I will honestly punt fanon like a garden gnome into the ocean of their choosing, which is the only choice that I will give them at this point. And that's only because Kafka once said, "When you have a chance to make a choice, make one that you know you won't regret." So please choose your ocean wisely.

With Elio's presence growing with the end of 2.2 (is that his voice in the credits? It's got to be, right?) I just want to present a reminder to people: There is only one character that is ever referenced by the direct title of 'Destiny's Slave', and that is Elio. None of the other Stellaron Hunters have ever been referenced by this same title or descriptor. Using it for Kafka, Blade, Silver Wolf, Sam/Firefly is wrong. And no, this isn't even my opinion that I'm forcing onto people, it's literally canonically wrong. Hell, the easiest option to verify that I'm not pulling this out of the imaginary 'Sae probably wants this to be canon' pocket, please google 'HSR Destiny's Slave' and look what pops up. Hint: it's not the Stellaron Hunters' general wiki page. Beside that, let me also present you with the IPC wanted poster:

"...Blade, Silver Wolf, Sam... The four mentioned above, dead or alive; Do not hurt the Destiny's Slave, and do not let them lose their ability of independent thinking."

So, the thing with Qiu Qingzhi vs Qiu Shenji is that they *are* different characters in a lot of ways. Qiu Shenji is more explicitly morally complex whilst what we see of Qiu Qingzhi is much lighter grey, all considered. But the root of their sense of morality remains, for the most part, identical.

In both cases, they have people they prioritise as "their" people. And for these people, they would sell the world. In the cdrama, this applies to Li Bing and the former slaves/convicts. In the manhua/donghua, it's the people working beneath him (such as General Lang in her former role).

Qiu Shenji is very much running the numbers game in a way that implicitly devalues the lives of civilians, purely because of the potential that the civilians could themselves be sleeper agents. He's been burnt before by doing the "compassionate" thing and so now would rather his troops get away safe, even at the expense of potential innocents. He even outright says something to this effect in his discussion with Minister Xu. If it's not their blood on the ground, then it's his.

To be quite frank, it's entirely possible that Qiu Qingzhi is off doing similar maths in the background of the cdrama, and it's an adaptational choice not to make that too explicit. But at the same time, Qiu Qingzhi's chosen people are not *necessarily* the same as Qiu Shenji's. And so the people he is willing to sacrifice to achieve his aims and protect those close to him differ accordingly.

The cdrama doesn't overly concern itself with asking questions of morality, being focused on more personal stakes overall, rather than weighing up any lofty ideas of what constitutes "ends justify the means" or the distant idea of a "greater good".

But just looking at the wider framework here. Qiu Shenji and Qiu Qingzhi are both a lot more politically aware than Li Bing and this heavily informs their actions. Li Bing can afford to rally for justice because of the space that's been made for him to do so. Qiu Qingzhi and Qiu Shenji do not have that option.

In Qiu Qingzhi's case, it's because his upbringing as a slave cannot be cast off. (Both he and Lai Zhongzhu have this in common. Where the donghua/manhua go for morality and politics, the cdrama goes more for class commentary. Qiu Qingzhi and Lai Zhongzhu both claw their way up from their birth stations and yet neither can remain there for long. They would never *truly* be accepted, not matter what actions they take to prove their loyalty). He has seen how disposable he and his fellow slaves are considered to be and so knows he cannot put a foot wrong.

In Qiu Shenji's, it's because he knows full well how easily he can be implicated by his former relationship with the Li family. (Something that the actual Li Bing was politically astute enough to pick up on years before any rebellion had taken place) And, honestly, even with his other reasons, I wouldn't be surprised if that also plays somewhat into why he's so overzealous in quashing rebellions. The idea of taking down rebels so viciously that he cannot ever be accused of being one himself.

Both Qiu Qingzhi and Qiu Shenji act strongly in their determination to achieve their aims. They want to shoulder the hard acts because they believe that they *have* to be done, but at the same time, are entirely willing to take on that burden *alone* without demeaning those who feel differently.

For Qiu Shenji, General Lang mentions she couldn't stomach his rebel-quashing tactics and so he made sure to obtain her a position elsewhere. She says he had also done this for others and seems thankful, even as she must know she is still complicit. Qiu Shenji knows how he is seen by the general populace, but thinks it an acceptable sacrifice for maintaining peace.

