#literally so excited for what’s next

[milo-the-professional-yapper]

SOMEONE get Jon out of there- my man stopped the apocalypse only to be subjected to reading aloud Reddit threads and blog posts as a digital entity.

Truly a fate worse than death.

[egophiliac]

I DID IT I GOT MY PINK HAYATE now I am never doing that again!

(at least until they give me, like, a frilly unicorn Kamui or something)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

All cards on the table.

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[deoidesign]

Time and Time Again comes back tonight!

Thank you all for being so patient with me, I know it was a long hiatus.

My health was struggling, my arm was (is) hurting, and I decided it wasn't worth it. I'd rather be slow!

So thank you for giving me that grace, and I hope you'll be there with me for the rest of the series.

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I fundamentally don't think it's right to thank g-d for something you don't genuinely think He's responsible for. However, I love thanking g-d for every time I find a minecraft village. I'm imagining g-d backseat gaming an spawning in a village when I get too sad about not finding another one (very often because this world is allergic to giving me villages) 😭

[eikichi-supremacy]

If nothing else Koenma is a Kuwabara stan and I'm right there with him o7 (I need to write the kuwameshi fic that goes with this fr)

[sluckythewizard]

YOU JUST HƎARD IT FROM [HIS MOUTH] FOR SURƎ!!!

[beesorcery]

welcome to my new ongoing graphic design project post because the old post was getting a little bit long! i am recreating this t shirt design:

with the 8 ball songs instead of the city names! here is the most recent iteration, updated through 3/15 (orlando):

[neverheroes]

[ratatatastic]

hi maffhew and ellie watching the game together!

los angeles dodgers @ st louis cardinals | 8.18.24

[5hrignold]

this

[mabaris]

no youre completely right - im a gay (trans)man and i legit wanna see so much more about the women bc There Is So Little. I wanna make a lesbian oc who gets bent in half by taash. im very normal.

i’m just tired man!!!! it feels so obvious how disproportionate it is when you’ve got. a cast of characters that we know almost equally little about. and a few of them explode in popularity and it’s like spongebob sticking his hand out the curtain. literally all a character needs to do numbers is to be a light-skinned man

[crippling-pages]

*cries* olly, they could never make me hate you

[todayisafridaynight]

theres something really funny about how the other day i was talkin bout majima fans complaining and then like three days ago yokoyama says something and now theyre complaining again

[pompomqt]

Journey to the West Chapter 61

Me when Princess Iron Fan begins her journey of self cultivation:

Welcome back to this week's chapter of Journey to the West with @journeythroughjourneytothewest. This week we have a boss fight of such epic proportions that I can't believe it's not the final battle of the book and that we are actually only 3/5 the way through the story! So let's get into it shall we?

So the Bull Demon King catches up to Sun Wukong, but rather then fighting him head on, and getting consequentially blown away by the giant fan that Wukong is lugging over his shoulder, he decides to give Wukong a taste of his own medicine. Turns out that the Bull Demon King already knows that the Tang Monk has two other guards, Sandy and Pigsy, who he had apparently previously met when they were still demons. So the Bull Demon King, who also possesses the power of seventy two transformations, changes into the appearance of Pigsy and goes up to greet Monkey.

And Monkey I guess just isn't paying enough attention and doesn't bother using his his fiery eyes, or common sense to realize this isn't Pigsy. So when 'Pigsy' says he was sent by their master to see how things are going, Monkey gladly brags about his latest triumph over the Demon Bull King and his wife. And when 'Pigsy' very uncharacteristically offers to carry the fan for Monkey, Monkey doesn't think twice before handing it over. After which, the Demon Bull King promptly, returns the fan to it's mini form before swallowing it and revealing his true form to Monkey. Upon realizing he's been tricked, Monkey immediately resorts to violence and tries to smack the Demon Bull King with his staff, which the Demon Bull King dodges before using the fan on Wukong. However, Monkey, had ended up swallowing the Wind Resisting Elixir back when he had entered Princess Iron Fan's stomach, upgrading his power from 'Wind Resistance' to 'Wind Immunity'. Seeing that the fan can't get rid of his 'enraged monkey problem' for him, the two resort to dueling with their normal weapons.

