Remove ads

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

Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
Reader mode
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though.

Cultivation requires a strong identity. It's literally about becoming what you want to be. If she keeps her mother's traits without actively wanting them, it'll harm her in the future, hampering her cultivation. Better to get rid of it now and start rebuilding something in its place early.
 
mc2rpg said:
Certainly it doesn't if we let her cut it away. Ancestry seems to be a pretty massive motivating/influencing factor in this entire setting.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Not at all. Ancestry only defines you if you let it do so, and it is something Ling Qi has rejected. Cutting it away is basically admitting that Ancestry defines Su Ling, that so long as that connection exists it is impossible to be good.

Keeping it and being good regardless of its presence is entirely possible.
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though.

It's her body, she can do what she wants with it. If she wanted to get rid of her tails because they looked ugly I'd support her too. Her reasoning doesn't have to be "worthy".
 
[x] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[x] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
Hannz said:
Ancestry only defines you if you let it do so
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
This is not the case in this quest. I am honestly confused where you would even get the idea that your ancestry isn't a massive determining factor in everything about you and everything you are capable of here, especially for people that have power. It has a massive influence on what you are good at, and what you can easily take into yourself, and the things you are good at and take into yourself literally redefine what you are as a person. If Su Ling doesn't want to be heavily fox then she should get rid of the spirit blood before its baked into who she will be forever.
 
I shall oppose any move to get rid of fluffy tails!

[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
mc2rpg said:
This is not the case in this quest. I am honestly confused where you would even get the idea that your ancestry isn't a massive determining factor in everything about you and everything you are capable of here, especially for people that have power. It has a massive influence on what you are good at, and what you can easily take into yourself, and the things you are good at and take into yourself literally redefine what you are as a person. If Su Ling doesn't want to be heavily fox then she should get rid of the spirit blood before its baked into who she will be forever.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
The entire point of Ling Qi shrugging off the ancestry that abandoned Qingge is a major character point. What I'm saying is entirely within the story itself. In fact, we had a Wind Affinity from our ancestry too, and we practically ignored it for the majority of the Quest until we got Wind Thief where it got prominence again, instead focusing our time on Moon Arts which Ling Qi's ancestry had nothing to do with.

Is it a factor? Sure, if you're from a clan that values such things. Do we have to value it and let it define a person's character? Not at all. What decides who someone is isn't their blood, but their actions. It's something that happens in the story itself, from Renxiang realizing that her mother's arts have no insight for her, to Meizhen being kinder and more open than what is standard to the Bai.
 
Last edited:
Candesce said:
Keep in mind, one possible way it could impact her decision-making is "Ling Qi doesn't approve, so I'll avoid asking for advice or help where she'll hear about it."

When Ling Qi is sitting on access to the best help and advice locally available on the topic.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

So do you believe that Ling Qi trying to guess what Su Ling wants to hear is better than giving her honest opinion, whatever it may be?
 
@yrsillar How does Su Ling's spirit blood affect her again? Does it change the way she cultivates? Does it affect her personality?

It seems like some of us are under the impression that it's just some added body parts plus a power boost, while others think it has deeper ramifications for her than just that.
 
Last edited:
Honestly? i think the write-in that's currently going is the best. It kind of feels like this is a crucial turning point where we could nudge Su Ling down either path, and I don't think it's clear which one could be best for her. It feels like there is a possibility we could push her down a path that isn't good for her, but she thinks she should do it anyway - and we don't know which path that is because we don't know enough about her and haven't talked to her enough about her lineage. We know lots about the rest of her life and personality, but whenever the tails and mother thing has come up she's clammed up and refused to elaborate. We need to know more if we're going to make this decision.

[X]"Do you hate it because of it's link to your Mother, or do you hate it because it's wrong for you."
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?

[X]"Do you hate it because of it's link to your Mother, or do you hate it because it's wrong for you."

First for the "LQ is a thief" storyline, write in because i its a really good question and would highlight how BIG this choice is.
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though.
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?

[X]"Do you hate it because of it's link to your Mother, or do you hate it because it's wrong for you."
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though.
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?

Ultimately, it's only our POV and nothing else. She'll do what she want and will have our support nonetheless due to LQ being LQ. But she's doing too well right now with that part of her, so making her remember that she could very well lose something with that gamble is a necessity, a polit one, but one nonetheless.

She is who she is due to her own making, not her blood.
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though.
 
Varder said:
So do you believe that Ling Qi trying to guess what Su Ling wants to hear is better than giving her honest opinion, whatever it may be?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
"Guess what Su Ling wants to hear?" What?

Su Ling has been doing research into a dangerous form of body modification. Enough research to be quite aware that it's fucking dangerous. Evidently she's still pursuing it.

Ling Qi doesn't get to choose what Su Ling wants. Full stop. We can try to convince her that the bodymod isn't worth doing, in which case we'd better have a plan on how to deal with the stresses Su Ling wanted to solve with the bodymod - and even then, she still might choose to get it.

Or we can ask that she take as much care in her pursuits as possible, and provide access to better help and advice than she'll be able to get anywhere else - help and advice which might, you know, convince her there's better ways for her to get what she wants.
 
[x] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
[X] If Su Ling truly desired to rid herself of her mother's traits, so be it. She hoped Su Ling would be careful and seek advice and help if she was going to undertake such a project though
 
[X] Su Ling was doing well already, she had already turned her blood to her own purposes. Why waste something you had already stolen? Wasn't it a better revenge to use your enemy's tools against them?
 
Reader mode
You must login or register to reply here.
Remove ads
Back
Top