#luo tribe

[yellow-faerie]

Does Lu Ten continue in the army or desert?

(Carrying on from this ask a bit)

Honestly, it's kinda both? He doesn't desert at Ba Sing Se, but due to his injuries (and the fact that Ozai would prefer it if he didn't gain any military prestige) he doesn't remain in the army after Ba Sing Se.

He is very much the biggest influence on his cousins during the two years after returning - unlike Iroh, he doesn't go to have a spiritual awakening or anything, so he's there when they lose their mother and are suddenly thrust into the position of the Firelord's children.

He's there to mitigate some of Ozai's worst manipulations, and it is my headcanon that he and Azula are as close as he and Zuko, so he is the best person to influence them to be a lot closer, rather than enemies; because of this, when the Agni Kai happens, Azula tries to intervene, which gets her injured too (in a slightly less conspicuous way).

Zuko is banished and Lu Ten is ordered to go with him, but Azula sneaks aboard the ship and Makei goes with them too because she's a healer. They go straight for the nearest of the colonies where they cut their hair, change clothes and money and names, and try very, very hard to disappear completely. That's where it might be considered desertion.

So you have two nonbenders (except maybe not) and the two quite young firebenders that they've got to somehow train, and a goal to one day take back the fire throne and end the war.

#their earth kingdom names are Li and Ling for Azula #and Luo for Lu Ten #and Makei goes by Miki which is a very water tribe name #for reasons... #Lu Ten #Azula #Zuko #OC: Makei #AtLA #Lu Ten Lives AU #Ask #Anonymous #please ask me more stuff I'd be so happy to oblige :)

[sunderwight]

Moshang AU where Airplane transmigrates into a demon NPC from one of the fanservice clans he created, rather than into Shang Qinghua.

So basically, there was a point in time where a lot of PIDW chapters were just Luo Binghe running around propelled by political plots and rebellions from the demon kingdoms, and most of that actually just ended up being Luo Binghe collecting wives with cute animal ears and tails and various abilities that Airplane used all of once and then completely forgot about. They covered the usual bases of the sexy cat girls, sexy fox girls, sexy bunny girls, sexy bird girls with wings, etc, before moving into more, erm, niche animal hybrid demon territory.

Which is all a roundabout way of explaining Cute Hamster Boy Shang Qinghua in his faithful-to-canon clan of Hamster Demons, whose primary skills include cute squeaking noises and digging abilities.

In the process of making his braindead written-in-a-panic-at-3-am "world building" on this front actually function in a real version of the setting, there has got to be a way for the otherwise-unremarkable fanservice demon tribes to actually survive the incredibly hostile environment which Airplane otherwise described, though. Like yeah sure when you're writing a book you can just say in one breath that the demon realms are incredibly brutal and cutthroat, and then in the next that this tribe of bunny girls with no visible skills at self-defense has existed here for thousands of years, but if you actually tried to set that up in some kind of a simulation the bunny girls wouldn't last one year, let alone one thousand.

In that case of Airplane's hamster tribe, their digging skills are so supernaturally prodigious that they are able to construct massive underground fortifications in otherwise hostile terrain. But that still doesn't solve all of their problems, because they still need to acquire food, and for that they mostly do have to go up to the surface. Some of their weakness is mitigated by sheer numbers -- they have a lot of kids to offset the high mortality rate. However, to further increase the survival rates, the hamster demons also try and make contracts with some of the local liege lords or ruling clans whenever they expand into a new territory. In exchange for protection, they send some of their extraneous family members out as servants, to either cement alliances through marriage (that high fertility is helpful and was indeed the crux of Wife #whatever's acquisition in canon) or to work as diggers or even high-level architects.

As the like, twelfth son of the Hamster Demon chieftain, this is Airplane's fate. On the one hand he's highly positioned enough to get an education, and his plot knowledge helps a lot. On the other hand, he's not high enough in the hierarchy to be kept around, so it's either go work for some other clan or else risk his neck doing missions on the hostile and deadly surface. Neither seems great, but Airplane would rather try his luck as a sycophant than a warrior.

Luckily (or unluckily, depending on his mood when he thinks about it) when Airplane reaches sixteen years of age, it's around the same time that the Hamster clan's tunnels have expanded towards the Northern Desert. Airplane ends up being part of the "hiii~ pleasedon'tkillus let's be friends~" tribute to Mobei Jun's father.

Mobei Jun's father tosses him to Mobei Jun, so Airplane dutifully latches onto him in order to avoid being eaten by any of the other retainers. Airplane has been educated in various subterranean building skills and is under the impression that he's been given to MBJ in order to build him his own palace or something?

Everyone else assumes that the Hamster demon is a concubine.

Mobei Jun also thinks that's what he's been given, but he's too busy bristling in teenage offense at being given a concubine by his father to actually consider taking Airplane to bed. So when Airplane starts doing other things for him, he just sort of bemusedly lets it happen.

Gradually it becomes apparent that Airplane himself isn't interested in being a concubine. No. Clearly, this Hamster is gunning for future empress of the Northern Desert! How else would one explain all the lengths he's going to not only to win Mobei Jun's favor, but to secure his position and ensure his future rule? The system also wants Airplane to ensure the Abyss plot arc happens in the future, too, which means Airplane helps Mobei Jun win and instigate conflicts against the righteous cultivation sects too.

Obviously, Airplane wants power. Mobei Jun knows that if he gets an heir off of Airplane that will be that, the wily minx will use any children to secure his position, and MBJ is not convinced he could control himself well enough to prevent that sort of eventually. Airplane is fiendishly attractive, and he clearly knows it, and Mobei Jun is not sure if he wants to accept what increasingly seems to be the inevitable. He won't be a ladder for someone else's ambitions! But... as long as Airplane remains loyal to him, he will consider it. Even if Airplane never harbors any true affection for him, and simply considers him a means to an end. If, by the time he ascends the Hamster has not betrayed him or tried to elevate himself by flipping over this uncle's side, or seduced any of his other relatives or any of the highly-placed lords all salivating to steal MBJ's would-be empress, then Mobei Jun will grant his wish and make him the second most powerful demon in the North.

Airplane, meanwhile, just wants a snack and a nap. Maybe if he builds a secure enough fortress and amasses enough of an intelligence network and hoards a few advantages for himself, and figures out how to stop pissing off MBJ, he'll survive long enough to retire. Somehow.

#moshang #svsss #mobei jun #shang qinghua #airplane shooting towards the sky #scum villain's self saving system #og shang qinghua doesn't factor in I don't think #airplane gets shipped north around when mbj would have run into hhp and rescues him instead

[sun-and-moon-mushroom]

AU where Shen Jiu and Yue Qingyuan never reunite… and years later, Yue Qingyuan meets a child he thinks might be Shen Jiu’s reincarnation — Luo Binghe.

After a… somewhat unpleasant few years as a disciple, mostly due to nasty rumours and a teacher who was never willing to criticise him, Luo Binghe eventually gets revealed as a Heavenly Demon and yeeted into the Abyss, as is his fate. He finds Xin Mo, gets to the Demon Realm, starts some fights… and then he’s captured by the forces of the current Demon Emperor.

The current Demon Emperor was once a general of Tianlang-jun, and the one who actually ran most of the demon realm when he was out exploring the human world. He’s been maintaining the throne ever since Tianlang-jun was sealed, since he’s unable to free the man he gave his loyalty to after he saved him from the human realm and taught him proper demonic cultivation — yes, that’s right, the Demon Emperor is the (very human) Shen Jiu.

Shen Jiu has his own issues — without a Heavenly Demon to back him, his power is starting to be questioned, and his control over the various demonic tribes is weakening. When he sees Luo Binghe for the first time, he hatches a plan: train the half-demon brat to inherit the throne, and then sit back in his old role as general, without ever having to attend a diplomatic dinner or reject a marriage alliance proposal again! Unfortunately for him, his plan has one flaw — Luo Binghe deciding that he’s more interested in becoming his Empress than becoming Emperor himself.

#svsss #svsss au #luo binghe #shen jiu #bingjiu #demon emperor SJ au

[darkflierazura]

Bugs

This is inspired by the fact that I have finally played Hollow Knight! I’m only around 14 hrs in, but I know lots of the lore etc around the game I guess. Also def subconsciously (and not subconsciously in a couple places) inspired by @theballadofmars and @poorly-drawn-mdzs who both have made fantastic HK x MDZS(MXTX) AUs.

I think maybe some hollow knight spoilers? Slight close ups and rambling below

Hua Cheng- he’s a butterfly, but I felt that Grim’s aesthetic (if not much else) seemed kinda fitting for him. I like to imagine him as a fake out boss fight before he officially introduces himself

Xie Lian- I really wasn’t sure what to do with him. So I just made him a vessel, though his horns are meant to be reminiscent of the Pale King (no lore reasons)

Lan Wangji- I wanted him to be like, just a bug. But also a wanderer and protector WWX could run into. My second idea for him actually is kinda ooc for him I think (unless the grey mourner has more going on than I realize).

Wei Wuxian- vessel. It just seemed appropriate since the vessel dies and comes back. Im thinking maybe he once had a bigger form (akin to the hollow knight) long ago that cracked, he becomes a shade and eventually reforms or something idk. I was thinking bugs first, rational later. I think that he’d be either be more like Samus and shoot things from a slight distance or just beat people with his flute.

