#you have to cultivate

[andillwriteyouatragedy]

i should be posting on here more tbh. i'm gonna try and be more present over here again. i miss it

#tumblr has such a unique vibe idk #you have to cultivate #but really you gotta do that everywhere #and twt is such a hole rn #but so much fandom is there #idk! idk #anyways! #personal ramblings

[pillow-boi]

he can't let him go

#wangxian #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #lan wangji #lwj #wei wuxian #wwx #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the untamed #cql #魔道祖师 #mxtx #danmei #it goes with the wwx I posted before #so you have double the sad now

[benevolenterrancy]

magical powers add whole new dimensions to the "annoy your sibling beyond the bounds of sanity" game

#mdzs #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #wei ying #yunmeng bros #yunmeng siblings #twin prides of yunmeng #the untamed #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wwx #i can perfectly imagine exactly how intolerable my sibling and i would have been with magic abilities #we got into enough trouble messing around with sticks in the yard can you even imagine if we had swords #ah the inevitable repercussions of your own actions x2 #my art

[cringefailvox]

vox and rosie are horrible oversharers with zero sense of personal privacy, meanwhile alastor shares something about himself once every decade and it's so heavily cloaked in innuendo that they don't even realize he's divulged a secret for weeks afterwards

#vox: the rate at which you share personal information is astounding #alastor: it's called cultivating a mystery #rosie: it's CALLED having trust issues #domestic staticradiorose my beloved #vox #alastor #rosie #radiostatic #radiorose #staticrose #staticradiorose #op

[stoatafloat]

Come back to Gusu with me.

#you’re the devil in disguise 🎶 #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #lilo and stitch #lan wangji #wei ying #wei wuxian #fan art #my art #badness level #lan zhan #I like the wish scene but… #have you considered the badness level scene? #the untamed

[roxiusagi]

✨Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain✨ by @neonghostcat - fan covers in the design style of seven seas danmei publishing ✿

sooo.. I know it would be more appropriate to post these once the fic is fully finished BUT i got too excited and was waiting too long already to post these hdjfhk and today is cultivate anniversary so appropriate excuse to post lets go!!! anyway theres only one chapter left to go so ppl who have been waiting to read it until its done the time is NOW! hahha

anyway fun fact this was originally going to be just 3 parter. but. at this point cultivate has surpassed svsss in word count if i am not mistaken......so ive decided that adding one more volume would be appropriate lol

oh well and here are the pieces by themselves

also... just to clarify im obviously in no way shape of form comparing myself to the quality of actual seven seas cover artist lmaoo hdjshf i hope thats obvious that this was just fun gimmick passion project

#my art #liushen #fic art #svsss #liu qingge #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #cultivate #Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain #also pls excuse the bad summaries except for the only actual one hjfdk you know im bad with words #anyway i have bajillion feels about cultivate but dont kno how to say em so i hope this is clear enough taht it was made with love lol #hahha anyway go read it #also expect more behind the scenes rambles on side in a few minutes lol

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

There is a cyclic tragedy inherent to Mori's character wherein he's actually a deeply lonely man, but it's mostly because his resolve to do morally reprehensible things and think of people as pieces on the game board is something he prioritizes over his relations with those very same people, and this inevitably pushes them away (for very understandable reasons). And it kind of sucks honestly because the most frustrating thing about Mori is that he 100% has the potential to be a fantastic teacher and mentor, and more than that, I think he loves it! Just look at Beast! But for as long as he decides he needs to be the one to make "the hard calls" to "preserve peace", then Mori will inevitably continue in this cycle of alienating all the people he has a fondness for.

I do feel as though Mori's loneliness is something he views as a necessary sacrifice that he is making for the greater good (and if he is so willing to sacrifice, then Dazai's unwillingness to do the same comes out of left field because - "what do you mean? you're supposed to be just like me!").

Anyways.

