#getting into shaman king now is bringing back all that

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Insane how much nostalgia I can get from reading a 90s manga I didn't even read and the anime to which I didn't even watch back then

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Tell me about the latest AU you've got rotating around your head 🥺🥺🥺🥺 RIGHT NOW. RIIIIGHT NOW. AGOIRHHGREHORHIW GHOR GHIW 😘

I call it "Twin Souls Au" and it's mostly an exercise.

Chinese mythology has this persons called Wu (巫) which were shamans. By the late Zhou dynasty, Wu referred mostly to female shamans, while Xi refers to male ones. But for this Au I take Wu to mean a gender-neutral Shaman. As it says in the Shang oracular inscriptions:

whether the Wu is a man or a woman is not known;

it could be either the name for a function or the name of a people (or an individual) coming from a definite territory or nation;

the Wu seems to have been in charge of some divinations, (in one instance, divination is linked to a sacrifice of appeasement);

the Wu is seen as offering a sacrifice of appeasement but the inscription and the fact that this kind of sacrifice was offered by other persons (the king included) suggests that the Wu was not the person of choice to conduct all the sacrifices of appeasement;

there is only one inscription where a direct link between the king and the Wu appears. Nevertheless, the nature of the link is not known, because the status of the Wu does not appear clearly;

he follows (being brought, presumably, to Shang territory or court) the orders of other people; he is perhaps offered to the Shang as a tribute.

And yes, I copied that from Wikipedia. Another one:

"men and women possessed by spirits or gods, and consequently acting as seers and soothsayers, exorcists and physicians; invokers or conjurers bringing down gods at sacrifices, and performing other sacerdotal functions, occasionally indulging also in imprecation, and in sorcery with the help of spirits." - The Religious System of China (vol 6) 1910

It's more complicated than that but Wu are basically the jack of all trades of chinese magicians.

What I focused on are two specific Wu:

The sacrifice

They are people, usually women and disabled people, who were burned at the stake to bring about rain. They themselves are an offering to the gods. CofCofShenJiuCofCof. They are also mediums for the spirit world.

Fangxiangshi

He is referred to as "The one that sees in all four directions" and wears a mask of bearskin with four golden eyes, and carried a lance and shield.

His primary duties were orchestrating the seasonal ritual to chase out disease-causing demons from buildings, and leading a funeral procession to exorcize corpse-eating wangliang spirits away from a burial chamber. Which he did by violently getting into buildings, houses included, and energetically thrusting his spear into the air.

He is a seer, and one that can conjure visions only he can see. Like a certain nerd who read the "book of fates for PIDW"

Wu were often a pair of siblings that are referred to as a single entity. Like two souls in a single body.

To the actual story:

The day of the transmigration, just as SY's soul is getting settled into SJ's body, a pair of heavenly officials (unimportant who) comes to get them for some important thing they have to do in heaven (Because more often than not, one is born a Wu), as Wu are also bureaucrats.

Man is Yue Qingyuan confused. He was there taking care of his ailed shidi and suddenly someone comes and takes him away before he can say anything. He naturally calls for a meeting and all peak lord are on the case to get him back (some more reluctantly than others)

The Ku Xing Peak Lord or whoever is in charge of rituals and divination gets them permission to go get SQQ (As they already did the thing they had to do), but only YQY and LQG are allowed. So they go.

In the heavenly realm (Not heaven outright) they see SQQ siting calmly in a gazebo on the garden, reading. More relaxed than anyone has even seen him.

SQQ sees them and, without letting them speak, says: "I'm not dealing with this"

And he separates from the body.

The body (SQQ) is let in a sleep like state while a tiny, tiny, Shen Jiu comes out of it. He looks perhaps 10, wearing ceremonial robes that only reach his knees. Shen Jiu takes his book and screams for "A-Yuan" to come take his turn.

Then, another 10 y.o. comes out of the house the garden belongs to and immediately protest upon seeing the adult cultivators. He is identical to Shen Jiu, dressed the same, but wears short hair (angled bob) and has a mask winkwink hanging from his neck.

This A-Yuan and Shen Jiu proceed to banter for a while, ignoring both YQY and LQG.

What happened was: Time functions differently in the heavenly realm; ergo, Both Shens have spend a lot of years together and already consider the other their sibling. And their dynamic is to fight and banter... so normal siblings.

Long story short; The Shens are send back to the mortal realm to work and solve mysteries because the heavenly officials were tired of them, and fight over who uses the body.

No one want to use it. They have to be responsible when they are SQQ and it's bothersome. Also CQM keeps trying to make them come back and be a peak lord but solving mysteries is more fun.

[quornesha]

Spectacled Owl Prophecy And Symbolism

The Following Channel is from higher powers, Divine, the ancestral plane and is prophetic through Quornesha S. Lemon|

Whether the Black Heron appears in dreams, visions, waking life or synchronicities, it is a sign and message that you’re being looked after/watched over. You’re stunning in someone’s eyes. You appear as a piece of heaven or you look familiar to someone. People are staring. You look familiar. You are or you will soon receive the attention necessary for your journey.

You’re officially in the limelight/spotlight. It is important for you to remember that you are not here to stand in anyone’s shadow. You’re here to forge your own way. You are the force, to be reckoned with. Your spiritual sight has heightened and you’re seeing beyond the veil. You will hear whispers and your gift to channel is flowing with ease. Right now, it is time to look back towards history. Research the chosen ones: Moses, Jesus, Adam/Eve, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Sam (Transformers), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther)…Your turn has come. You’re ready to be initiated into your position of power/influence. Don’t worry about anything at this moment. Shift your focus towards your own journey and allow what is necessary to leave your life. Whoever has been holding you back must leave.

The devil walks amongst us, and it is not some ethereal being, but in the very people you’ve lifted up. You may have sympathy for the devil in a sense, but it is important to raise your vibration and walk in your full capacity. No longer can you play it small. Premature death isn’t your portion. It is your destiny to live this second half of your life in paradise. You have a very special place in the afterlife, the angel of destiny walks with you. Seeing the Spectacled Owl is symbolic that armies will look out for you and protect you. They may not know why they’re doing this but your presence is rare in this world. At the slightest hint of danger/threat against you, it upsets the natural order of things and it calls in mighty angels to aid you and protect you.

You are the eyes/Mouth of God/Divine. You are the weapons/record keeper. You are the key, and your death is already written out and that is far from now. You have a lot of work to do, you are a warrior and no reaper can take you until your work is done. Make use of the blessings that will pour out into your life as this will aid you to live life comfortably as well as help others. The Angels are on notice against all darkness and evil that would dare come in your direction. Your destiny is necessary. Carry on. Messenger of God/Divine. You are an intricate part of the universe, a puzzle piece. You’re wiser now.

Your words and energy are much more potent/powerful. What you speak manifests, what you command to leave must go. Someone/People will need your sight/gifts, as they cannot receive your light in any other vessel except through you. You cannot be easily replaced, and your energy is rare.

The Spectacled owl is a prophecy and symbolism of: Insight, foreknowledge, being protected, higher powers, high priest/priestess, remote viewing.

Need further clarity or your own queries answered? Book your own reading as my schedule is full and I do not guarantee a reply on social media regarding this post.

