#if I had a nickel and it’s weird that it’s happened twice and all that

[anxiousapplepie]

This is such an amazing piece of writing! It makes me want to explore and think and take notes on all its lore drops. It really makes me want to think about how a D&D game would work for this kind of game world. Or even designing its own system since you have assigned stats based on colored roses. My brain is churning with game mechanics now and how to weave them into the lore why have you done this to me-

If I had a nickle for every time someone mentioned a D&D and RK crossover I'd have two nickels! which isn't a lot but it's weird (and cool!) it's happened twice! ashlkdjalsd for real tho, thank you for telling me how much your brain is turning over my silly ideas! XD

[thenightshadowqueen]

When he hallucinates his dead ex-boyfriend (who he killed) (who’s not actually dead) constantly for years on end, and the hallucination keeps making fun of his failures, but they also have genuine, heartfelt conversations about their fucked-up relationship and how they still love each other

[krysmcscience]

The Lamb is malicious in a funny way and the Goat is funny in a malicious way. No, I will not elaborate.

Anyway, everyone give thanks to the Lamb for interrupting what was sure to be a very boring and patronizing PSA from their grouchy cat hubby. Truly, they are doing God's work. Granted, the Lamb canonically is God now, so, uh. Mostly they're just doing their own work.

Speaking of their grouchy cat hubby, yes this is absolutely still Narilamb, Narinder is 100% into his goofy-ass spouse always no matter what and we all know it, he just wasn't expecting his brand new adopted kid to share the same single goofy-ass brain cell as the Lamb. :)

[psychicpinenut]

JAMIE LEE CURTIS IN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE AND THE BEAR SEASON 2

[i-creatied-au]

Rook: this's my boyfriend Lucanis. And this's our boyfriend Davrin. And this's our boyfriend Emmrich. And this's my girlfriend Bellara. And there's her, mine and Lucanis's girlfriend Neve. And this is my girlfriend Harding. And this's her partner Taash.

Inquisitor: ...how?

Rook, shrugging their shoulders: not sure, but I'm happy

[cogcltrcorn]

godric true blood is such an insane character because it's like well what if a teenage gaul in first century ad was abducted by roman vampires and made puer delicatus and then he was turned into a vampire and then he killed his sire and then ran away into the fucking woods and spent the next millennium as a violent and wild thing that follows only the whims of its own hunger and curiosity. and what if next time we see him in the 21st century he's bored to the point of suicidality. and what if he also definitely fucked alexander skarsgard

[thescarletgoat]

Why do fanfics named after song lyrics that are incredibly popular in their respective fandoms fuck me up so much

[lunar-caterpillar]

I think this speaks for itself ☺️

[devilsrecreation]

The Hunger Games: Misunderstood Animals Edition

Welcome to The Hunger Games: The Misunderstood Animal Edition! In this rendition, the government (*cough*Professor Marmalade*cough*) has organized a competition consisting of animals deemed “misunderstood” by media from various cartoons. The Districts are as follows:

We got Sir Hiss and the Sheriff of Nottingham from Disney’s Robin Hood, The Bad (now Good) Guys + Diane, The Diabolical Order of Mayhem (districts 5 and 6) as well as The Chameleon and Bird Brain from TUFF Puppy, the main gang from Back to the Outback, and of course, some of the Outlanders from TLG

The good guys, bad guys, and bad guys turned good guys, have all fought well! So here are some highlights from all 3 rounds

(Some of this is OOC so brace yourselves)

Round 1:

Right off the bat, Janja kills Larry (oof)

Mr. Snake and the Sheriff of Nottingham fight for a bag but Snake gives up

Frank breaks Francisco’s nose for a basket of bread (idk how cuz Frank is a spider but damn-)

Jasiri steals from Zoe (rude)

Diane, Bird Brain, Snaptrap, and Francisco are all pricked by thorns while picking berries (I wonder if they all did it at the same time, that’d be funny)

Snaptrap spears the Sheriff in the abdomen

Diane falls on Bird Brain cuz she tried to climb a tree and they both die. Same with Mr. Snake and Ollie

Sir Hiss stabs Mr. Wolf to death with sais

Kiburi running away from Frank (he also does this in round 3 and it’s actually kinda funny)

Mr. Piranha, Janja, The Chameleon, and Zoe raid Maddie's camp while she is hunting

Miss Tarantula fends Reirei, Janja, and Jasiri away from her fire (I’m impressed!)

