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they're wearing their raincoats so for me this is already a 10/10 episode. love when they wear their raincoats!!
not big bob and tina going on the toddler rides at amusement parks together. LESS THRILL MORE CHILL. truly two autistic peas in a pod <3
big bob is seventy five (at least according to louise) this is important lore. also this means bob's dad is the same age as his gayass old man landlord who flirts with him every other day FJDMDJDKSMS according to my caculations big bob would've been 29ish when he had bob which means he met lily when they were in their early twenties. that also means (assuming that lily was the same age as big bob) lily would have been around 43 when she died although the math doesn't add up 100% if you consider her being born in 1941 because it would mean this episode takes place in 2016 which it doesn't. am i overthinking this one-off line where louise guestimates big bob's age??? yes i am thank you VERY MUCH.
LMAOO NOT THE BIG BOB REPUBLICAN DOOMER ARC OH NOOO
big bob making conversation while spending the day with his very young grandchildren: so have you considered that the world is terrible and people are awful and we should all kill ourselves? thoughts?
(im sure that isn't what bob meant its just funny to imagine big bob depression posting circa 2013 tumblr @ his grandkids all day)
ALSO this implies bob has been talking to big bob more regularly lately which is great. they're working on their relationship. a little bit :)
BIG BOB FOR REAL BEING A QANON TRUTHER EXCUSE ME???? THE FUCK. ohh he's literally a doomer he's watching videos about the upcoming apocolypse and how to ration food. HE'S A CLIMATE CHANGR DOOMER ITS SO OVERR im sorry thats so funny im obsessed w/ him
also our first time ever seeing (what im assuming is) bob's childhood home!! very cute. and he made them cookies
BIG BOB COMING TO VISIT BOB AT HIS RESTAURANT???? HUGE WIN???
why is big bob calling bob randomly to talk about how the world is ending and tigers are going extinct what is GOING on. at least he believes in climate change??
"like he's getting ready to..... leave the party. so he doesn't feel bad about telling everyone how much the party stinks" DONT TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT if there's an episode where big bob dies its over for me. like its done <- there won't be but i would be very very sad IF THERE WAS. to be fair we gotta kill off linda's parents too though
aww they're texting regularly <3 i like how you can ALREADY see how much bob and big bob's relationship has improved since the start of the show where bob Literally thought his dad hated him and that he was a disappointment. see what actual open communication can do for you!! im happy bob has at least one parent he can talk to kinda sorta? HE SHARES HELPFUL TIPS SO THAT BOB CAN SAVE HIS FAMILIES LIFE HES TRYING TO HELPP :(
"and today its just gonna be him. and them. and the giant cloud of darkness that follows him wherever he goes" funnily enough thats also what people say when talking about me :3
GRANDPA HUG!!!!!!!
"pop pop how much cotton candy is TOO MUCH cotton candy" "i dont know. three??"
LMAO FOR SOME REASON THAT REMINDS ME OF THIS FUCKIGN QUOTE. big bob when gene comes out to him as genderfluid like
wharf day with pop-pop!!! wharf day with pop-pop!!!!!
grandpa needs a little bench time. im ALWAYS saying this tbh
"don't get any tattoos that your parents can see" FUN GRANDPA he's definitely a better grandpa than he is a dad bcuz he was not doing this shit w/ bob when he was young i can tell you that much
OMG I LOVE TEDDYS RAINJACKET?? sorry i live in a rainforest its my god given right to comment on people's rainy day fashion. its like my one job
"i need to ask you guys A HUGE favor. can you try to take a good picture of me" teddy u are literally always hot this shouldn't be a problem. you're DRIPPING sex appeal. except this is for a handyman website so maybe less sexy?ANY PICTURE I TRY TO TAKE OF MYSELF I LOOK LIKE A MURDERER FJFMDNFJDKDNDJXHXH
louise shows up whenever she goes and figured out the best way to Cause Problems and i respect that about her. that takes real talent and dedication
one thing about the belcher kids they WILL end up locked inside a fortune telling clam in wonder wharf
he's sooo baby
everything is so okay bob dont even WORRY. big bob is asleep on a bench and the kids are stuck inside a giant clam they've done more dangerous stuff like twice this week already. at least they're inside??
