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vegalocity · 1 year

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I just thought of something. So you know how most of the villains fail at making doing serious damage with oblivion? Well what about the other heroes? Because we already know that Xiaotian and Wukong can do serious evil with it so what about the others?

I think the thing we have to keep in mind is that NOBODY is ever able to Handle Oblivion well.

the Villains don't know what the fuck they're doing with it and don't really get to DO MUCH with it except for LBD and Macaque but since LBD's is just an instant win it's not super interesting and Macaque is so hyperfocused on getting what he wants it's more of a setup than a plot device

Which is why the two people whom have caused the most damage are heroes on corruption arc paths lmao, but the long and short of it is it's just too much power to give people. it's like the Death Note or the One Ring in that way, anyone that tries to use it will end up using it for evil even if it's only with the best of intentions because no one person should be allowed that sort of power at all.

(maybe long ago when it was first made and could only be carried by several heavily baritoned singers with the explicit instruction from the goddess that gave it to them that it's for taming monsters and getting them to leave peacefully, and was to be returned to her at the end of the life of the person whom she gave it to, it was less power corrupting since it required cooperation with at least a few people all agreeing to use it at once, but not anymore)

But all the same let's make a quick run through the heroes and see how many of them can still be called 'heroes' at the end of it

So Sandy i'd say would probably have the least 'corruption arc'y time of it, how he got it idk, but since Sandy himself is a demon it's unlikely that he'd find out p. easily that it's a mind control record, he just remembers playing it and his whole brain switching off and flooding him with endorphins.

Sandy wouldn't cause much harm to anyone bc by nature of not being particularly concious himself while figuring this thing out he kind of can't figure out just WHAT oblivion does, and that man would very clearly rather swallow his whole houseboat whole before he ever asked anyone in his life for help and in that regard it'd be much more of a 'drug use' metaphor i think

the problem there would probably be when he asks Huntsman if he wants to give it a try and accidentally drags someone else into an addiction that's literally so insidious that neither of them are aware it's addictive at all despite being actively going through withdrawls and needing a hit. it's fine, the desire to go brainless is just slowly consuming Sandy's life and he's dragging Huntsman down with him. It's fine it's all fine the second he hits play that worry will aaalll go away.

(this is another AU where I think Syntax would be a major player primarily due to his immunity since there wouldn't be anyone better to spearhead an intervention than someone the drug in question straight up wouldn't work on)

So right off the bat i'm gonna say Tang and Pigsy's would be kind of a combined one since Pigsy himself would have no interest in a wierd record he found in the marketplace with creepy unintelligeable writing on it other than 'Tang enrichment' and the whole thing would be more of a subtle creepy than overt horror.

Even if we assume Pigsy had no part in it and Tang found it like, buried deep in archives he'd be VERY confused as to what a record was doing there, brought it home to Pigsy like 'i found this??? in the archives??? it's covered in Cuneiform??? we still got that old record player?' and he doesn't see why a very clearly old synth record was sitting in the archives and turns to shout across the room for pigsy and hears a clatter of something hitting the ground. they both freak out for a time, a solid 'WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT??' 'I DON'T KNOW??'

after a lot of screaming and trying to figure out what the fuck that thing was (and why after the shock passed Pigsy realized he didn't hate the sensation) there's a question of 'well What IS this thing then?'

So Pigsy (maybe not as reluctantly as he should have been) agrees to be his guinea pig (puns nonwithstanding) for a bit as they figure out just WHAT this thing is and why it is. And for awhile it's just Tang's notes about altering perception and placing the person in question (perhaps specifically demons) in a state of easy suggestion, and Tang does want to crack the code on this thing, but it IS starting to kind of make him more uncomfortable as he did so. Though Pigsy keeps assuring him its fine, the fact that he seems more excited to keep experimenting with this thing than Tang is is starting to grow worrying...

easy solution then, he just needs another test subject because he REALLY didn't want to reach the conclusion the evidence was pointing toward with PIGSY as the person it's happening to.

maybe a whole bunch of test subjects if he can't get one person to go for it and keep coming back. a proper data pool.

the fact that people keep coming back just means that they want to find the answers too. and the fact that Pigsy's just kind of touchy in the 'casual embraces' department because he's not being the test subject anymore and Tang kind of needed to have his hands all over him guiding him about when he was under and he misses that contact isn't... anything to worry about.

because he definitely didn't use a mind control device on someone he's been pining for for years and accidentally got him addicted to it. no siree.

he just needs... to figure out how this thing works and just how far he can go with it and he'll fix it

You know how sometimes the quest for answers is far worse than choosing to remain ignorant?....yeah...

i have NO idea how Xiaojiao would handle it ngl i think She might be the only one that finds out what it does and is just like 'nerp' and either stuff it in her family's hall of relics or get into comical schenanigans trying to destroy it

and much like a looney tunes character the record keeps just BARELY being missed by whatever she's doing to try and destroy it

#oblivion series #the Tang one is really interesting to me ngl #the quest for knowledge but also putting off dicscovering it bc you fear what the answers mean #its fun #i mean Sandy's is p. cool but it's not really a story about Mind Control in that one Oblivion could be anything #as long as it's not obviously a drug #and it'd have the same basic setup #and to give Xiaotian some credit Tyrant Prince only happens bc he himself was brainwashed for awhile to believe mind control to be cool #and just continues to convince himself its a good thing to avoid confronting the idea #that if mind control wasn't cool then he's done truly unforgiveable things to people he loves

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acoraxia · 17 days

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I did see the azure manipulating wukong part (though in my opinion his feelings were sincere and putting wukong in a pedestal was the result of him seeing wukong as a paragon not because he was planning to manipulate him. But not the point). the macaque part surprised me. it does fit. Cause we see macaque post mountain fight and he's still unwilling to fully see wukong in a negative light. Wants the full story before fully calling wukong a traitor (at least thats my interpretation for "i just think we should consider all our options", and if he did see wukong as a traitor you know he would be talking shit about wukong in that moment). I couldn't see that macaque attacking the pilgrims, but I could see him doing that with just a bit more outside pushing

I don't usually pay attention to Macaque but I really wanted to focus on him during the mountain bit with the brotherhood when Tang was teleporting in and out of the scroll's little timeline.

Azure's words really struck gold in the heart of Macaque and that's such a manipulative thing to do. Praising someone so high up that when they fall everyone turns on them. It's not the first or only time he's done it but it's definitely one of the most impactful ones ngl considering how macaque carried on with this belief that Sun Wukong saw himself as better than everyone all throughout Seasons 1 - 3 and even admits to MK Azure had him believe that.

It's so interesting and it's also funny because people are so ready to paint Azure as this martyr or hero for his death in the Season 4 finale but all I see if someone who died before he could receive repercussions for his actions. It was very neat.

#ask #i will say that lmk has such a weird way with villains #they'll be introduced rather quickly some times and we'll be expected to care... or at leats thats what it looks like #im giving them too much credit. i think. but it'd be interesting #if we werent supposed to feel such a strong connection with azure #so they pruposefully introduced him super quickly and killed him off in a way that looks like we're meant to be sad but in reality we're no #it'd so interesting ough

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ninja-knox-ur-sox-off · 10 months

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BACK WITH ANOTHER KNOX REACTS

Well the last one was just beautiful and enjoyable so ONTO PT 3/EP 13 RIP AND TEAR

THAT DOESNT’ SOUND OMINOUS AT ALL

MAN I’M HAVING SUHCJ AN EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SPECIAL

(lmk s4 special spoilers ahead)

I keep looking at the theme song closely to see if anything changed hglsjfweo;fm

PENG’S LAUGH PLEASEJGSDJD

WHEEZING

WOW PENG IS JUST

FIXATED ON MACAQUE HUH

THIS IS SO FREAKING FUNNY

I’M TELLING YA MAN

THEY JUST THINK A LITTLE TOO MUCH ABOUT MACAQUE AND ARE ALSO SIMILARILY DRAMATIC

…

HEADCANON MACAQUE HUNG OUT WITH PENG AFTER MONKEY KING STARTED TO LEAVE MORE AND AFTER THE MOUNTAIN HE WENT AND LIVED WITH THEM AT CAMEL RIDGE BUT SPICIFICALLY WITH PENG AND THAT’S WHERE HE GOT HIS DRAMATIC FLARE FROM THAT WE SEE IN EP 9 BECASUE THEY ARE ACTUALLY SO SIMILAR

SILLY GOOFY THOUGHTS

THIS SEEMS SO CHILL FOR THE SPECIAL

OH THAT SLIDE INTO THE SHADOW

NICELY DONE

OKAY

OKAY LOOK

DUDE

YOU CAN’T

LOOK ME IN THE EYE

AND TELL ME PENG ISN’T FIXATED ON MACAQUE

“IS THERE ANYTHING WUKONG CAN DO THAT WILL BREAK HIS HOLD OVER YOU” PARDON???

