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#(And where Vietnam's zodiac has the cat China's has the rabbit)
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“What was that?!”
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“Is it  Xiuying and Ignatius?”
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“We’re right here...”
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“Oh!”
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“False alarm, everybody. It’s just Elias.”
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“Then what were those noises?”
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“I brought firecrackers for everybody!”
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“What are firecrackers?”
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“They’re little capsules that you either throw on the ground or set on fire, and it’ll make a colorful explosion. The noise came from me dropping a box.”
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“Is it for the new year?”
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“Yep!”
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“But didn’t we already set off fireworks almost a month ago?”
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“It’s tiger new year again!”
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*snickering* “Lunar new year. And it’s the year of the cat this time.”
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“Close enough...”
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“Cat? There’s no cat on the zodiac. It’s the year of the rabbit.”
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“Rabbit?”
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“The cat would have raced, but the rat didn’t wake him up the morning of.”
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...??
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“Xiuying, you’re Gudanese. And Elias, your mother was from Xuyen. Maybe you have different versions of the legend!”
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“That makes sense.”
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“There’s a legend?”
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“Yea...”
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“Annabelle and Serafina weren’t here last year.”
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“Oh, right!”
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“Thanks.”
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“‘Back when tigers used to smoke, there was race between the animals. The Jade Emperor, who was the ruler of the heavens, asked all the animals to participate in his birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month and held a great race. The first twelve animals that came would be given a place in the calendar.’”
“‘Although the rat got up early and ran fast, he became worried when he arrived at the river bank as he was a poor swimmer. After waiting for the come of the ox, he asked the help from the ox to carry him across the river. With the help of the honest and helpful ox, the rat successfully crossed the river. However, he didn’t jump off from the ox’s back until they arrived at the door of the Jade Emperor.’
“‘Just as the ox was about to win the race, the rat leapt to the Jade Emperor before the ox. Thus, the rat won the first place in the race and the second the ox. Later came the Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, and Dog. The lazy pig arrived last and got the last place.’”
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“Now come and get your firecrackers, everyone! We’ll set them off tonight!”
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lulubui · 1 year
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Miraculous Viet Nam: The final sage warrior
Miraculous Ladybug Movie Idea:
[Open draft - head-canon in Scarabee and Kitty Claw universe]
There'll be Vietnamese to spice things up. I'm giving Kim some Vietnamese dialogue since his origin is there, so it's a win-win
There's a reason why I use this Au since Ox!Kim has it very far similarity to water buffalo. Viet Nam have water buffalo as it symbolized (not confirmed yet) but I think Ox may go well with the Akuma here.
The main perspective that will surround this (vital role character) is:
Alix/Scarabee
Chloe/Kitty Claww
Marinette/Draconia
Fei/Ladydragon
Kim/Nha vua Bullock
Kagami/ Muse Musami
Special mentioned: Alim, Jalil/Lapin du Temps, Luka/ Adrien and Nathaniel/ Marc.
The mentioned miraculous: 12 animal zodiac sign.
rat ox
tiger
rabbit = cat*
dragon
snake
horse
goat
monkey
rooster
dog
pig
(*) (Vietnam uses familiar animals in their daily life so cat is the symbolized animal replacing rabbit)
Part 1: The Journey.
This takes place in the middle of 1 year after Miraculous World ShangHai, read the my post movie script for the extra epilogue.
Kim wanting to visit his 1'st father's family bloodline/root. That when his 2'nd father offers a trip return to Vietnam (headcanoning that his second dad is a rich,bulky Parisian). Mr. Ature offered some friends of him going on a trip as he chose Marinette, Marinette asked Kagami.
For some specific reasons, Tomoe agreed on letting Kagami go there WITH her.
Three of them went to Viet Nam alone as they politely inform Scarabee as their heroes ego (separately) and following similar events like the event of ShangHai, they all received an alarms doll that activated due to Akuma attacks.
Nathaniel, Marc, Adrien and Luka are the middle team, they will assist when Scarabee calls out, since Alix and Chloe are ALSO going to Viet Nam but different cities. Nathaniel and Marc will control the Paris team when they left.
[It's divided like this.
-Nathaniel, Marc, Adrien, Luka will be at Paris.
+Adrien/ Stallion Star learn a new upgrade as he can open a portal connecting two destinations into one. That means he can help Scarabee/ Kitty Claw go to the other heroes destination without Stallion appearance. "Vortext"
+Marcel Gibbon later on learns about Sun Wukong Legends as he is able to not only make uproar but also acquires the 72 Earthly Transformations
[Explain shortly about the 72 Earthly Transformations: Basically a transformation that can turn him into another human, animal or object. It's a special concept of a kwami.]
+Nathaniel will be able to upgrade his fox power and turn into a 9-tails fox which granted him the ability to mind control/hypnosis and dream control.
