#mental palate cleanser

[daveinediting]

While I already talked about the importance of choosing the right physical location to start a given project, tee’d up the idea of brain networks and different modes of thinking like diffuse vs. focused, open vs. closed, associative vs. sequential, while I've Show 'n Tell'd the magic of black boxes and how amazing it is to fully hand off creative responsibility to people you trust, Creatives you trust...

And while I have also said brain networks as well as different modes of thinking work basically one at a time, that if one is activated the others are de-activated, well...

It's nice to know there's a lot of creative gears in play. Not gonna lie. It's the best.

What I haven't explicitly stated in showing off these gears is that you can shift between them in the same work session. Many times, in fact, accessing different gears, different modes of thinking.

So.

How do you shift gears?

The answer is... some gears you can shift quickly and others need a little help, space, and time.

The quick ones are picture and sound. As in, turning off the sound of a show and focusing on the moving image as a silent experience. If there are any issues in the visuals, improvements that can be made, this is a great way to catch them.

You can also turn off picture and process the sound against a black screen. It works even better to close your eyes as well. And again, you catch problems and opportunities in a way that's simply not possible when you're attempting to gauge picture and sound at the same time. Sure, you can still catch stuff... but you don't catch everything. It's only when you segregate the tasks that you gain full creative control of the picture and sound.

Other gear shifts, like I said, require a little help, space, and time. Especially when I have to gauge the emotional impact of individual shots, I find it best to put a buffer between  the focused work I'm doing and the emotional work I want to do next.

The main challenge is coming to this same footage in a fresh way, especially if I've been in a mechanic mindset all day.

So I do a restart.

I shut down the workstation. Then I head out for a walk listening to, believe it or not, instrumental New Age music. When eventually I return to the edit suite, I turn the workstation back on and start reviewing each of the shots in question, all of them first without sound... and then a second pass with sound. Then I make notes about my impressions (yes, I write them down) and I make the call.

I don't do that all the time, of course, but if it's really important and I can't shake mechanic mode easily, this is a thing I can do to make the gear shift. A combination of cueing my brain that a restart is happening, of using music as a mental palate cleanser, and then to start off visually processing only, taking in the nonverbals happening in each frame which puts me well on the way to gauging the emotion of each shot.

In the case of getting stuck composing music that's gotta be done the same day or in the next few hours, I'll grab a recording of whatever I've got, put it on my phone, jack in some headphones and take to the neighborhood.

I listen over and over on loop. Letting my work so far settle into my brain. Challenging my brain to a game of What Comes Next? 

Which is a game it's really very good at.

I just have to give it center stage and not focus.

Works every time. 😁

I'll try to conjure some more examples over the next few days. 

In the meantime, have a great weekend.

🙂

#creativity #creative process #creative strategy #creative gears #shifting gears #picture only #sound only #emotion #cueing #mental palate cleanser #processing only a portion

[wolveria]

They call it The Return because I keep returning to watch it

#tbb spoilers #tbb season 3 #the bad batch #tbb the return #it's a palate cleanser after work #single-handedly saving my mental health

[vossn]

Any other writers have lists of names they would like to use but have no need for at the moment? I require one of those names!

My Lady no. 1 is called Miel which I am unsure about, Woman No. 2 still needs a name. They might be in love and the setting is fantasy high society and i just can not, for the love of f0ck, find good names for them.

#writing #texts from the fuchsbau #i have decided to replace my mental health with writing motivation please look the other way #main project is still going but we are approaching a difficult scene and i need a palate cleanser #i can and i will take inspiration from 'Emma"

[multi-lefaiye]

i was about to post something elaborating a bit on that last post but uh then i remembered. important internet rule. it’s not a good idea to advertise your triggers in detail publicly or to people you don’t know and trust, because they can very much be used against you if someone with bad intentions comes across them.

#multi makes text posts #anyway i need a mental palate cleanser because i am this close to actually spiraling #also not to get preachy n i can't tell you what to do #i'm just. yeah i don't want to share in detail about what upset me there

[no-whammy]

So my therapist described me as having "flavors of borderline" last week and at first I was like yeah that's accurate. Just a flavoring. A hint. An aftertaste, if you will. One ingests my personality and goes "yeah I can really catch some light notes of debilitating abandonment issues and an all-or-nothing mentality" but during our session this week she reiterated by saying "strong flavors of borderline" and now I'm like

Oh no is that

Is that actually just the dish

#mental health #bpd #borderline personality disorder #mental illness #personal #i think its more of a side dish #the palate cleanser

[lxvvie]

The MW2 guys taking a shot of Malört? (One of the slogans for Malört is literally, “Malort, tonight's the night you fight your dad!”) it’s absolutely rancid lol 🤢🤮

TF141:

Price's cheeks are red as shit and they remain that way for a good while. The taste is so awful that he doesn't take a shot of anything else for the rest of the night. It was so bad that his hat was sitting sideways, it was trying to run from the taste.

Gaz nearly choked. Vows revenge against Soap for even suggesting it in the first place. Gaz also neglects to mention that he supported said decision as well.

Soap blames Gaz for supporting his decision. Not only is it shite but he feels like shite, too. The one who's laying on his back in bed groaning because what the fuck did he just drink?