Mori voice: "I'm so alone"

Also Mori: *continues to prioritize pure logic over the emotions of his people and himself*

The people: *get rightly angry and/or become extremely traumatized and leave him*

Mori voice: "I did what needed to be done"

Mori: "..."

Mori: "..."

Mori: "I'm so alone"

Sir. You are doing this to yourself.

#thing is he works well as a mafia boss because those people who take orders know in advance they are going to be commanded #to do whatever is necessary #mori has cultivated strong bonds of loyalty so people like hirotsu and tachihara have no issue with doing what is demanded of them #since that is just what you do in the mafia. #but for people mori is closer with. his actions frequently feel like betrayal to them. because that may be how you treat a soldier #but it's not how you treat a child a mentee or a friend. #the thing i want to know is why he thinks being ruthless in the service of yokohama's peace is his own personal responsibility #in the first place #bsd #bsd mori #bsd meta #<- sort of. i'm mostly just rambling #storyrambles

[fauvester]

shang qinghua finds a demon-magic-plot device way to provide MBJ an heir to the throne. a dedicated advisor!!

#my king people are young to hear you saying that shit and get the wrong idea! #NOT with magical demon mpreg my king!! #not that that’s going to keep MBJ from trying #moshang #svs3 #in my mindpalace there’s the carcass of a magical deer involved. some raw meat eating and blood rituals. #some dual cultivating. n 30 days later boom you got a fresh baby! #i dont think mbj would be like. super stoked about having a baby. hes a demon (not exactly helicopter parent) AND he has Trauma #hes just passively like oh. well now my claim to the throne is more legitimate than my half brothers who have kids too. pog #thats why sqh did it too... does linguangjun have beautiful little demon heirs? I THINK NOT! #and besides like. a little breeding kink. as a treat. (I bet demons LOOOOOVE that shit)

[stil-lindigo]

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#disclaimer: I do want to say that I'm also regularly donating a significant portion of my own personal funds and have been for a while #however I think these additional donations will make all the difference. #just donating alone isnt gonna stop the genocide happening in gaza but im trying to put my money where my mouth is #thank you all in advance for your generosity #i appreciate the audience ive cultivated here immensely #and if nothing else i hope this weeds out the trash that mightve lingered here. somehow. #dont dare try separate the art from the artist with me. #everything ive ever made and will ever make stands with palestine from now until it sees its liberation #free palestine #palestine

[lazycranberrydoodles]

its prosecutor jiang wanyin!!!! oh fuck!!! / gifs + au rambling below the cut / follow for more mdzs x aa crossover stuff :3

all the gifs i made (poses traced off franziska):

hes so similar to franziska when you think about it. theyre both deeply insecure tsundere adoptive younger sibling of successful main characters. who carry whips. something something edgeworth choosing death and wwx actually dying also

his share code is HWFEFF if you wanna use him in a trial! you can't share backgrounds but heres the scenery from the donghua i used.

the easiest way to put custom stuff into objection.lol is to send it in discord and then use the link from opening it in your browser :)

a whole lot of AU stuff

the art im making is for if mdzs was an ace attorney game, playing from WWX's POV to solve various mysteries/cases over the course of the plot. so this scene would be from turnabout goddess, which would loosely cover the dafan mountain mystery.

cases include:

Turnabout Revenge (Mo Manor, quick introductory first case)

Turnabout Goddess (Dafan mountain, the good times flashback)

Turnabout Saber (the man-eating castle (omg hiii nhs))

The Blind Turnabout (Yi City arc)

Turnabout Deviation (the Koi Tower conference, Empathy on NMJ ala turnabout memories or beginnings. opening cutscene is his qi deviation)

The Blood-Soaked Turnabout (second Burial Mounds siege, flashbacks: Xuanwu, Sunshot, YLLZ, Nightless City massacre)

Turnabout Lotus Seeds (testimony about JGY, tree scene, golden core reveal, bathtub scene. opening cutscene could be JGS' death but that would make it canon rather than ambiguous)

