#narvana27

[narvana27]

When I am telling you Xiaolin Showdown had INSANE impact on my life, you are not capable of understanding how big it was and still is.

Example #1: When I was little I had a special dance routine I danced when the theme song was playing & one time my sister was watching me doing that through the key hole and she was ofc making fun of me for that xD

Example #2: To THIS DAY whenever I touch something at the same time someone else does I say "Gon gi tan pai!". If they know, they know. 🫡🤫

Example #3: There's no such a thing to me like four elements that includes "air" instead of wind. No. That's simply incorrect in my book and it doesn't make any sense either. It's wind that creates huricanes, sea storms, cyclones etc. Not clear air. We breathe with air and not wind, JEEZ 🙄.

Example #4:  I started to love Brazil and I was and still kind of am obsessed 😅. I was reading about it from my atlas book and I even have a brazil scarf in my room. Fun fact: My sister exchanged our local football club scarf for that xD 😂

Example #5:  In one episode that I dont remember which one it was, Clay said something like: "Did anyone saw our little genius and his flying witch?" (I translated it exactly how I remember it from the polish version) and I used this exact phrase when my sister and dad went somewhere together and my mom was laughing so hard at it xD She ofc later repeated that story to them and they were like 🤨🤨🤨

Exampe #6: Even my older sister who wasn't necessarily watching this show with me knew enough about it to answer "Omi" when I asked her who she thinks became a leader. That's how obsessed I was (and still am). 🩵

[narvana27]

I had to renovate this picture, it's too funny not to 😂 Wuya as always has some sort of problem with Jack and he's just standing there scared and not sure how to say what he actually did xD Ehh, love them, love their relation, pure comedy gold 👌🏻

WHAT TRAGIC CHARACTER FROM ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE ARE YOU?

pentheus

you are pentheus from the bacchae by euripides, and you hold yourself so tightly wound together and so perfectly in place that even the slightest push will make you shatter. you are determined, you are headstrong, and you are addicted to pushing yourself to your farthest limits just to see when you'll snap. you find comfort in tradition, order, and authority, because that's where you are allowed to be blind to the darkness inside you. once in a while, give into the temptation and the chaos you keep denying yourself. it's the only way to not be afraid anymore.

Tagged by: @xiaolindude

Tagging: anyone who hasnt done it yet!

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Hello!

 This blog is created by 2 Xiaolin Fans:

@narvana27 who's gonna answer in the name of the good side, which is Xiaolin

And

@medeaminte who's gonna answer in the name of the bad side, which is Heylin

+They will be posting their own stuff like funny post's and more 😏

Hope you will have fun! 😊

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Bobo rant

Ok, @narvana27 this one’s for you coz I’ve mustered up some motivation to finally write some analyses just like you or @medeaminte​

This one will cover our beautiful Brazillian boy Raimundo Pedrosa. Some spoilers are inevitable to mention, but the main focus is on the episode titled ‘The Return of Master Monk Guan’.

1.1 short synopsis of the episode:

Master Fung, seeing how the forces of evil grew in power, decides to send monks to another temple for their training. It turns out the new master that is destined to teach them is Master Monk Guan. 

As for his methods, they are surprisingly cruel. Our heroes are not allowed to take breaks or even ASK QUESTIONS! Guan becomes that horrible general in military school who likes when cadets are blindly following his orders and train to the point they collapse due to severe exhaustion. 

Rai, of course, sees that the way Guan treats his students is unfair and stands up for the rest. Which ends up bad for him. Guan punishes him with additional training and what is worse humiliates him through giving him insulting nicknames! Later on, the audience learns that this disrespectful behaviour of Master Guan was intentional. What is more, Raimundo knows about it as well. It was a part of the agreement between them, reached off screen without the knowledge of the other monks. The main goal of such a strategy was to lure Hannibal Roy Bean out of his hiding, let him believe Rai is ready to turn to the Heylin side (again) and snatch the Treasure of the Blind Swordsman from his little evil vines. 

As the episode reaches its end, this plan as well ends in success. Bean is mad as hell and promises Raimundo that he’ll pay for it. Yeah, yeah happy ending. Cool. Rai gets one of the Spears of Guan as a gift for a succesfull colaboration with Master Monk Guan bla blah 

BUT!

Even if it was all the play on Guan and Rai’s part throughout the whole episode, in my opionion Guan was too harsh anyway. I get it. He had to be plausible, but man... Rai literally cried when he banished him from the temple!  

