#don’t have canon last names

[dkniade]

It’s hard to articulate. Every time I think too hard about (playable) Liyue character designs (and to a lesser degree, environment design) I feel a strange sense of… alienation? It’s mostly because I just know too little about traditional Chinese culture despite being a Chinese person, and maybe plus the fact that Liyue’s got a… kind of modernized (?) 仙侠 (xianxia) setting (with xianxia itself being a genre I’m not very familiar with), along with my own internalized racism? In terms of fashion sense I don’t dress like the Liyue characters so they hardly look like me other than the dark hair. (Maybe someone in China or someone who’s into cosplaying 耽美 (danmei) or 古装 (guzhuang) characters would feel more familiarity. I dunno.)

The thing I connect with the most is probably the character naming conventions and some of the food items, but that’s about it. This is supposed to represent my culture, but I don’t even know that much about it myself (so it’s something I need to learn more about. Or should I say “reconnect with”? Was there even a connection in the first place?) Although I admit the alienation is also due to how I’m also not familiar with many of the storylines in general.

Still, I can’t articulate it, but something is missing and Genshin Impact is the wrong place to look… Liyue’s visual design has a… strange veil of nostalgia for traditional Chinese culture, like we’re stuck in that aesthetically-pleasing xianxia story of the past, never moving forward. I guess this is simply not the Chinese representation I was looking for.

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Surprisingly, Kaeya has a few lines somewhat related to this, and he articulates it well:

“These days, my surname, Alberich, is probably the only link to Khaenri'ah that I have left.” (Caribert, “Destined Encounter”)

“Though we could not restore Khaenri'ah to life, we of the Alberich Clan should lead lives as those who blaze like fire, rather than those who wallow in the embers.”

“Now that I look at it, his handwriting was as grieving as a smoking ash pile. There is no way that I can write something like that, living in Mondstadt as I am.”

(Hidden Strife, Mysterious Box in a Secret Compartment)

Well, it’s not like my life is as tragic as his or anything, haha…

[aftoonfamily]

Happy pride month to the gayest of that freaky ass murder family

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

so five and lila being a thing is going right next to allison literally sexually assaulting luther in the box of things we are absolutely under no circumstances accepting as part of canon right

[thefloatingwriter]

sunrise on the reaping is where headcanons go to die.

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

Reminder for the dpxdc writers!

Yeah I know lots of us get canon and fanon confused and some never watched Danny Phantom which is why I’m going to *friendly remind everyone* that if you don’t want to use the Ghost King Danny thing, it’s—it’s fanon. Like. You do not need to go out of your way to make it Not A Thing, if you find it’s hindering your plot line or whatever. You don’t have to write around it. At this point, you might need to clarify it’s not something you’re doing, since it’s so common, but like—if I have to read one more plot where they’re twisted up in knots to avoid it, like. Pls. You can do what you want and that includes this, we already disregard canon all the time, you can buck common fanon as well I’m—

That’s not to say I’m against Ghost King Danny, but I’m starting to think it’s one of those things people are afraid to stray from because they think it’s it’s one of the more… pillar parts? Of Danny’s character and canon? When it’s, like, not. If you want to write in reasons why he’s not king and etc etc you CAN, it’s your story and maybe it even serves your plot or tone or you just want to, but you can also just not even have it be a consideration. You’re free to just not do it.

[too0bsessedformyowngood]

Sorta a continuation of this post.

I’ve been thinking more about reverse robins AU with Duke as the Dick/Nightwing parallel, and I have some ideas.

So like, Duke came first. He was the light to Batman’s darkness. I don’t know if he would start off with Signal or another mantle and become Signal later on, but he definitely had the bright colors from the start. Batman might be the Dark Knight but Duke was Gotham’s (K)night Light. Batman fought what hid in the shadows but Signal chased the shadows away, provided a guiding light home. He was the Sunshine when the never ending grey clouds got too thick. He was Gothams hope and inspiration for a brighter future.

But don’t forget he was also a menace. I don’t think it would go down exactly like it did in the comics, it was the early years for Batman-and for the villains as well. After Duke’s parents were gone (maybe by Joker still turning them mad with Joker gas in Joker earliest year, maybe year one for him or something else) he started planning. He started working harder in school, focusing on the sciences to one day make a cure but also would go out looking for his parents, like in canon. He would stumble into things way bigger, overhearing plots from villains and mafias and decided to become an inconvenience for them. Letting the airs out of tires when no one was watching, a fire alarm pulled right before an attack, door stoppers on the outside of each door to a warehouse trapping the villains who where planning inside. A sudden strong of bad luck befalling the main terrors of Gotham. It didn’t go unnoticed, especially by Batman. Duke kept his streak of being unseen until one night he crossed paths with the Bat.

Bruce for his part would have know about the little boy who lost his parents in the attack, and it would have also brought up some memories for him as well. He would have kept a small track of him, but noticed he was in foster care so didn’t do much until one day he came across the reason behind all the karma the villain have be having. Looking into the boys eyes and seeing the same fire that he had, blazing more fierce as Duke explains how he will find his parents and save them, and if he could prevent more bad things along the way he will. Something pinging in Bruce’s soul, this kid lost his parents like he did but not fully, and he still had hope among the need for justice, something that had faded so long ago for himself. He took Duke back that day, promising that he will find Duke’s parents, and kept a closer eye on him after the fact.