Meanwhile Tripitaka really is starting to get worried about whats taking Monkey so long, especially when he learns from the local mountain god that the Demon Bull King is Sun Wukong's equal in battle. Tripitaka figures that if he was just traveling he would be back by now, so he must be fighting the Demon Bull King. So he decides to send Pigsy or Sandy to help Monkey tip the scales. Pigsy volunteers but doesn't know the way, so the Mountain God volunteers to go with him to show him the way.

So Pigsy and the Mountain God arrive and see's Monkey fighting the Bull Demon King. Pigsy calls out that he's here to help, but Monkey just snaps at him that he ruined everything. Pigsy assumes he's mad that he's late or something and tries to explain- before Monkey finally says that it's not really him he's mad at, it's the Bull Demon King who disguised himself as Pigsy to steal the fan back. Pigsy is enraged to discover that he was impersonated, and starts attacking the Demon Bull King in a frenzy, which really does actually manage to turn the tide of battle. The Demon Bull King tries to retreat only for his way to be barred by the local Mountain spirit and an army of ghosts. The Spirit tells the Demon Bull King, that Tripitaka's pilgrimage is sanctioned by literally every important force in the universe, so he'd better stop making a nuisance of himself and just hand over the fan.

The Bull Demon King isn't willing to give up the fan however, after all it's not even about the fan, it's about the fact that he hates Sun Wukong. Since his escape route is cut off, the battle against Monkey and Pigsy continues until they fight their way back to the mistresses house. When the fox demoness, Princess Jade Countenance, hears the commotion she sends one of her maids to investigate. When the maid reports to her that the Bull Demon King is fighting Sun Wukong and some pig demon, and an army of ghosts, Princess Jade sends out her own army to assist him. This army of reinforcements is able to overwhelm Pigsy and Wukong enough to let the Bull Demon King retreat into the cave, after which he calls back the army and there is a momentary lull in the fighting.

Wukong and company decides to use this break to have a quick strategy meeting, where Monkey fills everyone in on his adventures over the last few chapters. Pigsy asks if the fan is really necessary, can't they just find another way around the mountain or something? But I guess shortcuts aren't allowed on self cultivation journeys like this, so they are stuck fighting the Demon Bull King. So they decide to just break down his door to start fighting him again.

Meanwhile the Demon Bull King has just finished telling the Fox Princess his own story about the last few chapters when Pigsy and Monkey come barging in. The three of them start fighting again, until once again the Demon Bull King starts getting overwhelmed and tries to make a brake for the cave entrance, only to have his way blocked by the ghost army. So instead the Demon Bull King abandons his weapons and armor and transforms into a swan to escape unnoticed into the air. This manages to fool Pigsy and the ghosts, but now that Monkey is actually paying attention, he's able to spot the demon for what he is. So Monkey tells Pigsy and the ghosts to exterminate all the demons in the cave, while Monkey has a shapeshifting battle with the Demon Bull King.

So Monkey turns into a vulture to give chase to the Bull King, before dive bombing him, which the Bull King responds to by turning into an eagle, so Monkey transforms into an phoenix and so on. After transforming into all manner of beasts, the Demon Bull King finally responds by pulling out his kaiju form, a massive white bull. Monkey of course responds by whipping out his own massive war form, and the battle continues. Soon enough, Monkey is joined by some gods, including some of the gods that are usually just on Tripitaka babysitting duty, who help him overwhelm the Bull Demon. This causes the Bull Demon King to once again back to his wife's cave.

When Monkey arrives having chased the Bull Demon King back here, he is joined by Pigsy who informs him that he succeeded in killing Princess Jade and the rest of her entourage. Which... does anyone else feel a little sorry for Princess Jade? I mean- I know she stole her husband from Princess Iron Fan, but she seemed to have really only wanted him for his protection. And it's not like she tried to eat Tripitaka or anything, and she doesn't even have anything to do with this whole fan situation. Anyways, I just think that getting killed by Pigsy off screen is a bad way to go. Anyways, Monkey congratulates Pigsy on his victory, and informs him that he managed to chase the Demon Bull King back to Palm-Leaf Cave.

