#inari backstory

[inaris-pokemon-world]

What happen next?

Well, we all ended up traveling together. It was a convenience for me, at least at first.

I felt safer with them than alone. Even if Team Rocket was behind bars.

They helped me so much and asked for nothing in return… It had been decades, or maybe centuries, since I trusted a human like that. I didn't know how to feel.

I was… happy. So happy.

First: here

Last: here

Next: tba

[ask-the-shiny-pokemons]

(Ask-Eden)Alaxia@Edin: the mew floats by with a smirk “in a band huh? Must be interesting.” He stops next to the meowstic and raises a brow “You must be really close to those in your band. Tell me, have you ever been with one of them romantically?” He gets a cheeky expression “Not trying to be rude.. but I am being nosey about it, yes~” he crosses his arms and smiles once more “Or well. Maybe not. Considering the band is still together. I imagine a break up would’ve been nasty~”

You can tell 'im, Edie. I'm not gonna listen anyway...

Oh, kay...

Edin deep breathes and makes an a bit awkward smile.

Well, I had a date with Noelle before she actually falls in love with Rimi. I began to love her at first sight, but she's not.

Unfortunately for us, we hadn't talk for a long time, and when we were together for a band meeting, she was trying to avoid me, haha...

After our time in Gala, we're finally found common ground and sometimes talking to each other after that. She still call me a "stinky" but with the lighthearted way.

[ @ask-eden ]

[yinyuedijun]

kitsune!suo x fem reader | feudal japan au

→ notes for an au set in feudal japan, featuring supernatural creatures and spirits (e.g., youkai). suo is a kitsune, sakura is a nekomata, and nirei is an onmyouji. → see this post for backstory on the bofurin trio (recommended background reading)

note: most information on kitsune-mochi were sourced from folkorist lafcadio hearn's accounts of traveling in japan (c.1901). I did, of course, also take creative license with some of the lore.

reader | kitsune-mochi (fox-employing witch)

→ as a kitsune-mochi, you are a human who has entered a contract with a fox spirit to care for it in exchange for having it lend you its power and carry out your requests. → in your case, your familiar is suo, a nine-tailed kitsune that lost his hoshi no tama. → most witches employ kitsune for the purpose of carrying out malicious acts, like having the fox spirit possess their enemies, steal the wealth of other people, etc. you, however, rely on suo and his power in order to perform exorcisms and exterminate demons—something that you cannot do on your own because you have no innate spiritual talents yourself.

→ although a convenient source of power, these deals are typically risky for the contract holder. you are expected to care for suo for the rest of your life, and any descendants you might have would be cursed to serve him as well. kitsune-mochi are heavily ostracized by human society as well, so if this relationship of yours were to be discovered, then your entire bloodline would suffer. → additionally, these contracts typically favour the kitsune, as they are the ones who define what it means to be "cared for", and may request dangerous or unreasonable tasks. → fortunately for you, suo is not a very demanding familiar! the most basic act of caring for a fox spirit is feeding it, and he's more or less happy with anything you make, though he especially likes tea, wagashi, or dishes with aburaage. this is more or less all he asks of you! → suo's disposition is generally so patient and gentle that you nearly disbelieved that he was a youkai. you were convinced for a while that he was actually a messenger of god who was lying to you about his identity for some reason. (at the very least, you'd noticed that he had a habit of lying to people generally, though this was an unsurprising trait for a fox and it was usually harmless fun.) → this perception of him was shattered when you saw him fight a youkai that seriously injured you. he spent an uncomfortable amount of time toying with it in a distinctly humiliating fashion before finally putting it out of its misery. it was only in that moment that you realised that you'd signed yourself and all of your descendants up for serving a literal demon 👍

→ warning: immortal/human relationship, immortal deity meets reader as a child but doesn't get to know or grow close to them until they're an adult

your backstory with suo

→ at a very young age, you were adopted and raised by a priestess of an inari shrine belonging to a small mountain village. consequently, you developed a deep respect for the kami and affection for foxes. → as a child, you once found a one-eyed, wild fox in a near-death state. this was suo after he lost his hoshi no tama in a battle with a demon—but to you, he just looked like a regular animal. most people would have let this creature die peacefully, but you were adamant on nursing it back to health. while caring for him, you named him mr. adzuki because of the colour of his fur, which suo finds incredibly funny to this day. → suo disappeared after recovering, never making his true identity known. however, out of gratitude toward you and the priestesses for allowing him refuge, he decided to act as the guardian spirit of the village, protecting it until the end of your life. → conveniently, this meant that suo got to eat all the offerings given to inari's messengers at your shrine, as well as allowing him to gain power from the prayers directed toward him. (inari himself seemed not to mind, as no actual fox messengers showed up to throw hands with suo.)

image: gashadokuro, a youkai made from the skulls of humans who died in battle.

→ although your village was peaceful throughout your childhood due to suo's protection, in your adult years, a violent conflict between humans and demons broke out in your mountain range. this resulted in the destruction of nearly all its towns and the brutal deaths of your fellow villagers. suo, not at full power, was unable to stop this, but made it his goal to save you from the carnage. → after allowing you time to grieve your loved ones, suo—still considering himself indebted to you—asked what you would like to do next. he offered you wealth, status, and other material things, but none of these appealed to you. → recognising that the mountains you grew up in would be plagued by malevolent spirits and demons for centuries after all the bloodshed that just occurred, you asked suo to teach you jujutsu. your goal was to exorcise all the vengeful spirits, exterminate the demons, and purify the mountain range so that its villages could peacefully rebuild. → given your lack of innate spiritual abilities, suo suggested that you make a pact with him and become a kitsune-mochi to acquire powers. not wanting to deceive you, however, he fully explained how dangerous it might be to enter such a relationship, and warned you not to trust fox youkai like himself.

