#MQ&A

[masterqwertster]

Both Ashton and Orem would work very well with the Artificer - Armorer prompt if you fell like writing it.

Subclass Hurt/Comfort Prompt Barely a bit of spoilers in this one for episode 89. Armorer Artificer: Shielding them with your body, or a prized possession of yours.

Orym’s a little guy. He’s always known this, never denied it. What would be the point when he’s waist-high to most?

So of course this makes it all the more laughable a visual when he sprints between Ashton’s titanous legs to get his shield up, to be between them and any approaching threat. After all, he’s barely knee-high when they’re like this, so he really doesn't immediately cover much of Ashton. 

“Awww, you have an ankle guard,” a quanikka enemy mocks as he approaches. 

Then his face splits into a sadistic, sharp-toothed (and tusked) grin as he swings his blade high, aiming for Ashton’s head and shoulders a good seven feet off the ground. Only for that expression to turn into a frustrated snarl as Orym springs into the air, blocking the blow with his shield, even as the force of it pushes him into a crouch braced against Ashton’s shoulder blades.

The strength behind the strike leaves Orym’s arms stinging and straining, but that force plus Orym’s own weight doesn’t so much as budge Ashton as he strains wrestling with a reiloran juggernaut.

And Orym’s new position offers him an advantage: he’s now at head-height with this quanikka. It’s but a moment’s work to hop off of the demi-titan’s back and flick his blade through the enemy’s throat, riding down to the ground on his fallen foe’s chest.

Sharp halfling eyes scan the battlefield for the next threat as Orym rises to continue the fight. He will keep his friends safe.

#MQ&A #subclass hurt/comfort prompt #MQfic #ashton greymoore #orym of the air ashari #cr spoilers

[mqole]

noooo girlieeeee

#mq arts #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy spoilers #kipperlily copperkettle #buddy dawn #fhjy #d20 #d20 spoilers #fantasy high spoilers

[mo49ko]

(fengqing 🏹⚔️)

the piece that i drew for the december 2023 fengqing advent calendar organized by @fengqinghub !! 🌟 i hope that you liked it!!

the generals went on a mission together again. no matter how cold it is outside, they can make each other's hearts warm ☺️❄️ i think they would look so striking in their black robes and golden armor against the white snowy sky

#moko art #fengqing #tgcf #fq advent calendar #i tried to draw fx's cape like it's going around mq hehe.... #of course mq says his cheeks are red from the cold only!!! #local sillies drawer coloured something for once!! its me

[bonesblubs]

Intent

#art tag #tgcf #fengqing #this is a WIP I think I’ll color it… #I wanted to play around with how MQ is always protecting those around him but always looks like he’s about to do the opposite #could also be Ella enchanted AU where he’s forced to do something he doesn’t want to..

[toffeecoco1]

i think hualian and fengqing should have the most unhinged double dates. xie lian is smiling ear-to-ear because his husband and his best friends are getting along, while the other three are glaring daggers at each other whenever xie lian isn’t looking. the only reason they’re not brawling rn is that they all love it when xie lian smiles. do it for xie lian 😔

#tgcf #xie lian #hua cheng #hualian #fengqing #feng xin #mu qing #yes fx and mq are also at risk of brawling with each other. not just with hua cheng #yes they are dating #that’s just how they roll #heaven official's blessing #xianle quartet #xie lian is just SO happy they can have an outing together and all his favorite people are in the same place

[into-the-feniverse]

It’s Dabi’s birthday over here in the states now so have some doodles 🔥

#I’m trying to get him out of my system #also I really just needed to update some placeholder images on character ai #mq art #dabi #Touya Todoroki #Toya Todoroki #Todoroki touya #bnha #MHA #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #Dabi fanart #anyways idk what my style is doing rn I feel like it’s been v inconsistent #but hey finally kicked out a version of pro hero Touya that i likeeee altho he still needs some tweaking #haha wait just now realizing they’re almost all looking in the same direction #what are they looking at hmmm

[sweepingboy]

little girl: are you a prince?

xie lian: yes, i am

little girl: please don't marry mu qing

xie lian: //////eh????

little girl: mum says that mu qing is so pretty someone from the palace is going to take him soon and he promised me he'll marry me when i grow up :(

feng xin: hahaha imagine wanting to marry mu qing hahahhahaha

feng xin 800 years later: ... well

#fx: imagine wanting to marry mq ahha. waking up with him in your arms. kissing him on the lips. stroking his hair. touching his skin. #pei ming listening to his drunk rant:.. that was weirdly specific nan yang don't you think? #that scene with mu qing and city kids has me in a chokehold #tgcf #mu qing #feng xin #mxtx tgcf #fengqing #tgcf mu qing #tgcf feng xin #tgcf headcanon #xie lian #tian guan ci fu