Malört made Simon unusually hot for some odd reason. Simon's the one who's sitting on the floor next to his bed, back resting against it, nursing a cigarette while sitting butt-ass naked because he's sweating up a storm and he wants to be rid of the aftertaste. Is contemplating drop-kicking both Gaz and Soap, sweaty balls and all.

Los Vaqueros:

Rudy is busy nursing a palate cleanser because he was pranked into drinking some of it. Is busy plotting his revenge against the fellas.

Alejandro thought Rudy was bullshitting him when said it was horrible until he tried some himself and now he's out of commission for the rest of the night lmao.

Shadow Company:

Graves makes the most disgusted Zoolander-esque face imaginable. It is the stuff of legend. Makes an announcement that whoever recommended Malört will be on bathroom duty for the next month. One of the men managed to get a picture of his face and Graves would be amused if he wasn't too busy dealing with the aftertaste.

KorTac:

Horangi was the first to try it. One of the few times he regrets his YOLO attitude. Is also the one who encourages the others to try it because if he had to drink it, they do, too. Which leads to...

König... downing the entire bottle on his YOLO bullshit. To Horangi's surprise. Smug gremlin cackle ensues until he gags on the aftertaste at which point Horangi gives himself a mental pat on the back. Mission success.

#2queued4u. #cw: alcohol #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare 2 #call of duty modern warfare #task force 141 #los vaqueros #captain john price #kortac #shadow company #kyle gaz garrick #john soap mctavish #simon ghost riley #alejandro vargas #rodolfo rudy parra #phillip graves #kim horangi hong jin #könig #konig

[mbakuetshurisprincess]

A Betting Woman

AN: Hey y’all! So I’m trynna do some palate cleansers while I work on BTB3 cause lord is that one just emotionally taxing to create lol. 80% of this fic is just Riri and Shuri talking about you and how they view you so there's that. This was heavily inspired by the wonderful work of @generallysapphic who is thee supreme when it comes to Shuriri postings. There's someone else who wrote a Shuriri fic but I can’t find them anymore. Just some cute shit to post fr. Set on a timeline where you went with Shuri to defeat Namor but Riri is a super genius. 

Summary: Normally these types of moral dilemmas don’t bother Riri but after meeting your girlfriend, the queen of Wakanda. Riri decides to pay you a visit to end things. 

Pairing: Shuri x Fem!Reader, Riri x Fem!Reader and the beginnings of Shuri x Riri.

Warnings: Cursing, mentions of D/S dynamic, kissing, i think thats it. 

Translation: Sthandwa - my love , Entle - Beautiful & Usana - baby. 

Word count: 2,864 

Suggested listening: WILSHIRE - Tyler, The Creator. 

“It's morals I really have, it's lines I could never cross But you got somethin' that make All them good intentions get lost I try to keep it together, never felt this way”

Riri knocked quickly on the door three times, rocking on her heels as she did it. 

“Busy right now!” Someone called from the other side of the door. The genius didn’t know if the voice was yours or not but she didn’t care.

‘Oh no, that bitch did not.’ Riri thought to herself. She brought her fist to the door and knocked harder this time. Everything was always on your schedule and Riri was going to be damned if her ending this fling was on your time too. She heard some rustling around and the bed creek before the door opened up enough to reveal a person on the other side. 

The person Riri was expecting to see behind your dorm door was you, it was your room after all. Instead, she was met by the exact person she was here to talk to you about, Shuri. The taller woman stood in your doorway leaning up against the post. She was wearing a black sports bra and a matching pair of black sweats with golden embroidery on the side. The sweatpants hung low on her waist and Riri could make out the band of Shuri’s boxers. ‘She’s a Calvin Klein girl huh,’ The thought came to the mechanic quicker than she could stop it and she mentally cursed herself for getting so off track. 

“Riri Williams, right?” Shuri tilted her head to the side, allowing the name to roll off her tongue. 

Riri’s eyes flashed over Shuri’s figure one more time before she finally pulled herself together. “Yeah that’s me,” She cleared her throat. “Is uh Y/N here?” Riri tried to look further into the room but Shuri blocked her movements with her body. 

This unintentionally gave the younger girl an opportunity to ogle at the Queen’s perfectly sculpted abs and steal a glance at her waistline again, so she wasn’t complaining. 

“No Y/N is busy right now, can it wait?” 

Snapping back into the conversation Riri finally got back to her original plan. “No it really can’t wait, I’ve been needed to talk to her about this.” 

Shuri pondered over Riri’s words for a few moments looking her up and down as she did. Riri wondered if she might melt under Shuri’s gaze. Something about the monarch was slowly starting to make her weak in the knees. She averted her eyes back down to the floor, once again sneaking glances at Shuri’s body as she did. 

“Well I’m sure whatever you wanted to tell her, you can tell me and I’ll relay the message,” Shuri suggested. She had noticed the way Riri was staring at her and decided to play into it. “Is it normal for American girls to make it this obvious when they’re checking someone out, or is it just you?”

Riri snapped her head back up to meet Shuri’s eyes, “What!? I wasn’t- Why would you say that? No, I wasn’t! '' Riri slowly started panicking.

Had she really been that blatant in her staring that the queen would notice? And this was totally not what she came here for or what she had rehearsed saying. 

Shuri relished seeing Riri’s cheeks flush with a dark red blush as she tried to regain herself. “Ah. No matter.” Shuri said with a smile. “What is it that you wanted to tell Y/N?” 

