#this is just a sign to invite him

[therealkhajida]

Seeing a lot of people going to galas and I’m BAFFLED to the fact I’m not invited yet 😨😐

[azu1as]

Hi, Tin! I love your writing and I have a prompt for you, if you are interested) what if Tang family is too afraid of Tang Bo leaving permanently and eloping with Cheong Myeong? So they initiate marriage negotiations with Mount Hua. It can be angst (CM is socially isolated and insecure about his position) or romantic comedy (awkward situations and protective Cheong Mun), up to you). Thank you in advance!

It was a well-established fact that the Dark Saint of the Tang Family was one of their generation's best.

So it came as no surprise when an influx of marriage proposals flooded their family's estate—because rumors started flying around that the Dark Saint was in search of a partner.

The Dark Saint held a reputation for being cold and ruthless. To cultivators and martial artists, he was someone they feared making into an enemy due to his sheer battle prowess and poisonous abilities. To normal civilians, he was a genius who wielded the Tang Family's techniques with cool precision and intent; to them, he was just another mysterious cultivator that they would only ever know of through gossip and stories.

However, in recent years, something shifted. His reputation among common folk was slowly altered. It started off with a supposed battle between him and the Plum Blossom Sword Saint which turned into a sudden and unexpected friendship.

Whereas in the past the Dark Saint would only go around Sichuan and closeby villages, he was now found going around different major cities and unknown ones.

He was often in the company of Mount Hua's Plum Blossom Sword Saint, who worked with him side-by-side to eradicate groups from the Demonic Cult and the occasional bandits and thieves.

For supposed Taoists, the two visited different establishments to drink alcohol and talk cheerily. It was during one of these moments that the first rumor began its spark.

"Ahhhh," The Plum Blossom Sword Saint groans in satisfaction. "That sure hits the spot!"

The Dark Saint chuckles as he tosses back his own drink. "If only I could enjoy everyday like this. Alcohol really is the best."

"What would your future wife think?" The Plum Blossom Sword Saint jokingly and dramatically shakes his head in disappointment. "To have a husband who loves alcohol more than his own wife...!"

The Dark Saint wiggles his eyebrows suggestively. "Trust me, I would make sure that my wife knows full-well just how much I love them."

The two of them share a silent, private conversation with just their eyes alone, that none of the other restaurant's customers could decipher, before they leave a generous tip and went on their way.

It snowballs from there.

All of a sudden gossip went around about the Dark Saint's interest in finding a wife. And so several people came to the same conclusion.

The reason why the Dark Saint is travelling around more than usual is because he's looking for a prospective wife.

Clearly, the Plum Blossom Sword Saint was there to provide moral support. How truly admirable and strong their brotherhood must be!

On the other hand, the head of the Tang Family was fully aware of their Dark Saint's single-minded interest in Mount Hua's Chung Myung.

Seeing all the stacks of letters that ranged from proposing strategic alliances and general marriage offers brought the current head of the Tang Family to a very different conclusion.

Tang Bo was trying to slowly draw himself away from their family by leaving their estate. He might be on the hunt, jumping from village to village, trying to create a dowry befitting for the hand of the Plum Blossom Sword Saint and scouting out all the best locations to settle down in.

It really wouldn't be too surprising of an idea if one day a letter turns up from the man with an intent of permanently moving to Mount Hua or some backwater village.

The Tang Family head shakes the thought of losing one of their best and genius members to one of the Ten Great Sects. If he wanted to maintain their family's reputation, he'll need to strike the first move.

And so he begins to pen a decisive letter to the Sect Leader of Mount Hua.

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Chung Mun's hands tremble as reads the letter sent to him by the Tang Family.

'Who did they think they were?' He would have bit out if he had any less self-restraint. The paper crumples in his grip and he receives a questioning glance from Chung Myung who was sprawled eating mooncakes on the opposite side of his desk.

"What's got you so worked up?" The subject of the letter askswithout a care.

Chung Mun takes a deep breath. "The Tang Family wishes for you to transfer into their estate."

He refuses to say out loud the marriage proposal that came along with this request. His Chung Myung was too young! The man might be a sixty years old, but that round face, cheeks carelessly bulging with mooncakes with crumbs littered on his chin, screamed too young for marriage!

"Oh." Chung Myung nods in understanding.

Chung Mun is glad that Chung Myung agrees that this was nonsensical. To think, they thought that Chung Myung would even leave Mount Hua for—

"After the war is over, Tang Bo and I were planning to be roommates and travel the world a bit."

—?????

