#shikai-the-storyteller

[atthebell]

"Spiderbit is boring" Mine brother in Craft, Roier literally got turned into a rat while trying to get his husband back, what do you MEANNNN. Imagine critiquing a ship when you don't even watch the damn streamers in the first place, couldn't be me.

yeah that's also what gets me like sorry you're gonna call spiderbit boring but you haven't even watched them? oh you don't speak spanish or portuguese? maybe shut the hell up then man

as always also the huge amount of people who came into the fandom later on also weren't there prior to them being married so because like you said they're an established relationship at the quote unquote end of the romantic narrative that makes them uninteresting to people from the start; although i would still argue its the monolingualism that's the real issue.

[jaimeski]

What made you like Pac (or Tazercraft in general)?

i'm a sucker for tragic characters with pre made backgrounds and pac has all of that like the childhood the orphanage alcatraz etc another word is i kin him he's like me fr and about tazercraft i feel like their relationship is something else they're not romantic in boyfriends way but also beyond ordinary friendship and the mindlink! gosh i miss you mindlink they just make me feel shrimp emotions

[transphilza]

Cia I hope you're watching Phil's stream rn it's CRAZY

I WAS IN CLASS WHATD I MISS

[mcytimagedescribed]

[ID: A tweet by @Nihachu that says, "Crying actual tears right now. Thank you for being so welcoming 🥲 [smiling with tear emoji]". Attached is a Twitter trending screenshot for the all caps topic "Welcome to the QSMP". It's trending with "Niki Nihachu" and "Welcome Niki". End ID.]

I just opened Niki's offline chat and dude, there's so many sweet people from every community rn welcoming her to the QSMP :') It makes me so happy. I really hope Niki has a great time on the server. She deserves the world, and I can't wait to see her interact with Rivers and all the other members of the server!

[luminouslotuses]

a love letter to qsmp.

welcome to the qsmp // “gift to both my communities” - quackity announces his own bilingual minecraft server called qsmp by shreyan mukherjee // quackity opens his new smp - qsmp twitch stream // quackity on twitter // screenshots from qsmp egg wiki pages, quackity on twitter, philza on twitter, and slimecicle avenges his minecraft child (qsmp) twitch stream // quackity welcomes brazilian creators to the qsmp 🇧🇷 twitch stream // quackity welcomes french creators to the qsmp 🇫🇷 twitch stream // @mikaikaika // festa junina qsmp wiki page // screenshots from cellbit & roier wedding qsmp wiki page and tumblr // @shikai-the-storyteller // quackity welcomes new creators to the qsmp twitch stream // @majickth // @kadextra // screenshots from 4th of july, welcome carre!, and mexico’s independence day qsmp wiki pages and tumblr // @bloodyteeth-png // quackity on twitter, cellbit on instagram, quackity on twitter, slimecicle on instagram // screenshots from PARANORMAL ORDER: QUARENTENA - PART 2 (FINAL) twitch stream, etoiles on twitter, missa on instagram, bagi on instagram, cellbit on instagram, tubbo and cellbit on twitter, and tumblr // quackity on instagram // screenshot from 2/11/24 (reposted here) // screenshot from 2/11/24 (reposted here) // @royalarchivist // screenshot from 2/17/24 (reposted here) // quackity on instagram // quackity on twitter // screenshot from 3/16/24 (reposted here) // en - a letter from pomme // screenshots from qsmp korea on twitter, former or current admins (shade, artea, @.dandelionryans [admin of sunny]) on twitter, en - a letter from pomme, and tumblr // @kadextra // art by @sweevanna, @ivelte, @brunmary, @din0lover, @milenalovememe, @anartisticdreamer0, @fghniki, and @mailb0xbunii // @ramons-elevator // screenshots from 3/22/24 (reposted here) // quackity notifications (@.quackitybell) on twitter // @lionheartedmusings

[lilliancdoodles]

Hi, hope you’re doing well!

I really enjoy your art (especially the one for the mer au) and you’re my favourite FitMC/Pactw live blogger (mainly bc I have to work during their streams so I feel like I am in the loop when I see your posts haha).

I saw that you made a fic rec list in February and I really enjoyed your recommendations!

Do you have any more fitpac fic recommendations (or qsmp fics in general)?

Thank you!

Oiiii

I'm really glad you like the Mer art!! I'm really proud of it and im working on something that should put most of the character sheets to use. ;) . Also happy to help with the live blogging. idk how i got here i just like doing it i guess XD.

