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[jombenz]

"God knows I tried, but broken, I bow to the beast inside Covered my tracks, but couldn't swallow my pride" - Porcelain, Motionless in White

forever my favourite character, here's a finished version of the wip

[autoboros]

I've only recently picked up the H-3 Nozzlenose (because for the longest time I thought I'd be awful at it) but it's honestly crazy just how fun it is

I haven't had so much fun with a weapon in a while. It is so satisfying I swear

The sound for the direct shots... both their kits... the way you can continuous fire by timing inputs right... fucking around

Wish I could put my Splatoon thoughts into words. I love this weapon

[asgardswinter]

Omg ok so i have this headcanon about the 141 boys + König and ik its kinda weird, but im imagining them being super famous like maybe its set in the mcu universe?? where they work with The Avengers sometimes (mostly with Natasha on Steve on covert missions) and they do like fan events with The Avengers ever since Steve posted a post-mission selfie with the guys or smth and it went aboslutely viral and now Ghost and König post thirst traps on tiktok. AND SO Activision or whatever took an interest and wanted them in the MW reboot.

OK SO TO THE MAIN PART maybe they were a part of the howling commandos so they r totally noobs to gaming bc they r so old and didnt grow up with gaming and so the guys play together on cod when theyre not busy w missions.

One day they decide to play Zombies on like mw2 or 3 for the first time AND SO THEY MEET THE READER who takes them through the zombies missions and shit and Soap & Ghost is just flirting w her, Price is just embarrassed by the cringyness (hes too old for this shit) Gaz with his insane rizz and König is just super silent, but she says that shes struggling to unlock the König skin (literally me rn im going insane) AND HE HELPS HER AND STUFF IDK and like they fall in love and polycule endgame

[robloxmythoids]

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ATM: REQUESTS ARE CLOSED !!!! inbox will only stay open for any talking or questions :33

hello :3 my name is bloxy! i write roblox x reader stuff cause roblox is my special interest and im crazy ^_^ my main is @ch3rryf1zz3dp0p. i use he/gore and am a minor

this blog is for ANYTHING RELATED TO ROBLOX!!! that includes games, mythoids, etc! i can do platonic hcs but i like to do romantic stuff

all requests are done on a first come first serve basis ^_^

check underneath the cut for request info!

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can : angst, fluff, hurt/comfort (my speciality!!!!), gore, only very vaguely smut related things (such as kiss hcs), etc etc. if you ask you'll probably receive an answer from me!

can't : hateful media (racism/queerphobia/etc), pedophilia, nsfw!!! at most will be just vague suggestive stuff but nothing full on

things i can write for : roblox myths (ask and hopefully I'll know them, and if u think i may not, tell me so i can research them!!), PHIGHTING!, get a snack series, regretevator, other iconic roblox characters (the roblox guest, noob, bacon hair/girl, etc)

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1. hyperlaser PHIGHTING! rom. hcs (in progress)

2. slingshot PHIGHTING! rom. hcs (in progress)

3. medkit rom. hcs PHIGHTING! [blackrockian reader]

4. blackrockians + medkit PHIGHTING!

5. emerson REGRETEVATOR rom. oneshot

6. illumina PHIGHTING! rom. hcs

7. boombox PHIGHTING! rom. hcs [cyborg boombox]

8. yuck0 THE CIRCUS IN THE SKY rom. hcs [new reader]

9. boombox PHIGHTING! rom. hcs [kiss hcs]

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10. firebrand PHIGHTING! rom. hcs [cafe worker reader]

11. infected REGRETEVATOR rom. hcs

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that's all! :3 the inbox is open and i await ur requests!!! thank u to @phighting-x-you for being the inspiration to this place

[tojisun]

(sorry from a hockey noob) can you explain the hughes post you reblogged? it feels angsty but i dont know enough about hockey to get it:,(

hii of course :3 and u dont have to say sorry my love :((

i think all of the photos used in this edit were from game 7 of canucks vs oilers in may 20th. the canucks lost then, and thus were eliminated from the playoffs; they didnt advance to the semis

the lyrics match the legacy of the canucks who had such a bad run in the previous seasons and had surprised everyone this season with such an amazing performance. their coach even said, “[canucks] put respect back in that jersey and in this city.”

