#ying-yang twins

[1000-year-old-virgin]

Baby Tate - Grip

[cinnamons1999]

man ion even listen to the ying yang twins that much ik em from "get low" & "whistle while you twerk" but i might get into em idfk. me & my gf just decided to edit this image bcuz we thought the twins' outfits looked like the spies lmao

[imtrashraccoon]

I want to post more headcanons and just stuff in general, so here are my headcanons for Dream and Nightmare as well as their backstory for The Nightmare of Apathy.

Dreamtale belongs to jokublog. I just really like these characters and wanted to do something unique for them.

The Guardian of Feelings

Once there was a goddess of all the feelings in existence. She was called Nim and her role was to safe guard the emotions of mortals. Despite being a vital player in the multiverse, very few mortals knew or even cared about her existence. She was desperately lonely and longed for the company of someone who could understand her ways as a god.

This led her to create two new guardians, which she named Dream and Nightmare. Unfortunately, the process of creating and finding appropriately shaped vessels to contain their magic took a lot of Nim's own energy. So, as her last act as The Guardian of Feelings, she created a special tree and entered into it to rest. This tree became the Tree of Feelings and the twins home for the next few years.

The Tree of Feelings

With the last of Nim's energy, the tree began to bear fruit in the form of magical apples. These apples represented both positive and negative emotions, meaning for the first time, emotions were divided into two types.

The golden yellow apples represented positivity and Dream was tasked with keeping them. They had the capacity to rapidly heal injuries at the risk of side effects later on and provided instant relief for any overwhelming negative emotions. Eating even one bite would flood the consumer's mind and soul with positive emotions, however if too much is eaten at once, it can become dangerous.

The black iridescent apples represented negativity and Nightmare was tasked with keeping them. They had the capacity to heal injuries at a slower but more effective rate and provided instant relief for any overwhelming positive emotions. Eating even one bite would flood the consumer's mind and soul with negative emotions, eating too much at once is also dangerous.

Still, the key was balance and the twin guardians were tasked to distribute the apples among anyone in need as they saw fit. For the first few years, this was no issue as not many mortals knew about the Tree of Feelings, but eventually a village was established nearby.

The Twins

While the twins were sort of like blank slates at first, the more they interacted with mortals, the more they began to develop into their own individuals.

Dream became bubbly and enthusiastic over the smallest things. He dressed in bright colours and did his best to endear himself to the villagers. He easily made friends and quickly became the favourite guardian, especially because the golden apples were more pleasant to consume.

Nightmare became more reserved and almost shy around large crowds of people. He dressed in more muted colours and while he tried to make friends with the villagers, they hated him and the black apples because of how awful they felt when eating them.

The End

As the years passed, discontentment began to take root in many of the villager's souls. They began to believe that only positive emotions should exist since what use did negativity have? The twin guardians were pretty much inseparable from each other and took their duties to guard the tree seriously.

However, one day, Dream was lured away and tricked to eat a golden apple. The resulting surge of positive emotions and power was thrilling for the young guardian. Some of the villagers began encouraging him to consume more of them since it seemed to benefit him and they secretly wanted him to become more powerful than his brother.

At first, Dream resisted and didn't eat any more apples, since he knew they were dangerous to consume in large amounts. Besides, Nim would've wanted them to be given to those who needed it, not kept to himself.

Eventually, he began to eat more since the extra power felt good and his body began to change with each apple he ate. (He was probably pressured into it by the villagers as well.) His pale eyelights turned bright yellow and his bones began to almost glow gold. He even started to get gold markings along his ribs and limbs.

Nightmare knew something was wrong when Dream began acting more distant and spending a lot more time with the villagers. He also grew concerned when the golden apples began to grow more numerous compared to the black ones and that his brother's appearance had changed.

He confronted his brother but Dream had become drunk on power and brushed him off. With Dream distracted, some of the villagers attacked Nightmare and nearly killed him. In desperation, Nightmare ate some of the black apples and gained enough power to defend himself from them.