‘No fucking way.’ Riri thought to herself. ‘No fucking way did I just get bested at my own game! Bitch had me stuttering over MY words when I came here to end shit with HER girlfriend. I can’t go out like that.’ 

Riri opened her mouth to speak, after brainstorming something logical like ‘No I need to talk to her in person.’ or ‘I literally have her location and know she’s here right now. I need to speak with her.’ All of those would have been rational things to say but instead what came out of Riri’s mouth was fueled by nothing but good old-fashioned Chicago pride. 

“I’m fucking your girlfriend.” She blurted out.

Shuri tilted her head to the side and chuckled lightly before turning around and closing the door behind her. Riri was left standing in the dormitory hallway staring at the now-closed door. What the fuck was she thinking?? Telling the Queen of arguably the most powerful nation in the world that you were not just seeing her girlfriend, but FUCKING her? Surely that was enough to get her killed and probably in a way no one would know. She would just slowly fade out of the popular consciousness until no one remembered her name; all over some pussy. Great pussy at that, but still. She was roused from her thoughts by the door opening and Shuri standing on the other side once again. 

“I know you’re ‘fucking my girlfriend.’” She said the last part in air quotations with a chuckle. “Are you going to come in so we can finally discuss this or just stand outside confused?” 

The question caught Riri off guard and she stood there staring at Shuri, unsure of what her next move should be. She hadn’t planned for this at all. She had expected to come to your dorm room today and completely end things with you. Normally she didn’t have an issue with sleeping with people who were cheating on their partners. That was someone else’s moral dilemma not hers. But after interacting with Shuri today while she was a guest speaker at a lab on campus, the guilt started eating her alive. 

Eventually, Shuri got bored of waiting and grabbed Riri’s shoulder pulling the small girl into the dorm room and shutting the door behind her. 

“Come in and sit down.” Shuri walked back over to the bed and hopped onto it. When Riri didn’t move it prompted Shuri to speak again. “Do not act like you do not know her room entle, make yourself at home.” 

Riri wanted to ask what entle meant but decided that was the least of her problems right now. She made her way over to the bean bag in the opposite corner of the room and sunk down into it. She could hear the sound of the shower running in the bathroom connected to your dorm and assumed that's where you were since your location had pinged as here, yet you weren't in the room currently. 

“She shouldn’t take too long,” Shuri said noticing where Riri’s line of sight was going. “We can wait till she gets here or you can ask whatever you’d like to ask now.” 

The younger girl shifted in her seat and contemplated what Shuri had proposed. “I’ll wait for Y/N to get out of the shower.” 

Shuri nodded and picked back up the book that was lying on the bed. Riri watched Shuri intently as she read. How was she being so cool right now? Sitting in the same room as your girlfriend's lover would typically draw a stronger reaction out of the average person but the royal seemed to be in a very relaxed state. 

‘Duh’ Riri thought to herself, it’s because Shuri already knew. She had told Riri already so her presence couldn't have been that much of a surprise to her. This thought in turn only raised more questions for Riri. 

‘How long had she known?’

‘Was she upset with Y/N?’ 

And most importantly,

‘How much did she really know?’ 

Shuri looked up from her book and caught Riri staring at her once again, which must be a theme for the night. Riri cleared her throat and spoke. “I change my mind, I’d like to ask my questions and you answer them.” She paused, “Right now.” 

Shuri chuckled at the girl's forwardness. “Y/N did say you didn’t have much patience, I see she wasn’t lying about that… Among other things,” 

Riri swore when Shuri said it she caught Shuri looking her up and down. Shuri didn’t even give her enough time to react before continuing. “But go ahead, I’ll do my best to answer them.” 

“How long have you known about us?” 

“Since the beginning,” Shuri replied simply. 

“And you’re not mad?” Riri questioned, sitting up in the bean bag chair.

“Why would I be?” Shuri questioned back with a genuine look of confusion on her face. 

Shuri’s look of confusion was replicated on Riri after hearing her answer and seeing the woman's face. “Uhh, because while you’re in Wakanda saving the world and shit, I’m here with two fingers buried deep in your girl!” 

“Just two? Normally she likes three but whatever works for you guys really.” Shuri’s sarcasm left Riri’s mouth agape and which only fueled Shuri’s laughter. Once she had pulled herself together Shuri apologized and said she would actually answer Riri’s question, earning a huff of agitation from her. 

“You already answered your question in your question, entle.” Once again Shuri spoke coolly and used that entle word that Riri couldn’t understand. 

“What the hell does that even mean!” Riri sucked her teeth as she spoke. “No more weird shit, no more nicknames in other languages, just explain this shit to me 'cause it’s not making any sense.” 

Shuri nodded, understanding that Riri did deserve the full story. She wanted to wait for you to come out of the shower but the combination of not knowing exactly how much longer you were going to take and her sensing Riri’s agitation; she was compelled to speak. 

“What I mean by that is you gave yourself the answer already. Y/N is here for school for most of the year and I’m kept busy looking after Wakanda. My love has needs that unfortunately due to the distance most of the time I cannot fill. She’s permitted to fulfill these needs in any way she chooses, as am I.”

Riri looked dumbfounded once again as she digested Shuri’s words. “So you’ve known this whole time?” 

“Mhm.”

“About everything?” 