If this is not you, then it is time to get clear to rejoin your tribe or the rest of the world of infinite beings. It's time to bring your light to the forefront. However, if you aren't able to invoke, heal or otherwise on your own, call on the assistance of shamans, healers, intuitive people, etc. to assist you. This synchronicity can possibly have specific meanings for you, it's time to get insight. 

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[hao-and-yoh]

Shaman King “Fractured Duality” - Alternative Universe

Continued from here.

Episode Eight (3)

“Our flight to Beijing leaves from Saga in the morning, from there Guizhou is a 38 hour journey by a series of trains. Then it’s a two day trip on foot to Mt. Jioshan. It’s going to take days to get there. If I were going alone, I could travel there much faster.” sighed Hao looking towards the train in the distance as it began to approach the station.

“Hao, there’s no way you’re doing this alone. We’re coming with you!” cheered HoroHoro, placing a hand firmly on Hao’s shoulder and giving him a confident grin.

“Tao En is a beast, and extremely powerful. Not to mention his enormous Jiang Si army.” added Yoh, worriedly. “We’re doing this together, Nii-chan.”

“Thank you for agreeing to help my young Master, I am in servitude to you all.” said Bason, bowing his head at the three shaman friends. He exchanged a worried look with Amidamaru, who looked back at him with a reassuring smile.

“Once you have collected the pointy haired one, I assume you’ll be going off to catch the rest?” retorted Anna - crossing her arms and locking her cold expression on Yoh.

Yoh laughed a bit.

“You make it sound like a video game mission when you say it like that, Anna.” giggled Yoh, smiling at his hard faced fiancée.

“Well - don’t think I don’t know what you two are up to. You’re thinking about going off in search of the Village.” firmly replied Anna, shooting a purposeful glare at both of the twins.

“What?! For real?!” yelled HoroHoro with an excited smile.

“How did you know?” chuckled Hao, smiling awkwardly at his sharp minded future sister-in-law.

“The cute matching tracksuits you’re wearing and those useless pieces of junk you’ve got strapped to you were a big clue.” replied Anna, sarcastically.

“”You think they’re “cute”?”” echoed the twins with a mirrored embarrassed expression.

As the train arrived at the station, HoroHoro hopped on board without a second thought. Yoh smiled softly at Anna before he gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek to say goodbye. Anna’s eyes softened slightly as she watched Yoh climb aboard too. Hao reached for the handle bars on the train, but hesitated for a moment. He turned back to look at Anna.

“Look after my girls for me. I know they’re in safe hands with you.” sighed Hao with a soft smile.

Anna gave Hao a rare kind smile in response.

“I will. And you had better bring what is mine home safely too.” she replied, firmly.

“Will do.” nodded Hao - before climbing inside the train too.

As the train began to pull away, suddenly another voice screamed out and echoed across the platform,

“Wait! Guys! I’m coming with you!!” screamed Manta, running as fast as he could towards the moving train.

Yoh leaned out of the open side carriage when he heard Manta’s voice. He momentarily considered telling him to stop - but then a big smile spread across his face.

“Come on! Just reach out to me and take my hand Manta!” yelled Yoh with a delighted smile, outstretching his hand towards him.

Manta pushed his legs as hard as he could and leapt towards the train, grasping Yoh’s hand firmly. Yoh smiled a big toothy grin as he pulled Manta’s little body safely into the carriage.

Gasping for breath, Manta looked up and smiled happily at Yoh.

“What’s gotten into you?” giggled Yoh, smiling broadly at his small best friend.

“I couldn’t stop thinking about what Hao said about this being my destiny and - I think he’s right. Where ever you go, I go - Yoh.” said Manta with excited glistening eyes.

“This mission will be dangerous.” came the voice of the elder Asakura brother as he appeared from around the internal carriage door, though his voice sounded concerned, he had an amused expression on his face as he smiled at the small human.

“Well, it’s like I said - it looks like I’m gonna be in a lot more dangerous situations from now on, but - I’m here for you guys! You can count on me!” cheerfully replied Manta, nodding his head determinedly at Yoh’s older brother.

“Don’t worry, Nii-chan. It’ll all work out.” confidently added Yoh, beaming a smile at his big brother too.

Continue here.

Enter the “Alt Universe” here.

Read “Fractured Duality” in full here.

[loveinamystery]

Oh goody, the worms are alive and angsty today so I guess it is time to post another long blog post on my favourite series.

I really enjoy all of the Shaman King characters. The cast put together by Takei is one of my favourites. Recently, I have come to appreciate Ren more, I have become a Renthusiast if you will.

And as a result, my heart breaks for this little bean. I have some thoughts, and I just need to get them out of my system.

So, let's begin.

Ren-demption

This post will discuss spoilers for the sequels and spin-offs.

There is a tragedy around Ren as a character. Growing up, he was groomed to be a killer, and we know a small part of what his family made him do to train and get stronger. All for the goal of becoming Shaman King and for the Tao family.

The hate and anger which developed in this teenager was so much. Murder meant nothing if it got in the way of his goals. Luckily Ren met Yoh and was able to break the circle of hate. He was able to make the changes before he went too far down the wrong path.

I always thought Ren had a strong burden of guilt for what he did in those younger years, and how he seemed to dedicate his life to writing the wrongs of his past.

It wasn't just about keeping the promise to Hao, but more of something he had to do for his own peace of mind.

It would never be enough. Nothing is ever enough.

But Ren would continue working towards the greater good to correct the mistakes of the past.

But, like I said, it would never be enough.

The reward for trying to make the world a better place? Nothing.

Instead, Ren is faced with losing his wife in a brutal attack in their family home, and sending his son away.

You would think that from all their work to make things right, Ren and Jeanne would be rewarded with a happy life with their family. But the world never works like that, and that's one of the things which is so soul crushing to me.

I think this is also telling for Yoh and Anna too.

They gave up their dream of an easy life in Japan to try and make the world a better place. Their reward? Dying a violent attack and having to leave their son in Japan as they continue with the possible task set by the Shaman King.

They gave up everything and they continued to stumble and fail. The girl who's family abandoned her and the boy who never really knew his father, have to leave their child behind due to the risk of losing him for good.

Now

Let's look at some other characters from the series, their actions and the consequences.

Hao

Now, now, I am a firm member of the church of Hao and I pray many times a day. But I cannot help but feel conflicted about the out come to his story.

I'll mostly focus on his third life. Hao did a lot of questionable stuff in his third life. From buring innocent people alive, murdering families, and killing orphans.

For me, Hao never went through a redemption for his actions. Instead of being brought to order and held accountable for his actions, he is rewarded with the title of Shaman King. Now yes, it was a tournament at the end of the day, and Hao wasn't the only one acting in this way. As mentioned, both Jeanne and Ren killed people in the process of their journeys. But Jeanne and Ren seeked redemption for their actions.

Hao ever had that. You could argue that he hasn't really changed much since becoming Shaman King. He accosted Yoh and Anna for bringing a baby to a battlefield when he is the one who put them there.

What about the lives destroyed prior to the Shaman King fight? Hao brings everyone back but not those who he murdered along the way. Such as Lyserg's parent's. Maybe too much time had passed, but it does raise the question. He is a God at the end of the day, surely he has the power to do that?

