- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
We carried it up and nothing triggered. So it is unlikely that just having no connection and touching it does anything. After all nothing has happened so far.
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
- Thread starter yrsillar
- Start date
- Original Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Location
- Florida
We could have mountain or hill blood instead of Weilu, we might be cousin's with the ice ladies and Hanyi and Zeqing!
TimEd
Meteor maker
Yeah, but we didn't touch to test it while active.
Can't have this thing so easily destroy itself when randomly nudged by careless servants after all.
Do it for Xin.
- Location
- United States of America
We actually already touched it. We physically carried it up out of the ring.
Yrsillar already confirmed its fine. We dont need to pretend there are "trap vote" concerns.
[] There was no need for it. The character for Ling meant 'Zero' and that is what she had started as. If there were any lineage she would claim, it was her teachers, claimed through her own effort.
Honestly after thinking this for awhile this has for myself a few too many similarities with the direct subordinates of Shenhua not caring about the Past, and focusing on the Future for me to pick. Furthermore we can look to the CRX interlude about Xia Lin being rootless as for how such things can be important to others, and I'd expect there to be plenty of clans who place important in their history, which is a perspective LQ is liable to have issue relating to with this option.
Because whatever end goal Ling Qi decides she wishes to achieve in life it is the nature* of cultivation to force the cultivator to reconcile the reason they cultivate with what those who came before left behind, and those who exist in the present.
*As CRX noted to LQ the ripples a cultivator causes through simply existing scale with their cultivation level.
Honestly after thinking this for awhile this has for myself a few too many similarities with the direct subordinates of Shenhua not caring about the Past, and focusing on the Future for me to pick. Furthermore we can look to the CRX interlude about Xia Lin being rootless as for how such things can be important to others, and I'd expect there to be plenty of clans who place important in their history, which is a perspective LQ is liable to have issue relating to with this option.
Because whatever end goal Ling Qi decides she wishes to achieve in life it is the nature* of cultivation to force the cultivator to reconcile the reason they cultivate with what those who came before left behind, and those who exist in the present.
*As CRX noted to LQ the ripples a cultivator causes through simply existing scale with their cultivation level.
The idea that we don't have Weilu blood when our mom comes from a retainer clan to a Viscount house is pretty damn ridiculous.
This thing isn't gonna tell us anything meaningful about our connection to the ice ladies.
It's kinda nifty, but it pretty explicitly exists so that when a Hui touches it it points out a Weilu ancestor far higher in the line of succession than if anyone else does.
That is its function.
Touching it will tell us how far Ling Qi's last recorded Weilu ancestor was away for the main family branch, which can be politically useful to know for a fact, but is not really how Ling Qi has defined her relationship with anything so far.
So far common background was defined by her through common teachings, perspective, experiences and culture. Not exact tracing of bloodlines.
And that is something we have the opportunity to emphasize here, which I kinda think is worthwhile.
Cecylene
Eternal Idea Engine
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Pronouns
- He/They
Would have probably been a choice about staying true to what we learned from our own experiences or adopting hers.
We carried it up, and as Yrs commented a security measure that destroys the Mona Lisa when it is cleaned by a servant is a pretty dumb security measure.
- Location
- Location: Location!
As many people have already said, the point of this vote is to determine Ling Qi's attitude towards this. Vote for not touching if you want her first instinct to be about being proud to be a self-made woman, vote for touching it if you want her first instinct to be to touch the magic gizmo to see what happens. It should affect Ling Qi's automatic (not-voted-upon) actions going forward.
As for myself, I can't see Ling Qi not wanting to poke at things even when inconvenient. She is a Greedy Girl™ first and foremost, a Selfish Girl™ second, and a Proud Girl™ somewhere far, far down the line.
As for myself, I can't see Ling Qi not wanting to poke at things even when inconvenient. She is a Greedy Girl™ first and foremost, a Selfish Girl™ second, and a Proud Girl™ somewhere far, far down the line.