that said, they still lost, thus the edit 🥹

too much rambling under the cut so u can honestly ignore this

the lyrics used are particularly fitting bc of canucks’ recent history (specifically post-2011). they went from a powerhouse (still with off-moments, of course) to a struggling team (dramatic decrease in chances of advancing). there were so many shuffling and trading between players and staff, and canucks was quite literally burning for a while. thats not to say that there are no good players because there are, but the team struggled so much

come 2023-2024 season with quinn hughes (#43) as the captain. (just as a background: he is the 15th captain of the canucks, the youngest active captain so far, and the first defenceman to be the captain in decades. he’s also the first american-born captain of canucks.)

after three consecutive seasons where they failed in making it to the playoffs, hockey and canucks fans had no high expectations this season for canucks. that doesn’t mean no one watches them, but it wasn’t as fervid. then they finished first in the pacific division, advancing in the playoffs

and not just advancing, but it meant they were the highest to be qualified to advance. it was big. i remember coming back home from work, hearing actual celebrations by rogers arena bc honest to god no one expected this turn of events, especially after such tough consecutive seasons years prior

then the playoffs games, and i swear this team is cursed somehow. not only one but two of their goaltenders were injured. demko (#35) is their main goaltender but he was injured in a game and had his season ended just like that. desmith (#29) subbed in but this guy also got injured during the season!! so you know what canucks did? they went and grabbed silovs (#31) who was playing most of the 2023-2024 season for abbotsford canucks in the ahl games (kind of the juniors of the nhl) because v.canucks ran out of seasoned goaltenders

(silovs is good. really really good. no shocker there bc he was named the mvp for the worlds championship; it was the first time that latvia won the worlds in first place)

one of their powerful forwards, boeser (#6) was also injured in this season during a clutch moment—he played until game 6 against the oilers but was, unfortunately, too injured to advance to game 7.

despite these piling injuries, canucks’ plays this season was electric. they made miracles happen—often by turning the tides to their favour at the very last minute. it’s how they won against nashville predators and how they had hoped to win against edmonton oilers

but it was not enough so in game 7, may 20th, vancouver canucks lost 3-2. (game 6 was devastating; 1-5). the best of 7 fell to the oilers so they were the ones who advanced

it was honestly so heartbreaking. hughes himself even said that the loss felt so abrupt that he couldnt even think about hockey for a while. it was just sad. boeser even piped in how he was wondering what wouldve changed if he wasnt injured, and that the loss in game 7 felt personal to him. its…

yea

god im so sorry i rambled. im full of little things ik abt this man and this team but all the ppl i talk to know it already so i kinda. exploded on u 😭

hope this, uh, answered ur question

[teecupangel]

here im once again, tbh i feel the comic is startying to feel like te AC movie. Also interested on the "Who is the fhater?" thing going on. And yeah we have another one on the bingo "family problems"

My thoughts on Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Official English translation (the free chapters anyway) here

Kenway Daddy Issues plays a major part in this one, that's for sure.

My main takeaway is…

Ah. I’ve been unnecessarily torturing Desmond because I've desynced soooo many times due to fall damage… Sorry, Desmond.

But see, that’s my problem with this setup though.

This seems… too dramatic?

Because let’s remember that at this point, we already have the Animus that is being used by Abstergo Entertainment AND it's a mainly a headset. (Let's remember this is the Animus that they used to check Edward's memories back in Black Flag as well so it works with Edward's memories so this isn't a case of "oh those Animus can't watch memories like the big ones" because these headset Animi were the main Animus that Black Flag, Rogue, Unity and Syndicate used)

But Noa’s Animus as seen above looks more like Abstergo’s Animus from AC1 with its overhead transparent screen-like thing and the fact that it keeps the subject flat.

It's even look more similar to the one Desmond was forced to use than the Animus Layla stole in Origin:

(We're not comparing it to the Odyssey and Valhalla Animus because those have been modified by Layla and her team.)

So this mean, in terms of looks, Noa's Animus is most similar to an older Animus version.

This is weird because why is the Templars or Abstergo using a variation (and deadlier version) of an old model?

My theory is that they’re a rogue team and this entire thing has not been approved by Abstergo at all because there is one important plot point that they have yet to tackle:

“Why do they need Noa Kim’s genetic memories in the first place?”

