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i really love your xs fic so far!! thanks for sharing it! 1000 chapters, that's such a cool goal! i bet they'll all be as good as these first two were, so i'm gonna enjoy this!

Aww, Anon! Thank you so much, you make me blush! I'm so glad you like it!

What's your favorite scene of Chase and Omi? 😊

Oh gosh, that's really hard! 😭 ( 😉)

Um, while I pretty much like them all, I would have to say it's a tie between three scenes:

1. During the Sibini episode, when Chase first pats Omi's head. Because this is the first instance of this nasty, antisocial person reaching out to the sweet drop of sunshine and being the one to try to build a relationship. I really adore that, and how the loner/sunshine character dynamic is flipped onto its head.

2. When Chase tells Omi that there is always a place for Omi by his side. Chase has Omi in the palm of his hand at this point. It's blatant that there's not a whole lot Omi wouldn't do for Fung. Chase's plan was going off without a hitch, he was absolutely going to get Omi. Yet he still stopped to offer Omi the chance to join him, to make it clear that Omi would always have a place by his side. To me that underscores that Chase is actually sincere towards Omi.

3. When Omi and Chase meet again while Chase is in the torture device. So we don't actually know when Jack captured Chase. But Jack is a kid, and judging how old he is in that episode (easily 80s/90s), I think it's safe to say that Chase has been in that contraption for at least 50 years. So at the very least, 50 years of being tortured and he never gave up hope of seeing Omi again. To me that really shows how important Omi is to Chase. I think pretty much all of Time after Time shows how important Chase is to Omi, but that's the scene that confirms for me that Chase is just as invested, and holds him as close to his heart as Omi holds Chase.

An honorary mention is when he let's Omi kick off his staff, but he kicks Kimiko in the stomach and nails Raimundo in the crotch with his staff. I think it's another instance where you can see the regard Chase holds towards Omi. He's not looking to humiliate or injure Omi, and it's obvious that Omi is the exception because he clearly doesn't care about humiliating or injuring anyone else.

Poor Raimundo though, seriously. Chase didn't have to do him like that. 😆

Wait, is the xs Coraline AU part of the short story collections? 😯? I thought it was a separate multichaptered thing?

Either way, I'm looking forward to it! I love Coraline and I love Xiaolin Showdown, never thought I'd see them together 😊!

It was going to be a separate multi chapter thing, but after I had to rewrite the first chapter, it only came out to 200+ words, and I'm like: "Ah."

It feels like my natural tendency for short chapters has firmly established itself with this story (hence why I'm hoping to do at least ten chapters), so ultimately I figured I'd just pop it in my short story collections. 😅

Of course if I prove myself wrong and all the succeeding chapters are 3000+ words it'll be its own thing. 😆

Ah, I'm so glad! I was listening to the soundtrack of Coraline and I had just watched some Xiaolin Showdown and it's like, how can I combine these two things? I'm really excited to get to the twist, I hope to make people scream at me over it. 🦹‍♀️

CHAPTER 3 WAS SO GOOD!

😭🥺 Chase rushing in to save Omi from Hannibal, and even the jungle cats keeping an eye on him while he recovered... I LOVED IT SO MUCH! INSTANT FAVE!

Yay! I'm so glad you think so! 😊

❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘 I'm really happy to hear this and I'm glad you enjoyed it so much!!!

I like your Xiaolin stories a lot! They're quick, punchy reads!

So far, which chapter did you have the most fun writing?

Thank you! I'm glad you like them. 😀

Chapter 6, the one I'm in the middle of writing, is currently the most fun because it's the first one with shen gon wu. And the third with time travel. 😂 At this rate, I might become known as the time travel writer. 😆

I just read through all 5 chapters of your fic and I really like how you write the emotions in tense moments! Especially the scene where Chase saved Omi from Hannibal and the scene where season 1 Omi was hiding in fear.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it! I always try to get the emotional perspectives through, so it's good to hear that they come across the way I want them to.

❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘

In accordance with the theory that Dashi and Omi are related, how do you think Dashi felt when he first met time-traveling Omi? Do you think that's what he meant when he said Omi had an "honest face"?

So, there's 3 answers for that. My first theory, because of what happened in Time after Time, is that when Omi met Dashi, that was actually Dashi's second time meeting Omi, it's after Chase and Guan are no longer around, and Dashi is very good at rolling with the punches. So when he sees Omi who has clearly never met him before, he already knows that Omi is basically an honest person.

