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[harmless-pest]

Flowey said fuck

[conking]

So hey con, what's this new anime/manga thing I see on your blog that you've been nonstop posting about? Looks actually pretty nice and the kinda thing I'd be into but I want to look a little more into it and find things out, like it's name for example, before I go diving into the cesspool of the internet for it

this is gonna get long so, tldr: ancient chinese gays! comedy! action! mystery! good meta! immortality! gods!

non-tldr: welcome to hell. specifically, mxtx hell, where a bunch of people yell really loudly about three different novels written by the same author (Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, aka, mxtx). it’s not actually all the same thing, she just has some very specific aesthetics for her main couples dsfkjgsdfghs here’s a good way to differentiate them.

anyway i’ll give you a summary of the novels and if you find one interesting, please do enjoy your gateway drug because i’ve Never seen someone only read one of these once they start.

first up, Mo Dao Zu Shi / Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / Founder of Diabolism (it’s got a lot of names, i’m sticking with mdzs)

question: what is MDZS about?

a goth and a prep mutually pining for each other while fighting zombies and solving murders, accidentally adopting a riot of awkward teenagers along the way. 

an uncomfortable look into the ethics of humanity, struggles with internalised homophobia and self-hatred, our stances both as a whole and individually on the complex issues around vilification, what counts as ‘the greater good’, the difficulty of forgiveness, and how ‘doing what’s right’ doesn’t always mean the same thing for different people.

magic and flying swords and family

answer: all of the above and hot damn is it fun. this is probably the one you meant when you said anime, cuz guess what? it has one and it’s GORGEOUS.

10/10. be warned, you WILL cry, you WILL want to fight the author, and you WILL love it. it’s incredibly angsty at parts and incredibly funny always and the romance kills me dead every time i think about it. slow toasty burn, with a super good plot that gets deeper and deeper as it goes. if you re-read the novel after you finish it you’ll find so many things you thought were insignificant on the first pass suddenly kicking you in the chest.

warnings for [SPOILERS]: dubious consent kissing, drunken touching, consensual rape kink. also starvation, slavery, genocide, gore, and body horror. mentions of incest and it’s consequences.

read it HERE, watch it HERE, listen to the audio drama HERE, watch the live action HERE

my favourite of the three is Tian Guan Ci Fu, or Heavenly Official’s Blessing.

tgcf is about a sexy demon pirate tagging along with a trash collecting disney princess who is very bad at staying in heaven (where he belongs). they go around systematically digging up every single piece of dirt on everybody ever - including, unfortunately, themselves. //sips tea/ delicious. 

it’s basically an action/detective novel, heavy on the comedy and angst. read this for introspection, self acceptance, growth, forgiveness, endless torture, incredible pain, suffering like you’ve never known, the effects of war and genocide, results of abuse, beautiful imagery, Gundam, endless devotion, unconditional support, and the knowledge that hualian exists and invented romance. to put it another way:

if you like plot filled slow burn with healthy dynamics and a lot of trust, this is the series for you. 10000/10 i will take this novel to my grave PLEASE read tgcf. did i mention it’s also getting a donghua sometime soon?

warnings for [SPOILERS]: gore, cannibalism (kinda), plus child abuse and lots of body horror. gaslighting and manipulation feature pretty heavily in places (especially books 4 and 5). severe depression, anxiety, suicide, and self-depreciation are all dealt with as well.

read the first 21 chapters HERE, and you can find the rest on @ yummysuika ‘s pinned tweet, including the extras! the manhua is starting in a few days, and the donghua will be out next year!! wOOO

finally, we have the first book mxtx published, Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System (i’m not touching the cn phonetics for that, we’re going sv for short).

to quote a tweet i saw one time, sv is about a shitty millennial litcrit who gets sucked into the novel he hates as the main villain, and how he struggles to survive while his overpowered disciple crytypes his way to true love. this is the fun one! [thinks about meta] …….the fun one [thinks about any character other than the mc] f-

it’s got a lot more web novel tropes and is generally an easier read. sv is full of hijinks and shenanigans and the tortured screams of a 21st century man who really just wants to lie around and eat good food, but keeps being dragged into everything against his will. comedic misunderstandings galore up in this bitch, character development and relationship growth gets Much heavier towards the end, and if you’re looking for a fun read to pass the time! this is the one! just don’t think about it. because it’s written from the perspective of an idiot with 2 braincells total, we also get to enjoy the Epitome of unreliable narrator syndrome.

