Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

Not a little bit of Be, ah, not a little bit of Be. I remember where I said it, this is a fanfic, the purpose is to rewrite and untie the various knots of the original work, there is no be.

What do you mean Diaros and Alexander?

In fact, where did this article come from? It was the Diaros Alexander Little Pot branch line.

I've said in the group before that I don't plan to change the Xiaohu branch line.

On the one hand, it's because I think the plot of Xiao Hu is one of the best plots in the Ring of Law, and I don't think I can write a story that surpasses it. On the other hand, it’s because I don’t think this is be.

As usual, let’s talk about the original plot first.

As a special species, the characteristics of the living pot have been explained in the text.

The pot group uses human flesh and blood as the source of life,

But his nature is very kind.

Maybe that kindness is the reason why they were born.

Among the various settings and stories in the Circle of Magic, it’s hard for me to say which setting came first or which story came first, or whether the inspirations burst out together. In short, there is a plot that perfectly combines setting and story, and Xiaohu plot is one of the typical ones.

I have seen many people watch the plot of Alexander and find that Alexander eats corpses on the battlefield and says that he wants players to become his content. They will be shocked by this very evil setting.

But as the text says, the pot is very kind. This very dark fantasy style setting will perfectly fit the plot later on.

It’s not that I don’t have any magic modifications at all. In the original work, Alexander challenged the Fire Giant and Starbreaker Latarn. The main characters in the battle were the protagonists. Alexander never succeeded, and when he finally challenged the protagonist, he was defeated by the protagonist, and the pot body was destroyed and he died. Before he died, he laughed and said:

A pot cannot escape the fate of destruction, and I, Alexander, will be a warrior pot until the last moment! (I wanted to use this sentence to explain life, but there was never a good scene to show)

The same goes for Diaros. When poachers attacked Hu Village, he stood up to protect him and was beaten to death. He was dying until the protagonist arrived.

But in the original plot, Diaros failed to save Hu Village, and the entire Hu Village was slaughtered, with only Xiao Hu surviving.

There is no doubt that Alexander and Diaros are losers. Compared with the talented protagonists, they are mediocre people without talent, especially Diaros. The ending is not even a passionate ending without regrets.

But although their ending was tragic and even sad, they were recognized by Xiaohu.

Xiao Ju ate Diaros, and told you such a touching thing in this cult-like way - Diaros was recognized by the Warrior Ju and was considered a hero by Xiao Ju.

Xiao Ju repeats the words he received from Alexander and Diaros, eats them, and embarks on a new journey to become a hero.

I asked Alexander to defeat the Fire Giant and obtain the title of hero that he failed to obtain, and asked Diaros to protect most of the Pot Village.

I can't say whether this treatment will weaken the inspiration of the original work when the little pot eats them. But in the end he relented and the devil changed a little.

It can be seen that in this plot, although the plot of Diaros and Alexander goes all the way down, because of the existence of the small pot, the story goes up a little bit, bringing hope and making people feel the inheritance of life.

This story has become the theme of this paragraph.

Mainly, it is a story about those ordinary beings, about those ordinary and unknown people without talents, and their value and power.

The epileptic fire corresponds to the living pot. The epileptic fire faction resurrects from corpses and leads the world to destruction; while the living pot is born from a corpse, but always remains kind.

But Wuming's side was actually a last-minute idea. Because the plot of Xiaohu is a relatively depressing story, I just wanted to write all the depressing storylines that I wanted to write.

For example, I suddenly wanted to write a story where Wuming, the “boss”, really became the boss. Yes, I wanted to write because of this homophonic gag. Of course, there are other reasons. Some people like to tell me that the protagonist has double standards, has no sense of crisis, and is too big to be harmful to the people around him.

I thought, let's just bring more harm.

(A common question - I like Greg very much because he is an excellent villain - weak, mentally retarded, and can be bullied and manipulated at will. But only the descendants of Greg are like this, and the other demigods are Malika's direct blood relatives , as the noble first-generation species, each one is more difficult to deal with, each one is more serious and scary than the last one, and they are not as funny as Xiaoge at all.

Facing these demigods, it is difficult for you to be as relaxed as you are when facing Greg. Being relaxed in the face of these demigods is exalting Greg and belittling these demigods. At the same time, it is actually belittling the protagonist and the dark soul. As I mentioned back when it was released, Nameless is not invincible. Unrestrained promotion of a character will only make things related to him frivolous. If I want to write about an invincible person, wouldn’t it be nice if I directly create the fourth natural disaster as a player and add a system? Tragedies and unsolvable problems, as well as supreme will, can be solved by doing a few system tasks. I keep burning about the fate of the Black Soul's decline, even if it can continue to live indefinitely - it is really a catastrophic damage to the tragedy of the Black Soul and the greatness of King Xin. )

Pulled away, pulled back,

Let’s continue talking about creative ideas——

Through studying the Xiaohu branch, I discovered that Diaros and Alexander are ordinary people, just like Onion Brother, who has no talent for a while.