“Pretty much yeah.” Shuri tapped her fingers on her stomach where they lay interlaced. 

“Even the sex?” Riri probed. There was no way Shuri was just so chill about this. 

Shuri was humored, sensing that Riri was hoping to incite an angry response. “Yes, even the sex. Of which I only heard good things about so I must give you credit Ms.Williams, you kept my girl satisfied.” 

The blush returned to Riri’s face and she felt her lips creep into a smile upon hearing Shuri’s praise. Her cocky side came out and she decided to get smart. “You weren't worried I was gonna take her from you?”

“Oh, not for one second. Y/N’s collared, she’s not going anywhere anytime soon.” Shuri replied confidently. Seeing Riri’s confusion she moved her hand down to the necklace resting on her chest; holding it up before letting it fall back down. “Never noticed her necklace? I know she doesn't take it off.” 

Riri’s mind flashed images of you and to Shuri’s credit in all of the scenes, a golden necklace with a small claw was hanging from your neck. Even in the ones where Riri’s head was buried between your thighs and your head was thrown back as you cam-

‘Focus Riri!’ She thought to herself. 

“So she’s your submissive?” Riri clarified.

“Wow, you are pretty smart. Maybe you do live up to that genius title after all.” Shuri quipped with a smirk. “But yes, Bast has gifted me with an amazing girlfriend and sub.”  

Riri desperately wanted to make a smart remark back at the royal but she stifled it in favor of getting more information about your dynamic Shuri. What she had learned thus far intrigued and turned her on. “And she listens to you, a hundred percent of the time?” 

“A hundred and fifty percent of the time.” Shuri corrected her. “Does she not do the same for you?”

“Hell fuckin no she does not!” Riri exclaimed. “There is not a bone in that girl's body that knows how to listen, everything with her is a fight.” 

“My Y/N? Never. She knows better than to even make me repeat myself.” Shuri was baffled at what Riri had said but also intrigued at the idea of seeing a more bratty side of you.

“I don’t believe it, she’s not physically capable of listening.” Riri tapped the side of her head to mimic how hard-headed you acted with her. 

The sound of the shower turning off, signifying your arrival soon gave Shuri an idea. “Do you want me to show you just how well she listens?” 

A smirk slipped onto Riri’s face as she picked up on Shuri’s idea. “Yeah I do, show me how well your girl listens.” 

Shuri let out a puff of air along with her laugh and nodded. You stepped out of the bathroom looking down at something on your towel. 

Let the show begin.

Your bathroom door was on the wall that ran parallel to where your bed was, so when you looked up you were first met with Shuri. “Whew! I needed that baby, I don’t think I was conscious for the first ten minutes of that shower.” You beamed as you made your way over to the bed, still unaware of Riri’s presence in the room. 

“Of course sthandwa. And more to come tonight, you know that. We wouldn’t want to be rude to our guests before that though. Why don’t you go say hello to our friend.” Shuri nodded past you and to the corner. 

You spun around confused at what “friend” Shuri was referring to and immediately alarm bells began ringing in your head. There sat Riri, looking calm as ever manspreading on your bean bag chair. 

“What’s up ma.” She said with a smirk. 

“Oh fuck no.” You murmured under your breath. Never in your life did you expect to mix your worlds like this. Sure both women had known about the other but never in a million years had you imagined them to be in the same room together. You instantly started moving towards the bathroom door, hoping to lock yourself in and formulate a plan without being under either woman's gaze. 

Of course, Shuri calling out a strong “Stop.” ended all hopes of that as a means of escape. “Go give Riri a kiss, I’ve taught you better manners than that.” 

You looked back at your girlfriend as if she had lost her mind. Yes, you had told her every detail about your relationship with Riri and described the sex in explicit detail. But to kiss her in front of Shuri? Something about that felt so wrong it was right. 

“You know I won’t repeat myself without punishment, usana. Go.” Shuri gestured over to Riri who was taking the whole scene in. She watched as you shifted your weight between your feet, debating if you would listen to Shuri. If Riri was a betting woman, she would have bet her entire life savings at that moment that you wouldn’t listen. 

Good thing Riri didn’t like to bet. 

You walked over to Riri and gave her a small smile, slightly embarrassed knowing that Riri just watched you fold to Shuri. “Hi.” 

“So you do know how to listen the first time?” Riri concluded, the smirk still on her face. 

“Only when the right person asks me.” You maintained, crossing your arms across your chest to keep the towel from falling. Shuri heard your response and let out a light laugh and a “Be nice my love.” 

“You heard what your girlfriend said though ma, gimme me a kiss.” Riri sat up in the beanbag chair awaiting you to make the move. 

You looked back at Shuri one more time, kissing other girls had never been an issue for you before but for some reason doing it in front of her felt different. Secretly it turned you on to know that your girlfriend not only ordered but encouraged you to kiss Riri. 

Fuck it. 

You bent down and Riri pulled your face to hers so that your lips met. As soon as they touched Riri hungrily devoured them savoring the taste of you. By now you knew her style and you opened your mouth slightly so her tongue could come in and meet yours. Shuri watched from the bed as you two made out, turned on by the hunger you both displayed. She could tell the two of you were getting into it, Riri especially as she brought her other hand up to cup your cheek.

Deciding this was the perfect opportunity to prove her point Shuri ordered. “Step back Y/N.” 

