The Prince of Qi

Remember Plato, the Great Dane? 

Well, he was one of several puppies to be rehomed under the false promise of vaccinations. He is now being hospitalized, like many of his ten other siblings, for Parvovirus. He is now doing well, but his other siblings are not.  Parvo is an often-fatal disease that attacks young puppies and eats at the lining of their stomachs and intestines, causing them to vomit and expel diarrhea. Eventually, it dehydrates them so much that it ultimately results in death. It is early enough in the stages of this virus to combat the illness. However, the price of the IV fluids and treatments needed for in-care hospitalization of these dogs is too high for us to handle.  The price of one dog’s treatment over the course of one week is about one thousand and one hundred dollars. If the treatment takes two weeks, that’s two thousand and two hundred dollars. That’s just for one puppy, alone.  If you can spare even just ten dollars, you can help make a difference in whether these beautiful babies live or die.  If our charity happens to go over the needed amount, all extra funds will be immediately donated to the ASPCA.

Listen to this, moonpies. 

So I’ve seen this debate swing around several times. I won’t play with you if you are or are not canon, you aren’t canon enough or you did something so OOC oh my gosh what on earth is going on what-

Stop. Just stop. 

"Canon is something that is confirmed to have happened in the main universe from which you are referring. Say, if it’s in le Final Fantasy 7 universe, it is canon that Sephiroth stabbed Cloud, A LOT. But, Cloud killed Sephiroth a lot.” 

"Personalities? That is where it gets complicated, because then there’s this thing called ‘CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT’. also if were speaking about more believable characters, then one person should act very different around one person than another. It just depends on who the character is.”

I’m just going to reach out to several of my characters here that I have used to stray from ‘canon’. Zhang He. A very one-dimensional character that is obsessed with beauty. How do we go into character development? We find out why he’s obsessed with it. What makes him cling to it. Why. What. Where. How. Who. All of these questions envelope the reader in a blanket of wonder. 

Zhu Ran. FUCK if I know how he’s going to act in the game. 

Zhuge Dan. God forbid I made him human. GASP HE HAS EMOTIONS OTHER THAN “>B[ “.

So. I’m just going to reach out to all of the characters out there who have done something in their own way to stray from non-canon. This even includes relationships! 

Cao Cao x Sun Jian. Did you make it work? Good for you. Cao Cao x Guo Jia. Made it work? GOOD FOR YOU. Liu Bei x Lian Shi? If you like it and it makes you happy, then it makes me happy. 

This is not to say that canonical characters are not wonderful- because they are! Just don’t think that you have to have a stick up your ass and become an elitist to say what your character can or cannot do. We’re all writers and we all have our own imaginations and interpretations. There are also limitless sources of information for us. Game, Novel and History itself. We can use all of these things- and not to mention that our muses are like our children. We connect with them. They all come from a special place in our hearts and minds and are nurtured and provided their ability to live through us, the author parents. A piece of us, be it just a space in our mind or heart, will always be put into them.

That’s what makes each and every one of them special. 

That’s what makes you special. 

So here I am now going to list my very, very favorite writers. I understand that many of them may be hard to follow or keep up, but this is just my own opinion and I’m going to post it here anyway. 

You. 

Name:

Gender:

General Appearance:

Personality:

Special Talents:

Who they like better:

Who they take after more:

Personal Head canon:

He felt that egg hit him as the yoke and some of the shell started to drip from where the hit was, He had his hand wipe away the yellow goop and then looked to where the trajectory came from. "Haha.. I didn’t know today was Halloween.." 

When Lu Bu causing irritation he will bestow a level of hell like no other, One of the benefits of being the ‘Dark Hero’ after all. “You have to also know how to step on them, Crush them with either your heel or bare hands. And if you do fall rise up again.” Taiyou stepping on people, Let Lu Bu picture that for a moment.

Stepping on people.

He took in this information, listening diligently, and then looked down at the ground. Finding a lone rock in a patch of dirt, he raised his leg up, bringing it down to rest on the rock, pressing his weight against it. 

Well, if this wasn’t just the best day of his life.

Didn’t these fools know that if your work was not done properly, a punishment would follow? Apparently not. Sure, he did go further than a normal human being would, but seriously, there was no need to panic this much!

Obviously, the strategist was in quite the foul mood this very day, acting like a rebel just from a workers mistake on a bridge. A huge mistake, it could crumble any moment thanks to it! This immediately caught the attention of everyone else, and he was soon on his way to get detained for his terrible acts.

In the province of Gansu he had ended up, awaiting whatever was in store for him there.

"Oh, Lord Zhong," The youth addressed him as he walked across the bricked trail. He was quite enjoying his new home, though it was a shame that he had to live in such a large estate all alone. So many rooms, so many corridors... only one person. Though he supposed that once his engagement to the Lady Jia was over, he'd at least get some satisfaction over a new friend. Maybe.