#time to regret everything tomorrow

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4)

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Aventurine.

[talkorsomething]

want to cut my hair again like you wouldn't believe. What are the possible consequences of going bald

[theflyingfeeling]

tomorrow-me's gonna hate tonight-me, part 3522

(an incoherent work-related rant in the tags, read if you will but it's boring lol)

[sunofmoon]

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[reginrokkr]

𝐂𝐗𝐕𝐋. Following with the post series of breaking down a bit every AQ in which Dain appears, here is the first part of AQ: We Will Be Reunited. Given its length and more density in what I find interesting to comment, I'll be splitting this in two or three posts.

✦ For all the centuries Dain has been thwarting the Abyss Order's plans, he claims that he has never seen an inverted Statue of the Seven holding Abyssal power in its hands before, although he did have his suspicions on the matter.

✧ ◜There are no coincidence in the world. Everything is the fruit of seeds planted long ago. [...] Time is just waiting for those seeds to sprout. [...] The connection between the Abyss Mages and the Ruin Guards is by no means incidental. Rather, they are both branches that have grown out and up from the same roots below.◞

I think that these quotes are the first time he ever teases his connection to Irminsul as a Bough Keeper. But putting this aside, and as I discussed briefly in the previous post about AQ: Dainsleif, this cements even further that it is possible to know if something is preordained through Irminsul and make educated guesses of what may happen in the future, just as Fontaine's prophecy was actually carved in Irminsul a very long time ago. This, alongside the established power that Irminsul may or may not provide of foreseeing events to happen in the future solidifies even more that Dain's appearances aren't coincidental either and are product of either estimations of his own or direct clues of a time and place where something will happen.

✦ ◜Khaenri'ah was a nation without a god— not because it had a god that died or abandoned them, but because it never had a god to begin with. It was a powerful nation built purely by humans, an unprecedented flourishing and glorious civilization— it was the pride of humankind. [...] 500 years ago, the gods descended upon the world and brought desolation to Khaenri'ah. The "pride of humankind" was uprooted and crushed, like a weed removed from the garden of the gods...◞

It's interesting to revisit this explanation about Khaenri'ah after a significant amount of time without doing so. Mainly because I have read in the past countless of times people saying that Dain is biased in regards of Khaenri'ah and, while he, himself, admits to have his own opinions and is not above falling into subjectivity, this description is strangely objective. As someone who advocates for everyone being masters of their own fate and praises the heights people and creatures alike can reach without the aid of the gods and in view of the way humans were treated and "babied", what those who built Khaenri'ah did was praiseworthy. So much that it attracted even the gods' attention to mimic some of the things they did for themselves (Guizhong is a clear example of this, and so is Ei who created Kabukimono and later Raiden Shogun via the Art of Khemia confirmed in one of Wanderer's stories as a point of interest for Dottore to replicate himself). There isn't any moment that alludes to him pitying the Abyss Order too as I've read in many instances people saying. Overall, he says two things here that are entirely accurate:

Khaenri'ah's magnificence could be considered the peak of humankind for doing it themselves without gods and the gods destroyed the nation.

✧ ◜After the destruction of Khaenri'ah, these masterless "Field Tillers" went completely out of control. They wandered aimlessly over the centuries, gradually spreading to every corner of Teyvat. Perhaps resonating with the sorrow of other civilizations lost to time, they found their way to various ruins across the land, where they lie dormant.◞

It's interesting the thought that these automatons, as they began to be built with Abyssal energy as their sustenance, have some manner of sentience because of just that of echoes of the past that still surround these ancient civilizations. This wouldn't be far-fetched at all as Kazuha's quest shed light on the possibility that even a sword can gain some sentience and be possessed by the Abyssal darkness, but still have its own divided part untouched by its negativity.

◜Once you understand more, those details won't mean much. But no matter their past, all that remains of them now is the danger they pose... so destroy them all.◞

This quote here in conjunction with the moment of empathy Dain showed for these Ruin Guards is worth mentioning as well as it can be easily extrapolated to Abyss Order creatures (I'll touch more on this when I reach to AQ: Requiem of the Echoing Depths) and it feels like he had a hard time to come to terms with this, despite how much he can feel for the automatons and most likely Abyss Order creatures that were once humans, that he has to do what must be done nevertheless and that a tragic background doesn't erase the current situation of both automatons and Abyss Order members.

[flowers-of-io]

“The suns’ positions change as we walk,” Praedyth notices while they are tearing their way through a grove of tangled shrubbery. Elsie’s sword hisses with every strike, leaving a trail of branches and charred vines in its wake. “It’s like we’re physically moving through the day.”

The sky above them is azure-pink now, bright with aurora. Streaks of orange haze span across it in irregular patterns, seeming almost separate to the suns’ placement or the physics of how their rays should disperse. The result comes off as something like a conceptual approximation of daybreak, rather than a quirky but nonetheless naturally occurring phenomenon.

Chapter nine: Northwards

[pinkseas]

things i am missing for a 90/90 full blizzard strayer triple crowned ayaka with 90/90 mistsplitter reforged:

14 bloodjade branches

3 golden branches of distant sea

69 philosophies of elegance

ayaka

the mistsplitter reforged

[army-of-bee-assassins]

while i have known for a while that this new job in the clinic would almost certainly take up time on my (up until now) free wednesdays, yesterday when they told me they still weren't sure when i'd be starting i thought that meant that i would probably still have tomorrow off. today was already stressful bc of an exam tonight and then i got an email right before seeing a client that they want me to start at 10am tomorrow (and work 8-5 weds going forward after) and i just. i hate change lol. i knew this was coming but not this soon and today when i was already stressed about other stuff... i'm just not having a great time rn

[sickxsickxsick]

auuuugh

[fedoranon]

$80 is a lot of money....

[exopelagic]

why do applications feel like your soul is being lightly roasted at 180C

[orcelito]

There's also the impulse to be like "women ain't shit" but that's a lie I love our women. Not women as a whole's fault that one of them turned out a selfish bastard of a coward.

I just need to find a woman who doesn't treat me like That. Get me a good butch. I need me a good butch.

[flight-freedom]

Wanting to be in a relationship but not being able to bring yourself to hurdle all the reasons your brain tells you not to be in one is weird.

[my-soft-sunshine]

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[radio-4-is-static]

なみしぐさ / Gesture of the Waves | Yojiro Noda

「絶対」なんて　簡単に口にしてはいけないことを 知ってはいるけど　君以外の誰に使えというの？ 「絶対」の意味を　い��か君に聞かれたとしたら 迷わずに言うよ　ここにあるこの気持ちのことだと 次はどんな二人で生まれよう 恋人なのか、はたまた　無二の友か 君とならば　どんな二人も 生きてみたい　抱きしめてみたい

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Don’t use ‘never’ or ‘forever’ so casually, as nothing truly is Yet, with whom else but you do I find myself in certainty? If one day, you ask me, ‘What is for sure?’ Straightaway, I’d say it’s this feeling that’s here now What would we be in our next lives? Would we be lovers or friends for life? With you, either would do I want to live as two, I will embrace