Luo Binghe- beast, or half beast in this case. I couldn’t get the idea of 4-8 big watery eyes out of my head

Shen Qingqiu- idk, the mantis tribe fights deepnest. It also seemed to fit OG Shen Qingqiu well, being a mantis.

I think if I keep playing HK I will revisit and revise this idea, I’m not really satisfied with XL and LWJ current iterations.

#illia draws #mdzs #tgcf #hollow knight #crossover #xie lian #hua cheng #wei wuxian #lan wangji #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #hualian #wangxian #bingqiu #what if we kissed but we were both bugs #or bug-shaped beings #living in the crumbling remains of the ‘last’ civilization as infection sweeps through all

[blackmoonlightexpress]

TTEOTM Easter Eggs Part 3 - Costume and Makeup Details

I love beautiful costumes, but even more when they tell a story! Here are a few of my observations. Did you spot anything else? (Spoilers!)

(1) The two outfits Ye Xiwu gifted Tantai Jin are both quilted. The purple costume is particularly unusual in that it's constructed like a blanket. In contrast, all his clothing in the hostage prince arc are not quite thick enough for Sheng kingdom's harsh winters. Ye Xiwu is literally bringing warmth to his life.

(2) TTJ and YXW wear similar costumes in their two love scenes - (1) Ep 2 - YXW's imagination of the drugged affair which led to their marriage and (2) Ep 39, where they finally consummated their marriage on screen. YXW wears the same pink costume. TTJ in different but identical-looking mustard yellow costumes.

(3) Some viewers have criticized Ye Xiwu for not taking off hair accessories before going to bed, chalking it up to lazy filmmaking. This is not necessarily the case. In ancient China, upper class women did sleep with their hair-do and manage to keep elaborate designs in tack. How? By resting her neck, not her head, on the pillow.

Ye Xiwu / Li Susu does go without hair accessories in a few occasions: when she is traveling, ill, depressed, and in mourning. It is most likely a creative choice to create a contrast between moments where her character is in control and powerful vs. vulnerable.

(4) All of Tantai Jin's female lieutenants wear red, from Pianran (after she starts working for him) to Siying and Monu. In fact, so does Tantai Minglang's lieutenant Fuyu. Red appears to be the career woman's color in this world!

(5) After Mingye falls in love with Sangjiu, he adds the red waist scarf belt that's part of his wedding dress on top of his normally blue outfit.

(6) The costume that Cang Jiumin (left) wears when refining the Dragonheart Shield echoes Mingye's costume (right) through the red/blue colors and collar design, reinforcing the connection between the two characters.

(7) The costumes in Bo're dream hint at the characters' true forms:

Mingye (dragon): dragonscale armour & patterned clothing

Sangjiu & Sangyou (clams): pearls & shell motifs

Tianhuan (snake): gold serpent hair crown & bracelets

(8) Throughout the drama, only characters in the Upper Immortal Realm go full Dunhuang Feitian style, characterized by bandeaus, scarves, layers of drapery, sleeveless (similar to Indian clothing).

The style is used in formal occasions or to confer power or godliness. For example, Sangjiu goes Dunhuang with sleeveless draping outfits at her wedding and after she goes dark.

Similarly, when Susu and Tantai Jin become gods at the finale, they also take on a new Dunhuang-style outfit. In fact, the multi-color drapery of Tantai Jin's outfit seem to be an amalgamation of the fabric used in the twelve gods' outfits.

(9) Members of the Moon Tribe all wear long wavy hair, chunky metal and coin ornaments, and hair braiding.

Tantai Jin follows the dress code when he stays with the Moon Tribe before entering the spiritual dimension.

Guess who also loves his wavy hair, metallic accessories, and leather? Of course it's the Ancient Devil God, again reminding viewers of his connection to the tribe.

Bonus: Luo Yunxi mentioned in an interview that his characters (hostage prince, emperor, Mingye, Devil Gods) all have different hairpieces/wigs. He had to take off and reglue his hair between scenes.

#till the end of the moon #luo yunxi #black moonlight holds the be script #cdrama #chang yue jin ming #chinese drama #tteotm #tantai jin #bai lu #ye xiwu #mingye #sangjiu

[qualityfarmprofessorpaper-blog]

The “Anuak” tribe or people is one of the darkest skinned tribes in Africa 🖤🤍

A tribe whose residents are characterized by dark black skin. They are a Nilotic ethnic group of the Luo peoples, named after their great-grandfather Luo, and the women of this tribe have a distinctive beauty.

They live in parts of East Africa and the upper reaches of the Nile River, in villages spread across southern and eastern Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia. Their language is called Dha_Anywaa.

The number of members of this ethnic group ranges between 200-350 thousand people around the world.

- The “Anuak” tribe has several other names that are similar in pronunciation, including: “Anyuak,” “Agnwak,” and “Anywaa.”

[asexual-angsty-writer]

Since we all know wife-plots could have practically been anything, as long as we can bend it into a Papapa scenario or papapa-adjacent that has Luo Binghe being his protagonist self;

Would there have ever been a wife-plot that required communication with an isolated demon tribe, who spoke a different language? Whether either Bingge had to papapa its leader to learn the language or gain a wife by flirting with the translator?

Because I'm Bilingual, I like projecting that — so I propose: LQG having Spanish/a dialect of it as a secondary/home language.

Like, he won't talk in it outside, but with his sister or when he's visiting family — it's just pure Spanish.

Just to have LQG as the accidentally-convinient translator, who's half trying to help and half trying to (subtly) get people to back off from Binghe because that's a married man.

And no, he will not acknowledge the fact he's also someone that's interested in this married couple — atleast he has the necessary shame to keep it hidden, unlike others.

#SVSSS #scum villain self saving system #Liu Qingge #Wife plot #Bilingual!Liu Qingge #I like imagining him talking in spanish #BingLiuShen #LQG is head over heels #and he does not like seeing others simp for the couple hes simping for #wife plotting this man as Acernor intended

[mirageofadesert]

Ranking Luo Yunxi's characters & scenes in TTEOTM based on my level of obsession

Since I'm currently in my TTEOTM fan girl era, I thought I would rank the performances of my new favorite actors based on how much I obsess over them. Sorry for my English btw... Spoilers ahead! Let the countdown begin!

(This is going to be quite long, but I have the uncontrollable urge to talk about this drama, but no one to listen to me! So I'm just screaming into the Tumblr void!)

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#10 Tantan Jin claiming the throne

I love this scene for multiple reasons: Tantai Jin is riding into the Jing kingdom capital to claim the throne. However, is not wearing royal black, but rather soft greys in the style of the Yiyue tribe. It's also the first time we see him with braided hair. He has just (almost) killed his brother and instigated the vermin to flee the city. This makes it an even more powerful entrance and statement as to who he will be as a king. This is Tantai Jin coming into his own.

It's also a pretty outfit with many delicate details. From this point on, it will take multiple life times until we will see him in this colors again.

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#9 Tantai Jin conducting a symphony of crows

After having suffered for most of his life, Tantai Jin takes revenge on his tormentors in a quite intriguing way, that's is cleverly build up in the show. He has been established as being able to gently talk to animals, spending most of time reading and writing, while lacking adequate clothing. Now, all these elements are put together in a new order: The brush and crows are becoming a deadly weapon, while he is dressed in royal black of the Jing kingdom. It's a glimpse into a possible future, that will turn out so very differently in the show.

It feels satisfied to see him take his revenge, even through he acts so delightfully psychotic. Luo Yunxi gives an extraordinary performance in this episode!

I also adore the evolution of his fighting style. There is also a clear evolution of him using projectiles to fight - from the crows, to the red blades, the sect technique Cang Jiumin uses to the god-killing crossbow.

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#8 Cang Jiumin being interrogated by the sect, while fighting his own destiny

Nobodies portraits suffering just like Luo Yunxi. The complex emotions of pain, mental restrain and wavering hope are tangible in this performance. The scene is really well written and given enough space to fully take effect. There is also something very satisfying in seeing the sect members react to the truth finally being exposed, while integrating elements of voyeurism. It's such a hard trope to deliver well, and the show did a great job.

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#7 Confused Ming Ye

From catching apples, teaching his wife to use a cross bow, consuming their marriage to being cared for while blinded - there was a lot of moment in which mighty god of war Ming Ye shows his soft and confused side. These were such sweet moments, which made Ming Ye a nuanced character, while portraying a god falling in love so incredible well. As the god of war he is both relentless and strong, but still human in his inexperience and softening emotional detachment.

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#6 Tantai Jin killing the king of Sheng

This is one of my favorite outfits Tantai Jin has worn as the king. The color composition is beautiful and the gold details really elevate the outfit. The beauty is stark contrast to the pain and desperation turning to rage Tantai Jin is experiencing. The scene mirrors the crows attack in some way, but now Tantai Jin doesn't need to hide between a swarm of birds anymore, instead he takes the enemy heads on and without any (initial) backup. This speaks to his immense power, which we haven't seen on screen for a moment. And while his revenge is again satisfied to watch, him showing compassion for his former nanny only to succumb to the unimaginable despair of losing his mother again is heart wrenching. This scene becomes even more impactful, because Tantai Jin isn't uniting both kingdoms by fighting a war with superior strategies and armies (as the audience has been expecting), but rather due to personal pain and his sheer power.