But do people without talent deserve to die? Obviously not. I don’t have any talent myself, and I can never write with the desired effect, but I still write, practice, and try, and the tone of the article is bright.

Continuing to think about it, I thought of Nameless and Dark Souls, and of Oscar and Solar.

Oscar is obviously not the legendary chosen immortal. He fell at the first stop of the tour. In the game, he doesn't even have a name. But he saved the protagonist and the nameless living corpse. Without the help of this unknown knight, Wuming would just rot in the Yard of the Undead until the end of the world.

Even Solar, the man who brought sunshine to countless people with his pure exercise and belief in lava walking, would become frustrated and crazy when he was hit hard. (By the way, the purpose of using nameless to fit the plot of Suo Ge is also to use a similar plot to bring about emotional resonance and understanding. It is a lazy writing method that can reduce foreshadowing and has hidden dangers.)

All these characters have insufficient talents compared to the official protagonist who can ignore the settings and not go crazy.

But with their failure, are their lives meaningless? Obviously not. Their actions, their faith and help help players embark on their journey and finally reach the end.

This goodwill even radiates outside the game, forming a strong solar culture with the help of online mutual assistance among players.

The plot of Xiao Hu is consistent with the core of the sun. Regarding the inheritance of life and will, about passing on the fire from generation to generation, about individuals not being invincible, what is invincible is the collective efforts of the group.

Of course, if I just write this, I can express the theme more clearly. However, because I wanted to write all the low-pressure plots at one time, I also added a plot of unknown madness. This kind of parallel multi-line may lead to the weakening of the theme.

In fact, I wanted to use the theme as the context and use Shi Dongcheng's writing method again, but in the end I gave up and didn't dare to do it.

It is also because this plot is particularly serious and depressing, so I added an additional layer of consideration to off-site factors - I am afraid that the depressing plot for too long will cause too much pain to the readers, so many plots did not provide enough foreshadowing, and I did not carefully sort out and rationalize it. Ending as soon as possible is the standard.

Corresponding to this idea passed down from generation to generation is Epileptic Fire's idea of ​​chaos unification.

Breaking the sky and epilepsy——

People who tried to control their epilepsy in the past,

At the end of those desperate inner battles,

All ended up going crazy, without exception.

This prayer is a little proof of victory over epilepsy.

In the case of epilepsy and madness, it is obvious that this is an internal problem, related to a feeling of despair, to the spirit and psychology.

Whether it is mental issues or the various concepts involved in epilepsy, they are all very abstract. I have also mentioned before that I may not be able to write well. I can only try my best to let readers understand my understanding.

Chapolili, the blind devil, blindness-madness-despair, seems to be a symbiotic relationship, it is impossible to tell which one comes first and which one comes last.

The eye ulceration of epilepsy is a physical blindness, but it is also connected with another meaning of blindness.

The tragedy of the wandering merchants was caused by the blind persecution of the golden people.

Many people say that the wandering people are Jews. In fact, I can guess the name right away - Roma/Gypsies. And according to our understanding, it is actually difficult for a nation that is truly wandering and unable to take root to develop and grow. Of course, there is currently insufficient information and we have no way of knowing what is going on in the game's plot.

By the way, Tanis dance requires the use of castanets, and it is mentioned that it is unrestrained and passionate, without flattery, so I guess it may be borrowed from flamenco dance. It is also a dance related to the Gypsies.

In short, Chapolili transformed into blindness (blindness). A movie Blind Flu also has this name, and the symptoms in it are somewhat similar to epilepsy. Yes, I am a waste of names, and I can truly express myself in a million words. I should think of no more than four names.)

Jean Brynis repeatedly mentioned mediocrity and ordinary people, treating ordinary people as consumable screw parts in the condescending attitude of businessmen. This is the attitude of a serious businessman, and it is also designed to correspond to the plot of Xiaohu.

Of course, coupled with the plot on Wuming's side, it seems more complicated and the correspondence is not so obvious. In the beginning, it was also set up as a businessman massacring the village for profit, and then connected it to the plot of Xiaohu and wrote a comparison. However, in order to speed up the plot, it was directly connected to the epileptic fire.

