Trash Caverns

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This is a short summary of a story for the Eastern caverns and the Shadow Clan of that Cavern.

Since I won’t be writing this in the usual story format, I'll summarize it in this post. Also, heads up, my writing isn’t the best here, so it’s a bit off. It has been a while since the last time I wrote something long.

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The story starts off with Junjie fighting one of the few remaining underlords still loyal to the Emperor. In the middle of the slugslinging, Junjie suddenly feels pain all over his body; he tries to ignore and fight through the pain, but nothing works. While it seems like all is lost for the Eastern Champion, Swick and Sleade arrive just in time to blast the underlords and save Junjie.

Seeing their friend in pain, they take him to Lian’s place. At the place, Lian checks on Junjie; she is both worried and surprised about what’s causing this sudden pain. Lian has no clue, so the group takes Junjie to the only remaining Shadow Clanner in the Eastern Caverns, Shadow Claus (Nicknamed by Eli). 

At Shadow Claus’s place, the clan member examines Junjie, who is still in severe pain but is trying his best to deal with it. Claus has a theory about what is causing Junjie such immense suffering. He deduces that back when Junjie was possessed by Goon Doc, under the 20 years of possession, Junjie’s body wasn’t allowed to grow and mature like other humans at a normal speed. But now that the Eastern Champion isn’t possessed anymore, his body is growing and maturing at a rapid and abnormal speed, causing immense pain in the process. This could lead to his death if Junjie’s body gives up to the pain.

The group is, of course, terrified and wants to find a way to cure Junjie before his time is out. Swick suggests that they can use a Boon Doc and heal Junjie as they did with Lian back then, but Claus points out that the Boon Doc they need is in the 99 Caverns, and that they might not have enough time to get the slug, or even find a White Boon Doc, since healer slugs are so rare to find, and if they manage to find one, it won’t help, they need strong slugs for this.

Luckily, they do have the other four Elemental slugs.

Claus has an idea. He reveals that the Shadow Clan has a strange ability that looks strange from an outsider’s POV. This ability is called energy channeling. They can Channel Energy from the slugs to themselves and vice versa.

(Basically this. Back to this later.)

Maybe with the help of the four Elementals, he can transfer enough energy to Junjie so his body can make it through the rapid growth. Of course, he can’t do it alone, he needs at least one or three other Shadow Clanners to help him with the energy transfer.

All four humans believe that would be impossible, after all, the Shadow Clanners of the East lost hope of saving the Eastern Caverns during the Emperor’s rule, so they left, leaving Claus as the only remaining one.

Claus retorts, saying that there’s no way his kind left the Caverns since he was there when they all were imprisoned in another realm.

Through further questioning, it is revealed that the Eastern Shadow Clan were ready to fight the Emperor’s army, but along the way, they were all tricked and imprisoned in another realm. Claus was the only one who managed to escape.

He was gonna say something to the creatures and the humans, but with the lack of slugs in some caverns, he picked up the mantle to deliver slugs to the caverns that needed them. He got so busy with slug delivery that the plan to save his kind slipped his mind. Also cause he knew he couldn’t save them all alone. He needed strong slugs.

Learning this info, the group of now five goes to look for where the Eastern Shadow Clan’s last battle was with the help of Claus leading them there. They also take the four Elementals with them, leaving a few energy slugs Claus had trained just in case the Elementals were needed.

On their way, they do encounter some ups and downs, such as the few loyal underlords, but they managed, though. Junjie had to push through the pain during the whole journey. The group finds the final battleground where the Eastern Shadow Clan fought the Emperor’s stone warriors. Remains of stone warriors are scattered on the ground as the group looks around to find the Prison gate.

They do end up finding the gate, but the gate is a bit broken because of the passage of time. The group fixes the gate using the Elemental slugs. And with further help from the Elemental slugs, they open the gate, and the Eastern Shadow Clan is finally free from the prison realm.

The Eastern Shadow Clanners hadn’t aged at all. The prison realm acted as a limbo, so time doesn’t pass there. 

They thank the group, and in return, they help Junjie. Four clan members who are capable of transferring energy to another being who isn’t, step up. Those four are the Shadow Emperor, Claus, and two other members.

Each member holds one Elemental slug with one of their hands, while placing their other hands on Junjie’s head, heart, and limbs. Through this ritual, they transfer the energy through the slugs and themselves over to Junjie, giving his body enough energy to deal with the pain and growth. During this process, Swick, Lian, Sleade, and the other Shadow Clanners watch as Junjie's facial features, height, and body change and grow rapidly until he looks around 30-ish. Lian comments that he kind of looks like his ancestor: Yang.

Once the ritual is over, Junjie looks like his age, and he’s no longer in immense pain and suffering. The group thanks the Shadow Clan for their help before they all leave.

With the Shadow Clan now back in the Eastern Caverns, they help out and protect both the caverns, slugs, creatures, and humans from the remaining enemy still causing some minor trouble.

The End.

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The head canon for this scene:

It’s never explained what they’re doing here or even why. But I have a head canon that this is just something they do to channel energy and life force with the slugs, making them somewhat semi-immortal and  powerful. Since it’s unknown how old the Shadow Clan is, we could guess that they age slowly and live a long time compared to the creatures of Slugterra thanks to this energy channeling ritual they’re doing with the slugs.