EXCUSE ME???

HELLO??

A WEIRD SORTA JELLY??

YOU WANT MACAQUE TO LOOK UP TO YOU AND NOT WUKONG IS IT?? OR TO WANNA HANG OUT WITH YOU?? HECKING??

I’M TELLING YOU MAN

OO SOME REUSED ANIMATION FOR A SECOND THERE

“You know what Peng, straight up, i have never liked you” PLEASEEEEEE

Look dude i’m just saying, almost every time Peng has opened their mouth it’s been about macaque, keeps bringing him up even tho Azure never really asks about him, and goes straight to fight Macaque during the battle goading him exactly like how Macaque goads Wukong in ep 9 or very similar too it

ITS LIKE

KAY ITS KINDA LIKE

EITHER

JEALOUS, OR WANTS TO BE LIKE AZURE, OH, AZURE HAS MONKEY? I WANT MONKEY TOO, MACAQUE’S THE LEFTOVER ONE, I’M CLEARLY COOLER THAN WUKONG WHY DON’T YOU BE MY BEST FRIEND??? OR HECKING?? I DUNNNO SOMETHING SOMETHING IT SURE IS SOMETHIGN AND I’M STARING AT IT

things i wanna write for

Tang Monk and Wukong’s relationship

Ao Lie and Wukong’s relationship

Azure and Wukong’s relationship

Peng and Macaque’s relationship

OKAY BACK TO IT

SNEAK ATTACK MEIIIIII

Macaque does seem so much softer

AWWW WAIT

“you little brat”

you referring to Mei or Macaque- /j /j /j /j just seems kinda interesting Macaque seems to take after Peng and Wukong seems to take after Azure, like the bigger older friends with their younger fiends they call dibs on in an unhealthy way or something I’M NOT MAKING SENSE BUT ITS SO SPECIFIC

BUT MEI AND MACAQUE TEAMING UP IS SO HEKCING GOOD

PENG IS PRETTY POWERFUL

HEY RUDE

HER GRANDPA’S COOL

WATCH UR MOUTH PENG

OH THEY’RE FIGHTING YELLOW TUSK

THIS IS HOW THEY GET THEIR WEAPONS BACK

SANDY IS THE TALKER YES

COME ON SANDY DO YOUR THING

SCREAMS

NOTHING IS WORHT THAT PRICE

OOP

SAIVING

YELLOW TUSK

WOW HE

REALLY

REALLY WANTS WUKONG DEAD HUH

HIS PAST FAILURE AT GROOMING A HERO

UHUH

WUKONG GETTING UNDER HIS SKIN

I’M CHOKINGDS;LFKMS

THIS IS

PLEASE

RUNNING OVER AND STRIAHGT UP HUGGING HIS MENTOR “NEVER” AND THEN BLEP STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT AT HIM PLEASEL;KMASDFOAWEF

AZURE IS SO STRANGE

HE LITERALLY BASICALLY SHAPED WUKONG TO BE WHAT HE IS MORE OR LESS TO TRY AND GET WHAT HE WANTED, AND NOW HE’S TRYING OT ERASE THAT FAILED PROJECT, BUT SEES MK AS HOW WUKONG WAS BEFORE HE MESSED HIM OVER?? BUT HE THINKS HE’S IN THE RIGHT WITH IT ALL AND ITS WILD

I LOVE MK AND WUKONG SM

THEYRE’ FIGHITN GETHER OH MY GODS

THEY BOTH HAVE CLOUD

LOO KAT THIS

LOOK AT THIS FIGHT SCENE

LOOK AT THIS AMV CONTENT

OOK AT THAT BOSSIBLE TRANSITION

OH WOW HE WAS REALLY COMING IN FOR THE KILL

MONKEY TIME?

NO TINY GUY TIME

OKAY

TEAMWORRRKKK

HEKCIKMNGMSDFN;AWEFMSDKLFSD

LOOK AT THEM GO

TWO LITTLE CHEEKY MONKESY

MK PLEASE

ONE UNCOMFIRMED

OH WOW CALLING WUKONG IMBICILE NOW

WHEEZING

POINTS AND LAUGHS

OH HE CAUGHT THAT

MK AND WUKONG WORKING TOGETHER IS SO GOOD

PLEASEEEE

THE MONKEYS HELPING GATHERING STUFF UP

I’M CRYING

THATS MY CUE

THE WYA THAT LINE WAS DELIVERED

NGL GETTING A LITTLE TIRED

SOMETHIGN BIG AND PREFERABLY REALLY ANNNOYING

THEY’RE SOO GOOD

AZURE UR HILARIOUS

HE’S HAVING SUCH A TIME

OH HELLO

LOOK AT THAT ANIMATION

LOOK AT THAT DESIGN

OH WOW HE JUST GOT BIG

TINY DUDE IS BIG NOW

HE’S BIG NOW

THE HAIR LONGER

WOW LOOK AT THAT POSE

DANG Mk

MK PLS

THE JUST STANDING THERE

THIS ID IS POWERFUL MY GOSH

MONKEY MECHHHHH

OOP

TORN APART EASY

PORRYYYYYYYYYYYYY

HELPNG;LSDKMF;AOWEFM

WHERE’D THE CARBOARD CUTOUT COME FROM

HELP

THEIR SILLY FACES TO DISTRACT HIM MK PLEASE

PORTYYYYY

PORTY LION

THIS IS SO FUN

HELP???

BANANA PEEL??

HELPGL;SDKMA;WE

THAT WAS SUCH A HUGE EXPLOSION

YEAH WHO’D’VE THUNK

OH MEI’S PLAN

LETS GO

SHE’S LEARNIGN

SHE LEARNED THE LESSON FROM SHIFU

SCREAMING

MEI ILY

THIS IS SO GOOD

YEAAAH BOIII

INCREDIBLE

A TEAM IS MEI AND MACAQUE I LOVE THAT

NICE NICE NICE NICE

OOP

OH HECK

WUKONG

THAT’S NOT GOOD

MK BUDDY NO HECK UUUUUUU AZURE

LEAVE HIS TUDI ALLOOOONEE

PLS DUDE HALF OF WHAT HAPPEND TO THE MONKEY IS YOUR FUALT APPARANTLY QUIT BLAMING HIM FOR ALL YOUR POBLEMS LOSER

THERE HE IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE THE OLD MACAQUE

WUKONG WHACKING HIM AWAY WITH A PUNCH ACTUALLY DEAR GOSH

MK HAVING A HARD TIME

WELP

MONKEY IS SO HCING PWOERFUL HOW WHY?????