And the involution caused by the selfishness of businessmen, or capital, which cannot contain themselves, and the inevitable cyclical crises that follow. Even extending to a deeper understanding - the irreversible law of entropy increase, will bring sorrow and despair to Wuming who gradually realizes all this. In addition, the plot of Coprophagia has already been foreshadowed, and Wuming also has some Mistakes breed self-doubt.

(This question is not simply right or wrong. To be honest, we ourselves cannot avoid this kind of involution problem and it is difficult to solve it.)

Relatedly, selfishness and selflessness are further extended, and whether this involution causes disillusionment or the so-called invisible hand solves everything is also the difference between Chapolili and Micaela.

Michaela can't be considered a Sheda. As Malika's successor, he can only think about problems from the perspective of a god, so he is actually a Sheda, not a Sheda. Michaela's holy tree may everything grow and thrive according to its original shape. If we think a step further, or take a walk in the holy tree, we can also see that the strong hybrid species that thrives cannot grow in the sacred tree. Thrive and survive in a pool of corruption. The result of growing and thriving within limited resources is that they will inevitably squeeze each other. In reality, there is also a food chain. Loving everything means loving no one, which is similar to the unkindness of heaven and earth.

Moreover, Michaela has personally understood the corruption and fester of her supposedly most sacred sister, so he should be better able to understand the ubiquitous rule in the Ring of Laws that things will turn against them if they are not at their best.

And speaking of the current Michaela, he cannot be the same Holy Tree Michaela as before. His current state is - a Nantong has been in and out of his body for hundreds of years, and only when he escaped did he find that the world was riddled with holes and that his plan had failed. Who can say what kind of psychological changes there are? It is possible to become Griffith. (Imagine that your 20 years of salary savings suddenly disappeared, and you were kidnapped and stabbed by a Nantong py for 20 years)

As for Mikayla's overall strength, she doesn't have much force in herself, but judging from her achievements and the height she should have reached, she is definitely in the t1 echelon, and t0 only has the supreme will.

Pulled away, pulled back——

In short, life and anti-life, selfishness and selflessness, the benefits and harms of selfishness, the beauty and terror of life, extreme vitality and the subsequent decline of corruption... Various images are tit for tat with the anti-life pursuit of madness. And whether it was Mikaela using dreams to suppress Madness in the Abolition Case, or now the inner war setting of Madness, it is more convenient to make Wuming go crazy without being too destructive - just fight in dreams. - and also to further pave the way for subsequent content and possible dreamland dlc.

These images are very conceptual. The old thief chose to put a layer of physical skin on various conceptual conflicts and resolve them through swords and blood. I peeled off these skins again and re-exposed the obscure and ambiguous concepts inside. Show it.

Fragmentary knowledge link——

Some people may ask why it should be restrained, why not let the protagonist comply with Chapolili's wishes and let go of destruction. In fact, it is very simple, because Wuming is not the strongest, and it is very boring, and you can see the ending at a glance. It can be written in two sentences: the fire burned everything, and then after an unknown period of time, it was casually blown up by the passing Supreme Will.

Michaela mentioned before that the black sun caused by Wuming ranks among the top five images of the junction. In fact, I originally wanted to be in the top three, but after thinking about it, I realized that the top three is actually the third, rather than the top five.

It’s probably arranged like this——

The black sun and the full moon compete with each other, they are both on the same echelon; Esti's destruction of the underground eternal city and the destruction of a civilization are equally grand. Or count the horoscopes observed by the two Origin Sect masters.

The second wonder is very simple, it is the golden tree that was gnawed by Wuming. Under normal circumstances, both Michaela and Wuming would think so - creation is greater than destruction. Planting a golden tree is more ambitious than destroying a golden tree.

But the first wonder may be destruction, or of course it may be creation - the first wonder at the junction is the giant crater surrounded by all the areas in the center of the six divine grant towers. The pit is as big as the junction, and it is most likely the work of the Supreme Will.

Speaking of which, I can’t help but make another digression. Regarding the setting of the old thief, it is really unique.

I read that some readers said that my characters are too extreme and I don’t know how to bend my mind. His comment reminded me of something I always admired about an old thief, but always forgot because he never said it out loud -

That is the setting of the immortal and the setting of the faded.

Especially the setting of the undead. In the setting, these people's bodies are slow and their physiological reactions all decline. Because they will lose their memory, their mission or goal will become an increasingly strong obsession for them. Maybe you don't even remember anything. Only this goal is the only light that keeps you from going completely crazy. Under this setting, the goal itself will become a part of them. It can be said that the goal and mission give the immortals a different essence.