→ nevertheless, you accepted his offer and became a witch.

image: sakura irl

meeting sakura & nirei

→ you and suo thus embark on this crazy mission to purify the entire mountain range. while you are more than capable of exorcisms and exterminations, your spiritual abilities (one of a youkai) do not allow you to purify the land. → but that's okay, because nirei and sakura have been traversing these same mountains to exorcise and hunt demons! being an onmyouji, nirei can perform all kinds of purification rituals. when you inevitably run into the two of them, and suo suggests that you all work together. → nirei is more than happy to help you purify the mountain range (because he is a good-hearted person, and also because he usually gets assignments there anyway). he improves his jujutsu under suo's tutelage, and he gets insights on kitsune that he'd otherwise never learn (it's rare for an onmyouji to meet a kitsune-mochi unless it's to prosecute them for some kind of crime, and it's just plain hard to meet and talk with a nine-tailed fox spirit). → sakura is a harder sell. he doesn't trust suo at all at the start, and he trusts him even less when he finds out that he's a kitsune and has been lying egregiously to him. (sakura and nirei spent an entire month thinking that suo was a traveling tea merchant from china and being fed severe misinformation about the entire country.) → however, sakura is very curious about you, because you're the first human he's ever met who has a mutual and trusting relationship with a demon, which he didn't think was possible beyond weirdos like nirei. → you also aren't afraid of him at all even after seeing his nekomata form, which gives him complicated feelings. he reasons that this is because you've fought too many demons to be afraid of any of them, but the actual truth is just that you find suo incredibly scary, and sakura feels harmless and adorable in comparison </3 → sakura deeply enjoys the act of helping the mountain towns and being accepted by their communities, though he's very shy about admitting it! eventually, he does "resign" to joining you in a long-term arrangement, and the four of you take on the endless mission of exorcising and cleansing the mountain range together. it's a very "monster of the week" type of set-up hehe

→ although the work of purifying the mountain range will likely take the rest of your life (and probably will require generations after you), suo often asks you what you would like to do after the work is complete—so that he can think of ways to grant your request. → you decide not to tell him this, but your wish would be to return to your old village grounds and rebuild the shrine that you grew up in. rather than just inari, you would also dedicate it to the worship of the one-eyed fox spirit that once protected your village.

[evilkitten3]

i guess it is a bit, but tbh izuna's most important character trait in my opinion is being dead. if you're going to get rid of that one, you're basically playing around with an oc regardless, so frankly it doesn't bug me as much

one pet peeve of mine in founders-era fanfics is when madara's whole,,,, everything is solved by izuna just being there

like maybe this is just me, but i don't think izuna surviving or even coming around to the idea of a truce with the senju would've been enough to keep madara from the path he ended up on.

izuna wasn't the reason he left - he was definitely part of madara's issues, but he wasn't the why. even if izuna had stuck around, and even if that had been enough to keep the uchiha clan from losing their faith in madara, i think he would've still come to realize konoha wasn't what he'd hoped it would be.

best case scenario, i think izuna's survival might've caused madara to stick around a bit longer, but i don't think it would've lasted. honestly, even then, that might've just made the inevitable break-up between madara and hashirama even more agonizing (particularly for izuna)

it's a fun idea to play around with for sure, but frankly i don't think canon!madara could've ever been 'saved' from that path. certainly not if the hidden village system ended up getting set up in the same way.

[tmnt-ocxcanon-comp]

TMNT OCxCanon Comp Round 2

Learn more under the cut!

Konkon Inari

@countlessgifts

Donatello; dating -> bitter exes and academic rivals

Konkon was born to a family that trained in ancient magic rooted in ritual and emotion. She was never any good, always confused by her teachers’ vague instructions, wanting to know how it was all supposed to work. She always felt like the stupid one in her family. Donnie introduced her to the wonderful, logical, world of science. She was glued to his every technical rant and learned quickly. It was all perfect until she discovered alchemy. Konkon loved this scientific way to look at magic. Donnie thought alchemy was pointless at best. Konkon thought Donnie dumb for not getting it. The fights were petty and endless. Eventually The honeymoon phase had ended, and they broke up, going their separate ways.

Until Konkon's sister went and married Raph. Now they're both in their 30s, still bickering over who's field of study is superior, and occasionally having family dinners where they aren’t allowed to sit next to each other.

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Mona Lisa!! Expect she's in mutant mayhem/ totttmnt

@incognito-duo

Friends with MM! Raph and mutual crush

Mona Lisa is a kind and bubbly 15-year-old mutant lizard! Her personality shines through the way she dresses, her energetic nature, and how she treats everyone like they're her BFF. Even though her personality seemingly contradicts Raphael's, they make a perfect duo. Why? Well, just like Raph, Mona Lisa has anger problems-but she feels guilty about them and tends to bottle it up. After beating up bad guys together on a ship, Raph and Mona have a heart-to-heart about their rage problems. This is when they connect to one another.

Extra Link explaining her backstory + Full body sketch of her: https://www.tumblr.com/incognito-duo/757867241183313921/15-years-ago

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[azathothweirdo]

Izumo's trauma, for the longest time, felt the freshest to me in the cast. Her family life became a disaster, and then her actual homeland becomes a science experiment. She's going to become an exorcist and become stronger to be a lab rat, so her sister will be spared. I think it was an interesting reveal that she's actually a bastard child, since she was initially very proud to say that she came from Inari and descended from shrine maidens.

