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[mochiwei]

Day 5: Sacred

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[humanityscompaniondaily]

day 124: rattled!

[marikodraws]

Holding on to an impossible thing

companion piece/follow-up to the comic I did for Rivals zine ✌️

[call-me-copycat]

Did I hear right? They animated my favorite manga panel?! (　･`ω･´)✨

This is great! This is amazing! I'm so happy right now!

[withthewindinherfootsteps]

MDZS Notes + Analysis — Chapter Two: “Reincarnation”

Three main things stood out to me when rereading this chapter: the theme of status, our intro to WWX, and the information we’re given about his state after death.

…Well, four things, but the other one will get its own post.

The theme of status is immediately introduced* with ‘MXY’’s treatment and the backstory of MXY and his mother, yet again showing just how well MDZS’s ideas are integrated into the text and how well it’s paced! You’re introduced to every important theme so, so early on. Two screenshots are analysed below:

(See: entitlement of the upper classes towards the lower classes, and how this can exist even between members of the ‘same family’; and arguably the idea of debts between a richer family and someone who was 'taken in'. There are a surprising amount of parallels between MXY and WWX, but I'll make my own post about that)

(See: once again, differences in status between members of the same family, and also the worse, and disposable, treatment of one daughter because she was "the daughter of a servant". Now, why does that phrase sound familiar...?)

Also, MXY's mother was sixteen when she attracted JGS's attention... if you somehow needed even more material to hate the guy...

We also get introduced to WWX’s personality(!), which immediately disproves the rumours from last chapter on how he'd cast the world into ruin:

(That's one of the first questions he asks after waking up – I love how he's so concerned about this! It shows us two important things, too: 1) Morality is important to WWX, and 2) Doing immoral things seems to be out of the ordinary for him. Both of these stand in direct contrast to the picture of WWX we were painted earlier!)

(Same thing here, along with showing us some of the (healthy!) pride WWX has – he wouldn't be offended at this if wasn't something he held as important within himself)

(I use this quote again, but here it's once again proving that the vengeful, evil WWX who'd sink the cultivation world into "nothing but chaos and despair" at the first chance he got... very much does not exist.)

(And finally, it's explicitly confirmed here that he's not the type to take exessive revenge and take pleasure in it... at least at this point in time, because. MXY definitely had reason to think this considering Sunshot!WWX, if everyone had been working from the truth. But importantly that isn't who he is now, and isn't who the WWX villified by the cultivation world was – imo that's including Nightless City, we'll get to that when I reach it. But note that actions during the Sunshot campaign aren't even mentioned in the prologue, because, shock, they actually helped the cultivation world win the war! Though that doesn't mean they weren't part of rumours + the WWX hatred mill later.)

Then some non-morality related things:

This is just really funny to me, with how the makeup being badly applied (:o) is enough of an issue to merit a thought – WWX I love you.

And then this way of thinking comes back a few times esp during the earlier chapters, enough to be noted I think.

Confirmation on WWX's status after he died – it's not anything new to point out, but this chapter does give us rare insights into what state he was in during the post-death, pre-rebirth period.

So, he was somewhat conscious, enough to be aware of what he was(n't) doing – seeking vengeance, haunting the living – and was seemingly in control of those actions. However, he was specifically a "wandering ghost" – his soul didn't pass onto the afterlife or "return back to Earth"** like the body-offering spell's caster's would. He was conscious that a long time had passed as well, and this long period of downtime where he could accept + deal with what happened in his first life is what likely allowed him to be so well-adjusted the second time round – even taking into account the remarkably good way he tends to deal with things in general (cue the "forgetting the wound when the pain fades" quote, it summarises WWX's mindset really well)***.

Also, as for resisting the summons from the prologue – I'm wondering how much was due to WWX's experience with resentful energy + general capability (if that affects it..?) allowing him to consciously refuse, how much was due to WWX not being the type to hold onto resentment (so possibly spells targeting ghosts, full of this resentful energy, wouldn't be as affected?), and how much was due to the relative lack of knowledge about how ghosts/resentful energy works compared to WWX. Or, if it was something else. Either way, achieving the impossible, that's WWX for you :D

It is interesting that he hasn't heard a voice in ages despite wandering, too – do ghosts just not hear the same way, or did he deliberately avoid areas with people? I could see both, the second being more likely, especially considering how many people wanted to summon him back for... less than stellar purposes.

Misc:

Poor Mo Xuanyu....

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*Well, reinforced – in the prologue, one of the things said about WWX is that "if not for the YunmengJiang clan’s adopting and teaching him, he would have been a hobo living on the streets", which is among the insults people throw. So of course, class-affecting-perception is tied to WWX from the very beginnning! But this is the first time it's actually explored, not a throwaway line.

**Though that may be what's literally happening to WWX's soul here – it is wandering around Earth – I don't think that's what this line refers to. There's a very good meta on how different translations handled that line, I really recommend it (tysm @/mxtxfanatic for finding it)!

***It would be very interesting to read a fic where it felt like no time had passed for him since his death, actually! Though the extremely stressful circumstances are gone, it would still be interesting to see a WWX for whom the Siege, Nightless City, Qiongqi Path etc are pretty recent – but only in fic territory, since I'm so, so glad we got the WWX we did in canon. Also, I'd love to see a fic maybe exploring some of his time as a ghost...?

[gosteon]

TWO! OF! THEM!

[buttered-toasty]

Well listen I just think mermaids should be allowed to be strange and off-putting and also what is the point of being a god if you can’t emerge straight from the mouth of any one of ur lil guys

Or: let Uinen be weird!!!