So Pigsy once again kicks down the Bull Demon King's door, who is currently telling Princess Iron Fan about the situation. When he hears that his home is once again being invaded, he hands Princess Iron Fan the fan for safe keeping. Princess Iron Fan begs him to just give Monkey the fan so he'll leave him alone, but the Demon Bull King isn't willing to let go of his grudge, and armors up again to meet him. Pigsy lures him out into the open, where he is joined by Sun Wukong, the ghost army, and the various deities. The fight quickly wares on the Demon Bull King, but this time when he tries to flee, all four cardinal directions are blocked, the Buddhist guardians of the cardinal directions, sent by Buddha himself to help apprehend him with the help of some cosmic nets. So the Demon Bull King tries to take to the skies, only for his way to now be blocked by Prince Nezha and his father, who are here to arrest him in the name of the Jade Emperor.

Now surrounded on all sides, the Demon Bull King once again transforms into his enormous true form. Prince Nezha- who is always game to show off his own giant three headed war form, chooses this opportunity to do exactly that, and jumps onto the demons back, before cutting off the demon's head. However as should be expected, anyone who can claim to be equal to the Great Sage Equal to heaven can't be killed that easily, and indeed, just like Wukong has been known to do, the Demon Bull King regrows his head. Even when Prince Nezha chops it off ten more times. So when that fails to work, Prince Nezha takes his fiery wheel and loops it around the Bull Demon Kings horns. The Demon Bull King tries to transform to escape this, however Nezha's dad is prepared with an Imp-reflecting mirror that cancels out the demon's attempts at transforming.

All of this is finally enough to make the Bull Demon King surrender as he begs for his life. Nezha demands the fan, and the Bull Demon King responds that his wife currently has it. So the whole gang rolls up to Princess Iron Fan's cave, and when the Demon Bull King calls to her to bring out the fan, she does so, while being remarkably composed and dressed as a true Buddhist. She presents the fan to them, and just asks that they spare their lives.

Fan now in hand, Monkey makes his way back to Tripitaka, with the entire heavenly entourage they've picked up during the course of this fight in tow. Tripitaka is of course surprised to see so many important people, and asks what brings them here. One of the four Buddhist guardians of the four directions tells Tripitaka that they were sent by Buddha to assist him, and congratulate him saying his merit is nearly achieved, they also tell him to continue cultivating with all due diligence.

Sun Wukong now takes the opportunity to finally use the real fan to subdue the flames on the mountain, and this time it works exactly as advertised. Now that the flames of the mountain are gone, the various deities begin to go their separate ways, with Prince Nezha leading the Bull Demon King to go pay a little visit to Buddha, hopefully he doesn't end up pinned under a mountain like a certain brother of his. Soon only the pilgrims, the local spirit, and Princess Iron Fan remains.

Princess Iron Fan requests her fan back, saying she wants to use it in her new life dedicated to self-cultivation. And Monkey is inclined to believe her, since she has already achieved a human form. The local spirit however suggests that Monkey ask her the way to remove the flames from the mountain permanently before returning the fan. So Monkey asks her how he can extinguish the fire on the mountain for good, and Princess Iron Fan replies that fanning it forty-nine times should do the trick.

So Monkey fans the mountain forty-nine times as instructed, and causes a torrential rain storm that douses the fire completely. After this he returns the fan to Princess Iron Fan, like he originally promised. Princess Iron Fan takes the fan back, and reverts it to his travel size before going on her path, of self cultivation. Which she eventually succeeds in- good for her. And with that, the pilgrims finally part ways with the local spirit to continue on their Journey to the West.