Izumo's backstory is really my favorite overall, especially with how deep it was with what hints we got. It's pretty clear that not only Izumo was a bastard in a sense, but she and her sister were a results of an affair. It's never out right said, but it would be abnormal for the head of the Inami family to not be married by the age Souji was, especially with how he acted towards Izumo's and Tsukumo's existence. It's one of the reasons why the town looked down on Tamamo, she was more or less a mistress to a married man and was flaunting it around.

Tamamo herself is probably my favorite of the parent characters in the series. She's such a flawed and arguably bad mother, but her caring deeply for Izumo and her sister sticks with me. I like it's never excused, and Izumo is still dealing with the trauma of that, but she's coming to understand her mother more in her own way. I wish we got more info on her in general, her personality is so childish and how the byakko's treat her makes me wonder how her own mother was. I like to headcanon that she wasn't very nice, thus why the foxes like to baby her.

Overall I think that's partly why Izumo interests me so much. She's got this complex aspect, and a strength a lot of the other character's don't have. Yeah the kyoto trio are a bit odd, but overall they had somewhat normal and caring parents. Meanwhile Izumo's on her own, having to figure out the world by herself at the age of eleven. I'm kinda sad she's been shoved to the back and hasn't had much focus thanks to this. lol I'm just so curious about everything when it comes to her.

[curiousaromantic]

Ghost of Tsushima Fic Recs

Oh boy, this is me coming to save the day. It’s been months since I finished Ghost of Tsushima (+ the lovely Iki Island extra) and as an avid fic reader, ofc I searched through the depths of AO3 to find decent fanfics.

Most are gen, because I loved the vague vibe of friendship within the game. And I think that the beauty in GoT is about reflecting upon everyone’s stories—it honestly gives so much potential for writing. Give me all those character studies in your fics, does it have hopeful romance canon divergence due to the what-ifs implicated throughout the game? great

So here I offer you, my Ghost of Tsushima fic recs, some gen, some centered around ships

GEN FICS

follow the white trees home by boltlightning | 6.3k words, 3/3 chapters, post-game spoilers, jin & everyone having some closure

Through solid and well-structured drabbles, we find comfort in final conversations between Jin and his allies in this fanfic. I personally loved this because we start right after the final duel, and Jin must say goodbye to Omi Village. I think this was written before the author played Iki Island, but still, it is really beautiful. We have so many nostalgic scenes and everyone caring in their own way for Jin—yes, this was the end of a wonderful journey, but as a reader you know (and reassured) Jin will be seeing everyone again.

Political Wisdom by Judopixie | 1.4k words, one-shot, spoilers, pov outsider, bamf jin

A noble from the mainland narrates the events of Ghost of Tsushima. Very soon, he realizes that Tsushima has a guardian, a vengeful spirit. I love how the author portrays Jin determination, nothing can stop Jin at this point. badass motherfucker

brighter shores by boltlightning| 1k words, one-shot, iki island spoilers, yuna & jin friendship

As soon as he returns to Tsushima after completing his quest on Iki Island, Jin reflects upon how he has learned to accept the heavy legacy his father left behind. He also reunites with Yuna and talks about his adventures on Iki.

JIN/YUNA

on sturdy ground, we retreat by penhaligon | 4.4k words, one-shot, post-game spoilers, yuna & kenji & jin friendship

In the aftermath of a failed conquest, Yuna and Kenji talk. Also, Kenji is a clever guy and he does not miss the way Yuna and Jin are sweet on each other. My girl Yuna is in loveeeee

Kitsune by danceswithronin | 4.4k words, 2/2 chapters, fluff, supernatural elements, Inari blessed Jin

Yuna thinks Jin is more than just a mortal man, and Jin finds himself amused by her superstition. Maybe she is not wrong?

KAZUMASA SAKAI/CHIYOKO SAKAI

The Fox Bride by 2kimi2furious | 5.2k words, 3/? chapters, backstory for minor characters, magical realism

Chiyoko, Jin’s mother and Lord Shimura’s sister, was actually a fox spirit. Kazumasa still marries her of course, and although Lord Shimura grows up being skeptical about his sister’s nature he is far too busy to think too hard. This whole fic is endearing, honestly.

JIN/RYUZO

The Gods, Laughing by manic_intent | 10.2k words, one-shot, part of a series, soulmate au of the red string

I don't read much of these two, im not into this ship much, but i couldn't help but read a soulmate au because god knows this fandom needs it. anyways, jin is a sweetheart as always, and i loved the writing here.

[nanabansama]

The seven wonders are based on real legends in real life like hanako I have feeling that the other seven wonders were inspired by real life legends

This appears to be somewhat true, though I haven't found links for all of the Mysteries myself yet. And certainly none quite as on the nose as Hanako-san.

For one, the Mysteries in Hanako appear to be a combination of both tales from Japanese folklore and "The Seven Mysteries", a common urban legend found in Japanese schools. Exactly who or what the mysteries are differ depending on the school, but they will often have a lot of overlap, especially in regards to the "Hanako" legend.

For example, Yako is based on a fox statue, like those found in shrines dedicated to the god Inari. But the Misaki Stairs also has its roots in many variations of the Seven Mysteries of the School legend, since a lot of them involve staircases. Some also involve moving statues, which fits very well with her origins. So Yako is like a mix of several different things--with AidaIro's own twists thrown in, of course.

And then we have a case like Hakubo, who has more profound links with folklore but weaker links to urban legends.

He's likely based on the Ushioni, a race of Japanese yokai. Ushioni would translate to something like "bovine demon/oni," which clearly comes across with the signature cow skull he wears.

On top of this, the backstory of his oni family being slaughtered by Minamoto no Yorimitsu is a clear reference to the myth of Shuten Douji.

