#culivation

[divinegastronomer]

Patience and Persistence

Jesus told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard, “Look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?” “Sir,” the man replied “leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down.”

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In culinary esoteric philosophy, this parable can be interpreted on multiple levels, reflecting both the nature of nourishment and the cultivation of potential, whether in the literal sense of gardening or in the metaphorical sense of human development and persistence.

1. **Patience and Nurturing**: The fig tree represents potential that has not yet borne fruit despite care and time. The caretaker’s request for one more year symbolizes the importance of patience and nurturing in the growth process.

In culinary art, just as ingredients require specific conditions to flourish, so do ideas and projects need time and proper care to develop fully.

2. **Balance of Resource Allocation**: The vineyard owner's desire to cut down the unfruitful tree highlights the practical decision-making involved in resource management.

In culinary terms, this can be likened to evaluating the viability of ingredients, techniques, or even culinary ventures that might not show immediate results.

3. **Potential for Transformation**: The caretaker's suggestion to dig around the tree and manure it signifies the idea of providing support and nourishment to realize potential.

In cooking, this can be interpreted as the need for experimentation, adjustment, and care in techniques, flavors, or concepts that may initially seem uninspired but can transform into something wonderful with the right attention.

4. **Hope and Second Chances**: The parable also encapsulates the theme of hope and the importance of giving second chances, relevant both in culinary practice and in life.

Just as the fig tree may still bear fruit, creative endeavors in the kitchen might yield unexpected results with perseverance.

In essence, this parable reminds us within the sphere of culinary arts (and beyond) to appreciate the process of growth, the importance of nurturing potential, and the value of patience in seeking fruitful outcomes.

[hotmessexpress2023]

Endless love is fueled by endless friendship, if you want to have the greatest romance ever, have the greatest friendship ever, cultivate it; do not let your friendship die.

Remember, it's not a lack of love that destroys relationships; it's usually a lack of friendship. -Steve Maraboli

[plottwiststudios]

I remember a certain commentary about Culiver, stating they understood him and where he's coming from, but he's still too much/doing too much. Or at least, annoying in a way they wanted to avoid.

This is a fantastic perspective from fans that I was hoping would be present. There's a conversation that could be had with the varying viewpoints.

[vncdraws]

Every time I remember these characters exits, my neurons just flare up.

[cloudstongue]

@cassylost-inspace @millyzasilly because yall have my spotify uhm. dont tell anyone. this can be a secret okay 😇😇😇

[companionwolf]

me staring into my laptop's screen because my friend asked two basic crucial questions about my game and i dont have answers: why is there a sim, why is there backups. why cant they just be in cold storage.

brain: v -

me: virtual afterlife is not happening, next idea please

brain:

brain: its just ultimately soma again. thats all i got boss

me: GODFUCKINGDAMN IT

[lgbtlunaverse]

Considering wwx's canonical breeding kink and his general fondness for dubiously safe scientific experiments it is technically within the realm of possibility that a few years post-canon he just invents cultivation hrt and transition surgery by accident.

He just rocks up to a cultivation conference one day 5 months pregnant like "I turned my body into that of a woman! Yeah the boobs too we travel a lot and don't want a wetnurse. I'll reverse it in two years or so." And every single trans person and egg in the culivation world simultaneously sits up and goes "wait what?"

Imperical to understand that wwx still fully identifies as a cis man and does not know trans people exist. He did not know he was gay while actively being in gay love, this man is very smart but he doesn't know shit. Just a few weeks after the conference people start coming over like "hey... that thing you did... can you do that to me?" and he's like damn sure are a lot of dudes who wanna get pregnant. One day a "female" cultivator comes and is like "so you said you're going to reverse it... you think you can do that on a body that's already female? Turn my body into a man's body?" And he just goes well probably, let's find out!! It's so great all these people wanna help him perfect his techniques, isn't it lan zhan?

Years later they run into one of the trans women he first helped and doesn't even recognise her as she's thanking him and after the clarification just goes "wow! haha damn you're even wearing women's clothes! Should I start calling you guniang?" sort of as a joke but she's like yes please and he just says alright nice to see you again ma'am (still doesn't get it)

[feelkindadizzy]