Another character I would like to highlight is:

Marco

In my opinion, Marco had a lot to make up for following his actions in the main series.

I hate what he did to Jeanne and Lyserg. I really do think he owes their both an apology and needs to work to fix his wrongs.

Maybe that was his goal with asking for these new powers from Hao. That by becoming a pawn in the battle ahead, he was gaining redemption for his past. But I don't think this is the way he would gain it. I think the only way is through Jeanne and Lyserg. But they don't seem to recognise what he did was wrong and the X Laws still love him so 🤷

It comes across as instead of being told to stay on earth and work to seek redemption for his past sins, he is rewarded by becoming Angel Boi Marco.

And sure, maybe there is a catch which comes with this. Maybe once the battle is over and his redemption complete, he will join the great spirit. But I see it being more likely he will go back to his old form and live his remainder of his life working with the X Charity and Jeanne.

But this is all interesting thoughts which occupy my thoughts and grip at my heart.

Those who continue to work hard to make the world a better place are targeted and forever pushed away from their goal of happiness.

Whereas those who have done wrongs in the past are instead rewarded.

I don't hate it. I enjoy this storytelling method by Takei and I look forward to where he takes the story next on his return to TSS in the Spring.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading.

I love making these types of posts and talking about Shaman King. I am a little shy and anxious about making them at times. But I really love the series.

Please do not take this as an attack or hate towards the sequels or any of the characters. These are just some thoughts I had, and as mentioned, I am a member of the church of Hao. Even if he is a petty kitty God.

[peddlestox-shinyrocks]

How did you choose their name and why? Was it simply based on vibes or is there any specific meaning behind the name? Are the reasons behind their name different in- and out of universe?

Prepare for a long one!

So going back to when I first made the character, I played World of Warcraft back during the Wrath of the Lich King era. And when we got into Cataclysm and I saw Horde got goblins I had to make one. For those of you who don't know, when you go to the goblin starting zone of Kezan you are set up with a boyfriend if you're a girl and a girlfriend if you're a boy. Said boyfriend's name was Chip Endale - a reference to the Disney characters Chip and Dale (...Rescue Rangers!). I said - "I'll do you one better Blizzard" and took my own personal favorite character Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and made Kwasay Modo my goblin shaman.

Zooming up into more current days I started playing FFXIV and my first character was Xynal an old D&D character. And while playing I discovered the Goblin Mask you can get as an achievement award. Queue me deciding to bring Kwas over to Final Fantasy.

Now came the fun part - giving her both a Dunesfolk appropriate name as well as a Goblin one. If you squint you'll see quotations around the word fun.

For Dunesfolk females their naming pattern is AAB AB which breaks the idea of keeping KWA as apart of her name. I could have broke and do what I did for Xynal (who's IGN is Xynnel) but I wanted to try to keep it as close to lore as possible. I thought at one point to go from KWA to QUA (same sound) since double constanents like that don't appear in names but eventually I gave and just made her Wawasei Wasei on paper and just say that her nickname is Kwas/Kwasei. Where did she get this nickname from? I don't know, I don't care; the name alone broke my brain enough!

The GOBLIN name was somehow easier! I don't know how Moblin names work quite yet it looks like females end in Q's and males end in K's but who knows there may be a bit more nuance. For GOBlins though males end in IX and females end in OX so her name was gonna be an OX one. I decided to look at all the NPC Final Fantasy goblin names and funnily enough there was a goblin in FFXI who's name was Peddlestox. I saw that and said "hmm that could work, she would peddle her wares and stox almost sounds like stocks" so all that left would be the last name. Goblin last names tend to be what the goblin is known for or passionate about and so I settled on Shinyrocks because her main profession I carried over from WoW was jewelry crafting aka goldsmithing.

The IC reason for Peddlestox Shinyrocks lines up with that:

They gave her her name along with the mask and she's used it since.

As for Wawasei in one of my FFXIV writes last year I go into a bit of detail with who her parents are and backwards gave them the names of Sesenima and Mimiwa so their names had a tie to hers to show they're related. So both parents gave parts of their names to make hers.

I don't know if you were looking for that long of an explaination but I hope it was an enjoyable read! Thanks for the ask @mimble-sparklepudding

[jumpscaregoose]

ok I'm finally doing it I'm finally drafting up this post. if you've spoken to me about shaman king literally ever or even followed this blog for more than two days you know this one

goose's Renmei Thoughts™ aka:

(thanks @gelatinous-jellyfish for making me this wonderful image a while back)

(quick explanation for everyone unaware, renmei is the canon relationship between iron maiden jeanne and tao ren from the sk sequels. I never explain this in the post but if you want to read it and don't know that's what this is. also I mention this takei guy a lot he's the mangaka)

so pov you're me circa feburary 2022, currently unaware of the kzb manga ending or sequels because you got into sk 6 months ago and the 2021 anime isn't over yet. you're innocently googling your girl jeanne for idk drawing references or whatever and BOOM autocomplete drops the most confusing spoiler of all time on you

that's how I remember finding out renmei exists, and at the time I'm pretty sure I was like "oh this must just be a popular het pairing from the Olden Days or something it'd be ridiculous if that was-" it was it was canon. cue a terrible amount of suffering april 21st 2022 when episode 52 of the new anime aired and it was what it is

of course I was upset but in an attempt to not be That One Annoying Fandom Person I sat down and thought about it and gave the concept the benefit of the doubt for a bit and now I have a pretty solid idea of how I feel about it. my renmei thesis is basically:

well that could have been a good idea but wow did takei completely fumble it

part a why it's not conceptually terrible: this one's really simple it's just that they're both similar characters. I'm anticipating you the reader have actually read/watched shaman king so I'm just gonna present you with the chart I made a few months back

murderous child -> oh shit -> what now it's quite similar

btw this file was named "the.png". that is such an unhelpful file name I had to DIG to find it. wtf past me

basically if it was actually written properly I think we could have gotten some cool things out of a romantic relationship between these two characters. however

part b: we didn't

my favourite way to describe renmei is that it just wasn't written. because it wasn't. across over 300 chapters of mainline and spinoff manga they have maybe four interactions, three of which were after they were already a couple (and the fourth one is that time she raised him from the dead and they didn't speak. does that really even count?). and those three actual interactions were flashbacks and not... actually important. I think one of them was just about cheese. as a reader your experience is

2 characters who never interacted -> literally what the fuck when did that happen -> she's DEAD???

when my friend was reading the manga I had to tell her to reread a scene because the panel where they explain it is such a blink-and-you-miss-it moment

literally the same pacing and payoff as CANON DESTIEL.

their entire actual relationship happens during the downtime between the main manga ending and the sequels beginning. and I'm going to bring osp into this because I think this graphic is helpful

(side note as I was scrolling through this trope talk I noticed a problem red brings up that does apply to the sk sequels but that's for another post...)