"its fun when your dad shows up to. check on your grandpa"
ITS SO EASY FOR YOU BOB WITH YOUR CHARMING LOVEABLE FACE
do you not trust me with the kids :( noo big bob they literally (kinda) trusted GAYLE with the kids for AN ENTIRE WEEKEND u cant be worse than her at taking care of them. she was making them do some shit that Kids should not be doing. anyone remember the pretty paws
??? why was he just randomly like oohh we should win that gorilla for the kids. he loves them SO MUCH im gonna cry <3 he literally loves them and wants them to be happy. he SPOILS them. he's such a good grandpa and such a terrible dad lmfao
"are we being punished? for being helpful and delightful??"
if i was walking around an amusement park and i heard a robotic fortune telling clam SCREAMING for somebody to help it escape i would get the fuck outta there so fast sorry kids. you might be on your own w/ this one
i dont know why bob is acting like he doesn't lose the kids four times a week MINIMUM those mfs will run off anywhere if given half the chance. they live for the thrill
"we lose 'em and then we find them. that's our thing" ?? what did he mean by this
WHY ARE THEY LOOKING FOR "CUTE" TOOLS this subplot is so funny im kinda obsessed. mechanics for the girlies
HOW DO YOU MAKE A TAPE MEASURER LOOK SCARY........
teddy is scaring the hoes nooo. its okay teddy i would hire you maybe(??) well. yknow
IM A GENTLE PERSON :( teddy i will always be your biggest fan wtf he's literally so sweet. he wouldnt hurt a fly
silly <33
LMAO not louise just lying there and saying help us. help us. help us into the microphone she's so cute and SOOO over this whole situation
TEDDY IS HAPPIEST WHEN HE'S EATING BOB'S BURGERS THATS SO SWEET WTF
he's a good grandpa :(
SOMETIMES YOUR GRANDPA CAN BE A LITTLE DARK ABOUT LIFE AND NEGATIVE. YOU MEAN LIKE YOU LMAOO
if you keep saying stuff like that around your grandkids they're gonna believe you.... and then it might actually come true. so maybe don't say horrible stuff about the future to people who will have to live in that future </3
IM NOT ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THATS **BECAUSE** OF MY GRANDKIDS what if i cry right now. he literally loves them so much he's such a good grandpa!!! wtf Anyone else thinking about amelia right now. the ending
AAWWW THIS EPISODE WAS SO CUTE IM OBSESSED WITH BIG BOB he was such a terrible father but he's the best grandpa and he loves these kids SO MUCH. genuinely. and im so happy that his relationship w/ bob is getting better and that they're on better terms. also the subplot with teddy was adorable i always love teddy and linda subplots. they're BESTIES. maaaybe my favorite episode from this season so far but honestly they've all been so great that there's like five different episodes competing for that spot. and we're still only eight episodes in!!! absolutely everything i wanted from an episode with big bob (even if lily wasn't mentioned. SAD!! oh well there are other episodes) and i loved learning more abt his relationship with his grandkids and that dynamic ^_^ <33
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Just found this in my docs! Apparently I wrote down my reaction when I first listened to Ulysses Dies At Dawn last november, soooo :D
Started listening to Ulysses Dies at Dawn by The Mechanists. First song is The City, let's gooo (19:44).
Just finished listening to Ulysses Dies at Dawn. Oh, shit, I just realised why the album is called that, fuck. My heart. His death was simultaneously heartbreaking, peaceful, and triumphant. I had no idea it was going to end like that. Amazing (22:24).
Ok, some rambling about it before I re-listen with lyrics:
The whole idea of trials, and each character's backstory getting introduced with them is cool. It lets the mystery soak for a bit, giving breadcrumbs out, and letting each character have time to breathe.
I like how the blind guy is almost exclusively referred to as "that motherfucker" XD. Ironic.
Ok, but the sphinx disease is legitimately horrifying. Wow, the Olympians are just straight up villains in this huh.