EVERYBODY WORRIED ABOUT MK INSTANTLY

OH BOY

hang on tho so like, who wants this part of mk out? like

kay so hear me out, it feels like somebody wants mk to be at his most powerful, so they’re throwing bit by bit at him to get him real powered up and pull this monkey part out of him

season 5 you’re scaring me

OH THE WYA HE SAYS KID THIS TIME

PELASE BE OKAY WITH UR MONKEY PART OF YOURSELF MK

OH WOW

NIMATION REALLY

OH WOW

OH OHOHOHOHGFFS;KA;WWE

OH HOLY WHATBSLD;KF HOLY CRAP WAIT

HOLD UP

ONE

WAIT

ONE SECOND WAIT WAIT ANIMATION??

MONKEY?? HOLD UP??

WELL ARIGHT THEN?? THE EYE?? THE SAME EYE FROM THE SES 3 FINALLY WITH LBD WITH THE YOU CAN’T JUSDGE PEOPLE OFF THEIR WORST TRAITS OR WHATEVER

THE ALMOST SCARY SMILE?? HOLY CRAP MK?? MY LAD???

EXTRA FLOOF

HIS SMILE?? BLASTING CLOSE??

HELLO???

HE TAPPED HIM HE TAPPED HIM WITH HIS TAIL

WHAT IS HE??

WHAT IS MK????

THIS IS LIKE

POWER ON PAR WITH THE JADE EMPEROR????????

MK??????????

MY STUFF

WUKONG CHEERING HIM ON

YEAH WHAT IS HE

HOLY

CRAP

WHAT IS HAPENIGN

WHAT IS MK

WE HAVE’T EVEN SEEN WUKONG PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHAT IS THIS KID??

OKAY

OKAY MK’S ACTUALLY TERRIFYING ME RN

HE SEEMS CRAZED BUT HE’S NOT

LOOK WHAT HE’S DONE TO YOU?

HECK U AZURE

HOLY THAT SMILE?? THIS ALMOST DOESN’T FEEL LIKE MK

OH THERE’S NOTHING MINDLESS BAOUT ME FRIEND

WHAT IS THIS NAIMATOIN

MY GODS

WHAT IS HAPPENING

MONKEY KINGS’S JUST BEING SILLY AND UH

THAT’S

THAT’S NOT GOOD

MK HAS SOME

BUILD UP

OOP

MK HAS SOME BUILD UP

OH WOW HOH

OH MY OSH OGH MY GOS H SHUT UP SHU THUSPDFGABH;IOFWAEBF;OAWNGA;OWIMFLS;ADMFDSFAOIWEHNSALKFMS

SCREAMS

SCREMS SCREMSA

MK HAS SOME BUILD UP MK IS A GIANT WAR FORM MK HAS THE FORM MK SUPER PWOERFUL MK INSANE MK MONKEY MK DOING THE CATCH SWORD WITH FOREHEAD THING MONKEY KING DOES HE DOESN’T EVEN BOTEHR TO BLOCK IT BACK THE FRICK UP HOLY CRAP II’M CONVINCED WUKONG DOESN’T HAVE THE POWER HE USED TO BECAUSE MK IS HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP

THERE IT IS

WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A WAR FORM FOR HIM FOR SO LONG AND HE ACTUALLY HJAS IT???

AZURE BUD YOU’RE SCREWED

WHAT IS THIS KID??

HOLY WHAT THE CRAP

YOU PUT UR HAND IN THE MONKEY CAGE AND EXPECT TO GET BIT S O N

I THINK

MK HAS A LOT OF PENT UP FEELINGS

MK IS JUST USING

HIS HEAD

MK ARE YOU OKAY

YOU’RE KINDA

WAILING ON THIS GUY

OOP

THAT’S NOT GOOD

THE UNIVERSE IS GETTING BUSTED

FIGHTS OVER GENTS

MIGHT WANNA GO CHECK ON THAT

WHO’S DEALING WITHTHIS

MK IS HAVING SUCH A MOMENT

UH OH

MK MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE

OR AZURE MIGHT BE

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

OKAY SHUT UP NO BREAK HECK BREAKS I’M GOING ONTO THE NEXT ONE I’LL PROCESS ALL THE MONKEY KING FROM THE OG CLASSIC MK JUST PULLED OUT THAT WE’VE NEVER SEEN WUKONG DO LATER

KNOX OUT

#knox rambles #knox reacts #lmk s4 spoilers #lmk s4 special spoilers #monkie kid season 4 special spoilers

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ashtraythief · 26 days

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Hey! So ive been a long time reader of ur underneath verse (since like.. 2018? Maybe even 2017?) and i just wanted to drop by and tell u how much im enjoying rereading ur writing! Like in general i think this is one of my fav fics series just bc its so extensive and well done and thought out and fleshed out so well it works so well? Like seeing all the different angles and the way u choose to frame things is really fun for me and kinda inspires my own writing in some aspects.

Ive never read the whole thing all in one go before so ive decided to do that right now and im just about done with the pied pipers song - more specifically willys chapter. And i kinda needed to let u know that ur series really stands out to me just bc of how many glimpses into other characters and all these different povs of the same thing like on it stands out on a technical level but then ur actual writing of these things is so good and compelling and like as an outsider pov bitch it hits the spot for me so well? Like ur writing is never stale and its always interesting.

I specifically wanted to take this time to mention that i really love willy and winstons characters and how u went about it. Like im ngl the way u wrote them kinda makes me want to cry tears of happiness for them bc they have found ppl who appreciate them and they have connections with other ppl but then the bittersweet tang of jensen and willy is kinda fucking me up rn /pos djjdjdjd like in general u really do the bittersweet jensen is stuck undercover angle really well and it HURTS so good

But yes i dont really have a good concise message or comment to leave beyond the fact that i keep stopping every few sentences to get up and jump bc im so excited about what im reading i need to get rid of that excess energy lol so sorry if this is all over the place and a really messy message! I just really wanted to let u know how much im enjoying reading it all rn. Thank you so much for sharing ur writing with us and for continuing to write for this series its so fun!

omg nonnie, I'm kinda speechless here (this is the second wonderful message in two days so I'm kinda overwhelmed. is it send wonderful messages week somewhere??)

I just am so grateful and this message made me so happy. never apologize for maybe not having a five point outline lol, this is amazing.

The underneath verse has always been my fandom baby, so praise for it is already amazing, but the pied piper fic and Winston and Willy epsecially, it just makes my heart so full. Ten years ago, they definitely started out as stock characters of mob drivers, because I didn't think this fic would get so big, but then it did, and Willy especially became a real character. a) because I knew he'd fall in love with Jensen too, as anyone does really and b) because I looooove the bittersweet undercover Jensen shtick where I write from other character's POV and the reader knows how wrong they're getting it but they don't *mu har har* (yeah I'm a little mean sometime. sorry?)

but in all seriousness, the Willy chapter, I'ev been working on that for months. And I kept adding things and rewriting things and trying to get it perfect even though I know that most people who read the story mostly care about Jared and Jensen (which is totally fair and understandable), but I care about him and there are a few people out there who do too (and I love you for it, so much), but with Willy, I just wante to do this /right/. I've come to love him so much, and he's come to be so important to Jensen, it felt like he and Winston really deserve their own story told even though that's kind of ridiculous because they're not real, but they're a little real to me now. All this to say, nonnie, this comment and your appreciation of Willy means so fucking much to me. And my poor alpha reader who read like four drafts of this (seriously, M. is a saint) and my beta readers who then had to beta four iterations of this. To know that this effort is appreciated this much honestly make me cry a little (I am not having the greatest time right now, so I cry easily but the point still stands. Thank you.)

