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The 8th TodoDeku Week will be July 9-15, 2023!

Year 8 and still going strong. For those of you who have participated before, welcome back, and for those of you who are new to the fandom, we hope you enjoy your stay.

The prompts are listed here as well as on the Prompts page. There were a lot of requests for AU prompts, so now there are three prompts per day — an AU, a theme, and a quote. Feel free to use any combination of the prompts as inspiration!

Please remember to tag any triggers and mention us (@tododeku-week) and/or use the #tododekuweek tag, so we can find your work.

Let’s have another amazing week!

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July 9 [day 1]

AU: Steampunk | Theme: Power | Quote: “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” - Oscar Wilde

July 10 [day 2]

AU: Sports | Theme: Vows | Quote: “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life goes on, and it will be better tomorrow.” - Maya Angelou

July 11 [day 3]

AU: Pirates | Theme: Music | Quote: “You can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.” - Junot Diáz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

July 12 [day 4]

AU: Family | Theme: Childhood | Quote: “Gentleness clears the soul / Love cleans the mind / And makes it free.” - David Bowie

July 13 [day 5]

AU: Swaps (genderswap, bodyswap, quirkswap, etc) | Theme: Flowers | “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” - David Viscott

July 14 [day 6]

AU: Royalty | Theme: Protection | “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

July 15 [day 7]

AU: Fantasy | Theme: Soulmates | “You don’t win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave [...] but they also make you stupid.” - Michael J. Sullivan, Theft of Swords

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[mdzs] Analysis of Jiang Cheng’s name and character traits

After my previous posts on WWX and LWJ’s names (now LSZ’s also), I decided to do another one on Jiang Cheng, as I think this reference sheds so much light on his significance in the story.

Jiang Cheng’s name derives from a poem by renowned Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu. “云阔烟深树，江澄水浴秋” (yún kuò yān shēn shù, jiāng chéng shuǐ yù qiū) translates to “vast clouds and mists entwine the deep forest trees; autumn bathes in the clear river”. Cheng (澄) itself means “to make [sth] clear and unclouded”.

The poem paints a vivid picture of autumn’s colours dancing on the clear water. Interestingly, the phrase 秋水 (directly meaning autumn waters), is used to describe a longing gaze, deriving from the Chinese idioms 秋水伊人 (meaning the friend one is longing for) and 望穿秋水 (meaning await with great anxiety).

My heart aches at this discovery. Doesn’t this bring to mind JC’s plight of persuading WWX to abandon the dark and perilous demonic path, his envy of WWX and LWJ’s relationship, the months he spent waiting anxiously for his return from the Burial Mounds, and looking after Chen Qing for 13 years whilst keeping faith that one day he might see his brother again? JC’s father chose his name to mean “clear, untarnished”, however throughout his life he lived in WWX’s shadow... he hid his true feelings towards him behind brash words in life and raging condemnation in death.

Jiang Cheng’s zi, or courtesy name Wan Yin (晚吟), comes from a poem by another Tang Dynasty poet Xu Hui. “茶香秋梦后，松韵晚吟时” (chá xiāng qiū mèng hòu, sōng yùn wǎn yín shí) translates to “I wake from a hazy nap in autumn, enshrouded by the fragrant aroma of tealeaves; at dusk I saunter and recite poetry, the pine branches swaying in time”. The words Wan (晚) means “at night” and Yin (吟) means “to recite” or “to lament”. The poem’s depiction of a deep sense of abstruse melancholy – as the poet spends his days in Autumn idly, being indifferent to the world – is widely quoted by Chinese literati of today’s age.

To me, this is a great depiction of how lost and despondent JC would have been the first few years after WWX’s death. Let’s not forget that he is the only surviving character in the story who lost every single person dear to him the moment WWX died – it’s hard to imagine how he managed to rebuild the Sect without anyone by his side...

Bonus trivia: Both JC’s birth and courtesy names are taken from scenic moments set in Autumn. In Chinese tradition, the Autumn season is associated with the emotions of both courage (霜气横秋) and sadness (秋风落叶), the act of mourning (秋祭), and is also connected to the Westward direction, often considered to be the direction of dreams and enlightenment. These words depict JC’s key events in mdzs – courage when he saved WWX from the Xuan Wu cave, sadness when WWX defected from the Jiang Sect, mourning when he lost all his loved ones, and enlightenment when he found out about the golden core and finally resolved his inner turmoil.

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Free Hugs!

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People i’d like to know better

Ok, I had this on the drafts also… Sorry it took me so long to write it.

