#reincarnation ask

[r-aindr0p]

✨Merry Christmas and happy holidays ✨

Initially meant to draw art of the actual nutcraker tale but I blinked and this happened. Anyway, I'm not good with words but I wish nice winter holidays to you all and a nice day/evening✨ Bonus Idia as the crazy uncle Drosselmeyer scribble under the cut

[chubbidust]

au where chara gets reincarnated (memories intact) as kris and asriel's baby sibling

[knightswaypoint]

“Candid No. 24” by A. Penn Photo taken at “Camelot and Other Mythos” Exhibit, Natural History Museum

(Merlinktober Days 4 & 5: Foreign (Out of Place / Out of Time) & Lens)

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

MELUSINE CREATOR OK! We love them

But

Imagine if Seigeweine meets them and realizes who they are, offers to turn creator human for a little while, a temporary fix,

Y/n agrees and decides to prank Neuvillette and Foul legacy

Next time the two’s schedules overlap, y/n pretends to ‘find’ the potion and drinks it in front of the two, cue PANIK

teehee Melusine Creator can have some mischief, as a treat!!

you and your sister Sigewinne conspire like the little criminals you are when Foul Legacy is aware for a few days, taking up the mantle of Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger. there is much giggling and smuggling of ingredients in Merusea- smuggling in the sense that you didn't have these supplies here before, none of them are truly dangerous, although perhaps a certain Duke is wondering where his Head nurse went. she shows you just how to make it, in case you ever want to try brewing it on your own. it's much easier with four fingers and a thumb on each hand, though, so she helps you out, both of you grinning and twitching your antennae cheerfully. your other siblings crowd around curiously as the concoction is bottled, a sparkly blue just the same shade as Legacy's crystalline eye, and quick as a whip you safely tuck it away for later, a devious plan in mind

Neuvillette has long since gotten used to seeing you in an Abyssal monster's lap, nodding to Foul Legacy as he crosses his legs and takes a seat. you happily kick your feet as you sit up, pretending to rummage around in your pocket before pulling out the little bottle with a look of feigned curiosity. you blink at Neuvillete, then Legacy. they blink back at you. without breaking your stare you down the bottle in one gulp as Legacy squawks and Neuvillette shouts in surprise, a small poof and a cloud of glittery smoke dissipating into your human self, the body you haven't seen in so long. the Iudex and Legacy simply stare for a few minutes in disbelief, the latter eventually reaching out and slowly running the tip of his claws over one of your scars, now much more obvious and devoid of the shimmering pastel colors of before, reminders of your suffer

he whimpers, quietly, and you're enveloped in the tightest group hug you've ever experienced

[miifu666]

Hi I’m a big fan of your blog , love how you draw the characters!!

How do you think monkey king and suklha would court each other.

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Funny you ask that!!! 😭 i just finished a doodle about that too!

Since Wukong's a hot tempered and unpredictable monkey king with a high self esteem. I like to add a bit of Monkey facts in his behaviour. Ofc besides the fighting the gods to keep his lover i dont think thats normal monke

From what i know, male monkeys usually start the flirting to enter a sort of consortship with the female. So i believe, Wukong despite the virgin that he is. Would be the first one to show interest.

Monkeys usually spend time with their future mate during courtship, so i figured instead of eating and talking to eachother to spend time. Wukong would challenge Suklha during the first few stages of courtship, if Suklha manages to outwit him he would let out these noises thats a mix of excited chirps and amused chuckles. Seeing Suklha managed to beat him in his own challenge is akin to her saying

"oh you're good, but ill try and beat you to show you im capable of being beside you"

even better when Suklha lets him groom her properly, it would take hours upon hours for him to show her that he's a good mate to keep her pretty and light colored hair clean. Suklha sitting down and waiting for him to finish, only to groom him back with her own pinchers is a sign that she accepted Wukong's feelings. (In his head anyway)

This works with Suklha, too. Centipedes spend time with their mates to start the mating ritual. Female centipedes usually release certain pheromones to attract the male interest. Wukong might notice how she has a more enzymatic scent, floral and berry-like, reminding him of the tree peaches in flower fruit mountain. This works with monkeys, although i think they release a certain odour when they want to mate rather than... courtship-

This in turn, makes Wukong more physically affectionate towards Suklha. His hands never leaving her waist whenever they talk to someone, glaring at anyone who dares to come pick her up like some sort of harlot. Wukong would compliment her to make her pay attention to him more whenever they're in public, of course this is Wukong. Hes not that good with compliments-

Suklha : you dimwit! Ive told you before how to do it!