This message was actually such an energy boost I'm currently trying to fix the next timestamp, lol so I'll have something to post next month. You're a true treasure, nonnie <3

#anon ask #underneath verse

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ciceroballtorture · 2 years

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what are your fav historical fiction tv shows?

ohhh very interesting question bc i do watch a lot of historical fiction, some of which im pretty sure nobody has heard of (that period drama abt the culpepper ring, that king arthur tv series with eva green playing up catholic issues etc) but I cannot say they are particularly dignified choices 90% of the time. also, necessary premise, by fave i mostly mean things that have held up through an unspecified period of time

Black Sails

The Great s1: only s1 tho. unpopular opinion but peter/catherine were SO boring in s2 and in general the show imho swerved in directions that i didnt care abt. rip count orlo getting character development

The Borgias 2011: i cannot in good conscience leave them out considering my story with the show* but i do still stand by it being good

North & South: old but a very good alternative to pride&prejudice for me aftee i got really tired of the 2005 movie version. the marriage proposal is still iconic to me

Ming Dynasty: this is unrepentantly bc of tang wei in period clothing. i am not the best person to judge on accuracy, propaganda elements or anything but, considered the reason i watched it for, i was happy and content and satisfied ngl

Reign: i just think its one of the best teen shows out there djdhdhs sorry like i recognise the prom dresses and the acting and everything make it unpalatable but considered how much misogyny there IS in the writing of these tv shows, reign really came through those first 3 seasons (mary's sexual assault storyline was surprisingly very delicately handled!!) and in general it treated its female character unlike what i expected of it ngl

now, a few more that i add begrudgingly but i have gripes with so its a kind of ehhhh *shrugs* category:

rome hbo :////: i vehemently hate like 70% of it (every scene that involves titus pullo or lucius vorenus; most scenes with women bc bruno heller is so misogynistic) but I also am compelled as i often am when it comes to bad historical fiction involving rome. begrudgingly. (*points at the icon and url*)

Penny Dreadful: very defining for teenage me but ehhh need to rewatch properly tbh!

Magnificent Century: i like soap operas

#.ask #anonymous #*bc in middle school i had a small agreement with the older brother of a friend to traffick the episodes on my tablet bc i wasnt allowed to #watch them on my own (probably bc of the nudity) by my parents but at that time i also had a really highkey #obsession with lucrezia borgia so eh. you have to do what you have to do #this is so long and word vomity fhdhdhd sowwyyy

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howldean · 2 years

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TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KNOW BETTER

tagged by: @free-birdies

thx for the tag!

favorite color: purple! honestly though yellow has been growing on me lately (it's gonna have to fistfight blue green and black for second place though)

currently reading: textbooks...... so many fics ngl i HIGHLY RECOMMEND no win scenario by astralspock which i just finished the other day !! also one of the books i'm reading for class is called The Emotional Life of Your Brain by richard j davidson and it's honestly a really interesting read

last song: i've been playing slide by the goo goo dolls on loop for the last 20 minutes /srs

last movie: either brokeback mountain or velvet goldmine with @footnotesnake i don't remember time is an illusion

sweet, savory, or spicy: savory! sweet is good, and i can appreciate tang but i'm tragically sensitive to spicy foods

currently working on: homework, mostly. getting through the day. being gentler with myself, and a few fandom projects for funsies. ALSO making my halloween costume, i'm gonna vinyl print on the shirt today actually

tagging (if you want) @ SNAKE IF YOU WANT @buddythatsnotnatural @beachboysnatural @boyroad @ponthiertual @iliedmp4 @slasherflicksam @eileenguy @emoasssammyboy

#tag games

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renewedmotionforjudgment · 1 year

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My thoughts on Unexpected Falling, so far, in no particular order.

- I’m actually glad that I watched the Confidence before this because I know how the director/screenwriter paces. Which is start off drama slow with stuff that you don’t think is important, accelerate, accelerate, until every minute detail shows up in the last 5 episodes. It’s actually very different from most cdramas (and probably one of the biggest roadblocks to me finishing them), which is a lot of plot in the first 20 episodes to attract viewership, stall for like 10-15 episodes, and then finale.

- But NGL, what mostly kept me focused in the first 5 episodes was the fact that Peng Guanying looked really great in a 3 piece suit.

- Also, and I know the side plot involving You Gang means something but I really don’t care much for it. I was so glad when his wife called him out on it.

- Also, NGL, I lol at the reviewers who dropped before episode 10 complaining that the Gao Jun character is just a big cliche.

- I like that the plot doesn’t try to sugarcoat how sheltered Ruan Zhen Zhen has been during her marriage and how negatively it impacted her when her husband died. Her trying to find a job wasn’t some cutesy montage; it is hard getting back into the workforce with a long resume gap.

- I think I mentioned this before, but I do like that this is a drama about grown adults being grown adults. The plot treats the characters as adults. The plot treats the viewers as adults.

- The romance is interesting and a true slow burn. I do feel like the romance ended up far more secondary than the trailer (probably because it was trying to market off the second collaboration) but it feels fairly organic to the plot. But that said, director, just a little fanservice won’t hurt the plot.

- I remain disappointed that out of the slot of upcoming peng guanying projects, morally conflicted general having to enter into an arranged marriage with a princess in fake Tang dynasty isn’t one of them.

#unexpected falling

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tigerseye46 · 3 years

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House of Madness

Worked on some possessed Pigsy au stuff!

Warning: Possession, Forced Behavior, Pigsy is kinda yandere in this ngl

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Four days has passed since Pigsy took him to this place, this horrifying place. It’s all icy, the walls barren, he almost tripped the first time Pigsy took him to the castle, now it has long carpets in the hallways, possibly in some failed attempt to please Tang. Regret wells up in him, he should have seen the signs, he should have noticed when Pigsy began to change but he didn’t, not until it was too late and now Pigsy was possibly lost to them forever.

Tang sighs as he explores his prison, he’s tried to escape before but no matter what, Pigsy is one step ahead of him. The pig has left all sorts of traps to make sure Tang never leaves. He keeps an alarm that only he has the passcode to, if he gets the slightest idea that the scholar might leave, he’ll drop everything and come right on back even if he’s in the middle of a fight with Wukong. He stops at the mostly empty library that Pigsy set up, for now it is only filled with books from their apartment, the pig promises he’ll get more.

The scholar picks up a book, scanning the cover of it, he sighs again and sits on a chair, opening it. He questions if he should try again, maybe he’ll get lucky? He shakes his head, he’s never been particularly lucky, sure, he got lucky enough to be chosen to retrieve the scriptures but the ensuing journey was certainly not lucky. He ponders on what to do, so immersed in his thoughts that he gasps when arms wrap around his waist and a kiss is placed on his neck.

Pig-, not Pigsy whispers, “Hello, my love.”

Tang holds his breath for a second. “He-hello.”

“Somethin’ wrong, gorgeous?”

“N-no… you just startled me is all.”

Pigsy kisses his neck again. “You were so cute while readin’, I had to sneak up on ya.”

The Buddhist shivers at the contact. “O-oh…” He’s hoping that will be the end of it, it never is.

“What are ya readin’ anyway?”

“Hm? O-oh.” He looks at the cover again. “Something about adventure.”

“Haven’t been payin’ attention? Is my little freeloader distracted? What were ya thinkin’ about?”

Thinking of ways to get away from you, Tang wants to say but he holds his tongue. “Just something.”

“Were ya thinkin’ of me?

Tang pauses then answers, “Yes. Yes I was.”

The answer satisfies the pig and he kisses him on the lips. When Tang refuses to kiss back, the pig growls and pinches him, he opens his mouth in shock and Pigsy uses that as an opportunity to further the kiss, pressing him against his body. Tang kisses back reluctantly until Pigsy is satisfied and they separate, the Buddhist holds back tears.

“There, that wasn’t so hard now.” He rubs a thumb against Tang’s cheek. Tang mumbles something. “What was that, love?” He lifts his chin. “Speak up, I can’t hear ya.”

“N-nothing…”

“It didn’t sound like nothin’. I can barely understand a word that comes out from your pretty mouth that way. Now tell me what’s wrong. I can make it all better.” The smile he gives is unsettling, it’s like his icy blue eyes are trying to read into Tang’s soul.

