#tbh ! i havent thought much about mei

[elegyofthemoon]

i feel like i need to go back and reread the earlier manga even though they were retconned within the timeline but i feel so bad for mei in chapter 15 :(

i think it was in st.freya high/escape from nagazora (which i know are ggz or honkai gakuen 2 manga but it was on the reading list so i read it anyways asdlkfah), but i think a lot about how she was so afraid of her powers as a herrscher, and how it was kiana that had saved her back then.

there's "will of the herrscher" where she finds out that kiana's the herrscher of the void, and in parallel with escape from nagazora, mei tries to save kiana, and calling out to kiana, she does manage to get kiana's consciousness back but loses it so quickly and soon enough loses kiana in the process

then finally over in arc city, when she thought she would be able to reunite with kiana and bring kiana back home -- even despite everything, even despite how much kiana feels like she doesn't deserve to go home -- she still isn't able to save kiana the way kiana had saved her several times now, and how powerless she must feel against durandal taking kiana away from her.

she just wants kiana back :( please reunite them...

[grungiiuvu]

aha! I got close. I will take my minor w thank you

i also compiled this for your pleasure

player one

The popular theories that are possible, some arguments for and against

Pei Ming: by far the most popular option. We don’t know much about the original character from Cultivator’s choice besides thw fact he and Ling Wen were close and he was mentor to Feng Xin. Those both still ring true now, so if he’s player one, he’s been around long enough to have been able to not become either of those things, so either he’s not plater one, or he’s decided to keep his character!s role close to canon. Has displayed behavior that suggest wanting to cause issues, but that could be because of his canon personality. Is he smart enough to come up with the seeing stones..? Unclear.

Ling Wen: not a very popular theory tbh, but worth mentioning briefly since she’s the correct age. She’s straying from her canon personality but that can easily be attributed to Mu qing’s actions (and as we know from sqx, characters can become people, and that has clearly at least started for her)

Mei Nianqing: i have seen this mentioned once and tbh i think it holds weight. Guy shows unprompted hostility to Mu Qing, which would make sense if he knows of Mu qing being a villain from reading the story, or could be suspicion becuase Mu qing has strayed FAR off the storyline (he seduced the male lead for Christ’s sake!). Thoughts Against? Not much honestly, because we havent spent enough time with him to know if he’s strayed off his original character (if that character was ever mentioned enough to have a personality that is)

Xie Lian: possibly the funniest of the ones here. Holds weight but i have some heavy doubt. From what i’ve seen of people with this theory, it’s largey based on how recently Xie Lian has been becoming his own person more (but again. See previous comment about characters being able to become people). There is also the fact that ye shows discomfort being called by his name (at least by Mu Qing). Personally i think this points more towards Xie lian having impostor syndrome due to being a nepo baby, or possibly being a player four, because these changes are too recent (and it doesnt seem that players are notified when another olayer enters the world, based on how SQX said they knew of player three (mq) from the message he sent, not from a notification of entering the world, so it is possible another player joined the game)

For a while Hua Cheng was considered, but that’s now largely been retired due to how he acts

I read this with such a grin on my face. You really do seem to be paying attention!!

You've made very good points across the board, i am truly enjoying this. I see you're not on board the popular theory of Feng Xin?

[stellawolfearts]

Further harping on the Mei and Wukong dynamic, it seems like he's more comfortable with Mei than the rest of the gang which makes me think that she's the only one who isn't a direct reflection of the pilgrims. It makes me think of an uncle/niece thing that makes the Samadhi Fire scene a little bit more painful where it's like 'oh, I hurt Ao Lie's little girl'

YESYESYES

I dont think Mei is actually a reincarnation of Ao lie like the fandom thinks she is.

I mean if she WAS then i feel like we would have gotten some implications of that like how we did with pigsy, tang and sandy.

i guess you could say we got that when they thought the ritual grounds were familiar but then again it could have just been the samadhi ring and her visions.

BUT she also still could be. she probably is tbh.

anyways.

