Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
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Maybe we'll meet her on the way there? I'm sure she'll appear later. There's only one chapter for this arc so far.
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Maybe we'll meet her on the way there? I'm sure she'll appear later. There's only one chapter for this arc so far.
We could interpret it in a Bloody/Reflecting manner in which we cast our opponents into one role and us into the other. We might even take the stance of "there's a giant war going on and you are caught between the two sides".
This sort of pseudo-trial is what I want from Liminal Carver.
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She'll be in the next part to investigate a different piece of the holding, I'd guess
Woot! Just saw that the next patreon goal has been reached.
EternalObserver
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Pretty sure that's been reached for a really really long long while
Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
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It's at goal 4 rn, but Yrs has been operating at goal 5 since I've joined iirc
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- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
Royal Road was updating three times a week for a long time, but that had to be scaled back in order to keep a buffer zone between the quest and Royal Road. That third update on royal road is now being taken up by the tales series if I'm not mistaken.
No? When I first joined the patreon last month goal 4 hadn't been reached yet.
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Then it had fallen below that level for a bit, but you can trust us that Yrs has been operating at tier 4 for at least over year, probably closer to two years.
Obviously she's waiting at the bottom of the lake
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Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
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Y'all, I just realized Ling Qi is going to be terrifying when she finally gets access to shen and Sovereignty.
Like, we all know she's going to be terrifying, but then I realized that she literally uses Isolation, the concept that caused the world's creation, as a weapon. The Nameless Mother and Father Sky were pure and clean, but they were isolated and lonely. Then they decided to mingle their essence together to create new life. Through this, they were no longer lonely, and the world was created. But the other great spirits didn't like that impurity. They hated it. So they had to defend it.
And now here comes Ling Qi, with a Way that's developing similar to that, who uses Isolation and Community. When she's breaking through to Cyan and formalizing her Way, I expect it to resonate deeply with the world since Isolation and the joys of Community are what led to the world's creation.
There have been memes about Zhengui getting a connection to the Nameless Mother, but I nominate Qi now!!!
Seriously though, it does explain why Qi's Domain was so effective against the starspawn. Cold *plus* Isolation?!?!? A deadly combo. Well, I guess we'll need to wait and see how others ' Domains affect starspawn to really be sure, but still. It's stronk against starspawn.
Like, we all know she's going to be terrifying, but then I realized that she literally uses Isolation, the concept that caused the world's creation, as a weapon. The Nameless Mother and Father Sky were pure and clean, but they were isolated and lonely. Then they decided to mingle their essence together to create new life. Through this, they were no longer lonely, and the world was created. But the other great spirits didn't like that impurity. They hated it. So they had to defend it.
And now here comes Ling Qi, with a Way that's developing similar to that, who uses Isolation and Community. When she's breaking through to Cyan and formalizing her Way, I expect it to resonate deeply with the world since Isolation and the joys of Community are what led to the world's creation.
There have been memes about Zhengui getting a connection to the Nameless Mother, but I nominate Qi now!!!
Seriously though, it does explain why Qi's Domain was so effective against the starspawn. Cold *plus* Isolation?!?!? A deadly combo. Well, I guess we'll need to wait and see how others ' Domains affect starspawn to really be sure, but still. It's stronk against starspawn.
Hey, I took a break from following this quest for some time before returning about a month ago, and I just remembered. Was there a scene where Ling Qi remet with Han Jian/other friends who made it to the inner sect this year? I didn't have the time to go through the two turns I missed, but if there was such scene I really would like to read it
Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
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Hello. Glad to see you're back! I don't think there's any scene where she meets up with Han Jian. But I do recommend catching up if you ever find the time. The last two turns have been crazy good. We finally made FSS+!!!
I've been wondering. Should Soul of Ice be its own thing, or should FFS cannibalise it? Which option is better, narratively speaking?
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She did catch up with some of the others like the Ma twins but not specifically Han Jian.
Oliver_Twister
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The latter imo.
Looking at SoI's description, it basically does what FFS is does, since successors are about exploring our understanding of things and learning new things.
And it just makes more sense for FSS' successor to advance the trait Zeqing gave us, instead of a UGM project.