Video description: A video edit of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji from the Untamed, set to the song "Edge of falling" by Pamé which is an upbeat love song. The first clip is in the Mo Manor, Lan Sizhui says: "Send a signal for Hanguang Jun" to Lan Jingyi. Wei Wuxian says: "I mean, you don't need to bother him. I can solve the problem." Lan Wangji comes and Wei Wuxian smiles. The clips then alternate between the present and the past, following the lyrics of the song. Part 1: Present. From Wei Wuxian's reincarnation up until Lan Wangji protects him from Fairy. Part 2: Past. Them as teenagers at Cloud Recesses. Part 3: Present. Them at hotels. Part 4: Past. Them making lanterns and Lan Wangji smiling at Wei Wuxian's. Then, from Wei Wuxian using demonic culivation to him getting the Wen's out of Qiongqi Path. Part 5: Present. Them at Lanling, when Wei Wuxian uses a paper doll to infiltrate Jin Guangyao's secret room. Then Wei Wuxian gets injured, and he's brought back to Cloud Recesses. Lan Wandji brings him Emperor's smile, then they are together at his home. Part 6: Past. Lan Wangji hanging out with Wei Wuxian and A-Yuan. Then they leave eachother. Lan Wangji is punished. Then, the scene where he says to Lan Xichen that he wants to bring someone to Cloud Recesses and keep them here. Then, there is the beginning of the fight at Nightless City. Part 7: Present. There is the end of the fight at the Burial Mounds. Then Wei Wuxian collapses in Lan Wangji's arms at Cloud Lotuses. Then they grab lotus pods together. The last section is Wei Wuxian falling to his death while Lan Wangji fails to save him, then there are quick compilations of them doing similar things in the past and future: fighting together, Lan Wangji protecting Wei Wuxian, them singing the song "Wangxian", them holding hands, Wei Wuxian grabbing Lan Wangji, them caring for the other who is laying bed, them walking side by side, them petting bunnies. Finally, there are clips of them meeting, next to them smiling together at the end of the drama. End description.

don't you know i'm made of love? | scp: untamedlogoless | song : edge of falling, PAMÉ

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[lyngracetalksnwritesnstuff]

Jiang Yanli Time Travel AU

So this has been a plot bunny of mine for a while, since I've gone down the rabbit hole of time travel and fix-it fics recently and noticed that not many (at least of the ones I've read so far, I'm sure there's plenty, this seems like too much of an obvious idea not to be ignored) of them seem to focus on Jiang Yanli, which kinda seems like an oversight to me, as she would be THE PERFECT PERSON for a time travel fix-it au.

First of all, she's seen all the sides of the story. She's seen firsthand how Wei Wuxian was pushed to do the things he did, and how some of his actions may not have been as well thought out, and how Jiang Cheng tried so hard to help him in his own way and ended up giving up on him.

I also think she saw exactly what was going on in the Jiang household and tried to help in the best way she could, because she grew up in an environment and society that told her, as a woman with limited cultivation potential, she could only be mild and gentle.

So I think, given a second chance, she has the potential to realize how her passiveness and inactivity against how their parents drove Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng apart didn't help very much, and take a much more active role in the story.

This was honestly born from my need for more Jiang Yanli in general. I love mdzs, don't get me wrong, but it could've been so much more interesting had it just given us insight into the side characters more, especially the women, instead of killing them off.

Wen Qing, I kinda understand; she was leading what they thought to be an army of Wen culivators, and they couldn't kill Wen Ning for nefarious reasons.

Then again, it also could've been interesting to see her escape and go into hididng for the thirteen years while WWX was dead, maybe running into Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan under an alias or something and getting tagled up in that whole mess.

With Yanli, I also understand her death as an important part of the story, as it's kinda the thing that drives WWX over the edge, but I also would've enjoyed it if she was still alive—just barely—and ended up getting saved and getting to raise Jin Ling and making changes in the cultivation world—She could've easily been named acting Sect Leader after JGS died (Meng Yao would've absolutely still killed him) until Jin Ling was of age, as Jin Zixuan would've still been first in line if he was in line, so that (in theory??) would give his wife presecende over Jin Guangyao.

Wow, that kinda got out of hand lol. Sorry for the side tangent.

My point: Jiang Yanli should star in more time travel aus, and I'm probably going to write it at some point. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[randomkposts]

A thing I think we should consider more about Makoto's character when writing her is that she knows Aikido and is not using it in the Metaverse.

Let me explain.

Martial arts come with a philosophy. They are a synthisis of a founders philosaphical and religious beliefs and their martial studies.

Aikido's founder was Morihei Ueshiba, and his goal was creating a fighting style that lets the user defend themselves, while also protecting the attacker from injury. Aikido can be translated as "the way of harmonious spirit", or "the way of unifying with life energy."

The goal is to avoid cultivating violence or aggressiveness. Its tecquniques include attack redirection, throws, pins, strikes, and joint locks. When using weapons, it uses staffs, knives, and wodden katanas.

Its fitness goals are less about strength training and more about flexibility, endurance, and controled relaxation.