The negative emotions from the black apples quickly overwhelmed him and he began to eat more, spiralling further. Every negative emotion he'd been holding in from his interactions with the villagers spilled out and he turned his attention to the village itself.

Dream was horrified when his brother began attacking and killing people with little regard. He tried to get him to stop but soon had to step in physically. The twins fought but it quickly became apparent that Nightmare had the upper hand.

Before Nightmare could kill his own brother, Nim managed to freeze the skeleton in stone to protect him. Nightmare continued his rampage until the Tree of Feelings was felled by a villager who had hoped it would bring the violence to an end.

When Nightmare came to his senses, he realized that everyone was dead. His brother was frozen in stone, possibly dead, and his mother the tree was dead too. He didn't know what to do and he stayed in the area for a while to grieve. He eventually left and began to travel the multiverse. He was barely twelve at the time.

Eternal Darkness: Minor Spoilers for TNA!

At some point, years later, Nightmare discovered a particular universe. The people were simple and they seemed to think that he was a god. Nightmare decided to have a new start. If people saw him as a deity, who was he to disappoint them? He couldn't be a benevolent ruler, even if he had wanted to.

Nightmare laid waste to the world. He destroyed villages, infrastructure, and livelihoods. He killed close to half the population and by the time he was done, the world was steeped in negativity.

His overwhelming negative aura had an effect on the environment and Nightmare purposely extinguished the sun. The moon and stars became the only light for the remaining denizens. The flora and fauna adapted and changed to suit the new darkness.

Nightmare went out of his way to destroy anything that referenced the sun and set himself up as reigning Lord over everyone. He had a castle constructed and demanded taxes from the remaining population. He ruled through fear for the next five hundred or so years, until Dream broke out of the stone.

Dream looked for his brother but couldn't find him in the remnants of their old world, so he turned his attention to the multiverse. For a little while, the former guardians were able to coexist without running into the other. Dream grew up quickly due to the golden apples' lingering power but his mental and emotional state was still stunted.

Dream began to help people and made several friends like Blue and Ink. This helped him mature some but Nightmare still had much more world experience over him.

Eventually, they met each other and while both were shocked to see the other alive, they weren't happy to see the other either. Nightmare was hit with a wave of emotions he had long since buried and was hesitant to fight. Although, the memories were still fresh in Dream's mind, he immediately tried to attack Nightmare, forcing him to defend himself.

The brothers had several more conflicts for the next couple of years. They never did sit down and try to properly discuss things, as both were too angry and proud. Until, Dream finally got fed up and recruited some friends to attempt to finish Nightmare once and for all. In doing so, both brothers were seriously wounded but managed to survive. Nightmare retreated back to his world to recover and a month later, met Aylin for the first time.

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Jacki-O with The Ying Yang Twins & Lil Jon photographed by Mychal Watts during the 7th Annual MixShow Power Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico (September 2004).

[soulaanadelrey]

Someone could whisper in my ear and I would cum 15 times

[sweetescapeartist]

☯ YIN-YANG TWINS ☯

This thought came about from doing more research on Krillin's spiritual power-up in DBS & I looked at art of No. 17 & No. 18 made by Toriyama.

In the manga & anime, 17 has black hair, but Toriyama gives 18 white hair/platinum blonde hair in the manga.

Then, my mind gets to thinking...

Identical twins 👥 (meaning they came from the same egg)

Male & female ♂️♀️

Black & white ⚫⚪

Yin and Yang ☯

So, now let's examine the cyborg twins and their artificial connections to yin-yang

Artificial Human No. 17 ⚫

Yin is associated with negative, dark, passivity, feminine, earth, the tiger, & the color orange.

NEGATIVE: No. 17 is more mischievous & expresses negativity more than his twin.

DARK: No. 17 has dark hair & his skin tone is slightly darker than 18's in the manga.

PASSIVITY: No. 17 took his time and made detours on his journey to Goku so that 16 could complete his directive.

FEMININE: No. 17 has a "feminine" appearance to him.