The memory they’re looking for is from 1725

AND Noa’s DNA states specifically that he has Iroquois DNA

Then that means he came from the Edward-Haytham-Ratonhnhaké:ton line because that’s more believable than “Oh, Edward had a one-night stand/affair with someone before/while he’s married to Tessa AND just so happened to have an Iroquois ancestor LIKE Ratonhnhaké:ton”

This means that Haytham was probably born prematurely for this entire thing to work since we do know Edward was still in Macau on February 1725 and Haytham was born in December 1725.

Aaaannndd we’re back to the Desmond is Noa’s biological dad theory OR the William Miles is Noa’s biological dad theory BUT here’s the thing though.

If he is Ratonhnhaké:ton’s descendant then that means any and all genetic memory that Noa might have of Edward Kenway is in Desmond’s genetic memories EVEN IF they are not ‘closely’ related (I call bullshit if they’re not AND I don’t even like the theory that Desmond is Noa’s biological father, ELIJAH IS SEVERELY HORRIBLY NEGLECTED BY UBISOFT ALREADY!!!) because if Ratonhnhaké:ton is both Noa and Desmond’s ancestors, even if they had different ancestors after Ratonhnhaké:ton, their genetic memories of Edward stops at the same place: the conception of Haytham Kenway.

This means that there’s no need for Abstergo to take Noa because they still have Sample 17.

The same thing they used to watch Edward’s memories in Black Flag in the first place.

Abstergo would have a better time getting some poor intern(s) checking Edward Kenway’s later memories (Noob style) than

Kidnapping Noa Kim

Hiding him somewhere

Making sure no one would look for him

Forcing him into the Animus

And doing all this manipulation and threatening bullshit

In conclusion, I propose the following theory:

The people who kidnapped Noa are a rogue team affiliated with the Templars and/or Abstergo and are doing this on their own without the Inner Sanctum’s approval.

(Oh, and ‘Shimazu’ is acting like a bitch version of Sofia Rikkin and this does have AC Movie vibes to it and, I’m saying this as someone who rewatches the AC movie whenever I’m stressed to relax, that is not a comparison this webtoon would probably want to have right now)

[murdrdocs]

im not exactly new to tumblr but im definitely not a seasoned vet and ive always been more of a passive observer than an active poster but ive always wondered: what exactly is the point of a sideblog? ive never really understood 1. why they exist 2. how they work/what makes them different from a regular blog and 3. why people make them and often use them more often than their main blogs. please explain i feel like a noob ����

i cant speak for everyone obviously but for me, my main blog was cluttered w reblogs from when i was younger and i wanted a fresh start when i was abt 16/17 so i made this blog. so i just wanted a fresh start and also distinction between the purposes for my main and side blogs

[raiku44-tttecatter]

Welcome to alt acc.

A side ACC for my main: @catcrashintoyhewall . I Made a N alt so I can at least focused one fandom that I favour the most from many fandoms that Im in.

Pretty much the story of my au is still on plan, it will be REALLY SLOW bc my school gave us so many homework that I'm struggling. I also have some motivation problems so get ready to wait very long, especially when English is not my mother tounge just add the spice cause I want to made a story more than a 1000.

Update bio 11/3/2024: My artsyle will not be consistent considering I'm still a noob/novice or whatever in between, it's really hard to keep an artsyle consistent so please remember this.

There's actually 3 aus but i need to rewrite the story all over again while the 3rd one is still new so there's still many redemptions.

[sainzcaleruega]

Get to know me

okay so hi! i'm Dominika, you can call me Do or Domi or whatever xo, im 23 years old atm and i live in the netherlands. im half dutch/half polish and 100% insane.

for my astro girlies: my sun is in sag, moon is in leo and im a cap rising. im an astro noob but im super into it so hmu if you want to talk about it <3

im currently super obsessed with f1 and my main loves are:

carlos sainz jr,

charles leclerc,

george russell

mick schumacher.

also total tv show nerd with a main love for sitcoms with a few of my faves being:

new girl

himym/himyf

b99

parks and rec

the office

im always down for a chat about anything and everything so dont be a stranger, i love interacting with people here <3

[mousemilf]