Sir Hiss tends to Frank's wounds.

Mr. Piranha crying himself to sleep cuz he and Shark are the only ones left now :( (Miss T fell into a pit)

Reirei sprains her ankle while running away from Nigel. Same with Snaptrap and Francisco

An arena event:

Honestly, I can see Kiburi doing that! No way in hell he’s dying without taking someone with him!

Also Snaptrap probably lives cuz he followed the survivors lol

Maddie convinces Nigel to snuggle with her cuz Zoe and Frank both died :(

During the feast: Snaptrap kills Mzingo, Nigel stabs Sir Hiss with sais, and Maddie fell into a frozen lake :(

Janja taints Snaptrap's food, killing him and then shoots an arrow into Nigel’s head

Janja wins Round 1

Round 2:

Bird Brain is unable to convince Maddie to not kill him (OKAY IN HER DEFENSE SHE PROBABLY DIDN’T REALIZE BIRD BRAIN WAS A TRIBUTE AND NOT FOOD)

The Chameleon rips a mace out of Francisco's hands (lmao he probably WAS the mace)

Mr. Wolf and Kiburi work together for the day…interesting combo

Snaptrap surprisingly keeping the Chameleon alive

Mr. Piranha convinces Frank to not kill him, only to kill him instead (lmao he would. Pretty easy since Frank is a spider)

Francisco defeats Ollie in a fight, but spares his life. (Ofc ya’ll are besties)

Zoe letting Mr. Piranha into her shelter (after he killed your friend?)

Jasiri and Mr. Snake bonding while Reirei bonds with reptiles (Maddie, The Chameleon, and Kiburi)

The Chameleon and Mr. Wolf fight Larry and Nigel. Larry and Nigel survive

Ollie attacks Mzingo, but Sheriff of Nottingham protects him, killing Ollie

Both of these happened in Night 2 btw

It says Maddie sprains her ankle while running (slithering) from Kiburi but she doesn’t have feet so….maybe she sprains her tail?

Larry, Zoe, Sir Hiss, and Mr. Snake track down and kill Diane

Mr. Shark's trap kills Francisco.

Zoe poisons Miss Tarantula's drink, but mistakes it for her own and dies.

Mzingo and Nigel track down and kill Reirei while everybody else is sleeping

Mr. Shark runs away from Sheriff of Nottingham

“YOU’LL NEVER TAKE MY MONEY!!!”

Snaptrap attempts to climb a tree, but falls on Miss Tarantula, killing them both

Mr. Snake convinces Nigel to not kill him, only to kill him instead

Janja steals from Sir Hiss while he isn't looking

Kiburi tends to Maddie's wounds (aww) and Jasiri stabs Larry with a tree branch (oof)

Maddie catches Janja off guard and kills him

The Feast

JESUS CHRIST

How do you like that? A fish kills a snake and a snake kills a fish

Mr. Shark and Jasiri bond while Hiss and Maddie bond

While Maddie lets Hiss into her shelter, Jasiri kills Mr. Shark (Ya’ were friends a day ago what happened?!)

Day 10: Maddie dies from hypothermia, Hiss dies trying to escape, and Kiburi stabs Jasiri

Kiburi wins!

Round 3:

Mwoga throws a knife into Sir Hiss's chest.

Jasiri and Snaptrap are going fishing ig??

Francisco tends to Diane's wounds (sweet gator boy :3)

Mwoga, Francisco, and Mr. Snake unsuccessfully ambush Maddie, Sheriff of Nottingham, and Mr. Shark, who kill them instead (WHAT IS WITH SNAKE AND SHARK HAVING BEEF?!)

Frank bashes Diane's head in with a mace (HOW???)

Snaptrap overpowers The Chameleon, killing him (okay THAT I believe)

Instead of a volcano, it’s a tsunami this time!

Holy shit 😭

Kiburi throws a knife into Frank's chest.

Mr. Shark forces Sheriff of Nottingham to kill Mr. Piranha or Janja. He decides to kill Janja

Reirei overpowers Sheriff of Nottingham, killing him while Jasiri throws a knife into Mzingo’s head

Reirei sets an explosive off, killing Jasiri, Mr. Shark, and Mr. Piranha.

Reirei wins!

Congratulations to the Misfit Musketeers!