All of the above, establishes that it is Not Aikido, Makoto is using in the Metaverse. She may have learned how to strike in Aikido class, but in the Metaverse she is going for all out attacking.

It could have been possible to tie in take down tactics to her and add ways to force shadow negotiation as her confidant incresed, but it doesn't. Instead its about analyzing the shadows.

She trains in a martial art whose goal is "to overcome ones self instead of culivating violence or agression", and when she comes face to face with an opponent in the metaverse she throws all that philosophy out the window in favor of agressive striking.

Her magic attack, is necular- an energy at which is produced by splitting the nuculus of atoms (particles) apart, or fuse them togther.

Her rebellion does not begin and end with her bike.

[nebby-the-protogen]

"...so basically it's like a wuxia culivation movie or a shonen anime but instead of power levels and stuff it's about how well you can pull of sick minecraft jump combos, it also has anticapitalist themes did i mention- hey are you still listening?"

[gemsofthegalaxy]

It'a really late at night and i dont wanna talk a ton of shit but like... the article about Dropout/Sam Reich saying he's concerned they've been doing too much to please fans and want to branch out and go edgier or whatever like

That's fine and i do agree that creating for the sake of pleasing a specific audience can kill creativity in the long run but its wild to me how many people blame fans for being parasocial when brands/internet personalities literally invite that

So much of Dropout's content only works because you feel like the cast members are your friends and youre invested in them to an extent. Several game changers and breaking news episodes play into the details of cast members' personal lives, the entire show Dirty Laundry are about the cast members' actual secrets, etc. Like you can complain all you want but the platform chose to cater to that warm-fuzzy parasocial feel

And like. They can certainly change their offerings. A bunch of people on reddit are rejoicing, of course. But many of us saw what happened when Watcher swung too big, after culivating an audience that liked them for a specific thing, people did not follow when they did a different thing. Which is a shame, and in an ideal world artists would have the resources to make the art they want and by some miracle connect with the audience that loves their work regardless of how much income that generates or how big the audience is. But it isn't an ideal world, and people are not obligated to spend money on art/content that no longer speaks to them when creatives decide to do something different, yknow?

[fallenstargayzers]

Oh man, it's getting bright again. I've taken to spending my Saturday mornings in a coffee shop with my book. The rain yesterday washed my car and the birds have stopped stealing our cat's food. A week ago we spent the night naming stars through the clouds. I held your hand and didn't feel scared.

My mother bought my a small plant for my desk in work. She has a habit of culivating life effortlessly. I hope I can do the same. You drew two eyes and little stick figure arms on the pot and I wonder how I got so lucky to exist at the same time you do. I smile when I look at the wonky marker lines. You send me photos of our cat throughout the day and I have to stop myself from giggling like an idiot. You call me your idiot. I havent written in forever and I can't help but think of the quote "Loving someone to the point of creation." My god, what else is there to say. I love you to the point of creation.

[plottwiststudios]

Women of Xal: Pronunciation Guide, Part 1

Xjena: zJenna Xuna: Zoo-na Velvet: Vell-vit Axay: Ah-zay Naxia: Nahx,ia / Nox-xi-uh Clanice: Clan-es Merixa: Mer-ex-uh Joy: Joy Xaris: Xare-is Culiver: Cull-iv-err Artimis: Arti-miss Proxis: Prox-es Xobi: Zo-bee Valimer: Valley-mere /Valli-mere

Anxellica: An-zel-lee-ca Claire: Claire Launda: Lawn-da Liz: Liz Mannah: Mah-nuh Margret: Margret Noxeen: Nox-een Tannae: Tahn-a Vincent: Vincent Xanamae: Zana-may Xula: Zoo-la Yexa: Yeck-sa Vicia: "Vicious" but with an "ia" at the end instead of "ous", rhymes with Patricia .

[turtlesaus]

Big-Man Raphael Hamato - TurtleDuck AU

(Most of the design choices were inspired form Pinterest, IDK who drew them cause literally noone cited their sources x-x)

Wheeeeee;

Raphael Hamato

Nicknames: Raph, Raphala, Raphie Race/Species: Turtle Mutant/Yokai Age: XXX (Changes though time) Height: XXX (Same as age) Gender/Pronouns: He/Him Job: Tank/Brute FOrce/Cuddler

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Personality

Raphael was not pressured into being the eldest child, and so he was able to age slowly, and was able to culivate his childhood much longer. Leo gives him eternal support to help him understand everything, and to keep him anxiety from giving him too much trouble.

On that note, because he wasn't given that stress-related emotional punch, Raph gets overwhelmed easily with big plans and his anxiety can make him spiral out sometimes.