Tang shoves him away. He shouts “You’re is what is wrong! Don’t you see it? You aren’t you! You’re possessed! The White Bone Spirit has taken control of your mind, fight it!”

Pigsy blinks for a few seconds, his eyes returns to their normal blue then he blinks again and the same icy blue appears. He grins madly and steps towards Tang, the Buddhist backs up until he hits a bookshelf, a few books fall off. Pigsy grips him by the waist and crowds over him. “Oh, sweetheart, what are ya talkin’ about? I’m completely in my right mind.”

The Buddhist scoffs. “Yea, right then tell me, what are we doing here? Why aren’t we in your noodle shop? Why aren’t we with the kids? How does none of this seem off to you?”

“Sweetheart, I think ya ask too many questions. We’re here because I’m gonna treat ya like the royalty ya are, I told ya that in the beginnin’, shame ya didn’t seem to hear me. And who needs that stupid shop anyway? Wouldn’t ya rather live in a place like this? You never have to do anythin’. The only reason our kids aren’t here is because that jackass has them. Don’t worry I’ll get them for ya.”

“Don’t you touch them!” He shouts. “You leave them alone! Don’t you dare a hair on my kids’ heads!”

“Our kids, love. Our kids,” he corrects. “I wouldn’t hurt them, ya know me. All I want to do is kill that monkey, he’s gettin’ in the way of our happy family. He tried to take you away from me but no longer.” He kisses Tang then whispers, “He won’t be a problem, we can be a happy family, just like I always wanted.”

“You leave him alone too!” He hisses and attempts to shove him again but the pig keeps him firmly against the bookcase.

The pig glares at him. “What?! Why?! Are ya in love with ‘im? Ya are, aren’t ya? I won’t let ‘im take you away from me! I’ll kill ‘im!”

“No! I’m not in love with him!”

“Really?! Because it seems as if ya are! I’ll go fight ‘im right now and get our kids then you’ll only love me!” He adjusts his crown and turns away from Tang, he’s decked out in ancient Chinese armor, his cape swishing a bit as he walks.

Tang ponders what to do, he can’t risk him fighting Wukong and his kids getting taken to this place. He grips Pigsy’s clothing and smooches him suddenly, the pig smooches back with eager intent. Tang’s heart thumps, this isn’t Pigsy but his mind is racing, he wants this, he wants Pigsy but he’s smart enough to know that this isn’t him and he’s only doing this so not Pigsy won’t capture his kids. He moves away from Pigsy and tries not to appear disgusted at the creepy grin the pig gives him.

Pigsy replies, “Wow! Passionate, aren’t ya?”

Tang blushes. “Qu- quiet.”

“No need to be embarrassed, doll. I think it’s rather cute.”

“Don’t call me doll!” His cheeks puff up.

“Awwww. What, don’t like that nickname? Don't worry, I have a thousand other things to call you.” He backs away to finally give Tang some room to breathe.

“Tch.” Tang narrows his eyes at him and he bends down to pick up the books littered on the floor, stacking them on top of each other, one is a translation of the Journey to the West. He holds it with one hand and as he’s about to put it with the others when Pigsy grabs his arm. The pig’s eyes observe the book. “Is something wrong?”

He takes the book from the Buddhist’s hands. “Want to read this.”

The Buddhist raises an eyebrow. “Why? You’ve never been interested in those stories before.”

“Well, love, there’s a lot ya don’t know about me.” He runs a hand on the Buddhist’s cheek and winks. “I can’t wait until I get Tripitaka here. Gods, he’s going to be beautiful, after I get him and our kids, everythin’ will be complete.”

Tang raises an eyebrow. He’s heard Pigsy comment about Tripitaka, him before. He hasn’t asked yet and he’s scared to ask. The comments paralyzed him. It was always something like “I can’t wait to go into Heaven and grab him,” “My gorgeous master, I’ll treat him like royalty,” “It would be great to have your idol here, wouldn’t it, love?” He still has no idea what the pig means and he knows he should try to figure out. Why is Pigsy planning on kidnapping him? Well, he’s already kidnapped him but the pig doesn’t know that. The only pig demon that Tang has ever been familiar with aside from Pigsy is Zhu Bajie. He sighs, he hasn’t seen Bajie in ages, the pig was and is his first love, he misses him and wishes he was here to save him. Pigsy is his second love, but Pigsy isn't Pigsy and he’s trapped and Tang needs to get out yet he wants information on why he wants Tripitaka so bad, curiosity is burning into him.

“Pigsy?”

Pigsy purrs. “Yes, love?”

“Um… why do you want Tripitaka?”

“Don’t be jealous, babe.”

“I’m not!”

“You’re both equals in my heart. He’s beautiful just like ya are, how could I not want him?”

“What? You don’t even know him.”

“I know him, doll but relax your pretty, little head. No need to be jealous.”

“Don’t call me doll,” he repeats.

Pigsy smirks and plants a kiss on his cheek. “Why not?”

“Because I’m not a toy!”

“You’re right, ya aren’t. You’re more like royalty, although I could treat ya like a doll if you want.”

“Shut up.”

Pigsy narrows his eyes at him and roughly pulls his chin up. “Now babe, it’s rude to tell your future husband to shut up.” The pig’s blue eyes glow as he says this, it makes Tang shiver, the chef’s fingers are cold like they have been for some time. His blue eyes glow brighter. “Never tell me to shut up again, got it?”

Tang nods reluctantly. “Got it.” Pigsy smiles and lets go of his chin. Tang puts the rest of the books back and as he finishes, Pigsy lifts him into the air. “Wh-what are you doing?”

“Almost supper time. I should treat ya like the king or queen ya are and escort you myself,” he replies and walks Tang to his dining room, book still in the pig’s hands as he takes him.

They arrive at the dining hall, the pig gently lets him down and pulls out a large throne meant for Tang. He silently commands for him to sit down, Tang glares but he knows better to disobey, he sits down reluctantly then the pig pushes it slightly.

Pigsy kisses his cheek. “Any preference on dinner, love?”

“No…”

“Alright, I’ll make ya somethin’ then we can chat and have some fun later,” he purrs. He places the book on the table and saunters off.

Tang grabs the book from the wooden table, he stares at it, he wants his disciples, he needs his disciples to rescue him, he doesn’t know where Bajie or Wujing are but he hopes they know what’s happening, he hopes there’s a plan to rescue him. He presses the book against his chest, he misses them, it’s been so long since he’s last seen them. He’s all alone and he has no one to rescue him this time, he has to be smart, the kidnappings have made him smart.

Tang ponders on the information he’s gathered. Pigsy doesn’t want to eat Tripitaka, well him so that’s good at least. His heart thumps at the reason the pig took him to this place, he hadn’t realized that Pigsy was in love with him, how long had the pig been keeping it in? He does love Pigsy, the real Pigsy and he wants to be with him, not until he’s freed, until they’re both freed.

The Buddhist knows he’ll have to comply with what the pig says, get him to lower his guard down then escape when he has the chance. He knows Pigsy doesn’t want to hurt him, he just wants the scholar to be his, he can deal with it, it won’t be too bad, right? All he needs to do is find a way to get out and get rid of the White Bone Spirit. He prays the group finds a way to rescue him and Pigsy. He moves the book away from his chest and flips to a page. The memories of his disciples and their journey flood back to him, they were always there to keep him safe but they weren’t here and he had to fend for himself.

Tears fall from his eyes as he reminisces, the cold air of the castle sweeps through him and he shivers. He leans back into his wooden throne, he’s thankful it’s not made of ice unlike that throne Pigsy makes him sit in constantly. He twists the bracelet around his wrist that he was forced to wear, pulling the collar of his tight outfit, he hates it, it isn’t him, it isn’t comfortable like his old cassock or his current outfit. He’s practically a doll for Pigsy to dress up and play with, he can’t bring himself to hate the pig for it, he knows he isn’t in his right mind.