Wukong : It seemed like i was right at first! Why are you getting so mad over! Just because you're decent-looking doesn't mean you can reprimand me however you like!

Suklha : ...?

Wukong , counting his fingers : Smart, quick-witted, courteous! Just because you're all that doesn't mean you can shout at me all you want!!

Suklha : i..

Wukong : AND STOP LOOKING SO GOOD

Suklha : IM BREATHING???

Wukong : WELL YOU LOOK GOOD DOING IT

Lastly, it would be a hard way to recognize but Wukong would speak towards her with a deeper tone of voice than usual. He'd even try to talk to her more calmly than yelling high-pitched like usual.

He'll smile more and probably do anything, yes even kill some demons and yaoguai to get an object of her desire or something that reminds him of her. Like a red jacket he saw in a village near the mountains, he'll snatch it and put it on Suklha without any word. Not even a "here's a new jacket" nope. They're already this deep in the courtship stage, she should understand what he means when he gives her things. He might glare at Suklha whenever he sees her missing the object he's given her, no words, just bites and glares.

All in all, it would be a bit chaotic. Like seeing your two best friends slowly getting together. Especially Suklha who despite showing interest in the courtship, suddenly denied Wukong of her answer after his proposal. Of course, this isn't done out of spite. She knows the consequences of accepting his proposal and she wont let a creature of this world suffer due to her. Suklha is a trickster, but she still has a heart.

[szynkaaa]

This is my first time asking but I'm going to ask anyway (and English is not my native language) I'm curious to know how your OC and the destined one met (I mean how was their first interaction)

hi hi! thank you so much for your ask, this is the first time I have received one about my OC <3

probably something like this (read right-to-left)

Gonna use this chance to talk a bit more about my AU lol

Wrote in a separate post here that Oz has met Sun Wukong before when she was a child and he was buried under the mountain.

So when she got whisked back into fantasy ancient China, she landed where Yuan Shoucheng aka Gourd Grandpa (the old man carrying a big gourd on his back) was already waiting there for her. He foresaw her arriva. The vague gist of my AU is that the the reason why this Destined One succeeds in retrieving all artifacts and becomes SWK is because he is also sort of the manifestation of that childish promise 5-years-old Oz made that she will save SWK one day (from under the mountain but clearly that didn't happen lol). But also since her ancestor is from this world, her descendants were fated to return back here one day.

Gourd grandpa updates her on her ancestors and their roles in the Celestial Court and the shitstorm that happened that ultimately let to the clan being massacred and one person escaping to "our" world, where magic doesn't exist and all those people are just characters from myths and stories. But also her ancestor isn't the only person that traversed through the two worlds - over the centuries more have come and gone. This is also why people in her world have those myths and deities. In my AU Wu Cheng'en also escaped from fantasy ancient China into her world and then wrote Journey to the West. He took artistic liberty to change some things for his novel, hence some things in BMW are different than in JTTW (like the ZBJ and violet spider love story or how SWK had a romance with White Bone Demon).

Anywayyy, Oz task on the adventure is to document their journey together, and she is responsible for using the magical gourd to suck in the will of the defeated bosses in.

And 2-3 days later the Destined One shows up. I don't think Oz was very happy about leaving gourd grandpa and join the Destined One on his travel, but if he is her best chance to find a way back home to see Taylor Swift live, then she will do it.

The Destined One is indifferent to mildly annoyed about this, but doesn't protest too much, as long as she doesn't slow him down yadda yadda. I do think that DO did feel some sort of special connection to her, because he is sort of a manifestation of that promise. it doesn't really take long for him to get used to her and also to care for her. One of Sun Wukong's massive core trait is that he cares so much for his loved ones and does not hesitate to do the impossible for them, and I like to imagine that even though SWK senses have been split into 6 different parts, the caring part stayed with each Destined One reincarnation.

[lostuzumaki]

What was Brook's reaction to getting help from the WBP? I assume they also tried helping him get his shadow back. Also, since Absalom would end up working with Teach (in the og timeline), would this be the early start of his mutiny? Lastly, I love your comics, have a good one!

Thank you

I'll have to figure that part out a bit more, and it definitely takes some things away from the original line in the anime. But I won't spoil it yet.

In the meantime, here's a little preview of how the first meeting might go:

[ckret2]

Y’know that official Alex Hirsh tumblr account that only posted once to announce season 2 is where Gravity Falls would end? shmalexsmirsch? It liked one of your posts

Yeah, this one.

You wanna know the hilarious part?