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#5 Cang Jiumin exploring Shangqing Realm

I love Cang Jiumin so much, I wish he would have gotten more screen time. This episode is one of my favorite appearance of him, because it's fun and lighthearted. He is playfully and cheeky, while also being righteous and brave in a calm and mature way. He is what I imagine Tantai Jin might have become had the grown up differently. His outfit is also incorporating more and more elements from Tantai Jin, such as the feathers and extravagant detailing.

Him sneaking away from his sect brothers to go exploring by himself is such a great moment. Only for it to be followed up by him protecting the Lady of Spirituality against some bullies in a really impressive fight scene and finally him reuniting with Li Susu. This is one of my favorite episodes to re-watch!

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#4 Tantai Jin fighting against Xiao Lin

From the moment he levitates down the fortress, this is one of my favorite fighting scenes. While both seem rather equally matched, Tantai Jin's facial expression give away, that he is holding back. The glowing red swords are such a nice hint in the evolution of his weapons, getting close to the Devil God's style. He also starts throwing his weapons here, which foreshadows his future fighting style. The scene isn't just impressive, it's showcases the character development and complex relationship between both princes. Tantai Jin is no longer imitating Xiao Lin, but is finding is own self-expression - leaving the shadow of the other prince, while not falling into resentment (he still views him as a friend). I love it when fight scenes actually contribute to the characterization and story development.

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#3 Poor but unsettling hostage prince in his Disney princess era

Tantai Jin as the bullied hostage prince is such a interesting character. There is something delicate and sweet, but unsettling about him. When he talks to his little animal friends, he is downright caring and almost loving, only to turn into a pained and resigned shell before showing a spiteful and callous individual. There is so much nuances in this portrayal! This version of Tantai Jin is also really pretty with his simple hair and gray clothing. It's so painful to experience conflicting emotions as an audience: On one hand you want to feel sorry for his unfortunate man, but on the other hand you understand the resentment, distrust and trauma Li Susu is experiencing.

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#2 Ancient Devil God

Ugh, just look at him! While all the version of the Devil God were breath-taking, this one is on a while different level. The wavy hair, the pretty makeup, the attitude? This ancient evil should not be that hot. He also brings a lot of nuances to the depiction of unimaginable evil, which makes me wonder how complex is this character is, especially in comparison to other gods like Ming Ye. I feel like there could be a lot of interesting backstory, that stays unexplored - but I think that this for the best based on the role he plays in the show.

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#1 One-eyed Tantai Jin hitting rock bottom

That fucking stick.... This version of Tantai Jin is making me feel things I rather not express out loud. The messy hair, the blinded eye and his attitude are just beyond perfect. You can feel the storm of emotions seething under the surface of his detached act. There is still a hint of challenge and defiance left, even after he has again been betrayed and imprisoned.

I said it before, but Luo Yunxi really excels in portraying suffering. He is able to express so many small emotions just with his voice and facial expressions, that you get drawn into his performances. As much as I want his characters to be happy - and Tantai Jin deserves all the happiness - this is when both Tantai Jin and Luo Yunxi are at their best!!

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Extra: Honorable mentions!

Tantai Jin entering the nether river

Just look at the wavy hair, the beautiful cloth and his waist!

Mingye iconic outfit

The colors, the cut, the ribbons? Just chef's kiss!

Tantai Jin in his gifted green robe

I'm emotionally not ready to talk about this one yet!

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The end! :)

#tteotm #luo yunxi #tantai jin #cdrama

[myechoecho]

Till the End of the Moon, ep 40

I had an idea of the ending based on some posts. But honest to god I don’t even know where to start. They rendered the whole story pointless.

Tantnai Jin as some sort of xianxia Jesus dying for the world’s sins (or to protect the word) except Jesus never suffered like Tantai Jin and didn’t make his beloved kill him and Tantai Jin doesn’t get to resurrect.

I’ve seen some posts about Tantai Jin always wanting to die and that is simply not true. Maybe in the beginning he didn’t care if he lived or died but once he met Susu that all changed. It wasn’t always healthy, but Susu was his reason for living. His light and love. When she was gone, he had no will to live. When they reunited, even if they always had to stay by the lake, as long as they were together he was happy and it made everything worth living. He literally said this. Plus he had his master and sect. He was no longer alone.

All his pain and suffering, every way he grew and changed as a person, how HARD he fought not to be the destined Devil God was for nothing. What was the point?

And Susu lost her agency and just got pulled along for the ride at the end.

DON’T THINK I MISSED YE BINGCHANG SAVING JIWU. You’re telling me that Bingchang, who in one life sacrificed a tribe (twice!), in another life killed her grandmother, tried to kill Tantai Jin and Susu and stole love threads, and then was a demon potentially has a happy ending? With Jiwu? I remain firm that while Tantai Jin did some questionable things as Emperor it was never against innocent people and he was a good ruler. HE DID NOT DESERVE THIS ENDING.

But in the end all we get is Susu with their daughter and Tantai Jin stuck in a shell. Or his spirit. Who seems to be aware he has a daughter? It’s stupid, and he deserves better. So does Susu.

I’m so mad because while this drama had issues, it was a really good drama. Tantai Jin was a great character. I love Tantai Jin and Li Susu. Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu were amazing throughout, with whatever they were given to work with. The costumes were fantastic and it was really pretty to look at. I tried with these last 5 episodes, I really did.

If I get any more asks about starting this drama my answer will be:

If you watch, know that the drama is good but uneven at times. Watch until ep 35. Then skip to ep 39 and watch from 42:06-44:06 for some sexy times. FIN. You will have some loose plot threads but that is where the drama should end.

#till the end of the moon #cdrama

[tcfactory]

Party Planning and Other Deadly Hazards I

5k words of Shang Qinghua bonding with Linguang-jun over being overworked and underappreciated

For the sake of this story, Mobei is roughly 15, Shang Qinghua and Linguang-jun are both 18. Shoutout to @mysteryteacup, whose analysis posts convinced me of the potential in "Linguang-jun is Very Young, Actually". Our Mobei-jun's birth name is Mobei Xuebao (Snow leopard), Shang Qinghua is Shang Cangshu (Hamster), Linguang-jun is Mobei Taifeng (Typhoon)

Also on AO3.

It all started with a small change. You see, Shang Qinghua's shizun made a reckless promise that whoever could push a medicine deal through with the Black Mire Sect - a minor sect skirting the edge of demonic practices by specializing in gu poisons - would take over as his new head disciple. The sect was situated right on the borderlands between the human realm and the northern demon kingdom and they were very reluctant to trade away any of their precious poisons, because they faced constant harassment from a lesser tribe of Snowtusk Boar demons just on the other side of the border. Clearly whoever could get them to agree to a deal would have to be a naturally gifted negotiator!

Usually Airplane ignores these kinds of risky assignments, but the temptation of skipping three years of backstabbing, social climbing and manual labor was too tempting. Besides, he knew how to solve this one. It was one of the wife plots in PIDW so Luo Binghe could marry the sect leader's beautiful daughter.

Step 1: Get rid of the boars. He could, of course, not do this on his own. No way. However, through the power of authorial knowledge, he could tip Mobei-jun off that the tribe stole one of the ancient artifacts of the Mobei clan after a chaotic battle and hid it away in their stronghold. His prince was a little skeptical, but Qinghua had not led him astray yet in the few months since he became his spy. The next time they met, Mobei-jun was generously splattered with pig demon blood and he was proudly holding a crystal necklace that could control all the ice sheets of the northern sea at once, apparently.

So that was that for the boars.

Step 2: Wait a little for the other local demon tribes to fight out who gets to settle in the newly vacated prime location. Shang Qinghua made a passing comment about how the Silkwing tribe could supply a 'generous benefactor' with the highest quality fabrics in the entire northern kingdom and would you look at that, this conflict got resolved much quicker than in PIDW.

Step 3: Introduce the sect leader and their new, much more agreeable, demon neighbors to each other. The Silkwing tribe happened to be a tribe of crane demons who, just like the Black Mire Sect, specialized in insect keeping. Their most prized specimens were the various demonic moths and spiders they cultivated for their silk, but they kept a wide variety of other critters as well. It was a match made in heaven! (Or rather in one of Master Airplane's caffeine fueled all-nighters, just so Binghe could meet a cute bisexual crane girl at the negotiations and turn the whole adventure into a two-brides-special wedding.)

Step 4: Profit! Trade agreement in hand Qinghua showed up at his shizun's house and received his much deserved promotion. The whole plan went off without a hitch, job well done, success and happiness all around! The next morning he moved into the head disciple's apartment and breathed a sigh of relief that he no longer had to live in fear of someone discovering his association with Mobei by barging into his bedroom without knocking.

If only that was the end of it.

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Shang Qinghua has barely settled into his new duties as head disciple when one morning Mobei-jun grabs him straight out of bed, before he could comprehend what's happening or put on some actual clothes, and drops him off somewhere in the Northern Palace.

"Baobao, what in the fresh hell did you bring me?!"

