#mint rambles

[mintmoth]

So uh, Hatsune Miku may have made me really mad

And she may have Kept commiting crimes so she's in jail now

[mintcedes]

based on this post by @darkisms (and some conversation in dms about Oscar wearing a quarter-zip in the club) that I just had to draw. My brain wouldn't let me sleep until I finished.

Most of my art is on @theelf-art but I felt this was worth the exception to post over here.

[mintyfresh2763]

Someone made

A Phighting dating sim on itch.io

AND THEY DREW DOM SO FUCKING GOOD

BUT HES NOT A DATEABLE FUCK MY LIFE

[mintedmenace]

I want Victor and I to have a staring match that is actually the two of us devoting much needed time to studying each other's eyes. Not just the actual ball in the socket, but also the structure of the socket, the skin, it's texture, markings and scars and cracks. Maybe hear his voice, soft and low, as he makes quiet remarks about the beauty mark just under my eyelid. Or perhaps him calculating the exact amount of sleep I have not had, due to the very bloodshot sclera I sport. Idk man, it's 4am, my sleep is shit and I want fun intimacy with a greasy snake. Shoot me.

[gummylovesmint]

There's no law against slamming your whumpees head against the desk!! If they mess up a paper? Give it a good slam!! They need to learn better!! Mess up your coffee? Slam against the corner!! Make you make them bleed too!! Makes them want to be better!! They need to learn better :)

[mint-choco-rooibos]

NEW DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ALBUM JUNE 6TH LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

[mintteapullet]

Au where Chu Wanning actually managed to get Song Qiutong in the early chapters. The comedy of three terrible teenagers all fighting in three opposite directions. She moves in with Chu Wanning and is immediately started in on how to build stuff. She probably calls him gege and he is very gentle with her. Shi Mei and 1.0 Mo Ran are SEETHING. For the record, I dont think this makes her any less cunning or vindictive, but I think she does have a better support network and isnt actively afraid for her life anymore. Being around Chu "Beat a rich man for abusing someone" Wanning would make her worse /pos. Letting her not have to pretend to be weak to survive and she gets to be VITRIOLIC. Like, Chu Wanning has a sharp tongue because of insecurity. She takes what he does and turns it into a art form. Xue Meng made her mad once and he left crying

Mo Ran seething in jealousy seeing her getting FAVORED by Chu Wanning, but still in 1.0 and being all "It's not like I'm actually jealous or anything".

She has to move into the disciple quarters when CWN dies for five years and spends most of it training and working on her skills in mechanics. Mo Ran kinda has to go "Hey, I'm sorry about what happened.....I'll make sure you're taken care of....."

2.0 Mo Ran has to confront she actually wasn't that bad of a person, just like he did with Chu Wanning at the start. To make things worse she saw him during his asshole teenage phase. Everytime he approaches HER gege post resurrection he's getting the "I know what you are" glare.

She clocks Ye Wangxi SUPER early and is immediately like "damn, I want that". She's sliding in all "Yknow, he never really loved you, also why dont you take me on a Night Hunt so you can test out the stuff I built <3". Nagong Si wakes up one day to his cookie stolen without him even realizing it. Ye Wangxi wakes up covered in lipstick kiss marks and unable to feel her lower half.

Taxian-Jun tries to attack her and she fucking tases him in the dick. He gives her a wide berth even post canon

[mint-tea-art]

A rant about Wyldfyre and her relationship to her culture and family.

So to start off, Wyldfyre is another adopted Ninjago character. She is very close with her family Heatwave and less so with her caregiver bot (possibly because it isn't actually sentient we don't see it much).

From the moment Lloyd finds her, she acts more like a caged dragon than a prisoner and freely shares she was raised by dragons in the wyldness.

Early on in the show this is used more for comedy and to add more distance between her and the other new recruits. It could even be considered annoying at times. Regardless we know for sure that this girl is a dragon and she's trouble.

When we first stary to see her dragon heritage? Background? Show importance to her it's when the ninja train under the dragon masters. She shows an awareness of their language and culture that the others don't.

Egalt who's old and butter and grizzled is disenchanted with human due to past experiences. Understandably he finds this human girl who claims to be a dragon rather infuriating. Plus, she has such a strong personality and he just wants to be left alone.