[spacecatdraws]

the world is not going to end.

earth is a very big rock. a very big rock that is determined to stay in one piece. no matter how hard humanity tries, there is no way for us to destroy this rock we call home.

that does not mean the world cannot be changed. ice ages, climate change, mass extinction events, life booms, everything and nothing. they’ve all happened. they’ll happen again. that is not something we can force. but what we can do is help change our human world. fixing things is not impossible, even if it’s imposing. it is never too late to begin.

the world will not end. not in our lives. but it can get better. time moves on. WW1 was terrible. but humanity healed. you don’t encounter people with defects or scars or disabilities from the horrors of that past. life got back to normal. things can be terrible, but that is not a reason to give up.

it isn’t easy to change things. but it is possible. rules change, norms get looser, everything is worse and better and everything in between. humanity is wonderfully terrifying in its resilience. you are not an exception. fighting for what’s right is the only way things can stay good for longer.

sp many things against this world, yet, even when 95% of all living beings were driven extinct, when earth was terrible and violent, life found a way.

it will always get better in the end.

do not stop fighting.

[spookygengar]

Me 🤝 characters with the surname “Harkness”

[leapdayowo]

Redstone and Skulk OC time :3

Thought I’d turn my persona into a rns oc and give them a helsmet :3 I basically looked at my play style in Minecraft and took a few things from my own life and combined them to create these two! Short version about them below and a little story of their origins under that:

short version:

-Leapday_art (short version Leapday, she/he/they, the player) is afraid of losing important things in their life. He is very cautious about doing anything that could result in him dying and loosing everything in his inventory (sleeps through the night everytime to avoid monsters, barely visits the nether, strip mines, etc) +the cats next to Leapday are two of my darling kitties who unfortunately passed away irl, their names are Toby (left) and Toes (right)

-Nightfall_collections (short version Nightfall, all pronouns, the helsmet) was created from Leapday’s extreme fear of losing valuables and her grief from having lost valuables too many times. Xyr driving goal is to collect and preserve everything that xe can and to make sure there is always at least one copy

-other things about Nightfall: she is a magma cube hybrid while Leapday is a ??? hybrid player (if you read the story below this may make more sense👀). Nightfall can split into smaller duplicates which allows them to be in more places at once and thus more productive in their goal. She uses her goop-like body to write reminders on her clothes, then re-absorbs the goop later

-I think Nightfall would find himself as an organizer between lots of different parties/people in Hels due to being so dedicated to his goal + only being dedicated to this goal (his alignment is probably chaotic good because he’s loyal to his own goals and not to other people or outside rules. He does not take bribes or backstab). Also, Nightfall does not need to have possession of everything, but xe is trying to keep tabs on where everything that exist is at(this makes xem the go-to person for trying to obtain something in particular)

-I think Nightfall would become a sponsor (if that’s the right word?) for the Order of Remembrance because she greatly admires the work they do to preserve Hels’ history. She would also love Zedaph’s hall of all and definitely tries to work with private collectors to protect (and document/track) what they have (and she will keep what she knows a secret if it means protecting valuable things)

-Nightfall does not care about thieves unless they steal one of a kind things

-the doodles below were my earlier concepts, so Nightfall has green eyes before I realized it’s much more fitting for xem to have orange eyes

okay, okay, story time (because I realized the ‘short’ version was getting very extensive):

Maybe it had started in the very first world she spawned in. A brilliant blue sky that stretched over jagged, looming cliffs with forests scattered underneath. Trickling waterfalls and bubbling lava pits here and there. The natural beauty of the world left Leapday in awe and eager to explore what other wonders lay beyond the horizon.

It must have started with the first tree she broke, a squat little oak, one of hundreds in the forest. When the leaves of that little oak had all fallen, saplings littered the grassy floor. She should’ve been excited, feel triumphant even by taking down the tree, after all it’s how the journey had to start. Except, all that Leapday could see was the awkward gap in the canopy from the absence of the little oak. It felt like an itch unscratched, nagging and uncomfortable. Well that wouldn’t do.

They scooped up all the saplings littering the floor and planted one in the same dirt plot the little oak was uprooted from. Then they planted a few more just for good measure. The unease lingered, but planting the saplings felt good. It felt right. Now their adventure could truly begin!