I think Daedalus has the coolest vibes (apart from Ulysses) 'cause he's just so smooth all the time. Calm and collected and unconcerned... until the end when Ulysses switches it up on him lol.
The line "Currently beaten, battered, bloody... Unbowed. Spits out a mouthful of teeth and disdain" perfectly encapsulates Ulysses' character. I love it.
Ulysses being this super smart inventor tactician dude is awesome. I was stunned by the Trojan Horse twist. Broken Horses was amazing, I had literal chills. Interestingly, it almost reminds me of Hell’s Comin’ with Me by Poor Man’s Poison? Also, the signal Ulysses designed for the Trojan Horse sounds a lot like the V-Day signal in Kingsman. Brutal.
The beat to My Name is No-One sounds like an alarm, like how False Peace by Precious Jewel Amor utilises the prison alarm as percussion, which is very cool. And the song is hilarious. Just waltz in, it'll be fine :D Love the way it fades out after he gives his name away, ending on an unresolved note a lot like in Remember Them from EpicTM. Yo, speaking of Epic, I kinda love how the electric guitar in this song unintentionally mirrors the way Odysseus in Epic has the electric guitar as his instrument when he’s doing badass shit.
And then Ulysses going from idealistic to traumatised, and you don't even see the extent of his hope for the world until right at the end, when it's already gone. Like, shit bro.
Love how even though he spends like- almost the whole thing being drunk and getting beaten up, he still always seems in control somehow. The only time he isn't is in Underworld Blues when he's begging to Hades. I'll have to relisten to that to figure out what he wanted, actually. It was a bit unclear. Did he just... want Hades to kill him or smth? Make sure his brain wasn't on the network? Yeah, I'll need the lyrics.
The twists on all the lore are honestly so great. From mythical and magical, to futuristic and mechanical. You can clearly see the real world myths all their backstories come from.
That simple, blunt "No" from Ariadne was great.
I love how in Torn Suits all of the mercs are singing about why they can't die, and how they're going to use the money to escape the City's hold on them. By running, or paying off debts, or taking a loved one back, or ruling it. But then Ulysses kills them and willingly dies himself, giving his body to the earth and escaping the City more fully than they ever could. Hell yeah, fuck them.
As soon as I heard the password was 'Elysian', I knew it was something about death. His death. And something about it will be peaceful. I was right.
And ARGOS!! The doggo reunites with his human, and yeah he still dies, but Ulysses practically goes with him! Also, are dogs extinct in this world, like horses? Did Ulysses manage to find the last tree and the last dog?? Damn, dude. Mad skillz.
Bro, I was wondering where Penelope was going to fit into all this, 'cause in The Odyssey, practically his entire life purpose is to get back to her, but here there was... nothing stopping him I thought? I thought either he was in huge debt to someone and was stuck in a completely different sector than Penelope, or he was staying away out of guilt and shame over his actions in the war. But then it's revealed that he is trying to get back to her... in death. Like, fuck bro, that's really fucking sad. Dude's been passively or actively suicidal for the past few decades, and then he finally gets to rest with her... Fuck, man. Hits hard.
Ulysses sounds a lot like Joel from The Last of Us games when he sings softly. It helps that Elysian Fields is literally just Wayfaring Stranger lol. Also gives the same feeling as the endish part of AC: Valhalla, after he talks to the king and rides away and Twilight of the Gods starts playing.
The cover art is so cool, as well. And the last ones? The plain wooden table, bare of any media or research or advertisement. So good. No more secrets. No more lies. The truth, laid out in the open, plain as can be. Nothing more, nothing less. And then the vault, blood splattered enemies dying, grasping for artificial life in the cold grey, while Ulysses lies under the living tree, surrounded by sunlight and green with his loved ones, at peace with his death. Amazing imagery.
The drums at the end of Elysian Fields are like a funeral march or the drums that play on Anzac Day. So good.
Okay, I think I've written all I wanted to say, so imma go read the lyrics now (22:56).
Finished listening with the lyrics! Love it even more now (01:44).
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Continuing the Jules Verne kick with "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
Under a cut because this is longer than the others:
- This is my least favorite of his books so far. I am falling asleep while reading it.