ReignTorrential
Save Your Crown for a Rainy Day
There's also a new challenger on this front. Yinhui just called us Scholar Ling again, we can't let her down now.
Being called Scholar Ling makes me happy. We can't let Meng Dan and Yinhui down.
- Location
- United States of America
Imagine getting grandmaster Leis work and immediately the vote after going "nah I dont need to listen to it, I'm a great artist already." Or some reference to zeqing being our true master" it would be such a wasteeeee
We have been desperately trying to get LQ to be more hidden moon, and explore that aspect of herself. Shes not a nerd, she doesnt care for fiction books, or research etc.
This is a great chance to explore her curiosity more. Even if it just turns out to be "oh yeah you got hill tribe blood cool" it doesnt mean it wasnt worth it if it means ling qi can grow from it.
We have been desperately trying to get LQ to be more hidden moon, and explore that aspect of herself. Shes not a nerd, she doesnt care for fiction books, or research etc.
This is a great chance to explore her curiosity more. Even if it just turns out to be "oh yeah you got hill tribe blood cool" it doesnt mean it wasnt worth it if it means ling qi can grow from it.
I don't like the reason for touching it. Personally I feel that this should just be "poke it for fun" and maybe learn some secret ancestor that everyone else probably has.
And I also dont like the reason for not touching it. It removes curiosity.
In my opinion this vote would be better formatted as a choice between doing it in front of Meng vs doing it alone.
[jk] Make it a team building exercise! Let's make everyone in our expeditions touch it on a dare. Mybe best turtle is a descendant of a spirit beast that had Weilu blood. Maybe our dress is made up of Weilu dream corpses. Our liege is a cousin. who knows what we can find.
This thing feels like such a fun party game. We drink tea and try to guess how closely related the new member is.
And I also dont like the reason for not touching it. It removes curiosity.
In my opinion this vote would be better formatted as a choice between doing it in front of Meng vs doing it alone.
[jk] Make it a team building exercise! Let's make everyone in our expeditions touch it on a dare. Mybe best turtle is a descendant of a spirit beast that had Weilu blood. Maybe our dress is made up of Weilu dream corpses. Our liege is a cousin. who knows what we can find.
This thing feels like such a fun party game. We drink tea and try to guess how closely related the new member is.
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
*Back from angrily napping*
Moratorium's over
[X] There was no need for it. The character for Ling meant 'Zero' and that is what she had started as. If there were any lineage she would claim, it was her teachers, claimed through her own effort.
Moratorium's over
[X] There was no need for it. The character for Ling meant 'Zero' and that is what she had started as. If there were any lineage she would claim, it was her teachers, claimed through her own effort.
[X] It can't hurt to try. The Weilu are ancient after all, surely most everyone had a drop or two of their blood in them. Imagine how useful it would be, to claim some ancient connection.
TOUCH THE THING
TOUCH THE THING
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] There was no need for it. The character for Ling meant 'Zero' and that is what she had started as. If there were any lineage she would claim, it was her teachers, claimed through her own effort.
I really like the idea of Curious Girl Ling Qi, but that's not what this vote is about.
[X] It can't hurt to try. The name "Ling" means "zero", but just because you're starting from zero doesn't mean it won't be fun to find out what the negative numbers were! Also, it's literally inconceivable to look at a "poke me and find out a thing" talisman and NOT poke it, damn it.
I really like the idea of Curious Girl Ling Qi, but that's not what this vote is about.
It's about "maybe I can use this". And I'm not really into that, even though if the vote were phrased as indulging her curiosity I would be all about touching the thing.
[X] It can't hurt to try. The name "Ling" means "zero", but just because you're starting from zero doesn't mean it won't be fun to find out what the negative numbers were! Also, it's literally inconceivable to look at a "poke me and find out a thing" talisman and NOT poke it, damn it.
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- Location
- United States of America
[X] It can't hurt to try. The Weilu are ancient after all, surely most everyone had a drop or two of their blood in them. Imagine how useful it would be, to claim some ancient connection.