The outrage cry comes from a stressed looking demon youth who stares at Qinghua like someone handed him a dead rat instead of a report. He's obviously a Mobei relative, his black hair glossy with a blue-ish sheen and his demon mark a bright teal, but his hair is done up with feathers and beads in the style of the wind demon tribes.

"Qinghua. He's good at organizing." As if on second thought, Mobei-jun snarls at the other demon boy, showing all his teeth. "He's mine. If you hurt him, I'll kill you."

After that he wordlessly stomps away, leaving the equally confused human and demon behind.

Shang Qinghua wants nothing more than to ask a million questions right now - where is he? why did Mobei take him here?? who's the other guy??? - but now that he's more awake than asleep he's suddenly realizing that the room is extremely cold and he's only dressed in his sleeping robes. Are his toes turning blue?! His toes are probably turning blue.

"Here." A delicately carved box is shoved in his face, open and full of uniform black pills. "Aurora Pepper pills. I asked to borrow the domestic staff from Xiao Bao’s castle, but if you are the only help I get, I want you not to freeze to death."

"My lord, are they safe for humans?" They should be. It's one of the plot devices he made up so the Wives could visit the North and still wear their ridiculously skimpy outfits without dying, but who knows what an ice demon would have mixed into them. Shang Qinghua carefully picks just one and pops it in his mouth anyway.

"No idea, they were for my mother. You are a cultivator, are you not? You can survive a little poison."

If this demon is as young as he looks - as young as his outfit leads Qinghua to believe, which is somewhere between fourteen and twenty - then his core is not yet settled. Even if the ice demon parentage runs stronger in him - which is obvious, he's wearing the equivalent of summer robes for northern demonkin - he would have bouts when his core slants towards wind and he would find the cold of the north unbearable for a few days. So this is likely his own stash of pills he offered one from, which is awfully nice when one of your kin just dumps their human on you.

"This lowly one thanks the young master for his generosity!"

"Hmph. At least you have manners, unlike your master." The youth retreats behind a desk piled so high with scrolls and bamboo slats he’s barely visible behind them. "Qinghua, was it? This lord is Linguang-jun."

"Answering, this one is Shang Qinghua, head disciple of An Ding peak." He thanks his survival instinct that he manages to fold into a bow before his surprise shows on his face. Based on the nephew abandonment incident he always pictured Mobei's uncle as someone much older.

"An Ding? Good. Maybe you will be of use, after all." Linguang-jun gestures for Shang Qinghua to join him at the desk. "On account of his sudden spirited showing in regards to the Silkwings and the recovered artifact, my royal brother has finally taken interest in his third-born son. To welcome him to court he ordered a feast to be held, the success of which will determine Mobei San's standing in court and reflect on this lord’s qualifications as an organizer."

"Forgive this lowly one for the question, but why is the Mobei-jun's own brother in charge of such affairs? It should be the duty of the royal seneschal." Or perhaps the queen consort. Since he never had to write a wife plot with any member of the main Mobei clan he might have handwaved a lot of the court related worldbuilding. Still, he's certain there were at least three or four people who had to be unavailable before such a task would land on the desk of the king's brother.

"This lord is the seneschal," Linguang-jun says in a dejected voice. A pained frown slips past his not-yet-perfected mask of stoicism and Shang Qinghua realizes that 1. Linguang-jun is very, very young to be filling this position and 2. he’s probably one stroke of misfortune away from an anxious meltdown. This Qinghua can relate, kid. "My royal brother's temper has decimated his household and, in his paranoia, he refuses to replace the staff he kills. Ever since this one's mother passed three years ago, he has been tasked to fulfill every duty pertaining to household management, including those of the late queen consort."

After looking over a crumpled scroll detailing all of Linguang-jun's current duties, Shang Qinghua has a sudden understanding why the demon resents his brother so much. It’s not just the duties of the royal seneschal, he is doing the work of at least five different people, all of them near full-time jobs in their own right!

"Sorry kid, you are clearly too young for this shit." He didn't mean to say it out loud, but luckily for him the demon doesn't react to the irreverent tone beyond an agitated twitch of his eyebrows. "All right, let’s see what we have to work with."

It proves to be very little. Shang Qinghua looks over the list of the available staff (too short), the amount of food and other supplies Linguang-jun managed to drum up since his brother saddled him with this task last evening (not nearly enough to feed the obnoxiously long guest list) and the time available to them…

“He wants you to put together this party in three days?!” For someone who had only been a vague shadow with malicious intent in the back of Shang Qinghua’s mind whenever he thought about the dangerous demons he might run into while serving his prince, Linguang-jun is rapidly gaining a lot of his sympathy. “Can you even get all these guests here in three days? Jiuzhong-jun lives two months away even if he takes the fastest horses!”

For a royal prince’s introduction to court it was important to get as many of the bigshots present as possible, so they could all take a good look at him and decide if they wanted to try to sic their own spawns on him for a courting chase or not. Jiuzhong-jun doesn’t have any children yet, but he has plenty of nieces he could try to marry out into other clans. He would never miss the chance to come and gawk at the introduction of a Mobei prince.

“Mhm. Xiao Bao has that part covered. While we make this feast happen somehow, he’s going to spend the next two days transporting in all the guests with his portals.” Linguang-jun digs into one of his many piles of scrolls and shoves one detailing the scheduled arrivals into Shang Qinghua’s face. “At least the issue of housing them until the party solves itself on its own. Granny Oxbones is the reigning queen of the guest wing and she wouldn’t accept my input on where to put all these guests even if I bothered to offer any.”

Airplane carefully files it away in the back of his mind that when Linguang-jun gets stressed enough he still refers to his nephew with familiar nicknames as something to consider later, and tries to focus on the task at hand. So the current Mobei-jun hasn’t eradicated all of the old servants - the kitchen and housekeeping staff escaped his paranoia, as well as most of the guards and the hunters - only the ones in the highest positions. That should solve at least part of their problems.

“Okay, so we only have to handle decorating the feasting hall, source a fitting outfit for my prince and get the food ready.”

“What about the serving staff? I don’t have enough people to cater a party this big.”

“That’s easy, have the guardsmen fill in. Let them do something more than standing around and gawking. If there are complaints about the task being below them, tell them that they can take from the leftovers, most of the guests will be too busy brawling or scheming to eat anyway.” Demons love to eat, same as everybody, and even a bite or two of the delicacies served at their lords’ table should be ample temptation to get the guardsmen on board. “But this does mean that we need to make sure that the food is great. Does Linguang-jun have the menu from either of the elder princes’ introduction feasts? No reason to break our brains coming up with something new, nobody will care as long as the food is good enough.” It’s still an awful amount of work for three days, but it’s not undoable if he can tap into the Mobei clan’s supply network and doesn’t have to account for whatever happens to the guests before and after the feast. 

“I think I have the menu for Mobei Er’s feast somewhere.” Linguang-jun abandons the desk to rifle through one of the filing cabinets dominating the walls of his study. “We will need to substitute some of the dishes, because that feast was in winter.”

“Still better than having to write the whole menu from scratch.”

“En.”

“Does Linguang-jun have any suggestion where to get my prince a suitable outfit?” For the lack of anything better to do, Shang Qinghua starts organizing the scrolls left on the desk. Linguang-jun’s handwriting is very similar to Mobei San’s, but nothing at all like the blocky characters of the current Mobei-jun. They probably learned from the same ice fairy tutor, which further confirms how absurdly close they are in age.

“I have something arranged with the Silkwings,” Linguang-jun calls back over his shoulder, halfway disappearing into the cabinet as he digs among the stored scrolls. “But - Hah! Found it! - Qinghua has to be the one to convince Mobei San to go. He won’t go anywhere if this uncle tells him to.”

“Ah.”

“Don’t just gape at me,” Linguang-jun says, smacking him reasonably lightly over the shoulder with the scroll until he gets the hint and takes it. “Take this down to the kitchen, then tell your master that if he doesn’t want to go to his own feast wearing my old robes, then he should go visit the Silkwings, the sooner the better.”

Shang Qinghua pales at the idea of wandering the main Northern Fortress alone. “I- this servant worries that the kitchen staff will not heed his words…”

Linguang-jun seems to consider this for a moment, but he finally comes to the conclusion that his life is easier if his nephew’s pet cultivator doesn’t come to harm. He digs around in his desk until he produces a bone hairstick with a bead and a feather dangling from it. “If you wear this, the staff will know that you are working for this lord. Ask a maid for directions and be quick about it!”

True to Linguang-jun’s words, the staff is nothing if not cooperative once they realize that Shang Qinghua is working directly with him to stop the upcoming party from crashing and burning. The demon aunties and uncles running the kitchen fill him in, between tallying all the ingredients they are going to need for the feast and plying him with sweet treats, that the staff has been in a panic ever since the first orders about the feast came in. There is the grim threat of death hanging over their heads if the end result isn’t impressive enough and Mobei-jun feels humiliated by their showing. Apparently this is going to be the first bigger event Linguang-jun is organizing on his own, without the help of his late mother, and his staff is worried about sabotage.

“Does Linguang-jun have many enemies in court?” Shang Qinghua asks, lifting a tiny demon granny up so she can take stock of one of the too tall ingredient shelves.