EARTH: No. 17 was on the Earth when he was revived at the end of the Cell Saga & he later became a park ranger looking after nature.

THE TIGER: The closest connection I can think of to a tiger for No. 17 is he has orange & black clothing that he first appeared in. However, him becoming a park ranger as he looks over & protects animals, he is a "king of the beasts" in a way similar to the tiger representing that due to the pattern on the tiger's forehead resembling the Chinese symbol for king 王. The tiger also represents protection and No. 17 protects the animals of the island.

ORANGE: No. 17 wore an orange bandana around his neck in DBZ (red sometimes in the manga) & an orange arm sleeve in DBS.

Artificial Human No. 18 ⚪

Yang is associated with positive, bright, activity, masculine, heaven, the dragon, & the color azure.

POSITIVE: No. 18 shows more compassion than her twin who is less expressive in a positive way.

BRIGHT: No. 18 has white hair (in Toriyama's art) & her skin tone is lighter than No. 17's in the manga ('bout the same color in the anime).

ACTIVITY: No. 18 wanted to go straight to where Goku was so that No. 16 could hurry up & be free of his directive.

MASCULINE: No. 18 is a tomboy.

HEAVEN: No. 18 was up on Kami's Sanctuary in the sky/heaven at the end of the Cell Saga.

THE DRAGON: No. 18 saw Shenron at the end of the Cell Saga & even returned to Kami's Sanctuary to observe further.

AZURE: No. 18 was wearing mostly blue during her introduction.

To Conclude... ☯

From what I can tell, it appears likely that Lapis & Lazuli are twins made into cyborgs by Dr. Gero who took inspiration from the Chinese philosophy of Yin & Yang ergo Taiji/Tai-chi.

Their introduction outfits also have black & white shirts. 18's shirt has more white while 17's shirt has more black. Might be another Yin & Yang thing too (maybe). 18's debut outfit actually has a more black than white, but a lot of blue covering the black (but Yin/black represents the feminine so, maybe that was intentional).

However, 18's 3rd outfit has a white shirt + a small black jacket which reflects the Yang side more. (Her 4th & 5th outfits do well with the Yang color balance too.)

And in DBS, 17 & 18 dress more freely & break the color symbolism of Yin & Yang.

BONUS

What's also pretty interesting is that Gero studied ki/chi & artificially recreated the concept of tai-chi/taiji (which is both a philosophy & martial art) by creating Cell with the capability to absorb 17 & 18 (who have perpetual/infinite energy).

17 & 18 represent Yin & Yang (which represents a perpetual cycle of energy) so, Cell needed them in order to achieve his "Great Ultimate" form (taiji/tai-chi) which Cell calls his Perfect Form.

They were planned to be used as components for Cell from the time that Gero turned them into cyborgs.

So, yeah... 17 & 18 are the yin-yang twins

[classycookiexo]

This as well as the whisper song by the Ying yang twins and let’s get it started by the black eyed peas

[purplesterously-purple]

MerMay Day 28. Black and White

[igobymamas]

Rehearsalssss

[soupy-sez]

Ying Yang Twins – Wait (The Whisper Song) (2005)

[tha-wrecka-stow]

You Can Find The Original Version -> Here

[djbadthaproblem]

Tinashe & Ying Yang Twins "Wait x Nasty Girl" (DJ BAD THA PROBLEM Mash Up)

[nanao57]

Gemelos GG

La fotografía que tomé el día de hoy fue de Eder y Liz Gutiérrez García, o como me gusta llamarlos, gemelos GG.

Eder es el mayor, Liz es la de en medio, y tienen un gran parecido, es como Eder con pelo largo o Liz con pelo corto. Tienen un sentido del humor asombroso y son chilangos, aleja celulares y carteras. 🚨

Yo los quiero mucho, aunque sus gustos van en dos extremos completamente diferentes, siguen siendo muy parecidos, me recordaron al ying yang. ✨

Por: Naomi E. Regla

[thebossishere]

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