Also thank you @mystic606 for the tag.

birthday: September 10 same as Mammon rip

zodiac:  ☀️: ♍; 🌙: ♒; ASC: ♋

last song listened to: Spotify says it was “Don’t waste your time (Kelly Clarkson)” but I don’t know if I was still awake by then.

hobbies: Does sleep count? Hi there Belphie. I also enjoy doodling and reading.

last movie you watched: Can’t say I remember… is not because it was a long ago, I just have a very shitty memory

dream job: I dont’dream with labor… but I was really interested in teaching until I worked on a private school and the parents there pretended that with money or boasting who they where I was going to give their kids better grades that they deserved (Curiously enough they were kids that had very good grades but their parentss wanted them to have perfect grades). After that I thought I was going to have an Academia life but I ended up dropping out and never finishing my degree.

meaning behind url: I came to Tumblr when I was a huge fan of Yu-gi-oh, I really like her character. I decided to have her name as user but in order to make sure to be able to use it everywhere without worrying that it was already taken, I added my country’s top level domain.

I’m not sure if there’s anyone left to tag in this… sorry if I’m tagging you a second time. @anon-drabble @lizlinkpotato @call-me-seven @voltage-vixen @mandietheaddict @kyojin-madi

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Here are my accompanying pieces for the lovely fic by @goshiyachi! These represent two of the phases of the story! Please give it love here:

Warning: please ready your tissues haha

It was such a joy to be able to participate! From talking about our concepts, wayward segues, to creative blocks, and to finally finishing, was such a blast! To team G03, cheers to our friendship and job well done! To @bnhacolorbang, thank you for giving me an opportunity to create these pieces and meet my partners in crime! Congratulations to a successful run!

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Fuyumi & Todoroki Natsuo & Todoroki Shouto & Todoroki Touya Characters: Todoroki Shouto, Dabi (My Hero Academia), Todoroki Touya, Todoroki Natsuo, Todoroki Fuyumi, Midoriya Izuku Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Todoroki Family - Freeform, Dysfunctional Family, Family Secrets, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor Being An Asshole, Dabi is Todoroki Touya, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Todoroki Shouto is Bad at Feelings, Todoroki Shouto-centric, Introspection, Angst and Feels, Major character death - Freeform, Fluff and Angst, Hero Society dynamics, BNHA Color Big Bang Summary:

Shouto learns very early in life isn’t as smooth and clear cut as it was portrayed to be. It has its ups and downs; just like how each color has its own shades of meanings.

A/N: written for the @bnhacolorbang. its so surreal that its over but i am happy to have joined especially since it led for me to finding two new friends, @thefacade-23 and Aline!! 

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This is waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy late, but thank you for being such a great, great friend too! An accompaniment to @goshiyachi 's amazing fic! Big love to these three precious boys who deserve each other!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Shinsou Hitoshi/Todoroki Shouto Characters: Shinsou Hitoshi, Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto Additional Tags: semi canon compliant, Introspection, Character Study, Pre-Relationship, Bullying, Self Confidence Issues, Self-Discovery, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Strangers to Friends, Friends to Lovers, Polyamory, Teen Romance Summary:

Shinsou learned quickly that the world had always been complex as quirks mutated over time. It still didn’t account for him to see how his life would change when he got accepted into U.A.

A/N: Sorry this is late, but this is for my Bnha Rare Pair Fic; @bnhararepairbang and as well, for @thefacade-23. You are an amazing friend!!

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MXTX Reverse Big Bang 2k19 | @mxtxbigbang ​

The Strands that Sew our Song (AO3)

Glitter like moonlight silver strings that bind you to me, witness this mine eyes.

Ruby drips down my song in ruddy rivulets of tears. Can you hear their wails?

Pale and sweet, this game plays our hearts like your fingers touch my song. Listen.

This is my complete contribution for the MXTX RBB! I had so much fun working on this and I wanted to wait until I had completely finished posting it on Archive before I put it here. 

Thank you so much to @thefacade-23 who partnered with me to make the beautiful artwork accompanying this piece (you can see the sneak peek of it in this here banner, so be sure to check out the whole piece!). I couldn’t have done this project without them and their wonderful enthusiasm and support. 

Finally thank you to the mods of the RBB! This is an amazing fandom event and I was so happy to get to participate. 

Please, enjoy!

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danmei novels by Priest(P大)

I’ve recently gotten into danmei novels and one author in particular caught my attention (and my heart!).