And this is an issue I wanted to talk about. 

1.2. Let’s look at all ‘nicknames’ Guan came up with for Raimundo. 

1. Young prince 2. bobo

3. someone dark, ruthless, shady, rebelious

I WANT TO PROVE RAI. IS. NOT. ANY OF THESE. 

1.2.1.The insult ‘young prince’ (or princess) is often used when a young person is too lazy to finish chores or he/she is not willing to do them at all. Maybe it was Raimundo in s01, although he had never said ‘no’ to master Fung. He just wanted to go easy way, like swiping the dirt under the sofa instead of getting rid of it in a proper way. But mind you, it is season 3 and this boy has changed a lot. Sometimes you don’t have to work hard to get your task done. All it takes is an adequate situation assessment and good organisation of your work.

 It looks as if Guan just doesn’t get it. Just like how vital breaks are in order to rise productivity. 

Rai made a right decision to stop training and lay on the grass. He knows what’s good for him and he stands by this intention to REST. Life is not ALWAYS about saving the world. He’s just a kid. Just like Omi, Kimiko or Clay. He’s defending his boundaries, but it appears no one’s respecting that choice. 

1.2.2. What about Bobo? Up to this day I thought that Guan wanted to underline that Rai acts like a clown, so he gave him a clown name. However, I came across this site. And guess. Bobo in Portuguese means ‘silly.’

And my question is: Did Guan know? Hmm!? Did you know about it, Guan? If yes, I’m very disappointed in you. ‘Silly little clown boy’ - this is what Rai is? No, it’s not like he was the only one brave enough to fight Mala Mala Jong... or EVEN OMI when he turned heylin!

It’s not like he has feelings or something... He’s the fun guy! Always chill! Not allowed to cry! His purpose is to entertain the rest, righ?

NO. Rai is not only a capable warrior but also a very dedicated friend, who can sacrifice ANYTHING in order to save the rest. Let’s ennumerate how many people he saved throughout the series. People who live near the vulcano in Brazil, that Lady who turned out to be the Bird of Paradise.... OMI. The rest of his team a couple of times... 

And what is more, every encounter TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING or had left some scars. He was possessed by Wuya, got beat up, and constantly he is accused of having EVIL TENDENCIES. What? Because ONE TIME he betrayed them? And that betrayal was justified because he felt hella ineadequate? 

But yeah, Guan. Go on. He is just silly to get all the punches for the team. It’s not like he isn’t bothered when the forces of evil are victorious.

Not at all. 

1.2.3. Ok, I agree Rai is rebelious, but as I mentioned earlier - HE HAS REASONS to be that way. He feels something is wrong - he exclaims why this is wrong and tries to FIX IT with the help or without it. The thing is, in s1-2 prefers facing problems alone due to that inadequacy he’s often reminded of by his peers. It’s sad to see that monks never realised Raimundo feels that way. Luckily, in season 3 Rai grew as a character. He displays more and more leader characteristics. He comes up with better strategy and is ore connected to his friends. As a result their cooperation during fights is on a higher level, just like in the last showdown in that alternate timeline. 

DARK, RUTHLESS, SHADY. - those are lies and I won’t comment on that

He can be ruthless only if someone hurts his family and friends. They’re gonna pay for that. Respect Rai for that. 

2. My opinion on  ‘ The Return of Master Monk Guan’

2.1. Guan’s behaviour - this post is about it. Just wanted to add he is very inconsistent as a character and writers probably had no idea how to write him so they just randomly threw him to some plot points in order to give episodes smooth flow between scenes. 

But yeah in that particular ep Guan is a jerk. First kidnapping Dojo, then overworking children only to kick out the most responsible one outta his temple with numerous sculptures of him, Dashi and replicas of his fav spear.

2.2 Monks’ behaviour - wanted to help, turned out bad. Omi as always was questioning Rai’s value and laughed at him bc of his new nicknames. Very mature of the chosen one, really. 

2.3 My review

This episode was good because:

1. It's rai-centered

2. He put to use that clever brain of his and gave master Guan the idea how to retrieve the most powerful wu from Bean

3. He can KICK ASS, only refuses to use that against his friends. 4. good preparation for cheeseball to reconsider he's NOT ALWAYS THE BEST and should be aware of Raimundo's skills

2.4. Summary

Raimundo Pedrosa has one of the best character developments in animation history but most importantly he is the complete opposite of those things the other characters tell him he is. He learns from his mistakes and utilises the knowledge for his benefit to protect what he believes is right. He’s very compassionate young man, who can do great things and he WILL with guidance of his temple family.