He hears the doors swing open and he shuts his eyes. He hears multiple plates being set on the table. Pigsy places a thumb under his eye, he shudders at the contact. “Love,” The pig starts. “Why are ya cryin’?”

Tang sniffles and wipes his tears with his hands. “Oh I didn’t realize. It’s nothing.”

The Buddhist opens his eyes when the pig runs a hand through his face, Pigsy is down on his knees. A soft look is on his face, it’s almost like he’s him again. “It’s not nothin’. You are my queen.” Tang rolls his eyes at the queen part as more tears roll down his face. “You deserve to be happy. What’s wrong?” He wants to tell Pigsy everything, he wants to open up to him, hug him, kiss him but this isn’t Pigsy and he continues sobbing. “Hey,” he whispers. “Ya don’t have to be sad. I’ll take care of ya, I promise.” He presses a kiss to the back of Tang’s hand and gets rid of his tears.

Tang observes him and smooches his cheek, the demon purrs and the scholar can’t help the smile that creeps on his face. He plants another kiss and enjoys the other purrs that come out of the demon. The pig has a lovestruck look on his face and Tang lets out a laugh. “I don’t doubt that. I’m fine now that you’re taking care of me.”

Pigsy kisses him on the forehead and he turns red. “Okay but if anythin’ is botherin’ ya, you tell me. I hate seein’ ya upset. You deserve to be happy.”

The monk beams. “Thank you.”

Pigsy nods and sits in the throne right beside him. He holds the monk’s hand in his, Tang rests a head on his shoulder, for a moment he can pretend everything is fine. He blushes more when the pig places a kiss to his lips and feeds him, whispering gentle promises of love into his ear. Tang playfully pushes him away at one point when the pig uses a cheesy pick up line.

“My love,” Pigsy purrs.

Tang rolls his eyes and asks “Yes?”

“Have I ever told ya how beautiful you are?”

“Oh, only about a dozen times now. Although I wouldn’t mind hearing it again.”

“Good cause I’ll tell ya as many times as I want.”

“Wow, that almost sounds intimidating. Should I be scared?”

“Just tellin’ the truth, dear.” He winks as he feeds Tang again.

Tang accepts it and basks in their little domestic moment. “Do you ever run out of names to call me?”

“Nope,” he replies. “I got a thousand in my head just for ya.”

“I feel special,” he jokes as he chews on another spoonful.

“As ya should, you’re mine after all.”

Tang frowns for a second. Something about that statement makes him snap out of it. A pit of guilt forms in his stomach, he feels as if he’s taking advantage of Pigsy. The pig looks at him in worry and he has to look away because he can’t give in, no matter how many times he acts like Pigsy, he has to turn him away.

The demon puts a hand under his chin to force the human to stare at him. The icy blue orbs quickly remind him of the possession, he bites his lip to prevent sobs from slipping past his lips. The demon furrows his eyebrows and Tang sends him a fake reassuring smile, Pigsy nods and continues feeding him.

After dinner, the pig carries him to their room with the book of the journey still with them. The pig throws pick up line after pick up line at Tang while examining the book, he tries to scoot away but the arm wrapped around his waist pulls him in closer.

Tang groans when another line is thrown at him. “You know you could do better than cheesy pick up lines.”

Pigsy snarks, “Sometimes they work, I have other lines, just don’t know if you’re ready for that.” Tang huffs and leans against his shoulder. “Don’t worry, honey, we got time.”

“Time? Time for what?”

“For me to shower ya with as many compliments as there is. We have a lot of time.”

“Oh, great. How wonderful,” he replies, sarcasm present in his voice but Pigsy thinks it’s sincere and gives him a peck on the side of his head.

“So rose, do ya want to pay me a compliment back?” He winks, the scholar rolls his eyes and scoffs. The demon pinches his waist and he lets out a yelp, the demon’s eyes glow blue as they always do when he gets even the slightest bit angry or annoyed. “Well, do ya?”

Tang freezes and takes deep breaths, he reminds himself that he has to get the pig to lower his guard down. As he cups the pig’s face, he trembles and touches his forehead with his, the other’s eyes dilate. “Yes… ummm… well… it’s embarrassing to say…”

“Come on, babe. Any word that comes out of your mouth is stunnin’. Just say it.” Tang’s heart thumps at the compliment.

“Well…” he taps his chin. “I love that you cook for me and never threw me out of your shop despite my unwillingness to pay. You care about me despite your gruffness…. And umm… yea.”

The demon purrs and kisses him a whole bunch. “See, love, absolutely stunnin’.”

“Thanks…”

“I think that’s enough readin’ for tonight, babe. Readin’ this book bring back old memories of my journey.”

“Huh?”

“I’ll tell ya later. Let’s go to bed, can’t wait for ya to try on the other outfit I picked for you.”

“Great…”

Pigsy kisses him and gives him the silky pajamas he chose, thankfully for Tang they are more comfortable than his earlier clothes. Pigsy places his own crown to the side and gets into a better outfit. He snuggles up to the scholar, the demon rumbles, Tang tries not to coo on how cute this would be in normal circumstances. He adjusts himself so he is facing away from Pigsy, the demon whispers sweet nothings.

Hours pass and Pigsy is snoring into his ear, Tang’s eyes droop and he looks at the bedside clock that the pig set up, it is now 3 am. Tang wriggles out of the pig’s grasp, he grabs a robe set aside on a chair, and puts it on. He tiptoes out of the room, once he’s farther enough, he bolts, he’ll have his escape tonight, nothing will stop him.

He tries not to slip on the carpet as he dashes, he quivers at the air and wraps the robe around himself tighter. Despite the castle only having the two of them, it is humongous, he can barely wrap his head around it. He finds the icy stairs and grabs the railing, carefully walking down so he makes he doesn’t trip. He would tell Pigsy next time to cover the stairs with carpet or something, if there was going to be a next time that is.

Tang smirks to himself and finds the front door of the palace, that would be too obvious. He searches around for another exit, he finds a window and tries desperately to thrust it open but he’s too weak. He scrambles around for another exit, his heart beats fast, he’s terrified of Pigsy waking up.

There’s a door leading to the back entrance of the palace, does he risk it? He nods to himself, the door has no traps around it, if he’s quick enough he can run before the alarm sounds. He’s about to open the door when arms are placed on his waist and a figure rests a head on top of his own, his heart stops.

“Sweetie…” he hears a growl. “What are ya doin’ up? I’ll give ya one chance to explain yourself.”

He gasps and turns to face Pigsy, his eyes light up the darkness. “Ummm… well… I was looking for something to eat. I’m kinda hungry…”

“DON’T LIE TO ME!” He shouts, his hands balled into fists, Tang flinches. “Ya were tryin’ to escape!”

“N-no! I-!”

“Yes you were! Don’t lie!” Pigsy slams a wall with his fist. “Your mine, ya hear?! MINE!”

Tang swallows and backs up slowly, the pig is huffing out of anger, his fist still against the wall he punched. The Buddhist trembles, he’s regretting trying to run now, but a part of him wants to flee to escape Pigsy’s anger. When the demon turns, still with an angry expression, Tang feels goosebumps on his arms. The demon quickly lets go of his frustration and leans down to cup the scholar’s face. He smiles but Tang is trembling, scared out of his mind and crying, the pig’s cold fingers and dark smile made everything worse.

Pigsy plants a kiss on his forehead. “I know you’re just confused. It’s okay. That monkey has poisoned your mind. I know ya want to be mine, ya just have been brainwashed.”

Tang gasps, “I… I…”

Pigsy shushes him. “It’s okay. We’ll be happy soon enough. I won’t let that monkey manipulate ya the same way he did master.”

“Wh-what?”

“Hm? I just said I wasn’t gonna let ya be brainwashed. Jeez, love bug, you’re supposed to be the smart one, although ya haven’t been actin’ so smart recently.” The pig let out a chuckle.