- The professor calling Conseil his "boy" when Conseil is 30 years old, and only 10 years younger than him 😬😬😬
- *Hisses at Captain Nemo* Bad Vibes
- I'm pretty sure physics doesn't work like this, but I don't know enough to argue. Nor do I care enough to look it up. I am just so bored. Please get to more interesting things.
- Also, lol of course the Victorian dudes would be like "WHALE BODIES MUST BE STRONG AND IMMOVEABLE LIKE MANLY IRON TO DIVE SO DEEP AND NOT BE KILLED!" Wrong! they squish and adjust their innards to adapt to the pressure:
- Trying to suss out what (if any) real sea life is being described when no name is given, just fantastic descriptions.
- Sleeping underwater in scuba gear seems... unwise.
- More 19th century anthropology 😬😬😬
- Yes, yes I understand that the water temperature is invariably 4⁰ wherever and whatever time of the year at depth. You've said that like 8 times already. This had better turn out to be relevant. [Note: not particularly]
- I do not like Ned Lands.
- Shark slander 😭
((Why did the myth that sharks have to turn over to bite things last so long? I remember it from "James and the Giant Peach" as well. I would have thought enough people would have at least seen sharks biting bait at the surface by the 1800s for this to be known false?))
- Man, these guys are a bloodthirsty lot. Every new animal they see they're like "Can I kill it?? Please let me kill it! Let's kill it! 😈 Man, wouldn't you jump at the chance to kill sharks like you do bears and lions??" :/
- At the same time they're afraid of everything, assume it's dangerous, and, if not killed instantly, will retaliate violently in revenge, including a freaking *dugong.*
- Wow, some people at least knew industrial commercial whaling was unsustainable and would result in the whales' extinction even in the late 1800s! Wild that it took almost 100 years to get it (mostly) banned!
- *head desk* Nemo is such a hypocrite (I imagine that may be The Point)
- Ugggghhh the whole "predators are evil, vicious monsters, and we need to slaughter them all without mercy to protect the poor innocent prey animals" attitude still so prevalent today.
- ...wait, those are *sperm whales*?? I thought they meant killer whales at first! Sperm whales don't even eat baleen whales... All that brutal slaughter for nothing :'(
- ... Bonus for an even more uncomfortable use of "voluptuous" than Bram Stoker! Seal eyes are described as "voluptuous" 😆
- Of all the sea creatures to declare harmless Verne chose *elephant seals* 🤦🤣
- YAY THE KRAKEN!! At least these covers haven't lied to me!! :D
- aaaw no, the giant squid didn't play nearly as big a part as advertised *le sigh*
- Ah, the classic "crap I've written my characters into a deadly corner, time to knock out the POV character and have them wake up safe in bed later."
- Why did the Professor talk about Lands like he was dead at the beginning? I can see a few reasons from the author's perspective (varying from "deliberate red herring to increase the suspense" to "oops I forgot dude was originally going to die and didn't correct it") but not from the character's? It's not even like he was reflecting on the matter from decades later, when Ned might have died after the story, they're all still chilling together in Norway waiting for a steamer home?
Lands: Stop telling people I died.
Professor Aronnax: Sometimes I can still hear his voice.
- Welp, I did enjoy the sea critters and fun steampunk machines, just not the long rambling bits that seemed to overwhelm the story for me
#my adhd was showing hard with this one#personal#lol#reading#I really need a witty tag for this endeavor
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could you possibly make some hcs of blazer and human y/n (preferably romantic) where y/n is quite anxious and shy when going out with blazer since they're really well known in midtown and reader has some social anxiety!! please and thank you
Blazer has no idea what he's doing sure he loves to act like he does but man is currently winging it.
He does eventually figure out your anxious and shy nature he knows how popular you got too since you know you're an extinct species and because of his reputation.
But with his reputation he can intimidate them to back off and constantly checking in with you he even considers paying that bouncer to follow you around.
He also offers you to move in with him in case the sentinels get suspicious of course he gives you a separate room not wanting to rush you into things.
Blazer can be surprisingly considerate at times he takes note of things you usually go out for and gets them while he's out working.
