Soon though 😉 All I can say is Haiyao is related to the girl who works in Ao Guang's palace.

4. Favorite Foods/Drinks?

Chaoqun:

Loves anything chocolate flavored and taro bubble tea.

Haiyao:

Dim sum and ice cold water.

5. How close are they with the main cast?

Here, I made entire images for that- (credit to @/w3b.lmk_)

6. SHIP?!

they're both single, but I don't mind anyone shipping their OCs with mine. In fact I think it's pretty nice!

Anyway, thank you again for the questions! It was so fun doing this <3

[almaadst]

Hi, Alex! I hope you’re having a wonderful day! 😊💕 For the ask game, could I pick 4, 19, and 23?

@ghost-party Rebecca sweetheart! Thank you I hope you had an amazing day too and thanks for sending your ask! 💞 I will reply only to number 19 'cos for the other two someones else asked I hope you do not mind 🥺 I will link the answers when I publish them!

19. Favorite character(s) to draw?

Tbh. It's a hard question 'cos I do mostly commissioned artwork but I would say that In general, I like drawing women characters more (because I started drawing them sooner than men I think I do it better lol) and If comes to design I prefer more fantasy ones or canonically outfit form manga/anime, etc. But totally contradicting myself when I was still drawing fanart I was mostly drawing Mephisto from Ao no Exorcist XD (I still love him tho haha) also drawing Shinji from Bleach was fun wink wink and an honorable mention is Aizawa from My Hero Academia 🤍

[kraptos]

Okay- I'm a lil curious. Is the timeline in Agapē universe alot different than what we have in canon?

Considering that Kratos is around 1000 years old and time-blind while Agapē implies that AOS is the oldest between the two; it got me thinking that AOS was pulled into some dark sorcery shenanigans during his time in scandinavian since he arrived first before Kratos. Feel like Faye had something to do with it,,,,

or maybe it's just me xD

Excited for the next chapter tho! Happy 2023! 🎉💕✨

hi! i have been waiting for this question for years and i am so glad no one asked until after ragnarok came out LOL before i knew how GOWR was gonna go i had two different explanations, but now since i know the story i can say for sure what's the deal w the timeline. i will also say there's nothing off the top of my head that conflicts w your theory!! so if you want to take that as agapē canon, i think that's safe! and also a hella cool idea :]

in all honesty agapē is, at its core, v silly and self indulgent, so i just took the timeline for the games and squashed it into about 60 years or so, canon be damned. it's not very creative or plausible but to me AOS is just a plain old mortal dude and i've never thought about anything happening to change to that tbh. its just too funny to me that he can get away w treating kratos like a kid all the time (& kratos is infatuated with him anyway) when there's nothing special about him at all. there's a little tidbit coming in chapter 11 where kratos kinda has a thought about how he'll outlive atreus bc he's a god. so i guess in agapē he'll still live for thousands of years, & they just haven't happened yet.

if you want the uhhhhhhhh other explanation for why atreus of sparta is still alive. look below. aha WARNING: MAJOR GOW RAGNAROK SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

ive been planning to write a sequel with AOS in Ragnarok for a while now and uhhhhhhhh i was seriously considering making him odin/an illusion created by odin. i was going to be absolutely diabolically evil. kratos was convinced he was fake for a hot second after he first found him in agapē, and i was going to make his gut feeling be right. but tyr was odin in canon. so now i can 100% say with certainty that i will not do that LOL he's a just a guy!!!! and i have so many wholesome little ideas in my head for this next fic now :) (cough cough feel free to ask cough)

sorry for my very long winded response!!!! i love AOS so much... i can't help myself.

happy new year to you too!! 🎊 i am honored you're ringing in 2023 by thinking of my fic 😢 hoping to update here soon, the chapter is done just doing some last edits on my end and letting my betas take a look :D

[bodiesonbodiesonbodieson]

I do miss occult reading tho, also aos is still hot as fuck have you seen him alsohe is canonically packing