Turnabout Confession (Guanyin temple)

the problem with splitting novel!mdzs into turnabouts is that flashbacks are a huge chunk of the book but they don't have mysteries/ cases to solve so they've gotta be lumped together with present day stuff. imo? many of the flashbacks would likely have to be abridged so they could be retold ala DL-6, SL-9, or the fourth grade incident, where characters talk about it over some pieces of art. this is really difficult when theres a metric ton of unspoken, complex, and signifcant history between every character lmao

there's not as much of a problem with the cql timeline but i have not finished it. so.

the opening cutscenes in ace attorney always show the murder and/or the murderer plotting. the first cutscene of the game would be MXY summoning WWX, muttering about getting revenge on his family (it would also be good for him to mention the yllz being dead because that's how the novel starts.) cut to WWX's POV as he wakes up covered in blood and the investigation segment begins.

for investigations of monsters (goddess, saber, etc) the cutscene would be a scene of some poor throwaway cultivator getting their shit wrecked.

it would be cool to make a breakdown for JGY but again I need to review that scene cause I don't know who I'd base him on. maybe Vasquez or Dahlia.

tell me your thoughts!! i'm working off of a mdzs summary/ skimming the novel because i don't remember it too well so if i get anything wrong please yell at me

Jin Ling's sprites & Nie Huaisang's sprites / masterpost

#PLEAAAASE send it to me if you do actually use my animations in a case🥺 #here im adapting mdzs to aa gameplay rather than making a mdzs AU where they are lawyers #so jiang cheng is not a prosecutor in this hes just angry. and on the right side of the screen #that man has not graduated law school but then again no one in ace attorney has either #the names are based off of how ace attorney cases are either named after a distinctive item/location (bigtop bridge samurai etc) #or the main emotional/character type thing that happens (goodbyes reminiscence farewell) #the mdzs/aa au where the stories get blended (ie my tags on the nhs post) is very interesting but i would have to think about it very hard #and i dont want to . i would rather think about what the court record would look like (its full of severed limbs) #MDZS' EXPLORATIONS OF MORALITY MAKE ME CHEW ON ROCKS #urrgh i got carried away writing this post & wrote a couple hundred words comparing aa and mdzs' attitudes towards morality & public opinio #i could write an essay on this topic tbh. #can i call this an au? its the same story in the same universe just in a different format. hmm #mdzs #aa #art #mo dao zu shi #ace attorney #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #cql #the untamed #jiang cheng #jin ling #objection.lol #flashing image tw #pixel art #animation #my art #franziska von karma #i guess?? #mdzs aa au

[phemiec]

It's good to do something outside your comfort zone now and again just to make you remember how massively fucking autistic you are lol

#When you cultivate a lovely little predictable life for yourself #And you get feeling like....wow I'm so hashtag normal #Incredibly neurobasic neurobland babies #But then you have a day where your schedule is off or you have to do something new and unexpected and u remember ur fucked #We're in it now folks

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A new challenger approaches (slowly)

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #wen chao #jin zixuan #jiang cheng #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #Wen Chao's turtlephobia starts now. I wonder if that's ever going to come back into play? #Slight re-ordering of events for the funny punchlines but we're close to getting back on track. #The mianmian stuff happening right after we also have a Torment Tortoise looking for blood makes this scene so chaotic. #A good kind of chaos as it is supposed to be overwhelming and anxiety inducing! #I have been sitting on the idea of the Beast being just a normal turtle with a knife for ages. Years in fact. #It's stupid as hell but that's sometimes what art is. Indulging the past you who would have loved to see the dumb thing be drawn. #Making it canon now that A-Qing's turtle (the one pd-Lan Sizhui found) is a descendant of this turtle. #Maybe she was so defensive because she has eggs she was watching over! How insensitive of these cultivators! #You can insert your own choice of boss music here - I did not grow up playing video games so I have nothing off the top of my head. #I am making a BOTW reference here so you could substitute one of those themes but I find them more melancholic than menacing.