“He has one and it’s more than enough! Mobei-jun never got over it that his late queen mother birthed one more son after the acceptable period for fratricide was over.” Airplane was proud of that world building detail. Obviously no demon lord wants to have any relative who might challenge his claim, but eradicating the entire extended family is a very fast way for a clan to die out. So, following a leader’s grab of power, there’s a socially acceptable five years when they can murder any relative they can catch, but once that’s over they are expected to limit themselves to those who challenge their position. “I tell you, daozhang, it’s not a coincidence the feast is happening when the hunters are away and we are low on supplies! And what is the king doing instead of procuring a beast for the fighting showcase of his son? Drinking and lazing around in his quarters, that’s what! Poor Xiao Bao, such a sweet snowflake, this old granny worries that his entry to court will be ruined!”

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Shang Qinghua is still turning that around in his head when he goes to find Mobei Xuebao later - It took almost no effort to get the grannies to reveal his prince’s birth name. Such a cute name for such a fierce demon! Airplane jokingly wrote it on the margin of his drafts, but he never expected the System to take it and run with it - carrying a big mug of fortifying ice slushie.

His prince looks beyond exhausted after opening portals all over the demon realm since morning and he accepts the refreshing drink without so much as a growl. He does, however, hiss angrily at Qinghua when he recognizes the hairstick stuck into his bun. “How dare he claim you?! You are mine !”

“Ah, my prince, please be calm! It’s only a token so the staff won’t eat me. I am to return it once we are done here.” Qinghua is actually not sure about that, but better not aggravate his prince when he’s in a possessive mood.

“You’d better.” He stops trying to rip it out of Qinghua’s hair, but he still stares at it angrily while Shang Qinghua rattles off the details of the arrangement made with the Silkwings. Mobei shows no enthusiasm for getting new court robes tailored, but at Qinghua’s insistent nagging he makes an affirmative sound that yes, he is going to go, now stop asking .Airplane is not perfectly sure what the kitchen aunties put in the slushie, but Mobei’s mood almost thaws by the time he eats the last of the sweet berries they added to it. A wonderful good mood that lasts for all of five minutes before Linguang-jun turns the corner and yells at both of them.

“What are you still doing here?! Don’t you have things to do other than standing around?” Linguang-jun is flushed a pale pink from exertion and possibly frustration. He’s dressed for a hunt, carrying a Japanese style longbow almost as tall as him and a quiver of elegant, black-feathered arrows. It’s fascinating to see how Airplane’s throwaway details got implemented into the world - he made a passing note that Mobei’s grandmother was an eastern wind demon, then he made one of Binghe’s wives a wind demoness based on a Japanese princess and bird motifs and poof! The world combined these two details into multicultural Linguang-jun. He has to bite his tongue before he could ask Linguang-jun if he had a katana somewhere.

Mobei is clearly not happy to see that his uncle is gearing up to leave.

“Good time for a hunt, uncle,” he sneers. Linguang-jun sneers right back.

“ I am going out to fetch our hunting expeditions back so we have meat to serve at the feast. Someone has to, unless Baobao would prefer to play pretend with snow and ice and berries!” They both flinch, which is interesting. Clearly that’s a reference to a formerly fond memory. When Linguang-jun continues he’s not meeting their eyes and looks just a little sheepish. “Go get your rags, nephew. My reputation rides on the success of this feast. I’m not going to sabotage it.”

It’s hard to tell what Mobei Xuebao is thinking, but his expression seems a lot less murderous than a minute ago. “Take Qinghua with you,” he says, ignoring completely the way his cultivator freezes up. “He has a sword. He can fly high and scout for you.”

What is this? It almost sounds like an olive branch! If only it wasn’t poor Airplane being handed over like a cheap token of reconciliation, it would be great .

Linguang-jun gives Shang Qinghua a hesitant look, but Mobei chose a good way to sell his pet cultivator: Linguang-jun might be part wind demon, but even he can’t fly very high. Give Qinghua one more of those pepper pills so he doesn’t freeze in the icy wasteland and he can track their hunters down in a snap!

Before he can mount an argument about the general fragility of humans and the dangers of the desert, he is grabbed by the arm and the next thing he knows, he’s being swept up by Linguang-jun’s black wind. Nothing can compete with Mobei’s portal powers in terms of speed, but this is not too shabby either, and unlike the shadow portals, being turned into wind doesn’t make him sick. Perhaps because he doesn’t currently have a stomach to feel sick.

While they dash through the desert, Linguang-jun quickly fills Qinghua in: they need to recall three hunting parties, all of them within a day’s travel by horse from the castle. “There are others out hunting, but they are too far to make it back for the feast. And after we are done, I’m going to leave you somewhere out of the way and catch a Diamond-Clawed Tundra Devil.”

“Ah. For the fight showcase?”

“En.”

“Isn’t it the king’s duty to procure whatever his son is to fight?” His question is met by minutes of sullen silence so he startles when Linguang-jun finally deigns to speak again.

“There’s a wolf-bear-hybrid prepared at the palace. Da-ge wanted to give it to one of his concubines as a pet, but the lady has much better taste than to take a mangy mutt like that.” Qingua can’t see Linguang-jun’s expression, but the derision is obvious in his voice. It’s unclear if it’s directed at the concubine or his brother. “It would be acceptable prey for a less skilled prince, but Xiao Bao deserves better.”

“Huh. You really adore your nephew, don’t you? I figured he was wrong about you.” If he lives to tell the tale, Shang Qinghua is going to blame his current immaterial state for the failure of his brain-mouth filter. Never startle the person carrying you at high speeds!

He’s not even surprised when he tumbles painfully onto the snow, Linguang-jun standing above him with a murderous expression, the bow raised as if he’s ready to beat the hapless cultivator with it. “Does he still go around telling everyone about- even his pet cultivator?!”

“No! No, my lord!” He suspects it’s only because Mobei San doesn’t consider Qinghua important enough to fill him in about his backstory, but it’s technically true. “Servants gossip! I heard it from the servants in Mobei San’s castle!”

Linguang-jun lowers the bow, but his face colors with either indignation or embarrassment. He’s more expressive than Mobei, but it’s still not easy to read him. “Good. Do not ever dare to gossip about this lord! Understood, you, you…” He looks at Shang Qinghua sitting in the snow like a plump, bruised peach, face almost disappearing into the soft pelt the kitchen aunties dressed him up in. “You hamster!”

Airplane can’t help himself: he laughs. Then, when the laughter finally feels like subsiding, he notices the baffled face Linguang-jun is making and laughs some more. “Forgive me, my lord. I am not laughing at you. Except. My name does happen to be Shang Cangshu.”

The absurdity of it all finally douses Linguang-jun’s rage and the demon huffs a laugh. “Of course it is. Should I get a bowl of sunflower seeds for you tomorrow, hamster-daozhang?”

“I prefer melon seeds! But worry not, my lord, I can bring my own.” It must be a good sign that Linguang-jun is teasing him. A little bit of harmless farce is always good in anxiety-inducing situations, and the demon appeared to be on the verge of exploding all day. “I do have to wonder, though… I heard that when that incident happened, Mobei San was around four? So you must have been a rather young child yourself.”

Linguang-jun gives a tense, awkward nod and a scene starts to unfold in Airplane’s mind. This is not something he had written, but it is something he could have, if he ever tried to put Mobei-jun in the limelight for a while. Emboldened, he continues: “Traveling at the speed of wind as you do must not leave a lot of room to change course if, say, a tear to the human realm suddenly opens up in front of you. It must have been a terrifying experience, for both of you. Easy to lose track of each other in an unfamiliar world, hostile territory or not.”

Linguang-jun turns his head away, clearly trying to school his expression into a blank mask, but he is too worn down and anxious to manage it. He looks disarmingly young like this; just a teen with too much work on his plate. “He refuses to so much as speak to me unless he has no other choice. What does it matter how it happened? I admitted to trying to kill him.”

Of course he did. For Mobei San to survive an assassination attempt - a smart one too, leaving him in the heart of a cultivator sect that has a longstanding feud with the Mobei clan - was a testament to his talent even at such a young age. If Linguang-jun admitted that it was an accident, it would have only painted him as incompetent, which was the fastest way to political suicide even before he could officially get into court. “Ah, but he lent you this servant, hasn’t he? I think my prince doesn’t hate you as much as he wants to.”

“Hah! That will not save my neck when my nephew becomes Mobei-jun and comes to eradicate the threats from the family.”

“No! He would not kill you, I’m certain of it.” As he wrote it, Mobei-jun at the time of his ascension was secure under Luo Binghe’s wing and didn’t bother to go after any of his relatives - unless they attacked first, that is. “Leave it to this Qinghua, I will smooth this misunderstanding over in no time!”

The look of doubt Linguang-jun gives him almost hurts. “Wait until after the feast before you try. I’m short enough on staff without you getting yourself killed.” The demon makes a sharp gesture with his hand and a burst of wind pushes Shang Qinghua to his feet. “Up you get, hamster-daozhang. We have work to do.”