Once again if Riri could bet she would have bet her life on the fact that you wouldn’t pull away. You loved kissing and she could tell that you were especially enjoying this little makeout session by the way your chest was heaving up and down. 

And once again it was a good thing Riri didn’t bet often. 

You unlatched your lips from Riri’s and stood back up, taking a few steps back in the process. Riri’s eyes flashed between yours and Shuri’s unable to believe what had just happened. 

“Told you she could listen.”

#shuriri x reader #shuri x reader #shuri udaku x reader #riri williams x reader #riri x reader #shuri x y/n #shu #shuri udaku #shuri imagine #shuri black panther #shuri fanfiction #shuri x you #riri williams #riri williams imagine #black panther #black panther fanfiction #black panther imagine #black panther fic #black panther fandom #jc writes

[vinelark]

do you have any good reverse robins fic to rec?

oh hell yeah!

Reverse Robins: Joker Junior series by miyaji_08 i rec’d the second fic in this series over here for the timkon of it all, but the series—two parts, both complete—is also one of my absolute favorite reverse robins stories. it goes the joker junior!tim route, so heads up for A Lot of tim-centric trauma, but gives tim (and everyone else) so much healing, too. it also gets creative with the robin of it all, as in, the call sign for batman’s partner is different from the jump because dick wasn’t around to originate “robin” for it, which i always think is a fun extra detail. the batfam characters are great and the young justice crew is also great, so read for top-tier hurt and comfort and great characters and satisfying plot and tim and damian competing to see who is the most Tired big brother of the bunch.

blood of the covenant by envysparkler robins are angsty in any order, but man does this hit the angst sweet spot, which in turn makes the soft parts feel even softer. i genuinely can’t decide what my favorite dynamic is in this AU, between damian & tim (damian wracked with guilt, tim hurting and still wanting an older brother even if he’d never admit it) and tim & jason (no spoilers but chapter 4 especially lights my brain up like a supernova) and tim & dick (i think about the part where dick grayson [tiny, cheerful] uses tim [undead, annoyed] as a jungle gym like once a week).

Wing Beats in Reverse by firefright a longfic where jason gets kidnapped by the mysterious red hood, who turns out to be jason’s not-so-dead predecessor. the jason pov here is great, and i was so compelled by how this AU explored his place in the bat family, and how it managed the emotional fallout from the kidnapping. tim is also so interesting in this—it does something i love in a reverse robins concept, which is make tim’s motivations (and lazarus pit effects) less about anger/hurt/revenge and more about ice cold logic, about being the villain so the bats don’t have to/whether they want him to or not. plus some league of assassins trauma as a cherry on top. also, kon gets to show up for a bit. (as a fair warning—and spoilers ahead—the fic has a somewhat hopeful ending for tim, but doesn’t reach full reconciliation in the scope of the plot.)

i woke up so worried that the angels let go by circees a short but potent batkids age reversal au that’s also a grisha au, starring duke as the coveted sun summoner that damian is trying to deliver to safety without mentally adopting a new brother (damian fails on the second part). even with my limited memory of grisha lore i could tell a lot of thought was put into this au, and i have a feeling it would be even better if you are able to catch all the details. i also love that even in a fantasy world where some of the bat family have magical abilities, duke is still extra special—a great analogy to being a metahuman among the bats.

The 90s Are Back! by RedWritingHood saving the two silly ones for last to lighten the mood! in this one, red hood!tim gets de-aged to sixteen and meets all his new siblings. it’s like .01% angst and 99.99% shenanigans, and pretty much all the dialogue is super quotable but Dick holds out his hands like he's calming a bunch of wild animals. "Okay, I know everyone's real upsetti spaghetti right now, but I think we all just need to calm down." might take the cake.

Clowns Don’t Kill People by mademoisellePlume very short, very silly reverse robins brother shenanigans, in which tiny dick grayson isn’t scared of recovering joker junior!tim because dick, having been raised in the circus, doesn’t associate clowns with evil yet. the fic is fun (and a great palate cleanser if you need a break from the angst above), and the author’s note at the end made me fully laugh out loud.

#reverse robins #fic rec #batfam #when tim as the undead robin is done well it's so 🤌🤌🤌 #once again i reserve the right to add more later because i def forgot some

[fanning-the-flames]

Moonshot: A Cheng'e Story

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Jiang Cheng delivers exposition.

In a past life, he stole immortality from Hou Yi!Wei Wuxian who had saved the world. This immortality was a trap though as it destroyed his mortal body. In order to continue existing he is completely dependent on the medicines made by the Jade Hares and so can never leave the moon. With Jiang Cheng as a patient, the Hares were able to develop the Elixir of Life which would fortify the body enough to take in the core without negative consequences, but it took too long. Hou Yi!Wei Wuxian had already died. Jiang Cheng has been holding onto hope that Wei Wuxian would come back and so kept himself (and the core) alive all this time.

The Lans run through the unraveling palace. Lan Wangji worries for Wei Wuxian. Lan Xichen is clutching a huge jar of wine, what is implied to be the wine Wei Wuxian was drinking as well as the Elixir of Life. He is crying…it seems Jiang Cheng would truly die without the core.

Wei Wuxian is not on board with Jiang Cheng’s plan…leaving him with an eternity alive without Jiang Cheng. In the chaos of the illusions ripping apart, reverting everyone to their normal state, he tells Jiang Cheng he loves him and just wants another chance together.