Alex apparently signs onto tumblr for the first time in 7 years just to taunt me personally about potentially getting jossed by TBOB—

—and then, when TBOB actually comes out, so many of my extremely specific headcanons are confirmed that my inbox gets flooded with people joking that either Alex reads my blog or I'm clairvoyant.

[writingwithcolor]

Any advice for handling race in reincarnation situations?

@swamp-spirit asked:

I'm writing a story that includes characters being reincarnated with completely different appearances. It's a fantasy world, and most of the characters are being reborn in the same region, but I still want a range of skin tones and features in the main cast (this is a comic). I have weird feelings about a character being 'reborn' with notably lighter or darker skin, but it also feels implausible and lazy for people to Just Happen to have a similar appearance when the theology of the story doesn't support it. Characters being reborn, and taking out things specific to real life groups, what are the major things you'd want an author to read up on or take into account? (Note: there is not a 'white' looking ethnic group in this story)

I don’t think it’s a problem as long as the skin tones don’t have any correlation to the circumstances that they’re reincarnated into.

- SK

It’s an interesting question, because in most religions where reincarnation/ transmigration of the soul is a feature of “what happens after death”, remembering one’s past life is not really part of the package deal. From what you’ve written, it’s not clear to me where the “memory” of these characters’ lives are held. Is there a 3rd person omniscient narrator telling the audience who each person is in their next life or do the characters themselves retain memory of past lives?

Assuming this is your typical reincarnation scenario where characters retain no memory of previous lives, it doesn’t much matter. The next life is the next life. Who a person was in their previous life and that identity, in theory, means nothing to them. This also means whatever personality, values, experiences and so on they had in their previous life no longer has meaning. They are, in effect, another person. However, you say you feel awkward about the above which makes me wonder if characters are remembering past lives, in which case…

If you study pretty much any major Asian religion where reincarnation is a part of the belief system, having no memory of the previous life is par for the course. In present-day religions like Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism, only “special” (I’m using the term very casually here) entities like bodhisattvas, guru, arihant, buddhas, etc. usually get to keep their memories, while the rest of us (literal) mere mortals are supposed to lose our memories between lives as a part of Samsara. In Hinduism, even the gods often forget their previous lives, unless their reincarnation had a targeted purpose (Like being born to defeat an evil entity). 

For most people, it is only through prayer, devotion, meditation and accumulated virtuous/ good/ compassionate deeds that humans are thought to deepen their understanding of the nature of the universe, and thus have the capacity to remember past lives (I’m, again, paraphrasing very loosely here from several years worth of university history+religion courses).  

This is why the isekai genre in Japan is largely regarded as a “cheat”/ parody genre of fantasy. The protagonist, according to common Japanese cultural beliefs, which are quite heavily grounded in Buddhism, is definitively “cheating.” Not to get too ironically biblical, the character’s success often comes from the forbidden knowledge borne of their previous life. 

Thus, there are two ways I look at your characters’ predicaments: 

It’s not technically reincarnation - not by the way most major world religions define reincarnation, anyway. You have people who died now inhabiting other bodies, but that’s not the same as the transmigration of the soul. Also, you want to delve into the weirdness (and maybe heaviness) of “Wow, I went to sleep with one face and woke up with another.” There are certainly stories about people who have had dramatic cosmetic plastic surgery, weight loss surgery, HRT, etc. and then experienced the difference in the “before” versus “after” of how their altered physical appearance makes them feel, as well as how other people treat them. Even if the community your characters are born into now differs from their previous community (Which I guess would make this more a “I traveled between dimensions, and my appearance altered in the process” sci-fi adjacent affair), their new life will still have social environments with differing attitudes towards human physical appearance that will affect your characters’ emotional states. 

Isekai it up and play with the ridiculous contradiction of having past lives and differing memories of one’s appearance. Isekai manga, manhwa and webtoons all make use of this trope heavily, especially with protagonists who experience a “glow-up” (Ex. Going from a Plain Jane OL to beautiful fantasy heroine) or, by contrast, protagonists who end up in very different forms from their original lives (Tensura, I’m a Spider, So What?). I’d be creative and go even more granular. Being able to tan after a lifetime of getting sunburns or no longer needing glasses might be nice, but what if the new body lacks the enzymes to process dairy or alcohol? What about dealing with differences in hair texture? Skincare routines? What about living life as a very tall person after being quite short or vice versa? What if you bumped into an acquaintance from your previous life, and one of you clearly got a more “coveted” reincarnation?  See how far of an extreme you can take this idea until it feels too uncomfortable or ridiculous. 

Marika.