It all falls in place like a well-oiled machine after that, even the hunt. Turns out that Diamond-Clawed Tundra Devils are really fascinated by flying cultivators for some reason. The beast stands on its hindlegs, reaching fruitlessly for the flying sword, and doesn’t even notice Linguang-jun sneaking up on it until he traps it in a qiankun box. They work well together, Shang Qinghua and Linguang-jun, and the demon stays cordial - almost friendly, even! - to his nephew’s pet cultivator in the following two days.

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“I’m so glad that it went well, my prince!” Qinghua sighs a few days after the feast. He’s trying to subtly rescue some of his paperwork from Mobei, who decided that he wants to have this conversation while sitting on his human’s desk. “I wish I could have been there to see, but my shizun would have noticed if I was missing any longer and, let’s be honest, the chances of someone mistaking me for a side-dish were much too high…”

Mobei hums something vaguely positive, then very indulgently lifts one of his hands so Qinghua can remove the papers from there. “Good work.”

“Thank you, my prince! But I really didn’t do much. Your uncle did most of the work.” By the end of the third day Linguang-jun was openly bemoaning that he wanted to go to bed and sleep for a century. Airplane can only hope he got some rest since.

Mobei Xuebao growls at him in warning, clearly not happy with the direction of the conversation, but Qinghua has dealt with so much shit in the last week that he’s too tired to be properly intimidated by empty threats. “No, really! I know he had a horse in this race, but he really wanted you to have a cool ‘welcome to demon court’ party. He caught the Tundra Devil for your fight and he certainly didn’t have to do that!”

“That was Taifeng-shushu?” There’s no better way to describe Mobei’s expression of surprise than ‘cute’. It’s a good reminder that despite his frosty disposition and already powerful physique, Mobei Xuebao is also still a teenager. (Airplane is not geeking out over learning Linguang-jun’s name, he is not . Mobei Taifeng was on his list of potential names when he brainstormed for Luo Binghe’s right hand man, before he even started writing - a character who eventually got split into Mobei-jun and the OG Shang Qinghua, because Tired™ second-in-commands who try to betray their employers so they could have one good day of rest please were more of a comedic relief trope and that didn’t fit the tone of the story.)

“Yes, my prince. This servant was there when Linguang-jun chose and captured the most impressive beast from the pack.” He was so picky about it too! He made Qinghua fly over the Tundra Devil pack five times before he identified the biggest one and by that time the beast noticed the flying cultivator. That’s how they found out about its fascination with the shiny spiritual sword.

Thinking about Linguang-jun reminds Qinghua of the hairstick he conveniently ‘forgot’ to return. He puts it in a plain box and pushes it to Mobei Xuebao. “My prince, I had no chance to return this to Linguang-jun, so you would do this servant a great favor if you passed it along.” Mobei makes a soft noise as he pockets the box, looking almost smug that Qinghua is, indeed, returning the token. His good mood makes the human a little reckless about how far he’s willing to push this matter. “My prince, I know you have no reason to trust this servant on matters of your family, but I have heard many rumors and hearsay while in the Northern Palace. I think there might be a misunderstanding between you and your uncle, so if you could talk to him openly when you return the hairstick-”

“Qinghua has not led me astray so far,” Mobei interrupts, his eyes narrowed. “This prince will talk to his uncle. But if Qinghua is mistaken…” He lets the sentence hang ominously in the air, but the sentiment is clear: if Shang Qinghua is wrong, then all of his credibility is ash.

“I understand, my prince.”

It's going to be fine. It has to be! Otherwise the System would have interfered, like it always does when he's about to alter the plot.

Right, System?

#svsss #linguang-jun #mobei-jun #shang qinghua #making up world building like master Airplane intended #tc writes #fun fact: I had to fight the autocorrect every step of the way bc it wanted to 'correct' hairstick into hair tick #not remotely the same thing #please don't #I already have a follow-up for this in the works btw #to the tune of #how do you fix a sick ice demon so your other ice demon doesn't freak out and break your neck? without your shixiongs finding out? #the answer is you don't #nothing gets past Mu-shixiong #so you just grin and bear it and sigh to the heavens when it turns into a wife plot #because of course it does #anyway please go check mysteryteacup out their writing and meta are chef kiss #thousand times better than anything I do honestly

[uovoc]

there's an online forum where people RP as human players of All Living Creatures and I'm

"I died once before I realized you could play as a plant. Spent a day as a tree. Died because of some dumb kids battle. If you're gonna fight then just fight, don't wreck trees, don't you have a conscience"

"Whos this Luo Xiaohei, his team took on a whole tribe by themselves and fcuking won?"

"Humans when you're fighting can you show a little consideration for those of us who are bugs, I got turned into an ant, a bunch of us were killed today"

"help how do I play as a microbe"

"help I got randomly assigned to snake, just accidentally tied myself in a knot, is there anyone who can come untangle me (click to reveal location)"

"AAAAAAA finally I get to be an animal aaaaa. O wait I'm a cat. $10/hr anyone interested, hugs n pets whatever you want even cat ear dance please Im broke (cries)"

"help I spawned as a mosquito again, can someone just come kill me"

#legend of hei

[dangermousie]

Ming Ye, stop interrupting your ex-wife in murdering your wannabe-girlfriend! (Ming Ye and his women should be one of those delightfully trashy daytime talk shows.) 

That is what many men claim about their divorced wives, Ming Ye, are you a God of War or a 50-something IT specialist grumpy about custody arrangement and alimony payments.

This is like talking down someone in the middle of a psychotic break...

And she does. Literally.

It HAS been 5 whole minutes since a Luo Yunxi character got whumped.

A day late and a dollar short, as always, my poor, beautiful, noble, dumb as a brick Ming Ye!

Bwahahaha how nice you feel guilt. Is it gonna bring clam people back to life? You need to go to the xianxia version of The Hague, dudes!

Speaking truth to power, yes! It’s a pity Snake Girl is such a...well...snake, because all the major gods seem to have been, for once, awesome people. Guess that’s what happens when you are a xianxia nepo baby.

Good Luck!

God, he really IS rocking “clueless dude” tropes, what is this “she is too emotional” nonsense. Damn right she’s emotional, her whole people just got offed!

She wants him to dispence the punishments to be like Medieval Spain but alas for her, he’s more like Modern Sweden.

“I wanted the guillotine, not kitten prison for these people!” She should have gotten the main god from Immortal Samsara in charge of punishing these people, that was one man who was devoted to immortal torture. 

When your boyfriend is Gandhi but you are Attila the Hun.

Why does this drama keep misinterpreting my requests for on-screen penetration?

The amount of collapsing they are doing into each other’s arms is beginning to rival Listening Snow Tower.

Snake Lady is soooo dumb. What does she think is gonna happen when Ming Ye, destroyer of Devil God, comes back. Is he gonna be “OK, squatters’ rights” and peace out? But then I also don’t know what she thought when she did all that insanity when he was in seclusion. Did she think he was gonna go “oh, you committed some light genocide? NBD, let’s go have dinner.” Oh, and if her brains are scrambled, why is the rest of her tribe similarly afflicted by dumbness?

It is not in the least surprising that the ep ends like:

I am snarking a lot because while I am enjoying the visuals and the acting and the story I (a) really want to get back to murder meow-meow and his bamf wifey and (b) by now I find MY and SJ incredibly frustrating and rather stupid for different reasons and while they did not orchestrate their misery, they ably assisted in it and so I am just frustrated by them. 

Communicate, think things through, take your time - you are freaking immortals, you don’t need to rush like it’s the last baguette on sale in the supermarket.

#cdrama #till the end of the moon #bai lu #luo yunxi

[saincorner]

Transporting in the world of beastly men.

Heya! It's been a while since I mixed things up in here, so I decided to create a weekly segment called more like that. It's a compilation of babasahin that have either the same premise or plot, and I collect them all into one post so you can have an idea of what to read next ;)

Pre-historic civilization is a setting that I'm deeply fascinated by, and In this post, I gather all beast men manhua that I can find.

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Beauty and the Beasts

Author(s): Yuewen Manhua

Artist(s): Yuewen Manhua

Synopsis:

As soon as she fell into the world of beastmen, a leopard forcibly took her back to his home. Indeed, Bai Qingqing is at a complete and utter loss. The males in this world are all handsome beyond compare, while the women are all so horrid that even the gods shudder at their sight. As a first-rate girl from the modern world (she's even a quarter Russian), Bai Qingqing finds herself sitting at the center of a harem filled with beautiful men -- at the very peak of existence.

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When Beauty Meets Beasts

Author(s): 阅文漫画

Artist(s): 阅文漫画

Synopsis:

Lin Huanhuan, a regular 20-year-old girl who just joined the workforce, suddenly transmigrated while taking a bath! What’s more, it’s a world filled with handsome men who wear loincloths and can transform into beasts! Romance with another race is bound to be difficult, but luckily, there’s a transmigration system which teaches her how to survive in this strange new world. Study hard to achieve your sweet romance, Huanhuan!

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Beast World Crazy Concubine

Author(s): 掌阅文化

Artist(s): Unknown

Synopsis:

Ji Mo crosses over to the orc continent, where there are handsome male beasts wearing beast skins and showing their long legs that can fly, and she became the most adored female in the entire orc continent, and every male wants Ji Mo to have their cubs. "No! Let go of me, you guys! It's not my ambition to lie around and have cubs every day! " cried Ji Mo as she struggled in the arms of the handsome male beast.