If you're cuddly he's happy laying on the couch with you on his chest watching TV or just re-charging.
Absolutely keeps you out of his illegal works sure you already know his nature but he just doesn't want you around the people he makes deals with.
He's pretty into PDA but he obviously makes sure you're comfortable with it if not he's fine with it if so he's happy always having an arm around you.
Once you made yourself fake gold chains to match his and he absolutely loved it and regularly tells you how amazing you look with gold chains.
For dates he obviously takes you to the club but at the v.i.p area since if it's too loud you can chill in the meeting room and not many people too just you and him.
Keeps you far away from Clementine due to her being a literal sentinel hazard.
If you ever get just too tired or not feeling like going out Blazer will make sure you're comfortable depending on his schedule he may stay with you if you allow it.
Like most of my hc you will have to teach him about humans like injurys, hygiene, habits and much much more.
He loves going to the clothes shop to get you new clothes they do tend to get dirty a lot I mean midtown isn't exactly clean but it sure is better than the slums.
He randomly plays with your fingers and is fascinated on how they work.
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I'M LOSING IT-
#AHAHAHA#bruh why you gotta do them like that#they're already extinct man chill...#Animal Crossing#Animal Crossing New Horizons#AC#ACNH#Raymond#Moriohpost
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moo…you can’t just tell us you have a top five for sharks and not give us the list. i must know. share with the people.
okay okay okay here it comes
Coming in at number 5, we have the Wobbegong
This boy made it on the list partly because of his great name, which sounds like some sorta monster from a Lewis Caroll poem, and partly because he looks like someone's spooky grandpa
just look at this guy, why didn't HE make an appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as one of Davy Jones' crew?
Wobbegongs are bottom dwellers who blend in to their surroundings in order to snack on unsuspecting fish and yeah that makes sense. I would be wary of this mother effer if I saw him drift out of the darkness of a dirty alleyway on my way home late at night.
These guys are also very lazy and chill and spend most of their time just SITTIN there, which I relate to on a very intimate level.
"But Moo, how dangerous are they to me, a human being, personally?"
Well if you're a bitch about it then they're kinda dangerous. Because these babes are known to bite unsuspecting swimmers who get too close to them. But can you blame them? There you are, chillin' on the ocean floor and then some fuckin honkey in a snorkel is STEPPIN on your turf man I'd bite too if some stranger was traipsing all over my lawn and chasing away my lunch.
Also, they have a habit of biting and not letting go, because clearly people need some time for the weight of their transgressions to sink in. I agree. You go, funky little wobbegongs, I support you
At number 4, we have the Thresher Shark
Just look at that tail. It's very much giving me drama, mystery, intrigue. It's like a pretty lady at a red carpet event with a long ass train on her dress. Elegant, beautiful, stunning
Thresher sharks are vulnerable to extinction because they're very popular sport fishing prey. This, understandably, makes Moo CATACLYSMICALLY VIOLENT TOWARDS HIS FELLOW MAN!!
how can you hunt something so glorious? That whip like tail they use to swat the everloving shit out of fish they're tryna score for a midday meal... that dopey, somewhat confused and uncomfortable expression on their face... every underwater photo of these bitches looks like a poorly rendered 3d model that can't believe it exists
Also, these cutie patooties are some of the only sharks that actually breach, like whales or dolphins. And that tail is to thank for the ability i mean LOOK at the air this guy gets:
somebody sign this guy up for the OLYMPICS, he's a star!
Number 3, we got the Greenland Shark
this bitch WILD!!!! Greenland sharks have the longest lifespans than ANY OTHER ANIMAL IN THE WORLD. These zombie torpedos can live between 250-500 years are you KIDDING me????
They're slow moving (same), ugly (same), and toxic (same). Eating their flesh without properly treating it first can give the effect of extreme drunkenness. Sign me UP. EXCEPT DON'T ACTUALLY SIGN ME UP BECAUSE THESE OLD ASS FISH ARE VULNERABLE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF THEIR ARCTIC WATER HABITATS. Not to mention it takes them like 150 years to mature sexually and then it takes another like... 8-18 years for their pups to gestate.