NOT calling you old bc u aren’t

You’re not even that like young? You’re old enough to be like and Adult (ie not 18) so why on earth is she jealous you’re more skilled than her? like that’s on her to step up

you are calling me old.

jk i know what you meant. but compared to most of my coworkers at both of the higher-end bakeries ive worked at, im young. its a milf job. like yeah im a real grownup but 99% of these girls are married/divorced with children. i think me not being a mom contributes a lot to me being infantilized at work too, bcs they all have serious mom worries while im like just partying hardy. regardless of that everyone i work with rn is at least a decade older than me.

but i think the main thing is my lack of experience; i have like 1.5yrs experience to her (i think) 7.... most girls put in time at grocery stores and stuff first, and i snuck in to my last job by stretching the truth on my resume and getting lucky at my audition. im a total noob. the weddings girl and my manager both have like 20 years experience, and the new girl we hired has like 3 i think? so i can see how in her eyes i havent worked at this long enough. but see the thing is im pretty good at it and i grind really hard.

i wouldn't necessarily say its a skill issue either, i think its more like. i view it as an art form or a hobby at the very least, so im striving for perfection w everything, and theres a lot of people doing this who see it as just a job so they settle for adequacy and just get the work done and clock out. like theres nothing wrong with that obviously since it literally is a job. but if youre not pushing yourself you cant be jealous of the bitches that are!

[party-noob]

//ooc

I will be opening a new discord server soon, since the first kindof failed due to me being fresh out of an abusive relationship and not really ready to manage stuff like that. however i am much better now, and have only broke down to someone once in the past 3 months!! [that might sound bad but im proud of myself :]

meanwhile, come hang out w me, Arcadiken, in my main server! https://discord.gg/uM34ZMwMcC

i hope you have fun there!! 🕹️

[vulpiximisa]

me 4 eps into gunjou no fanfare, okay, why is this rated so low, its not the best but its not That Terrible?

my main concern mostly is the Why Did Yuu Quit Idol but I feel like its building up to that until we get that in like the last 3 episodes

it better

or else its an automatic 6 lol

the baity stuff isnt as... intense as what i was given from number 24 (the himedakko in ep 1, hand holding in 3, maybe its just shun being a chill island boy and getting the boys)

its not... soft like bakuten and it does feel like they put money and effort into it if the got sawano to do the music and some boybands for the op/ed

maybe its like number24 where they failed was the sport they chose? i mean jockey/horse racing sounds really good and has potential but i feel like theyre not romanticizing it as much as they could, for a seishun kinda show, if thats what that is

im just rambling. i mean, i really am holding out for Yuu’s reason, but maybe more on the technical stuff too? l dont need to know every horse’s inseam or anything but we only got a little bit of explanation when the instructor was talking to the recorder lady

also the horse race part was really... annoying to watch? like... i guess thats the end goal, but maybe i just have a bad impression of horse racing in general and the kids arent really selling it to me because they already are into the horses. i guess i really need that “fresh newbie love” lense that i would expect from shows like that. (like bakuten, etc) especially because Yuu is technically a noob. maybe? im just 4 eps in, it better tell me iunno.

kouta best boy, but i Know that hes going to be a background chara because thats just the way it is. sweetie i noticed your efforts during training camp, you did amazing sweetie.

i think it stands out with having eri there, and im glad she is part of the main group, but unfortunately, i wish her backstory was a little better. (or if theres more, like, not nami tragic but even uraraka’s modest kind of reasoning)

[miisart]

process

hatsune migu

[ivettel]

hi lovely!! idk if i’m remembering wrong and if I recall correctly, you used to be a sax player (and in that case, hi from a fellow sax player!!) but i wanted to get your thoughts on this: seb the trombone player

omg sorry i missed this i've been like Not On F1blr :crylaugh: but yesss hello fellow sax player!!

re: seb playing trombone/an instrument in general, bc i'm vaguely aware that's been a thing just hearing about seblr thru the grapevine.. it's a no from me! i'm not a band kid truther. reasons why below the cut ehehe

TL;DR: he may have been a flutist (doubtful but no real evidence otherwise) or a percussionist if he was a concert band kid, also zero evidence on whether he can play violin/strings or piano, but i'm skeptical about his woodwind and brass skills. absolutely happy to be proven wrong tho

prefacing this w saying i main piano and don't play a lot of these instruments but i've also been playing in bands for 10 yrs now so i've osmosis-ed a bit

