#xiao needs a hug

[clj-art-blog]

DFQC and XLH in Lucheng | Aside from all too important and not so important matters and missions

[habizuh-studios]

We need to talk about Lang Qianqiu more. What do you mean he was a crown prince? What do you mean his whole family and more were massacred in front of him by what he assumed to be his own teacher? What do you mean that until that point, he'd looked up to his teacher so fucking much, he had admired him and wished to be like him, he wanted nothing more than his approval? What do you mean that after his parents death, he was forced into the role of king and had to sort out politics and had no time to grieve? What do you mean that in the little time he had, he sought out his families (presumed) murderer and stuck him to a coffin with forty-nine (49) wooden nails? What do you mean he loves his family? What do you mean he ascended to godhood? What do you mean one of his best friends died? What do you mean people don't understand his character? What do you mean he has a kind heart and a good soul, respects honor and has a bit of pride? What do you mean that he doesn't have anyone to love and his parents death were a lie? What do you mean that he feels so fucking guilty for what he did to the wrong person, that he chases the culprit for 3 fucking books off-screen before showing up again? What do you mean that after his parents murderer turns into a ghost fire, he takes care of his son? What do you mean that he's trying to forgive the same way his teacher did? What do you mean that he's trying his best, he's fucking trying, he's well-respected and kind, but no one truly understands him besides his teacher, who he has a rocky relationship with at best? What do you mean that his teachings were so ingrained that after 400 years, he still calls him his guoshi? What do you mean he has a tiger in the manhua? What do you mean he's handsome? What do you mean he's protective and eager to serve? What do you mean he probably has PTSD and nightmares? What do you fucking mean? What the fuck do you mean?!

[howlingday]

Sun: Hey, Jaune! Want a hug~?

Jaune: Yes... Please...

Sun: Ha! I'm just kidding! Get fucked!

Jaune: THAT'S NOT FAIR!

Sun: Whatever! I'm the best blond dick, and there's no way you're gonna beat me in any sort of popularity contest!

Yang: Suck my dick, Sun!

Sun: Whip it out, bitch; I'll make you wanna marry me~.

[djbluefire]

I could fight off the brain rot no longer, now my brain is mush and this show is torturing me

[xlmibby]

if you're a hopeless romantic like me and want to watch xiao and lumine be happily married in love, i think you will enjoy the new xiaolumi fic i posted on ao3 a few moments ago! well, at least i hope you do. anyway, thank you so much for reading~ 🫶

[the-earth-priestess]

i like the idea of wispti being the only wind wisp that was really interested in humans of early mondstadt. the others were more content to play with each other and other nonhumans.

i like the idea of barbatos being a god born of hope for a brighter future for his favourite humans. a god born to see a dream fulfilled when the origin of the dream couldn't see it come to life. a god who carries hope inside him as if carrying a torch comprised not of flames, but of a soul.

i like the idea of nameless wanting nothing more than for venti to live on and be happy. and so i fully believe his last prayer would have been something like "thank you for being my friend. forget me if it hurts too much."

they want the best for each other. venti wants nameless' dream for a free mondstadt to remain alive. nameless wants venti to be happy on his terms. they love each with such devotion but they were separated by death and loss and grief.

and yet their friendship helped empower the people of mondstadt. it's a story about love and hope and happiness. it's a story about fighting for what's right. it's a story about living on when it hurts.

[captain-crackship]

I feel like the new episode was specifically a middle finger to HTDM.

The Herbalist was HTDM personified and WBY confronting themselves showed how much they’ve grown since Beacon-- a common criticism of HTDM’s is that they haven’t. Meanwhile Ruby was broken. Another criticism of HTDM’s is that Ruby is always too cheerful and is never affected by anything. But this episode, and really this season, shows that the opposite is true. Ruby is broken. She’s been broken since Beacon and hasn’t let it show. She had to be the strong leader her team needed.

But her team has moved on from their trauma. Their crucibles forged them into stronger warriors. They’re made of sterner stuff. Ruby hasn’t moved on. Ruby kept everything inside. And as a result, it seems that her team has moved on without her. Do they really need her now? Do they really need such a weak leader? No. They’ve left her behind.

Pyrrha and Penny are dead. Beacon has fallen. Atlas is no more. Salem, a seemingly unstoppable force, has two of the four relics and is halfway to destroying Remnant.

