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Is it just me, or does the Lan Clan also practice a form of ghost cultivation?

Evocation summons spirits.

Inquiry, when practiced by someone of sufficient skill, can both force ghosts to answer and force them to be honest.

Rest pacifies resentful energy.

This all really seems like ghost cultivation to me, just with a spiritual buffer and without the “stirring up resentment” part needed for getting fierce corpses to fight on your behalf.

It’s not terribly surprising cultivation genius Wei Wuxian figured out how to manipulate ghosts and resentment directly via music after leaning from the Lan... or that after his return he can just play things like Rest and Evocation alongside Lan Wangji and get results.

What the Lan do is not ghost cultivation because they are not cultivating with ghosts. They are merely interacting with them. The Nie cultivate with the resentment of dead animals. Wei Wuxian cultivates with the resentment from the spirits of dead people. The Lan cultivate with music.

you can’t tell me that with airplane’s terrible naming system that he DIDN’T have pop culture references for things in his drafts. like of course he would never actually post them as part of his daily 8k money grabbing porn content but the system doesn’t care about that, so you can imagine the kind of visceral internal reaction that sqq has when he realizes that the wife plot that he just got fucking tranquilized with is a very rough outline of a rickroll

Binghehe!!🥰

I am troubled by how often people talk about likability when they talk about art. I am troubled by how often our protagonists are supposed to live impeccable, sin-free lives, extolling the right virtues in the right order – when we, the audience, do not and never have, no matter what we perform for those around us. I am troubled by the word “problematic,” mostly because of how fundamentally undescriptive it is. Tell me that something is xenophobic, condescending, clichéd, unspeakably stupid, or some other constellation of descriptors. Then I will decide whether I agree, based on the intersection of that thing with my particular set of values and aesthetics. But by saying it is problematic you are saying that it constitutes or presents a problem, to which my first instinct is to reply: I hope so. Art is the realm of the problem. Art chews on problems, turns them over, examines them, breaks them open, breaks us open against them. Art contains a myriad of problems, dislocations, uncertainties. Doesn’t it? If not, then what? I think we’re laboring under a moment in which many believe that the sole function of art is to provide moral guidance.

- Swimming in It: Art and (Im)Morality, Jen Silverman

You know that scene in the extras where all the other peak lords have a meeting and are like “So is SQQ possessed or brain damaged? He was polite to me the other day!”

Do you think Shang Qinghua is keeping that in his pocket like a secret weapon? Like he knows that Shen Yuan is so confident in his acting skills and totally thinks he tricked everyone, and he’d probably be humiliated to know people clocked him from day one. Do you think he’s keeping that info behind glass incase of Peerless Cucumber getting too smug?

SQQ: *calls SQH a hack author one too many times*

SQH: *holds up a finger, pulls a bottle of truth serum out of his pocket and drinks it*

SQQ: Wha—

SQH: The rest of the peak lords all had meetings behind your back to talk about how different you were from the original goods. You didn’t notice people repeatedly checking you for possession. We all agreed to just humor you since we thought you had amnesia.

SQQ: You! Dumbfuck—

SQH: You’re not a good actor.

SQQ:

Look at what I picked up in a charity shop today!!

It's a Sony CFS-W301L, late 80s (funnily enough I guessed 1987-ish & some googling of the model number tells me Radio Museum agrees with me & I was able to find the manual which also suggests I'm correct so, like, yes!)

It only cost me £5!

Look at these beautiful tactile buttons!

It's a bit scraped on the front, but eh whatever if I decide I fancy listening to a long or medium wave station, I can still figure out tuning the radio even without being able to see the frequencies properly

They say they tested the tape player working in the shop, but I don't have any tapes atm, so I'll have to get some. Considering it needed a bit of cleaning externally, the tape heads will probably need cleaning, so I'll see if I can get a cleaning cassette as well

Bonus photo: Old Sony & new Sony

SV AU where Shen Qingqiu manages to convey to Luo Binghe, before sending him into the Abyss, that he's not rejecting Binghe it's just that his Heavenly Demon heritage means that he absolutely MUST go into the Abyss and do something (not particularly defined) because Binghe is the only person who could possibly do it and it is related to his destiny and the fate of the whole entire world, somehow.

So naturally Luo Binghe takes this to mean that there is an Extremely Important Mission that he must accomplish in the Abyss, and that he can't come back until he figures out what it is and does it.

It can't just be Binghe's own trial-by-fire training, because how could that be important to the fate of the rest of the world? (Binghe does not know he is the protagonist of a novel.) So it also can't just be making it to Xin Mo and then getting back out again, even though leaving and going home is what Binghe personally desires most, because how could there be any purpose to him going if he just rushes through and does nothing except try to leave?

End result: Binghe takes longer to leave the Abyss because he concludes that his reason for being there is to end the eternal suffering of its inhabitants by changing the nature of the domain to be less rampantly hostile. Which, it turns out, is harder than just escaping.

demon saintess

Liu Mingyan is wild. She wrote RPF about her brother’s crush getting it on with her brother’s nemesis, made it a multipart series, and started a book club for it. Family is nothing compared to her OTP.

"They think Taika Waititi threw the first brick at Stonewall"

OMG this sums up OFMD fandom perfectly

FAQ/guidelines

I was around during the height of Superwholock obnoxiousness & any time I see Supernatural hate on here I'm like 'nature is healing'

FAQ/Guidelines

Plz imagine the absolute STATE mbj would be in if sqh ever fully unlocked his author god powers. Like Bingge comes back and tries to attack mbj and sqh gets between them before even bingmei can move, and sqh is *furious* that his son (from the original timeline) would go after his king. Sqh basically orders bingge to kneel and drop xin mo, and to literally everyones shock (including bingges lol) he *does*. Like,,, it cuts over to mbj, so turned on and in shock that hes frozen his feet to the ground and hes blushing *so* hard lmao. (sqh deserves to have absolute authority in the world he created and mbj deserves to be very horny about this development is what I'm saying)

Oh that would be AMAZING

Shang Qinghua would go full on God Mode and Mobei Jun would be naked faster then you could say "wtf"

But the thing is, and I hate to admit this....but Bing-ge would be into it too

Someone more powerful then him stepping up to him?