[figure 1 - woodwinds] absolutely CANNOT hold a sax, so that's sax, clarinet, oboe, and other similarly held instruments out the window. embarrassing bc nico is closer to holding it correctly. palm keys mean palm on the keys 😭 i will say flute is still on the table bc it's just so wildly different in terms of embouchure n how u hold it, but as a flutist i doubt it bc the fingerings are scarily similar between the two instruments lol

[figures 2 & 3 - brass] see like this is so compelling to me bc if the audio is right then he's growling and that is NOT. something a beginner trumpet player should be able to do. like that is not the sound a trumpet makes naturally when u just start out and when u buzz. so EITHER it's post-prod audio dubbing with the actual trumpeter (most likely case if we look at the other ferrari fun vids in this time) OR in the span of the video production itself, seb learned not only how to buzz but how to growl, OR he already knew. but looking at the visual evidence, he is... rlly tense/stiff here. compare to like a real trumpet player, and unless he's playing 8 ledger lines above the staff or doing insane shit like this, i think most realistically he's just making spitting sounds or occasionally honking out some of the c harmonics series. but ahhh ling ling insurance i don't play trumpet i am only friends with trumpet players etc etc

and for the french horn--i mean. canskjfdfsnk a) that's like the textbook definition of how to not hold it b) embouchure isn't right c) he looks like he's going to break his neck 😭

[figures 4 & 5 - percussion] from my limited knowledge im like 67% sure that he's at least holding the drum sticks correctly, though his pointer fingers poking out are a liiiiil sus. it'd be slightly more convincing if there wasn't also footage of him not rlly doing anything creative w/ them. actually the 2015 one isn't too bad watching it again lol. i will however say that the way he shakes the tambourine between hitting w/ the heel of his palm is indicative of either someone who has seen someone play tambourine or someone who has played the tambourine, bc an absolute noob would just hold it and smack it with their palm

[figure 5 - plucked strings] if he played guitar on the regular like this he'd injure himself. also like, video footage of him being awful at it. and judging by the way he tries to strum i don't think he's a secret bass player either, rip sebastian fucking vettel

anyway in conclusion: jury's out on whether he can play flute or piano or string instruments, and percussion might be a stretch but. unless otherwise proven they're definitely possible.

[spyrkle4]

An update for Heroes of Flowers since the Tempest of Hearts almost is over

it’ll be awhile... not like 2 months long but like a couple weeks hopefully until the next HOF update (im thinking maybe September?)

And thought I’d share some of what’s coming up and what’ll happen!

If you’d like to prefer being kept in the dark I’ll put it under a “read more” n.n

So Phase 3 (Which will be after the interlude story) will be the end of what I’d call the “main” story of HOF and it takes place during the fugitive arc in the show timeline... tho im not doing the fugitive arc plotline bc Snooze would get conked on the head with a broom by an angry Ari everytime he went into the Lucky Cat and also I’d like to keep my braincells

(Tho Chief Cruz will be a part of Phase 3 even if he isn’t the “big bad”... but like in the “ok grandpa let’s get you back to bed” energy everytime he rants about superheroes and supervillains XD. Not rly but I think you’ll like how I write him)

Phase 3 instead covers an arc I’ve dropped hints of... which I like to call the Galaxian arc since the big bads of that are the Galaxian Pirates, my own little supervillain team. Not stating that my og arc is gonna be better than canon (even if the bar is low) but I hope you guys enjoy (I shall be posting their refs as they show up tho so you’ll like em).

Like I said, not saying im better than canon (which is a loaded subject tbh im not going into that), but I had a fun writing my own little twists to the latter half of Season 2 and I hope you enjoy them! 