this is from the osp trope talk on sequels, and it shows the difference in Stuff Happening levels between plot time (red) and down time (grey). the issue with renmei is that it is an IMPORTANT PLOT EVENT (two characters with little interaction having an entire love story) that happens during DOWN TIME, when the audience only sees things through flashbacks in snippets. and it doesn't help that we never get any flashbacks to before the event happened, before they got together. it's jarring because the ENTIRE THING happens during down time. plot time 1 (the main manga) ends with no interactions between them, and ONE scene that's supposed to set ren up for getting Straight Married that in my opinion didn't work. because it is stupid. plot time 2 (every sequel manga) starts after jeanne's death. it's literally the inciting incident for red crimson. their entire 7+ year relationship is encapsulated in foggy down time, and we're expected to care.

and this especially doesn't work because we aren't set up to care. again, 1 interaction in the main manga, where they don't talk (but I will go to bat for the inherent intimacy of raising someone from the dead like we could have done something there). it's pretty clear to me from rereading the manga that takei didn't know these two would get together when he was writing it. that one scene I mentioned where he tries to set up ren getting Straight Married? if you've read it you know it's incredibly vague and with how takei wrote literally everything else it sure doesn't work as intended. or I'm too aromantic and yaoipilled to understand his literary genius idk. it's clear from some other missed opportunities that the jeanne part of the equation wasn't exactly planned from the beginning. which is even more insulting tbh

part c jeanne character assassination: out of the both of them jeanne really got the short end of the stick in terms of characterization in the sequels. I say this because I actually really like ren in the sequels I like the way takei took his character, so holy shit does sequels jeanne look even worse in comparison. the whole housewife thing is eeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh, not really a fan of that but I'm also not mad enough to comment. her death I do have some thoughts about. conceptually the beheading herself with shamash thing is BADASS AS HELL and I do like it conceptually, I also know like, the themes. yeah remember that time "atoning for your crimes with your death isn't the right thing to do" was an important part of the plot. TWICE. FUCK THAT I GUESS. there is some equivalent exchange bullshit happening with these two and the continuation of main manga themes and I want it to stop please

part d tao men: one thing I've thought about a lot is Why. why fumble this so badly. why do this at all. what do we get out of this. and the answer is an inciting incident and tao men. and the fumble bag continues because tao men deserved better this is a tao men appreciation account. we could have done some cool shit with his revenge thing but nope fuck that I guess. poor guy

part e contrast: so the sequel manga where renmei is most relevant is red crimson. I absolutely love red crimson I recommend it to everyone. and that's because of jun and pairon (and chapter 9 full transparency). jun and pairon in red crimson have one of the most beautiful relationships I've ever seen. they have an established dynamic and baggage to work through and that's what the manga focuses on. and it works it works really well. however this is also the Renmei Manga, and having most of that stuff right next to jun and pairon just makes it look worse

those are all my renmei thoughts I remembered while writing this post, I think that covers most of it but I may reblog this later with stuff I forgot

[eversea143]

I just need to write this down and (potentially) seek out some advice/opinions on a dream I had that seriously didn’t feel like one and might actually become an AU of sorts in the future so-

We have about the whole kids cast from TOH (Luz, Amity, Willow, Gus, Hunter, King and (most importantly) The Collector post finale) who have ended up in some sort of alternate/parallell/other universe. They first find themselves in what looks to be a stereotypical crowded city with hints of different asian cultures blended together. When they try to leave, however, to figure out if they’ve somehow ended up in the Human Realm the group discover that they’re on an island surrounded by a seemingly endless sea

But it’s no ordinary sea. It’s overgrown by all sorts of jungle-like growth and massive (I mean redwood-massive in some cases) bamboo stalks that shape the ‘landscape’ into a vast plain made out of pure waterfalls that give the weird illusion of hills and valleys. It’s wild, even wilder than what the TOH group are used to and thoroughly shocks them cold. This isn’t the Human Realm nor the Boiling Isles

Next step (after recovering and exploring a little of what they can) is finding a way back home. The Collector discovers he can’t just snap a portal into existence and King is temporarily removed from the group when he’s confused by some local shelter as a stray ‘dog’. First they try to find King (succeed) and next they try to figure out a way back home that doesn’t require hurting their only Titan friend who might actually be too young for his blood to work (said by TC) and clearly already doesn’t like this new world they’re in

Here is when things get even more interesting as the group literally run into a tomboy teen girl (might be genderfluid) who is already trying to find a way off the island (there’s no easy way because it’s one of several and none of them don’t have money to buy a boat ticket to mainland not like this would help the TOH gang) and offers to help them as long as they let her join them, believing their talk of ‘another world’ is just a weird way of saying ‘home’. Everyone is a bit cautious but agree

At some point the gang is forced to stay at the tomboy’s place where she tries desperately to hide something and manages right up until The Collector comes down early morning (bad dream) to discover their new friend arguing with her aunt and uncle about wanting to go home and hating everything about the islands. The two adults leave, more focused on their business then listening to their niece, and in a moment of weakness the girl shares with Collie why she wants to leave (aunt and uncle, obviously, aren’t nice folks but she’s stuck with them because her parents are ‘away’) and promtly receives a hug and understanding because, yeah, the Archivists were asshole siblings and TC knows what it feels like when family doesn’t seem to care. Thus a surpisingly strong and happy friendship is forged that required no coercion on The Collectors part and he’s over the moon about this that he accidentally reveals he isn’t exactly ‘human’

Tomboy girl takes this in stride (go her!) and decides that, even if her new friends are really looking to leave to their original home world, she’ll still tag along because the Demon Realm sounds cool and she doesn’t want to lose her newfound friendship with TC. They start looking and begin uncovering old history forgotten by time that reveals how the islands’ origins are more mysterious than they first thought. Help from a group of people who know that magic once existed in their world brings the friends to eventually uncover a hidden temple where they find this kind of immortal shaman guy who’s actually a fallen god. He’s lacking one arm because it got chopped up at some point and the pieces were scattered, forming the islands whilst the leftover nerves combined with a special kind of tree that grew in what used to be dense marshes to form the now sparkling beautiful waterscape surrounding the islands. He was once worshipped as a deity but eventually cast aside when a ‘fallen star’ appeared. He hints that this other deity might possess a way for the group to leave and they begin searching

They end up finding an ancient tower structure at the edge of the seascape and discover that it’s inhabitated by a teen Collector (the species, not the person) who is clearly more knowledgeable about the world and life but also has that ‘naive’ understanding of death when they start describing how people came and ‘broke’ themselves in front of him and never let him ‘fix’ them (everyone realizes this was actually human sacrifice and our!Collector goes green as the full implication of what mortality is and just how much he’s actually witnessed it without knowing settles in) Here it gets a little blurry but at some point other!Collector shows everyone what’s hidden underneath the water and the islands, revealing a seemingly endless chasm stretching from end to end with a tectonic glowing tree structure supporting everything so nothing can fall into the dark depths. One part of the group goes to explain mortality to other!Collector whilst the rest figure out the whole history of things through murals in the tower

Some character growth, a dash of angst and drama and at some point everyone leaves but I don’t know if Tomboy girl does because I want her to have a good ending but her current home situation is abyssmal and I genuinely believe her leaving with the others would actually turn out to be a good thing. Perhaps have her travel with The Collector as he decides to go on his space fieldtrip (still mad about that!) or stay to learn magic alongside Luz. That’s... about it

For now

[arachnostalgiac]

WoW expansions by someone who hasn’t played WoW since Legion

Classic:  Everywhere sucks, also there is a big place full of bugs (and a squid is there, doing crimes)

Burning Crusade:  We’re sorry, have paladins and shamans.  Also, the antiheroes from Warcraft III?  You Gotta Fight ‘Em.

