Some rambly meta about Dixing Powers
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guardian_wishlist 2022 (first posted to Gdocs).
Prompt: Worldbuilding and/or Meta: Dixingren Powers
Any headcanons about how they work! Are they lineage-related? What powers them? Who gets them, and how are they awakened? Are some kinds of powers more common than others?
Slightly tangential to your Dixing powers prompt, but I was thinking about how hands are so important for wielding dark energy. There are a few Dixingren who exert their powers in other ways (eg, Zheng Yi with her voice, the Master of Nightmares via eye contact), but mostly we see characters draw power from the aether into their hands, we see them shoot bolts of dark energy with their hands, and we see them manipulate fire, electricity, gravity, poisonous gas, water, etc, with their hands. Shen Wei writes messages and summons his dao that way, too.
( Continued, with screencaps. Also covers: momentum, the Envoy's powers, Chu Shuzhi's strings, and (briefly) the Envoy's dark energy ropes. )
guardian_wishlist 2022 (first posted to Gdocs).Prompt: Worldbuilding and/or Meta: Dixingren Powers
Any headcanons about how they work! Are they lineage-related? What powers them? Who gets them, and how are they awakened? Are some kinds of powers more common than others?
Hands
Slightly tangential to your Dixing powers prompt, but I was thinking about how hands are so important for wielding dark energy. There are a few Dixingren who exert their powers in other ways (eg, Zheng Yi with her voice, the Master of Nightmares via eye contact), but mostly we see characters draw power from the aether into their hands, we see them shoot bolts of dark energy with their hands, and we see them manipulate fire, electricity, gravity, poisonous gas, water, etc, with their hands. Shen Wei writes messages and summons his dao that way, too.
( Continued, with screencaps. Also covers: momentum, the Envoy's powers, Chu Shuzhi's strings, and (briefly) the Envoy's dark energy ropes. )