The Buddhist rolls his eyes. He thought to himself, Pigsy had said “master,” Tang remembers when he use to go by master... wait… was he talking about Tripitaka? “No, not that! It’s just… you said something about your master? I wasn’t aware you had one.”

“As I said, there’s a lot ya don’t know about me.”

“Like?”

“Now, babe, ya disobeyed me, don’t think ya have a right to know that information just yet.” Tang narrows his eyes, if he’s staying here, he needs information, he’s shaking but he needs to be smart. He pouts and gives the pig his best puppy eyes, the pig’s ears droop at the pout. “What’s wrong?”

Tang wipes the tears left over from his fear, trying to make it seem as if he’s upset that the possessed demon refuses to tell him anything. “Well… it’s just…” he fake sniffles. “You refuse to tell me anything. I want to know more about you. I want to know what it was like before we met but you’re so secretive!” He covers his face with his hands and smirks when he hears Pigsy let out a whimper and attempt to pull Tang’s hands away to look at him. Tang wipes more fake tears.

“Hey…. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to keep secrets from ya, I didn’t want to tell ya and have you get jealous!”

The Buddhist hides his smirk, he has him in his grasp. He stomps his feet for good measure and takes a step back angrily when the pig attempts to pat him in reassurance. “Well you talk about Tripitaka all the time! You never tell me why, how are you so sure I’m not jealous now?!”

“Babe…”

“Don’t “babe” me!” He sniffles again. “I thought you didn’t care about me… I want to stay with you,” he lies through his teeth, “but you won’t say anything. How am I suppose to take that?”

Pigsy frowns and shrinks back to his normal size. “I’m sorry… I’ll tell ya whatever it is you want.”

He shows him a fake smile. “Thank you.”

“But never run away from me like that again, okay?”

Shivers shoot up Tang’s spine and he nods. “Okay…”

“Good. Now let’s take ya back to bed then I’ll tell ya all ya want to know.” He carries the monk back to their bed, the monk sits up on the bed. “So what do ya want to ask first?”

“Ummm… so you used to have a master?”

“Yep, I was his disciple, we used to go on a lot of adventures together, most of which you have read about.”

“Really? Because I would remember that.”

Pigsy grabs the book from his bedside table and holds it up. “Yes ya have. It’s all written here, most of it anyway.”

Tang’s eyes widen and he snatches the book from the demon’s hand. He scans it because the demon must be joking, he leans against the bed frame. “But this is about the Journey to the West…”

“Yea, told ya that you have read most of it.”

The gears in Tang’s mind spin as he tries to uncover the pig’s words. Master… Tripitaka… mentions knowing him…. a pig demon… no… no, no, NO! All the clues clicked but he doesn’t want to believe it. It can’t be, Tang is praying that he isn’t who he thinks he is. “Wait… are you- are you saying that your….” He trails off, he can’t finish his sentence.

“That I’m the Zhu Bajie? Yes, I am, doll. Told ya I knew Tripitaka, he’s my gorgeous master. Took you awhile to figure that out.”

“Are you- are you serious? Please tell me you’re joking!” Gods no, he can’t be Bajie! That would mean… that would mean his Bajie, his first love is also his second love and has been with him the entire and he never knew. He can’t be Bajie… his disciple who he’s longed to reunite with has been with him. A feeling of dread washes over him and he wants to laugh and to scream, Pigsy’s face is completely serious.

“Why would I be jokin’ about this? I’m Zhu Bajie. It’s impressive, huh?”

Tang feels his eyes water. The rake… the talk about Tripitaka… everything points to him being Zhu Bajie. “Ye- yea… impressive.” He thought it was a coincidence, he thought he would never see them again. He fixates his gaze at the book in his hands.

Was Pigsy ever planning on telling him? Does this mean Sandy is Sha Wujing? His two disciples were going to fight their brother… this can’t be. Did Pig- Did Bajie love him? Love him back when he was Tripitaka? He always loved the pig, no matter what and… wow… This was the worst way to find out.

Sobs escaped from his lips, his whole body shook and Pigsy wraps his arms around him in an attempt to comfort him. Tang gasps and stares at the book of his, of their journey.

Bajie kisses the side of his head. “Awwww, babe, are ya cryin’?” Tang nods, he can’t look at the pig. “Ya don’t need to cry, I know how great I am but you’re even greater, just like Tripitaka is, I can’t wait to see him.” At the mention of his old name, he sobs louder. “Huh? Babe, don’t worry, you’re both equals. I won’t let ya or him get jealous. I’ll love you both forever and you’ll never be able to escape me.”

As he stares up at the pig’s eyes, it hits him, he’s trapped in a house of madness.

#lego monkie kid #monkie kid #freenoodleshipping #dark freenoodleshipping #pigsy monkie kid #Pigsy #tang #possessed Pigsy au #my fic #poor tang #this is the worst way to reunite

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Episode 3 Part 3

Ok, welcome to part 3! hopefully my wifi will work better this time and there wont be so many pauses hhh

i have my apple, i have my water, my phone is plugged in

ooh we’ve never had a part three before idk if it feels right to quote mark on this

hmmmm

oooh ok

as the lil nct dreamies would say go, go go!

hehe get it ? from their song go?

:^}

n e ways aslkdfjsl;kdjf

leggo

red rose and white rose time

i liked this song a lot

aww f6 flower six that’s so ute

cute

huangyi saying he chose people that looked like princes afjasldk

wowowowow the other team (i think it’s team b) has a long fucking name like and their intros are long also

hongxuan and yang gen have nice voices

lu junjie has a good voice

oooh with them high notes we love it

their falsettos are better than mine falksdjf;s

oooooohhhh with the mf confetti falling from the sky im in love

i do not remember who gets the stage tho based off of the comments right now i think team a

ok long name group does

im gonna be real i have no idea which team is which

i like their outfits

the black and white flowers are super cool

great it’s pausing

ook lu junjie’s visouals are good

tang shuya’s voice reminds me a bit of yixing’s with how light it is

gao xiaosong’s hair said i am going to poof and you cant stop me

zhou xiangheng god he’s good

i like their performance

i like how they sound when they’re singing as a whole unit tho

isn’t saranghe (my spelling is probs off it’s fine) korean?

i thought and i am probs wrong but i thought that the chinese was wo ai ni?

anyway this is the confetti group and the visuals with that are incredible i like it a lot

i really appreciate the trainees who try to look more positively at the practice room situation as like just a stage without an audience

i just remembered today is thursday and that means i have a qcyn2 ep to watch after this hhh

huang hongxuan has really long fingers holy snipes

so does anthony

li huangyi looks like fuckign snow white omg

ou tianrui really looks like he about to cry omg

i wish that they were able to actually have performed

i know no one cares but my apple is crunchy

fuck that line about the moon is sad

meng en’s hair ??? a good and fun color

is it green? is it blue?? is it silver??? who knows certainly not i

ues the united singing ugh i get a shiver every time

this song really does slap doesnt it?

ok fight time

the name of the song not actual fighting tho that wouldve been funny

ok wow these outfits are interesting

oooh it’s the maybe its mountaineering maybe its love song

i like the traditional elements of the song a lot tbh

but ok like i know its towards the end of the episode but like we literally saw 40 seconds and like at least 10 of those werent even on them they cut to the mentors or to the other trainees

like forgive me if im wrong but we spent more time with flower boys and like namanamanamana than we did with fight

like yeah theyre like class f but still they deserve more screentime than that

smh iqiyi s m h

anyway

awww daniel!!! i love himmmmm

puppy boy

i think black outfits are going to have stage performance

i was right

they called themselves big dipper and then dabbed i hate to see it

ok lets gooo

oooh that was a cool opening move ngl

i also just realized we didnt see their training stuff that’s annoying

awww danieeellllll

mc jin is having a good time alkdjfa;s

hou chuanjun’s longer held notes arent bad im proud of hte boys

mc jin is literally haivng the time of his life dancing to the song im dying

hmm that note was interesting

ooooooh with the fire at the end we love pyrotechnics

awww there are people cheering for daniel!!!