But most importantly, he well deserved the position of the Xiaolin Leader. His name is not Bobo. Only Raimundo Pedrosa. Good friend, leader, warrior, the future hope for making the world a better place. 

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Come get your memes! Hot fresh Xiaolin Showdown memes here! @narvana27 @medeaminte

A very fair trade, don't you think?

[medeaminte]

Narvana! What you create is amazing! 🙌🏻 And I don't know how did you but... I mean it's basically a 300p fiction I started to write 5 years ago (and am finishing now, because yeah writing books can wait, let's focus on old cartoons 😭)

So yeah! Dashi was wind, Chase was water, Guan was earth and Wuya was fire (kind of matches her green fire magic 🤩). Wuya was actually a Xiaolin monk in disguise. Xiaolins killed her Heylin family and she went there for revenge, and meanwhile trained her powers. But being among monks for a while... she started enjoying pretending to be good. And yeah 😂 So did Dashi who fall in love with her. But she was interested in his friend...

So after a while she tried to convince Chase to Heylin (she knew he had some Heylin blood within him). Dashi heard it all and felt heartbroken. He banished her and started a (long awaited) war. And perhaps also wrote that misogynistic book from Tangled Web s1 😂

It wasn't until Hannibal's scheme when Chase turned evil but it was Wuya who first planted the seed in his heart. And when they finally met 1500 later he was determined to show her how evil he has become.

🖤

What if…

Wuya’s powers are hidden in the Ying-Yang world?

Czytaj dalej

[narvana27]

Why Omi would be a bad shoku warrior:

Many might think that the best choice when it comes to picking a leader would be Omi. Why? I think it's because of the fact he's kinda like the main character. Kinda. Cuz in theory there's 4 main characters and that obviously is Omi, Rai, Kim and Clay, but Omi is the first one we see, the first episode is basically focused on him realizing he’s there as a subject of teaching and not the teacher, and he probably has the most episodes that are mainly about him. He has the biggest amount of showdowns and maybe even the most quotes. He's also so fixated about being a xiaolin monk, he often talks about his honor and how he loves to fight and generally how awesome he is. Even my older sister who didn’t watch the show when asked said that Omi became a leader. Just because it suits him, right? He's ambitious, focused on his goals, this reality is everything he knows, so isn't it enough, isn't he a perfect choice? Well, no, and I will prove why *fingers cracking*

#1. Omi is too self focused, narcissistic & egocentric:

Don’t say he's just confident. Being narcissistic is not the same as being confident. He's cocky, he makes fun of others (Raimundo) for their mistakes, he sees himself as the better person in everything and tends to bend what he knows is bad when he really wants to do it to fit his own fake narrative. He loves himself too much, just too much for this position. I saw a quote that said If you want to see if someone is a narcissist you have to listen to how they wish you a happy birthday or any other thing. If they make it somehow about themselves - they're narcissistic. Omi does this, and the example is how when the monks tried to corrupt Dojo with gifts to see if he knows who's gonna be wudai or shoku warrior they all gave him something... normal. Rai - A chain with letter “D”,  Kim - basket with fruits and for Clay it probably was a hat cuz I don't remember. Omi gave him a portrait of himself. Not of Dojo but of him. Narcissist 100%

#2.He wants to be better than everyone and is blinded by that:

Remember when everyone got those kind of wu that were only theirs and they were supposed to like work with that one individual element? The ones they put on their hands? 😅 xD Anyway, Bean Roy knew Omi and the other monks the shortest, since he was the last “big villain" that occurred on the show. And yet he knew that his ego is so big and so prone to suggestions, especially the ones that might make him “even better" than everyone else, that he did go to his head and just whispers "Hey, u know u can use everyone's wu and u will be like super powerful after that?". That's all, he literally didn’t do anything more than that. With Raimundo when he did the same thing - he tried psychological tricks to break him, he had to search for deep things in his mind to do that. But with Omi it was a couple of sentences. A couple of words to make him go and STEAL someone’s belongings to become more powerful just for the sake of it.

