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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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[x] [Role] Resist
[x] Dream
[x] Reflections
[] Moon
[x] Hearth

Edit: Changing away from Moon to Hearth train.
 
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Hmm. In terms of strengthening Ling Qi and Zhengui's partnership I'm in all honesty skeptical of Moon here. Ling Qi already has a lot of moon, arguably more than there's time to properly showcase already, with 2 of her 3 lunar patrons often struggling for acknowledgement at any one time. That in and of itself isn't a huge peril, but the role of the moon in Ling Qi's Arts education is basically a collection of teachers and/or role models. So if we get this art and it has Moon in it, is it laying the groundwork for collaboration with Zhengui, or is it getting bound up with already large variety of lunar insights Ling Qi has to sift through. Add to this the tendency for Lunar arts to specifically call on one of the 8 great spirits that make up the moon, and the actual connection to Zhengui is looking tenuous.

It's true that Ling Qi is a lunar cultivator, and that one of our goals in choosing an art to work together with Zhengui on should be to have something of her in it too. This is arguably covered by the mandatory Music association with the resulting Arts though. More than that, Moon just isn't very much in his bailiwick; I don't mean this as an element, but stylistically in its effects. The moon's deal is transformation, not growth, and its cycle doesn't resemble Zhengui's to what extent he possesses one. I'm reminded of Imperturbable Manor's Hearth, which was/is a Wood/Fire/Moon art we never cultivated because it didn't fit Zhengui much at all.

Couple other things I noticed with popular keywords:

Void- Voters probably don't care about the Zhengui connection because Void does nothing there. No major incompatibility with resist, but Void does not seem likely to allow for Group Sustain. A Void won't be spitting up energy to allies after it noms a dispel attempt.

Consumption- This seems likely to shift any art towards conditional effects, especially in relation to qi sustain- you have to "consume" something in the scene before you benefit from the effects. This doesn't seem idealk
 
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AbeoLogos said:
Hmm. In terms of strengthening Ling Qi and Zhengui's partnership I'm in all honesty skeptical of Moon here. Ling Qi already has a lot of moon, arguably more than there's time to properly showcase already, with 2 of her 3 lunar patrons often struggling for acknowledgement at any one time. That in and of itself isn't a huge peril, but the role of the moon in Ling Qi's Arts education is basically a collection of teachers and/or role models. So if we get this art and it has Moon in it, is it laying the groundwork for collaboration with Zhengui, or is it getting bound up with already large variety of lunar insights Ling Qi has to sift through. Add to this the tendency for Lunar arts to specifically call on one of the 8 great spirits that make up the moon, and the actual connection to Zhengui is looking tenuous.

It's true that Ling Qi is a lunar cultivator, and that one of our goals in choosing an art to work together with Zhengui on should be to have something of her in it too. This is arguably covered by the mandatory Music association with the resulting Arts though. More than that, Moon just isn't very much in his bailiwick; I don't mean this as an element, but stylistically in its effects. The moon's deal is transformation, not growth, and its cycle doesn't resemble Zhengui's to what extent he possesses one. I'm reminded of Imperturbable Manor's Hearth, which was/is a Wood/Fire/Moon art we never cultivated because it didn't fit Zhengui much at all.

Couple other things I noticed with popular keywords:

Void- Voters probably don't care about the Zhengui connection because Void does nothing there. No major incompatibility with resist, but Void does not seem likely to allow for Group Sustain. A Void won't be spitting up energy to allies after it noms a dispel attempt.

Consumption- This seems likely to shift any art towards conditional effects, especially in relation to qi sustain- you have to "consume" something in the scene before you benefit from the effects. This doesn't seem idealk
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I am swayed.
veekie said:
[X][Role] Group Sustain
[X] Growth
[X] Renewal
[X] Hearth
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Went for Hearth instead of particular elements because we seem to get neater arts when we focus on their themes more than trying to cram a specific element into the table.
 
Sleeping on it I think my first choice hearth was the best choice, it will be dealing with bonds instead and with growth and renewal be focused on rekindling old bonds and growing new/existing bonds to be stronger.

It would be Focusing more on our domain and what family would mean to us and use our bonds to protect us which our domain already does.

If he was a regular sea turtle Wuan Wu the moon would fit more thematically, but he ain't he's a fire turtle variant that fits more with sun/fire/warmth and we have to account for that, it'd be like saying to tack on sun for us because he wants to be closer to us.

Going back to my earlier comment he IS our hearth, he painfully wants to help us in any way he can feasibly so if we go hearth which fits in Domain wise it would also in a way use his bond for us to help protect against enemies more which we've had a heart demon to show for our efforts going alone.

[X] Renewal
[X] Growth
[X] Hearth
[X] [Role] Personal Resist
 
[X] [Role] Resist
[X] Tides
[X] Wood
[X] Rime

Going to vote for a few unrelated options since there are a lot of nice ideas floating around, and I'm not concerned with getting a specific combination for the art. Although, I do like the imagery of rime in a resist art allowing buffs/debuffs to stick, much like how rime/frost sticks to surfaces
 
AbeoLogos said:
Hmm. In terms of strengthening Ling Qi and Zhengui's partnership I'm in all honesty skeptical of Moon here. Ling Qi already has a lot of moon, arguably more than there's time to properly showcase already, with 2 of her 3 lunar patrons often struggling for acknowledgement at any one time. That in and of itself isn't a huge peril, but the role of the moon in Ling Qi's Arts education is basically a collection of teachers and/or role models. So if we get this art and it has Moon in it, is it laying the groundwork for collaboration with Zhengui, or is it getting bound up with already large variety of lunar insights Ling Qi has to sift through. Add to this the tendency for Lunar arts to specifically call on one of the 8 great spirits that make up the moon, and the actual connection to Zhengui is looking tenuous.

It's true that Ling Qi is a lunar cultivator, and that one of our goals in choosing an art to work together with Zhengui on should be to have something of her in it too. This is arguably covered by the mandatory Music association with the resulting Arts though. More than that, Moon just isn't very much in his bailiwick; I don't mean this as an element, but stylistically in its effects. The moon's deal is transformation, not growth, and its cycle doesn't resemble Zhengui's to what extent he possesses one. I'm reminded of Imperturbable Manor's Hearth, which was/is a Wood/Fire/Moon art we never cultivated because it didn't fit Zhengui much at all.

Couple other things I noticed with popular keywords:

Void- Voters probably don't care about the Zhengui connection because Void does nothing there. No major incompatibility with resist, but Void does not seem likely to allow for Group Sustain. A Void won't be spitting up energy to allies after it noms a dispel attempt.

Consumption- This seems likely to shift any art towards conditional effects, especially in relation to qi sustain- you have to "consume" something in the scene before you benefit from the effects. This doesn't seem idealk
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Although there are parts of this I don't agree with, I totally agree with what Abeo is saying about Moon. We've alrighty got plenty of Moon and any connection b/w Moon and ZG is tenuous at best.
 
[X][Role] Resist Support

[X] Wood
[X] Renewal
[X] Hearth

Changing dance to hearth cause I really like the idea of Linq Qi having a cozy warm center hidden from the outside world just for her friends and spirits.
 
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