Usually, however, he is a cuddly and fun younger brother.

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Power(s)

Raph's Ninpo is called Energy Manipulation, and is more on bodily constructs. He is capable of manifesting a ninpo energy construct in the shape of his body.

He can alter the construct in its entirety to giant sizes and also independently alter the size of its appendages to take down physically large or exceptionally powerful opponents. He can add additional limbs to his construct as well, and form a more traditional energetic shield to block attacks.

On top of that, he uses Tonfa's and small knives.

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Backstory

Raph grew up understanding that he considered his oldest brother his parent, not the rat in the bedroom. Everytime he had talked to the rat, he had been brutally reminded of htis, so the few time Splinter leaves his room, Raph is usually found hiding from him and avoiding him, and thus Splinter was banned from the kitchen, the living room, and the bedrooms.

After he met draxum, Raph found that he was overjoyed to have another 'parent', and was almost as attached as Mikey was.

With his new sibling, he adapted to their presence quickly and loves on them a lot. Even with his anxiety, he would rather die that abandon or betray his brothers.

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Family Dynamics

Raph & Leo

Raph has some serious anxiety, and has trouble understanding big thought processes and plan, but Leo has always slowed down and simplified it for him. Because of the support he's gottne from Leo, Raph is very dependant on him to help him understand some things.

Raph & Donnie

With Raphael's anxiety, Don has learned to show his blueprint, albeit simplified, to him to help him clear his worries. When Raph gets overwhelmed Don will, without hesitation, lend him his headphones or sunglasses.

Raph & Mikey

Mikey and Raph alone together usually leads to absoloute chaos. One is flusted easily, the other is a complete ADHD attention span presentation. They love each other, and cuddle at the drop of a beat, but don't leave them alone with a lot of energy.

Raph & Casey

The two of them destroy shit together, and pretty much be jock bros with easch other.

Raph & April

Raph and his bog sister get along live a mother duck and her child. He follows her around, and she will slowly make sure that he understand everything before just leaving him. He really appriciates this.

(More Coming later)

[feral-nightingale]

What role in the tragic play are you?

Sami'a Nightingale: misunderstood villain

Prepare for an onslaught of both the most dehumanizing and hateful takes, and flood of thirst comments. You are chronically misunderstood. Whether or not you're actually evil is debatable. You may be acting out for revenge, to defend someone you love, or even just to protect yourself. You're a pretty jaded person. You don't trust or even really like most people. Maybe you did at one point. But that part of you is gone, and you don't go a single day without grieving it. You think a lot about what your life could have been. You're stuck in the past. You're angry and maybe you don't even want to be, but this is the only way you can see to survive. You're open, but less in a trusting way and more like a wound. You don't like to let people see you, but the hurt spills out of you before you can stop it. You're impulsive, even as you try hard to plan and prepare. Maybe someday your side of the story will finally be heard. Until then, you can convince yourself that being hated is safer anyway.

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But that part of you is gone, and you don't go a single day without grieving it. You think a lot about what your life could have been. You're stuck in the past. You're angry and maybe you don't even want to be, but this is the only way you can see to survive. You're open, but less in a trusting way and more like a wound.

Poor Nightingale, their innermost insecurity ripped open and put on display for all to see. The life they could have lived with their tribe is never far from their mind. A life where their conjury lead them to be the priestess for Menfina, healing the ails accrued by the tribes hunters. A life where they could fall in love, and know only the hardships of living. A life that was taken from them when their community turned their backs on them, labeling them a 'cursed child' and then exiled to starve alone in the Shroud. A life where they could have grown up surrounded by love, instead of being labeled a wild pest who's sole crime was wanting to survive another day on the outskirts of Gridania after their world ended.

Until then, you can convince yourself that being hated is safer anyway.

Sami'a "Green Eyes" Nightingale. The Alliance's pet demon. Menphina's loyal hound Dalamud incarnate. Or so they would have their enemies believe. During the Ala Mhigan and Doman Wars of Liberation, they realized that their legend among the Garlean rank and file preceded them, and some soldiers would sooner run for the hills than be forced to face them down. At the time it proved useful, and afterwards they took no small effort to culivate those rumors for future conflicts. Thing is, they were probably a little too successful. They see it in the people they meet and call allies: the small spark of fear buried deep within their eyes and the tenseness of shoulders as if they were a savage beast who could attack at any time. "Oh well," they reason for their own sanity. "At least I'm still (mostly) seen as a beacon of hope to the hopeless..."

Anonymity certainly has its perks. Though they may not command instant respect, at least they treated for who they are and not their legend.

This was fun to put together. Thanks so much for the tag @arinaxiv.

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