Not only that! But Hakubo is probably based on the legend of Ushi Gozen, a member of the Minamoto Clan. There are varying accounts of the story, but he was apparently born to Minamoto no Mitsunaka, who was the father of Minamoto no Yorimitsu. Because Ushi Gozen was born with bull horns and an oni's face, Mitsunaka wanted him killed. His mother couldn't stand this, however, and secretly whisked Ushi Gozen away to someplace safe, where he would grow to adulthood.

Once his father learned his son wasn't dead, he angrily sent Yorimitsu after him, leading to an epic battle between the two brothers. At the end of the grueling fight, Ushi Gozen fell into a river and met his end, but this did not stop him from bringing disaster to the neighboring people for years to come.

...Anyway, that's just my retelling of the story, but elements like him being a member of the Minamoto Clan and being defeated by Yorimitsu are interesting, aren't they? Especially when you factor in how Kou was named after and greatly resembles Yorimitsu...

Anyway, as for his link to the seven mysteries... well, there's this one legend I found about people hearing an instrument that no one was around to play. Apparently, whoever heard it died. This is remarkably similar to the rumor Aoi tells Nene about Number 6.

So... as I was saying, none of these are quite as simple in their origin as Hanako-san. Which is great! AidaIro is doing a fantastic job of drawing upon both Japanese folklore and urban legends to craft a familiar yet unique story for all of us. And I think it'd be boring if I could just google 学園七不思議 and get spoiled on the story, don't you?

If anyone wants to share their own research on the Mysteries' ties to urban legends and Japanese folklore then I'd love to hear about it! And if you all are interested, then maybe I could make a bigger post touching on this subject again later.

[1-up-chump]

Hello! (^-^) I saw your post in which you said that you would be happy to talk about pre-MK1(2) Raiden, and so I have to ask: Would you be so kind to share your headkanons about Lord Raiden?👉👈

So my HCs for raiden mostly have to do with a backstory/lore addition thingy ideas for a story. Its all in my head and not written down concretely so it may be a mess.

Raiden as a young god was fierce, and scary to anyone who gained his ire. Luckily he was pretty reclusive and traveled slowly. His brother fujin, on the other hand, was more likely to interact with mortals and cause mischief. Contrary to what mortal kombat set up, Although young god fujin interacted with mortals more, it was only for his own amusement.

Raiden was dragged into helping mortals by his other fellow shinto pantheon when the elder gods contacted them. Raiden's first interaction with a mortal was in mortal kombat as a demonstration from shinnok (who at the time wasn't fully evil/did evil things) and raiden lost due to his own arrogance. The mortal was a middle aged woman who was exceptionally skilled with a bo staff, she inspired raiden to fight mostly with a staff and prefer it to any other weapon. She was his first unofficially trained warrior, although she was trained by inari first in preperation to fight against raiden.

So raiden has a fondness for older women, but women warriors in general. Needless to say this mysterious milf left quite the impression on raiden (did he fall in love with her? Thats a question lost to time)

Raiden's second humbling moment came from bo rai cho, as raiden was ment to travel earthrealm and meet the mortal masters who would train warriors to participate in the very first mortal kombat earthrealm would face. Raiden and bo rai cho first met at a tavern, got wasted, raiden was mad and fought bo rai cho for putting him through all these hijinks, and then lost bc bo rai cho kicked his ass with drunken style. And ever since then, the thunder god and drunken immortal were best friends.

In the very first tournament to defend earthrealm, they lost the first rounds badly. And raiden firsthand felt the taste of what mortal kombat brought. But in the final rounds one of his warriors saved the first tournament and became the first mortal kombat champion of earthrealm. Shang tsung.

But shang tsung had many personal problems that raiden could not understand as a god, and due to miscommunication and mishandling of emotions, along with dealing with the aftermath of shinnoks betrayal and slaying of many of his fellow gods. raiden drived a wedge between him and shang tsung. And that would cost earthrealm dearly in more ways than one. For shang tsung brought them their first victory, and their first betrayal and defeat.

Raiden learned from his mistakes and trained the great kung lao, became more sympathetic with mortality and his training less harsh. But Although the great kung lao defended earthrealm greatly, alas he was unprepared for greater threats of outworld. Great kung Lao was ultimately no match for prince goro.

Bitter defeat after bitter defeat, raiden was desperate for warriors. And ultimately when the turning of the modern ages came, raiden yet still, saw hope. In three young boys, liu kang, chan kang, and kung lao descendant of the great kung lao. Either one of them held potential to be the new mortal kombat champion, the protector of earthrealm. But so did many a warrior before them...

Raiden at this point in the time became more like what we see in the 95 movie or defenders or the realm. Wise, stubborn, a bit cheeky, but hopeful.

But enough about story, time for more personal hc! (Put under read more for convenience)

Raiden hates coffee and loves tea, will playfully give you shit for drinking coffee.

Kid thunder is actually raiju, the thunder beast that is raiden's furry companion. He had transformed into a youthful miniature version of him in recent years, raiden does not know why they do that. Johnny cage had given raiju's nickname out of misunderstanding that the thunder beast is blood related to raiden. Raiden is confused but accepts this.

Bo rai cho is actually not really from outworld and is from earthrealm. But he disclosed both times that fact while drunk, only raiden knows the truth. Raiden does not disclose the truth because he thinks it's amusing to see people guessing.

Raiden adores spicy foods, almost to intolerable degrees. He remains completely unaffected by the spice. It unnerves even his brother, fujin. His favorite food is spicy chicken karaage, which is basically fried chicken.

Raiden does not care about sexuality nor gender, he's a god and his true form is condensed electricity in the form of an oni-like being. But he's definitely masculine above all else.