Since slugs bring energy and life to the caverns, who's to say they also extend and share this energy with creatures and humans?

The Shadow Clan protect the caverns and slugs, and in return they get life energy so they can continue with their work.

But I’m just rambling here.

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yk what i find crazy about juneli shippers' arguments?

it's that hamengku explicitly mentioned that junjie is AT LEAST 20+ years older than eli (who we all know is 15-16 in the show) meaning that no amount of deaging or speculation can justify shipping them.

i mention this to non slugterra moots and they all crash out over the idea that eli is shipped with someone who can legally adopt him. if people outside the fandom can understand that, why can't people IN the fandom?

you can't even say his body was petrified or frozen for a period of time. we saw the emperor, he looks 90 but is really 2,000+ years old because of the effect of dark energy. the same with junjie, he looks ridiculously young but it doesn't change the fact that he's older

A lot of fandoms have confession blogs but as far as I could tell the Slugterra fandom doesn't have one, so I decided to make one myself!

Want to share your hot take on a popular episode? Sure! Want to tell the whole Slugnet you find an unpopular character hot? Go for it! Got a rarepair ship you haven't found the right time to tell anyone you like? Absolutely!

This blog isn't meant to be taken too seriously but there are limits. Please read the rules before submitting a confession! Rule 1: all confessions MUST be Slugterra focused

MENTIONING other fandoms is allowed, but Slugterra should be the main focus. (IE comparing the writing of slugterra to another show or liking a cross ship)

Rule 2: Don't be a jerk or use this as a platform to harass people.

It's okay to say "I like X character/ship" or "I think this thing the fandom does is bad" but if your confession is something like "This ship IS THE BEST and everyone who dislikes it is a MORON" I am not posting it.

Additionally, even if the confession is related to the fandom, DO NOT MENTION SPECIFIC PEOPLE BY NAME. I get disliking the actions of certain users, even I have some people in this fandom blocked on my main but putting someone on blast here is a big no-no. (this rule also applies to fanworks such as fanfiction)

Rule 3: Sail your ships but don't start wars

Shipping related asks are allowed and encouraged but problematic ships are not. Such as Minor X Adult (yes that includes Junjeli.)

Also, you may state that you dislike a ship and explain why if you feel that way but do NOT include any jabs at the people who ship it.

Rule 4: Don't be captain obvious

If your confession is something like " I think Shipping Eli with adults is bad!" it's not really a confession. Every normal person in the fandom agrees with that.

for an example of a confession critiquing the fandom that WOULD be accepted: "I think [insert popular headcanon] is out of character" or "I think [insert character here] doesn't deserve the hate they get"

Rule 5: Joke/unserious confessions are allowed, but do not spam them and please keep them on theme

Rule 6: don't be a weirdo

I mentioned earlier that you can say you find a character hot, that is still true BUT please keep confessions of this nature relatively unexplicit (for example you CAN say "Oughhh this character is so hot 🤤" but anything like "I want this character to BLEEP BLEEP until I REDACTED and we both CENSORED is a bit overboard)

also this should be obvious but I will not accept any asks like this if the character is a minor.

Bonus rule (not really submission related): please be civil in the comments.

Let's go lesbians!

In honor of pride im going to attempt to draw my LGBTQA+ oc's

These are more focused on the background stuff rather than the usual "what would the character do in XY situation" kinds of asks. I've been looking for something like this for quite a while and in the end decided to make my own. Feel free to use, go wild, enjoy

What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?

How long was the process before the character reached its final version? (or a version that would be clearly recognizable as the character?)

What was the first thing you decided on, the character's name, appearance, personality or their role in the story?

And reverse, which one of the four things did you struggle with the most?

How did you choose their name and why? Was it simply based on vibes or is there any specific meaning behind the name? Are the reasons behind their name different in- and out of universe?

What was the thought process behind their appearance? Did you go mostly for the aesthetic or are there other reasons they look the way they do?

What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most?

What is the origin of their personality? And let's be honest - how much of it is projecting?

How big is their role in the story? Do they make a frequent appearance or are they a character with little "screentime" but big influence? Or are they just a favourite background guy?

What is their main character arc in the story? Where do they start and how do they develop? Do they get a happy ending or is their story a tragic one?

Is there any existing character from other media that your character resembles? Was the resemblance intentional or was it a coincidence?

Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

Do you have a voice claim for the character? What do you imagine the character sounds like?

Do you have any quotes tied to the character, either from the story itself or from another source that fit them?

Have you ever made a moodboard for them?

Is there any memes or running jokes associated with the character, both in- and out of universe?

Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way?

Does the character have other characters connected to them? Do you have a family tree and "offscreen" connections made up for them or do they exist in a vacuum purely for the purpose of the story?

What is your general favourite thing about the character? What is your least favourite?

🌻Sunflower 

🌸Cherry Blossom 

🌹Rose 

Twist has it hard

Both in canon and fanon

When he isnt being forgotten by the writers at the peak of a season and being forgotten by ao3 people

He is being shipped with adult men or being forced to act as the damsel in distress in the old forums