The wonderful thing about this setting is that you can safely write a variety of characters with extreme characteristics and distinct characteristics, and it is also very reasonable. Being able to write extreme plots is very reasonable. This is my evaluation standard for a good story (the story of Two Little Elephants and the plot of brothers turning against each other in Escape from the Dead are all like this in my opinion, so I think fk Oscar brother deserves it. He is a film director, so he obviously understands). FS has also shown this high degree of unity of setting, character and story since Dark Souls. The image of fire and the concept of tree directly reflect its destiny of bringing vitality and warmth, but will eventually extinguish and decline.

There is one thing I forgot to point out, that is, after all the damage he suffered, Chapolili only showed pain once, and that was when he transformed into Brynis. After being shot to death by the unknown, he showed pain after being transferred to a new body. Extreme pain. Other times, no matter how I die, there is no reaction at all. This is also an intentional distinction.

There is also the last paragraph, which finally touches on the plot of Melina lighting a fire and being intercepted by an unknown person.

In fact, at the beginning, there were only three plots I wanted to write, and one of them was Melina. It can be said that from the beginning of creation, the purpose of letting the undead come to the junction was to take over Melina's mission of spontaneous combustion.

Just for this period of jealousy, I wrote more than one million words of dumplings.

Of course, the actual effect is not very good, because the causes and consequences of the plot are not carefully sorted out. The flow of emotions and foreshadowing are not in place. Mainly I wrote about having a seizure and going to the snowy mountains. It was unreasonable not to light up the fire, so I wrote it by the way.

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Finally, what is more important to readers is the future update plan.

I really didn’t expect it. I only started writing in September. I thought that TGA could get the DLC. Even if I couldn’t get it in the first year, there is still no news about TGA this year.

In this paragraph, I prepared the dream, prepared the death, and prepared the pit in the center of the Divine Grant Tower. I thought that TGA would broadcast a video. As long as I could see which direction it was, I could bypass that direction and write the DLC first, which would most likely not work. I will talk about the direction again until the legendary DLC is released in February or April. If you can't write it, you can hold on for another month or two and then stop and wait for the dlc.

But this time I was really disappointed. The remaining hope is that the last DLC news was not released when everyone was expecting it, but was released a few days later, so the best result is that there will be new news after a few days.

But if there is none, as Kitao Taida said, it is still too early to say DLC, then we may really have to wait for who knows how long. The main body was waiting for numbness in the first place and didn’t want to feel numb again. (It was also the Dharma Ring that made me understand that no matter how much I despise the pie, it is still better than no pie at all)

And Kitao also compares the DLC to the Bloodborne DLC. Considering that the Old Hunter DLC is the top DLC in the Souls series, it is large in quantity and high in quality, and it completes a lot of important information about the main story. If the same is true for Shadow of the Golden Tree, then I really don’t want to write about it. .

For DLC predictions, I tend to be more concerned with death, and have little to do with dreams. In other words, even if you enter Mikaela's dream, the content of the main film may not have much to do with Mikaela. (Think of the French cover featuring Vic, and the promotional film riding a spirit horse as a white wolf war ghost)

Therefore, I was originally planning to continue to shelve the plot related to Feiya D's golden mask, the dead prince, the dead, and death, and prepared a story related to Michaela's dream. Depending on the situation, I may speed through the holy tree and complete the story of Millicent's Valkyrie. Side plot. The most depressing part of the plot is over, and the atmosphere is expected to be lighter and the progress will be faster.

But now there is no trace of DLC, and I feel that there is no point in writing it again... maybe half a month.

If you don't want to, just stop updating directly, stop updating until the DLC is released, and then resume updating. This way I don’t expect many people to read it, it’s mainly for the sake of having a beginning and an end.

And I can also say in advance - the subsequent plot will not have much thematic explanation. There should be no such violent conflicts as in the previous article. It may be solved in a relatively easy and quick way like before it was released. Contradictory issues begin to wrap up the plot. There are roughly two major and two minor plots (death, dreams; Clash of Kings, and the possible resurrection plot of Marika. The latter two sound big, but they can be said in two sentences, and I rated them as unimportant because they involve to more private creations, rather than more in line with the game plot), and then it will be over. So even if you don’t watch it, it doesn’t feel like anything. Anyway, I've said it a long time ago, it's he. With this kind of expectation and mentality, it's not a bad idea to imagine the ending by yourself and not watch it again.

I'll take the next two days off to sort out the plot. If I can straighten it out, I might be able to update it for another month. If I can't figure it out, or I feel that the DLC will stab me in the back, or I just feel too tired to destroy it, I might just stop updating it. I will talk about it more often, and I will definitely finish it after the DLC comes out.

Finally I want to say——

Miyazaki old thief! Where's your b Haidilao? Where's my dlc? !