Someone who will inevitably in the confrontation demand that Bing-ge call him "Daddy" and awaken something deep in Bing-ge?

Dude will be gone for God Shang Qinghua who has just given him even more psychosexual issues then he already had

Meanwhile Mobei is just so horny he's vaguely worried it's going to damage things

This looks delightfully insane & utterly stupid

I'm in

Fangs of Fortune 大梦归离 – First trailer Dir. Edward Guo, Luo Luo, Wei Nan

I'm the anon who's been reading ur SWaK fic! Thank you for answering the qi deviation question. it's making me see mdzs in a whole new light. I recently saw a post (askSythe on here) about the significance of the blood pool and how throwing bodies in there removes them from the reincarnation cycle and that's what the clans did to the Wen Remnants and JC is rumored to have led this siege and my heart HURTS. continuing this in next ask - 

Hey there anon 👋🏻

I'm glad you're enjoying my fic ☺️

As for the post you are referencing, I had not come across this until you mentioned it in your ask and have since went in search of it in order to reply. From what I can gather from the notes, it seems to have garnered a lot of controversy and subsequent backlash against the person who posted it originally.

I don't want to criticise other people's posts (especially when they have already received so much negativity from it), but with all due respect, I don't feel this was MXTXs intention with the blood pool. There's no mention of it in any version I have and I've also had my friend check the entire original novel for the phrase '永不超生', which is quoted in the original post, and we can't locate that in the Chinese text either. Regardless of that, I don't feel such a claim fits with the rest of the novel.

I could be completely wrong, as it's not something I've really thought about, nor do I have the cultural knowledge of the specific concept the original post is referring to. But, if the Wen remnants were forever barred from reincarnating due to their corpses being thrown into and essentially trapped in an apparent 'unbreakable prison' (which they managed to escape), why would WWX set an array around the blood pool to stop corpses escaping when he lived there back in his first life? 🤔 How were all the corpses able to crawl out and run amok the minute a rampaging WN broke the seal around the pool? It just doesn't make much sense to do that if the fierce corpses residing within are already trapped there.

There's also the fact WWX uses the blood pool as well. Which makes me question this theory even more so. It goes against WWX's character and ethics to stop souls from reincarnating, when his very cultivation method involves empathy and 'spending' resentment so the entities can move on. Granted, WWX used the blood pool to nurture corpses resentment so he was able to harness it and direct it where required - in this case, I think it's most likely to replenish those guarding the base of the burial mounds and keeping the Wen remnants safe. In theory, the corpses residing there would eventually use up their resentment and their souls would move on. Hence the need for a supply of new fierce corpses he can utilise - which he helps move on in turn. I really don't think WWX would do such a thing if the blood pool was anything other than a collection of water that held strong resentment due to being contaminated by the many corpses already present in its depths. If anything, it's a similar situation to when he found the sword in the Xuanwu of Slaughter's stomach, which had been practically marinating in all the resentment of the beast's past victims.

Obviously the Wen remnants were unable to move on after being mercilessly slaughtered, but that is simply because they were denied a proper burial and unjustly murdered in what was a most violent, unprovoked attack. Once the blood corpses had spent their lingering resentment, saving the very people who had killed them and the man who tried so hard to protect them, they finally moved on and turned to ash - which WN promptly collected to ensure they could finally be put to rest respectfully, as they should have been long ago. I see no indication that they would not move on because they were left in the blood pool specifically.

Of course, the way the cultivators involved in the siege not only murdered innocent people, but then treated their victims corpses with such disgusting disrespect is utterly appalling. Even though there is no evidence that the blood pool acted as a type of supernatural prison of sorts, it does not subtract from what the cultivators did. They still made sure the Wen remnants could not rest in peace by their heartless actions regardless.

As for JCs involvement in the siege, it's not actually a rumour that he led the siege, he most certainly, unequivocally did. It's actually outright stated a few times in the novel. Even when WN mentioned as such, WWX did not correct him on that specific accusation. Later still JGY also mentions JCs involvement, right in front of the man in question no less, with no argument to the contrary. Finally, MXTX has also spoken about JCs involvement in leading the siege and confirmed he had indeed formulated a plan based on WWX's weaknesses, as the text suggests. He was very much the driving force of the whole thing, despite knowing the Wen remnants consisted of innocent people who were either weak, old, or a toddler. He is responsible for many people being brutally murdered and shows no remorse for it either - which speaks volumes about his character.

notes and breakdown of my shang qinghua design

I've been seeing a big influx of reposted art in MXTX fandom tags and it's making me fucking insane and furious so I'm gonna make this real simple.

If you did not create a piece of art work, and you do not have either explicit or passive permission from the person who did, DO NOT POST THE ART.

Explicit permission: you personally asked them and they directly said yes.

Passive permission: there is a statement on their account indicating they allow reposts.

There are no other options. If neither of the above is the case, do not post it.

There is exactly one exception: official art. You should still credit the artist if possible but you don't need their permission. And if you're not sure it's official art, refer back to above.

I'm so sick of this shit. I don't care if you saw it on Pinterest or Facebook. You can't assume other reposters had permission, get it yourself or don't post. I don't care if you can't access Weibo. You're not fucking entitled to steal the hard work of other creators. Full stop.