+Luka also unlocked new rooster power. Not by giving himself sub-power but also giving the clucking sound...well, it seems a worst name to be called but when he used that ability, it's eliminated the hypnosis effect, sleeping effect in all conditions without exceptional.]
The France's protection team are out of the way, now to the others journey heroes.
[ Heroes --> Destination.
Alix/ Chloe --> Ha Noi, Viet Nam. They went for a visit of ancient architectural display. In which they found out it something related to the connection between VietNam and China and the magical systems.
Kim/ Marinette/ Kagami --> Ho Chi Minh City --> Tay Ninh]
"So, anyone wanted some sugarcane juice?"
Kim asked as he pointed at the mini stalled where a young lady was crushing down some sugarcane, the groups looked awestruck at the city scenery as well as the friendly atmosphere.
"Wait, what are the currency do they use here?"
Marinette asked, she was about to pull out some euro as she realized the money here looked different. Kagami observing the girl as she stated.
"As far as I know is Dong, 1 euro equals to approximately 25,000 to 26,000 (thousand) Dong. My mother already gave me some of the cash while we transferred here."
"Woah there, some knowledge before we settle down here eh? Why don't we shake things up a bit? Chú ơi, cho con chén hột vịt lộn"
[Translated: Mister! Can I have a bowl of Baluts?"
And, the girls were traumatized by the bowl of cooked duck embryo. Kim delightfully swallowed down them deliciously while they refused to eat them.
"Come on, we've to travel two hours more to visit my nephew."
"Your have nephew?!"
Marinette, Kagami unison asked.
On the North of the S-shaping country, at the city with its well known nickname "the Mistress Parasian of the east" - "Tiểu Paris Phương Đông", Alix and Chloe was having a date holding their hands and participated in a new historical architecture museum.
What shocked the two girls is that 4/5 of the section all contain symbols of the Kwamis, as well as the potraits showing an emblem of the Renlings "King". Alix quickly messaged to Marinette, who contacted Fei immediately.
"What are you doing Buggy girl?"
"The symbol Goldie, don't it ring the bell?"
She noticed it resembled the former miraculous box, as she hugged Alix tightly.
"That's right cuddly bear!! Should we inform the adults ?"
"Not yet, Jalil may notice it too, since he kept giving me side eyes on random moments. For now let's contact both Marinette and Fei."
The message quickly arrives to the girls, Fei asked for permission from Wang as she rushed to the baker girl's location instead.
Before her arrivals, the group already settled down at an urban area of Tay Ninh where there isn't much different from Ho Chi Minh city
[My fan-non things for Kim is that his first father married his mother, who has her first name is Lê and that his 1st father followed the family name bloodline. Until they got divorced, his 1st father stayed with his 2nd father Ature and that's where he got separated by his mother.
He lives with two of his fathers.]
There's a reason for Mr.Ature willing to give Kim and Mr. Lê a visit to their home town.
Before the divorce happened, Kim used to live with nephews that his relatives sent to "shaping them up".
What he remembered is they have a stubborn, reckless, cocky and arrogant personality and a girlish version of himself, yet they are a " boy".
Soon, Marinette found a local guide as they were transferred to a suburban area. Which something unnerve Kagami sensation.
"Something isn't right Marinette."
"What's wrong Kagami?"
As they soon going to their final destination, Kim mentioned a key word, revealing the local guild Identity.
"Mùi hoa sen có vẻ đẹp dịu kì."
"Lotus have it's own beauty."
That snapped the guild, who been reveal to be Kim's nephews
"Kim?"
"Anh?"
"..Oh?!"
"OH!?!!...!"
To explained the situation out, shortly, the boy introduced. His name was Lê Quang Anh, and he's a distance relatived to Kim. He's older than them by 2 years but still shorter than them.
Shockingly, Kim former home still as new as before yet Anh doesn't live there, what is more astonished them is Tomoe there, having a friendly engagement between Kim's ex-mother and Kagami's mother.
Friendly Note: Anh hated both side of her family, hated her own bloodline, her true parent was the real reason why Anh move to live with Kim since they wanted a perfect BOY. Living with Kim's mother is under more pressure then ever so he skipped school, become reckless, and left the home when Kim move to France.
Anh appearance: 4'9, always wearing a cap/ non la to cover his hair, wearing a plain old shirt and short.
The moment Kagami felt sympathy for her, they both became loathe, as for the reason of engagement is for Kagami and Anh to become married in the future, which Marintte denied, Kagami disagreed, Anh wanted to vomited. Kim confused at the situation as both of his fathers began to argue with Ms. Lê about the teenage married and Law.
Marinette comforts the girl, while Anh hides away and sneaks out.
BACK AT HA NOI
When they are at the ceremony which was held by one of the famous 1 out of 100 the Lê dynasty. This one is one of the kind, while they giving a speech with Gabriel Agreste, who Alix suprising that he's here.
Jalil question the girls, they being suspicious about this whole issues as their kwagamata shines one more when going to the broken pieces of an ancient Fountain.