"Roommates?" Chung Mun's voices comes out slightly strangled.

"Yup. It's going to be great."

"No."

"'No'?"

Chung Mun tries to run through his previous conversations with Tang Bo. He knew that the man was capable of being underhanded, but he was also well-aware that Tang Bo respected him enough to not blind-side him with something like this. Especially since it concerned Chung Myung.

...

...Oh no.

"Fuck." Chung Mun says, full of feeling as he recalls Tang Bo off-handedly asking permission to live together with Chung Myung in the future.

"...Sect Leader?"

Chung Mun had thought that was a joke! He thought Tang Bo wasn't being serious! They were talking with alcohol in their systems!

The alarmed look that crosses Chung Myung's face informed Chung Mun that the way he felt his blood drain from his face was a visible, physical reaction.

"He asked for your hand in marriage." Chung Mun says faintly. "I said yes."

Chung Myung blinked at him. "Yeah? He told me?"

Okay. Tang Bo, to his credit, hasn't been leaving Chung Myung in the dark at least.

If Chung Myung knows and isn't reacting violently that means that he isn't completely against this. Even if Chung Mun was, he had to reorganize his priorties.

And his number one would be to make sure Chung Myung was happy.

((And to make sure that the Tang Family doesn't think they can step on Chung Mun and pull his little brother away.))

"I'll have to recheck the sect's budget and my own savings to make sure we have enough for the wedding preparations..." Chung Mun mutters as he begins drafting a response to the Tang Family with what he thought were better marriage agreement conditions.

But then, a flash of dread causes Chung Mun to pause writing and leave a dark ink blot on the paper. He suspected, but he really wishes that he was wrong—!

"Huh?" Chung Myung gives Chung Mun a confused look. "We already got married though?"

[fountainpenguin]

I think the funniest possible direction for post-Season 1 Dale is "Clocks something sus, develops a hero complex towards his abuser, and makes time for her while still ignoring his son."

City Lights AU is a cursed reality where the reason Dev didn't know Vicky abused his dad is because Dale refuses to accept that his ex-BFF is a terrible person. I can make them worse... I will make them worse.

[kitorin]

I WANNA GET HIS NUMBER

[lupismaris]

Turns out HPF (hot professor friend) is also working towards long term sobriety (his whole polycule might be actually) so i have someone on a more intimate level to talk about sobriety and the more fucked up shit with and I caught him at the end of our shifts today and honestly I feel a little less like I'm drowning in it all

[chronal-anomaly]

in all my feelings again about publicity n overwatch. the sheer marketing aspect of it. covers of magazines, cartoons, interviews, random civilians grilling them. they're heroes, they're not politicians or bureaucrats. leaders in their fields and dressed in the overwatch blues.

[sysig]

Okay but what if (Patreon)

[widevibratobitch]

i hate them with a passion

[akkivee]

bat’s spring lines!!!!

this cd i borrowed from jyushi’s got a nice sound to it. makes me wanna get up and take a walk.

it’s warm out, nice!! since i got the time i’ll go and buy some dango and invite jyushi and hitoya out for flower watching training!!!

a gale that blows so mild thick attire isn’t required, and it gently carries the petals along its breeze…. the new season’s blooms that harken an old world’s end….. oh what joy, for this is the time that i have been waiting for!!!

i got an invitation to kuukou’s flower watching party!!! there’s going to be dango and karaage…… and i’m sure there’ll be some drinks too!!!! it feels like the season’s really here, this is kinda really exciting!!!!!

since the weather’s been nice this spring, people have been pretty absentminded lately. even during my trial today, the opposition’s argument barely had anything together and was full of holes, so it was easy money.

oh, kuukou’s holding a flower viewing party……… it’s been a while since I’ve taken a moment to watch the sakura bloom. i can’t bring any alcohol for those two but i’ll buy something tasty for the outing

[surayazayad]

No bc why am I thinking ab how the reasons Kiara and Yazan stopped talking are so sad bc under normal circumstances she absolutely would’ve reached out despite everything but she was dealing w a period where she was truly alone. No high school friends, living alone for the first time, w nothing from Edith or her mom, she was struggling!! And esp after her break up she went through a period of depression that left her further isolated to the point where she was basically moving between home and school (which she stayed in partially because it was the only sort of structure and consistency she had to cling to) and doing nothing else. When she realized she had missed wishing yazan happy birthday for the first time in her life she ended up feeling so guilty it pushed her to isolate further, of course he had no clue this was happening, being so far away she didn’t feel she could reach out anyway and esp not after that. By the time she figured her way out and started healing it had been months, but the guilt of not reaching out and of being what she considered a bad friend lingered so she simply didn’t

[jrueships]

yall wanna see sauce's roleplay world.