Also, Greenland sharks are scavengers and scavenger animals are famously my favorite types of animals (lookin' at you, hyenas... lookin at you 😌). That being said, they're also apex predators who will literally eat like... anything. There have even been cases where a greenland shark's stomach was cut open and they found MOOSE and REINDEER in there. Like damn boy i respect the hustle, get that meal 👏
"But Moo," you're thinking. "They're so ugly, Moo."
And? What of it? Like they care? They're basically blind, bro. they don't even know what mirrors are, bro. Work on yourself before slinging your warped perception of beauty on my guy here
For number 2, you already know it's the Whale Shark babeeyyy
I, like so many others, am a big fan of gentle giants. And that's exactly what the whale shark is. This girl is the largest known fish and also a filter feeder, eating mostly plankton and shit.
and she's BEAUTIFUL. literally i would take this total smokin babe out for a fancy night on the town, it's what she deserves. Those spots? The shape of that sleek tail? Mmm chef's kiss, stunning
Whale sharks like to play with divers too, isn't that adorable? And because of their size and diet, these beauties gotta eat like... constantly. I, too, like to eat constantly, so obviously i feel a strong kinship to whale sharks
what more can i say? 10/10, great fish 👌
And now, the moment we've all been waiting for, despite it being very obvious what was going to happen...
My number 1 shark is the Tiger Shark
they are just ocean puppies and nobody can change my mind!!!
They're named tiger sharks because of the stripes on their skin that fade as they age.
And baby they got RANGE. they will eat basically anything (same) including garbage (...same?). Also, dolphins avoid them because they will absolutely fuck those bottle nosed pussies UP. and if there's one thing i want to be in this world, it's avoided by dolphins.
Tiger sharks are considered very dangerous to humans despite not being aggressive towards them because they have, on occasion, fucked a human's shit all the way up. Honestly? Deserved.
they're just the best. absolutely gorgeous. Best sharks ever, feel free to quote me on that because i'm right
And that's my list! Hope you enjoyed it Babe 🖤 Sharks are such cute and amazing creatures and we should all do our part to spread the love of them so we can stop people from killing them needlessly. so tell your moms and dads and uncles and etc. Sharks are good! Friends!
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Delve In The Depths. Chapter II.
Word Count. 1.5k
a/n. Just a quick btw, Meno gave Xiao the nickname "Emerald duck" because emerald ducks have greenish teal stripes on their heads and Xiao has teal undertones in his hair.
Trigger Warnings. Mentions of death and violence
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Chapter II.
Again and again these waves crash over Xiao's subconscious. Riptides of lost human dreams, the tsunamis of guilt, and the eons of pain build each other up, growing larger as they drown him in endless suffering. Waves of black vapor cloud his person. He clutches his mask
He can hear their screams now as he writhes on the top floor of Wangshu Inn in agony, barely supporting the weight of his body with his arms leaning on the balcony rails.
"Xiao, Xiao!" he turns his head to see Verr Goldet franticly searching for him.
"There's someone downstairs, the-they, Verr Goldet stutters on her words, waving her arms around unlike her usual composed self.
Xiao doesn't wait for to finish, he grabs his pole arm by reflex prepared to strike the threat down.
Instead he's met with a person grappling with pain on the floor.
"Why slime condensate exactly?"
"Hm?" Xiangling gives you a genuinely confused look despite it not exactly being the social norm to add slime liquids to a meal. She was climbing up a sandbearer tree. The striped squirrels on the ground scatter upon her arrival.
"What gave you the idea to add slime into your dishes?" you clarify, trying not to come off as rude. Tossing the wicker basket between your hands as a form of entertainment while your culinary friend ducked her head underneath a branch.
The trees ruffle and flocks of crimson flinches and golden flinches fly off to the sky as Xiangling forages around in the tree branches for bird eggs.
"What gave you the idea that not everything is edible?" she playfully teases, now placing bird eggs by sets of two in the basket she previously gave you in Wanmin Restaurant.
You giggle, covering your hands with your mouth. She motions for you to put the basket down and come over while she grabs you by the shoulders ("Don't you dare-") and hops down. Unfortunately, you aren't heavy enough to support her body weight when she jumps down with her full force.