However instead of transforming, if the hero plushy being ringed up and call out, stellaBee and VisionClaw will fly to the south of the country.
RETURN TO TAY NINH
The group soon noticed the lack presence of Anh as realized he been hide out, Fei also land on her destination as find Marinette (Which she still in her Bird form), Kim suggested go into the main village since it crowded with people there.
They arrived at the local village as Fei getting Deja Vu, seeing a small figure slippingly stealing people stuff, Kim called out the unfamiliar boy yet Fei hesitated at the figure, soon they find out the it was Anh who diguise as a child, however what he's doing is use fire agaisnt fire.
A lady appoarch the nearby police station asked for a purse as Anh give out to her, which the group remember that he been stealing it from a sketchy man.
"Gosh, I must misunderstand you."
"Sorry about the confront earlier."
"My apologies on the carelessness of my word."
" Don't mind about it. Return back at the mansion, r-i-g-h-t n-o-w!!"
Fei stayed silent, observing the boy figure movement, she noticed the lack of deep vocal and fluency in his sentences, the renlings that surround her realm also sensing a new Prodigus roaming around her.
Before Kim could ask Anh to return, the boy bolted away in a flash, making them awestruck at the high speed, which Kagami noticed something wrong with his human physical. Fei dashes after the boy figure as she's the only person that can catch up on her.
Following the trace, she found herself deep into the suburban area, where no human presence can be sight, but a massive, wide shrine (?) / orphanage can be seen.
[MỘNG TRỤ CỘT/ THIÊN SỨ KẾT]
[DREAM PILLARS/ ANGELIC KIN]
Anh swiftly opened the gate and went into the place as Fei also went in there, soon Mei Shi fly out, causing Fei to caught off guard while Anh also noticed their presence.
"WHO'S THERE!?"
He tried to land a kick but got stopped by Fei, she recognized the martial art style and question, only for Anh to mockingly say.
"What're you gonna say about it kung-fu prodigy? What? "Your kick is so slow and weak I barely don't even need to fight a person like you" or trying to point out my mistake. Beat it and go away FEI"
Anh using his mocking tone to make Fei leave, but she didn't. The group was still finding them as Fei know Anh have something hidden in this strange, abandonded place, she immediately point out to get him surrounded.
"You aren't a boy are you?"
Anh stayed silent, staring the hell out of the girl soul as he hissed out.
"Now I understand what's your name really mean Fei Wu. It's mean garbage (废物) not fly ( 飛). Don't even mentioned those word infront of me."
Fei bewildered by his statement but stayed calm, Mei Shi been hold back inside her pocket as it wanted to say something. She percieve to spotted beneath Anh's shirt glowing some sort of light as it about to burst out.
Kagami slammed the door open, revealing themselves as the light disappear, to much Fei disappointed since she already into fighting stance.
"So cool, you own this place Anh!!?"
Kim amazed by the shrine Anh live in, which were wide enough for a large clan to live in, it divided to 4 section/ area. A main building for the owner to sleep, eat or done their routine; a spacious backyard with herbal plants, trees and flowers; a enormous resident that have beds for guests (?) from small to big and place to do daily Personal hygiene; and finally a front yard with a Ying- Yang circle being draw on the ground.
Kim and Marinette like this place due to it peacefulness, Kagami like it due to the inner energy that surrounded while Fei doesn't care about the backgrounded of the place as she stared the boy figure who smashing some herbal plans, thinking about the light earlier.
Some drama, tea conversation, exposing Anh bad personalities as he've been doing bad things with good purposed for people in his area, since robbery and starvation still happend due to goverment low policy and jobs so alot of victim having a bad goal to be active.
Most of the times, he'd just give a short-term answer and turn silent, not extended any more details while mixing some herbal stuff. Kim worried about Anh's different attitude rather than the sweet and innocent one in the past
Hawky time! His goal to revive one of the statues (remember Feast? yeah this is something like that but different) that empowered a large amount of dark energy, in which remsemble a toad like thingy, not to mentioned, it amoktized thing is a venomous snake which turn citizen to minion.
HardenBee and ImmuneClaw appearance! (Immune to posion and thing similar to that) While swipping through the catastrophe in the north of Viet Nam to distract the heroes if they were there, what a surprised.
Hawkmoth began his plan as he able to manipulated one of the people related to the Orphanage where Anh live, Nguyễn Nhật Tông been force to work under Gabriel command as he been believed that the person who own the shrine should be him not some bratty kid that the couples take as their descentdant.
Tông came and confront Anh, to the boy surpised at the offer from the man that he wanted to buy the place. In the end he denided.
More reveals about the former of the shrine/Orphanage which is the couple that Fei met, Trung and Thu. They adopted and raised hundreds of children and pass down the legacy place to Anh with some secret that they taught him
Tông force her into contract since kid can't do anything but Fei and the group protect him. Anh accused as he turning 18 next week and having a high connected to the couple contract.
