#wu ya

[bitter-rock-sugar]

removing masks

[xtime4ames]

in the same way that it craves cupcakes because marcy does...

im convinced the core has had to deal with talking through a very weak voice and sniffly nose and this is fine :)

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Wu-Tang Clan released their debut single Protect Ya Neck May 3, 1993

[lufla-lu]

“i think of you, and you’re here”

[xiaobaosnoona]

[chemical-abscess]

“Shattered”

Something something the key being a symbol of power and seventh nail being a symbol of death/wither and how WKX broke and throw away both thus subverting their meaning

That thing took me waay longer than I expected but hey! the longer you spend time on something the better it becomes. And also I learned how to draw wounds properly, definitely useful for future works :)

[aring-king-king]

O.D.B

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

sometimes u just get so filled w thoughts about a pair of characters u gotta just go bonkers ya know

[lionfission]

Some things don't change too much ig

[dreamingthroughwords]

fuck i’m thinking about calamity xie lian and wu ming and the fact that . even at his worst. for xie lian. after being the most selfless person for his people. that selflessness being returned with pure selfishness. that he became that way because of someone literally fucking with him soley because they were jealous of xie lians kindness and so desperately wanted xie lian to break. and when he did. wu ming was there. he was literally created from xie lians suffering. he had seen xie lian in his princely glory. seen him fight for his people. and watched as he could do nothing while those people turned against their prince in such a vile way. that wu ming was ready to greet him, to fight with him and constantly bloody his hands for him. even at xie lians absolute worst, the only who had always believed in him, and literally his last believer, still doing anything for him except agree to stop believing in him. the level of devotion to keep reminding xie lian who he is even when he didn’t want to be. the fact that when one person showed xie lian kindness again. wu ming was there, his most devoted believer, to die for him, again, because it will always be an honour to die for his highness. and before he died, he got to see xie lian come back to himself, back to the kindness he knew was always within - but even if he didn’t, he still would’ve followed him. because he loved xie lian, was so devoted and saw how people threw him to the dirt. he would do anything to take any burden away from xie lian. and he did.

[incorrect-agatha]

Alice: Be careful, that plate is hot.

Agatha: I am Agatha Harkness, a covenless witch, the infamous witch killer, survivor of the Witches’ Road, and the only person Death herself ever loved. I am the most powerful witch to ever exist. Fire can’t hurt me.

Agatha, picking up the plate: Ah shit that's hot.

[maleficent-ophelia]

the great shaman

[legokingfisher]

My dad was so sad when I told him Wu was dead bro he was like “WHAT?? Him and Lloyd are the only reason I let you take over the tv with your Ninjago legos so much! :(”

[allisonsylvine]

kai get a move on ur gonna be late for school !!

this is unfinished cause the artist curse of carpal tunnel has its grips on me more than ever, rip all the little details i had planned 💔

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Wu-Tang Clan released their debut single Protect Ya Neck May 3, 1993

[mtkay13]

(and way more TYK designs below!)

Here it is! My personal designs of the (mostly) full TYK cast! What I mainly learned from this: TYK has a lot more characters than expected, haha.

My idea was mainly to get a clearer image, for myself, of all the people appearing or being mentioned in the book (and btw, a big chunk of the characters above died before the story even started and don't even get a line, but, you know...). One of my guidelines was, everyone has to look interesting, has to look like the main character of their own story. TYK is pretty much a story about side characters... so if noone is a main character, everyone is, no? (...does that even work? lol) Some of these designs were inspired by SHL, because it being the first one I saw, it of course left an impression in my mind. The rest is essentially taken from the few descriptions we get in the book, and my own imagination (plus some help from pinterest for the clothing). Rong Changqing is 100% inspired from @tbgkaru-woh depiction of him.

One noteworthy thing: the giant dog is too big. I thought it was supposed to be the size of a big horse, but it's actually the size of a pony... woops. Now, additionally:

The protags families! Wen Ruyu and Gu Miaomiao had to look heroic because that's pretty much what their characters are about. The traditional Wuxia story heroes that marked the legend. Conversely, the Zhou family has to be as plain and normal as possible, haha. ZZS says, in QY, that he's often called "Zhou San" (=Zhou three), which means he's the third child in his family. Since I like the idea of him being the youngest, I only gave him an older brother (who will inherit the position of head of the family and thus justify ZZS being able to leave for a shady remote sect) and an older sister. And as another bonus:

Hehehe. So these are... let's say, the men in ZZS' life, before WKX.

- Jiuxiao, of course, because I'm convinced ZZS had feelings for him

- Huang Xu, an OC developed with Bichen (son of a HLZ supporter, whose family ZZS infiltrated for a while --as Su Yan-- to try and sway them towards HLY's cause ((Su Yan's "Yan" is the same "Yan" as in Zhen Yan, just as a little nod to SHL))) - Zhu Ai, a magistrate OC, developed with Moose and Bichen, who's deeply infatuated with ZZS --only knowing him as that one guy who handles imperial guard watch tours and trains guards--

-and one guard I just like to imagine having a crush on him too. I started working on some guy from WKX's childhood too, but I feel like WKX's past is such a huge can of worms, I'll save all of that for later, haha.