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I Became the Beastman's Wife

Author(s): Luo Fei Qiu Se / 九川动漫

Artist(s): 九川动漫

Synopsis:

During her nightly programming session, Yin Zhu suddenly died and was transmigrated into a world of beastmen. She found out that the original owner of her new body drugged Teng Xiao...Her social awkwardness caused everyone to misunderstand her. She claimed to be uninterested in love and only cared about her career. From then on she used the system she created to help her tribe rise to the greatest from the wastelands. Starting from fine food, her covert changes stunned everyone. But why are whiny men coming to Yin Zhu every day telling her to stop doing business, and do them instead??

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Help! I Had Transmigrated and My Snake Husband Pampered Me Too Much

Author(s): 绘境社

Artist(s): 绘境社

Synopsis:

Lu Ling transmigrated into the Beast World novel that he had just read halfway through before going to bed, and became a cannon fodder, deer beast. The current plot is that after Lu Linggang agreed to Snake Ying's "courtship" request, he would use his fiancé Snake Ying to get the winter resources. After Lu Ling transmigrated, she couldn't bear Snake Shadow to experience the plot of being "betrayed by herself" and "ruthlessly abandoned" again. Although Snake Shadow's departure may lead to her failure in the future, Lu Ling still decided to "break off the marriage", but she was helpless every time. What will happen to Lu Ling?

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Tsundere Beast Taming Project

Author(s): 绘境社

Artist(s): 绘境社 / 凌晨点头

Synopsis:

A girl with an angelic face and a devil figure, travels to the orc world and becomes the daughter of the beast gods that everyone desires, and now all orcs want to have cubs with her.

#Manhua #More like... #More like #compilation #Beauty and the beasts #When Beauty Meets Beasts #Beast World Crazy Concubine #I Became the Beastman's Wife #Help! I Had Transmigrated and My Snake Husband Pampered Me Too Much #Tsundere Beast Taming Project

[sifeng]

Upcoming CDramas

I’ve recently tumbled down the bilibili hole of cdrama edits and some of them do an amazing job hyping up upcoming dramas! So here are a few I’m personally super excited for. 

Till The End of the Moon (长月烬明)

Cast:

Luo Yunxi (罗云熙) as Tantai Jin (澹台烬)/Cang Jiumin (沧九旻)/Ming Ye (冥夜) - The demon god who has never cried since he was born. Even if his eyes were gouged out and his tendons were torn off, no one saw his fragile state. 

Bai Lu (白鹿) as Li Susu (黎苏苏)/Ye Xiwu (叶夕雾)/Sang Jiu (桑酒) - The adopted daughter of the head of the Immortal Sect. She possesses the blood of the most sacred phoenix in the world, and is the perfect adaptor of the ancient ruthless Tao. She lives in an era when demons are in power, monks and mortals are humble - the initiator of all this is being a cold-blooded and ruthless demon king.

Chen Duling (陈都灵) as Ye Bingchang (叶冰裳)/Mei Nü (妹女)/Tian Huan (天欢) - She originally appears as a weak and kind girl, but is secretly cruel. She eventually becomes fully evil. 

Plot: In an era when the demons are in power, they are the masters of the despicable cultivators and mortals. The cultivator elders deem it necessary to send someone back in time, to determine the origin of the demon lord and to prevent his awakening. Li Su Su accepts the mission, becoming the mortal Ye Xi Wu, General Ye's third daughter who is married to Tantai Jin, the hostage prince and future demon lord. She is determined to destroy Tantai Jin, who in the future will massacre many. But as a witness to Tantai Jin's past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest. (Source: RedLotusPavilion at MyDramaList)

Behind the Scenes of the Photoshoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FPR_BGI1fg

Finished Filming Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_u4sBItjA

Immortal Samsara (沉香如屑)

Cast:

Yang Zi (杨紫) as Yan Dan (颜淡) - Yan Dan was originally a relic of the ancients, the four-leaf hanli. Since ancient times, her whole body has been a treasure of medicine. She and her twin sister Zhixi were transformed into human beings at a feast a hundred years earlier.

Cheng Yi (成毅) as Tang Zhou (唐州)/Ying Yuan (应渊) - The seventh human reincarnation of the heavenly emperor is a heavenly teacher. He fell in love at first sight after meeting Yan Dan.

Plot: Yan Dan is the sole descendant of the ancient tribe the Four-Leaved Scorpion.  Yan Dan’s entire being is a treasure trove of medicines.  She and twin sister Zhi Xi transformed into human form a century before while attending the Queen Mother's Feast, but Yan Dan faced the greatest trial of her life - the love trial. Falling in love with Lord Ying Yuan resulted in her wasting the following  800 years forgetting him. Such a high price to pay! Now the supportive Yu Mo enters her life, encouraging her daily to perform good deeds. While punishing evil, they encounter Lord Ying Yuan's current reincarnation, Tang Zhou, the demon hunter. They assist Tang Zhou in his quest to locate the four ancient artifacts, uncovering an even more mysterious secret. Can the trio find the evidence they need despite the dangers?   (Source: DramaWiki, edited by Lee C at MyDramaList)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToryhgoYo8A

Behind the Scenes of Photoshoots + Finished Filming Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RB1l4rxt4

OST + Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-gxJk1cNE

Love You Seven Times (七时吉祥)

Cast:

Yang Chaoyue (杨超越) as Xiang Yun (祥云) - She was originally a cloud, but was later turned into a fairy by Yue Lao. She works in Yue Lao Pavilion and develops a seven-life love with Chu Kong because of a misunderstanding.

Ding Yuxi (丁禹兮) as Chu Kong (初空) - He is a disciple of the King of the Stars of the Sun. When he accidentally enters the Yuelao Pavilion he is seen as a villain. Chu Kong accidentally broke Xiang Yun's fan, causing the two to quarrel and accidentally mess up the red rope, causing chaos in the marriage of the Three Realms. The Jade Emperor learns of this, and punished the two of them to go through seven worlds of love calamities before they could return to the heaven, and the story began from there.

Fun Fact: the writer of the novel this drama is based on also wrote The Legends (招摇) and The Blue Whisper (与君初相识). The original novel has a 7.5 rating on douban.

Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWZNn0l61k

Trailer 2 (Romance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkXd0vxzhY

Finished Filming Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIMiJhysm8

Fanmade edit: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oZ4y1h7eE?share_source=copy_web

Love Between Fairy and Devil (苍兰诀)

Cast:

Yu Shuxin (虞书欣) as Xiaolanhua (小兰花) - The pure and kind-hearted low-level fairy in the heavens, Xiao Lanhua, was the goddess of the Po Xin clan in her previous life. A series of ironic stories happened after the encounter with Mozun by accident, and she fell in love with Mozun.

Wang Hedi (王鹤棣) as Dongfang Qingcang (东方青苍) - In ancient times, the Demon Venerable who covered the sky with one hand was injured after a battle with the Chidi woman, and was later executed by the gods. After being rescued by the Prime Minister of the Demon World, he still obsessed with resurrecting the Chidi woman and defeating her, and then met Xiao Lanhua and started a life of tragic love.

Plot: An immortal girl from the Po Xin tribe had her tribe vanquished by the Demon Lord, Dong Fang Qing Cang. She was reborn ten thousand years later as a lowly immortal of the Heavenly Tribe, Xiao Lan Hua (Little Orchid). Lan Hua unknowingly revived Dong Fang Qing Cang, her mortal enemy, who was trapped in the Hao Tian Tower. In order to regain his freedom, Dong Fang Qing Cang wants to sacrifice Xiao Lan Hua's immortal soul to unleash the curse placed on his body. In the process, the heartless demon falls for the gentle and adorable young fairy... (Source: DramaWiki)

Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvinyenMSPQ

Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=553H1TyHwhM

Love Never Fails (落花时节又逢君)

Cast:

Yuan Bingyan (袁冰妍) as Hong Ning (红凝) - She was originally a little camellia demon on Baizhou Mountain. She was cute and straightforward, and she didn't understand anything, but accidentally strayed into fairyland and experienced several lifetimes of love and reincarnation. She used a demon hunter with swords, and a witch who slaughtered gods in an uprising. She dared to love and hate. Love and equality break all bonds.

Liu Xueyi (刘学义) as Jin Xia (锦绣) - The god of the sky, the leader of the flower world, the highest boss of Hong Ning. He was trained as a successor to the heavenly realm since he was a child. He is a responsible and mission-driven veteran cadre who is extremely disciplined. Cold and arrogant on the outside, sullen on the inside, straight in the mouth, always fragrant, often provoked by Hong Ning and shy, it will turn back to the prototype of golden peony. Forbidden and affectionate, for the sake of Hong Ning, he was willing to bear the punishment of all kinds of heaven and earth, and set up a beautiful and tragic person. In the end, he painfully found that his life experience was the biggest joke, and the justice he insisted on was a big lie.