Before the man attack him with a knife, a shiny light burst to the room, a large, black tiger with white stripe roaring at the man. Fei look awestruck with Marinette as they knew what make that happend. Kagami and Kim pulled them to hide as Marinette and Fei hide away to turn into Draconia and Ladydragon.
Unfortunate for the tiger, after 10 minutes of struggling with Tong, it been return to Anh as the man threw him like a shack, slamming into the wall.
Draconia parry the attack as LadyDragon launched Tông out of the place.
Kim waited for the girls return as Kagami called out for the two main heroine. But HardenBee and ImmuneClaw was too busy fighting the chaos with Lapin in Ha Noi so Hawk Moth become more wild in his move.
He akumatized Tông into "Kẻ được chọn" / The chosen one
His ability is absolute wild as he violently gone crazy, destroyed the three main cities, Hà Nội, Đà Nãng and thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. The moment Anh regain himself and revealing the Vietnamese prodigious, Fei/ Ladydragon surprised before the boy getting brutual pin, thrust by a powerful energy as fling across buildings, coughing out blood.
"TCO" then entangled the two dragons heroine and smash them on the ground, a strange energy outburst, dragging the villains attentions as they got carried away.
[The Vietnamese Prodigious: 4 main symbolized resemble North, East, West, South - Phoneix, Unicorn (not the horse with horn one), Turtle/tortoise and another DRAGON! Another specialty that can sense other Prodigious and turn into the 12 zodiac sighed]
That affected the mission of HardenBee and ImmuneClaw so they called out the Parisain team to assist. That's where Stallion, Vlad, Gibbion and Arman gone and dealt with the statue.
Back at the team spotted, since it was an emergency as Ladydragon and Draconia were being outpowered by the deity like villain. His attack can destroy the whole cycle of life and restore it. It's like a god itself but in an outrageous stat that cannot be stop, while to focus on dealing with Nhà vua bullock, Mamushi, Scarabee and Kitty Claw.
Fei and Marinette return to their normal state, find out each other identity but went and find the boy first. Anh was in a terrible health condition as his cap burn down, revealing a long sily hair fell down.
"You're a girl"
Fei said while Marinette are out of her mind as the girl groaned, but further more, she then turn into a black horse as dashed away in that dreadful state. Fei hurry chased her with her horse form as Marinette retrasnform into Draconia and used lightning to catch up on them.
The shrine now being torn down by the attack, Anh become depressed at the issues as having her traumatized past haunting her.
That included Abuse, Sexism, stress and family isues.
Shortcut Lê Quang Anh past: Sexism. Her parents want a boy not a girl, they give birth to a child which they didn't know it gender. To much disappointed that it's a girl, they all wishes they not give birth to her, her mother only see her as a boy, wanting her to be aboy so they send her to the Kim's family, brought her to the south for study session and more.
Anh always skip school, hide away from the resident to visited the Pagoda, which Trung and Thu taught her many advance things. Soon they realized Anh have asthma, depression, stress and OCD which she cannot kept her mental stable when doing yoga, easily lots focus.
When they pass down the Prodigious and reveals "The Hallowed Spirit Domain" as explainning about the world hidden magical system. Kwami, Renlings, God, Deity and the miraculous, Anh become desperated to wield perfectly her country Prodigious power, in which failling to kept her transform more then 10 minutes and unable to become the 4 Legends Warrior.
In the terrible health from, she return tiredly return to "The Hallowed Spirit Domain" in which cried out to her master, telling them that she failed the mission.
"I fail..Why do I even live until now if I cannot become what people wanted? If all life form are equals, why can't I be like Ladydragon"
[Anh have a crush on Ladydragon which she didn't know the hero that she like is the person that she hated]
The Domain similar to an underground cave, a small path lead to the center with statue that hold the neclace, the two side were covered in water with Lotus floating around it. Anh laid down, fatigue as looking beaten up, wished that everything was end in here.
It's hard for her to face something that live in the past, she wanted to live in the modern day, without any old fashioned thought eliminated life-form and approved the existence of every human beings.
She been treated poorly before meeting her master and never have she felt love before.
"Anh!"
A voice echoed through the domain, Anh groaned again, remember she forgot to close the door into this place, Fei was able to go in but Draconia wasn't.
"What you want? Laugh at my face for being a poor Prodigious user not like the superior LadyDragon out there? I'm ready for you to throw me down on the lake, I've nothing left"
"No you aren't, you coming with me...did you just praise Ladydragon?"
"Well now she knew the Vietnamese "good" Prodigious is a failure girl that been disguise as a boy for her entire life and now being exposed to you, I'm surprised that you were able to guess my gender in the first meeting."
Fei doesn't say anything as she walks up, sits next to the Anh who defeated on the ground. The girl's hair was wet with sweat and blood.
"I know that our interaction for the first time isn't surely the best due to your arrogantness and cocky attitude, but my prodigious said that you're a pure soul that has just been...broken, just like me before."
"haha nice try....wait, your prodigious?"