[mqonlighting]

hear me out: civilian deadpool au except he just keeps getting arrested for the STRANGEST THINGS (illegal ownership of a chicken? someone just dumped an egg on his street? it hatches when he’s trying to cook it for breakfast? he RAISED IT?) and matt murdock is his exhausted lawyer who has to keep telling him to shut up in the interrogation room.

does he ever actually go to jail? no, maybe probation, maybe a fine. but arrested? half sure every cop in the city is just sick of hearing about his life. every juror thinks he’s just morbidly unlucky and a tiny bit moronic.

and he is.

detective: (sigh) so you have a chicken?

wade: oh, yeah, yolko ono! she’s my pride and joy, i had a mug and a mousepad printed- *pulling out wallet pictures*

matt: wade. no.

wade: i could bring her over if you want-

matt: WADE.

one time matt has to spring wade for grand theft auto of the nice old lady he lives next doors to. the automobile he supposedly stole? a select elevated motorized wheelchair.

wade: she LENT me the chair.

detective: and how’d she do that?

wade: i broke into her backyard because i heard a thump and i thought she fell over.

matt: jesus—

wade: so she didn’t fall over. apparently it was a twig that fell on an ice chest. but she was there, and she was yelling ‘jazzy! jazzy!’ and i was wondering why she was telling me to grab her jazzy, but i wasn’t about to turn down a free jazzy. so i walk over to it, i turn it on, i hop on, i say thank you to the kind old lady, and i wheel it out of there.

matt: goddamn it, wade—

detective: you stole a permobil.

wade: pardon?

detective: the wheelchair was a permobil.

wade: she said it was a jazzy!

detective: …

detective: jazzy is her HUSBAND.

wade: …

detective: …

matt: i give up.

and the nail in everyone’s coffin? when the precinct brings in wade’s fucking kidnap victim.

peter: kidnap? me?

detective: were you or were you not kidnapped by wade wilson and driven to the middle of nowhere?

peter: listen, man, farthest wade ever drove me was to a gamestop in manhattan from queens. i don’t drive. and then i ask if we can hit a seven eleven, since i really wanted a bag of chips. but then i fall asleep in the passenger seat on the way there. and when i wake up, i’m home - he didn’t buy me the bag of chips, though.

detective: … and when state troopers spotted his car in philadelphia? with someone passed out inside?

peter: we were in philly? and he didn’t wake me up?

detective: do you seriously mean to tell me you were completely passed out for a two hour and ten minute drive?

peter: i’m a college student with rent due in a month and a new paper due every time i breathe. and wade is an idiot who doesn’t know left from right, boots up waze, says his goodbyes to the universe, and starts driving. i think there’s your case.

detective: …

detective: damn it.

#matt in court: your honor.. to put it simply my client is an idiot #team red #wade wilson #deadpool #matt murdock #daredevil #peter parker #spiderman #deadpool’s bullshit basically #civilian au #no powers au #marvel #marvel comics #spideypool #like trace amounts #— mq ☽nshit

[mumuqings]

tgcf book spoilers, but one mu qing and xie lian snippet that I think about a lot is this one, at the start of xie lian’s second banishment when he’s surprised to hear mu qing being described as generous and kind:

as opposed to this memory from before his first ascension when mu qing started giving out cherries to the kids in the city:

I think it just really goes to show 1) how deeply mq’s actions truly affected xl and what he thought of him, but also 2) just how different mq and xl are fundamentally in the way that they think and approach things.

I don’t have a lot of commentary on xl that hasn’t already been said, but bc we get the story from xl’s pov, we see a lot of mq’s actions being framed as selfish or suspicious (which is fair, bc again, we know how much his actions hurt xl), but we also see a lot of misconstrued kindness, like in book 8 where it’s revealed that he knocked out fx in order to save him. it’s also pretty obvious how much mq still cares abt xl, with how quickly he volunteers as fu yao and the lengths he goes to protect him when he deems hc a threat, so I also think it’s very likely that mq leaving the trio first was exactly what he said it was — that he thought becoming a junior official, ascending quickly, would be the best way to take care of not just his mother, but also xl, fx, the king and queen, and himself, and so in a way, him leaving was him acting on his kindness. but ofc it doesn’t work out, and he spends the next 800 years fighting w/ fx about it, defending himself, his decisions, and his kindness, and nitpicking the accuracies of his statues while he himself remains completely misunderstood by the two people he probably cares abt the most.

and idk, I guess I just think that’s probably a really lonely way to spend 800 years.