Oliver_Twister
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I see that as even *more* reason tbh. We got the Winter's Heart trait from Zeqing after we mastered FSS. Improving the trait through FSS' successor just fits.
Like with Sable Grace. We got it from SCS, but we're levelling up the trait through LFWT, its successor.
Like with Sable Grace. We got it from SCS, but we're levelling up the trait through LFWT, its successor.
Where? I would really like to read it
I agree it shouldn't be based of UGM, but it can definetly be its own thing. Ling Qi's connection to ice and ending is something that goes beyond FFS IMO. It should definetly be tied to it, but it should also have its iwn special projects to develop that part of Ling Qi's way.
Btw, do we think it should become Ling Qi's main offensive trait?
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her main offensive trait right now is the flute, which kinda makes more sense because it's the vector through which her attacks go through. Kinda like how a sword immortal's primary offensive traits should be sword mastery, even if he also has supplementary elemental traits. The only character that should probably have their elemental trait as their primary offensive is Xiulan, because she's an elementalist above all. And even then, she might have an "energy projection mastery" trait.
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Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
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LQ literally got Ice and Ending from FSS. And the themes expressed in SoI are largely redundant since that's what FFS does now.
Stasis, Inevitability, Ending and Renewal can all fall under Cycles, Renewal, and Purification.
There is more to winter than the casual eye shows. Through FFS, we'll be exploring a new take of Winter. It's not only pain and Ending, it's a transition into something new.
And SoI offers a person exploration... that's exactly what successors do. You cultivate them specifically to learn new things and explore your understanding of ideas.
And lastly, FFS is primarily built around Ling Qi's second insight, which is pretty foundational to her Way.
So like, everything SoI does, FFS now does it too, and FFS has a better tie-in to the story too.
Stasis, Inevitability, Ending and Renewal can all fall under Cycles, Renewal, and Purification.
There is more to winter than the casual eye shows. Through FFS, we'll be exploring a new take of Winter. It's not only pain and Ending, it's a transition into something new.
And SoI offers a person exploration... that's exactly what successors do. You cultivate them specifically to learn new things and explore your understanding of ideas.
And lastly, FFS is primarily built around Ling Qi's second insight, which is pretty foundational to her Way.
So like, everything SoI does, FFS now does it too, and FFS has a better tie-in to the story too.
Mmm, note that winter's heart is basically our lineage that we got from both the cultivation of FSS and a tribulation with Zeqing adopting us. That said FFS should be the perfect way to advance (which it's already done) and alter it since it's all about *our* understanding of winter since it's our first successor, so SoI should be cannibalized into it.
(And honestly I love the project and really want to do it but just don't see enough people voting for it unless it's actually necessary to complete the art. Otherwise there will always be a reason to do something else over it. So this is probably the best way of making sure we complete it.)
(And honestly I love the project and really want to do it but just don't see enough people voting for it unless it's actually necessary to complete the art. Otherwise there will always be a reason to do something else over it. So this is probably the best way of making sure we complete it.)
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Not that I disagree, but I kind of feel the argument of 'wow, this Way and build is going to be crazy' is a universal statement that could be said across most cultivators.
I remember a quote that went something like, 'When your Way is sufficiently broad, it can be seen in all things'. Those interpretations of the world are when seen through LQs Way, so of course it seems integral. A martial focused Way would seem no different. Renxiang and Suyin's Ways are connected heavily to purity/impurity, which could be viewed as a central theme in Great Spirits, the Nameless, Humanity, the world. Even the Way of a sword immortal would seem similarly applicable, when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail, and 'cutting', 'severing' or 'splitting' could be viewed as an integral part of the worlds creation.
The point is, I expect we'll see a lot of bullshit in the higher realms, and Ling Qi's particular bullshit will only be a narrow slice of such.
I agree it should be connected to FFS, but a successor is exploring one's own take on an Art. Having SoI as something additional allows it to be more then a concept from one art, which I think it is. Ling Qi got it from FSS, but in the end, I think those concepts are integral to her beyond a single art, even a central one . That said, FFS is connected to the trait, and I do think it should be a vector of advancing it-just not the only one