Fei moved her hand to remove the strain hair on the girl's face, who blushed and confusing at the same time.
"Now we know each other's identity, it's a draw now. By the way, not that I realized your vocal isn't as deep as a 18 years old teenager, i see you wearing female underwear while changing."
"Pervert"
"Thief"
They became quiet, Anh doesn't know how to react when her hero crush was the person she treated poorly before, not until the moonlight begin to shine through a crack, into the domain, a spark appear, burst into the room causing the two gasp in awe. Not until it fly out of the room in a sonic move, Anh and Fei both heal their body miraculously.
Outside, “TCO” was overpowered the heroes due to Hawkmoth achieving a secret power techniques, however, before he could victoriously knock out, a white light join into the battle, knocking out the villain just in a blink of an eye, everyone felt a massive scary pressure that triggering their soul.
Scarabee and Kitty Claw miraculous flash quickly, just like something absorbing all of their energy.
The others aren’t immune to it as immediately de-transform, but able to hide away quickly to keep their identity hidden, Kim having the Ox’s miraculous able to withstand for 10 minutes before seeing a white spritual creature floating down.
It’s appearance look uncanny, having three straight black eyes, emotionless, traumatized anyone soul if they have a weak mental state. It brutal attack knocking out the villain as the butterfly fly out, but soon shattered down.
Before could do anything else, KC grabbed SC as they soon both destransform.
Tikki and Plagg looking weak, as if something pressuring them.
The white spirit then ask Kim to take it to the Domain.
Reunited! Fei and Anh also sense an intense surge.
Null scanning those two, before snapping it paw, transferring Kim outside.
Anh wanted to cried out, seeing a force that she have never sense before, all the lotus in the domain are withering away, Fei put her hand infront of the girl, trying to protected her. Mei Shi then come out, greeted.
“If something is end, it’ll only just the beginning. Life consist both Live and Death, anything that is Zero will be all real, nothing is finished and it will be reborn once again. Nice to meet the god itself, Null”
The spirit doesn’t react but suddenly blurbs, it’s power was enough to crack the wall predictably but also magically revive all the lotus, as it zoom through the three and touching it paw to the ancient shrub, a magnificent aura covers all the earth in a flash. Null, the spirit through Mei Shi words now became mix, it’s mood swing to another different one.
“WOah! So this is what “EARTH!” is, such an amazing knowledge filled place to study!! WAit I Already know everything! BORING!”
The spirit now is in Dark Red, Shining Gold and glittery silver a weird mixture of color as Anh was fully clinging onto Fei back with a heart attack. The shape// of the animal also embody some sort of identical things, similar to Mei SHi
“If this is my punishment for being poorly treated on you, I’m sorry, i’m a terrible person.”
“Quick it Anh, we know that it isn’t 100% your fault until returning to that topic. Mei Shi, explain please?”
Fei reassured the girl safe as looking at the strange, reckless spirit flew around the domain.
“Since we don’t have any grimoire here, let me explain quickly with human modern stuff. The universe extended in a rapid way that living entities like us cannot feel, each of the creations of the universe appears a Null, which it isn’t Tikki who made him, but the archverse is. Null like human USB, if it contacts any ancient magical artifacts, the energy will absorb and store into it core, like how the USB has its storage level, but Null it restricts to only an area that the energy limit, for example, this Null restricts inside the VietNam Domain and it only has the knowledge of history, life and anything only about VietNam.”
Fei dumbfounded at the explanation but Anh understands the whole context, “Null” giving her a praise as revealing that they also stored the memories of the two couples, who are the vigilante Prodigious Master.
Trung is a researcher on soul, spirit kind, that included Kwami, Prodigious and others essential being and also mastered the techniques to use, protect and control over their enhanced vitality.
Thu didn’t embody any of the power that Trung has, but she’s a herbalist and eminent artist who illustrates symbol of the archverse. She also good at martial art, sign languages and human antonamy study.
These two have a strong connection with all of the guardian temple, where the miracle box stored. However, “Null” state out that they wouldn’t be belonging to the human race anymore which shocked the two.
Some more “Null” explanation about it duty to help Anh as a tutor and about how she and Fei could become the Vigorous Dragon Duo, with a embarassed Anh and a Lesbian Fei, who couldn’t agree more to co-op with her.
Anh decided to name the creature a proper one since it embody Vietnam cultural core, XianXian (显现). As she and Fei solves the miscommunication, Fei ruffel Anh’s head in joy,, the heroes finally be able to get inside the cave, Kim worried the hell out of Anh, all of them seems to be in heavily injuried. Scarabee, the leader was the one who question.
“Romace, family reunion, or whatever not in the topic but aside. ANH, A FULL EXPLAINED.”
Anh felt a spine chilling wave, knewing that the ladybug hero is the leader of them all, she hestitately open her mouth. In the end, Meishi, XianXian and Fei the one who end up justify the problem to everyone.
