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homunculous son or unkillable elder god daughter

most pop culture shirts are so ugly and tacky i think if you're making a shirt for your tv show you should either have to put out something that looks like in-universe merch or else go full balls to the wall three wolf moon mode like those etsy shirts that are like five different ugly photos of wilson from house md or whoever that say WILSON in giant 80s looking 3d letters with lightning bolts coming off them. those are good

"Zack Fair is haunting the narrative-" No. Genesis is haunting the narrative.

Despite having literally no appearances since CCR, we're still anticipating Genesis' appearance every day.

Every Loveless poster, every book store, every black feather, every mention of SOLDIER's past makes us instinctively go "Genesis?" without any direct callbacks. Every mention of Sephiroth's "old friends" has us on the edge of our seats.

Haunting the narrative isn't about being constantly brought up despite being dead; haunting the narrative is about how everyone still thinks of him despite there being radio silence from his end.

We all knew Zack was gonna appear again in remake/rebirth. We expected it. He's too important to ignore. But Genesis is still being dangled just out of reach, and the moment even his goddamn SHOE appears on screen, you know there's going to be an apocalyptic event in the FF7 fandom.

Nothing shall forestall his return.

I thank you for answering my previous question! (I'm so glad there are people on social media who work together to share knowledge like this!)

One of things I guess I did get confused with in my research is Nezha's origin story. It does help that you clarified about the many versions being different but they all are a part of telling the story. I overheard a rumor that there was an official book that told the "original" version of his story, but that is what my research is mainly trying to solve. I see a few titles saying they talk about Nezha's backstory, but none that claimed to be original. So I suppose I could be wrong in what I heard. Again, I thank you fir answering my questions! It's been fun learning new things about these topics!

Hello Hello!

I see, I understand what you’re trying to get here. To the best of my knowledge the earliest version of Nezha’s origin myth comes from The Grand Compendium of the Three Religion’s Deities. There is an edition from the Ming Dynasty (1368AD-1644AD) and an edition from the Qing Dynasty (1636AD–1911AD), but both editions cover roughly the same information and the distinction isn’t necessary here.

When he was five days old, Nezha went bathing in the Eastern Ocean. He trampled over the [dragon king's] Crystal Palace. He somersaulted straight to the top of the Precious Pagoda. Because he had trampled over his palace, the infuriated dragon king challenged him to fight. By then, Nezha was already seven days old, and he could overcome the nine dragons. The old dragon had no choice, except complaining to the [Jade] Emperor. The General [Nezha] knew of his intention. Intercepting him by Heaven's Gate, he killed the dragon. Mounting the Jade Emperor's altar, Nezha took the Buddha's bow and arrows. He shot an arrow, unintentionally killing Lady Rock's son. Lady Rock raised an army to fight him. The General [Nezha] took the Demon-Felling Club from his father's altar and, fighting his way Westwards, slew her. Considering that Lady Rock had been the demons' chief, Nezha's father was infuriated. He worried lest his son's killing her would provoke the demon hordes to war. Therefore, the General [Nezha] sliced off his flesh and bones, returning them to his father. Holding fast to his inner soul (zhen ling), he hastened to the Buddha's side, pleading that the World-Honored One make him complete once more. Considering that Nezha could subdue demons, the Buddha snapped a lotus flower. He fashioned it's stem into bones, it's roots into flesh, it's fiber into tendons, and it's leaves into clothes, giving life to Nezha once more.

I do hope this was helpful in your search. It’s entirely possible this story was imported from India during the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD) or Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD) or even as early as the Wei Dynasty (386AD-535AD)

A majority of literature about Nezha was written during the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD) which was followed by one (of many) instances where China was no longer unified in a warring states period. It would be (705AD-960AD) where China was not unified and no further literature about Nezha was either written or survived.

Nezha had of course existed before the 7th century, but in terms of a timeframe Nezha and any written record of him was brought to China some centuries before Tang Sanzang went to India. Figure he formally entered China around 266AD-420AD while Sanzang left for India around 629AD.

It is wholly possible a story like this existed while Nezha was still Nalakubara, third son of the Heavenly King Vaisravana. I’ve yet to locate anything like that yet but this post will be amended to reflect if new information has been found.

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you two. keep talking.

*popcorn*

a death in the family adaptation but it's muppets and b is the token human

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you know what? that's accurate of today. nice humidity level, a light breeze. check in again next year (assuming we're still alive lol)

happy last same year as it was yesterday 2024 tuesday

todays the only/last day you can reblog this lol

Biblically accurate Golden Ninja

no brow puppetavian is just what happens when he contemplates his existence these days. 😔

So puppetavian au. Does the sleeve feel like leather or is it felted now??? Is he moving around like a Muppet under his own power or does he have to equip another a person for some things? He's basically a muppet now, right? I have *questions*

So basically- His “flesh” is entirely made of felt. He’s fuzzy and soft. No leather

And yes like a muppet, he moves his arms and stuff on his own, he does everything on his own (he’s got extra powers in this form actually) EXCEPT for moving around freely since he has no legs.

If he needs to get to places he needs to be equipped by a person much to his dismay.

Thankfully Micheal is primarily the one that helps Octavian get around.

Whatever questions you have I’m here for it 💅🏼✨