That is the pressure Ruby is under and since landing in Ever After, her facade has started to crack. Her psychological wounds are wide open. Her pain is there for everyone to see. HTDM jokes about wanting Ruby to snap this volume and they very well might get their wish.

But in the face of all of that, I’m hopeful for Ruby. This is a healing volume, after all. And when she does eventually snap and her trauma is laid bare for all to witness... Her team will be there. For her.

This whole time Ruby has tried to be the strong leader her team needed when they were at their lowest points. Now that Ruby is at her lowest point, the roles are going to switch and her team will be the ones to help her heal, to grow and move on. They’ve never left her behind and they’re not going to when she needs them most. Ruby has had the weight of Remnant on her shoulders and now that she’s buckling under the pressure her team are going to be there to help support her.

Her team came out of their crucibles stronger because of Ruby. Ruby is in her own crucible now. And she will come out stronger because of her team.

[echoes-ofdawn]

I am Bosacius And my destiny Is to make the ultimate sacrifice

[truly-morgan]

[Hanahaki disease AU]

SongXueXiao | Mo Dao Zu Shi Hanahaki AU 17-04-2021

[#songxuexiao hanahaki disease] 

Where xy noticed he was coughing up petals only a couple of months after starting to really live in yi city with aq and xxc. He hates the purity of the white petals, because he knows to who they seem to connect and /no way/ he's in love, he hates him, he hates everyone. 

He figures hiding it from two blind people would be easy and he could pretend he just has a condition which makes him cough heavily sometimes (little does he know that aq did notice it and wonder who it could be at first). It takes months before he accepts that “ok, /maybe/ I fell in love". But he won't change his way just for that, he will still be xy (which anyone but him would notice how he did change, much gentler with both xxc and aq). 

He keeps hiding it and never tells xxc because he knows that whatever he does, the man would never see him that way anyway. Maybe dying by flower isn't so bad, he could die in the worst way than that. 

Then came sl. He isn't sure exactly how he actually managed to convince (or rather blackmail) sl to just not say anything and just live with them. It makes everything harder since sl does see, so he has to hide to cough out all the petals and flowers he manages to repress around him. And the growing is just overall worst now that sl is here because he can /see/ how the two men act around each other despite clearly not being sure what to do. 

He hates sl. Hence why he feels even worst when black petals join the mix, utterly confused as to why there was such a change (he also hates how easily he seems to fall in love with anyone slightly being good and affectionate to him). 

But he knows he cannot tell them, because there is no way either of them would accept him (especially sl). He knows he’s not enough for either of them and it would only make it worst to say it. 

So he hides it even more than before, always able to have his worst coughing moment away from them, since he can feel them coming. 

One day, as he’s supposed to stay down and heal from a rather bad injury, he feels it coming. And it feels like a bad one too. So he gets up to leave, only to have aq stop him, saying he needs to stay down to heal or else it could turn bad. 

He tries to shrug her off, but she keeps on gripping his robe tightly. He finally opens his mouth to argue back, to tell her to piss off. But it doesn’t happen. 

Instead, this is when flowers decide they can escape, sending him into a violent coughing fit, feeling himself choking on all the flowers and petals, his body shaking and hurting from all the coughing. It’s so bad that it attracts both cultivator attention, running out from the room where they were meditating. He can hear xxc asking worriedly what is happening, but all he focuses on is how his gripping at sl sleeve, making his fits worst. 

His lungs are burning and he’s honestly starting to believe he will die like this. 

He can feel sl eyes on him, seeing him kneeling in the mess of black and white flowers on the ground. He barely hears sl murmur what it is, describing the flowers for xxc by habit of describing anything to him (they truly got used to describing everything for xxc). He’s a bit too panicked to really register anything of that. He jumped when he felt hand grabbing his face, a voice trying to gently soothe him. It took a while before the coughing stopped and only then did sl ask what (or rather who) this was all about. The man probably already knew, seriously who did xy know other than them? Or at least, knew /and/ didn’t want to just kill on the spot? 

But xy was stubborn and he didn’t want to tell, because the pain of growing flowers was better than one of rejection, he didn’t want that. 

He only stopped arguing when he felt something hit his forehead, looking up at sl confused, only to look down at what had fallen into the mess of black and white petals and flowers. 

A dark red flower lay on his knee. 