Duke noticed that after that day it became like clockwork, he would sneak out, search Gotham, cause a little chaos, get caught by the Bat and brought back to his current foster home. Bruce did some digging, looked for Dukes parents but also found out that Leslie Thompkins was the person in charge of Duke’s case. After a few weeks of the new schedule he met up with Dr. Thompkins. They talked about how Duke has been bounced around from home to home and sneaking out to find his parents almost every night. After a long conversation, and not as much convincing as one would expect, Duke found himself being driven to his next foster home, Wayne Manor.

Okay I’m going to leave this here for now. I ended up writing so much more than I though I would lmao. I have more ideas and will probably continue this soon.

[lilywave]

paul matthews, linda monroe, and karen chasity are all siblings actually they told me themselves

[designernishiki]

yuki and majima have merciless cain instincts toward one another like true siblings. 10/10 impeccable dynamic

(bonus: slightly more hq profile pics)

[lizzardwitch]

rj definitely did this while fran was in europe (he was stoned and tweaking in the middle of the night)

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[general-yasur]

And what if I just start tagging my Sora posts with Sora Garmadon? What then?

[autistic-katara]

icl i would be at least a little happy with almost any ending for stranger things but one thing that would ruin all of it would be an epilogue (of a decade or more later)

[dianadeadwing]

For Day 2 of See More Seymour’s Bay Week: Gayle x Nat. They’d be so chaotic and messy but like in a good way. @seemoreseymoursbay

Nat thinks Gayle’s unique and interesting and is a 1000% behind all her weird passion projects. Gayle is thinks Nat is gallant and romantic and is down for any number of Nat’s adventures (eventually. They make her feel like the wild free spirit she imagines herself to be) and thinks all her stories about almost celebrities are super interesting.

+ Aunt Nat

[ID:

Digital fan art of Gayle Genarro and Nat Kinkle from Bob’s Burgers on a light peach background. Gayle is leaning heavily on Nat’s shoulder, looking up at Nat, and has a big smile on her face. Nat has her arm around Gayle’s shoulders pulling her close. She looks down at Gayle with a small fond smile.

/end ID]

[thatsalotoftoons]

i wanna know how the majority of the ninjago fandom has come to the agreement that cole’s last name is “brookstone”

[supercalime]

I’ve been lurking in the 911 tags for only a week and I’m already exhausted of most b*ddie shippers holy shit

[viatrix-glow]

new di x warrior cats

name explanations and more info below :3

basic stuff

-each agency is a clan, not each unit. 14-15 clans would be silly and then we would have some clans with 5 cats and some with 2.

-starpro -> lightclan. i couldn’t call them “starclan” for obvious reasons. light is somewhat synonymous with star, so i’m going with that.

-cospro -> nightclan. i don’t think the cats in warriors know the word “cosmic”, but cosmic implies cosmos implies night sky, so we’re going with night

-rhyth lin -> rippleclan. ripple is sort of a synonym to rhythm….? this one was hard

-new di -> fortuneclan. this one is a stretch but neither “new” or “dimension” have synonyms that really fit a clan name. fortune is something that relates to multiple characters in new di though

-starclan still sort of exists, but the cats do not believe in them the way they do in warriors. they are more of a nursery tale than anything, and select cats (ex: tatsumi) believe in them, but it is not written into their code. medicine cats can still interpret signs, but they do not necessarily think of them as coming from starclan.

-medicine cat forbidden romance is not a thing here

-intermingling of clans is ok and common

-there’s like. other cats in their clans besides just the enstars cast i assume

cat names/why i chose them

fortuneclan:

knights

-tsukasa -> scarletstar (scarletblossom) . he is the leader of fortuneclan because he is one of the new di reps for the summits. both scarlet and blossom were chosen bc of his last name (scarlet is a red color… kinda similar to cherry…. and blossom for the cherry blossom).

-leo -> lionheart. ok this one is kind of cheating because lionheart is already an existing warrior, but…come on….

-izumi -> silverspring. sora describes his color as silver, and spring is in his first name

-ritsu -> frostmoon. his first name means cold moon according to the wiki so i just rehashed it

-naru -> goldenroar. since she doesn’t like her first name i didn’t want to use “storm”, and her last name can be read as “thunder” but that’s a little too close to storm? so golden for her hair and roar for her last name

switch

-natsume -> sageeye. a sage is similar to a wizard, and eye is in his first name . also the “dovesong” mentioned is wataru :)

-tsumugi -> bluewing. he is a bluebird. warrior cats probably wouldn’t straight up call a cat “bluebird” so i put wing there instead. deputy cause he’s the vp

-sora -> skyspring . sora means sky. spring is in his last name. i could have used “stream” instead to differentiate him from sena but i think spring is cuter

mam/df

-madara -> tawnystripe . tawny bc it’s like kind of close to calico if you squint. stripe(s) is in his last name

[wow-an-unfunny-joke]

Okay I’ve watched a good portion of Dungeon Meshi and I LOVE IT! I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE BRING SCIENCE INTO THEIR FANTASY AND MAKE THJNGS MAKE SENSE

Also Senshi?????? THE BEST CHARACTER EVER????

ALSP CHILCHUCK????? THE SECOND BEST CHARACTER EVER??????

AND I THINK K ACCIDENTALLY LEARNED SOMETHING????????