Wrath of the Lich King:  Remember the villain from Warcraft III?  You gotta fight him (but watch out).  Maybe he’s your old boss, good luck with that.  A war crime happens.  Also, a squid is here, doing crimes.

Cataclysm:  There’s a fuckoff huge dragon, and he works for the crime squids, and you gotta fight him.

Mists of Pandaria:  Remember the joke character from Warcraft III?  Well, you can be that now.  There was a squid here, but now he’s mostly doing crimes from beyond the grave.  Also, there are war crimes, but those aren’t squid based.

Warlords of Draenor: We decided to make a War Crimes AU so we could bring back the villain from Warcraft the first one.

Legion:  Aw beans the world’s ending because of our War Crimes AU.  Anyway now you can have horns and wings but only if you’re an elf.  We brought back more popular characters woops but that’s okay because we kill off even more.  The world gets stabbed.

Battle for Azeroth:  The planet got stabbed and that’s good for the economy I guess.  More war crimes happen (but you can do Not as Many if you want, I guess).  Also, the Final Squid makes his move to do more Squid Crimes (but maybe you’re cool with that???).

Shadowlands:  What if everyone went to hell no matter what?

Dragonflight:  All that was pretty intense, what if we just partied with dragons instead?

[schimmelspore]

personal whining below the cut

sometimes i look at my behavior and realize once again that i have the strictest avoidance mechanisms drilled into my head. they are elaborate, too. ive been wanting to sit down and just watch some movie for a few weeks now. you know? simple. something i used to do every other day, if not daily a few years back. but i cant. i get anxious just thinking about maybe liking the movie too much. about getting excited about it. god forbid hyperfocussing on it.

im have been keeping myself from watching all kinda of shit i know i will love, simple because i will love them. pacific rim is on that list, just as an example. its mechas, its kaijus, its weird science and scientists and pilots and all kinds of shit i really fucking like. so, why cant i watch it? its right there, i just need to press play.

its because im scared of liking it, im fucking terrified of beginning to like something, get excited about something, and then being told by someone close to me that im not allowed to talk about it because they dont care or im getting too excited about a dumb action movie that has 'no substance'...

usually id try to go at things like that by telling myself that my fears are unfounded, but they literally arent. it happened to me before. my former best friend told me to not talk about batman/red hood or kpop or shaman king or whatever else i liked that she wasnt into. she stopped me and told me to shut up about it already because she doesnt care. (the excuse was "im autistic and i dont care and cant bring myself to care so youre not allowed to be upset about it" which is extra bitter because im audhd and she never accepted any of my struggles comming from that and i had to fix them.) (this happened again and again over the timeframe of a little less than 10 years)

so now im fucking terrified to get too much into something that my gf isnt into. i got into an obsessed watch of sgu one weekend and because i got so fucking hyperfocused, i couldnt snap out of it when the topic turned more serious and it upset her. and she was right to be upset. but since then i havent been able to sit down and just watch something. not really. she encourages me to, because shes a great gf, but i cant. i tried to watch bladerunner 2049 a short while back and i dont remember what it was, but we talked about something on the side and she mentioned that she would like me to be present or smth and i shut off the movie and couldnt restart it. i havent tried since. she feels really bad about that, she didnt want me to stop watching (and i really dont remember what triggered my 'cant to stuff, must be vigilant for messages' response), but its not her fault that im wired like this.

im upset that im too terrified to just enjoy a show or a movie. ive reached the point where i might dare to call it a stress response to past events. so. trauma. i dont like calling it that, but thats kind of what it is, right? and im disstressed and im crying because it upsets me. and its something so miniscule too.

idk that to do about this. probably exposure therapy (aka just watch a god damn movie, zack) but im just scared it will repeat itself because it always does. it seems such a small thing, but im too scared of the emotional ride that shoots me off a cliff at the end.

[tomyo]

Post core 5 intro and I'm right, Nami just gets to do whatever she needs. Buys pretty clothes, Sanji dotes on her, she finds a dragon with Luffy, gets to decide they'll help it first, and comes up with a moving plan where she just told everyone what to do and they did it all for her. The whale episode is the most distressed I've seen her this whole time. Veryyy interesting???? That they had a character design similar to Vivi just before she was used as well????

Also whoever made the comic of Zoro looking lovingly at Luffy while he's doing stupid shit was so fucking right. The guy watched Luffy get tender with a hat once and by the second opening he's diving for it like it's his life. Tbr I'm also not over how instantly fixated he was on getting it back to his captain in the Luffy backstory episode.

Also also the pacing feels weird having them go to grand line so fast. I know it's now known that a crew of 10 was planned but heading to the goal destination so fast almost makes me feel like the series was supposed to end much faster than it did. It's kind of amusing because these shonen series will set out of the character goal Naruto wants to become Hokage, Luffy wants to be King of the Pirates (presumably by getting one piece), Yoh wants to become the Shaman King, and Maka wants to make Soul a death scythe and often these narratives get highly sidetracked if not fully abandoned. Usually it's because the protagonist comes to terms with a much bigger task and the nature of shonen is rocky as hell. Still it feels funny when this series is long past 1000 episodes that just in 60 they're already in the grand line. At the same time I'm aware that they keep pointing out how unprepared they are. Heading to the grand line seemed like the first real leap into fantastical, while there were oddly dressed characters the fishmen where the only real leap into other worldly. For the most part we just had normal human pirates fighting the same. However getting closer to the grand line started to bring out sea monsters and dragons. And obviously the next member to come is Chopper so it's quite the works.

My childhood memory of this part is pretty minimal but I'm under the assumption they will change course again soon before getting to one piece or find out they need to go somewhere farther. I know the farther it goes the more crazy the power creep (fantasy creep??) Gets. It's gonna be wild from basic pirate and navy fights to sky Islands and giant bugs. Or to whatever is up with the future city is in the new series.

Also karoo was with Miss Wednesday so my hunch she was Vivi is confirmed.

[tokiro07]

Martial Master Asumi ch.26 thoughts

[On the Fencer]

(Contents: Character analysis - Hanagasaki, critique - art direction, speculation)

Do you think Kawada likes Shaman King? Cus prim and proper lady with a Jeet Kun Do bodyguard sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it?

I'm always a sucker for lovestruck girls, so seeing Hanagasaki instantly fall in love with Bruce Lee and martial arts was immediately endearing for me. I know I said a couple weeks ago that I figured I'd like her a lot, but I didn't expect Kawada to lean this hard into making me do so

It also helps that she clearly does care about Takanori. She says that she wants to be like Bruce Lee, and she certainly seems like the type of strong-willed person to decide on a career path for a whimsical reason like that, but it's also obvious that she's doing this for Takanori's sake too. He loves MMA and has real talent for it, but he was going to give up any chance of going pro so he could focus on protecting Hanagasaki. I'm not going to say that she used MMA as an excuse to let him pursue his passion, but I am going to say that she saw an opportunity that would make them both happy and made sure to take it

Man, in one chapter, they established such a strong and endearing dynamic. They're definitely in the lead for my faves in this series. Plus, Hanagasaki's first punch has exactly the sort of aesthetic that I was hoping to see: her attacks are directly compared to fencing techniques, and even have flower petals for flare! I always wanted one of the National Treasures in Hinomaru Zumou to use a leaf or petal aesthetic, so I'm glad that Kawada looks to be making that happen at long last! Here's hoping we get to see Hangasaki's bloodlust!