Plot: Jin Xiu, the King of the Central Heavens, intended to help a little camellia demon become immortal but he became mortal for her in the end. At the Flower Festival held once every 100 years in the heavenly realm, camellia demon Hong Ning boldly confessed to Jin Xiu her intention to become his queen. When she is told that demon and god can never be, she takes his advice to heart to cultivate and achieve immortality. Upon her ascension, Hong Ning learns that Jin Xiu is marrying someone else. She resolutely abandons an immortal life to enter the cycle of reincarnation, simply to forget him. Jin Xiu defies fate itself in order for Hong Ning to be reborn. He hopes to repay his debts and protect her for a lifetime. A misunderstanding that cannot be avoided, an identity for which there is no escape; when spring ends, the two meet again. Hong Ning is destined to become Jin Xiu's trial in love. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Trailer: https://movie.douban.com/trailer/289541/#content

#cdrama #xianxia #luo yunxi #bai lu #yang zi #cheng yi #yang chaoyue #ding yuxi #wang hedi #yu shuxin #yuan bingyan #liu xueyi #till the end of the moon #immortal samsara #love you seven times #love between fairy and devil #love never fails

[hawkingbishop]

Tethered - An Imodna/Critical Role WLW Fanmix

1. DDRMR - Vegeta Hell's Bells Theme // 2. Halsey - Bells in Santa Fe // 3. Brandi Carlile - Raise Hell // 4. Tamberlin - possessed // 5. Esmé Patterson - No River // 6. L7 - Moonshine // 7. Twin Tribes - Shadows // 8. Stevie Nicks - Sorcerer // 9. girl in red - dead girl in the pool. // 10. Julia Sheer - Give Your Heart a Break // 11. Nervus - Sick Sad World // 12. Laura Jane Grace - SuperNatural Possession // 13. Amaris - Undead // 14. Haroula Rose - Lavender Moon // 15. Jenny Owen Youngs - Your Apartment // 16. Anya Marina - Tethered to the Dark // 17. Hozier - NFWMB // 18. The Civil Wars - Dust to Dust // 19. salvia palth - (dream) // 20. Lana Del Rey - Season of the Witch // 21. Dorothy - Raise Hell // 22. She Wants Revenge - A Hundred Kisses // 23. The Naked and Famous - Bells // 24. Daughter - All I Wanted // 25. Dream, Ivory - Dream, Ivory // 26. DDRMR, Kelsey Luo - Lullabies // 27. In Love With a Ghost - I Was Feeling Down, I Found a Nice Witch and We're Friends // 28. Rasputina - Bad Moon Rising // 29. Alice Phoebe Lou - Witches // 30. Tanner Adell - Strawberry Crush // 31. Lebanon Hanover - Kiss Me Until My Lips Fall Off // 32. Turnover - Like Slow Disappearing // 33. Jenny Owen Youngs - Teenage Dream // 34. Wolf Girl - Dream Partner // 35. MARINA - Immortal // 36. Adna - Beautiful Hell // 37. The xx - Together // 38. Emily Jane White - Hands // 39. Dead Man's Bones - My Body's a Zombie For You // 40. Adna - Dreamer // 41. Sarah McLachlan - Possession // 42. Against Me! - Two Coffins // 43. Nick Drake - Pink Moon // 44. Starbenders - BITCHES BE WITCHES // 45. MisterWives - Dreams // 46. Yuna - Lullabies (Adventure Club Remix) // 47. Turnover - Disintegration // 48. girl in red - we fell in love in october // 49. Mother Mother - Arms Tonite // 50. Mareux - The Perfect Girl // 51. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Woodkid & The Shoes Remix) // 52. Nightcomber, Jenny Owen Youngs - Witchcraft // 53. vivi rincon - if we lived on the moon //

#critical role #imodna #bells hells #imogen x laudna #laudna #imogen temult #wlw #spotify #critical role fanmix #fanmix #my fanmix #my coverart #cr fanmix #yeah i know it's super fucking long my bad #bell's hells

[disneytva]

Disney+ Unveils Directors and Creative Members For “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” Season 1

Disney has revealed more details on the upcoming original short series, “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire”, with directors from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt.  The new series will premiere Wednesday,July 5 only on Disney+.

Stardust

Directed by Ahmed Teilab – Egypt

Nawara, a stable girl and outcast from society, crashes an elite coming-of-age ceremony and demands her own destiny scroll from the all-knowing Oracle. Amused by her courage, the Oracle gives her a scroll, but later Nawara discovers the scroll is blank. Furious, she sets off on a perilous journey through the wilderness to confront the Oracle but discovers that she is not the only one hunting him down. Nawara must defeat sinister forces and her own dark past to find her destiny.

Mkhuzi: The Spirit Racer

Directed by Simangaliso ‘Panda’ Sibaya and Malcom Wope – South Africa

Manzo is a half-human, half-alien teenager who dreams of becoming a superstar racer like his mother, the legendary masked racer Mkhuzi. Always struggling to reconcile his Zulu heritage with his alien blood, Manzo is outraged when aliens threaten to destroy his Soweto neighbourhood and his injured mother challenges her old nemesis Ogun, an alien overlord, to a re-match he knows she won’t survive. Manzo takes the mask for himself and joins the epic race with everything he loves at stake.

Hatima

Directed by Terence Maluleke and Isaac Mogajane – South Africa

Two nations are locked in an endless war, as an underwater tribe battles a kingdom on land. Mati, a young water-tribe warrior, and Nhela, the princess of the land kingdom, are drawn into the conflict in pursuit of their deepest desires. Mati wants to join the fighting to avenge his father, while Nhela struggles to change the way her people see Hatima, the mysterious element that is the cause of all the bloodshed. Their stories collide and challenge the deepest beliefs of both their peoples.

Enkai

Directed by Ng’endo Mukii – Kenya

Floating through the universe in her gourd-shaped home, young Enkai just wants to spend time with her single mother, Shiro, a cosmic deity who works all the time in the stressful and demanding job of saving the Earth from man-made destruction. With Shiro’s health fading, Enkai must uncover the secrets of creation, and use her own divine powers to bring an entirely new future into being.

Moremi

Directed by Shofela Coker – Nigeria

Lonely spirit boy Luo is trapped in the realm of the gods and haunted by terrifying giants, until he is suddenly rescued by Moremi, a daring scientist from future Nigeria. With the giants in hot pursuit, they escape across the country and head for the sanctuary of Moremi’s lab. As Moremi helps Luo connect with his lost memories she reveals the truth of the terrible sacrifice that was once made to save their people.

Surf Sangoma

Directed by Nthato Mokgata and Catherine Green – South Africa

In 2050, with raging sea levels, the coastal city of Durban is protected by a huge wall and all ocean activities are banned. Njabulo and Mqobi, two best friends with a passion for surfing, are desperate to get back to the real ocean, even if it means joining a notorious criminal gang who use radioactive octopi to help them survive the colossal and deadly waves. Njabulo must confront his traumatic past and the treachery of the gang to save his friend’s life and rediscover his surfing destiny.

Mukudzei

Directed by Pious Nyenyewa & Tafadzwa Hove – Zimbabwe

After defacing and destroying a sacred monument, rebellious teenage influencer Mukudzei emerges from the ruins into an alternate future where Zimbabwe was never colonized and developed into a technologically advanced utopian society. Lost and confused, Mukudzei meets a mysterious scavenger named Rumbie and begs her for help, but quickly discovers he’s being

hunted by the Hungwe, a huge robotic eagle enforcing the most sophisticated justice system in the multiverse.

First Totem Problems

Directed by Tshepo Moche – South Africa

Teenager Sheba is excited to finally receive her digital totem, a mark of adulthood that connects every citizen with their ancestors and gives full access to the privileges of society. Thanks to her bickering family, Sheba’s totem ceremony goes horribly wrong, accidentally sending her to the ancestral plane. Sheba discovers an infernal bureaucracy and a festering feud between two sides of her family which must be resolved before Sheba can find her own voice and return to the land of the living.

Herderboy

Directed by Raymond Malinga – Uganda

On the wild frontier of the Chewzi Kingdom in the highlands of future Uganda, an elite trio of herders protect precious cyborg cattle from deadly spirits. Hidden amongst the herd is teenage stowaway Ndahura, who is desperate to prove himself as a warrior and become a legend like his three heroes. When the herders are attacked, Ndahura makes a reckless choice to take on a vengeful hyena monster that he must fight alone.

You Give Me Heart

Directed by Lesego Vorster – South Africa

In an opulent world where the gods get their powers from social media adoration, struggling artist Sundiata joins the talent competition “Who Wants To Be A God?” in a desperate attempt to be seen and impress the most popular deity of all: Maadi, the Goddess of Plenty. Sundiata wins by a fluke, shocking the world by becoming the new God of Creativity. Ascending to the realm of the gods, he will discover what it means to be worshipped by the masses, and who Maadi really is behind her facade.

#Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire #Kizazi Moto Generation Fire #Kizazi Moto #Peter Ramsey #Ahmed Teilab #Simangaliso ‘Panda’ Sibaya #Malcom Wope #Terence Maluleke #Isaac Mogajane #Ng’endo Mukii #Shofela Coker #Nthato Mokgata #Catherine Green #Pious Nyenyewa #Tafadzwa Hove #Tshepo Moche #Raymond Malinga #Lesego Vorster #Disney Europe Animation #Disney+ #Disney Plus #Disney+ Originals #Disney Plus Originals #Disney+ Original Series #Disney Plus Original Series #Disney+ Original Animated Series #Disney Plus Original Animated Series