[goatpunches]

Hear No Evil / See No Evil / Speak No Evil

—

Yi City Version

#i have a lot of 3zun feelings after finishing mdzs #OUGH #i’ve had this illustration planned since i read vol 2 but i put it on hold until i finished the series #very happy with how it came out #i spent a lot of time deliberating who would be who with this saying #i feel like you can put an argument for any arrangement #but this one also made the most sense composition wise #lan xichen #jin guangyao #meng yao #zewu jun #nie mingjue #3zun #mdzs #grand master of demonic cultivation #fanart #mxtx

[swagvo1d]

#wangxian #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #lan wangji #im so tired lately and have no time to draw #but i offer you Them #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wei wuxian #the untamed #cql

[mitchmotch]

my friend @revalito and i made an anastasia inspired au =]!

#wei wuxian #wei ying #lan zhan #lan wangji #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wangxian #wen ning #wen qing #anastasia au #most of these aren't like as finished as i would've liked them to be. basically the ones that don't have color are the ones that like #i would still consider Sketches and stuff #but if i kept working on these until they made me happy i would get tired of working on them. HEHJKSHKJDS #im really satisfied w my zhen yazhu design teehee #idk how it would work in like. chinese characters but hades and i had the joke of like. wwx seeing zhen lin's name and being like 'a-jie. #'we just have to replace the vowels with a's and switch around the names and its lan zhan' #'i've connected the dots' 'you didn't connect shit' 'ive connected them' #there is like so so so so many more ideas we've had for this its crazy HEKJDSHK maybe i'll draw some more and make another post .. #after finals that is #a special rundown for those w the patience to read my tags HEJKSDHKJSD #nie huaisang and mianmian are the ones helping lan qiren in the search for lan wangji. lan xichen is the one who put out the search #for him initially but he's been so discouraged by his little brother being missing for 13 years he can't really take being the lead anymore #so lqr stepped up #the wens and wwx dont really Want to participate in the search. what with the spotlight on them n everything #but they desperately need the money to try and relocate to a much safer and more secluded location. attacks and all that #when they were younger wwx found lwj outside of the gentian cottage waiting for his mom and offered to wait w him and brought him a blanket #and sumn warm to drink. i think that implies wwx's parents died sooner but. the idea is sweet so . HJWHDHHSJDSHGDSHGHJ #all the servant stories hades n i came up for them. god. so cute #lxc absolutely knew about lwjs crush and did what he could to encourage them spending time together trust

[noinobonoto]

I think the saddest part about Wei Wuxian's abuse by Madam Yu isn't the whipping or the kneeling or the belittlement... but the way she treated his parents.

Wei Wuxian's parents are dead. He is an orphan. He also lived under the same roof as the man who knew and was friends with his parents, especially his father who used to be his servant.

And yet he knows almost nothing about them, he knows as much as a bystander about who Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze were. The only things he has is a foggy memory or two and other people's gossip. All because of Madam Yu.

He can't mention them, he can't talk about them at all or ask about them because he will get punished, because Madam Yu hates their (mainly his mother's) mere existence and makes it everyone's problem. And it's so funny too, that she is always the one mentioning them in the first place, always to insult them. Wei Wuxian grew up in a place where his parents were badmouthed all the time, where he couldn't mention them or learn anything about them from Jiang Fengmian because Madam Yu made it impossible.

It's just so sad.

#mdzs #wei wuxian #madam yu #jiang fengmian #cangse sanren #wei changze #now that i think about it... is it the same or different changse in their names?? #should i write them the same way? #i have no clue and it's almost 5am #you may think wwx isn't too phased he barely mentions his parents at all so he can't feel too badly #but imo it's precisely because of madam yu's treatment that he acts like that #every so often i remember how wwx felt warm inside when he heard xxc mention the story of cssr and cry a little #he would've inhaled any information if he had the chance to #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation