#a comfort

[eclecticboogalooo]

one of my best friends and I are both going to pride for the first time so I made this (and it's a little awkward bc it was a 4 inch cake and I used a toothpick for the writing not a piping bag but <3)

[not-rude-ginger]

I’m pretty fond of the amusing post canon idea that Lan Wangji will peace out of the job of Chief Cultivator very quickly to spend his days with Wei Ying. It’s sweet and wholesome and honestly they deserve to be happy together.

Y’know what’s funnier?

If the rest of the Cultivation World realises very, very quickly “Oh. Oh he has no idea what he’s doing as a politician.”

Because, Lan Wangji is about on par with Wei Wuxian when it comes to how to deal with politics, i.e. he will suck at it, or make it worse. Not because he’s dumb, because he’s not, but he has no willingness to play the game and... that won’t work. Like, at all.

It’s nice to imagine a situation where a straight talker will come in and sweep aside all the bullshit and get down to the things that matter, both in and out of reality. That’s just not how things ever go, and it’s not necessarily because there’s a bunch of people who are selfish and only in it for themselves, though there’s always a few of them. In a lot of cases, it’s because people disagree on what is best policy, what is the best outcome, and even just pure personality conflicts.

It’s annoying and tiresome, frustrating and in the worst cases it’s bad for everyone, but it is ultimately true.

So the idea that Lan ‘you are not qualified to talk to me’ Wangji will have the skills to do the job is just not likely. He’s smart, he has a good sense of right and wrong, he knows his cultivation, but he’s also very judgy and petty, and arguably has less of a grasp on broader strokes than he did as a teenager, because his singular focus is very much ‘Wei Ying’.

That’s a good, interesting character you got there. Doesn’t mean he can politic.

Also, you need to be able to talk to people. Just... that’s a necessity.

So you could find that even Lan Xichen, who would want to support his brother as much as possible, would realise after the first Cultivation Conference that actually, having the guy who is known to be ‘righteous and pure’ as the leader of a complex system of hierarchy, tradition, classism, blinders, trends, changing cultures, etc, is not the ideal ‘fix it’ whoever made that decision might have been hoping.

It works as an idea while Lan Wangji is standing there, saying almost nothing, but carrying a good rep from his Clan’s snobby standards and from his time traveling around ‘being where trouble is’. But the minute he has to deal with the day to day grind, has to deal with Sect Leaders being obnoxious and manipulative, and starts putting silencing spells on them or telling them they are not qualified? Yeah, no, that ain’t gonna do it.

It would however, probably be the funniest experience for Jiang Cheng that he’s had in his life, watching the trainwreck and just chilling with his nephew, enjoying the show.

Until someone suggests he should replace Lan Wangji because he’s actually proven he can play the politic game and be upright and righteous, (YMMV on how much his alleged torturing of demonic cultivators would work for or against him) and suddenly it’s not funny anymore. 

[pinkmudpup]

When im sad I think of phoenix wright giving me a pat on the back and instantly feel better

[sparrowposting]

This is So Stupid but i really really love when fic writers have zevran use Italian pet names for the party and the warden, i know antivan is a weird mix of real world Italian and Spanish, but it's just??? Such a comfort to hear (read) the same little affectionate nicknames I'm familiar with from childhood and my nonni and zia and zio....it just....it makes it feel safe...

.....i can hear so clearly the terms of endearment spoken in a soft lilting accent mixed with broken english .... like...things were good once and.... it recaptures even the slightest bit of that fleeting warmth...

[chronal-anomaly]

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[manon-de]

I am very stressed today and I bet you are too. Go vote, then look at this little striped sausage and be soothed

[spilledinkcreations]

The trees whisper amongst themselves about me They wave their branches about Explaining what they’ve heard I stand below them like a Child My only friend is the wind But I never see him He blows right in before my tears have time to fall He comforts me best as he can But not always, does he win I wander the woods alone As he dances around me He makes me laugh And Sprouts Joy within me And leads the way like a Guide

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My Guide (c)