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I was debating whether Jiang Cheng should go as far as admit he walked into Jin Guangshan's trap on purpose, but given how he behaves in canon I didn't think he should.

If you were wondering exactly what was premeditated, Jiang Cheng has long told the Hares that he needed to stick around to give the core with the safe way of receiving it to Wei Wuxian, but also couldn't actively seek him out nor did he tell the Hares to do so. They did that of their own initiative parent trap style, seeing how Jiang Cheng couldn't leave and all the waiting was deteriorating his mental health.

Now for a wholesome brother illustration as a palate cleanser.

The Lans here are not gentry like in MDZS but immortal pharmacists, so I wanted their clothes to be simpler as well, closer to monk-like than their canon counterparts. The bunny ears are a nod to stories like Journey to the West, where transformations often have a flaw that reveals the true nature of the supernatural.

#jiang cheng #wei wuxian #lan wangji #lan xichen #cql #the untamed #chang e au #mdzs #Jiang cheng still doesn’t explain everything but that is most in character #the modern characters don't have the courtesy personal name thing #the courtesy names are their names #hence why lwj doesn’t shout Wei ying #I know shouting Wei would be weird and incomprehensible in Chinese #but writing out Little Wei or Brother Wei would be weird in English so just know that’s what I’m imagining for the Chinese #it seems that the personal names function like nicknames in modern chinese culture so that's why LWJ is called zhanzhan #i could be very wrong though #that's just how it will be in this AU

[jakes3resin]

hi! is stalag arc next on ur list to write after england arc?

Yes!

Well technically yes and no. I'll probably write another palate cleanser before I get into the thick of it with stalag arc (think: blond Bucky fic after courting fic) just for my mental health. But I've got nothing planned for that right now, so the next planned fic on my roster is stalag arc. It'll be a big fic I think considering I'm planning on adding two major plot points that I know will jump the word count a couple thousand words. So hopefully y'all can stay tuned for everything I've got planned!

#asks #plus i'm gonna write an au arc after stalag arc #so y'all will be eating good i swear

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

the Divergent Universe arc is honestly such an indescribable experience bc it's literally like [romance is existential horror: an esoteric thesis], [insect pregnancy filler episode], [the most unhinged metatextual story you've ever heard], [normal doctor who story as a palate cleanser], [deconstruction of cult mentalities], [uncalled for levels of trauma just to explore the characters' depression], [another really unhinged meta one but written by a woman this time], and [the tv series is coming back so we have to address some things: the audiodrama] and the entire time it just feels like you're really really high

#Lu rambles #unfortunately for me I actually like The Last but that doesn't mean any of that was like... acceptable #they really did hit us all over the head with ''everyone on this tardis is suicidal'' in that one huh? #considering a DU relisten soon idk #dw #dweu #eighth doctor

[inevitably-johnlocked]

hiii steph

i’ve been dealing with some stuff recently that im not really comfy talking about on here but i was looking for some fics i’d relate to

soooo do you have anything with like hurt/comfort where one of them sh’s or is on dr^gs? and the other is trying to help and stuff? if so, thanks:)

sorry if this triggers anyone:/

Hey Lovely *BIG GENTLE HUGS*

I'm sorry you're having a rough go, and I hope things are getting a bit better soon. While I will suggest to you the requested fics, I implore you, with the headspace I suspect that you are in, to also check out my All Fluff Fics masterlist... Feel good stuff is a palate cleanser too 💜

Here are some lists for the requested topics:

Self Harm, Danger Nights, and Drugs

Drugs and Drugging Pt 2

Mental Health Related

Main Character Depression

Suicidal Ideation

Please take care of yourself, Lovely 💜

If anyone has any suggestions, please do!

#steph replies #suicidal ideation cw #drugs cw #self harm cw #depression cw #johnlock fic recs #self harm fics #help steph find fics

[erraticrandomficwriter]

I've been rewatching Boy Meets World and listening to Pod Meets World, and now I kinda want to revisit my ancient Boy Meets World fanfic as a "mental palate cleanser" when I'm stuck on other fics.

#random blurb #boy meets world #Plot bunny

[avorbl]

Avor's Watchlist

Now that 인생은 아름다워 Life is Beautiful has me engrossed again I felt inspired to post about all the things I am watching at the moment.

Currently Airing

1000 Years Old 7/12 Silly and fun so much love and colour

23.5 4/12

City of Stars 9/12 So much communication andtrust and support

Deep Night 4/8 Sexy

Jazz for Two 2/8 I am not optimistic but I want to see for myself

Love is Better the Second Time Around 4/6 adults adulting

My Strawberry Film 7/8 capturing the teenage experience

Only Boo! 1/10 I would have dropped this if it wasnt currently airing

To Be Continued 6/8 Its fun and if too sweet and would be more believable if they werent supposed to be established working adults

Unknown 7/12 Seeing as there are supposed be another five episodes I fear for my sanity

Be Your Star 2/? I would have dropped this if it wasnt currently airing

What I am catching up on

A Shop for Killers 3/8 Lee Dongwook

Baek Hee Has Returned 1/4 Looks fun

Doctor Slump 12/16 Park Hyungsik has some good messaging about mental health

Koisenu Futari 6/8 Trying to figure out life whan you dont fit in

Moonlight Chicken 3/8 There are snippets I find really enganging but overall it feels a bit disjointed