Scarabee contact the group from the northern as they all seem to be fine, she disappointed that her date got corrupted by some random 18 years old kid and that BITCHYMOTH
“ I swear if I can lucky charm a gun, he’s DEAD”
As everyone checing up on each other, some of them admired the beauty of the domain, to which light from the night moon shine through the cracks and into the area.
Guess, what? Hawkmoth return with Tông, who’s now ready for round 2 of the battle, this time, Tông accused Anh’s murdered the family as also the reason why no one return to the Orphan, seeing their supervisors again. That’s a switch, turning Anh emotion down as it the only reason to traumatized her.
Anh got traumatized, remembering the last day she saw the couple, she was at the scene with blood all over her body, something that unpleasant for Anh to reminded with or ring a bell.
It’s like a bomb ticking as Anh felt stress up, KDC being reakumatized but this time with red version, that led to Scarabee realizing that Catalys is also here.
“Everyone careful, this isn’t a normal battle like before!!!”
All the hero on action to fight KDC, yet forgetting to pay attention to Anh who have a panic attack, a velvet butterfly ending up entered Anh necklace as Hawkmoth finally be able to took over the Vietnamese Prodigious.
Kitty Claw and Fei the only one who sight the issues as Fei begging Anh to fight back.
“Anh please! Listen to me and fight back at the villain. You won’t be alone again!!!”
A string of force violently pulling the girl sinking down to the lake of darkness, tangled in depression and lost. That the main reason why Anh never be able to use the 4 Legends, she been blaming herself everything and never get the right recognition.
Kitty Claw tell Scarabee who dealing with KDC now return the focused on the two Prodigious, shocked. Using the last resort, Fei kiss Anh in order to dragged the girl soul out of the darkness.
It’s actually work, XianXian landing on Anh’s head, comment calmly.
“Although the two Mastered aren’t here, but I could be seen as their reincarnated. I’d be proud to see the developement that you made through years Anh. My existence to this place is upon your wishes of gainning your true self. Even if no one is looking at you the way you wanted, there’s a person that will always accepted who you are. That’s yourself”
Fei release the kiss, who now with a calmer Anh, the butterfly mask still on with Hawkmoth trying his best to break through the soul,  a small flash went through Anh’s eyes as spark of hope fire up once again. Scarabee use her lucky charm and got a handcuff, for some reason it not the exact things she wanted, but the moment she throw to BitchyMoth, his arm got wrap in and lock with an upper pole, Kitty Claw jump and trying to use her Tornado Cataclysm but fail as KDC slammed her back to the wall, much to Scarabee mental pain.
Anh not only breaking free from the akuma but also evolve the Prodigious as changing the theme. The old Tortoise turn into a giant mythical crane, and the Unicorn change into a lion cub (con nghê). Phoenix and Dragon still in the same way but having their symbolized change.
Unfortunaely, Anh lost her old concious as her fiercy spirit taking control over her body, turning into a mighty black and white dragon, she overpowered KDC easily but couldn’t take down it.
Switching between a wide variety of black and white 12 zodiac signs, Anh’s only able to keep down the damage as Fei assisting her as Ladydragon.
The akuma soon been defeated, they gang up on Hawkmoth as he then summoned a surprised Senti monster (he hidden the feather inside his staff)
Anh still passed out as most of her action was automatic (fight by intuition and her six sense), when the feather entered her charm and created a powerful god-like figure, they soon wrecked the place and blasted BitchMoth back to France.
Yet, Scarabee need to find out how to destroyed the charm and calm the Yin-Yang dragon down. She summon another Lucky Charm which surprisingly make severals item. (bar of soap ,metal chain ,giant carpet)
“Everyone, attention!”
Scarabee then yell, grabbing all the occupied heroes and told them the plans while LadyDragon try to hold down Anh’s Dragon. As the France’s Hero team leader command, Draconia fly toward them as wind dragon and cloaking the raging one with melting soap, she then give LadyDragon the chain as both of them restrained her back.
Other assist the two leaders by holding back the Senti-God which wipe all of them away. In literally.
Kitty Claw then used a massive move destruction, sending a powerful wave of Cataclysm toward the Dragon’s group as it cracked the Amok charm, Fei necklace, Marinette choker.
Scarabee quickly cast the Miraculous bringing the heroes back. However she still keep the carpet as all of them spread it, the charm return Anh to normal as the girl fall down onto the carpet with the two Dragon quickly transform and help her.
@a-chlolix-blog This is gonna be two parts long, the storyline might be a bit cringe but would you mind leaving a judgment or comment?
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fortressofserenity · 11 months
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Racist geeks and writers
As I said before about X-Men, even if X-Men may preach against prejudice such a story still has very prejudiced fans. I actually know one who related to the X-Men but is kind of anti-black in some regards, making fun of black people and stuff. They might not even be an isolated example, there could be more of them in the X-Men fandom than one realises. 
