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[Gur40]

Raven Face When Yang Fell Into The Ever After

Spoiler: connection snap

imagine Tai POV, 1 second she's arguing with Tai about using her portals to help in Atlas and then she just stops eyes wide pupils shrinking she shakes in denial and Tai realizes his Eldest is Dead

 

[John Jackson]

Since the Tablebreaker church is the stand in for the Catholic Church I had an idea based on some of the more minor traditions of the church at least in my area
Arslan Tries to get Nora to convert by mentioning the pancake breakfasts
I don't know if AJT has established the local parish priest for Saint Lucy's but I would like to imagine it's either Fr. John Mulcahy From MASH or Father Lawrence "Larry" Mazzare from 163

 

[KarasAdamas]

Taiyang shouldn't be some loser who does nothing. We don't even know what his Semblance or Weapon is. That's just ridiculous. He's crucial to the backstory of the fucking plot involving Summer! Which is integral to the entire fucking story! So I gave him some awesome.

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It's bothered me a ton as well. Taiyang is supposed to be a member of one of the most renowned teams Beacon has ever produced, and yet, he's the only one who lacks a weapon, a Semblance, and the only parent character that lacks an allusion. In fact, it bothered me so much, I went insane and made my own allusion, weapon, and Semblance concept for.

Hou Yi (后羿) is the legendary Chinese mythological "Lord Archer" who saved humanity by shooting down nine of ten scorching suns with his bow and dragon-tendon arrows. As a divine hero sent from heaven, he left one sun to provide heat and light, becoming a legendary figure often associated with his wife, the moon goddess Chang'e.

It always bothered me that Team STRQ was missing a proper long-range member. Taiyang fulfilling that role would not only explain why we don't see his weapon, but also why he prefers martial art for close combat and why he retired in Patch, so that he could still hunt with his bow.

The Myth: When ten suns appeared in the sky simultaneously, scorching the earth, crops withered and people died. Hou Yi, possessing immense strength, was ordered by the emperor to stop this destruction.

Taiyang's Semblance would be "Ten Suns", which manifests as literal Solar Power Aura Arrows that explode after they are shot from his bow. Elemental and Construct type Semblances are a thing, so this wouldn't be out of universe of the setting.

The Act: Hou Yi shot down nine suns, which were actually three-legged crows residing in the trees of the East.

The Crows would allude to his relationship with both Qrow and Raven, as well as implying some feats of Taiyang being capable of shooting down Nevermores with his bow.

Legacy: Hou Yi is also renowned for slaying numerous beasts that plagued mankind. Later in the myth, he obtained the elixir of immortality, which his wife, Chang'e, drank to flee to the moon.

This would not only allude that Taiyang knows about Salem, but also of Taiyang's own tragic love life with Raven and Summer. Remnant's shattered moon is the cherry on top.

Depiction: He is sometimes portrayed as a divine being or a tragic hero who eventually loses his immortality.

This last bit would allude that Taiyang is still a well-known and respected Huntsman, while also implying that his early retirement was a tragedy.

And my final point, Hou Yi being Taiyang's allusion would explain why both him and Yang have Chinese names, despite Yang alluding to Goldilocks, a German figure. Much better explanation than both Tai and Yang being references to Bruce Lee.

 

[mgl1206]

Taiyang's Semblance would be "Ten Suns", which manifests as literal Solar Power Aura Arrows that explode after they are shot from his bow. Elemental and Construct type Semblances are a thing, so this wouldn't be out of universe of the setting.

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Isn't he a brutalist? That's why Yang is one? He taught her?

 

[Sliverhero]

Raven Face When Yang Fell Into The Ever After

Spoiler: connection snap

imagine Tai POV, 1 second she's arguing with Tai about using her portals to help in Atlas and then she just stops eyes wide pupils shrinking she shakes in denial and Tai realizes his Eldest is Dead

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Then as the two reconnect and she tells she is expecting. To her shock the connection to yang comes back.

 

[KarasAdamas]

Isn't he a brutalist? That's why Yang is one? He taught her?

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He taught her hand-to-hand combat, but there's nothing that says that that was his preferred style or if it was his only style. That's why my idea have him using a bow, it's exclusively for long-range combat, like a mechanical heavy artillery bow meant to take down large prey. But when he's in close combat, he switches to using "THESE HANDS!"