Our Lord And Savior In 2024:

Our lord and savior in 2024:

Jack Spicer

Not Kimiko killing that poor plant

It never stood a chance, I fear.

My theories for each of the plants:

Clay: He's done a perfect job tending to his, no notes. Probably has a specially developed orchid fertilizer he makes after looking up the specific nutritional needs for it and a very regular schedule for watering and checking the soil. It's going to be the first to blossom. It's going to maintain the biggest, most robust flowers, the thickest stem, the most rubbery, strong leaves, the greenest green. Clay keeps taking care of his even after the growing exercise is over, and it becomes a well-maintained part of the greenhouse for years to come.

Raimundo: His plant looks shriveled, wrinkled and limp, especially the brittle-looking leaves as opposed to the round, full ones on the blooming orchids. It's definitely chronically underwatered. He probably hasn't been paying much attention to it, since he said the exercise is boring, so he only occasionally watered it when Master Fung prodded him about it. His is still salvageable with some misting and high humidity though, he probably saves it after the lessons he learns in this episode and it probably eventually recovers, and maybe flowers, just much later and much less vibrantly than Clay's or Omi's.

Kimiko: Not a leaf in sight, and a stem so weak and lifeless it can't stand under its own weight, whole thing looks mushy... Yeah, this one's not gonna make it, I fear. I think she's been genuinely trying, but overcorrecting when she makes a mistake and doesn't want to ask the others for advice. It probably started out as the plant experiencing shock from temperature fluctuations because Kimiko initially had it under too much sun and too much dry heat, she tries to fix it with cold and overwatering, it got root rot. It's past the point of being salvageable. Hopefully Master Fung gives her a new one to start over. If not, I'm sure Clay will give her a seed from his once it blooms.

Omi: His looks like it's growing relatively fine, just slow. He's probably not giving it the proper balance of fertilizer that Clay's using. I also imagine Omi's is slightly overwatered, which is also making it harder to take up as many nutrients as Clay's, but Omi definitely isn't letting it get to the point of root rot or anything. It'll be the second to eventually blossom, after Clay's.

Every time I see this I smile!

posted this for the Xiaolin Showdown 20th anniversary 😩 THE show of all time

I was chatting with @grasshopperdoingdogpaddle about Omi’s whole ‘powers going out of control’ from Wu Got the Power and it reminded me of this headcanon about Dashi…mostly that he is innately very powerful and the world is very lucky he learned to be such a laid back guy.

But there are moments where he just can’t hide behind that happy-go-lucky personality.

So enjoy a bit of Dashi letting himself unravel. As a treat.

And a bonus mini story (that goes with a much larger full story but that I might not finish for ages)

“Dashi-“ Chase started softly, a gentle hand on his arm. An attempt to hold him back.

“No.” Dashi cut him off, voice just as soft but leaving no room for argument. “I’ll handle this. It’s my fault anyway. You and Guan…” He had to pause, get his voice steady again, rain himself in a little longer. He could break down when this was all over. When he had righted this wrong. “see if you can find an-any survivors.”

“Dashi this isn’t-“ Chase tried again, his grip tightening but this time Dashi pulled out of it, taking a step forward to put distance between them. He didn’t spare Chase a look as he did so. His eyes instead were locked across the blood soaked field at the creature that had caused all of this pain and destruction. At this creature he had so willingly given a chance to.

“Not now Chase.” He told him, planting his feet, “I don’t…can’t hear it now.”

“Come on.” Guan finally spoke up and Dashi could hear him moving, probably taking Chase’s arm to pull him away like Chase had tried to do to him. “The faster we get to people the more likely they are to survive.”

Chase put up no argument, letting himself be pulled away, and leaving Dashi to face his failures alone.

“You plan to take me on without your friends to help?” Jong mocked from across the bloody distance separating them. “You’re friends could hardly contain me when I was divided, and yet you plan to face me like this?! now that I am at my full strength?! You truly are more foolish than I had initially imagined.”

Dashi ignored the mocking. They could hurt him no more than Jong’s betrayal already had. Instead he let himself settle. Let his mind clear as he carefully removed his shirt, unclasping each button with every slow exhale of breath. Around him the very air began to distort. Under his feet the earth began to ripple. Lightning danced along his skin.

He wanted to close his eyes against the sensation. He hated feeling like this. But he didn’t risk taking his eyes off Jong. Not again.

He let his shirt fall to the side.

“Have you nothing to say?” Jong continued to mock, “No last words? Very well. I look forward to ending your pathetic life.”

Jong pulled his arm back, hand wide as if to grab Dashi's head in a crushing fist as he shot himself forward with inhuman speed, his giant body catapulting towards Dashi. Dashi did not move. Just breathed and waited and, finally, moved just a few inches aside at the last second. His own hand met Jong’s in barely a grasp and, between them, Jong’s whole arm glowed then vanished.

Jong stumbled, gaping at the empty air where his arm had been. “What-“ He spun, his wide-eyes falling on Dashi who was carefully folding a sash in his hands. The distortion in the air around him was growing. The blood soaked ground now bubbling and wreathing like it was alive.

“We aren’t done here.” Dashi finally spoke as he let the sash fall. It was blue with white tassels. Jong couldn’t figure out where it had come from. “I gave you your chance. I will not make the same mistake a second time.”

Happy Earth Day

anonymous:

Happy Earth Day!

We are on Earth to take care of life. We are on Earth to take care of each other.

Happy Earth Day to everyone, but especially to the Dragon of it!