#3. His weird relation with Chase Young:

Now, I think that this is a valid and a solid reason on it own to not trust that boy and to not make him a leader. Because how do you imagine a shoku that lies to his friends about what he's doing in the main villain palace and he's there because he wants to SET HIM FREE from the Sphere of Yun that Jack Spicer put him in?! Like what?! He did that ONLY because he likes Chase. And there's no denial he does, because he does, let's be real. We might say “He's just naive and he sees good in everyone”, but that's not what happened there and it had nothing to do with that. He set him free just because. Cuz he likes him, he's for whatever reason almost smitten with Chase. And maybe it's because Chase is like a fallen angel - He was good but then chose to be bad and now Omi wants to make him good again because he was one of the trio that stopped Wuya back in the day and he would like to worship him as he does this with Dashi & Guan? Or maybe because Chase teases him? He's constantly talking to him, Omi knows he wants him by his side and he feels... Special? His ego is most definitely a huge part in this. 100% 

#4.He's naive:

Omi is the youngest as some sources claims, but we all can agree on that I think. He might be under the age of 13 or 14 at ABSOLUTE max. I mean they're all pretty young, but there's still a difference between like 18 I would give to Raimundo at the end of the show or 19 I would give Clay and that 13 of Omi. He's young and he does not know anything about the outside world besides the temple. Maybe that's also the reason why he's so naive, but we see that many times in the show that he wants to make bad people into good ones almost in the blink of an eye. He tried that with Jack a couple of times and he almost wanted to be some sort of friends with him??? When Jack decided to join them he absolutely trusted him, which is so weird to me considering how much resentment and grudge he has and holds towards Rai for his past betrayal. Even when he proved his worth their trust, even when there was no doubt he's changed and knows better now - he still had to clap his goddamn mouth about how Rai is worse than him and the rest and he still doesn’t know if he can trust him. Yeah, but at the same time you saw nothing wrong with Jack living with you under the same roof, doing the same with Katnappe and having this weird thing going on with Chase? That makes sense Omi xDD. So yeah, he was not a good choice for a shoku at all, I hope you also see that if u didn’t before 🙂🙃.

[narvana27]

Guess who's back...Yeah, the girl who left her tumblr page for...I dont even know how long, without any sign or explanation. Heh, oh well...😅😬 It just happend, life is life and it has a lot of ways to surprise you, change you and what you do. I honestly can say it was my fault as well as it was a"fault" of circumstances that occurred in my life, and that it could be prevented. I left tumblr not only by not posting, but I also didn't check on it, and I regret it so so much, because so many of good content and inspiration were never saw by me, but hey - Im here to bring my good old content and myself back, so let's focus on that. I have some ideas for posts and drawings, Idk how it's gonna look with frequency, but again - let's focus on my return 😅. Soo yeah, I hope you guys remember me and you will somehow support my return! Love you and see you later Xiaolin freaks, bye! 😘

[narvana27]

What's funny about my return post is that I wanted to post it and I was literally overwhelmed by the amount of xiaolin content in here and I was like: "No, I have to post right now or else Im gonna get stuck and I will be scrolling so hard Im gonna forget why Im here for" xD God I forgot how much I love this place 😩🧡

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thanks @anisecandy for tagging me! Rules: tag people you’d like to catch up with or get to know better

Fave color: Blue! Currently reading: Nothing at the moment, but next week I'm starting 7th part of JJBA manga 'Steel Ball Run' Last song: Stromae - Papaoutai Last movie: Arlo the alligator boy. <crying> 'Follow me home' song and Ansel's struggles got to me, ok? Last series: ‘trolls the beat goes on’, but not completely? On netflix there are 3 seasons available only? and I know there are more. also Pucca: Love Recipe. I watched the original 2D version when I was a kid, so when I got Netflix and saw there is a continuation with 3D models, I went for it. It's not the same show without those circus fellas, but overall good. Can make you laugh, so it's ok! Tea or coffee: Tea, but cappuccinos and lattes are ok! Lol my friend taught me to appreciate those, coz she makes some everytime I come for a visit !

Current activity apart from answering this: Drinking apple-grape juice and writing a WuyaxChase fic

Tagging: @medeaminte @narvana27 @the-aqua-fangirl

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Ok, so I was inspired by @narvana27 ′s post and made a memey thing~

Raimundo_LetMeThink_Pedrosa.exe can’t work properly. Do the system checkup. 

Detecting problems...

There are too many, system overload. Please restart through yelling at Jack Spicer and your friends. 