FIC RECS!!! Im so glad that you used the list and im more happy that you liked them!!! Admittedly im not in the tag as much as I was early on but I do still have a few recommendations!! All that it meant (and all that it did not) (by @yb-cringe) - On going Fantsy AU fic focusing on Fit and Ramon. only has one chapter so far but I like it a lot. Since it's only one chapter i don't want to spoil much, but the world building seems super interesting with Madagio and the border and everything. It's a prequel to a Fitpac fic that will get written later but I love fit and ramon fics so this is amazing. I'm really interested to see where it will go

I'm worried 'bout the future, aint fuckin' with the past (by @tastytoastz) - On going Time Travel AU where Tazercraft travels back in time 8 years to 2b2t. If you haven't seen me reblogging every chapter of this and freaking out, please take this as the sign to read it. It's a wonderful look at how 2b affected Fit especially while he was in the middle of it, and how it still affected him years later on Quesadilla island. It's such a good fic like everything Toast writes <333

Lightning and Thunder (by ..... Tastytoast (you can fight me if me recommending literally everything toast has ever written is a problem (/j /lh)) - One shot were Fit has trauma from lighting storms on 2b2t and Pac comforts him when one causes him to panic. Very sweet fic of protective fitmc. It's also an english translation of Blixtar och dunder (also by Toast).

Maybe you really are Alive (by @yourfauxentropy) - On going, Detroit Become Human AU , also only one chapter so far. Pac is Connor and Fit is Hank. I had a big dbh phase so im really looking forward to this one and seeing what they add

I think your roommate is hotter (by @fitpacs) - One-shot were Pac and Cellbit are friends with benefits but Pac meets Cellbit's new roommate Fit and it goes from there. It's really good and one of my favorites from Fitpacs. I read it a while ago honestly surprised it wasn't on my first list

hypotheticals (by @tinkatonic) - One-shot of Fit and Pac in different worlds, and in some of them they get to kiss. A bunch of mini peaks into different AU's like royalty, roommates, and a few others i don't want to spoil. But it's absolutely lovely and I love all of the au's so much.

Hideduo Stardew Valley AU (by @hepbaestus) - This is a series as opposed to a one shot or chapter-ed fic, but it's a Rose Family centric au series (including Rosa, Fitpacs fan child) They're all so cute, the last one made me cry. Im also happy that Richas is getting included in Rose Family stuff, i feel like he gets left out a lot.

to love is to be changed (by hepbaestus) - One-shot fic following the popular headcannon that the eggs adapted features of their parents, and this is when Ramon's eyes change to look like pacs. It's so sweet and wonderful. Hep my beloved.

Like a parody of Tantalus (by InconvenientImmortal; @shikai-the-storyteller here on tumblr) - Ongoing (?) Pac centric fic that hasn't been updated in a while, but it's still amazing. It focus on pac's relationship with food, love, and him growing up. This first chapter is so wonderful and his relationship with Isa is so sweet. There's only one chapter so far but if it ever updates i would love to keep reading it.

Teeth, Talons, and Hearts (by WyldChild) - On going modern au (i think?) where most of our cast were federation experiments but all broke out at some point and dedicate themselves to helping others who are lab experiments. They rescue 11 dragon hybrid kids and thats about where the fic is, but it follows Fit's pov and it's going to be FitPac eventually, and raising Ramon and Richas. It is a pretty dark au, the federation are EVIL, and the kids have been through hell, so pay attention to the tags and the warnings before reading. I can easily see how this isn't everyones cup of tea, but im liking it so far.

heaven found in a hellhole. (by kmsquill) - One shot purgatory fic where fit and pac get stuck in a hole hiding from Bolas and they spend that time talking and totally just being roommates. I think it's best described with two of the tags they have '#kissing #woah who put that kissing tag there' My favorite purgatory fic, honestly should have submitted it to the awards.

I said I had a few and i think this list is almost the same length as the last one. There's at least 4 more that I haven't read yet so i don't want to recommend them yet but once I do i'll probably make another post. Hope this has some stuff you would be interested in!!!

(and for anyone else here is the og fic rec list)

[littleeyesofpallas]

Wierd I thought I'd done all this before, but I guess I only sorta lightly touched on the royal guard's names but not swords... well in the wake of Shutara's whole thing in the anime I figured it was a good a time as any to revisit stuff...