"Ugh!" you groan as you both tumble down to the floor. You raise a hand to your head and cover your forehead. "Was that really necessary?" you sigh, already far too used to her antics. She snickers.
As you regain your footing, you ask, "How far along are we exactly? My mother will have an aneurysm if we step foot in Moon City.*" Xiangling had already run off, and with the basket no doubt.
You look to your right and find her by the lake counting hydro slimes behind a crack between a few slabs of stone. You crouch down besides her. Her charcoal hair brushes against your mulberry silk skirt.
"1,2,3,4." Yes! this is definitely enough for my new dish!" she pumps her fist in the air.
You don't remember there being a lake to the far right in the places your mother told you to stick to.
"Let me guess," you strike a thinking pose, you want me to set up a new shop here for your new culinary competition?" you sarcastically muse.
She rolls her eyes. "No, silly I-," she stops at your amused expression. "Ah- well go on than."
You reach your arm to summon your now unsheathed dagger attached to the leather belt on your waist, ignoring the long bow and arrows attached on your back and rather choosing a melee weapon,
Standing up from your hiding spot, the group hydro slime flock, well bounce towards you.
The air turns frosty and Xiangling's teeth chatter while she rubs her arms in hopes of warming up. "Don't turn me into a chef popsicle before I get the slime condensate [Name]!"
As you kneel down to slam the stiletto dagger into sand, sharp edged flower patterns appear on the ground. The slimes teeter back at the sound chill between their mass before large icicles spring up, piercing their bodies and turning them into goo.
"Woo!" Xiangling jumps above the rock pile and excitedly cheers. Pumping her arms up. "That's my girl!"
"It was nothing really. What was it you needed next again? Of course after you've collected the slime condensate of course." you stop talking as Xiangling sweeps the slightly frozen slime fluids off the crystals you've created into a glass bottle.
"Well talking about other ingredients, I actually wanted to try something." she mentions with a certain twinkle in her eyes.
"You have my attention." You wave your hand at her to go on.
"You know that cooking competition? The one I had in the Mondstadt with the chef named Brooke?"
"I don't recall you telling me that, can you specify?" racking your brain for memories of Xiangling's rantings about food. You suddenly feel drops of sweat on your back despite not being lukewarm at the very best. It must just be from the excitement from fighting the slimes, you think pushing away your other thoughts on the matter.
"Well anyways, we found this extinct species of boar with the help of the traveler, I believe they're called the honorary knight now?" she taps her chin. "That's besides the point but, anyways, it made me think of the different varieties of possible meat options I could use with different monsters. Can you go with me north of Jueyun Karst with me to find a Stonehide Lawachurl?" She claps her hands together into a begging motion. "Please, Please?"
"Mhm, I'm not sure how fast we can make it there? You didn't hear my question before when I was asking where we were before. I'm planning on packing my bags early when I go home overmorrow." you say counting the possible time it would take you to pack all your belongings. Black spots appear in your vision. You open your mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.
"Hmm, I'd say if we're lucky, a few hours? It's lucky that it's still the early morning huh?" Xiangling turned her attention to you from the mushrooms she was picking underneath the trees.
"[Name]?"
She looks over to see you on your knees, black substance withering out of your body. Sweat drips down your forehead.
She frantically shakes you, but your vision has gone black.
"[Name]!"
The blood on Bosacius' arm dripped to the ground creating a thin string trailing only to be diluted by the pouring rain water behind Bosacius and a certain teal haired adeptus. Bosacius gripped his injured arm with his other.
"You need to treat that wound," Xiao said, glaring at his fellow adeptus' wound. He could see the majority of Bosacius bone creeping out of his flesh. A familiar sight.
"Rest assured, I've been in worse state. I just never expect it to hurt as much as it always does," grimaced Bosacius through his smiling expression. The water soaked through his garments and drenched his hair.
"You sound like one of those mortals, trying to fight through their deathly injuries only not to see the next day," replied Xiao looking forward to their destination of Jueyun Karst. He could see the towering peaks getting larger and larger as they move on despite the misty atmosphere.