Oh No! Here Comes Trouble 5/12 This is a heavy hitter thematically as well as emotionally I am fully enganged

Personal Taste 4/16 my current palate cleanser

Still on my watch List

Fermat no Ryori 3/10

Fight for My Way 0/16

Given 1/6

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha 2/16

I Feel You Linger in the Air 1/12

This is Not a Business Expense! 2/10

My Lovely Liar 5/16

One Spring Night 2/32

Qing Qing Zi Jin 20/40

Sell Your Haunted House 3/16

She and Her Perfect Husband 18/40

Sweet Stranger and Me 5/16

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim 2/12

The Love You Give Me 12/28

The Uncanny Counter 3/16

The Undateables 1/32

#avor watches #aer float

[six-of-ravens]

aloha friends and people who left annoying incorrect opinions on my posts, raistlin is a waif he is the waifiest waif it doesn't matter if his twin is a brick shithouse you are WRONG I am kinda sorta back. maybe only for one tipsy night, but who knows. listen, I'm 1.5 ciders in and feeling Properly Tipsy as opposed to last night when I drank jack and cokes for the first time in a while and just felt nauseous, so I'm Thriving atm. ANYWAY.

i feel like i have cleared some cobwebs from my brain. kind of. mostly i redownloaded bc i have the irresistible urge to natter about my life. tbh i considered deleting tumblr for a while bc there are some things about this site (but also social media in general) that annoy the absolute shit out of me, and also i feel like I dedicated too much ~mental energy~ to this site in the past (not to sound like some new age crackpot) and I need to cut down on how much scrolling and getting mad about other people's incorrect opinions I do. However, there are a few beloved mutuals on here that I miss talking to and also tumblr is kinda Home, y'know?

anyway TLDR I'm back, kinda. might still delete the app during the day so I can focus on IRL shit instead of being a zillennial social media addict, so I apologize if I miss messages etc but. yeah. for the sake of my mental health I have to be better at self-policing. Also, no longer going to allow myself to use the For You tab, so sorry if I don't see your posts bc tumblr only served them there. I can't control it lmao. frankly the algorithm here just ain't good enough and I don't want to cry AGAIN bc a video of a naked woman jiggling her stomach with a caption about how much she hates herself and wants to lose weight came up on my feed. Frankly since this is tumblr I'm not sure if that's porn or self-harm, but either way, fuck off with that shit, man! I kinda hate my body too and I don't wanna see that!! I don't want that in my brain!! Hence why I quit and went to ig-only for a while. My IG is all pottery and miniatures and painting and European travel vlogs it's so PEACEFUL!

now onto the fun stuff, a list of things I consider interesting that happened in the past 3ish weeks:

have done a whole lot of reading lately: Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh which is weird and off-putting by very worth reading, then a reread of the Unicorn series by Vicki Blum (always a delight) and finishing Princess Jellyfish (there's quite the plot twist in the last few books but overall it's a delightful series), then my hold for Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk came up (extremely interesting and worthwhile read, especially after listening to the No Dogs in Space punk series, very sad ending though bc of course a lot of the punk musicians passed away young), and now I'm rereading The Mermaid's Secret and The Dragon Prince by Vicki Blum as a palate cleanser, and then hopefully I'll start the LoTR reread I've been meaning to do for a while. So yeah I read like 16 books in 3 weeks. this is the power of quitting social media.

Also I've kinda discovered that I'm just pretty... disenchanted with all book-fandoms online. it's just so...kinda annoying? nowadays? just the same old drama over and over and I don't caaaare lol. Read what you want, at whatever speed you want, idc, none of it matters. I read for funsies after work. Some people read 24/7 because being a book blogger is their career. Some people are 17 and still have the mental stamina to read a 500 page book in 2 days. Idgaf if you read Maas or Austen or Sanderson or whatever, there's no moral high ground (except maybe not giving Sanderson money bc WOW BYU is a shitty organization). Also I don't necessarily want other people's opinions on what I read or if a book I just bought has "mixed reviews" or whatever (unless the person is a mutual whose opinions I value lol). So I might start posting on the book blog again but just....not interact with booklr. Torn between the desire to communicate with others and the desire to keep my hobby all to myself and free from unnecessary judgement or bullshit.

Finally rearranged my bookshelves, by ~vibe or whatever~. Might post photos tomorrow but the living room is once again in a state of chaos since I started gardening today.

On that note, started my garden! planted some veggies, herbs, and a whole boatload of tomatoes in seedling trays (listen, MacKenzie seed were on sale 3/$5 today at the store and I'm weak for weird tomato variants and herbs. Still need to find rosemary and fennel though). Have more stuff to do, but I'm going to give the seedlings a couple weeks to get started and then maybe plant everything else Easter weekend. Last year was nice, garden-wise, but this year I really hope we don't get 30C weather in May. My allergies cannot handle it 😭

saw the Alien/Aliens double feature our cheap theatre put on and it was a DELIGHT

we also got a record snowstorm that weekend, which sucked bc it was the same week I'd had a random friday booked off (previously for traveling with my aunt, very glad that was cancelled now) so I basically did none of the other things I had planned.

