#skinning them ALIVE

[everturnings-blog]

I'm going to skin you alive

[starry-bi-sky]

mmmmmm read a disciple shen yuan/shizun luo binghe fanfic about two days ago where the first chapter was the Immortal Conference arc, and SQQ was the one who had to be pushed into the abyss (he was still the villain) except Luo Binghe was refusing and was like, lowkey losing his mind about SQQ being so close to the edge. SQQ ended up having to be the one to fall in himself because of the system's punishment system. The rest of the fic is leading up to that moment. But like, MMM i've been obsessively thinking about that first chapter for DAYS ever since.

now i've been in svsss for a grand total of *checks watch* a week. but god obsessed with that. I want to write/read a fic where disciple SQQ goes a little nuts down there. Like keep all of the things that make SQQ, SQQ, but just. Throw in a little bit more trauma in there. A little bit of a mental break. Let him go a little nuts as a treat. Just a tad unhinged. I wanna see him go, just a little, "god fuck it, i've tried so hard to change this shitty story's outcome and it feels like everything i've done has been for nothing. I'm going to die in this world no matter what I do, I've been doomed from the start, so might as well die the way I want to." and he just, breaks a little! Under all the stress.

He still retains the traits that makes shen yuan, shen yuan, like his overwhelming kindness. But he's just! yk. A little less patient. Paranoid. Jumpy. Colder. A little more aloof and closed off. A little more Shen Jiu. He's no asshole child abuser, but he was a Number One Hater in his past life and he's leaning into that old habit a little more now.

(On a totally coincidental not-at-all related note, there's not enough SJ-and-SY-are-the-same-people fics out there that i've found. This is totally unrelated...)

The Endless Abyss turns the mind into an over-sharpened blade, and SQQ is both fascinated and perhaps a little excited to explore a place that doesn't have a lot of info on it in the mortal realm, but still terrified out of his mind. And he's no Luo Binghe, he doesn't have the sheer brute strength and power to just bulldoze his way through, so he has to be a lot more sneaky and cunning if he wants to survive.

The fic itself role-swapped LBH and SQQ so that SQQ was the half-demon (which lowkey fucks) and LBH the human, but I'm equally-if-not-more obsessed with the idea that LBH remains the half-heavenly demon and SQQ the human. If only because I keep thinking about SQQ befriending some demons (particularly and specifically a group of succubi) and they grow very attached to this Human Cultivator so through magic plot stuff they create some kind of seal/illusion/talisman that makes SQQ appear as a demon because a human cultivator in the endless abyss may as well be the equivalent of putting a giant neon target on your back.

And iirc Shen Jiu was taught demonic cultivation by that one guy(?? i've only been here a week so im not caught up in ALL of the lore yet) so that could totally happen here.

(On the other end of the realms, poor Shizun Luo Binghe is just. losing his fucking mind over losing his most precious and beloved disciple. About .5 seconds from burning down the peaks himself. somebody sedate him.)

The Endless Abyss sucks and SQQ is having a really terrible time and can feel himself going lowkey mad, but also holy shit look at all this WORLD-BUILDING. look at all this flora and fauna, and oh if he had the equipment for it he'd be writing all of this down. ALL OF IT. He was kinda-sorta-already planning on never leaving the Abyss as some sort of fucked up self-exile and self-preservation thing, but now he might? actually just?? never leave if he can help it, like he lowkey likes it down here.

anyways the next time anyone ever sees SQQ again he's got hair so long its almost touching the ground and he's either in rags and half-feral or he's been completely dolled up by his adoptive succubi sisters and still about three seconds from biting anyone who tries to touch him. (he's also lowkey trying to book it back down to the abyss even if he has desperately missed all of his friends and shizun)

[natjennie]

rip to people who wanted rat grinder redemption arcs. I understand you and I have been in your place but also. fuck them kids.

[b4rk1ng-l0t]

Couples Picrews with Skin Color Options ft. My OTP

Them if vol 333 never happened:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

[screechingfromthevoid]

The cape wrapping was too much for me I have to leave

[haematicspectre]

i've been thinking a lot about "take responsibility" as one of the main adage in mouthwashing and how that phrase usually is in the context of sex/pregnancies out of wedlock and honour (of the woman)

rambling below with spoilers and textual sensitive content

neither in the real world or in this story do the men "taking responsibility" tend to give a fuck about the repercussions of their actions on others (in particular the women they have, socially, 'soiled'). (this is a general statement, obviously sex/pregnancies out of wedlock are not an evil act in and of itself.)