But there’s an interlude fic before that which’ll be called Heroes of Flowers: Curtain Call and it follows the aftermath of COM and be mostly focused with the Fern fam, with the nerd gang (+ Ari) getting a break in the bg. It’s basically the calm before the storm 

It’ll also be the canonical debut of Jackie the emotional support Rabbit, an OC I’ve drawn before but he hasn’t shown up in HOF yet. (A bit of trivia about him tho is he’s based off of a Pokemon character of mine, Jackie the Buneary from one of my stories LPM), this drawing is from the cover of Curtain Call and this is all you’re getting of it for now 

(Jackie isnt one of the main characters of HOF but he is one of my favorite side characters to write, his debut sidenote is kind of later in the story, but I hope you’ll enjoy CC! It was fun giving the Ferns the spotlight, something that miiight’ve carried over in FFP because I had way too much fun writing my emotional support found family)

Phase 3′ll be called Fallen From Power and it’ll be posted after Curtain Call but wait there’s more!

I’ll also be posting a side-story called Heroes of Flowers: Karmi’s Spots which will have Karmi having her own adventures outside of SF featuring a lovable spotted family in Camden and two OCs that may or may not be related to some canons.

KS was really self-indulgent/fun, I enjoyed writing all the shenanigans and it’s also a crossover with an underrated TV show I really like. Tho dw I tried my best to be noob friendly (if you haven’t seen the show), but I can always go into details in the ANs, still hope you enjoy it!

there will be some references to Fallen From Power in it, I’ll be sure to mention which chapter the reference is at the start of each chapter if there is a reference so you don’t get spoiled if you haven’t seen said chapter... tho ur free to take the spoilers out of context I’m not one to tell people how to read n.n; 

unsure how i’ll update but im thinking of doing an every-other week thing, one week I’ll post for FFP and one week I’ll post for KS!

Anyways hope you guys enjoyed and I hope you’re hyped to see what I have in store. I had a lot of fun writing these 3 future installments and I’m excited to share them with you guys!

I just had to talk about the future of HOF since after TOH (and I mean Tempest of Hearts, not The Owl House, so many people get them mixed up its so funny XD), hope you guys have a good one!

[pastelcheckereddreams]

Psssst, if you want an excuse, here it is. tell me about that sunshot campaign AU. I wanna know.

*rattles my headcanons like cat treats for all the nhs stans*

OKAY, SO. I'll give you the extremely abbreviated version ahahha it’s still hella long, but- listen-  I have this very specific, absolutely ooc Nie brothers Sunshot au that I like to return to now and then. 

(Also sorry for the delay, Anon, for some reason this hc was hard to pull from my brain into reality so please forgive the lack of grammar as i wordvomit some impromptu worldbuilding.)

Context:

1) I saw the Unclean Realm gate and I a complete historical architecture nerd but also cultural noob said that is a place that knows siege warfare.

2) I like to think that there’s this untapped geopolitical history between Qishan and Qinghe that is just begging to be explored, re: the use of children throughout history as political hostages 

(Consider: young second master Nie Huaisang being yeeted into Qishan, and knowing Wen Chao and Wen Qing and Wen Ning before that confrontational scene in the Gusu arc - big yes. I have a scene for that specifically that is Adjacent to this. 

But ALSO consider: second master wen chao being yeeted into Qinghe at a young age and spending time with nhs and nmj and just being a more 3d character in general with Complex Motivations and Things. 👀👀 juicy villain backstory hello i was not ready for my brain to take this turn today)

3) Also, on the topic of backstory, you can prise nhs referring to lwj as “wangji-xiong” ("wangji-ge") from my cold dead hands.

4) I like to imagine, thanks probably to fanfic like come from my inkstone, that Huaisang has been involved in the logistical side of the Sunshot campaign, running supply trains and stepping up to govern the Unclean Realm in his brother’s stead because nhs in this fic has Political Smarts and Things (the “things” is Feelings and I stan this ot4). 

And finally,

5) to frame the rough start of this au, i have a Specific Scenario, which is borrowed heavily from this fic, without you (i don’t know what i’d do). In the fic, nhs basically rides all the way from Qinghe to the Nie camp to warn nmj of an attack on the Unclean Realm only to collapse dramatically off his horse and I live and breathe that kind of commitment to hurt/comfort, so of course I incorporated that into my headcanon.

Okay wait one more thing to note, 

6) all this backstory is absolutely saturated in my Nie brothers feelings from Fatal Journey. *plays Qinghe Jue on repeat* Just, yknow, peppering in that Nie sect-centricity. 