Actually, I think that might be the thing that MMA is missing compared to Hinomaru; until Asumi's Water Hammer, all of the moves were just moves, none of them were given exciting imagery to really sell the weight of the moves. If Kawada starts bringing that concept back now, I think readers will start to get more on board going forward. Hopefully other people like Hanagasaki as much as I do!

...Ah, I just realized that I've been calling Takanori by his given name and everyone else by their family names. Oops! I'm already used to it, though, so I'm probably going to keep it up. I might end up changing everyone else to given names over time, but we'll see

To cap it off, I'm not really sure how this fight is going to go. I could see it going either way, since Kawada is the type who likes to build tension by making his characters lose fairly consistently, but he also probably wants to build hype by making Okiba wrack up a good winning streak. We've seen her fight twice, and she won pretty easily both times, so it seems pretty likely that she'll have a more hard-won fight here, but at the same time, Hanagasaki seems like she might be being built up as a major player, so having her lose in her first match while this is Okiba's third might not be the best showing for her (even if she's had three victories off-screen)

Either way, aside from what it will do for both Okiba and Hanagasaki's characters, the purpose of this fight is ultimately going to be to create tension between Asumi and Takanori, as no matter who wins here, their fight will be a revenge match for the honor of their fallen maidens. I get the feeling it would be more compelling for Takanori to be the one taking revenge since his character is more defined by loyalty than Asumi's is, and Asumi would already need to overcome having his confidence shaken from Okiba's loss in the fight with Kuronuma anyway, but it's really hard to say

I'm really looking forward to this fight, and as the first major professional match of the series, I'm willing to bet it's going to be the one that sets the bar for the rest of the series

Until next time

[mysageukinbio]

500 Year-History of the Lee Dynasty’s Women (TBC, 1972~1980)

Plot of Season 2: Yun Ji Gyeong

recycled from my forum posts here: https://deiner.proboards.com/thread/10627/tbc-year-history-dynastys-women

tl/dr; Princess forces engaged nobleman into marrying her and acts surprised when he cheats on her with his ex-fiancee

Yun Ji Gyeong is engaged to Choi Yeonhwa, but when he passes the civil exam, he attracts the attention of Princess Yeonseong, who selects him to be her husband. She sends in a recommendation for him, which he refuses. This angers Jungjong, who jails Ji Gyeong and breaks off his engagement with Yeonhwa. Eventually Ji Gyeong caves in and marries Yeonseong, but never touches her and keeps himself at a distance, meeting Yeonhwa in secret every night. Yeonseong runs to the Palace and tells Park Gwi In, who separates the two lovers and fakes Yeonhwa's death. Yun Ji Gyeong, convinced that Yeonhwa is dead, goes into mourning for three years, but Choi Hong Il's (grand?)child Yuri tells him that she's actually still alive, and shows him where she lives (Jaha Gate). Ji Gyeong runs there and meets Yeonhwa again. Eventually, Ji Gyeong stops showing up in Court just to meet Yeonhwa, giving Jungjong and Yeonseong an excuse to exile him to Daeheung in the South, and Yeonhwa to Hamheung in the North. Pregnant with Ji Gyeong's child, Yeonhwa gives birth upon arrival in Hamheung. Yeonseong decides to poison Yeonhwa by sending a female fortuneteller to Hamheung, but Choi Hong Il finds out and stops her. A report is made by the Hamheung Magistrate and Ji Gyeong's mother acts as a witness, but Yeonseong dismisses all charges, saying she knew nothing of the incident.

Meanwhile, Park Gwi In is scheming to get rid of the Crown Prince and make her son Prince Bokseong the Crown Prince instead. So starts her infamous rat incident of 1527, where she curses the Crown Prince with burnt rats in his Palace. All the Crown Prince's maids are involved, but play innocent in front of him. But after two days, nothing happens. So Park Gwi In has bones and skulls placed in the walls instead, calling shamans to make the Crown Prince sick. This works, but Jungjong discovers the plot after asking Park Gwi In why she invited so many shamans into the Palace. Both Park Gwi In and Prince Bokseong are executed and Princess Yeonseong is exiled to Milyang. Yeonseong apologizes for everything and says she'll divorce Ji Gyeong, who is now released from exile. Ji Gyeong gets promoted to Royal Secretary and returns to Hanyang with Yeonhwa. They finally get married in a huge and joyful wedding at the Yun family home.

Eventually, the crown Prince gets weak in health. Jungjong dies and the Crown Prince becomes King Injong, leading to Ji Gyeong's promotion to Censor-General. Injong discusses bringing Yeonseong back from exile, which Ji Gyeong feels obliged to support. 1 year later, Injong begs Ji Gyeong to make Yeonseong his concubine and bring her to see him one last time, which Ji Gyeong gloomily obeys. Yeonseong has changed since exile, converting to Buddhism to shed her past sins and live a new life. When Yeonseong is released from exile, she meets Injong one last time in front of his Palace before he dies. She then asks Ji Gyeong not to make her his concubine, and devotes the rest of her life to the Buddha in a monastery, wishing him and Yeonhwa a happy life together.

[hao-and-yoh]

Shaman King “Fractured Duality” - Alternative Universe

Continued from here.

Answering a call for help, the twins decide to venture further into their mysterious and unusual world.

Episode Eight

“A Tale of Two Men”

(1)

“Yoh? Are you really doing this - now?”

“Keeping the truth from them feels wrong, Anna.”

“What truth?” asked Manta, confused.

“Yeah, Yoh. You’re kinda freaking me out a little.” nervously added HoroHoro.

“Should I even be here?” awkwardly asked Ryu. “This sounds like it’s between you guys and has nothing to do with me.”

“Yes - you should be here, Ryu.” sighed Yoh, reassuringly. “In fact, you belong here.”

“I do?” muttered Ryu, blinking. He then looked up at the ghostly apparition of Tokageroh beside him, who looked back at him awkwardly and gave him a crooked smile.

Yoh smiled nervously at all the faces staring in his direction waiting for answers. He quietly considered how seeing all his friends sitting calmly in a circle on the floor of his communal living room was a scene that was very familiar to him.

“Yoh - I can’t believe I’m saying this but - perhaps you should get Hao’s approval first?” scoffed Anna, rolling her eyes slightly.

“Ah, yeah.” breathed Yoh, scratching the back of his head. “I might be jumping the gun a little.”

At that moment, the elder Asakura brother entered the room followed by Tamao - she was gripping her Kokkuri board firmly under her arms. All noticed immediately her bruised face had miraculously been healed. She looked on nervously at the group in front of her. Hao gave her a sympathetic smile, knowing how she was not comfortable in larger social situations, especially with new faces. But then he noticed how all in the room had fallen silent and were looking directly at him.

“Okay, is someone going to tell me what the hell is going on?” asked Hao, raising an eyebrow. He locked his gaze upon his twin.