Hyousube[兵主部] written [兵]: "soldier" and [主部]: "chief division" but probably taken from either Hyouzu temple[兵主神社] which is the name of two different shinto temples in Kishiwada and Tanba cities , or Itatehyouzu[板手兵主神社] in Himeji. None of them seem to bare any direct significance to Hyousube's character, themes, or motifs as best as I can tell. Neither his personal mansion in the royal realm, nor the big temple summon kidou seem directly based on the architecture of any of the temples in question.

Duh there is a yokai just called Hyousube[兵主部] written exactly the same. I have no idea how I let that one slip by me. Makes way more sense than trying to break it down character by character. They are hairy little humanoids that attack people near rivers, they're considered "related" to kappa? I can't tell if that's supposed to be in like a literal taxonomical sense or just a comment on them having similar lore. Ichibee's a little too big, both tall and broad, to really fit the description of the yokai, but he is hairy, so I guess that's the link. They are said to cause or otherwise spread disease, and in some remote regions are considered a kind of minor god of war. They have a distinctive hideous laughter.

Anyway the name Ichibee[一兵衛] is written [一]: "one," and [兵衛]: "imperial guard." It has a neat sort of mirror with Ichigo's name being [一護]: "one protect" and [一...衛]: "one...defense."

But that's stuff I've covered before, but I realize i never touched on his sword stuff. His shikai's name is Ichimonji[一文字] and is literally the whole word for "straight line" but if you want to break it down, it's just [一]: "one" [文]: "literary" [字]: "character" but [文字]: "written character" like a letter of the alphabet, and shaped like a [一]; It's totally selfdescript. In fact, in the actual weekly print the tagline on the page where he first releases it and ends the chapter is a play on words on the fact. I wish I still had the raws but anything I had on that issue of weekly shounen jump are long long gone.

His release call is Kuromeyo[黒めよ]: "blacken" literally just the verb "to make black." Viz took some liberties with "paint it black," but I kind of like how it plays into the paintbrush.

Oh but most translations i've seen really screwed up the whole proto-bankai thing. The term Shinuchi[真打] that I've seen taken literally as "True Strike" ignores a few things, not the least of which being that [打] does not mean "strike" when pronounced "uchi." But more importantly the whole word shinuchi[真打] is a specific word referring to a star performer or headliner, but also a high rank of rakugo performer. Rakugo being a type of storytelling in yose theater, a smaller stage with minimal dressing, and a more intimate small crowd. It has, a specific type of theater/stage and even a specific style of font all tied to the subculture and aesthetic around it.

The new-ish and ongoing shounen jump manga, Akane-banashi is about a highschool girl getting into Rakugo and is probably the best crashcourse both for westerners and just a younger generation of Japanese who are less familiar with the art form, to come out in years. Totally worth checking out.

More specifically, Rakugo is a form of storytelling characterized by comedy, wordplay, and long often confusing or at least complicated plots. The lone actor plays all roles, doing voices, faces, and hand gestures. More to the point, part of the history of Rakugo traces back to Buddhist monks called otogishu[御伽衆]: lit. "honorable entertainer (of) the masses" who were often appointed specifically to be a kind of personal conversational partner to samurai lords, and thus well versed in telling entertaining stories as well as reciting Buddhist sutras, myths, and teachings.

And the bankai/shinuchi name itself, Shirafude Ichimonji[しら筆一文字] just tacks on shira[白]: "white" and fude[筆]: "brush."

Anyway, all that to say that the reason Ichibee is a monk, has a thing about word play, and calls his sword a main attraction is because of the rakugo theme holding it all together. It also accounts in part for his boisterous and comedic personality, his extreme facial expressions, and his techniques being set up like rakugo jokes with a kind of twist/punchline to them.

The monk theme is also where Ichibee's paintbrush gimmick comes from, as zen buddhism specifically gave rise to Hitsuzen-dou[筆禅道] the "Brush Zen-way," which emphasized calligraphy as a medium for deep meditation on the subjects of the writing. It's why Ichibee has command over true names and this deep abstracted meaning of concepts. The most basic and iconic aspect of Zen buddhism is the contemplation of the ensou[円相]. And in fact the use of giant brushes is a common spectacle with its own aesthetic sensibilities in the calligraphy, so other than having a blade, Ichibee's zanpakutou is actually not an exaugurated design at all. That's legit just a size those brushes come in.