——

In this world, Leapday’s only companions were the pigs and sheep that he passed on his journey, though he would argue, if there were someone to argue with, that the world itself brought him company enough. That the days and nights passing was a conversation between the universe and Leapday, and thus a consistent companion. And what gifts did the universe provide for him to find! Rushing rivers that fed into powerful oceans, plenty of trees to sleep in and collect, and mountains to climb with the best views of the sunset. Never a dull moment for him as there was always something new to experience and see.

However, despite all its gifts, the universe was slow to explain the finer mechanics of the world, such as health to Leapday. A week of traversing through thick forests and steep cliffs left them battered and bruised. They learned how to gauge the distance of a drop and how to place blocks to minimize the pain in their ankles from falls. A similar pain gnawed from the inside of their stomach, which they discovered was briefly satiated by devouring the apples that fell from the trees.

During one climb up a particularly harrowing cliff, Leapday learned about the unforgiving weight of sand by placing it under her feet in order to reach the next ledge. The block had crumbled in a near instant, sending her plummeting towards the ground. Instead of hitting the hard rocks below, she splashed into a stream from a nearby waterfall. When she had dragged herself onto land and her heart had steadied to a more familiar pace, she let out a fit of bewildered laughter that overwhelmed the panic from moments ago. She knew falls much shorter than this one could take days to recover from, so what kind of pain would she be in if she hadn’t gotten lucky and fallen in the stream? Something cold ran through her and sank to the pit of her stomach. Dread of what could have been, what could still be if she wasn’t more careful. She resolved to never find out what would happen. How unfortunate that her next fall would be into a pit of lava, the very one she had been camping at throughout the nights.

He was being careful, more so than he had been for the first week in this world anyways. That didn’t seem to matter because he had still slipped when placing the block before him and fallen. It was his first respawn, and it introduced him to a few new things like a punch to the face. The first revelation was the agony of burning to death, and death itself. He curled into himself, crying at the phantom feeling of the lava eating at his flesh. The intense heat and how the lava had trapped him in place and burned. It was a twisted version of the warmth of the sun, which was shining down on him and in comparison felt as cool as the air in caves. The second realization came slowly as the memory of fire ebbed. Their knuckles no longer popped and their joints no longer ached. The tightness in their muscles had vanished, leaving softer tissue on the bone and the emptiness in their stomach no longer hurt. They felt new and full of energy, ready to begin their journey again. How strange they had forgotten what this felt like. White scars from their oldest injuries and freckles from sun touched skin still littered their body. They had died, but now were in perfect health again. Leapday took in her surroundings, her face lighting up with delight at the sight of a familiar oak tree. It had grown into quite the study tree since the start of her adventure. Soon after her reunion, Leapday discovered her now empty inventory when she reached for blocks to place in order to climb the canopy. The absence of stacks of logs, dirt, and sand had her racing towards the lava pit before her mind could catch up. Panic pushed her feet to run faster and dodge every obstacle. She ignored nicks from branches in her way and the sting of sharp rocks on her bare feet. The timer was ticking down. Her items would be gone- she just had to- if she wasn’t fast enough-

She burst through the tree line and was greeted by the familiar heavy heat of the lava pit. The sight of it made her recoil out of fear of falling back in even from many blocks away. On shaky legs, she circled the perimeter and searched for her items. The timer was still ticking, but they were nowhere to be seen! She crept as close as she dared to the lava and swept her eyes across the surface of the pool. Then she darted into the surrounding trees looking high and low.

Nothing.

No logs. No saplings or dirt or anything!

This was their third lesson. You lose items after death, and lava destroys those items.

Don’t die, especially not in lava, and don’t lose your items.

Now they had to start over, and this time not dying proved to be harder than expected. More falls and similar accidents happened. Zombies began appearing, persistent in their pursuit of Leapday’s flesh. Then skeletons, creepers, and spiders appeared and introduced many more ways one could die. The pain from the deaths hurt, but they became mundane as weeks turned to months. Loosing items became more painful and frightening when Leapday discovered crafting. More time and resources were needed to start over after dying with crafted items, so they took to the world underground. They followed their instinct to craft pickaxes and torches, to chip away at the stone in search of more sturdy materials. They crafted their first stone pickaxe and found it to be superior to the wooden one.

Maybe it truly started with that wooden pickaxe. When she crafted the stone tools, the wooden pickaxe sat in her hotbar, still good for half a day’s work but now obsolete. It had served her well to progress her journey, a necessary step, but it felt wrong to simply set it aside. It felt like the gap in the canopy all over again, but she very well couldn’t plant the pickaxe in the ground and solve her unease. Not sure what else to do, she attached it to her hip and went on with her day. She wouldn’t destroy it or toss it, she would simply carry it with her until she found what she needed to do with it next. It became her new companion (it was her first crafted tool. It was the first and therefore the only one that would ever exist).

