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I'M DONE WITH MY PERFORMANCE!!!!

God, as much as I love theatre, rehearsal schedules are really draining 😵‍💫

But I'm so happy with the end result. It's my first performance in front of a live audience since 2018, and God, I forgot how at home I feel on stage. Also, hearing the applause and screams after a number, is just so gratifying and fulfilling.

We fucked up the end of cell block tango because none of us could hear the music, and I forgot to take off my glasses during quick change, but all in all, for the two weeks that we worked on two musical theatre numbers, I'm really proud of us.

Also! A short film I co-writed premiered during the showcase today! It was a lesbian rom-com lol and it just happened to premiere on the last day of lesbian visibility week :D I'm trying to write some scripts this year

Anyways, yeah! I still have assignments to do and exams to revise for but my time will be a lot more free, and I can FINALLY get back to posting stuff here! ESPECIALLY WITH MORE RWRB CONTENT ON THE HORIZONAL OH MY GOD

For now, my feel hurt like heel from running around and dancing in three-inch platform heels the whole day, so I'm gonna call it a night :D

#personal #meraki rambles

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Show time!!! 😋

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Commission for @caityjay13 🍃

#qi ye #qiye fanart #jing beiyuan #wu xi #xiyuan

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#word of honor #shan he ling #woh gifs #wenzhou #wen kexing #zhou zishu #gong jun #zhang zhehan #the real zhang zhehan

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"Don't mess around" ~~~ (2/5)

( 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 )

#qi ye #qiye fanart #wu xi #jing beiyuan #xiyuan

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Working hard on the business!!

I had a lot of fun working on this piece that fits well as a companion to this one! I really, really enjoy Wuxi and Zishu's side hustle and think about it a lot.

More musings on this piece below!

I have been thinking a lot about Wuxi and Zishu's relationship for the past few months--working on the translation of Qiye has given me a fresh look and new perspective on it which I feel like elaborating on for a bit.

While they come from very different place and are 5 years apart in age, Wuxi and Zishu seem to rather quickly relate to each other due to both being outsiders--to the capital and its codes. It's very sweet to see how quickly Wuxi seems intrigued and interested in Zishu, wanting to know more about him and quick to react when he's around.

Beiyuan is Wuxi's only friend so far, and I think it's very refreshing for Wuxi to find another person with whom he may be able to relate more on some regards, and whom he can look up to in terms of martial arts skills and craftiness. This is a personal HC of mine, but I sort of see Wuxi as having this sort of (fully platonic) "cool older guy crush" on Zishu.

Because of that, I feel like Zishu showing interest in Wuxi and going as far as to offer him to collaborate must have been incredibly validating and exciting. It was a way for Wuxi to be more independent, do something for himself aside from his own training, aside from his role as the young shaman of Nanjiang. Something for his own experimentation and profit--be useful, but also be shown respect and interest by someone he himself is interested in and respects.

I like to imagine that Zishu was already interested in poisons given his field of work and potentially learned a thing or two about that back in Siji manor--even potentially worked on some of his own, and was therefore more than excited to be able to figure out new things with Wuxi's help. On top of that, it must have been pretty fun and gratifying to work on this side hustle which in turn also helped gain some more control over the population (welp).

So yeah! It's nice to think more about what lead to the bond they have, and I can't help but think of how affected Wuxi must have been in TYK when he discovers Zishu's state several years later. Regardless of how helpful Zishu was when Wuxi worked to get Beiyuan out of the capital, he was a friend first and foremost and that alone must be a big reason why Wuxi is so determined to find a way to save him.

(that aside, the illustration was more fun to make than I initially feared. I usually don't like having to work on a ton of tiny details LOL but somehow the atmosphere here made it entertaining!)

(btw! I don't know if I mentioned it before, but in case I didn't: I transliterate "Wuxi" as such ((in one word)) because, him not being han, it feels more right to transliterate his name in a non-han fashion as well. It's unlikely that his family name is Wu and first name is Xi--rather, Nanjiang/Wasa names seem to work differently ((same for Axinlai and Nuaha)) than the typically han family name-first name model. Many thanks to Lianzi and the other members of the 7.0 team for bringing that up! That's it!)

#qi ye #qiye fanart #wu xi #zhou zishu #yeah we don't talk enough about this friendship

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Matpat will always be welcomed into the FNAF universe

#matpat #game theory

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“I will forever remember you, so long as my soul hasn't scattered"

close ups~~

#jing beiyuan #wu xi #lu ta #xiyuan #qi ye #qiye fanart #meraki favs

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In the Kitchen 🌿☀️

Jem Carstairs & Tessa Gray

A Jessa piece to compliment the Wessa one I did. Hope you like it! 😌

Characters owned by @cassandraclare

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#shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #jessa #tessa gray #jem carstairs #💕💕💕

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“I wish to have one person’s heart, never separating even when our hairs turn white."

I like the liness ~ :p

Pose referenced from here

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Since I already broke everyone's heart with the first post about the opening credits, allow me to break it some more. This the royal family, and Henry's sitting off to the right by himself. 🥲

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #henry fox mountchristen windsor #nicholas galitzine #henry hanover stuart fox #PIPPIN WHAT THE FUCK 💔💔💔 #rwrb thoughts

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Lovers in Paris

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#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #taylor zakhar perez #alex claremont diaz #nicholas galitzine #henry fox mountchristen windsor #henry hanover stuart fox #firstprince #rwrb fanart #meraki favs

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Give him his kiss

#ahhhhhhhhh #yes yes yes baby you will get all the kisses #meraki favs

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Final rehearsal :)

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Wen Kexing + flirting

#word of honor #shan he ling #woh gifs #wenzhou #zhou zishu #wen kexing #gong jun #zhang zhehan #the real zhang zhehan #the was improvised by them what the fuck

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word of honor x stardust 2007 crossover anyone? based on this twitter thread of mine: [link] which you can read for context if you’re unfamiliar with stardust

(…to be continued? 👀)

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❄Winter series 2❄

~XiYuan~ Together at Winter~

#wu xi #xiyuan #jing beiyuan #qi ye #qiye fanart