Raiden is of yang (order, light) orientation but in a destructive manner. Fujin, his brother, is yin (chaos, dark) and opposite of him. But they love each other and have a strong brotherly bond. When fujin arrives, his brother is not far behind. Hence why fujin was depressed to be left guarding the sky temple alone while raiden trained warriors to protect earthrealm from mortal kombat, but fujin does not tell a single soul this fact.

Raiden and fujin are the only gods left in earthrealm. The other gods have not yet reincarnated, and several gods in other realms are unknown or dead and also awaiting reincarnation.

Raiden used to admire cetrion before she eventually lost his trust as well as the rest of the elder Gods.

Raiden has a complicated relationship with all of the ninjas, to varying degrees amongst each one. Raiden keeps his opinions about them to himself, lest he accidentally inact Mortal kombat...

Raiden adores children and protects them especially fiercely. Tries to make them feel comfortable and protected.

Raiden likes taking long hot baths.

Raiden does not like asserting his divine authority when unnecessary. Over the centuries he's learned that divinity is overrated, but he cannot help feel some satisfaction when using his power towards those that earned it. Good or bad.

Raiden has a strong bloodlust connected to his nature to destroy with light. It took many years to repress and hone this, only failing when shinnok's influence brought out those traits. Raiden has once told fujin that if he ever were to fall down such a path again, if it threatened earthrealm, to kill him. Without hesitation.

Raiden's hatred of shang tsung is not only out of resentment for betrayal, but of guilt from causing shang tsung down such a path. Raiden regrets and represses, shang tsung has forgotten the exact reason why he resents raiden in such a personal way beyond foiling his ambitions.

Raiden hates walking around when he can teleport. Raiden is lazy in certain areas.

Raiden has a dry sense of humor, as well as crude Although he tries to be appropriate.

Raiden sees kung lao as much a son as liu kang, and sonya and Johnny as well.

Raiden hates anything even remotely related to the nether realm, which makes his relationship with hanzo hasashi as an ally very... interesting.

Raiden wears a headwrap to not only hold his hair back in practical komabt use, but because he is lazy to tie it up in another style.

[blanketorghost]

Hello! Me again! I've come to announce that I have organized your Yuu into my timeline and would like to check with you for approval of the new backstory. Here goes:

There are a total of three universes that are relevant to the Yuusonas:

Pokemon: Yurie Hinoki! A pokemon trainer with a special book that allows her to summon any pokemon she's ever seen/caught (up to 6 at a time).

JJBA: Yuuya Malasartes! A nipo-japanese son of a Brazilian crime lord. Struck by the stand arrow, Coisinha do Pai takes the form of a small humming bird capable of growing flowers from blood by injecting nectar into it.

Faith: This is where your Yuu is from.

In short, this Earth is actually a bunch of earths from different timelines coexisting as one Earth. Each timeline corresponds to a different religion, making all gods and mythologies real. Because of the complex nature of the timelines, a diety is only able to interfere when they have an anchor aka a follower. A god's strength is dictated by 3 things: what they're the god of, how long have they been worshiped, and how many followers they currently have. One special type of follower is a Necessary Evil: priests exempt from the sin of murder in order to kill demons + evil humans involved with said demons. NEs are granted boons from their respective deities and are given more leeway so they can find happiness to cope with the trauma (ex: catholic priests can marry, Buddhists aren't entirely banned from earthly pleasures, etc).

Backstory time: Yuu is a half-kitsune. His father was a Necessary Evil working as a shinto priest for the god Inari. He suffered an injury that disabled him, making him retire and takeover the family kabuki business. Yuu's mother is a kitsune who worked in the same temple. At 15, Yuu is transported to TWST and manages to hide his otherworldliness. As a half kitsune, he does have magic and manages to adapt the spells he's taught to match his own magic. It took a year, but through several intense dances and offerings, Yuu finally contacts Inari. Inari asks a favor from the Christian God and opens a portal so that Yuu can get home and back as he pleases (note: Inari's domain doesn't include space & dimensions, so they turn to the Christian God since he actually does have control over that and there's Christians in Japan). Choosing to stick around, Yuu does several offerings and dances to keep the portal open while still exploring NRC as a "background character".

Sidenote: for Yuu's kitsune magic, please look to Kusuriuri from Mononoke as a reference.

Cut to year 3: In comes Yurie, Yuuya, and Grim. Noticing these youngsters are like him, Yuu takes pity and kinda guides them during the prologue. Yuu contacts a hindu NE (another oc of mine) to see if they can have Vishnu or Brahma use their cosmic powers to track down their homes. They do but find that whenever Yuuya and Yurie try to leave permanently, they both instantly get teleported back to TWST. However, so long as they come back, they can freely travel between dimensions (good for grocery shopping and making sure the parents don't loose their minds). So they enchant a mirror to serve as an interdimensional gateway. By this point Yuu is attached and by the beginning of Book 1 he's already transferred from Octavinelle to Ramshackle as the new official dorm head.

Bonus scenario: Azul having a "love at first sight" moment with Yuu when he comes across one of their dance offerings to Inari.

Hmmm, I think the best way to give my feedback is to do a bullet list so lemme organize my thoughts.

I am ok with the inclusion of Inari and shintoist traditions! Yuu's family worships both Inari and Ame No Uzume (goddess of dance and entertainment amongst others). The Fujisaki clan also has traces of kitsune blood from a Kitsune ancestor that married into the family centuries ago (hence the relation to Inari) so to keep that canon compliant, I'd switch Yuu's parent's species.

It is important to note that Yuu has an inherited bad luck curse due to another century-long transgression against the shichi fukujin. The juzu bracelet he uses constantly in his left hand is a ward to protect him.