Now equipped with wood and stone blocks, Leapday built their base over their mine. The wooden pickaxe found its place over the doorway leading outside, marking the build as their home. It felt right, so they continued their expansions. Farms were planted along a nearby river and fences placed to corral cows and sheep. Torches were the one item they were generous with. They were thrown across their property liberally since their light would deter creepers spawning too close for comfort.

During a thunderstorm that had picked up abruptly one morning, Leapday poked around at their communicator. It was a lightweight device that had been attached to their forearm since first spawning into the world and never disappeared after dying. After lots of fiddling with the different menus and buttons on the screen, they came across YouCraft. It was an archive of videos made by other players scattered across the universe, documenting their own worlds and progress! With the storm still crashing down around Leapday’s base, they curled up in bed and began watching the first video that caught their eye. It turned out that he had lots more to learn about the universe! After waiting out the storm, and then the night, by watching these videos, he learned about other biomes and blocks still left to discover as well as potions, enchanting, and other dimensions! A dragon was where this journey led for most players, though some took their time getting to it. Above all, he realized he needed diamonds. Diamonds were what every player sought due to their strength, but they were rare and dangerous to collect being so deep underground. They were needed to further Leapday’s journey however, so collecting them became his top goal. Quickly he learned how impossible achieving this goal would be. Well, it seemed impossible after spending days underground chipping at the cold stone and coming up empty. Strange echoes rang through the tunnels and more than a few times paranoia of something (or someone. He had heard the legends of Herobrine) sneaking up on him was enough to make him hole up for hours. Grey, grey stone that went on for miles. Grey cobblestone trailed behind him when his inventory filled. Leapday found other minerals, but the sparkling teal of diamonds still lay buried elsewhere. He mined for so long he began to doubt that the rare mineral even generated in this world. That only grey existed. That was until he broke away the next layer of stone before him and found himself staring uncomprehending at the bits of teal poking through stone. Uncontainable joy broke through his shock like sunlight through parting storm clouds. They were real! Diamonds were real and right in front of him! Invigorated with new energy, Leapday got to work extracting the diamonds just as they had seen others do. The amount paled in comparison to the stacks other players had, but in that moment he didn’t care. It was enough to have found them and confirm they even existed in this world. That weeks of sore arms digging at indifferent stone and unsteady gravel caches falling finally amounted to their new prized possession.

By the time he arrived back at his base, the novelty of finding diamonds began to wear off. He had to admit it was a measly amount. Just barely enough for a diamond pickaxe. What good would a stronger pickaxe be with no enchantments or replacements for when it broke? It had taken so long to find just a few diamonds what were the chances of finding more? No, they wouldn’t craft anything with the rare mineral until they had enough for spares and back ups. So back to the mines they went, and excruciatingly slow they found more, and continued to reason that crafting them was a poor decision. What if an accident happened and they couldn’t get back to their stuff? If they were swallowed by a pit of lava? So much time would be spent only to be wasted. Almost like their thoughts and fears had manifested it, a freak lava incident happened not long after. Leapday had been feeling good that day, so good because their most recent mining trip had yielded 13 diamonds and another cluster just across a lava lake. As they bridged across the lake, plans of finally crafting their collection of diamonds began to form making them giddy. It was the type of giddy that made any obstacle feel like child’s play and beyond consequence. That they finally could start progressing on their journey once more. It was enough to distract Leapday from the crunch of gravel under their feet and for their pickaxe to swing off its mark into the unsteady floor. The ground gave way and sent her tumbling into the lava.