Yeah i can definitly see her as being different then her previous incarnation. we havent seen much of Ao Lie but i think she is very different then he was.

does make it sad too man like "oh i hurt Ao Lies little girl" BRO that cuts deeeeppp.

thats so sad. Wukong just looks at the damage caused to mei and like.

he feels connected to her not bc shes a reincarnation but bc she's ao lies granddaughter. its like...theyre not your kids but, they might as well be with how close you are to thier parents. but the parent is dead so now you just watch over them and make sure they hve someone to go to when they need. (meis parents arent dead but Ao lie isnt there so swk could feel somewhat responsible to protect her)

man its so painful to think about thier dynamic sometimes.

[soularsss]

I want to SHARE my story plans with you guys because you will be the ones reading it at some point, under the cut because I yapped

anyways my VAGUE plan rn is to start off with "prologue" chapters for Mei and Law, before any of the real shit kicks off. Keep in mind im the furthest thing from a writer and illiterate asf so idk why im even doing this (i do know why. Its because I think my ocs are cool and I want to share them and their stories) ANYWAY

My thoughts for their intro stories and pretty basic right now but for Mei:

Im thinking it will either focus around her being given her battalion, or her padawan. Maybe both? Because then we get to see her get her figurative baby and her literal baby (perhaps i will go Mei, Law, Mei again with the chapters actually.. guys we are live theorycrafting rn omg welcome to my brain) ANYWAY jesus soulars stay on track

Laws prologue: I want it to be the day his battalion gets handed to Mei (He was originally under Windu and they become a splinter batallion under Mei when she gets knighted at the beginning of the war (i think.. I havent actually thought that hard about Meis timeline but i think it very roughly works out lol)) This is the story ive thought more about, itll be a very down to earth perspective of his going ons and the mission, how he's uncertain when it comes to working under a new general, and seeing him just quietly go mental when his work day goes from structured and smart to.. seriously? we have one plan? go straight in headfirst? every. single. time...? (i never said Mei was a GOOD general) I dont want to spoil what happens too much because then its boring but there will be a bit of a shift towards the end

IN REGARDS TO MY OTHER CHARACTERS

I want this story to be kinda intertwiney, like if you saw my screenshot from the other day, chapters focused on characters who will at certain points in the timeline cross over, and then major events happen or just hey omg thats the guy i was just reading about in an earlier chapter!! (you know kinda how game of thrones does it)

Mav will probably show up or at least be mentioned in Meis first chapter, but I dooo also want to write him a prologue of his own at some point because he has some interesting backstory

Reave, Nem, and Taria will come in later down the line, as they are set in the inquisitorious/rebels time, but Mei and Law do both spend time in the fortress, so perhaps there will be some brief mentions before they come in full force

Tepla and Jiyo! will be prettty seperate, but tied to the main cast through the 100th battalion, because of a certain pining clone trooper. there will be a lot of pining.

anyways apparently its easier for me to type out the base ideas in a tumblr post and ive been wanting to update you guys anyways so here!!! once artfight is over i will get to it, I am going to fly back to Aus for a few weeks sometime in august so either that will be prime writing time OR it will make me procrastinate more

tbh I still want to draw in more interest for my ocs before I start writing full on stories about them, I know its a bit of a foolish goal and i should just. start writing, but we'll see how things are in a couple months!

I was also wondering, (if any of you maniacs read this far) If I should post the prologues here on tumblr as well as Ao3? Ao3 is where I plan on posting the actual writing but perhaps it would do the story good to start here as well, but tbh thats out of my area of expertise lmao

I want my children to actually have real tangible stories one day :_: one day..

considering making one of those art reblog blogs because this place is getting up there in the chaotic factors??? ALSO good news. Ive started a google document. Ive written three words

update: thats actually 4 words

[elegyofthemoon]

reading springfest now after everything in nagazora is making me crave more fu hua and mei interactions. i feel like thus far in my go through, i've never actually seen them interact, but it's kinda fun that the person who made the recommended reading order put springfest after nagazora (though of course this is probably in preparation for whatevers going on with senti/fu hua rn in ch 19)

but the way that the empyrea isolates herself so she doesn't have any attachment to those who she will outlive and how she winds up becoming lonely as a result threw me back to mei isolating herself in world serpent so that she can protect kiana and just... idk..... i think the two talk about that isolation would be interesting

also. i love fu hua. she's still at the top of my list for best character so i'm just a happy little guy getting more fu hua content now in the story :> yippee fu hua