[llimerrence]

okay, so if we say: Philip is roughly 10 that means that Caleb is roughly 17

And therefore Thomasin is roughly 15 at that time

[siixkiing]

Muse Body Language: Sun Wukong

BOLD ➝  always   /  usually  applies ITALIC ➝  only  applies  situationally   /   sometimes 

DEFENSIVENESS    

arms  crossed  on  chest  /  crossing  legs  /  fist-like  gestures  /  pointing  index  finger  / karate  chops  / stiffening  of  shoulders  /  tense  posture  /  curling  of  lip  /  baring  of  teeth

REFLECTIVE  

hand  to  face  gestures  /  head  tilted  /  stroking chin  /  peering  over   glasses  /  taking  glasses  off  —  cleaning  /  putting  earpiece  of  glasses  in  mouth  /  pipe smoker  gestures  /  putting  hand  to  the  bridge  of  nose  /  pursed  lips  /  knitted  brows 

SUSPICION    

arms  crossed  /  sideways  glance  /  touching  or  rubbing  nose  / rubbing  eyes  /  hands  resting  on  weapon  /  brows  rising  /  lips  pressing  into  a  thin  line  /  strict  unwavering  eye  contact /  wrinkling  of  nose 

OPENNESS  +  COOPERATION

open  hands  /  upper  body  in  sprinters  position  /  sitting  on  the  edge  of  a  chair  /  hand-to-face gestures  /  unbuttoned  coat  /  tilted  head  / slacked  shoulders /  droopy  posture  /  feet  pointed  outward  /  palms  flat  and  facing  outward 

CONFIDENCE  

hands  behind  back  /  hands  on  lapels  of  coat  /  steepled  hands  /  baring  teeth  in  a  grin  /  rolling  shoulders  /  tipping  head  back  but  maintaining  eye  contact  /  chest  puffed  up  /  shoulders  back  /  arms  folded   just  above  navel 

INSECURITY  +  ANXIETY

chewing  pen  or  pencil  /  rubbing  thumb  over  opposite  thumb  /  biting  fingernails  /  hands  in  pockets  /  elbow  bent  /  closed  gestures  /  clearing  throat  /  pacing  /  “ whew ”  sound  /  picking  or  pinching  flesh  /  fidgeting  in  chair  /  hand  covering  mouth  whilst  speaking  /  poor  eye  contact  /  tugging  at  pants  whilst  seated  /  jingling  money  in  pockets  /  tugging  at  ear  /  perspiring  hands  /  playing  with  hair  /  swaying  /  playing  with  pointer  /  smacking  lips  /  sighing  /  rocking  on  balls  of  feet  /  flexing  fingers  sporadically

FRUSTRATION  

short  breaths  /  “ tsk ”  sounds  /  tightly  clenched  hands  /  fist-like  gestures  /  pointing  index  finger  /  running  hand  through  hair  /  rubbing  back  of  neck  /  snarling  /  revealing  teeth  /  grimacing  /  sharp-eyed   glowers  with  notable  tension  in  brows  /  shoulders  back  ,  head  up  /  defensive  posturing  /  clenching  of  jaw  /  grinding  of  teeth /  nostrils  flaring  /  heavy  exhales 

[fountainpenguin]

All week, thoughts of Zombiewood... I love them so much... They are so silly. Character Martyn, you would have loved "She Wants Me (To Be Loved)" and being chased by a river warden on your walk down by the sand.

[fantasticalleigh]

this new wwe video where the stars share what's their favorite/most watched netflix shows is great because now i'm picturing all of them grouped up by catering backstage catching up on the latest season of love is blind lol

[fishymedic]

Shout out to steb's parents who are icons (queer, supportive/really did raise him good even if they sure were frequently caught in circumstances like "Nobody teaches you how to tell your 5 year old no they can't just play medic in the pits.") Especially that upon reconnecting they don't hesitate to offer him safety/space to breathe and aren't all "How dare you worry us like that." Because they know him, they know he'd take those medical supplies every single time and that he would sacrifice those years for others even if he knew how much it'd cut him up internally.

And when he lets them know about the threat that's been building up? Of course their worry is entirely founded in history. In all the times he tackled people to protect somebody else, or all the trouble he gets into or takes the fall for. It's likely he'll fight till he is literally dead or take an life ending hit for somebody else.