[randomszzz]

"love has always been the world's best secret ingredient" -> "I'd rather just get rid of them" Joshua kiryu

"there's only one way to stay alive in this shibuya: Trust your partner" -> "in a way, he's been alone all his life" Joshua Kiryu

[vimbry-moved]

the first real experience I've had of being fascinated by technological developments in adulthood is getting on a bus that has charging ports in the seats and a screen displaying the route with an announcer.

[spellsparkler]

most relaxed girl in the world (who wants to kill you). everyone say hiii elias

[burningartwork]

It's the Promised Day! (My birthday)

P5 updates, my birthday, and maybe something else! Happy Promised day! (ALSO, join my discord to see all my plans. Links on Linktree in Bio)

#atlusgames #videogames #persona5 #persona #tarotcards #tarot #p5 #fanart #bap5tarotm #p5royal #persona3reload #persona3 #persona3portable #update

[scalproie]

what the hell tfwiki

[traditional-with-a-twist]

Midnight Meeting

Takari Week 2024 - Day 5: Fifth Adventure

@takariweek

Kari finds T.K. outside the house, staring at the old forest. When she expresses concern, he tells her that he heard his brother calling and that he needs to answer. She’s confused.

T.K. tries to say goodbye to her but she has this strange feeling that she has to go with him. Before she can tell Tai, T.K. bolts. 

Kari and Tai chase after him, leaving Yolei and Ken behind. Kari feels very unsettled about the whole situation and how distressed T.K. is. She and Tai can barely keep up with him. 

T.K. disappears into the trees, and Kari gets separated from Tai, too. She keeps going through the forest, completely lost, feeling increasingly desperate. She just knows she has to find T.K. or something will happen.  

Finally she stumbles into a clearing and comes face to face with a giant white wolf. Its hackles are up and it’s growling. It locks eyes with Kari and she stops moving. She’s never seen a wolf before. A second later, she feels like that’s not true because the wolf has blue eyes and she knows she’s seen them before.

This time feels very different, though. She’s frozen, not knowing what to do. The wolf doesn’t attack her but it keeps growling. Suddenly, its growls increase in pitch and she hears footsteps behind her.

“Matt!” It’s T.K.’s voice. Slowly, she looks away from the wolf and at T.K. He doesn’t seem afraid, just concerned and a little confused. He puts his hands out, calling the wolf “Matt” again and apologizing for taking so long to answer him.

The wolf only snarls, eyes darting between the two of them. T.K. smiles at her and tells the wolf her name, explaining that she helped him. 

Kari stares. She didn’t expect this at all when T.K. said he was looking for his brother, but she just knows that T.K. is telling the truth. Somehow she knows that what she does next is important. Very slowly, she moves towards T.K. The wolf is still tense, fur raised, watching them.

When Kari lays her hand on T.K.’s arm, the wolf lowers its hackles and shakes its head. It looks confused and distressed. 

Kari smiles at it, following her instincts. She doesn’t really know why she’s doing this but it feels right. The wolf shakes its head again. T.K. asks what's wrong. He pulls away from Kari to approach it. 

The wolf backs away from him, but T.K. follows it. He reaches out to it and the wolf freezes. Kari blinks and for a moment she sees not T.K. but another white wolf, a little smaller, standing there. Then she blinks again, and it’s T.K. holding the wolf’s head in his hands. The wolf leans forward to sniff him and its tail begins to wag.

T.K. smiles, wrapping his arms around the wolf’s neck. Kari lets out a relieved breath. The anxious feeling is subsiding. Then, with a crash, Tai arrives.

[serickswrites]

Cracking Ice

Warnings: blood, injury, wounds, impaling, threat of death, unclear character status

Hero's chest seized with each shallow breath. They couldn't breathe through the pain. Couldn't breathe through their fear. Couldn't breathe through the two and a half foot long shard of ice impaling them.

They had vastly underestimated Villain's abilities. They had merely thought that Villain could make the room cold, maybe freeze some surfaces. They had no idea that Villain had turned ice wielding into a weapon.

And a powerful one at that.

As the ice and snow at their feet became stained red with the blood that flowed around the shard in their chest, Hero realized this mistake would likely be their last. There would be no coming back from this. Sidekick with their superspeed wouldn't get here in time. And even Superhero with their regenerative healing powers wouldn't make it in time.

"I warned you, Hero," Villain called coldly as they walked forward. "I warned you not to cross me. Not to discount me."

Hero tried to breathe with shredded lungs. "I....I....I c-c-couldn't...." Their chest heaved as they tried to get a good enough breath to speak.

But Villain didn't let them. "I warned you. But you didn't listen. And now you're paying the cost."

Hero could see the ice gathering in Villain's hand. Could see with each step Villain's blade grew and grew. Could see how this was going to play out. But still, they were powerless to stop it.

"And what a cost it is," Villain said as they thrust the blade of ice into Hero's chest.

The last thing Hero heard as their world went black was Villain's dark laughter in their ear, the sound of their own ragged breathing beginning to fade, and the sound of cracking ice.

[vanweezer]

the unholyverse jehovah's witnesses r like the church of latter day one piece to me they will see reading fanfic is ur hobby and be like no no youll like it its only like 300million thousand words i read it in one sitting! brother that is a long ass sit. my crosswords will get cold. my friends and my tea in my microwave will miss me. im good theres other gay c*tholic porn to read

[dixie12]

January 28th, 2028

"You made it," Pat says, grabbing him and pulling him into a bro hug.

"Said I would," Jonny answers, forcing a smile. "My parents and Davey wouldn't let me back out, and Wirtz woulda killed me."

"You couldn't exactly miss your own statue unveiling, anyway," Pat's frowning a little, and Jonny corrects him.

"Our statue."

Pat looks like he wants to say something, mouth half open, and then PK comes rushing up.

"Mom says we have to go inside and get ready!" he cries, tugging on Pat's arm, and the moment, like so many others, is lost.