"We're all too mortal for our liking these days." said Bosacius, his expression unreadable.
The sound of steps softly crushing the blades of grass underneath them and thunder rumbling filled the air while their owners remained silent.
"Have you told Rex Lapis about the constant pain you've been experiencing?" said Xiao, breaking the silence.
Bosacius bit his bottom lip while his working hands, well, what was left of them tensed up. "No, I didn't see the need to bother him. I'm sure he has other pressing matters to attend to now, especially with the incline in aggression from monsters around Liyue Harbor recently. It's strange," The older man looked up to the sky, while Xiao had a distracted look on his face from thinking about the increased monster attacks. "I have yet to figure out the cause behind it."
"I believe Cloud Retainer and Mountain Shaper are free this evening, I'll ask them for their input on the situation later."
They had arrived at Jueyun Karst, the floating island in the middle of the adepti abode was lit up, symbolizing the availability of Cloud Retainer.
"I'd imagine we don't have the need to place an offering in the middle of the lake huh?" Bosacius winks at Xiao. Xiao looks down at the lake, full of ripple currently from the cloudburst. The empty bowl in the middle overflowed with liquid.
Bosacius gave a forced smile at his correct prediction of their fellow adepti's availability. "Well, I suppose it's best for me to head off and find Indarias to heal my wounds."
"That would be for the best." confirmed Xiao
"Thank you for accompanying me for this trip."
Xiao turned his back and Bosacius was gone
"Hey! Emerald duck!"
Xiao swore he heard the inter layers of hell again as he pinched the bridge of his nose
"Oh archons," he cursed under his breath. Menogias tumbled towards him, no grace or posture in her current childlike state.
*Moon City refers to Mondstadt as Mondstadt translates to Moon City in German.
a/n. Incase anyone was wondering the reader's constellation is "The Maiden" or "Virgo". I'm planning on making a character sheet for the reader soon, so watch out for that!
#genshin impact#genshin imagines#genshin xiao#genshin Zhongli#genshin x reader#xiao x reader#childe x reader#la signora#delve into the depths
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I'm black and I can dig your message. Racists made it so that one drop of me turns white into black and now they're scared shitless how one billion Africans will factor into their logic. So that's a power I hold over them and I'm proud of it. But what do you get out of it, you being a white man I gather? The system was made for your benefit, homie. You really itchin to give that up for sexual kicks?
The sexual kicks certainly help, but it’s broader than that.
You already alluded to the one-drop rule: the old-timey idea that even one drop of African blood makes you Black (i.e. a second-class citizen), not white. Obviously that’s a silly classification that was meant to make whites paranoid about the purity of their descendants and keep them from engaging in relationships with Black partners. But that’s what whiteness is: a purposefully excluding, yet also very fragile system designed to uphold the power structures of 18th-century plantation societies.
It was never intended to work in the context of interracial mingling and an African population explosion; yet we still cling to it, at least to some extent, in this very setting. And that means whiteness as we know it will invariably end. Even though it was designed to benefit people like me, I'm not interested in defending a racist system that is so obviously headed for extinction. That’s why I choose to focus on the benefits of the Black paradigm that is most assuredly going to replace it.
I’m not worried that I’ll suffer oppression or persecution under this new paradigm. Only the weak need oppression to maintain control, which is why whiteness has always been so anal about everything. Whiteness needs me to have white children with a white woman or else it’ll perish. Hence the racism, gender stereotypes, homophobia and all the rest of it.
Blackness is powerful enough to relax about you and your choices. White family with white offspring? No biggie, what’s one more generation in the grand scheme of things! Interracial couple with mixed children? They count as Black, so congratulations, you just Africanized your family tree. Child-free, but lots of dildos? Whatever floats your boat, Nigerian birth rates will easily pick up the slack for you. Chill and convenient.
Africanization means you acknowledge and celebrate the fact that without coercion and racism, humanity is bound to go Black--and that’s beautiful. So to answer your question, what I get out of it is a more liberated and aesthetic world for everyone. I’ll gladly hand in my white privilege for that.
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