[creatoriginsane]

been thinkin' about her a lot lately ^^;

shikai has been my closest oc, my first oc ever, and she's been growing with me through all these years. this essentially how i imagine her to look like. she's my sad seductive samurai.

stories featuring her are mainly in the tori-hana-ken series, but the top 5 are:

the blade and the hammer (currently revisiting; hoping to complete and update before this year ends) - the background and basis of everything about her

the samurai is a storyteller (writing every now and then, whenever i feel a spark of inspiration) - this is probably my favorite story involving her

doldrums (currently revising; hoping to start writing for this again before this year ends) - this is essentially where i started moving her to different timelines and universes, lol

on equal terms (writing when i feel like it, or when i feel like visiting something more domestic and wholesome) - because i promised myself i would rewrite the mess that essentially skyrocketed my "fanfiction career"

mizu wo mukeru - and who can forget this entire endeavor that's my longest fic in existence and it's not even over yet.

credits to this picrew; it might be my favorite for oc creation <3

[hakuryuu]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

tagged by @foxholemonster <3!

3 ships: fitz/fool, pjo jason/nico, falin/marcille

First ship: oh kurofai for sure.....clamp was the blueprint as always

Last song: the last song ever written - stars

Last film: hrgghghhfbg i don't remember the last time i watched anything😭😭OH i watched the wonderful story of henry sugar a few months ago!

Currently reading: she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

Currently craving: korean corn dogs😭😭😭😭😭and xiao long bao

tagging: @shikai-the-storyteller @cospinol @simmonsized @male2mutt @kickhopper @wizardfvcker im forgetting people😭

[bistaxx]

can someone say thank you to @shikai-the-storyteller for all the amazing posts! obrigado ^_^ (cant leave anon sadly so i cant send it personally)

Gladly!!!!!!

THANK YOU SHIKAI, TE QUIERO MUCHO!!!!!! You’re doing so much and we all appreciate it a bunch!!!!!

@shikai-the-storyteller

[hakuryuu]

yeah that sounds about right

@foxholemonster @cospinol @shikai-the-storyteller @simmonsized @minzemage and @ YOU if you think this looks fun. perhaps if you are waiting in a grocery store parking lot

Saw this going around twitter, looked like fun. What? I'm not procrastinating (I am, I really am)

Make this picrew of yourself

Take this uquiz

Post the results side-by-side. No pressure tags: @alypink, @revnah1406, @madefordvarka, @deadbranch, @welldonekhushi, @kaitaiga, @applbottmjeens, @froglights-and-pearls

[atthebell]

🌹 :D

He thinks, irrationally, of Ripley, stumbling down a hallway, groaning, just like he is now. But Ripley had steam to hide her, had a whole spaceship to run through– he’s in a three-by-three hallway, with no exit, and there’s chainsaw wounds gaping open his abdomen. It’s no time for movie references, no time, even, to try to warp away. He stumbles forward, pitching himself across the pit, knowing he won’t make it, and the spikes tear open his stomach even further, ripping him into shreds as he tries to turn, scrambling to the edge, still trying to escape. Cucurucho stares down at him, chainsaw idling in its hands, and he feels blood spew up from his lungs into his mouth, his last choking breaths still screams. 

you get a long and gory one hi orion :D

[for every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random snippet of a random WIP i'm currently writing]

[jaimeski]

Wait was there a drawing for Fitpac week day 6 or did you skip that day? I just realized I'm missing one and I wanted to reblog the set

i think i skipped that day efferuifbefugf i’m not even sure myself hold on

[transphilza]

Idk if you're watching live rn or if you're planning on watching the VOD, but there were a bunch of weirdos traumadumping about injuries for about 30 minutes in the middle of Phil's stream despite people begging them to stop, so be careful. Timestamp about 3h 30 to 4h

ty for the heads up!!

[hakuryuu]

Tagged by @awormwithproblems

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence. (I’m not doing that part either 😅)

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If it was possible to manifest strings of elipses over one's head the way they did in cartoons, Dizzy would have vomited them up like tapioca pearls.

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Tagging: @shikai-the-storyteller @cospinol @wizardfvcker & anyone else ive forgotten......

[jaimeski]

18: Do you still love stuffed animals? (Bonus: do you have a favorite one?) 19: Most important thing in your life? 20: What do you want most in the world right now? :D !

18. do you still love stuffed animals?

yesssss this one i got her from a claw machine first try

19. most important thing in your life?

my family i guess?

20. what do you want most in the world right now?

i want a cold weather right now i'm sweating my ass off