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Dear @anisecandy @bluedragon2306 @baka77 @the-aqua-fangirl @avana-arts @tiny-tokki @dianablajovan @pen-i-penguin @opulentquadruplefox @fletchlad @bia86165 @narvana27 @megumi125 @fcomendoza05 @lunyra and for anyone who visits this blog: i wish you Merry and groovy Christmas!

[medeaminte]

@hugthepanda12 @narvana27 I'm not sure whether 'beneficial' is the right word, but I'm sure it did... something to us 😏

Please reblog this if fanfiction has been beneficial to your mental health.

[medeaminte]

When you get this, please reply five things that make you happy and send this to the last ten people in your notifications 💙 (you don't have to answer this if you don't want to)

Aaah, thank you! Even thinking about those things makes me happy, so I’ll write them down with pleasure 🙌🏻🤩

1. WRITING (the purpose of my life, the light of my days etc etc) - and then hearing feedback from readers, it really makes my heart tremble 💓

2. COFFEE (especially from Starbucks with @mirae24 and they never get our names right so it always has an element of adventure 😂)

3. Rubbing my frenchie’s (Hummus) belly 🥺

4. Studying in my precious city, Liverpool 💫(damn you international lockdown)

5. SPA. I’m addicted. Period. 💆🏼‍♀️

ALSO ☄️

6. Inventing theories and canons with @narvana27 and @hugthepanda12 🤯🤑 (Check the group chat! 😎😎😎)

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𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖘𝖔 𝖘𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝕯𝖗𝖔𝖜𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 . . .

Ţ̸̟͋h̷̡͉̬͙̑ȃ̴̦̖̝̭̤̤̩̹͊̌́͂t̸͓̪̯̮̻͍̯͇̆̄̓̎͜ͅ'̷̡̡̬̬̺͚̠̹̿͝s̸̯͖͎͙͎̓͝ͅ ̷̞̳͉̫̋̂̇̔̈́̽͗̾͘͜ẁ̶̨̨̳̫̦̥̞̼̙̇̉h̵̢͍͙͉̦̼̖̱̯́̆̃́̋͋͛̓͋̅y̵̬̓̓͑̍̆͝ ̴̻̗̔̔͌͗̽́̏ͅI̴̛̹̳͕̟̝̺̲̫̦̿̑̅͝͝'̶͇̩̒̽͊͑̉l̸̯̑͋̿̓͐̌̔͠l̸͙͖̥̤̟̝̤̮͈͇̔̓̀͋͝ ̸͕̹͍͖̞̬͓̓̆̕͝d̶͔͔̦͙̲͔̒͘r̶͕̔̄̄͌͌́̄̀a̸̢̙͓̠̟̬̤̓̈́̋͠ͅg̴̝̩͑̓̈́̈̕ ̴̤͌͒́͛͘͠ỷ̷̩̻͔̖̉̓͒̂̾͠o̴͇͔̤̟͒̀̽̒̿͘͝͝u̸̘̠͚̺͍̠̺̯̅̐̄̇͗̀͆͝ ̶̢̧̢̛͔̻̝̜̙͎̎̆́̆̀̈́̂̃͜ŵ̶̨̛̥̼̻͓̉̔͗̃͌̇��͕̼i̵̥̞̺̺͛ţ̴̙̱̜͆̈̽̋̊͌͝ḩ̵̹̟͖̮̒͗̑́͊̀̈́̒͠ ̷͙͖̳̬͔̭͈͕̙̾͐̇͂̉͊̆̚͠͝m̸̧͉̘̯͓̬̖̠̾͒̿ͅͅẽ̴̠̌̈̔

All thanks for @narvana27 and @medeaminte for helping me choose the right effects. <3

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@narvana27 @cometblaster2070

ok, so I never make posts like this, but I feel like I should let y'all know.

on august 6th, there will be a Tumblr blackout.

so as most of you know, Tumblr has tried making post plus a thing, and unfortunately, after all the surveys and posts we made against it, their making it a thing anyway.

so, another Tumblr user whom I forgot the name of, decided to make a point to Tumblr that we do not want, never wanted, nor needed, post+. and to make this point, we are gonna hit Tumblr where it hurts.

ad revenue

so, on august 6th, No one use Tumblr, this blackout, if I'm remembering right from the original post, will last 24 hours. please spread the word about this, make posts about this, do what you need to do to to make sure Tumblr plus doesn't become a thing.

mutuals, care to help out by making a post or reblogging the original post or this one?