Due to this Juzu bracelet being a gift from a buddhist monk and exorcist that helped the family, I'd rather be more comfortable with the inclussion of a buddhist god instead of the christian god. (Though true christianism exists un japan, its far less common than either buddhism and shintoism)

Now, onto the most important thing: Ataru (Yuu's dad) would never ever willingly take over the family's Kabuki troupe. He ran away from home when he was 17 due to the borderline abusive training he had to go through in order to be elegible to become the clan head. The only reason why Yuu is in contact with his dad's side of the family is because Ataru got laid off before Yuu was born and Hana couldn't find any work (Japan has very misoginistic views) so they couldn't support another child without help of Yuu's wealthy grandpa, who is the current family head. Due to this, Ataru is no longer in line to be head. It is Yuu's grandpa (Nagisa) > Yuu's uncle (Kamui)> Yuu > Yuu's cousin (Nagihiko). The only reason why Yuu is even considered in the first place was because Yuu's uncle was unmarried at the time and Ataru is the first-born, so in all technicality Yuu was the sole heir at that point. Yuu's family feud and generational trauma is a core part of his character and needs to be included in every iteration.

I think you capture what I imagine Yuu's magic would be :^) Yuu in my canon is magicless, but the earth he comes feom does have magic and a magic system I created myself based on the 6 elements :^) if given the hypothetical of what magic would Yuu have if he was a witch (name for magic user in my canon) He would be an air aligned witch and his artifact would be a fan, which fit with what I've seen to be Kuzuriuri's abilities

I think that's all for now! Though I would also like to point out as an extra fun fact that if Yuu ever got sorted into a dorm, he'd be sorted into Pomefiore, but later transfer into Octavinelle :^)

[womgi]

Naruto is weird in many ways. Especially in terms of worldbuilding. speaking as someone who was into fanfiction from the 2000s, there was so much that changed in the elements of Naruto that people writing fanfiction were constantly having to change their frameworks, or have to put the rather ignoble looking tag of "non canon compliant" at some point. I have sat through so many author notes talking about "the manga/anime did this, so as of volume/chapter, my story is officially an AU". And there was a lot of it. And that's not talking about the shitload of retconning that Kishimoto just loves. Story stuck? Retcon. Need to escalate? Retcon. Anything at all? Retcon.

Remember when the Kyuubi was a demon? As in a full blown mythological demon rather than what it ended up as? Fanfiction went all in on playing with mythology. The whole Inari business, the Fox summoning contracts, the constant and surprisingly persistent use of "kit" as the pronoun of choice from inmate to warden...all of that was fairly ubiquitous. And back then naruto fanfics were much more imaginative too. The worst villain was Orochimaru, that terrifying amoral mad scientist who was willing to let the world burn for his immortality. He got nerfed.

Or Naruto's father? We all thought he was some guy named Arashi, because of that one panel with the name Arashi Kazama in the Toad summoning scroll. The Fourth Hokage was called that name for a long time, enough to have tons of fanfiction about it at a time when naruto being the Fourth Hokage's son was just a fan theory.

I will always find the idea that we all "knew" Tobi was Obito long before the official announcement funny.

The early speculation about what the other villages were like were rather interesting as well. I mean, consider what we learn about other villages from a manga release timeline. We hear about kiri through Zabuza and his posse. Kirigakure became this villainous, murderous place. We see Suna through the chuunin exams and they're basically this weak village which get owned. Hell, their Kage gets taken out by a random missing nin and they don't even realize! Grass is represented by a team that basically exists to give Orochimaru fleshsuits to infiltrate the Chunin exams with. Ame, they're assholes - like, Hanzo probably hadn't even been conceptualized as a character yet, so they are at this point one-dimensional assholes who exist to get beaten up by the Konoha troupe. We learn about Kumo through Neji's tragic backstory. And we learn that Kumo is a bunch of backstabbing honorless villains. And this shaped how the fans saw the other villages.

Like take Kumo. By the end, Kumo was basically Ninja USA. Militarized, aggressive, and expansionist. Outside of that they also had a lot of Black people, which is an interesting choice for a japanese ninja universe, if a welcome one. That kumo did not exist when Neji's backstory was being belted out to all and sundry. That was a much later invention when Kishimoto got baked(or whatever he does when he gets writers block). Yet, by the end, they seem to be Kishimoto's go to for ninja awesome. Oh, the other villages have badass characters? Hey, look at Kumo! They have lasers! and the stuff of original ninja Jesus! That do cool shit! and their leader is so badass he cuts off his hand without looking at explosions! Lots of Kumo wank in the fanfiction. Or maybe it's just where my searches led.

Or take Oto, sound village. I remember a time when Sound village being a Konoha copy because of Orochimaru being a Konoha missing nin was a thing. They had the whole village with tower in the middle and everything. Sadly, canon has forever robbed us of the classic scene of Orochimaru drowning under paperwork. Why Kishimoto why?

And remember when Itachi was a terrifying villain instead of a tragic hero? I remember reading fics that made Itachi a terrifying force of nature, a sadistic mofo that made satan look like a putz. And then Kishimoto was like "nah" and everyone was suddenly "I heart Itachi! UwU!" or something.

Akatsuki as a whole has gone through a wild ride. When Itachi showed up, there was so much speculation about what they were gonna use the jinchuuriki for. Tailed beast WMDs were fun reads, if terrifying to imagine. Zetsu was a grass nin. Deidara ended up Naruto's brother in so many fics. So many fics that are now forgotten because Akatsuki got a canon backstory.

It's kind of funny how the further we went along the Naruto timeline, the more restrictive fanfiction became. We all became collectively chained by canon. Plots became more streamlined, and frankly dull. The imagination just disappeared. It felt like every second fic was basically "Naruto has a bloodline" and after some very energetic academy time and wave mission the story disappears into the abyss of dead fanfics. I'm just saying, if fanfics rose up from the grave, kancolle style, because of grudges against their authors, we'd have a shitload of underdeveloped Narutos with all sorts of weird bloodlines.