#idk where I was going w this actually #but misunderstood mq who cares so much abt how he’s perceived is smth that I think abt a lot #really resonates w my eldest daughter scapegoat of the family trauma tbh #also to be clear I don’t think xl was in the wrong for chasing him away either #I think they were both just twenty year olds doing their best in a situation that twenty year olds shouldn’t have to face #that said I do think it’s hilarious and incredible that fq spent 800 years beating each other up instead of having one (1) conversation #anyway! I love all three of them! I’m glad they get a happy post canon! #oh also I think mq deserved more than just a ‘just so u know dianxia never thought that poorly of u! just be normal!’ #i think he deserves an apology actually #tgcf #tgcf spoilers #mu qing #xie lian #feng xin #xianle trio #yams thoughts

[appletvsource]

Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi in Mythic Quest — 1.02 "The Casino" — 1.03 "Dinner Party"

#mythic quest #mq s1 #mq 1x02 #mq 1x03 #brad bakshi #danny pudi #mythicquestedit #mqedit #tvedit #sitcomedit #dannypudiedit #filmtvcentral #userbbelcher #userstream #cinematv #ours #by mott

[masterqwertster]

Ok don’t publish it if you don’t have to but man this weekend is bumming me right out with this “

Yeah, there is certainly some aggression going on against people wishing for resurrection because others find it a poignant narrative that a sacrifice can't be undone, that it lasts and has consequences, that it puts weight to the stakes. And they think that coming back to life after specifically doing something you know will 100% kill you cheapens sacrifice.

Personally, I think that being brought back after you willingly and knowingly and successfully gave your life for others tells a story of how much you're loved. It's your friends saying "Fuck that. You're going to live. We're all going to live. We'll keep dragging each other back until we can't anymore, so fucking be here and fight."

It also adds another level of desperation to be stronger, smarter, to not be caught like that ever again because who knows if you can get them back next time (and however many times you fail after that). Resurrections get harder ever time a person is brought back. This is part of what bit Scanlan's ass right before Bard's Lament: the Revivify didn't take, so the rest of Vox Machina brought in his daughter to call him back during the Resurrection (which he hated) and got the chance to be dicks about bringing him back with the dumb pranks, all of which led to setting Scanlan off. And sure, Bells Hells had that desperation to keep each other alive from the Bassuras fight, but that doesn't mean that the sentiment can't be further sharpened even when you've managed to steal back all the lives of your party members that she took.

Honestly, I think that just having Chet and FCG die against the Murder Machine of Otohan after Bells Hells specifically and successfully went to efforts to get stronger still ups the stakes even if both end up revived. "All our might and we still faced that loss. It would have been all of us if FCG didn't make that play. We still cannot face the enemy leadership head-on as we are. We must get stronger still."

And I really think there's some fun character development to be had in giving FCG a flesh body. Will he actually like what they've envied about the others? How does one handle a completely new body that they're grateful for (that they should be grateful for, otherwise they'd be dead) but is just so different from what they know? Yes, FCG had that last moment clarity that he was in fact already fully alive, but there's definitely some "alive in the flesh" things to explore.

And more faith to explore too. Like, did he get to meet the Changebringer and talk with her in the afterlife? The Raven Queen? Speaking of just being in the afterlife, what about meeting Eshteross again? The other members of the Division of Public Benefit that he killed?

Also, I'm not sure how big a fan I am of the heavy breakdowns that will happen if FCG isn't resurrected. Bells Hells is suffering pretty good as is and I'd like them to have some happiness inbetween all the Moon Bullshit. Conflict drives a story, but you need soft moments to wind it down between heavy moments.

Because truthfully, most of what you get from keeping FCG dead is a bunch of breakdowns in the party without it's most optimistic member who actually advocates for communication, which they all suck at for various personal reasons. And a push towards the Villain Arc path that, honestly, a few are walking just fine without FCG staying dead and/or can still be pushed further down it just by the fact that he decided to kill himself to save their asses when no one wants to let any of the others go.