It doesn’t help when so many popular X-Men tend to be white, that it sets the tone for how these people see themselves in. Many popular X-Men characters tend to be white and western, so for every Jubilee and Storm there’s a Kate Pryde, Rogue, Emma Frost, Jean Grey and Mystique. For every Bishop, there’s a Scott Summers, Wolverine, Charles Xavier and Nightcrawler.
Did you see a pattern that some of the more popular X-Men tend to be white? To make matters worse, as pointed out by Cheryl Lynn Eaton Storm is divorced from any black culture. She’s even worse than Black Panther because she’s divorced from an actual African culture, especially Kenyan culture at that. Kenya is a real country, you could really go there if you wanted to.
I feel when it comes to a country like Kenya, you should really get the details right to make her better represent herself as such. There are even comic book fans in African countries, so Africans aren’t that ignorant of US superheroes really. But when Storm doesn’t celebrate Boxing Day, that is the day after Christmas in both Britain and former British African colonies like Kenya, this says a lot about how little they know about Kenya.
They don’t even have actual experience with Kenyans to better know what they celebrate, do and practise, to the point where Storm is pretty much a white person’s idea of an African. Not so much Africans as they see themselves as, if you go by comics like Aya de Yopougon though it’s set in Cote D’Ivoire. Even then, I get the impression most X-Men writers aren’t black and African.
Neither are they interested in any real African country and culture, which has the effect of whitewashing Storm a lot arguably until recently. It doesn’t help when Wolverine is X-Men’s biggest breakout character, that it seems easier to bank on the more popular characters (most of them being white) than to take advantage of mutants who come from nonwestern, nonwhite countries like Nigeria and Vietnam.
When it comes to most of the X-Men, especially most popular X-Men members being white and that most X-Men writers tend to be white as well, it makes any attempts at addressing racism and exploring nonwhite cultures really awkward at times. When Kwannon was in Betsy’s body, she wanted somebody to kill her but since she’s Japanese she should’ve killed herself out of dishonour.
Xian Coy Manh might have the potential to have her nation and culture be explored more deeply, though some of the biggest problems behind her is that the writers who portray her neither have experience with Vietnam in any way nor are they interested in Vietnam. Maybe that’s why she comes off as something of an afterthought, though one who really needs a writer of Vietnamese descent to do her right.
As far as I know about Vietnam, it doesn’t use Chinese characters that much anymore. In fact, at this point more Vietnamese people use Latin orthography these days instead, they also celebrate Year of the Cat instead of Year of the Rabbit. Since 2023 is Year of the Cat, I feel Marvel missed an opportunity to showcase covers with Xian hanging out with cats to celebrate that occasion.
The fact that Vietnamese farmers still use cats for pest control could’ve coloured many Vietnamese people’s decision to have cats instead of rabbits in their version of the Chinese zodiac is a real missed opportunity, even if this gives a glimpse into Xian’s culture better. You could say that Vietnam’s not that well known as China is.
But even then, it’s interesting in its own right and something that has to be explored more in light of Xian’s heritage and upbringing. When it comes to these two mutants whose cultures are misrepresented or underrepresented in some way or another, I feel they come off as missed opportunities when it comes to exploring their cultures and countries.
I feel these portrayals could’ve further coloured some X-Men fans’ racism, in the sense that if they do get represented at all they’re either afterthoughts (Karma) or made more exotic than they really are (Storm). Whatever their portrayals, they get othered in ways most X-Men writers wouldn’t do with American and to some extent, British cultures.
Well X-Men’s no stranger to having white British writers like Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis, both of whom wrote X-Men and X-Men related stories themselves. But when it comes to nonwhite, nonwestern X-Men writers Vita Ayala’s the only example to come to mind who writes or wrote a serialised story. I can’t think of any African or Asian writer who wrote X-Men stories.
This could’ve not only coloured why Xian and Storm are written the way they are, but also how this would’ve fed into some X-Men fans’ racism in the form of ignorance. When it comes to some X-Men fans being racist, it doesn’t help when some X-Men writers are racist themselves that it’s a self-perpetuating cycle.
It is getting better these days, but much work needs to be done when it comes to representing nonwestern cultures better as well as combatting fandom racism.
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Lunar New Year, known as “Spring Festival” in China and sometimes called “Chinese New Year” , is among the most widely celebrated holidays on earth. The beginning of a new year on the Chinese lunar calendar is marked by family reunions, gift-giving, and delicious food.AdvertisementWhen is  the Lunar New Year 
This year, celebrants are welcoming the year of the Tiger on February 1, with a holiday season that continues until February 15.  The date of Lunar New Year changes every year, but it usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. (It’s a little more complicated than that, but... 
How is the Lunar New Year celebrated?While the new year celebration originated in China as early as 1600 BC, it’ s now celebrated in Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, Tibet, and beyond.  Like any widely- observed holiday, Chinese New Year celebrations are a stew of new and old customs and traditions that can differ wildly from place to place and family to family. But in China, the first day of the new year is traditionally marked by families reuniting,  food,  gifts, and fireworks.