For Qiu Qingzhi, he made his deal with Yi Zhihua and then locked out Li Bing entirely, despite all their history. He would rather Li Bing hate him but be safe than let him in and put him at risk.

Both Qiu Qingzhi and Qiu Shenji commit to drown themselves in the blood of others so that they can protect "their" people. They made their decisions long ago and remain committed. Even choking, caged in a trap slowly tightening around them, they will not flee.

i can’t believe sixpenceee has posted as recently as december 28th if i were in the amount of drama she was i would have deactivated like ten years ago

"I should work on all those WIP I have," I say as I open a new draft and start typing out a new concept.

I'm gonna write this rly quick before I lose my cool again LMAO

Heeey, anyone want to help me out with at least chapter 4 of Started with a Kiss? It's my Donnie x OC story. I'm having some roadblocks with Splinter interactions and other things before I feel I can fully move forward.

I'm in Europe (and it's late here) so I don't reply very fast lol

I finished The Wolf Den…the whole book messed me up (in a good way) and I cried near the end - I don’t remember the last time a book made me cry??? It really was what I wanted from a book on that subject, all the characters felt real and were treated with a lot of compassion, and I’m glad I found it. obviously the sequel will be different but I am looking forward to it

Can you please write more for Ser Erryk? 🥺

Oooh, if the muses come to me 💜 Honestly, At last, when all of the world is asleep was a request sent. Now, I cannot promise to finish any request sent in at a reasonable time...but I keep them, I dwell on them...I am waiting for the the muses to return so I can create something you [hopefully] enjoy.

my brain requires me to make roommates for all the twst characters so i'll be back in a bit

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Brock Rumlow Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Brock Rumlow Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, No mpreg, Dubious Consent, dubcon due to heat, Omega Brock Rumlow, Alpha Bucky Barnes, Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, Bonding, Accidental Bonding, dubcon bonding bc neither of them really knows what theyre doing, Knotting, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Rimming, Oral Sex, Hand Jobs, Marking, Biting, Multiple Orgasms, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Not Beta Read, Coming Untouched Series: Part 1 of slippery thoughts Summary:

Alone with the soldier, Rumlow discovers he’s not a beta when he unexpectedly goes into heat.

This boy has seen some shit.

“Calem help us save this war criminal who thinks garlemald should still use its magitechs for imperial conquest! “

“Yeah that’s not happening.”

Managers at work are playing a game of calling me earlier each Friday when I told them once and again that at most I can be called at 6pm and by all means it can't be an habit as I am usually busy with other stuff up until 6 pm, which means, I'm setting aside other important matters to go and assist them earlier than usual

They can do whatever they want with the schedules and edit it as much as they want, I've warned them about my availability on Fridays due to studying and working on my personal project that will become my main job soon enough

If they choose to ignore it, they'll just going to get one less employee than usual

And mind you, as winter is approaching, so is my personal deadline to quit working for them. They were a means to speed up my savings for the top surgery, and now, as I am still recovering and in pain, big amounts of stress and physical labor aren't good for me, so I will save up the paychecks of the last 3 months of the year, and announce I'm leaving them for good

They don't need to know I won't be having another job, but heck I'll tell them I did get a new one regardless if it's true or not when the time comes

Their insane schedules are diminishing my mental and physical health, and I paid big cash to have my body tweaked. I'm not ruining it for them because they can't understand I am still limited in terms of strength and stress endurance

I've been breathless and in pain too many times in the month and a half I've been back working with them, so

Winter is coming and Dilan is fucking leaving

working on a Thick as Thieves timeline so I can properly outline the rest of my fanfic, and (big surprise) it’s turned into me basically just rereading the book

tag drop       ↳ character related.

✧ ⥼ — visage. ❝ her beauty made a slave of me. ✧ ⥼ — about. ❝ isn’t all that rage so ugly? and isn’t it mine still? ✧ ⥼ — musings. ❝ where is line between sacrifice and self-slaughter? ✧ ⥼ — insight. ❝ ✧ ⥼ — isms. ❝  ✧ ⥼ — desires. ❝ i had no idea how greedy my heart really was. ✧ ⥼ — aesthetics. ❝ so what if my feathers are burning? i never asked for flight. ✧ ⥼ — music. ❝

me vs my muse

Atticus has appeared! What to do?

Bang

Violate

Ravish

Kiss on the lips