Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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- The Void
Currently in favor of Yuan He interlude
I'm intrigued by the Faceless mystery box as well
But for now, I WILL RESIST THE TEMPTATION
I'm intrigued by the Faceless mystery box as well
But for now, I WILL RESIST THE TEMPTATION
WhoTheHeckity
But no one ever asks HowTheHeckity
- Location
- Murica 🦅
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Best Snek and Jaromila would have a lot of things to talk about I think
I think this chapter highlights the essence of LQ's heart demon. How can someone so devoted to others also come to embody their Endings?
It manifests in different ways, like her selfish protectiveness, but it boils down to reconciling with the idea that the things you love will ultimately vanish being etched into your soul.
I've never read xianxia with cultivation so heavily tied to the self before.
It manifests in different ways, like her selfish protectiveness, but it boils down to reconciling with the idea that the things you love will ultimately vanish being etched into your soul.
I've never read xianxia with cultivation so heavily tied to the self before.
I'm leaning Yuan He atm.
I'm not sure what Qingge can have to say that hasn't already been said. It's not as if anything has particularly changed about her situation, or that LQ going off on a dangerous trip is new. Neither is she really in any position to have a meaningful perspective on the war, rather than the old "oh look people are nervous and there's more military around the city". Possibly I'm missing something but 🤷
I'm not sure what Qingge can have to say that hasn't already been said. It's not as if anything has particularly changed about her situation, or that LQ going off on a dangerous trip is new. Neither is she really in any position to have a meaningful perspective on the war, rather than the old "oh look people are nervous and there's more military around the city". Possibly I'm missing something but 🤷
- Location
- US
While I really enjoyed the chapter, the ending kind of hammers home why I wished we went for the better personal understanding and heart demon help. Heck I would have been fine with the music option, this is the second time we've turned down significant upgrade to our music after all.
It just feels like trying to resolve the heart demon is much more important than making a tier 1 bond in the hopes of making the negotiation smoother. Like, we had an opportunity handed to us on a platter to finally make roads on something that will only get worse and worse as time goes on.
It's nice to see Hanyi understand herself a little better, but not really when Ling Qi is still fundamentally broken on a spiritual level.
[] The Mortal (Ling Qingge)
It just feels like trying to resolve the heart demon is much more important than making a tier 1 bond in the hopes of making the negotiation smoother. Like, we had an opportunity handed to us on a platter to finally make roads on something that will only get worse and worse as time goes on.
It's nice to see Hanyi understand herself a little better, but not really when Ling Qi is still fundamentally broken on a spiritual level.
[] The Mortal (Ling Qingge)
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
...wow. That's, uh, right when I joined the quest. My first post was the vote on T6 1-2. This is a weird feeling, since I think of everything since I joined the quest as having happened "recently."
We know Yuan He is old as balls and that losing his most likely replacement is a large part of why the attack in Turn 7 hurt so badly.
- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I'm actually assuming something new to have been going on with Qingge to warrant her inclusion here, rather than it just being another look into her daily life. Though I guess her take on how life's changed since her interlude in the last thread could be interesting too.
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
While the Qingge option might reveal some more about the long-term character arcs related to her, for some reason it's not really grabbing me. No matter what we choose here, that plot's going to come up again, and then we can have Ling Qi participate and learn these things too. Watching from an interlude perspective would mean that when Ling Qi learns the same things in the main plot, it would become a rehash of what we the players already know, instead of keeping us in sync with Ling Qi.
Going for it now almost feels almost like cheating, the kind that you'd feel kind of bad about in retrospect because doing it the normal way would've been more fun.
Meanwhile, the Yuan He interlude would give us more perspective for the greater situation for Argent, which is important for understanding the events of the story but not so emotionally charged, and there's no guarantee we'd ever get that perspective from the main plot. Plus, Yuan He is a pretty interesting character and I kinda feel like we haven't seen enough of him.
Going for it now almost feels almost like cheating, the kind that you'd feel kind of bad about in retrospect because doing it the normal way would've been more fun.
Meanwhile, the Yuan He interlude would give us more perspective for the greater situation for Argent, which is important for understanding the events of the story but not so emotionally charged, and there's no guarantee we'd ever get that perspective from the main plot. Plus, Yuan He is a pretty interesting character and I kinda feel like we haven't seen enough of him.
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Hm. Interesting. Jeroma's mother is almost a mirror reflection of Ling Qi's mother. Sort of. Both nobles, both cast out from there home for following their heart, and suffering for it.
Granted, Jeroma's dad is a lot better of a person than Ling Qi's sperm donor. Lets leave it at that.
As for the vote... For me, its got to be The Mortal. I like the family.
Granted, Jeroma's dad is a lot better of a person than Ling Qi's sperm donor. Lets leave it at that.
As for the vote... For me, its got to be The Mortal. I like the family.
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Did we ever see confirmation on if he ran? I was of the impression he was maybe murdered...
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
It's a tough call. On one hand Qingge was given the wrong date of departure. The caravan left one day before she was told it would. On the other hand convincing a caravan to leave early isn't that hard and we have no confirmation that he ever left with the caravan.
So here's (one of) the sin(s) of the Nation of the Polar Gates. Racism, against the New Tribes, somehow still foreign and apparently an underclass even after millennia after Sudica United the Tribes. Didn't she Ascend? Cementing her principles of unity and connection into the Law of the region?
Though, I suppose all her Ascension can do is make sure her teachings work, but it's up to those who follow to use her teachings the way they were supposed to. (Unless the Polar Gates cultivation method doesn't get that kind of Great Spirit Lawmaking, but from the mention of "changing the mantle to suit the cultivator," I think we can safely assume both cultivation methods create new spirits that enforce new laws on the region.)
And here's the FSS+/Hanyi insights! Hanyi believes winter is a time to rest, and enjoy the fruits of one's labors. Her Frozen Peak Serenade seems it might combine with Lonely Winter Maiden to do the trapping people in dreams thing we saw Zeqing and Black Sky's Yearning do?
Jaromila believes winter is renewal and change, which directly synergizes with what Ling Qi is trying to do with UGM. I doubt we'll get the time to do any training with her, but I bet that'll get Ling Qi the insights to change UGM.
And Ling Qi believes winter is loneliness, which family guards against. FSS+ evolution is pushed toward something with IFF, possibly moving the CtE damage Rank Up condition towards something to do with isolation rather than relative distance to caster.
(This insight is where Ling Qi and Cai Renxiang probably have their most common point in their respective philosophies. Namely, the role of family in the care of people. IRL Confucism models the structure of society on the family unit, and the likens the duty of those higher on the social hierarchy to care for those on the lower rungs to the duty of parents towards their children. Cai Renxiang seems to have some inclination towards the philosophy of the Forgeverse equivalent, and it probably will come up during her Way setting, I think.)
Now i wonder of biyu's dad also got offed for whatever reason
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- the internet
Just saying LQ's mom wasn't noble. She belonged to a servant family of a noble cultivator family. Big difference.
This.
We do not know for sure, but from the hints given and how the family went out of its way to make sure that Ling Qingge's life would be miserable I would bet on him being murdered.
The world's lore is amazing. The Hanyi also keeps being...Hanyi.
- Location
- Spain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] The Mortal (Ling Qingge)
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