So - finally - the AU:

- nmj is alerted by zonghui because we stan one disposable spin off character of a single rider galloping towards their encampment. it’s huaisang, his plain riding gear (basically the main fatal journey outfit) splattered with mud, his horse foaming at the mouth im sorry horsie.  the dire owl is arcing low in the sky, screeching its omens, and nmj is afraid.  

- nhs dismounts from his horse already pushing past nmj, towards the tent with the battle map. blah blah insert drabble and nhs being all exhausted but determined to lay out the updated positions he’s memorised, that Nie temper trickling out. nhs informs nmj that the unclean realm is under siege, the enemy taking advantage of nmj’s distraction and the lack of seasoned warriors left in Qinghe. in my head, the enemy is an external force that qinghe, as a border country, has dealt with on their own for decades. tbf i’d need to check the actual map that flashes past in the drama etc to say how accurate this is (probably not very, but i crave cultural nuance and worldbuilding). 

- this puts the nie sect in a precarious position. nmj must lead the campaign against wen ruohan, but an external force (perhaps allied with the wen) threatens their homeland. nmj himself cannot go, and cannot spare many men. he cannot be in two places at once. he almost despairs, right then and there - if they win the sunshot campaign, but lose the unclean realm, what becomes of his sect?

- and huaisang is smiling at him, a little sadly, as if he already knows how this conversation plays out, as if nmj does too- “dage-” “no.” “-i will go.”  it’s practically suicide. his didi, with all his knowledge of strategy, knows nothing of battle. but here he is, offering to fight the invading forces in his stead, with only the handful of men that nmj can spare. loyal men. men who would rally behind their second disciple without question, because despite his flaky attitude, nhs- “what kind of nie would i be,” huaisang says, too calmly and too flippantly, “if i did not defend our ancestor’s land?” then, almost gently,  “we are nie. if we are to die, we should both meet it on the battlefield.” nmj stares down at his knuckles, white against the curling yellow map that spells out their defeat. memories of their father pressing behind his eyes.  

- the next morning, after some moving backstory about nhs and nmj and filial piety on which the entire believability of this character development rests so ofc I haven't written it nhs has his hair braided up into a different style by his brother - easier, for riding. for combat. the nie know what it means. he is still in those plain robes, sleeves cinched for battle. but a sabre rests at his hip and his brother’s hairpins glint in the cold morning light. behind him, six other disciples including zonghui, sit atop restless horses, waiting nmj’s nhs’s command. nhs smiles up at his brother, who cannot help the deep, distressed frown that saturates his whole face. “dage,” he says, gripping nmj’s elbow and resting their foreheads together. “let’s be brothers in our next life.” 

- “xichen,” mingjue says eventually, his breath barely mist in morning air. “i have sent my little brother to die.” as serene as the white silhouette beside him appears, lxc’s grip on his elbow is like a vice, tight with anxiety and unspoken fear. big brother solidarity in this trying time.  

- there is no word from nhs for a long time. nmj sits at the victory banquet alone, the table to his left set, but empty. then- 

running footsteps. a disciple, in qinghe greys. “zhongzhu!” 

nmj is only tangentially aware that grip on his cup could crush a man’s throat. before he can bid the man to speak, however, the herald announces an arrival, his voice booming through the hall and cutting all curious chatter - “Nie-er-gonzi!”

nhs swans into the hall, fan wafting a leisurely tempo against his satisfied grin. “Dage!” he calls, “You started without me!” 

Nmj surges from his seat and is halfway through the hall before he even realises it, sweeping his brother into his arms. “Huaisang,” he says, chin tucked against the crown of his brother’s head. he means to say- a lot of things. but by the tightening of nhs’s arms around his waist, nhs already knows.

- against all odds, they’ve won on both fronts. zonghui himself isn’t sure how it happened but yes nhs absolutely just talked his way out of a battle because his tongue always was as sharp as qinghe steel. and no, master, er-gongzi is still absolutely hopeless with a sabre, we saw like ten minutes of actual combat tops. but we did manage to strike some sort of political deal nhs is like 64% sure you’ll hate but will eventually see sense about. it’s cool, this won’t come back to bite him in the ass after you die at all. 

- resume canon plot.

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that’s it anon that’s all i got

i got a little carried away at the end but t’s the short version i swear

anyway i hope you enjoyed my ooc sunshot au in which nhs is the bamf his character arc deserves.