also after said double feature, had to make my first 911 call. luckily I rot my brain with true crime All Day Every Day so I handled it like a pro 😤 (i am fine it was for another person, and uh, it turned out to not be so serious once the emergency people were able to get them to stop crying hysterically and realized this poor person was just intoxicated, underdressed for the weather, and a bit lost)

discovered the health foods store near my place has a bunch of funky herbal teas for like $5.50 a box so I've been going a little nuts there. I LOVE FENNEL TEA IT'S SO GOOD. ALSO LAVENDER MY BELOVED! they also have a bunch of local coffee blends, and I'm seriously considering getting a coffee bean grinder so I can try them

saw Lisa Frankenstein the week after the Alien double feature at that same theatre, it was fucking excellent I laughed my ass off, also at that theatre you can get your ticket and snacks and drink for the same price as a Cineplex ticket, it's excellent

finally watched Saltburn, which was great. love the Donna Tartt vibes. i watched it while somewhat drunk off Soju, which I think is how it's meant to be viewed.

also started a Ghibli rewatch, to justify not cancelling my Netflix just yet (I know I know, I should but I technically can afford it and it's my emotional support streamer you know? how else am I going to instantaneously watch Gilmore Girls on a bad day?) So far I have only watched Kiki's Delivery Service lol

Also, funny anecdote: last week I got my period and was VICIOUSLY craving alcohol. like I went to the store and bought the most bizarre range of random things (soju, honey jack, and mead...and then proceeded to drink them at my normal rate lmao). Realized afterwards this is a combination of my usual craving for sweet things + my very stressed coworker constantly joking about how we need to crack a bottle of something when this stressful project is finished. At the time however I thought my uterus was trying to make me an alcoholic.

Did my budgeting with my new rent and discovered that I'm actually fine, because I had DOUBLED A NUMBER SOMEHOW! and I basically had $150/month freed up. I'm so smart. I continue to procrastinate my income tax though (shhhh I have another month....)

Started writing a vague story about two women hiking to a portal to elfland, which is located near an abandoned train station. There are cultists called vampires living at said train station who are such a fucking delight to write (not real bloodsucking vampires tho, they are currently eating paella 🥘). It's fun and weird and I'm having a good time with it.

started listening to a podcast called No One Should Believe Me about cases involving Munchausens by Proxy, which is very interesting. the host has a sister with (alleged) MbP and genuinely wants to get her (and of course her kids) help, so it's actually a really good, compassionate take on an issue that's usually played for shock value. I have to listen to it slowly though bc it's Heavy

started knitting again! made 1 dishcloth and started a second. have decided I'm going to take these into work when I have a few done. If my boss won't buy us proper cloths then I'll pawn my knitting practice off on them lol

there is a lot of early road construction near my office since, aside from that random snowstorm, it's been a mild early spring. be glad you haven't had to listen to me rant about that lol

finally bucked up and got a duvet cover for my comforter that was lowkey falling apart at the seams. it's a good comforter aside from some light "my washer is evil" damage so I'm happy I can stuff it into a (less expensive) duvet cover instead of having to replace the whole thing

#hey hi hello #also goodbye and goodnight if my sober self decides to not redownload this app tomorrow #i will probably post less and interact less than usual and i apologize but you know how it is. #i feel SO MUCH BETTER when im just doing my irl stuff during the day and only on socials during certain times

[ad-hawkeye]

just learn about the contents of alkaid's lock up event, the card where he looks like he's tied up in a mental hospital setting(?)

bub....... i hate it so much cus alkaid is so ooc there yk his au selves still has some of the traits w his modern self right but here in the lock up event, nOOOOOO he's really Really different even worse than prefect luminary even mc is so ooc too and feels like reading a fanfiction

many cn players esp alkaid luvers dislike it too

im not looking forward to it when the lock up event get in the global server :(

now time to read some alkaid fluff to cleanse that Cursed event out of my mind

LMAO HAHA oh god i’m going to imagine that this alkaid is the freak of the bunch that the other alkaids are just really uncomfortable around at Universe Family Gatherings. even the prefect is like oh, that guy? yeah something went… wrong with that guy. truly the shining example that nurture can overcome any innate nature. We Don’t Talk To Him.

i think watching tot take artem wing and just absolutely shit on his characterization in his canon timeline has made me So Hardened. bc i think there’s a certain sort of beauty to how lbc works in that if there’s an alternate universe version you really hate, or is insanely ooc, you can just go okay well that was fucking weird! and you don’t have to deal with it as part of the canon timeline AND IT'S SUCH A RELIEF. or you can be like okay WELL guess who just found the fever dream universe!!!

though thinking on it, i think the real crime would be mc being insanely ooc. there's only one of her. cael would also wind up in hot water if he were written to be ooc, so i wonder how he’s handled in this event...

also wow, the cn fans don’t like it either??? i’m so used to being alone in this shit HAHA that’s actually so great. here’s to hoping their complaints are heard bc that’d be nice!! i’ll be joining you with that cleansing fluff btw x) i consider godheim alkaid to be a nice palate cleanser LOL

#lbc spoilers #cn spoilers #asks #anon #actually i wonder if this is why cael has the most tame of the cards since his would technically be 'canon' since there's only One of Him #not to be like this is why i hate fan service but. this is why i hate fan service #i don't think i have ever seen wild fan service done in character in my life. nor have i ever gained anything of value from it. #truly a net negative in my life sorry for being aspec on main it will happen again