I'm Not Getting To Writing Out The Story For This WIP This Year Or Probably The Next (too Much Other

I'm not getting to writing out the story for this WIP this year or probably the next (too much other stuff going on) so I want to put this out there somehow.

My mental nickname for it is 'TGCF Vertical Reversal AU'.

Instead of the more 'traditional roleswaps' (God/Calamity) it switches the places of Xianle and Wuyong on the timeline.

Jun Wu, thrice ascended as a martial god, god of disasters and misfortune, god of broken things. Generally way more hissy and spiteful than Xie Lian in canon. Also not very good at hiding the fact that he is constantly five seconds away from losing it.

Mei Nianqing the ~mysterious~ ghost king, infamous for his cartomancy, knowledge of the future and ability to manipulate dreams and fate.

The three unnamed vassals as gods who ascended after breaking up with Jun Wu.

Xie Lian as the Heavenly Emperor, as kind as he is strong, and oh so fucking tired. Constantly trying to parent all the other gods. also he gets to have pet tigers because I said so.

Hua Cheng as the gambling-addict State Preceptor of Wuyong. Responsible for Jun Wu's first encounter with the possibility of death. Currently trying to avert Xie Lian's rube goldberg suicide attempt.

Fengqing as powerful weather spirits in the territory of Mount Taicang. Mu Qing, a snow spirit known as Greed and Feng Xin, a wind spirit known as Ignorance (Hua Cheng is Anger). The names are referring to the three sources of mental suffering, as counter to the sources of physical suffering- Birth, Death, Sickness and Old Age (MNQ + the three mountain spirits). Hua Cheng is the old man shouting at clouds.

Mount Taicang and Mount Tonglu also switch narrative roles.

Mount Tonglu as a spiritually significant place for the kingdom of Wuyong, and also the place where the royal tomb is- 'in the fire we were born, to the fire we return'.

Mount Taicang as the ghost king trial location, though it isn't a volcano- think more Shinsenkyo from Hell's Paradise, a forested mountain overgrown with flowers, swarming with deadly insects and strange beasts- vaguely inspired by the wording of 'Body in Abyss, Heart in Paradise', a place of overwhelming beauty seemingly designed to harm you in every possible way.

The actual plot of this is less 'Xie Lian trying to force Jun Wu to become his successor by putting him through the Horrors and revealing Heaven's corruption' and more 'Xie Lian trying to ensure there is someone reliable in place to take over when he finally gets to kill himself, and cleaning house as a side benefit'.

But here's the thing. The deal with Mount Taicang is that it's the place where Xie Lian has imprisoned all of the Worst Things Ever, and the wards will fail if he dies. His power is the only thing keeping the Heavens afloat and a dozen other things functioning. The world is falling apart at the seams and is being held together with Xie Lian's lifeforce as duct tape.

Xie Lian is so, so tired.

And well, it isn't like anyone would really care if he died.

Care about the real him.

So, he plans to pass on the duties of maintaining the functional state of the world and finally find his rest.

Then his favorite child comes in and starts trying to beat some self-worth and appreciation for life into him.

Then everyone else shows up, including his old friends and the one who his heart betrayed him for.

And in the end, one person is enough.

I am 100% down to talk about this stuff if anyone shows any interest!

this photo belongs in the library of congress

now that the orv anime has been officially confirmed i NEED them to get this guy to voice kim dokja bc the way he says "let's meet again, yoo joonghyuk..." has lived in my head rent free since the day i saw this edit

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

“but AI art lets me create my OCs!” YOU WILL USE PICREW AS GOD INTENDED

do yall ever have your dreams randomly continue?

And by that, i mean having a dream and then 2 yrs later on a random night you get a part 2. I dunno if it’s common or not but I had this dream once and im on part 8 or smthng. And the weirdest thing is my dream self remembers those previous parts of this dream series i seem to be having. Its a shame the episodes release randomly without a proper schedule and its a gamble if it’ll continue or not.

So heres the deal:

The dream starts with me and some people who are my familiars (who keep changing in every dream) usually playing in my friend’s backyard (im going to refer to backyard as ‘by’ now). And then theres this really long series of by of different people whose houses, or well quarters as we call them here, are constructed side by side so the bys too, are joint and the only boundary that marks it as a resident’s territory is a line of bricks which one can easily jump over.

here’s a pictorial representation of the whole structure bc i sucked at describing this:

anyways, back to the topic.

so as i was saying, at the end of the last by, (which i marked as ‘the place’ in my attempt at a map) theres a tiger, which i was unaware of when i had the dream for the first time. Every time, with different people, i’d go check on the end by to see if its still there bc it never approaches first. And as soon as i cross the boundary to enter the last by, i’d hear/see/sense its still there and sprint back to where i come from. By the time i reach the starting point i wake up.

now remember how i stated I remember my previous dreams in the same series? I somehow realise im dreaming each time and my usual thought process is, “shit, theres a tiger and idk if its gonna come at us or i’ll have to check once before it chases after me even tho its always the latter but i gotta protect these people here altho ik im dreaming.” And then i STILL DASH TO FIND OUT IF THIS TIME ITS DIFFERENT OR NOT KNOWING THE OUTCOME LIKE DIDE WTF IS WRING WITH YOU—

ahem, apologies

i tried googling if theres some deep behind these weird dreams but, well, i got nothing.

And i just felt, hey i havent used tumblr in a hot while and i’ve got this horrendous idea at a post but i said fuck it and went on with it anyway.