[unboundprompts]

prompts about a near-immortal someone encountering their human lover in a reincarnated form?

Does the human remember their immortal lover? Did they know they were immortal? I tried to make a range of prompts for this.

Prompts For an Immortal Seeing their Human Lover Reincarnated

-> feel free to edit and adjust pronouns as you see fit.

He felt like he couldn't breathe. It was them... he was sure of it.

"How did you know it was me?" The Human asked, a bitter sweet smile on their face. Immortal ran a gentle hand across their cheeks, brushing away their fallen tears. "I'd recognize your eyes anywhere. No matter how much time has passed."

The human laughed, throwing her arms around immortal. "You haven't changed a day, my Love."

Immortal caught the human by the wrist, and he turned around with a confused look on his face. "Can I help you?" Human asked, shaking his hand free. Immortal felt their stomach drop. "You don't remember me," they said, more to themselves than their human.

"I thought I'd never see you again."

"You look different," Immortal said, running a hand through Human's hair. "But, that is to be expected." Immortal felt Human stiffen. "Is that okay?" Human asked timidly. Immortal pressed a kiss to their forehead. "Of course, it is. You're still the same person I fell in love with all those years ago."

The human shook her head as if trying to shake away a thought. "I don't know why," she said, staring into Immortal's eyes, "but I feel like I know you."

"How are you alive?" Human asked, backing away from the person that they knew centuries ago. "How are you alive and look like you haven't aged a day?"

"I know you used to ask me if I would still love you if you were a worm," Immortal sighed, placing their reincarnated lover in a jar of dirt, "but this is ridiculous."

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[seraphinitegames]

How would UB feel if they saw MC in their passed life... like reincarnation? 👀

Oh, I do love some reincarnation stuff, especially when it tangles with romance, hehe! :D

Hmm...

I think A would try to keep reminding themselves that this isn't the MC they know, that it is a different life even if the same 'soul', and wouldn't want to interfere with that...but may end up bumping into them. Accidently. Totally accidently... ;D

F is actually the one out of the group who has some experience with reincarnation, coming from the Echo World where it can be a thing, so they would realise that it's likely not the same person as their MC in their current life.

N would struggle the most to keep their distance! Their curiosity about what the MC was like in different past lives would just be too much for them to contain :D

M...hmm...probably would just assume it was the same MC as their MC, lol! M isn't quite as understanding or care to understand magic as the rest, so would totally just go to the past life MC and start acting like normal, lol.

Thank you so much for the ask! :)

[eggsistential-breakdown]

man's got a few screws loose!

[solargeist]

Can we pretty please get a Grian and Xelqua meet-up?? I love how you draw Xelqua and Grian and I just need to see what they would do if they meet......for science of course

wait hold on.. goes crazy .. I don’t have a design for Xelqua, that was just Grian earlier, but…. I think it’d go well

I think Xelqua is his patron, so he’d be excited to meet him !

but I was also playing with the idea that Little Grian here is a reincarnated version of Xelqua, but still looks up to him, prays to him, would want to be picked up and hugged by him, the safety of it. (How can he be reincarnated and still have a form here ? Well the divine can be a bit finicky)

[hunn1e-bunn1e]

Guy Crimson & Diablo ‐ Flirty Himbo Male Reader

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Okay! So after many many months, I have rewatched 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime' so that I can finally write and post this ask. If I'm being completely honest I'm pretty sure Guy wouldn't be too affected by flirting. Diablo too, probably. I'm sorry this took so long, I hope you like this, I did my best. —Benny🐰

                                                                                                   

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👹 Well aren't you easy on the eyes. Consider this Primordial Demon Lord very interested. Guy can't help but wonder how in the world you're so muscular. He himself is quite physically fit, but you? Give him some tips will you, maybe you can work out together. Guy definitely won't mind the meal his eyes will be feasting on during that endeavor. Huh? Leon who? Not important at the moment, he's too busy getting an eye full of this hot ass man in front of him.

👹 Guy certainly noticed that you aren't the sharpest sword in the armory and he finds it kind of hot. Don't get him wrong, he likes having intelligent conversation with people, but the way that you look at him when you have absolutely no idea what he's staying just does things to him. Guy can't really explain it too well, but having a handsome empty-headed boyfriend to go to in his free time is wonderful way to take a break.

👹 Your lack of intellect also has him assuming that you don't actually mean the words that you say in they way that he interprets them. Guy doesn't think that you understand quite how much he's holding himself back from doing as he pleases with you. Usually he just watches you in amusement as you "tease" him, chuckling at how truly bold you were to behave in this way towards Guy of all people.