overall 8.5/10, would recommend. it sets up and breaks a Lot of stereotypes, and the satire is *chef’s kiss*. don’t be fooled by the way the mc sees the characters, ya gotta look at it from their pov too. it’s getting a donghua in 2020, and the manhua will be out (again) sometime soon as well! yehaw!

warnings for [SPOILERS]: student-teacher relationship, forced kissing, some kinda dubious-consent touching, and a scene where one character thinks the other is going to rape them (nothing happens). additional warnings for violence, mentions of gore, slavery, bullying, and child abuse. (i haven’t read the last few chapters, but unless something Wild happens, that should cover things.)

read it HERE

one thing all mxtx novels have in common is the awesome side characters. you’ll probably end up loving a couple of them more than the protagonists and that’s just how it be. we’re all crying here. another thing they have in common is good plots. whether you’re interested in characters, plot development, deep conceptualisation, romance - it’s all there. just don’t go in looking for hot gay smex, cause that really ain’t what it’s about.

all of these are easier to get into if you have some knowledge of xianxia/wuxia/xuanhuan tropes, but it’s not a must! the translators provide great footnotes, so just google a phrase or refer back to them if you get stuck. you can read them in whatever order you want, they’re not connected at all, but if you’re new to the whole thing i’d recommend starting with the mdzs donghua or sv. as much as i love it, tgcf isn’t the best choice to start with.

[loverofpiggies]

CQ, I must say I'm getting progressively worried/excited with each new page.....

That is a fair thing to say

[wormssss]

Salt? For the ask thing!

already did thate.....

[condraws]

More,, law. ,,, he is son, ,

have part of a horrific scrapped frame because i couldn’t get his stupid dumb mushroom cap hat to work

[vwoodes]

Kiss art challenge | Accepting

@whisperhome said: Keske and a cheek kiss! (That's probably the highest the poor babey can reach...)

who said they’d be the one doing the smoochin?

[caitielou-askew]

Welcome back! -this is ftbr btw hfhdjdhd

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[handageddon]

Pokemon ask meme: Fairy type and Ghost type

@whisperhome​ @elysifish​ also requested fairy!! it’s pink so it’s understandable that it’s popular even though there’s only so few

but I’m not super familiar with the fairy type family so if I had them it’d be an accident. It’d be heavy hitter types like the steel or psychic hybrids because I don’t know what a stratta g is. also I have a lot of respect for klefki for the amount of disrespect it’s capable of

@song-of-the-sunrise​ and ~3 anons, who also asked for ghost type!

Another typing thats a form of the best color, purple! I gotta say though. I struggle to differentiate ghost/dark/psychic typings >.>

First off I gotta mention our main rep, Sableye. We should all sableye.

Shedinja. I’m not the only one who had shoeboxes of cicada casings as a kid, right?

Gengar. Gengar is purple and also >:)c

Dusclops is also historically relevant. 

the other two pokemon are just two ghastlies that I forgot I caught

[conking]

Welcome back, con!!! It's like, 2:30 am but I'm happy to see you!!!! :D

thank youuuuu iwi

[arcanesarts]

My half of a collab with @whisperhome!

[wormssss]

b o r t h

d e y

[condraws]

Th,,thicc,,,, wife,,,

thick thighs but No Ass.

a tragedy

[vwoodes]

-insert volcano emoji here- hullo qwq

Send 🌋 and my muse will blurt out the first thing that comes to mind when they see your muse | Accepting

Hand on her chin, Val squinted into the window of the shop, trying to see past the glare of the reflection. Her wallet was full, for once, and it had been a while since she’d been able to treat her friends to something in return… but the price was a little… She pictured the looks on their faces when she returned with gifts, and any hesitance disappeared. 

About to enter the store, Val’s eyes caught on a movement in the glass, and she watched with dismay as someone else pointed out the present she’d been eyeing to the clerk. Her inner wail went unheeded, as the gift was pulled down, wrapped, and handed over in short order.

In shock, Val could do nothing but stand there as the bell over the door tinkled, letting out that- that—

“Gift stealing bastard!”

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