Through her understanding of dragons, in a way only someone who's lived with and cared for them can, she slowly changes his mind. She has knowledge of a sickness old dragons get and things that help. She speaks of stories about Him and his partner that her family told, and she generally just has a willingness to engage with him to a degree the others wouldn't dare.

She also speaks with Rontu despite not being able to train with her and listens to her advice. When her leg heals she attributes the idea of resting it to Rontu, saying "but when a dragon said it, it was true" or something to that effect.

Then we get a bit of a break from the masters, blood moon bla bla.

Wyldfyre takes a great interest in the city of temples for its focus on the source dragons (dragons in general being the important part) and for its leader, a young man named Roby.

Throughout the arc Wyldfyre mentions her dragon-ness constantly. When introducing herself to Roby she makes a point of explaining her name is a Dragon name but that she is not a dragon, because well they couldn't date if she was. There's probably more I forgor

But at the end of the arc when her and Roby have this cute moment and he leans in for a kiss, Wyldfyre roars and we learn it's a romance roar. Essentially the dragon version of kissing along her tribe. This is the first time we get a serious response to any of her dragon stuff. Normally it's brushed off or treated as a little weird to the rest of the cast. Roby doesn't do that. He hears her explanation and immediately tries to show his affection in the way she's comfortable with. He even asks if he did it right which is cute idk why.

Roby ends up being a good boyfriend to Wyldfyre because in spite of what his uncle believes, he does have a respect for culture and tradition, just, his own brand of it. Roby is a human that Wyldfyre can be a dragon with.

The last major moment of her story with this topic so far, is season 3 part 2 spoilers if you still haven't seen it

The group rush to Egalts death bed. Of course he gives a speech to all the ninja, his students and how they allowed him to die without keeping his dislike of humans, but he specifically talks to Wyldfyre. If it weren't for Arin being gone, Wyldfyre would be the only other person he talked to individually before his death.

And man, you can tell how much this little human dragon girl had an effect on him. He calls her a true dragon, a credit to her tribe. He uses some of his final words to ensure that Wyldfyre knows that he sees her for what she is in her heart. She's a dragon. Coming from someone who only just regained his trust of humans, it's just such a powerful thing for him to say.

Wyldfyre being of two worlds is something the show has woven into its writing in such a subtle but meaningful way. She mirrors struggles of many types of people but most obviously to me, mixed people and those adopted into different cultures.

For people with this split in who they are it can be hard to feel like you are *truly* what you say you are. Wyldfyre isn't human in culture but in race and she isn't dragon in race but culture. It can be hard to feel like you don't actually fit into a community that is important to you. Wyldfyre seems quite confident in her place but still, that confirmation, Egalt saying she's a true dragon is important to her I'm sure.

Then there's the other aspects of her cultural differences from the cast. In western society there's this push or expectation for certain groups to water themselves down for the sake of white people or the majority group of a country. Lots of Asian people can end up with a "white" name to make school and other things easier. Not for them, but for teachers. People can be discouraged from bringing "ethnic" food for lunch to work or school because people can mock or belittle you for it. The list goes on.

Wyldfyre as a character doesn't do this and is never forced to by the heroes of the story. She isn't made fun of for showing her affection differently. Her favourite foods aren't mocked and she's only ASKED if she'd like a bed in the monastery like the others. She's not treated as lesser for having this different culture and in fact it comes in handy sometimes. It's how something like this should be treated by people instead of how it can so often end up being.

Overall her position in the world she lives in is wonderful and manages to feel relatable for many people in similar dynamics. She's a confident character who shares her culture and has it treates with respect. She is a child of two worlds who found her own place in it and has her own story. I love Wyldfyre because none of this is integral to her story in the overall plot. She can still be reckless and fall for Roby and be annoying to the point she gets along with Egalt, but none of that would mean anything to her if she was just another human.

Tldr: Wyldfyre couldn't be replaced with Frak or Sora or Arin because she is the reason her little moments of character mean so much.

(and this is without mentioning her significance to the plot of different seasons and the potential loss of a dragon family member in the past)

Also bro I need her and Lloyd to talk about dragon stuff plzzzzz