Priest (known in the fandom as pipi/皮皮, sweet/甜甜, goddess/女神) is a Chinese web novel author known for her diverse genre of works, well-developed worlds, multi-dimensional and human characters, strong plots, and lack of explicit content. Her humor is on point - not juvenile nor dry - and the angst is even more delicious. Still, she doesn’t write bad endings. She always gives satisfying and logical conclusions, not leaving the readers empty or feeling frustrated. Her novels are all posted on jjwxc, and as of writing, she is the top author in the list. She is among the Great God-level authors in Jinjiang.

Listed below are her novels that are being translated by several groups/individuals:

Guardian (镇魂/Zhenhun) translated by Rainbowse7en on Wattpad

- probably the most known novel right now in the non-CN fandom due to the web drama that aired last June - July 2018. Completed in 2012. - Modern fantasy/supernatural. A shameless but wise investigation chief, and a reserved but very passionate professor.

Sha Po Lang ( 杀破狼) translated by Northwest Flower on Wattpad

- within the CN fandom, this is her highest rated work. There are a total of three radio drama seasons. A drama and a donghua will be produced in the near future. Completed in 2015. - Historical steampunk/wars. Very political and plot-heavy. The world building is commendable. The pairing have seven years age gap; a very capable, blind-deaf esteemed general and a gentle, intelligent prince.

Silent Reading (默读/Mo Du) translated by Ainushi Translations

- one of her more popular works. A donghua has been announced already. Radio drama is ongoing(also picked up by Ainushi!). A drama will be produced in the near future as well. Completed in 2016. - Douban’s Top Suspense/Mystery Novel for 2018. - Modern mystery/detective story. A thuggish policeman and a flirtatious and nonchalant rich second-generation. 

The Defective ( 残次品/Can Ci Pin) translated by GPS Translations on Wattpad

- her longest work so far, and among the popular ones too. Also her most recent completed BL. Radio drama is ongoing. Completed in 2017. - Donghua trailer can be found here! - Futuristic mecha/sci-fi. “Humans are born from belief, die of belief, and reborn from the ashes of belief.” The one with the largest and most complex plot. Intense, splendid, breathtaking. Has much more to it than you’d expect. “In the bottom of the muck……I found my lucida.”

Revitalization of Fuyao Sect(六爻/Liu Yao) translated by Blob Translations (Chapters 1-33) translated by rustycol (Chapters 34 - onwards)

- will have a donghua and a drama in the near future. Completed in 2014. - Xianxia; found family theme. A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, a troublemaker, a meanie, an idiot and a wimpy kid.

Through the Strait Gates( 过门/Guomen) translated by bleachedfish on Wattpad

- Completed in 2015. - One that focuses on commoners: people around me and you. Modern city, loads of angst. Bittersweet past memories mixed up with the current, the pain of the inability to overcome the harsh obstacle of what is called reality.

Faraway Wanderers ( 天涯客 /Tian Ya Ke) translated by Sparkling Water Translations 

- will have a drama in the near future. Completed in 2010. - Historical, Wuxia, Humor, Adventure. A tale about the former leader of a special organization served under royalty, now leaving his past life behind and unintentionally getting involved with the martial world

No Pollution, No Public Hazard (无污染、无公害/Wu Wuran, Wu Gonghai)** translated by Barolaide

- will also have a drama in the near future. Completed in 2018. - Josei, Wuxia. Rapid revenge whilst living a heroic story? These things didn’t exist. Everyone still had to pay back their home loans and credit card debts.

Drowning Sorrows with Raging Fire(烈火浇愁/Lie Huo Jiao Chou) translated by Vermilion Bird Translations on Wattpad

- completed in 2019. multiple adaptation licenses acquired before end of serialization. - urban fantasy and Chinese mythology. A clan patriarch who is a recently hired government staff, and an Emperor from a previous dynasty recently awakened by an unknown party.

Bestial Blade ( 兽丛之刀/Shou Cong Zhi Dao) translated by Flower Succulent

- completed in 2012. - A story about eating, drinking, and killing monsters in the barbaric bestial world.

Lord Seventh (七爷/Qi Ye) translated by Sparkling Water Translations (Chapters 1-5) translated by MaoTranslates (Chapters 6-7) translated by JadeRabbitPendants on Wattpad (Chapter 8 onwards)

- completed in 2010, set in the same universe as Faraway Wanderers (different story altogether, can be read separately and without any order). - Having been given a second chance, Beiyuan had to survive court and decide whether it was finally time for him to let go of his feelings; all while trying to handle the youthful, innocent force of nature who had suddenly barged into his already complicated life.

Jin Se/锦瑟 translated by wangxianbot on Wattpad

- completed in 2011, a yao x human story with xianxia background - In troubling times, old friends have now stood on opposite sides of the front line. Pride and suspicion have pushed them even further, only for them to finally realise, the peace during childhood was the thing we chase after all this time.