In my first theory, I think when he sees Omi ready to fight by their sides in TAT, that blatant surprise he had, definitely could have been him wondering if they were related.

(Particularly if the theories about Dashi and Wuya being together are true. If you're gonna fight to the death against the father of your child, it would make sense to hide that child after all.)

My second theory, involves the theory that time travel in Xiaolin Showdown , is basically just the show's official term for Shenanigans. If that's the case, then I think that the first time Omi met Dashi was in a different timeline from Time After Time, and the only Dashi we see from Omi’s timeline is ghost Dashi.

So in this theory, I think it's entirely possible that Dashi thought they were related as ancestor/descendant, hence the honest face comment, but also that there wouldn't be much of a point bringing it up.

And finally, completely unrelated to time travel/the possibility of them being relatives; Omi does have an honest face and a very sincere personality which tends to shine through. So Dashi could have easily just thought he had an honest face.

Do you read your own stories after you've written them?

Yeah I do! Part of why I write the stories I do, besides having fun, is because I write what I want to read. Even my older stories. I might see the flaws in them a lot more clearly, but I still enjoy reading them.

Let me pass this question on! 😀

@grasshopperdoingdogpaddle @writerkatsblog @anyone who sees this and wants to answer

Do either of you read your stories after you're done writing them?

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^Dojo in the coraline au (i hope the kaomoji doggy showed up right)

It did! 😻 Very cute! Yeah Dojo is a good pup. ❤️ 💙 💜

So the first ever showdown was basically Dashi playing catch with his son? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Yeah. And to make it even more bittersweet, Dashi can tell that it clearly was not him or Wuya who raised Omi to this point. So a part of his heart was breaking even as he strove to have a fun game with his son. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘

On one hand I like to imagine that Omi will go the good!Chase route and just casually persist forever so that's my headcanon. But now that you mention it, I wonder how Chase would react to Omi dying someday.

Ooh I like that headcanon a lot!

Well, if you don't mind a shameless plug, I did write a variation of that idea in chapter five of my Xiaolin Showdown Short Stories, but I would very much recommend this story:

It's by @grasshopperdoingdogpaddle and it is Amazing. Absolutely excellent and so delightfully sad!

In your fic where Chase goes back in time/astral projects into his season 1 self after Omi dies, is the reason Chase goes back to a time a bit before he first met Omi because he wants to have more time with Omi this time around?

While Chase is certainly happy for more time with Omi, it's more that he didn't want them to have any idea who he was, and therefore have no way to be prepared against him.

My own personal headcanon is that, while they were clearly told offscreen at some point, the monks had no idea who Chase was in the first season. And after, quite likely never actually seeing hide or hair of Chase in their lifetimes, Fung and the elders also might not quite remember about him without a refresher. And Dojo probably forgot about him until he came face to face with him again.

But in this, Chase will definitely have more time with Omi. All the time in the world, as a matter of fact. 😀

In the chapter 5 short story, you mentioned there were 10 years post series before the incident happened, so I was wondering how close Omi and Chase got in those 10 years?

Like, it was to the point where if Omi wasn't training, or specifically hanging out with his friends, you could find him with Chase. Sparring or just hanging out, obviously Chase encouraged that, but honestly Chase was just as bad. If he wasn't doing a specific activity he'd be with Omi.

Like Omi could just walk in, bold as brass, and just hang on Chase with no preamble. Of course, in return, he had to put up with Chase just teleporting in behind him and teasing him.

The manipulations were gone, pretty much. They knew that they wanted each other by their side, they were both convinced that eventually they'd succeed. Their friendship flourished, and while almost no one else liked it, everyone knew by now not to interfere.

If in canon, their relationship/friendship were to be measured: it'd be 10/10. After 10 years that rating went up to like 1000/10.

So in "The End of the Beginning", Chase got so used to Omi popping up just casually, even just to hang out in his lair, and being able to pop up and mess with Omi whenever he wanted? 🥺😢

Oof, hard to imagine how he must have felt to just suddenly have that vanish after so many years of getting closer. No wonder he snapped. What'd he miss the most?