Hell, until Dreaming of Sunshine came along, Self Inserts were just about done. Imagine that for a second. That the most self indulgent type of fanfiction ever, the one everyone at least imagines writing, was an endangered species! And DoS was one of the more canon restricted fics ever, carefully plotting out canon while having long introspective monologues. It was a wild time.

The crossovers and smut are a different topic entirely. I've not forgotten those, but not really something a random Tumblr post can touch reasonably well.

We have Boruto now, love it or hate it. And personally I hate it, though I don't begrudge those who don't. My personal issues stem from how they did the original characters dirty. In a Doylist sense, I understand why, considering that if the older generation was the terrifyingly competent bunch they had become, then Boruto would by necessity end up as slice of life with chakra. But the way they completely twisted their characterisation was just sad. That scene where those rookie nine jump in like chumps and get stomped in between frames? Who wrote that shit? And why?

And worst of all, Shino has a toaster of all things for a mask!

In the OG naruto series, the older generation then was shown as impressive people of their own. There was respect there. Anyone remember the Allied Moms? The younger generation had come up to the fore because they had grown into splendid shinobi, children who had grown to surpass their parents, not because their parents had become nerfed. Why does Boruto need to make the characters we love incompetent to make the new generation look better? But I digress

Naruto now is a different beast. It's had time to settle in, mature as a series. The sequel has made things different, but the fanfiction still exists online, showing a side of the fandom that saw it evolve. In the forgotten depths of the interweb are splendid stories of the past, prose written by dedicated and talented fans who crafted amazing tales. Who remembers those days? Who remembers those fics? Do we? Do their authors?

I'll still read Naruto fanfiction. It's a good chunk of my life I've invested there. Call it sunk cost fallacy if you must. But some part of me misses a different era, when Naruto was the frontier, and everyday was a new fanfic, a new adventure.

[inaris-pokemon-world]

I assumed you and your trainer put Giovanni, the leader behind Team Rocket, and his cohorts behind bars afterwards; correct?

Because, memory loss or not, they're still a threat to everyone; plus they will learn of your existence one way or another.

I was completely helpless and they didn’t take advantage of that. It meant a lot, especially at the time.

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[thedragonholder]

My oc (art does not belong to me)

name: hatsune ryujin takahashi.

age: 28

siblings: kenshi takahashi, asmodeus nightshade.

parents: kotoha takahashi {biological mom} , kei takahashi {step father} , Tsukuyomi {biological father}.

Creature: kitsune

Ears:

Tails:

(imagine there are six,)

abilities:

shadow manipulation: she is able to manipulate the shadows and darkness.

mystiokenises: hatsune has been able to do magic since child hood she was told by her mother that it was a gift from her biological father and was told to keep it asecret.

Fox fire: she is able to create fox fire which is a mixture of lightning and fire she is able to summon it.

Fire manipulation: she can control fire to her will and even create shapes and animals mostly foxes out of fire.

drawbacks:

she can get weak and sick if she uses too much of her powers. for fox fire she can sometimes get burn marks on her hands or on her body, shadow manipulation she can get blackouts, mystiokenises she can get sick and faint.

Face model:

Arden cho.

nicknames given by her family and friends:

tsukuyomi: my daughter, the youngest night shade, the grey child, the no prodigy.

kenshi: moony, his precious sister.

lord liu kang: old friend, brave warrior, danger magnet.

dragon Liu kang: annoying bitch, his partener in crime, the boss.

kung Lao: his moon, crazy woman, love, his earth Bender, his assassin.

kitana: best friend, sister, wingwoman.

sareena: best friend, boss.

jataka: bitch.

kia: big sister.

bi-han: enemy, bossy bitch, hell spawns friend.

hanzo hasashi: hat, his bodyguard, best friend, annoying.

Backstory:

{coming soon}

Fighting style:

hung gar: also called tiger and crane style kung-fu martial art which focuses on strong stances and meeting power with power

kenjutsu: Japanese sword fighting.

relationships:

she is in a relationship with kung Lao. after a while of being friends and working together their relationship started to progress despite her emotionless yet sarcastic personality. She was able to open up to him after a week of getting to know each other along with Kitana.

kung Lao made efforts to help Hatsune overcome her issues starting with reuniting her with her brother Kenshi and helping her infiltrate the nether realm camp in outworld.

He was also the first person who accepted her a kitsune and always helped her with her trauma no matter how bad it was.

Their friendship turned into a relationship once he asked her out on a date at madame Bo's restaurant and later asked her to be his wife when they were on a quest with Kitana and dragon Liu kang at the NetherRealm.

Later they got married and had two kids kung hiroto and kung ryu.

Oc#2: inari takahashi

https://www.tumblr.com/thedragonholder/778468546218950656/inari-description-inari-has-brown-hair-with-red?source=share

Half sister of kenshi, step sister to hatsune.

[kankuroplease]

I have just discovered this blog a few days ago and I am completely in love with KPZ Firestorm/Distance Between casts. Love Inari, Tenko, and Kota. Love Kawarama and Itama.

Can I ask what is Mate’s backstory and why does she keep trying to escape from Izuna? Who is Sara and how is she related to the Senju Clan?

Thank you! Kawarama and Itama, although they had small parts, were easy to build on from canon and I love the idea of actually knowing Madara’s brothers.

I’m putting the answers under the cut to not have a long post~

As for Mate;

she’s based of the anime’s mysterious nomadic clan that can control the weather. Her life was pretty simple, but she longed for have an actual place to call home.