She woke up screaming in her bed. Screaming from agony of ghostly flames that ate flesh, and then from loss and frustration. It wasn’t fair! Her luck had just turned up for the best and now all of it was gone! Every plan to use the diamonds tossed out the window and into a burning pit of despair. How stupid of her to not notice the gravel! All that time for nothing! She should have called it a day and come up 13 diamonds richer with plenty of levels for enchanting. All her gear and tools and items from mineshafts would still be intact, but no. Her head was too far in the clouds and now it was gone. She hadn’t even had the foresight to mark the cave to return to, so sure of her victory. There would be no hope navigating the twisting and sprawling tunnels below, and even if she tried to go back, the sight of lava would probably be enough to make her hurl. Fat tears began dripping down her face as she cursed and wallowed. They blurred his vision, so with a few steadying breaths and a final gross sniffle, he wiped at his eyes. Then he went to swing his legs over the bed to pick up the pieces of his day and froze. On his hand, both hands actually, were thick black smudges of… of something. What was that? He reached up to his face and traced the wet tear tracks with a clean finger. It too came away covered in the strange goop. An incredulous laugh burst from him, which evolved into hysterical crying. More tears fell from his eyes and he let them. The tangled web of grief in his chest unraveling as he did so, and he felt the last of his energy drain away until-

Sunlight trickled through the curtains and roused Leapday from their sleep. Birds were chirping and the familiar sounds of the animals grazing and leaves rustling cradled their mind while the events of the previous day trickled back to them. They felt heavy and gross. Their eyes crusty and mouth dry as a desert were a sure sign of their emotional distress. Disappointment felt like stones being dropped on them when they pulled up their empty inventory. It really was all gone. They let their head flop back onto their pillow and took a steadying breath, trying to recount the reasons they should get out of bed. Maybe they would stick to the joys of the world above ground for a month or two. Take up weaving or painting. They had plenty of resources to finally build a barn and an expansion to the house. Maybe they would go with a grassy roof.

Yeah. That could be alright. With one final sigh, Leapday pushed themself up off their bed and dragged themself over to their cauldron to clean up. They could see from their reflection that only a few faint smudges remained on their face, which they gently wiped away. Crying black goop was probably not normal now that their mind was more stable to think it over. Or maybe it was normal? It had never happened before, but the players on YouCraft all had their own quirks that Lepaday lacked, so maybe it was normal for them?

It turned out the inky tears were a new normal. From that incident onward, whenever they experienced a great sense of loss the strange tears formed and sank into the ground. They appeared when Leapday lost their first wolf companion and when they accidentally deleted a creative world full of builds of an ambitious project.

Meanwhile…

in another world…

In Hels, black goop bubbled to the surface of a sea of lava. From a distance, the surface seemed its usual hungry self, shifting and popping as it patiently waited for Hels and its inhabitants to finally crumble in. The goop was not consumed by its hunger however. It stretched towards the netherrack shore like a snake in water. Once it had gathered all of itself onto more solid ground, it sat and waited for more of itself to arrive, bouncing and bubbling over the terrain in the meantime. They could only wait so long however, after all, there was much to collect and preserve and too little time to do so.

And it’s finished! Whew, I don’t typically write, so this was a lot to work on amidst all my finals projects (totally worth it tho! It was great practice). I wasn’t planning on writing so much about leapday, but then I realized the interesting potential of writing about players when they’re new to the world. If they are akin to gods, they still enter the world with a lot to learn. The goop at the end is Nightfall, who then went on to travel Hels and collect as many blocks and items as xe could before xe came across the city Evil X established. At first they were incredibly overwhelmed by the amount of stuff to preserve in the city and mostly stuck to collecting free scraps and garbage. It probably did something to gain the attention of a member of the Order of Remembrance, who taught Nightfall about their goals and a few things about how society/Hels worked. From there, Nightfall set off to establish a massive collection and documentation of anything and everything, working with people in the process but also quite an eccentric personality that can be quite a hermit when buried in paperwork (not many people are willing to do paperwork as diligently as Nightfall)

Also, YouCraft is YouTube in the Minecraft world :P I felt I needed to separate it from our version of mcyt because in this universe the characters are real and making videos about their lives rather than people playing a video game (at least that’s how I’m headcanoning it)

thank you @silverskye13 for providing some more lore about Hels and the Order of Remembrance (as well as Redstone and Skulk as a whole <3) as well as inspiring me to keep trying to improve my writing and thank you to @/yayforocs for inspiring me to finally make my own rns OCs and this post :3

[clownsuu]

✨Shapes and colors~✨

A gift for you! Mari is pretty fun to draw! I think her and Toshie would be best friends! An eccentric color blind designer and a chill down to earth emo band kid .

YEAHHHHH SO CUUUTEEE WAAA

[mdzs-fanon-exposed]

MDZS Fanon VS Canon: 2/?