Current Sun Wukong Stats: Names/Titles: Monkey, The Stone Monkey, The Handsome Monkey King, Sun Wukong (Monkey awakened to the void), Bimawen (Banhorseplague), The Great Sage Equal To Heaven and Pilgrim Sun. Immortality: 5 + 94,000 years Weapon: The Compliant Golden Hooped Rod Abilities: 72 Transformations, Cloud-Somersault, Ability to transform his individual hairs, super strength, Ability to Summon Wind, Water restriction charm, and the ability to change into a huge war form, ability to duplicate his staff, ability to immobilize others, the ability to put others to sleep, and the Fiery eyes and Diamond Pupils, intimidating horses, churning large bodies of water, sleeplessness, seizing the wind, enhanced smell, discerning good and evil within a thousand miles, Spirit Summoning, lock picking, object transformation, distance reduction, vanishing in a flash of light, super healing, transforming others, Invisibility, and Wind Immunity Demon Kill Count: 10 + Unknown Number of Minions Human Kill Count: 1039 God's Defeated: 23 + Unknown number Defeats: 7 Crime List: Robbery, Murder, Mass Murder, Arson, Theft, Coercion, Threatening a Government Official, Resisting Arrest, Assault, Forgery, Employee Theft, False Imprisonment, Impersonating a Government Official, Treason, attempted murder, failure to control or report a dangerous fire, desecrating a corpse, breaking and entering, trespassing, violating Tree Law, looting corpses, trading counterfeit goods, criminal threat, animal abuse, Assisting or Instigating Escape, Damage to Religious Property, contaminating a substance for human consumption, Identity Fraud, Disorderly Conduct and Joyriding Cry Count: 9 + 3 fake cries Mountains Trapped Under: 4

Current Tang Sanzang stats: Names/Titles: River Float, Xuanzang, Tang Sanzang, Tripitaka and the Tang Monk Abilities: Curing Blindness, making branches point a certain direction (allegedly), reciting sutras, pretty privilege, memorization, Heart Sutra, Meditation, and Being Heaven's Specialist Little Guy Cry Count: 31 Tight Fillet Spell Uses: 63 Paralyzed by fear: 6 Bandit Problems: 3 Kidnapped by demons: 9 Falling Off Horses: 10

Current Bai Long Ma Stats: Names/Titles: Bai Long Ma (White Dragon Horse), Prince of the Western Ocean, and third prince jade dragon of the dragon king Aorun Abilities: Transforming into a human, a water snake, and a horse, eating a horse in one bite, flight, Magic of Water Restriction, Singing, and Sword Dancing. Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Arson, and Grave Disobedience. Contributions to the plot: 3 Kidnapped by demons: 1

Current Zhu Wuneng Stats: Names/Titles: The Marshal of the Heavenly Reeds, Zhu Wuneng (Pig who is aware of ability), Zhu Ganglie, Pigsy, Idiot and Eight Rules. Weapon: Rake Abilities: 36 Transformations, parting water, fighting underwater, cloud soaring, size enhancement and CPR Demon Kill Count/Kill steals: 6 + Unknown number of minions Kidnapped by Demons: 4 Human Kill Count: 1 Failed Flirtation/romances Attempts: 4 Cry Count: 2 Crime List: Sexual Harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, arson, defamation, Damage to Religious Property, contaminating a substance for human consumption, Identity Fraud, Theft and Forcible entry

Current Sha Wujing Stats: Names/Titles: The Curtain-Raising General, Sha Wujing (Sand Aware of Purity), Sandy and Sha Monk Weapon: Monster Taming Staff Abilities: Fighting underwater, Cloud soaring, and fetching water from a well. Demon Kill Count: 1 + Unknown number of minions. Kidnapped by Demons: 3 Human Kill Count: 1 Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Breaking a Crystal Cup, murder, desecration of a human corpse, Damage to Religious Property and contaminating a substance for human consumption

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[blujayonthewing]

pitched battle inside my brain between the part of me that's desperately shaking myself by the shoulders going "YOU HAVE GOT TO ACTUALLY LIVE THE KIND OF LIFE YOU IMAGINE INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING AROUND IMAGINING IT UNTIL YOU DIE!!" and the part of me that's clutching my face going "is this allowed? is this allowed?? is this allowed???"