👹 I don't believe that Guy is the flirting type. He's a strait foreword guy so even if a wild himbo appears and starts to flirt, he would get his message across pretty easily, no flirting needed. If he's interested, which in this case he would be, you would definitely know. To be honest, Guy wouldn't be fazed... Like, at all; considering how direct he is with Leon about how he's down to fuck. He would be really happy that someone that he thought was interesting was reciprocating for once, though.

👹 You want to do him favors? Why? Guy has maids and underlings for something like that. However, he just chalks it up to being your love language and just let's you do simple things that he could easily do on his own. Like getting him something to eat or grabbing him that book off the shelf over there. Your his boyfriend, Guy's not really keen on sending you away to deal with anything major, he'll do that on his own.

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🦇 Ah? Why hello there, handsome sir. Aren't you a sight for this primordial demon lord's eyes. Give him a little twirl so he can get a better look at you. But Diablo is a gentleman, so he will only permit himself to look respectfully. Very intensly; but respectfully. You don't mind, do you? Diablo really can't keep his gaze away no matter how hard he fights it. So forgive him, okay?

🦇 So you're a bit on the dim side? That's okay! Diablo will sit you down and describe anything you need him to in heavy detail. You don't need to worry your pretty little head about anything at all, he'll take care of it for you. Anything for you! Diablo wouldn't want you to think too hard, now. He doesn't want you to strain yourself. Just let him serve you as he does Lord Rimuru.

🦇 Now, Diablo knows he's handsome. It's not hard to understand considering the lingering gazes he gets from many people on the daily. However, this poor primordial demon lord was not prepared when the handsome man he had his eyes on started to flirt with him. Diablo couldn't help but be flustered; it was you who was showering him with compliments and innuendos instead of the other way around, after all.

🦇 While Diablo is a gentleman, he can certainly lay it on thick with the words of affirmation and occasional innuendos, but only when it comes to you. I like to think that he'd only return the favor in a private setting, he has an image to uphold. Such uncouth behavior is unbecoming of a butler like himself. But in all honesty, Diablo can let loose some raunchy shit when the time is right; the shit that comes out of this man's mouth could make even Guy Crimson blush a little.

🦇 No. He will not allow you to do any tasks or favors for him, that's his job; Diablo lives to serve and serving you is no exception. However, he will let do a few of the smaller tasks with him if you continue to insist. Acts of service are his love language so he prefer to do everything on his own, but if you sit him down and explain it to him Diablo will give you very small and simple things to do whenever he can.

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[askdarkermatters]

End of arc 1!

[syndrossi]

read an ask about the Restoration AU and how Daemon would react to the twins calling Ned ‘father’ and how Jon may end up steering more toward Ned, Daemon seeing how easily close Jon is with Lord Stark and just steam comin’ out of his ears in response.

it suddenly made me think about Jon’s reaction to having his main two father figures present. because during Resonant we’ve learned Jon’s developing thoughts on how Ned did love him but conditionally and carefully, after all, he needed to treat him as a Lord did his bastard. meanwhile, Daemon loves him and Rhaegar fiercely, brightly, it’s a fire that is never put out and never dimmed. half of Daemon’s every waking moment since finding out he has kids has been making them know how loved they are.

so yeah, super interested in seeing little Jon end up steering toward Ned out of instinct and familiarity until he’s reminded of the negative parts that came from Ned, the distance and ‘shame’ of being a bastard. when Daemon shows up and he finds his boys, he immediately goes to hug them with everything he has. i just know that Jon melts into that hug, letting him be loved by his father, knowing this is a man who would go to hell and back for him and his brother without a second thought.

Oh, absolutely. Jon is incredibly worried about Daemon on top of everything else, because there has been neither word nor sighting of him, and they don't know for certain that Daemon also came along. He wasn't summerhalled originally, after all, so the thought must have occurred to both him and Rhaegar that only they were winterfelled.

So Daemon making any sort of entrance, dramatic or otherwise, is gonna be met with an incredibly emotional greeting. What comes after is gonna be interesting, because he can compare and contrast Daemon and Ned directly, though it'll be different, of course--he's not Ned's "real" Jon, and Ned won't have nearly the same affection for him, since he knows Resonant!Jon isn't actually blood, assuming he's fully bought into his own Rhaella+Blackfyre theory.

It'll also be interesting how Restoration!Jon reacts to all of this, because Daemon's treating him like he's one of his sons, and the truth probably is explained to him at some point, so he knows that Daemon's not his actual father, even if he acts as though he is.