Wen Ning fits Jiang Cheng's list of requirements for a wife

Rating: FANON – NEUTRAL

A lot of ships involving Jiang Cheng will use a list detailing the characteristics of his ideal woman as evidence for one pairing for another, and the character brought to me to evaluate as a suitable match was Wen Ning. Unfortunately, I have to rate this as fanon because Jiang Cheng's wife requirements... aren't canon to the novels.

In terms of the official adaptations, Jiang Cheng's requirements for his perfect wife seem to be Untamed-only canon, as part of the Jiang Cheng/Wen Qing subplot the drama invented. However, the MDZS Fandom Wiki (which, side note, is a horrible source for anything) credits the following list of requirements to a since-deleted Tumblr post:

Naturally beautiful, graceful and obedient, hard-working and thrifty, coming from a respected family, cultivation level not too high, personality not too strong, not too talkative, voice not too loud and must treat Jin Ling nicely. (source)

Using the Wayback Machine, I managed to find the original Tumblr post in question (seen here). According to the user who posted it, this is a translated excerpt from a Weibo post written by MXTX herself, listing 10 supplemental facts about the books – supposedly posted a year before The Untamed was first announced.

I do not have Weibo and cannot verify this claim, but regardless, I do not consider "word of God" to be canon for the purposes of this blog. Whatever MXTX's intentions were when writing this list, Jiang Cheng's requirements are not mentioned anywhere in the actual text, and so I cannot rate this suggestion as anything but fanon. You, the reader, are free to choose whether you think MXTX's supplemental material is canon-accurate.

As for Wen Ning himself: Canonically, Jiang Cheng "could never tolerate" him (Seven Seas Ch. 19, p. 251), and so unfortunately this ship cannot officially sail. Even if Wen Ning does fit every entry on this list, Jiang Cheng would not consider him a prospective match. I do not consider the list canon, and so any attempts to figure out if Wen Ning fits the letter of the list (if not the spirit) can not be anything but subjective.

But, well, this post is about the list itself, not Jiang Cheng's feelings about it. So while I'm here, I might as well have some fun with it.... Feel free to use the notes to debate whether or not you think Wen Ning is secretly right for Jiang Cheng's dubiously-canon standards.

Naturally beautiful: Wen Ning is ADORABLE and I LOVE HIM. You can't look at him and NOT call him cute; even Wei Wuxian thinks his "side profile [is] delicate and refined" (Seven Seas Ch. 12, p. 141). Would Jiang Cheng think this? Um,

Graceful and obedient: He's pretty meek and he's described as a yes-man (Seven Seas Ch. 16, p. 22), and he does what Wei Wuxian says a lot (under magical flute coercion or otherwise), but he can be pretty stubborn when he wants to be. I wouldn't call him falling off a roof "graceful," but I suppose that was after he was zombified.

Hard-working and thrifty: Yes – I can't imagine he got all those Wen subordinates by being completely lazy. And if anything he's kind of the pack horse for the Burial Mounds crew lol.

Coming from a respected family: Technically? Yes. The Wens have historically been a powerful and influential family, and Wen Ning is the younger brother of someone of "a rank on par with Wen Chao" (Seven Seas Ch. 12, p. 148). Functionally? Uhhhh

Cultivation level not too high: This one is debatable, but probably a yes. We don't receive much information about Wen Ning's cultivation level, since his fighting prowess isn't really plot-relevant until he dies, but he is described as "unremarkable" in comparison to Wen Qing. Just like, in general, I guess. (Seven Seas Ch. 12, p. 149)

Personality not too strong: See #2. I would say yes with some caveats. Especially (and ironically) when Jiang Cheng is involved.

Not too talkative/voice not too loud: Also a match! Wen Ning stutters a lot and doesn't really raise his voice unless he's angry, so he's pretty quiet. Remember that time he and wangxian were on that boat and Wei Wuxian straight up didn't notice him for like five minutes? Poor guy. Can you believe this happened to him twice.

Must treat Jin Ling nicely: Do we count murdering his dad? Because if we don't, then Wen Ning treats Jin Ling very nicely. He even saves his life multiple times!

In conclusion: ?????????

[theoriginalnikegirl]

ok im rereading all the young dudes & i don't want to talk about it, but why can't i love things that have soft endings? why can't i love things that are soft?? why must i love things that hurt, that are jagged, that make my heart ache like this???

[rateatinginsulation]

Started listening to malevolent and it's already consuming every waking I thought I have

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