She stumbled across Konoha in her travels and fell in love with its scenery, so she decided to make it her home (even if she had to live in a hole in the wall place). She kept her weather manipulation to herself and lived life as a citizen until Sumi (Izuna’s mother) wandered into her life and befriended the young woman.

Why she tried to escape Izuna?

Simple answer, he wasn’t friendly at first and she felt a bit trapped because she basically agreed to marry any of Sumi’s sons assuming they would be sweet like their mother lol

The longer answer is she doesn’t want to be with a man who doesn’t want to be with her (no matter how attractive she finds him) and his words cut deeper than intended. She had always assumed that when she got married, it would be to someone who was kind and gentle. Izuna doesn’t show her those qualities as he’s annoyed about having a wife suddenly thrown in his path. His grievances with Mate as a partner are small;

He calls her a dullard not because she thinks she’s truly dumb, she just doesn’t think into what she does all the time and he calls everyone that when they act like a dumbass. Mate just takes it personally.

She’s clearly scared of him, but won’t leave, it’s aggravating because he hasn’t done anything she should be so frightened of and if she said something, maybe they both could change Madara and Sumi’s mind.

Mate sees his sour mood as permanent, but doesn’t want to upset the Uchiha by trying to convince them they’ve made a mistake. So running just feels like her best option to not have to deal with it. It’s another one of her half thought out plans that doesn’t help with her escaping the dullard nickname 💀

Who is Sara?

She’s a Senju and Tsuna’s (Butsuma’s younger brother in the founders au) legal wife, who he protected against societal pressure to live as someone she wasn’t. She later goes on to be a maternal figure to friend Ebba’s son (Tsuna’s son) and second mother to her lover Kane’s daughter (Butsuma’s daughter).

[wispyatomica]

So I've been on another long Starbound bender, and discovered an Irken race mod on the steam workshop. It's 100% become my new favorite mod, even though it's on an indefinite hiatus.

Meet Inari! I haven't really figured out the full context for her backstory, but i definitely want to incorporate her being part of the Irken elite force on the Massive. I'll have to think more on her backstory though. 😅

and some outfits I made using an Irken character maker on piccrew! This antenna was the closest I could get to the in-game representation. Here's the link to anyone curious.

https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/638983

[of-petals-and-lightning]

Yuuki Shiori - Intro Info

BASICS. FULL NAME: Shiori Yuuki (Eng order) / Yuuki Shiori (Jap order) NICKNAME/S: Shi BIRTHDAY/AGE: 23. February 23. GENDER: Nonbinary (they/them primarily, but also uses she/her at times) HOMETOWN / AREA: Fujioka City, Gunma CURRENT HOME: Kasama City / Kasama Inari Shrine, Ibaraki. Butterfly Mansion. PROFESSION: Demon Slayer (retired after a severe injury), Wisteria House Mediciner, Butterfly Mansion healer (eventually)

PHYSICAL. HAIR: pale blonde / white hair EYES: pale purple / sky blue (sectoral heterochromia, irises are purple) NOSE: sharp, slight upturn at the end FACE: oval-esc LIPS: cupid's bow / full COMPLEXION: pale but rosy, freckles across cheeks, neck, and shoulders SCARS: very very faint scar across the left cheek close under the eye TATTOOS: HEIGHT: 5'4 WEIGHT: 130lbs BUILD: ballerina-esc. ALLERGIES: USUAL HAIRSTYLE: when working - when not working/any other time - USUAL EXPRESSION: Soft and calm, with a smile or quiet happiness easily showing alongside deep thoughtfulness. USUAL CLOTHING: A silver hairpin of entwined wisteria and hydrangea blossoms, a pale blue haori over a (easy to move and fight in) dark purple kimono with a pattern of falling petals, kept up with a black obi belt with white vines as the pattern, with white tabi socks and purple zori.

BACKSTORY. Losing their family to a demon in their childhood, Shiori spent some time in the entertainment district, having been left there by their uncle – much to the dismay of their cousin, Rai – as he claimed he had too many mouths to feed already. Taken in by a house, they kept away from the customers generally, unless they were bringing one up to see someone else, though they were taught some of the traditional skills that the girls were taught as well. However, they were not in the house for too long before the owner of a Wisteria House of the Demon Slayer corp bought out their debt.

They were far happier living within the Wisteria House and helping demon slayers, even more so once they were taken in by Rengoku Ruka, wife of the Flame Pillar, Rengoku Shinjurou. They worked for the Rengoku family as a medical aid to Ruka, but in truth they were treated so close to family that one who was unfamiliar with the family would hardly think otherwise. It was only after Ruka’s death that Shiori went on to see training in the art of slaying demons from the former Wind Hashira, Takemoto Noriko.

Joining the demon slayer ranks, they stayed until an unfortunate turn in a mission against a lower moon resulted in a severe internal injury that led to their retirement as a slayer. However, they did not leave the corps in any official manner as they instead went back to their former Wisteria House to take time in determining what it was they wished to do. Dedicating themself to the growth and cultivation of the wisteria blossoms surrounding the shrine, as well as forming charms and perfumes made of the wisteria for those with marechi blood to ward demons, they continued to practice their breathing forms, but now with metal fans and hairpins sharp as knives with wisteria poison compartments inside.

They work often with the Butterfly mansion in sharing information about wisteria poisons and extracts, and as such were gifted with a pair of fans with razor sharp retractable 'teeth' made of nichirin steel that the Demon Slayers use, though crafted with their use of poison over sheer strength in mind. The breathing style they use now is Petal Breathing, a form that focuses on dexterity and poison, similar to Insect Breathing, but as they use fans and hairpins as their weapons, that is where the main difference lies