Family togetherness: Getting together with relatives is such a big part of Lunar New Year, it occasions the largest human migration on the planet. 
. Reunion Dinner: Families traditionally celebrate the new year with a feast called “reunion dinner,” considered by many to be the most important meal of the year. The most common dishes served are dumplings (thought to bring wealth) and fish (because its name in Chinese sounds like “surplus”). Rice wine and other spirits are common too, because it’s not a holiday if no one gets drunk.
 Gift-giving: The most common kind of gift given for Lunar New Year is money, usually in a red envelope. Red is the predominant color of the Lunar New Year because it’ s thought to be lucky. Speaking of luck, if you’re giving out lucre for the new year, make sure it’s an even number, preferably ending in “8” for maximum luck. Fireworks: Like any good holiday, Chinese New Year is celebrated by blowing things up. Families traditionally head outside before midnight and join everyone else in lighting fireworks and firecrackers to ring in the year ( and terrorize  dogs and cats) .
               Other important days during the Chinese N ew Year season The holiday season around the new year used to be celebrated for two weeks in China, but like the twelve days of Christmas , it’ s now generally condensed into a few important days. 
Universal Birthday of Humans: In China, the seventh day of the year on the lunar calendar is called the “Universal Birthday of Humans.” It’ s when everyone adds a year to their age. Since Chinese people also use the Gregorian calendar, everyone has two birthdays per year. I feel ripped off. 
Lantern Festival: The end of the new year season is marked by the Lantern Festival that takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It’ s celebrated by lighting and watching lanterns, solving riddles written on lanterns, and eating lanterns. Wait, I mean eating Tangyuan, sweet rice balls. 
What about the  Chinese zodiac?The Chinese zodiac is a repeating cycle of 12 years,  with each year represented by a different animal, and people  are thought to embody the traits of the spirit animal of their birth-year. Perhaps you’ re familiar with the Chinese Zodiac from  placemats at Chinese restaurants.
2022 is a year of the Tiger, a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. People born during Ox and Goat years will be luckiest in 2022, where Rats, Snakes, Monkeys, Pigs and Dogs will have to work harder this year than other signs. Rabbits, Dragons, Horses and Roosters can relax; we’re going to have a smooth 2022. Who is  Nian, t he Chinese New Year m onster?All good holidays all have monsters, and in China, the New Year monster is named Nian. A version of the modern legend goes something like this: At the beginning of every year, Nian, often depicted as a flat-faced lion with the body of a dog and prominent tooth, comes out of its lair to feast on men and animals. 
Luckily, the monster is terrified of loud noises, fire, and the color red, so people put red lanterns and other red decorations on their houses to keep it from getting inside, and light firecrackers to scare it away from town. “Nian” also means “year,” so it seems a symbolic way of chasing off an old, monster year to welcome a new, awesome year. 
‘Lunar New Year’ is the least-bad name for this holiday
We just don’t have a good name for Lunar New Year. The old name in English was “Chinese New Year,” but that doesn’t work, because even though the holiday originated in China, it’ s celebrated in many other countries.
“Lunar New Year” is not a good name either because it’s too vague. There are lots of holidays that mark the beginning of lunar calendars, from Diwali to Rosh Hashanah, and each of these could be called “Lunar New Year” too. The Chinese call it “Spring Festival,” but we can’t just go for that because it has different names in other countries.  
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crystalconfections · 4 years
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Lunar New Year vs Chinese New Year
Are they the same? No, and they shouldn’t be used interchangeably. 
The difference
Chinese New Year is specifically for Chinese people and them alone. Lunar New Year refers to all of the people and countries that celebrate this holiday including countries like Vietnam, Laos, and Korea.
A similar example is how all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares. Chinese New Year goes under the category of Lunar New Year but Lunar New Year is much broader than Chinese New Year.
When to use each
In general, I would recommend the use of Lunar New Year over Chinese New Year, especially from those not well versed in the holiday or culture. While a lot of overarching events are similar or have equivalents, there are differences between each country. If you’re just referring to the holiday and want to send out simple salutations like “Happy Lunar New Year!” (in the same way you would say “Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas!”) don’t use Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Year is acceptable if you are referring to a cultural practice specific to only China, though I would really do your research before being so bold as to claim only the Chinese do it. 
Another thing is sometimes people refer to the Chinese Zodiac specifically, which can be acceptable because the zodiac is different from other countries. For instance, the Vietnamese Zodiac actually does not have a rabbit but instead has a cat. The zodiac and New Year are not equivalent, though the New Year does celebrate a change in the zodiac.
Why it matters
To stop spreading the harmful stereotype that all Asians are Chinese. It can be a microaggression and it’s ignorant. I know a lot of people don’t intentionally mean harm by it, but it does hurt. Especially in most instances where I see Chinese New Year used, people actually mean Lunar New Year. Other Asian people are valid and exist too.
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