I do think that as far as martyrdom goes, what FCG did took a nice step away from "giving my life because it's worth less than any one of theirs and I think dying for a cause will give me absolution for the people I rage killed" and into "giving my life because it will save them and I don't know what else to do that will save them." There are certainly posts that get into the distinction between those choices better than I have. Which is where I think the "best ending for FCG" idea comes from, as it happened under the "best" reasoning for FCG to martyr himself. And to a certain degree, people have decided that martyrdom was unavoidable for FCG or that he was just highly prone to it and this was a good time/way to do it.

Still doesn't change that a self-sacrificing character did in fact sacrifice themself, though. Or that it didn't have to be the end that FCG met.

And I understand to some degree how Everyone Comes Back to Life if You Try can feel like it undermines the stakes. Because if no one stays dead, what do you have to fear from walking into mortal danger? Everyone will be fine right? Which is wrong. There is still trauma in dying, even when you're brought back. The realization of mortality, the struggle to steal back a life when it's not just a quick prayer in the heat of battle. And the ever looming possibility that you do it right and it's still not enough to steal them back.

Also, from the wider in-the-game-world's perspective: Resurrection is rare as shit and only people with immense wealth, connections, and/or power even have a shot at it.

Even mechanically it's not easy. You have to mind time limits, expensive costs, body conditions, spell levels and slots, not to mention that the dice can always say no.

So yes, Bells Hells probably needs to go to less effort to Reincarnate FCG than they did to resurrect Laudna because all they're missing is components while they have the likes of Keyleth who kind of owe them for Moon Scouting and killing Otohan and should be able to provide.

#I don't know if this covers it right #but like. there are reasons to leave FCG dead (mostly Sam's wishes) and reasons to bring him back #both are valid and we won't know which way it swings until the next episode(s) #and it's not hating consequences to want FCG back. it's knowing it's possible and wanting that sequence of consequences #like Sam could take FCG back and impose some new limit on them. play “didn't come back right” beyond the new body for consequences #so. ya'know. trust the cast to tell the story and don't get on each other's asses about different hopes for what comes next #MQ&A #critical role #cr speculation #cr spoilers #fcg

[mqole]

how my baldurs gate 3 playthrough goin so far (id in alt)

#mq arts #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #shadowheart #bg3 shadowheart #lae'zel #bg3 lae'zel #needless to say if you tag this with any spoilers im killing you

[mo49ko]

fengqing 🏹⚔️ implied nsfw ??

i like to think about mq hanging out with his friends (!!) without fx and complaining about him the whole time but everyone knows they are so in love (fx does the same thing) 🩷

also xl has a flip phone so he doesnt have internet so everytime he wants to look up something he just texts sl

this is how i imagine their frienship!! make mq and sqx hang out agenda...

#fengqing #moko art #fq are like “i encountered this minor problem. i wont ask him about it. ill dump him right now” #mq almost dumped him for the 17th time but not today!!!!

[bonesblubs]

OH NOW THAT YOU'VE FINISHED READING TGCF I have to know . . . what are your thoughts on the whole Feng Xin and Jian Lan plot and how it ended?

TBH I don’t have a LOT of thoughts at the moment- that’s going to be something I’ll be thinking retroactively about, but I like it a lot as a Feng Xin story- he’s been so consistently rejected by the people he loves, the people he’d do anything for, and each and every one of them has purposefully pushed him away in order to “protect” him in one way or another. Whether they were right to do this, I think it’s a tragedy of his life that I’m glad to see slowly turning around. We get to see that even though paths diverge, he has never closed any doors to any of them, and in fact stubbornly holds them open even when the person on the other side is trying to turn the lock

#ask box #not art #there’s also some interesting personality parallels between Jian Lan and MQ

[sadquickchristmassnowman]

i need these three in a room together asap

#do you guys see the vision #emotionally guarded cunty bitches anonymous #even if you havrnt seen all three of these shows you should be able to get the vibe of what I’m going for #drafting an entire plot where the universes from thrse three sitcoms converge just so I can see these three interact #although that does pose some logistical difficulties. yk with mac/ian and abed/brad #it can work. trust. #anyway back again with long ass tags #community #nbc community #community nbc #mythic quest #mq #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #it’s always sunny #jeff winger #brad bakshi #dennis reynolds

[fengqingtrashgolbin]

#FX after getting his weekly ass beating from his wife MQ #heaven officials blessing #mxtx tgcf #tgcf #fengqing #mu qing #feng xin #incorrect tgcf #tgcf shitpost