ok praccy room performance time

this song reminds me a lot of ambush on all sides

there are some really tall guys on this team

li lian has a very fierce look we support it

yang ning’s hair is cool

ok thats all the performances

i like that i can spot weiwei so easily bc the boyo is so tall adkfjsd

guan yue is so smalll and hes in the back aldkfjs;dljf

al;sdkfjasdk junjie deadass said that they want to see yixing to perform and here he is omg

sir how scandy to have your knees out

BITCH CANCING FROM THE FLOOR I LOVE ONE MAN

he keeps catching the woah i hate him

wowowowowow that was so cool

yixing literally just said if both the yp and the trainees want to see him perform every episode he would i hope he does tbh

i love to see it

ok here’s the preview fo rhte next epispode

i don’t know what’s happening but it’s the votes being revealed

wenhan got 89 votes owowwow

yixing looks really good with that hairstyle

he’s worried/confused over whether this will keep the trainees to keep working hard

oh wait this is still part of the episode??

i am confusion but it’s fine

sm gave yixing a c in audience appeal and that drove him to work harder

awww yxing talking about his getting c and how he didn’t want to talk about it bc there were girls there im crying

i love him what a dork

this is lay zhang right now not yixing pd ajdfaklsd

only 60 can make it to the next level which we know

tug of warak;lsdfjaslkdf

previews for next episode and huaiwei is so cuteeeee

al;sdkfjal;sdf someo of them are being dragged on the floor i die

daniel talking about himself i love himmm

i will cry at these announcements on god i will

ok and that’s the end of the episode!

i’ll see you guys next time with episode 5!!!

stay safe and stay healthy!

have a good rest of your day <33333

#cpop #ywy #youth with you #unine's run #e3 p3 #idol producer #jae.txt #jae.wwm

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it’s ya boi back with more commentary. and hopefully fewer screencaps bc i don’t actually have as much time as my wordy and useless rambles as well as the quarantine situation might suggest alas

- who’s talking in the opening line? kela?? if so, the voice is totally off, but the theme of “the world belongs to the strong” is consistent with quotes from him and themes from that whole arc

- i guess this is a dream / unconscious sequence... i’m sad to see him like this. also one of the analyses i read was like you can track when in the movie a scene probably takes place by the progression of the markings on his skin, which is very obvious and i should be paying attention to that more -

^ i really like this visual. and i like how the galaxy eyes designs are all so distinct

^ Alliance soldiers i think, guessing from the uniforms? bc I thought the Eyes had all black uniforms. but i’m not sure. actually it prob makes more sense it’s the Eyes. rip the one guy facing the wrong (?) direction

^ actually these shoes are consistent with Eyes designs i think. nvm. also is that the announcer robot guy?? why is his body so small is that his real body or something??? what’s happening to him rip

^ what the FUCK is with this tattered cloak design?? it was definitely not tattered before? he would definitely look better with just like, a normal cloak, his cloak would never get tattered unless intentional, this is just a really weird and creepy image. then again ig if it’s part of the dream sequence, but this is implying that this is redeye’s actual design, and i don’t like it. tbh s1 redeye outfit with the short cloak was great

^ kiss kiss ki-

hope we see more of jupiter, the city design is tbh quite cool. though i wonder what exactly this Eye thing is supposed to be? is it part of the tower and just always here?

THE ENEMY’S GATE IS DOWN

flashback scene! but what about? the golden cube or the engine maybe? but i was hoping for something more interesting.

AW FUCKING HELL THIS FUCKER IS BACK.

FUCK.

ARGHHHHH.

ngl im really disappointed that they decided to bring kela back, i think that defeats the narrative significance of an especially significant arc. we’re already done with this antagonist! let’s move on! it isn’t cool or hip or logical to bring back antagonists when their story arcs have come to such a clean end! throw trash away when you’re done! ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i have more to say but i should move on maybe i’ll write another post/rant or something

yo what the fuck is going on here though. i don’t even know what planet that is jesus

wait is this. a hypothetical or like. an actual. planet.

ok so. WHOMST THE FUCK is this??? another galaxy eyes secretary? or someone higher rank? surely not the head honcho bc if so i will be super disappointed. actually his vibe kind of reminds me of kela. we’ll see i guess, hope he brings something interesting to the table.

it’s the guy from the poster! ppl say most likely he’s involved with auroras’ backstory somehow. our four major protag backstories all had like mentor figures, so maybe this is auroras’? but following that logic he shouldn’t be here in present day tho, so.

wonder what the pink smoke is tho, and also why he’s being shot down, and also everything about him :0

but what’s with the shattered... glass? rock? tornado thing around maidang? hmm. and they’re all just watching... and it’s in the arena with that ox man statue

white eye. in action!

AAAAA so i got 2/3 right. so weird seeing ox man just walking tho lmao his proportions look wack he’s way skinnier than i expected.

hey, hey. kela. look at me.

bitch.

i like this cut. is it significant? who is this galaxy eyes person OH WAIT if the rumor is true that aur was formerly Eyes then he must be story related to this guy somehow... maybe he was sold to medici or something who knows

this was so cool!!! like sanji from one piece. i dig it.

this actually almost looks 3D modeled for some reason haha

wait so is this... the finals of the tournament?

what. is the context of everything in this set i’m so curious aaaa

is this a) a cool app of diya’s abilities b) the Eyes guy from earlier attacking but what is that supposed to do, capture magically? c) aur/diya (jidi) moment???

... yeah somehow this whole scene looks 3D modeled. maybe it’s the lighting.

fun char designs to look at?

damn those muscles. but yeah i think a lot more markings appeared after this moment in his revival fight

mmmm.

red eyes... and is the stone purple now?? ahh.

also the cut from this to redeye was really cool! their eyes were like overlapped in positions. so cool. i wonder if this was intentional

maidang has gotten so much better at fighting, like, the basics. i dig it.

emotional but this just reminded me god i miss s1 diya. competent. cool. occasionally sassy. the movie just made her worry about maidang and weak, it’s like her only personality trait. (actually is this shot from the first movie? i don’t remember.)

god the more i think about it the more the jidi agenda feels like a thing. anyway what’s he blowin up hm.

i kind of wish we got backstory on why this is a bee haha but i like how it’s so distinctive

so cool!!!

beat his ass!!!

tUrBUleNce also gudong so worried :(

cool new power app??? is this her power. i just thought it was but maybe that one shot of her wasn’t her using her power. who knows.

also the cut from this to aur doing basically the same thing..... (adjusts glasses)

see?? the shading looks fake. hhh

AIGHT ok that’s all. actually there were sound/voice/line comments which i will edit in later.

ok it is later.

- “i just saw the galaxy eyes fleet surrounding jupiter” sounds like tang wude actually! so im excited, that’s reason for him to get back here in time?

- “i already knew the eyes wanted to destroy solar” sounds like medici...?

- “people need heroes, and to become a hero one must pay a price” ok i really like this line it’s super cool, but i can’t say who is or might be saying it. one of the new antagonistic chars possibly?

- “there is a word called ‘miracle’” sounds like medici, as does “the era of new heroes”, though the latter could be someone else

- rest of the lines are all either maidang or diya or gudong

other thoughts:

ppl kept commenting in chinese on the youtube vid like whens the release like it says right there! on the video! in chinese!

still no medici (visually) or shu, huh.

sound quality for the trailer was wack tbh. hopefully the movie won’t be like that.

i’m a little worried, actually, that this has lost the core of what made it so good. that it’s become cheap. but only time will tell. i’ll still have hope.

anyway countdown continues let’s goooooooooooo (pls let me be able to watch...)

#rainbow sea #mine #synco talks

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