“Nii-chan, I think it’s time we tell the others about…” began Yoh, smiling a bit.

Hao paused. He then looked around the room at all of the confused faces looking back at him. He shared a silent look with Anna and then looked back at Yoh.

“Hm. Yes. Given the circumstances, I think that’s appropriate.” agreed Hao, he then took a few steps into the room and sat on the empty futon couch and gestured for Tamao to sit beside him.

Tokageroh looked on at the pink haired girl sitting down nervously on the couch and decided to speak up,

“Child, I apologise for my earlier unforgivable violent actions. I am relieved to see you looking well again.” said the bandit spirit apologetically, before bowing his head respectfully at Tamao.

Tamao blinked at the spirit who had just apologised to her and she quickly lifted her board and pointed it at Hao, hiding her face behind it as she began to spell out her response to him,

“Hao - told me - what - happened. And yes - I am - feeling - much better - now - Thank you.” patiently read out Hao, then giving Tamao a kind smile when she was finished.

Realising what the bandit’s words meant, Ryu found himself leaping towards the shy girl sitting on the couch and knelt directly in front of her. He grasped one of her hands in both of his.

“Beautiful fair maiden - please forgive me and these hands of mine that struck you - a real gentleman only uses his hands to bring his woman happiness as they build their Happy Place together.” pleaded Ryu, staring intensely at Tamao as he spoke.

Tamao froze and tensed up as her face flushed a bright red. She looked like she could just about burst from embarrassment.

The others felt the air in the room suddenly go bitterly cold.

“Uh… Ryu…?” shakily said Yoh, he watched helplessly as his twin brother suddenly had a fierce fire in his eyes as he locked his deathly livid expression on Ryu.

As Ryu turned to the fire wielding shaman sitting directly next to the girl whose hand he was holding, he momentarily felt his soul leave his body when he saw a pair of dark, cold eyes staring directly into his. Ryu immediately let go of Tamao’s fingers and he fell back onto the floor.

“Touch her again and I’ll sever the nerves in your body so badly you’ll never feel the delicate touch of a “woman” ever again.” angrily seethed Hao.

Tamao wrapped her arms tightly around her board and hid her face behind it.

“Oh my.” she squeaked, quietly.

Ryu remained frozen in fear on the spot on the floor. The others in the room exchanged fearful and nervous looks with one another. Anna rolled her eyes again and shook her head.

Yoh laughed nervously.

“I think we need to have a talk about your violent impulses, Nii-chan.” jokingly said Yoh.

Tamao peered around her board to look at Hao beside her, she smiled at him sheepishly.

Hao looked back at her with a devilish glint in his eye.

“Still think I’m not dangerous?” he said softly to her with a charming smile.

Continue here.

Enter the “Alt Universe” here.

Read “Fractured Duality” in full here.

[wyked-ao3]

Your OC: Tenshi

Tenshi is a 431 year old celestial archangel (still a youngster. Translates to 20 in Earth Realm), son of the sun goddess Amaterasu. One of the powers bestowed upon him during the immaculate conception was the Gift of Raiden—so, he is attuned to lightning. His brothers, the Archangels, were tasked with training Tenshi and honing his righteous power in order to protect the Earth Realm….but the methods of the Seven Archangels were a bit….harsh.

Tenshi, finally growing impatient with his lack of progress, escapes the Heavenly Realms to hide on Earth from his brothers. Donning a mortal disguise, he lands in a futile forest in Japan, hitting just about every branch on the way down (he’s fine). Now, finally a “human,” he is free to explore the Earth Realm, practice his powers in secret, all while trying to maintain a low profile so his brothers don’t fin, catch, and drag him back to the Heavenly Realms

My OC: Amon rún

Amon rún is a 17 year old spirit fae, son of the queen and king of the spirit fae (unnamed as of yet) he was abandoned and left for dead when he had his first vision and only the females in the royal family are supposed to have vision's (he was thirteen) he has excellent control over his powers but he can not change everything that he See's and he has points that are shadows in his visions ;) he has a younger brother who is supposed to inherit the crown since Amon was banished. He is a little naive about some things and jaded about others...but overall sweet,loyal and sarcastic (He has seen a lot of shit even if it was avoided)

Amon was rescued by the pirates aboard deaths redemption and quickly became the navigation specialist due to his powers. He has no interest in ever returning to the fae and is quite hostile when someone mentions it, the crew is equally against it since they adopted him. He may not be high ranking but both the captain and the quarter master listen to what he has to say especially if it is a warning. His powers are not that well known off of the vessel, but everyone knows better than to mess with him less they want to bring down the wrath of the whole crew ... including the cook who usually stays out of the conflict .

Their Interaction:

Amon would probably see tenshi coming and what he was, he would warn the captain about it but overall he would not be to concerned about an angel on board the ship. I think that they would bond over their messed up families and tenshi would end up joining the crew in a unofficial capacity kinda like Amon and Heather (the cook/herbalist/surgeon) who tend to be left out of anything involving fighting or other pirate activity... Amon gets left out since he is clumsy and well not exactly a good pirate... although he is trying to work on that.

Tenshi would probably be baffled by Amon's friend Morana who is a shaman (animism and druidism based with a sprinkle of shamanism) I could definitely see them teaching the other about their different beliefs about nature. Amon would join in on the lessons because as a fae he has a different connection to it than they do and he is connected to the spirit realm just as much as he is to his visions (partially why he is a bad pirate...he's not so good at dealing with the freshly dead... especially if he was the one to kill them ....) so he would definitely add on the fae beliefs and culture that he grew up with. The rest of the crew would be watching the "kids/clueless ones" fondly and with amusement and killing any threat to them.

@the-golden-comet thank you for the open tag :)

@sunglasses-in-the-bentley

+open tag for whoever wants to interact with Amon

✨OC Interaction Tag✨

Thank you @willtheweaver for this tag here ✨

Your OC: Leif

Leif is a senior hunter for Fernstan village. As he spends most of his time out in the forest, he rarely interacts with the other foxes of the village, apart from other hunters and the border guards. His honesty can sometimes cross over to bluntness, and his social interaction can leave a lot to be desired. Some members of the village also go out of their way to avoid interacting with Leif as he is an agnostic. Even with these shortcomings, his skills as a hunter and tracker are impressive, and the village elders have entrusted him with training new hunters and guiding them on their first hunt. He does not play favorites and is considered strict but fair. Although he does not show it, he deeply cares for those under his charge, and will do what he can to ensure their success.

My OC: Tenshi

Tenshi is a 431 year old celestial archangel (still a youngster. Translates to 20 in Earth Realm), son of the sun goddess Amaterasu. One of the powers bestowed upon him during the immaculate conception was the Gift of Raiden—so, he is attuned to lightning. His brothers, the Archangels, were tasked with training Tenshi and honing his righteous power in order to protect the Earth Realm….but the methods of the Seven Archangels were a bit….harsh.

Tenshi, finally growing impatient with his lack of progress, escapes the Heavenly Realms to hide on Earth from his brothers. Donning a mortal disguise, he lands in a futile forest in Japan, hitting just about every branch on the way down (he’s fine). Now, finally a “human,” he is free to explore the Earth Realm, practice his powers in secret, all while trying to maintain a low profile so his brothers don’t find, catch, and drag him back to the Heavenly Realms.

