#yu chen

[tingxingfan]

heres some fanart i found of chenyu!

art by zykyanyy on tiktok

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || July 7 || Books and A Cold Drink:  A current read & ice coffee is the perfect way to survive the heat!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Book Mail!: Spring Edition. Featuring a couple preorders, a couple workiversary gifts to myself, and flowers growing at the base of our biggest tree!

[qursidae]

The 3 most powerful witches in modern times Feat. The 3 ways to become a witch !

See the read more for lore :p

[Carrd 🃏]

I've been thinking about power levels of this world for a while now, which made me question who the most powerful would be.

Aya has always been planned to be the most powerful, as she is the oldest alive witch and a witch's power level is deeply tied to her experience & knowledge.

Then I decided the 2nd most powerful one should be Aya's oldest apprentice that is still alive; Selma. Aya approached Selma mids the Gallic Wars due to rumors of a child druid who never aged. Part of the reason Selma is as powerful as she is, is her age, but it's also due to her being quite obsessed with power. This includes a desire to make a powerful wiccan bloodline. (Hence the 21 daughters)

3rd, is an old pupil of Aya's ex-lover (Now dead) who too grew deeply resentful of humanity. Now Yu is much the same way, but rather than die (As almost all witches do sooner than later) she choose to exile herself from humanity, other supernatural beings and fellow witches.

She may hate humans, but she isn't fond of other magical beings either, including witches. The reason she is as powerful as she is, other than age, is due to her time in exile being the perfect opportunity to strengthen and practice her skills and connection to the goddess.

Her backstory is based on the real tale of Chen Jiao.

As for; The 3 ways to become a witch

First of all; only women can be witches in this. Just so there is no confusion.

Originally I thought all witches should be chosen, but then I wanted there to be families of witches for the sake of the characters, so I added the inherited way. Then I remembered the old tale of trading your firstborn to witches/demons and thought it would work great with the lore.

The reason it was once the norm to be chosen is that there simply weren't enough witches to be able to pass it down. But as that increased, fewer witches were chosen. The only witch to be chosen in the last 100 years is Hella from the main cast of Midday Coven.

[godzilla-reads]

Reading: The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories edited Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang

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Feifei Ruan’s illustrated book cover for The Way Spring Arrives, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang.

[frumusete]

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE WAY SPRING ARRIVES AND OTHER STORIES, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (feat. first daffodils!!)

I've been pining after this one since the hardback released, but I'm more of a paperback person so I Waited, and in my Waiting I missed the seasonal alignment to start reading it (come on: I can't be expected to read a collection with this title any time except at the very beginning of spring, right??). But! Guess what!! Spring is once again Arriving, and things are starting to bud and bloom, and I love that!