jimmy is so fixated on the "responsibility" of "titles" and people "deserving" those titles without having any actual idea of the practicalities, skills, social navigation required to actually successfully fulfill these roles.

in part i think "take responsibility" is harking to his snarky high expectations and projections onto jimmy as a captain - the way he is so quick to turn on jimmy in friendly conversation because of his fragile ego.

i think its in part his ego going "i deserve to be captain i'll show them" and trying to "fix" things while - again - not actually understanding the requirements and responsibilities of the role he is desperately clinging to. like he spends all of his time talking down on others (in particular anya) regarding their roles so he's well aware he's showing his ass. (he also FREQUENTLY ties curly into his spiraling, 'we'll fix this')

there's just a total cognitive dissonance between "responsibility" (title, role) and "accountability" - which is the actual thing he needs to take lol

and my mind keeps turning back to how the 'final straw' was anya disclosing her pregnancy and the main phrase hammered down being "take responsibility" with no meaningful recourse

i also think about how he shoots himself in the end before the cryofreeze process even begins for curly......... which just goes to show that 'saving' curly was not a 'good' or 'heroic' act with any sentiment whatsoever to curly's own will... he didn't even make sure it WORKED first. for all he knew it COULD have been damaged in the crash and he would have just left curly sit there until he dies (probably slowly) of whatever physical complications

[bueris]

genuinely disappointed by natlan character designs, on top of being colourist/racist to repeatedly exclude darker skin tones on everyone but enemies, it also just doesn't make sense for the region like "immersive storytelling" why the fuck is that twink reflecting 200,000 lumens off his skin when he lives in a region based off south america/africa not only does it break the suspension of disbelief but I also can't see my screen because his skin glare is vaporising my retinas

[modmad]

Would RGB sing somewhere over the rainbow? Woke up in a cold sweat and thought that’d be in character for him then went back to sleep then woke up in my cozy bed so cozy got so cozy in my bed

fascinating question, as in the original version of TPoH he does sing that. As with when hero sings "I"m going to go back there someday", TPoH was littered with references to pop culture, but I have had to cut back on a lot of them out of fear of copyright infringement (this is why in the printed version she sings "I'm forever blowing bubbles": as the website version is and always will be free I am able to have the original there). I am unsure about Over the Rainbow's status in TPoH canon, similarly I had planned for a rendition of Pure Imagination in one part, but this story is as fluid as it is set so I will simply wait for the time and listen to what it tells me to do.

[andi-o-geyser]

campaign vox machina ohhh look away my children look away from the false idols they do not define you nor do they deserve you

[catastrophiccerealkiller]

The Hofas bonus chapter fulls me with so much rage like hello cassian fucking get off ur ass and do something??? Like ur gonna wait for a literal HUMAN stranger to defend ur mate (no hate to ember i love her sm) before u do it urself😭😭 where is the fucking logic??

Also i can’t help but question (i literally dreamed this last night) : Would Rhysand ever let Cassian speak to Feyre the way he speaks to Nesta????!!!!!

[sidus-viat0r]

mmm they mean a lot. to me

[starry-bi-sky]

*grips Shen Qingqiu by the shoulders*

aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you want to crack under the pressure of the system and the robbed autonomy of being forced into a role you had no choice in but have to play anyways? don't you want to buckle under the realization that, to you, no matter what you do your life is going to end in a horrific death? Whether that be under Luo Binghe's hands or the System's?

Don't you want to realize that no matter all the good you have done and the lives you have changed and saved, you're still standing at the ledge of a cliff with a sword to your disciple's chest?

Shouldn't it be you at the edge instead? Balancing on the crumbling dirt's end of death on either side, and you can either walk into it or be forced?

don't you want to go apeshit?

[lyss-butterscotch]

Iterator blood!?

Imagine Moon accidentally pricking her finger with a spear, it starts to bleed and Pebbles like 0-0 and Moon like "haha It's just a scratch! Relax!"

Yeah that definitely happens, especially with Pebbles being super on edge when it comes to Moon's well being now. Small scratches can usually be welded shut without alot of issues though! Not Moon's first experience with it.

[dni-archive]

[voxmilia]

I made the mistake of latching onto Brennan playing a mean girl with the garthy o'brien accent and now i'm paying the price

[chatdae]

love how the older skaters in the senior division give Yurio encouragement and that each time it pisses Yurio off. JJ is intentionally condescending so that makes sense, but with Viktor and Yuuri they're not even being condescending. Yurio's just dialed in on being a hater... and i love that for him <3