Their Interaction:

Now THIS is an interesting pair indeed! Tenshi, trying to hide his celestial nature, runs into Leif as a mentor hunter in the woods. Tenshi lives in a forest where Shintoistic happenings occur as typical as a Sunday morning, so this checks out. Since Tenshi is used to looking for mentor figures, he would respectfully listen to Leif and regard him as his senior, open to train under his authority. However, I feel Leif would start to get suspicious as soon as Tenshi excels beyond what could be reasonable for a “person” his stature.

Tenshi meanwhile would be panicking because he doesn’t want to be found out. Once he hears that Leif is agnostic, he breathes a sigh of relief: “whew, okay. Good. He won’t suspect me, then. Just play it cool, act normal. Act HUMAN….er…how would a human respond here?✨”

That was fun! I’m leaving the tag +open for anyone wishing to interact with Tenshi some more 💖💫

[violettelueur]

RYŌMEN SUKUNA || OFFER TURNED BLESSING

| featuring : ryōmen sukuna from jujutsu kaisen

| warnings : grammar error, but other than that n/a

| form : imagine

| word count : 1177

| published : 12 november

| request :  Hello 👋 I just read your story ‘Reunited’ and I really loved it! I was wondering if I can request a sukuna x female reader oneshot? The plot would be somewhat similar to reunited but instead mc was a powerful witch that was offered to sukuna but they ended up bonding. Mc gets killed from an attack and sukuna kinda builds a temple or burial for her. Present time- Sukuna takes over during a mission and runs off to the temple and finds mc’s preserved body and revives her??? Bonus if you add everyone’s reaction to their reunion. You can reject this if you want and thank you!! 😊

| barista’s notes : i didn’t have time to add the reaction bonus, so i apologies for that  ʕ￫ᴥ￩　ʔ, i hope you love your cup of black coffee (jujutsu kaisen request)!

An offering that turned into a blessing.

That’s what she was to him.

Slowly looking down upon his lap, all that came into view was a woman peacefully sleeping with her head hidden at the crook of his head, savouring the lingering warmth that the King of Curses had kindly offered her with a few strands of her hair suddenly falling upon her face. Raising his hand, he tenderly stroked her cheek before gently pushing the thin strands behind her ear to savour the beautiful view that could disappear any second.

Since the beginning of their time together, Sukuna was nothing but captivated by the woman that was with him right now. Everyday with nothing but filled amusement when he was with her, from her feisty comments to the way she could stand on her own. It was like that ever since the shamans offered her to him.

“Oh? What do we have here?”

“If you’re gonna say something, then say it now,” you commented back, surprising Sukuna on how you were so self-assured when others would cower within his presence.

“For someone being offered to me, you sure seem confident, woman,” Sukuna snapped, wondering how you were still able to stand on your ground.

“Well with you being a curse and me being a witch, I don't have to respect someone like you,” you snapped back, resulting in a ball of flames being thrown towards your direction, only for you to suddenly put up a shield to cover you from the attack.

“What the hell did these shamans offer me?”

“As I mentioned, they offered you a witch”

                                              ꕥ

“Why are you staring at me?” someone asked, causing the curse to zone back into his surroundings, only to find you staring up at him with your glowing eyes that he loved so much.

“No reason, little witch,” he answered, only for you to pout in response. “You know I hate it when you call me that,” you stated only for the King of Curses to smirk at you, “only a better reason for me to call you that, little witch”.

An offering that turned into a blessing.

That’s what she was to him.

However, the shamans weren’t willing to make that blessing last

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Your arms were wrapped around his neck as he looked over your shoulder with eyes widened with shock on the current events that had just occurred.

What seemed like a simple hug from a lover was the opposite. The shaman that was behind you quickly created some distance from the both of you, only for Sukuna to fully see the blade that was in his right hand, covering in the red liquid that was dripping at the end of the sharp tip.

“You know...I never thought I would sacrifice my life for anyone,” you muttered, as you weakly tighten your arms that were around him. “But I guess, you were the exception,” you suggested as your knees began to weaken, resulting in Sukuna tightly gripping onto your waist to help keep your balance before he kneeled to the ground see what he could do to reverse the damage that was already done.

“Ah...I wanted to see more of the world with you,” you quietly admitted, as Sukuna positioned your head upon his lap.

“I’m going to miss you”

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1000 years had passed, and here he was slyly standing behind Fushiguro Megumi after eliminating the special grade curse that had manifested within Eishu Juvenile Detention Centre.

“He ain’t coming back,” Sukuna informed Fushiguro, making his presence known leading to the first-year shaman to turn around in a panic. ”Don’t worry, I’m in a good mood, let’s talk,” Sukuna casually mentioned, only leading Fushiguro to increase his guard making Sukuna smirk with amusement.

“You know if I remember, there’s a temple called Komorebi temple that’s nearby here” Sukuna suddenly mentioned, leading the shaman to look at him in confusion while still keeping his guard up for any incoming attacks that could happen. “Fun fact is that I was the one that built it, yet there is little to no curse energy within that area, you want to know why?” the curse rhetorically asked, only to quickly answer with “there’s this woman that I was offered by the people like you, I buried her body thereafter a shaman killed her and her being the feisty woman she was, her power still emits slightly keeping any negative emotions away from her,”.

Fushiguro didn't know where this conversation was heading to, but this gave him some time to think of a plan to get Itadori to gain consciousness and switch back. However, it seemed like it was going to take a lot more effort than he had hoped.

“I’m going to pay her a visit, if you wanna come you can,” Sukuna informed the Grade-two sorcerer as he turned around to go towards the exit, only to look over his shoulder to say, “that is if you can keep up with me of course,” before suddenly disappearing from Fushiguro’s sight, leading to a wave of panic to take over the shaman’s body.

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Standing in the middle of the shrine somehow calmed Sukuna down as he looked around at his masterpiece that lasted surprisingly well throughout all these years. However, what calmed him down the most was that your lingering power was still somehow radiating throughout the whole building, giving off a sense of comfort rather than hostility - the complete opposite to him - that was no surprise to him for a powerful witch like you.

At this moment and time, what he was standing in front of was a small shine that was littered with flowers and burning incenses, most likely from people coming in to give you offerings for blessings for someone they knew or for themselves. Sukuna was no different, in his hand was a small charm that was infused with his curse energy with the remainder of your energy that he managed to retrieve after killing the finger bearer. 

Gently placing the artefact down in front of the shrine as an offering, Sukuna slowly closed his eyes before praying to anyone right now to bless him with what he wanted. What he craved for.

Nothing was heard. Only the rain that was pouring down was filling the building, leaving Sukuna to tut in annoyance at how foolish he looked right now. There was no way he could bring you back to him, you weren’t a curse like he was, there was no way you could come back. 

There was no offer that he could give for his blessing to come.

“You look well Sukuna”

Quickly opening his eyes, the King of curses turned around to see a familiar woman standing in front of him with a small smile on her face as she dawned the same kimono that she had back all those years ago.

“What blessing would you like in return for that offer?”

“You, my little witch”

An offering that turned into a blessing.

That’s what she was to him.