As you can see, she really has a diverse set of writing. I’m sure one of those would fit your tastes, even just the quality of her writing is worth checking out ^^

She has a lot more books written and many will be adapted to other forms of media. Will update this list if there are new translations in the future \o/

P.S. You cannot trust her summaries in jjwxc （´∀｀）but you can definitely trust the quality and the HE.

**”No Pollution, No Public Hazard” is not danmei, sorry OTL But it’s by priest still and is worth checking out ;w;

Thank you @0ocrystalo0 and @bleachedfish for helping me compile these <3

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Thank you sooooo much @hiragi for choosing my prompt and working with me! I had so much fun!

Please check their lovely fic here

'Begin Again'

"Wei Ying lives multiple lifetimes to settle his debts. This is a story of the song that follows him through them all."

A reincarnation and redemption WangXian AU

Thank you @mxtxbigbang

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To the amazing @jafndaegur, thank you so, so, so, so much for choosing my prompt and working with me! Here's my companion piece to their lovely fic!

'The Strands That Sew Our Song'

"Glitter like moonlight

silver strings that bind you to me,

witness this mine eyes.

Ruby drips down my song

in ruddy rivulets of tears.

Can you hear their wails?

Pale and sweet, this game

plays our hearts like your fingers

touch my song. Listen."

A sort of 'red-string-of-fate' WangXian AU!

Thank you very much @mxtxbigbang for the wonderful experience!

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9th December 2019

Artist: JLTS23

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Written for the @bokunoaubang​!

I got to work with the awesome @thefacade-23!  Check out their piece for this fic Here!

Summary:

Izuku gets dragged to Las Vegas by his friends after he had a bad break up (though with who, his friends don’t really know because he can be secretive like that).  What he never expected was to find himself in a hidden bar for the paranormal and supernatural beings that Las Vegas hosts.  Nor did he expect to gain the attention of two of the most attractive people there.  Why is his life like this?

Pairing:

Romantic: TodoBakuDeku

Platonic: Ochako&Izuku, Hitoshi&Izuku, Tenya&Izuku

Rating:

M for Mature

TWs:

Alcohol and Drug usage mentioned

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Here's my piece for the BNHA Fantasy AU Bang @bokunoaubang and the lovely and amazing Rosewriter (thank you very much!!!!) @thelilacmysterymistcatsao3space ! It's an accompaniment to their amazing piece "Gambling With Fate".

Summary:

"Izuku gets dragged to Las Vegas by his friends after he had a bad break up (though with who, his friends don’t really know because he can be secretive like that). What he never expected was to find himself in a hidden bar for the paranormal and supernatural beings that Las Vegas hosts. Nor did he expect to gain the attention of two of the most attractive people there. Why is his life like this?"

Please check it out at

Thank you for the wonderful experience!

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30th November 2019

Artist: JLTS23

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Artists commissioned by the Mo dao zu shi radio drama

Artists mentioned here were either commissioned for artwork to be used as covers of the radio drama, or for merchandise. These pictures are from the radio drama or their merchandise, and are not related to the animation.

Note: Not all of the artworks is shown in this post. You can go to Mao-Er FM or Shuo Jian Meng’s online store to see all of them.

I have placed links to most of the artist’s Weibo (Chinese social media) accounts. If you click on their names, it will take you to their homepage. If you like some of the merchandise, you can buy them on Shuo Jian Meng’s online store. Click here for a guide on how to buy them overseas.

Artist: 阿昕 (A Xin). Cover episode 1 - 12 of season one. Merchandise on Shuo Jian Meng - Paper files.

Artist: 麻雀酥 (Ma Que Su). Cover of the side story episodes “Fear of Dogs” and “Lotus Seed Pod”.

Artist: 九条轮 (Jiu Tiao Lun). Cover of season one, the theme song, and bonus episode “Lan Wangji: Accompanying you to sleep”.

The Weibo account of this artist has been deactivated, so there are no links to the homepage.

Artist: 长阳 (Chang Yang). Cover of season two. Merchandise on Shuo Jian Meng - Folding fan, Printed artwork.

Artist: Higga. Merchandise on Shuo Jian Meng - Standee, Printed artwork.

Artist: 利木利 (Li Mu Li). Merchandise on Shuo Jian Meng - Badges, Printed artwork.

Artist: 千二百 (Qian Er Bai). Cover of season two, episode one. Merchandise on Shuo Jian Meng - Mouse pad + Small poster, Printed artwork.

Artist: SpoonKid - The covers of “small acts” episodes.

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11th November 2019

Artist: JLTS23

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