He looked back up confused, sl saying nothing as he simply looked back down at xxc instead, who had reached into his sleeve to take out a flower similar to the one sl had just thrown at him. Xxc gently took his hand, placing the flower securely into it “Had we known about it we would have told you earlier”. 

Xy wanted to cry (and he did, but he would deny it if anyone were to try and remind him of it). He had never believed something like this would happen. He had imagined many outcomes, but never one where xxc (and sl!) would confess to him about also loving him. Only then did he allow himself to confess, still looking like a scared animal ready to flee at any sign of it being a bad joke. 

But this was not the kind of thing xxc would do. So he believed it. 

Of course, it was hard for something to settle down correctly between the three (especially since xxc and sl had already something going on from back in the days), coupled with xy insecurities about it (but again he would deny having any, abandonment and self-worth issue? Who's that). 

But they were getting somewhere and this is all that xy need to know, not coughing up flowers anymore.

(note: This hanahaki AU is more of a “you’ll cough them up until you finally confess or die” than a “the flower stops when the other person starts loving you too”. XY never had that before and he’s stubborn so it got bad, where sl and xxc already knew what it was like and could deal with it better).

Original

[kiwikiwii]

oily prince's (previous) love interest

[clj-art-blog]

DFQC & XLH | Enjoying each other's presence…

[wehearthewildernessandithearsus]

Do you ever just think about Red Like Roses part 2 and about how Summer didn't want her daughter to follow in her footseps cause she didn't want her to suffer the same pain as her?

Yeah I've been thinking about this a lot lately...

[howlingday]

Jaune: Guess the series is over now, huh?

Blake: Mhm, though I can't say I saw the ending coming the way it did.

Jaune: Kinda wish there was a big bang finale at the end.

Yang: Those bombs made a pretty big bang, especially when The Brothers showed up.

Jaune: Yeah, but I thought maybe you guys would be fighting and struggling at the end there, and you'd start getting beaten down, but then I'd show up at the end to help and cut off Salem's hand, freeing you and allowing you the time I gave you to use the power of teamwork and a simple soul to seal her away for good.

Jaune: (Sighs) I could have been a good character for once...

Weiss: Jaune, what are you talking about? You already did that! Don't get me wrong, that finale does spund fucking dope and probably would have been the best fucking climactic showdown of the entire series, but it still would have just been a big flashy metaphor for something you've already done.

Ruby: We've all fucked up, Jaune. I was suffering from depression while Weiss fought cartoon physics and Blake and Yang got... either hooked up or fucked or something?

Weiss: (Coughs) Fuckingfinally (Coughs)

Ruby: The fate of the world was literally at stake and not once did you break under the weight of it all, never did you turn your back on your friends, and despite all the hate people might still have for you even after all how much you've proven yourself, and you have proven yourself, YOU were still the one who hung on to the end, Jaune. I fucking cracked, and in my darkest hour, YOU were the light that helped guide our friends to me simply by being the voice of reason and compassion. And sure, quiet fortitude might not be as entertaining as over the top anime showdowns to the most butt-rock of songs, but most people can't have those things anyway.

Ruby: But they can be like you, though, and I hope they try because there's no place in this life where humility, self-reflection, and resilience won't serve you well. You're a top-tier character, Jaune Arc,

AND YOU FUCKING EARNED THIS

[wuxxxian]

i won't be getting over the esquire interview or the photos anytime soon and that's okay

[aparrotandaqrow]

As Lantern Rite arrives, Xiao is found exhausted and spent by Qiqi of Bubu Pharmacy, who brings him back to Liyue. Upon awaking, Xiao quickly makes his exit and returns to Wangshu Inn, where Venti is waiting for him on the balcony. Xiao isn't in the mood to party, but maybe a chill hang-out would help him relax. Venti knows just the thing to help Xiao relax and recuperate, and as they both get comfortable, they begin to reflect....

5915 words.

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"“Wait….” he said. “I… would you like to come in?”

“Oh-ho, changed your mind, eh?” Venti asked. There was a small gust of wind and a rustle behind him, and then Venti’s slender hand delicately touched the small of his back, before slipping around his waist.

...

Xiao took a strained breath, his shoulders rising against Venti’s chest, and Xiao’s fingers found Venti’s arms.

“Will you give me the gift of working some of the burden out of your shoulders?” Venti asked softly.

Xiao nodded, almost imperceptibly."

[breeze-bre]

Manifesting this for this episode 🙏