He really did. Like, the way I view it, they were eating together more often than not, Omi would sleep over at Chase's several times a month, they went traveling together, while Omi never shirked his duties and he certainly didn't neglect his friendship with the other monks/Jermaine, if he wasn't with them then your best bet to find him was with Chase.

And honestly, if Chase wasn't busy with plots and such or trying to take out Hannibal, then you could find him with Omi. It was to the point that the other monks just accepted his presence when he showed up during one of their missions. They didn't like it, but they'd stopped complaining about it a while ago.

You know, when it comes right down to it, while Chase would certainly miss their arguments, their sparring, hanging around each other, helping each other, etc. At the end of the day, what he misses the most is Omi.

He just wants his friend back.

The fallen warriors show up a lot in your fics, which ones are your favorites?

Well I can hardly ignore such cool warriors, now can I? 😉

In order:

1. Berserker

2. Zulu warrior and Tiki warrior

3. Knight

4. Gladiator and Samurai

5. The Aztec (I tend to forget about him. 😭 )

The Berserker slightly edges out the Zulu warrior and Tiki warrior because of @grasshopperdoingdogpaddle

But I adore the character designs, how you can imagine how they came to be in Chase's service, how their mere presence shows how much Chase has traveled the world.

Plus it's really fun to imagine their personalities and backstories! 😀

And my own personal headcanon is that once Omi stops denying his place by Chase's side*, they'll get to dote on him, because I like vicious, brilliant warriors showing their soft side to their kid. I think they'd love him given the chance and I think they like him already thanks to the few days that Chase had Omi by his side.

*From their perspective they're just waiting for Omi to stop being so stubborn and just accept his rightful place.

that first chap of your caroline au has me on the edge of my seat! an ancient malevolence...

Thank you! 😊 I'm so glad! I'll be quite excited to reveal who that is. 😆

If you are @ed, do you need to respond?

Not at all! To @ someone is simply to open the door to potential conversations, or to let someone know about a post you made, or saw. If you are @ -ed, you don't need to respond unless you want to. There is no more obligation in being @ -ed, than there is in responding to a topic of conversation in real life.

The primary difference is that in real life you might need to change the subject, whereas online you simply need not respond.

I personally don't expect responses to @ -s or asks, it's always nice, but there's a number of reasons why someone might not answer and I only ask if I think it was because tumblr dropped my ask. Which happens a decent amount, but otherwise I'm not concerned.

Obviously I can only speak for myself, but if someone does @ you, you are not obligated to respond.

do you take requests?

It depends on the request. 😀 Any ideas can be asked for. But it might take me a while to get to said requests.

And there are a few that I probably just won't want to do. But all requests are welcome. 🙂

(I am going on the assumption you're asking about xiaolin showdown since that's the only fandom I'm in at this time. 😆)

That mermaid Chase and Omi story idea you mention has me curious, I look forward to it!

Thank you! I'm looking forward to writing it! 😀

Hannibal targeting Omi to get to Chase definitely seems like something he'd do! Omi's still inexperienced and naive (especially compared to Chase, who's tricked Hannibal before) despite being a strong fighter, and he's definitely one of the things Chase cares about most, so Hannibal doing that thing where he sends body parts as a ransom note to Chase is so scarily in line with the bean. That was my favorite chapter so far I think.

Thank you so much! 💓

I'm glad to hear that! 😊

I really enjoy exploring the darker sides of the villains. With Chase it's how manipulative he can be and how self-serving his logic is, even as its threaded through with genuine care. And how brutal he can be, and just dismissive of anyone he doesn't want in his sphere.

With Wuya, it's how she's first and foremost focused on self-preservation and power, even as you can see that she's capable of friendship, but her own wellbeing always comes first.

Jack wants to matter. And by the end of the series, Omi is the primary person (if not the only one) who he matters to. Which I think is a huge part of why he went so far in Time after Time.

With Bean it's harder because he's deliberately difficult to parse. You don't know his goals, his motivations, etc. The only thing you can say for sure is that he cares for Ying-Ying, though he does seem to like Wuya. But his goals? What are they? What's worse than ten thousand years of darkness?

Bean for me is notable because he was written to be fairly inscrutable. You really have to guess at a lot with him because of how close to his chest he keeps his cards. He's one of the few characters where this approach works.

However, his blatant hatred for Chase does give a decent opening into his character and I think he'd be very capable of chopping up Omi and sending his body parts to Chase in order to hurt Chase.